I cut off a goo.e's bead at fifty reds, and an do it lignin. C..lonel, you can laugh, hot I'll bet you now, thirty dollars, I can bring down Roan at one shot." The wager wa readily accepted. The stakes were placed in Sasn's hands. Elated with the idea of winning back his two ten 4, and making a ten into the bargain, 1).11.e carefully selected a perfect ball, and even buckskin patch, and loaded the rifle. It WS/ now nearly dark, the old hun ter t )as.ed of I.Aag to shout a hat on Vte win, by and with , iut he•itr. Con lie drew a clear sight on old noun's Lend. A minute later Drake wag driving through the grove, the moAt enraged, the most des -I...t•r•tte of men. 14 rifle, innocent vivtitn of ire. lay with hr..ken .nnek in the bott( m of the wagon. Cun B tr.ton wag too midi frightened to laugh. Mo.mwhile the grati- Zed Cdunel was rolling on the ground con vulsed with mirth. and old Roan was Stem'- undl.turhed nrlder the tree-A. When Drake rot,. ;lel home, his two aunt trAcnvering hiA ill•hotrwr. an;] the mutilated condition of his rifle %took_ ha.tetied to ar.mse his Apirit with now:. which they were sure would m.tke him danze with joy. "Clear out:" growle I the old man. "I don't want to hear a. , ly new , : v,et away or I shall knock. (inn of you down!" fAthe-. such a trick - play e 1 nfl . 0 , 1 th e 0,•letml:" "On the C done]?" cried the "hi man. be fs-ianinz to be Intel plaso.l the C..lonel le[LK hear it." ''Well, fathor, an.l I this uf‘urritffit CM 1T.41 , g the , loPr, cn•no to the 'ri,•k:' fin 1 any de.er, iiiit thattsrht xo :t awa% Col ,011 IL •' r% .... , 11.1t him deal!" -Spa aid It', an?" ciiiiii,h•re.l the limiter, "J... 1 ?it,.. t . the Cilotielt. old 1111:1??" 1. 1 anythiwg el.e." „. - sit•t rarsii. it del. eiitiiitleta the kn pun p'eisse his Colter, "Jim and i hriipn-1 the hitrsoi up. mid tied lti9 head bsek with a e iril, and left hint standing: it Gnr the tree, just as it he was alive. Iln. ha: roues - the C.ilenel w catch hint: iI he'. won't it a joke?” Oki Drake's head fell an his breast. Ile felt cf his ena7ty pnoiset book, and linked Rt his rifle. I'h-to in a rueful toau he whis w the boy— "It'm a joke: But if you ever tell of it— er if 3ou d... Sant liarston-1 . 11 ekin you 67. 4 .v0: re , .. t been -.hooting at that dead horse itzif an hou7, at. ten (I,llat , a Vint." At that ra tmot.t. Saul Fell into the gutter. Bon: had laughed him.telf almoit to death. A TU6.42111C. , .1. INCIDZVT.—Somo Tsars the sualiavr nf a —well-regulated The 'cow," s unow here a; mg the line of tho Erie Canal, erig.t4o.l n ,Tid•lunicing and brisk young, lady as a supernumerary. It happened that the la ly iu questb.u. had fnr riiurly oifi i.i,ed in s , mie capacity as hand" on a canal b at. a fact which phe WI/C . 0,11A t') com•eal. She e%inced much auxirty tu master the details of !ter newly clm-en prole 461 at, and .mml exhibited a in ire than or Unary dt!.. , ,ree ent. She was dilll promoted. and in time became a geiieral f.tedrite with but mana ger and public. One niAht she was announces to appear in a favorite part, a couple of boatmen found thair way into the pit, near the foot sights, particularly anxious to sec tho new famous e3mmcd.su ta. Cho hmso was crowdod, and alter the subsidence of the general applause which greeted her appear asme, one of the b attunes el ippc I h:3 com panion on the rhoulder, and with an em phatic expletive exclaimed, loud enough to be heard ever half of the house: -"Bill I know that gali:" "paha:v . ." said Bill 'dry up." "But I'm :.I—d if I don't now, Bill. Itsi Vlukins, cure as yo h•trtn. She's cdd Flukina' daughter that used to run the jojtirtp.i .he aced ali with EBSO "Tom." FIC.: iil, "y.ni're P. r. , 11, ft-ii if don't 111 , ..r) your infernal you get yiit nut. Sal nuking? r•li know a trig'it if you think :hat's her:" To wag piien, , ei but n vratehed netresig in all her motions vsiti: %tangs intere.,t, hrw are lozg, broke out again: "1 terq ye.D. thnea her—l knnto T.%9 I , e+l me—l loinw her too wore." 11.11. who Wet go,d deal interested in the play, tire+ nut of 411 p ttien:e nt this perNistent interrurvion the part or Tom He gt.re hire ft trememimig nude in the T ihi with hi+ a 4 an emphatic Lint f-r hits t.. •'Srep mint. ,, th« n 1 Noniti-n, env', •'Yea jow wait—V:l 5x her, keep your ,m me," Sure i n did fix her. IVatchin; 1113 whan :no nctr , 3-01 d e eply Ali, r)) a liar p rt, he an Ti g cut in a t0 , ...e arbie.) ran,: through the gal:aria,: , 'Law Bridge:" rrasu :come f h‘hit, the actremt in.tantiv and itvealuotttrily ducked hoe head to avoid tho anticipator! collision. Down came the house with n perfect thunder of anplatiss at this "palpable hit," high above which Tom's .nice u4uh.l be heard, ai he returned Di punch in the ribo with interest-- rDidu't I tell ye. old boy, I knoteel 'twos her. Yon f:. , d me. "'Sear. nr ALL Tatzra."—A correspondent Or the New Y ening Past Faye; "Gan eny me the probaWe length of the , lero of RAivle'e nay- raw et.iry. 'Jack PC All Trade , ,' (appearing ist II ,rpe , •e Monthly,) 1 whl , o b /dy at the ....12th of D.lawn-re. ' whirs his kneel :.re in C i—iapeake Laic? a • you will s ee by t ke. fulLeinz extract from the fast number: "'There le a rime at the mouth of the Delaware, where the boat draws up to a small pier. Down this we marched, and about ten yards from the end, the floor gave way under her weight. and TYjek and her train fell into the water. I was awoke from a rererie and found myself pitting Tight a-top of her„with my knees In Chess per ke hay: " • • ipny - i• tailed ft 44, ii it j pruker to en. 4 LfIZIPX? tqIE gpg. PENNSYLTINIS LIDEf'EADENT JOURNAL COLUMBIA. PA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1853 Xle,The Rev. R. A. Cu-tleium., .4' llarii - burg, will preach in St. P.iul's n Sunday next. Semite will begin ut It o'clock A. , and 3P. M. The Holy Cennuunien will be aduain6- ered. NEW A DVERTISESIERS'S.-aru4Wil Warttca; Iluldetnan's New Guud3. The Ring With the New .11,11: (-hyper and Porte,'& Spirit circulating largely among our most -mid and respectable patrons, we have here tofore deemed it inexpedient 0./ add a Spot t ing column or .Ic l l.l t.oc.it to our vain:llllk [cid highly influential journal. Now, hun c%er, with a majority of our exchanges, a( •ourself forced, not to hill behind the progress of pulilic taste, into chronicling th.- "ftiocy" exhibitions of the day, e-peciall -loch a, occur under the patronage and super [Accidence of the Nobility and Gentry at ‘Vashingten. The •enoon waq opened at the Capitol, ho marniag of Saturday, Gth ittht., at Z.; ' chick, be a neat little •et-h 0 be %Veen tLt • l'alnietto I'et" and the "Sable Chicken." match lia•tily paten up, anti, tin,tagil ..th gi.ndemen ware spiritedly backed I y I en- ft kiids, no lea y betting i. tea. The men went to their tarot k from ths start. the usual preliminary chide,: of Seconds, fudges and Umpire being, dispented the battle was short mid sharp, and from it , conststing of but one id, timagli highd) scientific rand, affords little ground fir tha; It,criptita eliiridence of the ring which we icel luny competent to lavish on a more elaborate and protracted "mild" First miiii.m/yrouad.—The Chicken walked op to his matt in an style. and , uraed to enoff the "Mississippi Game Cock. 4 friend of the Pet's, wile(' the hitter opened with: "G•i home! you've no Misinems on our iide of the street." The Chiekini parrie And countered with: "0, you: I've just a -4.o(id a right in this here market-house as you dare have.' The l'ct quickly plinited a heavy "What's that you say , ?" which was successfully returned with a stunning"Neve you mind!" The attack was followed up by a well directed "You're a 41— 1 nigger. and I can lick you the best day you over saw," from the Pet. The blow was gal lantly returned with: "My daddy's as golfd at. yout daddy, if your daddy dues own niggers, and I'll show pm you shan't crack your whip over me." The Pet here tried to close, reach ing for his opponent's weasand with a view to strangulation, but was met with a evrect parry, and the Chicken let drive with a rat din.; "Look her.! mind what what you're at now, or punch your Load." The friends f b 4:11 parties here c t , tl.• 1”11., hill 144 To the wrangle could be decoded the Pet got in another beaut;fol attempt at a throttle which w as parried with 4htliculty. For the third time Palmetto put in his favorite grab: the -dark one" in reply let g" his left, catching the Pet under the lug, when ••tiown went his house." Crp to this point the bs tie had been cm.- ducted on strictly scientific principle., n 8 oar report muffioicotly a 'WM, bin we MT( t to record that on the fall of the Southern champion it immediately degenerated into a free fight. Some dozen or less of the "fancy" of each aide, including A Quaker and a cler• gyman, mixed in, firing and taking some loose licks, ro3niting in "darkened daylights" and "clarets amellore." Tae chicken is, by the public voice, pro nounced the better m in, the Fet not having answered the call to 'lime," of the Speaker. It is generally concedod by the press, of whatever political complexion, tha' :he Pst was to blame for precipitating the fight es he did. Had the affair been properly nursed a display of pugilism worthy the eminent parties engaged, would, in all probability have been the result, end the disgraceful interference of the outside fancy have been rendered impossible. There is hut one voice, and that tai approving one, throu4liott the country, nn the action of the Chicken, in this little di.phsy, and we mo.t cord's ly com mend his prompt assertion rf equality of righ , a on the public sidewalk. Overlooking the injudicious precipitancy of the Palmetto hero, which may be churl tahly attributed to seal in the public service. we earnestly thank him for the entertain ment he has atTirded the nation, and for the important addition to the reputation of the imitable hodv, of which h.th champions ate ~ iinbers, that most result from this spirited dieplay of pluck end skill. It was a most gallant affair throughout, (with the exception of the unwarrantable mixing in of the backers,) and we h -pc to enjoy the priv ilege of regularly reporting at least a week'y eacounter is the Congressional Ring. Con , not our State Legislature follow the dignified example at nor National Repre.entathes! serve b.., been rolueeted to make public tila intention r f the I 0. of fled Men to throw open to aieitore. on .Monday, 22nd inet, their room in the third story of the Odd Felluers Lien. It will be prepared for tile reception of the public front 10 o' clock A. M., to 10 o'clock P. M., and will, doni.tiesa attract at crowd of the curious.— The peculiar acorr.tien.. of the order render their wigwam an object of interest, and a riert will he well repaid. G'.6i) PAY Fort ••Ilcsn [brae."—The San Francisco (C 41.) N •wit L••tter, of the flth ult., ear that the !mine.' of 300 dead Chinamen 'ire now lying on o ii- of th • city oharree, nicely packed and directed, ready fir shipment fur their hag home in C %inn. The freight money on the lot i. $7,500. MAq.tzvvr.—The Mnrch num. her of Graham hsis reached la. The :king°. rine more than holds ire own; it improves The present number is a good Gontee LADS' have received Owley fur March; a ronat excellent number of thin pulAilar Magazine. OCR Srtterrs.---To the great satisfaction our Li izens, some of the more needy of streets of the borough are being in luhzed in a good heavy suit of winter cloth dg; not before it was sadly wanted, now -ever. Their miserable old buttes had been showing long enough through the patched and darned garments in which they have fm so many 3 ears been indecently exposed, and, in clothing the naked, this winter, our nu ttier-ties hate dune well to consider the sut -erings of the poor denuded highways.— Fifth street, or a portion of it, receives a oright new coat of cinder, while L a rent is to rejoice in a thorough ••top-dte.i-- ing" of true-blue limestone. This street, be tween Front and Second, is now undergoin,. t substantial Macadamization, and the on.- : cess will be extended to its whole length.— While our ways ale being put in order we vould re-pectfully suggest to the author! .ins the propriety of laying crossings at the corners, at least of such streets as are being repaired. Crossings are badly needed at Sccond and Loie.U.O. -oreets; and bridges t. tto gutters, moreover. The additional cos , -could be but trifling, and the good win I. midertaken by the bJrough be thus made complete 'rue I.ll.twArti.t QuAnittid.S.Pmerr.—This, the party of the bens Pi), came off oti Titur, day etching. and proved most successful.— it lad.e. .n. 1.0 and 6.11 hant delegation-A from York, Lancaster, inn! our ne.glinoring towns adJled to the g.net3 and pleasure of the el ening. We, on this. oee,edon, etercante our natural :eptigna.we scenes of prufane mirth, and tilted our best elothei shaking venernhle leg to alinnst didoention. Everything passed tiff quietly, and la disorder nt.u•red the plea -lute of the dancers. With tin unlimited Clow of German Nectar at lirandts Restau rant, the g,,!ntletnen :.et kept within the con fines of decent and liecontim; hilarity, (we had "Pst; tsweii” our elf,) and we übserted an" mg the dancers but uno c•t-•e tit .ic rous excitement. The party was truce the chinque :iiri region. and ono ed a t,• 1 tit load of bat;;lt's heat meal—nr something heavier. lie wit 4 docile, h•twever, and did not cry his tares. Had we the pen of Jeaniem, who chronicles the names and minutely describes the dresi.es of ladies of the great world of fash ion for largo city dailies, we might attempt to d•, justice to the beauty and q•nid gem ing that •te ti-o on the occasion; might tell of the charming Misa —, and her gor. genus bombazine; of the fascinating Miss —, arid ber elaborate paper muslin, hut we lack that gentleman's fine deseriptit e style and intimate ko,nvlo•lgn lentinitte harness, so cannot improve the occasion.— We must lump thiSpirty and pronounce all the ladies ta. , st lot ely, and their -Exiiis" comme it faut. The members of the Hiawatha deserve credit for the admirable manner in which the party was gotten up and conducted, and we trust that the subatamtial eneouragemeht of the public may remunerate them for time lthd trouble. rerAt a regular meeting of the Susque hanna Fire Company, hell Tuesday et ening, February 2,1, the following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: President, A. Caldwell; Vice President, Jacob Tyler; Secretary, A. J. Hughes; Treasurer, A. Bruner, jr.; Chief Director, John Keesey: Engineer, Alfred Arm , : Asst. Engineer, Thomas Bennett; Hose Guards, George Hammel% Henry Alten, Jeremiah Sheets, Samuel Lee, David Fisher, R. beet Omer; Axc-men, W. El. Broomall, Shun Fisher, John Watson, James McGinnis, THE DIVORCE Or T. W.ViIIINGToM SMITH AND NVirl.—The Legislature hare pa4sed the bill annulling th• mirriage contract of Thomas Wit,hingtun Smith. The vote in the Senate upon the bill was 13 to 8; in the llun.e there was discussion upon it prior the its passage. The bill is now ready fur the Governor's signature. v.hich .0 peel will Le appunded, without further delay. Ma. I:pm's—The time for the Spring election is fast approaching, and it behooteo us to select a man of energy to fill the office of Constable f•r this Borough. Numerou. depredations are of daily occurrence t hrough tut the county, and it would be sheer folly to say. Columbia is an exception, with the recent burglaries an I itrsuns committed he o, mitring us in I lie face. Now, it is an old adage, that "an ounce of prevention. is batter then a pound of cure." Every day experience satisfies the thinkinz mind of the verity of this adage : consequently the nace..ity of electing a kuitab:e person fur the office of constable. I would, therefore, re.pectfully recom mend to the citizens of Cohnnizia, J. W. Hamilton, as that person. lie will care for the interests and welfare of the community. and, if elected, will pm form the duties of tho office fearlexaly and impartially. COLCHISIA. February 13, 1858 A Mal LETTER.—A reoldent of Syracuse, N. Y., whie.e wife had left him and gone We.,t, for the purpose of obtaining a divorce. was of ascertnining whete the di vorce was obtained, and wrote to several county clerks, to inquire whether the di vorce woe granted in their counties. The following is a copy of one of the replies:— Nuncee, Ir lama, Jan'y 13,'55. Pear Sir.—There ii. a not been an appli cation for divorce in tiie name of, in our a urt, hut I thi.,k we hive divorced one half of the citizens of pier State, and if we liable good luck, we will, I gue%s,, finish your State and Massmehu.ette, in a few more RIM BM BarA printer in the Boston Transcript office expresses his admiration of Longfel -I.,w's sham lined, or, in teehn'cal phrase, •'fat" poem to Catawba. wine, in the fullusr iog quatrni It: H pitied poet' ehen•ked I.y the code! Wiaose a+t chow.. poem. used up oil rn) quad. The word with jo) ree.nrrs thy nterkfille vole, %owes, by tueuuretrsr.t,'{:•tW—otroug Philadelphia Correspondence. PusLeuELPtil.t,"Feb. 10, 1858 As the month of l'efi'i . uary progres4s without the appearance of severe weather, serious appreheesions arise that we tuay ice , 'lave a particle of ice to lay up for summer Ise; and melancholy forebodings as to the ,robable result of such a calamity fill tin duds of the idle and luxurious drones of society - . There is no occasion to indulge in rhese "jeremiads," over anticipated evils, a t consequence of what has so far proved it 4reat blessing to a large and useful class of the inhabitants of a populous city. "Whit shall we do without ice next summer?" luny ,e answered--what would we have done vithout mild weather this winter?" Afte ill, perhaps the worst effect of this dread oitutiou may not be without its alleviating dreumstanees; the futep.y acid cobblers mad :ie sensibly diminished in quantity and et ,ect, and the fi•li may be necessarily kep shorter time out of their native element, ex p used for sale in a mc c .gy atmosphere or under a scorching sun. lit this eonnectio. t may be said, that tie comfit' of chi mat ket needs saute extreme eieusures to bring als.u; a reform, most desi ,able to those of our citizens espee.a.l: hose memory reaches Leek to olden times and the good cheer in "Phihmosefeek."— When sonic of us were lads, the market of this city was prebalds the very best in the Union; at this time it must be—if the exhi bition of edibles on Market street between ['runt Eleventh, he taken as a criterion —the very worst. The meats are rather ",lli , /,/1i , ,:/" than otherwise, the best animals being sent to New l irk; the antic e fish toe, for a fort:tight or more, daily rinsed off to beoffere I fresh for sale, and nightly shut up in the dirty little bunks which grace the sides of the market house, while the vegetables are as wriokle.l and t , ugh as if they hail been 'leder the influence of suininer's sun and shade for three weeks. The fact is, you can get nothaig tit n, eat in Paoadelphin markets at any reasonable price. And so hard is it to procure the necessaries of life, in a palatable and wh de.ome condition, that one need be grateful if the Fates lime nut lured him into the dignified luxury of house keeping. The quiet resumption of specie payments, by the city banks, six days ago, did ant take the community by surprise, fir the double reason that very few persons were aware of the fact until informed by the papers on the fallowing morning; and because the banks have for sec eral weeks past. paid out specie as it was desired, to be used in the daily transaction t.f business. A morning paper of Friday last, suggests that the city batiks should now he relieved from the requirement of the Relief law to take "wild eat" money in payment of debts, due them. It is the general impression that the &aid I.p.v which required Banking Instil unions in the city to receive the notes of country banks at par, in payment of debts, also contained a provision protecting the f amer from losses by the currency of in solvent or "wild cat it/sit:Motions," and the method 1..- which this was to ho effected was prescribed so clearly there is little reason to apprehend that the wary city rats have been victimized by the cats in the country to the value of skin enough to make one pair of "genuiue French 50d..." The same paper contained an article n few days agn, intend ed to bolster up certain railroad bonds; among others, those of the city of Pittsburg. and Allegheny county, fur the roads in that ' vicinity. The payment of the interest on those hinds having been passed by the Com panies, the payment of it by the city and couoty is so ar a matter of serious doubt. quite a strong party of the inhabitants prn test:ng against taxation fur such a purpose. It is therefore hardly wise to invite persons to invest in such doubtful securities unless it be from a charitable desire to lighten the burdens of present victims. Better counsel would suggest that all who have money to nveit, wait until the question of payment shall be settled by competent legal authrity, and then if .he ,peCUIIIIiO73 in these fine pro mises be not quite so inviting, probably the iarestment may be all the more secure. For tne Columbia Spy The "time," which have been "sadly nut Of j dttt," are getting pretty well set by the a cline of the banks in resuming specie gay- Inent•t; g , ..1 stocks are on the jump, Pelllll . ll R. R. hawing reached $44,25, and Reading R. 11 $29, while the "fancies" are crawling up it, fast as may be desired except by their present hnlders. We :I ,pc for a gond Spring trade. and .thort credits, especially the short eredits. which will effect Inure than any other financial device to anticipate and pre vent the "awful crises" to which civilized communities are peculiarly sultject. The book trade is without doubt one of the most luckless victims of the butt crisis. E%en the 7.,A1‘41111.11:1g effect of a valuable present or - •a costly gift with each book" has met iowdy declined• and the great origi nal himself, after giving away several b u t, of coal and barrels of flour by way of a new dodge , and bettor eyeshntter than gilt brace lets and stop watches—all stops, and little else—has relapsed into comparative insignift cantle. CITIZEV The food of hr public's mind, unlike the food of the public's hotly, at this particulvo !tincture, is cheaper than dog cheap (that is to any, city sausage cheap) for it rarely ex steeds four cents per meal, and consists unduly of such choice viands as "The Cut thntats Bride, or the Reeling Brain, and the Watery Ep.. " by the great and graphic ro mancer Barry Cortilmsk; or the more pi intuit and spasmodic twaddle of Mistress Pally Potato-P.OA; with an occasional treat us the poesy of Miss Whiteash. Besides al: this, howeves, we have as a kind of dessert. lie usti.tl strs et corner and sterol wall deco. rations, illustrative of an awful yarn about t., be spun, be the great self-taught. self de %eloped authoress, Miss Jane Sarah Anne liliza Wilhemina Underbrush; these illus trations usually consist of three human fig sires, one of which has it. arms wide ex tended, the mouth open to its utmost raga and the e3•es distended to a frightful size; iu his left , ddr , it monstrous dagger ii sheathed, the handle of which is in the gull . ) of a certain terrified individual, w•ho to hiF Itu.rn ix receiving into hi+ right ear a bullet from a horse pistol held by a myste • ious figure half concealed by an incompre `iensfitle vapor or mist. All these "feasts if reason and flows of soul," are promised ti the United States Blotter, a hebdotninal -sue of vast influence and boundless eireu :ation, the peculiar and eecentric character lit: of which is, that it always makes its tppearance precisely one month in advance •if the date of its publication, a singular feature of great value to its readers, who by ;his arrangement are supposed to hear all the news rather &fowler than it occurs. Tln delightful effect which this kind of literature .nts upon the minds and orals of the pe.t ,,te is beautifully illustrated in the constant y accelerated increase of every kind of a•ime and villainy. For the Columbix Spy The meeting at National Hall, on Monday night last, was all immense gathering of the •interrified "popular-sovereignty-Demmera y." Col. Forney wa-, made President, and Vire P:eQiilents enough were appointed to •:,irrupt the nation, if that were the object of Vice Presidents. instead of acting in the dace of some body who is never by any •hance absent'. Mr. It .la. J. Walker was not in town, hut sent a letter of apology. Mr. Ex-Secretary Stanton made a very long address, giving the history of the Kansas diffttulties during ten m oohs past, in which he showed dint the whole trouble was traceable to the dis honesty and fraudulent acts Of the Territo rial officers. This successful n.eeting, to 4ether with the defeat of the Administration in Congress by one majority on the refer ence of the Lecompton message, to a select committee, causes great rejoicings among all the odds and ends of the opposition, and equal anxiety in the ranks of the Adminis tration party, as is apparent in the snappish articles of the Penny/ill:4,1;1u. a 11•1 the com placency and confidence of the Press equal to that of the best of the Stiltstalking l'. The lamks of Woshington and Georgetown I). C., have re,umed ,peeie payments. All the B.iltitm.re hanks have resumed specie payments. Si have the Bank of Chester County. Pa., and the Bank of Dan ville, Pa. The banks of Wilmington, Del., have resolved to resume specie payments on their notes. Advices from northern Mexico say that the ut of the Stutz of faaatulipas h as res . r.t support the Comortfo,t dicta torship, but etat General. Parrodi and Garza were gathering large forces to oppose it. Bishop Waugh. of the Methodist Episco pal church, died in Baltimore on Tuesday. At New Orleans the Grand Jury hart at length presented true bills of indictment against General Walker, Colonel Anderson, and theirassociato filibusters, and they have been bound over for trial. Mrs. Le Vert, of Mobile, telegraphs to Richmond that she has just collected one liousand dollars fir the Mount Vernon As •iociation. Mrs. Fogg. of Tennessee, also tole,vaphi , that she has collected user two thousand dollars. By the arrival at New York of the steam ship Arabia, we Aare new- from Europe.— The Eloper° Napoleon had opened the French Legislative Assembly in a lengthy speech. The four Italians, implicated in the attempted assassination of the Emperor, were to have been tried in February.— Ifeavy commercial failures have occured in Marseilles. Lord Elgin had sent in his ul timatum to the autherities of China, giving them ten days to consider his requirements. In India two or three successful -engage ments had been fought by the British with the rebel Sepoys. The English and French forces in the Chinese waters had taken pos session of an island opposite Canton without opposition, and the trench Admiral had proclaimed the blockade of the Canton river. A doubtful report says that the American Commodore had offered to act as mediator in Chinese affairs, and been accepted by the English. If the capture of Canton should fail to bring the Chinese to term., the British contemplate a march to Pekin. (Leary gales have oceured uloug the English avast. Tho number of persons wounded by the attempted assassination of the Emperor Napoleon, is not less than one hundred and fifty. One of the four Italians arrested has revealed all the details of the plot, and it is said that the British government has been called upon to expel certain refugees sup posed , implicated in the attempt.— The French government has suppressed two more newspapers, the ••:pectateur," and •• Recite de Ilsris." By the arrival nt Portland of the steamer Indian, we have four dap later news from Europe. The marriage of the English Princess Royal with the Prussian Prince Frederick William occured in the royal chapel at S.. JllllllO.l P.ilace. on Monday morning, January 25th. London was filled with royal guests, including the King of the Belgians, Duke and :Dutchess of Brabant, Duke and Dutchess of Saxe Coburg, Count Fianders. etc. The Archbishop of Can terbury performed the ceremony, assisted by the Bishops of London, Oxford, and Chester. There were three processions—that of Queen Victoria, that of the bride, and that of the bridegroom. There were illumina ions and fe-divities in London and through /ut the kingdom. After the ceremony the wide thieve herself in her mother's arms in t burst of emotion. The young couple woe. drawn to Windsor by the Eton boys ..nail great cheering, and were to leave in a lay or two for Berlin. were a grand reeep . ion awaited them. The fugitive American , hip Adriatic has been recaptured in the thalf of Spezzia, and the captain put iu iruns. During the festivities at Belfast in honor .tf the marriage of the Princess Royal, a ,;rat riot took place, which was commenced ity the Irish mob throwing stones. CoarA Louisiana paper gives an account .4- a fight ea a steamboat, between a lady and a gentleman over a backgammon board. The cause of this novel affray is not stated. Probably the gentleman Irrydeuced his fair part.ler. Items of News I= INIM Paragraphs frem Punch DIALOGUE ON THE DuVOLAS DIFFICULTY.— Mr. Punch.—l don't seem quite to undcr:l -tend this disturbance between your Pre,i dent and Mr. Douglas. Can you tell me in a few word.; what is its character, Mr. Slick? Mr. Slick.—Guess I can. Buck's in a Ex. Mr. I'.—By Buck, if I apprehend you aright, sir, you would indicate the head of your republic? Mr. S.—That's the critter. Promised Leeumpton Con should be overhauled. Mr. P.—Promised the gentleman what? Mr. S.—Whu on airth said gentleman?— IN Kansas. Mr. P.—Promised Mr.—a—Lecompton emu that 113 .luuld go to Kansaq. Mr. S.—Guess you've a brick in your bat, stranger. Mr. P.—My facetious friends, Sir, hate been pleased to say there is a brick under it. Mr. S.—"!'ain't that. Have you liquored? Mr. P.-1 never take anything before dinner. Mr. S.—More fool you. Yes, sir-ee.— Guess I've a kinder liking for ye. but I don't !tanker after your old world habits. Take notice, now. Walker throws up, his dander being riz by Buck. Mr. P.—Mr. Buchanan should hang the ruffianly filibuster. Mr S.—Jerusalem and snakes! Don't be in such a darned hurry. There's a brace of Walkers; and one's nut ember. Mr. P.—Oh, I beg, pardon. Mr. S.-1101d hard, and grin. You see. Douglas has peeped through the hole in the blanker, and seed a bit of light. Mr. P.—The blanket. —Oh! Alt! a bit of light, eh? Mr. S. —Spex you don't see none. We'll begin at fast causes, and come on promiscu ous. Air the great and glorious republic, the only nation in the world where the gold en eagle of liberty can wave her alabaster wings, and scream her— Mr. P.—l know all that. Mr. S.—Guess you're hard to please. stranger. Wall, air we to have more slave States than we've got? That's the question. Mr. P.—l trust nut; and that's the abom inable-- Mr. S.—Calculate you'd better shut up. Slaves or none, we'll always be ready to whip you. Besides, look at your Irish, and your Jews, arid the others that you keep in abject and grinding slavery. Cock-a-duodle doo! Mr. P.--I am silent. Mr. S.—Wall, then, Buck's with the South, and meant to have it all his own way in Kansas, and make a slave State of it. but the Kansas boys kicks, and Governor Walk er, (not the filibuster, mind, you old opos sum.) Mr. P.—Really, Mr. Slick— Mr. S.—Shut up, I tell you. Governor Walker, who was sent by Buck to Kansas to do the work, finds it ain't to be done. says Buck promised him that the Lecompton constitution should be submitted to the peo ple, and so throws up. Buck's a wideawake b'hoy, but Douglas he's a wideawaker, and ho sees that to t;rree laws on free and en lightened people like ourn won't pay, spe cial when a critter has his eye on the election in 1860. So ho just throws Buck over, and there's a difficulty. Mr. P.—Mr. Douglas being, if I am right, the most influential man in the States, his opposition to the President would be formi dable. Mr. S.—That's it, reeled out uncommon fine. Mr. P.—Sir, I thank you for your explan ation, and I hope that no serious trouble will arise in the United States, for which I always entertain the warmest regard. Mr. S.—Don't worry yourself into no sort of perspiration a'. st , ths.. stranger. In a corrupt and debilitated old rotten country like yourn, a political difficulty might bring ruin and dismay. but where a western sun gilds the proud pinnacles of American lib erty such air but the wandering breezes that cool the wings of our glorious eagle, and help hitn to fly still higher to wards the transcendental firmament. Will you liquor? A New SAw FOR. AK OLD ONE.—The Le viathan was nut launched in a day. lIMERNI AN llAntAkilvo.—During the Inge frost, an Irish M. P., observing mane con fectioner's men at work, carting ice out of a pond, observed that there is nothing like making hay when the sun shines. To MAKE WRITING IMPERVIOUS TO CRlTl ctsm.—Write on Bank-notes. MCSCULAP. CIIRISTIANITY.—We think this term. though cleverly intended is wrongly applied. If religion hangs on a question of muscle, then the Mussulman must be the leading and most powerful member of the Church. QL:CATION tx METAPIIT3IOI--If a man's goods and chattels are his effects, is th at man the cause of his plate and furniture? %Inst. FAVORS.-If the weather is only c4ll enough to admit of the display, we are intlirmed that on the wedding day, [the Princess'd the noses of all the coachmen and footmen will, in honer of the ceremony he uniformly Prussian Blue. The Police will, within a shade or two endeavor to ad• here as closely as they can, to the same uni form. WONDEFLPIIL CURE 01* 11113 , 110110111 A After many dap' dogged resistance, the Leviuthan was prevailed upon, at last, to take water fur the first time! siiirErerybody who knows Major Jones is aware that he carries a precious sight Inure of modesty of a peculiar sort under his hat, than money in his port-monnaie-- Jones gets or a sharp hit at the garroter in this A short time since a highwayman under took to rob Major Jones. lie met Jones ii, a piece of woods over in Jersey. He asked Jones fur his pocket-book. Jones refused to yield. Highwayman then took Jones by the neck, and undertook to "choke him down." Jones made fight, and kept it up for half an hour. fit the expiration of that time Jones caved, and the highwayman commenced rifling his pockets. The con tents amounted to eighteen cents. "Is that all yo've got?" "Every darned cent." "What made you fight so long?" "Did'nt want to be exposed. Bad enough to have only eighteen cents; but a great leal worse to have the world know it." The highwayman was so well pleased with Jones's pride that he made him a pres ent of a nip of "red eye," and a cracker to wash it down. South Africa and the Kaffir& As all information in relation to the inte rior of Africa is just now of peculiar inter est to the general reader, we perceive with pleasure, that a new work bas just been published in England, by Captain A. W. Drayson, of the Royal Artillery, entitled, "Sporting Scenes Amongst the Kaffirs of Smith Africa." The Captain penetrated far into the wild, hot, and strange country of thds savage race, and although, it is a very different part of the continent from that about to be again explored by the enter prising and observant Livingstone, yet as the manners and customs described present many remarkable features, we present a few Of the most curious. And first, as regards that mocker of man, the ape. Here is the gallant Captain's sketch of-- BAfIOoN AT 1.1 /Ai E I wat..,hed them through my glass, and' was much aroused at their grotesque. And ahnost human movements. S of the old ladies had their olive-branches in their laps. and appeared to be "doing their hair," while a patriarchal-looking old fellow paced backwards and forwards with a fussy sort of look; he was evidently on sentry, and seemed to think himself of no small importance.— This estimate of his dignity did not appear to be universally acknowledged, as two or three young baboons sat close behind him watching his proceedings; sometimes, with the most grotesque movements and expres sions, they would stand directly in his path, and hobble away only at the last moment. One daring youngster followed close on the heels of the patriarch during the whole length of his beat. and gave a sharp tug at his tail as he was al, at to turn, The old fellow scented to treat it with the greatest indifference, scarcely turning mutt,' at the insult. Ilaster Impudence was about re peating in the performance, when the ist.ter, showing that he wa• tmt such a f looked. suddenly sprnmz rot catel,ing the young one before he could escape, .-as e him two or three such cuffs. that 1 could heti r the screams that resulted therefrom. The venerable gentleman then chnekoi the de linquent over his slntulder, his promenade with the greatest coolnc.,e ; this old balsmn tot oleo; ly was amputii t , s? with the practical details of ' verb. A crowd gathered rotool child, who, childlike, seen g shrieked all the hinder. 1 t.o. Eh., 3 could see the angry glances of the 111:1.111•11., as she took her dear little pet in her arms. and removed it from a repetition of such brutal treatment. KAFFIR 14'01fEN The frontier Kaffirs are fine athletic men, and stand generally about six feet in height; they are nearly black, and have woolly hair, although the features are in many cases al most European. The or young girls, are often quite pretty, with wild, free, dark eyes, that may well plead as excuses for the young Kaffirs' propensity ftr cattle stealing, the decimal coinage of Kaffirland being 10 cows 1 wife. Clue very soon gets over the prejudices of color, and after hay ing looked for some time on the rich black of a Kaffir belle, a white lady appears blood less, eonsumi tive and sickly in comparison. The hard work that an tivitzi or wife has to perform very soon spoils her girlish figure and appearan_e, and she then becomes a hag gard, wrinkled, repulsive old witch. The o,olue,s of these women is often eurpri-ing. A skirmish with the Kaffir- a td ~ur might take plane on one day. :and . tits next the women 11 , do , Iging t the Kaffir owl, engaged would come tot t!-; wood or milk for sale, lis "lenge." (buy.) I suspect that these women are often sent in as mere epics. A DISNER IN SOUTII AFRICA I joined two friends. and started for Fort Beauflat, a day's ride distant. I wit , . in 111: h amused at the cool manner in which our dinner was TITOVia ed at the inn on the road. "What will you have, gentl'mcn?" W:t9 asked; "beef, a turkey, or—" "Turkey roast, I vote." said one. in answer t the landlord's question. "Met!" cried the land lord' tknock over that turkey in the cor ner." "debits," answered a Hottentot ser rant. A log of wood flew at the turkey's head indicated, and, with unerrring aim, he was knocked over, plucked, drawn, and roasted in about an hour-and-a-balf, and wus very good and tender. TIIIC CHIEF GOING 11011 Z On the road to Graham's Town, I met a large party of Kalfirs, galloping along as usual, leaving a cloud of dust behind. They pulled up as I met them, when 1 recognized the great Gaika chief Sandilla Aida, the giant, a splendid fellow nearly seven feet high, and all the aristocracy of Kaffirland. They had been for some time prisoners in Graham's Town for their rebellious conduct in not stopping the cattle stealing of their men, but had now been let out, and allowed to go home, on condition promising to be good boys in future, and kissing the gover-. nor's great toe. They appeared to ha is tr.gh spirits, and, in answer to my "rya pine" (Where are you going?) shouted with exultation"' Godelm!" (going home!) Columbia Post Office 11.4 CLosE: Through. Mail Jar the East-8 A. M. and G. 40 P. M. Way " " BA. M. Through and Way Mad for the Wear—G.l.'s P. M. " " " South-11.30 EMI Mail leaves for 3lorunlcille on Tuesday'. Thursday, and Saturday—closes at 6.40 P. M. Mail leaves for Manor. Highrille and Safe Harbor, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday —closes at 2 P. M. Mail for Silver Spring, on Wednesday and Saturday. MAMA ARRITZ. Eastern-2.40 A. M. and 12.05 P. M Western-7.40 A. M. Southern-12.05 P. M. Columbia Pnet Office, Jan. 2, 184513.
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