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JT1IBIA COUNTY, PA WEDNESDAY AUGUST II. 1864

al and physical laws, and utterly regardless
Of the fearful consequences il is entailing on
its Own, the superior race. "The astfono-
mer,v il has been we'll said 'fs mad, who
burdens his conscience with the charge of
wines, of clouds, and rain aud sunshine,
and their influence upon the harvests by
which men and beasts must live aid the
phianthropist is mad who burdens his con
science with accomplishing his own esti-
mate and plan for the well being OF his
race-who undertakes TO overrule The Great
Overruer himself" And this is exactly
what the madmen who now unfortunately
control the desliBies OF this country are do
ing in endeavoring TO make This war and It's
agencies the instruments 10 bring about the
immediate emancipation of millions of
slaves Their mad presumption is even
proof against the damaging experiences OF
more than three years of bloody strife, in
which they have succeeded in setting about
three or four hundred thousand bondmen
Tree, only TO perish miserably in the en-
brace of their new-found freedom. At this
rale, it would require forty years OF just
such strife as we have passed through dur
ing the last three and where, pray, would
be the whole race on this continent at the
expiration OF this period The silly cry
that slavery has produced this civil war,
and so shall PERISH" is but the cry OF ia
naIicism, defeated in its purposes and baf-
fed in IFS malice. Slavery produced this
war, indeed $50 was Ten;erden Steeple
the cause of Goodwin Sands" Has not
slavery been upon this continent since I620l
Did not the North fight shoulder 10 shoul-
der through The war Of the Revolution, to-
gether with slavery-existing almost IN
every State And did 1vs Aot live in peace
and prosperity, aya, sach prosperity as the
world had never seen, until the spoiler oil
Abolition fanaticism entered our Eden and
drove rs from it And now il fiendishIy
rejoices in the ruin and misery it has oc.
casioued. Slavery, with all It's consttu
happy and prosperous Commonwealth IL
Abolition agitation, trampling upon those
constitutional guarantees, gave as civil war,
and has brought upon US can Iiad Of woes u
And now, not content with bidding defiance
TO human laws, it is madly fighting again st
Divine laws, and will be hurled back dis
comfied and broken from the thick bosses
of the Aimighty's buckler.-Ihe Age.
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"Fighling against Cod .

Fanalicism never reasons. Ii neither
considers the past, nor cares tor the future
The history OF the world abounds in insiaI-
ces OF the fearful results brought about by
the headlong fury of its blind passions +,
and nations Of the earth to-day are suffer-
ing from the consequences produced centu
ries ago BY lis unreslrained will. We are
living to day in tie very sweep OF one oi
these political monsoons of fanaticism that,
if it is allowed TO spend its fury, will hurl
everything to destruction. Before looslng
all the bonds OF master and slave, the nine-
teenth century should have asked OF the
centuries that have gone before, whether,
in solving the problem, the preventive
ounce should not have prevailed against The
pound which modern Europe shows TO be
hiudering and battling cure. In its mad
anlagonism 10 slavery, the fanatical Aboli-
tionism of the North precipiiated a peace
full and prosperous land into all the horrors
of an internecine strife. In This, from the
commencement, it LIS clearly shown that
il was fighting against GOD and his DEGREES
Slavery was established on this continent
for wise purposes in the Divine mind 10
make it the nursery OF Christianity and civ
ilizaton, from which. in his own good time,
should be taken the instruments through
whom beaighted Africa was TO be coloniZ-
I'D, civilized, and Chris:iauized. While we
have brought upon ourselves, in resistance
to this Divine law, the horrors OF civil war,
unwilling 10 wait the time God has ap2oin-
ted, we fiud the very human agencies re-
sorted to in its accom- plishment miserably
failing in their purposes. There was a
curse, dreadful curse, once pronounced
against a nation that was fighting against
God. '.Go 10, now ye rich meu, weep and
h o vi for your miseres that shall come npon
you. Your riches are corrupted and your
garments are Hoih-eaten. Your gold and
your silver is cankered and the rest of them
shall be witness against yoa, and shall
eat your flesh as ii was fire." Do not let
Us be too sure that we are mol under the
whitening effect of this curse TO day. Abo.
lition fan aiicism, in its heaven-daring pre-
sumption, DEGREES the emancipation OF mil
| lions of human beings that have been held
| in bondage for long period of time, car
| ing nothing for the rules of established NOR
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ing recently and bid fairly for popular cred
il in the mares nest found a few days ago
by General Darlington. The character oi
these inventions and the sources 10 which
they are traceabe, lead us to the suspicion
that they are parts of Black Republican
intrigue and when worked up bye and
bye into some show of plausab;iitJ on. the
testimony OF perhaps gang of these dis
gusting vermin that feed and faiten on The
rotten carcass of spotism-spies or in
formers-may be held in reserve, with a
view to any necessity which may arise in
the Presidential contest for placing Loyal
.ty, after the example OF Louis Napoleon
with red breeches and fixed bayonet, al the
baIlot-boxes OF the coauiry..
Will Mr.. Lincoln risk his return TO pow
er by any delicate regard for freedom OF
election in Maryland? VIII he in Ken
lucky? Will he in Missouri? If civil
wrong or military violence be not sufficient
in these States for his purposes, will he re-
spect the sanctiiy of popular suffrage in H.
linois or in Indiana General Carrington's
North Western conspiracy requires but a
little more touching up to give the control
of the suffrage of the Whole Northwest into
the hands OF the revolution iunta at Wash
ington, in the name and with the appear
ance OF public virtue. Forewarned is FORE
armed.
The danger of violating the freedom of
.Lo ~
underValse. He has perhaps been miEIed
by our patient waiting until next November
Tor day Of reckoning and may therefore
believe that danger less llan hose that will
confront him irom Ihe passions OF an out
ragged people in the event OF mis- defeat
The error OF such supposition woud lead
to fearful evils. To guard against mistake
so fatal we urge tie public throughout the
country to give5expression, al every public
meeting, in the most emphatic manner, to
her fixed determination TO maintain the
freedom Of their suffrage by, if necessary,
even force OF arms.
We are opposed TO the principle in free
coEnlry of secret political societies When
military power sells its heel upon our lib.
critics beyond reasonable hope of redress,
by civil means, We will support any organ
izalion OF the people that promises to vim
dicaie their rights. "TTeasons, strategies
and spoiIs' win grow under the very noses
OF all The CarrEgions OF the land, thick and
fast, in not only the West but in also the
East, if the Administration shall dare next
November to lay sacrileeious hands on the
corner stone Of the temple OF our Liberties
Let Mr.. Lincoln be assured Of this in good
liuIe.-N 7. NeWs
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General Gue,l.

We need uoi cali The attention of orr
readers to the letter OF Major General Buel!
which we put ish below Itis most inter-
esting in this, thai it is the expression Of
the inner thought and most conscientious
convictions of tried and gallant soldier
and as we believe and General Buell. hints,
a revelation, an unfolding as it were, of the
real sympathy of The best soldiers now in
our service with the cause of constitutional
liberty. There is not, in our Judgment,
regular officer or disinteresled volunteer,
who looked into the 'craterp at Petersburg
and saw black and white saIdisZs mingled
in irnitless carnage there Is no gallant
man who from military necessity" follow
ed in hunters tram of desolation through
Western Virginia, or now watches the USE
less sheling from Charleston, who, in his
heart does not feel precisely as Gen. Buell.
does We hank him for speaking out so
boldly his convictions. This letter was ad
dressed to friend, by whose permission
we print it:
BEDFORD SPRINGS, July 10, 1864.
DEAk DIX - nc TuOiiC nave scSL IO Ol-
fetal announcement OF the fact-though it
is no doubt by this time very generally
known-thal have resigned my commits
sion in the army. | have several times
since been assured ths, my personal!r friends
and many who without The claim OF person
al acquaintance have taken an interest in
my official career, feel that some sxplana-
lion Of the circumstances and motives of
my action is due to them. Accepting this
claim upon me, | have already answered
some of my friends in substance as I do
you now.
Ii is perhaps unnecessary 10 enler into an
exposition of the circumstances OF my su-
persedure in Tennessee IN the fail of 1862,
certain value, involve interests of my own
with " hich il is no: ni7 wish 10 weary you.
As far as facts are concerned il will suffice
for the present 10 say, that after The ADJOURN
meut, about the lst of May. 1863, of the
sCom mission which investigated my cam
paign, my correspondence with the Depart-
! meni was confined TO a monthly report
made TO the Adjuiani-General that | was
waiting the action of The War Department
on the proceedings of that Commission !;
thai about the first week of April, last, ]
was offered command under General Sher-
man, my junior, which ] dsciihes that
month later was again offered command
under General Candy also my junior, whic h
declined that abou, three weeks later |
received notification that / was mustered
out OF my rank as Major-General OF Volun-
ieers, and that on the same day sent 10
my resignation as Colonel in the Adlutan'
Generals Department of the Regular Army
The impulses of most men would aP-
prove my course in this matter, II 1t even
rested on no other ground than dstermi-
nation not TO acquiesce in any measure ths
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LEGISLATIVE.
H1H1NE II - n n = u 1t
To The Democratic Electors of Columbia cou,

To The Democratic Electors Of Columbia county.
FRIENDs AND FELLOW CITIZENS The
undersigned, acknowledging with gratitude
past evidences of your generous conf
dence, would respectfully announce that
al the solicit alton OF many valued Demo
cfats. he will be Candidate for the LEG
ISLATURE in the District composed of the
counties OF Columbia and Montour, al the
ensuing General Election, in accordance
with the nsages ofthe DIslrici Electors, and
being governed alone by The decision Of
the Columbia County Democratic Con.
veniion. LEVI l.. TATE.
bloom msburg, MAY I8, 1864 -S2 pd.
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A RAT SToRY A neighbor, whose state
menis are entitled 10 implicit confidence,
relates story of the cunning and intelli-
gence of rat, which is truly remarkable -
Being plagued with the depredations of the
rodent mammels he made various aite empts
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race OF quadrupeds. The trap used was a
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would spring and cage The intruder. Our
neighbor, when he went TO examine his trap,
always found it sprung, but no rat, and,
what was the strangest of all ,the bait gone.
So he resolved TO watch the trap. His pa
tience was presently rewarded hy behold-
ing half dozen rats making their appear
ance. and at their head one who appeared
10 be leader. This rat advanced slowly
and cautiously towards the trap, and when
the others would make a move as if intend
ing to rush at the bait the old fellow would
wag his tail and they would TALL behind him.
After viewing the trap closely, the old fell
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the raised part until the trap sprung, and
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Artemns Ward at Law

Artemus Ward W ants smar young law
yer, with plenty of time on his hands. He
has a neat case on hand for such an one
1t seems that Artemus (who must be not
only rolling in clover-but greenbacks also)
bought buggy in Portland the other day
for S45O-which he shipped for his home
among The peasantry OF Maine few days
since Between that city and South Paris
the canvas cover, nice affair of the value
OF S25 in currency, was stolen, and yester-
day morning Aremus sought reimburse
ment from the railroad folks. The gentle.
men with whom he conversed informed
him that they (the G T. Company were
not responsible for The cover Ariemus re
joined that if some OF their EN- pioyees had
become enaTmoured or faxinaled with the
whiffle tree, or Ole OF the wheels, and had
eloped with il, he presumed be could get
no redress. The gentleman Of ford com
pIexion then said that it was specially sta
ted to the shipper that the company would
not be responsible for the cover and apps-
rently having something OF oriental inn
agination, remarked that i. had probably
taken fire, and some OF their faithful em-
pIoyees, 10 save the buggy, had torn it off
and cast il by the wayside. Arlemus said
he had great confidence in the integrity oi
the shipper and thought he had righl, from
his caling(he was hackman) 10 presume
he has one Of the noblest works OF God
an honest ms an. Said shipper was ready TO
swear that the company said no such thing
to him, and, continued Mr.. Ward, atlrib-
ute the Hypothetical idea of the burning en-
tirely to The genlemsn's diet. He declared
he would get out d habeas corpus for the
recovery of the cover, and would go fur
,her. he would have The whole company in
The peniienliary. Ariemus is now on the
lookout for an active young lawyer, with
plenty of time one who will atfiict him.
self upon the company in various ways
known 10 the law. To such a one he will
commit the case and, strong in the belief
of .he Justice of his cause, will await the
considesate judgment Of twelve OF man
kind.
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Was LETT in the public road, on' the
morning of The 9th uIi.. by some person
unknown, near the premises of the under
signed, in Beaver Valley, Columbia coun>
", DARK BAY HORSE, with three
white hoofs, blind in lef eye, and small
retar on forehead. The owner is requested
10 come forwards rove property pay eharg-
es, and take him away, otherwise he will
be sold according 10 law.
FRANKLIN L.. SHUMAN.
Beaver Valley, Aug 3, 1s64.-3t. Si.50
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The National Inteiigencer OF Saturday last
gives an exhaustive resume Of Gen. Grants
recent Virginia campaign. The conclusion
il arrives al seems 10 be-
That the plan of the campaign was a
mistake f; General Gran: having either over
estimated his own power Of aggression or
underestlmated Lees power of defense.
2. That every movement of the cam
paign was unsuccessful, the only exception
being the capture of rebel division on the
Po
3. That very little tactical skill was dis
played in any of the engagements, which
consisted simply OF pushing masses of men
against strong works, before which they
were useessly slaug ghiered.
i. That after using immense numbers of
valuable lives, as well as trained officers,
no advantage has been gained, and the
campaign sgains, Richmond is failure.
The Mteltigencer has right to its opin-
ions, of course, but we think that il does
not make allowance for Mr.. Lncoln's infu-
ence upon The campaign. General Grant
was successful at Vicksburg when he did
no: follow Mr. LncoIn's advice, as the lat
ter ackno ledged in letter, and his iail-
u7e in Virginia is undoubtedly due TO his
adoption of MIR Lucoln's wish for an over
land campaign. To this circumstance and
% his repeated denials OF General Grants
requestin regard TO changes among his sub
ordinate generals, can be Traced all the dis
asters in Virginia. There seems TO be q
curse upon everything MIR. Lincoln NEEDLES
with in military way.
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CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSIONER.

Weare authorized TO announce that ALLEN
Mass, of Beaver twp, Columbia county,
through The solicitation of his Democratic
friends, has been induced TO offer himself
as candidate for CoUNTY COMMISSION ER,
at The approaching general election, sub
iect 10 the decision Of the Democratic
County Convention
ALLEN MANN.
Beaver. May Is, 1864. S2. pd.
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CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF..

WILLIAM KRlCKBAUM, of Mif1in ip.,
we are authorized to announce will be a
candidate for the SHERlFFALlFY, at the
a preaching general election, subject to
the decision OF the Columbia county DEM
ocratic convention.
lime I5 1861. pd. So.
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CANnIDATE FOR COMMISSIONER.

We are authorized 10 announce that
WILLIAM GREASY, OF Cattawissa township,
through the solicitation of his many Dem
ocraiic friends, cas been induced to offer
himself as a candidate for CoUSTY Cow
MIssIosER, at tie approaching election
subject only TO the usages Of the Columbia
County Democratic Convention.
IuGe 90. 1861. $2ud.
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CHARLES @. BARkLEY,
Attorney at Law,
BLOOMSBURG, G,COEUMBIA CO., PA.

WILL practice in the several Courts OF
w Colnm5is county. All legal business
intrusted 70 his care shall receive prompt
attention
OFFIC E,-On Main Street, Exchange
Buildings, over Miller's Store.
Arril I3. 1854.
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Candidate for sheriff:

SAMUEL SNYDER, Of Miflin township,
- we are authorized TO annopnce, will be
a candidate for SHERIFF, at the approach
ima General Eecuon, subject 10 Tue decIs-
ien of the Columbia cou0ty DeuHoci attic
ConveniIon. MAY 4, 1864. 50. pd.
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Candidate for Assembly.

Al the solicitation OF many friends,
would announce TO the voters o. Columbia
County, that | will be candidate for
ASSEMBLY, al the approaching general
election, subject to the decision of .Ihe CO.
lumbia county Democratic Convention.
: VIM. II. JACOBY.
Rioom shuro May IL 1854
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Candidate for sheriff

Through the earnest solicitation Of many
Democratic friends, have been induced TO
offer myself as candidaie for the Office oi
Sheriff Of Columbia County, subject 10 the
decision OF the Democratic County Con
venlion. JAMES LANE :
June Is. 1864 pd. 50
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CANDiDATE FOR SHERIFF.

CHARLES H HESS, OF Miffiin township,
Wv are authorized 10 announce, will be
candidate TOR the office of SHERIFF. of
Columbia County, al the approaching gen.
eral election, subject 10 the decision OF The
Columbia county democratic convention.
KifflI1 l. June l. 1864. - pd.