"You don't seem to hr.r..VS 4 ..;:liinon sense or
common dects, - to live iu this
t'tie t,?4Her you nre ledded off, the
better," "S:;idly replied Dlr. Wiggihti.
tei‘aii have the sale alai risk tit* tditse-
quences."
And he ills 'rord. The
.cd Eng., in le.f.s tltau week, NV 113 unfurled
t;rom one of 4.3,5, ':-,Andows of the handsome
West End bouse, and the humbled and dis
ccn.'cifate Wigg,inses retired to a meaner
abode, in a small street, the furniture of
which corresponded ranch better with the
condition eftf: man who could pay only furty
'cents on the dollar:
Wiggins himself wrs - honest at heart; but
;'•the Wir7inse-s 't;ise tray. were weak, vain
anti pretentious. The suddenne.s with
which they fell from an extreme height
isturc - mil tna bliude l . - them, and it was some
time before a new trid bettor life began to
vitalizetheir actsm - s. It did, however,
hanks to the:twill - tile conduct of their head!
Insert i= a loisai in the fall of the Wig
..gimAes?. and. a,:good `.s. , uny- lessons in the way
'lacy thans.gen to get along alter their fall.
With the reader's lease we :nay look in upon
:them ng.ain, at intervals. We think them
%worth obscr via".•±.
'Pipe anl Cigni. Smoking, &c.
'These are nuis,anees to the fresh
'green of bone, muscle, and spirit,
called "man ' or "woman," before they are
previons'i, turned into baeon or ham, that
"ne wundee not that all sorts of subterfuges
- Pt . :: resorted to by the un.sutokerl, in order to
*.e.;ade the nui,..tbee {,r tho
. .
The smoker often
are ahu t u:. °': ntnhr rilach nr . a'aniniber
with ',nro :von into thi , , and
does it so p,,litely, <vitb, "1 1ik . :.4 . .y0ur par
.lon," or "h.pc a cig:tr don't '(',i,enl you,"
:that it is aliTionit 11.1.ike it, and
impossible to ,40:.yr.:71,
A French Man, howm er, we see Ly the
r , ,svr , .-c, Lit upon a device to dodge be
ing smoked, which is original. A party of
Ais took pl.tees on the railroad frmn Havre
'to Paris, and were put in one compartment.
As soon as they started, fi've 01 them, =-
cardiac, M ti...si,gt;, took. rrorn cigar ,p9uches
4';ig,nrs, and 'negan cu light r, tradn to kindle
them. A young man einM look hold of the
.one who was striking the light, and screamed
out, "flea.tens! what would you do, Mon
sieur?' •You see. sir," was the cool reply,
would light my cigar." "What fur?
what to do?" he added, in agony, apparently
intenser. "Smoke, - was the response.—
"Oh, don't smoke; please don't smoke,"
cried the anti-smoker, in increasing agony;
**`see that sack between my legs—it is pow
der I any taking contraband to my brother
in law:" —Diable," said the smoker, "you
ere a gomd man for telling us of it," and
the tiiii,nl%tor , was extinguished, and thetigars
returned to the pmriles.
The smokers, however, were so indignant
at being tl-0-3 deprived of their cigar, that
at the next station they culled upon a police•
loan. and reported the contraband-powder
man. The police began to arrest him, and
to open Lis sack, in which were found noth
ing but ciermiv:iles, Indkerchiefs,
The smckt..r4, yr_ t mcrc indignant. reproached
him for f.11Q,d0,1,1. His defence wa-t, "Cigars
make me cruelly :kJ:. It' I had asked them
not to smoke, beconse of my ill-health, they
would have laughed at my effeminacy. My
onlyproteetion was the powder ruse."
c.nne years since, on the K anan ha, (Va.,)
we Were participant in a richer scene than
this. Twelve of n 4, a hot ,umther morning,
were lint into a big stage coach to start for
crossing the mountains. The ohl coach was
reeking, with cleati tobacco smoke. The sun
was pouring I loan its rays iu intense h ea t.
Six cigars were lit, all of had mmlity, and
true 3 ioe. Every man, ns he began, "be g ged
pardon" of his neighb,ri "hoped smoke
(lid not o . i.entl Idui;" but yet began, without
further palater. to smoke, and smoke, and
smoke. We had lot ci wye , l far before a
stench are , :e, alTesled et erybody's at
tentiun. an l whirh n m 1,0 an to tie insuffer
able. "What is it? 'What's the matter?—
Is a skunk (shoat?" were e.mmon exela-
At la , t,, when the curiosity of all
was piqued to the utmort, a I,ery quiet man
an Llva -?, ,, rner of the coach said very civilly.
sip 1:6 i": 0 my a.afetitt; I beg your
pardc,n, grlo , -1/: , ! n: f lope it don't ofnnd
mati,n.
anyly•d . ); ho rely -)rry- to be isa
groe.ll.lo t , )
ovory ;
a5:4'526,1a nrolo ovor:, Qickor and :-..ierscr.
fl 9 everfho , ly er a.ifetida. Thr
cool, , ignilieant, and half
Ittighing: manner nf the 1-tranger, however.
*non (7,..1. -lope 1 hi , intent nrnl meaning: and
Lc explaine , l him-61 very politely, in say-
'•G etlemen, I am an Englishman, travel
ine; in your effimtry. The scenery
r.n5r.14-3 me is lm•sitching. Your tobacco
kills me. 1 hats , : i”.‘211 ruffering intense
a;2;onie , from naii , en riding 'nett 6 ,; - i 4 .-11 you.
I did not complain. for I knew you wokin
•think nip fa•oidion , . ItidoNl, I thought I
could stand your :mike, if you could stand
my amtetida."
• 'lThat's too od,'• exclaimed one, and
then another; ant the "maker'. in the very
best of temper, threw away their cigars, and
all joggea •Aoi then harmoniously together.
„A - ete 3;prl.
lady asked a child how long it.took.
to build Rome, and was answered a night.
'•1107s• do you make that out?" She replied,
"necnu , :c manuna told Dar it was not built
in a derv:-
2; 2 Zrolltl al CCT ‘..X.e.bangeS gpealC4 of a
"fini-lvsl scamp. — Nie wish they were all
r,...Why is a banknote like a fisli?—
Deeattse if yo.l keep it two days it is likely
to spoil.
7,7l:',..."Frietals at a pineli"
EME
The vrorl , l itaktm us t..l3kers, but soli
tude rivskrss ug thinker...
A liottd4i.ePper ,rreently ru - cod per
,mia•ion nil nrrtt••i'rrr to board likn,..:o•mel.
nheritr anftccrlia a Lunn
i.Nevr..nnollierjn 0i,tr0.4
'CTIt exhnitiJia gllg
A. PENNSYLVViIi INDEPENDENT WANAL.
COLUMBIA. VA.
SATURDAY, MARCH 0,185 S
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.- ( 3. A. Leinau,
Guano; Murray, Young, & Co., New Books;
Haldeman's, Wall Paper; T. H. Pollock,
Lancaster Mercantile Coil' go; J. C. Pfeiller,
For Sale; Geotte IVi!ferd, Justice of the
Pence; Nathan wr. Greene, Justice of the
reac"C; IL C. rondersmith, New Goods; Geo.
1. Brook; nook Bindery; A. Cohn, $20,00
Rewe.rt?; Smith, Whipper & Co.. Dissolution
of (.79-partnership; A Country Residence for
Sale or Rent.
V-2)^^We return our throits ti Messrs.
Shaeffer, of the Senate, and heath and
Jackman, of trie House, I:e:4i:dative docu
ments.
THE Spa!?.ci titAbr.—Witn tt‘z. mild
weather ,o.tA.as tht rtakt-alkenittgufUusiness
at &Ai:. staec. The spring 11.1:11 'ir; about
cora niancim;, as sloAcit bYttic advertisements
"at :sera of ou'r Met6htints iri to - -day's Spy.
I LIIEM t this establishment
addition to the already llir,ge and beautiful
stock of 'Fiat ,kood , s on band, and displayed
in the windolo; a. new feature is t advertised.
Wall PariCrs iu endless., variety of style, pat
tern iknt.i ii inlitg ltave been opened, and pre
stninc; that flie same taste and judgment
i*V! been displayed in the selection of thi.t
stock ns in the other departments of the
business, ice can safely pronounce it com
plete. Call at llaldeman's and judge for
yourselves.
Fosiam , mvit's.—At/Fondersmith's, new
Spring Goods, at his accommodating prices,
are advertised, and customers aretinvited to
view and purchase the fresh beauties: Fm
dersmith understands the popular taste and
his display is second to mute in quality, and
his stock is made up of &cry desirable arti
cle in his line: if our merchants generally
open with the promptness and energy dis
played ti_t this store our busincts will soon
show ttirlintlike briktness. Give Fonder
smith
NEW NDERY.—We desire to call
attention to the advertisement of Mr. George
H. Brooks, formerly a citizen of this place,
who has commenced the business of Book
Binding at I.l.wrislon7. and offers his ser
vices to his friends in eilumbia. We can
cordially recommend George as a thorough
going. clever fellow, and have no doubt that
work entrusted to his care will he promptly
and efficiently executed.
rt.% I k.RO.t ACCI DE::T.- -On We nesdoy
night Ilendcrson Doughmty. a citizen ut
Columbia, conductor on a freight train on
the Penna. Railroad, was killed on the road
in West Philadelphia. lie was walking by
his cars, and to avoid a train stepped, as he
thought, from the track, instead of which
he ermssed to that on which the train
was approaching, and was knocked down,
the cars passing over both leg , , cutting
them off. Ile was taken to the Hospital
and died shortly afterwards. Ilis remains
were brought to Columbia in the Emigrant
train on Thursday night.
' WASHINGTON 1101.75 E STATION, P. P. n.—
By the persevering energy of Cul. Herr, his
!las been made a station on the Penn'e
lt. It., ami Mar citixens are thus accommo
doted with 'a more central depot than the
present onb. The trains that leave 'Black's
at 8.10 A. M. and 12.30 and 7.35 P. M.,
stop et the Washington House to take on
passengers, and the same trains stop at the
same place on arrival here. The Colonel
has built him a neat little four by six crib
in one corner of his reading room, over the
railing of which and through a mysterious
hole in the wall dispenses tickets to passen
gers. Ladies can now procure their tickets
from the hall, with every facility and pri
vacy.
The trains of the N orthern Central fthil
way DOW run to the old depot, under the
Spy office, stopping to put down and take,
up pas , engers at the station opposite Black's.
S.tttuEsr's Senorn.MoYrtmr.—The March
number of this escellent juvenile magazine
has peen received, and we only echo the
pulait., verdict in pronouneing it the period
ical best adrtrit. - 4, mentally and morally, to
the wants of our chih t .e . m, among all Amer
ican publications devoted to pi-lasure
and instruction of youth. It is pure. it: its
tone and admirably calculated to wean the
taste of its young readers from the trashy
..tuff which so abounds in sensation weeklies.
Published by Epes Sargent, 259 Washington
st., Boston, Mass. Price $l.OO per year.
V LACK woon.--We have received from
Lcurrl, Scott & Co.. New York, Black
wood for February. Its contents arc—The
Condition of Women; What will be do with
it—Part IX; 'People I have never Met: Lord
St. Leonards' Hand's. Book on Property Law;
Zanzibar, and Two Months in East Africa
—by Capt. Burton; Thorndah, or the Con
flict of Opinions; The Poorbeah Mutiny—
No. II; A Familiar Epistle from
Company to Mr. John Bull.
:Cott*: mr,rtn-Av Mcruco CalnunalcAt.
Rev t Liable bi-monthly has been
received from ehf. publishers. .1. B. Lippen
cott & Co., Philadelphia. To properly no
tice this work would require a medical
knowledge which we do not kr esseqg. From
the character of the talent employed on its
pages, however, we can readily assume that
it is of first class character, and ranks high
with flia profession.
—a pair of tight
Axantet:4; AGIUMI.STRIST.—This excel
lazt agricultural monthly needs no recom
m._n at our hands--its merits are
known and fully appreciated. IVe would,
lifyr:ver, call attention to the very liberal
r of the pubilcher, Orange .'.add, A— M.,
to .nupply .111,4NriLerg to his periodical with
reran Ford of grin, vegetables nr il.rezero,
zentie. the , ;...cF.tege being psid by the rretyti
vot
Reopening of the Slave Tratit.
We find among our exchangtet the follow
ing from the New Orletths et_' a, accompa
nied by editorial discuSsioii and denuncia
tion of the stbektie. Regarding with all
Northerners, and se believe .a majority of
the mti.rertasclilabie citizens of our South&n
States, ttie Itt-opening of the revolting traffit
in human beings as one of the heaviest miss,
fortunes that could befall our country, t's 4 3
cannot wonder that the article of the Dal;
spite of its very disreputable source, &Add
create excitement and call fe,ith barnt.?:t
op
position on the part of leading jourhals. We
do not intend to discuss the question, but
give the rtiqlere as what we believe to be a
prodig:ous hoax, intended to beguile the
anti-eirry press into a wa,te of powder.—
ft Will doubtless prove a very rich joke to
the fire-eaters to draw the fire of the Tribune
and its co - operators by a bogus cry of wolf,
but ar , f, there not a sufficient number of sub
jects 'Of irritating discussion between the two
4eetions of our country without the introduc
tion of another firebrand which, whether
real or fictitious, must call forth from the
rabid of both parties an amount of angry
debate and recrimination certainly Clot con
ducive to an increase of good feller, bet Ween
them ?
We copy the Delta's magnificent canard:
"Some startling and significant facts have
come to our knowledge. We have hesitated
to disclose theta, but rifler inquiry, exami
nation, and consultation, we are convinced
that both duty and policy demand disclo
sure. The facts, we say, are startling; they
are crucial. They will surprise and encour
age many in our counting rooms and offices,
and many on the plantations and in the
towns, but must of all they will astound the
Cabinets of Western Europe, and eminently
assist to confirm between the genial French
people and our own Norman and lingenot
South, an unwritten but hearty, magnaiii
lir ins and uneonquerabh , „ league against the
eddied evitriee nth! envy, cant and rapacity
of England, and the Northern States. Al
though the foiled and furious enemies of our
institatiOns nbt.y sheke up, uncork, and pour
out on our battered brows the foaming vials
of their wrath; although the President may
he shocked and embarrassed ; althong,h the
great, parties of the country may 'H.-ap
pointed and embrangled, let it go forth that
Southerners have taken into their own hands
the law, and opened the Mclean slave trade
with the South; that Africans are now im
ported into 'Mississippi and other seashore
States: that in Mississippi there is a market
for African slaves, and on plantations in
that great and intrepid State negroes recent
ly imported from Africa are at their daily
work. The authority on which we make
this announcement is indisputable. We
even have advises that in Mississippi. Hen
, ry Hughes and some of his I . litrty now pri
' vately urge the labor immigration move
ment, not to open the supply of Africans.
but to legitimate, moralize, regulate, mid
equalize the supply already opened, Mid
impossible to be closed. We have some
further details. Some negroes are disem
barked on the Atlantic coast and brought
overland to the Mississippi cotton fields, but
the Mississippi seacost's peculiar facilities
fur landing and secreting cargoes, and the
conveniences of Pearl river as channel tor
distribution, art not overlooked.
"The profits of the illississippi slave-trade ,
arc enormdus. We have been sd fortunate
as to procure from undoubted authority
some interesting details. They relate to the
operations of the Mississippi slave trade,
:aid arc authenticated by operators. It
need not be said in the first place that the
bark engaged in the tratlie to the South
must be a tact sailer; for, this is indispensa
ble to the security of the officers and crew,
the health of the cargo, and the rapidity of
the pecuniary returns. For a trip to the':
Mississippi coast to Africa and back, there
must be a captain, supercargo, three mates,
three cooks, steward, and between twenty
and thirty first-class seamen. The vessel
must be well supplied with extra running
and standing rigging, and supernumary
spars. ropes. topmasts, and suits of
An assortment of flags of all nations will
be particularly desirable, het Ile.: tensit use
ful is now the French because
cruisers will not verify tile colors and take
the same liberties as V - ltb. the United States
flag. The fare of the ship's crew must be
the tcry lit-t, and their good will must Le ;
carefully conciliated, because during the '
voyage
is mutiny it: ilisastrous; and after the '
niyage a trearlicron. or Nindiethe informa
tion is, to say the least, troublesome nod II
ex pensi e. To procure the good will of the
welt much depends on the mates, over whom 1 4
the captain ought to keep a strict watch.--
For the subsistence of the. negroes there
in not be a plentiful supply or hard bread,
e..rit Pica), :Ifni MI abillidanee Of vine
gar, red perper, pure water, and drugs. In
distributing the greatest regularity is
to lie obverted. and the very tirst nipbons
of disease proniptl3 treat , : I. As to the ra
pacity of' the superLir officer, it may it.
safely said that a slays :,r n utIiPCS in it more!
courage, talent. honesty, fidelity, skill, and ;
di-cretion than any other ship in any other
trade. Indeed, the captain and supercargo
nni-t, between them, act as nit‘igittor and
naval officer, merchant and physician, diplo
mati-t and m igistrate, out to mention the
functions of chaplain.
"As'to the expenses and profits of the voy
age, the latest ndvices were front the captain
of 0, bark which sailed from one of the
Cieurgia ports. He has quite recently re
turned, r.ra'.. r•lipert's tint on ancount of vigi
lance of cruisers, trenrecs had n.ccatnulrted
cut the coast, and in a manner glutted the
markets, and that in consequedoz'oilf tllis 'the
price•
had fallen to under thirty tbilleas a
bead. The payment, however, must be in
gold or silver, as the head men will not, as
formerly, barter for merchandise.
"We may estimate a cargo to number
seven hundred negroes, although many noire
than that arc often carried; but whatever
the number, none purchased should he over
twenty-five years of age. Seven hundred,
at an average cost of thirty dollars a piece.
will amount to $21,000, and their price in
this country or Cuba will range from $450
to $1,200. But if sold for :I'3oo, say, the
cargo will net 8350,000. Freely allowing, I
then, $130,000 for the entire espents of the:
voyage, and all possible loss, the pror.ts of
one round voyage Will amount to $200,000.
'Where the profits are so exorbitant, we
can ertli understand why the business bits
been began in the South. We can well un
derstand the impossibility of closing the
trade now . 4 be,.;fart, and most of all. we now
can anderttand Ant the great question is
not whether there sintil be fur the South n
supply of African labor. tvecause that is now
settled, and the great and absorbing question
is whether, according to liughes' method,
the supply shall ht. so modified as to be
legitimate, flair, regular, and egnal."
W.S , IIIN(ITON AND M Lf,tr... RAlL
nok.u.—At an election hell On the Ist inst..
the following named gentlemen were elected
offiders. President—J. B. Rallies, Fulton,
twp.; Directors—J. J. Eel:art. Port .Depesit,
3141., Joseph Ballanee, Fulton. Jeremiah
Brown, r., Fulton, :James Me.‘_ , 'parran. 'Ful
ton, S. W. P. Boyd, Fulton. ,John Long,
'lmmure, Martie, J. K. Man
ning. Washington Dor., John A. Sheriff.
Laneastor sits. ilionirt ,. Baumgardner. do..
John Black, do.. John C. Walton. do.—
Jeremiah Brown. sr., was duly elected Sec
retary, and Jos. Dallanee, Treasurer.
TKE DESK/CI:ATM STATE CONVENTION.-
This body, whieh assembled at Harrisburg
on Wednesday of last week; adjourned on
the succeeding Priday, after having adopted
I platform fully endorsing the Lecompton
policy of the Pretident, by d vete of 111
ayes to 1 nay--=.20 niembeii declining to
vote. Hon. W. A. Porter, the present in
cumbent, was nominated with but little
opposition for Juidge of the Supreind Court,
and Westley Frost, of Fayette county, for
Canal Commissioner.
Police Items
BLACK SPIRITS AND WIIITE.-0a Saturday
last a female of dohbtful morality, doubtful
color, hut undoubtedly drunk, was brought
before Esquire Welsh, 'Charged with disor
derly conduct and genera' idesti- and prosti
tution. She was disgustingly filthy, and
rather uproarious, evincing a decided disin •
clination to a promenade upon the support
ing and Protecting arm of Hollingsworth,
who only obtained the honor of the lady's
company in a social morning call on the
'Souire by a deceptive inducement of whis
key—a "ted" of that beverage being (meta
hponcally) held up as a reward fOf good be
haviour: Fitt gave bed' naMe as Mrs. Mary
Burroughs; stated that she was a boarder
with Julia Miller, colored, of Tow LED, and
that she was n white woman; her present
uncertainty of complexion being superin
duced by an artificial stratum of dirt. Julia
had turned her out of doors, in default of
snm alleged to be duo from Mary for board,
seizing and hoiding the effects—clothing,
jewelry. &;c.—of the latter ns collateral.—
Mrs. Burroughs accepted consolation iu the
insidious shape of corn, and under the mol
lifying influence of that potent assuager of
grief wandered through [lib streets during
the bittcr night f f Friday. Next morning,
her condition hedotning Itdolvn, a boot] Sa
maritan gave leer shelter and food, and cote
muniL!ated the fact to Justice lirelsh hence
the arrest: The prisoner expressed a Wil
lingndss to go down below, (Ate referred to
Lancaster; not the other place,) and plead
Mud 6r a little stimulus. Matt. confided to
the Justice a portion of her affecting history,
and revealed the names of a number of her
admirers, black and white. We suppress
names out of respect for the feelings of the
families of the colored gentlemen implicated.
Awaiting the departure of the 'cars for Lan
caster, whither she was banished to labor
fur the public good, for thirty days, the light
one was accommodated in the cellar.
BANIsIIED Tar: WARD.—On the same day
Bill Brown (figured in last week's police re
port as dangerously stabbed in the iir,) ap
peared before Justice Welsh; questioning
that :klagisti‘htb l s authority to incarcerate
the fair but frail Burroughs in the borough
lock-up. The darkey magnificently offered
to pay the costs, and give any amount of
security for the woman's good behavior.—
The 'Squire's disgust and indignation, which
had been with difficulty suppressed during
B's recital of her miserable life on the
llill, here found a legitimate object for its
expression. Ile drew himself op to his full
height, and fixing the black man with a
glance, thundered forth a decision unperal
elled in legal record:
"Bill, I'll give you thirty mintites ti leave
the Ward; if you're found aboveLoenststreef
in half an hour I'll Send on down fur
thirty days." And William left.
'Squire, Why didn't you include the South
Ward, and fix thb borough limits as the
boundary of the forbidden territory? We
advocate banishment ill its most compre
!leash*: form.
r,i;:ir We call attention to the card of the
Lancaster Mercantile College. in another
column, which is nbottt to enter upon its
second year, shrtounded with rapidly grow
ing favor. Its graduates have giieu
eti
dence of its merits, and its increasing pat
ronage has warranted in fitting up a new
Hall, into which it will be removed in a few
days.
ffor Irl NCM OP Contsmr..----A. special
meeting; of the Town Council teas held
March 1858. Members present, Messrs.
Black, 'Fraley, Murphy, Murton, Pelau, Pu
sey, Pfahler and Metz—President.
The PrPsident stated the oltject of the
meeting; to be, to elect a Supervisor Ea. the
prc.”nt year, after which flit rullowing
moots were placed in nomination: Jesse
Knerr, Jacob Crosby, David Evans, Satn'l
Waites, It. llinkly and A. Goodman. Coml.
ell then proceeded to no election of Supervi
sor, which resulted in David Evans - receiving
a majority of the votes, who was declared
duly elected.
Mr. Black moved that the Supervisor be
employed for the present year, (Sundays
excepted) at $1.25 per day, which was
agice'd to.
Mr. Fraley it ovisl that:: bend be given to
F. S. Ple&., Esq.-, for $4OO, of the
Road CoMMitts. cashed Ey hien ; bothi to
be dated March 8, ORA payttbrd April Ist,
1859, which was agreed to.
IMr. Posey moved that an order he arAwn
on the Treasurer for $5OO in favor of the
Road Committee, which *as agreed to.
Mr. Pusey moved that the cliairmLn of
each committee be required to make report
at every stated meeting, provided ho has
any thing to report, which Was agreed to.
On motion Council adjourned.
Attest, Wu. F. Ltorn, Clerk.
A Cuntors Weunisc.—Says the New
York correspondent of the Charleston Cou
riee.—An intestine wedding took place a
few dap since between a Mr. nemly B.
Melville and Mrs. 'Sarah K. Seymour. The
parties have both been married before, and
each have a family of seven children—those
of the gentleman comprising six daughters
and a son, and those of tire lady six sons
and a daughter. The sons acted on the oe
ca.ion as grootnsmen to their future father,
and the daughters as bi-idesmaids to their
future toothier. The fourteen children,
dressed alike, according to their sox, entered
the church arm in :1641: and ranged them
selves on either side of their parents, who are
horn remarkably Itandannte, and looked su-
The bride is wealthy, and was richly
dreswd in a pearl colored moire antique.
with tosey laces, ved diamond brOoch and
bracelet.
For the Columbia py
Philadelpititt Correspondence.
PIIILADEi,i4iIA, March 10, 1558:2
T tast lifesalliancr—The Laws on Mar
riage Contracts—En;qlEih Pews—The Ref
troFe. Bill—The Queen's repay—City News.
Id that most veracious tif clironicles "the
posthtubous papers of the Vickwick Club,"
it is recorded that on a certain foggy after
noon, the adventurous partners in the highly
respectable firm of "Sawyer (or San-bones
according to Mr. Sam Weller's reading) and
Co., late Knotkemorf, Surgeons and Physi
cians"—sat on dither side of a smoky grate
in a little back parlor of their premises, and
gloomily discussed the past success of their
joint efforts to heal the sick, and repair the
damages of the maimed, for the meagre con
sideration of a genteel professional living;
and took counsel of each other upon the
propriety of longer maintaining a struggle
against adverse fortune and strong Competi
tion.
After a pause of sdmc minutes, Mr. Ben
Allen, the junior partner in the oTheern,
with a sudden flash of light through his
Mind; declaimed to his friends, "I tell you
what it is, Bob, you must do the only thing
that can be done—possess yourself of Ara
bella, and her two thousand pound in the
funds."
To which Mr. Robert Sawyer made an
swer, that although having a perfect appre
ciation of the soundness of his friend's
views, and the practical wisdom of his ad
' vice; there was one obstacle—probably the
only one=to miffing his advice into effect,
and that was the decided aversion of Ara
' belly herself to the arrangement. "In point
of fact, Den," said ht; with a dismal resig
nation, ".Vohr ni'ster never did like me; even
from childhood she shunned me, and re
jected my boyi23ll mementoes of affection: on
one uedasion I remember giving her an ap
ple which she declined, upon the ground
thitt I had kept it so long in my pocket it
was Warn - I—When you and I, Ren, ate it
together by alternate bites."
Under the influence or this affecting remi
uisecnce; Benjamin Allen, with dis
torted features and wild gesticulation gave
utterance to the follcwing tremendous
words, which deserved to be handed down
to posterity—and accordingly they have
been: "It's my opinion, Bob, that these
girls don't know what they do want."
The right worthy order of young lady
know nothings, of which Miss Arabella may
considered one of the early grand past mis
tresses, has been perpetuated even to our
day, and has increased to a Most alarming
degree; multitudes of them have immigrated
to our Cotintry, or sprung up indigenous
plants on American soil.
The last ease of a young damsel, "beau
tiful, highly accomplished, amiable," and
all that, but who lacked the one thing most
useful to her sex, and in sober truth did
"not know what she did want"—is feinted
in a village newspaper of a Western State.
She was the daughterof a nabob in an East
ern city, and having gone to spend some
time with d fainily of friends in the west,
was eiptivated by the insinuating manners
and ardent devotion of an Irish gardener;
accordingly she walked off with him one
day, and the two were made one for life.—
Premising that tho the story is true—and
the latitude and lotigittalt of the scene is
not the very best plum facie evidence of its
reality—We have a few words to say on the
subject, which may be worth the attention
of our young holy readers.
It may seem all right and proper to the
narrator—or inventor, of this story to treat
such a subject in his pert and flippant way,
to be served up as a spicy ragout to tickle
the palates of his village readers; but to the
reflecting and considerate, them is Mlle
thing fur from amusing in the wanton sac
rifice of a beloved daughter and a tenderly
cherished sister; we say sacrifice, because
in view of the circumstances of the case it
can be considered as nothing else. Leaving
out of question the difference of education
between the parties, or admitting such a
consideration to be a mere fanciful matter,
of not. the slightest real importance—what
should he thought of the surreptitious and
fraudulent manner in which this connection
was rerFected?
A young girl leaves the home of her pa
rents, on a visit to distant friends; she
leaves her home in all sincerity for a tingle
purpose, and with the assurance that at no
remote period she will return as she left, the
dutiful and confiding child of solicitous and
affectionate parents: But suddenly she
yields to a childish whitn, or ephenieral pas
sion, and commits the most important act
in a woman's life; and this she does, of
course, without receiving, nr seeking one '
word of counsel from parent or friend; with
infantile eagerness, and silly trust, she sur
renders her life's happiness on the persua
sion of one who, most probably, has no mo
tive but what is utterly selfish, and seeks no
and but what is mean and sordid. It is no
palliation or the crime committed by the
'principal -actor in this miserable burlesque
on the "holy estate of matrimony," to say
that the chief fault is with the parents of
the girl. It is true that they acted very im
prudently, and judging the result only, with
faithless disregard of their parental duties,
to permit their child to go away for weeks
or months amens. comparative strangers,
beyond the pale of their control, or the ad
vice of any friend. nut this is only one of
the evil fruits of that juvenile independence
so peculiarly American. Children of either
sex doprretty mach as they please; and what is
in reality only a judicious parental control,
is often regarded as tyrannical oppression,
which if for a moment put into practice, is
at the least remonstrance instantly and ut
terly relaxed.
It is surely not assuming too Much to say
that parental counsel is absolutely essential
to the young and inexperienced woman Just
about to enter that condition of life which,
as it may prove happy or miserable, will de
termine in all probability the °terml fate of
herself and of others yet unborn. As it is
certain that parents should have no coercive
power to ptermote a union between unwil
ling parties, so is it equally true that a
young female particularly. should 'under no
circumstances contract a marriage without
the convent of her parents or of some persons
occupyin:7; the place of parents; or if that
consent is otit of the question, time should
be taken to consider the subject well, to
weigh objections, to dedide With intelligence
and without peril.
Whatever may be the fault of the victim
in this foolish sacrifice, it Will appear tri
ding when coritpared with the deliberate
wrong perpetrated by the nialb actor in the
scene, who had nothing to losb; rind every
thing to gain by almost any termination to
his speculative venture; and there is little
to choose between the sordid thief who steals
a child from her natural protectors, and the
base villain who inflicts the single other
deeper wrong upon a woman's character and
happiness.
But perhaps more culpable than any one
or all of the actors in such a fraud, arc the
laws relating to the marriage Contract, which
recognize as valid and binding the loosest
forms, and permit almost any one to witness
and ratify the ceremony. The laws in rela
tion to Marriage should be framed tb protect
a woman from fraud, and riot to facilitate
het ruin tinder the flimsy guise of securing
her "rights:" and perhaps we shall have
such laws, when in some sections of our
country theft ceases to be regarded as a fun
ny peccadillo, and swindling as a shrewd
accomplishment.
The latest nn‘Vr, freni England announces
the defeat of Lord Palmerston's bill for the
rendition or punishment of fugitive assas
sins, doubtless rather from a feeling of
national pride, because the suggestion comes
from a foreign government, than from any
reasonable objection to the bill itself; for it
is surely not very violative of "public liber
ty," to punish men who plan and attehipt a
murder, 'whether of prince or peasant.
'Victoria has been frequently accused of
intellectual weakness: indeed, her defamers
sometimes hint at developments of mental
aberration. But Her Majesty's reply to the
petitions of her American Colonies Who ask
leave tb consolidate tlieii• government into
one great colonial empire, gives evidence of
an intelligent benevolence and political wis
dom which if possessed by one of her prede
cessors, might have put American affairs in
a position somewhat different—though hard
ly superior, to their present condition. her
answer was—and it seems much more like
her own than that of her political counsel
lors—that she "would be ruled. In this mat
ter, entirely by the wishes of the Colonies
themselves."
adf• city affairs present no item of interest
thin week, except the evidence or approach
ing tine weather in the genial sunshine which
is runnihr, the snow into the river, not a
whit faster than desirable, after the last
fortnight of very bitter weather. PH.
From Europe.
We llaVe news from Europe one week
later. by the arrival at New York, on Satur
day evening, of the steamship Europa, from
Liverpool, with dates to the 20th. The
British government was defeated in the
(rouse of Commons on the bill to amend
the law relating to conspiracy to murder,
upon an amendment offered by Milner Gib
son, which censures the ministers for not
replying to Walcwski's despatch, but pro
fesses a readiness to amend the laws upon
die investigation. The ministers were de
feated by 19 majority. Lord Palmerston
was granted leave to bring in the bill to alter
the government of India, by a large majority.
The trial of the directors of the Royal Brit
ish Bank was in progress. A French refugee,
named Bernard, had been arrested in Lon
don, charged with being implicated in the late
conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor Na
poleon. It was stated that Sardinia and
Belgium will both succumb to the French
demands. Nothing later from China had
been received, but the details of the de
patches brought by the last steamer chow
that Canton was virtually in the possession
of the British. A week's later news from
India httd been received. There is nothing
striking iu the intelligence, although its
general import is favorable to the English.
Sir Colin Campbell would soon march on
Lucknow. Gen Outram had twice defeated
the rebels. The Liverpool cotton market
opened unsettled and iscited, and advanced
considerably. But it subsequently- became
quiet and firm. On Friday, the 19th, Or
leans middling quoted at 7 f ld. Breadstuffs
are dull and with a declining tendency.—
Provisions were also dull. Th:: London
money market continues growing easier.—
American securities were active, and had
slightly advanced. Consols closed at 971
and 97i.
The Peet Eryatt at a null right
Mr. Bryant, in a late letter from Spain to
the New York Evening Post, thus describes
a bull fight which he attended at Burgos:
"We found the place, which they told us
was capable of containing six thousand per- ,
sons, already full of people, impatiently
drumming with their feet, to hint that it
was high time for the sport to begin. Nine_
tenthsor more of them were of the laboring
class, and their bright-colored costumes,
particularly those of the women, gave the
crowd a gay appearance. Many children of
various ages were ateong them, and smhe of
these showily dressed and atten'ded by
nurses, were evidently e opulent. families.
We took our places in the uppermost circle
under it narro* Eert, of roof, which sheltered
es here the sun; below us was range after
range of seats open to the sky, descending
to the central circle, the arena in which the
combats were to take place.
"An alguazil, in black, first rode round
the arena, proclaiming the regulations of
the day. He was followed by a procession
of the performers, in their gay dresses; the
pieadorcs—glittering with gold and silver
lace—on horseback, with their broad-brim
med hats and long lances; the chnlos on foot,
with their red cloaks; the Landerilleros,
with their barbed shafts, wrapped in strips
of white paper; the mataffores, with their
swords; and lastly, three mules, gaily ca
parisoned, with strings of little bells on
their necks, who were to drag out the slain
bulls. Loud shouts rose from the crowd,
and then a door was opened, and to enor
mous bell, jet black, with massive chest and
glaring eyes, bounded into the arena. He
ran first at the rhnlos, tilt) shook their
cloaks at bin), hat his rage appeared soon
to cab-ide. A picador put his lance against
the anim'al's forehead, but he shook it off
and turned away. The ditties again came
capering about him and trying to provoke
him, but he pursued them only a few steps.
Then test the cry of. 'Xs qua es manso! que
es Manso3 rodarde! codarde." (Ah, how
tame he it! bow tame he is! a coward! a
coward!)
"Finally, the people began to call out for
the dogs. 'Los perros! los perros!' roso
from a thousand throats. Three large dogs
were brought, which barking loudly, flew at
the bull with great fury. He took them one
after another on his horns, and threw them
up in the air; one of them he caught in his
fall, and tossed him again. The dogs tore
his ears into strings, but they were soon
either disabled or cowed, and only attacked
him warily, while he kept them off by pre
senting to them first one horn and then the
other. Then the dogs were withdrawn and'
the dodos tried him again, but he wouldt
not chase them far; the picadores poked at
him with their lances, but he declined to
gore their horses. The crowd shouted vig
orously, 'Away with him! away with him!''
and at length the door by which the bull'
had entered was set wide open that he
might make his retreat. But the hull would
not go; he was not minded either to fight or
quit the field. 'Kill him! kill him!' ex
claimed a thousand throats--:- - and the signal
was given, in obedience to which one of the
matadores-thd primera espada as the Span
iards call him, just as the Italians say prima
donna=made his appearance ; with a red
cloak on his kft arm, and along, glittering,
straight sword in his right hand. lie shook
the cloak at the bull, who made a rush at
it, while the matador at the same moment
attempted to pierce the animal to the heart
through the chine. Three times he sought
to make the fatal pass; at the third he was
successful, burying the blade up to the hilt.
A torrent of blood flowed from the creature's
mouth; he staggered and fell; a sound oe
little bells was heard: the three mules, har
nessed abreast, came in, and dragged out
the lifeless carcass.
"Another bull, of smaller size, but of
more savage temper, was then let into the
arena. lle ran fiercely at the chu/os, chas
ing them into the places of shelter built for
them beside the barrier, and the crowd
shouted, 'isle ?Mfg bravo! mt. muy tram!'
A picaddr to achtld With his lance the fore
head of the animal ; who instantly rushed
towards him, raised with his horns the horse
lie rode, and laid him on the ground, rip
ping open his bowels. I then perceived ;
with a sort of horror, that the horse had
been blindfolded, in order that he might not
get out of the way of the bull. The dialog
came up with their red Omni., and diverted
the attention of the bull from his victim,
while the pleader, who had fallen under his
horse, was assisted to rise. Four other
horses were brought forth blindfolded in this
manner, and their lives put between the
pleader and the fury of the bull, and each
was killed in its turn, amidst the shouts and
applause of the crowd.
"One of the banderilleros now came for
ward, provoked the bull to rush at him, by
shaking his cloak before his eyes, and leap
ing aside, planted one of his barbed shafts
with its paper streamers, in each of the ani
mals shoulders. Others followed his exam
ple, till the bleeding shoulders of the bull
were garnished With five of s six banderillos
on each side. The creature ) flowerer, was
evidently becoming tired, and the signal
was given to finish him; a matador came
forward and planted a sword in his heart,
but he made a violent effort to keep his legs,
and even while falling, seemed disposed to
rush at the clelos.
"I had now seen enough, and loft the
place amidst the thunders of applause which
the creature's NI drew from the crowd. I
heard that afterwards three more bulls and
foiX horses were killed, and that an addition
had been made to the usual entertainments
of the plaza, with which the people were not
well pleased. A class of combatants ap•
geared, called pcgadorel, who literally took
the bull by the horns; allowing him to toss
them in the air, and one of them was much
hurt by his fall. 'lt is a Portuguese inno - -
vation,' said my friend Don Pedro, rather
innocently, as it seemed to me, and is a.
horrible sight for us Spaniards. We do not
like to see a man tossed like a dog.' "
ASSETS OF A. NEBRASKA BANK.—The
Ma
comb Eagle is some on "wild cats." The
editor of that paper has been at great labor
and expense in procuring the assets of a
Nebraska bank, and thus speaks of it:
We have been to a vast amount of labor
and expense in collecting an inventory of
the assets of a Nebraska bank. We will
not mention the sum we have paid fur the
information given below, lest it should be.
cooldtred apocryphal, It will be apparent
that it tilt:tiled a great expense on us, and ,
had we hot been able to use Noronha in,
payment, it would have swamped us as flat
as that "currency' ) is. The assets we found:
to be as follows:
One wild cat.
Two large wild cats.
Seven young wild cats.
Three fat wild cats.
Two old wild cats.
More wild cats.
Thirteen small wild cats.
Five hungry wild cats.
Skin of wild cat stretched out to dry,
A lot of wild cats.
Nine wild cats tied together.
One wild cat with his head shaved.
Some more wild Cats.
Wild cats laying, about loose.
Nine very small wild cats tied up in e
rag.
One patriarchal wild cat showing his
teeth.
Paws or defunct wild cat preserved DI
whisky.
'scrodres cf wild cat on brandy cask,
Tails of Three wild cats.
Lock of hair of wild cat.
WILD CATS.
1:;$04f a negro be nulled Smith; does it
follow that he should be put deVrn on the
ceases as a blacksmith?
125.. A great many drop a fear at the door
of poverty. wirers they should drop a afe
pence.