EflLUHBlA DBMOCRAT.
ui)iTiu by i,i:vt i.. tatu, Titonmyrort
fsa.ooiiasismtc;:, pa.
SATU11DAY MOnNINO, DECEMBER 27, 1862.
JCWc shall next week, for tho first
tunc in sixteen yarns, omit tbo publication
of tbo Columiiia Democuat. If thcro
ever was n timo, when such omissiou would
appear excusable, it is certainly now, when
expeutes have run up enormously, and we
are paying Twelve Dot-LAits instead of
seven dollars for one buudle cf printing
paper I Sorely wo -can afford to omit one
publication, that tho printers may have a
brief holiday, and sanction a custom gou
crally observed by country Editors. The
next Democuat will appear upon the 10th
of January 1803.
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BSjrNuw Yeaus' Address. Our faith
ful Carrier, requests us to advertise his Pa
trons, that upon tho first of January, ho
will present them with a neatly priutod
-and interesting "New Year's Address.''
lie believes it will give general satisfaction.
They should remember, that during tho
past year, in all Eorts of weather, ho has
Leon prompt in the delivery of tho ''Co
lumuia Democrat," and in return for
past services, ho anticipates, at least, a
generous recompense.
Revolutionary Movements.
Wo learu by tho Luzerne Union, that
alio Camcrouiaus arc instigating a move
ment to urrci-t, carry off, and imprison
Senator Stauk, of Luzerne, and another
Member of the House, on tho general
charge of "disloyal practices," in order
lhat the Democracy may bo left in the
minority, until tho Republicans succeed
n electing tho "llussian Mogul" to tho
United States Senate 1 That gamo is up
exploded, played out. Tho Editor
Avarns "the "powers thai bo," that Senator
Stark, or no other Loyal Democrat, can
bo taken out of Luzerne county, for any
such purpose, sa70 they bo taken over the
dead bodies of nine thousand Democrats,
and to which wo add, over three thousand
.more from Columbia.
A Break in the Cabinet.
Secretary Seward tendcrod his rcsina
tiou to the President on Friday last, but
it had not boon aceeptod at-tboiatcst ac
counts. In the event of his going out, it is
said that Senator Sumner will take his
placo. Tho Assistant Secretary resigned
at the same timo. It is also rumored that
Secretary Chaso and Postmaster Goneral
Llair will leavo with Mr. Seward. Humor
likowiso has it that Gen. Ilalleck will got
leavo to retiro from his present position,
and that Gen Durnside 1ip.j asked to be
releived from the command of tho Army of
the Potoniao.
Wo givo these rumors for wliat they are
worth. That there is trouble at Wash-
-ington ls.jbeyond a doubt, Wo most wait
and see what next will turn up.
Tho Disunionists.
Mr. VaIiLANDicuiam offered in Con
gross, on Friday last, resolutions that the
Union must be presorvod indivisible; that
any person advising peace on any other
terms should bo held guilty of a high
orime; that tho Government can never
permit foreign intervention ; that the war is
waged in no spirit of oppression, but for the
equal rights of tho States and tho main
tonanco of the Union ; that tho revolution
ary scheme of extinguishing State laws and
turning States back to Territories should
aot bo tolerated ; that a dictatorship should
1)0 spurned, and that tho preservation of
tho Constitution, the Union and tho liber
ties of the people should bo the object kept
iu viow. Iheso resolutions ware voted
down by the House, by a vote of 7r AboL
itiouuts against 50 Democrats in their favor,
Where now is tlio boasted Unionism of tho
Abolitionists! Header reflect unonit.-
Tlieso nigger worshippers thus voto virtu
ally iu favor of a dictatorship, against tho
preservation of tho Uuiou, Constitution,
publio liberty and till I
The Now
York Weekly
casian.
Cau-
The Democratic paper, issued by tho.,, , ,. , ,, , . '
, ' ' , ; then he was rolioved under a false claim,
proprietors of
uprtuiors oi i jijs dai jiuuk, aim lor ;
The present taking tho placo of that paper,
U once more before us. It has been do-.
prived of the uso of tho maili by tho Ad
ministration at washiugton for ovor a year,
yet it has never suspended publication, or
changed or modified its course fa particle,
Tho bau is now removed, tbo recent Dem
ocratic victories havo produced a change
of poliey at Washington already. All
our readers who desiro a sterling Demo
cratic sheet from Now York City, should
send for a spocimen copy of the Caucasiau
or white man's paper, before subscribing
for another. Its torms aro as follows :
8inglo.eopics, Si 50 per year. Four cop.
ios, $5. Ten copies, 812, an' extra ono to
tho getter up of tho club. ' Twenty copies
to ouo address, $20, nnd ono to tke getter
up of tbo club. It is a good sized folio
fchect, well filled with condensed reading
juatUr, and belong to tho "unteriflod"
Ktlnol of tho Dcuiocrocy. Send for a
o-ory.
Dr. J.ihn, will pliuc uoticu in the next '
Oounty Suporintondont.
For tho it formation of the pooploof tho
county, who havo a deen intei-eHt in rim
matter, wo intend to bring up tho record,
on tho subject of tho head of this article.
They have a right to know what political
and party movements havo brought about
tho present stato of things. Tho draft was
made on tho 10th of October j nud on tho
yoth, Dr. John published tho following
article :
1ST Among tho drafted in this county
was tho County Superintendent, Mr. Wru.
Durgess. It was generally supposed that
if School Directors were exempt, tho coun
ty Superintendent ought to bo, but it ap
pears that tho oflioo of county Superinten
dent was made siuco tho Act of Assembly
exempting School Directors, and througli
oversight no provision was made to meet
an exigcucy which at that timo no one ev
er dreamed would ever occur. Feeling an
interest in our public schools, not one of
which can legally open without tho
teachers undergoing an examination and
receiving a certificate from the Supcrintcn
dent, wo wroto the Department at Harris
burg respecting tho matter. Having no
authority to act in tho matter, but reali
zing tho importauco of the subject, tho
Secretary of War was consulted, who at
onco authorized tho Govtrnor to order tho
Commissioner to rcliuvo Mr. Durgess from
the draft. Henceforth County Superinten
dents as well as School Directors will bo
exempted from military service.
Directly upon tho heels of that, camo
the announcement that 'Mr. Win. Durgess'
had removed to Tunkhaunock, Wyoming
county, and was publishing a republican
newspaper. It was patent, therefore, that
tho good of tho schools was not tho reason
why Mr. Durgess was rclioved from the
draft; and iu order to tci-t the question,
on tho lUth of December, the following
paragraph appeared iu tho Column ia
Djumocrat.
USrHavo wo a County Superintendent
of Public Schools among us ; or is ho up
in U yoming county, publishing a olaok
republican newspaper ? It will bo remem
bered that Dr. John announced with a
great fiourk-k of trumpets, not long ago,
tuat tuo County superintendent had beecn
released from the draft, by the Secretary
of War, because the Schools could not "0
on without him. Where is ho now, and
how do tho schools go on, and who draws
the Salary ? and was he not released from
the draft, because, unless he was, that
nigger sympathizing newspaper in Wyo
ming county could not go on 7 vive la
humbug.
It acted like a charm. Dr. John, in
terrible trepidation, turus to "Mr. Win.
Durgess" for aid, and Mr. Burgess steps
upon tho witness' tstand, and answers all
our -questions in the affirmative;
A LETTER FROM MR. BURGESS.
Tunkiianmok, Pa., Dro. 15, ISOvJ.
Du. P. John : Having been chargod
indirectly through ono of your papers with
a neglect of official duty, I wish to stato
through tho Jiepublican for general infor
mation, that my engagement to rcmovo to
this place occurred more than two months
before tho draft, and that I coiihcutod to
remain in Columbia to my pecuniary dis
advantage, to conduct the annual examina
tion of teachers, while I was paying house
rent and other espouses here, but that ou
leaving I tendered my resignation to the
School Department at Harrisburg, to take
place as soon as a successor could bo ap
pointed. Thattbero should no serious
difficulty grow out of a vacancy, I consen
ted to porform suoh official acts as might
bo absolutely required until tho vacancy
should be filled.
If my position was such as to clear me
from tho draft, I was on tho same footing
as those whoso names wero drawn from
tho wheel, without any bearing whatever
upon the kind of business I choso to fol
low for a living aftor that event. I also
expected, on aocoptanco of my resignation,
to express a few parting words to teachers
and the frionds of education iu tho county
with whom I havo so long mingled on
terms of mutual friendship.
Yours truly,
Wm. Durgess.
So it is perfectly eloar, cither that "Mr.
Wm. Durgess" stated a falsehood to the
Department, or that he was relieved from
tho draft on political and partizan grounds.
For, observe, both of those veracious gen
tlemen claim that Mr. Durgess was exempt
because he teas County Superintendent;
while ho now confesses that "more than
two months befoc the draft" ha had mado
"engagements to remove to" Tuukkan
nock, and abandon tho business under
which ho claimed tho exemption. 1. id Mr.
Durgess tell thorn ho was going to resign
bis office iu a few weoks, and cngago in
newspaper publishing! If ho did, then
j ho was rclioved on political aud partizan
1 rrrrtlinil-a nq wn miAtinl . If lirl
j.nowjDffj..
;ly mado to tho Department.
Thero is the record. Dr. John may
take ono horn of tho dilemma nnd "Mr,
Wm. Durgess" the other, and look each
other out of couutennnee. I'ivti la hum
buz. W)' Wo observe that Dr. John has
extended an invitation to those of his peo
pic, who reccivo letters from their friends
in tho Army, to baud them over for pub
lication in tho ' Jiepublican.1 " It is uu
dorstood, wo prosumo, that ho moans thoao
and thoso alono, that aro of a strictly
cx parte character. Why docs ho not
publish tho letter lately received by one of
our citizens, from a brother in tho lato
Dattlo of Fredericksburg, (who is a "full
blooded War Republican,") in which ho
distinctly says, that the ltebols mowed our
men down liko grass, killing five to one
aud licked us liko damnation 1
tr Tho "Editor has gono to the City.
tar Lieut. Koo.ns' JiOttcr in ous next.
Republicanism.
That whloh is known iu this country as
Republican! m, is essentially barbarous,
unchristian and hostile to tho liberties ot
tho pooplo. In nothing does tho enligh
tened civilization of tho ago, make more
distinct, uudcnlublo nnd benoficcnt manifes
tation of itself, than in tho amelioration oi
tho horrors of war. Tho savago murders
his piLonors, appropriates or destroys pri-
vato property, slaughters women and
children. This is barbarism and theso are
tho practices of barbarism. Tho law of
nations condemns nud discards them all ;
and tho history of modern Europo affords
no example of tho infraction of natioual law
in any of theso respects. Dut ltcpublioau
ism has frcted and chafed, and clamored,
through tho press and pulpit, by speech
and resolution, for tho adoption of each
and all of theso barbarous resorts. Priva.
teers wero to bo treated as pirates ; com
manding officers wero to be dissinisscd aud
disgraced for guarding rebel property, and
last,and most diabolical of all, negro slaves
incited to insurrection, were to beset with
torch nud brand upon tho pooplo of tho
disloyal States.
Wo cannot be mistaken in tho assump
tion that the spirit of the Gospol inculcates
peace on earth and good will to men.
Indeed, so strongly did Christ reprobate
all tho causes which lead to strife, that
thcro arc numerous Christian socts : com
posed of intelligent aud eonscuutious mem
who believe that war is wholly unjustifiable,
and never to bo resorted to for any purpose
Xo parly, however, in this country has
assumed this extreme ground. Dut the
Democratic party havo maintained that
it was better to compromise that is, to
agree with our adversary while wo were iu
tho way with him' than to precipitate the
nation into bloodshed. And when war
had become an appalling fact, that party
maintained that it should be prosecuted
with the view of maintaining the entcgrity
of the constitution, aud for no other pur.
po.se, aud not for ouo day longer than was
necessary to cff:ot this object. Because of
these mordevatc views, they wore ctigmati
zed by tho llepubliean m 'sympathizers'with
the rebels. War not for the constitution j
and tho Uniou not for peace but war, 1
bloody, devasting, cruel remorseless war I
for its own sake, has bceu the auti-christ-'
aiu policy aud purpose of republicanism,
as avowed by the exponents we have named 1
before. j
Tho liberties of tho American pooplo arc '
contained iu their Constitution. Dut Do-'
publieanism, has been in haste to destroy
that rcpgsitory of our freedom. It has
been most eager to impose an absolute des-'
potisin upon the people. It has muzzled
the press; it has silenced free speech; it
has stifled opinion; it has imprisoned tho
citizen without causo and against law ; it
has suspended tho great Wiit of Liberty. '
Indeed, it has, for the time hoing subverted J
aud destroyed the public libertv. i
therefore, it is that wo havo
thatKcpublicanism is esrenlially barbarous I
unchristian and hostile to the liberties of ,'
the people. This i.s history ; and thus it'
will bo writton. This is the dcliborato and !
intelligent judgement, not only of an im
partial world, whioh is looking ou with
amazement ; but of the majority of tho
people of tho vory States in whoso name,
and by whoso usurpod authority, these
barbarous, unchristain and detpotio words
and deeds aro being exemplified.
Logs in tlio "Iron Guards."
The following is a list of tho killed,
wounded aud missing of Company A .
(Iron Guards) Oth ltcg't., Pa. It. V G.
in tho late battlo at Fredericksburg, Ya.
Jlobcrt Monroo, severely.
Joseph 11. Hess, slightly.
Abncr Ilagenbuch, slightly.
Julius Cramer, do.
Wrightor Bowman, severely.
Wm. E. Cofi'mau, light hand thumb off
Frank Strausscr, lclthaud.
Wm. Price, hand.
Harrison A. Shuman, severely.
Leonard S. Stincinan, shoulder.
Sylvestor Howcr, thigh, slightly.
Isaiah McBridc, killod.
Milton Hamlin, killed.
Wiudficld .Margorum, shoulder.
John J. Hens, missing.
llandnlph Uayniau, slightly.
A. W. Maun, sholl in back.
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JCST" Tbo Daltimoro American, of the
2'2ul iun., Eays: that Messrs. Henry
Warffeld, Charles Howard, S. T. Wallis,
and several others, who havo recently been
released from confinement iu Fort Lafay
ette, havo instituted proceedings, iu the
Supreme Court of that City, against Gcu.
Wool and Simon Cameron, to recover
S20.000 damages for alledgod falso im
prisonment. It is stated that attachments
havo boon issued against tho interests held
by Simon Cameron, in tho North Central
Dailroad Company, consisting of Stock, in
order to socura the payment of a largo sum
icsulting from tho anticipated veidict in
tho sovcral cases, llotributivo justice, iu
duo timo, will bo nicctcd out to all these
old offenders and tyrants.
CSfChristmas having passed over, wo
can ouly present our readers tho compli-l
mont of tho season, and wish them all a
"lUl'I'V JNJ2W YlUl!, '
CSIIon John 0. Ellis, one of our
Members elect to tho Legislaturo, paid a
visit tho past week to his fricuds in Dloom.
burg.
I CSrlim LEai3i.ATUHE will meet at
Harrisburg, ou Tuesday, tho Oth of January.
Objects of Abolitionists.
That tho Abolitionists would destroy
tho Constitution nod introduce a despot
ism, is no empty charge. Tho tallowing
extracts will show tho toinner of that
nartv. The N. Y. Times savs t
t . ..Pi I 1...- ...lit ...!.t.
v man ui iinn nun rcsuiuic win, wiui
The Nov. Dr. Dcllows iu a late sermon
on tho proclamation, said
'Tho policy of tho utter destruction
11C nfiffn n lift tUn otntiii tu.M.nM
wt .1.1,1.1; mi" miu i.u urn.,
avowed, tho next is to eashie- every
General who dare to question or disregard
it, to dismiss every Cabinet officer who
disputes it, and to silence every press
that lifts its guilty column, against it'
And again Dr. Bellow said:
"This is a war of extermination a
war to get rid of slavery and slavohol.
j'i. U. ingersoll, Abolition coiiiiuiatc at
large in lliuois for Congress, sate in ono of
his speeches :
. . . - . j ' 1 w a pn n 1 ui Drill- r uii t r. l jyiiun- 1
, , Y n ohm, "uam p rover, auu .ui'giiiiciH bnuch tak ng tho elm r, tho rol was on ci . is n "rave noes 1101 iovo persona peril
"If thn President should tlotormino ibat of almost any kiud of grain with proper
in order to crush this rebellion, the (Jon- cul'.ure. It is liko a "common" thrown
Htitution should be suspended during tbo j out to tho public just now, for thero is not
rebellion, 1 believe ho lias tho right to do a fence in sight, and the people who onco
so." inhabited these parts aro about as 6carco
llosettc, a candidate for the Illinois 1 1,0,M ,h? fcuce not any to be seen.
T . , . .. . ., it ' I Where the llogunent ull next go, or
Legislature, gave utterance to the follow- Lhc h m W(J unublo f0'gayi
,nS: I but think, from tho appearance of things,
"I am not a Constitutional man I I am J 'bat it may lay here for a month or more,
for earning on this war under tin; Con- j What the army U doing wo know not, fur
stitution, over tho Constitution, through, I 'her than our own tioops. Papers do not
toe Constitution, .iroiiiul the Constitution
li011,
or against the Constitution. Anv
way
whatever, so as to put down the" rcbell -
:on.
The abolition party is done for. The
last election did the busines. Tho nig
ger institution will never rocovrr from
the shock. Like tho animal in "Moth
er Goose's Melodies :"
"U'hili' it llvns, it livos in clover.
Anil nlti'ii It t!i!-, it ilk'f all i.vlt."
Tn audgus SrEi'ims Avows Him
self OlTOSIII) TO TUB PiESTOUATION or
THE Union. The concluding paragraph
of tho Congressional report last week, as
transmitted by telegraph, is as follows:
Mr. Stephens says that it i.s mockery to
say that the Legislature of Virginia hud
over assented to the iow State. Accor
ding to his principles ho could voto for
the bill on tlio ground that tho revolution
ary States, being belligerents, wero not
entitled to privileges of the Constitution
'With his consent, "tho Union could nev
er be restored as it was under the Consti
tution as it. is," with slavery." Without
concluding the House adjourned.
Mr. Stevens speaks the voice of a large
majority of his party, but of a very small
faction of the whole people. Wo are glad
to tec these candid and open avowal-, be
cause we then havo a fair understanding
o
with our opponents, and yiq will know how
to treat them.
When wo find the heart of tho disease
we will know tho remedies to care it.
egr Tho Brad ford Rtptrter says-Wil-mot
can bo elected Senator. Abraham
Lincoln says ho "knows how to savo tho
Union." Doth of these assertions aro very
questionable.
r-3-Hon. II. D. WnioiiT, M. C, has
our thanks fir tho Patent Office Deport,
1601, on Agriculturo.
EST Wo havo tho Ohio Ladies' Deposi
tory for January.
Army Correspondence.
Nfiw Pout News, Yn.,
December 10, 1802.
Editor Columbia Democrat :
Dear Sir: Having heona careful rea
der of your papor for a number of years,
and knowing that quite a largo number of
your putrons aro members of tho 1 78th
Jtegimonl, P. M., I thought it might in-
tercst you ana your numerous natrons at
home to know of our whereabouts and
doings. Tho Dogimont left llarrisbnr",
e . .
! w vn n rn ir i ,-nnu- nn i .ti.i.i r... I.'.;
M., same day, wo boarded tho steamer, '
Columbia, started off on our jurnoy, ovor
(Wn llMllfll-nrl nnrl ...iln nt,l l..wl...l .
.v.v miivo, uuu i.wiuuu
at bortress Monroo, at 8 o'cloekon Thurs-
''"'"S-
i no isvwiiuau is a smart runninc boat
anu mauuoa uy a very gentlem mly crow,
, ,, ,
especially tuo uuptain, who Uitl all in Ins
power to mako tuo llegiment comlortablo,
All hands remained on board of the boat'
till morning, when tho Colonel, Major,
Quartermaster aud myself wont on shoro, 1
aud reported tho arrival of tho 178th to
Major General Dix, who robides in the i
Fortress, in n splendid Mansion, surroun-
ded with shrubbory of iilino.it every des-'
cription. It is not my purpose to enter
into any description of tho Fortress or of
1. I . " "7 . ,fc frH
,.uUU u t-lu niiunnoi. tuai our uostina-
tionwas iWport Sows, a distance of
some ton nn os turtlicr. nil u'iiIap. nn Mm
Duiu-jn.il iuul-,1 luium, on wuicr, up tuc
James Diver. After transactintr what
necpesary business wo had 011 hand, tho
Columbia stalled for our plaoo of destina-
tion. On laudiug, teams wero in rcadi-
nejs to convey our troods and chattols to
tho camping ground, not ever a mile dis-
tanco, wliero wo found aoiuo eight or ton
Hegimonts alroady encamped, aud among
whioh is Coehcran's Irish Diigadc, a vory
I clover, Bociablo aud soldier-liko sot of
lue' .
Our inon seem lo enjoy tho Hfo of a
eohlier remarkably well, much better
than was anticipated by many. The
v uLuui, un i'u-miaima Ulicquaiicil. J 110 l-tiar"CS were
day, the 5ih int., and arrived at Wash-j furious and well sustained, but obstacle
ington, after a tedious rido, through a after obaaclo prevented their bucccsj. For
snow storm, in cold and filthy cars, on ' instanco on tho right tho heights were
Saturday evening, where wo remained in crowned with heavy guns in redoubt, im
barrieks not fit, to stablo cattle, until the mediately in front of them were lifio pit-,
following Wednesday, when wo received and below tho rillo pits was a thick stono
orders to pack haversack with two days wall, behind whijh tho enemy were safelv
rations, aud ready to marohfiu a few mo- po.-ted. On tho left FrauMin's Grand'
incnts notico to Oth Street Wharf, to tako Division fought nobly, and held the most
boat for Fortress Monroe. At I o'clock. ! of thn
health of tho lleginietic is good, taking
everything into consideration! although
wo buried ono of our comrades to-dny ; a
youni' man by tho namo of Cmtiai'lAN
Waunjeii, who was a member of Oapt,
Adam s Company, from Montour county.
' 11(3 wns n. stout' rt)l)Ust lotiliing man, and
, robust looking man, anu ica by A j, Tobias, on Saturday, tho
within two or threo days of , y'tll im fit 10 0-cloc. A, jj, mool.
icdol, what the 1 hysiclansl.u cnUcJ to or(la. 011 0 p. 1)rics.
Dm fnrmml dntv within
I. . .
t 3 ucatu. He (lieu 01
Companies commanded by Captains Duck
Inlew, Price, and bliunian. 1 hey aio no
I coiniu!' vorv offii ioiit in drill, and much
l attached to" their officers. For our Col-
I .1 . 1 T T t . til 1 1
onei wo navo dames tiounsou, oi riiuau -
dp,. jy1(.uti Uolonol. John Wimer. of
Lancaster: Major, J
a m 03 v. unomiicr
, jllt 0r y0Ur j,iilco . .i Adjutant, Sidney i
'. Mulllv. of Contra count v. Thcvare,
; ,ood experienced officers, the very men
! make tho 178th Degimcut one of the'
ULVL II LUU BUI J illl V II I II 1 11 11 Ufl b I IU 11 1.
,n.i ;.. in
tin ;.. .I....-'
-inuyaru liiuusuious,
work hard, and deserve the respect and
nAriintii rtr flliHti tnnn. itrmnli n ! ItufktAtr
, pif.eu wuu cneir omeers.
losirablo'
Our home, at present, is a
one, wo fancy ; tho land ia level, tU'y, and
has tho appcaranco of being productive
roach us regularly or very of en, and when
, , mo m ws s o o oiu uoco, r. e
1 same interest is not felt iu it, that would
oa,..c ,.ut.. . w .u.u .u ...... nuUiu
i lif IT it wn f : i(ni' Hn i)
You and your readers no doubt remem
ber the gunboat fight last summer, botweeu
tin rebel Merriniao and our boats, the
Monitor, Galena, Cumberland and Con
gress, at which engagement two of our
boats the CumberKiud aud Congress
wero destroyed. Wo are in siirht of the
battlo ground the wreck of tho Cumber
laud visible, aud our soldier boys aro
cairying Ikt away in little pieces as iclics
of tho great naval fight of the season.
1 lie Monitor aud Ironsides are lying" at
present not over a half mile from us, where
tliey have been over nince wo arrived here.
The Monitor takes an excursion up and
down the river onco a day to see that all
is light. She is "monarch of all she sur
veys" truly, for there is not a boat iu the
rebel service able to compete with her.
Our Camp in completely under thu cover
of gun boat a very desirable place,
more especially since we may take iuto
consideration that those boats havo saved
our army on several very important occa
sions. A word about the rations and we will
suspend. Our Quartermaster, Mr. Isaac
Pur.Mjll, of Danville, supplies tho Degi
liinnt with the very best tho Government
affords, lu quantities sufficient and in
quality none need complain. Dut at the
same time, those who havo the least aud
poorest when nt homo are the ones to
grumble hero when there aro any grumb
ling done.
CONSCHIPT.
LAMPon-osiTn FitEnnmcKsr.L'iui. Ya
December ID, 1:02
Col. Fiu:t ZE,
i (
5
My Dear Sir: Having been duly ox
changed 1 have returned to my Battery
again, and shall endeavor to keep you
posted as jo our future movements.
Ere this can reach you ihu details of
the great battle of Saturday last will have
become known. It is impossible to con
vey to you a correct idea us to the immen
sity of tho enemy's works, and the
strength of their poiitiouu. What Nature
has not dane for them elaborate art has
linished. Above Fredericksburg the Rap
pahannock is a cories of rapids which
ceaso at Falmouth, this prevents tho con
struction of pontoon badges above there.
The river below is narrow and tortuous,
but fortunately the banks aro high. Tho
plain on which the City stands is cneir-'
fled by a Ecrios of wooded hil's which1
curve to tho river above Fredericksburg.
On this piano our forces debouched
under Sumner on the ri;-ht, aud Franklin
on tho left. Tho crossing was effected
with comtiaritivelv little loss over livn
1 nouloon bri(!p.
----c
On Saturday tho fight
commenced, and for bravery, endurance
aim neroism on tuo nart o out- troons
ii . ' .
,i i m .
r ,
ai;d cross fires from well posted Batteries,
howovcr, embarrassed thorn at ovcrv step
.1 i . - I
in tilings, tuougn you Know alreauy.
Our loss is various'y estimated. Two
reuponsiblo army officers havo told mo that
icso things, though you know i
Our loss is various'y estimated
our tola
. . 'J , v-.w., ,,4.
in
hilled. U'nilnrlrrl. nin
reach 16,000. I think that
ovej-i
: estimate. It is impossible to iiitbo of the
enemy's loss,
'J ho "Iron Guards" lost heavily but as
tho list will apnoar in tho publio papers I
need not repeat. Maj. Ent camo off with
tho lo-s of his hotso.
On Sunday and Monday our Army
retained its position unmolested, thoimh
why tho rebels permitted thorn to lio quietly
under tho range of their r-uns is a mvstory.
On Monday tiight, tho poontoon briWs
' , &rl,Ui,ca Wltu tl,rt 10 (,cat")" bouihI,
tno nrcs wore extinguished, voices hushed,
and tho entire army quietly withdrew to
.1,1.. r mi
litis Bittu ol tlio river. Tho pontoons
havo br.en lmnUI in Mm
bo dono next I am unablo to say, audi
doubt if our Oencrals know. At present
wo form tho cxtroino loft of Franklin's lino
of artillorv. and
yards from tho river's bank. Tho Pa.
Deserves (oxcept tho Artillery) havo retired
to tho shelter of tho hills,
Chango tho direction of your paper from
Annapolis to Mattltow's Battery, Gibbons
Division, 1st. Army Corps, Washington,
D, C.
I remain Yours truly
AKjl'lLLEKIST
iCOitnil'MtAllW.
ri-UCCCllingS t f lho TlUChcrd District
Institute of Hearer Valley
Pursuant to adjournment, tho Toachors'
Instituts convened at tho bcliool io o, oc
lug rciolutious which wero adopted :
1. This slullbe termed tho Democratic
Teachers Institute of l'eaver."
2. Tho officers shall consist of a Presi-
1 , . p1.,j.i1, . -.
! ..".,! 'l" .;: ... ,,i
rioa-urcr and a He
cording Secretary
The mode of electing
shall bo vivu voce-, and the tcim of offie
two weeks.
I ,.,,,:,, ',!,.., " L 'i . " X '
D. A committee of ihrce nh.Vl bo appoin
. -.mt0 .i10 onr 0e cxclci!C, for the
a
, , . .
, . - . ,
r Order of llusines. shall be.
I . ...
Wv, Heading of minutes of previous
IIII'ULIH.
Fourth, Miscellaneous business.
Fifth, Utiles.
Sixth, Election of new officers.
A now e'eetion of officers was then held
wbeu tbo following were elected : J. F.
Farnan. President; G. J. Droisbatteh,
Vice Preident ; Thos. Ginglcs, rit-cretary;
and A. J. Tobias, Trea.-urer.
Ou motion the President was cmp-wcrcd
to act as Chaiimau of the coiumitteo to sc
Uct cxcrcitcs for the next meeting.
Ho then appointed J. W. Uunsiugor,
and two of tho directors its his colleagues,
said coniniitoo camo forward aud preon-
U(, tJjo fo,low5
oscroisiS ; rcaaingby A J. Tobias
t. Orammar, by J W HunMueor
ic
((
Written Arithmetic, by T.Ginylos
Oral Aiithiuctic by J F Farnan.
Geography, by Edmund Schull.
After Clitic remarks, now business was
ruled in order, and on motion, a letter was
written to '1 bos II. Burrowls, for tho pur
pose of stopping tho salary of the County
iHupei iutendont. Win. Durgcf3, and intro
duced II. J. Campbell to him as being a
well qualified man for tho office, for which
we thought would he just aud light. It
was Htated that Burgess did not perform
Lis duty according to Law, and ho has no
right to appoint ouo in his placj. Tho lct-
ter was sijjiied by all
the Dnectors anil
Muino and Milllin
Tcachcis. we believe.
have tho s.uiiu opinion.
Deavcr, Dee. !.') 1S02.
J.F. FARNAN, Pres.
Tiros. Gi.VGr.E3, Sic.
l'ar the Columbia Demotral.
Treasurer.
Slate
Coi.onei. Tate :
Will you permit mo to sugjest tho name
of Col. A. M. Eui.v, of Luzerne county,
in conneMon with office of State Treasu
rcr. Mr Emly i.s a good Democrat and
one of tho best business men in Norlhren
Pennsylvania ; and one who responded
to the fir t call of the President for vol
tinti't-rs to suppress tho ri'liulliou. He at
once marched with hU company, to tin
protection of our National Cupitu), aud
remained tho full term of his .service, at
every sacrifice of all his precuuiary mat
ters, ai.d as the North havo never had one
of her citizens it that Depuitmeut, wc
think it but justly due to our citizen-i.
YOX POl'ULI
Mr. Seward's Resignation.
Wc liavj the authority of the Wash
ington utar for smug that Mr. Seward
as resigned the JSiicrotarvship of Slate,
and that Ids son, the Assistance Secretary
has also resigned. Theso renorted res
ignations are, piobably, true.
ft appears that Mr. Seward's course iu
Hits matter lias Deen taken in pursuance
ol the action ol a caucus of the Abolition
ijuuuiuio. ii iiciiier uie.se oenaiors ue-
c n;i....t .1.. . o i
siro any ot'ierres-ignations in the Cabinet,
we aro not ifware, but it is nusjieetcd that
they desirJ to get rid of Air. Dlair.
The purpose of these radidal is to secure
unity iu the Cabinet on thu Lmauuipation
aud other favorite schemes, involving
the appointment of Fremont to an impor
tant, if not thu chief, c iiiina ul in tho
army, the blotting out of tho Southern
State governments and unionizing them
with Northern emigrants, and a gunerdl
system swindling aud robbery of the peo
ple, aud speculation in Southern property,
which tho Abolitionists design lo confis
cation and claim as their own.
Thu conservative, loval people of the
Aorlh have, lately, been calling loudly
tor a cnango in thu Uauniot
lutt not for j
such a change as tho radicals arc tuning
at, and will proabbly succeed in scciiriujr,
In remains to bo seen, however, what "
suit of a man .Mr. Lincoln will appoint
to succeed Mr. Seward. Wo havo little
nope ol Ins selecting a conservative ; tho
radicalc seem to havo full possession of
him, and he is ''running tho niaehing,"
according to their direction, to deslrcu-
ion.
Wc suspect that Mr. Seward docs not
regret tho opportunity thus afforded him
lo escape, to some extent, tho odium
wl.i'di, ho has Eiiflieieiit shrewdness to
foie.ste, must aiMiompany the memory of
this Administration throughout all coining
timo.
It has been evii' it to cltiso observers
forjsomo timo past, that Mr. Seward has
not desired tho public to boliovo him
favorable to tho radical policy of Mr.
Lincoln and tho majority in I ougress.
Not because ho has boon troubled with
any principle) or any constitutional or
eoiiscioiicions scruples iu thu matter, but
because ho has foreseen the Northern
-'wrath to come upon tho men who mav
l.o known ia tho future as bavin" favored
that luiuous poliey. Mr. Seward has
. .
inucii ot that sort ot slirowdncss which
prompts a rat to desort u sinking ship,
and ho knows that the timo is not far
distant when tho radicals will be crying
for the -ocks and mountains lo fall upon
them, ' toiuuc them irom tho wrath of
an ouiragoti pooplo. Whilo there is yet
''prayiirg ground" for Mr. Soward lo
stand upon, he is, doubtless, quite willing
to avail himsolf of tho opportunity to ask
public forgivness and will, as his Albany
organ has beon doing for months past,
talk consorvatiBiu by way of appcasin
hia countrymen. Mr. Seward is wise
enough to know that tho plans of this ad-
I
ministration will ignoniliilouHly Hill - t!int
nndnr tin Mi:iii:nrniiinnt. llm h.,h ' '
!tl ,0st disastrous failure -that it m1
bring financing ruin upon tho coiintrv
and establish disunion, and, kiiowing this
ho cannot but know that, when tho poo
plo eomo to roalizo what ho no'w forscrs"
tho northern authors of all thin ruin win'
do iiiiuiu iu iniuiiu vengeance. Bmvi..i
nil ins iiiirinv csciinc. itriitup
puce! Phutuhlpkut Eve. Journal.
Titc Kir,t.Kt) An Woundup, Our lo' i
in tho recent bloody battlti at Frodcri..!....
I burg, in killed, wounded, and niisiin., 3
esumaicu at iu,uuu some accounts p!nC.a
it much higher whilst the enemy's loss is
said to bo only 3,000. This disparity
oau easily bo accounted : Our troops wero
exposed in all parts of tho lino during thu
day, whilst the rebels mainly fought umlcr
covor of their ontrcnchtnenH and rifle pits
It was a terrible slaughter without the ac
complishment of any good,and there should
bo a thorough investigation to ascer'uiu
where tho blame rests for this wanton des
tructiou of life.
Death or Lieut. K. s. Maxwem.
We sincerely regiotto anoituio the den h
of Lieut. R. S. M axwcll. of company 11
Htlst Regiment, P. Y. Ho died iu camp
near Falmouth, Ya., on tho 11th insi
of typhoid fever, lie was a young mat'
of much energy of character, and yM
many warm friends who will deeply
plorc his eaily death.
The report that Lieut. I'homas M i
ioll, of?. Danville eonipuny, and hrollur
of the deceased, as killed in tlio Iniu
baitlo of Fredericksburg, docs not seen
to bo well founded. Tlio danville papers
of Friday last publish a list of the i'au;.
ties to tno company io v. hich he be long
but it does not contain tlio nam" of Lint
Maxwell. Manny Luminary,
J-T)" Wo call tho attention of ouryotitg
men, who wish to enter tho comiiii'rcim
buincv, to tho HinghamtoM Comm. leinl
College. Itis an iiistit-ition ol'gr.-iit woitl
and enjoys a high reputation.
hulnv'in Lmtniy JJ.htor .'.
t2TTho Biiighamton Coniuirre'a! Co1
lego ii ju-ily eons dored our-of the n u t
perfect institution of the l.ind iu Amciica
Srnt'jj ( oinity S. it i ,,t
SPECIAL NOTICES.
. rAlifIT Till! SlUThMV:.-Tim Ilev Vt .,,
I'o'unm.', Willi." liihuriiii.' an a .Mmimn.iiy, u. ,i, jM,
na cur.-il ni l iiiiiuiii.li ulii-u nil utln r in ,1111, n.
I.11K1I, h) a r ii(i" iiMnimd rrmu a luiirm-u nlijuiu. 11
rcpiiiiii(f in ill,-pr ali-Hj nf Ji.,1,',,. .u ,..cl,j ,,
i-uroil treat n it nil., rn wlni wot- iiII'-jIhl' iViiiii -' stim,.
li-iii. Ilru rhiiiri. S. ru I liru.it, l'iitili 11 nil 1 n..K iu
tin- .1' liililv' ""'J ik-tvojk iiL;iri.-Miliui cjiicvd l.y Him,
ilii-ru, rii.
lJi-ir"ii. i'fl". nitiilinir iit'ii-rH. I ulll f . ilnur, p
liiii I li.m- lii-mijilii iKinif with an., in a'l v. in, a 0,
ii, irt-c iifUurt'i'. A J .Iron -
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lit) i'ultuii A tii!-', llruL.tu, , t
Ilt'C. 0. ISfli 3m.
tiiu Luxri.ssiDMs and i::;ei',iui m u
l'UUIt - Oh.SO ,M IN. -A Ki t.tl.-in;i n IniNinf , , n ..,,.,,
tlu rti-alH ul mrly unur ami (luran- uri i,,,.,,
iiintivcKif lii-ii -voti-iic.', M-iiJlo lliii-.i , iiu ri ,u..,i 11
a ropy i llm alnvi' iiu t.iiii narrative. ni!.lnli. i,y
liiancll. 'I'nis iiulo I., ok h ilL-f ip-m-.i u-a luiriiin n ,
,.iulnill In iu.ni; 1 11- 11 i.n.l tli.i-.i- v. Ii.i itilli-rl'o , , ,
uii1i lulii,, s i.f ,tl.-m..ry Cri me 11 0 luc i i.
i.-, Hiilyiiit. ai id, ..inn. tun,. tlii 1,1, ,,.,r, 1 st. ',
flUk-l.) cipica unl In! .,nt uu.lur ,11 a p.niti i-nv ,
r.pu. Mltlii.ut ili.irfu, loany w Iiu 1, ..11 t it. l.y Bu
drosins tiic uuili. r.
I'll A l..U III up
.rfriipniHI, U.IIB UI1111J, .i w , ,
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THE MAKKiJtS.
Dt.ooMSiiuim, Dec. 7, 1602
Wheat bu-. 4. J 'MY (J i cen .Apple
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10
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Diied ' 1
Corn "
Oat..l "
Buckwheat '
Potatoea "
Clovorsi-ed "
Tin)othyecd
Ouions "
Dried Poaches U
Butter VJH.
Lard
Tallow "
Kgus. . . . doz
Hay ton.d
Chickriis " jrur
no
MAURI AGES.
At the P.Cbbyierian Paisonairt'. in Y r
wick, ItUh inst'. by lUv. I. 11. Salmon,
Air. Samuel Huwaudv, to .IiH Kmi.i.jm:
Hauuim, both of Salem, Luzerne a utrv,
i'a.
By He v. J. H. fJrior, 20ih insl., .fmn
Fl. FoitsTF.it, of llarrMiurg, to Mis A.wt!
K., daughter of Sheriff M'Mickm, ot
Nipponose tsp.
DEA.THS7
Iu Blooinsburg, on Sunday last of
Diptheria, Jir.iZAiiETii, dnu liter of Thom-
118 & Klizabeth Allen, aged about 4 year.
At 1 own mil, .Luzerne county, 011
Tuesday, Nov. '2'nh, of Diptheria, l:'iu-
ois 11
, son ol Kohl. 11. and LM her If.
Drown, aged 1 year and month.
At tho namo place, on Friday, Dec.
l!)ilt, of Diptheria, Euur..n Itouiiii.L,
son of liolit. 11. aim Esther B. Brown,
aged y years, and 11 mouths.
In Espy 011 tho 17th inst., Mrs. Loe
isa M., Wifo of Herman 0. Crcveling, 111
the 51st year of her ago.
Hciy Sl&Dctfocmcnt
-to
ADM IN LSTltATO KS NOTICE.
Estate cf Dairy Gmrhmt, decease'.
ICTTKKB of ailiiiinistrnion on ilic timnin nf llemy
J (lonrliurl laic i.ni.-iryur tu p. I'nliiinhiii ci., it
liavcbc-cii grmilril I,) the ttctilntcr of Cnlinntiin r... to '""
na.li-ri!fiiuil ; all icr'viii. Iiavinj cIi.iiik n(!.nnl ihr -tute
of Ilia deri-.lriit aro rc'iuoalril topr. b.-in Hil-mi i'
tin-uiij!-riiac.l, at tliier ri-kl.kiiro in a.inl tniMi.Ini1-
itliout itilay, an.t all perioiu iiidcultil to innko iay
iiiiit I'urtUivitli.
I'l'.rr.n onAitiiAn"i,1 Mmw.
t'ATIIAIIIMI ULAitllAKT. Mm'
Docmiber 27, It-OJ-liw, $1,
ADMIN ISTUATOH'S NOTICE.
Folate of John Rarig, deceistd.
I" FTTT.ItSnf Ailinliustratioii on tho lhtnlo of Jlm
l-i Itaris, lato of lloariagc-rui'l. lowiikliiii, C'oliinil.iu i
ilccons.ul, Jiavo btcn Kriiiile.l by tho lli-(ftr "l" ciulum
Ma county, to tho imilcmsncil ; all ii-rtoiu linv i"S
claiiiuagainit tlio ciato ul tlin ilc.cilont nru re'l1"'11''1
to prmciit them to ilia A.lmiiiiatration at liii rennUno
iniai.l tun-nhii, witliout delay, ami all in.rnni.sin
ilcbted lo tuako pajinci.t lorlluvlt'n.
jct)ii i.'jxGUNnuncnt.
Ui-ccinbvr 27, 1SG3.-6W. t'J. ira'r.
Liicknwaniia & iilutiiasburg ii, (i. C-
MOI'KU'.Ij liercby fivon. Hint llm Annual .Moi'iine
11 of Btotklinld.-n will bu In Id at Iho public liuUo ci
Henry llaan, near tlio liiiis.ti.n Depot 011
Jhnday, the lilkdcg 0 January, nttt,
between tho Jinur of twclvo o'clock noon, unit four
o'clock I' M,, for thu purpo... of elritin," 11
l'KIISIUl'.NT, AM) TWtl.VU lllttr.ri'OUS,
to nerve for tho entiling year,
l'. I'lVl'TUIIONU, S.ercan
llnston, Die SO, rtlj 3t