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DE310CHATIC STATE 'COXVENTLOff.
The Democratic SiateCenven?ion for ihe
nominal ioo of a'ean'didate 'Tor''Governor of
.Pennsylvania, will 'meet in the hall of the
House oi Kepresenialive-. M Harnsonr. on
'Monday, the fil'h (5ih day of March 1866,
at 3 o'clock P. M.
The headquarter of thia Committee are
in the Democratic Clob Rooms in Harriss-
borg, which are open day and evening.
Democrats visiting this city are invited to
call. -
By orJer or the Dem. State Committee.
WILLI A M A. WALLACE,
'- 'Chairman,
. iBsn.L 'Former, "Sec'y.
, !Harribnrj, Jan. 9, 1868
A Slizht Difference.
Not a single right of the State of New
Jersey ha? been yielded, and not one of her
citizens daring my administration has been
deprived of bis liberty without rJoe process
of law."
These words are 'found rn the last mes
sage, delivered 'recently, o Hon. Joel. Parker,
'late' Governor of "New Jersey. Tbey are cm
Snous. These few words portray the honor,
tbe nobility, the patriotism of Mr. Parker
more powerfully than could be portrayed
by pages of finely rounded sentences from
the pen of a eulogist. And the truthfulness
of the words, is affirmed by the voices of
(he grateful people of that elate. This rec
ord will remain a monument qf honor to
s .n r a r ii of a r n rr i am nan tc rw n ex n a n a m
upon which is written the history of his ad--ministration.
-Compare this with the record of the Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, and with that of ev
ery ether Governor of the northern states,
daring the late war. Can they retire, from
cice and otter to honorable a senteoce!
Let toe Darning ana destruction ot properly
in Pen niylvania,by an aimed foe. invading
the state by force, rise -op in evidence
against Curtin,who yielded the rights of the
state oi rennty-i-vaoia 10 protecr nerseii i:om
invasion, -onlen by express content of the
datelamented despot at Washington. Seethe
militia of the State prevwnteJ from protect-
-tog her because the United States have
ever:b.rown the power of the state to pro
tect her own territory from invasion, and
-her own citizens in the possession and en
joyment of their property, and then tell as
if rights of the stale have not been yielded.
Look farther into the darkness of milita
ry power, and liew the thousands of cells
4U which wer8 coLfined fonoratle mer,
without due process of law, and even with
out being chage wiih the con mission of
crime. See the children who have been
nade orphans, and left 'destitute with no
one to protect then, through the inhuman
imprisonment and consequent death of
father, in damp, dark cells, for having
I ' . I - - ' r .
xiainicu toe privilege oi voting ana luiaaing
for themselves regardless of the mighty
word held over them by a -despotic usurp
er at Washington ; look upon these things,
and cast yonr-eyes to spots where lay aged
patriots, and honorable citizens of the state,
in the cold embrace of death, caused by tor
ture in these damp prisons"; lock at these
.scenes of wilful barbarity, yes murder, and
then ask us whether the Governor of Penn
sylvania may. say "not one of her citizens,
during my administration, has been depri-
i - f u :i i : v . : . k. . j
tsu ui . uii iivciij wuiiuui uuo process oi
jaw." ". . ,;
The wasted land, the tortured prisoner,
the ghastly corpse of the cell, say to us in
peals that echo like the rolling thunder, do,
ko, NO.
It 4s amusing to notice the peculiar man
ner in which tome of the Republican" jour
nals are endorsing President Johnson's re
construction policy. Although they always
advocated an entirely different course of ac
tion towards the insurgent States, tbey now
attempt to make their readers believe that
the President bar hit exactly upon their
"plan" and thai his views and theirs are
identical. The same doctrines, precisely,
when advocated by Democratic journalists
ere denounced by these consistent patri
ots in the choicest Billipgsga'e, and no lan
guage was loo coarse to apply to their "cop
perhead cotemporariea" who stood byhe
alJa of Andrew Johnson in bis defense of
the Constitution and the laws. 'The reason
cf ihair preseut course 'is very plain they
hara no notion of giving up the loaves and
fV
Am attempt was made to assassinate Hon.
Siepben G. FielJ, Associate ,Justice of the
United States Supreme Court, by a torpedo,
csnsfructed in the form of a. small box, com
ing throogh ihe mail. The box was filled
u i;!i cartridges and bullets radiating to the
centre, and had a match o arranged as to
ini:a and and cause an explosion upon the
tx being opened. The Jadg-e imagined
i?;sra might te some danger in the bor and
in cf opening it turned if over lo Judge
Lake and Mr. Brown, a clerk of the Su
preme Conn, who, bating protected them
! ? t: -; I W: .1 the Sena'e steps, threw it
?-ja:nst tbe vr all and thereby caused it to be
f :cnt, 'of Iowa, w a inaugurated on
Mi m. .The Governor io his mes-
lircc-cs ntjrj su.Trage,. aad opposes
c of'th? Scvth without "gaar
' ; trglilatars.
the Legislature vify has buen
done yet. 'Bcsiaess was' withheld until the
return of the state'execaiive. Got Cnniu,
having arrived in Harrisburg on the evening
of the I7ih inst., we may expect more active
operation in the . Legislature soon.
- A bill has been proposed making interes
ted parties competent to testify in their owo
uit.
The commiitee to try the contested elec
tion esse ot McConangby vs Dancan, made
a report, setting forth that McConanghy is
is entitled to bis sea. Mr. Montgomery,
the only Democratic member of the Com
mittee, stated his intentions to submit a pro
test in favor of Duncan. McConaughy was
duly sworn' as Senator.
An act erecting a new judicial district,
composed ol Washington and Seaver coun
ties, pas set theenate fiuaRy ' on the 18th
inst.', by a party vote.
. An act to exempt soldiers from taxes pass
ed the'Hoose 'finally.
On -the 19tb a grindson of the Indian
cbief who rhad come to Harrinburg to lay
claims for certain land, 1 ,500 acres, which
the Legislature gave to Cornplauter irT 1791.
The land in on Oil creek and Alleghany
river. The claim is outlawed. The grand
son cf Cornplantei made a speech before the
Senate which was interpreted to the follow
ing, in substance :
They had come to the Senate to make a
few remarks, premising that the Great .Spir
it, who knew all things, had made the con
tinent forthe benefit ol man. fie had made
the sun and moon, that by lookiog upon
them we can be put iu mind 'that God has
power himself, end for this he has cr-ateJ
lands, waters, thunders which fall upon the
land. These things show she power of the
Great Spirit, exercised for the welfare of his
people on earth. He has made different
classes of men, tome white, some red.
Some governed by the Spirit, others going
their own way. He has made different
minds, and through one mind (pointing to
the picture of Washington) the whites were
made independent. The Indians, red men
of the forest, bad also one great mind to
which they forked, and that wan Chief
Cornplarter. He was the true friend of ibe
t great Washington and the Governor cf
-Penoj&V3nis, and also William Penn.
He made treaties with the whites which
were to be kept as long as the sun rolls, tha
water flows, or the grass grows. His heirs
had nsver received any benefits from the
claims which the state gave to Cornplanter,
and the heirs were poor. They came here
to the capitol to ascertain whether their
claims couldb e sustained, and they came
under an agreement made between Corn
planter and the Governor, that the Chief
and his heirs were to have their expenses
.paid when they visited'tbe capitol. They
asked an appropriation to meet 'these ex
penses. George Waslvington, and also the Govern
or, gae -Corn-planter land tecaxse Tie, was a
good friend and a brave warrior. T have
shed tears many times when I etood where
my grandfather was buried, and saw that he
bad no tombstone, ar.d rro fence around the
grave. Will you have a tombstone put at
his head !
A Foreign Warn .Necessity with tfce Radicals.
In Congress a resolution was o Tared 'and
considered, recommending the withdrawal
of the United States Minister from the
Court nf Sl James. This is a part of the
Radicals rroeeeding of that body whicb
pertends the great party. Those whe sup
port this bantering conduct are the blatant,
but cowardly New England followers.
. They are, to a man, Radicals of the most
radical stamp; those who were the most
active in making the recent war a war on
be Soothe rn peoplt ; those who were most
reluctant to have the armies disbanded last
Summer; those who are in favor of a
large standing army of 200,000 men, even
now; those who voted in favor of the reso
lution of Mr. Williams, for keeping cp hrge '
militarv forces in all the Southern
- i
those who are the cbedient and blind fol
lowers of Sumner, in the Senate, and Ste
vens in the House, in the persistent attempts
made by those leaders to keep the South
out of the Uoion. Why do these men op
pose the restoration of (he Union ? Why
are they so" opposed to peace ? Why are
they so enamored with a state of warl Why
have they such an appetite for blood and
carnage 1 The reason is plain. The end
of the war was the end of the Republican
party. While the war lasted, they could
maintain themselves i.'i power, through the
false but specious plea of "supporting the
Government." But they cannot suoDorf the
Government now that its policy is peace.
The proclamation of the President that the
war is over and the Union restored will be
the'deaih-knell of their party. Their power
will be gone. They see the handwriting on
the wall, and this is. the expedient that they
have devised to prevent the scepter of pow
er from fclipping' from ibeir clutches. The
Jacobins of the French Revolution plunged
Fraoce into a war with all Europe for the
purpose of retaining themselves in power,
and lo cover np their atrocious crimes.
They dreaded the consequences (of the er
posures that peace would bring, and there
fore kept the country in a continual state of
war. The Sntnners, the Stevens, the Wades,
and the Schenks, of the present day are the
Robespierres, the Coothons, the Marats o'
this epoch. There are hundreds of innocent
and patriotic citizens who have suffered long
and unjust imprisonment during the late'
war, and who, on the return of peace, wil'
eek redress in the courts of law against
their oppressors. The latter tremble 'at
this prospect, and would plunge the country
into a war, in order to avoid it. -
AccioeKT. An engineer of a freight train
joa the Phil Si Erie Railroad had one of his
legs so badly crashed on Saturday,' near
Montgomery' citation, that amputation was
nee'eseary. We could not learn bis name,
nor exactly how the accident happened.
Tha Republicans of Allegheny county
have nominated General iloorehead, for
Governor r-f Tepniv! vanla.
- i.
tt .BadJeafi determined 'to 'Mssolre. tie
' " Union. . ' " :
The fanatics who have ruled fhe nation
for the past four yean, are fearful of a res
toration of tfhe'Union under the plan of the
President, and have set themselves to work
in earnest to make the return of "Southern
States to the Union impossible. In connec
tion with their direct opposition to restora
tion, by refusing to receive Southern repre"
sentaiives, they are plotting treason in fhe
Mexican difficulty. Alf questions concern
ing Mexice might be peacably settled and
quiet restored to that country, as well as to
the United States, but if such settlement
were made, there would be such peace with
in the Uuited Sta'ea as toset the Southern
States in perfect equality with ihe North in
the Union, and the destruction of the Abo
lition party would soon follow, but from a
Mexican war tbey hope for more than the
ordinary resalts. They, hope to retain them-
-selves in, power, bu: ihey look beyond that.
Tbey are aware of the treaty between Mex
ico, France, Austria, Belgium and 'Italy, by
the provisions of which Mexico, in case Of
a war-witb the United States, is to be sup
ported -by all these powers. The war
which has just closed was brought about by
them in order to dissolve the Union. Dar
ing its whole progress, they determined that
the'Union sboord neverbe restored. That
'determination is the corner stone of their
policy now. Thus far, their .plot hes -succeeded,
for tbey have been able, up lo this
.point, to carry out their measures to treat
theoothern Stares as conquered ana sub
jugated provinces to force them to amend
their State Constitutions, and to compel
them to ratify an amendment to the Nation
al Constitution, which is repugnant to then.
But, in consequence of the Hand taken by
the President, it is probable now, that their
whole plot will fail ; and that in less than
two years, the Southern States will again be
equal and 'honored members of the 'Union.
They are determined that this shall never
be. In a war with France on the Mexican
question, thay hope that the wrongs which
the Southern State have suffered since the
end -of the 'rebellion, will have steng the
Southern people to such a pitch of madness,
that the latter will be tempted to form a
league wi.h Napoleon, and again strike for
independence. This will of course lead lo
a new war of the North against the Sooth.
The Radicals would gladly welcome such a
war. TLe end of it might leave Texas and
Louisiana as appendages lo the Empire of
Mexico; but it would also leave the South
ern States an independent nation, or -elt-e
leave them so subjugated by the North, and
so depnpnlaied, that there would be no fur
ther objection lo their bein treated as con
quered provinces. The Abolitionists would
gladly welcome either result, ra'her than be
compelled to see the Union restored, and
the Southern States restored to ail ifieir for
mer rights.
The '-flump."
Th-9 whole time of the Ramp is taken ip
with the nigger; every debate turns on the
"culled cuss." Correspondents say that
the principal part of the amlience that fills
the galleries of the halls of Congress are
lusty negroes and greasy wenches. These
pets of Ibe Republican paTty even crowd
into the ladies gallery and testify their ap
probation of Stevens and Kelly and Sumner
and the other mad fanatics by their hi! hi's!
with occasional exclamations of "go it Sum
ner," "pitch into de copperheads, Kelly,'
'Fotch em Tbad !" Thus is legislation tri
fled with and the nation disgraced by such
disgusting outrages on all decency. Thii
Rump Congress is a type of the National
Assembly of France, when RoLespierre,antf
Danton and Marat, and the other bloody
monsters of the reign of tenor, indelged in
their vulgar tirades and unseemly exhibi
tions lo the edification of the sanculoites
and other ferocious wretches of Paris who
crowded the galleries to listen and applaud
them. God help the country if Sumner and
Stevep are o control its policv. DarvVl
Intelligencer. ,
Jlcrdcr in Snyder County.
On Monday evening, January Sth inst Ihe
wife of Teler Eby, who keeps a country ho
tel halfway between Freeburg and Middle
burg, in Snyder county, was killed by some
unknown person. Early io the evening Mr.
Eby went on an errand to an aunt who lives
nearby. He left at borne his wife and a
small boy about ten years of age. Upon
his return, when he had arrived at the barn
and, near the' hoaee, be heard ihe report of
a pistol or gun. -He quickly ran to the
house, but saw no one outside. On enter
ing he found his wife upon the floor dead.
The citizens of Berwick have petitioned
to Congress, requesting a reimbursement lo
that Borough of $6,500. for money they paid
for volunteers, in excess of their quota,
through the improper action of incompe
tent ofliciafs. Not long since we beard
boasting from loyal people of Berwick, say
ing they were more loyal than other town
ships of this county, because they had doae
more than the government aked. Tbey
have learned that loyalty cots something,
and they may be asking more than Congress
can see."
Dark and damning were the deed of the
House ol Representatives (Congress) on the
18tb inst. Upon that dat , by a large ma
jority, an act passed the House, declaring
the oumerons indolent, ignorant blacks, in
the District of Colombia, qualified. electors,
and every Republican member from the
State of Pennsylvania voted in support of
ibe bill. All this in opposition to the pop
ular will, in opposition lo the feelings of the
majority of voters in every state in the union,
smd in opposition lo the expressed wiil of
the citizens of the District, through the ballot-box.
. .
Dark as these deeds are, ihe significant
iie'nce of the Republican press upon the
vote, or the direct defence of the bill by that
press, is still more dark and more infamous.
Their press denied that negro suffrage was
a part of their creed, and succeeded to car
ry the Slate by sucb lying declarations, bpi
now fall io with the aegro clan.
EDUCATIONAL.
XoriSal Sfraooli Their Necessity In Oar
School Sjitem.
' The general acceptation of the term Nor
mal scboolp.is an institution particularly es
tablished for tbetnsiruction and professional
training of yoong men and women as ietch
ers. To this end, Normal schools afford
stndents opportunities (o facilitate and per
fect their preparation, superior to those ot
any other educational institutionsby 'con
necting a thorough and accurate knowledge
of English literature, and toch other'sindies
aTit may be necessary to pursue, with an
extensive understanding of the- science of
education and the arlcf teaching, fully de
veloped and permananlly fixed in the mind
by the daily application of principles in the
model echool. Bui, ib.t they may actually
confer these peculiar and extraordinary aJ
vantages, it is strictly necessary tbM they
hould be not only in name, but in fact,
Normal schools. Their teachers should be
tha best educated, versed in the application
of the science of education, and possessed
with more than ordinary ability to imparl
instruction, obtained through years cf faith
ful study and diligent practice of the art of
leaching. ,
The necessity of Normal -schonlsj-prop-
er!y conducted, and controlled by sufficient
ly qualified and discreel teachers, in our
school system, is -so manifest that Ihe at
tention of the most casual observer of pub
lic instruction can scarcely escape its con
sideration. Every day occurrences in
life call the subject lo our minds. He who
follows Ibe most ordinary occupation, where
we would suppose very little skill is neces
sary, is required lo prepare himself, by
practising the labor from one to five years
before he can command more than nomina I
compensation for bis work; aod when any
important or difficult mechanical work is to
be constructed, a special and most careful
preparation is requisite. Ha who purposes
the erection of a steam shipJ procures the
services oi a workman of known competency,
net only in (he general principles of con
structing, but in mechanical skill, nnder
standing every' particular portion of his
work, and the necessary proportions of each
pari. Yet the ship, when completed, is bat
an inanimate object, and if not properly
constructed, being unseawcrthy, the loss 'is
a mere waste of substa nee, to be calculated
in dollars and cents, and easily te placed.
While, then, this tie maid of ability rs so
rigidly exacted in all in tracles an.1 other
occupations, in which the spoliation of m ore
than some gross material is seldom involved
shall the teacher, who is intrusteJ with the
duty ol disciplining the most important and
valuable work of creation the human mind,
the destruction of which is a lasting injury
and incurs a loss of incalculable magnitude
not be required to make the least prepara
tion, but -permitted to work in schemes of
chance, and by experiment?, upon that
which, when matured, remains the director
of human being through time, and vrorks
out eternal felicity or ceastess misery tor
the soul? We ihiuk such conduct would be
the most wicked and unnatural of which
mankind could be guilty, and would result
in unknown calamity lo the human race.
The teacher is not only expected to mould
the mind and manners of the youth imme
diately under tors instruction, tct by instill
ing just and magnanimous principles, he is
lo exalt the ba ppines of families and com
munities. By the Fame influence be is to
perform an important part in perpetuating
popular government. He cultivates the
slender stems which grow lo form the pillars
of literature, of morality, of Christianity,"
and of civil liberty. He is to strengthen the
intellect of the young and tender, assist it io
develop ami produce honorable fruits, to
refine and exalt the moral nature, to pluck
the evil desires that so naturally lurk in
humanity the germs ibat will ere long be
come thorns and choke down progress and
honor and plant, instead ihereof, pure
motives and honorable activity, proJacing
an unimpeachable character, and forming j
manhood which exhibits the benehchat de
sign of the Creator. In undertaking a task
so important, and working upon material
so inexpressibly valuable, he assumes a
responsibiliTy from which a deliberate con
sideration wcold cause man lo shrink.
There is, therefore, but one conrfosion :
Tbe preparation to be made by the teacher
should be the most perfect possible, ltshould
comprise a ready knowledge of at least all
the ordinary branches of education, with a
correct understanding of the science of
teaching, thoroughly reduced to practice
Without these qualifications, no person is
prepared to enter any school and give in
struction in an intelligible manner, not
tending to pour npon the pupil's minds a
mass of undigested ideas, that will entangle
and prevent tbe proper development of the
intellect. But where can this preparation be
acquired ? We answer, only in the Normal
school, il being the only educational insti
tution in which leaching is perfectly sys
tematized, and where Ibe student is so sit
uated that lhe knowledge he gains is con
tinually to be put in use by him in the prac
tice of the science of education. The grad
uate of any seminary or college is very
little tetter prepared to take charge of a
common school, of the ordinary grade,
than the man of theoretical science, who
Las devoted years of study to the uses and
advantages of steam and steam engines, is
io enter opon the mechanical work of con
structing a railroad locomotive. Both may
have a very good knowledge of whai mihi
or should be done, but neither is a practical
workman, and ctnnot proceed to execute
the labor. Norma I schools, being therefore
the only mediums (brooch which accom
plished teachers cac be supplied to the
common schools, are, as well as a necessiy
in our school system, the foundation opon
which it can be brought to a perfect works
ing condition, and opon which, if ever, Ihe
schools wiilt become the great beneficial
institutions of the Slate. Tbey are, and we
believe will soon be acknowledged the basis
o our school system.
Thi Shoddy County Convention of Bad-
Governor. .
i , , iiiii imi iiMTMiwninrmin f 1
Fbom the report of the Superintendent of
Soldiers' Orphans for the year '1865 we
glean the followingltems : 1,846 applica
tions Tor admission to the schools we. -a al
lowed; 67 disallowed; '1, 582 orders for ad
mission were issued ; 1,242 actual admis
sions to the school dre reported; atiU 16
orphans were discharged on application of
relatives. Of the Orphans ordered to be ad
mitted. 920 are boys, and 662 girls. The
average age of all is 9 years. Of the
whole number, whose applications bave
been allowed, the fathers of 30 died in
camp or hospital ; 227 were killed in battle;
86 died in Tebel prisons ; 39 died at home ;
and 7 have been so long missing as to be
presumed 'dead in all 727. The receipts
of the Superintendent to Nov. 30, 1865,
were ST05,0S8'.00 and ibe expenditures were
2103,8 17 64 leaving a balartce'in. his bands
of $1,270.42. it is recommended that an
appropriation of SS03.730 be made to meet
the expenses of the current year.
In Columbia County there were in
162 common schools, with an average term
of 4.40 months; in these there were em
ployed 88 male teachers with an average
salary of J33.15 per month, and 97 female
teachars with an average salary of $22 per
month. The whole number ot male schol
ars was 4,004 and of females 3,599, in all
S603 scholars, with an average attendance
of 4. 583.
The Lady's Friknd The February num
ber of this beautiful magazine opens with a
touching, steel engraving, entitled "News
from the War,"
The women weep as the children 'play,"
a very expressive engraving indeed, and
which will, we fear, touch the source ol
tears in many a sorrowful heart. The large
colored Double Steel Fashion Plate for this
cumber is as usual refined and elegant ;
the distinguishing traits of the Fashion
Plates of the Lady's Friend. Then we
have an engraving of Elise Radner,v(an il
lustration of a story of the same nam?) wi;h
engiaving of an Evening Toilet, Eleetra
Bodice, Embroidery, Children's ' Fashions,
Chrochet Imitation of Goipure Lace, Win
ter Boot (in knitting,) Greek Lace Trim
ming, -Baby's Hat of white cashmere, quilt
ed ; knited Carriage Shawl, &c, &c. The
Music is "Near Tbee," the words by Chas.
Swain. Among ihe literature we note
"Elise Rdner," by S. Annie Frost ; "Love
Folger," a story by August Bell; "The
Hidden Bridal Gift," by Aunt Alice; ''Ra
chel Dana's Legacy," by H. A. Heydon;
"Stories of our Village," by Beatrice Co
lonna ; Faithful Unto Death," by Harris
Byrne ; New Publications, Receipts, the
Fashions, Lc, &c.
Price S2. 50 a year; 2 copies S4 00 ; 8
copies (and cne gratis) 216. Now is the
time to get op clubs for 1866. Specimen
numbers for ibis purpose will be sent for
15 cents. Wheeler St Wilson's celebrated
Sewing Machines are furnished as Premi
ums in certain cases. The Prospectus ol
this magazine forthe present year embodies
a splendid list of contributors. Address
Deacoa & Peterson, 319 Walnut street Phil
adelphia. On Wednesday, iwo weeks ago, Henry
II Dunn, cf Potisville, superintendent of
the Heckscherville Colliery, was murdered
while going from the Colliery to Pottsville,
about 7 o'clock in the
evening, in a place
called "The Black Woods." Two men and
a woman, in a carriage, saw the parties,
three men, while committing the act, but
ihey were ordered lo drive by immediately,
or be shot, and hence dare not interfere,
through danger of losing their own lives.
Several arreas of suspected ' persons have
been made.
There are many rumors es to the nioive
of ibe persons committing the murder. It
is said that Mr. Dunn made himself very
! obnoxious to the peopra in tbe vicinity of
Heckecbervuie, some two years ago, by
having men imprisoned on groundless
charges, and by turning women and chil
idren ont of their houses io the depth of
winter to make room for soldiers, and has
been frequently threatened.
On Tuesday morning the par?ertger train
on theNorthern Railroad of New Jersey,
consisting of six cars, which left Englewood
for Jersey City al 8 o'clock, met with an ac
cident near Abbicgton, by which the three
rear cars were thrown from the track, upset,
and several persons severely injured. The
cars, which were filled wiih pas9engers,had
ihe seats and flooring lorn out, and tbe in
terior made a complete wreck. The pas
sengers were hurled with great violence
among the broken timbers, and some of
them were extricated with considerable
! difficulty,
Habrisbprc. Jan. 19. The Republican
State Central Committee met in this city to
day, and fjxed lhe 7th of March as the lime
for holding the Republican State Convention
for the nomination of Governor.
Governor Cortin and family arrived here
to -night from New Yoik, via lha Reading
railroad. His return lo tbe State Capitol
was greeted by a alute of cannon, and,
upon his arival at the executive mansion
be was received by the heada of depart
ments, members of the Legislature, and a
large number of our citizens, who had
gathered to welcome his return.
He returns with his health much i fa
proved. Thb cholera is making fearful havoc- in
the Island of Guadaloupe. At last accounts
the daily average of deaths, in a population
of ten thousand, ua.J one hundred and
thirty-one. The pestilence was introduced
by a vessel from Marseilles, the pilot ol
which is in custody lot not warning the au
thorities of the sicknes on board. Owing
to stringent precanticnary measures, the
cholera has not
India Islands.
yet reach the other West
A man arrested for rape, near Albany N.
Y., rn May last, has been ever since at lib
erty on bail, and recently escaped, while
his victim has been kept in prison as a wit-
f lg
"""
The citizens of the Ditricl of Columbia
voted almost unanimously against the til
to enfranchise negroes, but the House ol
Representatives desire lo force ilia act upon
tbem. Are ibe RepubiicaAs willing to sub
mit to the will of the people "as decfare-d al
ihe'tftllot box J
Votxks of Pennsylvania : Was not nee.ro
suffrage a question in the recent political
campaign? Read the proceedings of 'Con
grass by which (be negro is to be made po
litically equal to life while man and see the
Republican papers, supporting the same,
rnd then answer.
Mr. Kkllky, member of the Koose df
Representatives, declared, while discussing
the negro 6u3rab act, for the District of
Colombia, that ht is in favor of negro wffrage
in Pennsylvania I
Evxst Republican representative in Con
gress, from Pennsylvania, voted fo' the billl
granting the right of voting to negroes in
'the District of Columbia.
Will ihe editor kof Ihe Republican support
this?
Congressman Billy Kelley, of 'Philadel
phia, declared in the Rump House, the Oth
er day, that he was in favor of striking the
word "white" out of Ihe Constitution of
Pennsylvania. Voters ar.d taxpayers, thai
is where modern Republicanism is drifting
Have yon a stomach for sucb leaders ?
Brigadier General King, commandant of
the post at Augusta, while near Washington
on Friday aliernoen last, accompanied by
ni9 wild ana anomer iaay ana a genueman, i
wastopcied by htgnwaymen and robbed or
three horses.
. . -I
The Judiciary Commit ee will report an
amendment to the Constitution providing
thal'negroes shal not be represented in Con
gress utile they are enfranchised.
The governnrenrhvrs relieved Provisional
Governor Marvin, and has recngnred D S
Walker as the constitutionally elected Gov
ernor of Florida.
Tws returns Of the election held for Audi
tor General and 'Surveyor General Will be
opened and examined, in the Hall of the
House ol Representatives to-day.
From a statement made bv Assistant As
sessor, S. B. Dkimkr, we learn that 424 191
tons ol coal were shipped from the coal
mines ol Columbia County during the year
1865.
Fifteen Years Ago
HOS7ETTERS STOMAtH BITTERS
was Mruggling into notice aaaint the
prejudice? which every thing new, however
exee'lipni, -is doomed to encounter
TO-DAY
it stand3 al the head of all the tonic ami
alterative preparations in existence. Irs
celebrity has evoked rn any imitation but
no riv(ds. Physicians pronounce it the
oslt safe stimulant that has ever been
introduced into the fick chamber. In the
Hospital of ihe Army and Navy, the sur
geons find it the very best tonic lor conva-
lescenis, atnJ report, il as invaluable for
sustaining lite vicor of troops on the march,
as a remedy forcr.rvy and all scorbutic
. it. -r j-
affection-, and as the on.y specific lor ea-
sickr.es?. California and Australia have
emphatically indorsed it as the Mixer's
Micdicinc par Xiillcnce. and in Spanish
America and all the liopVcal clitfta'e, it is
considered the tniy reliable antidote to ep
idemic fevers.
There is no mystery about the causes of
its succe.e. It is the only stomachic and
alterative in w hich'are combined ihe grand
requisites of a mild, pare and unvitiated
vegetable stimulant, with the finest selec
tion of tonic, anti-billious , anli-scorbuiic,
aperient-, and deparative herbs.plant., roots
and barks thai have evsr been intermixed
in a medicinal preparation.
The Bitters hs.ve this distinctive quality,
which is n5t shared, it is believed, by any
tonic, tincture or extract i n tte world :
,... . . ... . .
they do not excite the pulse, though ihey
infuse a wonde rful degree of vigor into tbe
nervous system, and strtngthen and sus -
tain the whole physical organization.
Tt . r 1 . o-
are sold exclusively under glass, and nev-j
er by the gallon or barrel. Impostors and j
imitators are abroad, and the only safe- j
guard the public has against them is to see j
that lhe Bitters they buy bear the engra-
ved label and rote of hand of Messrs. Hos- j
letter &. Sniiih, and the govertipjent stamp I
over the cork of the bottle.
51 It IU E P.
On Tuesday, January 2d, lt6H, at the f
boose of Jacob Good in OrangeviMe, cy J.
B. Harman Esq., Mr. Bei.j F. Peterman, to I
Miss Mtflixsa Cotley, both of Columbia co. j
On the 18th inM.. bv ihe llev. Wm. J. i
Ever. Mr. John V. Weaver o Franklin, in
Miss Susan Raub. of Cattawissa. Pa.
On the 16:h Inst, by Rev. J. R. Dimtri.
Mr. Daniel Bonawitz, ol Bloomsburg, to
Miss Helena Jacoby, of Mt. Pleasant.
DIED.
On the 1st inst., in Centralia, John P. Ol
over j aged about 30 years.
Ou the 3d inst., al the same place, Joseph
Steel, aged about 16 rears.
NOTICE.
The Democratic Standing Corr mittee, cf
Columbia county, U hereby notified to meet
in my office, in Bloomsburg. in Slave's
building, on Monday the 5th day February,
1866, at 2 o'clock P. M., for the purpose ol
appointing Senatorial and Represen a ive
Conferees, to meet similar ones of this
District, to appoint Delegates lo lhe com
ing Democratic State Convention.
E. tt. IKELER.
Cbairmau.
NOTICE IN DIVORCE.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Co
fumbia County:
William H. Evans ) To Delphena Evans,
respondent i n t h e
Delphena Evans. ) above stated case :
Take Notice, that an alia suyana in Di
vorce has been allowed in tbs case, in
which yon are summoned to appear belore
lhe said Conn on the first Monday of Feb
ruary next at 10 o'clock irtthe forenoon.
SAMUEL SNYDER, Sheriff
LIST OF CAUSES 'FOR FEBRUARY
TERM, A. O. 1866.
1. Rachel Morgan by her next friend WnY
M. HoegUnd vs Richard Morgan.
2. Sieph4n Haldy v Cauwissa, William,
sporl & Erie R. R. Company.
3. WmL'Lance Hirman U. Ctevelinu
4. Win L lr.cr vs Thos.'Crevrlint et
6. Elijah Me.Mumift Indorsee of Aaron
Wnlt v Christian Wolf -
6 Jacob Harris vs Peter 'Jaco by
7 Ktissel P. Stacker v. tVm. Ikel'er.
'8 Jacob llopler vs William "S!aubach&,
'ChriolfariMa his wile
'fc. -Jamb Sbuman 'v ifie'Cttawitifa 'Rfcll
'Road' com party. ( . ,
'i0. Hugh MeRi.olJ-s vs'peter'fcliphanl
11. adam -Ditterirh vs 'Jere Jacoby.
12. Abraham Hartman.vi. Sia9 rj 'E.fgir
13 Benj. We'r man v Mile.s A. Williams-.
14 G-orue A. Herring vs Peter Miller.
13. Edward Hilner vs the Lorni M Rail
B. & Iron Co , A. W. Rea, & S Fetter,
man.
16. Chamberlin for ne of Hockenber va
Silas D. Et2ar. '
17. John- Hinierli er v John Jamesdb.
18 B. F. Reighard v!Jeo. Patterson, el al.
19. Aaron Bloom vk RutMi filler.
20 Jonothan Wolf, 'Indorse of "'Geddie
Marsh Co 'vs Ge'orun'H Frea.
21 Jonolhan- YtJlf, , lr.ilore of Geddi
Marsh & Co.'vs Georue H. Frea. '
22 Matliia TrOiisue. v. ihe Twp. of Soon.
23 Jacob Rernley v the Calawisea R, R.
Company.
24 Bunn.'Raiauelj Si Co. vs Lvi Kutz.
25 Anna B. 'Deiuhmiller. v H Deiahmill-'r
i 26 William "Lainon 'vs Peter Hyman,
27 William Lamon vs Ijnhn Vaiip'elt.
28 Administrator-of Joseph Paxion, dee'd
vs Williaoi L Lance.
29 Mones Fan?i & Samuel K. Pliillippi va
Joseph Frerk owner or reputed ow.ier
30 Jacob Shiiman vn John B. Hun'-initer.
31 Abraham B S isher vs Sam'l Rimby.
32 J. M. Frek & Co. v Clinton Dtwitt.'
O ! a. i" II T .
JJ ,lot'er' uorreii i wp oi i-onvnaharn,
34 E" ue " M,le9 l:- Ab3" &"K.chari
j 35 William Eyer vs Pe er S Barber.
ot Greenwood Twp. vs Samuel Bo?art.
37 Sylvester J Faux v aac White.
28 Sylvester J. Faux vn I-aac White,
39 Christain F Knapp v School Directors
ol Bloom Twp.,
40 Wnaht Hnghes vs Peter Miller.
41 Le.vis C Green vs l-a Wnite,
42 Mary E Green vs Iaar White.
43 Andrew Si.yder vs John Shentler.
JESSE COLEMAN, Piotu'y.
PrnthonntHf j 'i Offire, I
Bloonif bur, Jauna'y 3 1, Rfi6. )
toitri Proclamation.
W H EKE AS the Honorable Wm. Elwell,
Preident Judge ol the Coon of Oyer
and terminer
ami Oeneral Jail Dehverr:
(.'Court of'Qnarter 5t-i.n ol the Pear, ami
Courl of Common -Ple an.t OrjilianSjCouri.
in the 2r?th Judicial 1)ilri t, compo-e-.l of
the counties ol Columbia. Sullivan mid Wy
nfaiii", ar,."l I tie linn. Sitiliei Bahty ami
John Mi-Reynold, A-MM-iattt Jnil-e ol Co
lumbia ro., have i.-i-uetl ttiir ,rrreji; (pMr.
ii'g !a'e one tlif.ai.tl eiit tntiutreil anl
sixiy-nx, and to-.Ve ficji-td I' ; noMiug
Court rrf Oyer cVI Terminer, anil Gei.er!
Jil delivery, Qoarter Sei(iii-ol in t.t
Coin Pi-'a anil Orpttan' Cnir'. in hjonni--hnrg,
ifi the county o!C"'iunibia mi id.- fif-i
Monday, Teiir Tire -5t'i dty of Feb. tiexf,
and to roiilinue. cne week.
Notice iihere iVfn foV-e Coroner, 'I. a
S'n'ft rre of ihel'ea'ce ui,A 'Cnu -table o tin
said County of Col nm bra-, tl-at ihey ! then
and there in their prop's? r i;toii- hi jrj o'
clock in the forenoon ol -'ai.t day. viiili tti-i r
Teco'rd, inquifition- otnr re.n-ir.hrati-'ces
to do tho-e itiir.uivA'huh toiheir -fhce4
appertain to be do'rte. -Aiul ihoe thai are
bound by Tecnjrii.", to prr.eMiie 2ain
; ine prisoners ttiai r r may be in Ji
j Kt''' 1 'J 1,1 V" 01 Cnl'irnbU, to l- tden uA
l5ere 10 ,tCUie1 l be ju,t. Ju-
rCrs arP teqnes'ed 'o be pincMial in their
ul,e,,.1ar,ce, nsreeat.lv t" 't-eir notice, daied
I nt Bloom bnrz, ihe 28. h ilay of Per., n ihn
year ot our Lord on ihoo-ai u etan Imi dretl
and sixty-sixth and iu ilie ei.'tity-niith e'r
of the Independence of H.e United Sia:e oT
America. Gnd t-avp thr Cmi monw enlth )
SAMUEL SNYDER
SherifTs Office, 1 Stieriff.
Bloomsbors, Jan 3 1S5C).
! $1,500
PVAl Yfr.AIl ! We wa,.
asehs everywnpre to sell
Our improved S2D Se;in'i Machine. THree
new kind-. UnJer and upper teed 'At-
ranted five year Above salary 6r lari;
a.arv cr larvje
commissions paid. The O.N'LY machine-
! in lhe United Stales for les than $40, which
are fully licensed by Howe, Wheeler &
Wilion, (Jrover & Baker, Singer & Co , ami
Bar ''.'elder. All oilier cheap machine an
t intrinjertierfts and the seller or user are lia-
to arrest, fine and imprisonment. Cir-
I "'T 1,.dL?, br aI' "PO" $""w &
Claik, BiddeforJ Me., or at Nn. 823 Broail-
war, jNew Vork . No 236 Cjiner s. Phla.
j delphia. Pa , .No. M Lnmhards Block, Chi-
: caS- 111 Xn. 70 WeM Fourth St. Cinciil-
'V'v0 8 n1"'
j Buffalo, .V i . Dec. 20 65 ly.
TRAVERSE JUROIiS FOR FEBRUARY
TERM, 1866.
Bloom A M. Rupert.
Beaver Henry Hmderiiter.
Bri ircreek Jacob Creaky, David Shaffer.
Reuben Miller, Nathan Mart..
Benton 5so t E Co.'ley Thomas B.Cole,
John Davirf.
CattawUsa Jacob Kreigh, Daniel Hel-v'i2-
Conyral-am Sephen Timmas.
Fishmarreek Huyh Mi-Bride.
F.aitk;in Mo-es Hnwer.JaroL L'oreman:
Green wood -Geo W. Uir, Jos. S. Kline.
Hemlock Ntfhemiah Reese, Hugh D.
Mc Bride. .
Jackson John York?.
locust Henry Fmk. Gera Ilower, Elias
HHwil
! MifUin Jicob Xtift
Montour Evan Welliver.
. t
Orange Abraham Coleman, Michael
Vance, John Snyder.
Pine-Jacob Chemberlin, Valentine Win-ter-leen.
-
Roaringpreek Benjamin Haock.
Sugarloat Andre- Laubach, Henry C.
II ess.
Sod t-Philip T. Hartman, John Kressler,
Daniel I Everharf.
January, 3, 1868.
BROOMS.
Vf ONTGOMERY WILLIAMS respectful'
i'-a- ly announces lo lhe public generally
that he is manufacturing CORN BROOMS,
for sale, wholesale or retail, in Wilkes--Barre.
He is prepared to furnish merchants
and others with a good article of Brooms,
at reasonable prices. Persons having ma
terial lhat they desire made up rrpon sharer
can senJ it lo him. His work will comparer
favorablj with any made np in the Slate.
MONT. WILLIAMS.
Wilkes-Barre, Nov. 22, 1865.
APPUCAMS FOR TAVERN LICENSE
The following persons hare made appli
cation lo the Protbonotarv of Columbia
L county, for tavern licenses, to be granted
ai me reoruary termol Uourt :
Names, ; . Township,
John Lezsot. - Greenw-od '
i Aitcnael schully, ,
Hiram Snrirra
Convnjham.
Hiram Srrethers. Eoronsh cf Berwick
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