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Col umbia, April 1 xi, 1850-11
DR. G. W. MIFFLIN,
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flee. Columbia, Pa.
Columbia. May 3, 1856.
11. M. NORTH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Columbia, Pa.
Collections, romptly made, in Lancaster and York
Counties.
Columbia, May 4,1850.
SAMUEL EVANS,
TUSTICE OF TIIE PEACE. Office in the Odd
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Columbia, August' 5, 1855.
3. E. RACHENBERG,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Columbia, Fdnn'a.
OFFIC in Locust street, four doors above Front.
eolumbia, May 15, iszta.
DAVIES E. BRUNER, ESQ.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND CONVEYANCED.,
offers his services to the citizens of Columbia,
and assures them that he will attend with promptitude
to all business entrusted to his rare. Office—Front
street, between Union and Perry. Residence—South
side Second street, 2nd door below Union.
Columbia. January 13.1855-Iy
- SAMUEL LODGE,
Tzpetwucea-zNedistatx Asartifsrt,
Corner Front Locust sts., Columbia, Pa.
Pictures taken for 25 cents
And upwards, and satisfaction guaranteed.
IrrNO Picture need be taken from the Gallery
unless it is styli as is really desired.
Columbia, Idu:ch 31.1835.
B. P. APPOLD & CO.,
GENER:irroirmorratati Aim-coma-8-7
ISEEBASION MERCHANTS,
RECEIVERS OF
COA.LAND PRODUCE,
And Deliverers on any point on the Columbia and
Philadelphia Railroad. to York and
Baltimore and to Pittsburg;
DVALVAIS IN COAL. FLOUR AND GRAIN,
WHISKY * AND BACON, hove Jo.%received a
large lot of Monongahela Rectified Whiikey, from
Pittsburg, of which the Will keep a supply constantly
CM hand. at low prices. Nos.l;li gild 6 Canal Basin.
Columbia, January 27.1254. *
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J. SHROMDZIR,
Ladies Boot & shoe Manufacturer,
No. 1 Locust street, Columbia, Pa.
RESPECTFULLY tenders his sincere thanks for the
very liberal patronage he has received, and would
announce to his patrons that he has Just supplied him
self with a large mid choice variety of materials, and is
prepared to make up, in addition to his large stock of
ready-made work on hand. Ladies. Misses. and Clot
dress SHOES, GAITERS, BOOTS. SLIP
PERS, die.,in the latest and best styles. Heft .
solicits a continuance of the favor so liberally
bestowed by the public.
JANES SIIROEDER,
Columbia, Pa.
1110:611 15, 1850
Penn'a Rail Road Freight Station.
1411E1011T- OFFICE and 'DEPOT in the new
building. corner of Front and Gay streets, n ear
the Collector's Office.
Ticket Office for, Passengers, East nod NVest. nt the
Washington Hotel. ERASTUS K. 11010 E,
Aprill9.lWA•tr Freight h Ticket A aritt.
Gas Fitting.
TTIRAM WILSON gives this branch of busi
xi_ eras particular Eltlefilioll. As he executes all
work in this lute himself, it will be warranted equal
o any in the country, and at as low rates.
Thankful for the patronage with which he has al
ready been favored. he respectfully Folieitg a con
inunnee of the - same. HIRAM Wll. .SON.
One door shove Jonas Rumple's Hardware Store.
Columbia, Feb. 24.11355.
0 ATS FOR SA LE
.
B T TILE BUSHEL, or in larger quantities,
at Noa.l, & 6 Canal Basin,
B. F. APPOLD & CO.
Columbia, January' =G. 1856
GROCERIES!
THE subscriber would inform the public that he is
constautly receiving fresh supplies of the best Fam
ily Groceries the market will afford; come and satisfy
yourselveaSWAßTZ.
Columbia, Sane 1858.
ROPES, ROPES, ROPES.
50iCOILS, superior qualities, various sizes,
list received and (or sale he l p . y H & RICH.
Columbia, March 22,1856
BIRD SEED'S.—Canary, Hemp, and Rape Seeds
For Finical MeCORICL.F.&
Aprzi 12, Family Medicine Store.
PRIME DOS, a 1-2 cll. per pound;
Shoulderg, 10 do do
Dried Beef, 14 do do
Tide Water Banal Money received for goo,l.
WELSH & BICH
Columbia, 'AI ay 11,1056.
A MORK and Burning Fluid, alwayk on
1.1. hand, at the lowest prices, at the Family Medicine
gedore, Odd Fellows' Hall.
irebFullrY 2 , 1856.
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vim should any person do without a Clock,
W.V when they can be had for et 1 .50 and upwards.
lIREINER'S?
at
Colombia, April 28, 1555
iv - ST RECEIVI-Ma large and well selected variety
of Brushes, consisting in part ofShoe, flair, Cloth.
Crumb , Nail, fiat and Teeth Brushes. nod for Pale by
R. %VILMA MS.
Front street Colombia. Pn.
Marell 22. 'SG
A surEnion. article of PAINT OIL. for tale by
R.. WILLIAMS.,
11 Street, Columbia,
R 10.]
CONTINUES to occupy the large building
at the corner of Second and Locust streets, and
offers to those dent ring conitortsble boarding the great
est conveniences. At his Saloons and Restaurant
will be found Luxuries of all kinds in season, which
will I.e served up in :he best manner and at the short
est notice. Ile respectfully solicits a share of patron•
age. [Columbia, Alay 10, 1h.56.
SI SO
Mount Vernon House, Canal Basin,
Columbia, _Pa.
HENRY S. mirsicH, PROPRIETOR.
rrthe best accommodations and every attention
given to guests, who may •favor, this establishment.
with their patronage: . - Writ 19,18554 U
Franklin House, Locust st. Columbia, Pa
rrliE subscriber continues to occupy this
well-known Hotel. and will do everything in his
power to comfortnbly entertain all who may patron
lie him. His farilities for accommodating Horses,
Droves, &c., are superior.
MARTIN ERWIN.
Aprill9, 1950.1 y
Washington House, Columbia,.Pa.
DANIEL HERR, PROPRIETOR.
THIS old and well-known house is still In
the occupancy of the sub4criber,and offers every
inducement to the traveller, in the way of comfort and
convenience. The Cars, east and west, start from
this estabiishmem, and it has other advantages unsur
passed by any. Terms reasonable,
Columbia, April 12, 1E413-Iv
Bellevue House,
NE, CORNER of Front and Walnut streets,
. COLUMBIA. l'A.
JOSIIUA J. GAULT. PROPRIETOR.
(succemor to I3ardweil k Brenemon and Mrs. Haines)
The House Is furni,hed with all Modern Improve
ments, and every attention will be given to secure
the comfort of guests. Charges moderate.
Columbia, April It?. 1A56-tf
11. SIIEPARD would respectfully inform
Li, the citivens of Columbia and vicinity, that he has
ellected an agency with the
Philadelphia Piano Forte Manufacturing
Company,
whose Pianos for superior tone, finish, and durability,
have for years stood unrivalled.
Ile is prepared to deliver theta here at the lowest city
prices, and would most respectfully solicit the patronage
of such as wish to procure a good and substantial in
strument.
A specimen of the above mentioned instrument may
be seen by calling at his music room, cast corner of
Front and Locust streets, Columbia.
February d.
BORDENINOWAT rzusteaLE
COLLEGE;
BORDENTOWN, New Jersey—This instill
-1011 is pleasantly locuied on the bank of the Del
aware River, near the grounds of the late Joseph Rona-
Parte,and diteeily on the railroad between New York
and Philadelphia. !Icing chartered with full colle
giate powers, It eonfers diplomas on ibose who com
plete the pi escritied course of study- Entire expen
-en board, tunioa . kc., for line col legtate course,
one handled and forty-four dollars per year. Orna
mental branches extra. Pupils received at any period
of the year and charged accordingly.
Catalogues inlay be obtained by addressing
Pry Jourk: H. I.IIfAICELEY. A M.
rretident.
Pnotio,oss.
From the 'Ercaion Daily State Gazette.
BORDENTOWS
-- ....,7 •• =„ - as 7ersore rtualsars a 1 Di • urn t.
adapted to its purposes, ran rarely be found. The
young ladies have sin elegant play ground. well
shaded, and commanding a fine view of the Purl:, the
Delaware. Penn" 7%llliter-rind Trenton. lit- cues
itaisive Chemical and Philosophical Appitraiti, a
large. Ilertiarainn, and a bile callection of A merican
and Foreign minerals uud fossils.
Rev. Mit. Mummer', FEMALE SEMINARY.— •
• • • We may midi - gout our perannal acquaint
ance wiat the men, I, that pupils could not well be
intro•ted to the keeputo of n mate esumnble teacher
than he is —Stale Ton „rat lfilvitngton, Del.
POrtDENTOV:‘ g9l.Ltilig — lt ECerrls ‘010.111:1'
the course of elm!) ntatketl out i. mo.t r,reolleitt—
tu.t the proper one to lirlitg; forth true women. nod no:
the bauble. IttrorM otT front 111:111) . of our female Feint
naries.—Corndrn (N 7) Democrat.
flOanc:eTowN FL'VALR. CoLt.ticaß.—ri. , , roet thin on
mot prominent eta,. n• laud acknowledged •nrriu!
parents eatra-t the mieliare and I•1111r3t1011 of Moir
daughters to Rev. Alt. llothr!e) a far greater ter
iiitinaini in Ilk tielialititan any array of reference•
American Banner.
Bonoocrows FEMALE COLLEGE —We know ol no
location inn tine country where tine health of theoluilem
can he so promoted a- Inert.; cilule the air of beauty
and romance winch surnonind+ the place trio-1 tend in
no •mall degree to the refinement and elevanon of
taste and fee lug. • • • • 0
Of the litelary ud vu mac, we need not speak; the
name of Rev. J. lf. Brukeley, as President, is n suffi
cient guarantee for Meta. Of stern integrity and
moral worth—in hi= deportment mild, yet firm ni d on.
moved, and endowed with superior educational quill•
ifientions—he cannot fat it to exercise a most heitithful
and mumbling influence open, all WIIO are under his
influence —Eordentomen Repute,
BOIIDEVTOWN FILMALC CoLmms..—A more plensimi
and healthy sight could not lie selected in nll New
Jersey for MI /11blill11.011 of learning.—New Bruns
wick Predonmn.
June 21, 1:150—Im
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. The under
signed invite the attention of the public to their
cxten.is e stock of CIGARS. of all kind., which they offer
at prices cheaper than erer sold en this :awn before.
Also, just recetved u. fresh supply of FA %ILLY GRO
CERIES. 11CC MAN 3: FRITSCII,
Canter of locust and Third streets.
Columbia. February t 1.1,50.
VTROLESALE and Retail Bread and Cake
V Baker.—Constantly on hand a variety of :tikes,
too numerous to mention: Crackers; Soda, VVme, Scroll,
and Sugar Biscuit; Confectionery, of every ilescriptioa,
ace., de. I:OCUST smart,
Feb. 2,*56. Between the Bank and Franklin House.
330U513 ROOFING, SPOUTING,
Plumbing, Bell Hanging, and everything eon
will lie promptly attend
ed to by the sub.crilier.on the nin..t reasonable terms.
Constantly on hued n large iirippl) of Lend Pipe suita
ble for hydrants. All work wnrranted.
HIRAM WILSON,
corner of Second and Locust streets.
Columbin. Feb. 21. 1,55
[We give a place to the following queer
little fairy-story, as an amusing specimen of
the German nursery tales. We don't quite ap
prove of the moral of the story, but as we
cannot believe that any of our readers are
lazy little girls, we need not warn them
against depending on women' to
help them through their tasks, and then dis
honestly passing the ugly industrious crea
tures oil fur aunts.—Little
Once there was a maiden who was lazy
and would not spin : and however much her
mother talked to her, she could not bring
her to it. Finally one day the mother over
come by anger, gave the girl a beating, at
which she began to weep aloud. Now, just
at that time, the Queen vras riding by, and
as she heard the weeping, ordered her car
riage to stop. She stepped into the house
_ and asked the mother why she beat her
Just Received, I daughter . Then the woman was ashamed
A LARGE LOT of Children's Carriages, to reveal the faults of her daughter, and an-
GT.,, Rocking Horses, Wheelbarrows, ['rape
lers, Nursery Swing,s, toe. GEORGE. J. t351M1. swered, "I cannot prevent her from spinning.
Apra Is, ta,c. Locust street. She
will ever *and continually spin, and I
nt:s:A and other Fancy Articles. too numerous am poor and cannot procure her the flax."
C
mcotton , for sole ray 4; J. Sll. ITU, Locust street,
bets,cen the Bunk and Franklin House. Then said the Queen, "I like nothing better
columbia. Aprtl 10, 1956. than spinning—am never more delighted
Acellent Dried Beef, than when the wheel is buzzing. Allow
QV:AR Cured and Plain Iforns,lsbouldcrs and Sides,
for sale by your daughter to come with me into the
March . 1 . 15.5 n
RICA.
LIVEB.I2" STABLE.
THE sllbscriber respectfully in
forms 111 A friend* and the public gene! , ' 1 . 4
ally dint he has ilk:al:liked the proprietor 4 hip
of the Livery Stulkle, lormerly kepi by Air. J. 11. - 114-
ward-, and recently by Mr. John Fetlerlv. Ile re•
vpectfully toilette , the pal ronntte of all who may need
any convenience in In* h ne.dctermined to do W. best
to accommodate lki* ett.aomers. as far as may lie in
his power. lit , eh:tree...Mall be moderate—vo much
no that he feels a--tired of giving satisfaction on Ole
point as well us all other,
TIIOJI A. 6 G ROOM.
Columbia. Apnl 19. IStA•tf
GEORGE J. SMITH,
T OCUST STREET, has jut commenced man
ufucturing I.ENIoN 13MR. and keep" corouuntly
on hand.n full nirgoriintili lof SWIM DRINKS.
Columbia. April 19.11-54
TONIC SPICIE BITTERS,
en, for sale by
K. WILLIAMS.
Front street. Columbia.
always on bond, and for
R. WILLIAIIS.
t Street. Columbia. Va.
AM PS ENI•:. ■m! for mm
R. WILLIAMS.
Street, Columbia, rok.
SOLUTION OF CITRATE OF MAINESII,or
Pur
ggative Mineral Waier —This pleasant medicine
watch is highly recommended as a substitute for
Cpsiirn Malts, Seidlitz Powders, ice.. ran be obtained
fresh every day at SAM'L. FILBERT'S Drag Store,
Front at. 1)2
IC OIL. JaA receive.'
ulcer remedy, and for sale
R. W11...1.1/11415.,
==Z!
AND CAR GREASING
lore of the-subeenber.
ariLu A mg.
It littreet,Colambia,-ft.
BACHELOR'S HA IR Itlal.—No burning, blistering
Compound could ever have uttunted the univereal
favor accorded to this the original, never-failing favor
ite. Nature is not more true to herself than the brown
or black produced to the reddest, grayest. or MR ,
frowsy' hair by u. Blade and sold, or applied at Bach
elor's Wig FlortorY.23ll.l3roadway, f. Y, The genu
ine article for sale at
NeCOB BLE tc DELLETTS
April Bt. Family 31edmine Store.
,lust received and for
S. C. SWARTZ
!'WEB. For sole ut
ECKLEa. DELLETT'S
Felinity Medicine Store.
GFERBARD BRANDT,
PIANOS.
CIGARS! CEDARS!
GEORGE J. SMITH,
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATIi ' AYAMO:RNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1856.
REN.ed,ItY IN EAST INDIA
The following rerrunicable poem appeared originally,
it is believed in the St. Helena Magazine, and emus alter
' wards copied into the London Spectator and other jour
nals. It will be new to most renders. It relates to the
early services of English othiers in India when the army
was mowed down by pestilence. When Mr. Macaulay's
account of die effects of oR.all pox is remembered, as it
describes the separation of brothers, sisters and lovers, it
will he seen that this poem gives, with wonderful effect,
what is far nobler, however painful, the very poetry of
military despair, but null the dying together of brothers
in arms:
We meet 'Heath the sounding rafter
And the walls around are bare,
As they about to our peals of laughter
It seems that the dead are there.
But stand to your glasses, steady;
We drink to our comrades' eyes,
Quaff a cup to the dead already;
Aud hum! for the next that dies:
Not here are the goblets glowing;
Not here as the vintage sweet;
'Tic cold, as our hearts are growing,
And dark, as the doom we inert.
But stand to your glasses, steady!
And soon shall our pulses rise,—
A cup to the dead already;
Barra! for the next that dies.
D. 111,1111
Not a sigh for the lot that darkles;
Not a tear for the friends that sink;
We'll fall. midst the wine cup's sparkles,
As mute as the wine we drink.
So stand to your glasses, steady
'is this that the respite buys;
One cup to the dead already;
Mara! for the next that dies.
Time was when we frowned at others;
We thought we were wiser then;
Ha! ha! let them think of their mothers
Who hope to sec them again!
No! stand to your glances stead> !
The thoughtless are here, and the wise;
A cup to the dead already;
Hurts! for the next that dies.
There's many a band that's shaking
There's many a cheek that's sunk;
But soon, though our hearts arr brettk tug,
They'll burn with the wine we've drunk!
So stand to your glasses steady!
'Tis here the revival lies;
A cup to the dead already;
Ilurral for the next that dies.
There's a mist on the glass congealing
'Tie the hurricane's fiery breath;
And thus does the warmth of feeling
Turn ice in the grasp of death.
lie! stand to your glasses steady!
Fqe a moment the vapor flies;
A cup to the dead already;
Eturral for the ITtt that dies.
Who dreads to th; aust - raiirnhig!
Who shrinks from the sable shore?
Where the high and the haughty yearning
Of the soul shall sting no mere?
Not stand to your glasses steady!
The world is a world of Les;
A cup to the dead already;
Hum! for the next that dies.
Cut off from the land that bore us,
Betray'd by the lan,l o e find,
'here I::thtest have cone before ns
And the dallera remain behind.
Stand! stand to )our glasses stead):
"its all is e have lea to prt/e;
A cup to the dead already:
And burro: for the next that di,.
GOD'S BLESSING ON THEM
I=
God's blessing on theml—those old saints
Who battled hard and long;
Who cleft in twata a stubborn chain,
And conquered might and wrong!
0, Tone' ITN ere their sanctity,
Nor let their glory cerise;
For by mortal victory,
They sealed immortal pence.
GoTs blessing on them!—llioss stout beasts,
In these advancing days,
'Who seek to guide the progress stride
From error's countless ways!
0! be their truck n track of light,
The min and march of limn;
The wise to shape Our steps aright—
The good to lend the way.
God's blessing on them!—one and all,
Of e% cry rank and clime,
Who suite to aid the stern crusade
Against the growth of crime!
O! be their names a rally ing cry
For ages yet to come:
A word uhose echo shall not die
Till nature's self be dumb!
BistritaltEDlts.
THE THERE SPINNERS
shall she spin as much as she pleases." The
mother readily consented, and the Queen
took the maiden with her.
As she came into the palace, she led the
girl up to three chambers, which lay filled
from the bottom to the top, with the most
beautiful flax.
"Now, spin this flax," said she "and when
you bring it to me completed, you shall have
my oldest son for ytur husband; though you
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fati,gable industry is tliiwzr!!l . ttough." ^ 7 -
The maiden was l'ruit4y frightened,'lbY
re t o
she could not spin. the fl _ even should she
live to be three hund rpars old,':.and
should sit at it every dayt, miriornirig till
night. As she was nowssipturshe began to
weep, and sat so three dais without turning
aband. . -.
On the third day theAueert came,., and
wondered when she saw ltir'e was :nothing
spun. 'The maiden excused herself by Say
ing that she was so sadbeirig so -widely
separated from her mothe r's-house, thatshe
could not yet begin. Ttlsa Queen re
ceived, but said, upon going-aviay; "To-mora
row you must commenceyenr work."
As the maiden was alone again, and knew
not how to advise or 134:3ierself, she step
ped, in her distress, to the-window. There
she saw three women approaching, of whom
the first had a broad, fiat' foot ; the second'
had an under lip so large that it hung down
over her chin ; and theOird had a broad
thumb. As she renutinedhefore the window
they stopped, looked up, and asked the
maiden what she wanted.z.
After she relatedto thein her trouble, they
offered her theirassistau4, and said, "If you
will invite us - to your wfdding, and not be
arhamed of us, call us yofir aunts, and give
us seats at the table, thiii will we spin up
your flax in quick time,".
"With all my heart," answered she, come
now, and begin to work.';'
So she let in the magical women, and made
a hole in the flax in the first chamber, where
they seated themselves and began their spin
ning. The first drew out the thread and
trod the wheel; the second moistened the
thread, and the third reeled it and struck
with her finger upon the t table, and as often
as she struck, a skein of yarn fell to the floor
and it was spun in the finest manner.
The maiden concealed :the three spinners
from the Queen, and showed her, as often
as she came, such qualities of spun yarn,
that the latter found no sad to her praise.
When the first ehatraii MIS cleared, they
went to the second, antl;it last to the third
which was soon ended. rlcow 4 .the three wo
men, took their loarv,elf , elsidt,t9 the girl..
"Forget notrtrhgt;t9
ems,.
As the maiden showed the Queen the emp
ty rooms, and the great piles of yarn, she
began making preparations for the wedding.
The bridegroom was delighted that he was
going to have so skillful and expeditious a
wife, and praised her very much.
"I have three aunt-," said the maiden,
"who have been very good to me, and I
would not willingly forget them in my pros-
P , rui" that 1 invite them to the
wedding, and give them eats at the table."
The Queen and bridegroom gave a willing
consent.
At last, when the feast had commenced,
three curiously dres.ed women stepped in.
"Ali!" said the bridegroom, "how came
you by these deformed relatives?"
Thereupon, he went to the one with a
broad flat foot, and asked—" Why have you
such a broad foot?" "From treading," said
she, "from treading."
Then he went to the second and said—
" From whence have you that long under
lip?"
"From moistening, thread," answered she,
from moistening thread."
Then asked he the third—" Why have you
t broad thumb?"
From thread twi<ting," answerf•d she,
"from thread twisting.'
"Then shall my beautiful bride henceforth
never, lir rer touch a wheel."
Thus did she get rid of the bad flax spin-
ME
A RUSSIAN MISTRESS JEALOUS OF
HER SLAVE
The ..1116toncitte Zeilitng of the 21st ofJuly,
gives the following illustration of serfdom in
Russia, as of recent occurrence:
Among the serfs owned by a widow lady,
was a girl who had been brought up with
unusual indulgence, had received a superior
education, and acquired manners far more
cultivated than belonged to her class, to
which advantages was added the natural i
gift of an attractive person. At an early
age she, was apprenticed at St. Petersburg
to a French dressmaker; and having attain-;
ed to some skill in the business, was af
ter a time offered profitable employment.
This her mistress permitted her to accept,
on the usual payment of an obrok to herself ,
in lieu of her personal service. The girl con- j
ducted herself well in her situation, acquired
a knowledge of the French language and I
formed habits of considerable refinement.—
Ilere site attracted the notice of an officer of;
the rank of colonel, who in due time proved,
his attachment by offering marriage. The
girl accepted the propasal, and nothing re-1
mained but to obtain her freedom from her
mistress. The purchase money the colonel
was willing to pay. This ought to have
been regulated by the amt.; which the girl s
had paid, calculated by so many years' pur- •
chase. The officer, however, was not dispo
sed to cavil abeutthe price, but on applying
to the mistress, 1.(.. whom he unfortunately
explained his purpose, he received for an
swer that on no terms whatever would she
emancipate her slave.
Every effort was used to shake the resolu
tion, which appeared unaccountable ; but
argument entreaty and money were alike un
availing, and the lady remained inexorable,
giving in the end the clue to her obstinacy
by observing that she would never ate her
PLEASURE SO LASTLNG."
!serf tal3:precedence of her, as she would do
d iteitied" to a colonel, while she was her
"self at`fhe widow of a major. The match
was necessarily broken of, and the girl's
prospect of happiness destroyed. To com
plete her missery, her mistress revoked her
leave of absence, and ordered her as soon as
possible to return to her native village.!--
Arrived in the village the unhappy girl, ac
customed to the habits and customs of civil
le'ed life, was clothed in tlmeoarse garments
of an ordinary peasant, and v'vas forthwith
ordered to marry a rough"monjikof the'same
Refolihag a thii-lyrunny and .refus,
ing to obey,; she' was ftt,iimed:getihiitigliOie .
still resisted for a while, a e roViOtitindancie'
of cruel and degrading treatment conquered
her in the end, and she was forced to submit
to the miserable lot entailed upon her by
the wretched jealousy of her heartless mis
tress.
"TROTTING OUT" LONGFELLOW.
But to add to the zest of this up-the-Mis
sissippi trip, you must know that the good
boat Northern Belle also bore as one of her
passengers the veritable Longfellow. The
Historical Society had extended to the poet
lan invitation to be present at the Corner-stone
laying, and a distinctly marked trunk, "11.
W. Longfellow." coming Alp board, settled
the fact that the author of Hiawatha was one
of our number. But which:is he? was the
oft-repeated question, and norm answered ex
cept to guess. At the table each one was
looking most intently at.the other, todivine
which was the poet, and alt wondered why
every one stared so. This man, was pro
nounced the poet because he werao mous
tache; that one because he shaved clean; and
we noted that the filet as to who was Long
fellow, was settled either by the excess or
,lack of hair. This doubt, in a few 'hours,
became unendurable, and the universal cry
was to "trot out" Longfellow. Finally, by
the aid of the clerk, the number of the state
room was ascertained to be 30, and a gual4l
placed at either door of 30 so that no one
could escape thence undetected. Soon thel
door opened, and Longfellow passed to the
deck where were assembled the curious. It
was arranged that an obi Virgin iamajorovb o
had faced the red men-k their most - saiage
• z Snollitmuld_drem the
mys emus passenger an -admission ma
was the poet Longfellow. The major, by
his ago and fund of information regarding
the Indians, was a privileged character on
board, and stepping up to the occupant of
30, slapped him on the shoulder with—
" Well, old chap, they say you arc Lmg
feilow."
“That is my na2.1 , ?, sir,• , was the an
ISM
I , erL,ever , l the major, "are 'y
••I nm, — replied Car 1)1w observed of :::1
,qervers.
"Well," coutinued the major, "are you
Longfellow, author of—of—of—, what du
you call it?"
"Hiawatha:" replied a half-a-dozen
EXEI
"Oh, yeA! arc you 11. "W. Longkllow,
thur of Iliawatha?"
All eyes were now riveted upon him of
state-room 30, for the answer to so direct a
question must determine the interesting
query. We leave our, readers to imagine
the scene, when the close questioned occu
pant of :l) said:
am 11. W. Longfellow, a shoemaker
at St.
'Ton lad better believe that curio.ity was
sewed up with a "waxed end," in a very
short space of time, by that reply: a shower
of "lap stones" could not more effectually
have scattered that party: they started to
their feet as if sitting on a "bristle." The
•'Song of Hiawatha," of N% Lich at least twenty
copies had, up to that moment, been con
stantly open. vanished into --atchels, and po
etry of the trip was suddenly changed into
the matter of fact article of shoe-leather.—
Cleveland Herald.
A RIGHT EXAMPLE.
Many years ago, in an obscure country
school in Massachusetts, an humble, eonsci
entious boy was to be seen; and it was el i
dent to all, that his mind was beginning
to act and thirst for some intellectual pod.
Ile was alive to knowledge. Next we see
him put forth on foot to settle in a remote
town in that State, and pursue his fortunes
there as a shoemaker, his tools being care
carefully sent on before him. In a short
time he is in business in the post of county
surveyor fur Litchfield county, being the
most accomplished mathematician in that
section of the State. Before he is twenty
five years of age, we find him supplying the
astronomical matter of an almanac in New
York. Next he is admitted to the bar, a
self-fitted lawyer. Now he is found on the
bench of the Supreme Court of the State.—
Next he becomes a member of the Conti
nental Congress. Then ho is a member of
the committee of sixtofname the Declaration
of Independence. He continued a member of
Congress for nearly twenty years, and was
acknowledged to he one of the most useful
men and wisest counselors of the land. At
length, having discharged every office with
perfect ability; and honored in his a sphere
lthe name of a Christian, he died regretted
and loved by the State and the nation. The i AN ITALIAN' FLEA. SHOW,
man was Roger Sherman. We take par-The following extract isfrom the Florence
titular satisfaction, now and then, in chron- I correspondence of the Norm*. Daily ,eldrer
icling the career of these self-made men; eisra
and holding them up as bright examples I
Learned beam, learned monkeys, and
for the youth of our time to follow- It is 1
the best service a journalist tan perform for learned pigs are exhibited in other countries
. the good of the rising generation. I—learned fleas here! Whn would believe this
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IRVING'S WASHINGTON
The continuation of the "Life of Wash
' ington" will not' fail of welcome in some
quarters among us, if not in all. lye have
spoken already of the pleasure with which
we have seen the veteran writer of America
!engaged in the autumn of his age upon a
' work so worthy of him. We may congratu
late ourselves also in the appearance of it in
England at the present juncture, in a form
which promises, and indeed implies, a very
large c irculation.. T h e biography of Wash
-
!ington is the record, of a defeat , of the Eng
!dish government, the most...memorably memorably
kig Aieli**M44.* .Purt!;TY•A!M,
to, reTitteLandA'seerni that the,:f"nidiidsi."pets -,
ple can distinguish between the Government
and themselves, and can read with pleasure
the' story of that great revolt, even now,
when the same Government representing
the same elements among us, is in danger of!
a renewal of the disastrous 'struggle. The i
1 aristocracy have, indeed, disclaimed the
1 policy which raised America from n.,colony
into an empires but the form only hi changed,
i the spirit remains the same,- and the War of
Independence was but a part of the same
1 conflict which commenced 'in England in
1 what is galled Rebellion which has eantin-
nod down into our own time through corn
law
repeals and unfinal reform bills, and
' which yet awaits its eimsummatlon. The
I
people on both sides of the Atlantic are one
people. The true heroes of America are
our heroes, and ours are theirs: and if Ilion
who are not the people. but who in America
at least have for a time the control of power,
dream of dividing those IVhom nature has
Forbidden to be divided, they will precipi
tate their own destiny and, precipitate ours.
We pass beyond our province in in alluding,
to these things. Yet the _pea must write
what the helirt feels; and if we speak of
Washingtori,"fre must speak' of what Wash
ington's life 94 being mean. The story
moves slowly l ,4 we enter the war. The
firitivolume bought us down to Bunker's
Hill and Washington's riiS.uniption of the
command - of the American army. The
*second advances tis . but two years further,
to the retreat of Lord Cornwallis in the,win
tai'of 1776 : 7. Throughout the last ;Volume
alio the history leaves theindividual fortune:,
where it touches himself we have rather the
great traits before us of the statesman and
the commander than features of private
character. This, of course, is what we had
to expect; and if we regret anything. it is
that Mr. Irving's powers seen scarcely to
beep pace with the expansion of his eul;iect.
His peculiar humor has no room to show
itself; where he writes of battles, sieges,
and the passion which the struggle forced
into play. he becomes rather a chronicler of
events titan a hi,toritm of actions;
and we miss the re: raii , e , l but palpabl•'
emotion which ought to accompany such
narrath es. We have no right to complain,
however. The work fig gracefully and lov
ingly done, and his enthusiasm fur his hero
never fing4.— Westin,' n...'er
THE PERILS OF LISPING
The following is said to be a veritable in
cident in the experience of a Bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal church :
A couple brought their little child to me
one day to be baptised, and upon my enquir
ing the name chosen, Lay astonishment I
heard wnuti. which resembled very much
one of the title: best,we J uit,t. the arch en
emy t•f mankind. &tpposing that my ears
deceit ed me I enquired again, when the
sane word, to my horror, was far more dis
tim•tly repeated. "Lucifer!" said Ito my
self "impassible : I cannot baptize a child
by F . oell a name." I I,ent over once more
and a third time asked the question. The
answer was still the same, and repeated
louder and with an emphasis as if the parents
Were deterwined to hat e Altai or lone.
It this tithe my situation had become
embarrassing, for then.) was 1, in the pres
enee of the whale waiting c , nnTegation.
standing up with the Lahr in my arms,
which, to add to my eonsternation set up a
squall, as if to eanvineo me he was entitled
to that name. I could stand the scene no
longer: so hastily dipping ray finger in the
font, and resolving he should have a good
name, as opposite as possible to the diaboli
cal one so strangely selected, I baptized the
infant George Washington. I thought the
parents looked queer at the time, but the
rite was performed ; the baby had got an
excellent name, and I wee relieved. But
concieve, if you can, ray confusion when,
after service the filthier and mother came in
to the vestry, and the latter bursting into
tears exclaimed, "Oh, thir, what have you
done? lib a girl, ith a girl, and you've
called her George Washington l My poor
little - bldly, my dear little Luthy 1" Alas,
the mother lisped, and when I asked for the
name she, she meaning to be very polite and
to say "Lucy, sir," in reply to my question
had said "Luthy, thir," which I mistook
for Lucifer. What was to be done? I con
soled the of parents as well as I was
able, and promised to enter the name into
the parish registry and town record as Lucy,
which I did; but for all that the girl's ,senu
, ine orthodox name is George Washington.
[WHOLE 1VUM8E13,;71,,3691-
who has not soon for himself-a iinyz.charjot '
of cobweb wire drawm.nimbly over.,a: three
feet race course by-a-teaml)f ilieseittry. HI-in- -
sects while another of them-lioldei therein's. •
—composed of gold - thread as --fine..asA.the
finest hair—he driving-four in hand; amil the -
insect coursers 'trotting .as-'methodically
along, as if it had never been in their - I
-22U
tare to jump. An Irishman would 'say
that the hardest part of the training:44lmi
must be to catch them; thisisdonebylitteent
of gum, where thar:find th~trreelves :all at
qnce in the condition of the ',two men. stuck:
iir'the Ilera' the
Ci.ll' is 'pi*eailliosigli
:a
rnsc . cvs Baca', Wama .r .
Magnifying glatis,4esleinTtlii 1 " 4:.`"?
tic, and is what makes it io hirti- 7
!:conic time and training are necessaryi ?ea' -
may be supposed, to break its prancinggait
into a sober trot; but time and patience can
accomplish alniost everything, and after
e-hile the little erratic animals go very well
I in harness;.and the coachman holds - stead:
lastly theribbons. Not, however, until well
bribed with-blood, which the .keeper lots
them draw from his own veins, feeding them'
as the opening part of the performance; on
his brawny arm; for so tame are they-as to
bite in the presence of numerous - spectators;-
nor is this wonderful considering that they
are among the.domestic animals of -Italy.- -
The exhibition has as much sense and more'
marvel in it, than the best monkey show; it
has moreover, a.wise usage, that of teach
ing the - stranger, smarting and fidgeting'
under the visitation of the same tormenting
insect, that it niiiy serve other purposes be
sides that - of exercising the fingers.
THE STAR SPANGLED. BANNER
•If the French hymn of Liberty, the Mar ,
scllaise, was composed under exciting air—
cu instances, the Star Spangled Banner was
inspired by events no less patriotic by our
distinguished countryman; Mr. Francis - Scott
Key, an able and eloquent lawyer, an accom
, plished - gentlemen, a man of noble anclgen- _
crousimpulses. • During the war with the
British in 1814, Mr. P. Scott Key was re- '
biding in Baltimore'and hearing of the • do-`
tention of a dear and intimate friend, he
started to obtain his release. He went sus'
. .... • . 'nta sco'river which
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eighty-five miles north of the Potomac river.
Here he was arrested and carried on board
a British man of war, belonging to the Brit
ish fleet stationed at Fort McHenry, the
linnbardnaent of which he was compelled to
witness. The English admiral boasted he
roic Mr. Key, that he would take the fort in
a few hours, and the city of Baltimore, with
in the two succeeding days. The bombard
ment continued during the whole day and
following night, without making an impres
sion either on the strength of the works or
the spirit of the garrison.
Our patriotic countryman stood on the
deck watching, through the smoke that
' sometimes obscured it, the banner of free
dom waving over the fort. At length night
came and he could see it no more. Still ho
Iv:Ache], until at length dawn began to
bring °hie:As around into distinctness.
With a beating heart he turned towards the
fl.rt. and there, waving in the morning
bree,.e. high and uninjured, was the banner
ith its stars and stripes, the banner of free
dom and independence, then in its early
s. It was at this moment of joy and
triumph that Francis Scott Key, under the
influence of patriotic excitement, composed
the Star Spangled Banner. After Mr. Key
mad been liberated, and the British had re
from Fort Mellcury, without attempt
ing the attack on the city of Baltimore, he
conti;leted his patriotic hymn, which was
enthusiastically received then, and has ever
been considered as one of the nationalsonge
of onr country.
following is well worthy apiece.,
if for no other reason, for the important
moral which it conveys and enforces:
Sydney Smith, the late lamented prelate
and pre-eminent satirist of the follies and
ices of his time, (and the present,) while
• travelling, inn stage-coach one day, was long
' walleyed by a young man who had acquired
the polite art of swearing to such an extent,
that he could no help interlarding his die
, course with it, as though it were a constitu
'en t part of the language. As there happen
ed to he a holy present, the matter was
doubly annoying.
After enduring the young man's display •
j for some time, Smith asked the company to
be permitted to tell them a little anecdote;
which he thus commenced:
I -'Once upon a time (boots, sugar tongs
j and tinder boxes,) there was a king (boots,
sugar tongs and tinder boxes,) who, at a
grand hall (bouts, sugar tongs and tinder
boxes,) picked up the Duchess of (boots,
sugar tongs road tinder boxes,) Shrewsbury's
garter [boots, sugar tongs and tinderboxes)
and said, 'lloni soft qui mai y (boots, sops
tongs and tinder boxes.) pease,' which
' means in English, Evil to him, who (boots.
sugar tongs and tinder boxes,) evil thinks.
This was the origin of (hoots, sugar tongs
and tinder bores,) the order of the garter."
When the witty clergyman had concluded,
the young gentleman said:
"A very good story, sir—rather old—but
what the d—l 'has Loots, sugar tongs and
tinder boxes, to do with it?"
"I will tell you, my young friend," en
swered Sydney, "when you tell me what •
'd—n my eyes' etc., have to do with your
conversation. In the mean time, allow me
to say, that is my style of swearing."
The young blasphemer at once "dre.bl
up !,
This anecdote forcibly illustrates the re
mark, that of all vices profane swearing, in '
a mere worldly point of view, is the moat
foolish. Other vices may havesome sensual
pleasure to palliate them. but 'the profane -
swearer gains nothing by his - indulgence.
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