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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

A POINTED ANSWER Cleveland
Herald thus replies to a carping copperhead
orator, who triumphantly asked why the
revenue was not ssfficient to diminish the
public debt why it was no; collected and
properly appropriated: The fact that sew
en- eights of the revenue causes now pending
in the United States Courts of Northern
Ohio are Democrats on trial for swindling
the Government may partly answer the
question" The further fact that Andrew
johnson and his officials, in many parts OF
the country, have been in league with the
whiskey ring to enrich themselves and ere
ate an INN ense Democratic corruption fund
viii ansv er pretty much the whole of it.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23
National Mass Convention.
HEADQUARrERs Soldiers and Sailors
State Central Commute.
PhIlalrIrhia Sent 10 ISfS
ORDERS No. I-TRANSPORTATIO

ORD ERS No. .i--TRANSPORTATIO
l. All Soldiers and Sailors in gan lied bodies
or by squads of not less than three. and their
wives and families will be carried TO PhiIade
phia from all points a'on the Pennsylvania Cen
trail and Philadelphia and L rie Ri broad and their
branches. at two cents per mile and return FIRE
of ck0rge The tickets will be issued at the diff
ferent Railroad Stations along the line on Sep
TENDER % and 30 and October /. and viii be good
TO return October 3 and )
2 This arrangement is most liberal,and tue of
fcers Of the road have the thankso of the Committee
3. Rates of other reads-East. V est and South
will he published in future orders.
officers of clubs please confer with Ticket
Agents to the probable nun Der who will take
passage at each station. By order of the Com
mittee CHAS IL. 7. COLLIS.
A l.. RUSSELL Sec-y Chairman.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

ARE You AsSEssED?- ?-It you are not
certain, examine the List of Voters" stucL
up at the election house in your district IF
your name is not on the list go TO yourAsses.
Sor and have it entered on his book at once
taking the Assessors certificate. setting
forth that you were properly assessed-otb-
erwise you may be defrauded out oc your
vote. Don't forget this
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

WHAT THE BANKS PAY-The National
Banks in Pennsylvania paid last year State
tax of = 80 per cent, and Federal tax of
2.29 per cent, in all a tax of 4.6I per
cent. ON their entire capital With the
new Democratic doctrine of equality in tax
alton, this oppressive burthen'' upon the
banks would be largely reduced, part of it
being shifted over on to farmers and work
ingmens' ONES
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

TIER HoPE Is IN FRAUD.-The Demo
crats have no hope of carrying the elections
aside from Fraud. They elected Shars-
wood in Pennsylvania last fall, by illegal
votes, and after he got on the bench he pro
nounced Il law for the protectirn of the pu-
rity of the balloi-bo unconstitutional
Honest mer of all parties are interested in
fair elections. With Democratic frauds
succeeding, elections are farce and utterly
fail to express the wishes of the people.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

Their POLICY. Had those who framed
the fourth demand of the Democratic Plat
form been the professed advocates of the
interests of the bondholders and bankers.
to the neglect of the mechanics and farm
ers they could not have devised better
method TO prove their sincerity. Equal
taxation OF every species Of property accord
ing to its real value" will relieve the Ma.
tlonal banker of 81, 90 Of the 81, 900 taxes
he pays on every 100000, and place the
other halt on the farmer. The farmer who
Is now exempt from everything save tax
on his income, according to the Wade Hamp
ton Democratic Platform, will be taxed to
reitece the banker. The banker not the
farmer, should be thankful for the prac-
teal operation of the 'equalizing'' propo-
sition. This is the legitimate result of the
theory advocated by the modern Democracy,
who pretend to sympathise with the labor
ing classes.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

JUsT CONE To LIGHT Hon. Leonard
Myers, in a speech in Philadelphia On Tues
day evening. made the following statement:
The vilest thing yet is the attempt to fast.
en- on General Grant tie responsibility for
the starvation of our prisoners, and to do
it they call on the rebel General Ould. who
even iutimates that their prisoners were
treated no better. Now, [ want your atten
tion TO a statement which has never before
been made public When jeff Thompson
the rebel, was exchanged he passed through
Andersonvillc. He had the heart of a man !;
he had been treated by US with great kind
ness, and he waited upon Jefferson Davis to
beg better conduct toward our prisoners.
Davis replied: We can Kill heDt that tcdfJ
n'uch quicker than III 6attIe He is the
stern statesman who was fed on fried oys-
ters; has been cheered i'll England by our
Tree trade friends, and stands about as
much chance Of hanging as John H. Sur
ratt. Let modern Democracy call up JEFF.
Thompson as their next witness.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

Is Your NETGHBoR ASSESSED Exam
inc the List of Voters at yonr election
house, and if his name is not found thereon
inform him Of the fact, as by so doing You
will secure him his vote on election day. 4
willy and INSCRIPTIONS political foe is resort
ing to every venal means to defraud legal
voters ont of their votes. in the hope that
they might iry that means carry the State
Tor Seymour. Your early attention to hav-
ing our friends assessed may avert so dire a
calamity befaliing the country. Then don t
neglect to have all assessed
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

An ITEM FOR FARMERS. The Democra-
cy demand that he real estate of Pennsyl-
wanna, which was.valued in 1861 at SI,4I6.-
sol, ,SlS,a and which the Republicans have ex-
empted from State taxation, shall be placed
on the duplicate gain aud be subject to
State and Federal taxes. The National
Banks of this State, with fifty millions of
capital, paid over two hundred thousand
dollars of taxes last year, while the real es.
tate paid nothing. Under the new Demo
cratic scheme Of taxation, the bar Ks
would have only one-twenty- y-ninth of this
sum, say s. 900, to pay, and the other$l93.
900 would be assessed On the farmers and
lot-ownerS, What say the people to that?
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

CONGRESSIONAL VAcANCY.-The death OF
Hon. Darwin. A. Finncy, at Brussels, Bel
GUM, whittier he had gone for the benefit
Of his health, creates a vacancy in Congress
from the Twentieth District of this State.
Mr. Finney was native of Vermont, but
chose Pennsylvania as his adopted State
when quite a young man. He graduated
at Allegheny College, in Meadville, about
1871, and soon after commenced the prac
tice of the law in that place. lie wa,
originally IA Whig, anu on the demise o
that party was an early champion of the
Republican party. He represented his dis
trict two terms in the State Senate, serving
one term as Speaker. After a protracted con
test he was nominated and elected to Con
gress in 1866. He was man of strict in
tegrity and generous impulses, and hi
death will be sincerly lamented.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

\ LETTER FROM PETER CoopER To Ho-
RATIO SfYMoUR.-On the first page OF this
paper, will be found letter from Peter
Cooper to Hora;io Seymour Mr.. Coorer
has been prominent Democratic leader in
New York, and hence his letter possesses
unusual interest, We hope our Republican
friends, after careful perusal, will hand it
10 their Democratic neighbors
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23
QUEEN OF ENGLAND SOAP.
q QUEEN OF ENGLAND SOAP.

QUEEN ENGLAND SOAP
For doing family washing in the hest and
cheapest manner Guaranteed equal to any in
the world Has all the strength of old rosir soap
with the mild and iathering qualities of genuine
CASTLE. Try this splendid soap. Sold by the
ALDEN CHEMICAL WORKS. As North Front
street, Philade elpbia, ISep. 9, l563-ly
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23
GRAND RALLY!
Grant and Colfax
NJ ASS NJ E E I N e.!
AT CLEARFIELD, ON
WEDNESDAY EVEN'G, SEPT. 80, 1868.
The Meeting will be addressed by
Hon. Andrew G.. Curtin,
I HON. G. w. SCOFIFLD,
Hon. Samuel Linn,
and a number ofother distinguished speakers

Friends of the Union, of Humanity and
Peace, rally once again
1t is the same old struggle-the same Vi
tai issue-shall the Nation survive or per-
ish? Shall all the results of the war be
sacrifced-all the blood have been shed,
and all the vast treasure expended in vain
Shall the Government Of the country be en-
trusted to those who attempted to destroyitl
Let us be up and doing, foreverYthing dear
to American freemen is at stake
H. BUCHER SwooPE,
Chairman County Committee.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

QUESTION FOR DEMooRATs.-If major
ity of 1897 for the Republicans at the
State election in Vermont. in 1864. would
give them a majority Of 20, l9S in Novem
Der of that year, what will their majority of
20, 965 in September of this year give them
on the Sd of November next?
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

CoPPERHEAD PRosCRrPuoN. N.-The ten
der affection of the Democratic party for
the boys in blue is shown by the fact that,
ou Monday last, Sept. 18th. eighty FIVE
workmen. all Republicans but two, and
among them four one legged and three one
armed soldiers, were discharged from the
Portsmouth Navy Yard by the new Demo
cratic incumbents there.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

WORTH REMENBERING-One vote for
Hartranft and Campbell in October is worth
two for Grant and Coliax in November.
If We carry the first election-the second
grapd and final victory is sure to follow.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

GLAD TGDTNGS. Judging ty the intelli-
gence from New Jersey, New York. and
Connecticut, and the healthy reaction pro-
duced by the Republican victories in the
North and the rebel excuses in the South,
it is a reasonable calculation that Horatio
Seymour viii not get an electoral vote out
side of Mar land, Kentucky anb Delaware.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

TEACHERS WANTED. The Board of
Schooi Directors of Penn township wish
employ FIVE competent teachers for he com
ing term Applicants for Schools can meet the
Board of Directors at pennville. Sata riay- the
:ird day of October. 1868. at % clock p NJ
Sep. % JAS. B. CLARK, Secretary.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

How TO MAKS POLITICAL CAPITAL =
The Democrats have very simple recipe
They get up an extensive riot, an insurrec
ton or war, and charge the expense, the
trouble and the bloodshed it costs, to the
Republicans under the head of extrava-
ganee. No wonder that the intelligent mas
ses of Vermont and Maine arose in their
might, and hurled the insult back into the
faces of their opponents.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

SIGNlFICANT.-lt is perhaps worth re
cording that the Republican Senators who
voted to acquit the President, are without
exception, for Grant and Colfax. In a
speech the other day. Senator Fessenden re
terred to the action of the Chicago Conven-
ton, and remarked that he did not find
much fault; he supposed the thirty FIVE Sen
ators needed Endorsement, while he needed
none. Mr. Eessenden is doing good service
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23
i1iv;nC II In.

The New York STR, Seymour organ,
evidently sees the drift of the tide since
Maine has spoken. 1t says
..The truth lad better be spoken at all
times, and those Democratic papers that are
trying to torture the figures of the Maine
election into Democratic triumph might
just as we'll speak out honestly and say what
they really believe We said before the
Maine election was held that the result
would fairly indicate the prospect IN the
Presidential contest. We adhere to tnat
opinion now. The result in Maine clearly
shows, in our Judgment, that there are not
enough straight Democratic votes 10 elect
Seymour to the Presidency. We mean this.
A comparison of the vote in Maine with
that OF other States, shows that the Demo
cratic party is not gaining strength fast
enough to win, by its own voteS,ln the com
ing Presidential election.
1t then makes an appeal to the working
men to come to the rescue of the Demo
cratic arty' as its only hope of success.
But, we presume, this appeal viii be in vain
for the workingmen of Maine have said, in
unmistakable language, that they know their
friends. and that they will support Grant
and Colfax in preference to such enemies OF
the country as Seymour and Blair. And
the workingmen OF Pennsylvania, knowing
the situation OF our country too well, will
heartily respond to their brethren in Maine,
on the Second Tuesday of October, by an
overwhelming majority for Hartrauft and
Campbell, as precursor to still more
glorious victory in November. Surely the
result in Maine fairly indicates the prospect
in the Presidential contest, The Star says
So let the people not forget its admonition.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

REPUBLICANS. REMEMBER that Friday,
October 2d, is the last day on which you
can be assessed for the coming election. But
don't delay the matter until the last day,
lest by some unforeseen circumstances you
may fail to be properly assessed. Attend to
it in person, and at oncel Delays are al
ways dangerous Remember this
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23
REPUBLICAN ELECTORAL TICKET.

REPUBLICAN ELECTORAL TICKET
SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
q MORRISON CoArEs. OF Philadelphi ia.
THOMAS N MARSHALL of Pittsburg
BEPREsEsTATIyE ELECTORS.
] Wm. H. Barnes. l3 Samuel knorr.
. Wm J. Pollock, Il y Z. Wagnnselier,
3 Richard Wildey, IS Chas Muller.
4 George W. iili. Is George W Elser,
5 Watson P. Magiil ! IL John Stewart,
8 John H. Binghurst, IS A olmstead,
7 Franz Hooter, 10 James sill,
s Isaac Eckert, 2n Henry C. job nson,
Q Morris Hopes, q X. Ewing,
10 David NJ Rank, - Vim. Trew.
II VIM Davis, % A VI. Crawford,
i2 WinthropW .Ketchumi 81 J 5. Rutan.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23
FUR NITUR MS.
JOHN GUELICH,


Desires 10 inform his old friends and customers
that; having enlarged his shop and increased his
facilities for manufacturing. he is now prepared
TO make TO order such furniture aS NAV DE desir-
ed n good style and at cheap rates for cash He
mostly has On hand at his .-FuI piture Rooms -
varied assortment of Furniture. among which Is
BUREAUS AND SIDEBoARDS.
Ward robes and gpOk-easesi Centre. Sofa, parIor
Breakfast aud Dining extension Tables.
Common, French posts, Cottage. Jen-
ny-Eind end other. Bedsteads.
SOFAS OF ALL KINDS. w0RK-STaNDs. HAT
BACKS, WASH-STANDS. &c
Spring g-seat, Cain bottom, and Parlor Chairs;
And common and other Chairs
l. OOK KING G-GLA SSES
Of every description on hand and new gIasscs fn-
old frames. which viii be pu. Z N very
r~rsoaaole terms or r-nort notice.
lie also keeps on hand furnisheste order. Hair
C"rn-husk Hair and Cotton top Mattresses.
COPFINS, OF EVERY KIND.
Made to order, and funerals attended with
Hearse. whenever desirable
Also, House painting done to order
Inc above and many other artic,es are furnished
10 customers cheap for CASH or exchanged for an
proved country produce. Cherry Mamie Ponlar
Lin-wood and other Lumber suitable for the busi-
ness taken in exchange for furniture
Remem Der the shop is on Market street Clear
neld- and nearly opposite the sold jew Store,
oeceinoer J. 1867 JOHN GUELICH.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23

w ANTED-a competent male Teacher
w to teach the principal school in the
BOruu .h of Curwensville. Pa commencing on the
first Monday of November, lSnS. BY order of
the School Beard Ii B. THOMPSON,
Sep. q. lS6S-3t. Secretary.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-09-23
ale,r Advertisements.

Advertisements sstHp ,Ufarse typs, or 0HtO pfafR
stgis, ,cfH BE- charged don5is usual rates No eats
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-24
Terrn Hanfe Incomes.

The exhibit of incomes made by
the citizens of Terre Haute do not
make a favorable contrast with those
of Evansville. The list of incomes
below s., 1000 is much larger in Evans
vile, as we had expected it would
be, from the greater number of our
merchants; but knowing the number
of wealthy men and capitalists living
IN or claiming their residence at Terre
Haute, we had expected to see a much
longer list of large incomes. 1t ap-
pears, however, that while there are
in Evansville tloenty- three persons
who report a net income of over s., 900,
there are only thirteen in Terre Haute.
The following is the list in that city;
G. w. Bement, 5000; Charlotte T.
Condit, $7,153; D. 5. Donaldson, So
229; Jacob d. Early. S13.875; Samuel
S. Early, S8, 4S5; W D. Griswold, 3d.,
678; John Haney, s5,245; VIM. R.
McKeen, 81, 301; Chauncey Rose, $50,
613; VIM. B. Tuell. $3.50; Owen
fuller, S6.308; L. g. Warren, 50, $50;
VIM. B. Warren, s11 1858.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-24
Pure Democracy.

Our readers will learn more fully
the spirit of genuine Democracy
by reading the articles which We
publish in this mornings issue from
the Louisville Courier and The La
Crosse Democrat. The Louisville pa
per is the organ Of the Kentucky
Democracy. The Lacrosse DentOcrat
has a larger circulation than any other
organ Of that party in the country;
in this State it is larger than the In
dianapolis Sentinel, and IN the First
Congressional District more widely
circulated than the Evansville Courier
We learn from the Louisville organ
of the Democracy what is meant by
the obsequies of MORGAN, Ken
tueky's heroic son" 1t tells how
A." the streets of Lexington were
with earnest men and women,
whose hearts go out lovingly toeoara
the cause which Gen. MORGAN died to
and it tells US the elite Of
Kentucky were gathered TO pay honor
t. her most cherished son.
We hope We will not offend the deli
cate sensibilities of our prudish neigh-
Dor by reproducing Brick PoMEROY's
views on the latest phase of Radical
ism, the Young Mems Christian As
It has been read by hun
dreds of thousands Of Democrats, and
as hearty Endorsement as the
over the guerrilla exploits
of MORGAN. ta
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-24
THE NEW ..


Gold closed in New York, yesterday, at
1895. -+4
Bishop orachea, Of Mexico. has gone to
Rome.
A IRE at Carey, Ohio, on the night OF the
I'D inst, destroyed block Of seven build
ings. Loss $4,000.
The total amount OF insurance on the
lives Of the killed and wounded by the
Eiria Railroad disaster, was $4,000.
The National Bank Of Deposit, N. Y.
was robbed on the night Of the 2lst. The
amount is not ascertained.
The Union Pacific Railroad is now nm
ished five hundred and sixty miles west of
Omaha.
Generals Rousseau and Bradley, from
Rutland, Oregon, arrived at Omaha on the
I'D, en- route for Washington.
A special FROM Havana says that the
ocean cable is being extended 10 the other
islands of the West Indies.
Thirty-three thousand dollars of bonds
belonging to the firm OF Farmer & Co,
Wall Street, New York, have mysteriously
disappeared.
In the Impeachment trial yesterday in
the Senate Mr.. Boutwell, finished his argu-
DSnbs anu LI16 iSIl1dAn06I OF the Qtty was
occupied by Mr.. Nelson, counsel Tor the
President.
An English correspondent of the Boston
Advertiser states that the willow Of Dick
ems brother is in England in feeble health,
and has every aid needed from Charles
Dickens The Chicago papers have re-
ported her as keeping a boarding house in
that city.
The advices from Venezuela, South
America, state that the rebellion in that
State was widespread, and that the ma
tional authorities were Offering very little
resistance.
The Indians on the plains promise to be
troublesome again this Summer. An at
tack was made by band of Cheyennes on
q settlem =nt near Fort Mcpherson on the
2lst inst, killing four, woundIng and
scalping two, aud running or hfty head
Of stock.
One of the matrons OF the Brooklyn Or
phan Asylum has been arrested. charged
with the horrible act OF having as a pun
ishment poured Kerosene over a boy ten
years of age, and set it on fire, burning
him badly.
National Committee, has received dis
patches from Georgia claiming that the
Constitution has been voted down, and
that the rebel General Gordon, Demo-
cratic nominee, has been elected Governor
IL is stated that large numbers OF negroes
voted the rebel Democratic ticket.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-24

and institutions Of Indiana. Tie was a
mon Of sterling integrity, and had the
entire confidence and cordial respect
of all who knew him. He was genial
and social In his nature, and though
never married, appreciated and en-
joyed the home circles of his brother
and sisters. Their children were his
children. He loved and was beloved
as their father.
A purer life has rarely been known.
His later years have been spent with
his kindred, and have given evidence
of an intelligent Christian faith
which cheered and frightened his
path toward the close.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-24

The organ of the Yanderburgh De-
mocracy enters valiantly into the
defense Of JOHN MORGAN 1t Is
doing its utmost to make treason re-
spectacle. We, in common with the
great mass Of the people Of the North,
Democrats as well as Republicans,
have been laboriug under the i'm
preston that rebellion against the
best government of all time was
crime, aud that the names of the
men who had been slain in the SER
vice Of treason was not specially dear
to the hearts of the loyal people Of
America But it appears that the
Evansville Courier thinks differently,
aud grows indignant that we should
question the propriety Of the Con
gressional delegation of a sovereign
State of the Union turning out with
pomp and ceremony to escort through
the National Capitol the remains of
one Of the notorious leaders of the
defunct Confederacy
If JOHN MORGAN during his life
did anything to endear him to the
hearts of those who love the Govern
ment of our Fathers and the Flag of
our Union, it was right and proper
that the national representatives Of
Kentucky should thus do him honor.
But if his military service and his
life were given to the cause whose
success would have been the destruc-
ton Of the Nation. there certainly
was an evident improperly in the
act; aud the editor Of a public jour
nal In the North who does not so re-
gard it, must have something more
than a regard for the daring Of the
guerrilla misunderstanding akin to
sympathy with the cause of the rebel
hero We are making progress In
public sentiment when the Wander
burgh Democracy applaud the memory
of john MORGAN. We hardly an
ticipated such a decided expression Of
honest sentiment as the result of the
little Local triumph in this city. The
Courier takes as a text for its editorial
upon the subject Of MoRGAN's funeral
pageant, the following declaration
from the JOURNAL:
"The hearty symrathy and unison of
spirit between the rebels OF Kentucky and
the Democracy of Indiana, are daily more
apparent"
There is nothing which is more full
ly establishing the truth of this asser-
ton than the editorial utterances of
the organ of the Evansville Democ-
racy. Does the Courier deny the ex-
istence of this sympathy?
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-24

THE following choice morsel is
from a recent number of the Chicago
Times, the leading Democratic organ
of the Northwest:
DO you blame US when we say that
God was just IN sending John Wilkes
Booth on that dark Good Friday
night, three years ago, the darkest
and glOOmiest in American history, to
strike the traitor down. aud liberate
the white freemen of America from
the yoke of despot? God is just
He struck the tyrant Lincoln from
existence at an hour when the eOun-