•"What now?"-a4a4 ijen-'Lama, half an
grily.
The .boy drew* piece of yellow nietat from
his bro-mit—a piece which he had obtained
from that t•ery room a month before—and
handed it to the chief.
^•%Vhat is that, Ben-7.atva?'•'dte asked
'•This?" cried the 'ribbon, starting,
gold! pure g 0.14! Wbrepee.v..tme it?
"Front tht mounniins"
the intantaist , r”
'•Yes, valia.nt chieftain. 1 futind it in a
where•is a wonderful mine."
"sKuu did",
slant the way is difricplt of access."
"Never 'mind! 'Ti. lure o,IS! Lead me
nr
`-dye—lead us ther o !•'eriei. the other..
lien-Zama dared not object to hiN aids fol
quwing him, and erelong )1421...wasdeading
the way over the vol?glt pal: of the moun
tains.
It was I'. 'lrt;al.l, passage, and the ,
ehieftair. wondered what could hue led the
lad thieter. The latter said he had come in
search for ;Cato,. ;V the vnd
three .ho re the.e.e.r t te to titt, na'rrow shelf
Vtpun
,the steep mountain-side; but as the
boy went holdly up the men did net hesitate.
When Molek re :chef the edge of the decliv
lte stopped and turned to his followers.
•••Dp . vm: e that bed of muss and gravel';"lie ,a. 44, pointing down to the strange work
ate h (lune.
V . Mi—we see it; but how do you reach it?"
"Why—it is easy to mile down to it.
All you have to to settle down and
Kart. :You'll .hip when you reach the but-
REM
• . ...Iml the gild—ibsit there?"
`ToNow we .Lil leek• for youn,elf. Here
—so—uo.w mono on.
As the hey spoke he settled to a stooping
posture, and. :balanced himself fir the
e ge - ..:zi2yuma fdlowed his eS.alliple. The
x~ elf Nr.iut wide here and they had room to
newt nearly together. Malek went on ahead
—down—down—down—but kith a keen
e apd a:steady nerve. li t the edge of the
utekesJt right ,fiout touched the end of a
concealed stick—his f...rig itTsonted an up
right position and with one dying leap, his
deft foot jus:t touching a firmer spot in the
centre of the mass., he reached the opposite
ri4ck.
4.l4l.therr, he turned as quick as thought
art snatched away the stout cross-stick upon
I,ls:vd . nhe had stepped.
-"Remember the Oasis of Lebon, and the
Moorish merchants:" lie shouted, at the top
.uf his voice.
frlte boy eaught the quick, frightened look
a lien•%aina—be heard the fearful cry of
,Wrror—and on the next instant the bloody
,ohieftain was at the edge of the precipice.
No gave one inure wild cry—made a des
perate plunge for the spot where the boy
avonger stood—but he might as well have
•tried to leap to heaven. Ho touched the
baseless fabric, and in a moment more lie
was lost,to sight.
r.te other, comprehended their dreadful
fut. mos. They threw themselvet upon
their backs, and preshed their hands upon
the rock, but the Nlllootil surface afforded
diem no holding place. Down they went,
down—down—down—the voice of the young
executioner sounding still in their ears—
down—down.
low cry—a cry of death—came, up from
tie rust depths of the chasm—and in a few
moments more naught was heard :are the
dull roar of the dikant torrent as 'it .bore
upon its foanriug, bosom the forms of eight
deal/ men.
buried beneath the sands of the
4ciert. i hove buried eight here! Father
tAiLer holt xre avenged'!"
Noon an ever SAW' bee adopted son again;
but in a few weeks afterwardQ, Malek, ,tine
son of Yezid. :itch - et! in Tripoli, and When
he had told his story he found no lack of
friends.
I saw Malek in hi•+ native city, a stout,
hale inati, doing a good busine.: r.s a silk
merchant, and this story was told to me by
one of Isis own household.
plate, of butter from the
~ream of a —3oke."
A small quantity of tar suppo•el to have
been left where the Israelites pitched their
tentq.
'rite original ltru , it used in painting, the
."-kgns of the time,"
A Lip:kat of water front "Air, well."
tt'antp wltielt a wan wa, tea lied over
,Funrd.
The strap ckh i u.e.l to sharpen the
;svater's c,!g.
The pencil x: it which Britannia ruled
tile
Ole yer.st used in raising the
ME
,1 dime .fruu: the moon when hhe gave
Change for the guarter,
The :.aueer that belonged t , ) the eup of
arrua~•
A few,Q kr.ladc of the railing, of a scolding
The elixir in which the sun sctQ.
The hammer which broke up the meeting
A buckle to fasten a laughing stock.
EggJ from a nest of thim es.
ging:A ar4fl,4 , ek front the trunk of an el
cpliant.
A sketch front a politici,eru;Aj3.7s%
•M,An Irishman once told Quiz th t it jre
;hind was an exvcable riac,“; In fact; ,thL
!Ay thing Nvorth owning in it iA the whis.
said Qiiiz,
that you lone ber.tilt,
DlFif"June°, ,• writes a cure-Iwpdrgt to
us in gr.:Lt ...has caught the scarlet
1 . ...!ver. Nu catn.2 can lie asqivi.s,l Gar the
Taeh act.'
What can, With any FlPti.o
Of propriety, aNk u.tal wmnan-w /emu on his
arm?
40: -. 1ti14,1 is a. lady bathing in the Jien
like tine in a vraly tinrleaant preilieatnent?
"fee:Luse she is in rL great pickle.
IDS-Wlty are toe 14.61i.34 llissonri so
tweet?A Tiivr , .!r—ltecii.ut;;,tiity
.are
rrS„.The aacient tired,. buried their .1.-Ani
in jars. Ilene.- the nri4in of the exprersi4n:
61,1 E coumbia
1 PENNSYLVANIA. iNDEfESDENT JOURNAL
CO.L.tiMi3XA, PA.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ISSS
ME
NEW ADVEILXNEMENTS.—ILLIdeman's, New
Gouclv; G. 31.,Clawges, School Examination
and Select School; Sam]. Shoch, .1 Gardner
Wanted; D.:liyans, ror Rent; Paschall Mar
ris & Co., Agricultural Implements, Seeds ,C.c.;
D. Knox, eiduinbic larble Works; Grover
Ilaker Sewing Machine Company, Sutriny
Inch/Res.
Tux RIV,ER.—On Thursday night of last
week the Susquehanna at this point was
frozen from Shore to shore, and next morn
ing the greater portion of the surface be
tween the bridge and data was smooth, bril
liant ice. From the extreme calmness of the
night. the water had been frozen without a
ripple, promising a skating-ground such as
we have not seen on our river for years.—
The
cold of Friday and. Friday night ren
-1 tiered the ice-bridge perfectly safe, and
Saturday morning saw the beautiful, glitter
ing, sheet plentifully dotted with skaters.
bent on going it while the ice was young.—
And they were wise who improved the op
portunity, for a protracted spitting of snow
during the afternoon and succeeding night
spoiled sport. The wind, however, has
compassionately come to the assistance of
the desolated juveniles, and partially bared
the glassy field. During the present week
every Loy, large or small. equal to a pair of
irons, has been on them and taking his plea
sure withou t saint. At this present writing
the head buy of the Spy utliee is disportinx
with elephantine grace aiming, the younger
and more stipple gamins of the town. Se
long a time bat elapsed since the back of
our head was on familiar, kissing terms
with the face of the :Susquehanna that we
dread a meeting, and decline, fur the present,
a renewal of the intimacy. We should be
huh to attempt a removal of the little cold
ness between us.
ICE.—Since the setting in of the preqent
"cold snap," there has been a decided let
ting up in the despondency of all parties
dependent upon the wintencrop of the Sus
quehanna for comfort or support. Many
gloomy furbodings had been indulged and
serious sufferings during the next, at pres
ent hardly to be realized dog-days, was
gloomily prophecied. Pieasant memories
of past cobblers and ices were treasured and
made much uf, as destined to do double duty,
and many a fond youth looked dismally , for
ward to the torrid season when he should
find it imposstble to "cream his gal.'"l he
prospect did look blue, we admit, and when
we recalled the wear and tear of Wills'
daily lumps, while undergoing a sunning
process on our 'steps, last summer, we rue
fully bethought us of the old adage, "Wilful
waste, &c." But imm frtal Jack has changed
all this, end in one short night puckered
grim visages into n thousand wrinkles of
glee and satisfaction- A "crust" had scarce
ly been formed along shore before the ice
men were on the alert, and now, with nu
unlimited supply of clear, six-inch ice before
them, they dilligently improve the occasion.
Every team in town is in requisition, and
should that unstable-minded official, the Clerk
of the Weather, put on flesh coal, open the
drafts and stir the fire, a sudden thaw would
find us pretty well fortified against even
100° in the shade.
A. SAtl I.I,IW.E.—Ua Saturday, 13th inst..
John S. Hansen appeared before Thomas
Welsh. Fe-11,J P., with head cut and bleed
ing profusely, awl made complaint against
Thomas Badger as the author of the mischief,
alleging that the latter had stuck him with
an iron rake, at the stone-quarry near the
old depot. A warrant was issued, awl Con
stable Hollingsworth produced the body of
Badjer on 'Monday morning, awl a hearing
in the ease was had before the Magistrate.
Thomas (Badger, not Welsh,) flatly denied
the charge, and offer red in explanation of
the damage an ingenious theory based upon
the assumption that Hansen had run against
the rake whilst lie, Badger, held it tip. Tim
slight improbability or a sane man volun
tarily running his head against an iron rake,
rendered the introduction of rebutting testi
mony unnecessary, and the plaintiff rested
casehis Vrithollt The Justice,
with his admirable impartiality. exhonorated
Badger from the eurietts charge of assault
with intent to kill, but itt ties. of very pain
' ful doubts anent the plausible the-,ry of sel f
imprJement, C derCqUiadt the bentllt of the
doubt, and adjutig,'d him guilty of hating
held the rake too hard Is !!en Job n ran against
it, and bound him over in the sum of two
hundred dollars to do so no more.
hl:•rac 'FIVE FIRE IN
Wednesday et ening the eNtensivo Machine
Shops and Foundry of C. Keiffer
ktitmn as the Chestnut Street Iron Works:
iu Lancaster, %ere burned, int :Jiving an
e•tiuutted lu•s of :: ,, libtay), less an insurance
o f i.-13,0 R.), part on the building and part on
the stock. The tire was with difficulty con
fined to the buildings where it originated,
the High School being in imminent danger
of destruction. The origin of the lire is nut
pogitively known, but it is generally sole
wised that it was communicated from the
Cupola stack of the Foundry. Much Sym
pathy is r'sprn.•ed and felt by the commu
nity for V! r. li iefifer.
INVF.NTIGATION TIIF. AFFAIRS OF THE
LASC.V,TEI: IiANIC.—We are glad to obsen e
that Mr. SaAr.rt mt, the talented Senator
; from Lancaster, has succeeded in pa ,, ing
" hill prodding for an it estigation of the
failure of the Lancaster Bank, through the
Senate. notwithstanding the Bank commit
' tee had reported against it. We hope that
W E s.r,:arNsrrr.lttvicw.—WehaNe reocit ed it mac pass the llon•e without delay and
from Leonard S'ott , & Co, Y.. the .lane- that the governor will appoint a committee
any number of the 15 • e,imilie4er, whi r the that will thoroughly investigate the
raseali
ty i/ alll
It the .Llik by which o
following table or e,c,tents: many widow, and orphans have been rob
j African Life; Spirits and Spirit-ll'ipping: bed of all their earthly goods. We say
1)1 . '433 - shire; Sheik: The Iltligions Weak- again let the examination be conducted
with nit fear or f.trur.—llarrisbin y Tdr
ur,, Protegantism; The erisis and its
,paiili.
Caube.-; The Engli-di in str,te-tam- . _
'wrings with Money and Banks; Conterapo- I MI—A. cat once caught a sparrow, and
rary Liter..tare. was ithollt to devour it, hut the sparrow
gentleman cats till he has first
A VA " . ""' """ 4 " /" . °vERY- --- So wr.mliot his . face." The cat. struck with
many of our frieuks Lave derived benefit tkis remark. set the sparrow down, and be
from the Oxygenicl ,Bitters. in ea-es of gamic ;trash his face w ith his paw, but the
Dyspepsia and indigestion. that we cannot I ; l ;? ,, , r t r , ':i W y . IX L , -4 s P t e '
too strongly reennintend it. It meld nv foils will teat Gn'a and wash my i.Let• ftertVar4 4 . "
al: c,tat_g do men to alit 11.1 y.
Non mean to say
OREM
PROCEEDINGS OF Couxciz..,--_ A special
meeting of the Town Council was held, Jan
uary 30, 185 S; Members present: Messrs.
Fraley, Murphy, Maston, rebut, Vfahler,
and Bletz, President.
Mr. Pelan submitted the following' reso
lution, which was on motion., adopted:
llesoired, That the Chief Burgess and
President of the Council be, and they are
hereby authorized to borrow one thousand
dollars, for the use of the borough. and give
the bond of the borough as security for the
same.
Council ailjuurnea.
Attest: WM. F. LLOYD, Clerk
PROCEEDINGS OFCOUNCIL.-A special meet
ing of the Town Council was hell, February
10, 1S38; Members present: Messrs. Fraley.
Felix, Murphy, Marton, Mailer, Felon and
Bletz, President.
Mr. Marton from the Road Committee
stated the object of the meeting to be, to
devise some way of having the orders given
by the Road Committee, cashed. Mr. Pelan
moved that $2OO in cash be paid to F. S.
Bletz, Esq.. provided he furnishes the Road
Committee with 1:41,000 worth of provisions,
which was agreed to.
Mr. Liphart's bill fur $4O, was read and
ordered to be paid. Council adjourned.
Atte,,t: WM. F. LLOYD, Clerk
If there be an office to fill, if when tilled,
it were necessary were well tilled it is that
of constable. The mercantile interests, the
peace and general welfare of the community,
greatly depend upon the calm, sensible and
efficient conduct of this executive officer.—
In many occupations remissness may be
remedied, or nut be followed by deleterious
consequences; in that of the constable, dere
liction of duty cannot be indulged in witn
out jeopardizing the cause of the 1e in
suit, ot• that of the Conunonweal:b. Praise
is due in many instances fur accomplishing
more than the duties imposed on us; in the
cc or bailiff,seldom properly, never legally;
the contrary, censure is uftcu justly incurred
from imprudent officiousness. The requi—
sites, therefore. for the successfully discharge
of the duties of this office are posse-sed by few.
A constable should be free from irritability
ur rashness of temper, correct in purpose,
resolute in action, not given to loquacity or
meddlesome in the private affairs of others
—making public the misfortunes, vexations,
and frailties of his fellow en—hut perfimn
ing his duties according to the precepts of
the law, the true code of honor, and with a
consciousness of rectitude. These qualifica
tions, see conceive. are happily blended in
the chLraeter of Christopher Hollingsworth,
the present incuumbent, whose past services
Lire :111 C:11110;4 to all reflecting citizens of
his future deportment. This gentleman,
thankful for favors conferred, and grateful
for the confidence heretofore reposed in him,
offers himself again as a candidate for con
stable, and solicits for this purpose time votes
of his friends and fellow citizens.
Columbia, February 19, ISSS
COLLEGE ROWDYISH AT YA clove
land Herald in speaking of the late disgrace
ful and bloody fracas between the firemen
and the students of New paten, says:
From the time whereof the memory of '
man runneth not to the contrary, a feud has
existed between the - College buys" and the
"town boys." Each College generation
must base a light; hence every four y ears
New IL% en is turned into Pandemonium.—
The , e battles often interrupt College exerci
ses for days; bullies are chosen by each
class; clubs and other weapons are procured,
and the student forces are regularly organ
ized for the war. The cry of lire at mid
night has not half the terrors for the slum•
berers in the - Elm City, - as has that
ominous student cry of Yale! Yale!! Vale!!!
The rush of students, to succor their brother
in the !iambs of the Philistines, has more
terrors than the tramp of the invading
• army.
These College collisions, somehow, oftem
est occur with the boys who rnn with the
machines. As long ago as '3o—if our
memory is not at fult—one night of a "three
days" light, the students, by dint of "moral
suasion," were kept in the college yard by
the Faculty, when a "squirt" was hauled
up in the street in front at.d brought to
bear on the students. With ntemury's eye
we see the "bully" of the sophomore class
and his "body guard" make a surtie for
that "machine." Thu lire pm;ine uutpt
did service after its attempt to "put out"
the college buys.
THINK or Holt E.—The husband who, in
his moments of relaxati o n from the cared
business, allows his thoughts to resort to his
family ei.tele, is in a measure safe from the
trial• and temptations of the4orld. We
regret to believe that there are few husbands
who give a practical turn to such thought.,
else there would be a tinovrit & iitier.n
Sewing Machine found in every well regu
lated family. None but those who have ex
perienced the benefits conferred by the use
or a GnovEn & Bxxxa Machine, can realize
its advantages.
Offices of exhibition and sale .195 Broad-
Way, New York; IS Summer street, Burton,
and 7:;O Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
The thermometer has, for several days
past, been afflicted with such a depression
of spirits as to cause great exhilaration in
the minds of all devotees to th amusement ,
of skating, sleigh riding and midnight fan
dangoes.
The snow is rather shallow for runners,
being only about two inches deep on an av
erage; but it will do well enough fur trot
ters, driven by persons of an imaginative
turn of mind, who don't discriminate very
clearly between snow and mud or lumps of
frozen earth; especially when the imngina
tion is aided by a state of feeling which Mr.
Richard Swiveller, of blessed memory, was
wont with much delicacy of language and
prfuund wisdom, to designate as a stilt° in
volvin4 "the sun very strong in one's eyes"
—but which the vulgar world has a malig
nant and individious fashion of stigmatizing
as a condition of extreme inebriation,
People are putting away Schuylkill ice
only four inches thick, and glad of the
chance, now that the Ides of March are ap
proaching very rapidly. Winter's delights.
such as they are, gladden the hearts of our
pleasure-seekers, and there are few grum
blers, except among the "Poor of Philadel
phia."
"Trade" don't seem to start off at so jolly
brisk a rate, as was anticipated thirty days
ago, -in all the month of February." Some
say it is because of this sudden cold snap.
operating as a check; others, that the winter
has been so uniformly mild, as trade has
been kept dull since fall, there is no open
ing of spring to make matters revive. But
then this would be only the semblance of a
stir, by virtue of contrasts, and of no great
use to put boxes on the sidewalks, and
money on the counter.
roe the Columbia Sit)
Mom , y is said to lie very abundant
the sneer," but it is not easily found—judg
ing lv the number of borrowers "on long.
time," who ferret ont the way into all sorts
of brokers' (and broken down) (awes, and
rather than go away empty-handed, will
take sue eed. Funds are said to be easy "on
call:" lot examples are not wanting of
worthy cu-tourers who have been calling to
the four winds of heaven for sixty days past.
with 11,1 effeet whatever, but here and there
an equivalent of chronic bronchitis.
The remains of the old Bank of Pennsyl
vania were gloomily interred by a circle If
1110111110rS who assembled for that purpose
one day last week, and after passing set eral
very indignant and scathing resolutions re
flecting upon two individuals—and in an
atniable spirit, passing over the gross negli
gence of their Board of Directors, and the
stupid apathy of the stockholders, during the
past ten or perhaps twenty years—and [rav
ing had their drooping spirits raised and
their hearts much edified by the recital of a
tragieo-einnico ditty of ten or twelve verses,
by a victimized wag named Dela—adjourned
to open the last will and testament of the
deceased. and divide the renufaut of the ef
fats. The note holders will doubtless lie
paid, as will the depositors, but the stock
holders need expect nothing. Such is the
end of a great -Institoothin" inaugurated
for the purpose of gir big to civilized society
the most perfect system of currency, or the
eireulated representative of aggregated com
mercial wealth, that could be possibly de
vised (!)
CIT IZEN
Or so would say, if he said anything, Mr.
Henry C. Carey, the great political econo
mist of Philadelphia. It has become a mat
ter of interesting speculation, how many
more letters :%Ir. Carey will spin out 01 this
,object for the edification of President Bu
chanan, to whom they are addressed, in a
philanthropic spirit of charitable instruction,
1 !
through the formidal.de columns of the
North _I onrican. The nineteenth letter
appear, this morning:, and in turgidity of
style and obscurity of meaning, it will vie
with any of its predecessors. If we may
judge of the worthy gentleman's proximity
to the end of his theme, by the amount of
light which liisdisquisitions have thrown
upon the intricate sot...peel - . it is not improb
able that he will continue to load down the
e.)ltnens of the Korth _American for the next
twenty years, nr until the next "financial
eri-is." Mr, C a rey is, of course, a high
tariff and paper currency man, fur it takes a
long yarn, a cry long yarn, to throw light
011 16ebe subjects, unless it is by putting the
reader into a profound bleep, and the infu
sion of light into his drcania.
Your modest correspondent will pressure
to give Mr. Carey a little bit of zoltiee, which
though neither original nor costly, has the
ad% antage of good common sense, and is
best appreciated and understood by those 1
ss ho most need it. The touchstone of com
mercial prosperity is, as far as practicable,
" h oly as you go." Whatever you pay with, I
whether gold or silver, or corn, or silk, or
teas, or tolowes, or opium, or whisky—"pay
as 3on go.•' or at least don't pay by a pro
mix,
hen you have nothing else to pay
with. Attention to this common place pre
' vein will save the political economists a vast
deal of muddy elucidation, and the comma
'pity a vast deal of bankruptcy and distress.
The ime.t notable kind of amusement
I amour- us now, is the lecture entertainment.
This evening, two veterans in the trade %rill
I ;
enchain their audiences; Mr. Everett, on the
eharacter of Washington, at the Academy
of :VI volt% and Mr. Beecher, on "Mirthful
' !less." at Jaynes' I fall; of course both
Louses will Lc jammed.
Next Deck it is supposed that this emu
inanity will be treated to a repetitioa of a
cour.t. of lesture.4 by It certain notorious wo- ,
till the continent of Europe, who
having EN .! , 1 as the paramour of 1 , C% era"
men, betook herself to the stage, but hieing
incapable or eking ont a fashionable living
by dancing and posturing, had the wit to
disemer the Weak pint in American char
acter. and to avail herself of it. People will
go to hear any one on the face of the earth
lecture, proxiding the lectures are sufficient
ly piquant or startling, and impudent; but
the idea of going to the theatre to see the
same person do some very shabby dancing,
is horrible; posith ely shoeking. Now, the
fact is, it is much 1210712 reprellemdble t o
lis
ten ,to the impertinent and egnixocal nt
teintd, at instroeti in and ente:tainment, in
For the Columbia Spy
Philadelphia Correspondence.
PUILADELPIII.I, Feb. 10, 1858
such a lecture, from such A person, than to
suffer a little disgust at the insane effort:, to
imitate the airs and graces of Torpsicho-
rean artists
The "refining Institootion"—ltalian Op
era—is just now enjoying a tranquil vaca
tion; the head professor thereof having
reaped a snug harvest of $15,000 out of the
flats, by the assiduous aid of puffs and
trumpetings by the dead heads. Of course,
since the Academy is closed, the fashionable
world is in a sad state of bereavement and
we. But then why moan and lament—mu
sic is circumambient, peripatetic, omnipres
ent, in Philadelphia—doubtless the effect of
the "refining Institootion." It is found in
the Musical Institute up Chestnut street. in
every parlor and every kitchen, in the yard
and in the street. The first sound to herald
the rising sun, and the last to woo you to
the midnight couch is the inevitable organ
grinder in the street, with his brass mounted,
brass fastened little "ehist," grinding forth
strains that Would rival in harmony the
notes of a half dozen tom-cats tumbled about
in a barrel churn.
Ilappy are the Colombians who dwell on
the banks of the Susquehanna, and escape
all such "refining Institootions."
Items of News
Ex-President Fillmore was married on
Wednesday evening, 10th inst., at Albany,
to a widow named Melntubli.
The Superintendent of the Little Schuyl
kill Navigation and Railroad Company, J.
Edwards Barnes, and Duncan Weir, Mine
Agent, were suffocated by gas in a coal
mine, near Tamaqua, on Monday.
The people of the District of Columbia
have, by a large majority, rejected the new
revised code of laws drawn up fur their
got ernment.
We have from Kansas an odd report that
a party of free State men, under General
Lane, had visite,: Westport, 310., in search
of 'Mr. Danforth, a member of the Lecomp
ton convention. This is carrying the war
into the enemy's stronghold. A skirmish
is said to have occurred between the bellige
rents at Fort Scott. Governor Denver had
refused to send troops thither.
Mails from the Pacific reached Philadel
phia on Saturday, by the arrival at New
York of the steamship Star of the West.—
The California news is mdmportant. The
Legislature was in session, but had trans
acted no business of importance. The Sall
Francisco markets were very dull. From
Oregon a rumor had been received that the
Snake Indians intend to join the Mormons.
Later advises from South America are in
teresting. From Peru we have further ac
counts of the arrest of: Mr. Lamar, on a
charge of conspiring to bring Americans
with arms to Peru, for the purpose of fight
ing for ex-President Echenique. Letters
w !deb had passed between Lamar, Commo
dore Vanderbilt, and Col. Fitzgerald, of
New Oilcans, had been published. It was
thought Lamar would be shut. Affairs be
tween the government and Vivanco were
without particular change. There had been
a destructive fire at Valparaiso, involving a
loss of $1,000,000. Affairs in Bolivia were
quiet. The steam frigate Susquehanna goes
out to 01.1 Providence, to inquire into al
lege 1 outrages on American commerce
there. General M. IL Lamar, U. S. Minis
ter to Nicaragua, was at last accounts on
his way to that country. Advises from
Montevideo state that the Legislature had
been suspended by the military. A war
between Brazil and Paraguay was imminent.
From Bolivia it is reported that Mr. Dane.
the American Minister, will not resign.
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In our State Legisluture but little of im
portance has been done, but innumerable
bills arc presented and sonic few rassed.—
Our Senator, B. A. Shaeffer, has been body
snatching, and succeeded in exhuming the
remains of the Lancaster Bank. A bill has
passed the Senate for an investigation of the
failureof this lamented Institution, as will be
seen by a paragraph elsewhere, copied from
the I larrisburg Telegraph. We fully agree
with that paper in its estimate of the Hon. D.
A's, capacity.
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In Congress Mr. Jefferson Davis' bill, for
the Increase of the Army, and the affairs of
Kansas, have been the principal subjects of
discussion in the Senate. The former re
ceives the support of its framer, of course,
and of the majority of the Administration
party, with Mr. Seward, of the opposition.
It is opposed by Mr. Toombs, of Georgia,
who favors the employment of Volunteers,
and by Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire, with
the Republicans generally. Mr. Douglas
has unsuccessfully endeavored to obtain an
investigation into the Kansaselectionfrauds,
and the present indications are that the Ad
ministration party will force through a bill
admitting Kansas under the Lecompton Con
• • l •
stitutron. his bill, however, cannot pass
the House as at present constituted, an in
vestigating committee on the Kansas case
having been ordered by that body. This
Committe being. by the Speaker's appoint
ment, composed of eight Lecomptonites to
seven Antis. the supposition is that the in
vestigation will be smothered by the major
, ity, in wliich care the battle will begin anew.
bittlo legislation has been effected in the
House. The :\laryland contested election
ease has been wrangled over, lint as yet re
, stilts in nothing.
John Calhoun, the 1 re..l,lent of the Le
v 4, 1 1 1 14011 Constitutional Convention, still re
tain,: the returns, anal declines giving certifi
cates of election to either the Free State or
Pro-Sia% ery DOM. The probability is that
lIMIO Of our readers will live to see the set
tlement of the “Kansas Difficulties."
MEMO
lity the arrival at llalifax of the steamship
Niagara, we have three days later news
Dorn Enr..pc. Consols were linoted at USI.
Cotton had enhanced. The London money
market wa. somewhat casier,and the thank
of England had reduced its rates of discount
to four per cent. News from Italia, one
week later than previous adviceq, had been
received. General Outrun had engaged the
enemy at SluniLagli, and defeated them.
enpturing four gait , . In China, the United
States Cemmisdoner, Mr. II cat, had vainly
sought an interview with Yell, the Imperial
Counnicsioner. The British propositions
made by Lord Elgin were also rejectee. A
speedy attack upon Canton was anticipated.
The steamship Leviathan was expected to
be fully Aunt on the day the Niagara sailed.
In France the addresses of the army to the
Emperor Napoleon, congratulating him
on his recent esea2e from asssassination,
were growing offensive to the English.—
Many of them call fur permission to pursue
and exterminate the conspirators in their
haunts. Lablache, the great Italian basso
singer, is dead
A Dam:car IN Scent ArRICA.—In our
second year no rain fell. In the third the
same extraordinary drought followed. In
deed, not tee inches of water fell during
these two years, and the Kolubeng ran dry:
so many fish were killed that the hymnas
from the whule country round collected to
the feast, and were unable to finish the
putrid masses. A large old alligator which
had never been known to commit any dep
redations, was found left high and dry in
the mudamong the victims. The fourth year
was equally unpropitious, the fall of rain
being insufficient to bring the grain to ma
turity. Nothing could be more trying.—
We dug down in the bed of the river deeper
and deeper as the water receded, striving to
get a little to keep the fruit trees alive for
better times; but in vain. Needles lying I
out doors for months did not rust; and a
mixture of sulphuric acid and water, used
in a galvanic battery, parted with all its
water to the air, instead of imbibing more
from it, as i t would have dorm in England. The
leaves of indigenous trees were all drooping,
and soft, shrivelled, though not dead; and
those of the mintosm were closed at mid-day,
the same as they are at night. In the
midst of this dreary drought, it was wonder
ful
to see those tiny creatures, the ants,
running about with their accustomed viva
city.
I put the bulb of a thermometer three
inches under the soil in the sun at mid-day,
and found the mercury to stand at 132° to
134; and if certain kinds of beetles were
placed on the surface, they ran about a few
seconds and expired. lint this broiling
heat only augmented the activity of the
long-legged black ants; they never tire;
their organs of motion seemed endowed with
the same power as is ascribed by physiolo
gists to the muceles of the human heart, by
which that part of the frame never becomes
fatigued, and which may be imparted to all
our bodily organs in that higher spl•ere to
which we fondly hope to rise. Where du
these ants get their moisture? Our house
was built un a hard ferruginous conglomer
ate, in order to be out of the way of the
white ant, but they came in despite the
precaution; and not only were they in this
sultry weather able individually to moisten
soil to the consistency of mortar fur the for
mation of galleries, which in their way of
working is done by night (so that they are
screened from the observation of birds by
day in passing and repassing towards any
vegetable matter they wish to devour,) but
when their inner chambers were laid open,
these were also surprisingly humid; yet
there was no dew, and the house being
placed on :t rock, they could have no subter
ranean passage to the bed of the rher,
I which ran about three hundred yards below
the hill. Can it be that they have the pow
er of combining the oxygen and hydrogen
of their vegetable food by vital force so as
to form water?—Dr. Lir•inystouc's
Trurds in South Africa.
Columbia Post Office
31 A I 1.4 C 1.0. E:
Through Mail for the East-8 A. M. and
G.-10 I'. 31.
W"Y .‘ •• S A. M.
Through and IT Nail for the West—G.2s
I'. M.
" " South-1130
MB
_Val leaves for ,lfountrilk on Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday—closes at G. 40
P. M.
lluil leares r Manor, Highrille and Safe
Mall r, Tuesday-, Thursday, and Saturday
—cl,.-e: at 2 P. M.
lrzil fur Silver Spring, on Wednesday and
Saturday.
NT.% ILS ARRIVE.
E• 1.4 ern —2.40 A. M. and 12.05 P. 31
Wesicrn-7.-10 A. M.
Southern-12.05 P. M.
Columbia Post Office, Jan. 2, ISSB.
st titl:l,trlX EXTrtAONION vat' —The greatt , t mnrriatre
which cn,, lake ware nt I;nrope. is about m he coffin.,
ted iu l'aris A Prinee.... , Tronhettkut I illiollt to marry
her cotefio, nod each, of the pnrtn, tr (moiled Is 11UU • INN
per 0111111 M. The Int,legroont tieciart , that wear
as elothoitr except .urh os are 11111111, nt lire Brown Stoat,
Clotitiog hull of Itocklnll & Wilson, Nos. t;U:. , and 005,
Chestnut street, l'ittlntlelphut.
HAIR RESTORATIVE —We are pleased to be
able• to record the sait.facnou of our putrou•, rifler a
trod of nr article advertised In our columns. We
basis the Saii.f.irtion to know several of our reader ,
who have u-ell Prof. Wood's Hair Restorative. nod
r I.ollotl need It lobe )nut Whitt the Odor ri..ement
•ne-
It I-. We have several personal acquittal:awe, I,; e ,
who were pray-headed—they brave tried it, and uow
their lunar 1n IV-Wrest to its original color, :rid they
\VII ling!y add their le-moony to Its edivaey. and wvJ
give further Worm:mon to oilier. desiring it. This
speak. well for the article. and we allot-c all who sh,
nor NS 1.11 to appear gray-headed, to use Wood's Hair
Ilettuiative.—Wee.icrit Patron.
1000 1)01.1.A will lie paid for any
Medicine flint v,Il areal PIZATT &
NIAGIC, OIL for the following
I Nenr.llgra. , I.111:11 A Ilevionit-,Contraeleil
Chula Pant-. Side or ((irk. Ilend.ielle.
Toollioelle, Sp rain-. Sin e !trial-v..11u ins.
and ;dl 1/I.ea•e- Orlllc ned
Non . s‘iiliout the poigliollure 01 l'Itk"1"E
111 TC111:It atinelied to I.tliel Principal 01111,1.,
2111, .1(1'1.3. !Iron's N V.
'1 he great number of per-urn s dant h.rer liven inner
diately I eilevell mull the Nile. , and linen- wv lore It
II:I- fusel, Nell 41+ 111 it,,. dent In
~,nlnt.thnt It the givair•i ell, 111 lire
World for polo ever -old.
Dr. V. Whole-ole Agent fer Colom
bia Sold by all re.peciati/c
lie United Stair, a lid CA111141.1.. Wet. 17, 1,.,57.1y
Al.i.'—Uniforinity of Price.! A
New Ie I;very one hi- own -ale.
ntan.—Janet& Co , of the Cre-teat (lure Price Cloth
sac. Store," No. _urn Alarket street, above Sixth, Phil
tlelphiii. 111 :01t1i11011 10 havtur the liirgc•t. um.t va
ried .e lid IC ' , lock nieloiloott In l'hildtlelphia.
made extire-.ly for retail tale., ' m y,
every one hot own •ale-ratan. by having unit rked
littare.t, 011 each aitinle,lllo. very low e-t price it ran
1,...t0t t l for, ..1,1 they eallllol p0..11,1) V.lll .:411 roast
troy
'rite good. are all well .potted a n d mean Tea 0,,u1
}I nest jllllll 1. , knit woh the makule. sn that all e au
bur nee in getting it good article
al the Yt•es !owe.' urine.
einewhei the Cr C.1,11t, in MUI Lit. •Lour
JONES J. CO.
June 11,
GREAT nirgovEm ENT IN AIEDICAL
PI4EPA RATIONS
No trwilictor of tho.or any :re ha. nut as ith nue))
tm
rivulled 111 Oler.llllllllg 11144,1.....
AIIIV(.1111 Cofllll.ol/11.1" The emit/Iry t AShall 4.1.0u:d
render thtu Coinimund No great a i ordll•e. when till
1011,. have fail. .1. his [wean, the veg.itilde matter
w lurk ompu-eii it it tt oderi.,l into n 'nand?da te II) a
ilea mid remarkable arparatie, ha. Omit)
known only to the proprietor of flea rented,. Vitiated
Minton. of the blood. I:rimehtti..l'let ration of Ihr Thrum,
I..toitinelt or 1t0.e14, It) sileti.tit. or Chronic Intinnuna-
Mai tit not membrane of the .) -tem. entirely ilt.apticar
before a time', Lae of than medmlne.
I,:del%i Ante rie.sti Compound owe. its 'access to
111 e itttrin,c curative propel - tie. of the vegetable,.
ia loch entitim•e it. It et - annua l , n "Ctanpott tut Filth!
E dearth,' Smartt Prep Ot Cutlet • Boot" mot. beet 49r en
to the Pub( it, mat Inn. krown to the Indian. ii• a never
non me cure for Serofold+. Con-mormoit. Herm, of
he It and 1•11(11111e 111dP11.04 in any Part Or the
Thi- medicine v/111 lIMV be had of ail relia
ble deal., 111 the Flitted Slate• HMI Grid J.t. See
wive, n.egneni in nom her column.
lint t. 12 1,7:: tin
(;ROVER Si. BAKER'S
CELEBRATED
FAMILY SEWING MACHINES,
405 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
730 CIIK,BPNUT :STREET. PHILADELPHIA
j]J No anwalion. fur Auras•+ need be :mle.'
eXt,jilL by pu r.oll+ tubgr,ty. rr lrnbibll • , /11Iii 1.11
rxeellrnt in , .// 1 1 ,. + for doing 1.11-111reS The)
ba add d In Gauvk.ir h Wol.Frir S. NI. Co ,
195 Broadway. N.-w Yin [Feb. 20. I y
ZI•
On the r' ening of the 15th 111 , 1, by Ms Ilonor,'Fborn
11. Borrows, Ma) or of the city of I.tutrattrr. ELLE;
P. Nloot;E, to BLlst.:ec,*. J . ilanehter ot
I ".`gr. , e, Che.ter county. Po.
A Gardener Wanted,
TO whom good wages and eonstaut cm
wffl lie given. A t Otlug 111:111 PrOferrelle
1`0111.11111:l Feb. 20. 1-5'•81 :4 SHIM 11.
roxt
TUE Store Room, Cellar and Viare-itt
holt,. %Hunted WI thr corner of Fourth and
Chrrry :Atrect, 1'0,4,t1011 given immediately Apply
011 the print -c-. to 1). LVANS.
Columbia. February mill.
SCTIOOL EXAIVEZNATION.
T H ERE will be a public school examina
tion kohl at the School Maw. corner Thud and
Perry •dreets, on ;MEND.% EN-Exist.. NE x T.
iNsTAN • r. commencing at 6! o'clock. Several dia
logue, and single piece. u ill be .poker by the scholand
they will •ing •overal [MIXT% they tall :11.0 he ex
atintit•d in Orthography. Reading, Mental Arithmetic,.
Geogre.phy and Or:tumor. The ,chool Directors and
Pari iitl to ills school : are Illtatd la
~111), C rIbCf is dl Open a
immediately alter the pubhr• t.elitiobt chew, II: feel*
grateltil for the Ilheral ruittottatre lierettitore received,
and re,iteetftill fitr a itouttiattattee ot the t•mne.—
o;uecoal care given to the itopiot,ellltllt oh the MOM'S Of
hr 11111/1/. CLAIVGErf•
Columbia. February do, I°8 , • 11
COLUMBIA IYIARBLE YARD,
Corner of Front and Walnut Streets.
THE undersigned invites the attention of
c,, 1 / 1 111% 0(110 1 itOr014:11 of COll/1111011111111v11 1 11111 y
10 Ire. 311 ride Yard, where Ire r. prepared ro etreute
or superior .1)1e all deberrioroll of \l'ork w Alarlde,
I:rartrie. fnand , dorre, .
Monuments, Tombstones, Mantels, Steps,
Door and Window Sills,
1111 d 0111111111•111111 WOll , 01 01.11•1 I kind 111. work' Win
001111011 e Wllllllll5 WIWI' 0),(1111,1 and
hr irelr sail-lied that he viol give ..satistaetloa 10
10111•• r%. 1,0111 111 1111111111 V 111111 e.
lie xul toroodt ht. work out wore relooltable terln4
1111111 01111 Ile 0111111110 d lA . -I.:MR . IV
eel. 120.1 y
113 ni f 3.
se, p„V.D E MA iv,,,
LaaLA
..JF°Mt.-XM.,T , G- GOODS.
llCouutrrpture-, hr rt ( !.1 ( ) L1 ( D o S :e; %1" 1: r 1 " 1 . 1T:.:; , ( 1 1 ' 1 ' ' ' L "1 4 " .1
nod 1 sheetattg.- Irmo one yard 10 three
yardo ss ode l'illow Cu-e u.lin . 01 - .111 Width, 'l%llOO
I .OVOI., 'r:e Flog , . Furnitu-e OMI Cher
Itog. 01:111 kind-. 'otton and 1.111,1
111.1pe I • lor Cloth- l'ute I.lnett Dattoo.l. 'Sable
moth., Prue) Doy Ite-, Scotch
PRIME LIVE GEESE FEATHERS;
Carpet Chatit, \Void., I c olors ;
CA R l'E T 1 IV CS:
Super Impertul Otte ply C,4rpeting,.
• upertioe Ingram do.
Floe mai 11edittsn
Plant tool 'I d l'ettiltan do
1.•1-tug and Rug do.
Velvet It ttg4, Door Moto.
floor rind Stair Drugget., NI lir Cr I-11,
I ft l'rt Donte•tte Cru , h,
F'oor Oil Clotho from one to four y and, wide.
Tulle on Cloth. all multi!,
Tt.iti.patent Window Sh O:C.. front 50e per pair up.
l'oto on', Potent . ..It ule l'ixittreg
CHINA, GLASS AND (2UEENSIVARE:
WY 111 1 .11 C 1 1 111 1 0,11111 . 11111 . 11111,11 10 0111 Clllllll,
1111,1 1111••••11‘,.111, 1100111...11111 . 11 COllllllll% 11 1.17g11 1111 , 1
Vlllleli 0.-1/rIIIIVIII. e05,..”.11,1,; m par! of Illue :11urlde,
• p) ~,I and Willie Slone (:,..nie. Tea Fen.,f 11,14
Sprtag'.. If/wolf:mon; full !Molter Sett, fine French
China ;;old baud Tea &vU, 1 . 1 feller., Salad
80w1,., Gin vy Busal, , , Soup Tureen,. Chamber and
Toilet Sens, &e., &e.
GLASSWARE
A complete u , zortment of floe col nod low priced .
Clue-ware, eol,l4Taig 111 part Or Decaliter, Fruit
'....tegar 13uw1. , Poeuere. Crptial,
Celler. liar Jaid Table • I'um \Vti.r Mad Chum
',ague Goblet, Egg
HALDEMAN'S
Columbia, Feb. 29. 1=5., Clomp Ca-11 Store.
1?11011TY'S Subsoil, Prouty's Double
5,411 and.011.:1111 Proui)% Crmrr lira ft
3COLAC:i/ONfinTe.. The,. Plow-are eon-irueted
„„-eu•nuhopi int ;pie-, uo a- to turn and 11(11V1,1/ 4!
the giotind at one iipe rai ion It took the lirid premium
at the 1.0,50n,31.4•11 1111
All We thirereflt tr,, at NV limes J.• :yid Itti tai I.
stl I 1.% 9101111 IS & Co.
N E Cnr. 7th Mid Musket etreeti, Philadelphia.
Fehriniry :Pi.
Spain's Premium Atmospheric Churns.
ILL produce inure huller from a given
q uant,i s 1.1 ( . 1.•11111 I II IIII) 0111111 in 1.12-C.
Se Vi211.1/ , ', :1111i Win J.
PnMAi.\I.L. :11011R1-; Sc. Cr)
N C Cnr 7tlt uuJ Nlarket rilshttlelphia
Febrill,y 01. 1. -I-4.
Field, Flower and Garden Seeds,
Tn great lark! y. Warranted Fresh anti
(;vutune. (WA:\ 0, .57api..- Nurogeutted Super
Phu:Thole of Lime. l'oll4llelle.a,
1,1.. :1101t lIIS S:
N 1. (;or 71h iuid Jt.i Let
Primary
WANTED,
8800 OR $l,OOO ON FIRST MORTGAGE, of
unexeepiininible Heal lielalt. in the Bor
on:41i ui Columhm, worili ItNiet• the eleellet; the p ro.
pi•rt) , in-ured, the mane}• N vruned by the brat
d.p• to( April next. Knijuire at 11114 Other.
Fehrui.r) Ifi 1-.i•:h
rolt. RENT,
TWO•STORY BRICK DWELLING 1100SEr
t.n0n0..1 on l'ono qrt of ;11/IJle I 'woo A ink.
Apply to WADI G .
IN . .I'ON ILIWITER.
Co! Feb
AUCTIONEF.RING
THE undersigned offers his services to the
1 . 111/CI. of Columbia and us no nue-
Ile ',II carefully and promptly attend to the crytr•.g
of .ale•, and guarantee aaitsfuettua itt all butinesa
•tultoutt led ta Iti• care
Ile re4peettally .oltetl• a share of pultlie patronage.
Felt it. 1.3•:;; JOHN EDIJY.
LAST NOTICE ---
LE, persons indebted to the late firm of
I:riater liroilier, are reqaesied In roadie pay
ment 10 I 0 Bruner & curia, of Third
1 . 111011 klreei+ prey tacit to lire first ti ny of Moretti I iscit.t i ,
:la a Ile, thin d.rte• 1111,111 ed ii,cllllll4 will he placed
the hairdo 0(0 inagistiate tor colicctioni
BRUN lia k 111{01'11ER
Coltin, rt•lmmry
RECEUIVEATISIVI CURED.
DR. BIRRE lI'S celebrated remedy is war
nulled In I tir, thti loath-cony dt.en•e All who,
are alltoqed with chroon• cootpla lot •ire owned In call
t thy Drofr Store of 11 1 r. recd. rrula street. ahoy.,
Walhot. and procure n hotly.
I,r Mr Green to rue ugent for this meth.• ful- in am
caster county.
(Pet.. G, 1
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VALENTINES! VALENTINES!
For the lororst and mom, srleel nAgortiorol, go fa
SAYLOR At. McDONALIVS
Head Quarters and News Depot,
Where they lint... dt.phive.l a , :to e k of COM IC A N o D
)I( N A 51I•:NT.\L V LENTO: I;z4, gutted in eve.)
In-tv. Weis It, 11,5 ti,
FOR RENT,
TITO first-rale Business Stands, l'o, 1 er7 . t i lit
lreb. linty'. S•rOali ROOM w•. U,
DW
N o 4 Mechanic.' Row. sToRR 1400 M with
DWI:LIANI: othtehed. both orro.ite. mademni t 'd
Store. where tottowy• rnu In. aide.
C0;1.11111 , 141. rehrottr) li. L".i,
NEW GOODS.
WE hem opened this week, one ease new
v y ?denim:tel. uu i COVIIWU Caltenes, Itenutt
r.l good.. and re!tabla colors at Ittj cools. :20 pieces nesr
st las and ental mood, m Ii c mat 11l vent,
SHIRTING AND SHEETING I%IUSLINS.
Th.• hest blenched and itabletaelaal Ito s. iliac at fi,
lu and 1 . 4 rents, 4. 5. 6 nod la; Mt...lied and tt
tle:mind tt.la tangs. at all prices Call nt
11. e. V0N1)1 , 326 4 N11T11.
1•c L.
, Prop:f.'s Cush Store.Columbiu._
THE LAST RALLY IN !FURS.
Un: nose closing out the balance of our Stock of
TV Fur. cOrsT. Now IS the tune, Indies. to get
your moue) back. us they v,lll be sold.
It. C. Fosulanzm
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NEWELL'S Patent Safety Lamps and Cans,
v. 1,0111,1 to eXpl.mle Alx re.. ii•oofttne at
of die, valuable lamp• and eau.. foretile. bv
Ilr. I:. 11.
bourn NI on.. Vs lig tslare.
1d G, ISL'.
11
Greiril