emend at least fifty ]Dais a month for the
tenet. Do you intend having a box at the
Opera or the Italian?"
••Not in theleast."
"This makes six thousand francs gained
for our winter. You give up a stay at the
watering places, and you spend six months
in the country?"
—I ask nothing better."
—The profit will be ten thousand francs.
At Paris, as well as in tho country, yon
will keep the household accounts; you will
watch over the family expenditures, and
keep them within prudent limits."
"I should not tail to do all this."
"And we should gain thereby about fif
teen thousand francs a year. Now calcu
late; . alit.he ativantages.Lhave j ust enumer
ated, and you will see that you bring forty
thousand francs a year in savings, which
represent a capital of eight hundred thou
sand francs, joined to Tour eighty thousand.
You are then richer than I am, who have
only forty thousand pounds."
The calculation made by love and reason
was a just one. Modesty of tastes, order
and economy are a good dowry—a real for
tune, which is rare to find among the girls
of our times—at Paris.
Armande was then an excellent match.
She had not observed M. ltene at the wa•
tors, but he had pleased her in the country.
So that the arrangements were soon made
—and last week the guests of the Chateau
de L— were present at the celebration of
.4.laerriage which bids fair to be happy.
Paragraphs from Punch.
A Worm TO rue WEAKER VESSEL.—A lady
_who obstinately per,.ists in wearing hoop.,
ought not to complain of being ridiculed.
Jf she will make a barrel of herself she must
expect to be treated as a butt.
j.JAmTsui-Il.r.ALTnyr.xEncisE.—lf a young
ardy is unable to sport a riding habit, she
013ould adopt a walking habit,
A DLIIIVATIDN A.1.:L0 AN ILLUSTRATION.—
The telegram is so called front two Greek
words, signifying afar of aud writing, and
so culled _from what is written being often
e.o far of the meaning. Exatople:
Mai? is written: 'The 24th regiment was
.cut up at Azingbur."
TJ ' /iais plea.ra: "The 24th regiment was
shin up at Azinghur."
LADIES lIAVE int PULL or GENTLEMEN--
L . :la - IGS aro following the profession of den
tistry in New York. Smell-funguss, in his
cynical manner, approves of this, and the
reason of his approval is, because "women
pie says) arc universally acknowledged to
be the most practised hands at stopping
men' mouths."
THE HEBREW' INltsn.—"Penny wise, and
foolish," as Sity/ock was.
THE PARIS SEASON.—Another paper has
been suppressed in Paris! So many of these
]eaves have lately fallen, that a correspon
dent writes to say: "You would imagine in
consequence of this premature chute des
feuilles, that you were in Autumn, whereas
the Summer is as backward as the spirit of
the French people."
A YANKEE NOTlON.—Cartnin American
geutlemen, interested in the slave-trade,
ZJwtie c7.rresged their opinion, that it would
'be a' to:rur4ion good thing if Mr. Rarey
could 'succeed in subduing every British
Critiar.
JITDICTAI. DIC.NITY IN LoCIPIA.N.I.--Speak
hag of Grand reminds me that the
Parish Cmyrt is now in session here, his
,donor Kiah itodg . ers presiding—old K:ye,
or ".K.y," they usual) :: call him. Old 'Ky
was passing sentence en a criminal, and de
, livermit hithself as follows:
"Prisoner, stand up! Mr. Kettles, this
Court is under the painful necessity of pas
sing sentence of the law upon you, sir.—
This Court has no doubt, Mr. Kettles, but
what you nene brought into this scrape by
the use of itomaicating liquors. The . friends
of this Court all knows that of thar is any
rice this Court abhors, it is intemperance.
When this Court was a young man, Mr.
Kettles, ii was eoushlorably inclined to
()Kink; and the fiicn.ds of this Court knows
tliis Court has nateraily a very high
temper, and of this Court had not stopped
short off, •snd stopped the use of intomi,!ating
I Itc...va . Lo tionbt, Sir, but what this
Court, Sir. would have been in the Pcuiten-
tiary or its grace."'
Another ease was before the Court. An
overseer who had been discharged, brought
suit against his employer for the whole
year's wages., alleging that he had Leen
discharged without sufficient grounds.—
,"4.)1d if.y" cli.trged the jury as foll•iws:
"The jury will take notice that this
Court is well acquainted with the nature of
the case, When the Court first started out
in the world, it followed the business of
overseeing, and if there is any business
which the Court understands, horses,
mules and niggers—thouqh the Court never '
overseed k its We for less than s6oo—and
this Court in buss-racin' was always nater
aLly gifted; and this Court in running a
quarter race whar the horses was turned.
could oilers turn a hoes so as to gain 15
feet in a race; and on a certain occasion in
the parish of l'irest Feliciano, it was one of
the conditions of the race that Ky Rogers
shouldn't haw nary one of the home."
Another case was up. and ttp lawyers
got into a fight—one of thorn a preacher of
cikr church: Old Ky called hastily for the
riff:
"Mr. Sheriff! Mr. Sheriff! Take them
men to jail !--1,11 be d—d of this Court
v. 41 bare her dignity insulted in this man
ner.!!
KEITT-11E DID.-..A PARODY
Who t. aloe front the turprot t ne Siete, brow,
IVherit riarrri. r01111(kel Witt ...lily:Airy grow.
And its her. has rtl,e.l Wow,
1 0 h e w the ......zraze SUM: roust doh
heat—lie
ho totted toe firm of Broclos & Co .
- .
Al.ll tApc..l the :,14.....110.4...:rty and crow,
A rid ittwaym 'nude u zernblealtove
tViaest Ire badrt to clatigeroutt marl tc. toe'
Kcrtt—he
Who tried to bully ( A Grove
lierau-e he Was quutt. but :tuna a foe
Who tot lout se hard he Cubit know
What wag tha cause that haul t o n
ileat—he
MD.-When thou art buying a horse, or
oltoosing 11 wife, say's' die Tuscan proverb,
Whitt thine eyes and commend thyself to
Clod - -
"61p eituotbia
PENNSYMINII INDEPESDENT JOURNAL
COLUMBIA, l'A.
SATURDAY, JUNE 5, ISSS
ICE CREAM SALOC% . .—We refer readers to
the card of our enterprising townsman, 11.
1[ M. Wills, who has opened an extensive and
handsomely furnished saloon, at the corner
of Second and Locust streets, where be will
furnish our citizens with most palatable Ice
Cream, as well as Strawberries, Ilaspborries,
and other refreshments in proper season.—
Give him a call; we can recommend his es
tablishment as one of the pleasantest and
most accommodating in the town.
BOROUGH OF COLVlllili vs. SA3I'L B. lIEISE.
—On Monday last a suit brought by the
Burgess and Town Councils of the Borough
against Samuel B. Ileise, for the recovery
of $45.50, borough tax fur 1556, was tried
before Judge Mayes. The jury was instruct
ed by the Judge that the law was in favor
of defendant, and that they should return a
verdict accordingly. The jury found for the
plaintiffs, upon which they were again in
structed is by the Judge and retired a sec
ond time, bat, after a short absence,
rendered the same verdict. They were then
reprimanded by the Judge and the verdict
set aside, a new trial being granted.
The del ease was conducted by Mr. North,
and the grounds taken by hint were sus
tained by the Judge in his charge. Mr.
North argued that notice to each inhabitant
of the amount of his tax and or the time
and place of appeal, and the holding of the
the appeal were required by law before the
tax could be legally demanded, and it was
proven that no such appeal was held or no
tice given. Another point made by Mr.
North was, that the plaintiffs could not re
cover if there was a sufficient amount of
personal property belonging to defendant on
the premises, out of which the tax could be
levied and collected, and by the evidence
there was such amount of personal proper
ty.
Mr. Fisher, attorney for plaintiffs, car
ried the jury with him, in spite of the law
as laid down by Judge Hayes. In the new
trial ordered a more decisive verdict will be
the result.
British Aggression
The prominent tonic of the day is un
questionably the prospect of eollision with
Great Britain, arising from alleged outrages
committed by cruisers of that government
in unwarrantably overhauling and searching
American vessels in the Gulf of Mexico.—
From the remarkably fierce and rabid man
ner in which John Bull is denounced by the
press, and the very bellicose demonstrations
in Congress, vrbero each speaker for Bun
kum strives to overtop his predecessor in
advocacy of measures of prevention or re
taliation, we presume that it only remains
for John Bull to back down, or—we will.—
We have had our grievances set forth and
reiterated through the thousands of papers
of the land, and our side of the question
fluently and profusely discussed. Of course
we have a clear case of it. Her Britannic
Majesty's cruisers have insolently stopped
and fired into our merchantmen on the high
seas—her officers have boarded and searched
the same iu neutral ports, and conducted
themselves with general disregard fer inter
national rights, private rights, and the
peculiar rights of the great American peo
ple. The officers are almost invariably
represented as having acted in the most
overbearing and discourteous manner, in
some instances promptly rebuked by intrep
id American citizens with six-shooters.—
These aggressions are reported by the ag
zrieved masters, who come into port, each
man with his "statement," which is sought
after at a premium by newspaper reporters.
The rebutting testimony is still to come,
and from the discredit thrown upon the
statement of at least one captain, by a
counter statement of his subordinate offi
cers and crew, we incline to the belief that
when the other side is fairly represented the
public will discover in the ourrent reports
some truth, a vast deal of exaggeration a
modicum of humbug and no small spicing
of direct falsehood.
The list of "outraged" vessels is large,
and swells daily. A craft arriving from
southern port without her special grievance
is little looked upon, and a liberal percent
age in the shape of notoriety is allowed to
vessel, captain and crew, in case of a good,
substantial cause fur indignation, graduated
in amount by the -wantonness of the amrrres
sioa and the heroism and success of the re
sistance. There is a family likeness in the
particulars of cases reported which argues
a studiously regalated mode ut procedure
on the part of the "Britishers," or a pitia
ble sterility of invention among the gallant
commanders 'of our merchant marine. The
American Flag is a prominent feature in all
instances; 'either floating defiantly at the
mast-head, and refusing to be hauled down,
or drooping gracefully but determinedly on
deck, sternly declining to he hoisted at any
price. Irisolent epituletted Englishmen
threaten broadsides, and strut the decks of
Yankee coasters, vaporing and sa-caring; in
all eases firmly met by dignified and . cour
teous rerno'nstrance, backed up by unblench
ing deteimination and a motrest assertion of
American citizenship.
In view of this audacious kati . trnatleling,
under our Uncle's sery nose, that prompt
and plucky common relative has dispatched
several small was vessels to look after the
offending CriiisernLWhether to capture and
bring into port, or only to warn off the
premises, is not yet given even to that om
niscent and reliable party, "Our own Wash
ington Correspondent," to make puhlic.—
From the feet, however, that we' scarcely
carry guns enough to deniolish 'or overcome
the whole British West India Squadron, it
ie probab%, in spite of prevailing fire-eating
recommendations from venerable but "rash
yourig Senators, that our gallant seamen
will scarcely "sail in" without furthir rein
forcement.
We would not make light of any well
substantiated insult offered our flag, especi
ally by a first-rate power like Great Britain,
and would advocate prompt and decisive
demand fur redressliti all such cases, but we
cannot join in the:popular cry'of war! upon
the present very doubtful provocation.—
Without question, the officers of English
cruisers, let their instructions be direct from
their own government or merely emanating
from their immediate Superior in-command,
have taken too great liberties with our mer
chantmen—whether greater than arc justi•
fled by existing treaties is a question to be
diplomatically settled. One thing however,
we regard as a fixed fact, that the interfer
ence of foreign cruisers with our coasters,
legally right or wrong, is too repugnant to
our feelings of independence to be tolerated
longer than it will take to abrogate old trea
ties, if necessary, and negociate new ones.
But we see no occasion for the absurd blus
ter which has arisen, and which clamors
fur retaliation, and extermination of our
ancient enemy John Bull. If his agents
have acted unadvisedly he will promptly
disavow their misdeeds and snake suitable
amends; if they have but carried out their or
ders the old gentleman will, without doubt,
see the impropriety of indiscriminate in tufa- j
once with American commerce, and our
country will not be slow to seize the present'
favorable opportunity for settling once and
fur all time that our vessels are not to be
subject to the arbitrary visit and search of
armed vessels of any nation, and England
will be amenable to reason. With the slave
trade notoriousty and extensively carried on
in the face of all treaties and all surveil
lance of the slave coast of Africa, we can
not complain that an energetic effort should
be made to put it down by a vigilant watch
upon the coasts of Cuba, the great slave
mart of the world. ' , lf in carrying out the
laws and treaties suppressing this abomina
ble traffic the cruisers of a friendly power
have unneeessarily overhauled unimpeach
able vessels is pursuit of legitimate trade,
a remonstrance will probably have the de
sired effect of abating the evil, without the
windy trumpeting which now fills the land
and deafens peaceful ears, and which means
exactly that in which it will eventuate—
nothing. The periodical war (paper and
wind) with England, affords a fine field fur
penny-a-liners and Congressional orators,
but it is too ono sided to prove anything but
humiliating to our national pride. England
has become used to it, and makes no more
of it than of a cold in the bead. The pres
ent "crisis" will, after a due amount of
stean. has been permitted to escape, be suc
ceeded by a healthy feeling, and by the time
the Atlantic Telegraph shall be in success
ful operation James and Victoria will hare
subsided into a complimentary disposition,
and "peace and good-will" will be appropri
ately flashed through the present field of
dispute.
Much anxiety is expressed that Congress
shall not adjourn until the apprehended diffi
culty with England shall have assumed more
definite shape. For Heaven's sake let the
session close at the appointed hour, even
should we be on the eve of hostilities. It
will be a great peace measure; that is to
say the windy war will cease, and with its
decline will disappear much of the artificial
excitement of the "aroused people."
Police Items
A NICE LITTLE GAME.--On Thursday
morning an observing spectator might have
discovered, from the tow-path, bridge,
or other ground of vantage, a peaceful, se
cluded little strip of territory, situate in and
among the lumber piles opposite that foun
tain-bead of justice, Whipper's Blue Front,
the denizens of which were peacefully en
joying a quiet and unobtrusive "little game." ,
In point of fact a vigilant eye did detect the I
above comfortable little arrangement, and
a nice sense of public duty prompted the
discoverer to burst in upon Justice Welsh
with the important intelligence. That ever
active veteran immediately took the field,
with stratagetic cunning made a detour as,
far south as the ,S"py office, and a , eending
the "river track," crept undiscovered upon I
the offenders. The snug little retreat Wa.
a "pile" of about twelve feet in height, de
fended on all sides from the public gaze by
towering piles adjoining, but, Oa., com
manded by the heights of the bridge,
The justice with an activity which only I
former practice can justify, mounted the
face of the pile, clung with tooth and nail
to the projections, and carefully venturing
his eye above the wooden horizon found ,
himself face to face with Jim Dellum and
James Jackson. while John Edmunds, Solo-
mon Duck and Sukey Froyberger, (the last
two white, the others dark) turned upon him
their disrespectful backs—the whole party
engaged in that enticing game, "penny I
poke."
Jim, who evidently held a hand which
might justify a "call," but was scarcely safe
to "raise" ou, sought inspiration by alternate'.
searching, troubled study of the "pot" and
of the ;passing clouds. A gruff "If you's
g wine to come at me, nigga, suck de dimes!"
brought Dell= from his aerial search after
decic,ion, and, as his hand went slowly and
doubtingly into his pocket, his eyes gradu
ally fell until they encountered the exposed
visual of Thomas the Lynx, when they
showed all their white, and with a delirious
shout of "Great God, 41a.'s Mr. Welsh agin!"*
the frightened darkey disappeared, head
foremost, between the board-piles. His
partners scrambled down with almost equal
celerity, and the 'Squire, after noting the
names of the gamblers, proceeded to seize
upon and take 'an inventory of the spoils.—
The impetuosity wish which the party had
left prdve,l disastrous to the "pot," which
in the stampede, had percolated, in a great
measure, through the crannies of the pile.
However, the magistrate 'succeeded in rescu
ing four cents and three packs of cards, one
Of the latter in the German tongue. War
rants have been issued fez the arrest of the
transgressors, and they will undoubtedly
"go down" if taken.
' , The actual exclamation of the darkey. The 'Squire
had made a deoreetit upclot &party ut which Jim was
oue, a few weeks oressorisly,
Srareiix res Fev.—The excitement oCca
sioned by the Surr,. !nary dispersion of the
above family party brought the laborers
from the shore, in . svrarms, and one of them
conveyed to the Justice information of
another little friendly meeting then in ses
sion in a shanty on a neighboring raft. The
'Squire looked in on the performers and
discovered a couple of strange darkies en
gaged in a "two handed game,"—an entirely
unexceptionable "pastime." as they apolo
getically averred. No money appearing on
the board, Justice vindicated itself in a dig
nified reprimand, conveying to the offenders
information that the practice was in direct
contravention of law, detrimental to moral
ity, repugnant to the feeling of the entire
community and in no wise to be tolerated,
even as a "pastime." That the statutes
against gambling were strictly enforced in
Columbia, and that the "pastime" was one
almost unknown in our community. "True,"
said the 'Squire, "certain profane, from the
timber regions, annually make strenuous
efforts to introduce games with cards, but
with little enconragement. They have suc
ceeded in contaminating the board-pile
gentry, and I have just dispersed a party
engaged in a rudimentary game of—one cent
poker, I think they call it. lam informed
that this game, in its more advanced branches,
necessitates the risking of half dimes, and,
in some inveterate instances, dimes. In the
present state of the money market I feel no
apprehension, that this reckless practice
may become popular with our citizens, but
iu order that the example of the negro com
munity, which should certainly know better,
may not influence and contaminate the
whites, I set my face firmly against card
playing even `for fun.' So don't let me
catch you at this work again, or I will give
you each thirty days, for pastime." The
sinners evinced true penitence, thanked the
justice for his lenity and good advice, and
with humble and contrite spirit, left the raft
in search of another and better place in
which to finish the interrupted game.
PETERSON'S BANK NOTE Lint.—Peterson's
Counterfeit Detector fur June contains a list
of silty-eight new counterfeits put in circu
lation, since the issue of the monthly num
ber for May, thirty of which were put out
previous to the fifteenth ult., and described
in the semi-monthly Detector. This publi
cation of Petersons' has obtained a vast circu
lation, and, as far as we can judge, deserv
edly. It is found in every business stand in
this region, and wo hear it well spoken of
in all quarters.
AMERICAN AGRICULTURTST.-TIIIS valuable
monthly reaches us regularly, and we know
of no publication from which more informa
tion of genuine utility can be derived than
from it. The contents are by no means
exclusively agricultural; valuable house
keeping recipes and hints for the beautify
ing of house and garden r.re to be found in
in its pages, making it a work of general
interest.
Tut Epp:nu:raw' Revtr.w.—The Edinbnrg
Review, for April, has been received. It
contains the following:
Annals of California; The Eastern Church;
Thier's History of the Consulate and the
Empire; The Railways of Great Britain;
The Works of the late Edgar Allen Poe;
The Speeches of Lord Brougham; Buckle's
llitsory of Civilization in England; The
Conquest of Oude; The Second Derby Min
istry. .
SARGENT'S SCHOOL MONTIILY.—The June
number of this excellent juvenile magazine,
is fully equal to the high standard adopted
by its editor and publisher. We can cor
dially recommend it to our young friends.—
It is published by Epcs Sargent, Boston, at
the very low rate of $1 a year.
Tilt AMERICAN' PAOTECTIONIST.—The
American Eagle, of York, has fallen into
the hands of a new editor and publisher,
Mr. W. IL Albright, formerly of our neigh
bor, the Star, and now appears under the
title of the American Protectionie, The
paper has gained immensely in appearance
by the change; and we trust that it may
prosper correspondingly. Mr. Albright de
serves all the luck that an editor has a right
to expect, and he has our prayer for his ma
terial welfare.
Philadelphia Correspondence.
PIIILADELPIIIA, Juno 2,185 S.
British Insults, Hoaxes and BlunderS—The
Press of „Vex nrk—A Bad Letter—Com-
snittce of Investigation—Startling Revela
tions—Good Prospects.
The recent insults to the "Flag of our
Union," committed by the British cruisers
in the Gulf of Mexico, have their solution
in the blundering credulity of a British
official, stimulated by the gross mendacity
of an American penny-a-liner.
The pitiful and peurile falsehood Which
excited your indignation two months ago,
(baring thee but recently emanated from a
New Orleans paper) in relation to the im
portation of negroes from the coast of Afri
ca into two or three ports of Alabama and
Louisiana—has reached the ears of the Ad
miral commanding the British naval forces
on the West India Station; and from him
has etninated the order "to board every ves
sel passing, up and down the Gulf." Most
probably he has acted without any instruc
tions from his Government, and only under
such orders as he may have made up, out of
the mendacious rumors of the "Yankee
press."
The creature who originated this misera
ble falsehood could not have had the remotest
idea of the commotion which his "hoax"
was destined to produce; and at this tirrse he
may be reveling in the delight of his im
portant position before the public, as the
originator of the anti-British furor which
has run like wildfire through the country,
within the last fortnight. In all probabil
ity the results will not prove serious, any
farther than they may involve the expendi
ture or an odd million or so of dollars, in
the way of useless preparation; and the
only subject of regret in the mind of the
aforesaid Cretan may be that lie-stands a
very slim chance to get a fair cash commis
sion out of this expenditure. in addition to
the credit of having introduced it. There
is no doubt that the British Government
will disavow the acts of the "Styx" and the
"Buzzard." One or both of these vessels
may he captured by the Wabash or Colora
do, brought into an American port, and
after alittle reprimanding, some negotiation,
a good deal of palavering, and an immensi
ty of champagne ; olives, oyster-patties and
segars, the British Government will utterly
abandon the idea, and instruct their squad
ron officers to give up the practice of board
ing American Merchantmen on the high
seas.
It may require a good .navy months to
get through with all business; and pending
the adjustment—there will be an immense
quantity of work to be done by the "corres
pondents" of the "enterprising" class of
metropolitan journals, in the way of rumors
and statements, counterstatements, contra
dictions and "positive information from a
private source" (!) But after wading
through an ocean of negotiation, and grop
ing about for a long while in the dense fog
of newspaper misrepresentation, we shall
see everything as clear and bright as a sun
ny Sunday after six days of rain; and
though the "entente cordiale" between Amer
ica and England may not be so demonstra
tive as during a year or two past, it may be
quite strong enough for practical purposes;
and in order to keep enemies apart, may
prompt friends to be as distant and polite
as possible.
In the meantime, without going any
farther into the merits of this international
question, let us turn our eyes homeward
toward a certain "institution," which has
acted a prominent part in the production of
the recent emeute, and is now looking with
apparently eager gaze for an open rupture
between the American and British Govern
ments. Our present purpose with this same
"institution" is not so much on account of
what it has done, or may do, in similar
cases of international importance, as on ac
count of its general character, its influence
upon, and its responsibility to, public
opinion.
The institution exists in the form of three
or four "enterprising" journals in the city
of New York; or so these journals would be
glad to make the world believe. The Her
ald is the "original Jarley" of the clique:
it's growth through twenty years, having
been gradual, and of late years, in company
with two or three ambitious competitors.—
Within this period the character of the Her
ald has materially changed, generally for
the better, while the character of its oldest
and ablest competitor has changed for the
worse. From being as at first only a vehicle
of the vilest slander and the grossest ribaldry
the Herald has become, strictly a news-paper,
and having it's "correspondents" in all
parts of the world, (counting in numerous
wandering spirits among them, whose bodies
dwell in the neighborhood of Fulton and
Nassau streets, in the city of New York)
confines itself chiefly to the business of
' gathering or manufacturing all sorts of
"news." In fact, it is little less than a
newsmonger of most energetic, industrious
and unscrupulous proclivities. It's edito
rials are valueless, except as they contain
spicy personalities minglid with keen satire.
It's opinions on any question, great or small
except matters of finance and commerce,
have not the slightest weight in the commu
nity; and never had, because they are su
perficial, trifling, insincere and vascillating,
never remaining the same for two years at
a time.
Very recently the Herald has thought
proper to publish a disgraceful correspon
dence between two theatrical characters in
relation to a domestic difficulty. The char
acter of these letters is such, that really one
might suppose that they could emanate only
from an animal of a lower order among
brutes, educated to indite it's thoughts, or
be appreciated by the same species of crea
ture enjoying the same advantages of educa
tion and taste. We should think that the
natural result of this published correspon
dence, would be only to inspire an unjust
contempt for a class of persons on account
of the faults of' a few individuals; and to ex
clude the vehicle of such filth from the
houses of respectable people.
The report of' the committee appointed by
Congress lust winter, to investigate the
charges against the firm of Lawrence, Stone
& Co., of Boston, for bribery and corruption
among members of Congress in the passage
of a tariff bill, together with the testimony
in detail, was published last week. It con
tains the most remarkable series of revela
tions ever made to the American public,
concerning the transactions of lobby-legisla
tion; and will be a document valuable as a
reference, in estimating the worth of cer
tain prominent individuals and their "mea
sures," for some time to come.
The main points in this report are, that
the committee cannot discover that any
member of Congress received a bribe.
That Mr. Wolcott, to whose charge $70,-
000 was entrusted to be used in obtaining
a modification of the tariff suitable to the
woolen manufacturing interest—has "ap
propriated the same to his own use," and it
"now constitutes a portion of the capital of
the firm, Gardner, Wolcott & Co., bankers,
in Boston."
"Wolcott's evidence is beyond all contro
versy wilfully and corruptly false."
The testimony of A. R. Corbin formerly
clerk of the Committee on Claims, "shows
how the legislation of the country may be
influenced by large masses of capital con
centrated in the hands of a few persons hav
ing a common interest, so as to benefit that
interest, at the expense of the mass of the
people. It also shows how capitalists may
be fleeced by patios who pretend to be able
to exert a controlling influence over legisla
tion of which they arc wholly destitute."
Mr. Stone of the firm of Lawrence, Stone
& Co., in reply to a question whether Mr.
Matteson a representative from New York,
"did propose to pay members of congress"
for their votes, replies -•yea" And that
Mr. Matteson "at the time he proposed our
firm should use money, remarked that there
were twenty-fire votes in the house that
could be influenced," &c. Farther, Mr.
Stone says he received a letter from James
Watson Webb, Editor of the "Courier and
Enquirer," to the intent "that he was com
ingto Washington to spend the winter, and
intended to take a house, and that if I was
disposed to boar the additional expense he
would be under, that he would take pains
to invite members to see him and explain to
them the reasons and arguments for adopt
ing the measure" (1!) But "I wrote to him,
that I had no funds to dispose of in that
way." In reply to the question, "if there
was any money loaned by their firm to any
member of congress?" Mr.. Stone says,
"Among the assets of Lawrence, Stone &
Co., there is a note of Nathaniel P. Banks"
(now Governor of Massachusetts) "dated
May 1,185 G, for $700." "This note has
not been paid." Mr. Thurlow Weed of the
Albany Journal, says he was "paid $5OOO
by Ezra Lincoln, of Boston, for services ren
dered in promoting the tariff of 1557."
And that he did "not make corrupt use or
any part of that sum." In this testimony
there is much more of interest to every
reader, but the space allotted to a letter will
not admit of farther quotations.
The conclusion of the whole matter is,
that this is a great country! that our govern
ment is passing into sharp hands, if it ever
gets under control of the great "self-made"
politicians of Now England; and that the
best evidence of their ability to protect the
interests of the country, is found in their
remarkable :talent for looking after their
own personal interests. Pu.
Items of News
The Protestant Episcopal Convention, in
session during last week, terminated its la
bors on Friday, by the election, as assistant
bishop, of Rev. Samuel Bowman, D. D., of
Lancaster, The vote was a close one, and
the election was subsequently ratified by
the laity by a vote equally close.
Henry B. Anthony, the able and distin
guished editor of the Providence Journal,
has been elected, by the Rhode Island
Legislature, a member of the State Senate
from that State, for six years from the fourth
of March next. 'He was formerly Governor
of the State for a number of years, and is
an American Republican.
Governor Packer has signed the usury
bill passed by the last Legislature of this
State.
A dispatch from Leavenworth tells us that
the board of Kansas commissioners, provi
ded fur by the English act of Congress, met
and organized at Lecompton, on the 24th of
May, by electing Governor Denver Presi
dent. They were all sworn into (ace; ap
pointed a committee of three to propose the
programme fur conducting the election pro
vided fur by the law, which is to be reported
at the next meeting, on the 31st inst., and
unanimously agreed that the election should
take place on the first Monday of August.
Rumors were in circulation of a battle hav
ing been fought, on the southern border,
between a free State force, under Mpntgom
cry, and a party of Missourians, in which
twenty-one were killed and eleven wounded.
Se.."lf you ever think of marrying a
widow, my son," said an anxious parent to
his heir, "select one whose first husband
was hung, that is the only way to prevent
her from throwing his memory in your face,
and making annoying comparisons."
"Even that won't prevent it," exclaimed a
crusty old bachelor, "she'll then praise Lim,
and say hanging would be too good for you."
Ladies and Poor Folks in Germany
A writer in the New York Times, in
speaking of the rural life in summer of the
better classes in Germany, says:
"It is not a half a dozen times in summer
that we enter a house, though we pay a
visit every day. In every garden are two
or three bowers, and all sheltered so as to
be safe in sunshine and in shower. You
enter a gate by ringing a bell, which admon
ishes a servant of your arrival. Far away,
where you see no one, he pulls a bolt, and a
gentle push gives you admittance. The
ladies are sewing, or rather embroidering
and chatting in the summer-houses, and
there you go and sit or walk at your pleas
ure. If you stay to tea, the tea, or more
often coffee, is taken upon a rude board ta
ble, without cloth and without ceremony.—
We say the ladies are embroidering. 'We
have never seen a German lady sew on any
occasion. Seamstresses are cheap, as well
as cooks, and we have no fault to find with
the custom of employing them; but we are
beginning to surprise these far-famed Ger
man housekeepers, and models of industry,
by telling them that the American women,
except a few ultra-fashionables in cities,
work some ten times as hard as ladies of
the same class in Germany. 'When we tell
them what American women really do—
American ladies—they raise their hands
and roll their eyes in astonishment. It
never entered their heads to imagine that a
lady, even in any country, actually washed
and ironed, and baked. "Ilow is it possi
ble," they exclaim, "for a lady to do such
things?"
The women in northern Germany spin,
and the German women, everywhere, knit,
knit, knit, forever. They need such quanti
ties of stockings and linen, where they wash
so seldom, and "Oh," they say, "how can
people live and have the fuss of washing
every week?" Why, it almost kills them to
think of it. But though they have not the
fuss of washing every week, they are much
more afraid of soiling a great quantity of
clothes than those who endure this fuss of
tener. In answer to our inquiries, and in
accordance with our experience, the custom
is to give each person one clean sheet a
month. The upper one is secured to the
quilt all round. We have never been fur
nished with more than a quart of water a
day, and one towel a week for personal use.
In the same kind of family in America,
they furnish a clean sheet every week, and
a clean towel every day for the same price.
There is no such class of people in Germany
as are scattered all over the hills and val
leys of England and America—gentlemen
farmers and tradesmen, whose wives and
daughters are ladies, as cultivated and re
fined as any city ladies, and a little more so!
Here, the people who live in the country
and in the small Tillages are all of the peas
ant class, entirely without culture or polish.
When we are among them, we see, every
morning, women go forth with hoes and
rakes on their shoulders, or driving oxen
with the goad stick in their hands, and the
"haw,: buck," and "gee hish," in their
mouths. They look more toil-worn and de
graded than Indian women, of whom they
often remind us, and southern slaves can
have no worse lot except in the slave mart
and the tearing of heart-strings, which the
buying and selling impose. Here, they
cannot even hope for this change. They
cannot pass from one little province to the
other, without paying a larger snm than is
required to pay their passage to America.—
A man born in Nassau may go to America
and have something left to begin with there,
for what he would have to pay to make him
a citizen of Frankfort, twenty miles fronr
his birth-place. If he is rich enough to• go
there and live fifty years without business,
and his children are born there, it makes.
no difference, they must pay the price, be
fore they are admitted the marvelous privil
eges of the frec city of Frankfort.
A PETTICOAT ADVEN TCR C. —At/ Mit the'
middle of July, on one of the hottest days.
in summer, my friend was traveling in the.
South Oural on his tour of inspection. lie
had dined sumptuously at one of the Zavods,
and started onward in the evening to enjoy.
the cool breeze of the night. But there are'
some nights which will not cool, (I have
often found such,) and this was one of
them. Ills carriage had been standing in
the burning sun, and had become so tho
roughly heated that the inside was like an
oven. When his servant made his bed for
the night, my friend found that it was im
possible to sleep in his clothes; he conse
quently undressed, and was covered over
with a sheet. In this way the night was
passed pretty well. At last daylight ap
peared, and the sun shed rays over the
mountains tops, leaving the deep valleys in.
the shade.
They had now arrived at a station in the
mountains, and the horses were changed
while he slept. The servant and the yeinst
chick, seeing the master sleeping comfort
ably, saw no reason why they should not
driuk tea. Into the house they.went, and
were soon enjoying a quiet glass, forgeting
both steeds and carriage. Whether it was
the snoring of the inmate which frightened
the horses, or something else, I cannot tell
but off they started, and rapidly got into
full speed.
The carriage began to bound over the
rough road, tossing its occupant from side
to side; this soon roused him, when, to his
horror ho discovered that he was alone, and
at the mercy of four horses abreast, tearing
along like wild steeds of the Steppe for the
first time yoked to a vehicle. To jump out
was impossible; so he clutched the sides of
the tarantass, trembling with fear. On they.
went like furies till they reached a steep
hill, which made them gradually slacken
their speed. He knew the road, and that
a still deeper descent awaited him on the
other side of some three or four versts in.
length. His fears, consequently, were so
terrible that he stood watching for the mo
ment when he could jump out.
At last, observing that he was at the top,
he could endure his position no longer; so
out he sprang, fortunately without accident.
The sight of his strange dguro frightened
the horses and on they went again at full
speed. He declares that he thanked Goa
for his safety, and quietly sat down on a
fallen tree to reflect on his situation. Shoes
or stockings he had none; in short only ono
linen garment, and that somewhat scanty;
and he was in the middle of the forest, sur
rounded by hosts of mosquitoes humming
about him, evidently ravenous for blood.—
Ile had not sat long in this plight, when ho
discovered a peasant woman coming towards
him.
She had approached vPrynear, when, sud
denly getting in sight of the singular appa
rition, on the thllen tree, she pulled up her
horse and looked aghast. He addressed her•
in a very tender tone saying "3fatualel•a moi
pady soda," (Come here, my mother.) She
mustered courage to ask what he wanted.—
"Your petticoat" was the reply. "I have
but one; take it and spare me!" she mur
mured almost inaudibly, dismounting and.
handing him the garment. He lost no time
in putting it on, and then marched along
the road. Shortly after his servant and
driver came up at full gallop, and were
much relieved when they beheld him safe,
but could scarcely maintain their gravity
on sight of his extraordinary costume. The
horses continued their furious pace to the
station, whence two men were instantly
sent back with the carriage, and in about
an hour my friend was enabled to resume
his proper habiliments.—Atkinson's Siberia.,
RATS, ROACHES, BUGS, INSECTS, &c
What the people say:
Cave. 111., Jane 21st, 1953.
DEAR Stn.—.My brother, J. W. McCreery, P. M., pur
chased a box of of your Rat Exterminator, and found at
to be what you recommend it to be, a perfect Rat de
stroyer. I berets Ph enclose $5 for more of it. Yours
ASHLEY ItIcCREERY.
lii See"Costar's" udveruseusent an another column.
June 5,1858.
I;ll.7solis ' Pliwnician dimity. was the inventor
of clothes. Many temples have Leen erected in his
honor—the most tideland, however. is that of Rod:bill
& Nos. C,03 and 603 Chestnut street. above
sixth, Philadelphia. Old Ultima himself, or any of his
disciples. would be gratified with a suit procured at this
popular establishment.
May 22, Bite.
WA RDERTON'S "YEOMAN" HAIN—A beautiful and
tasteful lIAT for Spring. comb" " g in symmetrical
proportion the favorite lines of the straight
With the graceful curve of the lately popular bell
crown, worn during the winter. Gentlemen are in
vited to cull and examine this elegant llAT.pceparett
solely by WARBURTON.
430 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
April 10, 1839-3 m
1000 DOLLARS REWARD will be gaud for any
Medicine that will =el PRATT & BUTCHER'S'.
MAGIC OIL for the following diseases. —Rheeme- t
'ism. Ncaralgin.Spinal Affections,Contraeted Joints,
Choate Pains, Pains In the Side or Back, Headache,.
Toothache, Sprains-Sore Throat, Cuts.Bruises.l.lu ens,
and all Diseasesof the Skin, Muscles and she Glands.
None genuine without the signieture ot PRATT &
BUTCHER attached to each label. Principal Office;
200 Washington street. Brooklyn, N. Y.
The great number nipersons that have been imme
diately relieved to all the cities and towns where it
has been used, as well as in this c l ay, curtain them in
saying. in all candor, that at is the greatest cure /11 the
world for pain, ever sold.
Dr. 1113. HER R. tiole Wholesale Agent ler Calum
bin. So Id by all respectable Druggiste ith:oachoui
he trotted States and Canada. lS Xt. 1.7,
11:Micstrry To ALL!—Uniformity' of Prices! A
New Feature in Business! Every one his own sales-
Man.—Jones & Co , of the Crescent Onc Price Cloth
ing Store," No. Zed Market street, above Sixth. Phil—
adelphia. in addition to having the largest, most va
ried and fitshionable stock of clothing in Philadelphia,
made expressly for retail sales, have constituted
every one his own salesman, by having marked in
figures. on each article, the very lowest price it can
be sold for, so they cannot po,sibly vary—all muss
buyonlike,
The goods are all well sponged and prepared and.
great pains taken with the making, so that all cad
buy with the tall assurance of getting a good article
■t the very lowest price.
Remember the Cre-cent,in Market. abase Sixth,
No. tiOo JONES & CO. .
June 13, 19.57-ly