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Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-03-01
KEEP IT BEE ORE TIE PEOPLE,
Let THEM DO liOnOrOd.

The heroes of Fort Donelson will live
forever in history as the bravest of the
brave. The names of A. II. Footo and
Ulysses S. Grant are justly immortal
But, perhaps, the noblest and most
self-sacrifcing patriots Of them all are
the two members of Congress from H.
linois, who voluntarily exchange their
snug places at Washington for the rigors
of camp, life and the dangers Of the battle
field. Gen. John A. McClernand, one Of
the Generals in command during the at
tack upon Fort Donelson, was the repres-
entative from the Springfield (Lincoln's)
district, and resigned his saet to accept a
brgadier generalship. Col. John A.
Logan, wounded during the same attack,
represents the Egypt district Of Illinois
in Congress, and left his scat but q few
days ago to resume the command of his re.
gimont. Both McClernand and Logan
are firm Democrats, and whilst they stand
ready to shed their blood for the Union
the Republican delegation from Illinois
with Lovejoy at the head, do their fight
ing in the war of words at Washington
and perform gallant deeds in silk stocking
and white kid gloves at the recE'rche
balls Of her lalyship, Mrs. Lincoln, at six
teen dollars day. Such is the contras
between the men who are branded as sec
ossionists and the men who first helped t
bring about secession, and now are to
cowardly to help put it down. The fir
|, have proved their loyalty as we'll as the
, couragej the latter neither the one nor II
other.
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CAMP LESLIE, ,
Feb. 10, 1862. I
Mr.. Ed, Sir

MR.. ED, sir
As your paper has large
circulation, [ wish 20 have small space
in your columns to say few words On
the 80 of July, | first went into camp in
Camden, n. j. On the first Of August
company l, was sworn into the U, s. SER
vice. We staid there few weeks, and then
NC went to Milown between Philadelphia
Germantown, and there we enoamped in
Camp Buff. From there we came to
Washington, and encamped in camp Stone
man and from there we took up the line
Of march for the sacred soil Of Virginia.
As we crossed the Chain Bridge the OH
GERS and men joined together, and made
the welkin ring, With cheer after cheer for
"thc Union and our Gallant Commander
in ,Chie. We then encamped near Fort
Corcoran where wo now are. Since we
have been here our Col. Il. &. Chorman
has been dismissed from the service and
Capt. Craigg has been appointed over u.s.
BY what have seen Of him, think he
can dc his men justice. lie has made Il
great improvement already. lie has got
US the Sibley tents, aud stoves. Our new
Maj, lIuey is a gentleman and good Off
GER. He cannot be surpassed in our reg
iment for the duty which has been assigned
to his care He is always on hand when
his duty calls him, Capt, Cooper is good
officer, and always on hand to attend to
his duty. He is q well drilled officer
His first Lieut.. Griffin is good officer
and is liked by his men, also I'd Lieut.,
Miller. One night last week, one of the
guards while on duty, got drunk. Tie
officer of the guard vas going around the
guard to see if all was right and proper
when this drunken guard struck the Lieu.
tenant with the butt of his Rifle and cut
him above the left eye. Capt. Wister and
Lieut.. Griffin started after the guard when
he shot at them but without effect, and
then made his escape, The next day he
was found about one mile from camp hit
in some bushes and he knowing that he
would be taken shot himself The bal
struck one Of his ribs and glanced Off
lie is now in our hospital with 30 pound
ball and chain fast to his legs. 1t is sup
posed that he will be shot Our regimen
is in excellent health. Tho soldiers en-
10y themselves on bread and beans on
day; and the next day, for a change they
get beans and bread, They say it is goot
food for a Rifle Ranger, While l writ
the snow is inches deep, and is still fall
ing fast. For the last six weeks the wealth
er has been very bad on our horses bu
they stand it well. -
OVENSHINE.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-03-01

REPEAL OF THE "PERsoNAL' LIBETY
LAWS" OF WIscoNsIN.--In the Wisconsin
Assembly, on Friday last, large portion
of the session was devoted to discussion
of State Rights. Mr., Pope's resolutions
were finally adopted the first, against
secession, by unanimous vote the second
declaring against the right Of State TO
resist the execution of Federal laws, with
only three dissenting; and the third, de-
claring the resolutions of 1859 exppnged
with seven dissenting votes.
This is right and proper, States tha
are helping the Government to put dowr
those rebelling against its authority, should
! be the first TO clear their own skirts of q
like offense.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-03-01
An Act.

To prevent the hunting of deer with
dogs in Columbia county.
SECTION lst BE it enacted by the SEN
ate and House of Representatives of the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Cen
eral Assembly met and it is hereby cnact-
ed by tbo authority of the same, that an
act to prevent the hunting of deer with
dogs in certain counties of this Common
wealth approved tie fourteenth day of
April Anno DomiR one thousand eight
hundred and fifty be and the same is
hereby extended to the county Of Coum-
bia.
The act referred to is as follows;
SECTION l. BE il ueaagtN By tie Senate
anil HOuSe Of Representatives. otthe COM
montoeabh of IeaaSytUaRja IN Geneaoi
! Assembly nset, aaa ii is hee6y eaac,ed
, By Tie authority Of tie SaAse, That from
and after the passage of this act it shall be
unlawful for any person or persons to run
deer with dogs, in the counties of Sullivan,
Wayne and Dauphin Any persons who
shall violate the provisians of this act,
shall be deemed guilty Of misdemeanor
anu NC euuJCOJ w u iAhS VI tNVuIJ uOlldlo
one half to the use Of the informer, and
onc.half to be paid into the country treas
ury, to be recovered as debts of like am-
cunt are now by law recoverable,
SECTION 2. That it shall be lawful fo
any person to shoot or kill any dog o
dogs, which may be found running o
chasing deer, in violation of Che provision
of the foregoing section, and the owne
or owners Of said dogs shall not recove
|, any damages therefor PrO0ided, That tn
provisions of this act shall not apply nc
extend to the township Of Forks, in th
'county Of Sullivan
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TM A r r I A G. e 6 .


In Bloomshurg on the 25th inst by Rev; J. r. Dimm
Mr. EMANUEL Hill to Miss HARRIET HITTER all Of Cen
ter twp. col. CO. Pa.
ON Thursday the Goth inst, By Rev, John Thonas,
Mr. DANlsL \ RITTER Of Franklin LyCumiuR County, to
Miss CATuARtAE kEEAIER Of Madison, Columbia co.
Thursday Feb 18Th by Elder John Sutton a. his resi-
dcnce in Fishingcrcok MIR. SAMUEL II. HISS tO Miss
BEAuLAu a. ~ ICuEN.
AZ the same tisse and place, by the same, Mr., srk
PnGS HEss to Miss ELISABETH \. KLINE
In Eloomsbnrg on the Goth inst, by Rev J. r. Dimm
Mr. John Berger Of Montgomery station to Miss SA.
RAN J. Boon Of tins place.
On Sunday Feb. 10Th by Josiah r. Fritz Esq, Mr..
SHkuGEcK Hrss TO Mias MARY hSN HISS both of Coum.
bia County.
Ca the 2ath inst. ~ Rev, Franklin Gcnrhart Mr. 10
stAu RALsTGN, 10 Miss SARAH L. nAGkSBucH, both of
bloomsbury.
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D Il A r HIS.

In Muncy Feb 23d Ella Agnus daughter Of William
and Louisa McNlullen Granddaughter OF Chatles and
Nancy kahlor, aged IA years 10 month, and ~ days
Friend after friend departs;
who kath not lost friend
Tbcre is no union here ofheatt,
That finds not here an end
Were this fcail world our final rest,
Living or dcing, none were best
In Jersoytown the mornips VI the Hth Laura Dol!
only daughter Of Thomas j. and Mary : SNi.l;t ageo
!nouths and D. days.
kt TIA first dawn or day,
Its youthful spirit fed,
Happy in dwelling with God aseFs
And jon in he Heavenly chorus.
In bloomsbury, un Monday the oath inst aIr VIII
liam ARMSTRONG of an affection Of the Lungs, aged IS
years, months and tS days.
In Berwick abe Is;h inst, ofConsumpt.ou, John
z. Craig, aged 80 years.
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Correspondence.
CAMP OBERTEuTFER,
Feb. 22, 1862,
DEAR FATHER,

DEAR FATHER,
1t is with pleasure that !
sit down to write you a few lines to let
you know the good news we received to-
night. We are ordered to march on Tues
day at IL o'clock, FOR Washington city !;
and happier set Of boys you never saw,
although we are very tired after our march
to-day through the city, We started
from our camp this morning about o.
clock and crossed the Delaware, and then
UP to Broad street. Then we formed in
with the rest of the regiments. Our regi-
ment took the lead of all the other regi-
ments, 0 thousand soldiers in number, and
our company in the lead. We then star.
ted from Broad street out Pine to Fifteenth
up Fifteenth to Walnut, out Walnut tc
Nineteenth, up Nineteenth to Chestnut
down Chestnut to Eighteenth, up Eigh
teeuth to Arch, down Arch to Twelfth
down Twelfth to Chestnut, down Chestnu
to Third, down Third to Walnut, GU
Walnut to Broad, where ther parad
was dismissed and we were glad t.
start for home, as we call it. We had ;
sight of the Governor as he passed up anc
down the regiments and l saw Col. Tat
also among the crowd, tho Legislature
having adjourned over for the day, be-
lievo,
@. s. L.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-03-01

esg- The Republican papers arc greatly
pleased with the numbering, robbing de,
vastating and thieving operation of the
infamous Kansas "jayhawker," Col. Jen-
nison, in Missouri 1t is stated that he
has not only supplied his regiment with
horses, forage, provision, &C., at the en-
emy's expcnee, but has actually turned
over to the military authorities of the
Department of Kansas $4,000 worth Of
property confscatcd from the rebels. And
one of the further results stated is, thai
che has left the country a hoWlt"g sciIde'
Russ" This kind Of warfare has added
thousand to the secession army in Missouri
and as long as it continues secession vii
live and thrive there. These Kansas mar
auders, with Jim Lane at their head, arr
the worst enemies to the country in tn
West.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-03-01
An Aci

To authorize the several collect
ors and Overscers of the Poor to re-
turn to the County Commissioners the poor
taxes on unseated lands in Columbia county.
SECTION |. BE it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the Com
monwcalth Of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority OF the same That whenever
any Poor Tax assessed on unseated lands
in Columbia County shall not be voluntar-
lily paid by the owner or owners thereof,
the collector or overseer of the poor of the
proper district, as the case may be shall
certify the same to the proper County Com
N missonors, as is now directed in the case
of road and school tax, and the Commits
sioners shall enforce the collection thereof
with the taxes assessed on unseated land s
for county purposes and when so cellec-
ted said taxes shall be paid to the Over
seers of the poor of proper District by or
ders drawn on the County Troa surer =
Proviaed, that the poor tax for the year.
1860 and 1861 remaining unpaid shall bc
returned by the respective Overseers o.
Collectors before the first day of May ls6;
and include in the sales for taxes to b
made by the Treasurer In June 1862.
JOHN ROWE,
Speaker Of The House OF Reps
l.. W. HALL,
Speaker ofhe Senat
APPRovED--the 30 day of January on
thousand Eigh: hundred and Sixty two.
q GIIHTIN
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-03-01

JUDGE VoNDERsMIyH PARpoNED.---
Daniel L Vondersmith, at one time AS
sociate Judge of the Courts of Lancaster
county, who was convicted in May, 1859,
for forging applications for pension, and
sentenced to pay fine of $4,000 and un.
dergo an imprisonment for term Of
twenty years, was liberated from the Eas'
tern Pentontiary on Friday last, on a
pardon granted by President Lincoln.-
Before the expiration of President Buchau-
ans term of Office, he committed the SEN
tence to three years imprisonment, which
would have expired in May next The
pardon of President Lincoln is uncondi-
tional, and relieves him from the payment
ofthe So, 200. Mr.. Vondersmith returned
to his home in Lancaster last Saturday.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-03-01

HEAVY DGTATcATIo N.-The notorious
braggart, Bill Brown, Of Bellefonte who so
vigorously stumped that county, and IL
belled Democrats in 1860, was elected
Treasurer of Centre county by the Repub
licans at the election Of that year. Thc
Bollefonte W'afchnsan tells the rest b;
"Brown easily got eleven of the most
wealthy men in the County to 60 his Sc,
curity and nndcr these favorable auspices,
went into Office. The Auditors, however
tell tale. These "nasty" fellows met at
the Trearurer's Office on the lst Monday ot
January last, and after considerable troub
le,succeeeded in getting Brown before them
and after summing up his accounts a.
shown by his books, have brought him ou
a defauter to the tune of $500. This
was certainly "bully" for Brown-but i
has since been discovered that there ha
been large amounts of money received
from different tax collectors, that have no
been accounted for, and which does no
appear charged to his account, and Q
which the Auditors had no knowledge
When these amounts are ascertained, tn
amount of defalcation will be eonsiderebl
augmented" why should poor Brown b
prohibited from following the general pro
fession Of his party!
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The Treasury Note Bill.


The Bill making $3.50, 900, 900 of de-
mand Treasury notes legal tender for
public and private debts passed the House
of Representatives by the following vote
YEAs--Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold,
Ashby, Babbitt, Bailey of Mass, Bailey
of Pennsylvania, Baker, Beaman, Bring
ham, Blair Of Missouri, Blair of Virginia,
Blake, Burlington, Burnham, Campbell,
Chamberlain, Clark, Colfax, Cutter, Da-
vis,.Delano, Dcloplaine, Dull, Dunn, Ed
gerton, Edwards, Fly, Fenton, Fesscnden,
Fisher, FrOnchot, Frank, Gooch, Granger,
Gurley, Haight, Hale, Hanchett, Hanson,
Hickman, Hooper, Hutchins, Julian, Kel-
ley, Kellogg of Michigan, Kellogg of Hi
nois, Killingcr, Lansing, Leary, Loomis,
Mexican, Mcknight, Mcpherson, Mars
ton, Maynard, Mitchell, Moorhead, Nor
rill, of Maine, Nugent, Olin, Patton,
Phelps of California, Pike, Price, Rice, Of
Massachusetts,, Rice of Maine, Riddle,
Rollins of Missouri, Sargent, shanks,
Shcllabargcr, Sherman, Sloan, Spaulding
Steele, of New York, Stevens, Trumble,
Trowbridgo, Upton, Van Horn, Van Val.
konburgh, Van Wyck, Verree, Walt, Wal
lace, Walton of Maine, Whaley, White,
of Indiana, Wilson, Window and Wor-
cestcr-03.
NAYs-Messrs. Baxter, Browne, Bid
die, of Rhode Island, Cobb, Frederick
A Conkling, of New York, r. Conkling
of New York, Conway, Corning, Cox
Cravens, Crisfeld, Diven, Dunlap, Eliot
English, Goodwin, Gridor, Harding, Hol'
man, Horton, Johnson, Knapp, Law, La
zear, Lovejoy, Mallory, May, Monzies
Morrill,, of Vermont, Morris, Nixon, No
BILE, Norton, Odell, pendlcton, Perry
Pomeroy, Porter, Richardson, Robinson
Rollins of New Hampshire, Scdgwick
Sheffield, Shiel, Steele of New Jersey
Stratton, Thomas, of Massachusetts
Thomas of Maryland, Train, Vallauding
ham, Voorhees,, Wadsworth, Walton, Of
Vermont, Ward, Webster, White, of Ohio
Wickliho, and Wright-59.
The measure was clearly unconstttutton
al, and the plea of mec ecsSSaty was the only
one urged for its adoption, While w
would be sincercly gratifed to see the pub
lie credit main aimed and ample means af
forded the Government for the vigorou
prosecusion of the war, we cannot but dep
recate such y palpable infraction Of th'
| Constitution as this measure involves
Let US practice ourselves, as well as en-
Join upon others, habitual regard for tha
sacred instrument. Besides, as old Ma
thanie! Macon used to say, this is esscnt
tally hard money Government; made s
by men who had seen all the evils of pape
currency, lin the Continental shinplaste
experience and were resolved to guard
their posterity against them; and W
should deliberate long and we'll before max
ing anything else than gold and silver
legal tender for debts. They are the onl
Standards of value the world over, and
will take deal of legislation to supplan
them.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-03-01

ses- The Democratic Convention of
Of Montgomery county assembled Oh the
18th inst. and elected DIR. K. j.. Aclzer
Senatorial, and Col. George Lower, Jac-
OBJ NJ. Hurst and Lewis II, Davis repre-
sentative deelgateu to the State Convention
rhich meets on ths34h Of July next
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-03-01
keen Il before The Psonle. .

keep 1t before the People,
that ST. 90 900 900 have BEEN stolen from
the treasury of tho United States, in less
than ten months of Republican Adminis- |
tration, by Republican ofice.holderS and
republican ornment-contractors.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
that the expenses Of the Government, un-
der the rule of the Retrenchment and Re
form party, have been increased from sew
enty millions a year, to more than six
hundrd millions per annum
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
that the white men of the North will be
taxed to pay the expense of furnishing
runaway negroes by hundreds at Fortress
Monroe and other Government posts, with
shoes, rations of provisions and clothing,
while Government does not provide for the
wives and children and families of those
who are on the tented field fighting for the
Constitution, Union and enforcement OF
law.
KEEP II BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
that those Abolition scouudrels and Black
Republican editors in the North, who cry
"traitor," in order to hide their own dis
affection, and are the very men who have
been most instrumental in producing our
present difficulties, and each one should be
furnished with three feet Of rope, with a
slip moose at one end
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
that the Democracy are now as they al
ways have been the friends of the Consti-
tuition and the Union, and do not consider
the one "a league t0ith helI," nor are will
ling to let the othcf "Sltde.'
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
that the Democratic party are in favor of
the suppression of the rebellion, the pun.
ishment of treason and the maintanance
Of the government at any cost Or hazard,
and opposed to any further concessions to
foreign despots in their oficious inermed-
ding in our domestic difficulties.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
that vigorous and successful prosecution
of the war can only be secured by decision
on the part of the Administration in re-
gard to its policy, and ho''esty on the part
of those entrusted with the execution OF
its views, qualities not shown by either
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
that the Abolition press Of the North has
no denunciations for the Government rob
bers who have been exposed by the Van
Wyck investigating committee, but attempt
to conceal all the thieving opera tions OF
their own partisans, under the garb Of
silence
KEEP IT BEFORE TIE PEOPLE,
that the historian will hand down to pos.
terity a record Of this war, its instigators
and causes, and some of those who now are
loud in their cries of "traitor," "secess-
ionist," &C., will wish that they never had
been born, while their descendants to the
latest posterity will curse Abolitionism
and fanaticism, as the cause infictng a
stigma aslssting as the leprosy of Naaman
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The Conspiracy Against Mcclellan.

Evidences of a conspiracy among the !
"On to Richmond" tribe of New York
editors and marplot Congressman, like
Gurley, and all their creatures and echoes
are becoming more and more abundant
every day, For particulars, consult any
recent number of the Tribune, or the
Evening Post. The first named of these
journals, which is more responsible than
all other influences in the Union for the
terrible reverse suffered by our arms--a
reverse that gave the only living pretext
to our enemies abroad for their vociferous
clamors against our causo-is now employ
ing the entire arsenal Of its peculiar wcap'
ons against Mcclellan. After committing
that great crime it escaped the popular in.
dignation by mean and abject apology,
and for while was as "umble' as if its
conductor was the lneal defendant of
twenty generations of URIAH HEErs. 1t
is now bravely over that, and is busy
promoting plot which, if successful, will
place the country in peril Of q calamity
scarcely less disastrous than the result of
its bounding of our raw troops Con to
Richmond"
In this vile work the Tribune is faith
fully seconded by the Evening Post, and
this latter journal gives vim to its part of
the conspiracy by the employment of a
meanness and malignity out Of all char
acter with its old time history As an
example, we might refer to its leading ar
ticle on Friday last, which was false in its
suggestions, false in the truth 1t suppress
ed, false in every way. 1t stated that
McClelan's officers and men on the Poto-
mas were dissatisfied with his proceedings.
This is known to be untrue by every one
who has Intercourse with the officers and
men on the Potomac 1t intimated that
there is an antagonism between the Sec
retary Of War and Gen. McClell an, and
that the Secretary is inclined to oycrrule
the General. The truth is, these two i'm
portant officers are, as they should be,
acting in complete co.opration and harm
ony. 1t says that the army of the Poto-
mac has latterly seen very little of its
General; but it suppresses tho fact that
Mcclellan was, until recently, Frustrated
for weeks by disease. These are fair sam.
pies of the means by which the misguidcd
zealots Of the Evening Post are seeking to
supplant the most thorough and capable
soldier at the head of our armies by a
weak, vain, cxtravagant political fayoritc
who has no force except that magnetism
which draws around him scores of plum
dering adventureres and who has never
yet in his whole career settled all account
with the Government without quarrel
or, in military point Of view, been in the
right place at the right time.
The Bull Run disaster, which was the
work of these same mischief makers, ha!
already greatly prolonged the war, sac
rifced thousands of precious lives, ant
ccst the people hundreds of millions o
dollars. If they are permitted to succeed
in their new scheme, and have their Great
ures elevated to the chief command, they
will destroy the Union forever-aud tha
is probably their real purpose. --RAA@deI
phsa Inquirer.
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THE Position OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.-Thc Albany atlas D. Argus,
with entire truth, says The Democratic
party stands to day where it has always
stood, and where, as long as it remains
faithful to Democratic Principles, it must
always stand, ,--on the side ofthe Censtiiu-
ton. Strict and instantaneous obedience
to each and every Constitutional provis-
ion is the fixed and unalterable rule Of
the Democratic conscience and full and
constant recognition of the Constitution
as being the only obligation that rests up
on the people of all sections of the country
and as being, also, the only source of the
power of the Federal government, is re-
quircd as q condition of membership with
the Democratic party. Therefore, it is,
that against every party, and every policy
that is not rigidly and honestly Constitu-
tional in measure, plan, action and object,
the Democracy always stands itself in de-
clared and uurclenting opposition,