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Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-05-17

s9-We have received the May No.
of the Farmer and Gardener. 1t is a
neatly printed and interesting Agricultu-
raj Magazine, and the only work of the
kind published in our State A. NJ. Span
gler, Editor, Philadclphia-at 81 90 per
annum. Subscribe for it Mr.. Farmer.
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A TRIBUTE to the Memory of Mrs. J..
W. CAMPBELL, of Beach Grove, by S. II.
jenkins, will appear in the next "CoI~n'-
bta Democrat"
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HIRAM KEEN, Boatman from Nesco-
peck, Luzerne county, was on Tuesday
night last, burned to death in his Boat at
Pittston.
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D e a Z FL S.

ON the 9Th its near Muncy, SARAH jazz sALnps aged
about ~ years.
on the INST in Greeuwoud township Roe AsoNr,
"iie OF George kcstcr shsed nbou, ioy,ars
In Snn0ury on "Wednesday, the Ith inst Nr. Diy,
Aincrlcan, aged about Is years.
IN Nnrthnlnherland on Wednesday, the III inst Mr.
GEORGE hERRiCK Esq. ''''
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We are in receipt of the June Lady's
Book. AS usual ahead of time. Cooley S
Lady's Book is the model Magazine of the
United States.
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Ncw q tisql1rc1lis
A GARD no YnnNG LAnIns Al

4 CARD TO YOUNG LADIES AND
[ a GENHLEMEN.-Ihe subscriber will send tfr,e
Of charge 10 all who desire it, the recipe aad direction
Tor making simple Vegetable Balm that will in from
iw"to civll, days, remove Pimples, Butchcs, Tan,
fIGcKlGs, Saowncss, and II impurities and roughucss
oithc skin, leaving the same as Nature iiItcndrI It
sh"h'd be-sot, clUar, smooth and beautiful. Ihu4l
desiring the Recipe with full Instructions directions
aud advice will please call address (wth ro,uru
postager) THOS f. CRAPNAN
May II, !sf2-em S9I Broadway. NryT Voik
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nJ- S. M. PETTENGILL & Co., No, ~ Park Row,
New York, and State Street Boston, are our Agents
for the Columbia Democrat in those cities, and hi
thorzed to take Advertisements and Subscriptions for
as at our lowest ratSs,
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"JoHN in the Wilderness" next week
A LOT of neatly printed Blanks of all
kinds, for sale at this Office.
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ME COME $SIONS AND EXPER.

THE COME SSTONS AND EXPER.
Y IENCE OF \ SUFFERER Published as Il wpy-
ning, and for the especial benefit Of Young Men aud
those who sutEr with Nervous Debility Loss of A,-
nry, Premature neray, &c. *, &c, by one mo has
cured s9ll by simple means after being put grrt
expense ans inconvenience through the Use ot worth.
less medicines prescrbedby learned Dnst0rs Single
copies may be had of the author g. H. LAABI RI ESQ.
dressed envelope.
Address CHARLES a LAMBERT, EfI.
May II, 1862 Pm.
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STOVE AND TIN.WARE SHOP.

IA, HE undersigned would inform the citizens oi
ID boomsblrg aud vicinity, that he has iuet rc,
aN eiVeu ana oilers for sale Of the most
- asS9rlmsnts of COOKING aud FANDH STlN rs
vSr introduced into this market The Chrie,ouher 10
u'Iut James Hobb ana Globe among the frst elias
GooNg stoyes,al Of which are airigt ana vas hurucI
~ raTor stoycs ar" handsome and The assortment va
uI am o-faricuar attention is paid TO TIn.Wur,
""u nuhsc Spohllhg upon short notice. All kinds ri
fEPnlrinl will be done with neatncss and despatch 80
W Country produce taken in exchangc for work
bloomsbury, May 10, lsG2
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OVENSHINE.

sar Will correspondents oblige us by
writing shorter and palmer. That is it
Please remember.-[ED.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-02-01
Correspondence Of Tho Cecil Wing
LETTER From THE ARMY.
CAMP MCCLELLAN, Jan. 2sth, lSG:

EDiToR Cecil WuIG.-Dear Sir :-As
everything in regard to the doings of the
army appears to be eagerly sought after
and read by our great Union loving people
at large, have thought proper to enclose
you trIitc for your paper, more especially
AS ! have been Constant reader Of it for
great length of time.
The 99h Regiment, of which | am q
member, has. as have always understood;
been held III high estimation ut Washington,
and great hopes have been entertained by
the brave men composing it, that should they
be brought on "A field Of battle, no effort on
their part would be wantngto acquire gori-
Gus victory, indeed the enthusiasm for bat!
tie has at times been SO great that it appeared
as # every voice was willing to cry out, OH
to the attack, death or Victory" The
tide of affairs is now changed, and per-
feet torptude and carelessncss has taken
the place of ambitious hopes, and this great
change can only be accounted for and attri
buted to the incompetency and recklessneSs
of its officers, who have appeared to seek
their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and comfort, and
let the poor soldiers get along as well as
they could, suhjccting them to various hard
ships during the rainy, windy, muddy, chan
gcabe weather that we have experienced
for many weeks past, which has brought
sent many good man to his long home
With the exception of our Generals. there
is great flare up among our officers, some
are resigning and others are called to ac-
count for offences committed that are not
considered by Government officials as
becoming them, and which it is thought will
finally cause a breaking up of the Doth, and
perhaps transferring most of the men to some
other quarter. Certainly there has been so
much negligence on the part of the men for
the last few weeks, that they are not half so
well drilled as they were at that time. There
Is one thing certain that with the sick in the
hospital and those incapable Of performing
duty, that we make a poor show on drill to
what we had some time ago. The same
blood flows in the veins of the men, and
their muscular power can soon be brought
into activity, could there be the least possible
show TO gain triumph over these rebel
desp"ilcrs, but give US competent officers
if we are sent into the field with snch as we
have now, we should have to fight on " our
own hook,' and that would be lamentable
indeed. T.. j. W,
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in the United States, as compared with
o.her nations of the world. Hence the
States now in rebellion owe their prosper
ity and position Of empire TO these grand
indispensable clements of national great
uea,nesS. These advan ages they have
acquired from being part of The empire
Of the United States. Severed from
that and they sink into an insignificant,
dependent ma ion. The British see his
and hence their anxiety to separate them
from the Government, as a wolf separa-
ties sheep from the fold, that he may
make meal OH it at pleasure. The
London Times with these lights before
it very ma ura!ly sees no difference
between Mason and Slide! and pair of
Virginia or Louisiana negroes.
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A NEW Coach MANUFAcToRY,-Mr,

John V. Reardon has purchased from
Messrs. johnson & Elder the ground now
occupied by the smith shop of Mr.. Howard
Titus, and the dwelling occupied by Mr..
VIM. Giles, in this town. Mr.. Rcardon
intends to remove these buildings and erect
in their stead, in the Spring, coach and
other shops necessary to the manufacture of
carriages. This will be quite an improve
mcnt, and we hope, when it is finished, Mr..
Reardon may receive the support from our
people which he deserves. 1t is the interest
ofany people to encourage home enterprises,
particularly those of mechanics. For if they
want their town or community to grow
populous and prosperous, they can find no
better way to produce this than by patro-
nizlng and encouraging their own mechanics.
Carriages, as well as many other articles, can
be made as good and as cheap here as in
the cities, if our people will only encourage
their manufacture SO as to justify the neccs-
sary arrangements for their production
This way Of running to the city to get things
which can &e had at your door, as good and
as cheap, IS all wrong. AS you increase the
number Of inhabitants by furnishing them
employment in your midst, you enhance the
value Of your houses and your farms. Had
the people of this neighborhood properly
appreciated " home manufacture p" long ago,
Elkton would be to-day quite different
town from what it is. 1t has been seventy
one years since the Court House was built
here; and yet now Elkton, with all its
advantages OF location, water power, &C.,
contains a population of some seventeen
hundred. And the whole reason is that our
predecessors and ourselves have been con.
tent to go elsewhere for articles which would
have been manufactured here had a DISPOSE
ton to pa'ronize home enterprises been
manifested. We hope that a profitable les
son may be learned from the past,
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The Trent Affair Adjusted.

Late arrivals from Europe bring intel
ligence that the news of the release of
Mason and Slidell was received in Eng
land with much rejoicing. The London
Times, the pet foreign organ of secession
says that the British ma ion would have
done as much for t1ro n,ggers. Only
think of that-rhe aristocratic organ of
England placing the administers 5" of the
par excellent southern chivalry on an
equality with t1Uo n,ggers. This is
enough to make the " high" " noble,'
gentlemen" cavaliers, shed tears of
fire.
After praying the British Lion for
months 70 come and break the blockade,
the Lion ntima;es very significantly by
placing their ".Nin,sters - on level
wi h couple of negroes, that British
interference, if it can be induced at all,
would be to cndeavor to weaken, or
destroy the American preponderance on
this continent; and after the United
States Government was destroyed, the
negroes and the chivalry would be placed
in the same category, and used by the
British nation in the manner it consid-
cred most profitable.
The fact is so plain that all ought to
be able to see it, that the power of the
United States Government has been the
sole protection that the chivalry and
their negroes have had against the
aggressions of the outside world. Sep
arate the mechanical, the commercial,
and the manufacturng-the educated
labor from the pompous, Dragging, bonn
bastic, aping aristocracy which is bot
toned on ignorant negroes alone, and
what single element of national indepen-
dence has it lcf, ? 1t has no maritime
power, and never can have under it's
present economy. 1t possesses no
mechanical skill that will compete. or
even begin to compare with other
nations of the civilized world. II can.
not boast any manufacturing ability
In word, all these branches of industry,
where science and art are brought into
requisiion, intelligence in connection
with physical ability is indispensable.
This, where the working population is
composed of negroes, never can exist
hence, the Southern aristocrats, while
they depend upon their niggers, as their
principal element of national greatness,
can never rise to the dignity of those
powers whose wealth is derived from a
combination of the great branches of IT,
dusry. Agricultural, Mechanical, Com
mercial, and Manufacturing. The labor
that conducts these pursuits with the
greatest profit and success, Is and of O
necessity, must be educated.
These are undoubtedly the primary
elements of national greatness and powel
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-02-01
The Burnside Expedition.

Since our last Issue, news has been
received from the Burnside Expedition,
which created so much interest in the
public mind. The expedition was beset
for several days by violent storms which
cast several vessels on the shoals. -
Some of the number will prove a total
loss, among the latter is The fine steamer
CITY Of .Ne1r York of GOO tons burtheu,
loaded with military stores, which was
cast on the shoals off Hatteras Inlet on
the evening of he IA h of January. The
ship and cargo is pronounced total loss.
The crew were all saved. The gun-boat
Zouaue, having on board three companies
of Massachusetts soldiers, sunk at her
anchorage inside the Inlet. The steamer
louisiana also go. on a sand-bar and was
much damaged, if not entirely lost. In
addition to those stated the steamers
George Peabody, Northcrner, Eastern
Queen, Stars md Stripes, besides sew
eral other smaller craft, are reported by
the especial" of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, as being aground in sight from
the quarter deck of the steamer Cossnck;
the greater part of these vessels, how
ever, would be gotten off when the
wea her modera ed. Late accounts
report The Stars and Stripes and Lou
siuna as safely ahoat, the former having
sustained but little injury. The gales
which the fleet encountered off Hatteras
have been very severe, causing delay
and r,uch damage, but not sufficient to
seriously injure the expedition, or frus-
trate its successful operation against the
enemy. The feet at last accounts had
collected inside the Inlet and severe
blow shor ly, against some point in North
Carolina, may be looked for with conf
dcncc.
The most melancholy occurrence we
have to report is the drowning of Col
onel Allen and DR.. s. F. Weller, of the
New Jersey Ninth Regiment, and
James Taylor, second officer of the ship,
finn L. Thompson, who lost their lives
by the capsizing of the ships cutter
among the break crs.
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.

CoURr.-On Monday week, 10th inst,
the February term of Court commences it
is thought the term will not be long one.
The County Commissioners and Orphans
Court will. also be in session, and doubtless
quite AN influx Of county people will cnliven
the streets of the shire town of Cecil during
that period. 1t will be most excellent
time for our subscribers and advertising
friends to call at The Wing Office, settle for
the past and commence the business of the
new year with accounts squared, and the
printers bill wiped out. Many Of our Dis
trict officers have not found it convenient to
settle up their little election bills yet, and
we wouldn't ask them for it past their own
option in paying, if - the times" weren't a
little harder on printers than on I" any body
else" From the lower Districts the roads
have been so very bad that it accounts for
none Of the officers having been in town
since the election. We would like to con-
duct Tile IPhig on the cash system altogether
but every one will see the impossbilty of
carrying on county paper on that plan
and we hope our patrons will take little
dan occasionally, by way of refreshing their
memory, all in good humor.
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Correspondence.
Correspondence of The Cecil Whg,I
LETTLR FROM RUWLANDSVILE.
NEAR RowLANDsvILLE, Sixth Dist, |
January 27th, 1862. (

NEAR RowLANDsvILLE, Sixth Dist,
January 9th, 1862. !
Mn. EDITOR AS you seldom have con-
munications from this part of the comfy, |
will try to furnish You with "a few items,
hoping the example will be followed up by
more able correspondent than myself.
The farmers, with few exceptions, have
taken ont their last years crops. The
wheat crop, generally speaking, is better
than it has been since the failure of crops
in fifty eight and nine. You know, MIR.
Editor, by your long residence among us,
that the fertile hills of Octoraro can't be
beat for wheat growing. If any Of your
readers pretend to doubt this fact. we will
say that Mr.. A. Ewing ofthis District, a few
years ago, sowrd broadcast on one and
seven, ghlh acres of ground, three and
three fourth bushels Of wheat, and reapcd
reward Of eighty one and quarter bushel.
Of wheat, which weighed siXty-threc pounds
per hushcl. If any can beat it, let us hear
from them. The principal kind Of wheat
raised III this section is called Red Mcditer-
rancan, as ii proves the most certain crop.
The oats crop of the past season is very
good, as is also the corn. The prospect
Tor the coming wheat crop is tolerable, with
some exceptions. Clear and freezing has
taken the place of muddy, murkv and blus.
tering weather; and We hope wet feet, sore
threats, bad colds, &C., will make their exit
for Il time at least.
The general health of the neighborhood
is good, considering the many essagreeable
changes OF weather.
In conclusion, Mr.. Editor, | would ask
where are all our Millersyllc teachers, that
they are not welding the pen in defense of
that art. which your correspondent " Tran
gull y speaks OF in his last communication d?
Perhaps some OF that class would be pleased
to read an explanation to that part of his
epistle, whore he challenges any OF the pro-
tession TO defend their present course
Has Tranquil " visited the schools OF all
such teachers in the county, and been
informed Of their mode of teaching?
think not, or he would hardly speak out Sc
boldly in regard to system that knows
none higher. Don't think, Mr. Editor that
| am pupil Of that farfamcd place. because
| have spoken few words in its defense. -
| only want to read another communication
on the same subject from 'Tranquil ~
If anything worthy of note transpires you
will hear from me again. Yours NERIrAs
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Correspondence of The Cecil Wing.
LETTER FROM CuADD'S FORD.
CHApp'S FoRp. Jan. 2S1h lSf


Mr.. EDITOR Having anchored at this
point for the time being, and being housed
by AN old fashioned snow storm, We attempt
to while away the afternoon in writing you
u description of this, the old battle ground.
The village, if such it may be called, is on
the left bank of the Brandywine, ten miles
north Of Wilmington, Delaware, twenty
seven miles west of the city of Brothery
Love, and Immediately on the line of the
Baltimore Central Railroad. About one
dozen dwellings, and all is told, one black
smith shop, one wheel-wright shop, one
shoemaker shop, one tailor shop, one store
and one tavern, includes all the business
places, except the Railroad Depot. Near
this place is a Touring, mill owned by
CALEB Brinton, that is supposed to grind
seventeen thousand bushels Of wheat per
year. AT this point Nyphausen made
felnt of crossing to attack General Wash
ington, while the main body crossed above
the fork, some four miles north of this point
and attacked him on his right and rear
The hottest of the engagement on the ever
memorable 18th of September, l777, was on
the table land north of this point, and III
the vicinity of Birmingham Meeting House.
In this village stands a stone house which
bears the marks Of that eventtul day. In ID
can be seen the blood of the wounded sol
ders. For years after that day was this
place the resort of the curious. Many a
relic has been carried to the home of the
curious visitor, and many more remain to
be seen. At no point from source to mouth
IS the valley of this celebrated stream more
than one fourth ola mile in width. The hills on
either side arc high and rugged, vcrgng in
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-02-01
INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE OF MILL SPRINGS.

INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE OF MILL SPRINGS.
Wounded prisoners state that there was no
general enthusiasm, but that the growing dis
content induced Gen. Zollcofftr to make a
speech 10 his troops the day before he led
them to battle, in which he declared with
emphasis that " he would take them to Indi-
ana or 60 to HI himselfn
After Colonel Fry's horse was disable. he
mounted the splendid gray charger which
Zolicoher had ridden. AS the Federal army
advanced, the Union people creep from their
holes and hiding places, and evince the most
frantic delight. They are eager to receive
arms, and to be marched against those who
have so long terrorized their homes. As
plenty of muskets were found in the deserted
camp OF the rebels we presume their wishes
will gratified. One man. residing on the
Cumberland, had been robbed of six hundred
bushels of corn, and he is willing to give the
maranders receipt in full for it if he can
only get few cracks at them. Capt. Noah.
Of the Second Minnesota. informs us that a
large number OF the dead rebels were shot
through the head which shows the precision of
the ann of our marksmcn. Capt. Kenney's
Ohio battery of four rifled and two smooth
bore 6 poundes threw elongated shells
charged with shrapnell. which did terrible
execution, filling the forest with rebel dead
like cordw ood.-Louisuitie Journal.
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many places to almost barren rocks. Hs
immediate banks produce abundant pasture
for cattle, of which the finest in the States
may be seen in our several markets. The
table lands extending on either side, pro.
ducc wheat, corn, and oats in abundance
Not unfrequsntly does the husbandman
reap from single acre forty to fifty bushels
Of excellent wheat, and corn and oats in
proportion. The present occupants of the
soil are mostly the dcccndants Of Revolu
tionists and British Tories. They are affa.
Bile and courteous in all their acts.
Having thus briefly described our new
home; we beg 70 say to our old friends and
patrons that we have underway a parting
address for them, which, with your consent,
Mr.. Editor, we will lay before them ere
long. TRANQUIL:
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CIRCUIT CoURT.-An adjourned ses-

CIRCUIT CoURT.-An adjourned ses-
sion of the October term of Kent county
Circuit Court commenced on Wednesday,
the 22nd ult. The following business
engaged the attention of the court:
Edward C. James, lessee of John Doe Us.
John Thompson and Ruth Cassidy, land
lords of William Cook. (Removed from
Cecil.) Ejectment to recover valuable
farm in Cecil county. Verdict for defend.
ants. Morrison, of Baltimore city, for
plaintiff; Mccullough, of Cecil, and Archer,
of Hartford, for defendants. Exceptions
were taken to the finding of the jury, and
the case will probably be taken to the Court
of Appeals. Kent Neus.