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BLOOMSBURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.3, 1865. NUMBER 47.
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THE TBlTfl BOTH f Eft DIB.
Though Kingdoms, States and Empires fall,
And dynasties decay;.
Though cities crumble into dust,
And nations die away;
Though gorgeous towers and palaces
' la heaps oi ruin tie.
Which once were proadest of the proud,
The truth doth never die!
We'll mourn not o'er the silent past;
- lis glories are not fled,
' Although its men of high renown,
Be numbered with the dead,
We'll gneve not o'er what earth has lost,
ft cannot claim a sigh; "
For the wron alone has perished,
The Truth doth never never die?
All of the past is living still
All that is good and tru;
The rest has perished, and it did
Deserve to perish too! '
The world rolls ever round and round,
And time rolls ever by! "
And the wronj is ever root ed up,
But the Trnih both never die! '
SPJiECH
OF
C. JR. BUCKALEW,
AT THE NOB MOUNTAIN
MEETING.
Thursday Morning, Aug. 31, '65.
REPORTED BT D. P. MURPHY, ESO.
I hold in my baud, fellow citizen, a
synopsis of the election returns for the
coanty of Columbia at Gubernatorial and
Pre&ide&tial Elections, eommenaioo with
the year 13$ and ending with thePresi-
dentiat Election of 161 Thi is most
remarkable and a most gratifying record,
and I have thought it a proper and fit
thing that it should be put upon the rec
ord of the proceedings of this meeting, and
go into the published jolama which we
propose to isae.
At the opening of this it eeting, there
was read in your hearing the original, suo
cinct, but. beautiful etatement of the gen
eral principles of our party creed from
the first Inaugural Address of Thomas
Jefferson, third President of the U. 3.
Thia section of Pennsylvania has some
relatioas both to the author and to the
creed itself, He was a correspondent of
Dr. Priestley a nd of Dr. Thoe. Gooper,at one
time resident of the town of Northumber
land in our own vicinity. WThat is now
the Countj of Columbia then constituted a
, portion ol the Countj of Northumberland.
At that early day the founder of the
Democratic party bad within our territory
correspondent and frieod-tu?a wta sym
pathized with him in politic il aa ntihieut,
and to whom be expressed those emotion-
upon publioquestioDS which characterized
his correspondence; and his Jetterg to
the two distinguished gentlemen whom I
have mentioned , constitute a most inter
esting portion of his published correspon
dence. In the year of 1813 the County of Co
lumbia was erected from the County of
.Northumberland, and it-has had an inde
pendent existence aane of the Counties
of the Commonwealth, ever since. This
. was about a dozen years before the death
of Mr. Jeffiwson. During his Presiden
tial terms the County of Northumberland
was Democratic in its sentimen s. Oar own
County fter its erection, daring his' life
time, stood rmly by his "creed and by
lis principles, and from that time dawn to
the present, its career as a political com
munity, has been one of great consistency
and of distinguished honor. ' la times of
reat excitement and of party disturbance;
when other portions of the Commonwealth
have strayed from their accustomed course,
thia particular section of Pennsylvania
C33 etooa urn and laithful to the princi
ples originally adopted by i;3 people.
i!?9aiJ-h.ew.eord the year
1636, show.-2 now fr0QJ lbat tiEe dow-
io ths present, a period of 30 years, the
people of thia County have kept their po
litical fidelity and instead of falling off in
(be assail contribution wbioh they have
fiva to Democratic majorities in thia
cute, have steadily and materially in
creased that contribution.
1833-For President Whole vote,
n 1 C 4
" VAN BUREN, 1560
HARRISON , 544
' : 1016 majority.
The vote of Fishing Creek twp., not
included. It was lost. -
1810 For President Whole rote
V VAN BUREN. 2S11 -
HARRISON, 1325 V
14S6t39j.
i ,i i cr ucrsrcsr whole vo'e, 3372.
5. !f
' 1
j G 3
1103
1814 For Governor whole vote, 4792.
SIIUNK, 3199
MARKLE, 1593
1606 maj.
For President .Whole vote, 5108.
POLK. .. 3370
CLAY... ........1738
1632 maj.
1847 For Governor-Whole vote, 4419
SHONK 2913
IRYIN 1506
1407 maj.
1848 For Governor Whole rote, 5137
LONGSTRETU.... .... 3157
JOHNSTON 1980
1177 maj.
vote, 5659.
.. 3396
For President Whole
CASS
TAYLOR ....
2263
1133 maj.
In 1850 Montour county was erected,
(from Columbia), and in giving results of
elections after that date it will be neces
sary, for the purpose of comparison With
previous elections, to include the vote of
that county;"
1051 For Governo whole vote, 4335.
BIGLER, JOHNSTON
Columbia 2041 1024
Montour 1394 876
3135
19U0
1535 majority.
1852-For Presideot-whole rote, 5588.
PIERCE SCOTT.
Columbia..... 2102 1165
Montour..... 1455 866
3557
2031
2031
. . 1526 majority.
1854-For Governor whole vote, 5314,
BIGLER, POLLOCK.
Columbia 2180 1399
Montour 978 757
3158
2156
2156
1002 majority.
This was the year of the Know-Nothing
Lodges.
1850-For President whole vote.
BUCHANAN.
Colombia... 2889
Montour J 272
4161
2291)
2290
' 1871 majority.
The (so-called) Fusion vote was made
up of Fremont and Fillmore votes, 1270
of the To rmer and 216 of the latter. There
were besides, of Fillmore straight" votes,
5 in Columbia and 1 1 in Montour.
1857-For Governor whole vote, 5303.
PACKER. WILMOT.
Columbia 2410 1144
Montour.... ....... 1080 568
3490
1712
1712
1778 majority.
There were for Hazlehurst, 30 votes in
Columbia coanty and 71 in Montour.
1880-For Governor whole vote, 6635.
FOSTER. CUR TIN.
Columbia... 2534 1643
Montour 1220 983
3304
2831
2831
973' majority.
1860-For President-whole vote, 6483.
DEM. DOUGLAS. LINCOLN.
Columbia, . . 2366 86 1873
Montour..,. 786 311 1043
397
2916
3549
2916
633 majority.
Bell votes, in Columbia 14, in Montour
t.
.1863 For Oovernor whole vote,7702
WOODWARD. CUKTIN.
Columbia 3342 1601
Mob tour., 1447 1112
4789
2913
2613
1876 majority.
1864-For President whole vote, 7924.
McCLELLAN. LINCOLN,
Columbia 3375 1923
Montour... 1496 1130
4871
3053
3053
1818 majority. '
At this election the soldier vote of Col
umbia county, taken abroad and sent
home was, for McClellaa 192, for Lincoln
184.
You will remember that in 1856 the op
position to our party was divided ; it was
broken into two ioterests,tbe Fremont and
Fillmore interests; the result of which
division in their ranks while ours were nni
ted,waa,the magnificent majority of 1871.
That was the case in 1856 when the op-"-position
was disorganized by internal di
visions ; but in I860 the case Was dis
astrously reversed. In that year,we were
divided. We held a National Convention
at Charleston, which did notconclnde the
performance of the duties to which it had
been assigned. - An' adjourned Convention
was tjen held in Baltimore, and the ses
sions of that body resulted in a split and
in the nomination of two Candidate. In
this State we had what was called a fusion
ticket, a-majority of . those supporting
trhieb. were Breckenridga men, but a por
tion Dscirhs cent and thtxa was also
whjwt tjs.3 called a "stiaiht" Douglas i
ticket. H thsfc year; in ' ct''.'? cf
, 6467.
Fusion
I486
804
3152
397
this division among ourselves, the result
was that our majorities dropped down, at
the Governor's election to 973, and at the
Presidential election to 633.
Now let me call your attention here to
what explains these votes. In 1656, four
years before, the tot 1 Presidential rote
was, 6467, and in 1860 it was 6483;
that is, instead of there being an inoreased
j vote at the end of that period of four
years, the vote remained about the same.
The inevitabe conclusion is that there was
a large number of votes unpolled in this
County, and, of course, ai ours was the
disorganized party, they were Democratic
votes. Three years afterwards, at the
Governor's eleotion in 1863 and you
will observe that the votes at (be Govern
or's elections are usually, much lighter
than at Pre't. elections the total vote
polled was 7702, showiBg conclusively
that at the Pres. election of 1860, in these
; counties alone, there must have been over
! 1.000 votes unpolled in consequence ot
j our divisions and of the hopelessness of
' of the contest after we had lost the Gov
j eroor's election in October. The vote of
j la-t year, when there was a fair issue be
tween our party and the opposing one,
j showed a majority in the old County of
' Columbia (including Montour) of 1818
, votes, against a majority a little exceeding
1,000 thirty years ago ; and the record
shows, throughout the whole intervening
period, a consistent and continued support
by our population of the Democratic party
and of its candidates. ' This record also
shows the importance of party organiza
lion, of paity union, of party harmony;
and that whenever we get to disputing up
on candidates and divide and ditsipate
our strength by our own action, we fall
down in majorities as the figures bhow we
fell down in 1860. j
Fellow citizens, I have thus briefly j
sketched the political career oftbis county j
from the foundation of the Government j
when the hartv of Mr. Jefferson was es-
.... . . . . . .
virtue in selecting the creed of Mr. Jeffer
son as their standard of political faith,and
in supporting a policy founded thereon in
the practical administration of the gov
ernment? That creed has been read in
jour hearing. You have heard-its em
phatic endorsement of econcmy in govern
ment outfays ; of free elections, (unco
erced and uncorrupted ;) of state rights ;
of an unfettered press, and of trial by ju
ry. These are leading points of its text,
and they smite existing and recent abu
ses as they smote those of former times,
wi,h most righteous condemnation.
I understand that a few persons have
been greatly troubled,very much exercised
In mind, v;ith reference to the object' of
this meeting. Why does it assemble ?
There is no President to elect ; there is
no Governor to elect; no one is to get an
office now by political action. There is no
question ot patronage or of individual pro
fit iu vol ved at this time' The little coun
ty ofiiceBjthat are to be filled in this county
are not matter of debate or of contest ;
nominations for them being equivalent to
election. There is, I repeat, no Governor
to be elected to distribute the little drip
pings of patronage left to our Executive
under the present State Constitution.
There ara no offices of Pres. ap'tment to be
filled. Why thn, some low minded men
may think and may inquire that class of
men with whon? politics consists in getting
office and of going through manoeuvres for
the purpose of getting office why then
should there be 4 popular meeting here T
Sncb persons cannot comprehend, they
are to constituted that that they are una
ble, to comprehend the meaning of a
meeting when there U not 'some per.-onal
object in view. I can tell you.gentlemcn.
why this meeting assembles 1 think I
understand the Mgnificance of1 this large
gathering of citizens upon this quiet morn
ing, in this quiet grove. You assemble
yourselves together as independent free
men to determine your course for the fu
ture. You meet to review the history of
the past from the beginning of our ex
periment of free government. You meet
to pass judgment upon your fathers, and
to form or fix opinions for yourselves ; in
short, to answer the question I have sub
mitted and to give that answer i practi
cal application to your own future con
duct. What then shall we say ? what
conolusio n draw from our inquiry ? what
determination, useful to our countryhall
we announce ; now, and maintain hereaf
er I Shall we not say that in future there
shall be honesty in the Government of
ikis country t that Shoddy shall not rule
in all our borders j that so far as our pow
er extends so far as our influence will
go corruption and waste shall bs put
d')Tr?var"I isr dr"! it r V- T1 ' Fv
tablished and when be corresponded with, j aie. -ne can uorrow woruo uum iuo
citizens ol distinction amoogst us. I have ; ancient Roman, and exclaim, "I am an
shown you how thoe who preceded you ; American Citizsn.and that is my guaranty
in this portion of Pennsylvania thought up- j against every wrong and every insult and .
osi public policy and how they acted. The ; every species of harm : I am an Amen-,
record is a remarkable one and may al- J can Citizen : I belong to the land which ,
ways be referred to by our people with Washington established ,and to which Jef- :
pride and satisfaction. ' ferson gave a just and illustrious creed of
Now, at the end of a great war the ' government in the ancient days." i
pressure of which has fallen opon the ) Is this boasting true I Are these proud
country with extreme severity, and the j words justified by passing occurrences
burdens of which are to remain with us, ' and by recent events I Are they not
it is most important that our people in ; faleified, are they not belied by those
popular asstmblies and wherever they events, many of which have been detailed
meet together, should confer upon public ! to you at the present meeting I i
aff irs and determine their course lor the I I propose before thia meeting adjourns
future. We have arrived, so to speak, at to read or have read in your hearing a
a new point of departure The war is speech made by a man of distinction and
closed, and new questions are thrust upon ; of great ability and independence of char
us which must be met and solved by those acter a true man, although he has not
who are charged with the conduct of gov- ' followed our party banner. It is an ar
ernment, and by us also in selecting them, gument upon the question of liberty at
Therefore, the question I have now to j the present time in the United States an
submit to this audience assembled at the exposition of trials by Military Courts, of
base of our great mountain on the closing the principles that obtain in those trials
day of August, 1865," is this: Are you ' (wbioh may be described as mock ones)
satisfied your fathers decided wisely in and the distinctions which exist between
choosing their political associations 7 Do that system and the system etablished in
vou think thev displayed ea?acitv and the Constitution and laws of the United
we not say, also, that in this fair land of
ours, given to us in its integrity by our
ancestors, the constitution they made for
ns shall be kept kept in its letter and
spirit-kept in Penn9ylvania,and in Georgia,
and wherever the flag for which our boys
have fought throws its folds to the breeze ?
Shall we not say that we will keep and
preserve and maintain with our whole
power, that body of liberty and of liberal
principles which oame to us from our
ancestors ; those principles of English
liberty which were brought here by them,
and which have been established if not
consecrated by the most express provis
ions of our fundamental laws T
Now, what has been onr especial boast
in this country 'that upon which we
have talked (sometimes, perhaps, extrava
gantly) upon Fourth of July occasions
and gala-days ? We have boasted in this
wise : "We ate a free people. Oh ! bow
foolish the French are, to have an Em
peror 1 How absurd it is that the great
British nation, .with its power reaching
out to the islands of the sea and to remote
parts of the earth, should be under t
the rule and dominion of a woman 1 How
foolish, how weak, how feeble and desti
tute of intellectual energy and power, are
the little Spanish -American Countries,
which have attempted to set up
republics and have signally failed and
have proved that they are fitted only for
military governments 1 Oh ! wherever we
look over this broad earth, there is mis
government and wrong and suffering, and
the mass of men are fleeced and plundered
and oppressed by the few. Bat here, in
free America, great men built up our sys
tem and gave it to u- entire and complete :
And bow beautifully it has operated!;
Here, the laboring uiau teceivei and cn- !
joys the fruits of bia toil. Here, tiie hum- ;
blest man in the land lives under the be .
nign protection of the law, which follows !
him to his home and accompanies him in
his journies abroad. He is everywhere
t it. i i . r . u -
can
States and our several Slates. I propose
to follow that up with the addition of some
remarks to prove that this picture may be
made still more complete than he has
left it. The distinguished person to whom
I allude is my colleague in the Senate. I
propose to show you and to show to the
people of this section, among whom the
volume containing our proceedings will
go, that however much other States of this
Union may have been false to the faith
of our fathers however much tho.-e
representing them may have faltered and
fallen back from the high standard of prin
ciple, in these times of degeneraoj the
State of Penna. has representatives in the
Senate of the U. S. who truly represent her
and stand together for the essential prin
ciples of American Liberty ; and tbHt if
there be anything of shame or of base
ness in the recent records of the Govern
ment, the iniquity and tho crime is not up
on them.
To come back to the main point : I
repeat, the question is proposed to the
people of this section of the country, what
couree will they adopt for the future ?
Will they choose to say and detrmine.that
the 'faith of Jefferson the creed of prin
ciples established by him and now held
by the Democratic party shall be sup
ported so far as their voice can go ? Gen
tlemen, you know how it is, ordinarily,
with public demonstrations in political ac
tion. We wait until an election' is at
hand, when we are much hurried, when
men's pas6ions are warm, and then we get
together to consider public affairs. But
at such time we are liable to go atray,
bctau.e uit-u h' arc warm with pasion
are not likely to d.ciJe wita -ui 1 g ol
judgment and n tru'y as at etui r muvii.
I believe th s ij oa-i ot'tlid-vdry oeeioas
when men on fairly make up their wiods
00 publio question-; now when no intense
ly exoiting political campaign is pending,
now when their minds are open, when
they are wide awake to publio events,
when tbey recent great struggle of our
country has called their attention to the
course of publio affairs. I trust that the
people of this County will for a long time
to come make up a record of honor and ot
glory , politically, that will compare fa
vorably with that which they have made
heretofore; so that it may be said by ,tbe
future historian that after the establish
ment of the Government of the United
States there was one community of people
in our country who steadfastly and al
ways stood to the true ' principles of the
government and upheld th.e cause of lib
erty and justice among men.
I will mention but one other point and
conclude, fori am trespassing on the
time of other gentlemen. (Cries of go
the present century there were raids made
into Pennsylvania not such raids as
latterly oame to Chambersburg and Car
lisle not a raid to destroy private prop
erty and when a Gen. Couch could recom
mend the inhabitants to get out their shot
guns and from bushes to fire opon the in
aders (a beautiful proposition to provoke
to carnage and plunder) I say, there
were raids into this State directed by
Federal power about the beginning of the
present century. They seized John
Fries in Northampton county; they came
op into the County of Berks; tbey infest
ed our borders; they seized some of our
people. Tbey had not then the invention
of Courts called "Military Commissions,"
but they carried their viutims to the U.S.
Courts. Tbey were not up to the latest
improvements in Yankee Government,
(Laughter) but they did the beet they
could in the circumstances of benightment
under which they labored in that daik
age. They took those persons before
Federal judges and there they tried them
and convicted them under forms of law
passed by the Congress of the U. S.,
which were complained of as .unconstitu
tional. Beaide the cases which resulted
in trials in those Courts, there were other
cases of outrage upon the citizens at that
time. Bat. gentlemen, these were but
feeble beginnings compared with modern
transactions. Ve have lived to some pur
pose for fifty or sixty years. We have
improved upon the former example.
In our own locality in our own county
we were last year honored, or at least
distinguished, by the epeoial attention of
the Government of the United States.
There was a raid upon our territory; there
was an occupation of our soil, without
wairant either of necessity or re as 9 11 ; and
the same class of men who about the year
1600 applauded the arrest of Fries, who
then saDg hosanaas to the alien and sedi
tion laws and made themselves famous as
champions of those measures of infamy,
lifted their voices loudly and under the
banner of a bastard loyalty proclaimed
their approval of these proceedings. They
"laughed broad"; their mouths were ex
panded in a lateral direction ; their
tongues were unloosed; all their feelings,
passions and emotions were high op
and exultant. They were triumphant ;
physical power, brute force, was on their
side. They were not to be subjected to the
difficulty of arguing questions, ot enter
ing upon very troublesoma d. bates, with
with those decpicablo old records, call
ed Constitutions in the way, and
with those institutions called Courts
watchiDg their conduct and ready to
pounce upon them for any wrong tbey
might commit. No ! there was the bay
onet & cannon, the cartridge-box and plenty
of money from Uncle Sam's Treasury
(got originally by taxes, however). All
these instruments of power were here and
to be used on the eve of an election when
the question was whether "Old Abe"
should be retained in authority and the
actors in the foul scene continued in office.
They exulted ; that Was their day of tri
umph,& they did their will! Our boys were
off in the army fighting for the Union,call
ed there by their appeals, called there by
men who told them there was no party in
this war, that party was to be buried,
that it was not to be thought of no not so
much as breathed about, in all this broad
land. They got them off into the army ;
they were sent to be slaughtered at Chan
cellorsville ; to be sacrificed in the Penin
sula; to fall before the heights of Fred
ericksburg; to bathe many & battle field
with their blood ; and then these infamous
wretches', in the hour of their pride and
insolent power, came to ceize the parents,
and brothers and relations and friends of
thoe heroes and incarcerated them in
loathsome prisons until the prison-damp
seized upon them and some came back in
coffins and some came racked by disease
and emaciated, to homes from which
they had been torn by ruthless power.
I say that .was the day of triumph for
these men of evil ; but that day has passed.
The people-are now to sit in judgment up
on this whole business,and I do not doubt
what their judgment will be. Look at
Northampton ! Look at old Berks ! Gib
ralters of Jeffer?onian Democracy from
1800 to this day ! Did the raids of John
Adams and his federal myrmidons pay in
the long run I -No I They made the worst
political investment ever known in the
history oftbis country. They reaped only
disgrace and injury from their proceed
ings, just as the Republicans will reap dis
grace and lasting inquiry from their wick
ed raid upon this county in1864
Yes, gentlemen; that day of triumph
and of exultation has passed and you, the
freemen of this country, are now in a situ
ation to reum the sceptre of authority
for yourselves ; and through the ballot-box,
by means of those little pieces of paper
which you are yet permitted to use as in
strumentalities of your will, you can rectify
all wrongs and what is more, obtain secu
rity for the future You can contribute
to preserve our system ol government,and
to preserve your own territory, from raids
and yourselves from persecution in the fu
ture. And it is a circumstance of gratifi
cation (to be thought of at the end of our
indignant retrospect) that these political
persons who have so misbehaved them
selves, who have 60 maltreated our people,
who have so openly- exhibited their true
nature and character as a political organ
ization, will receive the reward of their
evil deeds in their unpopularity and in be
ing, for the next half century at least, bea
ten as never party was beaten before in
the county of Columbia.
A wittt printer, who qnit his . business,
stndied pb)sic and became a physician,
gave bis reason for doing to thai lo printing
alll the faults are exposed to the eye, but
THE FIRST GUN.
THE GREAT
DEMOCRATIC THREE DAYS'
MELTING.
At Nob Mountain, Columbia County, Penn'a.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM OF THE PEOPLE.
Correspondence of the Patriot and Union."
Bloom'BURq, Aug. 31, 1865,
Messrs.-Editors : After a pleasant ride
of some six hours over the Northern Cen
tral and Lackawanna and Bloomsburg rail
roads I arrived in Bloomsburg a liule after
six o'clock in the evening. 1 found the
town almost deserted. Everybody and ev
erybody's friend had gone to the Democratic
Camp Meeting distant about six miles.
For some time it seemed almost impossible
to get conveyance there. Finally, how
ever, through the politeness of Mr. Miller
and Dr. H. C. Hower, T was at once con
veyed to the camp. The drive was pleas
ant, though very hilly. As we climbed the
hill leading trora town, we passed the resi
dence of Senator Bockalew. a plain unas
suming structure, though beautiful in it
plainness Then our road took as along th
famous Fishing Creek through beautiful
woods through the pleasant little town ot
Light Street, by the home of that 6terlina
old Democrat, Feter Ent and his gallant fcon.
Col. VV. H Ent. Then down the hill in the
valley by the old M Dowell furnace, whose
weather-beaten aides have breasted the
storms of many a winter. Leaving the
banks of Fishing Creek, we again climbed
a regiment of bids that almost reared them
selves one above another, and finally gal
loped into that old lashioned and hilly town
, of Orangsville, that lays at the foot of ihe
frowning Nob Mountain like a ticket office
to an elephant show. After a rest we com
menced climbing still other regiments of
hills passed the Soldiers' Orphans Acade
my, recently endowed by the State through
the liberality of ihe Pennsylvania Railroad
Company a frame bnt substantial struc
ture, now having about one hundred or
phans when finally we pulled np in Me-
gargell's Grove in that novelty a Demo
cratic Camp Meeting, got op by Senator
Buckalew and the gallant Democracy of
Columbia coanty.
The grounds lay in an elegant wood finely
shaded and well calculated for such an oc
casion. To the north stands the majestic
Nob Mountain, like a sentinel, stern and
defiant. Some half mile distant, io a emi
circnlar 6hape, from the north to the south,
courses the beautiful Fishing Creelr, upon
who!e head-waters was the theatre of the
outrageous arrests of a number of Demo
crats for their opinion). The meetings
were held within a large sqoare-shaped en
cloxnre made by wooden and canvass tents,
with avenues for ingress and egresi. Back
of this were tiers of vehicles, from the most
delicate buggy to the most lambereome
road wagon, all jambled together. Then
comes an outer circle composed of horses,
booths for the sale of melons, cakes, ice
cream, and such like articles, no spiritous
liquors being allowed on the grounds. The
tents within the enclosure were beautifully
j decorated with flags and patriotic devices.
Many were occupied by farailiss. For
j siransesr and transient visitors there were
several large boarding tents. The marquees
if they can be so called of Senator Back.
I alew, Col Ent and a number of others
1 were open to all. We, with a large nurat,
I ber of others, partook of the hospitality ot
Senator Bockalew and bis estimable lady.
There was a periodical stand at which the
daily papers and books were sold. The
southwestern portion of the t-qoare was
formed by the stand for the speakers, and
facing i: were arranged seats in amphithe
atre shape for the auditory. For the meet
ings at night, lamps were hung oat Irom (
1 the different tents and fires built upon rais-
ed platforms Democratic watch fires that
! burnt brightly. Capt. C. B. Brockway, of
Battery F, First Pennsylvania Light Anil
j lery, wi;h a portion of his command and
j one Company of Col Era's Sixth Pennsyl
i vania Reserves performeJ picket duty. We
went to bed at "the beat of the tattoo and
i got up at the sound of the reveille, tod so
I we slept in troe military style, bat upon
! Democratic principles and Democratic so
ciability.
There was no long array of officers of the
meetings, nor resolutions. The resolutions
of the Democratic Stale Convention were
read and unanimously approved. "
Each day's proceedings were opened by
prayer. On Toesday, tbe first, the Inaugural
Addrest, of Thomas Jefferson, the founder
of the Democratic party, waa read, and
Wesley Wirt, Esq , of Blooragbur delivered
an address on the necessity of party organ
ization, which treated the subject in a lucid
manner and was well received. Col. Victor
E. Pioilet, ol Bradford coanty, made a great
speech, fdevoted principally to an exami
nation and review of the financial legisla
tion of Congress during the last four years ;
its tendency to create a mouied aristocracy ;
its injustice in withholding government
bonds from State and local taxation. He
was followed by R. R. Little, Esq , of Wy
oming county, who defended the Democ
racy from the imputation of disloyalty.
Hon. C. R. Buckalew also made a brief ad
dress. On Wednesday Col. John G. Freeze, of
Bloomsburg, narrated the history 0! tbe cel
ebrated Columbia county invasion of 1864 ;
aod quite a feature of the occasioc was
the presence on tbe platform of some thirty
or more of the victims of that celebrated
raid who had been confined at Fort Mifflin.
,T" .'''kf'""f.rIFr,7'sr9T'';VeaJ-ir;t vrV; K-
was attested by many present who kne
the facts. He depicted in glowing tern
the ntter wantonness of that celebrated po
litico .military raid, and showed the aiu-
I groundlessness of the pretexts urged in i
I defence. Col. Wellington H. Ent and Cap
j C. B. Broclcway, (both gallant soldiers
old Columbia,) addressed the returned so
I diers principally, exposing especially th
frauds io the polling and returning ol th
soldiers' votes last fall and setting fort!
clearly and eloquently the duty of the sol
diers who fought for the Union to stand by
the Democracy as tbe true Union party.
M. M. Traogh, of Columbia county, and R.
R. Little, Esq., of Wyoming, also made ex
cellent addresses, and Thos. Cbalfant, Fsq.,
of Montour county, made a humorous
speech.
On the third day, (Thursday,) Hon. C. F.'
Bockale presented statistics as to tbe vote
of Columbia county throughoot its history,
showing its consistent support of Demo
cratic policy and principles, and added
some eloquent and instructive remarks.
He was followed by Hon. Hiester Clymer,
of Berks county, who defended with
great power and eloquence the Democracy
against the indictment preferred by the lata
Shoddy State Convention, and by E. R.
Ikeler, Esq., of Colombia, who denoonced
the Abolitionists and portrayed tbe effects
that will sorely follow negro suffrage. Col.
Pioilet again addressed the meeting, and
was followed by C. Chauncey Burr.. Esq., of I
New Jersey. Rev. Alvah Rotan, a victim
of "arbitrary arrests," related the story of I
his arrest and itrprisonment. Senator Cow
an's great speech in the Senate, on arbitrary
arrests and military trials was read from the
Congrtisional Globe; and speeches were
made by a number of gentleman from Co J
lumbia couniy.
The whole proceedings were conducted
with the greatest order, and perfect deco
rum and harmony was tbe rule. - The gath
ering will long be remembered by those
who were present.
The proceedings were diversified bv thai
-j f
singing of a number of songs written eipo-
cially for the occasiqn.
Yours, &c. J. H. B.
A Salmon Fight. Instances of the feroc
ity of the varied species of animals have
teen often recorded in tbe public journals;
out we nave tnis week to narrate a morn
remarkable occurrence, in the character oC
9 a
salmon, than we have yet had tbe opportu
nity to record. The facts are these: "While
several cotterman (of ihe preventive ser-J
vice) were on their rounds the other day,
and bearing along the Fmdhoro, between
Glenferness ana Dulcie-bridge, they" obser
ved an uno-aal commotion among the
spawning beds on the ford. On approach--
iug uie sp-ji iwo targe mate saimon were!
seen engaged in a mortal combat for tbe;
possession of a female. Never did chivalricj
knights contest for the hand of "lady fair"!
more fiercely than the bairdly "lords ofj
the flood." The tranquil bosom of the
stream was lashed into foam by tbe strug
gles of the finny antagonists; ip tbe mean
time the otiect of the Irav beat in 1 Kilnntltr
about, "spectators Of the fight." From the?
appearance of the stream dyed with blood J
and gradually assuming its former s.nooth
surface it was evident that the contest
was over. One of the saimon at last floun
dered on tbe surface, dead, and the victor,
it may be conjectured, exhaasledly bore off
his prize. Tbe men, who &ad the curiosity
to watch the tight, as a proof of their story J
conveyed the dead salmon to the nearest!
dwelling. The victorious salmon had torn
off the flesh, or rather fih, along the back,
from bead 10 tail to the bene. In the move
ment of salmon spawning the 'males have
been often seen chasing one another, bet
such a fray as this .has not been witnessed
by the oldest fisher or poacher on the
Findhorn.
A very dangerous counterfeit of the one
dollar treasure notes by theGeneral Govern
ment, has made its appearance. It is des
cribed as nearly a face simile of the bill. I
The general appearance is pronounced good!
Tbe green ink is of a lighter shade thaa
that used on the genoine. The figure 1 on
the scroll work on the lower right hand cor
ner of the note are printed in Green, in the
genaine they are white. Tbe face ot Chase
in the counter feit is badly executed. Our
readers cannot be to well on their guard in
dealing in the one dollar treasury notes.
Billy Borgess who has resumed the place
as publisher of the Black Republican nigger
franchise organ of this County, gives a some
what detailed account of his distinguished!
service as a soldier. He don't say anything'
about his sneaking out of tbe draft io 1862J
nor of having deserted his Co nnty and t"H,
himself and boy, for $1200, in 1864. HeJJJ
does not state that be never carried a mus fcj
ketlor a week, during tbe whole time ot
his service, nor does hb say that he ever
.) ... .1 .v., : .. . kU..4 .i.:.t. -.-.it'
icsi uivp is I mat piruivuB uinvu nuiwii Dill.
rabifi and illumines bis phunny phiz. 4
The rebs mast have heard that Billy was
around, or ihev woold'nt have caved in so
soon. North Branch Democrat. I
There were three billions of - dollars
worth of slaves in the country, owned by
less than half a million people. This waa
called the slaveocracy. The capitalists of
the conotry have made war upon and rie-j
molished the slaveocracy. . It baa coat.three
billions to do it. Tbe Southern slave are
turned into Government bonds, which are'
held by less than half a million capitalists.)
Slaveocracy is turned into bondocracy '
And the question comes, shall we accord
the bondholder a privilege the slaveholder
never asked an exemption from taxation1!
This ia abolishing slavery in a horn Itseu
Sambo loose, bat binds tbe chains of ctr j
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