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!)
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For a long time there was paragraph making
its regular weekly appearance in our columns,
with the brief, but emphatic words "Fits!
Fits!" ahvays at No libad, to sdThh en °trent
sive caption ' but not so to the benevolent and
humane, who could sympathize in the sorrows
of others. Some persons are shocked at any
indication of disease, and are even thrown into'
nervous excitement on witnessing a hearse or
a coffin. Such are to be pitied. We should
always strive to look disease and even death
in the face with calmness, and especially take
every opportunity for alleviating disease.—
Viewed in this light; the advertisements of
S. S. Hance, of 105 Baltiniore street, Balti
more, Ald., possets a certain friferest, and
those who know of any one suffering from
Epilepsy, Spasms, or Fits of any kind, should
feel it a pleasure to cut out his advertisement,
or in some other way send word to the afflict
ed of the great value of his remedies. They
can be sent to any part of the country by mail•
Price,S3 per box. Two,ss. Twelve, $24.
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0: In the Almanac published annually by the
proprietors, caned EVI,UTBODY'S ALMANAC,
you will find testimony and commendatory•
notices from all parts of the country.
_These
!Almanac* are given army by all our agents..
For role by all druggists in The Country.
April D. 1c:44 y.
MRS. WINSLOW,
A elperieneed nurse and female physician, has Le
Soothing Syrup for children neeteing. which greatly
fAeililutes the proem.c of tectliiiiy, l.y softening the
gem.. reducing all inflammation—will allay all pain.
and is cure to regulate the bowels. Depend upon it,
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Bee advertisement in another column.
001.20. I&iiOd y
The heavens were Lluertinatcd two the evening of
August 29th, 1959, by the most splendid Aurora
Borealis, ever seen iu the Country. Rays of mini.
colored light flashed across the sky. and tote changes
were beautiful in the extreme. At one Mae a rapt
observer remarked, that be Cmcied be could see the
tyratkling ligirt. form themselves into the -following
word.: Buy all ynur garment. at the Drawn Stow
Clothing Dan of ReekluiD 4 Walvoa../4•444PY1 and 603
Chestnut st.. sivore Platt, Philadelphia.
t's . rpiembrr In, 5.:459.