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VOLUME 14.
BLOOMS BURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY OCTOBER l(Tl862.
NUMBER 40.
Lin
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To Consumptives.
THE advertiser having been restored to
health in a few Keeks, by a vsry simple
remedy, after having suffered years with a
severe lunar affection, and thai dread dis
ease, Consumption is anxious lo make
known to hi fellow-sufferers the means of
cire.
To nil who desire it, he will send a copy
of the prescription used free of charge,
witb the dirpctron for preparing and using
the Mine, which they will find a sore cure
or Consumption. A pi h ma, Bronchitis, &c.
The only ptject of the advertiser in send
ing ins Prescription is to benefit the afflic
ted, arid spread information which he con
(ireK lo b invaluable, and he hope9 eve
ry sufferer will "try his remedy, as it wdl
cost item nothing, and may prove a bless
in?. Parlies wishing the prescription will
please address Re. E. A. WILSON,
Williamsburg, Kings county, N. V.
Oc'ne' "62-
J Hi.-, toiilerf ijI.J ai;tl eAperieuuti ul u
eufljrir. Published as a warning, and for
th especial benefit of Young Men, and
those who suffer with Nervous Debility,
-Los cf Memory, Premature Decay, &c.
by on a who has cured himself by simple
meant', af'er being put to great expense
and inconvenience, through the use of
wor n medicine! pre-eribed by learned
Doctors. Single crpi may be had ot the
author, C. A LAMBERT, esq.. Greenpoint,
Long Ulaud, by enclosing a po.t-paid ad
dree envelope. Addre-s
CHAS. A. LAMttERT. Esq.,
Green point. Long Inland, N. Y.
M'V ?1. fi2 -2m.
A CARD to joung Ladies and Gentle
men. Tiie subscriber will jseiid free of
Charge to alt all who desire it, the Recipe
and ciiret-tiou- lr making a simple Vege
table Balm, that will, in from two lo eigh'
ty-, remove Pimple, Blotches, Tan.
FreoUe-, SalloMmes r.nd a'l impurities
and i ousting of the Skin, leaving the
f,nie a Nature iniended it should be
o't, i-l-nr. -onoo'h an I beautiful. Those
I -string the Reeeipe, wi:h full instrucions
diretMon-, and advice, will pleae call on
r address fwi'h return postage, J
THOS. F CHAPMAN,
Practical Chemist,
831 Broadway, New York.
M y 21 ; 2. 2 m
Jkd mini Orator's INolice.
Et'fle J Ft uvk-'in Longenberger decssed.
JETTKUS of administaiioii on the estate
of Franklin Longenberger. late ol Co
lumbia couiiy, dec'd, have beeii grained
bv the Register of .aid county, to VV'rn. K.
Longenberger, of Beaver twp., Col. co.,
Ail person Laving claim- or demands
Mo-aiiit th estate cf the decedent, will
jfeeiu tt-n in ihe administrator for seitlem
f,:,iitid !lnw indebted to the estate are
r-qie-'el to make payment immediately
J Use undersigned.,
Wm K. LONGENBERGER.
Adin'r.
B-ver twp, July 9,
Administrator's Notice.
ESTATE UF ALEM AJARR, DEC D.
Jetters ot administration on the estate of
- Alem Marr, Ute of Scott tp , Colum
bia cormj, deceased, have beta granted
by ile Regi-tpr of said county lo Pefer Ent,
residing in Light Street, township and coun
ty for?eaid. All persons having claim or
t'eniands against the estate of tne uecedem
re rqnted to present ihem duly authen
tieated Kt the administrator for settlement.
and thoe indebted to the estate will make
payment forthwith to
r ' PETER ENT,admr.
fott, May 28'h. 1862.
"NEW RARRER MiOP.
Ofporilt the Court fioue and next door to
Democrat Office
THE undcr-"'gr.ed,re-peci folly inform his
friends and cnMoroer that he has opened
A Xcw Barber Siiop.
In Couit Hou-e Alley, n-x door below
th" Office of the Columbia Democrat,where
be will be hp,"y to wait upon all customers,
and from long experience and strct atten
tion to buine.-F, be hope to merit and re
reive a liberal snare of public patronage.
C?"Alf tlY'iV's here ' done in decencr nd
in order." THOMAS BROWN.
Bloombor2. March 5. 1R62.
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. -Trains leave Harrisbarg for Philadelphia
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mime morning. ,
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it 3 C0 P. M. for Philadelphia, New York,
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fi Train" leave Po.tsville at 9 A. M. and
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LITTLE BY LITTLeT
One step nd then another,
And the longest walk is ended ;
One stitch and then another.
And the largest rent is mended ;
One brick upon another,
And the highest wall is made ;
One Hake upon another,
And the deepest snow is laid.
So the little coral-workers,
By their tlow but constant motion,
Have built pretty islands
In the distant dark-blue ocean ;
And the noblest undertakings
Man's wisdom hath conceited
By oft repealed efforts
Have been patiently achieved.
Then do not look disheartened
O'er the work you have jo do,
And that such a mighty task
You never can get through ;
out just er deavor day by day
Anosher point to gain, j
Anil soon ihe mountain hlih rnnrair.,i i
ill prove to be a plain,
' Rome was not built in a day,"
The ancient proverb teaches;
And Nature by her trees and Howers,
The ame meet sermon preaches.
Think not of far off duties,
But of duties which are near ;
And having once begun a work,
ResoUe to persevere.
PIITSISI1.VS CERTIFICITE.
Scarcely a man in the country took its
misfortune more at heart than Inertius
Meekleg did when came the Presi
dent's order for dralting. Mr. Meekleg was
never a man of war or warlike words, but
be prided himself upon being a native-born
American citizen and (in times of peac5, at
least) seemed grateful to the country in
which he had a rich father, and a fat inher
itance of more than a hundred thousand
dol'ars. This had given him a good start
in some mercantile buinesa, and had in
creased iieltj notwithotanding his lack of
energy.
At the age of lorty, he found himself in
the year 1862, possessed of a plump and
patriotic wife and two grown up spirited
daughters, Allegra, and Penelope, and a
hundred and forty thousand dollars worth
of properly. He approved of the war liked
every energetic movement, and favored the
idea of the tirot call for three hundred thous
and volunteers.
But he steadily declined to go himself,
notwithstanding the fact that his wife and
daughters urged him to do so, and that
I he did not live on the happiest terms with
Mrs. Meekieg, who was often prrvoked at
him, because be had not mora of what is
called "backbone." And when the alarm
about the draft commenced, and people li
able to be drawn found they could not de
sert the country at will, the condition of
things, to use a vulgar pliraso, ' knocked
him." Never fcefore to him had the Union
seemed to be on the eve of dissolution. He
talked much with hit wife and daughters
about it, and they, divining acd secretly
laughing at his fears, advised him an to his
patriotic duty more strongly than ever, not
really imagining there was any probability
of bis being drafted.
Still be declined and dismay made a fa
vorite cushion af his fat face. The evil
days had now drawn nigh, when he could
truly say be had no pleasure in them. He
found no person lo give him' the least
couragemenl to stay out of '.he army,
be could not honestly make a plea of
cessity for so doing.
This was an unpleasant predicament
en
and refer
a man who had always felt, independent
and lived at his ease. The idea of his be
ing obliged to give up the comfort of home
and go and be a soldier, suffer privations,
and get shot! The idea ! He, a rich man !
Yet how on earth could he help it, should
lie be a victim of the coming draft t A par
agraph in a paper suggested the expedient
of a physician's certificate of exemption ;
and Inertius Meekleg sent hastily for Dr.
Robaldo Protch.
Dr. Protch was the family physician,
though he had not physicked them so much
as he would have liked to. They were
healthy. He was a man who had a reason
able fondness for fat fees from the wealthy
and bis fondr.ess bad been so far gratified
that now. at the age of fifty, he was tolera
bly well to do He was a man who bad an
unfailing partiality for shiny black broad
cloth, a high dickey and a white cravat, a
heavy gold chain and seals, and a black,
satin vest. He shaved his shrewd face all
over, except the heavy eyebrows. He was
a stocky man of two hundred, and there
was good stock in him, for he was a patri
ot, and would have physicked the whole
Southern Confederacy for nothing, if they
would have followed his prescriptions.
"Sick, 1 see said the doctor, much pleas
ed at the uneasy expression of Meekfeg'f
Jaee. "where do yon feel pain 1"
Doctor what are your politics 1 I for.
, g'.'
I believe in routing ,the rebels every
where, and consenting to peace only when
they howl for the Tnion, pay the whole ex
penses of the war and hang Jeff. Davis.
"Of course, then, you are a patriot, and
have giver, op parly poliiics. That's clever.
But what do you think of a draft 1"
"Perfectly proper, sir ; perfectly proper.
j The sooner it is put in force the better. I
hate all lingering diseases and timid sur
geons. I want able botiied men to go who
can. I think seriously of going myself seem
at any rate "
"Do you think there is any chance for
me ?"
"Why, yes, of course. r
"I mean to escape 1''
"If you are drafted V
"Yes."
"No!"
"Why !"
"Because you are sound, and of the tight
age. Of course you, will be gled to s;o in
the present emergency, if drafted. Hey ?"
"Could a man 1 wish to be plain with
you, doctor could could a rich m;n
escape with a certificate ?"
"From me he could," replied the doctor,
decisively, drawing himself proudly, audi
at once understanding the object o his ques
tioner. ''But I should hesitate to give one,
unless for strong reasons very strong,"
added he, with especial emphasis.
"He means money, " thought Meokles.
"He means a heavy bribe. I'll co a thous
and dollars, if I am forced to it." And thjn
said he."Dr. Protch, you are ocr family
Physician. You know that I am rather ri;h
worth about a hundred and forty thousand
dollars."
"Don't doubt it."
" A man in comfortable circumstances is
seldom :r. a hurry to change them for vn
comfortable ones."
"Ahem. Very likely "
"I am a married man, 'doctor. I have a
wife of my bosom. " And Meekleg sigh id.
"I believe you don't set horses very well
with her. You have told me as much," re
plied the doctor,. pretending to misunder
stand the sigh. ' Family q uarre'a are en
ough to make any one wish to enlist."
"I have two beloved daughters who
prize a father's Ioe."
"They are both emirenlly marria2eable,
and no doubt have goof beaux," said the
doctor, brusquely, and that should make
jou thankful in cage you have determined
to go."
'I have been an industrious merchant
have acquired wealth by hard labor."
"A man ougt always to be grateful to ihe
coun'ry which has given him fortune, "aai I I writing the certificate, w hile Meeklesr filt
Protch. j ed out a check for a thousand dollars, whh
"You don't exactly understand my drift, j n expression of much relief in his face.
doctor. I want to enjoy my fortune. The
lives of poor men are not of so much ac
count to them as the lives of the rich are to
them A rich man dying makes a greater
sacrifice; don't you see? I am reluctant
to give up all and go to the battle field, not
solely on account of the sacrifice I should
thus be compelled lo make, but also be
cause I could do mach more good to my be
loved country by staying at home. In the
paths of peace, doctor, I shall liav- far
greater influences if I live to exert it for
my good to my fellow-citizens Fitr instcrtce
nov, consider what an amount of good I
cocld do with my riches, in taking care of
poor sick and crippled soldiers, and their
destitute families at home, which i could
rot do if I should go from home and get
killed."
"Scarcely," returned Protch, dryly.
"Then again, I could exert a wholesome
influence in making speeches. to enco iraae
on the war and promote enlistments. I
could be useful on war committees I con'd
fill important civil offices in support of the
Government. In any such capaci ies I
should render mnch greater service lo the
country than if I went as a soldier, for I
could never be any thing but a common
soldier as I was never even a mili'ia man,
and never had the !eat particle of military
taste knowledge or ambition. Then again
and I have abundance of reasons, c octor,
if yon had time lo hear ihem then again
where was I ? O, I think besides all this,
that ihe three hundred thousand extri vol
unteers already obtained will be f intid am
ple sufficient to conquer the rebels, v.'ithout
my being drafted."
" They may, or they may not," sturdily
replied the seemingly onimpressible doctor.
"Bui what have I lo do with it."
."I merely offered these opinions in self
defense," said Meekleg humbly.
"There may be some logic in all his as
yon say," returned Protch, not unwilling to
precipitate the argument to the desired
point. "Bat what is it you would suggest?
Please lo say something tangible Mr Meek
leg."
"Well, then, the long and short cf it all
is, that Idonl wish to be drafted; and I wish
for a proper consideration, to obtain a med
ical exemption certificate from yoa."
"Ol course I shall be happy to oblige yon
if I can do so, conscientiously, and then
again it must be confidently also, yon un
derstand." Perfectly.'
The suspicion of a bribe might invalidate
the certificate, and endanger me into the
bargain. Moreover, strong Union man as I
am, I feel some scruples in assisting any
one, even a wealthy friend like you, to
evade the draft, unless upon something
more than an ordinary pretext. Whatever
good, greater or less, yoo might do the J
conntry by staying at home, is not fo? m
to argue or gainsay. My certificate, of
course, must be based upon absolute phys
ical disability, and ."
I shall amply satisfy yon doctor, I shall
amply satisfy you," interrupted Meekleg,
earnestly, and, a if by accident, giving his
pocket a significant slap 'I would rather
give a thousand dollars I.will give a note
for a thousand dollars payable al eight
than to be drafted. One sacrifice I can af
ford, "and the1 other I don't feel able to
make V
Then please to state your precise bodily
ailments for they will be your only hope
j and I will furnish you whti the best cer
tificate I can give always depending on
this being confidential.'
'On my honor, doctor, my honor,' ex
claimed Meekleg, with intense sincerity,
and forthwith he commenced an enumera
tion of his complaints.
0 war ! what an unhealthy country thou
hast made.
'In the first place, doctor and I wish
jou would make a memorandum ol what I
say as 1 proceed I am troubled with dis
ease of ihe heart.
'Diseases of tlie heart often produce
death,' said Dr. Protch solemnly
'Then my liver is very unsound. I am
inclined to be I i'lious and gloomy, and
once I had the jaundice-'
'That's bad I mean good. Go on.'
'What a palpitation of the heart and liver
complaint. I have often had ' serious
thoughts of death,ar.d have made, actually,
no less than six wills, so as not to be taken
off by surprise More than this I easily get
a cold on the lung, and a sore throat. 1
am very rensitive to both heat and cold
I sprained my right ane'e ten years aso,
and loo much walking pains me there
sometimes. I feel, doctor, honestly, that
if I were to be a soldier, I should not be
able to stand it lonj?. 1 should be sure to
be sent to the hospital, and should there be
ol more harm than benefit to the service
even if I did not die a miserable death. )
Now I appeal to you if such a man ought
to be drafted ? Do you consider such a man
sound V
i
'I do not,' said Protch, shaking his head.
:I know you are not sound. Such a curioqs
complication of disorders shows an unheal
thy system. I should think,, if I give you
the best certificate 1 can, on that, it ousht
to prevail Is there anything more to add
before I write it V Any other part affect
ed V
'Nothinff that I can think of just now,
only that my teeth are getting bad. and 1
tnt2ht be subject to the toothache '
'Very well.' And the doctor commenced
'Here is one thing more, doctor, which in
policy, ought to remove all obstacles to my
goinsr abroad. I have friends in Europe
who, if I could visit them, would exercise
a favorable influence with foreign powers
in behalf of this country. That ought to
have some weight, and beside tha, now 1
think of it, I am interested in the success
of a certain imported invention, now being
perfected by a friend of mine in Europe
He cannot go on without aid from me. I
vrant to help him to get it patented in this
country exclusively, so that we may reap
the so.e advantage of it. I am not at liber
ty to say precisely what it is. but it is a for
midable weapon of war, and I want to go
and hurry it up '
'If all elf-e fails that may serve yon,' re
plied Dr Protch handing the certificate
which he had already sealed, and receiving
ihe check in return. 'But I think lhat this
documenf regarding the state of yourheaMi
will be considered enough to exempt you
from beingdrafied, by any reasonable man.'
You ftave sealed it ?'
I have. But I have written it in Latin,
and yon could not read it. In Latin in or
der to give it the greater effect you see.
Bjt Ood morning now. My other patients
are awaiting me.'
After the doctor's hasty departure, Mr.
Meeklpg felt fidgety to know what the cer
tificate pet forth, and his his eldest daugh
ter, Aliegra, was tolerably proficient in Lat
in, f.e called upon her tu translate it, broke
the envelope, and found that it ran,in sub
stance, something as follows :
'This is to certify thai the bearer Inertius
Meekleg' Esq , forty years of age, wife and
two children, is, far as I can ascertain, af
flicted with a complication of physical and
mental disorders which unfit him to be a
soldier. They amount not merely to gen
eral debility but to almost utter insignifi
cance. Disease of ibe heart most promi
nent a most dangerous thing in a soldier.
I should say, on my reputation as a physi
cian of twenty-five years standing thai the
more of such soldiers Uncle Sam should
have, the worse off he would be.
Pbotch, M. D.'
'This is a very curious certificate, it seems
to me,' said Meekleg, as his daughter hand
ed it back with a smile he could not tell
whether of derision or satisfaction. 'Are
you sure you have translated it right?'
Yes, father,' said Allegra. 'And I should
think it would answer every purpose.'
'Very likely. The doctor is rather eccen
tric, but then as you say, it is brief and to
the point. 1 guess it's all right.'
What a load from oS his mind, Meekleg
now for a few days, could read the morn
ing papers at breakfast with comparative
calmness, until one day his eyes happened
to fall on a paragraph which stated lhat the
governor was to appoint special surgeons to
j me examinations in cases of claims for
exemptions on account of physical disabili
ty.
'The devil !' cried he, and at once sent
for the doctor. 'Then if I am lo pass offi
cial inspection, what's the good of rcy 'cer
tificate ? Both the Dr and I have made a
great mistake hers.'
Rut the learned and patriotic Dr Trotch,
was not forthcom ing. Meekleg soon found
on inquiry, lhat the enthusiastic and physi
ci an had already gone off to join the army,
and had turned over the thousand dollar
check to the relief committee for the bene
fit of disabled soldiers and their families.
Meekleg felt extremely vexed and foolish
at first, but he kept his own counsel; and
he did not begrudge the service he had ren
dered when he now ascertained lhat a little
more money would enable him to escape
the dralt by purchasing a competent sub
stitute Relieved from his grand agony, he
lore up the certificate, and had concluded
to be liberal with his money, if not his blood
on behalf ol the country which has pros
pered and protects him.
Grades of Villainy.
The man that will take a newspaper for
a length of time, and then fend it back "re
fused" and unpaid for, would swallow a
blind dog's dinner, then stone the dog for
being blind Exchange.
He would do wore than lhat. He'd mar
ry a girl on trial, and send her back at the
end of the honeymoon with Ihe worls
"Don't suit" chalked on her back. Iron
Cdy.
He wou!d do worse than that. He would
6leal the cha'k to write it with, and after
wards he would use it on his shirt, :o save
the expense ol washing, and then ue his
wife's father for a month's boardi.ig.-Jf-vertier.
Worse yet. He'd chase a sick rat ten
miles over a corduroy road and institute a
post mortem examination - after he had
caught him , in order to recover a stolen
grain of corn. Morgan Star.
We endorse every word of the above.
He would steal ihe rotien e:gs from a blind
pig, and steal all the winter meal from an
editor. Herald.
I
He would go and join the I
All to mild
Southern Confederacy, which is about olher l4Ce rel.psir.tf, ever, on the upper wa
lowe.t depth of meanne-s a man can reach. , f he same fi , b
i .J Leiitr. ; barism out of which Ihey have never
rr l i .fill i
i n;,t con t nt tne cae at an. lie a smug
gle himself through to Heaven by a round
about road, bribe St. Peter with a bogus
lann.ng aim men, auer ne t.ao got in wouni j ci viizdtion. 0;ie who de-ires to trace this
steal paving stones Irom the streets and ! ai,,ance mihl do weM by atiyn ,he his
trade tl.ern off for half penny Plumps of ; ,ory of an2Uage, the invention of the al
cigars Morgan Co Gizctte. p!,aret and writter, language in general, the
Stronger yet. Il? would sponge a living ; improvements in papjru, parchment and
Irom the hard earnings ol his poor old faih r,aper, the new forms of letters, and finally
er until the old gentleman is unable lo work j tlie ,,ri:ing pres and modern books ar.d
and then 1st him die in th- poor house, and j Iie--paper-. But a sweeping glance over
afterwards fell his remains to the medical ,(lB w.or!j fijCe. to show what we
students for anatomical purposes BfJion ' rnean. In Aia the remains of ancient glo
Ace. j ry abu'.idantly show the works of various
He would be a? mean as the man who j tranches ofthe Caucasian r.tce. In Europe,
elided hi poor old blind mother for stop- ! WP nave ;ie highest evidences of their ear
ping in hi- door yard to beg for bread, and jy aiui p,0,te-si vo civilization as well as of
who gave hi- only child a penny for going t!ieir reforfTlii;-,on a'.ter relapses into barhar-
r .i- r. i - l t ,11
to bed sttpperless, and ihe next morning
charged Inm a penny for bis breakfast.
Torrhlisht.
Vore jet. He would steal the pennies
from ihe eyes of his dead grandmother, and
then crr?e her because they were not qnar- v0;tj.,a!t.d the secrets of nature and elat-o-lers
Exchange rated the grand sum oT human knorrtenge
Yes, he'd feeiThis children on bread and wn-,c-n lne art of printing has finally gather-
water, tickle them in the throat with a lea'b-
er till they threw it up, and then put away
carefully for another meal. Red Bluff Bet-
crux
Vnre than that. He would steal egss
and 'suck 'em" Bnd then put them under
a setting her and curse her becan-e he did
no hatch full fledged chickens. Sonma,
County, (C'lifirnh) Jvtrnil.
Gentlemen, you may as well give it np.
The Eng'i-h lanuae does not con-am
woros snnicieimy lorcr.iie mn m vi ii ii-ii ui
frame a sentence to express the vt!tr mem
ntss of thai man who ' takes a newspaper
for a length of time, and then sends it hack
'refused' and unpaid for." So then, save
your wits for something thnl ha- a soul,
something that is not boih an outrage and
disgrace to humanity. WtVtsvill Pudit.
He would throw a soldier'-wife and fam
ily out of a rented shanty, and have their
head- and sell their hair to a wig maker to
pay the rent Ilohnei County 'Farmer .
Wore yet. He would chafe a broken
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legged musquito across a ten mile swamp
for its ' gut fat" and then curse hi maker
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because he conki not suck nourisnnieiii
from its tail, and thn save the oritmary ex-
penses of life. Rellefonte Watchman.
The following, wording o; vy a mue-
eyed angel, is given as ;ne ariuuuem; ui
love :
"After introduction, 4 compliments make
1 blush ; 8 blushes make one tender look ;
4 tender looks make 1 ramble by moon
light ; 2 rambles make 1 proposal ; 2 pro
posals (1 lo pa) make 1 wedding."
Dobbs says he would have died of the
cholera last summer, if it had not been for
one thing
"The doctors gave me np !"
Two days afterwards, he says, he was a
well man, indulging in soccotash.
"Jeems, my lad keep away from the gals.
Ven you see one coming dodge. Just such
I a young critter as thai young 'un clearing
j the door step on Mother side of the street,
) fooled yer dad, Jimmy. If it hadn't been
' for her, yoa and jour dad might have been
in California bunting dimes, my son,"
From the Journnl of Commerce. have found the splendid remains of Italian
The Blatk Rate j art, marking the footsteps of the Roman.
The history of tITTorld is recorded on ' Ut fr?,n ,hf 6 ,he blafk man V'
...... , , . J ihe soil he has never advanced one step in
the globe in the works ol men, from gener- !.....
,. , . civilization, never built a hut more conve
ation to generation, and age to age Wei
..... ' i , r ntent than his forefathers boi t thousands of
cather these histories in books, and so trace I
the successive periods of civilization and ,
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barbarism, the risa and fall of nations, the
occupation of countries in alternate centu
ries by the arl-t and sciences, or by the
wild beasts and ihe waterfowl.
ut n recorJmg the progras? of ihe hu-
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man race, it n a melancholy lact that one t
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large portion of the race has no part in the
hismrv of that nro-'rens. has no historv of I
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advancing civilization lor itself.
We trace the exi&'ence of the black race,
as a distinct people, to a very early period.
Some persons imagine that the ancient
Egyptians were negroes This tiofion has
gained ground from thi persistent falsifica
tion of history by Abolitionists. We know
more of ihe ancient Egyptians, in regard to
form and feature, than any ether ancient
people, from tUe thousands of cotemporary
paintings which remainrn their monuments.
The nero is foii'id on ihj ancient Egyp
tian monuments, but always as a slave.
The Egyptian i a very different personage.
We learn from the!e monuments that so
long ago as the period of Rameses II., and
perhaps much earlier, nearly or quite B. C.
1500, the negro race was found as a distinct
type, wholly differing 'mm the white race,
having the dark comr'exior, thick lips, and
woo'ly head as now, and then as now ap
pearing ax.ong the othr races only as a
servant. No record in Egypt assigns the
black man any higher poi'ion than this,
nor is he ever repreented even among the
upper servants, who appear to have been
admitted to confidential relations witb their
masters.
At this period, therefore, it i evident that
at least some pans of Africa were in the
occupation of the negro race, and from this
time we may commence a view of the his
tory of the two races, down to the present
da'e. How widely different the history !
In Alrica i self, ihe one race building the
gorgeous works of Egyptian splendor, elab-
orating a civilization whne relics remain to
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this itav fnr the as.ton ih men t nf man 1h
emerged.
The white race in every part of the world
advanced in all lhat we call refinement and
i-tn. In colJ or in warm climates, rnder
t,ovetunietii of any arid every form, by the
t-ea, or in the interior of th continents, they
built cilie-, temple, churct.es, palace-, they
carved s'atue-, ihey inven'ed arts, they in-
, ej jnto thousands of book's. Wherever the
wnjle race wandered, there civilization
seems to have attsnded their etfjrts al self
culture ar.d rewarded their attempts, at im
provement. Even in China. Japan and the
wild- ot Hiiidnost.in time improved the
race, and wi hoot Christianity, without any
direct guidance from superior intelligence,
man worked out for himself a pith to a cer
tain degre" of knowledge, refinement, civi-
j ,ZHtion
If it be said that the race was not
originally barbarous, that tho immediate
de-ceudant of Noah were possessed ofthe
arts and sciences known before the flood,
still the truth i plain that the while race
preserved the benefits th'is received, and
when ' in the coarse of time, s in the heart
of Asia, and thmuthont Europe, they re
lapsed into barbarism, there wa stiU a re
cuperative power which brought ihem up
out of lhat sta'e and restored them always
and everywhere to a civilized grade. It is
vain to charge this to climate. In all cli-
ma'es the truth remains the same, and the
j hottest regions of India give abundant evi-
, tierce Qf ,,e wonderful advances made by
i .
men, not bv no to blood, ir arts, sciences,
io t-ii , ii . j - t i
j philosophy and general civilization and re
finement.
li( rnn,raf.t w-llri ai this, the history of I
proIoan,,Iv sa(!. We know
j t j(
at i-a country capable of everrth ing
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that man needs for coinmrt or luxury, it
mai mail .ic j
has great rivers, mounisinx nun vauejf
rich soil and sea thai wash it shores, which
would carry an adventurous man to any
portion of the world. It had within it the
richest sources of commerce, mines of gold
and jewel, bird of gorgeous plumage,
spices and balms for the luxury or the
wants of mankind. It t-lretched away into
temperate regions, and had every variety of
climate and soil. Alas for Africa, thai in
the wisdom of God it was given lo be ihe
abode jf the black race. Wherever ihe
other race entered it and gained foothold, it
was redeemed from barbarism. Egypt was
the mother of European wisdom and civili
zation. The Pentapolis was rich in tem
ples, and places, and glorious works of art.
Here and there, in the northern pari of the
"mteriorjadvenlnrous travelers like Dr. Barth
years aro. never inven ed n written Ian.
guage, never made a coin, never hewn a
t statue or a column, never erected a temple,
j never learned that the world moved around,
I never constructed a ship, or even a rude
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In fhort.the race ifit possessed the arts which
r
other descendants of Noah possessed in
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" ' Vi-' '"- reiapwu
into barbarism, and for thousands of years
has never made one step in advance, bu
s'eadily plunged deeper and deeper into
the lowest' forms cf degradation. In Afeia,
the Hindoo temples and palaces date Irom
remote ae-, and ihe Chinese civilization
seeks its origin in the earliest years. In
Enrops, Greece and Itily at'est the earliest
advance of man, and England, Germany,
Russia and France are a'l she growth of civ
ilization from barbarian origin. In Ameri
ca, a country more thinly peopled than any
o'her and probably inhabited at a very late
date, grand relics of art attest the existence
of a civilization which ha no apparent ori
gin in European or Asian teaching. In Af.
rica, no n:nn finds otae solitary memorial
on which to found a theory lhat the negro
race was there ever other than now, a race
of barbarian. There is no alternation of
civilization and barbarism in the history of
Alrica. It i- one lmg, barbaric stagnation.
We do rot pause to argue from all thi
an inferiority of race. We state the great
truths of hi-tory, and leave others to form
on these facis xuch theories as ihey may.
From Ike Uii-nfwi.. Pm. '" tj Lilerl.
Horrible Ne:ro Oulrase.
We have heard ot several attempts by
negroes to commit outrages upon whit
women jn this county, but have said noth
ing about them, because we were not for
nifhed with particulars, but the one we now
relate i entirely reliable, having received
the information from Mr. John C. Craft
himeit, who is a wealthy and respectable
citizen, of Red-tone township, in thi- coun
ty. On the 26th nit., after dinner, Mr. Craft
and his sons went out into the fields lo
work, and the hired girl went to a neigh
bor's house, leaving Mrs. Craft, a lady of
fifiy-six years of age, alone in the house
Abrut 2 o'clock P. M., a negro man unob;
served, entered the room where Mr. Craft
wrs, and violently seized her declaring his
hellish purpose in the plainest and mot-t
vulgar language, and hand'ing her in the
most brutal and savage manner of which
he was capable, tearing her clothe's nearly
off, her cap rff, and the hair out off her
head, choked severely, and bruised her
neck and arms very much.
He finally relaxed his . hold with one
hand which gave her partial libery, and
he succeeded in getiing hold of a butcher
knife and stabbing him with it in the left
hip, wNich caused him to release her, and
she nnJe her escape, and ran to the fie'.J.
to call her hnband and son-, who in company
with their neighbors, hunted the neighbor
hood for several days but cou'd not succeed
in capturing the villain or hearing anything
of him. lie was rather a small negro, very
t'ack, and very large lip, and wis Press
ed in a gray roundabout and black hat.
He svore evenl times that th'n was their
day, and they intended to mike good use
ot i'( and aUo said that tie had teen told to
go to lhat house and do jut as he pleased.
Hopes are entertained that be may be dis
covered by the wound in the left hip, s the
blood ran upon the floor before he got out
ol the house.
This negro i probably one of the recent
runaways, or ' freedmen," Irom ihe South.
Tf.ey have been taught by the Abolitionists
io expect the largest liberty in ihe North,
and, accordingly, when they come, they
proceed to exercise their fancied rights it)
t';ie manner above de-cnbed. Wit bin the
last two year there have been very fre
quent outrages of this kind committed by
negroes, owing to the fact that the negro
population ol the Nonh has been greatly
increased within that time. If the Aboli
tioni!s succeed in their scheme of libera
ting and leuir.g loo-e upon us the who's
four millions of Southern slaves, these in
suilerable outrages will became so frequent
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i I'pas.i
that we shall be compelled to declare a war
extermination against the brutal and
!v blacks, whom their friends, the Re-
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pUhj,Cani , desire to raise to an eqnali'y
wi'h the while race, The white race must
and will defend it.e!f, in whatever manner
may be necessary, against these atrocious
1 rdnlt nf R'si'lr P o nn hi I r-n n i m . If A war
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of races becomes necessary, in order to nro-
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( Jec ouf W)Vej an(j jaahtcrs from these
hellish ourages, and our laboring men
from the ruinous competition ofthe hordes
of negroes coming among u, it will be re
sored to, and then good-bye, black man,
an 1 farewell (or fare lad) negr equality
aJvocates.
An old maid who was over nice in regard
to cleinline about her house, once scrub
bed her sitting-room floor until she fell
throngh into the cellar.
"Is that a lightning bug in the strest ?"'
asked a very short-kighted old ladr. "No
grandma," said a pert little boy, "it is a biq
bcg with a cigar "
j fjp jumped the devil m a ujf.
And sei two lu.e to lid un t- ge.