proceed to where he tronhl expect to receive a more favorable reply to his propo sals." He 'then very quietly took leave of Madame Bannerol, kissed his bawl to-the Wido - w, and then left the house. - :!:Why should you not marry him?" asked "I grant you be is uncouth and insol4nt, bniae is a cool hearted crea t‘re, and besides -Which, he has an income of 'thirty thousand francs!' Madame Debreuil had at fritt said no; after that she reflected seriously upon the matter, and had nlmost made up her mind to say yes before she left for Paris. These were the remihiscences which pre sented themselves to the mind of Madame 'Dubreuil; these were the adventures which had occurred since the day on which the muff had been put out of service. "Juliette," said Madame Dubreuil to her waiting maid, "I am going cut; is the car- rage rea42/?f • " Wo " k•;1 Itr,e- hut there i 3 a o."nt;oraan to ribit you." Say I gill not at home." "But madame it is the Baron." "Myself!" added the Baron, with all the cuolne:ss and familiarity of an invincible EIXESI2 thousand parlons, Baron," said Ma :Jame Pubreuil, ...but I cannot now grant you a long ;nterview. I am absolutely obliged to go out—some indispensable af rs." '"there is one more indispensable thnnall the rest, and it is precisely qtai, I mrp come asp ut. K'tit I %yip j.,, K .1 brief. I will speak to you with the franl„neks of a soldier— m hen is our marriage to tulle place?" "We can talk or that another time." "Excuse me! My love cannot accommo date itself to these indefinite delays. I have already waited four months. I have resolved upon beidg married within the next three - weeks. Consider if that will suit you. .1 must, however, with the candor of a soldier, warn you that should you not consent, I have another party quite ready! She is a widow, not to be compared with you, cer tainly, but still will make a very agreeable Fubstitute. You have the first offer, but I most have your prompt determination, and I give you till bix o'clock this evening, when I shall expect your irrevocable answer." "Very well," replied Madame Dubreuil. 'llo you authorize me to hope?" "llave I not till to-night to decide? Ju liette, take my muff and put it into the car riage." "That would make a rnagniacent cap fur a grenadier," said M. de Grany; "what a pity that it should be employed for 'idle show. put you like thes?, muffs, you ladies; );ley sin.va you for hiding places; it ie into these things your love letters arz slipped.— ..111! take care not to let me catch you at ill When I am your husband I shall inspect your muff." When Mai ame Dcbreuil had got rid of the Baron, who had accompanied her to her carriage, slip 1(440 after him with a con tentptuous ;mile, and exclaimed: "The .simpleton!" But she did not mean to say that she could not marry Lim! Men with thirty thousand francs a year are not easily found, and a woman who must live in luxury, who punt have her carriage, must learn to tol erate even a ridiculous husband. Theobald was rich also, but Madame De hreuil had not seen him again, and doubtless lie had forgotten her. 2:liese reflections made her melancholy, r i nd to divert her attention, she ordered the coachman to drive her to a sumptuous shop in the Rue Montmartre. Mere they un rolled before her piece t:tter piece of costly stuffs, which she turned over with a careless and disdainful sir. after having purchased some five or six dresses, she looked around to discover where she had laid her muff.— At that moment she observed a young man ,gning c...t of the shop, who strongly re minded her of Theobald. Unfortunately 'she could not see his face. Should it be him? " Agitated, distressed, she regained her carriage, and whether it was mechanically, br whether she felt cold, she put both her hand 4, which she had not done before, into Dior muff. here she found a paper; it was It letter, which she eagerly read: "You know my love fur you. It is time to put nn end to torments which I can no longer endnre. If you have nny pity for 'rne; if 'you yo nut reject the offer of my 'hand; cdrne to-night to my sister's, where I trill wait for 3-nu. One word will save me From despair. Should you not come, I shall I:now how to consider your absence, and y.. 0 will hear no more from the unhappy TfIEODALD." "It was The.obald! I was not deceived!" exclaimed IW/ne Dubreuil. "At his sister's This evening. I will be there." And in the meantime, in order to prevent nll disagreriible renentires, end to prepare properly for her coming happiness, M'me Itubreuil et oricii wrote to theßaron these wOrdsl -- ' . "I will not Marry you. M'me Dubreuil." And then, tit the 'impointed time, she went to M'me de Meninges house, who hopponed to he alone, and received her ;rah the cordiality of an old friend. "It is an ago ' since I saw you, lovely widow. Ilavf you'etilf Jana . arrived from the country? Tlie , Y say that this sinter is io be very brilliant. Shall I tell . yau a s"cr.i? I am tired of being a wide*, and * vim thinkine, unite seriously of Marrying 'll hat do you think of it? -.111-ilte have yea receiied . a . later frinn my brother. from poor Theol,ald?" "Certainly, and it is that letter which brought me here." "To offer your congratulations? Yes, he has made a capital match—she is a country - girl, but is worth a million francs." "What CM] yei mean?" • "Oh yon musatnott, its you Lure resulted the letter *dna licirdeanic, where Theobaid has just married a rich heiress?' Mridamo Dubrouil "tr.le petrified. "Ahl" continued Madame de - Merangea, '•he had other pert!ects formerly, intl . ' aid think that I shoiild hace"jua for a aister-in law. One evening Itt9t spring the poor - fellow WAS waiting fur you here until past The next morning lie set off for Italy, and you know the rest." Madame Dubreuil understood in a moment that the letter had remained in her muff since the last day of the last winter. The obald had placed it there while it lay on the table at the Marchioness de Lascelle's„ and the weather was unfortunately so fine that Madame Dubreuillad no occasion to make use of it: Odious spring!. why didst thou come a day too soon? Madeute Dubreuil passed an agitated night, and the next no orniag, ire ri early, hav ing reflected very maturely that there was no remedy for on Fit that had alreedj oc curred, she made up her mind to write again to the Baron: '•I wished to try you last night. If you are not dead from despair, come and receive my consent to your proposal. AL&DAME DVBREVIL." "I am not dead," replied the Baron, "but I did not understand that you meant only to try me; and not having any time to lose, I have just now officially addressed a letter to the other widow, Madame de Meranges. You are, therefore, ton lute. I have pledged My . word, and an old soldier does'nf trifle with that." Two husband. lost! This will teach the ladies not to lay by their muffs without ex amination, and to take special care that nothing unread is left in Man: Cre Cohtnitria giiir,. A PENNSYLVANIA INDEPENDENT JOURNAL. COLUMBIA. PA. SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1858 ,treThe Lancaster Class's of the Eastern Synod of the German Referrned Church will hold its annual meeting in the °mm Re formed Church of this place. The opening sermon will be preached on Friday evening, the 7th of May. The public aro invited to attend. NEW ADVERTISEMENTB.-110.1deMnIet3 Cheap Cash Store; MeTague & Bro., Spring Dry Goods; I. 0. H. M., Meeting; B. F. Ap pold, Fresh Flour; 11. Pfahler, Chewing Tobacco; Wm. Carpenter,' Prothonotary, Notice; Columbia P. 0., List of Lette'rs. Nsw STORE.—P. MeTague & CO., have opened their new store in Locust street, and with their new stock of Dry Goods and Clothing make a brilliant and substantial display. The new enterprise is meeting with decided success, and we advise our friends to give the proprietors a call. Nmr GOODS.—The new goods of MoTague & Brothers, announced last week are ad vertised in to-day's paper. Nsw STOCK.—See Haldeman's adveriiso ment of a large new stock of goods. THE Cinces.—The circus which will ex hibit here on Friday nest, will be the first to visit our town since the setting in of hard times. It has been the universal com plaint of all shows, during the past winter, that money was not to be had in return for amusement; it remains to be seen whether the merits of Mabie & Crosby's French and American Circus, will not succeed in ex tracting the quarters from our amusement seekers. The concern comes well recom mended, and the individual performers bear a high reputation. LICENSES.—On Saturday last the Court granted two hundred and fifty-two tavern licenses, for the city and county, of which ten were for Columbia—all new. This brings the number of public houses in the borough, up to the old standard, and the pure juice can now be retailed in every cor ner of the town. We have not been able to obtain a full list of the houses licensed in Columbia, but besides some of the old stands there have been new and hitherto undreamed of ones created. If the late law was oppressive in some of its provisions, the present one is certainly no loss objectionable in its authorizing so indiscriminate a flow of the ardent, and its unbounded license is likely to prove the rope which will eventually strangle it. PETIRSON'S COVSTERTEIT DETECTOIL—We have received the "Detector" for May, which contains a list and careful description of 08 new counterfeits which have made their ap pearance since April Ist, 37 of which were noted in the semi-monthly number of April 15th. Among these we find only two on Pennsylvania Banks—tens on fife Southwark Bank of Philadelphia; and fives on the McKean County Bank. As much New York money is generally circulated here at this season, we give the counterfeits on banks in that State. Farmer's Bank, Troy,-2's; Farmer's Bank, Lansinghurg,2o's; Mechanic's Bank, Syracuse, 2's and 20's; Rochester Bank 10's; New York Exchange Bank, s's; Mechanic's Bank, New York, 20's; Bank of Dansyille, 2's; Bank of Salina, 2's, Bank of Chemung, Elmira, l's; Farmer's Bank of the City of Troy, 5 . 8; and Bank of Vernon, 2's. This Detector should he in the hands of every man whose business necessitates the handling of money. .51.LcAzisr.—The May number of this popular monthly contains the usual variety, of more than usual merit.— The opening article, winter in the South,' is interesting, and the illustrations, by Strother, spirited and sketchy. "Front Sinai to Wady Islouse" is anoiher illustrated article, of Eastern Travel; still another is "Ti^er Hunting on foot inlia." Thack einy's,7cat novel, "The Vircinians" is con tiOtl24l, growing in interest and not losing a jot of the" - dclightful satire without which Thackeray ir'eFet notThaelisray: Excellent original stories ,od the Editorial depart ment, with its anecdote and gossip, fill the rest of the pages, alreentributillg to make up a most readable numlie.r. AMERICAN Acatccarcrater.--Vire have re ceived the May number oft& Agriculturist, and commend it to our readerii. - We have spoken favourably of this' Periodic!st be cause of its apparent compleiebess ind de votion to the interest which it . specially ad vocates—the improvement of Soil 'Culture. We are =stained in our opiniuidn'Ly that of an experienced practical agriculuirist of ourneighborhood, who pronounces the pub lication the best of the kind in the country. "WHY DO YOU WEAR IVl"—This is the per tinent title of a neat little volume by James E. Griffin, A. M., Principal of Charchtown Academy, in this County, addreised princi pally to professing Christians, rebuking the tendency of the age towards purple and fine linen. The author strongly argues the incortsisten - ey of professed piety and lavish expenditure for the - gauds and vanities with which even the 'if/Orli:lip-minded, delight to bedeck them. He treats the subject ably, and the book, we think, will repay attentive perusal, It is published by Murray, Young & Co., Lancaster, to whom we are inbebted for a copy. This house, by the way, evinces an enter prise deserving encouragement and support. "Why do you wear it?" is but an addition to a list of popular works published by the firm. A few days since we spent a hurried minute in Messrs. M., Y. & Co's store and rooms; too short a time to satisfy ourself with examining their splended stock of books, but long enougho t appreciate the vastness of that stock and its excellence in every department. The new books just opened, and crowding every foot of room, even the floors, were of every kind and style. We can safely assert that u lover of books, be his taste what it may, can find gratification in visiting the store of Messrs. Murry, Young & Co. Their new stock has been purchased-principally at the Philadel phia and New York Trade Sales, * at a IoW figure, consequently they put literature with in the reach of all. For the Columbia Spy A True Story of a Grave Yard I was born in Columbia. I have wan dered away from it many thousand but there is no place like this home—the home of my childhood—fur me. Within n few days I have noticed many of the great improvements of the town, of recent growth; and of one of them, and its beautiful "sur roundings," I wish to say a passing -word, just now: Ou my way up to that old grave yard where so many of my kindred lie. I could but admire the architectural effect of the new school building, the Washington Institute--its walks, its banks of sloping green, its thrifty trees, and the appearance of taste and care visible all around it, from the clean plank walk towards the grave yards. But—(now I must begin with the buts) is this an edifice of learning? What ghastly notices are these, staring at intervals around, wherever a bush, or flower, or tree is yet to grow; where, it is intended, the grass, this summer, shall be grown? The way in which the large letters headed the little words was a CAUTION to travelers, in deed! Alas, the CAPITAL offence seems greater in the observance than in the breach —greater in the putting up than in the dis regard of such notices! I had to pause—a powerful spell was upon men such a one ns I had never felt through the senses of my eyes or ears before! "Reform this altogeth er"—with the bogus clock face and other shams—reform it! My visit, however, was to the grave-yards, and I must mention what struck me on the way—l wish I could say approvingly. Tho gates were wide open at the foot of the road, though no funeral was expected. The road was miry, and the carriage -ruts almost hub deep for the want of stone or gravel. Hogs were rooting against tho fences on tho road side, and I soon found that they were not excluded from the enclosures of the grave yards themselves. But, interested in look ing at the records of those I had formerly known, I forgot for a time the neglect so apparent around me. The day was chill; I no visitors were on the ground; I had them all to silence and myself—when, suddenly the sound of au axe, close by, arrested my attention. And now, reader, I tell-no story of some far-off burial place in Central Afri ca; nor of some lonely and deserted graves, in a spot depopulated by the plague; nor do I intend to attempt a rivalry of Scott, in romance—to paint you a companion piece to his Old Mortality, although the uncouth object which I now first noticed was quite I as original in appearance and occupation, and, perhaps, prompted by veneration as remarkable—but this is little to the pur pase—l wish to record a fact. As soon as I perceived a something like a man, hacking away at a tree close by, with a good stout locust in his hand, I salu ted him with the exclamation that it was a queer place for him to cut his bean poled Ile seemed a little abashed, and claimed as a merit that he was doing no harm, but help ing to keep the place clear of the rubbish and thick underbrush. He was a dingy looking specimen of mortality from Tow Hill, and I infer front his re.narks, which I could not gain-say, that if he cut his pen-sticks there last year, ho will, this year, certainly de pend upon it for his bean-poles, but will claim, I fear, some extra compensation for getting his fire-wood from the same place, next year! To the fact of the chopping, and to the offering and validity of his defence, I will testify before a Justice of the Peace. I conclude by offering a subscription of 25 cents towards somo addition (if it only be one letter) to the"S/u•utery" at the Institute, and with an urgent appeal to those interest ed to get the timber out of the grave-yards before the cost of its removal shall become too enormous. Towards its present remo val, and that of all other signs of the worse than barbarian neglect and indifference, who would not promptly contribute. Cottrunts, April 25, 1958. ilterWe publish by request the following from a speech by Mr. Condiet, of N. J., on presenting a petition, in Congress, for a heavy excise duty on domestic distilled spirits: "What is the crying sin, the besetting and the besoltang sin of our country which sinks us in our own estimation and the es timation of the civilized world? What is it that degrades and debases man below the level of the brute; that unfits him for the the social and domestic duties of • life?—: What is it that carries strife and contention into every neighborhood? What invades the the domestic circle, banishing conjugal affec tion and severing every tie of endearment? What entails poverty and wretchedness and infamy upon the innocent, lliteridly- visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation? What is it that wrings the teor from the eye of disconsointe beauty end reddens its cheeks with ,blushes? .What is it that dra,ws forth the midnight' sigh from the lonely and broken-hearted . Mother as she strives to coyer the shivering infant with her, scanty rags, or to stifle the :cries of hunger by the charities of her neighbor?— What inflicts disease, in iti most'painful and loathsome shape? What bloats and de-. forms the human countemulte, and efaces the image of the Creator froth his creature? What is it that sweeps as with"theitteeom of destruction more Inman victimsyla an un timely grave than sword. and pestilence combined? What fills your poor houses with paupers, and your hospitals with invalids? What crowds your jails with criminals and gives employment to the hangman. If it is the use of intoxicatigg liquors, and if it be in the power' of governifient to restrain this deluge of moral evil, and diminish the sum of human misery if by leveying a tax,, you snatch cme vietim from ruin and rescue his helpless family from the dephs of degra dation, will'you not exert the power? PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL.-COLUIEBIA, April 16th, 1858.—Council met: Members present—Mcsrs. Black, Marton, Pelan, Pu sey and Bletz—President. Minutes of last meeting read and adopted. The following bills were read and ordered to be paid; C. A. llook, $13.50; John Cooper, $8.44; J. W. Fisher, $2O; R. Der rick, $21.04; IL Wilson, $19.32; J. Tfogen togler, $12.82; Do. $50.93; J. G. hers, $9; G f co. Bogle, $32.03. Mr. Pusey moved that an order be drawn on the VieastFer in favor of tho Road Com mittee tor $102.76, to redeem orders in the hands of :the Treasurer, Which was agreed to. Mr. Manton moved that the Chief Bur gess and President of Council be empowered to sign a Bond in ?Ivor of F. S. Blett, Esq., fur SGOO, and also an order for $lOO be drawn in favor of F. S. Dietz, Esq., for or ders of the !load Committee cashed by him, Agreed to. ' A petition was presented signed by cid- , of Fourth street, between Locust and Walnut, asking council to notify property holders along said street to have their respective lots paced, as they suffer considerable in- convenience for want of a pavement. Re ferred to Paving Committee. Orders amounting to $117.50 cashed by Fry & Ragman were presented, for which, on motion of Mr. Pelan, the Chief Burgess and President were authorized to give a bond payable 12 months after date. Mr. Black moved that the opening of the market be changed from noon to morning on and after the 24th inst., and that the clerk of the market give notice, permitting Tenders to sell their articles as soon as they arrive at the market. Agreed to. Mr. Pusey moved that the Supervisor be authorized to place a crossing over the gut ter above the Columbia Engine House, which was agreed to. On Motion council adjourned. WM. F. LLOYD, Clerk. Philadelphia Correspondence. PIIIGADELPIIIA, April 28, 1858. Poverty anal its Results—Neto Papers—The Sunday Papers—The "Blotter" in Dan ger—The Penny l'ress—Political Hove- Nents-2llore Liquor—Stinntlatecl Excite ment—" Union Rail Bowl." Mr. Samuel Weller, on a certain occasion, with that profound skill in the observation of men and their motives for which lie is so justly celebrated, remarked that he belived there must be some natural connection be tween poverty and oysters; for when a man gets into such straitened circumstances that he becomes desperate, ho immediately rushes out and devours oysters in the most surprising and unreasonable manner. We dare say Mr. Weller was entirely right as to the fact—lie was generally correct in his facts—though he has left on record no sat isfactory solution of this remarkable philo sophical truth. But Mr. Weller's philosophy, like most human inventions and institutions, was not made for all time; it has had its day, flour ished, faded and passed away. It was true twenty-five years ago when Mr. Weller gave zest to the circles of literary clubs, and to the society of glorious old-fashioned jolly good gentlemen, for oysters were cheap in those days; but it is not trap now. The price of oysters has risen amazingly in five and twenty years, and unlike the price of "fancies" and other luxuries, it does not vascillate perceptibly, and knows no devia tion worth naming. Few men in moderate circumstances now-a-days, can indulge in luxuries; much less men in desperate straits, when they "rush out" find any thing so delicious within the compass of their slender means, on which to solace their stomachs for the ills and cravings of their distracted minds. Nevertheless, desperate men in our times are not—thanks to the advancement of sci ence generally, and cheap printing particu larly—without their remedy. It is a com mon custom in the year of grace, and "short time, with first class collatends," 1858, when men become "straightened out" for want of cash, and desperate as to resources, to rush out, rush round a corner and—es tablish "a now paper!" With surprising sagacity too, figuring up the literary wants of the public, calculating the most propiti ous moments for the gratification of those wants, and the amount of cashlikely to be served for the purpose, they "get up" a Sunday paper, price three cent:, devoted to light literature ("first class!") "national politics"—whatever that phrase means— sound morals, profound essays, spicy cor respondences (home manufacture of coarse) highly amusing personalities, and reviews of commercial and financial affairs judi ciously selected from the daily papers. In this city, now, we have no less than six Sunday papers—the Dispatch, Mercury, Transcript, Mirror, Topic and Leader. As to the quality of this kind of literature gen erally, or its effects on Society, your corres pondent is not thoroughly learned, as he does not often regale himself on such viands, preferring that his newspaper reading shall be entirely secular in its character, dealing With facts only, and eschewing fancy; bat a glance at one of our new Sabbatical candi dates for popular favor which is publishing a thrilling narrative of "first class" stamp, the burden whereof is a "love affair" be tween a mulatto girl and a youth of pare Caucasian blood—suffices to show how jii diciously and piously, that sheet is laboring in behalf of refined taste and good morals. This Cholte Sabbath reading is encroach ing ort`our friead. the Blotter at a most alarming rate,:the circulation of which-is reported to have fallen off during the last three weeks, froth 397,0 00 , to only 211,301 copies! • This lamentable circumstance only proves, that Polly Potato-patch, Harry Corn- Snigglefritz (a new engagement by the enterprising publisher) and all the rest of those first class authors who write for the Blotter, and "for the 'Blotter only," will have to fly around and cut brush a good deal faster than they have been doing lately. In -fact they must spin more yarns and longer yarns, and dye them all blood red, except just a few blue ones by way of relief to sore eyes. Also they must grind out at least six ounces and a half of first class sentimental verse per week; besides piling up a good deal more agony, and tenting ant a few fresh and racy osihs for general cir culation, in those patches of • highfalutin twaddle by Polly Potato.. Patch. The Blot ter might increase its size to twenty-four pages, containing about as much reading matter as Ildrpees Magazine, including "Easy Chair," and "Monthly Record"—"all going at four cents, only four cents!" Until it does this, and also makes some arrange ment to win back that "sweet writer" Betsey Underbrush, who bas gone over to the Sun day press bag and baggage, Script and scrip page—we are very much afraid, very much afraid indeed, that the "Blotter" will go down. In the mean time we intend to contribute our mite to sustain that ornament of the age, in the way of adver tising and puffing, and all for "nothink," except the public good, which amounts to a leetle less than "nothink." Notwithstanding the plethoric cohdition of the newspaper market in this city, there is, we believe, ample room here for a penny paper to-occupy the position long held by the veteran of the penny press. This paper, from some cause unknown, and which remains a profound mystery to the public, is' now printed on material of such wretched quality, and in type of such an uncommonly vile and pestiferous character, as to have obtained the oft-repeated cer tificate of a leading optician that it his "very best customer." So that any substi tute printed on white paper, in clear type, established on ample capital, must - Tither crowd the blur-eyed chap off the course, or force him into liberal measures, the pub lic does not care a fig which. Another re form is very desirable in a paper having almost universal circulation in a large city, and that is, the exclusion of those "person al" advertisements which are absolutely subversive of good morals, and in violation of decency. Even supposing that such ad vertisements do not exert a corrupting influence on youth within the pale of con scientous parental care; still, the fact that such things are daily brought before the eyes of young females, is a shock and insult to their delicacy—unless their meaning is kept a profound mystery—which is sufficient to exclude the cause from the houses of respectable families. A reform in this par ticular is most earnestly and very generally desired. The final action of the Legislature on the "Liquor Law," was, after all our hopes, not such as to give this community the least prospect of reform on a subject which above all others needs reform. Our Journeymen at-Law have tinkered up an act not quite so long as the book of Deuteronomy, and not quite so lucid and intelligible as the Tal mud, to the commoi reader. But law-ma king and. mysiificeaaon aro now about one and the same thing. The object seems to be to get as many "Sections" as possible into a law, and as many words as possible into a section, which is a circumstance of hearty self gratulation to the public printer, and of regret or disgust to every one else. As the time for the charter election draws near, the politicians and office-seekers are moving in battallions, we may say by bri gades, or whole divisions of a vast army; and electioneering devices are multiplying. Both parties publish daily advertisements setting forth the items of public expenditure during the present and the past administra tion. An improvement on the present elec tive system might be to advertise fur propo sals to conduct the city, government at the lowest charge by responsible parties—sup pers, segars, brandy and hack-hire not included, but to be paid for as extras, "ac cording to the estimate and approval of a competent Engineer"(!) The untimely death of the Rev. Mr. Tyng has acted as a stimulus to the "Revi val" feeling, and the meetings for prayer and exhortation are as numerous as ever. In view of which depressing fact Friend Cur tis, the leader of the "Truth, Wisdom and ins tice" fire-worshippers, has reduced the price of spiritual food on his altar; the five cent fee is kicked out of the door; there is "free ad mission to all," and "gentlemanly men" of all creeds are invited to participate in the discussions(!) Benignant Friend Curtis! As Mr. Pecksniff would say, "bless you Curtis, bless yeti!" The project of a "Union Railroad" intended to pass by tunnel from the Schuyl kill to the Delaware and unite all the lines terminating in Philadelphia—meets the general commendation of the press' and the people of this city. Only 'one paper, weakly subject which manages to crairl about daily and enjoy a limited circulation in the fresh air, under the patronage and protection of news-boys;—has come out against it, as a terrible engine of danger, utterly destructive of the trade and prosper ity of Philadelphia(!) Notwithstanding this powerful opposition and the 'profound arguments brought to bear, it is more than likely that the road will bo constructed; and thereby a great desideratum will be effected in relieving Market and'Third streets of the continuous trains of freight , ernigmot cars, with their king lines of mules, which ell day obstruct 11060 thoroughfares, own sioning great annoyance to pedestrians, and seriously interfering with the general busi ness of the streets. Messrs. Thomson of the Penna.. Railroad, and Kneass, City Engineer, are:among the Commissioners to put the enterprise in mo tion; and this fact is pretty good evidence of the feasibility and ultimate success of the prliect. Pa. Tim PETER CARTWRIGHT AT. TUE ASTOR Ileum—Some church affairs made it ne cessary fur Mr. Cartwright to visit New York city some years ago, and it was ar-, ranged for him that he shotild put op at the Astor Home. It was here that his brethren. expected to meet him; his oriel . and de nominational appointments had refere4e to the Astor House as his lieadtpitiiteni . :zz-. When Mr. Cartwright, however, appeared at the Astor i there was nothing in his back woods appearance that suggested to its pro prietors his worthy position among the fathers of Methodism; when, therefore, he requested to be shown to his room, he was very cavalierly turned over to a servant to show, him stp_stairs. Up stain], they weat-_-- : up, up, up—Mr. Cartwright in wondering ing amazement lost, - the servant apparently untiring in his' amusement"of ascending.— Finally, the servant opened the door of an apartment up in the attic story, and pointed it out to Mr. C. as his room. Father Peter detained the servant while he should take a general survey of the premises—repeated the inquiry if this was the room he was to occupy—and at length, appearing to be well satisfied, he disposed of his baggage, and very politely requested the servant to be good enough to show him down stairs again. The servant preceded Father Cartwright down, down, down, till they reached at length the street landing; but, before the servant could make his escape, • Peter in quired if he wouldn't please show him up again! So up they went again, heavenward, and at last Peter found his room, and, per mitted the servant to depart in peace. The servant, however, had little more than found himself down stairs, when Uncle Peter rang the bell vigorously. In due time, up came the servant, by this time panting with the unusual exertion. "MI good friend, I am sorry to trouble you, but I should be glad to see the clerk, if you will be kind enough to send him to my room." "Oh, certainly." And so down, down goes ,the servant, to say to the clerk that singular old chap np in the upper story wanted hint to come to his room. And then up, up goes Mr. Clerk. "Are you the clerk?" "Yes, sir." "Well, you will place me under great ob ligations to you, if you will show me the way down stairs!" And when once more down stairs, after Uncle Peter had taken another careful sur vey or the surroundings, the clerk very po litely inquired if there was anything further he could do for him. "yes," says Uncle Peter, "yes, my friend, I would be greatly obliged to you for a broad:axel" "A broad-axe!" says lir. Clerk, in aston ishment, "and what do you propose to do with a broad-axe?" "I thought I should like to 'blaze' my way to my room!" It is needless to say that Peter Cartwright was the lion of that week at the Astor; and that it was not further required of him to climb up that endless series of stairways— but, when his friends called again to inquire for, or call upon him, they found him snugly ensconsed in ono of the most eligible rooms in the house. COULDN'T Do one of our interior mountain towns lives a man whose name is Bowers—some Tory distant connection, I am told, of Mr. Joseph Bowers,—and who by his friends is familiarly called Major Bowers. The major is about forty years of age, measures just five feet seven inches in height, and weighs exactly two hundred and eighteen pounds by the staelyarde. lie had—and who has not?—some little eccen tricities, ono of which is thinking aloud.— He has also a bad habit, acquired in those days by very many—that of taking a glass too much; but for all that, the major is "one of our first men;" and goes not a little upon his dignity. One day the circus came to town, and the major determined to go to the circus; and as a preliminary as well as to pass away a little spare time he imbibed several times, and between the acts of the perforniance imbibed several . times more. After the exhibition he joined company with ono or two "old boys," and went "round" for a couple of hours or so; and at precisely 1, a. m., started alone for his home in the "outskirts." During the performance the major had been particularly pleased with the "ground and lofty tumbling" also the vaulting and summerset acts. lie was thinking of thins he walked towards home, and thought how easy it would be to turn a summerset. He believed that he could do it, and our informant overtook him just in time to hear the following soliloquy, and to witness the overturn. "Bowers, you can do it, and there is no better place to try it on Than here." Divesting himself of coat and hat, he took a short run and throw him self forward; but, alas for human expecte: tionsl his hands striking the ground, the huge body slowly ascended until attaining an altitude of exactly forty-five degrees—for an instant it poised there, and .fell heavily back upon the ground. As the major gathered himself upon his haunches, supported with one hand upon the ground, and with the other rubbed his damaged body, solemnly wagging his head, he muttered in very broken accents: "Boto mr, rug boy, you can't do it you can-not do it—yoU're .not sufficiently experiencedl"— Hu:eking': C"4. May. • CAurunc.C4iughs, Colds and affections of the ',dogs prevail amongst our people to an extent wholly unknown in Europe, and, if neglected, often assume a dangerous form. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry is theremedy in such cases. 116.. A gentleman of Boston, who takes a busincea view of most things, when recently asked respecting a person of quite a poetic temperame.nt, replied: "Oh, he is one of those who have Bearings after the infinite and ,divings after the unfathomable, but be never pays cash." Tosy Lear.—What's his name? Young Lady.—Augustus Tyler. Deaf Lady.— Bless me, what a name! Bust his biter?— Eliza, yon must be making fun of me. THE PURCHASE OF MOUNT Venstm.—On the Gth of April a contract was sig,n94. 1)Y Mr- Waiihingtzin, which obligated "him to transfer: Mount Vernon to the a4ociation, on its compliance with tkp following terms, viz: The payment of two 4undr c d thousand dollars fur two hundred acres of land, in cludligethe'irenision arqlaitaiiii place, and . about all, the tomb. .Eighteen thousand dollars-to-be paidratb closing of contract, and th e remainder of the sum in four bnods, -payable •in • yesily instalments, with the permission after pay. ,vent of the jin7t, bond, to pay to Dfr. Wash ington any amount of .the balance-duC, its sums ofnot ... lespthauflye ,thowadnlia44, which sums mus t be cre dited; to the ,sugio ciation,in thiS mMirtai lesseraing the' inter est. The title of the estate to be given 4 ?)) payment of principal and interest, andihe, privilege also granted of obtaining pos-. session, on thirty days, at any time the . ago- , sociation may be ready to furnish the entire purchase money. "NOT QUITE so Ben."—The Bellefonte. Democrat tells a good story of Sam Bike, who had been down' the river this 'Spring, with a raft. Returning home i , ite stopped at a tavern, where quite a crowd-was dis cussing the Kansas question. Sam had not slept tho previous. night, and was about squaring himself • out for a comfortable snooze, when one of she',..kudesturnin g to him, said—"liere sits a Lecompton man. I'll bet the liquor for the room." ."Donel" saidlis.opponerkt,azha_was .. , C.T..comptqn. "Now then, frigod,!,saifi II T o 1, "in oraer to decide this'bet, Wlll . yon',l3qAp i .k,indAs to tell us -whether-yOu are.a-Lecdnintian ffin?" "What makes you think so?" Sam asked. "Because, sir, you look like one; 1 can al ways tell them sir by their looks," replied No. 1. Sam, answered,. "Da. I? Well, gentlemen; rWas on a rait:fiorn Snow, Shoo to Marietta; I have been: drunk fort %tiro weeks, but I had no idea that .I looked 'tin hard as that." The Lecomptoner paid the liquor and sloped. Penn'a R. IL—Departure of , Passenger . , Trains.. Trains East. Leave Coluintict.' Anice at ihaa. Way Train, 7.40 ,A.N. 11.30 a. N. Express,„ „ , 8.40 ,”, 12.10 r. r. " Altoona Way,' 1.50 r. 31. 0.10. " Fast Mail, ' 714. c " , 11:40 6 - Trains West. Leave Columbia. Arr. at liarrisburg Harrisburg Branch, 7.40 a. N. 10.25 a. N. Way Train, 7.35 r. N. -9 r: ar. Emigrant Train,r; 1.35 a. yr. '" '' Colnmbla l'ost"Offi.ge:" • •- - "cagE: Through Nail jor,the East—:£3 A. M. and G. 40 P: - - • • . Way • ". " 41./ Through and Way Mail for the Weit-=' 6.25 P. gc " " " South-11.30. A.M. Mail leaves for Mounteille on'. Tuesday,. Thursday, • and -Saturday—closes i at , 6.40' P.M. Nail leaves for Xanor,Higbville and.,See Harbor, Tuesday; Thursday; and Sutuillay —closes nt 2 P. M. • • t Nail for Silver Spring, on Wednesday and Saturday. MAILS ARRIVE. - Eastern-2.40 A. M. and 11.30 P. 11.1 Western-7.40 A. M. Southern-12.05 P. M. w Columbia Post Office, Jtin. 2, 1858. Ifrßmray's Oinnnent and rilb.-271cers and sores dram the system of its 'Mud energy. Their disemied aetion is kept op by virulent matter in t h e vessels of the ghouls and skin. This matter IS neutralized by the dis infecting operation of the Ointment. The Pills curt in. P digestion in all its forms. • urchnecnr arc kreb in formed of a certain test as to the genuineness of t disc remedies; it is accessary to sea that each leaf of the book of directions around cock pot and box shows She words, - Holloway, New York and London,” as a wnter-mnrk, in semi-transparent letters. All not Wisp authenticated arc 'frauds. Allay 1, /r.lB. THE HORSE F./Mt.—The figure of a Inas, fit a blouse, seated Oa a horse, in Rosa llonlicues picture of the Ilene fair, excites as much criticism as the horses them selves do. It is a general remark, that if this French jockey looks sowell in a blouse, how much better would he look inn handsome suit from the brown stone clothing: Ifell of Rackhill & Wilson. Nos. GU3 and 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth, Philadelphia. [op 17 lm WA RIMITON'S '‘YEOMAN" Ilsv.—A beautiful and ta..teful lIAT for Sprint!, rombining in synunetrimil proportion the favorite, lines of the straight croon, with the graceful curve of Abe lately popular Ifpll crowu, worn (luring the winter. Gentlemen are in vited to cull and examine this elegnitt HAT. prepared solely by WARBURTON. 430 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. April 10, IROO-3m 1000 DOLLARS REWARD will be paid for any Medicine that will caret. PRATT & BUTCHER'S MAGIC OIL for the following diseases:—Rheisia tism. Neuralgia. Spinal Arections,Contracted Joints, Cholic Pains in the Side or Buck, Headache. Toothache, Spriiiii,,Sorc Throat,Cuts,Druises.Parno, and all Diseases oribe Skin; Mui•cles and thelilaide. None genuine without the signiature of PRATT & BUTCHER attacked torach label. Principal Oilier; nO6 Washington street. Brooklyn, N.Y. The great number of persons that have been imme diately relieved in all, the cities and towns ••%Orem it has been used, us well as in this city, sustain theneta haying, in nil candor, that it is the greatest cure in the world for pain. ever sold. , t . Dr. R. U . HER R, Sole Wholexole Agent frriDoltrrn bia. Sold by all respeciable Druggists t braneltour he United States and Canada. [Oct. 17,1857-1 y I:I7 . EqUALITT TO Att.!--Uniformity of Priee , si A New Feature in'llusiness! Every one Lixown les ms n.—Jones & Co., of the Crescent One Price Cloth ing Store? No. 200 Market street, above Sixth, Phil— adelphia, in addition to having the largest, most va ried and fashionable stock of clothing lit Philadelphia made ,expressly for retail .sajes, have constituted' every one My awn ialesman;trhaving Mark - ild in figures. on enehorticle, the very lowest price iPtgit be sold for, PO they cannot possibly vary-all mast buy alike. ...,The goods ore all well sponged and prepared and .great pules taken' with the making, so that a n ban buy with the lull assurance of getting a good article at the very lowest price. Remember the Creerceat,in Market. above Sixth, N 0.200. ' "JONES & C June 13, 1657-ly O. GROVER & BAIIKEIFI'I3 CELEBRATED FAXIITSEWING DIAOKINE4 4613 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, - - 7JO CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. • pi" ; I ED`These Machines a nowjustly admitted,licib the best In taw for Famil re y Sewing, making renew Wrong. and elastic stitch, which will NOT rip, even every fourth stitch be cut. Circulars senior apotlea tionhy letter. Agents wanted. apriP 19.514 _v,=~~~,~[i,}ii}=~ Syr_-~~ On Tuesday. the 2:th of April. 185.1, by the Rem. Jo seph Young. Mr. &MCI% CLAIR to AIWA CATEAMEKE AGNIA, boa. of Columbia. Lancaster co., Pa. On the Vah ult., by the Rev. J If. Menges, Mr. Wm- LIAM MILIAN to alias fsl•ar A. Piassarori, both of Lancaster city. CHEWING TOBACCO. AT =N air P.PA !MLR'S. Locwn sheet. apatite the Fratildbillouse., can be had CUIIA lilbAF. CON s, and several other bninds of the best Chewing Tobacco, to which the ancation of chewers is invited. Jilay 1, 1 - FRESH FLOUR. ACHOICE lot of Family Flour, of wisiii,wheataast received, and guaranteed, L y E. F. A PPOLD, Nos. 1,2 and G Canal Basin. MO 1 , c0'4 , 4(q.1 WHEREAS, on motion of J. W. Fisher, oppliestion has been made to the Court of Ceres mon Pleas. of Lancaster county. to grant a charter of of iniceeporatlosi to the "United Sons and Daughters of RC,. Richard Ramey,* a beneficial society of Colombia: Be it therefore known, that the said Court will,on.the FOURTH MONDAY OF AUGUST. A. D., 18159,' at 10 o'clock A 111.. If no sufficient reason be shown to the contrary, decree anti declare that the persons so asso ciated, shall become and be a corporation or body poli tic. according to the aruclea and conditions us their ap plication set forth and CO sod. CARPT2.717:6., ?%Tay Lyn , Ct Protlsonotary . r 4
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