Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-07-12
Raftsman's gouraal.
CLEARFIELD, PA, JULY 12, 1865.
THE NEWS.


Seven Thousand Millions of dollars, while
their losses since may be estimated thus
Slaves freed, worth $4,000. 600, 900: Losses
be devastation, $500, ,000, 900; Loss Of four
crops Of Southern staples, $500, 600, 600;
Rebel debt, nominally, $4,000, 900, 900, re-
ally, $500 900, 900; Southern share of the
Union debt, 81 900, 900, 600; total loss by
the war, So, 800, coo, 600. This would re-
duce the total actual value of what is left Of
the South to 81, 300, 600, 900, or barely
sixth of what it was in 1860.
The Mobile ALA Tribune confesses the
sins of the South thus: eve have sinned
against the progress of the age. No man
can deny this; and yet we have dcne itw it'll
q conscientiousness which ought to provoke
the compassion of those on whose mercy we
are to rely. We are as good as they. We
have acted as honorably as they. We have
suffered infinitely more than they of. the
North. A few years famine and pestience,
with occasional earthquakes, would not
have so hurt us as this four years war. :"
The sum of six hundred dollars, house
rent or necessary repairs Of houses and tax
es paid during the year, are the items de-
Quoted from incomes in arriving at the sums
upon which the income tax is levied. In
agricultural districts there is some variation
from this-the wages paid farm laboIers,
&c, being deducted. The ten per cent. in
come tax is levied only on incomes that ex-
ceed five thousand dollars.
Great demand for negro labor exists in
Maryland. The farmers there are paying
fifteen dollars per month to males and from
ten to twelve for females, for field labor. The
supply is still short, and agents again have
been sent in different directions to make
contracts to induce emigration, notwith
standing their recent expulsion from Rich
u0nd.
A cave, nearly as large as the Mammoth
Cave of Kentucky, has recently been dis
covered about ten miles from Fort Buby,
California. 1t was found to be en- inn
mense subterranean lake of clear water,
with high walls Of limestone on either side.
The ceiling or arch is fifty feet high
1t is likely that traders will be prohibited
from coming in contact with the Indians in
the west, and that their whole management,
including trading, will be taken in hand by
the Government, as the best and probably
only means to prevent continual hostilities
with various tribes
The memorandum book of STAKEHOLDER
ha .l
icles, an instruction TO his overseer, one
season, that the plantation must produce so
much corn, such quantity of cotton, a GER
tain number Of hogs, and ten negro children.
1t is reported that Atlanta, Georgia, is
being rebuilt much more rapidly than could
have been anticipated. Business is begin
ming TO be quite brisk Many families which
went North after Gen. Sherman evacua-
ton, are about returning.
The commissary General reports about
ten thousand rebel prisoners yet in our
hands, exclusive of officers above the rank
of captain. He thinks they will be releas-
ed within ten days. though they are not
likely to be sent South.
A white deer was lately taken alive near
the town of Franklin, Delaware county,
New York The deer is as white as snow,
all except his ears and spot on the top Of
his head, and slight tinge of gray on each
side of the shoulder.
a blacksmith at Versailles is said to have
discovered a composition almost as hard as
iron, which can be applied under the hoof
without causing the horse the slightest pain,
and costs scventy-fve per cent less than or
dinary shoes.
Ford theatre at " ashington, where Mr.
Lincoln was murdered, has not been pur-
chased by the Christian Commisson, as re-
ported heretofore The sum asked is $780,
600, about SIS 200 more than it is worth
The crops in Ireland are reported from all
quarters to be in a satisfactory condition
Potatoes, hay, wheat, fax and oats are all
in forward state, and the most beautiful
weather continues throughout the island
The navy department has resolved to send
an iron-clad gunboat to the Pacific Wheth-
er it will be the Monadnock, or one of the
three others of the same model, has not
been decided
1t is stated that Kentucky and Tennessee
farmers have applied to an agent at Cincin-
natl for 5000 Irish and German laborers
from Europe. They are to be furnished in
two months.
The prices of meats, provisions, vegeta-
bles, fruit, &C., in the markets of Richmond,
Va, are now twenty per cent. below those
of New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore