Met= Henri's 'One evening when the rain fell in torrents, to old wonmn who passed iu the neighbor aood fur a sorceress, and who inhabited a poor cabin in the forest of Saint Germain, France. beard some one Imock at the dour. She opened it and saw a cavalier, vivo de manded shelter from the storm. She put his horse in the stable, and bid him enter. Ly the light or a sulok :F , kra - ) site saw that he was a young nobleman. llis appearance denoted his uuth, his dress his The old Volla.l4ll4ltta the tire and deman ded if he w,tnted to eat. A stomach of six teen years is like a heart of the , ame age. cry edger and a little hard. The young man replied in the :WO:ut itive. pieee of cheese and a loaf of black bread wets I.l.leed un the tU'Lle. This was the snpply of the srent an. have no mere,' said she to the young, I cavalier. - Leh.ld whit the church tithes, the tames aml the excise haw left nte to oar to poor trat eier , ; vittont saying anything of the pcollc in the neighborhood caning tue a witch, and saying that i -am in league -14 ith the delih itt order to tot me, without committing .lny et the produce or 013 I,oor farm.' t!, e. ti'ntleman, 11 I Cl c r ':nevoloc kin,; ,t".l 7 r.i.tice I will tasys. an l haVe tile I)e,a)le, cluvated,' 'clod will help 5,11,' the old tvo 'man. At ,111, tLe caN.triel• iippreaelied the table to &It: "out at tie ?acne instant It rat: :It the door Itrte , ted him. The old tl'011111:t opened and ~Itr another cavalier drenched rain, 11%4 ' 1 shelter. Lt grantc.l, ira‘l , !:• entert•,l Jn ftm.l II•oro w:l6 . onAhew :,,,ung man, another ni .111:.11 1 - , it IBM •11, woman h•.. n^ ttr. 11,4 t they be party e• i dii LAU.] 1 :tin! that thu 1 , ...,01 :II 11.,111 1 , 1 ! ITiem iti th,• eumer, 'bast thou ;r 1 “.; -.• r•plieri rho, .' l:•i 'WO kill di% •nri ont.l, g,rintace, lillt Eee• ir 4 - the r. ,?:we c,,in,tcll:o.ce of the second ,;ti I in a , nllon tune: Lot 11, The th012.2 1 /I /,',•17:*0/ 11111) after these words tNhlch he ,lid w t dare to express, 'Let LI , , I;Ni,10. ha- fear he hvuld take all.' They ~-tt dvttn m opposite ,ides of the table, and one comntencal enttiug the bread with hi, ,:ag;.,er„ m hen a third rap was given at the door. The 11),,tiog vas singular-- This was another nobleman, another young man, another ll‘nri. The old woman re garded Clem with luas of surprise. The first wi,lied to e,mee,tl the bread and cheese , the second rcplaeed th,la on the table, and laid Lis ~., . .tbrn down hr it. The third Henri `You will give tee none of sour supper thee,' :said be: 'I eau wait.' 'The supper,' said the first Henri, 'be longs of right to the first occupant.' "The ,upper,' said the second, 'belongs to him who ran best defend it.' The thiALlfenri became red vith anger, ton] sail fiercely: 'Peril:ll)J IL beIOrIZS t() Lieu AN hu can take 'Thee word, were hardly spoken -when the fir,t Ilenri drew hi, poignard, the oth ers their ,words. they were uhout to to a fourth hip was heard, a fourth yonng man, a fourth nobleman, a fourth Ifenri wa, introdd el. At the sight of the naked ,cord , lie drew hi, own, placed hini , elf by the ,Ide of the weake,t and c u a g ht de,perately. The fri,:lltencl of l woman concealed her sclf and the s , a ords flew, Lreaking every thing withia their roach. The lamp was knocked dean, emihgnished, a n d co t c r y 07/..! fought in the dart:. The clang of the .tworkls lasted t•ottie time, they gradually subsided, and ce.i.ingaltt•gether. Then the old woman teutnred forth from her hitling-plaee, relighted the lamp, and :-;,IW four young men stretched out upon the floor. each one with a wound. :She exam ined than; fatigue bad done more towards+ prostrating them than the loss of blood.— They then arose, cnd ashamed of what they bad done, they .:ommenced laughing, and suid: Come, :mil in peace, and NY ithullt NI ?angling.' But when they 1 ked ft. lire supper it was on tie. Ceitir, mi.:lllo,d under their feet, and full of lihtod. 4 )ti the other land the cabin was denwee and the old woman, seat ed a corner, lhosd her blood Tot eyes on the four youitz a14;11. •S'iluLt dos.t thou qt - ... 0 upon us?' said the lit -t Henri, whom her fixed gale troubled. •1 atn ut your destinie. written uu your ruts said 'he. roughly commando] lier to reN Cill !II tln: tno us hers laughed. o'.d udinuol: ...//n are all this eabia, ,11:111 oil .dl h unitr.l in th , _! Fain(' ilc• • Dy. tia.a all tralaplcd wlor: . /„../ur f. 1 . ! :UP) 71` , 1 With )4.'101 tile. lick lr. - Ipit.[l;r} ha, //111. red you. you will truniplo up n + :Wu,e the power which 3au will A, you have devastated and im putcii-hea this hut, you Aid! devastate and itapoveri,li France; As you have all four loaas utautided in the dark, you will all four pC:1,1 ,, I.y trea , on and a ..lulent death.' The four tiohleman could nut help laugh iea., at the preaktion of the old woman. Tite , e, four noldetnan were the four bert,e , of the Lea Aue, two it- and two its emetuie , . Henri de Conde was poisoned Lv Lis servant; dicer; de Guise itsze•sinatel by the *Quarrante Cinque.' Henri Valois ( I ['curl 111.,) assassinated Ly J4eques Clem ent; [earl de BourLou Isam minated by Ravaillae. EDITORIAL i'vLITENr..i.-AD editor thus aavertises 1t Ls missing hat: The gentleman who inadvertently took our now beaver, Etna left an inferior article in its stead, will do us infinite kindness by returning , our own, and ho shall receive our warmest thanks and two apologies: an.upol ogy fur the trouble we have given him, -and tb" "apol ,, gy for a hat" lie left us. 61,1 E eniumbia I PENNSYLVANIA ;NDUESDENT JOIRNAL. COLUMBIA. PA. I "1" SATURDAY, DKEMBER 8 1g57. Convocation of the Episcopal cler gy, called by the Bishop of the Diocese, will be held in St. Paul's Church, Columbia, on the 16th, 17th and ISt!, insts. The Ut. Rev. Bishop Potter, Dr. Bowman, the Rev. , 3fessrs. Thomsen, of York, Castleman, of Harrisburg, Hawkins, of Pequea, Stuart, o 1 Clutrelatown, :tad Appleton, of Lancaster, arc et:peated to be present, and take part iu the exercises. The rite of Confirmation will be adtultastereal. The opening sort ices will Le held on Wednesday evening, commencing at a quarter before eight o'clock. The meeting:, Nvill I,e continued un Thursday and t Frida3; morning sert, ice at ILP u'cluek, even ing at 7 o'clock. missionary meeting will be field 0.13 Friday evening. The pub lie are invited to attend. NEw rnrs,EslEVTS.—Julio Bruner, awl fur Site: Szunnel Evans, elk. Qr. Se".. N . -Neel,' _ll7llkt - rids for Tarrra Lirence.,<Ur.; evrt, B. Shultz, E.,/ray; Thonms W('lsh, ..Volice to ./) , Uors: 0..1. Wood Co., // , ,,i• Rez,oaru,oice: Ephra Ina II •..!:ef, T.r.Perg of cill,w; I: . .Stottch, Pear.as Part 11. Pl:Oiler, , 11 I'. Fonderslaitl4, Ncic ais, Burewyie (lydrrtrrrr r. tr-T.,..Ottr thanks :tire warmly tendered to our friend, 11 - . m. Patrol), for as tine. juicy and tender a venison steak as Nl' e have l 2 Vet' ettj ccd. It we eauttot &ittht, of his o.vit hiaimt, Le haNing been on a sport log excursion into the Broad Top region, :aid returned laden with spoils. rp - 11 . ,VV e are indebted to Ihm. A. E. Rob ert, a copy of Pre,ideut's :71.1e,..,-age and report,. of the bead', of departote.,t,. MT....We call attention to the Practicing Party aaverti,ol by Prufe. , ,sor Stuuelt, fur Thur.-Al:1y evening next. Lcrn•rr..—Rev. Dr. NioCroo, of Dalti- Inure, will deliver a lecture, on the subject, "Eforptenee Esse/dial to Republican Imtitu lions," in this place, on Friday evening next, December IS, in the Odd Fellows' Hall.— We understand a number of our citizens have been instrumental in procuring the services of Dr. MeCron, who is admitted to be one of the most eloquent and popular speakers in the country, for the cry of this lecture. The lecture on "Eloquence," .l-c., was given in the Maryland Institute, Baltimore, and received with so much appro• bation that, by request, he repeated it three successive evenings to very large audiences. At York, and other places where he has lee tared, he h:u been greeted with the greatest applause by full audiences. We hope the flail will be well tilled on - Friday evening \ next, and have no doubt that all ‘vho go to hear him will be g,ratitied and instructed. New YEAR'S EVE e are request ed to announce a forthcoming entertain ment, the "Seventh Annual Mull of the Co lututda Fire Company," to be given on Thursday, New i ear' , Eve. This ball has becomes an established annual event in our borough, and scarcely needs our good word to call out the citizens in attendance. The pracceds are to be devoted to the wants of the company giving the entertainment, and certainly the "Old Columby," deserves a bumping benefit, for she is always in service and always on hand. The affairs of the company are, we belie% e, wi-ely adminis tered, and any eill,rts on the part of citizens to contribute to the greater efficiency of its apparatus will be properly appreciated and repaid in hard work in time of need. We trust to see :t large anal brilliant turn out on the occa-ion. K u r.rt noe KEP, PECLN1111:11.--Our good old friend is with us once in•wc, with it. buglget of entertainment, worths of the Chri,ttnas nunitii. The lilniekerbocker bravely keeps up its reputation, and is the American of our monadic.... E nt i r oy original ill all its eontents—most of all in its editor's "Cot-sip ith Readers and Cur re•pondents,"—it offers attractions to sule 1:61,er, not sat p. , , , sed by auk• magazine iu th e o,untry. The precept ;lumber 1 , , more than u-nally eNeellent: can commend the thole number, but mu,t most particu larly note the genial, kindly llntice of its new ri% al, the "Atlantic Monthly," showing a spirit abuse the petty jealon•io , of trait, but no more than all readers of )1,1 Buick" ' expect from Lewis G❑} lord CI: krke. GR %ITS M's 31. v; tzts:r..—Graham for Janu ary, ahead of all rit als iu i•'ae, and I cry 114 to lie even 'trill) the I.c•t in contents.— The new year i. commenced in a I, raw new .Ire.,, and with increased attractions. Mr. Leland in the editorial department, and if Snt•," of the "yarns" are not altogether fie 1,, they are framed so cunningly and elnirmingly Lc "Mei-ter Karl," that we weh cone them for the sake of their :Turk- 11:1 1 ; .urrounditigg Goner ron JAVl7.lllY.—Godey commences the new year with a specimen number that cannot fail to attract subscribers. As usual, lie has laid himself out to please the ladies, and offers for their amnsement and instruc tion the fashions new and strange. patterns of every form and hue, and a miscellany of general interest ..Y4) 114 the time to subscribe. Terms, :.:',3,1r) a year LONDON grAILTERIM HEN IEW.—We receive from Leonard Scott Co., N. Y., their Lon• don Quarterly Review. for October. It con tams:—Cornwall; Tont Brown's School I lay 4; •Cummunicatinn with Podia; Venetian Em 'hascy nt the Court of James LI A Voyage to lechoid. ikc.: The Parhilt Priest; George Stephenson and Railway Locomotion; 14:Winn Mutiny. ECLECTIL: MEDICAL JULIO: liaue received the Eclectic 31cdical Journal for Deoetnber. It is an excellent number of a valuable Medical prsiudical, BURGLAIW.--On the night of Thursday, Gth inst., the jewelry store of Mr. John Felix was brokm open and robbed of goods to the amount of about $1:20. The thief bored through the side of the bulk window and removed the fastening of the shutters, get ting access to the plus:, which he broke, thus effecting an entrance. Fortunately the I most valuable contents of the store were se cured in the safe, but the rubber carried off several boxes of gold pens and other plun der. On the discovery of the burglary in the morning, Mr. Lewis Tredeniek and Mr. Jacob M. Strickler undertook the investiga tiun of the affair, and soon obtained a clue in the shape of an augur and tarred cloth which were found among the board piles on the river shore. They traced the ownership of the augur, after considerable trouble, to' a German tailor, employed by Mr. Martini, in Front street. Ire was arrested and taken before Justice Welsh, where evidence was produced of his purchase of the augur at J. W. Cottrell's, and of his having had it fitted with a handle at a blacksmith's shop in Fifth street. Marks of gas tar were also found on his clothes, and his !eft hand was cut: the mark of a bloody left hand was im ! printed on one of the clocks in Mr. Felix's store. lie gave his name as Lewis Aubi ' son. Ile was committed by the Justice and • art" , to have been taken to Lancaster by the evening train, but by a confession of his guilt and a promise to point out the hiding place of the booty, and reveal the names of pretended accomplice, he succeeded in being r..tabled in Columbia. Ile acknowledged the burglary. and described his mode of operations. He bored through the window frame as above stated and broke the window with a stone, first covering it \With the tarred rag to prevent the noi-e of falling gla , s. Ile endeavored to implicate several individuals, but his stories were contradictory and un worthy of belief. lie indicated several localities as the place of concealment of the stolen goods, but after thorough search, nothing Was recovered. Having ini,sed the Lancaster train the hm.,tice committed him to the leek up for the night, but from the filthy condition of time cellar, a disgrace to the borough, by the way, was induced to permit the prisoner to be guarded in a third story room, at the Washington House. Constable Hollings worth being unwell, Atthison was put into the hands of Mr. Tredenick, who was as sisted by Mr. John L. Martin. They took what they believed proper and eu'ectual precautions for the safe keeping of the bur glar, but falling asleep towards morning. the prisoner, who is evidently an old hand, knotting his ..beets together, made his escape from the window. Ile was seen about five o'clock, at C. Hershy's stable, where be asked fur a pair of trowsers, being clad only in his shirt and drawers. On being questioned as to his identity with the burglar of Sunday night, be took to his heels, and was seen passing through Tow hill shortly afterwards at a quarter gait, to the alarm of the superstitious denizens. lie was followed neat day by Justice Welsh, no far as Sellers Mill, where all trace of him was lost and the pursuit given np. Much blame has been unjustly laid upon Mr. Tredenick, and every absurd and out rageous charge, from complieity down to wilful sleep, has been made by the male grannies of the town whose time is chiefly passed in malicious gossip that would die- 1 credit the veriest old maid newsmonger in the borough. Ile, together with Mr. Strick ler, had been from an early hour in the morning until midnight, engaged in the ar duous task of ferreting out the burglar and endeavoring, to recover the stolen property, for which they both deserve the gratitude of the community, and Mr. Tretleniek was nt terly exhausted. lie relied on the watch fulness of his companion, Mr. Martin, who has come in for his share of the blame. We think that the charge of sleepy-headedness is the ino , t serious that can be laid at the door of either. We mu , t protest against the ,eandaloos connection of the names of two good citizens with that of a miserable thief, because they failed in watchfulness, and he exceeded in cunning. Aubison is still at large, and the goods hale not yet been recovered. AN/11'11En Ittantr.ttr.—On 'Thursday night the Clothing Store of Dan id llannur was entered, Ity breaking the lighto of the tram soot over the door, and a suit of clothes stolen. The basement of the stone hou e, the restaurant of Joint Shuman, was al..° broken open and the small change in the drawers, amounting to about two dollars, stolen. The intruder also helped himself to refreAments. This is undoubtedly the work of the lair• filar of Sunday niglit..k part ofa hag, walk ed John P. Stanton, Nu 1:2, was found in clothing store, and parts of old bags were also found in Hr. Martin's yard, where the fellow had evidently been to secure the goods stolen from Mr. Felix, which he so ingeniously avoided discovering to the offi cers. The belief is that he harbored in Mr. Sta man's barn, about one mile from town, using his bags to protect himself from the weather. 'On Thursday night he ventured into Columbia, furnished himself with nee ecssury Clothing, and the food he must have pretty badly needed, then lifted his plunder, concealed in u pump-boa in Mr. Martin's yard, and bid, let us hope, a Grad farewell to our good citizens. Messrs, Tredenick and Martin request us to say that if the thief will return the stolen clothes, they will give him in ex change his own suit, which is in their posses sion. Tut Cox TESTKU ELIECTION.—This case is still dragging through the Court, with no probable speedy termination iu sight. On Saturday last an investigation into the im mense fraud committed by the good citizens of Columbia, was' had before Mr. Commis sioner Green. Instead of •the hundred ille gal votes charged upon us, Eve, three fur Martin and two fur Carpenter, were discov ered. These were citizens who voted with out having paid State and County taxes within two years. The testimony had in it nothing of interest. Town Meeting At the solicitation of the Town Council and other citizens, I give notice that a meet ing will be held at the Town Hall, on Wed nesday evening, Pee. 9th, at 7 o'clock, fur the purpose of taking into consideration the application on the part of some of our citi zens, made to the Court of Quarter Sessions, praying fora chang,c in our municipal gov ernment fur the better regulation of the Borough. And further; it is highly desira ble that a full and general expression of opinion should be had; and all interested will please attend. It. W L MA:IIS, (Ile( Burgess. Columbia, Dec. 8, lS'7. In pursuance of the above advertisement, a meeting of the citizens of Columbia was held at die Town Hall, in Columbia, on the evening of Wednesday, the .9th of December, 1857. Samuel Brooks, Esq., was appointed Chairman and J. W. Cottrell, Secretary. On motion of Mr. Bentz, seconded by Mr. Patton the folloning resolution was adopted: Resolecd, That we are opposed to having the Borough; of Columbia made subject to the vet entitled -An Act llegulat hig Boroughs," passed April 3, 1657 !.. 4 .I3IL'EL BROOKS J. W. CuTTRELL, Scerct:u•y. The above minutes of the Town Sleeting, of Wednesday evening, embody substantially the :lethal of the citizens 00 the °evasion.— The meeting. was largely attended, the room being sled. Messrs. Kauffman and Shreiner spike against the resolution; and Messrs. North, Patton, Brinier, Caldwett, Watt and others in its favor. The vote was very decidedly in the affirmative. Much in terest was manifested by the meeting, and the real it I:- of the speakers were attentively listened to. Mr. North, in a plain, straight tlirwaril speech, gave reasons in favor of re mar old law rather than reeieve the new one, which went far to secure the adop tion of the resolution. Peocrtnnses Or TIE COUNCIL—The COOTI eiI met on Friday Evening, December 4. Mes.d.s. Black, Bletz, Murphy, Richards, Ty , on, and Mess, President, were present. The folb»ving bills were presented, ap proved and ordered to be paid: Samuel Waits, $37,05; N. Binehour, $9,50; Peter Gardner, $48,12; Henry Conn, $3,00; A. Cohn, $83,25; J. 11. Black, $4,00; Henry 57,52; J. S. Dellett, $40.00; Abra'm Myers' bill for stone, and Jos. Hogentobler's for hauling, were reforred to the Finance Committee. A bill was presented against J. F. Houston, Esq., of $17,41, for materials for paving and curbing, which was on mo tion ordered to be collected by suit. A pe tition presented from the Trustees of Old Columbia Public Ground, asking Council to require :he propertyisolders between Fifth street and the pike, to pave the sidewalks in Cherry street, and to lay a stone crossing on the turnpike opposite Cherry street, was laid on the table fur a future time. Mr. Black moved that the High Constable have privilege to use the bedding that is in the h ail, fin. the lock up, which was agreed to. The President read an ordinance fur reg nlating the speed of cars and locomotive en gines through the Borough. Mr. Bich:ads moved fur the passage o said ordinance. Messrs. Black and Eichards called for yeas and nays, which were as follows:—Yens, Messrs. Black, Murphy, Richards and Hess, 4; Nays, Messrs. Blctz and Tyson, 2. Mr. Richards moved that there be 50 copies of said ordinance printed, which was agreed to. On motion, the Council adjourned. Attest, J. S. DELLM, Clerk. .r.4.1?-IVe clip the following. with its fearful ly ominous heading, from an exchange. Esn To KtssaNn.—A short while since, the affectionate public was astonished by the story of a young lady whose neck was dislocated in consequence of the ill-advised resistance which she offered to the amicable salute of au admirer more ardent than dis creet. Our last exchanges from Europe now In this tale with another of an inquest held at Leeds on the holy of n young num of '2 , who fell down stairs and killed him self in the course of an attempt to snatch a kiss from the unwilling lips of a girl of fif teen. li.nne of our cotemporaries deduce from the first of these occurrences the whole ; some moral that young ladies should never 1 oppose the advances of their admirers. In e.nm»on hoar we are now hound to infer from the seond accident, that tin man should al es attempt to take a kiss until it is offered him. l',eteen the two lessons there is rea son to 1 . ,.ar that an ancient and not :ilto” ' uther disagreeable custom may be abolished. No Sir! Not so long as "Graham" prop agates such sentiments as the following. Leland, in his "Cabinet of Kisses," says: A kiss is nothing if not everything—it is either a delirious all-surpassing, celestial ecstasy—or merely a delicious (title. Those who have a ini.-sion to ki-s in the old Greek style of cla.sie and perfect rapture, do not snatch at the fruit of Paradise and run, or, snap it up in a scuffle, as boys and girls do with screaming and giggling in playing for. Nits. No—NN lien the ot.ject is a worthy one —one of those bewildering-eyed beauties from whom one word indicating genial sym pathy of spirit is light fur a life-time—we can hardly treat the subject of a kiss with sufficient regard. or sufficiently intensify its deliciousness. There should always be malice prepenn in such kissing—the parties should feel it approaching for days and weeks with a fearful certainty, like the in. mitable destiny of the antique tragedy— they should never look upon each other with. out a fore-knowledge of the fact that they are to enter Paradise bawd in hand. It should be the feeling with which a fervent believer in mysterious lore would learn from an inspired prophet, that ono certain fair soul whom he has long worshipped, is the one destined to first meet him on the rosy portals of eternity, and wander with him forever through realms of bliss. Where the antecedent certainty of a kiss exists, sup ported by peculiar mental sympathy, the kiss itself when finally born—(for it must be neither given nor taken)—bocomes a rap ture ton great for thought—too infinite for /aught sate feeling. In a community where such pleasant and enticingly propounded doctrines form the monthly mental pasture of a rising and 1 not altogether slow generation, what chance that the melancholy fortune of a brace of old-world kissers should go very far as a moral warning? AnTfirris liumE MAGAzisE.—We hare re ceived Arthur's Home Magazine for Janu ary; a good number of a favorite fatuity. monthly: abounding in fctuinine decorations and conceits of every style, all of the newest. Arthur commences the new year with evi aence of marked irnprovenacnL Public Schools of the Borough, for Nov 1857. Number of male scholars, •' female " Whole number of scholars, Average attendance of males, females, Whole average daily attendance, Average number of scholars fur each school, Average attendance for each school, Number of sehouls-5 male and G female teachers, The colored school has 43 males and 47 f e males,—total, 90. ANer.tge attendance, 20 males nod 3O females,—total, 50, Salaries raid to teachers, $375,00, 11. M. NORTH, &cietary. Synopsis of the ?resident's Message The President, after the usual opening and ascription of thanks to Almighty God at once proceeds to consider the financial embarrassments of the country, their causes and the measures which he thinks Congress may legitimately adopt. lie says that ow ing to the monetary derangements of the country, a government loan may be required before the close of the present session. The financial history of the last forty years is one of extravagant expansion in business, f . ,)1- lowed by ruinous contractions. The Fed eral government cannot do much to provide against the recurrence, of existing evil—he must rely mainly on the patriotism and wisdom of the States which should afford a real specie basis for our circulation. He recommends the passage of a bankrupt law, applicable to all the banking institutions of the country. As Great Britain and the United States understand the Clayton and Bulwer treaty in a sense directly opposite, he says the wisest course is to abrogate it by mutual consent and commence anew. The over tures for the adjustment of the difficulty re cently made by the British Government were in a friendly spirit, which the Presi dent cordially reciprocated. With all other Governments, except Spain, our relations are as friendly as we could desire. It is the President's purpose to send out a new Minister to Spain, with special in structions on all the questions pending be tween the two Governments, and with the determination to have them speedily and amicably adjusted, if possible. While our Minister to China has been in structed to occupy a neutral position in re gard to existing hostilities at Canton, he will cordially co•operato with the British and French Ministers in all peaceful meas ures to secure by treaty stipulations those just concessions of commerce which the na tions of the world have a right to expect, and which China cannot be permitted to withhold. Our difficulties with New Granada arc, it is hoped, in a fair train of settlement in a manner just and honorable to both parties. The United States are more deeply inter ested than any other nation in the preserva tion of the freedom and security of all the communications across the Isthmus of Cen tral America, including Panama. Ire re commends the passage of an act authorizing the President, in ease of necessity, to em ploy the hind and naval forces of the coun try to carry into effect this guarantee of nen. trality; and also recommends similar legis lation for the security of any other route across the Isthmus, in which we may ac quire an interest by treaty. Tne President condemns the lawless ex peditions fitted out against independent Re publics on this continent, and commends the whole subject to the serious consideration of Congress, believing our duty and interest us well as our national character, requires that we adopt such measures as n ill be eflitt t ual in restraining our citizens from committing such outrages. The President says that the Kansas Con stitutional Convention was not bound by the Kansas awl Nebraska Act to submit any other portion of the Constitution t the elec tion of the people except that which relates to the domestic institution of slavery. The election will be held under the legitimate authority, and if any portion of the inhabi tints refuse to vote, a fair opportunity to do so Inning been pre-ouited, this will be their own voluntary net and they alone will be responsible for the consequences. Thu President says that tife rebellion in Ptah is the first high h - ever exist ed in our Territories, and humanity requires that it should he put down in such a man ner that it shall be the last. In order to to this it will , he says, be necessary to raise four additional regiments of troops. Ile recommends the establishment of a Territorial Government for .Arezonia, and coin s to the friend 'v consideration of Congress the subject of the Pacific llailroad, without finally committing himself to any particular route. Ile next calls special attention to the re commendation of the Secretary of the Navy, in favor of the construction of ten small steamers of light draught. The President also refers to many other subjects of national importance, but the foregoing embraces the leading features of the message 663 0u r native forests furnish us with Na ture's own remedy fur all lung complaints. Dr. Wistar, in his Balsam, combines the essential qualities of the Cherry Bark with Tar Water. It Vas cured many cases of seated COll,l2lllption. z-Z-When has a man a right to scold his wife about his coffee? When he has plenty of vrounds. GF)...An old bachelor left a boarding-house, in which were a number of old maids, on account of the "miserable fair" set before him at table. y-Tlic science of getting on well with e woman is like violin playing. It depends principally on the beau-ing. tca-lt is a mistake to suppose every man you ace nith a brick in his hat to be a rna- SOIL From Washington The first session of the-lOth Congress com menced on Monday at Washington. In the Senate Vice President Dreckinridge was not present, and Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Ala., was chosen President of that body pro tern. In the House, Mr. Orr, of South Carolina, was elected Speaker, receiving the whole Democratic vote, LS. On taking the chair, Mr. Orr delivered a very neat speech. The members of the louse were all sworn in.— The Senate appointed a committee to wait on the President, and inform him of their being organized and ready to proceed to business. An executive session was after wards held, after which the Senate adjourn ed. 308 354 6G2 009 273 502 'Mr. John F. Carter, of Pennsylvania, has been appointed Chief Clerk to Mr. Allen, Clerk of the House. The President's Message was sent in to Congress on Tuesday, a synopsis of which Trill he found in our columns to-day. In the ',Senate, after the Message had been read, Mr. Douglas announced that lie would hereafter expres at length his views in oppo sition to those of the President concerning K an,ns, and slum why he could not beliete that the people had been left to form their own institutions in their own way. Messrs, Stuart, of Michigan, Dow., and Turnbull, Seward and Hall, Republicans, agreed with Mr. Douglas; and Messrs. Bigler, of Penna., and :\ Ltson, Davis and Brown, all Democrats, defended the President. The Rouse W:l5 occupied in debate on the contest fur the public printing. la Congress, on Wedne,day, Mr. Doug la,' defined his position in relation to the Leeompton Constitution. die opposes it without qualification. Mr. 'Bigler replied, and undertook to speak fur the President, but Mr. Douglas denied his authority. The House adopted Mr. Ifouston's resolu tion providing fur the election of a printer, by •10 majority. James B. Steadman, Dem., was then elected Printer, receiving 121 votes, and George M. Weston, Republican, 59. • [Prom the "Autocrat of the Ilrenkfust-Tuttle," is the Atlainte Monthly for December.) I really believe some people save their bright thoughts, as being too precious for conversation. What do you think an ad miring friend said the other day to one that was talking good things,—good enough to print? "Why," said he, "you are wasting merchantable literature, a cash article, at the rate, as nearly as I can tell, of fifty dol lars an hour." The talker took him to the window and asked him to look out and tell what he saw, "Nothing but a dusty street," he said, "and a man driving a sprinkling machine through it." "Why don't you tell the man lie is wasting that water? What would be the state of the highways of life, if we did net drive our thought spriaders through them with the valves open, sometimes? Besides, there is another thing about this talking, which you forget. It shapes our thoughts for us;—the waves of conversation roll them as the surf rolls the pebbles on the shore. Let me modify the image a little.— I rough out may thoughts in talk as an artist models in clay. Spoken language is so plastic,—you can pat and coax, and spread and shave, and rub out, and fill up, and stick on so easily, when you work that soft material, that there is nothing like it for modeling. Out of it come the shapes which you turn into marble or bronze in your ha mortal books, if you happen to write such. Or, to use another illustration, writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle: you I may hit your reader's mind, or miss it;— but talking is like playing at a murk with the pipe of an engine; if it is within reach, and you have time enough, you can't help hitting it. The company agreed that this last illus tration was of superior excellence, or, in the phra , e used by them, "Fast-rate." I ac knowledged elm compliment, but gently re buked the expression. "rust-rate," "prime," "a prime article," "a superior piece of goods," "a hands , ,mo garment," "a getit in a flowered vest,"—all such expressions are final. They blast the lineage of him or her ho utters thou, for generations up and dwn. There is one other - phrase which will stun come to be decisive of a man's social status, if it is not already: "That tells the whole story." It is a phrase which vulgar and conceited people particularly effect, and which well meaning ones, wh,, know better. eaten from them. It is intended to stop all debate, like the previous question in general court. Only it don't; simply because "that" does not usually tell the whole, nor one half of the whole story, —lt is an odd idea, that almost all our people has e had a professional education. To become a doctor a man must study some. three years and hear is thousand lectures, more or less. Just how much study it takes to make a lawyer I cannot say, but probably not more than this. Now most decent peo ple hear one hundred lectures or sermons (discourses) on theology every year—and this, twenty, thirty, fifty years together.— They read a great many religious works be sides. The clergy, however, rarely hear any sermons except what they preach themselves. A dull preacher might be conceived, there fore, to lapse into a state of ?torsi heathen ism, simply for want of religious instruction. And on the other hand, an attentive and in telligent hearer, listening to a succession of wise teachers, might become actually better educated in theology than any of them. We are all theological students, and more of us qualified as doctors of divinity than have re ceived degrees at any of the universities. It is not strange, therefore, that very good people should often find it difficult, if not impossible, to keep their attention fixed upon a sermon treating feebly a subject which they have thought vigorously about for years, and heard able men discuss scores of times. I have often noticed, however, that a hopelessly dull discourse acts inthted kely, as electricians would say, in develop ing strong mental currents. lam ashamed to think with what accompaniments and variations and fioriture I have sometimes followed the droning of a heavy speaker— not willingly—for n.y habit is reverential— but As a necessary result of a slight contin- uous impression on the senses and the mind, which kept both in action without furnish ing the food they required to work upon. If you ever saw a crow with a king bird after him, you will get an 'triage of a dull speaker and a lively listener. The bird in sable plumage claps heavily along his straight forward course, while the other sails round him, over him, under him, leaves hiM, comes Lack again, tweaks out a black feather, shoots away once more, never losing sight of him, and finally reaches the crow's perch at the same time the crow does, having cut a perfect labyrinth of loops and knots and spirals, while the slow fowl was painfully working from one cud of Ids straight line to the other. Sran.tn or FAsinos.—A scene at German Fair Bazaar. I'ashionable Infant yyjeeling coutanaliously a QuakeriA looking roupee.—"No Mamma, I won't have thab %want one that has got lots of crinoc , line!" A \u•rioN or TALI:mm-1i seems that toe French language has 5,000 more words than the English. Upon this fact being mention ed to a lady, she said: —Well, sure they must want them all, for the From.la talk ever so much more than e. do." TIII. USIVLIZSAT. ALPIIABET.-It has only three letters, but they are understood all over the ‘vorlil; viz: "j. S. D." .N.lorro rort QuErs IsAncr.r.A.—"The plea sure that ue love physics (S)pain." .I‘. Co m SAvv.vo.—You may take your health to the whiskey shop once too often, until it gets broken. Al) Icr..—To a foul, advice is like an al manac—it goes in at one ear and flies out at tl'e other. ExraAvAnANct.—Cleopatra was the first to fling away jewels in the piggish manner condemned by the proverb. She was in the habit of throwing pearls to Anthony's (.)wine. linuAnK.tnLy QUICK P.tsgAcc.—Put Lawyer on your horse, and he'll soon drive you to the devil. IRISH PROVERCIS.--Erery goose thinks his wife a duck. No news in a newspaper isn't good news Manners make the gentleman, and the want of them drives him elsewhere for his shooting A miss is as good as a mile of old wo- MEM Too many cooks spoil the broth of a boy_ It is a good head of hair that has no turn- It's foolibh to spoil one's dinner for a ha'p'orth of tarts. There arc as line bulls in Ireland as ever came out of it Necessity has no law, but an uncommon number of lawyers. ]letter to look like a great fool than to be the great fool you look. A soft answer may turn away wrath, but in a Chancery suit, a soft answer is only likely to turn the scales against you. One fortune is remarkably good until you have had another one told you. Don't halloa, until you have got your head safe out of the wood, particularly at Donnybrook Fair. Till: Tut:NJ:v:l'OlNT LiFE.—See gray hair and then dye.—Tra,:fill. The Triumph of Philology. MI'LT/rOll3l AND MANY•COLORED NL LTITCDE Philology, or the acquisition of languages is in itself a very harmless and amusing pursuit for those who have time to spare, and not enough of brains to devote them selves with any prospect of success to the creation of original ideas. But the impor tance Lid upon a knowledge of the dead languages by all the European colleges,. and by too many of our own, is supremely ridiculous. It is very true that an acquain tance with the works of Homer, Plato, Sophoeles, and Cicero may be desirable: but have we not translations of these in the• English tongue, and might it not profit us somewhat more to have carefully rehearsed. and :Tholied the noble teachings of Bacon, ShaLespc;u•r, Milma Locke, and Weh,ter! If a man has but one idea, though be may hate half a dozen different tongues to ex press it in, he ha, bat one idea after all.. Elihu Burritt, for example, "the learned blacksmith" or Worcester, ran converse and write in ON or half a hundred different Jan guages and dialects; hut he has never been suspected of any inordinate supply of brains --and up to the present moment—we are uoaequaintea with any rhor that has been set on fire by his genius. Philology pursued for its own sake is a rank humbug and nothing else; but when a mastery of tongues is used, as Professor Holloway has m-ed it, fur the dissemination anew ideas and truly valuable discoveries among all tribes and nation:titles of men, we recognise in it one of the noblest instru ments of civilization and are grateful for the assistance it iumarts. Whether the long and laborious scientific researches and experiments which Holloway hail to undergo before he succeeded in per fectinghis universal remedies, left hint time fur the personal acquisition of all the lan guages now spoken upon earth, we do not know, and, were we speaking of an ordinary man, should think they could not possibly; but in our estimate of such a character as his, the common standard of intellectual measurement is at fault; and it seems not improbable that the mind which obtained dominion over all forms of human malady, could easily obtain the key to every tongue. Whether this be so, or not, certain it is that Holloway has established printed jour nals in all the known languages of the world —journals specially devoted to the further ance of medical truth and a proclamation of the saving principles embodied in the use of his Universal Remedies. The philologist could desire no richer treat than the perusal of the many thousand files of papers, all of them in different tongues, which can be seen in his establishment; and the British Museum, endowed as it has been both by the munificence of individuals and bodies corporate, is indebted to no single individu al more than it is to Professor Holloway. If we needed a grand interpreter of hn- From Ponde
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