Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-12-19
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2 lnE reported Geath Of Gen. Breckin.
/ ridge, is not confirmed. He was lately
3 serenaded at Dalton, Georgia. Dr. Pee
John try it again.
r IT is said that President Lincoln has
. the smallpox or the varooid. Ifit should
should happen to be the former, will the
, Government of tho United States be pock
! marked
PRovosT Marshal General Fry reports
that less preparations are being made in
Pennsylvania by the State authorities
than in any other State to raise volunteers
TO avoid the draft.
The woolly heads went to double the
Presidents salary. That's right dom t
nluzzle the OK that tread,th out the corn
Make it n million. Call il q milliontary.
necessity"
CONGRESS Will be asked to add to the
number OF clerks ~ the government employ
as well as to increase the salaries Of those
now authorized. The Quartermaster Gen.
erals Bureau alone asks for one hundred
and sixty moro.
The Washington correspondent of
Republican contemporary, recently wrote
"Mr. Chase each day can make certificates
of indebtedness for million Of dollars,
and thus avoid borrowing"
The "loyal' citizens of Allegheny
county, that gave Curtin over seven thou
sand majority furnished at the last draft
1876 soldiers to eight for the Union."-
All the rcst of the draft, 4,06S. were exem.
pied I his is picture Of aboltion"loy-
alty.'
CoMlNa-The Holidays and draft No
2-the former mnStto the deli ght of the
juveniles, ,and the latter much to the regr ct
of children Of larger growth, especially
such Of them as voted for Curtin under
the imprussion that his election would
avoid another conscription.
THE eighth campaign towards Richmond
has just been concluded, and the Army of
the Potomac is on the same ground oocu.
pied by it last year. But oh to think
how many lives have been lost, how many
families bereaved and how much treasure
spent in this tread mill "On to Rich-
mond!' 1t is enough to make the angels
weep,
THE Provost Marshal requests that the
names of such persons as are known not
to be enrolled to be forwarded to him. We
hope this matter will be attended to so that
the enrolment will be full. AS it stands
at present it is quite imperfect, many per-
sons subject to draft not being enrolled,
and what is queer about it, nearly all of
them belonging to tue Abolition party.
Let the people Of the county see to this,
as every man liable to the draft is interes.
ted in il.
VOLUNTEERS, READ THIS. For The
derrangement ofth system, change of Di-
ct, Wounds Sores, Bruises, and Eruptions,
10 which every Volunteer is liable, there
are no remedies SO safe, convenient and
sure as Holloway's Pills and Ointment,
thoroughly tested in the Crimean and Ital.
ian Campaign. Only 25 cents per box or
pot.
To Persons CLAIMING ExEMPTIoN.-
For tho benefit Of persons who claim exem-
ption from the draft on the ground Of being
the only support of an aged parent, would
state that there is no necessity for pre,en-
ting their claims at present, as no exem-
ptions will be granted on this ground until
after the next draft. This course is adop.
ted because the cauae of the exemption
might be removed by death prior to the
draft, and will be enforced in regard to those
who were exempted from the last dr. aft by
this cause,
The COnsnptton. opinion in know.
ing circles at Washington seems to be that
the 5000 will not be repealed but modified
The changes in the law, it is surmised, will
"look rather to raising the consultation
money to sum equal to the bounties ne
cessary 10 be paid for volunteeripg-to
reducing the number of exeptions-and
to throwing the now existing two classes
into one, rather than 10 any more radical
alterations"
GLEAsoNs LITERARY CoMPANIoN.-
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menee new volume January lst, 1864,
in grand style, with new type and an en-.
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