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Drs. John & Rohrer,
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Columbia, April tat.lBsG•tf
DR. G. W. MIFFLIN,
DENTIST, Locust street, near the Pod 01
flee. Columbia. P.
Columbia. May 3, 1856.
H. M. NORTH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Columbia, Pa.
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Counties.
Columbia, May 1,1950.
SAMUEL EVANS,
TOME OF TEE PEACE. Office in the Odd
Fellows , Hall, Second *treat, Columbia, Pa.
Columbia, August 25, H 155.
J. E. RACHENB ERG,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Columbia, Penn's,
gap.. in Locust street, four doors above From
colminbia, May 13, 1652.
DAVIES E. BALMER, ESQ.,
TTOFINEY AT LAW AND CONVEYANCER,
li oa - ers his services to the citizens of Columbm,
anti mamma them that he wilt attend with promptitude
,to all business entru.ted to his care. Office—Front
sweet, between Union and Perry. Residence—South
side Second girt.et,lud door below Union.
Columbia. January 13.1655-1 y
GEORGE J. SMITH,
WHOLESALE and Retail Bread and Cake
Baker.—Constantly on hand a variety of Cakes,
too nu merous to mention; Crackers; Sodu, A me. Scroll,
;tad Sugar Biscuit; Confecuottery. of every de , ,eription,
etc., a,c. LOCUST
Feb. 2,'36. Between the Bank and Franklin I louse.
SAMUEL LODGE,
33‘4,anutox-x...2•1.45t.33. -4\artiffirt,
Corner Front 4. Locust sta., Columbia, Pa.
Pictures taken for 25 cents
And upwards, and satisfaction ;guaranteed.
irr No Picture need be taken (rain the Gallery
unless it is such as is really desired.
Columbia, March 31,1855. •
„To. P. .&PPOLD d CO.,
- •
• - .IMi
GENERAL FORWARDING AND COMMIS
gIIWIMISION MERCHANTS, Qa t.
RECEIVERS OF
COALANDPRODUCE,
And Deliverers on any point on the Columbia and
Philadelphia Railroad. to York and
Baltimore and to Pittsburg;
DEALERS IN COAL. FLO U R AND GRAIN,
WHISKY AND BACON, have Just received u
large let of Nououge.liala Rectified Whiskey, from
Pittsburg, of which they will Seep a supply constantly
on band. at low prices. Nos. 1, 2 and 6 Cunal Basin.
Columbia, January 27, 1554.
J. SttRODDER,
Ladies Boot dr. Shoe Manufacturer,
No. 1 Locust street, Columbia, Pa.
RESPECTFULLY tenders his sincere thanks for the
very liberal patronage he has received. and s%Ol/id
4111110tUICC to Ins patrons that he has Just supplied him
self with a large and choice variety of matermls, and :4
prepared to make up, in addition to his large stock of
ready-made work on hand, Ladies. Misses. and Chtl
arena SHOES, GAITERS, BOOTS. SLIP
PERS, fr.e., in the latest and best styles. Ile
solicits a continuance of the tavor so liberally
bestowed by the public.
hlstrah 15, 1856,
reaufa Rail Road Freight Station.
/4 . IIEIGIIT OFFICE and DEPOT in the new
building. corner of Front and Gay streets, near
the Collector's Oifiee.
Ticket Office for Passengers, East nod West. nt the
Washington lintel. FRASTUS K. POICE,
April lit. IVA-if Freight & Ticket anent.
OATS FOR SALE
BY THE BUSHEL, or in larger quantities,
at Nes. 1,2 & G Canal Bann.
11. F. APPOLD & CO.
Columbia, January• ec, las°.
GROCERIES!
THE subscriber would inform the public that he is
constantly receiving fresh supplies of the beg Fam
ily Groceries the market will alTord: come and satisfy
yourselves, S. C. SWARTZ.
Columbia, Jane 21,15.56.
ROPES, ROPES, ROPES,
50 COILS, superior qualities, various sizes,
jut,: received and for, sale cheap, by
WELSH & RICH.
Columbia. March 72. 1856.
Balm of Thousand Flowers,
DDISCOVERED by Dr. Fontaine. Paris, for beaunfling
the complexion, curing all the diseases of the skin.
for Shaving, cleansing the teet In for the Toilet and the
Nursery; for bathing and manymedical mayo.,' For
sale by SA.SI'L FILBERT.
Golden Mortar Drug :tore, Columbia, Pa.
Columbia, March 22, iSIG.
Rapp's Gold Pens.
CONSTANTLY on hand, an assortment of
these celebrated PENS. Persona in wain of a
good article are invited to call and examine them
Columbia, Jane 30, 1855. JOHN FELIX.
Excellent Dried Beef,
OUGAR Cured and Plain Huns, elhouldera and SHIM
P
for ',ale by
Mardi 22, iStei.
GEORGE J. SMITH,
T OCIIST STREET, has just commenced man-
J_J ulacturing• LEMON REEK. and keep envoi:x.loy
en band,* full asmortmoni of SUMMER DRINKS.
Columbia, April 19. 1856.
Just Received,
ALAUB LOT of Childreata Carriage*,
Gigs, Rocking Horses, Wheelbarrows. Prepeb
Ws, Nursery Swings, dm. GEORGE. J. SMITH.
April 117, 15.16„ Locust street.
CITINA and other Fancy Artielee. too numerous to
mention, for wile by Ci. J Shi Fill, Locust street,
between the Bank and Franklin House.
Columbia. April ID . mph
D 8. 1 116 RASO! 1-1 eta. per pound;
shoulder., 10 do do
Dried Deer, 14 do do
Tide Water Gana! Money received for goal..
WELSH & RICH
Columbia, May 1%,1656.
ALCOHOL and Burning Fluid, always on
hand. at the lowest prices, at the Family Medicine
Wore. Odd !•Mows'
February Y, 185 G.
_ .
WRY should any person do without a Clock,
when they can be had forSl.soand upwards.
at SHREINER'S!
Columbia, April 29, 1855
Q C. SWARTZ bin just received an Fatra Brand
We of Tobacco and Betray., wbecb sill be sold to
rinallors attic lowest rano. (Kay 1.0.
CONTINUES to occupy the large building
at the corner of Second and Locust streets, and
offers to those desiring comfortable boarding the great
est conveniences. At his :Saloons and Restaurant
will be found Luxuries of all kinds in season, which
will be served up in ;he best manner and at the short
est notice. Ile respectfully solicits a share of patron
age. [Golumbia, blay 10, 1850.
OM
Blount Vernon House, Canal Basin,
Columbia, Pa.
HENRY K.IIIIVICH, PROPRIETOR.
larThe best acenminotlations and every attention
given to gues:ft, who may favor this establishment
with their patronage. [April 19, 1856-u
Frank iu House, Locust st. Columbia, Pa
THE subscriber continues to occupy this
well-known Hotel. and will do everything in hi,
power to comfortably entertain all who may patron
ize hint. His facilities for accommodating Horses,
Droves, &e., are superior.
April ID. 18.51151 y
CIA
Washington House, Columbia, Pa.
DANIEL HERR, PROPRIETOR.
TICS old and well-known house is Mill in
1 the occupancy of the subscriber • and offers every
inducement to the traveller, in the way of comfort and
convenience. The Cars, east and went, start from
this establishment, and it has other advantages unsur.
passed by any. Terms reasonable,
Columbia. April IL 1 R. 511.1
NE. CORNER. of Front and Walnut streets,
col-MINA, PA.
JOSHUA J. GAULT. PROPRIETOR.
(:tucce•sor to lta rilwell k Brenrman and Mrs Haines)
The House is furnished with all Modern Improve
ments. and every attention will be given to secure
the comfort of guests. Charges moderate.
Columbia, korll 1.2.15.5G•tf
J. W. FISHER,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
ZI SIIEPARD would respectfully inform
r the citizens of Columbia and vicinity, that he has
effected all agency with the
Philadelphia Plano Forte M.nufacturing
Company,
whose Pianos for superior tone, finish, and durability.
have for years stood unrivalled.
He is prepared to deliver them here at the lowest city
prices. and would most respectfully solicit the patronage
of such as wish to procure u good and substantial In
strument.
A specimen of the above mentioned instrument may
be acme by calitag at his music room, cunt corner of
Front and Locust streets, Columbia-
February •2. 12.93.
Music and Musical Instruments.
THE undersigned having made arrange
ments with Mr. 1. E. GOULD,would respectfully
11110111 l the Ladies of Columbia and vicinity that he
is now prepared to famish Music at the shortest
notice.
Persona in want of 4rat-rate Violins, Flutes, Gui
tars, Demos, or any other Musical Instruments, are
re.peet Wily invited to cull ut the Headquarters and
News Depot.
S. D. SWARTZ
N. It —A very fine assortment of Violin and Guitsir
String.., always no hand.
A lig 1.10 ti 1,16.3ta
NEW ARRIVAL of Preserved Pine Apples,
Citron, Crab apples, Limos, Pears, Plum, and
Iliac kberry Jam, at
S. C. SWARTZ'S,
Aug. 30, 1656. Odd Fellown' Hall. Columbia.
J UST received acid for sale by S. C. SWARTZ
Drawly Peite bee mid Cherries, Fresh Whortle.
berries, Black borne=, Cherrie,“ Pine Apple, Cloo.e.
berries and Currants. [Coluinliia, Aug 20,
TTAllt DYE'S. Jones' Batchelor's, Peter's and
Ileyptinii hair dyes. warranted to color the hair
any desired shads, without injury to the shin. For sale
by K. WILLIAMS.
May 10, front st.. Columbia. Pa.
riITRATF. AlMilNi.:St seidlitz Powder, Soda
V Powder told Mineral Water, always to be had, of
a superior quality,ut
MeCOftli:LF, h DEI.I.ETT'S
Family Medicine Store, Odd Fellow's Hull.
July 26,1. w.
PICKLES, Pepper Sauce, Mixed Pickles, Cher-
Kelekup and tiriumeh ()liven, Just
received and for mule 113. S. C. SWARTZ.
Columbia. Aug. t 54.
vARR & THOMPSON'S justly celebrated Com•
reercial nod other Gold Pens—•the her.' in the
market—just received.
Columbia. April V. 11.,55
SAPONEFIER, or Concentrated Lye, for ma
king Soap. 1 lb. i= sufficient for one barrel of
Soft Soap, or Ilb.for 9 lbs. Hard Soap. Full direc
tions will be given ur the Counter for making Soft,
Hard and Fancy Soups. For sale by
It. WILLIAMS.
Colombia. March 31.1.955.
JAMr.S snnor•.nra,
Columbia, Pa
'TABLE 01L—Just received a fresh supply
of superior Tuble Oil. at
McCOIIIICLE & DELLFITT'S
Family Medicine Store, Odd Fellow's
Aim] Id
131.11,11 A LLSTRES: We have received
another supply of three new nod beautiful goods.
so very desirable for f.ndies"rravelling Dresses. Those
in wain of them can be supplied at
FONDERSMITH'S
May 21.1556. Ceople's Cash Store.
SOLUTION OF CITRATE OF MAGNESIA,or
Pur
gauve Mineral Witten—This pleasant medicine
which is highly recommended as a substitute for
Epsom Salts. Seidlitz Powders. he.. eon lie obtained
fresh every day ut SAM'L. FILBERTS Drug Store,
Front at. D 2
ACIIELOR'S HAIR DYE—No burning, bl:ntering
1) Compound could ever have attained the univernat
favor accorded to this the original, never-fading favor
ite Nausea in not more true to herself than the brown
or black produced in the reddest, gray es:. or mo.'t
frowny hair by tt. Made and sold, or applied at Bach
elor's Wig Factory, tat Broadway, N. Y, The genu
ine article fur sale at
BUBO R & DELLETT'S
April 11. Family Medicine *Aare.
TEST RECEIVED, a large and well selected variety
of Itru+he•, conrt•una ❑t part of Shoe, Extr, Cloth,
Crumb, Iliad, lied and Teeth Brushes, and for rate by
R. WILLIAMS.
March 22, 'SG Front street Columbus. Pa.
SUPERIOR article of PAINT OIL. for vile by
R. WILLI ANIS.
May 10, ISM Front Street, Columbia, Pa
A*UP6IIIOR article of TONIC SPIGE
suitable for Hotel Keepers, (or Pale by
R. WILLIANIS.
May 10,1550. Front street, Columbia.
EIR CS(' ETIIEREAL OIL, altanya on hand, and for
File by It. WILLI AMs,
Nay 10. 1.4.76. Front Street, Columbia Pa.
wra.su & RICH
JUST reeerved, rft CAM PHFINE. and for rale
er by IL WILLIAMS.
May 10, ISM. Front Street. Columbta, Pa.
DE GRATH'S ELECTRIC OIL. Just received,
1./ fresh supply of flits popular remedy, and for sale
by n VI L.LIANIS ,
May t 0,19.56. Front Street, Columbia, Pa.
A NEW lot of {VITA LE AND CAR GREASING
Ak OILS, received At the etore of the .I.lllfcrther.
R. WILLIAAIS.
7lTny From Street.Colionbin.
LX'rRA FAMILY' FLOOR, just received and for
ALJ sale by
June 21. 1P.54. S. C. SWARTZ.
SUPERIOR CATTLE POWDER. For *ale at
McEolt KU: tic DELLErrs
July 26, I F.,341. Early Medicine Store
RIRD SEEDS.—Canary. Hemp. and Rape Seeds
1) For Male 6: McCORKLN& DELLETTS
April 12. Funiily Medicine Store.
QAI SAGO CH KESS. Pickles, Kele:tops, &C., just
received and far sale by
June 22, 1556.
Feed, Feed, Feed.
CORN, Oat•, and Flour, can be had at 9 C. Swartz's
Store. at Mill pricey. Delivered free of cbarge.
Sept. 27, 1959.
SWEET CIDER, just rteeired and for sale by
Sept. 21, '56. S. C. SWARTZ.
SQUAIL Cured Huns, Shoulders, Sides, &e.,
jags received and for 1/1111 by 8. C. SWARTZ.
glepiennber Yl, lOW
GERUARD BRANDT,
MARTIN ERIN IN
Bellevue House,
Cofumble, September tt,
PIANOS.
From the St. Louis Republican.
DISSOLVE THE UNION.
Dissolve the Union! Who would part
The chain that binds us heart to heart!
Each link was forged by sainted sires
Amid the Revolution's fires;
And cooled—oh, where so rich a flood—
In Warren's and in Sumter's blood.
Dissolve the Union ! Be like France
IVhen "Terror' reared her bloody lance,
And ',Man became destruction's child,
And woman, in her passions wild,
Danced in the life-blood of her Queen,
Beside the dreadful guillotine!
Dissolve the Union! Roll away
The spangled Flag of Glory's day;
Blot out the history' of the brave,
And desecrate each Patriot's grave—
And then, above the wreck of years,
Quafran eternity of tears.
Dissolve the Union! Can it be
That they who speak such words are free?
Great God! Did any die to save
Such sordid wretches front the grave—
When breast to breast, and brand to brand,
Our patriot-fathers freed the land?
D. lIERR
Dissolve the Union! Ho! Forbear!
The sword of Damocles is there;
Cut but the hair, and earth shall know
A darker, deadlier talc of tyro,
TLan llisery's crimson page has told,
Since Nero's car in blood e'er rolled.
Dissolve the Union! Speak, ye hills,
Ye everlasting mounted:a. cry;
Shriek out ye streams and mingling rills,
And ocean roar in agony:
Dead Heroes! leap from Glory's sod!
And shield the manor of your Gal:
A DOLLAR OR TWO.
wtth cautious steps as we tread our way thro'
This intricate world 215 other folks do,
May we cull on ourjourney, be able to view
The benevolent face of a dollar or two;
For an 'excellent thing
Is a dollar or two;
No friend is so true
As a dollar or two;
Through country or town
As we pass up and down,
No passport so good
As a dollar or two.
Would you rend yourself out the bachelor's crew
And the band of a gentle divinity sue,
You must always be ready the handsome to du—
Although it would cost a dollar or tw•o.
Love's arrows are tipped
With a dollar or two;
And affection is gained
By a dollar or too;
The best aid you can meet.
In advancing your suit,
Is the eloquent chink
Of a dollar or twa.
Would you wish your existence with faith to imbue,
And enroll in the ranks of the sacrificed few,
To enjoy a good name and a well cushioned pew,
You must freely conic down with a dollar or two.
The gospel is preached
For a dollar or two,
And salvation is reached
By a dollar or two;
You may II nt some times,
But the worst of all crime■
Is to find yourself short
Of a dollar or two.
Bisrtttrottxuts.
A LETTER OF DANIEL WEBSTER
We copy by permission, from the sheets
of a revised and forthcoming edition of Mr.
Lanman's "Private Life of Daniel Webster,"
now in the press of harper & Brothers, the
subjoined familiar letter of the lamented
statesman. It has been said of this great
man, whose loss the country day after day
only the more deeply deplores, as the un
filled vacuum he left in our public and po
litical affairs becomes day after day only
the more apparent, that it is difficult to de
cide whether be was more distinguished as
a lawyer or a statesman, unsurpassed, if
unrivalled, as he was in either character:
and it has been justly held to constitute the
peculiar distinction of his greatness that ho ;
was thus able to combine in his single per
son
the attributes which if restricted to a
single one of these walks of life, would have !
been fully sufficient to earn for their subject 1 ,
no common fame. But, in addition to this
double natured developetnent of Mr. Web- ;
ster's mind, it is not unknown to many read
ors that lie who was thus "proudly eminent"
in the two highest arts of civil life was hard
ly less happy or less admirable when, un
bending from the cares of State and relax
ing the massive brow, he threw aside alike
the gravity of the Senator and the Advocate,
to don the ''easy dress" of home scenes and
of daily life.
Those who think of Mr. Webster only as
a Statesman or Lawyer have sometimes ex
pressed surprise that one so much cumbered
with the weighty cares of clients and affairs
of State should yet have found time to cul
tivate the genial veins of friendly and pri
vate correspondence, oftentimes infusing in-1
to such epistolary compositions as much of t
sportiveness("hugegamesomeness" we think
Lord Byron calls it) as of gravity in his
State papers and legal arguments. To those I
however, who were familiar with Mr. Web- I
ster's daily life and private habits the ex
planation of this mental trait, as exemplified
in familiar notes to a friend or in business
letters to a "John Taylor" or his 'Marshfield
manager, will not be difficult. Indeed, they
may be said to have grown out of a habit I
which, in one of such letters, he assigns to
his motive for writing it—the habit of early
rising, and the demand for mental exercise
during the time which was thus redeemed
from sleepy indolence. Ho had a maxim,
indeed, that nothing great was ever achieved
by a late riser. In this he resembled his
eminent cotemporary and fellow statesman,
John Quiney Adams, whom the sun never
caught in bed; and Mr. Webster's celebrated
dispatch to the Mexican Minister, Boeanegra,
was begun at five o'clock in the morning
and finished before his dinner hour.
=
Y. C. SWA RTZ
"NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1856.
'arttilj.
When, however, WO time *s.s taxed with
no such extraordinal demands, the leisure
hours before breakfast were whiled away in
a stroll through themarket, with a kind
word fur the friends lie met, and a pleasant
greeting to familiar - kees among the coun
try folks "with produiee to sell;" then home
to skim the morning
,papers, and, to pass
the time, to write aipleasant note to some
familiar friend, perftlips an invitation to
dinner in terms of grave pleasantry, or a
latter struck of in a Isportive mood upon
some incident in sooitintercourse, which
gave to the missive a - th 4 arna known only to
the favored recipient; or it might be a letter
to "John Taylor," or, like that we now sub
join, to Porter Wright, Lis manager at Marsh
field. Such letters may be truly said to il
lustrate the "Private Life of Daniel Web
ster," since they grew out of it and aro
"racy of the soil."—NO. Intel.
WAsiruccroN, November 12, 1856
PORTER WRIGHT: I you will find
places somewhere forme turnips. There is
the floor of the sheep barn, as well as the
cellar, and the floor and hovel of the new
barn, (if we have no cattle there,) where
turnips can be placed and covered up with
hay or straw. Indeed, I suppose if you
were to make a platform, a foot front the
ground, with loose plank, you might lay
turnips upon it two or three feet thick, and
cover all up with hay or straw, and that in
this manner they might be kept till spring.
I am willing you shoe d sell the jumpers*
if you can get a full, frtii price for them—
not under a hundred dollars, and as much
more as you think they are worth. Ido
not exactly remember heir size, but they
aro a handsome pair, MS* in good order,
will be six years old in spring, and if you
do not need to work them this winter, we
have hay and turnips to give them, and
they may easily be nsadsikgood beef by July
when good beef generfly brings a good
price. Exercise your ots judgement, but
do not sacrifice soy favorites.
I wish you to get threi•or four nice half
barrels by the time yogi kill the hogs.—
Marshfield pork is very p?pular here, and I
shall want as much as three half barrels
sent to me. I should likftto know how the
beef cattle get along.; Vaiit!poso you will
slaughter the hogs
_a&d,a342, keel' cattle
about thtFvreek'nfaillTtikskTvirtg.
If Mr. Baker has any of the common
geese left more than he wishes to keep, ho
may send them up from time to time to Mr.
Appleton, and so of the white turkeys, ifhe
can make them fat enough.
Do not fail to remember the oil cake fur
the calves. Take one of the best turkeys
for your Thanksgiving dinner, and tell Mr.
Baker to take one fur his. The barrels of
vegetables Lave not arrived, but I suppose
they are on the way. We have now cast
wind enough to bring them along. When
you have got in the turnips let me know the
quantity. How does Mr. Weston get on
with his bridge and his barns?
I enclose a. draftfor a little money, f which
suppose you will consider the very best
part of this very long letter.
DANIEL WEESTER
*A pair of oxen. ffhe amount was WO
SPANISH ATROCITIES IN HOE-
LAND
In the year 1567, Philip the Second of
Spain, sent the Duke of Alva with an army
of 10,000 men to reduce the Low Countries
then in a state of revolt. Ile was success
ful, and soon re-established the Spanish
rule. Then commenced a series of cruelties
unparalelled in the history of the world.—
The tens of thousands in those miserable
provinces who fell victims to the gallows,
the sword, the stake, the living grave, or to
; living banishment, have never been counted:
for those statistics of barbarity are often
effaced from human record. No mode in
which human being have ever caused their
i fellow creatures to suffer, was omitted from
daily practice. Men, woman, and children,
old and young, nobles and paupers, opulent
burghers, hospital patients, lunatics, dead
b all were indiscriminately made to
furnish food for the scaffold and the stake.
Men were tortured, beheaded, hanged by the
neck and by the legs, burned before a slow
fire, pinched to death with red-hot tongs,
broken upon the wheel, starved and flayed
alive. Their skins, stripped from the living
body, were stretched upon drums to be
beaten in the march of their brethren to the
gallows. The bodies of many who had died
a natural death were exhumed, and their
festering remains hanged upon a gibbit, on
pretext that they had died without receiving
the sacrament, but in reality that their pro
perty might become the legitimate prey of
the treasury. Marriages of long standing
were dissolved by order of the Government,
that rich heiresses might be married against
their will to foreigners whom they abhorred.
Women and children were executed for the
crime of assisting their fugitive husbands
and parents with a penny in their utmost
need, and even for consoling them with a
letter in their exile. Such was the regular
course of affairs as administered by the
Blood-Council. The additional barbarities
committed amid the sack and ruin of those
blazing and starring cities are almost beyond
belief: unborn infants were torn from the
living bodies of their-mothers ; women end
children were violated by thousands ; and
whole populations burned and backed to
pieces by soldiers in every mode which
cruelty, in its wanton ingenuity, could de.
vise.
THE THRONE OF SOLOMON
The following account (says an exchange)
lof a remarkable piece of mechanism is
1 taken from a Persian manuscript called
"The History of Jerusalem." It purports
to be a description of the Throne of King
Solomon, and if the details are correctly
given, it undoubtedly surpasses any piece
of mechanism produced in modern times.—
The sides of it were pure gold, the feet of
emerald and rubies, intermixed with pearls,
each of which was as large as an ostrich's
egg. The Throne had seven steps—on each
side were delineated orchards full of trees,
the branches of which were of precious
1 stones, representing fruit, ripe and unripe :
on the tops of trees were to be seen figures
of plumage birds, particularly the peacock,
the staub, and the kurges. All these birds
were hollowed within artificially, so as to
occasionally utter a thousand melodious
sounds, such as the ears of mortals never
heard. On the first was delineated vine 1
branches having bunches of grapes, com
posed of various sorts of precious stones,
fashioned in such a manner as to represent
the various colors of purple, violet, green
and red, so as to render the appearance of
real fruit. On the second step on each side
of the throne were two lions of terrible as
pect, large as life, and formed of cast gold.
The nature of this remarkable throne, was
such that when Solomon placed his foot on
the first step, the birds spread forth their
wings and made a fluttering noise in the
air. On his touching the second step, the
!lions expanded their claws. On his reach
the third step the whole assemblage of
demons and fairies and men repeated the
praise of the Deity. When he arrived at
the fourth step, voices were heard address
ing him in the following manner : "Son of
David, be thankful for the blessings which
the Almighty has bestowed upon you."—
The same was repeated on reaching the fifth
step. On his touching the sixth, all the
children of Israel joined them ; and on his
arrival at the seventh, all the birds and ani
mals
became in motion, and ceased not un
til he had placed himself in the royal seat,
when the birds, lions, and other animals, by
secret springs, discharged a shower of the
most precious perfumes on Solomon, after
which two of the kurges descended and
placed.a golden crown upon his head...-
fore the throne was a column of burnished
gold, on the top of which was a golden
dove, which held in its beak a volume bound
in silver. In this book were written the
Psalms of David, and the dove having pre
sented the book to the Kin, lie read aloud
a portion of it to the children of Israel. It i
is further related that en the approach of a 1
wicked person to the throne, the lions were
wont to set up a terrible roaring, and to
lash their tails with violence. The birds
also began to bristle up their feathers, and
the assembly also, of demons and genii, to
utter horrid cries ; fur fear of theta no one
dared be guilty of falsehood, but all con
fessed their crimes. Such was the throne
of Solomon, the son of David
INDIAN SUMMER
Do our readers reflect that we are now in
the enjoyment of our Indian summer? The
season is now the loveliest of the year,
though at the same time the saddest. Na
ture is dying in beauty around Ul. As she
fades on earth, each hue is lovelier than the
last, until the brown tinge of absolute de
cay covers her brilliant charms. The smile
on the cheek of the expiring season was
never more beautiful—more winning. One
would suppose that its very loveliness would
turn aside the dart of death, or, if that could
not be. strip it of all its poison.
Beautiful as the season is, it is most mel
ancholy. The varied hues of the bright
leaves are t,o well known to be the hues of
death not to create sadness in the beholder.
The gay dress of the forrcst cannot compen
sate fur its silence. We tread over the
scattered and fallen leaves, and ask, as our
footfall strikes dead on the car.—
'•Where nre the furest birds ,
Thr nnswer to n silent our,
.Bore eloquent than words,'
But let us enjoy the season while we may.
Its vivid beauty will not last us long. It is
as evanescent as it is gay. Let us then give
our heart to its loveliness while it tla%hes
around us. Winter and death will soon
enough spread their gloom around us without
our pining ourselves romantically with their
anticipation. Nature will not he dead. She
only sleeps to rise in beauty for another
year. Is it not so with tnanP--liartford
Courant.
SNIART BOY
When Lieutenant Goy. Patterson WAS
Speaker of the Legislature of one of our
States, some dozen boys presented themselves
for the place of messenger, as is usual at the
opening of the House. Ile inquired their
names, and into their condition, in order
that he might make the proper selection.—
Ile came in the course of his examination,
to a small boy, about ten years old, a bright
looking lad.
"Well, sir," said he, "what is your
name?"
"John Hancock, sir," replied the boy.
"What!" said the Speaker, "you are not
the one that signed the Declaration of Inde
pendence, are you?"
"No, sir," replied the lad, stretching him
self to his utmost proportions, but I would
if I bad been there."
"You can be one of the messengers," said
the Speaker.
$1,50 PK YEAR IN ADVANCE, $2,00 IF NOT IN ADVANCE.
THE SAGACITY OF TURNSPIT
DOGS. •
Among the mental problems which occu
pied much of the attention of Ampre was
the vexed question of the nature of the fac
ulties of animals. He originally decided
against their capacity to reason, but he
abandoned the opinion in deference to a sin
gle anecdote, related by a friend on whose
accuracy he could rely. This gentleman,
drive en by a storm into a village public house,
ordered a fowl to be roasted. Old fashions
then prevailed in the south of France, and
turnspits were still employed in the place of
the modern jack. Neither caresses, threats,
nor blows could make the dog act his part.
The gentleman interposed. "Poor dog, in
deed!" said the landlord, sharply, "he de
, serves none of your pity, for the scenes take
place every day. Do you know why this
pretty fellow refuses to work the spit? It is
because he has taken it into his head that
i‘c and his partner arc to share alike, and it
is not his turn." Ampre's informant beg
ged that a servant might he sent to find the
other dog, who made no difficulty about per
forming his task. He was taken out after
a while and his refractory partner put in,
who bogan, now that his sense of justice
was satisfied, to work with a thorough good
will, like a squirel in a cage. A similar inci
dent was related by M. de Liencourt to the
great Arnauld, who, with other Port Royal
ists, had adopted the theory of Descartes,
that dogs were automatons and machines,
and who on the strength of this conviction,
dissectel the poor creatures to observe the
circulation of the blood, and denied that
they felt. "I have two dogs," said the re
monstrator against this cruelty "who turn
the spit on alternate days. One of them hid
himself, and his partner was about to ho put
to turn in his place. He barked and wagged!
his tail, as a sign to the cook to follow him,
went to the garret, pulled out the truant, and
worried him. Are these your machines?"
The great Arnauld, mighty in controversy
and redoubtable in logic, must have had a
latent cansciousness that the turnspit had
refuted him.—Arago's Account of Ampre.
FEATS WITH WOOD ON RAIL
ROADS.
The N. Y. Tribune, of the 2d ineL de l
iiribeiihatliiui - iietionarkoiiiktireetiFftTvi
ning great distances with a small quantity
of wood. It states that a locomotive on the
Pacific Railroad (1lo.) lately hauled three
pas.engcr trains with 106 passengers, and
one baggage ear, 125 miles in 7 hours with
one curd of oak wood. On the Ohio and
31imissippi Railroad, a looomotive recently
I hauled the night express train 1-19 miles
with one and a quarter cords of weed ; the
time not given. On the Norwich and Wor
leester Railroad a locomotive regularly hauls
the accommodation train back and forth
-12 miles—making 32 stops, and standin ,
one hour at Worcester, with only Sel en feet
and a half of wood—or S cubic feet less than
one cord. It also states that the aserage
performance of locomotives is only from 25
to 60 miles per cord of wood.
We have noticed the performance of the
locomotive, on the Pacific road, in a former
number, and allude to it again in connection
with the other two, to say that the feat win
not a great one, as the speed was not quite
eighteen miles per hour. The consumption
of fuel by locomotives, is in proportion to
their speed. the load hauled, and the resis
tance overcome. A locomotive may ho run
150 miles with one cord of wood, while an
other equally economical will requiro one
cord for twenty miles. It is the work done,
and not the distance run, which is the true
test of the economy of fuel on railroads.—
The account of the running on the Pacific
Railroad is somewhat satisfactory, because
the speed and size of the train are given, but
statements respecting the other two locomo
tives—neither speed nor load being given—
amounts to an absurdity so far as it relates
to their economy
NOBILITY OF BLOOD
Crams, iu this •'Fozon Ili,tory," tells as
of an Earl of Alsatia, surnamed, on accout,t
of his groat strength, ''Lion," who was a
g,t eat favorite with Edward 111., of England,
and much envied, ns favorites are always
sure to he, by the rest of the courtiers. On
one occasion, when the king was absent,
some noblemen malitiously instigated the
queen to make trial of the noble blond of
of the favorite, by causing a lion to he let
loose upon him, saying, according to the
popular belief. that if the earl was truly no- I
ble the lion would not touch him. It being
customary with the earl to rise at break of
day, before any other person in the palace
was stirring, a lion was let loose during the
night, and turned into the lower court.—
When
the earl came down in the morning,
with no more than a nightgown cast over a
shirt he was met by the lion, bristling his
hair, and growling destruction between his
teeth. The earl, not in the least daunted,
called out with a strong voice—" Stand you'
dog:" At these words, the lion crouched at
his feet to the great amazement of the cour
tiers, who were peeping out at every win
dew to see the ist.ue of their ungenerous de
sign. The earl laid hold of the lion by the
main, turned him into his cage, and placing
his nightcap on the lion, came forth without
ever casting a look behind him. "Now,"
said the earl calling out to the courtiers,
"let him amongst you all, that stand most t
upon his pedigree, go and fetch my night
eap.
[WHOLE NUMBER, 1,369.
THE VALVE OF A eau'. LADY.
Once I assisted at the soirie dansante of
the Countess of Fritterfield. The most
brilliant star in that galaxy of fitshion was
the young and lovely Marchioness of Fiddles
dale. I saw her dancing in the hall. Aronnd
her snowy brow wore set five hundred
pounds ; for such would have been the an
swer of auyjeweller to the question, "what
are those diamonds?' With the gentle un
dulations of her bosom, there rose and fall
exactly thirty pounds ten shillings, the tam
she wore in the guise of a brooch of gold and
enamel.
Her fairy form was invested in ten guineas
represented by a slip of lilac satin; and this
was overlaid by thirty guineas more in two
skirts of white lace. Tastefully disposed
down each side of the latter, were six half
crowns; which so many bows of purple rib
bon bad come to. The lower margins of the
thirty guinea skirts were edged with eleven
additional guineas, the value of some eight
yards of silver fringe a quarter of a yard
in depth. Her taper waist, taking zone and
clasp together, I calculated to be confined
by f,rty pounds sterling. Her delicately
rounded arms, the glove of spotless kid be
ing added to the gold bracelet which encir
cled the little wrist, may be said to have
been adored with twenty-two pounds five
and sixpence, and, putting the silk and satin
at the lowest figure, I should say that she
wore fourteen and sixpence on her feet.—
Thus, altogether, was this thing of light,
this creature of loveliness, arrayed from top
to toe, exclusively of little sundries, in six
hundred and forty-eight pounds eleven shill
ings.—Jus. llume.
LET ME PRAY FIRST.
A very intelligent little girl was passing
quietly through the streets of a certain town
a short time since, when she came to a spot
where several idle boys were amusing them
selves by the very dangerous rractico of
throwing, stones. Not observing her, one of
the boys, by accident, threw a stone towards
her, and struck her a cruel blow in the eye.
She was carried home in groat agony.—
The surgeon was sent for, and a very pain
ful operation was declared necessary. -When
the time came, and the surgeon had taken
ni7 14 3 .nairhelLik;" - . 7- . . "Icie 7.
"No, father, not yet," she replied.
"What do you wish us to wait for, my
child?"
"I want to kneel in your lap, and pray to
Jesus first," she answered. And then kneel
ing, she prayed a few minutes, and after
wards submitted to the operation with Sao
patience of a woman.
How beautiful this little girl appears, un
der these trying circumstances! Surely Je
sus heard the prayer made in that hour; and
he will lore every child that calls upon his
Inc.; Let every boy and girl learn to pray;
and let idle boys be careful how they throw
stones.
GOLDEN RULES OF LIFE.
All the air and exorcise in the universe,
and the most liberal table, are but poorly
sufficient to maintain human stamina if we
neglect other operatives—namely the obe
dience to the laws of abstinence, and those
of ordinary gratification. We rise with a
headache, and set about puzzling ourselves
;to know the cause. We then recollect we
i had a hard day's fag, or that wo feasted
lover -bountifully, or that we stayed up very
! late; at all events, wo incline to find out the
fault, and then we call ourselves fools for
falling into it. Now this is an occurrence
happening almost every day, and these are
the points which run away with the best
' portion of our life before we find out what
lis f. , r good or evil. Let any single indlvid
inal review his past life; how instantaneously
I the blush will cover his cheek when he
thinks of the errors he has unknowingly
I committed, because it never occurred to him
that they were errors until the affects that
followed betrayed the cause. All our sick-
Hess and ailments and a brief life mainly
depend upon ourselves. There are thou
sands who practice errors day after day, and
whose pervading thought is, that everything
. which is agreeable and pleasant cannot be
hurtful. The slothful man loves his bed—
, the toper his drink, because it throws him
into an exiliarative and exquisite mood—
the g , urmand makes his stomach his god—
and the sensualist thinks his delights im
perishable. So we go on, and at last we
stumble and break down. We then begin
to reflect, and the truth stares us in the face,
how much we arc to blame.
SAVING BACON.
As the reason will soon be at hand for
our farmers to lay up their usual stock of
bacon the following from a correspondent of
the Neu England Fanner may serve a good
purpose:—
"lie was once entertained at the house of
a friend, and at dinner be had reason to
compliment him on the excellent quality of
his bacon, and inquired to know his method
of preparing and preserving. lie stated
that it was his practice to slice and fry his
bacon immediately on its being cured, and
then pack it down in its own fat. When
occasion came fur using it, the slices, slightly
refried, had all the freshness and flavor of
new bacon just prepared. In this way our
friend had always succeeded in 'saving 'his
bacon' fresh and sweet, through the hottest
weather."