r"~" Cfjr ecitudia gpg• Saturday, _December 18 1869. Advortisemo nts, to secure immediate in sealon, must be liarnbul In cet or becoreThurs ay evening. eneli week. LO CAL INTELLIGENCE Local Paragraphs. Attend the writing school. A good imitator—Dr. McClintock. l'rof. McClintock is a live lecturer. Black's Hotel is offered at Public Sale .SQUIB came too late for this week's SPY. For Christmas gifts go to May t Erwin's. For an assortment of holiday present's call at Wright's. As a lecturer Dr. McClintock is a pheno mon:l.—Guardian. Jordan's services can be procured at all times. Give him a call. Remember the sacred concert to-night in the Gorman Lutheran Church. Columbia has a commodious post olliee -211 nob better than larger towns. The Columbia Fire Company's ball will be mid on Monday evening, Jan. 3, 1870, Tim post office opens at 7 A.,i11. and closes at 8 I'. M. On Sunday it is open from Bto 9 A.M. Dr. John Levergood has been appointed District Dvnty Grand Master for Lancas- co n n ty The Susquehanna Rolling mill has re sumed operations; running at about three fourths the capacity. No physician in America stands higher, or is more universally esteemed than Dr. McClintock.—City Rem. Stuart A. Wylie, and Chas. Dermas, Earl, have been re-appointed Notaries Public for Lancaster for three years from .Tan. lst,lS7o. Prof'. Unsold offers in another column some of the finest Christmas gift to the friends and lovers of music. Don't forget MEI Dr. McClintock's enunciation is as dis tincl and emphatic as his arguments and illustrations are forcible and perspicuous.— Guardian The night school is in successful opera 'Gott. Aleut fifty scholars in attendance, Prot*. Palm, the Principal, manages and L. C. Oberlein, assists. Benj. will present the poor of Lancaster city with a Christmas gilt of live hundred loaves of bread and five hun dred pounds of beef. The wisest and best men in the country have been patients of Dr. James MeClin lock's. Some of the greatest physieiam have been his pupils.—N. Y, " Times." The Masquerade sociable will come off ou '.rhutrsclay evenang next. Prom the spirit manifested in the preparations, the occasion will no doubt be a jolly time. Geo. P. Breneman Esq, of Lancaster met with a severe accident last Monday. As ho was descending the steps leading from his erne° be foil, fracturing his left log above the knee. A stupid editor over in New Jersey thinks all the Smiths are one Smith, all the Browns one Brown, and all the IVoo/4, civil and military, one Wool with; 200 carriages at his funeral ? The boys, who wait in the post office for the mails afro disorderly, noisy and often impudent. We know of no better remedy than the exercise of some of Constable Mc- Cinness' official authority. Among, those men, who by their learn ing and skill have given us tho celebrity of which intelligent Philadelphians are proud, Pr. McClintock by general consent has for years occupied a prominent position.--Phila . Mercury. 'An;o111.-w ell in thutaley-of the Keystone House Lancaster skung a leak 'and Iloodee a restaurant and two or throe cellars. The water can not be kept out as the well is supplied by a running stream. A. sewer must be built. _•:ew Jersey has an editor• wino loiters about the post °lnce and other public places criticising his excha nges,noting typograph 10.n1 errors forgetful of the maxim that those who live in glass houses, should not throw St. We fear that. Julie's posses have become so confound:: 1 with respect to the identity of distinguished persons, that they will con sider it :: glaring personality it we ever re fer toillrigham Young, or to Grier, the Mas sachusetts convict. COLUMBIA REABINU ROOM.—It would afford us the ke,nest pleasure to be able to give a glowing description of a public read ing room located benleWeere in the central or Ine-iiiess portion, of C.alumbia. No one Van Nil to c.caprehend the wants and the necessities tt•itich should awaken an inter est in so -ti :t praiseworthy enterprise. The long. whiter evenings, the temptations to vice and crime, the danger of unemployed time, the it ees-ity of literary culture, local pride, the prosperity of our churches, and , numerous other reasons : u •e tinged fbr the establishment of a central reading room. No town in the State has yet failed to rec ognize the importnnce of caring, for the wants, lutt,l of educating the tastes of those who in the nature will direct the affairs of dale in a greater or less degree. COllllllOl.l intelligence, social culture :t ad personal cham:RT....an be moulded and hdluenced by the proper elThrts, with proper agencies. The' eisoo class of literature, which exerts such an influence as the public press, es pecially when associated with books of the Is st, standard authors. That we need a public library and read og room is the conviction of every eitizon. Let us no longer talk of the matter,but take hold of it and push it to as successful issue. Other cities and towns talk of it, advocate it, and languish over IL Norristown, and we think West Chester, have succeeded in establishing' very flute rooms, and the enter prise is a great social and moral success. What can we do in Columbia! We, per sonally, are willing to do all w i'hin our present means. We will give each day at least can of Me bent dailies• in the. country as an initial contribution from the Sev office. A large portion toa of our weekly exchang es, including news and religious, literary and scientilic,will be donated regularly each week. We are also willing from time to time to make valuable donations of useful and interestingbooks and periodicals. Who will make the next step? We have aL least a dozen nun, whom we cculd name, who could readily contl ibute several hundred dollars each towards the enterprise. We want a free library and an open reading room—not under the control of any relig ious denomination,with proper regulations, and competent provisions for assessing a nominal sum sufficient to pay the current expenses for fuel, light, attendance, atc. If individual contributions c•an not be se cured, we suggest that an organization of active citizens be formed, then carry the appeal to each of the religious denomina tions, let special services be held, and we have no doubt a sufficient * amount can be secured to accomplish this very desirable end. We have in view at the time of wi R ing a very suitable place on one of our prin cipal streets, where the library can be lo cated. This appeal, we make to the ladles of Co lumbia as well as to our male citizens. They can do much towards accomplishing this great object. Their encouragement In any enterprise can not be over estimated. Mothers and sisters should interest them selves in this movement., Let us see what can be done. ACK.NOWLEDGEMENT.—We have re ceived a very beautiful poem on " Septem ber," by a Columbian, which will appear soon—next week if possible. Christmas odes may delay it. - . CHRISTMAS WEEk. AND THE FAIR.— In the haste to provide for the festivities of the coming holidays, wo trust our friends, and especially the citizens of Columbia will not forgot the bravo and self-sacrificing firemen. Nu ono who has not experienced losses by fire can fully appreciate the great service which an effective fire department renders. There is no better way of approx imating to a just appreciation than by placing ourselves in the position of one whose house or other building is on fire or even threatened. The first thought is that of help, and the first and only effective help is the tire department. Thebraye soul,who scales fiery walls, who; trusts 'to cracking timbers to secure a life, or who 'dirges the liquid stream upon the raging, fast-devour element is the fireman. The one who leaves a comfortable fireside to encounter the bit ter cold of a wintry night is the fireman. Lie who places his life in jeopardy to save a loved wife or perishing child from the jaws of a horrible death,"while the flames seem to wrap him in their terrible folds, is the fireman. All those and countless other sacrifices ho makes for us. What can we not render in return? The Muse has sung his praise, the finest gems of art have been dedicated as a me morial of his noble sacritiCes, and history's pages are emblazoned with the story of his devotion. Music has been -placed under contribution ; so department of art, science or government has failed • to recognize "he inestimable blessings, the heroic firemen have conferred upon the people. Can we repay all this debt? flow can we secure them for the future. This can be done only by manifesting a proper appreciation of their services, and by rendering them still snore. effective. Let our fire department be our prido.kntho.fit— tore as in the past. Both companies aro provided with good engines, commodious houses and setae of the necessary equip ments necessary to secure efficiency. But still more is needed. The Columbia boys appeal to our citizens during this festal season. They do not ask for much, and are so liberal and public-spirited and patri otic as to offer even one-fourth of what they do realize towards the commemoration of the deeds of the nation's sainted dead. Tao humblest offering will be accepted thank fully. Alt can, and we know will unite in making the coming fair a grand financial success. It is for the common interest of every one to protect ourselves from the rav ages of tiro, and every investment in the fire department, though small it be, will yield in time a bolter return than fire in surance. It is our only protection, our only reliance. We make this appeal without solicitation, and because we know that if our citizens will reflect for a moment upon the interest which each one has personally in the future efficiency of our fire companies, they will cheerfully contribute their quota towards making the fair of the Columbia boys the means of securing this desirable end. Let us relieve the company from the burden of a debt, and with their treasury replenished wish them a Happy New Year. RAILROAD SURVEY MADE.—The West Chester Record says that a preliminary sur vey of a new railroad, projected as part of a through line from Lancaster to New York has lately been made, and the engeneor, D. E. Culvert, has made his report. The sur vey in question was from Phoenixville to Point Pleasant, on the Delaware river. From Phoenixville the road crosses the Schuylkill, and then proceeds across tut un dulating country. The length of the line !roan Phoenixville to the Delaware river is about thirty-seven and a half miles. The engineer says " the work is not heavy, in cluding the bridge over the Schuylkill river, and without that the cost is very moderate. The rout is entirely feasible, and I consider the country through which the line runs able to support such a railroad as is contemplated, and pay dividends upon its cost." If this line is considered as part Of - iv - through - lino - front Ltilicitsler to — DteW" York, its importance can ho hardly esti mated to all the country east of Lancaster. The distance from Lancaster to West Phil adelphia by rail is 69 miles, and from there to New York is 00 miles, total distance 159 miles. Estimating the distance from Lan caster to Phoenixville at 45 miles, Phceuix villa to Point Pleasant at 871 miles, and from there to New York at 621 miles, the total is 145 miles, a saving of 11 miles." The cost of the road is estimated at $1,274,150. PAINFUL. ACCIDENT.—On last Tues day morning about eleven o'clock, Mr. Martin Stnyser, residing in the Fifth Ward in this borough, met with a very severe and painful accident. lie was engaged in tar get-shooting at the dine of the occurrence, and it appears that the gun, which was a large double-barrelled one, had been too heavily loaded, and when discharged, it ex ploded, the pieces Hying in every direction parts of which struck Mr. Stnyser on the left jaw . , indicting a terrible wound,and causing the loss of a lttr,e amount of blood, and intense suffering to the wounded man. Medical aid was immediately summoned, and eve - rything done to relieve the sufferer, who Is noW getting along us well :vs can be expected under the existing cireu itstances. This is another warning to persons who handle tire arms. The greatest care shoal I. be exercised in their use, and thus numer ous accidents would be avoided and many kept from going to premature graves.— York Democrat. ANffrllElt RAirAtom) Pao.) are inthrtned that tho Reading: and Colum bia Rail road Company have under contem plation the construction or:i branch road to the ffirtutees below Marietta, thence to Ma rietta to open up a market, lor Schuylkill coal, and offer additional facilities for trav elling. The branch will, it is supposed, in tersect with the main line near Kauffman's fuinace. Thi4 branch 011 CO completed wont,' fur- nish markets for an hemense supply of coal, and be the avenue of a heavy trade. The population and business of Marietta would increase largely, and her railroad facilities for travel improve accordingly. Every enterprise which looks to the further development and wealth ofour great county should be pushed forward to completion. With the probable construction of the other roads spoken of elsewhere, outs will be the railroad county of the State. We may as well be the county of r threads, as welt as turnpikes. WAILNINO TO SKATERS.—At Chester- Delaware county, Pu., on Saturday after, noon two - young people, named Miss Matt ie Irwin and Herman Cocheran, highly re spected and well known residents of this city, while skating on a small lake in the cemetery, broke through the ice at the deep est, part. Before aid could be got by the little girl who accompanied them they had disappeared beneath the ice. Brent efforts were made to save them, but without suc cess, owing to the rotten condition of the ice and the want of ropes or other material. It was nearly on hour before the bodies were recovered from the water. When found, they were tightly locked in each other's arms. THE SPY LAST WEI:K.—The last num• bar of the SeY was badly printed; complaint was justly made. We nada it ourselves, but this would not better the matter. It occured through an accident, which could not be remedied in time for last 'week's pa per ; accidents do happen, oven in the best regulated families as well as in business es tablishments. Contingencies can not - ho provided against always. AMOUNT OF DAMAGES.—In the suit of the Columbia Alanu factoring Company,vs, the Reading & Columbia Railroad, brought for damages against the Railroad Company, the jury awarded damages to the amount of 3,75C.10. Reasons for now trial have been tiled by the plaintiff. THE VOICES 01 , " / AIE S•roi;irs.=To the retlectivO mind there is much mental di version in contemplating the extraordinary range which mercantile literature assumes , to itself, and the many devices which aro • resorted to to attract attention and advertise goods. The best business mon are those generally who advertise liberally but ju diciously; advertising through the very best medium, pays well. Besides the regular newspaper advertisements, they generally issue their annual, semi-nnnual;•quarterly or even monthly budgets. To the Public, these budgets and advertisements aro use ful and valuable because full confidence is placed in them. But the language of the stores is refresh ing now to the consumer because their an nouncements aro well adapted to the strin gency of the money market, and the hard times so universally complained of. A glance at our stores will satisfy any ono of the beauty of their language. Go up Lo cust or Front and you Will learn how to ap preciate their voices. "Great Reduction in Prices" is the first held announcement that greets you. Another merchant has " Holi day presents at Reduced prices ;" "Gold Panic," ,and ",Cheaper than .the cheapest" says another, while a third not to be out thine has gOods " lower than the lowest, all selected with care." That's the plaCe we think bargains can be had. " Fifteen, per cent lower than last year" is the good nets from another quarter, while as a reminder of the ante-war times, it is announced that,goods areloffered at prices " the lowest since 1560." These prouuncia mentos are notstartling to the quiet unsus pecting mind, and to the poor they are crumbs of comfort. • The modes of advertising aro numerous :novel. One cries ,!rn urder:l,ouly : because hc 'has - cheap gocrds: • Another • -simplifies his amrameement by making it a terrible crash," when gold comes down and goods fall five per cent, So we go on. We have rhymes about hats, poetical ellusion about store-loafing, gracefully intertwined with flourishes, and books of scriptural names made easy. " Victory" perches upon the display line of a handbill, while " Old Barnes" mounts another, with the " Old Covey" following, close in the rear. Soon we will have " the good old times again." Even with the almost unprece dented scarcity of money, our merchants are doing a large business. With the spir it of Colombians they push their business whenever it don't push itself. The stores never appeared to more ad vantage, than now when dressed in their most attractive holiday attire, and those who use printer's ink and standard newspapers liberally, are as " busy as bees." THE D1'41.3131E11. BOY 01? SHILOH.— Those of our readers who witnessed the Drummer Boy Allegory, and especially those who participated in that affecting dra ma, can fully appreciate the following from the Pittsburg _Dispatch in an article entitled "The Thankless Part :" " We pity the man who acts the implac able Confederate sergeant in the " Drum mer Boy of Shiloh." His is indeed, a thank less office, and poor indeed is the encour agement he receives to perform its functions well: The bettor he acts the more ho is hooted and hissed at. When lie shoots the little drummer in the Andersonville prison pen, the disapproving excitement of the two upper galleries is fearful to contem plate, and when ho is shot himself by the Federal avenger, the cries of the newsboys to " kill " give him another for his mother," etc., etc., are the sole reward the berated actor receives for his faithful rend ering of the part assigned him. We pro sumo that he is a philosophical individual, however, and can stand this contumely, for the sake of the cause for which ho plays. Out STREETS.—There is no town in the interior of the State whose streets and street-crossings are in better condition than our own. With„the deep snowof last week, thola,,n,And_warm weather following 'lttliatar.SneSE,ssiitin; EF&J'- ings in neighboring towns, especially in Lancaster; were almost impassable. Phil adelphia complained of two inches of mud, while New York was still deeper in dirt. Where there is so much traveling there is, of course, a greater acenmulation of dirt. But All this can be avoided by careful at tention to the grading and drainage of the streets. Our streets, with very few excep tions, and our pavements and crossings generally, aro clean and passable at all times. Property owners and tenants can' help the street committee materially in: maintaining this condition of the strects,by keeping the gutters unoh,,tructed, and by removing the snow and ice. The gutters once blocked with ice, the water is forced, on the pavement, and renders pedestrian-, ism dangerous. Let us contribute in every way possible to the beauty of our town. SA . BEATIE Scuoor. CELEMIATION.—A grand Sabbath School. celebration and con cert will be held on the 18th and 25th of Dec., 1889, at the German Lutheran Church on Walnut street, for the, benefit of the school. The entertainment . will consist or speeches and Dialogues by 'the scholars of an interesting and moral character, both in the English and German language. Sing ing of the choicest hymns by the children and the Salem Choir. The Coln mbia Quar tette has volunteered to sing Ilnee of their choicest pieces, viz : " Die Kapello" (The Chapel); "Das Aliendleid" (The Evening Ifyina); " G laube,Lie be, Ho " (Faith Charity an 1 hope). All will be under the direction of Prof. Ilarin. Tickets ten cents, children live cents, to be good for either evening. ANN ious mothers will do well to take note of a little incident which occurred the other day. One ;.t: u •y Cronin, of Pittsburg, aged twelve months, was drowned in ex actly three pints of water. It happened in this way : Mary was playing about the room during her mother's absence—a little girl was " minding" her—when she came across a common house pail. This stupend ous curiosity naturally attracted the close attention of Mary. She gazed into the strimge machine, and when her mother re turned. some hours afterward, the poor child was found head downward in the pail —stone dead. There were only three pinoi of water in the vessel. The plan of leaving children in charge of each other seldom an swers. WOND eitF L PEOPLE.—One of the latest novelties in publications is a "map of Boston and adjacent country, showing that city to be the geographical as well as the intellectual and moral center of one half of the globe." It is compiled for the use of schools. The " Hub" of course glo rifies itself through Mr. Shortfell ow, the au thor. The letters "N. P•" indicate the North Pole, around which the world re volved before " these (Boston) ele ments in mutiny had from her axle torn the steadfast earth." ROAD AND BRIDGE VIEWERS &c., AP POINTED AT •rut•: NOVEMBER COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS.—To view and.lay out a road in Mt. Joy La): Jacob Iloffer,!Honry H. Nissley and Peter Oberhollzer, '.1.43 view and lay out a road ih- West lietuptield township: Samuel Musselman, E. P. rtiestand and Entanacl.Roath, Esq. To lay out a new election district out of part 4)1 West Irt-inplield twp : A, N. Cassel, Jos. M. Watts and J. 0. Bucher. READING is to have another daily 'pa per, to be called the "Evening Star." It is to be a penny paper and will bar published by 11Iessrs Elliott dr. Buckwalter.. Tho first number will appear on Monday. Reading will soon be the city of papers, having al ready four dailies—three English and ono German. Criurtoit DEmcAT.tos.—liev. S. 17. C• Smith, of this borough, assisted at the re opening services of St. Paul's E. Church at Lancaster on last Sabbath, officiating during the afternoon service. 1 [lteported,for the Sin.".] TILE GREAT ~WEST. Substance of a lectilre delivered by 'cilev. W. S. IS, Keys, before his people on:liis're turn from the West: After the usual lefigen for the. evening, singing and-prayer; Wr. Keys remarked that ho proposed to-night, to stop outside Of the ordinary rule for prayer and- lecture service, and instead of talk ing terthem from the "inspired Book," ho would talk of the broad fields,tho growing cities,and wonder ful enterprises of the great west. Nor need they' be alarmed at the apparent incongruity between the su *anti d th,e de voticinnrends of-the hour: There is - rellr' ion in. a,hiU, a vagey,,p,,,stream, _a, cloud. a shadow, a sunteam, us realy as in. the - Bi,L• ble. And Wei soul is an instrument so dolt icately strung, ,that-thesubtile influencea other-world will the other orld will work themselves id upon its spiritual conditions, :exalting or depressing, ennobling or degrading its, every . power. A sbadow on a hillside will often start a train of thoughts which stretch away be yond all earthly landscapes ; a whispering wind breathing its etherial song 'mid the ' creeping . shades of grove or forest, will awaken in the thoughtful spirit echoes of eternal harmonies ; a pensive light flushing the evening sky will arouse aspirations that can find their ideal only in the sweet, radi ance that beams from out the throne of the. Eternal. Few there are, who arc not greatly the creatures of outward circumstances. Our inner conditions depend almost as much on the winds ancl_the sunbeams,ancl ourre ligion takes color and fragrance hem the light, the soil, and the atmosphere. in; a measure almost as great as do the flowers, of the field. And -the more beautifuly de-, veloped becomes a human soul, the more closely does it find itself in sympathy with nature, the more finely spiritualized grow the eye and car t - the grander-is the signifi cance of its infinite 'volume; the nobler are the harmonies of its ton thousand voices, the more delicious the meaning fits awe,. inspiring silences. No doubt, when our mental and spiritual development shall have realized a certain fullness, _nature in -0.1.1 , her scenes. and.sease ns:w_ill.b ring -beau,. tikil offerings hidenod'with the iheenso of divinest worship, and laying them down upon the altar of man's immortality, the path from nature up to nature's God shall become full of light. On the bright wing of the morning, on the golden chariot of the noon, round the saintly garments of the evening, and in the cool hand of nig,ht,from every mountain and valley, rock and plant, river and sea, shall come divinest thoughts, and the wisdom and power of Godhead shall be known from the things ho bath made. The God of Nnture is as real, and his fatherhood as deep and as broad as is the God of Revelation. And he that can Sind Religions food only in his Bible, must olten lave a famishing soul indeed, and espeei- ally where that Bible is as little rca.d as it is in the multitude of cases. But let us hear its voice to-night: " Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased." To what extent man would have been nig,ratory . or wandering in his habits had ho never fallen, it is not possible for us to say. The first instance, so far as we know, was in connection with sin,—that of Cain, the fratricide, unless, indeed, man's depar ture from the Garden of Eden involved a long and painful journey. But be this as it may, the facts gleaned by travel have al ways possessed a peculiar charm, and the literature thus formed constitutes by far the most attractive portion of apeople's lit erature. And it is possible, that man'S everlasting thirst to know might have im pelled him to a life of travel, even had "the titll " never entered into the history of his race. It might have been true of a sinless race, as it is of a sinful one, that knowledge would be increased by the many " running to and fro." And this is what distinguish es man with an eminence so far above the mere brutes. There, as in the world of man, you find strangest migrations and most wonderful travels; but the travels of the brute are tr we's of necessity—growing out of the demands for food, or atmospheric change, and not for knowledge. The mi grations of the buffalo, or the flights of the summer birds arise from no desire to see and to know, nor yet to impart knowledge to others, but for certain providential in stincts looking to the simple preservation of life, without knowing why they thus do. Not so with man. A desire to know im pells 3 - our Bayard Taylors to travel foot sore and weary over the highways of Eu rope, or push his canoe up the historic rivers of the old world, until field and work ers, town and artisans, Prince and subject were old and familiar things; it was this that fired the heart and nerved thedeathless ambition of a Kane as ho plunged amid the floating mountains of ice, and dared the horrors of Arctic seas; it was this that inspired the bravo Livingstone to delve the jungles and range tho burning sands of -• teem-4.5 , h-e m e,o4,-hew rigged his tens-of thousands of flying ships, has polarized the steel, shaped the rudder and left the footprints of inquiry on every soil and water. To what extent this forms an argument ns to man's higher and spiritual nature, We have not time now to examine. But it most certainly forms a strong presumption if not demonstration, that man is destined to a state of " perfect knowledge." "I shall soon see," exclaimed the dying blin man. "Then shall wo know, as we aro known !', said the hungry soul of Paul, as he felt the pressure of present ignorance and looked forward to the inheritance+ of perfect knowl edge. Earth's history is largely a history of travel, and, indeed, a large portion of the book of our Faith is made up of incidents growing out oh' travel, and it would form no dull volume that would collect and arrange in proper order and detail, all the travel pictures of this Holy Book. I should like to read such a volume—what thrilling pic tures would enter into its composition. And first. Here would be the earliest em igration earth ever knew, two blighted im poverished ones, going forth from Eden's blasted bowers.to seek anew "Home." Strange emigration ! And had their old home lost its charms? Did they think to better their condition by the change? And Were there tears " atparting?" and did they linger at the gate to take one " last look " of the dear old walks, which they wore to know, alas ! never more. Ailifilreiem would he the traveler with the strange mark on his brow, and a red hand. Or take the travels of Abraham alone, and what a :volume of interest you have. his journies through the land of Canaan, while the `! promised inheritance" wits still held by the idolatrous millions who knew not God ; his travels down to Egypt, when hungry famine gnawed like a wolf at his door. And now returning, when Lot comes before us as a keen-eyed land speculator, caring mere for the well watered acre, in 1110 %%do of Sodom than for his own soul. Ah, Lot! Lot ! that rich soil ma, - cost son Heaven! And " what is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul." To be sure, you are no worse than thousands who call themselves christians, hut who barter Christ and immortality tin the sake of gold ! But mark it, that alone is wealth, which tiro cannot destroy, and he is a fool who builds his expectations ofgood upon the rich teams of earth, for the lire storms shall sweep over "all terromme." and they shall perish amid vanish away ! even now, three mysterious ones aro saving stringe things in the ear of Abraham, and ever anon, they point over the well watered valley to the cities ofSodom and Gomorrah. I ask not their secret; the smouldering ruins of princely pahvie and humbler home, the pillar of salt," and the dark waters of the Dead Sea as they chant the requiem of their million dead—tell it nil ! Sin is punished, nor can wealth redeem the soul in the day of God's anger: Arid now, are you fond of romance? Let us •then go down with our traveler,.t+s-:a,royal city of the Philistines. And here we are at Gerar, the princely home of the Abimelechs. lint where is,Sarai?, YOneler in the palace of the Philistine king-. 'Tissitid that "beauty is only skin deep,'! but enough of trouble has been caused by that "skin-deep beauty " outweigh all other troubles. The world's great sorrow began with its most beautiful. A beautiful_ Cleopatra cost Antony his crown ; baba' beautiful. Eve cost Adam a paradise,r and filled a World with graves ! And is itle-he wondered - at, that Abraham fears-that beautremarcost him - his . -life? And to him, strange texit may appear, life was dearer than,beauty! Other men have willingly laid down honor, wealth, life, all, for the sake of woman's beauty; but here is one whose love ofself conquers the power of beauty, and denies his own lawful rights to its therms. Shame on -the weakness that would fling aside a beautiful wife thr the sake of lifie itself! but more shame on the baseness that flings aside a woman's love and a woman's beauty, not for life,hut for rum, and rags, and hell ! And—yet this is done, as many a bleeding heart can tell, every;day and - hour of life. Shame, shame. ' But then, Abraham feared, because Ile "thought surely the fear of God was not in this place ;" well what of that? If the fear of God was not there, was not the God there ? And because these _Philistines feared not God; , must AbrahaM too lose "the fear of hod," and trample under his feet the claims of honor, the obligations of love, and the duties of Religion? But blame him not so harshly, for is it not the way of the times to do as others do? And has it not,passed in to a standard Maxim, "that when you are in Itome you must do as Rome does?" And that "it's b-tter to be out of the world than Out of fashion?" And though you may not disown your, wives as did Abraham, I am afraid,theehrlit,Whom you profess to serve is worse treated by many a professor of Re ligion when surrounded' by tho ungodly than evcir wasthis beautiful woman. Or, may the world , at till times read your Relig ion imyour life? Do you never cover up your light, or dishonor your Lord? After all, you have a valuable testimony here, to • the importance of - Iteligyin as a safeguard to individual and social well -doing. A man's life is safer in any community be cause of the fear of God being in the place, and just in proportion& the public mind is pervaded with a-deeli toned godliness NMI our homes, our property and our lives be secure. Infidelity has owned this truth in more than one Instance. Said Voltaire, the belief in a God is absolutely necessary to the peace and good order of society. And whon a certain sceptic was travelling among our wild woods and night had overtaken him in the mountains, he beheld in the dis tance a glimmering light; telling him of the abode of-man; to this he directed his weary stops w and sought refuge for the night. As :he' beheld the' rouge inmates his heart he'd:strange 'misgivings as to his safety, and when the father-shortly after entered with his%rifle, and other-implements of death, he than. felt 'sure tharthis•was-none-otherattan a den of robbers, and resolved to give no :sleep to his eyes that night, but involun tarily placed his hand on his pistol, doter mined to sell his life dear as possible. But after some minutes, the old man went to a shelf and took down a well worn family ' bible, remarking to the infidel stranger, that t, was customary with him and his family to read a portion of God's word, and engage in thanksgiving and prayer before retiring to rest at night, and he hoped it would not prove offensive to him to be ono of their number in the worship of the even ing. "Never said this unbeliever did I feel the power of christian belief as I felt it then. All fear of danger was gone; my hand relaxed its bold of the pistol, and I went to bed and slept as sweetly as I ever slept in my life." And thus felt Abraham among the Philistines. But be w ill yet redeem his name and honor front the stain of weakness and falsehood. Ono more journey and it is the last. His boy. Isaac is by his side. The wood and the tiro tell of the sacrifice, aye, and the lamb that is to bleed and burn is that bright eyed, loving child led by his arm. Ho goes in-the greatness of a faith that has swallowed up all the weakness of flesh, to offer "Isaac his son, his only son, his well beloved son" on the far distant Mount Moriah, us , God has comtnanded Ali, there is no compromise with a cowardly heart now ! No ! I dwell not on a - gee& around which my heart,could—linger• forevEr !—lt was his lastjoiliney'l No won der that he rested then ; brains and heart, and nerve had done their utmost, and he stands firth from that hour, as the highest the gnindest moral hero, that earth or Heaven over bulte4d ! And thus we might spondhours, wandering in Bible lands with Bible travellers, (for 1 have merely esti mated the richness of this book in this most interesting department of literature hoping to awalcen in your minds a thirst after its contents) and I would gladly stay in a field so full of life pictures, but the les- Sons of to-clay may not be lost sight of, in the lessons of the past. That Prince of Ministers, the Apostle Pau!, mock use of his travels in one church to t•Limulato and encourago an. Hier church. To his Corinthian brethern he writes of the Macedonian Churches, how they abounded in liberality and good works; and of the Thessalonians ho says, "so were examples to all them that believe in :Man de nip. and Achia.." Thus, by comparing notes, with other places, may our own zeal be excited. It is ibr th is end, that I make my remarks, mid give my i pr. scion of the "Great West." Tlt COUNTRY. [l'l were speaking before an ordivay lec ture association, 1 would feel called upon to describe the country,—The "Great" won dei:4ll "West." But bow to perform such a task, I confess, I know not. Infinity, Boundlessness, and Incomprehensibleness, are things that cannot be described. Who has ever described a Niagara? Or who has ever penciled a sunset? Or who, has paint ed motion, or sketched the throb of power'? I might tell you of the sentiments that possess the mind, us you stand and gaze over the illimitablo expanse, until the eye grows weary of its boundless travel, and turns from Earth to Heaven to find a cloud, a vapor, a something on which to rest its tired gaze; you are lost under a sense or in carnated loveliness. You are "out at sea," and though neither wave, nor breaker rocks you upon its bosom, no matter your heart sinks within you under an awful souse of being all alone. To a Pennsylvanian the absence of trees and mountains is absolute ly oppressive, and chills the heart with a feeling of isolation and soul-nakedness that is perfectly painful. I never knew how much of companionship there was in a mountain until I got out iu the solitudes of infinite levels, where no hill or mountain ever meets the eye. And yet, to me the mountains have always possessed a tender charm ; something akin to that of loving Iriunds, they seem to rise up all around me and watch my foutstfps with the fund eye of conscious love. They come near to me press around my feet, or look down in the eter nal vigils of a fund friends hi p,—stab le and real as the love of mother. And it may be Mat this friendliness that invests the.monci at4'scorort.s•pSrttl" - ftairliTe7lCol — rtie uiuiui [sin—representation of God's Church on earth. The Church should and it does embody and hallow tho holiest friend ship that heart can ever know. Yes, the mountains are emblems or the friendship of God itself. But out yonder, in tho "shore less sea , ;" of vision, the great world runs right off from you, our once looks you in the lieu, but sweeps on, and away in its everlastinz night ot distance, and you sewn to stand in its vast immensity all ••uncloth ed." I never felt utter insignificance so much as when I stood thus "anclothed„ in its boundless .greatuo'ss. lE= The soil, in its almost totel absence of all ebullitions or clayey conditions, might bead one to suppose that all the coal - dust in cre ation bud been trausPortedrighttliere, and it answers the - double purpose of raising grander crops of born than evergrew on the banks of the Nile, an I making black linens black faces, and black—everything. Our ladies, here in the East, complain of a little coal dust, and they must have anti-dust stoves, :tali-dust sweepers, anti-dust every thing ; but out there, it is under your feet, in your gardens, in your fields, on your highways everywhere, travelling on the wings of the wind, and entering your ears, your eyes, your nose, mouth, every crevice. And there is no patent anti-duster large enough to bar it from your door ; still this black duet is the wealth of the West. It is therlldlosopherii'Slone" ground into pow der, and wit:never it touches is changed in to gold. hut to the eye of the intelligent traveller all these boundless fields are marked with evidence of revolution and decay. Every where the signs at change are to be seen. pebble that lies under your feet and the numberless shells that are mixed up in its substratum flint tell you beyond all doubt that the whole west was at one time a vast "lake or sea." And how the waters dislodged? fly earth quakes ? volcanoes - ? Or by what. great told :nighty power was the late of :Sodom here reversed ? And w here did the v. aters go? Were they forced thro' their I/101111- lain boundaries west ward,tir did they slid: biro' earthotaa he chasms, end spread them selves beneath, to bide their time, when they should rally in their strength, and again repossess themsel yes of their old in heritance ? Who can tell ? At all events, no one will pretend, that they have entirely deserted their old do minions after getting into, what is there called a "Sluice," but what a Bunyan would have named a , S:ough or Despond.' And it was front the great proximity of this underground sea, that the Illinoitins have become known by the singular appellation "-Suckers." Many of the western prai rieS are full of holes, made by the crawfish, (a fresh water shell-lish) fan• the purpose of ascending to the surface. And it is said that the eatrly travellers used to provide them selves with hollow-reeds, by which they were wont to slake their thirst,by thrusting its end clown oneof these holes and sucking up water as they needed. Thus, there and here, and everywhere, "the fashion of this world passet h away." THE LAM; of COMPENSATION. And here too, the "law of compensation," may be studied, us it curries out its provi dential ends in its own,way,,and with the best results. It the country is wet above, beneath and around, there is plenty or wind to keep water,earth, and,people all in motion, so that stagnation hecetnes next to impossible. But while these perpetual winds are one oh the kind provisions of Providence to prevent that great country front becoming a vast charnel house, by exhaling its in beans and drying oil its great levels, whirl' otherwise, would breed death to alt human beings, they must be exceed ingly trying to any system. They tell me that persons soon get used to them so that they no longer mind them. But if they do, they are pretty well used up by the time they gut used to them. To my eyes, the people leave the marks of proms• ture age, carrying about at worn and used uvappearance which cannot he idtrihnted altf;Aether to the:everlastin hurry and tar moil of life. Especially is this true of western woinen. It is un admitted fact that:the mortality of woman is much great er than that of Man. Go into tlieirgrayeyards and Perhaps six out of every ten graves will hold the remains of a wife, mother. or daughter. This may be owing partly to ex posure' but largely to climate. And then it must be borne In znind that man and wo man lit the West know what work means. An idle loafing gentility has not yet set up 511013 out there No one need go west to get along easy-wltliout work. There is wealth, boundless wealth in its black Roil, but it must he paid for and the:price is toil and sac rifice. No body gets rich in the west by ly ing on stuffed sofas nod easy chairs. And this leads me to speak of • ruts. WESTERN pEOP[..E, • being marked' by an ever restless, Mi.. 'ging energy. Everybody is busy. her cg and pushing through the world as if depended on who could push hardest and get along the fastest. Fast cars, fast horses, fast inen,everything is fast. A slow man has no business out there,—he'll be run over. They run cars, and make the road ufterward. To day you may not have a railroad; or sign of road within fifty miles of you, and by this time next week the lo comotive will be shrieking its shout of joy at your very door. The people scorn to feel that much is to bo done, a great country to be possessed and but little time to do it in, and they loiter not. No where in the world have you the personification of a restless, moving, onward age, as you have it in the west. Again, as they appeared to ine,tbese west ern people are marked by a sterling hon esty and a freedom from wickedness that is almost painful (?)• to an eastern man. Here, we nil believe in "total depravity," and are not satisfied unless our faith is con firmed by a kind of universal rascality, so that we can look upon alt men as villians, and "bolts and bars" give evidence that in this article, at least, 'WO are sincere. But out there, houses aro loft open day and night. No matter how much money may pass trim' the hands of the inmates, the house is scarcely ever bolted. They will go to meeting for miles, leaving unlocked doors right on the highway, and "no ono at home,"_ • I confess, this confidence in human na ture was almost too liberal for my comfort. All men are not villians, I know; but .there are some men in the east who would find it wondrously convenient if windows and doors had no bolts or bars, And this gen eral sense of security speaks volumes for the honesty of the western man. - And then, the religious life of your west ern people is marked by a greater earnest nest religious work - , and •they en ter upon it with all the earli ness than what we find here. A man, or woman, who professes religion out there seems to think that it means work,—earn estness, and passionate purpose, which marks their whole life. Distancikand weath er do not deter them from the house of God. A wet Sunday is no wetter than : a„wet Monday or wet Tgesday. Shoes are no thinner on prayer meeting night •than on the night:of a concert. The peopleehaVe not yet learned that it. takes longer. to 'do the work up,' on Sabbath morning thin OA any other morning of the week. And-Could you but. stand on some Lord's day morning and look out upon the great prairies, a, tar as eye could reach you would see the two horse wagons, each with their sixteen pas sengers hurrying on to some holy place of worship. They are in earnest, and live or ten miles distance is a small matter. And thou they know what "giving" is. with them it is a business and a pleasure to give, and to give largely of their means to the charities and enterprise of the day. Men will give live and ten dollars there for a single lecture or sermon with as much heartiness and good will as most inen e-tst give ten cents. Their generosity is really wonderful. They know nothing of little-heart edness, and their is nothing that a western man so much despises as a mean, niggardly,stingy soul. There school houses and their elmrches are monuments of while they can be proud. And finally they aro marked by a greater personality and independence of thought, and hence,more sects, and greater sittings of religious creeds, than what we have in the east. This peculiarity will make the west the groat battlefield of the church. There in fidelity and popery will rally their forces ill the Armageddon contest,but will rally only to die forever. Truth has nothing to fear from the most exhaustive investigations; it is error atone that dies in the furnace heat of inquiry. Infidelity with its sophisms, and popery with its beliements ofllisto ry, of reason and of the word of God innst wither and crumble into powder under the millstone grindings of the coming strife, but truth can never die. Already that war has begun. The shock of the gathering storm is already felt. The west answers back to the east, mid the north shouts to the south. "Quit you like men and be strong !" Contend earnestly for the faith once deliv en-d to the saints ! And woe to that man that handleth the sword desceitfully ! No room for cowards or laggards now, when the quick beat of moving events call to arms ! to arms ! • And to you my brethren, lot me say, that your priviieges enhance your responsibili ty. You ought to be far in advance in ev ery christian enterprise and work. To whom much is given of hint will much be required." Let not the West put you to shame because of your backwarness in the great duties of your profession, but seek to be the "salt of the earth and the light of the world,"so that men seeing your good works may glorify your Father in Heaven. Af terwhile you will either hear the "well done, Good and Faithful servant !" or the "depart, thou wicked and - slothful servant into outer darkness." 0! Bretbron,which of these char acters is yours? Pause; the dying bed, the judgement hour, eternity will reveal it all ! when you and I shall be saved or lost! May God bless vou, sad may ‘ you be ehristians, Vire-tiff BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY GOODS.—TII ace collars:, handkerchiefs dkplayed n Fondersrnitil's windows are very attran- tive and are meeting, with steady sales, We ovei•ho:uel a lady remark that "they wore the eneapest goods she had seen anywhere this season." and the same may be said of the many kinds of seasonable drop goods, shawls, volvetteen .Cc., which aro offered nt prices; that cannot fail to suit every class of buyers. We are requested to announce a third openingof furs for this week. Truly this does not. look like "dull times"judging from the way our neighbor Fondersmith pushes things, SPECIAL RELIC lOUS NOTICE.--The following service will take plieui in th U. B. Church on next Sabbath : Morning. subject, " Crime and its sons," or " T..e Murder of Richardson." Evening subject: Nahum, 11, 4. "The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against the other in the broad ways. They shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings." A. sermon to Locomotive Eagineersand Railroad Etn • ployeev, by request. All invite .I to intend. reOP.MCCIANTOCK will deliver a course of four lectures in the Odd Yellows' Hall. The extracts from the Press show his course to he very popular, and instructive. AK the Professor enjoys a y wide reputation and is well known throughout the: rate, bespeak lot him good houses. :".10lley cart not be invested in a better way than in gaining a knor.•ledge of ourselves. hear. B. BAusn.ts, of Reading, 1183 been appointed President of the Board of Rome Mksions, elected at the recent ses sion of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in Philadelphia. The Board has control of the subject of home missions throughout the entire Reformed Church in his country. RELlcious.—llev. S. 11. C. Smith will preach, next Sabbath morning act 10 o'clock, in the M. E. church, a sermon to the facul ty amid students of Columbia Classical In stitute, Rev. Mr. Alexander Principal. The school will be present in a body. All young men arc especially invited. Mr. Ilay,Repu blicau MOM ber of Congress from Illinois introduced a bill in the lower house lust week, which provides for the re peal of so much of the Internal Revenue law as requires farmers and gardeners to take out broker's license to sell their own productions. DEPUTY CORONER.—Coroner Hobert Dysart has appointed Peter Fraley, Esq., Deputy Coroner f9r this Borough, The ap pointment is a good one, but we hope [here will be no occasion for the fulfillment of one branch of his duties. lIoTi accommodations being very ulna. , . Red in Columbia, lliacles wi.l be of fered at public sale sometime during the present month ; node° of tittle and place of sale has been given. Dn. )IcCiusTock: is well known as a uut of integrity and superior medical at aininents.—Newark Mercury. 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