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AN ACT,

TO exempt persons acI.o hare been IN the SER
rtce Of the United States, and been honor
ably discharged heretTon1, from the pay
nlent Of bounty and per capita tdc and
militia fines
SECTION i. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That all persons, who
have been mustered into the military service
of the United States, and have served there
in for period of not less than nine months,
in the war to suppress rebellion, and their
property and those persons who have been
discharged from said service, on account of
wounds, or physical disability, contracted in
such service, 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 bounties
to volunteers, in the several counties of this
Commonwealth, and such persons shall also
be exempt from the payment of militia
fines. JAMES r. KELLEY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
DAVID FLEMING,
Speaker of the Senate
Approved thirtieth day of March,
Ammo Domini one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six. A. G. CURTIN.
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wat Does it Mean p
:, the fo1low;nr No.. 49,

We cIp the following paragraph from a
sneciaI despatch to the Pli1a. Inquirer of
tbe 18th instant:
4he Presidents evening organ says of the
administration, that If necessary its strong
and iron hand aoiU be inrozed to stay the
course and prerent the consummation ofrad-
zeal treason. The great oath of the Presi-
dent to protect and defend the Constitu-
ton, will not be forgotten, and the people
who sustain him with their five hundred
thousand majority of voting population,
North and South, will not forget him.
Events have already brought the govern
ment to the very verge of another revolu-
ton. IF the radical majority in Congress
pursues its reasonable course much longer,
the Government, in order to sustain itself,
'ctuhare to arm ats supporters. At tie call
Of the President all his friends, North and
South, and the Army and Nary, aoiU re-
spond III Such a contest the issue cannot be
doubtful Congressman may be valiant
fighters on the floor of Congress, but when
they come to lead their cohorts into the field
it will be another thing. Real armies and
the great soldiers of the Republic will be
found fighting under the flag We advise
the opposition of the determined and .tired
fact that Andrea0 johnson lciU serUe ont has
Constitutional tern, of office.
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ID EADING RAIL ROAD.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT,
December lst, 1866.

GREAT TRUNK LINE FROM THE NORTH
and North West for Phiad el phia. New York, Read
ing Potjsvil le, Tamaqua Ashland, Lebanon, Alien
town. Easton, Ephrata, Litiz. LaDcast ster Columbia
dzr &c.
Trains leave Harrisburg for New York, follows
Al 90 E 10 aud IS and , 10 and OR connect
inr with similar Trains the PpBnsylyanIs Rail
road aud arriving al hsw York ai 5 90 and 10 10 n
5ud4 40, 20 and 10 y n. Sleeping Cars acroHpa-
nying the } OO a N and O0P N. Trains without
change.
Leave Harrisburg Cor Reading, PnttsvilIe. Tama-
qna Miuersye. Ash and, Pine Grove, Alicntown
and Philadelphia at . 10 A n and 10 and 10 n
stopping at Lebanon and principal Way stations (;
the 10 n making connections for Philadelphia an d
and Auburn, via Schuylkin and sasquehanna Rail =
ro- d leave Harri >burg al } 20 pm.
Returning Leave New York at 90 ". IL 90 and
) 90 and 90 n; Philadelphia AT Is and 3 30 NJ
Way Passenger I rain leaves Philadelphia at 30 A
NJ returning from Reading at 30 stopping at all
stations; Pottsviiie at IS N, and IS N a sh
land on and II 32 a NJ and 90 and g IS
Leave Pottsyille for Harrisburg via SchuyIkI and
Su-quehanna Railroad al Z 90 A NJ.
Reading Accommodation Train: Leaves iReading
at g 30 A N returning from Philadelphia at 30 NJ.
Columbia Railroad Trains leave Reading at : 90 N
and - for Ephrata liIz, Lancaster, Colu mbia.
On Sundays Leave New York at % VI, Phiia-
dcphia Z 90 A NJ. and l5 2 VI. the { on NJ, train
running only TO ResdIng Pottsville 30 A VI Har-
nsourg 9 35 A N, and keauIng al 20 aud 30 NJ
for Harrisburg and II % NJ, for New York and 25
p NJ. for Phi ladephia.
Con mutation, Mileage, Season School and EXcur-
sion Tickets and from all point reduced
Baggage checked through 20 pounds allowed zach
Passenger. G. A. NICOILS.
General Superintendent
ReTling, Pa, Jan. ], 1866.
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Nj A r r led.

On the 18th inst, by the Rev. Wmillam
j. Evyer, Mr.. Nathaniel Overdorf, to Miss
Elizabeth Broombach both of Montour
Township.
At the house of the Brides father. near
ESpy, on the 10 inst, by Rev j. Il. Dimm,
VIM. ". Moore, of Sugar Valley to Miss
Sarah J. Achenbach, of the former place
At Bloomsbury, on the 10th inst, by Rev.
John Thomas, Howard r. Grimes to Miss
Sarah White, all of this County.
At the residence of the brides father, on
the 10th inst, by Rev f. McVey Chilcoat,
Dr. c. J. ckbaum, to Miss Maggie Full
mer, both of Pottsgrove, Northumberland
County.
On the 10th ult, at the house of the
brides mother in Pine Township, by H. 4.
Stoke, John H. Fowler, Esq, and Miss
HANNAH Maria Houghton, both of Pine
Township, this County.
At Orangeville, on the 10th inst, John
f. Appleman, of Benton, Columbia coun'v.
to Miss Della A. Wilson, of New Column
bus, Luzerne county.
AT Snydertown, the 25th ult., by Rev. G..
+. McNair, Mr.. Geo. L. Hofner, of Sha-
mokin Township, Northumberland County,
to Miss Susan Smith, Of Madison, Columbi a
county.
At the NJ E. parsonage in Catawissa, on
the 10th inst, by Rev. S. G.. Swallow, Jesse
Cleaver, of Centralia, to Sarah Yeager, of
Bear Gap.
At Friend Meeting House, in German
town, Philadelphia, on the 10th inst, j.
B. Scatterwood, of Columbia County, to
Rachel Oghom, of Montgomery county.
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A Rebuke to stevens and the
Sc Dead Duck"

When things get worst they are apt t.
fiend,P is an old saying. We have tho
truth of this saying exemplifed in the
case of the recent attempt of John w. For
ney and Thad. Stevens to have the latter
elected to the United States Senate by tne
Legislature.o of Pennsylvania. 1t is o pope
ful sign, corrupt as the majority of fhls ieg=
islature is, that they refused, with manifest
tokens of indignation at the presumptuous
boldness of the ''dead duck his great
commoner," (Thad. Steveps j to give the
latter even respectabls vote. Forney had
insisted for weeks IN bis two daily papers,
the one nnbl;sbed st Washington, the other
at Philadelphia, that Stevens was the rep
resentative ,usn of the Radical party but
after all these weary weeks of labor, and
after Forpey had regularly and in an author
itatiye manner, renounced what he consid-
cred his own claims to the position of United
states Senator, and informed the people of
fhe United States that the best, and, in fact.
the only way to demonstrate that Radical
ism was the law of the land, y was, to make
that ancient relic of the buckshot war SEN
ator in the Congress of the Nation, latter
all this weary and sickening work, that the
: great commoner" should come off with
only seven votes in poll of eighty-one, is
undisguiscdly serious rebuke to this de-
funct web-footed animal, who, in his politi-
cal lifetime was supposed to use his pedal
extremities with degree of dexterity not to
be initiated.
Even members from Stevens own District
refused to vote for him. Erit Stevens and
Forney.
As for Cameron, the newly elected Sena-
tor, the world knows his history Corrup-
tion and fraud are marked upon the fore
heads of most Republican leaders, and Cam
eron has not escaped the stern criticism of
the honest men of the land. But whatever
of political corruption may be imputed to
Cameron, there is no comparison in this re-
speet between him and the abolitionist and
amalgamationist, Stevens The present leg
islature of Pennsylvania has saved their
State some disgrace by thus rebuking the
hounds of Abolitionists.
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BS5~ 10. Holt, Gen. Hunter and their fel-
low conspirators stand before the world with
the mark of Cain branded deep into their
foreheads The solemn and
unanimous decision of the highest tribunal
in the land asserts this, in declaring military
commissions for the trial of civilians illegal
and unconstitutional This is a fact, and
the individual that ever doubted it, knows
but little about the Constitution-iti is one OF
its plainest provisions The lynching and
murder of fellow creature on the Western
border is no more illegal and criminal than
the murder of Mrs Surratt by Holt, Stan
ton & Co. Their transactions for the past
five years will be terrible record for the
historian to place on the page of history, and
at the same time state that these men were
professed Christians, and had plain writ
ten code to guide and control them, under
the solemn obligations of an oath. 10. Holt
and Ed Stanton pronounced murderers by
coordinate branch of the Government
No wonder the lesser dogs who have been
engaged in similar murderous transactions
feel an unpleasant twitching below the ears,
and raise howl against the tribunal that
has branded them with eternal infamy
g No rogue e'er felt the halter draw,
With good opinion of the law.
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BEE JUDGE SPALDING, of Ohio, one of
the leading radical members Of Congress,
made speech the other day, on the floor
of the House, in which he handled Thad
Stevens without gloves Judge Spalding
insisted that the understanding during the
late campaign, was, that if the ''out- stand
ing" States accepted the constitutional
Amendment they would be entitled to rep
resentation. Mr. Stevens denied this, and
said he would never vote to admit another
State which did not give its negroes the
right to vote. Mr.. Spalding also eulogized
the administrative abilities of Secretaries
McCulloch and Welles, and opposed the i'm
peachment of the President. 1t is said that
Mr.. Bingham, of Ohio, will follow the ex-
ample of Judge Spalding. Now, to which
wing of the Radical party will you attach
yourself, Mr. Republican, Are you for
Spalding, or Stevens?
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BLOOHSBURG, WEDNESDAY, Jan. %, 1867.
Democratic State Convention.

Hon. WILLIAM A. WALLACE, the efficient
Chairman of the Democratic State Commit
tee, has issued call for meeting of the
said Committee, to be holden at Harrisburg
on the 2eth of January, for the purpose of
making the arrangements preparatory to the
holding of Democratic State Convention.
The Hon. GEORGE W. WOODWARD, Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court in Pennsyl-
vania, will retire from his present high posi-
tIon, upon the first day of next December,
which will terminate his official tenure of
fifteen years in Office, the entire duties Of
which station he has discharged with fdely'
great ability and to the general satisfaction
of every friend of Constitutional Liberty In
this broad Commonwealth. Weuuderstand,
that Judge WOODWARD, viii unequiVocally
decline denomination, and the duty will
then devolye upon the democracy OF this
State, to select and nominate suitable can
didate for his successor. In this connection,
we would suggest the name of Hon. WILL
LIAM ELwEII, of Columbia County; or,
that of the Hon. WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
the able STATE Senator of Clearfeld County,
either Of whom possess all the requisite ele-
mentary qualifications character, legal abil-
ity and admitted popularity insure their
triumphant success at the next General
Election, and adorn that distinguished posi-
ton to the honor of the Democracy of Penn
sylvania.
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BG~ Let crazy, fanatic, impious, besot-
ted, treasonable Congress, go on with its
hellish orgies and disregard of Law and
Right. Let the mad men there in power
run wild, and become drunk with power
We have, as Democrats, stood by our flag
stood in the ranks of death-haye gone
down before the iron hail Of those who have
rights as we have in the North-have given
ourselves to death-to abuse-to prisons
to mobs and violence, rather than hold back
from the right. We have stood by the
Government till it has gone down. And
now let us leave Congress to fatten on its
spoliation while we organize anew-and
prepare for the great movement which will
give us back the Right By the ballot or a
Rerolution by the bdyonet.
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1867-01-23

REMOVAL OF THE DEAD.-The u. s.
Burial Corps arrived here on Tuesday for
the purpose of removing the Federal dead
in this vicinity on the Antietam Cemetery
The Corps brought with them some sixty
officers, and the work of disInterment COM
menced on "Wednesday at the graveyard
near the Almshouse. At this point there
are about one hundred graves, and owing to
the manner in which the ground is frozen
the work progresses slowly, and it will doubt
less require some four or five days time to
remove all of the bodies. As matter Of
course the disintermentsar arc being witnessed
by large number Of sight sesrs.' =
Haaerstown Nail
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Prepare for Revolution /.

We publish elsewhere, in this edition of
the DEMOCRAT AND STAR, warning voice
from Washington. The Philadelphia In
qrirer, of last Saturday, from which we
copy the startling extract, with great appa-
rent ignorance, inquiries" What does At
mean ?'' We can tell the L0ydlist of the
Inquirer, and his cohorts of Radical Trea-
son, what it does mean. 1t simply means,
that the Radical traitors in Congress have
brought our country to the verge or very
vortex of another bloody Revolution, and
that ANDREW JOHNSON, as President of
the United States, has sworn to protect our
liberties and defend the country against all
its enemies, viii resist their hellish machi-
nations, with all the powers of the Govern
nt,-including the army and navy,-and
preserve and perpetuate to us and ours the
great boon of free Government, white men 5
rights, and Constitutional liberty, though it
may, in the effort, again " dreach the land
tp blood ="
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d | f d

In Locust. on the 18th of December, 1866,
David Fox, aged SO years
Near Millville, on the 4th inst, Ezra
Ewes, aged about 30 years.
AT Ashland, on the 10th inst, Sarah Jane,
wife of John W. Hunter, late of this Coun-
ty, aged 24 years and Q month.
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rSJ GEN. BANKS AT PORTLAND
learn that delegation of five gentlemen
the word of either Of whom would be un-
questioned in this vicinity-wishing to win
dicate history, visited Portland recently to
satisfy themselves concerning the charges
made against Gen. Banks during the con-
gresslonal canvass 1t is said they return
ed amply satisfied in their own minds that
Mr.. Copeland had authority for all that he
had stated. = Commonwealth.
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RoBBERY- -On Thursday last, says the
Tamaqa Journal, four robbers entered a
house near Tamaqua, and made off with a
watch, but were followed by Mr. Boyer
who presented revolver, made them fork
over the stolen article The same men then
robbed another man, who, taking a short
cut ahead Of the robbers, had three of them
cangbt'at Mshanoy Tunnel, who we're tied
up, severely beaten and theB turned loose.
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1867-01-23

SEAsoNABLE.-Skating, sleighing, "big
coughs and heavy colds" 1t would be
advisable, however, not to INDUCED too freely
in any of these hlrnies
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AUDITORS NOTICE.

Estate Of Michael Reicheldifcr, late of
Bloom Twp, Columbia County, decd.
THE undersigned appointed Auditor, by the Or
phans Court Of the County Of CoumbIa,to settle nd
adjust theraies aud proportion Of the assets in the
hands Of u. +. Hartmnn, Administrator OF Michael
Reichcldeifer, deceased. according TO the order
iablished by law hereby gives notice all pa rites
interesfeJ. that he will attend the duties Of his
appointment. at the Office of the Recorder Of Deed.
IN Boomsburg. In said County on Saturday the 9tth
day OF January, A. ID. 1867, nj ten o'clock A. NJ of
saia day. All persons having claims or dema n de
against the estate Of the decedent are sted To
present Them To the Auditor be forever barred
IRON coming in for portion OF the said fund
JOHN g. FREEZE, Auditor.
rloomE Eburg. Jan. 2. Io07.
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FORKS HOTEL,
GEO. W. MAUGER, Proprietor.

The above well-Enown hotel has recently under
zone radical changes in its internal arrangement.
aud Its proprietor announces TO his former custom
md the travelling public that has ommod ons
for The comfort of his second TO none in
tle country. He i1bs Nili siways be found sun.
piled. not nnl, with Substantial food but with all
the deicacies of the season. nIs wine zHd iquors
Except that popular beverage knOVn Nc HsnrV \
purchared direct from the Importing bous@s arc en-
urcly pure. and free frcm all poisoBons drugs. he
is thankful for liberal patronage in the past and
viii Continue 10 deserve II IN the future.
GEORGE W. MAUCER.
June u. iS66.-tE
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1867-01-23

AMERICAN AGRICULTURIsT.- valua-
bic agricultural journal, established in the
year 1912, and published in both the Ger
man and English languages, at 81. so year
is the best publication of the kind in the
United States 1t is paper of more than
the ordinary size, in pamphlet form, con-
tanning not less than thirty-six pages in each
number, well printed, on large clear type
And not the least feature about it is, the
fine and interesting engravings each number
contains. No farmer, though he be large
or small farmer, should be without this pub
licatiou. 1t is truly the farmers and gar
dener's work, gotten up especially for their
benefit. The publishers are practical men,
they speak from experience and observation
and cannot be well misinformed on any sub
ject of agriculture Address, ORANGE JUDD
& Co., Al Park Row. New York.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Woshinaton, January l6, 1861.
NATIONAL BANK CIRCULATION

NATIONAL BANK CIRCULATION
The House Committee on Banking and
Currency had under consideration this morn
ing Mr.. Randall s bill providing for a grad
ual withdrawal of the circulation of national
banks and the substitution of government
currency therefor. Without coming to any
definite Conclusion on the subject, the com
mittee adjourned to meet again on Friday
next. The better impression is that they
will report the bill substantially in its pres
ent shape.
NEBRASKA AND COLORADO.
The bills for the admission of these Ter
ritories upon the precedent condition of ne
gro suffrage passed the Senate to-day as
amended by the House A veto in both
cases is anticipated and the Radicals arc ma
king preparations accordingly.
THE NUMBER OF REMOVALS.
1t appears from the semi-official statement
of Senator Cowan, in debate to-day, that
the total number of removals since the ad
iournment of the Senate last July, was four
hundred and forty-six, out of a tOtalnumber
of appointments of two thousand four hun
dred and thirty-four.
BILL SIGNED BY TIE PRESIDENT.
The President has approved the bill sus-
pending the payment of money to persons
claiming the services or labor of colored vol
unteers or drafted men,
Washington, January Is, 1867.
The Ways and Means Committee will soon
decide on the proposition to reduce the tax
on whisky to one dollar per gallon So far
as l can learn the committee are about evenly
divided on the question Of reduction, but
strong hope is entertained by parties favora-
bic to it. that they will finally recommend q
material dlminution Of the present exorbi-
tant tax.
MR.. RANDALL s BILL.
1t IL reported to day on good authority.
that the House Committee on Banking and
Currency have agreed on Mr. Randalls bill
for the establishment of a sinking fund the
gradual withdrawal of national bank issues,
and the substitution of legal tenders, there
for.
RAID on FoRNEY.
1t is reported to-day that prominent
Western politician-an ex-Federal office
hoIder-lS after FOrney's position as Secre-
tary OF the Senate, and that his chances for
election are very good. Since Forney mis-
cradle failure at Harrisburg the Senate Rad
lcals have changed their opinions in regard
to his IF. 81 wonderful political influence in
his own State, and besides, the recent publ
cation of some of his Copperhead letters
las injured him beyond reparation in the
eyes of the aforesaid Radicals.
SENTENCED the last term of Court
In Carbon County, James B. Thomas who
was tried for murder, was found guilty OF
manslaughter, and sentenced to years and
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Auditor Generals Report.

We have given this annual document q
superficial view, and to find that the balance
in the Treasury is S632, 900 short of last
year. In turning over the leaves, however,
we find the following parties have made
raids on that Department, and the only won
der is, that there was anything left, as the
State Treasury has served them in the ca
pacity of Freedman's Bureau for series
of years The following items we find in
one drawer of this bureau
Col ~ NJ Clure, for whiskey, ETC., destroy
ed by the Rebs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $S, 900
Gov. Curtin, for extraordinary we
think so expenses during the war, 5000
Treasurer Kemble and Gov. Curtin,
for expenses in visiting Washing
ton, we can travel cheaper than
that. ............................. I,T67
Gen. (?) Harry White, for 4th of
July expenses, 5000
VIM. B. Mann, for examining books
of insurance agents, .................. 1852
This gentleman is District Attorney of
Philadelphia, and has made $25, 200 out Of
that the past year. How he finds time to
take this slice out of the State, we cannot
comprehend.
Geo. Bergner, for miscellaneous aticles fur
nished Geo. W. Hamersley, Clerk
OF the ate,.........................- 81, ,456
1t is a wonder that this item was not $24,- :
500. We suspect, however, that the bal
ance Is sliced out under some other name, so
that the child would not be recognized by
the taxpayers. Why the civil expenses
should be increased $4,000 over last year,
we have not yet had time to examine. We
observe that the Surveyor Generals Office,
which the loyaliSts talked Of abolishing, has
cost the taxpayers 2O,OOO-$3, 600 more
than last year, when in Democratic hands
We presume it will not be abolished now,
as it is one of the bureaus allotted to loyal
whites - C7carfeld Republican.
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RING IT IN THEIR -''Taxation
with out Representation is Tyranny Ring
it in the ears of Congress Let the people
hear it Let the wide world know how ten
sovereign States are disfranchised Read
your musty old copies of the Declaration of
Independence over again Let the State
House bell be rung once more; and let an
other John Hancock proclaim, Taxation
without Representation is Tyranny u Speak
it, write it, print it, engrave it, sing it, and
shout it throughout all the land, till the ut
most bounds Of civilization shall give back
the echo, Taxation without Representation
is Tyranny - God of justice Shall Thad
Stevens fare better than Lord North /? Shall
Boutwell, be mightierthan George the.Th !?