TOR OFf 111 MR TIL
7AC0UY, EDITOR.
S03ISBCRG, WEDSESMT, ACCtST 24, 1864.
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National Convention.
DEMOCRATIC COUNT! CONVENTION.
TVOTICE is hereby given that the Derao
f cratic Electors, in and for the sever!
uuiuugus ttnu ieuuuu Lisiricis, win meet
at men respective places of holding the
General Election, on
Saturday, the 27 A day of August next,
between the hour of 3 and 7 o'clock p. rn.,
of ffaid day. for the purpose of choosing two
Delegates from each District, to meet in
County Convention, at the COURT HOUSE
in Bloomsburg, on
Monday, the 29 th day of August
at 1 o'clock, p. m., for the purpose of mak
ing the UFual annual nominations of:he
jDerr.ocra'ic party of Columbia Counlv.
WILLIAMSON H. JACOBY, Chairman
"H W McRstkolds, I John A. Fonstok,
"VVm. Krickbaum, j Hiram Rowlr,
Jacob Yiagkr, J John Meqargkll.
'Demon atic Standinz Committee.
'Bloomsburg, Jnly 50, 1864.
Irmj of .the Fishiujcrcffc.
Part of the rrarui army of the Potomac,
which has been sojourning in this county
a week or more, started ap Fishingcreek on
Sunday morning -last. Tbey struck tents
Lily ; starting -on their march with three
day's rations ; cavarry leading the advance,
artillery in ibe centre, and infantry bringing
up the rear. We .ODdeMand tbey Jfave
pitched tents in a sugar camp, along the
creek near the Forks, some two or three
. rales this side of Still Water. This is a
beautiful place for them to encamp, sur-
rounded with all the necessaries of life,and
above all, inhabited "by none of your Abo
litionists but by Democrats of the old Jack
sonian School, who are all, to day, uncondi
tional Union men. Tbey are for the whole
Union, -a white Union. , The Union as it
vias and the Constitution as it is, will satisfy
ieoi, ina noining more. vnen me war
was prosecmed to preserve these intact, the
people "up the creek," and all oer the
country, were willing to leap into the ranks
txnawn were garnering in so last anu tnick
f that one of the Abolition Senators proclaim
ed, "for God's sake stop volunteering, we
have. more men than we need, more than
we can clothe and feed." Just at that time
tie saw that they had, through . their fraud
.1 .1 . . .. rn : . 1 .1 : 1 . u -
whole country, as to raise the army to the
height he thought necessary to carry out
their object of this ''cruel acd wicked rebel
. lion," the abolition of slavery. Every move
cn the checker-board has been a direct
move at the institution of slavery. To ac
complish this object, the party in power
have inaugurated a war of subjugation and
confiscation, and are' carrying it on to the
. bitter end. The destruction of property has
. been freely practiced by the Federal army
and until quite recently they have been
made to feel the horrors of such a war by
a just retaliation. This is the only way to
hfifllt Q t 1 f 1 ! I r K'inri an1 vayr a tf nan.
""9 IVI.Iiy hJt I U U Will. kl.AJ Wl J'UU
nla In a Snsf aontiA nf f hair ifnafinn
A war prosecuted as this one is, cannot
prosper, nor should not. Make this war for
(be restoration of the Union as it w, under
. the Constitution in its original integrity, and
the authorities will have no trouble in pros
ecuting it Do away with the negro qnesi
lion, leave that matter for the final settle
. ment, and jt will be no hard job to conquer
the rebellion. When Mr. Lincoln said that
the Southern States could come back into
the Union, if they would come in with the
"abandonment of Slavery," he drove away
. many of bis heretofore hearty supporters,
then is when he said to as we mast fight
to free the negroes, to elevate and place
ibe blacks on a level and equality with the
white man.
The country is for Peace, nearly every
body wants peace. The people see plain
ly that this war, if continued, must bring
os all to bankruptcy and ruin. A terrible
financial crash is inevitable, it must and
will coma sooner or later. In view of all
this negio and craih, the people's voice is
for Peace, and Peace tbey will have ; and
the day is not far distant, when it will be
accomplished, should Lincoln continue to
prosecute this war for the freedom of the
blacks ; thus sacrificing thousands of lives
of our white men, for a race whose condi
tion would not be benefitted by their free
dom, bat to the contrary. They are a race
of people the North would not receive, or
any nation, and would be sabject to the ill
treatment of mobs. Yet our white people
are drafted and dragged away from their
homes to free this miserable and inferior
race ! How long will this state of things ,
continue 1 ibe people will decide, at the
ballot box on November next or fiht.
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" Tic Question. " V "
The important question, to be decided by
the people at the coming elections, appears
to h.ve settled down to this : "Shall we
have peace or warl'? And this question
brings to the pnblic another, which bear
directly opon tbe vitality of government.
Four years of war have driven u into
tyranny. Our present Execntive has not
1 L . . ... .
) ""'J ueen instrumental in aestroymg nun
i rerfs f thousands of -citizens, but he has
destroyed the liberty of the people.. "War
necessity" is the -plea to which Abraham
Lincoln and his followers have resorted to
justify the avoidance of the Constitution, in
destroying the nation, in order to establish
a military despotism : in destroying the
freedom of speech and ol the press; in
depriving citizens of their liberty without
due process of law; in convicting persons
of crime withoat trial, and in punishing
without conviction. Therefore, the second
question which we must answer: Shall
we have a Republic with all the constito-
tional liberties secured to the people, or
shall we have a miliiary Despotism, with
the Constitution and our liberties over
thrown"?
The party in power has shown its inca
pacity and anwillingness to make peace
hence if power is given to the Abolition
party by the re-election of Mr. Lincoln we
may expect the continnance of war. and if
it has been necessary heretofore to usurp the
laws and constitution, we may expect the
continuance of usurpation.
But we are told peace cannot be had.
The Richmond Sentinel says :
"Nine tenths of the people? North and
South, are heartily tired and sick of tbe war.
When both sides desire peace, peace can
not be very far off. Now we want to treat,
10 bargain, to negotiate tor peace, and Mr.
Linceln, who, it seems, wants peace al$o,
will not deign to show his face to us. much
less talk the matter coolly over, but slams
the door.rudely in our faces, just flingin
out at the window, at the same time, a
string of ultimata, which any news-boy
might pick op and properly appropriate as
directed to himself, for ' peace concerns
everybody and anybody.
"Let Peace CommifMoners be appointed
by either section, and be invested wi h
plenary power of negotiation, meet on
neutral territory, and disous the terms of
peace. Let all subjects be open and free to
discussion and negotiation. As to the Sla
very question we would leave that to be
settled last.
Ven all other subjects are disposed of,
the North will find itself embarrasped by
the possession of some half a million ot
negroes, who will immediately be murder
ed by mobs if carried North, whom no na
tion or people, savage or civilized, will
receive as freemen in their-midst, and
whom the North cannot afford to send off,
if she -could find a spot on earth willing 10
receive them.''
These are the expressions of what is ad
milted to be the organ of Mr. Davis. Mr.
Lincoln peremptorily refuses to consider
propositions of peace unless they embrace
the "abandonment of Slavery !" Shall we
submit to four years more of bis reign ?
ia Arrest,
After the fire, on Friday morning last, a
strange man was seen upon our streets.
The report soon started that he was "from
up the creek," and opon that rumor he was
immediately snspicioned by our more crazy
Abolition fanatics as tht incendiary whom
they supposed had attempted to fire the
town. He was arrested instanl'.r, and ar
raigned before one of our Justices of the
Peace. That being done, several witnesses
were called, one man'and two women,
an 01 wnom lesimeu mat tney nau seen a
person, dressed in black clothes, on the
morning of the fire, previons to its breaking
out, in a sireet not far from where the fire
took place, but not one of them was able
to identify the man who was arrested as
being the person tbey saw in the street.
No evidence having been produced that he
was tbe person seen in the street by these
witnesses, much less that he was the in
cendiary who fired the stables, he was at
once dismissed. The person arrested was
Mr. Samuel F. Monroe., of Huntington twp.,
Luzerne county, a quiet and inoffenHre cit
izen, who had come into this county upon
business, put up for the night with his
friend Wm. B. Koons, at the Exchange Ho
tel, .and in the morninz was aroused by the
cry of '.'fire !" "fire ! V not thinking if he
made bis appearance on tbe streets he
would be arretted as the incendiary. The
fact of tbe business was, o-ur Abolition
friends were eager to fasten the crime upon
somebody, ii he only belonged up Fishing
creek or in that neighborhood was all suf
ficient ! Tbey thought they had canght a
Tartar, but lo ! and behold, they missed
their mark and took an innocent man,
whose very looks indicated that without a
word of evidence. Sharp set of Abolition
ists about this place! Need no Police De
tectives here !
If the war is a just one for the restora
tion of the Union as the home Abolition
ists claim it is, why do they busy them
selves so much about the draft? Why do
they not go in'o the army and fill up the
depleted janks? Their party inaugurated
the war, prepared for it, wi'h their "Wide
Awakes," and now are doing all in their
power to have some one else fight it out,
in order that they may save their own ac
cursed oecks. They prated lustily for a
little 'blood-letting' until they have brought
the effects of it to every man's door, where
the keen cot is most sensibly feltand now
they would shift 'the " responsibility from ofl
their own shoulders if they could do so
But Abe Lincoln and party will have 10
father this war with all its horror and cru
elties which have crowded fast and (hick
upon os. Thfe people will ever hold" Abe
Lincoln accountable. Those augean stables
at Washington city need and most certainly
will be cleaned 'out alter our next Novem
ber election.
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"Foss and Featheri' " ' -
What a world we live in ! Notwithstand
ing our familiarity for the last the years
with the horrors of war. with reports of
tattles, victories, and defeats, such as are
seldom found recorded on the historic page,
yet the least unusual demonstration is
enough to turn the heads of many com
pletely upside down, and throw their brains
in a perfect jumble. A few days ago a
hundred or two United States soldiers pass
ed through this place, destined for Colum
bia county, and at once, 88 if by an elec
tric shock every "loyal'' man, woman and
child Whs elevated into the ecstatic state,
with the idea that now the "infernal Cop
perheads of Fishingcreek" were about to
be subjugated. To sober minded thinking
men, this demonstration of war on the part
of the Government appeared like a tragic
farce. The idea, of the Government with
drawing a large portion of its forces from
Petersburg and. Richmond, and placing
them in the peaceful County of Colombia,
with their base of operations on the Fair
Grounds at B!cm6burg, would bear to be
laughed at. The display of Cavalry and
Artillery, the caissons loaded down with
ammunition, the sound of martial music
and the glittering of arms, had their effect
upon (ho children , nervous old women, and
female men . And the stories set afloat and
circulated from mouth to mouth would have
led one to suppose that the whole of Fish
ingcreek was in a state of open armed re
bellion against the Government, and that
Gen. Grant's army had been withdrawn
from Richmond far the more important pur
pose of "Flanking" the Fishingcreekers.
Meamvhile the people in that region, un
armed, continued to pursue their peaceful
occupations, and the soldiers have thus far
found no warlike demonstrations which re
quire an exhibition of their military pow
ers. It is true, we learn that a Mr. Men
denhall, ol Bloomsburg, seeing the editor
of the ''Star" and another gentleman riding
out of loc on the evening after the mili
tary arrived, smelt treason in the act and
procured a squad of soldiers to be at once
sent in pursait. But it turned out that the
editor was engaged in the "loyal" business
q hunting butter for his family, and was
met by tbe pursuers a few miles out of
town, returning with his "boo:y," All re
turned again to the seat of war, and "no
body was hurt," except the nervous Mr.
Mendenhall, Provost Marshal Silvers, and a
few other weak headed "loyalists" who
had failed to get up a scene on this occa
sion. This whole business of bringing the
military to Columbia County is tbe work of
a few malicious Abolitionists, who would
fain see their fellow citizens incited lo the
work of murder if it can be done .without
their sacred persons being exposed lo dan-1
ger. It is a political trick, to effect the
coming election. But like ail their other
tricks it will fail. Democrats are law-abiding
citizens, and are not to be forced into
any act of lawlessness by any such move
ment. Nor will they te deterred from a
hearty co-operation at the coming election,
in removing from (he Presidential Chair.the
miserable, weak headed, inlatuated imbe
cile that now disgraces it. Danville Intel-'
ligcncer.
31r. Lincoln's Supporters.
At this moment, when all Lincoln's old
friends appear to be deserting their chief ;
when the very dog barks against his mas
ter, whose only followers are the shocfdyiies
and renegades such men as John Cessna
and "hor.est" John Covode, of Pennsylva
nia.and the equally "honest" John Brough,
of Ohio it must be some solace to the An
cient Joker that he can rely on the "loyal'
ty" of the strowgminded women and weak
minded men who have teen representing
the "spheres" in the convention of Spirit
uilisls belu at Chicago during the latt few
days. It is well known that the infijfcls.
atheist?, free-thinkers, free-lovers, Spiri u
alists and "pioressive Christians" have
always been ardent admirers of Mr. Lin
coln and his. policy ; and no one will be
surprised to hear that they Lave new pub
licly ratified the nominations. made by the
Baltimore Convention. The Chicago pa
pers give reports ot the proceedings of the
Spiritualist Convention, and the speeches
delivered thareat, from which we make a
lew extracts, slightly blasphemous, but em
inently loyal, and'allogeiher alter the great
Joker's own heart. Oae of the speakers, a
Mr. Henry C. Wright, said :
"It was the duty of all Spiritualists to
support the Government as it was now rep
resented at Washington.
Miss Doten contended that Abraham Lin
cola would prove the'wedje that would
split slavery to pieces. She had worshipped
Jesus Christ ; uow she worshipped princi
ples. Dr. Luther Lowell said he. appeared be
fore the convention as a non-resistant. He
was with Christ who had suffered for liber
ty, bat Spiritualism had brought him back
to the world. Christ was a national man ;
so was he. (Laughter.) Christ was a spirit
medium ; so was he. (Loud laughter)
Christ was of the seed of Abraham ; and
so was he (Roars of laughter.) In regard
to voting, he might tell them he had only
done so two or three times. He voted for
Andrew Jackson, and he had often commu
nicated with his spirit. They spoke about
hard wordsand hard names, but fiis Heav
enly Father had often had to boar harder
words and harder names than Jeff Davis
(Roars of laughter.)
All this is rather shocking,but 14 no worse
than a speech of Mr. Seward's made in
Vahington a year ago, in which that gen
tleman compared his sufferings in this war
to the passion of tbe Saviour ! - Nor is it
much more otjectionab e than many of
Lincoln's jokes. It is very natural and in
beautifol harmony with the theory of the
fitness of things, that blasphemy should en
dorse obscenity) acd the revilers. of Chris
tianity go hand in band wiih the despiaers
of our National constitution.
On Monday next our Democratic Coonty
Convention will be held at this place for the
purpose of appointing congressional con
ferees,nominating one candidate for Assem
bly, forming a county ticket, and selecting
a Standing Committee for the ensuing year.
C03132U.ICATED.
Berwick, Apo -22, 1864.
Editor "Star of the North," Dear Sh:
i must congratulate you opon the position
yon have assumed in your last issue in
reference to the quartering of soldiers in
our hitherto peaceful community. Your
editorials have the tree ring, and receive
the unanimous endorsement of tbe invinci
ble Democracy in our quiet though enter
prising Boroogh. You have struck the
chord which vibrates in every trne patriot's
heart, that "resistence to tyrants is obedi
ence to God." The Democracy were sorely
disappointed at the tame and spiritless
manner, in which the Democrat appeared to
view this most outrageous attempt to incite
domestic strife and insurrection inoarmidst.
They expected and rightly, too that it
should have given some attention to this
latest outrage against the fair fame and good
name of the patriotic Democracy of Colum
bia county. They felt that the stigma which
the black hearted abolitionists of your town
have attempted to fasten upon her hitherto
proud escutcheon, should be thrown off and
the fraud exposed in all its naked deformity,
and yoa may well imagine their chagrin to
find their old organ give it the complete go
by. This thins has gone far enoaah. Let
the people in the coming County Conven
tion demand that these troops be removed
from our midst. JTwas an act similar to
this which caused our -forefathers co rebel
against King George, and we advise King
Lincoln to take warning in time. How dis
tinctly do we recall the following indict
ments found in the Declaration of Indepen
dence :
"For quartering large bodies of armed
troops among us."
"He has incited domestic insurrections
amongst us," &c , c.
What is Lincoln doing but this. Step by
step, are our liberties wrested from us, and
we seem to become as it were passive
spectators te the startling fact. To preserve
these to ourselves and posterity, we are un
der the greatest obligations. If, as is in
timated by the abolitionists all around us,
this despotism is to be continued, then is
the contest but just begun. If we are to
have no right to our thoughts, our hopes
and our political faith, then must the bat
tle rage until our manhood, and liberties
have been fully vindicated. This talk of
"crushing out the Copperheads" of Co
lombia county, is mere silly gasconade,
and comes from men woo should have bet
ter sense. While we can afford to let them
writhe and squirm in their slime and filth,
it is well enough to wan them that "it is
a came two can play at." Hoping that
you may ever stand . prepared to vindicate
our glorious old party, and its cause, from
the loul aspersions ot its enemies, I clo-e
by subscibing myseli
Yours Truly, Sassvcvs.
TOWS MEETI-C."
In pursuance of public notice, a meeting
of the taxable inhabitants of the Borough ot
New Columbus was held a! the School
House, in said Borough, on Wednesday
Evening, August 17th, 1864, for the pur
pose ol imerchanging sentiments in relation
to the taxes about to be heaped upon them
by persons purporting to be municipal offi
cers of said Borough :
Whereupon FLETCHER BOWMAN was
chosen President. A.J. Brown and John
Yaple, Secretaries. George T. Miller, Gao.
Laurish, and Peter Emory, Vice President.
The meeting being duly organized, on
motion, a Committee of three were appoin
ted to draft resolutions expressive of the
sense of the meeting. The lollowing nam
ed persons were appointed said Committee,
to wit: Johu Koons, Erary Ink, and G W.
Bowman.
The Committee after retiring a short time
presented the following preamble and res
olutions, which were adopted, without a
decerning voice.
Whereas, our Boro. Council has seer,
proper to burthen the taxable inhabitants
of the Borough of New Columbus with an
additional Military tax against the wishes
of a very large majority of the said taxables,
therefore be it
Resolved, That we do not recognize the
Burgess and Town Council as our Masters
or GuardianSj to assess or to lay the foun
dation for a tax every few months, almost
equal to a yearly rent of our property.
Resolved, That when we deem such taxa
tion necessary for the welfare and hapiness
of our committee, we will pe'.ition to such
authorities as msy be legally authorized
for that porpose to have it done.
Resolved, That we consider it a bas as
sumption of power for any set of men in
pet their hands in the pockets of their
neighbors, when they are evidently actuat
ed by self-interest, and then only by a bare
majority.
Resolved, That we protest against any tax
involuntary forced upon us for paying local
bounties or baying the flesh, the bones and
sinews of onr fellow men to save some few
individuals from doing their duly to their
country.
Retolved, That we will use all fair and le
gal means to resist the collection of such
taxes, if such should be levied, because we
consider such a course unconstitutional,
and know it will be unjust.
Resolved, That we repudiate the proceed
ings of the Boro. Council at a meeting held
in the School' house oa Monday, August
1st, 18(4, especially that part of the pro
ceedings which relate lo the issuing bonds
which were to be paid by the taxable in
habitants of said Borough.
Resolved, That a Committee of three be
chosen by the President to take legal ad
vice and to attend to the interests ol this
Borough in that respect, and report at the
next meeting.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be published in at least one of our
county newspapers.
FLETCHER BOWMAN, Prea't.
A. J. Brows, ) 0
John'Yapl J Secretaries.
. Vote o the Amendments. Tbe official
vote on the Amendments to the Constitu
tion, fools up as follows :
For the first amendment, 194,396
Against, - 103,665
Majority for the amendment,
For the second amendment,
Against,
Majority,
For the third amendment,
Against,
90,731
204.990
73.765
131,225
202.686
74,503
Majority, 128,177
The total vote on the first amendment is
298,061, probably a little over half tbe pop
ular vote of the Stale. ' There were about
550,000 votes polled last fall for Governor ;
to deduct the vote given for the amendment,
would leave about 355,000 who preferred
not to vote, or who voted against.
Dr. E. L. Acker, for many years tbe able
and efficient editor of the Norrislown Reg
ister, is mentioned as a candidate for Con
gress in that sterling Democratic district,
Montgomery and Lehigh. We know of no
one in thai district more deserving the po
sition or belter qualified for the post.
PmeediDgs of the Democratic Coirrentioii of
. Montour Sonnty.
The Democratic County Convention for
Montour County assembled at "the Court
House in Danville,. on Monday the 15th
inst , for the purpose of making the usual
nominations for county offices and appoint
ing Congressional and Representative Con
ferees &c. '
The Convention was organized by ap
pointing Robert Davison. Esq , President,
and Patrick C. Murray and W. D. Weiden
hamer Secretaries.
On calling over the list of Election Dis
tricts, the .following delegates answered
to their names and presented Certificate ot
their appointment, viz :
Anthony twp., John Derr, John Falls.
Cooper, Jacob Shelhart, jr., Jno. Crossley.
Danville, North Ward, Daniel Woodside,
Patrick C. Murray.
Danville, South Ward, Robert Moore, Jo
seph Hunter.
Derry twp., John S. Herr, VVm. Blee. '
Liberty, Fred'k Bine, Abra. McCracken.
Limestone, W. D. Weidenhamer, Abram
Wagner.
Mahoning, Solomon Rudy, Jackson Diehl.
Mayberry, Robt Davison, Jas. Shultz.
Valley, Caleb Appleman, Jas. Curry
West Hemlock, Jeremiah Wintersteen, D.
R. Hileman.
The several Districts being all fully repre
sented in the Convention,
Oa motion it was resolved that the Con
vention proceed to the uomination of can
didates. William McNinch and John Croraly, both
of Cooper twp., were named as candidates
for Treasurer. The Convention then pro
ceeded to a vote, which resulted in 19 votes
fpr VVm. McNinch, and 3 votes for John
Cromley.
VVm. McNinch "having received a majori
ty of tbe whole uumber of votes, was de
clared duly nominated for County Treasur
er Isaac Aramerman was nominated for
County Cmmissioner by acclamation.
Joseph Campbell was nominated for
District Attorney by acclamation.
James Curry was nominated for County
Auditor by acclamation.
The Convention then proceeded to nom
inate a candidate for Coroner. Caleb Ap
pleman, Solomon Rad, and Jeremiah
Wintersteen were named. The Conven
tion then proceeded to a vote with the fol
lowing result : Caleb Appleman 16 votes,
Solomon Rudy 3 'votes, Jeremiah Winter
steen 2 votes.
On motion the nomination of Caleb Ap
pleman was made unanimous.
The following Resolution was offered
and adopted unanimously : '
Resolved, That W. W. Pinneo and John
W. Miles be, and they are hereby appoint
ed Congressional Conferees, to meet simi
lar Conferees from tbe several other conn
ties composing this Congressional District,
and that said Conferees are hereby instruct
ed to present in said Conference tbe name of
Thomas Chalfant as the choice ot Mon'our
coi"ty (or Congress.
Mr. Chr&ifant being present, immediately
after the adoption of this Resolution, in
structing the Congressional Conferees to
present his name in Conference as tbe
choice of Montour county, arose and staled
io the Convention that his name had been
used in this connection without his knowl
edge or tonseut, that he had not been con
sulted in relation to the matter ; and that
while be fully appreciated the honor con
ferred on him by bis fellow citizens in thus
recommending him for so high and honor
able a position, and while he could not feel
otherwise than truly gratified for this mark
of their confidence, he must beg leave re
spectfully to decline being named as a can
didate. He had at this time no higher aspi
rations, than lo be a worker in the ranks of
the Democratic party, and o aid to the ut
most of his ability in hurling Irom power
the present administration which like an
incubus pressing opon the shoulders of the
people, -was crashing out the life of tbe
nation. And further that he believed it
was for the interest of the party and the
country at this time that our Conferees
should go into Conference untrammeled, in
order, that they might, when assembled
with their colleagues from the other coun
ties, be prepared to use their influence in
selecting from any county in the District
the man, who alter due consultation might
be found the strongest man and the fittest
man, as our Congressional candidate. He
therefore hoped that the Conferees might
be sent to conference without any instruc
tions further than that a sound and reliable
Democrat should be nominated.
The Resolution was then so lar modified
as to leave out the clause instructing the
confe rees.
On motion :t was
Resolved, That W. D. Weidenhamer and
Joseph Hunter be, and are hereby appoint
ed conferees to meet similar conferees from
Columbia county, to nominate a candidate
for member ot the Slate Legislature for
this District.
Resolved, That in case of the inability of
either of the conferees to attend at the time
acd place of meetiug, he may, without
the consent of his colleague, appoint a
substitute to act in his place.
The following Resolutions were then pre
sented and adoptod unanimously :
Resolved, That we are in lavor of restor
ing, maintaining and preserving intact, the
Union of all the States, under the Consti
tution, and that we are opposed to any line
ot policy, whether of Abolitionists or Se
cessionists, which aims at or tends to effect
a dissolution of the Union.
Resolved, Thai while we believe that by
a wise, judicious," honest aud honorable
policy, the Union may again be restored to
its original integrity, and the States aud the
people thereof reinstated, protected in all
their rights and privileges, the experience
of the past three years under Lincoln's Ad
ministration proves incontestibly, that
while he and the Republican party remain
in power no such desirable ends can be at
tained. Resolved, That the policy ot Lincoln's
administration has most effectually united
and consolidated the-South in their rebell
ion against the Government, and their effort
and determination to achieve their inde
pendence, and at the same lime -has dis
tracted and divided the peeple of the North ;
That instead of a war to'ehforce tbe Con
stitution and the laws and restore the Un
ion under the Constitution, the policy of
the Administration as shown by its acts
and proclamations, and most emphatically
by the President's letter 'To all whom it
may concern" has been and' still is the
Abolition of Slavery, and thai it is' their fix
ed determination to effect this object, even
at the cost Of three years more bloody war
and a final dissolution of the Union.
Resolved, That we are opposed to the
system of arbitrary arrests of ' peace
ful and unoffending citizens, 'who
have committed no crime known to
the laws that we are opposed to the dec
laration of martial law in States and Dis
tricts not in rebellion, anil where coons ate
open for the trial and punishment of offen
ders That we are opposed to thV interfe
rence of Lincoln or his minions, With (be
Liberty of the Press, Liberty ot Speech,
and Freedom of the Ballot, and that we !
look wiih alarm opon the attempts oh the
part of the Administration to interfere with
these rights of tbe people, and as free
dom of thought, freedom of speech and
freedom of the press and freedom of the
ballot are eassntiaJ to the liberties of a tree
peoble, we pledge to the support and de
fenses of these inalienable rights, "our
lives our fortunes and ourx sacred honors."1
Resolved, That tbe histoy of the present
administration, pince its first accession into
power; is the most conclusive record that
can be presented to tbe. people to prove the
alter unfitness to Tule, and that the only
hope of the American people for a restora
tion of peace with the Constitution as the
safeguard of tbe liberties of the people,
rests in expelling from the seat of Power,
at the ensuing election, the present corrupt
and imbecile Administration, and the elec
tion of a Democratic President who will
administer the Government Tpon the great
principles of ''equal and exact justice to
all" according to the constitution and laws.
Resohed. That we are in favor of ar. Hon
orable Peace, and in order to effect this ob
ject we believe it to be the doty of the
President now, to propose an armistice and
a negotiation between the contending par
ties, with a vie to a Peaceful and Honora
ble termination of the present desolating
and destructive, war, and a restoration of
the I'nion.
Resolved, That the Democracy of Mon
tour county are in favor of the nomination
of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, as the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency,
yet, our motto is ""Principles - not Men,"
and we therefore pledge Our undivided sup
port to any sound and reliable Democrat,
who may receive the nomination at the
hands of the Democratic convention, to be
held at Chicago, on the 29ih in6l.
Resolved, That the proceedings gf this
convention be published in the "Danville
Intelligencer," and a copy forwarded to the
"Age," and to the several Democratic pa
pers in this Congressional "District.
Tbe following named persons were ap
pointed the Standing committee of Mon
tour county for the ensuing year :
AnthoRy David Wilson.
Cooper Jacob Shelhart, jr.
Derry Wra. Seidel.
Liberty H- R. Montgomery.
Limestone Wm. J. McKee.
Mahoning Samuel Morrison.
Mayberry E. D. Vought.
Valley Wm. Bennett.
West Hemlock Wm. R She?p.
Danville, N. W David Grove.
" S. W. E. C. KeMer.
On motion the convention adjourned.
ROBT. BAVISON, President.
PATRICK CMURRAY, )e , .
W. D. WElf&N HAMER, Secretaries.
Doww ox Nkgro Recruiting. General
Sherman speakine of our State agents com
ing into :he Southern States to recruit ne
groes to fill up our quotas saye
"These civilian ageuts about an army are
a NUISANCE."
"The duty of citizens to fight for their
country is too sacred to be peddled off by
buying up the refuse of other Slates."
"It is unjust to the bravd soldiers who are
fighting, to place them on a par with the
class of recruitB these agents are after,"
Iviz negroes )
"The negro is in a transition state and is
not the equal of ihe white man."
"I believe the 'universal, draft' will be
wise and beneficial. It will separate the
sheep from the goats aud demonstrate what
citizens will fight lor their country aad
what ones will only talk."
Does this hit any body? American Sa
Democrat please answer. DanviUe Intelli
gencer. The "reports"circuIating about the people
in the upper end of our county have been
invented and put afloat by tbe Alolitionists
of the county. These crazy Abolition
shrieker in this place are eager to catch
np every little trifling report and- magnify
it into something large and astonishing.
Tbey believe, too, every thing that is told
them, especially about a Democrat, and at
once commence heralding it over ibe coun
In Chr'i6t Church, at Danville, on the 10th
insi., by ihe Rev. E. Lightner. Mr. Robert
U ooley, and Miss Mattie F. Henrie, all of
Uanville, ra.
DIED
In Briarcreek township. Columbia county,
July 9th, 1864, Mary Wilmina, daughter of
George and Sarah Arrz, aged 6 years 5 mos.
and 10 days.
In Berwick, August 13th 1864, Rachel
Anna, daughter of Abraham and Sarah M.
Reichafd, aged 5 years, 7 months and 21
days.
At the residence of William McNinch, in
Cooper township, Montour county, Miss
Agnus L. Wolverton; aged 19 year.
REVIEW OF THE MARKET,
CARCrtLLt CORRECTED WEEKLY.
WHEAT, 52 50
RYE, 1 50
CORN, new, 1 50
OATS, 85
BUCKWHEAT, 75
FLOUR pr. bbl.ll oa
CLOVERSEED 5 50
BUTTER,
EGGS,
TALLOW,
LARD, per lb.
POTATOES,
DR'D APPLES2
HAMS,
40
20
12
22
75
50
25
U. S. 7-30L0AX.
The Secretary of the Treasury (jivrs no
tice that subscriptions will be received lor
Coupon Treasury "Notes," payable three
years from Aog. 15th, 1864, with semi
annual interebt at the rate of seven and
three-tenths per cent, per annum, princi-
PaI anJ interest boih to be paid in lawful
money.
These notes wiTI be. convertible at the
option of the holdr,at maturity, into six
percent, gold bearing bonds, . payable not
Ie89 than five nor more than twenty years
from their date, as the Government may
elect. They will be issued in enomina- ;"
lions of $50, 8100, S500, Sl,000 and $5,000,
and all subscriptions must be for filly dol
lars or some multiple of fifty dollars.
The notes 'will be transmitted to the .
bwnes free of transportation charges as '
soon after the receipt of the original Cer
tificates of Deposit as they can be prepared.
As the notes draw interest from August
15th, persons 'making deposits subsnqnent
to that date must pay the interest ace toed
from date of note to date of deposit. ., :
Parties depositing twenty five dollars
and upwards for these notes at any one
time will be allowed a commission of ono
quarter of ode per cent., which will be
paid by the Treasury Department upon
the receipt of a bill for. the amount, certi
fied to by the officer with whom the de
posit was made. No deductions for com
missions must be made from the deposits-.
Special Advantages of this Loan.
It is a National Saving Bank, offering a
higher rate of interest than any other, and
the best security. Any savings bank which
pays its depo-itors in U. S. Notes, considers
thai it is paying m the best circulating me
dium of the country, and it cannot pay in
anything better, for its own a9cets are eith
er in overnmenl securities or in
notes or bonds payable in government
paper. .
It is equally convenient as a temporary
or permanent investment. The notes can
always be sold for within a fraction of their
face and accumulated interest, and are the
best security with batiks as collaterals for
discounts.
Convertible into' a Six per cent. 5-20
Gold Bond.
In addition to the vary liberal interest on
tbe notes for three years, this privilege of
conversion is now worth about three per
cent, per annum, for the current rate for
5-20 Bonds is not less than nine per cent,
premium, and telore the war the premium
on six per cent. United States Stocks wa?
over twenty per rem. It will be seen that
the actual profit on this lean, at the present
market rate, is not lass than' tan per cent,
per annum.
Its Exemption from State or Municipal
'J oration.
But aside from all the advantages we
have enumerated, a special act of ConreM?
exempt all Bends and Treasury Notes from
local Taxation. On the average, tliN ex
emption is worth about two per cent, prr
annum, according to thn rate of taxation m
various pans ol country.
It is believed that' no securities otTer -o
gteat inducements to lenders as those is-u-ed
by the government. In all other forma
of indebtedness, the fait!i or ability of pri
vate par'.ies, or stock companies, or sepa-
rale communities, only, is pleuaeJ lor
payment, while the whole property ot the
country is held to secure the discharge ot
all the obliaaiions of the United States.
While the government ofTefs the most
liberal terms for its loans-; il believes that
the very strongest appeal t ill be the loyalty
and patriotism of the people.
Duplicate certificates will be Usued for
all deposits. The party depositing must
endorse upon the original certificate the
denomination of notes required, and w heth-
er they are lo be i.-ucd i;i blank or paya
ble lo order. When so endorsed il must
be left with the olncer receiving the depo
sit, to be forwarded to the Treasury depart
ment. Subscriptions will be received, by the
Treasurer of the United States, at Washing
ton, the several Assistant Treasurers and
designated Depositaries, and by the
First rValioii.il ISai:k
oi' l?Iomismr?, la.
And all National Banks which are deposi
taries ol public mouey, and alt respectable
Banks and Bankers throughout the country
will give further information and afford
every facility lo subscribers.
August 10, ISiil. 3m. -
ADMIMSTRATOU'S NOTICE.
Estate of James 11. Gtbon, of Greenwood ticp.
Columlm County, dee'd.
TVTOTICE is hereby given itiul letters of
Administration on the estate ot James
B. Gibson, of Greenwood township, Colum
bia county, dee'ed, have been granted by
the Rei-ter of said coonty, to Abraham
Young, Eq., residing in Benton township,
and county aforesaid. All persons having
Claims against the estate of the decedent
are requested lo present them for settle
ment, and those indebted to the estate will
make immediate payment.
ABRAHAM YOUNG, Admr.
Benton twp., April 13, 1864. S2.
DO Y0C IV IS II TO BE CURED !
DR. BUCHAN'S English Specific Pill,
cure in less than 30-days, the worst case
of NERVOUSNESS, Impoteney, Prerua'.urtJ
Decay, Seminal Weakness, .Insanity, and
all Urinary, Sexual and nervoua.afleclious,
no n atter from what caure produced.
Price, ONE DOLLAR per box, sent post
pai d by mail, on receipt ol an order. One
be x will perlect ihe cure in most cases.
Address, JAS. S. BUTLER,
General Auent, 427 Broadway, N. Y.
July 20. 1864 3m. " '
EDITOR OF THE 'STAR,' Dear Sir:
With your permission I wish to say lo the
readers of your paper that I will send, by
return mail, lo all who wish it (free) a Re
cipe, with full directions for making and
nsing a simple Vegetable Balm, that will
effectually remove, in ten daysj pimples,
blotches, Tan, Freckles, and all impurities
of ihe skin, leaving the ; same soil, clear,
smooth and beautiful. I will also mail
tree to those having Bald Heads, or bare
Faces, simple directions and information
thai will enable them to stall a full growth
luxuriant hair, whiskers, or a moustache,
in les than 30 days. - '
All applications answered by return mail
without c'lare. RHspecifully yours,'
. " TWOS F. CHAPMAN, Chemi-t,
K3t Broadwayt New Yotk.
July 20, 1304 3no.- " ,