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Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-02-27
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DI1F co7ESSIONS AND EXPE-

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qI,s qnaG,Seny may be had Of the author,
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o.. lS62-lY.
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The Farmer. the Mechanic, the Professiontt Man,
4. an Of all employments, and the families OF each ano
Mi Of them fnd Paper well suited to their wants
This fact together with well known principles on
matters Of public policy is rapidly extending our elf
cuiaton. - ,-,-. .
We belong to no party. We are independent-not
neutral. We express oar own opinions mol the oph
ions, not the opinions of any class or oody
We publish paper in which we seek 10 give the
TRUTH. Our Commercial Reports, our Markets, our
Political and General News are carefully freed frsm
sensation haracter. and seek to make the paper
TRusTwoRTHY in every particular. We know that IA
all matters pertaining trado, and general
Rews other surpasses u.s. ,.
We oppose with energy every enemy OF the Union.
and we therefore oppose the Abotohis,s aud oil who
are allied with them. as the most dangerous men IN
the community As Christian patriots we oppose that
iuhdeity which now Gndangering Church ana state,
reducing the religion Of men to be mere ana ot n'
political machine by which radical politicians h pc TO
achieve office aud spO'is.
Place the Journal Of Commerce In every house In
your noghhorhood. You cannot do better work than
| this. .
in the yea, 1854 the country wi pass throushi
Il
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House and Lot
FOR SALE CM IL A u.

rv,y,E undersigned Offers 10 sell private sale, de
/ sirable and pleasant residence located IN Light
street Columbia CO., about % miles North OF Blooms
hurg on Main street and central in said village Ihefe
is erected upon said premises good
,,atSs FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,
$sill with eited Store House attached with
Eli an excellent well Of water at 'hc door stable
and ruit trees and all othSr necessary cOnVenehces ~
high state Of cultivation The store House ana stand
are of the first order, and present an excellent ana
eligible opening for the Mercantile BUSINESS, ' nc
bnidinr has an open glass 'front.' under handsome avn
inc and encircled by thriving shade trees ,
Said property will be sold at bargain or eAcnaieeu
LOT " SMUT 'a''' VI ''"'' AFFIXED MOOD.
Light Street. Aug. 20, 1863.
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souniy OF sir hundred Sii0< - nine Dollars rsnd
twenty.sit cents, Isef9 @ from James D. msNinsh
Given unass our hand, this sixth day Of January, A.
''' '''' ioaS 4; yoHt' Sssa.-.. Sss
Arresr-w. WRIT, CtsrE.
we. the undersigned. Copmissioners Of Columbis
County do eetthy that the foregoing 10 correct state
ment Of the accounts Of said County for the year A. d.
1863
witness our bands, Jasuary 9Th. 1904.
CHARLES II. HESS, ! Comnissionsr
\. ToIN J. NvXNbERsLicB. ! Columbia Co.
ArrEsr-R G. FRuIT, Clerk
po,,Des s,mHEon1 sSe from Collectors. oil 6g7s q,
Deduct for eIoneration and commissions O21 ~
s645 81
Bsf, duo from j. r. MeNinch, Treasurer 64s 90
Jury Fees and fines in hands Of 5bh. Furmhn so w
e3is II
Deduc, orders unredc.mcd for ieu i.2!
1864 rs
,,.....,.,,on ,,o,os. 1863 Ha aa ss sS
Balance Of borrowed money unpaid 279O w 1888 VI
Balance in favor Of County e1'3' 70
sTATEMtNT OF DOG TAX.
balance due from Collectors i'!os vi
Deduct for generations and eommissionh ITO Q,
1861 u
Orders unredccmed for 1888 1893 10 o. O.
Balance due Treasurer I9s % e30s "
pa,ance in favor Of said rar s0si 81
Feb. LIST, ls64.-Directed to be filed
By THE COURT.
Since paid to the Treasurer elect.
| bloomsbury, February 6, 1864.
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PRICES REDUCED!
81, IT -. S8ARP PEE SIS
CAUTION.

T hereby caution all persons from trust
1 ing my Wife. RACHAEL MORGAN, on my ae,
count she having left my bed and board without
cause or provocation, and am therefore Determined
not TO pay any debts of her contracting unless compel
''1 y RICHARD AoRsAN.
Loeusltwpu Col. .er Jsa 80, 1854 SIP
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EXPENDITURES,
AUDITORS AND CLERK.

tmoun, mid Auditors and Clerk 30 so
ana Rcc;sicr,s ncoouni. l2 so
-
S53 90
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Amount paid said Society, siuo oO
ASsESsOR'S PAY.
Amount paid Assessors for spring assessmeht AH -
BRIDGE AND ROAD VIEWS.
Amount paid sundry persons - ilo w
BRIDGE CONTRACTS
Ann, maid p. swank & co.. aud others 93s7 "a
BRIDGE REPhIRS.
Amount paid sundry persons. ~ l'9 %
BLANK BOOKS.
Amount paid sundry persons for Proihono'ary 60 A.
aud Registers oiiee - . ..., 10 ~
Amount paid the several Coistabes during M ID,
'"' COURT CRIER.
Amount paid Moses Coh'nan, Court Crier ~ 30
CLEANING COUHr HOUSE.
Amount paid sundTy persons. ~ of
| COUNTY BUILDINGS.
! Amount paid suudry persons for repairs In 80 go
aid about Court House and jail, % o.
| COMMISSIONERS AND CLERK. - .
| Amoun, Paid Il. G. Fruit Clerk. 4OO 0O 0O
| William LumOu, CommissioneI i5l w
| Ihas II Hess, do lIe ~
- Eohr McIIenry do l26 OK
4. J. Vanderslice. do Is o.
e49 On
| COMMISSIONERS ATTORNEY. -
Amount paid John q. Freeze, Attorney oU W
! COMMONWEALTH COSTS.
Amount paid sundry persons. ~ zo'
| DISTRICT ATTORNEY. -,
| Amount paid L. II. Little - W
| ELECTION EXPENSES.
Amoun, paid at Spring e'ec'i'n. 3!5 :3
Gensra election. 'o'
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..,ust s,ncnd;ture, for III. year ls63 e744 81
we, the undersigned, Auditors Of Columbia county
he duIy 10 adjust and settle the acsount Of
th. TsasuYer and rorani ssionsrs do ,etnfy that ws
.et .t 40 .fN,. 81 tse Cemni.i~n,u n Fnontbuys
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-02-27

B<g' Mr.. j. G.. RAILS, the gcntlcmanly
travelling agent of ,essrs. Reed & Butler,
manufacturers ari dealers in Domestic
and Imported Sgars, Chewing and Smok-
ing Tobacco, has been in Bloomsburg, a
few days, dur'g the past week, soliciting
and filling oricrs The citizens Of our
county, deahpg in Tobacco, will, if they
consult selrlnlereSt, purchase of Mr.. R.
His stock, Doth in price and quality, can
no, We believe, be surpassed. He vii
again Wit our county, in short time anc
give de,lors an opportunity to purchase
saleabe articles.
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WHOLE AMOUNT OF ORDERS

Issued for the year leO5, '''SVS ~
Deduct amt sheep Damage orders issued
faT samr wear 1874 81
Deduct taxes refunded, TO twp Ss lac "
amt OF borrowed money repaid . .
and interest on sams. oSoo ~ go, q.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-02-27

s1y~ The anniversary of George W ash
ipgtons birth occurred on Monday last.
The only public denomination made IN
Bloomsbury in houor of the occasion was
the firing of national saluatcs' by few
patriotic returned volunteers. In the
evening ball came off at Maj. kooN's
"Exchango Hotel" The "Father of hi'
Country" was born on the twenty-second
of February 1872, SO that Monday was
the one hundred and thrty'sccond ami
vcrsary of his birth Although not cele
bratel with the pomp and parade tha
characterized the observance OF the da.
IN times past, reverence and love for tn
name aud fame Of Washington still hav
an abiding place in the hearts OF the gre'
mass of our people.
ra- We were visited on Wednesa'
last. by three vciern soldiers, namel.
c. EDWARD BALL, Corporal GEO. BET
and ]. WESLEY SCOTT, of Company Z
52nd Regiment Penna' Volunteers
Gen. Gillmore's Army. They have be-
in the service since the commencement
the rebellion, and have rc-cnlistcd for
seigc, if necessary, for three more yea
They are furloughed for thirty days.
the expiration OF which, they return =
the army, near Charleston, South VI
oina. They are strong in the ialth
Democracy, aud having served IN
Army of the potOaac, under McC'eIl u
previous to their shipment to South =
lima, speak in high terms OF that Aer J
General They Originally enlisted l"
wick, this county We hope they
have good time at it while at home
we'll a, abroad,
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COUNTY OF COLUMBIA:

COUNTY OF COLUMBIA:
TROM the fret day Of January, A. d.,
1859 to the first day Of January, A. d., 1864.
The Auditors elected to settle and adjust the pubic
accounts Of Columbia County respectfully beg leave 70
report that they have examined the same from the ISL
dgy Of January A. d. 1868 to the first day OF January
n 1854 and nc espectfully lay before the honoiable
the Judges of the Court Of Common Pleas the follow
ing statement and report agreeaby TO the 22nd secuon
Of the Act Of general Assembly Of this commonwealth
passed the 9Th day Of April a. d., 1884
JAMES S. MoNINCH, Treasurer OF
Columbia County. in account with said County
1868. DIR.
Japu.,y.-To taxes outstanding $3.50 sa
Cash balance In hands Of Tress
men; meni Of 1861 siO65,s7
feo'u"'y D. ~ jSpy fees ''"' 80 90
May 4. re Cash of H. Yetter, land returned. ~
june H,,uuns yaor lsSa "a 0''''' ''- slo,653 "a
| - Caeh received Of military fund y6 30
August 81 Cash of ]. .Schweppenhciser 'and o.,
redeemed. U O-
Sept 0, Cash of a swank and Cherrington, 49,
/ for old Bridge. eO w
! Dec. Z, Cash Of N. q. Kustenbader, land re.
| deemed. fW
| "2e, Cash Jacob Eyerly, Prory, fnc. 90
| d" " Cash received of sundry persons for IN m
use of Court 5O w
| Cash of sundty persons land redeemed 6G2 10
| Cash cd on sundry taxes 100 90
Balance of borrowed money on hand 6S1 ~
| To amount outstanding S95 o.
| -
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rHE undersigned, grateful for past patronage iespec
fully informs his Gu stumers end the public generally
that Inc has lust received from the Easterne cities til
l,r1ost nh most select stock Of
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-02-27

TIP.STAVES.
Amount aid al the several Courts. 81 w
BORROWED MONEY. 90,
~" - P' interest on same. 40 on
James 5. MCNinCh, Treasurer PAID 49,, ,,
interest for County. 5Io 9O
=, N""' :, interest on salne - s3
:, :, Io,n sharpIess borrowed money. 1850 90
Interest on same, and on balance - -
of bond which he yet holds. % o.
Geo. Hughes, int, on boTd money. 5s e3
Francis Evans, borrowed money 5OO w
Interest same and Oh balance - 49,
Of bond which he yet holds, ~ %
Mrs. May ). McNnch, bOr'd money loU0 w
interest on same. D. %
$3.50 81
TAXES REFUNDED,
Amt taxes refunded 10 hom9s Hover SSoo
Elias Hicks. o9
Amt of road, school aud poor refunded TO the 40 nc
different townships, Ia OF
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-11
We Don't Surrender Much

Mr. George w. Curtis closed Union speech in
Nes York the other day With he following hap
py application OF Col. Inues' reyy to the rebel
Gen. Wheeler
Gen. Mcclellan, whether he would or not stoo.
slth his friend Pendleton for surrender. Sending
ambassadors to Richmond meant surrender. They
heard the cal coming up from the rebsl chtf.,
from every government that hated the publican
ldsA Surrender the sans cry that came ttom
the supporters OF Mcclellan and Pendl-ton.
When UoI. lnnes, serving under Rosecrans, was
asked by the rebsl Gen. Wheeler to surrender,
he sent back word, {" We don't surrender much"
Wheeler ssut back the officers To say thas he
Would give no quarter. lnnes repled that he
didn't want i and by night he had defeated b IN,
and captured his guns. 10 ths or, which came
from the rebel host as vel as from every trstof
At home, The American people hsd its response.
Iaers /, Gen. Grant holding tbs W eldon Railroad
Away down in the Southwest comes voice from
aAsrman, 4" Tell that 10 the marites Cheers |
Then hear from Ihs Shenandoah Valley Av1lce
which makes the whole land glad, while Phil
Sheridan says: "C0ms on, Av,r Come on,
Custer We don't surrender much " Applause
And Faraeut called through hia battle trumpet,
" We don't surrender much. So thy would
SAY BY no means, We dOn't surrender much. "
[Cheers In the name Of Cod IN the name Of
American liberty, in the name Of the Union, 10
the name Of that flag, il we know ourselves " We
don, surrender much" Great chesring.l
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-11
Vallandigham Oh Mcclellan

CHAM goe, for Mcclellan, and is stump
inV Ohio for him. lie, however, is rather Of the
opinion that Little Mac don stand squsrey on
the Chicago platform although biz friend Mr..
Push" tluk, there is no discrepancy between the
et,sr Of acceptance, snd the Chicago resolutions
Here is what Vslandighsm 'ays on this subject {;
cannot agree with the Distinguished gentle
men, my friend Nr Pughr that that latter IL
identical with the platform presented by the Con
v,nt0n Ny reading Of the English language
does DO; lead me TO that Interpretation Of it, !
dif,r, wilh al doe respect, FROM hin. And /
clam. as the member from Ohio " the Committee
on Resolutions IN that Convention, 20 have othcis.
personal knowledge that he is mistaken. The
ro pr.0cipa points u that letter Of acceptance
to which o' lsol, wee brought before thai Com
miuss The one eJuta ming the ihrsst OF future
var Nts unanimously rejected. Tbs oiher 70
the sFect that, until tie St8tes and people Of The
South had returned 10 The Union, We would no,
exhaust these ARTS of 'tats'manshlp, as they
are called, received but three votes in that Com
miilse, though presented almost ia tie very words
Of The letter itself say therefore il is impo'sl.
ole for me 10 subscribe 10 the opinions expressed
in that le,isr. They are the private oplni, NJ, i
YOU pea.s, Of General Mcclellan, which he ha'
= perfect rgh, 90 entertain aud pubh'h, having
a. equal and perfect r.gh! to dissent rom them
| DO not accspt them a. an expression oi ne 'el
timents Of The Democratic party, but reeogn =
hi, right 20 entertain snd oIpre" them on suu'
bic occasions.
So il seems thai the committee ON resolution
! .f-L... X.lf...4t. 3d.. ,e4. he
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-11
A Base Falsehood.
From the Burlington Smiin.L


JED. DaViss salary is noninally $4,000 .
year but by the depreciation Of the Confederate
money, i equal 10 bat 8 500 aud on this
practically he has to liye.-EIehsnss.
Abraham Liucoln's salary Is legally e25 900
a year but hls legal tender money having
deprecated TO lees than hall iw nominal value,
be refuses 10 take il, aud demands and receives
his pay in gold or gold certificates, while the
soldiers OF his armies have to take her pay in
greenbacks. Isn't TINS patriotic and honsd in
old Abe and ought nI he to be re. elected 10
another four years hard money for himself. and
Of largely deprecated paper money for she
people?
The Sentinel has had a reputation as q paper
which had some respect Tor its own good name,
but If 1t prints such base falsehoods as the above
sta emens respecting President Llncon's salary
1t will toon lose ia character for truth and
veracity. The story is silly invention OF some
brainless and characterless scamp, and no D.m
ocrat OF intelligence ought 20 80 debsse himself
as to repeat it, The Sen'in,l may, however
have copied the weak invention for the purposl
OF showing, by the contrast, what self denying
worthy man JEFF Davie is; though we wonder
into such mendacious company
Since writing the above, We dud in tn, Bur
lingion Free Press the following
10 The Editors of The Free Press:
GENTLEMEN Nv attention has been called t.
an editorial article in the Burlington Senhn.l
OF the 30th ult., containing q statement thai
President Lincoln demands and receives hi.
pay (salaryl In gold or gold certificates, while
! the soldiers of his armies have 10 take their pay
! in greenhacks. Sc The editor Of the .Snf,nsl
has been made the victim OF very idle linposi.
tlon, aud appears singular to me that he should
have hazarded such an assertion, when, with q
very little trouble, be could have ascertained
whether il was true or false
II rs Jaiss IN suery particular. The salary OF
President Lincoln, like those Of all other officers
on the evil list, is paid by warrants, regularly
entered IN the Registers Office, where all thsse
accounts are kept Neither himself nor any
other officer of the Government Except thos,
actually employed on foreign ssrries Tor which
special provision is made by law) has been paid
III coin since the passage Of the act authorizing
the Issue Of legal tender notes. The President
salary has been regularly paid by draft on the
Treasury in legal tender notes, with the regular
deduction OF the tax on salaries Such Wa,
certainly the case up TO the 18th of August lsst
the date of my resigbation US Register Of tn,
Treasury lt may not be irrelevant to state in
this connection, fac, well known to many
officers Of the Treasury, that upon the Isssag,
OF the act imposing tar upon salaries, q
question was made whether il applied TO tb,
President aud Cabinet, and ths. Mr.. Lincoln
peremptorily refused u have any exception
made in his case, determination in which ih,
Cabinet agreed with him, and the deduction
from all these salaries has ever since been made
Very truly yours,
l. 4. CnlTrsspEs.
| Rnrltngton Oct 4th
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-11
Resolutions Adopted at the Yearly Meeting
of the Free viii Baptlsts Of Vermont.

We have just received communication,
printed below, containing reso.utiou. adopted at
the hst Yearly Meeting OF the Free Will BApti,ts
Of this State:
The Clerk Of the Vermont Yearly Meeting
was instructed at the session holden at Water
bury, Sept. l0th, to forward the following
resolutions to the Green Mountain ErssmGa for
publication.
The resolutions were reported by the Com.
mtteo on the state OF the Country, and almost
unanimously adopted
WnEREAs, she government OF our Country has
a rignt 20 expect and receive the hearty sym.
pathy Of every religious organization, and
their candid support in this crisis Of our
national existence, Therefore
Rssoirtd let, fhat the Vermont Yoariy Meet.
Ing ol the Free Will Bapusts deem the present
occ ,sion appropriate lo declare the position It
holds, and the spirit that governs II toward 'be
government Of the United States.
2. We consider the existing rebellion against
the General Government has these deslgns, lst,
The deual and overthrow OF the vital doctrine
Of the democracy, VIA that the people have tho
right 70 decide by MAJOR vote who shall admin.
lster til lr public affairs, and the suhstIIutitn u
oi an aristocracy in the hands OF "a ohgarchY.
/ 2i The oyerthr0Wlng ol the nights OF the mil.
/ lions ,aud the establishment VI perpetual slavery
alike abhoront to every true patriot and ChrIs
tlan.
/ 3. rnls rebellion ought to be denounced by
every patriot and Christian, and every lriend o
justice audhumani.y, and every man, woman
and child who claims to respect the instltu lions
OF our beloved county, ought to use every
rehtiul aud legitimate lnstrumentality in then
power 10 resist aud crush out this rebellion o
the sti,toorata OF America mo matter how Ions
the struggle, how great the cost or how losrin
the sacrifice.
"A That no compromise ought to DO Offered
Of accepted or terms of peace agreed upon, tha
leaves in existence the system Of slavery Ia oui
land, Ilr otherwise II viii be triumph OF des.
potism over freedom, Of wrong over right ant
treason over loyalty--to be followed 10 lutur,
by another war lar more cruel bloody and ex
terminating.
s. That as the sl.ysholling aristocracy .
these States rose 10 arms against the election o
Abraham Lincoln, In whose veins runs the hloOI
Of the common people 30 the reelection Of Ab
rabam Lincoln at The approaching presidential
election, would be signal aud glorious triumph
VI the right Ct popular suffrage, and sgua
triumph Of the doctrine OF GOd.giyen humai
rights, In which the oppressed Of all nations arr
deeply and vitality lnlero'ted.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-11

Thea let them copy, from memorandum which
McCIcan tept to the President on the 4th Of
August, 1861 this sentence " The purpose OF
ordinary war is to conquer peace, and make a
treaty on advantageous terms In this contest il
has become necessary to crush population sut-
fcienty numerous intelligent nnG lOarlike 10 con
stitutc a ndlion."
This paragraph having been inwardly dgested,
let the subject Of the draft and conscripton be
next investigated, when il will be found that Nc
CIesn first recommended and urged relentless
drill, as an absolute necessity to reinforce our
armies. Indeed, there is scarce single COM
plain. mad. by coppsrhsads against the admins
,rstion, that c'nnot with equal force be urged
against Mcclellan, and the action which they have
( brought against lh' government ia bad, IN legal
/ phrase for the norjouder OF McClelI-n as de-
fsudant in the case.
The truth is, Mcclellan has turnfd his back
! upon all that is coed 10 his record, and adhsrss
only to the vicious part Of it lie never made a
] GuduRt ~ ulst l'l tuV Dtbtll lil nv i'tVi ""N
his IAt change is no better than its predecs"ors
By stepping on the Chclgo platform he has with.
drawn him'ei from the ympathy and support Of
every loysI man who ever admired him, and he
ha, cast bio lot Win tho" who are giving oil and
comfort 10 tie.son, And it IL As idle To make hi'
present c7ucIaton-lnd compromise " "ce"s-
tIonof hostte'" platform Respectable, By quoting
from The good deed, and good sayings Of his pact
lie, as il would be 10 sul's's judas I'o'rJ'' b.
cause he was once disciple Mcclellan h,' sold
what patriotism 10 ever had for The Chicago
nomination. as Judas did bis Master for thirty
pieces Of silver. Yet Judas partially redeemed
BIZ, iams By lhe remor,s which ed him to end
hi, own life. How Mcclellan will redeem bis
romans 20 DC seen.