,Eeemeil as if I 63 , expected something t, iitt‘rpoo4 0.4. d prevent the consummation pf that unholy engagement. And us the day approached I grew more and more, and N . ; retc!i ed. till finally, on a nud4n impulse, actertnined to go down, to my father's to -look once mere upon the old familiar scenes, the village c'nurch and Holme Place, before I should hare promised away my freedom, miserable as it made me thinking of past lave. and the first sound that greeted ane as I entered the village was the tolling of the hell, and the carriage drew up beside the ro:-.,1 asst Lips., fa neral proee , sion passed. lit tlic first esarlage sat I. tinder Ifehue, very pale. but calm! It ir;ss his wife—she . v . vtonn T always thong!' t of as occupying vny 1..1:10 : , ..—tbat they were conveying t 9. the .I , JIII b. I remained at my father's fur many days, pot that I hoped or tii•lied to see Leander bat lice:lust , I literally laelied the -strength a!iil energy lux my 7ncaneward jouroty, My sole thought was that sow Leander was free. If he still loved the he might at some future time seek nte, but I wa.s about to plaec a barrier lietween us, and to 13,,funnt the wife or oa t whom I now knew more than ever I eculd not love. At last, as the day came that I was to ,t tart on any return, I felt that I had .gone 400 far to retract, and ttlu,trefill the riromi , e :that I had vuluntarily - matlcto an honorable vian. ; knew the freedom that I tau life itself to secure \void.] alm ,, •t hal e Litil:e .I. redele_a my lion, when a sne.,,eut, , ,er arrived to beg me, in the name of Arthur Meriden, to go at once to his house. Ile had been thrown from Itit,lter , e, that afternoon and fatally ingured. Ile was :dill in: and semi de, and ino,t anxious to see me once IMfre, only knows how I r , m .ached myself tor tlm first intense feel:mr, .4,l,idness that flooded my soul as I heard thuskm rilde tidings. 1 stood beside lue to the last, determined, Os a penance for my unfeeling joy, to spare myself no one of hi. painful though Short P2l,lrt•rjaLN. In a few hours, un the very umrning that was to hate dawned upon our tveddin4, he hreathed his last. Ills death set me free. Yes, I was free, but my freedom aid not liling me any hope. 1.0.0n1e- had ,g , ine to Eurive immediately on the d ) .a,11 o f his wife. nubile Place v.-m.; elu,cd, and it wa» said the ntrut was getting into a ruinous eul?(litien as years pmsedi un and its master T.. 1 n 4. return. Ile held uu curt espimilouce Avid: any one at hu.ne, elLept in the hriccest ).u.ine:ss letter, Si: more year:: pas:ci.l away. I hu,ied thysollin the education of' si-fur and in t,roducing her into si.eiciy. grew up a laeautirui and briniant while I eca.cd to feel scn it lc ul the title or "old maid," iota tookiny plaeephici , ilyait.ong the elder , , and brindled lay still lutuni.uat hair, nun strelked ii th gray, holicatit a ta,,e -1111 cap. almtlt.t rat;-fn ,41 and had ecm.c•i t,, think ter}• cr, , ,otently or Leander 11011110, 11110111 na ,i:triled VIAL of my usual placidity by hearing that he bad returned to his hme. The letter that lirought these tiding-, stated further that be WILS i:nalang alterations and improvements in the old place, and that it was conjectured that be was again about to bring a bride thither. "That old man:" exclaimed my pretty sister: as she real this item; "Sister Rath mine. can you cmcci‘e of a man marrying at his age'!" I smiled and reminded theltionming littic beauty that the man she called oil could put be over forty-five, although it ,edned great age to her, I sighed a Etch' a•; I glanc ed at the mirror and ,aw my faded feature, reilc,•lcd fidu ,urfatte. 6 , ..eu atter, :ay 4-tor Inarriel. I gave her to the man 'lie hal 0,:111,1e.1-,! , 1, fur Felt that 1i wa- ‘‘,11"1:ly IT my troa,oro.— Dot it 14 lilt "a l cry heart that, alis•r the , re hrealtfa-t %va , u%er, and la crAly wcddcl mtir and all the guest, dep.trte I went to shot myself into my own room. I wept a little, for I was growing: uld and was all alone, and the fottirc, seetnel very I,leak and drew.- to . me ;Is thouglit, what hale heel] liad I been 7oy:11 to iny le.u•t'n knocl.4. , :at Joy door. A gentile :it:ln WIIH ill the par',,r ;ohl tri , :led to b.r.o DM he •D:11111; earl t,r nan o '" ina,!ani:l.:o-aid he w:t, an ,JI,I friend and sv , ,uld :,,ai but a I'va• "( 1. 1).11..1: Ill‘•I tay Cllll sr^ nn onr e.:ccpt on 1,11::or ,, —toll him that ins :.i.tor I t ju-t. !tit inc—that I atn not 1+111." fhc g ::1 went anT T lktenel ns 1:13. 1 . ,,r :Ile clang of the street door. BI:t. 1:1,tf.!:11. is Wa With a fceling of venation returnitiq„ Slie came , :i.C. I i in, !, , ..:Ttg imp:tie:ice of n, in my Inind retire,l =1 before my eyes, and I tretahled so that I eoild •eareely stand, and I Hied to a , ljost tny ap I,efore the mirror. At length. with on , teady steps, I de , ..•ett , led 1 , . the F....1 . 10r; I nponea the door and stood in the pre. , enre or the innn I had loved, and 1. , a0 whont I had been ger:mated so I,,ng. Ills hair wr. gray: there were linen of t.nfierinr, all over hi. Ewe.. only the bright, dark eye-: were unchanged. I gave him iiiy han i. he looked at the steadt . a•tly a little Then lie drew: me hm.a.d. him, and avi;hout wor 1.1 lay ep.ntlli bosom. 'At last--at 1.-oh, he murmured. 'i into V.:11 1 rnlielto.l my fir , t and lact 1,-)re.. We ftrr! very harry no%r et Ilohne htn-1 col 1 , -; i twat is ^nn l and isnblc, and l i l y lit, in mivii,lerin,-4 to Isis Imppinc , ., end in tryinT,Mfillarnother'N place to the lon n”—lef of the vire he had never loved. 12F-I._A distingui , hed B rlin prr.re:nr 11;w, Tait producel fl paper la rc;:aril to the w.rld's population, in which he arrives nt the conclusion that the world ie et pre-cot j u l l abited by twelve hurlre , l and eighty three million< of ME Equ eitumbia (61.11 c. sermun will be preached in St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Sunday morn ing nest, by . the Rev, Samuel E.. 1 ppleton, nn the statteet of, Christian Liherali;ty:— Service to commence at 1,0 o'clock in the morniti„,.e. and in the evening at 7,i-o'clock. The public is respectfully - invitcd to attend. FALL GOODS.—We call attention to Halde man's advertisement of anew stock of Fall Goods. Everything in the line of business can be had at Ilaldeman'y in perfection, and at as reasonable pries as Om town will Alford. Call and examine this extensive assortment. RAII:40.11) Acell4:NT. - 01/ Wednesday morning at about 7 o'clock the Express Train on the Yeats. R. It., which left Phila delphia at 11 o'clock Tuesday night. by the displacement of a switch ran off the track. and into the rocks at the side of the road, crushing the head of Mr. Jeremiah Kane. the Adams Express messenger, and injur ing the ?roman. The passengers were not disturbed in their seats. The injured man lingered until 5,1 o'clock - P. M. in great agony. Mr. Kane, bore a high character on the road and was much esteemed, by the company in whose cmpl.,y he was and by the public. The accident happened near Mount Union, and the trains both ways were thrown behind time. The road however was speedily dead and the late of the same day found the track open. Daowsim.—On Monday, Dith inst., the Ludy of a negro was found lodged on the Rocks outside the raft channel ~at Turliey Mil Falls, near what is knoWn as Sinai rack. A was summoned and an inquest held by Esq. G. C. Hawthorn, of iii 4 h,inv. The body was decomposing under the skin, and from nit apparent bruise on the upper jaw, and blood on the clothing it was deemed prudent to hold a post mortem ex amination. Dr. 11. S. Mellinger inspected the supposed injury and made a general ex amination of the body. Ile pronounced that there were no indications of vie le at,til that the deceased bad evidently come to his death by drowning. .'e verdict of ac cidental drowning was accordingly rendered. Dr. M. was of the opinion that the body had been in the water from eight ilay: to two weeks. The remains were interred on the river shore near the place of their dd.:- = The hotly was clothed in dark drab sat inett trowsers, walking shoe; and two calico shirts, the outer one white with tt yell av stripe, the under one white, dappled with purple. On it was found a silver e,cape went lepine watch, and a buckskin pure containing T 1 cents in 'jiver and copper and a large tooth. Thee article. ;tre of E.j. !Liu:thorn who re, that the friend, or the deceased may claim them. A 1110101,07 Of the jury thought he re,,,gnit.e,l in the deceased, from general appear: ice. clothing, .cc., the person of Thomas Jeffer son Jay, originally of Turkey Hill; lately known to have been working at Columbia and Wright,ville. Nottrit Buirtsti PUN 11:1V.-11 ' e have re ceived from Leonard Scott & Co., New Yttrk, the August number of the north Ileview, containing Chateaultriand, by M. Villemain; tlatl-ttme's Ito:tier; State Papers -Pre Reformation Period: Interpreta tion—Epistles to the Corinthians; British Art—Paanting and Sculpture; The Modern British Drama; Egypt and Syria—Western Influence; Researches on Light—Sanitary, Scientific, and .E,thetleal; Our Army in India; The Literary loud; Political Parties; Recent Publications. Good'. L‘Dr', 11,,0N..—(;k10y is nut fur o,•tol,cr ahead oral] competiture. The imin bor is a good 0111', :uul of the usual variety. Ci.iry is so wii‘er,al a r.tvorite that tve , eareely nee,l to conlinchd it. It is most ea ten•iv‘ely real. and our number is in con stant demand and use. IZEPORTI:D fly OCfl "N101.7C111111.4" A IlLAcg. Fscn.—On the morning of Wednesday the 31st ult., Esiptire was startled front a severe mental struggle over the problem—"giN en, a d wildcat canna br,lc on the 'rods,' is it policy to 'pocket the uhiter " ht the irruption of two united in desperate combat by four tieti; e, searching hands, and followed 1 a cou pl e of perspiring bodies seemingly re luctant to take part in the raging fight.— The Justice commanded peace the get] tie interposition of his "baton," and by dint of hnpartial exercise of that arm of the law reduced the ea:acting elements to conipa ra the calm, they resolving themselves into the bodies of Mrs. Louisa Sawney and her step laughter, 'Cilia Sawney. The stirring course of training :through the , ladies had ju , t put each other did not tend to "jack down" tile little as perities occasionally exhibited by the most amiable of the sex, but on the contrary gave ardor to their mutual recriminations, besides acting as a sudorific and inducing a balm incos of atmosphere unrivaled by the choic est e::halatious of the first claw WT1:301'341 rut pot into next door. The magistrate, after steppine - into the street and inhaling a sup ply of the unadulterated, which. like the camel's big drink, was calculated to last through the approaching atmospheric Saha ra, politely asked the meaning of the tur moil, II :r :qrs. Louisa, log .7—"' nn u . e : I can't stan' dose niggaq 3rd- lead me de life ob a dog. an' :ouls bun' to ,en' ft liaswl Gib 'cm to de peniten-hary.— Vcrels di. dis 'Cilia, she's 'bout de Icti.t oh de lot. .NOW, see' her right long. Whais dat riebber 'Lout Sept ccl en I Want to see him." here interposed: •'3lr.lVelsli, Cloud's dat': Cloud's dar 'gin: she's you born, 'Welsh, d e ole scoundrel'. back. Didn't y ou s aw if ole Cloud come 1 tick yuu•ii s e r f him to jail? lie's done come He's COLUMBIA, I':\. SATURDAY, SEPT. 11, ISSS Police Items The 'Squire requested a more definite charge by one or the other party, but, at best, could only obtain a disconnected and frequently interrupted narrative mainly contributed by the maternal Sawney, by which it appeared that the capital of Tow Hill (Sawney Town) was in rebellion against the lawful authority of the Queen Mother. One of the Princesses Sawney re• eently added one to the royal family and to the already teeming locality. Forthwith commenced a wrangle in regard to the christening of the little stranger, the dowa ger holding out fur a plain substantial pa tronymic, while the younger branches of the clan, fine-lady like, ignored the claims of their old•fashioned ancestry and declared fur a ytect-scented and euphonious "christ en name," of modern derivation and ter mination. The old lady argued the case ably and calmnly, quoting "What's in a name!" and "A 'Sawney' by any other name would smell as sweet," but to no purpose. The difference being irreconcilable, and the queen bee proving determined, as a means of coercion her family threatened denuncia tion of l'ami de la malson, Mr. Cloud. The plucky old lioness defied her cubs, and 'Cil ia, the mo=t venemou., n4ade a dash for Justice Welsh's office, followed by the irate Louisa. The ma g istrate deeming it imprudent to interpose in a family quarrel at so early and innocent astage of the game, dismissed the case with the (let us hope) Krell ground ed expectation that the parties would carry the feud to the extent of breach of the peace—possibly assault with intent to kill— when the eminent propriety of sending the entire family down will be admitted by a grateful community. The eye of Justice is open for Mr. Cloud, who ticd, and is supposed to lie picking up an honest living in sonic of the neighbor ing cornfields. Bintio.‘nv.—On Tuesday morning V. N. Zeigler, E.q., appeared before Esquire Welsh and lodged information that the Oleo of the Adam's Express and the National Telegraph had been entered the previous night by burglars and robbed. The proper ty stolen consisted of two valuable pistolQ, one a Parlor pistol, the other a Pocket Elfle. a powder flask, a flute and a number of smaller articles. Several boxes in the Ex press 011ie° were broken open, and out of one package of clothing some articles were taken. The tin box carried by Mr. John Ree=e, conductor On the P. 11. R., between thb. place a, Linca.ter, broken open, but the rogues were di,appointed in obtaining plunder. 'Warrant: were issued for the nrreq of cral SIIVICIOUS (IL raeterN and three in dividuals Were brought, before dustier Weddi again , t one of whom there seemed to be. grounds for suspicion, rind he vias ae coNlingly committed to prison. Ai: there is a prospect of further important dmelopc 'limits we give neither name nor particu lar,. the same night the counting of and It. I'. .k.rmohl, were entered. In the first the mark: of n sperm candle show a earful examination of the tire-N.oof safe, but it.: apparent strength pretested any attempt to open it. In Mr. Appoltrs ()like the deAs were ;bro ken open but nothing of value obtained. The house of Justice Hunter was broken into the same night, but the burglars went an•ny empty handed. Items of News The democratic State convention of Michigan has nominated for I kvernor. Charles E. Stuart, the present an ti-Lecomp ton Senator. In New Orleans, nn the 2d inst., there were $3 death , : by yellow fever, end the mor tality for the week will probably shot• a large increase ever the previous It eel:. The War Department at Washington has adopted measures to remove from Florida the remainder of the Seminoles. The steam frigate Niagara has been order ed to be got in readiness to proceed to Charle,ton, to convey the negrucs from thence to the coast of Africa. At Stnten I.tand nn Wednesday, "Ist ult a band of 1,000 men broke into the Quaran tine grounds and set the hospital imd ad joining shanties on arc, and also threatened to burn the residence of Dr. Thompson, thr Health Officer. 11.'1'. called the stevedore , einployml in unloading ye...sub; together, and nitne , l them with muskets to protect the boiHing. The hospital is a mass of ruins, and a number of shanties were also destro3- ed. At the New Tork quarantine, on on Fri day night, 3th in t., the 13. S. frigate Sabine vu towed down to the scene at a late hour, and anchored abreast of the Government , totes to protect them and the shipping. should the threatened„attack of the mob be made. The walls of the Quarantine grounds are strictly guarded by the police. Matthew Carroll, EN ery stable keeper; William Mul ler, lager beer Ralson keeper, and Charles S. de Forrest, Justice of the Peace, have been arrested. Some one hundred and fifty warrants are out. Governor King, of New York, bas declared Staten Island in a state of insurrection, and has ordered out troops to protect tic quar- MEM A prospectus has been issued in England, and extensively circulated, proposing the eatablisliment of telegraphic coin m u 'cation with China and Australia. Lord Palmerston had paid a visit to the Emperor :capuleon. It was rumored that the French governmunt had demanded explanations from England reLith cto the bombardment of Jeddah. A report was in circulation, but considered doubtful, that NopleA had accepted the eon_ ditions of the Western Powers. It was stated that, by the treaty of peace, thirty millions of francs is the amount of the Chinese in. detnnity to England and France. The government at WaAington has con tracted with the Amerlean C.donization -oeiety to take eareof theeaptured African-, no their arrival at Liberia, and subsist them one year for :; , ..7,0,000, and, in the meantime, %end them to school, and teach them tow, by industrial pursuits, to support themselves after the expiration of that period. The Secretary of the Interior will forthwith auth orize the purchase of the necessary cloth ing and blankets to insure them a comforta ble voyage. The Williamsport Encampment, ordered by Gov. Packer for purposes of instruction, commenced on Tuesday last, the 7th inst.— The town and hotels were crowded with spectators, the estimated number of visitors being five thouspud. About twenty-three military companies were on the ground. A NIMSTER ' S WALK AND CoNVCIWATION. —The Editorof the rJ. C. Presbyterian, who is at the Virginia Springs, has heard a good story of Speaker Orr and the Rev. Dr. W., of Lexington. Not long since, the story goes, they were both at the Warm Springs, and met in a rublic room of the hotel.— They had been sitting with other company, and after awhile the Dr. rose and walked across the room with the usual limp in his gait. Mr. Orr immediately recognized and asked if he were not the Chaplain at the University of Virginia at such a time, naming the year. The Dr. replied that he was. "I was there," said Mr. Orr, "a stu dent at the University, and I knew you by your limp." "Well," said the Dr., "it seems my limping made a deeper impression on you than my preach Mg." The joke placed Mr. Orr in an awkward predicament, and mast men would have been unable to ex tricate themselveq, but he replied wjth ready wit: "Ah, Dr., it is the highest compliment we can pay a minister to say he is known by his walk rather than by hisconversation." MBES By the arrival at New York of the steam ship Africa, :anal at St. John of thesteamship Pacific, we have advices from Europe to the 24th. The London papers criticise un favorably the last paragraph of the Presi dent's telegraph message. The bombard ment of Jeddah by a British vessel of war took the French government by surprise, but explanations were made. The disease of the King of Prussia was getting worse, and his abdication becoming necessary.— The news of the Chinos , : treaty of peace was reccised by the o‘erlaod route via St. Petersburg, and lacks e affirmation, lint is generally believed. ME By the steamsltip Asia; at Halifax from Liverpool, we have later news from Europe. The Liverpool cotton market bad slightly advanced, but was, at the close, less buoyant. Provisions were steady. I;readstuffs firm. A Paper on Tobacco We find a lhely passage on tobacco in the pleasant new book by Alphonse Kurr. It Inmit lie borne in mind that, in France. to bacco is a monopoly—and every productive one—in the hands of government. "There is a family of poisonous plants. among ',villa w•e may notice the henbane. the datum, stramonium„ and the tobacco plant. The tolameo plant is perhaps a lit tle less poisonous than tile datum, hut it is more so than the, henbane, which is a violent. pokoth lore is a tobacco plant—as line a plant as you can wish to see. It grows to the height of six feet; and from the centre of a tuft, of leaves, of a beautiful green, shoot out elegant and graceful clusters of pink flowers. "For a long while the tobacco plant grew unknown and solitary in the wilds of Amer ica. The savages to whom we had given brand}', gave us in exchange tobacco, with the smoke of which they used to intoxicate themselves on grand occasions. The inter course between the two worlds began with this interchange of poisons. “Those who first thought of putting to bacco dust up theirnoses were first laughed at, and then persecuted more orless. James 1., of England, wrote against snuff-takers n book entitled "Misoenpnos." Some years later, Pope Urban Ylll, excommunicated all persons who took snuff in churches. The Empress Elizabeth thought it necessary to add something to the penalty of excommuni ication pronounced against those who used the black dust during divine service, and authorized the beadles to confiscate the snuff -boxes to their own use. .Amurath IV forbade the use of snuff, under pain of hay- ing the nose cut off. "No useful plant could have withstood such attacks. If before this invention a man had been found to say, 'Let us seek the means of filling the coffers of the State 1,2,- a voluntary tax; let us set about selling something which everybody will like to do without. In America there is a plant es sentially poisonous; if from its leaves you extract an empyreumatic oil, a single drop of it will cause an animal to die in horrible convulsions. Suppose we offer this plant fur sale, chopped up or reduced tug powder. We will sell it very dear, and tell the people to stuff the powder up their noses.' "'That is to say, I suppose, you will force them to do so by law?' "'Not a bit of it. I spoke of a voluntary tax. As to the portion we chop up, we will tell them to inhale it, and to swallow a lit tle smoke froni it besides.' " 'But it will kill them.' '`` Nu; they will become rather pale per hap., feel giddy, spit blood, and suffer from (Alone, or have pains in theehest—that's I.'e•:ides, you know, although it has often been said that habit is second nature, people arc not yet aware how completely man resembles the knife, of nhich the blade first and then the handle laid been ehanged two or three times. la man there is MI nature left—nothing but habit reinidns.— People will Leonine like Mithridates, who learned to lite On poisons. •"The first time that a man will smoke, he will feel sielmess, nausea, giddiness, and eolie,: hut that will go ofT by degrees, and in time he will get so accustomed to it, that he will only feel such symptoms nnw and then—when lie smokes tobacco that is had or too strong—or when he is not well, and in five or six other cases. Those who take in powder will sneeze, have a disagreeable smell, lose the sense of smelling, and estab lish in their nose a sortofporpetual blister.' •'•Then. I suppose, it smells very nice.' "'Quite the reverse. It has a very un pleasant smell; but, as I said, we'll sell it very dear, and reserve to ourselves the monopoly of it.' '"My good friend,' one would havosaid to any one absurd enough to hold similar lan guage, 'nobody will envy you the privilege of selling a weed that no one will care to buy. You might as well open a shop and write on it—Kicks sold here; or, Such-a-one sells blows, wholesale and retail. You will find as many et;stomers as for your poisonous weed.' "Well! who would have believed that the first speaker was right, and that the tobac• co speculation would answer perfectly? The Kings of France have written no satires against snuff, have bad no noses cut off, no snuffboxes confiscated. Far from it. They have sold tobacco, laid an impost on noses, and given snuff-boxes to poets, with their portraits on the lid, and diamondsall round. This little trade has brought them in I don't know how many millions a year. The po tato was far more difficult to popularize, and has still some adversaries." A DINNER IN TILE IhREII.—At the en trance of the dining-room stood two Arab slaves richly attired. To each lady, as she entered, one of these held a beautiful silver bowl, while the other poured rosewater over her hands from a vase of the same richly chased material. Two little slave girls pre sented fine napkins, the ends embroidered in gold, on which we each shook the rose water from our fingers. The dining-room was a most luxurious apartment closely lat ticed, fur it looked into the street of Stam boul, but cheeerful and rich in crimson divans and carved and painted flowers on the walls and ceiling. All had been done to make the cage bearable. It'va Pacha's harem is, I :on told, one of the most "fash ionable," which accounted fur seeing an Eu ropean table, adorned with a hadsonte centre piece and four beautiful vases of flowers and fruit, after the French fashion. The dinner service was of rare and beautiful China; the silver knives and forks were ex tremely handsome, the sereeii delicately fine; the flowers exquisitely arranged; and min gled with oranges and lemons, in Eastern fashion; the slaves were standing round, three or four deep, awaiting our_ slight est sign. we felt still more in the land of dreams. First of all, they placed to each guest a sparkling water-bottle and glass.— Then a fine china plate containing a flat roll of a kind of rye bread, called se-meet, quite new and warm, and covered with a small seed, which, not being a canary or a linnet, I objected to. Then soup was served —a great novelty in a harem, it was most excellent—chicken and vermicelli. Then came a dish of pilau of chicken and rice, done brown. I sat next to the chief wife, on her right hand: as the slave held thedish, she pointed out the nicest pieces, begging me to take them. The fair Circassian sat opposite to Inc. I was curious to see if they really seemed to like the modern innovation of knives and forks. Fur the first few min utes they used them—evidently to do as we did; but the Circassian beauty tailing to secure the particular piece of chicken she coveted with a troublesome fork and spoon, threw those incompetent auxiliaries down, and grabbed successfully, and to her entire satisfaction, with her fingers. She then looked at me and laughed, and showed me how to take a piece of bread between my fingers, begging us to eat a la Torque, which they were all doing themselves, fast and furious; and to please them we accordingly picked a few chicken bones with our fingers. We bad all three been enchanted with the fair Circassian, as I have told you—with her beauty, he• winning, yet lofty manners, and exquisite grace; we had seen her smoke, and admired her still; we find even forgiven he• fur loving the barbarous noise in the "concert Of music;" but to see her lick her fingers up to the last joint after each dish— to see her lick her favorite tortoise shell spoon bright, after, successive and-never-to be-believed enormous plateful's of sweet pancakes, daubed with honey, and tarts too luscious for the Knave of Hearts—this was too much for Venus herself to have dune with impunity; we were perfectly disenchant ed long before the feast was over. The rest were not so bad, (excepting Mad. Liston, who might as well have a trough at once.) but we began to feel rather sick after the first few dishes were dispatched. and the animal passions of some of the ladies began to be roused by their favorite sweets and jellies, which they tore to pieces with their fingers, and threw down their throatsin large lumps. The jester waited at table, present ing the principal dishes with jokes which caused bursts of laughter from the ladies and the slaves in attendance, who seem per fectly at home, and on very free and easy terms with their mistresses, notwithstanding their complete submission to them. The ,jester was a wild and most extraordinary looking woman, With an immensity of broad humor and drollery in her face. We thought it quite as well that we could not understand the jokes at which the fair Circassian, be tween the intervals of licking her fingers and spoon and popping titbits on our plates, laughed so complacently, and which some times obliged the Arabs and eunuchs at the door to dive under the arras to conceal their uncontrollable fits of mirth. r.r..Tim 11., out west, tells a good yarn about a "bhell bark lawyer." His client was up on two small charges. "frivolous charges," as shell bark designated them, (forging a noteof hand and stealinga horse.) uo running his eye over the jury he didn't like their looks, so he prepared an affidavit for continuance, setting forth theabsenee in Alabama of a principal witness. He read it in n whisper to the prisoner, who shaking his head, said, "Squire, I can't swear to that ar dokymint." "Why?" "Kase hit paint true." Old shell inflated and exploded loud enough to be heard throughout the room.— "What! forge a note, an' steal a boss, an' can't swear to a D—n such infernal fooLt." And he left the conscientious ono to his fate. V"..l—The head of Mr. Paulsen, the renown ed checs•playcr, ii said to he the largest in the world. This may or may not be true.— It certainly measures more in-ches(s.) how 7 . 11 E CIIINESC EAT:—"It cannot be denied that there is nothing in which an tions are more capricious than in their adop tion and rejection of articles of diet. A Chinese cook in the service of a European at Macao sent up a dish of snipes without the trail. Host and guests, of whom M. Hue was one, rated him for his ignorance, and told him, to his astonishment, that he had committed a crime which could not be pardoned twice. A few days afterwards he had to dress some birds which were not snipes, and was careful to preserve their precious contents. He was dismissed, des pairing ever to comprehend the culinary code of Europeans, and wondering as much at the gross taste which could venture upon the entrails of a bird, as we of the west can marvel at the Chinese relish for earth worms. Frogs are esteemed throughout the empire. They are brought to the towns in tubs or baskets; and the frog-monger, in the intervals between serving his customers, chops off the heads of the animals and draws off their skins. They are sold, like everything in China, by weight. "Another custom, which ut first found lit tle favor with either 11.1. Hue or Mr.Furtune, they discovered upon experience, to be ex ceedingly agreeable. Towels, from which hot water has been wrung out, are brought round in trays after meals, and each of the guests wipes his face with a reeking cloth. The same process is gone through after journeys. It is, in fact, the Chinese mode of washing, and, though not the most ef fectual, Mr. Fortune pronounces it far more refreshing than cold bathing to a person who is hot and tired with walking. The natives rarely use soap. When our party of six had seated themselves at the centre table, my attention was attracted by a cover ed dish, something unusual at a Chinese meal. On a certain signal, the cover was removed, and presently the face of the table was covered with j venilecrabs, which made their exodus from the dish with all possible rapidity. crablets had been thrown into a plate of vinegar just as the company sat down—such an immersion making them more brisk and lively than usual. But the sprightly sport of the infant crabs was soon checked by each guest seizing which he could, dashing it into his mouth, crushing it between his teeth, and swallowing the whole morsel without ceremony. Determin ed to do as the Chinese did, I tried this nov elty, also. With two of those I succeeded— finding the shell soft and gelatinous, for they were tiny creatures, not more than a day or two old. But I was compelled to give in to the third, which had resolved to take yen geance,.and gave my lower lip a nip so sharp and severe as to make me relinquish my hold, and likewise desist from any farther experiments of this nature." LACONIC DOGGEREL.—Barney Becker, the host of the Voorhees llouse, Syracuse, re ceived the following poetical di,patch a any or two since: Burney Becker, "Voorhees Ifou.e," Across the bridge, Syrtease. For a clion a er, (Good one. too.) /lull a dollar I owe you. SIXIeCII post stamps I ittelo , e; Thought you'd lose t, 1 ,uprose. A polog 1,9 bo+lt! Ann your., truly, Home. Towantin, Pn. tlic Stole; Eighteen hundred Ftfty-eight. There arc mire lies told in the brief sentence, "I am glad to see you," than in any other single sentence is the English language. tia.Belle Britian Lag defined flirtation to be at-tention without in-tention. WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY, Cures Bronchial Affections and all Diseases of the Lungs. From the Poston Evening Traveller. Jan. 6. tit in perhaps but a •ample net or lu , irce to tire pro prietors of ‘Vi...tor's llolsion of 1V dd rherry for us to soy. that our personal experience in the use of this art tole, has impressed or favorably. One of the pro prietors of the Traveller onto ennruly cured of a severe cough of four months' rontinuaoce.try the use of the Ital. rum. and several of our friends and Reginald:owes. who hove tried the article. hove found it of great ..em her in relieving them of severe coughs and shortness of breathing. with which they hod been afflicted " None genuine uu c an segued 1 BUT L . 'S.' on the wrapper. sold by Agents rvery where. Agents. :Mel ORt LI: k DELLETT. Columbia, Joshua Leader Mount Joy. ID.'See advertisement of Dr. :Milford's Li'sn ]ti VIGOIgATOR.III.IOIIter column. bitty 1000 DOLLARS It I S VA RD will be pool for any Medicine that will raw! PRATT k BUTCHER'S Dl AIIIC, 011. for ate tollowing Nearalctu. Affeciton.,Cnuiracicif Joon+, Chole fait l'illll , ut the Side nr Hsieh. Headache Toollinche.Sproin,Sore Throal,Ctit..llrio..er. flu in., and all Deeell-eenflile SAut , Muscle• Vied the None genuine without the eigitinture 01 PRATT tr BUTCHER attached to eneh label Principal Office; 21111 Waidongtoo ioreet. !kook lyn, N. V. The great number of per-on. that have been imme. dourly relieved is till die nod tow.+ where it been u•ed, us well in chi. coy. eu-loin them in saying. in all road°, thug it the greti•xer eare in ilia world for pain. 'err Dr. E. It. 11 E 1 t R. Sole Whole.inle Agent frr Colur n • boa Sold by all th•riughoul lie United '4.7tattie and Canada, pet. 17, 1a57-1y - - - - - ----- - THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY. SIR JAMES CLARKE'S CELEBRATED PEMALE PILLS Prepared from a prescription of Sir J. Clarke M. D., Physician Exit aordinory to the Queen tn y,klunbb. trictlic,ne is univiling in the cure of ell iho•e pantrul and danuerons disee.e• tw which the female confthlntlon is Flakier!. It moderate. all excet. and remover all obstructions, and a speedy cure may be re:led nn. TO M LADIES it I. peculiarly .uited. b will, in a short rime, bring on the rrintolily period with regularity. Bach bottle., price One Dollar, hears the Govern melt Stamp of Urea! Britain. to prevent couttlerfeits cAuTios These Piltv iihould not lie taken by females during the FlttliT THREE 310:siT11$ of Pregnancy. as they are mire to bring on miscarriage, but at any oilier time they are tale. lit an eamea of Nervous and Spinal Affectiont Pain in the Buck and Luella, Fatigue on alight exec. non, Palpitation of the Heart, lly.trrice and %While.. Mete Pill, will effect a cure When all oilier mean% have lulled, and although a powerful remedy, do not contain Iron. calomel, antimony, or anything hurtful to the comittiation. Full direction• in the pamphlet mound each pack. age, which +thou Id Le carefully pre•crved. Sole Agent for the United Suites and Canada, JOB NOSES, (Late I. C. Baldwin & Ce.,) Rochester. N. Y. N. 8.-61.00 and 6 po.tage ittampit enclosed to any authorized agent, will innate a bottle, containing 56 Fill', lay return mail. For 'tale by Dr. F B. HERR, Agent, for Columbia. T. W. DYOTT & SONS, Wholesale Agents, Phila. May 29,1539. ..I.lolloway3 Ointrnrni and rills —Possessed of ties. remedies. every Man i+hi. men fairsily physician. it his wife and childred ore troubled %sift any ClUni nm ,. cares, tumor+. winte asVniiingP. sore throat. nsdrtnn. or any ntti.ction of the skin, glaials; or nmacln., a pens, wring NEC of the Oinnnent is nil thin produce a radical core. If on the ether hand. Ihs ,ins out organs me .sailed by do.ea•e—wheth i ., i t Le Incn ted m t h e l iver, th e ...loin:tell or the eradicate it by adonai-ttrin e e the pills to the .utterer, under the guidance of the cleat dircetioun oleo, ;ie .. company every box. 1.1. waling to emigrate to a mild clitrtair, -ono , wattling A roil, and fine market, see advertiamactit IN, monion Land.. [Aar. 11^-3 in A 1: 1 • wttnitnr. 1 0 venerate ton tr,illl chin Rood k roil. nod fine musket, see utlyeriii.enicin of 118 m. Menton A LI. actuniug to emigrate to a milli eltmate. good ”al. Mid flue musk ul , use advertisement of HUM- f amnion lm 1111..[Aug ei gm A I So AA weapon; mu emigrate to a nald climate, good and fine market, ace advent i..etnent of mamma Loa's [Aug A Li• wuniimr to emigrate to a mild atomic. good coil. and rine market, ace adveiWement of Ham amnion Immk. [Aug, 2t-2 A M. woman; to emigrate to a mild climate good, A soil. nod fine mu rket,see advertisement of }lnm. inontim lanulr. [Aue.2, 4 -131n ' rrio Al 4 want tug Parme, see adverthement of. mouton Lands. [Aug. 2,3•3 m TO ALL wanting Parms,sre advetiisemeni Ilant— nanann Land, [Aug. 24.3 m (110 ALL wonting Farms see advertisement of Ilams. I Mouton Immls. th ,, g. 2, 4 )m, rya ni.i. wanting Farms, see advertisement of 1. monism !mods. [Aurz.2s—lin rill) ALL w•imiing Farm,,, nec advertisement of Ham .L mouton [And, [Avg 2.31 in T O ALL wanting Farms, see advertie•ement of Motolon Laval, [Avg. 213 Hnm .3m lIAAINIONTON FA RikIER, ed . tiewapoper de voied to Literniuic and Agrietibure, ul•o forth full necount4 or Ihr new seiileniem of Hammon too, iu New Jersey, con be Eubrenbed for et only 15 , Mee annum. hie po.tagot Ftamptt for the amount. Addre.io Editor of the Farmer, Hamortnntott, Nl!mitt Co, New Jersey Tho.e wtoting cheap land. of the lo,t in one of the lientthie..l fluid trio.l deli:1111U e iimatts in the Union.-cc advent...einem of Hammonton Lands. ugu-t 3m lIAIIIMONTON FARMER, u new.pn p .r de voted to Literature and Agneulture, Arian forth ru , i tieeol/111k of the new eepletnetti oflSain:non. tonon New Jersey, can hu ettbecrthed for at only CI, per JIMIUM itte:oQe pcmt g e 'lamp• for the amount. Addreq, to of the Former. Ilumnioitioti, Athinlic Co., New Jerey. wi4hing: elu•ap Insol. of the beg qunlity, in nine of the henhhie•t nod moat delightful elonate% to the Union. odvert.Qement of liummotilon Latidc 3in TA %I LI tS FM{ 5!A1..1.; S mace from Plutonic!. plink by Roam.' in Mr Suite of New Jeron.y.— Soil to 11111 l og OW 111,1 for Agricultural porpo•et, ben., it good loom coil. with it cloy I , OIIOM. The, hind so a hf rge tract. clovtdcol into -moll foron4, and hundred., from nil port. of the country are now crating and 'mottling. The crop, can be fteom growing Terms from 515 to *2ll per sere, payable willimit lour Velir4 by 11,11:iff11.111.. .I * .ro vo-it the place—Lc:ode Visit . Pl. What Cm Plod:Lam 7 A. NI. by it nitro:tot for Monition toll. or mid re.. It. J Ry rm... by letter. See tool ad verti-cnielot en another column. [Aug :::4410n _ _ I,IA RAI 1..‘ t Olt SA IX 2.1 mile- from l'hoidei• ;Ala by Railroad 111 Ihr SI:Ile of New Jer+ey Soil among the be-I for A1.711...110 11 I Istirrsivie..• being a g ood l oo m krill. with n eta) 'monist. 'llse land Pi lark trill. 111.11.10.1 11110 1.111:111 1.1 MI.. 111111 hundred+ 1,11,0 till Isar,. of the eounir ore now .. e tsh og no w Losldisig The e mpg eats Le ....en growing. Terissu fro., 10 $2O per :lore. pa:, :ilde within for )171,13 11V 11,11111111 . /11,1. To The Ware—Leave Vioe Whorl at Plum, It :J A. Al by Itoilro.id for !laminas, nr edit re... It. J. Ii) roe, by leiter.See full ad versowinent in :soother column. [Aug. 20-am T . 12. 5-e 011 the L!4l idt . Ly the Rev .1. 11 Alenge,, slr N. A M A IthLEY, 10 M CATITA ILI:k SMITIi, lotll COIUM li1:1 .7 . - e ,- .) a S .- _3 .. - - In !hi. Plnee, nu WCdne.d.y, ISt inf.! , Atueuz 11., in In lit •nn 01 tiatnnel Al and :Margaret LocLatd, aged 7 month. 111 11 day, TAKE r4O.I'ICE A"persons in favor of forming a ICH !Dry COMP:111Y tinder the tt.one or - Wa•ltittgton I:l4aniry." as Jl In eel ni 11).• Wu-II:112mo I lowir nit NI:XT INI:. SEP [Sept 11, ':53-211 S. FIRE PROOF SAFE FOR SALE A NEW Herring's Fire Proof Safe, No. 3, for .ale. Apply at tint' office. Colombia. Sere•oil.., I I, I