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SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1857.
CLIES. OF THE ORPHAN'S COURT.—Nre are
uninorized to announce S. P. LIIDEMITTII, of
Columbia, as a candidate fo-t tzl'e office of
Clerk of the Orphaa'a Court, eubject to the
decision of flit nion cony Convention.
Columbia, .duly 18, 18.51-tc
NEW AnyzartsnunsTs.—Murray, Young
&Co., lccie nooks; Saylor & McDonald, New
Bwk.i , ; T. S. Sunameril, Daguerreotgri4;
.M.Nilry Ptahler, Water Coolers, &c.;
sterr, Fruit Groceries; S. W. Mifflin, Farm
for Sale.
We Art requested to announce that the
Rev. Mr, Gri.nicg. of Ohio, will preach in the
Presbyterian Church, tomorrow morning
mid evening.
have been requeqteA to annottnce
VrPe Dacture on Temile,rance, in the Lec
ture Rcum of the Lutheran Church, by Mrs.
ELirchild, on Prinhty evening, 24th iumt.
Car-We notice with pleasure that the
name of Walter S. Young, headed the list of
students atlatittetl to the Central High School
cf Philadolphiu, U.aturilay, July 11th.
this exstuination average being 91.3, the
highest number on the list. lie is a -Cul:ml
- a eon of Samuel D. Younp Fgsq., for
tuerly of this place, and always bore the
name in the schools here of the first gebolar.
. - - -
We hope, and have no doubt, that his working of the establisment, are spoken of
nicst highly, as enterprising and able ma
in his graduating class will be, as it now
. 0.
I. cluntsts and founders, with experience in
business, and a determination to build
MEETING or TILE STUCKIIOLDERS or THE a manufactory that will be not only a
Coixam.% - NlAsur.turuniNc COMPANV.—At a profit to the company but a credit to Co
meeting of the stockholders of the Columbia lumbia.
Manufacturing Gxnpany, held in the Town As will be seen by an official report given
Hall, on Thursday evening, July IG, 1857, in another column a meeting has been held
George Bogle *as called to the chair and and measures taken to effect an organization
Dr. B. &firer appointed Secretary. The and lift the charter, Additional aid is asked
object of the meeting was stated to be the for, and we hope the efforts being made to
crptnization of the company preparatory to fairly start the concern will meet with sym
lifting the charter and electing officers. A pathy and support from every citizen able
proposition of Mr. Enos Smedley to sell the ito take a single share of stock. We know
property, stationery engine and sidings in- i• that energetic hands are at work, and if
eluded, now occupied by Smedley & Brandt, properly seconded they must succeed in giv
fur four thousand dollars was considered, ink us the long desired manufactory.
and the sense of the meeting in favor of tee-
cepting it expressed. Committees were
appointed to solicit further subscriptions,
cnd to collect the first instalment of five
dollars on eaell f.;hare of stock already sub
scribed, fur the purpose a Fetin g the char-
,ter at as early a day as possible
The committees are Its follows:
Worth Ward..—Dr. B. Rohrer, Hiram
Seat"! )Yard.—F. S. Lletz, 11. Fraley, J
G. Hess
DROWN:ED.—Martin Baiter, a German boy
of about sixteen years of age, was drowned,
on Tuesday evening, while bathing in the
river opposite the public wharf. lie got
beyond his depth, and being unable to swim
sank before assistance could be rendered.
At the hour, about half-past six, few persons
are on or near the shore, and his compan
ion, a boy of about the same age, coma not
..5.a him. Ire remained in the water but a
short time, and was promptly attended by
Dr. Filbert, but it was found impossible
to resuscitate him. An inquest was held
by Deputy Coroner Minter, and a verdict
rendored according to the circumstances.
The boy was a baker, in the employ of Mr.
Vogel. Ire leaves a brother in _Marietta,
:and was a native of Baden, Germany.
Roantar.—On Tuesday night a boat cap
tain was robbed of his pocket book conjoin
ing sixty-six dollars. He slept in his boat
and Ltd placed the money under his head
when he retired; in the morning it was
gone. Suspicion rests upon ahand who had
been discharged the previous day. He was
pursued to Marietta but we have not been
informed of his capture. We could not
?earn the names of the parties.
Iferr rendered the "Washington
House" notorious throughout the State as
the spot where the best liquor kept out of
rhiladr.lphia could be tasted. True to his
old character of fastidiousness in the quality
of the liquors supplied to his customers, he
now keeps at his Wine and Liquor Store in
Waluut Street, in the extension cf his old
stand, the very best "moistening,' to be bed
in the country. A gentle stream of his
"South Side Madeira" turned down the
throat of a dying sinner, would lead hint to
better thoughts. and a determination to live
and finish the bottle. The Colonel also keeps
a select assortment of such choice groceries
as are nut to be procured in country stores.
41 . you want something extra give him a call.
A Moss nit Eitc.—On entering our office
one morning this week, we were startled by
finding on our desk an enormous egg, and
upon inquiry as to the manna of its intru
sion, were informed that Jae. S. McMahan,
Esq,, of that temple of horse-flesh the "Flo
ra Temple• Livery Stable," had /aid it there.
it measures 8.05 inches from the point of
the nose to the tip of the tail, and 6.3 inches
across the stamp. We bare always consid
ered the introduction of the ShanghaeXhit
tagoag, Brame.h Pootra, and other leggy
fowls, r wisfortunt to be especially lament
ed by every lover of the fighting bird, and
this extraortiimry production goes more
strongly to confmn a% in our unwavering
faith in the short legged Game breed. This
natural phenomenon can be examined (with
out handling) fur a few days longer at our
tape. easues can always be found by the
curious, and those wanting a neat and fast
turnout, at the Flora Temple.
Rearssoy's llnsr.tuas:vr.—A favorite co,
terer, well known to all Columbiana, Mr.
Small Robinson, late of the IVashington
House, of this place, has recently tinned
the Restaurant formerly kept by Keller,
East King street, Lancaster, and is row
serving the citizens of our neighboring t•Arn
with every delicacy in his line. Ile is The
right man, ur the place, and we trust that
our Lancaster friends mny visit upon bis
gle:1.1 the e•intoto lip will richly deserve.
The Columbia Arannfacturing Company.
We believe tbs play safely announce this
enterprise as about to be commenced in ear
nest. Lett neek some of our leading men,
together with the Messrs. Supplee, of Mont
gomery county, (two of the company of prac
tical machinists offering to take half the
stock,) called upon sortie of our most enter
prising citizens, and solicited subscriptions
to the stock of the Company. In one morn
ing they obtained the amount asked for, and
we understand that measures will be imme
diately taken to lift the charter. organize
the company and go into active operation.
We think this undertaking one destined
to exert no inconsiderable influence on the
fortunes of Columbia; it is the point of the
wedge, and we fully believe that it will be
followed up by an increase of manufactur
ing establishments in our town that will put
her in the place that her naurally advanta
geous site seems to claim. The Columbians
have in this instance given the lie to the
i croakers who so feelingly read the burial
service over the "Mouldy Bumper." They
have evinced a proper interest in the wel
-1 fare of the place, and an apparent determin
ation to shove ahead in the great struggle to
mike "every edge cut." We think thdy are
applying their energies in the proper direc
tion now: the manufacture of iron and
wood should he the business of the town,
and we do not despair yet of seeing the day
n-lien Columbia will be a name as wildly
known us Lowell, or Lynn, or any other
among the enterprising manufacturing
towns of New England.
The gentlemen from abroad who are
about to take charge of the mechanical
LIE CATE/811 WAR.—The entire popula
tion of Columbia, with one or two infirm
exceptions, has been "tatting" during the
past week on the dam. Men of every cloth
may be seen at almost any early hour, dig
ging bait in the moist places, and ostenta
tiously promenading the highways leading
towards the river, in full sporting tog, (lin
en coat, do. trowsers, straw hat, fishing rod,
tin cup of worms, cold bite, and pocket pis
tol heavily charged,) with a confident air
that says very plainly, "fried cats for sup
per."
A glance at the dam during the clay shows
about a mile of patient men looking intent
ly southward, evidently earning their fish.
It looks warm out there, bet It can't be, for
the fishers patiently work on, apparently
unconscious of everything but 'throwing in,'
prilling ttp,"taking or and 'baiting; though
we ce,nnot positively assert that an energet
ic interjection does not occasionally follow
the second 'mentioned voluntary act. To
wards evening the tide turns, and the flow
is inland. Weary men with n. fagged, shab
by and shame faced look, very red faces and
hands, sloppy looking trowsers, coat on arm,
and a fearfully ravenous expression of coun
tenance, sneak up the by-ways and take the
near cuts, while dirty little boys with prim
itive fishing conveniences, strut triumphantly
up the streets under fabulous strings of "cat
ties." After supper every man who has not
put hi the day puts in the evening, and
earns Iris nights rest and breakfast in the
same piscatorial piirsuit.
We have refrained from trying our luck,
having a tender hearted rbpugnance to de
scending into the bowels of the catfish after
our hook. If the Rork get over that d—d
d—m at Harbor we expet to give an account
of a mighty catch of those ravenous beau
ties by the subscriber.
tlet-We have received, by courtesy of
Messrs. Saylor & M'Donald, THE CYCLOPE
DTA or "WIT AND 111J11011, edited by Wm. E.
Burton, and published by D. Appleton &'
Co., 34G and 348 Broadway, N. Y. This is, I
as its name indicates, a collection of the brat
specimens of wit and humor in the language.
It is published in semi-monthly numbers, ,
four of which have been issued, and is illus
trated with portraits on steel of some of the
most eminent contributors, and a large num
ber of wood-cuts from designs by Stephens. I
Messrs. Appleton in petting up this work,
have trapplind a I=g-felt *-ant, via: a per.
mancnt asylum for those foundling jokes and
anecdotes highly respectable in themselves,
but having no acknowledged or responsible
parents, which make a long and weary pil
lgrimage through the columns of the news
] papers, and then retire into tranquil obscu
rity, only disturbed by the occasional foray
of the professional funny-man in search of
a witticism. This collection will place every
good anecdote upon record, where it may be
produced on reference—to the confusion of
that public nuisance, the original punster.
Messrs. S. & M'D. have been appointed sole
agents for this place, for the sale of this and
other of Messrs. Appleton's publications,
for particulars cf which see new advertise
ments to-day.
Cowin], TOR AC6l:Bl".—We have only be
gun to realize that we are in the midst of
melting July, when lo! "Graham" crowds
us ahead into sweltering August. But he
provides balm in the shape of variety of
good things really refreshing tO peruse.
"Der Freischutz" is suggestive of the bev
erage known as Lager, and we washed it
down with ifeiu."
Goner —The favorite "Godey" eisr Au
gust is with us at this early Gate, filled with
a wonderful variety of illustrations, and ar
ticles upon cvery subject of interest, grave
and gay, useful and ornamental. Godey
gets so many good words from all sides, that
it has become an old tale to praise him and
How our Hair was Curled.
On Friday morning of last week, we Were I
startled by the apparition in our office of a
distinguished foreign looking personage, who
announced himself tvith a graciously patron
izing air, as "Professor Adrien." We hast
ily run our fingers through our hair, settled
ourselves squarely into our !sow:sera and
shirt, (it was a bot day,) and showed our
breeding by a most courtly obeisance, which,
we flattered ourself, rather took down the
Professor's salaam. We anxiously awaited
his pleasure in a rather perplexing state
of uncertainty as to whether he was a pro
fessor from one of our numerous seats of
learning, a professor 'of religion; a pkofessor
of the "manly art of self defence," or had
only stopped in to profess eternal friendship
for the editor of the Spy. After a cool, un
embarrassed
survey of the preniises be ma
jestically said, "Show me your largest post
ers." We calmed ourself and showed our
largest posters ) which be was pleased to'
commend as fair for o. country office, but
small potatoes in point of size, not nearly so
large as can be procured in Philadelphia, a
fact of which we made a mental mein. 'rom
the subject of posters we wandered into the
adjacent but more conthicted premises of
programmes, of which we held much pleas
ant discourse; what the latter lacked in size
being made up in numbers, nothing less
than thousands being mentioned. At this
stage of the gable we handed him over to
Mr. Greene, who patiently argued the case,
from Brown's office, Philadelphia, to Scott's
do. do.—from the Express office in Lancas
ter to the Republican office in York, conclu
sively proving in a. two hours' discourse that
all these offices could do various job-work at
various prices, all of which did not in the
least affect the price of the work he (the
Professor) wanted done nt our hands. Thp
struggle was severe, and in view of the Pro
fessor's deliberate enunciation, a very pro
tracted one, but terminated in the produc
tion of a mighty document setting forth the
dishes that would be served up for the de
lectation of the benighted Columbians, by
the immortal "Wizard of France," then ,
Ipresent, and a choice, very choke assort
merit of talent, at that time under the foster
ing charge of Jacob Miller, Esq., of the
Franklin House, and consisting of Mr.
Dennison, Primo Tenore, of a celebrated
New York Opera Troupe, and two demoi_
selles, one from that definite spot the "South;"
the other, no natal spot being mentioned,
she coming under the descriptive head of
"the pretty page," we may safely designate
as the spotless page.
All this talent to be seen for twenty-five
cents! What wonder that we departed from
our habitual rule: "Strangers ordering job
work or advertising, must invariably pay in
advance!" and put faith in the financial
soundness of this imposing foreigner. We
I agreed to furnish the bills, and after a po
lite invitation from the illustrissimo to step
over to neighbor Bentz's and "smile,"
which vt, reluctantly declined, had the
honor of bearing our exalted vistor out. He
labored down the stairs, breathing anathe
mas against the Northern Central Railroad,
declaring his intention to "walk to York
rather than ride in a train that took two
hours to go twelve Miles."
We wore favored with distant vit*3 of
the Professor during the succeeding days, in
apparently close and most intimate fellow
ship with many of our eminent citizens, and
the general impression upon our susceptible
community seemed most favorable. He also
dropped in at intervals to look after the
progress of his posters and programmes,
once majestically ordering a bucket of paste
and a boy. By great exertion we got up
the required bills, and on Monday evening
the party "showed." Being absent from
town we cannot speak from personal obser
vation as to the character of the entertain
ment, but so far we have heard nothing in
its praise, and a vast deal, and bitter at that,
in its denunciation.
We are informed that the Professsor did
not turn the one hundred and forty-five con
secutive back summersaults, that lie did
not tie himself into the double bow knot,
that he did not stand on his head and drink
four sherry cobblers at once, that he danced
neither the Sailor's Hornpipe, nor the High
land Fling in appropriate costume, that, in
short, ho performed neither the "daring
acts of horsemanship," nor "the ground and
lofty tumbling." Professors who do not do
these things in the first style of art, should
never come to Columbia with any thought
of encase.
To crown all we know fiat this most po
tent wizard has not paid us fur his advertis
ing and printing. We can forgive him all
but one thing, however; he would have his
posters on pink paper. A man Alto does
not expect to pay for his posters shoed be
compelled by law, if not by his own gebte
of propriety, to confine himself in every in
stance to white paper. We never had ()Ur
hair curled with pink posters before. The
only balm we can see in the transaction is
in the fact that he did hot order our best
gilt-edged posters; in snob a. case we fear
we should be violent.
If the Professor, his talented ti`oupe, or
any of his next friends are inclined to 't.r.me
forward in the most liberal manner, and
square our little account we will rtay no
more about it, bnt shako hands with the
whole party, and appoint a deputy to kiss
the ladies.
We recommend "Professor Adrian the
Great 'Wizard of France," to the tender men.
cioe of our brethren of the press.
lOne of the greatest novelties of this
"progressive age" was the celebration of the
anniversary , of American Independence with
in the walls of the Indiana State Prison at
Jeffersonville on the 4tb. Speeches, toasts,
dances, foot races, and singing, were enjoy
ed under proper restraints, and the orator
of the day confined himself t 4 his subject
and the prison walls.
Viar-An engine whistle is not a prude, but
exquisitely modest. "Don't touch me or PH
screaml" it says to the stoker.
Ser"Nothing to wear." beautifully ilium
trated--Porrere' Greek Stare
Arrival of the America,
Latest rase xuaore.
Muir Ai, JOLT 15.—The Royal mail
steamship America arrived this afternoon,
from Liverpool, with dates to the 4th inst.
The revolutionary movements continue in
Naples. A party of insurgents had seized
a steamer, and, proceeding to the island of
Ponsea, they liberated 300 prisoners con
fined there. The steamer was subsequently
captured by a steamer.
vrof..A,ro.
The American merchants of Liverpool
gave a banquet on the Fourth of July to the
officers of the Niagara. On the rirat day
they were to dine with the Mayor of Liver
pool.
The steamer Fos, fitted out by Lady
Franklin, sailed from Aberdeen for thts Arc
tic to engage in another search for
the whereabouts of Sir John Franklin and
his contpanions, or for their remains.
The owners of the steamship Great East
ern, state that she shall be launched in Sep
tember, but will not proceed to Portland till
April nczt. tier total coat will amount to
nearly £600,000 sterling.
A bill which was introduced into Parlia
ment as an antidote to the Divorce bill, the
object being to exempt the clergy from the
duty of marrying persons divorced on the
ground of adultery, was rejected in the
House of Lords by a vote yeas 62 to nays 23.
I=
Gen. Cavaignas has been officially An
nounced as opposition candidate from Paris.
The advices from Kabylia announce more
victories by the French troops. It is re
ported that they had become masters of the
whole country.
The Emperor and Empress of France are
about to visit the exhibition at Manchester.
The depression on the Paria Bourse has
given rise to a rumor that the government
contemplates raising a new loan, but this is
believed to be unfounded.
A reduction in the rato of discount by the
Bank of France ie looked for soon.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Times says, that the recent conspiracy of
the Italians against the life of Napoleon is
more serious than was originally supposed.
Twenty-one conspirators have been arrested
who are said to be connected with those re
cently arrested at Genoa, who professed to
proclaim a republic in that city.
The government candidates for the As
sembly are the same as are now in office.
In Algeria, the French army suffered
much during the late campaign from heat
and fatigue, and there was still much work
for the men.
It was reported that General McMahon
was killed in action, but it now appears that
several musket balls passed through his
coat without injuring him.
NAPLI
The Paris correspondent of the Globe tel
egraphs the following despatch:
Team, Thursday.—The steamer, Cagliari,
bound from Genoa for Tunis, was seized by
a band of Italian insurgents, who landed
on the the Neapolitan Island of Ponsea, and
liberated some prisoners. The Septa, Ne
apolitan frigate, captured the steamer, and
the royal troops wore pursuing the insur
gents. The revolutionary attempt at Leg
horn was suppressed. The political prison
ers liberated on the Island of Ponsea num
bered about three hundred, and in conjunc
tion with the intargenta attacked the Neap
olitan gend'armes, hut were repulsed, and
several of them arrested; When the remain
der fled.
Etna
Nothing new has transpired ia relatiari to
the Mexican difficulty. The Mexican Min
ister still remains in Madrid, though medi:-
tating an early return to Paris, where it is
supposed he would await the arrival of
further instructions from his government.
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The revolutionary movement at Leghorn
had been suppressed.
Advices received in Paris on Friday an
nounce further insurrections in Italy organ
ized by Mazzini.
Two hundred arrests have been made in
Genoa, and muskets and large quantities of
ammunition have been seized.
A despatch from Vienna announces
another attempted insurrection at Sapri, in
the Neapolitan territory.
EMU!
A letter from Hong Kong states that Lord
Elgin and Baron Gros will have interviews
with Sir John Bowring at Singapore, and
that no important operations would be un
dertaken until after the meeting.
The French Journals doubt the statement
that England had asked France to send
troops to China.
FROM WASHINGTON -NAVAL AFFAIRS....
GEN . . WsLezit'slifew—Wrzshingion, July 15.
—According to the despatches received at
the Navy Department from Aspinwall, the
Saratoga was ordered to sail for San Juan
dot Norte on the 20th, And the Cyane sailed
abed the sth inst. for goston.
Comedkoder Montgomery, of the Roanoke,
says that unless some provision soon be
made for the transportation of the sick of
Gen. Walker's men on board that vessel, he
shall be compelled to proceed, in the Belize
in 'oriter, if possible, to land them at New
Oilcans. The Well men from the Northern
States will be sent borne in the barque Re
lease.
Lieutenant Colnel Belton has been promo
ted to the rank of Colonel, vice Col. Wal.
bath, deceased, and Major Charles S. Mer
chant, to Lietuenant Colonel, vice Belton.
Major Gouverneur Morris will be Lieutenant
Colonel. vice Bainbridge, deceased; and
Captain Macrae, Major in place of Morris.
Calvin C. Irollenbcah, of Pensylvania,
and Robert Bartholon, of Maryland, have
been appointed Assistant Surgeons in the
Army.
The Cadets just evaluated *kb the bre
vets of Second Lieutenants have been as
signed their rank in the Army, and ordered
to join their respective conspanies without
delay.
Itiel—Panspernickle says, a woman's heart isi
the "most 'sweetest" thing in the world; in
fact, a perfect honeycomb—full of sells.—
Bee ware
TROOPS FOR UTAIX TERRITORY-St. .1.012i.5,
July 15—Advices from Leavenworth, Kansas
Territory, state that the Tenth Regiment of
Infantry will leave for Utah Territory on
the 18th last, and the Fifth Regiment of In
fantry and the Twenty first Dragoons about
the first of August. General Harney goes
with the latter to day. Governor Cummings
would leave in a day or two for Washington
to receive his final instructions.
La.:, AFFRAY IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN
CANDIDATE[ FOR C0N0R2.93.--CinCinflati, July
IL—The inquirer, of this city, learns that a
quarrel recently occurred in Morgan county,
Kentucky, between Leander M. Cox, Amer
ican candidate for Congress in the Ninth
district, and his Deraocratie opponent, J. C.
Mason. The latter shot Cox, resulting in
his death: The deceased was a member of
the late Congress ) and Mason has also rep
resented the same district in Congress.
TEE 13GOE Mg. MARCT WAS READING MIEN
HE Dom.—An Albany correspondent of the
New York Post *fitts a very interesting
letter to that paper, in reference to the de
ceased statesman.
"When he stopped," remarks this corres
pondent, "at the antique, shaded hotel at
Ballston, where be died, it was noticed how
he would take his chair out under the wide
spreading elms and entertain his landlord,
and the plain, old fashioned people who
gathered about him, delighted with the
pleasant stories which he told and the phil
osophic humor, and shrewdness, and social
feeling which twinkled in his keen, bright
eye. At other times he would return to his
room, as his custom was, and taking ur
some favorite old author, (he rarely read
modern literature,) Milton, Shakespeare,
Hervey, among the poets; South, Barrow,
or Robert Hall, among divines; his French
edition of Machiaval, (a favorite work, by
the way, with Senator Seward,) or Bacon,
among philosophic writers, and would read
until he fell asleep. And this, indeed was
the way in which he fell asleep on the noon
of Independence Day. lie had retired to his
chamber, put his boots in the usual corner,
put on his dressing gown, and then laid down
with Knight's edition of Bacon's Essays—a
small red quarto volume, with illustrations.
When he was found, ho was still in his bed;
his eyes were quietly closed; on one side
were the spectales, on the other the well•re
membered snuff-box, and open on his breast
lay the book he so much loved—that immor
tal epitome of human wisdom—the Essays
of Bacon, and over it were clasped his hands
hugging it to his heart. Such was his final
sleep—peaceful, serene, and worthy of so
great a life—in the midst of the thunders
which commemorated the birth day of the
nation whose fame and power he had done
so much to uphold and extend.
What page it was on which the volume
was opened, I know not. Perhaps it was
on that most appropriate passage where the
great philosopher thus discourses of death:
"A mind fixed and bent on somewhat that
is good, doth avert the dolors of death; bat
above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is
'nunc dimmittis,' when a man bath obtairicd
worthy ends and expectations."
Tax CAPITOL Dote.—The Washington
Union says the entire height of the dome
above the basement floor of the Capitol will
be about three hundred feet. The bronze
statue of the Genius of Liberty is one of
Crawford's finest conceptions. The model
is already executed, and is with the artist
in Italy. A photOgrillih of it is in the pos
session of Mr. T. U. Walter, the arohitectt
The figure stands upright, is . crowned with
stars, holds a sheathed sword in her right
hand, and a shield and a wreath in her left,
and looks down From her high position with
an expression of divine beauty and goodness.
The belt of sculpture on the interior of the
circular wall beneath the main collonade of
the dome, and to be viewed either from the
floor of the rotunda or the collonade of the
dome, is to represent the history of Ameri
ca. We quote from Capt. Meigs' report:
"The gradual progress of a continent
from the depths of barbarism to the height
of civilization, the rude and barbarous civil
ization of some of the ante-Columbian tribes;
the contests of the Aztecs with their less
civilized predecesssrs, their own conquest by
the Spanish race; the wilder state of the
hunter tribes of our own regions; the discov
ery, settlement, ware, treaties; the gradual
advance of the white and the retreat of the
rod races; our own revolutionary and other
struggles; with the illustration of the higher
achievements of our present civilization, will
afford a richness and variety of costume,
character and incident which may worthily
employ our best sculptors in their execution,
and will form for future ages a monu
ment of the present state of the arts in
this country."
Lira ix Trass.—ln one of his graphic let
ters to the New Orleans Picayune, its sheep
rearing editor, George W. Kendall tells a
good story connected with the recent Waco
Convention in Texas.
A lot of the members, during a recess in
the regular business, had adjourned to a
neighboring grocery, Mr. Britton, of Corpus
Christi, among the number, and were taking
a general drick all round. Some were call
ing for gin toddies, others for brandy straights
—some for this decoction, and others for
that—when into the groggery stalked a tall,
lank, sallow complexioned member from
close up on the Arkansas line, dressed in
a hickory bark coat, copperas colored Crow
sers, and drab imitation bearer hat.
"Come straight up to the trough, stranger,
and smile," said Britton.
"Don't mind if I do take a drink about
this time," retorted the gentleman in hick
ory bark.
"What shall it be?" continued the mem
ber from Corpus Christi.
"Well I belisve I'll take a parcel of tes.4-
key: I was breught dp mostly ou that, and
it agrees with Me," retorted the 'Strati ge r,
"Sweetnin' in it?" continued the wag.
"Straight, ) ' retorted the other.
'To the gentleman up a parcel of whis
key, large stint was the order given the bar
keeper, and the neXt moment the laugh was
general. There is fun yet in Texas, despite
the drought, and Will be as long as Brittoa
remains 113 the State.;
The Great Western Plains,
The recent steamboat arrivals at St. Louis
from the Upper Missouri, give some idea of
the vast extent of country drained by that
mighty river and its tributaries. One boat
started where the river was narrowed down
to only sufficient width to allow an ascend
ing boat to wind in order to change its di
rection, and then followed down the broad
ening stream for 2,500 miles until it min
gles its muddy waters with the Mississippi,
and in sufficient volume to give color and
character to that great artery of the conti
nent, even when by many mouths it is swal
lowed in the Gulf.
Colonel Etalphin who hos well explored
our Great Western Plains, stretching from
the frontier of Kansas and the heart of Ne
braska to the Rocky Mountains, in a letter
to the St. Louis Democrat graphically
sketches their characteristics. The plains
occupy a longitudinal parallelogram of
nearly a thousand miles in width, and ex
tending from the Texas to the Arctic coast,
present an area equal to the twenty-four
States east of the Mississippi. They have
a slight slope from the west to the east, and
abound in rivers and streams, which serve,
like the Nile, to irrigate rather than drain
the neighboring surface, havingfew affluents,
and running from west to east DI shallow,
broad beds, through long, flat; nrrrow ba
sins. They are destitute of tiniber, even
single trees being scarce; though thickly
clad with nutritious grasses, and aft-arming
with animal life. Their soil is chiefly a fine
calcareous mould, admirably adapted for
pasturage, and good farming arable land is '
found along the banks of the rivers.
Colonel Clalphin describes the climate to
be, in many respects, like Egypt, rainless,
favorable to longevity, intellectual and
physical developement, and stimulative of a I
high social civilization. Storms are rare,
during the 'melting of snow upon the crest
of the Rocky
, Mountains. These plains,
commonly regarded as deserts, irreclaima
ble, he declares swarm with animal life; and
he estimates the Buffalo which find their
living upon them at twenty millions, and
other wild animals at more than fifty mill
ions, ail of which subsist mainly upon the
gramma or buffalo grass, which the dry at
mosphere crisps into a highly nutritious hay.
A million of Indians have, until lately, sub
sisted altogether upon the game which they
furnished, and they are capable of sustain
ing an immense pastoral population. Six
tenths of the food of the human family, the
Colonel thinks, ie, or ought to be, animal,
the result of pastoral agriculture; and as
the Northwest is now the granary of the
world, so, he maintains, will the Far West
furnish its supplies of animal food, consist
ing of meat, milk, butter, cheese, poultry,
eggs, wool and honey.
These plains, without a single abrupt
mountain, timbered apace, desert or lake,
running smoothly out to the navigable Mis
souri, Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and to
the Texan coast, not a portion of whose
whole sweep of surface is more than a thou
sand miles from the best navigation, must
become the partoral garden of the world.
They are everywhere adapted to sustain a
great pastoral population. Adobe bricks
for dwellings, impervious to heat or cold,
can be made anywhere; plaster, lime, clay
and sand, exist beneath nearly every acre;
bituminous coal is abundant, buffalo dung
is scattered everywhere, and wood fuel is
found plentifully by digging, for the trees
are stunted by the dry atmosphere, while
the roots spread out in all directions.
Mr. Galphin does not claim for these vast
plains the cardinal basis of the future em
pire of commerce and industry; but main
tains, for their ample dimensions and posi
tions, their climate, abundance of fuel,
building material and animal life, that they
are not only adapted to be the home of mill
ions of happy freemen, but that they will be
"the pasture field of the world."
Fn.t.tx OF TUE Bxxs.—A somewhat singu
lar freak of the honey bees was recently
discovered in the residence of Mrs. Gen.
Wingate, in Portland, Maine. The Argus
thus descibes it:
"The inmates of the mansion were sur
prised to find a large number of bees flying
about in two of the upper rooms. As the
little fellows continued to occupy the places,
a bee Naturalist was sent to investigate the
matter. On entering one of the rooms, he
exclaimed, "You have honey somewhere
here," and proceeded to search for it. On
removing the fire-board, he discovered that
one flue of the chimney was full of honey
comb, which was hanging down into the fire
place and the honey dropping from it; pro
ceeding to the top of the house to sound the
chimney, he round it the same; one flue of
I the chimney was full and the bees were in
dustriously at work there also. These flues
of the chimney had never been used; they
were plastered smooth inside, and were
perfectly dark, a stone having been placed
upon the top of each fine. The bees had
descended the adjoining flues and found small
holes about ten inches from the top of
the chimney, leading into the closed Rues,
and through these holes they had made
their way in and out. They have, as is
supposed, occupied these places for three
years, having been kept warm in the win
ter by the heat from the adjoining flues.
On removing the fire-board, the bees, seek
ing the great light which had broken in up
on them, descended to the room and gather
ed on the windows until they were covered
to the thickness of three inches. It is esti..
mated that there are in the two flues from
40,000 to 50,000 bees and from two to three
thousand pounds of honey.
MAKING A NULAANCT. trsarnu,---The Yan
kees are some on notions, that is clear. It
is now stated that Chinese fire crackers,
for which no tactful service greater than pro
ducing noise on the Celebration of the Fourth
of July has heretofore been discovered,
have at least been applied to practical ac
count. Id some of the New England States
caterpillars . are destroyed with them. The
way is to place one on the end of a split pole,
thrust it into the nest, and knock theta all to
finders. It will take sometimes two or three
crackers to 'demolish a large nest, though
for small collections a single explosion is
sufficient. The boys don't consider this
work, but go at it with a gusto.
IMEE. DICKSON'S NEW PETTICOAT.-A meek
quiet looking person, calling himself John
Dickson, was detected on Friday in the very
act of stealing a large rail of red flannel
from the door of a dry goods store in Eighth
street, lie did not deny the fact, but attemp
ted to palliate his offence by the following
address to the Mayor:
"Sir, I confess I did hike the Guilin; but
when you hear why I took it, you will say
that I am an unforthtuite man, and ought
to be pitied. My wife - says to me yesterday
morning:
"'John, I've got a t 1 o. dollar note, Bank
of Harrisburg (says she;) I made it by wash
ing and ironing, and I want 16tr Ow and
buy me eight yards of fiannin--‘ red flannin.
(says she)—to make use two petticoats, for
the spring is backwards (says she,) and the.
weather keeps cool, and I hadn't a rag that's
fit to wear. And mind you don't loose the•
money nor go near any grog-shop (says she,) ,
for you know your weakness; and don't you•
get into conversation with any other loafers;
as you are going along on this errand.'
"So I took the money—the two dollar not&
(I did)—and set out, and went three squares,
around to keep clear of a groggery that's in
the upper end of our street; and that's the
way I missed it; for in Pother street I met
Joe Hinson. Says Joe:
"Jack, where you'r4iltomad?"
"Says I—'to get eight yaild of quarter dol
lar flannin to make my wife twe'petticoats."'
"Says be—'Dock the old woman half a
yard, and let's have a 'Couple of glasses of
toddy. It's only making the petticoats a
little shorter, (says be,) and she's got a
handsome pair of ankles, she won't mind
having a Beata pattern."
"Well, I thought half a yard of flannin
wouldn't make much difference, so in we
went to the hotel, changed the note, drank a
glass apiece, and that put us in the notion
of more, (it did,) and Joe drank, and drank,
and in less than an hour I'll be switched if
I bad twenty-five cents left out of two dol
lars. Well, what could Ido then? I ax any
reasonable man what could I do? I couldn't
go home without the flannin, and I couldn't
buy it without the money. So I hooked a
bolt of it, (I did,) that's a fact, and I'm not
ashamed to acknowledge it, for nothing else
could be done; and if I hadn't been nabbed
my old woman should have had six red flan
nel petticoats instead of two she sent mo
after; and that's the whole story."
Dickson was committed, in default of bail s
to answer for the larceny.—Philadelphia
Sunday Mercury.
Instructions to a /cry
Speaking of courts, reminds us of a funny
instruction said to have been given by ajudge
ton jury in—well, we won't say what State.
It runs in this way:
"If the jury believe, from the evidence.
that the plaintiff and defendant were a part
ner in the grocery, and that the plaintiff
bought out the defendant, and gave him his
note for the interest, and the defendant paid
for the note by delivering to the plaintiff a
cow, which he warranted 'not breachy' and
the warranty was broken by reason of the
breachiness of the cow, and the plaintiff
drove the cow bock and tendered her to the
defendant but the defendant refused to re
ceived her, and that defendant WA her home
again, and put a heavy yoke or poke upon
her to prevent her from jumping the fence.
and the cow, in undertaking to jump the
fence, by reasons of the poke or yoke, broke
her neck and died; and if the jury further be
lieve that defendant's interest in the grocery
was not worth anything, the piaintifes note
was worthless and the cow good for nothing
either for milk or beef, or for 'green hide,'
then the jury must find out for themselves
how they will decide the case—for the court,
if she understands herself and she think she
do, don't know how such a case should be
decided,"
TIME ECCENTRIC ENOLISIIMEN.—The bul
letin for curiosities of the Colonge Gazelle
contained lately the capricious offer of an
English gentleman to a Carlsruhe orphan
boy to pay him £lO,OOO sterling on his fur
nishing him, within a running year, one mil
lion used post stamps. The Englishman
wants the cancelled stamps for the purpose
of papering one of his rooms, and all the
ladies here are anxiously collecting for the
orphan child. If any Americans are desi
rous to participate in this benevolent collet,-
tion, they are informed that the Colorte
Gazette receives them until next October.
Ckt BaThtto.
$ •
WIIOLESALE PRICES.
Common Cull Boards & Grub Plank, $lO 00
Culling do 13 00
2d Common do 18 00
Ist Common do 30 00
Plnnel do 36 00
Hemlock Boerds and Scantling, 11 00
Do do do long lengths, 13 00
Pine Scantling, 15 00
Plaster Lath, $2 II C 300
Shingles, 12 1 1018 00
PHILADELPHIA 3Likkitit
FLOCIR.—The demand for home use is
ited within the range of $8,12407,75 for
common to choice brands, $7,50®8 for ex
tra, and $B,5O(p M barrel for fancy lots as
to brand. Corn eal—Penna. meal is of
fered at less than $4 /8 bbl., without finding
buyers.
WIIEAT.—We quote wheat at 1850188
cta. for reds, and 190®195 cta. for white as
in quality; the latter for prime Penna. laje
is dull at 100®103 eta.- buyers only offer
our lowest figures. Co'rn-300 bus. South
ern and Penna. yellow have been taken at
85 ots. afloat. Oats are also in steady de
amid, with further sales of 1500 bus. good
Penna. at 57 cts.
Wanarr continues dull at 31 eta. for
bhda, and 31®32 eta. for bbls.—.N. 4mtr,,
July 16.
lIALTEKORE 2LeBBETt •
Ftotra.—The sales on 'Change embrace
3,500 bbls. city mills raper at $7,50, and
250 bbls. Ohio do. at $7,12} "#: bbl. We
still quote extra flour at $7,75@8 fur Ohio,
and $8,25®t8,50 bbl. for Howard street
and city mills do. We quote Bye Flour as
before at $4,50, and Corn ideal at $3,75 for
country, and $4,25 gl bbl. for city.
Gast - X.—We quote white Corn at 85(86
eta. for interior, 88®90 eta. for good to prime
and yellow do. at 854387 eta, for fair to
prima parcels. Penna. Rye is firm at 108
eta,
Wfusarr.—We quote Whiskey at 29 cta.
for city and country, and 30(2;31 cts. for
Ohio.—Baltimore etster., July 16.