fdtf‘ attier, Its a friend, Now, if I had ti. - 4 •Givei 6e tire 4iamonds," Aid iosiat.- Mr. td . l!apnaan placed the box in lotihth's Cunt, Josiah was about room. "YOU will excuse me w " said Mr. Chapman blandly, u-for mukluk the fetnark; hut your dote await gaNEe her Odntotule—not the paste stturestolotfil It is of course ftir you to consider whist Clam your cuusin has to fifosetitiniciiids;" - " - - Josiah considered for ,t moment, - placed the bus un the table; and skuLed out of the rota,. ADVENTURES OF A NUGGET.—A correspon• deist of the San - Francisco 'Guide)). Era gives the following very cariousliistory of a mtg• get of gold during the last few years. The titirek lave: Its rat lib is about three hundred dollars, it is of nit irregular shape, and per fectly pure It was first found Iy an In dian to 1853, on a gulch leading into Dry tiEeli, Arnador county. A 11Iexicun, in penetrating bank, threw it upon a pile of 'tailings," without particularly olp.erving it. An Indian passing semi iad'inr, discovered it, and waiting until the Greaser's hack ;was turned, seized it and slipped it into his bosuns. The sye of the .11mtican ea:ugh t the nies:4ltinint, and asked the Digger what he hid secreted. Instead of answering, the latter took to his heels, The Mes.ican drew a knife and started in pursuit, and after n lung chase through the bills, overtook the Indian, stabbed him fatally, and returned with the nugget. The victim was found by his tribe, mid lived lung enough to describe his tillifderer. Thn followin g ni g ht the Mexican was murdered in his tent, and the nugget pase.ed into the hands of one of the itieniqrs of the party of Indians who had canntitiCidd . deed, Fearful of offering it for 8:4 Leal: ifi aright be recegit:zed, the Dig ger traded it for a mule with a drunken miner on the Cusuannea river. The ow ner buried it one night, when intoxid ate 1, and the next day utterly failed to rep Ahest the place of e.eiceadnient, disapp a in men t, of course, Was a sat:tent itt,i fur an ether spree, during which, stratag,. t.a say, he found the buzzt, and dropped at front hie pocket an hour after, when it wa: picked up by a man by the tiartie of Peters. Nut knowing the owner, nor caring particularly to find one Sur it, be said twilling of . hie gu t ted fornine, and the next week dep asited t/,.te.iiugget, with a quntity of other g , 1 1, in t r ite safe of a friend in Sacramento. The safe was rubbed shortly after, hut no ar rests were made. The nugget was seen on a gambling table in San Francisco, where it. hued be 'A , lost, probably by the thief. It was then purchased by a jeweler, anal fur several inundlii adorned the window of his gimp on Montgomery atreeti when an ad•oit thief one day removed it from the gaze of the curious ,public; and left it with a pawn broker in pledge fur two hundred dollars.— The latter buiried it to an assay office, Where it was ,purchased by an employee at its full value. The owner sent it to his father, in Illinois, sonic months after. In 1854, in traveling . .through that State, it was accidentally shown to Peters by the dia;:rner... Lie recognized it at once, and pre• hailed upon the old man tai part with it for nit advance of twenty firt dollars on its cost. Peters is now a resident of San Fran ciel...u„ and still owns rho irdventurous mtg. get, the history of Which he has taken tenchl interest in treeing. "OEFAINFO FOR SIM s(.altß. " —The San An dreas independent tells the following anecdote of Col. J., (Cul. James, we suspect,) a San Francisco lawyer, who dining the late cam paign, put up for the night at a hotel in one of the northern counties. The Colonel "went in" to a little game of poker, (now we're certain,) and ~w ent through" end soon crept oil to bed, Abort ditcta brawny spectman of Pike, dressed in "jeans" anti Wolf--skin cap, arr,ved in search of ',edit( tidviEe: He wits taken immediately Id the COldael's Morn, where, after wolf-skin had shaken the legal gentlman nub cosiscicius :less, the following oosiversation occuried: "Are you Squitd3-0 •Yes, what do you want, old boy?" Squire, reckon 1 shell hey ter git a feller o' your sort fur ter plead a lawsuit." "Wbat'a it about, my good maid" "Bout a boss." Here the Colonel was all attention and cour tesy. He raised himself on his elbows and put his ear close to the client's lip% Here, he at once concluded was a chalice to get even un the night's kisses at poker—a $3BO, perhaps 4 $OOO horse in dispute, and bright visions of is $lOO fee all flitted rapidly actors bts mind. , :.state all the eirCiiiiistanees if you please, my kind friend." •Wall," said old wolf-skin, flyer see as I borry'd Ibis 'ere boss uv a fell it named Flip kilts, what keeps a chicken ranch on Poverty Slide, (the Colonel drew Ms Lead in six inches,) 411' arter I'd rid the sway-backeknio — on-eyed olg britter tell night (Isere down went the elbows,) I kerried the wind,ucker omen the yard, (the Colonel's bead struck the pillow,) and staked bis bones on a bill 'mung the tall gaass, to give the bide-bound carcass a good chance for provender. ( the Colonel waved his band impatiently, but the old well went ou.) Wall, a rattlesnake bit 'im on his glandered snout, an' now the [amid critter's put the ISlVhettd, an' ole nipkins wants me ter pay damages. Ytfve hewn the case, Sluice." ••What'. the glen gent" mated the Cot one'. "F-ior-e dollars!" His head ouddenly ripped uncles the cover, and toe DOW raving Colonel ...rake you:self out Pas retained for 14 , saate.." llialrACul:CESE NewsraPEß.—The Ilo*ton Milder says: •• We have received a copy of the Pekin Gazette, the organ of the Govern theist. issued wily, and tha only riper in the Chinese language now publimmed in Butt country of fear hundred and fourteen mil ions of people. It is printed on rice pa . per of a 41loterdrab color, with a yellow pa per cover. ' Each page contains twenty-sir ufeeven characters each. In nil there arescian pages offour inches each in width land ten in breadth. Its entire contents r ank' not fill ataircolumn of the Traveler. It is a remarkable fact that this paper was received via Japan and d..lifornia:" . tb!ri AEattutina g,pg. COLUMBIA, P SATURDAN, JAN. 28, 18G0 bar'SEE NEW ADVERTISEMENTS OP A:. M r It., ODD Fcti.mvp' [TALI, 1!:i '4 4 0-DAY'S PAPER. , " ill 4 ger.,,Mr,;:ltaby, of 74Vriglitsville, .preach in the E. E. Lntlieran Church, to-luoiiow nt 10 o'clock. ZerThe Rev. Dr. Nevin, of Lancaster, will preach in the German Reformed Church to:- morrow (Sunday) morning :Ind evening at the usual hours. ea.-There will be a. Temperance address delivered on Tow Mill, in the operk air, (weather permitting on to-morrow (Sun day) afternoon at 3 o'elo'cic. I)4LES, - Kt !a:ED.—Messrs. C. [lershey and Jas. Bennett, of this place, lost two mules from their fine team, on Tues day morning last, in Wrightsville. The team was attached to some cars np a siding, when from the displacement of a switch, an engine drawing a brain of lumber cars from the river track ran on the siding and into the team, killing two mules and injur ing a third. The animals were raLuable, and the loss will fall on the owners unless the Company can Le made answera ble fur the careless shifting of the switch. Horn: Lencs TVE:vit:J.— At the Hope Loge Evening of Thursday, kr. A. Cald well, according, to last wick's announce ment, delivered a lecture on "Money."— We made one of a tolerably numerous au dience, by which the gentienian's remarks were listened to with attention and interest. 'lr. Caldwell introduced the subject by giv , ing a succinct and clear account of the prim itive sastnms of barter among the ancient peoples of the earth, and of the early intro duction of metallic money. • lie quoted from the scriptures the earliest historical mention of metallic currency, and accompanied the gradual improvement in the circulating medium down to its present state of perfection, in this blessed era of hank notes. He treated of money as the great motor. for good or evil, in all ages, and depleted its various abused, very aptly concluding the consideration of his subject in a mural light, by the quotation of Hood's inimitable apostrophe to gold. Ho next ably treated of money in its great tintr-cial relations; giving the use and progress of the present banking system, advocating its utility and absolute necessity. Altogether, Mr. Caldwell said what was a propos, and handled the subject in the masterly manner of one familiar with it in its minatest de tails. His hearers were instructed, enter: trained and abundantly satisfied. We neglected to say ilia% fhe greeting was called to order.by Dr. W: S. McCorkle, who occupied the position of Chairman. After the conclusion of Mr. Caldwell's remarks, the Chairman called upon the audience for comment and discussion. Retiring modesty prevailed, and for some time the assemblage remained tongue-tied. Mr. Kauffman final ly mustered courage to break the ice with an amusing reminiscence of his legislatorial carer, in which Money played the unwonted part of great corrupter of the public integ rity. Of course Mr. Kauffman spoke of patties in the third person. Mr. Myers commented on the lecture, at some length, preferring to Mr. Cit definition of money—a circulating, mcitioni with a fixed value--his own ; viz: the pro duct of a laboring man's hard day's work— at least he contended that this' gave a More correct standard of money value, if not an entirely satisfactory explanation of the word money. lie would teach his son to so re gard money—as the precious we ges of toil —and he whuld train Icito to diligently en rn, not idly spend. No drone should lie allow ed in society. It was every man's duty to all, to the extent of his ability, to the in dustry of the country by the active employ ment of his capital. Li cry man should be energetically employed in making money, not for money's sake but for the sake of im proving his !Items of usefulness through the proper expenditure of it. It was man's part and should be his pleasure, to honestly earn; it was woman's part, and certainly iris her pleasure, to conscientiously spend. Mr. M. referred to the scarcity of the circu lating medium in this neighborhood and the entire country, and attributed it to a mis taken policy in our government. Mr. My ers protested that lie hail no intention of trenching upon the forbidden subject of poli ties; but we thought,we detected in his re marks a slight squinting in that direction (whi c h obliquity, by the way, became n confirmed case of strabismus during subsc quent debate on the part of Mr.knuffinttn,) and an almost irre.istable inclination on the pat of tie speaker to fairly back thatex cellent squdre•trotting hobby, the tariff.— Mr. Myers brought his renbMits to an ab rupt cmclusitin, howevir, and resigned the II or. Mr. Oberlin succeeded Mr. Myers, and took high moral grounds a;;:tirst money as a ruler and swayer of men's actions and character. Ile argued that the character of a nation w.ts mainly decided by the illea -411 re in which money woo made its god.— Ile contrasted the prosperity of North and South America, and accounted for the dis similarity in the character of the inhabitants of the two grc•st divisions by the difference in the motives which actuated theii• original European settlers: these, god-fearing 'nen. fleeing from persecution to an inhospitable wilderness, peopled by implacable savages; those godless marauders, sacrificing in cold blood a peaceful and friendly people, in their lust fur gold. Mr. Kauffman followed in a discursive little.address during which he traveled over much ground, embracing the territory of the -United States in general, the state of California in particular, the kingdom of Prussia. and a fair proportion of the small remaining balance of the globe. no con demned the present policy of our govern uent and came out flat footed fur a protec ire tariff, upon which lie was called to or der. lie pretested against the imputation of. enthartAing to snake in frailties, but' stand by the sentiment's he flid pressed. Mr. Kauffinan's simmlits' were shade-in his happy off-hand manner, and contributed to the good humor and-enjoy ment of the evening. Fisher rose and said that his remarks inUitShe,liasid rather -- on - tbe W.antof . xtoney 'than ciripe - rsonal acquaintancetrith . it,' [The gentleman - notwithstanding his acknowledg ed limited familiarity with his subject, pro bably spoke from an experience equally ex tended as that enjoyed by nine tenths of his audience,—ED.} and alluded feelingly to the sufferings of the Very needy frotri sat city of the identical subject under discussion: [le agreed with Mr. Myers in his estimate. as far as it wept, of the value of bone and Sinew; bnt Li por)t6n deal' that tbe labbrer was worthy of his bird, and that hire should ex ceed a dollar a day. lie begged to refer with respectful Dissent lo a position of the lecturer of Om evening; iiho had assumed that money was ahi:ays round most plenti ful 'where most nee:ded: his own experience had taught him a diametrically opposite lesson. Mr. Caldwell eiplained that his meaning was that whero extensive trade demanded ample supply . of money, there money would Seek a market. Mr. Fisher resumed his remarks when lime was called by the chairman, and Mr. F. resigned. gr. Albright took ground similar to that of Mr. Oberlin, and contended that money was demoralizing in its influence. lie thought the world would be better off with out the "medium." Mr. Miklos rose ns a representative of ' Young America, in a spirit Of inq.niry, and Mr. Albright accommodated him, in a spirt of response. Mr. North, as Young America had been invoked, mit that he email Mat consistently sit an unresponsive Hatcher. A majority of the speakers of the evening had cordially joined in denonncing• the subject of the evening's lecture as an unmitigated evil; but had all failed in suggesting a remedy— a substitute. He, ini a measure, agreed with thous in their estimate of the influence of money, mid thought he would be able, before the coneliNion of his remarks, to in troduce before his listeners a feasible project for extinguishing the present currency.— First, however, he felt compelled to reply to the gentleman who had by implication ar raigned the Democratic party for the high misdemeanor of causing a general business stagnation by mismanagement of the Goy. ernment. The speaker was called to order; but assured the gentlemen that be was not overstepping the boundaries. [As author of the "banoaster Platform" the speaker was bound to vindicate the present Admin istration or fall in his traelks.-41tqa After a clear and forcible statealnett of his case, Mr. North their introduced his great scheme of—"amelioration," we may call it. Ile adverted to the lecture of the evening in which we had been told of the early system of barter—corn for rime mid Wine fat corn, &c.,—and that at one tints cattle were con sidered current funds. Now he was t•o progressive to go back to the corn and wine period, but he considered the cattle system the only substitute fur our present metallic and paper one. Paper money was intro dticed to obviate the inconvenience arising from the transmission of the too bulky coin. The self-motive cattle met this ob,Petion, as they transmitted themselves--were their o,en common carriers. The cattle system also met and over:muse one of the most start ling and crying corruptions engendered, or at least fostered, by the present portable, compressible style of money. lie referred to bribery and corruption, of public servants in oar National and State leAislative bodies. Under tht cattle system what epresentative would he Willing to retnrn to face an outraged and indignant constituency on a spavined horse, trowsers inside his boots, cracking a huge-thonged whi f: and er . ing "Whoa! whoa!" behind a herd of cattle, too exten sive to be accounted fl,r on the plea of mile age and per diem. Time was called upon Mr. North before he bad finished his remarks, and we have taken the liGertY of elaborating his original idea. In coMMun Wit. the entire audience, we desired to hear Lich complete it in his own words. In our rendr , ting ofhis remarks, as well as those of the other Socaiters, in consequence of ousting to our memory, we are compelled to jump at conclusions and a'most entirely interpolate our own expres sions, although we would prefer giving each speaker the benefit of his own language. For ourself, we had intended to speak out the occasion nod had, by persistent solitary brouditrg, batched out a neat little address. Whin it came to the pinch, however, our cotirsige failed us, and we sat silent until too late. 011 motion the meeting adjourned.— Our courage immediately ruse, and we sprang to our feet determined to be heard.- 1i a in a faint whisper our financial battle-cry: "One dollar and a ball a Sear in advance: two dollars if not id advanoe." Our remarks failed to reach the public ear, but struck upon the neighboring tympan of a hopelessly delinquent "sub." who ap plied them as personal, and nest morning demanded satisfaction, refering us to his friend in a neat little cartel commencing: "Columbia Bank, pay to the order of,' ..kc. We immediately made a humble written apology, in the shape of a receipt in full.— Altogether the discussion of "money" was out without its profit. The Chairman of the evening announced Bev. Edward Appleton as the lecturer on next Thursday evening, on the subject of - Criminal Reformatior" Holum 1-:xnintrios axt. COUNTY Fl/E.- At a meeting of the Managers of the Lan caster County Agricultural and Mechanical Society, held on Monday last, it was deter mined to hold an exhibition of horses on Thursday and Friday, the 10th and 11th of May next, The annual fair will be held on the '2.5t11, 2dth, 27th and 28th days of Sep tember nest. Gen. M. li. Witwer was Ap pointed Ceacral Superintendent for the 'en suing year. ATLANTIC Moxrum—The Atlantic for February contains some good papers and stories. Miss Pre; cott eimcliidss a brilliant tale commenced in the January number— " The; Amber Gods,"--dn'd Miss Rose Terry, oneof our most talented magazinists, -gives one - of her choice worlds of iaingination.— Holmes continues his "Professor's Story," arid the editorial department is more than usu ally full in scholarly eriticism. -- • . :If we say that the "Atlantic" of to-day is in every re spect equal to the Atlantic in its first issue, we gists praise sufficient; but we can go be yond this and claim for it an advance upon its initial excellences. ALL TUE YEAR ROUND.—The Fehruary number of 'All the Year Ithund • contains the concluding number of Dickens' -siTale of Two Cities," which is succeeded by Wilkie Collins' "Woman is White." a story admi rably told, and of unusual interest. This will form the standard work of fiction in the periodical for some months. The minor articles are written with the talent and grace so peculiar to the literary corps of Household Words and its worthy succestor, All the Year Round. A better and more varied and entertaining month's purvey of literature is not to bo' found between the covers of any other magazine. - Police Items: "11.Y.PORTY.D BY 01:11spE,c4.w. MOUCIJARD." "llinx'r KNOSV ROPES."—On Tuesday, I7th inst., complaint was made before Thos. Welsh, Esq.:that several canal, boats lying Titer the Basin had been broken open and plundered of ropes, iron; harness, and other portable articles. A search warrant was placed in the hands of Constable Hollings worth, and that officer discovered the stolen property stowed away in a hreise in Fifth street near Cherry. The tenant of the house was arrested and brought to the Blue Front for a hearing, when he gave his name as William Bochum-. Ho is a German, engaged in the perch: Ist/ of ohl iron, old rants, rags, &c., and had on hand a rprentity of different sorts of stock, most of which was identified as stolen. It was not clearly made out that Rochow purchased the artieles knowing them to be "contraband;" in fact he protested that he "didn't know the ropes" and things were stolen. lie was a stranger in the town, censerpeently to the character of the parties front whom he mar e ased, and was deemed to have acted in good faith. Ile was held in his own reeng nizance to appear and testify against the thieves, if required. The same Evening a warrant was issued fur the arrest of George Jameson, colored ( strongly suspected of biting the offender.— He was arrested, provided with• a night's lodging, and brought up next morning for hearing. The prisoner was confronted .with Ikoehow, who exonerated George front tithe charge. The Squire honorably acquit ted Mr. Jameson admonishing him to go and walk a straight chalk, fur he had his eye on him. SQUARING Cl' WITH' (NOT MR) On last Saturday evening the denizens of Fish Town were considerably annoyed by the repeated eff.trte of a stranger of exceed ing disreputable general appearance, to en: ter various houses, in despite of the wishes of the in-dwellers, vehemently expressed.— The offending party was finally arrested by two good citizens and escorted to the lock up, where he was duly inearcora led. After spending a peaceful sabbath, the prisoner was, nn Illonday morning, conveyed by the Sheriff to the Blue Front, to answer the charge of d runkenness, disorderly con duct, &e. The disturber of the peace and dignity of Fish Town gave his name as Charles Wilson, of Roston, priaW, was trav eling, under temporary embarassment. [The party was what is known technically as a "Strapped Jour."—ED.} Had met with hos hitable treatment and got merry over it. May have created some trifling excitement ' by his efforts to make himself :t£ home, but thought he had not oversteprea the prier leges of the craft. Complained 4 f his San. day seclusion, and r indignantly inq'ttired wether the justice was aware th'ea of such stuff as himself (prisoner) were manufac tured Pre-tidents, Senators, Governors and other high dignitaries of the land! He con tended that no calling was so honorable as that of printer, and was proceeding in a general eulogy of the "craft." when the Squire ;weltered and knocked the well :minded periods into pi by indignantly de rfoanchig the entire fraternity of typos as worthy of contempt and contumely. He de- Oared that theft Was no Class of offenders niord desereingr of thd severest punishment meted out at the Blue Front; yet by some unfortunate fatality none had heretofore so successfully evaded his grasp. The prisoner stood in the unfortunate positidn or repre sentative of an obnoxious fraternity; and much as the Court Was disposed to Sympa thize with him personally [Gammon—he wanted his costs.—En.] it Could not con scientiously forego this oppertanit.Y of visit ing upon his head (as the head of a rrinter, not of a mere man) the :teeth:minted wrath and indignation of years( The decision in this case, the Court hoped; Mould stand ns a monument of even-handed justice, and would serve as a timely Warding to insolent members of the craft, by Witten the rulings and decisions of this honorable Court are persistently held up to ridicule in the columns of that vile sheet, the Spy. [Hear! hear! from our "Mouchard"..in the corner.] The Squire drew himself up to his full height and called upon the officers to pre serve order in the Court: appause must be suppressed at all hazards. [ORDER!!! from the Sheriff] The Justice resumed* his remarks, and after a few more severe reflections upon a venal press, solemnly sentenced prisoner to thirty days in the county prison, and added a heartfelt wish that be could include the entire craft in the committal. Charles eras for a moment speechlesi, but at length found breath to protest against being identi fied with the Spy offiCe. He had never wolked the-e, and never expected to. On this representation the Squire was mollified, and compromised with the typo for fifteen days at Cadwellville. The Sheriff escorted the "Jour" to his retreat by that afternosn's "Mb." [Although we most solemnly protest against this outrage upon Justice, evidently perpetrated through the most reprehensible spirit of petty spite, we-cannot refrain from tendering our sincere thanks to Esq - tilre Welsh for saving us, by the prompt ;near aeration of the above "Strapped Jour," the disbursement of the sum of twenty-ftve cents, more or I l es's, as,the case might have required; tend probably Considerable- a'd'ff tional annoyance; possibly in the shape of a call at Saturday midnight for lodging, or its equivalent; certainly on Sunday morning for breakfast, or the wherewithal, and ine vitably on Monday for work, or assistance to get on to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash ington or other large city, where a choice 9f a dozen good situations at munificent re numeration aWaitod the coming of the im pecunious. For the above squaring of ac counts we sincerely thank the Squire. —ED. Sri.]. PROCEEDINGSOF COUNCII..-001.1331131A, JAN., 20, 1SG0: Counnil met: Memhers present: Messrs. Bruner ; Brenerrnin, iliprey, Her shey, McChesney, Pfahler, Welsh, Watts & Fraley, President. Minutes of last meet ing read and approved. The President an nounced the following standing Committees for the ensuing year: Road—T. 'Welsh, Win. McChesney, J. M. Watts. Paving—J. Hippey, A. Bruner, H. Brena man. Gas--J. C. Pfithler; J. Ilippe7, J. M. Waits. Rents (f , Repairs—A. Bruner, T: Welsh, W: McChesney. Finance-11. S. Hershey, J. C. Pfahler, Breneman. 11Iarket —J. M. Watts, T. Welsh, \V. Mc- Chesney. Bravo Breneman, H. S. Her shey, J. Ilippey. • Upon the following communication from the Treasurer, referred to the Finance Com mittee at the last meeting of Council, the Committee retorted favorably. "Since the settletnerrt with the Committee "of Council, December 2G, 1857, I hare dis covered an error of Thirty dollars in my "favor. On the 20th of August, 1857, I re "caved from C. Hollingsworth, Collector, "Two Hundred dollars for which I gave my "receipt, and on the same day and date "charged myself with Two Hundred and -Thirty diaries, I , l‘rid Committee settled by "toy Books. I respectfully ask the Council ' "to refund me Thirty dollars which they re "ceived of me in error, in settling accounts. C. TYSON, TREASURER.. On motion of Mr. Pfnhler, an order was drawn for Fa in favor of Cornelius Tyson, in payment of the error specified in the fore going communication. Mr. Breneman presented it Bond for MO in ravor of F. S. Bletz due, April 16, 1859, for which Mr. Bletz wanted two Bonds, one for $lOO and one for $2OO, payable twelve Months from this date. Pfahler moved that two Vends be executed in favor of F. S. Wet; one for $4 . 00 and one for $2OO, payable twelves months from this date, and that an order' lie drawn on the Treasurer for $27, for the interest due on the Bond of $OOO idp' to ttis Sate, which was agreed to'. Arr. Welsh moved tliart the' notion of Mr. F . fahler be' ieconsi'd6redi Upon which time Yeas and Nt.ys were elated as follows: Yeas, Messrs. Bruner, Watts and Welsh, 3. Nays, Messrs. Breneman, Hershey; Him-ley, Mc- Chesney, l'fahler and Fraley, G. Mr. 'Welsh moved that James Barber be employed to assess the Borough Tax fur 1300, and serve the notices at a compensa tion of $lO, which was agreed to. On motion of Mr. WelA the rate of as sesFment for 1800 was fixed at 40 cents in each hundred dollars valuation. On motion of Mr. Welsh the Salary of Clerk of Cintneit for the ensuing year wa4 fixed at $4O. /)ir. Welsh moved that the Salary of the Market Clerk be Fifty dollars for the ensu ing ,year. Mr. Watts moved to amend by "striking out $5O and inserting $.32/' Mr. McChesney moved an amendment to the amendment of Mr. Watts, that $32 be stricken out and $4O inserted. On the amendment of Mr: McChesney, the Yeas and Nays were called as follows: Yeas , Messrs. Breneman, Hershey, :McChesney and Welsh, 4. Nays, Messrs. Bruner, Hip pey, Pfahler, Watts and Fraley, 5. The amendment of Mr. McChesney being disagreed to, the Yeas and Nays were milled on the amendment of Mr. Watts and agreed to as follows: Yeas, Messrs. Bruner, Fraley, Hippey, Milder and Watts,s. Nays, Messrs. Breneman, Hershey, McChesney &Welsh, -I. The original motion as amended by Mr. Watts was agreed to, as follows: Yeas, Messrs. Bruner, Fraley, Hippey, Mahler and Watts, 5. Nays, Messrs. Breneman, Her shey, McChesney and Welsh, 4. On motion of Mr. Welsh the Salary of the High Constable for the ensuing year was fixed at $25. Mr. Hershey moved that the High Con stable be allowed 121 ; cents for each meal furnished prisoners put in the lock-up. Mr. McChesney moved to amend by strik ing out 121 cents and inserting, 20 cents for feeding prisoners. The amendment being accepted by Mr. Hershey, Mr. Watts moved to amend by striking out 20 coats and in serting 121 cents; on the amendment of Mr. Watts the Yeas and Nays were called is follows: Yeas, Messrs. Bruner, Pfahler and Watts; 5. Nays, Messrs. l3reneman, Hershey, Hippy, McChesney and Welsh, G. The original motion was then agreed to. Mr Welsh moved that the pay of the Su pervisor be $1.25 for every day be is em p:oyea, which was agreed. to.. On motion of Mr. Welsh the pay of the laborers employed by the 'Mwougli was fixed at 10 cents an hour. Mr. Welsh moved that the Salary of the Lamp Lighter fur the ensuing year be Fifty dollars, which was agreed to. C. A. Hook's Litt for SAG was ordered to be paid, 11. Wilson's bill for $10.12 was referred to the Gas Committee. J. Vauglien and Co's. bill for $10.53 was referred to the Road Conamittco. ' Air. Wellll moved that a special Commit tee 1m appointed to inquire into the etle. diency of opening a street froth thethe east end of the Columbia Bridge to Commerce street, which was agreed to alid the President ap pointed Messrs. Welsh; - Bruner 'and Pfahler said Committee. bn inotion Council ad journed. • Attest, Will. F. A House of Horror In a recent publication relating to the various noted PWriefari localities; the folims% leg incidonts, connected with a house erec ted as long ago as 1536, are given: It was located in the Rue des Harmon zets, one of the narrowest and filthiest streets, or rather lanes, in the oil ale, but considered a very good street indeed in the fourteenth century, though it was narrower then, and filthier by far, In the house then existing on that spot, a barber kept his shop, and a pie-man kept his. The character of one and of the other stood high, both moral ly and professionally. The'pie-man its par ticular, was esteemed for his industry and skill; no pork pies in all the' city were thought so good as his,- and he prepared them almost entirely with his own hands; for on the ground that he did not wish to di vulge the secret of his superiority, the single apprentice he had was employed in the man ipulation of the crust. As for his neighbor, the barber, he shaved amthe bled to the per fect satisfaction of patient,; and besides wielding the razor and the lancet, he. kept vapor baths so excellently well managed that at the break of day, as soon as the men began to bawl along the streets, "Les hams sold chards," customers would crowd into his premises so fast that all the accommo dations th'e'se affordtd were occupied at OM The pie-man and his neighbor were, as we have said, in greht repute; and so they long continued, in spite , of the Rue dos Marmon zets having lately acquired rattle? a bad character, for evil rumors concerning it had begun to circulate; it was that passengers by night had been assassinated in it; their cries fur help and of despair had been heard, blood had been seen in the gutter, and it could scarcely have proceeded from the phlebotomizing of the barber, who knew well that he would have been bedrily fined if he had thrown the blood so issuing any where but in the river. So the reputation of the street grew worse and worse. Dot still the barber and the pie-man prospered. One evening all was explained. A scream was heard from the' bttirber's shop, and presently a German student, who had entered it a Mae efire; appeared at at the door, tottering and pale, and with sev eral wounds about his neck, The neighbors ran up, questioned him, and gatheredgfrom what be said, that as he had been passing, the barber (probably guessing him to be a stranger) had offered' to' shave him for noth ing: that ho had accepted the offer, had seated himself; but scarcely had he done so, when the villinn, who had got behind him, tried to cut his throat with the razor; that by a desperate effort he had managed, not only to disengage himself, but to tumble his assailant head foremost down a trap-door, which by good luck happened to be open. A rush was, of course, made into the bar barber's shop; he was not to be seen; after a fruitless search above they thoughtof search ing below, so down they went into the cel lar, and they found the pie-man cutting the barber to pieces. The little light that pen etrated into the den had not allowed him, when his expected prey came down the trap, to make this important 'distinction that it WIS not his friend and confederate who had sent him down the German student, but the German student who had sent him down his friend and confederate. All was now clear; the pie-man's collar being found to communicate with the bar ber's it was now understood why his pies had b. - :en so uncommonly good. for, as says the Pere Dubreul, in his account of the Mat ter: "They were better than other pies, just as—because of its finer feeling—human flesh is more delicate than any other." Crown FOR ltspArrts.—A good ono is told Of old Judge L . His Honor kept a demijohn of good old Jamaica in his private office, for his own comfort and entertain• mont of his particular friends. The Judge hod noticed - for some time that on Monday Mornings les Jamaica «•as considerably lighter than he left it on Saturday nights.— Another fact had gradually established it self in his mind. His son Sam was missing from the paternal pew in church on Sun days. One Sunday afternoon Sam came in and went up stairs rather heavily, when the Judge hailed him: "Sam, where have you been?" "To church, sir," was the prompt reply. "What church, Sam?" "Second Methodist, sir." "had a good sermon, Sam?" "Very powful, sir: it 'quite staggered me, MU "ALS I see," said the Judge, "quite pow erful, eh, Sam?" The nest Sunday the son came hem rather earlier than usual, and apparently not so much "ander the weather." His father hailed him with! "Well, Sam, been to the 'Second Metho dist' again to-day?" "Yes, sir." "Good sermon, my boy?" "Fact was, father, that I couldn't get in; church shut up and a ticket on the door." "Sorry, Sam, keep going—you may get good by it yet" Sam says on going to the office for his usual spirit•onl refreshment, lie found the "John" empty, and bearing the following label: "There wilt be service here to-day this church being closed, for repairs." geir A Miss. paper says that no human power "can break the bonds of slaves" in that State. We have no ides that tho Mis sissippi blacks can as easily get rid of their "bonds" as the Mississippi whites managed to do a few years ago.—Louisville Journal. se- An infidel seeks to make proselytes on the same principle which causes little children to cry at night for a bed•fellow,— he is afi iad, ofbeing tell alone in the dark. JENKINS ON Trir. FASIIIORSELES.—JetikiDS, who attended a hop at Sarifogn, writes to the Buffalo Republic as follows: It is impossible to describe the esquisite scene as I entered the immense, magnificent and illimitable drawing-room of Congress Hall. Rapturous forms floated around me in the mazy dance of the lazy music; while "voluptous swells" is tight-bodied coats, and the Most delicate straw-colored kids, hung upon the celestial half-clothed forms that mistily filled the hall with lace, glances and perfumes. I have only time to de scribe three or four of the heavenly beings who represented your city on the occasion. Miss G—n—l—ibam, of Delaware street, was dre sed in a profound maroon, with lace danglers, a Chinese head-dress and high-heeled slippers, with pink culmina tions. She had an enticing swing to her drapery that captivated the entire male as semblage, and created envy among the an gels—present. Her sister was dressed in a blue turban, with marabout feathers, her face exquisitely painted with Lilly white and carmine—the very 'rosiness of health and tremation. She bad a very low-necked dress and bare arms, with a little isthmus of a lace strap on each shoulder to give the appearance of a connection. The ladle present stated very plainly that "she didn' have enough clothes to go round;" while the gentleman, one and all, declared that they did . not see that she was over•dressed in fhb 'Vast, and as far as they could see, they were perfectly satisfied with her ap pearance. Mrs. Do—h—mb—gh, of Main street, was gorgeously dressed in straW•coloreil flounces, loOpeil up with rosettes of velveteen; with gores sot in by particular request. Fier lemon colored bertha excited a jealous rage, so beautifulr anl costly was it, and her hay colored doves ffttei faultlessly. She was too sweet to lire. (Oh! Jenkins.) Miss Von lta—g—st—e, of Washington street, worea dress of green silk over a blue and white tarletov, to !wronged as to be in visible except When exhibited. Her corsage was trimmed with grenadine puffings, ex pandin&arourrd' the* neck: in the form of a Queen FAizabtth rtrff wad dropping grace fully to her heels, where it lay on the floor in delicious lace puddles. Sho was the charming epitome of all that is delicious and warm in woman. (Jenkins! Jenkins!) *RAT OUR NEIGHBORS SAY OF DR. &LANE'S CELEBRATED LIVER PILLS NM YORK. A ugus 130. ' D --- We. the undersigned, having mode trial of Dr ISVLlthe's Celebrated Liver rills,prepared by Fleming Pittsburgh, must acknowledge that they arc the best medicine for sick I icatkiclic, Dyspepsia, and Liv er Complaint, that we have ever used. 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