o
COLOMBIA DKHOORAT.
or.
"Nogro Superiority."
The Now York Tribune, one day Inst
week, said that "the lot iCansa:. Colored
Regiment was the Best disciplined aud
most perfectly drilled regiment in tlio
r-MiS.M. tUUHl 1, BSOtt.
Till". CONSTIIUTION. AS Tim
maiiint.r ni.iNOH to tup, last
,'lflllT AND Till: TEMPEST CLOSE
'Daniel Wcltter
Tlio Public Debt.
That portion of tlio National Debt which
is roprcsonted by bunds and notes ia tel
egraphed from Washington to liavo boon,
on tho 1st of July, within a small fraction
6f ELEVEN HUNDRED MILLIONS American army." This, wo supposo, is
Oli DOLLARS! Rut this docs not cm- j nnotliar confirmation of tho trutlv of tho
braco any of tho claims for which moro Abolition doclrinc that n negro is as good
certificates ol indebtedness havo been is-! as a whito man t Our gallant while army
sued, nor any part of tho very largo amount I tho soldiers who fought aud conquered
due on every variety of claims against tho
Government, adjusted and unadjusted, duo
Tho Draft.
Tho Westmoreland Republican of tho
82d July, in spanking of tho draft whioh
tool; placo in that county says t
''Tlio list of drafted mon in this county
shows that in tin indefinite number of oaie
cs, the snmo name was drawn several
times. Vor instanco in Ilcmpficld, Tobias
J. Lonjr and Uriah Shiblcr, in Wash
ington, Samuel McCutchiu, Sr , wore nil
drawn twice. Tho public did not witness
Questions for tho Union Leaguers
Are you ready to eivear truo allcgianoo
to tho Constitution ns it elands ?
Db you bdfovo that tt is tho suproms
law of llio land, and as such deserves to bo
befonded by ovory oitizen in it 1
Arc you for tho restoration of tho Union,
with or without slavery t
In oasc the slavo States should offer to
return to their allegiance, with their insti
How wo aro Ilovonging Sumter.
The following aro tho rcportod casual-
Tho Conscription.
Wo ro publish to-day tho act of Con.
PURPOSES OF THE WAR!
Conni ens, st vote hemuy unanimous, tamed tiic
rouo'i:c hcsolutios, wnicn exniesseb the voice or
T1IE NATlOtl AHB IS Till! tlUS STANDARD or LOYALTY i
"Tlint tlio pronrnl iloplornlilo civil unr hns lieon
ovoil upon tlio country by tlio lliiinlonlt ot tho
Eoutliorn btntos, now In nrms ngnlnpttliu Constitutional
Government, nnd In arms nrouml tho Cnpltnl ; thnt in
ii rational emergency, uoiib.cis, banisning nil icci
las of mcto riUslon or resentment, will tecollcct only
its Juty to tlio wliolo country ; that this tear It not waged
On tMr part in anf spirit of opprtstlon,or for any pur
pott of conquest or subjugation orpurposeof overthrowing
or interfering tilth tAe rights or established institutions c
thoe Hates, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of
tht Constitution, and to preserve the Union, vitk the dlg
nilyi equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired;
and that at soon as thcsl object art accomplished the war
ughtto cease."
. DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR,
W. WOODWARD,
OP LUZERNE COUNTY.
JUDGE OF THESUPREME COURT,
WAJLT1GK, n. J.OWRIE,
OF ALLEOnENY COUNTY. '
and maturing, All theso doubtless amount
to several hundred millions more, and,
altogether, they form any thing clto than a
under MoOi.em.an, Quant, Meade, and t,iu deposit of tho names in tho wheel and ' tutions unimpaired, will you consent to
highly compliuicmed at this attempt tocX'
alt tho negro over their hoads, Rut it is
evident that tho worship of "tho ebony
Ti ..... I .1! ,.-r 1 1 . C ...
cases, the plain directions of tho Oonscrip-1 , uo 1 D0OT V" P "u"
tion oct liavo been violated. No man can is mo wgucsijuuicini uouy m mu uuwuu,
tell what names may have been impron- j and that its decisions arc final ?
pleasing reflection to tho tax-payers of tho idol" is still to go on, whilo tho interest
country. If tho war continues another
year, tho publio debt will bo at least Tieo
Thousand Millions oj Dollars! Who can
begin to rcalizo tho immensity of this sum,
and how is it ever to bo paid ?
Democratic Mass Meetings.
Dcmocratio Meetings will bo held in
Columbia county at vho following named
times and places:
Saturday 1st of August at Scrciio,
Tuesday 4th Mninvillo,
Saturday 8th, Fishingcreck.
Speakers will bo in attendance.
Death of Mr. Crittondon.
"A great man has fallen in Israel."
Hon, John J. Cmttendi:n, tho sage,
Statesman, and patriot, has passed from
earth, and been gathered to his fathers.
Ho died in tho city of Frankfort, Ken
tucky, on Sunday morning, at 3 o'clock,
without pain or strugglo, in tho full pos
session of all his faculties, at tho ripe old
ago of 77 years. Thus, ono by ono, arc
the old patriarchs passing from tho stage
of existence. Who will be worthy to fill
their places in this dark hour of our coun
try's existence Qod alono knows.
affi-IlEV. G. W. Scott will preach in
tho Baptist Church of this place, on Sab
bath morning, (to-morrow,) at ten o'clock
in tho morning, at half-pat t two in the
afternoon and at seven in the evening.
JSfLiout. Owen M. Fowler, formerly
of this ofiic? and late of the army, has
become tho Editor of tho ' Hhamokin Her
aid." It has assumed a position of neu
trality. Pecuniarily we wish him all success.
Nixon's Circus.
In our columns to-day'B will bo found
an advertisement of Nixon's Cremorne
Circus, which will exhibit in this placo, on
Wednesday, August 5th. The equestrian
talent, artistio ability, and wit and humor
of tho company has a high reputation for
excellence nnd propriety. There is noth
inn connected with it which tends to tho
corruption of publio morals, or the debase
ment of public taste. Our exchanges
from every part of tho Sta'o speak favor
ably of this troupe. Go and see them.
Hon. HeisterClymer, Stato Sen
ator from, old Berks, paid us a flying visit
last Tuesday. Mr. Clymcr has agreed to
address bur people before long on the issues
of the day. Ho is a gentleman of fine abil
ities, an ablo speaker and thorough Democrat.
B Our Farmers havo been blessed
with most excellent crops, and also, with
faVorablo weather to gcathor them into
barns. Wo have no recollection of ever
seeing better crops of all kinds raised in
Columbia county. For which wc should
bo thankful.
Tlio Evils or tlio Time aud their
Remedy.
Dr. Pee John, a fow weeks ago, de
manded a speech from Senator Duckalew,
and remarked that ''the pcoplo wanted to
hear from him." Mr. 15. has epokon, In
tho article on our first page, under the
caption of "Tho Evils of the Time and
their Remedy." Wo dare tho hypocrite
and tory editor now to lay tho article bo
forc tho readers of the "Republican,"
of tho millions of free whito men aro to bo
entirely ignored in this cruol "war for tho
African and his race !"
I- Tho old adage that men change
their skies but not their souls when they
cross tho seas, docs not appear to hold en
tirely truo in the caso of Henry Ward
Bccchcr. If wc aro to bcliovo tho Lon
don Daily News, which has taken tho
trouble to publish a correspondent's sketch
of Rcecker's "views," tho pastor of Ply
mouth Church has discovered that tho par
ty spites and mean political vituperation
of party spirit are excellent things to leave
behind when ono goes among men of the
world in foreign parts. He is stated to
have admitted in England that tho Demo
cratic opposition to the administration was
perfectly "loyal,'' and to liavo discoursed
most sensibly "upon tho sincerity of tho
Democratic leaders.
This is creditable to Mr. Beccher's per
ceptions, at least. It is in his favor that:
he should havo been able to what weaker
mortals liko Samncr aud Wado could
never be brought to understand ; that the
heats of faction become ridiculous as soon
as men cross the frontier. Tho slang of
Loyal Leaguers about "Copperhead," and
"traitors," and "sympathizers," is odious
at home, hut abroad it is simply tedious.
It would be a good thing for the country
if those of his sect who stay at homo would
take a hint from Mr. Hecchcr's foreign
experience, and learn to keep moderately
rational toDgucs in their heads. This ia
disinterested advice on our part, for the
radicals may be certain that they would
thus gain in the way of force even more
than they would escape in the way ol fever.
crly nut in. It follows that it is impossible
to say who is rightly drafted. Thoso who
aro forced to servo under tho conscription
have an undoubted right to know that they
liavo Dccu lairly treated. It is true that
all this may bo tho result of mcro blunders ,
on tho part of those who conduct tho draft, I oers j0 s trict responsibility for their acts,
uui una is no btiusuiuuou lo our iciiuw uii
zens who suffer by such mistakes.
If such is tho fact, aro not citizens who
rcfuso to acquicsco in its verdiots, really
enemies of tho country t
Who aro tho truo frionds of tho Union
thoso who desiro to hold our public ofli
tics of this war from its boignning to the 1 grcs?, tinder which tho draft Is now being
1st of January, 1803 : !nado, resuming that just at this tinm it
Will be ol especial interest io our rentiers.
Uudor this act all persons Hablo to do
military duly aro termed tho National
Forces, and aro dividod into two classes
tho first comprising all thoso between
Federals killed 43,874
wounded..- U7."
dicdof disease i.- wouuds 250,000
made prisonors 08,218
Total 4G9,374
Confederates killed 30,803 twenty and thirty fivo years of ago ami
m A 1 f I ... I..l,..nll ll.llitt Ji .til (. 1 . I
wounded oUjUiu unmarricu men uanu muij nun
died of discaso and forty-five, the second class includes all
wounds 1-JU,UUU .milrn.l !n i,-,n firsS clus.t.
it
it
mado prisoners, 22,100
A Great Siatcsmau Speaking (o the Peo
ple Alexander llainillou ou Coercion
ana Civil War.
who sustain tho laws until thoy arc pro
nouueed unconstitutional by the proper aa
thority, who denounco thefts upon tho
treasury, and arc for carrying on tho Gov
ernment as it was conducted by Washing-
Tho following is an extract from a speech ton. Jefforson.and Jackson or thoso who
delivered in 1788 ol that statesman and j sncor at tho constitution, violate laws thoy
truo patriot, Alexander Hamilton, in tho do not like, encourage corruption, and up'
Convention that was hold the btato of New hold tho illegal measures of Federal offi-
An officer of the army of the Poto
mac, of undoubted voracity, has written
a privato letter from which tho following
is an extract :
"Let rac tell you that General McClel
lan was reported to our troops, July ltt
as Commander-ill' chief in tiic placo of Gen.
Hal leek. It was received by the troops
with the won enthusiastic cheering and
beating of drums on the march that eveu-
iSyThcN. Y. Tribune is exhorting toward Gettysburg. They foucht with
citizens irenerallv to ' hanir cut that dear that impression at Gettysburg, and officers
old Uac" acain from their residences and'" MfClellan's ghost fought the battle of
places of business. Will tho Tribune c"vaturg.
, ' tT . ,r I EST In Wisconsin tho enrollment lists
i 1m nstn 1-1 wnHTtniilnt Hutittllr in flirt i
" nrn mihliQlirm i n f in nnu'ennnora in nnr
refcrnd as fol-1 ,. , . . ' ..
luai me pcopiu may uave :in opportunity
to seo that their names aro properly en
rolled, etc, In Pennsylvania and New
York, the enrollment lists aro kept secret,
and guarded by military at that. Which
method of conducing tho draft is tho bet
ter one, and which is tho more becoming
for a professedly free government ?
c i
CO
'".r ' ' the flaunting lio 1"
y Levi L. Tatc, of tho Columbia
Democrat will in all probability bo the
toxt' Democratic Sonatorin tho 13th Sena
torial District. Lycoming Defllocutt.
Wo do not sec how our neighbor makes
hia etronij "probability." Wo havo two
candidates in this county who both think
tho nomination will come here. Col. Tate
is a worthy Dcmoorat and so arc our men.
Northumberland Democrat,
Wo only expect, should the Democraoy
of Columbia favor us with their approba
tion, to stand a chanco with the candi
dates from tho other eountics, for tho nomi
nation in tho District Senatorial Conference,
eST" In his order breaking up the nests
of Loyal Leagues in Indiana and Michi
gan, Gen. Wilcox says :
I "All good objects can bo accomplished
openly, and none but the enemies of their
country ever need disguises.
Members of tho League hereabout, are
aro requested to cut out this item and paste
it in their hats.
JtgyDr. Peo John, of tho macbino, who
decenSed from tho Tories and nover tells
tho truth when a Re is attainable, simply
lies again, when ho says that the Editor
of this Journal, "makes speeches in the
country school houses, such as he dare not
??ia;ein Blooaisburg,." We havo made
speeches, this season, in ten difforcrent
townships, in Columbia county, to largo
and intelligent assemblies, and wo havo in
every instance, shown that I'alcmon John A jjow IS it? It is said by thoso who
V m t -
tOf The furious anti negro riots are
clearly traceable to the pernicious excesses
of tho abolitionists. They strove to cou-
veit tho war from one for tho Union to
ono against slavery, they made the ne
groes the equals of whito soldiers, and
lately Philips has been openly preaching
amalgamation. This has had its effect
upon the ignorant multitude who compete
with tho negroes in the labor market, and
Jienec the scenes our streets have recently
witnessed.
Let us all learn wisdom by tho bitter
experiences wc have passed through. Let
us hereafter insist that ruler and ruled
must alike obey the law ; while at the
same timo it must not he foraotten that
even in dealing with our enemies wc should
not advocate ur countenance excesses con
demned by civilized warfare, nnd which,
if brought to our own doors, would pro
ducc unmixed distress.
York, for the ratification of the Constttu-
of tho United Slates. It will bo remem
bered that Hamilton was also a member
of tho Convention which framed tho Con
stitution :
"These States can never loso their pow
ers till tho whole pcoplo of amcrica arc
robbed of their libbcrtics. Theso must
go together. They must support each
other or meet a common fate. I wish tho
committee to remember that the Constitu
tion examination is framed upon truly Re
publican principles, aud that, as it is ex
pressly designed for a common protection
and tho general wclfaro of tho United
States, it must be utterly repugnant to this
Constitution to subvert the Stato Govern
ments or oppress the people. The coercion
ot States is one of the madest projects that
was ever devised. A failure ol'compliance
will never be confined to a singlo Ktato.
This bciog tha caso, can wo supposo it wise
to hazard a civil war 1 It would bo a na
tion at war with itself. Can any reason
able man bo well disposed towards a
Government that makes war and carnage
the only means of supporting itself a
Government that can exist only by the
sword ? Every such war must involo the
inneceut with the guilty. This singlo
consideration should not bo inefficient to
duposo every peaceable citizen against such
a U oyer mucin
cors ?
Is opposition to tho Administration
treason to tho Government?
If so, were thoso who abused Presidents
Jackson, Pierce, Buchanan, nnd others
Dcmocratio Chiol Magistrates, "traitors?"
Supposing that tho Democrats should bo
suuccssful at tho next Presidential election
and somo statesman whom you do not
liko, as for instance, Gov. Seymour, Gen.
McClollan, Mr. Bigler, Vallandigltam,
Fernando Wood, i3 our next Chiof Magis
trate, will you give him as cordial a sup
port as you do Mr. Lincoln ?
Tho answer given to theso questions
will readily cnablo any one to decide who
is an honest friend of the Union, nnd who
is not. Wo would adviso our readers to
out thorn out. and whenever ono of the
class who boast of all the loyalty in tho
country, is heard setting up his I'harisacal
claims, to put him to the test. It will
soon bo found whether ho is what ho pro-
Total 222,077
They havo killed twenty-two thousand'
eight hundred nnd seventy-four moro of
our men than wo have of theirs.
Thoy havo wounded, not mortally, thir-
tynino thousand, four-hundred and four
Icon moro mon than wo havo of theirs.
Ono hundred and fifty thousand moro of
our men havo died of disease and wouuds,
than of theirs.
Thoy have made prisoners of forty-six
thousand moro of our men than wo have
of theirs.
Our total casualties aro two htlndrcd
and thirty.seven thousand, two huni'rcd
andjiiincty-sovon more than theirs 'that is,
our casualties have been fourteen thousAnd
more than as much again as theirs.
This is tho way wo havo "revenged Fort
Rut this is not all. Wo havo spent
almost two thousand million moro of mo
noy than they havo spent.
Wo have made two hundred thousand
of our women widows.
Wo havo made ono million of children
fatherless.
Wo have destroyed tho Constitution of
our country.
We have brought the ferocious savagery
of war into ovcry comer of society.
Wo havo demoralized our pulpits, so
that our very religion is a source of im
morality and blood.
Instead of being servants of Christ, our
ministers are servants of Satan.
The land is full of contractors, thieves,
provost-marshals, and a thousand other
tools of lllesal and desnotio power, as
. , , . . . .... Egypt was of vermin in tho days of tho
fnt. whn Kfinws nnmnrrt nr wli.il. nrtnaMiitita oj l
true patriotism than the feeblest child.
Is this Trcasou?
Secretary Stanton said tho other
day, "If a singlo regiment of Lee's army
gets back into Virginia, in an organized
condition, it will prove that 1 am totally
unfit to bo Secretary of War." Amen I
Springfield Republican.
Tho above is from an intense Republi
can journal, and thcrclorc it cannot be' trea
son" to copy it. It did not require the
A New Batch of Orders. The orders
and counter orders concerning the draft
arc flying over the country "thick as leaves
in Vallambrosa." A new batch of them
will bo found in the following circular from
the office of the Provost Marshal General
dated July 21st, to the district provost
marshals throughtout the country. It
will be seen that the thrco hundred dollars
commutation releases tho conscript from
serving during the period of three years,
just the same as if he had himself procur
ed tho substitute .
1. Provost Marshals of drafted districts
will makccompleto muster rolls of drafted
men, to be lorwarded with detachments to
proper depot.
2. They will see that tho drafted men
are provided with everything necessary for
their cntiro equipment, that no timo may
be lost in forwarding them from the ren
dezvous to thcit final destination, and givo
us many days' notice as possible to tho
commandant of the rendezvous of the timo
when the drafted men will bo turned over.
3. When drafted men fail to report, the
district is not responsible tor tlicir deser
Pharaohs.
Wo aro rapidly degenerating in every
thing that exalts a nation.
"Tho Union as it was will never bless 1 Our civilization is perishing.
tho vision of any pro-slavsry fanatic or ! Wo arc swiftly drifting into inevitable
Secession svmnathizer. and it never outfht civil War here in the North.
to. It is a thing of the past, hated of cv-' Wo aro turni,,S our homoa lnto cliarncl
houses.
Tho second class aro' not to bo drawer
Until lliu first class are exhausted, so' that
there is no reasonable probability that
they will ever be oalled upon'.
The President designnlcs' tlio nunllicf to'
bo drawn from each district, and' in di aw
ing, tho names of all persons enrolled of
the first class arc pill into tlio wh'fcel1, niuf
tho number required from nny given dis
trict, together with fijly pir Cent, in add!
tiou aro drawil out, but' only so many of
tho additional fifty per cent are to be ta'
ken as shall bo necessary to supply the
placo of those discharged on account o?
physical disability or for other reasons.
If any person drawn furnishes an accept'.
ablo substitute or pays 8300 for which'
sum the Government undertakes to furn
ish a Biibsliluto for him ho oannot again
be drafted.
If a second' draft shall bb ordered, tlio
names of all thoso who were before drawn
out, with tho exception of that' portion of
tho additional fifty percent, not take, will
excluded, and tho drawing madu from'
the remainder.
If a man claim cxemption'on account of
physical disability, he is to be examined
by tho Surgeon appointed for that purpose
and il not exempted, ho may then elect to
go into the scrvioe, furnish a substitute or
pay S300:
Such is the plain meaning nnd intention
ol tho law, and if not so construed by the
Provost Marshal General, each individual
has bis remedy in- our courts. We trust
however that no nltcmpt' will be made to
givo the law any other than a straightfor
ward intcrprclatiod, as tho Administratiou
in the present exciten state of tho public
mind cannot afford to put an unfair con
struction upon a' law of doubtful conslitiK
tionality. Rut if it should' be dono in any
instance, wo hope no ono will fail to seek
a legal remedy Patriot ij1 Union,
cry patriot, and destined never to curse an
honest people, or plot tho pages of history
again."
Tho Chicago Tribune said it.
Is this treason 1
"The Union shall never, with my con
sent, be restored under tho Constitution
as it is, with slavery to be protected by it." .
There is a corpso in every family.
Tho angel of death sits in every door.
The devil has removed from Tartarus
to Washington.
r : .u- si.i mm.. 1 but not one cent for slaver
district must thcrcforo be credited for
them.
Growing Desporate.
Forney has seen and read the ''hand
writing ou the wall" of his poliiical for
tunes and those of his radical nnd revolu
tionary party.- In a long leader in his
Press of ycttcrday, in which he as-aih
Judo Woodward in th'o most scandalous
nifiniirr. Kornnv tells llio Abolition ('on.
We pretend that wo aro punishing tho . ei)tionj whJck Jg tQ Inect ttt Pin burg on
rebels, but they aro punishing us. lbe 5th of AugUt ne2tl tLat ,hcy J1)Utt
Wo pretend that wo aro restoring tho n0UlinatQ Eome cadidato for tho Guber-
Thaddeus Stevens, tho Abolition loader Union, but wo aro destroying it. 'natorial chair of thii Stato whom the Ah-
in the House, said it. I We pretend that wo aro enforcing tho ' olitionUs (,cau el,ct mio ;t wi
Is this treason ? laws, but we arc only catching negroes. tLn, 0onvcnlSoB to (lo wnt
Bttcr recognize the Southern Confed- That is tho way wo aro "revenging ,, ..,- ,i,0 ,;,
selling our souis 10 mo aevu anu taxing Uffi0icrjuy wdl how desperate, iu- Forney j
Lincoln & Co.'s piomisc to pay. We have judgment, is tho chance of his party to
it ru greenbnacks ond blood. j elect any straightout member of it. Ho
That is the way we are "revenging therefore counsels the repudiation of Cur'-
Snmptr.-0rf Guard. , 'j" a?d. f ,?tLc.r rceognizen leader, of the
r tt j Administration faction, and urges the Con-
The AolitIon Howl,-Tho abolition cn,Aon.to takP00 Uoiaocrnt;
,, ,, , . , .. , . , 1 as their candidato for Governor 1 1,-. .
fanatics call all those not identified with dodgo of rat)nin!J tho Abolition machine
their party, who criticise tho uuconstitu- under Democratic colors is quite played
tional acts of the Administration, "disloy i "ut, we should thing, and tho very I'acS
al," "copperheads," &. If, for merely ' that auy Party forced to havo recourse
criticismir President Lincoln s acts, con- -.f-i.y1. . 1
cracy at once, and stop this effusion of dumpier
blood, than to continue in this ruinous
policy, or have evor a restoration of the
Union as it was."
Cassius M. Clay said it, whilo tho Pres
ident was pursuing a conservative policy.
Is this treason ?
"For one, I shall not vote another dol
lar or man for tho war until it assumes a
different standing, and tends directly to an
anti-slavery result. Millions for freedom,
y y.
Mr. Conway, abolition Representative
iu Congress from Kansas, said it, whilo
4. Tho paying of 8300 for "procuration the President was pursuing a conservative
of substitutes." under the law, throws up
on the government the responsibility of
providing such substitute, and relieves the
district therefrom. It is paid lor "procur
ation of substitute."
Tun Draft. Tho business of drafting
for the army is going on all over tho coun
try. Perhaps in another week wo will be
ablo to toll something about tho result so
far as ihis county is concerned. As the
whole affair is carried on in a mysterious
and unexplained manner, it is hard to
comprehend tho intention of those inter
ested with the work.
with Jefferson Davis, and all their follow-1 have been curious enough to examine, that
ers abolitionists and secessionists who j tho jocusts hayc N 0 one wing ana w on
opposo our old Flag and thosConstitution, j other. Thoso nro interpreted to mean
arc traitors ana scounurccs. And an an-
Theso truths
olitioni.ts aro disunionist
wo fearlessly procluim everywhere, and
nowhere, moro freely than in Bloomsburg.
t&" Dr, John ogain appears as tho do
Render of tho Rev. Mr, Dimm, nnd pro
nounces our ttatcmcnt of his lato lecturo,
a "misreprcssntation." Wo deny the
assertion. Our statement is sustained by
evory candid man who heard him ou that
occasion, and if Mr. D. wishes to sail iu
Dr. Jehu's low black abolition schooner,
thoy will both go tldwn togotlrtr.
Wo repeat that Mr. Dimm mado a great
mistako when ho coalcscd with tho ab
oli.inn disloyal leajile. Ho has already
fount; this out to his sorrow. Anil wo now
predict, with lieart-folt regret, that his
niiiiisional career will bo short in Colum
bia co
lie should long ago, have called off his
dog,
''Nigger War." The locusts aro a scourge
upon tho country, henco there is no doubt
about Ihcm belonging to tho Abolit m
party.
proof demanded by Mr. Stanton to estab
lish his ulitness for tho position ho now
holds. Whether Lee's array got back in
to Virginia, or not, thoro has long since ; 5 'J'ho district must present men liable
since been but one opinion upon the point to military service, suitable and acceptable
raised by tho Secretary ; and if he would not exempts. It cannot present for mil
only take tho trouble to ascertian the truth itai7 scrvico to tho government men who
.. ... , ., . , arc exempt therefrom bv law. It must
1 4
Tho last clause roads rather foggy, but
a few explanatory circulars will doubtless
make it clear. Labor vincit omnia.
policy.
If all this bo not treason if it bo loyal
then is Mr. Vallandigliam indeed guilty
of treason ; for in all his speeches hag ho
not said : "Dissolvo this Union? Never!
Nover I" Chicago Times.
'riOStflttA tllnf. ivTnln thrv linvr. lnlnnnfl.
scrvativo men are thus stigmatized, what donco ; t lio popularity, and thcrcforo
appellation, to mako themselves appear, meritoriousness, of their own principles,
consistent, should thoy apply to such hair, measures, and policy, they aro less honest
brained disunioniits of their own party as; oven than Macbeth, who would not "play
d i o -ii . i i I falso, ' thouah ho would "falsely win."
Stephen S, Foster, who openly denoun-; -n--- r,- i v i-.- i ,Dl,'V " .
., , ,. r , Poor rorney ! lour political race is nerely
ces tho President and his measures, defies ( run. Mako all c- in ,ho mcanlimC)
mo conscription Dill, prays lor mo success
of the Confederate arms, declares he has
no choice between the government of Abo
It is well known that, in tho recent Lincoln and that of Jefferson Davis, and
of tho people, thoro would very soon bo a
vacancy in tho War Department. I
Thurlow Weed says : "I was read
out of the Republican party, driveu out of . ., . .
V , , . , . ,. BPlf the government, ou thoso pnnci-
the Evening Journal, for urging that tins of strict construction ohha conslitutjon
war should be prosecuted to overcome a e pr0sperousl y administered ,it re-
. .l-.i: rn:ftllur t ia .ii.l.f I IT ir J
" ' , , quires no spirit of prophecy to foresee that
ity of tho Governmout, and restore the .
" . , ' , , . , in a few brief years, in a new cnsii ap
Union, This alone was the ground of lr- .. , , - :j,.i,i m0
1ST Tho Administration and its advo
cates hive been prenching tho doctrine that
in war times the laws aro silent, and that
tho public good,or what Eeomcd to the
President to bo such, was his only rulo
of conduct. Tho mob accepted this doc
trine. If thcro is to bo no law for tho rul
er, there is to bo no law for them. II
brute forco is alono to reign, they, too,
wish to be sovereign. Tho results in tho
streets ofNow-York Bhould teach rulers
and peoplo a lesson,
WHnitrf.-Capt. R. F. Clark's Com-
groun
rcconcilablo difference with my party.
That was the length and bredth of offtud
ing. Every man who labors to mtora
tho Union is suro to como out or get driven
out of tho Hcpublioan party. Such a
I man oannot remaiu in, or act with a party
whoiu clue! end and aim is to destroy the
Union aud establish a now and entirely
different one, "with all tho modern im
provements. '
The Southern Conscription Wash
ington, July 27.. Tho returned prisoners
from Riohmond stato thai in less than
twenty-four hours after the isimo of Jeffer
son Davi's ennsoription proclamation, a
wholcsalo conscription commonoed there.
election in Connecticut, soldiers who would
vote the abolition ticket were allowed to
go home from tho army and vote. Somo
Democrats anxious to seo homo once more,
also pledged themselves to so vote if they
could bo allowed to return and sec their
friends;
Ono, by the name of Randall, having a
sick mother at Danielsouville, aud wishing
to sco her onco more ero she should pass
from earth, begged for a furlough, as a
says ho will do all ho can to prevent en
listments ? If they cannot call this kind
of talk of genuino "coppeaheadism," what
can they call it? Were ever such sen i
mcnts uttered by any body save abolition
ists, or fanatics, which aro one and tho
same ? Disguise it as best they may, Mr.
Foster expresses tho sentiments of the
Radicals, only they "do not with to bo
told of it." Thoy aro doing all in their
power to overthrow tho institutions of the
and prepare to sink into that merited re
tirement wucrc only personal remorso and
publio contempt will share your solitude.
csunuay Mercury.
Wesjekn HoTEii, Nkw York,;
July ao, ISO.!,
Ldilor Columbia Democrat,
Dear Sir: The report going nround
the country that this aud other Hotels,
wero sacked and burned In the mob, is
false. Wo aro all quid, doing busiucss as
usual, and arc prepared to take care of
our fiicnds and customers.
Respectfully, Sco.
D. D. Winchester.
as a confedoration, probably coaso to be
administered at all. It will, in my judg
ment, becomo a government of usurped,
alarming, undefined powers and thoBacrcd
riglhs of tho States becomo overwhelmed
in total eclipso, Senator Woodbury, of
N. II, in tho U. S. Sonato in 18U0.
What would bo tho luturo of our coun
try was early predicted by our fathers. It
depended upon tho action of tho thoso
whom tho pcoplo had chosen as their agonts
to administer tho government, and of the
peoplo themselves. If thoy abided by tho
tho written constitution, the supreme, law
there would bo no trouble, and natioLal
prosperity woulds bo ours. Tho instru-
Two hundred eick Massachusetts sol- mcni was uiougui io ue piaiu enougn, and
diers arrived today, from tho army of needed, and would admit of no sophistical
. !- T 1.1!-
General Moado
starving child would beg for bread ; and j country, destroy tho Constitution, and
at last, wben all otlicr means bad lailed, completo tho destruction ol tho ''onco glo
consented to plodgo himself to voto for i rious Union." Liko thief, calling "stop
It is believed that a gcnoral exohango
of prisonors will soon bo effected.
construction. If our public servants
would take it as it was, and apply it in all
cases whero its administrative powers woro
required, tho people would acquiasco in its
provisions, it could but be a satisfactory
Results or Dravtiko. Of forty-ono
pany 0. and Uapt. U. II. J-nts Co. II., men drafted in Clinton county, Michigan, form of government. Otherwise it would
P. V, M., relured on Thursday to RIooma- thirty-two havo escaped to Canada, which not, bat would becomo what it now is,
burg., if not "tho land of the bruyo," is at kust under abolition rule, "a government of
Our drafted men arrived yesterday. ( "the homo of the ffce." usurped, alarming, and uudefiued powers."
Buckingham. IIo came homo ; saw his
dying inothor j wont to Killington town
meeting; voted for Buckingham, as ho
had agreed to ; and thon stood up in tho
town houbo nnd related theso facts.
PorlsmonthN, II.) Union.
JC7 Sourvy aud Scrofulous Eruptions
will soon cover tho bodies of those bravo
men who aro fighting their country's bat
tles, Night air, bad food, and drenching
rains will make sad havoc with the strong
est, thcrcforo let overy may supply him
self with HOLLO WAYS OINTMENT,
it is a certain cure for crory kind of dis
caso. Only 85 cents per pot.
5Qr''Towards the preservation of your
Government and tho pormanency of your
present happy Stato, it is requisite not only
that you steadily discouutonanco irregular
opposition to its acknowledged authority,
but also that you Resist with caro tho
spirit of innovation upon its principles,
however specious tho pretext." George
Wabuj.noton.
ITIilRf.IAIS.
theif," they denounco others as disloyal,
only to distract public attention from their
own diabolical schemes and purposes.
Boston Courier.
flSy If any of our readers over persucd
a moro poetical bit than tho following, wo
should liko to bo favored with it.
"Hah 1 Who is this that knocks so loud
and early at my door ?"
"Thy husband, Masohas. Wake tkoc
up."
"Give mo tho word before"
"Within tho garden grows a trco which
applos bear of gold,"
"Go rogue, this word is sueh as thco a
neighbor might have told."
"Within my chamber thcro doth stand
a lofty oaken bod."
"Go, rouguo, my nurse, betraying mo,
such might to thco havo said."
"Upon thy bosoms lies a mark, between
thy breast, I wish.
"Welcome, my wan! Ope tho door.
Welcome thy wife to kiss."
By Rev. J. R. Dimm, on the 28th inst.,
Mr. Wm. W. Fox, to M.sjCorinia John,
son, both of Danvillo, Montour co., Pa.
-DEATHS.
In Bloomsburg on Friday mourning last,
of Group, EI.LA daughter of 1. W. and
Elmira MeKclvy, aged about 4 years.
In Espy, on tho 24th inst., Cr,.utA
daughtor of Sylvester Faux, aged 11 mo.
and y days.
At Mifflinville,Col. co.,on ihoOth inst.,
Edoar Montgomery, son of Ransom f.
and Nancy Porter, aged 0 ys, 0 ino. aud
18 days.
At tho saino placo on tho 7th inst., Wm.
Woi.r, son of M. R. Greasy, of Dypthcria,
aged 3 ys. 1 mo. and 27 days.
At tho same place, on tho 23 inst."
Sarah E. Yohe, of dypthcria, agen about
10 years.
In Bloomsburg, on Friday of last week,
Mr, John GiRTON,aged about 30 years.
In Hoinlock township, ou Sunday lact
Mr. Franklin M'Uuiub, aged about 43
years,
In Phildelphia, on Stiud,ay last, Mr.
Thomas Ar.i,K.v, of Blooiubbutg a Sol
dierol tho I78at Rrgt. V M aged about
33 yearn.