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Trial of Hon. Jefferson Davis.

IF the Administration has any idea of
perpetrating the folly, yea, more than folly.
of trying the Hon. JEFFERSON DAVIS for
his participation IN the late civil war, upon
the plea that he has committed treason by
such participation, we commend to its con-
sideration the following from the CINCINNATI
Gazette, the strongest Radical organ in the
West, which few days ago said upon this
subject: t8 a72.i ssteH
'To hold the leader of belligerent power
which has had half million of men in the
field, and has maintained public debt for
four years, and has settled it by treaty be-
tween the two armies, to trial by jury, is
simply absurd -
There is something particularly revolving
in the idea of holding an individual respon-
siblc for crime in what was the act of eleven
great States and ten millions of people. To
single out one Of the agents of this mighty
mass of population, who only went with his
section, for trial and punishment, is one of
the highest acts of injustice.
AN IMPORTANT AcT.-The following act,
exempting persons who have been in the
military service of the United. States for a
period of nine months, or who have been
honorably discharged from the service on
account of wounds or physical disability,
contracted while In service, from paving
bounty tax, became law on the 30th of
March last ;r ~
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and
it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
same, That all persons, who have been mus
tered into the military service of the United
States and have served therein for period
Of not less than nine months, in the war to
suppress the rebellion, and their property,
and those persons who have been discharged
from. said service on account Of wounds or
physical disability contracted in such SER
vice, and their property, and the widows
and orphans of such persons, and their
property shall be exempt from the payment
Of all bounty and per capita tax levied, or
to be levied, for paying bounfies to volun-
teerss IN the several counties of this Com
monwealth, and such persons shall also be
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Consistent in Disunion.

In Congress on the Srd day of March,
1862, Mr.. Holman of Indiana, democrat, J
offered the following resolution:
Resolced, That in the Judgment of this
House, the unfortunate civil war into which
the Government of the United States has
been forced by the reasonable attempt of
the Southern Secessionists to destroy the
Union, should not be prosecuted for any
other purpose than the restoration of the
authority of the Constitution and
that the welfare of the whole peo-
pie of the United States is permanently in
volved in maintaining the present form of
government under the Constitution without
modification or change.
The disunionists defeated this resolution
by vote of 60 to SO. Every Democrat
voted for the resolution. Thaddeus Stevens
and Mr.. Speaker Grow, by this bold act
avowed their deliberate intention as early as
1862, to carry out their radical and revolu-
tionary programme of disunion. Did not
President johnson speak truthfully when he
said they were disunionists
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The Negro above the Mechanic

But there is still another class for whom
no one has yet spoken on this floor, who
have contributed to your success ROtIeSs than
the soldier or the creditor, / WAS ALMOST
ABOUT TO SAY, NOT LESS THAN THE FREED
MEN, l MEAN THE MECHANICS OF THE COUN-
TRY. - Senator Sumner in the u. S SEN
ate. April Is, 1866. See Congressional
Globe.
The soldier, the creditor and the white
mechanic of America have in the estima-
nation of Senator Sumner, borne equal
burthens in the salvation of the nation
He ''wasalmost about to say" that tlle freed
men was equal with each, but he fails to
enunciate the sentiment, and we fairly infer
that in his opinion the sacrifices and priva-
tions of the former surpass those of all 9TH
ers, This is the deliberate language of the
Senator, in studied attempt to fatter and
praise the mechanic. 1t was called out du-
ring the discussion upon a bill for the relief
of certain naval contractors, in which the
theme chosen for his elaboration, was the
value of the American mechanic in the re-
cent civil struggle. He believes the Negro
is equal to any white man, and here he ex-
presses his conviction that his services are
greater than those of the men who bore the
brunt of the fight for the Union. The Ne
gro o5ove the mechanic. the Negro the equal
of all white men, the Negro entitledto vote,
to sit on juries, to t.ravel with us, to eat with
us, to sleep with us, to enjoy every social
and political right that we enjoy, are the
Alpha and Omega of his daily thoughts,
they are the prominent traits of the Negro
loving disunionists. White men protect
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Not at all Strange.

Not at all strange, that there is class of
individuals in this county who demand that
the past shall be forgotten; that now, when
the day Of retribution is fast approaching,
their acts Of violence and lawlessness shall
be covered oyer; that the people shall not
Judge them by their past dishonest, cowardly
and radically disunion and sectional course
Not at all strange for them to declare that
they win oppose and denounce all who seek
to keep alive the past issues or refer to their
past course. Not at all strange that they
desire to rise above the passions of the
past and declare that they viii not belle
their engagements and ,disappoint their
trusts. Not at all strange to hear them de-
clare that they viii support all measures
and principles looking to the consolidation
of the Union" Exactlyt Just what the
people expect Of them; it is in exact accord
ance with their past record; it is. charac-
teristic of the men, and their principles;
hence. it is almost impossible that they
should do anything else, than labor for
consolidated Union. But viii the people,
aye, can the people so soon forget them !?
How are we to judge the future, but from
the past Shall all history be disregarded? I?
Shall it be in vain that we have studied the
history Of the past? Shall the murderer Of
today be declared innocent tomorrow I?
Shall men, who, when clothed with a little
brief authority, have violated our laws, com
mitted outrages upon our citizens, and
trampled under foot the most sacred laws of
our country, go unpunished? Shall they
be permitted to escape the justice of God
and the righteousness of free people The
suffering, fatherless children, and poor
widows of many of our dead soldiers answer
mol The dismal, loathesome, and now
empty cells Of military prisons answer, No J
The chains and manacles of Fort Mifiin are
rattling in the ears of Union-loving people
of Columbia county, Mol The thousands
Of people who so enthusiastically assembled
at the s]sNob Mountain Meeting answer,
Nol The departed spirit of WsI ROBERTS,
who was murdered for his political opinions
answers, Nol All the memories of the past
answer, Mol No, the friends of Constitu-
fioaal lai0, Jres speech, free pres and free
dom can nerer forget the past. No, the
mothers Of to-day win implant in the minds
Of their infant children now ,aandIing on
their knees, correct history Of the mon
strous and despotic acts Of the men who gov
erned with an iron hand during the last four
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The Cemmittee. on Reconstruction have
reported Their plan of Restoration is an
amendments 10 the Constitution that no
State shall deny within its limits the equal
protection Of the law The representation
limits the apportionment to enfranchised
males. All the ex-Confederates are disfran-
chised, until 1870. No claim or debt in aid
Of the rebellion, or for slaves, is to be paid
or recognized. A period of ten years is al
lowed to any of the rebel States who accept
the amendment to pay the debt due in 1861.
The bill declares JEFFERSON DAVIS and
H. STEPHENS, foreign agents
the heads Iof Departments, former United
States congressman, and ofice-holders, who
gave aid to the rebellion, all officers above
the rank of Colonel in the army, and master
in the Confederate navy, Governors of
States; and all who treated prisoners bar
bafodsIy, to be ineligible to hold Office under
the Government Of the United States.
The plan proposed is looked upon by all
true Union men as a conspiracy against the
of our country The South
ern States are to'be goyernedas the highway
man governs the unarmed traveller, when
with loaded pistol he cries "Your money or
your life. ~ Their main object ppears to be
10 carry the next Presidential election. We
mistake the spirit of the American people
f their plan is not deliberately and indig-
nantly rejected - ~
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GENERaL MEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. BantwelI of the Senate has offered
an amendment to the Report of the Recon-
struetlon q ommittee, providing for impair
tial suffrage to the States lately in rebellion.
: s--Antoine Probst hasbeen triedand found
guilty of the murder of the Deering family
The sentence has been pronounced. 1t is
said he received his sentence without any
visible emotions, and made no remarks The
Governor will fix day for his execution.
DR.. Gustaff, late of New York city, who
attempted to poison man named Mckier-
nan at Toronto several months since, was
tried on the lst inst, found guilty and SEN
fenced to fifteen years imprisonment in the
zPenitentiary e1-sz-
"A well-known editor and printer, by the
name of William w. Clapp,. diedin Boston,
on the lst inst, aged etghty-tlree gears
Country editors rarely live to such good
old age. ~ fsK r
President johnson will veto the bill for
the admission of Colorado should it pass the
Rump house, 1t cannot be passed over the
veto. tA
-Govenor Curtin has appointed Col J.
B. Findlay, of Kittaning, as Commissioner
for the State of Pennsylvania to the greatex-
hibition to be held in Paris, during the year
1867. -...s,.rt r-.
The election to determine whether the
County seat of Snyder county should be re-
moved from Middleburg, its present loca-
ton, to Selins Grove, was determined on
the 24th inst, in favor of the former place
The majority in favor of Middleburg was
$40.
Napoleon has finally fixed November 1st,
1867, as the day for the departure from Mex
leo of the last of his troops Maximillian
will in the meantime try to sieze the money
advanced by Napoleon By collecting it by
force of arms.
"A Wisconsin patriot went to the war,
and brought home, among other plunder, a
young negro After keeping the darkey at
menal labor for some time, this model Re-
publican snapped him off for a dog. with
another Republican. Comment is entirely
unnecessary.
That nest of scoundrels called the Ten
nessee Legislature hasrefused seats to seven
members who having resigned to get out of
bad company were reelected by their CON
stituencies. There was no law wjustifying the
refusal, but whatdoes adisunionist or a cot
ton thief or Brownlow care for law.
The Old Capital prison was offered for
sale at auction last week The only bid of
fered was 5000, and the trustees put in their
reserved bid of$24, 900 and kept it. Why
don't the trustees make Stanton a present
of it for a country residence
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In HemIocS tow nship. on the 18th nit. CRARLE
BRASDEH, Of Samuel & Elizabeth Neyhard, aged
years, months and days.
Dearest CHARLEY, thou ha<t Ell US.
q It thy loss deeply feel
And the Lord he has bereff us,
And our SORROW he will neal.
There will be no more sorrow. no more pain,
He will be happy there
Weep not our loss, il will be his gain,
In Heaven to meet prepare.
Oh, his hands so meekly fold, d..
While he drew his parting breath,
He is sleeping some one whs PEREZ,
But is the sleep OF death.
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-09
NEW BARBER SHOP.

The undersigned respectfully announces that he
has rrfttted shop, Court House alley. oppost.
the Exchange Ho'el. ~ here he is prepared 10 con
duct the harbering bu- -.ns IS In all It's branches
The art Of colorinE whi skers and moustzeres In
practiced by him most sklfSlly.- lie also cleans
einthing, making them look nearly God 10 new,
upon the most reasonable terms Give hun . trial.
sec ULLINS.
Bloomsbury. April IS. Is66.-tE II ~ l,rf
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-09
The Weekly Age for the Cam
Daign.

The publishers of this paper have made
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will be in all respects a frst-class family
journal, particularly adapted for the politi-
clan, the farmer, the mechanic the merchant,
the family circle, and the general reader,
having every characteristic of live news
paper. Its miscellaneous, agricultural, and
political productions are from the ablest
pens. They offer great inducements by put
ting their terms down to the lowest figures.
1t can be had till after the October election
for IS cts. One copy one year, $500; FIVE
copies 5000, or twenty copies $4,000
WELSH & ROBE, 430 Chestnut Street, Phil
adelphia.
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-09

SChoOI Directors OF COlllmbIa
County to elect a County
\ Superintendent Of Coinmon
Schools.
! In accordance with due previous notice.
large number of the School Directors of
Columbia County, met in Convention at
bloomsbury, on Tuesday, the first day of
May, 1866, for the purpose of choosing
County superintendent of Common Schools
for the three succeeding years, and fix the
salary of said Superintendent.
y On motion of Peter Ent, Hon. John Nc
Reynolds, of sHemlock, was chosen Presi-
dent of the Convention, and on motion of
John j. Stiles, John G. ,Wenner, of Benton,
and j. +. Derr, of jackson, were chosen
Secretaries. GiC EO fl95 tG D4lfQJ
The school districts of the County were
then called in order, and full list of direc-
tors present made. The nomination of can
didates for the office being in order, Peter
Ent, OF Scott, nominated Chas G. Barkley
There being no other nominations made
Charles &. Barkley' was elected without op-
position H"'a #
A motion was made to fix the salary at
one thousand dollars per annunl, which was
lost. Upon motion cf Isaac Dewitt, of
Greenwood, the salary was fixed at eight
hundred dollars per annum On motion the
Convention adjourned. se.sro
JOHNM0REYNOLDS, PREs'r.
JOHN JOHN E E BnRR' BBaSsrR' Secretaries.
B@~ The following is from Dr. Farley, of
Elk County, who was elected member in
the last Legislature, as an Independent
Democrat Jefferson T. Boyer, of Cam
eron notoriety. The Dr. is truly Democrat
ic and his remarks and votes in the late ses-
sion will SO attest
KERsEY, Elk Co., PA.
May 80, 1865.
W. H. Jaco6y, Esq, Dear SIR We
spent one week in Philadelphia, and arrived
home on Friday evening, one week ago, and
have been to Clearfeld and Erie since
VIII leave for Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
on Wednesday next, and viii remain at the
latter place one week.
The ball is moving finely here CLYdER
is ahead and making good time. No one
speaks of Gen. Geary; his chances are poor
in this section.
Enclosed please find shadow of the old
man.
Your paper reached me all right and is a
trump. | could not keep house without it,
1t passes around from house to house here
Every one wants to read it. As a weekly
paper it can't be beat.
Let me hear from you. Yours, truly,
r. r. EARLEY.
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n Il. WHITENIGHT.

T.5-H7QU-9. SCHUYLHILL CO., P1. UaE
DtGler IN the latest fnProrsd SexiPR Machines.
Machines Of all kinds repaired. and warranted To
be as good when He will also xchange new
Machines for ,hosr worn out Of repair. ID
lie has constantly hard all xmas cf Hemrne rs
Binders. Corders. Brziders. and selfsewefs Also,
linen aud sik threads and needles for all kinds Of
sewing machines. ~-f- tr-e
April e5, ls66 I'm pd.
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Nj A r r Z ID

On the 18th nf April. 1866. by Rev. w. q. Hesser
Mr. James Edison OF Huntington. t.uz CO., and Mrs.
Kesicr 4. Cole Of Benton. Columbia co. IA.
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WALL PAPER.

THE undersigned respectfully announces TO The
public that he keeps constantly on hand, at his
oidftand one door below LutZ's Drug store.
WALL PAPER.
Oil Cloth. aud Paper wiHdow Shades Cnrds Tas-
sells and Fixtures. for Pictures. &c. the very
latest ses and Is prepared tn do all kinis OF paper
hanging to order. 1I .rL''T
E.J THORTON.
Bio ON burg, April ise6.-If
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A CHANGE OF BAsE-Our enemies in
this county are attempting to gain by per-
suasion what they failed to accomplish by
force. Namely: the destruction of the
Democratic party. They viii learn that its
principles of cohesion are too strong to be
separated by serpent-tongued individuals.
They were lately heard to remark that.
they were astonished that the Democratic
party had maintained its organization
through all the late troubles We pre-
sumo that, in a few years, they will express
still greater surprise in the stability and pur-
poses of the Democracy Let the men. who
are engaged in this double-dealing attempt
to sell. Democrats to the johnson faction. be
remembered. The few principles of the
Johrsen party are a portion of the least i'm
portant principles of the Democracy; and
1t IS simply absurd for any one to imagine
that the Democratic party will abandon nine
tenths of their principles to accept the John
SON men who endorse at the present time
about one-te'sth. Let Democrats stand firm,
our party does endorse President johnson
in his restoration policy, and in his great re-
spect for the Constitution of our fathers,
and every man, who, under the cover of
johnson policy, has taken issue with the
Radicals, must come to the Democratic
party or be left out In the cold. During
Johnson's term of office, his especial adhe-
rents may. be fed and nursed but there is
no earthly chance of his reelection or the
election of johnson man except by the
aid of the Democracy. Therefore, it is very
evident that the Democrats have nothing to
lose and everything to make by strictly main
tanning their organization.
SHAME! SHAME!I-The fuglemen of the
Columbian are still trying to compel men to
support their paper. But the man who
makes it his special business to solicit sub
scriptions mistook his man in one instance.
The solicitor said: I'VE have work which
we wish you to do, but you must first agree
to subscribe for the Columbian, else you
cannot have our work .'No, sir, begone,"
replied the Democrat ''I don't ask your
work under such consideration, - and very
politely informed the depraved wretch that
he was yet at liberty to do as he pleased
about subscribing for paper Men who
thus attempt to drive people into the sup
port of their opinions and measures appear
to be unwilling to leave the ring of former
military force and arbitrary rule We will
not here mention the name of our untram-
melled and Independent Democrat, but his
name aswell as the just rebuke given by him.
to the miserable tool of the Colombian has
already gone abroad. He shall be remem-
bered. This is truly position unoccupied
by any other paper in this county.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
100000 SHINGLES & LARGE
LOT OF FENCING BOARDS FOR

SALE The unde rsi gned Offers for sale upon the
most reasonable terms. az his place Of busine in
BENTON, COLUMBIA COUNTY, oae hundred thou
sand shiagles and large iOs Of fencing boar d. Of
the very best quality both pine nd hemiock.
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Let all men North and all men South
who would perpetuate strife between the
two sections take their places upon com
mon platform under very high galIows--
And then as the. nnhficians saw "ief the
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ment could exist forever If all men did not
have the right to vote He was in favor of
the Chinese in California having the right to
vote. aI
He said, believe, that the Congress now
sitting in Washington Is the ablest that ever
sat there. / believe that no Congress since
this Government began to exist ever pos
sessed so many able men as that IN session
at the present time.
Mr.. LAWRENCE, (Democrat) win the
gentleman allow me to ask him question?
Leave being granted
Mr.. LAWRENCE. Did the gentleman
say that the present Congress embraced
more wisdom than any previous Congress,
and that they were wiser than their fore
fathers:
Mr.. STURTEVANT assented.
Mr.. LAWRENCE. Will the gentleman
name four men of the present Congress as
great as four l can name, and who lived In
the same age, and acted in the same year?
Mr.. STURTEVANT. Name them.
Mr.. LAWRENCE. George Washing
ton, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson
and Patrick Henry
Mr.. STURTEVANT. Yes, SIR 1 be-
lieve there are twenty-five men now in Con-
gress ADLER, or as able, as any one out of the
four mentioned by the gentleman fIom
York.
Mr.. LAWRENCE. Name them.
Mr. STURTEYANT. With hesitation
Well, sir, believe Thaddeus Stevens, Chas.
Sumne and Thomas w iliams are ADLER
men, Aye, sir, every one Of them ADLER
men than the four specified. George Wash
ington was a great man and good man; but
not more so than Abraham Lincoln, than
Thaddeus Stevens, than Thomas Williams,
and many other men.
Mr. ROSE said that it was singular that
the party who charged all who differed with
Mr.. Lincoln with being traitors, and said
that proclamation of his was to be the su-
preme law of the land, should hoot out of
the halls of legislation proclamation of
peace. He stood by the Constitution and
Andrew johnson. He wanted to know
how Mr.. Sturtevaht stood upon that ques-
ton?
Mr.. STURTEVANT said that Andrew
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The daily Mississippi clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-05-08

In Marshall county, at the March
term of the Circuit Court, fee hundred
ana eighteen suits were brought, in
volving an immense amount of money.
and where it is to come from we are
at loss to tell, as hundreds of those
who have been sued, have not made a
dollar clear of expenses since 1861.
The people of Marshall wish to paw
their debts, and will use every exer-
uon IN their power to do so, but if ex-
ecutions are issued against them be-
lore they realize the money from their
crops, bankruptcy and ruin will be the
iate.ot Enthusiastically Springs Re-
porter.
The daily Mississippi clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-05-08

ST. LOUIS, MO.
Box 2j1-. Marchsd2m
~ One of the largest seed stores in the
South is that of X. G. Craig x Co., 80 Main
street, Memphis. They have a large supply
Ofevery kind Of seed suitable for the garden
or field, and will fill orders on reasonable
terms. maTS-d:m
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Is most excellent preparation for the curs-of
class of maladies usually termed
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fF The Wilkinson Journal SAYS
|ha t.grniup. mania -
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COME, We AFFLICTED
TRY SMOLANDER'S.
T FAKE NO OTHER Blu K U.
Sold by all Apothecaries. Price 81. D. BARNES
& co, New York, and BARNES, WARD g. CO.,
New Orleans Southern Agents. BURLEIGH Il
ROGERS, Wholesale Druggists, Boston, Mas s.,
General Agents. march6dly.