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Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-12-27
VOLUME 26.
The Presidents Message.
[From The CONGREGATIONAL nrcceedings of Monday

From the Congressional proceedings of Monday1
Mr.. Richardson, Of Illinois, proceeded
to review the message, observing that il
was remarkable for what it says, and still
more remarkable for what il omts The
one half Of the twenty-one pages is devoted
to the negro. There was no page, no
sentence, no line as TO the bravery and
good conduct of those in the field fighting
to maintain the flag and the Constitution
of the Union. No sorrow was expressed
for the lamented dcad-no mention made
Of the manned and wounded-no sym.
pathy was expressed for the widows and
the suffering orphans made in the progress
OF this war, which could have been avoid
ed by honorable compromise il the Presi-
dent and his friends had desired to avoid
civil war.
The sum and substances Of this message
was to tax the white man mortgage him
and his posterity forever, to free feed,
clothe, and colonzo the negro. When our
people, anxious for the restoration of the
Union and tho return of peace, look to the
message to sec what information they
could get on that subject, they could draw
only by inference that the war would end
in thirty seven years, provided all the
Presidents were adopted by Congress and
the people But, then, the President gave
the consolation that most of US would be
dead by that time. Every proposed
change of the Constitution was for the
negro. No proposition was made to change
the Constitution for the benefit of the white
or to perpetuate the Union of these States
by preserving the Constitution of the
country. The people will, in due time,
compromise for the benefit of white men,
and not for the negroes. He had hoped
that the President would so conduct him.
self that he might accord to him his support
but he had hoped against hope, The
President had violated the pledges he mado
in his inaugural address, by his proclamae
ton OF the 22d of September.
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The Preident and Liberty.

The Ecening Post favors the country
with the following astounding piece Of in
telligcnce, which the order" Mr.. Stanton
this day published, partially confirms;
"Tho President is fully convinced that
the sense Of the country is overwhelmingly
against anything savoring of tyranny or of
a military dospotism."
us he, indeed! After eighty years of
American liberty and independence, law
yer from Illinois, levated to the chair of
Washington, has actually learned that "the
sense of the country" favors freedom, and
is not altogether Indifferent to justice and
the laws Had an enemy put this scorn
upon us it had been easier to bear. But
that an American journal should thus, in
the language Of court Hunkey, record the
shame of the land, is almost too much for
mortal patience.
Quite too much for mortal patience, a
trial beyond all imagined for Job is the
same Journalists explanation Of the process
through which this light has reached the
Presidential mind
"Somc of the arrests made have been un.
necessary aud unjust, and the administra-
tion has suffered for its mistakes"
The administration has suffered, y mark
you--not the American citizens "unneces-
Sarily and unjustly arrested not American
liberty indecently outraged; not the
American name made a laughing stock and
scandal Of the world, but the "adminis-
traton !" The temporary servants Of the
people have been made to trcmblo for their
wages, the intriguers of party for the sue
cess of their schemes.
Can the force of bland, unconscious
baseness further 90 ?-UOHd.
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LUNBIA COUNTY, PENNA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER e. 1862

that Star Chamber process aud Secretary s
warrants are dangerous instruments TO
! play with, and that, among us, the true,
staunch supporters of the government.
who would crush treason with the iron
heel, but who know the law, are compelled
to hang their heads in silent at the men
ton of cases which have occurred in our
midst.
Spies are hardly cautioned when they
are where they can do infinite harm but
powerful hand and an oppressive one is
| laid on person here, who is not in po-
sition for doing mischief, if he would, and
who is supposed to have no friends.
In this respect, thank God, there has
been mistake. 1t is true that he is a
young man, of not much means OF infu-
encc it is also true that he has young
wife (married not long siuce) and for
no assigned cause, and for no assignable
cause that those in power dare to give
breath to, he is taken away from home,
without giving to his wife an instant's in
terview or a chance to see him. Is this
country the France Of century ago?
The young man is the grandson of that
Uriah Tracy who lived and died a Scna-
tor of the United States from Connecticut,
who was the first man buried in the Con-
grossonal bun ying ground at Washington,
and whose ashes are insulted by this afro.
cious invasion Of the liberties of the people
in the person Of his doscendent
/ am not speaking merely my own opin.
ion Of such arrcsts. | know the opinions
aud the feelings Of many Of my brethren
of the bench. Aud if the government is
really desirous Of so proceeding as to make
it our duty to make public our opinions,
they will be heard, not merely in tho writ
Of habeas corpus, but in open declaration
to the world.
Had | been few hours earlier made
aware Of this case, should not have
troubled you with 4 word but | would
have seen that the process Of the Supreme
| Court Of this State was 50 executed as to
protect its citizens accused of such offences
from any arrest, other than one under the
appropriate process Of the courts.
beg again to assure you in all sinccri-
ty, that this kind Of proceeding has gone
to far already, and that, while to the last
of our men and our means we are ready
and determined to sustain the law, and the
government in enforcing the law over this
whole land rs one country, we are also
determined to be judged by the law, and
not by any Secretary or any one who is
not commissioned for that purpose. We
know and acknowledge the rules Of war
where the necessity Of the case requires the
existence Of martial law. But we know
also, the common law Of liberty, and The
broad, great charter of the constitution.
write warmly, zcalously, because
cannot bear to think of our cherished gov
ernmcnt's taking any course to igjure
ITSELF at time, too, when our only hope
Of escaping the e.crnol disgrace and hu
initiation Of letting the cause of human
liberty perish in our hands is to sustain
this government Of this Union, and to have
it q government worth sustaining. Will
great respect, yours. &C..
GEORGE GOULD.
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a BASE ISLANDER RETUTED.-It is no
high matter to call citizen of this coun-
try traitor. In the madness of political
strife, men on the platform and editors in
their chairs hurled this foul pihet at q
body of their fellow citizens whom they
expected easily TO intimidate, and whom
they treated as 50 many subjects under
the radical sway. But, majority OF the
citizens Of the loyal States of Ponnsylva-
mia, Ohio, Indianua, New York. Illinois,
and New Jersey, with calm, quiet, de-
tcrmined spirit, answered the SANDER with
the Amarcan weapon, the ballot, and the
slanderersiare seeking refuge for their di.
minisbcd heads Their present aspect is
not only pitiablo, but is Characteristic, and
calls the people to bear witness that their
defeat is deserved,
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HORRIBLE AFFAIR AT GALEsBURG,
ILLINoIs,-We learn from DR.. Farrell
that ou Friday night four negroes eDticcd
a man into a saloon in Galesburg, when
one of them Immediately assaied him with
an axe, striking him full blow in the
face with the edge, knocking him down
and cutting his cheek frightfulIy. He
cried for help, whom two men by the name
of Moucher rushed in, and were immedi-
atcly assailod by the negroes but succeed
cd iu getting possession of the axe, and
split one Of the negro $ head through to his
shoulders, and nearly severed another ones
head from his body at a single blow, and
then turning the head CT the axe, he laid
the other two stunned at his feet. The
two men are sons OF the man Moucher
who recognized the Doctors horses and ar.
rested the thieves or their accomplices, ,
telling them he had not been at Galesburg
aud should not 60 there thus inducing
them to send the horses that way. The
horses were offered for sale there the next
day. The Doctor and Sheriff McLaugh-
lin started for Golesburg on Sunday NOR
ming.
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Dinner to Judge ElWel1.

The members of the bar and officers of
the Court, rendered to Judge ELwELL the
compliment Of a public dinner, on the oc-
casion Of his leaving the bar Of The County,
in consequence his election as President
Judge OF the 26th Judicial District, In
this testimonial many of our prominent
citizens participated, and Judge ELwELL
having signGed his willingness to meet his
fellow citizens on the occasion, Wednesday
Goth ult,, was fixed upon as the tune.
On the appointed evening, the company
gathered at the Ward House, to participate
in the ceremonies of the occasion. Present
the Court, the bar officers of the Court with
many of our ciizcns-comprising enough
of the stad, sober and discrcet-to tone
down the Liarity of practitioners at the
bar. DAVID CASH, Esq, as the Oldest
member Of the bar, present, presided.
After partaliog of magnificent supper,
got up in the Ward House usual style and
profuson, the cloth was removed, aud
speech making was in order, We can
hardly name the orators of the occasion
who all paid the higcst compliments to Mr.
ELwELL, and expressed the general regret
of the bar and the community in parting
with him, Mr.. ELWELL's remarks were
peculiarly felicitious, evincing the feeling
under which he labored, and the emotion;
caused by this manifestation Of the good
will and esteem of his ncighbors. The
company separated at an early hour.
BraJjord RgpO|tcr.
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TNoY, N Y, December 4, loG2.
JUDGE GOULD TO Mr.. LINCOLN.
New York, Nov. II, 1862.
To His ExcelIency ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
President Of the United States =

To His ExcelIency ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
President of the United Statcs:-
SlR-On my arrival in this city, from
my residence in Troy, n Y, | hud that
a cousin of mine, &, Gouldcn Tracy, a
broker Of this city, has been, first, arros-
ted and sent to Fort Lafayette; and Sec
ondly, to-day taken as prisoner to
Washington. The newspapers say-and
SO far as can learn by all inquiries OF
authorities | can hear nothing different
that the cause Of the arrest is some deal"
ings he has had in contractors drafts on
government officers for moneys: and 1t is
said, some frauds were committed in or
by the drafts, and he is charged with COM
plicity herewith,
If this be so, il is crime cognizab!o
by the courts And am amazed at tho
faulty of public officers who can take no
warning from the distinctly uttered voice
of free people.
am, and always have been, an unwa-
verng enemy of this rebellion-(accursod
in its origin, most accused its progre8s)-
and supporter of tho administration
/ am Judge of the highest court OF this
State. And if no honest voice has ye,
reached the ears Of our government,
wish to say, and TO ba heard in saying
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SICK OF SHINpLAsTERs.-An Albany
tavern keeper issued S4 GOO worth of shin
plastcrs, which he called in again, under
the fear of a prosecution from the District
Attorney. lie commenced redeeming
them shortly after their ISSUE paying Cur
roncy for them at the bar without portio-
ularly scrutinizing them. II finally con-
cluded that he had redeemed 81 900 more
than he had issued, to say not hing Of the
genuine still out. Ho says be doesn think
the banking business is as profitable as
some people suppose it to be, and for his
part he will hcnceforth stick to the shop,
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PITHY AND PoINTED,-Speaking of
The correspondence between Gen, MoC lol-
Ian and Gen. Ilalleck, the New York Her.
aldsays 1.-The letter of Mcclellan proves
him to be equally statesman and SOL
dor The report of Halleck shows that
he is neither one nor tho other" Again {:
"Ialleck's calculation, with the whole sit.
uation before him, completely failed
Nc 'lellan's letter, on the contrary, con-
tains the most singular predictions of the
disasters that must follow, if ITalleck S
plan be adopted; and these predictions
were literally fulfilled
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By A horse doctor in Western town
was once elected constable. lie was a
thrifty well to do farrier and blacksmith
and doctored and shod all the horses for
twenty miles around. After being con :
stable Tor year or two, he took TO hard
drinking and became poor. Finally, he
determined to reform, but found it hard
work to quit his drinking habits. One
day man brought a horse to him to be
doctored. "The horse seems to be
sound" said the man, "but you see he
won't dain&'" eff that's all what ais
him." said the fairrer, "you have only
to elect him constable-he Il drink then
fast enough, by thnnder! I've trid it.,
you see, and know"
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Miscellaneous.
From tie NJ T. Heyald
Letter from judge Gould, of
New York.

TIE arrests by the War Dcpartnmi-
The petty a1d contemplate 7yrauts at
UoShja@tO0 hcld Up to the sco,M Of Tie
pcqp(e-Ihey are "0rmcd to 6crare!
The letter following sufficiently explains
itsclf 1t was sent to the President two
days after its date by frioud of his, who
afforded the first opportunity that could
be relied on 20 insure the delivery to the
President in person, and it was so Dolly
cred. It was read, and a verbal reply
that the case would be investigated was
given. But no prctcnce was made that
the cause for the arrest was not correctly
stated in my letter.
Though the claim to "iovestigate' by
means of an arbitrary arrest, personal
durcss, and whatever secret appliances a
Cabinet iuquisition might SEQ fit to resort
to, reasscrting Tie right SO as arrest for
such causes, and thus was claim as ut
terry at variance with all law, as would
have been the similar arrest of man
who Gin New York; had picked the Secro-
tary's pocket, still steps were taken to
present the case again to the President
and the Secretary, through their personal
and political friends (and they in high
position, in the hope OF obtaining redress
without publicity.
But as up to this time (aftor nearly
three wocks) nothing has resulted, except
an infamousIy rigorous imprisonment of
Mr.. Tracy, forbearanco has reached its
limit 1t is highly important that the
people should thus and now have a spcci,
Go statement, showing the euOrmity of
actual oppression exercised in this case, as
warning to them and to the administra.
ton. Yours, &C.,
GE0. GOULD.
TNoY, N. Y, December 4, loG2.
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TIE RISE or PRIcES.-il seems TO be
conceded that the prices Of every aclicle
which possesses cxrhangeablc value must
rise in times like these, there are tounda.
lions for this apart from all speculation
in regard to the articles themselves. The
first and most potent cause is the differ
cncc in price between paper and gold,
being deprecated about thirty cents on
the dollar. This arises mainly from pa
per being issued in too great an excess,
but this is not the only cause of the
difforancc, as the great fluctuations from
day to day in the price of gold arc pro-.
duced by other causes combining with
this depreciation. Paper, however, is
irrcdcemablc in gold, except at abou; the
rate above mentioned, and in payment for
foreign goods this is directly felt to opcr-
ate. In dealing with foreign countries,
we havt to pay in gold for our purchases,
and when the currency which we nse
comes to DC converted into gold, the diI-
fcrcdcc either stops importation altogcth-
cr, or 1t has TO be added to the price OF
the articles aiter they are imported, III
orler 10 make the importer realize any
profit for his labor This is the reason
why all foreign goods have advanced,
and all groceries which are brought from
foreign counties. If our currency was
gold, the prices Of these commodities
would be about 33 per cent less. The
taxes upon the sale Of these articles are
also added to the price, the consumer al
ways paying them.
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Choice Poetry.
Remonstrance on Winter.

ny ), NoSrGoNrRY.
All why, unfccing Winter why
Still flags thy torpid wingi
Fly melancholy scnson ily.
And yield the year to Spring
Spring the young chorubin Of love,
An exile in disgrace,
Fits Ger the scene, like Noah's dove,
Nor finds resting place.
When on the mountains assure peak,
Ahghts her fairy form,
Cola blows the wind-and dark and bleak,
Around her roll the stonn
If to the valley she repair
For shelter and defence
Thy wrath pur2ucs the morning there,
ANA drives her weeping thence,
she seeks the brooks the faithloss brook,
Of her unmindful grown,
Foels the chill magic Of thy look,
And fingers Into stone.
Fho woos her embryo.nowcrs in vain,
10 rear their infant heads
Deaf to the voice her flowers remain
Enchanted in their beds.
In vain she bids the trees expand
Their green luXnrant charms;
Bare in the wilderness thy stand,
Aud strctrhthy withcring arms.
Her iavoritG birds, in feeble notqs,
Lament thy long delay
And strata their little >taIumcrlng throats
70 charm thy blast away.
hh Winter calm thy cruel rage,
Release the struggling year;
Thy power is past, decrepid sage
Arise and disappear.
The stars that gracod thy splendid night,
Are lost ih warmer rays;
The sun rcjoiring III his might,
Cnrolls celestial days.
Then why, usurring Winter, why
sal flags thy frozen wing!
Fly, unrclrnting tyrant fly
And yield the year TO spring.
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List Of Drafted Men Exempted
By J. p. Wilson, u. s. a. EIan,inang
Surgeon.
COLUMBIA COUNTY,

COLUMBIA COUNTY.
Andrews Samuel, aged 80. examined
Nov 10; exempted on account of delec-
tive cheat.
Andrus, Isaac, age 40, Nov. 10; hernia.
Brown, David, age AZ, Nov. 12 badly
united fracture of left leg.
Bechtol, Daniel s., age %, Nov. IA /;
deafness.
Bilick, William, age 25, Nov. % /;
badly united fracture Of right thigh.
Bridbiner, Samuel, age AZ, Nov %
phthisc pulmonals.
Bitterly, Rcdman, age 40, Nov. 90
hernia.
Bclas, Washington, age 27, Nov 22 !;
chronic bronchitis and prodisposition to
phthisic.
Boston, Reuben, age 80 Nov. % ;
valyular disease of heart.
Carr, Alexander, age AZ, Nov. IL !;
loss ofteeth.
Dcrand, William, age 81, Nov. % /;
stammcring.
Evans, William NJ, age 33, Nov, 10 +;
hernia.
Frcderici, Jesse, age 81, Nov. IA;
size, (hcighi feet p inches }
Fuller, John j., age 81, Nov %; ;
hernia.
Fritz, Andrew j., age 80, Nov. 25 !;
dyspeptic phthisic
Gordncr, Jonathan, age "A, Nov. 10 F.;
chronic rheumatism, Con oath.)
Girtn, John W., age Al, Nov. IA /;
prcdsposition to phthisic.
Girtin William g., aye 80, Nov. %
disease Of heart and lungs.
Horwig, Lewis, age 40, Nov. 5; age
and hernia.
lIarman, John, age "a, Nov. 20 ;
epilepsy.
lIamng, Samuel, age 80, Nov. % ;
chronic opthalmia.
Harrington, Newton, age %, Nov % ;
chronic bronchitis and predispos tion TO
phthisic.
Heath, Geo, age 40, Nov. %; vari,
cose veins.
Iklor George W, age 90, Nov. IA ;
chronic ulcers of legs.
Jones, VIM. p, aged 80. Nov. 2l
hernia.
Jones, Harvey, age 81, Nov. %; scrof-
ula.
hester, David N, age 40, Nov. IA;
epilepsy.
Kukbaum, VIM. K, age 81, Nov. %
disease OF heart.
Kline, Joseph s., age 30, Nov. %
loss of teeth and discase OF heart.
Loudcnbauh, William NJ, age SO
Nov. % varcose veins, and badly uni
ted fracture Of right ankle.
Miller, John p, age A, Nov. IL
chronic rheumatism.
Miller, Jacob, age %, Nov. IA; chron-
ic opthalmia.
Miner, John, age A., Nov. % (; loss o
teeth.
Miller, Charles, age 26, Nov, %; vari
cocelc.
M'Michacl, Joseph X, age 20, Nov
% injury Of spine.
Oil, Eli, age 3G, Nov. Ia; disease o
kidneys Con oath,)
Parker, Joseph c., age %, Nov. ii
valyular disease of heart.
Runyon, Joseph c.. age 30, Nov. %
general debility and disease of heart.
Shoemaker, Philip, age 80, Nov. 81
chrohlc gaslrltlS and disease OF liver.
Shook, Charles, age 81, Nov, %
varicose veins.
Santee, William, age 81, anchylosis 0
right elbow joint
Shulz, Cornelius, age 81, Nov. 10
varicose veins.
Tousey, William, age 80, Nov. %
curvature of spine.
Thomas, Joseph, age 3s, Nov. %
anchylosis of left elbow joint.
Whitnight, Michael, age 81, Nov. IA
asthma and size, (hcight feet inch.)
William, Charles, age ~, Nov. %
glancoma.
Weaver, Augustus, N, age 28, Nov
%; hernia.
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UNANIMrrY.-The township of Dayton,
in Newaygo county, Michigan, takes the
banner. 1t cast sixty four votes, aud
every one of them Republican. The
Detroit advertiser says an intelligent
Christian people live there beyond doubt.
Ha,1Sbrg Telegraph.
And that is not all, adds the Detroit
Free Press There are sixteen men in
the Newoygo county Jail, and all are
republicans
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~" A Clergyman observing a poor
man by the roadside breaking stones
with pckaxe, and knoelng to get at
his work better, made the remark" "Ah,
John, wish could break the stony
hearts ofmy hearers as easily as you are
breaking those stones" The man repli-
Perhaps, sir, you do not work on
your knees"
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A StNsIBLE PREACHER,-A clergyman
of the Methodist Episcopal church, writes
to the Harrisburg Union, as follows: "If
the Lord requires a man to be an Aboli-
zionist before he can be a minister, | am
certainly misinformod. cannot preach a
sincere gospel and, at the same time, ad-
Vocato false phianthrophy,"
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JANE S n. SMITH,

LuPORTER AND WHOLEsALE DEHLEH
BRANDIES, WINES, WHlSKEiS'
GINS. AND LIQUORS, GENERALLY,
NJ. 325 Uuium atS bet"ee" 81 q atH'
PHILADELPHIA.
c, r. HENRY, Trsvclng Agent hn' H''''''''
~ OsDtRs RrspGGTFrLY soLCifpp
Move nhsr u oCs-y
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rsy-"I couldu'tgct a wink of sleep"
said newly blessed Benedict, con ac-
count of II discordeon that kept playing all
night "Discordeon" inquired the con-
fdent Of his troubles, "what new instru-
ment is that?' "Only the baby was the
yawning reply.
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SThey mean to raise tall students out
in Wisconsin. An exchange paper says:
"lts board of education has resolved to
erect building large enough to accommo-
date ilve hundred students three stories
high.
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yawning reply.

STRONG DRAFT.-Adam Thunder was
drafted in Franklin, Pa, and The odore
Lightning has been drafted in the third
ward OF Kenosha. With the assistance of
Thunder and Lightning, somebody ought
to be soon "hurt.'