1
ttJi
DEMOCRAT,
AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER.
fclSVB I, TATE, Kditor.
TO HOLD AND TRIM TUB TORCH OF TRUTH AND WAVE IT O'ER THE DARKENED EARTH."
TERMS: $3,00 FER ANNUM,
I VOL. 1(5. NO. 50.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A,, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 18G3,
VOLUME 26
PUULI-IIEt) EVERY SATUltDAY, UY
LEVI L. TATE. .
IN HLOOMSDOIiai COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA,
0 F FIG k
ki tWtta tlrhk HulHtng. iiim((j the V.tchangt, Jy lUt
iflht Cturt Drue, "IHmncralU li'U Quarter)."
teums or suiisruiVTioN.
$1 Oil In advance, for one copy, fur tlx innnllu.
1 75 Iti advance, fur nnr- copy, mm your.
9 1)9 If not paid within tin' Una three moiitln.
!i 33 irnot p.-il.l wllliln tho first oik mouths.
3 AO II' lint mild wltl.U llli. V',., ip
tT7" No (iibmHpUmi t.-ikr-n fur lc than lx mnntlm,
lopniV!1' tdUcu,',l"'"Ml u",ll"n Bttanragcmiialiiinve
AnvmrmtMi'ii-.. lurried rniiPiiriioiily nt tmetWlar
nn. innnrn flf tfl it,.... ...... I. A.. t... tl...... ,1... t i t
,11.1 twent .iiv', .,Z. .; , . A .... v i, , 1
1 uvcruun, until ir(i timi hm. imiii mou,
inn Work, nft-virv (lrm:riHit r.sat1y All J hcfitf-'y
executed at tho nlmrte titoum
Original Poetry,
Written fur the Columbia Democrat,
1JY AllTlIUit UUISSI.EY.
1 1. vo to look upon til. navft,
And eo all Miiit'!im pparkllne hri&lit,
l.ikp Keni-, fruni home fur tlUtanl ruvc,
IU Hoitine. b.i, k 11 gli.rn-1111 light,
1 love tn look upon III ' Moull,
1 hut rolls " 1 I in I y iIiphiiiIi llio ky,
Ami 111 n-i'i-' think. .l.ii-! Imw noon
Man like in bright! t r.ij . lu.i.l ill.'.
I Invt! to I. ink ..pin tin liill,
As high abue ill ' t-ealhey ri3.
Arid li-ar til ra I 'll I'll' rllU
IJ.iurn iik jl i lly down Hi ir nido,,
J love to look 11 pun tin pky
Ami 3C til" rilur.t tint t.vltikle Hi ire.
Then think each un i an nnj!urK i'.
Watching un witii a par. ut'n Hire.
Ah1 Ihi'ii usaiu, I luvu lu s.t.o
t'puTi dear xuiu.ia'. prt'riu'H I'urni,
To talk of h ippy juji il dayn,
A11.I ejus tu tliiak 111 it 11 w.n burn.
I luvo tu look iip.i'i li 't f.ico.
And li .ir I. 'r uic liki uvi.lr.'. chlni.-a,
A" "ntrt iu imi, I. iv 'ly plac,
She ullslli' ni l ' I by-poni- tlnii'x.
lint innre. y 'a inure III in .ill. I l"v",
i"!i mi ii.mslit .li-lurb Hi 'Til t air.
'jo turn my Ih n jilt s un l.iinli almvi.
Ami ih iu !, ii-Mii.pnit-.'d the ie.
D.vMii.1.' . i'ib. r,.i. .f. a.
Mirths "Jo'umhta Dtmarrat,
the c.iild'3 Qua mows. '
tmile puulrl'U Hi ' Htip' ' ' l!! 'p'1'iU.illyluik.
lie ran m In 111.1II1 r li "I'l Mtum t" ask.
(Hi! h.nv shall uar ,,iril. mu np " lhJ fly.
Or, iuv ill our C itl taki n- hu u i lu-u nuiiij (
Oil! liuw hImIIwc lln ! that M''t II' nvr-n above,
'J' 1 ! In Cou'n ,rc,"iet, un I tV.i-t mi hi ! J '
tih' huiv vlulloui .pliiNri-.i up in tin! -I . v.
Whin luint unJ II. .ii .lie .nsulieJ ttliiii 1"
i ili-j (
till ! lion alu!l w ri.- unlu u ir hl'iimd li.taic,
To "'lb ".if 1 " "' 'Hon III Thioii'l !
j h ' how fh.ill we linn IhM b.ctl n t.li, up 1 1. 1. if h,
X, neu lioJ cull iih liuiiie, nil u Ih'sj bojies .hail un-!
lion upward ntcend In lh.it haven ufrn,
'J'o he w ith our iS.n ior au.i b hi.u h hi ! f
'I'oj.iiu in 1I11 mill; M J. liv'ali inul Injll '
Wli n main hah i nioil.,1 -o,ir buui.ta .-u.ill i'.i t
Thii mu'lldcrins b.tly deepnu.ler tin so.l.'t
J nun how ahull uiy pni. so U". ' 'oin liol I
Th'j uiuther linin-ilii.l 1 i"."''' H '- I'1)'.
' i'lie Annuls Our .-'(irtts u...ir lio.uc h :.i wo die."
Alt
' holy, and truthi'il. a 1 1 buitlfil til i;lit.
To tliosit w ho tn ir
1 ik t'i f i aivoii 's ii.ivo Miir-Jiit ;
All! b-MUtilul .ios- 'f It.iilil.il re ply.
' Iu An; 1 our pu it. b ar iio.nj--nheo c die !
ill., spiiit tin mule, bore ho.nclo ths '.'
ill I1.10 so.ijtoiive p, in to Jehoiah i.io.t liiull,
Hi. hoJy liesinuiilii.'inr,' deep under lit mi.l.
I'll'! AuurM In l'int bor.. ho.ue to in S I.
I'll! aboc iiii ir I. il-nt. A lull J lioj look.
....... i.i. i.ii.lc of cuiuiuitli.ia Ilibln wrse la
I up
i alb
ncluol and liked-
Mother Imw wilKJod Mix's Mn ll-.ivii when we
,),;" and Urn moll. -r r pli.'d . "i d ill eu.l the An
el i. to bear our M'lrit.i uu.no to lljaveii." 7ut
fioy ii iioic deail.
II. !'. II-
FOWLHUSVILLC. l'a Jan. 1J.H.
aiiuous.
SS- iiponkin" ol the longest of the re-
tlv riuUNied White House epiUles,
cently
the New Yt.r'i.jf-.? o.f".-.-ay.-;
''Well mav the President wnte upptal-in-ly
to Mei" lellnn Poor man ! who call
withhold pity from one so broken? A
(.adder or more soirowful page than this
letter from President L m olu h not to be
found in iho whole histr of tlm Govern
ment. U P(,l!l a dc,'l' 1 ,nc 0, t!!"lnt!:ia
It pleads wi.b the General, begging bim
lint to complain, but reincmbor the awlit.
nolitieal pressure under which the 1 resi
lient is laboring. Ho a iv he cannot do
moro than be is doing, and ho cannot re-
Mst the procure 0.1 1 mid bo closes by
nrnin" Uu General to yield himself to the
antue prcrturo and -tnko a blow fomcbow
ud somowbero to gmtily the same men,
the same reckless men, who arc ever pres
sine tbo Prc.-ident, army and couutry to
instruction 1 What will be the uuxt rove.
Jatiou.
T..r. Tonnage Tax. Col. Hopkin
introduced in tbo House of Rcpresonta- !
lives, a few days ago, tho following pre
amble aud resolutions relative to the J on
nage tax, which woro adopted i
Whereas, an act pns'ed by tbo Goner
al Assembly of tho Oom.nouwalth. ap
proved the 7lb day of March, 1801, enti
tled An Act for tbe commutation ot ton
nago duties, bwhloh a very large i and
annually Increasing rovonue was taken
from tho Treasury for tho benefit of aoor
po ration : And Jhcre The pas.ago of
Laid act was procured bv the n o ot m
proper means: And where,,, Thorostor.
L ion of said revenue is deemed essentia
to meet tho demands upon tbe treasury ;
i. P
TeTolU That the Committee on the
i.n inotMii'.tod to brine in a t'.ll,
at as oarly a day as praotioable, for the
Army Corrospodonce.
From the 11 Army of the Potomac."
Camp neak Bcm.e Plains, Va. )
January 27, 1803. $
Deah Democrat :
Since last I wroto you,
tbo Army of the Pototntto has becu on a
move. Ou llio 17 mat,, an address was
' issued to tho trnons bv (! nn. liiimeMno
Muting, (hat bo again oalled on his army
to I'llCC tbo Rebs in battle. So On tbo 18tll.
. . . . '
wo tool: up our line ot march and
pro
ceeded to tbo bluffa of llio Rappahannock,
three or four miles to the leltol I'nlmouth.
, During the cntiru march, tbo rain de
fended, and often in torrents, uiakini; the
' roudii almost iniiasible for arlillcry, and
' some places knee-deep to iho infantry
I Ou the morning of the '20th orders were
j rccuivod, countermanding the onward movo
, and rotarn to our old camps. Tha orders
; were received with great enthusiasm by
i the men, and cheerfully and willing obey
, cd. So at present, this largo army re
m:iins idle.
i This evening on dresc. parade, wo re
ceived intelligence of the change of com
manders. BuUNslJJES at his third request,
bus been relieved of his command, Gen.
' Hook Bit taking the reins. Gon.'Frank
, ii u of the lelt and Gen. iSuninur of tbo righr
, w-itigi, arc also relieved, having, as 1 un
. derstanil, immediately alter the light at
; Frcderioksbuig, tendered their uneondi
tional resignations to the Secretary of War.
'1 ho i-nccessors of Franklin and Sumner,
i are to lis, as yet, unknown.
llow tbo government, or rather this
Administration, intent! to continue this
war, for ihu purpose of which tbo tvatl
lias pit claimed, is a miateiy yet to be solv
ed. The soldiers arc disheartened, Badness
; and dissatisfaction appears visible on tbo
countenance of llio "Army of the Poto
IU.UJ." Why all this ? The cause is ap
parent to the lea t observer, no conli
ik'iicu iu the Admiuitra ion, no truit iu
1 the (Joiiiinauder-in-ebief, no hope to be
' looked for in the Secretary of War, no
' confidence of safety in the commanders
of our f roes, and last but nut least cause
lor the demoralization of the army, is the
in hoard expeitment of emancipating mil
liosii of negroes !
! Alauy officers of my acquaintance have
been endeavoring for weeks to get their
resignations accepted, but so far, have been
unsuccessful. It uppvars moro difficulty
for officers to get out, of service than en
listed men. 1 suppose there are impor-.
t.iut reatons for not accepting office! res
iguutious. 'Tis with sadness that I wiite thus, in
roll'oreueo to M'Clellan's once proud, cheer
, Jul and happy army. Rut truth must pre
i vaii( honor and right predominate, or all
is lutt. Give this powerful body of mou,
the assurance that they are li0'bting for
I the preservation of our old Union, tbo Con
I btitution of our' Fathers, and not for tha
freedom of negroes, and a happier, moro
i brave and cheerful army never was reared
, Oh ! that Star SpuuUvU Jjunncr, wouiu
1 wave iu triumph, wherever our leaders
j would bid us go. There would be no
I moro eoiiiuulsions, no more desertions, no
aaerifiuu too great in eticoiinteung tue toe.
Uiitvurd, would be a word of cbeur and
consolation, Richmond our bnppy des
tination. We have received the sad intelligence
in camp, of the death of another Colum
bia county volunteer. Isaiah Fox, of
U-mipauy I, lSfitb Regiment, died in the
Military Hospital, in the city of Rich
mond, Va. on the Mlh of January, from
wouuds received at t!io battle ol Frcdor-it-ksbmc
Isaiah's death, makes the sec
. . ., e .
ond
OSS in our small snuau oi uummuia
.. .i r n-i li-
I volunteers, John P. Eves being the lirst,
I who sacrificed his life upon bis country's
Hoih were bravo generous and no-
alter,
bio.
It is late at night, and
which I do, by promising
I must close,
to write soon
iigniu.
Ever yours
ONE OF THE 130TI1
Youktowx, Va.,
:!
January Ctb, 1603
Dear Cj'o'iel Tile : I onco moro take
inypcutolet you know how things are
slmnin" bore. Uy what I can find out,
the soldinrs aro all gutting tired of ibis
war, and if it wcro not that tho Demo
cratic party is getting into power, I do
honestly believe, that tbo Army would
1'iiiic in all their powor to put a stop to
this unnatural war, for thoy will begin to
see that it is not tbo Union that they aro
flo-tuina for, and that it is nothing olso but
the Negro; and then, to Do insuiteu Dy
men as we wcro on tho SJUth ult , oy a fel
low from Pittston, in Pennsylvania, who
, hero aud trvins to mcourago the sol-
diers to do their duty, by dhtroijing all
theiountnjivhcrto r ivc got so that crows
would havo to carry knap saoiss as wiey
fly over tlio country. Now, I understand
such lancuaKo to mean, that wo should
not show quarters to any living thing no,
not even the littlo helpless iuaeenl that wo
mi-rht fiud nettling on its mother's breast
or In its little crib a true ropretontation of
heavenly inocenoe aud virtue. Does this
oreat Pittston orator think tho soldiers
Ire lost to all priuoiplos of humamty-is
, . ..oiilble that the American people aro
so much changed, while our forefathers
wera contending for our Independence
and Liberty, and In many instance, would
have been justified, in the eyes of the peo
ple, to show a spirit of rovengo and re
taliation for llrit'ub cruelty, but at the
some time, to show Iho vant dtirronco be
lwcen civilized and savage warfare. Tbo
oute-er ai otony point, uau out to mniuu
them that they were Americans for wh,
tho eold.blooded butchery of Pcolia was
fresh in tbe minds of the soldiers and thoy
wcro
about to take revenuo. tho r com-
mandorhad but to say, "Remember, gen
1
tlcmcn, you nro Americans," and cvory
bayouct was pointed to heaven and quar
ters granted. Rut this said JUr .Ilithard
jail, said that he exprciscjl tho foelini; of
tho majority of the pcop'e of Pennsylva
nia, when ho was speaking to us. This, I
believe, is an untruth. 1 too, am a Pcun
sylvanian, and if that is tho case I am
heartily sorry for it, for they have stray
ed away from tho rule laid down by oui'
blessed Saviour that wo thould love our
enemies and pray for them that dispitc
fully use us. Hut 1 hope that he was
deluded. I think that he was under the
imprcsion of bis own greatness, and thought
that he was the majority of the people.
As for my feeling, on the subject, I can
assure you, ibut they are tbo feelings of
the Regiment, with the exception of per
haps forty or fifty, and as far as I can
find out, that is a big estimate. I think
such men had better stay at home and
tend to their types aud prss, than to comq
nere aud iusult the soldiers, by urging
them on to acts of barbarism that can only
be equalled by savages and brutes. They
tell mo he is an editor of a paper in Pitts
ton. I do not know this, but this I do
know, that he is a disgrace to tho State he
comes from. LOYAL.
A Black Secessionist-
The Aboliti n party has always been a
dis union party. Before the war broke
out there hostility to tl e Union was un
disguised. They ppokc in tbo most con
tomptoui terms of its advantages and ben
efits. For a time after tho commence
ment of the war, however, they made
loud profession in favor of the Union.
Thc6e were taken at their real v.lue by
the true friends ofthe Union and Consti
tution who fully understood their motives
and nuri)Ose3. Their Unionism
was
merely assumed to
enable them, more
out their fanatical
effactually, to carry
and unconstitutional ideas about slavery.
This they undertook to do under the
guise of patriotism.
Rut latterly, some of the moro bold
anion" them havo thrown off the mask
and assumed their former position ot
hostility to tho Union, whither the whole
party is drifting.
Durimr a recent debate in the National
Courrruss. the following colloquy took
place bawecu Mr- Dunlap, of Kentucky,
. .. ..!.... nl....l,l....c e.,.o.,j nt
ii I m me notorious mauuwj kv.vui.,
this .State :
Mr. Duulau Are not tho seceded
Smtfis siill members ofthe Union?
Mr. Stevens My opinion is that they
aro not.
Mr. Dunlap Did the ordmanco of se
cession take them out ofthe Union!
lUr. Stuvens Tho ordinance of seccs
b'iou, backed by au armed power, did tako
.Km ml mill as tar as mat o neraiuu. utu
inlrn lliem out of the Ulliod.
Mr. Dunlap My opiniou is that thej
aro still members of the Union.
Mr. Stevens They aro not.
Could tboro bo a mora cmpbatio en
f the doctrine of senessiou
than 14 mnrained in tho answers of Mr
Srovmis to the ouestions of Mr. Dunlap!
Mr. Stevens admits everything that tbo
secessionists ever claimed andcoiiscqucut-
ly is as black a fcoccssiomit as ueii.
Davis bim-clf. .
The right of any State to take itself
out of tboUuion without the oonsent of
the rest, has always been conieu uy an
true friends of tho Uuion. The dootriuo
was held to bo subversive of all law and
good government, and so it is.
The tbt'o-y of tho Government ntl tho
beginning of this struggle was, that tho
seceded Stales were ttill in tho Union
anil that secession ordinances were as
worthies as wasto paper. Upon this
theory tbo administration called upon
the couutry for aid t crush out this tuon .
strous attompt to sever our glorious Union
on tie part of tbe Southern Statos, and
upon this theory was tbo call of tho ad
niiuistratiou nobly responded to by a
loyal and patriotic people, Hut now we
aro informed by Mr, Stcvons, who is in
tho confidence of tho administration and
nnn of the reoocuized leaders of tho domi,
naut party, that tho seoaded States aro j
1 .' -i .i... tt..:- ,i,,
not momuers oi me ituhi um
they have ooased to bo membors uy tueir
own acts, In other words, that the
Union is dissolved!
Does Mr. Stevens represent the views
of tho administration! The loynl, union
loving people ofthe country, who have bo
generously given of their blood and irea.
sure, to maintain tho Union and the Con
stitution, hayo a right to kuow.
I'alfaj Jtpiixt,
JPounayivania and tlio Draft.
The Hertford Gazette, says: The ao
quicteenco of the people ot Pennsylvania
iu tbo demands of tbo Federal Govern
ment for -upport in carrying 'on tbo war t
has been fully attested, iu varioiu ways,
bul in no instance so signally as in that
of tho popular submission to the cxecti
tiou ot the draft. Whilst a majority
of,
,i,H vot(,r, f the Statu, as was nroved
at
iato eluetion, are opposed to the policy
of tho Administration at Washington, and
vvhVUt tlie great mass of tbo people tlis
'PPwaa oi tue war as it bus u.ou
oon- !
iuctud, tt draft made upon tho
State '
militia, by is President, has been quiet
ly submitted to, without any attempt at
reiistauu). nay, Without even a murmur
of ciisatUiaction. When the hour of this
bitter trial cwne, wo 'letbougbt us that
our CoinmonwcaUh is tbe Keystone of that
Arch whoso crumbling epan as to be re
cemented with blooo.. Our eyes were
dimmed with tears, as wt took tho ptrtiug
band of friends and relativoitorn from Mie
dear circles of home by tho chances oi
tho conscription, but even blindly sorrow
could not shut from our sight tbo pi.isper
ity and glory which surroundod, liva a
halo, tbu union of our fathers. We wen
ivilliinr to make one more sacrifice to
test the policy, adopted against our will,
by which we" were assured the Constitu
tion was tu bo vindicated and the Union
restored. Hence, wo Pouusylvaniaus,
suffered ourselves to be couseripted and
compelled into tbo rmy, iu meek compli
ance with tho mandate of the Federal
Executive. But let cot Congress and tho
Administration build falsa hopes upon
this patriotic submission. Let it not be
expected that Pennsylvania will again un
complainingly respouu to a similar can
for conscripts. Since the proclamation is
sued by the I'icsidcut on the lust fit , me
object of the war has been entirely chang.
ed. Our armies are no longer fighting
for tbo re-establishment of tho authority
of tho Constitution and the restoration of
tho broken and jund. red Union, but for
tbu liberation of negro slaves held by
rebel masters and for the purpose of re
ducing sovereign States to tho condition of
colonies or territorial dependencies. Tho
nnr.nln n fthis Statu have 'tven tiicir lut
man to this bloody, though Utopian
cuvsado, and until tho President and
Congress revoke their Abolition program,
a demand from them for more troops from
this State, will bo worso than useless.
Be.-idss, we have secu now otner oiaies
havo been permitted to get clear oi llio
draft. We have learnotl now ivounoctt
cut, out of some five thousand men draft-
. 1 . . i j fir...
ed, lias but about one iinuur.u mm nuy
nnnririts in tho service , how i'lassa-
ehusetts has enhaucod tbe splendor of her
Puritan virtuo by tbe desertion ol her
drafted heroes; ami how the great .um
pire State, New York, evaded the Uratt
altotrethcr. And, now, Pennsylvania
asks tor exemption uoin in- uiuuu
den which Now Eng'.aud Auoutionism
would pluoe upon her shoulder i'onn
ylvania demands and will havo justice
Standing ready to contribute her all to
the restoration of the Union under the
Constitution willing to pour out he
blood and her ireasuro for the good of tbe
republic -she will give not another man,
nor another dollar, to carry out the pur-
puses of Abolition fanatics.
What Constitutes a Gentleman?
M.illnn ! volt mil n with a pair and fioeli,
said a British officer, as he brought his
borce borsa to a stand in front of Gov.
Crittenden's dwelling, 'cau you inform
mo whether his honor tho Governor of
Vermont, resides here.
no docs,' wa3 the response of the man
still wending his way to tho pig sty.
'Is his honor at home I' continued the
man of spurs !
'Most certainly,' replied the man of the
frock.
'Take my borso by tho bit, then,' said
the officer, '1 have business to transact
with your master.'
Withouta seooud bidding.lbo man did as
requested, and tho officer having alighted,
made his way to the door, aud gavo tbe
panel icveral hearty ritps with his whip
:br be it known, iu those days of sim
plicity, knokcrs aud bells, like servants,
were in but little u.e.
The good dame answered the summons:
and liaviug seated the officer, aud ascer
tained his desire to soe tho Governor, she
doparted to iuform her husband of the
guest's arrival ; but ou asoertaiuiug that
the officer had made a hitobing post of
her husband, she returned aud informed
him thttt tbo Govrruor, was eugaged in
the vard, and could not very well wait
unon him and bis horse at tbo same timo ."
The predicament of the officer oan be
better imagined than desoribed,
That's Bo. We occasional hear of a
Republican who says he is no abolitionist,
ami who vet approves of Lincoln's eman
cipation proclamation, Mr. Cox, of
Ohio, says he can see no differenco be
tween tho republicanism that sustaius o
mancipation proclamations and tho real,
old, genuine, Congo abolitionism. Thoy
aro liuks of the same sausage, made out of
tho same dog.
SENATE.
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1803.
J lie isenate met at 11 o'clockjuA. M,
Prayer was delivered by Rov. Dr.
Moore, of Uarrisburc
The jourual ot yesterday was read and
appi oved.
I OOVEttN MENTAL A1UIESTS.
; it.. ni.VMVii ., . :i
1IJ.1. UUA....UJh JJ.vOvUbvU, U lUvlllvlldl
fro. ii citizens ot this Commonwealth sotting
forth their grievances arising from tho ar-
bitary, illegal aud unconstitutional arrcHts
of thuir fuilow citizens by ordcis of the
. n i i r ..... i . -i
i'eaerai urovcrniuont ; ami praying me
General Assembly to adopt such measures
as may be rcquhit to secure to the people
tho rights aud privileges guarauteodto
them by tha Constitution of the United
States and the Constitution of this State.
Mr. CLYMEIi asked for the reading
of tbe memorial.
The Clerk read as follows :
2b the honorable tha Senate and lloutc of
Kcptcbcntutivts ofthe coniniomvialth of
l'tnns')lvania in General Assembly met:
Tbe memorial of the undersigned citi
zons of said Commonwealth, respectfully
represents :
That siuco the commencement of the
present war, many acts ot gross outrage
i , i ... i . ..ii: .....i
nu wrong nave ueeu mnicicu upou umae-iia
Mtis State by persons holding office or
appointment under the United States, and
by virtui r n.s alleged) of authority from
tho L.xecuw,a Department thereof, which,
in the opiuion 0f your memorialists, re
quire thorough e,J03uro and condemnation
and tbo establishment 0f adequate safe
guards against tbo rum;,. 0f similar
acts iu future.
Your memorialists particularly allude
to the arrests made of citizens itcivil life,
without duo process of law, by Marshals
and Provost Marshals ofthe United Sites
or by the Military Governor ofthe District,
of Columbia, and fin many cases) their
conveyances beyoud tho Stato limits to
foreign fortrossoss aud prisons followed by
their confinement therein for uncertain
periods, measured by tbe mere discretion
of official powur.
These arrests, made in most daring con
tempt of tho Constitution of tho United
Statos, and of tbo Constitution of tho Com
tituitivoaltli of l'onn.ylvunin, and in utter
derogation of thoso principles of British
Liberty which were brought to tlio new
world by our ancestors, and felt to us Dy
them as a most sacred legacy, challenge
most thorough investigation and outspoken
rebuko. And their occurrence, exhibiting
tho iact that our citizens arc not secure
against beiug kidnapped and carried be
. .. -e i A
yond tun jurisuicHon ot our iriuuuaia tmu
laws, proves that f-omo steps should be
takcu by the State Government to prevent
like outrajro in future.
Your memorialists therefore pray :
That tbe fact in tho several cases of
illegal arrests in this State, under color or
pretenco of authority from tho Federal
Executive, may be investigated and put
in official form for the contemplation of tho
PePlo: . ... n
j. hat the uovcrnor ot mo uommon
wealth, upon whom is charged the official
duty of taking care that the laws bo faith
fully executed, bo called upon in due aud
ropeetful form to communicate- to the two
Houses any information within his power
in relation !o the said unlawful arrests,
aud also to state what steps he has taken,
if any, to defend our citizens against them;
'i'uat if, upon duo inquiry, it shall ap
pear ih.it our Statu laws arc dolioient in
not pioviding our ciiiz ins with prompt and
effieieut protection Against urbitary arrest
or kidnapping, the necessary t-tatutes se
curing such protection may be forthwith
etiacicd.
Aud la-stly, that a formal protest by tho
General Assembly, on behalt ofthe people
of this Commonwealth, against tbe arrests
aforesaid; tbe aid General Assembly on
the same behalf, that future arrests of n
similar character, involving contempt of
constitutional law and of the most sacred
rights of personal liberty, will not bo sub
mitted to by thi3 State, may do placed
upon tbo journals of tbo two Houses, and
.l...nnr iMiHimil f rtil tn iUa Pnncirlonr.
copies thereof transmitted to the Pecsident
e'.i . ,r.'...i e... 1 , v..l. TT......
01 lllU UUIlUU otnisa uuu iv uuw uuuna
of Congress, to tho end that it maybe
known of all that this State is devoted
wilh uufaltoiins zeal to tbo principles of
freedom, and will consent to no precedents
whioh can be oitod hereafter in defence of
arbitary power.
All which is respectfully submitted by
your memorialists.
E. II. Littlo,
Win. Golcman.
S. T. Kelobuor,
Houjainiu Bombay,
Levi L. Tato,
Nathan Bombay,
Jesse Beers,
J, G. Freeze,
F. 0 Eyei,
1 . . Liyons,
W.C Dieflenbachor, S. 11. Miller,
Michael Casey,
J. II Furman,
Georgo Hasserot,
Solomon Smith,
Robert Roan,
11, Koseustouk,
J. K. Girton,
Samuel Stetler,
Uiohurd Plumer,
Casper Krcsslor,
Georgo Weaver,
William Morgan.
William Karns,
Levi Shoemaker,
0. Brown,
Jacob Eyerly,.
Thos J, Vandorslico,
Miohuol T. Eyerly,
A. J. Evans,
James Rodgers,
J, J. Robbins,
Augustus Maion,
John S, Sterner,
William E. Sterner,
M. 0 Woodward Sr.,
Sol. Ilouskiicclit,
G. W. Bates,
F. Drhor,
E. Armstrong,
Win Shoemaker,
J. R. Groul,
0 L. Wajrnor,
John J. Ihrklcy,
J. b. Kubu,
Jsrcmiuh Coopor,
Daniel Snyder.
Elijah Sbutt
I.aao Hartuiau,
Tho memorial was referred to tho C nn
mittcc ou Federal Relation,
Tlio Aiidcrsmi Troop Cowards.
Gen. JtosEN'criANs' Ouder. Tha fol-
,ow,nS orllcr rro,n Uca- Roencrans, in
reference to the Anderson Cavalry and tes
tifying to tho gallantry of those who obey
J ol hii orders in tbo advance on Murfrees-
boro, will bo read with interest by their
friends iu this State :
j Dei'autmk.nt op the Cumberland,
' Headquarters, Aumy of the Ohio,
I Muiifui:esijoiio,Ten.v ,Jan,9, '03. )
j Si'EciAL Feld Ouder, No. 0.
XVTII. The General commanding an
nouuecs bis hi"h satisfaction with those
bravo and determined mcu of tho Ander
son Guards, who promptly marched un
der the gallant Majors Rosengarten and
Ward, to aid him in his advauce ou Mur
frcosbo o. Theso young soldiers aud their
bravo commander vied with our most vet
eran cavalry iu their steadiness uudor fire
and tho intrepidity of their advance ou
tho onemy, and nobly sustainod the hon
or already won by tho 7th Pennsylvania
Cavalry lor tho Keystone State. While
ho deplores the early death of tbo brave
young Rosengarten, tho sorrow he feels at
his loss is mingled with a soldior's pride,
to know that ho fell like a hero and for
tho sacred cause of nationally. He trusts
that Major Ward, recovering from his des
perate but honorable wounds, will live to
gather fresh laurels on many afield in his
country's aervico.
The General Commanding is grieved to
loam that about seven hundred of those
noblo Cuards said to belong to families
of good standing at home havo chosen,
under some pretext or otlior, not to follow
their companions in arms to tbo field, to
share with them the dangers and the glo
ries of tho" Fourteenth Army Corps.
He cannot imagine what could havo
moved men in whom be had such hopes to
a courso so base aud selfish. Ho cannot
conceive how they could shame their own
kin. and stain the el oar honor of their na
tive State bv conduct not merely base and
eowardly, but so criuinal as to deserve tin.
penally vt'a-.i. .
lieforo proceeding to do wuat his duty
requires, and having them dealt with as
their conduct merits ociore covering
thorn with that dorerted infamy which will
blast lliem forover in tbe esteem of their
fellows the General Commanding wishes
this order read to them and to all who are
not too lost to a sense of honor to step
forth and confess that whatever may have
bean their private wants and uriefs, tbo
hour of their eouutry's need and peril wa
not the time to .Und buck and talter, or
expose their brothers in .arms to danger
and death without help. Let them re
solve on some reparation which will give
them an opportunity to save themselves
from impondiiic disgrace and ruin.
Bv command of Mai. Gen. ROSEN-
ORANS.
C. Goddaud, A. A. G. and Chief of
Staff.
Cooi. Impudence. 'Will you oblige
mo with a light sir !'
'Certainly with the greatest of pleas-
ure,' says a stranger, knocking off ihe
ashes with bis finger, prcseuting tbo red
euj 0f .j,0 i,,ar with u cracel'ul bow and
condescending smile
Smith commenced fumbling in his pock
ct. takin2 out his hankerchiof : shakes it
feels iu bis vest with dcrperate energy ; j
, looks blank.
! 'Well, I do declare, haven't got one,
rue as the world. Have you another
yon could spare !'
'Certainly,' says tho stranges, 'and I
beg you will rccopt it.'
Smith coming up to his friond,said,
'didn't I tell you I wi.uld get it I That's
tho way to get along inthis world.
Nothing like cool iinpudoueo.'
Hn SlUtllENDErtKD -
-An amusing inoi
ifln, ocourrod durin"
1 o
the battle of New-
!., llA rl,i, - l. .? , l.,l ., ,,..., I
- jr
fficor became very thisrty and re-
paired to a spring noar by t got a draft
of cool water, lvneelin down bo drank
from the upriuff without tho aid of a cup.
As ho aroso from his refreshing t-d, ho
sat faro and square upou bis own hods
which were armed with u pair oftreiuen
dous Mexican spurs. The initant he felt
tbo prick of tho sharp rolers.h ho thought
the enemy wcro upou him and a bayonet
euteriug bis flesh. When some of hii men
arrived, ho was bawling, "Oh I surren
der 1 surrender !" at the top of his voice
j cay-Down in Connecticut, a very ro
! bust healthy-looking man, weighing about
ouo hundred and ninety pounds, entered a
dootor s ollico to got a ocrtiuouto of ox
cmption. Os being questioned if ho was
able to do a day's work, he said ho could do
more than any othor man in tho place!
Can you carry a musket and knapsack all
day J es, lio could, and Ins weight tool
Oau you walk all day f Yo farther
tjioti a r,uco horse oan ruu J Well, what
is thomattor! "I'm a d d fool! and I
can piovo it! 1 voted for Abraham Liu
oulnl"
C3 A sugnuut soul, liko a st-ig'uanl
po.il, breeds insects, and reptiles, and
slime.
Old Abo Takes His Tod.
For occasional sallies of cenuine origi
nal wit, give us a country grocory on
wllltor evenings and rainy days, and tho
bar-rooms of county hotels. As an in
stance, take the following, which ooour.
rod in a bar-room not long since. There
was quito a collection, and our friend S.,
who is a Democrat, and friend M., who is
a Republican, had been earnestly, but
pleasantly, discussing politios ; and as a
I lull took placo in tbo conversation, 8.,
spoue as ioiiows :
"M., bow many public men ore there
who aro really tempcranoo men!
'Ob, I don't know," replied M.
"Woll, said S., "I don't know of but
ono that I can speak positively of on our
side, and that in Gen. Cass."
' Well," said M., promptly, Tboro is
President Lincoln on our side certain."
"Guess not," said S-, incrodiuously.
"Guess yes," replied M., warmly.
''But you don't pretend to say that Pres
ident Lincoln is a temperance man !" ask
ed S.
"Yes I '," answerod M., "andean
maintain tho statcuicLt.
"Well now, I tell you that Abraham
Lincoln is as fond of bis tod as any man
living," replied S., earnestly, "and can
proc it to you."
"Well, I tell you that he isn't,"rop!ied
M , who began to get excited : "lie is at
pure and strict a temperance man as there
is in tbe country."
'I contend ' replied S., with provo
king coolness, "that Abraham Lincoln is
so fond of his tod that it is tho last thing
ho thinks of when ho goes to bed, and tho
first when ho wakes in tbo morning."
It s a conlouudod locooca lie.'" ex
claimed M., springing to bis feet.
"Hold on; friend M.," said S., ''what
wis Lincoln's wifo's name before she was
married !
' Tod by thunder!" exclaimed M Jump
ing more than a foot from the floor ; "boys
lets adjourn to tho other room. '
For the Benefit of white Men.
Tho following petition should be gener
ally circulated and signed. Those who
approve its object can clip it out, pasto it
on a half sheet of paper, obtain signatures
to it, and forward it to our Representa
tive, at Ilarrisburg.
To the Senate and House of Represmta
lives of lennsylvania :
Your petitioners, citizens of Col
umbia county respectfully represent that
owing to the large influx of colored people
from the South, whose habits of indolence
unsuit them for resideucoin an industiious
aud moral community, we feel compelled
to petition your bouoiablo b dies to pass
a law preventing the emigration of negroes
to this Stato. We aro already lwavily
burdened with taxation, and the experi
ence ofthe past proves that this class hag
largely increased not only the paupers iu
our poor houses, but tbo criminal business
of our courts. The Wcstorn Statos, long
sinco, by legislative enactment, prevented
the emigration of theio idloand thriftless
persons, and wo believe a similar policy
should be promptly adopted by Pennsyl
vania, Aud your petitioners will evor
pray, &
Petitions similar to the abovo aro now
circulating freely throughout the State.
It will Leak out. Republicans will
seldom admit that tbo party in power at
Washington are steeped in corruption to
tha lips, but occasionally their real senti
ments and thoughts will leakc out. Wo
overheard ono of these remark a day or
two siuco that ho "did not bolicvo tha
war would end as long as there was a
dollar in tbo Treasury for tho Office hol
ders, great and small, to steal." Theio
are very many who think like bim
boro theso same office-holders strike
one blow for tbe Union they strike a
doren for their pockets.
E2r A bachelor, after all bis matri
monial attempts, pathetically exclaims:
When I remember all
The girls I ve met together,
I felt like a rooster in the fall,
Exposed to every weather :
I feel like one who treudt alono
Some barn yard all diserted,
Whose oats are bed whose hens aii
dead,
And off to market started.
Tboro U a nigger down South, who is
so black that no ono has over seen any
thing of hira,o.cept bis teeth and tbo whK
of his oyes. When hu passes along tin
road it becomes so dark that tho birds a i
to roost.
Tho writer ofthe above must have 1 ti
a shado of tho darkeys oountenancc cvu?
his iutellcot.
tyAlndy, oomplaiiiing how rapid!"
timo stole away, said; "Alas I am nearly
thirty,"
'Do not fret nt it, madam, for you yt i
get funhcr off that epoch of life eve j
day."
Auoxceutrio baukcr was cyei"
suspicious caution a bill prcsonte i t '
for discount. "You neod not fear," ,
tho oustoiner, "ono of tha partiea X
his carriage" Ah,' rejoined the ban ,
I shall bo glad if he kocps his ftei.'j