Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser., January 30, 1864, Image 1

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AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER,
LEVI L. TATE, EDITOR.
VOL. 17. NO, 48.
"TO HOLD AND TRIM THE TOKO II OP TRUTH AND WAVE IT O'ER TIIU DARKENED EARTH."
TERMS: $2 00 PER ANNUM-"
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY; PENN'A,, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 18(54.
VOLUME 27
FEBRUARY COURT.
Court Proclamation
WHEREAS, tltfi Hon. Willum Emvcll. President
Judfn of th Coutt of Oyer ami Terminer and neu
tral Jail Delivery. Cnitrt ot Uuart'-r Hflorn of Ilia
I'eacn ami Court of Common fha anil Orphan's I'ourt,
in tho 2Cth JuJIr ial District, compos 'd 01 th" counties
Of Columbia, Sullivan ami Wyoming, and the Hon. John
M'Ueyiu'lil'&St'.'iilioii ll-ilily.Associati'Ju.liios of Colum
bia county.hav Issued their pn-crjit nrinjrdato tin- ?ili
day of Ui'C. iti tho year of our Lord one t!iou.,m4 tjaht
btindruJ and slxtythrnuind to mo directed f.ir tiol'lirit; n
Uoutt of Oyer ami Terminer and funeral Jail dcilirry,
General Cluartcr Sessions of thf l'oace, Coinmou l'lias
and Orphan's Court, in Ulooiit,uri:, in the county 'f
Unlumbta. oil the fir-l Monday, lining the lt iluy; of
SVbruary iwjt. ti continue one week.
rsnltct i4 herc'liy given, lu llu ('urcmcr. tho Justice
of the I'oacc nml iloiistnblm of tho said county of C'rl.
uuibia tliat they lie tlicn and there In Hair proper nor
on at ID u'clnck In the forcnmti of mild day n ith their
monl, Itiiultlticui, find tthcr ruiiir-tnliMtii" to do
those things which m tlieir offices iippertnin to lie done.
And thoso that lire liouiiil by icrocnixano. to pro.eruti
agoin.t the prisoner, that arj or ni.iy In- In the Jnll of
said county ofl'olinnMii to hi- then nnd there to prose
elite them tin shall he just. Jtimrtmo r."Ui.'.tt d to bo
punctual in the ii tlirntlaiice, ii?rr'i'clil In 111 "i r notices.
V 1 Dated at lilouuisliurir, the Mil day of Dec.
L. r? in the yctir rf our lii ru me thniMunil right
( ) hundred and ai.tv three ,unl m llii- cijhty-
eighth year of the liiih'p"ii.l.nc of llm United States
cfAmericu. ( Uiin sax l mi: CmtMONwuLnt. )
JOHIAIl II. ITIUIAN, DherilT.
Sherlirs Office, Illomiisliiiru Jan. 1, Iclil.
JM11AL LIST, FEB. TERM, 1301.
1 rhilip Wlnterrtecn t- Valentino Wintcrstcaa
2 Henry Wells r. Ceorge Kin ry, Jr.
U Jacob i: i r rs Ahruh im Kl.mi-,
l Abr.ihim Klase v Jm uii llyer
5 Jacob V. r-. Den ill. (me) r r'anmcl I.. HcttK
(j I IIJ h McMiirtue it al rs cim-Uan Wolf,
7 Jnlm II Ihiwniau & Co. rj I, roll, ml I) Rupert.
8 l.ouiaa fiimen is i:ii.,ilitlli Jlaliua.
11 Jui I'll Hani ' l' ter J.iroby,
10 J.icub Mood 13 II I ii 1 1 : .Nn sic
11 Ceorge lluuheii, tt ul rs J V Criswell, tt i,
1'.' Daid KiIiiImiIiI rj .Mi' I n f 1 (inner.
13 Hitsstl 1' Stoker . Willi. im Iktler.
31 llcbetca Vauderjitife Cerrif liodaon.
15 Win. K l."iii:erbi'rger' et :il rit Chrinlinn Wolf el at
10 I) 1' Sjykerl ii f.i uben Xnely.
17 H K l!ei4hard 4w llro rs Pilnn I) lidgnr.
IS Diulel .1 C.irey re Unit. Ihit.
1U Jiu'p.'i t' I,oi. g it Iaiac I) I'aiion.
'2) Josepli llartiiiau ea lii-'ibeu Lin.
VI rtehi-ccn 'J'ratisue vs 'tVilli.iin Transue.
Si Jnioi) TerwIlli'K'r rs Tlimnaa .Meredith,
Jacob lluck, Ux'r.tM Ji-ssn Il'ick.
21 D II tlo-art i t ul t William Dennion ct nl,
K.i Mlcluicl Sheridan, I'ntrlrk tlraluiu, Adin'r.
2U Wilaon Acer n Jos"ih I'. Long
27 D.uid Achenbuh vj John W.irdeu.
2d Silvester J l .iui r. II C lli-iuli-iril. et al.
2J John digger u Ituh.ird II. .Mellaril
Jl'.xbll COI.n.MA.V, I'rothnlaty,
VaoTiinHTAttv'8 tirin t, i
Slooii.iburg, Junuary Hi, l-'lil. )
GRAND JUROKS."
Uloom.Math.w V.'iiilnnp. Jcdiu Ururlrr.
Btntoti ninui.l I', l,lin.. Ui iihuti (iibboiia.
I'riinr -i K An hio.ild lleury, Jnmea Adaina
Centre -tieiijauun 1'owl-r. Tiliinuii 1). r-trause, Lewis
tleiteri h
1'ishingcrork - Hmiiin-l 'c..man,
i'r'iiiKlM J fii.-i l,ut r. im-.
Hein'ock Jaine. Ileal, (liorge Iluael,
Jaiksmi- Miithi-i Mclienrv.
i.ocusl Mark Wi li.imi, g'.hi. ren.lerniahi'r. Henry
Uelrtig.
Mouut I'lrr-.ant- nl!rc Ik. li r,
.Msdiruii -Jtii. rinlliii in.
tJrani!w Moaca liver tt.
Sugirluif ilenr) C. llin. Almn Cole.
TRAVEKSS JURORS
Illoom 1' ti r Hillii.' )i r. 1'nleb llart ni Jr Henry O.
I'll i 11 1 -t, Uw I,. 1U', J,uiib 11. (iroul, lleiijaimii 1".
Jiartiii.i it
llorouthirf Ilerwiei;-Jeremi.ih S Sandi rs.
Heaver - Jim. Ilo.iu.
Hrl.ip ri'ek 1 in. I.ininii, Bnimer llriti rich.
Ceiitr- Kri derirk llxiieiiluu h.
Cnt.iin- Jjcuii Kietli-r.
1 lankliii Christian Hrnbst, Jos. Ki.'.ler.
Urecuwuo l'nlIHle, riiuart.
Ili'inlra k- s.im o,, Jufac uiil. Ccorgo Ilnrlmait.
Jucaauti - Win. Uidibllia.
Locust -lleiij. Wiigm-r, Peter llelHlg. s-ii , l.ucaa
"ah ringer.
Mitflin - I'liu-thii Wolf, lieorge llronii. I'hiucas
eniilo, ti phi n I'sdie,
M.idison Illiaa Ibignrt, Aiiiah.iin II. Sni.livr.
Mount l'le.-iaiit-.lMliM llipimiirti el.
.Montour -l.liaa lleitcrirll.
Ui-.ingi -Joliii :njdi i, Aimer W. lih. Ah Dildme.
iuU llriiwui Iloiiison, Jaculi Tt riMHiger.
Ors.ce .iK tiiu Ci.Lim or tin. (Kmrn frsaios' )
oi Coi.imi:ii Cot m. , I'i nmv:. ami.
liL.ioM'.i'.i. kii, J-tnuary in, 1MI4, )
"VOT1GE is hereby civen Hint tbo fol-
1 A louiug peiauua Ii.im- itli-.t in 1 in -a olfiri- npp Illa
tions to e. p l.nti-l 1 1 t.i lienor I'J" lh" 'luail, with
or witliout utiier in. rt'ii.iuili.e, at the places named,
and th.tt tnc npp it.utinn& mil he pn seined to the
Court ol U'l.-itti-r t-earmua ff Coliiiuliia (mint, in
MuiHlay, Hie let day i.l I'lbruurj , at utluek, 1'. Jl..
Hiram Siiicthurs, Hotel, Rarwuk.
'I'heodoro Howell, duotl twp
.Tohn lii'jrgot. (Jrccnwood twp
James M. Tiv. ' Ji.
JCS-SE COLEMAN, Ci' tk 11. d.
" UTIl'K is liKreby givu.i to all leratecs
j "l creiinera an.1 other perioia i'ltere.t'-d in thi
'slates of lho respective dec-di-nts nli-l minors, that
lh3 IiiIIiihim .'idhiinUtriitioii nnd (luardi in arfount.a
havi. Im. en tiled in ill') Olllreofth" llesitt-'rofCeluiiibm
coiihij, ami vmiI i' pri si'titeil fur confirmation and al
lowance to Hi'1 orphain' l o'lit, to 'if held nt illooir.s.
b'Jrg, in the conuty i!'i'n-..it.l. on Wedueaday, thu lird
day oi February, 1-bl. at 2 o'i loik in thu atteruoon of
said nay.
I. Account of Wil'iam .Miller, Executor
0( Llizahtili Mill' r. late of .Mount l'lea.aut Tunslnp.
nec.'iu.-i
U. Account of lieulion Swank, adminis-
tistur with Hill a'1'n-xi-d, of Jacob Snank, lati of
Jieaver temuship, deceased,
'!. L-irst aud final nccount of .foscph
Cnrrcll, (lunrdian of Sirah K. Wluti'iiight now dee'd ,
nil nor child cf (ieo. U tlltun ight ljlo of .Madlseu town.
ship dLceused.
4. l'ir.-t and final account of Hudson
Owen, ndiiilniilrator of Peter Shiner, late of Derrick
lUrciiiph, lacuiiijil.
5. Account of Ucnjamin Yoho, Guartl-
iaii of Mnna Fry, minor chitd of Aaron Fry of .Midliii
t OW lislllp, jeci ai-t'd.
0. Account of liobert Stiff admiiiistra-
lor of Hubert lley Hard, late of lllooiusbiirp, deceased.
7. Final account of Gideon Nun, ad-
inlni.tratnr tie lion, noil, cf Jacob Xuss, lale of iMlulin
Ioh iibnip, decuskd.
8. Final account of W illiam Snydor,
fiuardlan of 'I lirodore Palmer, now ilecease l, iiiiuor
child uf 'lliointu I'aliuer, late of Rloniu toH'iiship, de'd.
Si Account of I'eter Ileiiibach, adm'r
cfJonatlun Fry. late of Montour township, decia.ed,
10 Accunnt of Aaron Musgrovo, adm'r.
of Hiram KesUr, late of Oreonwoed toH iiship, dee'd.
11 Aceuuiit of Levi Wrights, adminis
trator of Joseph Heller, litoof Madison tivp., dee'd.
IU Accouut o! Elizabeth York, admin
istratrix of Oideon York, lata of Jackou twp.. dee'd.
I!) Accoutu o! John Keiiibold, Lewis
Tteinbold, Samuel lleinbold and William II. licinbnld,
ilierutoit nl Corueliu. Ucinhold, late of Locutttoun
thin di.c amid.
14 Second und final account of Jackson
Thomas, ndm'r. of Caleb Thonian, lato of Madisou
I "Wnsiiip. deceased.
15, Account of William Uabb, ono of the
administrator, dt bonit inn, dim te.tamento annexo
cf William Llun, lam of Hemlock township, deceased.
10. Account of Jnckson Thomas, adm'r.
of Andrew Shoemaker, lata of Madison twp., dee'd,
17. Account of Wei, Dreisbaoh, Guard-,
Ian of Chriniana. Tolly. Sarah and Lewis, minor
children of lho said Guardian by his first wife.
18. Account of John Nuss, eseoutor of
Joan Klingeriaan, late of Main township, deceased.
JOHN fi FHLT.ZI: firfinrr.
Rlnonubiitg January 3, Cti.
"lumber for sale.
A lot ot bovel and sawed Timber, fuit.
able forb'JMdin;: i llo-jisnr Beru-?0i W-wb
Select flJoctvjj,
Prayer after the Battle,
ny o. chau.s'cey ntmn.
Oo.l clvo 11a light I,, u10 darkness,
!"d (!lo us cotnfoit in woo,
! (irant tint th nip may p.isa from ui,
Let us nut reap a we sow.
! Wc have shed Mood in Thy vineyard,
i We have lil.vphenieil with Thy brealli,
i O spare us the fruit of our doing,
spare us the harvest of denth.
We have burnt Li'jcily'n r.ltars,
I.lehlfioni the chancel la lied,
Tim pilosis are retklnc with slaughter.
Christ in the churchi-its draJ.
1'ather, forrjot-O forgive us I
Do nut unto in, Lord d'od,
As wc unto otlirra are doing ;
O, Judge us not. of 'I hy Word,
Tor we have shed bleod in Thy vineyard,
Wo hue Mnsplicnieii w ith Thy breath,
O. .par- us the fruit of our tiniti;.
Spare na the lintv, st of dcuih I
aulcfOi;il)cmc
A Romance in Six Chapters.
niAi'Tru r.
I am an intelligent contraband
I am !
forever free. ilr. Lincoln has said so.
The Tiibune has printed it in big type.
.My master was a planter in Hoghnle
Swamp, Arkansas Ho ivas descendant
of tho Arkauas Traveler. When the
Union army arrived ho became a traveler
also. Thero is no law for tho return of
fugitive uiaHcrii. 1 was loft alone.
f went into the Uuion lined, and on
New Year's day a General read mo Mr.
Lincoln's Proclamation, and told mo I was
a free mau. Then ho r-avc me some ba-
eon that smelt bad, and set me to work
digging trenches. 1 do not like digging
trenches. I told a soldier so. He laugh
ed. I told an officer so. He said : "Go
to the d 1." I told him I was free
and would'nt. Then he kicked me. The
I kick was of that character which makes
; titling down uncomfortable.
I thought that my Iibeity was not tiron
crlv rcsneclcd. so I took to the Kiramn !
A scnt;nel shot at me as I passed. What I
had I to do wilh the couulcrsicii ! Am 1
I j
not a tree man .'
CHAPTER II.
In the tangled swamps, I sat upon a
highly picturesque stump, and thought of
Jiylis I
"U joy !" I cried in a sort of rapturous j
reverie : "Liberty is mine. I will ilv to
1'hyllib, my dark-eyed love of tho slum
brous soul aud the raveu wool, and bear
her far away with me, to the isles
whero 1
'
the manoo apples grow."
So 1 roso and went to the plantation
wiioic ruyin.-i uvcti. rnu met me witli a'
childish deliolit. I told her wc were free. 1
"0 golly !" the said. j
At that uto:i,cnt her muster appeared. '
I accosted him in a Irieudly manner, aud 1
informal him of my project concerning the ,
Mes above mentioned.
"Thfro't, when' you II get oir mango
ripple catt upsot," ho replied coarsely ;,
"this ycr is t'nion tciritory. The pio-
cla,inaiiiin doa't lako no effect hero. Now J
you jest come a foolin' around my niggers
again, an' you'll uit thunder.'' j
"Sir,"! responded, with dignity, "Ii
am a free man like yourself. That pro- j
olanisitioiu makes mo your equal. I
Ho called two huge mus-eiilar blaves ;
thewy cieatuies without nobility of soul.!
1 1illl 1 i-i
They pumped water on me, and drove me
forth weeping, alone.
CIIAlT-tl III.
Northward ! Over dreary plains of frosty
uciliago j through, trosty desert; among
wild cepscs of l.iural aud rhododendron
that bruised my bliins, I
I trust I bear no shamo for that. May
not a freo mau's shins bo to tcndcroi
part; foes a long heel necessarily ac
company a freeblo brain ? I havo not
ftudicd othnology'for nothing.
It was very col I. My raco is not fitted
for low tompsraturcs. My clothing was
scanty and thin. I felt that I was free
yet somehow loud memory would persist
iu reverting to tho warm savanna? of the
old plantation, Tho North is cold, dark
forbidding.
Yet I toiled on. I had but little food.
Nobody would employ mo, and nobody
wished to give mo alms. Nor did I care
to obtain work. Why should I ? Was I
not free I I worked when a slave j where
is tho merit of liberty, if I must work
now I
I know that ths North was full of phil
anthropic souis. Greely, Airs. Stowe,Gcr
rit Smith, Lovrjy theso, at least, were
my friends.
I anivrd. at length, ia Washing .on a
t pit nl intellrn iqiJ pO',rtt I frit
tbot I waj ono of tho Sovereign people,
who own and .support that city. I stood
before) tho Capitol nnd murmured :
"lam free!'"
A very tall, homely mau, with black
whiskers nnd honest eyes, oamc down tho
flops. I caught his hand. Ho looked nt
me as i f surprised and spoke :
"Well; what is it T"
"I am a free mnn. I came from Hog-
hola Swamp Arkansas. I am hungry and
oold
'0 go 'way !" replied tho man. "Don't '
bother tno. I'm ciok of iho very tight of J
you nigger" I''
''Sir," I said, "you insult your equal i
I am your peer. Tho Proclamation
"Confound the reclamation ! I almost
wish I had never issued it!"
CHAt'TKll IV.
A lot of Congressional magnates stood
near, chewiug tobacco. I approached, to
ask for a chew, and heard one addresjed
as Mr. Lovejoy.
"You tiro a friend at least I" 1 cried
with real eniotiou ; "I was a slave. I am
now at liberty !"
j Tho gentlemen drew down his under '
eyelid with Irs little finger.
Do you seo anything green there?" ho
asked.
"Mock mo not I I exclaimed; "am I
not a man and a brother !"
"Why don't you go to work you lazy
fellow! asked another Connressmau, who
had a smell of cobbler's wax about him
''I used to work down at Natick." j
I "yir," 1 answered scornfully,'1! am '
free." j
They laughed vulgarly.aud I wont away
wilh a heavy heart. ;
i CHAi'iEit v. '
.""till faither Northward. Colder, moro "C'ompauy of Jesus"), au ediCce that had
in hospctablo. Vague doubts and half been several times destroyed by earth
regiets crept into my brain. Is this Lib- ' quakes and fires .
orty? Ah; poor heart, take courage! ! Tho last day, tho 6th of December, is
Slill I was free; and free to confess that tho holiest of tho holy month, aud last
I had never suffered so much before. year it was to be cstraordinarily magnifi
Somo one showed me Mrs. Negrophsile' cent. It is said that Eizaguirro had of-
house. A splendid carriage stood before ' ten .snoken to lTr.irtn of tlm snlnmlor dis.
tllc lloor- 1 rang. A servant came.
"l wi'lieJ t0 soc Ncgrophilo. Tell
,,cr a ut!wI' frcC(1 Blav0 wishes to seo her."
Tho lacky returned very soon.
"Your card, please."
"I havo no card. 1 am cold and bun-
S1'
The lucky went and came again;
"S,lt! d050"'1 Eec tuat ki,ul" llG "id, I
shuddered, and went to tho office of tho
Tfitiwtte. 1 found two youug men thoro
with their feet on the desks.''
"eno sain one, "iiero s a Irientl ot
rt 1 I (III t t a. a. . ,
uiuurcc.y: i npeai: up, oruuueri van,
J'"'1'"
"Young man'' I said, "lam a friend of
all men."
"Ho keeps the place next door," said
tho other.
"I came to you in the namo of human
ity." "Look here," said tho first, "I don't
want any blowed nonsense round hero.
Clear out before I put you out.',
"Is Mr. Greeley in ?"
"Not for you. Leave this !''
Ho raised a paper weight thrcateniugly.
I departed.
A Democratic compositor gave me sis
pence that night, and I had otaetbiug to
cat, for tho first time in two days.
CU.U'TlllS vi,
Northward still. I found Gcrritt Smith
at length. A large, white hairstl man,
with a restless, vacant oyo.
"My friend," said ho, "cthuologistic
siderul influences aro antagonistic in tlieir J
magnetism. J ho arbitrary enunciation of
a dogmatic allocution is uot productive of
habiliary conditions.''
"I am cold and hungry," I said.
"Cortaiuly. Isothermal relations can
not be ignored with impunity. Whislio
pipes and thunder I How's your mother
John 'Drown's body hangs dangltng .n tho
gravoj Take 'em away ! Tako 'em off!"
j ft t ti trvotv vfl rT wild . 'in tl Im
pawed tho air vigorously. 1 was afraid
and went away, sorrowing.
U Liberty, Liberty ."' I cried "com
bcn ties crimes somt commin nous ton
nom!"
A gang of laborers wcro at work upon
a railroad near by. I went to them.
"What wages do you get I"
"Scventy fivo cents a day, in railroad
script."
"What do you do with it!"
"It passes at the store"
"What store I"
"Railroad store. Divil a place else."
' What does it cost you to live I"
"All we gel, jest; ban-in' enough for a
drunk Saturday nights,
I reflected theso wero free men They I
pniked bu'lfr tbn I did when a olave,
and lor a baro living worse lood, worso the pencil of any painter of hell and pur
clothes, and moro beastliness on Saturday catory could reproscut. A dense wall of
night for I had never been allowed to
kill myself with bad whisky. j
"And, if you arc sick, or get old V I
''Och, then, wo go to tho devil ?"
1 thought of my father, who had food
and raiment for five years of his dotage, j
without a stroke of work.
"Hut your families aro not separated
from you?"
"No sich good luck. I havn't scon the I
ouWl 'coman for two year, but sho keeps
Jingin' me for money all tho time!"
I was satisfied. I begged a few copper
ai)d set my face sternly Southward.
0, Liberty.
Burning of the Santiago Cathe
dral. Nearly Two Thousand Persona Durncd Alive,
from Hie N, Y. World'. Correspondent.
1'axama, January 8.
The people of Santiago, tho capital of
Chili, havo been nfllicted by ono of those
terrible misfortunes that strike a wholo
nation with ono common blow thatsprcad
horror all over tho world wherever its ti-
dings are received, aud leave a lasting
impression for centuries behind them.
j Kver iince l'io Xono enunciated tho
j "Immaculate Conception" of the Virgin,
j the feats in honor of this mystery benamo
la favorite ono with clergy aud tho devout
! ladies of Santiago. There was a sister
hood, "the Daughters of Mary j" there
were celebrations, and massc3,and drapery,
and illumination, aud music for the whole
"month of Mary," from November 8 till
December 8. Tho focus for all this was
the church called "La Compania" (be-
causo it had formerly belonged to the
played in llomo on such occasions, and
intimated that in Chili they could do
nothing like it. Ho Ugarte's vanity was
tickled, and he tried to do his very best.
The results will bo seen below.
Early in the afternoon streams of poo
' pie, mostly ladies with their children and
sorvauis, begau to QU the church, in order
to get a good place for heariug the fcor
I monsof the pastor and for feeing tho gor
j gcous sight. 13y 7 o'clock tho church was
' crammed lull in every corner by about
9,000 women and 500 men, and rash mul-
; tillulos nlied lho door3 aml onte..
steps,
; unable to get admittance
j The church is a long, narrow edilico
J with a navo and two aisles, tho latter iu-
j tersccted by cross-walls for tho support of
. tbo old, dilapidated fabiic. There is only
ono wide door, povcral small sido doors
j nearly impassible through screens and
j other incumbrances, and u narrow door
, leading lo the tacristy.
I The interior, especially the wooden roof,
! is coveied with paper hanging-, festoons,
; gauze, pastobo.ird, transparencies, iudeed
I with every variety of iutlamable stuff, and
lighted with about 20,000 lights, among
others with 5,000 photogcuo lamps, on
the altars, the walls, and hung from
I he
ceil iug.
It was about 7 o'clock in tho evening
service had not begun yet ; numerous ser
vants wcrcjust bediming to light the im
mensc number of caudles and lamp3 on ;
tho high altar. Among tho embelUhincnts :
on the latter was a collossal imago of tbo
Virgin over a crctcent made out of numer-1
ous lights. Ono of these set a piece of'
muslin belonging to ono of the many dec-
orations on fire, and in a moment tho '
wholo altar, about twenty two yards by i
ten, was in a blaze. Tho flames spread !
with an indescribable rapidity to tho roof '
with its linht dranerv. and iu two or
thrco minutes tho firo was everywhere.-
T'' Pc?lu ncar th? a'tarand in 11,0 mid.
die of the nave rushed of course toward
tho doors ; but those seated near these
did not sco tho amount of danger aud
pushed the others back, as they did not
want to lose thoir scats. A number of,
the crowds waiting outside even took ad-1
vatitano of the confusion to get in. So !
the principal door was soon obstructed by
a solid wall of human bodies unable to
movo or to extricate their hands, and this
. . , ,
jamming and squeezing was increased by
tho frenzy of thoso who, now aware of tho
danger, pressed from behind. Ouly a
j comparatively small uumbcr of the worn
' i .t. . . f .i
, lu g.caitr ) a,t ui iuo uBu cap
cathrauDU the tiuo doors anri thn sn".n nlv
jD tbo first moments of the firo.
0 , -.j
I Thero wa a tccne moro bortul than
sonic hundred' bodies in all possible posi-;
tions, many on the ground, trampled up- j
on, with limbs mangled, heads and chest
crushed j behind, thousands runuiug.push-
iug, frantically yelling, fainting i in the '
background and above, ono broad sheet of .
flame. And all those doomed beings !
were women tcndcr,fair women among
them the very cfoam of Santiago's young
aud fashionable world. The multitude
uut3idc saw tho horrors of tho tcene ; mad i
with despair, they rushed in to savo their,
mothers, wives, daughters ; but only a I
few were rescued, tearing off their clothes ,
aud scrambling over the heads of those j
before thcui. The serried mas3 near tho
door was so dense that ton parsons were I
unable to extricate a single woman, and
in many instances tore off nn nrm or a
leg. All this occurred in less ti mo than it '
takes tuc to write it down, lint the most
horrible sight was still to conic. A part
oftha roof und ono of the belfries fell in.
Tho EtringJ by which the chandeliers
and lamps were fastened to the roof wcra
burned, aud down poured a torrent of
burning wax and oil. The audienoo itself
now was a blazing sea of light. We read
of old, Chiistian martyrs wrapped in pitch
and lighted like torches, but what is that
compsred with the thousands of young
women with entangled limbs aud beads
on fire. The sight is too sickening to
dwell long upon it.
In a short time all was over ; tho church
still smouldering, and flames still licking
the charred bodies, but the poor sufferers
were at rest, One after another the men
from outside worked a passago into the
interior, aud in the iridst of the loathsome
spectacle and tho opprcjsivo stench, begin
to look for tlieir dear ones. Wailing
again tills the ruins yells and screams
that fill the heart with commiseration and
tho eyes with tears. What did they find ?
Let us draw a veil over the picture.
Thrco days were required for picking
up and taking away the bodies, all hori
ribly disfigured, hundreds eutircly des
troyed ; of some only tho underparts pre
served. Two huudred cartloads wore
carried to tho burial-ground, whore fifty
men proved inefficient to dig a hole large
enough to receivo what was formerly the
pride of Chili. Two thousand and seven-ty-thrco
corpses aro recorded, and more
than ono thousand three hundred identiG
cd. Some families have lost all their fc
malo members, aud there is hardly a fam
ily in Santiago, or, indeed, in tho whole
of Ohili, witliout mourning.
A Fish Story.
Four Clergymen, a llabtist, Presbyte
rian, Methodist and Roman Catholic, met
by agreement to dine ou fih. Soon at
grace was mid, the Catholic roso, armed
wilh knife and folk, and taking about one
third of the fish, comprehending the head,
removed it to his plato, exclaiming as he
sat down, with great satisfaction, "I'abest
caput ecclosiro," (tho Pope is the head of
.tho Church.) Immediately tho Mcthodi.-t
minister arose, and helping himself to
about one-third, embracing tho tail, seated
himi.clf.L'Xolaiiiiing,"Finas eoronaut opus"
j (the tail crowns the work.) The Prcsby-
! tcrian now thou, ht it was time for him to
move taking the remainder of tho fish to
his plato, exclaimed." In mcdiaest Veritas,"
(truth lies between tho two extremes.)
Our JJaptist brother had nothing beforo
him but an empty plato and the prospect
of a fcl'm dinner, and snatching up tho
bowl of drawn, melted butter, ho dashed
't over them all, exclaiming, "Ego baptiso
vos," (I baptizo you all.)
" " '
A ""AUTirut liKFLrcxioN-lUiiwer
-loquoiitly says : "I cannot believe that
tIlc 'n1,111 " ,n!lu's abidinB P1"- II can' :
no1 1)0 t,,at our lifo " c;ist ul'on tho oc
' ctunii' 10 float for n moment .uPon i,s
waveB aml Muk 'Dt0 o'l"gness ! Else
why is this, that tho glorious aipirations
which leap liko angels from the temple of
the heart, are forever wandering about
unsatisfied ? Why is it that tho rainbow
and tho clouds clouds como over us, with
a beauty that is not ot earth, and then
pa?s off and leave us to muse upon their
fuded loveliness? Why is it that the
stars who hold thoir festival around tho
mtuuigut throne, aro set auovo the grasp
of our limited faculties, forever mockiug
"3 '" 'heir inapproachable glory?
' Aml 11'. "by is it that bright forms of
human beauty are presented to our viow,
anil tllon takn fr01US) ,eavlu tUotl '
t nml streams of our affections to flow back
in Alpine torrents upon our hearts ?
We
that
are born for a higher destiny than
of earth ; thero is a realm whero the
aJ beforc ,,ko
i ... ' i i l.
B1UiiuCf 01 mo uuuuu, aim ivuuro tau ue-
ings that pass boforo us like shadows, will
itay in our prcienoc forever.
Democratic State Central Com
mittee. PlliriAJJULi'iilA, Jan. 13 1801.
Tho Committee met pursuant lo tho call
of the Chairman. Hon. 0. J. IIiddlu in
the Chair. A Committee from Chester
county was admitted to confer with the
State Central Committco.
On motion of Col. T. Ii. SnAniotiT, of
Fayctto county, a Committee ou llcsolu
tions wero appointed to report to au ad
journed meeting. Messrs, Bior.nit. Cass,
Sanderson, Packer nud Evans wcro
appointed on this Committco, to which, on
motion, Hon. 0. J. Biddle, Chairman,
was added.
On motion, Thursday, the twenty-fourth
day of March next, at 12 M. was fixed
for the meeting of tho State Convention,
at Philadelphia. Tho Committeo, after
tho trausacti in of further business, ad
journed to meet on Thursday, January
11th, at 18 M.
Thuuspay, Jan. M.
Tho Committee met. The Sub-Committee
ou Resolutions reported tho fol
lowing :
Resolved, Tint notwithstanding lho ap
parent result of the late election in this
State, tho consequence, as wo believe, of
an unfair uso ot the military power and
the practice of gross frauds on the ballot
by our opponents, -wc aro still firm in the
belief of the ultimate triumph of Demo
cratic principles and policy, and that their
ascendeuoy is the surest means of redeem
ing our country from its present afflic
tions ; and to tint cud wc earnestly invito
nud entreat Democrats and all conserva
tive citizens, iu the several counties, wards
townships and districts of the State, to
unite themselves together in more perfect
and complete organization, as tho best
means to re-establish the purity of the
ballot, maintain personal and public liber
ty, and to provide for a final effort, at the
next election, to displace the men now in
authority at Washington, whoso policy
and measures have proved so prejudicial
to tho cause of tho Union, subversive of
tho rights of the citizens and opprcesiva to
tho pcoplo.
Itcsolucd, That wo deploro the enunci
ation of the schemes and purposes embodi
ed iu the late Proclamation of tho Presi
dent, appended to his message, tho inevi
table effect of'which must bo to prolong
and extend the bloody strifo now raging
among the pcoplo of tho United States;
and to furnish an additional verification of
the worst apprehensions entertained as to
tho purpose of his administration, to wit :
tho intention to subordinate the cause of
tho Union to tho cause of Abolition.
Resolved, That no Stato can withdraw
from tho Union by its own action ; and
that tho assumption of Mr, Lincoln', a3
indicated iu his late message and procla
mation that tho revolted States are now
out of tho Union nnd aro no longer States,
aud that they can be rccoustructod as
States and re-admitted into tho Union by
a mere tractional vote ot one-tenth ot thoir
people cast within the limts of each ia a
proposition at once revolutionary and pre
posterous, manifesting an astounding in
clination on bis part to act in utter ilisrc-ga-d
ol the Constitution and tho elementa
ry principles of our republican form of
government, and at the same time fore
shadowing a sohoino through which stu
pendous frauds may bo practiced upon tho
ballot ul the next election, and a still
more stupendous fraud upon sovereign
f-Hatcs that have furnished without limit of
their blood and treasure to put down reb
els nnd rebellious States, by admitting in
to tho Electoral College men who would
have no legal or constitutional right to
seats in that body ; tho consummation of
which schemo would bo so gross au out
rage upon the rights of tho people and tho
States, as might fully warrant resistance
ou thoir part, by all the meaus which
God and nature have placed within their
reach.
llcs'ilved, That it is our dolibcrato judg
ment, that tho enunciation of a wise and
judicious political policy, at this time, on
the part of tho Administration at Wash
ton, to tho effect th.it, any Stato hereto
fore in revolt, within which resistance to
the authority of tho Government shall
cease, should bo allowed, through tho
vote of a majority of its electors, to re
sume its former status and functions in
Iho Union, would promptly draw to the
cause of the Union thousands, if not hun
dreds of thousands, of citizens of tho re
volted States, thereby hastening tho res
toration of peaco and union among tho
State.', and saving tho lives of thousands
of our fellow citizeus now in tho field.
lUs'jlvcd, That Iho Democratic party
will continue their efforts to uphold tho
Constitution of tho United States, and to
re-establish its supremacy both at the
North and at tho South ; so that neither
tho revolutionary schemoj cf tho Aboli
tionist nor of tho Secessionists shall avail
against it.
The resolutions wcro unanimouMy adopt
ed. On motion of tho Hon, Geoucie San
deiison, of Lanoaster, it was unanimously
Resolved, That tho thanks of this Com
mittco be tendered to tho Hoe. Cuaules
J. HiDDliK for tho ablo and efficient man
ucr iu which bo discharged tho dutios of
Chairman of tho Committee,
Tho Committeo then adjourned.
CHARLES J. RIDDLE, Chairman.
Robert J. HHMriuib, Secretary.
The end of Another Virginia
Campaign McClellan.
Richmoud ia safo for another winter.
Scvontccn months ago tho army of tho
Potomac, 00,000 strong, lay within twentj
miles of tbo rebel citadal, while 150,000
men nearly the wholo strength of tho
Confederacy wcro gathored in front lo
resist its advanoe. The Peninsula was
abandoned, nnd with, it tho opportunity of
tho army for usefulness and success-. Its
career since then las bcou a long strugglo
with o great mistako. It !ib marohed,
countermarched, advauccd, retreated,
fought, dug, labored endured, aud blod
simply to demonstrate that the mind which,
directed its movements was possessed by a
hugu blunder. Ten times over that dem
onstration has been made, but tho blunder
has been still persisted in. Spite has ad
ded stubbornoss to stupidity, nud the army
of tho Potoniao has paid tho heavy penal
ty. In July, 1802, 3IcCr.ELi.AN on tho
James river gave occupation to almost tho
entiro force of tho rebellion. Sioca that
time, with tho army moved to the frout of
Washington, a third of the rebel foroo
has sufficed to keep it at bay, nnd twioo
has been strong enough to drivo it north
of the Potomac. This result was clearly
foreseen by tbo best military mon in tho
eouutry, aud wo ask attention now to this
impressive words in which Gen. MoOlel
LAN implored Halleck to rescind his fa
tal order, withdrawing tho army from lho
James.
Tho following 'is McClellan's letter.
Bkuklev, Va., Aug. 412 M.
Aaj Gtn. Halleck, Commander-in-Chief:
Your telegram of last evening is received
I must confess that it has caused mo tho
greatest pain I over experienced, for I am
convinced that the order to withdraw this
arm! to Aijuiu Creeku-illji'ovc d'sastrou
in the extreme to our uawe. If ear it wil
be a fatal blow. Several days are neces
sary to complcto the preparations for so
important a movoment as this, and while
they aro in progress, I bog that careful
consideration may bo given to my state- .
ment. This army is now in excellent dis
cipline and condition. V7o hold a da
boucbee on both banks of the James River,
so that wo are freo to act in any direction
and, with tho assistance of the gunboats, I
consider our communication as secure.
Wo are twenty-five miles from Rich
mond, and ar9 not likely to meet tho ene
my in force sufficient to fight a battle un
til we have reached fifteen to eighteen
miles, which briitgs us practicnlly ivithiti
ten miles of Hichmcnd. Our largest line
of laud transportation would be from this
point twenty five miles, but with tho aid of
the gunboats we can supply the army by
wprtor, during its advance, certainly to
within Iwclvo miles of Richmond. At
Aquia Creek wo would ba seventy 0n
mile3 from Richmond, with laud transpor
tation all tho way. From hero to Fortress
.Monroe is a march of seventy miles, for I
regard it as impractible to withdraw this
army and ils material, except by land.
The result of the movement would thus bo
to march 145 miles to reach a point now
ouly '-lo miles distant, and to tleprive our
selves entirely of the powerful aid of tho
gunboats aud water transportation, Adtl
to the certain demoralization cf this army
which would cn3uo, tho terribly depressing
fffoct upon tho people of the North, and
tho strong probability that it would influ
ence foroiirn pnwes to recognize our ad
versaries; aud these appear to me ou&c
icnt reasons to makoitmy imperative duty
to urge, in tho trongost tonm afforded by
our language, that this order bo recinded,
and that so far from recalling this army,
it may bz promptly reinforced, to enable
it to resume the offensive.
It may ba said that thoro aro no rein
foroemouts available. I poiut to General
Burnside's forces, those of Gen. Pope, uot
necessary to maintain a strict defense iu
front of Washington nnd Harpers 1-erry
I to thoso portions of tho Army of tno Wet
not required for a strict defunno there.
I Mere, directly in Iront of this unity, is the
heait of th'i Rebellion. Jl is here thut all
J our resources should be collected to strike
the blow which will determine the fate of
i the nation. SRt points of secondly impor-
tancc elsewhere should be abandoned ant.
I every available uvm brought here, and tin
I R(bdlion is crushed. Jl matters not who.
I partial revirs is we may meet with else
where; here is the true defense of ll'ash
1 ington ; il is here on the banks of the
James River that the fate of the Unitn
shovld be decided.
Clear in my eonviotion of right, strong
' iu the conciousncss that I havo over been,
! aud still a aotuatod solely by love of my
country, knowing that no ambitions or
selfish motives havo influenced mo from
tbo commencement of this war, I do now,
what 1 never did in my life befote, I on
treat this order may be recinded. If ray
' counsel does not prevail, I will with a sad
I heart obey your order to the utmost of my
power, dovuting to the movement, oue of
tho utmost delicacy and difficulty, what
ever skill I tiny possess, and tuny God
grant that I mistaken in my forebodings,
1 shall at least havo the intomal satisfao
that I havo written nud spoken frankly,
nnd havesought to do ihebest in my pow
er arrest disaitor from my country,
j OKO B McOLELLAN,
Major (roneral.
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