SUltc apotumbhuu
John n. freeze, i:niT(iit.
iiLnn.M.mivnn, fiudav, vkh. b, i.oj.
SELECTION OF JUH0R3.
Tho polltlcnl complexion of Juries se
lected In thU county during the lift few
ypiirs, lias lieen tnnilo tlicpulijcut ofcom
plnlnt. A lnrgo majority of tho Jurors
drawn Imvo been Democrat?, although
tho minority havo not been, nt any tlmo
disfranchised or excluded. Inasmuch
as popular confldenco In tho adminis
tration of Justlcoought to bo maintained,
and fair rides of practice provull In all
courts, wo shall ,-rlvoto this general sub
ject of selecting jurors, such examina
tion as will present It clearly and Indi
cate a chango In tho system of selecting
not only for this county but for all the
counties in tho State.
In tho first place, it is to bo remem
bered that tho Democratic voters of this
county aro nearly double tho number of
Republican voters ; so that a fair selec
tion, proportioned to tho weight of each
party, would give about twice as many
from tho former class as nrodrawn from
the latter. In tho next placo, it Is to bo
remembered, that thojury wheel Is filled
but onco a year, and that tho drawings
lor any particular term of court aro
matter of chance. There will bo fluc
tuation in results at different times,
Thereforo auy fair examination must
take into account tho drawings forn
wliolo year instead of being confined to
a single totm, and In fact exactness will
further require a statement or investiga
tion of tho undrawn names at tho end
of tho year.
Wo do not bcllovo that upon a fair
exhibit of tho wholo subject of selecting
Jurors in the county for a series of years,
it will bo found thatthcro has been such
gross unfairness toward tho minority as
lias been alleged. Tho selection of
names to fill the wheel (as well as tho
subsequent drawing therefrom) Is mado
by tho Commissioners and Sheriff of
tho county, who belong, usually, to tho
majority party.and whose selection may
bo expected to bi mado moro largely
from their political friends than from
political enemies.. Hut thero was a pe
culiar and exceptional state of things
during tho war. Violence, outrage and
injustice toward tho Democratic minor
ity in this and other States, was charac
teristic of the times. Disregard of tho
Constitutional and legal rights of the
citizen was systematically taught and
insisted upon by many leaders and
newspapers of tho Republican party.
Courts were often treated with contempt
by them, and military power invoked
to supersede their jurisdictions. It was
(ought to withdraw tho protection of
law from tho citizen under pretence of
public necessity, but really for tho grat
ification of political hatred and tho
promotion of party interests. Under
theso circumstances It was not unrea
sonable nor unnatural that tho minority
should ooouro to tlicmscl vc., whenever
possible, thoso instrumentalities of pro
tection which tho law afforded, and that
whero they possessed local power they
should not only havo Httlo confidence
in their political opponents but should
, exercise but little magnanimity towards
them. That spirit of intolerance and
persecution which characterized tho
times, did not invito concession to tho
Republican minority beyond tho strict
limits of legal right.
- Ono thing is clear, that wherever ioav
cr was held in Republican hands it was
exercised without scruplo and to its full
oxtent. And oven in this particular of
tho selection of Jurors, never wife thero
known in tho history of tho Stato such
intolerance and complete proscription
as prevailed in tho Republican counties.
Published and authentic statements of
Jury lints in Snyder, Chester and other
counties, which havo fallen under our
observation, showed nn unscrupulous
use of power against political minori
ties for which there was no example in
the history of this country. And tlds
practice- of excluding tho minority
from any fair representation upon Juries
is still general in Republican counties
throughout tho State. In tho United
States Courts tho practico lias been still
more partial and unfair, amounting in
frequent cases to a total exclusion of
Democrats from Jury service in thoso
Courts.
In short, nothing can bo moro cer
tain than tho fact that thero has been In
Columbia county much moro liberality
Bhown towards tho minority in select
ing jurors, than In moit or tho other
counties of tho Commonwealth ; and it
Is equally clear and certain, that by a
general law of tho State, thero should
bo somo thorough reform introduced
upon tliis subject, tho necessity for
which oxlsts mainly in other counties
than ours.
Iu other articles wo shall discuss this
general question of reform, with refur
enco to propositions which, havo been
made at IlarrUburg, and also with ref
erence to n proposition of our own, by
which wo coiicelvo tho object in view
may bo most conveniently aud properly
secured.
We havo been and aro yet so much
pressedibr space that wo do not And
room to notlco at length tho contents
and beautie.i of tho magazines of tho
current month of February.
Wo havo received Harper awl tho At
lantic, ami dodcy and Peterson, the
Galaxy and tho Rlverldo Magazine.
We havo on our table Every Saturday,
and also Llttolls Living Ago No. 1162,
Our Young Polks and possibly somo
others.
Wo refer our readers to our advertis
ing columns whero all tho peculiarities
and excellencies of tho foregoing litera
ry publications aro fully sot forth. Tho
politics of tho magazines wo tuko to bo
for Harper aud Atlantic, radical; the
others seldom Indicate but bearing to
republicanism, except tho Galaxy und
Riverside which wo bcllovo to by on-
t Iroly freo from political bias. ,
THE
MINORITY REPRESENTATION.
Tho pooploof tho Stato of New York
at their last election, gave a malority of
their votes In favor of n convention to
nmend tho Constitution of that Stntc
In consequence of this vole, It becomes
the duty of tho Legislature, at Its pres
ent session, to provide by law for the
holding of tho Convention ami to rcgu-
into tno election of its members. Rv
virtue of n provision of tho existing
constitution or New York, tho question
of amending tho Constitution is to bo
submitted ton popular vote every twen
ly years, and under this provision tho
vote was taken at the recent election
Governor Ponton", In his recent message
to tno legislature, recommends n plan
for the election of tho members of tho
convention which contains ono unusual
and remarkable feature. Ho proposes
that each representative district In the
Stato shall cliooso a delegato to the con
vention, as Rcrcsentattvcs to tho Legls
laturo aro elscled. Tho main body of
tho convention will bo chosen In this
manner ; but ho then recommends that
thirty-two additional members bo elect
ed for tho Stato at largo, each elector vo
ting for sixteen citmthlatcs or onc-hafthe
whole number. Tho result or this modo
or voting would bo, that tho majority
and minority parties or the Stato would
each havo sixteen delegates represent
ing them upon tho general vote cast In
tho State. In other words, minority
representation would bo obtained to tho
extent or sixteen members, consisting,
probably, or eminent and ablo men who
could not be elected by a majority vote.
At tho same time, the political major
ity in tho Stato would no doubt carry a
largo majority or tho representative
districts in which the ordinary rulo of
elections would prevail.
This remarkable proposition from tho
Governor of New York, Indicates tho
general interest which is now beginning
to bo felt on tho subject of representa
tive reform in this country as well as iu
Great Riitaln. Sagacious men are be
ginning to perceive tho necessity of re
form to obtain full and fair representa
tion or tho people, and thus secure tho
representative system from odium and
failure. The defects of tho majority or
plurality rulo for election", become moio
apparent every year, and demand cor
rection and amendment.
THE WHITE PINE.
The Oak is said to bo the monarch of
the forest, but with us tho White Pino
(Pinus Slrobm of tho Botanists) out
ranks him botli in magnitude nnd ns
pect. It has also the advantage of be
ing nn evergreen tree. Pity it is that
tho tree is becoming scarce in regions
whero it was formerly abundant. Wo
aro wasteful of our forests; sweeping
them off with uncalculating rapidity;
faking no steps to preserve or renew
them, nnd Indifferent to tho necessities
of tho future.
The White Pino is tho tallest of our
.trees, attaining sometimes n height of
ono hundred and eighty feet, with a
trunk rrom four to seven feet in diame
ter. It is not for tho purpose of orna
mental planting, and it is quite unsuita
ble for hedges. In particular locations,
however, as a detached tree, its nppear
anco is very good, nnd it may some
times be judiciously used in tho planting
of groups. It is too open-limbed to
compcto in beauty with many trees of
thol'ir family, and its bark becomes
unsightly with age.
Wo shall attempt no thorough des
cription of tho character and uses or
tills well known tree, but our scries or
articles upon native evergreens would
bo imperfect without somo notice of
this one, tho most Imposing and useful
or them all. It Is native in all tho
Northern States from Canada to Vir
ginia; northward toward Hudson's
Cay it wholly disappca'-s. On dry, ele
vated lands, Its wood is firm nnd resin
ous, with a eoarso grain. In deep, hu
mid soils it attains its highest perfec
tions as n timber tree. It has tho pecu
liarity of being ouo or tho first of trees
to tnko possession of barren and desert
ed lands, its seed, from tho great eleva
tion of tho tree, being widely distribu
ted by tho winds.
Its Botanical namn was given it by
Linnaeus, and It was first cultivated in
England by tho Duchess of Beaufort in
1705. Great quantities wero soon after
planted In Wiltshire, on the grounds or
Lord Weymouth, where it prospered
amazingly. From this fact it obtained
the common name by which it is still
known in England, or tho Weymouth
Pine. Thero nro trees in England ex
ceeding ono hundred feet in height, mid
ten feet in circumference. Tho seed aro
produced in cones which open to shod
them in October of tho second year.
Tho leaves aro from three to four inches
long, straight, slender, and of a light
green; spreading in summer, but in
winter contracted and lying close to tho
branches. Tho tree always gradually
loses Its lower limbs in the forest, and
its trunk becomes naked to a great
height ; but In open situations it lias a
moro branching head, and its growth
upward is less rapid. In our county
good pine timber is becoming scarce,
but lumber from It Is still produced in
great quantities on tho West Branch
from tho forests along Pino Creek and
other tributaries of tho great river.
From tho Httlo earo exercised iu pre
serving young nnd growing trees it Is
Inevitable that within a generation Pino
lumber, as a natlvo product, will bo-
como exceedingly i-earco in all our sec
tion of country. Wo aro too busy and
llvo too fast to pay much attention to
tho wants of tho future. And so wo'
dismiss our monarch of tho forest to
his probable fato at tho hands of tho
axeman.
It Is said JIaculey met Mrs. Beecher
Stowoat Sir Charles Trovel van's nnd
rallied heron her admiration of Shakes
peare. "Which or ills characters do you
like best V" said he. "Desdemona," said
tho lady. "All I or course," was tho re
ply ; "forsho was the ono who ran after
n black man."
COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY,
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Monday, Fi:n. -1. 18G7
Present, Hon. William Ehvell and
his associates, Peter K. Herblno und
Irani Dcrr, Esqrs. .
Grand Jurors called, sworn nnd af
firmed, except Wm. H. Cole, Chas. S.
Fowler, absent ; nnd Elijah Fiilmcr ex
cused. Traverse Jurors called, Alfred Crovel
Ing, excused ; John Johnson. excused :
Ellas Ammcrman, absent Alexander
Kramer, excused ; Henry Do Long, ex
cused Robert Gorrcll, nbscnt; Wm.
Snyder, absent ; Win. Martin, excused;
James S. M'Nlnch, oxcuscd ; Frederick
C. Eyer, absent Michael Crane, absent;
Clark M. Brown, excused; Thomas
Loudcrbach, absent.
Samuel Stetlcr, Jacob S, Evans, nnd
Daniel Neyhort, nppolntcd tipstaves.
Adjourned until two o'clock r.si.
AFTERNOON.
President- and Associates on the
Bench.
On motion or Mr. Baldy, William D.
Butler, admitted to practico as an At
torney at this Bar.
'Commonwealth vs. AVin. Albertson.
Indictment, larceny; John M'Honry,
prosecutor; Jury called, sworn same
day, verdict not guilty. Traugh ror
Commonwealth ; Whltmoyer ror do
fondnnt. Commonwealth vs. Edward Stout.
Recognizance Surety of tho Peace; A.
K. Smith, prosecutor. Defendant
bound by Court In two hundred dollars
with Rusel W. Stout nnd Wm. Barber,
to keep tho peaco for one year. Clark
and Traugh lor Commonwealth.
Adjourned until Tuesday morning.
TUESDAY MORNING.
Court meets at nine o'clock a.m. Pres
ident Judge and Associates on tho Bench
Mary J. Manning, by her next friend
Amos Harlan vs. Andrew J. Manning.
Alias Subpoena of Divorce; on motion
or Mr. Brockway, publication ordered,
for defendant to appear first Monday of
May next.
Sylvester J. Faux vs. Isaac White.
No. 91 and 1)2 Sept. T., 1SGG. Civil suit;
Jury called and sworn; camo day verdict
for Defendant. Clark & Little for Plain
tiff, Baldy and Howell for Defendant
In the matter of tho estato of Jacob
Everhart, deceased. On motion of Mr.
Brockway, E. H. Little, Esq., appoint
ed Auditor on exceptions to tho account
filed by tho Administrator, nnd to dis
tribute proceeds among tho heirs.
Court adjourned to meet at two o'clock
p.m.
afternoon.
President nnd Associates on the Bench.
Reuben Miller vs. Isaac Yettcr. Civil
case. On motion of Mr. Jackson, Coun
sel for Plalntill, judgment stricken off,
.ind rulo granted to show eauso why
judgment shall not bo entered for want
a sufilcieiit affidavit of defence.
Adjourned until Wednesday morning
at nino o'clock a.m.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
President and Associates on the Bench.
Sylvester J. Faux vs. Isaac White.
Xo. 70 May T., 18U0. Civil suit. Clark
for Plaintiff, Howell for Defendant. On
motion of Mr. Howell, the plea In tills
case stricken from the Records.
Commonwealth vs, J. M, Freck aud
John W. Howell. Indictment mali
ciously injuring and destroying water-
pipes. Comly and Baldy for Common
wealth; Clark and L'Velle for Defend
ants. A truo bill. Defendants and AVm.
B. Koons each held in live hundred dol
lars for appearance of Defendants at
next session.
Commonwealth vs. Sylvester J. Hoff
man and Lowis Boner. Indictment at
Dec. T., 1S0G. Defendants and J. M.
Freck, each held in two hundred dollars
for appearanco of Defendants at next
session. Traugh for Commonwealth,
uai-K lor Jjcieiiiiants.
Adjourned to meet at two o'clock p.m.
ArTERNOON.
President and Associatoson theBencIi.
John Hinterliter vs. John Jameson.
Civil suit. On motion of Defendants,
Counsel rulo to show cause why Record
should not bo amended so as to seat
judgment on verdict. All proceedings
to stay in the meanwhile.
In theestateof Jolin Singly, deceased.
On Motion or Mr. Brockway, rulo on
tho heirs to appear at next term and ac
cept or reftiso the real estate of said de
ceased at the valuation, or show cause
why the samo should not bo sold.
In tho estate or Levi Ashton deceased.
On motion of Mr. Hurley, rulo on tho
ueirs to appear iu next term ami accent
or rcfu-o tho real estate of said deceased
at tho valuation or show cause why tho
same should not bo sold.
In tho estate of John Sankoy, de
ceased. On motion of Mr. Clark, sale
of purpart No. n continued and sale of
purparts No. 2 and 1 ordered.
Sylvester J. Faux vs. Mary E. Green.
Partition In Common Pleas. Clark for
Plaintiff, Freezo for Defendant; Rule
on parties interested to appear first day
of next term and accept or refuse the
estato at the valuation.
Franklin Yocimi vs. Elijah Yocum.
Partition in Common Pleas. Clark for
Plaintiff, Freezo for Defendant. Rulo
on tho parties interested to nppear first
day of next term ami accept or refuse
tho estate at tlto valuation.
In tho estato of Win. Fritz, deceased.
On motion or Mr. Clark, Attorney for
estate, Court appointed E. II. Little,
Auditor, to make distribution.
In tho estato of Joseph Ilayhurst de
ceased. On motion oi Mr. Clark, At
torney for estate, C. B. Brockway Esq.,
appointed Auditor to make distribution
Jn tho estato of Daniel O. Ent, de
ceased. On motion of Mr. Clark, C. U.
Brockway, Esq., appointed Auditor to
make distribution.
In tho estato of Daniel Lovan, dee'd.
On motion of Mr. Clark Attorney for
estate, C. JJ. Brockway, Esq., appointed
Auditor, to inako distribution.
Bn suro and read tho advertisements.
They aro tho history of tiio business of
this county, and nro nil Important.
THE SUPREME COURT.
BPEEC1I 01' HON. JEREMIAH B. BLACK
Tho following able speech was deliv
ered on tho evening of tho 8th Instant
at tho National Hotel, Washington, at
tho banquet given In honor or tho fifty
second anniversary orthebattlcor New
Orleans. The speech was mado In
rcponse to a toast complimenting tho
United States Supremo Court!
Mn. CiiAiiiMAN : In the history of
this country it has never before been
thought necessary cither to toast tho
Supremo Court or defend It. But times
havo changed. Very recently attacks
full of bitter malignity havo been
made on that tribunal, andmeasurcsaro
deliberately taken to break down Its
nuthorlty. Considering by whom theso
assaults nro made, and what tho object
of them Is, It would, perhaps bo better
to encourago them, since It is certain
that in the long run they can do no harm
to anybody but their authors. If you
havo a viper to deal with, or n nest of
vipers, It is better to keep them biting
nt a file than anything else they can lay
their teeth to. Still, it may not be inap
propriato to look for a moment at tho
occasion of tho present persecution.
Three private citizens of Indiana per
rectly innocentof any offcnc I say ;-
fectly innocent, because, up to this time,
no human being lias ever legally sworn
oven ton belief nt their guilt thoso citl
zens wero nrrcsted, kidnapped, and
carried before a body of men wholly
without power to meddle with them
not authorized even to swear a witness
for them or a?ilnt them and thero
after a proceeding which it would bo
mockery to call a trial, they wero order
ed to boki lied on n certain fixed day. In
this condition of things the Judical
authorities intervened, nnd, witlt tho
nid or President Johnson, tho victims
wero rescued. '
When tho cause camo into tho Su
premo Court tho simple qestlon was,
whether a citizen could bo lawfully
deprived of hisliro wlthoutafalr, honest
trinl before an impartial jury and a
regular court. Tothisanswcr was given
unanimously, all tho judges yielding
their full nnd unreserved assent to it.
They held, in effect, that tho pretended
trial was a conspiracy, and that tho
execution, if it had taken place, would
have been amore lawless murder. "What
elsecouid they do? To hangmen without
Judgeor Jury is an act so clearly forbidden
by the fundamental law that no ono can
make any mistake about it, if ho has
senso enough to know his right hand
rrom his left. Tho prohibition is written
down as plain as nny ono of the ten
commandments ; thero is not a sentanco
in the Lord's Prarc more simple ; not a
moral precept can bo found in tho child's
primer that is more easily understood
Yet the court is villilied aud abused,
aud slandered for saying it. The organs
of disunion nnd nnarchy publicly pro
claim their determination to disregard
the decision, not because it is erroneous-,
but because it confines their power
by limiis Inconveniently nnrow. They
declare that they will do, in de
fiance of it, whatever gratifies their
own passions or promotes their" own
interests; and they impudently uso
this very expression ; "If the law stands
in our nay, so much the icorse for the
I ate."
Mr. Thaddcus Stevens, tho leader
and driver of tho present Congress, de
nounces this decision on the floor of tho
House. To my certain knowledge ho
knows it to bo perfectly right. Tho
senseless twaddle about hanging Aincri
can citizens by tho law or nations, on
criminal accusations or their own gov
eminent, could not Tor a singlo Instant
impose on nn understanding llko his
But he slanders tho judges for deciding
what ho knows and what they know to
bo true, for no conecivablo reason except
his desiro that his particular friends may
continue to enjoy tho delightful luxury
of shedding innocent blood.
The judges, and all who think with
them, aro called traitors because
they declare tho Constitution to mean
what it says, and because they will not
violate it themselves or pcmlt its vio
lation by others when they can prevent
it. If this conflict for and against tho
Constitution implies treason on either
side, tho guilt does not lie at our door.
It is not the man who sustains and loves
and believes in tho laws of his country
that can bo justly called a traitor. But
if there bean American citizen nny whero
who, with an oath upon his, conscience
to support tho Coiistiutlon, would mako
war upon it, subvert It by bruto force,
and take away the defenses it affords to
life, liberty, and property, leaving them
to the mercy of mobs murderers, kidnap
pors, military commissions, and bureaus
of inilltaiy Justice, such a man is
thoroughly a traitor;
"Aye, from the cxtiemest upward of his bead
Jo tno accent nnil dust bcuuith his feet,
A most toad-spotted traitor."
Theso arrows which they cast against
us barbed and poisoned with tho accus
ation of treason, rebound from our
Impenetrable armor, and fall harmless
at our feet ; ror wo aro shielded and
helmed, and weaponed with tho
truth ; but ir wo chooso to tako them
up nnd send tliom back nt our tidver-
saries, we would leavo them quivering
iu uteir very hearts.
A great truth, on which tho safety of
society nnu tho security of individual
rights must depend, Is In Its nature
Indestructible. You may crush It to-day.
out it win reappear and vindicate Itself
to-morrow. On tho other hand, nothing
Is so evanescent or so fickle ns tho pas
sions that spring from tho interests and
tho prejudices of tho hour. Let tho
logons of history bo heeded. Titus
Oates, Uedloo, and Daugerfield enjoyed
a far greater measure of popular con-
liueiico than ever was bestowed on Mr.
Holt, Mr. Conover. Mr. Cnmnbcll.
alias Hoaro, or upon all the officers.
agents, spies, delators, and witnesses of
tno -unitary Bureau put together. They
I mean Gates and company wero
loudly applauded In Parllnient ; thoy
wore ino prune lavoraes ot tho British
people, and they wero tho very dar
Hugs of till tho clerical politicians.
Thoy hold the Ufa and honor of the
nation In their hands. If they but
pointed n finger ut nny individual, ho
was doomed, and no purity Of previous
character, no proof of Innocence, how
ever clear, could savo him from des
truction. Such was their overflowing
prosperity ono year; but beforetho next
camo round those wretched miscreants
were howling at tho cart's tall under
tho lash of tho public executioner, and
tho wliolo populntlou of London was
clapping Its hands with Joy. Let tho
man who put his trust in a falso popu
larity beware or tho rebound which Is
suro to come, sooner or later. It is
written down among tho unchangeable
decrees or Almighty God thnt no lie
shall llvo forever; and especially is tills
truo of n great, monstrous, bloody lie,
like that which the Supremo Court
has put its broad foot upon.
I havo spoken of tho court ns n col
lective body. All tho Judges concurred
In tho decision of the question beroro
them. On n merely speculative point
which lay outside or the record thero
was dissent. Tho minority was wrong,
of course, as all minorities aro. Each
Judge, however, met his duty to tho case
itself, and all aro therefore entitled to
tho reverence and respect whtch is duo
to tho highest talent, coupled with tho
purest integrity. But ono among them
is primus inter jmrca, not because ho is
better or greater than tho others, but
besauso hp is more fortunate. He was
selected as tho organ of the majority,
and gave expression to thelrjudgment.
Tho thoughts that brcatho and tho
words that burn all over that opinion
are his thoughts and his words. The
irresistible logic which goes through
and through all adverse argument, and
tho felicity of illustration which makes
tho wholo subject blaze with light,
arc his own. Tho great production
will be n guido and n landmark for all
future tlmo ; it indentifies its author
forever with tho sacred cause of consti
tutional liberty, and makes his
"Ono of tlie few. the Immortal names,
That were not fjom to die."
It gives him a position to wich no
earthly station can add any dignity,
for a man or just ambition would always
rathcrboa publicbencfactorthan to hold
high oftko. Mr. Chairman, when you.
recollect that tho court has saved us rrom
nothing less than tho total overthrow
of our freo government, and when von
observe tho roaring aud foaming of'tiio
calumny which assails it, I think you
will agree with me that it is tho duty
of every Christian man in America to
put up a morning and evening prayer
lor tho long Ufa or all the judges, and
the perpetual preservation of their Just
authority.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
XA liSTATK OI I'lttsCII.I.t llAYIll'llST, IIKfll.
).eiiirs ofadmlnlstratlonlo the estate of l'riscllla
Huyhurst, lute of Catawissn township, Columbia
county, deceased, havo been grunted by the Reg
Istcrofsntd county to Henry Henry llolllngs
head. All persons having claims or demands
ngulllsl tho said estate aie icqucstcd to mako
them known to the administrator without delay,
and all persons Indebted to make payment.
HENRY HOLI.INGSHEAD.
February 8, 1807-Ow. Administrator.
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTTni'
SX. ESTATE Of St'.SANNA HITLER, IlLTKASFn.
Letters or administration toiheestutooft-usunna
Kltler.lnteof Denton township, Columbia coiintv
doecasod have been granted by the Registered
i" joiiii ii. liuisnunc. All poisons
ll.whu claims or demands against Uiu said estato
are reiiuesti il to mako tlirm known to Iheadmln.
Istrator without delay, and all persons Indebted
o , J0IIN' " nnisiiM.vi:.
February 8, IsG7-Cw. Administrator.
UOTIOSEE R.
JAMKS K. KYEK,
Having bad much experience as a Public Vwt
duo Ciler, lias taken outa
UNITED STATES LlflEVRE.
and takes Ibis method. to Inform his friends nnd
the public generally, that be cm always be lound
tt i . iT i i i ' "'oomsuuiu, reauy to
uiidu iu uu euiis iu ins line. lebs 67-ly
yM. F. MUIIPIIY'S SONS,
ST ATIOXEHS,
AND
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS
339 Chestnut street, & 55 fcouth Fourth street,
PHILADELPHIA, PA,
They mako a snpofnlitv nt fnrniciiirr v.tnnni
Banks, County Offlcers, Insumnco Companies,
uuuKins nouses, etc., Willi
liVXHY AUTICLK Or ULAXK HOOKS
axd rnixTivn.
having machinery specially ndapted for all work
they may require. lfcbS'C7-ly.
jJ EltCHANDISE,
J.OTICI: IS IIEIltBY GIVEN
To my friends ana tho public generally, that all
kinds of
DRY GOODS,
GROCEItlKS,
QUEEXSWAIU-:,
NOTIONS, AC,
arc constantly on hand and for talo
AT BARTON'S OI,D STAND,
llLoojtsiiutto, nv
,, , JAMES K. EYEIt.
3 Alto. Solo Appnt frtr Tt t t.'
I.1ME. Largo lot constantly on hand, febS'07,
rpili: LOST CAUSK,
iiiic UM.T HfANIMliii OrnriAi.
SOUTHERN HISTORY OP THE
AVAR.
Iiy Edward A. Pollard, of Virginia.
tlTrT amrir.t.i.
prises a lull account r.r ii, Ti. ...".'i"."'...." "'.'
!.,,?ili'i,-0i!'!''.,:.r" '"".'deiacy, the cauValan".
...ViVm. iii w... .. .'.. .. i" "'.veninicH or the most gl-
KV..:X y'-w " "iu orin msiory. Complete
OUO laigo Mllumo ut llHiirlv sill ;,n,..." V. ..."
, . i l-bv., Mill!
iii-.iiiuuuu Bl'LENDII) HTEEL
ptmTii t rp
rl ,!!?,n,!?u.1'.1.1.0'1 '-"'""lerale leaders. The hlilo-
SoiiUieru man S t ' "'""
until .to..!, i ,. i ; i "" iiisiimo
andlalenls to Ihe vindication o'r h
zsi .1. i. . ii, . "".J.u enallcngB thu criticism
of thu Intcll geul, and Invito thu uttcniloiioi i
oncst limu u.ra. r.uchftorkwII bVf p
!i 'L''1.1," tUo, r'l"""tl and Intelligent puhlloof
Iho Noiih, pud Is ot thu utiintti iinisi lincuiu the
Pj-opi,, of tho houthcrn htaios vVr. 1 lard of
1,1 "" h"lh. Is doubt ess i oU'-st
'.'"J '. V.i-eparu a complete and stand ml K
eutUoMrlTSiMhiA
?n lu-eXW! '.,.,'9.J' '.'' ' io
nwsp,5iir. " ' ' '" """" " Jl,,u".?'"l
. iicniti,
PA.
DTATKMKNT OF THE FINANCES
or TUB
COUNTY OF COIiUMHIA,
ritoM
Jntitinry 1st 1800, to .Innuftry lit 107
The Auditors I'leetrtlto settle nnd 0tjut tho
public neeoiint-4 nf Columbia County, respect fully
beg len to report that l hey h:iW) examined tli
Name Horn thu first day of January, A, ), one
thousand tdftht hundred and fdity-lx, to tho 11 rut
day of January, A.l. ono thousand eight hundred
nnd sIxty-M'ven, and respectfully lay before the
Honorable Judjres of the Court of Com in on Pleas
nf (mid Cotintv. the fnllowllut Ktatetuetlt nnd He
port, imreeably in the twenty-second section of
mo ACl ui utlUMiu 44iM.-imiy oi i nit luiuiumi
wealth, passed tho fouith day of April, A, v. lsJIt
JQI1X .. .STA;.S', Treasurer nf Columbia Conn
ty, In account 1th wild County.
DR.
1SC0, Jan. 1. To amount outstanding for
18U and previous yeurs 85.'J17 'Jl
Amount ensji received or Uan 1 M'lienrv
latu Tieasurcr. as ier Auditor
tepoit, 2ii CI
do Cnsli leeelvednf Dnlilel M'lfenrv
lato Treasurer, for sundry taxes 1512 W
i cu. p. 1.1111 oi rMmiuPi neicnner, oi jii i
niereek township, for keepliijf
Catharine Suit. M
Teh. fl. Cash of II. J, ltceder, for plank, 7 GO
l'eb. SO. Cu.h of William iAiwton, land io
deemed, 2 V
April Tu Catli of Jos. Mostcller, for brick, J "5
May 10. cann orfsantuei hnyder, Slierlir,
costs, Ac., In isuit of the County
1. ln.Stelter. collector of Con-
ymmam township, 13 jo
June. Toumonnt of County tax nsses-
M-dforlMWI. 13005 52
.lunoL'-'. L'iimi nt ucorgo liiuioy, land re
deemed, 1 id
Aug. lhvu received mr taxes on sealed
anil unseated lands retunu'd, 4610 i
Hcpt. 4t Cash or .Samuel Kclchner, of Ilrl
nrcrcek township, for kcenlmi
Catharine Suit, 77 40
Oct. To amount ten 1ny assessment in
Unroimh of Uerwlck, 10 80
Dee. ly. Jury fees und lines of Jesso Cole
man, Piolhonotary, 170 00
Ticali of don tax fund paid as
sessor for 1MM, H) 00
Amount outstanding, balance, ai 0.5
To sundry tuxes, (jy 00
$2S010 5;
OR.
IJy amount outslandluc for If 6(J. nnd nro-
vious j cara, 3332 -IS
Tty exonerations allowed colloctois Ml ES
Iiy Commissioners " " looo &0
iiv am i or uouniy orders redeemed 17,703 -11
lly Treasurer's commissions on 816.U02 37
at four per cent., ft'W W
jiy oaiuncc uue county,
828,019 .17
juii.y J. NTlLns, Treasurer of Columbia Coun
ty, In account with the tax on doys.
DR.
Amount outstanding for 1803 nnd previ
ous yenis. SSlfl 00
ussessed for IfiOfl, 1.2.V) fiO
en.
Amount outstanding and uncollected, 917 00
" exonerations allowed collectors, 10:1 00
M cunnnlsHlon, ut tio
hiiecp uamngc, orders redeemed, "j
l"'l I..'(I8 tUt ttlftCHlll'Ill Ul
tax tor the vear Wm!.
0 00
70 01
Treasurer's commission on 81.-il-
15,
t:,m oi
ju.i'ii.ii ruiu:s.
AUDITORS' AND CXEltK'.S l'AY.
Amount paid Auditors, and Cleric. SI3 Ou
" lo Wirt nudltlln; l'rolhonotnrv
" and lteglstcr-s account, 13 00
60J (JO
ASSESSORS' PAY.
Amount paid nsse&bors for Spring assess'
S303 13
mtiDQi: coxTitAfiTa.
Amount raid D.ivld Savmn. Inld.rit lii
...''."""t. ... 5H 00
. a. uue, urutgo in 1-laiuug.
creek, ,v.O 00
w- A- lv"i bridge in Siigarloaf H) 00
1-. L. hliunuu FiaukUn 1,273 00
$.t,S50 00
uiu do n nm-AiitH.
Amount paid John Homer,
" " David Savage,
" " Aaron Kcster for plank,
' I. Hart man,
'. " haniuel Applcicau.
' M. V. Vooilward
.loliu Uyer,
' " l'lilll Crawford fomlono
" " John Mordan.
William liver.
" " .Tnsl.-ih h. Fin-man.
; hundry persons,
Montgomery Cole,
Sir)
iM
102
71
MS
375
W
01
2HI
1IH
307
W
BLANK HOOKS.
Amount paid for blank luniks for Pro
tliouolary and lleguicr,
COUNTY HUILDINGS.
Amount paid sundry persons lor materi
als tarnished and work to pi ivv
for lepulrs at Court llouso uud
J.ill during tho year, ie..
S223 M
sou m
110 13
8773 07
CLEANING COURT IIIHW1
Amount paid to sundry persons,
COMMISSIONER'S ATTORNEY.
Amount to W. Wirt, Commissioner's At
tomey, COURT CRIER.
Amount to M. Collman for tho year WW,
830 00
870 00
857 50
CONSTABLE'S RETURNS
Amount paid to the several Constables
8107 13
COMMONWEALTH COSTS
Amount paid to sundry persons, 8107
COMMISSIONERS AND (.T.rttu-
Amount paid T.. I, VanderUce,Coinmlss-r SJi-i
" John t l-'ow'lcr "
" Montgomery Colo "
R. C. I-iult clerk,
, , expenses tu Ila
rlsburg
A 1 Iiii
III
'.'I
Ml
10
81.2S0
DISTRICT ATTOllNF.V.
Amount paid K.H. Little. I.Uo DM. Alt'v. 6ISI
" Jl. M.Truugli, 121
ELECTION EXPI'.NSlta.
Amount paid sundry persons for Hprlng
" paid sundry persons for Poor "'
llouso aud general election 731
81,120
I'UEL.
Amount for cpal A w ood for Court Houso
""" 5I0J 2,
FOX AND WILD f'AT ecu.iu
Amount to sundry persons g;5 20
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Amount of stationery, etc., for comt, $12 vtl
INSURANCE.
Amount to Lycoming Mutual Ins. Co., 823 71)
INQUESTS.
Amount to. I. O. Quick, Uso,., on C. Wal.
t" Win. M. HoagTand on Thos.
810
llivltto
to J. 11. rase, M. D examining
lu'iues" B'"miel Waranco at
10
JURORS WARES AVr MiT.mni.
Amount to Jurors at the sovcral courts
miti5iuu)uir 81,000
MEDICAL sriivini-a
Amount paid Dr. I'. C, HarrUon, attend
vuoriio.voTAitY.
Amount pnid Jesso Coleman, I'rolli'y,. jim
PRINTING.
Amount to AV. II. Jneoby,
si) no
112 0)
iv. ... niiuueis,
lo L. L. l ate,
toP. John
:v 00
6 0
Mis oo
83 50
TOSTAGE.
Amount paid I). A. Beckley, p, M.
rENITENTIARY.
Amount paid E. W. Penitentiary, support-
" paid male Luimllo Hospllal ror
thu support uf Cuthurluu hull
3112 Ul
157 03
8VJ0 Ml
ROAD AND IlltlllflF. vivu-j
Amount paid sundry pcisous for road and
bridge view s,
ROAD DAMAGES.
Amount paid Thomas Knorr, Bloom lp.,
.. . V1.'.':1'""1'! Jackson lp.,
" .. 7; ,'-lk'lll'll"ereek tp
; " D. A. liowmnn,
M Andiew Fnus, "
' W. II. Roliblns.Grccuwooil I
8130 00
87H im
ill Ul
'Mt U0
373 ll
13U in
P. liUU
f lOl 1)0
SHERIFF'S BILL,
Amount paid Hanitul Snyder for board
Ing prisoners
""Whig -Nalhiinlel P.irry
IsiuwIUtd loi;.h.p, nlteu.
" .'! ''V'"i');!'SAhmU.iuil'ealcr
to Iho l is, I'onlientlsrT
8370 0)
.i ui
70 (A
. i"i i
".'mi,.!
iA) ll ,
Sit 1:1:1' DAMAGE.
Amount paid toimdry persons to wilt
llloom township ji ,rt
llenton 'Ji$
Greenwood " 1!, !J
llrlarerec-U " jsj X
Centre " X ffi
rishlnifcreok " 'ii Yi
.lackKon " ' Z l
IHMlSt
Madison 1
Matnu '
Mt. Pleasant '
Montour 1
Orahgo 1
l'lne '
lleinloek
rtiigfirlonT 1
H.utt '
Mlllllll
am
1 I.)
MS)
vuoo
!S U)
41 M
S-M M
,
111! 00
17i
11,670 n
STATE ROAD.
Amount paltl laying, mt Mate Road thro'
Columbia and Luzerne eounllos gig of
TIP STAVES.
Amount paid nt the several courts $s? 0;
TAXES UKl-'UNDKD.
Amount of roml, school and county taxes
rcluudcil by tho tu oral tovnihl 8I.J.V S
Amount of orders Issued for Mm year U66 il9,3lu 03
Deduct amount of sheep orders
Issued for tho year 1HI 81.S7H 75
taxes refunded to townships 1,920 2s 83,500 03
Actual expenses for year lsco 8I3.KOI Co
Wc tho undersigned Auditors of Columbia,
county, being duly elected tu adjust aud scttlo
the accounts of the Treastirer and Commissioners
do certify that we met at tho olllcu of the Corn.
mlssloneis In Illoomsburg, and cnrefullv exam,
lueil the neeounts nnd vouchers ot tho samo from
the first day of January, A. 11. lsou, to tho first day
or January, A. 11. 1MI7, nnd find them correct ai
set forth In tho foregoing statement, and we find
a balance clue Columbia County or two thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two dollars nnd seven-ly-slx
cents (82,ssa :n from John J, Srii.ru, Tre.
surer of said county.
Given under our liunds this eighth day of Jan.
nary. a. v. one uiuus.iuu cigui uunureu nun sixty.
DANIEL HNYDER,
i. 11.
J 01 1
)l'lNl'"lANi!0. Au.
Allctt; IMMint, Lke, CVcr.
Wk the undersigned, Commissioners of Colum.
h!a county, ilocertlfy that the foregoing Is cor
rect statement of tho accouuU of said county for
tlm year lswi.
Witness our hauds, January eighth, 1SC7.
ALLEN MANN, S
.1. l 1-OWI.KR. tcomm'rs.
MONT. COLE, J
Attcrti Wm. KittcKiiAVM, clerk.
Arruovtu by tho Court, February fourth, 1S97,
i.V:!i,,l1EiN,A..o.Jd,M.
Illoomsburg, Feb. 8, 1S07.
rjUIE KEYSTONE CLOVER SEED
STRIPPER.
PATHNTKD OCTODEIl 2, 1S00.
This simple, though c tl'ectlvo machine Is admit
ted by nil sclent lllc observers to bo the most direct
device tor gathering clover seed yet discovered.
A ini'i-H glance nt 11 issuniclcni lo convince tlm
most obtuso mind of Its practical utility.
It strips tho clover head from the stalk loavlnii
the straw stnudlng upon the giound. It Is easily
drawn by one horse, and requires but ono inuu or
boy to worlc it.
It is compact, slmplo lit structure, and not lia
ble loget out of order, andean be cheaply got up
'I Do great advimtago In this machine. Is, wo
have the seed gathered In Ihe chair, readv for tho
clover mill or hullcr, besides saving thu great
length or tlmcand labor or mowing, handling and
threshing it from the straw. It will nlso pav ov
ery f.irmer to gather his seed with this machine,
ou account of the saving of tho seed which Is lost
In tho old way of gathering It.
EMinordhviry Inducements offered to cnorcetlo
men who wish topim-lmsebtntoor county Rights.
1-or partlculni s addrcs
WERTMAN & KEINIIOLD,
. Centra u a,
Jan25C7.j Columbia County, tx
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