A Nip of Punch.
A STRONG-MINDED NVOB.S.:4'S SSE.Ell.—What
a a wornan is called "curiosity," in a. man
s grandiloquently magnified int 4 the"spirit
f inguirs."
Tat MAN TO HIS MISTRESS
Upon one -frinitt-cl cortoin'
Gi thy so lostroas eyne,
f/tah come, 'tis bat too cc rttnn,
A residence for swa.e.
That eye, vita, :ears
1.1 p/a1111.1:r: 111 C.7.4;.60,
:vly tardy hand
Iny
ththre,d. rns W.IIIE lancet
:dust yet delay it 4
So!new hat tltuu .1)u ad:e.illC:
poultice and l/.111
C.The cut, a little :Leer.
The bhadtag 4hall heal.
And make a inn Spectator
With the gent:e touch of Steel.
DC3Titi7CT:VE HASITS.—It 19 Said that the
early bird picks up the worm: but gentlemen
-who smohe—and ladies who dance—till
three or four in the morning, will du well to
consider that the worm also picks up the
early bird.
TUE OLD LADS'S OR DEATH TO TUCAns
.11.1 tb.. fl,,:—and now ❑t la,t Lty
prayers i. g raloctl
for at tilt: chtloast: you tr:y! , llu: t tq'S Ciallg I a!
ss , wtsislvtl
Tha; Nlour, ble.,,Ld Le whoever found oo
CEl==ll!
:Which a ..rcr,l is you 0(0 the shop keepers deehne
Mr=
blottoig appe.kr—ft 60rt of grey lilt reddisit
and 111,cets queer. and fuNtl7, lan
Caage Oil it prildt d
You Itike, and pat, u little bit IMO a saucer Ora basin,
A drop of water pOure Out IL 11.1 d beta /t Collyotilent
buzze Into it, brew::, attrneze,l by tae bor,es of
MIZE
INan truly lel( you 'ttm t.'ictr certain dean and sure
No dTI,I rFt,ep moe.. u!! smeary, trench, fu'A
-tr t ttntllCs.4 tr. Nt . o the maaty crCe
I. re eI.L, s,
The. ; GOllltiS and dr.unr, away tip the.; ou ace, n o
more uf them VP to :du
Ott your eight they yoe. and 111,5, !Ike. mice and rat.
Ica} then:
•
=I
To kit , W.t:lll:ii.; 01%ih quid.. they tan% for to be
name,: Iv/Ig:we .cut
al-o. t‘.catr'l riwy're pison rank to tlit..l and ral
Lntr., g.3o.llcss thank, and hasn't no
to that, they cony or maylit hurt
xv 0...", u y tin nu my cat 11 I could try ern on another
, E FOR. Tilt JOCKEY CIA, IL—Racingnews
from Nottingham appri , ei us that Mi , s
Nightingale bay beaten Barbarity. The
rtiou was not fair, she had so much practice
—she \vas at it all through the Crimea❑
MIR
PII,ZNIS ON TUE ACCORLEON.-JOlll3 Pilo>
nix, lately trawling by railroad, was bored
by a iioy with an accordeon, and this is what
bole! thereon:
It was after eleven o'clock; the train had
passed New Brunswick, and the passengers
were trying to sleep, (hal hal) when the boy
entered. llc was a seedy youth, with a seal
shin ca:,, a singularly dirty face, a grey
jacket, uf the ventilating order, and a short
but very remarkably broad pair of "cordu
roy corduroys." lle wore au cuornious bag
ar 1...t..ertae1.-: about his neck, and bore in
h., hand th,,t rms,,t infernal and dete,talde
iu,trum•-ar, uu aecordeen. 1 despise - that
in-trument of music. They pull the music
of it, and it c••.n:es forth :,trug;lisig and
reluctant, like a cut drawn by the tail from
eta ash bait, or a Squirrel pulled shrieking
from a hotluw h is ith a ram rod. This un
.prinaiple I boy commenced pulling at his
thing, and horrified us with the must awful
version of that wretched "Dog Tray" that I
ever listeLed to. Then be walked round the
car and colleetc:l fr. ty-two cents. Then he
returned to the centre of the car, and stand
ing claw hy the stove, which was red hot—
the night bting gold—he estayed to pull out
"Pup goes the Weasel," when suddenly pop
went the b,,y; he slropped the accordcon,
Isurst into tears, and clapping his hands be
hind him, etecuted a frantic dance, accom
panied by yells of the most agonizing char
acter. I saw it all, and klt gratelul to a ret
a•ibutice Providence. lie had stood too close
to th,. store, and his ...urduroys were in a
light blaze; a feu• inches below the termina
tion the great jacket was the seat of woe.
After he got on the the conductor put him
out, aatl a suet: and ineffable calm came
over me. I realized that "whatever
right," arid I fell in a deep and happy sleep!
ntrThe 13Jstun Fuer has a story of a face
tious railroad conductor:—"A lady who had
a boy svith her considerably above the non
paying age, attempted the rather difficult
exploit, (in the anti crinoline period,) of
hiding her precious son under her skirt:4.—
'Unele John,' mho saw more balk than he
could account for by any ordinary theory of
per‘ional enlargement, carefully reconnoi
tered the pile, and, guessing the secret of
tha let 1. eztraordinary expansion, pro
cceiled tisethuut sa:.ing a word, to collect
tare for one passenger and a half, and gave
the lady her change, which, without looking
it over, she put in her pocket. By-and-by,
observing that the boy was still kept in
'durance vile,' Uaele John' humnoely whis
pered in her ear—' You may as well let him
~o t—you're pth:d for bah!'
M.. The Florence corre , pondent of the
I. anim Morton& I-I,st tells this good story:
"There is a rfory of au Imperial Higline-s
walizinz Thric..; in the same evening with an
floqlish lady at the Court of Berlin. S.he
I:aft:T."lly fel', and frankly expressed, hen I
self highly flatt-red by the compliment.—
'I did not intend it as a compliment,' wa
the answer. "non,' said the lady, some
what rebuffed, 'your Highness !mst be very
find of dancing.' '1 dvte:t. Ns
the still unsatisfactory rLspouse. Unde
terred by her ill success, cur fair country
woman btill prosecuted her inquiries.. 'What,
then, may I ask, cart be ptur Imperial
]lighnese' motive fur dancing?"Madatne,'
Was .ate exalted personage's reply, 'I dance
to perspire!'"
.23y-When we see a pretty female fuot, we
.naturally conclude that it belongs to a
beautiful woman—on the principle ':hat all
well that ends •ttell!
Iwmliia p+
PENNSYLTINIA INDEPENDENT JOURNAL.
4:=71CP251711 0 1:3121X.EA.. p D...
SATURDAY, AUG. 29, 1857.
NEW ALTER-I'ISMS Ts.—Murray, Young
S Co., New School Books; Christian E. Her
she, Public Sule; Charles J. Pusey, Colum
bia Flour Mills; George Bogle, Elethon; L.
Tredeniel; Auctioneer, .Sole of Gas Stock;
James Shroeder, Apprentice Wanted; Har
pers
LANCASIER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASD
MECLIANICAL SOCIETY.—With an energy and
enterprise shown by few of the greater and
inure prosperous counties of our common
wealth, the comparatively poor and barren
Lancaster has at length struggled into the
ranks with her richer neighbors and intends
holding a "Fair" of her own. Having to
contend against the united disadvantages of
an unproductive soil, a sparse population,
and grinding poverty, our glorious old county
has nevertheless shown herself eagerly de
sirous of improving her benighted condition,
and nobly resolves to make one more effort
to get even with York, Berks, Chester, and
the wild cat counties 'way up in the interior,
and establish an Agricultural Society, which
shall not perish for want of support. tmr
Lancaster enntemparies have been agitating
the matter for a few weeks, mainly inspired
by the enterprise of A. ft. Spangler, Esq.,
and (mu Monday last a meeting was held, at
the National 11tmse, Lancaster, which Was
duly organized, and at lilt iell it was
"Resolved, That an Agricultural Fair fir
Lancaster county, shall he held on the I lth,
15th, 11itlt and 17th of Oettther next, in the
city of Lancmder, &e.
The following °ricers of the S oc i e ty %I crc
elected:
Pre.ident, Jo , eph Konigmaelier, Ephrata:
Pres'id , ntA, A. R. Spangler, City. John
Wise, City, Cul. A. Greenawalt, lilizal,uth
town.
B Oard rf .Irinagem, A. K. Bowers, City.
Mark Connell, jr., Leacoek. Jacob Nis , loy,
Marietta, S. P. Spencer, Lancaster township,
Maris ll , e pes, Mart ie.
S , :erctas y, Ow. 1 , 1 G. Es.lsleman, City.
Tresurer, Benjamin Mishler, City.
The meeting adjourneJ to meet again at
to same place on Wednesday.
o n Wednesday, 2.lith, an adjourned meet
ing convened, and the title "Lancaster
County Agricultural and Mechanical Soci
ety," was adopted. A committee was ap
pointed to solicit subscripdons from the citi
zens of Lancaster fur the purpose of meeting
the necessary expenses of the Society.
We arc glad to see this move on the part
of the Lancasterians, (for the enterprise is
mainly gotten up in the city,) as our county
has long enough labored under the disgrace
of sustaining no Agricultural Association,
and it the greatest and richest in the State.
After the melancholy failure of the first ex
hibition, hell here, caused by a combination
of untoward circumstance., the old Society
never lifted its head; and we are well satis
fied to see it superseded by a new, and let
its hope, more healthy organization. We
trust that it twill be more than a temporary
arrangement, and that a permanent Society
with the same useful iiitilueilees us those of
the suecessful Agricultural Associations
throagh,lit the State, may he the result.
Mr. Spangler de , orres a word of (im
nie:,t fur the liana:ging energy di-played in
bringing the einzet,+ to a sense of their in
tere,,t, and obtaining the necessary sub
scrintiony.
Acmnr.sr OS THE RAluto. , in —An acci
dent, resulting in the death of Thomas El
ler, a resident of this place, occurred on
Monday last, on the railroad in the rear of
A. Deiter's linuse. In the morning six cars
became detached from a freight train going
cast when u mile or two out of Columbia,
and, having no brakeman, descended the
heavy grade toward, town with fearful ve•
locity. By the presenee of mind of the tend
er of ono of die swindles, Mr. John Collins,
the cars were turned upon the south track,
awl instead of running at a lno , t dangerous
speed through town, nrle brought up by
coming, in contact with a train of stationary
cars. Four of the latter, Yearsley's coal
cars, were thrown from the track and much
broken. A force of workmen from the
Penna. Railroad shops were sent to remote
the wreck, and while in the act of raising
one of the car bodies with jacks, in order to
get it on the trucks, it swung from its step.
port, crushing Eller'- head and die upper
part of his Body against the wall of Mr.
Beiter's house, killing him instantly.
The anti,rtunate man was in the employ
of the Penna. Railroad Company, and bore
the best character as a workman and a citi
zen. He was 31 years of ace, and leaves a
family.
AMERICAN PR REN01.0 , ;I: •lourtN . m..--We
have received the September number of this
publication, tilled as usual with able articles
hearing un the science \\ Melt it advocates.—
It is published by Mes , rs. Fowler t Wells,
306 Broadway, N. Y. at $1 per annum.
PIMUCEELINCS.-CUUNCIL. CHAM
BER, CuLUMBIA,
met.--Iklenttairs present: 31eqsr.. relix, Mur
phy, l'elan, and Hess, President.
Minutes of last meeting read and adopted.
The following hills were presented and
ordered to he po;d:
Jo. Pipit/ Peter 11:1‘11.
Valentine Lively, 5'2 . ...!,:a1; Ce.irge
W A) lane, $21,9-1; Tyson, $10,25; C.
S. Kauffman, *•:.;,60; Lame Pusey, $l-1.28:
Jilin Fisher, $7,50; James Mei ryman, 5 ; 5,00
s.ltauel Thyd, :, - ;•,2,00; Peter Gardner, $:;f2,80;
Samuel Waits, $35,00; Hiram IVilsoia,
32i4,?7; Columbia Fire Co., $19,00.
On motion of Mr. Tyson the Supervisor
was instructed to call on Mr. Samuel Wright,
and request of him to repair the side walk
on Front street, within u week, and 'if not
attended to, the Supervisor to have it re
paired immediately. On motion, the council
adjourned.
611e31: d. S. DELLETT, Clerk
READING AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD.—Al
though we have of late said nothing in re
gard to this road, it has not been languish
ing, nor has it been out of the minds of the
I parties having it in charge- Some weeks
since a subscription of SBOOO to the stock of
Ithe road was obtained at Adamstown, a
village of our county, on the border of Berks,
and a promise of as much More. On Friday
of last week a meeting was held at Litiz,
and next day one at Ephrata, at each of
which 5-1000 of stock was taken. This is
only an earnest of what will be done
along the line of the road, through the coun
try. These are the only effitrts made to ob
tain subscriptions out of Columbia, and the
result is, we think, very encouraging. The
country will be carefully canvassed, and we
confidently expect to be able to announce
very soon that sufficient stock has been
taken to lift the charter. The citizens of
Reading are waking up to the importance
of this line, and as an addition to the roads
centering in that city its value is beginning
to be fitly appreciated. The following from
the Journal shows that the people of Read
ing will step forward to our assistance if
evidence is given them that we are in ear
nest in our efforts to push the road forward.
The friends of this road are still urging
it forward with commendable energy. A
meeting was held yesterday, at Litiz, to
raise subscriptions, and another is to conic
off to-day, at Ephrata, for tits saute purpose.
At every point along the line the greatest
interest is manifested in the work. Bead
ing, alone, lias yet dune nothing, but this is
mainly Owing to the fact that her citizens
hate hut recently contributed to other roads,
already under way. It only needs that at
tention be directed to the new enterprise,
and to its importance in advancing our busi
. DeS., interests, to secure for it, on the part
of our citizens, it full share of the means
• necessary to carry on the work.
Tile "l ' .+.vst • l' Lit graceful
,tcht bearing the above title, made her up-'
pcarance on the rite'. un Suturday. She is
the property of four young gentlemen, re
run ned a s fresh water navigators, and is a
credit to their spirit and good taste in pro
viding fn• themselves so pleasant an amuse
ment as sailing, and so beautiful a craft.—
During the past week she has been sharing
with the "Hiawatha" the a d miration of the
sea-faring portion ofour community, (about
two-thirds of the adult male population, and
all the minor.: rthavc the age of three years
and six mouths, with a fair sprinkling of
the softer sex.) We have heretofore been
trailer the impression that, front our inland
location, and the absence from our waters
of any inure noble craft than the canal boat,
au excusable ignorance of nautical techni
calities prevailed; but we Lind um-seises in
an inglorious minority with our very dry
land vocabulary. Conversation now takes
a marine turn, which to our fresh water ears
has a very oceanic roar; and from the care
ful and cherishing manner of rolling the
most resonant and double distilled sea
going phrases from the public tongue, as if
they left a pleasant tarry and saline flavor
in the month, Wo anticipate it complete
usurpation of all the public talking by the
salt water party. Larboard and Starboard,
Windward and Leeward, Stein and Stern,
Raffia and Halyard, Jib and Spanker,
Mainsel, Fusel, Iff.tin.top-gallantsel, rand a
thousand others (to us) Hebraic terms, drive
oar modest stock (bow line, tow line, grub
plank and snubbing post,) fairly to the
wall. The smallest and dirtiest•faced boy
on the street puts us to the blush with his
familiarity- With every part of the graceful
boats which attract so much attention, the
apparent confidence with which he enumer
ates the prod points of his favorite, and his
readiness to back his judgment to the extent
of his pile, which, by the way, (the pile,)
usually exceeds in size our most sanguine
expectations. The amount of delicate at
tention lavished upon the owners of the two
yachts is unprecedented, and applications
for "rides" are so plentiful that they are put
on tile and taken as they come. Our own
official sail is indefinitely postponed on ac
count of the windy weather; on the first
perfectly calm day, however, we expect to
he towed to Wrightsville in the "Hiawatha,"
and back to Columbia in the '•l'ern," by
two mules, after which we will pass judg.
meat on the comparative speed of the boats.
THE: Sin 11GIIT-OUT TICKET.—TIIC Straight
out convention at Lancaster nominated the
following county ticket:
For Senators-7 31. Lazelcre, of Mari
etta: Ur. Sanit.] Kenea:ry, of Strasburg,.
For Assembly—Henry M. White, City:
Edward Hess, Manor: Philip Shreiner, Col
umbia; Jeremiah Brown, Fulton.
Sherifi . —John Slyer... Earl.
Regisrter—S. W. P. Boyd, Fulton.
Rees der—SamuelLind, , ay, Marietta.
i'rothonntary—Josephf . :rnybi 11, East Lam
reter.
C'rmitly 7 ,•easetrei•--1f enry I)ifrenbaugh,
jr., Strasburg borough.
(Nevi: of Quarter A‘ . ..:ClZ , ltai3--H. E. Slay.
maker, City.
t)rphan,Y (,'rl--J. B. Mark
ley.
Cunizt , / Commissioner--A. L. Scott, Bnrt
Dircrha's of the li.or—SrunuPl Plank,
Sailsbury; Levi Lefever e, Strasburg town
ship.
Prison Inspertors--henry I: Irreellt, City
J. Seacliti,,t, Manor.
euroner--Jaines Hudson, Manor.
Auditor—Benjamin Breckbill, East Lam
GM
Tun NEW _MAE tzt NE.—The Boston corres
pondent of the New York Eceniny Fos/ has
the following in his letter:
"The Boston I/ago:lnc of Messrs. Phillip.,
Sz Co., is a Ii Ned fact, and will be
started in Ootober, notwithstanding the loss
of the trunk of manuscripts transmitted for
it by Ituskin, Shirely Brooks, Wilkie Cob
lins, and other English authors, by thf., , Per
sia. The arrangements with foreign and
home writers of eminence were consummated
by Mr. F. 11. Underwood. reader of the pub
lishing firm, and they are of so permanent
and binding a character on both sides, as to
insure constancy and regularity on the part
Of the contributors whose n ames are exile ,.
ted to give the Magazine popularity. In
ibis way it is hoped to obviate the chief
cause of the decline of former first class peri
odicals, viz: the dropping off of eminent wri
ters whose efforts, to prove effective to the
magazine, should not be occasional, but ap
parent in every number."
For the Columbia Spy
WOODVILLA, August 12th, 1857.
Your note•was right welcome, Mr. Editor,
even though it did contain the astounding
request to write something fur your paper.
I rose so high in my own estimation I fear
I should scarcely hose been able to come
from under my dormer window, had not
just then a little brown bird bopped on the
sill, turned first one bright eye and then the
other on me, gave an ironical chirp, and
flew off' again. "So ho, Mr. Birdie," said I,
and throvring pell-mell, note, pens and pa
per into my desk, I closed the lid with a
I bang, seized my sunbonnet and little pet
basket, the ono Cousin Phil gave me last
Fall—don't you remember? or did I not tell
you about the wager I won? I never should
hare gathered more blackberries than Phil,
had it not been for little Katie Barnes. I
saw her wee white bonnet dodging in among
the briars, so edging in after her—" Katie,"
said r, "just over the creek there is a splen
did lot of berries, easier for you to reach
than these." Away went the little gipsy,
hopping from stone to stone, but just as
she was scrambling up the bank over goes
her pail, and down rolls the berries.—
Katie's sobs caught the ear of the gallant
Philip, who picked up the poor child, com
forted her by heaping her tin pail with the
contents of his nearly filled basket, and sent
her home rejoicing. I worked away in the
meantime with the greatest assiduity. You
know the underbrush is so thick by the
creek, one can easily see without being seen.
Presently I heard my name called in most
disconsolate accents; I hurried out of the
bushes, and found Master Philip standing
on a log which was wedged among rocks in
the middle of the creek, the very picture of
comic despair: he pointed to his stained and
empty basket, and then into the water;
"Behold the fruit of my morning's toil won
and lust." "Yes, but," said I, as soon as I
was near enough to see, "you don't pretend
to make one believe those few berries ever
tilled that basket:" "The flood has washed
the rest away." (The flood of Katie's tears
I thought.) "So you grew tired of scratch
ing your dainty fingers, Sir Philip, and
threw the berries into the water to try its
magnif Mg power!" "It was entirely an
accident I assure
,you." "Don't doubt it my
cousin; an accident improved; but come and
see what I have done—look there, Sir, what
will not patient, honest industry accomplish?
Stop! let me have a few in the empty basket
to carry—now if We meet Miss Nannie Bow
lie by the way, she shall never suspect her
graceful admirer of stumbling over a rock."
Su after Phil \rent to the city up came my
basket, just large enough to hold a pine
apple and four oranges, nicely packed, which
so moved my conscience,—though I did not
mean Katie should tumble, I knew he would
give her his berries if he once saw her thin,
pale face—l wrote him a full confession, ac
companied by the handsomest scarf I ever
knit, to keep his compassionate heart warm;
or, as I could not help telling him, the place
where his heart ought to be, if the fair Nan
uie had not carried it with her to
Paris.
But I have wandered from my subject as
badly as I wandered in the woods the day I
began with, when I was nearly lost trying
to find a few ripe fruit fur Jane Higgins,
who has been sick all summer with grieving
for her son, who sailed for California last
October, and has never been heard from
since. Ile was the boy who rowed us down
to Robbins Island the first evening you were
here, when we all went with Prof. Cruys to
see the sun set, and to watch
"Eve gather in the ours to fill her horn of light."
But you see I am roving again "erratic as
ever."
There goes the dinner bell; so, for the
present, adieu says Ktar Woutamt.E.
Wn ECU:ARROW MAP 31.trg.—The "wheel
barrow man" is a surveyor, busily employed
in measuring the length and taking the
courses of road., location of buildings, boun
dary lines of farms, &c, preparatory to get
ting up a map of the county. Dispensing
with a chain, his wheel measures in a cer
tain number of revolutions, exactly one rod
un the surface of the ground. To the wheel
is attached a clock-work arrangement and
hands, and by inspection, the distance front
point to point is noted as he rolls his barrow
along . . To the barrow is Mimed a compass
stall; and at every crossing and change of di
rection in the road, he sets his compass and
notes the course. Then, this solitary indi
vidual, dispensing with the usual parapher
nalia of ch4ininen, flagmen, Taxmen, chains,
pins and stakes, by trundling his little ma
chine around, will, in due time, present an
accurate map of the country, showing all
the roads, streams, mills, churches, school
houses, dwellings, farms with their owner's
name, and also plots of our towns and villa
ges: and this, too, at a moderate cost to the
purchaser of the map-
litsrenv or lltm.tAnns.—The origin of
this game, according to a little book lately
published by the Appletons, like the birth
place of Homer, is a contested point, and its
antiquity, like that of many elderly spin
sters, is involved in considerable doubt.—
Some suppose it to hare been imported into
Rome from Persia under the counsulship of
Lacunas, while others hold that Caligula in
troduced it from the East. The records are
unauthentic, until the return of the Tem-
Oars from the first crusade. It soon be
came the favorite amusement and means of
exercise to which the cloistered monks of
that period were permitted to have recourse.
The game fell with the Knights Tetnplars,
and was revived by Louis XI, of France,
who preferred it to the bloody tournaments
then in vogue. Henry 111, still more wide
ly patronized it; and we find that Mary
Queen of Scots, in a letter written the even
ing before her ereeution, complains that her
"billiard table has just been taken away
from her, as a preliminary step to her pun
ishment."
It became u favorite game with the ladies
in France and Germany. Madame de Steel
was an enthusiastic advocate of billiards.—
'Even . when exiled to Switzerland by Na
poleon, she overstayed the time limited for
her departure from Paris, in order that she
might personally enperintend the removal of
her billiard table.' The Dutchessde Berri was
also noted for her fondness for the game.—
Mr. Phelan says that "the Frenchman is
the most brilliant, the English the most care-
ful, the American the most successful, and,
therefore, if that be any argument—as-it is
commonly admitted to be the most etakeia
sive—the very best of billiard players."
News Items
At the latest accounts from Topeka,
whither all the official returns of the Kansas
free State election were sent, some six or
seven thousand votes were cast fur the To
peka Constitution in the precincts heard
from.
The failure of the Ohio Life and Trust
Company turns oot to be very disastrous.—
With a capital of two millions of dollars this
corporation fails for from five to seven mill
ions. It was a Cincinnati concern, but
ventured into the vortex of New York
speculation, where it was swallowed up and
ruined. The failure has created a panic in
Wall street.
Queen Victoria has selected Montreal as
the permanent capital of Canada, the ques
tion Navin been referred to her for final de
cision by the Legislature of the province.
Dupont's powder mill on the Brandywine,
near Wilmington, Del., exploded on Satur
day, killing three men, and seriously in
juring several others. Among the killed
was Mr. Alexis J. Dupont.
A despatch from St Louis mentions that
a battle was recently fought on the Gila riv
er, New Mexico between the troops under
Cul. Miles and the Apache Indians, in which
the latter lost 25 men killed and 30 wound
ed, and the former had two Lieutenants and
nine men wounded.
The Minnesota Constitutional Convention
were at the last accounts making efforts to
compromise their difficulties. Each Con
vention appointed a committee of conference
to arrange for submitting but one constitu
tion to the people, and these committees
joined together and proceeded to business
on the 15th.
The result of the Gubernatorial election
in Missouri is still doubtful. The St. Louis
Republican, Dem., makes Stewart, Dem.,
21 ahead, giving the aggregates, thus:—
Stewart, 47,112; Rollins, 47,058—Stewart's
majority, 24. The Democrat and Intelli
gencer on the other hand, both put Rollins
ahead. The majority given by the Repub
lican to Stewart is entirely made up of a
gain to him caused by en amended return,
and it is a singular fact that there have
been a number of these amended returns,
all in favor of Stewart.
ME=
We have three days later news from Eu
rope, by the arrival at Halifax of the steam
ship America, from Liverpool, which latter
port she left on the 15th.
The Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable
broke when the squadron was 330 miles
front the Irish coast, and the vessels imme
diately returned to England. This ends
the matter for the present. The directors
of the telegraph company had called a con
ference, to be held at London, on the 12th
instant, to determine whether to proceed
again at once with the undertaking, or post
pone action until next Summer. Further
news front India had been received in Eng
land by telegraph, and up to the 27th of
June, Delhi had not been captured by the
British besiegers.
Diseased Pork
The prevalence of the "hog cholera" in
the pork growing regions of the West, has
induced those whose province it is to eat the
"unclean thing," to seek for a method of
distinguishing diseased from wholesome
meat. A writer in a Western paper says:
hogs dying with it cannot be salted, as
no amount of salt will preserve their flesh.
If exposed for sale, it must be as fresh pork.
Any animal dying in its blood from disease
cannot be dressed and have a healthy ap
pearance. And such meat exposed for sale
can be detected by its dark and unusual
color; and it is against such meat, supplied
from sources near home, that the community
should be on their guard.
Per contra replies the Albany Knickcr
bocl.•er:
Our Western friend is not posted up in
this matter. Diseased hogs arc not suffered
to "die in their blood," but they are bled
and killed in the same manner as other
hogs. This is the way they manage matters
in Greenbush, and we suppose the same to
be true of other slaughtering villages.—
Hogs dying "full of blood," of course cannot
be salted, be their health what it may. But
if a sick hog is killed in the usual manner,
the appearance of its flesh cannot be told,
by its looks, from other pork. Such -meat
will also take the salt and bear barreling.
All these facts show that a closer inspection
is required than our contemporary imagines.
There is a large quantity of "sick pork"
being got out fur New York, Boston, and
Albany. Buyers should be aware of this
fact, and purchase with unusual care. The
best test of pork is its firmness; soft is
dangerous to buy; avoid it at the present
time, as you would poison.
A safer rule still to follow is to regard all
hog food as poisoned or diseased, and let it
alone. Hogs never were fit for human beings
to eat. Moses was right when he prohibited
the eating of swine. Whether he was in
spired to do so by direct revelation from
Heaven, or whether he spoke from the inspi
ration ofeonmion sense and human instincts,
it is all the same in a physiological point of
view. It ought to be enough for good cbris
tians to know that he spoke the truth.—Life
Illustrated.
-There is a chance for more "nothing
to-wear" contrivance. A gentleman who
came passenger from Europe, by a recent
steamer to New York, had in his portman
teau a number of valuable manuscripts for
the new Boston magazine of Phillips &
Sampson, but unfortunately lost it, and
though vigorous search has been made, it
cannot any where be found. The manu
scripts thus lost, were from the pens of
Ruskin, Mrs. Gaskell, Rufini, (Author of
Dr. Antonio,) and other celebrated foreign
writers.
11e — A happy comment on the anhihilia
tion of time and space by locomotive agency
is as follows: A child who rode fifty miles
in a railroad train, then took a coach to her
uncle's house, some five miles further, was
asked on her arrival, if she came by the
cars. 'We came a little ways in the cars,
and then all the rest of the way in a car
riage!
The N. Y. _Mirror intimates that Mr.
Butler did not write 'Nothing to wear,' be
cause the poem shows an intimacy on the
part of the author with a lady's wardrobe
which it is impossible for a mail to acquire.
Don't know about that. This is au age in
which general information is very widely
diffused.—Bujido Adcertiser.
Ia one respect, says the Providence
Post, Mrs. Cunningham's last performance
was not a failure. She set out to be con
fined,.and has succeeded admirably. She
is not, honever, supposed to be in a sinking
condition, as the courts refuse to allow her
to be bailed out.
SEARCH FOR HAFrisEss.—A wealthy epi
cure applied to an Arabian doctor for a pre
scription that would restore his body to
health, and give happiness to his mind. The
physician advised him to exchange shirts
with a man who was perfectly contented
with his lot. Whereupon the patient set out
on a journey in pursuit of such a person.—
After many months spent without accom
plishing his object, he was told of a certain
cobbler of whom every one had spoken as a
model of contentment and happiness. Pur
suing the direction given, the traveler was
at length rewarded with the sight of the cob
bler enjoying a comfortable nap on a board.
Without ceremony he was aroused from his
slumbers, and the important interrogatory
wether he was contented with his lot was
answered in the affirmative.
"Then, said the seeker after happiness,
I have one small boon to ask at your hands.
It is that you exchange shirts with me, that
by this means I also may become contented
and happy."
"Must gladly would I accede to the re
quest," replied the cobbler, "but—
" Nay, refuse me not," interrupted the
man of wealth; "any sum that you may
name shall be thine.
"I seek nut thy wealth," said the cobbler,
"but—but"
"What?"
"But the truth is—l have no skirl."
64t at ettfutz.
COLUMBIA LUMBER MARKET
ivuor,nsALE mucEs.
Common Cull Boards & Grub Plank, $lO 00
Culling do 13 00.1
2d Common do Di 00
Ist Common do 30 00
Pannel do 86 i 10
Hemlock Boards and Scantling, 11 00
Du do du long lengths, 13110
Pine Scantling, 15 00
Plaster Lath, $2 000 3 00
Shingles, 12 00Q5, , ,18 00
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS
FLOCK.—Standard brands made from new
wheat are nominally held at $11,75 7 1-1 bbl.,
but there are sellers at leas, and the only
transaction •see hear of is 1100 bbls. Balti•
more Flour at $6,37, delivered here. For
home use the demand is limited within the
range of $6;5OCe7 fur superfine, the former
for oil stock;• $7,5OeS fur extra, and $5,50
0 bbl. fur fancy lots. Corn Meal and
ltye Flour are quiet; the former is emoted at
$4 and scarce, and the latter at $430 per
bbl.
llAlN.—Sales of Wheat reach some :iot,
6,000 bus. in lots, at $1,450i,1.50 for fair to
good Southern reds and $1,5000,60 for
white, including some very handsome Ken
tucky at $1,70. Rye is dull and about
1,200 bus. only have been taken at 87 cts.
for Delaware and 00 cts. for Penna. Corn.
—A few small lots of yellow have found
buyers at 8601 ; 87 cts. in store. Oats.—Sales
of 7®8,000 bus. southern have been made
at 30(r - 535 cts., the latter for good lots.
WHISKEY.—Over 1100 bbIS. have been
disposed of at 25e,29 cts. for Penna. and
mostly at the latter rate, at which the mar
ket closes firm. 1111 s. arc scarce at 28 cts.
REG isrEa.—We are authorized to announce
Joni jojiss, of Upper Leacock, as a candi
date fur the office of IZEGISTEIt t subject to the
decision of the Union County Convention.
CLERK or TILE ORPHAN'S Cot RT.—We are
authorized to announce S. P. LiNormurii, of
Columbia, as a candidate fur the office of
Clerk of the Orphan's Court, subject to the
decision or the Union County Convention.
Columbia, July 18, 1857-tc
SENArort.—We are authorized to announce
BAUTRAM A. SILtErI'ER, Esq., of Lancaster,
as a candidate for the office of State Senator,
subject to the decision of the Union County
Convention.
July 11, 1837 tc
PROTIIONOTARV.—Wo are authorize,l to
announce that PErta MARTIN, of Clay twp.,
will be a candidate for the office of Prothono
tary, subject to the decision of the Onion
County Convention.
April 25, 18.31—tc.
SIIERIFFALTY.—We are authorized to an
nounce Mr..TAy CADWELI„ of Lancaster, as
a candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject
to the decision of the Union County Conven
tion.
Ma.y 2, 185T-te
I.:LERK Or Q L7.t TITER SEsSIONS.--WC are au
thorized to announce, flint 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.
RECORDER.-We are authorized to an
nounce George Lcamon, of East Lampeter,
as a candidate for the office of Recorder,
County subject to the decision of the Union
Convention. piny IG•tc
THE SHERIFFALTY.—We arc authorized to
announce Benjamin F. Rowe, of l'rovidcnce
township, as a candidate fur Sheriff subject
to the decision of the Union Cuunty Conven
tion. play IG-te
zet`We are authorized to announce that
CnnisTlAN SHENK', 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, ISs7.—ta.
Ty Prof, I.Yood s the renowned sh:coverer of the
invaluable "hair Restorative," still continues to labor
in behalf of the afflicted. Hes medicines Ore univer•
sally admitted by the American Press to be far •upe
ner to all other+ for Crlll4lllg the hair, on the head of
the aged, ingrate, forth with as much vigor and lux
uriance no when blessed with the advantage's of
youth There can be no doubt, if we place credit in
the innumerable testimonials which the Professor has
in his posses-inn, that it is one of the greatest descov.
cries in the medical world. It restore+, permanently,
gray hair to it, original color, and makes it assume a
beautiful sulky texture. whirl. has been very desirable
sit all ages of the world. It frequently happens that
old men marry beautiful and models, young ladies,
and not unfrequently crusty old maids make victim.
of handsome. good natured young gentlemen. and by
what process /Lbws ever been determined. mud lately,
when it was attributed to the nse of this invalueble
!lair nestoratiye.—Lasulle Journc,
Appel LS, IeGT.
ifulleteay's Otruntrtit and Pills—The iHrallanlity of
the-e medscine, in the treatment of ocurvy, and all
di.eases of the ekm and gland., and the wonderful
effect of the 1.1115 its viotnach complaints end Mar.
rlia,a, render them indi-petiAtilde to ull travellers by
feu or land. 'They have been counterfeited! There
it u t-ure le,t, however, whereby to tell the genuine,
viz: the water-mark, “Ilotlowtty. Sew York and
London," that exi-ic in every leaf of the book Of di.
recioner. The word. are trun.pnrent to the
paper, and vis‘ble by looking through the leaf to the
Leh!. !Aug 29, 1t157.
SUPPOSED CONSUMPTION
Aunon N. V.
NOlllllll Tilley, inn the employ of Messrs ts,
Morgan,
caught a severe cold last full, marl has since been trou
bled iW u constant couch, n much threatened to tenni-
HUM to consumption. Ile acted one bottle of -Bach's
American Compound. , Its effect nay
causing him to expectorate large particles of bard yeb
mutter. one in particular so large us to ramet the
attention of the whole funnily. From this inepent he
improved in every re , pect, and It Well. giving up
MI idea of Consonapiam. These facts are known to
many beside., the Mee...1 , . Morgan, of Aurora.
Bawl:- A nieflellil Compound own, Its sitICCCSS to
”1 1 / 1 /1.11., el/MI/cc Ir/open/es of the vegetahles
which conipo-e it. It 4 . 0111111114 It Compound Fluid
artrartif Marh Drop or Cane, Root," . I.lle first given
to the Pottle, but long L rown to the Indians na a never
6111111 g cure for Scrofula,, COIOUITIpiiOII, humors of
the Blood, mad chronic di-ea...es an n a y pa r t Of ti ns
..y.l1 . 11). Till, medicine min now be had of all relit..
[de dealers in the United States and Canada. Sec
advert)-einceit in another column.
August I, 1t,57.21u
"Wootn.Ahn CREAM“ —A pomade for beautifying
the Ito r—lnglily perturned, superior to nay French
article imported. and for half the prier. For dreloitig
ladies' hair it liter no equal. giving it n bright gloirtsy
appearance. It cause., gwitlrinen'e hair to curl 111 the
most natural manner. It remove' , dandruff. nkvny a
giving the hair the appearance of being fresh ehnm•
!moiled. Price only filly erns',. None genuine unless
signed FETRIDCW, It CO., N. York,
Proprielorg of the , •tlnlmi of u Thousand Flowers."
For sale by all Druggiht•.
Feta. :!l-Gitivow
GrtEsTsa.a.—Blackwood snys "Nature throws forth
her ;Mb, 'urn as a salmon dues IN spawn; she produces
her great ones us a hone, aloes her cub—singly, one at
a birth and at rare niter•tak. Tints we have $0104:48 of
the former. glad 011/) how and (bell The
levtathan of eloilang e , mbh.laments is the magnificent
store of Itoeklall \Vll.oas, Ni,.. GUJ and GUS CIICSILUt
street, alas e stsUt , l'haladelphm.
August ts, 1:56
- EQUALITI TO AW — Unt(olllll3 , Of MO A
New Feature ta 11a-ittess. Every one hi. own
!MM.—Jove. kr Co., of the. err•cent One Price Cloth
ing Store: , No. 200 Alitrket street, above Sixth, Phil
adelphia. in ttddiiion to having the largest, most va
ried and fashionable stock of in Philadelphia,
mode expre-sly (or retail .ale.. have constituted
every one his own sale.man, by having marked in
figure.. on each article, the very lowest price it can
lie lOW for, .10 they COMIC)/ poseibly vary—all muss
buy alike.
i'lie good. ore all well nnonced and prepared and
great pinto, liken with the making, so that all C 1.1)
buy vwab line lull a—uronee of gentling a good article
at the very iorve.t pru•e.
Remember the Creeceut,in Market. above Sixth,.
No. :IUO JONES & COL
June 13 1537-ly
u.%~ ~x u? tea? ~r...~ 5~?3 ~ o
Ott the tjt3d . by the Rev J. I I. ATengee,Mr Lartartirr
II ars to Mine ANNA CATHARINE Ito Tit, both of Marietta.
On the . ..kith Ite4 , by the some, Mr IJortata Kriox., to
:NIL,. CATHARINE GOHN, 01 Columbia.
SALE OE GAS STOCK.
w
ird. Inc ut puidie wuothision•
sATUR DAV EVENING, AUG U 67
:29, I i• 57, al 7 o'clock,
Forty-Four Shoots of Columbia Gas Stock..
TIC r:DCN.ICK, Auctioueer.
Columbia, August CJ. IrSi It
An Apprentice Wanted.
TO LEARN LADIES' SHOEMAKING BUSINESS.
Apply Is J A :11E:3 r-C HMI:DMA
Nu. 1 Aleclattlles' Rosy, Locust street.
Colouil,k A u-ust 29. 1t57-11
ELECTION.
A N fur a I' re+illent and Six Maxaretv
A
of the Columbia mai ‘Vathuigtuil Tutnplke Roa•C
Company. will be held iLt the Fianklm lloupm,lll. lilt
1.101101 Of Columbo.i. UItr,DAY, SEPIE3I
- 17, 1:57, between the limit. of 1 and 4 o'clock
r. GEORGE. BOGLE,
Columbia. A uru-t d 9, 1557-31 Secretary.
COLUMBIA. FLOI7R DULLS.
THE undersigned lining commenced the
5111.1.1N4. p11 . 1 , 11.• , 1 to deliver
FLOUR AND FEED OF ALL RINDS,
At the shortest nolict, fore ,f charge.,
on the 1110,1 leasosialde 11:1111 , 'VII, being
prepared from the 111,1W111:111. mid by :111 experienced
miller, he leek confident ;lull lir van give -ali•faction
to those %%Ito t.ivor him with their leiironagii.
J
Columbia, August 29, 7-ti
PUBLIC SALE
()IV SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1851, the
•üb-enlcr oiler lit yuhhe .al.•, tit Marius
iiintlll4%. lay.•rn. in Mott ntciiir. •I'he Splendid Lurie
Valta Ott w1...11 lie now 2,ltuate m IVe,l
Ilempfield town.,1111), f tittle- Irmo Lanea,,ter. 4 frown
Columbia, awl one tittle norlit east. of Mouatvii)e,
contaimag.
SIXI 7 Y-TWO AND A HALF ACRES,
neat nina.are, mo.t of it limed
Witillll tiller )/•111-, all cleared ;,11,1 in a high .rate of
good little prinelpally post
and rail, put up within Once )001s. The improve
mew,. are n
TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSE, j a
:•r, feet with ha-anent. a pump 11111.1
p ring Of water• with a , pring boa, 1 , 1 • 11 , the door,
s'ilohe I Hug Slye un.l 01.1er neeenturY
I,lllldlngs, Iwo Garden% I Orchard,. (one of then,
newly plained with choler Proit, 40 Apple,llo Peach,
ti Cherry. nod In Pear Tree-) Bank Barn. riti by 70
Get. Conn I.Viicuit Shed attached.—
The field. WC conveniendy laid oat, 10 II) acres each,
and Cattle have neoo,l to water ftoin each.
Tire greater part of the purcha•e money tray re
treon secured on the property for a number of years.
Tulle naliaputaltle and po,,,es.eion given on the first
of Aprd next.
Any i1t.1.011 desiring further information. or wishing
to VW' t hi. Ore/111,Mb Win pien,c cull CM the subscriber,
Oa the preno.re.
Sale to commence at 1.2 o'clock M. of said day,
nben terms will be made It 1t0... by
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