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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-04-05

CLEARFIELD, PA, APRIL 5, 1865.
FALSE PROPHETS.

After the election it was customary for
the lugubrious Copperheads to stand about
the street corners and predict depreciation
of the National currency-or in other words,
a rise in gold-to such an extent as to in
volye the country in utter bankruptcy.
Lincoln ELECTION, - said they, was the
one thing needed to destroy the little re-
manning credit, the Government had hence
forth its notes and bonds will continue to
depreciate until they will become entirely
worthless But unfortunately for these
prophets of evil, scarcely month of Mr.
Lincolns second term has expired, and we
find, in that time, the National currency has
appreciated more than fifty per cent Dur
ing the same period of thirty days, the bonds
of the Government have been taken by the
people to the extent of one hundred and
sixty mine millions-or more than five mil
lions of dollars per day! Since the election,
when these predictions were made, gold has
fallen from 260 to less than 30
But, what is more remarkable, the very
men in this community who pronounced the
Government securities worthless, and pre-
dicted they never would be paid, have pur-
chased these very bonds, organized a bank,
and are prepared to issue to the people
notes based on this worthless trash ~
What wonderful effect some peoples poch-
cts have ON their principles and opinions I!
Like Achilles, our Copperhead leaders have
one vulnerable point-the pocket. We might
have hammered away at their heads for
years, with all the logic of Bacon and the
eloquence of Demosthenes, and never could
have convinced them that the Government
was strong enough III men and money to
crush this wicked and heartless rebellion.
But as the great work draws near its COM
pletion, the conviction is brought home to
them, through their pockets, in the apprecl-
alton of Government notes and securities,
and the rapid decline in gold By their
works they evince the genuineness of
their conversion, which, though at the e.
leventh hour, is better late than never. A
year ago these men proclaimed to their ad-
miring followers, that they would not ''wIL-
LINGLY' furnish another man or another
farthing to prosecute the war. Yet, recent
ly, they have not only r0l,mtarj2y and Will
LINGLY' furnished representative substi-
tutes for the army, but they have rojatata-
rfly and WILLINGLY furnished the Gov
ernment-not "a tartiing but a hundred
thousand dollars, and have organized Ma
tional Bank
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So Then /!

There is id bad news for as tonight
Such was the expression used within our
hearing, on Monday night last, by one mem
berof the Democratic Castle TO another,
after reading the news of Grant successful
advance, and the defeat of the rebels. Can
any one doubt which of the two armies these
worthless favor? And yet, they term them
selves loyal men, and would be exceed
ingly angry were they called Copperheads.
Such fellows, were they not base towards,
would be found in the rebel army, where
they properly belong.
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THE OLEARPIELD CASES.
GENERAL. ORDER No So.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF Pa, I
Philadelphia, March 2lst, 1868

GENERAL ORDER No. Sc.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF Pa !
Philadelphia, March DIST, 1868
In the case of Jacob Wilhelm the COM
mission finds the accused Guilty of all th e
charges and specifications.
SENTENCE.-And the commission does
therefore sentence him, the said Jacob Viii
helm, to pay a fine of FIVE hundred dollars
(S500l and to be confined at such place as
the commanding General may direct. for
period of two years, and to be committed
until the fine is paid.
In the case of Samuel Lansberry the COM
mission finds the accused Guilty of all the
charges and specifications.
SENTENCE the commission does
therefore sentence him, the said Samuel
Lansberry, to be confined at hard labor a
period of two years from the PRONUNCIATION
of this sentence, at such place as the COM
manding General may direct, and to pay a
fine of one thousand $4,000 dollars, and
stand committed until the fine is paid.
Tn the case of Patrick Curley the Com
mission finds the accused Guilty on all the
charges and specifications,
Science. the commission does
therefore sentence him the said Patrick Cur
ley, citizen, toiconfnementa at hard labor for
the period of two (2) years from the promul-
CATION Of this sentence, at such place as the
commanding General may direct, and to
pay fine OF FIVE hundred dollars $500 and
stand committed until the fnei is paid.
1.-THE proceedings of the Military
Commission in the foregoing cases, having
been submitted to the Maj Gen. Command
ing, the following are the orders thereon:
In the cases of Jacob Wilhelm, and Sam
uel LGaSber9y citizens, the proceedings,
findings and sentences are approved. The
prisoners will be sent under proper guard to
Fort Mifflin, near Philadelphia, Pa, for
confinement, or such other place as may from
time to time be directed by the Secretary OF
war The Commanding Officer of Fort Milf
fin, Pa, is charged wish the execution of
the sentences. Tls Commanding Officer OF
Harrisburg, Pa, is charged with the execu-
ton Of this order.
In the case of PttrtcI; Culey, citizen, the
proceedings, findings and sentences are APP
proved; but upon the recommendation OF
the Judge Advocate of the Con mission and
the Deputy Provost Marshal Of the 10Th
District of Penn so much of the sentence
as requires the prisoner TO be confined at
hard labor for longer period than one
month, from the PRONUNCIATION of the sen
tence, and the payment of fine of five hun
dred dollars $500, is hereby remitted. The
prisoner will be sent under proper guard to
Fort Mifflin, near Philadelphia, Pa, the
Commanding Officer of which is charged
with the execution of the unrenitted por-
tion of the sentence. The Commanding Of
ficer at Harrisburg Pa, is charged with the
execution of this orper.
By Command of Mai Gen CADwALADER:
JOHN S. SCHULTZE, \. A. G.
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PAR MOBILE FRATRUM.

W ITTE and y 0RTHROP 0u remember
them, don't you? The distinguished indi-
viduals who were specially imported last fall,
and last fall year, to enlighten the ''unter-
rifed" of Clearfeld. How they swelled and
frothed and fumed at the great Copperhead
skizzles How the faithful boasted of their
gigantic intellects, theirwonderful eloquence,
their devoted patriotism. and their unim-
peachable honesty What splendid orators
they were! How convincing their logic, no Y
unanswerable their arguments How vivid
and pathetic the portrayal of the horrors Of
war, that welled up from their honest and
sympathising hearts
Well, Witte and Northrop have turned
up again 1t seems that the Atlantic and
Great Western Railroad Company, wanted
bill passed by the Legislature to consoli-
date the mortgages on their road. Though
the bill was perfectly proper and right, Wit
te and Northrop got hold of the agent of
the company, and made him believe it could
not be passed without money. They un-
dertook to engineer it, and with the assist
ance of an ex-member of the Legislature
named Schofeld-a brother Copperhead-
they succeeded in bleeding the company to
the extent of $50, 900! 1t leaked out too
soon, however, and before they got away
with the plumber they were obliged to dis
gorge. a committee was appointed by the
Senate to investigate the matter
These are the men who captivated the
susceptible Copperheads of Clearfeld- upon
whose glowing descriptions of Italy they
hung with delight-and who were overload
ed with their fattering attentions! A no
bic pair truly Their prospect for contrast
ing the cells of the Penitentiary with the
elegant parlors of their Clearfeld friends, is
exceedingly brilliant. Should the opportu-
nifty be afforded them their appreciation OF
our wealth and intelligence will be pro-
portionately heighted.
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us JUSTICE CHEATED 2n

The above pertinent interrosatory heads
an editorial article in the last Republican, In
which, singular to say, they conaptdt,s OF the
release of their political friends, who were
recently held in custody. They denounced
their arrest, abused the Government for
their retention, and DOW reproach those who
procured their discharge! Verify, con
sistency thou art a jewel
But to the question, rs Justice cheat
ed?'' We say emphatically, YES! Not,
however, by the release of set of delu-
ded men whose greatest fault consisted in
following too blindly the behests of their po-
litical leaders They had already been suf-
fciently punished, and it was right and pro
per for those who were cognizant of the cir
cumstances to interfere in their behalf, and
procure their discharge. But justice has
been cheated, by the escape from punish
ment of those leaders who insdgated these
men to pursue conrse of conduct, the le-
gitimate result of which was violation of
law. The men who, for their own selfish
purposes. advised their followers to with
hold their support from the Government,
and to refuse contributions of men or money
to carry on the war-who insidiously thrust
their confding and deceived followers for
ward, while they remained under secure
shelter-who, as soon as danger threatened,
volunteered to put in representative substi-
tutes by special order-these are the men
who deserve to be punished, and who have
cheated y swindled, and defrauded Jus
tice'' of her dues.
Yes, ''Justice" has been cheated :
shamefully cheated, and will continue to be
cheated until the editor of the Republican,
and his masters, as Curley calls them,
shall have meted out TO them the full mea-
sure of punishment they have so richly earn
ed by their persistent hostility to the Gov
ernment, aud their shameful betrayal of
those who looked to them for advice and
counsel. Whether or not it shall be inhict-
ed by the sentence of a judicial tribunal that
punishment will be equally inevitable, and
when it comes the trio, consisting of an in
significant lawyer" an insignificant" de-
funct politician, and their insignificant
tool of the RepubAicda, will wish, each in
their heart of hearts, that they had been
true to their country in the hour of its trial
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-04-05
Good for the Herald.

The n. Y. Herald, gets off the following
elegant metaphor. Those who fail to ap-
preoiate the poetry, can at least realize its
truth
''Gen GRANT is a fisher of armies. With
one end of his mighty seine fixed at Rich
mond, he sweeps around with II other end
from the Mississippi river to the Atlantic
coast, and up the coast to the Richmond
landing. There, where the two ends of the
seine meet, we shall have grand haul of
all sorts offsh-shad and herring surgeons
and suckers, catfish and eels, crabs, ,drumfsh,
swordfsh, gudgeons and porpoises, and the
draft may possibly include that regular old
hammer headed shark, Jeff Davis. The
seine is coming ashore, and we can see. from
the futtering on the surface inside that the
haul will exhaust the Confederacy.
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THE "OAsTLEn AGAIN.

eve have heretofore said that the "Cas-
tie" was merely political organization, re-
quiring no oath, but simply an obligation OF
honor and fidelity to the Democratic party.
We spoke advisedly. ''-Rpubticaa.
Having said it heretofore you stick to
it, on your principle, we suppose, that "a
lie well stuck to is as good as the truth.
You would have us believe your naked as
sertion in the face of the sworn testimony
of more than a score of witnesses. Either
you lie, or Bloom, Miles, Korb, Hall, Au-
randi, Shire, Rinehart, Hoover, Loder, and
host of other members of your party have
pet5ared themselves ''It is dilemma
with but two horns, one or the other of
which you must take.
If no other evidence existed, the case
which we publish this week, clearly estab-
fishes the fact that the Democratic Castle
was an organization to resist the draft, and
that its members were sworn. Two drafted
men, members of the Order, are arrested
by Government officers for not reporting.
Immediately messengers are sent in every
direction, to the different places where the
IlculDeTS vi Tic dIC dU Nolh,
to notify them of the arrest, and call upon
them, under their oaths, to assist in the res
cue. They drop their work, take their hor
ses and their guns, and proceed immediate
ly TO the place of rendezvous Collected,
armed and equipped, they march to where
they know the officers have been dogged,
and effect the rescue They are subsequent
ly arrested, and assign as the reason for
their conduct, that they We're members OF
the Democratic Castle, and were s,cora to
rescue each other from the custody of Mar
shals! 1t is proven that they were mem
bers, that they were thus instructed and
sworn, and that such was the real object of
the organization. Yet, in the face of this
raid and rescue, and in the teeth of this ev-
idence, the writer in the Republican speaks
"oduisedlyy when he says, that the mem
bers were not sworn, and that the Order
was not to resist the draft Bad advisers
have been the cause Of this whole trouble,
and tie followers of the Republican had bet /
ter look elsewhere for counsel.
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Collapsed.

The Cleveland P1aindealer, the last Cop
perhead paper in Northern Ohio, has ''gone
under It was one of the traitor Vallan-
dlghams warmest supporters. As the re-
bellion languishes, Its supporters disappear,
or perish. Soon the last traitorous sheet,
that sustains the crumbling fabric of the
'Confederacy," North and South, will be
wiped out forever.
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Prescription.

Unlike the Know nothing party, it tthe
Castle, prescribed no man on account
OF his religion or birth place. '-Republican
No, nor on account of his being a rebel,
or sympathizing with the enemies of his
country. 1t only proscribes those whe wear
the blue uniform of the Government, and
shed their blood in its defence.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-04-05
J. BLAKE WALTERS.

The distinguished individual, whose name
heads this paragraph, ';spreads himself
over several columns of the last Republican,
under the sensation heading, fifty-four
days in one of Lincoln's bastiles The
whole story is summed up in few words
An information was made before the proper
officer, against young Walters, by a mem
Der Of his own party, charging him with or
ganizing a reasonable society in Graham
township, to resist the draft On that in
formation be was arrested, and sent to Fort
Alitfiin, with the other Government prison
ers From Fort Mif1iin he was brought up
to Harrisburg for trial, but at the instance
Of James'B. Graham, Esq, through the ef-
forts Of Mr. Swoope, he was released, on
giving his parole to report when required by
the comm nding General, and taking the
oath of allegiance. He may yet be tried,
and his guilt or innocence, (about which we
have nothing to say,) viii then be establish
ed. Poor Blake! he sputters and futters
like sick pigeon He had better have
stayed out of print and saved his credit
The nursery rhyme would have served as
an appropriate motto for his adventures:
There was man in our town,
And he wondrous wise
He jumped into briar bush
And scratched out both his eyes.
And when he his eyes were OUT
With all his mi ght and main,
He jumped into another bush
And scratched them in again.
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The PRESIDENT ON THE BATTLEFIELD
The brave men of the Ninth, Second and
Sixth Corps fought on Saturday last under
auspices altogether new to their experience
of the battlefield. Some of the hardest
fighting ofthe day was done under the eye of
the President of the United States, who wit
messed the conflict from standpoint
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style be charged Ao@bie Pyire for orcpif
ISrOt'L LETTERS unclaimed and rsTuafa-
H ing in the Post efice Ciearfed, the st
day of April. A. D. 1863.
Cable, Joseph Labree. James NJ
Degnau Patrick Mecrery. Mrs Margaret
Doyle. Rev. NJ. NJ DcrmIth James
Dinsmore, Emmett . Pase. Christian
Dinsmore, Miss Eda Petermau, Mrs Phoebe
Hamil ton. VIM T. Richlcy, George
Holt Miss. Willamina Roberts Miss Mary J.
Hoover, John Smsale. Miss EmaiHc
Henry. John SiaGiIer. Aits }. NJ
johnson Joshua S Taylor, William
Jones. Henry Warner. Miss Kate
Keeper, David Weldon Flick,
One cent due on each letter advertised Per-
calling for any Of above letters. will say they
are advertised. NJ. 4. PRANK. p u
DEIIEF NOTICE.--The Board of Relief
Ia for the county of CIearfcId will meet at the
Commissioners Office in Clearfeld. " cdnes-
day and Thursday, the 18th and 9th days .
April, 1863
The Board of + elief have directed that the wife
of the soldier must appear before the board, AMI
produce her sworn statement. detailing name OF
soldier. regiment and company, and when eniIs-
ted the number Of children with age and sex of
each the {, wnship in which they resided at the
time OF enlistment, and their present residence;
and that she is without the means 81 support for
herself and children who dependent upon h'f
Two witnesses of credibility from the township
in which she resides must also be produced " hoss
certificate (sworn to before the Board of Reliet)
forth that the applicant is the person she
represents herself 10 be, that the statement Of the
number and age of her familyis true, that she )
in destitute circumstances and her family IL ac-
tual want and that all the facts set forth in her
application are correct and true
Forms containing these requisitiOns can be OBJ
tanned at the Office of the Board of Relief, when
application is made and the witnesses appears
n. B. Illness of the APPLICANT, properly proven
viii excuse personal attendance
April ) 1885 WM 5 BRADLEY, clerk
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WITHIN short time three bona Jfde Ger
man Counts, one Irish Baronet, two Greeks
of high degree, and one Turk, have been en-
listed in New York.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-04-05

The maple sugar in Vermont last year,
was worth 50, $50, 600, and the farmers are
determined to make it worth good deal
more this year
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aleW 3 drrrtis

AaUertlSeHeOtSs frest tg3s c,tfs. OroHt faaE
style ci be charged Io@bie Pyire fy sacso~c"pi'd.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-04-05

LvOUR a. good draught horses for sale oy
II e a IRWIN, Curwessv1fie'
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''Ifwc can't hear it ain for the lack of
ears, as the ass said to the cornfeld
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-07

ers, of Danvile. This gentleman has,
during his whole life, been strong
Unionist, but when the war broke out
threw his fortune in the scale of Vifgi-
MIA, and joined the army. He received
three desperate wounds at the battle OIL
Gaines's mill, each oneof which was con-
4idered mortal, but he miraculonsly sur
vived. During the last few days James
r. Holt, of Lynchburg, has come lof-
ward MS a candidate, and declares him
self capable of taking the oath.
In the seventh Alexandra District
there are four candidates in the field, all
of whom. il is said, can take the oath /;
Int Lewis Mckenzie and George +.
Senseney seem to be the favortes.
There are several candidates in the sth
District, but the only two of any c0nse-
auenceare Daniel II. Hoge and Edmund
Longley, professor of Emory and Henry
College, both of whom are fully quail
ed and unobjectionable men.
We trust the people will choose men
who will be acceptable to Congress, and
who will at the same time properly rep
resent the dignity as well us the inter
ests of the State.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-07
Trial of General Briscoe.
\ Washington despatch of the 1t
instant SAYS:

\ Washington despatch of the 4th
instant says;
The court-martial in the case of Brevet
| Brigader General Briscoe, of the One
HUNDRED and Ninety-nintlI Pennsylva-
mia volunteers, who WAS arrested at
Lynchburg on Friday last, convened to-
day. He is charged with having alb
stracted from the United States bar of
gold bullion, valued at oyer eleven hun
dred dollars, II package Of gold coin
valued at one thousand dollars, and sill
yer coin, valued at two hundred and
fifty dollars, and with conduct prejudi-
cial to good order and discipline.
Ex-Governor Ford, of Ohio, appears
in behalf of General Briscoc.
Captain Alherger, Observation-Disclosures
master, was the principal witness. lie
was scnt for by General Rriscoe on the
| morning of the 10th Of September, at
| headquarters in Lynclburg. The Cen
eral asked him what amount OF money
he had in the safe, and of what denomi.
nation, saying at the same time that il
one would be the wiser for it. In reply
him he had in his possession
bttHCCIl TUt,bbV '-fNfoVOs XVII
eral proposed to throw q small amount
of money into some place and to have
the witnesses house broken open and his
safe key stolen, to which Capt. a iberger
objected. He said the money could be
taken and half the town arrested for it.
During the conversation he said when
the witness was arrested he (the generalJ
would be president of the eourt-martial
and have him acquitted. When he Went
into the room in the morning A. W.
Lackey was there, and said to witness.
"The general is all right, as | told you,"
and then the general asked the questions
about the money.
On the evening of the Dist Of Septem-
Der, Lackey said to witness sit was a
hard time for quartermasters going ont
of the service,n and if the witness "did
not make himself rich out of it he was q
fool.n The witness asked him what he
meant, when he said "you are handling
government funds and can dispose Of
them as you please
The remainder of the facts, including
the arrest 0fGeneral Briscoe and Lackey
the formers accomplice, have already
been published.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-07
INTERESTING TO FREEDMEN.

1t will be perceived by the following
circular that Freedmen doing business
in Norfolk and Portsmouth, are required
in future to procure the proper license
from the city government, and that the
tax on same is to he paid to the civil alt
th0rities
HEipQuARrrEs DlsrnIcr OF souru Eastern VIRGINIA, !
NORFOLK Va, Oct !, 1866.
CIRCULAR No.
AS many Freedmen doing business in
the cities Of Norfolk and Portsmouth
have been in doubt as to whether they
would be required to procure the License
for such business required by the city
ordinance, il is hereby stated for the in
formation Of all concerned: that 1t has
beer decided by competent authority
That such License D1ustin the future, be
procured and that he tax Gn the
same will be paid To the civil authori-
Ties.
irhe Court before which Freedmen are
tried, will, see that these instructions are
faithfully observed.
BY Order OF By't. Brig. Gen. 0. l..
MANN.
JOHN l.. WoRDEN, Jr., A. 4. Il,
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-07
THE GENERAL EPISCOPAL CONVENTION

The General Convention of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church of the Uni
ted States, which has for some time been
looked forward to with much interest on
account of the positions and relations Of
the Southern churches, met on Wednes-
day at Philadelphia. No delegates from
the Southern dioceses were present, ex-
cept Texas, but it was confidently expect
ed that the whole body of the Southern
churches would be represented later in
the session. The opening sermon was
delivered by the Right Rev. Francis Full
ford, Lord Bishop of Montreal, who was
chosen thus to of1iciate by Bishop Whit
tingham, of Nd, upon whom had de-
volved the duty, but whose physical
prostration rendered such eXertion i'm
possible. The Rev. James Craik, of
Kentucky; was reelected president of
the house of Clerical and Lay Deputies,
and the Rev. DR.. Randall, Of Mass
chosen secretary. The House of Bishops
having elected Rev. Dr. l.. p. Balch,
secretary, both bodies perfected their or
ganization and appointed necessary
committees, preparatory to entering UP
on the important business which will
occupy them for some days to come.