' V. H. JACOBT E. P. IKELZS, ZDITOE3. L0333SCSB, KEDA'ESDAI, MAY I, 18S5. & M?rmsviJ. k. Co.. 37 Park Row New fork. ' are duly nulkorUsd to solicit and receive subscrip tion and adverting (or the Dtmocral If it r, pub- lit lie J at BIcorasburg. Columbia county, Pa. -.- r.. -t:.. : ; F02 GOVERNOR IS ISGS, .- HON.' HIKSTER CLYMER, OF BERKS COUNTY. Democracy of Columbia, are we ' Organized . r ... 4 The importance of the great political con test upon which we have entered ' cannot be overestimated. "We are not only called upon to elect a Governor of this State, which, of itself, is all-important to the interests of the State, but other important vacancies are to be filled." - ; I :v; . ' There , are twenty-four members of the National Congress to be chosen, there are leven new members of the State Senate to ; be elected, and an entire new House of Rep resentatives. These latter, at - all times of vast moment to the prosperity of the Com monwealth, have peculiar value to the peo ple at thia time. The two branches of the Legislature have at their next session the election of one United States Senator to fill ' the position now occupied by lion. Edgar A. Cowan- It is important that a supporter of the present Presidential poi not only in the interest of. wholesome' legislation,' but for the safety of ihe nation itself be elected. It la too plainly apparent that the radicals intend, if they cannot rule this Government, ..to complete its subversion. O There are, also, important local officers to be chosen in our county; a Prothonotary and Clerk of the Courts, a Register, and ' i . . j t i - ir yU 1 1 1 1 1 1 IJClVliVl f vuv. . I positions, of pourse,Democrat3 will be chosen; i but, at the same time, let us see that none - but true,- reliable, and staunch Democrats are placed in these positions. . r. Let ua not lose the victory by over-confi- - dence in men who aspire to these positions without some guarantee that they will con tinue to maintain and support Democratic ; principles ana measures, ana not at any - time or place give aid and couutenance to a - plot or project which has for its sole "object i the destruction of the; great 'Democratic rf ri r ' TTi?a la mutfw tn lio lnnl-n.l aFrrr before our nominations 1 In view, then, of the significance of the i 1. J 11 i l J. C l.-.l v out the State, are we organized? Are our people so thoroughly awake as to act wisely, .vigorously, and in unison? If it is irapor , tant to lessen taxation, to reduce the expen ditures of the' Government, and thus im- ' - - ? ' -t !C ' prove lia nnanciai conuinon, u it is impor tant that this Government be not ruled by . the worst men whom the clemency of Om nipotence has spared to exist, the Democra cy must be organized more perfectly, and labor more unitedly and vigorously than ever in the past. This is no time for indifference or inaction. "Why will not our children merit as good Government as we have en joyed? If we would transmit it to them unimpaired, we must fight its assailants, we must organize. " - - - TheState Banks. - ? It seems very probable that before long the notes of the State Banks will go out of circulation.: -The act of Congress of March 3 directs that they shall bo taxed ten percent, if in. circulation after the first of July next. It is,therefore,neces?ary that they should be redeemed before that time, and the nation al banks, which must suffer the tax if they bold the notes at the date mentioned, are relieving . themselves of their liability by throwing out the State bank notes, or by re ceiving them at a small discount sufficient to pay for the cost cf sending them home for redemption. This action will soon hurry them out of eight, and there will be no cur rency in circulation but greenbacks and the notes of the national banks. - In view of the above,-we advise all our friends to get clear of State bank issues as rapidly as possible j'by paying'iheir debts, if they have any ; 'and not permit them selves to be caught napping, and thereby lose 10 cents on each dollar. 1 New Election Law. The following is the new election Jaw rcg ti!ating the mode of voting at all elections in in the ' several counties of this Common- Section I.' Be it enacted, fce.. That the qualified voters of trie several counties of this Commonwealth, at all general, township boroughjand special elections, are hereby and hereafter authorized : and required to vote the tickets printed or written, or part ly written, or partly printed, severally clas sified as follows -One ticket shall embrace the cames of all the judges of courts voted for. an labelled outside "judicury one ticket shall embrace the ;names of all the Stat officers voted for. including office of Senator and members of the General Assem bly, if voted for, and members cf Congress, if voted for, and be labelled "county ;" one ticket phall embrace the names of all town ship offices voted for. and be labelled ' "bor ough and each class shall be deposited in peperate ballot boxes. . f Szcl 2. That it shall be the duty of the Sheriff: in the several counties of this Com monwealth, to insert in their election proc lamation hereafter issued, the first section cf this act. - . , - . . ; ZCj" The Consorvativrt Hpnnbllrans. very strong faction ia the western portion ci the tate, are distrustful of Geary, and ucnoaace lum as the tool of Stevens, Cessna, Porney, Cameron & Co., and axe about to LoM a Convention in Pittsburg to bring out Gen. Coulter, a3 their Conservative c-andi-dato for Governor. Truly, a -cry. pretty mixture 'they have made of their party at liit. A beautiful condition, ind.ed, for our 12rp-i Z i.-.tn ' neighbor to boast of unanimity ia their rerAsl Talx about electusg Geary! Tt pi 1 - t- Judge the Future by the Past. Fellow-Democrats: Do you remember how a' few year? ago, VIitary necessity," Seward's "fittle. be!,'" "loyalty," the title of "Provost Mirshal," "Lieutenant,'- "the President is thei Government," "Union," and the like, over-rode Constitutions; tram pled individual rights and personal liberty under foot; "dragged innocent men from their peaceful homes at the dead hour of night, and submitted them , to the most hu miliating taunts and virulent abuse, and even incarcerated them in gloomy dungeons be cause they possessed the honesty and man liness to ray that they differed with the ad ministration? . Do you remember how short a time since, the sounding-of one, of the above titles was sufficient authority for ar resting and imprisoning Democrats?, For mobbing printing offices, for . bridling the press, for smothering free speech and indi vidual opinion,-, for closing the mouths of the people and even then for executing pun ishment upon them as-traitors for their si lence?,' Do you remember that it is but little more than one year since the man who became the object of suspicion by Lincoln officers was treated as the worst of criminal or demons and made to suffer all the vio lence and consequences of an infuriated mob? , Who can forget the day when certain emi nently "loyal" people . declared that every man who opposed the President "ought to be hung?", men who said it was. "treason" to point to the abuse which had been piled upon former Democratic administrations? Who can forget the bitterness which char acterized , the leading Republicans of this county in their "indignation meetings," in there "Loyal Leagues," in their political speeches, in our Courts, in the streets, in the hotel, and in every social and business intercourse whatever; men who delighted in calling Democrats ."traitors" "Southern sympathisers," ' 'Secessionist," who gloried and boasted that they knew all about it,' that they were the means of, and responsible for, the wielding of the rod of iron, with an un scrupulous and malignant sway, on the backs of Democrats in this county? Friends of Democracy, Friends of Liberty, Friends of the Constitution, Friends of the Union, Friends of the Republic, of law and order, lialeas coi-pus and trial by Jury, keep in line, the doctrine, the Union, the Constitu tion, which has been our pride and boast, is good enough for us now.' The ship in which we , have been sailing will bring us safely on shore. Strike for no new light-house, and be guided by no new pilo . Our trou bles are over, and we have only to stand united and glide merrily along. . The Radicals are not altogether pleased with the nomination of General Geary for Governor. They declare that they are not willing to support renegade Democrats any longer, having given Andrew Johnson their suffrage for President, and become so com plctely Trlcrizcd they are unwilling to place their feet in any more -such traps. Another Convention has been talked of in different quarters for the purpose of taking up a rad ical, or in other word., a man who desires more blood and has always been an ardent Republican. Ilad the Disunion Convention which met at Ilarrisburg on the 7th of March, nominated Hon. W. W. Ketchum, of Luzerne, we would have heard nothing of this second Convention movement. Mr. K. was decidedly the best man named before that Convention. He may be thankful that he is not the nominee; as he will not be subjected to a defeat, which he most surely would have been, had he been placed on the ticket. For Gen. Geary, there is not a shadow of a chance for his election ; he has not one single genuine merit to entitle him to our suffrage, and is doomed to a signet defeat The SriRrr of the Dark Ages Pre vails. The cry of the Disunionists of the Xorth is to-day, as ever, against the men who are earnestly and faithfully laboring to restore and preserve our form of Govern ment President Johnson, Senator Cowan, Win. II. Seward, who, in performing their sworn, official duties, are compelled to take a stand on the wde of Democracy, now hear, from the Northern traitors, the cry of "cru cify them !" "crucify them !" We rtill see in those Northern Radicals, the same spirit of persecution that prevailed in the days of the Roman Empire, the same fpirit that crucified Christ, that burnt John Rogers at the stake, that manifested ifeclf in loud hosannas around the shrieking victims at Smithfield, that persecuted Gallileo, be cause t hey ventured to declare sacred and important ' truths, truths which, then as now, would dethrone tyrants and impostors. The Interest Bill. It was our impres sion that this bilf had passed both branches of the Legislature, at it3 last session, and became a law, making 7 per cent, the legal rate of interest in this State ; but upon ex amining the Record more closely we notice that the bill fell in the Senate. This bill was at first defeated in the House by a ma jority of seven, but afterwards the vote was reconsidered, and the bill passed. The bill allowing Banks to charge 7 per cent inter est on discounts was also defeated in the Senate. The legal rate of interest still re mains at G per cent, which to us seems am ply sufficient. Those having money to loan may not agree with u. on this point, but nevertheless we would not consent that they should receive over 6 per cent , That is our record. Gen. Geary has been interrogated on the Railroad question. He has sent out a very lame reply, not defining his position, but simply saying that, if the people are in fa vor of a General Railroad Law, then lie is for it. The people will attend to him as well as the Railroad question on the second Tuesday f October next by electing the Hon. Hiester Clymer, of Berksi, as Governor of Pennsylvania, for three years. " 1 Frank Leslie's Magazine, the best of them all, is out in full bloom, for May. Schd and get it. Every lady ought to have it We can't see how they get' along with out it The price Li only $3.50, single sub scription, for one year. Ia clubs it comes cbsnper. Pushed h New Tor Cr ' Sha!l the Mountain go to Ma ' hornet P - sr- ... p '"' i."- '-, . . The fierce schism in the Republican ranks ' opens up to the great party out 1 of power the most temptin-jinducement that could be offered to throw its ponderous shield lupon the lighter scale, anajom hands ' with the Executive against the refractory legislature. The President has many fat offices in his gift which his faithful allies would doubtless fall heir to. Beside, the humiliation of the. Puritan Rump, and the re-admission of the Southern States to their rightful represen tation in Congress, are consummations de voutly to be wished. ' We should be happy to see these things brought about in almost any other way than by Johnsonizing the Democratic party t hat is a consummation devoutly to be guarded asrainst, and they "are only young political gudgeons who will take Johnson bait o:T Mr. fecward s hook. The falling to pieces of a great party is alwavs a , matterof the utmost concern to statesmenj and in this grave conjuncture the Democratic party must look to keen its own strength intact. It can neither fish for pa tronage nor consult its resentments. The suffering country demands the stern appli cation of Democratic principles to the guid ance of public affairs; and those leaders who set their eyes on any Jess thing than the res toration of the bertificeiit government we have lost, arc unfaithful guides. So long as Mr. Johnson works with one line and plum met he must have 'an undivided, undoubt ed and heartv support; but we cannot work with Mr. Johnson's hneand plummet We cannot repeat the very error of the Repub lican party, who, uninstructed by pa-t expe rience, selected with a view to expediency a better man for Vice President than their candidate for lTesident. and now reap the reward of their folly. It is al ways a mistake to forsake the lino of principle for that of mere policy. , No temporary success can re pair the damage of desertion or the sacri fice of consistency. " ' : AVe are led to these remarks from an ap parent disposition on the part of some dem ocrats to cast aside fjr a tune our distinctive organization and join hands with conserva tive Republicans in selecting Johnson men for the management of our State and nation al affairs. To thus sink and ienore our par ty preferences would be to destroy ourselves politically, and reduce the next election to a petty squabble between a republican cheif and a republican clan. in. which we occutii ed the degrading position of auxiliaries. IN o graver political error could be committed. How long would this Johnson party hist? It would expire with the expiration of Mr. Johnson's term of office, leaving the ' gov ernment in the hands ot political trimmers and aspirants, without cohesive ower and no policy except as indicated by the record of a defunct and feeble administration. If. the Johnson men arc dissnf L-fied with a radical Congress letthc vote the Democrat ic ticket. On all tho points of dispute be tween their Chict and (;on?rewe arc in uechted sympathv with them. Lint we can not barter eheri.shed principles for an unex pired term of Presidential favor, nor fritter away the lessons ot our coming triumph by silly coalitions. 1 The mountain cannot go to Johnson he must crme to ihe mountain or stay where he is. Clinton Democrut. Murder at Bp-adexkuro, Kv. We have learned, says the Louisville Dnnrcrat, of an unfortunate occurrence, in which Allen Stanficld was killed by his own brother, Kendrick Stanficld. The difficulty occurred in Brandenburg on Friday afternoon. It ap pears, from what our informant wasiiblc to learn, that there was an old feud between the two brothers, who. were partners in a blacksmith shop in that place. Friday cvev ning they met at the t-hp for the purpose of having a settlement and closing the partner ship. One word brought on another, until the parties became greatly enraged at each other; upon the lie being given, Allen drew his pistol, which was no sooner done than Kendrick seized a sledge hammer, and with one blow knocked hii brother senseless to the ground. He then seized the pitol which his brother had drawn upon him and shot him through the lody, which shot caused almost instant death. Step ET Firr. The Iowa Legislature has passed a joint resolution amending their State Constitution so as to extend the right of suffrage to the ncGroes. The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has stretched an old law so as to allow every woolly head to vote. In Michigan, at the rceent local election negroes voted for the firt time, having been but re cently admitted to the right ofsuffhige. So we go with rapid strides towirds universal negro suffrage and negro equality, without which the disunionists in Congress declare they will never allow the Union to be res tored. Yet the Republicans of Pennsylva nia have the audacity to declare that negro suffrage is not an issue before the people. Such liars would shame Tom Pepper. EcL-We are aware that the enemies of Democracy are sowing the Koeds of discord and contention; but let the friends of the party frown down all such evil efforts. We task to be judged by our own ants and words. and casting aside all prejudice or personal interest we shall, in the future, as in the past, labor, as we btlievc, for the good of the whole country and the advantage of the great Democratic party. We kyow that "to err is human" and at times it may be our misfortune, but remember, friends, that it will be a mistake of the head and not of the heart. ArTROACii of the Cuolera. The steam er England from Liverpool to New York put into Halifax for medical assistance having on board one hundred and sixty caes of Cholera. Forty of th'3 paasengers had died of that dread disease during the voyage. The vessel was not allowed to proceed on her voyage but ordered into quarantine. It is altogether probable that the Cholera will pervade through the United States during the coming summer, and it behooves people to make every necessary preparation for it . Hon. James Brooks, whom the dis- uiiionists turned out of Congress, had the' honor, .not long since, of a grand din ner, and a grand public reception, on his return to New York, on the lGth inst Mr. Brooks returned to the' next Congress by a majority of thousands. - 23: A kill has passed the U. S. House ofllcprescntatives to allow all soldier's mem orials, or . certificates of military records, whether printed or written, or both, to go through the mails at the same rate as prin ted matter. It was asked for . by General Grarit and others. m Mrs. Jefferson Da'ris has obtained per cussion, and will leave by the first train to GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Over a million of emijrrftnts Jiave ar rived in this country since September. Is understood that special pardonsbave been granted in the case of Mayor 3Ionroe and Alderman' Is lxon ot is ew Orleans. Edwin Booth made his first appearance for two vears in Philadelphia at the Walnut Street Theatre on Monday night He was received with great enthusiasm. - : . .. . . ' The Texas papers refer to the exception made in the President's proclamation in the case "of that State, under the caption : "Tex as still tne lone star. ; ; President Johnson, who is a member of the Masonic Iraternity lias invited the. Su preme Council of the. Southern jurisdiction to visit him. - i - . ; . "The Republicans" of the town of Madison, Wisconsin, nominated a negro for Mayor this spring and voted for him, but fortunately he was defeated l y the Democra cy, .': - . The grave charges to attempt to procure the assassination of Commodore Bailey, U. S. N., which were brought against Monroe, have been by evidence of Rear Admiral Far ragut and Commodore Baily, it issnid, refu ted to the entire .satisfaction of the Presi dent. ; . . A cholera panic was created in Wash ington yesterdaj, inconsequence of a sudden illness of a number of contrabands residing in a filthy locality. An investigation indi cates that the illness came from eating spoil ed fL-lu A large Democratic mass meeting was held on Wedne-day evening at the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, at which resolutions were passed in support of the President's policy of reconstruction. Speeches were made by General Rousseau, of Kentucky, Hon. John Van Buren and other-?. The Post-office Department has placed a letter-box in each horse-car in Philadelphia, with a wide mouth opening outward, so that )eople on the line oi the road can drop let ters in as the car moves on. The box is emptied at the post-office. It is reported that Col. Eli Slifer of .Lewisburg has declared in favor of Hon. Hiester Clymer for Governor. We hope it may be true. Col. Slifer has we hope, too much manhood to follow such disunion huni- bugs as Stevens and Sumner. The number of widows, orphans and disabled soldiers now drawing annual pen sions from the Government is about ninety seven thousand five hundred, without inclu ding those granted during the present month. . . j A Washington dispatch to The Boston Journal says the President has appointed as postmaster at Pittsburgh,' Pa., Wade Hampton, a relative of the Confederate, re moving Mr. Blenhurst, who Ls indorsed by Representative Morehead of that district. Other removals are to follow. On Tuasday night eight boys, held for petty offences escaped from the Hudson county Jail. They broke up their iron bed steads, and with the pieces of iron forced off the locks from the cell doors, and then broke open the outer door without having alarmed the watchman. The editor of the Lacrosse (Wisconsin) Democrat, writing from Detroit,' Michigan, says: Democratic Gains. "From pres ent indications Michigan will go Democratic this fall. She will elect Democrats to Con gress from three of licr six districts, at. all events.- Democratic gains are the spring styles every-where this season." At Home. The Legislature having ad journed. Mr. Wallace, has again returned to his home, in Clearfield where he will re main for a few weeks, after which he will return to Ilarrisburg, and as chairman of the einoeratic State Central Commitf ee, open the Gubernatorial campaign against the cn imics of the Union. Three indictments have been found in Missouri against the Reverend B. F. Ken ny, an aged an eloquent Babtist clergyman, for preaching without taking the "test oath. ' ' On these indictments he was arrested at his house about dark and compctled to ride a .distance of ten miles to a place where the next morning he gave security to appear for trial. He is sixty-one years of age, and has been preaching over forty years. It has stated that the President has in structed the Attornev General of the Uni ted States to prepare for the arraignment of Jefferson Davis lie fore the United States Circuit Court of Virginia, on the charge of high treason. This is a mistake. No such instructions have lcen given, but there have been frequents consultations with eminent legal gentleman, affecting Jefferson Davis and others implicated in crimes against the L mted States in connection with the great rebellion, and looking to their trial at some future ieriod, and the subject is still under consideration. - . The reconstruct ion committee in on the point of breaking up ; the last meetings have been jarring and inharmonious, and the fact has teen deve!oied that no plan can lis agreed upon. The plans of ultra Radicals are strenuously opposed by the more mod erate Republicans. Even Mr. Boutwell of Massachusetts strongly opposes the whole scheme of enforced negro suffrage. The committee has adjourned till Saturday. The temper of the House is such that it seems probable that the attempt to force negro suf frage upon the States by Congressional ac tion will be abandoned. The Republican members of -Congress from the State of New York Jield a meet ing last night to consider the general subject of reconstruction, and came to the conclu sion that it was requisite for Congress to speedily adopt some affirmative policy of a liberal character with which to go lefore the people. It was agreed that that the ques tion of regulating suffrage must be ignored by Congress and left to the people of the States to decide. A third point of policy decided upon was the admission of the State of Tennessee. This action, by so imiortant a body as the New York delegation, is of great significance, is indicating a disposition to recede from extreme measures. The admission of Colorado as a State will come immediately before the ' House. Several influential and moderate Republi cans will speak against it. but the passage of the bill is probable. It will Ikj promptly vetoed, and it is doubtful whether it can be passed over the veto. . The New Orleans Times thus relates the melancholy end of a beautiful young widow: Our neighbors of Jefferson City were thrown into a state of considerable excite ment by the suicide of an intelligent and much respected lady, a resident of the place. The name of the deceased was Mrs, Marga ret Lambert, ami the cause of the rah act is thus explained in a letter which she left at her home: . Her affections had been ensnared by some gallant of the sterner sex, who has not j-et been discovered; an engagement followed, and Mrs. Lambert made her full prepara tions for the marringe, having prepared her trousseau, etc. The expected happy day approached, but, to her dismay, the choice of her heart proved faithless, and, while laboring under the effects of the cruel dis appointment, the unfortunate woman deter mined upon quitting the fcccnce of her trou bles. Alter writing the letter containing facts above stated, and bidding her 5 three children an affectionate farewell, Mrs. Lam bert cast herself intp the Mississippi the great panacea for so ; manv worla-wcary L.1?-Jn- . ... . ii II ..I III II lit. I Jl AN'ACT, To Provide forthe; Erection of a House for the employment and suppoit of the , Poor; in vthe County of Columbia. Sf.CTfOM 1 Be it rnacled by the Pnnati and House of Rrpreentuilrri of the Commonwealth of Peoti. ylvauie in general A inenibly met, and it ia hereby enacted bf the authority of tbe aatue, Tliat J. A. Fiinvlou, Jacob Harris, l-e wis Yrlter.Jetxe Hoffman, Tbomas frfelin, f r , Samuel Borart, William !. 'mou. William J. I keler, and John K. Gro tz, be and are liereby appointed commissioners, whose duty it hall be, or a majority of them, on r before tho first day of July, Aoiio Domini, one thousand eight bun dled and sixty six, to determine upon and purjie rtitb real estate as they or majority of them shall deem necessary, for lb aoco uiuio.latjoo of the toor of Columbia county, and to take a conveyance there for In the name and fui the use of the corporation men tinned in the fourth section of this act, and certify their piceediiig herein under their hands and seals to the clerk of Ihe quarter sessi ins of Columbia coun ty! to be filed in his office. nd al the nm general elec tion the lualificd electors f Columbia county shall elect three respectable citizens of tbe said co.niyto be directors ot the poor and of the housu ol employ ment for Columbia coutitr for the en-iuingenr, and tue judges of tbe election of said county ahull imme diately on reet iving the returns from the several e lec tion districts anJ casting up thn number of votes therciu.or within three days thereafter, certify un der their bands and seals the ntmci of persi.us so elected directors, to the Clerk of the court of quarter sessions el lt) smd county, who shall filo tn! said certificate in his otlice. and forthwith rive notice in writing tnthe said directors of their being elected, and the said director hall meet at tbe court house ia the said county, on lilt first Monday of November next, ensuing their election, and divide themselves by lot iu'a three classes, the place of the first to be vacate J at the expiration o the firnt year, of the see and at the expiration of the second year, of tbe third at the expiration of tbe third year, ao that those who shall be chosen after the firrtelectiou and in the mode above described, may serve for three years, aud one Ibird may be chosen annually. &ECrioJf . Tbat the sheriff of said county shall within te. days after the passage of th;a act. notify the commissioners of their appointment aud v. hen thiy shall meet, lorenteriug upon the duties assign ed them, by this act, which said place of meetir.g shall be in Bluomsburg. at t!ie Court House. at-CI'JoJV 3, Every director elected in manner aforesaid, r appointed as is provided in the twelfth section of this act. shall within ten daysal'ler he is nr.tiried of such election or appointment, aud before he enters upon the dHtien of sant office, to take an oth or amnuhtion. before a justice of the peace of aid county, to discharge tbu duties of di lector of the poor, for said county, truy, faithfully and impartial, ly.tothebest of bis judgment and ability, and in case of ut gleet, or refusal, to take said oith or affir mation, within the tune foresaid, he shall forfeit and pay the sum often iullars, for the use of tue poi-r of said count y, w uicli fine shall be recovered by the directors for the time being, as de'-ts are or shall be by law trcoverable, and the directors qualified as aforesaid are hereby auftiorize.l to administer an onlh or amrmatiou in any cuse, hen it shall be uccessary in relation to 'he duliesof tbeirotiice. SfXTIOM" 4 Tbe said directors shall fjrover here after in name and in fact be one body politic and corporate in law to all intents and purpose what soever, relative to the poor of the county of Coluin bin, anJ fliall have perpetual succession, aud may sue and be sued, plead and be iinuleuded. by the name, style aud title of direcio-s of the poor, and of the house of employment, for ihe county of Colum bia, and by that name shall and may receive, take and hoid any lands, tenements, and hereditaments not exceeding the yearly value of 10 000 dollars, and any gooi's and chiiitels whatsoever of tbe gift, alien ation or bequeet oi any person or persons whatso ever to putcbase. take and hold any lands aud tene ments within their county in fee simple or other wise, aud erect suitable I uililings for the reception, use and accommodation of Hie l oorof said county ; to provide all things necessary lor the lodging, main tenance and employment oj said pooi ; to appoint a treasurer annually who shall give bond with full and sufficient surety .for the fuilbful discharge oftho duties f his otlice, and at the expiration thereof for the payment and delivery over to bis surcersor i:i otlice. of ail moneys, bonds. 01 notes, book accounts, or other papers, to the raid corf oration belonging, which UhII ibeu be remaining in his hands, custouy aud pose(s ion. and said cireclors shall have power to employ and at pleasure remove a steward or stew ards, matrcn or matrons, physician or phyMciaii. siirgeo.i or Burgeons, aud all other attendant tlia may bv ucesary for the said poor respectively ; to bind out as apprentices so thatsui h apprenticeship may expire if males at or before the age ol twenty one years, if females at or before tbe ag ofeightetn years, such poor children as rhall come under their notice or as may be bound apprentices. Provided.. Tt,at no child shall be bound outside of the county of Columbia nor without the bent-fit of the public s hoots of the district, SECTJOJfS That the said Director, any two of whom hall constitute a quorum for the transartion of business, shall have power annu-tlly as soon as the returns of the annual assessments in saidcounty as is piacticable. to lay a rate or assessment not ex ceeding one cent on the dollar at any tun j , upon ull real and personal estates within l hi county ufon -said, for defraying the eipf.n.ies of purchasing said farm, ereiting aid builuincs, and uiamtaitig the por in tant county, and shall be levied upon the basis of the last adjusted valuation made for regula ting county rates and levies, and having cause. I fair duplicates cf surn rates or assessments by them laid to be made, which ball be signed by them, t-hall issne their warrant to the collector f such tax there in authorizing and requiring bint to demand, rereive and collect from every person therein named, in the manner and by the same process as poor taxes are now collectable ; and the said directors sha'l from the time of the providing by them of suitable build ings for the accommodation of said poor exercise and perform wilhia the said county except so far as such act.-), duties and powers are herein expressly pre scribed or limited. SECT IO.Y6 As soon as the said buildings shall have been erected or purchased and all necessary accommodation provided the rein, notices shall be sent, signed by any two of the direetors to the over seers of t.'ie several townships of the said county of Columbia, requiring them forthwith to bung the poor of their respective tow iislnps to said nou-e or em ployment. which or ler tbe overseers are hereby en- iotued and required to comply with or otherwise to forfeit the col of all future ut unttnnuc . except in cases when by sickness or any oilier sufficient cause any poor person cauuot be removed, lu which cake the overst-ers shall represent tne same to tne near est Justice of the Peace, who bwing satisfied of the truth thereof shall certify Ihe same to the said di rectors, and at the same time issue an order under his hand and fcal to the said overseers, directiu them to maintain such poor until sui h time as he or she may be in a situation to be removed, and then convey the ail pauper and deliver him or her to the steward or keeper of said house of employ ment, together with tbe said order, and the charge aud expense of such temporary relief and of such removal r1:II be paid by the said directors at a rea sonable allowance. St.LTtVJr i I lie steward r manager of said poor houe is hereby required yearly, on tne first Monday of January in eat h year, to furui-h .id directors laleiucut f the income of said real estate as ueirly as the same ran be done, also f excess "f hi ex penditures over and above said, income, the amount aud kind of persoaal property then on baud., iuclu- itinir grain et eetra. the number of poor person ad tuitted and discharged during Ihe year, with the number then thereto, the length of time each remain eii, aud the name, age and sex of each ; the treasu rer snail annually. on t b first Monday of each year. render to said directors a just and correct account of h's receipts and disbursements duiing the preceding year, and tne said airectnrs shall annually, in the month ol January in each year, publish in two pa pers. published in ttloon sburg, a statement of the receipts, disbursements and expenditures ot said corporation, during tbe preceding year, with a state- mint of the properly, real and personal, then held by them. &JC:TlOj'i Th.it the compensation of the treasu rer, collector, steward, matron, physician, and other officers and assistants, shall be fixed by the d ireclors aud the compensation of the directors shall be fixed by the board of auditors who shall be appointed by the court of quarter sessions of said co tuty at each yearly settlement for the next succeeding year. Pro vided, That the compensation of said directors, from the passage cf this act until the first yearly settle ment .ball be fixed by the board of auditors at the first yearly settlement ; the director to furnii-h in-! said auditors a correct account of the time and expen-es lost aud incurred by them in nltenutog to their duu .-s from which account the said compensation ehall be Died and adjusted. btCTIOM' II The raid dirccto s shall from tune to time receive, provide for anil employ, according to the true intent aud meaning of this art all such poor and indigent persons as shall be entitled to relief from any of the several townships or boroughs of Co lumbia ounty, aud than be sent there by an ord T or warrant fur thai purpose, tinder the baudsand seals of any two justices of the peace of the raid county directed to liie overseers ot tue poor ot the proper township or borough, and the said directors are hereby authorized hen they shall deem it proper ana convenient to no o. to pt-riuii any poor person to be maintained elsewhere. Provided, The expense ol th-ir maintenance does not in any case ex.-eed that for which they could be maintained at the poor house ci tne sau coumy oi oiuuidio. RECTIOM" 10 That it shall be lawful for the slid directors or a majority of them, in the cae of any person in their charge as a pauper, owning or pos sessing any real estate or interest in real estate, to apply to the court of Com non Pleas of Columbia county, or ant other counties in this Commonwealth where the sid p roperty may be situated, by peti tion. praying the said court to grant them an order to make sale nf said real estate or interest therein for the support and maintenance of saiJ pauper. and that the said court if they deem it advisable alter eon sideriiig the application shall grant an order to said director to make sale of said real estate or in lercst therein, or any part thereof on such terms as tue said court ktuil think it advisable, and the said directors shall in pursuance of ai. I order offer sa'd real estate or interest I he run on tbe premises at public sale, and sell the same at public out-cry. afte giving at least twenty days' public notice of tbe time aud place ol" ale, by three hand bills put up in publ e pUces. and by advertisement in one newspa per published ib the county wherein said property ir siluuted, which sale so iiiad.i tbe said directors suau return to tbe said court, and after confirmation the same shall execute and deliver to the purchaser a deed of conveyance for said estate on the said pur chaser a full compliance with tae term ana town tions of said sale, which deed so made shall Test the property therein described in the grantee as fully and effectually as the said pauper held and enjoyed the same, aad that lbs said director shall apply the proceeds of said sale or so much a may be uec essary to the support and maintenance of said pau per, and if any balance shall remain after his or ber death and after deducting funeral expenses the said directors shall pay over said balance to the legal representatives, f said paoper, upon demand made and seenrity being given, to indemnify aaid directors front toe claims of all other persons. I 1,1 . m f , , . ..I I 1 I.. ..' "- ' 1 I I I . .. l II. 'I and thny are twreby enjoined anil required to meet at tbe said house ot euip'ovment. at least ance In every MMh.and visit the apartments and see that the poor are comfortably supported, and hiarall complaints and redre-s or cause to be redressed all grievances that may happen by the neglect or misconduct of any person or persons in their employment or otherwise. SJCCTlOJfli.. In case of any vaeaory by death, resignation or otherwise, of any of the said direc tors, the remaining directors shall Oil such vacancy by the appointor nt f a citizen of their county, un der the same penalty as is provided by tbe first sec tion of this act to serve until the next general elec tion, when another director shall b olocted to serve as if no vacancy had happened, &ECTJOMXX A I claim and demands existing at the time of this act. being carried , into effect shall have full force and effect as if this aci had not pars ed, and when the isine may have been duly adjusted aud seetUed all moneys remaining in tbe bands of the oversee' as well as tbe uncollected taxes, levied for the support of the pool in the several township, in the county of Columbia, shall be paid ver to the supervisors of the highways.of their respective town ships, to be by them applied towards repair. ng ha road' therein. StXTOJf 14. As soon as the poor of the county of Columbia shall tiave been removed to the house of employment of the said county, and tbe ouutao ling taxes collected and paid over as directed in section thirteenth of this act. the office of overseer of the poor within tje nrerptiug, tovrusbips rhall . from thenceforth be abolished. tXTI'Jjf 15. Tbat the said directors or treasur er or any on- or more of the tax-payers of the ac rpt ing townships, may within twenty days from the yearly setl'ement by t lid auditor as aforestad, ap peal lroin such settlement M the court of coinumn pleas of, Columbia county, in lb.3 same manner and under the same provisions and regulation that ap peal from settlements by township auJilors are now allowed. tKCTiOJf 16. That no money shall be paid by the treasurer ex ept upon orders drawn by tbe directors and signed by at least two of the said director. St"J'OA 17. For tbo purpose of ascertaining the the sense of the citizens of Columbia county, as to the expediency of erecting a poor houso.it shall te the duty of each of the inspectors and judge lor the several township and bjrouj.h at an elrction, to be held on the first I uesdsy or June, Anna liouuui, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-lit. to receive ticket eiiner written or printed from the qualified voter thereof, labe led on the outside "poor house," and in the inside "for a poor hoase' or "against a poor house." and if it shall appear upon easting up the votes of th d.tferent district at the Court House, oil the t'rieay following tbe said election, that a uia jority of th i qualified electors of any township or borough are for a poor house, then tne foregoing act to t ike effect us to those township and borough, but if a majority of the vote in any townshnior borough shall be against a poor house, then the fore going act to be null and void, as to the township or borougiir voting against sucn poor nomc, 6C'c.V ill The uon acreyting townships or bor ongh shall not be entitled to vote for directois of the said house of employment, nor shall they be en titled to receive or enjoy anV benefit or advantage by virtue of thi act. nor shall tbe directors be cho sen from the said uon accepting townships or bor oughs, nor shall the auditors mentioned in the eighth section of this act be appoiuted from any such tow n stiipsor boroughs. Provided. Tual the directors of the said house of employment may receive paupers Ireiu the same non-accepting townships or boro ighs fct any rate of compensation per week, to be agreed upon ana settled by the said director and overseers of tbe poor of the townships or borough so apply ing. SECIIOJf 19. All act and patts of act incon sistent with the provisions of this act or supplied hereby are h. reby repealed, JAJ1B8 It. KtLtbt. Speaker of the lleue of Representative. U. FL K.MING. Speaker of the Senate. Approved the Eleventh day of April. Anno Doin- niu, one thousand eight hindred and sixty-six. A. U, CtiUTI.V, Pursuant to ibe proTiiona of the fore going Act of Assembly, notice is hereby given tbat ao election will be belli at tbe usual place of holding the general elec tions of the several towDabip and bor oujhs of Columbia County to be con ducted by the respective election officers of the same, on luesday, the aih daj of Juoe, A. D., 19GG, between the hours of 8 o clock A. M. and 7 o clock P. M ; to vote upon the que-tioa of 4For a Poor House or Against a Poor House;' and to make return of the said election at the Court House, on Friday, tbe 8tb day of Jane aforesaid, according to law. SAMlLkL fcNYDrJit, ' Sheriff. Blooms-iurg, May 2, 18G6. yyiUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS. 1'ure Medicine, at John corner of Main and Market R. Moyer" Drug Plore, Streets. A good asiort- went of PURE DRUGS Medicines, Paint. Oils and Varnisbos, always on haud, and will be sold cheaper than at any Drt g gtore in lown. other QUALITY GUARANTEED. Prescriptions carefully compounded at Moyer's Drug Store. Avers and Jaynes Medicines sold at .Mover Drug Stnre, Wi.hlrt' Tar Corniil. Baker' Cod Liver Oil. Wmslow's Southing t?yrup, sold at Aloyer's Drug Store. For any reliable patent medicines, call at Moyer's Drug rHore. leather of all kmd. wholesale and retail, at J. R Moyer's Drug Store, liloouisburg, Pa. . May , lt. tr. Flti:SII ARRIVAL . AT PETKR KNT'S' STORK, IN LIGHT STREET, OF SFlCIKtt AiI SUJIJIKR C2 CE 323 , GREAT KEUUCTIUX AV PRICES HAS jast received from the E Cities and is now epening at the old Eastern splendid assoitn'ent of S0 c up c& a ca dd 3. 22 ct 9 which will be sold cheap for CASH OK COUNTRY PRODUCE Hi stock consists of Ladies' Dress Goods, choices styles and latest fashions, CAUUOES.AIU.SI.INS, GINGHAMS, FLANNELS. HOSIERY, CARPETS, SILKS. SHAWLS, ISc.KlV iTIailc Clothing, SATINETS, CSSIM ERES.UOITONADES, KENTUCKY JEANS. THREAD, &C. C3- LSi E C3 Li H IS S3 QUEENS WARE, CEDAR WARE. HARDWARE, M EDICINES, DRUGS, BOOTS AIVD SHOES, HATS and CAPS, In short, everything usually kept in a country tore. The patronage of ln o'd friends, and tbe puclic generally, is respectfully solicited. The highest market price pai' lor country produce. PETER ENT. Light Ftreet. May 2, 1SG6. READING RAIL ROAD. SIJ1JMER ARRAXGEJIEAT. Apkil 23d, 18G6. Great Truck Lino From The North and North-West for Philadelphia. New York, Rea-ling, l'oltsvillc.Tatuuqua. Ashland, Lebunou, Al lentuwu, Easton, &.c Trains leave Uarrifbnrg for New York, a follow . At 3 ihi. 7, AO aud i'.Ui A. M., and UU and -'0 P connecting with similar Trams on the Penuy I vai.ia Kail uoad, and arriving hi New York at 5.411 and Jj.t U A. M and 3 40 and lu.3j I. M. Sleeping Car accom panying toe 3.VU and 9.20 A. M. Train, without cuanee. Leave Ilarrisburg for Reading. Potifville.Tamaqtin, Minersville, Ashland, Pins Grove, Allcniovi u, a.iu Philadelphia at 7 40 A M. and 2 uu aud 9 aiPM, stop ping at Lebanon and principal Way stations; the V.-JO P.M. Trtm making nodose connections tor Pultsville nor Philadelphia. For foilmlle. Pciuylkiil Haven and Auburn, via Schuylkill and Susquehanna, Kail Uoad. li-aAe Ilarrisburg a. 4.15 P. MJ Reluming ; Leave New-York al a HO A. M. 12.0i noon aud 0.3d P. M. ; Plula. rlphia at tt 00 A. M. and 3 Jit P. M ; Pottsvtlje at H :) A. M. aud 2 43 P. M ; Ashland b WO and II 15 A M. and 1 Oi t 31. Taiuaqua at i 4i A. M. and I 00 and Hj P. In Leave Pottsville lor Ilarrisburg, via Schuylkill and Susqjebaiina Kail Uoad , at 7.00 A ftl, Ki-ailmr Accommodation Train : Leaves Reading at H 10 A. M returning from Philadelphia at 5.00 P. Al . oiuiiiuia nan noau. t rains leave Readme at fi l A. .tj. and o 19 r. m. lor LphraUt, Lltu, Lancaster, Co lumbia. 4tc. OS tfundaja ; Leave NtW York at 8.9) P M. Phil:.- teipnia o.- o A m, and 3.15 P M. the K.Otl A M. 1 tain running on'y to Reading. Pottsville 800 A M. taiuaqua ju a u , Harrisliuri 0 05 A. M and Read ing at 1,J0 A. M.Yur llaru,.burf , and 10 54 A. M. for .Naw York, and 4 25 I". M .r Philadelphia. Coin must ion. Mileage, Season. School and Excur sion Ticket to and from all point. a4 reduced Kates ' baggage checked through ; eO pound allowed each Paisenger. O. A. Nlt OLLS. !snsftii eorsaiHTmpairr, Heading, Fa. April 23, 18tii. CONVEYANCING. Meatlv nd Dromntlv done by V- C. U. BASKLKV, Attvrney at Law, eiowiisbtirg. $25. THE $25. UnioiT Business -College , . . HANDE1 AND HAYDN HA.LL. : " Eighth and Spring Garden Strittt.' THOMAS MAY PIERCE, A. M. President and Consulting Acconntant. Extriordinary Inducement I NOVEL at fERMANENT ABTMNGF.MENT, OP , ; BUSINESS COLLEGE TERMS, ? y "From April 1 to October 1, IB66, AND SUCCEEDING Y JS AS S LIFE SCHOf.ARSHtrB. including BookkeepUa, H. sinsis Correspondence. Forms and Customs Com. ntercial Arithmetic. Business Penmanship. Detect. Ing Counterfeit Money, ac Commercial Law - - TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS, TWENTY DOLLARS. ' renmanship. three months, " . . - ' . 7 I'eninanship k. Arithmetic, three month . !? The saving of coat and gas in the summer month is an advantage of such importance a enable lb. management of this College to make consideraMsj reduction in the summer rates. , , , From October 1, 1866, to April 1. it67 Acd ucrcer'inf year, as before. . . - Life Scholarships ... Scholarships, 3 months, - .... Penmanship. 3 mouth. - - Penmanship and Arithmetic, 3 months, . rEcikL Tebms rot Cum, Solihbbs, hd ons or MmisTca and Tucntii. t Til rr DAY AND EVE MM, 1NSTSUC J ION FOll H0T1I SEXES . AND ALL AGES, in Banking. Ptorckeeptng. Sookkecping. Pramast ship. Pen Urawing. I'bouograpby. Arithmetic. Me, ruration, Algebra. Geometry . Analytical Geometry Ihe Calculus, Navigation, furveyiog. Engioeeriag Gauging. Mining, Mechanical Drawing, Commercial Law, Gwrman, Telegraohini, and lb Englislt iiranrhea. al moderate prices. Kndersed by th public as the most successful IN. sines College of the country, as i evidenced by Ua fact, that Four Hundred and Two Students have entered in the - . - ; r Fiasr Six Month op it ExisTtnca,: IrincipaU of Drpurlracoti. ' THOMAS MAY riERCC A.M., GEORGE B. SNYHER, R. tt BARNES, l. N. rMKR. J J T. KF.VNOI.n3. HENBYKEIM A E.ROUEBSOV 1 ttip'ioited by ah able Ccrps of A itu-ois M ..K Call or semi for a Catologue. College Currency, aad Fierce' Practical rducator. OfficcelBl North Uicht!. St THOMAS M. PEIUCE. April IMeTC 3m. KSPV HOTEL, Espy, Columbia' Co.' Pa. The underfilled having become sole proprietor of this well known and conveniently located stand. ri-spnciiuiiy iniorin ni irienu. and the- public In general, that b't has put hi ltoue in rnmnl.i. nrd.t fur the accommodation of boarders, and for tbe recep tion and entertainment of travellers whn may ferl dispnsett to favor it with their custom. No expense has been spared in preparing this Hotel for th enter - tainiiieul of guests, and nothing shall be wanting, oa in . ,u invar in mni personal comfort. .J no location, as well a the building, is a good one. and all together is amply arranged to please 1h public. J3B.AEL. MUMEY. Rypy. April II, ISM.-tr. C C. MARR'S I have opened a new Store at the old stand of Da vid ritrniip. on Min street, tilooiuaburg, and will keep 011 baud a general assortment of Such as Dry Goods. Notions. Groceries. Tin-ware. Hardware, Cedar and willow Ware, llrags. Confectionary. Glass-Ware, Tohacco Hat fc fhoe. Flour, Fait. Fish and Meat t all of wl.ich I propu'e selling at a very low Dgur for cafh or produce. U t- Call and see. ' CC.MABR. Blnniusburg. April Ifl, lP8ntf. IXYE.YTOliS- OFFICES. D EPINEUIL t EVANS. Civil Engineers and Patent Solicitors. Xo. 4.15 VV A LN U T 81 R EET . rH.LADiUTu . PATENTS sol icitcit Consultations on Enrinrcriug lrauchtirig and Sketches. Model and Machinery of a'l kinds mapc and skiKullv attended to. 8 pert I aitention given to I'EJbCTKI) CASKH and 1NTKR. FF.IE.ENCI-.&. Anili.-ntic Copies of all Documents from Patent 1 ftire procured. N II. Save yourselves useleas trouble aad trav eling expenses. a there is no actuai need for person, al interview with us. All business with tb':e trfh. c--s can be transacted in writinf. For further tof-w. nation direct as above, with stimp eaclosed for Cir cular with relerencu. April 18, yW.-Jy, J W. ALL T3A PER. TDK undersigned public Hint he k respectfully announces to the "5 constaullv on band, al hi oiustaud, otic door below Luz' Drug Mure. WALL PAPER, Oil Cloth, and Paper Window Shades, Curd. Tas sel and Fixture, fur Pictures', ac, ot the very latest styles an. I is prcpared.to do all kiu J of paprr hanging to order. -E. J TI10RTON. Cloom.bnrg, April 4 1HSG If JQlT Will TE . I G 11 7Vf.VQr.. SCHUYLKILL CO., PA.. Dialer ia Ike latett Improved Scrim g Mat km . Machine of all kind repaired, and warranted t be a rood ns when new. He will alsoexchangs new Machine forihov worn or out of repair. . lln has ronstantly on band all kin. is of llentiners. .'tinders. Cor .ler. Braiders, and felf-ewer. Also. linen nud silk threads, aud needles for all kind vf sewinr marhines. April 25, letiC Im pd. . . Ihe under. iened respectfully announces that he has retimed a shop, in Court Houae alley, opposite the Exchange ilo'el. v. here be i prepared tq con duct the harbering bu-in In all na branch e. , 1 In? art of coloring whiskers and inouatacnes is practiced by hi in most skillfully, lie also cleans clothine, making them look nearly a good as new. upon the most reasonable terms. Uive bun a trial. 8. C. COLLINS, r.loonisburg. April 5. 166 if. JMK WliLKLY PATRSOT Ai.D' union. FOR THE CAMPAIGN, : ' The Weekly Patriot and Union will be furnished from the first week in May ontil the second Tuesday in October, at tbe followmg low rates : One copy .' (I 00 Twenty, or more, to one a ddres, 90 cl per copy, Addres. TATRIOT AND L'NiON. Ilarrisburg, pa.' uuvr ije imTid. : lOTli'E is hereby given, to all -persons interest il e.J.tliat the accounts of tlx Colombia DsnocaaT. to the first of March HGti, are now posted aud D.ust be settled. Those who do not settle with me before the Vay Court, will find eny Book, during that week. owlt. in th Ki gister'a Otfice in tbeConrt House, for the eoiivr nienre of settlements, and thereafter ia the Justices utnee . Timely notice having been giv. en for settlement, if pushed a little, will ham . just, nure of complaint, LEVI L TATE bluomsburg. April la, '136. -3t AUMIMSTRATOIl'S .0TICE. PjIoU of Samwel Hemlfy. of Sett rowngkipdottmood. LETTERS of Administration on the estate of Samuel Kemley . late of Scott township, Columbia co . deceased, have beea granted by Register of Colum bia county, to the undersigned ; all persons bavins; claims against the "iUte of the decedent are re-, quested to present lliem for settlrnieut. and Uot . inaeDied to the estate will make immediate payment In Hi. 1.1...:... . to the Administrator JOSEPH LILLY. Adm't. April 5. 18CC Cw $3 CHAS. G. BARKLE.Y, Attorney nt Law, DL003ISCIRG, COLUMBIA CO.. PA IT7 ILL practice in the several CoorUof Columfis V County. All legal baiHwii iotcueted to hit eaie hall recei ve prompt attention. -, Office-On Main itUeet, Eacnnog Building,' vJ Miner a store.- - . . - ISIoomsburg. AprH 13. ISM. ' "A DAVID LGIFEXBEIIG. CLOTHING STOR a " - r
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