A STRILTAGENI.—Three ragged, wretched .pers stood sbirering upon a street corder. it.ley had not a peittly between them, arid Neither bad diiink a drop—within half an hour. Thar debated the deeply interesting uctition, how to obtain the next glass of After much miserable muttering over sae poverty of the times, and many imprac cicalae soggestiuns, one of them Said: "l Meat all go into the next chop and drink." "Drink:" replied his companions; "that's en.•;ily said: but who's to pay?" •",?olsely. Do as I tell you. I'll take the Following the speaker's directions, his ,two companions entered an :nljoining Awry and called for whisky skins. The 1A1.C...5 was kept by u Dutchman. After he Iliad w:iited on his customers, and while they were enjoying their orthodox beverage at the counter, in walked tool- No. I. :.'flow arc ye?" to the buteliman. -"How de do?" said the Dutchman. Toper N. 1 glanced suspiciously at topers Nov. 2 and 3, and beckoned the proprietor „ 110 1 otl kr.or . these wen?” lie asked mys The Dutchman started. "I know no more as dat dcy call for de tchi,lcy skins‘" "Don't tilie any money Of therm" whis pered No. 1. "Sir! I not take money for de whisky hkins?" said the astonkhed landlord. "No. They arc informers!" "irey! Informer?" •'•l`e'; they boy liTtor of sot , so as to in- againgt you," "Ali! / understand," ttoid the Dutclunekt. .*'lley not catch me. Tank you, sir. You take sometin?" "1 doir't hnd toper No. 1 touk a .Elrig with his eumpanionsi. ."Vitat's to pay?" quoth toper N 0.2, put .l,lt-tz 1111 hanl into lii empty pocket. •"Notiug„" said the Dutchman; "me no Cell liquor. Me keeps it for my friends." And having smiled the supposed inform trs out of the door, he manifested his grati tudt IJy generously inviting the supposed unti-itOhrmer to take a second glass. Of tourse Nu. 1 did not at all decline the inci• tation. l'Artsos tinow:eLow ov DANCING, HOOPS, Ac.—Parson Brownlow, writing from Mem phis to his paper, the Knox% ille Whig, gives 1s graphic deqcription of a sermon one recent Sunday elening, and then proceeds as fol lows: "Returning from church at 10 o'clock, I ,entered the ball-room, and occupied the nipsie stand Pit' two hours, Nvere t weld scrutinize all that was passing, learn some thing of human nature, and gaze upon the fair daughters of the South, robed in costly attire, with forms and ,faces making even a married mot fonzet that he had a family, and so fascinating him as to make him "wish I were a boy again." They were all ladies of ,the first class, whose splendid .dresses, ease and grace of manners made .them "the observed of all obsersers." The style of dress is new, indicating a pure and e.4tivatetl taste, greatly admired, and pro ,during a bewitching effect %'pon gentlemen! 11;0 flowing robes are the 90 now— cluzzling colors, such ns pink, pure White., Icivet jets, lilac and dove-colored satin , , striped and plaid silks, with numerous hea vy flowers. each supporting a figured dare 11011IIVe, plaid velvet, or ribbon ,I ; , wt. it+ the back and front - , and or the side S some. velvet and ribbon lozenges rose in p3ramids, While the sleeves were ornament ed with pa:, frills and fringoc; c.istly and beautiful necklace , . bracelets, ear-rings, lirea.tpins. and wreaths upon the brow, and uth •r descriptions of oriniment, turned all eves to the Now, I wish to say that I bill^r^ in l" pt, 'tint for two hours, from the most faeorablr i , tand-point, in this unequalled ball-room, I tested thrir beauty and advantage:, with thr aid of right brilliant elianolrlierA. Oh •erye ladies, f say hn , qo, using the plural number. tilts me on your eltum:y, single 'mop, made or a hickory pole, or an oak hid' many of our ladies in our small Itcp, wearing them opposite the knee, rilowing its entire and rough shape through a flimsy skirt, dragging the dress down by its weight to the •Inn.n of a cent', while thr ttledse or fourteen inehrsi of ess lithe thr hoop, ttl4 ks ttudrr, arid In and eat, es tho tt eight of mud, ur the force of the wind may require! The,hoops. used on this great occa.don are , lie hoops fur me. They are made of rat ,"ln.iwlealebour and brass, extending from tile waist to the re,,,t,.wdy two or three im es apart, graddally increasing in size no they ran downward, .with ,that graceful swell that gives to the dress the airy con tour of the halabomely inflated balloon, pre• _wing that lovely mien, touching eircum ii,,e‘-,r fails to captivate a gentleman ..t modest and good ta:de, cud as I claim to be t" poor OFTEV.—Somewhere met. in Jeri-ec. a month or two ago, the manager (;f a emminny of itinerant actors was applied to Ly a lanky-legged chap fur an engage ment. The fellow, who looked lugubrious vliough to base been the shadow of a badly acted hamlet, stumbled across the stage. unloititing himself. collapsed into a ma Well, sir, u•lint's your line of busin,iss? !lac manager "dot ;tattictilart anything that paste" ttEver been on the ttige?" "Sartain—druv the regiar mail six months . ," replied the aspirant. throwing a i 11'onns.—This popular maga (mid of d , g-leg :It the head of the big fiddle. I zinc for Moy is issued, and his kit kg ever his right knee, at one' and we can only repeat our monthly word of praise. It is, and the same. time. without any exception, the most comprelien “l ti :n our company is—is full." \ sac periodical published, including matter )'ass—l thought they'd be full, when I suited to the greatest diversity of tastes, and saw 'cm swilling down Seth Smith's rum-1 all of fiat class literary merits. We lock very room to do it justitc. Published by John "Dy'c s'pose you can do the landlord in Jansen &• Y or k the 'Lady or Lyons?'" "Yes sir.ree—pve done all an landlords in Camden." spirant vvasn't crigivied CITE Ctilumbia gpß. A PEN'AILVANIA 'INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, COLUMBIA. PA. . SA.tfRDAY, APRIL 24, 1858 cn ADVErTISEMiNTS.—FendrieIa & Bros., 'rebacco and Seger Manufactory: Thomas Lloyd, Assignees' Sale; 11. C. Fondersmith, Another Card; Slierborne & CO, Public Sale; MeCorkle & Dellett, Costar's Exterminator; Samuel Lodge, Daguerreotypes; Professor Gessley, Entertainment; Mabie & Crosby-, French & American Circus, Mrs. Millintry; firs. J. It. Hunter, Ice ("ream Saloon; Dasies firalme , r, Lost; Williams, Dr, 11. James' Mixture of Cannabis Indica. Witom IT MST ha're received some lines, with a request to pub lish, from an unknown contributor. We will so, willingly, if the writer will send a name, and stateu bether we Shall announce the poetry as "For the Spy," or not. It is our invariable rule to publish no Colllllll.llll - that come• unaccompanied by the name of the writers Co.s - rlngArtox 37 , u OutuNvrtoN.--On Monday m , ening the rite of Confirmation vas administered in the St. Paul's Episcopal church, of this place, by the Kt. Rev. Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, and on Tuesday morn ing, by the same, the Rev. Samuel Appleton, Pastor of the chureh, was ordained Presby ter; Rerernds Bowman, of Lancaster, Thompson, of York, and Castleman, of Har risburg, assisting. A TrtEar.—On Thursday afternoon we were refreshed by a botm;iful bowl of Ice Cream. from the est:lb:kiln:oil of Mrn. J. 11. Hunter, for which that lady will please ac cept our thanks. The Cream was most ex cellent—such as is to be had only at Mrs. Hunter's—and we speak by the card when we recommend our townspeople to call on Mrs. 11., if they desire something exquisitely refreshing. See Advertisement. Nrw GOODS.—Mentgl/C & Bro., announce their Spring stock of gods. comprising eterythint; in their line. Their advertise ment was handed in too late fur insertion this week, but we Call ITCCIUMerId our read ers to call at M'Tagues' without awaiting further particulars. Their articles are the best, and their prices wonderfully low. On Monday next P. McTague & Co. will open the new store in Locust street, next to 11. C. Fundersmith's, with an entire new stock of everything in the Dry Goods line. This establishment has been thoroughly re built. and the fitting up of the store room is entirely new. It is not only new but hand some, and dues credit to the taste of the Messrs. MeTague. The windows are of single panes of plate and the whole adds materially to the appearance of Loeust street. Messrs. McTiigue will doubtless receive much attention in their new guar tors. 1).1 ILY Iltcmrr or GOODS.—Fonaersmitli is in daily receipt of goods of all kinds.— See Advertisement. Cincrs.—Wo call attention to the adver tisement of Mabie and Crosby's French and American Circus, which will perform here on Friday, May 7th. TUE RIVER.—Thc river is in good rafting order, and our shores are lined with craft. There has been but little lumber sold at thiq point, aq yet, Ilrreurn's "1,1:c Tmuo. l ivs."--We have received lion) Phi 4; CO., BUStWeI. :111MC 01 . 1. I 1 ellry advalwed sheets of which \re received awl noticea some weeks since. The work is a compilation 1 Miss Ildna Doan Proehm, who thus accounts fur its arrangement mid publieaLlon: one tv,o year. sitter, Ivhile vi.iting, friend. in a di•dant it y, they preps-el that I should take note. for them of liee••lo7r . . sermonF. Upon my return 1 entinneneed . I "ing, 8 ., without a thought or their going beyond the, little circle ter wh.qll they were tir.t intended. lint. a:. page after page n - :14 added to m 3 note,lo.,k, and read neett‘ionaly tl, one 111111 at tier, it 1./Pgl.ll g7,e , ted that they might not to he confined to the few, but 01.111,11 w puhlkhed in a volunlC and ' , 1% ell to the tuany. Thus the precut hook came into heing;' We regret that want of spaee, thi-t week mttproor us to fit I,iettsure of rur ur,r rralr:s sr: ir of the beauties of the book. It abounds in spleadid thoughts clothed in strikingly forcible language. and many of the sentences are maxims worthy to rank with the most world honored. The lady who edits the volume has evinced a taste and judgment, joined with a marked capacity fur tier work which deserves the praise, as that work itself docd the thanks of the public. We can heartily recommend the book to all readers. ‘Nn , \ Y.—TI)C ` . Monthly " fur Sll , tailiS the xharacter of the periodical as a first class niagarinr. Another instal ment of Dr. Holmes' inimitable "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," including two of the author's admirable poems; the conclu sion of tim beautiful tale "The Pure Pearl of Diver's Bvy;" an excellent review of Henry Ward Beecher's new book. form a portion of the varied contents. The present number closes the fir...l. vol ume, and the publishers have every reason to be proud of their work thus far. May it continue to assert its preeminence in American literature. Wo athisc our friends desirous of taking a good magizinc to commence with the new lolume of Ine "Atlantic." ATZTIICR'S MIME Mm.lZlNE.—Thi.r4zga zitie f)r May has 'been received. ,1 7 _0.3 in all itg ,lepartnumt: OCR. REPRESENTATIVES AT Cot - HT.—As usual Columbia is fully and ably represented at the "April Term" of the Court of Quarter Sessions, which wits opened on Monday, 19th inst., at LanCttster. NothwitMtaud ing, a gratifying comparative dearth of business before the Grand Jury, which re ceived congratulatory notice at the bitmis bf Judge Long, in Iris rtddresss to that body, the names of our felloi# citizens are quite as prominently conspicuous and as numerous on the criminal calender as in easier times, when business was more plenty, and even juries had an abundance of work. - On the afternoon of Monday John Kene ally was tried upon the charge of Assault and Battery with intent to kill, convicted, and sentenced to pay a fine of $l,OO and undergo a term of 2 years and 3 months solitary confinement in the. County Prison. This is the case reported in the "Police !tents" of the Spy some weeks since, in which an Englishman named Stewart was badly cut by the prisoner, in a rough and tumble fight, near the Marietta Turnpike. The evidence on trial was substantially the same as the facts given by our reporter at the time of the row. William Prim of "the Hill," plead guilty to the charge of having stolen three small pieces of board from somewhere "'lung shore." Ile was sentenced to CO days. This is the first instance within the memory cf man, in which a Tow Biller ever acknowledged to the theft of lumber. The usual plea is "Deed, Boss, I fonnti de board floatin' down." This , speaks well for conseientionsnes.,or he must have been taken very red-handed. These are the only cages that have, so far, come to trial from our Borough. FETnnsoN 's CouNTEn FIAT .I)Ernmirt.—We have receiveil the semi-Monthly number of this S'et^ctor• the fo litnving notice of which we copy front Forney's Pass., of 15th inst. “The now semi-montbly number for April 15th, of Petersons' Couniedfrit Detec tor, published this day, contaios the list of thirty-seven new counterfeit bank notes, which have appeared since the issue of last monthly number. The best thing is to sub scribe to the semi-111011tilly I`,llC of Peter sons' Detector, and thus get a copy of it eN cry two wacky. We notice anew feature in the present number. This is a page of information on finance, locally and gener ally, written expressly for this work by one of the least visionary, best informed, and most able, experienced, and practical mone tary writers in-thiv country. It will be con tinued in each number of the Detector, and includes information on trade, commerce, money, specie, stocks, 1 ondv, banks, and railroads. We have read every line of the article, and are thus assured of its merit and reliability. The general contents of the work are admirable, and every person engaged in lousiness ought to become e regu lar subscriber to this Detector at once, The price of it semi-monthly iv only Two Dollars a year; or monthly, One Dollar a year.” ,i^.liroceedings of Connell have been postponed until nest week, for wantof room. ADJOERNMLNT OF THE LEGISLATURC,-Ap State Legislature adjourned sine die, on Thursday. Philadelphia Correspondence. PHILADELPHIA, April 21, ISSS. Sec/kla/ Shrift—Eastern Pr6clirilies and Cen Wm:fit re—ll - Howl D!'lliTences—Lignur Ltles— Charac tee— lb ilroads—Mun cline in 1lCVle(11.1-- Counter-woreinents— P <wawa-471e End--Neto T hetttre—A Death. You may remember, that, in a number of your paper issued five or six week's ago, you made mine remarks in allusion to a shallow fiction fabricated by afire-catinqlourrill for the purpose of stimulating sectional strife in our eountry: furthermore you antieipated the counter-movements of certain sirs cat ,Ig ' :•eelionnli , is upon the fob(' issue set up, and administerLd a decided rebuke to the reck less and unprincipled partizan papor s which of late years huge ince-smuly "pl.ly c 1 111 -4 11 this hat pof a thousand .Jlrings." Your stricture-, upon this subjeet, however they may have been reccited by some of your rsa.b.rs, met the hearty approval of "your eorrespo!oient whatrt rr soeh al - probation may- br: Worth to you. In your, condemnation of sectional strife and the general falsity of sectional appeals, can are undoubtedly- in the path of truth, jtr•tie.: and manly independenee; but in the way cf policy and skilful partizan engineering, you would be recognized as at least ten years behind the times: however, in this respect. you sband en tits tunloobted ri l At of a free thinking and free-speaking journalist. It is a sul6eet of congratulation aturnig j right-thinking len, that the prototype of ; szetional warfare has few imitators in our j j part of the country. The persons who con s duct our journals are generally men of character, reflection and judgment; and I though the violent tirades of prejudice and ; personal malice may suit those parts of the j Pnion where the press is mainly under the control of disappointed old girls, or inexpe , rieneed and deluded youth, it will probably ; be a long time before the public writers oft Pennsylvania become the slaves of either ; "a haughty oligarchy," or of prejudice, vi• tuperation and falsehood. On the other' hand, it may be a matter of some regret, that one paper exists in our midst, which in in its close imitation of New Turk political morality is so successful that it's circulation is netually- increasing very rapidly at the expense of it's worthy progenitor. Acting upon this plan of engendering sectional strife and fostering animosities of "caste," which so successfully rescued front bank ruptcy and °Within the New York- adsen turer,—the humble Pennsylvania imitator is achieving a success quite intoxicating to itself, but the end of which will most likely, be determined by the finality of the ephe meral causes now existing to stimulate hos tility among classes and communities. instead of calm and rational differences of opinion among indi% The action of the Senate upon the house bill for granting licenso to liquor dealers as passed last week—has dispelled, in some degree, the apprehensions which were en tertained of the disa , trone consequences which would inevitably folloer Cite indis criminate permission to all sorts of people to retail ardent spirits without responsibility to any 10..4 antlynitle... sinless Ileimrreil the notoriously bad character of the appli cants. Of all the diffictat things on the face of the earth, perhaps the most difficult is to prove a bad character on the veriest wretch that infests society; te case with which witnesses are obtained to prove any falsehood is best illustrated ih this very matter of establishing the most immaculate "cha-rack•ter;" for what testimony a drink or two cannot elicit, will certainly be elicit ed—or manufactured—by a series of drinks, invol:iiig no ready bash, and no "handwri ting on the wall" in Clialkyhtieroglyphics. The City Railroad fever has brokUrt out afresh. Books have been opened for sub scriptions to the stock of several new under takings. Some dissatisfaction is felt at the disposition manifested by the Legislature to prescribe the routes which these tracks shall pursue through the streets, which seems to be rightly a matter within the con trol of the city councils. This affords an other evidence of the loose and irregular system of legislation practiced at Harris burg, in imitation of the absurdities and atrocities sometimes perpetrated at Albany. And on this point "a question suggests itself to the reflective mind"—if charters do not confer on municipalities the right to regulate the details of those affairs which belong to them as corporate bodies, and distinguish them from rural communities generally, what rights do municipalities possess, and fur what purposes are theyeon stituted? The religious revivals are perceptibly on the decline; or rather it 13 to be feared that a reaction has commenced, Which exhibits itself in an extra activity of the free think= ing and infidel dogmatists of the clay, who even in this sober "Quaker city" are by no means an insignificant class as to numbers. While the advertisements of "minion prayer meeting;" and "special discounts" (Main hdi in number, the invitations of certain philanthropists devoted to the diffusion of "Truth," do increase wonderfully, in their earnest appeals to the public, especially to "the believers in Christianity," to come and hear, "and judge for themselves." And as the pearl of great price which they promise to mankind by the mouth of that profound philosopher, friend Curtis, may be had at tic rather trilling evpense of 'lire cents—to pay expenses," it is not surprising that their audiences are quite large, though composed mainly of persons who, going once front curiosity, have no future desire to hear tirades of abuse against Christianity and its founder; against all the civilization, law and justice that we have upon earth, existing truly in an imperfect condition though drawn from Christianity as the fountain head, to which they bear no closer resemblance that, do any institutions framed by fallible beings, to that system which having its origin in a nature perfect, om nipotent and eternal, is in itself perfect and infallible. And yet the feeble contrivances of the Christian world for good government, bear a much closer resemblance to the per fect system they treald imitate, than do the crude conceits and insane Conclusions of these maniac reformers to the "Wisdom, Truth and Justice," which they pretend to illustrate, but only burlesque and debase. The following are specimens of the pearls of wisdom which we receive in return fur the five cents taken at the door:—pnsitivc demonstration of "the unsatisfactory char acter of Christianity, as being imperfect, cruel, unwise, and above all unsuccossful!" The character of Christ proved to be "not worthy of special imitation or respect!!" Considering the nature of the wares and the price, it can't be denied that the bargain between the seller and the buyer is a pretty fair one—after deducting the cost of fuel and gag. and the wages of the man wan cleans nut, and airs the hall after each meeting Truly tti is a progrossive period, and nimt be the city of "Progress,"—though that embryo metropolis has heretofore been quppre:ed to eNii-t some few miles up the Delware. in the Lrnomstraw• and st•:nvberry regions 4,r the ver , ieq," or on the poetical drat and diagrams of the Harmony court - hand and Lot Agents." Ilow much lon ger we might progress In the development of this new Philosophy, it would be diflieult to conceive, were we not tanght a lesson on the subject from the solemn assurances or certain i'itergt% who daily and nightly congre gate at a little tabernacle in Southwark, and "taking their bibles with theta," prove beyomi that the end of the world cud the consummation of all things will take Place in the pre , ent month of April, without any more mistake or delusion "at all, at all, whatever," "in any shape or form at all, at all, whatever!" It is rumored that a new Theatre will be built on Chestnut street above Tenth street, on the present site of "Parkinson's" coffee house and garden. Indeed it is said that the plans have been drawn, and the under taking will soon be in process. Why this is to be dune, at the present time will not seem clear to any sane individual; surely no more dramatic temples are needed in this city. The only effect will be to depre ciate the property on the same square, just as "the Walnut" and "the arch" have done in their vicinity. The property holders on the street should move against it en masse. Theatres ought to be erected, if any where, on the cros, streets where there is no dan ger of vitiating the neighborhood, or depre mating the property: The dreadful accident which betel the Rev Dudley Tyng on Tuesday of last week, I by which he had bis right arm torn to pieces in the cog wheels of a shelling ma : chine, terminated in his death on Monday last, the 19th inst. The unfortunate gentle man was at his farm and imprudently ven tured about the machinery in bis barn, clad in that most inconvenient and unsightly garb known as the "morning gown," the sleeve of which was caught and caused his ! death. Mr. Tyng was a man of good talents, of great energy and earnestness in Lia profes sion, and his untimely end is universally regarded with sincere grief. chz.plain at a State Prison was asked Ly a fr;cnd how his parishioners wore. ,tll undo*•':..thvietion," was the, t•eply. for tilt, Col =Ma Spy Chinese Sugar Cane MR. DIIITOR—As some of the statements' from distant Agricultural Journals may be regarded with distrust by our practical farmers, will You allow me the use of your columns to record my experience with the Chhinese Sugar Cane. Last spring, at corn planting, I reserved a strip of ground, a light sandy loam, between some potatoes just planted and ground intended for corn, and had three or four furrows, of about 180 feet in length, run with the plough, just as they had been for potatoes, and at a distance of four feet apart. I had the furrow raked clear of stone (es the spot was rather stony.) and I stretched a geird;:ti line, that the seed of the Chinese Sugar Cane might be planted in straight rows. I had received a package of the seed from the patent office, and pur chased twenty-five cents worth more, (all that was left at the time in town.) I had, perhaps, half a tumbler of seed; at all events five tittles as much as was wanted—for, sup posing that a large proportion of it might fail to come up, I strewed it liberally in the drill—making a mere scratch with a small stick, and covering the seeds with the same, half inch deep, as we went along; the whole labor of planting was part of a morning fur myself and a lad. The seed all Came up— I left one row to grow as thick as it would— too close (it turned out,) even to thrive fur fodder. The shovel harrow was run be tween the rows when the corn adjoining it was cultivated, and once, afterward, I sent a man to thin out the stalks to at least a foot apart in the rows; and a couple of hours were spent in this way with the hoe—this was all the cultivation it received. The soil was light, but in tolerable order, and I had, previously to planting, strewed a dust ing of plaster and hen-manure in the fur rows. The sugar cane grew straight ahead —the stalks averaging three-quarters of an inch in thickness, and a few of them one inch and a quarter thick, six inches above the ground; few stalks were less than eleven, and some were thirteen feet high, tassel in cluded. I had determined to try extracting the juice from some of the cane in a com mon cider mill, when I learned that I could be permitted the use of an excellent set of rollers, put up expressly for the purpose, by our enterprising agriculturist, J. B. Garber, Esq. Leaving many of the smaller canes upon the ground, I had the bed of a oae- horse wagon filled with the cane—they hap pened to be cut about the length, and slip ping them in thick end foremost, they were quickly and compactly loaded—the seed, with the small end or top, left in bunches on the field. Several bushels of the bunches. I took two horses to the cane mill—attached to an ordinary horse power for threshing grain—and passed the cane through the rollers, two persons being required at this operation—one to pull and clear away the bruised or pressed canoe (which the pigs were mean time busily devouring)—a lad to drive the horses was also required, and with this force, in three or four hours, we had a barrel of juice. I did not measure the quantity by gallons, as I had it in snore than one vessel, but know that from forty selected canes we had ten and a half quarts of juice. The same afternoon I put a por tion of it in a copper kettle over the fire, and merely throwing into it a spoonful of slackened limo or whitewash, boiled away; a thick green scum rose quickly upon it, and it had to be skimmed frequently; I boiled it too long, and made some four or five gallons of too good molasses--it was al most candy! Fearing that the remaining juice might sour, over night, I put a few spoonsful of whitewash in it at once, and left it. It was boiled by the women the next day without any superintendence or any previous experience. The whites of a few eggs were stirred into the juice before the boiling commenced—it was boiled slowly and skimmed frequently. The molasses produced was of a much lighter and brighter color than the first, and was declared by all who ta.ted it to be syrup of the first quality. I attribute its lighter color to the fact of elarifying the juice by letting it stand a few hours. afternoon ana night, before boiling, after the lime was put in, and to the whites of eggs put in while it was cold. The first : l,oiling retaining a greenish east throughout, I while the second was clear as eider, from the first, Iron: this experinient I feel confident that any of our farmers, or country people, particularly, who farm but a few acres, and yet every year boil one or more kettles of apple butter, would Lind their labor better rewarded by putting out a few rows of the Chinese Sugar Cane. The whole cultivation is the simplest possible—say the same as as broom corn. Better mills, which will express all the juice, and more rapidly, will be put up in our neighborhood this coming season, so that any person who has a load of canes, can cut and haul them to the mill in less time than he can gather his apples, and he can boil syrup for the use of his family in less time than he can boil apple butter, w hil e to tboso who have but few fruit trees upon their premises, it furnishes something superior to cider for boiling their fruit. Peaches or apples boiled in the cane juice instead of cider, will make an apple or peach butter which is worthy of the name of marmalade—such was that we tasted at the house of J. B. Gather, Esq. The seed of the cane will be left as food for horses, hogs and poultry, and the leaves and refuse of the stalks furnish fodder for his cattle. I think it cannot fail to be a profitable crop, put out on a large or on a small scale; but it particularly commends itself to those who now exchange the pro duce of their gardens, their eggs and poultry for their sugar and molasses—they can grow that themselves. Any old. woman who ever made apple butter, can make as good syrup as the store can supply. They can sell their eggs and poultry for money, and spare the town a larger portion of their fruit. The seed can this year be obtained in abundance. J. H. Mtrrtri. true picture of despair, is a pig rcnehing through a hole in the fence to get n cal.hnge that is only a few inches beyond his reach. tr-They hare "whisky" in Buffalo, one drop of which. on the back of an adder, is warranted to kill the reptile in fire minutes. NATIVE Wiscs.—A committee of the British Parliament has advocated, in a re port, the reduction of duties on foreign rcines, as a means of ameliorating the in roads of intemperance, and they point to America. as the source from whence an abundant fnture supply may be obtained.— , It will surprise Americans: vtlio know so little of the progress of the wine business in this country, to know wlutt the sparkling Catawba is already a favorite wine on the tables of the aristocracy of Europa, and has attained such celebrity that in the best vine regions the Catawba has been introduced into the vineyards. Cozzen's Wine Press asserts that the value of the home produc tion of wine already exededs that of the consumption of foreign wines as two to one. We think this must be a large estimate, unless Mr. Cozzcn includes that branch of theinanufaclure in which the juice of the grape is not essential. That sort of Ameri can wine doubtless exceeds all that is ex pressed from American grapes or imported from abroad. We :can believe, however, that the pro duction of genuine native wine is much greater than is generally supposed. It is stated that the wine made at El Paso, New Mexico, is equal to one-fifth of all the wines imported into the United States. A single house at Los Angelos, California, put up last year one hundred and thirty thousand bottles of sparkling native wine, and an acre of vineyard in that vicinity is said to produce one thousand gallons of wine per year. The whole amount made at Los An gelos last year is estimated at three hundred and fifty thousand gallons. In Ohio and Missouri the vine culture is already one of the greatest interests, and is rapidly extend ing. The rich, rolling prairie of Kansas is admirably adapted to the vine, and it is said that some wild grapes, which grow in great abundance there, are of a very excellent quality. Even Connecticut talks about be coming a wine producing State. Cooper's prophecy that in fifty years, or sooner, we shall export our poetry and wine, is already beginning,.to be fulfilled, and present facts clearly warrant the expectation that the United States will become a wine producing country, A very agreeable wine is said to have been made from tomatoes, and at a late pomotogical meeting in Lon don, a gentleman handed around some wine manufactured from mangel wurtzel, which was pronounced excellent, and which the manufacturer said could be produced for sixpence a quart. A chemist who analyzed it said that it only needed an astringent, such as might be supplied from the hop root, to render it a wholesome beverage.— With wine from beets, and whisky from the sorghum, exhilerating drinks are not likely th become scarce.—Springficld Republican. Pouccrixt: Ili7Nrs.—During two or three evenings we had great fun near the town of Pietermaritzburg., in blocking out porcu pines. I nearly ran over one on horseback one day, and narrowly escaped getting his quills in my horse's legs. They spread their quills wide, and run backwards very fast, thus presenting a cheeaux•de-frize any thing but agreeable. This one dodged about round me, now running through the grass quite fast, then stopping and backing, so that I could with difficulty keep my usually well-behaved shooting pony from actually turning tail, and in consequence tired both bullets without any satisfactory result. In a few minutes he came to his hole, a place big enough for a man to live in near the entrance, that had evidently formerly been occupied by some able excavator, probably an ant-bear. I could not get at the "fret ful— in this retreat, but on arriving at home consulted with my Kaffirs, who agreed that we would get some dogs, and go out soon after the moon rose. We did so, armed with knob-kerries and assagies; and, lacing two sentries over the hole, we sent the dogs on the traces, having discovered that he was out for the night. We soon beard the 1 yelping of the curs, and ran to the spot.— The porcupine was coining along in a great fuss, with the dogs all around him; assagies and sticks were hurled at him, while he dodged amongst the Kaffirs' naked legs, who jumped about with wonderful activity. A blow on the nose at last finished him.— Sporting &cars amongBl the AVirs. Trxxrsos.—Most of the American papers have lately been passing around a paragraph front "an Engli , ll correspondent," asserting that the laureate is a c•ontirmed victim of opium, together with other remarks of an ohv-i•iu-ly malevolent spirit upon his per sonal appearance, which is styled gross and sensual, of an "African" type, &c. As we had expected, this report is now etnphatititl ly contradicted. A correspondent of one of the daily journals writes of him: "He has never meddled at all with the delight of Turks and Chinamen." The same corres pondent also refers to the poet's shyness of, publicity and wood-cut engravers: "Ile lives in a kind of mortal fear of the Illustrated News, and is to the very.core of him a kinsman of••those Elizabethan men who loved so to lock themselves up with their friends in . 0.1% and happy corners, where "AU their great hearts %hems warmed They tht•hee their random speeche4 Before; the !rile, of Ann -,artual, Tlre literary leeekeß:' . Pena R. IL—DOparture of Passenger Trains. Train, East. Lea, Columbia. Arrive at rhita Way Train, 7.40 A. m. 11.30 A. M Express ) 5.40 " 12.10 P. 31 Altoona Way, 1.50 I`. M. 6.10 " Fast Mail, 7.45 " 11.40 " Trains Wen. Lear, Coimbra. Arr. ar Harrisbur g . Harrisburg Branch, 7.40 A. 31. .10.25 A. M. Wily Train, 7.35 P. 3r. 9 P. al. Emigrant Train, 1.35 .t. r. Columbia Post Office MA ILS CLOSE: Through Mail for Me East-8 A. M. and 0.40 I'. M. Way " s A . M . Through. and Way Mail for Mc hest—G.2s P. M. 0 " South -11.30 A. M. Mail !camfo ,r .11 - ountrille on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday—closes at 6.40 P. M. Mad lrarcq for Manor, 177ahrille and Safc Tue.day. Thursday, and Saturday —closes at f.' P. M. -Vail fur Siker Spring, on.lVednesday and Saturday. MAILq ARRIVE. Eastern-2.40 A. M. and 11.30 P. M Western-7.40 A. M. &irthern-12.05 P. M. Columbia Post Office, Jan. 2, 1533. How re Lc EcoNomicAt.!—True economy consists in getting the best of everything at a fair price. This is true of almost every thing to be purchased ; but is especially true in the purchase of a Family Sewing Machine. That GROVER ct" BAKER'S is the best fur family use, is a fact that can not be successfully disputed, and we advise our rerdcrs to purchase no other. It sews a stronger and more beautiful scam, is more easily understood and managed than any machine in the market, and possesses all the qualities which should recommend it for family use. llollowe's Pills —Delit•ate females. wino suffer from those peculmr di , turloatices of tine system iticidmit to the gentler ,ex. will find in theses Pills a safe remedy for all the Mecum:ll disorder , under which they may labor.— Acting specifically upon the local irregularity, mid gen erally upon the system. this comprehensive remedy wilt' simultaneously remove the Immediate cause of suffer ing, and Meteor:llc all the limbic orcani which kayo Lees infected lip sympathy therewith. In the three most perilous phases 01 finale emstt•aer, nit: line dawn of wommilmod, the period of 'Maturity, and what is termed `•the chanca of life." the alterative Yeti restora tive properties of thew tills render them nu:re; eicsable to the welder sex. ape 2 - - - WILD CIIERRY BALSAM. ra-The followialks worthy the attention of all who are naereqed for thinaselve.or frwoLl4: LAFAYETTE, Ina 1,c.;1. Dear 'vas attacked about five mouth., ago with , evere cold, which -ettled on my lungs. and doctor., (the most respectable in ibis city) , nid that I had inflam mation or entiqnnthlloll of the lung., and after elbowed , Mg their -kill without relief lome.pronounced my ca-c it...rabic. I eouunenced taking Dr. XVl,tar's Itabiata of Wild Cherry about , is weeks tign. and m four day., I was :We to walk all over the Imam:, mid am now Well man. Yours respectfully. GEORGE HOOVER.. Above 1 ham] you a plain staterneut frem Geo. I loo ver. of this city. wino tc well known. louviaz lived hero =nine mem y yeerA. The doctor. attended Lim count three mouth, mid gave him up to die. but ‘‘'l.stur's Hal salll cored lure. D. R. W. WILSTACIC. Druzgisr, Lafayette. None genuine unless signed I. purrs on the strap- R. Hamm anti MeCorkle &lieu, Agra. [apr3l RATS, ROACHES, BUGS, INSECTS, &c What the Press say—We know, by actual experience, that ••Costar'a - preparation for Rats, Homilies, Bed- Baps. and F,Cels generally, are complete and perfect exterminators. NVlierever -Costar's' Exterminators have been used, they have never failed to perform all that i, claimed for them. Ilonsekcepcus should lot fail to try them—X. Y. Atlas. May 17th. N.7 - Sce "Co.tarl." rultit in another column. tnpr 21 TIIT: I FORST: l'An! —The figure of It mail in n blouse, seated on a 111 lto.a picture of ❑te Horse fait. , 'wiles a. lunch critie,ni as the horns , elve, do. II is a reneral n mark, that n lb,. Preach Joekey look, ~osvell uta Hole,. hots touch better would he look inn handsome %int trom the brown ,iove Clothing I of Roelaill F NVII-on. Nos 603 und talfi CIIC , IIIII street, above Satin, Philadelphia [nip 17 Thu WAMIVETO:I'. "YEOMAN" HAT.—A beautiful and Woeful lIAT for Spring. combining in symmetrical proportion the favorite line- of the straight crown, with the graceful curve of the lately popular bell- Cro,ll. worn (lanai; the wilder. Gentlemen are, jw to call and examine thus elegant I lAT. prepared solely by. \VA Rill; ItTON, 410 Clicianut ' , gem, Philadelphia. April 10, 1000 nor.LA RS REWARD will be paid for any Nlerlieive iliat will c reel PRATT & BUTCHER'S MAGIC 011. for the followom won, Nenralzia. Spinal A freetion..Contrileted Jointni Cholie Pion- nt the Side or nark. Iletidnehe, Tooilinelle.Sprain, Sore Throat.Cot..llroi-e, Iht rio., awl all Di.en•e- of the skin, tied ilie Noire genuine. WIIiIOUI the .igniature of PRA'l"ll* & IlUTC111:11 attached to each label Pi ineipal Office; 200 Wit-Maga - in street. Drooblyn, N. V. The great number of pet-on- that have been imme diately relieved in till the clue. and town- where It been n-ed, ire well +I- in lin- eity..o.llll/1 Ilielll in ,tyltiL!.llll all eionlor, that it lire greawst cure 111 160 world for mon ever ...old. Dr. E. 13. HER It, Solo Whole-ole frr Colum bia Sold by all re.peebible Druetri-1, ili - onehout he United Staten and Canada. [Oct 17, lt-37..1y f'l?Qrnr.rn• To ALL!—Ciliformity of Prieeu' A Ncw reniure In flusives-! Every One his own gales & Co., of the Cre.yent One Price Cloth ing. Biore," Nn. 800 Markel -nevi, above Sixth, Phil adelphia. In nddlgnn to having the lakes t. Va . led of clothing at Philadelphia, mode eXpre. , /y for retail wale•. Int ve enn.iitutetl •very one hi, own •ale'man, lay having marked in figure.. on each ;u Arlo, the very !owe.' price at can be sold for, so they eunnot po,si sly vary—all era buy alike. The gonds are an well sponged and prepared and great ll:6aq token with the making. so thud all taut May with the tun a•-urrntee of getting a good article al the very lone-d price. Remember the Cre•cent,ill Market. above drily No. BUV J ON Ex , . S. CO. June 13,1P57.1y GnovEn sz, BAKER'S CELEBRATED FAMILY SEWING MACHINES, 495 BROADWAY, NEW YORK". 7.30 ciIE: , :rNUT QTR E1:1'. PIBLADELPIIIA. Machitiec err nowaicil.• nibmited to lie the lie , t in for Family Sewing, nciliing a new. ..iroug. and .liiels. which will Nor rip. even if every fourth stitch be Vet Circulars sent oil implica tion by letter. A yen In on the 1 doi ite-t it,- J. nownltl. Col. w. S. snAT ; Editor of the 1 oil. 11,1101)1watt, to Aliss ANNE. Uri. both of l-urk. J` l-1 ,a the 21.4 iilst AMY JANE, YMCA, (laughter of lbw. JA.t. L. SCOTT. Alllerleall Missionary in India, aged It- years. The fitacral w ill take piece from the residence of het nentg—llie Nlieses lloubton—thi, (Saturday) afternoon, at 2 o'clock. LOSW, IT it cumin:ell on the board walk leading to the grave yard. a (101.1) LEAD PE:CCIL, null murals S S. 1"1111. finder of ILr same tvill be rev, :inlet! 1 , 11 - 11 - (11.:1:TS, for returning, It to Esquire: DAVIES I?, 1111UNE12. [April 21, Grand and Novel Entertainment. ARRIVAL EXTRAORDINARY. rip 111 : ..,,, , ~,ph•hed and world-renowned Prof (JESS -1.1.1".. horn %.itlimit arm, has the plmonire of an nouncing to the .even, of this borough, Mat he null else a ...ern, of MINI., and fanciful entertainments at ODD .1 111'S' HALL. Mi. afternoon and evening and every lift rnoon nod evening tinting next weelt..— Ilia perform:wee rOll-iels of the loaduip and firing of a pimol by mean. 01 Ins toe,: Target Shooting. IA ith mt air gun: Wrning. Matinfileturing Ornamental Boxes, and performing iiiiim•rons other tottone4hing feats. thn nn•nlion of which Is omitted. In romequenee of their lunar. multifarion% Pay him a start and you %sill find the entertnitiment ,Nortily of your patronage. I1_1ADNIISS1( ENTS. Doors open from 3 P. M. to Al P.M . and from it to 9 I'. AI. single Atlmi,..ion. 15 eellt11; Futility Tickets. 50 cents, udinittiii,l all under 10 years. April 24.1-:e-.I t SELLING CHEAP. MRS. C. CALDWELL ll ALT i l t o n s e e n o t n w hand an entire new and large an- SPRIG IND SUMMER 31ILLINERY, 111 1 which the will sell nt the lowest cash prices; and will he /limp) to lines, her friends call and examine her stock, Wnlont street. betwevti Secwid and Third. Columbm. April '2l. P-5.--:lt• NEW ICE CILEALIVI SALOON', TIES. JAS. 11. lIUNTER Ti7olllll inform to.r friends and the etusens of Co lt I luuilna, 11.:a site has opened in Second street. nest door to the Lutheran Church. a Saloon, ♦t here she )sill .raw ICE CREAM, STRAWBERRIES, RASPBER RIES, &C., IN SEASON, Sire will .pare uo pain. to make her room% a place of pleasant rammer rerort. and the can confide:al) ...rent that her ICI>, . will be of the best qualm). She risks a chore of public patronage. Columbia. April 51. lest., INOTIC E. Gniormv rirEs of al: Lind., nt wholesale or re tail, at & rront street, 5 doors above Locust. Aprilll, COSTAR'S Rat Exterminator. An dertroyer of Rot.. Mice nod C0ck...15...11m For sole in A1cf.701:1:1.F:& DELI.ETI'S 'Medicine Slime, Odd Fellow's Hall April :21, COSTAR'S Bed Bug Exterminator! Never 4110,V11 to furl. For •ale at ItIcCOTIKLE & IW.I.I.IITT'S nimily Medicine :`lore, Odd Fellow's Hall. April 2: . I 5.'1,1. 40POZEN of oil kinds of Snuff flow, whole•ole or retail. a I no: mum rront eletet, 5 door., sitto•c Locust. a== DR it JAmp:Fo6l:lst:iNr. MIXTkIREOF CANNA 111.4Indien, few the cure of Cough', Cold.. Bronchi- Artlttna and (wiirra Delooltly. Prier 50 cool• a bow, Th i R w From otter I. April 24,
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