MAT & STAR, isCWfWjr t ft T&&i BLOQISBCRG, WEDAESDAY, FEB. 20, 1867. ' S. M. PTTBitoiLfc& C- 37 Tark Row Sew Vork r duly autlioried tosolieit and receive subscrip tions andadveriisS far lh" Democrat. -ir, pub lished at Blconmburg, Columbia county, Ia, Democratic Slate Convention. Th Democratic State Committee, at its meeting, on January 20th, at Hariisburg, adopted the following resolutions : 1st That the recnlar Convention of the party, tor nominating a ranmui iB iu i ' . . ill.il f . .K.irrr Alt Knnreme Herw-h. be Iieia at nan 5. y'cIOCKiU., ami ttjaisaiuv.uiivv.. posed of the usual nam ber or awrgai 2nd. In addition thereto U is recommend ed to the Democracy of Pennsylvania to forthwith elect, in the usual inannor, Uo delegates, cf recognized position aud mflu Strain the party,, for each IlonresentaUve and Senator in their respective district who FhaU meet in Mass Convention, at , Harris burg, on a davto be fixed by the Chairman of the State Central Committee - By order of the Democratic State oni- Inittec . William a. wa ll ace, Chairman. The iLesrlstaltsrc. VUT lOlUl XjeglMalUi. u vhiijc ici; mm; Ness this session so far, save the passing e resolutions ana uuis,-iuu 01 me nig- 1 . n -n f 11 f . 1 I 111 Lid til 11 J L Vr 111 V-' I I II I I 1. I . 11' V . 1 1 I VI Ll-O 1.1. iiv i-i 11 u j 1,11 At 11 117 ti, t l 1 1 j 1 . ns- resolutions nut vurv euiuunnieiiiarv 10 iyduaii v,vjwa.-i anu lcsiuent .juu.su., as well a3 paying consideraMe attention to the election of a United States Senator, by the appointing of a joint Committee to investi gate frauds that were alleged to have been committed by men in the Camxuon interest. The election parsed off, and on the heels of which followed tha jeport of said Commit tee, setting forth in strong and convincing language that they were unable to discover that any improper mean.s were used iu the election of United Statea Senator by any of the candidates for that ofiice. The Constitutional amendments were tak en up at an early day, and fully discus.e 1 by both Radicals and Democrats, for nearly two weeks, before a vote was had upon them. All the sound logic and argument presented were against the passage of the amendments. They were, as everybody anticipated, passed by a strictly party vote. A bill ha3 been passed making it an offence for any conductor of passenger care in this Commonwealth to eject a negro from any cax3 that were intended for white ladies and gentlemen to ride in. Cuffy has a perfect right, says tho Legislature, to sit by the side of your wife, and if the scat is too uncom e .1 i 1 luiutuij jjii;cu tiie van tun:.. The question-of Sunday travel, by the running of care in the city of Philadelphia, has been disposed of. This quotum has been hanging in the legislature for several years. A bill has been passed leaving the whole matter to a vote of the people in the city. By their vote they decide whether the Legislation had on the subject shall stand as law, which provides for the run ning of the cars immediately after the elec tion, if the result be favorable. The Phila delphia members nearly all favored the bill. It met some stubborn opposition from the country members. We notice that quite a large number of bills have been passed this winter, chang ing the venue in certain cases to other COUn r C it. T. - t. ,...tir 1. .1 1 ...111 commenced. These venues have been chang ed upon the.gronnd'that politics interfered and the parties feared that justice might not be done them. This kind of Legislation in many cases should not be granted ; but , with the present loyal Governor and loyal . Legislature, all an Abolition Attorney has to do, when he gets hold of a pretty tough case, is to apply to his loyal brothers for a change of venue, and it is granted, without any further trouble, and some other County is obliged to bear the expense of the trial. In many cases, as we have said before, it is wrong and the practice should be, in some. . way, checked. The Connellsville Railroad bill met its defeat a few days ago. There was a pretty fierce fight made upon this bill, principally by the minions of the Pennsylvana Kail road Comp?ny. A bill was parsed but a day or two since authorizing tli3 borrowing of twenty-three millions of dollars to pay debts that are over due. This is one of the freaks of 'our boasted prosperity S23,000,000 short ! Tue Democrat and Stah for, Nothing. Desiring to enlist the services of our friends everywhere in the circulation of the Demo crat ANO Star, and not wiihing any one to work without, compensation we make the ioiiowmg oner : We will send a copy of the Democrat ;-AST Star for one year, free of charge to Vnv rfrsrm whn sends us the names of five new subscribers, and ten dollars. The sub- -acribers need not all be at one post office. r This arrangement will enable any active person to secure a copy of the Democrat ane Star, free of cost, by a little exertion. There is not a neighborhood where five or more subscribers could not be got in a few hours, by any one who would undertake to do so. . SiF" The Radical Guillotine has been at work in Washington. The Senate in Eiec- ' titlvts session, a short time since, chopped off the heads of quite a large number of President Johnson's appointed office-hold- . ers. Among the number from this Stat; who were rejected, we notice the name of . oar friend Hon. Jzsper B. Stark, of Wilkes barre, who was appointed Collector of thi twentieth district. - Mr.- ty. was not at ?.u surprised to leajn that the Radical Sen'ite : refused to ' confirm -hrs appointment. Flad he been a dis-unioonigger-lover -he might - have stood some chance. - f rD Four thonsand yotm men haTe left s. n. jAcocr j. p. stjvmas, editors. The Constitutional -,".nd" meats In the l,egiiatul l IlARRISBCBft FEB- 6, 18G7. The Constitutional Amendment, during the past two weeks, hava been freely venti lated in both IIou.se The Democrats have had Jecidedly the best of it, as the argu ment is all on their side. I cannot refrain from congratulating the Democracy of Old Bucks in having such an able and zealous Representative as Frank Headman, as he is familiarly called. n last Thursday, while the Constitutional Amendments were under discussion, Mr. Headman made a most-telling and eloquent speech. I-have taken the liberty to make a few extracts from it, which I would be pleased to see in the columns of the Democrat and Star, believing that they will be read with interest by ever Dem ocrat in your County. 3Jr. Headman having the fkor, spoke of the folly of endeavoring to convince the rad icals of the error of their wayn, but he owed a duty to his party and to his country, to protest against the passage of these amend ments. I proceed to make a few extracts, which elicited particular attention from both sides of the House : " There has been a great deal said about rebels and rebel sympathisers. The Re publicans have called us traitors, because we do not thmk as they do. They have trampled the Constitution of our country un der foot and proclaimed that they have a ''hjgher law." Why, sir, these men here who are branding us as traitors, and have taken an oath to support the Constitution are traitors of the blackest dye. It has been said of me that I am disloyal and that I hang out a secession flag. 1 hang otic a flag at my home that the ncsrro wor shippers do not wih to understand. It is one that has descended, even to the fourth gcneration m my iamilv. I will here de :v.- 1 :. 1 1 1 . . r : i : . 1 f 11 -il 1 iii 1 1 1 nr h 110 silL- ni nst nurr tlit IiriTiir. n'iiri" of heaven. In the centre of that blue ground is painted a bundle of thirteen sticks, firmly bound together, emblematic of the Union. They ere surmounted by a Liberty cap. Clutching those sticks are thirteen ban. Is and stalwart arms, representing the thirteen original States, grasping the Union, and the motto inscribed upon it is, "77:i' tee irill drfend or die .'" That flag was be tween those snow-clad hills at Valley Forge; it was in the battle front at (iermantown; and. sir, men from South Carolina and Mas sachusetts marched shoulder to shoulder un der its folds, as well, also, the patriots fro 111 Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Con necticut, Georgia, Maryland, New Hamp shire. Virginia, New Vork, NortR Carolina and Rhode Island. Through the storm and hail, over the frozen and snow covered ground, on that bleak and dark December night, through my own county of Bucks, their path could be traced by the blood from their shoeless feet. That army if army it could be called, crossed the Delaware, amidst floating ice. That was the darkest hour of our country's history. Men from all the States that ratified the Constitution were there, and on that Christmas morn, true to the motto on that flag, achieve 1 the victory at Trenton. v teorge Washington, the first rebel, led one wing of the forlorn hope. These men went through all the hardships and privations that human beings could endure. Rut the bright sun of victory smiled upon them ; and there was the free dom of our country won. and that honored flag was triumphant. I am proud to say that this is the flag that waves over my house above the stars and stripes. ''The Republicans hare encouraged the negro to live in idleness, and forced the Government to support him. You have your agents traveling all over the country at Government expense in behalf of negroes, but for white men the hand of charity is not extended. White soldiers can be seen daily on the highways and.bywavs, with one arm or one leg, asking alms. There are no tears of sympathy for them no Government agents hunting them up to relieve their wants. Unfortunately for them, they are white, and according to radical rule, they did not, like the negro troops, 'fie lit brave ly." I think the time will soon come when a cry of injustice done to white men will go up that will shake the granite hills of New Hampshire, and re-echo along the hills and valleys until t reaches the orange groves of Florida, and extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts. Men will the n go forth to oppose fanaticism and misrule. White freemen from all sections ot this country will be in battle array. They will not rally under the stars and bars, but under that flag, with its thirty-six stars unsullied, while you on the other side of this House will have to fight under a flag of but twenty-six stars, alongside of negro troops. Yo will then, indeed, have to "fight bravely." I say, go on gentlemen in your nefarious crimes and plots, agitate the country, keep up the excitement, depreciate your curren cy, close, your channels of trade, shut up your mills, foundiers and workshops, stop your mines, throw the masses of white men and women out of employment, then will come the time you will wish you had never been born. We have already suffered all sorts of pri vations find hardships. The Constitution has been laid aside under the plea of mili tary necessity, and under that pie persons have been incarcerated in forts and bastiles, without due process of law. They have been denied the right of trial by jury they "have never been confronted by their accusers. All this has been done by usurpers and tyrants men that would barter freedom for a great man's feast, and sell their country and their principles for a mess of pottage. Prolong ed cheering. And these are the men who took a solum n oath to support the Constitu tion in which these rights are guaranted to all. There is an old saying, that the darkest hour is the hour before dawn, and I think the darkest hour in the history of this coun try will be when the programme of the Sen ator from Eric is carried ont. He said, that if it was necessary, the I 'resident should be removed, and if those men in bla k robes at Washington, (meaning the Supreme Court of the Uuited States,) Mood in the way, they also should be removed. When that takes place then will be the darkest hour the Radicals ever saw. My militnrv experience in the late rebe-rlion does not ex tend very far. I had nothing to do with the negro crusade. .My hands are clean they are not stained with a brother's blood. But, sir, if the President of the United States is removed, and the Supreme Court abolished, I, for one of the two hundred and ninety thousand (290,000) Democrats of Pennsylvania, will buckle on my armor, un sheath my sw,rd, and swear before Al mighty God never to yield until I die or the Constitution of my country triumphs. litre all the Democratic members aroso to their feet, and most enthusiastically applauded the speaker, while the Republicans sat in mute astonishment. Then, should I live, ifc shall be ray guide, and all men that violate it by committing treason', such as Jno. Brown and his sympathisers did, I would strike terror into their hearts, and like the Ro mans of old, decorate all the trees along the highways-with their dangling corpses. "I shall vote against these amendments because they originated in and were sent people, and that is an usurpation of power, by this Legislature, to pass them without consulting the people. By. passing these amendments you violate your oaths to sup port the Constitution ot Pennsylvania, and take away from her one of her dearest and best right the qualification of her VOTERS. Oh, sir, if I was a Brutus and Brutus a Representative from Bucks, and occupied the position I do on this floor, I would har row up not only the minds of this little band of thirty-eight patriots and Democrats, but the whole people of this great Com monwealth, that they would make the vil lage blaeksmi'.h's anvil ring music convert ing plough shares and priming hooks into implements of war. I would gather white men together, martial them to support the Constitution and the Union, march them under that flag with her thirteen stripes and thirty-six stars, with that srord old motto waving over it "Til Id WK WILL DE FEND Oil DIE." Mr. Headman took his scat amidst a storm of applause, ami was warmly congrat ulated by his friends fur his masterly effort in defence of the Constitltion and the Laws. JEFFERSON. The World Mutual Like Insurance Company. This sterling institution, rank ing among the very best of its class, now offers superior inducements to those who wi.-di to avail thewselves of its benefits. Among the special features flf the company are: Mutual premiums lower than those of a majority of the life insurance companies of the United States. Non-participating premiums lower than those charged by nuy company iu the world. Dividends increase annually after two years, with the age of the policy. liOsses paid within thirty daysafter notice and proof of death. Thirty day grace allowed in the paymentof premiums. Spe cial attention is directed to the non-partici- nation rates 01 premium, oy which method 1 1 1 J the insurer secures at once the largest possi bio amount ot insurance lor a sta.et sum. 1 which is never increased or decreased dur ing the continuance of the policy. Has plan is recommended to those person.? of fixed income who desire to pay an even sum and to secure now the largest insurance there fore. The scale of premiums being on the average twenty eight per cent, lower than their participant rate-, will secure a policy of-:57 per cent, greater, which is equivalent to an annual ca.-h dividend of oT per cent, paid in advance, or to a cash dividend of 50 per cent, at the end of five years. Maj. J. F. FrueaufT,of Hollidaysburg, ia the general agent for this company fur this State, and to whom applications for insurance, local agen cies, etc., should be addressed. Editing a Newspaper. Considering how manj' good advisers of editors there are, it is Strang; there arc so few good editors. Perhaps a careful investigation of the mat ter would show, however that good editors are oftener spoiled by trying to follow too many advisers than by having too few. Tltere is plenty of advice which the receiver would do better to pocket than to practice. Most advisers, so far as our observation goes, regard much writing and good editing as nearly synonymous. There isno greater mis take, and none more fatal in the successful editing of a general newspaper. Benjamin Franklin has credit f r saying that "the best editor is scissors," by which he probably meant that the editor who recognizes the fact of there being in the world many go.d writers besides himself, and avails himself of the good things they hive written, will make the most interesting;ind acceptable newspaper. Men who know most about making newspapers do not estimate an edi tor's labors by the number of columns be writ is, but by the completeness and finish of his paper as a whole. The fallowing para graph, written by an Englishman of much experience contains the gist of the whole mat ter : A good editor, or competent newspaper conductor, is like a general or poet born, not made. Excrei.-e and experience give facility, but the qualification is innate, or it is never manifested. ( n the Jjondon daily papers, all the great historians, novelists, poets, essayists and writers of travel have been tried, and nearly every one has failed. 'I can,' said the late editor of the London Times, 'find any number of men of genius to write for me, but very seldom one man of common sense.' Nearly all ii-ceslul editors are of this description. A good editor sel dom writes much for hs paper; he reads, judges, selects, dictates, alters, and combines ; and after doing all tins well, lie lias lut utile time for composition. 1 o vt 11 for a paper is one thing to edit a paper is another." TSvya An Infant-M. rii dep.. On Saturday morning last, a son of Mr. P. Bloom, in passing along the line of the street railway, found, a bundle which, on examination, was foun t to be an infant with its throat cut from ear to ear. It had no doubt been mur dered, and thus disposed of to hide the fiendish and unnatural mother from shame. An inquest was hc-lTl by the Coroner, Dr. Wagner, but no facts were elicited showing the author of the terrible crime. The police took the matter in charge, and fmding evi dence implicating Elizabeth Edward, she was arrested on Monday morning, and after a hearing was sent to the county jail to await trial. We forbear ail comment on the mat ter, preferring not to prejudice any parties charged with the crime. Scran ton Feg istcr. . ESJ The Brunswick (Maine) Telegraph says, the farmers in that region are begin ning to groan over the taxes. They. will soon begin to bellow. As yet they have ex perienced only a few twinges of rheumatism, but when the genuine gout seizes them, as it surely will, then let them bless the party which they helped to bring these woes upon our coup.try. Let them groan and bellow ! Like the rich fool, Dives, they have had their "good things," and now they are to be tormented. The wealth they have suddenly amassed is made of blood the blood of their countrymen. Not a dollar of it that is not an abhorrence in the sight of God. BS, The wife of General Sickles died in New York, on Wednesday last, where she has resided Tsince the Key affair at Wash ington.. S& Five members of Beecher's church, in Brooklyn, have been arretted and held to i,f r. L-r'--'","IiTl7-oT-;v,:v FROJI WASBIIXCTO.V. Washington, Feb. Ut 1867. impeachment evidence. It is generally understood that the testi mony taken thus far by the Judiciary Com mittee has no relation whatever to the offi cial acts of Mr. Johnson since he became President, but is confined ovehisivelv t .-il- I leged reports of what he said before'he was i ever nominated for the Vice-Presidencv. i The Houe to day bv resolution aoorouriatcd $10,000 to enable the committee to procure witnesses, ttc. In all probability they will discover some startling testimony as soon as they begin to disburse this fund'. The evi dence must be had, let it cost what it may, and if $10,000 is not enough, more will be promptly voted. A caucus. A Democratic caucus was to have been held at the Capitol this evening, but owing to the absence of the Chairman, 31 r. Win field, it was postponed to a future day, of which due notice will be giveu. surhatt. No information has yet been received at the Navy Department from the steamer Swatara with Surratt, the conspirator on board. It will be remembered that the Swatara sailed for home on the 8th of Jan uary, and it was then thought she would reach here by the 1st of February, if she should make the trip under steam. No doubt the cause of her non-arrival is that it was necessary for her to come a great por tion of the distance under sail. THE PRESIDENT. Mr. Chandler, of Michigan, moved that the Senate take up the resolution offered by him on Saturday last, whether Andrew Johnson, Vice-President, and acting Presi dent of the United States, has anv authoritv to appoint provisional Governors for the j States lately in rebellion. The resolution ! was taken up and agreed to. It elicited j considerable discussion from both radicals 1 and conservatives NEW ORLEANS RIOT. Mr. Eliot and Mr. Shellabargor, being a majority of the Select Committe.c to inves tigate mutters connected with the New (Jr- leans massacre ot .July .J, isoit. ami to re- port such legislative action as the con lition of affairs in the State of Louisiana requires, ! to-day made their report. j The report gives what purports to be the ; facts of the riot, all of which, having been 1 11:11 il . . " . . ! Tiiiin w(i litfiriin :io(, it s mo u't- lvar' iii 1 . , . ... ' ' ,. , .r is thrown upon the Mayor and police of New Orleans. Wu.dtingtoii, Fib. 1-. UANKRL'IT HILL PASffSI). The Senate this afternoon, by a vote of '22 to '20, passed the bankrupt bill, which was rejected the other day, but brought up again tm a motion to reconsider. It origi nated iu the House and was materially amended by the Senate .Judiciary Commit tee. The chances are that the House will I J- II .l 1 UM V. i ciitii.-v 1 n ' j t V lin wi.j. . 1.1 concur in the amendments and thus save me oiii. proviuca u can ue reacneu ere inc; close of the session The following is the vote on the bankrupt bill i i'cax Messrs. Cat tell. Chandler, Conness, Cre-sswcll. Dixon, Doolittle, IVsscnd. n. Fos ter, Kieiinghuysen. Harris. Howard. .John son, 31cIouga!I, Morgan, Norton, Poland. Pomerov, Ramsey, Ross, Stewart, Van V i n i k le." a n d W i lso n 22. n. Messrs. Brown, Buekalew, Cragin. Davi, l'ogg, Grimes, Henderson. Hen dricks, Kirkwool, Lane. Morrill, Nesmith, Patterson, Saulsbury, Spraguc, Trumbull. Wade, Willey, Wilii'ams and Yates 20. Absent or not voting .Messrs. Anthony Cowan, Iv'mun Is, Fowler, Guthrie, Howe. Nve. Kiddle. Sherman and Sumner 10. I RESIDENTIAL TERM. Mr. Poland, of Vermont, offered a reso lution that the Judiciary Committee be in structed to in.juire into the expediency of amending the Constitution so as to limit the service ;is President to one term, to extend the duration of the term to six years, to abolish the office of Vice President, and to provide for the election of President by pop ular vote. Mr. Poland said ho did not wish the im- mediate consideration of the a ibove, so it was laui over. Washington. F THE TARIFF. The Ways an 1 .Means Committee arc hur rying the tariff bill along in order to report, it this week if possible. It js understood that they have substituted most of the lead ing feature.-? of the House bill of last ses sion for those adopted by the Senate. PRESIDENT PROTEMPORE OE THE SENATE. It is conceded that Wade, of Ohio, will i L'!a. Columbia county, soon be nominated bv a Radical Senatorial ! On the 14th inst., by the Rev. Y lhiam J. caucus for the Presidency of the Senate. : Eyer. Mr. John H. Hart.el, of Mam l own He has no opposition at present, and will no ; ship, to Miss Rachael Hans, of Beaver A al doult be unanimously selected bv the cau- : hy, all of Columbia County, eus. " ! On the 17th inst.. by the same. Mr. Jon- THE TARIFF RILL. The Committee of Wavs and Monns will not probably report on the amendatory tariff bill for a week to come. They, have raised i the duty on jute, hemp flax, wool and iron I above the rates in the Senate's substitute, ami so or other articles. Mr. Morgan, of New York, introduced a bill umeiidiii? the law tiviror the plnrir of i ii . i t t.... i- i - - - - - ' . - . i . 1 1 collectors oi custom?, so as to make me sal ary of the general appraiser at New York P.'tiiiiO, and of the assistant appraisers at ! Portland, Boston. Philadelphia. New Or leans and San IVanciseo at $2.5(!J from the 1st of July, S0t". A bill appropriating $15,000 for the tem porary relief of the destitute colored people of the District of Columbia, to he distrib uted under the superintendence of tho Freedmen's Bureau, was introduced. Washington, Fib. 11. CABINET MINISTERS. A conference committee has boon ordered on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the amendment to the bill regulating the tenure of office. The House embraced' Cab inet Min'sters in the list of officials who shall not be removed without the consent t f the Senate. The amendment was disagreed to by the Senate, hence tlui necessity for a conference committee to settle the matter. AP.SENCK OF WITNESSES. The impeachment investigation has come to' a stand still, owing to the absence of wit- ne jsses. The Committee have been entirely unsuccessful, thus far. in procuring any tcs- timouy ot the slightest importance. THE J.ATE PHILIP JOHNSON. The remains of the late Philip Johnson, member of Congress from Pennsylvania, and who died in this city on the .'i 1st" ult., will be removed to-morrow from the vault in the Congressional Cemetery to Easton, Pennsyl vania, for internieivt. The remains will be accompanied by the Hon. S. McLean, of Montana, and Hon. Mr. Holbrook, of Id.--ho; Mr. Ordway, the Serger.nt-at-Arms of the House ; James L. Mengle, and D. II. Mender, a committee from Easton, and other friends and relatives of the deceased. Washington, Feb. 15. TARIFF ON RRUftS, AC. The Ways and Means Committee, this morning in considering the Senate tariff bill had a long discussion on the subject of in creasing the rates of duty on drug. They arrived at no conclusion, but the evident d.i Dosition of the maiorifv was to makft thk i - - j i : v -i t . ME CONNECTICUT ELECTION. Radical politicians here think the Demo crats will elect their candidate for Governor at the approaching election in Connecticut. It is conceded that the New Haven District will elect a Democratic member of Congress, in place of Mr. Warner, the present Radical member. The prospect for carrying the Hartford District is al.-n considered very Altogether a substantial Democratic victory is anticipated. ViIlSKEV TAX. The general impression is that the House will sustain the W ays and Means Committee in keeping the tax on whikey at "Jl! per gal lon. Mr. Commissioner Wells is in favor of reducing it, and his influence may possibly have some weight in the Senate. At pres ent it looks decidedly unfavorable to any material reduction on the tax. G El 1 RO ET( V N It E( i ISTR V. The first registry taken by the judges ap pointed by the Supremo Court of the legal voters of Georgetown was completed yes terday, and foots up eleven hundred and seventy whites and e:",hry colored. Among the whites there arc at least three hundred Radicals. Washington, Fih. 17. RUMOR LI) CHANGE IN THE CARINET. An apparently well-grounded rumor is curreut here of an early change iu the Cab inet. Mr. Postmaster-General Randall is said to have tendered his resignation to the President, and it is probable that it will be accepted. The statement telegraphed North that Horace Greeley is to be made Postmaster-General, is not credited by well informed parties here. RADICAL CAUCUS. It is reported to-day that the House Rad icals will hold a caucus at ten o'clock to morrow morning, for the purpose of arriving at some conclusion in regard to the Senate substitute for Stevens' military bill. The impression is that a majority of the caucus j will vote in favor of sustaining it. In that J event, it will go through the House, be cause the rule of a caucus is the law of the party. THE COMPROMISE. It is now well known that a committee of Republican members of Congress. Bingham. Blaine, Dodge, and others, waited upon the President and had a long consultation on the subject of reconstruction, cY.c. vVc. with a view to ascertain if a com promise could nut be effected between the Executive and Le il 1 islative 1 'ct artmenrs ot the ttovcrument i . . lative Dct artmenrs of the G The result is said to be satisfactory to the Committee, although the r.ctrt terms of ad justment are not dcfinitelv known. Wcn'- i wort h's resolution of inquiry, introduced in j the House yesterday, was based upon the ; proceedings of this Cui.grdonal Cumtnit ; U e. ' ANOTHER RECONSTRUCTION HILL PROPOSED. ' John Minor Botts. of Virginia, has pre- pared a bill declaring the Southern State j governments null and void, and providing lor their reconstruction. It will probablv ; ue ..resented to Congress to-morrow, having airea.lv heen submitted to various Kei ubli- can members. ARRIVAL OP THE SWATARA WITH THE PRIS ONER SCR R A PT. The pilot boat A. M. Sharkey reports that this morning she spoke the I.nited States gunboat Swatara at Cape Henry, (with the prisoner Surratt m board, ) from Alexandria via. Li.-bon. bound to Washington. A bark rigged gunboat, supposed to be i the Swatara. was seen at daylight this morn ing, ant bored near Willoughby's spit. The ! pilot-boat Maryland put a pilot on board at i eight o'clock. She got under way and pro l cccdcd up Chesapeake Ray. THE DISTRICT Sl'rTRA' IE P. I PL. j ?dr. Morris presented concurrent rejoin-' ; tions of the New York legislature, heartiiy ' approving the action of Congrc-s in passing the District of Columbia suffrage bill. THE PRESIDENTIAL SI ( CESSION. The bill to amend the act declaring the! officer who shall act as President of Fnited States in case of vacancies in otli'-e both of President and Vice-Presi. came up. and was j'-asscd without a divi the the ot, ! ion. ; M A R R I E I . On the Tth inst.. at his residence bv Rev. J. R. Dimm, Mr. John Shaffer, of Plooms burg, to Miss Lydia Ana Lee. of Scotttwp.. ( 'olundiia Count v. On the :;ist :nf J.-mary, by llcv. B. P. King. Mr. Mark Slaght, of Watsontowu to Miss Margaret E. Bogart, of Frankliu town ship. Lycoming county. On the 7th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, by the same, Mr. Abram Tit mau and Miss Emma Shoemaker, both tf othan I-eftennan. to .Iiss J.mi.i Ann l.ich- 1 ard, both of Locust towinhip, Columbia County. On the lTthinst.. by the same. Mr. Albert Hoibcin. to Miss Lor.-tta Yeager, both of i J, Locn.st townshiji, Columbia County. I) I E 1) Tu Iola, Green wo.nl Township, Columbia County, on Friday, the Slh inst., Mr. Jo seph Robbins. aged ') years. 'J months and In Reaver Valley. Columbia County, on the 11th ult., .Miss Jan: Hauck, aged 11 years. In Bloomsburg, on the ?, int.. Martha Wilbur, twin daughter of Dr. J. Boyd and Mary E. M'Kelvy, aged one year, nine months and twenty-seven days. In Jerseytou n, on the 'Jth inst., Robert W. Miller, in the of.th year of his ago. Died, November 12th, lN.fi. Mrs. Si san na, wife of David Eileiiberger. of Muncy. Lycomir.g County, Pa.., in the o2d year of her age. At the see of sixteen, the subject of this memoir whil-t attending a " Camp-Meeting," of the Metholist Episcopal Church. New Jersey, was awakened, and on her re turn home, sought the Lord in prayer. ith but little to encourage, iinlred, with much to discourage, from those who should have in structed her in her religious struggle?, she 1 alraost flespairerl ol Undine peace with t.od. j In the year 1 the Lord wn" pleased to titiiiL net i vTic.ti cwuence o tier act epiauce, through the Lord Jesus Chii.st. Having found the Saviour prreious to her own soul, she felt constrained to labor and prny for others,' and in season and out of season, she warned sinners and encouraged saints. In 1S01, having moved to Lycoming County, she and her husband united with the Lu theran Church, at Munoy, (then under the pastoral care of Rev. George Parson,) in whose communion she died. Mother Eilen bcrger was a good woman, a strong believer in the ejlicaey of prayer, a warm advocate of practical piety. She was the mother of seven children, and lived to see all, but one, broaght into the Church of Christ. During her greatest physical sufferings her mind was clear, her faith strong and her '"conver sation in heaven, from whence also she looked for the lxrd Jesus Christ." She . ..:i ct ,i has gone from earth, to behold the face of - - Jin :1 , SiT;n-"e rsnrj to pn:nv that rst which COUNTY STATEMENT. The Audi torn rleetpil to uru'n and ailjuot tli pub lic aocount of Columbia Cumy. rep(!Cti"iilly lie leave to it-port l Mill tticy have t-xaminud the aioi Ironi ttiK lust tiny of Jim. A.D- ne thousand right liundrvd and sixty rix. to iliv tirt Hiiy of Jn . A.I), one ihounand eight hundred and ixty evi;n. and rasped fully lay lieforo the Ilonor.-iMK Judge of the Court of Common Plea of s.O.I County, the follow inf slntPiiieiii and report, arepahly to thn Sid sec tion of the Act f tJenefHl Abfemhly of llii .Com tnouvt eulih. pafsed the. 4lh day of April. A.lJ. 1.-34 ; JOHN J. STI I. ES, Treasurer of Columbia County, in ajcount with aid Comity. DR. 18CG, Jan. Int. To amount outstanding for lSi;5, and previotn year!" : Amount cai-h received of Daniel M'llenry. lute Treasurer, per Auditor's re oort. ?53i; 2d I CI 1311 5i; fO V 7 iU 2 CO do cash received of Daniel M'Henry, line Treasurer, fur uni.ry tae Feb. 5, i-nshof Samuel Kelihm-r, i f Hriar Creek lownahip, lor keeping Catha rine rtiilt. frh i, c:mh of II. J. Read'-r. for pi ink. Eeb MO rush of William l.awion, land re deem d, April 2"- "h of Joseph Mostcllcr, for drink. May 10 tush of Fainuel pnyder. Bh'-rifT, roit &r., iu uit I the County vi. Win. SSlelter, collector of t.onyuy ham towiinh ii. June -To amount ol Counly lax ascs-cd lor Iriili. June 2? cati of George IlnlUy, Inuil re deemed, Aug. nihil received for taxe 011 seated and unseated laud, returned, Srpt. 4 cash of Samuel Kelchner, of Hriar Creek tup., lor kecking Cutharims Suit. Oct. To ain't ten day assessment 111 Bor. of Deri ick, Dec. 10 Jury !'.- mid fluf. of Jrie Coleman . I'rothonotarv. To c.i-h of dog tax tund paid acs- ori lor liiti. Amount outstanding, balance, 'i'u juudry la ve, li -10 Ijiiri 5: 1 4u 10 10 44 77 40 10 to 17d 00 r 0 00 ''0 l..r o'."j o; SiiOI'J 37 CR. By amount outstanding lor ISf.O an.l pre vious ye-ir. Bv exonor.ition. allowed collector $53.!i 4S 11.4 -i" Hum .iu i:;iu 4 1 c.:u; n'j Jls-V.! 7ii Hy Commission Hy ain't ol County ordi m redeemed, liy Treasurer'. Coiiiiiiumoih 0:1 $l3-0i 37 at four per cent. IU- balance due county. S ui;i 37 JOFIV J. S IT LES. Trcas'irer o Columbia Coumy, in account 1U1 Hie tax on dogs. DK. Ain't out .tan dine fr l.-t'.3 and pieviou y'rs, Sia ' n-M-s-ed for lejli. I ' 3" " Juc Treasurer , j1j '' $ jyji ui SI! 4 7 Il!l lU.'l u'j I ii r,:i MJ-i 7"j - i (in 7ti l)J Cll. Amount rmtstnndinj and inn ollert-d, Exoneration allowed collectors, ' CoilllllltMOU, ' Ho-cp Jjinage, orders redeemed. Paid asiemnm f 'r ani'iiiuenl of do; t.ix lor Hie year 1-t.ii, Ticaturcr's commission en S'l'-'J MTDITOr.S' AND CLERK'S PAY. An.oiiiit paid Audnoi'4 and Clerk IS Oh 13 on J'i3 UU 303 43 $-.'3 (HI :i.n ti'i rl.ll IIU I J7 3 OJ lo VVnl auditing. I'rotUlouoiary lU-iO'-l' r s ai;c uic , uli J ASSESSORS' PAY. Am't pnid .vMit for spring a-o-s-ment. BRIDGE CONTRACTS. Am'l naid Da id favaju, bi ide in I'.euloii. W. A Kile, " r'iliin2i reek .. .. ' Siicu i li-at F. L- S'.-.'Oiia'i " 1 raiiiiloi. SJ-JiJ eo S'KI t:i 44 1 31 1. a :i; 74 74 313 30 Ci7. i'w 4U 3C 7 1 so I n BRIDGE REPAIRS. Am't pniJ John II. riwr. David Savage, ' Aaron Kester for plank I'. Ilarlmaii Samuel Appleinnn l . t: Woodward John Ever I'lnlip Crawford for st-iim J.din Vurdau i . 1 1 ii in E er J oe i.i it il. t iiriiian Miinlry pcrin 41 " ' Montgomery Colli ? )l 3J ! II.-' U'l till" :1 111 HO S-.'3ti) Ul . 2 Jo 5 i BLANK ROOKS. Ain't paid fW b ni.k boeks lor I'r'atiouotary and IO piK'er COl'NTY P.riLIUNtlS. tih'i naiil lii.lrv ii'-1 n l"r m lie rial f.ir- i.ni.ed and work to privy lor iep;ni al Court House during the year lie. ot: l i:;d 1:1 and Jiiil s:,3 U7 CLEANING CO CRT HOLM-:. Amount paid to sundry persons uU i t ii!Kin'Fi:'S TToRNEY-. ., , '" wot oiiiiniimei. .Mtcmey 5,000 j CO PR f CRIER. I Am i to Mocs Colimaii or the year l-eti i'J CONSTABLE" S Ills II R. m't to the Si veral C,ni-t;.lil. s riicini: v-iir tC. COMMON W E A 1 ;r H"S C STS. Am't paid to sundry p- rums '4l1j COMMISSIONERS AND CLi'.l.K A m't p:i iitl T. J- .-inilersoco t-om mis sujuer Allen M.imi Jotin E Et-i ler " M.i'i . c ':"-r C"lo 11. i Era 11 I' r 1 ' t-xpei-.ses to HariMbur; ojs na 'J'lli (10 s;oii Ou VI II I til. I in "' ,lU UrU OU I 4 oo ) .'.! 00 -.'i; oo 3'-4 1.0 73 4 75 DISTRICT ATTORN LA", m't raid P.. 11 Liu!.- -c.e Di-tricl Attorney - M. M.Tiauli ELECTION EXPENSES. paid sundry pernum fur -itihc e.. ii..n for I'oor House and scneral lection ll l'J :i. IT EL. Am't for real find wood for Court House and vnv" WD WILD CAT SCALDS. Amount to i-muiry persmn INCIDENTAL EXPENSE m'l of fla'imieiy i c for court. INSURANCE. Am't to Lycoinin? .Mutual InMir.iiue C. Jo 4J or. 70 in(fests. Am't t J ;. Qui. h Emi.. on C. alter 10 37 10 30 to Win. M. Iloasland on I lios Hu me to . I. It. Case M il. examining body of f amuel W".ir.iure al iiepiesl JFRORS WAtlES AND MILEAOE."' in'l to Jurors at to.; several conns ouri .g ll'tt " M EDICAL S FRY ICES. Am't pid to Or. E. C. Itari is ' n, aUeudan to on prisoner PROTIIONOTARY. Amount paid Jesse Coleman Pr. th'y 10 JO "4 I?5 CO PR1Y1LV.. Amount to IV. II. Jaeohy TO PO to J . S. S .aiders I IJ lio to I.. I. Tale 'Jo oo to r. John 0 00 3;s oil POSTAGE. Iinoutit pnid P. A. Hockley, f M. PENITENTIARY. Am't n. S. Penitentiary , mippoitius convict. Am't State l.unat ie II o; nal for the Riipprwt ol Catharine Suit 3 50 41 J M 157 H5 5:u si! ROAD AND BRIDGE VIEWS in't Sundr- pt-r.rvn revl r.e.J bridi: lew i ROAD DAMAGES. A in 't "aid Thomas Knorr. I'Iooid Township, do William hlinc. Jackson T"'.vn ship, rlo J. IV. Ei k, Hriaicr'fh Totvnship, ilo l. A. How man do do d Andrew EreaH do do jo W. U. P.obhins Greenwood twp. li. I!) fl.'G 1,0 570 00 CO 00 71 Oil ".'0 Uo SHERIFF'S BILL. Ain't rui'l So'i'icl sSnydvr lor boarrtmj n r i son er do conveying Nathaniel Ferry to 'he House of rrtiiee and Isaac Uird lo the E, S. Penitent lary eonveyiiij Abraham Pealer to Ii. S. Penitentiary do SHEEP DAMAGE. Am't paid to sundrT person to vit . 7 0l 10 (o 3"0 0:1 375 HO 150 00 15 PO ;ioom township 44 Ul Mentnrt do. Hi 00 Greenwood do 137 nit Hiiarrree do it) Centre rto ,15 50 Fi.hingcree. do t) .IO Jackson do fis in Locust do S.' uo Madison do (K) Mitflm do 4- s Maine do 'o no Mt Pleasant do h-C 50 Montour In " "(j p Kranga do , 5a po Pine do s ,,o Il'mlork do 322 50 fusnrloaf do ?t 00 Scott do, 104 IK) STATE HO AD. Am't paid laying out ?ia1e "find Uiorugh Co- lumbia sod Luzerne Count lei 10 C4 TIP STAVES. Am't paid at tli" Ternl r"ii'tx 7 03 TAXES REFUNDED. ' Atu'tof road, ciiol, poor and county t.ixca refunded by the several townships IS-3 H Am't of orders l.soed tor the year ISGO 131 83 De Ju t a in 'I if lieep order isi'teil for the year lrn 157fi "3 t.ixes refunded to lornuips l.i-i'J H 350C 01 Actual expanses for y" ir 18GG 15siH"iso We the utidemiztied A ir!itor.-' f Columbia county. hein duly el. eled to iidju"t and iittle the ficeoitnt. ot I lie Treasurer and 'oumiisdioiiei do certii'y thn we met at th- otfieo Hie Cfr mm-i uit:r in Hlo;nt burn, nnd can fully ex.tmineii On- ni .ouiit and vioieti'tr. "f ' be iamc Innii tile lt day ol January, A.O. ISfiii. to the .i day of January , lsu7. and find llo-ui corre. t to set forth l I'' fcfejolllj .tatHliiellt, and we rind i ha l.i nee diirf 'olu nlvi a County of two I hoti .i ml eih hundred and i!iiy-two dollar and seventy six rent. (titWJ 7u) fro.ii J.V.IS J. STILUS, Treasurer ol si 1 c .UutV. Civil under onr handotiM eL'trl) d.iy t January. A I) . one Mioiis.iiid t i;bt hundred and sixty-rureii. Allrrt. IHVII'.li I. KB. Clerk D iMI'.l. s Y I) Lit ) I.. IS. e.l I'Klir. County Asj.Uroi. JOHN' 1'. II A WON. S We the underi.'iie.l. Coin ow-ooi'-rs of Coturubit County , do cerlilv thai the Ion ponil it a rorrrt rlaicuielil of the account of said County for th.: VeW li.U Witness our hail J, Juti C. Isti7. AOe-l. W.M. KKK li. II A i: M . Clerk. ALLEN MAW. J. E. EoV I El'., MONT. Col.li. Cjiimi'r. Approved by the Court. E.'i 4. Irf'o. ii i.ii 111.1,11. ' Af. Judj,";. t K. II EK i. KIN. ) Commissioner'!- 0:in: ice, ( li. i-G7 j IUonul'deirg. l-'i-b rVJV&jf line I.t, line FeslorrJ. Ju-t Puhlirlied, a new ediiinu of Da. fjn.V Lit, WELL'S Celebrated Esay on the rud ieal cure (without ined ir.ine , ' Spe riimtori hoa. Sem inal WraKne, I n voluntary Senna l Lot-se. luipn-te.u-r .Menial :i it 1 I'ltys.ral I ni Hpi.eity . I lopedl.nenl to Mnrriaue, el. ; alo t m uiopi iuii. I iiU (irV, and Pits induced li y self -1 ni!ii': nee or dexual OUaVn gaiiec. f y t'ri.e. iua yenled envelope, only tl rtn. 'i'lio r :lehi sited author li lhi admirable rsay clearly di ui'uiti ;it.v, from a Unity nur," nictfi.. Oil pi ,irt iee, thnt the aljriiiin i oi,.n 'U''iices of self uljj.r may be rudn-ally cured without the ilns er ous use ot iiilern.il loe.l leior er the nppliraoou of the kicle p. ino ii o-.I a in 1e of cure at uncesliu pie. ce:l;'i.i. and i if.-' ot il. by mean of whii h every utTVrer. no :n iUr ivli.il l.i- e-iii lition m.iy b... may cme S.inirelt riieaply. pri v.itel) . and nidi-ally. j '1 iii b i l ue i-ii 'u'd be in Die h.iiios of every youth mid every ie;.u iu tile land. S.-i.t. on. Or eul. iu a plain envelope, to any ad dies post i i,id, on receipt of six cents, or two post .1 nid s A-Urts tlio publirheri. Cll AS. J. C. KLINE 4;. CO. 1J7 Ilowery, New York, t'oslOthce Uix, 43SI1. Dec. IJ, lel'si. LUMliBK ! LUMBER ! ! 'TTii: n.uOMSIlCR'J LUMtlERINli COMPANV 1 wo ul 1 jcspcclf ully iiilo.-iu lliu public thul they ;.r '.Vu. e in PLANING MILL operation with an extensive assortment o rr ,vr. and are now prep.ired to supp'v ull orders nt sh" nonce and at On- lowest iirii-c for Cash, Thitir a K.rtmeiit ol lii-iiher con.its of White E'iiic I3: iiiL. KoarcN, E'Icmh MJ3 2:, SuiT.ice iSoard, iilouu, EZcssiloi ik SM.ui!.. landed or uiiptaiin.l, to tint pun haseis Frame StuflT, Juice and Scaiitlc.g of al' siz-s. Their t'lauiug Mill and l.iMiibtr Yard i Mtnale.l at the Kailrpad llenot. very cotivniieully for hippiii( lu nhcr by tin- carifo. Th'-y are coriMtoilly lusliuta. tui ing lumber of all kin js. and pernios who desire lumber of every de si riptiioi will d well toexiiniue their stork befor pure .ain;i e'sev here. They re delerniined an J eiu nieitiy pr-'pared to s. llas rheap a the ch pest. 'I he .:Uo il. Mre to inlorni the publie and especial'y thoe vv '10 isli to p.irdiae lull stu rl t hat they have one Mill snrriallv iiretiared to cut tiinber of almost eVfiy M7.e and length re'iuired. Thui, wishiu; to build or roi.trai.toi l"r building, ran save mouey, by 10 vi n usa tail The uud'-ri;ueil would also aniirunce thul they are prepared to Ho all kind ot iepairii: of Machinery. It uTlirei-hiti2 Marlnne Mower 4. H caper u 1 all kiinln ol iigric'iHural luiplrnicuts, upon reasoha Id.; li i in". A.idr..". E. C. EVF.a. SSec'y. Il Uio.iisbii iff. Sent. El, JSfili lilooui'burg. Ka. 5 J FADING RAIL ROAD. M L WIMER ARR..CEMEXT.- I'ccMubtr 1st, 1m;G. nnpvr trpvk line, from tiif. north and North WeM f' r Plnlnrte'pliia. New York. aed- w. I'otisvi: le. I ai.irt i.i Ashland. Lebanon, Alleu tnwn. Lahton, Lphrjta, Liliz. Laucaslor, ColuuibU, Trrioi li-ave I Li rri slnirs for New Yrk, ns follow; Al 3 H(. s lo '.' :i" nJ Id and '.I (OrM connect in! 1 1 Ii sin.i'ar Trains on the Pen usy I vatna Kail -road ai l arriving al ew York at 500 nnil 10 10 A is ari 4 4 . -u a ii n i u ' e i. o;-p . -m v.... K mm- the 3 00 a m and J 00 l' m. Irani without rliinC. 1 eriTtf Pan i-li-ir; for Itradme. rottvi!le. Tamn- o:ia. Minert-vil e, A-h'and, Pine lrve. A lie mow u and Phil i. Ielj.hu. at S IU a m and -i HI and 10 r n. stippiti2 at le b hii on und principal Way station ; .i... i in ,. v. hi. eon ni ci ions for I'll ila leui ia and I CoiumbiA only. For Poitsvilie. Sehuv Ik ill . II -ireu and Auburn, via Sell uj Ik 1 1 1 an t sai'iucuaiiiu rn :d'. leave I l.irri .h i r at :i -i0 e M. Rc-turiiirz : Leave New York at 0 0(1 a m. 15 M anil 3 (iu and .s o.i r m ; Philadelphia al S 15 a m and 3 30 r m Way I'.-Kseneer i rain leavei Pliil.ulelphia at 7 3U A M. r'etu tun-' ff'ii lieadmi! at 'i 30 r n toppiB t "It 'slut i on : I'otuvnle at e 4"i am. and '-' 45 ; Ash land il ul and II 3tl a M . aud 1 Uj P. M ; Tama-jua ot 'J -to a. m . and I ;0 ami s 55 e m. I.e.,.- Pottvi!le f 'r li.irrOhurj via Schuylkill aud Su-.i li cin.i i:ai!ro;td at 7 (W A M. li. a.!nm Aeeoiiiiiio.latinii Train : Leave Reading ati.IM.t M retiiroine from Philadelphia at 4 30 r t. i t.LiniSiu K.iiro.nl Tr.nlis leave lieadine at 7 00 a M and li I.IPM for Ephrala. Litix, Lancaster. Columbia. On Sundays : Leave New York at S 00 V M, l'luli .l.nh'..t s lui" A .V. and 3 15 P M. tin S 00 A M. train r ii n id ii" on lv lo K-ailiiiC ; Polti-ville It a. Imc ; Poitsvilie H OU AM.; liar r.i one il 35 A M. anil f.eao.n- at 1 "JO and 'Jti A ' for H.irn.ur r and II JJ A M, lor New York and 4 :i P M. for Pin ladelphis. Ccn mut.iiiwii. V ileafje. Season School ana Excnr- ii ii Tn liels. to and trmu all points al reduced rate. Ilaec.-i merited Ihrouih ; cO pound allowed each ra- n.er. ;- A N'''"''-s General Superintendent. R. a.!ir.r, Pa , Jan. 5, I." r. RF-AT l'.ARGAINS AND UcmIucUoii iii Trice. T he undersifiied ill ofTir to ihe public UKEtAT KAKAltS in nil rinds of iH Li- Ol? 2a 3i udl Ll 3 o ? ?ucli as TKY C.OODS. CROCKS 1E3. cn." EEsv. it r, HARP IV ARK. Kool mid Mioix, H.tI?, Cap, and Notions in every variety, (i-ir loinnc-i Iroin the first of January , v ill be con ducted on a strictly CASH SYSTEM, pnd peron wislsinz lo pnrrhnse anything in oe.r 5'.l One ran do o al a very Mnnll perrentas'- on C uri am Wliolefialc i'riccs. All kinds of rrodiire and prain taken in eirhange. f""" IVe n rili.i!lv invite the rublir to GIVE 'US A GALL, and a sharo of lhir patrnna:'. lrTNCII it SHU MAN. Catav.issn, January 2, lsb". JIAV RESTAFRANT, In Shive'r P.nildinp, on Min Street. WM. GILMORE, Infi.rmt; tivi ri:ien of bloouishur and vicinity th it he lias opined a !ew in thi p!ace, w here lie invite hi old friend Blot customers to call and partake uf his refroshuient. It is his intention to eep il.e best LA G Fit BEER A XD A IX, . constantly on hand ; AIo, Porter. Sars.ipariLa. Mln era! Water. 1 ani y Lemonades. Uaspberry and Ijem on Syrups , can always be h.id at hi Bcata,urant. In lip; eating Iwie te present a not surp-ir",ed in lht place , viz. Pickled Oyster. Clams, Sardine Fish, Barbecued Chicken, Pieklet Tripe and Bcf Tongue, &.C., fcc. He also h ia a j 00c articl of Cigars and Chewing Tobacco. forhis customer. Ci ve him a rail. liloomburg, Juaa 13, lCft. QO TO BROWER-S TO BUY YOFK r 1