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,