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Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-22
DEAD YET LIVING.

The cedar is most useful when dead. 1t
is the most productive when its place knows
it no more. There is no timber like it.
Firm in the grain, and capable of the
finest polish, the tooth of no insect will
touch it. Diffusing perpetual fragrance
through the chambers which it cells the
worm will not corrode the book which it
protects, nor the moth corrupt the garment
which it guards-all but immortal itself, it
transfuses its amaranthnc qualities to the
objects around it. Every Christian is use
full in his life, but the godly ccdars are the
most useful afterw ard. Luther is dead
but the Reformation lives. Calvin is dead
but his vindication of cd 5 free and SOW
ercign grace will never die. Know, Mel.
vile and Henderson are dead, but Scot
land still retains Sabbath and Chris
tian pcasantry, Bible in every house and
a school in every parish. Bunyan is dead
but his bright spirit still wakes the earth
in its "Pilgrims Progress" Baxter is
dead, but souls are still quickened by the
"Saint's Rest" Cowper is dead, but the
"go'dcn apples are still as fresh as when
newly gathered in the "silver basket of
the Oliny Hymns. Elliot is dead, but the
missionary enterprise is young. Henry
Martyr is dead, but who can count the ap.
ostolic spirit who phocnixlike have started
from his funeral pile? Howard is dead,
but modern philanthropy is only commcn-
cling its career Raikcs is dead, but the
Sabbath Schools 90 on. Wilberforcc is
dead, but the negro>will find for ages a
prote ctor in his mcmory.-Rev. James
Hamilton.
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WHAT is CONSCIENCE ?-"The very
last page Theodore Parkers busy fingers
ever wrote, tells the chld's story, 'that
which, he says, mo event in my life has
made so deep an impression on me. \
little boy in petticoats, in my fourth year
my father sent me from the field home. A
spotted tortoise, in shallow water, at the
foot of a rhodora, caught his sight, and he
lifted his stick to strike it, when a voice
said it is wrong l stood with uplifted
stick, in wonder at the new emotion, till
rhodora and tortoise vani shed from my
sight. hastcued home, and asked my
mother what it was that told me it was
wrong, Wiping tear with her apron,
and taking ne in her arms, she said -
Some men call it conscience but ] pre-
fer to call it the voice of God in the soul
Of man. fyou listen to it and obey it,
then it will speak clearer and clearer, and
always guide you rights. But if you turn
a deaf ear or disobcy. then it will fade out
little by little, and leave you in the dark
without guide. de.'-WendeH Philips.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-22
hey strive to see mote in their brother 5

they strive to see mote in their brother
eye.
TO nf1ict punishment Of ten or of four
teon years imprisonment upon persons
found guilty of petty larceny, is an evi.
dencc of the high value which Massachu-
sets sets upon the security of property /;
and to impose but the comparatively mild
sentence of eighteen months incarceration
upon wretch who had brought misery
upon four virtuous women, shows that in
that State there is but little regard for good
morals or the peace of families.
AT the present time our country is con-
vulsed from centre 10 circumference, be-
cause of the difference of opinion which
men profess 10 hold with regard to the
propriety and justice of negro slavery; and
no. part Of the Union is more bitter in its
denunciations of that institution than New
England; and yet no Southern slayehold-
er imposes upon girl of fourteen years
the burthen of supporting family, nor
does he leave family of slaves 10 suffer
from neglect, because such girl is unable
10 earn their support.
If slavery be so great wrong as the
Aboltionists of the Eastern States repre-
sent it to be, the wrong is manifsstly in its
inhumanity, and the cases we have present
ed here prove beyond question that there
is inhumani,y enough in New England to
engage the attention of their ardent phi
lanthropists for some time to come; and
if avarice is the root of the inhumanity,
which in the South exhibits itself in dri-
wing indolont slaves to their work, or SELL
ing them for money and in the North in
the hcartless neglect which places poor
females and children in such circumstances
that they arc forced to vice, crime and
degradation, it is certain that avarice is
the great foe of humanity and Christianity;
and as this fiend pcrvades the whole Uni
on, and destroys the happiness OF vast por.
tions of the people, the proper course for
true philanthropy to pursue, is to restrain
the demon in its own locality. Let New
England exhibit genuine humanity to-
wards her own people, and other parts Of
the Union will be ashamed to refuse to
follow her example. Actions do better
than professions. The story of Margaret
Hamilton may furnish a theme for some Of
the eloquent tongues or pens of New Eng
land, and they may find scope for the most
withoring rcbukes of the inhumanlty which
leaves such girls to toll in obscurity and
despair, for the support of little brothers
and sisters-MiImleIohia Duly Ne'os.
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TESTS OF CHARACTER.

A great many admirable actions are
overlooked by us, because they arc so little
and so common. Take, for instance, the
mother who has broken slumbcr; if any
at all, with the nursing babe, whose wants
must not be disrcgardcd she would fain
sleep awhile when the breakfast hour
comes, but patiently and uncomplainingly
sho takes her timely scat at the table,
though exhausted and weary, she serves
all with refreshing cup of coffee Or tea
before sho sips it herself, and often the cup
is handed back to her to be rcfilled before
she has time to taste her own. Do you
hear her complain-this weary mother
that her breakfast is cold before she has
time to eat it And this is not for ono,
but every morning, perhaps, through the
year Do you call this small thing =
Try it and see. Oh how does women
shame u> by her forbearance and fortitudc
in what are wrongfully called little things.
All it is these little things which are the
tests of character, it is by these "little,"
self dcnials, borne with such sclf.forgottcn
gcntlencss, that the humblest home is made
beautiful to the eyes of angels, though we
fail to see it, alas till the chair is vacant
and the hand which kept in orderly motion
all this domestic machinery is powerless
and cold.
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VOL. 3.

son not only because it places our peo
pie in the position of rebels to the state,
but also because of the uncharitable as
sumption that all shareholders are sinners.
He was aware brethren would deny that.
They will claim it only applies to those
who hold slaves for purposes of gain
But how can we understand that? Will
it not be necessary for all who are expo.
sed to this presumption to purge them
selves of it or be expelled from the Church
Now will it be likely to have that effect
upon them! know they have been de.
nounced, and by those too who have eaten
of their bread and been supported by
their means. l know there have been
false representations madc of them. Tor
moro than century and half my family
have resided in what is now known as a
free state, and not one of them has been
connected with slavery. Two years ago
Bishop Ames put me on district within
the bounds Of slave territory. Since then
/ have had abundant opportunities to
know their condition, and l solemnly de-
clare that never saw more distinct marks
OF vital Christianity than among that peo-
pie. They have been doing what oui
brethren from abroad had never done.
They have come between the trader and
his victim again and again. They have
done more for the amclioration of the con.
diton of the slaves, even though they
number but about fifty thousand, than the
one million of Methodists living in thu
non-slaveholding states. But what effee.
will this have upon that portion of our
membership in that territory who are not
Shareholders! Will they consent that thiq
imputation be cast upon their brethren
In all this legislation, 1 submit the ques
ton, Will it tend to the extirpation of the
evil of slavery?
But l object to it on account of the
slave himself. His condition cannot be
improved if he be manumitted there.
Aud lie cannot be manumitted there. If
his master would give him his free papers
today and tell him to 60, he would be
liable to be apprehended to morrow and
sold again into slavery, He objected to
it because it withholds from them what
these brethren regard as the Gospel of
Christ. There are thousands of slave,
that 60 weekly to hear the word of life
And if these resolutions pass it will bo
impossible to 60 among them and present
to them, according to the teachings of this
document, the word of life. l could not
consent to do it, or they to hold Church
fellowship with me- Now if this be the
argument, and the minor proposition be
not tenable, will our brethren consent to
place us in position antagonistic to the
state' 1t is an hour of deep and serious
interest, and | earnestly call upon you,
brethren, to be careful what you do uron
this subject.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-22

y STRANGE SToRY.-ln village near
Newark, England, in an old thatched house,
which has been occupied by the same fami.
ly for nearly three hundred years, there
lives an old man who has nearly completed
his s6th year. a person who had occa-
sion to visit him the other day, was not a
little surprised on hearing the old gentle
man, in course of conversation, express his
belief that he was not only going to Heav-
en-, but had been there once since bis first
introduction into this world. From the
account he gives of the matter, it appears
that when he was about IL years of age,
he was in an apparently lifeless state
which he called a trance-for the space of
nine days, and it was during that time, he
thinks, he was permitted 10 behold the
glories of Heaven. His parents fully be.
lieved him to be dead the passing bell
was wrung; his coffin ordered and made 4:
and on the third day his friends Assem-,
bled for tho purpose of following him to
the grave. The clergyman of the parish
went in to look at the supposed corpse be-
fore the coffin lid was screwed on, and
finding it to be warm, he at once expressed
the opinion that the child was not dead.
and after ordering the postponemsnt of the
funeral, sent his servant on horseback for
doctor, who, on arriving at the house,
confirmed the assertion of the minister. md
instructed the boys mother to moisten the
boys lips with wine and water twice day
She did SO, and on the seventh day he
showed signs of life by moving; on the
eighth day he could hear the conversation
of persons in the room and on the ninth
day he was able to open his eyes and rise
from the supposed bed of death. Since
that time his health ha. been delicate, but
he has continued to occupy the grazing
land adjoining his cottage, and has kept
cows after the manner of his forefathers.
. ,ah L.
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Gboirc ])oetrp.
THE TIDES.

by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
Tn, mooni a, her full, and, riding high,
Floods the calm fields withlight,
The airs that hover in the summer sky
Are all asleep tonight.
There comes voice from the grea, woodlands round
That murmured all the day;
Beneath the shadow Of their boughs, the ground,
Il not more st than they.
but ever hcavss aud moans the restless Deep
His raising tides hear,
Afar see the glimmerng bilows lcapi
see them breaking near.
Each wave springs upward cimbin toward the fair,
Pure light that sits ON high
Springs eagerly, and family sinks to where
The mother waters lie.
Upward again it swcils; the moonbcams show,
Again, its glimmrriug CREST
Again IL feels the fatal weight below,
And sinks, but not to rest
Again. and yet again unit, the Deep
Recalls his brood Of waves;
And with a suIlen moan, ahashed, they creep
Back to his inner cavcs.I
Brief respite they snail rush from that recess
With noise and tumult soon,
And fling themselves with unavailing stress,
Up toward the placid moon.
oh, restless Sea, that in thy prison here
Inst struggle and complain;
Through this slow centuries ycarning 10 be near
10 that fair orb in vain.
The glorious source Of light aud heat must warm
Thy bosom with his glow,
And on those mounting waves n noblcr form
And frser lii, brstow
Then only may they leave til" waste Of brine
In which they wccr here,
And rise above the hills OF earth. and shine
In u screncr sphere
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Ba" A man who has treated you with
attention, but now with indifference, la
bors under conviction of having previ-
ously mistaken your character, or is now
agreeable with misoonstruing your con-
duct-the first shows mortifying want
of discernment tho latter a pitiable want
of generosity,
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-22

REsr What is love, Kate ?" said a young
man to his bright particular, the other
night
#" Love, Joel, well declare ! don't
unless it Is getting married and kissing
little babies"
Joel tainted,
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EJ- Porter" asked an old lady of a
railway porter, when does the nine
o'clock train leave' Sixty minutes past
eight o'clock, num- was Mixes prompt
and precise reply.
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Ba- Short calls are BEST" as the fly
said when he lit on hot stove.
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Ess- 1t is by the mistakes Of men that
we learn, and not by their weaknesses.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-03-27

TRUSTEE'S SALE.-Whereas on the 25,b dav
! September, A. D., 1o57, J. NJ Witherwax and
Emeline g. Witherwax, mis- wife, executed unto
David ,. True, as Trustee, a certain Deed Of
Trust conveying to said Trustee the land in Scott
county, Iowa, described as follows to-wif: The
north west quarter Of the northwest quarter Of
section fifteen ISL in Township seventy nine 49,
north Of range one !, east OF the 5,h r. N. Al
so the north two-thrds, part of lot six f6l, and
the north two-fhirds, part Of the west half Of lot
seven II, in block thirteen 10 in Witherwax's
addition to East Davenport, Which said convey
ance was made by the said j. NJ. Witherwax and
wife, for the purpose Of securing the payment Of
. certain rronissory note and the interest thereon
signed by said J. N. Witherwax, dated the 18th
day Of Septen Der, A. D., 1857. and payable one
year thereafter TO the order Of Sophia Q. Hayden,
for the sum Of four hundred and eighty eight
and e0-l0o dollars with interest after due at ten
per cent. FER aDnum.
And now. said promissory note having become
due and payable, and the said ]. n. Witherwsx
having failed tc LAY the same, ! David s. True,
Trustee aforesaid do hereby give this public
notiee, that b. virtue of the power which 10 in
me vested by said Deed of Trust, l will, on
Satu, day, the 3lst day of March, A. d. 1859, at
| TIL hour sftws o'clock in the aftern ION Of said
day at the Court House loo. il the City of Dar
EXPORT expose and offer for sale. At public auc
ton the parseI Of land Acovs oesenbed, or m
much thereof a. hall be Necessary to satisfy ard
pay the amount Of said aote, With tie in,eres,
th ereon to the day of sale, together with all the
e.,sts and eXpen-es attending said sale costs al
| this ..etiee aHd Trustees lees.
Daied the TIN day Of March, A. d. ls60.
DAVID =. TRUE,
ncha Trustee.
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VETERINARY SURaEOS Mr.. Y. L..

MOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM
w his friends and the public il gem IN
eral that he can be consulted at mis- Horse 49,
lnfrmary, On ID street, between Brady and Perry
all diseases that the Horse is subject to- After
acquiring ali the Modern Improvements in the
Science Of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery -
expounded in the English and Continental Cole
g. be feels happy i. saying he will give salts
faction. a
All diseases warranted csreS If durable, Or -
charge.
CONSCLfAIION FkS9. as& 4
Residence on 9Th Street, between Rock ldanA
cd Iowa, f16-a6w
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MILL PAY CASH PoR go ACRES WELL
w Improved Land, not over six miles from
Pust mise
Will exchange well selected Missouri Lands for
Lads in Scott county, ard viii not shjset = pAy
Eeash fer pm Esquire u u
WHITE 4 CO,
iAA ll.6 Pet o. Daildia9.
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Trains run by Chicago time, which is twelve min
u'es faster thar Davenport time.
InNAND AFTER MONDAY. JANUARY a3p,
~ l.os, and until further notice, trains will
leave Davenport. for Nuscatine, Columbu. City.
Washington and Iowa City Sundays excepted
As follows:
kxpfess and Mail Train ats15 A. u.
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sunday. excepted, as follows:
81 Nail Train, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $50 A. II.
I'd Express Train, at. ....5 5oP.M.
Trains arrive at Davenport daily, Sundays ex-
cepted, as follows
FROM TIE East.
lst Express train at.................s5 IS A. II.
"a Aaii train, al ......... ......t 50 p y.
IRON THE WEST.
NAL ram. at....... y - =.
All trains out Of Davenport will make direct
connections At Columbus City, Washington and
Iowa City. with the Western stage Co. 'sstages for
all points Vest.
The Passenger Train connects At Rock Island
with Chicago and Rock Island Railroad trains for
all points East, North and South.
Passengers reminded Of the necessity Of
giving distinct directions TO the destination Of
their baggage also TO procuretickets before taking
the seats in the cars.
N.B. Trains for the East connects ut Joliet
with trains the Michigan Central X. X. It
chicago with trains on the Michigan Southern
and Michigan Central and Pittsburg. Fl. Wayne
and Chicago Railroads JOHN + TRACY.
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THREE THROUGH PASSENGER TRAINS

Tie Capacity Of this Road Is nos equal 10 ang
IN the Country.
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HARDWARE.
RENO VII.

REMOVAL.
HARDWARE ON COMMISSION.-Th sub
L scriber has removed his entire stock Of Hard
ware to his new store in Nickos' Block, corner Of
Second and Brady streets, sign Of the BROAD AXE,
where he will keep on hand general assortment,
Of goods in his line
CARPENz hrs, BUILDERS.
BLA CKSNI7HS, AACHLNXSTE
TANNERS ANU FARMERS
will here find large and we'll assorted stock of