Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-09-02

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Drop the drawbridge Of the Union,
Brains for ballots, votes for balls.
An Episode I'm the History OF
General Butler.
When in New Orleans Butler was passing
at the head Of some troops, the residence Of
very respectable young lady, who, with
some lady friends were enjoying the cool air
Of a balcony. This young lady, whose name
VIC omit for reason that will soon appear,
was one Of those impulsive, light-hearted,
joyous creatures, whose life is made up Of
smiles and moro demonstrative outbursts Of
joy. Just as Butler himself was opposite,
some remark was made, or something visible
to the eye Of mirth.provoking character,
caused her to break out in a ringing laugh.
Butler stopped short his horse, and looking
up said, in his rough and repulsive style:
"What are you laughing at?" Surprised
at the question, and insulted by the manner
in which it was asked, the young lady in
stantly ceased her laugh, but made no re-
sponse. Butler turned away, but had pro-
ceeded but short distance, when the same
clear ringing laugh met the ear, and turning
again, he with still more brutal insolence
demanded: "Young woman, what are
you laughing at?" There was no mistaking
his meaning this time, and the hot blood Of
the sunny South flushed to the cheek of the
maiden as she scornfully replied, "None of
your business, sir" Butler, with a threat
ening gesture, but no reply, rode away. An
hour or two after this file of soldiers ap-
peared at the residence Of the young lady
with an order for her arrest. She was torn
from the bosom of her family, taken to the
military prison or guard-house, and there
kept confined until the men in whose society
she was thrown, either as keepers or fellow
prisoners, accomplished her ruin. These
facts can be sustained by parties now resid-
ing at Kendall, Orleans county, N. Y, or
by DR.. McLane, or wife, and others of New
Orleans, the latter having witnessed the
transaction related above, from the opposite
side of the street.
EXCITEMENT AT A CIRCUS. "A thousand
persons gathered under circus tent ip
Flemingsburg, KY, on the 30th ultimo, and
the riders we're about to enter the ring,
when rainstorm arose. At first, there was
but little excitement among the spectators,
but when the stakes Of the outer canvass
gave way, and the immense center.pole Of
the large one commenced to sway and groan,
the sides to flop and give way-when the
lions commenced to growl and roar, the ele-
phant to swing his large proboscis around,
and the horses to neigh and stamp-the
confusion was indescribable, and the OK.
citement the widest We ever saw. Every.
body rushed pell nell for the entrance,
gentlemen and ladies in q confused mass,
calling alternately for help and friends. Of
course, on the top Of seats some jumped to
the bottom, some fell through, some were
caught and suspended while falling, and
great many cut their way through the can
vas. At this juncture the elephant broke
out among the people and created terrible
excitement. Tho rain was falling in tor
rents, the lightning flashed and the thunder
crashed. Men, in their fright, ran against
the ticket wagon, over ladies, to and fro.
Many Of the ladies screamed, tainted and
fell. After the storm had abated the great
canvass was explored, but no one was found
to be seriously injured.
The word "rebels" should never moro be
applied to the white men Of South Carolina
The great Democratic ratification meeting
which was addressed by Hampton, Kershaw,
and others recently, was held in Columbia,
s. G., in the open air, in the very midst Of
the ruins created by Sherman's army-an
immense opening in the very heart Of the
covered with fre-scarred walls
and chimneys, as the victorious army left it.
1t was known that Blair commanded the
famous Seventeenth Corpse, which swept
Columbia, and yet this vast assemblage Of
Carolina's sons, including Hampton, whose
own house is among the ruins, rent the air
with cheers for Seymour and Blair. Why?
Because Blair fought for Constitutional
Union, and not for military negro govern.
ment. Me is for the same Union still, and
these peoplo-having accepted the issues Of
the war-now stand on his platform, and
ask no more than constitutional iborty.-
viii the American people refuse 10 restore
them this?