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Columbia. May 3, 1856.
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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Columbia, Pa.
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Columbia, May 4,1950.
J. W. FISHER. P. L. HACKENBERG,
FI SHE S. HACKENBE SG,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
columbin, E..Dtember 13, Pdai-tt.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW AND CONVEYANER,
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arms his services to the cltiseue of Column.,
and assurers them that be will attend with promptitude
so all business entrusted to his cure. Office—Front
street, between Union and Perry. Residence—Smith
side Second strcet,Mtd door below Union.
Columbia, January 13. 1855-1 y
GEORGE J. SMITH,
WHOLESALE and Retail Bread and Cake
Baker.—Constantly on liaridm variety of Cake.;
too numerous to mention; Crackers; Soda, Wme, Scroll:
and Sugar Biscuit; Conectionery. of every description,
&c., &c. LOCUST sTiumr,
Feb..2,'.50. Between the Bank and Franklin House.
SAMUEL LODGE,
r3.61.g-1.2.0x-x-oietar3.
Corner Front ,S• Locust sts.„ Columbia, Pa.
Pictures taken for 25 cents
And upward., and satisfaction guaranteed.
jNo Picture need be taken front the Gallery
unless it is sueh an in really deei red.
Columbia, March 31, 1855.
B. P. APPOLD & CO.,
• Toia":s:'
GENERAL FORWARDING AND COMMIS
• : 4 7 4 6.fy i N5 1 4# 42
c OA. L AND PRODUCE,
And Deliverers on any point on the Columbia and
Philadelphia Railroad. to York and
Baltimore and to Pittsburg;
VALERS IN COAL. FLOUR AND GRAIN,
D
‘VHISKY AND BACON, have just received 0
large lot of Monongahela Rectified Whiskey. from
Pittsburg, of which they will keep n supply constantly
on hand. at low prices. Nos. I, 2 and 0 Canal Basta.
Columbia, January 27.1854.
Z. SHROMDMIC,
ladies soot ak. Shoe Manufacturer,
No. I. Locust street, Columbia, Pa.
RESPECTFULLY tenders his sincere thanks for the
very liberal patronage be has received. and ivonld
announce to his patrons that he has just supplied him
self with a large nail choice variety of ninteriids. and in
prepared to make up. in addition to his large stock of
ready-made work on hand. Ladies Alis.eS. and Clal.
drens 13110F.5. GAITERS. Boars. SLIP
PERS, &c-, in the latest nod best styles. Ile
solicits a continuance of the havoc tw liberally
bestowed by the public.
JAMES SHROEDER,
Columbia. Pa.
March IS, 1856
Yenn'a Rail Road Freight Station.
111EICIIT OFFICE and DEPOT in the new
building. corner of Front and Gay streets, near
the Collector's Office.
Ticket Office for Passenvers, En.; and We , i. nt the
Washington Hotel. ERASTUS K. 110 ICE,
April 19,1"t:X{"tf Freight h Ticket Agent.
OATS FOR SALE
110 THE BUSHEL, or in larger quantities,
at N... 1,2& 6 Canal Bum.
13. F. APPOLD & CO.
Columbia, January 20,155 G
GROCERIES!
TITE subscriber would inform the public that he is
constantly receiving frc'h supplies of the best Fam
ily GTOttlit,s the market NA al wford. come mid satisfy
yourselves. S. C. SWARTZ.
Columbia, June 21.15.50.
ROPES, ROPES, ROPES.
Nil !OILS, superior qualities, various sizes,
v,p_r an received and for„sale cheamby
WELSH & RICH.
Colombia, March 22.1.95 G
Balm of Thousand Flowers,
DISCOVERED by Dr. Fontaine, Paris. for hcalitafyirg
the complexion, curing all the diseases of the skin,
for Shriving, cleansing the met h; for the Toilet and the
Nursery; for bathing and man) medical purposes For
sale by 1z.5.:11 . 1. FILBERT,
Golden Mortar Drug *tore, Columbus, Fa.
Columbia, March tre, 18116,.
Rapp's Gold Pens.
CIViSTANTLY on hand, an assortment of
kJ these celebrated PENS. Persons in went Ole
,goml article are invited to cull and examine them
Columbia, June 30, 1853. JOHN
Excellent Dried Beef,
tiG.4.12. Cured and Plain llama, Shoulders and Side.
a. 7 'fur sale by
;Nlareh 22,15 X.
GEORGE J.
OUST STREET, bas just commenced man.
ufactoring BEEIR. and keep. entwant7y
an tlual. a full asooromem of eI;AINIER. DRINKS.
Colombia, April woe.
Just Received,
ers,A URGE LOT of Children's. Carriages,
Gig., Rocking Horses, Wheelbarrows. Peeve:-
, Nursery Swings, /kn. (i; EOM: C. J. SNIITIL
April 19, 1.9.56. Locust street.
grilllMA and other Fancy Articles.. too numerous to
A../ mention, for pale by G J SNITII, LOCUM street,
;between the Bank and Franklin I louse.
Columbia. April 19. Ma.
Feed, Feed, Feed.
'min; Oat., and Flour, can be 112 d at 9 C. Swam'?
V Store, •t Mill price.. Delivered free of churge.
Sept. 27, 1256.
DIME HAMS, 121-5. tis, per pound;
Pbooldert, 10 do do
Dried Beef, II do do
Tide Water Canal Money receiv
W ed for good,
ELSH & RICH
Colombia, May
ALCIMOL and Barning Fluid, always on
hand, at the Memel prices, at the Family Medicine
Store, Odd Fellows' Hall.
February 2,1656.
Wshould any person do without a Clock,
when they can be had f0r31.50 and upwards.
SHREINER'S?
** Columbia, April 2, IS:4
Susquehanna Planing IU,
COLUMBIA, PA-
THE undersigned respectfully announce to
their friends and patrons, and to the public gen
era ly. Mut they nre prepared to furnish all kinds of
FLOORING, SIDING AND SURFACED
LUMBER.
Also, Doors, Sash, Shutters, Blinds Window and
Door Frames, Mouldings, &c., at the lowest market
prices.
All orders by mail or otherwise addressed to the
undersigned, Columbia, Pu.. shall receive prompt at.
tention. DICKINSON At HUEY.
May 31.1&564f. -
SI 50
t 1 THOUSAND DOLLARS wanted on mortgage,
1.3 on unincumbered real estate, worth ten thousand.
Enquire of DANIEL HERR, President,
of Board of Trustees Columbia rol.;:le Ground Company.
Columbia, June 21. 1513.
ertmelAnn HRANDT,
fIUNTINUES to occupy the large building
at the corner of Second and Locust street ,-- ..td
offers to those desiring containable bosrdinx the-great
est conveniences. At his Saloons and itestauinnt
will be found Luxuries of all kinds in season, which
will he served up In :he best manner and ut the short
est notice. Ile respectfully solicits a share of patron•
age. (Golumida, May 10. ISM.
Monet Vernon Howe, Canal Basin,
Columbia,
HENRY K.MINICH, PROPRIETOR.
'The beet accommodations and every attention
given to miesls, who may favor this establishment
with their patronage. [April 19, 1959.11
Franklin House, Locust st. Columbia, Pa
THE subscriber continues to occupy this
well-known lintel. and will do everything in his
power to comfortably entertain all who may patron
ize him . Ills facilities for accommodating Horses,
Droves, he., are superior.
MARTIN ERWIN.
April 19, 1656-1 y
Washington House, Columbia, Pa.
DANIEL HERR, PROPRIETOR.
THIS old and well•known house is Mill in
-L the occupancy of the subscriber.and offers every
inducement to the traveller, in the way of comfort and
convenience. The Cars, east and wen, start (mu
this enahlisitment. and it has other advantnges unser.
passed by any. Terms reasonable.
D. DF.DR.
Columbia, April 12, 18.561 y
Bellevue House,
lcr E. CORNER of Front and liralnut streets,
. COI.UMII DIA, PA.
JOSHUA J. GAULT. PROPRIETOR.
(Successor to Ilurdwe II & ttreneman and Mrs. Raines)
The House is furnished with all Modern Improve
ments. and every attention wilt be given to severe
the comfort of guests. Charges moderate.
Columbia, April 12,1856.1 f
NEW STOCK OF FANCY GOODS.
undersigned respectfully announces
I. to her friends and the public, that she has now on
hand a new assortment of FANCY ARTICLES, such
as Infants' Caps and Bonnets. Trimmings of every va
riety, Macke Collars, Embroidery of all Linde; oleo, a
large assortment of Ladies' Fancy Basket's. I respect
fully solicit an examination of my goods, from those
who are in want of the above mentioned articles.
NIARTRA J. MILES.
Columbia. September 13, 1556.
PR/NE GERMAN SEGARS.
IHAVE JUST RECEIVED 200,000 MORE
of tho. , e PRIME SEGARS., which I will sett
CIIEAPER than any Store 111 this or tiny other town.
t
and others will do well by gtviag me a call before
purchasing elsewhere.
a.o
Wholesale Conthetionary e•tablishasent. Front street,
two doors below the Washington house, Columbia.
Cohan hie. Sue. 30, IS:W.
Gentlemen's Hair Dressing Saloon.
rrIIE subscriber lakes this method of in-
I_ forming all who have lot already been made ac
quainted with the fact, that he has taken the %thud late
ly occupied by Charles Williams, in
Front Street, next door to Dr. Filbert's,
where lie is always prepared to afford easy and com
fortable share, to gentlemen, and to practice the other
parts of his profession Ile solicits a share of public
patronage. confidant that Lis efforts to please will be
satisfactory. WILLIAM WATERS.
Columbia. September 6, 16.56-tf
50 "s• PRIME GROUND NUTS, at J. F.
smiTit s Wholesale and Revd Confectionery
rodabliuhtneto, Front street, two doors below the
Wakbington House, Columbia. [October 25, 1e5t.1.
Just Received..
215 p o i r inz. ,,7, l y lOULDESS i3 1;1 . . ' 12 3 1 , , AC u F . 64 4‘ 11 6 ka1S
No.. 1, 2 and 6, Canal 13a , tn.
Columbia. October IS, 1e.:16.
Fluid, Fluid.
T UST rorrived freA supply of fl uid. by
J
Nov. 15, 1535. S.C. SWARTZ
J AYNES Family Medicines. For sale at
siccolial.) , ,& DCLLET FS
Family 'Medicine Store, Odd Fellows' Ilull
Co'union, October trti,
NEW ARRIVAL! S. C. Swartz has just re
ceived a large lot of new Buckwheat Flour, winch
will be sold at only 621 cut. per 2.5 lbs.
Nov. I, 1,956.
c;IVEET CIDER, by the quart or gallon, for
sal, by S. C. SWARTZ.
Nov. 1. 0,10'3.
T COKING GLASSES.BaskeIs, Buckets, Broom,
Wa4l.lThards, and a pplenalld lot of Door Mate,
juPt yr.:rived by
June :2S, S. C. SWARTZ.
FINK DYE'S, Jones' Batchelor's, Peter's and
E F ., plum hair does. warranted to color the hair
any desired shade, without injury to the skin. For sale
by It WILLIAMS.
Front
May 10, bt., Calm - alms, Pa.
CITRATE MAGNESIA. Seidlitz Powder, Soiln
Powder and Mineral Water. alway• to be had, of
a superior quality, nt
hIeCORKI.F. Sr DFLI.FITTiri
Family Medicine Store. Odd Fellow's Hall.
July 'A, t5..56
T'_
ARR & THOMPSON'S justly celebrated Caul
merctul and other Vold in the
ro4nrket—Plßl received. I'. SJIIIEINER.
Culuml.l.,April
SAPONEFIEII, or Conerutrated Lye, for ma
king Soap. 1 lb I• iitiffiettirt for one barrel of
Soft Soap, or Ilh.for lbs. 'lard Soap. Full direr,
tiring will lie given at the Counter (or making Soil,
Hard and Fancy Soap, Fur gale by
R. WILLTAMS.
Columbin, March 31,15.15.
QOLUTION OF CITRATE OF lAGNESII,or Par-
A goitre Mineral plesituni medicine
which it highly recommended as a nutiminute for
Epsom ereidlite. Powder•, der.. ran be obtained
fresh every. day at SAM.. FII.I3E:DT'S Drug Store,
Front at li3
NVET.S.II6-. RIGLI
raPOZEN BROOMS, 10 BOXES CHEESE. For
ZD sale cheap, by B. F. APPOLD & CO.
Colorable. October 25, 1 5.56 .
TuAT RF.,CEIVED, a larch and Welt selected variety
rl of Brui.lics, ronsistinir in part of Shoe. Bair, Cloth.
Crumb, Nail, slut and Teeth Brashes. and for sale by
K. ‘VILLIAMS.
Front street Columbia. Ca.
=I
A I SUPERIOR article of PAINT OIL, for sale by
R. WILLIAMS.
mny tO, Front Street, Columbia. Pa
A SUPERIOR amide of TONIC dPICF.BITTERS.
Ll amiable for Hotel Keepers, for sate by
It. WILLIAMS.
May 10.155 G. Trout 'mem. Columbia.
rI E.lr ETHEREAL OIL, ahrayr on hand. and fo
ante by R. WILLIAMS.
May 10.1 M. Front Street, Cotambia, Pa.
TCST received, FRESH CASIPHEME. and for sale
4.1 by R. WILLIAMS.
May 10,1656. •Front Street. Columbia. Pa.
DGRATIPS ELFCTRIC OIL . Jolt re ceivel,
by keel. supply of this populartem WILLIAMS. and for sale
LlAras.
May 10,1956. Front Streat,Colunilna. Pa.
ANEW lot or WHALE AND CAR GREASING
OILS, received at the store of the subscriber.
R. WILLIAiIi4.
Map 10,1850. front .1" treet,Colurittna, Pa
MONEY WILIIITMD.
Just Received,
"NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READINP;TNOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER ta, 1856
taftry.
For the Columbia Spy.
A TEMPERANCE RALLY.
I=
Join the ranks—be first and foremost,
In the great and glorious cause;
Quickly rise—be up and doing,
To protect the Temperance laws!
Bright and sparkling seems the wine cup,
But a serpent lurks within;
"Touch not, taste not, brindle not;'
If ye would not feel his sting.
Join the ranks--ye beauteous children,
Fly beyond temptation's power;
When the cares of life are ended,
Ye will warmly bless this hour.
Pleasing to the eye it soenteth,
As it gleams within the bowl,
Touch it not—the sparkling fluid—
It is dangerous to the soul.
Join the ranks—ye youth and maidens,
Of our fair and sunny land;
Clear, cold water is the emblem
Of our happy Temperance baud.
Raise the flag of freedom proudly,
Wave it o'er the land and sea;
'Neath us shadow safely resting,
We will pray for victory.
Come, then join the glorious cause,
Bravely strike for liberty!
Till the proud usurper knows
For the right well "do or die."
Who'll refuse to join the ranks?
Who would be a drunken sot?
Let our wetchword always be—
" Touch not, taste not, handle not."
BLAKELY, Nov., 1856.
Prom the Knickerloocker.
"DYING BY INCHES."
"Dying by inches:' is there much of sorrow
In thinking of a death that comes so ~low?
Let us from this some consolation borrow,
Some precious comfort will the thought bestow
For if we dm more suddenly, thus leaving
Without a farewell word for those loved best,
Will they not have more reason for their grieving?
Will not a deeper sorrow fill the breast?
When death comes on with slow and stealing paces,
With ease we will unclasp the chains of earth,
Taking a last look at familiar faces,
With a still higher sense of their dear worth.
For who would sink upon life's stormy billow,
And in a moment lose this fleeting breath!
Is it 1101 hotter e'en on weary pillow,
Calmly to wait the slow approach of death!
Well not regret the hours of pain and anguish :
When we hnve finished here our toilsome race
What signifies it, lion eartfa we languish,
If we in Heaven may hope to find a place?
Then if it be God's will that we should tam.,
In pain and sorrow waiting. is it best
That we should still life's wear• burden carry:
When we lie down more sweet will be the rest.
BitEttaltEnit.
JEFFERSON'S OPINION OF HENRY.
The following sketch of Patrick Henry by
his cotemporary, Mr. Jefferson, will be found
interesting. It is taken from the advanced
sheets of a work soon to be issuid by a Bos
ton publisher, containing the private corres
pondence of Daniel Webster. In 1824 Mr.
Webster visited Jefferson at his Jtome at
Monticello, and afterwards wrote out the
following opinion of Henry, expressed by
Mr. Jefferson at the time:
Patrick Henry was originally a bar keep
er. lie was married very young, and going
into business, on his own account, was a
bankrupt before the year was out. When I
was about the age of fifteen, I left the school I
here, to go to the college at Williamsburg.
I stopped a few days at a friend's in the
county of Louisa. There I first saw and be
came acquainted with Patrick Henry. Hav
ing spent the Christmas hollidays there, I
proceeded to Williamsburg. Some questions
arose about my admission as my preparatory
studies had not been pursued at the school
connected with that institution. This delay.
ed my admission about a fortnight, at which
time Henry appeared at Williamsburg, and
applied for a license to practice law, having
commenced the study of it at or subsequent.
ly to the time of my meeting him at Louisa.
There were four examiners, Wythe, Pendle
ton, Peyton Randolph and John Randolph.
Wythe and Pendleton at once rejected his
application. The two Randolphs, by his im
portunity, were prevailed upon to sign the
license: and having obtained their signatures
he applied again to Pendleton, and after
much entreaty and many promises of future
study, succeeded in obtaining his. The first
case which brought him into notice was a
contested election; in which he appeared as
counsel before a committee of the House of
Burgesses. His second was the parsons
cause, already well known. These and sim
ilar efforts soon obtained for him so much rep
utation, that he was elected a member of the
Legislature. He was as well suited to the
times as any man ever was, and it is not
now easy to say what we should have done
without Patrick Henry. lie was far before
all in maintaining the spirit of the Revolu
tion. His influence was most extensive,
with the members from the upper counties
and his boldness and their votes overawed
and controlled the more cool or the more
timid aristocratic gentlemen of the lower
part of the State. Ills eloquence was pecu
liar, if indeed it should be called eloquence;
for it was impressive and sublime, beyond
what can be imagined. Although it was
diffcult when he had spoken to tell what ha
had said, yet, while he was speaking, it al
ways seemed directly to the point. When
he had spoken in opposition to my opinion,
had produced a great effect, and I myself
been highly delighted and moved, I have
asked myself when he ceased: "What the
devil has he said?" I could never answer
the inquiry. Ills person was of full size,
and his manner and voice free and manly-
His uttcrence neither verast nor very
slow. His speeches very shMt, from a quar
ter to a half an hour. His .pronunciation
was vulgar and vicious, butii was forgotten
while he was speaking.
He was a man of very little knowledge of
any sort; he read nothing, and had no books.
Returning one November. filoin Albemarle
F
court, he borrowed of me t - pmee Essays, in
two volumes, saying, he shenld have leisure
in the winter fur reading. 'ln the spring he
returned them, and declarethe had not been
able to go further than twenty or thirty pages
in the first vol. He wrote alimst nothing—he
could not write. The resolutons of '75 which
have been ascribed to lattii;Lave by many
been supposed to have beg written by Mr.
Johnson who acted as his scond on that oc
casion; but if they were wr4,:tiby Henry him
self, they are not such asteaTprove any power
of composition. Neither in*litics nor in pro
fession was he a man of biness; he was a
man for debate only. Hui biographer says
he read Plutarch every yeali I doubt wheth
er lie ever read a volume n it in his life.—
llis temper was excellent, ,#nd lie generally
observed decorum in debrt*
On one or two occasionsift have seen him
angry, and his anger was tarrible; those who
witnessed it were not disosod to rouse it
again. In his opinion he l pras yielding and
practicable and not dispo4d to differ from
his friends. In private co*ersation ho was
agreeable and facetious, Sfid, while in gen•
teel society, appeared to niderstand all the
decencies and proprietiesfof it; but, in his
heart, he preferred low sigiety, and sough;
it as often as possible. ge would hunt in
the pine woods of Fluventit with overseers,
l e
and people of that dem. 'lion, living in a
camp for a fortnight aV ;time without a
change of raiment. Ihe . :often been as
tonished at his command u =proper language;
how he attained a knovvidge of it I never
could find out, as he read* little and con
versed little with educatetimen. After all
it must be allowed that IneWas our leader in
the measures of the revo4 'on in Virginia.
In that respect more w 7 eto him than
any other person. If wct'„ 'ad not had him,
we should probably have' tout pretty well
as you did, by a nurnbez men of nearly
equal talents, but he lei' , ::',all far behind.
His biographer sent,thst,,, ,t'= , :.of his work
to me as they were .firli , •:., z iOid., at the end
asked fir my opinion. :.• .'41.1m it would
be a question hereaf : s:4`.. ''-,.... Ili& Work
panegyric.
AN INCIDENT IN THE EARLY LIFE
OF DANIEL WEBSTER.
"Men at sometimes are masters of their fates."
In Mr. Webster's boyhood there lived in
his native town a man by the name of Ham
mond—a rough, uncultivated, but kind
hearted, honest fellow—half farmer and half
backwoodsman. Hammond's boys were ex
pert in gunning and fishing, and Mr. Web
ster, who had always an especial fondness for
such sports, was often accompanied by them
in his excursions, and became well acquaint
ed with the family.
After a time the Hammonds emigrated to
some wild region near the Canada frout:er,
and fur several years Mr. Webster lost all
trace of them, but during one of his college
vacations, a de-tire to see his old friends
again determined him to search them out.
After some trouble, he quezeded in discov
ering their place of alt ale, and a somewhat
fatiguing journey brought him to the log
cabin of the eccen tric old wanderer, who had
fired his residence is far as possible from
the settlements, which were becoming too
densely populated to suit his ideas of corn
furtahlelife. Hammond and his good dame,
with their stout boys, were of course de
lighted to meet Mr. Webster again, and the
rude hospitalities of the cabin were extended
with open hand.% The family mt.; poor,
much poorer than he expected to find it, but
not the less cheerful and happy were its
members.
Supper was at once provided by the kind
hostess, "for," said Hammond, "Dan'l 's
hungry, and we must do the best we can
for him, wife." Young Webster had a keen
appetite, and enjoyed the meal, but for the
first time in his life, partook of a dish, which
even Parker, with all his ingenuity and ori
ginality in providing tempting entrees, never
would have dreamed of. This was nothing
more nor less than grass
_fried in lard, which
formed the principal portion of the meal.
The "fodder" having been duly discussed
and cleared away, Hammond entered into
conversation with Mr. Webster, and among
other things was anxious to know what pur
suit his young friend designated to follow.
Mr. Webster replied that he had not defi
nitely made up his mind, but supposed he
should be either a Physician, a Minister, or
a Lawyer.
"Dan'l," said Hammond, "You've a good
head, and can make a figure in the world, '
if you don't throw your chances away.—
Now, I've had some experience, though I
haven't much larnin', and I'll give you a bit
of advice for old acquaintance sake. Don't I
you go to bein' a Doctor,—it's hard work. I
getting up o' nights, and trottin' round with !
those eternal saddle bags. Nor I wouldn't
be a minister neither—it's a poor kind o'
livin and you'd be tired of this everlastin'
preachin'; and as for the lawyers, they're all I,
infernal rascals. Now Dan'', tell ye bow
ye can make a fortin,' and won't charge
nothin' for it, neither, be a Conjuror. Dan%
be a Conjuror. You're just the right sort of
a chap for conjurin' and them fellow, make
a power of money. A good many of the
people lose their cows, and there's a way to
tell how they've gone; I don't know how, but
you've book learnin', and can find out and
know everything fist as these chaps do, and
besides you can tell fortins. Take my ad
vice, Dan'l, and be a Conjuror."
Mr. Webster was greatly diverted, but
took care not to offend his worthy old friend,
who was exceedingly earnest and sincere in
giving his simple views. lie promised to
reflect and decide carefully. After partak
ing again of fried grass at breakfast, he
took an affectionate leave. Hammond's
parting words were, "Don't forget, Dan'',
Conjurin's the thing for you."
A SECOND JACK SHEPPARD
George W. Townsend, who was sentenced
to two years in the Delaware State Prison.
at New Castle for rubbing the post (Alice at
Wilmington, Del., has succeeded, as already
stated, in breaking jail again. This is the
fourth time he has escaped from this prison.
The first time, while in prison waiting his
trial, he broke jail and let out three other
prisoners, on the same night there were six
or seven stores broken into in Wilmington..
Shortly after this escape Townsend was rec
ognized and arrested iu Philadelphia, and a
portion of the goods taken from the stores
was found on his person; he also had on his
person five pistols, heavily loaded, and a
large dirk-knife. In a few days after lie
was lodged in the old quarters; he again
escaped frJrn his cell and had reached the
top of the wall, and was in the act of jump
ing down on the outside when he was dis
covered by the sheriff; the sheriff fired at
him, and he was captured. Shortly after
this second attempt to escape his trial came
on. Before he was sentenced lie made a
strong appeal fur clemency, that he was
sorry for what he had done, would reform,
ci:e.
About a month after he was sentenced he
made his third escape from the prison; this
time he let out two other prisoners with him;
and on this same night the post office at
Wilmington was robbed. This time he was
recognized by the Conductor, while in the
ears between Wilmington and Chester.—
The conductor locked both ends of the c. ,
i .
and when they reached Chester an ofilic r
was procured and Townsend was again a,
rested. One of the persons he had let o t
of the prison, named "Oyster Charley," as
with him' in the car, and he was so ar-
prison, and this time to make sere of him,
he was put in double irons, which means
handcuffs, and hobbles or leg irons. Ile
was locked in his cell mid closely watched.
Notwithstanding all this precaution, he
again effected another and a fourth escape
on Friday night last. This time he had
filed or sawed off his handcuffs and leg-irons,
and cutting a hole through the oak dour of
his cell. he descended into a room below,
from there hr got into the prison yard, and
then scaled the wall, which is about twenty
feet high. Iris feats will rival those of .Tack ,
Sheppard or Si::teen String Jack. lie is j
certainly the most successful jail-breaker ;
this country has produced, and while he is
now at large. will no doubt improve on his
last experience. Townsend is a young man,
about 19 years of age, about 5 feet ti inches
high, well and compactly built, HAM
hair and complexion, and blue eye: , .—Philu.
L'-ilrr.
MIMES!
SOMNAMBULISM
We copy from a Pitt-Imrg e , :cha nge, a
brief annon neonient of a accent case of sf
namlili.9an near that city. The pat tioulars
furnish a yF id picture of the perils of this
singular phenomenon, and the narrow es
cape of the parent from injuring his child
with a gun in the dark should Le a warning
to others not to be too ha-tr. The case, tp,
stated, occurred at Oakland, the private vet-
Menee of a gentleman, and the account says:
"Hearing footsteps upon the stairs about
midnight, and suspecting burglars might be
about the premises, the gentleman rose from
his bed and took down a double-barrelled
gun, with which he proceeded to the door
opening into the hall. I:caching the door
he applied his ear to the key hole and heanl
what he thought a rustling of garments upon
the stairs. Hastily drawing a chair to the
door he stepped upon it and inserted his
gun through the transom. Juqt then the
thought occurred to him that it might be
his daughter, who some time previously was
addicted to walking in her sleep. Passing
out into the hall, with the gun still in his
hand, to be used in case circumstances war
ranted it, he found the apartment entirely
vacant, and lighting a lamp he then ascend
ed the stairs. Imagine his surprise and
terror on looking out the chamber window
to see among the branches of a tall tree
which grew there, his daughter, dressed in
her night habiliments and seemingly utterly
unconscious of her perilous position. With
out uttering a word or making a sound cal
culated to frighten her, he stepped out of this
window himself and 'winding his arm tightly
about the waist of the sleeping girl, he with
great exertion managed to regain the hall
with his precious burthen. The surprise of ,
the young lady when she awoke and was in- ,
formed of her perilous adventure can be bet
ter imagined than described."
PAUL DELAPOCHE
The news come by the last European
steamer that Paul Delaroche, the painter, is
dead, at the age of fifty-nine, haring been
born in Paris in the year 1.797. lie began
to paint in childhood, his father's office of
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appraiser of works of art, at the Mont-de-
Plete, throwing him frequently in the way
of studying both good aed bad subjects.—
Ms early efforts were in landscape painting:
but he soon turned his attention to histori
cal subjects, and it is in this department of
the art that he has risen to fame. Ameri
cans are very familiar with his Napoleon
crossing the Alps, and a celebrated portrait
of Napoleon in the Tuilleries was exhibited
in this country some years ago. Ills great
e-t work is considered to be the painting of
the semicircular ball of the Palace of the
Fine Arts in Paris, on which he was engaged
fur four years. llis Death of Queen Eliza
beth, Ex e:mtion of Lady Jane Gray, Stafford
going to EKemition, and other paintings il
lustrative of English history, are well known
to many persons in this country through en
gravings. The French Galleries hare a
number of works by this great master, on
their walls.
THE VEILED PICTURE
A story is told of two artist lovers, both
of whom sought the hand of a noted pain
ter's daughter. And the question, which of
the two should po , soss himself of the prize
.0 earnestly coveted by both having come
to the father, he promised to gi‘e his child
to the one that could paint the Lest. Si
each stro‘e for the maiden, with the skill
his genius could command. One painted a
picture of fruit and displayed it to the fath
er's inspection in a beautiful grove, whets
gay birds sang sweetly among the foliage
and all Nature rejoiced in the luxuriance
of bountiful life. Presently the birds came
down to the canvass of the young painter,
and attempted to eat the fruit he had pic
tured there. In his surprise and joy at the
young artists skill, the father declared that
no one could triumph over that.
Soon, however, the second lover came with
his picture and it was veiled.
"Take the veil from your painting," said
the old man.
"I leave that to you," said the young ar
tist with simplicity.
The father of the young and lovely maiden''
then approached the veiled picture, and at-
tempted to uncover it. But imagine his aston
ishment when, as he attempted totake off the
veil, he found the veil itself to be a picture!
We need not say who was the lueltly lover;
for if the artist who deceived the birds by
skill in painting fruit manifested great pow
er of he who_could so veil the canvass
ter, was surely the greatest artist
WILD NAN IN AFRICA
There is another inhabitant of the wood , ,
by the Cahoon river, more to be feared then I
the .tfriean boa. It is the wild man of the
woods—not the ourneg ()Mang, though an
immense ape—always acting on the offen
sive, and ready to attack man. The bones
of his extremities are longer than those of
an ordinary sized, full-grown man. I have
examined them here, and while contemplat
ing the scull, the jaws and the terrible ap
paratus, really experienced a sort of shud
dering. The canine teeth are upward of
two inches long, and of proportionable hulk.
There is a ridge running from the top of the
nose backward over the crown of the head:
to this is taxed a muscle, by which the liv
ing animal draws backward and forward a
most Frightful (Test of stiff hairs; when en
raged or prepared to inflict injury, he erects
tbem and droves the crests forward user his
large eyes, utters mast hideous yells at the'
seta.•
Nothing SOPMS to intimidate him. Some
times he advances with boughs of trees bro
ken oft to conceal his approach and attack,
and suddenly- grasps the legs of a human
being, (wings him instantly to the ground,
breaks his hones by blows of his mighty
arms and hands, and tears the fle,h with (do
monsttots teeth. The native huntsman who
goes in search or meets with him while pur
suing less formidable animals, has learned
that the safest way to engage him is to act
quite on the defen , i‘e; to let the moneter
draw near, when he trill immediately beihe
the end of the muzzle of the gun LetWeell
his teeth. Instantly it moot be dit_harg,ed;
if the man delays till the ape has compressed
the barrel so as to close it, or fails to gke a
mortal wound, his doom is scale.l.—.7lwecls
in .Ift ica.
DESOLATION OF PALESTINE
In Palestine you nre nearly us much in
the wilderness as when in Arabia, fur as to
inhabitants they are precisely the things
which do not exist, fur all you can tell, ex
cept in the towns and villages you pass
through. You ride on day after day, and
you rise over each hill, and you sink into
each valley, and except nu occasional soli
tary traveller, with his servant and his mule- i
Leer, or a Turkish official with his party,
rarely does a moving object appear upon the I
landscape. No cattle are on the land, and
no passengers are on the highways. How
lonely it is! and this loneliness strikes you
more like that of the desert, for it seems un
natural, because here there should be life,
and there is none. Sometimes you may
make out at a distance on the hill-side a
single figure, a man upon a donkey. It is
the only moving thing your eye can detect
all around. And so you go on through this
desolate land. From Jerusalem to Beyrout,
you scarcely light upon ono single scene of
rural industry—not a single scene of life
that can be composed with those on the
Arab pastures from the top of Jebel el Snfar
to the wells of el Mileh. There, in places,
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the country was full of people and children,
and flocks and herds—a rejoicing picture of
pastoral - e:i , ..tence in all its abounding
wealth; while here, in the country of tillage,
and towns, and villages, the whole land
seemed to lie under a spell. --Louth's lran
derer in Arabia.
JUST IN TIRE
A young physician, having tried in vain
to get into practice, at last fell upon the
Mowing expedient to set the ball rolling:
Ile sprang upon his horse once a day, and
(hove at full speed through the village.—
After an absence of an hour he would re
turn, and carry with him some of his instru
ments—thinking that if he could impress
his neighbors that he had practice, they
would begin to place confidence in his abil
ity. A wag NVIIO more than suspected the
deceitwbieh he was practising, determined to
know the truth. Ile accordingly kept his
horse in readiness, and the next time the
doctor galloped by his door, sprang on his
stood and placed himself on the young gen
tleman's trail. The doctor saw the man
following at his heels, but did not, at first,
evince any uneasiness. At length however,
he thought it advisable to turn down a nar
row lane. The pursuer followed on like an
evil genius; but the doctor was not discour
aged, as another road lay a short distance
ahead of him down which he turned. The
other kept close at his heels, and the doctor
grew impatient to return home. There was
no house by the way at which he could af
ford any pretext for stopping. In the mean
time his saddle bags were with him, and he
was otherwise equipped fur business, so that
he could not return in the face of his neigh
bur without exposing the secrets of the trade
in the most palpable manner. Every bound
of his steed carried him farther from his
home, and the shades of night began to fall
on bill and tower, Still the sound of horses
hoofs was thundering in his ear, and he was
driven to his wit's end; but just as heturned
the angle of a wood, he heard a low moan.
A man lay prostrate near the fence of a
meadow, and blood gushed from a fearful
wound in his arm. He had cut an artery
with his scythe, and was in danger of imme
diate dissolution. The young doctor sprang
from his horse and staunched the wound.—
Bandages were applied, and his life was
saved. The pursuer had only thrown him
self from his horse, and as the physician tied
up the last bandage, ho looked up in Wahine
_
able to arrive just in time!
The wondering spectator was silent with
aWP, and after assisting the wounded man
home, he told such a miraculous tale to the
wondering villagers, as secured to the young
physician a reputation not only for skill, but
also for supernatural prescience.
Thum did the merest accident contribute
more to his advancement than years of stu
dious toil could have done; and the imperti
nent curiosity of a waggish neighbor opened
for him a path to business, which the most
influential patronage might never have been
able to nrovide fur him.
LAFAYETTE'S OPINION OF THE
BIBLE.
We mace the following interesting ex,
tract from a let ter of the lion. Francis Allen,
late mayor of New London, a well known
friend of Gen. La fayette, to Hiram Ketchum
tl:i , city:
—Your views [referring to Mr. Ketchum's
recent , pee, Ii in New Haven] accord so well
with my own that I must relate an anecdote
by way ~f illustration. Just before the
French revolution of July, 1330, in a drive
to Lagrange front Pars, alone with Gen.
Lafayette, the subject of conversation, (the
same almost always choqeu by hint 'when
conversing, with me,) was the American
gat eminent, and he mentioned that:
'Use of the journals of Paris had published
statements Ilivorable to Republican liberty
—unpalatable to the existing government,
fur which the author nr editor was fined or
imprisoned, or both: that France was on the
e:e of a revolutfition then; that it required
the efforts of ell the good men of the nation
to prevent a bloody revolution; that the gov
ernment of Charles X had to take but one
step further toward stifling the press, and it
would be changed from a monarchy to a re
publican form of government; not, however,
a bloody revolution: it would be like the
turning over the leaves of a book—a monar
chy to-day, a republican to-morrow:
I replied:
'Your people arc not prepared for such a
government: they are never to be controlled
but by the bayonet.'
HO answered
'Mankind are b nature much the f amo
everywhere; that education, habits, man
ners, &c., created the difference.'
ME
'True, General, and before any nation is
171 far the enjoyment of ciril liberty, at muss
hare religions freedom, for the Bible alone
ran teach man his Girl( individual responsi
bility.'
The General laid his hand upon me in the
most affectionate manner, and exclaimed:
'There is much truth in that remark of
yours, my friend.'
His countenance was much animated, and
he twice repeated at intervals, the • same
words, holding me firmly by tho hand until
we arrived at Lagrange."
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