,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<s...a
ron SALLY'.
rpm) SECOND-HAND SPRING WAGONS for
En w nre tot ULtc6'• Howl.
irpurmin•r 11. 1,-.1-..3t
FOR RENT.
TWO-STORY FRAME HOUSE.
,0
13. V. APPOLD
sew 11. litds-if
For Sale—Family Coal,
Qui - unum,orr Lykrip, ,
So altary,Trevolloll(;.lVt: 10.0,
Salolair Coal All 'he tibove :Cool 1,. kept antler
cover. clear Irmo dire. /11. d I- (;41041 and
('lent,. or the 'annoy will he refuntlott Those wt•li
tog In procure .1 1:oatl Ari lele at the Lnwe-t Rates,
plea-n apply to
It I , A I'VOLD.
Nov. 1.2 owl G Canal Colmphi n , Pa.
Columbia. :;epleralter li,
UDIPILID WATER RENTS.
A Lb persons indebted to the Columbia
Wa
ler Cotap.tny 10r wafer real. well plena wake
payment on or hole re the 111th SEPTENILIER,
if they desire a farther u=e (tithe *voter.
and Treas.
Columbia, Sept. 4, lis.frd-2t
11.858 N. 1858.
EW FALL GOODS.
Now opening at
ILlakdentattls Cheap Cash Store,
ACONPLETE assortment of new and desi
rable fall good, c•ntip•i-ling in purl, of
MEN'S WEAR,
moo: and colored french. English and American
Cloths; block and colored French, English and Amer
ican Cassimeres.
VESTINGS.
Plush, Velvet, ftlnuilaise 31111 i Cachmeres, new and
iiiiiillllllll sly let; F.11,111..11 , , Tweeted, V e lvets, s e e,
DRESS GOODS.
A full and complete assortnent of lateliest Dress Goods.
in all the new and beautiful designs; tlso. Lupin's
French Hen toe-, in block and assorted colors, Lu
pin's all wool tie luiues, ill block and all eluides, er...ru
rich primed, all wool Pans ("chimes. newest style
loll Mess Silks, nllwool Plaids Arc., tee.
BLACK SILKS.
A full line of Black acid Diess Silk• Om very best.
‘11,11.11M1.1 1)1111111CP. nail English and.
American prows. in emit", variety
SHAWLS AND MANTILLAS.
Stella Droche bordered. in all grades and colors,
Broelse long rind -genre Shawls. Th,het Shawls,
black and ns-nrted color", with silk and wool fringes,
Day State long and square Shawls. round cornered
:shawls, with nll the other different varieties in the
market. Ladies , Cloth Cloaks and Muniil Ins, of the
latest Pari•
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS.
mooketd, Connie manes, Marseilles Quilts, Woolen
Coverlets, Flunnels ui every variety. bleached and
brown Sheeting, pillow ease hiu,don•, TJeLinr.
l'uruni urea, woolen Table covers, linen bleached and
MOWS% blenched and brown colon
Table Cloth, Towelings, Sir., Are.; the ben brands
of Shirting, AI Irish Lunen* and Shirt Bosoms,.
m linen nod murseilles,
FEATHERS.
CARPETINCA A NO 016 eisaifs —A new, sup
ply of Carnelings,nnd Floor and Table Oil Cloths.
China, Glass slid Quccusware, a new and lull as-.
sortmeni. HALDEMAN'S
Columbus, Sept. 11, 1859. Cheap
Statement of the Columbia Bank,
O N the morning of the 7th Sept. 1858, as
required by Act of Assembly, of 13kh,
October, 1857,
ASSETS
Loans and Discounts, $306.032
Specie, $52,502. 33
Notes anther Banks, 7,950 00
Checks and Drafts, 3,147 20
U. S. Trea.tiry Notes, 80,000 00
Due by Banks, 155,405 50
$299,165 03
Real Estate, 27,092 52
Personal do., 14,522 65 ;
-- 41;412 24
Stock in Real Estate, .3,30 5. 98
Columbia Bridge, 137;3•. 0 h 0
44507,9,17 19
MA BILITIES.
Notes in circulation, $223,960 00
Due to Banks, 11,504 :II
General Deposits, 63,136 20
Interest Deposits pay . -
able at different times
as per contract, 118,79 7 68 t
$417.ff98 09
LANCASTER COUNT Y. Sc
Samuel Shoch,Cashier of ►be Columbia Bank,
being duly sworn, gays ►be above statement is
correct and trre to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
SA.MUF.f, SHOCH, Ceekier.
Sworn and :subscribed before me, thee 7tb
Sept.,
Colombia, Sept. 11, 1838
A
F. 11. EBUR, J. P