Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-05-17
the RAFTsMAN's JOURNAL,

there no organizations to resist the draft
Was there no difficulty in making the enrol
ment? As a faithful officer he could make
no other reports, and the results which fol-
lowedt the troops being sent here fully yindi
Gated them. Had hestood by what he said
instead of attempting to deny it. he would
have commanded the respect of all honora-
BILE men, in place of being held up to pub
lie scorn and contempt as wilful and de-
hberate liar.
This may seem strong language, but what
we are about to say viii amply justify its
use. In mis- published letter NJ Herman
makes the following statement:
1.-THE deserters of most notorlety at that
time in the country were Tom Adams and
| Jim. Mckee 1t was patent that they were
employed by sore one A T. Mason and
myself, left Clearfeld town one morning,
| with the intention of arrestiug them or their
employer. The deserters we could not find,
| but on his own acknowledgement / arrested
| Mr.. Jacob Reed as having had them en-
| plOyed. L then new nothing about the man
nor his politics, nor did | care All wish
| ed to do was to break up the nest of those
bad men, Adams and Mckee | took Mr.
Reed to Pittsburg and handed him over to
the District Attorney, About the first word
| the Attorney asked me was, rs this man
copperhead ?'' [ said since arresting him he
tells me he is a Republican. He replied by
saying, this is not the kind of men we are
after. We want an out spoken Copperhead,
one that is opposed to the draft, y or words to
| this affect. He then asked Mr.. Reed if he
knew any such man. Reed said he did and
and upon his making oath against Mr.. Geo.
! -...1 q L
having done the same thing that Reed was
arrested for, he, (Reed) was permitted to
return home.
This whole statement is false, in every
particular. 1t is series of deliberate, viii
ful, and mendacious lies. He forgot that he
had dreported the case to Colonel Campbell.
! Here is his letter:
SMITH MILLS, FEBRUARY 20, 1864.
| Col. III. S. CAMPBELL, Pro. Marshal 10Th
District Pa SIR: On last Monday | re-
ceived a warrant for the arrest of one Jacob
Reed for harboring and giving employment
to deserters, knowing them to be such On
Wednesday | subpenied the witnesses and
arrested Reed and that night went to Pitts
| burg. On Thursday the prisOael had q
hearing, and acas held to bail IN thousand
dollars for has appearance ut the Nay term
Of the Z. S. Court While at Pttsburg,
/ made Information against another person
| George Sioss) for the same offence, and ex-
pect to receive the warrant next week
Does what | have done meet meet with your
approval? am respectfully,
Your ob't serv't JOHN S. NJ HERMAN.
Now it will be observed that instead of
Reed being discharged, he was held to bail
in $1,000, for his appearance at Court
Instead of Reed making oath against Sloss,
1H Herman made the Information himself
and got the odrrdnt! Amazing impudence
Knowing that his report was on file, and
that the information itself was on record, he
yet has the presumption to publish these
unqualified falsehoods What an unmitiga-
ted and brazen liar he has got to be since he
joined the Copperheads
That his story about the District Attorney
is also false, will appear from the following
affidavit of Mr.. Reed, and letter of Mr..
Carnahan
Clearfeld County, SIS On the 18th day of
May 1865, personally came before me, j. L.
Reed, of Woodward township, in said coun-
| ty, who being duly sworn according to law,
doth depose and say, that he has read the
letter of John S. Nj Herman, published in
the ''Clearfeld Republican, in which he
professed to give an interview between him
SELF the L. S. District Attorney, r. B. Car
nahan, Esq, and this Deponent-that the
statement Of said John S. NJ Herman so far
as relates to said interview isutterly and en-
tirely false, no such conversation as he de-
tails, ever having occurred, j. f. REED.
Sworn and subscribed this 18th of May,
1865, before JOHN w. SHUGART, j. 2. !
PITTsBURG, MAY 9TH, 1865.
| DEAR SIR Your note calling my atten-
tion to a printed letter of one John s. NJ
Kiernan, was received. 1t is only necessa-
ry to say that no such interview with me
ever took place, and no such conversation
ever occurred The statement is entirely
false. Respectfully yours etc,
| X. B. CARNAHAN, L. S. Dist Atty.
Such is the record John S. M'Kiernan
has made for himself. We commend it to
the Republican, as a very proper Appendix
to their Chapter I Of the History Of the
Var an C1eaUield. When next this pa
triotic, high-minded gentleman" has occa-
sion to write for their paper, they had bet
ter authenticate his statements before pub
| lisi ing them, if they do not wish to be con-
sidered particeps crimisis, in his unparal-
leled lying. **