Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-03-22

uiu not see lt done.
JOHN S. NJ HERMAN. sworn ,-.,
at Smiths Mills, Clearfeld county D. p5osiue
was appointed Deputy Provost NarSbal
June 1868, and continued to act in tbat III III
paclty until the lst of November laSt I'd
know the accused. He was to ser,,a ~ d,
draft notices, for Graham township an S'T
believe he did serve them Judging fro,a ~''i ).
return he made to me. | empioyed him .e
serve them. There was considerable GE
Guilty IN getting any one TO serve the no,;,--
[ was in Clearfield on Friday or Saturiar -
ter the draft, in October, and asked . . .
Der of persons from Graham TOWNSHIP :.
serve the notices, but they all refused 5,n' ~
ueI LanSberry came to ME and asked 70 -
the list of drafted men. | told him 7 oonTg
not let him see it, unless he would conSon, nSaa.
TO serve the notices. There was conSiJs-l rS,Seu'
bic other talk, but that was the subStanaeo' q
what | told him. He wanted to know WI. y,
he would have to do. / explained n b;n'
that he must take an oath TO do it faitbf'1
ly, and also explained how the potices W.,
to be served. He then asked IN Coo "Jte tLe
oath. showed it to him. and he carafrii',
read it over He told me he could taLe ~ ,bs
oath, and l then administered it to him
gave him the notices. | had never seen b;,,
before, to my knowledge.
GEORGE W HALL, sworn.-I know Con,
uel Lansberry. / attended a secret meetin,
at the Polk School house. in Graham touiS
ship, about the first of October last. San
uel Lansberry notified me Of the moat;n,
on the Sunday previous. He came IN o{I,.
house on that day. He told me he had
draft notice for me and to come 10 the rpest,
ing, and he would give it to me- Heals
told me / should not report He told me
he did not have the notice with him. He
served the notice on me at the meeting.
There was quite crowd standing round
when he served the notice on me. Patrick
Curley stated the object of the meeting
He said it was to get the men to stick to
gether, and that those who did not want to
report, should help one another not to 80.
| suppose % or % men were sworn. There
were a good many drafted men sworn in.
He served the notices after they were sworn.
The first time ! recollect seeing him that
night was when he gave me my notice.
Cross E,ramaei He did not tell M.
what kind of a meeting it was to be. He
only told me there would be meeting. He
did not say it was to be Democratic meet
ing. My mother said, in the presence Of
Lansberry, when he told me | was drafted.
that | was too young. He stopped az our
house to tell father TO fill up some graves III
the burying ground | could not sav posi-
lively whether he was present when Curley
stated the object Of the meeting, nor wheth-
er he was present when the oath was admin
istered to any one | did not hear him say
that he would be willing TO pay for substi-
tutes.
WILLIAM w HOOVER, swo.n.-I was
drafted last October. Samuel Lausbery
lelt'the notice at my father house. | was
at the meeting at the Polk School house
Lansbery notified me of it. 1t was ED
on Monday before the election in October
25 or 80 present. We were sworn, to stick
together, and help one another not TO 90 the
army. | saw Lansberry just after the meet
ing was over. He gave the notices to the
drafted men who were there, after they were
sworn. He told me afterwards, not to re-
port but to come and work for him. and he
would put me in a substitute. | went and
worked for him. | went to him about three
weeks after the draft | had conversation.
with iiii;;::3, ihii;;::3, several times about reporting
His advice on each occasion was not TO re
port. worked for HIM upwar,ls of 3 weeks
| know of party OF nIeT living in the
woods in long cabin last fall William
Wilhelm. IL zekiah and Alex. Lansberry
(sons of the accused, Thomas Holt, JOIN
Loder and myself composed it. We were
all drafted men. 1t was about week after
we got the notices that we went 10 th,
woods. We were ordered TO report on th,
Goth October, We got our. notices on the
10th Of October, think--the day betort
the election. We remained IN the woods a
bout two weeks We lived in shanty
which we constructed our elveSS We took
provision with us from home. On Wed
nesdayeafter we went out, Samuel Lansber
ry brought usproviSions. IN spring wagon
We had our rifles with u.s.. We went thert
to hunt-that' 5 what We built the >hanty
for. The time for reporting was up Uher
we got home. None OF the party reported
1t WAS i.anSberrys 5 team that brought the
provisions.
Cross E,cdmined Il did not see E.ansber-
ry when the oath was administered 10 me
/ never asked him to get me substitute.
| never sent him to meeting to procure
one for me- He said he would get me ore
if he could be got for. $l25. The place
where we were staying in the shanty, was
the ordinary hunting grouud of the people
in tfat country. 1t is customary 10 go there
in the fall to hunt. My father and ocber
citizens were out at the same time Lans-
berry hauled provisions for all of us was
with LansberFy from the 9TH to the 20th.
Some persons went home from the shanty
and then came back / would have gone
there to hunt. but | cannot speak for the
Others
JOHN b. LoDER, sworn. i live in Brad
ford township, Clearfela county Am la.
borer Eknow Lansberry. | was one OF
the party living in the shanty in the woods
All the men were drafted. They said they
went there to hunt When | went there
did not know the Others were there. Ihey
were all armed. | didn't hear anything
said about avoiding the draft. 1t was sad,
that it was nice place to resist the soldiers
if thnu con,o " % loff the Wnnhs ON the