Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-08-05

......A returned Californian found the
baby he had left at home miss Of five SUM
mcrs. One day he offended her and she
ircl'ully exclaimed. II wish you had never
married into the family"
......Thc total area Of Philadelphia il 125
square miles. Butter there is selling at only
eighty cents per pound, and blackbcnies at
lorty-tivc cents per quart. Three-fourths of
the Germans will vote for Seymour and
Blair.
......A minister who boastcd Of preaching
without notes don't wish to be understood
~ referring to grconbacks
1.-The test of loyalty-Lovc Of the nc
gro, and admiration Of carpct-baggcry.
Napoleon paid over slO,O00,O0O in
gold to have Maximiliau killed off and Char.
lotta sent to mad house.
......Who saved Harrisburg f!om dcstruc-
ton and Gov Curtin from capture by the
rebels in 1863? lIoratio Seymour.
...... Grant lost the battle of Belmont by
drunkenness, and was saved Mt Pittsburg
Landing only by the timely arrival of Gen
Buell..
......It was hoped Pant A. Loon would
reform, but he is seen growing tighter and
tighter on the streets daily.
......Tcnncsscc has produced lively four,
legged girl
......OWillc GRAFT, brother of the Gen
cral lives in Chicago, and has Just given
500 to Seymour and Blair Club.
......The accession of the Republicans TO
power brought ON war. Their aim on rctr-
ing from power is to bring ON more war
......Thc Radicals harp on Grant. They
don't alludc much to that jews harp he
played in Tennessee.
......One Of our exchanges advises Forncy
to change his name. Isn't it enough for
him to disgrace one?
......The five spans of the Pennsylvania
railroad bridge over the Susquehanna, near
Harrisburg, which were destroyed by fire on
the morning Of the 18th ult., have been re-
built, and trains are now running over it.
.....Whisky, pistols and Brownlow are
dcpopulating Tennessee.
......f man fails to the amount of a
million, it is all right; but let him fail to
the amount of his board bill, and he is q
scoundrcl.
......The telegraph brings us the glad
tidings that the rebel Joe Brown, and his
carpct-bag ally, the notorious BlOdget, have
been beaten in the Georgia Legislature, and
Joshua Hill and H. V. Miller, Democrats,
elected to the U. S. Senate.
......Thc Bureau niggers in the South
draw their rations regularly and feed them
to their hogs Keep or up, taxpayers.
....They have new drink down east
that they call tho Butler Cocktail" You
stir it up with a spoon, squint one eye, drink
the liquid down, and put the spoon in your
pocket w.. ~,
sion is not yet dead. Tho people are going
to secedc from Radicalism." Yet the Rad
icals (including the Columbia County Re.
puJlican) leave off the last sentence and
make the first test. Such is Radical hon
esty
......Onc Eaton, from Salem, Ohio, got
himself elected to Congress from North
Carolina, through the fiery ordeal of Sleep
ing with the niggcrs of his district for six
weeks. His example is cited for the cncour.
agcment of other loyal carpot-baggcrs, and
to show what endurance can accomplish.
,.....GrCcley says tilat Ill oIucr W ciccl
Grant they must get out every voter Yes,
but there's the rub. Many of the voters
have not yet been pnrdoncd out Of the State
prisons by the Radical governors. The mat
ter should be attended to at once.
.....Tho Radicals intend to emigratc to
Africa after their defeat in November. A
party has been sent out to select location
for tho colony. Negroes are to- rule oyer
them. They mean to give that thing full
tcst before abandoning it entirely. There is
rumor that Sumner intends to paint him
self black, so as to render him eligible to
the Presidency of the new kingdom. Char
Icy thinks he would then be all right, pro-
vidcd he can prevail upon Thal Stevens to
transfer to him his negro housckccpcr, so ~
to supply him with the proper scent