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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19
Connecticut.

The action of the Radical Legislature
in defeating the will of the people, and
declaring JEWELL Governor, is one of
the most daring abuses of power yet
perpetrated outside of Washington.
The purpose to commit this fraud and
TO consummate the result was clearly
foreshadowed from the hour in which
the returns elected ENGLISH. The only
question was, how could IL best be ac.
complished? First, IL was proposed to
give JEWELL votes In Cheshire, which
had been rejected. AS that plan would
not work, then the expedient of reopen.
ing the boxes in the Fourth Ward of
New Haven was adopted. And when
1t was found that the ballots gave JEW
ELL 100 less than was returned, by count.
ing two packages of 80 each as 100 each,
they fell upon the desperate resource of
going out on the highways and gather.
ing in enough swift witnesses to swear
they had voted the "Radical ticket',-
not for JEWELL, but the ticket.
Although, even with this hard swear
ing, tno HuuDer Ol lUU was not maue
out, still the Radical candidate was
elected by the Radical Legislature, just
as members of Congress have been
elected by the Radical House of Rep.
resentatives, while they were in mi.
nority at home of many thousands.
1t is worthy Of note, that in the pre-
tended investigation, no Democratic
witnesses were examined or were allow.
cd any part in the proceedings. 1t was
all er parte, and against the constitu.
tion and laws of the State, which pro.
vide the formal mode of declaring and
contesting elections. The whole course
of the majority, from the beginning to
the end of this business, has been revo.
lutionary, and, in that respect, consis,
tent with the conduct of the Radical
party here and everywhere. They de-
termined to get possession of the Gov
ernorship, by any fraud, however bold,
and any violence, however extreme.
This scandalous outrage has already
produced great reaction in popular
ntiment.-LuncaSter MtoHigencer.
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Democratic County Convention.

BLooMsBURG, May 18th, lS7l.-Tho
convention having met as requested by
the Chairman of the Standing Com.
mittee. on motion, JOHN G.. FREEZE,
Esq. was appointed President, and G..
q. MURPHY and DAVID LowENBERG,
Secretaries.
The list of townships was called and
delegates presented their credentials,
as follows, viz:
Bloom, +. VS.. II. Miller, w. Il.
Koons, and ID. Lowenberg.
Bloom, w. W.-John q. Freeze, and
Robert +. Clark.
Benton james Conner, George Hurle-
man and A. S. Ikler.
Berwick. k.-John G. Jacoby.
Briarcreek.- Reed.
Catawissa.-Casper Rhawn and j. s.
McNinch.
Centre.-H. d. Knorr, VIM. Shaffer
and Jesse Hoffman.
Centralia.-C. G.. Murphy.
Conyngham.-Peter Luby.
FIshingcreek. .-Silas McHenry and b.
Greenwood ID. Demott, John Leg.
gott and Isaac Ikeler.
Jackson Clinton Lewis and Jeffer-
son Fritz.
Mitllin.---Samuel Snyder and j. II.
Hettler.
Montour.-Wm. G.. Quick and w. II,
Tubbs.
Mt. Pleasant Mordan and
Joseph Ikeler.
Orange.--John Snyder and Il. Bower.
Scott.-John Savage and o. Z. Ent.
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A Medley of Monnrchs.

The Treaty of the High Commission
has one popularity which is worthy OF
special notice. Although that extraor-
dinary embassy was created to close up
all outstanding differences between the
two countries, no single question has
been distinctly and defnitively deter
mined by ii. Every claim, disputed
right, or contested privilege has been re.
ferred to some arbitration or commiss-
ion, in which the United States figure
as one party against four or two through
out. Monarchs are to fix the measure
of our grievances and, in fact, to decide
whether they exist or not. They con-
stitute the tribunal of last resort, from
which there is no appeal. Wea bound
in advance by their fiat, whatever it
may be.
AS this mass of majesty, to whose
tender care Republican Administra-
tion has consigned American citizens,
may create confusion in the popular
mind, we have thought it desirable to
abstract from the overpowering Treaty,
a brief that will present to view at ii
glance all the matters and monarchs as
they happen to appear on the scene:
alabama Claims.-Five arbitrators, to
be named as follows: One by the Presi-
dent of the United States one by her
Britannia Majesty; one by his Majesty
the King of Italy; one by the President
of the Swiss Confederation, and one by
his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil. Two
Presidents and three Majesties.
Board Of assessors to Determine Vali-
dity and amount Of C2aims.-Three, to
be named as follows: One by the Presi-
dent of the United States, one by her
Britannia Majesty, and one by the rep.
resentative at Washington of his Ma
jesty the King of Italy. One President
and two Majesties.
Claims Of British Subjects. s.--Three
Commissioners, to be named as follows:
One by the President of the United
States, one by her Britannia Majesty,
and in case of disagreement, one by the
representative at Washington of his
Majesty the King of Spain. One Presi-
dent and two Majesties.
TO DETERMINE Price to be Paid England
for Fishing Privileges.--Three Commits.
sioners, to be named as follows: One by
the President of the United States; one
by her Britannia Majesty, and in case of
disagreement, one by the representative
at London of his Majesty the Emperor
of Austria and King Of Hungary. One
President and two Majesties.
To Determine the Title Of the Ameracan
Island Of San Jtan.-IIis Majesty the
Emperor of Germany. One Majesty
Washington Patriot.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

Hon. SHARON TYNDALE, has been
murdered in the public streets offspring
field, the home of Lincoln. Will General
Grant, who lately asked and got an act
passed to give him power "to effectually
secure life, liberty and property in all
parts of the Unitd States" now over
throw the Radical State Government
of Illinois? He did not interfere in
Pennsylvania, when, three months ago,
the Radical majority in the House be-
slowed an Office of profit and trust upon
man concerned in the murder of the
gallant Union soldier, Colonel Riddle.
But if acts like these should occur at the
South, they will be greedily seized as
pretexts for establishing bayonet gov
ernment. We think there is no excuse
for it in any civilized community, in
time Of peace. 1t is the resource OF
despots and military usurpers, and
never was cure for any social evils.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

That distria sorereigaties could e1ist an
der one government, emanating from the
same people, acas a phenomenon IN the politi-
cal lcorld lohich The ,eisest statesmen IN .Eu-
rope could not comprehend; and of its prac.
ticaJility many in our o,oa country entertained
tie most serious douJb Thus far the
friends Of liberty hare had great cause OF
triumph IN he success Of he principles upon
uhich our government rests. But all must
admit that The purity and permanency ot
this system depend on It's .fadlym admins
tratiOn. The States and the Federal gopern-
nlent hare their respective orbits iohhh i0hicl
each must revolre. If either cross tie spher,
Of the other the harmony of the systep, is de-
stroyed and its strength is impaired. II would
be as gross uSurpatioa on The part Of h'
Federal government TO interfere loah Stat,
rights, By an exercise Of fpoDers notdclegated
as Il ,oould be for a State to interpose its du
thority against a la,0 Of Me Uaioa.-Feder
al Supreme Court In 1880.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

GENERAL FITz JOHN PoRTER's case
was considered at the last meeting of
the Fifth Army Corps Society, and the
following resolution was adopted, with
but one dissenting vote:
ReSOlped, That in view of the import
ant evidence bearing on the case of
General Fitz John Porter developed
since the close of the war, which con-
firms the opinion always entertained by
The officers and soldiers who served
under him, a respectful petition be pre-
sented to the President of the United
States, in the name of the Fifth Army
Corps, requesting him to reopen the
case of our commander, Fltz John Porter
in order that justice may be done him.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

THE Berks county Democracy held
their annual county meeting at Read
ing, on Tuesday. Resolutions wereadop-
ted denouncing the Reconstruction and
Ku-Klux acts; endorsing the speech of
Senator Schurz, at st. Louisr denoun-
cling the 'enormous freight charges of
the Reading Railroad Company to resi-
dents in this county" as "gross viola
ton of the Company's charter )" and
recommending as remedy the forma-
tion of labor union of working men,
business men and farmers within the
Democratic organization, to oppose sail
unfair and unjust aggressions of capi-
tal."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

FLowERY,-Columbus, Georgia, must
abound in flowers, judging from the fol.
lowing paragraph from the Sun of that
city:
"a gentleman tells us that be believes
his wife gathered at least ten bushels of
flowers from his garden on the Goth, and
that in the afternoon only the rose
bushes showed any spoliation. Pinks,
&C., seemed to have bloomed sufficient
ly during the day to supply all losses.
We cannot recall a season when flowers
were more luxuriant, abundant, and
beautiful
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

HATS AND HEADs.-It is stated rs n
curious fact among our hat and cap
manufacturers, that different localities
standard sizes. Boston and the Eastern
States use the smallestsizes, New York
and the Middle States use the medium
to largest sizes, and Chicago and the
Western States require the largest sizes.
Goods manufactured for one market
cannot be sold for the other, only in ex-
ceptional cases. The South use shape
peculiar to themselves and of large size.
-PhikaAekphia RdillUau Guide.
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Ghe Columbian.
BLOOMSBURY. PA.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1871.
Libelling Public Men.

A CONTEMPORARY cites to the dscredlt of the
Hafrlsourg Ietegraph, the fact that IL lately pub
retfaction stated that the offending article was
Inserted without the editors knowledge, and
ihht ne DelleVes the charges without foundation
n fact. This retraction Is not to the discredt OF
Mr: Bergner, IL Is the duty of editors TO retract
more would practice Il Journalism wouiu he the
gainer rthereby.-Ihtddelphfa Day.
We agree perfectly with the Day.
The practice of giving currency to false
statements against public men, not only
is dlsgraceful to journalists personally
but completely destroys their power
when they have truthful statements of
public interest to make. With many
papers-and the Harrisburg Telegraph
amongst them-no discrimination is
made between honest men and rogues
but all are slandered alike, when they
happen to be not of the editors way of
political thinking. To be denounced
therefore in such papers has no terrors
for political men, and the public pays
no more attention to such denunciation
than it does to the sayings ofa common
scold. If newspapers desire to preserve
thNy utStTNt
they must be truthful and reliable, and
if led into error must have the man.
hood to correct themselves. All people
honor the man who not only refuses to
be the author of lie but who also and
with equal firmness refuses to be used
as an instrument to propagate untruth.
All editors, like other people, are liable
TO mistakes, to be misinformed, to be.
lieve that which is untrue, but any one
of them who feels just pride in his
profession, or that degree of honor
which alone characterizes proper man
as distinguished from a blackguard,
will correct any mistake or error he
may fall into whenever the fact is made
apparent to him.
The retraction of the Harrisburg TEL
egrdph, noticed above, would have
been far more honorable to the editor if
it had been voluntarily made-to be
honest under compulsion is no Heaven.
born virtue, yet is better than usual for
that paper.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

SINGULAR CoNCEIT.-It is concep-
tion with more than foundation in
fancy, that people come gradually to
look like the houses they live in. Is
ever man seen whose face does not in
dicats the style of the house he has
long occupied? The denizen of a build
ing unpainted and shabby goes about
unshaven and threadbare partly be-
cause the appearance of the house is due
to the character of its owner, largely
because the house leaves its impress
upon the man. The effect of association
is usually nder-estimated.- d.-American
Builder.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

BOUND TO EXERCISE CARE.-Per-
sons are apt to be too careless in re-
gard to the manner in which they sign
notes, checks, or legal papers, and the
manner in which they are filled. Some
think, too, the responsibility Of all
changes in such documents falls upon
the person receiving the paper; but
the following decision puts the matter
in 4 new light, and shows that those
signing any such obligations are morally
as well as legally held for the exercise
of all the caution they can use. Let
this decision be warning to all par
ties:
A man drew note promising to pay
one hundred dollars. He used print
ed form, but did not close up the blank
devoted to dollars, and after it passed
from his hands and became negotiable
paper, somebody inserted land fifty"
after the one hundred. The note thus
altered got into the hands of an inno-
cent party, who presented it to the
drawer, but payment was refused. Suit
was brought and the Supreme Court de-
cided that the maker of the note was
liable for its full face, because, through
negligence, he had not drawn a line be-
tween the written word "hundred" and
the printed word "dollars." Any tes-
timony the drawer might offer to estab-
lish the fact that he caves note for only
one hundred dollars, must go for noth-
ing, as "there was nothing on the face
of the note showing that it had been
altered" Evidence of an alteration on
the face of the note would have chang
ed the case. Let this decision BET lesson
to all drawers of promissary notes. No
one can be too careful in such matters.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

JUSTICE MILLER, of the Supreme
Court of the United States, is the choice
of the antiGrant wing Of the Radical
party in the West for President. 1t is
conceded by all but the office.holders,
that the denomination of General Grant
is equivalent to certain and disastrous
defeat. Taxes and plundering will crush
his administration in contest before
the country.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

The farmer, the mechanic, the day
laborer, and all who earn their bread in
the sweat of their faces, will se able to
appreciate the following ballad in re-
gard to the state of the times, under
Radical rule. In former days when the
finances of the country were under
Democratic control, things were other
wise; but now the rule is the highest
prices for the poorest goods. This is
the legitimate result of Radical rule,
which to perpetuate its own power has
inundated the constitution of the coun-
try upon q party altar, and sacrificed
all its wise and provident requirements
to the base interests of partizan Or
ganization. But here is the "ballad:"
Taxes! Taxes! nothing but taxes!i
Taxed on all that n man can eat
TAXED on his flour, and taxed on his meat:
Taxed upon all that covers his back,
From his cotton shirt, to his broadcloth black;
10 hear or to smell, TO feel or to be.
Taxesl taxes nothing but taxes!!
Irlnulng our noses as sharp as our axes.
AND WHAT ARE THE TAXES FOR?
Why THE Radical Party to keep Ia repair,
80 that .nig h-moral scoundres may each have
IN In huge stealings and pckings found everywhere
Taxes taxes! Republican Taxes!
Taxed on the coffin, and taxed on the crib
On the old mans shroud, and the young brat's
To pamper the bigot, and fatten the knave.
Iaxed from the cradle plump into the gravel!
AND WHAT ARE THE TAXES FOR?
Why ITO buy all the rogues they can find far
and near,
And give every Congressman half million
year!
Taxes taxes Republican Taxes!
FOR the rich men TO shirk and poor men to pay
the day,
BY the strain of the muscle the sweat of the brow
by the spade and the trowel, the AK and the
AND WHAT ARE THE TAXES FOR?
smash,
Ana Al 10 M every place-holders pocket with CASH
10 senu Law and Liberty down to their graves,
ana inrn millions of Freemen to covering
Hurrah for the Taxes, the jolly old Taxes!
Come, men, get your noses all ground into axes
Bless sumner, praise Chandler, Beast Butler and
And all your big "Bosses," that Taxes have
made
ne "mud-sills," to Yankee philanthropy" sold,
BE quiet-obey-your saucy tongues hold!
FOR THAT'S WHAT THE TAXES ARE FOR!
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

The President has at length succeed
ed in compelling one yankee to resign
a foreign dip lomatic mission-GEo.
BANCROFT, Minister at Berlin. LIN.
COLIN had filled the foreign appoint
ments with yankees and JOHNSON un-
fortunately refused to remove them.
They disgraced the country wherever
they were, and GRANT is doing a good
thing in ridding it of them. 1t is said
western man is to take the place.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

IproJaJly haze as good means ofmtorma-
ton as most persons IN regard to phat is
Gated Me Ku,hl@r, and am perfectly satisfied
that The thing is greatly over.estimated; and
Vthe Ku-htur bills ,oere hept ont Of congress
and the army Kept at their legitimate duties,
there are eaough good and true men IN all
tie southern states to put dozen all Ku.hlur or
other bands Of maraudew. .'-GENERAL
SHERMAN.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

. THE Pennsylvania Reserve Assocla.
ton, celebrated their tenth anniversary
at Philadelphia on Tuesday last. Gen.
MEADE presided. The annual address
was delivered by Gen. w. III. ENT, of
Columbia county, and is favorably
spoken of by city papers. We will en-.
deavor to publish it hereafter. Gov.
CURTIN, was reelected President of the
Association for the ensuing year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

THE "Border Claim BILL" appropri.
ating $780, 900 annually for five years to
the citizens of Franklin, York, and other
border counties who sustained damage
to their property during the rebellion,
has passed the Senate. The object is for
the State to pay those claims, and then
to obtain repayment from the General
Government.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

LUTHERANs.-The Interior says
"The Lutherans are rapidly becoming
one of the largest religious bodies in
this country, and if immigration from
the Lutheran countries continues at the
present rate, they are likely to be the
most numerous of all denominations.
They now claim membership of four
hundred thousand, ranking, perhaps
fourth among Protestant churches in
the United States.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

GREENY who sends to Mr.. p
Funk, or any other man, a dollar for
"a correct likeness of yourself and your
fortune told" receives a small looking
glass, and is informed that he can tell
his fortune himself by counting his
money. Greeny then thinks that Mr..
Funk is knave, but never suspects
that he lGreeny) is fool.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

THE Philadelphia Radical newspa-
pers are bewailing the extravaganza of
its city government, and want the thing
to stop. 1t would have stopped long
ago if the people had listened to the
warning ofthe Democratic party. Those
who rush into the lions mouth with
their eyes open, get little sympathy,
and are entitled to none.
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MARRIAGES.

SUTLIFF-FRESSCOT- the residence of the
brides father, March 23d, Mr. Ira II. SutliT Of
Fairmount, to Miss Elizabeth Fresscot, of
Huntington.
FF-WOODWORrH-At the residence OF the
brides brother, May nth, by Rev. II. L. King,
Mr.. Hiram S. Con, of Cameron Mills. Stuben
county, N. ", to Miss Mary $. Woo dworth. OF
Union, Luzernc county, Pa.
JAMIsON-CHApIN-At the resid cnce OF the
brides father, May llth by Rev. b. L. King, Mr.
Isaiah j. Jainison, of Washington, ID. C., to
Miss Marion L. only daughter of y. l.. Chaplin
New Columbus, Luzcrne county, Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

YOUNG MEN BEwARE.-A cat licked
the face of lady in New York and
died In few minutes thereafter from
the paint which it had gathered from
the rosy cheek. Let all young men take
warning by this sad catastrophe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

The Philadelphia Press says, "the re-
ports of the Ku-Klux crimes 0ntinue
to multiply" OF course they do. There
has been man appointed in every
Southern county toput lying "reports"
in circulation, and there is no reason
why they should not "multiply."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

A CORRESPONDENT of the Rurdt NeD
Yorker says that to kill rats, prepare
equal parts Of plaster of Paris, prepared
for dental use, and corn meal. Soon
after being wet, the plaster becomes
hard and indigestible, killing the rats.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

GEN. GRANT has succeeded in defea.
ting and ousting Gen. LOGAN from the
command of the Grand army of the
Republic. Gen. BURNSIDE has been
elected in his place. OF course nobody is
to be hurt, as the latter is great ON a
parade but perfectly amiable in fight.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

REV. JOHN CAIN, negro Radical in
the South, says that "never had any
party better chance to do good than
the Republican party and never did
any party do worse" Brother Cain is
mad and had better be seen to at once
He sounds like Ku Klux.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-19

The Versailles army is still battering
away at the walls and forts of Paris.
The former are much injured and sever
al of the latter have been captured. An
attempt to storm the city has probably
been made by this time.
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New Advertisements.
SHERIBF"S SALE.

By virtue of a writ of TcHdHi0pi ErpOnds, issued
out of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia
county and to me directed viii be exposed to
sale by public vendue or outcry at the Court
House, in bloomsbury, at one o'clock in the
anernooR Of MONDAY, the 18th day OF JUNE
1871, the following real estate To wit;
All that interest in piece or parcel of ground
situate in Benton township, Columbia county,
Pa, bounded and described as follows to wit:
ON the west by lands of Samuel Appleman, on
the north by lands of william Holiness ON the
east by lands of II. w. Davis, and ON the south
by the lands of stephen Lazarus, containing
three quarters OF an acre, more or less, on which
is erected "A plank dwelling house.
Seized taken in execution and to be sold as the
interest of John Lamon, in the above described
property.
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ALSO.

At The same time and place, by writ of Al
Leg; facidS the following real estate to wit
All that certain lot or piece of ground situate,
lying and being IN Orangeville, in the county OF
Columbia ana state of Pennsylvania, bounded
and described MS follows, viz; bounded on the
south by a lot OF Samuel Coleman ON the east by
lands OF Nathaniel Spear, on the north by the
lands OF Nathaniel spear and ON the west by
Main street. OF the village OF Orangeyille together
with the hereditments and appurtenances.
Seized taken in execution and to be sold us
AARON SMITH,
maylV7l-ts. sherin.