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DR. G. W. MIFFLIN,
DEIsiTIST, Locust street, a fewdoors above
the Odd Fellow.' Hull, Columbia, ra.
Colombia. Moy 3. MI6.
11. M. NORTH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Col umllia, Pa.
Collections, promptly made, in Lancaster and York
Conate..
Columbia. Mny 4,1950.
J. W. FISHER,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
C 7 cl.xxxralcoica.,
6,1636 tf
GEORGE J. SMITH,
WHOLESILE and Retail Bread and Cake
Baker.—Constantly on hand a variety of Cakes,
too numerous to mentiou; Crackers; Soda. Wine, Scroll,
and Sugar Biscuit; Confectionery, of every deeeription,
ice., tie. 1,0.3.15 T STRUM',
Feb. 1,`36. Between the Bank nod Franklin House.
BROWN'S Essence or Jamaica Ginger, Gen
tune Article. Fur .111 M at
McCORKLE
Family Medicine siture, Odd Fellows' Ilall.
July 25, 1557.
QOLUTION OF CITRATE OF NAGNESIA,or Par
k," pulse Mineral Wairr.—Tlits plettennt medicine
which is highly recommended us n r
Elpisom Salts ' Seidlitz Powders, run he oldnined
fresh every day at I.la. E. B. HERR'S Drug Store,
Front st. 1.12
JUST received, a fresh supply of Corn
Starch, Farina. mid Ittrr Floor.at
McCOHICI.E & DEI,I,ETT'S
?may Medicine Store, Odd Fellows' I lull, Columbia.
eolumbia, Aluv 15.'17.
AMPS, LAMPS, LAMPS. Just received at
Ilcrr's Drug :Store, a new and beautiful lot of
ittp• of all dem:l . 4l6ou,
May 1. I t 57.
A LOT of Fresh Vanilla Beans, at Dr. E B.
Golden Mortar ilrog Store.
flnl.ortibili. v
ASUPERIOR article of burning Fluid just
reeeo.rd 111111 tor kale SUN' 11. A 1%1 • 1 / 4 . 1.1)N
ALARGE lot of City cured Dried Becf, just
revel, ed at II SUlt DAM AL MTh 3.
Columbia I)eeernher
A NEW and freNlf lot of Spites, just re
erived stt eon's,
tPS6.
I I . OUNTItY Produce constantly on hand an d
%,/
for •ale. by H. ~UII t & SON.
HO2IINY, Cranberries, Raisins, Figs, Alio
ond.„ Walnut., Cream Nut., c .ju•L received
11. eI:YDAM & .Oft'S.
=
ASUPERIOR lot of Black and Green Teas,
Cuifee uud Choculate,ju•t reeNvcd at
II .I.:YDAM h •n\'n
Corner of Prom non Union •t*
GTE=
TIIST RECEIVED. a beautiful assortment of
(Ansa Ink Stutidw, at the Headquarters and
New. Depot.
Columbia. April 15,1.67.
VXTRA Family and Superfine flour of the
_LA best broad. fur side bl_IL SUYDAM & SON.
JJUST received 1000 lbs. atm double bolted
Hack IA heat Itleal, al
Der. 10.13 5 6. If. SUYDAM h SON'S._
WEIKEL'S Instantaneous Yeaxt or Baking
Wllf . t. for ante by H. SUYDAM de. SON
WARR k THOMPSON'S justly cetcbrated
Corn
ntereial and Other Gold Yen•—•the beet in the
market—jutd received. P. Stilt 'LINER.
Columbia, April 2•. IS 555.
WHITE GOODS.--Afull line of White Dress
Goods of every description. just received. nt
July 11,1357. FONDERSAIITIVS.
AVBY should anyperson do without a Clock,
when they call be had forSl.so and upwarde.
Cnlumbin. Arril 23.1255
Q,ATONEFIER, or Concentrated Lye, for ma•
king Soap. I Ih. is +utTrient for one Inure] or
Sal Soap, or Ilh.for L iha. Ilsird Soap. Fiat three•
thins will be given at the Counter (or making r.:on,
Bard and Fancy Soaps. For sale by
It. WILLIAMS.
Colombia. March 31. 1833.
ALARGE lot of Baskrts, Brooms, Buckets
Orosll,i, (or tale by 11. SU YDAM A SON.
TAHE undersigned have been appointed
agent. for the ' , Ale of Cool: & Co'. GOTTA PER
it PENS. cearronted oot to corrode; in e lualicity
:they uhoott equal the quill.
SAYLOR & Nit:DONALD.
Columbin Jan 17. 1957
1)E. GRATH'S ELECTRIC OIL. Just receivri.
greet, 2upply of this popular remedy. and for sale
It WILLIAMS.
Front Street, Coluruloo,
Mai 10, 1 PM
Al.Ancil.:acs•orsinesst of Rope.. all Aide , and 1 , 12 1 1.2,
on hand and forth/ of 7110 S. WELSH'S.
:March 12, l' No. 1. High avert.
zfrt QtyrA, sitoEs, artocEms, Ac., al.o,
jalluctting Fluid,ja:t open.ti at
THOMAS Wlit.Sirs•
No 1. High Fireel.
\iar.,h 21. 1F47
A MEW lot of WHALE AND CAR INREASING
OILS, received ut the .tore of the vuhversher.
R.:WII.I.IAMIIS.
Front Sheet, C 011111411141. Pn
Milky 711. 1Q51;
nEnr, Exlra owl Maio llam., Shoulder,.
W./ and mess Pork, for 41411. ily
March 21. 19M
4) ATS, Corn, flay, and other feed.. for ante. by
THONIAS
'hlnreh 11.1457
n slozEs I.IIIOOAIS, 10 11(1X1Km cmIE,FI. For
Zl./ sale cheap, by D. F. ArroLD & Co.
Columbia. °mob, 2.5..1.511.
A SUPENIOR artic:e of PAINT OIL, for •ale by
R.. WII.I.IAAtta,
Front RI rent, Collllllbl It. Pa.
May 10, 1f 56
71,4 T Rvxm huge and well anleriad vat eta;
...lof Bru4ra. ronaiaitna in part oftSboe. Hair, Cloth.
_Crumb, Nail, Hat and Teeth Brut , hes. and for axle by
H. w,ILI.IA MS.
Front atraet Columbia. Pa.
March 22,':6
A SUPERIOR. article o(TONIC Sr:GE ILFITEKS.
suitable for Hotel Keepers, !or *ale by
K. WII.I.IANIS.
Front •tree'. Volumlila.
filay 10,1656
FRGS[[ ETHEIIEAL OIL, alwny on band. and to
•ate by H. WILLIAMS.
May 10. IPSO. Front Street. Colombia. Pa.
'UST recei red, Filgs II CA nr vcie
by IL WILLIAPIS.
Noy 10,1.50. From Ittreet. Columbia, Pa.
1000 LDS, Sew City Cured flame and Shoulder.
Just reeeised and Sur Bate by
Feb. Yl , 1557. If sr);P&M, & SON'
q H. SHEPARD, 'reacher of hlusic—Vocal and
Inntrumental—will resume the duties of his pro
fession, MONDAY. hIARCH D. 1h57. Instrumental,
including Piatio.lllclodeon and Violin.
N. 13—Orders for tuning and repairing Pianos.
repairing Violins, bows, nod musical Instruments
in general, will receive prompt attention.
-Erßooms in LOCUM street, first door above the
batik
Columbia ' March 7, 18 5 7.
We Speak the Truth.
116 only store, out of Philadelphia, where
00,000 Germidi Segurs can he seen, and are
sold cheaper than it: any oilier eutalitieliment in Co
lumbia, or the neighboring town, is
JOHN rEN 'MICH Ic
I'ront at.. third door above Locuint, Columbia, Pu.
1-57.
EIZ2I
McCORKLE At DELLETT,
FAMILY MEDICINE STORE,
ODD FELLOWS' lIALL,COLUMB[A, PA.
EALERS iu Drugs, lilciliciues, Chemicals,
D
PllllllB. Oil., Dye tituffs.Spiees..te. Constantly
on baud n generul assortment of Perfumery, Fnucy
C;01,114,:te.
Colombia, May 30.1957.
[g#l
LOCAL FREIGHT NOTICE.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY
ARE now prepared to receive and forward
FREllillr between Philadelphia, Lancaster and
Columbia. nt the following, rates per hundred pounds:
BETWEEN PUMA. AND COLUMBIA.
First Class. Secoed t lass. Third Class. Fourth Class.
24 cents. 18 cents. 1G cents. 14 cents.
.2 ,4 cents per barrel.
lig Metal, 10 cents per 100 pounds.
BETWEEN PIIILA. AND LANCASTER.
First Class. Second Class. Third Class. Fourth (Anis
20 cents. 17 cents. 15 cents. 13 cents.
Flour. 25 cents per barrel.
Fig Metal, 10 cents per 100 pounds.
Articles of lst Class.
Books, Fresh Fish,
Hoots and Shoes, Nuts in bags.
Cedar and Wooden Ware, Porter & Ale in bottle.,
Dry Goods, Poultry in coops,
Eggs, Pork. (fresh.)
Furniture, Poultry. (dressed,)
Feathers, Wrapping Paper,
Articles of 2d Class.
Apples, 'Molasses,
I:IIGC.e, Melons,
Clover and Grass Seed, Oil in casks or barrel.,
Crockery, Paper in boxes,
Candle:4, l'atelmard,
Casks or Barrels, (empty.) Penchos, (dried,)
Groceries, Printing Paper,
Cutts land Rifles, Paper Ilangings,
Herring, in boxes and kegs, Queensware,
Ilarihu are, Sweet Potatoes,
Dom Tobacco in bales,
Iron, (hoop, band or sheet,) Tea.
Leather. Type,
I.iguor 11l wood, Tallow,
Marble Slabs dr. Marble Turpentine, (spin.,)
Monumental Varnish.
Articles of ad Class.
A Icoliol, Potatoes,
Collie, Turnips,
Hides, (green,) Voiegar,
Lard, White Lead,
Oysters dr Clams.(in shell.) Window Glass.
Tobacco, (rnanuilietured,)
Articles of 4th Class.
codfish, Bonin,
Cotton, Salt.
Fish. salted. Tobacco, (lea(,)
Grain of all kinds, Tin,
Nail, and Spikes, Tar,
Pitch, Whiskey.
Plaster,
10 — Por further infOrination, apply to
1.1. J. SN SEDER., Freight Agent, Phila.
11l K. HOICE. Freight Agent. Columbis.
W 11. MY hIRS, Freight Agent, Lancaster.
Columbia, A ugumr. G. 10.57.1 y
Chair and Furniture Establishment
ATiIIOT'S Coy Street Warerooms, Nos. 25
Auld 27 Nor!lo Goy P 1 reel. loror Foyetle,
more: w:olre is kept illmly• on 11341111. or mode 10 or.
iler.every •ty le of Freoth TETE-A-TETES, in Plush,
CiOill or Ilroentell.:.
l'renirli land !Uedallion ['valor A rm Chairs
in Plu-h. flair, or lirotrielle.
Preach Full Shun Carved Parlor Chairs, in T-CIP,
WWI Plush, Ilui r, Cloth or Ilroca lone.
Ilalr Prerrlt Spying and IN'a!nal Parlor
Chvi r., in (lair. Cloth or PIII.II
!looking Chairs—vortouc desizint, in flair, Cloth
min PI
Stott I.spriog LoJoges—n large assortment olvvays
on hand. or any panern made or covered with any
goods to order.
CHAMBER SUITS.
In Mlll . lOlEllli y or Willrpt, CO111111.:11,..from $3:15 up.
,
Caste Chun, and Rocking do.-11,e lorge.t os•ort.
meat ready mode ill nit). WIC Ito Ilse to the Coiled
Stairs—from 111.2 a dozen up.
liar Homo, Office non lhoing Chairs,
1111 or Nollogonl. with Cone, Wood or Stuffed Seats
—on n••ortment coil/raring over 50 110.'11.
Wood ..eat Chain. and 'Settees and Itoeking Chairs
—over 100 dozen.
Hilt and Plum Frame Leolcing Claseee, of erer)
enrie:y
All knots of Bed•, Hair and dusk• Matt
A. MATHIOT.
Not. 25 nod 27 N. Gay u., near Fayette at., Dalt.
June 27, 1-.57-ly
IVIUSIO FOIL THE MILLION.
TORN F. lIEINITSII, jr., Wholesale and Re
it) mit dealer in
MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
for •+tle, 111 hi• new .tore, No 3 lgu.i Orange
street. Imitett.ter • lire litige,4 and hest assortment of
11., above, ever offered to the caucus of Lancaster
county.
Egelustve agent for the solo of Princes celebrated
Nfelodeunts, at the manufacturer's prices.
Perpons wit.hing to porelta.te '•rialto Fortino from
any manufacturer in the. United S tams, are respect-
Mily notified that it very large saving can be made
by ordering them through him.
tie hopes by strict and personal attention to bud.
nes4, and an enrue.t de-I re to please, to merit the pa
tronage atilt who may favor him with their custom.
11Lay .2% 1 857. , I y
New Grocery, Wine & Liquor Store.
Tn Rubstrikr has opened at his old Aland,
corner of Filth nod thlioll atreeis. a complete
asaortmeal of all Linda of GROCERIES; where he
will iiivrtiya lie prepared 10 aupply. on the most rem.
.unable ierma, liny demand for articles in Ida line of
lie liters also, a variety of WINE:a AND Li-
QUORS of till Is and will !tell in tiny (pinion).
1101 than one gonna. Ile respectfully replace.
the public to cull and 'nuke a trial stork.
GEORGE TILI.E.
N•n —Coutry Produre always on Ingnd. a por ,
time the old Soul. of Dry (:node, nog yet dingot.ed
of, w i ll b e .01111 nt 10 per cent. below cost.
Columbia, Ntuy 164f:17.
THE COLUBILBI49. 13131.1g1C.
°CITED at Columbia,Lnnrastcr county,
L of reniasylvallia. her eby gives notice that an
:
L
application will be made to the Legislature of said
State. at their next le5PlOll, for an extension and re
newal of the charter of the said Bank. for fifteen years
from the expiration of the present charter. with the pres
ent name rad style. By order of the i)ireetors.
SAMUEL S!10011, Cashier.
Columbia.. July 4, 1857-Gm
NOTICE is hereby given, that agreeably to
lilt laws of tins Liontitonwealth.there will be an
applieation made to the next legislature of Pennsyl
vania. for an Act of Incorporbon of a bank, In be
culled the "Accommodation Rank.. with general
bunking privileges of issue. discount. and deposit.
aoh a eaptial of one hundred thousand dollars, with
the privilege of increasing the slime to two hnndred
and filly thou-and dollars. to be located in the borough
of Columbia. lanicasner en.. l'a.
CO ininif !line 211, I F47.6m0
I
The War Trail; Or, The Hunt of the
Wild Horse.
A ROMANCE of the Prairie, by Capt, )Jayne
11. Reid. This hook has been pronounerd.hy good
Judges, to be the best or the secimi, which is no ‘mall
Prat,. when we refer to the encomiums which the
Americo)] Press has la-slowed upon the "F.enlp I
ten;" ••R ide Rangers," ;White Chief'," he.. awarding,
to them a high posation among works eminently
instrumwe and interesting. For vele at
RiPRENORR & WESTHAEFFER . F..
A.R. 1. 19:07. 33 North Queen street. uneasier.
Xiandkercbief Extracts.
?BILE undersigned bee Just received 'a supply of
.I. this desirable perfumety,gueh as. Rose, Musk, Por
tugal, Parebouli, Geraqi_ ,um Jasmin. Ver
bena:tipper Ten. %Vest ,En. Baguet Caroline, Boquet
Philadetphia, Sweet 13, - jar, Jockey Club, he.
rr.
Golden Mortar Drug Store, Trout at.. Columb He ia, Pa.
May ZI,IC.S.^.
MUSIC.
THE LARGEST
IN TILE CITY OF BALTIMORE
SOFAS;
NOTICII.
"NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1857.
ipttrts.
From the New York Picayune. Sept. 5
The Domicile Erected by John.
TRANSLATED FROM TIM VULGATE 01 Y. GOOSE
EZEI3I
Behold the Alansion reared by dwdal Jack
See the malt stored in many a plethoric sack,
In the proud cirque of Ivan's bivouac.
Mark how the rat's felonious fang! invade
The golden stores in John's pavilion laid..
Anon with velvet foot and Tarquin stride.,
Subtle Grimalkin to his quarry glides.
Grimalkin grim, that slew she fierce rodent,
Whose tooth insidious Johann's sackcloth rent'.
Le! now the deep-mouthed canine foe's assault,
'Flint vexed the avenger of the stolen malt,
Stored in the hallowed precincts of that hall
That rose complete at Jack's creative call.
Here stalks the impetuous cow, with crumpled horn,
‘Vhereon the exacerbating hound was torn,
NVIto hayed the feline alaugher-heast that slew
The rat predacious, whose keen fangs ran throngh
The textile fibres that involved the grain,
Which lay in Hans' inviolate domain.
Here walks forlorn the damsel crowned with rue,
Lactiferous spoils from vaccine dugs who drew,
Of that corniculate beast whose tortuous horn
Tossed to the clouds in fierce vindictive scorn,
The harrying hound, whose bragart bark and stir
Arched the lithe spine and reared the indignant fur
Of puss, that with verminicidal claw
Struck the weird rat in whose insatiate maw,
Lay reeking malt that erst in Juan's courts we SAW.
Robed in senescent garb that seems in sooth
Too long a prey to Chronos' iron tooth,
Behold the man whose amorous lips incline
Full with young Eros' osculative sign,
To the 'lore maiden whose last albic hands
Drew albu.lactic from the lacteal glands
Of that immortal bovine, by whose horn
Distort, to realms ethereal was borne
The beast catulean,vexer of that sly
Ulysses quadrupedal, who made die
The old mordacions Rat that dared devour
Anteceilaceous ale in John's domesiic bower
Lorhere, with hirsute honors doffed succinct
Of saponaceous locks, the Priest who 'hiked
In Itymen's golden bands the torn midwife,
Whose means exiguous stared from many a rift,
Even as he kissed the virgin all forlorn,
Who milked the cow with implicated horn,
Who in fine wrath the canine torturer skied,
That dared to vex the insidious mericide,
Who let auroral effluence through the pelt
Of the sly rat that robbed the palace Jack had built
The loud cantankerous Shanghae comes at last,
Whose shouts arouse the shorn ecelesiast,
Who sealed the vows of liymen's sacrament,
To him who robed in gasments indigent,
Ezosculates the damsel lachrymose,
The emulgator of that horned brute morose,
That loosed the dog, that worried the eat. that kin
The rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack
Wine
=I
I love wine! bold beir, , ht wine!
That maketh the epirit both dance and shins!
Other may care
For water lure;
Dot give me—wino:
Ancient wine! brave old wine!
How it around the heart doth twine!
Poets tnay love
The stars above;
But I 10VC—.V1
Nought but wine! noble wino,
Strong and sound, and old, and gine.
What ran scare
The devil despair
Like brave, bright wine?
O brave wine! rare old wine!
Once thou west deemed ■ God divine!
Bad are the rhymes
And had the times,
Thnt scorn old wine!
Se, brays wine dear old wine
Morning, noon, and night I'm thine
NVhatever may be,
I'll ,rand by thee,
Immortal wine!
gtirrtirmo.
rrom Clambers' Siliscellsor
The Husband's Secret
One day, a good many years ago, a young
woman knocked at the door of a little cottage
in the suburbs of the town of Newcastle
upon-Tyne. The knock was immediately
responded to by the opening of the door from
within. An aged woman, neatly dressed,
and who had evidently risen from her wheel,
was the sole inmate of the little cot.
'Bless your heart, girl,' said the dame, as
she entered with her visitor, and sat down
to the wheel again, 'there must surely be
`somesomething particular about you to-day, for
thing
did not use to knock.'
'I was afraid some one might be with you,
mother,' said the girl, who had taken a seat
opposite the spinner.
'And though a neighbor had been here,'
replied the dame, 'this surely wouldn't have
frightened you away, but the truth is, you
hare something to say to me, Catharine,'
continued the speaker, kindly; 'out with it,
my dear, and depend upon the best counsel
that old Hannah can give.'
The young woman blushed deeply and
did not speak.
'Has William Hutton asked you to become
his wife, Catharine?' said the dame, who
easily and rightly anticipated the matter
that was in the thoughts of her youthful
visitor.
'He has, mother,' was the reply.
'Well, my dear,' said she after a short
pause, 'is not this what you have long ex
pected, aye, and wished? Ile has your heart;
and so I suppose it needs no witch to tell
what will be the end on't.
This might be all very true, but there mks
something on Catharine's mind which strug
gled to be out, and out it came.
'Dear Hannah,' said she, seating herself
close by the dame, and taking bold of her
hand, 'you have been a kind friend—a parent l i
—to me since my poor mother died, and I
have no one to look to for advice but your
self. I have not given William an answer,
and I would not until I bad spoken to you;
more especially as something—as you once
said—'
What did I say, Catharine?' interrupted
the old woman; 'nothing against the man you
love, surely. He is, from all I have seen
and heard, kind-hearted, industrious, and
every way well-behaved.'
'Yes, Hannah,' replied the girl; but you
once said, after I'brought him once or twice
to see you, that you did not like those—
those sort of low fits that sometimes fall
upon him even when in your company.—
I have often noticed them since, Hannah,'
continued Catharine, with a sigh.
'Plague on my thoughtless tongue, for
saying such a thing to vex you, my dear
child! He was a soldier, you know, a good
many years ago—before he was twenty—
and fought for his country. Perhaps he
may have seen sights then that made him
grieve to think upon, without blaming him
self. But whatever it may be, I meant not,
Catharine, that you should take such a pas
sing word to heart. If he has some little
cares, you will easily soothe him, and make
him happy.'
As the worthy dame spoke, her visitor's
brow gradually cleared, and after some fur
ther conversation, Catharine left the cottage
lightened at heart with the thought that her
old friend approved of her following the
course to which her inclination led her.
Catharine Smith was indeed well entitled
to pay respect to the counsels of Hannah.—
The latter had never married, and had spent
the greater part of her life in the service of
a wealthy family at Morpeth. When she
was there, the widowed mother of Catharine
had died at Newcastle: and, on learning of
the circumstances, Hannah, though a friend
merely, and no relation, had sent for the
orphan girl, then ten years of age, and had
taken care of her until she grew fit to main
tain herself by her v ice. On finding herself
unable to continue a working life longer,
Hannah retired to Newcastle, her native
place, where she lived in bumble comfort on
the earnings of her long career of servitude.
Catharine came back with her to Newcastle,
and immediately entered into service there.
Hannah and Catharine had been two years
in these respective situations when the dia. : .
le,gue which has just been recorded took
place.
On the succeeding expiration of her term
of service, Catharine was married to the
young man whose name had been stated as
being William Hutton. He was a joiner by
trade, and bore, as Hannah had said, an
excellent character. Tho first visit paid
by the new married pair, was to the cottage
of the old woman, who gazed on them with
truly maternal pride, thinking she had nev
er seen so handsome a couple. The few
years spent by Hutton in the army, lied
given to his naturally good figure an erect
manliness, which looked as well in one of
his sex as the light, graceful figure, and fair,
ingenuous countenance of Catharine, was
calculated to adorn one of woman kind.—
Something of this kind, at least was in the
thoughts of Hannah, when Catharine and
her husband visited the dame's dwelling.
Many a future visit was paid by the same
Parties to Hannah, and on each successive
occasion the old woman looked narrowly,
though as unobtrusively as possible, into the
state of the wife's feelings, with a motherly
anxiety to know if she was happy. Fur,
though Hannah, seeing Catharine's affee
dens deeply engaged, had made light of her
own early remark upon the strange and
most unplcasing gloom occasionally, if not
frequently observable, in the look and man
ner of William Hutton, the old woman was
never able to rid her own mind altogether
of misgivings on the subject. For many
months after Catharine's marriage, however,
Hannah could discover nothing but open,
unalloyed happiness in the air, and conver
sation of the youthful wife. But at length
Hannah's anxious eye did perceive some
thing like a change. Catharine seemed
sometimes to fall, when visiting the cottage,
into fits of abstraction, not unlike those
which had been observed in her husband.—
The aged dame had felt greatly distressed
at the thought of her dear Catharine being
unhappy, but for a long time held her peace
upon the subject, trusting that the cloud
might be a temporary one, and would dis
appear.
It was not so, unfortunately. Though in
their manner to each other when together,
nothing but the most cordial affection was
i observable, Catharine, when sbe came alone
to see Hannah, always seemed a prey to
! some uneasiness which all ber efforts could
not conceal from her old friend. Even
when she became for the first time a mother,
and with all the beautiful pride of a young
mother's love, presented her babe to Han
nah, the latter could see signs of a secret
grief imprinted on Cathariue's brow.
Hoping by her counsel to bring relief,
Hannah took an opportunity to tell the
young wife what she had observed, and ear
nestly besought her confidence.
At first Catharine stammered forth a hur
ried assurance that she was perfectly happy,
and in a few seconds belied her words by
bursting into tears and owning that she was
very unhappy.
'But I cannot, Hannah,' sho exclaimed,
'I cannot tell the cause—even to you.'
'Don't say so, my poor Catharine,' replied
flann.th; 'lt is not curiosity that prompts
me to interfere.'
'Oh, no, Hannah,' replied the young wife,
'I know you speak from love to me.'
'Well, then,' 'continued the dame, 'open
your heart to me. Age is a good adviser.'
Catharine was silent.
'ls your husband harsh to you?' asked
Hannah.
'No,' cried the wife; 'man could not be
kinder to woman than he is to me.'
'Perhaps he indulges in drink; in—'
'Hannah, you mistake altogether,' was
Catbarine's reply; 'my husband is as free
from all such faults as ever man was.'
'My dear child,' said the old woman, al
most smiling as the idea entered her head;
'you are not suspicious—not jealous—'
'I have never had a moment's cause, Han
nah,' answered Catharine. 'No, my griefs
are not of that nature, Ho is one of the
best and dearest of husbands.'
Old Hannah was puzzled at these replies,
as she was distressed by the open avowal of
Catbarine's having some cause of sorrow;
but, seeing that her young friend could not
make up her mind to a disclosure at the
time, the aged dame gave up her inquiries,
and told Catharine to think seriously of the
propriety of confiding all to her.
Hannah conceived that, on mature consid
eration, Catharine would come to the resolu
tion of seeking counsel ttt the cottage. And
she was not wrong. In a few days after the
late conversation, the young wife came to
visit Hannah again, and, after a little em
barrassed talk, entered upon the subject up
permost in the minds of both.
'Hannah,' said Catharine. fear you
can serve me nothing—l fear no living be
ing can serve me-0, Hannah, good as my
husband appears to me—good us he is—
there is some dreadful weight pressing upon
his mind, which destroys his peace—and
mine too. Alas! the gloomy fits which you,
as well as I, have noticed in him, are not, I
fear, without cause.' Catharine wept in si•
lence for a moment, and then continued: 'All
that I know of this cause arises from his I
expressions, his dreadful expressions, while
Ihe is asleep at my side. Hadnah, Ile speaks
in broken language of murder—of having,
committed murder! Hannah! perhaps a ,
woman deceived and killed by him.' As
Catharine said this, she shuddered and
buried her face in that of the babe which
she carrid in her arms.
Hannah was shocked to hear of this, but
her good sense led her to suggest, for the
comfort of the poor wife, that it was per
fectly possible for her husband to consider
himself a murderer in his sleep, and speak
of it without time slightest reality in His
whole affair.
'Alm, Hannah,' said Catharine sadly, 'these
dreadful sayings are not the result of one
nightmare slumber. They occur too often
—too often. Besides, when I first heard
him mutter in his sleep these horrible timings,
I mentioned the matter to him in the morn
ing at our breakfast, and laughed at it; but
he grew agitated, and telling me to pay no
attention to such things, as ho sometimes
talked nonsense, he knew, in his sleep,
he rose and went away, leaving his meal
unfinished; indeed, scarcely touched. I tun
sure he does not know how often he speaks
in his sleep, for I have never mentioned the
subject again—though my rest is destroyed
by it. And then his fits of sadness at ordi
nary moments! Hannah! Hannah! there is
some mystery—some terrible mystery under
it! Yet,' continued the young wife, 'he is so
good—so kind—so dutiful to God and to
man! Ile has too much tenderness and feel
ing to harm a fly! Hannah, what nm I to
think or do? for I am wretched at present.'
It was long ere the old dame replied to
this question. She mused greatly upon what
bad been told her, and, in the end, said to
Catharine—`Hy poor child, I cannot believe
that William is guilty of what theie circum
stances lay seemingly at his door. But, if
the worst be true, it is bettor for you to
know it than to be in this killing suspense
forever. Go and gain his confidence, Catha
rine; tell him all that has come to your ear;
and say that you did so by my advice.'—
Hannah continued to use persuasions of the
same kind for some time longer, and at
length sent Catharine home, firmly resolved
to follow the counsel given her.
On the following day, Catharine once more
presented herself at the abode of Hannah,
and as soon as she entered, exclaimed: 'Dear
mother, I have told him all! he will be here
soon to explain everything to us both.'
The old woman did not exactly compre
hend this. "Has he not," said she, "given
lany explanation to you?"
'No, Hannah,' said Catharine; 'but, oh.
ho is not guilty, when I had spoken as you
i desired me, he was silent a long time, and
lie then took me in his arms, Hannah, and
kissed me, saying: "My darling Catharine,
I ought. to have confided in you long before.
I have been unfortunate, not guilty. Go to
kind Hannah's, and I will soon follow you,
and set your mind at ease, as far as it can
be done. Had I known how much you have
been suffering, I would have done this long
before." These viere his words, Hannah.
Oh, he may be unfortunate, but not guilty.'
llanna.h and Catharine said little to each
other until the latter came to the cottage.
William sat down gravely by the side of his
wife, and after kindly inquiring for the old
woman, at once commenced to tell his story.
'The reasons of my unhappy exclama
tions in my sleep, which have weighed so
much upon my mind, dear Caroline, may be
very soon told. They arose from a circum
stance which has much embittered my own
peace, but which I hope it to be regarded as
a calamity rather than a crime. When I
entered the army, which I did at the age of
19, the recruiting party to which I attached
- $1,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,00 IF NOT IN ADVANCE
myself was sent to Scotland, where we re
mained but a few days, being ordered again
to England, in order to be transported again
to the continent. One unhappy morning,
as we were passing out of the town where
we had rested on our march southward, my
companions and I chanced to see a girl, ap
parently about fifteen years of age, washing
clothes in a tub. Being the most light
hearted among the light-hearted, I took up
a large stone with the intention of splashing
the water against the girl. She stooped
hastily, and shocking to tell when I threw
the stone, it struck her on the head, and she
fell to the ground, with, I fear, her skull
fractured. Stupefied at what I had done, I
stood gazing on the stream of blood rushing
from my poor victim's head when my coin
pardons observing that no one had seen us
—for it was then early in the morning—
hurried me oft. We were not pursued, and
we were in a few weeks on the continent:
but the image of that bleeding girl followed
me everywhere; and since I came home I
have never dared to inquire the result, lest
suspicion should be excited, and I should he
hung for murder; for I fear, from the dread
ful nature of the blow, that the death of that
poor creature lies at my door:'
While Hutton was relating his story, he
had turned his eyes to the window; but
what was his astonishment, as he was con
cluding, to hear old Hannah cry aloud,
"Thank God!" while his wife broke into an
hysterical passion of tears and smiles, and
threw herself into his arms.
lly dear husband!' cried she as soon as
her voice found utterance, 'that town was
Morpeth?'
'lt wag,' said he.
'Dear William,' the wiFe then erica,
am that girl!'
'Von, Catharine!' cried the amazed and
enraptured husband, Ili he pressed her to
his breast.
'Yes,' said old Hannah, from whose eyes
tears were fast dropping, 'the girl whom
yon unfortunately struck was she who is
the wife of your bosom; but your fears had
magnified the blow. Cathartne was found
by myself, soon after the accident; and
though she lost a little blood and wa ,
stunned for n time, she soon got reused
again. Praised be Heaven fur bringing
about this esplanationr
`Amen!' cried Catharine and her husband
Peace and happiness, as much as usually
falls to the lot of mortals, were the lot of
Catharine and her husband, from this time
tbrward, their great source of disquietude
being thus token away. The wife even
loved the husband more, from the discovery
that the circumstances which had caused
her distress, were but a proof of his extreme
tenderness of heart and conscience; and
William was attached the more strongly to
Catharine, after finding her to be the person
whom he unwittingly injured. A new tic,
as it were, had been formed between them.,
The Fortune of Abdullah
A PERSIAN' STORY.
Abdallah was a prosperous barber of Shi
rar: he married a woman of surpassing
beauty, but excessively vain, so that his
whole subtanco was consumed in providing
1 her with dressos:trinkets and the luxuries
of a miniature harem.
Above all other women the wife of Has
san, the king's astrologer, was envied by
the wife of Abdallah,
,the unostentatious
barber; fur this lady a noted great grandeur,
and could afford it, on account of the large
salary and handsome presents bestowed
upon her husband.
One day the discontented beauty an
nounced to Abdallah that she would nolong,-
er continue to live with him, unless ho gave
up the miserable business of a barber, and
adopted that of an astrologer. In vain did
he represent to her that trimming beyrds
Was his habit, while of astrological predic
tions he knew nothing. She insisted, and
the unfortunate man, infatuated by affection
resolved to obey.
So, observing the eccentric practices of
the astrologers, he took a brass basin and a
pestle of steel into the bazaar, and, smiting'
his basin, cried aloud that ho would calcu
late nativities, predict the events of the fu
ture, detect thieves, and recover lost proper-!
ty. His neighbors were astonished, and
ono and all said, 'Abdallah, the barber, was
c"rtainly mad!" But it chanced that a cer ,
min lady, returning from the bath, walked ;
through the bazaar with her veil torn. She
appeared in great distress, and upon bear-.
ing the cry of Abdall.,h, sent one of her
slaves to him with this message:
'lf you are an imposter, my husband will
cause you to be bastinadoed; if you are real
ly an astrologer, inform me where I shall
find a necklace of pearls which r have lost
this day.'
Poor Abdullah, bewildered, gazed upon
the lady, and in gaining time to invent nn
answer said:
'She can wiu the pearls when they are
'near for the veil is Orn.'
These words were reported to her by the
slat-a and she uttered a cry of joy.
'Admirable prophet,' she exclaimed, 'I
placed my pearls, for safety, in a rent that
is in the veil of the bath;' and she ordered
Abdallah to be presented with forty gold
pieces.
Nov, it should be known that in the Per
sian baths there aro screens, the name of
which is the same as the native ward for
veil. So, Abdallah, by a lucky accident of
speech, had not only saved himself from the
[WHOLE NUMBER, 1,419.
bast:nado, but had gained furty pieces of
gold.
At length another lady, the wire of tho
king's treasurer, made her appearance, aid
just at that moment a messenger from tbo
treasurer came up to Abdullah in the bazaar
and spoke to him. The lady stood close 1... y
and listened.
•Abdallah,' said the slave. 'my master has
lost the king's great ruby; if thou halt the
wisdom of the stars thou eanst find it; if act
the art a pretender, and I will assuredly
cause thee to be Lastinadoed:
This time the unfortunate barber was at
his wit's end. 'O, woman,' he ez.cluitned,
'thou art the author of this:'
lie meant his own wife, but the wife of
the treasurer, who stood by, imagined he
referred to her. Guilt is oh; 0.3 s pale, the
poet says. She herself had stolen the king's
ring, and helimed that the astrologer was
aware of her crime. So, when the messen
ger had departed, leaving the barber petri
fied with perplexity, ,he approached him
and said in a soft tone, 'O, astroleg,erl I con
fess that, in an hour of avarice, I took the
jewel. Restore it without scudina me to
condemnation.'
Abaallah sterol y replica: 'Woman, I knew
thy guilt. Where is the jewel?'
She answered, 'Under the fourth cushion
from the door, in the apartment of Kashem,
my lord's Georgian slave.'
Abdallah hastened to the palace, was re
warded with a robe of honor, a thousand
gold pieces, and a costly ornament.
Urged by his wife, Abdallah essayed once
more. The king's treasury had been bro
ken open, and linty ch&ts of money had
been carried away. Not a trace of the
thieves had been discovered. The royal as
trologer lied tried every sort of divination
and failed, and was, therefore, in disgrace.
But the fame of Abdallah, which was now
spoken of in all Shiraz, had reached the ear
of the king, who sent fur him, and gave him
audience io the hall ofKalnetSerponchideh.
'Abdallah,' ho said, with a severe expres
sion in his face, 'art thou truly able, to read
the stars?'
'Put me to tho proof!' answered the bar
ber, who was now prepared for the worst.
'Then disem,er the forty chests of money
which have been stolen, as well as the crim
inal. Succeed, and thou shalt marry fi
princess, and become my minister; fail, and
I will hang thee!'
•There must hare been forty theires,'sz.id
Abdallah, making a fortunate and not Tory
difficult guess. 'Grant me forty days!'
'Forty days thou shalt have,' said the
king, 'nnd thou shalt then die, or live for
riches and honor.'
So the barber went home awl told his
wife, and said, 'I have forty days to live; I
will sit upon my prayer mat and meditate
on the evils of life and the blessedness of
death. Give me, I beg then, forty beans.—
At the hour of evening prayer, daily, I will
give thee one, that, by counting the remain
der, I may remember how many days I have
to lire
She complied, and, every day nt the exact
boor of sunset, Abdallah gave her a bean,
end said, with great firmness and solemnity
'There is one of them.' And on the last
day, he said, in an excited manner, 'There
are the whole forty of them!'
What was his astonishment, when at that
very instant a violent knocking was heard
nt the door. A crowd of men were admit
ted, and one of them, evidently the chief,
said:
'O, Abdoilah. wise astrologer, thou shalt
receive the forty chests of gold untouched,
but spare our lives!'
In supreme bewilderment, he answered.
'This night I should hate siezed thee and
thy wretched companion; but tell me, on
thy head, how knewest thou that I possess
ed this knowledge?'
'We hoard,' said the chief of the robbers,
that the king had sent for thee. Therefore
one of us came, at the hour of sunset, to lis
ten at thy door, and heard thee say, "There
is one of them." We would not Wier° Ms
story, and sent two to ascertain, and then
vast heard to sac, "There are two of them;"
and this night, 0 wonderful, thou did'st ex
claim, "There arc the whole forty," but re
store the king's money, and do not deliver
us unto the executioner."
Abdullah promised to do what he could.
Being admitted to the palace. he &dared
that, owing to some mr:tery of the vtors, it
was given to discover either the thietes or
the treasure, but not both. The monarch at
length consented to take the forty chests,
and fulfilled his promise to Alidallah.
' rairSCClW—the crowded (leek of an Amer
lean packet from Californi;c
' California. to Skipper—"l should like a
elePping berth. neow,if you please."
Skipper—'Why, where have you teen
sleeping for the last two weeks sinco we left
California's"
California—'`Wall, I've hewn sleeping on
the top of a sick man, but he's vt better,
noow, :Ind he says I've 7„>t to move my
boots,"
ferlt hac been satisfactorily ascertained
that ducks enter the water for direr.. reasons,
and come nut for owl dry motile..
.rlf the people of Portugal are Porto
geese, is it proper to call one of thorn a por
tugoosc?
ISP9.—Why are bees nice enmintero;3l peo
ple? ThICrURe. the2r cc their