COLUMBIA
DEMOC
i
LEVI L. TATE, EDITOR.
vol. isZmToT
The Lcliigh Cattle Powder
jo, warranted to
bft tho htnst power
till ngent fur t tic stom
nch uiiil Mood of Cattle,
Swlno, or Bhccp,ln pro
iik ting illsostlon.ctonin
In? the sysleinnnd t ran
sfcr.nc the purified an
linnl fluid In flesh, fat,
milk, butter nmlrtrcnvtli
unil cttatdislilug licnllll
and vigor.
wuvovfl iionst; c
viuiii: t'oVL)i;tt it tint
only uioitlchics let-ally
lilLt'llluii i" "mvei i.ii".
land. Switzerland nnd
llolian.l, nnd duly nil.
...I,...1 I,ir llinl I-,...,.
sLLENTOWri honorcil Willi priic uieu
nnd liiviMiiK,! i.i Mr ii,,, v. I'rufesaorof I lie I in-
perial UollcRe for Aerlcultiirn at l'1"1"- n";1 ow iiinn
iifiicturcdby CO, MlltM'.n, llr' f z- A" A'len-
ion, i.eiiijtu uniinty, rennjylvauiii.
All iIIcps of tlio Ctoiincli, lllooil
tli. soeodllir nmt iTrlfilrtlu mm, I. II
Limns nnd How-
Healthy stock will
hm hrmifflit ilitn It, ft hint...., stall! of I'l'rfecllon
and one or two tnlilcspnniin.il n week, Is liferent vnluu
tn hard worklnc horses, hrccdlngstoik mid colts, nnd
aved thousands nl nliiijlo horse from conlUBiuus
diseases. n well m the narn-ynrd nsln the nniij.
th i: lwi inn woiim cosm'TjiiNS
effectually ovorrouioall tho olislnclis "hkh usually
prevent me cipi-lling of wornit, arc picasaiu iu him-, ,
and nlso one of the most URreenlde puriMitlvea for ,
children. So confident l tin- Iniclilor of the success (
nl his lnb"riou studies, in the patliutnjiiciil composl .
li in of this preparation, that lie furnishes cicr glad ,
ated phyiriiin, with a mitten prescription.!! n new
ra in in.iieria mcdirn, I
TlltiL'MtsMIOM'll. HA'l, MCIJ AMI ANT l'.X I
TIIHMIN VlMIt, I
Is i pnwder fur the sure extermination of all Vermin",
will never change with ngu and illinute, and nuiili
preferable to the old I'ho.phnroiis Paste, which hard- 1
en. in a slort tim-, making l w n.-lliiis; 1'or direr
linn and particulars see the small bills inthu tmxo..
'Xy One hutnlred and thirty -set en lueminms have ,
been awarded to these celebrated preparations, up M ,
Orloiiur Sfti. isr,.
Ror At. A IIgysr, are the wholesale Agent. In riiil'a.
For sale hy all rcupectnlile Drug and country stores
November 19. IDIH I'.'iii. I
CATAWBA Bit ANDY,
AND
SPHKLIXG( AT,VU nv H'lXES.
r.lus.1 In duality and f'h-nper in Prire tl'n the Ilraii-
,iin and Wine. il til" Old World
F.ir Funinirr I omplnint. Cholera lufr.'inlum. Ilowel
Complaint t.'rnmp, Culie, and Uiar iieu.ln,
A aura Cure Is gfirantiud. nrtiic i cy rel'uuded,
lnsuppnrlof tho aboe ttat'ioents, are presmied
thsi-rrlill at.-s of Dr. .is. It. Chilton, ( h'emi.t Ne
York; llr Hiram '.'oi, Uu-mical Inspeitor. IHiln;
lir. J.itne. It ii hols, Clienilit lln.ton ; llottor N. K.
Jon's. .'li- inir;il lu.perior, I irclelllu (Unci: Prof. c.
T. Jarkson, I'henii.t. Ihi-tnn ; llr. 1,'lns. 1,'phaiii Shop
r I. I'birlestnii. S. C : nnd J. V ',. itlanuy, ami t!. A,
larini'r, Ci'inultlng Chemists. Chicago, alt of wiiooi
have noalrr-it ili-s Cat.iwb.i Itr.iihly, and couuiii'iid it
In thw hih 'st t Tin., tur me li' iiial se
Anutists tif the
M'lSMlcI'MMltS Htulc As.
inner, J in.
1S5S.
When evaporated through clean linen it left no oil yioui evening for some cheep Fold bv 111 III
or ofTn,ie nialtr. In ever) r'iiect it is a pure spir- t 1 J
mioiia liquor. Th; oil wh'cii gives to tins iirnndj its m (lie ncijibbotiuc niarki t town,
tsvor and annua, i. h holly unlike fusil, or gmiu oil.
lis odor partake, of imtii Hie fruit nnd nil of grapi-i t hen the atve n ii d ( scilemorit, created
VWth. ictils, it priidures illier. of a high fragrance, . .. .
TheMilislitiilli.il or tl i Itiandy for 'uar llrandy by tlllS CVC'tlt llft'l fUllSllieU a little, every
nill do .iw.iv mill th- maiiuf ii turi' of ficiillo'is ppirils . , . , , . .
cold un.'l.r this name bulh at h o and ,'ibro ul. CXCI tlOU Was made by tllO OutllorilleS to
K..ectf,itly. A. A. IIAMIS. M.O. , . .
A..iyer to Ptato Musi . i liojinstoii tt. icitci out the perpetrator of ihe crime. A
the S'vtf i 1804. reward was ofTe.ed for the discovery of the
I have finalized "1, I.VONs' ll.'RU CATAwIlA J
rRv.nv." with nf -rence in its rompiwiiinn nnd murderer, proclaiuatiou of which bounty
riiitiarti-r. b. ini! tliu .nine as that produced in pat , ' - c i ."
r-ari. A ..inipl.i taken trom ten catks afl'irderf tho was mailc for several successive Undoy V
rim" re.ults with n g irJ to purity i a sliglitly incre.n- , ,
ed amnuni'.f tin principle on hull its fl.ii or depends at tile Clltircll UOOr. At last S0U1C UlsCIO
was il 'leriiuit' d by rtiuip.iri.iitt with dinner samples. , ,.
The indic.nl n. of analysis .how that this iiramiy Bures wero made implioatmg a young man
1 dm I'ici'd liv the same proce.4 as most of th i nit , . . .. .. . ,
ported nra n i K-specifuhy. A. A.iiAVCri. , named h aroche -a stripping ol Lighteeu
fTn whom all lln!"r. should h - addres.cd
Manur.trt iren only hy II II j.vm-".
II. pot, ill l.ibeity St., New York
Vove mher 3. lent. -Ilm.
I
LADIES FANCY FUBii
AT
joiin parkika.s
OUI UflTAIIUS
Fl'lt MANUFACTORY,
No. 718 Arch St., above 7th
I II I L A 1) E L V II I A.
1 have now In HurH'oflny own Im-
portationuiid MaiiiifJfturf.nneoi ins """
no.t OUAC I ll'UI. soImi"" "f
Fancy Furs,
for I, AMI'S' and CiIM.iiiiijvb
Alio, a tine nrrortineiuoi i.ni " """'. r- ".J1",'-'
i.jj ...... ; i-,,n,rJ
T.m i ftr " V -a" in chased wl (Jo,,, was at a
.).....'... H.nn at nreasinl. I a nabled
at ii rj .Misniinhli- prices
tliereforn aoticit a c;
,l:'"!t),.. . .... Vnmher and Street !
Kemcnioer. ,fAliKIlUf
sit! AROII Street, above itli., soutu kii',
P
MIILAUEI.1M11A
ry time no Partner, nor connection wiiu
th.r .Siore in I'hiladelphlal
6ep. 10, l.-ol,-4iu.
" t MOVfn
JSew Drug
Storl, i
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
. a 1 i. tliil "rl fill ll 1 n II H till
me?lv " crSpi'i I y (' o . Ilugeubuch, iu the Uichange
nu.liing on Main street, in.llloomsburg, where he has
Juttrecetveii a full supply nl
DrugH, i18ilicics, lamts
Lnnip, Vc,
Which will be mid on moderate terms for ready pay.
Also, NOTIONS generally, of ' '')' variety, sortaud
'"redans' prescrlptlous carefully compounded, nt
M$&$&7 ",ec..on.,and,oda
WCT A ihareo'f the public ea.ton. is respectfully so-,t"ed-
"' EYKR Si SIOYEK.
rrioouisbiirg, April H. Ipi3'
)OYSTERS !
EAT1WG AND DBINHJNG
SALOON.
riMIE subscriber respectfully gives no-
1 tice to the public tint he h l l.ts Mluon. on
w!ln riue"t llh.".u..butg, constantly on 1 and,
FRESH OYSTuRS.
Kither in the SI1KI.1. or by '-'"iV'or w'X
,ri. .families i an b; siipplie' I by Hie can o t r Qn
rnoomsbitrg. Nov.M, Utt.
"National Foundry.
ULOOMSIUJUG, COLUMBIA CO., PA.
w,,,,f,5r.1. .,f MarlilltrrV.
Tl I IU:sl 1 1 N 1 '. .. j ,'.. lilt siics ond
lie la ttl.o preparcu w ".'"" ' iii. mado in
f utterns. p'ow.ironi. anuc-.e,, k
Cist-claas t'oiiiiilrlc". Drurticnl ttoikinen, inr
'"iulnK'kinus Will be taken In e.chau.e fo.
""'fhi. ..UW.n-.nl l.loca d near the l-.ckaw.u
r.e; Bloomsburgllailrosd Uf.. niU.Mt.VUR
Ulioin.burg, ("Kpt I' ,503,
R LOOMS
Srlcci poctrj).
The Union.
Thou, too, sail on, Oh I ship of State,
Hail on, Oh I Union strong and great,
Humanity, with nil lis fe.va,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fuel
Wo know what Master laid thy kcl.
Whit workman wrought thy ribs of steel,
Who made inch must, and sail, ai.d rope,
What, anvils rang, what hainmera bcut,
In what u forge, mid what u licat
Wero almpcd the million ol thy hope!
Tear noteaih ludden sound and shock,
'Tla of Hie wave and not tho rock j
'Tls but the flapping of (he aall,
And not a rent made by the gale I
In aplte of rock and tempest's roar,
Ball on, no fear to brcaU tho sea I
Our heatli, our hopes, a c all with thee
Our hearts, our hopes, or prayers, our feara.
Our faith tiiiimphant o'er our fears.
Are nil with thee, are all with thee.
The American Flag.
Unil I brightest banner that floats on the gale,
I'lagofthi! country of Washington, hail I
Red arc thy stripes with the blood of the brave,
Itrighl are thy star, as tho sun on the wave i
Wrapt In thy folds are the hopes of the free,
Manner of Washington I blessings on tine I
3nlcrcsting Skitclj,
THE MILLER'S DAUGHTER
l on
Many years ngo, the onramttnily of a
i huiuli't in ihe south of France was ktaitletl
by a crime great itiderd in their quit't ag
ricultural tlibtriet. A weullhy f.triner wa
found dead, at rarly tr.orninr, willttit one
hu idri'd yards of his own house He had
been killed by blows std ministered with a
heavy slake, which lay near the body,
covered iib blood, atid all his porketc
had ln'cti rifled of their contents, includ
ing a considerable stun of tuoti'-y, wbii'lt
ho was kuown io have receiver) the pre-
years.
The person who brought the charge
against young Laioche wai a tuan by the
name of Ltudry a stranger in the dis
trict but who had lately been appointed
by tho lord of the manor as one of thu
keepers of his game preserves. Laudry
testified that he had seen L troche cutting
a sUko from a hedge on the alteruoon pre
vious to the murder, and that he had re
proved him for it, and takiug tho stake
com him, had Muck it in tho bank of the
hetln-c at a particular spot. The tUke
was Ilia samo one that wait found !)ing
near the body of the murdered larmer.
L intlry could swear to it, because after
takiDg it f om Laroche, ho had nicked it
in a peculiar way with his knife.
Now it to happeni d that the murdered far
incr had'ut o any influential friends, while
Lir.iehe had but fev?. Thereforo Larochu
ii-it a nnnuintrd of tlin murder. and senteno-
cd to bo hung on a certain day, at a cer
tain placo j until which time he wa? plaoed
fur Bile keeping in the jail of the district
the third floor of a large stone build
ing, the lower part of which was a mill
The prison consisted of a single apart
ment, lighted by one stnnll window at a
height of about Bixicon fet t from tho floor.
Tho side of tho building from which the
window looked ran sheer down to the
n( . il.pn riwr. wliinh crent lazilv
hv .be mill, but nuickened its pace a little i
v,li.l u. u..v, , "
"J ' ... "
' . jii, , ;to 1
null nr torrent, canine wildly on to its
J twlitnllir hnnAtnn n
o
fall over perpendicular ledge of rooks.
Uodies oarried over this fall, it was aid,
roenvnrrd . nnd it was a fixed
uui;i n.w .v--w. , -
notion among the country people that
there waB a suction force in the whirlpool
below by which everything falling in it
was oarried down into the unexplored !
.i..,..r.i, Tt was tl.e dav before tbat
tlUVD. W -' ' " ' ' " J
was fixed fur tho executiotfpf young Lar
oeho, and the priest of the parish, Father
Allard by name, had been left alone with
the prisoner, in order io prepare him, by
the consolation of religion.for his approach,
jng ilooai. To li is word of ootnlort Lai
oche listened with humiiify and in silence,
uu'il tho good father boan to dilute upou
his chances of forgiveness in , tho uext
world fur tbo ierrible crimes committed by
hiin Then tuo prisoner oicctrim a niiii uy nan oeco promomu io u parisn ai u ins
declaring his perfect iunooenc'o of that tanee of tomo fifty miles from tho ono ol
crjmo ft poiiitioti wbicL ho uioant to main- which ho had been pastor for eo many
tain, he said, with his latest breath. ', years.
To b brief, the youth of the priionor, 1 Shortly alter lii arrival there, his du-
I .(stiii
AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER.
"TO HOLD AND TIIIM TUB TOIIOII
BUllG, COLUMBIA
his earnest asservation of innocence, and a
wavumig uouui oi ins gum wnicu nau an
along troubled L'ather Allard's mind, so
wrought upon that worthy man that ho at
last consented to commit himself to a plan
for giving the prisoner a chance of escape,
if not Iroin death, at least from tho ignomy
of dying by tho hands of tho aocuracd
hangman.
'If I die by the gajlows, moat rovcrcd
father,'1 said tho young man, a great sor
row will tome day fall upou all concerned
in my death. The real murdtrcr 'is mrc
to bo discovered, poonsr or later, and then
I shall have been a murdered man, and
the juit retribution of Heaven will pursue
my murderer. Aid mo to eicapo, rather
than risk a great stain upon your con
science. Stand upon this chair, whioh I
place upou tho tablo, thui, and thon, by
mouniiug upon your shoulders, I oau roach
tho wiudow, and drop from it,1'
"Hut the river below !''
"I can swim like an otter, and at any
rate it is better to bv drowued than hang
ed." Convibced of tho vcuncr man's !nno"
a
cenoa, Father Allurcl consented to aid' him
in his c.-c;ipo. A moment FiiDicod to carry
the plan into execution' The prisoner
gained the window, and disappeared.
Parading in a straggling way outs de
the building, went one of the minor offi
cers of justice a stolid peasant who had
been ploced there by way of sentry, and
who at this moment, happeded to be look
ing towards tlio river wall of the mill.
His eight nearly left h:m,as he afterwards
stated, when he wuw a man drop from the
jail nindow, sttiku on a platform that
protruded from a doorway in the second
tory, and rebounding from that, fell into
tin water with a heavy plunge, reappear
ing at inierva'o until he was carried away
in the rapids below
The alarm was at once given. Village
official rushed to the prison room, whero
they found Father Allard alone, seated
iu 'he chair, pale, and as if just recover- 1
ing fiom the rig! t of some supernatutal
vibion. To the questions put to him, bo
replied that, at ho was adniinist ring the
consolations of his holy office to the pris
oner, a voice sounded through tho apart
ment, accompanied by the shadow of a
mighty pair of rungs, pu which he mount
ed to the ceiling of tho apartment and was
no more seen by him. The voice, ho ad--ded,
proclaimed the prisoners innocent,
aud that the real cirenmstanees of tho
murder would toon be made munifebt. It
was a mtricle ; aud the good country pro
pie, ever ready to accept that form of in
terpo'iiion, wero easily persuaded to doo
on the present occasion
Meantime, L'iroclio, when he leaped
from the window, had forgotten all about
the platform- As be full upon it, lie dis
placed a sack of grain, which rplaihcd in
the dark waters of the liver, appearing to
the eyes of the bewildered sentry to bo
tlio body of the man who had dropped
from the prison window. Laroche lay
upon the narrow platform, stunned by his
he 'vy fall. Spinde, the miller's dtiugh
ter, saw him fall. There was no one else
in Ibe mill t tho time. She drew bin
quickly behind the sacks aud great heaps
ofgrainonthe floor, and baring admin
ministered to him such restoratives as her
youug experience suggested, threw t-oine
loose sacks ovei him, &od told him to lie
still.
That night Sptride and her lover
L&rocho and sho had been lovers for
about six hours only mado their way to
where a boat lay moored below the falls,
and, embarking in it, were soon oarried
far beyond the reach of pursuit. It was
l u.. .1... -.l...l ..111
"PF"" "i ..u..B.Uu
Spirido must have tree a carried from the
platform when the body from the window
v ... J
UUU.U uau ucuu occu iu nvi ia uiuti ib ,
and as the whirlpool below the torrent had
been never known to give up its dead, but
..1 L..rt. ....n 4 r. ..-II. .,r.nn i
, . , , 1 .
111(10 searou wua umuu lur nur, uuu uei
friends resigned themselves to mourning
r i e.,i i.. . .
,or nur uwu" ,Blu
Less than fix months after tins, Landry
was tried for the murder of a brother
keeper, and was couvicted aud hanged
accordingly. I'rovious to his execution
however, ho mado a clear breast of it to
Father Allard, confessing that he ha)
murdered flic farrier for his roonoy,killing
him with the Hake cut from the hedge by
young Laroche, which, as he ,statcd,siog.
ularly enough, Htrggestcd to him the idea
of eotumittiug thu triuie.
Two years elapsed, and Father Allatil
i i . . I i .1!.
OP TRUTH AND WAVE IT O'ER
COUNTY, P'ENN'A.,
Uos led him lo tako a
journoy on horse-
V n nf i.linA wtilia Snln tliA Xr liii!n - f 4 Tin
ftlbU DUIiJU UillU-9 IUIU IUU IUIUI IVi J I 11U
parish of which ho had charge. Part of
tho road traveled by him wound through
a swampy forest region, and, after a rido
of sovcral miles, ho coma to n sluggish
stream that had formerly been spanned by
a bridge, of which nothing but the abut
ments now remained, however. Tho priest (
turned bin horse's head, and rode along
tho bank of the river, hoping to find ano-
ther bridge, or at loast a ford by which
ho could cross tn tho other side ; nor hud
ho gone far when ho discovered, by hoof
marks, a place where oattla seemed to bo
in tho habit of wading through, or coming
lo driuk. The water appeared to be shal
low, 90 he urged his unwilling horse into
it, and had got about half way across,
when tho animal began to plunge and
struggle violently, sinking at tho same
time as if drawn down by some invisible
power. Aware, now that he had fallen
into one of these quicksands whioh aro
not uucotnmon in that part of Franco tho
good father knew that to throw himself
irom his horse would be certain death, as
the water was not deep enough to swim
in, and the hungry sand at tho bottom
was gaping for him. Ho held upon his
horse therefore, and shouted for help.
The wntor was gaging upon him, as the
terrified horse tank deeper and deeper io
the treacherous ,-trcn.m. Up, up it came,
until it reached his saddle, and then his
knee, and he had given himself up for lost,
when distant shouts came in response to
his, whioh wero growing feebler with each
repetition. And now a man bursts his
way through the brushwood on tho river
bauk, aud laying his axe upon a tall,slcn
dcr young tree, cuts it down with four or
fivo rapid strokes, leaning it eo that it fal1
out upon the water, its topmost boughs
just brushing tha sinking horseman in its
fa. Grasping tho bongbs with all his
remaining strength , the priest was drawn
to the bank by the woodsman, fainting
and senseless, however, and with hardly
a visible spark of life.
When Father Allard recovered con
sciousness, he found himself in a small but
comfortable room. Seeing him open his
oyes, a buxom young woman, who was
bathing his temples, uttered an exclama
tion of joy, calling him by name; and
now, as his dizzy senses brigntenod, what
was his surprise to sccognizo in his atten
dant tho lost Spirido. Explanation en
sued, and nil was made as clear as day,
without recourse to marvel or miracle.
Presently Laroeho, who had been en
gaged in extricating tho priests horfc,
came in, and the meeting was an affect
ing ono between the two, each of whom
had boon thus wonderfuliy appointed by
Providence to preserve the other.
"My conscience is oloar now," said
Father Vllard "Heaven has suroly par
doned the little Action framed by mo -else
why"
I "Uut hold, revered Father," cried
Laroche intorupting . him ; "there was no
fietion in tho case. You said I was car
ried away upon an angel's wing', and so
. I was, and this is the angel that saved
me!" aud he laughingly threw his arms
around his pretty wife, nnd hugged his
pretty wife, and hugged her to his side.
Poetical justice might now have been
well saiisfietl, but I havo a few words
i further to add upon the subject.
Laroche, who wa" now eniploped as
forester upon an estate, was enabled, by
tho usiislauco of Fathei Allard, to return
to his nativo village, where, not long af
ter, obtained an appointment to tho Tery
kecpership formerly held by tho assassin
Ltndry. The mystery attending hi
miraculous escape aud re-appearance gave
him an extraordinary influence among the
peasantry, btorics looso notbing by cir
culation. Ho cvcniually became a sancti
fied personage in the community ; aud a
rudely carved effigy of him is still to bo
seen in iJ(e old chapel of the parish, with
pair of augel's wings hovering over him,
and a cross at his head aud feet'
JSr- Arteium Ward says : "If I am
drafted I will fesii;n. Deeply grateful for
the unexpected honor thus conferred upon
me, I shall feel compelled to resign tho po
rtion io favor ol some worthy person.
Modesty is what Ms me. Thai's what
keeps me under.''
I- A Winby Poem -A fellow, who
we couldn't be prevailed upon to namo,
meditating upon the snrroundings of tho
present season, perpetrated and enclosed
to us the following :
Tlio wind it blew
. The mow It (lew,
And lalied particular thunder,
With ikirtaaud hoops,
; And clirketiroopa,
I And all au'b klnda of plunder
THE DARKENED EARTH."
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 18G5.
Remarks ofHon.Wm. H. Miller.
In the House of lltprcscntalhes , Jan.
3ljM80&,u)ott the resolution to amend
the Federal Constitution,
Mr. MILLER, of Pennsylvania. Mr.
Speaker, 1 had hoped that I would bo
permitted to close my short career upon
this floor without claiming any of the thus
or aUention of the House ; but I fool that
i owo t0 more tuan lwo UUDared and
Bixty thousand lover of tho country,frionds
of tho !' Constitution ns it is," in tho State
of Pounsylvaoia,and rcpulitto tho smti
uienis position of gon'lemen, Messrs M'Ar,
Lister and Coffhotii, rny colleagues
hcre,wholiavo been heard this morning.
I camo hero, sir, with no ambition savo
to do what I conceived to be my duty in
tha service of my constituents and the
preservation of a pure and consistent re
cord. Uut I prefer to go back to my homo, I
chooso to meet those who sent me hcrc,and
Bay that I have tried to do that, at least,
which was expected of mo when 1 took the
oath entitling mc to a teat upon this floor,
that I would to the extent of my ability,
preserve inviolate the Constitution of tho
United States, iu word and letter, as those
who made, it gave it to us. I feel that I
have not bo derelict in the discharge of
duty ; that I have not forgotten what was
due to them. I have no argument lo make
in regard to what I conceive to be the
merit of the question bsfora us. That
ground has been fully nnd ably covered
by those who have preceded mc. I stand
hero to-day to indorse the sentiments and
arguments of ray friend from Ohio, Mr.
Pendleton I 6tand with him as to
the power of this Houso to pass this mcas-J
urc. His able and eloquent arguments
havo not been answered nor, in my judg
ait nt, oau they be by tho ablest of those
on the other side of the House.
Now, sir, it strikes mc that much as
this matter has bien discussed, no member
has yet satisfactorily met the great ques
tion at the bottom ol this proposition.
Abolish slavery, and no man among them
bas pretended to t-bow what wo arc to do
with the freed men except that, as good
Christians, it will become our duty to feed
and clothe them. The true philanthro
pists and tax payers of tho country arc
equally interested in knowing what is to
be done with the elephant when wc gct
him. We ehould not pull down the old
houic until we havo built the new one.
I say to my friends on the other side of
the House that for them to discuss the
constitutionality of a proposed amendment ;
is a broad farce. They propose to amend
that, the body of whicb.in every cssontial,
vital feature they havc?oonsitently viola-
ted in the action of the Presidcut of the
United States, this House, and every sub
ordinate department and employee known
to this administration. It would have
been more creditable to the fairness of the
dominant party if the had proposed to
blot out the sovereignty of the States, and
declared that thcro aro no reserved right-
in the Constitution which Congress and
tho President cannot ignore with inipuni-
tya Union and tho Constitution, bloody pro
If, Mr. Speaker, I could bo induoed to claimed their determination that they
vote for any amendatory proposition to ! would not willingly contribute cither men
tho organic law of thN land I would not j or means for tho further prosecution of a
do it at a timo like this, when all is war for the overthow of an institution.
cl,a08 which Mr Lincoln, in his inaugural ad-
Tho SPEAKER. Tho five minutes nl-' dress, declared he. had neither tho "right
lotted to tho gentleman have, expired. , nr Hie inclination"' to touch.
:Mr. MILLER, of Pennsylvania. I Mr. Lincoln, and each member of his
rose simply for tho purpose of repudiating ' cabinet, iu all their acts, assumed as an
tbo sentimeuts and the positions assumed ' established fjet, that the people sanction
upon this floor by two of my colleagues , cd all their acts, adducing as proof, the
from Pennsylvania, and have only to ro- promptness with which all his calls for
quest my colleague (Mr. CorFUorn) to troops were responded to and the unoom
make his acknowledgments to my other plaining spirit iu which the people tub
venerable colleague, (Mr. Daily ) to rnitted to conscription. Perhaps they
whoso Quaker knocks ho is doubtless
debtcd for his wonderful conversion.
tn-
Jt As an honost seaman, who had
just come into port was taking n stroll in
the country, he was a bull dealing farious
ly along tho road directly towards him,
and according to the custom of the animal,
when under full speed, with his fail strcight
out behind him. "Dull ahoy," roared
Jack, making a speaking trumpet of his
hand, ''Ease off your spanker sheet there,
you luborly son of a a' cow, or you'll bo
a foul of me." Uut the bull paid no at
teution to the warning of Jack, and ihf
next moment tho tar was reeled in the dirt :
"There blast your eyes," said tho enrag
ed seamen, gathering himself up, ''I told
you, you would run a foul of mo."
t&F A- sack of flour which has been
sold and re-sold in California and Oregon
for the benefit cf the Sanitary Commis-
sion till tbo sum of 50,U0U baa been paid
for it, is now on ite way Ksl to go thro'
similar proccn,
The War in Clearfield.'
It is njt our purposo to attempt to detail
the movements of tho military forco now
operating in this oounly. This will form
a chapter in the history of the times
through wltl eh we arc now passing to be
recorded at another time and perhaps by
anolhor pen,
Uut for the satisfaction and information
of our Democratic friend clsewhcro, & fow
words explanatory of tho position of tho
Democrats of this county hcretoforc,of our
present condition, and of the causes that
havo produced tho present stale of afTairn,
and enabled oertain administration organs
to proclaim H War in Vicar fit 1 1 may not i
be out of place.
Except that some of our people nro per-1
liars a little more out spoken, thoy are
not a whit more radical than Democrats of
auy other part of tho country. We have
talked with Democrats cf almost every ono
of the adhcaring States, aud we never fail
cd to find a perfect harmony of scutiment
Whenever wo found a man who was will
ing to lay down his life, if eo poor a sacri
fice would rcstoro his country to what it l lriloi 'here are deserters, and non
was previous to the war ; and it was just j reporting conscripts in this county. But
such men as composed tho great mass of I 's 'here a Bolitary county in tho State ot
the Democrats of Clearfield county. TLcir J " bich the same may not bo truthfully
hearts were not in tho war even at tho be- sa'(1 ' 1 several counties one suppiemou
ginning ; for they could not understand tBr' drat't has fallowed another, until tho
how a coerced Union could accomplish the j"last man" hoi been drawn from the
dosigns of tho framers of the Government, wheel, and their quota under the last call
Rut they did not oppose tho war. On the. (for 500,000 men y'et unfilled. 'Why was
contrary, they gave freely of their sub
stance, both in men and money. As pa
triotic citizens, they could not do Ices
for the men who administered the Govern-
uiout declared that ''the only pirposo" of
the war was the restoration of the Union
under the Constitution, aud tho enforce -
mcnt of tho laws. If a Democrat would ex-
press bis fears to bis Republican neighbor,'
that the annihilation of tho institution of
slavery might be ono of the ''purposes" of
tho war, he was indignantly rebuked, for scandalous misreprossntatiuhs of tho weak
thus "giving aid aud comfort to tho cue- bad men who assume to control tho Abol
my;" and ten chances to one the self same ition parly here.
republican neighbor would at tho samo, They havo accomplished tho ruin of tef
time swear that if sueh fact should be mado ciai ,,f 0Ur host ciiizjns ; and their achl
manifest, thi't tho existence or nonexis- ' nations may rcrveb many more. Uut their .
tenco of slavery had anything to do with aim was to dceomplish tho destruction of
the war, or with tho concluding of peace, 1 certain distinguished leader ol tha Dem
he would be tho first to rebel ocralic party here. So far.thev have fail.
oucu was tue situation oi uu.itrs in tnis
county up to the autumn of 1603
Mr.
Lincoln then ismed his flirt emancipation
proclamation, thus rem wing all doubts
Irom the minds of many, aud henceforth
they did not forbear expressing their op- j
portion to the war. Their perfect right j
j 10 00 111,3 n0Q0 wpne. i non came
' tile proclamation of last summer address
"r whom it may concern." in which
,. HI 1 . i fffl
Plr. wncoin umuncny ueciarea mat -tuo
fiKil nrlnnmonf nf cln vnt-t 11 miut hn . ennil!.
I lion procedent to any negotiations for
peace. .
If any Democrat had doubts up to this
time, tuoy wero aispeucu ny tins docu
ment. The republicans no longer denied,
but admitted the fact. It was then that
1 the Democrats of Clearfield county, rca
i vowing their love and veneration for the
were honest in these conviotioni. Wo aro
quite ready to concede that tho President
was ; for surroundtd as he constantly is
by his own interested adhcronts, and al
ways oppressed with official busiues, per
haps no man io the country has lca op
portunity to learn and understand public
Bc-ntimciit. Ho may be the worst deceived
wan in the nation.
! It was under these circumstances that
the Democracy of Clearfield county made
their declaration". It was done in a ro
spcctful, dignified manner. They merely
said to him that, if be was under tho im
pression that the penplc were everywhere
acquiescing in b'u official aits, and" yield
ing a willing nnd cheerful obedience to
, his cobscriptions, that h'e was sadly mis
taken. It was plainly, un attempt to tin-
'decciro the President, which, if he is an
upricbt ruler of a free pcople,bo will com
n , mi nomlpn.n. Kor wa
mend, rather than condemn, JNor wos
the Dcmocraoy ol Clearfield county alone
ia taking thi position. Tha samo Bcnlt-
ft.
TERMS: 2 50 IN ADVANCE,
VOLUME 28.
mcnt pervaded tho party, individually and
oolleclively, everywhere. It was their
perfect right, and wc believe, their imr r
alivo duty, as Hue and faithful pnti s,
desiring as their highest nchicvement .te
prcorvttion of the Constilulinn and i .n
restoration of the Union, precisely as fttey
camo from lh hands of their framers.
Rut wby.our distant friends will doubt
less nsk, were tho authorities induced to
send a military forco here, when your po
sition was the same as that of tho Democ
racy in other rountics and other States I
We answer, no other county is cur d
with such a cowardly set of Abolition
lender. So wanting to principle, and in
every manly iniitict, aro some of them.thal
they have broken dowu their on-ti pariyj
increasing tho Democratic majority frji
. less tUan 00 in 1800, to over 1300 ih
1804. 01 course such a defeat must bo
ttcounted for.and henco tho shaniclejs (ala
hoods about organisations to resist the
I ''raft ; about the purchase of arms and
ttinniuuition j about tho erection of breast
works, fortifictious, etc., ke.
no military farce sent to such counties to
hunt iij) cons'jrtjits ? There has been but
ofc draft for this county uodtr tho last
oall ; yet mauy districts havo filled their
quotas; some nearly lo; aud til f them
parliilly to.
1 These facts will clearly ehow that the
Democracy is a no way reeponsiblo fortho
present unhappy condition of affairs in
this county; but, on the coutnry, that
tho fault is entirely attributable to the
cd ; and thev will continue to fail. These
gentlemen have a record that no calumny,
and no airfb'tin't of perjury, can tarniih.
Cleaijleld llepub'kan.
Be Prepared for the Storm.
The tendency of the public mind is to
wards extravagance in expeudisure. This
feeling is provading all clashes of society.
Money is cheap and abundant. A paper
dollar is depreciated to fourty-fou'r cents,
gold value. Currency is plenty, ond
growing plcntior. Come easy, go easy, is"
the prevailing feeling. Uut sooner or lctcr
( ,ha prcsenl aboormir cond
ou of things
will tcrtninatc-
perhaps Buddeuly. The
vatuc oi an commodities, in
ludiug mon
ey, are fearfully ''watered." Rat when
j the crash comes the water will be bailed
out, leaving only wbat is represented by"
the gold standard. Men aro walking on:
high stilts, and are making loug but inic
cured strides. But all must dismount ono
of these days, and conic down until their
feet touch the earth. .Ma'hy will bo pre
cipitaic! headlong who now tour aloft od
their stilts. Wise and prudent men will
prepare in time for the inveitubla ol. ,J.
The el iss who will suffer by tho teriir
tion of tho war aro thoso fo debt'. A mer
chant with a stock of goods on baud worth
say 850,000, and half paid for, will not
rcalizo therefrom enough' tn pay what he
owes, When the goods ore nil told h'a
will find himself in debt for from five to"
ten thousand dollars, end this debt bo
must liquidate, principal and interest, with
the gold or its" equivalcnt,or go iulo bank
ruptcy. Tho conseq'ncuco of iho war on
thu debtor class will to be increase every
man's debts about 125 per cent. An ob
ligation of 4.000 will bcoonio, in particd
effect, Sf'O.OuO. That is', it will rcqu.ra
property or labor now worth in ourrenoy
810,000 to pay it A note outfit Hiding,
drawing ten pr cent, or in therealoats,to
say nothing of thi principal of the note,
the difficulty of whoso payment v. ill wc'l
in a corresponding ratio
Our advice is for every man to piy cT
his debts, ,tnd ooniraet no usw ones ; to
pay oaslt for whatever he buys, and if h
oaonot'do that, to go without the article?.
Do not prcad too much sail. Keep plen
ty of baliast in the hold, and ;ec that tho
anchors aro ready to let go when thr hur
ricane comes, and thereby prcv.ipt your
vessels from capsizing, foundering orduth
tog on the breakers of a lee eTiore, U i
tea go Tribune.