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IL M. NO'RTIL
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Columbia, opLoalibor 6, tuou•lt
GEORGE J. SMITH,
WHOLESALE and Retail Bread and Cake
Baker.—Constantly on hand ft variety of lices,
•too numerous to mention; Crackers; Sods, Wine, Scroll,
and Sugar Biscuit.; Confectionery, of every description,
tee, &c. LOCUST sTnEgr,
Between the Bank and Franklin House.
DAVIES E. BRUNER, ESQ.,
ATTORNEY A.T.LAW AND CONVE YAWER.
offers his services to the citizens of Cplumbin,
end assures them that he will attend with promptitude
to all business entrusted to his care. Office—Front
street, between Union and Perry. Residence—lß:lath
side Second street,2nd door below Union.
Columbia. January 13. 1335-1 y
S. F. APPOLD & CO.,
'GENERAL FORWARDING AND COMMIS
kaidEASION MERCEIANTS, Sa t
RBCEIVERS OF
COAL LAND PRODUCE,
And Deliverers on any point on the Columbia and
Philadelphia Railroad. to York and
Baltimore and to Pittsburg;
TI E:Arogns COAL. FLOUR AND GRAIN,
1) WHISKY AND BACON, have just received a
lsrass -tivt es ,
Pittshurg, of whir II they will kee andpy constantly
on he nd. nt low prices. Nos. 1,2 6 Canal Basin.
Col unthin, January 87.1834.
OATS FOR SALE
Ba THE BUSHEIJ, or in larger quantities,
at Nos. 1,2 & 6 Co36ll,Basln.
13. T. APPOLD & CO.
Columbia, January .9.6,19.56
ROPES, ROPES, ROPES.
50COILS,
superior qualities, various sizes,
' J ust ret:e. d and for. suit chenp.by
& RICH.
Columbia, March 22,1956
Just Received,
rn BUS.
111 S %% PRED R
E GROUND NUTS, at ecti .nery F.
sNllltoleshle and etail Conf J
e.tablishment. Front street, two doors yorlow the
Wa.longton Muse, Columbia. (October 25, ISZA.
-
:rust Received,
ra A 1111DS SHOULDER .. S. 15 TIERCE HANTS
Z V roe sale by 0 1 , C0..
:Coq. 1, 2 9.m11 , , Caßal Ba•in.
Columbia. October IS, 1e56.
Rapp's Gold Pens.
CONSTANTLY on hand. an assortment of
there celebrated PENS. Permit,. in want cola
good article are invited to call and examine them.
Columbia, June 30, 1833. JOIIN FELIX.
Excellent Dried Beef,
SCured and Pima Hume, Shankle.rs foul Shies,
for sale by
March 2.2,
Just Received,
A . LARGE LOT of Children's Carriages,
Gig., Rocking florae., Wheelbarrow., Prepel
ltr., Nursery Savings, &-e. GEORGE. J. 8311T11.
April 19,1836. Locust street.
(IRINA and other Fenny Artieles. too numerous to
%.) mention, for *ale by (i. .1. 53,1T11, Locust atreeh
between the Bank and Fronklin
Columbia, April 19, 1956.
T HE undersigned Care been appointed
agent.. forthe stile of Cook & Co'r GOTTA PER
t T ILE
mirrnnied not to corrode; in e Insheny
they almost equal the quill.
SAYLOR & McDONALD.
Colombia Jon. 17, 1657.
A LARGE lot Of Shaker Corn, from the
tilirucer settlement in New• Yn, k, juvt received,
y t H. SUYDAM & SON'S
Columbia, Dec. W,1.9.50
TATNES Family Medicines. For sale at
MiCORKLE/b uI LLET f'S
Family Medicine More, Odd reliOWlo .
Columbia, October '25, leXi.
HAIR DYE'S. Jones' Batchelor's, Peter's and
1 7 4yptian hair dyrot. warranted to rotor the lour
any desired shaft, without injury to the shin. I'or sale
R. WILLIAMS„
Trout tt.,Coltantna, Pa.
'May 10,
'PARR & TIIOMPSON'S justly celebrated Com
a.: mercinl and other Gold Pena—the twat in the
:market—just received. P. sittuusul.
Collar:lda, April 2A, 1555.
XTRA I FAIIIILY FLOUR, by the barrel, for
Co:iimbin.! . fune 7. 1'5..%% I :
, 1 4 end t i S . l' ) a n.
VRIIIIB HAMS, 12 14 do. per pound;
ilioulder., 10 do do
Dried Beer, 14 do do
Tide Water Donal Money receiv
rLsit ed for good..
wRICII
.Columbin, M ay ISS4.
WRY should anyperson do without a Cloek,
when they cad he had fottl.(land
iIttEINE uptvltrdo.
• BWS!
Columbia, Arril eo,
QAPONEFIER. or Concentrated Lye, for ma•
king Soap. 1 lb. iv vuffiesent for one barrel or
Soft Soap, or Ilb.for 9 Ilia. !lard Soap. Full dived.
tionsyrill be given at the Counter for making Soft,
Hard and Fancy Soups. For sale by
R. WILLIAMS.
Columbia, March 31, 'IESS.
SOLETION OF CITRATE OF MAGNESII,or Par
!Wive Mineral IVater.—This pleasant medicine
which is highly recommended ns n subacute for
Epallsm antis, Powders, he.. inn be obtained
fresh every (May at SA3II, FILBERT'S Drug Store,
Front st. J 2
20:107.EN 13R001t 4 , 10 BOXID 4 CIIIM.II For
gale cheap, by 11. F. A PPOLD &
Colamb's. October
A SUPERIOR orisc{e of PAINT AIL for mole by
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MEM
St GO
Take the Spade of Perseverance,
Dig the &chi of Progress wide;
Every rotten root of faction
flurry out and cast aside;
Every stubborn weed of Error;
Every seed that hurts the soil;
Tares. whose very growth is terror—
Dig them out whale er the toil! .
Give the stream of Education
Broader channel, holder force;
Heel the stones of Pro.ectidon .
Out whereer th.'y block Its course;
Seek for strength in self-exertion;
Work and still have faith to wait;
Close the crooked gate to fortune;
Make the road to honor straight!
Men are agents for the future;
As they work, so ages win
Either harvest of Advancement,
Or the products of their sin!
Follow out true cullivation;
Widen Education's plan;
From the Majesty of Nature
Teach the Majesty of Man!
Take the Spade of Perseverance,
Dig toe field of Progress wide;
Every bar to true instruction
Carry out and cast Aside;
Feed the Plant whose Fruit is 'Wisdom;
Cleanse from Crime the common Sod;
So that from the Throne of Heaven
It may bear the glance of God.
SUNSHINE OF THE HEART
OW don't go sighing through the world,
There's sunshine all the w•ay;
If you'll but do the acts that e'er
Reftect the blessed ray.
It glistens in the grateful tear,
That flows for kindly deed,
And quivers in the voice that Bobs
Its thanks, for help, in need.
It sparkles oft in radiant smiles,
At tones, tuned in the heart,
And guideth o'er the page of life
With beams that ne'er depart.
ft ilwelleth in the loving look,
That answers to our own,
And swollenh up a spring of joy,
To selfish taste unknown.
It smooths the rugged wale of life,
With carpets, soft and light,
Woven of conscience free from frowns
And impulse acted right.
It cheers the darkest honr an earth—
Steals under sorrows deep;
And even smiles above the path,
1,0,4 4 , alroornt,es
gistritantint4s.
A SINGULAR AFFAIR
A Frenchman Cow-hidr,l by a Jealous
The correspondent of the New York hi
/mne, writing from Wilmington, Del., gives
the following details of a recent incident at
that place:
"On Wednesday night last we had for
this city certainly an extraordinary scene.
Mr. John C. Patterson, an eminent lawyer
of this city, one who is esteemed and res
pected by all who know him, had cause to
suspect the fidelity of his wife. She is one
of the most beautiful women in the city.—
Accordingly he placed spies upon her, who
found that she was in the habit of walking
until late at night in the outskirts of the
city with a French gentleman, a resident of
New Orleans, who is visiting this city for
the purpose of having an iron steamboat
built at Messrs. Betts, Pusey, Jones do Co's.
On the night above mentiotod, her husband
after following her in company with his
brother-in-law, Lieut. Webster, and others,
and seeing her enter his back gate; reproach
ed her with her conduct, and sending for
Thomas Hawkins, the High Constable of
the city, sent by him for her parents, and
' sent her home. Then sallying forth with
his friends, he attacked the French gentle
man on the steps of B. T. Turner's hotel,
1 striking him, to begin with, a dreadfulitow
in the face with a cowhide. The gentlait an 111
being thus suddenly assaulted, ran, shrieked
for "guards and police."
"But rows :Wes° unfrequentin this city that
all we deem it necessary is to keep a con
stable or so, and of course they were not
there to protect him. lie ran, shrieking
murdeD down Shipley street, thinking I
suppose, that his assailants intended to
murder him, and dashed into the dwelling
of Mr. Jackson Pusey, a gentleman whom
he had been in the habit of visiting. Mr.
Patterson dashed in after him, accompanied
by his friends. lle ran into the ,parlor,
whore his friend had been in the habit of
receiving him. Mr. Patterson followed him,
the door of the parlor was immediately
locked, and some say Mr. Patterson alone,
and others say, others also assaulted him.
There he was beaten with a cowhide for the
space of twenty minutes. In the meantime
the shrieks of murder .attracted the crowd
who rushed in, and were on the point of
[breaking the door open, when it was un
locked and the gentleman, dreadfully in
jured, was carried up-stairs to one of Mr.
Pusey's chambers. A cry was raised from
the crowd of "lynch him," "lynch him,"
(meaning Patterson). But getting on the
top step, he called out, "I am John C. Pat
terson; you know my residence; I will an
swer for the deed." Knowing from the
character of the man that he must have re
ceived some great provocation the crowd
dispersed.
& RICH
"The parlor where this desperate conflict
occurred. is reduced to a perfect wreck.—
The walls and furniture are stained with
blood. The furniture is all cracked and
broken. The bs nd-.erew mirror 14 cmurbed
Itcrity.
SONG FOR THINKERS
I=l
Itusbaml
"NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS rt-r Ann-a, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1857.
to pieces, and the blinds are so twisted and
broken that it has been found impossible to
close the windows. Mr. and Mrs. Pusey
were ouLat the time. The servants ran up
stairs and locked themselves in the upper
chambers, nearly frightened to death.
"This affair has here convulsed our whole
community. The gentleman assaulted,
since his residence in Wilmington , (before
this unfortunate occurrence), had won many
friends among our citizens. ne was every
day becoming better and batter liked."
EXCITEMENT IN DELAWARE.
Unsuccessful Attempt to Capture Fugitive
Et72E2
On Tuesday morning last our town was
thrown into much commotion in consequence
of an almost successful attempt to capture
eight runaway slaves, for which rewards
are offered of upwards of three thousand
dollars. It seems that sometime during
Monday a man came to Sheriff Green with
the information that he had discovered eight
runaway negroes, and had made arrange.
ments to have them in Dover that night, the
negroes supposing they were to be concealed
in the town until the next night and then
wend their .way upwards. Accordingly,
about 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning the
man and the negroes appeared at the jail.
While the Sheriff was dressing they all en
tered the jail, went up stairs (in the dark,)
found an open room and went into it, but
there being no fire they came out into the
entry.
By this time the Sheriff had dressed and
followed them up-stairs, supposing that he
would find them iu one of the rooms and
that all he would have to do would be to
close anti bolt the door. On discovering
that they were all in the entry, the Sheriff
returned to his room for his revolver. The
negroes, anxious to got to a fire, followed
him down and wore all in the Sheriff's room,
where his wife and children were asleep,
before he could sieze his revolver. By this
time the suspicions of one of the negroes
were aroused and with the exclamation "ho
didn't like do looks ob de place; I'se guine
out o'dis," he bolted for the window. The
Sheriff siezod him and while engaged in the
struggle the rest of the negroes burst through
another window and escaped, first scatter
ing the fire over the floor, the man standing
hearted coward.
The Sheriff alarmed by his family and
the fire, let go the negro for a moment,
when in an instant he bounded through the
window and was gone. Thus they all es
caped. Six of them were tracked to a house
in Camden, but the officers could not enter
for the want of sufficient warrant which the
magistrates said they had no power to give.
On Tuesday night, it is currently reported,
the six were conveyed to the house of a man
residing near Willow Grove, whence they
were forwarded up the country by the forest
roads, or rather on the underground rail
road. The other two were seen, shortly af
ter the escape from the jail, going out of
Dover in a northernly direction.—Dorer Re
porter, Marell 13.
FEMALE SLURP PRACTICE.—Sonia years
ago a young gentleman living in Crawford
county "went west," settled in a western 1
city,and became rich. Ire married a lady
residing in the city where he located. Af
ter he had been married six months, he pre
pared to visit Crawford county in com
pony with his bride. But a few days
before he was to start, he wss acci
dentally killed by a crate of crockery fal
ling upon him from the second story of his
warehouse. The event was duly communi
cated to his family in Ohio. This was
about eighteen months ago.
About three months since, the father of
the deceased was startled to see a carriage
drive up to his door. A very interesting
lady, dressed in mourning, stepped out and
introduced herself as the widow of the dead
son. Great was the joy of the household
at the visit of their beloved son end broth
er's relict. She said she was going to
Rhode Island, and could not resist the op
t portunity of seeing the parents of her "be
loved Harry." This was accompanied by a
flood of tears and "furnace sighs." Three
weeks passed by, and she had worked her
way indeed into the affections of the family.
Sho was regarded a daughter—as a sister
-1 The hour came for her departure—they had
exchanged miniatures—the farewells were
said—the blubbering was at its very height,
when she called the old gentleman to one
side, and with great embarrassment told
hint she had lost her pocket-book on the
cars, containing all but a trifle of her funds.
She felt a diffidence in making the request,
but if she could not apply to her "beloved
Harry's father," to whom could she go?
The old man's heart melted, and in mo
ment his wallet was produced, and ten X's
of the Seneca County Bank were tendered
and accepted. She departed—alas, that
dear friends must part! Time new, and a
month passed, but nothing was heard from
"beloved Harry's relict:" The old gentleman
became alarmed, and addressed a letter to
the father of his son's wife, detailing the
circumstances of her visit. An answer
came. It is stated that the widow of his
late son was at home—had not been away—
and that from the description given, the wo
man who personated her was a servant girl
who bad lived with them, and had gleaned
enough of the history of Harry's family in
Ohio to enable her to play his wife.— Tiffs
( Oh io) AdrertivT, r..h. 13.
THE PIIMITER
Hon. Ellis Lewis, (thief Justice of the Su
preme Court of this State, in a recent lec
ture took occasion'to 'efer as follows to the
position of printeil. Tndge Lewis is a prin
ter himself, and knot fully how to appre
ciate the value of tirA class of community
of whom he treats:
"No class of soeict:: - ,Aeserves more public
consideration than 0,4' Printers. They are
the treasurers of the .fierld; they are at the
same time munifieer.". , almoners of the Al
mighty. They reee:A.c.m.tributions in arts
and science, ;led in4.l ll* useful knowledge,
from every quarter of dcle and fr - .e
the most distant age4'6f antiquity. They
distribute their trelE•ure throughout the
world and transmit it:in a durable form to
the remotest posterit74 It is distributed at
a rate so cheap as bring it within the
reach of the humblet, day laborer in the
land. Nothing has landed so much as this
general and cheap ditksion of knowledge to
improve the conditi,,, of the masses—to
qualify the industrige class to take their
proper position in s*iety, and to fit them
not only for the pratirable pursuit of their
own occupations, but for any other employ
ment to which their eittuntry may call them.
To the freedom and lower of the Press we
are indebted for our 'free institutions, and
these institutions estAulish equal rights.—
By its power, the diadem of royalty is
broken—the stars and garters of nobility are
trodden down—ane Man, as man alone,
without ancestry cr family connexions to
aid him, stands upon his own merits, equal
to the proudest peer in England's realm.—
The humblest appreatice in the shop may
become the President of the United States.
The most gifted in common sense and well
stored in .practical knowledge are found in
self-taught men, who have raised themselves
from the laborious *occupations. Roger
Sherman was a shoemaker, David Ritten
house was a watchmaker, Benj. Franklin
was a printer. Theeis and a thousand other
instances prove that :he industrial pursuits
instead of throwing• insurmountable obsta
cles in the road to' preferment, strengthen
the body and the mind-and lead to that use
ful, practical knowledge that fits the work
ing man for the stron-:;ist struggles and the
highest favors.
CITY OF TIIC BIBLE ....ORD.—The Paris cor
respondent of the Journal of Commerce thus
alludes to the discoveries made by Sir Hen
ry Ravrlinson in Assyria, confirmatory of
the truth of the Bible Record:
Among the recent public lectures in Lon
don, you may be struck with that of Sir
Henry IlawEpson, on the Oriental discover
ies in relation to the Bible. It occupied
nearly an hour and a half. Sir Henry ex
patiated on some of the most important
results of his discoveries in Assyria, consti
tuting a verification of scripture history; he
illustrated his topic by numerous drawings
and models taken from the sculptures now
in the British Museum. He could educe,
by abundant coincidence, the authenticity
of the Holy Writ. The earliest period to
which the inscriptions he bad found referred
Iraq about two thousand years before Christ.
The whole country of Assyria had been ex
cavated in the course of his researches; a
multitude of inscriptions had been decipher
ed, and in many instances, they confirmed,
in the minutest details, the pages of scrip
ture, and explained passages which had
hitherto been obscure. The instances which
he cited teem with instruction and force:
the interpretation of derivation of names in
particular. The earliest connection of the
Chaldees and Indians and the Babylonian
mythology, the ethnology and geography of
the Assyrians, the historical records, all are
illustrated; in every case, there is an entire
agreement with the Bible. The lecturer in
ferred from his studies that the Book of.Joh
belonged to a time about seven hundred
years before Christ. In the inscriptions
there is a period of nearly a thousand years,
without mention of Judea, but during that
period there was no inducement for inter
course between the Assyrians and the Jews.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon
was verified. So the wars between Senna
chcrib and Hezekiah. There were four dis
tinct captivities of the Jews. Some inscrip
tions referred to the time of Nebuchadnez
zar; others threw light on the existence and
actions of Belshazzar, who was joint King
with his father Minus, and who shut him
self up in Nineveh.
THE NEED OF LOVE
Oh that there were more lave in the world,
and then all these things that we deplore
could not be! One would think that the
man who had loved any woman, would have
some tenderness for all; and love implies en
infinite respect. All that was said or done
by chivalry of old, or sung by troubadours,
but shadows forth the feeling which is in
the heart of any one who loves. Love, like
the opening of the heavens to the saints,
shows for n moment, even to the dullest
man, the possibilities of the human race.—
He has faith, hope and charity for another
being, perhaps but a creature of his hung
ination; still it is a great advance for a man
to he profoundly loving, even in his imag
inations. Indeed, love is a thing so deep
and so beautiful, that each man feels that
nothing but conceits and pretty words have
been said about it by other men. And then
to come down from this, and dishonor the
imago of the thing •+e loved:
HOME OPERA
Since the night when Ike went to the
Opera, he has been, as Mrs. Partington says,
as crazy as a bed bug, and the kind old
dame has been fearful lest he should become
"non pompus mentas," through his attempt
at imitating the operatics. The next morn
ing after the opera, at the breakfast table,
Ike reavned over his cup, and in a soft tone
sung—
AVM you, will you, Nrs. P.,
liclp me to a cup of ten.
"What do you mean, my poor boy?" said
Mrs. Partington, tenderly.
"Do not. do not keep tne
Do not. pray, be !it...fanny,
uta nna,uun to v 8.1th , , - ,
So pour out ns ciLLIC I / 4 a. winking.,
She gave him the tea with a sigh, as she
saw the excitement in his face. He stirred
it in silence, and in abstraction took three
spoonsful of sugar. At last he sung again—
+ , Tahlc sloths and cups and saucer+,
flood with bread and active jaws, sirs,
Tea, gunpowder and souchotig,
Street enough but not too strong;
Mid for health to eat hot bi+cuit,
but Fa risk it. Luttrell risk it.,
The old lady looked at him with surprise,
his conduct was so unusual, and fur a MO
meat she hesitated. lie continued in a
more compassioned strain—
" All right. tartniy. never clenrer,
Never loved a t rcaklu,t denrer,
I nm not bound by witch nor svicvnrl,
So dolit trot your preeirnut girvurd
"But Isaac," perpisted the old dame. ITe
struck his left hand upon the table, and
strung his knife aloft in the right, looking
upon a plate upon the table, singing—
"Whet farm is that to me approaching?
it mackerel or [lemur?
Let me thigh upon it quick:
Neer again that fish shall kirk;
Neer again though thrice n, large,
Charge upon them, I.aue, charge."
Before he had chance to make a charge
upon the fish, Mrs. Partington had dashed
a tumbler of water into his face to restore
him to consciousness. It made him catch
his breath for a moment, but he didn't sing
any more at the table; though the opera
fever follows him elsewhere. She is very
uneasy about him.—Boston Post.
THE VALUE OF SELF-RXPRTION.
The value of self-exertion appears no•
where more decided than when we follow
the track of those who become eminent with
out having the vantage-ground of instruc
tion from which to start. There is scarcely
anything more gratifying to mind than the
well written life of a person whose intellect
ual struggles through every difficulty arising
want of patrono.r, ftv3,d
who, notwithstanding these impediments,
continues to struggle till he triumphantly
emerges into notice. Art surrenders some
of her choicest secrets, science smiles, and
fame or emolument, or both, place the suc
cessful experimenter far above common
names. Not scantily are the niches in the
temple of Fame ornamented with lasting
memorials of persons thus claiming their
well deserved honors—persons who have
been the boast and blessing of their country
by dint of unsubducd patience, fortitude and
vivacious genius. Every department of art
and science is filled with them. The stim
biting examples are on every hand. From
the lowest rank of life they start forth.—
They break all the shackl.s of ignorance.—
The repulsive frowns of the crowd cannot
daunt them. The fears of the timorous they
do not listen to. Determined to excel, they
do excel. Their native energies urge them
forward in the honorable career, till success
more or less complete, crowns their glowing
ardor.
EX-PRESIDENT SANTA ANNA
; en. Santa Anna's son and his father-in
law, both of whom are •now in Havana
watching the course of afiltirs in Mexico,
have addressed the Mexican public through
the Havana press, denying the rumor thnt
came from Spain to the effeet that Santa
Anna bad sent an emisary to Madrid otTer
ing
to bring the Republic ngain under the
Spanish Crown. The letters are full of pro
fe.sions of patriotism, and that of the son
contains this paragraph:
"Often as he (Santa Anna) has left the
supreme command of the Mexicali nation
and retired spontaneously to the circle of
private life in an humble spot, Ile has never
disturbed the course of the tlovernments
that have succeeded him; on the contrary,
he has always and on every occasion, when
many Mexicans have appealed to his res
pectable person, replied that he would not
place himself at the bead of the designs that
might he formed by the good citizens of
Mexico for the regeneration of their country,
but that he would not abandon them in
anything that might promise good for her if
they invoked his name."
THE MOTHER'S INFLUENCE.
The solid rock which turns the edge of the
chisel, bears forever the impress of the leaf
and the acorn received long, long since, ere
it had become hardened by thee and thee le
ments. If we trace back to its fountain the
mighty torrent which fertilized the land
with its copious streams, or sweeps over it
with a devastating flood, we shall lina it
dripping in crystal drops, from some mossy
crevice among the distant so, too, the
gentle feelings and affections that enrich
and adorn the heart, and the mighty pas
sions that sweep away all the barriers °Nile
soul and desolate society, may have sprung
up in the infant bosom in the sheltered re
tirement of home. "I should have been an
atheist," said John Randolph, "if it had not
I been for one recollection: and that was the
memory of the time when my departed
mother used to take my little hands in hers,
land (mused me on my knees to say. 'Our
1 lather who art in Heaven?' •'
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$1,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE, $2,00 IP NOT IN ADVANCE
IS THERE A MAELSTROM?
Every school boy of the last century has
been taught to believe that there is a won
derful vortex on the coast of Norway, with
an eddy several miles in diameter, and that
ships and even huce whales were sometime=
dragged within its liquid coils, and forever
buried in "ocean's awful depths." A cor
respondent of the Seienti)l , Ameriran says:
"I have been informe , l Ly a European
acquaintance that the Mit±trom has no ex
istence. A nautical and scientific commis-!
sion went out and sailed al' around and all
over where theto be. !
but con: ;. mcoth
where the whirlpool ought to be as any
other part of the German ocean."
We presume the above is correct. The'
latest geopraphers and gazetteers barely al
lude
to the maelstrom. Colton, in his large
atlas, gises the site upon his map, but does I
not allude to it in his description of Nor-1
way. Harper's G%zetleer in its article on ,
Norway says that, "among the numerous
islands on the west coast there are violent I
and irregular currents, V;hich rendor they
coast navigation dangerous. Among these
is the celebrated Ma Sfrom, or Meskermes I
Strom, the danger fwio which has been
greatly exaggerated, since it can at nearly I
nll times, be passed over even by boats:'—;
The romance of the maelstrom has been
pretty effectually destroyed.
SECRET STABS
There is nothing that more betrays a base,
ungenerous spirit than the glaring of secret
stabs to a man's reputation; lampoons and
satires, that are written with wit and spirit
are like poisoned darts, which not only in
flict a wound, but make it incurable. For
this reason we are very much troubled when
we see the talents of humor and ridicule in
the possession of an ill-natured man. There
cannot be a greater gratification to a bar
barous and inhtlman wit, than to stir up
sorrow in the heart of a private person, to
raise uneasiness among near relations, and
to expose whole families to derision, at the
same time that he remains unseen and un
discovered. If beside the accomplishment
of being witty and ill-natured, a man is vi
cious into the bargain, he is one of the most
mischievous creatures that can enter into a
civil society. Ills satire will then chiefly
cram it. yirtnp.,plierit,arkeversthirvy_klutt
is praiseworthy, win be made the subject of
ridicule and buffoonery. It is impossible to
enumerate the evils which arise from these
arrows that arise in the dark; and we know
of no other excuse that is or can be made:
for them, than that the wounds they give are
only imaginary, and pcodneesothing morel
than a secret shame or ,sorrow in the mind
of a suffering person.
SCENE ON THE LAKES
The Green Bay Advocate thus describm
an ice highway on Lake Michigan:
No one who has never seen such a road
can form any idea of it. Imagine a plateau
of ice, smooth as glass, an hundred miles
long, with an average width of ten miles,
over any part of which an army could move
with safety, and you will have something
of an impression of it. Although there is
no place unsafe for teams, yet constant
travel from point to point in a direct line
has marked out roads, which are followed
more for custom than for any thing else.—
Thus these roads to Oconto, Menominee,
Suamico, &e., on one side, and to the Bay
Settlement, fled River: Sturgeon Bay,
on the other—dim whitish tracks, made by
the horse,' hoofs in the clear blue ice, which
forms the highways of this great floe. There
is no such thing as overloading a 15010:
horses trot along as glibly with a cord of
stone as with a cord of wood. It is the ca
pacity of the sleigh to bear up which is to
be tested, and not the strength of the horse..
MUSICAL JEALOUSY
A singular incident in natural history oc
curred at Chesterfield last week, which we
learn from a friend and an eye-witness of
the occurrence. A mocking bird, in a hap
py state of freedom, was trilling its notes in
the orchard below the walls of our friend's •
horse when its music excited similar efforts
from a caged bird of the same species, which
was suspended in front of one of the adja
cent houses. These feathered songsters per
severed in raising their melodies to higher
and higher efforts, as if in earnest rivalry:
when suddenly the bird among the trees
darted from its perch upon the wicker cage
of its competitor, broke the bars, entered it,
and commenced an assault upon the musi
cal captive; the owner of which, hearing the
unusual noise, came out, took the aggressor
prisoner, and sold it into bondage. The ill
tempered mocking bird had therefore paid
the penalty of sacrificing its freedom to its
jealousy. The anecdote is a fact, and not
written, as it might seem to be, for the pur
pose of pointing n moral against musical
jealousies among human vocalists.—•Coati
Side Democrat.
COMMON SENFE.—Common sense is the
most uncommon kind of sense we meet with
in ordinary life: but we find a good deal of
it in Hall's Jour/Jai qt . /hal/A occa-ionally.
and couched sometimes in the most unpol
ished language. Dr. Hall says: "Once a
week i 9 often enough for a decent white
man to wash himself all ca or: and whether
in summer or winter, it ought to he done
with soap, warm water and a hog's-hair
brush, in a room showing a beat of at least
.events d•'grees of Tahrenheit...
[WHOLE NUMBER, 1,371.
THE SANE OBSEQUIES
The remains of the late Pr. Kane, the
the Arctic navigetor, reached Philadelphia
from Baltimore, at about half past four
o'clock, on Wednesday, 11th inst., when a
processionwas formed at the Prime street rail
road depot, accompanied by the First City
Troopand Washington Grays, and proceeded
to Independence llallovhere the remains were
deposited until next day. On Thursday
morning, the funeral rites, proper, were ob
erved. flags were everywhere hung at
half mast or muffled with crape. Great mul
titudes of spectators assembled at Indepen
dence Hall and all along the route of the
procession. The mil. tary were under com
mand of Gen Cadwnlader. The comrades
of the deceased in the Arctic expedition at
tended the funeral in a body, as did all the
public authorities, foreign consuls, the
"Scott Legion," members of the Corn Ex
change, &e. The military escort consisted
of a squadron of cavalry, a battalion of ar
tillery and a regiment of infantry. A mag
nificent funeral car w-as used. It was got
up for the occasion. nom Independence
the procession moved to the Second'
Presbyterian Church, in Seventh street, be
low Arch, where the funeral services took
place. The sermon was preached by the
pastor of the church, the Rev. Mr. Shields.
The body was subsequently interred at
Laurel Hill.
rer... We find the following quaint but
sensible advice in a chapter on tho husband
ing of time and small means, and give it
here both fur its novelty and merit:
: 1 What could a journeyman shoemaker do
with a penny? I answer at once—buy a
pennyworth of leather, make a pair of trow
sers.straps, and sell them for two penee.-- .
But another proposition—what could ajour
neyman tailor do with a penny? I have
known boys' caps to be made out of the
merest scraps of cloth, and to be sold at a
great profit in comparison with the cost of
the material. A carpenter with a bit of
wood—a tinma.n with a bit of tin—a comb
maker with a bit of bone—au engraver with
a piece of copper or a bit of wood—a fan
maker with a piece of paper and a few chips
—a designer with a black lead pencil and a
174.-stlisa •Aaaellsust .
a square yard or grout -
with a little color and a piece of card-board
—an engrosser with a pen and ink—indeed,
anybody with anything, resolved upon mak-
I ing a beginning may do it. Many will say,
had they a few pounds they feel that they
could do something. To such persons I say;
begin and get a few pounds. Do not let
life slip away and see you still lamenting
the want of opportunity. Begin—work
first for the opportunity, and then for the
result.
tn.-Cornelius Agrippa, a doctor of divin
ity, who lived in the fifteenth century,
wrote a curious work entitled "Nobility of
the Female Sex, and the superiority of Wo
man over Man," which knocks all tho no.
tions of the equality of the sexes head over
heels. In the first place, he says that wo
man has a better name than man. Man
was called Adam, which means earth; but
woman Eve, which means life. Man was
made like the brutes in the open land out
side the gates of Paradise, and made wholly
of day; but woman was made, afterwards in
Paradise it , elf. She was not the sole para
disaical relation, She was not made of clay
but from an influx of celestial matter; since
there went into her composition nothing ter
restial except one of Adam's ribs, and that
had been already purified and kindled by
the breath of life. "It is," saith Cornelius,
"because she is made of purer matter, that
a woman front tr hatever height she may
look down, never turns giddy, [Cornelius
lays it on a leetle thick here,—we have an
impression that we had occasionally seen
giddy women] and her eyes never have mist
before them like the eyes of men. More
over, if a man and woman tumble together
into the water far away from external help.
the woman floats along upon the surface,
but the man sinks to the bottom, &c." The
' doctor is a great flatterer of the sex. 11e
mu.t have seen the ladies at such a distance
' as lout a little extra enelmntment to the
MEI
CITILDREN STOLEN EY INDIANS AND DEAES.
—Some months since, the Wisconsin papers
gave a thrilling account of the loss cfa child
which had been carried off by a bear near
Manitowoc. No traces of the child have
been discovered, and the eveitement was
about dying away, when, on IVednesday of
last week, in the same locality, a Mr Wood
ward, !king near Sandy Bay, had some dif
ficulty with an Indian, whom he hnd fed
nearly every day during the past winter,
and kicked him out of doors. The next day
his little girl, three years of age, was stand
, ing near the house, when an Indian sprang
out of the thicket, clasped her in his arms,
and bounded away through the underbrush.
Pursuit was commenced immediately, but
up to Saturday without success, though in
formation had been received, which, it was
hoped would lead to the recovery of the
child, an Indian and a squaw having been
seen the day after the abduction, carrying a
child which was closely wrapped in a blan
ket. and was rry:ng bitterly_