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►Our friend J. U. G. Will please, at:
( Rept our thanks for u copy of the beautiful
vfient "Men .41.11ie1m," on cur first page, to
Trhieti tire 'ollie attention.
Fortnieu Nnws.--The steamship Persia
prilred at ~.cer York on the instant,
with Lb.erpool dates to the Bth instant.
The ship q - arnes Baines has orydred at
Liy,orplol from Melbourne wiAi upwards of
9.0,003 ounces in gold,
'Fite Persia-brinp no tidings of the Pacific.
„Jae prospects of the Peace Conference
;ro unchanged- The sth sitting had taken
hut was secret as usual.
It had been reported that the represents:
tiyea at the Confer,ence :were signing the
vreihnitutries of peace, but it was really the
appending of their signatures to the prelim
j&try formalities.
The Emperor 1 4 7 apoteon had recently made
ft speech, iN which he said that he hoped for
pace, but France must be ready either for
pe4e,e or 'way,
The Persia brings nothing to add to the
ab.pie, except the general rumor that negoti
ations were proceeding steadily.
In the Crimea delegates of the two bellig
erent armio4 met on the 29th of February,
tq ey'keert measures for carrying opt the ar
mistice.
Orders have been received at Marseille.
for the conveyance of 10,000 infantry and a
pittery of artillery to the Crie2ol2 to re
place the troops returned home.
The Russians are sending troops in con
sider:o)le numbers to pinlati, They are
also concentrating a large force around St-
Petersburg and strengthening the harriers
near Croostadt.
The Convent Cur lon Theatre, London,
was burned on the morning of the sth,
just at the eleee of a ial-masque, under the
management of Prof. Anderson, the Wizard.
Nearly all the party had left, and but few
persons wore slightly injured. The de
mtructioe odic building and propertiei was
emnp,lete.
THE LITEST.—The Paris 111imileur con
tains the Imperial decree calling into active
service 140,000 young soldiers of the class
cif 1855.
4.dmiral Watson has sailed from Kiel.—
He has -ordered the fleet to assemble off
Maer Island to commence "Abe renewal of
the blockade of the Russian ports. -
CM -Never ask a favor of ' a man who
does'at smoke. Smoking may be a vice,
but it has a wonderful effect as an" expansor
of the hang. Mean men have no small vi
ees,and mean Men nevcr Slnac;conserynently
if you want a favor, catch some one in that
beatific contemplativeness induced by the
influence of a shilling regalia, and the prob
abilities are that you succeed.
Precisely what we would have said long
ago, had it occurred to us that, every body
did not know it. The man who makes a
great ado pvcr a pinch of snuff, and sees
4 _7ll,ltcj k urglnxy_" in n Oleic° Havana
and tiny) and opportunity Ac.curring, will
proyo the truth of our didunt. Commend
up to the man who sees "boobs in the run.
uing brooks, and good in everything;" who
is not eternally carping at that in his neigh
bor which does not happen to meet and
Agree with his tastes. No harm in the grat
ifienCen of innocent appetites, let hypo
crites whine as they may.
)[ may -.1 collision on the Philadelphia and
Baltimore Railroad occurred last Tuesday
night, near Aberdeen, between the freight
train which left Baltimore at six o'clock and
the extra freight train which left an hour
later. The advance train was delayed wait
ing for the night mail train to pass and had
the usual signals .displayed, but they were
not seen by the engineer of the rear train in
consequence of the falling snow—hence the
zoilisien. George D. Godwin, engineer of
the last train, was killed instantly, and Win.
in altesman, was so badly injured that
he [Bed soon after being brought hack to
]lay= de Grace. Both of time unfortunate
prn lea:e farnilieg. Dlr. Flynn, a drover,
boo was on the train, was slightly injured.
D 6.111 OF DR. Born. The venerable and talc
(mks.' Pr. T. E. Bond, editor in chief of the
Christian Advocate and .Journal, the leading
paper of the Methodist Epi-copal Church.
and a loeal preacher of that denomination,
died at his residence in Now York city, on
Saturday last. Dr. Bond •,vas a native of
IlarThr4l county, Marylan 1: ho was a suc
cessful practitioner of medicine In Baltimore
city for many years, and ast a clergyman,
was Pminent for his piety, self-sacriGclog
devotion and learning. Beloved and la
monted by all who knew him. personally and
by report, he has passed to his final account
at the advanced age of 7G years.
PE9On Tuesday last, the noon train from
New York on the Undson River Railroad
was thrown from the track, three miles be
low Albany, in conaoquence of the breaking
of seine part of the engine. Two passenger
ears pitched down an embankment, landing
bottom upward! 3P..llroodbritlge, Sergeant
at-Arms of the Btate I.egislature, had his
leg broken; Mr. Jos ; -_-:41 Ranney, of Green
l) k tsh, had a leg broken; and several other
,pa...engers received severe injitricA, Many
?,vvre slii.tmly hurt.
THE LIQL7OII. Qt.r.r.TlON.—As yet the COM
.inieees of Conference of the Senate and
gouqe of Represent: 011;0g at Ilarrirburr.„
itive been Ain; s ib)e to come to an understand
ou the What will be done
with it, is hard to tell. 4.littust any strin
gent licence 11.1 would be better than _the
present disregarded law;
WM-The steamboat .4 inbunan, running or b
Ilea 'liver, burnt her boiler, #nd wan de
misled by fire, on Tuesday L/..nt. A number
4 persons are ruining. and several were in
jured.
OEr'On Friday, the jth instant, an explo•
plop
.41 a. steam boiler occurred in. he mill
of Mr. 094-7,e [limes, in Hopewell township.
'York county. ),v nehich a st)11 of Mr. Mimes
was much as to aanse his death
in a abort thine.
cogrgo woe.
* ; . l optc's Lscrunz.—This lecture, on
last Sul:lmlay evening; was not Is 9 well at
tended as lye hug.. espoctul, and hl meson
to hopet ThiS was 4 ,-prpbahly owing to the
shortness of tlio notice. The audleaca was,.
bowever,lxighly yasizoetablc, and all wore
?leased iviSli the *steely effort of the
speaker. We learn that he will probably
lecture-hem again before long. ~
encrtf.i. CoNens.r.—On Wednesday next,
March 20th, the Cecilia Society of this place,
Rill give a Concert in the Odd Fellows' Hall.
The programme for this occasion is an at
tractive one, each selection being admirable.
The Cecilia is composed of amateurs of mu
sic, and acserveq;rts we have no doubt it will
receive on this occasion,'a liberal encour
a,getnent. The members have been untiring
I in their endeavors to master -all difficulties,
and are at this tin;ke prepared to give a chaste
entertainment which will be second to none
ever given in this place. We sincerely trust
that the house will be filled, and that they
any realize a fund which will enable them
to meet their expenses in organizing and fit
ting up their hall. See their progrnmme.
MECIIMIICAL Tyro° RAPITER.—A few weeks
ago, we had the pleasure of examining a
neat contrivance, of the above name, for
printing letters, or any other matter, instead
of writing them with a pen. The instru
ment is the invention of our former towns
man, Mr. John 11. Cooper, of Philadelphia.
From a. complete examination of it, we be
lieve it will answer the purpose for which it
is intended admirably. The machine i s
' small—can he easily carried in the hand,
and is so simple that it can be worked by a
child. We will not attempt a description of
it, but simply remark the letters are pro
duced separately in spelling words, by a ro
tary movable lever, and the operator can
compose as the printing is done. We will
be plea.ed ti give any information respect
ing them to per. bus de•irous of procuring
one of the machines.
-Itesult of the election held in this
borough yesterday:
Judge, N. IV. S. W.
John F'uiger. 63
Rudolph \trilliums,* 1 ,12
Henry S. Hershey,* 139
Michael Clepper, 100
inspector,
Philip Shreiner, 60
John K. Kin:Hein,* 93
David Evans,* 140
Peter A. Kimburg, 100
qsessur.
William Mathiut,* 99 101
NVm. 61 140
Constable,
C. Hollingsworth, 4 79 1:56
T. B. Dunbar, 84 82
Those marlod thus. (") arc elected.
ACCIDEST.—OiI Tuesday last as & freight
train was crossing North Queen street, Lan
caster, a stranger by the name of King, a
resident of Pittsburg, while in the act of
stepping from the platform in front of Mr.
Bear's hotel, slipped and fell forward on the
track. Several cars passed over him, cut
ting one leg and arm completely off. Ile
was conveyed to the County Hospital. The
nature of his wounds are soh k • a •
We find amongst the patorrts issued'
front the U. S;Patent Office fur the week
ending the Fith instant, one to "Trillium. L.
Cartes of Alizriella, Pa.,
.for improved Ore
Washer." We are pleased to ler,rn at
"long WI," that Mr. Carter is to be reward
ed for his ingenuity and labors. For more
than three years be has been perfecting this
wash inachhie, which has long been regard
ed by our Iron masters as the ne plus ultra
of ore wa-shers.—.lThrienian.
ZEir Wo ore requested to announce that
Rev. A, W. Lilly, of York. Pa.. will deliver
a sermon before the Young People's Chris
tian Association on Wednesday evening next,
26 imt., at 71 o'clock, in the E. Lutheran
Church. That time being the anniversary
of the Association, all persons who feel an
interest in it arc respectfully b.ited to
attend.
110,-The annnal meeting, of the Young
People's Christian Association will be held
on Tuesday evening next, 25th instant, nt
8 o'clock, in the Lecture Room of the E.
Lutheran Church. All members are request
ed to attend, as the election fur officers to
servo the onsuing I,•eur will take place. ' •
TICE RESCRIIECTION or Tim DEAD.---Two
Sermons on this subject will be tlelhered,
(Provhlence permitting,) Easter Suoday,(to
morrow,) at 10 o'clock A. M., and 7 o'clock
P. M. in the Methodist E. Church by the
pastor, Bev. J. W. Mecaskey.
p"Our old townsman, Mr. J. F. Smith,
is a present engaged In the wholesale Fan
cy Dry good establishment of Messrs. Bur
nett, Sexton is Swearingen, No. 165 Market
street, übove Fourth, Philadelphia. This is
ono of the largest and best houses in the
city, and \lr. S. has an ozeellent_opportunity
exercise his talents,
DR. N..l.;:gg'S ARCM, EXPLORATIONS.—This
great work is now being rapidly prepared
for the press by the publishers, Messrs.
Childs 1? agrAol), Philadelphia, and will be
issued on or before the Ist of July next.
This will, doubtless, be one of the most in
teresting works of the age. The engravings
with which the volumes are to be embellished
and elucidated, arc represented by those who
have seen them, to be rich and magnificent
beyond conception, and to add greatly to the
interesting narrative of the da
ring navigator.
At a recent visit of William M. Porter
E.q., the agent fur Pennsylvania, to this
place, a very large list of subscribers was
obtained.
Paihjba(kr is the title of a neatly
printed paper recently started in Lancaster,
t ,y IklessrA. Luber & Pinkerton. It is intend
ftm gratuitous distribution. The Pub
lishers 1y1;; our best wishes fur the success
of their entert4ime.
Xte" - From a record ,tppt by Mr. Jacob E.
Eckert, of Lencock township, we learn that
the total depth of snow Which has fallen this
winter is 373 inches.
VS—The ica tho r:-pr is melting Rielly
strrolunliT.
NEM - ma FOR TUT: RELIRF °FIRM POOR.—
Al a meeting onluesdny night jest, A.
Armstrong was elated, 'resident, And J. E.
Ilscitoberg, SecretAry. ItlrAllelln, Chair
man of the committee, reported a Constitu
tion,.which was adopted, Pig) following of
ficers were then elested' to serve until the
Ist Tuesday in December neat:
President—A. -Braver.
ricePresidents—A. - Armstrong, J.Coopor
Secretary—Coleman J. Bull.
Treasurer—James Myers.
Board of ..Ifaraagers—N. W. No. I—Philip
Shreiner, H. C. Fonderstulth, J. 11. Mifflin.
N. E. No. 2—Rev. J. H. Menges, T. J.
Kuch, J. W. Fisher. S. W. No. 3—D. I.
Bruner, M. D., • George Bogle. Rov: E. Ers
kine. S. E. No. 4—Rev. J. W. Mecasky,
Jus. Ilogentobler, Chas. Mullen.
On motion, Messrs. Bogle and Mifflin
were app6inted a committee to obtain a
speaker to address : the citizens. The same
committee were also delegated to report up
on the expediency of transferring the money
now in the hands of the sanitary committee,
into this Association.
.Resoleed, That the board of .Managers
meet in the Town Hall, on the first Tuesday
of April nest, at 8 o'clock. P. M.
A. ARMSTRONG, President.
J. E. 11.1CMENDERG, Secretary.
For ho ColomMi Spy
brie. GREENE—On last Saturday evening I
availed myself of the privilege of attending
a meeting of the Young People's Christian
Association, at the Odd Fellows' Hall, to
hear a lecture delivered by Dr. Wm. Elder,
of Philadelphia. From the well-earned rep
utation of Dr. E., I naturally expected. to
see the room crowded by an intelligent and
appreciating audience, but was greatly
mortified to find about one-fourth of the
seats unoccupied. Whilst there,tlie question
occurred to my mind, Why is it that the cit
izens of ' , Columbia do not turn out to hoar
Dr. Elder? Is it because Ito has not suffi
cient reputation as a lecturer? Surely not,
for his fungi has gone abroad far and wide,
as one of the master minds of this country;
and no man who has any knowledge of
American literature, could have failed to
have learned something of the Dr.'s stand
ing as is man of high literary attainments,
possessing a clear, logical and comprehen
sive mind; and as one gifted with rare pow
ers of oratory. Surely then this could not
have been the reason of the meagre attend
ance on the occasion. Was it because the
citizens of Columbia do not appreciate the
eff wts of Public lecturers? This can hardly
be the ease; because when Hon. 11. Greeley,
D. P. Brown, li-q., and others lectured here,
they each had highly respectable audiences,
so far as numbers were concerned. Was it
because the subject did not command the
attention or, was nut worthy the considera
tion of our citizens? This will hardly be ad
mitted. What then is the reason? For my
part, I give it up, and frankly confess that
I am at a loss to tell why the people of Co
lumbia will deny themselves the privilege of
listening to the lectures of such a man as
Dr. E.
I may here say that although I had heard
and read and expected much from him, I
was not prepared for such a masterly display
of deep thought, logical dedoetiou and fort
cible 1i • , •. _
A friend suggested Ito me that the .`aural
attendance might in a measure be accounted
for from a cause which I almost blush to an
nounce.—Reader what do you think it was?
You couldn't guess in an age. • He said it
was clerical dictation. I don't believe a
word of it—l.don't believe that there is a
clergyman in the land, who would so far
transcend the powers and duties of his calling
as to interfere to prevent the attendance of
any of his people; because were ho to do so, '
it would savor so much of the dark ages as
to be unworthy the thought of a minister of
the Nineteenth Century. No—no! it cannot
be, and I told him so, triton he tauntingly
enquired, "do you see any of them here."—
Well they were not there; but I have no
doubt they were pievented from attending
by some unavoidable duty. My friend
whispered that "Dr. Elder is not orthodox."
What care I, or what cares any clergyman
about his orthodoxy, so long as he incul
cates in his lectures, truths which cannot be
gainsayed or will not be denied. No.—no—
there must be some other reason; what it is
I cannot tell.
AN ENQUIRER
COLUMBIA, March 17, 1856.
.lif - The moderate weather of the past
few days has operated somewhat injuriously
to railroad travelling. On Wednesday last
the night mail train to Philadelphia, was
thrown off the track below Gallagherville
by the spreading of the rails, tho earth in
which the stones on which they were fasten
ed having become moist and loose, The
other trains have suffered from the same
cause. Otr Thursday time slow Line was off
the trnek twice between this place and Lan
caster.
TuE Missoula llospi:ccas (-was° TO T111:1 R
SESSES.—The Weston (Mo.) Reporter states
that a meeting was held in that place (in
Platte county) on the 16th ult., at which a
"pro-slavery emigrant aid society" was in
augurated, and resolutions passed to settle
in Kansas and meet the anti-slavery men
fairly at the ballot-box, instead of going
over to drive free men from the polls. The
Reporter says:
"Gen. B. M. 'Hughes, of Buchanan, made
a very senlible speech to the meeting, by
request. Ile took the position that free
senors and abolitionists had a legal write to
vote in Kansas, and that the South must
beat them at the polls by numbers. lie said
that the policy heretofore pursued of going
over to Kansas to vote, worked badly and
must be given up. lie would never cross
over to vote again,"
The Reporter also says that Gen. String
fellow also remarked Out he did not intend
to be quite so prominent hereafter as ho had
been heretofore.
flay-A fire occurred in York, on Friday
last, in the back buildings attached to the
residences of Messrs. Daniel Smith and
Samuelllcrman, which was extinguished be
tire Much damage was done. The smoke
house and smith shop of Mr. Smith and the
wash-house of Mr, Jlennan were consumed,
and the kitchens of the two dwellinzs were
also somewhat the worse for fire and water.
The loss may reach Gee lituridned dollars,
covered by insurance in the York Cotoity
FRSCET.L. TWAT DISASTER.
One of tlke: t - terrible etetunbc:at disas
ters4lll43h liiism pi.:- happened on the Dela;
oci rarm
wale d ive*, last Saturday night be
tumuli 8 and 9h' oak.. • Tho steamboat - New
Jersey, eilitain l'eon, twanging ,to the
Philadelphia a Ciundeci ferry Company,
started from lf ut street wharf, upon her
regular try! to' O r , - The number of pas
sengers was quit' ~ ,
reaching, the cap
tain thinks, a likmdred. Of these about
twenty were females, end a. considerable
number colored peons. The captain design
ed to run the bolt through the Windmill Is
land Canal.. E r tl:ten the Moat reached the
canal, it was -o . , z that the ice was too
imam Amid she:icr - ..isteered , northward, in
order to cross the bar.
The boat- ht urhed about opposite
Arch st.,',et:CA.lop hulas of ice checked
her progress,'"and,catt. the same time was !
heard the fearfall:.:47 of "Fife," carrying
terror to dvery-he': The flames were seen
near the smoke ek, and they spread with
a swiftness that Kled the most strenuous
exertions to liatimsnißhlhem. The passen
gers were driven - kite the extreme forward
Part of the boat, The pilot headed her
for a pier beluw4rch street, and she came
within a few feeh4 the wharf, when the
pilot and the eretneer were driven from
their posts by td *raging fury of the flames.
The pilot and Se4T:ll other persons leaped
upon the wha_reltnd an attempt was then
made to throwAMPe on 15oard, without
avail. As the PiLzing steamer dropped
away, despair so#ned to* seize the passen
gers huddled in -pe bow, and numbers of
them leaped intC7the river, preferring to be
drowned nithertjtan roasted alive. Several
females were aelirto leap into the water
with their cloth in g in a light, blaze. !oats
were put out from the shore as quickly
ns possible under the eiremwtances, and
the decks of £1 vessels in the virinity
were crowded with persons anxious to ex
tend every aidlrk,iheir power to those seen
struggling in thewator. The State Houhe
bell sounded an a l arm of fire, and the fire
men were socTtempon the wharf, exerting
themselves to savlrthe lives of the sufferers.
Several personewere rescued by tho;c in
the beats, and lifirught ashore, while others
were taken out by those upon the wharves
with the aid of ropes.
The boat was burned. to the water's edge,
and sunk in thel6annel of the river. Up
to the present thae twenty-four bodies have
been recovered, i;lui there are come twenty
five or thirty potions yet llssing. The ice
on the river has greatly impeded the search
fur the victims, hit it has been renewed each
day,
The proper anihnrities-appear deter Mined
to investigate tho matter fully end fir. the re
sponsibility of this wholesale slaughter
where it belongs. - It appears that the Cam
den and Amboy itailroad Company control
the ferry, and that the disaster was caused
by their gross care . lo
ssness.
DRESS. IN..TJIE OLDEN TIME.
We hear oftenliniarks by cultivated for-
lie. A writerin kith= for February says
of the time of Washington:
"Clothing was' eery expensive; and though
made a matter of more consequence than
now, as marking the distinctions of rank,
' still so seduously Maintained, it Was often
difficult for persons of much pretensions to
keep up the ohesiltrd appearance of gentil
ity. For this reason all apparel was pre
served with miielkare. I have seen speei
mons of mendinp , pjeeing and darning, in
/ garments belongiikg to good old families,
which would havs commanded a premium
from some one of our modern industrial so
cieties. The raiment purchased for a young
woman's bridal, was worn by her in old age;
and young girls of the household were glad
to assume the faded relies of a grandmoth
er's wardrobe. Mak dresses, in Ouse days,
were considered of sufficient importance to
be mentioned in wills, and left, as an inheri
tance, to relatives or friends."
TIIE GREAT •EARTITILWAKE IN J.trAx.—lt
was stated in the 'California news, that on
the 11th of Noveirtber last, an earthquake
occurred at .lea iin';iit Japan, which destroy
ed 100,000 bodies and 30,000 lives. Jeddo
is the second' c;c4dtal (tithe country, and res
idence of the. Milgary Governor. Its popu
lation, according tlo the Dutch traders, who
aro about the only} persons who know any
thing reliable about it, is a million and a
half of persons.
.:The Japanese Islands are
a part of a line•of ioleanic action, which ex
tends front the 4eutian Islands to the Ray
of Bengal, and the country is subject to
great devastation: In 1783 an earthquake
occurred at Yess4 which destroyed twenty
three villages. One in 1792 destroyed 50,-
000 people. A litle more than a year ago,
a Russian frigatoWn - sThntirely destroyed by '
an earthquake Ale lying at Simoda. The
destruction by this earthquake, if not great
ly exaggerated, iswithout a parallel, except
in Japan. Tho ay of Catania was destroy
od in 1693, in a moment, and 18,000 people
perished in the ryas. In 1755 the greater
part of the city of Lisbon was destroyed,
and nearly 70,00{ persons perished in six
minutes. In 17. W Callao was totally,7and
Lima was partial destroyed hy, an earth
quake, and there lave been more modern
ones, of great m . itude, but nothing ap
proaching this at eddo.
,
llcr.x.t. von Cart l----C upid's in ( the ascend-
ant, lle has got e field at last. Ladies
'do You want htlie die Gentlemen do you
want wiiesto Are on in love with any par
ticular . person? . 'ould you like to know
how to compel thtiu quietly, but irresisti
bly, to love you 14;Mturnl. Then take our
advice. The scierall• Professor Itondout, of
New York, has W tton a startling book
called the "Bliss:Of fairing°, or the Art of
Love-Making" (adv rtised in our paper to
day.) that tells you how to accomplish it.
Read it, but rome. er religiously to keep
the secret. Don't to anybody for the world
or else everybody w 1 get married right or.
t ttfirA man
murdered by thr
in the vicinity oC.
nights shine. The o
although these rts
money on the p
it. The Iputslorcie
Rhodes, WAS, brutally
, dianisedna negroea,
Ilicothe, Ohio, a few
.ject, wa. plunder, and
a cousiaerAle lot of
~ they failed 41 finding
ode their escape,
EDITORIAL GLEANINGS
UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.-
A meeting of the Executive Committee of
the United States Agricultural Society was
held in Philadelphia, pn Thursday of last
week. The object of the meeting was to ar
range certain preliminaries for theitext an
nual Exhibition, Which has been fixed to
tithe place_ in Philadelphia, on the, seventh
of October next, and which it is proposed to
conduct on a scale of unexampled splendor.
It was decided to embrace as objects of the
Exhibition, horses ed horned cattle, swine
and sheep, agricultural implements, cereal
and vegetable products, poultry, and native
fruits and wines. A Grand Banquet in
which ladies will participate, was also set
tled as part of the programme,• and it was
agreed to appropiate from .12,000 to IG,OOO
in premiums.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.--Tilo most horrible
occurrence that we have heard of for a long
time, occurred eight miles from this place
on the Jackson road, at the store of Mr. All
man, this morning. Allman was smoking
in the store room and being called to break
fast, started out, and it is supposed passed
over a keg of powder and dropped fire into
it. The house was levelled to the ground by
the explosion that ensued, and was soon
wrapped in flames. Some persons near by
ran to the spot, and succeeded in getting
Mr. Allman from the ruins, badly hut not
dangerously burnt and bruised. No prop
erty was saved, but a gentleman just from
the spot tells us that the skull and ribs of
the unfortunate Allman were all that re
mained visible of him among the smoking
ruins.—Gallatin (Miss.) Argus, 20th ult.
DEFENCES or Nan- Yong.—An editorial
statement in the Journal of' Commerce, in
fants us that the National Government has
been for many months past engaged in
strengthening the fortifications of the harbor
of New York, by substituting guns of very
long range and large calibre for those pre
viously- in use. These new guns are manu
factured at West Point, and distributed to
tile various military works in the neighbor.
hood of New York as fast as they are ready.
AS regards the material of war, the Journal
says there is always a large nmount of it ac
cumulated in the depositaries near that city,
and another paper says that at present
the store is unusually great. The existing
works have been much strengthened, and are
kept in a high state of ern •iency, and addi
tional defences are proposed to be construct
ed.
A Goon l'isn Srorty.—The Mount Pleas
ant (Iowa) Obserrer relates the following:
"We are informed by Col. Dewey that on
Monday last, while one of Ms men waschop
ping wood near Big Creek, he went to the
creek and out a hole in the ice, for the pur
pose of getting a drink. As soon asthe bole
was made a large perch bounced up and was
taken out by hint. The fish continued to
make their appearance as fast as he could
lift them out. As soon as he got as many
as ho could carry lie left fur home, procured
ever six
re been
Ant
i
The in
cooking
dishes, placed one above another, the bottom
of one vessel fitting on the top part of the
dish below. In the lower dish of all, :Ismail
quantity of quick-lime is placed, and then,
by means of a tube, cold water is introduced
upon the lime. Chemical action generates
intense heat, whereby the articles on the
dishes are quickly cooked, randy for the ta
ble.
gaZ-The Indianapolis (Ind.) Journal states
that a few days ago, a number of 'drunken
men were quarreling in Zionsville, Boone
county, when one of them fired a pistol at an
other. The bullet, however, missed the one
for whom it was intended, but struck a man
who was passing by the crowd, on his way
to call the doctor for a sick child. It en
tered one ear and came out at the other,
killing him instantly. He fell dead on the
street without a word. The childdied about
an hour afterwards. The murderer was ar
rested and is now in jail.
PEACE Prtosrsers.—Notwithstanding the
very severe weather, the prospects of a good
crop of poaches are reported as being quite
equal to the most sanguine calculations.—
The New Jersey Neuf Prunswicker says that
the cold weather has not hurt the buds any
yet, except in those orchards situated m
low, wet grounds. There the buds are
somewhat injured, though not so badly as
they are some years. We have never yet
known fruit buds to be injured by cold
weather. Late springs arc always favorable
to fruit. •
Ittei-The U. S. steamer Arctic has now
been out thirty-four days in looking for the
Pacific. She has on board five officers and
a crew of fourteen, with provisions and coal
enough on board to last several months. It
is possible she may have become ice-bound,
or she may have gone to the Western Is
lands. Lieut. Ilartstein will feel reluctant
to return with no tidings of the missing ship.
The Joint British, French and Sar
dinian Submarine Telegraph Company has
completed its arrangements for continuing
tho lino from the coast of Africa, by way of
Alexandria, Jerusalem, Damascus, &c., to
Calcutta, where it must ere long be extended
to Melbourne, the British capital of Austra
lia, altogether a distance of 12,:300 miles.
serA farmer, named Buck, was murdered
at his residence near Morrisville, Madison co.,
N. Y., on Friday night. his body was found
on Saturday morning, horribly mangled,
with a bloody axe near by. A man who
worked for the deceased and who had some
difficulty with him, has been arrested on sus
picion.
zerThe population of P:ttshurg, and the
seven or eight boroughs which surround it,
is set down at the present time at 122,620,
being an increase of 55 por cent. in less
than six years. For solid and substantial
progress, Pittsburg may compare with any
city in the Union, though it makes no groat
fuss about its'growth.
te...A country fellow rame to the city 'to
see his intended wife, and for a long time
could think of nothing to say. At last, a
great snow falling, he took occasion to tell
her that his - father's sheep would be all en
don:.. "Well," said she, taking him by the
hand, "I'll keep one of them."
larA certain preacher haring changed his
urns much blamed by his friends for
hacmg deserted thorn. To excuse himself
ho said he had seven reasons; and on being
asked what they were, replied, "A wife and
sit Oldidren*"
lierllon. IL T. Goorad has sritten a let
ter declining to be a candidate for re-election
to the hfayorality of Philadelphia.
GB.AND JITROBS,
To serve at April term of Quarter Sessions,
commencing April 21.
Benj. Breneman, Mt. Joy twp. •
Benj. Barr, Columbia.
Adam Draucher, Bart.
Nath. El!maker, Salisbury.
John D. Ebersole, W. Donegal.
Daniel Good, Martic. -
John Gable, Coleraine. -
Wm. Giles, Conestoga.
Benj. Groff, Mt. Joy twp.
Edward Jacobs, Leacock.
Ranson B. Jacobs, Carnativon.
Semi. Leamon, E. Lampeter.
Benj. Long, E. Hempfield.
John W. Luther, Earl.
Saml. McDannoll, Mt: Joy.
Abraham Miller, Lancaster.
Chrn. Oberholtzer, West Earl.
Hugh O'Neil, Martic.
Wm. T. Rhea, Sadsbary. •
David Shultz, Lancaster.
Philip Smith, Penn.
John E. Stouffer,. 11. Leaeock. -
John Shirk, W. /Lempfield.
Adam Trout, Lancaster.
JITRORS,
To serve at April term of Quarter Sessions.
Joseph Bowyer , Elizabethtown.
Benj. Bachman, W...Lampeter.
Benj. Becker, Earl,
Robt. Baldwin, Salisbury.
Jacob Buehler, City,
David Bear, Earl.
Benj. Baxter, Dart.
Martin Erwin, Columbia.
John Riser, Clay.
Henry Espensluule, W. Lampe-ter.
Alex. Galt, Earl.
Benj. Garman, Marietta.
Clan. Good, Conestoga,
John L. Gish, West Donegal. •
John Horst, Carnarvon,
Lewis Hilton, Druniore.
Jacob Moll, W. Leacock.
Peter Ransacker, 'Mrinheim,
John Horst, West Donegal.
John Y. Horst, Conoy.
Jacob Heidelbaugh, Bart.
Jacob Roster, Clay.
David Hauck, Clay.
Jacob E. Kreybill, E. Donegal.
Chrn. Kindig, Conestoga.
Daniel Kreider, Warwick.
Daniel Kinportz, Warwick.
George Keller, City.
Chrn. Keneagy, Paradise.
Wm. Long, Drumore.
Wm. Locher, City.
Daniel Lintner, Manor.
Win. Lowrey. City.
Thos. A. McNeil, Salisbury.
Robert Montgomery, Eden.
Isaac McCammon, Salisbury.
ANIL S Mylin, W. Lampeter.
Andrew Mctzgar, E. Rempfield.
Geo. S. Mann, Manor.
Henry McVey, Fulton.
George Shindle, City.
Jeremiah Soliday, Cocalico.
Geo. D. Sprecher, City.
Fred, Smith, Conoy.
Albert Smith, Providence.
John M. Skiles, Salisbury.
Jacob B. Tshudy., Warwick.
Peter Walter, E. Donegal.
LEASE OF TILE MAIN' LINE,-A bill was
reported in the House on Monday, by Mr.
Ball, from the committee of ways and means,
to authorize the Canal Commissioners to
lease to the Union Canal Company of Penn
sylvania, the main line of the public works
from Columbia to Pittsburg. The lease is
to be for thirty years, the State reserving
the right to annul it at any time after ten
years, upon giving one year's notice, or at
anytime anent sale upon reasonable notice.
The terms of the lease aro,that the revenue
+o
dinary_expenses -managing the •Troraa—
then such sum as may be required, (not ex
ceeding $150,000 per annum,) shall be ex
pended in the permanent improvement of
the works; and after the deductions are
made, one-half the balance remaining shall
lie paid into the State treasury on the first
of January in each year; a large sum to be
expended in repairs when extraordinary
damages are done. A statement of the re
ceipts and expenditures on the works shall
be furnished quarterly to the Canal Commis
sioners. The works are to be delivered up
to the State on the determination of the
gase, in as good order as they were re
eeived, reasonable wear and damage ex
excepted.
IMPORTANT FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.--WO
have some late and strange intelligence from
Nicaragua. It is no less than the seizure,
by Gen. Walker, of the vessels and appli
ances of the Transit Company, fur non-ful
filment of their contract with the Nicarag
uan government. It was always supposed
that Walker and the Transit Company were
on the most friendly terms; but this event
proves the contrary. lie has awarded the
privilege, fur twenty-five years, to another
company.
Information received at Washington from
official sources, confirms the fact that an alli
ance between Salvador, Costa Rica, Guate
mala and Honduras is completed, and these
States are now prepared to defend their own
territory, as well as to assist their brethren
of Nicaragua against the governmeat of
Gen. Walker. It is supposed that before
this hostilities have commenced. If so, we
shall shortly hear of stirring times there;
and notwithstanding Guatemala, especially,
the principal power, has much increased and
disciplined her army, we have no fears but
that they will he taught a lesson that will
not soon be forgotten.
FAMINE AMONG TILE INotxxs.—The St.
Paul Democrat says, that there is much suf
fering among the Italians of Minnesota, es
pecially among the Yanktons of the Missou
ri. Owing to their proximity to the belliger
' out Sioux of the Missouri, the Government
saw proper tc interdict the trade in guns or
ammunition with them last fall; as a conse
quence they were thrown bank upon the
primitive means of securing game, by the
bow and arrow. Buffalo being scarce near
the Missouri last fail, they came over to the
James river, hoping to find subsistence for
the winter; but it appears they were sadly
disappointed, and the failure of burets:, in
the winter, when travelling was impossible,
has subjected them to all the horrors of fam
ine, and exposure to the inclemency of se
vere winter weather.
Holloway's Pills are an excellent Family
Medicine, and recommended to all sufferers
with diseases of the Liver and Stomach.
The surprising. effect of these Pills have
naturally made them an universal favorite
with the citizens of the Union, as well as to
the inhabitants of nil other parts of the
world, as they arc the best and safest rem
edy for all disorders of the liver and stom
ach,' and to the bilious sufferer they . are in
valuable, It is indisputably admitted that
those pills have never beeq k nown to fail to
cure these disorders whoa used in accordance
with the directions which aisompany each
box.
isiarA bevy of little-children were tolling
their father what they got at school. The
oldest got grammar, geography, arithmetic,
etc. The next got reading, spelling, and
definitions. "And what do you get, my lit
tle soldier?" said the father to a rosy-checked
-little follow who was at that moment slily
driving a ten-penny soil into a door panel.
•"Met—oh, I gets reading, spelling and
spankings."
S.IIY Elm:cr.—The American Catholic
Church et Constantinople, fell down on the.
27th of January. About thirty persons were
either killed or wounded.
Batthrto.
•jortu,v,•;),:g_ouj,',*3s):,J,tint:•D;4
WITOLF.9.OtE PRICES..
Common Cull Boards & Grub Plank; $lO 00 ,
Culling do 13 00'
2d Common -•- do - • - 1840'
let Common do . 30 00
Pannel do 36 00'
Hemlock Boards and Scantling. 111 00 ,
Do do do long lesneli%.l.3 00)
Pine Scantling, 15.001
Plaster Lath, S 2 00® 3 . 00)
.—,,...
12 00018 00
PHILADELPHIA ELAEXETS.
Shingles,
Faoua.—There is very little inquiry fqr
export, and holders are generally free sellers
at $7 for standard superfine; some 300 bbls.
only were disposed of at that price, and 700
bbls extra at $7,25 per bbl; for home use the
demand is also limited within the range of
$708,50 for common brands, and extra and
fancy lots at higher rates. A sale of 100
bbls. Rye Flour was made at $5 per bbl.—
About 2000 bbls. Country Meal sold to go
East, mostly at $3 delivered.
GRAIN.—About 2500 bus, mostly prime
Southern Red Wheat sold at 175 c, and
800 bus. White, in lots, at 1800100 c, as in
quality. Penna. Rye is held at 100 c, with
out macli selling. About 3000 bus. Corn
were disposed of at 58®000, mostly at 50c
for good Penna. Yellow, in store. 3®4000
bus. Penna and Western Oats brought 38 c
per bus.
WHISKEY is selling as wanted, at 27c for
bbds. and 20®30e for bbls., the latter for
Prison,—North American, 20th instant.
BALTIMORE MARKETS
FLOUR.—The sales reported on 'Change
this morning embrace 600 bbls. froward
Street Flour at $6,75. The market closed
steady at this figure. City Mills Flour was
held this morning at $6,75, but buyers did
not seem disposed to pay this price. Wo
quote Rye at $4,87/0e 5 per bbl. We now
quote Corn Meal at $3,75 per bbl. Country
Meal is still quoted at $3 per bbl.
Grabs.—Wheat may be quoted at 150 a,
155 e for fair to good reds, and 165a17 5c
for fair to prime whites. A very choice lot
of white Wheat, suitable for family Flour,
Bold to-Jay at 180 c. Wrnote sales of mixed
Corn at 58e; of white at 58@,60c, by weight;
and of yellow at 58c, both by measurement
and weight. We note sales to-day of about
1,000 bushels Rye at 95@.08c. We -note a
sale of 500 bushels good Virginia, Oats at
37e. We quote Oats , at Met:37e for fair to
good lots.
WnisicEr.—Whiskey scarce alai ac
tive demand. The market is firm at 30c fur
City and Pennsylvania, and'3lc fOr
Baltimore American, 20th instant.
tErNEURA lA:lA.—This formidable disease, which
seems to baffle the 'skill of physicians, yiel d s like magic
to Carter's Spanish Mixture.
Mr. F. Boyden, formerly of the Astor Muse; New
York, and late proprietor of the Exchruige* lintel. Nis+.
mond,lra., is one of the I Ireds who have• been cured
of severe Neuralgia, by Carter's Spanish blatioce.
Since his cure, he has recommended if to numbers of
others, who were suffering with newly every form of
disease, with the most wonderful weress.
lie says it is the roost extraordiaary medicine Ire has
ever semi used and the best blood purifier know... •
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Pastor of the Orthodox Church, Brookfield.
From the Editor of the Real Eitate Advertiser, 2
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BO•TON, March 20,1954-
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recommended bun to get this Oil for the above Celan
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