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Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-14
Original Poetry.
Written for the Columbia Democrat.
s.OVEI.


.i,vc to look upon the wave,
And sec all sunb"ams sparkling bright,
Like gems from some far distant cave,
X, hucting back glorious hight,
love to look upon til Moon,
That rolls sO calmly through the sky,
And MT sing think. Alas how soon
Man lIhr its brightest rays must die.
| love TO lIok .p1n the hills,
AS high above III sea they rise,
And hear tn ca i'ucr Of tn rills
UJurs,ug gll ,ly down th If siLds.
love to looN upon thu ky
And see tn" stars that twianle th re,
Then think each nna an angels eye.
Watching us VITA parents care.
Ana then again, love to gaze
Upon dear woman, prrCious form,
To talk Of happy jnyfil days,
Ana caas t. tha% thit it was born.
love to look upon h 'r face,
And ii ar lir voic lik' music. chimes,
As seated ia srm' inv'ly piac',
She tolls I!in tsi. Of by.cone times.
But more. va more than alt. love,
Nh,u unu.ht tI-turbs TIL mi air,
10 turn my Tn ,u4hts IN lands above.
And wish 60 h transported there.
DASyiLL2, Feb. Sd, ls'3.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-14
A Black Secessionist.

The Abolti n party has always been a
dis union party. Before the war broke
out there hostility to tie Union was un-
disguised. They spoke in the most con-
temptous terms of its advantages and ben
eGls. For time after the commence
ment Of the war, however, they made
loud professions in favor of the Unoh.-
These were taken al their real Value by
the true friends olthe Union and Consti
tution who fully understood their motives
and purposes Their Unionism was
merely assumed to enable them, more
effectually, to carry out their tanatical
and demonstrations IDEAS about slavery.
This they undertook to do under the
guise of patriotism.
But latterly, some of the more bold
among them have thrown of the mask
and assumed their former position OF
hostility to tho Union, whittier the whole
party is drifting.
During a recent debate in the National
Congress, the following colloquy took
place between Mr. Dunlap, of Kentucky
and the notorious Thaddeus Stevens, OF
this State:
Mr.. Duulap-Are not the seeded
States still members Of the Union?
MIR. Slevens-My opinion is that they
are not.
Mr.. Dunlap-Did the ordinance of Sc.
cession take them out OF the Union!
Mr.. Steyens-The ordinance of seces'
sion, backed by an armed power, did take
them cut, and as far as that operated did
take them out of the Union.
Mr.. Duulap-My opinion is that they
are still members of the Union.
Mr., Stevens They are not.
Could there be more emphatic en-
dorsement of the doctrine Of secession
than is contained in the answers of Mr.
Stevens to the questions Of Mr.. Dunlap !,
Mr.. Stevens admits everything that th
secessionists ever claimed and consequent
ly is as black secessionist as JEFF
Davis himself.
The right of any State TO take itsel
ont of the Union without the consent
the rest has always been denied by al
true friends Of the Union. The doctrin
was held to be subverslve of all law an'
good government, and so it is.
The theo'y of the Government at' tn
beginning of this struggle was, that til
seeded States were still in the Unio
, and that secession ordinances were q
, WORTHLESS as waste paper. Upon TIL
. theory the administration called upo
the country for aid t. crush out this mon
strous attempt to sever our glorious unlo
= ON the part of the Southern States, an
. upon this theory was the call OF The ad
miuistration nobly responded 10 by
= loyal and patriotic people, But now "
are informed by Mr., Stevens, who Is /
the confidence of the administration an
one ofthe recognized leaders OF the dom
i naut party, that the seeded States al
! not members of the Federal Union-th'
they have ceased to be members by the
. own acts, In other words, that u
e Union is dissolved!
II Does Mr.. Stevens represent the view
# of the administration The loyal, unlo
s loving people of the country, who have
generously given of their blood and ire
: sure, to maintain the Union and Ihe Cor
$ sitution, have a right to know.
q JIalIey Spi,u
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-14
ONE OF THE l36TH.
YORKTOWN, Va. I
January 9th, 1868. I

Dear CJ'oqA Tte Il once NOR take
my pen to let you know how things are
shaping here. BY what | can find out
the soldiers are all getting tired OF this
war. and if it were not that the Demo-
cratic party is getting into power, do
honestly believe, that the Army would
raise in all their power to put stop to
this unnatural war, for they will begin to
see that it is not the Union that they are
fighting for, and that it is nothing else but
the Negro; and then, to be insuted by
men as We were on the Goth ult by tel'
low from Pittston, in Pennsylvania, whc
was here aud trying to incourage the sol
diers TO do their duty, Jy dist|oy'"g al
Me cOunty ,ohereU aoe co. so that crows
would have to carry knap sacks as they
av over The country, Now, l understand
such language to mean, that we sho"l'
not show quarters to any living thing no
not even the little helpless itoee"t that w
might find nesting Oh its mothers breas
or in its little crib true representation o
heavenly innocence and virtue Does thl
oreat Pittston orator think the soldiers
are lost to all principles of humanity
:, nossible that the American people al
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-14

CooL lMPUDENcE.-'Will you o5lige
me with light sir 2
Certainly with the greatest ofplsas-
ure,' says stranger, knocking off the
ashes with his finger, presenting the red
end of the cigar with graceful bow and
condescending smile.
Smith commenced fumbling in his pock
ct, taking out his hankerchief shakes it
feels in his vest with desperate energy
looks blank.
We'll, | do declare, haven't got one
rue as the world Have you another
yon could spare!'
'Cortaialy,' says ;he stranges, and
beg you will receipt it,
Smith coming up to his friend, said
didn't tell you l would get 1T That:
the way to get along inthis world
Nothing like cool impudenoe.'
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-14

THAT's so.-We occasional hear OF a
Republican who says he is no abolltionist,
and who yet approves of Linooln's eman-
oipation proclamation, Mr.. Cox, OF
Ohio, says he can see no difference be-
tween the repuhlicanism that sustaiHs e.
nancipation proclamations and the real,
old, genuine, Congo abolitionism. They
are links of the same sausage, made out o.
the same dog,
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-14
And off to market started.

There is a niger down South, who is
so black that no one has ever seen any
thing of him except his teeth and the whit
OF his eyes. When NJ passes along the
road it becomes SO dark that the birds 20
to roost.--EG.
The writer of the above must have had
shade orthe darkeys oountcnance over
his intellect.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-14

gs5~ A bachelor, after all his matri-
monial attempts, Pathetically exclaims:
When | remember all
The girls | We met together,
| felt like rooster in the fall,
Exposed to every weather:
feel like one who keqds alone
Some baru yard all diserted,
Whose oats are bed-whose hens are
dead,
And off to market started.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-14

He SURRENDERED An amusing moi
dent occurred during the battle of New
tonia, Mo. The fight being hotly contested
an officer became very thisrty and re =
paired to a spring near by get draft
of cool water. Kneelin down he drank
from the spring without the aid of a cup.
AS he arose from his refreshing I'd, he
sat fare and square upon his own heels
which were armed with pair of tremen.
dous Mexican spurs. The instant he felt
the prick Of the sharp rolers,h he thought
the enemy were upou him and bayonet
entering his flesh, When some of hi, mel n
arrived, he was bawling, "Oh surren-
der surrender ~ at the top Of his voice
gs1~ Down in Connec ticut, very ro-
bust healthy looking man, weighing about
one hundred and ninety pounds, entered u
doctors office to get certificate of ex
emption. Os being questioned il he was
able to do day. work, he said he could do
more than any other man in the place =
Can you carry muSket and knapsack all
/ day! Yes, be could, and his wei ght tool
Can you walk all day! Yes-farthcr
than race horse can run! Well, what
is the mattarl "lm id fool and
can prove it ! voted for Abraham lin.
coin
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-14

ieSr A lady, complaining how Rapidly
time stole away, said "Alas am nearly
thirty"
"Do not fret at it, madam, for you will
get further OF that epoch of life svesy
day"
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-14

An excen'ric banker was eyeias aI.a
suspicious caution bill presented 20 h,,a
for discount, "YOu need not fear" said
the customer, "One of the parties kssps
his carriage 'Ah,' rejOiued the ban %,
l shall be glad if he keeps his tss...
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-02-14

By 4 stagnant soul, like staguanl
pool, breeds insects, and reptiles, and
slime.
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Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-02-26
Alter the Deserters.

We see it authoritatively stated that
Brigadier- General MILO s. HAsoALL. OF
General RosEcRANs' army, is at Indian
apolis, under orders to arrest all deserters
and abeentees from the army in the States
of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois He will
make his headquarters at that place, and
officers now absent on that duty, will re-
port to him.
1t is further declared that General HAS
CALL has heavy details made to carry out
his orders. The boys who have taken
French leave" and are now dodging
about from one point to another, have fan
notice to report at headquarters, Orwell
it is hard to say what will be done with
recusants but if half is true that is rela
ted of preparations, at least half of then
will be shot That will be more sever
than salutary---tO the parties suffering th'
penalty.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-02-26
The RubIcon PasseeI.

The Conscription Bill passed the House
of Representatives, yesterday, substantial
ly as it came from the Senate. and is now
the law. 1t is modelled from the French
Conscript law, and il contains all the OBJ
iectionable and unfair features OF that Ia
nous instrument for filling the ranks OF
an army, and has added many more equal
ly Objectionable. 1t will collect in the
same levy vast army Of white and black
men, and BY yirtue of its concentration
OF power in the hands Of the President
and his advisers will hold the rights
of the States and the liberties of the peo-
pie at the caprices of folly and tyran-
ny The fate of the Republic may no"
be said to be fixed We will speedily
record its safety or date its ruin.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-02-26
The world Newspaper.

The telegraph few days ago gave a
short account of dispute in the House
between Mr.. STEvESs and Mr.. VALLAN-
DIaHAM, wherein the New York World
was evoked by the former, We repro
duce it for the purpose of giving our rea-
ders the status of that paper
Mr. Stevens referred 10 the New York
World, which contained a statement in regard
to Mr.. Vallandigham The latter interrupt
ing, said, "the gentleman must not quote the
World as paper friendly 10 him 1t had
repeatedly assaied or misrepresented him
even since it was bought up. He denounced
it as an Abolition paper in disguise, and
warned the Democracy Of the Norlhwes
against it.
Mr.. Ben Wood said the New York WorlC
did not speak the sentiments Of the Demo
cratic party Of New York.
The World is SO accustomed to b,
bought and sold that it is always in tn,
market. 1t is now believed to be takin,
breath necessary for the SEWARD Wee
Party Organ in New York.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-02-26
who Dorsey Is.

We asked friend the other day if he
had seen the, sum Of, all imppdense .ths
Appeal Of DR.. DoRsEY to the Democ-
racy of Ohio 2 YDr. DnBsEY-+-Dr. Don
sEY ?" queried our friend, squirting an
eye, and looking toward the ceiling for aid
to his memory "Dr.! Dorsey, did you
say who in thunder is Dr.. DoRsEY %
There are, doubtless, others Of our rea-
ders in the same condition of forgetfIi.
ness regarding our State Treasurer, aht
we think it an unfortunate oversight II
him that he did not give his Appeal
the weight Of his official title, and flie an
thority of the Great Seal Of the State, V
Those of the Democracy who do re
member the author of the appeal" re
Gently addressed to them through the Alb
clifton papers, have no agreeable souypir
of the man to warm them toward him
They recall hm as the precise, smooth
haired, scrupulously dressed, glitteripe
aristocratic gentleman, who had the weak
ness to contract to an initial his first. an
spell in full his second giyen-name VIII
attended all the Domocrstic Convention
District and State--ior the last doke
years, persistent seeker for. nomination
to prominent positions upon lthe Demo
cratic ticket who never had a. feeling
principlein common With the Democrat
masses and who only left the Democra
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-02-26
nlack FoII.s for soIdIers.

A letter to the Hartford Times, from nm
officer Accompany +, Twentyfurth Connecu
cut Regiment, written at Baton Rouge, has
the following:
81 have seen Col. Nelson and Major Fine
gas OF the Third Louisiana Regiment The
Colonel is looking well You are aware that
this is a negro regiment. think if any man
can make negro soldiers, he is Just the man
for the task However, God never made them
soldiers; or any thing to make soldiers of,
There seem TO be very hard feelings here
among the white soldiers. Col Wilson's men
swear that they shall not fight on an equality
with the niggers' 1t is disgraceful to see a
black negro for Captain, and two white
Lieutenants in the same company 1t makes
my blood boil The soldiers now begin to
ask, what we are fighting for2 Is, it to raise
the negroes to an equality with the white
men r One Of the Sergeants made answer,
and said, "No, but il was to make the negro
the whites superior, as is plain 10 be seen
here
The two unfortunate infantry companies Of
white men on Ship Island are q part of the
Thirteenth Maine Regiment Colonel Rust
Of that regiment, was deposed, his command
nearly all removed, and Ship Island placed
under the command of negro Colonel and
aroops The black commander promised Col
Rust that the white companies should not be
united with the blacks in doing duty; bu
afterwards lsaued orders requiring them tC
unite in dress parade drill, guard duty, &c.
with the Legroes, thus bringing the white off
GERS under the commsnd OF the black officers
The whites protested against this, but the
black Colonel would not change his orders
: The two Captains refused to obey the orders
and were arrested the two First Lieutenant
being thus in command of the two companies
alao refused, and lhey were arrested the tw,
Second Lieutenants did the same, and the
also werr arrested, leaving the companies il
command of non-eommssioned officers an
s they also refused to obey the orders, and, say
the letter "the companies are in n state q
j insubordnaiion Here is a ioretaste Of wha
is to result from the negro soldier policy" -
H~V2fp itgtsf .Ll.LoGllL NfHu.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-02-26
GaIyesion Rsmbarded.

The Galveston lTexas) Nssps Of the 18th
ultimo says; a aI 7i. 'ianoa
d On Saturday last Galveston was bombatd-
ed from the Gulf shore by FIVE Federal stea-
mers, from three to half-past four P NJ The
whole number Of shells thrown was one hun,
dred and sixty y-seven. One struck Mr. Sylves-
tsr's house near fremont street, and another
a house Of Mrs. DR.. Hurlbat, and we hear
that goat wrs killed. This, we believe, Is
all the damage, Some Of the shells are said
10 be thirteen inches in diameter The
Brooklyn is one Of the steamers, and the
Scioto another N" WA
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-02-26
More AID.

A new Weekly Democratic Newsps-
per is to bs established in Philsdelphia.
1t is to DO ralled 7ss A0sIand win be
conducted by the best ability in the De-
mocracy Of the Old Key Stone State
Messrs. A. j. GLossBREESER and FRAN
CTS j. GRuxD are named as the Publish
ers. II there is place in the country
where an able, honest and fearless Demo
cratic newspaper is needed it is Philadel
tet. t.tIrHI .l..l n-.t
phia. ansifha
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-02-26
White and Black Soldiers at
A i - -4 Wur, -Ls- lh
lGopspoudenee Of the Boston Tnyellerl
NEw ORLEANS, Feb. q 1863

NEW ORLEANS, Feb z, 1863
Since writing yesterday a very painful col
lision has been reported here between some
members Of the Maine 18Th regiment and the
Louisiana LIST, colored. This latter regiment,
with TWO companies of the former were sta,
toned on Ship Island For some time past
there has been much dissatisfaction aud lronb.
lie between these regiments, arising from the
dislike Of the Down Casters TO obey eolored
officers or associate with their men Yester-
day news came here that the negroes had
fred on and killed six o( the Maine men, and
that much more trouble was Anticipated.
Com Farragut was ordered Immediately ia
Ship Island with his flagship Nothing fur
ther has been heard, nor can obtain any par
tieulars.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-02-26

on forgotten him, or remember him only
as the political Judas who pursues "the
thrift which follows fawning
At GA4~-~s---s. 4 81, ~ u W.
Learning from the Past.
The citizens of the North are no longer
free people. The citizen of almost amy
European nation is freer than we are. To
find parallel to our condition we must
90 back more than two hundred years to
the condition of England under the fami-
ly of the ST0ARTs. Modem times furnish
US only faint comparisons.
When JAMES / assembled the English
throne, he ruled his people upon the prin-
ciple that all legal power centred in him
by an hereditary and divine right In a
speech to parliament he expressed himself
as follows
81 conclude, then the point touching the
power of kings with axiom Of divinity, that, as
10 dispute phat God may do is blasphemy
but tohat God wills, that divines may lawful
" and do ordinarily dispute and discuss so
il is ssdition in subjects 10 dispute rhat a
King may do in the height of his poicer
Following the doctrine of this tyrant
we have the declaration of the pimps OF
power in our country that it is sedition
and treason to dispute the power of the
creature in the presidential chair. JAMES
|, acting upon his theory, issued procla-
nations, claiming for them the force OF
laws, as LINCOLN and STANTON have done
in our own time but the growing and re-
bellious spirit of his subjects forced him
to abandon his doctrine in all its vigor and
to limit it as followss d. rv
"That thongh he will know the constitu
ton and policy of the kingdom that procla
nations were not of equal force with laws
yet be thought it duty incumbent on him
and power inseparably annexed to th'
lcrovn, to restrain and prevent such mischief
and Inconvenience as he saw growing on thu
State, against which no certain law was eX
tRnt, and which might tend to the great detri
ment of the subjects, if there should be NJ
remedy provided till the meeting of Parlia
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Railroans.
indiana Central 4 RaTtqn4 western E.K
- 81 W 8


ON and after Monday next trains on the Indiana
~ Central will leave the Union Depot Sixth ntreei ~
at $500 a 8l2 m, and A46 M. E. s.f.t.. I'd -
Returning, will arrive at l60 m, b;l6 m, ygsi
1899 am.
The 500 m, and ~ p m, express trains make
close connections 60 al pointsfn the West South,
sud 9;l2 tram s the shortest and quickest route
TO Chicago and the Northwest. ~
noyl4 u q. CARRY, Superintendent
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-02-26
FaIIurs' OF the wheat Crop.

The next wheat crop il Ohio promises to
be slim. The editor OF the Ohio Farmer has
lately travelled through the State, and gives ii
as his opinion that upon the whole he has
never seen such feeble start for the winter
crop as there was in December The severe
drought which lasted from July to November
in all Ohio, south Of a marrow belt along the
lake made i impossible to put 10 wheat ia
many districts, and in others 80 retarded the
termination of the seed that there was small
show Of plants at the commencement Of win
ter In some river bottoms, where the drought
huI not completely parched the soil, there
W ., a better prospect sc.llvot
RdS- startling rumor is aAoat about town
this afternoon The fact that General Tom
Thumb Is in Washington, and appeared st the
bali At Willard convinced leading Democrats
that he is about 10 be peesdo at the
head Of the Army Of the Potomac in the place
Of General Hooker PAiladslPbia Press
r. gOspDEAFT Cotton is going 10 be drafted
4 ! see, /" remarked Naientine, laRguidly, as he
dallied withshsa aEngisb Items, " '4Draftedf
ayes" regiied Valentine, "they are trying Il
fnd substitute for it in England"
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Dayton and Michigan RailrOad. :

ON add after Sunday May a. Isse itsk.nsi Rsm9qB
All intermediate points as follows
Toledo and Chicago Mail At $50 am ehi 20 atl5sin
Chicago and Detrvlt Night Express at mo- aduf
m17 II, M, sHo EAlA X ~, supsriulelidelt, a. d,-t
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All Of which will be sold at the original cost to close
the business and NO HuMnUG. frI