which might be with her now, of a serene I and happy home, which might—alas! which I might have been;—would haunt her every- WM While in this state of mind, Lizzie met in Paris en enthusi9.stic young abbe, her 1 tther's friend, and an eloquent advocate of the doctrines and ceremonies of the Rornish I elturelt. Perceiving the heartache that c-aused Lizzie's restlessness, the youth orarily painted the peace and repose, the•life of easy (lades here and sore rcw-srd hereafter, which his church had to offer all who could re nou nee this world. They journeyed on to Rome, and lfr. Lee Lore letters to :several of the abbe's friends. it occurred to him afterwards that this fact laigbt have some connection with quccced ing, events. One day, all by chance. it Fumed, Lizzie encountered a. beautiful youpg nun: a sister of charity, accomplished and fascinating, like ('et how unlike) her t if. The atmospLere of peacefulness and 1-411To.unding Sister Agnes seemed I the time to quiet Lit.zie's restless heart. '3 !ley met frequently: the nun showed great kindness in procuring fur her new actin:tint linen all opportunities for observing, they ritual of the cisureb. At length Li:age ob ta'ned admission into her convent as a stu dent of iou ie: and the holy, tranquil life of the nuns, by its very estatrast to all she had ever felt or desire.), sn fascinated our gay I belle that Mr. Lee returned front a tour in Russia to find his daughter a member of the Finnish Church, and resolved never again to leave the seelution of the nunnery. '•Stsr• will forget this new love with the 7 i`tit," thought t he indolent father; and. rev eling himself in the contemplation of beauty Y which had failed to satisfy Lizzie. he was city glad o f the new diversion she had found. 'fnc abbe, who had followed Mr. Lre to home, was his unfailing companion and tnseful guile about the Eternal City: and arts at the sane time, more weary of linger ing amid its wonders, and more at a loss in projecting, a plan for some new tour beyond the limits of Italy. Weeks moltiplied to mouths, and months to years, and still the Lees lingered at home. About this time a stranger. attrLeted by the bustle alamt its doors, entered one of the public hospitals of home, into which they were bearing wounded and dying men; for there bad been an insurrection the previous week, and many soldiers liad been killed or fearfully mangled. The stranger himself was a soldier, as his interest betrayed, no less than the undress uniform which he Walking up and down the wards, a pitying, spectator of the tumult and cheer lessness of the place, as this young man took note of the impatient agony of those suffer rrs who -waited for their turn in the scanty Nnpply of medical attendance, the still terror f those who already were suffering surgical operations, the groans of the neglected, the curses of such as felt their misery increased I,y the carelessness of their bearers, his at tention was arrested by the approach of two sisters of charity. VSZ2 lie had striven in vain to quiet the impa tience or the apprehensions of those imme diately about him. fellow-soldiers as they were; but when these women came, wise only in their kindness, strengthened only by their Ins e. the stranger saw at once how the magnetism of their presence subdued the sufferers, until prayers took the place of curses, and the sleep of exhaustion fell upon faces which had so lately writhed with an- gui h. '"Vhy, Agatha, hew yln tremble!" snid Sister Agnes guddeniy. "Von inn t nut thus he overcome I.y ynnr own in the presence of suffering,. Como, take heart! See that prior cretin re," ,he sail, pointing. to MA parched lip.: "bring him drink." And Aaatim moved to obey, but the ern eitix ACIIICh She had ela , pod to her bosom. dropped from her and she Nvoubl have fAllen salve f)r the t-trap;; , er's help. L•n I dreaming"' lie wllispered. "L:E. 7 ; " LI e? ' ••thi:+l). 1111,11, f.,r heaven's sal.e! No, it not my name.; lam Qi,ter Agatha." Be fore the 't ranger e nits say any more site hurried awaN But .Igatlia's dreams that evening were ! lar, as well as in the interest excited in the ti six!;11 as belittel rlnc wli lon the morrow populatitin of leisure of our town, and the wont!! take her final vuw to renounce the prodigious enrts un the part of the in ,tors, world. She looked at the Virgin'. picture. strongly reminded the imaginative spectator and only thought how linman eyes had of the launch of the Leviathan. The looked so earnestly dato hers; she clasped net of the enterprise was, of eon-se, John !! the golden cruel fie. and wished it were a tis ccn, Es q ., w h u - e en c ,a t raging voice, ! human hand that emild clasr Thiel: her own, inspiring and cheering superlonnan exer.' The morrow (cunt; which Lizzie 1.01.0 Zi.,n+ on the part of hi- ,rdi:mtes reache I was to kneel b e rire th e a l tar , t o have her us in our -mo;tuta all drew us irre•is•:!,ly beautiful. abundant hair cut away and is r t with •..N• ,3„„ A:l rich garments removed. and another spiritau•!the was about to he buried from the Ivurld.— boys and dogs—ln ;:e kith a sudden surge And she was hurled, but only froln "ea7e= r, r a , •il 4.1 ; h ~u and its vanities." N o we l c o me hands of dat done come ro.la it 7111 n,, led Sister Agatha it the conrent.— in a little furrier; push it in a little fonder: Littids'lisrtuietude was buried away with- —darl .It.r. Tw.r.ort; a: — and the ; , rat their assistanee ; fin ear ly the next establishment cleared all obstacles with a morning, human eyes came to gaze as ear- ! rush,rather hurried, we thought, by the ectly as the pictured eyes of the Virgin whistle of the "Tio;ga," nhich threatened to Lad once looked into hers, and she found a )rand that could clasp hers back as f oully its care thin young Loin had clasped her erncifir Lizhie Lre did not bee. - trur fl. !it,ter nr rharity, hut rrturned to Wilmington ut. Mrs. 3:reek ettridge. A Ticoomrscros Pcvrrc•r.—Tito following is copied from a business circular of an tooth puller at Bloomington: "notemlen! Listihilion.-I.lr. J. Payne, boorist,liatieg, once more opened an office is Bloomington. will perform all operations ~o teeth at greatly reduce 1 prices. A beau- Cup prs"set:ted to the person baring the greate-t number of tmetli ettraeterl—and a splen.led Gil Watch will bC awarded to the one having the finest set .of artificial teeth inserted.—Tcca fz i rac t e d jAcr dozen," gre-A Tsnkee writing from the West to Lis father, speaks of its great matrituoninl frrilitics, and etras LS making the following surygr.tian—'.Suppose you get our girls so.nr new tteth. and INend them out." P. 1 ti.r. or JOKING.—It's a wise jokr in.leei aot knows its own father.— j 'II 77 ril Zip erfiumbia I PENNSYLVANIA :NDEPENDENT JOURNAL COLUMBIA. PA. SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1858 tfa-The funeral Sermon of Rev. Bishop Waugh, senior Bishop of the 'Methodist Epi.copal Church. will be preached in the M. II Church of Columbia, by the Pastor, on to-morrow (Sabbath) morning, at 10 o'clock. The public ate respectfully invited to attend. ADYMITISEMENTS.-COIUMIAIL - BM*, Monthly Statement; Borough of Columbia. Statement of Finances; Sprenger A; West haetfer, New Buolvi; John Felix, For Pont; C. lioitingsworth, Candidate for Constable; Thus, Webb, Notice; Columbia Public U round Company, Fur Rent. CULL - Ulll.l BANK STATE3I ENT.—From the Statement of the Columbia Bank, which we publish to-dny, it will be seen that that In stitution steadily improves in position. It shows an increase in Specie, and decrease of $107.1-11.) 00 in notes in circulation, since last immthis statement, leaving but $155,- 145 00 of Columbia Bank notes now out. r \l. ST MIEN'S OV TIIF. ii moufm.— A Statement of the financial condition of the Borough to which we call attention, shows our indebtedness a light one. We trust that a. wise and careful expenditure of the public funds NN ill keep it within a reason able limit. We advocate necessary improve ment, such as the thorough repairs of the streets now in progre , s, hot deprecate any reckles,ness in incurring n heavy borough debt. ..Amssrfc :Vbesrit.v.-I.lah, successive number of this p.n.iodical proses more satiQ factorily the existence of a native magazine talent, satil,!ielit, if nittrded a worthy field of display, to provide food for the most re fined taste if the reading puldie. E‘npThy ing the pens of our first writers. and with one second t..-) no American author in talent in the editorial chair, it may fairly claim to be the embodiment of the literary ability of the country, and the mini-tering medium to the wants of that portion of the community which demands more than a laugh and a picture for its monthly entertainment. The Atlantic started boldly - , claiming the first place, and has never bated its pretensions. The magazine is typograpically beautiful, and there is harmony between its seeming and real merit, between type and text. The refinement is not mere outside show, but extends to everything connected with the hook. In the present number Dr. Holmes continues his admirable "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," and a short story, one of those admirable, quietly told New England Tale", "Eben Jackson," eballenges notice. The monthly is published by Phillip', Sampson & Co. , Boston, at $3,00 a year. PETERsON's CoVNTERFEIT MITECTOL—We have received the March number of this Dotector, which increases in popularity as it becomes known as reliable and complete in all its departments. The public owe Peterson , a liberal support in return for the excellent Bank Note List they furnish. Asarritun INENstoN von Tim Iht a.—On Monday- afternoon we witnessed another melancholy- instance of the gradual desertion of the former fashionable quarter of the town. and the March of improvement (re versing the order of the march of Empire) eastward. A frame tenement Which long °et:111;10d a site on Front street, and was it-elf ocaupied by many eminent citizens in cake, candy, and professio na l lines, previous to being converted into an 0111;T for (11-411 47, Getz, Lumber Nei chant , —its latest use, was mounted upon wheels, and by the nuy tire agmay of mule; and tlarkie , . carried h ;tiny to the 1611. The transit was etfeetttd with lunch Pins, and no end of noi-e, the tug up the hill and aert+, the railroad at Wad nut street being an operation calling forth the comhin el efforts of man and The ,”.tablklnnent stuck once or twice before it star ftirly got in er. and in thi.; particu- make saci.age moat of the mutes, as they stood squarely aerois the track of the Penn ylvania Railroad. The men and buy , shouted, the dogs as•i.ted with their "ices, ail amid deafening cheers the cortege dis appeared up NV.tltint street, literally in a ileac o 1 triumph, ( from the friction of ••de hind leaning a broad smoking track, as of a fiery tailed dragon. The spectators adittliTlVid to •Jacob's and the Episl:: THE MARIETTA :%IIIIIDETIF:IS.—Mary Jane Sebastian, convicted at the November term of the Court of murder in the first degree. and now confined in the county prison, gave birth to a male child a few days ago. It will he recollected by MIT readers that she poisoned her husband by administering to him "ratsbane" which, she alleges, she was i induced ily a colored man to give her hus band with the belief that it would cause ' him to Late. and lease her. A motion for a 1 ; new tri,.i.l was made by her counsel, Mr. .fisher, en the ground that the testimony did not justify the verdict mad that he was put in possession of testimony, after the trial, I which left no doubt on his mind of her insan ' ity. The Court hold the motion for a. new trial under advisement.—Lauc. Exchtiler. SURQUEELINNA Fuca Comp.vsy.—At a meeting of the Susquehanna Fire Company, held in the Engine•llouse, Tuesday evening. March 2, 'SS, A. Caldwell, President of the Company, delivered an addreai in which lie dwelt at some length on the present inactive condition of the company, and earnestly urged that it be immediately dvcltired into service, On motion resolved, that the company he declared into service, and that the Chief Director proceed immediately to put on the wheels and have the entire apparatus put in working order.—( Extract from the Minutes.) By the above extract it will he seen that the Susquehanna fire company, for some time past out of service, has been declared, by resolution of its members, ready to resume duty. We are glad to record this movement, for we regard this company, when properly equipped, as one of the most efficient in our borough, and have always regretted its action in declaring itself out of service. Truc,[the reasons assigned for this course, want of suffndent hose, and the refu sal of the citizens to contribute a fund suffi cient to purchase a supply, were calculated to justify a measure of complaint on the part of the company, but we think the course pursued an unwise one, and most willingly publish the new resolution to put the apparatus in working order. The readiness of the members to do good service we peter doubted. They can now, reasonably ask assistance of the citizens, and we trust will meet with a response that will put them on their old efficient footing as firemen. The Susque hanna is too important a member of our engine corps to be allowed to lie useless for want of a few sections of hose. One see/ion constitutes their present entire stock, and we think the men have reason in arguing that they are in no p Fsition to acquit dictumll, es with credit, or to render a tithe of their proper service in case of fire. Let their appeal fur assistance be heeded in time. Tux Si mat o' Pusx.srt.v.tst.s. 11. R. —Oil Tuesday morning there was consider able excitement in our borough owing to a reported strike by all the employees on the entire line of the Pennsylvania Railroad.— stoppago of trains was anticipated, and as the mail train became due some anxiety was expressed as to the chances of an in terruption of our communication with Phil adelphia, but the arrival of the mail, "on time," put an end to the speculations of the terrorists. By noon it was generally under stem! that no strike had taken place on the Philadelphia Division, and that the diffi dulty on the Middle and Eastern Divisions of the road were satisfactorily arranged. A correspondence from this place, pub lished in the Inktn:l DWI!' MIMS, of Thurs day, reports a meeting of the engineers and firemen, presided over by Oliver 11. Paxson, held at the Green (Tree?) Hotel, Columbia, at which resolutions of co-operations with the striking operatives of the other Divis ions of the Pennsylvania IL It. were adopted. A correspondent in to-day's Spy puts another face on the action of the meeting, which would seem to be coroborated by the appearance of an advertisement by the en gineers of the Western Division of the I'. R. It. in the Tilar.q,colidenining Messrs:Paxson, J. C. Myers, anilJ. W. Myers, all employees of the Philadelphia Division of the road, and who all performed their duties promptly and regularly, without any motion towards a strike. We understand that there is no cause of collision between the company and the employees on the Philadelphia Division, and trust that none may occur. Front our k now ledge of the character of the. Superintendent, Mr. Franciscus, we anticipate no difficulty which cannot be ainienbly settled without the intervention of the enforcing argument of a strike. Police Items NCCES , Iir KNUWS No LAW.—(ln Monday, lst inst.. Henry Spense—mulatto—was arremtee Ly High Constable Derrick, and brought before, Davies E. Bruner, Esq., ebargsl with aggravated assault on Dutch John Shultz—Dutch. Defendant labors under the disadvantage of a "strike" on one of his motor'.. his runnin,g gear refusing to } perform full duty, and being partially' replaced by a crutch. From testhnony it appeared that he had entered the house of Shultz while the latter was at dinner. 010! , demanded to eat. John deeming his food, ! which had been earned by the sweat of his brow, (he had been n.weary round through the country begging.) his own, declined feeding Spense at his expenme, who thereupon brought down Ids auxiliary limb with a whack that did for the Dutchman. } While .1 dln lay helpless the cannibal, Spense, : , •ze I and cheweol of complainant's fingers. T }a}i of which prisoner could say nothing i❑ d'f-11, Arl'i was locked up by the 'Squire f :r the night, and nest morning held to bail for future g , ,od lodutsiour. Lu I SF. nvicr..—Before Esquire Bruner, on abm.e d. 1.2.7 and date, came William Brown. colored. awl acen , ed Nat. Smith, nlso col ored, of atsault and stabbing. While Cun- stable, Hollingsworth, armed with a "enah bing act," sought Nathaniel with a view to his arrest, that blood-stained criminal en-' tered the Justice's office with Ks accuser, the two being apparently on most friendly terms. The case was opened. and the mur derous weapon produced—a small pert-knife with broken blade. Prosecutor exhibited his wound, a gash in the lip, and plausibly argued that it hadn't been for de lip, de juggler might 'a been cut." Though j his reasoning was tolerably clear, his articu lation was thought rather muddy, and the 'Squire gave the old stereotyped decision which does such admirable duty in Tow Hill cases—cuts both ways—and committed both complainant and defendant. DESTITUTE T VELERS.—Scarce an eve- ning passes without applicants for lodging on the part of strapped travelers. On Tuet.- day evening Justice Bruner sent six men, at their own request, to the cellar for the night, and nest morning they were provided with a breakfast at, his office, and sent on their way, thankful fur the shelter and food. On Wednesday night two travelers were lodged in the Justice's office, the cellar be ing occupied by n female, ("Thts. Floon Ac ix.") These men have walked from the State of Connecticut The majority of applicants for shelterare respectable looking mechanics on the tramp between the cities of Philadelphia and Baltimore, seeking em ployment as they go. MRS. FLOOR ACAIN.--ThIS notorious WO man, an account of whose arrest and sen tence to thirty days imprisonment we noticed some weeks since, has again fallen into the keeping of the county. Her term of retirement expired on the 25th ult., when she returned to her old harbor in Keating's court, to which Grecian locality she has since acted as leaven, keeping the ordinarily peacablc population in a state of continued ferment and. turmoil. (This was contami nating the very fountain of Justice, for, does not the 'Squire's office overlook the field of Flood's audacious operations?) On the eve ning of Wednesday, 3rd inst., Justice Welsh issued a warrant for the arrest of Mrs. Mary, and her son Thomas Flood, which was served by Constable Hollingsworth, and the parties arraigned. The magistrate, on his own knowledge of the woman's charac ter and disorderly conduct:for the past week, committed her for sixty days at hard labor. The son, a boy of eleven years of age, is a worthy scion of the parent stem. Intoxica tion has been no rare occurrence with him, and on New Year eve, in a drunken brawl, he used a slung shot on the head of another boy, since which time he has kept out of the way of a warrant issued for his arrest. Ile was sent below with his mother, as a candi date for the House of Refuge. Next morning, in company with the Jus tice, we visited the—camp, rather than dwelling, of Mrs. F., and we trust, for the honor of the borough, that not such another scene of destitution exists within its limits. The rooms, four in number, were just as they had been during their week's occupan cy by mother and son. The furniture con sisted of a one wheelbarrow, a stump of broom, one old shoe, a padlock, a whiplash, piece of a saw, part of a girth, and about a bushel of littered straw. In addition to these articles, there was, when the arrest was made, a pint tin-cup, half-filled with whiskey. Ono room was about inch deep with saw-dust, and in the open chimney they had managed to keep a blaring wood-tire. No particle of bed-clothing was to be found. and how the unfortunate creatures kept life their bodies through the few cold nights preceding, their arrest, is a matter for won der. The straw would not have afforded a comfortable lair for a dog, and the room in which it was spread was freely ventilated by cracks and crannies. The old lady occu pied the premises on the squatter sovereign ty principle;—having found the house va cant she established herself. The owner ship ix the property being a n.atter of pleasing legal uncertainty, there was no one to molest or make tier afraid, until Justice Welsh interposed the strong arm of the law. Application will be made to the borough authorities to have the house closed, or de dared a nuisance. While tenantless it should certainly be secured front the inva sion of disreputable stragglers. MECAPIMIZATIOS.—On Tuesday afternoon a rough and tumble tight took place on the newly broken stone on'Locust street, at the corner of Second, between two Germans. Louis Lowlenbach and Gotici I, Fria. These men, nut being employed by the Street Committee, Constable Hollingsworth arrest ed them and conveyed them to the presence of Justice Bruner, by whom they were fined and discharged, 11. M. Wills going security for one, the other producing the required amount. For the Colt/tam Spy Mn. EDITOR—I desire to correct a wrong impression prevalent, and drawn, no doubt, from loose and careless statements made by some of the county papers. The public have been led to believe that the late "strike" of the employees of the Penna. • R. R. Co. was general in its character, and that the operatives upon the Western and Philad'a Divisions were equnlly active in the matter with those from the Eastern and Middle Divisions of the road. This is simply untrue. The facts properly stated are, that a committee from the strileov upon the Mid- dle and ,Eastern Division, visited this place, called together a meeting, and after organi zation stated their business. They then proposed resolutions, and perhaps adopted one or more, with neither head nor tail to it, but without the concurrence or assent of any one connected with the Philad'a Division.— No employee upon this Division has for a moment hesitated in the performance of the duties assigned him. Noneof the trains or engines employed upon it have been delayed or detained by this movement, nor is it likely that they will be by anything of a, similar nature or character. Those of the! employees upon this division who were Ares cotat the meeting, did propose petitioning the Superinten lent of the Road that the "Yard Engineers," at the Depot alight be continued, and so far only did they partici• pate in the "strike." No one from the Western Division of the road had lot or part in the strike; nor should the slight connec tion had wit's the movement by those of the Philatra Division be construed into a colln ,ion or concurrence with it upon their part. I for one utterly disclaim all sympathy with strikes, believing as I do, that they are inev itably the source of evil to their origtnatnrs, and dupes. MEC [IA MU. C.)L1'31111 t, March 4, ISSB. MR. Spy: Will you permit nn old resi dent of the North Ward, to suggest the name of Capt. John A. Bucher, of Front street, as a suitable person for Constable? The Cap tain possesses all the requisite qualifications fir a good officer—courage, integrity, cor rect and gentlemanly deportment, and displays in an eminent degree, that amia bility of disposition necessary to render an officer courteous and obliging to the rich and the poor. to the high and low with whom business may associate him. It is also suggested that in case of Mr. Bucher's election, his location would enable him to give special attention to the crowds of unruly boys annoying passengers and citizens on arrival and departure of trains at the Depot. It might be or importance to the good people of the North Ward to hear this in mind, and on the 19,th jfe4t. elect the Cop taie to the position, V 10 Y. Imagine yourself the "correspondent" and your surprise, on some fine morning, to find upon your private desk a scaled envel ope directed In a neat feminine hand to PIT. P. G. Jr. Esq., _Agent for the Columbia Spy, enclosing the following communication, and you will understand the feelings of your correspondent under similar circumstances: " DEAR SIR—In behalf of that great pal ladium of our national liberties, the most powerful agent in our educational system, and the best promoter of a "healthy moral tone" in our community, to wit, a purely literary and moral hebdominal press, devo ted solely to the circulation of novelettes, essays and sentimental poetry, by which the juvenile mind of the nation may be raised to its true level, and taught to look down with commendable pity on such antiquated dum mies as Hannah More, Walter Scott, and Nlarin Edgeworth; and with becoming con tempt on Bulwer Lytton, Charles Dickens, and other cockney scribblers of the day; and also allow the with becoming modesty to add, fur the sake of an increasing patron age and induct:ice fur the paper in whose service you have the honor to be engaged, be pleased to do us the favor, and your jour nal the credit, to insert the following, as an editorial adrerti*ement, and draw on us for the usual remuneration—two dozen copies of our paper (the U. S. Blotter) for gratui tous distribution among the intellectual citi zens of Columbia. With respect and condescension, your faithful, P, I'. P." After spending some minutes in a philos ophical reverie—or a bachelor's reverie, which is of course the same thing—on sub lunary affairs in general, and the "healthy moral tone," strong minded ladies, and fem inine modesty in particular, your correspon dent gallantly decided to engraft the edito rial advertisement in a letter, with the single proviso, and under a solemn compact, that lie may be excused from the remuneration—or the penalty, namely, the circulation of four and twenty Illetters among the "intellectual citizens" of Columbia. FItEII 'VEGETABLES FROM TIIE GARDEN OF Poz.Lr POTATO-PATCH. Polly Potato-Patch. The sun is shining—so is Jim's head, under the influence of Mrs. Allen's syrobal sainum—prhners and spelling-books 1 how I hate long words. The genial air fans my cheek ; or it would, if I were any where else on heaven's moldy earth but in this three-pair-front dust-hole, suffocated by the smell of printer's ink and engine grease--boilers and piston-rods ! how I detest machines of all kinds, which take the bread out of the mouths of God's poor, and grind to pieces all—who fall into them. The snow is melting, so are not the hearts of the infernal stuck-up, snobby, lank-sided, squint-eyed, flint-skinning rich of Philadel phia--dimes and small bills! bow I do deNpise that word "rich." There goes along the street a poor sew ing-girl with a huge bundle fur the estab lishment of some masculine tyrant in the clothing lino—scissors and bodkins! bow I look down with contempt on all sewing girls --masculine tyrants I should say. Here comes one of the unhappy down trodden of our common humanity crying out for "soap- fat"—beeswax and tallow candles! how I do The remainder of this charming essay from the pen of the most gifted of American writers, will be found in the liailed States Moller for Saturday, April 3d, which will be published with uqual promptness on next Saturday, March Gth. The same number will contain four chapters of the new origi nal story from the pen of Harry Cornhusk. entitled " MISTER YERSEY GaEmitmots, or the Victim of the Frantic Fish Women." Perhaps the most interesting feature in the style of the "gifted writer" quoted ( above, is the free use of ejaculations or oaths, which, like the profane language of Mr. Bob Acres in Sheridan's comedy, "The Iti cols," are ingeniously adapted to, or rather drawn from the subject under immediate consideration ; so that as the bravery of Mr. Acres has it's humble imitators, even in onr national councils, the delicate profanity of the gallant Robert has it's devotees among our feminine teachers of "healthy morality." Your readers will perceive that our na tional literature is making rapid strides, and the Blotter in the "rectangular village of Philadelphia," will soon outstrip metropoli tan compeers. Recent news from England informs us that Lord Pnlmernton's bill for the punish ment of refugee assassins, de,igned particu larly to protect the life of the French Empe ror, was brought into the house of Com mons by a majority of :200 votes, notwith_ standing Mr. Roebuck's sarcastic onslaught, and the tremendous indignation of some of the papers. The London Yews thinks it can not pass "without humiliation to the traditional lib erties of England"(!) The peculiar misfortune of English liberty is, that it is rather more traditional than existent: and though it's theories for a quarter of a century, have been confined mainly to the freedom of the African, with little or no reference to the Caucasian, Mon gol and Malay races ; there is serious rea son to fear, that the great touchstone of British notions on every subject—commer cial prosperity and national thrift—has, of late (as indicated by what the London Timm calls the "vast change on this subject, that has gradually taken possession of the British mind") utterly ignored the liberty of even the negro, and decided that it is his special destiny and privilege to be transpor ted to distant climes, there to toil for the benefit of the British purse, and of course for the improvement of his morals, and his ultimate salvation. Tot the Columbia Spy Reports from the South inform us that William Walker "addressed the citizens of 'Nashville on Nicaraguan affairs." The best thing that the friends of that 11:Plitit3U43.1 can do to prove their affection, is to get up a Pubaeription and pro.ent him with a large "McCormick Plough" and pair of btout Kentucky mules, with which he can For the Columbia Spy Philadelphia Correspondence. PEZILADELPIII.I, March 3, 1858 go to work and earn a decent living and an honorable name. By this action the citizens of Nashville will best promote the happiness of their hero, and save themselves trouble in the future. The defeat of the army bill in the Senate last week strongthend the general opinion that ultimately a force of volunteers from contiguous states, will be used instead of an increase of the regular army, to proceed to Utah and restrain the fanatical inhabitants in their resistance to the general govern ment, and their acts of violence against the civil authorities. We would recommend a force of "volun teer" emigrants under the lead of that emi grant-enthusiast, the Hon. Eli Thayer; and advise him to recruit for that purpose among the highly moral inhabitants of "glo rious New England," and her precocious daughter "York State," provided he can find in those regions a sufficient number of per sons of sane mind, or those who will not be likely on arriving in Utah to be seized with a new species of insanity, and declare fur the hierarchy of Young and the joys of po lygamy. The ceremonies and festival attending the inauguration of the Washington Monument at Richmond, Virginia, on the 2lld passed off with great eclat, no accident occurring to mar the gaiety and grandeurof the scene. After the oration by Senator Hunter, a large concourse of invited guests and visitors sat down to an elegantly served dinner, prepared in the:new Custom House as the place most suitable to accommodate. the immense assemblage. In response to the regular toasts, speeches were made by prominent men from all parts of the Union. Some of the speakers, among whom Mr. Yaney, of Alabama, and Mr. Garnett, of Va.. particularly distinguished themselves, were rather sectional in the sentiments which they took occasion to utter. But the remarks of Mr. Rives, of Va., Gov. Holly, of Conn., Gov. Bingham, of Mich., and sev- eral other gentlemen, were conceived in the best feeling, add uttered in excellent taste. Mr. Edward Everett of course made the great speech of the occasion, and it contained bursts of eloquence which drew forth such long and ardent cheers from the audience, that the abettors or apologists of disunion would find it a hopeless task to maintain, or advance their arguments in such company. Altogether, the occasion was one of unmin gled pleasure and admiration to the partici pants, and if the reality was even as agreea ble as its narration in a New York paper, the event may be considered a favorable one, and the beginning of a new era in our national history. Mr. Wise, the Gov. of Va., was unfortunately prevented by serious illness, front joining in the ceremonies. Items of News We have two weeks' later news from Cal ifiirnia and Central and South America, by the arrival at New York of the steamship Moses Taylor with the Pacific mails and ti 1, 640, 439 in treasure. A violent storm, lasting three days, swept over California, doing great damage. A large amount of land had been finally confirmed to the Cath olic chur . ch by the old missions being re stored to them. Money was scarce in San Francisco, and the receipts of gold from the interior quite limited. The markets were again overstocked with all descriptions of merchandise, except flour. In this commod ity some speculation was going on, and prices had advanced to a Niger figure than had been demanded since 1553. More than the usual number of murders and affrays had occurred in various parts of the State. At San Diego, Mr. Getman, sheriff of Los Angeles county, had been killed by an in sene man named Reed, from Texas. In a subsequent attempt to arrest the murderer regular battle ensued, which resulted in the killing of the homicide, his body being riddled with balls. A suicide mania prevailed at San Fran cisco. No less than thirteen suicides and attempts at self-destruction were perpetrated during the fortnight previous to the sailing of the steamer. A duel had taken place be tween two French editors, They fought with small swords, and both were wounded. The intelligence from Salt Lake City repre sents the Mormons as suffering for want of provisions, clothing and dry goods. A party had 4 arrived at the Mohave river in quest of supplies, and with orders to prevent the further emigration of the Saints from San Bernardino. Two companies of artillery had been sent to San Bernardino to protect the inhabitants from any violence from the Mormons. Public attention is now attracted in Balti more and other cities to gas-meters, and ever-increasing gas bills. Robert Price, of Brooklyn, in a published communication, asserts that all the meters made in that city far the gas companies arc designedly con structed to in icatc a consumption or about fifteen per cent, of gas greater than Use real amount. Some years ago he became inter ested with a manufacturer of gas-meters, which were made with indexes that truly indicated the amount consumed, but the gas companies would not purchase these. conse quently the manufacturer was obliged to give up the business or attach false indexes to Isis meters. Ile now works to the order of these companies. In the matter of the terrible gas explosion in the Methodist Church at Cincinnati, it has been ascertained by a scientific investi gation, that the wl tole catastrophe was caused by a defective service pipe. J. W. Wolcott,the recusant witness before the Congressional Bribery Investigating Committee, is in jail at Washington, and will be tried in the Criminal Court, under the act of Congress in such cases. Governor Walker addressed a long letter to the anti-Lecompton Convention, held recently at Indianapolis, Ind., in which lie speaks with ultra bitterness against the Buchanan administration and the Lecomp ton trick. A 'Buchanan Democratic meetin g ha s been held in Chicago, Illinois, to organize a bolting Democratic party, and nominate a separate local ticket, in opposition to that of the majority, which is for Douglas. The annual election for directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company took place on Monday, resulting in the unanimous election of the old board, consisting of Ales srs. J. Edgar Thompson, Washington Butcher, William R. Thompson, Josiah Bacon, Thomas Mellon, John flame, G. D. Rosengarten, and Wistar Morris. Municipal elections in Chicago, Rochester and Oswego have just been held. In Chi= cage the Republican ticket was elected by 1000 majority. In Rochester a Democratic Mayor and opposition majority in the Board of Aldermen were elected. In Oswego a Democratic Mayor, and a tie in the Board of Aldermen, was the result. The steamboat Eliza Battle has been destroyed by fire on the Tombigbee river; Alabama, with a loss of thirty-nine lives. A bill has passed the lover house of the . Louisiana Legislature, authorizing It coral party already organized, to import twenty-- five hundred free blacks from the coast of . Africa, to be indentured not less than fifteen' years. In the House of Delegates of Maryland, on Monday last, a series of resolutions pro-- posing to sustain the course of the national Executive on the Kansas question, were re jected almost unanimously—aye 1, noes 44, the Democrats who introduced them having refused to vote on account of amendments which had been made by their political Ori. , ponents, who have a majority in the House. Gen, Walker, and Gen. Henningren are both in New Orleans. The former volun tarily gave bail on Wednesday, in the sum of $4OOO to appear and answer the findings of the Grand Jury, on the fourth Monday in April next. EOM= We have three days later news from Eu rope, by the arrival at Halifax. of the steam ship America, from Liverpool. In the English markets cotton was active, with an advance in prices; breadstuff were depressed and there was an advance in Consols. The barque Leander, of Bath, Me., from Liver pool, on her way to New Orleans, with a cargo of salt, was sunk on the 11th ult., by a collision with the steamship North Amer ican, and the second mate, eight seamen, and the captain's wife were drowned, eleven others, besides the captain, being saved by the steamer. In the British House of Com mons, Lord Palmerston had moved for leave to bring in his new India bill. It proposes to abolish the Court of Directors, and estab lish a Council, to be composed mainly of persons who had been in India, or who are acquainted with Indian affairs. The matter was debated at some length without any result. The Bank of England had reduced its rate of discount to three per cent. ..r.9...Tar Water, as combined with other sim pies, by Dr. Wistar in his celebrated Balsam of Wild Cherry, has a peculiar power over all diseases of the lungs. Many physicians use it in their practise, and generally with marked success. From the Atlantic Mom!)ly Good Things by the Autocrat. —Every real thought on every real sui t jeet knocks the wind out of somebody or other. As soon as his breath comes back, he very probably begins to expend it in hard words. These are the best evidence a man can have that he has said something it was time to say. Dr. Johnson was disappointed in The effect of one of one of his pamphlets. "I think I have not been attacked enough for it," he said:—"attack is the reaction; I never think I have hit hard unless it re hound,?" —lf a fellow attacked my opinions in , print would I reply? Not I. Do you think Ii don't understand what my friend, the Pro fessor, long ago called the hydrostatic para dox of controversy. Don't know what that means? Well,. It will tell you. You know, that, if you had•a bent tube, one arm of which was the size of a pipe stem, and the other big enough to hold the ocean, water would stand at tha• same height in one as in the other. Contro versy equalizes fools and wise men in the. same way,—and thefoots know it. —No, but I often read what they say, about other people. There arc about do4en phrases that all come tumbling along together, like the tongs and the shovel, and , the poker, and the brush, and the bellows, in one of those domestic avalanches that everybody knows. If you get one, you get the whole lot. What c they? Oh, that depends a good deal on latitude and longitude. Epithets follow the.isothermal lines pretty accurately. Grouping them in two families, one finds himself a clever, genial, witty, wise, bril liant, sparkling, thoughtful, distinguished, celebrated, illustrious scholar and perfect gentleman, and first writer of the age; or a dull, foolish, wicked, pert. shallow, ignor ant, insolent, traitorous, black-hearted out cast, and disgrace to civilization. What do I think determines the set of phrases a man gets? Well, I should say a set of influences like these:-Ist, Relation ships, political, religious, social, domestic. 2nd, Oysters; in the form of suppers given to gentlemen connected with criticism. believe in the school, the college, the clergy': but my sovereign logic fur regulating public. opinion—which means commonly the opine ion of half a dozen of the critical gentry—is the following: -Myer proposition. Oysters an naturel. Minor proposition. The same "scallopped." Conclusion. That—(here insert entertainers name) is clever, witty, wise, brilliant,—and the rest. No, it isn't exactly bribery. One man has oysters, and another epithets. It is an exchange of hos pitalities; one gives a "spread" on linen, the otheron paper,—that is all. Don't you think you and I should be apt to do just so, if wewerr in the critical line? I am sure I couldn't resist the softening influences of hospitality., I don't like to dine out, you know,—l dine so well at our own table, (our landlady looked radiantly) and the company is so pleasant, (a rustling movement of satisfac tion among the boarders;) but if I did par take of a man's salt, with such additions as that article of food requires to make it pala table, I could never abuse him, and if I had to speak of him, I suppose I should hang my set of jingling epithets round him like it
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