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Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-08-20
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ENGLISH SPECIFIC PILLS, lmpotcncy, Premature
decay, Seminel Weakness, Insanity, and all Urinary
Sexual and NG4yous Affections. matter frOHi what
cause produced. Price, Onl Dollar per BOX Scut,
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Will prefer the cure in most cases. Address
JAMES ). BUTLER,
General Agent l27 broadway, New York
July %, lcG3 -3w.
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Catawissa, June a5, i564-'
SPECIAL NOTICES
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Editor Dem -
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GREAT AMERICA TEA COMPANY

rolinb,e article our customers hava often Expressed
wish that they could b. supplied from first hands II
was the intention the
GREAT AMERICA TEA COMPANY
to do strictly Tea business but as we have had
some customers living at distance that have relied
upon ~ TO supply them exclusively with Tea and COt
Zee. IL being inconvenient for them 10 come 10 New
York. The GRRAr TEA, AND CorTEE EMPoRluN Of this
country aud Tea faster was possessed OF III.
formation relating to Coffee that could be FURNISHED
a. moderate price, and give universal satisfaction
and att same ii ic afford the retailer handsome
tin'' ti,o" TIIIs CoFFtEiiXg HECGME 50 POPULAR
with customers and their saias have increased To
such an extent that we have been compelled to make
large additions TO our mnchinary "hch WIZ eRane We
/ to supply few more Custumcrs with it. We VIII
therefore send it to those who may order
! II IS Lda SuperScdi"g aH other CONteS.
! This Coffee has been used for than century in
Paris and since its Introduction into this country II
has bees used by some of the leading Frcncl Res.
Nurants here. The Parisa are said 10 be the best
judges of coffee and the great favor IN which 1t is
held by them the best feccomme ndation that be
procured for fine flavor and healthy effects upon
the human system.
We put up but one grade Of this coffee and that is of
quality that oar customers have found from e1ps =
demands of their trade 1t is the lowest price that we
We do all our business on the most extensive SCALE
buy by the cargo and sell at only two cents per pound
proht.
each. This method of putting Il up saves from TO
cents per pound to the customer and by ITS being in
large quantity it retains its fine flavor much longer
IN this form than in any other We send with 'ach
barrel Show Cards, Circulars Posters to assist the
dealer to introduce it to his customers We hope our
customers will take pains 10 have them well posted up
ana distbut 1t viii be TO their advantage to do
rms Coffee We warrant 10 give perfect satisfaction,
and If does not please, the purchaser has the rtvi
ley. of returning the whole any part of II withh
t9 days and having his money refunded together WIN
all the GN renses of transportation both ways
We ishue Price Circular Of our TEAS and COFFEEs
which we are glad TO send free to all who wish it
Consumers of Coffee should enquite for the "Frenct
breakfast and dinner Coffee" and be that IL wu
purchased of the
Ereae American Tea G0lnpay
, IMPORTERS g. JOBPERS
35 e. 81 VESEY ST., New YORK.
July %, ls64.-3m.
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nes Mr.. W. 7. RITTER, ,on Saturday last,
had two Of his Boat horses seriously in.
jured by sun stroke below Catawissa.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-07-09
The DECAY oil YitaI Power.

"Burleigh," of the Boston Journal, gives
the following graphic sketch of well known
men:
Men will grow old-some by age, some
by care, some by premature decay, brought
on by exposure, toll or dissipation. Men
can live fast, financially and physically in
either case bankruptcy comes. L saw a
crowd on the steps of the Astor, yesterday.
They were watching the attempt of the
great pugilst, tom Hyer, to ascend into
the house. His tall form was bent by dis
ease; his once firm step tottered his great
strength had departed. With erutches and
the aid ola strong arm of friend, he slow
ly and with anguish took one step at a
time as an infant would go up. 1t was gall
and bitterness to him to cast his eyes
around on that crowd, and see how unlike
their greeting was to the crowd that cheer
ed him on in his great fight with Sullivan.
By singular coincidence Morrissey came
along. But how unlike Hyer. Morrissey
is protested gambler. 1t is his trade.
He has taken care of himself, and keeps
within bounds. He is temperate, for his
calling demands it. He dresses in elegant
taste-is full jeweled, and would pass for
a well-to-do banker with the upper ten or
as Professor in a college. Morrissey has
taken Saratoga under his special charge,
and intends to drive this year larger bust
ness than he did the last. He has taken
headquarters already, and with an elegant
exterior, smart address, cool and adroit
habits, he will allure into his embrace many
of our youth, and send the curse into MANY
homes, in the form of ruined but once man.
ly sons.
AS Hyer was attempting to go up the
steps, q man sought more quiet entrance
on one side of the crowd. 1t was N. P.
Willis. "Time has laid his hand visibly
on you, my gay FRIEND" said to myself
He needed the aid of cane to help him up
The 1.-THE and smart step faltered in its up
ward movement The auburn locks, still
curly, were grizzled his face was thin and
beard gray, as one in the scar and yellow
leaf of life. Few would have recognized
in the feeble and slender invalid the nerv.
Gus, hilarious man of twenty years ago
He cast a sad look on the crowd, and the
pugilist broken down in middle life, and
passed on. The group was not complete
Passing along the pavement was Commo-
dore Vanderbilt. Fill recently he has been
among our most vigorous men. Age seem
ed to have no effect upon him. His body
was iron, his nerves steel. Old in years,
his step was elastic. His hair was white as
snow, but his intellect sharp and vigorous
His form slim as a youth of nineteen, but
erect as Mohawk warrior. Some months
ago he was thrown from his wagon. Thai
fall did the work of years on his system
He walks and looks the old man. his steI
is languid, and that touch which none car
parry, and all must obey, is his. Such is
life.
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Increase in Fay of Soldiers.

The President has signed and approved
the act to increase the pay of soldiers in
the United States army. 1t provides that
on and after the first day Of May last, and
during the continuance Of the present re-
b ellion, the pay per month of non commits
stoned officers and privates in the military
service shall be as follows:
Sergeant majors, S26; quartermaster
and commissary sergeants Of cavalry, artil-
lery, and infantry, $50; sergeants of ord
nance, sappers and miners, and poutoniers,
$34; corporals of ordnance, sappers and
miners, and pontoniers, $23; privates of
engineers and ordinance of the first class,
$18; and of the second class, SIG; corpo-
rails of cavalry, artillery and infantry, Sl8;
chief buglers of cavalry, S23; buglers,
SIG; farriers and blacksmiths of cavalry
and artillery, S1o, privates OF cavalry, ar
tillery and infantry, SIG principal must
of brigade and regimental bands, S75; mu-
sicians, SIG; hospital stewards of the FIRST
class, $33; hospital stewards Of the second
class, S25; hospital stewards of the third
ciass, SEA,
All non commissioned officers and pri-
yates in the regular army, serving under
enlistments made prior TO July 90, 1861,
shall have the privilege of re-enlisting, for
term of three years, in their respective or
CARNATIONS, until the first of August next,
and all such nou-commissioned officers and
privates so re-enlisting ehall be entitled to
the bounties mentioned in the joint reso
luton Of congress, approved January -,
1864.
In all cases where the Government shall
furnish transportation and subsistence to
discharged officers and soldiers from the
place of their discharge to the place of their
enrolment or original muster into the SER
vice, they shall not be entitled to travel pay
or Communication Of subsistence.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-07-09

CaR1oUs FACTS ABOUT CoNGREssMEN.-
A Washington letter writer says Mr.. Ames
of Massachusetts, is the richest, worth over
two millions Mr.. Baldwin of the same
State the largest; Mr.. Clay of Kentucky,
the tallest Mr.. Cox of Ohio, the smallest;
Mr.. McClurg of Missouri the shortest; Gem
eral Dumont Of Indiana the most produc-
tive, being the father Of nineteen children /;
Mr.. Stevens Of Pennsylvania the oldest;
seventytwo years; Gen. Garfield of Ohio
the youngest, thirty-two years Mr.. Win
dom of Minnesota the handsomest Mr..
Kelley of Pennsylvania and Mr.. voorhees, of
Indiana the best speakers; Mr.. Coxof Ohio
and Mr.. Washburne of Illinois the best par
liamentarians Mr.. Kasson of Ohio and Mr..
Pendleton of Ohio the readiest debaters
Mr.. Clay of Kentucky the largest farmer.
hanvig 6. 500 acres of land, 275 slaves, 200
sheep, and $50 blooded cattle while Mr..
Grinnel Of Iowa has 6 900 acres of land, g.
900 sheep; Mr.. Wallace Of Idaho lives the
furthest from Washington, draws Sc, 397
for mileage, and Mr.. Davis of Maryland the
nearest, his mileage being only $32; Mr..
Frank of New York tie best penman, and
Mr.. Stevens of Pennsylvania, the poorest.
The House has twenty i've members with
bald heads, thirty with moustaches, and two
with wigs.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-07-09

A BIT OF ADVICE FOR BoYs.-"You are
made to be kind, says Horace Mann, ''gen-
erous and magnaninous. If there is boy
in the school who has a club foot, don't let
him know that you ever saw it. If there
is poor boy with ragged clothes, don't talk
about rags when he is in hearing. IF there
is lame boy, assign him some part of the
game which does not require. running. IF
there is hungry one, give him part of
your dinner. If there is dull one, help
him to get his lesson. If there is bright
one, be not envious of him for if one boy
is proud of his talents, and another is enyi-
Gus of them, there are two great wrongs,
and no more talents, than before. If lar
ger or stronger boy has injured you, and is
sorry for it, forgive him, and request the
teacher not to punish him. All the school
ars will show By their countenaneshow much
better it rs to have a great heart than to
have great fist.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-07-09
A VALUABLE ACQUAINTANCE.

On my journey to England, I one day
formed an agreeable acquaintance at pub
lie house with an interesting young man.
l was as much struck with the beauty of
his person and the gracefulness of his man.
ners, as with his general detected mein.
He spoke but little. AS, however, he in
cidentally heard was Swiss, he reached
me his hand, with a melancholy smile, call
ed me his fellow countryman, and invited
me to take seat in his comfortable car
risge, until we should reach Switzerland.
gladly accepted the invitation.
On the way learned that his name was
Fridolin Walter, and that he was a physi-
a rich nobleman and his family on tours
through Europe, and through his gratitude
and friendship he was in possession. not
only Of an independent fortune, but also of
an annuity for life. He had, by his medi-
cal skill, saved the life of the noble and one
of his daughters.
GAS you succeeded in doing this, dear
DOCTOR" said I, perhaps you can hel p me
ALSO"
And I complained to him that, for a long
time, had suffered from disordered stom-
ach, bad digestion, and often felt an inclina-
ton to vomit. Ny complaint furnished the
occasion for a considerable conversation,
for he surveyed me for some time very
closely with his black eyes. as though he
would look me through and through. He
then said, very coolly-
"Matters, my fellow-countryman, may
become even still worse with you"
"God forbid 70 cried 1, somewhat fright
ened. Il do not know what can be the
cause of it,
He replied
"But l remarked it several days ago, as
we were pursuing our journey together.
The drains which you take now and then
are the cause, although you think that you
do not drink too much only small glass
of rum 10 the morning, after dinner glass
of cherry bounce in addition 10 your coffee,
and yet another glass in the evening before
going to bed.''
''Ah doctor you are joking with me, art
you not 90 replied l. "a glass of liquor
occasionally can do me no harm, as other
wise I am accustomed to live very plainly
It occasions me very pleasant sensations
strengthens and warns my stomach, excites
my animal spirits sometimes and causes ev'
erything to move on ten times better. II
fact, declare to you that the whole world
wears more pleasant aspect after taking
moderate dram, than it did BEFORE
The doctor replied
"You are right. These are always tbt
good and first effect of distilled liquors. I
is on this account that this kind is so gen
orally liked. But the certain second effects
are not SO good. 1t makes you afterwarC
drowsy and low spirited weakens the stOm
ach and bowels over-excites the nerves
aud decomposes the blood, so that, in cours'
Of time, it becomes as if it were clotted
When fevers and epidemics prevail in tn,
country, it makes the body much more sus
ceptible to these diseases, and at any tim,
I when sickness overtakes one accustomed e
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-07-09

under the name of aqua rite, water of life
1t then served as a medicine. Now it is
called by the savages in America, "fre
water" and these savages are right"
The remarks of DR.. Fridolin Walter made
deep impression on my mind. l will yet
add, for the encouragement of many thou
sands who are similarly indisposed as I was,
that in accordance with the doctors advice,
I from that day drank morning and evening
few glasses of fresh water, and used beer
or German wine only at table. In the
course of three months already, I with Joy
experienced the good effects upon my
health, and ever since that time have ban
ished all ardent spirits from my home, and
wholly avoided them. For the last three
years have had no need for the doctor or
apothecarY.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-07-09
Sowing Winter Wheat-- d rilling VS.. Broad


EDS. PRAIRIE FARMER IF any of the
advocates of broadcast sowing were here
could soon convince the most obstinate Of
them that drilling in wheat is much the best
way of seeding SO that it will stand the
freezing and heaviDg of severe winter.
The cold weather of January did not hurt
the wheat, because the ground in most
places was covered with snow, but the
severe cold in February was not accompan-
led by any snow and consequently the roots
were exposed to the severe winds and frosts
until they were in many cases lifted out of
the ground.
The winter of 80 and '63 was totally
different from this, It being very wet and
muddy most of the time, yet the drilled
wheat turned out much better in nearly ev-
cry instance than that which was sown
broadcast.
To insure good crop of wheat on this
gray prairie soil the following points must
be adhered to, viz:
1st Plant about the first of September.
Cd. Plant in sod ground which has been
deeply tuned under, so that it n.ay Lu
drilled deeply.
Cd. Be sure and use a good drilling ma
chine. Yours, &C., ''GREENBAcK.'
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4 Right Smart PonItice on the Wrong
Stomach.


At famous watering place, within the
memory of mans gentleman was severely
afflicted with pain in the stomach, which
neither gin cocktails nor other cordials
could remove. 1t was night, and he was in
bed. His loving wife, unwilling TO wake
the domestic, descended to the kitchen, and
prepared a mustard poultice, which she
spread on her own handkerchief, and pro-
ceeded with it to her distressed lord. Be-
fore leaving him she left light dimly burn.
ing in his apartment but deeply in pressed
with anxiety, she vas not as careful as she
might have been in noting the number of
her room.
Guided By light which she saw shining
in chamber, and which she supposed was
the one she left, entered. and gently raising
the bed-clothes, &C., laid the warm police
upon a stomach, but not the stomach of her
lord.
"Halow there What the ARE you
about?' shouted a voice of thunder, and
the body and sleeves; whence it issued,
sprang out of bed.
The lady screamed and ran her husband
rushed to the rescue from the next room,
the walters joined, and a small scene ensu.
ed, much to the amusement of all concern
ed. The poulticed gentleman had indis
creetly left light in his room, and this
lured the lady from her path.
Her husband was so amused and excited
by the mistake that he quite forgot his pains;
but early next morning, with his wife and
trunks, left for parts unknown. The poul
ticed man still retains the handkerchief-a
beautiful cambric-with the lady's name on
it, which he considers of rare value.-Bos-
ton TRAVELLER
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-07-09
The Potomac Army---The Situation.

ne EOI0mac Armysssl ne SituaIlOus
There appear to me to be three modes By
which Gen. Grant can continue his present
advance on Richmond. First. the reduc-
ton of Fort Darling, and advance up the
river by the iron clads. which could thus
project the right or left flank of the army,
accordingly as it advanced up by the north
or south bank of the river. Second, an ad
vance to the westward from Bermuda Hun
dred, thus severiug the enemy's commuDi-
cation with Petersburg. This would, how
ever, be hazardous undertaking, even after
it was executed, as the enemy could at any
time demonstrate against the line of COM
murication from two fortified positions, not
over ten miles apart. Third, an advance
By turning Petersburg and then crossing
the Appomattox river and marching towards
the Danville railroad. This plan, howev-
er, involves long line of communication,
to be guarded at all points, and which at
Petersburg is always threatened, to say
nothing of attacks from the South, which
would doubtless be made at all times during
day and night. The ammunition, subsist-
ence and the siege material cf the army
could scarcely be transported in safety over
this route. But there is still another line
of advance-that proposed by General Nc
Clellan, from Malvern Hill, and which does
not include the reduction of Fort Darling.
It seems to me, however, that this line is
not now feasible one, whatever it might
have been in former times. The plan, then,
involving the reduction of Fort Darling,
and which was the plan of the allies in their
attack on Sebastopol, except that they had
no fort on their left as we have to obstruct
our passage, appears to me, now, to be the
most feasible one for the reduction of Rich
mond. To be sura it involves time and
great labor. These are its drawbacks. But
at the same time it takes less men. Thus
portion of the immense army now before
Richmond could be employed elsewhere, at
least until the time for using them to advan-
tage, in the progress of the siege, had ar
rived.
In the meantime the greater part of the
army is comp aratively at rest, awaiting the
new movement, which has been officially
announced as in progress. To be sure Gen.
Hunters column is at work, but we really
know little or nothing of it's whereabouts
or doings, except as coming to us from
rebel sources. There is news, apparently
well authenticated, that nine brigades of
Ewell's corps have been sent to intercept
Hunter. If this is so, we may expect a
bloody encounter between the two armies,
ours fighting at great disadvantage for
Gen. Hunter is at least one hundred and
fifty miles from his base, in an enemy's
country, and dependent upon what he can
obtain along the route for subsistence. l
most anxiously look for news from that
quarter Correspondence Chicago Tribune.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-07-09
YaIIandigham,s Motive.

People are puzzling themselves with con-
lectures as to Vallandigham' motive for re-
turning to Ohio just now, after waiting and
watching over the border go long. Some
have considered it possible that he really
expected to Cooperate with John Morgan.
Others imagine that the absence of the Ma
tional Guard from Ohio was supposed to
offer an opportunity to make mischief
Vallandigham himself gives no reason for
his movement that would not have been as
applicable every day since he entered Cana
da as now. He would have US believe he
is anxious about the vindication of person
al liberty, and solicitous to be champion
of the people in that regard. But, accord
ing to his own testimony, his friends have
enjoyed the largest liberty of speech in his
absence, and he can hardly hope that his
individual exertions will better their coE1i.
ton,
The fact seems to be about this !: Val
landigham was content to remain in exile,
so long as distance lent enchantment 10 the
view taken of him by his followers, and he
found that his absence from Ohio gave him
more notorietY than his presence in the
ly he has found himself in the way of being
tOTSOltcus Ais own party expressly OtS-
owned his leadership in the late Stale Con-
vention. The ten cent subscription dried
up, and all the money that could be scraped
together for him, being invested in British
funds, there was no likelihood of further
pecuniary emolument incidental to exile.
And Vallandigham knew that his sudden
appearance among the ''men of Ohio"
would give him an immense conspicuity.
This, he had no doubt, could be turned to
his advantage in the Chicago Convention.
How could the Democratic National Con-
yention fail to do him reverence? II he
should not be mcleeted by the President,
be would shine as hero, and stand a chance
/ for the first honors of the Convention. II
re-arTested, there would be an increased
lustre in his msrtyrdom, and the role of the
martyr maTtyred afresh, and perhaps in
Fort Warren, would be much better than
that of a forgotten person on the Canada
shore. II either hero or martyr, what less
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-07-09

In 1860, while the rebellion was culmi-
mating, and while the Southern Senators
still held their seats, Joseph Lane asked
Hon. Andy johnson, now the Union can
dictate for Vice President, what he would
do with the secession Senator'S if be were
President Andy Johnson replied
1.-THE distinguished Senator from Oregon
asked me what I would do with the rebels,
were President of the United States ? 1
would have them arrested, I tOould hare
them tried. and # found gully, blythe Eter-
n al God I 1c0ald hare them creeuted."