The Columbia spy. (Columbia, Pa.) 1849-1902, May 17, 1856, Image 2

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SITURDAY, MAY 17, 1856.
HON. TAXES BUCHANAN
This distinguished gentleman—"Pennsyl
.yaniu's favorite son"—paid our borough a
priervisit on, oaday last, and was wel
fomed stA without distinction of party—
pot as a politician—but as an American
Atitesonnywbore the people delight to honor,
-because he has "done the State some scr
yjce;" because of his National Republican
:ism and love of the whole country, and be
cause too, he Is One of our own free !ions of
•whorn we may feel proud, in every way.—
following proceedings in reference to
visit will prove interesting:
Agreeably to a call, a meeting of the citi
zens of Columbia was held at the Town Hall,
pn Satuiday Evening, May 10, 1S:)6; the
was called to order by appointing
•Tho . Lloyd, E.(1., Chairman, and Philip P.
Pi.y.ll7ltl W. ff. Eller, Secretary's. The oh
'lent of the meeting W:l3 stated by the ehitir,
',when on motion. a committee of firewas se-
Jegte(l t»:report. the names of a committee of
31 to proceed to Lane aster tike•eort the lion.
James Buchanan, to Columbia: also, a emu
: Imitte;.; to recciac him on hay arrival at
I,l•dtunliia. • Daring the absonee of the com
piditee, the met ting, Was addressed by IL M.
„North, in a neat and-appropriate
speesth. The committee reported the follow
ing: nailir•-; as eseort: Th is. Lloyd, Esq.,
Sant . ' Shoefi, Wm. Mathiot. Jim C. Meldrum,
;Vim. Bruner. Sr., 11. M. Ereneman, M.
in, S. E. Marton, \V. 11. Elder, Dr. Ell
liert, Dr. W. S. MeCorkle, F. S. Defer, 11.
If. Pry, Dr. 11..10hn, C. llrandt. W. Itighter,
L, Tredenielt. I'. F. Fry, t ienrgo Bogle, Chas.
Urove, eclat.: Jacobs, C. S. Kauffman, 11.
Dr..nenntil, F. X. Ziegler, Dr. D. I. 'Bruner,
:Coleman J. ILnil, Stephen (lreene, Jelin L.
Wright. Joint IV. Shuman, J. J. Vault and
CuMTh Wee Co )•rrr~Jh,ll: 11. -AI
lm Cooper, .john Avanq, Jain ,- ; Collins, .1.
AV. Fisher. A. S. (leen:), J. 11. Mifflin,
P. Tyson. Samuel Truseutt, David Evans,
James MveN, Rudolph Williams, James
Patton, George Wolf, William Patton. M.
,ctleripor, J. 31. Watts, Daniel lien.
The coinmittoe of thirty-one, through their
_chairman, Thomas Lloyd, Esq., who was one
of Mr. Ltnehatan's fellow soldiers in Llie war
of ISI2, received Mr. B. at lion-do's hotel,
in Lanci:,sler. Mr. Lloyd, in addressing the
distinguished statesman, said:
?tr. Buchanan: Since the announcement
cf your return to this country, the citizens
of Columbia have felt very anxious to give
you a hearty welcome, nut only as a La n
'easter county man. but as a statesman of
the nation—one whom we admire and re- I
L-veet—whom we count as one of the might
iest among the living. I faring heard of
your anticipated NiAt to Wallington city,
the people of Columbia, without distinction
of party, in town meeting, appointed a coin
mittee to meet you here and escort you to
our town—them to be received by another
committee who will take the same pleasure
in offering you friendly greeting that is now
afforded to us by your presence. On behalf
.tkon, of the citizens of our toxn, we tender
you a warm and earnest welcome.
irt. Buchanan, in reply, stated that be
tended to him in every place he had been
Aince his return, and that fur his fellow-cit
zens of Columbia, many of whom he-had
known for years, ha had an attachment as
an old friend and neighbor, that nothing
,could destroy. Ito was happy to know , that
lie was welcomed in such a generous manner
to Columbia, and would assure the commit
tee that every feeling of friendship felt by
those represented, he fully reciprocated.-
Idr. Buchanan continued his remarks, and
appeared to feel C . % ery word he said. llis
tenerable appearance and kind manner,
Ecemect to inipmss all who heard him.
Upon his arrival here, be was met by the
committee of reception, and a crowd of eiti-
zens who WWI Ca /11111 with hearty congrat
ttla.tLas. A procession then (Ne,,rted him to
the Old Fellow's 11,:11, where Hugh
North, Esq., addressed idin:
Buciivv ‘v--11 - e are very glad to
have an opp,wtanity t give :sou :111 la.llora
b! s public reception here, to-day. Yon have
just returned from a mission that was hon
orable to yourself and your country, and
your public vertices entitle you to the grati
ted.e of your countr,t men.
"You know many of our people: they all
know you; and, at least one of them march
ed with you to Baltimore in IS di, to defend
the soil and honor of our common country
against a powerful but nut an invincible
foe.
In two long and severe physical struggles.
the armic4 of England were conquered by
the stioLg arms and stout hearts of our own
eitiLen soldier's: and in 155.) you, sir, envolill
tored her latelk,t, awl, with distinguished
expo-,•d :he fallacies and crushed
the sophistry of les- contemptible diplomacy.
You a 1...) .whiexel a I,rnliaat triumph for
the orld in pro-
curing the ix,: egnition of hue:national prin
mph:, long co:tend , / f,ir by this ,us erninellt,
that "tho flag co%er.s the c.sr4o—fn•e ship.
make free goods."
Fur these alone the wield would Uhl yowl
memory in grateful rucolleetion. But there
are other reasons why yon are so 11Illeh lot cd
by I ' 4o' American people.
In times of great sectional exeitement and
fanatical assaults upon our glorious Vnion,
Toll hate aln ys b , ..n1 its .31 cad fast, onwas er
;lig and dCSOtt%I friend: in favor of doing
efiuutrand exact justice to all sections of the
'counti-v; striving . to perpetuate the hlesnsings
pf civil and religious liberty to a republican
people , an, gpholding, defending and carry
ing our, ip good faith, the compacts and coin
'visualises of that constitution, which in the
language of Henry Clay "contains all that
Is great, grand and glorious in human wis
dom."
Fez your zeal ant? devotion to the inter-
PSIS and prosperity of the -.chide people, It C
have long been accustomed to look upon you
as the, ''uoblest Itoinan" of the Republic.
Pennsylvania is proud to acknowledge
you ms her “favorite son," and although she
long ago handed you over to the nation us a
full clan, she knows and feels that
that your heart throbs with pride and
pleasure at her prosperity, and her proud
position among tho States of the confederacy.
She delights to honor you because you
have steadily and firmly sanctioned and sup
ported, and exerted your influence in the
councils of the nation; fur the policy which
has developed her rich mineral rcscources:
bunt up her cities and her tcwn , ; multiplied
manufactories; mole homes and afforded
employment, fcr her mechanics and laboring
men; given the State an impetus that will
80011 make her first and foremost in popula
tion, wealth and political importance in the
republic—a policy that has always made a
sure market for the agricultural products of '
the country and secured the largest reward
to honest toil.
We congratulate you upon your arrival at
rams in good health—we welcome yon to
the hospitalities of our town, and hope you
may enjoy a safe and pleasant journey to
the capital of the country.
Mr. North's remarks were received with
much pleasure by the crowd., and he was
frequently applauded heartily. Mr. Bu
chanan replied substantially as follows:
That he bud known Columbia for fifty
years—then it .Was a very small place, and
was known as "Wright's Ferry." Ile could
remeinber when he crossed the river in a
small boat before the Columbia bridge was
erected, and then the very beautiful and
now large town wa; a village with few
houses. Now, it is a beautiful and
I commercial town, and contains a population
distinguished for industry and energy.
fie referred feelingly to the terrible visi
tation of cholera in 1:45-I, which made the
people leave the town. Ire said, upon the
arrival of every steamer in England lie anx
iously directed his first glance at the news
from this spot, and how his hopes were ear
nest that the Almighty Power, who rules
and controls, would stay his hand. (Mr.
B. spoke very beautifully on this subject and
appeared to be deeply atfeeted.)
lie eulogized our republican institutions,
and spoke of the fear they inspired in the I
despots of Europe; he set forth the blessings
and advantages of preserving the integrity
of the union, and said our own people ap
preciate it smog when t isiting the countries
of the Old World, and though he had been
a strong party man, he knew no party when
out of the country, and spoke of this as a
characteristic of Americans. He said—we
leave those at home to tight party battles.—
When away we are all one.
We regret that we cannot give Mr. En
chanan's speech entire. It was worthy of
au inimical' Statesman, and of the man
who delivered it.
Upon the conclusion of his address he was
escorted by the committees, and a largo
number of citizens, to the Washington Ilense ,
where mine host, (Jul. Herr, had an ample
aml generous Ward provided. (The cotm it; tt ec
were derelict in not publishing a nt.te of
thanks to him, his estimable lady, and his very
gentlemanly and obliging assistant, Samuel
Robinson, Esq., who all exerted themselves
to their utmost, to make all pass off well—
and they were successful.)
After dinner, Mr. Buchanan, escorted by
our committees, and those from Wrights
ville, York and Baltimore, left for Washing
ton. A large crowd of our citizens escorted
him to the ears, arid every manifestation of
appreciation was rendered to him that could
not but be flattering to one who is recog
nized everywhere as the "favorite Sun of
Pennsylvania." '
lis reception, in the different places he
passed through, en route, ttr Washington,
was 1, cry cordial and every mark of welcome
was extended to him.
North,
obligations are tendered to Hon.
Me.srs. Robert., Douglass, Stanton and
others of 'Washington fur remembrances, in
the shape of valuable pub. doe.
LW - We are requested to announce that
Professor Porter wlll wench in the German
evening . . Services will commence at 10 A
M. and 7,5, P. M..
THE Sr. LAWRENCE 110TEI.:—WO had oc
casion to visit Philadelphia a few days ego,
and upon the advice of a friend we deposited
our satchel at the St. Lawrence. We do'nt
carry much haggstge—editors seldom do,
owing to a weakiness they have. However,
our physiognomy must have impressed the
gentlemanly proprietor, WILLIAM S. Cslte
nw„ Esq., favorably, for we received every
attention front him and his polite assistants,
and we do not hesitate to say that in ourexpe
rience of hotel life in Philadelphia—and we
have stopped at several establishments of
the (diameter in our time—we regard the
ISt. La wrence as a model. Although but
I recently started, it has won the position of
r. first class hotel and see take pleasure in
recommending, our to try it. The
,ituation is a tcry convenient one for busi
110q4 or pleasure, and we know all who de
light in a quiet home, will find this estab
lishment up to their expectations. Its loca
tion ran be a,eertuined by reference to our
ads ertisi ng.
COLUM MA r , i , k: . : CFACTI7III7ka: CoMPANY.—In
pursuance of a notice in the Nry of last
week, a nombor of the stockholders of the
Columbia Manufaeturing Company, met in
the Town Ilall, in order to determine what
action should be taken upon the charter,
granted by the last Legislature, embracing
the indiNitioal liability elause. The ineot
ing was ealltil to artier and Isatte Pau ar
pointed Chairman. Several of the Stock
holders expres , ttrd their tiews upon the rub
ject: some being favorable to liftng the ehar-
•cr and opening hooks for the subscription
of stock:int - der ttP present prorisious in or
der that arrangement: might be made for
entering into the hairless at once, without
any further delay. Others, not wishing to
beettme individually responsible for the
debts of the company, proposed that the
matter 'ay in Cr Iliad the meeting of the
i next I.egiAat um at which thne,they thought,
the oljectionable clause would is all proba
bility lie stricken off'.
Withouteeming to any definite conclusion,
it was proposed to adjourn until next Tues
day mooing, May 20th, to meet at the Tuwn
Hall, in order to give time for further con
sideration. All who are interested will
please bear this meeting in mind.
Tun. CONVLIZT.-Mr. and Mrs. John
Cooper Vail, agreeably to former announce
ment, gave a literary concert, in the Odd
Fellow's Ilall, on Wednesday evenitvg last.
The audience was a very re-pectable and
appreciating, one, and the performers must
have been gratified with their cordial recep
tion at their first appearance in Columbia.
Mrs. Vail has a remarkably good voice
which only needs more cultivation to give
her an eminent position as a vocalist, and
Mr. Vail in his delineations of celebrated
characters, succeeded admirably to the sat
i•faction of all who heard them. We regret
that Mr. 'Keifer, of Lancaster, was unable
to take his part, but his place was well filled
by a young gentleman of the same city, who
played a solo on the violin which met with
much favor. Altogether, the concert was
`sang
agreeable entertainment, and Mrs. Vail
sang 7ery sweetly.
SarWe call attention to the card of Mr.
4"Amns B. HOLLINS in to-days, paper, and ask
those of our merchants who deal in articles
of his line, to do themselves justice by look
ing through his stock upon - their next visit
to Philadelphia. We have known him long
and well and have in days past, bought goods
of him: at iates we ct.usidered "lower than
to be obtainecrelsewhere." We really think
it would be to the interest of all who buy
queensware to give Mr. Mum a call, as
lie sells a little cheaper than any body else.
LV3lBElL—Although a great number of
rafts havo conic down, but few stop here.
The demand at this place has not been
near. so great as that of last season,
owing most probably to the supplies on
hand. The prices are hard to ascertain;
our answer, on enquiry, generally being
—"well about the same as last year, except
callings," which rate at $2,00 per M. feet
less. We d) not desire to pick a quarrel
with those who deal in the growth of the
forests, but as caterers for the public, we
like to find out things and "takin' notes,
print eat" for the edification of others. Our
own private opinion is that the rates for the
better qualities are not so high as lust year
and that buyers are slow. We believe that,
"all round," lumber is lower by a good deal
than quoted prices—fur the simple reason
' that many are buying who would not, with
their yards full as they are, invest so freely
if they did not receive liberal bargains.
This view of the lumber market may be re
ceived, not as official,. but as "our private
opinion publicly expressed."
Sr.siinixa A rr.t n.--Jamcs 'Mel fenry was
stabbed on Monday evening last, by Henry
Fisher. jr., both citizens of this place. The
evidence as given at the examination before
Esquire Evans, was to the effect that Mal.
and Fisher were returning in the cars from
Lancaster, where they had been spending
Whit-Monday, when a war of words was
commenced. between them, on account of
some member of the fair sex, who was in the
car at the time. Several persons in the cur
interfered , to prevent a fight, when Fisher
drew his knife and stabbed McHenry in the
abdomen. The latter, we understand, Suf
fers \ cry much front his wound. Fisher was
bound over in the sum of :.;;500 for his ap
pearance at court. Until further investiga
tion we have no comments to make.
LITERARY NOTICES
'We are glad to know that Peterson,
the enterprising Philadelphia publisher, has
in press and will have for sale by the first
of June, a work by Mrs. Caroline Lee Bents,
entitled, "Limlo—or the Young Pilot of the
Belle Creole." This will be a republication;
yet this fact should not injure its sale. We
read it several years ego and believe it the
best story Mrs. Rentz ever wrote. It was
the first novel of hers that we ever perused,
and though she has been called away to
eternity, we think the "good lives after her,"
and believing so, and that there is much
, , .
may glance at this notice.
Xter-The June number of 17ofIcy's Lady's
Book is calculated, we think, to make the
ladies like* it better than ever. Of course
they all take it, and any recommendation of
ours may seem out of place; we cannot,
hoverer, help saying that the colored fash
ion plate in this number is superb—the best
thing of the kind AV e have ever seen. The
literary contents sustain its well established
reputation, and altogether the June number
is a first rate one.
X.S..The United Stales Magazine. (J. M.
Emerson, No. 1, Spruce street, N. Y., $l,OO
per anuum,) is undoubtedly one of the cheap
est and best publications of the kind in the
world. The publisher intends making al
tcrations in the form of its issue with the
neat number, and we trust he will receive
ample remuneration. The grand object of
this work is the Popnlarizing eg . ,Wiener
among the. //MISC., of die people, and judging
by the past, it will be successful. This
magazine is no catchpenny affair but a bona
• lids useful family book, the perusal of which
will be of benefit to parents and children—
to every member of the household. 'We do
not say this lightly, but after a close ac
quaintance with it since its advent, We
sincerely trust it will receive the encourage
ment of emery one interested in the literary
and scientific prosperity of our country.
ACKVOWLEDGEREST OF TUE WALKER Goy-
E de.inutch from Washington
announces that Secretary Marcy has ac
knowledged the • Government of General
Walker in Nicaragua, by receiving his Min
ister, Padre Vijil, who 6hortly afterwards
presented his credentials to the President,
and was received with all the honors, as the
representative of one of the recognized na
tions of the world.
RESCUE OF THE FOLli. BURIED MEN.—The
four persons who have Wen buried for a
fortnight in the Coal banks at Blue Rock,
Musk county, Ohio, were got out alive on
Saturday last. A correspondent of the Co
lumbus Statesman says:
"Some six hundred people remained till
one o'clock yesterday morning, when the
rescued were brought out to the crowd, with
their faces covered, and their bodies very
much exhausted and emaciated. Their
families were not permitted immediately to
meet them, and everything done to make
sure of the results of the long labor, viz: the
preservation of their lives. Pierson the old
est man, had a fluttering at the heart; the
others seemed to be "as well as could be ex
pected." Their faces were covered to pro
tect their eyes, The boy, Savage, it is said,
made enquiry the first thing, after a "chew
of tobacco:" the rest after their families and
friends. They hail taken borne sleep on
some dry dirt which they had piled up for
that purpose, but had no idea of the time
that had elapsed."
The only food they have had during their
whole imprisonment was the dinner pro
vided for two men. The workmen had bur
rowed through four hundred feet of rock and
earth. The men were rescued at a point
I seven hundred feet distant from the entrance
to the mine.
L DIRECTORS
Thy Bth, 1856.
CIRCUL
Lancaster county:
d, sometime since
eat, a copy of the
•:hitecture" for each
have been able to
!the districts, and,
lace called at Mr.
:aster, where they
',ion, and procured
it the Directors of
be unsupplied to
lding or repairing
nuch as the work
Aion on these sub-
gb Ike Sell
GENTLE'
from the
"Pennsyl ,
district in
forward
. a
the Direci
Burrowcs'
were place
one. It
such dish
obtain th
their sell(
contains ,
jects.
Cot. ies Law and of the re
port of 1 indent of Common
Schools wi cashed to each direc
tor who an ready been supplied.
' A few d tat drawn their State
appropriat resent school year.
All must it, and the matter
should be bout further delay.
I mallet :s since, to all the
districts, a n• the directors' an
nual repo] ed they will be re
turned ar up by the Ist of
Juno. Pf his matter is very
desirable, itendent has stated''
that he withhold the State ap
propriatim nit districts.
Safisfiei adts of the e%peri
ment of : Normal Institute,
that my si . no other way, in
the same ti such for the improve- '
meat of co , ..ls as by efforts to
educate t ithd, influenced by
the ad vict of good schools and
the *isliet I made an arrange
ment wit! not principal of the j
Lancaster ~,,,........ ..,01, located at Mil-1
1 1
lersville, where y their ample buildings'
were placed at' ly dLp , eal for a second
three months 'r Aer,' Institute. I was
trusted with th direction of the general
system of teachi g; ;net ,inee no compensa
tion is received , my part either for ser
vices or expensed, the tuition fee of teachers
from _ Lancaster.rounty was materially re-
duced
There are now in attendance at the Insti
tute over two himdred -tridents, nearly all
of whom are either teachers or are preparing
to teach. Oar at& in-ti noted in the art of
teaching, they elm et Eiil to be much supe
rior to the teael;Ars of past ;cars.
My engageme
f
here, however, •,vill term
inate about the Ist of July, after which
time I will be repared to commence the
annual examina ons of teachers in the dif
ferent districts o the county.
Directors wli
would do well t(
ing their annual
lotted for holding
the lime at whit!'
I would also
advertising for
for which the se
salaries offered
A liberal salar
well qualified C.
it was reserved,
of teachers wit!
could not be obt
I will be in L
from the 15th of
November, and
of the three fulls
special examinal _
neeted with the of
During the put aviator, I visited schools
every day they" were open but six, from the
Ist of October to the let of April, and, it
gives me great pt cure to say, that in every
distri t save m -as accompanied by some
•ant an early examination
notify inc, when forward
`report, as to the place sc
ythe examination, and aboal
they desire it to be held.
.spectfull,ysuggest that in
;idlers, the len g th of term
only are to be open, and the
teachers, should be stated.
e uld safely be offered for
'oilers, if the right to reduce
ri case a sufficient number
satisfactory qualifications,
fined.
ncaster on every Saturday
September to the 10th Of
rthe first Saturday in each
ring months, to attend to
ns and other duties con-
boar . .or r 4 .111 mass you base my sin
cere thanks. Together, we can build up a
system of CO3111)10E1 Schools of Lancaster
county of whici the most sanguine friend of
education among, us may well feel proud.
:J. P. WICKERSHAM,
County Superintendent.
IMPORTANT TO HEALTH
CIIEAP SANATSRY SCIISTANCES.—It will no
doubt be 'very useful information to many
persons during the coining hot weather to
be told what are:the Lest substances {,r re--
moving offensive i odors from sinks, &e. Cop
peras, or sulphate of iron, is a very excel
lent substance for slushing drains and sinks.
By dissolving luilf a pound of it in a pail of
hot water, and throwing it into a sink once
per week, it will keep down all offensive
odor; and from the situations of many
houses in all war t :cities it would greatly tend
to health and pleasure for the inhabitants of
each to do this. The chloride of lime or the
chloride of zinc will answer just as well, but
these are expensive substances in compari
son with copperas (sulphate of iron.) Lime
is also very useful. and is no doubt a cheap
deodorizer, butl it is not a very good one:
copperas, therefore, is preferable to all these
substances. But there is another substance
which is far superior to either copperas, the
chloride of Hind or zinc as a deodorizer, both
as it respects its qualities and economy; we
1 mean charcoal powder—made of ground
I wood charcoal.; Charcoal powder possesses
the quality of labsorbing ammoniacal, sul
phuretted hydrkgen and carbonic acid gasses
1 in superior degree to any other substance.
Inaced in the vicinity-, or spread among de
caying animallor vegetable matters, it ab
sorbs all the-offonsixo and hurtful gasses,
and keeps the gr sweet and wholesGme.
ArrotNrura4s.—Gov. Pot.l.orK has ap
pointed WARSiN J. WOODWARD, of Wilkes-
Lorre, Presitle4t, Judge of the new judicial
district composed of tho counties of Colum
bia, Wyoming ftutl Sullivan; RODERT PARKE,
an Associate jUdge for Chester county; Jones
W. Bons, anlAssociato Judge for Fulton
County; JAMES COVERT, Coroner of Northum
berland countq; JAMES P. BROWN, Sealer of
Weights and 'Measures for Westmoreland
county; BENJAMIN Mon.v.tr, of London, Eng
land, Commitskioner of Deeds for the United
Kingdom, ender the act of the last Legisla
ture; and Dr, Join Centres, of Dauphin,
Dr. R. It. RE;D, of Washington, and Hon.
S. A. Pultrix.;:cr., of Butler, Managers of
the Western litnnsylvania Hospital.--Hur
risturg Telegzirph.
.TExriv T.lsn ANn Thtrukant—A letter has
been going the rounds of the newspaper
press purporting to be from Jenny Lind
Goldsmidt, sympathising with Mr. Barnum ,
and attributing to him the entire credit of
the concerts given by her for charitable pur
poses when fu this country, and otherwise
puffing Mr. Barnum very extensively. We
questioned the authenticity of the letter on
its first appearance and on that ground de
' dined its publication. These suspicions arc
now confirmed, Mr. Barnum himself stating
that the letter is a forgery and could not
have emanated from Mrs. Coldsmidt.
INUNDATION' IN MISSISSIPPI: Accounts
from the interior of the State of Mississippi
inform us that the water courses are all
swollen to an unprecedented height, flooding
the lowlands, sweeping away fences, bridg
es, &c., in their progress, and submerging
the young crops of cotton and corn. At the
town of Enterprise, the Chickasaha river
had risen 561 feet, overflowing its banks
and covering the roads to the depth of eight
feet. This is the greatest rise ever known
there. On the Mobile and Ohio railroad a
train of three cars going South from Swan,
ran off the track from the undermining of
the approach to Okatabba bridge. The
trackmaster, who was enjoying a ride on
the cow-catcher, was thrown into the stream,
but escaped by swimming. A few other
slight breaches in the railway had also been
made.
Tun POSITION OF - THE COSTA RICANS.—A
correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune,
writing from Costillo, gives the particulars
of the battle of Rivas, and states that Gen
eral Walker was induced to leave the place,
and fall back On Granada, in consequence
of being nearly out of ammunition. The
Costa Ricans immediately re-occupied Rivas
which they commenced fortifying anew
They are said to be well armed and officered,
the latter being principally English and
Germans. Their arms, or such as have been
taken, appear to be of English manufacture,
and the prisoners state that nearly all their
arms and ammunition have been furnished
by English agents, through whom they are
constantly supplied. They have possession.
of Virgin Bay and San Juan del Sur.
LIST OF JURORS
To serve in the adjourned Court of Quarter
561170118 commencing on Monday the 19th
inst.
William Black, Strasburg borough,
Philip S. Bush, Sadsbury,
Moses Brubaker, Elizabeth,
Adam Burtzfield, Conestoga,
Edward Brown, Little Britian,
John M. Buyers, Salisbury,
Abraham Bowman, Ephrata,
Daniel Bitzer, Upper Leaeock,
Samuel Brooks, Columbia,
David Cassel, P enn ,
Henry Carter, Fulton,
Jesse K. Cooper,
East Lampeter,
James S. Davis, Salisbury,
William Dungen, Eden,
Oeuvre D. Eberman, City,
Jacob Eshleman, Providence,
Oliver Furnace, Little Britain,
Jacob Frey, Manor,
Philip Fisher, West Donegal,
Samuel C. Groff, Upper Leacock,
John If. Hood, 13recknock,
Juaub Hiestand, East Hemptield,
John Hamilton, City,
Benjamin Hostetter, Minor,
A. L. Henderson, Salisbury,
David Huber, West Lampeter,
Joseph Hamer, Martic,
Emanuel 'famish, Perinea,
Jacob Hoover, West Earl,
Levi Hoover, \Vest Lampeter,
Henry S. Kauffman, East llempficld,
Christian Keehn, Eden,
John Kirk, Little Britian,
Emanuel Keller,Manheini,
John Linville, alisbury,
t <
.rt Loaz, Cit •
John Landis, Conoy,
Simim Minnich, East Ilempfield,
Jacob Martin, Strasburg,
Henry Musser, Strasburg borough,
Peter Ranek, East Earl,
William Rice, Conestoga,
Andrew Robeson, Carmtrvon,
Christian Shirk, Mount joy,
John Stouffer, East Donegal,
John Smith, East Cocalico,
John M. Shenk, Providence.
RIDE ON AN ELEPHANT
Bayard Taylor, in his book of Eastern
travels, just issued, gives his first elephant
riding experience as follows:
The 'Rajah had kept his promise, and his
big she elephant had already arrived. She
knelt at the keepers command, and a small
bidder was placed against her side, that I
might climb upon the pad, as I had ton
unable to borrow a howdah. I had a pack
age of bread and cold roast beef, to servo
me as a Willi, but was careful to conceal it
from the driver: otherwise himself and the
elephant, with all her trappings, must have
undergone purification on account of the un
clean flesh. I took a reluctant leave of Mr.
Keene, seated myself astride of the pad, with I
the driver before me on the elephant's neck,
and we moved off. The driver was a Sikh,
in a clean white and scarlet dress, and a
narrow handkerchief bound around his head.
His long well-combed hair was annointed
with butter, and, as his head was just under
my nose, I was continually regaled with the
nnctuous odors. Ile carried a short iron
spike with which.lic occasionally punched
the elephant's head, causing her to snort and
throw up her trunk, as she quickened her l i
pace. 1 found the motion very like that of
a large dromedary. and by no means un
pleasant or fatiguing. Though walking, She
went at the rate of about five miles an hour.
I noticed that the driver frequently spoite to
her, in a quiet, conversational tone, making
remarks about the roads and advising her
how to proceed—all of which she seemed to
understand perfectly, and obeyed without
hesitation.
Form DROWNED. — The body of a young
man, apparently about twenty-two years of
age, was found floating in the Susquehanna
river, opposite this borough, on Monday
evening last, and brought to the York county
shore, where an inquest was held on it by
Justice llruner, of Columbia. From what
information the inquest was able to obtain,
it was supposed to be the body of Washing-
ton Zook, or better known perhaps as Wash.
Mathias, who, with another young person,
were drowned on the 20th ult., at York
Haven, in this county. by the upsetting of
a skiff in Conewago Falls. There were three
persons in the skiff at the time, one of whom
was rescued, the other two drowned; only
one of the bodies of which has yet been
found. The deceased was clothed in a red
flannel shirt, ornamented on the breast with
stars, heart and buttons; pantaloons of
striped cassinett, coarse boots, and a nearly
new black Italian cravat round his peck.—
' He had on his person 52 cents in money,
and two pocket knives, but no mark by
which to identify him. The verdict of the
Jury was "accidentally drowned."—York
County Star.
LICEZ , 7CES GRANTED.—The Court on Satur
day last ordered that the following persons'
in this neighborhoodshould receire license,
upon complying with the requisite condi- '
tione of the last liquor law:
Columbia.—Daniel -Herr, Catharine How
ard, Joshua J. Gault, Martin Erwin, John
List, Cornelius Tyson, Joseph H. Black,
Jemima Brown, Henry K. Minnich.
Maricita.—William Appold, Lewis Hous
cal, George Peters, S. G. Miller, Sarah Flu
ry, David Cassel.
Washingion.—Gollieb Sehncr, Benjamin
Kauffman, C. H. Martin.
Hempfield Test John Kendig, Jacob
Klugh, Henry E. Wolf, Jacob Bletz, Wm.
l'orthemore.
Ilonnfield East.—Daniel Hess, Henry M.
Bear, John Davis, Simon Minnich, John
Shreiner.
Manor.—Thomas 'Fisher, Edward Hess,
John Brady, jr., George Bomberger, Jacob
S. Mann, John Daily.
The Court fixed the 4th Monday in June
for the hearing of applications for Eating
Honses.
The licenses are to run one year from
day on which the bonds are executed.
DEATH or A REMARKABLE WOMAN.—Died
at Mount Holly, New Jersey, Mrs. Jernsha
Palmer, (originally Barstow,) widow of Na
than Palmer, Esq., and cinco his death pub
lisher of the New Jersey Mirror, in the 80th
year of her age. Among her living descen
dants arc her sons, Voluey B. Palmer, of
the advertising agency, and Judge N. B.
Palmer, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, her
grand-daughter, the wife of the Rev. Abel
C. Thomas, &c. The late Governor Barstow,
of Wisconsin, is her nephew.
A WHALEMAN AMONG ARABS.
The whaling brig Lewis Bruce,of Orleans,
Capt. Ryder, arrived at Boston on the 7th
inst., from the coast of Africa, where she
has been cruising for several months in
search of whales. She brought home 310
barrels of oil and 25,000 lbs, of bone. The
whalemen during their voyage were often iu
the vicinity of the wandering Arabs, who
frequently came down to the coast from the
Great Desert. Capt. Ryder was once cap
tured by them while on shore, and they at
tempted to get him on a camel and carry
him off alive; but the captain was too cour
ageous to be thus made a slave of, and he
manfully resisted, when the savages shot
him in the legs to cripple him, and he in
turn shot one of the Arabs dead. Fortun
ately at this juncture he was saved by other
whalemen coining to the rescue, who drove
the Arabs olf and carried the wounded man
to his vessel. Capt. Ryder recovered from
his wounds and came home in command of
his vessel. There were about a dozen wha
ling vessels on the coast, and the seamen
had carried on considerable trading with
the natives, who are repr.Qented as being
exceedingly treacherous. The men while
on shore always went in company and were
well armed.
PASCHALL'S FEVER AND AGUE MIXTURE.
Some weeks ago we called attention to the
announcement of this remedy for Chills and
Fever, and kindred diseases, on the strength
of the knowledge we possessed of the stand-
its Proprietor, and the very unusually re
spectable certificates of its value which
were given in its-favor. We felt that neither I
that gentleman nor men of such high liter
ary and} social standing as Mr. G. P. R.
James, the Author and British Consul, Cha's.
W. Morris, of the Safe Harbor Iron Works,
and others, would permit their names to be
used unwarrantably or in furtherance of
empirical ignorance, and pretension, and
we therefore ventured to recommend the ar
ticle somewhat warmly. Further informa
tion and the experience of this neighborhood,
serve only to strengthen our first impress
ions, and we feel constrained once more to
bear testimony in its favor. We are con
vinced that it is fully worthy of the patron
age of the public.
The advertisement of Mr. Morris will be
found in another column.
riIITTIqTI CONSULATE.
Norfolk, Va.. 1811 f Fehruffrs.lB.7l.
My Dirsu Sin—You tell me not to give any testi
mony in regard to the efficacy of the Remedy Pas
chall unleis I do so willingly. 1 not only do so wil
lingly, but gladly, for I think it may be of great ser
vice tone public to have it generally known.
I have hail no attack of Fever myself for severnl
yearn; but 1 have recommended the remedy in many
noitiinemi. to friend, w•hn were suffering from Ague
they could tint throw oil; nod I have never known it
to foil in elfec•ing a cure. la many mstn tines a very
few doses have produced that result.
You are perfectly at liberty to make use of this fel
la-. tad from my knowledge of your integrity and uri
riglitueos of character, I am sure that all you do pull
will be errantly truthful and sincere with Mat of
Your-, faithfully, G. P. It. .I MES.
To Mr. ntlwurd S. Morris, Philadelphia, Pa.
r 4 -rz sAsvortrrs INVICDRATOR 1. 'worn
meodmi to the public. relying upon it.: intriniic excel
!owe to tenure it favor.
For sill !Limes titinekn. it may be truly and safely
relied upon an being gully capable of retnnvong the
d Inca,* for which it in reed - anteceded, and far giving
tone and vigor to the general system.
lie qu a l iti es have been fully tented in a long vac
lice, by the proprietor. Through the urgent Follette
boon of marry, who have wed mid been bet...fluted by
it, the proprietor hue been induced to place it before
the paint, e. For till Ihlious DerollgOMOlll 4 , Sick
Headache. Chronic Diarrlirtia, Habitual Contivenesn,
Bilious Colrc r Dyspepnia, Pain in tile Slomach and
Dowels. (letter:o Debility, Female &e.
For gRiO, try ilimggietn generally. and by Sam'l Fil
bert, Coluinbm, lea, and .1. A. Wolf. Wrightsville, Fa.
Dyott h sow, general agents, Philadelphia.,and also
by Sanford Si: Co , N. V.
May 3, 1.056-ly
DAI.II.EV'S GENUINE PAIN EXTRACTOR
writ subside the pnin and inflammation from the seve
rest burns or scalds, in from one to twenty minutes--
and that it will heal the wound without scar, and ef
fectually cure Fever Sores—Piles—Salt Rheum—ln
flammatory Illicumatisin—Sore arid Inflamed Eyes—
Cuts-IVounds-41mi res—Old unit Inveterate Sores
—Scald Head—Corns and Ilunions.—Erysipelas—
Sprains—Swellings—Selmis—Chilihniis—Blics of In
sects—Swelled and broken freivd—Sore Nipples—
Erupt ions—and all other inflammatory and cutaneous
diseases, where the ports attested can be readied.
Don't Ire incredulous about the many diseases
named to be cured by only one thing—but reflect that
the tew, but positive prop trues which the Dailey
Salve alone eontam•, and ns heretofore enumerated
—one to fnor—tan reach riot almte the nfore.inen.
tinned diseases, hill many more not enumerated.
Query.—Do not regal:if phys icians prescribe calo
mel inwardly fed seems of ilFeretit diseases.
Each box of genuine rhilleV's Pain Extractor liar
upon it n steel plate engraved label WWI the signs
litre of C V. Clickenes A Co.,proprietors, and Drury
Dailey. Manufacturer. All others are counterfeit.—
Prier Si cents per box.
t rrAm orders should lie addressed to C. V. Click
ewer A. Co., SI Ilarelay street, New York.
September :29,
Sri DR ISAAC TIIOMPSON'S much celebrate
El E WATER. 'lls:items mond unrivalled: ,
This old, tried arid invaluable remedy for all diemo
- of the eyes. atter having stood the test of over
Fifty Years, and the demand for it still increasing, is
now. and has been for the past two years, offered for
sale inn an entire new dress. Each bottle will have a
Steel Plate Engraved Envelope. with a portrait of the
inventor, Dr. Isaac Thompson_ New London, Conn ,
and a fJe simile of Ms sitmature, together wok a fat
simile of the signature of the present proprietor. John
L. Thompson, No. IGt and l(t3 River street, Troy
New York. and none other cox be genuine.
The proprietor has been compelled to make Ibis
change in the style of the wrapper, owing to the 'erg.
quantity of counterfeit which for the past few years
has been palmed upon the community, and especially
at the west.
Purchasers are particularly requested to buy bone
but the above described, and es the semi label hereto
fore used bas been culled in, any found in that form
the proprietor does not hesitate to pronounce counter
feit.
For sale by all the respectable druggists in the
United 'States and Canadas.
ALWAYS SOMETHING TUIS—OLD
AND YOUNO.—POOF. WOOD'S HAIR RS...IODATION—ma
restore gray Hair to its original color permanent:
made to grow upon bald heads; remove all dandruff
or itching, destroy all diseases of the scalp; and if
aced say once or twice n week regularly, will pre
vent the hair from becoming gray or falling, to any
imaginable age. Bead the following te.it monists
and we defy you to doubt. (Says the NVaverly Meg
azine )
Success to the genius whose tonic we say
Turns back to its color the hair that was gt sy.
From the Boston Herald.
SO36ISTITING WORTS! Xxoetqaci!—By usestr, Professor
Wood's Hair Restorative, gray linirs con be perma
nently restored to its original color. The subjoined
certificate front Johnston & Stone, Gardiner. file., is
but one of the many instances dint are daily coming
to our knowledge of its wonderful effects. It is no
longer problematical, but a self.evident truth, us hun
dreds in our community can testify.
Want:sea, Me.,June 22,1835.
Prof. 0. J. Wood—Dear Sir:—l have used two bot
tles of Prof. Wood's flair Restorative, and eon truly
say it is the greatest discovery of the uge for restor
ing and changing the flair. Before 'sing it 1 was a
mah of seventy. My hair has now attained its origi
nal color. You can recommend it to the world with
out the least fear, as my case was one of the worst
kind. Yours, respectfully,
DAN'L N. Muartir.
BROOIMISLD, Mass., Jun. 12,
Prof. Wood—Dear kliri—Haviv made a trial of
your Hair Restorative, it gives me pleasure to say
that its effect had been excellent in removing inflam
mation. dandruff, and a constant itching tendency
with which I have been troubled from childhood, and
has also restored my hair wl icl, was becoming gray
to its original color. I have used no other article
with anything like the pleasure and profit.
Yours truly, J. K. BRAGG,
Pastor of the Orthodox Church, Brookfield.
From the Editor of the Real Estate Advertiser, 2
School Street.
Bosrox, itrarch 20,1954
Prof. Wood—Dear Sir—Having become premature
ly quite gray, / was induced some six weeks since.
to make a trial of your Hair Restorative. I have used
less than two bottles,but the gray hairs have disap
peared; and although my heir has not fully attained
its original color, yet the change Is gradually going
on. and I have great hopes that in a short lime my
hair will be as dark as formerly. I have also been
much gratified at the healthy moisture am] vigor of
the hair, which, before, was harsh and dry, and it has
ceased to come out as formerly
Respecjlldly yours,
Mu:roil% Wor . eester Co., MIA, ' Nov. 11;1&54.
Prof. O. J. Wood—Dear Sir--I lake plensu re in bear
ing voluntary testimony to the magic effects of your
wonderful Hair Restorative. -As far back as 1%6 my
hair commenced falling off, until the top of my
. scalp
became Said and smooth as glass, and it has continued
to fall for a great manyyearsmothwithstandifig I have
used many celebrated preparations for its restoration.
Seeing your advertisement, I was induced to give
your article a trial, and to my utter astonishment, I
found after a few applications that my hair became
firmly set and assumed a very glossy and beautiful
appea ranee; and, by the lime I had used a quart bottle
my bald head was covered over with a youlig and vig
orous growth °fluor, wh i ch is now from one to two
niches in length, and growing very fast. Yours, truly
HENRY GOODRICH.
HAM RE.7OI3STIVIL—In our columns to-day will be
found Prof. Wood's novertisement of the above article
to which we call attention. What it has done, we
have witnessed upon several of our acquaintances in
Louis. Bair once gray met our view, black or
brown, as the case might be, being the color of early,
manhood; and as fine and glossy as silk, and that
without any other application than the estorative.—
Mt has done this upon others, wil I it not da the same
tor any of our readers whose '•frosty- pates" were
once like the "raven locks" of Loclairl's warlike chief
it they will try it? We think 80.—Jueksone ale
October 2d.
Address 0..1. Wood & C 0.., 316 Broadway, N. Y.,
anil2l4 Market street, St. Louis, Proprietors.
T. W. Dyou & SOll , W1101(.13113 Agents, Philapelphia.
For sale by W. J. Shircinitn, Front street, Columbia,
March 15,15 W.
fluiroicay's Pills unquestionably the
most efficacious Remedy in the Union for
Asthmatic Complaints and Coughs. The
number of cures these wonderful Pills have
effected in all parts of the union, more par
ticularly in eases of asthma of long stand
ing, and coughs, leave no doubt upon tho
mind of all who have used them that they
surpass anything of the kind ever mado
known; by a perseverance with this admir
able remedy, the sufferer is quickly restored
to health, after every other means have
failed; and it is a truth beyond dispute.
that there is no case of bilious disorder, or
liver complaints, but that will quickly yield
to the powers of this mighty medicine.
61,ir atrri“t.
1.0)1411171 - 113 011116 191 0131 AI
1010..ESALli PRICES.
_TIMMS S; Grub P
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2d Common do' • ' ---.-- n r
Ist Common do. . 30 00
Pannol do 36 00
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Hemlock Boards and Scantling, 11 00
Do do do long lengths,l3 00
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Pine Scantling,
Plaster Lath,
Shingles,
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS
FLoca.—The market for flour is steady,
but rather quiet to-day, and only about 1560
bbls found buyers at tiG for standard brands,
including 100 bbls extra at i.N'G,2S per bbl.
The last sales of Peun'a. Corn Meal were at
$2,50 per bid. llye 'Flour is also without
much demand, and only about 200 bbls
hove been disposed of at ti3,62i per bbl.
GRAIN.—Wc quote red Wheat at 140@
150 c, and white at 1500 - 4160 e for fair to
prime lots, with a small business doing.
Tlye is in fair request, with further sales of
about 3000 bus. Western at 72e. The trans
actions in corn reach about 10,000 - bus, in
lots, mostly at 54c for prime Southern,
afloat, 50(n53 for damp lots, as to condition
and 30®411 for damaged. Oats in moderate
demand; 3000&1000 bus, mostly prime Jer
sey, have been disposed of at 3-le, afloat,
WitisKv.-11b1s. are worth 2tie and Idols
26c per gallon.—Korilt American, 15th ins!.
PUBLIC SALE.
THOMAS & SON'S, AUCTIONEERS,
VALUABLE . MILL PROPERTY,
WITII 40 ACRES, Cecil counly,-Illarylacul,
opposite Ilavre De Grace.
On Tuesday, May 27th, 1556, at 9 o'clock in the eve
ning, will be sold at public sate, at the Philadelphia
1 - ..xc'lunge. All that Valuable Property shunter in
Cecil county. Maryland, on the Susquehanna river,
idiom one mile north of Perryville, on the adinnorn
and Philadelphia Rai I road. nit nearly opposite linens
De Grace. known as The Perry Mills. Tile im.
firmaments are anew three story 11 ERGIIANT
11111.1., with three run of Burrs, n substantially
constructed Wirier Wheel of 25 feet diameter, with
all necessary fixtures and improved machinery for
the manufacturing of best quality of flour, and now in
full operation. An eXtelllllVC Saw Mill, driven by an
overshot wheel of 30 feet demister, and using the
water Independent of the Flour Mill. There are also
5'"1"(:)..1FILM SOVIS.EtS on hlrc
property. Tile head and fall of tae strewn at com
mand is about 120 feet, and eon be used directly on
lire margin or th e rivet, where a second mill - could be
erected to make at least 200 barrels of flour per day,
without interfering with the work of the present milk,
as the flow of the stream will afford safticient water
to create a power equal to that extent. There arc
about FORTY Auftiis OF LAND attached to the
property. The Port Deposit Brunch Railroad con
necting with the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad
at Perryville will be completed this spring, and passes
directly in front of the mill; a switch and riddling can
be built for special use of the property, thus affording
a choice with a rapid transit by water. railroad or ca
nal, to either the italtimore or Philadelphia markets
during the whole 5 ear, at livery small cost. A large
supply of grain can at all times be obtained nt the
Mulls front the fertile counties of Geed, Harford and
Lancaster and from the Tide Water Canal., the outlet
of which is immediately opposite the hull, while the
well known lumber trade of the Susquehanna affords
abundant materiel for an exteusive business at tha
Saw Mill.
ilrA large portion of the purchase money may
remain.
Errionmedtate possession will be given. A large
and profitable business in Flour. Meal, ace., is done ut
the Mill with the neighbonng towns, and the flour has
a high reputation in the Baltimore and New York
Markets. M. THOMAS & SONS.
Auctioneer., Nov (17 and 69 South Fourth St.
ra'A stock of empty Barrels, pair of Horses, nod
everything necessary for carrying on the business
may be had on the premises.
May 17, 1856-2 t
suf.:HET FOR Tim LADIES —IIOW TO
'RESERVE DEAUTY.—Don't use Chalk, Lily
Ch le. or any of the so-called cosmetics, to conceal
a faded or sallow complexion.
If you would have the roses brought back to your
cheek, a clear, healthy and transparent skin. and lite
lind vigor infused through the system, get a bottle of
Carler'a Spantsh Mixture and take it according to di
rections. It does not mote quite as well an your
sweet-meats; but if. after a tew doses, you do lint find
your health and beauty reviving. your step elastic. and
vigorous, the whole system refreshed and invigorated
like a Spring niortitng.then your case is hordes., and
all the valuable certificates we possess. go for nought.
It is the greatest purifier of the Weal known, is
perfectly harmieni, and at the same tram powerfully
emetic was.
See advertisement.
OirsaT Nines roost Wain:Live !—The Electric Oil
advertised in our Dail) and %VetMy papers t• •nut in
be truly n Food remedy (Or the itis that the flesh is
heir to. It is not alien that we satire the patent med
icines with which every crimmunity i• flomled. but
the many cures effected It> this Oil in this city have
led us to thus direct the lamest:to of the public to it .-
IVhreline Doily Intelligente ,
The Oligee of Mo. great remedy is et 29 S. Eighth
street, l'huLidelphia.
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