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The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-04-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
TAR AND FEATHERS-REVENGE.

Just before The breaking ont of tie revo.
luton, man BY the name Of Diison, ,helOn-
giug to B.llerica Mass, was larred and Iea-
there,, by The British soldiers, under the
orders Of l.icu,enaul Nesbit. The Biish
officers wished 10 prevent the Americans
from purchasing gunc, aud in order ,U fur
nsh aH opportunity 10 mGic, punishment,
and to raise urcasion fpr seriOus quarrr.
Il soldier was ordered To ulfer Tie old coun-
iryman an old rusty muskeI. ndsou caugh;
at the bait, and purchased the gun for three
dollars. lie was thereupon seized aud az
ter heins confined in the guard.honsc ali
night, was stripped entirely nsked, and
covered with tar and feathers and in lI,ai
condition paraded through the streets of
Boston. The Yankees. however. began In
collect in great numbers, and the military
fearing Cor tlrir own safety, disnis cd the
man aud relreatcd 10 their own bar
racks,
Thus FAR the incident is related by a con
temporary historian. What follows we
have fom the lips of the old Continental
himself Many II time and oft have we
heard him relate the s,pry, with clenrhe(
hands, and eyes flashing fire, and always
with this cnding-"But | had my re
yenge |"
When he was dismissed by the DiIish
he called for his gun, which during the ore
ration oftarring aud frathering had been la
ken from him. Take the gun and bt
d---d!'' said ihr officer who had command
ed the tarr,ng and featherng you'll be th'
last Yankee, I'll he sworn who will CONT
heie ,n purchase a muskei."
'.But not the last that will use one, +" SAT-
Dilsun, 80 he grasped the weapon, " ant
mark me, Sir, Ill have my revenge"
"The tOrkis clear game" said the offi
Ger, turning to his companions with laugI
..but he had heller ruff. his feathers ON hi
own dunghiIl!"
hi sou, by the aid Of soap and warm wa
ter.got rid or his lealhcry Goa, bat the ide
uIthc insult rlung to his mind burning deer
ct like the shirt of Nessus. He longed 70
} an opportunity Of revenge Ii was III
theme Of lis thoughts waking or sleeping
} lie dreaml of il by nighl-he pundered q
the means of accomplishing it by day. Bu
: how was he TO accomplish III
+. An opportunity was not long Wanting 70
that purpose. His country flew to arns,t
D redless its public grievances and he To re
e venge his private ones. As soon as h
1 heard thai the British had marched for Con
/. cord, lie seized his rusty muskst, AMI IA
. To the scene Of acliOn.
$ "What are you going ID dot" said hi
9 neighbOrs. as they saw him unyoking hi
i team in the middle OF the field, and at "a
t unreasonable hour of the day.
a I'm going to pay the red coats for .h
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lee should not meet Your appreciation, YOU
will attribute lhe erfOr rather IL ourselves
and his Immediate advisers, than to General
tlafnsun, The policy, is, that the Gener.
Al make no further declaration Of his prin-
ripIes, Iut lho public eye, whilst occupying
It's pesen' posI,ion
Surh course has been adopted, not lof
purposes uf ronrpamcht, nor 10 avoid all
proper responsibility bu, under the imptes.
sim ,iial the Gcuvral'e views, in regard 10
MI the important and rxrling questions Of
The day, have heretUore been given t0 the
pubic, ruMhrried with constitutional OF 0lh-
er questions Of very general interest, have
undergone no change.
The committee ure strengthened In re-
gaId 10 the proprieiy Of this puliryi thai M
new issue he nudc to the public, from the
consideration, that the na,iuaal ronvention
dermed il immliic a, ihe then crisiH, To pub
ish amy general declaration of the siews 81
the grea, opposition party, and certainly the
puliry at the present remains unaltered. Ii
the mean time We cannp! help expressing
the hnpe, that cur !rients, every where, vii
receive the nomination Of General Harrison
with sumelhihg akin to genetal rouGdrnre
Wien we rpdee. upon the distinguished III
teiligence Of Ilie nominating convention
how ably all Interests were represented II
that Indy, We certainly have "A high guar
aniy, that Should General Ilartsnn he Ih
successful candidate for tic presidency, tia
Office will he happily and constitutional.
administered, Under guidanCe Of the sam
prInriples which directed our Washington
Jefferson, and Madison, Believing so
will concur with US i'll the Woprielys of tn
policy adopted, we have pleasure in subecrit
ing ourselves,
|
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OFFICE OF TIE DEMOCRAT,
OProsirE ST.. pAuL's ChuReH, MAtN.sr
TERMS

T1c cOLUIfDKa DEMOCRAT ,DiN Be
pu6iished euetg Saturday stofnEsg, al
I'HiO DOLLARS per arntri, pdySttc
haif yeorty IN ulvdnct, OF 3Irt O0ttdf,
Tyty Cents, i not paid cci'hia the gear
No subscription ,UiN be fuEca for a shorter
perioL than sir nonihsy ncr dhg HtScofs
tiauance permitted, uata at cfFtaFTges
are discharged.
8DYER7YSE JfE WIS not eTetpdsAg u
square ,cM be conspiruousty inserted III
One Dollar fer Me first three !nscFftons,
0.d TWen'y.frc cents Jor cecry sttOse-
oueai nseriSon e7s.A tGerut disco,uti
nta4e 70 those DkO q iUcrt;ss BY thc Seur.
kETI'ERS addressed or busiheS0, ''stts'
be post paid,
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dNls sis
Respectfully. yout "b't scrv't
MILES HOTCHKISS,
Corresponding Secretary
! am, sir,
CixclxSArr, Feb. %, ls4s,

oswogo Unun Association,
Genl!cmen--Y You letter of tie Bis, ui'.
addressed to General Harrison, has been
placed in our possessiot with view IN EAR
iy attention, This is uLsvoidahle, in ron
sequence of the very numerous letters re-
ccived by the General, and to which his re.
ply in person Is rendered absolutely i'm.
prariicahle. AS from his confidential rom
mi,,ee, you will look upon this RESPONSE
and if the policy observed by the commit
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pDE.RTzCAEn
NON-CONMITTAin

One of the most curious MslhOIa Of EGs' !
banding a candidate that we have Sc! hratti
Of, is narrated in The following alli,i 10 from
the n. Y Evening POST relalive 10 Gener'
al Harrison. 1t seems that Contmitiee
hold watch and ward over him i-1@ P'hn'n'
An extraordinary course has lately been
taken with General Harrison hy his friends
IN Ohio, They have raised committee,
10 whom they have given him In charge
ns an idiot is rcmmiued TT the caie OF trns'
tees. The committee rertiSr aud read his
political letters, and determine upnh the all
aver to he given, leaving the poor old gen'
t'eman without any discretion ur agency IN
,hc mater. George the Third, Of E0G'
NJ in the days Of his old ngo and ihsanI'
ty, deprived of all power in his OWN gov
ernnent, was king after much ihe same
fashion that Harrison is NOW arandidSr,
The Oswego Palladium, Of Wednesday,
contains correspondence between the Os-
wrqo Union Association aud the committee
who have taken possession Of Llarison.--
We copy the letters, Which we have the
positive assurance Of the 0swego print are
genuine; .
OswEoo. Jan. 81, lsi0.
TO the Hon. William II. Harrison.
Dear Sir-In accordance with a reso,d'
tcn of The Union Association Of Oswcgo,
am instructed 10 propose three questions
to you. IN relation 10 subjects that u large
portion Of this section Of the country feel a
deep interest in, The frat Is.
Are you in favor uf receiving md referring
petitions Tor the immediate .hoii'Un Of slave
rs in the District Of Columbia
Sccnnd---Are you in favor Of United
States BANK, or some institution sihrar ir
thar, for the safe keeping and dishursing u
the public moneys, and for giving uni
form currency Throughout the United
States
And lnstly--W Would yDu Favor the passag'
of General Bankrup, I,aw, by Congress
so that its operations might be equal in al
the States of the Unionl
have only To say, sir, that the nhor
inquiries are made in accordance with u
unaniniuus wishes oC this association, III
members Of which, am instructed to say
entertain the lighrs, regaid for your pa'
services and hope, should YOU be elecle
To the high office for which you are nom
Sated, that nothing may orcur to lessen yo
Sn tire estimation of great and free pes
pie.
am, sir,
Respectfully. yout "b't scry't.
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Eg,iUalents. -4.When Quin was one day
lameuling his growing old, d pert young
fellow asked him what he would now give
to be as young as he could almost con;
tent replied Gum, "to he as foolish"
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Observation-Disclosures is the child Of
light; and adopts every eufranchIsing ,ruIIi
that time and genius and the public mind
may develops. The masses oi wealth, we
admit, are against it. Can tie same be
said of intelligence Have the gifted minds
OF our nation been tie adversarles Of the
Democracy - Salem .Adusrtisef.
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Rewards aud punlshmsAIs arc the basi3
Of good government
The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-11-02
For the Pilot

THE GRAND LOCO FOCO Rally.
On Friday evening the last grand rally Il the
Loco Foco party came OF. The drums ware not
muified, but the music sounded to our car, very
like funeral dirge- We beheld the possession
from the corner of Light street; and tie cvolu-
misunderstanding, which they appeared to
be practising, was appropriate and il good taste
at this juncture. 1t is taking time ay the fore
lock- One Of the rAnspare1cies had on it the
motto-'sThe sober second though" This ac-
counts for their philosophy, whish is only to b
gathered in the school of adversely.
The principal attraction in the procession Was
something mounted on wheels Of the Composite
order, designed to represent loco foce fortress,
with sundry inscriptions, and among tAem was
the following-By heuen, we can. defend it"
| A wag near US exclaimed, as it passed-sESpel-
ling is not their fort" Another flag had on it
''We are opposed to laying lead pipes Why?
doubtless because they are laid under ground
NO more Of that as thou Lowest US, say the Office
holders. There was also transparent pyramid
with the motto--fFThe only Magic is Democra-
cy.' The sober second thought lid not occur to
tkeIn Iii TINS instance or When tle JndS tCtdn
is removed, Loco Foco Democracy loses all it:
magic. The people have destroyed the spell o.
the Magician. 4 Jugsier once exposed, has ne
yer yet rallied again upon the credulity of tht
people.
Judging from the inscription on the Transparent
cy of the 18th Ward, Justice and Truth are moi
numbered among the cardinal virtues of Locc
Focoism, unless they exist according 10 the fan
CIV Of one Democritus of old-''in tie bottom o.
we'll" Whether he was not the great founde,
of the Loco Foeo Democratic party, might ad
nit of much speculation, owing to this coin
cidence Of moral views
| The name of SHEPPARD G. LEAxI,l appeared
on the transparency OF the 18th Ward, signed tc
Shinplascr. Here is a vERacIoUs party-men
of high character, marching in procession
which announces deliberate falsehood in the
streets Of Baltimore.
If this is Loco Foco morality, commend me
to heather times, when Homer put into the
mouth of Achilles, this sentiment
ssWho dares thinI- one thing and another,
Till my soul dctests him The gates Of Hell. ,
OLD KENT.
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GRAND WING RALLY.

The Wings of this city turned out in strength
on Saturday evening, it being their last rally
previous to the Presidential contest. The clubs
of the different wards of the city, met in their
respective wards, and marched from thence to
Gay sueet, with music and banners, and there
formed a juncture. The grand line then pro-
eeeded, according to the programme published,
by the way of Lombard, Charles, Baltimore and
Calvert streets to the Square, and were address
ed BY General LESLIE CooNiBs, "a distinguished
officer under Gen. Harrison, during his campaign
on the North Western frontier) in an eloqueat
and effective manner, giving the testimony Of an
eye witness te the bravery, ability, and goodness
Of heart, of him whom the people twill delight
| to honor
The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-11-02
from the NeU York Starr
LOCOFOCO FRAUDS IN 1898,

The CONSPIRACY PARTY are likely to have
more developments than they desire. Though
the inquisitors could and did suppress the i'm
portant testimony in relation TO locotoco frauds
in 1885,. given by Philip Becannon-a man,
by the way, whose character stands above i'm
parchment or reproach-they cannot prevent
the facts from meeting the public eye, ia the
columns OF an Independent press. The follow.
ing statement, which, it will be seen, IS verified
by the oath of the deponent, will no doubt
shock,the piety of Mr. BUtler
City and County of esc York, ss:-
Lewis Pavie, OF the city of New York, being
duly sworn, deposes and says, that he resides
at the public house kept by A. Livingston, No.
8, Chatham street, in said city-That during
the election in the fall of 1883, deponent lodg-
ed at The same house where he now resides;
hsfd,aFing the evening of the second day of the
election, deponent saw in the baE room of said
house three persons by the name.o of John Daily.
- Broad and - Smith, who had all been
lodged at the same house for about two weeks
reViOus thereto, and who had all stated TO de-
poneRt that they came from and belonged 20
the city of Philadelphia that an the said even.
ing one DANIEL d. NASH, TOW ONE OF TIIs
mARsHALs OF THE CRY OF New Yo2x,
CALLED FOR SAID Persona, and they all eft
said house together; that the said DAILY, Bread,
and Smith, that they were 3ot entitled to a vote
in this city, as they reside4in the city of Phil
adelphia, that they said they had a right to. vofe
IN any tcard in this city 'oaRre they had slept one
night, and that they didn't care as they Were
"hard up" and tcaated money, and that they
we're 10 receefUe So G-pieoe for uoting-tlat upon
| the follocing dGyhe sGss. said DANIEE D. NASH
| again come into the bar room OF said Ewing
ston's house, where be met said DAILY, Broad,
and Smith, who all drank with said Nash, at
his invitation; that deponent than saw said
Nash take from his pocket a roll Of bank bills,
and give to each oftltem one of seid bills, which
The said DAILY, Saith and Broad, all admitted
TO deponent, wese five dollar oils, and which
they had received FROM SAID NASH AS
THE PRICE OF THEIR VOTES. That
a few days afterwards, the said DAILY, Smith,
and Broad, left this city, and returned to the
city of Philadelphia. LEWIS PAVIE.
Sworn before me, this 10th day of Oct 1910.
EDW'D w. BISHOP, Com. of Deeds.
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GENERAL HARRISON.

The following, from the Cinci matt Republica
! with pleasure
/ Nothing would afford US more era ti6eation
han TO witness a trial of intellectual strength
| before the people, between this "superanuated,
decrepit, feeble, old granny" and Mr.. Van Blu
rem, backed by some ten or dozen of his cho-
sen captains, on the great questions which now
so deeply interest this nation. If they really DO
believe that his intellect or his physical powers
as speaker are in the slightest degree i'm
paired, we are sure they would be led TO ex-
claim, what must this man have been when in
the full enjoyment ofhis manly vigor! We have
heard no speaker throughout the whole OF this
campaign, and we have listened 10 a great
many, who can invariably command the same
attention as Gen. Harrison. He is always d.
gnified, chaste and argumentative. He shows
more thorough knowledge of the nature and
spiyit Of our institutions than any man TO whom
We ever listened, and he has one of the most
powerful and distinct voices we even heard; we
have been present when he was addrt ssing
from forty to fifty thousand, and We could hear
him distinctly at the extremity of the crowd.
He never deals in vituperaton or abuse of his
opponents, and we defy any unprejudicsd man
TO listen ten minutes without being sSnvinced
that he is a patriot ard all honest man.
1t is almost work of supercrogation 20 say
that he is in excellent spirits as well as In good
health How could he be otherwise than graft
6cd and pleased, when every breeze that blows,
every mail that arrives, brings to him, additional
intelligence Of thousands upon thousands sock
ng to his standard, of State aftsr State falling
into line, to march t. the rescue of the Unisn.
with him as their leader-after the long apparent
glect of his many services to his country after
the innumerable vile landersland calunlnies that
have been heaped upon him BY 4 ssnsioned
press, and by hungry office-holders. lie would
be more than a stole, his heart would be made
OF stone, if he remained unmoved when he wit
neSsss the generous and enshusisstic manner in
which the whole nation, men, women, and chill
dren, are coming forward to testify to their en-
tire disbelief in any of the slanderous charges
of his calumniators.
These ofhce-holders, and the "by authority
presses, since they have found that all their eff
forts at destroying his moral existence are total
ly unavaiiing, are striving TO create the belief
that he Is physically dead; but we trust, and
feel confident in the hope, that the same kind !
Providence teho has preserved him thus long to |
MS country, viii protect and defend him till be |
has performed his part in stopping the down.
ward career of this only free government upon |
he earth; and that he will live to see that even
rs calumniators have Tspentea and done him |
urdU itLSffcs
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From. the .A,ncyicau Sentinel.

"We dare not suppress our conviction that
in relation to the New York affair, course
of investigation has been pursued which is as
utterly subVersiye ofall the law and Justice as
fraudulent voting can possibly be. Are we
correctly informed thai seli-constituted and
partisan court has taken exparte testimony,
eliminating gentlemen Of HE highest standing,
with the view, apparently, not so much to the
prosecution of the individuals, as the prostYa
ton OF the party in politics to which they be
lenged And is it true that these ex- parte state
ments have been scattered upon the wings Of
the wind to every quarter of the land, where
no antidote could reach them; Is it true, that
cause like this has thus been virtually reno
we'd from the jurisdiction of the court to the u.
risdiction of party on the eve of most excl
ting eection' In the name of Justice and of
heaven, are these things truly reported: May
the yeriest wretch who robs or murders his
neighbour be tried in open court, in broad day
light, before impartial and sgorn peers, and
must charge Of fraud and subordination of
perjury al al election BE- tricdI gros shops s..
highways BY heated partisans upon the exparte
sidence of newspapers
sour words may be perverted. We may
be, as we have often been, accused of luke
warmness to party. So let it be, if loving our
party not less, but justice more, subject Us to
the reproach.''
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For the Pilot.

THE PURSE AND SWORD UNITED
The signs of the times indicate that the people Of
these United States are now on the eve of crisis
Inc present alarming excitement does not arise
from phantom. In a few days, an all-impor-
tant electron will transpire The politisal cur
tam will then be drawn; and it will be seen
whether the citizens yet retain wisdom and vir-
tue sufficient to maintain public liberty ;--or
whether the purse and s,cord must be resigned
to the Tree control Of the Prcsident--and the
people be consigned to bondage, Thus we
stand on the brink of prscipice!-One more
false step, and we descend headleng to the gulf
beneath. AN ON PRINTER
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SOUTHWARK.
1874
From III. Register &. Eramter-Ertra I
October 81, 1910.
CHESTER COUNTY.
AGAIN O. X
MAJORITY ABOUT 1871

MATURITY ABOUT 757i
1t is with pleasure that we again announce
to our friends, at home and abroad, that the
Harrison Ticket is a second time triumphantly
successful in Chester county, by an increased
majority! The whole number of votes polled
in the county, yesterday, is about io,46S, of
which Harrison has, say 500 and Van Buren,
1853, showing majority of about 757 for
Harrison. The increase over the vote of the
18th is about 1913, and the increase over the
average majority of that election, is about 1856,
All the election districts have been heard from,
except three, and we have estimated those ac-
cording to the vote they gave on the 18th.
Thus, Chester county has more than sus-
tanned the patriotic stand she took on the 18th,
although our opponents confidently calculated
on reducing the majority of that day. She has
done her part towards overcoming the small
majority claimed for Van Buren, on the late
popular vote.
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An ARMY pRuNR.-The whole French army
was drunk the night after the battle of Wagrant.
1t lay in vineyards; and in Austria the cellars
are situated in tina grounds upon which the wine
is grown. The vintage was good, the quantity
abundant--the soldiers drank immoderately; and
the Austrians, had they but known that we were
overcome with liquer and sleep, and made a sud
den attack upon US, in the night, might have
put us completely to the rout. 1t would have
been impossible TO make one-tenth of the sol
diers betake themselves to arms. On what
threads hang the destinies OF enpies! All might
that day have been changed-the fifth act OF the
great drama which had been so long performing
in Europe might have had a wine-cellar for de-
r,olanent.-.Napicr's Military Life.
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ANOTHER LAND SLIDE AT PLAoUEMrNE.-
The Ioeryille Gazette of the 18th inst, says:
"About six arpents of levee and some of the
public road in front of the town Of Piaquem
Inc, has been carried away by another slide Of
earth The slide began about two hundred
feet from the former one, so that there will be
at least fifteen arpents of levee to be made to
preserve the town, and great part of the pa
rish on the right bank of the river from the dam
ger of an overlooking. This second disaster
took place on Friday last and the ground still
continues to settle. There now remains of the
whole front of the town. but small point where
boats can land and if that slides, there will be
no steamboat landing until high water"
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FRAUDS AND VTOLENCE.

As the necessary consequence, the excite
n:ent which Las been produced through the ad-
rninis;ration press, we had runners on Saturday
of contemplated fraud, by which fair express
sion Of the popular voice was 10 be defeated In
tine Ninth Ward, for instance, where there is
large wkis majority, the judges of the elections,
fer the purpose of opening the polls, had rented
: room from locofoco. The Mayor had ap-
pointed two Wings and one Locofoco. Judges.
The key was in the possession of the admins
tration Judge. He delivered it TO the Landlord.
whe denied that the house had been rented, and
refused to give possession-it having been as
ce-tained that it then too late to select aa,,
ther place to hold the election, the law requiring
three days notice. The object was 10 prevent
opening the polls in that ward, where there is
large whig majority. Sush proceeding is
fair comment upon all that VIC have seen in the
Globe and its affiliated presses, on the subject of
unilimess and cheating al the elections. In the
Twelfth Ward, proposition to select ave res
Pectable individuals from each party, as conser-
vators OF the peace, was reiected-the object
being, is supposed, to take forcible possession
Of the polls, and deter the wings from voting. 1t
is hoped, for the sake of our city, and the repu-
tatioh ofogr State, that these difficulties will be
properly and amisably adjusted, and the cleo
lions conducted with that decorum and propriety
which is essential to the preservation Of public
Liberty. Every man, Of all parties, is interested
in this, ard be IS indeed the public enemy who
ell defsz4 u