61ye eduntbia gpg, PENNSYLVANIA INDEPENDENT JOURNAL. CC:0.T...177141C3E1X-411L. SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1557. pe'_l•s we anticipated, the Commission 4:rs of the COLLAILIA M.txur %CTI:R.ING COM- PaNT, have nut let the grass grow under their feet. By reference to their advertise ment of to-due, it will be seen that they pro pose opening book., upon Saturday the 23d inst., at Cul. GRr.c.N's office fur the subscrip tion of stock. We understand that a favorable opportu nity offers fur starting this enterprise, tin ilyr very fair auspices; and that it is the determination of those concerned to push it .netscti•-ally. What we before said in ref erence to the interest of Columbians in for aarding this rt:;d.•rtaking, we repeat; and call upon our citizens generally to come for ward and give th encouragement that any effort to improvil the interests .if the place ,through its bwin.• ,, -, deserves at their hands. e...Wc notlec.l last week , eyeral car loads of PRATT'S PATLNT 1I AY AN D GRAIN Itaitts, from Ilcury Brandt's Manufactory, passing down the railroad. We called at the establishment, and found that they were being rapidly turned out every day, and in such numbers as we before had no idea of. The demand for them is good and increas ing, and, as far as we are able to judge, the implements presented the appearance of being skilfully and staunchly built. This iS an adtillraldc situation for the manufac ture of agricilltural implements, and Might be made to command the market al rded by our rich eount. We ab.o noted ist the , anto eslat.lihh tnent one of the ell State Engines under going extensive repairs. This is not the Ink work of the kind, feel persuaded, t hat will I,e dom. .12Fr14. .Tha river, rivet , the heavy rains of the early part of the aced:, has been running very high, and has completely suspended raft nasigations for the time. We notice that the rafts attached to the pier, are as safe as those made fast to the wharves. The water during the present freshet, has been at as a high a , tag, a , it attains, except in extrfordivary cases, during the rafting sea son; and thi, 0 gether with the revere trial suqtained during the ico flood in the winter, we think satisfaev,rily proves the solid con rtruction of our pier, and no fears need be entertained for the safety of any lumber, once carefully secured to it, after the test of the last week's high water. The force of the current broke the tow-line ni another canal boat while crossing the river, n few days since; but the hands, for tnnately, succeeding in "snubbing" her to one of the large hitching posts of the pier. The river is rapidly flailing as we go to press, and before our paper is out we ex pect to tee a fresh irruption of raftsmen. fliarWe give below two paragraphs, one from our neighbor over the water, and the other from the York Republican, quoting the former, relative wan improvment which is being make in our town. The building is snaking favorable progress, and we trust soon to see the concern in active operation. We shall always gladly welcome a new en terprise, such ae this, to Columbia; especially when the projectors come so highly endorsed. The business will 1,2 carried on under the tirm of Carter & lieCurtner. EL,,.:Mettars: William A. McCartney and Samuel Carter, of York, Pa., experienced artizans, and well known in that borough as finished workmen in their line, we under stand, intend to commence the coach-making business in all its liranches, in our neigh boring borough of Columbia, in the course of two or three weeks. A shoy is now being erected in Second street, between Walnut and Locust tit' eet4, nearly opposite the Lu theran church, which they will occupy, and where they will he Prepared to execute all with di-path, and with a guarantee crti•faction to their patrons. eery the above from the Wrighte ille efThursday last, and take plea sure in endorsing es cry word of it. Our friends in Columbia may rest assured that they Lave re..•isc-I a valuable acquisi tion 0, their popuiation in our young friends; and althmigh we are sorry to part with them, c'T axe t'et 1 that they will do us credit in the new home they hate selected forthemsel‘es. e , mmenil them ti. the patronage and en couragement which ;hey Hill he sure t o de-- Fert la' In the I . L.plentown N. J. Signal we find the report of the committee, appointed by the New Jer , cy Conference to visit tho Bordcntown Female College, which speaks m the highest terms of the manner in which the school has been, and is conducted, yy its able principal, Rev. John 11. Brakely, A.. M. The new term has just commenced, acc; the school offers excellent advantages fir tho education of young lades about en• tering ttron academical ,tudies. reward of fifty dollars has been of fred by the officers ( , f the Susquehanna and V: , llant Fire Companies, for the arrest and on% iv:ion of some one or more pitiful scoun drels, who Lrol‘e the windows of both engine h.mses. en Friday awl Saturday nights last. We trm.t they will be successful in bringing thorn to.itlctkr.: a wore cowardly deed, and one more de,erxitt;; of punishment, has never been perpetrated in our town. NEW AnvErixistur.Nzs TI:19 WEEK.—Co lambia Mancfacturing Company. opening of books for subscription of stock ; I.a.lics• Fair; Col. Ilerr, Liquor Store; G. A.Leinnu, Guano; :Murray, Young t Cu., Bookv ; .card Reuss, Executor's Notice; John Y. jr., Piano and .I,lelodecm Agency; .Co l luinLia Bank, Dividend. za•-lre de.ire to call especial attention to the advertisement of Mr. John F. Ileintish, jr., of Lancaster. Ile oricrs Pianos and oth er musical instruments upon very reasona ble terms. Y-The following licenses for eating :iaouses hal.° been granted by the court dur ing the present week, for Columbia: John Clack, Joleph Mark. John Kramer The Exhibition of the Academy of Fine A few days since, we spent a pleasant hour at the Academy, in Philadelphia. The time was too short to be critical—we can be very critical when we have time—and we simply wandered through the rooms, piloted by an artistic friend, bringing up before the noteworthy pictures, and bestowing all our superlatives in admiration; not reserving one contemptuous one for the flaring mon strosities which, we took fur granted, hung around, but to which, as we have said, we lacked time to he eloquently and inflexibly just. We retain a rather indistinct recollection' of what we did see, but recall two very beau tiful landscapes by llaseltine, one by Ed mund Lewis, and several by Paul Weber.— One large picture by the latter, which at tracted much attention during last year's exhibition, excited our enthusiasm, as it must that of any one who is familiar with our American woods. We could distinguish among the foliage the rounded tufts of the white-oak, the graceful droop of the beech, • the distinct bunches of the chestnut, with its invariable dead branch, and we thought we could even detect the stunted growth of the dog-wood with its rich dark leaves; but this might have been only our conceit. While expressing to our friend, our ad miration, in as choice and discriminating terms as wo could command, a well known English Amateur, a distinguished critic in the artistic world, with whom we enjoy the honor of an acquaintance, laid a friendly hand upon our shoulder, and, looking down upon us from his burly six feet, said: "Ad. miring Weber, eh? Hem, ha! no artist sir, no true artist! no breadth, no detail, no— no—'' length, we modestly suggested: "in fact, air, he can't paint a landscape: lie is always the same: always Wider. Ile has no variety in his pictures, sir: same heavy masses of foliage, same sun light from up per left hand corner, same water, same rock , , same yellow tinge to outline of foli age; foliage should bo thinner at top; too round, sir, too heavy. Should see Jutsum, sir, oh: Jutsum! all! there's effect, there's detail, there's distance, there's middle diN tance, there's foreground! See Boddington, sir: Ah! Boddington: there's tuft beauty, sir: see that vapory atmosphere, sir: that's na ture, sir! Weber! pshaw! Come see Pre -liaphaelite Jutsum, sir! Come gaze upon Pre-Adatuite Boddington, sir! and acknow ledge that you know nothing about a paint ing." (We acknowledge.) "Weber! why We ber can't paint a cow:"—who the deuce said he could—and our friend led us in a bewil dered state up to the aforesaid Jutsum and Boddington, two very beautiful landscapes we presume, (for ACC were in too much of a muddle to know anything about them, and would not recognize them again should we see them) and compelled us to worship si lently then and there; he intoning the ser vice meanwhile, of which the burthen was Jutsum, Buddington, Boddington, Jutsum, with a occasional contemptuous Weber! Anathema Maranathal We saw how it was; J. and B. were Eng lish artists, and the pictures on exhibition belonged to our amateur; so we meekly re signed Weber, and swore by Bodsum and Juttington, no, we mean Jod—confound it our head spins yet whenever we think of it. But we must say that we cannot see why Mr. Weber, who puts in his back-grounds in bold masses, cannot be an artist because Messrs. Jutsumandßoddington work their's up as carefully as their foregrounds. At all events, we advise any of our friends who may visit Philadelphia, and have half a day to spare, to bestow it upon the Acad emy of Fine Arts. And don't forget. We• tier's beautiful landscape in the N. W. room, nor to spend a few minutes before Jutsum and Boddington, p,i-During a few days spent in the city this week, we had occasion to take several short pleasure rides in that most delightful of vehicle., a Philadelphia Omnibus; and inspired by the jolting, we suppose, we rushed home, and with the greatest case threw off (copied) the following truthful line , : The Fine Ohl "City" Omnibus. n I ring you a new song at once, before it is too lute, Of a flue old public vehicle, grown sadly out of (lute. NVbich, though n perfect nuisance in more %says than I MEM Is tnitTered in our thorou,;hfurr• still to purumbulme. A fine phi ' co)" omnibus, one of the present woe Nlndows old let to the cold whene'rr the ean wind blows, Awl drip by drip the wet ;And tot bender it ruins or ATIOW4; Rat how to get them open without breaking no one knows, When ••12 inNide" the nuttnephere t little "stingy' grows, In this fine old ruet otnntbus, one of the prevent time. Its seata sn close together. bring the sitters 1106 C to nose. And everybody'o forced to tread oil eseryhody'd toes. Whence cheerful con:er•ntion sprungs, e•pcciully from those Who . VC tOrIIFOr gemt, on , l glaro Elbow u• thcmgh ) 011. re. mortal foes, In tho , nice old-city - orLoubtot.vod to Leguile the time NOT .ImMfl our propms 1. wtthhcld from him who hold,. Or r •1:1, Who conmantly i• pulling up for funive drains." A n 'specially in muddy days is card) (timid to fail Of stopping in mid•street to pick up pne.engers who lanil Thin G-tr old • en) '• °minim.: (nn of the present time. !knee . woon FOIL Arum. —This excellent reprint has been received. It is au enter taining number, containing AR Fools Day, or, the Rival Robbers; A Political Panto mime, Part H. of Mr. Gals Love Story, Afoot. Botany and Brigands in Greece, Part XI. of the Atbelings. The Land of Gold, Me levers Lament fur his Wife. Heliodera, Re monstrance with Dickens, Letters from a Lighthattsc—No. W &TEM CURE JOCANAL TOR IIAI.-IVe have received this monthly, and recommend it as a most interesting periodical. contain ino much that is valuable to the many in pursuit of health. VISI-The election held in Philadelphia, on Tuesday last, for City Officers, resulted in the election of the Democratic candidates for City Treasurer and City Commissioner, and a majority of Common and Select Council- Men rtia..The resolutions given below are those offered by Col. Shoch, at the late convention for the election of County Superintendent of Common Schools, and unanimously adopted. It is encouraging to those called upon to pay the school tax, to find that in this coun ty, at least among the school directors and teachers, there is no inclination to recede from the new system, which; in so short a time, has done so much for the improve ment of our free schools. These resolutions embody all that we could wish to say in praise of the system, and call for just such further aid from the State, in the prepara tion of Teachers, as is necessary, and must, at no distant day be given. Rev. John S. Crumbaugh, who was ap pointed to fill the vacancy in the superin tendency created by the resignation of Mr. Wickersham, was elected superintendent by a handsome majority. We are glad to record that the salary was, by an almost unanimous vote, continued at $l5OO. WHCREAS, The Common School System of Education has been in existence in Penn sylvania during the past twenty-two years— the greater part of the time without effect ing, in any considerable degree, the great objects for which it was established; And Whereas, During the three School years now about terminating, a degree of improve ment in our schools has taken place, which, though far from perfection, plainly estab lishes the fact that the right agencies are at length in operation, and holds out the well grounded hope that those agencies if per sisted in, with others still necessary, will at no distant day render the Common School completely successful and its blessings gen end; And Whereas, It is always the part of candor and honesty to admit the propriety of an experiment when found to be benefi cial as well as successful, and to award credit to public agents whose services have desert ed it: Therefore, RexoTeed, That the pasNage of the Com mon School Law of 1854, is the era in the hihtory of Common School Education in Pennsylvania, from 'which the progress of the system now so general and cheering, is to be dated. Resolved, That the establishment of the County Superintendency is the greatest fea ture of that law, and the chief enUSO of the success which has since been exhibited. Resolved, That the examination of the Teachers of the Common Schools by the County Superintendent, has, Tor the first time, infused a correct professional spirit amongst teachers, and encouraged them to make most praiseworthy efforts for improve ment in their important calling. Resulted, That the official visitation of the Districts by the County Superintendent, and the information, advice and encouragement thereby afforded, to the Directors, parents and citizens generally, in reference to their several duties, have had a most valuable and invigorating effect upon the system. Resolved, That the visitation of the schools, by the County Superintendent, even to the extent which can be effected in this large county, has been most salutary, cheering the Teacher, encouraging the Pupils, aiding the Directors, and at length holding out a promise of that efficiency and harmony of action which arc indispensable to success. Resolved, That the thanks of this Con vention are cordially tendered to J. P. Wickersham, the first and the late Super intendent of this county, for, the able, im partial, and fearless, yet courteous and suc cessful manner in which he met the difficul ties and discharged the duties of an office upon which so much depended. Resolved, That in the Rev. 3. S. Crum haugh, the members of this Convention re cognized the worthy successor of the first Superintendent, while his health permitted him to discharge the duties of the office; and in again committing to his hands this great trust, this Convention feel satisfied that its responsibilities will be met and discharged in a manner creditable to him, satisfactory to us, and beneficial to the rising genera tion. Resolved, That in County Institutes and in district Institutes and Associations of Teachers, the members of this Convention recognize the most efficient and beneficial means for the improvement of themselves and their schools, within the power of Teach ere to adopt; and they hereby advise and encourage them more largely to form and attend these meetings. Resolred, That this Convention regards the Lancaster County Normal School, at Millersville, not only as the legitimate and rich fruit of the County Superintendency, springing as it does from that desire of en larged professional knowledge thereby pro duced, but as en honor to Lancaster County. Resolved, That the State System of Com mon School Education will never bo com plete until the State shall recognize her duty in the preparation of Teachers for her own schools, and shall have adopted some general and effectual means for its discharge. ,8 The daily papers papers have brought us accounts of serious rioting on the Balt. and Ohio Railroad, occasioned by a strike by the conductors of the freight trains: they refusing to comply with a recent regulation of the Company, requiring the affixing of seals to the freight cars under their charge. The Company replaced the strikers by new hands, and started their trains, when the discharged employees assembled in force, obstructed the way, and prevented the cars from proceeding. In doing this some blood was shed, and the rioters appeared in such numbers, probably aided by rowdy friends from the city, that the military were ordered out, and for some days trains left Baltimore strongly guarded by volunteers, and had to fight their way through. In some instances they were thrown from the track and com pelled to return to Baltimore. There was much firing both by the rioters, and from the cars, and several lives were sacrificed. Some of the military and others on the trains were seriously injured by the cars being thrown from the track. Order has been restored and the trains now leave reg ularly. Baltimore is fast taking the front rank as the most disorderly city in the Union. lierA bill, separating the office of Super intendent of Common Schools from the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, has parsed both Houses of the Legislature, and is now a law. The measure ie a good one. Mr. llicL•ock, the Deputy Superintendent, has been appointed to fill the first named axe, with a salary of $1,400 per year. llS_The proprietor of one of thnse swind ling nuisances called a "Gift Book Enter prise," has been fined S2O and committed to prison in Richmond, Va., for lottery gam bling without license. It would be a public benefaction if theac migratory concerns should be ererywhere treated in the Panic manner. Se.. The election in York on Saturday last, for borough officers, resulted in the election of the entire Derr.ocratic ticket. Arrival of the Europa. THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE Murex, May G.—The Cunard steamer Europa arrived here yesterday forenoon from Liverpool, with dates to the 28th ult. She passed the steamer Asia on the 26th bound for Liverpool. The steamer Alps arrived out on the night of the 24th. A large meeting of merchants and manu facturers had been held at Manchester for the purpose of forming an association all over the world, particularly in the British colonies, to be called the Cotton Supply As sociation. Marshal Serrano had left Paris for Madrid to smooth the way for the Mexican Ambas sador. The Danish Ministerial crisis continues. The Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo, rose on the 17th of February and massacred several Europeans. Sir James Brooks, their Rajah, saved his life by swimming across the creek. One of the Borneo Co.'s steamers subse quently arrived at Sarawak and with Sir James Brooks at the head an body of Ma lays and Dyaks avenged the destruction of the settlement, killing two thousand Chi nese. The Dutch authorities sent a war steamer, but its services were not required. There was to he a review of 50,000 troops at Paris about the 6th of May, in honor to the Grand Duke Constantine. The Council of State has commenced the examination of the bill against the usurpa tion of titles of nobility. Tho Moniteur publishes a Convention be tween France and the Grand Duchy of Ba den, relative to strengthening the bank of the Rhine. lIIMEI3 There is a commercial treaty in progress between Persia and Sardinia. MEM A treaty for settling the frontier between France and Spain is to be laid before the Cortes at the first meeting. The Progressistas and the members of the Liberal Union are laboring to effect a coali tion. The Government is apprehending disturb ances at Lagoon°, Burgos, Vittoria, and in all Catalonia, and has taken precautionary in ensures. The troops for Cuba leave Cadiz the end of this month. =I There is nothing further rospecting the Ministerial crisis, except that the Danish Minister at the German Diet had been sent for, which shows that the quarrel with Ger many enters as an important element into the present complication. MEM The proposition to establish a legal in stead of a police supervision over printing licenses which was carried in the Prussian Chamber on Monday by one majority was rejected next day, the government having recruited its forces. LATER FROM KANSAS—RepIy of Secretary Stanton.—St. Louis, May 5.--The St. Louis Republican publishes Secretary Stanton's reply to the letter addressed to him by the citizens of Lawrence, in which he says he can do nothing which denies the authority and validity of the Teraitorial Laws, res pecting the judges of election. He hopes the Probate Judges will appoint one Repub lican, one Democrat in favor of a free state, and one Democrat in favor of a slave state, as judges. FROM SALT LAI:E.-St. Louis, April 30. We have received Salt Lake City advice:a to the 25th of February. The Legislature had passed an net fur the organization of the militia of the territory, and a school has been opened to teach infantry and cavalry tactics. The Deseret News has an article in tending to prove that the Federal Govern ment has no power to appoint territorial of ficers. TITE iSTIINCE TROUBLES.-- Washington, May 4.—The orders of the late administra tion regarding the protection of the persons and property of citizens of the United States at Panama, remains in force, and requires this to bo done, it is said at all hazards, even to the aiezure of the Isthmus. ARRIVAL OF LOCKIIIDGE'S MEN FROM NI CA.II.IGCA.—New Orleans, May s.—The Bri tish frigate Tartar has arrived at the Balize with 190 of Lockridgc's men from Nicara gua, IN a destitute condition. A large num ber were sick with the measles. RELEASE OF GENERAL SRALL.—Plidadel phia, May s.—The bill releasing General Small from imprisonment for contempt of Court was signed by Gov. Pollock. The release was ordered by telegraph. CoNSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS•—The peo ple of Massachusetts voted on Friday last on amendments to the State Constitution pro posed by the Legislature. The amendments were adopted by large aggregate majorities. They are: 1. That every voter shall he able to read the Constitution in the English language, and to write his own name. 2.. Limits the House of Representatives to 240 members, to be elected by districts. 3. Provides for the choice of forty Sena tors in single districts, instead of by coun ties U$ heretofore. THE LOGIC Or DOLLARB.—TIIC New Or leans Bulletin refers to the brilliant results realized by the Illinois Central Railroad Company from the grant by Congress of nearly three millions of acres of land. Af ter building the road the company will have land enough to yield the sum of thirty mil lions, and this the editor says is the logic of dollars which every body can understand. The Pacific railroad through Texas, the same paper states, will be seven hundred and eighty-three miles long, and has a grant from the State of 8,017,000 ncres of land and a loan of $6,000 per mile. Taking the average price of the Illinois lands as a basis, this grant trill yield the Pacific company the grand snm of over $120,000,000. The Bul letin thus brings to view the magnitude of the grant: "Eight million acres of land is easily pro nounced or written• but does the reader comprehend the quantity represented? It is greater than the combined area of Rhode Island, Delaware, and Connecticut. It is nearly twice as great as 3lassachusetts, nearly as grout as Massachusetts and New Jersey together, greater than New Hamp shire or Vermont. The latter, the largest but ono of the New England States, con tains but 6,435,680 acres. It is not strange that the stock of this company is taken by thousands of shares at a clip, as we learn is the (We " How do you do ? National forms of salutation are true indi ces of national character. The whole his tory of a race may be found in the diction ary of its language. Words and phrases are the offspring of previously existing ob jects, thoughts and cirrumetances, and their paternity is readily traced. Thus, among all savage and warlike peo ple, the common salutation conveys a wish or a prayer, that the person saluted may en joy peace, the greatest good of individuals and of nations, and the boon most frequently withheld in that phase of life. Throughout the Bible this is the invariable blessing— shalum! and the wandering Bedouins of the Desert have, to this day, the same form of salutation. Another phrase of theirs, "If God will thou art well," betrays the fatalism of Islam. "Peace be unto thee," says the fluent and facile Persian; "I make prayers for thy greatness; may thy shadow never be less?" This last form smacks of summer and South. Such a salutation would make a Northman shiver. It shows, too, a great respect for fat—for a dignified, aldermanic rotundity. The Greeks, a joyful people, full of the vigor of a life of action, expressed their salu tation in a single word—" Rejoice." The commercial and enterprising Genoese of the middle ages, used to say,—Sanetata gualagno—"Health and gain,"—than which no phrase could be more characteristic. In a similar spirit, the "swaggering 1.101- 'ander" salutes you with Hoe rare s-ge? "How fare you?" The easy phlegmatic German says, Leben sie whot?—"Live thou well." The Frenchman's Comment vous portcz roue—"How do you carry yourself?"—re veals the very soul of the French character. [tow is the formulary, and not what. And then the pork's vouz, how well it expressed the eager restlessness and vivacious man ners of that nation. Comment ca va-t-il? is of the same tone and character. John Bull and Brother Jonathan, in a hearty, but business-like tone, greet you with "How do you do?" What could be more characteristic of the great and poten tial Anglo-Saxon race? To do, of course— of this there is no question—it is the all of life; but "how do you do?" "How are you?" This enbraces all--health, wealth, power, knowledge. What more could one say?" and here it is all in three words- 0 11'3w are you?" "How do you do?" Again the answer is, '.Well,"—l do well! Reader, "How do you do?"—Life Illu3lratesl. "Sr. GEORGE," or ENGLAND A HUMBUG.— 'George of Cappadocia, born at Epiphania in Cilicia, was a low parasite, who got a lucrative contract to supply the army with bacon. A rogue and an informer, he got rich and had to run from justice. lle saved his money, embraced Arianism, collected a library, and got promoted by faction to the Episcopal throne of Alexandria. When Ju lian came, A. D. 361, George was thrown into prison; the prison was burst open by the mob, and George was lynched, as he deserved. And this precious knave became in good time, St. George of England, patron of chivalry, emblem of victory and civility, and the pride of the beat blood of the mod ern world. Strange that the solid truth seeking Briton should be humbugged by an imposter! Strange that the new world should have no bettor luck—that broad America must wear the name of a thief! Amerigo Vespucci, the pickle dealer at Seville, who went out in 1490, a subaltern with Ilojeda, and whose highest naval rank was boatswain's mato in an expedition that never sailed, managed in this lying world, to supplant Columbus, and baptize half the world with his own dishonest name. Thus nobody can throw stones. Wo are equally badly off in our founders; and the false pickle dealer is an offset to the false bacon seller.—EmEttsccv. PRODIGIOI7B POWSII..—A Mr. C. W. Cath cart writes to the Spiritual Telegraph from Laport county, Indiana, detailing the follow ing instance of power. lie says: '.During the last harvest a whirlwind blow off the straw hat of one of my hands. My attention was attracted to it, as, seated on my reaping machine, I rounded the corner next to him. The hat was forty rode off, and I should think nearly if not quite two hundred feet high. I called in a loud voice, 'King, (the familiar name of our presiding spirit,) bring that man his hat.' The man instantly stopped perfectly still. The hat whirled around, came back and dropped pre- cisely in his hands. Ife was so surprised that he did not shut his fingers upon it, when it fell to the ground on his feet; and he picked it up without moving an inch from his position, which he bad held immovably from the time I called. The man was no spiritualist. I called out without reflection, and can only say that' did notdo so wantonly. This curious affair was witnessed by at least eight sedate witnesses, but few of whom wore crazy spiritualists." SIErMr. Robert L. Pell, in a communi cation in the New York Journal of Com merce, rceommends the fishermen to devote half an hour at the end of each fishing sea son, to plant the spawn of a dozen shad, each of which would produce fifty thousand fish towards the neat year's supply. If this plan were pursued for five years, our rivers would again teem with this delicious fish, as they always return, directed by instinct, to spawn where they were born. Mr. P. says he has succeeded in artificially impreg nating the ova or shad, by taking a female shad and stripping her with his hand, by which the ova were forced into a pail of wa ter. The spermatic fluid of the male was then in the same way caused to drop in the same pail, and when thoroughly mixed to gether, the color of the era charged from a glowing red to a beautiful straw color.— They were then placed under fine gravel at the inlet of a breeding pond, and running water was permitted to pass over them. In about two months they were fully developed fish, swimming about for something to eat. There is no doubt that our rivers could be stocked with shad, by depositing spawn on gravelly bottoms, where the eggs will adhere. NEW EFFECTS OF COLD.—Bayard Taylor writes from latitude 60°North, at Kautokei no, on Jan. 20th- Being at this place on Sunday, he says he would have gone to church but for the darkness at noonday: Added to which the church is never warmed, even in the coldest days of winter. One cause of this may perhaps be the dread of an accidental conflagration; but the main reason is the inconvenience which would arise from the thawing out of so many anti quated reindeer garments, and the effluvia given out by the warmed bodies within them. Consequently, the temperature in side the church is about the same as outside, and the frozen moisture of the worshippers' breath forms a frosty cloud so dense as sometimes to bide the clergyman from the view of his congregation. Pastor Hvoseif informed me that he had frequently preach ed in a temperature of 35° below zero. "At such times," said he, "the very words seem to freeze as they issue from my lips, and fall upon my hearers like a show er of snow." "But," I ventured to remark, "our souls are controlled to such a degree by the con dition of our bodies, that I should doubt whether any true devotional spirit could ex ist at such a time. Might not even religion itself be frozen?" "Yes," he answered, "it is quite true; all the better feelings either disappear, or be come very faint, when the mecury begins to freeze." The pastor himself is at present suffering the penalty of indulging a spirit of reverence which for a long time led him to officiate with uncovered head. Speaking of the effects of contrast upon his own mind he says: But the other day, at Muoniovara, as I sat before the fire in the early afternoon darkness, there flashed across my mind a vision of cloudless Egypt—palm trees rust ling in the hot wind, yellow mountain•walls rising beyond the emerald plain of the Nile, the white pencils of the minarets in the dis tance, the creamy odor of bean blossoms in the air—a world of glorious vitality, where death seemed an unaccountable accident.— Here, life existed only on sufferance, and all nature frowned with a robber's demand to give it up. I flung my pipe across the room, and very soon behind a fast reindeer, drove away from the disturbing reminis cence. Zarin an interesting article in the "Quar terly Review," on "Rats," we find the fol lowing:— "The rat has formidable weapons in the shape of four small, long, and very sharp teeth, two of which are in the upper and two in the lower jaw. These are formed in the shape of a wedge, and by the following wonderful provision of nature have always a fine, sharp, cutting edge. On examining them carefully, we find that the inner part is of a soft, ivory-like composition, which may be easily worn away, whereas the out side is composed of a glass-like enamel, which is excessively hard. The upper teeth work exactly into the under, so that the centres of the opposed teeth meet exactly in the act of gnawing; the soft part is thus being perpetually worn away, while the hard part keeps a sharp chisel-like edge; at the same time the teeth grow up from the bottom, so that as they wear away a fresh supply is ready. The consequence of this arrangement is, that, if one of the teeth be removed, either by accident or on purpose, the opposed teeth will continue to grow up wards, and as there is nothing to grind it away, will project from the mouth and turn upon itself; or if it be an under-tooth, it will even run into the skull above. There is a preparation in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons which well illlustrates this fact. It is an incisor tooth of a rat, which, from the cause above mentioned, has increased its growth upward to such a degree that it has formed a complete cir cle and a segment of another; the diameter of it is about large enough to admit a good sized thumb. It •is accompanied by the fol lowing memorandum, addressed by a Span ish Priest to Sir J. Banks, who presented it to the Museum: "I send you an extraor dinary tooth of a rat. Believe me, it was found in the Nazareth garden (to which Or der I belong.) I was present when the ani mal was killed, and took the tooth. I know not its virtues, nor have the natives discov ered them." NOT BAD.—The appended negro story copied from the southern correspondence of a Boston paper is not bad: General C— gyve his black man, Saw ney, funds and permission to get a quarter's worth of zoology at a menagerie, at the same time hinting to him of the striking af finity between the Simia and negro races.— Our sable friend soon found himself under the canvas, and brought to in front of a se date looking baboon, and eyeing the bipo quadruped closely, soliloquised thus: "Folks, sure's you're born; feat, hands, proper bad looking countenance, just the nigger, getting old I reckon." Then, as if siezed with a bright idea, he extended his hand, with a genuine southern "how d'ye do, uncle?" The ape clasped the negro's hand, and shook it long and cor dially. Sawney then plied his new acquaintance with interrogations as to to his name, nativ ity, and former occupations, but elciting no replies beyond a knowing shake of the head or a merry twinkling of the eye, (the ape was probably meditating the best way of tweaking the monkeys nose,) he concluded that the ape was bound to keep non-com mittal, and looking cautiously around chuck led out: "He, he, you too sharp for them, old fel ler, keep dark; if ye'd jilt speak one word of English, white man have a hoe in yer hand in less than two minutes." ipa-Mrs. Partington says if she should ever be cast away, she would prefermecting with the catastrophe in the "Bay of Bis cuits," so that she would have something to live on. ..What kind of a fever has n man who is going to pay his critors who live at a dis tance? The bill-ions remittent, For the Columbia Spy ler-At a stated meeting of the Vigilant Engine and Hose Company , held in their Hall, on Friday evening, May Ist, 1857, the President announced the death of Cot.r. MAN J. BrLL, one of their members, when the following preamble and resolution were unanimously adopted: Whereas, It has pleased the Almighty Ruler of all things, to remove from our midst, in the prime of life, onr late worthy fellow-member, Coleman J. Bull, who was ever ready to do his duty. We bow with humble resignation to this dispensation, and sincerely condole with the family of the deceased, in his sudden removal from us; therefore, Resolved, That a copy of these proceedingq be sent to the family of the deceased, and also, be published in the Columbia Spy. JOS. HOGENDOGLER, Pres?. JACOB H. FREE; SeC'y. Vir".T sec in the papers," said Mrs. Par tington, looking over her epees at Ike, "the Judge says the fugitive slave bill is a statue.. I know'd the Greek Slave was a statute, but I thought the slave Bill, who ran away to be a fugitive, was flesh and blood like other people." ler A Boston paper giving a puff to a new minister in that city, says: "His prayer, at the close of his sermon' was the most eloquent that was ever ad dressed to a Boston audience." sariVe nre authorized to announce Mr. JAY CADWELL, of Lancaster, as a candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject to the de cision of the Union County Convention. May 2, 1.857.—tc. We are authorized to announce that CURISTIAN SHENK, of the City of Lancaster, will be a candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Culp' n County Convention. May 2, 18.57.—tc. PROTHONOTART.-W4l are authorized to announce that PETER MARTIN, of Clay twp., will be a candidate for the office of Prothono tary, subject to the decision of the Union County Convention. April 25, 1857—tc. CLERK OF QUARTER SESSIONS.-WO are au thorized to announce, that SAMUEL Evess of Columbia, will be a candidate for the office of Clerk of Quarter Sessions, subject to the decisions of the Union County Convention. WOOD'S HAIR DYE.—This admirable article is rapidly improving the hair. No article of a similar kind, now before the public, enjoys a better reputa tion as a restorative and invigorating hair tonic. Its peculiar chemical qualities have a beneficial effect upon the growth and character of the hair, giving r silky and glossy texture to that which was formerly of a coarse and dry nature. It has also. we under stand, a tendency to preserve the youthful color and appearance of the hair, and destroying or counteract ing the effects of age. With such recommendations in 119 favor we hardly perceive how any lady or gen tleman should be without so valuable an adjunct to their toilet The article may he had of the Druggists throughou t the country.—Missouri Democrat. May 9, 1837.2, COMPLETE CURE OF PILES, J.ND HUMOR OF TOE BLOOD. homer. Match 27, ISM. P. V. R. Coventry & Co: Gents—l have been trou- bled for a long time with the Bloody Piles. Those who, have been thus afflicted will know the pain and misery I have suffered. And further than this, I had always sores in my mouth. and an itching humor on ray hack A friend of mine in Auburn advised me to use "Ilach's American Compound, , the most successful medicine ever introduced. I tried it; two dollars worth of it (two bottles, has cured me entirely. I will, with pleasure, answer any inquiries regarding my cone. ISAAC SMITH. Porinerly an officer in the Auburn Penitentiary. Bach's American Compound owes its success to the intrinsic curative properties of the vegetable,: which compose it. It encitains it Compound Fluid Extract ry"Beach Drop or Cancer Root: , 7101(1 first given to the Public, but MlTl:gown to the fivdtaim as a never failing cure for Scrotum s, Consumption. Humors of the Mood, and chronic diseases 111 any part of the system. This medicine can now be hail of all relia ble dealers in the Visited Stases and CalllUtia. See advertisement in another column. April IS 1Q57.2m "WoonLiotio Catsid"—A pomade for beatnifying, the lair—highly perfumed, superior to any French article imported, and for half the price. For dressing Indies' heir it has no equal, giving it a height glosey appearance. It ettuse4 gontlemen's hair to curl in the most nuturn I manner. It removes dundrufr. always giving the hair the appearance of being fresh sham pnoned. Price Only tiny cents. None genuine unlesa signed FT:TRUDGE & CO., N . York, Proprieiolk of the "Balm of n Thousand Flowers.'' For gale by all Druggist,. Feb. 21-Gmeow CrDR. SANFORD'S INVIGORATOR J. recom mended to the public, relying upon Itellltrlnfle excel lence to ceelllC it favor. For all Bilious attacks, it may be truly and safely relied upon as being fully capable of removing the diseases for which it is recommended, nod fur giving tone and vigor to the general system. Its mutinies have been fully tested in a long prac tice, by the proprietor. Through the urgent solicita tions of many, who have used and been benefitted by it, the proprietor has been induced to place n bef ore the public. For all Bilious Derangements, Sick Headache, Chronic Dinrrlicen, Habitual Costiveness, Bilious Colic, Dyspepsia. Pain in the Stomach awl Bowels, General Debility, Female Weak nes., gte. For sale by druggists generally, and by Sam'! Fil bert. Columbia, and]. A. %Voir, Wrightsville, Pa. Ryon & Sons general agents, Philadelphia.,and also. by San lord 82 Co , N. Y. May 3. 18.93.ty Cip Baritrtz. ibr00L1V , 13C1P 4 1961:)3:04,3:4:1kD04 WHOLESALE PRICES. Common Cull Boards & Grub Plank, SlO 00 Culling do 13 00 2d Common do 18 00 Ist Common do 30 00 Panne] do 36 00 Hemlock Boards and Scantling, 11 00 Do do do long lengths, 13 00 Pine Scantling, 15 00 Plaster Lath, $2 00® 3 00 Shingles, 12 00(18 00 *:e • 0:411U) :4DO FLOITR..-300 bbls. standard au perfine sold at $6,87, and 400 bble. single extra at $7,25 bbl. For home use prices range at from $6,88 to $7,50 and $8 j bbl. for common to good brands and extra, including fancy lots at our highest figures. Corn Meal and Rye Flour are firmly held at $3,25 for the former and $4,25 per bbl. for the latter. iiinvor.-4000 ® 5000 bus. Penna. have been sold at 170®175c for good and prime red, and 180(3185o for white. Rye is want ed, and further small sales are reported at 87c. About 10,000 bus. good yellow corn have been disposed of, part last evening, at 75@77c afloat. Oats are firm, and about 3500 bushels Penna. and Delaware sold at 60c, the latter afloat. Wursrer is more active, and some 5®600 bbls. have been disposed of at 29®30c, the latter fur prison• hhds. are quoted at 28c.-- N. American, May 7. BALTIMORE BIABRETS FLOIIIL—Wo quotc city mills super at $6., 50, 250 bbls. Ohio do. at $6,62,i, and of 850 bbls. Howard street do., also at $6,624...Pa tra flour is firm at $7 for Western, and $7,- 25g57,50 bbl. for Howard street and city mills do. We quote Rye Flour as before at $4,50, and Corn Meal at $3 for country and $3,25 bbl. for City. GRAIN.—Thero were about 12,000 bus. corn at market, a considerable part of which was sold at 73®74c for white, and 75c for yellow. We quote red Wheat at 158ta 165 c. the latter price being paid for a lot of very choice Zimmerman Wheat; fair to prime white Wheat at 163®175c. We continue to quote Penna. Rye at 95®100e. Oats are still in good demand. and the market for them is firm. There were 3,600 bushels of fered to-day. most of which were sold at 44 ®4710 for Virginia, and 54€51,156c for Penn sylvania. Walarca — i.—We note sales of some 300® 400 Ws. at 28ic for Penna. in second-hand bbls., 29c for city and Penna. in new bbls., and 30c for Ohio.—Batt. Amer.. May 7.
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