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Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

g9- The Philadelphia Inquirer of the
2Sth inst, in speaking of the Presbyterian
Assembly now in session at Louisville, Ken
lucky, says, that loyalty has become the
life of the Church." that the Assembly of
1865 passed resolution to the effect ''that
no minister should be employed except those
who are strictly loyal;' and then goes on
lamenting because he fears the present As
sembly will compel that body to go back to
the old doctrine and urges them, if the at
tempt should be made, to vote it down.
No wonder our cotemporary of the ReouJ-
lican has, in his last two issues, been boast
ing that we would hear from Mr.. Waller,
who is member of the present Assembly.
His political harrangues against the South
ern people viii be something new in Ken
lucky, but if attended with the same con-
sequences there, as here, the Church will be
diminished and divided Give him another
puff, Doctor, we haven't heard from him
yet But does he thank you for it?
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

We do not know that the private aim Of
| the Radicals could be better exposed thanis
done By, the New York .1ournog Of ConsnsescA
in the extract which we give below, from
that valuable paper. When we reflect on
the despotic power welded by the LINCOLN
Administration over the liberty of the citi-
zen-its Eettrcs de cuchet-its bastiles-its
imprisonment without warrant of law-its
military arrests of citizens not In the army
service, nor within the lines of the army
its trial Of civilians by military commission
Ia tribunal unknown to civil or military law)
Its disregard of the Constitution-we can
not be surprised at the course of STEVENS,
SUMNER and the Radicals of Congress. 1t
Is a necessity to perpetudtetteir po1cer. That
is the key to their policy. They voted
STOCKTON out of the Senate--VooRHEEs,
Brooks and others out of the House
against the admission Of Colorado when they
supposed its Senators would support JOHN
SON changed the vote and admitted it On
the promise of the Colorado Senators to op-
pose the Presidents policy, thoughts Con-
stitution allowed none to vote but white men
voted for the report of the THAD. STH-
VEINS Star Chamber Committee to disfran-
chise the South until after the next Presi-
dental eIection-and all, to retain poaCer
The appropriateness, therefore, Of the COM
ment of the Journal of Commerce viii be
readily acknowledged. That sound paper
says:
''The Importance of this subject is visible
in the steadfast advance of Radicalism to-
wards despotism by the usual course. The
first step has been taken in the expulsion
from Congress of members who stood in the
way The argument is: Those who differ
from us hate our form of government, and
ought therefore to be forbidden any part in
it. The natural line of advance is toward
the forcible suppression of all opposition. 1t
would not be surprising to hear PROPOSE
ton from the Radicals to exclude from suf-
frage all who have voted the Democratic
ticket during the past four years This has
been threatened by some of the over-zealous,
and it would not be strange to see it openly
proposed The Radicals believe all their
Northern opponents to be traitors, or SO ex-
press their belief, and they have framed an
amendment to the Constitution which they
frankly admit is for the purpose of securing
to them the election of the next President. F."
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

BU Read our article on the Poor House"
in to-day's issue. We have, for the three
last numbers of our paper, asked the indul-
gence of our readers in examining the merits
and demerits of County Poor House. We
have advocated its erection through no sell
fish motives, but because we believe, in ac-
cordance with our knowledge of other
counties in which Poor Houses have been
established, that they are in every instance
successful, advantageous and creditable in
stitutions What the people of this county
viii say, remains to be seen. As it should
be, it is submitted to them, and ike good
citizens we shall be content with their deci-
sion 1t is a question, however, in which
there is an honest difference of opinion.
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

MUNoY CREEK RAILRoAD.-At meet
ing of the Board of Directors of the Muncy
Creek Railway Company, held at Hughes
vile, on the 18th inst, it was
ResoIred, That the route of the Compa-
ny be extended to Williamsport, by way of
Hughesville, the Lime Ridge, PenIsville
and Halls Basin"
Workmen are to be employed on this por-
tion of the route Immediately. With the
number of hands now engaged, the compa-
ny will have twelve or fifteen miles of road
ready for the track layers by the first of
August, and intend operating portion of it
at an early day. Al unpaid assessments
were ordered to be collected forwith, and ten
per cent. was assessed on all stock subscrib-
ed conditionally -Muncy Lun1inary.
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

BGr Go ahead, Mr.. Republican, we know
that there is a concentrated effort being
made by Ann Dickinson, Lucretia Mott,
Fred. Douglas, Wendell Phillips, and all the
Radical Destructionists, to create the i'm
preston that, the whole Republican party is
against the President The ''wish is father
to the thought There is very consider
able portion of the party, which, although
it has hitherto said but little, is warm in
favor of the President 1t is not the noisy
political demagogues and wire workers, but
the substantial farmers, mechanics and bust
ness men who take this position, and who
are thoroughly disgusted with the course
their party leaders in Congress are pursuing.
There is not State in the Union where
there are not thousands of johnson Repub-
hcans. You can count them in every neigh
borhood, and their influence will, by and by,
be felt by the Radicals. Come, come, neigh
Dor, be honest. Why the National hlteLli-
gencer says: ''That at a meeting of the
Ohio Republican State Central Committee,
recently held at Columbus, at which seven
teen members were present, TWELVE voted
to sustain the Presidents policy" What
does it indicate?
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

Bsg- 1t is now being made u aquestion, says
the Patriot d Union, whether Gen. Geary's
military record should at the time
when friendly ditch sheltered him from the
balls that came from Chepultepec; or at the
time when Kansas rrrfian spat in his face
and scared him into the John Brown party !;
or at the time when he retreated before a
rumor that Stonewall jackson was about; or
when he grievously taxed traitors in Vir-
ginia with his l. o. US; or at the time
when he donated to Philadelphia the captu-
red ordnance spittoon of Harper's Ferry !;
or at the time when he swore terribly at two
peaceable citizens speaking disrespectfully
of the ''colored citizens, and threatened to
kick them out of his brother-in-law' house
after they had descended the stairs and
were passing out or anterior to all these
at the time when, as ''an humble man. he
and Joe Hooker had their jolly good times
In California. shall that record be
started-or shall there be fresh start from
each point?
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

PARTY BEFORE CoUNTRY.-A short time
ago The valorous editor of the Republican,
and his plant partizans, boldly charged upon
the Democratic party, that they were for
party before country" Now, they vehe-
mently oppose our country, and support
their party. They support the Rump Dis
union Congress, because it opposes the res
toration of the Union, and oppose the Pres
ident, because, forsooth, he is in favor of its
restoration. Shame upon such base and
heartless hypocrites -[COM
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

D6- In the case of the Commonwealth
against several Election Boards of Wayne
county, tried in court on Tuesday, Judge
Barrett rendered his opinion, emphatically
against theconstitutionalityo or legality of the
legislation, both in Congress and our State
Legislature, attempting to disfranchise So
called deserters, and gave warning, through
those present, that hereafter no election
board in Wayne county could come into that
court and plead ignorance of the law. His
remarks were very severe toward Election
Boards, here and elsewhere, who endeavor,
through malice or otherwise to carry out un-
constitutional legislation in opposition to the
present fixed law of the State.-Honcsdale
Monit0r
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

IA Our neighbor of the Republican,
should remember that boastirg is not cour-
age, and that his constant commendation of
his psper IS not creditlble. He has so ha-
hituated himself to the shocking custom of
magnifying bis trifing business transactions
that it is spoken Of by many as obnoxious
and digusting
'.Lirfis Jack Horaer sai. II the conner
Eating Christmas pie.
He pus in his thunb ana pulled cut piznb.
And said 'whata brave boy an ! r"
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

Sc When the Radicals were in minor
ity in Congress they contended that the lat
ter body had no right, under the Constitu-
ton, to legislate for the people of the Ter
ritories, but insisted that those only who liv-
ed in Territory had a right to make its local
laws This was one of the cardinal points
in the Republican creed, and no two men in
the country more loudly clamored for this
principle than Stevens and Sumner. Now
they are in the majority in Congress, and in
the most shameless manner they abandon
their old principle, claim the right to do the
very thing they themselves denounced before,
and have decided that negroes shall vote in
the Territories without any reference what
ever to the will or wishes of the citizens of
the same.-Age
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

B9r The Geary men are not at all sanguine
of success; they are fast discovering that
their candidate enjoys nothing more than a
newspaper reputation as military man.
His valor displayed in the service, both in
the Mexican war and the present war viii
not bear close criticism. The boys of his
old Mexican Regiment are ventilating him.
DON fail to read the article In our next.
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

B@ President johnson has signed the
amended las it is called) ha6eas corpus act,
intended to screen all those military satraps
and low officials generally, who were in the
employ of the Government, from just pun
ishment for their abuses to private citizens
and Illegal arrests made during the past four
years. Many of these arrests were aitogeth-
er unwarranted but made out of hatred
towards Democrats to further the polit-
ical designs Of that corrupt party. The day
is fast approaching when redress canbe had,
and fearing all this, the Black scoundrels in
Congress have passed an act to protect these
villains or, in other words, to justify their
acts. Is it right? Can there be any hon
esty about it? OF course Secretary STAN
TON urged this thing in order to save his ba-
con. The President has approved of the
legislation. 1t may have been bid for Mr..
Stanton. He since heartily endorses Mr.
johnson. To say the least, the Secretary S
conversion toJohnSon' policy is very speedy,
and if purchased by this piece of legislation
was too dearly paid for, and the people viii
not sustain the act. The people endorse
President johnson whenever he is right, but
when he favors such outrageous villains as
Stanton, Butler & Co., by appending his
signature to a bill, they cannot say amen.
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

e9Photographs of our distinguished can
didate for Governor, can be had at the office
of the Patriot and Union, in Harrisburg,
for 20 cts. apiece or one hundred for $500.
Hon. HESTER CLYMER, of Berks, will be
the next Governor of this Commonwealth
SO sure as the sun rises in the East and set
in the West. This is a foregone conclusion
with all right thinking and honest people.
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30
Wyoming, MAY l9, 1866.

THE DEMoCRACY-THE ONLY UNION
PARTY.-The division of the Democratic
party was the disruptionof the Union The
restoration of the Union will follow that of
the Democracy, for the Democracy are the
people, and their union is the Union. The
Democratic party has no boundaries but the
EXTREMIST confines Of the Republic; no riv-
ers sever it, no mountain chains divide it, no
State lines limit it. The Canadas, the Gulf
and the two oceans are its only circumvalla-
tons A man cannot be half honest or half
patriotic. He whose patriotism extends over
only one-half the country, and stops at the
Potomac or the Ohio, is at heart disunion-
list !; and he who hates half ofits population
is an enemy, if not traitor, to the entire
Union.
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

neA Benjamin Bannan, editor of the
Msueys' Journal, of Pottsville, has been again
convicted of libel He was arraigned this
time for contempt and I5es Of the Court, and
found guilty by the Jury This is the third
time he has been convicted of LIBEL IF he
keeps on at this rate he wiz not stop this
side Of the gaTows.
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

The Radical press has recently been in
great futter over the announcement that
number of returned Confederate soldiers had
received appointments in some of the Depart
ments In Washington. From a message
sent to Congress on Saturday by the Presi-
dent, it appears that not asingle Confederate
has been unfortunate enough to have a
erkshiip inflicted upon him, as charged by
the Radicals
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

pta- Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine, for
the month of June, is a charming and in
teresting number. Its fashion-plates are
splendid, NOT surpassed by any other like
publication. 1t also contains many illustra-
tions which add much to its interest The
subscription price-S3. .00-should be sent to
Frank Leslie, Publisher, Pearl Street, New
York
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30
Great Fire in. New York.

The Academy of Music the first grand
opera house in the United States, the
Opera House" the ''New York Medical
University, large piano-forte factory, an
extensive bakery and restaurant, and several
dwellings were destroyed by fire on the 22d
inst. The conhagration is said to have been
the most disastrous in the annals of the
metropolis. That it was the result of delib-
crate, villainous intent, there appears to be
but little doubt At last accounts the pub
lie are busted in ascertaining the cause of
the diabolical act. There is great unanimity
in the suspicious raised; and ere this news
reaches our readers, it is hoped that the in
cendiaries shall have been arrested. 1t has
been positively ascertained that phosphorus
was copiously used by the incendiaries, both
under the floor of the parquet of the Acad-
emy, and in the gallery nearest the roof Its
total destruction was clearly intended, as the
fire was set simultaneously. Three fremen
were crushed amid the ruins
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

Gov. Curtin has been authorized by the
committee, appointed to receive and present
to the State the battle flags of returned
Pennsylvania regiments, to invite the Gov
ernors of other States to witness the ceremO-
ny, on the 4th of July next, in Independence
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30
SALE
Fishingcreek, May 20. 1896. :
Z IST OF DEALERS

IL OF COLUMBIA COUNTY,
For the year one thous and eight hundred and
sixtyEx, of Goods, Wares, Merchandise, DistiIlers
Brewers, Re staurant and Esaiing House Keepers,
within the County of ColunbIa returned and elias
fed in accordance with the several arts of A4sem-
bly,. bv the Appraiser Of Mercantile Taxes of said
county as follows, to wit
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

BH Gems. Steedmen and Fullerton, who
have been investigating the affairs of the
Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia and North
Carolina, severely censure the conduct of
the Agents and recommend the abolition of
the Bureau This is right The Northern
soldiers widows and orphans have no Bureau
to take care of them, and why should hale,
hearty negroes of the male genus, whose
manhood, according to Thad and his fol-
lowers, is so pre-eminent as to be deserving
of the suffrage? .
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30
Another Horrible Murder.

EDITOR GAZETTE: The wholesale slaugh-
ter Of whole families are 50 frequent and the
public mind has became so Injured to crime,
that it does not seem worth while to record
instances of an individual murder. Yet,
true to our calling, we are obliged again to
chronicle one of those deeds which are so rife
In our land.
On Wednesday of last week, aman by the
name of Alexander B. Walden, lone of
gang of thieves who for a long time have in
tested the woods and mountains, in the back
part of Plymouth Township, Luzerne coun-
ty, Pa went into the house of William Mil
Ter, where he found lady by the name of
Alice Gardner, (who had formerly lived with
him as his wife, and wanted her to go and
keep house for him again. But she declined,
she having been married to another man.
He then stepped out the door, drew his re-
volver, and shot her through the neck. She
died in a very few minutes. He then ex-
claimed My God, my God, " and ran up the
hill to the house of George Miller, and asked
for bowl of milk, saying that it would be
the last milk that he should ever drink in
that house, as he had just shot Mrs. Alice
Gardner and would soon leave the country.
Some of the family went down to where he
said he had committed the deed and found
it too true She was dead. On the same
Wednesday evening he stole one of Ira Ran
SONS horses and made his escape. When
last heard from, he had crossed the river at
NanticOke. One of the same party is now
confined in the Jail at Wilkes-Barre. His
name your correspondent did not learn.
a CORRESPONDENT.
Wyoming, May l9, 1866.
p. S.-This gang of robbers are supplied
with an instrument called Jack, which
works with crank and screw, with which they
can crowd the screws out of a door catch so
easy and noiselessly as not to alarm even the
wakeful household, or the watchful dog so
that mere lock ON a door may be consider
ed false security. o31l44
P.S.-We have positive assurance that
Walden was seen at Mehoopany on Thurs
day morning Of last week, passing through
on horseback u Pttston Gazette
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

Sixteen murderers-6ve of them under
sentence OF death-are at present confined N
the Tombs prison, New York city.
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

How THE DIsUNIoNIsTs CARRIED VIII
LIAMsPoRT.-A few days ago the disunion
organs heralded victory (the only one
in the State) at the local election in Viii
Transport, Lycoming co. Woods majority
for mayor was announced as l29-a gain of
200. 1t is true that the Democrats formerly
carried the city, but the new charter went in
to operation last year-adding one whole
ward to the city, which, being largely Re
publican, enabled the opposition to poll 2O4
majority for Hartranft last fall. Wood S
majority this spring, is only lO4, mot 129, J
which shows that the Disunionists, instead
Of securing victory hare lost one hundred
Of fthe majority which the new charter had
secured to them Thus the only spring
victory for the Disunionists turns out to be,
in reality, defeat The new charter was
made to deprive the Democracy of the city
government, but another year will likely up
trip that arrangement.-P Patriot and Union.
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

The Republican partyis dead. Requakscot
IN peace. Its dying struggles were distress
ingly spasmodic. Drs. Sumner, Stevens
and Forney, were assiduous in their atten-
tons upon the dying monster, and one after
another administered negro-equality and
anti-Union pills, in the hope that change
for the better would be the result. But no
the burly heap of corruption continued
to grow worse, and so unpleasant and revolt
ing was its appearance that every honest
man felt strong inclination to giveit kick,
and thus help it on to Its dissolution. First
the President of the United States ran
against it, and, without apology, gave it a
hearty punch in the ribs, which so sickened
it, that it emitted from its capacious NAV
about a ton of pickings and greenbacks that
it had stolen from Uncle Sam, and swallow
ed to prevent detection. Then Senators
Cowan, Doolittle, and others who had be-
friended it before they discovered its true
character, dubbed it over the head most un-
mercifully. Again, all the members of the
Presidents cabinet, with Seward at their
head, assaulted this beast of Disunion, kick
ing and cutting it, and laughing at the pain
they caused it. Finally Secretary Stanton
fired whole volley of shot and shell into It's
fostering hide, and this finished it. II tot
tered, and with groan against the Union
of our fathers, turned up the dirty whites
Ol us eyes, aIlQ leu luUO the dTIlS OF lCS weep
ing nurses.
Thus died that monster of sin and iniquity,
the Republican-disunion party We ecannot
and will not say that all its friends were cal
culating peculators, but we can say, with
truth, that all peculators were its friends.-
The mourners at its death were those who
had betrayed every man and party that had
ever trusted them, and now thattheir politi-
cal power is gone, they feel like outcasts and
look like men who had accumulated wealth
by bartering the life-blood of their country
men, and sporting with the tears of widows
and orphans.-Amerlcdn Volunteer
The PHRENOLoGICAL JOURNAL for June
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Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, Constance
Emily Kent, Jenny Lind, Group of Moquis
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Practical Physiognomy, Love and Lovers,
Marriage and Divorce, Celibacy, Revelation
and Science, Your Likeness, Strong Men,
Hints to Preachers and Sections, Physical
Culture, True Politeness, How to Talk, Fash
ions, etc. 50 a year, or 20 cents a number.
A new volume, e,-the 44th, begins with the
next number. Address, Fowler & Wells,
3S9 Broadway, New York
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An n.rsans who may feel aggrieved by the above
c;assiaratItn can have opportunity of appealing
bv calling upon the undersigned, al his once, an
HainyiIe pa at any up TO the 18th day OF June.
and on the said 5th day OF June A. D. 1885, al ihe
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no appeal will be heard,
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Mercantile Appraiser.
May To- 1866