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SATURDAY; MARCH 8,185 G.
.A number of advertisements destroyed
at Shp are, we have not yet been able to h.tve
MEI
sEr.Late*Foreign News show that pie in
dications of a peacebeingcancluied between
pile Allies aril Russia are very strong.
) 1 43:4 1 :0 0:0 Di OILTO
As things now appear, the prospect of a
;car between our government and the Jan
Bulls, "grow small by degrees and beauti
fully.less." All the Bloater of Lord Palm
erston and his kidney, having been found to
exert no influence over the coolness and de
termination of our statesmen, the "noble
'ords" begin to see q9,o6.raute nmessily %or
a war! Our goyernment having assumed a
bold stand in the outset, has adhered to it,
and the result is evident in the whining,s of
the British officials about reciprocity of in
terests, &c., &e.—ad noußeton, All attempts
i; inveigle the French into another alliance
for war purposes must fail, as the latter have
already attained their object in the destrue
lieu of the prestige of invincibility so long
assumed, and in a measure admitted. with
regard to England's arms. Whatever has
been done to humble the Czar, is the work
of Trance, and Z. , moaud, humiliated, is now
forced into, to bar, a dishonorable peace.
The former "special constable" has outwit
ted the British aristocracy—and brought to
Jiis feet those who a few years sham desig
naked 1;;m as a "miserable adveaturer,"
'stupid mountebank, , &c.
Britain, we repeat, is completely humbled,
and her attempts to bully us, must excite
only the ridicule and scorn of the chilized
world. \Ve venture to predict that erelong
the real intentions of France in her regard,
apparent--the secret out, and
the long cherished desire or revenge for
Etrijand*s treachery to the Emperor "mon
°neje," break out unrestrained by all or any
,or the superficial glos:,es and treaties: made
for u puipose. If such shall not pro% c the
ease, we greatly mistake the character of
the Gauls.
...Tito York (Pa.) Eagle Nay..., "a young
Junta named Jacob greenawalt, was killed
upon the farm pf Mr. John Hauser, Jr., in
Spring garden township, in this county, on
tl}e morning of the 2.2 d ult. When last
seen he was watering a mule and horse;
after the lapse of an hour, they were discov
ered walking in the barn-yard and the young
man missinz—au unusual occurrence.--
Search was made, and the young man found
at the watering place, a corpse. his
17as fractured and the print of the corks of
thte mule's shoe was fuz.ud upon his head."
Tim SENSIBLE PLAN OF SETTLEMENT.—The
Phila. Sim of yesterday, contains an article
advocating the admission of the Territories
Oreprn-Walhinzton. Kan as
Arzeico—at ouce as states.
as a means of settling the differences which
have so long distracted the country. After
tkeir admission, they can settle the question
of admission or rejection of savory as they
ibink best. The San is about right.
xtZrA terrible riot has occurred in a col
lege at Columbia, South Carolina. The
Chief of Police, several policemen and a
lumber of student., were killed. Five mili
tary companies were on duty, and the Mayor,
his energetic mea,ures, had compelled
the students to give up their arms. It is
Mated thrt,iltc newspapers were afraid to
comment on the matter, en account of the
students. Courageous editors, down there!
Seniors pr IN yALE Cow:mt.—Chi the
n.ight.of 11. e 3rd inst., a number of the stu
dents of Yale College., New I [aVell, Conneet
iont, having a grudge against Mt. Fiske
Brewer, a tutor in the College, attacked the
windows of his room with bricks and stones,
breaking the sashes and 541111 r of his furni
tur,e. :gr. Brewer attempted to iirrest some
of the rioteN, but was kno..ked down and
seriously injured with a dub.
RAILROAD TRON.—AbOIIt. GOO tons of 'l'
rail have been shipped from the Safe lfarbor
Iron Works to the Railroad Depot in Lan
caster, for the purpose of relayitig the South
Track of the Columbia and Philadelphia
Railroad. Operation, will be coin ineueed as
Fnon as the Spring fairly opeits, and it is ex
pected that the IN 11.1 , : track will be finished
11.1riog the comin:lStineo.r
eountry spread. out to sumnwr
clad in nature's gavot and in
autumn and winter Nariegated with the
many attraetit Allll'l'4lll 'ev
iler.): alone pre•ents.
Its literary advanta;4%. fIA well :14 those
which promote the health of the student,are
of the beg order. Rev. J. If. Ilrakely is
known to many iu this community, and' as
siged by :t corps of able te:whers, the
talon under hi. inanagematat, needs no
I:kw- Great 0-ellen - tent bag Leen created h igh er .
en •onnunt than to allow it to speak
in New Orleans, by the reported tlive,•very .
rte n
of a defalcation of the City Vrea-arer, Vot
percei,e'tbat our old friend and
townsman, A. 11. Spangler, has be
eomn em - mected with and intereoed in the
firm <.t Turnbull, 1-411-on 8: Cm, Phila..
m-t t ncy earl c ill he f“und in 1., day' , paper.
He is a first-rate man, and tlich,,m,e alluded
to has an excellent aid in him.
;:trianil, to the extont or*21.)6110. lie wa+
arrested and committed to answcr Ito charge.
ilia bail has been fixed 500,11110, w hi e h be
Is unable to }give
pef - Tlte barn of Mr. Daniel geart, iu
Illottagluta town:-hip, York county, was do
ttroyed by fire on the 29th of February.
Friday last, together with all his hay, grain,
four head of horses, and SC‘CII head of
cattle.
IJOn Tuesd-:v, March -I, the bill for the
relief of the widow of .1 eph Channel, who
was killed on the Columbia and Phila. rail
road, ramsed the State Senate.
Ser.john B. Gough. the great temptranen
lecturer, lectured in Lancaster, last Thurs
day evening.
tarnaniel Bowen, one of the oldest prin
;tern and publishers in the country, died in
t l'hilade phis , last Saturday.
U. S. Nerr.—Thpre were in the V. S.
during it!) Past year. 43 resignations,
4.5 deathit, d . 2 :dismissals, 98 dropped, and
128 niaced on the retired or reserved list.
OUR CLIMATE.
The geagsztr t hy , common consent, is a
gitinu topic foroonrersation. Ordinuri
it is either the first or fast subject intruduc
vind in its plaes; it certainly subserves r:
useful purpose. dome people would fin
a. great deprivutA, were' they not permit
to allude to the "eery fine day," "pros %i
of rain," etc., andlniftht be put to their •
end to know how to begin or end their da
gosssip. And moreover Sir such n' clim
as ours tho weather is aputter of (loci
importance. If half the ng . ertions of E
fish travellers about us be true, onr natio
min is not to result from “disunion," or
causes similar to those which overthrew the
*publics of ancient—renown, but—from_ the
terrible effects of our climate which has al
ready reduced us to a cadaverous looking
race of consumptives and dyspeptics. .
One peculiar feature, and, we may add,
grand deficit of the territory of the United
States is that it has nu great lateral chains
of mountains like those which serve to
break the force of the fierce plans that sweep
from the North. By referring to the map
we find llindostan shielded by the lofty
llimmelahs: the celestial empire by the Al
tai range; Alrghanistan by the Hindu()
Koosh range; Persia by the Elborz; Asiatic
Turkey by the Caucasian chain; the Alps
protect European Turkey...tireeee, Italy and
a part of Germany: - Mid the Scottish high
lands, England. And so have Portugal.
Spain, France, Sweatt.), and Finland their
mountainous ranges interposing between
their territotios and northern winds. From
this it would appear that the Eastern conti
nent, on rar as CIIIII:Lte is coneerned, is better
adapted than the e.terit, to the growth of
great nations. Tll4. great Empire of Russia,
hove: Cr, forms an exception; the Antic
lilask have free eour•e over nearly the wh.ile
of its vast expanse. Yet it is to be noted
that the Russian people, in ph3sival dev,l
opntent, are far superior to all nations lo
cated directly south of them in either flu
rile or Asia. 'However deliviesst they m:n•
be in other respects, it cannot he, doubted
that they enjoy better• health and hate noire
vig.irous bodies thus van be claimed by the
I . :11110110:111 11116 , 111 A Wit Use terrilOry IS IleVPl'
chilled I.y the icy breath of tliefrigid North.
The pedtion of the greater part of the
United States is. very similar to that of Rm..-
:dm As regar.l.4 the Atlantie State:, they
:u•e as equally de-tittite inmintain
barrier:, that trugo•r Ow climate otlwr
countries. The icy in‘itilet , ia t th e ir m e r e ',
against us lei 1111 Alps to cross; their
eourse is free front the Arctic eircle clear
down to the Gulf of Mexico, and front the
seaboard to fait• Ley 1 the prairies. o f
the sudden and rentarkalile changes in oar
temperature which are br night Lo we so st•o
siblr to those will I cro ne to llor shores from
more genial climes. :11111 Nr:111 imagism that
their effect must be eventually to dwttif the
Ameriemt people M a race of pigmies and
their span of life to the brief period of a
summer's solstice. If there were any reli
ance to be placed upon the asserted predom
inance of climatical influences—if, in short.
the health and physical strength of a people
can be fayoral/y .develoneAL_
.r temperittiiiit7; the mispea—Gt7
Man
this nation is anything but a cheering one.
But such is not the teaching: of the past nor
the present. liussi:t, us we have seen, af
fords a strong practical refutation of the
theory. The struetitie of the human orAnn
ism is such as to admit of an acennuniala
don to almost any sort or climate. The
dwellers above the saintra and Arabian des
erts would foul prefer the heat of their
glowing sands to the balmy breezes of Spain
and Italy. Man is found stalwart and hardy
es en in the 1 . 10 , ..13te 1.1`,41.011%. of the far North,
within the 4.1111 i e eternal B u t
1 time iv required for the prose.. of neelimit
tion. It is to lie expected dint suola a ell
mate as ours Would aet uttf:worably upon
the people \Om , ettle.l here. and their
de
sectNlauts for eel eral gOlteratiotis: but both
reallott awl history ruria,h the strongest
grounds r.r the pre:41111141ml that the Natives
of the 1:11111,1 ,tOIP. wilt in thee beeome
eu
lirely exempt from the futility of their
eli
mate.—/Its/imorc .14iorOwn.
1301tIO:1'1.11 \LE t'OLI I: , ll'.—We
in-
Vite the attelltiiall to the Whertisempitt of
this in-61.1160n to Lc f uud it to-.1:t ., paper.
NV• learn that it chartered milli collegiate
Power.: and priN atal rank , among the
fir , t itistituthm4 in the State. It.. location
for health, can& •rt homily of scenery,
cannot be surpa,e.l. Situate.' up.An an
eminence •I‘erl.)lo;ing the I)elaware river, it
coinmatak a tin.st deihflitfill view of that
noble r , treatm fin • in either di
rection. while upon the oripo.ite of the
ricer a beautiful and attraetitr region of
F FNunite attention to
the :I , lsertisentent of l'aseliall's Fever and
ue :klixttire, to he found ht to-day's pa
per. It is highly reeinnuiended, and is
doubtless an etlicaehots remedy for that I
••
disease. of the persons uln.se names 1
are appended to rertitie.ttes are well knosvii
to te+, and to this community. and N\ 4. 11;1%..
uo hesitation. 111 their reeottintemlation, hi
saying, that it is an excellent remedy. t'lee
the certifivates.
WEEX-We learn from the Adjutant Gette
ral's Report, that the military force of this
State together with public arraq, are a 4
tow.:
Number of companies in thr state, :tR2
" uniformed men " 16,70:1
" field pieees Mai. those in
the arsenal of state, SO
" muskets, 10,438
" bayonets, 8,722
WIDTII of THE PELAWARE AT MARCUS
Moor .—The river Delaware was measured
at Marcus gook., a fuw days ago, on the ice.
and lacked ono chain °riving two miles wide
measuring frotrifiigh water mark. At Ches
ter the width was ascertained to be 31100
wards.
lohnl 111
p A z
Tort :VERT'. to is no- ce, u rg e and peg ,f the
itizeits of Cohn " • was hel§in T own
Inlysit Thu :' evening Lac. Chief
urge* Mysi*, culled meting Ito
r4eithen JoLli Coo et., es Patton
g
ere
eats,
Bull, S:eretar y
-4:- 1 1V--Fisher;-Estr.then-stated•the-objee
f tho meeting, and presented the following
All for the liquidation of the borough debt,
o be laid before the Legislature for passage,
SECTIO)r 1. -That the Chief Burgess and
Town Council ofitalorow , h of Columbia,
in the'Ciliffity6f ancar4, teltnriiie here
by empowered to assess upon all reat•proper
ty lying within the limittqf said. Borough,
wul upon ether - piolierly now by law taxable
/or Borough inapotes, such amount as may
be necessary ttit meet the expenses of said
Borough andpay off existing debts. Prori
(led, that the said assessment shall not in
any one year exceed the sum of forty cents
in each hundred dollars of the valuation for
County rates and levies. Providal further,
that land which lies within the limits of the
said Borough and not laid out into town lots
shall be assessed as first rate farm laud and
not as town property.
SEC. 2. That the whole amount of the ex
cess over and above the present rates of tax
es which may hereafter he levied, shall be
specially appropriated.to pay the debts now
existing against the said Borough until the
same shall he fully paid: and that after the
;ti4l dela. shall be so paid off in full, that
then the a•sessment shall not in any one
year exceed the sum of thirty cents, in each
hundred dollars valuation as afioesaid: and
that all laws or parts of laws heretofore
passed conflicting with the provisions of this
;Let, he and the , ame are hereby repealed.
IL M. North, Esq., moved to amend by
striking out a portion of Section 1, (placed
in italics above,) and inserting instead
there 4 "property now taxable fur Borough
pu rts e , es."
J. M. Watts offered an amendment to the
amendtneut, the substance of which was
that the ano ant to be raised be derived
from taxing bank stock and money at inter
est.
Considerable discussion here ensued, when
the .mestion was taken on the amendment
to the amendment, which was lust. The
question recurring On the amendment, it was
decided in the negative.
J. W. Fishyr offered a further proviso as
an amendment to the first section of his bill,
which was accepted and is published as
ablno.
The vote was then taken on the bill which
was carried by :t decided vote.
(hi ujotinn, Besolewd, that the proceedings
of this meeting, with the bill adopted, be
'midi:Ate,' in the tbiovithia Spy.
The ellair desires to commend the good
feeling, decorum and propriety throughout
meeting
A. MYERS, President
('‘ 11. FM %N J. Bri.i.. Secretary.
Columbia, 3.l.arelt 7, 1856.
/20...1Ve had intended to make an extend
ed comment on the following, but want of
room compels us to omit it for the present.
The subject, however, speaks for itself:
()LENT ENTEItrItISIE.—A highly respectable
meeting of the citizens of Columbia, was
held in the fret ure room of the E. E. Lutheran
Church, on Tuesday evening last- Rev. Mr.
Erskine wits elected President, and Coleman
3. Bull, Secretary. After prayer by 11ev.
Mr. 1M eeaskey, the chair stated the object of
the meeting to be the establishment of a per
manent system of relief for the poor and
sull'ering. Pending a motion fur a genct•ul
t wit meeting to discuss the subject at
length, se eral gentlemen expre4sed them
selves warmly in favor of a united and syste
matic effort to ameliorate the Condition of the
indigent, after which it was unanimously
Rsvo/ccd, that a mecting of the citizens be
held in the Town I 101 l on Tuesday evening,
11 th instant, at 71 o'clock. Cn motion, the
Chair appointed the following gentlemen a
committee to prepare busi n ess for that
meeting, siz: Rev. Messrs. Menges and
Mocaskey, 10r. Brauer, Messrs. Bugle, Shrei
ner and Mice. A resolution was then
I.titted adding tlw chairman to that cum:
caittee. On Motion, Messrs. Ii Mifflin
and Fisher, were appointed a committee to
wait upon the County Commisioners and as
certain how far they would assist the enter
' prise—said emnialittee to report at the town
! meeting. On motion it was resolved that
the proceedings of this meeting be signed by
the ottieers and published in the Colombia
Spy. The meeting e105t...1 with prayer by
Rev. Mr. Menges.
E. E ESE I NE, Awideid
C 01.1.1.1.%:.; .1. 11 I . ;A:e.y
11..... , :rThere are as yet no signs era break up
of the iee on the river. The immense thick
new of the et mat, may Imo something of an
ol"taele to an easy slinking off. We hope
for the hest, and feel as though
••II ui 11,.r1u•n 'tu re
"1 . ...cr., men Iw ere done quickly"
Persons at a distance halve been counting
I the chances of safety for the Columbia
Bridge-90111C telling this and others that
curious story of high premiums offered for
insurance. &A.. It is all gammen. The
Bridge is safe, at least so say good judges,
and if those trem!,ling alarmists wish to buy
stock at low rates, they must try a better
'dodge.' There may be a slight displace
tnent of board stocks—though not among
thank 14m-tors—anti if the fresh is anything
, or a fade, a few whiskey punches may be
destroyed by sight-seers from a distance.
For the strict integrity of our own folks we
't:utd surety—they take things very coolly.
r m iy-Tho signs of the merry spring time
are heeoming the more oh% ions, from the
lightsone •dep of our bu , iness men as they
go to and fro, bustling in preparation for
the life %Odell gives life. We learn that two
r more daily lines between Pittsburg and
Philadelphia will go into operation when
na% igation op, as. The basin will in all
probability resume the life once so notice
able on its wharve4, and -the busy times of
old come back, with the din whose end
was plenty on the board, and shiners in
purse of the industrious. So mote it be.
,t -The nliole number of arrests in Lan
caster, Pa., far the year 1855, was 895. Of
this number, £77 were foreigners and 218
American.. 557 were arrested for drunk
enness and disorderly conduct, and 228 fur
vagrancy and want of lodging.
ie subject . ,47; . , liefo.e this
so coniPletelielosed
that it was impossible to do anything in the
iiiitlissif - "Alie`Tiillbwino• letter was - Written
in pursuance of Mr. 'Maser's instructions,
arid a copy addressed to the Mayor and
the President as ilbOva;
: ComunLi;February 2C, 1856.
^ • Dear Sir—On-behalf of the Voininittee of
Arr , ausements,,appointed by the citizens, fur
iiurpose — of removing the - re - mains of the
late Dr. A. C. Smith and, Mr. D. K. Craven,
' who went from this place during the preva
lence of yellow feverat No and Ports
month last fait, to render assistance,(onc as
physician and the other as nurse,) and fell
victims to that destroyer, while nobly
contending for the lies of the people of our
sister state, I ant requested to address you,
asking for all information relative to the re
moval of said remains. Is navigation suffi
ciently open to admit of 410 delay? ',Please
reply at your earliest convenience, na the
committee desire to take final action in the
matter, early as possible.
I have the honor to lie
Your most üb't seret,
BEVELILEY 11. MAYER, 'Chairman.
The Mayor of Naxfollt..-replied to this fet
ter, and enclosed a resohition adopted by the
Board of Health, which prohibits the disin
terment of remains of the dead, from burial
grounds within the jurisdiction of the city,
after the 31 inst. The following letter from
the Howard Association we give entire:
OFFICE OF TIVITARD ASSOCIATION,
Nintrotx, March I,
DEA It SlR—Your esteemed favor addres.:;:ed
to the President of our Association is to
hand this morning'
The remains of the lamented Dr. A. C.
Smith and Mr. D. It. Craven rest in the
cemetery at Portsmouth. They were on ser
vice in our city, but when attacked, think
ing we c o uld get them more romfortably
provided for iu Om-Naval Hospital than we
could bere,they were taken there, where the
fell destroyer that committed such fearful
ravages upon our devoted cities, put an cud
to their existences. We ever keep
them in grateful remembrance, and their
names should be enrolled high on that list
of philanthropistsand martyrs wlni so nobly
sacrificed their lire's for the gmod of others.
Yesterday our "Board of Health" passed
an ordinance prohibiting the exhunung of
any more of the dead, until the first of Jan
uary next. An opinion prevails to a v ery
great extent, thatit is dangerous to do so.
Ac vet I think no such step has been taken
in Portsmouth. Whether it will be done or
not I cannot say; but mu inclined to the opin
ion that it will be done. if you will address
either the Mayor of that place. D. B. Fiske,
or Ifolt Wilson, Esq., they will give you cor
rect information.
Our navigation. is still closed by ice to Bal
timore. We have a boat occasionally as
far as Annapolis.
I have the honor to be, with much respect
and esteem, your ob't serv't.
SoLomoN CHERRY',
Correvondiatu .%-retary.
BEVERLEY R. 31.trEn, ESQ., Columbia, Pa.
The following telegraphic despatch -was
then sent: -
D. D. Fiske, ..Vitaor of Purl:fa:milt, rig
Can a committee of the citizens of Odium
th
b l i te , re a iet .‘e of cu yh re ur Zd ° ; --i t il ied of the t it ) t :
ver at the Naval lloital, and are iuterred
in your Cemetery. Answer immediately.
B. R. M..tymt.
Below we give the reply:
Poursmorrit, Va., March n, lSsti.
For lit: COlUillhim S_l
Mr. 13. It. Mayer—Town Council, advised
by Physician's, prohibit disinterment till fif
teenth December, D. D. rIshIE.
At a meeting of the Committee last eve
ning the following proceedings were had:
From the correspondence, it will be seen
that it is out of the power of the Committee
to procure the reruns of Pr. A. Clarkson
Smith and Mr. D. R. Craven at this time,
therefore,
Resolced, That we regret that the combi
nation of circumstances renders it impossi
ble for us to bring on their remains and pay
that respect to them that we,in common with
our fellow-citizens, are desirous of Mdog:
but that at such time as these of jects eau
he accomplished, we will endeavor to com
plete our arrangements for that purpose.
it, w oiced, That when we adjourn, We do
cu to meet on the 1:51.1t day of December
next, for the purpose of perfecting 11leltils to
tocomplete our undertaking, in bringing on
their remains and of erecting suitable t esti
moninls of our a ppreciatian of their merits.
'That these proeeedings be signed
by the members of the different Committees,
:told published in the,, C'• Inal I ,ia spy.
Cumin ill, e un Collertionv.—Cpprc Ira rd.—
Jo.. 31.1 V attg, Col. 1). Herr, Thotaa. Col
lins, .1. (I. Hess. W. Mathiot. Lower Iran?.
Rogle, Henry Pfahler, Cyrus 11.
Jacobs, John L. Wrig . ht, henry Suydam.
Coma (;/' .1 era nienients.-1 1 :311ivl F.
HAL Mayei, .i. M. Strickler.
rtat-We are requested to say to the c.nv
at•dly scoundrel who enclosed and FI•Elt
through the Post Office, to a defenceless but
respectable lady, an obscene valentine, that
"if he will call upon her brother, he shall
receive 'marks of high consideration,'
which may probably endure as long as his
worthless life." We take great pleasure in
assuring the despicaltle poltroon, that if
found out, his villainy will not go unpunished.
lirma.Awc.—The butcher shop of Wm. F.
Miller, in West King street, Lancaster, was
entered on Monday - night, through the front
window, the Anther of which had been left
unbolted. Mr. Miller s had left the shop
about 10 o'clock, taking - iVith him the change
from.the drawer, leaving, a bag containing
about 75 or 100 coppers, also the key of the
drawer which the scoundrel took MK
Itrant,Anr.—The clothing store of David
Gumf, in Lancaster, was entered on last
Saturday night and robbed of a large quan
tity of goods, et insist ing of eoat s, tests. pan
taloons and silk handkerchiefs. The
roL
hers effected an entrance into the store by
forcing the door.
ANOTHER.—On the same night the cloth
ing store of Herman'Kuhns. in Safe liarlx.r,
was entered by forcing open the shutters of
one of the windows, and a quantity of ready
made elothimestolon..A. man named Simon
Cooper was arrested on Sunday on suspicion
of being concerned is the robbery and com
mitted to the County prison. His accomplice
who is supposed to be a man by the name
of Jackson has not been arrested yet.
lel-Messrs. Lindsay &Jackson have now
received, at the establishment to which they
recently removed, on the west side of front
street, corner of locust an eftensive §conFt-
Anent of Carpeting., Furniihrc, -which
purchasers would do well t. examine.
lg . ' "of tlarCdininittiNi - 45 r
iernmoq.,of tbempaabo
and.Mrrli R.' Craven, to
in4racted.
Mayor of:Norf4k, and
llcnsardf.Association of
to.kocuie'all nefesfary
=ARLEY NOTICES.
Itergiutia; the .Pearl-o4Pearl .By
Mrs. D.E. N. Son'thworth. T.T. r Petereion,
Publisher, 102 Chesnut street, Phibidelphia.
To the readers of Mrs. Southworth's works
,We need only say, that this last 'production
is superior to - anYthat she has ev4.written.,
:T„,he eboracter although:strongly drawn are
true to nature, and in this respect differ ma
terially from the hero and heroines of her
former works. In sentiment and style the
Pearl of Pearl River is unexceptionable,
while the moral it conveys cannot but be
productive of good. We commend this work
to the attention of our readers. For sale at
the Headquarters and News Depot of James
S. 'McMahen, Front street, Columbia, Pa.
mT , —.3fajor Jones' Courtship, a series of
humorous, comic and quaint written letters,
in book form, published by Peterson, 102
Chesnut street, Philadelphia. The fun con-
Mined in them, and the hearty laugh result
ing from their perusal—driving misanthrop
ic thoughts, dull care, and ennui on the
other side of—Jordan—is worth treble the
price asked. Co and buy it, and have a
laugh over it all toyourself—it will cost only
50 cents!
rs,:rke. Kiii,kerl.eker Mara has bcea
received. The editor of this favorite month
ly appears to spare no efforts to keep up the
lively intereA felt in his work. No one can
be a constant reader of (Ed Lack without
profit and pleasure- Samuel Hueston, Pub
lisher, 315 Broadway, New York.
13;)•^fhc following inunthlie9 are on our
table:
Edinburg llerieir fur January. Leonard
Scott & Co., Publishers, 79 Fulton street
N. Y., 53,011 per annum.
Pennvyleamia Fhrm Journal for March.
David A. Wells, A. M., and \I Spang
ler, Editors. Samuel linden & Co., Pub
lishers, N. E. corner 7th and Market streets,
Philadelphia. $l,OO per annum.
Pennuilrania School AV rued no March.—
Edited by Thos. 11. Burrowes, Lancaster Pa.
$l,OO per annum.
..lbatica/ Examiner for March, Lindsay &
Blakiston, Philadelphia. $3,00 per annum.
Crokoor's Magazine for March—an excel
lent number. A. 11. See, Philadelphia.—
$3,00 per annum.
Lte....T. 1b Peterson, 1O Chesnut street,
Philadelphia, announces a book, entitled
Cuurtvhip «ild Marriage, tfe., by Mrs. enTO
- Lee Houtz, as in press, and to be ready
for sale on the !2•11 instant. It is spoken of
very highly.
DENIuVRATIC STATE CON VENTIoN.—The
Democratic State Convention, to nominate
candidates for Canal Commink.sioner, &e.
and to chow.e delegate, to the Cincinnatti
National Convention, met at Ifarrisburg on
Tue , da.v : . llendrick B. Wright, of Luzerne
county, cos uhose•i permanent President of
the Convention.
On the roll hieing called, each member sig
nified his choice of a presidential candidate,
with the following result: for Jas. Buchanan,
1 , 26; for Geo. M. Dallas, 5; for the nominee
Nut,, Da Lo x ii,y. , ..‘ .o .--
A series of resolutions endorsing the Kan
.as Nebraska act and applauding the Na
tional Administration were adopted.
On the second ballot, George Scott, of Co
lumbia, waq nominated as candidate for
Canal Commissiencr. •
Jacob Fry, of Montgomery, was nomina
ted for _Auditor .General on the fifth ballot.
Timothy Ives, of Potter count•. wa, 110111-
111110'11 for :•.•;nr%eyor General on the fourth
ballot.
EARLY TOlll I O): , .— A II who wish to be
tint un the list of ripe tomat‘ws 1011 A lose
00 t . lOlO ill sowing e pul or two of seed in the
greenhouse, bul-bed, or in the al -epee of
the , e luxuries, then in a warm window.-
11 in the ]niter, ;.;ot a piece of gla-s and place
over the pot, to accelerate germination, thus
forming a miniature hot-bed on your own
hook, When up into rough leaf, part off in
very small pots, using a tolerably rich vege
table mould lbr the purpose. When the-e
little pots become full of roots, give them a
size or two burger. A dozen or two plants,
raised in this way, and planted in May, on
the sunny tilde of the garden fence or house
and trained up to it, will furnish the family
with several dishes of this much usfs; escu
lent when the price is so much per lh. As
it will be no object to have them bearing
`when the main crop comes in, step Lack
every shoot after sufficient ft n't has set—
say one or two dozen on a plant, which will
levy much :moderate the ripening.
YOUNG AMERICA
floe of the fastest specimens of Young
America we have e%er seen, was at the
Mayor's office on Monday morning. lie is
:t cute looking Loy, about 11 years of age.
and says his name is Charles Odell. When
e first saw the youngster he NV:as sitting at
a desk with a paper and pencil, scribbling
away, and offering to Let he eould beat :my
one writing in the shanty. He says he has
been to a hoarding school, and upon being
asked by the indefatigable Reporter of the
Balletin what he learned, his reply was "at
gooddeal." Special Officer Ellis 'd ou bti ng
that the little fellow gave his right name.
sugge,t7a that his clothing was marked if he
onte from a boarding school, and proposed
to examine his shirt. The youngster said
"sure its marked: for if it wern't somebody
might snake it ell' when 1 was asleep. - The
Special rated in, and an ]Nth IVard officer,
in whose chug , the boy had been placed by
an engineer on the Trelitoll railroad, asked
the boy if he did not tell him the boarding
school he went to was in (Iraml street. The
urchin stoutly denied he had :said so, and
contended that he went to :t day school in
that street. and wound up with "I got you
there., old top." rpon being told he would
be sent to the I louse of Refuge. he said "that
would not be fair, that would be against the
law." "But we will take you there accord
ing to law, if you don't tell where your
father lives," said an officer. "You can't do
it," said :voting America, "for every man
has his own law, and I refuse to go." The
story of this Genius of Liberty is, that his
father formerly resided in Newburg, but re
moved to this city, and is now in the dry
goods hu%iness• but whereabouts he does not
know. He has been travelling around on
locomotives between this eit,y and New York
for several days prior to his being handed
,
over to the police. On being asked if he did
not find it difficult to get a ride on locomo
tives, he said "no, he soon talked, the engi
neer into it His friends have been written
to, and in the meantime hi will be kindly
cared for. He - does not seem to care what
dispitsition tit made of him, so he can ride
on locomotives. Truly a fast specimen of
Young America.—Phito. Sun, 4th 171Ri.
EDITORIAL GLEANINGS
LIBERTY OT TURKEY.—Tike
New York Observer contains a letter from
the Rev. C. N. Righter,a Presbyterian mis
sionary at Constantinople, accompanied by
one from the Hon. Carroll Spence, of Balti
more, the American lTnister in Turkey, ap
pealing for the abolitiOohrow,ihontthe Turk
ish dominions of the deaah' penaley - against
Mahometrins who have turned Christians.
it appears from the letter of Mr. Righter
that a deputation on behalf of the Evangel
ical Conference of Paris, embracing France,
England, Germany and America, recently
waited upon the Sultan and the Minister of
Foreign 'Affairs, with a memorial praying
fur liberty of conscience in the Turkish do
minions, and also a repeal of the Turkish
law which inflicts the penalty of death upon
all native born Musselmans who embrace
the Christian faith. They were very kind
ly received and assured that the subject
would receive due consideration. Mr. R fight
er gives several instances where, of late,
Turks who have embraced the Christian re
ligion have been banished or severely pun
ished.
PRUSSIAN COUNTERFEITERS.—The PLOMIOUt
Courier says: Au agent of the Prussian gov
ernment, bearing a requisition from the
President of the United States, arrived in
this village on Thursday, in search of a
Prussian subject residing here, and acting
in connection wish a gang of counterfeiters,
recently discovered in Prussia. The opera
tions of the association, wore confined to the
manufacture of American halves and quar
ters, wall the lesser fractions of the dollar,
which were circulated by agents in the
United States. At the time of the discovery,
an immense amount of the money, ready
for exportation, was on hand, a considerable
quantity having been before sent. The
agent residing here, has been in the place
about nine months, and is unable to speak a
word of English. lie came out as a pau
per, and has. been quietly at work here
since. Upon his arrest lie denied having
disposed of any money, but admitted his
connection with the concern, and promised
to reveal his associates in other parts of the
country.
ENT/LAM - MD:ARV COLORED MAN.—Samuel
William., a colored man, sold his farm near
Clcarspriug, ild., last week, containing near
000 acres, for seven thousand dollars,to John
Pearl. The Hagerstown Mil/ says:—Wil
limns was a slave at 40 seam of age, bought
himself, has raised3•i children, four of whom
he bought and manumitted. Ile is now in
his 71.'1 sear, and is a stout, tall, and intel
ligent-looking old man. Ile is now in bide-
pendent circumstances. lklost of his chil
dren are in the Wet, and the rest of them all
deNire to go to the same country, so the old
man has consented, although fund of this
country, to "pull up stakes," and follow
them. • •
TII E WiscoNsiN GOVER:s7ottsum-2t. Madi
son correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
writes that Barstow, whose seat as Governor
of Wisconsin, is contested by Bashford, now
denies thejurisdiction of the Supreme Court,
datmmg - thatne . ts eo-c7r - dliTaie branch of
th.e State government, and that no power
can dispossess him of his fraudulently ob
tained position. This claim, he announces
through his counsel, he is prepared to main.
Mitt by the whole military power of the
State, and of the rnited States, if necessary.
In stud' a ease, Wisconsin may become the
theatre of important dents.
TEVAII nu: A VALA NCH E IJI' SNOW.-1111611g
it recent rain storm at Cape Breton, an ava
lanche of snow, impelled IT a large body of
water, ON erwhelmed the dwelling house of a
Mr. Campbell, destroying the house, and
burying in the ruins Mr. Campbell, his wife,
mother, three children and one of the girls.
Mrs. Campbell, her three children, and one
a the girls perished hy the catastrophe, but
the others were rescued alive. The ava
lanche occurred in the night, a barn was
alt..) overwhelmed, and eighteen head of cat
tle were killed.
To THAW FROZEN' P1.73111 . 5 , --Some throw in
salt, some heat iron roils, &c., but the Maine
Fariarr says, an iacomparably better way
is to place a small lead pipe within the pump
and pour in hot water by means of a tunnel.
The pipe should he as longas the frozen por
tion. and conducting water on the ice, re
!WWl's it with astonishing rapidity---say one
foot per minute, the pipe settling as rapidly.
Where pumps are liable to freeze, it is well
to hate a lead pipe always at hand.
PEII6S ON TUE AP1 . 1.F..-WC would not re
elmmend in any ease,the propagation of the
pear on the apple. As a general rule, no
sort sueceeils well, but the Seekel, Summer
Bouchretien, Osband's Summer, and Vicar
of Wakefield, grow the best of any we have
observed in a very few trials. There are
doubtless others which may do as well, but
we do not know them.—Coustry (knifeman.
. rciy-Mr. Daillas e our new minister to Eng
land, sailed from New York fur Liverpool, on
Saturday last, accompanied by his flintily, to
enter upon the functions of his office. It is
presumed that Mr. Buchanan will not leave
E ng land on his intended three months' tour
Oil the Continent, until his successor shall
have arriN ed.
re—Andrew Jackson Hmielson says, in a
published letter, that lie wag not the adopted
son of Geti. Jackson, lint that the latter was
his uncle, guardian and friend from infancy.
Gen. Jackson's adopted son bears the old
hero's name, and is now living at the Her-
initage
`Atria Hunt, Esq., of Mississippi, a
great friend of the Colonization cause, has
lately made a donation of :dtoo to the Colo
nization Society. In 1853 he made a similar
donation. besides regularly contributing an
nually, for several years past, the sum of
$5OO.
a-a-The development of the Commercial
resources of Turkey is likely to attract con
siderable attention from capitalists in West
ern Europe. The first undertaking with this
object is announced under the title of the
Ottoman Bank, with a capital of £500,000,
to be ineneased to £2,000,000.
lek.lrolloway's Pills, an undoubted Rem
edy- for Asthma.—Mr. Ellis Wilson of Brook
lyn, New York; had for AVO years very se
vere'attacks of asthma, which deprived him
of bodily rest night and day; the cough at
times almost choked him, and caused him
continually to spit blood; he was never
safe, either eating or drinking, and hisfam
ly"wero distressed beyond measure, to see
him gradually reduced to almost a skeleton.
llolloway's Pills, in his case, were as usual,
efficacious. This gentleman tired them for
eleven weeks, and they effected a perfect
cure; he feels himself-stronger now than lie
has been for the )1.4 f.ftfo i years.
ColumlilaMost Office.
TIME OA CLoinNaL43,I)I•ENETtin
'44lososrat 8.W.A.: M. and
7.45 P. 24.; arrives at X1:40 A. ileMnd. 2.45
A. M. *Atizr•
Sormr.ax.-31ail close7l2 M.; arrives 12.
close:
]2
P.M. - '
WEsTEEN.—MaiI closed 4.30 P 31.; arrives
3 P. 31. t
SAFE Iltnnoa.-3151):•' 7 e.19ded°,0'.30 A. 31.
arrives . 5
P. M. ~ ...-L :.'.. , : zd
MOVNTVI Ll.E.—Threc mails a week,—
Tuesday, Thursday' and Saturday`-:-mail
closes 7.45 P. M.; arrives 11.30 A. AI.
74 81LVER . Srumc.--Three mails a' lidek—
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday—Mail
closes 11.30 A. 31.; arrives 11.30 A. M.
PRINTERS' ROLLERS.-Mr. 'Wirt Trimble,
of Georgetown, D. C., 'has invented a compo
sition for printers' rollers, which will - be
unaffected by temperature—not made too
soft by summer heat, nor too hard by winter's
cold—besides being more tenacious and du
rable. This improvement will obviate a
great inconvenience experienced in the pres
ent composition used for rollers, and will La
a most welcome discovery for all printers.
61r 'Mall,O5.
rei)lllll6.3c6klimos:mmta3: 4 *4
WHOLESALE PRICES.
Common Cull Boards & Grub Plank, $lO 020
Culling do 13 00
2d Common - 4o • • 18 00
Ist Common " do ' 30 (X).
Pannel do 30 00
Hemlock Boards and Scantling, 11 00.
1)o do do long lengths, 13 00.
Pine Scantling, 15 00
Plaster Lath, -82 OD® 300
Shingles, 12 00&18 00
4:IP4gfAII)DOI4:IC.Jar:I: 7 II:4Drq
FLocrt.—For home consumption, prices
range at from $7,50 to 0,50 per bbl, for fair
to choice retailing brands and extra, the
latter for fancy brands * , Rye Flour and
Corn Meal are quiet at $5 per bbl. for the
former, and $3 for the latter.
GRAIN.—Sales are confined to some 2500
bushels, taken in lots, at 155(i:/),100c for red,
and 105®170e for white, of inferior to fine.
quality. Rye is steady, with further sales
of 1500 bushels Western, in lots, at 100 e.--
Corn is more inqured for, and scarce at 60c•
fur good Pennsylvania yellow, in store,most
of the receipts being previously sold and re
ported. Oats are in moderato request, and
about 1500 bushels have been sold ut 30e,
in store.
• .
WHISKEY is nearly stationary- waft mod
erate sales of bbls. at 29e, and hlals at about
2.7 e per gallon.—North American, oth inst.
BALTIMORE MARKETS
FLora.—The only sale reported otr
'Change was one of 100 bbls. City Mills
Flour at $7. Most of the holders of this de
scription however declined selling at less
than $7,1111, and some of theta were de
manding $7,25 per bbl. They were buyers
on 'Change of Howard Street and Ohio Flour
at $7,124, but there were no sellers at less
than 57;25 per bbl. We quote Rye Flour
at $4,871, and Corn Meal $3e.„121, for
Country, and $4 per bbl, for City Mills
Meal. Since 'Change we have heard of a
sale of GOO bbls City Mills Flour at $:7, more
than which buyers were not willing to pay..
GRAM—We note sales of 700%ushels
red Wheat at 155 e, 500 bushels fair fr prime
white at 160@165e, and We note a sale of
100 bushels very choice white;.suitable for
family Flour, at ,175.0. Mixed Corn brought
56,,e58c and good yellow GOcper ba. both
by measurement and - weight. Some parcels
of damp yellow sold at 50e per measured
bushel. We quote good to prime white Corn'
at GO(iti,62e, per bu. of 56 lbs. There were
sales thismorning of 1,5001m5. Western Tit
ginia and Pennsylvania Rye at Os€4o.6eandl
of 1.401) bus fair io good.Pennnylvania Oats.
at 350;:f7e. Prime Olio. Outs am held: at
:18(i. 40e.
Whiskey licad for
City Whiskey is quoted at 27qi,271c in large
parcels, and in small lots it is bringing 2.8 e.
—Baltimore American, Gila inst.,
- -
11.77 DA I.I•ErS CENEINr. PAIN ExTtiAartne
witt i.111 , -Idn the pain and inflanunation from the seve
rest burns or scalds, in from one to twenty minutes--
and ilia: it will heal the wound without sear, and
fecinally cure Fever Sores—Piles—Salt
Elietillitill-111—Stire and Inflamed Eyes—
Clll.—Wountl4-13,,itc$—Ohl rand Inveterate Sores
—Seald Head —Corns and Ilunions•—Ery•ipclus—
Spritins—Swelling—Felon,—Chiblitilis --Eau of he
sects—Swelled and Itrolten Breast—Sore Nipples--
Erupt till oilier intlamonatory. and Clitionrodet
ilir,ll-ca, ',lien: the part, nifecied can be reached. •
Don't be blew talons about 11.0 many direase♦
named to be turret by only one thing—bin relleet that
the few, but po-inve prop reties which the Dailey
Salve alOtic ciallaille, Lad lie tinrelOibre enumerated
—one to four—can reach not 111011 C the nfore•men.
tinned diseases, but many more not enumerated.
query —lto not regular physicians prescribe calo
mel inwardly ter scores of dtlTerent diseases. '
Each brit of genuine Dalley'S Ellin Extractor has
upon it a steel plate engraved label with the signa
ture of C V. Cilekelltl h Co., proprietors, and Ilenry
Dailey, Manufacturer. All other, are counterfeit.—
Prwe 25 cent, per box.
orders should be addressed to C.V. Click
wier A. Co ,St Rai clay street, New Vert.
Septeniber29. 1b55.
SOMETHING worth LOOKING AT.
PROF, WOOD'S HAIR RESTORATIVE.--This
Preparation, although less than two years before
the piddle, owing to its wonderful deeds upon the
human hair and -cult., has :area.] y obtained a celeb
rity nod sale perfectly unpnrraltelca. It has, without
the ordinary appliance used for such purposes, won
it, way. and been heartily welcomed to moot of the
rides and towns in the United States, this Canadas,
and the West India Islands. Nor is this result sur
prising. when it is remembered that its popularity is
based upon its merits, solely, as esinblished by nctuol
tests. thus preparation will actually anieroac
"KAN hair In its natural color, produce a I arariallt
growth upon the heads of the bald, prevent the halt
from falling off, nail when used as a Mulct article
dole render the hair son, glossy mend wavy, destroy
diseases of the scalp, and expel dandruff, the certifi
cates of distingui.lit•il gentlemen and Indies. in every
part of the country wl o have tried it and therelore
-pent. what they known, most fay attest. That by a
proper use of this Restorative, din hair can be made
to attain and retain its natural color to almost any
age allotted to humanity. by removing the cause of
the disease from lice scalp—no ursiner of bow long
Slanding—the Concurrent tesinnonials of the frees.
and the certificates °Numerous respectable ind vide
als of both sexes, leaves no doubt. Circulars con
taining full pnrliculars relative to this curative, as
well as the recommendations of editor: mid certifi
cates before alluded to, can be Lad of all agents.
Drool, field, Mans , Tan Id, ISr.i.k.
Poor. Woorn—Dear Sir—flaying:nude trial of you{
I lair Restorative, it giver me pleasure to ray that its
effect Iran Leen excellent rnremovmg inflammation,
dandruff and n COll-11111t tendency to telling with
which I have been troubled from childhood, and had
al-o restored my hair which was becoming gray, to
its original color. I hove used no other article, with
anything like the pleasure and profit. Yours truly,
J. K. BRAGG.
Pastor of the Orthodox Church, Brookfield.
' St. Louis, March 7,1854.
Paor. Wooly—Bear Sirs-11Ty hair commenced fall
ing oil seine three or four years since, and continued
to do CO Willi I became quite bald. I tried all tha
popular remedies of the day, but to no effect; al last
I induced to )our celebrated Hair Restorns
ova 1111t1 mn very happy to sly it is doing wonders.
I have now a fine growth of young hair, and chess
telly recommend its ore to 01l similarly afflicted. •
A. C. WILLIAMSON,
i:n Second street.
=,M
have used Prof. 0. J. Wood's Halt ne9:0111:11,C,
and have admired sic wonderful effect. My hair was
becoming. an I thought, prematurely gray. but by the
use of his Re.tocitive it haft resumed its original color,
and I have no doubt, permanently so.
SYDNEY BREESE.
Ex-Sennior Untied States
Si. Louis, Sept.
Da. 0. J. Worm: Sir—l have used nearly three bot
tles of your Hair Restorative, and have found its ef.
fects very satiuthetory. It hoe entirely destroyed all
dandruff from my head, and restored my hair to its
original color, which had become quite Fray.
was, rltlilteDllX. •
Vixen:crux, Ind., June 15th, 115=.
Paor. O. J. Witorn—As you are about to manothes
lure and vend your recently discovered Plait Rester
mire, I will unite. for whom it may concern, that I
have used it, and know others used it; that I have for
several years been in the habit of using other Hair
Restorative., and that I find yours tautly superior to
any other I know. It entirely cleanses the bard or
dandruff, and with one month''s proper use will restorer
any person's hair to the original youthful color and
texture. giving it a healthy, soft and glossy appear
ance, and all this without discoloring the bawds that
apply it, or the dress on which It drops. I orirmskil,
therefore, recommend its one to every one desirous
of having a Lim color and texture to the hair. •
Respectfully yours. WIC—VON KING.
Address G. J. WOOO b Co., 316 Broadway, N.
and 214 Market street. St, Loafs. Proprietor., -
T. W. Drove as SON., ortolroa le agents. Phßode/-
ptna. •For male by W. 3. guitaansit, From street,
Columbia. Pa.
August I a. 1.:455.1y
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