Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-03-19
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ORIGINAL. AND SELECTED.

THE people have lost all confidence in
the ability of Mr.. Lincoln to suppress the
the rebellion and restore the Union,
Chase Circular.
PROFESSOR Whitney Of Yale College is
lecturing at the Smithsonian Institute,
Washington on the subject of Language"
The Congressman ought to attend.
"'Tis said that il a brilliant star,
Was stricken from the dome of night,
A printing press if planted there,
Would shed anew a radient light"
A man named Geneville has brought on
action in New York against Secretary
Seward for false imprisonment in Fert
Lafayette:
A new fraud has just been discovered in
New York Custom House, being a forgery
for S., 600 in paper currency,and $4,000 in
gold and is charged by the officials upon
"loyal Lacquer" who could not abide a
conservative man within gunshot.
IT is stated by the New York Heralt
that the New York Itibune's daily circu-
la,lon has recently been reduced more than
alf, and now amounts to only 22,O00,and
tn al the circulation of the Weskly Tfib-
une has fallen off 100, 900 this year. The
people are gradually looming to their sen.
ses."
ONE of the Washington City olerymen
states in a description Of the demoralzed
condition of Washington that six years
ago il was impossible to upport one the.
atre in Washington while now six are in
full blast and all making money. Mr.,
Lincoln is frequent attendant; and the
godly clergy think it is all right. Times
change, and sad to say, they change with
them.
AN effort was made in Congress the
other day to obtain from the president and
Secretary of war, u list of the persons
now languisbing in American prisons and
basties, for political OF State reasons -
The resolution was obj ected to by the re.
publicans, and therefore failed. If mig
ger had been put off of the cars, there
would have been terrible row and in.
vestigation. But poor "White Trash has
come to be of no account.
The Philadelphia Inquirer { Republican,
says of Fitzpatrick $ raid "These detached
flying expeditions are really productive Of
no substantial benefit to our cause. The
hopes Of the people are excited to great
expecta tions by the eclat which attaches
to bold and daring adventures, but wher
they return, and the plain unvarnished tale
is told sense of disappointment over
casts the bright visions so fondly induget
in at the start"
Ir is stated that consul has arrive d il
New York with authority from the lmpe
rial Regency in Mexico to act as its com
cial agent. In this case no exequatu
will be requested from cur government
nor is it necessary to obtain one. No
would the granting of an exequatur be
diplomatic recognition, as it is well settle'
by law and custom. Still the appointment
of commercial agent is always the frs
step towards obtaining recognition.
VINO" "PRoclAIMED WAR ?"-The New
York Times, an accredited leading Repub
lican paper, in its issue of the 9th ult,, in
an editorial taking issue with Thadeus
Stevens for stating that the Rebel State
are beligerents and "that they are IL
longer in the Union," writes this do wn d
a fact that cannot be gainsayed:
{. Tho confederacy wanted peace, an
sent Commissioners to Washington to &C
it. We would not receive them, and pro
claimed Uar! They accepted war. III
question Vho Jiredthe first gun IS nothing.
FIsHEL PARDoNED Isaac Fshe col
fined at Carlisle barracks, and under ser
tence TO be shot for desertion and pilotip
the rebels in their last raid into this Stat
was pardoned by the President on til
10th inst. The pardon was procure
through the exertions of Mr., Ebaugh an
other gentlemen, of York Oounty,w no pr
cured evidence of the mans insanit
with which Mr.. Ebaugh proceeded t
Washington, and ,thro ough the assistance
Hon. Joseph Baily, induced the Preside>
to grant an uncoditional pardon.
loyal PENNsYLvANIANs. ."-Tl
'loya' Pennsylvauians in Washingtt
had meeting at the office of the Clerk
the House of Represe natives on Frid
evening last, to make preparations for t
elections next fall,
By "2oyaF Pennsylvanians -is mea
the Abolition traitors who are conspir
to subvert the government and establish
q desnotism which will enable them to reta