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Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-07-15
NOTICE IN PARTITION
Estate Of James Ralston. deceased.

hstafe of James RalSton, deceased.
To Matilda Ralston, Willamina, widow
of Robert Ralston, and James, Donald
o., Elvira and Charles, minor children
OF Robert Ral,ton, deceased, residing in
the County Of Dauphin, John Ralston, re.
siding in scluykill County William r lis
ton residing in Brazil, South America.
JOSIAH Ralston, Of Columbia County, Ag-
mes intermarried with Marshal Silverthorn
residing In Brecknridge Colorado Ter
ritory, Susan intermarried with Miles G..
Abbott, Martha intermarred with George
Bdleman, and Elizabeth a daughter of
James Ralston, Junior, deceased who has
Tor her guardian B f. Hartman, heirs and
legal representatives OF James Ralstop.
Ia'e OF Bloom township Columbia County,
deceased,
TAKE NOTICE:
That m inquest VIII be hold on tho real c.tat. Of IN
deceased which shall assemble at tho q, ~,
Uloom township, Columbia county, occupied BY Henry
Garrison, on ~ '"''
Frtaoy, Me nh Of Augua A. d., 1865
at ten o'clock, in the forenoon and to continue un,
al Tue real estate Of the deceased appra for Tho
purpose Oh making partition Of the real tPte of tho
said deceased to aud amorg his heirs and legal ,cm
esehthtives, ~ the same be done witnnt prei,i
uIce 10 or sp0i'ing the Whole otherwise value and
aPpraise thr same according to law at which titno
and place you are required TO attend if you think
proper. ~
SAMUEL SNYDER.
,,n NrU
shcriTs Office. Bloomsbury
June 10. 1885 5-6w
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ssy- A good article Of Tar, at Runyon's 8
Provision Store for sale cheap.
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t0' j, II. II ", who sends Ne a
lit If Marriage notices from Lime Ridge,
with an urgent request for their publca.
ton, should remember that such fictitious
publications and HbiNouS
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-07-15
JEFFEsoN DAVIS FROM AN ENGIIs

JErrEsoN DAVIS FROM AN ENGLISH
SrANpPoI>T.-Tbe Lo ,don Standard
contcud' thai h iudignite' off rd to Mr..
Davis, tog iber with the har,hDe,s Of his
prison life, give a'.urance that the G w.
.trnmcni means to iuaIct on him the ut.
most punishment they can bcs,ow The
STANDARD protests that in this the Govern
ment has violated international law, and
il thrsc proceeding, slall be carried to an
extreme point, that the English Govern.
ment with 'rew its embassy from our
COUNTY,.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-07-15

ta5- Ne~ GooA IN Light Street-Hon
iErER E>r, as will he seen by his Card
elsewhere in our columns, has just rcceiv
I'd large assortment of New G ,ods He
SI~ay- Keeps The best articles aud sell. 1T
ir prizes. Coal Oil may there be bad
ieur home aud will out digging.
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ASss;s''ss5SG

y -
sr- IN. Military suthoritie' at Wash,
!, at,, h, ., con, 'ludsd TO deliver up the
= a.. ce Tho da ceased censp'rator' 70
bcG. "'
'-icnds
-" 70 attended Mrs.
R1s~ Th IS declared his
Surrat 10 he. ,enoe OF any
consIe.oo ,aho entire limo. a,o,
0''"u. n0' III He' ,ssssiuation 'o'
completely in the a. .;..;,;.
Eay' Ex G overnor Lo. isou
was released fiom the O,d
on Monday on parole.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-07-15

R-yN Should any OF our friends enquire
" " their Toasts, gwen at the Jackson
Celebra ion, on the Fourth, we're not rub.
] shed, we would inform them. that we
p ID ish d all banded Us by the Commi.ee
Of Revision. Many were ofsimil, r. te or,
il uol iu the same words. hence, we sup.
poe, their ri c'io,. However, should
any person wish 10 ste their Toasts in
a. nt, that were onttrd, th y c'n fnrwa.d
tl'm 10 US, aud ticy viii 6ud place in
ahe CoiUn,bn IemoCr It"
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kay" a la'ge arrival Of F'sh, Macercl
Co1.h,h. II,rring, SMOKED Hslibu', &c J.,
at wholesale and retail Macerel out up
IN small packager for family use al.o
qur'er and half barrel packages, all of
elIog Tor sale at low rates.
|. R,SyoN
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FuKLTG SAFE
Valuable Real Estate.
Tract of Land,

Lying IN Fi-hingcrock town ship in tho county Of Co
llhlbIa bounded by lands OF Jacob Wenner on the
Nor III and West by rh,lip Wilson, on the East by
ing
FIFTY ACRES,
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The following payments have been made
to the Columbia Democrat Office, during
the month of June, 1895:

We havo small receipts fn June. Tnis is owing t,
the fact, that we have moi been mu out To collect,
aud that people have other business in harvest
paying the Printer. During the last month we have
sent bills ,e many Of our customers and earnestly
request them to remit us our dues by ma-withou dc
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ssy- Choice Dairy Butter can he had
at the Provision Store k pit constantly on
hand Also. choice a:iicles of cigars,
al grades, just received and for sale cheap.
!. RUNYoS.
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Infamous.

A urnal u NV York city. in allu-
sion 10 the late execution at Washington, D,
s'ys: "AlI those hanged confessed their
gui t. " This is falsrhool it was con
ccived as such, uttered as such, and was
evidently intended to ceivc that portion
ot the public not familiar W tn the record
Of the trlaL None ofthe accused, by word
or inlimaton, made any confession Of
guilt. The evidence of Mrs. Surratt's par.
t'c'patlon in he conspiracy, j. meager,
Imperfect and incouclusivc, and it is stated
that her last words to The priest who ad-
miuistored to her the consolation Of reli.
gon were that che was iproccnt. II was
probably 10 deaden popular sympathy for
she fate Of that unfortunate woman that
the malicious and premedilated lie that
We quote above, was pibli,hed. We need
scarcely add that the journal iu question
Il The Ncw York Herald.
sGg- The Newburyporl Herald include.
an interesting History ol the various sub
.titutes for the larg. and costly pipe organ
with the following welldcserved pctioe OF
the Cabinet Organ: GAN these inventions 5
were. however, but little more than Sc.
ries of experiments, q striving after an
ideal, which should combine all excellen'
ccs and rej oil imperfect ons, which,
according TO the universal testimony oi
the greatest musicians throughout the
world, has at last been at aimed in the
"Cabipet Organ Of Mason & Hamlin.-
Tho,e who have had their ears panied By
the tim, brassy sound Of the old fashioned
seraphns, in which the wiud was forced
instead of drawn through, or who have
tried to be thankful for the improved mel
odeon bat wishing there was more of it
cap hesrdly realize that an instrument o.
the same class should be capable OF suct
power, ricbuess of tone, aud surprising
effects as the Cabinet Organs II is for
tunate, too, that their expense il so low
ss 10 place them within the means Of al
most every family 10 the land AMI thei
iDf renee will we doubt not, be unbound
cd 10 musical, esthetic, and social culture
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s6- On Tuesday last we measured
some Corn Stalks, of our own raising, in
cur s1d tassel, ct finding 10 Icet and in
chcs above the ground
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saF' Mr HENRY J WALTER, wri es US
letter from Terry town illinois, Intended
frr publication. 1t .ntains some items
f local interest to tba, section of country,
AID exposes the con summatc meaDncss Of
the abolltlo onists there, in breaking up u
: t'uinn Cclebration,' but would not be Of
much moment to the general reader We
have 40 room at present for its publ ca
ton
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-06-10

been received in that city, from for.
mer resident Of il, who was a passenger
on board the steamer general Sse,gwick,
which Went to the rescue of the Gene,vt
Lyon: ms
"The steamer General Lyon left vii.
mington for Fortress Monroe, with about
500 refugees on board several from
Columbia. On the second day out, she
was burned to the waters edge, and all
on board, but about twenty, were eth.
er burned or drowned. We were with.
in sight at the time, and our captain run
up as near as the rough sea would allow.
The women and children were all burn
ed. The men took all the boats, planks,
&c, and jumped into the sea, but it was
so rough that only twenty reached our
boat. Henry Hunt came to us and was
pulled halfway up the side of the ship,
and then fell back and was drowned
Among the lost from Columbia, were Ca.
Wis and his family, Hunt and Phelps,
with their families, Dearne, Stadtler,
Deidrick Windhorn, his wife, child and
two brothers Bews the butcher, and his
wife, aud others that [ do not recollcot.
None from Columbia were saved. That
was the most awful sight / ever wit,
messed, and hope never to see such an
other. st.E#s
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Denial.
RALEIGH, N. c., June 2, 1865.

RALEIGH, N. O., June 2, 1865.
Editor Of Democrat:
The servant boy who was with Jef.
ferson Davis when he was captured has
returned to this place, and says that Mr.,
Davis eoas not dtsgutsca. in the female
apparel qohen he 1pas captured--that he
had on the clothing he was in the habit
of wearing, and when the alarm was
given, and as Mr., Davis started to leave
the tent Mrs. Davis threw her shawl
over his head or shoulders.
The name of the servant boy is, am
informed, Jim Jones, and accompanied
Mr.. Davis from Charlotte until he was
captured and landed at Fortress Monroe.
He is known here in Raleighto be truth.
ful and of good character. = x.
Charlotte Democrat.
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Letter From Gen, Sherman.
Camp near Alexander,
Va, May 10, 1865.

Va, May 10, 1855.
DEAR BOWMAN: l am Just arrived.
All my army will be in to-day. Ihave
been lost to the world in the woods for
some time. Yet on arriving at the
settlements" found 1 have made quite
a stir among the people at home, and
that the most sinister motives have been
ascribcd TO me.
Il have made frequent official reports
OF my official action in all public matters,
and all of them have been carefully sup.
pressed, while the most ridiculous non.
sense has been industriously spread
abroad through all the newspaper.
Well you know what Importance at.
tach to such matters, and that / have
been too long fighting with real Rebels
with muskets in their hands to be scared
by mere non-combatants, no matter how,
high their civil rank or station. !,
It's amusing to observe how brave
and firm some men become when all
dangeris past. l have noticed on fields
OF battle brave men never insult the cap.
tured or mutilate the dead but towards
and laggards always dS.al / cannot re.
call the act, bnt Shakespeare records
how poor FalstaG theprince of towards
and wits, rising from figured death,
stabbed again the dead Percy and carried
the carcase aloh in triumph to prove
his valor. So now, when The Rebellion
in our land is dead, many, Falstaffs ap.
pear to brandish the evidence Of their
valor and seek to win applause, and ap.
propriate honors for deeds that never
were done. as
AS to myself I ask no popularity, no
reward; but / darethe War Department
to publish my official letters and reports.
| assert that my official reports have
been parposely suppressed, while all the
powerof the press has been Indignantly
turned against me, &
90 want peace and security and the
return to law and justice from Maine to
the Rio Grandc and If 1t does not exist
now substantially, it is for State reasons
beyond my comprehension. 1t may be
thought strange that ono who has no
fame but as a soldier should have been
SO careful TO trytorestore the civil pow.
er OF the Government and the peaceful
Jprisdictionofthe Federal Courts: but il
is difficultto discover In that fact any
just causcof eifanae to an enlightened
and tree people. But when men choose
4 IL. ~ !. . :. ....Hn
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i HEAVY RoBBERY OF SPEoIE.-$2OO,.
600 SToLE:S. "A few days since two Of
the officers Of the Richmond banks,
whose assets were removed from thatS
city upon the evacuation in April, reach
ed Washington in this State. They
were empowered by the authorities to
remove their effects, consisting Of three
hundred and twenty thousand dollars in
specie, to the capital of Virginia. Pro,
curing teams and d guard OF twelve men,
these gentlemen set out upon their re.
turn home, intending to take the railroad
at Chester, South Carolina.
At the end of the first days Journey,
they encamped on the grounds osMrs.
Morse, eighteen miles from Washington
and three from the Savannah river. The
oficersretired, and the guards fell asleep.
About midnight party of twenty
mounted men, who were evidently aware
of the value of the train, suddenly dashed
upon It, and the guard surrendered with
out firing a gun or making the slightest
show of resistance. The freebooters i'm
mediately went to work bursting open
the specie kegs and helping themselves
to the glittering contents. One fellow,
it is related, had large leathern hayer.
sack, which he filled, but just as he was
mounting his horse the straps gave way
and the precious metal fell chinking to
the ground. He eagerly scraped up the
gold'and sand, leaving number of
pieces, and placing the coin in bag, rode
off The next morning negro teamster
found five dollars piece scattered in pro.
fusion all about the ground.
Some two hundred thousand dollars
were stolen. leaving about one hundred
and twenty thousand. With this amount
the bank officers journeyed on, sadder
but wiser men. Upon reaching Abbe.
vile, S. O., they offered a reward of
twenty thousand dollars for the recovery
ofthe property.
The robbers are supposed to be paroled
soldiers, who followed the train from
Washington. 1t is singular, that in the
present demoralized state of the country,
the gentlemen in charge made no secret :
of their valuable possessions; nor did
they use any extraordinary measures of
precaution to preserve their property.
augusta ConStithttonahst
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A Resume Of the News.

Dlstrlct Attorney and POSTMASTER for
North Carolina. An the appointees are
North Carolinians.
The Secretary of Gy.te, Mr.. Seward,
in accordance with Che directions of the
Presidents amnesty proclamation, has
issued circular in regard to the admin
lstratlon of the oath Of allegiance. The
oath may1be subscribed before any com
missioned officer civil, military or naval
IN the service of the national govern.
ment or any civil or military of a loyal
State or Territory, who by the laws
thereof may be qualified for administer.
ing oaths. ne.
: Jefferson Davis has been taken from
his casemate prison in Fortress Monroe
and conveyed to Washington. He is
now confined on board Moniter in the
Potomac river, near the city.
Gen. Sherman has issued his farewell
address TO the Army of Tennessee and
Georgia, and has left for Cincinnati,
where, it is reported, his future head.
quarters will be. The address is said to
be eloquent, patriotic and affecting, and
tracing, IN a succinct and hasty manner
his own and the career of his followers
from the cliffs of Lookout Mountain.
through all their fighting and marching,
down. to Savannah, and thence north.
ward through the Carolinas and Virgin.
la. Heis said to advise his men, now
that they are about to return to their
peaceful homes, not to yield to the temp.
tation for seeking tnew adventure
abroad" !" for "it will lead only to death
and disappointment"
The New York Herald says that a
delegation ofpromlnent. citizens of Ala
bama, appointed at mass meeting held
IN the capital Of that State, on the Ilth
of May for the purpose of laying before
President johnson a series OF loyalreso.
lutions adopted atsaid meeting, and to
request him to convene the Legislature
at an early day, or to take other mes.
sures for restoring civil government
order and reliefto the people of the State
have left New York for Washington.
General Wilson, the commandant at
Macon, Ca, issued an order on the 26th
of May, forbidding the assembling of the
rebel Legislature Of Georgia.
The excitement in Havana in regard
to the erebel ram tStonewaH has somewhat
subsidized. The officers and crew have
been paid off and s,,anish crew has
been put in charge of her. The late
commander Capt, Page, had left for
We're Cruz. The United States Consul
has demanded Of the Cuban authorities
tue surrender Of the iStmewa4 to the
Omitted States, but the Captain General
awaits instructions from his Govern.
ment Spain, before replying. to the
demand.
Senator Hill, General; Howell Cobb
and Stephen 3, Mallory, late rebel Sec.
80 4 ! . r .
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THIEvEs.-General complaint has re-
Gently been made about the robbery of
gardens and chicksn.roosts in this town
and vicinity, and we believe soldiers
have been suspected Of committing these
dcpredations but so far as the proof
shows negroes are the guilty parties.
-Four negroes were caught last week
stealing onions and chickens. Captain
Smith, the post Provost Marshal, had
the rogues paraded through the streets
with barrel.shirts on bearing appropriate
inscriptions, and carrying specimens of
the stolen property. We hope Captain
Smith will succeed in breaking them of
their thievish propensities.
We never had the least idea that
many negroes would work if they could
get a living in any other way, but we
did not expect them to commence steal
ing so soon after being declared free.
Their idea of freedom is to live in idle.
ness and eat and sleep.
Charlotte Democrat.
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GoLD RrsuRnrorrn a. W. loo,,, n,

GOLD REsURRECTED.--- We learn that
a portion of the Federal troops, encsmp.
ed near the Company Shops on the
North Carolina Railroad, recently ex-
humed between 100000 and $4,000
IN gold out Of one pit. 1t was discover
ed by the merest accident. The troops
had been encamped there several days
and in moving and re.spreading their
tents in fresh places, one Of the pins
stuck a hard substance. Thinking it
was stone, or something Of that kind,
the soldiers dug down in order to re.
move it, and To-! it was a box of eold
Boxes were taken out containing the
amount specified. The precious metal
was taken charge Of by the United
States authorities. 1t belongs 10 tbe
Bank Of Commerce. We Know not I
whether it will be confscated or restred.
Raleigh Progress
1t is reported that those who found
the specie keptit.
CoLUMBIA AND HAMBuRa r; r -.
one Of the most important connscti5ns,
OF the whole Southern railroad system
is that leading BY a direct route from this !.
CITY to Coiumbia. II win prove an ar.
terry Of trade ofinvalpsble accornt TO the
widest scope Of country, as wen as the
immediate section of the State through.
whichit passes, FFeEs
Wshope that the general government
which has heretofore displated so foster 9
ing hand towards the reparation Of all
southern works ofinternal improvement.
will not overlook this. They viii findS
1t Of importance 70 themselves, as wells
as valuable 10 the community.
The Directory ofthe road are doing.
all they eau TO further the enterprise. ).
but they need the assistance ofthe pablo.
per labor.
lAsyussd Co,istitati3aalist.
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It's UPS and Downs.

c,--o,aonca BOSTON Journal.
In. / oo.'0s u;+ross tha ropfa-
1t any one IS uesllloos W - the
t;ons of fortune in New Il rk' 20 SEE w. -;
.:.o,a ,,,archart II one wear Is the suo'>s''.
pfln'e's no. .h,xx h,,:r rhs s!!nw ansi
mare ss'es'''s" - :. tiyerv in tbs
glitter ot a4H'pasT a''' s2''"" 'r.d Ev ai,r,,,,
Central Park ,.uc seas&m Is fr'e1 =.
ahso|ut. ya,r ,he. ncx&-he 0eS" '''iS - e''1'
l.,rya ,,,arc,.nIe Establishments.
solne "a o'' ''' > ymerc!>auEs IN this cry
One of our "'osS h''e0 ,,a, - s.@as.
has in his Ell ''s'y .''@ >'...,,'.,.5.,, !. }or.
men, who ~iEhD ,' ,t '''.I.,'' :r.,,,
tune, aud lived Ts X. ~ ~ '',F +.r,le3 80
and law 10 tash1r:If T.. ;a<,',i v1ar,E,a,rs H..
influence pnd talent OF tEe a'ln h!'' n0le en-;
ployme~ 10 au'"''t'l'"'7 :, IS, ,1r,l
Traacrron$ sea 81 'nsF,'ai''1!= ''7 H' 10y.
the' bafqna "'5f It's s's :81s ,',I hron -
Toy c1hs - vac 1922, as'a ma,,trare O,ua
chem Dv TIE more loII ''tta'e . Wv
house almost RS noted as !>ftW'ft SIX years
ago. who in imitation Ut that gentleman, pulls
a marble paIace, has gone ny. the 0'ard: aod
the heads 1t 1t ave clerks III the "nn'eoaio
etoros NJ tha cigV \ on Will tlnd aneu a10ur
x - J.; l,r :, ,ho ,,nItiyuGa If mr.
our stIeets ~ otN1t =" .''o A -.
roopla dninr 4 little brokerage. whose families
,,i hov,o IN or,a ar ryc1 r,on,s IN iI;fs
1,ett class of tenement houses, who lew
ues r 400 n nejghboriDg cities, rode On the
;on wage # nonujar favor, who never imagined
hat p thew or theirs could come 10 want. l
meet meet men everv dav in New York on whom
the hand Of reverse has been laid very heavily;
seadv in dress, whose dwelling place cannot be
known. who in other DAYS | have often envied
a. 10y io nos;t;on and LIVING we're among
the wealthiest of the land. Il is sad to think
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A MISTAKE. New Orleans Times of
January states that singular and unfortu-
nate mistake occurred at Houma few days
ago, between detachments OF the 10th Indiana
and 18th New York The former were. COM
ing into town to reinforce the provost guard.
By some means the sentry fired on them, and
they therefore came to the conclusion that Hou.
ma was in possession of the Contederates, and
so charged into town and fired at the garrison,
which had been called out by the disturbance.
The garrison, thinking the rebels had come,
returned the fire, and the Indiana boys with
drew. and sent to Thibodaux for reinforce.
mepts, and whole regiment was dispatched to
the scene of difficulty, when the mistake was
made apparent. Fortunately but four men
were wounded. Captain Thompson, who COM
manded the Indiana boys was severely wound
ed by shot in the breast