Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-08-05
COMMUNICATIONS.


DBUT pU ~ OHCe
more ask Of you TO give this room in your
v valuable sheet. for | am disposed 10 write
a little moro concerning Jacob of Rohrs.
burg.
Let me briefly observe first, tha, we
Fort Mlflin men well know who we're the
cause Of our arrest it was our own neigh.
bors, and not Tate or Jacoby ! could
name the neighbors if wished.
Iree by the card published by tho
Black Sheet from the eight liars oil Benton,
they had not Judge Advocate Luts name
included with theirs. suppose they hold
him in sane as did the Commission al Har.
ri,burg.
Ishall now turn my attention to Jacob
of Rohrsburg Well, Jacob, ought 10
call you my child, but wild as are your
written sentiments, you truly said expert.
ence is an excellent teacher, and by it
lasting impressions are made. Before i
ge. through l shall portray the origin Of
your experience, and you cant deny it.
All the abolition liars and wooleys in
Benton aud elsewhere cant make US be
leve Tate and Jacoby were the cause Of
our arrest.
Jacob, you spoke Of an organized COM
pany called the Democratic Home Guards,
aud you say the most of them were in tho
Fishingcreek Conspiracy. You once pre-.
tended to preach the gospel Of Christ,
and in looking over the sacred record did
you not see whore Judas conspired to put
Christ to death! We were served like.
wise. Christ was arrested, so were we
al men, Christ was pat to desth--we
were scut to Fort Mifflin. In our arrest
there " ere more than one Judas, and Jews
too, and if they don't repent will share
bis fate. They have their thirty pieces
Of silver from the Administration, and
like Judas they pretended to be followers
of Christ.
You say we we're brought to Ju, -.
My child, | am an old man, worn down
with hard labor and trouble, and it is hard
language for you to say it was righ, to
put me there in my old age. You sym.
pathiz, with tLo1e scoundrely eighbors
who caused our arrest, and who were the
murderers Of VIM E. Roberts, and your
own Brother in Fort Mifilin.
You wish to use a soft phrase by say.
ing "a disgraceiul father and brother. =
Since you sympasbize in such hcIish and
damnable deeds, insinuntc no longer that
we are "gnoraut," but lay your hand upon
yoar mouth aud forever alter hold your
peace. Disgrace your parents and bro.
theirs no longer by abusing Tate, Jacobv
or any one else for the deeds of your own
black stripe.
You lay your Brother ackno wlcdgcd it
was Tate e. Co.'S fault that lie was put in
Fl. Mlffiin All his friends know tina, he
claimed exemption on the ground of con-
scien'ious scruples, but the board would
not listen to it, because ho was no Qua-
hcr He lived AID died iu that faith,
never having taken any paper but relig
ious one You were towards him rs YOU
were towards the Democratic party which
you followed with bass drum that you
might get the loaves and fishes; and as
the Jews sought matter to accuse the Lord
that they might accuse him,a you watch
ed your Brother, but you cant Injure him
now 50 let the dead rest. His letters in
my possession prove your assertions false
and your party the cause Of his death.
You state We were brought to justice.
by the false swearing Of renegade Demo.
;rats and abOlitioni.ts we were tried vet
only seven out of fourty -four condo mned,
and those seven afterwards released BY the
authorities. Not single thing was found
rue as reported to tho Government, such
as forts, rifle pits, and entrenchmc nts.-
Y ou speak of our unlawful deeds. Was
It an unlawful deed or "resisling to Gov.
ernment" to lie peaceably in our beds,
rom which we were taken through the re.
'orts of your lying crew! Before you
'harge unlawful deeds show one act OF
esistence, or do not attempt 20 glory in
ny suffering. You will be held up to
public iniamy aud scorn, and should be
lshamed to show your lace among your
elatives. You had better emigrate, as
'ou have no friends here.
Now, Jacob, in conclusion, few qaes-
ions. Who schooled you at Milvile un.
Ter those Tory Quakers Did you not tell
ne their religious creed was that if they
ould not rale the country they would op-
ose it, and you were converted 10 their
aith. Did you not know, too, that that
lass of people were tories in the time of
he Revolution you asked INC if Tom
tves had not his heel shot off then, and |
aid yes. Don't you remember when DR..
ohm prevented you from voting at the
ireenwood election, and that Joseph Pat
IN gave you horse and saddle 10 come
0 Benton, and how mad you were, ia
OBJ Did you not tell me you really be
leved the Negro in his natural state was
ot human. Ye. you joined the noble bull
/, raising company, in which Noble in
ended to get the preference at 4th of
uly s. s. Celeb alton al New Columbus.
|. ou, jacob, did not get it, but the Dem.
iome Guards did. Did not your Can't
Noble persuade you to e. to war, aud
'hlle there did you not write for me TO
ct you out. l tried, but failed, when you
eserte't, came home, and sccretcd your
elfin the mountain. Again, while in the
rmy were you not a Mcclellan man, and
i'd you not call your boy after him ,
When DIR. u. would not vote for him vou