STAR OF THE 'NORTH.
. VM. H. JACOBYDlTOR.
CtiAS G. BJRKLEY, Assistant Editor.
S. M. Pcttkngill Si. Co., 37 Park Row
New York, are duly authorized to solicit and
receive subscriptions and advertising for the
Star of the AorA, published at Bioomsburg,
Columbia county, Penn'a
Mather & Co., 333 Broadway, New York,
are authorized to receive subscriptions and
advertising for the Star of the North.
D&2IQC2ATIC COUNTI COMEJiTION.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Demo
eratio Electors, in and for the several Bor
oughs and Flection Districts, will meet at
their respective places of holding the Gen
eral Elections, except in Conynghara tp.,
there ibey will meet a! the Public Hoose of
Peter Hower, cn SATURDAY, THE 26ih
OF AUGUST, 156... between tha hours of
3- and 7 o'clock, P. M , of paid day, for the
purpose of choosing two Delegate from
each District, to meet in County Conven
tion, at the COURT HOUSE, io Biooms
burg, on MONDAY, THE 28;h DAY OF
AUGUST, 1865, at 1 o'clock, P. M., for the
purpose of making (he usual annual nomi
nations of the Democratic party of Colom
bia County.
E. H. LITTLE, Chairmm
John J. Stiles,
Isaiau Bower,
Hcn'T HtbTCRLIICR
Peter K. Hkrbimc,
. G. Rickets,
John Hill,
J-hn Fruit,
KlIAS Dcitcrick.
Bern. Stand.
Bloomsbnrg, July 26, 1865.
Committee.
Another Outrage.
The provost marshals who are employed
to gaaraoiee a republican form of govern
ment to the Southern States, must ha ve been
selected from the sternest of the Puri ans,
who regard laughter aa worthy of damnation
and condemn a joke as a "high crime.'1
The Macon Journal and Messenger, having
ottered a paragraph in a vein of pleasan;ry,
perfectly innocent to an ordinary apprehen
' sion, but bursting with treason to the miod
of a provost marshal, the paper was sum
marily snppresied and its editor arrested
and '.brown into prison. The following is
the article that provoked this outrage :
A "Lotal Citizks." If subscribing tofhe
following document constitutes one a "loyal
citizen.'' we, the editor, belong to :liat
bappy class. As a public journalist we are
onwilliug to counsel oners io do that which
we would not do ourselves. Hence we
have availed ourselfof the first opportunity
to take the "amnesty oatb," and thus qaali
fy onrself for active duties of citizenship.
We bad to fortify ourselves (or the occasion
with an extra amount of Ditch courage,"
but by nb means reccnmtt.d this as a
necessary preliminary to "taking the oath."
, Brevet Brigadier General and Provost
Marshal' C. H. Grosvenor immediately came
Io the conclusion that ibis was treason, and
thoa expressed bis wrath :
The writing and publishing of this arti
cle, under all the cirenmstance, is a high
crime against the United Sta'es Government,
now seeking every possible conciliation to
re-establish the civi( in Georgia. It u
in spirit, if not in words, an open violation
of the oath taken by the editor himself, and
it is calculated, and doubtless designed, to
binder and deter the peopre in their efforts
K) comply with the generous terms offered
by the President to these people
The editor is necessarily a bad man in
cendiary io bis character, and well calcula
, ted, it permited, to do great evil, the conse
qoence of which will rest opon others rather
than himself.
Hi word is worthless, and his oath not
to be trusted. To prevent the recurrence of
uch publications, yon will cause the im
mediate arrest of , the editor, and place
hira in clce confinement, and not permit
Dim to either converse or write npon polit
ical subjects. Yon ' will seize the press,
type, and entire material of the paper, and
not allow its farther publication cpon any
condition whatever.
. Yon will cause a report of yoor action in
the premises to be made to these headqaar
tars.
Jam, General, very respectfolly, your
obedient servant. C H..Grovknok.
Brevet Brigadier General and Provost
Marshal."
If any one betide a military Dogberry
can fiud evidence of the perpetration of a
"high crime" io the harmless paragraph we
have quoted, we shall admit that the war
has promoted the growth of folly in the land
It is enough to make the conscientious
journalist throw away his pen in dispair
and abandon hi vocation in disgust, to see
the "freedom ol the press" in this "Repub
lic" come to such a pass. The Southern
journalist must write hereafter with a
shackle at hi wrist and a lakh above bis
bead. He must not only be submissive,
bat sedate and solemn in hia submission.
Should he venture to relieve the somber
character of his thoughts by a dash of humor
or of sarcasm, he goes (o prison and the
provost marshal lakes possession of "the
type, press aod entire material of his paper."
Socb is a Free Pres in a Free Country.
The League Difated The re-appointment
of the Federal ofiicOs in the city of
Philadelphia, was a complete defeat to the
League of that place. They failed to get
one man appointed. William B. Thomas
ws, re-appointed Collector of Cos'oms, and
C. A. Walborn continued as Post Master of
thai city. The Shoddy party labored hard
to oust these officials, although men of their
own ilk and kin, bjjt not evar ready to min
gle and take an active part in every little
dirty job the Leaguers have to perform. This
was a just rebuke to the radicals, and may
end to work on! a healthy relormaiioo, po
litically, in th9 Quaker city. ,
Ths pspers announced that "a very severe
. s orra (4 rain and hail passed over Wash
ir.ioa Saturday laJ, breaking windows, in
juring the tree and doing other damage to
propsr'y." This is nothing new. A most
dss :;lzui3 reign of terror has been continu
ed WTa?hin:on for more than four years,
and f r.'y tyrer;ta have "bailed" from these,
ji ail par:? cr the country, not only caus
ed tJ ::er:y, tot actually de
;u. c: ;vif:;7r;ea:, aad kiJIic . patri-
. . . Tic Focr Hcgro. .
There are twenty-five thousand negroes
huddled in Washington City and its suburbs.
They occupy every nook and corner of the
city, and those that are able to pay from
two to four dollars per month enjoy the lux
ury of a ten by twelve feet section of a row
of shanties of rough boards covered, with
felt and tar. They are employed at every
conceivable menial employment, from that
of porters and cooks down to boot blacking
and scavengenng. One broken atove fre
qnently serves for several families; the fuel
is gathered off the streets, from camp debris
and in ash heaps ky the cLildren, and much
of the clothing used is gatheradjrom among
the cast off habiliments of the soldiers. The
lot of thousands of these poor creatures is
bard, indeed. Few of them Uve in comfort,
while very many go hungry and almost
naked. Some even starve. Perhaps no
other city cao furnish a more striking con-1
Oast of extremes wealth, luxury and mag
nificence, and poverty wre;chedness and
squalor than the Federal Capital.
The most of these poor creatures are from
the South, having followed the soldiers to
the land of promise in the North, inspired
with vague dreams of ease, comfort and
freedom. From ibe eyes of all, the scales
have already fallen. The dalosion under
which they labored, and which was too
often fostered by their laUe white friends,
baa brought them only suffering and loss.
Gladly would ibe majority of them go back
to their old masters', even accepting the
alternative of slavery. It is to be hoped
that the time may soon arrive when all can
go back to the old plantations not, how
ever, as slaves, but as free men aod wo
menwhere, in peace and surrounded by
oM familiar scenes, they may eojoy to the
full extent what they prize above all things,
a plentiful supply of the earth's fruits and
fatness. If compelled to undergo another
winter's rigors, and privations, spring will
find them largely diminished in numbers
and thousand will be broken and shattered.
The cruelty which slavery undoubtedly
perpetrated upon this race for generations
has perhaps been greatly exceeded in vio
lence and extent daring the past few years
by that of the pretended friend of the ne
gro. Four tear of theoretical philanthro
py, combined with selfish and practical
neglect and inhumanity, has probably swept
away more of the blacks than a quarter of
a century of involuntary servitude.
Politics of tbe Con a try.
In reply to the political boastings of tbe
New York Tiibune, about the downfall of
the Democracy, the New York World proves
that, though out of 233 electoral votes Gen
eral McCleilan received only 2, it i never
theless true, as every person must admit
who will attend to the figures, that if, of the
4,034,789 citizens who voted in the Presi
dential election, the small number, of 32,5 13
had changed sideSjGerierat McClellau would
have been elected. Here is the dernonstra-
Mion :
"The whole nnmber of electoral votes
counted was 233. of which 1 17 of Ihem were
a majority. Had McCleilan received 96
electoral votes in addition to bis 21, he
would have had a majority. These 96 might
have been given him by the Sates set down
in the following table.by a very small char ge
in their popular vote'.
Number of Lincoln's
States. Electoral Votes. Maioritv.
New Hampshire.
Connecticut. -New
York.
Maryland.
Pennsylvania.
Nevada.
Indians.
Oregon.
Total.
5
3.259
2,408
6
33
7
26
3
13
3
96
6,749
7,414
20,075
3,232
20,189
1,431
65,025
"It is obvion that only half tbe number
of votes forming these majorities needed to
be changed, to cancel the majorities and re
verse the result; for eery vote transferred
wou'd make a difference of two votes in the
relative; strength of the parties. It accord
ingly follovr that a change of less than 33,
000 votes, in a poll of more than four mill
ions, would have defeated Mr Lincoln and
have elected General McCleilan. A party
that came so near success under every pos
sible disadvantage, has no reasoa to des
pair. "The war isue is dead; the slavery issue
is dead ; and on ail living issues the Demo
cratic psrty are united. They are confident
that their policy commands the approval of
the people."
Southern Shipments. All the restraints
and discouragement of factious malice can
not keep down the irrepressible benefits of
Southern productions. On the tenth of
this month the port of New Orleans ship
ped two thousand rive hundred bales of
colton,nd on the day following two thou
sand two hundred bales ! Here is, in two
days, an addition to the real resources of
the public credit to the amount of six or
seven hundred thousand dollars in gold !
An enlightened liberality in dealing with
the social and political condition of the
Sooth would bring out from that abundant
region such immerse volumes of wealth
that in a very short time the people, who
now suffer here from tbe drawbacks of a
degraded circulating medium, would enjoy
once more the prosperity associated with
bard currency.
A Canard. The Shoddy Abolition story
that a meeting of Democrats and Southern
secessionists lately took place in New York,
at which arrangements were made to secure
the release of Jefferson Da vis and the re
newal of tbe contest for Southern independ
ence, is an unfounded fabrication. No such
meeting took place.. The Shod are bad off
for ''capital," indeed.
- Soldi i r Killed. A discharged soldier
named George Booth, belonging to Littles
town, Adams county, was killed while eo
roat for home from this city. He was on
the platform of a passenger car, and lean
ing too far out, a bridge struck him on the
bead, censing instant death. Uarritburg
Patriot.
The Republican party of this county seem
to be opposed to nej;ro voting. Their. organ
can tell better what il will do after the mast'
in cf the Republic!! Cenrreotiaa.,. "
... The Soldiers' Voting lair,
Shoddy organs are endeavoring to make
a little capital against the Democratic party
by charging that "every one of its members
of the Legislature, orators and newspapers
violently opposed the soldiers' voting
amendment." This is an unblushing false
hood. No opposition was offered to the
principle of allowing soldiers that right, by
either legislatures, orators or presses, but it'
was frequently stated that the law was. mere
ly intended for the benefit of the Repub
lican party, and , that Democratic soldiers
would not generally secure the right to
vote nnder il because their actions -were
under control of officials of the dominent
party. The election subsequently held
demonstrated the truth of those statements,
for thousands of Democratic soldiers were
disfranchised, while the doors to fraud were
opened on the other side. The soldiers
themselves saxr, and many now acknolw-
edge, that however good the law may
be the execution of it was a gigantic fraud
on the ballot-box and a farce npon repre
sentative government.
The Democratic praty. although conscious
that the whole intent of their opponents
was to carry ihe election last fall by fraud
and force made no issue upon the soldiers'
voting amendment The proof of this is
to be found in the fact that in fourteen coun
ties, casting Democratic majorities, the
amendment was adopted by Democratic
votes. As proof that the Democracy did
not make that amendment an issue, it is
only neccessary to refer to the fact that it
carried in the State by one handled thousand
mnjori'y! Had the Republican party that
much of a majority in August, 1864? If so,
then during the three following months that
party lost no less than eigh'y thousand for
with all tbeir figsricg and frauds they could
not exhibit more than a majority of about
twenty thousand in the following November.
These tacts make it evident that ''every
Democratic legislator, orator and press" did
nor violently oppose the soldiers' voting a
inendmeut. v
A referance to the Housejournal will also
show that, on the final passage of the a
mendmant, nimty-one members voted for
and only two against this amendment.
Does that fact add any weight to the shoddy
falsehood ? The truth of the matter is, that
had the Democratic party of Pennsylvania
opposed the soldiers' voting amendment, it
would have been dejected. For proof of this
we have only to point to the fact that on the
home vote in October last the Democracy had
a majority of nearly a thousand votes. Pa
triol if Union.
Set of the Current. A negro woman
entered, a few days ago, a crowded car on
the Brooklyn City Railroad, which traverses
Myrtle avenue. She took her place io the
throng by a white woman, and thecarmov.
ed on, the white woman and the black side by
side, standing. A white man, whose regard
for trie sex takes, we presume, the direction of
miscegenation, rose from his seat, and, with
miscegenting gallantry, passed by the
white woman in order to give his seat to
the negress! A one armed soldier, observ
ing the slight put upon the white woman,
having advanced toward the fellow who
had been guilty of it, expressed his indigna
tion by slapping him across the face! An
gry words ensued between the two. Tbe
conductor, ignorant of Ihe cause, ordered
both of the men out of the car. The gal
larjl fellow, who stood up on the occasion
for the lights of his complexion, declared
when they reached the street that he could
whip bis pro darkey antagonist.even though
he could bring into operation the service of
but one arm. Chafing though be was to re
sent the inaolt put upon the fair sex, he fail
ed. however, to force the poltroon to combat;
for your miscengenator, while gallant to the
negress, bad, like all bis fellows,no stomach
for fighting. The passengers had not, at
first, been aware generally of the cause of
the quarrel ; bnt, having learned it as the
car moved on, declared in their resentment
that tbe tniscegenaiing gallant ought not to'
have been merely whiped, but lynched !
New Yoik Doily News.
Statement of tbe Tublie Debt
The official statement of the public debt
as appear from the books, Treasurer's re
turn and requisitions in the Treasury De
partment, on the 31st of July, shows Ihe
amount outstanding to be 22,757,253,275 86,
divided thus :
.. Debt bearing interest in coin il, 108,662,
641 80, on which the interest is 64,5fl,
837 f.O '
Debt besring interest in lawful money,
SI 289,156,545, on which the interest is
$74,740,630 78.
Debt on which interest has ceased, Sl,
527,120. Debt bearing no interest, S357.906.969.
The total interest both in coin and lawful
money is $139,262 568 23.
Legal tender notes in circulation, one and
two years five per cent. note, $39 954.230.
United States notes, old issue, $472 603.
United States no'es, new issue, $432,687,
966 Compound interest notes, act of March 3d,'
1863,815,000,000.
Compound interest notes, act of June
30th, 1864, 8197,121,470.
Total legal tenders io circulation, S685,
236 269.
Amount ef fractional currency, S25 750,
000. Uncalled for pay requisitions and miscel
laneouR war and navy, $15 736 000.
Amount in Treasnry, coin, 235,338,000.
Currency, 81.402,000.
Total amount in Treasury, 51 16 739,632 59.
The statement ol the public deb: as ap
pears by the returns and treasury books on
the 31st of July as compared with that
made on the 31st of May, shows an in
crease of 8122,000,000 during the interven
ing period, owing in pari to the extraordi
nary sums required to pay the arrearages
due to the army, the entire public debt be
iog 82,635 205,753.' The amount of legal
tender notes now in circulation is 635,236,
26?, or an increase from May 31st of 826,
075,700. Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine is oat
for the month of August. It is a capital No.,
surpassing all former issues. We can't im
agice how: any lady would pretend to get
along in this world of Bhow and fashion
without receiving a copy,monthly, of Frank
Leslie's Ladt's Magazine. By all means
send and get it. Published at 537 Pearl
f tteet, NewKork ; Price, 353,50 pr annum.
Jo the Editon 1f the 'Star of the North"
A few thpughls In relation Io certain' arti
cles of mifrepresentatioa, published in the
Columbia Co. Republican., is called for from
those whom tbe slander is aimed at. A
profligate spendthrift or inebriate, who has
wasted his substance, is sore to attempt to
fasten the blame or cause-of bis wretched
ness on some one else.' Just so, Mr. Edi
tors, with those loyal eight, who, in a libelous
article, publish to the community, that the
Bioomsburg Democratic editors and lawyers
were the cause of the arrest and punishment
of forty-four citizens of Columbia and Lu
zerne counties last Summer; when these
loyal.eight, together with other? who were
ashamed or afraid to sign their names, know
in their very hearts, tbey are guilty of our
incarceration. It is true, thev were only
-
cat's paws in the hands of a few designing
men as the sequel will develop.
'A certain person who was so sure of pre
siding over this Judicial District a few years
sine, stated that he wai responsible Jor bring
ing the oldier$ in.lhia coun'y. but when afked
by an officer what the people op the Creek
were guilty of, where the forts, cannon, &c,
were located, relerred him (the officer) to
his dopes up the Creek. Tlten'il was, that
a few disappointed office seekers thought it
would be a good time to break up the Dem
ocratic party in Columbia county. Ooe
who look an active part in this infatfcous
business is not in an article .signed Richabd
Stiles, a fellow who is not likely to be dan
gerous, polirically, judging from the run be
made for Sheriff of Columbia count. But
there is one insinuation which cannot be
tolerated with impunity, let the source be
ever so insignificant, viz : when he makes
a quotation in regard to lineal descendants
of lories, and tbec says, "this must mean
myself, as all my antecedents professed to
be Democrats!" A man who will publicly
slander the living is certainly bad enough,
but he who vilifies the dead, especially his
own ancen'ry, should be held op to the scorn
and derision of all honest and christian men.
R chard Stiles vinca'.l) says, that his grand
father, who fought in tbe seven years' strug
gle, to obtain, that liberty hi now enjoys,
was a torj ; lor be was a Democrat all
hid long and eventful life. What think
yon Democrat of the worthy sire ol
such a slanderous insinuation ? Were
it not for the physical disability of the au
thor of it, some of the offspring of that re
vered ancestor, woold hardly answer such
falsehood with the pen. This disappointed
office-seeker feels sore, and now endeavors
to vilify bis relatives out of pare revenge,
hatred and malice. We told him plainly
when he came down among us, begging for
votes, on relation and poverty's sake, that
in politics we bad r.o relations ; that in all
other respects we had no unkindness to
ward bim ; and even now, we pity him in
bis physical misery but his wilful misrep
resentations we will not tolerate He stated,
with teare in bis eyes, in a speech before the
soldiers at Benton, that now he could ex
press bimtelf freely without being perse
cuted, when he knew all the persecution
he ever received from the Democratic party
was Lis overwhelming defeat when a can
didate for Sheriff ; and they will persecute,
in like manner, all renegades and traitors to
their party who lorn lor the sake of office.
In relerence to the man who drove the
"matched blacks," the facts are these: His
house was surrounded the night the forty-
four arrests were made, he being at Troy )
putting in a substitute. Wben he returned,
went to the would-be-Sheriff, knowing be
was in the ring, offered to pay him liberally
for his da, and furnish bim with a team,
to go to the commanding officer and see
that be f the owner of tbe ' matched blacks'7)
would not be disturbed. Stiles said he
woold go the next day and take a friend
with him and it woold be ail right. He re
ported to a certain man when he returned
that there was so much againft the person
who sent him, that he could do nothing,
when it appeared he either had no influ
ence or worked against that peron, as the
man with the "blacks" received a notice
Irom the commanding officer shortly alter,
that he would not be di-turbed. Were the
man with the "blacks" as ready to retaliate,
Stiles might be called opon to settle some pa
pers with his name attached. These things
we would not refer to, were Mr. Stiles not
so personal. But to return to the lesser
lights, (one of those brothers-in law he
speaks of,) bad the Commission believed
the hard swearing he did against his
brother, he would probably have been per
mitted to occupy the old homestead. His
story was so irrelevant that he was slopped
twice by the Commission, which, a the
counsel said, seemed to throw a wet blan
ket oter him, and his physiognomy pre
sented all kinds of contortions.
There were others brought, then, to give
evidence, whose characters were so out
landish bad, both at home and abroad, that
they were summarily dispensed with.
The facts io regard to the assistance of
Democratic neighbors wbiUt he (Stiles) was
in the army, are uoouf as fit st staled. That
his wile did say she asked aid from Repub
licans and was refused; that the father of
the boy who waited on him in the Hospital,
did work for her without ever receiving a
cent, thus returning good for evil, are simply
(acta that cannot truthfully be controverted.
Tbe upper end of the county bas been
annoyed by the introduction of fanatical
notions, by certain Doctors of Divinity ; for
instance, a resolution whs offered in Con
ference by one of these immaculate Divines,
that the use of tobacco should be dispensed
with by the cbnrcb ; other introduced ideas
that a vegetable diet was most conducive to
health ; others would not tonch coffee, and
wanted legislation on what we should eat,
drink and wear. But they are abandoning
these superstitious ideas, and now eat meat,
drink coffee, smoke cigars, and are becom
ing sociable, generally. If they cao aban
don negro on the brain ai readily, we may
soon look for political peace and prosperity.
. Finally, we do not ask those loyal eight to
plead our cause. We know whete the re
sponsibility rests, and whsn the proper time
comes for legal redress, we will then be
prepared to show whom we do blame, acd
icill not go sneaking about nights in disguise to
do so, but according to law, in open day
light. .
We now say lo all those who were instru
mental in having us arrested, and who re
joiced as we were forced, regardless of law,
from our homes, that the outrage inflicted
upon us was not so humiliating as the idea
that our system of Government had passed
into band where legal redress, for the time
being, was beyond our reach. If in retros
pection of the whole transaction you can
find anything upon which you can feed
your poor revengeful, contracted, envious
souls, we pitty you. We have nothing to
regret of being firm to principle, which has
locked op thousands during the past reign
of leKor and lawlessness, besides he forty-
four above alluded to.
one or the forty four.
August 1, 1865.
COKUESPOft DENOE.
La Clcde Station, Rocky Mountain,')
July 4ih, 1865. J
Dear Star: This is ploriou Independence
Day, or at leat bhould be such, to all true
lovers of American Liberty. But how few,
alas ! can, or really do, properly appreciate
the value of true freedom! freedom of
speech, freedom of the press," freedom of
soul and body, freedom to worship God
according to the dictates of their own con
sciences. Many of those who make the
louden and roost violent protestation? of
their love of liberty are themselves ihe
willing slaves of passion, avarice or pride.
Tbey care not for the true interest of ihose
whom they profess lo love. They offer
ihem their protection, but it is such protec
tion as "vultures give to Iambs." as has
been exhibited by the privations and suf
ferings which the p or African has been
called io endure. But I do not propof-e in
this communication to give you a political
letter; tbe thought expressed above was
suggeded by the associations ol thii day.
I presume it id being variou-ly CKlebrxted
in the Slates, or in ' America," as th say
ing is ou here. Some with noiy demon
strations, burning the usual, perhaps an
unusual, amount of powder and fiie-crack-ers,
and destroying an exira quantity of the
ardent. Buncombe speeches have no doubt
been maJe, and the uual number of Sun
day School celebrations and Pic-Nics beea
held. But this will not te at all inteiesting
to you or your readers as the day will have
long passed and perhaps forgotteti ere this
reaches you.
We are spending it in a very quiet man
ner, lying by; no speerhes, no drinking or
drunkenness, as yon may well suppose with
whiskey at four bits (50 crs.) a drink. As
we are now considered beyond any proba
ble danger of attack by Indians, we begin
to brnathe more freely aod can look back
with thankfulness opon the dangers we
have passed. I stated io my last letter that
we fell in with a large train at or near
Larimie Station, bnt we did not do so per
manently until a week later. The country
through which we were passing, its itiJeeil
was most ol that part of Kansas which we
traversed, an open, rolling prairie, wi'h
nothing lo fear Irom aay source. We reach
ed Marysville on the 3d of May. This is
considered quite a place in this country,
and there does seem to be considerable
business done in it. It seems lo be a cen
tral point of trade for a large section of
country. It is situated on the right bank
ol the Bi; Blue river which is here crossed
by an excellent bridge. Shopped here part
of a day ; would have remained longer but
feed was ocarce and we concluded to move
on.
We reached Rock Creek on ihe 6ih.
There we lay over until the 9;h, when wc
again sltock our lent and traveled that day
and the next by ourselves. On the morn
ing of the 10th we were quite surprised at
finding the ground covered with snow. The
air was ruld and witilry. On the 10th we
leached Big Sandy, where we found the
best water we had met with along the way.
From this point we traveled in company
with the train to Fort Kearney. This pre
caution wat considered necessary from the
fact that one day's drive ol 21 miles would
brine us to the ground on which the Indians
made such brutal demonstrations in latt
Angust. We reached the Little Blue on
the evening of the llth and traveled up it
for about three days. Here the country
was more broken and hilly some little
siiZns of cultivation were apparent ; at leat
there were signs remaining. All the S'a
lions, ranches, and other houses along the
river were destroyed by the Indians last
Summer. The depredations are charged
agamst the Sioux and Shiaos, but many
think it was done by the Pawnees who are
professedly friendly. There is no tJoubi
but thai white men were at the bottom ol
it, ar.il it is quite probable thai the Pawnees
were the tools in the hands of these wbi e
skinned but black hearted scoundrel, for
whom no punishment known to civilization
would te too severe. In many instances i
everything movable was destroyed, and
several lives were ruthk'ssiy taken away
I picked ud some human bones amitfst ihe
ruins ol one of Ihe burned ranches. Passed
the graves of several persons said to have
beeu murdered at that lime. Al one pUce
ihere were six or eight buried in one grave.
But we passed along without seeing an
Indian either hostile or irieudly. Whilst
the rest of our party from Pennsylvania
who came ovei the ground about four days
behind us saw more recent sinus of the
enemy. In the neighborhood ol Elm Creek
and near 32 mile Creek, and only a half
day's travel ahead of them, eleven soldiers,
entirely unarmed and on their way from
Leavenworth to join their Regiment, at
Kearney, were attacked ty the savages.
Two were killed and six wounded. Trie
rel made their escape. Our friend saw
about three hundred Indians in thedi-tance,
getting out of ihe way ot the soldiers' who
were after them with a vengeance. At 32
mile Creek we found a largt but deserted
Indian camp. It was their headquarters
last Summer. On the 17th we ramped in
sight of the Platte River. The next day we
passed through Dog Town or Valley City
and on the 19th we came to Fori Kearney.
I was very much disappointed in the place.
It is situated, as you are doubtless aware,
in Nebraska Territory, and I supposed con
tained a fort and a large number of soldiers.
But instead, I found but few buildings and
was merely a military post and the bead
quarters of the district. A Ion has been
commenced but it is not half completed.
Tbey have three or four pieces of light
artillery and about one hundred soldiers
here or. duty. The re6t of the troops be
longing to ihe Department are scattered
along the s'ae route, guarding the stations
and escorting the coaches from one point
to another. Welay over here until Mon
day as we were not allowed to proceed
without an organization of one hundred
men. On Sunday we bad very serious
apprehensions regarding ihe safety of our
Iriends who bad not yet arrived. We were
informed, on apparently good' authority,
that they had had a hard day's, fight with
Indians and had suffered heavy toss, but
had succeeded in driving the enemy off.
In the evening, however, our fears were
removed by a gentleman who had traveled
with them, that there had beeu no fight at
all and that our friends had arrived safely
in tbe valley and were at that time en
camped a few miles below the Fort. On
Monday they came up and in the mean
bad
Another train was waiting for re-enforcements'
and on the arriyai of the rest of onr
parly, we all fell in with them and moved
out the same afternoon and camped aboot
five miles from Kearney city," or Daobe
town (Doby) as it is called. The houses
are all built of sod. Some of them, are
quite iieal in appearance and seem to be
quite comlortable. They will last a num
ber of y ears if taken care of.
On Ihe 23.1 we made a drive of about 18
miles and camped near Craig's ranche on
the Platte. The roads were very good, and
we rolled along very smoothly. In the
night there was an alarm, the cattle stam
peded, but no real danger was al hand.
The next day we were treated with a heavy
storm of wind, rain and hail. Made about
the usual distance passed Plum Creek
Station, and in crossing the Clerk one of
the wagons of the train was overturned and
caught two men under in the mud and
water, but they were gotten out without
serious injury. The waaon was eel to right
and we moved on again. A little further
on another wagan stuck in the mud and
before it was extricated the lung was bro
ken off. In the evening we caicped on
ihe Platte. On the next evening one of our
parly while oui on herd was thrown fiom
a mule and seriously hurt; so much so as
to unfit him for driving for about a week.
We continued our course up the river mak
ing from eighteen lo twenty miles per day,
and camping at night on or near the Platte,
ihe water ol which although constantly
muddy is consequence of the great quanti
ty ol quicksand continually floating in i',
was cod and pleasant to the taste and was
generally used. Pasture was tolerable, but
fuel was very scarce. We were obliged to
burn buffalo chips, which was nothing more
nor less man dried manure. The road was
level for ihe most part, with here and there
a ravine to vary the monotony but very
dusty. An occasional sand bill was passed
through.
On the 3d of June we passed Juiesburg,
or what is left of it. It was attacked by
the Indians last winter and most of the
place destroyed. It is a military post, and
part of the troops are Pawnee Indians
who are armed as mounted infantry all
of whom have since deserted, taking their
horse and arms with them. They are not
to be trusted. Mr. F. A. B. Koons came
near gettina into trouble with them, ihey
attempted lo run down his pony, where
upon he struck the Indian's horse with a
whip. The lat'er then drew a bo and
was going to shoot, but changed his minJ
on seeiDg a heavy revolver pointed threat
eningly towards him. There were three of
them together. Thev then withdrew and
in
a 6horl time reiumed with re-enforce- ;
merits. Uur men had also auditions made
to iheir number and when ihey came to
gether aain eight or ten Indians were met
by an equal number of our men, each wnti
a good revolver and the former thinking
discretion the better part of valor withdrew
alter an attempt at a parley, which was
wholly unintelligible to both parties.
More Anon, Montana.
REVIEW OF THE MARKET,
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M A R R I E D
On the 27th ult., by Rev EJwin N. Luhi
ner, Mr Jcob W Scott, of Newbern, Norh
Carolina, io Miss Harriet Rebecca Wal
Lce of Danville, Pa.
On the 25th ult.. by the Rev. P. Crosth
wai e, at the Berwick M. E Parsonage, Mr.
Jacob Diuil, to Miss Hannah Boone, both
ot B'oomjsbnrs
DIEJ)
la Bioomsburg, on the 5:h inst., Cklia
Jake, inlant daughter of William and Anie
1 1 a Hart, used abooi & months.
At Light Street, on the 27th olt , Josetii,
inlant son of James and Emma Puilin, aged
3 months.
In Locust township, this county, on te
20th ull , Mr. John Walter, aged abojt 7o
years.
hi Fishingcreek township Colombia cj.,
on the 31st ull., Mrs. Ann Hutchi-on, con
mrl of Thomas J. Ha;chison, Esq., in ihe
55;h year of her ae.
In Maine township, Columbia county, cn I
tlie ISI ICSt., Mr. OtORGB LoisCENEfcKGE.t
aged about 75 years.
To DrtmLnrds.
OLD DOCTOR BUCHAN'S Drunkard's
Cure permanently eradicates Ihe taste for
strong drink, and cures the worst case of
'Jruokennsss in less than eight week.
Thousands of reformed inebriates new
live to blesg the da) they were fortunate
enough to commence the use of this valua
ble remedy. Price two dollars a package.
Mailed to any address on receipt ol an
order, by JAMES S. BUTLER,
429 Broadway New York.
Sole Ag't lor the U. S.
AuguM 9, 1865. 2m.
BL003ISBuVg ACADEMY
THE next Term of this Institntion will
be2.n on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16TH,
1865. The regular prices ol Tuition range
from S5 50 to $7 50 per Term ot Eleven
Weeks, to be paid at or before the middle
of the term.
The usual extra charges will be made
for German and French, and the various
Ornamental Branches.
Il is extremely important that the pupils
who shall attend the School should be pres
ent at the beginning of the term, or as soon
after as possible, in order lo start regularly
with the class. In all cases tuition will be
charged for the full term, onless otherwise
by special previous agreement.
The Principal has had an experience of
years in leaching the Languages and high
er Mathematics, as well as the various
branches of a substantial English Educa
tion, Mnd will spare no effort to secure
rapid and thorough progress in his popiU.
REV. H. R INKER, A. M.
August 9, 1863. Principal.
IV O It ,11 A I a SCIIOO L.
Jlcademy 4" Soldiers' Orphans' School.
THE next Term of this Institution will
commence on MONDAY, AUGUST 14TIT.
1865. For particulars inquire of
PROF. H. D. WALKER,
Orangeville, August 2, 1865 -3w.
MY SCHOOL will open its next Term of
Eleven Weeks, on MONDAY, THE
28TH DA,Y of AUGUST. All the branches
of a liberal English Education are taught
VOCAL MUSIC will be a standard branch,
for the berfefit of ibe whole School.
- Instructions will also be given in any of
ibe Beautiful Branches, and in Instrumental
Music, fcsr" Terms, liberal.
. ELEONORA I. LESCHER.
Bioomsburg, August 2, lS65.-Im.
lime the train we had traveled with
completed their organization and leit.
DISTCICT ATTORNEY.
M. TRAUGH, Esq., o Berwick; w
are authorized lo announce, will be
a rnnrfidai lor the office of DISTPIMr
ATTORNEY, of Columbia County, subject
to the decision of the Democratic County
Con vpniion, which will convene in August
the 28tb inst. Aug. 9, 64.
legislative 7
ryiLLTAMSON H. JACOBY. of Blooms-
" bnrg, will be a candida'e for re nom
ination to the LEGISLATURE, before the
next Democratic Conven'ion of Columbia
county, subject in the usages of the party.
August 2d, 1865
CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSIONER.
"JOHN F. FjDWLER. of Pine township
J has been inrfneed, through the earnes
solicitations ol his many democratic friends
to offer him sell' a a candidate, for ihe office
of COUNTY COMMISSI ONER, al the ap
proaching General election, snbject lo ibe
decision ol ihe Democratic County Conven
lion, which will convene in August next.
June 14 1865 S3, pd.
"candidate FOR COMMISSION EIla
lyiLLIAM R. DEMOIT, ol Madison
' township., has been induced, through
'he solicualions of his many Democratic
friendp, lo authorize us io announce lo the
Democracy thai he will be a candidate for
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, at the coming
Fall election, subject to ibe decision ol the
Democratic County Convention.
June 7, 1865. 3.
CANDIDATE FOR TREASURER,
OHN J. STILES, ESQ., of Benlon twp.,
through ihe earnest solicitation of hi
many Democratic friend, ha been induc
ed to offer himnelf as a candidate for the
office of TRKA SURER of Columbia Coun
ty, subject to ihe decision of ihe Demo
cratic Convention, which will be held on
the 28th of August nevt.
Benton, May 22, 1865. S3 pd.
DISSOLUTION OF Co-PARTNERSUIP.
NOTICE is hereby given (hat the co
partnership heretofore Oisiine between
Nathaniel D. Kile & James F. Kile, doin
business iu ibe upper end of Columbia co"
was mutually dis-nlved, in March, A. D.
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
N D. & J. F. Kile.
Jackson July 12, 1865.
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fur sale by
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July 31 1863.
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Valuable Kt'cipcs.
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your permission, 1 wish to say to ihe read
ers of your paper that I will nend, by return
mail, to all who wih il flreei a recir.
with full directions for makinf and using a
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h'adaoi bare far e simple directions and
informPtion, t a' will enable them io start
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or a moustache, id !e-s than thirty day. N
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who need thern free of charse. Ihev ara
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i clear, pure skin, or a healthy growth of
hair. Ad applications answeredjjy return
mail, wiihout charge.
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Chemist and Perlumer,
No. 831 Broad aay, New York.
Au2Ut 9, 1865 2m.
TO CUftSlj-firTlVESs
CJUKFEKEP.S WITH CONSUMPTION,
ASTHMA", Bronchitis, or anv disease
of the Throat or Luns, will be cheerfully
fnrrished, without charge, with the reme
dy by Hie use ol which the Rev. Edward
A. Wilson, of Williamsburg!, New York,
was completely restored to health, after
having suffered several years with that
dread disease. Cnnsump'ion. To Consump
tive sufferers, this remedy is worthy of art
immediate trial. It will cost nothing, and
may be Ihe means of iheir perfect restora
tion. Those de-iring the same will please
address Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON. 165
South Second Street, Williamsburgh, Kings.
County, New York.
August 2, 1S65 6 v.
Audi tor's IVoIicc.
r5"HE undersigned Auditor, appoinleJ hy
the Court of Common Pleas of Colum
bia county, io 'is,tribute the fund in the
hands of the late Sheriff of said county,
arising from the sale of Ihe real estate of
Samuel C. Knckbaum, among ihe several
lien creditors of the said Samuel C. Krick
baum, will attend at his office in Blooms
burg, on FRIDAY the 1st day of SEPTEM
BER next, at 10 o'clock A. M. of said day,
lor the purpose of making distribolion. All
persons having claims or demands against
the said lund are notified to present item
to the Audi or on that day, or be debarred
fom coming in for a share of the fand.
C G. BARKLEY, Auditor.
Bioomsburg, August 2, 1865.
CLAIM AGENCY.
THE undersigned desires lo call atten
tion of the public lo his facilities of obtain
ing Pensionn, Bounties (Local and Govern
met.t) Bounty Lands for Soldiers,
Q3 C3 LSS.oLSX'r a
Settlement of officer's Account, &c. Dis
charged Solo'iers oi their heirs can get tbeir
FULL BOUNTIESi
though generally ihey have teceived pa rf.
No charges for information, nor unless
claim is secured.
Office wiih E. II. Little Esq., in white
frame building below Exchange Hotel.
C B. BROCK WAY.
Bioomsburg April 5, 1865 ly.
DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP.
1 HE Co-partnership heretofore existing
between John K Groiz k Edward Rehr,
irading under the firm of John K. Grotz &
Co., is this day dissolves by mutual con
se nt. All persons having unsettled ac
count, either on Book, Note, or Judgment
are requested lo present ihem wiihout de
lay for adjustment. The Tanning business
will hereafter be continued, in all its
branches, by John K. Grotz & Son, at tbe
Old Stand, near Bloomsbnr
JOHN K GROTZ & CCv
Bioomsburg, Angosl 2, 1865.
Administrator's Notice
T ETTERS of administration oo the estate
of William E. Shannon, late of Scott
township, Columbia County, deceased,
have been granted by the Register o( said
county, to ellington H. Ent, residing in
ihe township and county aforesaid. All
persons having claims against the estate
of the decedent are requested to present
therti for payment to the administrator ;
and those indebted lo ibe estate will make
immediate payment to
WELLINGTON H. ENT,
June 28, 1865. ZZ. ' Adm'r.