Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-09-16

NN'"bN '"oh "luOou ebJ VVuhty III thC
State, or the entire North could show
And very few if any men charged and
shown TO be dcserters under the oct of
Congress, were sent to the frcnt By the
l 900 men who composed the "aimy oi
the Fishing Greek" So far the military
results were not very brilliant. But
call public attention 10 the fact, that not
one of the one hundred men who were ar
rested on the 3lst OF August, 1864, was
desertcr, not one Of them was ever charg-
ed with desertion, nor was one of them
ever tried for that offense. 1t is au i'm
portant fact also, tina. not Que ofthem had
had any thing to do, or any connection
with the Robson shooting affair previously
noticed, nor was any one of them ever
charged with any participation therein,
Ab ! Ladies and Gentlemen this was a
remarkable march-the streets we're full
OF eXultant and jubilant aboltionists,
thirsting for blood and Justify cheering on
the soldiers in this detestabe business
The political aspect of the invasion was
still more fully developed upon this occa
sion. AT least a dozen carriages and bug
GIGS filled with aboitioniss, whose joyful
faces will long be remembered, followed
this army of Invasion and Occupation
like the famous abolition congressman
whose splendid turn-outs followed Nc
Dowell to the first battle of Bull Run.
daughter and applause.)
But lot US follow the Inquirer CORES
pondent a little further.
"On the 28th Of August General Cad
walader arrived and assumed command.
Matters remained quiet until the morning
of the 3lst, The last day Of Summer, ls64,
will be long remembered in the annals of
Columbia County. During the night of
the 3Oth the forces were posted in differ.
ent portions Of the county, aud upon the
breaking of day, which was the time ap-
pointed, about one hundred of the citizcus
who were implicated in the troubles waro
quietly arrested and brought into camp y
A memorable day truly never to be
forgotten ''in the annals of Columbia Coun
ty'! Ono hundred of her citizens arrested
@!tlout due process of law, in defiance of
their constitutional rights, without author,
ity from the legal and constituted magis
tratcs, but by virtue of the brute force OF
l0nn o,1,nI I,unI.aI a.
"quiclly arrested! Why Gentlemen, ii
had been given out that there was a reg
ular rebellion in the Fishing Greek Coun
try-that men women and children were
under arms--that there was not a house
tina! was not fortifed-that there was mol
gun which was not loaded to the muzzlo
(laughter) and yet this Philadelphia In
} guirer man says that on the morning OF
August 3lst 900 citizens were quietly
arrested" Where Each at he's o1o'
! home-upon rising from his bed at th'
y "breaking of day"-draggcd from hi
c family fasting, and in some cases onl.
partially dressed. Whero then was tn
J rebcllionY Where were the armed men
There was no opposition of either indivd
r uals or numbers, even to that illegal AM
Internal outrage committed by these me-
S upon that morning. The citizens Of Col
umbia County "quietly' submitted. The,
y were marched off 10 church-one ofthos
Z political club rooms where treason haC
S been preached for years before the SoutI
: seoeded, whore the blood hounds OF Iic
had stirred up political strife and animoO
D ity, instead Of teaching love,peaeo and goo'
will--to such place were they taken
the 100 were separated and set apart, tn
sheep from the goats, probably, (laug hter
= and the sheep carried off to Fort Miflin.
4 The military authorities confined then
= in the meeting house without their break
fast, and marched them TO Bloomsbur
afterwards without providing them an.
thing to cat, and on to Philadelphia, be-
t fore they fed them. Then these men VII
u had committed no crime, who had mad
f no rebellion who had done nothing wrong
G who did not even resist an illegal arrest
!. were taken to Fort Nllllin below Phila'
+. delphia, aud locked up in bomb proof
4 Under the earth, denied air, exercise, an
= the blessed light OF Heaven. They hn
: boards on the damp earth for beds. The
s were subjected to foul air, and meagr
: and sometimes unhealthy food, until sick
a ness took hold on the strong frames, tn
,, wasting strength and lack lustor eyes tol'
6 of fast coming death, and whence tn
= friends of William T. Roberts bore hi
= body, late so full OF life, through the lengtI
u Of our county to its last reating place.
y There at least was one Democratic vot
It forever oxtiDgujshed So far at loa'
Il this army of 1000 men had success =
= (Emotiou)