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Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-04-12
Original Poetry.
The Death of Jackson.

The following lines written
at the time, can hardly be out of place, for
the name of the old Hero, yet stirs the
depths of the true American hea If
you agree with me they are at your SER
vice. JOHN SUTTON.
Awake solemn muse the death bell is tolling,
And peal after peal, rings sadly around,
And to a whole nation is mournfully cal ling,
THE mighty has fallen" walls every sound.
Yes, Jackson's departed, his life term is ended
Like shock Of ripe corn he fell to the ground,
The Hickory tree, that no STORM has ere bonded,
At length by the strong OF time is thrown down
No more when the Indians shr warwboop is ringing
la heart rending accents the Redman is nigh,
While warriors are dancing and cheftains singing
Their triumphant war songs, in murderous cry,
Round the blood dripping scalps of sires
OF children and matrons decrepit and grey,
While justice so loudly for vengeance is calling
viii Jackson awaken her voice to obey.
No more, when the trumpet and war drum are rolling,
Their soulstrring notes, of "awake to the warl'
Awake to the rescue, your country is calling"
viii Jackson ecr hced it. his service is over.
No more when the country statesman is needing
Immsvabe either by iattery fear,
While men not their country but interest needing
Win Jackson again fill the Presidents chair.
No, the cheain his warhorse has long since orsaken
The thrice victors sword lies close in its sheath,
From his fingers, the pen of the Statesman is taken,
And hushed is his voice in the silence Of Death,
Yet hc live in the hearts of his rymen ever,
He'll speak in our councils, avoicc from the grave,
His name shall not be forgotten never,
While the nation is free we shall honor the brave
(But Oh that prophet would breath DER his ashe
And break for day the still peace of the grave.
As the tightening from Heaven awakcs with fashe
So the CLEAN of his sword would awaken the brave,
| And by the Eternal" the Traitors would vanish,
, And Phillips and Sumner jeff Davis and all
| Their allies ana hackers TO Tophct he'd banish
And the Union restore, Constitution and all.
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VOLUME 26.


and use every hour until the active symp.
toms abatc lfyou have not the gall-nuts
subst tutc tcaspo onful Of powdered white
oak bark. Also let the patient drink cold
infusion Of Flax Seed or Slippery Elm,
SO as to act upon the kidneys.
If there should be much fever, take
tincturc of Aconto five or ten drops, put
into a tumbler Of water, and take tea
spoonful every fifteen minutes, until the
skin begins to feel moist; or one grain Of
Camphor every hour, until it is controlled,
at the same time giving some warm tea.
The food should be light but nutritious,
and in fluid form, and small quantities
taken at time, and that only when she
patient desired it.
The bo 7els should be relieved by ipjec.
tions of warm water, also small doses OF
oil may be given.
If the active symptoms should not abats
under this treatment, well educated ply.
sician should be called in. For q more
minute dseription,of this disease and its
treatment, and also for the manner of
using Concentrated Eclectic Remedies,
must refer you to the January and Feb
ruary numbers of the EectSc Medical
Journal of Philadelphia.
G. w. H. CALVER, NJ. D.
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Diphtheria.

We understand by this term, that con-
dition of system in which there is an infa.
nation of the fauces and mucous mem
brane of the throat, and the formation Of
a membrane out of the cxudate, which is
thrown out as the result of the inAama.
ton.
CauSs.-This disease is caused by q
specific poison which is taken into the sys
TEN, a, in Small Pox Measel,, Scarlatina,
&c and by many writers it Is regarded
as species Of ScarIatina. This disease
mauiicsts itself similarly to Scarlet fever,
by langor and debility, followed by chill
and fever, thirst, headache, &c.
The first symptoms may manifest by a
soreness of the throat and difficulty of
swallowing.
Upon examining the throat, the tonsils
will present red and inf amed appearance
with more or less of white exudation
upon them, and in many cases small por
tons of the mcmbeane may be discovered,
If not attended to at once, the symp-
toms will soon become very much aggra
waited and may in short time result in
death.
The question now naturally arises, What
is to be done Shall we take caGstc and
destroy the membrane at once? answer,
No; as that would only augment the diff
Guilty; it would tend to produce that con
dtion which it is our duty to relieve and
should only be used as last resort.
The indications to be fulfilled are
FRS: Subdue the local inflammation; Sec
ond; Eliminate the poison from the sys'
tenn; Third; Restore the general health
In order to spbduo the local inflammation
you must restore the general circulation
to the surface and extremities, beside act
ing locally,
10 restore the general circulation i
would be necessary to give hot bath
which should be as hot as the patient coull
bear, and continued for ten or fifteen mi n
ptes; rub the body and extremities well
and follow with brisk friction, after whicl
the patient should be placed in bed anC
kept warm, with jugs of hot water to th
feet. Mustard pastes should be applie'
to the calves of the legs and spine and re
tanned there about fifteen minutes. HO
packs should be applied to the throat, b.
wetting towels in hot salt water and bind
ing them on. by towel passing up owe
the top Of the head.
The patient may drink warm tea Of fsa!
from or Elder flowers, in order to bripI
the eruption cut on the surface. Also us
as a gargle the following Salt, one ti
blcspooufullj good Cayenne pepper, tie
grains; water, half pint; or powdere
Gall nuts, ten grains; Honey half tel
cupfull; Hot water, half pint sbsI
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by the authority of the same, That the
said rocited act Of Assembly of the seventh
day of March, Ammo Domini, one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty.one, be and
the same is hereby repealed, and the said
tonnage tax, or duties imposed by the act
Incorporating the said Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, and the supplements there.
to, is hereby restored, and imposed and
made payable to the Commonwealth, in
the same manner and upon the same terms
and conditions as though the said repeating
act had never been passed
Section 2. That it shall be the duty Of
the Attorney General to proceed forthwith
to sue for, recover and collect, by distress
or otherwise, the arrears Of the said ton
mage tax, which were due and owing at
the time of the passage of the said rocitcd
act, which is hereby repealed, together
with such additional tax or duties as would
have accrued upon the tonnage of the said
company until the date of the present act,
and for the proper ascertainment of the
amount Of the said additional tax, it shall
be the duty of the said company to file
forthwith in the Office Of the Auditor Gen.
eral, statement duly authenticated by
the oath of the President and Treasurer
of said company, of the amount of their
business so made taxable for the interven
ing period, and also to furnish to the At
torney General, from time to time, sucl
other and additional statements, and such
access to their books as he may judge
necessary for the purpose of the said sui
or other proceedings hereby authorized
Provided, however, that the moneys pait
by the said company on account OF the
said pretended commutatiou over anC
beyond the annual instalment or install
ments, payable by them on their bonds TO
the purchasc-money of The public works
shall be credited upon the arrears of tn
said tax, which were due and owing at til
passage Of the said repealed act, and al.
lowed in the collection of the said arrears
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A HOME THRUsT.-John Hickman, the
other day, was airing his patriotism in the
House of Representatives, by assailing the
loyalty of Valandigham, when Mr.. Rich-
ardson asked permission to say word
which Hickman granted
"Mr. Richardson then stated that there
were members on this floor who had de-
clared that they would not vote dollar
of appropriation unless the war shall be
prosecuted for the purpose of emancipation
and he here desired to denounce them az
traitors to the government, and they ought
to be put under arrest and executed as
they deserved"
To this the gallant Hickman and his SCI
made no reply, but still kept dashing away
at the obnoxious member from Ohio,
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Miscellaneous.
Racy Correspondence.

hacy correspondence
The following letter with the appended
editorial remarks appears in late number
of the Louisville JomnM:-
" TO the Easl0rs ofMe LouisviNe Journal:
"FoRT WARREN, Mass, Mar. 4, 90.
"Gertemen Amongst other luxuries
Of which I have been deprived since my
Imprisonment, is the pleasure of pcrusing
those chaste and refreshing notices, with
which for some time past, your paper has
honored me; and although, in my pro
gress through the North, l have met with
many attempts on the part of the press at
an imitation of 80 ur pc culiarly felicitous
style of misrepresentation, l have found
none to equal the original. I am there
fore under the necessity of applying to the
fountain head. | enclose two dollors, for
which please send me Your country daily
to the following address:
Seen. S. B. BUCKNER,
Sdlc VI Col' q OlmlcA)
Fort Warren, Mass.
"P. S. Since writing the above, our
friend, Col. X. W. Hanson, has reached
this celebrated resort, and desires me to
add that the present of dcmUohn of whis.
ky which he learns you have promised
him would never be more acceptable than
at this time-thc locality and the latitude
as well as the sentiments of our neighbors
up the harbor holding out most tempting
inducements to cultivate a taste for that
delightful beverage. As matter of eau
tion, however, he urges me to add that he
hopes, if the liquor be oil good quality you
will not taste it, as he might thereby incur
much risk in losing it altogether a pri
vation which, however agreeable to your.
SELF would be attended with serious incon
venenca to himself during the prevalence Of
the prevailing "nor. casters"
"S. B. B."
We are glad the bagged rebelis in such
good humor. He evidently feels great
deal more comfortable now than be has
felt for many months, and hence, from be-
ing sullen and morose, he actually under.
takes to laugh and jest. Perhaps he ex.
periences sense of relief on account Of
being CHARTERED in safe retreat where
hostile bayonets CLEAN not nor hostile bull
lets sing and whistle, and yet how he car
manage to employ his time without weari
ness where there are no bridges or locks
and dams to blow up, no railroads to de-
stroy, no wagons to seize and conGscate
no horses, cattle, sheep and hogs to steal
is really more than we can conceive. We
hope be will enlighten us upon this point
in his next epistle. by the way, we are
not surprised at his having carefully cut
the figure of the American Eagle that was
stamped upon the corner of the sheet We
have received from him. No doubt he re-
CARDS that terrible bird with dread ant
horror, almost fearing that even papel
eagle may pick his rebel eyes out.
We are glad that the big rebel, in sub
scribing for the JournaI,has had judgmen
, enough to send us good union money 10
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-04-12
Showing balance in favor of
Democratic rule of s,l45 90
Amount expended for curtains,
drapcry, &c. during the year
1868 1856 25

As the actual difference between Dem. !
ocratie and Republican rule when there
was but single session each year. Upon
examining tho record find our printer has
very uukindly omitted all of my remarks
in support of my amendment made on
Friday afternoon last on the 10th section
of the Appreciation Bill This compels
me to explain little further.
These paSteyS and fuller were paid the
above sums when the Act of Assembly
positively says they shall receive only one
dollar per day and no mileage. So much
for Republican honesty generally. But
| cannot conclude without showing the
amount actually received by our model
Republ an Clerk The law 6xos the pay
of the Clerk. He is to receivee salery of
500, and So per day and mileage making
his honest pay about 81 ,1oO.
He received last year for the
regular session 81 ,le4 60
Fifteen days extra 45 90
lndaxing Journal (llegaD l25 90
&. Ii. Rauch for expenses incur T.,
red during recess (Which l
suppose meant to buy lager
and pretzeIs) $50 90
E. Il. Rauch, similar item $50 90
Delivering Daily Record 100 90
E. II. Rauch, pay for extra sess.
ion of seventeen days 46l 60
Total, only S2,2l6 20
for about four months work. But he is
not satisfied yet, for his friends in the ap.
preparation Bill passed last Friday voted
him for indexing Journal Of Extra session,
the further sum of S25 90
Also for his expenses durinr re.
cess again leo 90
making his pay for last Regular
and Extra session 2,s4l 30
This statement have prepared for pub
lication for the purpose of refuting Abo-
lition lies, and showing how they spend
our money. If any of my Abolition friends
want auy more light, have q little yet in
reserve, which they can have whenever
they apply to JOSEPH REX.
March II, 1862.
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rom the Norristown Register.
HARRISBURG, March IL, 1862.

Friend Ackcr I'll noticed this morning
an artscle in that exceedingly rabid abo-
lition, negro worshipping sheet, the Ches-
ter County Times, headed, GA Political
Plot Spoiled --The Committee on House
Expenses Dissolved, Sc would not
have noticed this article had it not been
Tor the gross faisehoods contained in said
article.
First the author says, that was inde-
iatigable in my visits to the Auditor Gen.
eral s Office in search of Republican COR
ruption. l visited the Office but once, and
then it was for the purpose of having
correction made in the statement he fur
nishcd us. He had omitted three items
amounting, to fourteen hundred dollars,
which should have been charged to Mr.,
Rauch, the present Clerk but he refused
to make the correction, alleging that this
money had been given to the Clerk and
we had no right to inquire into it.
The writer also tries to make it appear
that the expenses for 1857 and 1868
when Jacob Ziegler was Clcrk-were
double that OF 1861, when Mr. Rauch, the
model Aboltionist, ohiciated.
In order to make the truth public and
to extend justice to all parties | have taken
the reports of the Auditor General for the
last five years, and from them | take the
/ following statement, these reports being
official document do not suppose any one
will dispute the authority, and refor your
readers to those documents as proof Of my
statement. In l857..l find the expenses
as follow
The officers elected and appoin.
ted for that year drew from
the Treasury on the part of
the House for the Regular
Session. S2l,s72 65
Contingent expenses, Reg'lr. S. 9,957 81
g" " Extra SIS. ,0O5 OC
paid to
VIM. Jack, late Clerk, 5000 O(
Amounting in all to s35,s3o Il
In 1853 the expenses we're as follows:
Paid to officers, l6'ooI 8
Contingencies, la,3so Il
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BLOOMSBURY SKYLIGHT,
PICTURE GALLERY,

FNHE undersigned infoTms Che ciiisens OF bloom,
and ngighbOrhood thnt he has taken the large room
in the Exchange Block, extending Messrs StoneT
foIs Bakery and the Bookstore where he has put in
large 5kyliP T. II is only by skyligh that good pic
bet especially groaps where each person
an be takea Ist as well as separate,
ia has gon TO considerable expense 70 make his es'
abisinant hrst class onr and he the Tefore sOcits
beIsi paTo lge enable him. TO constantly introduce
tls mode Improvements OF the art
HENRY RosENsToCK.
sssu,,xps psy ~ jsbA tsOv, ~, ~
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Amounts only to
$500 II

In 1861, Mr.. Rauch, Clerk, the expen-
ses for officers were as follows
For regular and extra sessions s3l ,656 25
Contingencies, including extra
sessions, but no extra expen-
ses whatever, 10000 90
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Amounts only to
4l,956 25

making a difference in favor of the DEM
ocratic session of 1857 only s6,o26 O6
for example;
For 1861 SAL $50 25
4" 1857 $3.50 90
-
Balance in favor of Democratic
rule 6,o26 O0
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81 047 "a
Amounting in all to

In 1860, tne first yoar of Mr.. Rauchs
c,crkship, the expenses were as follows
Officers, S26, ,lss IS
Contingencies aud no extras, $40 ~
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In 1867 and is5S We had no pastors
and folders. the work being done by the
Door Keepers. In 1859 the Republicans,
to crafty few more political friends, ap'
pointed these officers and paid
them $3.50 90
In 1860 there were eighteen of
these officers, who were paid 5,065 90
In 1861 there were fifteen of
these pastors, who were paid
as follows these retiring: 235 90
Regular session 6,449 So
Extra session OF II days 6l2 90
s----
Amounting only to s7,296 so
Again, in 1860 the expenses Of
the House under Republican
rule were sss 1929 II
In 1858 the expenses Of the
House under Democratic, rule
was s0,lss Is
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C0LUM BIA DEMOCRAT.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY
LEVI T.. TATE,
m sLooMspuRG, COLUMBIA coUN'

OFFIC
10 sAs 1so Brick Bidiag opposite the Exchange BY side
rae Court HoGsa "DeIocrdtie Head QaaTters."
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
34I 90 In advance, for one copy, for six months.
10 In advance, for one copy, one year.
90 IL not paid within the first three months.
sj IL mot paid within the first si1 months.
so IL not paid within the year.
~ No subscription taken for less than SIX months,
rns paper discontinued until all arearages snail nave
been paid
" ordnaryApvERTtseaEsTs inserted, and Jon WORK
4Sxscuted, at the establishedprices
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S35,s30 10
Amounting to

In the above item is included the sun Of
s3,s85 %, paid for curtains, drapery, &c.
to Wm. II. Carryl & Brothers.
1t is proper here to state that all the
bills Of Mr.. Zoigler for contingencies were
presented to the House, referred to the
Com mittee on Accounts, examined by
the Auditor General who had his warrant
issued for payment, and thus settled in
legal aud proper way. Since that time
the House has had no control over the ex-
pcnses whatever. The Clerk presents his
accounts to the Auditor General who set
ties them.
In 1859, commenced Republican rule,
and the expenses are as follows:
Officers, S20,30l l5
Contingencies, including some
extras, li'o4o 90
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-09-29
FROM BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, Sept. %.
The Americans special from Sharps-
burg, says Grifins brigade pickets arriv-
ed at Blackburn and Reynolds Fords op-
posite ShepardstOwn, and keep strict
watch for rebels, and actively recOnnOiter-
ing the country along the Virginia side Of
the Potomac. On Friday morning bat
talon of cavalry crossed, and they
soon afterwards sent back as prisoner
q rebel cavalry Captain captured at SheP-
ardstown. Soon after boy appeared on
the opposite bank shouting, and our pick
cts did not FIRE, and he came over. He re-
ported rebels in strong force ten miles
back from the river. He also adds that
Jackson had his arm amputated in eonse-
quence of a wound received at Antietam.
These stories from rebel deserters are no.
tOriously unreliable.
Thursday noon Griffin in person, with
the 9th Maine and 1st District Of Columbia
regiments, crossed the river. He immedi-
ately threw our skirmiIhers, advanced up
hill, proceeding very cautiously, passed
into the woods, and shortly afterwards sent
back one piece of artillery and artillery
forge which the rebels had left behind.
They remained over the river during the
afternoon. No firing was heard, and 1t Is
presumed they didn't find the rebels IN
foree
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-09-29

OI. LOUIS, sept. u.
The Court for the trial of General Nc.
Kinstry, met yesterday, according to ad-
journment and the members were sworn
in. The Judge Advocate announced that
General Harney had been released from
the commission, and Colonel Bonneville
had been appointed in the place of Harvey.
The commissioners decided to allow the
proceedings to be reported in the newspa-
pers, after which the charges and specif-
cations against McKinstry were read
There is but one charge, that Of neglect in
violation Of duty. The specifications, over
fifty in number are to the effect that Nc
Kinstry purchased mules, horses, and ar
my supplies from certain contractors at
exorbitant prices; that the parties offer
ed to furnish him the same supplies at fair
market value; that he refused to receive
them, compelling said parties to sell their
supplies to contractors at the market val
ue; that McKinstry then purchased the
same articles from the contractors at exor-
bitant rates. After reading the specifca-
tiOns, McKinstry stated that he wanted
witnesses summoned in his behalf. Among
others, Fremont, to show as far as the spe-
cifcatiOns are concerned, that he acted un.
der orders.
LATER.-The trial of General McKinstry
was resumed this morning. Nothing oi
importance was done, beyond the fact Of
the Generals being permitted by the
Court to have all the witnesses summoned
he desires examined in the case.
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FRO1f f,INCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, Sept. 2s.
Last night the rebel cavalry captured
Augusta, Kentucky, on the Ohio, 40 miles
above this city. After robbing the houses,
they destroyed the place. The ci1zens
fed to this side.
Hon. VIM. q. Polk passed through the
city tonight with dispatches from Andy
johnson to President Lincoln.
Business was totally suspended yester-
day afternoon from two till five o'clock
All the citizens wore under drill The
turnout was large.
A dispatch TO the Gazette from Indian
apolis says an army officer just arrived
from Washington says he read an order,
while in the War Department Friday, re-
lieving Buell. from command in Kentucky
and assigning him to indianapolis TO Or
ganize paroled prisoners into regiments. /,