Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-09-06
8afts,aan's Journal.
THE NEWS.

True bills having been found by the Grand
jury of Franklin county, at its late session
against N Causland and others who were
the immediate instrumentalities In the burn
ing of Chambersburg and the piIlaging of
the border by the Rebels during the war,
requisitions have been made upon the Gov
ernors of Old Virginia, West Virginia and
Maryland for the rendition of these persons
to the custody of the Pennsylvania authori-
ties, for trial at Chambersburg. These
men, if tried BY a jury of loyal Pennsylya-
mans, will have hard road to travel Gov
ernor Curtin has sent officers to take them
in custody.
AT a late hour on Friday, Aug. 29th, De-
tectives Gilmore and McDougall affected the
arrest of the defaulter, Edward B. Ketchum,
whom they took into custody at house in
West Goth ST., n. Y, where he was known
under the the alias of c. R. Lowry of Gin
cinnati. He has not been out of the city
since the discovery of his defalca.ions. The
prisoner was at once taken to the Police
Headquarters, and on Saturday District At
tornsy A. Oakly Hall, representing the peo-
pie, appeared in the Tombs Police Court
and preferred against him charge of for
gerry in the third degree.
In the Wirtz trial on Saturday, Robert II.
Kellogg, who was one of the prisoners in An
dersonville, testified as to the loathsome condi
tion of the prison, when he with four hundred
others, arrived there, in May, 1864; the
men were almost skeletons, dirty, half.starv-
. ed and diseased: that firing at men for ap-
preaching the dead line was frequent. He
,palso states that he had gone to the stream to
wash his hands, when shot was directed at
him, but luckily missed and that nearly
300 out Of 400 who were taken with himself
to Andersonville, died in few days after
they were parolled.
Spectators are engaged in buying up rebel
currency, In expectation that eventually it
will have an appreciable value. The asser-
ton is openly made in Washington that in
ducements will be brought to bear upon
some future Congress that will secure 1e-
cognition of the rebel debt. That is the
copperhead programme. One of the sets of
resolutions before the Committee on Reso-
lutions in he Copperhead Convention of the
24th Aug, contained hint on this subject, |
but it was rejected as being premature.
On Sunday night, August 90, a success
full robbery was perpetrated in Somerset, Pa.
The private banking house of Messrs
Tredwell & Co. was burglarousy entered,
the safe blown open, and the entire contents,
consisting of large amount of Government
securities, Fiye-Twenties and Seven-Thir-
ties, and about five hundred dollars in gold
and silver carried off. A reward of one
thousand dollars is offered for the arrest of
the robber and recovery of the property, or
five hundred for either.
President johnson has issued an order an
nouncing that persons implicated in the
Rebellion against whom no special charges
are pending, who desire to leave the country
viii be furnished passports for that purpose
by the State Department, on condition that
they shall not return without the Presidents
permission. 1t is said that application has
already been made on behalf of R. NJ. T.
Hunter of Virginia, now confined in Fort
Pulaski, for permission for him to leave the
country forever.
The latest news from the Empire of Bra
zil is that there is an Abolition party"
making its appearance in that great country.
What dreadful news for the Southern gen.
tlemen who have contemplated emigrating
to Brazil They have no refuge.from the
"abotitionists, it appears, save in Da-
honey.
Investigations since the jenkins and
Ketchum affairs have developed defalca-
tion amounting to one hundred thousand
dollars on the part of the Teller Of another
Wall street bank, but the matter has been
silenced by the friends of the defaulter re-
funding the money.
The Buffalo Eepress says: We under
stand the petit jury OF the United States
District Court have accepted an invitation
fromColchester to witness one of his seances
at an early day-Sunday is mentioned by
Colchester. He seems to be irrepressible
even after defeat.
The Number of men furnished by the
Sonth to rebel armies amount to !, ,l24, 900,
OF whom 650,000 are dead or disabled.
These figures exceed by many thousands
the number of men between the ages of IS
and As.
Judge Warren Powers died in Winona,
Minnesota, on the l7th inst. He had held
several important civil offices, and vas a ,
leading member OF the societies of Masons
and Odd Fellows.
The rebel General Wade Hampton, of
Mouth lNarcl.r,a q 1