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A CHAKoE ron DouaLAs AND YANcEY N 4 NEW
lSH. The faeetious editor Of the Nashville Patriot
places himself right upon certain matter in the
following styles
tae rnnlor that we intend to employ Judge
: gpaglaa and Col. Tancey whenthey come TO Nash.
valles 70 make speeches before the Street Commit.
tes y behalf Of Hog Alley, is entirely without
isunIAp WE! lntsnd to do no such thing Our
iAegaI isaitcr y getting mp, at much EXPENSE. an
sasnaaeaa g ~ subject, 10 deliver before the
is n some time during tho coming year or
me year sitter; but We have never for y,
thought OF going beyond the pale Of onr extens;ya
ea,tpfial corps Ter assistance ID The extremelv I'm
cult Eask ct bringing tie committee down 4 M
NofG. We latter ourselves, and are also n,,sb
BATTERED hy Others, thai we have the ahisy ~
eompsh tho enterprise we have undertaken Win III.
out invoking foreign aid; aud if it should nrn ,,
u the long mi. that we have got that ability amer
all Ne certainly hays SGT the patience to Wait I'll
the enterprise accompanies itself aud dc hrehss,
destiny q Hog Alley Il worked oat on Id nsFr
hook f, however, Judge Douglas ana CaI
Yancsy feel disposed, while discussing other erea
" pnhlie interest. 70 throw Ia VOID Q,
TWO e behalf Of Hog Alley why We shall fee
gfatefal for the kindness, aud viii endeayor al Al
eaEiy dRy to retlrn the favor. ~
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Right Bank Zen oIappers,
= OF ALGIERs,
Meet at Ne st. Charles B1u Room in flyers on T7arslays
OFFICERS:
President b. Seger.
VicePresdent-B William Martin.
Secretary-A. II. Isaacson.
Treasurer-Wm. Sarazin.
Marshal-Charles u. Morrison
Committee on Ways and Means--Norbert Ire
pagnier, Hypolite Fortier, l.. w. Dodge, Thomas
Reese, VIM Broadman.
National Executive Committee of the Com
stifutional Union Party.
Hon. Alexander r. Boteler, of Virginia, Chairman.
John a. Rockwell, Of Connecticut.
William Temple, Of Delaware
]. Morrison Harris, of Maryland.
Joshua Hill, Of Georgia.
Richard WThompson, Of Indiana.
M. Y. Johnson, ESQ.,, Galena Illinois.
Robert Mallory, of Kentucky
Marshall P. Wilder, Of Massachusetts.
Anthony Kennedy, of Maryland.
D. B. st. John, of New York.
James Bishop, Of New Jersey.
John A. Gilmer, of North Carolina,
Henry NJ. Fuller, of Pennsylvania.
Thomas A. Ii. Nelson, of Tennessee.
For the District Of Columbia.
Hon. Jos. Bryan Of Ala.
Benz. Ogle Taylor, Esq.
r. II. williamson Esq. Washington CITY,
w. G. Freeman, ESQ.,
Jos. FL. Bradley, Esq.
L. A. Whitley, of Maryland, Secretary.
Headquarters of the Committee, s57 D street,
between Ninth and Tenth, Washington, D. G.
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Young Ben Ringers.

Young Bel Ringers, ~------ ~
Hetatme oda Fe2o,sa Hat ereyy Saturday Epesinq
OFFICERS:
Presdent-Frank L0brano.
Yiee-Presdents- Districts, Jos p. Dick !.
second District Q, Baseo; Third District, Il. n.
jenkins; Fourth District, VIM. Freret.
Secretary-D. G. Canter @-..~5"z
Corresponding Secretary, Edward, Sloan.
Treasurer-J Watts kearney. u.r
Grand MARSHALL. E, Leyerioh. .u1...
Assistant Marshals- First District, Andrew Jack.
son; Second District, w. F. Hodgkias, Jr.; Third
district, VIM Sorey; Fourth District, Jesse Bryan.
Foot Marshals-First District I. e. Bridge See
ond District A. !. Leverich; Third District. 3 !
Basco; Fourth District q. B. Pegram.
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Right Bank nefI clappers,

="I Bell Latilers.
(oificers, time and place of meeting not published)
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as-,'A Stitch in Time Saves Nine, a.lra y :
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nd ISL ehsrtres street.
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<aMZRo MINER 81 STEVENS, .vw,4.
-222 Manufacturers Of Sa5AsSI45
BILLIARDS! BILLIARDs.!

iit-l'=N-f , l*il isoN I'd billiard TABLES
AND
co9BfNATIoX CUSHIONS.
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National Executive Committee OF the Con
stifntIonal Union Party.


Headquarters of the Committee, 357 D street
between Ninth and Tenth, Washington, D. G.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-29
CHAPTER III.

Soon after this John Grant left Elm
Wood, to engage in business in Western
city. l seldom heard and never mention.
ed his name.
Mary Wallace wrote to me frequently
during the winter; her letters were like
herself, graceful and charming, full of love
and con lidence. She wrote much of J ohm ::
"h ow proud she was of him, what letters
he wrote, SO much better than hers, and
wasn't it strange he should love such
child as she was - She went on writing
III this way for several months, but at
length there was Il change in her manner
of speaking of John; it seemed as though
she was not quite as happy as she had
been; she said she began to get discour-
aged about ever knowing any more and
limited that John was getting dissatisfied
with her-gencrally ending her letters
with a disquisition on our fayorite cat or
can0ry. A month or two after this, | was
not much surprised when she wrote that
her engagement was broken by mutual
were not at all suited to
each other, and no doubt would be hap
pier she said, che knew so much and she
30 little She concluded with a long ac-
count of her new black kitten, "Top>y,"
who was most knowing cat, and had
'uch pretty .JcatureS."
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-29
CHAPTER ".

Two years passed, and seldom heard
John Grant name mentioned, and if
thought of him at all, | believed / had
conquered my old attachment. Ny life
flowed on quietly and serenely. l tried to
be useful to others, and in regular employ
ment and recreation was content. Was
there capacity for higher happiness I'M
enIployed-a craving Of my woman's ma
ture unsuppled?
One year ago-how well l remember
the day was sitting quietly reading in
the failing light of an October day, when
hearing rustling among the golden aut,
umn leaves that lay thick upon the gravel
stones, looked up and saw approaching
through the avcnue-John Grant.
When he last walked there, Sip was with
him, but he was a(One mOa0, and my hearts
quick throbbing told me his errand.
Was weak and wanting in self-respect,
when after he had told me all, told me
that although he was fascinated by beau
titul and loving child, deep down in his
heart had always lain a love for me,
though in "ihe first glow of his passion for
Mary he was hardly conscious of 1t; how
he had thought from the calm indifference
Of my manner that | had never thought of
him; how, when he had been again free,
he had been afraid to make known his
love for me, feeling that he had acted dis
honorably i'll the past"
Was | weak minded and lacking in
womanly pride, when, after he Told me ali
this, and asked in trembling tones, could
| forget the past and be his own Marga-
ret ?'-all my old love came back to me,
and with more confidence than | could
have felt four years before, | laid my
hand in his and said, "John Grant, will
be yours'-when as my head lay on his
breast, he said, Gam | forgiven Marga.
ret" answered, Gwen as | hope to be
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-29
BLOoMsBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, Pa, SATURDAY

ishcd-just then the rest of the party made
their appearance and eiiectually put to an
end, all confidential conversation
The next day, John Grant left town on
business, which required his presence in
distant city for several weeks. l did not
see him for some time after his return, and
when he called at last there was something
in his manner, undcfncatle, but yet a
change, restraint, which tod me that
those words once on his lips would not be
spoken.
Weeks came and went, and again he
left home oslensibly for business, but it was
rumored that It beautiful young lady Of
J., whose acquaintance he had made.
was the real cause Of his frequent visits to
that city.
In a little while, it was said and upon
good authority, that John Grant was en-.
gagged to be married to Mary Wallace, of
B-, and it was also said that she was
very young and very beautiful. Never till
thcn-till | knew he was to marry another
was the secret of my own heart revealed
to me; but then knew how | had loved
how all hopes, all joy, all earthly happi-
ness was centred in him. Even now,
shuddcr when | think of that fearful time.
when life seemed such heavy burden,
and l longed for time to lay it down in
the grave but | could not-a thorny path
opened before me, and l was 10 walk in it,
though my feet were pierced and bleeding
at every step. | had hoped before that
was Christian, that my will had been
subduud to Gods will but now my heart
was filled with rcbcllous murmurings, and
days passed ere that stubborn spirit obcycd
the voice of its Father, and ,caS SttH. But,
thank God, the time did come when
looked up through my tears, and said;
" Even SO, Father, for so it seemeth good
in thy sight,
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-29
VOL. "a
FLIES OF 1916.

The cackling ofa goose is tabled to have
saved Rome from the Gauls, and the pain
produced by thistle to have warned a
Scottish ormy Of the approaching Danes
but we never heard that flies contributed
to hasten American Independence till We
read the following anecdote in Randall's
Life Of Jefferson.
While the question of Independence was
before Congress, it had its meeting near a
livery-stable. Its members wore short
brooches and silk stocking, and, with
handkerchief in hand, they were diligently
employed IN lashing the flies from their
legs. 80 very vcxatious was this annoy.
ance, and to so great an impatience did it
arouse the sufferers, that it hastened, if il
did not aid, in inducing to promptly afix
their signatures to the great documen,
which gave birth to an empire republic
The anecdote had from Mr.. Jefferson.
at Monticello, who seemed to enjoy it verv
much, as well rs to give credit to the ip-
iiucnce of the flies. lie told it to me with
much glce, and seemed to retain a vivid
recollection of the severity of an attack,
from which the only relief was signing the
paper and flying from the flies.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-29

in our conversation, our intercourse was
getting to be something as it once was.
Our tastes in many things were similar,
VIC had read the same books, and admired
the same authors, and upon mott of the
important subjects connected with human
life, our thoughts were alike. We were
speaking of some work we had lately read
and were quite interested in discussing its
merits, when Mary suddenly checked her
happy play, and with a grave face walked
silently for few moments at Johns side.
At last she said:
You never talk in that way to me,
John, but it's because l don't know
enough
" You know enough for me, dear" he
answered.
But she went on 81 am second
Dora, John, and shall be another child
wife, Margaret is just like Agnes, she
would suit you much better than l."
" Allowing you to be the judge" l said =,
laughlngly, for | saw John could not an.
swer readily
We said no more on that subject, but
think John asked himself more than once
that day, "is Mary right?"
When she bade me good bye" she
wound her white arms around my neck :,
and kissed me, saying in her gentle voice
"write to Inc often, Margaret, and teach
me to be worthy of him." And she went
her way through the avenue leaning on
his arm, the warm autumn sunglight fall
ing on hsr golden hair, making her very
beautiful.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-29
A WIDOW IN TROUBLE.

Many excellent clergyman, rescued from
temporal toll, and called to their eternal
rest, leave little dover to console their wild /.
ows. That our spiritual guides and guar
dians thus live poor, labor poor and die
poor, is fact whatever may be their gifts
not pleasing TO the generous mind. To
this rigid rule, the late Rev. George D.
Mclean, of Princeton, Ky, affords an ex-
cepticn. Who the Rev. Mr.. Mclean was,
except that he was Il married man and
minister, we know not, nor do we know
what particular creed was his private weak
ness. We only know that, upon his trans
lations, he bsqueathcd to his inconsolablc
rcliet "a black negro (named Harrison)
weighing ono hundred aud seventy pounds,
with some of his teeth out a reader and
q af~eachcr.' Also "Laura, wife of Har,
rison, with frccklcd face, and straight
hair, a bright muatto" Also ga girl
of Laura, ,ncariy white." So, we suppose
when tlc Rev. George D. Mclean discoy.
cred that his luugs were giving out, he dc.
rived unspeakablc consolation from the
fact that he left behind him for sclace,
one hundred and seventy pounds ofpreach-
er, with reasonable and proportionate
weight of Laura and child. The bequcst
was really handsome one. "Harrisvn,r -
without estimating his theological acquire.
ments,w was worth, at ten dollars per pound
not les tina. seventeen hundred dollars
Laura, only twenty-five years old, would
be good stock till forty, and with care
would produce, Providence also smiling,
from twelve to fifteen valuable parcels,
worth in the griStle about three thousand
dollars. The girl child being "ncarly
white" would, if reasonably pretty be
worth at fourteen years of age, in the New
Orleans market about twenty five hun
dred dollors. The sum total of the legacy
left by this faithful minister of the Gospel
may be stated, therefore, at about cieh,
thousand dollars-which is comfortable
sum for a mourner. There was Harrison
to preach and administer spiritual consola-
tion to the widow Mclean; there was
Laura to wipe away her tears and get up
her caps; and there was the "girl childr
to divert her by its bounding friskiness.-
But sorrow never comes singly in this world
The entire legacy of the Rev. George d.
Mclean has stampoded. The widow
Mclean is left to cxclaim "Insatiate for
tune would not George suffice ?" Itseems
not
The first thing the widow Mclean did
or the first thing after seeking the throne
OF Gracc-was to rush to a printing office,
where she ordered the appropriate hand
bill with portrait of "Harrison" repre-
scnt9d with a bundle upon his shoulder,
with his left leg feloniously elevated, and
his right foot, with malice aforcthousht,
projoctod-in what posture, in short, tech
nically known as "lcyanting."
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-29
Select 5tOrn.
j o III y G. II 4 Mt AND /.
BY CATHARINE HAMILTON.
CHAPTER |.

Tomorrow | am going to be married.
/ who have been given over as an old maid
for an indefinite number of years. The
expected event creates quite a &C ccmmotion
in our hitherto quiet household. My moth
er says, ''what can do without you =
Who will make the pastry, aud cakc-and
see to the dinners and the childrens clo-
thes :" And my dear father, whose dark
hair begins to be sprinklcd with silver,
says moarnfully, al cannot spare my Mar
garrett" though think he is secretly pleas
ed that his pet Maggie Is to have such I.
noble husband, after all. My rougish
brother Tom goes about the house sing
ing
Theri is no goose, however gray but soon or late
She'll find some honest ganlcr for her mat"
And I--all this seems very strange to
me. l cannot make it real that the bridal
dress of snowy satin, with the gossamer
veal and wreath Of orange flowers, can be
for plain Margaret Hudson. But the
strangest of all is, that l am to marry
" John Grant ;-John Grant" whom
learned to love years ago, but all thoughts
oil whom s'royc, with Gods help, to put
far from me-
1t is five years now since that morning
in early summer, when we walked together
through the green woods, the leaves stirred
by gentle wind, and the birds singing
their morning songs. We ewere little apart
from the rest of our party, and when we
had gathered our hands full of the sweet
wild flowers that were scattered with pro.
fusion at our fcet-we sat down upon fiat
rock to wait for them. l was happy on
that June morning as sat on that mossy
rock by the side Of John Grant, while lie
wreathed the buds and blossoms and the
dark green leaves Of the trailing arbutus
among the braids of my brown hair.
We did not talk much that morning, and
we had sat in silence several moments,
when John suddenly said, Margaret, |
want to tell you something's" it was not
the words that made my heart beat so,
and the hot blood rush to my cheeks and
forehead, for we had known each other for
long time, and he had often made con-
fdent of me but it was the low tone, full
OF new and strange tenderness, that thrill
ed my whole being. l do not know, but
perhaps my voice tremblcd a 1t le as
said, swell, what is it, John?' "Mag.
gle, dear, r,"-but thej eltence was not fin.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-29

forgiven of my Father iu Heaven, SO do l
forgive you"
And SO, as l have said before, to,mor.
row, Good willing" will be my wedding
day. We do not give each other the wild
unthinking passion of early youth, but a
deep and strong affection, purified and
made strong by the experience of years
a love that We can ask the blessing of our
father upon--that we feel will be immor-
tai, and when my lips at the altar utter
the solemn words, 81, Margaret, take
thee, John -, to love, honor and
obey, in my inmost soul they will be Joy.
fully repcatod-"to love, honor and obcy'
And as we commence walking together
over the smooth paths and rough places
Of life, it will be with the calm and happy
assurance, that "God hath joined us to :,
gethcr," and that neither in time nor
eternity shall VIC be put assunder.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-29

John Grant returned to town soon after
his engagement, and in few weeks Mary
Wallace came to Elm Wood, OH a visit to
his sister. Soon after her arrival | was
invited to party to be given for her. [
dreaded to 60, and yet [ could not stay
away; how plain looked as [ stood be.
fore my dressing glass that night, in u
black silk, with a few scarlet vcrbenas in
my hair. Did [ wear them because he
said once they contrasted well with NV
dark hair? 1t was carly, and the rooms
were filled when they arrived. O, Mary
Wallace! | do not wonder he loved YOU
YOU were beautiful, as you came floating
into the room, in dress of light blue silk
covered with IL cloud Of gossamor lace,
with golden curls falling over your sweet
childish face, and your blue eyes running
over with happiness, and hc-bu' | dared
not look at him long, for l was not very
strong
In the course of the evening, | was in
troduecd to her, and strange as it was,
FROM that moment she seemed TO cling to
me; she wa, child in artlcssness, and
soon commenced talking of "John,p ask
ing if knew him, &c. " How strange he
never mentioned you, he told me Of SO
many of his friends" John, John, she
called as he passed us, "why didn't you
tell me about Miss Hudson, you spoke of
so many others?' Our eyes met for an
instant, and then | said, pitying his em-
barrassment, " lie has so many friends, it
lNn singular that he should have forgot.
ten me; but knew then, as l do now,
that he had not forgotten me.
Just then, locking up, l saw in mir
ror opposite the reflection of our little
group-and-John Grant when | saw
the contrast between Mary Wallace and
myself, forgavc you fully, if | had not
before, not that | was SO very plaiu-I do
not think was-but she was SO very beau.
'liul, coniding, and 50 loving, no one could
help being charmed with her, and | could
not blame him, for he had always been
a great admirer of the beautiful.
Mary Wallace came to See me frequent
ly, while she stayed in town; sometimes,
not often, accompanied by John. 1t was
an autumn afternoon, full of clouds and
sunshine, when she came 10 pay her fare
well call, He was with her, watching her
every movement with lovely pride, and yet
it seemed to me that he regarded her some
what as a beautiful plaything, winding her
yellow curs around his fingers and calling
her pet names. We went out into the
garden to gather boquets Of the bright.
hued fall flowers, and as she ran about
talking and laughing, picking flowers aud
wreathing them in her hair, or decorating
Johns hat with garlands, she seemed
lovely and bewtching child. John had
gradually lost his constrained and embar-
raised manner when with me, and, except
ing that We never approached personalities
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-29
THE NATIONS WITHOUT FIRE.

According to Piiny, fire was for a long
time unknown to some of the ancient
Egyptians; and when Exodus, the cele.
brated astronomer, showed it to them.
they were absolutely in rapturcs. Tho
Iersians, Phoenicians, Greek an d several
other nations, acknowledge that their an.
cestors were without the use of fire and
the Chinese confess the same of their
Progenitor Pomponius, Mola, Piutarcb
and other ancient authors, speak of ma
tlons who, at the time they wrote, knew
not the use OF fire, or had but lust
learned it. Facts of the same kind are
also attested by several modern writer's.
Ihe inhabitants of the Marian Islands
winch were discovered in 1861, had no
idea of fire. Never was astonisbmen.
greater than theirs, when they first saw it
on the descent of Magellan in one of their
Islands. AT first they believed it to bs
some kind of animal that fixed to and fed
upon wood The inhabitants of the Ca.
nary Islands were formerly equally igno-
rant Africa presents, even in our own
day, some nations in this deplorable state,
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-29

A-S' Hoo NERDIcr.- They latoly tried
a man, in Alabama, for stealing hoge.-
The Jury, retiring to the woods to delib.
crate, came in with the verdict, " Guilty
of hog stcalin' in the fust degree"
The Judge Informed them they should
have assessed the value of the hogs, there
were no degree in hog stealing, and they
must bring verdict in proper FORM"
Again the Jury took to the woods, and
after mature dcliberation old Sim Turner
made out the following form," which on
their return he handed with much pom.
posty to the Clerk, who read it aloud
" We, tAe jury, pusillannermously doth
find the defendant guilty in the sum of
dollar and 4 in favor of the hog"
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-29

say~ \ man travelling entered tavern,
and seeing no one present but the land.
lord and negro, seated himself, and en-.
tered into conversation with the negro.
Shortly after he asked Sambo if he was
dry-Sambo said he was. Stranger told
him to 60 to the bar and take sometime
at his expense. Negro did so, and short.
ly left Landlord says to stranger
Arc you acquainted with that negro y
" Me, never saw him before but WIN
do you askl"
" | supposed you were from your cob
versation with him, and asking him to
drink
CON- said the stranger, was expert.
menting, The fact is l was dry too, and
| thought if your liquor didn't kill him in
fifteen minutes | would venture to take q
drink myself"
The landlords curiosity was fully sat.
isfed.