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AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER,
LEVI L. TATE, EDITOR.
"TO HOLD AND TIIIM TUB TOUGH OF TRUTH AND WAVE IT O'ER THE DARKENED EARTH."
TERMS: $2 50 IN ADVANCE,
.VOL. 19. NO. 29.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A,, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1SG5.
WIT UTiVJTT'-OGi
wi i I i M
Baltimore lock hospital
Baltimore, Mil.
ESTABLISHED as a REFUGE FROM
QUACKERY.
The Only Place where a Cure can be ob
tained. .Dr. Johnson lias discovered llio mon
fritnm, Hptrtty, utid only IliTirliml lliiiicilv in the
H'iiiIiI fur IVrnkirss of lln' Murk nr Limb., Siilrmti's
AlVccllimi (if lliu hiiliu y-i uml Madder. In I'lniitaiy
lllst hiiri'i-jt, 1 1 1 1 til . ii j , c i in r.i I nihility, Ni-imm-mss,
liyspt psin, Languor, Low spirits, I'liiil'u.uin nf
l.l'-n-. I'lilpitatloti nflho llttirt, Timidity, 'I n nilillni;,
I i in nr .'I slight or tliditiut-ss, IMirnsi-of Ihu lle.id
'riirn.it. Nose, nr Itowels those Toriildo MlfiirilcrM
urinific ln-.ru Holttary ll.thil of until ji-cri I mid
fiiI Hit ry pint I lit n tiuut' I'lit.il In tlii-lr Iri iinit limn the
mne nl .) n iiK lii llif Murium i't I'lis-n, hllithtlm,'
Hu ll most lirilllaul hopes nr iinlkipnlloiis, rehikiin;;
ma rl layu. Kc impossible.
YOUNG MEN
i:ri Inlly, who Intvi' lirrnnm thevitllius nf Solitary
in'. Ih.it it i . I In I uml destructive habit uhiih niiou
,iiU weeps In mi iiiilhni'ly vrn o thou.nnd nl' )nmig
in. ii nl tin' I exnlleil talent nml lirilll.int luli;lli'ri,
li. i iiiidIiI nllirrw iso have i ntriirTct il llrteniiiK .Sen
,ii w.tli tin llmiiilrrH nf t'tii'iiirnu1, nr walu'il to it
still) tin. Ill N I) rr, limy mil Willi full lulilldoui.o,
MARRAIGE.
Msirin-.l irr""H, nr ynniij iih-ii i)tilMn.,t i i ii m.if
r tn-iit mum' nf ihyi,i at Hr.iktu-;', org. nut ilu
liiui) . U'W unite-, hpfilily ( iirt.il,
1 17 wit" piairrt ImiiimIi iimler llio i ant nf t J. iihj
. llL'l"lsl) f Ullflilc III lllill'll ;i M f!MlllIH HI, .111(1
i "iiiMfiiilv rtty upon In- .-Kill ic a 'liBiu.m
mu; m(vi:akkcs
in tn.'i'i.ili lj t'irel tttnl ItiM ii!"r riMtmnl.
' In itiiii iiilVi i phi u Iim iciitlutii lir mi
miiM' .tti't ih.'ImMi iniiiifiilli' - u lint i dinlty p-ii
Ii) thr M'tftiM'if i inpr i nnliilui lues V oil pt f.
M)IH MM1 Ion ft'l ti MMIHiill t"i fl'MH Not ln'l.
ivnr' 'In tlrcnilftil i iiiisfqiu'itn-H thjit niny i-h!ui.
nu , u li tint uiMlcrKl.tiHl lh Mthp i i will prclnid Im
1'IH.V Hl.ll llli' piMl 1)1 lHt-'flli'll IH I'l-I MXIIH i Uy
tliMfci- i.illihu. iiiin I in ir pt' r Ii.iIhU tlcni hy lli put
ilrilt ltt'ii i Ii my ih prlV'tl n. plfiiollj-r ol l-il-
n-y itlf-prni. 1 1n niti-! htioiih ainl ili-pirm liv; svmp
luiihiit itoili Ihi'ly .mil niiii'l nnsf. 'Vim Hyul-'in Ic
i 'int'r ill innyd. llif '.Ly-ifal ;nnl rn.'iit:il lu im tnm
w i'nRi'ini, !, "I l'rti rt'.'iiivc powiT, Nitvums Iiii
l.dillil , I -p.-p -it. I' ilnt.i(ioil '!' tin' llciirt, IhVil'..
linn. CnMHiiiuthii' it lit hility, a Wiutniy nl lliu J'r.inty
( uiiyti, (AriitumplI'Mi, tlfr.iy ,in I Ilu.illi.
liU. juiid'ri),
MpiiiImt of Ihf it rollrgu o( irttrffrniH, hnnitnii,
;i.nHir' from nn nl' ihcni'ist niitiin'ni ( 'uHtjrfn hi ihi
I n ilud tiif a, ami tin rutih'r pari !' uIiiki
liirii ttpnii hi t i IniiplluU nf l.ninloit. rnrit, rinla
tlelphia iini plftcu In'in, has If A 'inic ! tin inufi
HMlmii Imiti tuii'ii lli.it wrri u.' r knmii ; many trin
Mi'tl with iiiisinu iti thn liHtid ami -trs wIipii Kn'i.-cp.
IT r1 fit ti'-rv ('ttui'ds Ui'iii iiliirnn'it at .iuli't'ii fniHnls
tia-hfulnfa. with rri"piut Muolilii;, nltcmU it mhhu
ttnifH Mtli tlt'r.iiiiiiciiL nl' niiii.l, were Ltirctl ii:inn:iu
iilly.
TKi; PAUTICUIiAR xotici;.
Ir. J. inlilreKHCs alt thwmMvini liuvu iiijnr! tlnm--
t Uy Jinprpi'i" iiuIuIkmici unit HnlMry )mIiU,
uluili mum tmlH 1'nily ainl in 1 1 1 4 1 , tmlilliit'lliijiii (or
fiilicr (niHiin'oH, -hi'ly. n-iii'ly. nr in.n i
I'lif-i arn nnit' nf ih p.iit .iiit ini'l,ni( hf1 y clI'iT t
prthtiu:''! tiy cnrl li.ilili s of youth, via : w it Urn hs 'f
tlii M.tfk ami Itiinliji, I'aiiM hi Itii lti-.nl, hiimif,"H nl
tfilit. I.u n .MiiTiil.ir ' li , 1'alpilnlinii nl tin
lluirt Hv","i'i. N't'rvmis Irrtinl'ility, l ranyi'iin'iii
nl llHlliui'i-tivi Kmih tjnim, ficinjr jI lJcbility, rtymp
I'Hii4 nf l.'nifiiiiiipltnii, iiC
Mt n.U. 'J Ur IViirliU i llVrtd on Hie mind urn nn.c Ii
Ih (jo tlrt .nit il, ln-ft (jf litflii'TV, Citlil'liMoli nl' 11imh,
Dtpuhnin nf pml-, Hvil rn-li'nlinyii, Aversion f
h'iH.ii ty, SiMr lidinihi, ,uc nl' it nU 'i'liimlily.&r.
an somh' nf Ih-ii'V i proline ed.
rhiiii.aiif of porMiiiD '' all rati now jndr
ufial ij Hi tJiUrftj nf 'lifir id't liiinii IilmIHi, lojti" lin n
Mi:nr, ln'i niiiim; weak, pate, nervous autl vn Jti-i.tttjil,
Ji'iv j a "insular i-ppcaram f nl'nut th.-tc, r-mS
and yiujitoiiit' of I'nusii mplinu.
YOUNG AiKN
wl o h vp lPjnrpi' tlii-iiiifilroF liy a cvlain pnirtWp.in
(Inland in hfii .'ilmif, a li.ibit IV iu n I ty lutimit lmu
v it en iipatiiuiiii, or at i html, tin: t: (I i- u( wluui aro
nl.hLly I'-H. I'vcti u in ii .iti.i-tt. aiiil, il itoi curt'il run
iit-rs iiiniri'in inipoo-'ildu nti I if;ptiiyH Imtlt uiiiiil and
hndy. fhnilil appH imntt'diwtt'Iy.
lial a pit) Unit a uml itrn. llio Imp. nf our rua
t ry. Hi j pinii- ni Lis p ireiu.-.. )init,9tiu ii.ttLliud Irmii
all prnjo t.t ,inl t'tijuy iiifitt . '( lil- !y tlio rnup'
'jiti'iii-i' n ilfii ntlitrj tiom ill': pu'li if uattir'i. nml mi
dill). tin; )u tt nam .i-t r-t liiiliil. ?m Ii p i oiih ium?1,
lltlUII! LUtll - lllpl.ltlll
MARRIAGE,
ri'fiVit tli.it :i fniinil niiiul mul lnuly nru the n t)l ni CPs-
f.liy ir-HU-lti-H t I prnilinlu ( llllliultlul ll.llilli!i.El Itn
il.-t'il, unliuiii tit. a.- tti.' juui ii" tlirniiyli tifi lii.roini
a wt'.iry I u ri ui.i tt ll" I'til" il liouily ilnrknia in
Ihn Mt:u, thr lulu. I I'l-cniti. s nhntlmvuit Willi ito.iuir
mul lllli'il with Hit: im l.tuthnlly utli'i tlun Unit tilt- li.ii
pines of .nmllier bcmmi-a klihtvit tlli nur own,
0ir,i') 7 South Praia kk Street,
1 i'fl-linuil siuV s 'int; frnni Nnltiuinrt' trci't, fu ilnor
fmui tli'j Luriit'i. i'uil nut tu observe iinuiu umt niiui
bur.
Ilv- No It tlers reri'iveil nnlem potp.tiiI mul cuti
taiiiiiis; u 'luuii tu be iiiu il nil tin' n'ply, I "rnwu
untlim hIiiiiiIiI fluli- atsa nml seuil iortiuu of uilvertUe
tui'iit iletu tilling i.yiiiiliiui i
The I'octor's l)iilomu lintign in hi' ntilce.
Endorsement of the J'riss.
Tin! tunny llinii&nnils curetl lit Ibis I'Mablltbini'nt
within the In. t twi-nty year-, mi l tbe ,1111 inc-rom im
jKirlnul SursKnl t'l"'r.ilinni pi il ir Hi'.), by Dr. Johim
tun, mini-rheil by the renitii'r m'Tlt ' dun mul iiituy
utln r u-r untltt's nl whitli b.iu !iiifurt"l ug.iin
nml iij-uin In fore the public, besnlt Ins t 1 im m.i
f.'1'iitleiuun 11I tliiir.icler uml reupmi.ilnlity, in a autll.
cienl guiirnuty tu tbe utniLtuil.
Skin Dhcwses Speedily Cured.
Aprtl let)5.-ly
"'
& D l GRAFF'S
V P
EYE AM) HAIi IXF13IKAKV,
(On the Sii:irv. Threi' lluuri! frum Steele's Hi tel
WILKESBAHRE, PA.
"PIUS INSTUTION is now opened and
I fnriiit-tiu.l In the most cntly style. Ilfreptiim.
t'rivutiinnil Oper ittus Itonuia nrt" large, convenient mul
well nihiptctl. Tbe tSnrelial up irtim tit "in nl 11 e tbe
(lueFt ctillei linu of instruiui-nts in Ihn coiiulry, uml
ttiu. bid f'lLiittics will enable I11111 to meet nuy mitt all
(uiereeiii-ie 111 iirai tico lie will nni'rale niuui nil tbe
vnrit'iis furiiiKuf IILIN'llM'.fi?, I'atiii.-ttt. drelnoii of
1 lie I'lteil. t'rns liven, t'ltuture of lite Tear Pnetu, In
vermtni of tin r.velnU, I'tervL-inin. &e.. Kv. Aiulwill
treat all fnnim of Hurt si, llya (irmiuletl Lit!!. Opacettea
ni Hie riirneu, mill heroiuinua tii.ennei ni in" i.ye in-
petlicr ltli ml lite i:i.e,ie8 tu U'lncli Inn l.ye 1. ttu
11 cl
lli'.Al'Nl'.j' - Will treiu .ill the ilUetinea rnmnion tu
tbe ortiiin. I)itfliareit from Die I'nr, Nuifett In lite Knr
fatarib, ililbiulty of bearinr total ll.r.tni.uj oven wlmte
tbe Iiruiu ilei-trBycil. Will insert mi atlilii lal ouu
ammrrlng nemly nil t lie purpose,, 01 me 11al11t.11.
DISIIAsnrt ul" Till! 'I lllttlAT.-All tliseasoK Mini
-Hum in ihe '-hro.il ami N'oite will be trenteil
(!i:i;UAI. Sl'ltCi lUlV . - 11.- uill operatu iipnn fluli
rfeet. Ilulr Lin. Cleft l'i.llatu,Tuuitrs, C'ancern. Lnlar-
rail Teneilii. ac. I'laMlc om rationa Iiv bcaUhK new
llesli Into ilefnriueil puns mul Ucncrut timijery of
.vlialover ciiarat'IT ttnay preseni.
IICUNIA (or lltll'l illli:.)- lie will perform "lAblus
operation for the rulu il (couipb l' ) euro of lloruin,
llii. lit iilinllet.tiniinlile ji nerti tl cure, nml IH lli.nu Willi
TiUle or 1111 pittu. Hut nfiu3li! luti.tlii-J up.intO'l iipoiini
lloeton tnere mis neen no l.ilhtttia. it li.iviu1-- 1 n
perfi 1 1 approbation nf all who have suliuittieil loll
Alt TirillAt. I'.VIM. -IVIIIIii.Drl tirllllettll F.Vt'K CiV
111; tlieiu the uiotioit .iml iiprisiou t thu luiural.
Vbeyuru inserlnl with tbe lentil p. nil.
lir.MOIlllllUlUH, (1'ilt.s,) Tins Iroul.lcsoiiiB ilif"'ns'
in re.nlily luteit. Jlio.u mulcting Ironitl wiiiuowei
in i-iill.
lir Up DoOrairvints Wilkes-Ilarro with a view nf
itiiiil.liiiit 1111 n iteriiiaiieul llit.lltillit tor the treatment of
the live, liar nml t.enerul Surifery. 'J'Iih experience of
more than a quarter nl a oentiiiy ill llo.uitulaniieener
nl practice, he hopes, will liu a suilicienl gnuiatileo to
xaerf who may uu tnspuseti iu employ 111111,
M17H, lutil tr.
TINWARE & STOVE SHOP.
THU iiiitlerslEiieil respectfully inmrnm his olil frleipt
uml ctittoniers. that lie lias purchnseil bis brothert
tileie.t tn tho ubovo t'stablishitieut.uuitlhe Lomerh wils
herealter be rouiluttctl by hluuelf est luivtly.
lie nas iii.i rei-etveii untt nueiK tor sale, mo uirK'
v.. tiiiu mug, CAieil.lvo iL.tiiiiimiii. "I 1 i
STOVUti ever intinducctt into this nuirkcl.
His .lock consist, of a 1 oiiiuletu aksortlneut of
tie ueci unoaiue ana pallor itovea in the liiutKel. lugetti
et with Btove Futures nf every Jojtrtptitui, Uveii ami
Km Btuves, UuJiotors, Cylimlar Btoves.Casl Iron Air-
Tight .loves, Cannon ftoves. He. Ac. HloVepipo ami
i iuwure coiiiiauiiy on iianii ami inau'iracturctt to timer
au sinus 01 repairing none, at usual on snort nonce.
The putruiiaje of old filemls and new turtoiukr- ir
PCllllliy tnuritf u A libI'i.H.1
fUoomsbui;, Novcintct 3d JaGO.- tt
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT.
" Our Constitution tuard It ever!
Our loriou Unlonhotrt It dear!
Our Mamr riag.-forsaJ.p it nevrr!
1hj proud Oaucd.sslanour only peer!
niUTHD BY L1IVT r(( TATE, moPRIETOH.
BLOOMSBURG :
Saturday Alornin, Sopt 1G, 5G5
ftSy- iMr. U. II. Menclc, formerly of
tlio vallnj Spinl, has become associated
wild xMr. R. F. fllycrs in tho publication
of llio i0(ll'ord CUcttle. yuocoss to tho
new linn.
Jtfcf- The psirdon of the two Rupcrls,
recently couviuied of murder iu tlto Car-
lisli- court, has ixcitcd great indigiiittiou
in thai coiiiinutiily. nml Gov. (Jnrtin's
iiciiou u severely dmnunerd.
tzi" Thoro arc thirty I'mir offices of
honor and jirolii iu Huntington cimitly,
ihirty-ouc of which urc held liy civilians.
three by noldicrs
.
Tm; only two soldii'rs out of tiyht noin-
iuc-s con-triuiinf, the Rcpuhliu in ticket,
of (Jliuton couniy, vi! : llrown lot Ai.t'in
hly and C uilcy for Auditor, huve decliu-
d the doubtful honors.
Tub -.nero-ohod ly orjjms forgetting
llint ihcy owe only gratitudi lo the gallant
ildiers, have iilteady coiiihiiiml , to mis-
reprcsenl, ahu-e and vilify llio D mioorutio
soldier faudidatcs. In iilctiiii; contrast
ith their low conduct, tho Di'inoora o
journaln give to Col, Oauipltcll and Gen.
Hartrciift all the hiiunr-t they htvu ehicv-
1 iu tin war eeii to the hanging o Mrs
ourratt.
Tin: Atlantic Oaw,k The mail from
England brums a repot t, on gnod authori
ty, that thu ijieat hastcrn will at oneo he
iJrspati'hed ft out SluJenif.sH to Newfound-
and The olijcct i t" fi"li up on the way
the ft ai'inutits of tho dissevered cable, which
is hojitd will bo recovered by means of
grapling and bnos. The protnotcr.s of
the enterprise iu ;.ngl.itid hvj dot -rmincd
to lay another cable next jear, inittiug
umj of the recovered poitioiid of the old
one.
&$S' It will teqiiire more than one half
million dollars to pay the general nfliacrs
as-igncd to duty under the recent general
order, This is a monstrous imposition
upon the taxpaycr.-i. Tho people want no
ttaud pg army of shoulder straps while
pcaoc reigns e?pt eially of tho-c politi-
al holiday erc.ituroa who never saw tho
front" iu war limn. Mu.-ter them out
and ftop Yftt esp 'U.'O of keeping them in
idlcuesj.
Gon. Humphrey has i-ikeu command of
I'eniijilvania. lie buboruiuatc to ucn
Meade. b'x.
Uy what authority has this General
Humphrey has "taken command of Penn
sylvania I" Wo thought lVriusylvania
was a free, tovereign and independent
St-Uc, able to take oarc of hot self She
She has a Governor, a ! gislaturc and
Supremo Court, and has hereioforo
been accustomed to manage her lit tl a af
fairs iu her own way, but now it seems
thu It agues havo Ion confidence in her
loyalty, and Humphrey is tent to "(.e
command" of her. tVbat a humiliating
position for the no bio Commonwealth !
Tur.L it All. The Aholiiion jour-
naN are boasting loudly over the fact that
Jacob M. Campbell, their candidate- for
Surveyor General, has ".subjcribed 830,
01)0 to the war loau of the State." Why
don't they tell the people that thc&o thirty
thousand dollars yiold him an income, in
interest, of ouc tlnnts.mil tihl hundred
dollais annually, and that upon tho whole
amount he does not pay one cod of (u.. I
Why don't thoy tell them thatjthisr.mount
simply f-'o much wraith drawn from thu
taxable property of tho Htafo, aud that
tuo farmer, the ukoIhuuo, anil tuo Uay
laborer mutt ho taxed ro much thu more
to maka up for this thirty thousaud dol
lars ol Uainpbcll'a I Why don't thoy
tell it all !
Colorado Jcwett on tho wax
Path.
Ninv York, Aug, 31. The following
important document has bcon Bent to the
New York News :
To tho Editur or tho New YorkiVettfs
Allow mo, through your journal, to in
form Moasre. Raymond and Weed that
thoy must, on my return from Europo, to
proparcd to givo tho satifaction duo bo
twecu gentlemen for lato printed insults to
mc, or bo braudjd bet'oto posterity in my
propped l'cftot) History of the Civil War
in America at nation, d cow.iida.
W.H Uok.M:I.l JWTT '
When these old Boots were New
C" There arc scvoral dotterels null-
liehod in thu Star, and Democrat, naiil to
bo written by Col. Frcczo. Onu is eot to
tliu tunc of "When this old hat was new."
Suppose ho would trv his hand at ono
"To My Old Hoots" tho pair ho ;rot.
isca to tat it iUoUlolIau wasn't elected.
Tho themo would bo Miggcslivc. Colum
bia Co. Ilcpublican,
When tluio obi hnota wuro new,
ri John was peddling pills 1
And flrncnwon.l Quaker swallowed litem,
for nil life's numerous Ills ;
Tis naiil ho drove nn old brown mare,
Thu Sulky matched her too,
And dropi Thointoiiiau wero tin: go,
When lltcsu old buots were new.
When these old boots v. ore new,
It wuswell understood
Tbat he uould soon depopulate
That ancient neighborhood,
Unless sumo other kind cfunik
lie could be brought to .lo,
Ami so they rent Ii 1 1 11 ilonn to III 00111,
When thctte uld boJU were new.
When these old boots w 010 new,
'llio "(iootl H.nnaritan,"
The 'Tli.irli.eo," and "Cld t.'ray Von"
Stood by him lo a man ,
They helped him to a printing pre3il,
And 1 ash, and credit too,
And gave him otcrytbing be h id,
When these old bouts wen new,
When thesj olil boots were new,
Tho Patty was hit tuvn ;
And through the borrowed Smut ilurhiue
He il.i ctl thegame ulone ;
They heaped small honors on Ii is head,
Made him l'o,t Master too,
And then he wiotu for Thomas Du.ik,
When these old boots wer u ne'w.
Hmeu ihoso old boots wero now,
tlre.it changes have occurretl :
The linucsl mt 11 n ho helped him once,
His littleness discoid ;
Ami liku our uucieut Quaker friends.
Tin )'le tired iiflillll ton,
And wish hint ouco more, whero ho was
Wlieu Iheso old bouts weru new.
Capital vs. Labor.
A pood aud wiso govcrnmont, says a
contemporary, is that which meddles with
the natural rights of its people as little a
possible. Tho largo body of a nation are
tho producers ; they number at least nine
tenuis ot tuo cnuro population, anu as
thec ninti-tontLa create tho wealth ofiho
entire country, it is but just that this
wealth should be properly dLti ibukd
Tin! laws of a natiou should respect the
rihtx of the producers, and not bo made
to terve bolely tho purposes of the capital
ista or non producers, i in the ca"c when
ever the interest question is discussed iu
legislative bodies. Look at tho slate of
things to-day, and sec the result of dis
honest legislation in Congress. The groat
war dolt, as it now stands, (but which
will bo' nearly doublo when tho whole
comes to bo summed up,) draws tho enor
rcoub cum of 3 ONE HUNDRED &
FIFTY-FIVE MILLIONS p r year ;
but wbilo the poor man has to work to pay
this interest, tho rich man, who invests
his surplus in the debt, is not required to
pay a dollar Irom his income from that
dource towards tho hum total of this high
interost for Congress Mtys to him, ''if you
will take a portion ol tho great war debt,
your income from that source shall not bo
touched the taxes on the poor man's
earnings shall bo largo enough to avoid
tho necessity of your parting with any
portion of tho large interest you receive
from tho public bonds;" and so tho rich
bond holders escapes tho general taxation
for National, State, County, School aud
Municipal purposes, Now, what is the
i licet of this unfair, uucqual and corrupt
legislation? It results in this: that tho
immense public debt, finally amounting to
probably y FIVE THOUSAND MIL
LIONS, more than onothird tho wealth
nl tho country at this time, falls upon only
two thirds of tho property ; tho other
third escapes entirely. In this way labor
carries not only its own proportion of tax
es, but that of tho rich drones, alio, as far
as tho war debt is concerned. This is
the injury which capital inflicts upon la
bor, through didhoucst legislation aud it is
this aflliction under which tho masses of
tho people aro now writhing, aud which if
not soon checked, will eventually grind
them into tho dust
Wo nro opposed to repudiation of tho
debt in nnv shape or form. Tho faith of
tboNa'ion is pledged for its payment, and
that pledgo must bo redeemed uudcr any'
and all circumstances. Rut wo shall con
tinue to insist upon equality of taxation to
meet our Natioual obligations. Wo want
every man ts contribute according to his
wealth tho bondholders of tho Govorn
ni out as well as tho farmer, mechanic, or
laboring man. Tho blessings of govern
mont, like the dews of heaven, fall alike
upon rich ami poor, aud to should its
burthens. There should bo no antagon
ism between capital and labor. Thoy
should givhand in hand iu n joint t Tort to
I'UBf.nn tho crtdit of tho country, and bou
lit alike all cUssc of our fUlow-citizeua
SPEECH
OF
COL. J. G, FREEZE,
AT THE NOB MOUNTAIN
MEETING.
Wednesday Morning, Aug.3 0, '6 5
ltLTOirruo nv d. r. Munniv, r.sa.
My Fellow Citizens : This raom-
ning has been devoted to tho review of au
episode of tlto lato war, popularly known
as "the Columbia County Invasion," aud
it has been assigned to ma, to porforra
that duty. The false and malicious rep
resentations made and published broad
oast over tho land, concerning it, were in
tended to poison and mislead tho public
mind, and thus mako a cover for the au
thors of this foul wrong aud tlcop outrage,
from the just indignation of all honest and
right-minded men. The lime has already
oomo when a thorough exposition is re
quired, and thorc can be no more fitting
occasion than this, when tho citizens of
the county intcrestodjii the thorough ven
tilation of this onormity, are hero to cor
roborate tho facti adduced ; aiul many
people from a distaucc, for tho first time
shall become fully acquainted with the
gross insult and deep wrong to our popu
lation when in a peaooful aud quiet com
munity, tho evil passions of bad men, stir
red up to a feeling of intense hatred by
disappointed political ambition, called
npou the military to avongo their privato
wrongs, and iu direct violation of tho law
and tho Constitution, made tho civil power
subordinate to the military. .
Tho suspension of the writ of Ihbcets
Corjws was a filling and necessary pre
lude to this crusade. Without that, not
ono of tho men who were subtcquonily ar
rested on false and frivolous charges,
which it is proposed now to investigate,
could havo been takcu beyond the
county, could have boon denied trial in tho
civil Courts, or could have been convicted
tht'reiu ; because tho iiil of legal evi
dence, and tho constitutional right to a
trial by jury would havo protected inno
cence, aud exposed the malice and rancor
of political partisanship.
I say therefore, Fellow Citizens, nnd 1
hope to satisfy you before I closc, that this
Invasion ol Columbia County was a pure
ly political raid, and the local leaders of
tho Republican abolition party aro guilty
nf an outrage, which will make such a
record against them, a many nf our citi
zen"! remember against their fathers dur1
ing tins Rrvolutiou. They havo made a
history which they shall not oscapo thoy
have mndo a record, during thoir short
leao of placo ami power, which will re
main forever against them,- and which
their bohs will bluU to read, if publio
virtue nnd pt irate rootitudo shall over
find a lodgment in their breasts.
On Saturday evening, Aug. 13th lSG-i,
the quiet villago of Rloomsburg, the Coun
ty seat ol Columbia County, was suddenly
disturbed by tho appearance cn its streeti
of eighty cavalry and forty infantry and
two riecrs of artillerv. llo fi-wn" was
instantly in an exoitement 1 The cxulta.
tion of the abolitionists ?n most inteuso,
their eyes sparkled with delight, their loy
al tongues wore loosed, and throati. agaiusL
the Democrats and Democratic printing
offices, and statements that tho troops
wero to "scour tho comity" wero in tho
mouths of Loyal Leaguers and their fol
lowers. Very many expressions, showing
the animus of tho opposition havo been ta
ken down nud aro remembered ; and the
fierce desire on tho part of some of them
to inaugurate a reign of riot ahd blood
shed, was painfully apparant.
On Tuesday morning followiug, Major
Gen. Couch, commanding tho Department
of tho Sufquhanna, whioh included Col
umbia county, with 250 moro troops, mado
his hnadqnartors in Rloomsburg. Rein-
forocmonts continued to nrrivo nnd within
a few days " Tho Army of tho Fishing
creek" numbered ohc thousand men.
And you will observe, My Fellow Cili-
zona, that it was not until aftor the State
and Presidential elections in tho fall fol
lowing wero over, that it was found that
the "Fiahiugcrcok Rebellion" waa at an
ond Then the political object haviug
been fully accomplished, those ono thou
sand armed mon were all withdrawn from
your midst.
In order to show you moro fully tho
deadly malico which actuated these men, I
shall rofor you to a lotter publuhcd in
that gouoral rcocplaelo of falsehood, folly
and sensation stories, tho riiiladelphii
Itujnircr, dated "Oump Ondwalador, Col
umbia Uouuty Ponua. Sopt. Oth 1804"
Rut undoubtedly written iu Uloomsburg,
aud but one niau there, tu my opinion
oould havo had tho Itaililtyod, to wjrjtu
suoh a mass of deliberate, wilful and ma
licious falsehoods. Tho letter was prompt
ly contradicted ; but tho Editors of tho
Inquirer truo to their political instinct?,
took no notice of tho contradiction ; tho
lio ouco started could go on its way thus
endorsod, and effect tho desired results.
I will read parts of the lettor and com-
mcntas I proceed. It opons as follows :
Correspondence of the In'ptlrer
"Camp CadwaiAdeii, Gol. Co., Pa. )
September 0, 1804. J
We of tho army of tho "Fishing Creek"
feel surprised and exceedingly disappoint
ed that your valuablo paper has not pur
sued your usual course of enterprise, aud
had a reliable correspondent with this ar
my. Our'dceds of valor and hardships
havo been allowed to pass unchronicled,
and our praises may go unsung."
You will find, Gentlemon, beforo I have
finished, that thcro was a very rei'cable
correspondent somewhere. Rut he goes
on :
"It is not generally known that certain
drafted men from this and other oountios
of this State, anil dome of the lower ones
of Now York, havobecu in the mountains
in tho northern pari of Columbia County,
on the headwaters of Fishing Creek,whcro
they havo openly defied both tho civil and
military authorities of our country."
Now Gentlemen, I say hero that thcro
is not one single syllablo of truth in lhat
sentence. Thoro never was in the north
ern part of Columbia county, among the
mountain'', or any whero olso in this sec
tion of country, a bund of mon, cither cit
izens ot tuo county, ot other counttos in
tho State or of portions of the State of
New York, associated together for any
such purpose, for any illegal purpose, or
indeed for any purpose at all that nei
ther the civil nor military authorities of
our country were defied, openly or so-
cro'.lt a id that in fact thcro never was
any such body of drafted men in tho lo
cality specified by this correspondent.
The assertion is absolutely aud unquali
fiedly falso.
'Matters had reached such a point that
a few weeks ago a party of drafted men
iitiI upon aud Hnvurcly wounded Lieut.
Robisou upon his attempting to arrest
them."
Now a word on that point. It has nev
er beon shown anywhere, by any sworn
testimony, hy any uvidnncc whatever, that
the man who is hero called Lieut, llobi-
ison had authority .from any pcrsou or
power, military or civil to make special or
"cueial arrests. Tho lacts aro that this
Robison, a Luzerne county man, aud three
or four othor persons raiding around the
County of Columbia after midnight came
across several citizens of tho county travel
ing upon thoir own business, not drafted
man, so far as is known, nor men liablo to
arrest for any known cause, who upon Do
ing ohallengod by lvobisou's party and
ordered to stop or olso thoy would be fired
upon,soom to have fired thcmsclvc3,in reply
to the challenge. The act is neither to be
tlofended nor excused ; but it was a night
affray between those persons and citizens
of Luzerne who had noithcr right nor au
thority hero, no lawful power over our
people und no legal right to arrest them.
Tho uicoiiii'; was accidental, tho parties
unknown, the numbers insignificant; aud
it is shewr uonsonse to talk about an army
of 1,000 men or any othor numbor being
lequircd to arrest thoui. And yet, that is
given as one uf iho causes for this Inva
sion. "Tho forco of tho insurgents proving to
bo much larger than supposed, wo wero
reinforced by a battallion of infantry un
der command of Lieut. Col, Steward. Wo
remained iu eauip at Rloomsburg for sev
eral days, wheu all things being in readi
ness, we advanced to Ronton, a distance ol
eighteen miles. Thoro we again enoamp
cd, aud wero further reinforced by a bat
talliou of tho Veteran Resorvo Corps,
making a command of about ono thousaud
men."
Yos, my Follow Citizens, this valiant
"army of the Fishing Cieek" rested iu
IJloomsbiitg from tho 1 13th to tho 21et of
August ; and on Sundny morning broke
up its camp and took up its lino of march.
Without any necessity, ngains-t nil pro
priety and all deconoy, tho holy hours of
the christian Sabbath wero desecrated by
tho sounds of martial muic and the meas
ured tramp of soldiers Who, themselves
mostly innocont, were made tho instru
ments of deiguiog men, and sout on a
political mission ugain't pcacrful oitizens
whoso only crime wan a dovotion to the
principles of tho constitution, and an uu
fortunato propensity to voto tho Demo
cratic ticket. (Applause) Fur mark you
Fellow Citizens, the facts mako it perfectly
clear that it was not against deserters that
this imuicuso force was sent. Tho boit
information I can ptoourc makes it prob
able that in that entirn region theiv wero
loss thau 100 non-reporting ilrtflod men,
wltqi tJw itiwy of t!i Fi-huiK Crock"
orrived in Rloomsburg . Hcing n less per
eentago than almost any county in the
State, or tho cnliro North could fihow.
And very few if any men ohnrgod and
shown to bo deserters under the aot of
Congress, ver sent lo tho front by tho
1,000 men who composed the "ai my of
the Fishing Creek," So far tho military
rosults wero not very brilliant. Rut I
call publio attention to tho fact, that not
ono of tho ono hundred mon who were ar
rested on tho 01st of August, 1801, was a
dosertor, not one of them was evor charg
ed with desertion, nor was ono of them
ever tried for that offenso. It is an im
portant fact also, that not one ofthein had
had any thing to do, or any connection
with the Robison shooting affair previously
noticed, nor was any ono of thorn ever
charged with any participation therein,
Ah I Ladies and Gontlcman this was a
remarkabla march the streets wero full
of exultant and jubilant abolitionists,
thirsting for blood and lustily cheering on
tho soldiers iu this dctest.iblo businoss.
Tho political aspect of tho invasion wa
alill more fully developed upon this occa
sion. At least a dozen oarriages and bug-'
gios filled with abolitionists, whose joyful
faces wilt long bo remembered, followed
this army of Invasion and Occupation ;
liko tho famous abolition congressmen
whose splendid turn-outs followed Mo
Dowcll to tho first battle of Bull Run;
(Laughter and applause.)
But let us follow the Inquirer oorros
pondont a little further.
"On the 28th of August General Cad-
walader arrived and assumed command.
Mattors remained quiet until tho rooming
of the 31st. The last day of Summer, 18G4,
will bo long remembered in tho annals of
Columbia County. During the night of
tne outn tuo torcos wero posted in uitter.
ent portions of the county, and upon the
breaking of day, which wus tho timo ap-
poiutctl, about one hundred of the citizens
who wore implicated in Ihe trouble? wero
quietly arrestetl and brought into camp.
A memorable day truly '. never to be
forpotten"in tho annals of Columbia Coun
ty"l Ono hundred of her citizens arrested
iihout duo process of law, in defiance of
their constitutional rights, without author
ity from tho leg il and constituted magis
trates, but by virtue of iho bruto forco of
1000 armed men. Ono hundred citizens
'quietly arrested"! Why Gentlemen, it
had been given out that thoro was a reg
ular rebellion in the Fishing; Crock Coun
try that men women aud children wero
under ariua that there was not a house
lhat was not fortified that thero was not
a gun which was not loaded lo the niuzzlo j
(laughter) and yet this Philadelphia In
quirer niau says that on the morning of
August 31st "100 citizens were quietly
arrested," Whero! Each at his own
home upou rising from his bod at the
'breaking of day" dragged from his
family fasting, and in some oases only
partially dressed. Whoro then was the
rebellion 1 Whero were the armed men 2
Thcro was no opposition of cither individ
uals or numbers, even to that illegal and
infernal outrago committed by these men
upon that morning. Tho citizens of Col
umbia County "quietly" submitted. Thoy
wero marched off to a church one of thoro
political club rooms whore treason had
been preached for years before tho South
scoeded, where the blood hounds of Zion
had stirred up political strife and nuiuios
ity, instoad of teaching love,poaco and good
.will to such a jdaco wero they taken
tho 100 weio separated and sot apart, tho
sheep from tho goats, probably, (laughter)
and the sheep oarried off to Lort MiflJin,
Tho military authorities confined them
in the meeting houso without their break
fast, and marched them to Rloomsburg
afterwards without providing them any
thing to cat, and on to Philadelphia, be
fore they fed them; Then these men who
had committed no crime, who had made
no rebellion, who had done nothing wrong,
who did not ovou resNt an illegal arrest,
were taken to Fort Milllin below Phila
delphia, and locked up in bomb proofs
under tho earth, denied air, exeroUc, and
tho blessed light of Iloaveu. Thoy had
board on tho damp earth forncda, They
wore subjected to foul air, and meagre
and sometimes unhealthy food, until sick
ness took hold on tho strong Iramei, the
wasting strength and la ok luster eyes told
of fast comiug death, and whence the
friendi of William E. Roborts boro his
body, late so full of life.through tho length
of our county to its last mating place.
Thoro at least was ono Democratic vote
forever oxtinguisbod 1 So far at kast
this army of 1,000 men had suocess
(Emotion.)
That I may not bo fnpposod to lo stat
iug any thing more than tho facts of tho
oano. I rolur to tli? nTforu tiUtutucut ol
William Applomari.ono of the Fort MifUia
victims, as to the treatment they exnori-
enccd.
Ai'MiEMan's Statement.
Wo nrrivod at Philadelphia m cmh or
nine o'clock in tho moruiug, S-, t i. t,
and were taken to Barracki -"hIi .'vRu.tan
wood. There at noon wo obuined some
thing to cat Tin-oups of poup nud no
bread and meat, whioh was thu fust t ad
lurnisucu us irom tho time we ha.1 r.o'i
arrested. At tho IJenton Chii- 'i Eu.""
oatables wera sont to us from the , -u o'"
John J. Stiles, hy his direction, Jto lo.ig;
ono of iho arrested men, which was all wu
nail iiru. i and my oous were taken from
homo beforo breakfast.
Tho afternoon of samo dav fist 1 wo
were takon on to Fort MifHm and put In
Bomb-proof No. 3. Going through a
long dark arched passage or gangway of
about 80 feet in length from tho iron-grated
doors' (say Ci feet hih in tho contrV) and
5 or six feet wide) wepass through a heavy
double planked and rivitcd door into the
lioinb-proof. This houib proof is Dartlv
below tho level of tho river is arched over
head and has thickwalls of stono and b'iok.
By stepping it I and others mado it3 v idth
to bo 10 feet nnd its length 51 feet. This
was the space illoted to tho prisoners. 44
in number. One of the original prisonora
had been discharged when wo arrived at
tho iort on the ground that he had beon
arrested by mistako,
iir aud light wero imperfectly admitted
on one side and at ono out! of tho bomb
proof through openings in the wall, pcr-
uaps a dozen in number. I ho main once
may havo been 4 inches wide by a foot in
height on tho outsido, widening towards
the interior. The floor was of hard earth,
or gravel and firm, On the tides scant
ling were laid oirthe ground length-wiso
ol tho room and across thesa boards w ro
placed. Again at the ends of tho boards
next tho wall, Bhort pieocs of .scantling or
blocks wero placed at intervals cnd-wLo
to the walls, across which boards were
laid, forming a narrow platform nox1 ibt
walls a fow inches high. This constituted
a substitute for pillows,- tho lower cud
widor platform of beards answering tho
purpose of a bed. A single soldier blanu
et was furnished lo eaoh man, but no bcti
diug or slraw.
The room was very damp, and at wet
times the water came through the oroh
overhoad from tho earth upon it, dropping
down in tho part farthest from tho fire.
There was- aloo sweating of thr nia wall6
To check the dampness, it was necessary
to keep up a fire constantly in tho grato at
one onu ol ute iooin, tut tins waa uot tuf-
ficient, ultuoagh attended to night aid day.
The liro was useful olo: to some extent. in
aiding tho ventilation, and from thochillf-
ntjsa ol iho room was required for gopi
forlablo warmth oven in .September.
Our prison faro wan as followd : To
eaoh a loaf of baker's bread for tho day.
One slice of boiled ppr!' t hoof aud a tin
of coffee in the moiL g j onu tin of bean
or pea soup at dinner, a ail u tin of coffeo
at night. On three or focr occasions wo
drew potatoes boiled in tho skm instead
of foup at dinner. Several times fie mchu
was uot good, and Dvo or six times thcro
was none furnished.
The priioners however purchased pro
visions foi 'hcniselvof, to eoilo extent, at
enormous rates, Tho expcifo incurred
in this way was very conside abb1 uuriug
tho time Ircmnintd iu coulincmtnt.
Ono half u inglo candle wa- furnisht1!
at nights for the whole rom, and wo won.
obliged to procure lights at our own e -penso.
A filth-tub was furnith-d tu made by
sawing a barrel across tho middle. Stand
ing upright cn tho closed end, a stick was
run across it through holes borcu a littlo
way below tho top. Thus provniou was
mado for its bcin- carried by two mon. It
had no cover. IW about three weeks it
stood in tho gang-way or entrance pas
sage, outside tho door of our prison room,
during the day-time. Afterwards, upon
my application, wo were pormittod to keep
it during tho day, in an tuupty room ad
joining the gang-way. Two of th prii
oners yfont out with it occasionally under
guard. Always at night it was necessari
ly kept in our room, the door being lock
ed. This wholo matter was a great griev
ance. The prisoners wero mealy over 40 years
of ago, all accustomed to active employ
ments, upon wjiom imprn -nnient boro se
verely. About the end of fv-pturabor Wm.
E. Roberts and John Yorks wero takon
sick with bowel complaints aud woro re
moved to the hofpital near tho Fort.
Roberts diod about ten days afterwards.
Fellow Ciiizens, boforo these arrosts
wore made, Genoral Cadwaladur had been
up Fishing Cicck, and oamo back to
lilooasburg, and there had long secret
conferences with leading abolitioilitjU of
that place. Aftor theso conferences woro
oyer, the arreits woro mudo; aud when
my friends who bow sit on tho platform
behind mo, woro bemg marohod down to
Bloonit-burg towards cvenit'g,wlthout any
thing to oat having beon furnished tbaro,
thoy met my lord General Cadwalader
journeying at his leisure up tho creek, in
all the glory of shoulder-straps and alt tho
insoleneo of Federal plaoo nud power. Ho
passed them without epenking to them.
Lot us roturn once moro to tho letter of
tho Philadelphia Inquirer.
"1. should statu thai previous to tho
inarch from BloomsWf,, ria'.or G, iiirl
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