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STAR OF THE NORTH,
" WM. 11. JACOBY, EDITOR.
BLGCSSSrRG, WED5ESBAT, JO. 6, 1861.
S. M. PcTTENGiiL & Co.K 37 Park Row,
New York, aie duly authorized to solicit and
receive subscriptions ar.d advertising lor the
Flar of the North, published at Bloomsburg,
Colombia county, PennTa.
Mathir & Co., 335 Broadway, New York,
are authorized to receive subscriptions and
advertising for the Star rf the North.
FOR PREUDtNT IN 1864,
GEORGE B. M'CLELLAN,
Subject to the Decision of the Democratic !
National Convention.
Stand bj Tear Party Papers.
We appropriate for the benefit of oar
readers the folfowiDg very sensible remarks
from the Des Moines Statesman, and coin
mend th sm to the careful perusal of every
intelligent Democrat : ,
"A solemn duty, but one imperfectly dis
charged, devolves on Democrats, to stand
by their papers. In the general wreck of
personal and political rights, about all the
liberty that the citizen retains is the privi
lege of reading Democratic papers and pay
abolition taxes. How long he will enjoy the
first is uncertain. His lease of the last will
never bo disturbed. But while he retains
the privilege of rsading the paper ot his
choice, he owes it to himself, to the editor,
bis party and bis country, to give such pa
per a living soppcrt.
"Without Government or Sta!e, and, in
many instances, County patronage, pro
Fcribed by an intolerant party, confronted
.by a secret organization, whose only pur
pose is to pull down the Democratic pary
and hunted by the paid minions of power,
- Democratic publishers have nothing to
rely open but their own energy and the
IJehty acd liberality of their political
- friends. '
"Without newspapers, the Democracy
would be witbont an organ izai ion and at the
mercy cf their enemies. With newspapers
they can preserve their organization, and
-regain loth ther political ascendency and
'their libsnies. : -
"It is a fact which cannot be r nccessfally j
- controverted, that Republicans give a mora
zealous support , to their party organs, than
do Democrats. Just 63 long as this -ata
. of things continues, the ballot-box will be
powerless for oar relief. Th8 press is a po
rtent engine for shaping the opinions of a
people and controlling the destinies of a
country, and it would ba well if too democ
racy learns this fact In time to save their
party and - the . government. No fact is
clearer to the mLsd of an attentive observer
than that we lost the S;ate by extraordinary
zsal displayed in giving circulation to
Republican papers and the prevailing apa
thy cf Democrat in sa&uining and enlarg
ing tbi' circulation of ' Democratic papers
and documents. It is the zeal on the ona
hand and apathy on the other, that has coo
tiaced radicalism in power. It will con
tinue ia power cntil Democrats learn to
.feel and take an interest in' the circulation
cf the Democratic papers.
"A new year is abont to dawn upon bs
and it is a good time :o renew your Demo
cratic faith and labor for the great cause.
Send for the paper, if yoa are not already
receiving it, atd see that your neighbor
does likewise. A little . exertion on the
.part o!" our friends will be of incalculable
earvic'3 to us, and render . it a permanent
.institution. The more subscribers we have
.the better it pays, the more time we can
devoto to its editorial management and the
. greater interest viU be giveu to its col-
OZJ3DS... ;
'Send in your oamef and show by your
acts that yon s ill feel an interest in the
work of yonr fathers, the promotion of Dem
ocratic principles and measures, and the
perpetuation of your liberties."
Sootid doctrine, in the foregoing ; and to
all democrats whose names are not already
on oar list, we say, put it in practice at
once and forward your names and money to
the Sra or THt North, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Gi.caon's " Literary Companion. That
."truly 'excellent and beautiful weekly,
"Glsasos's Liter art Companion," for this
week and the new year, we have received.
. This acrnber is finely , illustrataJ, aod, is
the first of a now volome, containing six
teen elegant p;iges, as open and fair as any
reader's eje would desire to feast opon.
The Literary Companion is one of the best
publications in our cocntry. What is not
therti found of wit and humor, 'the bet
of&uries, fontign and home miscellany,
"dewdrops of ' wisdom, and instruction in
dornsstic affai rs." is not worth " reading or
knowing. -Ml. Gleasoo, with hi long ex
perionce in tins newspaper line, understands
the wants of those who seek enjoyment and
iasticction through the medium of reading.
The circulation of the Companion is very
Iarg'j..' Termii only 2 a year. Send for a
copyby ail means Address F. Gleaaon,
Eoston, Miss, r
T;i8 par er is alo for sale by all period
icil dealers ic the cooiiiry at 5 cents per
copy. " -t
The Kariisbargh Futiiol and Union recors
ntar ds the following: H'thsrto we have
d'.wotintenan:ei atid opposed any secret
c.-atilzatioa f the Democratic partybut,
c a 1.3 princijj'e of fighting the devd with
iJs csa weapon, we now withdraw ilia:
r pjeartion; nJ, as ila only means of sac
cci, lecornnjend ihzi fcome f-lti, as lisile
ctjcc.icnktlj 'a, possible, be daviseJ fr
fjrtilsg "eecist Deocratio Aesoctati ons,
I !i a vie it ncre per'tct crgauizat'too
zzi u:;ii:J iciicr?. Af,d lei h te tlons
v33 lbs eoir.er ti tet'.er.
, Br." LiEctla's Honesty." .
It is a curious misapplication of terms
that has gained fcr Mr Lincoln the souhri
quet of "Honest." The most palpable trait
in his character is a proueness for decep
tion and an aptitude to make his point by a
circuiton path. His message and procla
mations resemble more :he special plead
ing of an illiterate peuifogger than the offi
cial productions of a statesman. Mr. Lin
coln was aware that a proclamation of the
Executive purporting te wholesale dis
franchisement of citizens and the disruption
of State Governments, would be an absur
dity in its very title. Having determined
to issue his edict to that effect he gives it
the appellation of a Proclamation or Am
nesty, and having in the first few sentences
disposed of the amnesty pretext by impos
ing conditions which no Southerner could
possibly accept, he proceeds to deveiop
the real intention of the document, and re
veals the treacherous plan by which h
proposes to place the Government of the
seceded States in the hands of his retainers
and at the fame time enable bis armies to
select the next Presidential electors.
If the President, by proclamation, can
confine the exercise of the elective fran
chise to one tenth of the population ot a
State, why, by the same power, may he
not reduce the ratio to one-twentieth, or
one hundreth, or one thousandth .part ?
Why not, in fact, give to one man the ex
clusive privilege of depositing his ballot,
making that single voice determine what
shall be the constitution and the law of the
State in question ? it is difficult to under
stand by what process of reasoning an Exe
cutive officer can fix, by mere violation,
npon a given number of votes as sufficient
to control the machinery of State Govern
ment. It is simply by an arbitrary exercise
of bis will that Mr. Lincoln has made the
proportion one-tenth ; he might with equal
propriety have selected another figure, and
the shallow artifice of decimation might as
well have been dispensed with, and the po
litical machinery of the States passed over at
once to his Major Generals, to be remodel
ed at his dictation.
The Constitution of this Republic gives
to the Executive no authority, directly or
by implication, to tamper with the elective
systems of the States. In fact, tho procla
mations that have gone forth, so far as their
validity :s concerned, might as well have
been issued by a foreign potentate. The
President ha "power to grant reprieves
and pardons for offenses against the United
States,7' and lor that purpose a proclama-
J tion has the force of law. But when it goes
I beyor.d this and reeks to control asocial or
Folitical Jtem, to abrogate laws, to ifetroy
institutions, to dictate the manner in which
Stala Constitutions shall be changed or re
mrided, it enters into a sphere that is for
bidden even to Congress, and that has nev
er heratofore been tresp3seil upon by any
of the branches of the Federal Government.
In making it the duty of the President to
''recommend to the consideration" of Con
gress, "such measures as he eha.I jude
tecessary and expedient, the Constitution
implies that uch measures shall not be car
ried into effect upon his own responsibility
II the emergency admits of no delay, there
is still neither reason nor legality for his
action according to his own discretion ; for
'he may, on extraordinary occasions, con
vene both houses, or either of thetn." In
the face of these plain indications of his du
ty, Mrl Lincoln, while Congress is ia ses
sion, and prepared to consider hisrecommen
dations, issues a Proclamation which ef
fects the very essence of Sta'e Government,
and which, if permitted to act as a prece
dent of what powers a President may as
same, will enthrone the Executive above
the Constitution, and clothe him with an
absolute authority. This ''honest" man,
and "frank, straightforward" .President is
crafty enough toitjeguise his proclamations,
in the first place wi n false titles and then
with objure diction, so that the people
may not be too suddenly impressed with
their significance; but unless the masses
have lost their judgment in the excitement
of civil strife, by this time they must have
learned that they have been betrayed by
their Executive, and no longer live in a Re
public. A Striking Parallel.
There ia no more instructive chapter in
history than the decline and fall of the Ro
man Empire. Rome, the seven-hilled city,
was jnstiy called 'the mistress of the world:'
and the loss of the proud position she once
held among the nations, may be attributed
solely to folly and wickedness of her rulers
Julius Cccsar told the Roman Senate, "inter
arma, leges silent." He was the author of
this sentiment, which has been the plea of
tyrants ever 6ince. . Augustus CtEsar .scat
tered bis immense army of foor hundred
thousand souls, throughout the Empire, di
viding the territory into districts, each of
which was under"ihe control of a general
of his own appointment, who was the su
preme dictator in his province. Augustus
too has had imitators. Caracalla extended,
the right of citizenship to all persons, bond
and free, in order that be might increase
the taxes, which, as Gibbon '.ells qs, had
already reached the enormous earn of a
hundred millions; and thus furnish means
for enriching his friends, and keeping up
tha royal splendor and magnificence of the
capitol. There are Caracallas in these days.
Nero caused the city of Rome to be set on
fire and then fiddled while it was burning
Gallienus aroused himself with mock tri
umphs, smiling and making witty speeches
and giving splendid entertainments, while
disaster crowned his arrae, and the barbar
ians were committing the worst excesses
all around him. It would not be difficult to
find a Nero era Gallienus among onr mod
ern American statesmen. JJnder Tiberias,
conspicaous virtue was a mark for ven
geaaca while under the protection of the
royai porp'e, vice and wickedness beld un
bridled sway. Roma'gave herself op to
licentiousness and prodigality, as has done
tha capital of this ones great nation. It
was concerning this period of the decline
a ad fall of Reins, that the historian wrote:
"The liberty of the people bad become ex
tinct. The spirit of Republicanism hadde
parted, and a military despotism had usurp,
ed its placeJ Here and there a spark of
patriotism might.be kindled in the breast
of some individual, but it was soon smoth
ered." In view of the striking parallel be
tween the history of the last days of Ro
rnan power and greatness and our present
condition, is there not cause to lear that the
future historian may some d;;y write the
same epitaph npon our departed greatness?
God grant he may never have to record the
last sad act in the drama, as he recorded itin
the downfall of Rome, when.Pertinax, hav
ing increaaed the army far beyond the lim
its prescribed by bis predecessors, was as
sassinated in his bed, and the imperial
guards offered the throne to the highest
bidder? VVe cannot honor our country
with too deep a reverence; we cannot
guard her welfare with too jealous a care ;
we all at least pretend to believe so ; and
yet a strange infatuation seems to have pos
sessed the public mind. We go on blun
dering through this great national crisis,
without policy, recklessly and blindly dis
regarding the teachings of history, and
trusting alone . to the decrees of fate.
We may blunder through successfully, bat
it will be in the face ol the experience of
the past. Chambenbur g Spirit.
Who Pays ?
"Two car loads of contrabands, number
ing abont a hundred and fifty, one-half of
them men, arrived here to-day from Balti
more, to which city they were sent from
Prince George's county, Maryland. The
men not being fit for military service, are
to be employed at the Giasbors Cavalry
camps, and the women and children domi
ciled at Freedman's Village, in this vicin
ity." IViithington Correspondence.
What a comforting thought it must be to
the loyal vvorkingman, as he counts his pay
on Saturday night to think, that it is di
minished about thirty por cent, which thirty
per cent, goes to teed and clothe the contra
bands, who before he became so philanth
ropic, were clothed and fed at somebody
else's expense. He will say to his wile:
"You cannot have the stout, warm dress I
promised you (or, this Vmier, and mind you
no meat except twice a week, 1 cannot
afford it. I have got to feed and clothe the
colored people.'' He will say to his child,
"no ride for you in the ccrs to-day, my
child, that five cents has gone to some
little wooly heads." What a glow of uni
versal love will thrill bis heart whea he
saes his own si.ffer in order that the poor
black may be made happy. He will say
to himself : "How lovely is freedom !
Three short years ago those immortal souls
were in bondage. They were no care to
me, I never fall for them, I never thought
of tnem, I had not to deprive myself of a
single thing lor their benefit. Now thank
God, they are free, and they are the object
of my solicitude, and I have the pleasure of
supporting them. True, my own children
surfer for it but still it :s a great privilege,
and I ought to be very thankful."
The only interruption that he might suffer
to tilts telt-satisty mg train of thought might
be the6Uges!io!i ol some disloyal, traitor
ous, venomous Democrat, who might say
to him : "Bat you are Iree too, and nobody
sopports yoa. You Lave to work hard
enough for your week's wages, no ona
docks cfTthirity per cent, from their wages
to ktep you in idleness." To which tte
loyal workman would naturally reyly: "Ah,
you secessionist ! you Sjitiier:i syrapatni
ser. To this argument, of course, there c?n
be no reply, and nothing is Ie ft for the
cowed traitor to do but retire gracefully,
singing the uew 6ong of "I'd be a contra
band." Genuine Philanthropy,
They have been holding in Cincinnati a
great fair for the benefit of the Sanitary
Commission, and among other ingenious
methods of raising money, a committee
was appointed to solicit autographs for sale.
Remembering, we presume, that Mr. Val
landigham had been the chosen candidate
ot uearly two hundred thousand voters, aid
inferring, from that fact, that his autograph
would be apt to command a good price, one
of the committee requested him to contrib
ute to the collection. This he did as fol
lows .
"Windsor, C W., Dec. 16, 1863.
Geo. McLaughlin, Esq., Cincinnati, Ohio :
Sib Yours of the lith, requesting from
me an autograph letter, fur the benefit of
the Sanitary Commission, has been receiv
ed, and I cheerfully comply.
The object of the Commission is one of
mercy. It is a charity truly Christian to
visit the sick, to heal the wounded, in min
ister to the maimed, to comtort the afllictedj
to relieve the prisoner, to clothe the naked,
to feed the hungry, to give drink to them
who are athirst, to cheer the widow and ;he
fatherless, to save human life, to alleviate
human suffering, and thus to restore some
part of that which war always , so largely
subtracts from the sum of human happi
ness. That all this is to be wrought out on
behalf of those or the families of those who
brave wounds and death with heroic cour
ae, open the many battle-fields of this
most sorrowful of wars, gives but still more
of value to the merciful purpose. The
Commission, if jaatly, with integrity and
without partiality, it shall perform iti pious
duties, will prove itself worthy of all the no
ble praise bestowed by Burke upon the be
nevolent Howard.
"C. L. VALLANDIGH AM."
In this there is nothing so far as me can
perceive, to which exception can be takeu ;
but so soon as it became known that a let
ter from Mr. Vallandigham was to be sold
for the benefit of the Commission, the
Chairman of the Committee having the
Autograph Department in charge, interfer
ed and polished an indignant letter, deny
ing that Mr. McLaughlin had had any au
thority to apply to the exile, and announ
cing that the letter bad been withdrawn.
As this was quite at offensive an insclt to
every man who voted for Mr. Vallardig
ham as it was to him, we may accept it as
established in Cincinnati, at least,, that the
"Government" does not wish any assist
ance from Democrats. The Pharisees are
not content with "sounding a trumpet be
fore them" when they do their alms, but
they are not even willing that the Samari
tan should help the sick and wounded, ex
cept where there is no possibility of bis
charities becoming known and then they,
ol coarse, prefer to "pass by on the other
si JdV Hvr rapidly are ws gettin j back to
'the r of good feeling.' ' : . . ?
The Car
V TO THE PATRONS OP
THE STAR OF THE NORTH.
BLOOMSBCRG, PA., JANUARY 1, I8C4.
The days have grown ehorl, the wind blows cold,
The last few months of the year now old,
Have passed away and morning's light
Dawns on another year, may it be still more blight,
Than that just passed away,
Just fizzled out,
Just gone, but yesterday.
A happy New Year may it be to thee,
A year ol joy, and love bless'd sympathy ;
A year of pleasure and of wealth,
A year of new deliphls and health,
All these I wish thee and much more,
May t orrow never linger at thy door ;
May death so grim pace on his way,
And sighing leave thee till another day.
The nipping frost has warned us of the cold,
The wintery winds have blown fisree and bold,
The snow has witened mother earth all o'er,
A ' it r .... . . '
I nuu tae -raging jvanall" is troze Irom shore to
J The kating time has come at last,
i ne Mile Doys with sleds, are coasting fast ;
The prospects of a sleigh-ride yet are good,
All these and much more may be understood. r
To thftsa who pay their debts but twice a year,
The first January, is most likely, drear ;
For when the debtor comes with dun,
They feel most queer, to them it is no fun ;
To meet the coming year,
Now, this advice I give to those I mention,
Just pay for what you ge', with good intention,
And this advice of mine, pray never mention.
The Printer, too, hasjast struck off this rhyme ;
I'm sure, to many he has given plenty timo ;
And that thay may feel that it is no crime,
Just pay hin off with Linclom greenback fine,
Now that they make them, day and night,
Create thern, with their main and might,
While 1 these lines indite,
No doubt they've made a cart-load, yes, quite.
The darky soldiers, now, are all the go,
Some goes it"wi'd de- heel" and 6ome4twi'd toe,"
Oh! Father Abraham, why did you do so ?
When you know all the Republicans want to go;
0ie fact there is for me to relate,
Ol great advantage to the Slate,
Of fuch imponauce in its way,
I think another verse will suraly pay.
Their legs are'r.ear the middle of their feet,
So that it is impossible lor tUem to retreat,
They're great uu harJ-tack and other ration,
Aud a good way topend the greenback ot the nation,
In fact by Irerinsi them, and amalgamation,
We are in a fair way to become a glorious nation;
If these are not your views, my friend,
Remember tha4 I do not wish to offend.
Old Winter's come with gleesome spnrt
His broad, brizht fires,' and cheerful h- arth.
His blithesome days, and lingering nights,
Of undisturbed aud genial mirth.
The keen, clear air, the splendid sight,
We waken to a world of ice :
Where all things are enshrined in light,
As by some genie's quaint device.
'Tis winter's jubilee this day
His stores their countless treasures yield,
See how the diamond glances play
In ceaseless bluze from tree and fieli.
Anor. the sable furs are brought,
The notes of jingling bell resound ;
The bright plateau .f ice is sought.
And tkaters whirl in giddy round.
The shout defiant breaks the air,
The whizzing snow-ball flies its way,
The young with anxious glee retire,
The older marshal for the fray.
Now for the Draft, the Draft of old,
The Draft that takes one with a very bad cold,
And makes him limp and twi-tt and squirm,
And play the possum, or invalid turn,
It is just about ta take place,
And I'm sure 'twill make many a wry fae
'Twill color the face with a very black pot,
And give the neuralgia, and I know not what;
Threads and needles are all laid by,
And she man soes round with hand on his eye :
ne can piaj out can t go to war,
So i s laid down as a matter of law.
There's the man of the Smut Machine,
Whom some people think a little green,
Who cuts a wondrous splash, a wondrous dash,
And rattles in his pockets, old Abraham's ch ;
The rest ol the loud taking fellows,
"That goes round," aid sometimes bellows,
Their cry is go to war, to war come go,
But they're sure never to do so,
They'd rather stay at home and watch their fire,
Thau for their cause on battle-field to expire ;
Now hold your peace and cry less loud and long,
The draina'coraing on, your lungs will not be strong.
The ladles, now, God bless them,
1 wish to address them,
And call their avention to this,
For want of a better they might write cs a letter,
Or a kiss would not come amies,
Heaven bless their daar faces,
And adorn them with graces
Till they become irresistible quite,
Then make the men suffer,
And if without snuffer
Be sore to exlitigoish the light.
Now don't forget the boy who presents you with this,
And I hope that you'll find it won;t come amiss,
If be Ehould not prove civil,
Remember he's the devil ;
Just court favor with him,
For he's not very grim ;
Lacks superfluity of tin,
And as New Year comes in,
Desires to have something to spend,
I pray to his call attend ;
Aud to make it shorter.
Just, hand bim a quarter.
Happy New Year, plenty of cheer,
Good-bye, ray dear patrons aud readors,
If you would see me again,
You can do so, without pain,
By huctiug amongst the Stab's leaders.
NOAH C. PRENTISS, Cabrim.
THE DRAFT.
It has been announced that orders have been issued
by the war Department postponing the Draft until the
15th, and as the re-enlistments in the veteran Regi
ments are to be crdited to their respective States,
there is a strong likelihood that the necessity for a
dnft will be obvia.ed. It is said that in the matter oi
volunteering, our own Slate is the most backward ol
all, but this is due to the undisguised efforts of the
Abolitionists to discourage enlistments, for, as the
Louisviila Journal justly says, ia speaking of this
statement:
"The disgrace of the showing, whatever it may be,
attaches properly not to Pennsylvania, as patriotic a
State as the Union contains, bnt to the wretched dem
agogues and anarchists who for the time rule her
councils."
We have as yet seen no explanation given of the
failure to enforce the Draft in the Western States, but
out ot 125,000 drafted men only 6,000 went into the
uervice, as the 10,000 substitutes were in fact volun
teers, and would have been secured had the volun
teering system been adhered to. The veterans who
are fecsred by the bounty system are the bist men.
THE WAR NEWS-
PROS FRIDAY'S PAPERS.
The new year opens with every
thing quiet in all quarters. In Vir
ginia there have been heavy rains
and long thaws. The roads are
bad, and all movement is impossi
ble. Every stream is lull, and
fords are, in most cases, obliterated
by the flood Both armies are vir
tually in winter quarters, although
ihe acknowledgment of the fact by
the authorities is very tardy. The
men are resting, and the animals
trying their best to recruit. Gtn.
Lee's force is estimated at fitly
thousand; General Mead's at 6ixty
thousand, though furloughs granted
to re-inlisting troops have caused a
serious depletion. General Lee's
headquarters are at Orange Court
House on the Rapidas, and the
main force of his army are encamp
ed in that neighborhood. North of
this, pickets extend on the right
hand to Cedar Mountain, six miles
south ot Culpepper, and on the left
hand to some earth-works a tew
hundred yards across the Kapidan,
holding the northern approaches to
the fords with a strong torce, and
presenting any access to any part
of the river by the Federal troops.
Below tha lords General Lee has
lines of pickets extending to Fred
ericksburg, which place he holds, a
handful of Federal cavalry being
posted as a signal party at Fal
mouth across the Rappahannock.
General Mead's pickets closely
confront General Lee's along ihe
hostile line. Four miles south of
Culpepper at tne base of Cedar
Mountain is the outpost which is
supported by fourlhousand infantry
at Culpepper. In the rear of Cul
pepper is the main body ol the ar
my, their encampments extending
along the liue of the Orange Rail
road back to ihe Rappahannock.
On the rifehl ot the railroad cavalry
patrols go a hall dozen miles west
and northwest, but seldom venture
farther. On the let: of the railroad
one army corps, eight to ten thou
sand strong, is at Stevensburg, as a
support to cavalry pickets, which
go southward toward the Confeder
ate lines near the Rapidan. Gen.
Lee, if attacked is in his strons po
sition and will fight there. General
Meade, it attacked, by a retreat of
a few miles will reach his strong
portion on the north bank of the
Rappahannock.
'Ihe position and strength of the
opposing armies at Chattanooga is
not so well known. Gen Grant, at
Nashviiie directs military move
ments in the entire W. General
Thomas hoids th town Chattnooga
and effectually projects hi line of
communication with Nashviiie
Th- Mt-sio.i Ridge runs between
shore ;
the camp Of his main force and th
enemy, Out it is strongly garrisoned !
and .Je.enile.l by heavy earthworks.
At it soutiieatern bae runs the ;
Chickarn luga, jow swollen by
rain, aud to us bank his pickets
extend. Gen. Johus'on's Confed
erals outposi, is at Ringgold, a; d
hi couis go norhweM to the
Chick-mauga, alihouga the five
miles between Ringgold and ti!t
stream is more properly neutral
ground. 1
h of Ringgold the
main force of Confederates is en- J
camped, their le.its lining the rail- j
road as far as Dalton. I
The Eedt-ral troop3 bold Cleve
land and by the Teiitie?eee river
e:;d -npplies from Chattanooga to
Knoxvi.le, nhere General Foster
commands. The railroad is not in
running order between these two
military pj.vs and guerrillas con
stantly infe-t it and pteveut its re
pair. The Federal force does not
hold any ground east of Knoxvill.
auu attempt no communication i
wnn uumoeriaou uap, mat place ;
(L.e?ld by a slight garrison) having
ceased to be of any importance as a
supply post. Gen. Longstreet s
cavalry are at Rutlsdge, twenty
live miles east of Knoxvil'e ar.d
hold the roids to Cumberland Gap.
Hi main body is at Kogersville,
twenty miles further east. His
strength is not known. Fnm Rog-er-ville
to Bristol, eighty miles, he
has a wagon road, beyond that a
railroad, communicating with Rich
mond.
The Misisppi river is infested
with guerrillas, but a temporary
lull in their operations has marked
the ciose of December In Texas,
the Federal troops make but slow
progress, and as yet have conquer
ed but little ground. Their forces
lie at Brownsville and Matagorda
Bay, and do not seem to go in
search of any enemy. The sipge
of Charleston progresses slowly,
but with no result, and the appre
hension is becoming very general
that the siege is a failure.
The news of the day is very
meagre, and is chiefly confined to
that received from southern sour
ces. The Confederates, by the re
cent capture of Cleveland, have
been deprived of their only copper
mills, and will suffer serious losses
by the want of material for precus
sion caps.
General Averell, in his recent
narrow escape Irom ihe enemy, lost
his ambulance train, two hundred
prisoners among them eight offi
cers, one being Averell's Adjutant
General, and forty or fifty negroes.
General Banks reports that there
are three hundred thousand bales
of cotton in Texas, which bethinks
be can bring to market.
There are ihree hundred cases of
small-pox among the Federal pris
oner at Danville.
No guerrillas have appeared in
Gen. Mead's rear for tea days.
The Confederate Gen. Farly has
been given a separate command in
the Shenandoah valley.
From Monday's Papers.
The most important news we
have to lay before our readers to
day is that a Confederate raid is
contemplated in the Shenandoah
Valley. Gen. Early, the comman
der in that quarter, always led the
advance of Stonewall Jackson's
corps, and is the officer who made
ihe raid on Wrigbtsville, on the
Susquehanna, du ring the summer
ot last year. The valley, we have
no doubt, wilt be fit to allow a light
infantry division to pass over it,
the recent very cold weather freez
ing everything aud indurating the
mud which reigned a week ago.
Such raids heretofore have always
been heralded beforehand, and
there is every forewarning now
which Banks and Pope had when
Jackson attacked them in May and
August, 1862.
Indianoia, a small town in Texa,
has been captured without opposi
.REVIEW OP THE. JSIARKET.
CAREFULLY corrected weekly.
WHEAT, SI
RYE. . 1
CORN, new, 1
OA IS.
BUCKWHEAT,
FLOUR pr. bbl 6
C LOVERS EE D 5
50
20
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75
75
50
60
BUTTER,
EGGS,
TALLOW,
LAUD, per lb.
POTATOES.
DR'D APPLES I
HAMS,
SO
25
12
12
55
50
12
In Bloomsburg, oil the 24ih inst , by Rev.
J. R. Dimm Mr. HknrvC Harman, to Miss
Mart Ann Evans, bII of this place.
On the 22it inst., at Ithica, N. Y., by Rev.
Mr. Bixby, Mr. Wm H Evans, of Blooms
burg, Pa., aud Miss Dklla Benjamin, of the
former place.
At the residence of the bride's father, on
the 24th ir.st., by Rev. M. P. Crosthwaite,
Sconce Hartmav, to Miss Mart J. Lillet,
all of Franklin township.
2 OS '
In Madison township, Columbia county,
on the 29th nit., Mr. Hknrt M. Dildine of
typhoid fever, in the 39th year of his age.
In Hemlock township, on the 1st inst.,
Mr. Charles Sage, lam a soldier of the I78;h
P. M , aged 23 years. He contracted his
illness while on the Peninsula, last sum
mer. In Beach Grove, on the 27vh of Novem
ber, 1863, Minkr Asmil, son of Jessa U.
and Martha J. Cortright, aged 4 years, 6
months and 15 days.
IIOSTET I E U S BITTER
Have received the warmest encomiums
from the press and people throughout the
Union as a valuable tonic for the cure of
Dyspepsia, Flatulence, Constipation, aud
general nervous debi'iy, it can not be ap
proached. Everyday new cases of its great
effect are ceroniclnd through our principal
public journals. There is nothing equal to
the enjoyment to tha! which the afflicted
experience when using this valuable spe
cific. Its mild tone, its sure and vigorous
action upon a disordered stomach, and the
cleansing of the entire human body should
recommend it to all classes of our comu
nity. TP See Advertisement. j2
For sale by Druggists and dealers gen
erally everywhere.
Dec. 9. 18G3. 1 mo
IRON CITY COLLEGE, PITTSBURGH,
PA. There is no Institution of learning in
the country, at present, attracting so great
an amount of attention as this. Sti dents
aie flocking to it from all parts of the
country, on account of (tie reputation it
has among buine-' men for making thor
ough, practical and reliable accountants.
Its graduates take prcce lenc over those
of alt other Commercial iVhools ; a D;a
ploma from this College being a certain
pns-port to snucess in his bus'u ess life.
The Fhcuby is cnmi'O I ot skillful and
i7"-" rui J i "c n-au ui
r:""""""? "" kio
u 1,0 inei.tly fifed lor ihe posiii
i o n
ions
tttey occupy. Lvery young man in th
country should try to avail himself of Ihe
1 advantages afiorded fv a eourm of study
i in this College. Circular? of the College,
! containing full information, car, ha I on
addressing V PrmC"paN, Messrs. JEN
! KINS & SMITH, Pitt-buruh, Pa.
iA
E IT II E R .11 EX 0 R W0 31 E.V !
NO HUMBUG, but an ENTIRELY NSW
thing. 0:ily three months i:t this country
No clap trap operation to gull tha public,
but a gfnuine money making thing! Read
Ihe Circular of instruction once only, and
you wiil understand it perfectly. A Lady
ha just written to me that slia is making
ad high as TWENTY DOLLARS SOME
DAYS! giving instructions in this art.
i nousanus ot rti.iier are malting rnonev
.si-;
rapidly at it. It h a thing that takes Le.ter
than anything ever otlernd. You can
make rnonpy with it home or abroad on
steam boats or railroad cars, and i:i the
country or city. You wl be pleased in
pursuing it, not only because it will yield
a handsome income, but also in con?e
bonce cf the general admiiatiou which it
eiiciis. It is pretty much bit profit. A
mere trifle is necessary to 6tarl with.
There is scarcely one person oat of
thousands who ever pays any attention to
ad vertisemeuts of this kind, thinking they
are humbugs. Com-equenily those who do
send tor instructions will have a broad
field to make money ;n. There is a class
of persons in this world who would think
that because they have been humbugged
out of a dollar or so, that ever) thing that
is advertised is a humbug. Consequently
the trj no enure. The person who suc
ceeds is the one that keeps on trying until
he hits something that pays him.
This art cost me on thousand dollars,
and I expect to make money out of it and
t.ll who purchase the art of me will do the
same. One Dollar sent to me will insure
the prompt return ot a card of instructions
in lie art. The money ttiV be returned tt
those not satisfied
Address WALTER T. TINSLEY,
No. 1 Park Place, New York.
Oct. 21, 1803 3m.
GRAND JCRORS-FEB. TERM, 1864.
Bloom Matbew Wynkoop, John Hrug
ler. Benton Samuel R. Kline, Reubnn
Gibbons. Briarrreek, Archibold Henry,
James A lams. Centre -Benjamin Fowler,
Tillnun D Strau-e, Lewis Djilerich. Fish
irigcreek, Samuel Coleman. Franklin
John Lawrence. Hemlock J.im3 Rnat,
George Russell. Jackson. Mathew Mc
Henry. Lnrust Mark Williams. Georg
Feu-termacher, Henry Helwig. Mt Pleas
ant Andrew Ifculer. Madison Jno. Doll
mau. Orange Moses Ejveritt. Sugarloaf,
Henry C. H"s, Alinas Cole.
January 6, 1 S64.
Trarcrse Jurors for Feb Terra IS6I,
Bloom Pe er Billmeter, C-hb Barton,
jr., Henry G. Pmilips, Levi L.Tate, Jacob
R. Groul, Benjamin F. Hartinau, Watsftii
W. Fiirmau. Bur. Berwick Jeremiah S.
Samiers. Beaver Jno. Huats. Briarcreek,
Wm Lamon. Emmer Deiierich. Centre
Fredtrick Hagenbuch. Caiawia Jacob
Kisiler. Frauklin Christian Brobft, Jos.
Ki-iler. Greenwood. Samuel Bogarl.
Hemlock Surauel Otl, Jesse OliI, George
Hartman. Jackon, Wm. Robtius. Lo
ru,,t Berj. Wagner, Peter Helwig, sen.,
Lucas Fahringer Mifflin Christian Wolf,
George Brown, Pheuias itli, Stephen
Pohe. MadUon Elias Bogart, Abraham
B. Swifrher. Ml. Pieasant John Hippea
6teel. Montour Etias Deiteiich. Orange
John Snyder, Abner Welsh, Ab. Dildine.
Scott Huston Robison, Jacob Terwilliger.
. January 6, 1864.
Court JlilvHs.
I .,.,...,.. . ,.-,-,., n r ,- ,-, n ,
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claim of EXFMP
TION from the DRAFT, can have their
papers promptly and carefully drawn bv
calling at the Offi-e ot the undersigned i,'
Blonrnxbnrg, Columbia connly pfnn'a
Office, Second Door Wfst of the Court Boiiic.
MICHAEL F. EYERLW
January 6. 181
Administrator' Notice.
Estate of Hairy M. THUine, deceated:
LEiT,lKI?uf Almin'''ion on the e.-f-
l;e ol Henry M Dildine, late of Mad
.son lowmdnp, Columbia county.deceaied
have bu granted by the Hre?oiZi
county, to John D.Idina, who resides
Limestone township, Montour county A il
persons having claims against the estale of
the decedent are requested to make them
known to the Administrator without delav
and all person indebted to the estate sr
requested to make payment immediate!
to the uudbrsigned. J
r a ,J0I,N D,LDIN,Admr.
January 6, 186. 6vr. 52.
Auditor s IVofice.
la (he Orphan i' Court for the Count of Coi
vmlia, Ettale of Peter AppkgJe, 'late of
Jcukwn township deceued. J
ALL persons interested will take notice
that the undersigned, appointed Au
ditor by the Orphans' Court ot Columbia
county, to settle and adjust the rates and
proportions of the balance or assets ia the
har.os of Joshua Kobbin., administrator of
the estate of IVter App!egte, defeased,
to ana among the respeciive cred.tirs ol
the deceased, according to the order es
tablished by law, wiil meet the panies in
terested at R. F. Clark's office, i Blooms
burg, on Friday, the 29. h day of January
1864, for ihe purpose of his appointment'
when and wnere all parties interested are
requested to present tneir claims, or b
debarred from coming in lor a share of such
BMets. ROBERT F. CLABK,
Bloomsburg, Jan. 6. 1364 S2 Auditor.
Auditor's Noticed
N the matier ot ihe petition of Edward
D. Murray and LeamW'J. Murray, by
their next Iriend, Eveline Murray, by
Paul Leidy, E-q , their attorney, asking,
the Orphans' Court of Columbia county,
to appoint an Auditor to make distribu
tion ot the balance in the hands of Wm.
Cox Ellis, Executor of the last will and
testament ot Eiizabe'h Murray,' dee'd.
To all parties interested in the estate of
the said Elizabeth Mutra3 , deceased, taki
notice, that the onder-igned Auditor, ap
pointed by the Orphans' Court ot Columbia
co., in accordance with the above named
petition, will attend to the duties of his
appointment, at his Oulce, in Eloornsburg,
on Saturday, the 20th day cf January 1964,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, when and
Lert you will attend if yon think proper.
W WIRT, Acdiior.
B!oomburg Jan. 6, 104. 2
PUBLIC SALE OF
VALUABLE PERSONAL PROPERTY.
li7'ILL he expossd to public sale at the
la e rsi ie;.ce of Henry M. Dildine, iu
.vl t lico't tJvrh:p. C hi'uLia coatsty, on
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20iii. 18S4,
at 10 oViock, tn ttm loreuocn ol taid day,
the following urortv. to wit :
SltELP, h;G, THRESHIN'f; .iAUiiNK,
Reiper, Hay Utke. Roller, Wa.-.ctjs, Plow,
Harrow, Cultivate 15, Sl.-v!, t-!ei.ih, 1 sa
and Siagl-s IUrnes. A'.-o. Grain rf dilTer
ent kind, POTATOES by ih i bushel,
SSAY SY THE TOT.',
Several good Ija Swarrrj. ar.d th entire
HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNl
J'UKE, together with many article too nu
merous to mention.
ty Terms made known on day of ule.
by JOHN DILDiNE. Adra'r,
Limestone twp., Montour co.
January 6 1864
The V invii.e ln's'Jjjfnzir aid the D-invU'e
Democrat will pleu&e copy, by request of
the Administraior
Selling off at Reduced
r RICES !
LT. SH ARPLESS. Uhes to dispose of
l is PRESENT STOCK of GOODS TO
READY PAY CUSTOMERS at REDUCED
It A 1 ES
Give him a call and examine hit pi ices,
Bloomsburg. Jan. 6, 1SG3.
Administrator IXotiee.
Estate vf Henry Kitchen deceased.
ETIERSof Aiimiiii-iration on the Es--"late
of Henry Kitchen, late of Green
wood township, Culutnbia conuty, dee'd.
have been crantec by the Register of said
Coumy to the undersigned who reside ia
'tie same toAn-hip. Ail persons having
claims aaint the E-ta;eot the decedent
are requested lo preenl them for settle
ment to the Admin istraiors without delay,
ail lho indebted to the estate to make
payment forthwith.
I'lil AH R. HARRAR, ) .
RICHARD KITCHEN, Aarmr '
Dec. 23. S63 6w.-?2 00
Etsiray &hecj).
pAME to the premises of the sob:criber,
-An Conyngham twp., Columbia county
on or about the lOih of November, 1863,
THREE HEAD OF SHEEP ;
The owner or owners are re
quester! to cone forward, prove,
properly, pay the charges, acd take them
away, otherwise they will be sold, accord"
ir.g to law. JOHN R. JONES,
Conynj'ham, Dec. 23, 1863. 3w.
Howards assoTiatTon!
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
DISEASES of the Nervous, Seminal,
Urinary and Sexual Systems new and re
liable irea'rneni in Reports of the HOW
ARD ASSOCIATION Sent by mail in
swaled letter en velopes, free of charge.
Address, Dr. J. SKILLIN HOUGHTON,
"Howard Association, No. 2 South Niatb
S'reet Philadelphia, Pa.
Dec. 16. 1863 ly.
E STRAY COW.!
AME to the premises of the subscriber,
in Cuoyngham township, Columbia CO.,
on or about ihe 10 ot December, 1863,
A RED COW,
with sliort horns, and white'
across her rump. The owner'
is notified lo come forward'
- ,
prove property, pay charges, and lake her
away ; o:herwise she will be disposed of
according to the directions of the law.
JOHN U. JONES.
Conyngham, Dec. 23, 1863 3w.
Notice.
ALL persons subject to the Draft of the
15, ol January, 1864, and having claims
ot exemption on the following grounds :
A lineage, Non residence, Cnsui'ableness
of age, or Manifest permanent Disability,
can have their papers properly drawn by
catling at the ffice of the undersigned, in
Bloomsburg Oifice next door below A. J.
Sloan's Stow. W. WIRT & CO.
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