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Abolition Theory in Practice.

We call the attention of our Negro-equal-
ity-advocates to the following instance in
which their theory was put in practice. As
we have always contended, when the equali-
ty doctrine specifically carried to their own
homes and among their own children it
proves to be too much for them to support.
The theory is good one, the legal offence
Is nothing, but oh the practice in all its
phases appears to be something more than
mere matter of TASTE and SMELL. During
the last winter this negro frequently took
this daughter and Mrs Griffith and other
female members of the family sleighriding
he was on perfect equality with the family
ate at the same table, slept under the
same roof and enjoyed all the rights and
privileges that Mr. Grifith's children did
and we say that the darkeya and the daughter,
did just what they were encouraged to do,
by Mr. Griffith and the whole party of pre-
tended Negro-worshippers, and we demand
that they shall practice what they preach,
ere We give them the credit of being in earn
est.
A Mr.. William Griffith, of Somerset Co.,
who is an advocate of Negro Equality, has
had his theory put into practice. He has
been employing negroes to- work for him,
getting their labor for little expense and is
reported to have said some time since, that
he would rather have his daughter married
to one of his negro hands than to a copper
head. :" 1t appears that his daughter, fine
looking girl about seventeen years of age,
has taken heed to his equality teaching, and
to-day Tuesday, eloped with young Buck
Niger. She slipped out from her father
house, met the Niger on the road, and
walked to this place, intending to take the
cars and proceed to Harrisburg, and there
get married. Mr. Griffith, finding by the
absence of his daughterand the Niger, that
his theory was to be put into practice, by
member Of his own family, telegraphed to
the police ct this place, who arrested them
on their arrival here, Both are now in the
hands of the police, and the equality Is
looking through the ten Of diamonds" of
the lookup
Mr. Griffith should not now object to this
action Of his daughter and the darkey for
he has taught them that they are equal. =
JohHSt0,CR Democrat
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Shall it be Done.

Every day we read Of great and destrue-
tive fires, and the wonderful and magnani-
nous conduct of the Fire companies in
quenching them. We know, from expert
ence, some of the ruinousa and wasting effects
of destructive fire. Although thus far
Bloomsbury has been exceedingly favored
with the absence of desolating fires, but our
turn may soon come. We caution our citi-
zens to be very careful with fire. imagine
our condition our situation ! Are we sup
piled with water, and with Fire company
to extinguish FIRE? mol And is there
anything to prevent fire, with favorable
wind, from raging from one end of Blooms
burg to the other No Therefore, we ask
our enterprising and wealthy citizens, wheth-
er or not this state of things, shall continue
to exist. It.is simply nonsense to attempt to
get up fire company, which could be easily
effected, until we have a supply of water.
Where in the United States is there town
or city more favorably situated for water
work" than Bloomsbury? What mag
nifficent opportunity does the water of Fish
ingcreek, and the site of Cemetery Hill af-
ford for supplying the very house-tops of
Bloomsbury with an inexhaustible supply of
fresh water Who viii make move in this
laudable enterprise. The man, or men, who
take the lead in affecting this object will
erect for himself a monument which will re-
mind future ages of his usefulness. Lett
be ACCOMPLISHED.
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sess. We do not impugn your motives !;
you shall not ours We are not to be cajoled
or intimidated here or elsewhere We are
your peers and equals here and every place.
We know our rights and will maintain them.
We viii stand by the Constitution and Union
of these States, and we tell you, aye, we
charge it upon you, that you are the only
men who would destroy both.
Charges are constantly made against us of
a want of fidelity to the Government, of
sympathy. with treason, and of aiding the
rebellion. We defy. you to make them good.
This matter had better be understood and
settled here and now 1t is true, we are not
the slaves of any administration You shall
not set the blacks free and .enslave white
men. We know no Government which is not
based upon the Constitution, and we will
neither obey nor be "LogoE to any other.
Is my language sufficiently precise? is it
clear? do not wish to be misunderstood
lam not ''loyGe to any administration; |
am ever so totrue government, founded upon
and acting in accordance with the Constitu-
ton, of which it is the mere creature and
exponent. More than this, YOU nor anv
living man can demand of any one. To do
so Is to make yourselves masters and those
of whom you make the demand slareS We
wish you to fully understand that you shall
never exercise any such power over us. The
history of the past should teach you that the
race to which we belong may possibly be ex-
terminated, 6Ut Rerer e7isIaUed
Senator Clymer and every other Demo
crat voted for this resolutions and the Dis
union Senators voted to kill it by amending
it and having majority, effected its amend
ment, and thus defeated the original propo-
sitioD
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-REAlovA1s rRoM Orr1cE A1he an

-REMoVALS FROM OFFICE.-The aboli-
tion journals are bowling furiously at Presi-
dent Johnson for a few removals from Office
of persons who have spoken abusively of
him or his policy. What would they say if
he should do as Mr.. Lincoln did, send them
to some bastile 1t is a fact, however, well
to be noted, that these papers make more
fuss over person thus turned out of office,
more complaint ofits tyranny, &c, than the
Democratic papers did when Lincoln was
sending hundreds to prison because they
used what his Majesty was pleased to term
"disloyal language"
-DEATII WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF CHLoRoFoRM. Mrs Latetia S. Lister,
wife of Thomas S. Lister of Philadelphia,
went, in company with a female acquaint-
ance, on Monday to the rooms of dentist, to
have teeth extracted Being delicate, and
fearful that she would suffer much from the
operation, she requested the dentist to ad
minister chloroform which he did, in guam
tity, as he thought, suited to the physical
condition of the lady. He was proceeding
to extract the teethwhen the patient was OBJ
served to be in spamss. Aneffort was at once
made to restore her to consciousness, but
though all proper means were used, it was
unsuccessful and she died in few minutes
1t is reported on good authority that
the Emperor Napolean has decided that the
French troopsshall evacuate Mexico in three
detachments. The first in November 1866
the second in March, 1867, and the third in
November 1867 The present attitude of
Austria and Prussia is believed to be the
prominent cause of this course.
Clement O. Clay, jr, of Alabama, has
been released from his imprisonment in
Fortress Monroe, by order of the President
Clay was prominent officer of the rebel
government, and was one of the party that
fed from Richmond with JEFF: Davis, in
April 1865.
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Release of the Indiana Conspi-
rators.
CoLUMBUs. Ohio. Tnesdav. Anr

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Tuesday, April 10,
WILLIAM A. BoLEs, LAsfBDEM P. MILL
GAN and STEPHEN HoRsEY. the Indiana
conspiraters who were convicted by Military
commission. sentenced to be hung. and com
muted by President Lincoln to imprison-
ment for life were to-day released from the
Ohio Penitentiary by orders of the Presi-
dent Milligan is the Democratic candidate
IN Indiana for Unit. States Senator. and
was released on hs<s corpus before the
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rH1LADELPH1A FLOUR &GaAIu MARKET
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate Of Samuel Remley cf Scott Tonship deceased
ETrERS Of ADM nistration the of San,ue !
l. Remley late of Scott TOW usbIp, Coum5 5ia CO.,
deceased, have beeI granted by Register of COlum
bia county. to the undersigned all persons having
claims against the estate of decedent are re-
quested to present Thcm for settlement, and those
indebted TO the estate Will make Immediate payne n
to the Administrator.
JOSEPH LLY, Admir-
April d. Is6G.-GU "a
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= EW COAL v ARD.

The undersigned respectfully informs the citizens
Of bIOOm~burg and Columbia county, that they kee
I'll the different numbers q" coal AMI selected
lump coal for snlhng purposes. on thsir wharf, ad
Joining Mchrivy. Neal & Co.'S FIruare with good
pair Buffalo scales the Wharfto weigh hay and
straw Likewise "a horse ami gon. To deliver coal
To those who desire u. A. purchase large
amount of coal, intend To keep superior article
ard sell al the very Low prices. Please call and
examine for yourselves before purchasing elsewhere
j W. UENbEkS fOT.
AUGUSTUS MASON.
TEE Undersigned will take in exchange for Coal
Z and Groceries, the following named articles -
Wheat. Rye, Corn. Oats Potatoes. Lard, BAN. Shoul
der, aud side meat, Butter, Eggs Hay. sc, at the
highest cash prices hfs Grocery store, adjoining
tn err coal yard. J. w HENDERSHOT.
Blooms burg, A prl %, ISJ6-3t.
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Release of CAPT. Winder.

RICHMOND, "Wednesday, April IL.
Capt. r. b. WNDER, who has been inn
prisoned here for several months, was dis
charged to-day by orders from Washington.
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To be Amended.

I i.
says the Bellefonte Hotchnan, which has
lately been passed over the President 5 veto,
is, it is said, to be amended shortly. imposing
| the following penalties upon all persons who
refuse to recognize 'Cuffee as abolitionism
thinks he should be recognized.
For neglectlng to step Off the pavement as
Sambo or Dinah passes, fine of five dol
lars
For neglecting to bow and take off your
hat to them, a ine of three dolarsand a-half
For refusing to shake hands, eight dollars
For refusing to kiss wench when you
meet her, seventy-six dollars and thirty days
imprisonment
For neglecting to nurse theirbab in the
street cars or churches, thirty-six dollars and
ten days imprisonment
For refusing tosee one home from church,
twelve dollars
For passing them ON the street without
smiling, two dollars
For asking them to work, ten dollars
For refusing to invite them to your table
with you, forty dollars.
For believing that you are as good as a ne
gro, five hundred dollars and three years i'm
prlsOnment.
For saying that you are better than ne
gro, ten thousand dollars and fifty years i'm
prisOnment.
For refusing to marry one, imprisonment
for life and the cOnfiscation Of your property
For saying the Government was made by
white men, six thousand dollars fine and fl
teen years imprisonment
For saying the white soldiers fought as
brayely as did the ''colored troops, two
thousand dollars and three years imprison-
ment
For refusing your daughter to any buck
that wants her, to be hung by the thumbs
until dead, and have your wife and chill
dren turned out on the highways to starve.
The fines in all cases TO be handed over to
the executive committee of the abolition
party, and when the money Is not to be had,
Benjamin f. Butler Is to be sent in order to
collect 1t in spoons, or whatever else he may
be able to find.
To know that the whole party of Radicals,
from their leaders down to such whining fol-
lowers as the editor of the Republican con
denim JEFF Davis, Gen. Lee and Slidell to the
gibbet, and all the while support such pen
as Sumner, Phillips, Stevens and a. a. For
ney, is to know that they are all traitors at
the other end of the line. President John
son and Secretary Seward has so decided.
The Revenue Commissioners recommend,
that the tax on distilled spirits, be reduced
to one dollar per gallon. They say that the
present high duty is little less than paying a
premium on smuggling and fraud; that the
people pay the tax, but the profit goes into
the pockets of law-breaking men, and not
into the Treasury.
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n Il. VVHITENIGMT.
Ts.MaaUs. scHUTEKILL co.. "a

T.s.B.42U.4, SCHUTZKTLL CO., P.4,
Dealer in the latest mProred SeuiHg Machines.
Machines Of all kinds repaired, and warranted In
be az good : when new. He will also exchange new
Machines for hose or of repair
lie has constantly on hand all kinds Of Hemmers,
Binders, Corders Braiders. and ~eIf-sewcrs. Ais
linen aud silk threads, and needles for all kinds Of
wing machines.
April %, lSC6 jim pd.
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MUST BE PAID.

NOTICE is hereby given, to all persons interest.
L ' e6,that the accounts of the COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT
10 the hrst OF March oO6, are now po sted must
be settled Those who do mol settle with me before
the May Court, will find my Books. during that week
ONLY IN the gister' Office in The Court House for
the convenience of settlements, aud thereafter in
the Justices Office Timely notice having been Civ
en- for settlement, If pushed little, will have no
justrause of complaint. LEVI L. TATE
Bloomsbury. April IS. CO. -2t
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NEw BAGsER aHoRa

7 he under. igned respectfully announces that he
has refitttei shop, Court House alley, opposite
the Exchange Ho'el " here he j. prepared to con-
duct the harbeTiRg bu-iuts in all its branch es.
The art Of coloring whiskers aud nioustacnes IS
pTacticcd by him most skilfGly he also cleans
clothing, making them look nearly good as new,
upon the most reasonable terms. Give him trial.
:. &C OLLINS
bloomsbury April 2J. 1866 -tE
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TEE WEEKLY
]Jotriot & unlolr,

FOB IM8 GAmPAlGM,
The Weekly Patriot and Union will be furnished
from the first week IN May until the second Tuesday
IN October, at the following low rates
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ID | + ID

In Catawissa township, Columbia county on April
18th 1866, Amb Sharpless. Of John and
Margaret u. Bodine aged months and 20 days
In Scott townsh ip Columbia county, Monday
night last, Mr.. SAMUEL REMLEY, aged Go years,
months and days.
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ESPY HOTEL.
Espy, Col, Co. Pa,

The undersigned having become sole proprietor oS
L this well known and conveniently LOCATED stand
respectfully informs his friends. and the public A,
general that he has put his house in complete order
Tor The accommodation of boarders and for the
uoh ana entertainment Of travellers who may feeb
disposed to favor il with their custom No eInense
has been spared IN preparing this Hotel the enter
taInmenl OF guests, ana nothing shall be wanting on
his prt To Sinisier TO their personal comfort The
location as well as the building, is good oue and
all together is amply arranged to please the public
Espy. April u. Is66.-tf
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RRIED.
At Town Hill the 18th Of April by Rev
Wadsw orth, Mr.. Charles d Arnold Df Union, and
Miss Harriet r. Chaplin of Huntington, bOIh Of Luz
county, Pa.
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OF Light Street. Columbia County .anuou nces hins-
~ self as candidate for the office Of T. ounty eu.
the coming election on Tuesday, the Of May nest
April Is, 1867. -
The colored American., 1866-01-06
MIR. THOMAS P. BEARD

Will Be general agent and editor Of
the "Colored American" during my ab-
sence from the city. He is fully author
lied to transact all business connected
with the paper.
J. T. SHUFTEN.
The colored American., 1866-01-06

so extensively lent his energies TO lts
production. The only wa3 for him to DO
in the premises, is to inculcatc the requl-
site morals in his family circle, as much
on the female as on the male side, but espe-
cially the male, and leave the rest to
judgement or common sense. ooclal
Equality is not the goal of the ambition
of the colored man by any means, 1or 10
has always been the skeleton OF his
household, and now that he has the rig|tt
to rule his household according to his
own notion, he has determined that that
skeleton shall be removed, and the
one that dares try to replace it, shall DO
80 at his peril. He holds his domestic
relations as sacred and inviolable as the
white man does, and expects him to do
the same< but he cannot see the re@so''-
ubleness nor the righ; of the while man
70 socialize himself with his color for the
qualification of his lust5 and passIonS'
and refuse the same prerogatlve to hlm'
We observe that tue recent Convention
held in Alabama. has ordained that the
children of Freedmen aud F!eedwomen,
whose parents have not been hVing To-
cetber az man and wife, shall be support
ed by those parents. How FAR tn'S Is
solomon's judgement, We shall not say;
but if the workings of the act extended
to the children of qchate fathers and 6(0rh
mothers (which, in so far as the wording
Of the act is concerned may do) it would
be iudg cement slightly more IN accord~
ance with that illustrated personage's
wisdom. AS it is, they have declared
that the father shall support the children
of possibly dozen mothers, which, by
being sold and transferred from one
one plantation to another, through the
laws of commerce, he was brought in con-,
tact with. He was regularly told, that
| if he was sold away, it would mako no
difference to him, he would find ac1tc
upon every plantation, and now they com
pei him to support the offspring of this
system of Mormon polygamy. This looks
very much like Solomon's jud cement;
we must confess There would be some
shadow of an excuse for them, however,
! if they had been somewhat more compre~
hensive in the extent of their act, and em-
braccd the children OF ach1te fathers as
we'll as those of black We think it
but reasonable and just that the father
should support his children; but because
the father is white man and the mother
a black woman, the father should be ex~
empt from supporting his offspring, we
think is both un5ust and unnatural, to
say the lCdSL Oh IL. w Z bIIOW tlnO uit-
pleasant associations would arise from
such an acknowledgement; but All honest
repcntant is not ashamed to acknowledge
that he has done wrong, and the best res
pentence--and we have every reason to
believe, the most acceptable to High
Heavcn-would be an open hearted,
honest acknowledgement by the father,
and the proper support rendered to his
offspring. The question; win they do
this p remains with them and their God
But until such is DONE it is very far from
being becoming in them to cry so loud
about Social Equality.
ToaBE CONTINUED.
Considerable excitement was created
in an audnence, in which were many
Federal officers, at the theatre III Savan.
, nah racentlV during the performance of
The colored American., 1866-01-06
TOa BE CONTINUED.


Considerable excitement was created
in an audinence, in which were many
Federal officers, at the theatre III Savan-
nah, recently, during the performance of
the drama Smiles and Tears A song
in which the following words occurred
was introduced in the piece, and sung by
Miss NJ E Gordon, i dcspise the North.
Give me the sunny, sunny South The
emphasis with which the words were ren>
dered, created loud applause from the
Southern and Kisses from the Northern
spectators.
The Empress of the French has pre-
sented Mdie Patti with superb diamond
necklace, i'll return for an album with "A
portraits of that eminent actress in chars
acters and positions. PATHS arrival at
Florence produced great sensation The
night before her arrival the choral socie>
ties assembled before the hotel windows
and executed serenade in her honor.
A widow named Bailey, sued the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company for dam
ages for the loss of her husband, alleging
carelessness on the part of the railroad
employees. The trial came on few days
ago, and the jury gave the plaintiff slO,~
700 damages.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-04-05
Habit in Well doinu.

Everything is a labor just in proper
ton as we have to do it by separate
effort. Ii q person were obliged to do
up all his breathing once a week, to eat
his food only at rare intervals, or to put
on his clothing simply for few days in
the year, he would find very weari
some task 1t is only the frequency of
these acts, only breathing every mo-
ment, eating every day, and wearing our
clothes literally as habit, that keeps
them from being irksome. Drive your
wagon over a road where the planks are
five feet apart. and the motion is excru-
ciating; let the planks be showed up to-
gether. and it is one delicious roll So
in the Christian life, We must make our
duties come so near to each other that
they will touch, if we would have them
. pleasure. 1t is easier to give fifty
times year than it is ten, easier to go
to church every Sunday than every
month /; easier to pray each night and
morning than only now and then cas-
ier to be = Christian on every day, and
in every place, than only in the meeting
house. and once q week. Habit is the
great helper that takes away the burden
from all labor, and makes even the rough
est places smooth. And. in our we'll
doing, the best way never to be weary
is never to stop and rest-Reli9ious Nag
QziHe