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WM. H. JACOBY t EDITOR.
XI1AS. G. BJRKLEY, Assistant Editor.
tlC031SJ5LWSDXSDAT, IPR'L 25, 1805.
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J-HPpHE'Members of thV Democratic County
, Commitie wifl a!-the Office of
thj .Chairma..i.--E, HI 'Little in Blooms-
t)UTj, on Monday, the 1st day of May next,
tberweec tje hours of ! and 2 o'clock, p. m.,
v 'for the purpose of making arrangement to
select Delegates to the State Convention in
. June next. It ia important that, there be a
foil attendance- - . ... ' '
E. H. LITTLE, Chairman.
. Bloomsburg, April 9, 1865.
' -1 iSfiallTre Hare' Low. Price ?
, , y "' - ' '
. . W hile the enhanced value of the green
. back currency is shown' in the lower prices
- asked for cotton goods, sugar, butter, coffee,
r etc,- there .is still great- complaint ttat
storekeepers do not mark down their goods
urn correspond wirt the-rednced premium on
gold. This, however, wa to have been ex--peCte'J.
Retail ; dealers, uf . they can . help
themselvs, ,will not sell an article for a dol
lar iq-day, that theyt paid awo dollars for
yesterday. . Nothing will make tbem do
that but the fear that perhaps they may not
gel more than fifty. ceots to-morrow. 'It is
thii.icsiii.ct of trade which prevents retail
'Healers from resphuding atouce to the low
Bering quotations of, gold.
, out, in, any event,. we must not expect a
''eiura to the low prices which obtained be
s are lh war.,- 'Apart from the -still high pre-
mium on gold, there is an .absolute scarcity
ofjfoods, doe to the heavy dral:s upon the
laor of the country for rail rrsry service.
Thn, again, everything used is heavily ttx
sd, and this' burden we must bear for many
lcrjr years to come.
-The coding summer will, liowever, see
tcany-articles cheaper than they are now.
Coalis'still extravagantly high. "Thi past
"bas been a severe winter, . and spring has
-'fou&'d the yards-so bear that dealers could
demand what they pleased. Coal ought to
' te setting for lour dollar eton by Jane
'next,no:mat:er what the premium on gold.
Asmecbanical labor win be more abun
dant, 'i's compensation become less anJ
thic will react no high-priced goods. .
:'rC:ei complaint is mild of the cost of
( TTiest especially beef. Housekeepers can
not ondetstand why il .thauld be higher
now'than when gold was 270. , The last re
jrort of the agricalloral burean, however,
gives some interesting facts which go to
show that ihare4 a reason for h ih-priced
meat apart from value of currency. It seems
oar slocks of cattle, horses, and swine, have
run"" Jown dcrng the continuence of the
I war. Apart from the waste of great armies
grair na especially nay, was o n :gu idii
it paid farmersetter to slaughter their an-'
;i rials in winter than ,o feed . them. We
J l?L . t .
now nnu tnat tnis . it estruction nas teen
'goinj on for so long a time that there is an
actual scare fiy of beef cattle, the number
of -sheep have increased owing to thea con
jiiYiued'advance Jn the pricey of wool
j then alfieeee is worth more than a carcass
farmers will not tend their usual sopplr ol
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mutton to market, and this has been the
'ate of the case for the past year. . .
"Nor fs the supply of cattle likely, to in
?raia very aoon.. There will be a large
demand for them from the South when the
ar is definitely over, and this will tend to
eep prices op all through the summer,
j 'There is but one -couree for the mass of
ood consumers lo pursue. They must use
ass meat for a year, to come. This is the
oly way to bring clown the prices. Meal
Is not pecesnry for mere than one meal a
ay ; indeed ocr people would enjoy better
wealth il thei consumed le animal food.
Flour promised. to be low ; fish is always
Jieap in our eastern markets ; and as there
$ always enough of vegitables. it will be no
:reat hardship if people cannot afford meat
tt everymeal in the day.
! Te LsDT4s FieD. The May nomber
! this favorito periodical open with a truly
aaatifal engriTtsg ea!leJ'"Tbe Cap of
o!J Water," an ; illnnratioa of a poem
y Thomas Hood; which conveys the pro
ouad moral lesson that cltsn in the doing
f very little and simple things is : to be
njnd "The accepted sacrifice" The Fash
n .plate of this number, is as osna'; doub
i, ad remarkably . well- engraveJ.' The
ood engraving lead 63 with a pretty pic
' jre of a child "Among the May Flower,"
.'lewed by the asoal variety of cuts devo-
;J to the illcstration of the fashions, needle
5rk, &c.. Among the literary matter we
ay specify "fJndr the Apple-tree," by
'is Virginia F Towesend ; ,4One of the
artyrs," by Emma B. Kipley;My Roth
rd I," Ij Margaret E. Starr ; "Be'fere Goi
i J.Man The Ghost of Mac Gran's A b
y,".. shy- Mrs. flosmer; "Pinewould,"
"aur Birthdays,", " Story of a Stove,"
vcl'ies fjr May, Fditors Department, &e:
s naic for this number is'aa' amusing'
ig called "Pa k'tiimck Is." :
Price $2.50 a year , 2 . copies 14.00. Ta
se desirous of tnakinj. np clabs, speci
i nombers will be rent (or 15 eu. Whet-
(S" ll'Uson'x celebrated Sneing Machines , are
nishsrf at Vteriiumi. Address Deacon &
?ron, 313 VValna: street, P&iJadelphia.
ju i$ Ihs time t tend on subscriptions tor
' !ssa Lu,:z BiRiLsy advertises near rail
ztj ii ibii wsei's Star..., . .
"Saleblesi Jmpadcnce."
'This is the'very apprepriate ((tie of an
article in the-Jli'ncrr JournaL.pt Ii?TVveelrT
As aample tif impudeBtfe it ba, Indeed,
farelt ben equalled. The writer! ot 'the
article take fjr his-text a windyspeech
6f the fartaflc Jadss Allison, of Philadel
phiaand (liftes thereupon, to the effect
thai "dopperheada'f hould not be permit'
led 16 lake piirt ia5 anymanifestafions of
joy over the ruent; victories of our brave
armies, and the prospects of peace, be
cane . ; -. . - -
lt. . The'. "Copperheads'? have opposed
the Government in. ibis war.. To thin we
answer' that Hie Democratic party have
-not been antagonistic to the Government
they baye. merely -opposed ihe policy of
changing the , war for the 'Union into a
crosade for the uncertain experiment ol
negro emancipation. ia 'the Abolition,
party who have 'prolonged the war by
creating division in the " North." So fong
the, war wiis for ibe .Union and. the
CoriKiitutior, -the Pemocratic party ied
with their political opponents in e-fTcirte to
cru.h the ir.sarreciion and maintain the
ilreimiry of the Federal Government; but
when it. was ascertained -that the object
ofth war was -to obtain the . balance of
power through negro suffrage, the Demo
crats did protest agai'ust a.iy further waste
ot blood and treasure than was tufficient
to restore the Union as it wae.
..2d.. It is lh Abolition party who have
' caaed the unnecessary sacrifice of thou
sands of lives aid the expenditure vf hun
dred of mtllions of dollars," by retaining
in command, after repeated failures, men
without either military experience or good
character -men whose sole end and ai-n
wa to prove that the negro was equal as
a citizen, and superior a a soldier, to the
white matt; whose efforts were only for
the good of. the negro and the filling of
their own pockets with the money wrung
from our almost bankrupt people.
3d. The "Copperheads" have abused
and villified -Union men in our public
thoroughfares. 'Very truly. Why shcild
they not abuse Cowardly, blood-thiraty
fanatics who always made war speeches
and savage threats, but who could never
be induced to go and Jikt for '.he eaoee
they p'etentted to nphohl men who con
sidered that wheQ they had made a trip or
two to Harri.bur.g tn the ranks ot the val
orous Horne Guards, :hey had doi.e their
whole dot as arms bearing patriot meu
who are def ptseid by all tree soldiers as
'bar-room fctategi!t') who sit wi:h their
feet on tha stove and cigars tn their
mouhs, grumbling because Richmond is
not taken.'' If Democrats have to take an
equal chance wi h these 'loyal' men when
like draft. takes pace, and thai, no, with-i
Out a loop hole of escape in the fhape of j
some sale, easy poiirion "undrr covern- '
mei.t," tney have a riibt to express their
opinion, and to speak-and voie ogaiost
a policy which is slaying the white race
by tboueands fer the sake of Sambo and
Cufiee. : ' .
. 4ih. - "Copperbeadu" havs left churches
because niiiunters prayed for the Union.
This we deny. Democrats have deen driv
en from their accjtomed place ot wor
ship by so called ministers of the gonoel,
who, lorgeitinp the sacred ininnction of
the meek and lowly Savioor "Jud2e not. !
leM ye bejudged,' have assailed in terms'
of bit:eredt invective all those who dar?d
to say that the Union as it ' was, without
bloodshed, is better than the Union as ihe
Abolitionists intend to make it, with the j
laaghter of our beM and bravest. i
5ih. . "Copperheads" have talked, acted '
and voted, against our brave soldiers and
sailors. Some members of the Democrat
ic party voted against the policy of a!l w- (
ir.g the soldier to -vote, because they .
knew that in not one Regiment out of fivn
wculd the soldiers have an opportunity of
knowing the true issue bef ;re the people 1
oflhe North In many instances the sol- j
diera were grossly deceived. They were I
made to believe 'hat the democratic party
were aiders and abetters of Jeff. Davis anil ,
his fellow conspirators. Those holding !
sinecure office in the army and out of it j
candidate lor promotion to higher military
positions contractors who ' had not yet 1
plundered sufficiently all labored to in-!
I duce the private soldiers to believe that
the Democrat- of the North were their
enemies, and they at last succeeded in do
ing so.
It will be the ultra Aboliponieis who will '
carry hereafter, (when the eye of the ppo-
pie are opened,; the brand of Jhe lories of
the revolution. They seem to have a lik
ing for ihe name of "loyalist," which has I
always been, ojtil now, considered as a !
term of disgrace, in this conniTy. J
A citizens and soldiers of the Ameri-j
can Republic as white men and freemen, ;
iLe great democratic party intend to think j
and act as they 6i?e proper, within the lim- '
its of the laws of our common country, i
without asking I tie permission of any one '
who is afraid ta "Jjjhtai he roles." Potts
vilk Stanford.
DaciDfcL Accidint. O.i Toesday even
in, as several miners were being drawn
op from the mines of Charles M. HiH, at
mine II .11 Gap, all bat two sat in the hinder
e.id of the car, causing the front of the car
to rice from the track. The two men who
were on the platform in frunt requested
them to cora-e farther to the front, for fear
of accident, but they did not do so, and
even neglected to attach the safety car be
hind the car in vrhich they rode, which
soon got off ihe irack and caoght in the tim
bers in the side of the slope. The steady
pull fiom the engine above broke the chain,
and the car rushed, down to the bottom of
the slope. The two men in front of the
car jumped off and escaped Qninjnred. Of i
those who went .down .with the car. six
were killod and on j bady burr. The safe
ty car is so arranssd that it will not rnn
backwards, and had il been attached, the
car wool have remained stationary. Mi
ners are so accosiomad to danger that tbey
are apt to become carele, and valuable
lives are thereby lost, We hope this acci
dent may prove a warning to alt working in
or about mines. . We have-not been able to
ascer aia the names of the unfortunate men.
Democratic Standard "
Brouoht Home. The remains of our lata
lamented young friend and townsman, S. H.
1 mittl CAr Af !?mliaff Gmtlh nf nl
were brought bom on Wednesday morn
ing last A part of the procession which
paraded the streets, accompanied the corpse
to the resideace of the bereaved family, of
the deceased. The funeral took place at 4
o clock in the afternoon - of the same day.
The coffin waa opened at the grave, and the
corpse recognized., as that ot our young
townsman. His remains were deposited in
the mother earth, aad the ceremonies closed
by firing a volley over his .grave. "Peace
to bis manei." Birw.Uk Gazelle.
Drafting Discontinued !
CcaTiisi ones in this town of Republican
parsuasion'seem" ra:Ser dTeTighted to know
lhal they are drafted, since the order cjf the
Secretary of War has been promulgated,
setting aside the dalt made to fill the call,
for 300. 0(A), issued December last. Not
mat we wisn to sea tjiis cruel war continue ;
notHbat-we deligbl io eeeing-an onnecessa
ry sacrifice of human life acd treasufe ;
not that we1 countenance and glory in the
destruction and laying waste of the finest
portion of our country, but that these Abo
li;ion friends of ours.would have been
obliged to put on the blue, shoulder the
mosket, .and- march to ihe front, - and
prove, by their actions that they were at
least endeavoring ta carry out the princi
ples they preached, we"should have been
pleased to witness a "vigorous prosecution"
of the -war' "a - little longar.". These Ab
olition loyalists had an opportunity offered
lberu,'doring the past four yearsto enter
the service -and 'prove their fidelity to the
Union and the Constitution, but they never
improved it, msch rather preferring to re
main at home to d the voting and abuse
Democrats; to get up "big Scares," such
as the ' Fisl.ingcreek conspiracy," "raids
from Canada," '&c. Republicanism is be
ginning' to stiuk in the nostrils el all honest
mon..
. CiLicoM have, fallen in - price at the
wholesale establishments in the citiej suf
ficiently low to enable our country mer
chants to sell certain qualities at 12 cts. per
yard ; and muslin, from 15 ctr. to 30 cts per
yard. Those of onr merchants who still
persist in having the former high prices,
when this state of things actually exists,
should not be patronized. Dry goods may
resume an'opwerxl tendency in the course
of a few days ; altboogh.it ts not likely that
wholesale prices will retake their former
portion on the scale, therefore-we see
nothing to warrant our merchants in taxing
the toiling millions with, these enormously
high prices for everything they eat. drink,
and wear. This is altogether wrong it is
a perfect imposition. We know this kind
of business to be practiced to a greater ex
tent probably in ibis section than in any
other in the -State. It should cease.
Samuel Kmt KCLesD. We announce
the tact with pleasure, that Samuel Kliwe,
of Benton twp., one of the forty-five men
who were so summarily arrested last fall
wiihoiv cause, was released last week from
Fort M.lUm, and has since returned to his
family, once more permitted to breathe the
free air. It will be . remembered that this
man, with several others, had a mock trial
before a military commission, at Harrisburg
last fall, and was sentenced to two or more
years' imprisonment, with a fiae ot several
bondred dollars. The fine he has not paid ;
but part of the torrcre, deprivation and star
va'ion he ha3 borne. His incarceration in a
fiithy, loathesome dungeon, called Fort Mif
Jim, has lasted about eight months; after
which time he is turned out, released from
all fine and further imprtsenmenr. This man
of courss was guilty of no offence in the
sight of the law, but still the .party in power
desired lo 'practically demonstrate to him
what they could do with him had he teen
guilty of treason or any other crime known to
the law I What a beautiful Government!
How strong it is no one knows uctil he gets
a pair of two inch iron hand cuffs about
his wrists and is lodged in one of those
bomb-proofs inside of a heavy Fort,
Hitching Horses to Shade Trees. There
is no act, not absolutely criminal, says an
eichange.that is more inexcosaUy careless
or Warns worthy than that of tying horses
to shade trees on the borough streets.
These trees are highly ornamental, and ex
ceedingly desirable for the hada they afford
the inmLtis of the houses and the passers
along the streets.' They are only obtained,
however, after a great expenditure of pay
and care on the part of their owners, and
therefore should not be lightly estimated
by any. Persona, doubtless, of en lis their
horses to the trees along our straeta.thought
lessly, and without the slightest idea. of the
injury they are liable to inflict. But wheo
injury if the result of this thoughtlessness
the party who does the mischief and not
the one who suffers it,ought to pay the pen
alvt to the. extent oflhe damage done. .
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High Prices. It is not only meat but
everything we e except groceries, which
retain the exorbitant prices when gold was
S2 85. The farmers always talk of the coot
of provender, the wages of labor, and the
prices of clothing, when yon tllodd to the
exorbitant prices of botter,ggs and cheese.
But provender hai fallen 20 percent, cotton
goods have been largely reduced in price,
and coffee, tea and groceries, can be obtain
ed at a large deduction fr orn the prices
when gold was up. Still farmers' produce
keeps at their old prices as if they had made
their stand at a point, or resolved not to abate
a jot. Wfcy these things should not have
followed the same role as applies to other
commodities, is the question which every
body is asking. Somo of the people who
bring batter' to this market, and who have
the conscience lo ask from 60 to 75 cents
per lb for it are still trying to cheat. The
clerks of the markets cooght several of
them during the past week, and took 37
lamp from them all ondtr weight. PW
adetphit Ledger.
Another Fiki. On Friday evening last
our bnrougb was the scene of another fire.
It broke out in a stable belonging to Mrs.
Montgomery sitnaie . on Mill street. Al
though immediately discovered, -, from the
combustible nature of the building and its
contents, it was soon enveloped ia flames.
The fire Companies were soon in action and
and subdued the fire, but not untiUha sta
ble was mostly consumed.. . Fortunately it
was a calm night, o:herwise,had as easter
ly wind been blowing, the whole block op
posite, .would, very likely, have fallen a
pray is lh flames. DanvUlt Inlelligencert
Wilsox 31. Eves, Post Master at Iota,
has resigned. Wen. H. Hayraau has been
recommended to succeed him. He will be
appointed. He is a very worthy young
roaa. Republican. " ' ' . , . .
SuernanVAitoisfice,
'An armistice has been concluded between
General Johnston ; and General' Sherman.
That agreement took a -range .which 't'te
braces the adjustment of .'certain political
questions' "that can hardly have; been sup
posed to have been Involved in the struggle
of the sections. The compact of the two
generals having been outside a strict con
struction of their powers, tbey entered into
it, each taking the responsibility of pledg
ing himself to the other that be would make
it good by special sanction of their respect
ive principals. "We ' individually and of
ficially pledge'ourseives," says the wording
-of -the compact of armistice, "to promptly
obtain necessary authority, and to carry out
the above programme " A great officer of
the United States, a man -who has done
more than any other in the country for the
reduction, of Mhe military power of the
South to the conditions with which he now
deals so like a statesman, stands thus pledg
ed "personally and officially." ;
The "atmistica to which Gen; Stfermaa
stands thus bound ' rests au the ' following
terms . -
: 1. The contending atmies now in the
field to maintain their itu quo until notice
is given by the commandin g general of ei
ther ooe of its opponents, and reasonable
time,"ay forty-eight hours, allowed.'
' 2. The Confederate armies now in exis
tence to be disbanded and conducted to
their several State capitals; there to de
posit their arms and public property in the
State arsenals, and each officer and man
to execute and file an agreement to ceae
from acts of -war and abide the action of
both State and Federal authorities. The
number of arms and munitions of war to
be reported to the Chief of Ordnance at
Washington city, subject to future action
of the Congress of the United 'States, aad
in the - mean time to be used solely to
maintain peace and order within the'bor
dersofthe States respectively.
-3. The recognition by the Execntive of
the United States of the several State gov
ernments, on their officers and Legislatures
taking the oath prescribed by. the Consli
tu'ion ol ihe United States, and where con
flicting S'.ate governments have resulted
Irom ihe war, the legitimacy of all shall be
submitted io the Supreme Court of the U.
Slates. . -
4. The re establishment of all Federal
Courts in the several States, with powers
as defined by the Constitution and laws of
Congress.
i. The people aiJ inhabitants of all
States to be guaranteed, so far as the Ex
ecutive can, their political rights and fran
chire, as w-ell as their rirhts and property,
as defined by the Constitution of Ihe U. S. I
and of the States repectively.-
6. The Execoiire authority of the gov
ernment of the United Stales not to. disturb
any ot itie peopie oy reason ot me late war
so Ion as K,hev live in neace and nniet. I
abstain Irom acts ot armed Doetilny, and
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obey the laws in existence at any pi ace of
their residence.
7, In general terms the war to ceae: a
general amnesty , so far as the Executive
power of the" U. S. can command, or on
condition of disbandor.ment of the Confed
erate armies, add the distribution ol arms
and resumption of peaceful pursuits by
officers and mpn hilhef'o composing the
said armies. Not being fully empowered
by our respective principals to fulfil these
terms, we individually and officially pledge
ourselves to promptly obtain necessary au
thority and to carry nut the above program
me. W.T.SHERMAN, Major Gen.,
Commanding the array of the U. S in N. C.
J. E. JOHNSTON, Major Gen.,
CommaDciinz Confederate S A in N. C.
A WORD TO OCR patrons. With this No.
the Star completes half ol the present j brother's heart-), for Gods sake, choose the
volume, and on the 26th of October next j rjnDt, 'When a country like this spurns
the whole of il will be finished. Every pa-' -justice from her eide she forfeits the allegi
iron mart be aware that we hars advanced : aRCe 0f every honest freeman, and should
our price cf subscription, and demand j ieae him, untrammelleJ by any fealiy so
more prompt paymtot than formerly, when j ever, to act Es .f3 conscience may apprave.
times were not so hard opon the printer. j People of :he North, to hato tyranny, to
Of the large nomber whfr take our paper love liberty and justice, to strike at wrong
we are satisfied half of them have not paid j and 'oppression, was the teaching of onr
os in advance for ihe present volume, and j fathers. ' The study of our early history
thns availed themselves oflhe lowest rales,, w-,u not let me forcet it and mar il never
but have become liable to ns for our highest
terms. (Those who have paid will aceepl I
our ibanks.) . Tbey cannot feel that we j
have done them any injustice when we exact j
from them our full terms S3 per annum
after the long and timely notice received by '
os, which stood at the bead of our paper. j
To those who have, nol yet paid this year's '
subscription, and all who are in arrears for J
one or more. ears, we would state, and i
wish it distinctly understood, that all tub
scriplions to ihe Stab mutt he paid ly the 6lh !
of May next, os tee mutt have our money in
order to carry on our business. At the pres
ent cost of living and high price of ptinting
material, we cannot publish a . paper year
in and year out aud never receive a cent
Irom many of our subscribers.
B. H. Stohner advertises his. Bakery,
Confectionery and Grocery Store together
with his tee Cream Saloon, in . this paper.
He keeps constantly on band fresh bread
and cakes. In hi store will be found many
indispensable articles used in housekeep
ing, besides"an endless variety of tojs for
children. Give him a call . People from
the Country wishing any thing in his line,
would do well to drop into bis establish
ment, on Main Street.
Sad Accident On Saturday, a mason
named Fay, wis at work repairing a ra IrOad
bridge between Port Carbon and Si. CJair,
when he perceived two trains coming in op
posite direction. He immediately slipped
down through the trestle work of the bridge,
bu: seems to have lost his presence of mind,
and clasped both arms around one of the
rails. The Wheels of one train cnt off one
of his bands at the rial and on the other side
bis arm near the shoulder. He dropped
into the water below, from which he wa
soon taken and his wounds dressed. He is
now doing as well as can te erpscied from
the natcre of bis injuries. Democratic Stan
dard. ' ,
Fatal Accident. A fatal accident occur
red at Dunning on Monday afternoon last.
Miss Almira Pedrick in walking down ihe
railroad track saw a coal train just a head
and stepped aside opon tba down track. At
that moment the Freight train came down
ihe track without being observed by her,
severing her body and of course killing her
instantly. Miss Pedrick was a very estima
ble young lady and ber sudden and tragic
death casts a gloom over the community in
which she resided. Lackawanra Register.
.. letter of John Wilke Booths ,
From The Philadelphia Inquirer
' The following verbatim copy of a letter,
in writing which is the band-writing of J
Wilkes Booth,: the ' murderer of 'President
Lincoln, has been furnished us by the Hon
Wm. Millard,' United States Marshal of the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania. It was
handed over to that officer by John S. Clarke.
whdla a brother-in-law of Mr. Booth. The
history connected with it is somewhat pe
culiar. In November, 1864, the psper was
deposited with Mt. Clarke by Booth in a
sealed envelope, '.'for. safe keeping," Mr.
Clarke being ignorant of ihe contents. In
Jn January last Booth called at Mr. Clarke's
house aked for the package and it was
given op to him.. It is now supposed that
at that time He took out the paper and add
ed to it fils signat6re, which appears lo be
in a different ink from that used in th'e body
of the letter, and also from the language
employed could not have been put lo it
originally. Afterward he returned the pack
age to Mr. Clarke again for safe keeping,
sealed and bearing the superscription "J.
Wilkes Booth."
The inclosure was preserved "by the fam
ily without suspicion of its nature. : After
the afflicting information of the assassina
tion of the President, which came opon the
family of Mr. Clarke. wiih crushing force, il
was considered proper to open the envel
epe. . There were found in it the following
paper,' with some Seven-thirty Uuited Stales
bonds, acd certificates of shares in oil com
panies. Mr. Clarke promptly banded over
ihe paper to Marshal Millard, in whose cus
tody il now remains. From a -perusal' of
this paper it seems To fcava" been prepared
by Booth as a vindicatiou of some desperate
act which be had in contemplation ; and
from the language used it is probable that it
was a plot lo abdocl the President and car
ry him off to Virginia. Il also appears that
Booth was one of the party who was en
gaged in the capture and execution of John
Brown of Ossawauomie.
, , 18P4.
Mr Dear Sir : You may use this as you
think best. But as some may wish to know
chent who and why, add as.I know not how j
to direct, 1 giva it (in the words of your
master
"To WHOM IT MAT COKCEM :''
Right or Wrong, God judge me, not man
For be my motive good or bad, of one thing
I amaufc the lasting condemnation of the
North.
.1 love peace more than life. Hare loved
thj Triifin tirr.nct itni&ainii T?nr fnnr I
. , , . . , . ,
1 bava 1 boPed and PraTed tor
the dark clouds to break, and for a restora
tion of our former sunshine. To wail long
er would be a crime. All hope for peace is
dead. My prayers hare proved as idle as
my hopes. God's will be done. I go to
see and ebars the titte'r end.
1 have ever held the South were right.
The very nomination of Abraham Lincoln,
four years ago, spoke plainly, war war op
on "Southern rights and institutions. His
election proved it. "Await an overt act."
Yes, till yon are bound and plundered
Wbai lolly ! The Souih was wise. Who
thinks of argument or patience when the
; finger of his enemy .presses on the trigger ?
j In foreign war I, too, could say. "country,
ruht or wrong." But in a struggle such as
I ours fwbere the brother tries to nierce the
This.country was formed for the white,
not for the black man. And looking upon
AJricnn Slavery from the same stand-point
held by the noble framers of our Constitu
lution, I, for one, have ever considered it
one of the greatest blessings (both for them
selves and os) that God ever bestowed up
on a favored nation. Witness heretofore
our wealth and povrsr ; witness their eleva
tion anJ enlightenment above their race
elsewhere. I have lived among it most of
my life, and have seen less harsh treatment
from master lo man than I have beheld in
the North from father to son. Yet, Heaven
know-, no one would be willing to do more
for the nezro race than I, could I but see a
way to still bct'er their condition.
But Lincoln's policy is only preparing
Ihe way for their total annihilation The
South are n', nor kavt they been, Sighting for
the continuance of slavery. The first bat
tle of Bull Run did away with that idea
Their taus? sir.ee for war have been as o
ble and greater far than those thai urged our
fathers on. . Even should we allow they
were wrong at ihe beginning of this contest,
cruelly and injustice have made the wrong
become the right, and they stand now (be
fore the admiration and wonder of the
world) as a coble band of patriotic heroes.
Hereafter, reading of their dee ds, Thermopy
lae will be forgotten.
When i aided in Ihe capture and execu
tion of John Brown (who was a murderer
on our western border, and who was fairly
tried and convicted, before an impartial judge
and jury, of treason, and who, by the way.
has since been made, a god), I was proud
of my little share in the transaction, for I
deemed it my duty, and that I was helping
onr common country to perform an act of
jastice. But what was a crime in poor
John Brown is now considered (by them
selves) as the 'greatest and only virtue of
the whole Republican party. S'range trans
migration! Vice to become a virtue, simply
because more indjlgn in it.
. t thought then, as now, that the Abolition
ists were the only traitors in the land, and
that the ent ire . party deserved the fate of
poor old Brown, not because they wish to
abolish slavery, but on account of the
means tbey have ever endeavored to use to
to effect that abolition. If Brown were liv
ing I doubt whether he At mte'f would have
set slavery against the Uaion. Mosi or
many in the North do, and openly corse
the Union, if the South .are to return acd
retain a single right guarantied to then by
vary :i which weonce revered ns saerei.
The South can make no choice. It is either
extermination or slavery tot them triors fwore
than death) to draw from. I know Dy
choice.
I have also studied hard io discover'opon
what ground the ri?ht of . a State to secede
has been denied, when our very name,
United Stales, and ifio Declaration of Inde
pendence, loth provided for secession. But
there is no time for words. I wri:e in haste
I know how foolish I shall be deemed for
undertaking such a step this, where, on the
one' side, I have many friends and every
thing to make me happy, where my pro
fession alone haa gained me an income' of
more than twenty thousand dollars a year,
and where my great personal ambition in
my profession has such a- jreat field for
labor.
On the other hand, the South have never
bestowed on me one kind. word; a place
now where I have an friends, except be
neath the sod ; a place where I must either
become a private sokier' or a beggar. To
give up all of the fomer for tbe latter, be
side my mother and sisters whom I love so
dearly (although tiey so'?ideiy differ with
me in opinion), seams insane ; bat God i
my judge. I love 'uslice more than a coun
try that disowns it; more than fame and
wealth ;' snare (Heaven pardon me if wron?)
than a happy home. I have never, been
upon a battle field v but O, my 'country
men, could yon al! but see the reality or
effects of this horrib'e war, as I have seen
them (in every Flats, save Virginia), I know
you would think like me, and would pray
ihe Almighty to create in tbe Northern
rahi'd a sense of light and justice ' (even
should it possess no seasoning of mercy),
and that Heaven would dry up this sea of
blood between us, which is daily growing
wider. Alas! poor country, is she to meet
her threatened doom 1 Four years ago, I
would have given a thousand lives to see
her remain fas 1 had always known her)
powerful and cnbrokn. And even row I
would hold my life' as naught, lo see ber
what she was.
O, my friends, if the fearful scenes of the
past four years had never been enacted, of
if, what has bozn, had been but a fr ghtful
dream, from which we could now awake
wiih what overflowing hearts ccold e
bless our God and pray for his continued
favor. Ho I have loved the old f-igi, can
never now te known A few yesrs since,
and the entire world could boast of none o
pure and spotless. Bat I have of late been
seeing and hearing oflhe Llcoily deals tt
which she has been made the emblem, and
would shuddtr to think how changed she
had grhwn. 0,'how I haVc longed to see
her break from the mist of blood and deaih
that circles roucJ her folds, spoiling her
beaufy and tarnishing her honor. Bat no,
day by day has she been dragged deep?r
and deeper into cruelty and oppression till
now (in my eyes) her once bright red
stripes look like Ihouy 'v,1ks on the face cf
Heaven. I look now upon my early admi
ration as a dream. My love (as things
stand to day) is for the South alone. Nor
do I deem it a dishonor in attempting to
make for her a prisoner of this man, lo
whom she owes so much of n.iery. If
saccess attends me, I go penniless lo her
side. They say he has ioond tfuit ' last
ditch" which the North have so long ds
rided, and been endeavoring to force br
in, forgetting they are our brothers, and
that it's impolitic to goad an enemy to
madness. Should I reach her in safety and
find it true, I will roudly beg permission
lo triumph or die in lhal same ' drcb' by
ber side.
A CoifeJerals, Jciiig duty vpon his own it
sponibili!y. J. Wilkes Booth.
Drowsed We learn that a man by the
name of George Hill in the empioy of Mr.
P. M Traugh, near this place, was drowred
in one of the rats, one day last week. He
was not missed until towards evening, when
upon search being made be was fouiid as
above staled, life being extinct. Bewick
Gizcllt.
amcel Acuexbicii, jr., member ol Coal
Pany K. 112ih Reg. P. V'., was taken pris
&5er on the 29;h of September last, and
died on the 18th of December, in the hor
rible prison at Salisbury, N.C. He wa a
son of Samuel Achenbach, of Orangville,
and was a worthy young man. He was u-.
ken prisoner while making an assault at
Chapin's Bluff Republican.
It is now very certain-that there most te
an acual increase in the hours of toil io pur
chase the necessaries of life. Tbe great
debt to free the negro has strapped a bur
den upon white men, which will make them
groan and sweat for years and years.
Br different nations 'avery day in the
week is set apart for public worship: Sun
day by the Christians; Monday by the
Greeks ; Tuesday by the Persians ; Wednes
day by the Assyrians ; Thursday by Egyp
tians; Friday by the Turks, and Saturday by
the Jews.
England is now independant npon im por
ta tioti for one-third of the food .consumed in
that country, and the value of lbs gram,eat
lie, sheep, pigs, butter, cheese, meat acd
eggs it is found necessary to import is con
tinually on the increase. Already the ex
cess of the consumption of grain over tbe
prodnctton reaches the enormous amoant of
14,000,000 of qnarters.
AJMordkr Near Mahanoy Plains, en
Monday, a U. S. detective, named Brady,
was shot by some unknown person. The
detective seems to have rendered birr. sell
very obnoxious to many drafted men. Tbe
man who shot him stepped from the woods
and fired. Seven slugs took effect. The
Constitutional Advocate.
General McClellan is still in Rome, aud
attracts much attention. The other night
Mrs. S:orey, whose goest the General is,
had a large dinner party ; in the evening
there was a reception, at which a large
number of American, English and Romans,
rnbraciog all of any rank or consideration
were present.
- the win ters. " '
' I F'6:n the Age of April 21 t "
It 'la Hlaf-d that General Sherman and
Joh'.-jton were io meet hi Chnpt-J Hill,
Nnnh 'Caroling It.iny mile t e-j pfR.
leiah. mi April '15 h. Ai thi meeting ar- '
rnenei.t were to be' made for tl.eor
render of Johi'.siori'. iirmv JofriMlon tia(
reireaie l from Raleiabjo H itc.ri', fMty.
five mile northwest On April 14lh Gen.
( Sherman's ailvanr wa west of Raleiuh
Sherman met iih but Pule pprronion",iu
the capture of Rale gh
The Confederate Navy YSr.l on ihe
Roanoke"River, at Halifav, 10 mile Bomb,
of Weldon, has beeir de-troyed. Having
no further u-e for it. the rebuls abandoned
if. Two gunboats were destroyed in the
navy yard. . . , T
Mosehy has surrendered with' all hi
men io General Chapman, commanding Lt
Berryville, in Shenandoah valley. He re
ceived the same terms as were granted io
Lee. I: ia reported that Rosstr has pro
posed io surrender his cavalry command.
The Portuguese Government ha di
missed the Governor of Belem Eons, as a.
reparation for firing upon the frigate Niag
ara. The United Slates flag has also been
saluted with twenty-one guns.
Three trading steamers have been buri
ed by guerrillas on the flaichie river, fV
Tennessee. ,
General Deveris has been placed in com
mand at Richmond.
Fiom the Ae of April 22d. - .
The Federal cavalry ."expedition which "
was reported ai.Selma, on Aoril 2d, has
been beard from Part of the cavalry
turned eastward, ,'and rrcbed 50 mite'
to Montgomery. 'Here Forrest's-cavalry
were "met, 'pursued , some distance, and,
finaly defeated 'with (he loss of five bun-.
dred prisoners. The cavalrv continue!
their march lo the eastern border of Ala
bama and captured Xolambus, on the
Chattahoochee . river, two hundred and -ninety
miles west of Savannah. They, then
marched souih along the Chattahoochee,
and when last heard from.'weie ai EuLU,
fitly mile sooth of Colombu. The other
column of cavalry, commaudkd by WiUou
in person, marched from Selma south to
Moblie. Thev entered the city from the
wst on April 8:h, and caused its evacua
tion. Three hundred and sixteen cannon
were captured in Mobile.
The report of ihe number of troops sur
rendered by Gen. Lew, states that twenty
six thousand one hundred and filtee:) Con
federate g.ve ibeir parole. The property
turned over was ufl follow: Oie'hundred
and filty nine cannon ; one thousand one
hundred wagons; four -thou-aid horses, '
and fifteen ihoutand .nine bnndred and
eiahiepn mat! arm. -The men of ihe con
federate army on April 13 h had all givea
their paroles, and the lati of them had led
Appomauox Court Hooe. The areattr,
par of Grants army is at Burkesvi!l.
Geti-rel Ord i lo command at Charles-
ion. (jeneral Hal leek is to succeed Ord at
) Richmond.
j An A'ttempt to Murckr On Monday of
j lal week, a drunken man, called Jokii
I Haulin, of Potts vilf's, assaulted his wife and
j inflicted a terrible wound on ber breast and
j shoulder. Some oflhe neighbors calling o
j him lo be quiet, he quieted down. Dunn-
the itiht Ihe woman was tieanl to. roai.,
and in the mon.iog she was found badlv
wounded Haalin gave f.imelf op to Ju
ticfl Reed, and wa committed to prison.
The Constitutional AivbzcM . .
HI A II R IE I).
On the 16ih inst, at the residence of the
Briders father, naer Bloomxburg, by Rev.
W. Goodrich. Alonzo Jacoby of Cattawieaa,
to Mary E Fisher, of Bioonuburg. -
Ontf.e8ih of Feb, 1865, by M. Cfe,
J. P. Mr. Shedrack L Hes, of Colombia
county ad Miss Mauda Hunter, 'of Sulli
van co. Pa.
On the 12 h of April, 1SS5. by tb same
Mr Emanuel Edgar of Colombia county.
i IV, and Mi Martha Mclleury, ot Seueca
county, Uhio.
Ou the 6th inst by the Rev. J. V Porter,
R M. Wilson, of ValUy twp, Montour co..
I to Mary E. Hilt, of Shamokin.
DIED.
In Berwick, April 18ib, 1865, John Da
venport, aged '45 years 9 months and 2
j days He was buried by the Berwick
Lodje I. O of O F. assisted by a number
i oi ihe brethren of Shickshinnv Lode.
In Nescopeck, on the loth of A pril, 165,
Williatc W. Hcvnerj aged 5 years and 23
days.
PCBLIC NOTICE FOR LICENSES.
NOTICE is hereby given that the follow
ing persons ir. Colombia county-have filed
their petitions in the Court of Quarter. Ses
sions of tbe paid Conntv, for TAVERN an 1
STORE LICENSES, in their respective
townships, which said petitions will be.
presented to the eaid Court on MonC?.H? .
ihe 1st day of May, 1865, of which all per
sons interested will iak notice, and the
Licences will be granted on Wednesday,
the 3d day of May next, al 2 o'clock, p. ra.
Applicants. Townships.
W illiam B. Koons. . Tavprn. Bloom.
John Leacock tlo do
George W. Manger, do do
Oliver A Jacoby, do do
L. D. Mendenhall, Store. do
Frank L. Shuman, Tavern, Beaver, -
Charles F. Mann, , do do . -
J. P. Sibbet, do Berwick,
John J. Stiles, do Benton,
John Grover; .do Centre,
Jesse Hicks, Store, do
Richard Parr, Tavetn Cailawlssa
Samoel Kostenbauer, dd do
Jcob Kistler, dd do
Peter Hnwer, do Conyngham,
Reuben Wassar, do do.
John L. Kline, do do
Samoel Leiby,. do do
A. W Loe. do do
Bernard McBrerly, do do
A. W. Creamer, Store.. do '
Ed. Unangst & Co
Tavern, Fishingcreek,
Benjamin McHenry,
W. A. Kline,
Jacab M. Fryj
C. H. Parker,
John Hartman,
Joshua Worner,
LndwigThiel,
John L. Hurt,
Isaac Rhoad.r
John Keller,
Samuel Rimbj, .
A K. Smith,
Emanuel Conner,
Thomas Jones,
John A. Shuman,
Isaac Yeiter,
Samuel Everett,'
Jacob Good,
Corhclins Mar'.z,
Robert S. Howell,
J. I). Marchbank, .
do do
do Greenwood
do do
do do
do - liemlock;
do Locust)
d j do
do dd
do drt
do Mifflin
do - Madison j
do do
do M on tour,
do MtPleaeanl
dd - Maine,
do do -r
da - Orange,
do do
do RoaringcreeX
do Scott,
do do '
do . d.i .
do do
I Philip D. Kelle',
Milton E Cox.
JESSE COLEMAN, Pro'dYy
rrollionolary'a Utliee,
Blooms-burg
April j2, 1?65.' j
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