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Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-10-24

The YoUNG Color R-SERGEANT. The
following is beautiful picture of young
Christian soldier. A proud position his
AS once color bearer in the army of
King Jesus. He was Gen. Kilpatrick's
color-bearer, and a mere boy. His main
artery of one of his legs had been cut of
by minnie ball. The wound had bled
several times while in the hospital, and
he was fast sinking. He whispered to
delegate of the Christian Commission,
who was bending over him:
"Jesus has home in heaven for me-"
GLOW do you knowi"
"Beoause God loves me. He lovea bis
Son Jesus and he loves me, too"
These were almost his last words. A
few hours before his death his father came,
truly a broken.hearted man. For he was
the youngest boy. his Benjamin and
how could he spare him? II didn't want
him to go; and hoso, HOW shall l 60 home
without him Oh, am afraid it will be
too much for his mother"
The boy was laid in his coffin, and the
ladies and little children of Hagerstown
were triming the body with flowers
though he was the brightest flower of all,
! very soon to bloom in the celestial garden.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-10-24
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PO e T r Y.
The Battle Field j


,esl battles very nice thing wheh you te hs"'
,bosa so,ne ups and downs are so very exciting
But n sombre sight S n battle field
10 the sad survivors, sorrowing eye,
when those who scorned TO fly or YIELD
In one promiscuous carnage liei
When the cannon's roar
Is heard no more,
And the thick dun smoke has rolld away,
And the victor comes for the last survey
OF the well fought field Of yesterday!
No triumphs flush that naughty brow
No proud exulting look is there;
His eagle glance is hunlblcd now,
As, earthward, in anxious care
II scpks the form whose stalwart pride
put Yesterday morn was by his side
And there it lies on yonler bank
OF courses which Themselves had breath
But ycster morn-how cold and dark,
With other dcws than those Of dCathl
Powcress as it had no'1r been born.
The hand that caspcd his yestcr-morn
And there widows wandering there,
That roam the blood.bosprinkled plain,
And listen in their dumb despair
For sounds they nc'cr may hear again
One word, however faint or low,
Aye, cen groan -Were music now
And this is glory Fame
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-10-24

pay~In Australia it is summer in JAN
uary and Winter in July. Il is noon there
when it is midnight in Europe. The
longest day is in December. The heat
comes from the north, the cold from the
south, and it is hottest on the mountain
tops. The swans are black, the eagles
are white the bees do not sting and the
birds do not sing. The cherries have no
stones the trees give no shadow, for their
leaves turn edgeways to the sun and some
of its quadrupeds have boak and lay
eggs
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-10-24

iT is rumored that President Lincoln
was opposed to the declaration of martial
law in Kentucky. When, after the cleo
ton, a member Of the Cabinet cited to him
the large vote that was cast in the State
as proof that few voters were denied the
privilege OF voting, he retortcd that "the
crime was as great as if majority of the
Inhabitants, had been excluded from the
polls. Sir" said Mr.. Lincoln, with just
indignation "alter the admission by Sarah
the nurse of Jack Easy, that she was a
mother, though unmarried, her plea in
extenuaIion that 'the baby was a little one
was inadmissible."
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-10-24

AFRICAN AGRicULTURE.-Dr, Living.
stone, the great African traveller, says, on
the western coast Of Africa, in the valley
oil the Lucilla, the soil is very fertile -
Fruit trees and grapc-vines yield their
fruit twice year, and grains and vegeta-
bles do the same if sowa, BY taking ad-
vantage OF the mist of winter three crops
of pulse are raised. The grass is so tall
that in one part it was two feet higher
than bis head when standing on the back
of an OK, and was as large around as a
goose quill. Produce is veIy cheap, and
the roads are very poor. They have two
breeds of cattle one is of diminutivo size
with short horns and the other has large
legs nearly six feet in leugth, with large
horns. The Africans are found OF cattle
and spend much time in ornamenting then
They shave their horns in order to carve
them into fantastic shapes, and brand tho
skin with hot knife, SO as to make dis
coloration of the hair in lines like zebra
The stranger the marks the handsome'
the animal, The greater the value. liz
saw tobacco eight feet high each plant hav
ing thirty six leaves. The leaves wsr
eighteen inches long by six or eight broad
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-10-24
The Wealth Of Mexico.

In Mexico there are over one thousand
silver mines. yielding between thirty five
and forty millions of dollars a year. The
value Of these mines is increased by the
fact that there are twenty-five mines CT
quicksilver, which yield from two hundred
and fifty 10 three hundred pounds weight
annually. Gold is also found in consid-
cradle quantities, stated varously at from
three millions of dollars upward. The
mines are generally located either on the
top or on the western slope Of the Cordil-
leras, and have been wrought for ages
Gold and silver vases of great value and
beauty Of workmanship were sent back to
Spain by the first conquerors as spoils Vt
war. Iron and copper are also produced
in great abundance. One great hindrance
to the realizing of this mineral wealth i.
the difficulty cf transporting it to the sea.
board, there being neither railroads mol
navigable rivers in the country, aud the
only means of transportation being tht
backs of mules. The commercial interos
and want of mecanical enterprise of tht
people, and the small extent to which tn,
combination and division of labor are car
ried, have also contributed, with the gen
eral insecurity of property, to prevent th
various natural riches of the country from
their full development.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-10-24

A Coon SToMAcH.-A country youth,
having an uncle living in town, resolved
to pay him visit. lie accordingly start
ed off one morning, and arrived at his
uncles house just as supper was ready
Being very hungry from his long walk, he
no sooner got seated at the table than he
commenced a furious onslaughtcr on the
eatables, right and left.
"Hold on, sir" said his uncle, who
was pious man. "we say something here
before we eat"
"Say what you've mind to-" answered
the boy, between two mouthiuls, 'you
can't turn my stomac !"
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-10-24

He HAD HIM THERE.-A good story is
told of a certain prominent railroad gen.
tleman Of this city, who is equally re.
moved for his ability to make and take
joke. A railroad employee, whose home
is in Avon, came on Saturday night, to
ask for pass down to visit bis family.
care you in the employ of the vail
road ~ inquired the gentleman which we
alluded to.
eyes"
"You receive your pay regularly I"
eyes"
"Well, Now suppose you were work
ing for a farmer instead of a railroad,
would you expect your employer to hitch
up his team every Saturday night, and
carry you home! p
This seemed a poser, but it wasn't.
"No," said the man, promptly, II
wouldn't expect that; but if the farmer
had his team hitcbed up and was going
my way, should call him darnod mean
cuss if he wouldn't let me ride"
Mr.. Employee came out three minutes
afterwards with pass good for twelve
months.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-10-24

WOMEN IN TUE FIELDs--A correspon.
dent of the Cleveland Herald, who has
been travelling in the West says:
1t is very common affair TO see a
bright eyed, young woman seated on the
reaper, driving four-horse team. But
not only thus are women useful, for | have
frequently seen them using the hoe. But
what | saw a couple of week ago in the
south part of Madison, Lake county, cap:
all the scenes in this line within my know
ledge. To appearances a rain storm wa!
coming up, and there was woman in thu
field dexterously raking up the hay, willis
the double team was being driven into th'
field by two other women. Raker,pitche
and loader were all women,
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-10-24

Ie- The Roth,chlds have had a family
meeting at Paris, the result of which has
been the suppression Of one Of their five
houses, and the relaxation of the rule
which has hitherto compelled members of
the family to marry their first Cousins
The house which is given up is that at
Naples. The Frankford, Vienna, Paris
and London establishments are to be kept
up, but the fifth, that at Naples is to be
suppressed.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-10-24

BSs- Attention, Soldiers Protect your
Health No sensible man will leave the
city without supply of Holoway's Pills
and Ointment. For wounds, Sores, Fe-
vers and Dysontery, these medicines are
the best in the world. Every English and
French soldier uses them, Price 25 ceuts
per box or pot.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-10-24
BLOOMSBURY COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENNA, SATURDAY, OCTt

Answer these questions, and next time
please invite your Light Street informant
to tell you the whole truth.
MILLVILLE.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-10-24

D@s" A letter from the Army of the
Potomac states that in three days, sixty
out Of two hundred and ten substitutes in
one regiment had deserted, and others
were leaving almost every hour. He sug-
gests two rcmedies--one catching and
shooting the desertera, and another, as
soon as the substitutes are regularly mus
tered into tho United States rervice, to
send them to the several State penitenta-
ries for three years or during the war, as
they could be guarded more cheaply and
safely there, as the army will be likely to
have as much other business on hand as it
can attend to, without the extra duty Of
guarding criminals.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-10-24

"WoUNDED AND KILLED. 1T takes
but little space in the columns of the daily
papers, but oh /! what lorg household
stories and biographies are every one of
these strange names we read over and
forget Killed and wounded Some
eye reads the name, to whom it is as dear
as life, and some heart is struck or broken
by the blow made by some name among
the list. 1t is our Henry, or our James
or our John, that lies with his poor limbs
as the hospital, or dead-still, and with
ghastly face-on the battle field. Ala.
for the eyes that read "He was my
pretty boy, that sung to sleep SO many
times in my arms!' Says the poor moth
II, bowing in anguish that cannot be ut
tered. "Ile was my brave, noble hus
band, the father of my little orphan chill
dren ~ sobs the stricken wife. "He wa
my darling brother, that l was proud Of
murmurs the sister amid tears and so tn,
terrible stroke falls on the homes through
out the land. "Wounded and killed ~
Every name in that list is Tightening
stroke TO some heart, and breaks the thun
der over some home and falls a long blacl
shadow upon some hearthstone,
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-10-24

Ra~ Prentice says we are likely to
have all sorts of ships upon the water,but
unfortunately, little or no s'atemanship on
land,
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-09-12
Bible View of Slavery.

We publish on our first page under the
above heading, part of an able letter
written by Bishop Hopkins, which can be
read with profit at this particular time when
we have speeches from Clergymen deliver
cd before the Republican Leagues. A
learned and good man has taken the
trouble of explaining subject much mis-
represented but which is very plain when
Revelation is honestly examined for the
purpose of finding the truth instead of find.
ing support for some precohceived notion
or opinion. The relation of Master and
Servant is one left to human management
and discretion, subject like all other rela-
lions to the principle of charity, and to say
that the relation is forbidden by God and
sinful, is TO contradict the plain Record oi
the Truth.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-09-12
Vermont State Election.

We give below partial returns as far as
we have received, of the State election on
Tuesday. The returns are sufficient to
show very handsome gain upon last
years vote. We have probably cast 49,
600 Democratic votes this year TO less than
$500 last year. This has been done with
a very imperfect organization and with
scarcely any cxertion on the part of the
Democrats. 1t is a result of which We
may well be proud, and augers we'll for
the work 10 be done next year.
We have elected at least two Senators,
Chamberlin in Caledonia and Bean in Or
angc county, and possibly Houghton in
Bennington county, and we shall have from
twenty-five to thirty Democrats in the
House.
In Burlington we have cast l6S votes
where the Democratic State ticket last
year got but 10.
When we say that the vote Of the two
parties in Vermont last year stood some
thirty-one thousand to less than thirty.
eight hundred, the chances of electing
Democratic candidates will be fully real
ized. The first of the Atlantic States tC
open the fall campaign, the conservative
men Of Vermont have cast an immensel,
increased vote against the fanatcsm ant
misrule of the party in power. We have
trebled the Democratic vote of last year
This result will tell its own story.
Burlington Sentinel of Sept. 4th.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-09-12
A Flea in their Ear.

Our readers are aware that in the State
of Kentucky the Democracy were disfran-
chisod, and the so-caled Union ticket cleo
ted by force of Lincoln's bay We
thought at the time that the Abolitionists
would find that they got more than they
bargained for, and that the persons cleo
ted would prove true friends OF the Un ion
instead of Aboltionists. We give below
the inaugural address of Gov Bramlette,
every wjrd of which we endorse, and
which is the doctrine Of The Democratic
party. The Congressman cl'ct are Of the
same political sentiments, aud will act
with the Democrats in the next Congress.
The Democrats aud Union men OF the
South have always acted harmoniously to.
gether, and will continue to do so in the
future. The latter can never affiliate with
the secession;sts of the South or the Abo-
litionists of the North, for these traitors
worked together and pulled the Union
aSundcr, and now both are equally opposed
to "Tho Union as it was ,and the Consitu
ton as it is." We congratulate the De
mocracy on having the faithful Union mcr
Of the border Southern States for friend.
and allies. Union men will find their onl,
proper protection in or with the Delhocrat
ic party.
Governor Bramlette, in his inaugura
address, speaks as follows
FRANKFORT, KY, Sept. 1.-Governoi
Bramlette was inaugurated to-day. II
his inaugural he contends that the revolt
ed States did not change their St0t@s b,
rebelling. All that is necessary is 10
them to return to their position Us states
the rebellion did not remit them TO q terri
torial condition.
He also says: awe have now, and vii
have, when the rebellion closes, the iden
tical Constitution which the extremists see
to destroy-the one by innovation ard tn
other by force. 1t is not restored Unio
not a reconstructed Union--that Ken
ftucky desires, but preserved Unionor re
stored peace upon constitutional basis"
The Governor strongly objects to th
arming of negro regiments, and asks
"What is to be done with such soldier
at the close of the war;
He points to the result of the rccer
election as proof that Kentucky will nc
fraternize with the rebellion, either opcDl
or covertly, and declares that "the Stat
has ever been, lis now, and always will re
main loyal to the government of our ia
TIERS"
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-09-12
The Prospects.

The News from every section of the
State is most encurageing for the success
of the Democratic State ticket. The rail-
lying cry is everywhere for WOODWARD,
LowRlE AND CIVIL LIBERTY, and our
exchanges come filed with glowing ac-
counts of the enthusiasm which prevails
in the ranks Of the Democracy. The lar
gest and most enthusiastic meetings since
the days of Jackson, are constantly being
held, and the whole State is aroused for
the good cause. The people are deter
mined to restore the Democratic party to
power as the last hope Of the country-as
the only guaranty for the preservation Of
the Union and the Constitution. Our
candidates are so far above those of the
Opposition, that we have in this respect a
powerful advantage over them. Wood
ward is a statesman and honest man, while
Curtin is pot-house politician, a doma.
gogue, and, according to the Pittsburg
Gazette, the leading Republican paper in
Western Pennsylvania, "his nomination
aOaS Disgrace, and has election iRpoS-
s5Jte.' Our principles involve the safety
Of the Union and the Constitution--tho
very existence of free institutions and a
republican form of government. The true
patriots of every party are determined to
strike for Union and Liberty, and the
mighty hosts of Democracy and conserva.
tive voters Of other parties must succeed.
Victory is within our grasp. 1t is only for
tie people to correctly understand their
power and the right will gloriously prevail
The old Keystone will be redeemed, and
the star of hope will once more rise to 0
bleeding nation.
AS for the County Ticket, it is one o
the very best ever placed before the peo
pie. Men of sterling qualities, honesty
capability, and sound Democracy, compOs;
it from top to bottom, and the only quos
ton seems to be how much the majority
for it shall be. That it will be elected by
the largest majority ever given in "Olt
Democratic Columbia is as true as it de
serves 10 be so elected. The Democrac,
! Of our County are thoroughly united anc
determined to completely crush Abolition
J ism in our midst. The people are enthusi
astic, and impatiently awaiting the day Q
the election, when freemen may thunde
in the ears of our rulers the condemnatio
of their actions, To our friends at home
and abroad, we promise glorious repor
from democratic Columbia.n
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-09-12

WANTED,-Book keepers, Clerks and
Active Men for Business.-Owing 10 the
changes caused by the war, there exists
throughout the country a most wonderful
demand for competent and skillful Book
keepers, Clerks, &c So great is this de-
mand that notwithstanding the number of
Students at the Iron City College, Pitts
burg, Pa, has been more than doubled
during the past year, it has not been able
to supply the calls made upon it for Book
keepers, and Clerks, Young men contem.
plating a preparation for business, which
this year promises to be more active than
usual, should avail themselves at once of
the advantages afforded by this popular
institution, and prepare themselves for fall
and winter business.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-09-12

1a5" The execution Of the five substitute
deserters, condemned to death in the Ar
my of the Potomac, took place on Satur-
day, in the presence of an immense array
of military and civil spectators, The
death oil each was instantaneous. All
the condemned were foreigners by birth.
Two were ProtestantS, two Catholics, and
one Hebrew. Clergy of their respec-
tive persuasiOnS were present, and admin
iSlercd the last consultations of religion.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-09-12
Joseph G. Bucher, ESQ,

This gentleman, who is a member of
the Bar of Lewisburg, Union co., spent
several days during the past week, attend
ing the Courts of Columbia county, and
was engaged in number of important
cases. He is young gentleman of fine
legal and literary attainments, prepossess-
ing in appearance-very agreeable in de-
portment-cnd nd as public speaker he has
no superior Of his age in this Common
wealth. Mr.. BUCHER spoke on Tuesday
evening, at an immense Democratic meet
ing in our Court House, in strains of lofty
patriotism and burning eloquence, for ovel
two hours, to delighted auditory, and
delivered the ablest and most effective ad
dress ever listened to by the Democracy o
Columbia.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-09-12

" Three Supreme Court Judges, Low
rie, Woodward and Strong that
Pennsylvania volunteers ia the field should
not vote. ."-LewiSbmg Chronic,e.
Only three falsehoods in three lines
That is quite in keeping with the general
character of the Chron'cIe.
lst. There was no decision that voun.
teers should not vote, but that the Consti.
tuition requires all voters to vote in the
districts where they have residence.
2nd. Judge Lowrie did not act upor
the case at all, being absent.
3rd. John NJ. Reed, the Republican
member of the Court, united in the deci
sion. The case was not decided by tho
three Judges named by the Chronicle, bu
by Republican Judge Reed and two o
them.
1t is very certain the Editor is ignoran
of the subject he writes about, or is dis
honest.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-09-12
Democratic Meeting.

On Tuesday evening las, well attended
Democratic Meeting was heIl! in the CoLn
House, at Bloomsbury. Hhere was quite
large number of the fair daughters OF Col
umhia's sci! present. The Court House
was completely filled with people a lar. 6
number being obliged 10 stand, filling up
the isles and every corner in The ioom.--
The following we're appointed officers;
President, HON. JOHN McREYNOLDS,
Of Hemock.
Wee Presidents stephen Badly, John C.
Doty, VIM. Lamon, John Fruit, John Rob-
bison, Isaiah Bower, Adam Suit, Henry
Gable, William Hoffman, Isaac Snyder,
John Hill, Michael FIantz, Robert Robbins,
John h. Heller
Secretaries, ,-Wm. Fl. Jacoby, A. B. 1a;e
and E. B Snider.
The meeting being organized, Jos. c.
BrcHER, Esq, of Lewisburg, was introduced
to the audience, who made most capi a.
speech, showing the corruption i'll the pres
ent administration, how il came into pow.
er by false promises, what it has accom-.
pliShed, and what it has not done. There
YVES good deal OF variety about his speech
which made i, the more interesting, He
paid his plimens to corrupt Andrew
&. Curtin, by exposing some OF the fraud.
ulent schemes pracliced upon our soldiers;
aud yet the politically damned Contractors
aud Jobbers who cry war 10 the last dollar,
have the braZen- faced impotence to tell
Us "Andy Curtin is the SoIlier's Ffend ~
| he is, he has just laleIy become so, Mr.,
B. spoke nearly TWO hours; being frequent.
ly interrupted by tremendous applause
All were well pleased
After the close Of Mr. BUcHeR's remarks,
Col. l. l.. Tate introduced HENRY S. MARR,
Esq , of SchuyIkilI county, who entertained
the audience short time with neat little
speech. The speeches, upon the whole
were truthful and patriotic. The meeting,
in turn, gave each speaker three cheers /;
and al the adjournment gave three cheers
/ Tor WOODWARD, LowRIE and LIBERTY.
Signed by the Officers,