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Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28
G. i. LAMBERTON, President.
j. SIMPSON AFRICA, Sec'ry u Teas

The DE Wit mud Min Creek: I'll Ctmranics wsle or.
gani"cd IL the month OF o. t"ser, a y lcG4.
The property Of thess cNnpaucs - sttlata ON ,ha
Clarion River in Mn Creek township. Clarion Co..
pennSI wanna aud is known as the Wor <iin lands.
1t insists Of two hundred anttwcnt, five aces IN
zee slhpi'' IN each Company, with Il irputugt thn
CLARION River, 10 each, # three tuurlhs Of Oh. mile
ne Clari"n RivtI has long been fau.uus tr is OH
sIrihg" ana dep ISlts II runs parallel with til Upper
Allegheny River aud both cross The western Limits OK
The same coal basin and the same stratifcatiun
The Clarion Riyoi IS large haNigabiu stream for
hathouts and RATS capab" of carrying on each boat
one thousand barrels of Oil TO mar net
clarion County adjOins VeEang0 County aud the Al
eghch! RIVER makes great sweep around both cuun-
Ties, leaving them IN the shape Of Il peninsula
glance al inc map viii show, that "a IInr drawn
from the npper bend Of HE Allegheny Ryrl. ia tni
vicinity Of on Creek TO the lower b:r.i Of It. below
the mouth OF the Clarion Will biscci In: Oil regions OF
lhe Clrtloh RIVER. Daring thc prIsct srason expert
enced Oli men aud geoOgists have made q Thorough
exploration Of TINS river, and have large nvesllcns.
Already, the whole river from mouth to alu0at
It's source has been leased and purchased by Oil men.
hnd wells are being sunk along is whole length Nth
great rapdy and with fattsring p'ospee!so Of
Above and opposite the De NIlt aud Min Creek oil
Companies, some ten other Companies are borlng with
engines one Of which struck the FIST vein ot Oh az
sixty feet, and another Immediately ADJOINING struck
u al hity eight feet in the rock.
I"cnly years ago ON The ryer below these Com
Mnsh DOTIB ioT sal slruCh Onc OF the largest flowing
B Oil wells known in the Oil country
lhis wen has long been famous ami has been eyor
shce ana Is now, sIllng Out "a cul1tant stream of
oi ana water II is nov being prepared !or Oh pHr'
poses
- "I'e' neI""' al Alum Roch' OlI nus Dceh ou'diheu
ou 'he wen mas not yet been tested with an enE nu
, MGssfs' Lyon, Sharb & Company Of the sligo Iron
N"rks several miles below these Companies, duTlnI
we past hll. struck flowing we'll. II II nov beinG
tubcd.
Great assures are found IN the bluffs and extend
across the ryer in THIS viCiBt y. from winch gao u
emitted ana Oh lises IN large gobucs. "Eich Durs'
on reaching the surface Of the water and Twin
on This is considered iusisputabu proof Of on
territory.
Abundance of timber and coal is found the lane
| Tor engine and other purposes
one well viii b. put down Immediately each
propeTy. competent ana energetic supCriHt." ti"t
Is now oi ihe ground, experimenting tire operao"s
! Jf both Companies
The stock Of the adjoining CONF anies have already
advanced by reason or the early already a.
J talned.
! limited number Of Shares in cheh Company 'pr
ihe use Of the landholder, viii be sold al s. pyr
share.
! January IS, Is65-2n.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28
Who Proposed Dissolution OF
the Union.

Our people are loud in their condem--
nation of secessionists, and secessonism.
Every one is aware of the terrible evil this
delusve doctrine has worked, for our once
peaceful nation With eecessionism, we
naturally link the South and Southerner',
but it will temper oDos wrath to remem'
Der that the first formal proposition 10 dis.
solve the Union was made ih The North,
1t originated with loyal Massachusetts,, as
it was carried out by traitorous South
Carolina. On the oath of January le42,
John Quincy Adams presented the FOL
lowing petition to Congress
"1'o the Congress of the United States.
The undersigned, citizen of Haverhill, in
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,, pray
that you will immedately adopt measures,
peaceab'y, to divide the Union of these
States. First, because no Union can be
agreeable or permanent which does not
present prospects Of reciprocal benefit -
Second, because vast proposition of the
resources of one section Of the Union is
annually drained TO sustain the views and
course Of another section without any ad
equate return Third, because (judging
from the history of past nations) this I'm
ion if persisted in, in the present course oi
things, will certainly overwhelm this
whole nation in utter destruction
Well may Massachusetts, send her men
to the field and oast as does her Governor
that there has been no loyal army, the
shout of whose victory has not drowned the
dying sigh Of a son oi Massachusetts. On
her and her sister South Carolina, in the
advocacy Of the fatal doctrine Of secession
i, would have been we'll could the whole
weigh, Of the war have fallen. But i
could not be, all must share the respon
sbilitles incurred by their "err,ng sis
tcrs."
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28
Benton, Col Co PA, !
January Goth. 1865.

Mr.. Editor :-UndoubtedIy conniu-
ncati on from me will be unexpected, and
l hope you will excuse the liberty have
taken in introducing myself, as circum,
stances are so that think l have a right
to speak as we'll as some of my opponents,
| have been reader of the Columbia
Democrat, for some tihe past, and always
found it advocating good UNION DOCTRINE,
l have been a soldier in Uncle Sans ser.
vice since this miserable rebellion has
been in existence; but thank God, | have
not been aboletioniScl enough so as to ad.
vocate all the doctrines of the presen. ad-
min stration, neither do ever expect to
advocate them, us long as we have so
many corrupt meu at the head of affairs.
| voted against illegal arrests and against
all the evils of the present administration,
and when ! did that, of course, l voted
against abraham Ltncoln ,as our abolition
friends call him "The Government"
l have been tramping around great
deal Of late, and seen tho evils of Lincoln
and his oficeholders in making arrests
carrying people from their homes and
confning them in bastiIes, for no prctcrs,
whatever and every such sight see il
makes me more bitter enemy of the ad
ministraton so hereafter, as heretofore, |
shall use my energies toward putting down
abol'tionism, and rai.ing the DEMOCRACY
so as once more to restore the Union, which
in my estimation. will never be done until
we have the roins Of government in our
hands, Most Respectfully,
A SOLDIER
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28
The Duty ON Paper.

A large delegation of paper manuiac-
turers have been in Washington for some
weeks, importning members not to vote
for repeal of the worse chan useless pro.
hibitory duty on printing paper. We are
glad to learn from correspondent in
Washington that members generally have
the good sense 10 perceive the fallacy of
the arguments of these dsinterested gen.
tlemen ,and tirmness enough TO resist their
importunites. The prospects are that this
tax, which brings nothing into the public
treasury, and only operates as burden
upon the reading public for the benefit OF
paper monopolists, will be greatly modi6-
cd, or, better still, abolished altogether
The thanks of publishers and readers are
due to Messrs Miller and Aneons, Of this
State, and Mr. Kasson, of Iowa, for their
exertions in defense of printers and the
reading public against the extortionate
combination ofpaper manufacturers.--Age
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28


Of political power, no conclusion is palmer
than that Great Britain is, to-day, biding
her time to make good The dissolution Of
the Union If necessary by her guts or her
gold.
A hundred brains watch the struggle of
the sections in its nordi progress. Agents
of France or Of England, those intelects
care very little for the fall of the Savan
nahs, the Atlantas, the Wilmiugtons.-
They know that the progress Of conquest
is not material but moral. Forts may be
carried, cities occupied, fields laid waste
but the work Of conquest begins and ends
in the soul. Every pulsation of the popu-
lar purpose, those acute minds watch at
both the North and at the South and re-
port regularly for the cold consideration Of
Lord Palmerston and Louis Napoleon
These two great statesmen ocupy, thus, a
position to deal with the "American ques-
ton with their hands on the pulse of each
section and estimate lis condition alter
the fashion of physician with his ear to a
stop watch.
Southern emancipation will have swept
an obstacle from the purposes OF France
and England. Popular sympathy aud pop.
ular want follow now, the heels of the pol
icy Of the Governments Of those countries ;
and we may therefore expect, if the soul Of
the South should begin to sink, to find Ma
poleon and Palmerston apply their RENE
dies to the then dangerous case of "thc
sick man" of the West.
What, then will be the fate OF the coun.
if we turn our backs on ali offers Of ne
gotiation? Exhaustion n the meantime
and foreign Intervention ia the end Let
US save from the wreck of our glories at
least the pride Of our Amercanism. I'm
mense interests, political prestige, ,apd per-
haps, in the end, even relations Of renew.
ed friendship, may be plucked from the
ruin of our prosperity aud greatuess.-
Missions of peace, interchanges of senti.
ment, and generous concessions, we hail
therefore, with joy as the only means left
US, now, for saving all that yet remains o.
onr moral and material greatness from de
struction by, in the frat place, domestic
war, and,in the end foreign Intervention.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28
Convention of Publishers.

A convention Of publishers will be held
at Harrisburg, on THURSDAY, FEB,
9th, 1865. for the purpose Of pettioning
Congress in favor of the repeal of the duty
on paper, and of taking such other action
as may be deemed beneficial to the busi-
ness of printers and publishers. The pub.
fishers Of the State, are respectfully re-
quested to attend.
BGS- Senator BUcKALEw, has oar thanks
for a valuable present, in the shape of
four bound volumes of the Congressional
Globe and Appendix.
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NOTICE!
EURAlG AuGTxoNAGKH

THE undersigned being regularly liccned
"a " g Il Z % N s. g 10
Hereby offers his service as such all who may feel
disposed TO give him Il call His long experience IN
le blsiness, will enable him to render Satisfaction To
his customers.
Apersons desiring my services will please inform
me To that effect before they advertise
IRAN DERR.
ros-uflce address Rob sburs Uoiunbla couniyfa'
Jackson township Jan :, iebS,
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28
Enoch Arden, by Alfred Tenny-
son.

l HE universal interest felt In this charm
ing poem has induced Mcssrs. TIcKNoR e.
FIELDS, Mr.. Tennyson's American pub,
fishers, 10 issue a twenty five cent edition
for popular reading, in addition to the
other and more costly editions which they
publish. They send copies to the press
hoping that the extended publicity given
by this cheap edition may result in the in.
PRODUCTION of this most beautiful and
touching idyl into all tn, households in
the land.
a PICTORIAL DOUBLE NUMBER.-The
chronological Journal and Life Illustrated,
Tor January, appears with 30 qua,to pa
ges, and beautiful illustrated cover. 1t
contains Portraits of Tensyson, Silliman,
Sheridan, Cobb, Philips, Susanna Wesley
mother Of John-an Indian Chief, Franz
Muller, Miss Muggins, Miss Fury, the
Princess of WaleS,-Florence Nightiu-
gaze, A Group OF Warriors-H annibal,
Julius Cesar, Pizarro, Cromwell, Charles
XII, Frederick the Great, Scott, Wei.
lington, Napoleon, with Elhnology Phren.
ology, Physiognomy. and Psychology No
/, Vol. 4lst. Published at 20 cents q
number, or 50 Ooa yearly Messrs. Fow
ler & Wells, 3s9, Broadway, New York
INTERESTING News FROM RIcHMoND
The Richmond Wing of Tuesday las
states that the Hon. Pierre Soule had ar
rived in Mexico on a mission from the
/ Confederate States.
Slreet.rumors In Richmond say tha
James A. Seddon has been removed anc
Gen. Breckinridge made Secretary of War
Other changes arc talked about, but there
is nothing official.
/ The Confederate House of Representa-
tives declared by resolution, ,on Monday
in the case of Henry s. Foote, that, unde,
all the circumstances Of the case, it is ex
psdient that the military authority dis
charge him from custody, and it is pre-,
sumed that he has been set al liberty.
sas- The Quota of Pennsy lvania under
the new Assignment, Is announced at SO
900.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28

TIE TuRoAr.-Famille. wodld do well
TO keep always at home box OF Downs
Bronchial Troches,a a simple but most 'n1r-
vrllou.y efiracous -prc'fc for aft cl'ons
OF the hroat, affordipg prompt re!iti In
cases of coughs, colds, bronchial 'roub, ,os,
etc Singers and public speakers will lind
them also excel ent to clear the voice aud
render articulation wonderfully easy.
1lonthiy W"gasne.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28

say- Hon. VIM, Ii JAooBy, our Mem:
ber Of the IL. oil r., paid visit home last
Saturday.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28

GREATEST LITERARY Work OF TUE
AaE.-"So far as can judge, nothing has
been left undone to make this work the
new edition of Webtsrs Dictionary
worthy of the race, the age, aud the Ian.
puace. No nober national monument has
vet been reared than this American Die
tonary. wa. an nilcipa'int tie greatest
literary wo|k Of the age, and it seems TO
me this anticipation was not extravrgant'
J. G. Mc.liyun, S"pt P"b. instruction,
Wisconsin,
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28

ssy Among the changes in real e'ta'e'
we would mention that our old nc'geo r
II. j. Yaple, of the Exchange Hotel IN
,his borough, has purchased the Sh'ck'
shinny hotel property Tor s6.25O
Lusernt Uni0a.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28
List of Drafted Men.

The following list Of men, were drafted
at Troy, Bradford county, on Tuesday,
Jan. II, 1895, 10 fll the deficiencies in
the several delinquent townships i'd this
county.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28
Nerp advertisements.
Administrators Notiss.

bUHRHfSVf UtVI D NOIIFe.
ESTATE OF JouN SINaLEY, DecEAsrn
7 ErTERS Of adminst ration, on the Estate Of Jou-
- SiSoLEY, late Of Beaver township, Columbia CO
deceased, have been granted by the Register of Coi
umbia county. to the undersigned all persons bavin,
claims against he Estate OF the dcccdent are rcnur
ted TO present them to the undersigned. residing 4,
said township, without delay, aud all persons InJeb
ted to make payment forthwith
DANIEL. siNGLEY,
DANIEL SlNGLsY in
January 2s, 1885, CIV. 81" AdIn.,,
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28

Bzas- A Pardcc, of ll@zrl;on, ot the firm
of pardec 4 Co., coal d. alers, paid spe-
cial war TAX of over S24 900 Oh an iuconc
of about S25O,u00 in 1868
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28

sEg"Tbe Sm tLsouiau Institute ut Wash
in lton, has buen burned down.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28

SMALL PoX.--Tho small poX prevails
with alarming severity il Upper Saucou,
Lchigh county. Out II onc family Hien"
it carried off six per,ons Ia t week. Peo-
pie every NheIe should reso.' TO vacclna
ton without delay.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28

neg This Administration on is bound to DO
one of two ,hirgS. 1t NUT carry on tbs
war four year. more, or make VIII 1T bef re
the election the r. plb!;cans called u di''
honorable pe'ce.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-28

ana constituting constant element OF re.
cruitment almost equal in number to the
casualties of a campaign prove the supplies
of soldiers at the South to be practically
inexhaustabIe.
Confederate emancipation extends its
significance to the cabinets Of Europe.
The pride and policy Of France stand CON-
mitted to the support oi the Empire Of
Mexico. A triumphant consolidation at
Washington would this, under che Monroe
doctrine, plunge Louis Napoleon into a
bloody war Dissolution Of the Union then
is result to which he is, there fore, open
ly and deeply committed. Asa political
deduction, he has held it an accomplished
fact. AS Fundamental assumption of his
policy in Mexico, he has placed the success
Of the South under The guaranty Of his
s,0ord
Louis Napoleon stands committed
agains. reconstruction Of tho Union OH
the evidents of actual evenoe. Political
inference, the man who would rise to the
level Of craftsmanship, must learn to deal
with as with existing fact. The overt act
of France 10 not more conclusive of her pol
10y in reference to the war Of the Sc ections
than are the interests of that other great
power, of those of England, Whether on
grounds Of commercial aggrandisement,o or
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-03

1t now appears that the starvation of prison.
ers TO the lowest point compatible with the
preservation of life, has been the settled policy
OF the rebel government. They have deber-
atey reduced them to skeletons, some of them
to hopeless idiocy, yet preserving life as long
as possible, for the sake of exchange, thinking
that by giving us diseased and helpless invaids
in return for the robust, wel-fed prisoners in
our possession, they would be able to hold out
longer than We. More refined cruelty was nev.
er practised on this globe. None but slave
holders could have been guilty of such heart
less diabolism Mr.. Howard OF Michigan has
introduced resolutions in Congress, to retaiate
upon Confederate prisoners by subjecting them
TO the same treatment. We protest against
visiting on the poor wretches who do jeff Da-
viss bidding any such vindictive measures, but
we do insist that the authors Of this cruel sys-
TEN should be decently hung. If President
Lincoln makes any peace with jeff Davis, ex-
cept on the basis of hanging him and General
Winder, and every other man who has in any
way aided in this internal policy, we shall con-
slider him very much in fault.-Ame,ican Bap-
tiSt.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-03

E;rs, N,r,lorJ ,Lon \I;sso,,,; J;,,,o Nal
aware Is on Inc way What Sta'e VIII come
next? The question is not prompted by curl
osi,v the order in which the border States
=,
eAtrP"'e s'"'ei! Will oe ."e oruer o' 'he'I
growth IN population, wealth, intelligence, and
general prosperity, for half century TO come.
We have noticed. on freouent occasions
lately the migration of farmers ond others m
MARYLAND. from States further Nor,h The
MARYLAND journals sre constantly REGARDING
such accessions TO the canitol and lobor of thc;r
State Farming lands before low rr;ced no
they must he in n State where slavery prevails
and whore the chief ou,lav of the fnrmer or
nlanler is for workinpmen whom he has TO buv.
have already risen in value. thouoh the neriod
since the massage of the Emancipa,ion act is so
short that no one could hone TO see much
change
As 10 Missouri os we reod in the ST Iouis
journals. the mere promise of freedom was
.nough 10 excite general hone. and 70 attract
towards the State the attention of capitalists.
farmers. and mechanics from distance. So
rich is Missouri in all the elements of natural
wealth, that she needs only freedom and peace
to secure her the most rapid growth.
We have heard the question asked; "Why
should farmers and capitalists keep away from
slave State, such as MARYLAND. but readily re-
move into it as soon as slavery is abolished in
il ?" There are, of course, number of reas-
ons, and TO answer such a question fully, would
involve the discussion of the entire difference
between free and slave labor. But perhaps the
circumstance which first repels an enterprisinp
man of small or great capitsl from slave STATE
is. that there he finds himself comnelled 10
nurcbosc, NOT only his land If he is n farmer or
his machinery If he is n manufacturer but olsc
his laborers Take the case of two farmers
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-02-03

Gov. Brough of Ohio discusses the Agricul-
tural College question pretty fully and earnest
y in his message to the Legislature. He
says:-
"The first thing to be determined is, what is
the object or purpose of this grantP A care
ful examination of the act of Congress, it seems
TO me, very clearly solves this inquiry"
"lt is evident that the intention of the enact
ment is to institute a new and distinct species
of education one not heretofore favored, or
specially encouraged by State or national aid.
The great principle is recognized that all
wealth comes from the earth, and the labor and
the mechanism requisite to produce ti and
that whatever facilitates and increases the pro-
duction, adds alike to individual and national
wealth and greatness. Applying this principle
to the law, it is manifest
lst, That this instruction is intended 10 be
Sui generiS-of its own kind; and that, al
though scientific and classical studies are not
excluded, they are suhordnated TO such branch
es Of learning as are related to agriculture and
the mechanic arts. In other words, it is the
instruction of the industrial classes, within
themselves, and in that which pertains to their
own callings, in order that they make practical
and manual application of it, incidentally for
their own benefit, but actually for the increase
of national production and wealth.
ID, The instruction is to be plain and prac-
tical not theoretic and Nrtisticolly scientific in
its character. And this because from the very
nature of its purpose, it is designed to reach
the greatest practicable number, with the rudi-
ments of knowledge instead of confn.ng il to
the few in the long and tedious process of a
collegiate and scientific education.
Sd, 1t is manifestly intended that this in
structiun so afforded, shall he reflected upon
the great industrial interests it is designed 10
promote and that its recipients, instead oil oe, !n
coming detached from laboring pursuits, will
return to them, to make practical application
of the learning they have acquired, anG mus
expand and improve The producing capacity and
wealth of the country
We must not be lured from the practical by
,,a ,honro,;c. nor must we be deceived by the
sneeious ns declaration of enthusiasts that this
liberal donation is for the general education Of
,he the agricultural and mechanic classes. The