A mist passed over his eyes, as he opened
stud sought to mead the contents, written in
a :a-waling band, and here and there blurred
and blotted'—how, kneW.
'.'Nfy dear, dear friend; my only friend—
forgive zee, if you can, for the pain' I am
causing you, and above all—ohl above all—
do not think your poor child ungrateful.—
But I cannot marry Paul; my heart revolts
from it. Indeed;indeed, I have done every
thing I could to reconcile myself to it, be
cause you wished it; ana I know he deserves
better zicife than I could male him. It is
hot any foolish, wicked pride, or self-conceit,
on my part, that turns me from hire; but I
cannot love him, poor Paul! and when he
knows this he will learn to forget me, and
marry some one better worthy of him. Su
I am gbing away, because I know all the
tuaiiety you have concerning me, feeling how
little I am now fit for-any other life than the
bappy one I have led with you, these last
years. Do not be afraid for me; I =young.
and strong, and able, and willing to work,
told God will not desert me.
'And later, when I am quite a woman,
and have got used to make my own way in
the world, and learnt to obtain a living, I
Avill come back to you, and we will be happy
flgdill in the oil way, and you will see that
your child only left you for a while, because
the loved you so dearly that she could make
this terrible sacrifice now, to insure your
future comfort. .1 am going into service;
and when I have got a. place, I will write
ou, my oWn dear friend; but I will not tell
you where I aim fur fear you should come
to take me back again, and if you did, I
know I am not strung enough ty refuse to
go with you,.
'God bless you: and 0, my dear, best, only
friend, believe that I love you, now I am
leaving you, better than ever I did in all my
Life, and that the only happiness I look to
an earth is the idea of coming back to you.
And I will come Lack to you before long.—
God will bless my work, and we shall meet
-again, and forget this heavy trial; I am sure
of it. Once more, blessings on you.
*Your poor child, EUMEE:
His heart, then, had, not misgiven him in
vain: she was gone, actually and positi‘ely.
Whither, and to what? The thought nearly
drove him wild; that little, young, helpless,
beautiful creature, unsuspicious and inexpe
rienced as an inant, gone out, alone and
unprotected, into that great wide world of
guile, and sin, and suffering, and temptation,
under every form, and every treacherous
disguise!
He knew her courage, her resolution, her
high heart; but were these enough to guard
her, alone, against the danger whose name
is Legion? And would net these very qual
ities, aided by the wild spirit of indepen
dence and adventure her gipsy blood and
eaely training had infused into her, tend to
induce her to bear up against every difficulty,
to brave every hardship, in pursuit of the
aim she had imposed on herself.
And now, where to look fur her?
For three days, Claude Lafont, aided by
Paul, sought her, sorrowing, through every
part of the great metropolis, and sought in
vain. The fourth, Pa.ul proceeded on his
mission alone; for Claude lay on his sick-bed,
racked with pain, and grief, and fever, but
insiseng on remaining alone ) that the quest
might not be fora day interrupted.
Slowly the evening reddened and paled,
and the hush and dimness of twilight fell
upon the sick-room, and, for the first time
since Edniee's departure, Claude slept•
presently the door opened, and a shadow
Mood on the-threshold, noiseless and breath
less as shadows are; then it glided across the
room, paused, stood, and finally kneeled by
the bedside. The sleeper's labored breath
ing stopped suddenly, be was not yet awake,
and still lie was listening—something—a
consciousness, a hope, was rising in him,
combating the numbness of slumber; he
started, stretching out his arms, and pro
nouncing Eclineo's name; it was Edmec's
voice that answered him; they were Edmee's
tears that fell on him, Edmee's kisses that
pressed his hot brow. Long and silently lie
held her in his embrace.
'Thou wilt not leave me twain?'
'Never, never, never! Oh forgive me—if
you knew one half of what I have suffered!
—sot of hardship and misery— I had got
abundant means to secure me from that—
but from the separation from you; Oh, I
could not live longer without seeing you! I
thought just to steal back—have one glance
at you, and then—then I knew not, cared
not—what might become of me; and I find
you—thus'.'
'Edmee, tell me what was the reason you
would not marry Paul? You did not love
him. Did you—du you—love any other? ,
She clung to him, hiding her face and
weeping silently.
'You will not tell me.!
I cannot.'
A wild, trembling, thrilling hope traversed
the obscurity of Claude's brain.
'ls it—l?'
'Who could it be but you?'
And so Edmee was married—but nut to
the pattern student, son of the pattern fanner.
To() M cit PROPRIETY.—An editorial in
the New Bedford Standard, upon recreations
among our countrymen, contains the follow
ing true and well-spoken thoughts:
"Once more, we have overstrained and
almost a ludicrous sense of personal dignity.
We are afraid to unbend. The clergyman
must be a stately and dignified person with
a bronchitis engendering cravat about his
neck, and whose very laugh is solemn. The
eehoohxaster is a sallow and dyspeptic indi
vidual, without a thimblc.full of animal spir
its; and-everybody is dreadfully afraid of be
ing laughed at."
Surre ENoccir,—The Boston Post wants to
know why credit should riot be given to pliy
eicians in notices of deaths, as well as min
isters in notices of marriages. A newspaper
announcement should read—" Died at the
Lands of Dr. Saddlebags, John Doe, aged so
and so".
Sol—The Boston Journal states, that a
day or two since, a gentleman, who had just
entered 'Woodlawn avenue, in Malden, met
a sailor, of whom he inquired the direction
to Woodlawn Cemetery, and received for.an
ewer--,',lia4 Arad."
frgt-It is thought to be a question worthy
f consideration whether a person, whose
voice is broken, is clot on that account, better
finrkPfcad to sing fipiecos.'
ZEPIe the King of Japan a colored gentle.
maul Certainly. Who has not seen tis es
cutetiforstiand title in the store windows,
Ve.rranted Japan Black king?"
E eitunfitia
A PEMYLVANII INDEPENDENT JOURNAL.
CIC)XaTTMVEMIX.A.. M'ax...
SATURDAY, AUG. 1, 1857.
NF® .110TERTtszter.:trs.—E. N. Kellogg Jr.
Co., Kingsford & ,Son's Starch, &c.; Spreng
er & Westhaeffer, Books; James D. Scott,
Map of Lanc. Co.; Rev. C. S. Burnett, Rem
edy for Consumption; James Kelly, Wfe;
Magnetic Lady, Entertainment; Teachers
Wanted; D. 'Derr, Cheese; Liphart & Shu
man, Dissolution; List of Letters.
pm. We are requested to state that the
Rev. dlr. lYbita will preach in the Presby
terian Church, to•nwrrow morning and even-
NEW M.S.P oe Laxcanta. Contrry.—Mr.
James D. Scott is now canvassing the
county for subscriptions to a new map.
Ile has purchsed the copyright of the old
one and making it his basis, intends, by ac
curate surveys, to ascertain the changes in
the roads, towns, &c., and to make the requi
site alterations. We knot of no map so
reliable in its topography as Scott's old map
of Lancaster County, and with such a foun
dation Mr. J. D. Scott cannot fail, with due
earn in his corrections and additions, to
produce a must valuable sheet. It is his
intention to aid illustrations of the school
houses and public buildings of the county
on the margin. We trust be may succeed
in producing something more ornamental
than the wretched lithographs which stare
from many of our township maps. ills ad
vertisement will be found in to-day's paper.
A HANDSOMC LITIJOGRAPII. We have had
our attention called to a very beautiful spe
cimen of Lithographic Color Printing, exe
cuted by I'. S. Duval & Suns, Philadelphia.
It is a certificate of membership, gotten up
for the I. 0. of 0. F., and is a very rich and
elaborate design, comprising au ornamental
border, emblematic of the various charities
of the order, enclosing a blank certificate in
appropriate test. The specimen examined
by us was enclosed in a handsome frame,
designed expressly fur the purpose by Joseph
D. Williamson, ornamented, like the certifi
cate, with emblems of the order. Mr. Mur
chison is the authorized agent for this vicin
ity. Those who desire certificates suitable
for framing cannot find anythsng handsomer
than this one of Mr. Duval's.
OUR CCMETEIUES.—We have intended for
some time past, to call attention to the
wretchedly-neglected condition of our cem
eteries, and will speak on the subject in fu
ture. Cur object now is to call attention to
an effurt that will shortly be made, probably
during the coming week, to obtain some ac
tion by the families having the privilege of
burying in the Brick Grave Yard, to the end
of putting and preserving it in good order.
Some action should be taken by our citizens
to render our burying place a credit instead
of a disgrace, as it now is, to the town.
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.-W 0 invite par
ticular attention to an opportunity offered
those desiring to invest in a good Farm and
Mill property, by the advertisement of Wil
liam B. Iluliug, to be found in our colu.nns.
The tract of laud is situated on the south
side of the Susquehanna, some six miles
fromlli:lmport, near the line of the Sun
bury and Erie Railroad, and contains G6O
acres. The land is well timbered, and there
is a large, new saw-mill, with first rate
water power, belonging to the premises.—
Persons in search of a valuable property
will do well to give this their attention.
M.F. X. Ziegler has been appointed
telegraphic operator by the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and ICational Telegraph Compa
nies, and will hereafter operate for both
lines at the office of the former.
BLACKWOOD ron JULY.—We have received
this valuable reprint for last month, con
taining: New Sea• Side Studies, No. ll—The
Scilly Isles; What will lie do with it? Part
11, by Bulwer; Charles the Fifth; 3eencs of
Clerical Life, No. lll—Janet's Repentance,
Part I; Currer Bell; Life of Sir Charles J.
Napier; Representation of the Colonies.
KNICKERBOCKER.—The August number of
Old Knick has just been received. It brings
its usual welcome freight of pleasant litera
ture and genial gossip. The present num
ber is illustrated with a portrait on steel of
Donald G. Mitchell, author of Reveries of a
Bachelor, &c., and a cou pie of neat wood
cuts.
Pem'AM's MoNTULY.---By the courte=y o f
the publishers we have added to our ex
changes this first-class magazine. The
"Monthly" has, since its first appearance,
stood ut the head of American periodical
literature. It has attained a reputeion fur
bold, outspoken independence in its editorial
conduct, and original thought, literary ex
cellence, and happy variety in its contribu
ted contents; the first writers of the country
appearing in its pages. The Magazine has
recently gone into the hands of Messrs.
Miller 4: Curtis, and under the management
of Mr. Curti, the author of Potiphar Papers,
we expect to see it renew its youth.—
The August number is an earnest of what
the "Monthly," will be in the new, or rather,
editorially, old, hands. Its size has been in
creased and the popular addition of most
excellent wood cut illustrations is likely to
extend its circulation. The publishers have
shown good judgment in the selection of
their artists. Mr. .11oppin, in his line,
makes a very neat picture, and John
McClenan, after Darley, is the only Ameri
can Artist. His "Tarry Sailor Man," in
the present number, is worthy of Leech.
Hocsr.soto Wonos.—We have received
from the same publishers their reprint of
Household Words fur August. This popu
lar periodical, conducted by Charles Dick
ens, is the medium of commlluiention between
many of the first writers of England and the
public. In it some of the most popular late
works of fiction have appeared, and Dickens
himself contributes occasional sketches, of
which nothing more need be said than that
they are "Sketches by Boz." Messrs. Mil
ler & Custis issue a weekly and monthly
edition of the work.
Mar To Office-Seekers. —ialt
There being in Columbia and the region
round about, many individuals whose pri
vate convictions have "always been favora
ble to the acquisition of the 'main line' by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company," and
who have not the least objection, if they are
"ins," to remain in office under the new re
gime, or, if they are "outs," to step into the
shoes of the present incumbents, and, more
over, both parties being notoriously modest
in making known their little necessities;
therefore, we, actuated by our wall known
philanthropy, propose ourself as a medium
of communication between the anxious aspi
rants and the bestowing powers. Our idea
is that the party desiring a berth, shall offer
himself through our columns after the deli
cate and unassuming manner of the seeker
after County office, who reluctantly "author
izes" equally reluctant (?) editors to keep
him before the sovereigns as one willing to
servo his country. For instance:
SWITCLI TENDERSIIIP.—We are authorised
to announce Jot:Le:lsm Senator as an appli
cant for the office of Third Assistant Deputy
Switch Tender, subject to the decision of
the authorities of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company.
Or, should the individual have a preference
his desire might be expressed after the Dem
ocratic fashion of our neighbor of l3erkst
COLLECTORSHIP
Earnestly solicited by numerous friends,
personal and political, I am induced to offer
myself as a candidate for the OFFICE OF
COLLECTOR, at Columbia, subject to the
decision of the authorities of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company.
If appointed, I beg to assure my friends
and the public that I shall discharge the
various duties pertaining to the office with
strict fidelity. JOHN SMITH.
We consider this scheme a most admira
ble one; and one calculated to save trouble
and expen..e both to applicants and the ap
pointing powers. Being an entirely disin
terested party, (our charge for the insertion
of either of the above forms is only five dol
lars,) we feel no delicacy in most strenuous
ly urging its adoption upon the anxious
public.
In this connection we would remark that
we have no idea of confining the manifestoes
to the quoted forms. We offer the follow
ing most liberal schedule of prices fur
various forms of application:
For simple announcement as above, $5,00
Announcement with certificate of char-
acter,
Announcement with certificate of char
acter, and likeness from Daguerreo
type.
Announcement with likeness from Pho
tograph, 8,00
Likeness with certificate, 8,00
Certificate with likeness, 8,00
Likeness (from Ambrotype) alone, 5,00
" (from Melainoty pe) full length, 0,00
" (from Patent Leather Picture)
with Editorial description,9,oo
Application, with cut of appicant's res
idence, (from a popular stereotype,) 9,00
Announcement, with certificate of char-
acter from "Many Citizens," 12,00
Announcement, with certificate of char-
acter from Mr. Mutt, (late inflexible
J. Hampden Mott,) 25,00
Announcement, with Editorial (leaded)
endorsement of character, 175,00
N. B.—Character of any required purity,
strength, and incorruptible integrity, gotten
up on a very ebort notice and on the most
reasonable terms.
As our columns will, next week, most
probably be entirely tilled with applications
we, in advance, entreat the indulgence of
the readers of light literature, and apologize
for the absence from our pages of the usual
amount of entertaining matter, original and
selected.
Advertisers will please hand in their ap
plications before Thursday evening.
Tin RED MEN ' S CELEDRATION.—The cel
ebration of the Improved Order of Red Men
to be held in this city on the 21st of Octo
ber, promises to be a display of no ordinary
character. We understand that last week
the Great Council of Pennsylvania met at
Philadelphia, and agreed to assemble in this
city on the above day, and that the Great
Council of the State of New Jersey, met at
the same time, at Camden city, and a depu
tation of the Penn.ylvania Council visited
the Jersey Council and invited them to be
present at Lancaster and unite in the festiv
ities of the occasion. The invitation was
cheerfully accepted.
There will be upwards of forty Tribes
represented in the procession from the States
of Maryland, Delaware, Ohio, New Jersey,
and Pennsylvania, and those connected with
the Order in Lancaster. are making every
preparation to receive them.—Evening Exp.
SEARCH'S NEW ORLEANS MINSTRELS.—This
band of serenaders gave two concerts here
on Thursday and Friday nights, which, in
spite of the weather, were well patronised.
They aro under the managership of Mr.
Whorton, and are a very respectable and
orderly troupe. Their entertainments are
attraettive, and we are glad to add that
nothing in the least offensive to the most
fastidious is permitted. Moreover they
paid the printer.
MAGNETIC LADY.—The entertainments of
Miss Margaret have been well attended du
ring the week. She gave way on Thursday
and Friday evenings to Search's troupe; but
as will be seen by her advertisement, ap
pears this evening, previous to her departure
fur Marietta.
INT.L.It is with feelings of most profound
regret that we find ourself compelled to offer
an apology for an unfortunate typographical
error in our last week's paper. By some
unaccountable oversight we made the 'Large
Mammoth Baby,' then exhibiting to thou
sands of our admiring citizons, twenty, in
stead of 'ten months of age' and we hereby
proclaim, to all whom it may comcern, that
the child is, for aught we know to the con
trary, only ten months old. In fact, it is
large enough to be a great curiosity even
at the advanced age which we unintention
ally announced.
Mir Se e in our advertising columns the ad
vertisement of E. N. Kellogg & Co., of
"Kingsford & Son's pure Oswego Starch,"
also "Oswego Corn Starch."
118—Rev. C. S. Burnett, in our columns
to-day, offers a cure for Consumption, free
of charge, to all who may apply. See his
advertisement for address and other partic
ulars,
For the Columbia Spy
Hog Cholera.
The newspapers are commenting on the
use of arsenic in the cure of this distemper,
es if there were something new in the dis
covery; whereas, there is not a homoeopathic
physician in the country who does not know
that for thirty years past arsenic has been
used as an unfailing specific in some of the
worst forms of cholera, both in men and
beasts.
It is worthy of notice that almost all the
medicines that have been brought into re
pute of late years, as specifics in various
diseases, aro homoeopathic in their action;
as for instance, cod liver oil, which is now
used mainly by homoeopathic practitioners.
The use of chloroform for sea sickness, is
also strictly homeopathic, and a most valu
able remedy for that agonizing complaint.
Another well-known remedy, Deshler's fever
and ague pill, is strictly homoeopathic in its
action, and the most certain remedy yet dis
covered fur that pertinacious disease. The
use of ripe fruit, and even green fruit in
small quantities, (especially green apples,)
as preventives of bowel complaints among
children, is strictly homeopathic, and judi
ciously applied is highly beneficial for that
purpose.
EDITOII.—A neighbor of mine has an
umbrella that I loaned him some time ago,
and he appears to appreciate my kindness
so very much, that I apprehend he intends
to keep it, as is not unusual with umbrella
borrowers. I beg leave to remind him of
his promise to return it on his getting home.
The umbrella is a very large one and has
upon it such unmistakable marks that I
doubt whether he can really believe it be
longs to him. Should he not be able to
think that I may want to use it in wet
weather, I will be obliged if he will stand
in the rain half an hour, as I had to do !br
the want of it to-day. A Leman.
CULUNIBIA, I . uly 30, 1857.
Power:Di:4es or COUNClL.—Columbia, July
1857.—Special meeting of Council.—
Members present, Messrs. Black, Felix,
Marton, Pelen, Tyson and Hess, President.
A petition was presented by wharf own
ers, requesting Council to fix a line for the
purpose of extending their wharves. On
motion of Mr. ,Marton the council act in a
body as the committee or a majority of the
same, to run the line; decided iu the affirm
ative.
El
9,00
Committee reported unfavorably in regard
to the Columbia Fire Company attaching
their house to the Town Hall or interfering
with said Hall in any way.
On motion a Mr. Maxton, the Council or
dered our High Constable to circulate pe
titions among our citizens, asking the Court
of Quarter Sessions to bring our borough
under the general borough laws, passed in
1851 by the Legislature.
Mr. Black inured that all dog laws be re
pealed: yeas and nays called as follows—
yeas, Messrs. Black and Pelen; nays, Mes
srs. Marton, Tyson, and Felix. Mr. Max
ton moved that the vote for repealing dog
ordinances be reconsidered, decided in the
affirmative. Mr. Pelen moved that all or
dinances relating to dogs be and are hereby
repealed, seconded by Mr. Black; Yeas
and nays called—yeas, Messrs. Black, Felix,
Maxtun, Pelen and Hess, President; nay,
Mr. Tyson.
On motion Council adjourned.
Attest—J. S. DELLETT, Clerk.
AN INDIAN AIiVENTURE.—The following
incident was narrated to Lieutenant Beck
with, of the Pacific Railroad Expedition, by
a Delaware Indian Guide, as they were tra
versing a mountain pass which was marked
by numerous gullies and ravines:
"Jae was traversing this pass at midnight,
accompanied by his squaw only, both
mounted on the same horse, and the night
so dark that he could neither see the outlines
of the bills nor the ground at his horse's
feet, when he heard a sound (which be imi
tated) so slight as tolbe scarcely perceptible
to an Indian's car, of an arrow carried in
the hand striking once only with a slight
tick, against a bow. Stopping, he could
hear nothing, but instantly dismounted—
his squaw leaning down upon the horse,
that she might by no possibility he seen—
and placed his ear to the ground, when he
heard the same sound repeated but a few
feet distant, and was therefore satisfied that
however imminent the danger, he had not
yet been seen or heard, for no Indian would
make such a noise at night in approaching
his foe; he therefore instantly arose and
took his horse by the bridle close to his
mouth, to lessen the chances of his moving
or whinnying, and one hundred and seventy
of his deadliest enemies, the Sioux, on a
war party, filed past him within arm's
reach, while he remained unobserved."
CURIOUS LITERARY DISCOVERY.-000 of
the editors of the Boston Post has lately had
the good fortune to discover, by the merest
accident in the world, the original manu
script of a very ancient work on Natural
History, which was probably written even
before the invention of the art of printing.
He is now edifying the sarans of modern
times, by publishium this curious production
in the Post, at the rate of a chapter a day.
As a specimen of its terseness and profundity
we copy the following chapter, treating on
a variety of the human genus which has
caused considerable trouble in this part of
the world of late, commonly called `Samboe
.Parte VII.—Ye Blackamoore
Ye Blackamoore cometh from a farr off
countrie. He vvill not vvork, vnless ho be
beaten vvith strypes. There be Peopel that
doe maintayn that ye Blackamoore hayth a
sovle, & ye there bye better tbann ye sal
vage; albeit, nevertheless, others doe differ
from thy. belyef. Hovvbeit, moreover,
vvithal, I doe thynk ye former opinion quite
righte; & thatt bye Maker vvill see bothe hym
and ye salvage well cared for yn ye ends
thereoffe.
Ye Blackamoore rejoicoth mach at ye
sovnde of ye Fydel; & vvhen soever he hear
ethe ye musick therootle, straightvvaie fall
cth he to dancyng & ekyppyng lyke veto one
posseesede of ye Devyl. Nevertheless, he
ys vcrye well yn ye Essaylie.
we.. The papers have periodical spasms
over the "speck of war" that appears in the
Kansas horizon. At latest advices Governor
Walker and the United States troops were
out in full feather against the rebels. The
war will probably be a sanguinary one,
from the following proclamation circulated
in Lawrence:
To My Rbellious Subjects of Lawrence
Elio STIIANGER, 3 A M, July 17, 1857.
I have now approached to within a few
miles of your city. Anxious still, if possi
ble, to prevent the effusion of blood, and to
win you bock to allegiance to the laws of
of the land, I have condescended once more
to address you. I am at the head of eight
companies of United States troops, and shall
soon be in your midst. A scout whom I had
sent out to reconnoiter, informs me that
your Mayor and Common Council have al
ready had the audacity to assemble in a pri
vate room. Gentlemen, this is the first
overt act in your programme of treason.—
Once more I appeal to you to desist. The
Territorial Government and laws give you
no power to assemble in a private room,
and it is evident that ifyou are allowed thus
to proceed, other localities may follow your
example, and the Territorial Government be
overthrown.
The same scout also communicates to me
the startling intelligence, that from the
effects of the intense heat yesterday, a horse
dropped dead in your streets, and the owner
neglecting to remove him, your Mayor has
even gone so far as to order that dead horse
to be removed beyond the limits of the city,
and has paid a man for performing the
work. Here is another act of usurpation
which cannot for a moment he tolerated.—
It is in opposition to the organic act, and to
the laws of the Territory. It is easy to see
what will be the effect if you are allowed thus
to proceed. The weather is extremely warm.
Horses are liable to die in all cities and vil
lages of the territory. Other localities will
follow your example. The removal of dead
horses will become a common thing all over
the Territory, and for all practical purposes,
in many importent particulars, the Territo
rial Government will be overthrown. The
Territory will thus be involved in inextric
able confusion and litigation; the value of
your property will be greatly depreciated;
your titles, transfers and transactions will
be subjected to disputes, and all will suffer
from this insurrection, except the men who
are so fortunate as to obtain the jobs of re
moving the deceased animals aforesaid.
I appeal once more, as I did day before
yesterday, and have done on various occa
sions, to your reason and patriotism. I ask
you in the name of our common country,
in the name of the Constitution and Union,
to desist from this rebellion. If dead ani
mals are offensive to you, the ballot-box is
open for your redress; rally, rally, then, my
beloved fellow citizens, and in a peaceful
and legal method get rid of them.
But, as all my appeals to you hitherto
have been in vain, as you will persist in
such infamous acts of open rebellion, as I
can reach neither your patriotism nor your
love of our blessed Union, I shall soon be in
your midst at the head of the troops, and
hope you will be prepared to quarter them
upon your claims without money and with
out price, though in candor I am bound to
admit that under the Constitution of the
United states, I have no right to quarter
them upon any mans premise's without his
consent.
For the Columbia Spy
I shall probably be in Lawrence this eve
ning, about 8 o'clock.
Until then, affectionately farewell.
RODERTL7S J. WALEERUS.
P. S.—Should the weather be as warm to
day as it was yesterday, I shall hasten for
ward one company in advance, to prevent
the recurrence of those acts of treason of
which as I am informed, you were guilty.
yesterday. It. J. W.
P. S. No. 2--I am just informed, by a
messenger who has come from Lawrence
with groat haste, that, in the infatuated
fury of their treasonable designs, your
Mayor and Alderman have resolved upon
the enormity of sprinkling Massachusetts
street with water from the Kaw river three
times in each day, and that they have al
ready made a contract with a certain dray
man for that purpose. I have carefully ex
amined the organic act and the laws of the
Territory, and I .annot find that they confer
upon you the right to thus appropriate the
water of the Kaw river, especially at its
present low stage. I have also learned
that the Topeka Legislature refused to al
low you to sprinkle Massachusetts street
with water, and I now warn you that if you
continue this treasonable business, I shall
be obliged to arrest your proceedings with
my faithful soldiery—if possible, without
the effusion of blood, but treason must be
punished anyhow. I beg you to pause in
your mad career. You are endangering he
peace of the Union. If your streets need
sprinkling, have I not, in my iaugural and
in my various stump speeches, pointed out
to you a peaceful and constitutional method
of doing it? By the love you bear your
wives and children, cease these treasonable
practices!
May that good Providence who sendeth
rain upon the just and unjust; upon the re
bellious and loyal; upon Lawrence and Le
compton, incline your hearts unto peace
and submission. It. J. W.
A PRIZE FOUND.—We stated some time
ago, that a quantity of specie bad been
found on our beach, and that the people of
the neighborhood, were raking up quanti
ties of silver and gold coin out of the sand.
Tho Delaware Reporter confirms our state
ment. It says that a large quantity of
Spanish silver coin has been found under
and about the wreck of a vessel on Phoenix
Island, Maryland, just below the south-east
ern part of Delaware. The wreck is said to
be that of a Dutch galleot, which was lost
about fifty years since, hating on board one
million of dollars in specie. The excite
ment among the natives is said to be great.
Crops are left unfilled, shops and stores are
closed, and thousands of parsons are on the
beach raking for silver. Some rake up as
much as $2O a day, others not more than
$2 or $3. The silver is already in circula
tion in Sussex county.—Wercesier (3fd.)
Silica
The Horse.
Ike Partington is well advanced in his
class. He is in some things, beyond the
teacher's art, and could, in fact, give that
functionary some lessons in arts wherein he
is perfect. Ike dislikes "composition,"
where a theme is given out to be written
upon by scholars, and his credits are not
very great for his efforts in that direction
generally, but the other day he astonished
the master and every one in school by an
elaborate article on the horse. He was
called upon to read it aloud to the scholars,
and upon getting upon the platform, he
made a bow and began:—
"Tun HORSE.—The horse is a quadruped,
with four legs, two behind and two before.
He has a tail that grows to the hind part of
his body, that nature has furnished him
with to drive the dies away. His head is sit
uated on the other end, oposite his tail, and
is used principally to fasten a bridle to
him by, and to put into a basket to eat oats
with. Horses arc very useful animals, and
people couldn't get along very well without
them, especially truckmen and omnibus-dri
vers, who don't seem to be half grateful
enough because they've got them. They
are very convenient animals in the country,
in vacation time, and go very fast over the
country roads, when the boys stick pins in
them—a species of cruelty that I would not
encourage. Horses are generally covered
with red hair, though some are white, others
are gray and black. Nobody ever saw a
a blue horse; which is considered very
strange by eminent naturalists.
The horse is a quiet and intelligent ani
mal, and can sleep standing up, which is a
very convenient gift, especially where there
is a crowd, and it is difficult to get a chance
to lay. There is a great variety of horses—
fast horses and slow horses, clothes horses,
horse mackerel, saw horses, horse flies, horse
chestnut, chestnut horse, and horse radish.
The clothes horse is a very quiet animal to
have around the house, and is never known
to kick, though very apt to make a row when
it gets capsized. The same may be said of
the saw horse, which will stand without ty
ing. The horse-fly is a vicious beast, and
very annoying in the summer, when a fel
low is in swimming. Horse mackerel I
don't know anything about, only they swim
in the water, and are a species of fish.—
Horse-chestnuts are primp to pelt mickies
with; and horse-radish is mighty smart horse,
but bad to have standing around where
there are children. The horse is found in
all countries, principally in livery stables,
where they may be hired by the mile, and
are considered a great luxury, especially in
the sleighing season. In South America
they grow wild, and the Indians catch them
with nooses that they throw over the horses
heads, which must be thought by the horses
a great noosense.—Boston Post.
The Beginning of the End
THE DEATH KNELL OF QUACKERY.
"Oh,blessed health!" exclaims Sterne,
" 'tis thou who enlargest the soul and open
est all its powers to receive instruction and
to relish virtue. He that has thee has little
else to wish for; he that is so wretched as to
want thee, wants everything with thee."—
The truth of this apostrophe every one
must acknowledge; poor Sterne spoke from
sad experience. And yet, familiar as every
man is with the truth herein expressed, no
mortal could compute the members who ruin
themselves in body, mind, and fortune by
neglecting to employ the proper remedies
when health fails. How is this neglect to
be remedied? The evil has become so con
secrated by age, that the man who under
takes to amend it requires no common har
dihood: such a man is Professor Holloway.
The honest laborer in the cause of human
ity finds no sadder discouragement, than in
the complacent indifference with which peo
ple prefer rather to endure a long existing
evil, than to incur the trouble necessary to
get rid of it. The more aged an error has
become, the more difficult it is to remove it.
This is true in an especial manner of the
art of healing, as it was known and practised
before the advent of this wonderful genius
whose mission has been to reestablish the
treatment of human ailments in a rational
way.
One by one the venerable abuses that have
disgraced the past aro disappearing, and,
among the rest, the errors that have crept
into medical practice have got their dismis
sion papers, and are obliged, to use a vulgar
phrase, "to cut and run." Where, it may
be asked, are the proofs? Proofs! Why,
there is one great, patent, palpable fact,
which hag been staring the world in the face
for the last twenty years, and working its
way through popular prejudice into popular
favor, with a success which is the most un
questionable evidence of its power as a proof.
The medicines of Professor Holloway have
been silently but powerfully effecting an in
fluence in the science of physic, which the
world itself bas begun to wonder at. It is
well known that the causes of all the dis
eases and sufferings to which people are sub
ject, are very few, althougirtheir indications
may be numerously varied. The old plan of
curing diseases was by affecting their results
without affecting their primary causes. Pro
fessor Holloway initiated a new mode of
treatment by the discovery of his Pills and
Ointment, -which, whilst immediately grap
pling with the ultimate symptoms, reach
also to the seat of the disease and eradicate
the first causes, thus destroying all subse
quent liability to similar affections. We
do not mean to praise these Pills and Oint
ment. We confine ourselves to stating facts,
and are perfectly satisfied that no eulogy
is needed. They speak for themse!ves.—
Mobile Register.
CLERK OF TILE ORPHAN'S COURT.-WO are
authorized to announce S. P. LINDEMUTU, of
Columbia, as a candidate for the office of
Clerk of the Orphan's Court, subject to the
decision of the Union County Convention.
Columbia, July 18, 1857-tc
Szsszoz.—We are authorized to announce
BARTRAK A. Snazzrza, Esq., of Lancaster,
as a candidate for the office of State Senator,
subject to the decision of the Union County
Convention.
July 11, 1857 to
PROTHONCrTARY.—WO are authorized to
announce that PET= 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,
SIIIIIIITAVIT.—WO are authorized to an
nounce Mr. Jey Cenwin.t, of Lancaster, as
a candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject
to the decision of the Union County Conven
tion.
May 2, 1857-to
CLERK OF QUARTER SESSIONS.—We are au
thorized to announce, that SAMUEL EveNs of
Columbia, will be a candidate for the office
of Clerk of Quarter Sessions, subject to the
decisions of the Union County Convention.
RECORDER.--We are authorized to an
nounce George Leamon, of East Lampeter,
as a candidate for the office of Recorder,
County subject to the decision of the Union
Convention. [May 16-te
TUE .SERI FFALTY.—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-tc
sfarWe are authorized to announce that
CHRISTIAN SIIENK, 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, 1857.—te.
SUPPOSED CONSUMPTION.
Avitcau., N. Y.
Nathan Tilley, in the employ of Messrs. klorgan,
caught a severe cold last fall, and has since been trou
bled with a constant cough, which threatened to termi
nate in consumption. lie tried one bottle of ••llisch's
American Compound." Its effect was instantaneous,
causing hint to expectorate large particles of hard yel
lowish matter, one in particular so large as to attract the
attention of the whole family. From this moment he
improved in every respect, and is now well, giving up
all idea of Consumption. These facts are known to
many besides the Meagre. Morgan, of Aurora.
I3aclis American Compound owes its success to
the intrinsic curative properties of the vegetables
which compose it. It contains a Compound Fluid
Extrartof Ilmch Drop orCenrer Root," now first girt,.
to the Public, but long known to the Indians as a never
failing cure for Scrotulas, Consumption, Humors of
the Mood, and chronic diseases 111 any part of the
system. This medicine call now be had of all relia
ble dealers in the United States and Canada. Sea
advertisement in another column.
August 1,1857-2 m
jr7-The greatest natural ornament to the numan
form divine." is unquestionably a fine,luxuriant, healthy
growth of hair. It has been so esteemed in all ages of
the world and among all nations, savage and civilized.
Hence, the Indian brave regards the scalp of his enemy
as his greatest trophy. For a similar reason, the josh.
ionahle belle often disguises the region of vanity, as
well us her other phrenological organs with borrowed
locks.
Ile who should discover a mode of preventing the
hair from showing the inroads of envious Time by turn
ing prematurely gray, a method by which it could bo
restored when falling off or turning white, and a way of
promoting its continued and luxuriant growth, would be
justly entitled to rank among the benetactors of the hu
man race. Read the testimonials in another column, of
the wonderful, not to say ulmoit miraculous effects of
'•Profe , sor Wood's litur Restorative." and see if he has
not accomplished all 111;8. 1 —Caps:a/ City Fart.
Holloway's Oaatment and pills.—The family medicine
chest that is tarnished with these two powerful remedies
needs nothing more. Eruptions, sores, wounds, ulcers,
tumors, mid stiff joints are infallibly cured by the Oint
ment; and all affections of the bowels, stomach. and
liver, by the Pills To avmd purchasing perniptious
counterfeits of these invaluable remedies, which may be
in the market, look narrowly to the water-mark in the
book of directions. Unless the words "Rollaway, New
York and LO)1110,1," are discernible in semi-transparent
letters, on holding the leaf to the light, the MAC is spu
rious.
August 1, 1857.
"WOODLAND CpsAst"—A pomade (or beautifying
the hair—highly perfumed, saperior to any French
article imported, and for half the price. For dressing
ladies' hair it has no equal, giving it a bright glossy
appearance. It cruses gentlemen's hair to curial the
most natural manlier. It remores dandruff'. always
giving the hair the appearance of being fresh sham
pooned. Price only fifty cents. None genuine unless
signed FET RIDGE it CO., N. York,
_Proprietors of the "Dalin of a Thousand Flowers."
For sale by all Druggists.
Feb. 21-6 meow
Tut: APPROACIIING Founrit.—Everybody is making
preparations of some kind for the proper observance
of the glorious Fourth. Some will go abroad, and
some will stay at home, others will remain sober,
some will don military uniforms. while the great ma
jority will wear such plain clothes aware becoming
to respectable and patriotic private citizens. Of
course the great mass of these people will get their
garments at the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Rock
hill & Wilson, N 0... 603 and 605 [new style] Chestnut
street, above Sixth, Philadelphia.
July 4, 1h57-Im
frEQUALITT TO ALL!—Uniformity Or Prices! A
New Feature in Business! Every one his own sales
mom—Jones & Co., of the Crescent One Price Cloth
ing Store," No. 200 Market street, above Sixth, Phil—
adelphia, in addition to having the largest, most va
ried and fashionable stock of clothing in Philadelphia,
made expressly for retail sales, have constituted
every one his own salesman, by having marked in
figures, on each article, the very lowest price it can
be sold for, so they cannot possibly vary—all must
buy alike.
The goods ere all well sponged an d p repare d and
great pains taken with the making, so that all can
buy with the lull assurance of getting a good article
at the very lowest price.
Remember the Crescent, in Market. above Sixth,
No. SOO JONES & CO.
June 13,1837.1 y
61Yr BaTittto.
COLUMBIA LUMBER MARKET
WHOLESALE PRICES.
Common Cull Boards .l Grub Plank, $lO 00
Culling do 13 00
2d Common dP 18 00
Ist Common do 30 00
Paunel do 35 00
Hemlock Boards and Scantling, 11 00
Do do do long lengths, 13 00
Pine Scantling, 15 00
Plaster Lath, $2 00(a, 3 00
Shingles, 12 00(518 00
tj:ssitii)S*4:ol:l t:11:104i4
FLOUR.—We quote extra at $7,75, and ex
tra family at $8,25 per bbl. Rye Flou.
remains very inactive at $4,75. Of Col.,
Meal a small sale of Penn'a was made at
$3,90 per bbl.
Gamx.—We quote Wheat at 160a165c.
for fair to prime Delaware reds, and 1704
172 e. for white, prime old Penn'a at 180 c—
. is steady at 100 c., with further small
sales. Corn.—Some 3000 bus. southern and
Penn'a Yellow sold early in the day at 88
®B9c. in store, and 90c. afloat, but the lat
ter rate was not afterwards obtainable.—
We quote prime Penn'a and Delaware Oats
at 55c.
WIIISKY.—Whisky sold at 304)310., the
latter for prison. Ilhds. at 28®290., and
Drudge at 28e.-11'orfil American, July 30.
On the 29th ult., by the Rev. J. H. Menges, Mr. Viva.
JASIES to Mies C. M. YEAGER, both of Columbia..
At Washington, Lancaster county, on the 28th of
July, by the Rev. A. H. Kauffman, Mr. SA 1111171 L BARGE
to Miss Marty Arm KISS, all of IVashington.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
THE MAGNETIC LADY will give
her Experiment% in the Odd Fellows' Hull , THIS
EVENING. SATURDAY. AUGUST I. 1F457.
ErADMISSION 12 CENTS.zu
August 1. 1857.
TEACHERS WANTED.
SIX male and six female teachers wanted to take
charge of the public schools. of Columbia, on the let
of October; applications must he made by the 16th of
August. when the County Superintendent will attend to
make examinations. By order of the Hoard of Directors,
SASIIJEL SIIOCII, President.
11. M. Norm, Secretary.
I:l3'llaland Daily Times and Daily Express, copy till
day, and send hills to this office.
Columbia. August 1,18.57-2 t
Just Received,
A LOT of Snp Sago Cheese,
Pine Apple
Switzer 4
At D. HERR'S
Grocery. Extension of Washington House, 'Walnut st
Columbia, August 1, 18.57.
New Zap of Lancaster County.
THE undersigned is preparing to publish
-I- a new and complete map of Lancaster county, on
an improved plan, (providing sufficient encouragement
is given,) marking the locations of all the principal
buildings in the county,--all schools, churches, post
offices, mills, hotels, ace.. with the names and locations
of all subscribers to the map, and locations of the
formers' buildings, so as to make a complete county
directory. To be ornamented with handsome views
of the principal colleges, schools, and other embel-
lishments.
Enlarged plans of the principal boroughs and towns
wall be given on the side of the county map, wherever
sufficient subscription is obtained. To be handsomely
colored, 'bossing all the new townships, and making
• most complete and beautiful work, superseding all
former maps.
JAMES D. SCOTT, Publisher,
Aug. 1, 165 .2m Lancaster City.
DISIOZII7T3COM
TILE partnership heretofore existing between th e mi
dereigned, was dissolved, on the let of July, by mu
tual consent. AU persons knowing themselves indebted
to the firm, are requested to make immediate payment,
and those baring claims against them will please pm.
sent them for settlement.
MICHAEL UPI-IA RT,
MICHAEL F.9itUbLelf.
August 1,1&37.3t