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Accldents OF specch.

Pat has long laborcd under the imputs.
ton Of making more accidents with the
tongue than any Of his fellow mortals, but
it can be very readily shown that the ''bull''
Is not necessarily indigenous to Irish soil.
A Frenchman named Gallon, who died In
Paris not many years ago, was remarkable
for bovine tendency. There is q letter
Of his in existence As follows :-"My dear
friend: left my knife at your lodgings yes.
terday. Pray send it to me If you find 1t.
Yours, Gallon. P. S.-Never mind send.
ing the knife l have found it,"
There is q note to bis wife, which he sent
home with basket Of provisions, the post.
script to which read: "You will find my
letter at the bottom of the basket. If you
should fail to do So let me know as soon s
possible"
1t is said Of this same character that on
one occasion he took lighted taper to find
his way down stairs without accident, and
after getting down brought it back with
thanks, leaving himself at tho top Of tho
stairs in the dark as at first.
A lady once asked tho Able de Mstig.
non how old he was. "Why, I am only
thirty-two," said he, "but / count myself
thirty-tllree, because little boy was born
year before I was aud died, evidently
keeping me back whole year by aoci.
dent" .0......,
1t was Scotch woman who said that tho
butcher of her town only killed half Of a
beast at time. .......
1t was dutchman who said q pig had no
ear marks except short tail and it WIS q
British Magistrate who, being told by
vagabond that he was not married, respond.
ed, That's good thing for your wife,"
Ata prayer meeting in New Hampshire,
worthy layman spoke of poor boy whose
father was drunksrd and whose mother
was widow.
At a negro ball in lieu, of "Not transfer.
ablo" on the tickets, a notice was posted
over the door, No gentleman admitted un.
less he comes hisself."
An American lecturer Of note solemnly
said one evening, ''Parents, you have chill
dren, or if you have not, your daughters
may have"
A Western editor once wrote "a cor
respondent asks whether tho battle of Wa.
terloo occurred before or after the COM
mencement Of the Christian era, We an.
swer it did. :"
Thoso t,vo ob,or,,;rr ,,,o, 49,. .c-l
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~ An Irishmsn had left his native
country, and sought an asylum In America
because it was . land Of liberty, was attack
cd on his first arrival, in December, BY .
furious msstiG. he stopped 70 pick up Z
stone % defend himself but the stone was
frozen fast. by my soul, says Pat, what
8 swits country, where the doss sss lot looss
and he etones tied fAst,
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Sagacity Of the Bear.

SsvY lanecdotes related to me by our
guide concerning the habits of the black
bear, would seem to entitle him to higher
position in the scale Of animal instinct and
sagacity than that Of almost any other quad.
ruped. For instance, he said that before
making his bed to lie down, the animal in
variably goes several hundred yards with
the wind, at a distance from his track. -
Should an enemy now come upon his track,
he must approach him with the wind and
with the bears keen sense of smell, he is
almost certain to be made aware Of his pres-
ence, and has time to escape before he is
himself seen. He also states that, when
pursued, the bear sometimes takes refuge
in caves in the earth or rocks, where the
hunter often endeavors, by making o smoke
at the entrance, to force him out but it not
unfrequently happens that, instead Of COM
ing out when the smoke becomes too op.
pressive, he very deliberately advances to
the fire, and with his fore.feet beats upon it
until it is extinguishcd then retreats into
the cave. This, he assured me, he had of.
ten seen.
Although these statements would seem to
endow Bruin with something more than
mere animal instinct, and evince concep.
ton ofthe connection between cause and eff.
feet, yet another anecdote which was rela-
ted to me would so to prove this curious
quadruped one Of the most stupid fellows in
the brute creation. My informant says that
when the bear cannot be driven out Of the
cave by smoke, it sometimes become nec-
essary for the hunter to take his rifle, and
with torch to enter the cavern in search of
him. One would suppose this a very haz-
ardous undertaking, and that the animal
would soon eject the presumptuous intruder,
but on the contrary, as soon as he sees the
light approaching, he sits upright on his
launches, and with his fore-paws covers his
face and eyes, and remains in this position
until the light is removed. Thus the hun
ter is enabled to approach as close as he de.
sires without danger, and taking deadly aim
with his faithful rife, poor Bruin is slain.
These facts have been stated to me by three
different Indians, in whose veracity I have
much confidence, and have no doubt are
strictly true. ''a,
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sACHINE AND REPAIR SHOP,

TUE undersigned would most respectfully an.
to execute all kinds nf MACHINERY, at JOSEPH
SHAMELESS, FOUNDRY, in Bloomsbury. where he
eau always be found ready to do all kinds Of repair
kinds Of Farming Utensils, ALSO, TURNING AND
FiTIN6 UP or CASTING AND MACHINERY,
done on shUri notice, in good wOtkinuniike nian
nrr, upon the most reasonable terms.
His long experience in the business. as foreman In
the shop of Lewis n. Maus Of this place, for over
nine years. warrants HIM in safing that ho con give
heiT work. -
8lO0nnshuyg Nov. Ql. 1866
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-08-07

~ No rsascting individual oan fail to -
that df.y two visits IN year g Ct . carefully
conducted newspaper, intelligent, correct
elevated in its tone, and vithal, interesting
~ it, oontsnts, must exert great and
blessed inausnes upon donsstio GS sad
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-08-07

@ A forlorn printers devil says thus
plaintively: when Susie's arms her dog
imprison, l always wish my neck was his'n
how often would ! stop and turn, to
get pat from hands like ,hern, and when
she kisses Toxser's nose, o don't I wish
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swer it did. y

Those two observing men, one Of whom
said he had always noticed, that when he
lived through the month Of May, he lived
through the year, and the other Of whom
said at wedding he had remarked that
more women than men had been married
that year, were neither of them Irishmen.
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[For the Demorat.]
HARVEST HYMN.

by RAVEN.
God Of the harvest now we lift,
Our hearts to Thee in grateful praise,
For every good and needful gift,
That crowns the measure Of our days.
The Seasons in their annual round,
Combine the goodness of thy hand,
While each with its own blessings crowned,
Each blesses US, at thy command.
The seed VIC cast into the dust,
Committed to thy gracious care,
We wait with patient, hopeful trust,
Till We shall reap the golden ear.
Nor Lave our patient hopes been vain,
This Season thou hast designed to bless,
With warming Sun and moistning rain,
And granted us large increase.
With faith we watched the growing blade,
With hope we saw the blossoms come,
Rejoicing in the shcaves we made,
Thank Goo, we've broug the harvest home
Thus may thy goodness ever rest,
Upon our wide extended land,
And We so richly, fully blest,
In humble faith, would own shy hand.
Saltwater, July 26, 1867.
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GOLD CLOSED AT I3S Ia
FROM WASHINGTON.

NEW YoRK, April 49,
The Herald special says: The Mexican
legation at Washington have received unofi
cial information that Maximilian was on his
way to Mexico city, having been wounded In
the arm, ut Quertero.
The executive session to-day was largely
devoted to the discussion of Mexican affairs,
and Mr.. Raymond 8 nomination for the Aus
trian mission. Reverdy Johnson's resolution
favoring mediation in the event of Maximil.
ian's capture and also offering the services
of the United States Government to adjust
the existing difficulties between the friesds
and enemies of the Mexican Republic, was
debated at great length, but without arriving
at any definite conclusion. Aessrs- Sumner,
John ID. johnson, and several other Senators
spoke warmly in favor of the mediation, but
there we're some gentlemen who opposed the
idea of the Government Offering its good ef.
fec.s in behalf OF Maximilian. The princi-
pal objection urged against the resolution was
that Maximiiau deserved the worst fate that
might befal him, as punishment for the cru,
elites sanctioned by him in the case Of cap
turing guerrilas 1t is not true, a. stated In
some of tie papers, that Senator Johnson's
resolution recommended annexation, or even
pratectorate over the Mexican Republic
No steps have been taken towards the IN
transitional Convention between Spain. Chill
and Peru, which was to have been held at
this city.
It has transpired here that the summons to
Messrs. Trenholm l. Co., to appear before the
Judiciary Impeachment Committee, was
based on the allegation that million oe doll
lars in gold had been paid TO secure the par
don of blockade runners.
The monthly report of the Department OF
Agriculture says there are favorable indica-
tions Of good wheat crop.
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FROM THE PLAINS.

CHICAGO, April 10.
The Journals ST. Joseph, No., special of
the 10th, says the river continue rising, and
the w6ser is already over the low lands on
the tho Kansas side, opposite this city. Above
here the farmers on the lower lands have al
ready been compelled to leave their houses,
Gen. W. T. Sherman and staff are stopping
in the city for day or two.
A large party OF miners left Leaveuworth
for Arizona yesterday. Their leader il an
old mountaineer, who several years go
started with small party from California,
and. psaesrAted Arizona, but were driven
bach By the Indians They we're satisfied
from an imperfect prospect that they had
discovered place for diggings of extraordi-
nary richness. II is the intention Of the
'par'f 20 reach these digginss from this side
the Hills.
We have Montana dates To the 26th nit.
A correspondent writing from the new Nus
Gle Shoal district, gives very Aattsring ac-
|scoups Of the copper leads. The writer be-
|slieses the mines are much richer than il
Flake Superior. The mines are not over 100
miles from the con nHuence of the Muscle Shesl
river With tho Missouri, and there is naiu-
raj wagon road all the way. The correspon.
edent thinks that with 4l9o0 o009vsskirycspl
tai in less than three years millions of dollars
worth of copper would be shipped Hast an
nually There will be quite stampede as
seon ss.the snow goes of for Salmea river
mines. II is believed that rich digg,aes kavs
been struck. Mining operations in the
mountains have been ueivenally stopped BY
the cold weather. A small quantity of ore
from the Ore Cscke Lode, rscently worked
py the Oherstrought mill, at Virginia, furn
ishes the handsome result Of 500 10 lie tDn.
This was tha first work Of the mill. The ed
itor Of the Gazstts vas shown . small qnas.
tity OF metal smeltsae1 in . blacksmith
forge, ftoa : piece of rock hsokn fsn,
ledge b hunter, dnring December. IN
metal = almost peee silver, and the orc il
said - havs melted 6ks tssswax under ths
inHususs Of The fofra. ',9e -
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FROM RIO JANEIRA.

NEw YoEK, April Is.
Advices from Rio Jaueire March l2sh, and
Buenss Ayres February 18th. have been re-
ceived:
The Marquis Coxles, who commands the
allies, and Lopez, the Paraguayan President
and comnsndsr, are both busily eurseed in
entrenching and forsifying
Brazilian officers are continually returning
to Rio Jsniera, and perfectly disgustsd With
the war.
The enlistment Of slaves in Brazil still con-
.inues. Numerous wealth of persons are max.
ing presents Of large numbers Of slaves TO the
Government
A fight toek place at Cusapaity on the
second of February, in which ali the iron
clads but one, and ell the land forces around
the line, were engaged. The result to the
Paraguayans is supposed to be severe,
although no lodging was effected by the at
iacking party.
The proposals for peace, by the American
Minister. il being seriously considered,
although not we'll received at first.
Tee Brasilian navy on La Platte consists
of thirty five vessels one hundred and forty
eight guns, and four thousand men.
The United States steamers Shamokin and
Kansas are at Baenos Ayres.
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
Midnight Report
FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, April l9.
The nomination of Mr.. Raymond, - MIN
lister 70 Austria, was laid on the table in the
Senate this afternoon. The Senate refused
to express its opinion as to whether the mis-.
sion was vacant or not.
Senator Wilson leaves TO morrow on q
Southern speaking tour.
Brigadier General Truman Seymour, has
been ordered to report to Gen. Pope.
Past Assistant Psymaster, Francis T. Gil
loa, detached from duty at Jefferson Barracks,
has been ordered TO settle his accounts.
The receipts from customs from April 7th
TO the 18Th, is S297 ,476, ,991. A decrease
from the last statement is shown at all points,
except Baltimore.
The Senate, after protracted debate.
postponed the nomination of II. J. Raymond
as Minister TO Austria, until next December,
th us sssaining for the present, Mr.. Motley, in
that position. sss.
The Senate was in executive session three
hours, or until half past 10 clock.
: The following are the con6rmations made
to-day U. s. Attorney General, J. l..
Warren, Western district Of Tennessee; u.
8, MsrshAlls, J. NJ. Tomeny, Western Tenn,
and +. $. j. Heron, District ofLai Pension
Agent, j. I. Clements, Macon City, Mo-;
Assessor Of Iaternal Revenue, T. K. Cypest,
9th district of Tenn; Collector Of Internal
Revenue, W. w. Webb, 9th district Of Tenn.
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FR0n MEXICO.


i xxxeHAH F1An91a0a. 10.
/ The ftsnor tlat sks E6sss3 losess had
b&en p91sly t1beted, asd - anGssine "a
laeh ef appliss, b direot1y epatsa1isted.
TIE tep6ft Of : reyUiutfdaS, he6dN BY Hsf.
rehA kt SAa Lns Potosi, is denied, and lettsrs
from President Juarez, received to- day, uake
no mention Of any disturbances hayipg taken
piece, or eyep anticipated. i
Consa Qod4 = rpesivsd ! lskes from Gen.
Corons in referencc TO the operations st
QnAsteFsp Pr March ~. vhfeh states tkatths
Liberals made A Facqnoisa9fp il force, hsing.
ing on An engagement which lasted eight
hohrs, rSsaltine b diyiAa d. lpperialisss
from some Of their possessions. The Hbesul
force WAS % 900. and the Imperialists mum.
bered u, 900 nsa. III rsf4t
Plscido Vega vas ct Maxetlan four days, in
dia1uiss. conspirins With political friendG
He expsessed belief thas the party would
proclaim him Governor The arms taken by
Vega are hidden in the mountains, and it i
txpecteaA . SmAH portion Of them viii be
Gen. Fsfra.' letter, from Lower California,
gives IN account Of an atse1pted revolution
st Gaston, where Dantwis, on April In, had
landed; Lopsz, from Aazstaaa, proclaimed
that the Nararrette revolutionary exiles
"~~'e ~~~ss vac w usSA Ph4CS W buc uc4b
steamer. numbering two hundred men,, and
rsinstate himsslf Governor of the territory.
On tke route from Ban Jcse tpwstds Lopez,
Dantwia enlisted \ few Nasarrette adherents.
and took. San Antonio BY surprise, and
made prisoners Of the officials. From San
Ansoaid he went to Paz and attacked tie
house Of DE Governor, who found himself
surreup4a1 ~ eoldieraa ~ ~rg4Xs n.
Dsnfwis snaii band Ned, bnt wefe pursued
and overtaken. Dantwis was ordered to be
shot IN ths - sf-ApriL AccosdiAg 10 he
faeta ststed, Ae petty revolutionary scheme
w te piusdef. Great success woald make
American residents suffer among the rest
His deatns vsrs not eountsnsseed by QUAR-
ELS Government. The story comes from
NararettA, sad Is without foundaaion.
NEw ORLEANS, April 10.
Adyices from Aatsmons, of 18th inst. re-
port the Liberals captured Puebls, and Maxi.
milan offered 70 sufreadsf, bdt MS overtures
we're rejected, the Liberals refusng to grant
the termb demafded BY him.
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FROM NEW YORK.

+ - NRw YoRK, April 10.
B. Sesrs, General Agent Of the Peabody
Educstion Fund, has issued circular giving
somewhat detailed statement OF, the node
in which the Trustees of the fund propose to
apply the charity committed to their charge.
lie says that the direct aim of the agent will
be TO encourage and aid the common schools
in the South; that in schools estabiiah6d,
supported and superiuteuded blythe Southern
people themseIves spart from III leading OBJ
jecs. the founding and mAintsnAadsOf sclSoOis
will not come within his plan. Usually ap-
propriations in moderate amounts viii be
made when schools are languishing, or lisbls
to be suspended, for want Of means ind sap,
port. Similar cid. il necessary, vill b. gwen
in places unsupplied With schools whenever
rthe citizens shall introduce them and under,
take their sapport. All snch aid is to b 70.
gardsd - temporary. In selecting schools to
be nided, OF places to be supplied With them,
thoss will be prefsrredsn which the sdessitu,
ton 10 greatest, and the nnmber to b beue.
fitted the largest The largest schools, or
ischools having neminal departments, win
receive pafticalas aeteution.
Tho6a of Tie sttiken Who Are SIN holdins
ont afe taking Subscriptions for : fhad vhsre-
With they intend starting c4speatef shop Il,
the ety. Ths plastsfers viii not IL a IN
eight hour lsx. IA tdil5ia - Icres vii iii
not yield the two hsars SAqgtef Stnie ~ Ssas
Iurday's which they demanded. .sHsa4-z
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TRRRA HAuTE, Ind, April 19.
A fire occurret at Paris, Illinois. last night,
destroying three stores. Loss $500, ,000 in
sured S68,000. s. G. r. I.ivingsson 10 the
principal loser. Loss 100000; insured
$4,000.
a i. =, New foRK, April 10.
The sxprem cAr of last nights empress tfnin
West, On The Esie road, took fire. near Che
mung station, from sparks from the engine
and was totally destroyed. The, contents
we're consigned to parties " eet, I'm care of the
Merchants Union Express. Loss $50, 600.
The safes containing money packages we're
saved The express messenger had a narrow
escape.
& II 49, CINCINNATI, April l8.
The FIRE at Pomeroy last night destroyed
Nye, Williamson d Co.'s -four mills, Cook l.
Co. s machine shop, and several dwellings ;
loss 100000; amount Of insurance not
stated. .s
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. FROM NEW YORK.

NEw YoRK. April 10.
The Tribunes special says three men have
been arrested on suspicion of having stolen
the Sl75.00o from the Brooklyn navy yard,
year or two since. 1t is stated that these
three men have been doing business for some
time past as brokers, on Wall street, under
assumed names, and that one Of them has
served short term in the peniten.ary since
the com mission of the robbery. .ss. &
Fourteen thousand bushels Of corn was
sent to Mobile today, by the Southern Re
lief A ASSOCIATION.
All the carpenters except about hundred
have returned to work at four dollars per
day.
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fsis4 - tta5
ss Nsw YoaK, April 10.
The Hers14s Mexico City correspondence,
dated March 17th. says:
Juarsz had given orders 70 be sficers to
grant MAximilian An escort, and honorable
treatment, TO any point on the coaa wtsh
he shsll stlect sss point of smbafkatioh,
provided he 10 captured.
Money was becoming scarce IA ~ imperial
Golfers, and H. Finance Ainistse had thrown
up his port lblio IN disgust.
Skirmishes sook plscs evefy day at the
gates Of Mexico City.
The savage order Of Mirafnon, inHicting
death upon I'll prisoners captussdy Was cpn>
Maximilian.
The story Of Escobado's defeat is believed
to have been concocted in the Capital.
The Austrian garrison were leekiag out for
the earliest opportunity TO leave the country.
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FROM BALTIMORE.

BAirrmoRE. Apsil'i0.
The 'wosking men 81 this city. have organ
lied q workingmens' political union, on the
platform of the National Labor Congress,
held here last fall.
The snit against Major General John E.
Wolf, for false Imprisonment during the war,
is progressing in the United States Circuit
Court, and sttracts much attention, ~. other
cases are pending on the result.
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FROM CANADA.

.s4 NEv YosL Aqfil Ia
The Heyulds Montreal special says it 10
reported that the three Reform members of
the Government, Hon. Messrs. Blair, Nc
Dougsi cad Hovland, arsgoing p resign, in
policy OF the new Reform Party in Canada
West. This would break up the coalition.
The fact that Confederation. TOR which . CO.
aliti4 W. formed, has beea carried, gives
snak Of soerectnos e 0is report
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FROM RICHMOND.

NEw YosK, April 10.
. The Heralfs Richmond special says the
Virginia State Republican Convention met in
that city yesterday, for the purpose Of form.
ing . Republican party in the State. The
majority Of the delegates consists of colored
men. Hnnnicutt snd ssvsrsi colored speak
ers addressed the meeting. A permanent or
eapization was effected, and officers we're
elected.
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AsHlsofoss hprll ~.
SENATE.
Mr.. WILSON returned to ~ Senate.
Mr.. III HENDERSON, offered q resolution
providing that there be printed, for the use Of
the Senate, 7o,o00 copies Of the report Of the
Secretary of the Interior, giving information
of the number and location of the various
tribes Of Indians; also 500 copies Of the War
Depsrtme ent Referred TO the Committee on
Printing sts
The Senate went into executive session.
On re- e-ppening the doors Mr.. ANTHONY
offered a resolution, which WAS adopted, for
the appointment Of Committee TO wait vn
the President and inform him that, unless he
has some further commanieation to nske, the
Sena.e viii adjourn TO morrow at o clock.
8 The CHAIR appointed MessrS. Fessendsn
and Joh1son ssid Committee.
The Senate resumed the executive session.
At spbsequen. stage of the proceedings,
Mr.. FESSEkDEN, from the above named
Committee, reported that they had performed
the duty assigned them, and the President
requested them to inform the Senate that he
would. ID day, make some further executive
commnnicaiions, hut Mt present he knew oi
no reason why the senats shouid noi sd,ourn
atthe tiHe 6xed.
The Senate took a recess from 8 70 80. -
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49, MaYsvILIE, Kr.,AApril 1o.
The Hon. r. t. Baker, Union candidate
for Lieut.. Governor, was prevented from
speaking at Germantown to day by a gang Of
rebels. He xas warned that vio,
lence would be done him if he made the at
tempt Part of the town was burned.
90 s ATLANTA, Ga, April asa
Tie Seuthsq Convention, afier a haru,o&
.nidss sesspu of three dUs, sdjoarnsd sske
die at 10 A. NJ, to meet at Augusta next
year.
The existing arrangement with the New
York Associated Pressscontisues.
Gov. jenkins arrived from Washington
this morning.
- SAS RRAscrsco, Apsl 10.
DR.. Benjamin B. Colt, one Of the pioneer
of San Francisco, dropped dead
m the street last night. Cause, heart dis
HI as,sssmsaso and ips,su..~i,sd to.dSv
With $476, 900 in specie for New York.
The ship Aurora sailed for New York with
SO, 900 sacks wheat to Robinson, oi Liver
pool ss,00Ol6sfof Kid G@s of uHk.
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FROM GEORGIA.

ATLANTA, Ga, April 10.
A Convention of Southern newspaper pro-
prietors was held here to-day, when Presi>
dent and Board of Directors was elected, With
Instructions TO organize . system Of tele-
graphic service for the Southern press exclu.
sively..