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Exposing the Cotton,

A feminine rebel, Memphian and a
widow, who shall go by the name OF
Mrs. C, was recently going the
river on one of the Carlo packets, when
she got into an excited discussion with
Col. s., on the subject of the war.
1t took place in the ladies cabin, and
soon brought around them crowd OF
erger listeners. She poured whole
broadsides of sarcasm into the Colonel,
who received them with his usual char
acteristio good humor, The. closing
scone of the discussion is given by my
informant as follows: ca, 49,. 49,.
"You may overrun the whole South,'
said Mrs. c.; "you may burn our
towns, lay waste our plantations, MAIN
or Kill the last man, but then, sir, VIC
will arm our boys with squirrel-ritles
and shot-guns and put one 'hehind ev-
cry stump in the land. What will you
do thcnsn1
90" replied the Colonel, ''in thai
case we will be compelled to call on
and arm enough of your niggers t.
surround the stumps."
"But when you have accomplished
all that, we the women of the South
will bare our breasts to the federal bay
oncts."
"You dare not do that, madam"
"Why not, sir?"
'For the simple reason, madam, it ]
unlawful. Your Confederate Congress
made ID criminal for you to expose you
cotton TO the Yankee forces." 80
The lady retired suddenly, while tn
listeners laughed uproariously.
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SPEAKING THE LANeuAGE.-The
Nord, alluding to Prince Napoleon's
projected visit to Dublin, gives the fol-
lowing anecdoto of his former visit to
Ireland: aThe Mayor of an inpor-
tant town, wishing to show off his
learning, prepared beforehand dis.
course in French, which he delivered
in the presence of his Highness.-
Judge of the Mayors astonishment
and disappointment when the Prince
replied TO Him in excellent English, that
he much regretted not knowing the
Irish language, and was thus, to his
deep regret, prevented from appricia
ting as he wished, the nattcring senti
ments which the Mayor had, no doubt
given expression &c, inc Mayer, fgl
! of shanio aud confusion, swore h'
would never again make q speech lr
French"
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The Herald's Washington special
says, awe have ascertained from Off
ojal sources, that on the first day OF last
May there were 100000 men enrolled
in the army and on the payrolls. Since
that date there have beer discharged
little over 100000, leaving in round
numbers about $50, 1000 still inothe ar.
my and on the pay rolls. Ofthe num-
her discharged about 300,o0orare now
en routc and at their several rendezv-
ons to be paid off aud mustered out, =
The funds sufficient to meet this de-
inand are in hands Of paymasters aud
are BEING paid cut as fast aspossiblc.
The others who have been discharged,
or over 100000, have been fully paid
Off and mustered ont. The rapidity
with which part Of the work rs per-
formed may be inferred from the fact
that official figures in the Departments
at Washington shows there have been
paid off and mustered out during the
/ last 80 days, 100000. The recent or
der Of thc'War Department will pro-
badly muster out about haifsofg Sberi-
dams troops, and Paymastera Wilson
with nearly s5,oco,ooo 20 pay them OIL
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rebel staff officer who had fle

A rebel staff officer who had fed
with jeff. Davis says that the exact
spot where the Confederate Govern
ment died was at Washington, Ga. 1t
was there that the cavalry ofDuke and
Wheeler insisted on dividing among
themselves some of the Mexican dollars
that the flying Government held. II
was there that Mallory deserted the
Cabinet, Benjamin stole himself away,
and there Rcgan resigned his Office
and Breckenridge followed still his chie'
as a companion, but not as Secretary
of War. In short, the rebel Govern
mcnt died in Washington, rs also from
Washington it had received its death
blow. Wigfall was left behind n
Atlanta on spree, and thus escaped
capture. og iedi
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Losr RreuTs.--A Southern paper
SAYS the States must return to the
Union, but they have lost some of their
most cherished State rights. So they
have. They have lost the right to lar
rup "niggers," tho right to hang abo-
litionists, the right TO tar and feather
Union mon, the right to whip northern
school teachers, the right to scccdc,
and the right to bully the North gen
orally. dhesouscd to bc patent South
err rights but the patent has rau out
and will never be renewed. rrr)
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Mary Munson's shooting of James
Kerr in Lowmansville C.!W., has been
given lay telcgrph, The cause, it ap-
pears, was that Kerr, n married man
had seduced Miss Munson into an inn
pudend correspondence, and, as she
says, completed his wrongs by an out
rage upon her, She demanded re-
turn by him of some letters, which re-
vealed their transactions, aud he re-
fused to surrender them, She then got
a female friend, drove to Kerr's place,
and asked him to ride with them.3 He
complied, and whila in the carriage, she
drew revolver and shot him. lie at
first supposed that he was wounded by
some person in the road, but turning,
saw her in the act of firit,g again. At
ter q struggle he wrested the revolver
from her, and walked to house. a mile
and half distant, where he died.
Miss, Munson at once surrendered her.
self-making no concealment of her
crime, but expressing the deepest re-
gret for what she, calls its inevitable
necessity" Kerr was married man
and exceedingly musical. Miss. Mum
son is very handsome and highly ac
complished young lady, ,modl .mohi
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dence by strict obedience to the laws
where YOU may reside.
We are conquered-subjugated; we
have no rights, but must accept such
privileges and favors as the Govern
mcnt may sec proper to bestow upon
us.
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GEO. f. SMITH, NJ. D.

PHYSICIAN AND SURG EON.
goud respectfully offer his services to the people OF
a.. R.nting once Rooms formerly occupied by
,,ryrpxycKs-Drs Read 4 Ford, Norwalk, Ohio; Or
n N Kinsmau Circlevile, Ohio; Dr. Chas McMil-
In Md Director 18th Army Corps; DR.. WIN Ia
PECK. surgeon Goth o. l.; Dr. J. s. Ely, surgeon
psth q. VI; DIR. ID. ID. Benedict, Surgeon <e'h "
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The late Arthur Tappen, when a
merchant in New 9Yorkymadcla rule
that none of his clerks Ishcs'ld drink
atdent spirits, stay out late at nights,
90 to theater or have tie acanaint-
anco OF an actor; Rad required AL his
employees TO attend church twice ON
Sundays, and prayer meetings twice a
week. ln9m
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d. THOMAS, M. d.,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
omcs In Uuiou Block over ]. W. Winsor's store.
Residence West side College st /, 9th door from
College.
Elkhart, July 81, 1865.
RuvxpxSoHs The undersigned take pleasure In rec
emmsndiue Dr. Thomas, to the confidence oi the peo,
pie OF Hisdae and Its vicinity, good citren anu
w. Allen ". D.; J. w. Chamberlain. N: u
H. Henry. ". n. o, w Hatch, A. 5; pa,snp"r. ~ r
R.sd,ns NJ r. ], LOOMS, NJ. n; A. Mead, n. D'i
3 Richardson, NJ n +. J Boning, h. D.
Hillsdvle, Aug. 7. 1868.
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eaimon y1ed sheadl9gqo) DIDO edT
,ronr,foo foi auaI .yoIh be'
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GEORGE A. MARK.
COUNTY SURv YOR.

Will attend to all calls for Surveying Lands aHd 9TH
Iusinss pertaining to Civil Engineering
will be found at the residence OF j. Baldwin, west
rtrset, College Hil. - ~
Refsrencss-J. b. wheaton, j. s. Hastings. Edn,' D.
Fairfield. sep'iof
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
J. f. MARSH,

vI attsnd Auctions short notice Fees Reasonable.
Addrsss J. n. MARSH, Auctioneer hilisdaie, Mich.
deci56 563
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Ey See advertisement Of new store.
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M. ST JOHN,

~ M. ST. JOHN,
BOOK BINDERY, HILLSDALE MICH.
srY- Room over Mitchell, waldron Co.'S Bank.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-10-21
Lady Gamblers in New York.

In one of my recent letters spoke of
gambling as one Of the vices of our FASH
ionablc women, and | have since learned
that it is practiced in certain modi,h quar-
tcrs far more than [ had supposed. In
Fifth Avenue and Fourteenth and Twen-
ty-third streets, there are often parties OF
laies, from which the opposite sex are
sternly excluded, where the fair gamesters
play until daylight for large stakes; and it
not uufre4uently happens than when their
purses are depleted they put up their brace
lets, necklaces and watches as wagers.-
Some Of the fomeune gamosters lose heav'
ily, and the desperate shilts-no allusion
to their wardrobes-lo which they are put
to conceal their losses and replace them,
must be fcarfuly demoralizing. A young
woman, the daughter of one OF our most
opuens citizens, was pointed out to me in
the Park, as a notorious gambler r, by one
of her own sex, who informed me she had
parted with nearly 500, 900 since she went
to Saratoga, in July, and made her do'ing
papa believe she had expanded the sum in
dress and charity. The young woman in
question is very pretty, not more thar
twenty; aud no one regarding her pale,
spiritual face, her soft blue eyes, and gen
tle and reserved manner, would imagl nj
she had faleu victim to one of the mos
dangerous of vices.
N. Y Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-10-21
Sermons.

The custom of taking text as the basis
of a sermon is said to have originated
about the time of Ezra, who, accompanied
by several Levites in public congregation
of men aud women, asceudod the pulpit,
opened the book of law and after address
ing prayer to the Diety, to which the
people said "Amen," read the law Of God
distinctly, gave the sense and caused them
to understand the reading, Previous to the
time Of Ezra (457 years B. C) the patri'
archs delivered in public assemblies either
prophesies or moral instruction for the ed,
iGcation of the people, and it was not un.
til the return oftho jews from the babylo'
nian captivity, during which time they
had almost lost the language in which the
Pentatcuch was written, that it became
necessary to explain as we'll as to read the
Scriptures to thsm-a practice adopted
by Ezra, and since universally followed
In latter times, (Acts xv.3l,) the book
of Moses was read in the synagogue every
Sabbath day. To this habit our 6ayior
conformcd, and in the synagogue, one
Sabbth day, read q passage from The
prophet Isaiah, then closing tho book, re
tnrned it to the priest, and preached from
the text.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-10-21

from the highest authority in the land to
be entirely idle all the rest ofhis life. lie
has not the faintest idea that it is necessa
ry for him to work hard in order to earn
living. An mpifcaiion of this fact
came under our observation a short time
sinct. y gentleman in an adjoining coun.
unemployed sixty hands to cut wood for
railroad. The price was very high, and
graduated according 10 the per diem per-
lormance Of each laborer. The wood was
old field pine of which q white woodsmau
would have easily cut his cord and half
per dicm. This interesting party averag.
ed exactly fourteen cords a month. Al
the end of that time they were paid off and
every man of them Except ,hree) quilted
work, and went off to Richmond to spend
their money. One of them having been
asked how many cords he had been in the
habit oil cutting when he was slave, re.
piled forty. Upon being asked why he
did not cut as many now that be was free
and receiving high p,ice for his labor,
his answer was, There is no use Of being
free if have to work as hard as I did
when l was slave" There spoke the
whole negro race, and that is their ooncep.
ton of freedom, If such be the fact, in
must be admitted that they are acting up
to their idea with wonderful consistency
From all quarters we hear complaints of
the pertnacity with which they refuse to
do anything more than the mere,t modi-
cum of days labor.
They 60 out upon the farm at eight or
nine o'clock, in most instances take Satur.
day entire for holiday, and even when
engaged in labor, use spade or a hoe as
daintly as though they burnt their fingers
1t is quite evident that farm work, requir-
ing above all work else, the most constant
and unremitting labor, cannot be intrusted
to such laborers as these for any long
space OF time, unless we wish to see the
whole State of Virginia become wilder.
ness.
We have spoken, heretofore, Of these
who do some work. OF these are compar
atively precious few For the first time
in the history Of the world-at least since
the destruction Of the Jewish Common
wcalth--tho entire laboring population o
great civilized country has been takin!
holiday oil five months duration, Go tt
any station on any railroad leading t
Richmond, at any time ia the week, an
you will see negro woman and negro mel
by scores, waiting to take the train. Wal
until the train arli yes, and YOU will fud
+ crowned by the same description Of peg
sons, all bouud on pleasure expeditions, a
f intent upon gratifying their passions 70
e locomotion and novelty of every descrir
r ton, and not one travelling in search {
/. employment. Now, as money is necess'
r ry to secure the proper attendance in sick
@ ness, and the means of sustaining life itseI
II and as these people cannot obtain none
Y except by work what is to become Of tber
o during the approaching winter ! w
!. shuddcr to think Of it. We are convince
h that the present general on cannot be il
f. duccd to labor, aud our only resource
:. to encourage immigration, that we may o.
% tain white labor.
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Railroad Accident.
LIST OF THE VICTIMS.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. Ia, 1865.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. Ia, 1865.
An accident happened to the express
train going east, between here and Las.
caster, this afternoon Four cars were
thrown from the track. Eight persons
were killed, and two slightly Injured
The only one of the dead recognized up to
this time is the wife Of J. p. Barr, Esq,
of Pi'tsburg. The accident was occasion.
cd by broken rail.
LANCASTER, Pa, Oct. Is, 1865
The following is list of the killed by
the accident yesterday on the Peunsylvs-
MIA Railroad near this place
Mrs. Burr, wife of James P. Barr, of
Fittsburg
Sarah Willet, of New Cumberland, Pa.
Col. Butler and wife of Leweston, Pa.
w. II. Butler, clerk 10 the Surveyor
Generals Office of Pennsylvania.
Mrs Uretta or Getta of Milwaukee.
One lady, unknown.
Two girls, 10 and 10 years old, un-
known.
The bodies Of those identified have been
sent home to their friend'.
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Memo TEsTLMoNY.-In a case where
several negroes were charged with gamb-
ling, one of the party was called upon to
testify what be knew Of the matter There
we're five others besides himself, and be
swore that four of the FIVE were guilty but
pointing TO his friend said be was not. His
friend was Immediately placed upon the
witness stand and convicted the former
witness. Going out Of the court room the
frst witness remarked that be didn't care
damn for the fine aud punishm ent, but
after he had sworo to damn lie 10 clear
his friend, that friend turned right round
and convicted him. Reliable witness, in
deed.-M0c0u J0,NnaS.
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A Clerical william.

1t becomes our unpleasant duty TO re.
cord another scene in the demoallzing
drama Of pulpit politics. A Metho odist
clergyman named Crismap, stationed in
Linton twp, is the wolf in Sleeps cloth
ing, who has been devouring the lambs of
bis flock. He was q rabid Abolitionist in
the pulpit and out Of it, and his lying SER
mons had become so offensive as to drive
away several Of his congregation, He
had not been long in the noighborhood be-
lore he planned the ruin of a wife Of a
member of his church--and sought every
pretczt to be in her company. He took
special pains to advocate the war, and to
justify all its immortalitieS, especially the
violations of law, when it forbid the ac-
complishmcnt Of what he termed "the
right" Having weakened the sanctity Of
law in the conscience oil his victim, he in.
stlled into her mind the doctrines of the
"iree lovers" and cited her to the evil
practices of the ancients. In this way he
corrupted her sense of delicacy, morality
and virtue. After while he pretended
to have disease in the throat, SO that he
could not preach, and got another clergy.
man to fll his appointments. Then he
went to the house of the unsuspectiDg mem
Der of his church, to help in harvest, but
did not work much in the feld-he clung
around the house helped milk the cows,
and did light work. His conduct so on
caused whispCrings in the noighborhood,
and eliminated in an elopement--be de-
serted wife and several children, and
she fond and too indulgent husband
bringing shame aud misery upon two fam
lilies, aud scandal upon the church. How
often need the press warn the people agains
the wiles Of these inidel fends, Abolition
preachers :! Whenever a preacher begins
to talk politics at the freside, in his pray.
ers, in his sermons, the woman should ego
him from their doors, and men drag hin
from the pulpit. They are false teachers
the wolves in sleeps clothing, agains
whom the Bible so often and 80 plainly
warns the church. ["Coshocton (Ohio,
Democrat
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HOMICIDE "A man by the name of
Carey ,living in Greenfield had on his place
a small peach orchard which had suffered
by the dcpredations of persons unknown.
On Friday evening last, Carey sent his
son, a boy of seventeen years, out to the
orchard, telling him to take the gun, and
it said directed him to shoot any trespas.
ser. The boy on approaching the peach
trees saw something dark moving among
them, and at once fired lie then returned
to the house saying" Father fetched him
this time sure. Carey instantly went to
the orchard and approached the trees near
enough to see an inanimate object on the
ground He then ran over to neigh
boris, Mr.. Snyder, whom he addressed
saying, "My boy has shot something
among the peach trees, and am afraid it
is your SON" Snyder said lit could not
be, Tor his son had just gonO down to turn
in the cows The men, however, pro.
oeedea to the spot, where they found the
body of young Snyder, pierced through
the brcst by three buckshot, The scene
that ensued, beggals description. The
Carey's were lodged in Jail on Sunday
Young Snyder was twcnty.one years old
North Branch Democrat.
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BlsH '.There's difference in time, you
know, between this country and Europe"
said gentleman in New York to new.
ly arrived Irishman. "For instance, your
friends at Cork are in bed and fast asleep
by this time. while We here are enjoying
ourselves in the carly evening" That's
always the way" excl aimed Pat. "Ire-
land niver got justice yit.
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TINWARE & STOVE SHOP.

JNuE undersigned respectfully informs hts Ola friend
aud customers, that be has purchased ms pro'hcis
nterrsi in e above and the concern wis
hereafter he conducted by himself exclusively ,,
= iIe has just received and offers i"t sure u,c
gfSA est and most extensive uSsuruh'hl "i ~
.esz.x STOVES ever introduced into TINS market,
F-SH His stock consists Of complete assortment u
he best Cooking and pnrlor stoves IN the market togc
AZ with stove Fixtures of every description oven anu
AN stoves, Radiators, Cyliudr Stoves, Cast IRON ar
q.ght stoves Cannon Stoves, &c &c. StoVeplpe a'u
yfware constantly on hand and manufactured TO oruer
- kinds of repairing done as usual ON snort NOTICE
.,t,"G,i,y snliclled A. NJ RUPERT.
bloom bug, November 81 lS'V-it
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The Toast.


II was gay and festive scene,
And sentiment and song,
With all the wild htlarty
Which to such scenes belong.
Rung through the lordiy, sculptur'd halls
Aud many stately knight
Looked down from gided pictured walls.
All clad in arnor bright.
fnd when the brmming cup was quaifsd
To iovellness divine,
Each gallant heart some fair ono pledged
High in the sparkling wine
All stately 'midjcst and mirth-.
The bursts of revelry--
There stood fair aud high.born youth
The flower Of chvaly.
His soul was dwelling with the past
His memories were stirred
BY loveirst visions On his lips
he vercd one sacred word
hloof he stoodin revcfie--
With graceful absent air
Till, by conrads reused to name
Aud pledge his "ladyc fairc."
lie started-raised his goblet high
II drink to ouc," said he,
"Whose name is erLycn Ul my heart
In fondcst memory;
"Whose love. more constant, tcnderor,
And longer here hath dwct
Than the deep passions pledged to night
hlorc fixed, more kcenly felt.
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Eg'Sammy, my dear boy, what are
you crying for 2
Bill hove the bible at me, and bit me
on the head.
'Well, you are the first person in my
family on whom the Bible has made tho
slightest impression,
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B9~ A man in getting out of an omDi-
bus, few days since, made use of two
rows Of knees as panisters to steady him
self, at which the ladies took ofFeuse, and
one cried aloud, "He is perfect savage"
"rruc," said wag, inside, "he belongs
to the Paw.knee tribe"