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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27

Large sums of money-whether it be for
eign gold or gold Of the New York impor-
ters-is now being used in Pennsylvania and
all over the country to advance the interests
of the free trade movement To show that
! this is fact, we give the following extract
from the Free Trader, paper published
In the interest of the opponents of pro-
tectivc tariff. The Free Trader says:
Zone of our agents travelling in Pennsyl-
vania, that great citadel of protection,
writes: L have been on the road nine days,
and have canvassed thoroughly three town
ships and one small borough. | have dis
tributed one thousand documents, and the
people receive them with much satisfaction
| am doing the work thoroughly, and am
determined to visit every neighborhood So
tar my effort is a success, and | believe
much good will flow from it. The seed |
am sowing roots readily and must have its
influence. | find both Republicans and
Democrats glad to see me, expressing gene
rally strong tendency in favor of
change.
This fully indicates the kind of means be-
Ing used. Crafty, oily tongued agents are
canvassing the whole country by townships,
trying to stir up dissatisfaction by whatever
reckless statements may prove to have the
desired effect. The less intelligent people,
no doubt can be persuaded by these falsifers
OF facts that they pay too much tax, and it
Is one of the most common weaknesses of
humanity, to be in favor of change"
The intelligent, reading portion of the coun-
try, however, can not be deceived by these
wolves in Sleeps clothing" But what
are the protectionists doing? Are they at
work trying to counteract the bad seed that
Is being sowed by the free traders? If not
they must go to work at once The inter,
ests OF the country demand this at their
hands.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27
There is no doubt that the Pope's ten

There is no doubt that the Pope's tenn
poral power is imperiled by the present war
as it never has been at any previous time.
If the French Emperor be compelled to
withdraw his army from Rome. it is very
certain that the Italian and Roman revolu
tionists will attempt the overthrow OF the
Pope They are well organized, and have
been waiting for many years for the chance
which they expected to size as soon as France
got into war II they are successful in
bringing about revolution, there will be an
excellent opportunity for Victor Emanuel
to march his troops into Rome for the pur-
pose of preserving order and when once
the Italian army is encamped in Rome, it
will never leave except under the pressure
of war from France-Which France may
not be able or inclined to offer after the con-
clusion of hostiiities with Prussia. Ten
years ago, if the French had found it neces-
sary to evacute Rome, the Austrians, the
Spaniards and the Bavarians were ready to
take their place in maintaining the Pope S
temporal supremacy but none of these Pow
ers could now so to the relief or support of
his Holiness.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27
The "Whits Mans Party" Eh9

The Clarion Democrat of July 23d, 1870,
says:
''The Radical papers advocate the manu-,
facture OF voters out OF the yeiiow pig 'ah
pagans, in order to deprive the white labor
ing men of America of their rights and po-
sitiop in society. The working men OF the
country will make the White Mans Party
so strong at the ballot box, that the RadI-
cal leaders will be left with none but the
Chinese and niggers to follow the bondhol-
dors and moncyed aristocrats who have long
been ruling and running the country.
The above is a specimen of the clap-trap
nonsense, nowadays published by the
small fry Democratic papers, with the in
tent Of dece.ving ,heir readers. The Re-
publicans are in favor of naturallzing for
eigns, under proper restrictions, in accord
ance with the Constitution and laws of the
United States, as the only way to manu-
facture voters while the Democracy man
utacture'' them by fraud and perjury, i'm
mediately upon their landing on our shores
The difference is obvious. But, while such
narrow minded creatures the editor OF
Democrat constantly howl yellow pig tail
| pagans'' and ''niggers," We occasionally
| find one in their party of more honorable"
| and enlarged views, being more radical even
| than the Radicals" OF this class is the
Selinsgrove Times, as will be seen from the
following extracts from that paper:
at has been said that we hated the ne
gro. The eridences IF social life az ereTy
| community disprove this charge, for on all
| sides the negro meets with as good treat
ment from democrats as from others, and
there are but few negroes who will not ad.
NIT this themselves Why should
any man hate negro? There may be men
with HEARTS so oBDURATE as to have no
sympathy for any being, and such men will
Of course hate negro /; but We are sure that
ALL GOOD MEN have no feeling of animosity
against the negro simply because he is a
negro This loouH be barbarous, indeed.
No honorable political opponent will make
such charge, for no sane man capable of 4
moment S reflection, believes it. The men
who charge and repeat the falsehood do not
| believe it themselves.
Here we have the statement of Demo
cratic paper that ''hle evidences of social
"Ue an erery community disprove the
" charge" that Democrats hate the negroes
and that the negroes receive the best of
treatment from Democrats AN acknowl-
edgement that no Radical" will gainsay,
for, we presume. the Times is well posted
as to the social afinities existing between
Democrats and ''niggers," and hence its
admission of the fact. And yet, this Dem
ocratic party processes to be the white
Mans party" o, consistency! but thou
art jewel ~ in the hands of the Democ-
racy
Mr.. Democrat, had you not better begin
to reform the admitted social" evils in the
Democratic household, instead of misrepre-
senting the plainly expressed opinions OF
the Radicals" The former, certainly,
would prove more beneficial to society at
large, than the latter.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27
& Nut For Low Tariffites.

The free traders in their efforts to break
down American industry stop at nothing
which will in the least urge forward their
ends. One Of their standing arguments is
the immense profit resulting from the pur-
suit of the industries which the wisdom of
Congress fosters by a protective tariff The
Lawrence Journal. published iu the county of
that name, in the western part of this State,
in region Astounding in coal and iron, and
affording every facility for the cuccessful
operation of the iron business, after refer
ring to the existing dulness which has clos
ed many manufactures and furnaces in its
neighborhood, says:
Our own ''Lawrance Iron Works"-one of
tae most com pete rolling mills in the country
has been standing for nearly two years
with coal and metal laying in abundance at
our very doors, and numerous workmen wal
ting inpatiently till it may fesume opera
tons. If there is so large a margin in the
iron business as is represented by the free
trade interest, why so much capital invested
IN idle machinery? The fact is that the in
terest OF the whole country demands a higher
tariff, and We must send men tn Congress
who viii stand up and combat and defeat
any faction which may oppose so desirable
a measure
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27

excitement since the first intimation of war
in Europe. 1t is difficult to give sufficient
reason for this. except that the excitement
is merely speculative. 1t is not believed
that there will be very much increased
demand for gold in Europe. France and
Prussia have already secured all the money
they need by loans at home. The demand
for brcadstuffs from this country will occa-
sion flow of gold this way, as our purchases
in Europe will be very much limited. IL is
not likely that our bonds will be sent home
in large quantities, as they will be regarded
as quite as secure as any that can be had in
Europe in its present unsettled state. The
excitement is purely speculative, and no;
the necessary result of the war.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27

While most of our people are sympathiz
ing with Prussia in her present struggle
against France, it is curious to note that
one of the most formidable vassels in the
navy of Louis Napoleon was devised and
built in thi. country by Americans for the
ure ofo government. We allued to the
immense iron plated ram RocAdn,beau,
more familiar to our readers as the Dunder-
burg. This marine monster is three hun
dred and seventy- eight feet long, seventy
three feet beam and thirty feet deep, carry
ing an armament of eight fifteen inch guns
As ram the RochdmJeau will prove
fearfuly destructive, it being calculated by
experts that when colliding at speed of
ten knots an hour she would deliver blow
equal to cannon ball of one thousand
pounds weight, hurled with propulsive
force of sixteen hundred feet second. This
mighty craft crossed the Atlantic from New
York to Cherbourg in fourteen days, fire.
quently steaming at the rate of fifteen knots
an hour.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27
The French Prussian War.

The daily papers, for a week past, have
been filed with cable dispatches relating to
the war between France and Prussia. They
are merely mass of rumors, but are an in
dex of the state of feeling existing in those
countries, and, in fact throughout Europe.
No actual hostilities have, as yet, occurred.
The reported gobbling up of several hun
dred French soldiers sent out t 0 rcconnoiter
at Forbach turns out 20 have amounted
merely to an exchange of shots between a
Prussian and French officer. The naval
battle off Hague was merely the trial of
some guns at coast fortress. So it will be
for time. Still, these kilograms are a
reflex of the excited feeling in Europe, and
embody the speculations which are accepted
for few hours as facts. 1t is simply i'm
possible that there should be any battle, or
even important skirlnish for several days
The Drift of the news shows that forces are
being concentrated on the frontiers, and
that both France and Prussia are actively at
work a5certaining the feelings of the other
great powers in Europe. As soon as these
preliminaries are settled. and the forces
massed, fighting will no doubt commence in
earnest, unless compromise can be effected
in the mean time, of which there are no in
dications at present. The conflict once
begun, it is likely to be desperate and long
struggle, in which probably all Europe will
become involved
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27

1t is asserted. as the result of inquire.
and calculations by an eminent New York
banker, that the amount of United State.
securities held in the various German States
and elsewhere in Europe never has exceeded
81, 900, 600, 900 and at the present time does
not amount to more than three fourths of
that sum. The amount of American rail-
road securities held abroad will not exceed
100000 ,0O0 1t has been found that very
large amounts of our securities are held by
savings banks, National banks, and individ
uals in the North, East and Middle States,
which have never been reported, and that
the larger portion of these are held as per-
naneut investments. 1t is added that it is
rot generally believed that foreign houses
will return more than eight or ten millions
of our bonds in any event, and, therefore,
their further depreciation is altogether i'm
probable,
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27
SHERIFF S SALE. BY virtue of sundI!

SHERIFFS SSALE.-By virtue of sundy
~ writs of FIei Fdcids issued oq:
of the Court of Common Pleas of Clearssld
county, and to me directed there will DO sxposca
to public sale. at Sheridans Steam Mills in Brady
townshiP: on SATURDAY, the 2Sd DAY !.
JULY. 1870, at o'clock P. NJ. the following
described property, to wit:
All the interest of Defendants Of, in and
to all the white pine timber piece of land
known as the Elijah Ashenfelter lot, situate IN
Brady township, Clearield county, Pa. bounded
on the South by the Waterford and Susqu.hanna
Turnpike and Henry G ood lander, on tn. West ey
land of Alieman Elinger on the North by lsnd
OF Jacob Pentz, on the East by road leading
containing about 80 acres. The timber TO be re-
moved within 20 yesrs from December II. 1860;
the same having been acquired by Dett's by con
tract dated llth Dec 1865, with Elijah Asheniei-
ter, and recorded in Miscellaneous Docket page
POE; ALso-all deft's interest in the white pins
timber on the followin, let of land. situate IN ae
township aforesaid, known rs the Peter Ashenfe'
ter lot, bounded on the North by cleared land OF
said Peter Ashenfelter, East by land OF Dawn
Ashenfelter, South by land Of Elias Rishsi ana
John Potter, and West by land of Elijah A'hsn
feiter and j. Psntz, containing about 81 acres.
The timber TO be removed within 20 years irom
TIE 18th Dee 1856. Said tim bsr having been ac-
quired by Deft's by contract with p. Ashenieitsr,
dated 18th Dec, 1865 recorded in Miscellaneons
Docks., page 26l, &c ALso-all the interest o.
said Defs in the lease of the fol lowing piece OF
land and all tn timber thereon, fit for mercnsht
able lumber or bill stuff, the same being situate
in the township sfor esaid and containing about
- acres, and embracing Pentz' old saw NIL,
end dam and 10 acres of ground surrounding frid
mill seat The interest Of said Deft's having oteh
acquired by contract dated 9th November lsoo'
and recorded in Miscellaneous Docket page 2's'
Inc lease OF said water privilege and mill sea- "
extend for 20 years from date of said lease. sell
zed, taken in execution, and te be sold 40 ne
property Of q. W. Garfield, W. C. Smith, and W.
E. Curry.
July 1910 c. HOWE, Sheriff.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27
Saturday, July Both. 1870,

The following described real estate Of said dec
to wit All that certain tract Of land, situate in
Beccaria Township, in said county, containing 80
acres and "a perches and allowance. and being
the same premises conveyed 10 said John l.. Nc
Gully from Executor. and Trustees Of Hardmsn
Philips, and Sophia Philips, by deed dated 9th
June, 1864, recorded in Clear6eid. Pa in deel
Book V, pages 469 and 40. Also, ous other tract
in Beccaria Township, aforesaid, adjoining the
above described piece, containing lii acres sst
allowance. being the same promises conveyed to
said McCully from Henry Dyer, by deed dated
June LIST, 1853, recorded in CIearfsd, Pa, in
Deed Book P, page 30 etc. The Improvements
are two dwelling houses, with frame barn, about
40 acres cleared, also first class water saw mill
nearly new, capable of cutting from five to six
thousand feet per day. The said iract. are prin.
cipally covered with white pine, white oak and
hemlock. he stream known as muddy run pas.
ses through this land and affords 4 fine water
power, and good facilities for logging and raft
ing lumber can be RATED in at the mill The
said tracts are also underlaii With OF the
most valuable bitumin coal bed, in the county
the survey known as the Slaughter Route pas
ses through the center of the said premises, and
also the survey of the .-Ma1era Coal and In
provement Co.'S. Railroad passes within few
rods Of this land. Terms of sale will be made
known on day of sale. GED. N McCULLf,
June %, 1870. Administrator
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27

MINORITY CoNvENTIoN.-On July 18th,
the Republican State Central Committee
representing Republican minority counties. -
met at the Girard House, Philadelphia, to
take some action in reference to mino,;tv
representation in legislative bodies. The
committee appointed for that purpose, have
now issued call for a convention to be held
at Reading on the 5lst day of August, to
consider the subject more fully--the dele
gates to be in the proportion of two to each
member of the lower House of the LegisIa-
ture; provided that each county be repre-
sented by at least one delegate. The ques-
ton Is one that finds many advocates, and
worthy of some attention Whether any
move In that direction will be made in this
county, remains to be seen. We will pub
lish the call of the committee, next week.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27
PAYMENT of Pensions.

An act OF great importance to pensioners
wa, passed by Congress at its late session.
1t went into operation on the Sth inst, and
prescribes in substance as follows:
SECTION |. Pension agents shall prepare
and transmit within fifteen days preceding
the 4th Of March, June, September and
December, in each year, vouchers tor quar-
terly payments TO pensioners direct, who'
on or after said 4th day of March, may exc
cute and return the said vouchers and none
other to the said pension agents.
SEC. 2. Upon the receipt of such vouch-
ers. properly executed and the establish
ment of identity of the pensioner entitled to
the pension, the pension agent shall imlne-
diatcly forward by mail to the said pension
er direct, and no other person, check pay
able solely to the order of said pensioner,
except when the pensioner il required to
appear personally and receive the pension
SEC. 3 No pension shall under any cir
cumstances be paid to any one but the pen
sioner entitled thereto except in case OF
pensioners legally disabled, when payments
may be made to guardians, and In case OF
persons resident abroad, when payment
may be made as provided under previous
acts.
SEC. 4. Pension agents shall receive for
all services rendered to pensioners, including
postage, 80 cents, payable by the United
States, and no more shall be received by
them under the penalty of $500.
Sec. S. The Secretary of the Interior
shall provide blank vouchers, to be used as
above stated, and regulations therefor.
SEC. 6. Pension agents and their author
lied clerks shall take and certify afidavits
of all pensioners who may appear before
them for that purpose, and give the check
for the pension to the pensioner personally;
and for taking any such affidavit falsely or
corruptly, the aifiant shall be deemed guilty
ofperjury, penalty being imprisonment for
FIVE years or less and a fine not exceeding
200.
SEC. 7. The fee of an agent or attorney
for the prosecution of claim for pension or
bounty shall not exceed $25. The agent or
attorney must file, without cost to the
claimant" with the Commissioner of Pen
sions, duplicate articles of agreement, duly
attested, setting forth the fee agreed upon.
When no such agreement is filed or approx
ed by the Commissioner, the fee shall be SIC
and co more
SEC. 8. For contract for demand ol
receipt or retention OF any compensation
greater than above stated, the penalty shall
| be fine of $500 or less, or imprisonment
for FIVE years or less, or for both.
SEC. 9. The Commissioner of Pension:
shall forward to the pension agents the GER
| tifcates of pension, one of the articles OF
greement, if approved by him, and direc
tions as to the payment of the fees.
SEC. 10. The pension agents shall deduc
! from the amount of pension due the amoun
of fee, if any, and forward the same, less 81
cents, as directed by the Commissioner.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27
Contracting and Paying State Debts.


Financially there is this Distinguishing
difference between the Democratic and Re-
publican parties The former are good az
contracting, the latter at paying debts
When the Republicans came into power III
the Northern (free) States in lS60-6l, they
found them, almost without exception, BUR
dened with debts through Democratic ex-
travagance and mixmanagement, and they
have been prscticing economy and e1erling
all their financial skill since then to pay
them off or reduce them within reasonable
limits. In this they have so far succeeded
that their merits as prudent administrators
economists and financiers is generally ac-
knowledged by even their candid political
opponents.
In telling speech at Terre Haute last
Monday, Senator Morton made striking
comparison of the management OF the state
finances in Indiana before and since the ad-
vent of the Republican party to power IN
1861, showing the legacy of Democratic
debt which the Republicans have completely
extinguished Here is the Senator'S state
ment of the significant facts as they appear
in record
From the first of July, 1S49, to the first
! of January, 1857, the State debt had been
| reduced in all that time only S4S5,0OO. In
a time of profound peace, when taxes were
| all the time levied to pay our State debt, 1t
only reduced during those eight years S4S3,
O0O But from the first OF January, 1921,
to the first of January, 1861, when the lie
publican party came into power. the State
debt was increased over 5000 O0l, as
| shown by the records of the Auditor OF the
| State-I think it was in the neighborhood
of two millions and quarter that the debt
had actually been Increased during these
four years, in time of perfect peace and
general prosperity What was the cause OF
it? Bad government, mismanagement,
! profigacy, and squandering the money OF
| the State. Well, Mr. Hendricks, the other
day, speaking of this down at Sincennes,
said well, suppose this Republican
party has paid off the debt, didn they tax
the people for it?" Laughter. Why, TO
be sure we did. We are not sleig Of hand
gentlemen We don't claim that we have
found out the way to pay the State debt or
| the National debt, without costing anybody
anything. No, wc tax the people Ter 1t;
but the beauty of it is that We applied all
the money to the payment OF the debt.
Applause. Not dollar of it was squan'
dered every cent of it was faithfully ap-
Piled
InPennsyvania we had a Democratic debt
of SAL ,O0O,O ,O0O, or thereabout, which has
been reduced several millions since the ad
ministration fell into Republican hands.
Aud this has been the case in almost every
State over which the Democrats ruled PIE
viously to lS60-6l. They contracted debts.
The Republicans are paying til IN.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27

A Georgia paper which is endeavoring to
still keep alive the smouldering embers of
rebellion in the South, advances the opin-
ion that England is likely to be drawn into
the European war, and that in such a contin-
gency the United States would likewise be-
come involved in the contest The wish is
probably father to the thought. Unfortu-
nately, there are many people in that section
who are insane enough to hope yet for some
turn in events which may assist them to ac,
complish their cherished scheme of separ-
ate slayeholding confederacy. They are
hoping against hope. Not if all Europe
were arrayed in war against US could another
Southern rebellion now succeed.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27

The devilish spirit of Kukluxi.m is by no
means extinct In the South. In Gibson
county, Tennessee one of the worst outrages
yet reported occurrend short time since.
A gang of the masked marauders, supposed
TO be six III number, surprised several color
ed families in their beds, and, after shoot
ing and mercilessly beating the n.en, shame
fully maltreated their wives and daughters.
Several of the colorod men we're seriously
if not fatally shot The only hopeful aspects
OF the case, however, are the facts that the
authorizes promptly arrested such of the
scoundrels as could be found, who, after
examination, were fully committed, and that
such papers as the Memphis Aualanche un-
equivocally condemn the outrage.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-27

An exchange says: The Democratic pa
pers are ridieuling Sheridan's going to Eu-
rope to see how war is waged there. Those
fellows never did like Little Pills manner
of making war, and always considered 1t
very 'unscientifc' in him to ride down the
Shenandoah Valley, Staying and capturing
Jubal Early's armed men, and devastating
the regions so that rebels could no longer
ind comfortable living there while battling
against the Union. Pom honor it is too
bad that Gen. Grant should give the deli
cate duty OF learning how to make war to a
successful General like Sheridan, instead of
to scientific failure like Mcclellan. who
needs the knowledge so much more.