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VOL;3 XXXI.
BLOOMSBTIRG; COLUMBIA CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1867.
NO. 25.
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OFFICERS OF COLLMUiA CO.
President Judge Hon. William Elwcll.
Proth'y and Cl'k of Courts .Ickhc Coleman.
Register and Recorder John 0. Freeze.
V.." " . Allen Mann,
Commissioners-- John F. Fowler,
' I Montgomery Cole.
Sheriff Samuel Snyder.
Treasurer John J. Stiles.
( Daniel Snyder,
Auditors L. B Rupert,
I J oil n P. Jlannon.
Commissioner's Clerk Win. Kiickbaum.
Commissioner's Attorney K. II. Little.
Mercantile Appraiser Capt. Geo. W. Utt.
County Surveyor Isaao A. Pewitt.
District Attroney .Milton M. Trough.
Coroner William J. Ikeler.
County Superintendent Chas. 0. TJitrkloy,
AiMesori Internal Revenue R. F. Clark.
f Jolin Thomas,
Assistant Assessor-
I S. . DiPiiicr.
i.T. If.lkclor,
I J. S. Woods.
iin F. llartman.
Collector Bcnjanii
N
EW STOVE AND TIN SHOP.
OVMA!V(iTltKPT.(NRAni,V OPPOSITE
. UILLKK'SSTOIIE.) UI.OO.MsilUR J. PA.
ItlR uiidersitnad has Jul (lilod up, ami opened.
ins nun
&TOVI3 AftS) TIX IIOP,
it' I Hi pUre. wlifff. ho U pn:pnrml to miiko up new
ri tvntirini in iiitig in iiin Hint, iiini an riair
it., with iiettiic.fi nn J ittmlrh. uiioii I hp mnl tmv
nimble tit rum, llnl keeps, 'in liaml HToVfiS nl
various Uniterm ami style, winch he will soil upon
inrim lu sun niiruufutirs).
iivn lii.uk IIm ij a ffo4 mcclinntc, and tie
erviMff of il 'iltlc iiatruiiueo.
JACOB MBTZ.
Blsoinvhiirv. Scpi. ft, lrtno. ly.
JLASTJl rOlt SALK.
The undersigned ii about lilting up a
nlihePENN FURNACE MIL! 9, ni.d will offer lo
the public ONE IIUIlli;i) TONS liKST
Aovla Scotia White Plaster
prepared ready for nee In iitaiititieir lo Milt purchas
en, ut any time from Ills rim of Ainrrh next.
I. S. McNINCII.
Cnlnwisso, Jim, 53, 18117.
i;
OOT AND SHOK SHOP.
OSCAR P. ainrox,
R,pi-etfully liilnnm Hik niililic Hut lis Ii now pre.
p iruil loiiianufuaure all kimla ul'
BOOTS AND SHOES,
at the LO WEST lr,V,k Prion ;
a Rhort not Ire nntl in dm very qikI Intuat niylrt
Mr. Girtoii, (t In well-known in liloouihnrir,) lm
liad many yrum of iucPdfful eipnrii nee wnli a rep
uiaiion for good work, imciriiy and huiioraMt uuul
ins (intirnufd.
tlj" ila m" 6iii(nefi mi Botith V,t Cornrr of
AUin nnl Iron firiU, ovr J. K.fjirlou' h'loru.
illooiDribnrg. Oc. 10, IrtWl. Sui.
1,'OIUW HOTEL,
GKO. W. 9IAHGES, Proprietor.
Tint almvo wcll knnwn hotol Ima rrrcnlly umlnr
join, rxli.nl rlianitca In it iniiTiinl irrnna;ouitrrit,
nnd Ita pritprivtor nnnniiticns In Ilia furtiiRr cntiuu
ami ilia IrnvHIint puullc that hi acroiiiminlutioiK
titr thcroinlnrtol hia gimata ur prcuml to imiiio in
Ilia country. Ilia labia will uhv.-ij bo foiiml iiii
liiinl, am only with iiiliiimiiliil rnd. but with al
ilia alKlicnciua of tha anain, III' viti- nil liiiiori
(nienpt that iipiilur hovrrairn known aa 'Mcllmry.'t
purchail tlirucl from lint luiporlniR Imuaua, ure un
liraly pura, and froo fn in nil poi.onoua ilrusa. Ho
ia thankful for a liberal paironnea in tlm pa.i, anil
Will Cuntinua lo dvaurra it in ill I'uturo.
GKuUUr. W. MAUUER.
Jnnj 13. lauu. if.
M
ACHINE AND REPAlIt SHOP.
THE uniWaigncd would lunat raupcrlfully an
rtnilliRe In IIm publia gt'iit'nilly, llmt lit ia pri'pnred
In ciarulu nil kinda or MACIIINKU V. nl Jel'H
BIMIin.KS-" PUl'NDRV.in lllonuialiura, wliaro lie
run alwaK bo found rcaily to do all kiuda uf r. puir
ine. Ini.ludiiiff TlirnsbiuK .Un-liiuifa, and in Hmrl, all
kind. olFnruiiiiii Ulrnaila. ALSO, TURM.Vll AND
I ITIN8 UP Or' UAsriMJ AM) M AI.'IIINIlltV,
dona on ihori notice, in a iund workuiunliko mull
ncr, upon Ilia moat raniionahlv Inrtnt.
Uia long oxpHrienco in tbu bunimiaa, aa foreman In
Ihe iliop ot Irfwla H. Maut of Una plnee, for over
nine yaara, warraula Iiiiii in saying ihat he can livn
rniira aaitm'aclioii lo all who inn favor him w ith
heir work.
GEORGE IIASSEttT.
Blonmsburg, Nov. 81. 18011.
FALLON HOUSE.
TUP. aubpcrlber having
llouio," In
purchnied the Fallon
LOCK H Vf;, Pn-,
properly of E. W. Digony. Kq., wouM niy lo Hip
riendoT I tie Mount, hii neqiinltiinncpn, mul Hit pub
lic generally, that Ito iiiit ntin 10 kei-p n IIuikl,
wun iiib croiniiiouHiionx aim coniiorm ui a UocttK,
and liumbly solicit ilmir putroniiao.
J. U I T EN'K I UK.
Late of the MaMxon lltmso, ftiilaiiclpiiia.
Lock Hoaven, Dec. i, imtti.
ISS LIZZIE PETEUMAN,
Would announca tn Iha tattle, of Rlnnmiblira nnd
Ihe public generally, that alio hua Juat toccived from
me aaaiern ciuea ner
Spring and Smuttier
Block ef
MILLINERY GOODS,
mtlstlng r all article a nunatly found in tlrat elnaa
kr dinery Rlorne. Ilfr aoodn ore of the boat aualHy
hrket.
aaiiiuii. me mnai umiianme and ciionnet inl iu
van
I nnd examine them for ynur'oivea.
Rabndy allonlil purchase olsewhiTn before oiamln
Ifjff Misri Feiermno'a stock oi goods llonneia umde
teioraVr, on iha shortest nutico, or repnlr:d.
son on Main street. 3d d'.or bolow Iho atom of
M wnnii ac Kupen.
V,aWshurg, May S, ISUn.-lf,
:YM TOBACCO STOKE. 9
ytyrll. H. IIUXSCEKGER,
tyreet, hhw the "American House"
Wlr V keeps nn hand, and furnishea lo the homo
a4 Jri Undo, al Philadelphia (lowest) prices,
. . a V ' .
X. (CT.AXD PLDG TOBACCOS,
ttKZ JTIC AND IMPORTED ClflAR all kinds ot
j!flOKlt TOBACCO,
Vl!eerscrinuni and Briar Wood Pipes, andall
rt nrtamlng tn his trade.
I rtnse antnll retail dealers In eigara nnd chew,
itf fjecoa. would downll lo gue hininrnll.in
Ma, t tending lo tht cities for every nrlicie they
May nrehnsingof Ihrsa country pedlars.
H. anber UI.lS0ll.-3m. . ,.
-QXUQS, DRUGS, DRUGS. :
"Tajlt Medlrlhes, at John R, Mnyer'a Urngtn
ttwaer of Main and Market directs. A good o.iu'
"M',0f PURE DRVCSS)
Madkinss, Palnli. Oil and Varnlehoa, always on
kard.ahd will ba sold cheaper than al any other
pnif Btoru In lwa.
QUALITY GUARANTEED.
rraierlpllDni carefully compounded it Moyar'a
,Aye?s0arnd Jayhi MedlelBei iold at Moyer'a Dni
"wishart'i Tar Cordial. Bakat'a Cod Urn Oil,
WlnalSraiooihl Byrup, told at Moyefi Drug
'for'any tellable laitttt medicines, call al Mayeri
D'i!!aS!I"if !". wbeletaU and retail, at J. 1.
Mnei'a Oral More, Bloomakurf, Pa.
May I, m.-t,
THE " '
1H I'lllMBIIKn KVKHY W'KUSKSDAV IX
lll.HD.MSIILRd, TA., DY
UILB.I t3ISO.' El. JltOHV.
TKIIMf, mi In ailvnurn. If not paid within
BIX MoNTIIf, an rents additional will be chnrui'd,
11 7- Niiini"r dltcniiiliiued until all arrearages
are paid osci pt at Iha np'lon of the odllnr.
HATKM OK AUVKUT1SI.no.
IKK l,IS roasTrrtiTK A SDOSM.
One siunre one pr three Inserilons
.i mi
so
uvi'iy suiii
srum.
In. tin. 3m. m, It.
s.i'n 3110 Yon i.oii 10.110
3.00 A.nll tl.dO 11,00 H.ISl
,co ?.oo H,;,o l",i:o Ih.iki
;. 0 h.i id.iio m.oii 011 on
111.11,1 num 14.00 ihiiii :o.uo
I .i.uo It-ou 3u,uu :io,oo Aii.ioj
One square,
I'wo s'ilnres,
Three "
Pour siuarcs,
llllll'colilllill,
One col'i'nn,
Exeniliir's and Adinliiistrnlor's Notice 3.00
Auditor's Nmicii M..0O
Oilier ailvuiti.euieuta inserti il according tospociul
contract.
I'Misiuess notices, without ndvcrilsenient, twenty,
eer is pi-r line
rraiii'l''itt ndvertlsenietits payable In adinnce nil
othfre due nl'ler ihinrsi ni.iiriion.
E7- OKKIt'B-lu Bhivo's lilotk, Cor.of Main dan
I.Vn llri i'l.
Addruss, VV. II. JACOIIV.
ninoiiisbitrg, Caluinbia County, Pa
A TOUClsisi.qr rucin.
The fi'llowinfr licnutilul nnd lionn-cireln
jioctn i.s inlfiidcd l'ur tho family cireie. It
i.s Citinilml illicit) nn incdt'iit, win-re 11 ri'.-h
nuililior oliertd to make n poor family com
loi tahle, mid provide tear tin; ehild, if one uf
deveti vrm fiivcii lo him. Some one who
Inn fi-It Iho paiiga of poverty, nnd yet het;n
a father with all (lie deep and holy foldings
of n naiont has clollu'd it in poulieal attire,
and brenthed into it aspititof love, devotion
nnd fuilh, that will find a holy response iii
the hreait of Cfcry fntlier and mother who
are ble.- jod with pledges of alfeetions bo they
oue or seven.
"Which sliall it bit? wliieli shall it be?"
T looked at John John looked atmc,
(Dear, patient John, who loves inc yet
As well as tlmugli my lorks were jut.)
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice pcenied htranirnly low and weak;
''Tell me nirain what Rnliert aid?''
And then 1 list'ninp bent my head.
"This is his letter :
"1 will give
A linuse and land while you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven
One ehild to me for aye is given."
I looked nt John's old jrarincnis worn,
T thought of all that John had born
( If poverty and work and care,
Which I, though willing, could not spare,
I thoucht of seven mouths to feed,
Of foven little children's need,
And then of this
''Conic, John," said I,
"We'll elioo.se aionnp them as they lio
Asleep;-' so walking hand in hand,
Dear .loll 11 and I surveyed our band,
First lo the era lie lightly stepped
Whcie Lillian (he baby slept,
A glory gainst the pillow white.
Softly her father stooped tolay '"
His roueh hand down in loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said, "Not her not her."
We stooped beside tlio trundle-bsd
And one long ray of lamp-light shed
Athwart the boyish faees there
In sleep so pitiful and fair;
I saw on .Lui.io's rough red cheek
A tear un dried. Ere John cnuld speak.
"Ifo's but a baby too." said I,
Andliissod hiin as we hurried by,
Pale, patient llubliio's angol faco
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
"No, for a thorn-mid crowns, not him,"
He whispered while our eyes were dim.
Poor Pick 1 bud Dick I our wnyward son,
Turbulent, reckless, idle one
Could he bo spared ? "Nay he who gave
( Rids iu befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart ean bo
Patient enough for sueli as he ;
And so," said John, "I would not dnro
To send him from her bedside prayer."
Then stolo wo softly tin above.
And knelt by Mary, child of love.
"Perhaps for her twould better be,"
lie lifted up a curl that lay
Aeeross her cheek in wilful way,
Ami shook hi.shea(J. "Nay, love not thee,"
The while my heart beat audibly,
Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good nnd glad
So like his father, "No, John, no
I cannot, will not let him go."
And so ho wrote in cortcons way
We could not drive one child awav ;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
llnppj; in truth that not one faco
We missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in Heaven I
JtayThcro havo been Bcvonlcen Presi
dents nnd thus far no "impeachments."
The subjoined scrap tho. work of some un
known hand will inform you all who have
been Presidents, nnd tho order in which
hey occupied the chair;
0 rcut Washington was number one ;
Then Senttor Adams next came on,
JcfferFon made tho number three :
Then Ma dison, the fourth was he,
Monroo, the fifth, to him succeeds ;
And sixth, tho Junior Adams leads.
Then Seventh, Andrew Jackson Came ;
And eighth we count Van Burcn'sname,
Then Harrison made number nine
And tenth, John Tyler tilled the lino. '
Polk was tho eleventh, as wo know.
Then twelfth was Taylor in the row,
Fillmore, the thirteenth, took hisplaco
And Pierco was fourteenth in thrace,
Buchanan, tho fifteenth is Been ; :
Then Lincoln, a? sixteenth, next oomoain.
Johnson, the seventeenth and last,
Still lives to close the illustrious past.
Now lot us stop until wo sou
Who our noxt President will be.
tiff- In touio parish churches it is the
custom to ecperate the men from tha wo
men. A olovgymon being interrupted with
loud talking, stopped short, when a woman
eager for tho honor of her sex, arose and
said, "Your roveronco, it is not among us."
"So much the better,'" he , replied "it will
be tho sooner over then."
' .a 1 ,
jjfcy "Aunty," paid it tbrco-yoar-old one
day. "I doo't lika my nprona to be etaroh-
edso much.. So inucU etorohnosa makes
the stiffuew wretch barenom.", '
addiirs of run democrat
ic STATU COMMITTEE.
DiMoraTicKTATt C Mwrfri llooMa, 1
I'MuaruiLD, P,, AuguaU, .IH17. ,
To the rmjile of Pcnnmjhama :
Tho Domoeratio organization, devoted to
tho maintenance of its immortal principles ;
conscious of its duty to thorn, and to tho
Republic ; proud of its years, its triumphs
and its heroism in disaster,, and remember
ing that in tho faco of persecution, of ofTi
cial frowns, of corrupt appliances nnd of
successive defeats, its numbers havo steadily
increased ; again presents to you ita candi
dato for your suffrages.
Tho Republican party has controlled tho
government for six years, and we accuse it
beforo you, because:
In tho sacred nanio of Union, it has jer-
potuatcd disunion ;
Ia tho room of tho blessings of peace,' it
has given us hate, discord and misery ;
It has violated the plainest principles of
freo government, broken tho written Con
stitution, and only yielded obedience to the
behests of party J
Tho people aro denied tha attribute- of
sovereignty ; the military subverts the civil
power ; generals remove governors elected
by the peojde, and a despotism reigns in
ten States;
Congress) assumes the right fo say that
negroes shall vote in Pennsylvania, and de
ma to us tho right to reguluto our own rule
of suffrage ;
Tho nejfroe is, by law, made the equal of
the white man in all public places, and nu-
thcri.ed to hold office und tit on juries in
the Cnpital ;
Tho destinies of ten States, nnd of ten
millions of white people therein, are, by
Congress and tho military power, placed
under (he control of four millions of blacks ;
Their reckless expenditure of tho pub
lie money in their conduct of the govern
ment, in tho support and organization of
hundreds of thousands of idle negroes, in
tho employment of hordes of unnecessary
spies and officials, and in maintaining mili
tary power over the submissive South, en
dangers and delays tho payment of the pub
lic debt of twenty-seven hundred millions
of dollars to which tho publio faith is
pledged ;
Their gross mismanagement causes taxa
tion to bear heavily upon the people. In
1 SCO, ono dollar and sixty cents per head
were paid by the people through the cus
toms; in 1866, fourteen dollars per head
were drawn, mainly from the consumption
and business of tho poorest classes, through
the customs and internal revenue. In 1 860,
each individual owed two dollars and six
cents of the publio debt; in 1SG7, each
owes seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents
thereof. In 1860, tho expenses of tho gov
ernment were sixty-two millions ; in 1867,
tho Treasury estimates them at two hun
dred and twenty-five millions, independent
nf interest on tJie.deht, loth being periods of
jienee. Pennsylvania's share of tho public
lie debt is two hundred and seventy-five mil
lions, her own debt thirty-five and a half
millions, and her city and county indebted
ness will swell the total to four hundred
millions- Twenty-five millions annually
come from yeur earnings to pay tho interest
thorcon. In I860, your State government
cost you four hundred and two thousand
dollars ; whilst ia 1S6S, it cost you six
hundred and sixty-nine thousand dollars ;
Tne pressure of those exhausting burth'
ens and the suicidal polioy of Congress,
have caused uncertainty and depression to
provnde nil branches of trade nnd manufac
tures ;
Our commerce is suffering, tho enterprise
of our people is repressed and business in
terests languish ;
The revenues of tho government arc less
than ita interest nnd expenses, and tho
financial officer foreshadows an incrcuso of
the publio debt ;
They plot the destruction of our form of
government, by destroying tho independence
of the Executive, attempting to subordinate
the judiciary and by concentrating nil power
in tho legijlntivc branch ;
Robbing tho people of sovereign power,
they havo united it with tho government in
Congress, and dealt a fatal blow at our lib
erties, for tyranny may be as absolute in a
number. of persons as in an individual.
Unblushing corruption stalks thro' every
department of the government under their
control. '
' For these and kindred wrongs wo arraign
them,' and as the representative of antagon
ism to each of them, we present to you onr
candidate for the Supreme Bench 1 .
Georqi Shaebwood a Penusylvaniau,
a man of pure morals, a profound thinker,
a sound lawyer and a jurist of national repu
tation. It has ken the rule of hit' official
conduct to yield obedience to written law,
and neither party necessity nor corrupting
influence can sway him from his duty to
fearlessly proclaim it.
His opponont. Henry W. Williams, is
a nativo of Now England, and is compara
tively unknown to our people. Prior to his
nomination he was said to be a worthy gen
tlcman and an able lawyer. lie has accept
ed a nomination upon a platform by which
ho is pledged "to place the Supreme
Court in harmony with tiie political
OPI N IONS Or TflEMAJORITYOPTHE PEOPLE.
This destroys his independence and "holds
tho Judgo accountable to apolitical party
" for his construction of tho law, and incvi
" tably tempts hint to sacrifice his integ
" rity ; to boconio tho meanest of all crea
" tures a sworn minister ofjustiee obedient
" to the dictates of politicians."
The independent and fearless judge pro
tects you life, your liberty and your prop'
crty. With which of thoso men will you
trust them ?
Democrats or Pennsylvania:
We call upon you to organize in every
section of tho State. Act for yourselves,
promptly and vigorously. Wait for no man.
Tho government you We is in danger, its
great cardinal doctrines are daily attacked,
and "treason in peace may prove more dead
ly than treason in war." Individual exer
tion is tho duty of every man. Canvass
your schod districts. Form clubs. Circu
late your local papers. Teach tho people.
Counsel with the aged. Encourago the
timid. Arouse the sluggish. Stop talking
and go to work. Tho enemy are vulnerable
at every point; attack them fur their mis
deeds. Your ntiNciPLES are eternal and
MUST PREVAIL.
By order of the Democratic Slate Com
mitteo.
WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
Chairman.
Nonsense. Immediately after the as
sassination of Old Abe the radicals declared
the removal of Mr. Lincoln to boan interposi
tion of Providence, because, as they said,
Lincoln was too easy towards the rebels.
Johnson was designated as a special instru
ment in tho hands of God to punish the
South, Tliey wanted a man of "backbone''
and they said Johnson was just the man.
If this was true, why then do they now so
bitterly oppose God's minister? But if
God designed tho removal of Old Abo bo
cause ho was too easy, why did he allow
Seward to escape, who is just as bad a man
now as Johnson? " In tho Surratt trial the
other day, Carrington said of Seward :
"By a miraculous interposition of Provi
dence his life is spared." Now, if it was a
sin to kill Linoolu why did not Providence
interfere in his ease nnd save him as Soward
was saved ? On the other hand, if God
was roully the author and instigator of tho
conspiracy and death of that "good man"
Lincoln, why then punish thoso who wero
merely his obedient and innocent instru
ments? There is a contradiction involved
in this case somewhere, and it is a question
of importance to know whether God or tho
Republicans are the authors of it. They
generally protend to know moronbout God's
business than their own and they ought to
be able to make this matter clear. If they
can't, wo must set them known as "narrow
minded block-heads." Sdhwgrovc Time.
A Very Hasty W eddish. A somewhat
novel nnd romantic marriage took place in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, recently, which may
interest tho lady portion of our readers. A
wedding was nnnounced to take place in tho
evening at one of tho churches, and of
course the scats wero crowded for there
aro thousands of persons who will go to see
a man married or hanged who would not
venture on any other ordinary or extraor
dinary occasion. Among tho spectators
were a widower and widow, both in tho
noonday of life, who happened to sit togeth
er in tho same pew. They had a slight ac
quaintance, and very naturally whispered
tiejrether upon the nppcaranco of tho bride
and bridegroom at tho altar. At about the
conclusion of (he ceremony tho gentleman
ghed very audibly and whispered to his
companion, "Poor things I I hato to soo
them start out in the world alone ; 1 d liko
to keep the poor creaturcscompany to-night. "
"So would I, sighed the widow;' fcny wo
do," said the widower, a bright idea strik
ing him, "Agrood," responded tho widow.
Tho first ceremony was no sooner through,
accordingly, than up marched tho hero and
bcroino of our story to the altar, and in less
time than a thrice were rnado ono flesh, to
tho utter bewilderment of tho assemblage.
tar We are informed that, ont Tuesday
of last weok, ft littlcboy named Duck, in
Dry Valley, Korth'd County was killed in
attempting to creep under a gate. The
gate, which was heavy, was standing up
right off its hinges ; and while attempting
to pass under, the boy threw it down Upon
himself, breaking hisneck. JVorw rf jaun
ty Democrat . ' .
Xa9 Some -children Were watching the
process of popping corn, when ono, delight-J
ed by tha magical transformation ot tho
kernels, exclaimed, "Oh! now I know what
mow is, it i popped raini , ',;'; ...
The Fi eeUiMcn'B Lumcnt.
The condition of the negro in many gcotions
of this once prosperous land is woll set forth
in tho following paragraph which falls under
our eye : .
A negro sat on tho curbstone bare, brood
ing over his woes; sad was his heart and
kinkly his hair, his gizzard feet were expos
to the air, and exceedingly seedy his clothes.
And as ho sat in tho cutting blast, wo hud
to pity tho cuss : he wishfully looked at each
person that passed and we heard him solilo
fpiiso thus : "Oh ! why did Old Abo wid do
hatchet faco, go get dis darkey freo ? I was
happy at home wid do odder nigs, and olo
Dinah was happy wid 1110. Olo nmssa was
kind, and when I was sick he fed mo and
kep me at home ; but now I fool bick, l'se
gut mill'ui to cat, nnd has lo sit hero and
freeze in the street. Oh why did the huro
cum? In de winter tiyiie I nut by de fire,
witl du young ones buskin corn; but now
I'se gut nn liu.ikiu to do, nnd no good fire
or bouso to go to, an my clo's is all tattered
an torn. In do summer time, when day's
work's dune and wo danced away to the
good olo music I used to play, but 1 feel
liko danciu' no more. Oh 1 if olo massu
woud take me back to do olo plantation ugin,
I'd never leave for sic.h freedom as dis : but
I'd work mighty hard, and jis' to show 'cm
howfoulish l'se bin.' When the darkey
ceased, the big tears from his eyes rolled
down o'er his checks very fast, and we left
hint there on the curbstone bare, exposed
to the cutting bla.st. And wo could but
think us we passed along, what has the
'bureau' done? It fed tho negro all summer
and spring when he could get work at almost
anything, but now lets ini starve around
town.
So the negro starve:, and the white man
steals, and the country to the devil goes, and
poverty stalks all over the South, tho land
of a: lies and woes. Lacrosse Democrat.
"Father, forgive them." Go, proud infi
del, search the ponderous domes of heathen
learning, explore the wjrks of Confuscius,
examine the precepts of Seneca and the
writings of Socrates collect all the exeel-
cucics of ancient und modern montli.-ts, and
point to a senteneo equal to this simple
prayer of onr Saviour.
Reviled and insulted suffering the gross
est indignities, crowned with thorns, and led
away to die 1 no annihilating cut-so breaks
from his torturing heart. Sweet and placid
as the aspirations of a mother for her nurs
lings, ascends tho prayer for mercy on his
persecutors, "Father, forgive them." Oh,
it is worthy of its origiun, and stamps with
tho brightest seal of truth that his mission
was from heaven.
Acquaintances, havo you quarrelled ?
Friends, havo you differed? If Ho who was
pure and perfect forgave his bitterest ene
mies, do you well to cherish your anger?
Brothers, to you the precept is imperative I
You must forgive, not seven times, but
seventy times seventy (inioi seven. Re
venge is as incompatible with happiness as
it is hostile to reason and religion. Let him
whose heart is black with malaec and studi
ous of revenge, walk through the fields while
clad in verdure and adorned with flowers;
to his eye there is no beauty, the flowers to
him exule no fragrance.
Dark as his soul, nature is robed 111 deepest
sable. The smiles of beauty illumine not
his bojjom with joy but tho furies of hell
rage iii his breast, and render him us miser
able as he could wish the object of his hate.
but let him lay his hand upon his heart and
say, "revenge, I cast thea from rac ; Father,
forgive mo, ns I forgivo my enemies," and
nature will assume a new and delightful
character. Then, indeed, are tho meadows
verd;mt and flowers fragrant ; then is tho
music of tho grove delightful to the car
and the smiles of virtuous beauty lovely to
the soul. E.celittnrie.
Novel Advertisement. Tho novel
matrimonial iidveruseincnt recently appear
ed in a Western paper :
"I am eighteen years of age, have a good
set of teolh, and believe in Andy Johnson,
tho star spangled banner and the 4th of
July. I have taken up a btate lot, cioarcj
up eighteen acres last year, and seeded ten
of it down. My buckwheat looks first rate,
and the oats and potatoes aro bully. I have
got uiuo sheep, a two year old bull and two
heifers, besides a house and barn. I want
to buy bread nnd butter, hoopskirts aud
waterfalls for some persons of tho female
persuasion during my life. Ihats what s
the matter with mo. But I don t know
how to do it."
jtS-Ccn. Grant nolongerconcealshis wish
to bo President or, as ho suys it, that he
"would like to bo President some time or
other." In speaking to a friend tho other
day ho said if ho was sure of it ten years
hence ho would rather wait. "As it is,"
said he, "if I am elect now I shall be an
ex-President whilo I am yet a young man.
My present position suits me and pays me
liberallv. nearly 420,000. I can't bo Presi
dent more than eight .year's, and probably
not more than four, and at tho end of that
time I will bo out of office with nothing to
do and no private fortuno to hvo on.
Should tho Demoorats nominate him tho
Republicans will undoubtedly unito upon
rhase. and the result will ue one ot tne
most interesting political battles ever fought
in this country.
tar President Johnson has received from
a oitiisen of Richmond the present of a com
fortable arm chair mado of straw. It was
constructed entirely by colored men In the
mploy of the donor, '.
THE STRANGER OX TIIE SB IX.
BY T. B. READ.
Between broad fluids of wheat and 00m
J the lovely home whoro I was born ;
I ho peach treo leans against tho wall,
And the woodbine wander over all:
There is the shaded doorway still
But a stranger's foot has crossed the sill.
There is tho bnrn nnd, as of yore,
I can smell thc hoy from tho opou door,
And sco tho buisy swallows throng,
And bear the powecs' mournful song ;
But tho stranger comes, oh I painful proof
His sheaves aro piled to the heated roof.
There is tho orchard tho very trees
That knew mv childhood so well to please,
Where I watched theshadowy momciitsrun,
Till my, life imbibed more of shade than sun;
The swing from the bough still swecpsthe air,
Buttliostrangcrschildreuarcswinginglhoro
It bubbles, tho shady spring below,
w:.i. :.i..i i.t 1 '1 . ,i '
Wi( h its bulrush brook where the huzoln grow
"I'was there I found, the calamus root,
And watched the minnows poise and shoot,
And heard the robin lave his wing
But the stranger's bucket is at the spring.
Oh, ye who daily cross the sill,
Step lightly, for I love it still :
And when you crowd tho old barn eaves,
Then think what countless harvest sheaves
Have passed within that scented door
To gladden eyes that me no more.
Deal kindly with those orchard trees,
A nd when your children crowd your ktices,
Their sweetest fruit I hey shall impart,
As if old memories stirred the heart ;
To youthful sport still leave tho swing,
And in sweet reverence hold the sprinp".
Aaotiitr I.i ((i r from Ia-Cviii-miNsloiior
Otilil.
General Robert Ould has written the fol
lowing letter to one of the editors of the
Ai'attoHtd Intelligencer :
Richmond, July 18, 1867.
My Dear Sir: I have read tho remark
able discussion in the House. Mr. El
dridgeis substantially right in what he said.
I offered early in August to deliver all the
sick and wounded prisoners wo had without
requiring cpuivuleuts for them. I would
have mado the offer earlier, but for the fact
that souio considerable time beforo bad
mado an offer of exchange, man for man,
to which I could get no response. 1 waited
for a lesponso until ca;ly in August, and fail
ing to receive one, I then made U10 offer
above named, ut the same time unrimr hatc
on the part of the United States govern
mcut, ns the mortality among the Federal
prisoners was very great. During the fall I
again and again urged haste, giving the
same reason. I informed the Federal au
thorities that if they would send transporta
tion for 15,000 men to tho mouth of tho Sa
vannah River I would furnish that number
of sick and wounded, and that I would fill
up any deficiency with well prisoners. I
did not require a corresponding delivery of
our prisoners, though I expressed the desire
that they might bo tent. From early in
August we were not only ready, but anxious
to make this delivery. It was our purpose
as well as our offer, to continue the delivery
of the sick and wounded at all the depots of
prisoners, and upon the terms mentioned ;
that is, without rcquiriug equivalents.
Transportation was not sent until December.
The United States authorities brought in
that month soiuo 3,000 prisoners to tho
mouth of tho Savaunah River, and receiv
ed overl3,000 in return many of whom were
well men. Tho 3,009 delivered presented
as melancholy spectacle as Andersonvillo ev
er disclosed. Most, it not all of them, had
been brought from Ehnira. Some died be
tween Elmira and Baltimore, many botween
Baltimore aud Savannah- I do not believe
ten per cent, of the number aro now alive.
All these facts aro known to Federal officers.
Rebels, may lie, but yet the fact is fully es
tablished by other evidence that tho Federa
authorities sent 3,000 and received 1 3,000.
They would havo received more if there
had been accommodations. Why was trans
portation sent to Savannah for the prison
ers unless I had agreed to deliver them.
Why wero 13,000 delivered and only 3,000
received if I insisted on receiving equiva
lents? Thero is nothing in tho published
correspondence referred to by General But
lor which, in any manner, contests any ono
of tho facts I havo mentioned. General
JIulford will sustain everything I have here
in written. Ho is a man of honor and
courage, and, I do not think, will hesitate
to tell the truth. I think it would bo well
for you to make un appeal to him, as it has
become a question of veracity. Genera!
Butler says the proposition was mado in the
fall, and that 7,000 prisonors wero delivered
It was in August, and over 13,000 wero de
livered. If you will get Pollard's "Lost
Cause," and refer to the chapter on exehango
thore you will find tho whole question accu
rately stated. Every word of the chapter
is true, so far as it pertends to give facts.
You can make publio any portion of this let
ter. I defy contradiction as to any state
ment I have mado, and challenge scrutiny
I will prove every word by Federal testi
mony. Who, then, is responsible for the
suffering of Andersonvillo during tho peri
od of its most deadly mortality, from Au
gust to January ? Yours truly,
R. OCLD.
I In a Western Sabbath Sohool a boy
was asked to give an account of Moses.
"Moses," snid the boy, "was born on the
banks of tho Nile in a basket. As the in
fant lay concealod in tho bushes, a huge
crocodile came swimming along, and ap
proaching him said :-"Moses, almost thou
persundestmotobe a Christian!" where
upon tho infant stretched out hi little arms
toward the crocodile,' and said, "Verily,
thou art the man 1" '
The DIote and the Ileum.
The Boston Pott produces proof to shon
that while the Puritan orators are spitting
venom at tho South, thore were committed
in Boston and vicinity, an the 4 th of July,
more crimes than the telegraph and news
papers have credited to any similar aroa,
any where in the country on that day :
Oue young woman was murdered in
Purchase street; another young woman was
murdered in Cambridge street ; there was a
mob in Kneeland street; and a man shot;
thcro was another mob in Castle stroot, and
an attempt to rob a hotol in the same local
ity ; tho mob was to serious that the officers
fired on it ; a young man in Wcstlloxbury,
returning home with his sisters, porhaps
from tho Boston orators' tirade against tho
South, wus murdered. To all these must be
added tho attempts to destroy hundreds of
lives in Massachusetts 011 that day by plac
ing obstructions on tho Western Railroad
track. These are tho crimes committed in
open day. What unusual license tho na
tional festival may havo given to the com
mission of these nameless horrors for which
that flection has an infainou notoriety, may
possibly appear hereafter in tho caucus pro
ceedings of thl Legislature, or in Dr. Stor'
er's suplimentary volume. But tho local
record makes publio enough of what hap
pened in Boston nnd vicinity on (ho 4th of
July, to show that tho whole South on that
day was a very Arcadia in comparison.
Terrible Mrugglc Willi a Snake.
A few days sinec the wife of Mr. William
Richardson, of Waldo Township, Ohio, mis
sing her little boy, went ouut in tho garden
to hunt him. To her horror, sho saw tho
little felllow (eigtcen months old) literally
enveloped in tho folds of a monster snake.
Her cries did not reach the father who was
at work in the neighboring field, and scing
her boy black with strangulation, she heroic
ally seized the siale in her hands and tore
i . loose. No sooner was it loose, however,
than it made for the mother ferociously,
and coiled himself about her person, at
tending to strangle her, as he did the boy.
She again seized him, and disengaged her
self from him and killed him with an axe.
Th& little child swelled up for several days,
but he fully recovered. The snake was
what is called the "blue racer," which does
l;i, t.,,i uit-umrl.,. n,l i..t,,r,.l tnn P..nt .
Exchange.
. .
The doom of the World. What this
change is to be we dare not even conjecture
but we sco in the heavens themselves some
truces of destructive elements, and some in
dications of their power. The fragments of
broken planets, tho descent of tho inetcorio
stones upon the globe, the wheeling comets,
wielding their loose materials in oursattellite
the appearance of new stars, and the disap
pearance of others, are as the solar furnace,
the volcanio eruptions, all the foreshadow of
that impctding convulsion to which tho
system of the world is doomed. Thuj
placed on a plannet which is to be burued
np, and under heavens which are to pass;
away, thus treading, as it were, on tho ccm
ctries, and dweling upon tho mausoleums of
former worlds, let us learn the lesson of hu
manity and wisdom, if wo have not already
1 . ti 1 1 . e 1 , .
ucen laugntr in ma suuoui 01 revolution.
AerfA British Review.
.
Bfft. As one of the Dover, (England) vol
unteers was passing along, rifle in hand, he
was accosted by a precocious urchin who'
cried out :
"Who shot the dog?"
This saying our friend appeared by
means to relish. So turning he said :
"If you aro not off very soon, I'll shoot a
donkey.
Wheroupon tho boy, calling out to one of
his companions, rejoined :
"I cay, Bill, look hero ; this fellow is
going to Commit suicide."
Beautiful and Tiiue. Education docs
not commence with the alphabet. It begins
with a mother's love with a father's smile'
of abbrobation, or a sign of reproof with a
sister's gentle forbearanco with a handful
of flowers in a green and dainty meadow
with bird's nests admired, but untouched
with creeping ants, and almost impercepti-
uiu eiiuucis wun jiteuuiiij vwuiva iii ouuuy
lanes, and with thoughts directed in sweet
and kindly tones and words to nature, to
acts of benevolence, to deeds of virtue and
to tho sourco of all good to God himself.
.
BSa, A young lady bought a new basket
in St. Louis tho other ovening for pic-nic
purposes the next dny. Before she left the
store, the basket, with a card bearing her
name attached, was stolen. The next morn
ing the basket with a baby in it was found
nt tho door of a respectable citizen with the
card still appended, and tho young lady was
called upon for an explanation, which she
readily gavo and was dismissed from tho
awkward position. .
A New Hampshire bachelor, after soveral
unsuccessful nttempts to enter the benedu
tino ranks, finally persuaded an old maid to
marry him, tho consideration being a fifteen
dolla watch. The oeremony over, he urged
an immediate return homo. "Homel" ex
claimed the bride who had been married ia
her father's house, 'home, this is my home,
and you had bettor go toyour'n. I agreed
to marry jou for the watch, but I wouldn't
live with you fo the town clock 1 '
Bear The maohinery of the National
Banking system costs the people twenty
million dollars annually. .
SST We do not forward oorsdw " by
keeping others back. ;