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lisped at Bioomaburg. Columbia county, Fa.
: TOKGOVERNOR,w-
HON. HIESTEH CLYMEG,
07 BESKS COPWTY.
County Poor House.
Since the issuing of our last paper we
"have been asked more than a score of ques
tions, by different persons, respecting the
Columbia County Poor Hou-e, and for
a clear and decisive answer we have only
- to refer them to the bill itself. The bill is
plain and easily to be understood, in all its
provisions, and ehould be carefully eiamin
. ed by every man in the county in order that
he may vote intelligently upon it on next
Tuesday. It provides for the establishing
of an entire new system of maintaining the
poor of our county, which is a matter of no '
minor importance, and before the people
accept or reject the new plan they should be
well satisfied , that they are acting in the
right direction to promote their interests.
We do not deem it necessary that we should
speai of this bill in detail, as it has been
published in all the county papers for the
past five weeks, thus affording every person
an opportunity to examine it and act in the
matter as his better judgment would dictate.
Should we undertake to. go through the bill,
and explain the different sections, it would
, 3 up one-half page of our paper ; but we
will not leave the matter without directing
special attention to the sixth, tenth, and
thirteenth sections. They should be under
stood by all before voting for or against the
bill. . t
We are well aware that certain persons are
opposing this Poor Ilouse question through
prejudice to Bloom township. Why this is
we cannot exactly understand. It is true, this
, township has, what might be considered by
' some persons, a large Poor debt, but the tax
payer of Bloom vriR be obliged to pay their
oven debt and not the county, as has been cir
culated by individuals who ought to have
known better if they did not And, as to
the nuraber of Poor being supported in this
township at present, it is no larger in pro-
portion to our population, than that of any
of the other townships in the county.
Besides this being the case, when we come
to remove then? to the Poor House, there
uHL not be one half the number tee now have
to support I At -least thi3 has been the ex
perience in other counties where they have
Poor Houses. On thi3 point we were cred
ibly informed, a few day3 ago, that when the
Borough of Danville came to remove her
poor, FOETT-NIXE IN NUMBER, only NINE
were conveyed to the House of support and
employment of the Poor. This single point
. speaks columns in favor of County Poor
Houses. " It is conclusive argument that the
people should erect one in every county.
Not only in towns will the number of pau
pera be less, when they come to be taken to
a Poor House, but the same result will be
experienced in the country districts. When
the paupers throughout the county, or at
least many of them, find that they are oblig
ed to enter a place of employment, they will
prefer maintaining themselves, out-side of
the Poor House. There 'are at present per
sons being kept in certain districts in this
county, who could maintain th:nselve3 were
they obliged to do so, but so long as they can
be kept fixe from labor they will remain a
town charge.
There are some townships at present pay
ing no poor taxes, and these townships, we
are told, are opposing the Poor House, for
the reason that if they, support it, they will
be taxed to keep the paupers of other town
ships. This should not be the case, as it is
the intention to make the Poor House farm
maintain the poor without levying and col
lecting any taxes for that purpose. Tliis
can be done. There are dozens of farms in
this county, the income of which would sup
port twice the number of poor kept in this
county, besides paying all necessary expenses
4 - 3 J. il iJ il. - , j " j i
such employing a Superintendent, Physi
cian, Matron, and necessary help upon the
farm. Instead of the institution being a
burden to the people, it can be made a source
of Revenue to the county. In many of the
lower counties this is the case. The system
works so well in the count-'es of Lehigh,
Chester, Philadelphia, , CLrion, Montour,
and others, that the people of those counties
would not think for a moment of falling
back upon the old system of maintaining
their paupers by townships. They now
have a system that works" well, every one
seeming to be satisfied ; besides they ere rid
of all the annoyances connected with the
present township arrangement to which our
people are now subjected.
In point of economy, much can be said
for this plan of supporting paupers. They
will not be scattered all over the county, but
kept at one place, an J all eat at the same ta
ble, at uniform pricesi be attended by a
regular Physician medicines purchased at
the lowest wholesale prices clothing pro
cured in lots upon the most reasonable terms
and all necessary articles for their main
tenance will be bought at much lower rates
than are now had under the present system.
The people of Columbia county, upon the
whole, we think, should accept thi3 bill
We say so, because we dncsreTy believe it
will be an advantage to them, in many, ways,
tedies, be establishing a system of support
ij crcr pauper population that will be a
credit to our countj and pever be changed
by the will of the peojle. .When they ence
accept it, and give it 4 fair trial, we feel con-
-lent that they will be fully satisfied the
new system is much preferable to the cld.?
We advocate the Uli believing it just ..jthat
the people of this county hsva long needed.
Tremay be mistake If tie vote cf the
c:-mty goe3 aj-ai&st cur Ullsf rra will lava
Truths timely and well Cpolien.
We do not know that the private aim of
the Radicals could be better exposed than is
done by, the New York Journal of Commerce,
in the extract which we give below, from
that valuable paper. When wa reflect on
the despotic power wielded by tho Lincoln
Administration over the liberty of the citi
zen its lettrct de cachet its bastiles its
imprisonment without warrant of law its
military arrests of citiiens not in the army
service, nor within the lines of the army-
its trial of civilians by military commission
(a tribunal unknown to civil or military law)
its disregard of the Constitution we can
not be surprised at the course of Stevens,
Sumner and the Radicals of Congress. It
is a necessity to perpetuate their power. That
. j . TO . i
is tne key to tneir policy. Jiney .voiea
Stockton out of the Senate Voorhees,
Bkooks and others out of the House
against the admission of Colorado when they
supposed its Senators would support J onN
son ; changed the vote and admitted it on
the promise of the Colorado Senators to op
pose the President's policy, though it3 Con
stitution allowed none to vote but white men
voted for the report of the Thad. Ste
vens Star Chamber Committee to disfran
chise the South until after the next Presi
dential election and all, to retain power.
The appropriateness, therefore, of the com
ment of the Journal of Commerce will be
readily acknowledged. That sound paper
says : ,
"The importance of this subject is visible
in the steadfast advance of Radicalism to
wards despotism by the usual course. The
nrst step nas Dee a laxen in ine expulsion
from Congress of members who stood in the
way. The argument is : Those who differ
from us hate our form of government, and
ought therefore to be forbidden any part in
it. 1 he natural line 01 advance is toward
the forcible suppression of all opposition. It
would not be surprising to hear a proposi
tion from tne .Radicals to exclude Irom sul-
frage all who have voted the Democratic
ticket during the past four years. 1 This has
been threatened by some of the over-zealous,
and it would not be strange to see it openly
proposed. The Radicals believe all their
Northern opponents to be traitors, or so ex
press their belief, and they have framed an
amendment to the Constitution which they
frankly admit is for the purpose of securing
to them the election of the next President."
:-er tor
-VI
Bfiy President Johnson has signed the
amended (as it is called) habeas corpus act,
intended to screen all those military satraps
and low officials generally, who were in the
employ of the Government, from just pun
ishment for their abuses to private citizens
and illegal arrest3 made during the past four
year3. Many of these arrests were altogeth
er unwarranted ; but made out of hatred
towards Democrats to" further the polit
ical designs of that corrupt party. The day
is fast approaching when redress canbe had,
and fearing all thte, the Black scoundrels in
Congress have passed an act to protect these
villains ; or, in other word?, to justify their
acts. Is it right? Can there be any hon
esty about it? Of course Secretary Stan
ton urged this thing in order to save his ba
con. The President has approved of the
legislation. It may have been a bid for Mr.
Stantoni He since heartily endorses Mr.
Johnson. To say the least, the Secretary's
conversion to Johnson's policy is very speedy,
and if purchased by this piece of legislation
was too dearly paid for, and the people will
not sustain the act. The people endorse
President Johnson whenever he is right, but
when he favors such outrageous villains as
Stanton, Butler & Co., by appending his
signature to a bill, they cannot say ''amen."
S&" Go ahead, Mr. Republican, we know
that there i3 a concentrated effort being
made by Ana Dickinson, Lucretia Mott,
Fred. Douglas, Wendell Phillips, and all the
Radical Destructionists, to create the im
pression that, the whole Republican party is
against the President. The "wish is father
to the thought." There is a very consider
able portion of the party, which, although
it has hitherto said but little, is warm in
favor of the President It is not the noisy
political demagogues and wire-workers, but
the substantial farmers, mechanics and busi
ness men who take this position, and who
are thoroughly disgusted with the course
their party leaders in Congress are pursuing.
There is not a State in the Union where
there are not thousands of Johnson Repub
licans. You can count them in every neigh
borhood, and their influence will, by and by,
be felt by the Radicals. Come, come, neigh
bor, be honest. Why the Rational Intelli
gencer says : "That at a meeting of the
Ohio Republican State Central Committee,
recently held at Columbus, at which seven
teen members were present, twelve voted
to sustain the President's policy." What
does it indicate?
Party Before Country. A short time
ago Lhe valorous editor of the Republican,
and his pliant partizans, boldly charged upon
the Democratic party, that they were for
" party before, country." Now, they vehe
mently oppose our country, and support
their party. They support the Rump Dis
union Congress, because it opposes the res
toration of the Union, and oppose the Pres
ident, because, forsooth, he is in favor of it
restoration. Shame upon such base and
heartless hypocrites. Com.
2T" The Geary men are not at all sanguine
of success ; they are fast discovering that
their candidate enjoys nothing more than a
newspaper reputation as a military man.
Hi3 valor displayed in the service, both in
the Mexican war and the present war will
not bear close criticism. The hoi's of his
old Mexican Regiment are ventilating him.
Don't fail to read the article in our next.
K?, Benjamin Bannan, editor of the
JSners' Journal, Pottsville,has been again
convicted of libel He was arraigned this
time for contempt and libel of the Court, and
found guilty by the Jury. This is the third
time he Las beerv convicted of IzbeL If he
keeps on at this rate he will not stop this
side of the gallows.
" ZZf Peterson's Ladies' Magazine for Jure
has - already teea received an excellent
TCsier Tersis, two dollars a year ia ad
vas.ee Adirssa Charles J. Peterson, 206
Chestt St,, PhiLideJpUa.
Local Papers.
A good local or oaiinty paper" is a 'want
and a necessity of every community. They
cannot always competo with city papers of
large circulation in pricelnquantityof read
ing matter, or in that varied talent which a
whole, corps of editor and conductors can
present over the labors of one individual
who has to work unaided and alone. Yet
the city paper can not take the place of the
country paper in narrating the many- local
incidents which give life, spice and vivacity
to the local herald of town or County. If
any thing worthy of note occurs, the county
paper must notice it ahd give an abstract of
all public demonstrations. The proceedings
of our courts, the results of elections, the
marriages, deaths.' conventions, nublio meet
ings and everything else of local note all find
place within its columns if properly prepared
and laid before the publisher. Beside these
there are many things or a business charac
ter in the advertisements which make a local
paper quite a desirablaperiodical visitor in
every tamily. lne uourt and JUection
Proclamations, SherifFs sales, Executors,
Administrators and other legal notices, pub
lic vendues and private sales, besides a hun
dred other things which our merchants,
manufacturers and business men are con
stantly spreading before the public, all find
their proper place within the columns of the
local paper, ; and by many are perused in
quest of the very inlbrmation thus made
public. Abstracts of btate and National
affairs and as much general reading as space
will admit are always given, but the readers
of a local paper must not forget that in
smaii counucs uie advertisements are tne
publishers main chance for support and the
best way to get more rjadin.? matter is to in
crease his circulation, pay up back dues and
enable him to make ends meet without a
resort to begging or encroachment upon the
rights of others. Load affairs of public in
terest should be freely communicated from
various neighborhoods, and thus an interest
would be kept up which would make every
subscriber feel that his county paper was
not a needless expense, but a necessity which
he must Kaye, independent of all other ex-
Enses for literature, news,science or fancied
surics. The county paper should be well
sustained and if every one could feel a wil
lingness to aid in such an important desider
atum, its cost would be but a small matter
but would always be promptly paid in ad
vance. Tunkhannock Republican.
Great Fire in. New York.
The "Academy of Music," the first grand
opera house in the United States, the
"Opera House," the "New York Medical
University," a large piano-forte factory, an
extensive bakery and restaurant, and several
dwellings were destroyed by fire on the 22d
inst. The conflagration is said to have been
the most disastrous in the annals of the
metropolis. That it was the result of delib
erate, villainous intent, there appears to be
but little doubt. At last accounts the pub
lic are busied in ascertaining the cause of
the diabolical act There is great unanimity
in the suspicions raised ; and ere this news
reaches our readers, it is hoped that the in
cendiaries shall have Iecn arrested. It has
been positively ascertained that phosphorus
was copiously used by the incendiaries, both
under the floor of the parquet of the Acad
emy, and ia the gallery nearest the roof. Its
total destruction was clcirly intended, as the
fire was set simultaneously. Three firemen
were crushed amid the ruins.
It is now being made a question, says
the Patriot & Union, whether Gen. Geary's
military record should commence at the time
when a friendly ditch t-heltered him from the
balls that came from Chepultepec; or at the
time when a Kansas ruffian spat in his face
and scared him into the John Brown party ;
or at the time when he retreated before a
rumor that Stonewall Jackson was about ; or
when he grievously taxed traitors in Vir
ginia with his I. O. . U's ; or. at the time
when he donated to Philadelphia the captu
red ordnanc spittoon of Harper's Ferry ;
or at the time when he swore terribly at two
peaceable citizens for speaking disrespectfully
of the "colored citizens," and threatened to
kick them out of his brother-in-law's house
after they had descended the stairs and
were passing out ; or anterior to all these
at the time when, as "an humble man," he
and Joe Hooker had their jolly good times
in California. Where shall that record be
started or shall there be a fresh start from
each point ?
S& The Philadelphia Inquirer of the
28th inst, in speaking of the Presbyterian
Assembly now in sessicn at Louisville, Ken
tucky, says, that " loyalty has become the
life of the Church," that the Assembly of
1865 passed a resolution to the effect "that
no minister should be employed except those
who are strictly loyal;" and then goes on
lamenting because he fears the present As
sembly will compel that body to go back to
the old doctrine and urges them, if the at
tempt fchould be made, to vote it down.
No wonder our cotemiwrary of the Repub
lican has, in his last two issues, been boast
ing that we would hear from Mr. Waller,
who is a member of the present Assembly.
His political harrangm 8 against the South
ern people will be something new in Ken
tucky, but if attended with the same con
sequences there, as here, the Church will be
diminished and divided. Give him another
puff, Doctor, we haWt heard from him
yet. But does he thank you for it?
SSf Read our article on the "Poor Ilouse"
in to-day's issue. We have, for the three
last numbers of our paper, asked the indul
gence of our readers in examining the merits
and demerits of a County Poor House. We
have advocated it3 erelion through no sel
fish motives, but becat.se we believe, in ac
cordance with our knowledge of other
counties in which Pocr Houses have been
established, that they are in every instance
successful, advantageous and creditable in
stitutions. What the people of this county
will say, remains to be seen. As it should
be, it is submitted to them, and like good
citizens we shall be content with their deci
sion. It 13 a question, however, in which
there ia an honest difference of opinion.
257 Our neighbor of the , Republican
should remember thai boasting is not cour
age, and that his constant commendation of
his paper is not creditable. He has so ha
tituated himself to th e shocking custom of
magnifying his trifling business transactions
that it ia spoken of by nary as obnoxious
aaddigusting.
Liul Jdt Horner tut. iat& comer
EatiBf a Chriatmu
H put ia aia thumb till pulled oat a plo&fe,
Aad Mid, wa&ta Lriv boy am I r "
The lale He publican Party.
. The Republican party is dead. Remntscat
in peace Its dying struggles were oiirtress
Ingly epasmodic.4 Drs. Sumner, Stevens
and Forney, were assiduous in their atten
tions upon the dying monster, and one after
another administered negro-equality" and
anti-Union pills, in the hope that a change
for the better would be the result. But no
the burly heap of corruption continued
to grow worse, and so unpleasant and revolt
ing was its appearance that every" honest
man felt a strong inclination to rive it a kick,
and thus help it on to its dissolution. First
the 'President of the United States ran
against it, and, without apology, gave it a
hearty punch in the ribs, which so sickened
it, that it emitted from ' its capacious maw
about a ton of pickings and greenbacks that
it had stolen from Uncle Sam, and swallow
ed to prevent detection. Then Senators
Cowan, Doolittle, and others who had be
friended it before they discovered its true
character, clubbed it over the head most un
mercifully. Again, all the members of the
President's cabinet, with Seward at .their
head, assaulted this beast of Disunion, kick
ing and cuffing it, and laughing at the pain
they caused it. Finally Secretary Stanton
fired a whole volley of fchot and shell into its
festering hide, and this finished it. It tot
tered, and with a groan against the Union
of our fathers, turned up the dirty whites
6f its eyes, and fell into the arms of itsweep
ing nurses.
Thus died thatmonsterof sin and iniquity,
the Republican-disunion party. We cannot
and will not say that all its friends were cal
culating peculators, but we can say, with
truth, that all peculators were its friends.
The mourners at its death were those who
had betrayed every man and party that had
ever trusted them, and now that their politi
cal power is gone, thev feel like outcasts and
look like men who had accumulated wealth
by bartering the life-blood of their country
men, and sporting with the tears of widows
and orphans. American Volunteer. ;
The Phrenological Journal for June
contains Portraits of Hon. Solomon Foot,
Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, Constance
Emily Kent, Jenny Lind, aGroupofMoquis
or Utah Indians, with upwards of twenty il
lustrations and sketches of character ; also
Practical Physiognomy, Love and Lovers,
Marriage and Divorce, Celibacy, Revelation
and Science, Your Likeness, Strong Men,
Hints to Preachers and Sexton?, Physical
Culture, True Politeness, now to Talk, Fash
ions, etc. $2 a year, or 20 cents a number.
A new volume, the 4-lth, begins with the
next number. Address, Fowler & Welle,
389 Broadway, New York. .
, X;5? In the' case of the Commonwealth
against several Election Boards of Wayne
county, tried in court on Tuesday, Judge
Barrett rendered his opinion, emphatically
against the constitutionality or legality of the
legislation, both in Congress and our State
Legislature, attempting to disfranchise so
called deserters, and gave warning, through
those present, that hereafter no election
board in Wayne county,could come into that
court and plead ignorance of the law. His
remarks were very severe toward Election
Boards, here and elsewhere, who endeavor,
through malice or otherwise to carry out un
constitutional legislation in opposition to the
present fixed law of the State. Iloncsdale
Monitor. '
' IS?" When the Radicals were in a minor
ity in Congress they contended that the lat
ter body had no right, under the Constitu
tion, to legislate lor the people of the Ter
ritories, but insisted that those only who liv
ed in a Territory had a right to make its lx-al
laws. This was one of the cardinal points
in the Republican creed, and no two men in
the country more loudly clamored for this
principle than Stevens and Sumner. Now
they are in the majority in Congress, and in
the most shameless manner they abandon
their old principle, claim the right to do the
very thing they themselves denounced before,
aud havp decided that negroes shall vote in
the Territories without any reference what
ever to the will or wishes of the citizens of
the same. Age.
How the Disunionists Carried Wil
LLiMsroRT. A few days ago the disunion
organs heralded a victory (the only one
in the State) at the local election in Wil-
liamsport, Lycoming co. Wood's majority
for mayor was announced as 129 a gain of
200. It is true that the Democrats formerly
carried the citv, but the new charter went in-
to operation last yeai adding one whole
ward to the citv. which, beinsr lareclv Re
publican, enabled the opposition to poll 204
majority for Hartranft last fall. Wood's
majority this spring, is only 104, (not 129,)
which hows that the Disunionists, insteaa
f f securing a victory have lost one hundred
of tlie majority which the new charter had
secure! to them 1 lnus tne only spring
victory lor the iJiauniorusts turns out to be,
in reality, a defeat. The new charter was
made to deprive the Democracy of the city
government, but another year will likely up
trip that arrangement. Patriot and Vnion.
82?" Gens. Steedmen and Fullerton, who
have been investigating the affairs of the
Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia and North
Carolina, severely censure the conduct of
the Agents and recommend the abolition of
the Bureau. This is riirht. The Northern
soldiers' widows andorplianshave no Bureau
to take care ot them, and why should hale,
hearty negroes of the male genus, whose
"manhood," according to Thad and his fol
lowers, is so pre-eminent as to be deserving
01 the sun rage :
BB- Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine, for
the month of June, is a charming and in
teresting number. Its iashion-plates are
splendid, not surpassed by any other like
publication, it also contains many nlustra-
uons wnicn aaa mucn to its interest, lne
subscription price $3.00 should be sent to
Frank Leslie, Publisher, Pearl Street, New
1 one.
Gov. Curtm has been authorized bv the
committee, appointed to receive and present
to the fctate the battle nags ot returned
Pennsylvania regiments, to iuvite the Gov
ernors of other States to witness the ceremo
ny, on the4th of July next, in Independence
oquare, Philadelphia. Patriot and Union.
tSyPhotosrrarjhs of our distiniruishcd can
didate for Governor, can be had at the office
01 the Patriot and union, in Harnsburg
for 20 cts. apiece or one hundred for 1 5.00
Hon. Hiesteb. Cltmer, of Berks, will be
the next Governor of this Commnmrrnlfli
so sure as the sun rises in the East and set
in the West. This is a foregone conclusion
witn all right thinking and honest people
- xne liaaicai press nas recently bem in
a great flutter over the announcement that a
number of returned Confederate soldiers had
received appointments in some of the Depart
ments in Washington, irom a message
sent to Congress on Saturday by the Presi
dent, it appears that not a single Confederate
has been unlortunate enough to have a
clerkship inflicted upon him, as charged by
tHe Kadicals.
Sixteen murderers five of them nader
sentence of death are at present confined in
the lombs prison, ivew York city.
Another Horrible Murder.
Edttob. Gazette : The wholesale slaugh
ter of whole families are so frequent and the
public mind has became so inured to crime,
that it does not seem worth while to record
instances . of an individual murder, Yet,
true to our calling, we are obliged again to
chronicle one of those deeds which are so rife
in our land.
On Wednesday of last week, a man by the
name . ot Alexander ts. W alden, I one ot a
jang of thieves who for a long time have in
ested the woods and mountains, in the back
part of Plymouth Township, Luzerne coun
ty. Pa.) went into the house of William Mil
ler,' where he found a lady by the name of
Alice uaraner, iwno naa lormeny uvea witn
him as his wife, and wanted her to go and
keep house for him again. But she declined,
she having been married to another man.
He then stepped out the door, drew his re
volver, and shot her through the neck. She
died . in a very few minutes. He then ex
claimed "My God, my God," and ran up the
hill to the house ot ueorge Miller, and asked
for a bowl of milk, sayintr that it would be
the last milk that he should ever drink in
that house, as he had just shot Mrs. Alice
Gardner and would soon leave the country.
Some of the family went down to where he
said he had committed the deed and found
it too true. She was dead. On the same
Wednesday evening he stole one of Ira Ran
som s horses and made his escape. When
last heard from, he had crossed the riVer at
Nanticoke. One of the pame party is now
confined in the jail at WrUkes-Barre. ' His
name your correspondent did not learn.
: LORRESPONDElfT.
Wyoming, May 19, 1866.
P. S. This gang of robbers are supplied
with an instrument called a Jack, which
works with crank and screw, with which they
can crowd the screws out 01 a door catch so
easy and noiselessly as not to alarm even the
wakeful household, or the watchful do : so
that a mere lock on a door may be consider
ed false security. -i
I'. S. We have positive assurance that
Waldea was seen at Mehoopany on Thurs
day morning of last week, passing through
on horseback. littston Uazette.
The Democracy The only Union
Party. The division of the Democratic
partv was the disruptionof the Union. The
restoration of the Union will follow that of
the Democracy, for the Democracy are the
Sople, and their union is the Union. The
emocratic party has no boundaries but the
cxtremest confines of the Republic no riv
ers sever it, no mountain chains divide it,no
State lines limit it The Canadas, the Gulf
and the two oceans are its only circuravalla-
tions. A man cannot be half honest or half
patriotic. He whose patriotism extends over
only one-half the country, and stops at the
Fotomac or the Ohio, is at heartadisumon-
1st ; and he who hates halt ot its population
is an enemy, if not a traitor, to the entire
Union.
Muncy Creek Railroad. At a meet
ing of the Board of Directors of the Muncy
Creek Railway Company held at llu'hes-
ville, on the 1 2th inst, it was
Restjived. That the route ot the Compa
ny be extended to Williamsport, by way of
Hughesville, the Lime Ridge, renusvule
and Hall's Basin."
Workmen are to be employed on this por
tion of the route immediately. With the
number of hands now cneasred, the com pa
nv will have twelve or hltcen miles 01 road
ready for the track layers by the first of
Angust, and intend operating a portion of it
at an early day. AJ1 unpaid assessments
were ordered to be collected forwith, and ten
per cent was assessed on all stock subscrib
ed conditionally. Muncy Luminary.
for the democrat and star.
Mcsrs. Editors : As the time is fast ap
proachinsr when the electors of Columbia
county will be called upon to vote lor a suit
able person as County Commissioner, per
mit us to introduce the name of Montgom
ery Cole, Esq., of Suerarloaf township, for
thatorr.ee. laKing into consiuerauon mat
our township has never been honored with a
County Commissioner, and that we cast
large Democratic majority, never deviating
from the old landmarks laid down by our
fathers, we think our claim paramount to
those of any other township in the county.
Then, on the other hand, Mr. CoLB would
make a good, efficient officer. He possesses
all the necessary qualifications to enable him
to discharge the duties of that office with
credit both to the county and himself. We
ask it as a matter of right and justice, that
our claims be taken into consideration, when
the time of nominating candidates for that
office arrives. It would al?o be a just re
buke to the friends of those military satraps
who countenanced and endorsed the illegal
arrest of that gentleman, when he was drag
ged from his home and family and locked
up in a military batile without warrant or
due process of law, for no offense committed
against the laws ot the land whatever.
MANY DEMOCRATS.
Sugarloaf twp., May 26, 1866.
General News Items.
The property of ex-Governor Aiken, of
South Carolina, has been restored to him on
the recommendation ot General Sickles.
The Democratic State Convention of Ohio
which is said to be held on the twenty-fourth
instant, promises to be largely attended, and
uy me iickcu men 01 tue oiaie.
Durin? Anril. thirtv-four shins sailm
from Liverpool for the tjnitcd State, with
16.669 immigrant', including 9,277 Irish.
'"The pen is mightier than the sword,"
for it has achieved a military reputation for
Geary which no sword ever did or could
do.
ft . n m .
a great nnanciai panic is reported in
England, involving failures to the amount o!
eighteen millions ot pounds sterling.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
SHERIFF'S SALIvS.
BY virtue nf mndry writs of t'tiUoni Fipona
and Hrri faciei to m directed, iasued out of the
C turt of Co ruin on Heat of Columbia County, will
00 rxpecea to pa blie 'e, at lne Court lione. in
IK noim burg, on Tue(.'aj, th 5flHh riajrof Junr. lotid.
at I o'rloch. In the arteraoon. tue follow tug jt crib
d teal estate, to wit ;
A certain tract of land, aitnat. in Sujurloaf town.
Uip, Columbia CouptT, containiur MiVKNTY-SIX
ACRES more or Ira, bounded on the noiitti by lands
ir Jorhua Hem, on the wet by land nrlljvid Koch
rr. on the north by lands of Jeremiah His, and on
lne east by lands of James Roberta, wnervon is
erected an old log barn with the appurtaiane!i.
Seised, taken in execution and to be sold as the
property of James Stealer, deceased
A certain farm and tract of land situate in Catawis
a twp.. Columbia rouuty, bounded on the Pouth by
lauds 01 sarnifl Millard, and other lands or J. f.
Fincner. on the west by land of Solomon lit-Iwir, oa
tbu North by Innd nf Benjamin Beiber anil others
and on the eaut by Isnd of Tenrh Coxes heirs, con-
Uiniuz EIGHTY- NINE A' RES. and enn hundred
and twenty-nine penbe, wbereon 19 erected a lot;
barn ; about sixty acres of which is improved land.
ALSO
One other farm and tract of land sit late partly in
Catan issa and partly in Franklin twp.. Columbia
county, bounded on the eait by land of John Seoit
and on t tin eastbr land of John cott and I in d of
Mary lleacock.cn the we.t by land of Mary Heacock.
and land of Hiram J. Header, ana on the North by a
public road and land of Hiram J. Reader I containing
SEVENTY SIX A CE Ed and one hundred aad Ave
perches whereon is erected two tor brick si wll
ing bouse, a log barn an apple aad peacQ orchard,
and all iuiprovca land.
ALSO
One other lot of land situate partly in Catawisa,
and partly in r ranklia twps.,Columbia county . bound
ed on the South by land of John Richards, on the
West and North by land of Mary Heacock. and on
the East by land of John Bcott. containing FIf TEEN
ACRES, all improved land bat without buildings,
with the appurtenances.
fened. taken H execution and to be sold as the
property of Jeremiah P. Fincner and Abel Thomas.
SAMUfiL SiUPEB, Stviiff.
t)iJBL.IC SAIE
i Of
The fcadersisned will offer at nubile sale at Benja
min Goulder's, near tbe premises of the property.oa
Saturday, June 1 Clh, 1 800,
at 1 o'clock, P. M tbe following valuable real estate
to wit :
85 Acres and 103 Perches,
GOOD TIMBER LAND, principally pine and oak
timber, situate in Fishingereek township, Columbia
county, about one mile east of Stillwater, adioinina
lands or Benjamin Hess, Reuben Hess, John Mc
Mirbael, Benjamin Ooulder, and Reeee Millard. .
There is a public road running through the said
tract of timber land, leading from Stillwater 10 the
State Road and within three quarters of a mile from
good Haw-Mill anJ Gust Mill. Bnih.tho limber
for lumbering and other oumnvea. and the soil for
farming, are of the very best quality.
IL7" Conditions will be made known on davnf
saie, wuen auenuance will e uvea, by - -
WILLIAM SHCGARS.
Fisbjngcrcek, May 28, IE 60. i . -. ,
LIST OP DEALERS
OF COLUMBIA COUNTV.
For the year one thousand ei(ht hundred and
sixty-six, of Goods. Wares. Merchandize, Distillers,
Brewers, Restaurant and Ewaling House Keepera,
within the county or Columbia, returned and clim.
ncd in accordance- with th- several arts of Aseni
bly. bv the Appraiser of Mercantile Taxes of said
county as follows, to wit :
Venders.
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E P Lutx ' do
E W El well do
FRabb do
J M Rupert , do
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MrKelvy Neal at Co do
D A Beck ley do
Joseph Sharpie's de
Peter Billnwyer do
A J Sloan do
P John do
S If Miller" rfo
II H.IIuntberger do
I) Loweaburg do
B Hiohner do
J K F.yei co
!C Khiva do
Ann Krum do -
J J Rut.hins do
J K Girtoa do
A J Evans do
C C Marr do
A llartman du
E Mendenhall do
Henry Kleiui do
A S lider do
Joseph Hendursbot do
l.oyd Paxion do
G W Correli do
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Klinetobfc Walton Briarcreek
John G Jacoby do
J Thomas Miller do
P M Traugh do
Wm Freas do
Jame V Seeiholta Berwick Bor.
Charles D Fov.lr do
Abraham Millrr do
Miller ac Hughes do
J B Dndxnn do
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Bowman at Jackson Co
Jackson ac Wooden do
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Emanuel Frecdmaa . o
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A B Former
J B Knittlefc Gable
Willim Snyder
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C Mendenhall
John Segl.nger
Anderson St Kian
G'O Hughes at Son
S D Reinard
Wm John
J.ihn Sharpies
J S Brobt
McNincn Ml snumsn
U Rahn at Co
Creasy at J"hn
DO A. M E John
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Franklin Dolman
Hamilton Finher
Jesse nicks
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Fred Fry
John Watts
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Jacob 8ponler
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C Neyhard
Jacob Harris
M G at W II dhocmaker
Jacob Yeager
Washington Yeacr
Abraham Rice
Mark Williams
W H Price
Judah Cherin;ton
U J Campbell
Daniel Fisher
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J H Metier
VV A Brown
Jacob N Pifrr
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C Kreainer
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J E Sanis
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R W H.-wtuan at Co
A U Stewart
Alex Hugh-s
Abraham Coleman
C Manx
K F Keiphard at Bro
C S Fowler
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C W Crevelmg it Co
C S Fowler Mill
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II W Creasy at Co
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. PAXTON Jt HABMAV.
Rupert. Pa.
April II. 66. Sna.
l; v JS. H. DE WOLF, , .. :
DEALtR IN
LlGADY-Jlade CLOTtllNG,
No. 202 North Stcond St ,
One door above Raee Street;
nothing made to order at the shortest notice.
March 2fl. ictW.
. DR. J. R. EVAxNS, ;
Physician and Surgeon,
f.TAVlNG located permanently on" Main
11 Street, BLOOMSBITRG Pa.; woolcl in.
lorm the public generally, that he is preirran'd to
attend to all business faithfully and punctually that
may be intrusted to bis care, on terus corn me Bin"
rate with the times, .
IT7 He pays strict attention to Surgery as well
as medicine. . , . w r .
Nov .25. I 8G.-1.-ly. - M . .
iiESlI ARKIVAL
OF NEW GOODS.
Which are to be sold cheaper than ever
want bargains, call at '
V. PRESTOIVS
in ROHRSRrRG. ColnniLia County, where you will
find a good avoortriirnt, well selected
"Any article nut of tli ukiiuI line ran be eai1y pro.
cured, as we have a buyer iu the City ail the time.
Coiiniry I'i Ofii.c r, 0f all Kinds,
taken in exrbauge for Goods.
C. PCESTO.
Ro raburg. May 23, 18C6.- lm. , .
GXTJ WANTED FOtt "
THE LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF ' '
Gen. (Stonewall). .TacL'soii,
By Prof. R. L. Dabney. D. D.. of Va.
The Standard Riogrnrhy ot the immortnl hero. The
only edition authorized bv his widow. The author a
personal friend and Ckitf of ?taff of the Chri-tian
Soldier. Carefully revised and rorrected by General
R. E. Lee, - We want an Agent in every county.
Send for circulars and see mir trm.
A'tdress NATIONAL PIIhLI SII1VO CO.
. Ka 307 Minor St rcet.4 biludelpbu Pa.
tjy Z. lE'iO lm N P C
JJ URRAII FOR
CATAWISSA.
THIS WAY FOR BARGAINS
Goods to compare with stringency of the Money
Mariet, Look and compare prices before purchas
ing elsewhere. Just rail at the favorite business
stand of McMincb at Sbunian. .and you will be met
by the obliging Proprietors or their Clerks and shown
through their great variety Store free of charge. cf
course, they will ri ve you a fair chance to nend rour
loose chsnge. they trust much mote profitably tbau
U can be spii( elsewhere. Their
STOCK OP DRY GOODS.
this Spring is much larger in All its varieties than
usu il. Thei- Ladies Dress Good areof the nire.t
styles in Market. They have a f.ne as sort rue nt of
Hals, Cap. Roots and Shoes,
Summe-r Cloths, Casineti. Cassimers and Veslinva.
and numerous articles common to snch establish,
meats, betides a general assortment or
HARDWARE. TINWARE.
Quecnsware and Groceries, all at greatly reduce I
prices. 1 bi-y w if h to conduit their butiues on the
system, of
"PAY AS YOU GO"
and they think they can afford to sell very cheap
i ney return tueir lhank for many paat favors, and
ask the future patronage of tnelr fonner customers
and the public ncrallv.
, .o., . McMVCII atSltUMAN.
May 16. 1806 tf
50
John Chapman
Tune O Conner
F.dwird Hefil-y
Michael Gorry
Mrs Brae kn
I noma Garity
I'.arny Mrliarty
Stephen Horan
Daniel Cnrriugton
Cnitrad Kolens
John hegliugxr
Stephen Thomas
Frederick Fox
B Slvbner
J F Caslow
J V Hendershot
H M Hockman
William Ku h
Michael Schullry
Lawrence Casey
Tsjoinas Monroe
J n Sheilds
T lngfou
Levi Kir
John I) Jiunyan
Wm Oraafe
Lrlb Dean
II J Clark
J B KMller
llsnry Luhinan
framuel U-liter life
William Sutler
Conner at Bio
Mv-baei Keller
J U Kice
Peter Schug
Mah Ion Hick a
Isreal MunMucy
Dot. Oeirtralia.
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lingly ahd Martlingly portrayed in a masterly man
ner. at once historical anaVomatic, rendering it tho
must ample. brilliant aud readable book that the war
has called forih.
Disabled ffieers and soldiers, teachers, enetgvtlc
young men. and all in want of profitable employ,
men, will find this tbe best chance lu make money
ever yet ofWed. Send for circulars and see our
terms. Address,
Iwatioiial Publishing Co.
No, jl)7 Vinor Street
PML.HDrj.PHVI.
April 43. lRC6,-3:n.
RUGS, DRUGS, DRUUS.
R. M oyer's Drugstore,
Streets. A goud a(Ort
Pure Medrrines. at John
corner of Main and Markt
meut of
PURE DRUGS,
Medicines, Paints. Oils aud Varnisho. always on
baou. and will be sold cheaper than at any oiht'f
Drt g ttor; io iwn.
QUALITY GUARANTEED.
Prescriptions carefully compounded at Meyer's
Drug Store,
A) tr aud Jaynes .Medicines sold at M oyer's Drug
Store.
Wi-harfs Tar Cor-Hil. Baker's CoJ Livef Oil.
Winluw Soothing Syrup, sold at ' oyer's Drug
Store.
For any reliable patent medicines, call at M oyer's
Drug Store.
leather of all kimU. nh-d-ssle and retail, at J. C.
M oyer's I'rng More, l;iouiuburg. Pa.
May i, lrii. tf.
lULU'S (11 LAI (iKOt'LUY "
AND
PROVISION STORE,
On Main Street. flonmlurg.
A large and complete assortment of GROCERIF.3
rnnntsntly on hand. His M'Hk is composed cbielty
of Ox following article :
Sugar M Ijsscs,
Teas,
ii ice,
Pish,
Candies,
Coffee,
Spices,
Salt.
Tcyt
Distilleries.
Rohr Mcllenry
Reuben Miller
Peter Schug
Moses Simons
Frank Ldger
en id m
Kenton eaiaaw
HriarcrcaJr 6 25
Scott II IS
Fithingcretk. 6 Sfr5
do 8 IS
. . 1 VH V - L.
All persons who may leei afgriT-u m
ciaseiA'-aiii.ncan have an opportunity of appealing
by calling upon the undersigned, at hit office, .a
Mainville. Pa., at anytime np tothe 15th day of June,
and on the said l-Vh day of June A. D. If66.attbe
Commissioner's Office in Hloomsburg, after which
no appeal will be beard,
Vr WILLIAM T SHUMAtf,
Mercantile Appraiser.
May 16. 1806. 41
CHAS. Q. BARKLEY,
Attorney at Law,
BL0031SBURG, COLUMBIA CO., PA.
WILL practice In the several Courts of Colombia
County. All legal business intrusted to hit
tin shall receive aromnt attention.
Office On Main ntreet. Exchange Buildings, over
Miller's Store.
Eloonisburg. April 13. I8C4
blanks: blanks::
Of eiexj description for at tfci efnee.
FEED A.ND rKOVlSlON?1,
ron.i.ling of. FLOUR. CHOP. IX'OI AN-MEAL.
HAM:, elMOULDfcSd. CIEli?E. VV rrER. A. F-UUt5,
toother with a grea' many cither articles, usually
kept in a lirt-class Grocery glare
Country produce generally will b Ukcn rn ex
change for any articles found in bis Store.
ZI The highest market pricea will be paid for all
kinds of COUNTRY FL'Rsl.
IJEXRY CICER.
Bloomshurg. Feb 23. la6f.
i ni:sn a ic it i v a is
AT PETEK ENT'S STOKE,
IN LIGHT STREET,
OF SP1CI1VG AND SVHItlER
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES
HAS just received from lne Eastern
Cities and is now opening at the old stand a
splendid assottn'eiit of
5DG cs dp Oa si m H 2. zz ci 9
which will be sold cheap for
CASH OR COUNTRY PRODUCE !
His stock consists of Ladies' Dress Coodsi choicest
styles aud latest fashions,
CALICOES, MUSLINS, GINGHAMS,
FLANNELS, HOSIERY, CARPETS.
SILKS, SHAWLS, Ready. OTa4e
Cloth.1.?, SATINETS,. CASSIM
ERES.COTTONADES, KENTUCKY
JEANS THREAD, &C. .
QUEENS WARE, CEDAR "WAKE,
HARDWARE, MEDICI K ES.DRUGS,
BOOTS AM) SHOES, kl ATS and CAPS,
In abort, everything usually kept is a coucuy
store.
The patronage of hi o'd fneaJs, and the podie
generally, it respectfully solicited.
Ihe highest market price pai (or country produce.
PETER ENT.
Light ?trel. MT, 16.