1-.ncow of none worse than sitting under one
or these douch.a ci wedding breakfast jocose_
ze,s. Nut - one Brawl in a thousand can be
'playful .on his :egg—above all not playful
extempnre. He must he commonplace—
must stand in the old Joe Miller ways—
rius"-; trot out the Lattared old hack pleas
-nerics„ or he to lust. S) long as the man
i. humble minded enough nut to attempt
anything new, one submits with a certain
pquanitnity. The mint! is subdued to famil
iar forms of suffering. But the infliction
becomes terrible, when the speaker is am
bitious Fu ugh to attempt anything:original.
•ar is then added to tia: listeners' other
sotTerit.‘ There is the constant dread of
a fall—of the pour fellow's being entangled
and tripped up in one of Lis own compli
cated metaphors—of biz staking, himself on
one of his own joke-3—mA that thz pint
would pierce Nns deep--of hi , coming down
with a crash ',De of his oratorical flip-
Laps. D. alit te'l toe there Can be any
pleasure in a perf,rmanco, at the conela,ion
of u hich every role Volts a pent-up breath
Li thankful relh•f—withell is watched as one
-.--.3.tehoe the tune:ll,4 ,tep, ~ f an unskilful
11,;1;1.-ropt dat:cut, in a 'terrific asccut.'—
The audionoe can no more rcl;s11 the juke= ,
~£ the wedflieg breakfa,t orator that/ the
t•pcotet— , ••• ell:1"y the squibs anti crackers kt
' . :I:U(1.1 410- pt2TfufflCT in One Of thOSP break
.)l Cremorne or Vauxhall.
11.11,,sucial nuisance of wedding breakfasts
dtt , dy had a ~dossal Ulu-dr:llion, which
been Furpri , ed to find has received
no nonce from rwach. 1 allude to that
glrgeutts Jud.tie family ceremonial at Gun
oersbury, is whivh God Hymen and God
Maturnon t.re tqually honored, where, to
nige :*ront ti.e newspapem the altar mtvit
have been of solid guld, the nuptial torches
of precious Nro , di steeped in the raret
spice%, the bridal eou:di stuffed with bank
n and the liTaor, in which the 110 , 11 th of
p.ung e 'nide was D 11,1:: : :• I. lio:!Iing Isla
E'en he e I t.b.,er'ed
ttlLi
te it
that t , te noi-once , I am 0 ,mplaining •,1' wore
duly •orbatitted to. Lord John Russel did
the Leary business, and Mr. Bernal Osborne
the light ecntedy. The !qate of the thing
was grand; befitting what Lord John des
cribed as 'a union between two menther,, of
the most powerful family of Europe,' but no
aet of the social pennnce was wanting.
As to the gold and gems, the pearls and
diamonds that flashed and shone through
the lumuciant paragraphs of Jenkins, in
desribing that marria7e, I felt for once that
Purl die h lav WWI not r'nt of place. There
was something grand in the oriental mag
-I,l:wenn—the insolent splendor—the pa
rade of 'money power.' Dukes and Lords,
and Prime Ministers and Secretaries of
Statc were zummoned to bow down before
the image t',-at Il.ahschild the King had
set up; and they carne r.r,d bowed dutifully,
and did public Fait and service to the 'AI- I
Maint.lcit really kept roy
al state at Gunnersbury Park that morning.
Let us hope than poor little Hymen eras not
sua,,thered under his robes of cloth of guld;
that the fair young bride may not find her
self, like Tarpeia, crushed beneath her gifts
--thr,se armlets and necklaces, and jewelled
parasols, and gem-encrusted writing cases, !
and tervices of gold and silver—which so
dazzle! ti.e 'outer barbarians,' even upon
paper: that there may be no danger fur her I
and her husband, of the fate of Midas, who,
baring the power of turning all thing-; to
grim, starved fur want of bread.
“On us humble laborers at the noeial
...rank that Gunnershury wedding worke
Foinewhat as the apparition of a Palmer or
a Wainewright--.1. Redpath or a Ro'beam—
might tell upon our brrohEx e mn vi c t q a t the
f1,m.0 of 433rreetion. is the impereona
owl, on a eollos , al scale, of our aims and
Torts--the audarioti realization of our
horuh!e poßsibilit. We thrill with awe--
We I .T 1 ,3 to ant wor,hip Thin
u ),„riy o ooes god „r,w , ..e,y ;.. :61, Ito
otht:r than uor o;t1 Matntn )n, lrt (lira
:11:4aisc 3ra• Slim on
his throw- a: fitturt,,:bory, nlnong, tho
N.Lie mi1;i,,1141,• , . They aLeriti,;(• ;) Limn
5 Lll tL'
:1111 , • ritC , l n, , J:7l*.selVt. 4 4, ,t,ly Willi
ar..l
arc slatle.4, w.• c.rt., I.ut thou :ti-:::' more
gurgewia 11:03 - Nvcr, - ; wori;:ing
ut their Pnrita tre.tat , Cll, lb .ugh or
[he in:whine • . ore t'“e rail
•): cl:aw m 3: ch..; :,. a: J re hared, K,Eung
'hr:n t , ov.-ry nzan an: v,,nlan ut
I•l.2.akfn.gt, or
(14 , 11: ,
ME
ru:7, , v.,n!r! have sigued, as I
Srl.lr.nra "
fi ft
d
tr prescz,t product of
rcaple su;zar in V.risc,ot is estimated At 15,-
600,165 punds. In tie census of 1850, the
yield of I,..tna ,nt is !.c; down at 6,350,000
piunds. Tao in , l , •C'ltiC, it will be seen, is
ra , -,re than double, ti - .o per
.•entage bt•ing 2 01. In calculating upon
the L.p>is of the 0.110 statistics, we only
r4ci.A.Ltvi An increased pruductiun of .55 per
optit. Thiv Vormont total waiTants the
etpomstiu of even a larger crop than our
cs:rruur on. A great deal of this additional
gr...heriugia traceable to the general attention
wusch has been directed to the subject in
o^naaqucnce of the high price of cane sugar.
The result shows that the maple sugar crop
is capable of more extension than has hith
erto been supposed. Its chief area in 1830
lay in the following, States, which gave the
Lumber (X pounds stated: New York, 10,-
2.57,45•1; 'Vermont, 6,:;49,357; OLio, 4,5E8,-
209; Indiana, 2921,192; Michigan. 2,430,-
704; Pennsylvania, 2,320,525; New Hamp
shire, 1,293,103; Virginia. 1.227,035; Mas
sachusetts, 70.5,525; Wisconsin, 610,276;
Kentucky, 437,405, Illinois, 248-.004, Ten
nessee, 158,557; Missouri 178.910. Its re
gion thus appears to be New England, the
Middle States and the West. Should the
culture of the .F 0) ghrtm saccharatuna fail in
its main object on account of the syrup not
granulating as is now feartd, renewed atten
tion will be paid to the sugar maple.
.102 - 3 cruel Jvke was played off on a
dairy-man down east, recently- Some mad
wags called him, at midnight, to the rescue
of his most valuable cow, which was choking.
Zia rushed to the cow-yard, found crummie
quietly chewing he: cod—but a mangel-war
zei turnip in the close of his pump.
6,4 f Columtria gpg•
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NEn - ADVER.TISEMENTS T 119 WET.R.--21.
M. Rambo, Fresh tiroceries, &c.; Barber
S 6 Brother. LAIN., Laud and LCALLJ office;
Thos. E. Cochrane, House fur Sale; Casper
Seibert, Cabinet Ware; Commissioners of
Pending and Columbia Railroad, Meeting
to open Books; Farmers' [;pion Insurance
Co.; Cochrane..i. Worrell, New Tailoring
Establishment; L. Herr, Prime Cider Vine
gar, Segars.
The Reading and Columbia Railroad.
As will be seen by reference to our ad
,,ertising columns, the Commissioners are
about opening books for the purpose of ob
snbscriptkna to the above road.—
We understand that, having received every
encourag.nnent from responsible parties
.Wroad, they intend organizin,g at as early
a date as possiLl% and laying the project
before: the citizens of Columbia., Bending,
nut the two counties through which the
route passes, a-king of them a liberal sub
scription.
The object of the road in the completion
of the line of rail connecting New York with
Baltimore and the South, by a direct route ,
avoiding the two tedious and vexatious
breaks occasioned by the ferrvage of the
Delaware from Camden, and the Susque
hanna at Havre de Grace. By the proposed
line, passengors can be carried from Jersey
City to Washington City, without n single
change of car or shifting of baggage. The
roads forming this connection are all com
pleted With the c:teeptiou of it short link
onnne,iting the East-1m and Allentown Rail
road with Reading, and that is in energetic
hands which wilt. not let it rest until con
structed.
Further, the attention r•f the public bus
lately been drawn, by the Philadelphia
North Arwrican, to the feasability of a cen
tral Southern route, reaching into Virginia
and the great South and Southwest, by way
of the York and Gettysburg road—the char
ter of which bestows upon it the privilege
of using the abandoned State road, leading
South from Gettysburg—the Baltimore and
Ohio road, the Winchester road, and the
roads, projected and under construction.
through the Shenandoah Valley and Cen
tral Virginia. That the route over the South
Mountain by the old State road has not de
served its popular ill reputation, we think
we are warranted in asserting upon reliable
information. By an unfortunate error of
locution, and an equally unfortunate politi
cal persistence in constructing on that loca
tion, an enterprise that should have brought
honor upon its projectors, wealth to the cof
fers of the State, and given the merchants
of Philadelphia an early contsol of the
Western and Southern trade, has only
proved a by-word of reproach. We believe
that the part of the road already graded is
the only extravagantly expensive portion of
the route, and that remaining, unobjectiona
ble; but even should the present line prove
unserviceable, a slight change is all that is
necessary to put it on favorable ground.—
This being once completed, we should oc
cupy a prominent point on one of the great
est lines of railroad travel in the country.
The route from Reading to this place is
nearly a straight line, running through a
beautiful, pnpulaus and fertic country, and
the lay of the ground is :diarist us favorable
for the construction of a railroad as the
plains of the Wo,t; tieing lorel, or at most,
gently unaulatinA. Thoie are no foittnida
blo obstacles in the wav of streams, and vre
hev the Lest authority fur pronouncing it
the Lest irwrlCon. in Loil.t of facility nod
chcaorca- v: c.:,r.stru,tti a, to be found in
our Stu te.
That tho opening of a now hection of cairn
try, and the bringing v, and through our
town a fre.li tide of tral,el will be to its
great ads antagr., we consider a fact patent
to the e.mmonest comprehension. ily leg,is
,n we now have offered to us, ad
vantages such as we have not onjoyod siuec i
or unfortunate n0,, , ,10ct to make the Sus-
Tie:l:mum au I Tide Water Canal a slack
rai;gation, and it will be the fault of
our citizens if thet.e opportunities aro let
slip. Witii three railroad*, all of which
Mlle contribute to our prosperity, and a
manufacturing company, which these rail
roads would iu a great measure support, all
chartered, and asking assistance to become
actual and existing busy enterprises, we
should bestir ourselves to the end of secu
ring the fruition of this promising good
seed. With these roads centering in our
town, it would soon stand second to none in
the State in point of business facilities.—
' Wo do not say build all at once; but build
ont•, and that ono will forward tho building
the othare, for the interest of the whole if
i not identical, are not in opposition; the bu
siness of each would materially contribute
to that of tho others,
The city of Reading is interested in this
road to nn equal extent with Columbia; we
expect its friends there to urge it forward;
and from those interested along the route,
we anticipate an active co-operation. The
I section of the country lying between Co
lumbia and Reading, has Leen for the last
few years eagerly asking for an outlet of
this character, and it will probably never
meet with a more favorable opportunity of
connecting itself with the bury worla than
the present.
c We willingly call attention to the
advertisement in to-day's paper of Messrs.
Cochran h Wurnall's new Tailoring Estub
lishment, No. 4, Mechanics' Row. The
members of the new firm are both well
known in Columbia as good workmen, and
they declare their intention to spare no
pains in endeavoring to establish a first
CL7133 store and manufactory. There is a
fair opening in our town for good enterpris
ing men, who will undertake to clothe the
many backs and nether limheof the Colum
biana in neat and well fitting garments,
and we have no doubt we here have "the
right men in the right place "
PATENT SHINGLE MACHIN - E.—This
machine, patented by one of our citizens,
and brought to perfection after a long series
ofcarcful experiments, demands a few words
of commendation at our hands. We do not
pretend to indiscriminately praise every in
ventiun that comes under our notice, while
we know nothing of its principle of con
struction or mode of' work. In this case
beside knowing Mr. Huey to have an emi
nently practical and inventive genius, from
several years business connection with Lim,
we hare the unanimous verdict of practical
men of all pursuits, in favor of his machine,
and the evidence of the work turned out by
it; all of which warrants us in pronouncing
this an invention that will take rank with
the best labor-saving machinery, for work
ing wood, in the country. It combines all
the advantages of Woodworth's and Nor
cross' Planing Machines, with peculiar ar
rangements of saw-bench and feed; and
turns ant an oven surfaced and handsomely
tapered shingle, which lays one of the tight
est and smoothest roofs obtainable from
wooden matetial. Mr. Huey has received
some voluntary testimonials in favor of his
shingles from parties who have used them,
and whose endorsement is equivalent to an
established reputation in their neighbor
hood. A machine has been in operation
for the past viz months, at the Susquehanna
Planing Mill, where it can be seen at any
time; and although the first put up, and
worked, it has convinced all who have ex
amined it that this is, beyond all doubt, the
most perfect patent for the purpose, ever
granted. The new machines, with which
Mr. Huey is now filling his orders, are
I great improvements upon the old model.—
' They are framed of iron and most substan
tially constructed; and so arranged that the
saw-bench can be used independently of
the planer. We advise all lumbermen and
mechanics in need of an effective shingle
! cutting machine to examine Mr. Huey's
invention, and the work it turns out.
RIOT is IVASIIINGTON Cary.—Our exchang
e° bring us intelligence of another of the
miserable election disturbances which have
become so alarmingly prevalent in our lar
ger cities. In this instance the outrage was
committed in our National Capital and re
, milted in the killing and wounding of a
number of citizens, in most instances, as
usual, persons who were taking no part in
the disturbances. The accounts are so,,leon
dieting, each party charging the fault upon
the other, that it is difficult to come to a
satisfactory conclusion as to the merits of
of the case. The telegraphic news first pub
lished, represent the aggression to have
come from a gang of rowdies from Balti
more, calling themselves the "Plug Uglier,''
which interfered at the polls and drove off
the Democratic voters, whereupon, the
Mayor appealed to the President who gave
hint authority to employ the U. S. Marines
to koop the peace, and disperse the rioters,
Resistance being offered and shots being
fired by the desperadoes, who were in pips
session of a brass cannon, which was taken
from them by the Marines, the commanding
officer ordered the soldiers to fire, which they
did, killing some half dozen yersons, and
dispersing the mob. The Americans rep
resent that the employment of military was
entirely unnecessary, and the destruction of
life occasioned by the collision between the
people and the authorities, wanton and un
called for. Tho merits of the case will
probably be known before we cannot
but think, however, that a few more instances
of prompt appeal to ball-cartridge, in cases
of similar popular, rowdy, lawless, demon
stration,-, would contribute levy materially
to the public peace.
Tne Sew Casr.—This anxiously expec
ted coin has made its appearance, and is
generally received with favor by the people
and criticism by the press. The latter com
pares the King of Birds, which hangs out
on one side, to all the unclean tribes of the
air, and to the ignoble feathered inhabi
tants of the barn-yard, especially condemn
ing it as an eagle. While admitting the
drawing of the bird to be poor, and its re
semblance to our bald but venerated national
fowl hardly sufficient to enable future Buf
fon.: to identify it with its species by exami
nation of its tail feathers, we cannot think
it a worse representation of our "Bird of
rre.cdorn" than the familiar effigy, with the
overgtowu head and stunningly striped
ddrt-bosom, decorating oar quarters, and
some other of our coin. The now cent is
certainly a vast itnprovement on thu old
"rod," nud will satisfactorily replace it,
notwithstanding its many defects of finish
and its peculiar jackstone rattle, in the
pocket. We overheard a very seedy look
ing stranger with a handful of the now issue,
deliver his opinion. over a store-box, confi
dentially to himself. It was concise and
expressively pantomimic: "Bully!"—shov
ing a number of the pennies towards an im
aginary "pile" on the centre of the box—
" See you and raise you five. Shawl you're
afeard to come at me, I was ony bluffin'
yer," and ho raked the "pot" into his pock
et. We can't think what ho meant.
RAILROAD MEET/NG--Eketio/1 of Officers.
--The Directors of the ••Washingtou and
Maryland Line Railroad" met at the public
house of Frederick Cooper, in this city yes
terday, the President, John Black, in the
chair, but adjourned until evening, without
transacting any business.
In the evening, the meeting, on motion of
John Long, proceeded to the nomination and
election of John C. Walton, City, for Secre
tary, and JOS. Ballance, of Fulton, fur
Treeaurer.
Messrs. Jno. A. Sheaf! . and Jno. C. Wal
ton were appointed a committee to prepare
by-laws to be submitted at the next meeting.
Adjourned until nine o'clock this morning.
The Directors met again this morning,
pursuant to adjournment, when by-laws
were submitted by the committee and adop
ted by the meeting, which then, on motion,
adjourned to meet at the call of the Presi
dent.—Express, June 2.
MORE Isccivntantsia.—Qn Friday evening
last the hat factory of Absalom Ruth, near
Adamstown, was destroyed by fire. There
was an insurance of $3,000 on the building
and $1,500 on the contents, in the Northern
Mutual Company, which does not cover Mr.
Ruth's loss. Ten hands are thrown out of
employment by this fire, which was doubt
less the work of an incendiary,
M... The Coroner's inquest, held on the
bodies of the =en killed on the Harrisburg
and Lancaster Railroad last' week, has
brought to light an alarming combination of
thieves, burglars, counterfeiters, swindlers,
and outlaws generally, existing in our State
and indeed through the whole country. A
woman claiming to be the wife of one of
the parties, called upon the Coroner, mak
ing inquiries concerning the deceased.—
From her suspicious conduct, coupled with
the fact of burglar's tools having been
found on the persons of the men after their
death, a search of the house occupied by the
woman was instituted, which resulted in
the discovery of a large quantity of material
for counterfeiting, together with letters and
papers implicating many prominent and
apparently respectable individuals in a
wide-spread association, whose chief end
and aim is plunder. The woman was allow
ed to proceed to Philadelphia, but her bag
gage was overhauled by the Coroner. We
give the result from the Harrisburg Tele
graph of Monday:
The result was a very gratifying one; the
officers succeeded in obtaining many coun
terfeiting articles, -which would have been
used elsewhere, implicating the woman,
and giving a clue to particulars that will un
doubtedly lead to the arrest of others of the
gang. A vteise and several boxes were
found and opined, all directed to the same
individual. in one was between five and
six hundred counterfeit gold dollars, not
yet galvanizel, several counterfeit half and
quarter dollars of an old stamp, and all the
material necessary to carry on counterfeit
ing on the most extensive scale. There
were also in the valise a large roll of bills,
announcing the arrival of "George W. Dreis
bach, the celebrated horse-tamer, from Tex
as," under which signature one of the par
ties in question traveled, it is supposed, and
succeeded in obtaining valuable information
fur his accomplices. The articles aro all
now in possession of the Coroner.
The Coroner says ho has no doubt that
the money taken from Mr. Finney at the
Railroad Retch Middletown, on the evening
before the death of the men killed, was
upon them at the time of the accident, and
was abstraeed before his arrival. We have
already given the suspicious circumstances
which produce this opinion. It looks very
much as if there were other parties in this
county leagued with the dead men in their
operations, and we trust increasing efforts
will be made to expose them. The envelope
found was part of the identical one which is
known to hare contained Mr. Finney's mo
ney. It will be recollected that there was
hut little gcod money obtained from their
bodies by the Coroner. The information
thus far obtained has revealed the existence
of an organized oath-bound hand of villians,
extending through all the States in the
Union, and calculated to carry on opera
tions on a scale unsurpassed. From Maine
to Texas, its members are ranged, in man
ner best calculated to aid in their schemes,
and had not this most lucky dispensation
occurred, we would soon have heard of ac
tions unparalleled in the history of crime.
Already the names of over thirty members
have become known, embracing some very
prominent lawyers and physicians. Their
head-quarters seem to have been in North
umberland county, in this State.
From what has been ascertained, it is
supposed the northern counties are swarm
ing with them, though they do not seem to
have operated much in the lower part of
the State. The developments here prove,
though, that we were soon to Ise as deeply
inflicted as any with their rascally transac
tions.
The names of the men killed wore George
R. Vickroy, (alias) George W. Driesbaelt,
(alias) Geo. W. Douglass; and Charles Wil
liams, (alias) Charles Russell, G. M. King,
and other aliases.
For the Columbia Spy
“Quoth Madams, it is in vain.
(I me.; to argue 'gutest the grain;
Or. like the stars, anemic men to
What they're averse themselves to do
For when disputes are erear)'d out.
rfts Interest still reivlves the doubt.”
Ma. Ssr—Don't you see the philosophy
of the Poet? Then, if you do, why in the
name of mercy, don't you spare the peo
ple's "feelings?" You owe the world an
apology—you owe me and all equally no
torious servants of the public an apology fur
your shameful disregard of our sensibilities!
The milk of human kindness, of which we
are told Editors have always "% large su; -
ply on hand," is I fear, in your case—
chee,y. Couldn't you see that the auda
ciour scamp who wroto those rhymes you
pal.,lisbed two weeks since, ilitended a sar
casm? You couldn't? Oh, of course not! And
so you went and gave us a grip, and the
public a giggle; but all at the expense of
the "aforementioned us." It is all very well
for crazy poets, and unfeeling tax-payers, to
laugh, but it don't look at all like a laugh
ing matter to us, this projected sale of our
gigantic lollipop! You should hate been
sucking at it fur three. five, ton, or twenty
years, as ensue of us have done, in order to
properly appreciate our position. I see a
horrible future, sir, and so do all of us pub
lic servants. Work, work, work! Work is
punishment, sir, at least as far as my ex
perience goes, and I don't see why it should
be inflicted just at "this particular junc
ture." What have we done to deseive it?
Haven't we kept the public udder well
drained? Have we allowed any foul accu
mulations of filthy lucre in the hands of
the State Treasurer? Have we reduced by
our management the public dignity by re
duction of taxes, and such other abomina
ble practices? No, sir! "On the contrary
quite the reverse," decidedly. Now, Mr.
Srr, don't admit any more of those crazy
contributions to your columns. You don't
know what rascality a crazy man may be
capable of. Yours, &C.,
EPA ru HOWL'S SMALLCOAti,
11th Ass% Switcher, C. & P. R. It.
June 0, 1857.
KNICLERLIOCKER. raft JET:gr.—Another num
ber of this best of our exchanges, and no
whit inferior to its predecessors. The maga
zine is filled with well written articles from
some of our most popular authors, including
"A Month among the Blue-Noses," by Mr.
Sparrowgrass. We always welcome old
Knick's familiar slate-colored cover as a
tried friend of many years. Ile has been a
favorite of ours since the first fugitive and
contraband, mutilated number we "happen
ed" upon, among the very serious rt:rature
composing our boarding-school library.—
Long may he continue to bring us a month
ly pleasure.
WATER CURE JOURNAL 708 JUNE.—This
useful monthly is again before us. We can
sincerely commend it as an earnest advocate
of Water Cure. Published by Fowler &;
Well 4. N. Y.
Latest from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA
Hari fitx, June 2.—The Royal Mail steam
ship America, from Liverpool on Saturday,
May 23d, arrived here at 11 o'clock this
morning.
I=
The Chancellor of the Exchequer had
produced a sensation in the House of Com
mons by proposing that the Princess Royal
should have a marriage portion of £40,000,
and an allowance of £OOO a year. The
reigns of George II and George 111 were
adduced as precedents as to the practice in
such cases.
Mr. Roebuck regarded such precedents as
absurd, and moved nn amendment.
The members of the House, however, were
impatient to vote, and after Lord John ltus
sell had spoken against him, declined going
to a division, and the motion was agreed to.
EIZECI
Advices from Madrid have been received
in Paris, announcing the settlement of the
dispute between Spain and Mexico, on the
10th instant. After the ratification of the
treaty, Mr. Lafraqua will remain as the
Mexican Minister. Another despatch says
there is every probability of a pacific adjust
ment of the differences between Spain and
Mexico.
The later despatches were said to be of a
satisfactory kind, and there is little doubt
that, as a favorable disposition exists on
both sides, which is zealously encouraged
by the English and French Ambassadors
at Madrid, the affair will terminate amica
bly. In that case the greater part of the
troops sent out to the gulf will be kept at
Cuba to strengthen the garrisons of the
island.
=!
The Government of the Netherlands has
signified its intention to send a ship of ob
servation to join the Anglo-French squad
rons, in the Chinese waters. ,
GEM
On the occasion of his birthday, the Em
peror of Russia issued a further amnesty in
furor of political and other offenders.
ESIEME
A letter from Vienna states that the Em
peror will not confine his measures of clem
ency in favor of the Hungarians to the
amnesty granted to political prisoners and
refugees, but will also restore them their
landed property, confiscated after the revolu
tion, and administered since that period by
a special commission. It is believed that
the value of the landed property sequestered
in Hungary amounted, in 1830, to nearly
forty millions of francs.
I=
Trieste, May 21st.—The American Minis
ter at this port left for Constantinople on
the 15th, fur the Principalities. It is pre
tended that his visit has a political object.
=I
In the treaty concluded between Persia
and Russia, the latter renounces all claims
to the money which Persia owes, and in
return receives two pieces of land, one on
the Caspian Sea, and the other in the East
ern part of Russia, both of which for strat
egetical reasons, are of the highest impor
tance to Russia.
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.- Washinglon, June
2.—Capt. Davis, of the U. S. ship St. Mary's,
in recent official despatches to the Govern
ment, says it was the opinion of those who
had better means of knowing than himself,
that a month before they were written, Gen.
Walker could at any moment have passed
the enemy's lines and maintained himself
in the open country. Since then the deser
tions have been numerous and frequent, not
only diminishing his army in number, but
demoralizing it in character; that towards
the end of April, the only resort left for
Walker was to cut his way down to the
coast and take refuge, if possible, on board
the schooner Granada. According to the
best intelligence, such an attempt would
only have been the last effort of despair, and
have terminated fatally in less than five
miles from Rivas. The time, therefore had
arrived for determining on the course to be
pursued in the case anticipated in instruc
tions received by Capt.-Davis in January
last, that is, in the event of the expulsion of
Walker and his forces from Nicaragua by
the allied armies, and his departure to the
adjacent territory in Central America, fur
the purpose of hostile and aggressive opera
tions. The season assigned by Capt. Davis
for the seizure of the Granada, is, that the
vessel had lost her nationality, was bellig
e:ent, and should not, therefore, pass his
guns.
UTAH . AFFAIRS — ArporvrmENT..--Major
111cCullou,gh has again emphatically declined
the Governorship of Utah. A selection will
however, positively be made in a few days,
when the vacant Judgeships of that territory
will be filled, and other measures adopted
with a view to the effective organization of
the administrative machinery.
The President has appointed Joseph A.
Bright, of Indiana, Minister to Berlin, in
place of Mr. Koom, recalled at his own
request. Henry C. Murphy, of New York,
Minister to Netherlands, vice Belmont,
recalled at his own request. Wm. A. Rich
ardson, of Illinois, Governor of Nebraska,
vice Izard. Isaac R. Diller, of Illinois, Con
sul at Bremen, vice Hilderbrand. Wm.
Thompso,n, of New York, Consul at South
ampton, England, vice Croskey; Gabriel G.
Fleurot, of New York, Consul at Bordeaux,
to fill existing vacancy.
Front Urea.—The Leavenworth (K. T.)
Herald, of the 30th ultimo, learns from a
gentleman named Williams, who left Salt
Lake on April 15th, that a great excitement
prevailed at that place. Brigham Young
was driving the Gentiles away from the
Territory. Judge Stiles, the U. S. Marshal,
the Surveyor General, and their families,
together with a large number of emigrants,
were leaving.
AlianICAN (STAAICIIT) NOMINATIONS.—
The Straight American Convention which
assembled in Lancaster, on Wednesday 3d
inst., made the following nominations:—For
Governor, Isaac Harlehurst, of Philadel
phia; for Supreme-Judges, Jacob Broom, of
Philadelphia, and Jasper E. Brady of Alle
gheny; for Canal Commissioner, John 11.
Lindeman of Berks.
I A LOST BEAcrr.—A very pretty young
Ilady with masculine aqpirations, hailing
from Columbia, Pa., via Gloucester, N. J.,
where she had been spending a few days,
came into the city on Tuesday, clad in male
apparel. She was devoid of coat or hat,
but dressed a la oysterman, with a red shirt.
She was taken up at Twenty-first and Ches
nut streets, by officer McLaughlin, and
handed by him, over to a female friend.—
she gave no account of her motives for the
strange conduct, and will he despatched,
under care of Adams' Express, to-day, to
her ''entive halls" at Columbia. She is
American by birth. and perfectly lady-like
lin her manners and address.—Phila. Sun,
I .lth fratant.
TII E NATIONAL HOTEL DISEASE.- I fon.
Mr. Hickman, the Pennsylvania Represen
tative in Congress, and who was one of the
sufferers by the epidemic at the National
Hotel, was introduced at tle meeting of the
Medical Society of Pennsylvania, at West
chester, on Friday last, and requested to
give the history of his case.
Mr. Hickman said that he reached Wash
ington on the occasion of the visit of Mr.
Buchanan to that city, a short time before
the inauguration, arriving on the same day
as the President elect. He took but two
meals a day, consisting of dry toast and tea,
and these in the ladies' breakfast room at
the National Hotel. He lodged elsewhere.
lie was never at the hotel longer than half
as hour at a time. He observed no atmos
pheric impurity, and did not visit that por
tion of the premises that was in communi
cation with drains or wells. At four o'clock,
A. M., he was awakened by sickness of
stomach, thirst, vomiting and purging.—
The pain in the bowels become acute in the
course of an hour, and continued two or
three days. The diarrhoea lasted three days.
Ile at once ascribed his malady to the ef
fects of metallic poison and caused by tak
ing his meals at the National. Ile was
still a sufferer. The least exposure to cold
brought on diarrhoea.
TUE Len or TREES.—At a recent meeting
of the New York Farmers' Club the subject
of trees along line fences, overhanging the
grounds of a neighbor, were discussed and
the following important facts elicited:
Mr. Bergen wished to know if there was
and law to prevent the injury of trees grow
ing up on his neighbor's land and extend
ing the limbs over and the roots under the
fence, greatly to the injury of the neighbor's
land. Mr. Lawton wished to know if there
was any law to prevent a person from
planting trees on his own land, quite up to
the line, where the roots and shade will both
he injurious.
Another member wished to know who
owned the fruit of overhanging limbs.
Solon Robinson answered that question.
It is now a well settled law, by several
judicial decisions, that if a tree growing
upon my land, overhangs the ground of my
neighbor, the fruit belongs to me, and I
may enter upon his land for the purpose of
gathering it, provided I do no damage be
yond what may be necessary in carefully
gathering the fruit.
At the same time, it is equally good law
that my neighbor may cut off all overhang
ing limbs, and all roots that grow in his
ground; but while he permits them to grow,
I am to enjoy the benefit.
Judge Livinston, the chairman, confirmed
this view of the case.
SI/EMI - AVM—We nre authorized to an
nounce Mr. JAY CADWELL, of Lancaster, as
a candidate for the office, of Sheriff, subject
to the decision of the Union County Conven
tion.
May 2, 1.857.tc
RECORDER.--We arc authorized to an
nounce George ',canton, of East Lainpeter,
as a candidate for the office of Recorder,
County subject to the decision of the Union
Convention.
May IG-tc
THE SHERI FF.I LT7.—We are authorized to
announce Benjamin F. Rowe, of Providence
township, as a candidate for Sheriff. subject
to the decision of the Union County Conven
tion.
May 16-to
Ai? v\Ve are authorized to announce that
CIinISTIAN SUENK, of the City of Lancaster,
will be a candidate for the office of Sheriff,
subject to the decision of the Union County
Convention.
May 2, 1557.-tc.
PROYnoNorlar.—Wo are authorized to
111111011134 . 1.1 that Pritii 31Anrix, of Clay, tvrp.,
will be a candidate fur the office of Prothono
tary, subject to the decision of the Union
County Convention.
April 25, 1857—te.
CLERK OF WART= SESSIOI4B.—WO are an
thorized to announce, that SAMUEL EVANS Of
Columbia, will be a candidate for the office
of Clerk of Quarter Sessions, subject to the
decisions of the Union County Convention.
6 ) li t niathEts.
COLUMBIA LUMBER MARKET
WHOLESALE PIUOCS.
Common Cull Boards & Grub Plank, $lO 00
Culling do 13 00
2 , 1 Common do 18 00
Ist Common do 30 00
Pannel do 36 00
Hemlock Boards and Scantling, 11 00
Do do do long lengths, 13 00
Pine Scantling, 15 00
Plaster Lath, $2 006 3 00
Shingles, 12 00@,18 00
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS
FLOL7R.-WO quote flour for export at $7,-
5007,56 for standard and better brands;
extra, part Ohio, nt $B. and ]OO bbls. mid
dlings at $4,75 per bbl. The home trade,
$7,50078 for common brands and extra,
and $8,25®58,75 per bbl. for extra family
and fancy lots, as in quality. Corn Meal
is scarce, and the last sales of Penna. were
at $4 par bbl. Eye Flour is firm, with
smell receipts and sales at $5 per bbl.
WHEAL—The market is firm at 180 cts.
for good red and 190 eta. for white; a sale
of 500 bus. prime southern red and white
mixed, was made at 185 cts. Rye is firm
at the advance; the sales noticed yesterday
were at 115 cts. fur Penna. Corn 6@,7000
bus southern and Penna. yellow have been
disposed of at 95@;94 ets., including 1000
bus at 93 cts. afloat. Oats are also dull, the
last sales of Penn's were at 60 cts. per bus.
WHISKEY is dull, with a small business
only to notice in Mids. at 36 cts, and bbls.
only 3707.38 ets., the latter fur prime Ohio.
—N. Amer., June 4.
BALTIMORE MARKETS
FLOUR.—We note sales this morning, of
1,400 bbls. Howard street super, at $7,62i,
and of 100 bbls. City Mills do., _Stafford
Mills brands, at $7,62.1. We quote extra
flour firm at $7,87i®.8 for Ohio, $8,25®8,-
50 for Howard street, and $8,50 per bbl. for
city mills. Rye flour is firm at $5,25 per
I bbl. Corn meal is quiet but firm, at $4 fur
country, and $4,50 fur city.
G RAJ N.—We quote red wheat at 175®180
cts. for fair to good, and white do. at 185®
190 cts. for good to prime parcels. Corn—
There were about 10,000 Lus. offered, all of
which was sold at 88 cts. for mixed, 90®
92 cts. for white, and 90®91 cts. for yellow.
Rye—There were sales this morning of 500
bus. Penna. at 118 CtS. Soule holders are
however asking 1...40 al 23 cts. per bushel.—
Oats—we quote oats at 00,'61 cts. for Vir
ginia, and 65 cts. for Penna.
WutsKET.—We quote city and Penna. at
36 cts., and Ohio do. at 370311 cts.—Bait.
Amer. Ant. 4.
When Maritima, the Greek Physician was slum,
Homer said of him. •`a good Physician is worth us much
us a whole army." Then a good medicine like Ayer's
Cathartic Pills. 16 worth a great deal more, because it
cures as well, works wider sod lasts longer. The circle
of the beat Physician's labor must be narrow, while such
a remedy is available to all—can be had byrever) body,
and as worth having.
ZA Western editor and his wife were
walking out in the bright moonlight one
evening. The wife was of an exceedingly
poetical nature, and said to her mate:
"Notice that moon; how bright and calm
and beautiful."
"Couldn't think of noticing it," returned
the editor, "for anything less than the usual
rates—a dollar and fifty cents for twelve
lines."
I:l7'We ads ise those of our friends in a state of single
blessedness, who would win the idol of their beans, and
enjoy that domestic felicity known only to those in
married life, to restore the hair on their bald pates,
change their grey locks to their original color, make
them glossy an silk, by using Professor Wood's Hair
Restorative. It is now the standard remedy for all dis
eases of thu hair and skim—Ohio Statesmen.
THE GREATEST DISCOVERY OP THE Alla—
h seldom occurs, that we notice. under any circusn
stances. patent medicines, reiterative', or anything
of the kind, for we have a prejudice against most or
them. But candor compels us to invite attention. I.
the advertisement of Prof. Wood's liar Restorative..
in the last column ut the bottom of the third page of
this paper. We are too juvenile to require anything
of the kind. but some instances of its use have come
to knowledge which almost assure us that it is a sov
ereign remedy against the hair becomingprematurely
gray. It is not a "Hair Dyer' but upon its appliewe
non Os directed, the effect is produced on the skin ,
which brings out the original, native colored hair,
without stiffness, and gives it a glossy and natural
appearance. We huve.seen persons who have used
n. mid they are murk pleased with it. Examine the
adveresement —[Missouri Republican.
CO.III , LETI: CiaLL: OF PILES, AND MUNOR OP THE BLOOD.
Homer, March 27, 1655.
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 thin, I had always.
sores in my mouth, and an itching humor on my back
A friend of mine iu Auburn advised me to use "Hach , *
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 nquires regarding my case.
ISAAC SMITH,
Formerly an officer in the Auburn Penitentiary.
BaCas Amerlean Compound owes its success to
the curative properties of the vegetables
which compose it. It contains a Compound Fluid
Extruetof Beach Drop or Cancer Root." now fin: glum
to the Public, but long known to the Indians as a never
fulling cure for Scrofula=. Consumption, Humors of
the Mood. inid chrome deieuses in any part of the
syeleni. This Ifiellieine can new be had of ail relia
ble dealers in the United Suites and Canada. See
advertisement in another column.
April IC, 1e(17.2m
"WOODLAND CULANC—A pomade for beautifying
the hair—highly perfumed. superior to any French
al little imported. and for half the price. For dresslng
lather! hair It has an 7J, giving it a bright glossy
.
appearance. II eu..e ,Ittleinettte hair to curl 111 the
most natural manner. It removes dandrutT, always
giving the hair the le opennmee of being fresh sham
pooned. Price only filly cents. None genuine unless
signed FEI'IC LOGS er. CO., N. York.,
Proprietors of the "halm of at Thousand Flowers."
Fur sale by nit Druggist..
Felt. :21-61neow
-:-,.- - e._. LE2.I--4.a.
On Tu..,lay cvenhar., the 241 instant, by Rev. William
Barnes, HENRY C. SCRI]IMGCR to JANL E Holtz, both of
Wnghtaville, Pa.
At Columbia, Po . 011 the 13c1 m•tnnt. by the Rev. C.
Erskolc. the Rev. Jolts — P. licooNs. of :blow 11111. Md.,
to Miss MARY ANNA. daughter of the late Rev. Robert
M. Laird. of Someltet co., MO.
5 - ,...11 . _ . I,z.
In Cnriialc , on,l%londay evening lag?, after a long and
painful illOrSlff, Mrs. JULIA NOBLE. wife of Mr. Jolin No
ble, aged 53 years. 3 nitwits and 33 days.
FOR SALE
THE HOUSE AND LOT OF GROUND
thereunto appurtenant. in Walnut, between
Front and :Second streets, between properties of Thotnaa
Lloyd, Leo., and Air. George Wolf latinire of
THOMAS E. LOCIIII.AN.
York, Pa.
!MI
NOTICE.
HE undersigned CommissionerTs named In
- all Act to incorporate the Co!amnia and Rending
Railroad Company," May. 1E57. will open books for re
ceiving subscriptions to the Capital stork of mind com
pany, at the public house of , ousel Lichtenthaler in
nit WEDNESDAY, OP JUNE, INuT ,
at in o'clock A M. The books will be kept open six
Itoars each day. for three dnys Five doll en!, must be
paid one 0111 shore sul,eriLed.
30 , . !CONY: MA 11E11, W. A. I'TIN.
ti W. M IFFLIN, W. E. BR %UL'.
AMO:4 S. GREEN, DI. M . ST It It•KLEit,
J. G. 111 , , , 5, 11. M. NORTH.
June 6,1,56-7 t
FOR SALE,
18BARRELS of Prime Cider Vinegar, by
ihe barrel or gallon.
A fine lot of linitana negars. of prime brand such
Ennnothin. Nle...engerac, Jenny Lund,
rued Ambroaot I,4:stun - in. Ca.
June 6,1,57. D HERR.
Farmers Union Insurance Company,
LOCATED nt Athens. Bradford county, Pi.,
CAsIl CAPI rAL 5200100. SAFELY IN VEST.
ED) makes innurunee+ on prorwriv. nl reg,,..,,,,bhs
GEORGE WILFORD,
Avnt, Columbia, re
lit-FERENC:ES:
lion. r. DEN Athen+,
DAVID I I.NI OT. Towal4ill. Pa.,
•• %VAT. J I.:S•sU P. II ranro , e. Pa..
G. MAI,I,OIt Y. Philndelphta, Pa.
Colum , •za. June 6, 1n37.6:n0
COCURAN 454 WORREILL,
MERCHANT TAILORS, No. 4 Mechanics'
Row, nppo.uc Haldeman's Fiore. Locart
rireet, Columbia. Pa . will give prompt iaten-
Lion to all work entrusted to them They have con
stantly on hand a good refection of
CLOTHS, CA SSIMER ES, VESTINGS, &c.,
whirl' they will make up to order, at short notice. and
an the moot reasonable term..
Goods purchm.ed ekewhere will he made up with
the same promptness anti care as when chosen from
their stock. \Viten desired they will select materials
from any of the stores for customers.
I, TERMS POSITIVELY CASII!jai
The public 14 reepeelially invited to give teem a
trial. v.lten they will endeavor to give sutteraetion.
Columbia, June 6.1537.
GOOD NEWS!
JEST received, per Steamer 'Silver Heels,'
a new and cheap unsortment of
FRESH GROCERIES,
at the Grocery, Prodice and Provision Store, in Odd
Feßovine Hall:
Imperial Tea and Dairy Salt,
Crushed Sugar and Tobacco,
Coffee and Scotch Snuff.
Yankee Buckets and Pickles,
Brooms and Syrup Molasses,
Prunes and Adamantine Candles,
Oranges and Mackerel,
Apple I:inter and Sal Soda,
Cream of Tartar and Bed Cords,
Out Meal and Mustard,
Flour and Country Soap,
Vortinommies and Copy Books,
Inkstands and Spool Cotton,
Cheese and Crockery-Ware,
Clothespins and Segnrs,
Lard and Turkey Collee,
Crackers and WIIPIIIIOIIIII9,
1311C011 and Corn Starch.
Lemons and Baker's Chocolate,
Farina and White Wax,
P. pper Sauce and Shoe Strings,
Glum. and Stone Blacking,
Raisins and Rosin Soap,
Codfish and Fine Combs,
Figs and Unbolted Floor,
Potatoes and Smoking Tobacco,
Candles and Band Scrubs,
Hops and Pearl Starch.
Matches and Baking Sods,
Pea• Nuts and Cillllo/11011,
Candies and Vinegar,
Nutmegs and Dried Apples,
Chopped Feed and Glassware,
Cocoanuts and Spittoons,
Dried Beef and Soft Soap,
Ketchup and Indigo.
Pepper Sauce and Potash.
Shaving Soap and Silver Sand,
Corn Meal and Fish Hooks,
Steel Penis mud Stockings,
Needles and Picked Herring,
Letter Paper and Tooth Picks,
Shue Brushes and Envelopes,
Beef Tongues and AVall Brushes,
Hams and Ginger Crackers.
Pocket Knives and Suspenders,
Fish Lines and Scissors,
Silk Laces and Hooks and Eyes,
Scotch Ilerring and `•ilk Thread,
Yard Sticks and Razors,
Orange Syrups and Carpet Tacks.
Fishing Roda and TERMS CASH!
Which is the most essential part of my business. Coal
it is an old man, well stricken in years—Cash is a new
man, just come to town. and is the true type and model
or a gentleman; and we will make a desperate efort to
keep him in his place, and not let him get in company
with Credit.
I have just added a rood selection of Groceries to my
former large stock, and will continue to make additions
from time to time. and get everything new and fresh,
that the market affords. Call and examine. and I will
Nell so cheap as can be bought elsewhere! lam thank
ful for the success I have already attained, and hope for
a continuance of the same.
A. M. RA MBO. -
Odd Fellows' Hall, Locust it
ittne 6, 167:-3t