iMjii-mp;i '"I ,J"t-" !"'"',"
stor wns nl llio very height of his intollco-
tual power, nil when by tho financial
condition of th country ho was led to ap
ply nil his' powor to. tlovclop tho true
moaning of tho Constitution in this regard,
rind to doviso legislation suited to tho
evils then existing, in his Bpccoh upon tho
jpcclo circular, says :
"But if we understand by tho currency
tho legal money of tho couutry, and that
which constitutos a lawful tender for debts,
'circulate as monoy from hand to hand, and
with intont that it shall so ciroulnto on tho
credit of the State ? If it is, it is u bill of
credit."
Judgo Story, in his dissenting opinion
in tho caso of tho Hank of tho Common
wealth of Kentucky, dofinos them iu the
samo way. What aro theso notes? They
aro made, by tho very larguago of tho bill,
it is their chief purpose lawful money.
They arc intended to circulato as currency.
and is tho statute moasuro of value, then, Tho argument on which tins bill is bus
undoubtedly, uothing is included but goUl tallied is, that those notes should supply n
and silver. Most, unqucstionauiy more is cjrcujntin mcdjum to the country. They
,oomo within tho definition of "bills of crcd
it." 1 have shown that if thoy do como
within the definition of "bills of credit,"
tho powor to emit thorn wos expressly,, des
ignedly withheld from Congress. I do
not deny tho power of Congress to borrow
no legal tender in this country under tho
authority of this Government, or aujr oth
er, but gold and silver, cither the coiuagc
of our own mints, or foreign coins, at ratoi
regulated by Congress. This is n con
ttitutioual principle, perfectly plaiu, and
of tho very highest inportancc. Tho States
aro expressly prohibited from making
nuything but gold and silver a touder in
payment of dobte 5 and although no such
express prohibition is applied to Congress,
yet, ns Congress has no power granted to
it, in this respect, but to coin money and
to regulate tho valuo of foreign coins, it
dearly has no power to substituto paper,
or anything else, for coin, as a tender in
payment of debts and in dischargoof con
tracts. Congress has exercised this pow
er, fully, in both of its branches. It has
coined money, and still coins it; it has
regulated tho valuo of foreign coins, and
still regulates their valuo. Tho legal ten
der, therefore, tho constitutional standard
financial necessities of tho country without
plunging it into tho gulf from which thero
is, with honor and aafcly, 110 recovery f
Sir, I beg gentlemen to permit mo to
read, in closing what I havo to say, ono
moro lesson of wisdom from tho statesman
of Now England to whoin I havo had oc
casion so often alroady to refer. I road
it with lliohopo that it will bo engraven on
tho memory of ovcry man hero, and that
it will enable us to avoid tho evils of which
ho has spoken by adhering to tho courso
which ho has wisely marked out :
"No nation had abetter currency than
CiiUuitlmt Demormt
tatk, rnorniKTon.
uniriin nv !,r.vt ii.
occcr -,,- -.- r . - "
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
SATURDAY MOHNINO, FEBRUARY wHsM
Tlio Poucllolou Spoecli.
Wo "publish upon our first paco the
tho Unite States. There was no nation speech 01 non.uco. u. renuicton ot unio,
which liad Guarded its currency with more I delivered in tho IIouso of lloprcscntativos
. A . . , . .1 ,,..... I . . ...... ....
of value, is established and c
overthrown. ' It coster a W ork.
cannot
s, vol.
pago 7l.
And ogGin, in the samo speech, ho says:
. ,(I am certainly of opinion, then, that
gold and silver, at rates fixed by Congress,
constitute the legal standard of value- in
this country ; and that neither Congress
nor any State has authority to establish
any othor standard, or to displace this."
And Mr. Calhoun, in his speech on tho
till authorizing the issue of Treasury Jiotcs,
in 1837, assumes, as indisputblo, that Con
gress possesses no such power. (J3 Cal
houn's Works, p. 102.)
Sir, it seems to 1110 that if the language
of tho Constitution, .and the weight of au
thority can settle any proposition, it is set
care, for tho framcrs of tho Constitution
and thoso who had enacted tho early stat
utes on the subject were hard money men,
Thoy had felt and duly appreciated tho
evils of a paper medium: thoy therefore
money and issue notes in cvidenca of tho ' sedulously guarded tho currency of tho
indebtedness ; I limit my objection strictly j United States from debasement. Tho lo
to tho notes described in this bill. & of the United States was gold
.,, . u 1. , .. . . , I and silver coin. This was a subject 111
But, even if I behoved this bill to bo . , . . . . 0nni,rcH9 hail ' -mLQ
constitutional in both aspects, I yet ace . ,10 foiiy. Gold and sjlm. currency was
enough to merit, as Itthink, tho hearty con-1 the law of the land at homo, tho law of tho
damnation of tho House. It provides that ! world abroad ; thero could, in tho present
these notes shall bo redeemable only at condition of tho world, bo no other our
the pleasure of tho United States, Thoicoac'
gentleman from New York Mr. Spaul-1 Lct gentlemen heed this lesson of win
ding called them "demand notes." They v. Lct tI,om if ucct- bo tax tho cnci'g"
havcbcciiso called throughout the coun- ,"S ami wcaiui 01 tne country sumcicmiy
try. They do not boar n single character , to restore tho credit of tho Government,
istic of a demand note. Thero is no time' ' Lot thom borrow whatever money iu ad
from the hour when thoy shall pass into rtitiou niay ba necessary borrow it to tho
the hands of the holder, when he can by . ful1 ostont tbnt luav bo necessary and
their terms demand that thov shall bo rc-:-ct us adherc riSidly firra consistently,
persistently, and to tho ond, to tho princi
plo of refusing to surrender that currency
which tho Constitution has given us, and
in tho maintenance of which this Govern
ment has never, as yet, for ono moment
wavered.
at Washington, upon tho bill authorizing
tho issue of an additional jilOQ,000,000 of
Treasury notes, and making thom a legal
tender in payment of debts. Tho speech
will well repay perusal as it is lucid and
instructive. Wo rccommond it therefore
to tho a!lcntion of all our readers. lie
proves most conclusively, that this meas
ure violates the Constitution of the United
Slates ; that it is unjust ; and that its
probablo ofl'eot upon the public interests,
will be highly disastrous. IIo shows that
tho power "to emit bills of credit," by tho
Government, was voted down in tho Con
vention which formed the Constitution,
and further that no power exists to make
anything but gold and silver a legal ten
der in payment of debts. The citations
upon these points from Mr. Madison, Mr,
Wobstor, and Judge Story, aro decisive
and unanswerable
deemed. Thero is no time when faith of
tho Government is pledged to their pay
ment. Tho holder may present them at
any time, and ho may bo told that tho time
has not arrived at which, by tho face of
tho bill, thoy aro to bo paid. They will
inevitably donrcciato. The wit of man
has never discovered a means by which pa- Legislative IdStFUCtiOU
per currency can bo kept at par value.! The following is the voto in the House
except by its spesdy, cheap, certain con- of Representees, at Ilarrisburg, on tho
vcrtibility into gold and silver. I need resolution to instruct onr Senator asking
not cita gentlemen to 'history or to author- our Representatives to voto for tho cxpul
... lint 1.... 1 .. ipiuvu iv. uuium uuiirui wuio vuuy uau
that which it is proposed shall bo done by . . ,
tied that Congress has not the power to do ' n,i. ,i 1 n mm of 30 vons to G2 navs. as follow., s
. - - - ji --- -
Yeas Messrs Abbott, Alexander, Ba
tes, Reaver, Beebo, Bingham, Blanehard,
Brown (Mercer) Chatham, Cochran, Cow
an, Crane, Dennis, Dougherty, Fox, Free
land Grant, Gross, Happer, Henry, Hutch
man, Kennedy, Lehman McClellan, Mo
Coy, Moore, Myers, Ititter, Kus.-.ell, Shan
non, Smith (Chester.) Smith (Philadel
phia,) Strong, Tracy, Twitchell, Williams,
Wiudlc Wildcy.
Nays. Messrs Armstrong, Banks,
Barron, Bollcau, Brown, (Northumdcr-
land,) Caldwell, Cessna, Craig, Dellonc,
Divins, Donuqlly, (Green,) Donnelly
(Philadelphia,) Dufficld, Eauly, Gamble,
Gaskill, Graham, Greeiibank,IIcss, Hoov
er, Hopkins Philadelphia, Hopkins
Washington, Josephs, .Kaino, Kline,
Labar, l.ichtenwallner, MoCullooh, Mc
Manu?, Ncimau, Pershing, Potteigcr,
Peters, Quiglcy, Ramsey, Jlcx, Rhods,
Kos3, (Jjuzcruc,) Uoss, (.Miimn,; Kowiana
tho provissions of this bill.
Now. sir. tho anrument whbh I havo
made in reference to tho constitutional
.power of Congress does not depend in any
degrco upon tho question whether or not
these notes can maintain their par valuo
in gold and silver. But it may givo point
to the argument to show tho offect which
will be producod by the provisions of the
bill itself in that respect.
This bill, after providing that these
5100,000,000 of Treasury notes shall bo
ptyable to all creditors of the United
StaUs, and in tho discharge of all private
debts, provides also that thoy shall bo
funded in twenty year bonds of tho United
.States at six per cent ; and, in ordor to in-
tluec tho funding, that when auy person
shall accnmulatc '2,500 of these notes ho
prceiato ; the y ought to depreciate, be
cause they are only valuable as tho repre
sentatives of gold and silver ; and if they
aro not convertiblo into that of which thoy
are tho representative, they must ucccssa
rily lose their valuo. You send these notes
out into the world stamped with irredcem
ability. You put on them the mark of
Cain, and, liko Cain, they "will go forth to
bo vagabouds and fugitives on tho earth.
What then will bo tho consequence ? It
requires no prophet to tell what will be
their history. The currency will bo ex
panded; prices will bo inflated; fixed values
will depreciate; incomes will bo diminish
ed; tho saving.? of tho poor will vanish ;
the hoardings of tho widow will melt away,
"bonds, mortgages, and notes, everything
of fixed value, will loso their value; every
Eiay require that bonds shall bo issued mi ' , ... ' i
, ', 1 . ,. ... j. r i thine; of changeable valuo will bo annreci-
tho denomination of the currency of a for- J n- ... . M
.Inn nmm rn tinvnhlfl. Tirinfiinnl anil 111 '
Sljju wuu..; ----j r. r
Union Domocnils.
The true signification of tho above des
ignation, as applied to certain politicians,
was beautifully illustrated and sitisfaoto-
rily exemplified, upon the organization of
our Stato Legislature. Ten Konllcnicu
were nominated for Representatives, by
what was called "Union Democratic Con
ventions,' and of course availing them
selves of the prestige of Democratic Union
Principles claimed to bo souud National
Democrats, but when tho test of fidclity,as
devclopad iu tho organization of the House,
was applied to thom , viz ; to vote for
dcmocratSj every man of them, excepting
always the Hon. AnnAiiAM Petihis, tho
life-long friend of Jamks Buchanan, of
Laucastor county, took part with the ene
mies of Democracy.
Pnonl.-iiirr nf Aliriihiim.PptP.nl. t ?s link
justice to him to say, that, ho is an honest
man, the noblest .work of God and to
whom, as to Abdicl of old, tho historian
will record, in letters of living light :
' Wild Faithful was,
Auiung theniAssj round."
Notice to Deiiuqttrmc-.
Ono more issue will complete the fif
teenth volume of the "Columhia Demo
chat." The proprietor deems it proper,
Tho Lrgnl Tender Clause.
Tho United States Sonato ho rofuscd to
striko out tho clauso of tho Treasury nolo
bill making thom n legal tender for privnto
debts. Tho motion to striko out was inado
by Mr. Collamcr, of Vermont, and tho
voto stood 17 yeas to 122 nays. Mr. Cowan,
of Pennsylvania, v otcd with the minority.
Mr. WitiMOT did not vote.
By this action tho Government seeks to
compel tho pcoplo to accept as an equiv
alent for gold and silvor, n paper currency
which is not an equivalent. Tho prinoiplo
is unsound nud will not havo tho desired
effect of keeping the Treasury notes at par.
No legislative enactment can do this. The
Goycrnmant might coin eagles with an
alloy of ono-tcnth brass or copper, and
ro quire them to bo takon at tho full v&luo
of gold coin ; but would this mako thom
equivalent to pure gold 1 Congress should
havo gone to work nud passed an adequate
tax bill ns tho basis of paper issues, and
there would havo been no necessity for
bolstering up tho.public credit by attempt-!
ing to forco the pcoplo to accept this aub
stituto for money at moro than its actual
value. Tho reluctance to faoo the music
on thi'i important subject, and th c disposi
tion to resort to temporary and discredita
ble expedients is a striking commentary on
the loud -mouthed patriotism of tho ma--
jority.
On this subject the Albany Jlrgus for
cibly argues that the legal tender clause,
if it goes into operation, can only offect
past transactions. Dobtors can discharge
existing obligations in tho depreciated
currency ; but thoy can contract no now
ones. There will bo two sorts of prices.
A debtor will sell 100 barrels of flour at
S'1.50, in gold or silver, and at 85.00, in
Government mouoy, aud as tho deprocia-
A Quostlon Anothor Question
A Response.
"Do you happon to know any whole
soulcd or half-way sympathathizcr with
tho Jeff. Davis rebellion who does not hato
Con'cspoudoiico.
Bihtor Columbia llcmoctat
In last week's issno of your cxcollont
and improvo ovcry opportunity to villify j ucmocrnlio journal, 1 read with intorest
John 0. Fremont ? Wo do not." Neto and astonishment, tho ablo Speech of Mr.
York Tribune, ' Van Wyck, a Republican Mombor of Con-
Do you happen to know any half-soulod grcsa, detailing some of tho onormons
or wholo way anti-Union aidor of tho Jeff, frauds and robberies npon tho Government
Davt3' rcbclliou, who docs not love aud Treasury. This report shows, beyond tho
improve evory opportunity to embarrass 'shadow of doubt, that millions or mos
tho constitutionally conservative move-' EV has been iVcnZy, and in n very short
inonts of President Lincoln ? Wo do not. : period of timo, oxtraotcd from tho pockcls
Our word for it, tho time is near nt 0f the honest lax-payers of tho country,
hand when tho abolition constitution hat' nmi what makes thosu pjouhniotis more
crs and rovilors of Washington will bo as glaring is tho fact, that thoy were commit
niiito as thoy wcro when thoy feared tho tod by brawling Kcpublicati patriots. Mr.
rebels might bo enabled to get at their yan Wyck, refers to tho frauds at Hun-
throats. How long, oh I how long must tiugdou, and it niay bo interesting to your
tho country tolerate thoso impudont, cow- roadcrs to know who arc t!;c patriots,
ardly charges ? rondo, loo, by men, who, T10 lorsCf! wcr0 purchased fer tho Car
if tho abolition of slavery depended on airv uricndc, proposed to bo raisod bv
their prowess, wo would havo the "peculiar Gen Joseph Y, James, of Warren, a noted
institution," before the next fourth of July Camcrouian abolitionist, and a donouiioor
overrun tho wholo North I
There is ono condition which would go
far to reconcile us to the idea of abolish-
of Floyd, for his alleged frauds, under tho
Administration of Mr. Buclmuan. Tho
contractors for purchasing theso horses aro
ing slavery, aud that if Congress would Jamc3 M ScllcrS) Alcxr Mo0 urCj nlld
Ryan, Scott, Tate, Tliomptou, 'luttoii,-
Vakcfiold. Weidnor, mmley, Wolt.
Warliy, Zciglcr, llowc, Speaker.
tore3t, in that country,
Tho effect of thi3 provision is intended
to bo that he shall there receive his prin
cipal and intcrcstin gold and silver.
Congress thus fixes the valuo of thejo
notes; fixes it to-day; fixes it at tho hour
of their emission. They shall bo equiva
lent to au equal number of dollars ex
pressed in tho twenty years' bonds of tho
United States, carrying six per cent, in
terest. That is their valuo fixed by the
law fixed by tho monoy markets of the
country. What aro these bonds worth to
day 'I Sir, I read in the New York pa
por3 that last Saturday thoy wcro selling at
cighty-nino ccnU iu tho dollar. The
quotations of last week wero higher than
ninety cents. Yet you proposo to send
out theso notes as a legal tender, stamped
as they aro here to-day, at a valuo of nine
ty cents in tho dollar, lou compel cv-
ery man to whom l,000.aro duo to tako
in satisfaction of his claim, that which is
only worth 000, You confiscate, wick
edlv and unnecessarily, ono tenth even
ml
at the present rates of all the indebted
ness of tho country. Sir, it is a mon-
fltrouH proposition, which 1 hope will net
bo tolerated by this House.
But, Mr. Chairman, I go a step furthor
I doubt whether there is any power in the
Federal Government to issuo tho notes do
icribed in this bill, whether they aro made
a lciraltcnder or not. I havo shown to
you that tho power to ''emit bills of crcd
it" was expressly withheld by tho conven
tion which framed tho Constitution.
have shown that it was withheld because
they did not intend that this power should
"be voctcd in Congress, Now, What is a
bill of credit ?" Chief Justice Marshall, in
tho case of Craig against tho Stato of Mis
eouri, (Peter's Reports,) defines it. He
.says :
"To omit bills of credit convoys to tho
mind the idea of ifsuing paper intended to
circulato through the community, as monoy
'which paper is redeomnblo at a future day.
This is tho snso in which tho terms havo
been always understood. Tho term has
acquired an appropriate meaning; and
"bills of credit ' siguify a papor medium
intendod to circulato between individuals,
and bJt'woen Covcrniuent and individuals,
for tho ordinary purposes of society."
Air Webster dofincs a bill of credit
thus :
"Tho objeol of them was to create a pa
per ciroulalion ; nnd any paper issued on
tho credit of tho Stato. and intended for
circulation from hand to hand, is a bill of
icrcdit whether irado a tender lor debts or
iot, or whether carrying iulercat or not.
ii it issued with the iUcnt th it tf. . hall
lvalue; tho Government will pay twofold
l 1 .,.nl ,viaw tl.nt !f (V...
tion goes on, tho margin will widen.-
This double system of prices prevails every
where where there is a forced Government
currency. Let a travolcr, anywhere in
Austria, enter a shop to purchase ; an
article is offered for 100; in paper : but if
ho proffor3 gold ho can havo it for S(!3 or
70.
Tho legal tender clause must be ineffec
tual then, to substituto government paper
for the real currency, except as regards
past transactions. Mortgages, bank debt
ors anjl others may pay in this currency ;
but for tho actual transactions of the day,
it will have no higher valuo than its iu-
trinsio worth and current rate ai compared
with gold and silver. Three-fourth of the
business in which money is used, aro the
daily transactions of life. A very small
portion is tho payment of tho interest or
principal of vostcd debts.
It is easy to see that tho solid and sub
stantial interest of tho country will be
effected most injuriously by this proces3.
AS1 ifi,
To prevent the hunting of deer with
to give public notice, that with the opcuiug, Q0gS ti Columbia county
Oid Abe's Frienils
Tho administration at Washington must
bo sustained. Old Abo must bo upheld
and that too by tho Democracy. Aboli'
tiomsm is unaolo to sustain any man.
It 13 powerful only for evil. As against
tho Democracy it is powerless, beoauso its
propensity to do wicked things is to well
known. Old Abo must look to tho De
mocracy for support, for if in this Stato ,hu
depends upon such men as Irish Lowrcy
and othors, ho will depend ou broken reeds
oa men who will sacrifice him and jheir
souls, if necessary, for the negro. But
poor Lowroy, ho is already "played out."
The people havo still a recollection of hisj
connection with tho Shenango Division of I tho
the Pennsylvania Canl, and
of tho sixteenth volume, ho has determined
to erase from tho list the names of all de
linquent subscribers, miming a certain pe
riod of time, and place the aeoouuts in
process of lciral collection. However un-
ploasantly thn procedure amy affect both 1 dogs in certain coun'ics of th'i3 Common
creditor aud debtor, it has become nbso-': woalt,h PPnycd tho fourteenth day of
. . . ... .. ,., I April Anno Domuu ono thousand ciciit
lutoly necessary to tho continuance of the hni aml flft ino bo and tho galncbi-
publishing business in the country; as ' Ilcrc)jY cstendod to the county of Ooiuui
thousauds of the Printer's hard earned 'ljia.
dollars, have been for years locked un in! Tho act referred to .3 as follows :
tho pockets of those who arc moro able to Section 1. lie it cnaetal by the Senate
pay, than the Printer, is willing to remind ,ww,IweaM 0 rLnsylvania m Gencml
forbcaranco
virtue."
ha3 ceased to be a christian
not tako for iheir guide his standard of h.3 torpid state, como out of his hole, and
tako a survey ot the weather, if ho saw
his shadow, then he would forthwith return
to his bed and prcpara to tako a six weeks
nap, indicating that tho winter would
continue that long ; if notuthen tho wintor
was broken, and ho would rcfiin from go
ing to sleep It was a clear day and ho
morals. Tho Legislature u not what it !
onco was. He has como into a field of
clover, which will naake him slobber before
he gets through with it.
Again have our wiso men left the scenes
of their labors and gone to tho city of
brotherly love. Well, it i3 well. They
should go down and visit you occasionally
to sec how you aro getting along. I would I if tho ground 1
go too did I get seven hundred dollars a
eoscion. But poor men must do as they
can,' while tho rich doss thoy ploaso.
Treat thom kindly when thoy como, poor
eouls, thoy need tho councils of tho wiso.
The Unknown,
Philadelphia Evening Journal,
no doubt ssw his shadow and therefore, ay damages therefor i Provided, That the
everything that it goes into tho market to
buy ; gold andsilver Will bo driven out of
the country. What, then,; Tho day of
reckoning must como. Contraction will
follow. Private ruin and public bank
ruptcy, either with or without UEruDiA-
tion, will inevitably follow.
Tho gentleman from New York cited to
mo yesterday tho authority of General
Hamilton. General Hamilton, certainly
no enemy of a souud papor currency, do-
scribing the effects of a policy like this,
said
'Tho loss which America has sustained
since tho poaco from tho pestilent effects of
paper monoy on tho necessary confidence
between man and man, and tho nocessary
conhucncc in public councils, on tho in
dustry and morals of tho people, and on
tho charaotcr ot republican govornmont
constituto an onormou? debt against the
States cliargable with this unadvised mea
sure, which must long ronuin unsatishcd ;
or, rathor, an accumulation of guilt, which
can be expiated no otherwiso than by a
voluntary sacrilicc on the altar ot justice
of tho power which has been tho instru
ment ot it.' I'eaerausl, iSo. '14.
Mr. Wcbstor has painted most felicit
ously tho disastrous results to follow from
this samo courso of conduct
"A disordered currency is ono of the
greatest of political evils. It undermines
tho virtues necessary for tho suppor of tho
social system, and encourages proponsitics
destructive of its happines, It wars
against iudustry, frugality, and economy ;
and it fosters tho evil spirits of extrava
gance and speculation. Ul all contrivan
ces for cheating tho laboring olassos of
mankind, none has been moro effectual
than thatwhioh deluded them with papor
monoy. Ordinary tyranny, oppression,
..waaoum'A (nvntiAn llman linn linlitltf rn
: ' J w horfl thnv flonin to fuml. or wrnnnea
",rfc," , 1 " .... ly. bit of muslin and nut in 'their ho s. where ! already sco tho handwriting on tho wall-
tho robb3rios committed by depreciated it acquires dampness, produces a gas that
paper. Our own history has recorded for j3 uot offensive to man, but is to tho rat?,
our instruction enough and moro than If ohlori(lo of Hmo fa moisloned ,vIth mur.
enough, of tho demoralizing tendonoy, tho . .. ., , . , . ,.
injustice, and tho intolerable oppression, I ,atl llcld alld Vacai in a a,'aiu- vauU cr
on the virtuous and well-disposed, of a do- j collur, and closed from tho air a htllo
graded papor currency, authorized by law whilo, tho rct3 will depart, beoauso it will
or in any way countenanced by Govern -'bo death to remain. Thw is also a good
mmU'-Websto's Speeches, vol. B, p. 81 . ! dig!nfeotant aud wiU for a Uma ouro tho
r , i , 1 1 e 1 1 . .. '
vjaii wo not icurn sumuiuiug irom iuu cfluva of a d
ouny cxpeneuoo oi our uwu eouutry i uu ( j chloride
Suction 1st. Bo it enacted by the Sen
ate and Uou?o of Representatives of tho
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen
eral Assembly met and it is hereby enact
ed by tho authority of the same, that au
act to prevent tho hunting ot deer with
authorize tho President of tho United
States to do it, in his own way, and that
way would bo to ca mpol the Abolitionists
to try thoir hand at it iu Delaware, Mary
laud, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri and
Tennessee.
As long ns thoso States contain certain
loyal slaveholders, it would be u pretty
sight to sco these stay-at-home vaporing
scribblei-3 and spoutcrs, in regimental gran
deur measuring swords with Unionists
,who own slaved, and who in the very mid
st of tho most imminent danger, aro risk
ing their lives aud property in defense of
the Uuion, having the utmost confidence
iu Abrham Lincoln, and that ho will per
sist in maintaining the guarantees of the
Constitution.
It is by such mean, sneaking, pusillani
mous sentiments as those in tho quotation
at tho head of this article, that the loyal
slave holdcr.3 havo tho already almost
crushing weight tho rebel slave holder.)
havo imposed ou them, rendered almost
unendurable by the intermeddling of demi
insano fanatics.
Wo heartily wish, then, that theso paper
belligerent abolitionists could bo pitted a
gainst tho loyal slavo holders, for it is
quite certain that tho anti-ablitionist Un-
on troops will attend to the business of
'tho rebel slaveholders.
The utmost that the Republican party
started to accomplish, was to prcvunttho
extension of slavery, aud the most intelli
gent of that party sec plainly enough that
tho "peculiar institution, so far' ns its
political-power is concerned, is doomed,
and that is all they care for. Political
power was their aim that they havo ob
tained. '1 heir present object is to retain
it. That is anothor nucstion. Tho indi
cations arc that they will enjoy but a short
lived triumph. However purosomo of them
may bo, it is manifest to the whole country
that thoir administration hat been beset
and degraded by as unscrupulous :i set of
marauders a.s ever took advantago of a
country iu distres-i.
Tho astouudiug frauds whiuh have been
committed the necessity of investigating
Henry Souther, Governor Curtiu's present
Surveyor Gcucrcl, or common report docs
them great injustice.
The wholo thing was douo,with the con
sent of that immaculate patriot and union-
saver, Ges. bimun Cameron ,alo Sccrola
ry of War !
A Tax-Paych.
Oraugovillc, Feb. 20, 1802.
Tho last seven days havo produced a
marvellous change in (ho prospect af the
war. Our readers will not havo failed to
recall the steadfastness with which wo havu
for ninety days directed their attention lo
Kentucky, and promised them tho result
of General McClellan's military poliuy in
that direction. No one now doubts, that
wo havo a Government and a Command,. r-
in-Chief, and a policy. Tho plans of four
months have begun to bo developed,
and tha result of war, conducted
by a cool and sagacious commander,
who is unmoved by politicians are now felt
in the North and the South. Wo review
these boginnings of the cud briefly.
1. The defeat of the forces under Hum
phrey Marshall, on the Big Sandy, by Col,
Garfield, openiug the way to tho Cumber
land Gap.
'i. The taking of Fort Henry on tho
Tennessee.
U' Tho taking of Fort Donelsou on tho
Cumberland,
4. Tho evacuation of Bowling Green
before the advance of Mitchell.
u. The evacuation of Springfield by
Piico and his arjyy
0. Tho success of Lander ut Bloom
ing Gap.
7. The descent of the Bunissido Expe
dition oa the corht of North Carolina, tho
taking of Roanoke Island, and the sciuuro
ot JCli.abeth City, Edeuton, and other im
portant points on vbe mainland.
It i.s uuncccesjary to sum up tho imme
diate benefits of thoso actions, 20,000
prisoners now in our hands, tho immoiiio
quantities of army ftorrs, transportation,
amunition and arms that wo havo taken
Ihem of their dereliction, and he has now Assembly met, and it is hcieby enacted j themselves tho remarkable interference
fully come to tho conelusion,that "turther
from the enemy, fcinoe the moral effects of
committees in tho very presence almost of j the victories will bo vastly more important
the rebels, the loss of public confidence in : than can bo estimated.
many of the parties who undertook to servo rrrrrilcr!?.'rr'!S7'
the soldiers, but who ended in servin
bythc autliorilyoj the same, That 1 0f newly uiade Ounerali with the well
and after" tho passage of this act it shall bo . "i , , . ,
i i e . t matured plans, views and determination of
unlawful for any person or persons to run
deer with dogs, in the counties of Sullivan, President Liucolu, thereby rendering it
I nn.l I 1 n . 1 . ! 1 A ltt npfrtllj TTlm tlflflnOJll 11' frtV llllt f f Vll'll'll 0 1 1 ! 11 f ft 1 3 Wlinn
r Sunday, the 2d inst., according to ; violato provlans of this act, i stability was comanded by tho criis and
o wcathcrwifcc, was tho day appointed j shnll bo dccmcd KUilty of a misdemeanor, ! nvWMtinn nt ,v,-,l ; ,!, inB,w.
they will I for tho sage ground hog to wake up from and be subject to a fi.ic of twenty dollars,! spnmPfl to . lo
- mil to t ho usg ot t ig in ormcr. anu -
onc-
ono-half to bo paid into the country troas
ury, to bo recovered as debts ot liko am
ount aro now by law recoverable.
Section 2. That it shall bo lawful for
anv nerson to shoot or Kill any cioftor
dogs, which may bo found running or
chasing deer, iu violation of tho provisions
of tho foregoing (Section ; and tho owner
or owners ot saul dogs suan not recover
tiiT Wo sco it stated, and givo it for
what it is worth, that chloride of Hmo has
frequently proved a sure thing to drive rats
away from any placo infested by thom.
An ounco of it, scattered
wiser than
havo several moro
hog is a weather prophet' provisions of this act shall not apply nor j "
his bipod brcthern, we will extend to tho township of Forks, iu the statutory jaw.
i e county of Sullivan. " ho pcoplo
loro weeks of winter. .iouuij umumtdu. j i
Hiccess all thoso things have caused the
people to dotcrminiuc that the Republican
party has performed its mission, and thoy
will tako care that tho abolitionists do not
como iu at the "tail end of tho hunt," and
endeavor to tako advantage of the upris
ing of a loyal people to save their Union
in strict accordance with tho tcrm3 of tho
Constitution and tho propor construction of
iff ARB I AGES .
O.'i Tuinlay I'oli- lit!) by IV lit v. Julin Tlionm. Mr.
Ct-nHUK 1' I'a'.i'k nf Muiu) Lycoming roimty I" Mui
M Milliner I! HMirn of Jin luon Culiimin.i cuuniy
III this plnre. on tho muriinifc' nf thu tfOttt inst . tiv tfct
I!hv. II. J Wullui.Jlr (luu. W. llDiiMt, of Haiy.Ciilitui
tn county, tn Mie Sallii. II Ketcium. of DimvllK'.
" "JD E ATHSV ' ""
In llirnlnclt.on the 12th uut.. t'trr.a Annans, e:cl
aLoiit IS yearti.
REVIEW OF THE MARKET.
connr.crr.i) wy.i:Kir.
wnn.vr
KYIS
COllN'(ol.l)
COUN (new) ...
O.VIS.
UULKU'llISAT
Si ljci.ovr.usi'.uii si
. tulltUTTUK 11
SUUItJOH--" I
SO T ALLOW 1'J
:iOLAHIJ HI
so'tOT.vi'or.s in
Egy It is beginning to leak out that
loading radical or Abolition Republicans
in Congress favor tho idea of a peaceful
and prompt separation of tho States--for
the reason that thoy fear tho formation of
a great party, aB tho result of a restoration
of tho Union, composed of Southern Union
men, Northern Democrats, and Conserva
tive Republicans, which shall coutrol tho
Au 'id
To authorizo the several
ors anu uversccrs
in tho placo destinies of the nation, and hurl Abolition ( jn (jolui
iYrappcd in a i fanatics into everlasting oblivion. Thoyijhpnid
collect
of tho Poor to re
turn to tho County Commissioners tho poor
taxes on unseated lauus in Uolumbia county.
Suction 1. Bo it enacted by tho Souatc
and House of Representatives of tho Com
monwonlth of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by
tho authority of the same : That whenever
any Poor Tax asscssod on unsoatcd lands
Uolumbia (Jouuty Mian not uo voiuntar-
that their negro capital can last but little
longer.
The Champion Baiuiek. Mr. Thos.
Brown would respectfully announce to the
citizens of Bloouisburg and tho public gen
erally, that ho has opened a Now Barbor
Shop in Court IIouso Alley, next door to
lm 'Inniumi DmmpnjT nflli wliorn
dead rat. One, application of ho t& accommodat0 who may
ofliuio has driven them away 1 . .. , ,,,
lof it has started i , .. ,
lie ! it'iarcii in ivu w utuoi biiavv,
U'ban any lurbtr cvti gave,"
wo not loam something from tho ovorthrow J for avear) ;yheu a reuowa
of tho revolutionary Government of Franco , jlClu uaai
by this very ovcr-ime of depreciated pa-, If tIlis 8hall bo fouIld to bo ft rcmcd(
por? Can wo not loam something from . ,... u i i
those throes which tho society of England, cci,cciillly aB tho chlo'rido of li.no is both fohuso", "on. Galu.ha A. Grow, and
endured during tho long suspension of, c, J obtaUIlbIu at nuy drug stora, . "on. Thaddeus Stevens, of CongresH, and
andatits return to, opocio ourrouoy in, L. also lo Messrs. Tutc, lutton and Browu,
ley Our thanks aro duo Hon, Philip
1 23 T Can we not now no lo a wisuoai
ffu'slumanrfhii; which chall ejniisl M.j
All mtr lanj iv juld sncm lobobankrurl ot th'" U Cl 11, in'
, lb y an br u' U twry day. .uku,i.
aliulle public docu-
bv tho owner or owners thorcof,
tho oollcctor or overseer .of the poor of tho
proper district, as tho caso may bo shall
cortify tho samo to tho propor County Com
niis3ioucrs, as is now directed in tho caso
of road and school tax, and tho Commis
sioners shall enforco tha collection thereof
with tho taxes assessodon uusoatod lands
for county purposes and when eo collec
ted said taxes shall bo paid to tho Over
seers ot tho poor ot proper JJistriot by or
ders drawn on tho County Treasurer
Provided, that tho poor tax for tho years
1600 and 1861 remaining unpaid shall bo
rctumod by tho respectiyo Overseers or
Collectors beforo tho first day of May 18GU
and include m the salos for taxes to bo
inado by tho Trctsuicr in Juno 1862.
JOHNROWE,
Sveakeroftlic House of Reps,
L. W. HALL,
Spsiker of the Senate
ArrnovKD tho !)0 day of January ouo
. i iv-1. . i
I A (J. i UUTO
PUUiilC SAIiiS
01"
SrALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
In jiurwnnco of an orJcrof lti Orjfmii3" Court oflVr
lumliia county, on
Saturday the I5lh day of Mqrch
ncM. nt 19 o'clock in tha foronoon, Wlllian flitiltz, toil
Uaaclicr Tilman, AiliiiinintriitiirJ of John C. hlnnry,
l.tM of .Madison tuwiulilp, Iu saiJ county, dtnaitd, will
r.xiiosctojulo, by I'ublic Vendue, upon tin prcimii,
ctrtum Jlcsuasc tenement and
TUA C T OF
itmtod in JIiidlsonTowiulilp.afoiciiud, hounded hj
laudB of Daniul Hnydcr, decM. Jlartlmll nnd Jacob (.ii
ton, 1'rcdirlck Wwkhciier.'.fbulou Uo ibu, l" i;i
INwIf and liaaclier Titinau, tontaiuiua Eltill I ';MV 5
ACItKS ANU O.NISIIUNDHIUI AND 1'11'TY MIX I'CIS
C'llUa whereon ate erected ularge
FIM31I2 "AXW UAXU B1W,
with tho other oiil-bulldinjf, priiiij cf water. nd jood
orchard, &c, , ....
Lato tho Lstnto of 6ald dcceaied, fituated in tho town
thiii of MadUou nud county nfurcsaid.
' Jacob llyerly. L'lorK .
Terms of ealo ten per rent, of one I'oimli ol the pur
ciuto money on day of ale : ono fourth Icotho uiiper
C.-nt, on thu conflriuation of sal", and tho balanco In one
year from contiriuution witn iiorei iron, rem '"
' Ulooimbura. I cb. 13, lcWlt.
CUIBENWOOD SE M INAltY.
rplll Spring term of this lntitutlon vill commcue
Monday, April, fty 7lli,I8G2.
Officials, if laws Visiting SCVOrC punishment, for teoihluK, for bmlncmnr for u moro t'';ll'y"f
'. , . 1 ,. , .. iniiuratura, a liberal tharu of patrouaseiaaiiulniolif
upon such offenders will accomplish it. ned. , , , , nr ntB nu.
I . . . i.n.ji. .in un, rnino from ho uc. or nro not nui
Mr. Halo lias lUtrodnCCd a bill to- putlish- uder tho chaw ofnw relative!, mu i.t hoa rJ nt i"
, m Ti -i ii l I Buminary ondlio nubject to tho ri-gulallimn lln reol.
frauds on tho Treasury. It provides that T ,!y ,,roVido their own towcii and havo each fr
audulently ; -'rra "! w'
of tho United States will seo
to it that neither houthern secessionists
nor Northern dtsunionists shall become a
power in tho land. It will bo in vain that
the branches of the Upas trco aro clipped
if tho trunk aud the roots aro permitted to
remain.
A cancer cannot bo romoved by blood.
letting. As long as abolitionism lasts, so
long will tho country bq subjected to per
iodical insurrections. H slavery wcro
abolished next week, tho abolitionists
would find something olso to attack they
would find it nccossary to havo something
to attempt to abolish, and thcroforo for
tho sako of tho poaco of the whole country,
tho cntiro nbolishmout of abolition is im
periously demanded. Philadelphia Evcw
ins Journal.
EST Wo aro glad to seo a determination
in Congress to put an end to frauds among
any .person obtaining monoy
of
tho govornmont do it, ho shall be discharg
ed und punished, and ever after bcinclig
blc lo any 5l!i e
shall bo punished by a fine to tho amount ' KSffi TuVtioVVi.? jirnuijod .ow
of money so obtained, and imprisoned for M( mM" "'
aot moro than ton years. If any officer of 'fttiipi and mni.- r
tho covorninont do it, ho shall be discharg- r;!?!L.: or irnen. - ma.
An iiii.ntin (lerman or r"'i-'
foMu,b.ipticulanM-i..Biir nint