Star Yor..k our os Waste-110w THE DOE - I race—* douidebes.ded leader on Kansas—
erzcas Fastur GOF as.%oFo.—Threedays share
land to do his. do.his, duty, duty his, is is,
vow passed since any one in cur house has The Obedient's most public servant.
bad a drink of Water, or washed his face, or , Q. K. PIIIIANDO DOESTICKS, B. P.
ebstetibitoself. Our water has given out
...not a drop to be bad in the basement, and 1 f il
R the upper stories the pipes won't even ob, g pit.
give a eh nv of damp- if water was tromps •
we couldn't take a trick—if cities were set b CfOLUMBIA. IP k.
ing off a.t a barrel 4.r water a piece, we , S.A.TURDAI; DEC. 29, 1860,
couldn't hay a cellar-dour—if our salretion
.eould.be bought for a gallon water the
a bole lot of us, we couldn't even :lave the
'baby—in fact water is So scarce that our
baby hasn't cried a wet tear for three days,
sorthing bet little round bails of dust.
We have to dry-polish our faces with
clothes brushes, instead of washing them
Ace white folks, and brcanse Utterly got
the blacking.brush by mistake, he has look
ed like a member from .cl.frica ever dince—
he can't go through the streets without
Lela' g addreased as Pompey, nod being ask
ed if he doesn't want ajob; and there have
heen two attempts to kidnap hirn to Louis-
Sane. 31y Big BrOther's face Jets got dirty
snarls across it, in every direetion, that
won't carne off: fortwo days Ire sandpapered
himself, but now nothing less than a grind
stone would clean him, and there is .no wa
ter to run the grindstone: he excavates a
little hole down to each eye eery morning
with a small shovel, but otherwise he
doesn't try to clean himself. We keep the
'baby tolcrabey clean by rubbing him four
iimesn day witb a Bath brick, and after
ward giaing him a finishing polish with rot
ten-stone and oil
Milk has gone no to twenty five cents n
(mart, and the milkmen say it will never
eome down while water is four dollars and
it half a barrel. One day the milk was full
a potato parings: asked the mai n ; he said
tAat, water kiting scarce. his wife had used
melted snow, and probably hadn't I ten
very particular alp art where she gut it from.
1 here state, for the benefituf thecommunity
that potato parings ore not a desirable in
gredient in coffee; they make it too thick.
Couldn't get any water to cook with—hail
to get beer—had At ham boiled in lager, and
at beef-soup made with ..NAX.: ale: pot so bad
so take. Went to get shaved—no water—
burber,,man said that he'd share me, will-
Ingly, with great pleasure, if I'd hare the
lather made with beer. 11'11:It could a an
do? I said, "Yes," and was sh„eyed—with
beer: nut so bad to take. Asked the bar
berman if there w-ts no inconvenience at
tending this arrangement. lie said "Yes"
'—he had to hare three sets of journeymen
st, day; they got regularly drunk in four
hour* on the fumes of the beer. As the
customers were generally drunk tun, it
didn't make soonuch difference, only several
mistakes were made, a number of customers
had their whiskers shaved off; and one man
lost the tip of his nose and his tipper lip,
when the barber gut off his moustache.—
Another man going to be married that
same night went fast asleep in the chair.
and when he awoke, he had his head shaved
smooth as a billiard ball. Another man,
old man, very nice man, respectable man,
amiable man, splendid man. good fellow,
took his usual doze while he was being
shaved, slept while the man shaved his
bead bare as an egg, and only woke up as
the fellow had shaved of more than half the
nap of his pantaloons—he had finished one
leg,
and made a row because they wouldn't
let him conclude the
,job. ‘Vanted a bath:
man asked me whether I'd have lager, ale,
or hard eider; didn't know what he meant
until ho infermed ma that a water-bath
would cost me fifty cents a quart; thought
I'd have a hard cider bath; not a bad thing
to take. Asked fur particulars, when they
told me that they nearly bnried a man who
took n hard cider bath the day before: he
drank up about nine gallons out of the tub;
they thought Ito was dead—sent him to
Potter's Field; but he came to, and asked
for a bigger piece of soap and a scrubbing
brush just as they began to screw down the
coffin lid: then lie wouldn't pay his own
funeral expenses but meanly left the cuffio
on the barber's hands; he's got it now—
lfoff, opposite the St. Nicholos—and he'll
sell it cheap, had better go to Iloff. fluff
keeps dogs. Ile conldn't got any water to
give them, so he gate them lager and hard
cider; not so had to take; result was, nine
puppies staggering drunk, two fighting-dogs
throe sheets in the wind, and a female dog,
the respected mother of many families, in al
disreputable state of inebriation in the hair
cutting chair. I luff also keeps birds; and 1
was told that he got four canaries blind
drunk on gin in a bird glass; drop: a mock
ing-bird to suicide and an early grave by
more gin in a mug, and brought two Java
sparrows to delirium tremens by giving, them
gin in a tea cup.
Barnum could not afford to keep his
aquaria filled up with water; used gin fir
the trout and minnows, hard cider for the
sharks, and whisky for the eels and crabs.
Barnum ought to be ashamed of himself:
he pretends to be a temperance man: but I
e m ready to take an oath that yesterday, I
saw two brook-trout in his establishment in
a state of staggering inebriation, a blackfish
disgracefully drunk, a codfish in charge of
an officer for disorderly conduct, while nine
silver-eels had gone to bed in a bard knot
in the corner of the tank, with a drunken
horse-shoe crab on the top of the pile, and
it dozen intoxicated snails on top of him.—
Barnum ought to be ashamed of himself!
Twenty seven ships sailed out of port
yesterday without any water—the water
casks all being filled with SAiedam
schnapps, not so bad to take. Result: eight
of the ships are on the Long Island roast,
ten hare run on the Jersey Flats, and the
rest have sailed for Cape 'Born, tinder the
impression that that is the sheer:est way to
the coast of Ireland.
c'an't we find n substitute for water' We
must do it. Whisky would do admirably,
if people could he brought to s t o p wasting'
grad grain by making It into bread; bat it
they won't stop thie, even the supply of
whisky will run short.
"Bill" Otter has been engaged fur three
days trying to find a fitting substitutc—he
thinks beer rill do as a temporary substi
tute—then somebody told him that there's
water in beer, so that floors the hoer ques
tion--for my part, I don't gee what he wants
of water now—he never uses rtny in ordi
nary times.
I hear that that the corporation hare con
eluded to lay dawn hard cider and lager
beer mains in my ward, and try the esperi
ment of doing without water: in fact,
they're gait the cider pipe laid, and we're
gut the cider into the house, but it won't
r,:se higher than the second floor—princi
pally, I suppose, because Otter and Big
Brother room on that floor.
But all the factories hare stopped, and
they're tryinz to find something to keep up
Ftoittri in tfie boiler.. The newspapers hare
hard times—the Tribune uses brandy, the
Herald applejack; the .7imes whisky neat,
and the World was only too glad of an ex
cuse to titer) entirely. The Leader boiler is
supplied entirely with min and sugar; the
JJxpress is Jun nil stale lager beer, and this
ediuon of the Sunday Mercury is printed by
steam made entirely from rum and on'-
•
lassaa.
The fames pervade the entire establish
ment—the engineer has just RUCCUTbed, and
is lying on the ,floor claspina tho feed-pipe
with bath hands, while the pumps, are
throwing rum and molasses into the boil
ers, at the rate of eighty gallons in ten see
nude. The editors have been insensibly
drunk for two days, an.} the only person
about the establishment in a fit state to re
ceive his duty, and to do- company, and
,to
attend to °See generally—business—beta
isadwichor, soda water—going to the clam-
gerSee Is;eor 4pygas'tsrurn9 or A. M.
IttUirl,.:4, ODD FELLOWS' HALI, IS TO-Il tY'S
'Sr'l:" Fet!rich Eras' advertisement in
to-day's paper. Theirs is the largest Wholesale
and ea tail Tobacco, Segar and Snit( Manufac
tory in the State.
•
TnE New EAR.—The carrier of the ,gpy
will according to annual custom, wait upon
our subscribers on New Years day with his
address, and we ask fur him a generous
reception at their hands.
Exulturio,;;.—There wilt be it free exhi
bition of the Methodist Ildission Sunday
Selool, held in the gethoaist 1.. Church, on
New Year evening, commencing at GI
o'clock. The public is invited to attend.
('uNrrn•r.—On the ecening, of New Year's
Day, there will be a concert of sacred music
gi% en in Odd Follows' Boa, for the benefit
of the I,loly Trinity Catholic Church. The
Lancaster and York. cdtoirs will assist, and
some line singing may be expected. See ad•
vertisement in another colunm.
nasiat.ts.--Christmas day was taken
full advantage of as a holiday, in our Bor
ough. 411 places of Liminess were closed
and the Churches well attended. • The
Episcopal and CatholieChurehes were hand.
somely decorated with green, according to
custom. The day was a bright, tine one,
and the streets were alive with pleasure
seekers.
A 1. MOST A FIRE.—On Wednesday evening,
on alarm of fire drew out our engines, but
it was generally supposed that the alarm
was a false one. We learned afterwards
that the ceiling of Jacob Hess' [tat Store,
had taken fire from the stove pipe, and the
establishment was in imminua danger of
destruction. Fortunately the flames were
quenced before any serious danger resulted.
CunISTJIAS Fest . ' VITI Es.—The general
quiet of Christmas day was varied by a
splendid row on Tow 11111. A general melee
took place at Fifth and Union streets, in
which one negro, John Appleby, was nearly
killed by a blow with a stone thrown by
another of the same color, Joseph Stills.—
Appleby was thought at first to be fatally
injured, and may yet die, though we hear
he is improving. For some reason, best
known to the authorities no arrests were
made, and the parties an free to recom
mence at the earliest opportunity. Whisky
was at the bottom, and strict justice would
visit the seller instead of the consumer, with
the pains and penalties.
SECESSION. —The Secession excitement
continues. We give elsewhere the latest
exciting news from Charleston and a full
account of the action of the people in Pitts
burg in relation of the removal of heavy
ordnance to Southern forts. A defalcation
to the amount of 5850,000 in the Interior
Department at Washington may nut proper
ly be connected with secession, but in the
excitement of the public mind it is coupled
with the madness of the hour. The rumors
follow each other in quick procession, but
are so unreliable that it is ne advantage to
copy them.
Ova CLIRISTM so Olt T.—On last Monday
afternoon we were surprised to find flapping
round our WILT., a floe Christmas Turkey,
the gift of our friend Young, jr., of the Co•
lumbia Insurance Company (will the Com
pany insure us like good fortune nest sea
son). It was a thoughtful, graceful Christian
act, fir which lie will not be without his re
ward. ( What a peaceful slumber he must
have enjoyed that Christmas Eve, and to
what a realizing sense of the blessed day
he must have awakened neat morning.)
May his shadow never grow less; may he
always be Torso; may he be preserved
frotn jire,—he and the property he insures.
fie will please accept our sincere thanks-
Tim CoNti SENTAL-Our neighbors down
stairs. Ehrisman rlannery, of the Conti
nental, have added a notable feature to
their establishment. They now serve up
hot coffee and tea at any hour, with oysters
or other accompaniments. This is an espe
cial accommodation to the train employes
on the Pennsylvania Railroad who arrive
late, chilled with their long ride on the
bumper. They take advantage of this op
portunity fur refre , hing the inner man with
a grateful cup of hot coffee. To any one
desiring a late cup of coffee, or a good plate
of oys.ters, we recommend the Continental;
everything there will be found up to the
mark.
VArx.,tut.r. BARN BUIZNED-11r.‘vv Loss of
GrtaiN, Sroca, &e.—On Monday night, be
ta cen 11 and l o'clock, the large and
handsome barn of Mr. Joseph Detwiler, on
the Lancaster turnpike, near Mountville,
was burned to the ground, with its entire
contents of grain, hay and straw, and sev
enteen head of stock. Four horses, two
steers and two wagons were rescued, but
these. with a small quantity of corn, com
prise the sole property saved from destruc
tion. The barn was recently rebuilt, very
large, and a noticeable feature of the neigh
borhood, being one of the best specimens of
the "Lancaster Coun,iy Barn" in thjt sec
tion of the country. The barn of Mr. Fri
dy, in the immediate neighborhood, took
fire from the flying sparks, but was extin
guished without material damage. No
alarm was communicated to Columbia, and
had there been our firemen could have ef
fected nothing, though we do not doubt they
would willingly have taken the run of four
miles on the chance of being useful. It is
supposed that the fire was the work of an
incendiary. Mr. Detwiler had an insurance
on the barn of $4,701, but we believe the
grain, &c., and the stock, were uninsured.
The Joss will ,ha a heavy one, and mach
sympathy is felt and expressed for the suf
ferer.
P.SCAPED FROM I'tll9o7.C.—On Sunday last
two convicts in the slounty prison made
their escape.=—One of them a ,Clerman
named Johh V. Swartz, and theother a Mol
ina° named John Shultzoth were clad
in Striped !•Uniform" of the prison. A. re•
wurd of $5O is offered for their apprehension.
Hint. En's M.t47.lso.—lfal per for Janu
ary opens with a continuation of Ross
Browne's "l'eop stt Washoe," in which the
author gets a aping at the Elephant in all
his mngnificient El Doradan proportions.—
The article is profusely illustrated with
grnphie sketches of the region. 0.-propos of
of these drawings, we would respectfully
advise Mr. Harry Stephens that he has not
been ns careful with them as in the Lott
number; they are not up to his mark, by
considerable.) The tales of the present
number are eery good, particularly "How
Charley Came Home." The Drawer is bet
tor than common—richer in originals, and
poorer in old joes.
Art,ANTic.—The new volume of the At
lantic commences with the January num
ber. The opening article is "Washington
City." Miss Preseott's '•,3iidsutnmer and
May" ie concluded. Longfellow contributes
a fine poem, "Paul Revere's Ride," the
"Professor's Story" progresses, and Dr.
llulmes also appears inn charaeteristic paper
—"The Asylum of Decayed Punsters." The
number on the whole is a capital one, 'pro
mising well for the Monthly of 1861.
ANtent.c.tx ACRICULTI: Rl•T.—The January
number of the Agriculturist is all that a
January number should be. This Monthly
is invaluable to the farmer, and only costs
one dollar a year. Now is the time to sub
scribe. Orange Judd, Publisher, New York.
PROCEEDMCS OF COUNCIL. --Columbia,
December 21, 18G0.—Members all present.
The Road Committee reported the ex
penses for ordinary repairs since last stated
meeting $28,45.
The Gas Committee reported that they
had three new Lamps Posts put up agreea
bly to instructions of Council.
The Finance Committee reported that
they had settled the tax duplicate of 1858,
with the Collector, as follows:
Whole amount cf duplicotc, $3,419 GS
Paid Trensut er by Collec
tor Eddy, $2,751 69
Collected in Council, by
deducting from bills, 160 89
Paid Collector 5 per cent.
for collection, 153 22
Exonerations, 353 83
$3,419 68
which was adopted and the Committee dis
charged from further consideration of the
same.
On motion the Gas Committee was in
structed to present to Wm. Cowden for pay
ment, a bill of $10,87 for damages done to a
Lamp Post in Front street.
Mr, Welsh moved that an order be drawn
on the Treasurer for $122 13 in favor of 11.
M. Wills. Agreed to.
The following bills wore ordered to be
paid: D. S. Chalfant, $10,94; Samuel
Waites, $31,10; M. S. Shuman, $10,00; A.
Bruner, $2,87; Supplep 4 . 7. Bro., $30,00; 11.
Wilson, $36,95; D. Cully, $2,87; F. S.,Bletz,
83,75; J. W. Cottrell, 93 etc.; T. J. Bishop,
$4,60; W. Timony, $1,50; Jno. D. Klingler,
20 as.; W. Fulton, 30 etc., C. A. Hook,
$12,50; Wm. F. Lloyd, $20,00; IL Ptahler,
83,87; Geo. Bogle, $12,37; E. T. Derrick,
$2,48; J. M. Cowden, $2,00; E. Will, 91
cts.; Geo. Pager, 50 etc.; D. Mullen, $5,10;
A. Urban, 62 cts.; W. Foelig, 37 cts.; Geo.
llippey, $1,05; IL A. Albright, $1,25.
On motion of Mr. Bruner the lent and
Repair CoMmittoo was authorized to pur
chase covering for the use of the look-up.
Mr. Hershey moved that when we ad
journ it bo to meet on Friday, the 28th inst.,
at 6 o'clock P. M. Agreed to.
On motion the Tax Duplicate of 1859 was
taken up. Mr. Welsh moved that it be re
ferred to the Finance Committee, I, ith power
to make all nece s try exonerations. Agreed
to.
On motion of Mr. Welsh, the Borough
Tax Collector was authorized to employ a
suitable person to assist him on election
days in the collection of taxes.
Mr. Watts moved that a Bond be drawn
in favor of Samuel Shock for $2.00, payable
one year alter date; which was agreed to.
On motion, Council adjourned.
Attest: Wu. F. LLOYD, Clerk.
From Charleston
MAJOR ANDERSON SEISES TUE GE's or
FORT MOULTRIE AND RETREATS TO PORT
Scurren.--Baltimore, December 27.-- A
special dispatch from Gharleston, dated this
morning, to the American Office, states that
the government troops have abandoned Furt
Moultrie, having first spiked the guns and
retreated to Furt Sumpter, commanding the
harbor. This is from a reliable stures.
CHARLESTON, December 27.—Fort Moul.
trie was last night evacuated by Major An
derson, who first spiked the guns. It is now
being demolished by fire—only four soldiers
were left in charge. The troops were all
conveyed to Fort Sumpter.
The movement has created intense excite
ment, and the convention is now in secret
session.
SECOND DESPATCH
tin AIII.ESTON, DEC. 27—•Ilalf--past 12
o'clock.—Major Anderson states that he
evacuated Fort Moultrie, in order to allay
the discussion about that post, and at the
same time strengthen his own position.
CHARLESTON, Pre. 27-1 o'clock.—Capt.
Foster with a small force remains a$ Fort
Moultrie.
Several military companies of this city
have been ordered out and a colliision is
not improbable.
EffEEl
The latest reports from Fort Moultrie
state that it is only the gun carriages that
are on fire. It is certain that the guns were
spiked, and it is reported a train has been
laid to blow up the fort. The liater is, how
ever, doubted. The excitement and indig
nation of tha populace is increasing.
IZIEIi
December 28th.2-It is reported tl;t the
Palmetto - Flag has been raised at tho'Clus
tom House, Post Qthce, and Castle Pinck
ney, at Charleston. oleo, that Fort Moul
trie was taken posseysion of by the eeces•
"einniats last night at R
Congress.
FRIDAY, Dec. 21.-1 n the Senate the bill
authorizing the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
read „Compailty to extend the Washington
branch road tbroagh Washington and across
the Poto.nac by . the Long Bridge, so as to
connect with the Virginia Railroads, was
passed with several amendments, the most
irefaltant resmiring the Company to check
baggage and afford equal facilities to all
railroad lines at either of its termini. Sen
ator Davis, of Mississippi, reconsidered his
intention not to serve on the Committee of
Thirteen. nod in a few remarks accepted the
positioo. The House was not in session.
go:O%Y, Dec. 24rn.—In the Senate Mr.
Pugh submitted resolutions recommending
the I,,egislatures of the States to call a Na
tional Convention fur the amendment of the
Constitution. Senators Douglas, Bigler and
Davis also submitted resolutions proposing
amendments to the Constitution, all of which
were referred to the Special Committee of
Thirteen. The bill for the admission of
Kansas into the Union being under consid
eration, Senator Nicholson addressed the
Senate in reply to Mr. Wade.
In the House a letter was read from
Messrs. McQueen, Benham, Bayce and Ash
more, of the South Carolina delegation, in
which they announced the secession of that
State; and dissolved their connection with
Congress. The letter expresses a feeling of
respect for those from whom the delegation
separate. and the wish that the relations of
South Carolina with the Government may
be friendly. The House ordered the print
ing of the letter. Both Houses have ad
journed over until Thursday.
The Speaker of the House has ordered
the retention of the names of the South
Carolina delegation on, the roll of the House,
so as not to officially recognize the seces
sion of the State.
PETIT JURORS
7b serre iu the Court of Common Pleas of
Lancaster co., commencing Monday, Feb
ruary 4/14 18G1.
Ilenry Arndt, Manbeim borough.
Joseph Armstronm, Mamie.
Peter Brubaker, Rapti°.
David Bricker, Warwick. •
Ezra Burkholder, West Earl.
Thomas ,Ifrabson, Little Britain.
William Diem, Salisbury.
James Drenning. Fulton.
Ephraim Eby, Elizabeth.
Charles U. Ederman, City.
John Frey, Rapho.
Ephraim Frick, Earl.
Jacob M. Frantz, Lancaster Township.
Nicholas Gillespie, Colerain.
Christian Gast, City.
John F. Herr, Strasburg.
Jacob R. Hess, Elizabeth.
Daniel Hess, Eden.
John Leib, West Earl.
David McCohn, Brecknoek.
D.tvid May, Manheim borough.
.John Myers, Rapho.
Abraham L. Mylin, Wes: Lampoter.
Abraham Minnich, Penn.
Francis McClure, Salisbury.
John Nagle, Providence.
George Pinkerton, City.
Michael Sherbahn, East Donegal.
Jacob W. Snyder, Rapho.
Benjamin Swartz, East Cocalino.
Milton Wike, Columbia.
S S. ‘Vnadward, Fulton.
Jacob %ocher, City.
David Zook, East Donegal.
Michael P. Steigerwalt, City.
From Ilse Pitt.burg Di•patelt of Tuesday.
An Excitement at Pittsburg.
SEIP3IENT OF Guxs TO TIIE SOCTII—THEEAT
ENED INTERFERENCE OF TIIE PEOPLE.
More Treason.
It is not enough that we are to be sold
out to the Secessionists—the administration
should bind us hnn 1 and foot, deprive us of
arnis, and deliver us tied neck and heels to
the traitors who would destroy the Union!
It has already ordered 124 heavy guns from
our Allegheny Arsenal to the far Suuth—
not to defend the stars and stripes, for which
our skilful mechanics made them, but to
batter it down under the pirate flag of some
Lone Star or Rattlesnake Government.—
The order came a fee daps ago to ship on
Wednesday, December 20. the following
gun.:
To Ship Island, near the P.alize , mouth of
Mississippi:
21 ten inch Culuinbiad., 128 pounders.
21 eight " GI "
4 iron guns, 9 • l '•
To 'Newport, near Galveston Island, Texas
23 tun inch Culunibiads, 128 pounders.
48 eight " 64 "
7 iron guns, 32 "
In all one hundred and twenty-four guns,
one broadside of which would throwfive lone
of balls. To take these would strip us en
tirely of cannon, and leave us di:tamed, and
(as far as cannon are concerned) at the
mercy of traitors. For months the muskets
have been sent to Siuthern points, where
rebels have already seized them by the
t!,ousand. Shall Pennsylvania be disarmed,
and Charleston allowed with impunity to
seize on Federal arms with which to ot•er.
throw the Union?
Will our people - submit to this? Our cit:
izens, of all parties, as a unit, denounce the
movement as treason, and prominent Demo
crate, lending Breckinridgo men, have tele•
graphed to IVashington to have the order
revoked. If it is not done—when treason
endeavors to destroy the Union, while for
two months yet in power, we owe a duty to
the nation, to the State of Pennsylvania,
and to ourselves to prevent (by force, if ne
cessary,) the transfer of these munitions of
war, under color of law, to the enemies of
the nation.
Had Benedict Arnold succeeded so far in
his treachery as to to have ordered the de
livery of West Point, its cannon and muni
tions of war to the British. would his com
mission or his epaulettes have given force
to an order tainted with vile treason? No,
his gallant officers would have torn the
epaulettes from the shoulders that disgraced
them, burnt his commission, put him in
charge of a guard, and double•shotted their
guns for an enemy however aided by shame
ful treason. Let it be so with Mr. Secretary
Floyd. The people of Allegheny county
should see that the cannon purchased by the
national treasury are not conveyed to the
far South; and they seed not barricade Lib
erty and Penn streets to prevent it. Let
them decide that no cannon shall be shipped
till Charleston 4rsonal is in the possession of
tie Federal Goeirmery and Fort .ilnultrie
reinf,wnl • asd yottr trill be.
The Mayor. at the request of citizens of
all parties, will! probably gall a meeting for
Welnesday to consider what action is ne
cessary.
On applying fur information 4.0 Major
John Symington, of Maryland. in command
at Allegheny Arsenal, he politely declined
giving us any information—"in the present
state of affairs he should not say anything
about it"—in regard to the amount of can
non-, arms, &c., and recent shipments. On
encjuiring in Lawrenceville, we were in
formed that for a week or more Government
wagons have been hauling muskets to the
city, one of the employees stating that ten
thousand musl..•ets were shined within a
week—no doubt to be placed where traitors
can obtain pussossiou of them without a gun
being fired. From another source we learn
that small arms, cavalry equipments, balls
and shells, have been quite recently shipped
by river to the South.
The Government is even now "hurrying
up" the completion of the enormous twelve
inch gun at the Fort Pitt Foundry, and
hopes, doubtless, to have it South before the
fourth of March.
There are about a hundred ten inch (128
pounder) cannon at the arsenal; the orders
are to ship forty-four of this size.
Gen. J. K. Moorehead, M. C., on hearing
of these movements, at once telegraphed to
Mr. Stanton, Chairman of the Military Corn
initte; Rouse of Representatives, to make
inquiry at the IVar Department on the sub
ject. He then applied to Major Symington
for information, and learned that the guns
were designed fur two new forts, which had
not yet been mounted or even named—that
the carriages wore made at Watervliet, N.
Y., and these guns were made for those forts;
that all the muskets heretofore ordered have
been shipped, and no further requisitions
made; that no cannon have been shipped
except to fill ordinary requisitions.
Arrangements were making on Monday
to haul some of these guns to the river.—
We suppose 9011113 one will tap the fire bells
on the route on their making their appear
ance on Ponn or Libf. , rty street, that our
people may witness their removal.
TIDE PECULIARITIES OF PEKIN.—The news
of the capture of Pekin by the allies imparts
additional interest to the peculiarities of
that city. A letter from the seat of war in
the Muniteur do 1' Armee states that Pekin
is built In the form of a polygon, its north
ern rortiun offering a parallelogram, and
its southern portion a square. It is sur
rounded by a turreted wall, with towers
at short intervals: outside of this 'trail is a
deep ditch, and beyond this enclosure a cir
clo of ..üburbs, as densely pewled, as busy
and as compact as is Pekin itself. The cap
ital of China consists, in fact, of two cities,
the North, or Imperial City, and the South
City. The former is called the City of Tar
tars; the latter the City of the Chinese.
They are separated by a turreted wall, and
communicate only by three gates, of which
the middle one is reserved exclusively for
the Emperor. The Tartar City contains the
Palace of the "Son of heaven," (the Em
peror,) a mass of buildings of every size and
shape, pavilions, pagodas and gardens,
equally extensive and indescribable, which,
it is said, takes a month to go once over.
The population of Pekin and its suburbs
exceeds two millions. Sixteen gates commu
nicate L.etween the suburbs and the two cities
within the walls; on either side of each
gate is a party of soldiers, who act as police
men. The principal streets, esptchtly in
the northern :portion, are wide and hand
some, but the greater part of both the towns
consist of narrow, dirty, crowded lanes, ren
dered yet more disagreeable by the numer
ous hucksters, traders end cookshops estab
lished on the narrow pavements.
Toe Chinese are fund of roree-ebows, and
Pekin contains tunny exhibitions of puppets,
learned rninsals. dancers and conjurors,
giving tho town the aspect of an immense
fair. It also contains numerous pagodas
built of porcelain, painted in the gaudiest
colors, and surmounted by pointed roofs.
As for the carriage. of the Pekin grandees,
they are described as resembling "boxes of
soap set upon wheels," and drawn by oxen
harnessed in the roughest possible fashion.
Pekin contains nothing analagons to the
handsome public buildings which adorn the
capitals of Europe. Even the imperial pal
-1 ace shows no attempt at architectural design,
and is, like nll Chinese erections, n mere
shapeless agglomeration of walls and roofs.
Sexanixr.—A north light is cold, search
ing and unsentimental, aibd tries both com
plexion and the heart; it reveals gray hairs,
and the first faint foot-prints of the bird of
ill-omen in the corners of the eyes with ap
palling distinctness. The flowers on the
carpet are duller, for it has not a tint to
lend; except the light of early morning,
nothing is less complimentary than a north
ern morning. Bat a room that the sun is
not permitted to look into at all, should be
without a door, it is unfit for human occu
pancy. Even the flowers will grow pale and
he frightened to death in it. The primary
object of a window is not for the sons of
mon to look out, but for the sun to look in.
Pleasant sunshine not only brightens a
man's buttons, but his heart; it makes his
spirit as cheerful as the landscape. Ile
cannot live and be happy—lie cannot be
happy without it. White is not beauty,
any more than a melancholy blue is the
"color of virtue," and yet the insane dodg
ing of the sun has its origin in some such
optical delusion. We catch school girls eat
ing chalk and drinking vinegar to render
themselves pale and interesting. Next to
an inky akin they dread a rich brown cheek,
and a brow that the sun has pressed as pure
a kiss upon as the melodious lips of Israel
could give. More windows in the sunny
side of our dwelling; more living in the
open air; less fear of an unclouded and par
asolless sun, and more bold free exercise,
would kindle a true, country milkmaid glow
upon cheeks as chalky as the cliffs of Dover,
and let a little sunshine into the shady cor
ners of many a heart. Light, daylight, was
not made merely to see by and warm by,
but to grow bright and glad in; and that
beam of n clear autumn morning has failed
to reach its destination that has not shone
into the spirit,.rynd burnished the thought as
it has brightened the eve.
STAR:MT/1 AND FEROCITY or TOE AFRICAN
Gourrxes.—Dr. Du Chaillu is probably the
first and only white man who has dared to
wage war with gorillas. The apes of Bor
neo and Sumatra are infants in comparison
with them. The far-famed chimpanzee is a
great docile creature, which can never be
named in the same day with the gigantic
savage of Central Africa. Think of itl The
Gorilla is six feet two inches in height, and
three feet between the shoulder blades.—
The paw is that of a giant, three times the
size of the human hand. The finger mea
sures six inches in circumference at the
base. There is an immense ridge running
perpendicular over the cranium; this and
the great jaws are packed with muscles of
prodigious strength. The creature has
large arms, altogether disproportioned to
the body. It is covered with black hair,
and has a matted lock on his head, which it
has the power of bringing over its face. It
has almost the sagacity of a man and almost
the ferocity of a fiend. The male is terribly
pugnacious; the female always flies. When
they make their attack they heat their
breasts with their fists, making a sound
which can be !laird a mile. Their cry.
which has a terrific resemblance to a human
voice, can be heard three miles amid the
reverberation of the hills.
As they approach their adversary they
endeavor to intimidate him. One would
think this was easily done. That fearful
sound, those frantic eyes, glaring with 0.8
intelligence and malignity of a demon, were
enough to shake nerves not easily disturbed
from their equipoise. Our hero lost five or
six men in these strange engagements.—
Think of the tremendous strength that with
one blow of the arm could crush the ribs
like pipe stems, and tear out a piece of the
side; and that with a single movement of
the jaw could crush the barrel of a gun as
if it had been a stick of candy! Another
fact: There arc no lions in the beat of the
gori I la.
CHINESE VIEWS OF DEATIL—There is noth
ing in the Chinese character more striking
thnn the apathy with which they undergo
affliction, or the resignation with which
they bear them.—There is so much elasti
city in their disposition, that the most op
posite changes in their condition produce
but little effect. • A coolie can admirably
ape the dignity of the mandarin when pro
moted, and a disgraced official or ruined
merchant who formerly hed lived in luxury,
appears little to regret the change he has
undergone. Th 3 ro is no fear of death
amongst them, though they have a charac
ter for cowardice. It is true they have the
relics of the dead constantly before their
eyes. The country is covered with graves,
and in many places about Shanghai the cof
fins are openly exposed in the fields. They
aro even kept in the houses until a propi
tious day arrives for the burial, months
passing by sometimes before the body is re
moved. When the coffin is decayed, the
bones are carefully gathered; and in a coun
try walk one very often comes upon jars
containing "potted ancestors."—homey is
eared for the purchase of a coffin, and it is
put by till ready for use. The first time I
saw this was in a little cottage near Shang.
hai. There was an old cobwebbed coffin in
the corner. I asked a young lad why it was
there. Ile quietly pointed with his thumb
over his shoulder to his grandmother, stand
ing Close by, and said it was fur her! She
was very old, and was nearly wearing out
the coffin before she was put into it.
At funerals fetnales are hired to do the
"inconsolable grief" parts of the perform
once. It seems very ridiculous that such
customs should be kept up when it is known
by everybody that the mourners howl for
hire. They certainly work hard for their
money, aad their piteous moans would be
heart-rending if they were real.—Twelre
Years in China, I a British Resident.
EXERGY.-Su great is the effect of mere
energy as the predominating quality in a
character, that indifferent plans pressed with
resolute vigor often reach a triumphant suc
cess; while far superior designs, if carriol
out in a common spirit, fail altogether or
fall short of the expectations formed of tlt em.
In common life, though determined pushing
often succeeds, it sometimes fails from the
distaste it causes. In great affairs, where
t is not favor, but apprehension or contest
that induces success, the otiFgy which
threatens or forces mostly gets the best of
the business. The preseni time furnishes a
remarkable instance of this, for, except the
battles of the Italian campaigns, the sue
ceeses of Lmis Napoleon have been chiefly
gained by a determination to attain them
A still m tre remarkable instance is that of
Garibaldi, whose wonderful energy has just
effects 1 results unparalleled in history: for
though revolutions as startling mty hive
taken pilule, the means have been more ob
vitals, and success less entirely owing to a
s;ngle man. Energy indeed is not the only
quality of this wonderful hero; for all his
qualities are wonderful, especialy his simple
magnanimity and childlike faith. But it
is energy, and the gift of infusing energy
into others, that most conduces to G aribaidi 's
success.—F,ctzer's Ingazitae.
A WIDDER'S GRlEF.—"Artemus Ward"
remarks that "There is something indes crib
ably beautiful in the true wife's devotion to
her husband. There is something very
awful in her grief when death takes him
away. 'Leaves have their time to fall,' but
death comes irregularly and relentlessly.—
We recently heard a most touching instance
of the resignation of an affectionate woman,
at the funeral of her husband. Though she
had adored him, she did not repine at this
dark hour. Looking at the remains of her
loved and lost husband fur the last time,
she put on her bonnet and thus spoke to the
gentlemen whose sad duty it was to officiate
as pall-bearers:—•You pall-bearers, just go
into the buttery and get some rum, and
we'll start this man alone "
Tif9,..Washington Irving chanced to be
caught one day in a thunder storm with a
rustic neighbor, who refused to join him un
der the shelter of a tree, and gave it as a
reason that his father was killed by light
uiag. "4h," said Irving. "it runs in the
runily, then?"
Cloon.—The Hon. Dlr. Vinton 'once said
the threat of secession reminded him of a
man in Dania who fastened an old scow to
the stern of a steamer, to be towed np the
lake. After the bout had got under way
her wheels threw . water into the scow, and
she was in danger of sinking. The owner
cried out to the captain, "Hold on there! If
you don't stop throwing water into this scow,
I'll make you." "Well," said the captain.
"what will you do?" "Do!" shouted the
enraged man, "I'll cut the rope, and let
your old steamboat go to thunder."—Tri
bane.
Tar FALL or PEKIN..-A few lines of tel
egraphic news, brought by the Persia, nar
rate one of the greatest events of modern
history. The proud capital of the Chinese.
Empire, the city of Pekin, has been captured
by a small force of British and French.
troops; the Emperor's summer palace has
been sacked and immense spoils secured,
and the Emperor himself is reported to beve
lled to Tartary.
CAREFUL OLD LADY.-"Ill put this b:t or
smoked glass away, my dear, fur it'll come.
in useful when there's another elelipse!"
Columbia Lumber Market
Panel Boards and Plank, W. Pine,. $35.00,
jet Comm. ~. ii II 30.00.
2nd ~ " 6, 18.00,
Culling ,r CI 12.50 a 13.00.
Inferior ~ 1, • " . • 9.00
Bill Scantling, 6, 15.00.
Joists and Scantling, Hemlock $9 a 10.00
Boards, ... 9 a 10.1 0.
Bin Scantling, • sr '• 12.00.
Ash Plank, 20.00 a 25.00.
Siding, $l2 a 15.00
Long Shingles, 9 a 16.00,
Cypress ~ 10.00.
Plastering Lath, 2.25 a 2.0.
Arrival and Departure of Trains.
PEN NSYSYLVAN IA ttAl LIZOAD.
Eastward
Marietta Accommodation arrives, 8.20 A. Ml
Lancaster Train leaves ' 8.20 '
Harrisburg I,
Mail,
Emigrant,
West u'a rd
Emigrant arrives
Mail leaves
Hairisburg .; leaves
Lancaster Train an Ives
Cl=sl
A RAMIS. LEAVES.
Morning Train, 6.30 A. M. 6.55 A. M.
Noon ic 12.15 P. M. 12.30 P. M..
Evening " 5.00 . 4 6.10
COUGHS AND COLDS!
Arc always dittagrenble. often dangerous.—A few rep.
Clilloll, nod bronchitis or co...mammon may be the Je-
Kali But you me) cure them plea-stilly, promptly,
and permanently. flumplirm's Ilorricenpuilsie Cough,
or Cough and Fever Pills. always do the work. _I on
need only in ke the plea-nut sugar pins. awl your
cough is gone, stud cold cured. us by miclinnement
Single Ito Ws with direciions, 25 cent.; six boxes, SI.
N. full ..et of Dump' rep. , florneoputhic pe
emet., with Rook of Directions. and twenty dill!. cot
Remedies, in large vials, morocco cuse.Ss; do. is aim
cat-e. 81; cute oi fifteen boxes, end book, $2.
These Remedies, by the single box or case, ore • ent
by 'I or express, free of charge, to any nddre-, on
receipt of the pace Address
Da. F. RUNIPIIREYS & CO ;
N 0.562 lirnadwily. N. York.
A. Al. RANII3O, o.ld Fellows 11511, Agent ;or Co
lumbus.
Dce.1.5,'60 lm
IE - rr" Remember. Simmons or Scrofulnit , all, ection
are the curse, the blight of mankind. They arc vile
and filthy as well as fatal They ante front impurity
113111 contamimolon of ilse blood, and are to be men tall
around us. everywhere Thou.:Hack daily err con -
-iguird to the grave frotn the direful effects of this lib
ellee. flui why trifle any longer,when the refitedt as
at band? Dr. Limbers Wood Seratcher—the only O
ft.' anal preparation now before the penp'e,'thnt &W.
its work mildly and safely. It does not dose the lathe
supetficially, while
..Foul corruption milling allwi
Infects UtIIACCII."
But Purges the Sratiire System of all Impure Mutter, In
vigorates the Hotly, and leaves the taffiteted in the Vll
joyment of Good Deaths. To convince the skeptical ,
of its healthy edema, try but One bottle. said be eon
winced. Sold by all the Drilggists in this place. and
dealers throughout the country. ['Coy. 24. 130.-liti.
POND'SEXTR ACT OF - 117AM AAI ELIS, OR
PAIN DESTROYER,
In one of the few domestic remedies whielt have come
into genetal tem nod favor. without puffing. It is the
product of u simply shrub. harmless i u all canes, and us
domestic remedv unequalled. For Burns, Ctn..
HI WPC.. Idonene-s, Sprains. Itheumaibm,
ltoils. Ulcers. Old Sores and Wounds, it has not nu
equal. It is u-ed, oath great - s eers. for Tooth
ache. Iferathwltc, Neoralgut, tisre Throe'. Colic, than
dire.. Boar-cites-. and other similar troublesome and
mound affection., while it promptly arrest. alb Hem
orrlisigeg. Hundred- of ph)sitnatis use I: daily In their
pructwe, nod give it their unqualified recommend.
11412. Sold by our • 2111 d dralri n. anal by
F. HUMPHREY'S & CO ,56-2 &roadway.
Sole Proprietors nsal slnauftacia ter..
117 A. M. 11/0.180, Odd Fellows , Hall. Agent for IN,
lutittnu. [May 111, let&
~~a'T~4~~i-z}z~~~~~
Lt Munetio, on Chri-tmar, day. by the Rev. 0 M.
Clawee4.3,lll WILT. Alt Kum:, to MISS Loose HERALD,
both of Kn•t Doeetta..
•
(bi 'fie Ittod Dee 18G0 by J. II Mver, WILLIAM
Roueate to .Aoce u'l Columbi.J.
CON TINENTAL SALOON.
A T th- Continental. corner Front and Loeu..d Ste..
A Dirt' COFFEE. TEA, Dreier! , in good style. and
gencritl refreshments ure nerved up is any hour, duy
or night. The be-I Lager solways fresh.
Coin. Dee. '29, IMO.. 1511RiS lAN & FLANNERY.
NOTION.
T1.T.,./,'..nan",,t,trannn,.(sl"J:mb„-.4,1.Th,': the Co.
obeli. [Ave mu Altuiday. Jattlualy 14.1861, belt•eeu the
hour+ 01 00e 011 d Ihrre ti t lurk I . M. (or the ourpo+e
,•t riveting clue Prenideut awl nix Multegrro. In nerve
the ennutug year. T. R. •A11.1.1X.K.
C 01.,. D.•c.211. 1e604l tfecretary•.
4Q, (Da Lizr. Raa
4C)7i•
EXCELSIOR SACRED MUSIC,
FUR THE BENEFIT OF THE
•
HOLY TRINITY CH URCIN
OF COLUMBIA, PA.,
will be given to Odd Fellows' Hall, on New Vear's
evening. Tile Choirs of the LoilllC.l.vier and York
clauri lies will wisest.
Doors Nan. at (11 o'clock—Concert to commune at
o'clock. 'ticket, 2.3 cents Pee. 29. 1260 It
1117C1CWILIELT FLOUR.
100 zeckt 1
ver I :7 l 7 , e . B . u . e t t r li t ta . t r, P w loar c h h a b . juid: f ee s been
I.le. knlreot Market pricac
dl.o. a large quantity of first-rate
APPLES OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES,
all grafted fruit. For rule by the barrel, bushel,oi
runtoler inea-ure.
OYSTERS! OYSTERS!
y Fiero by the quart or in the shell, lean he furnished,
at all tioneo. S.ll. LOCKARU.
Co a. Pre. 20.18604 Bellevue Howe.
FRESH ARRIVACOF NEW GOODS
Cheaper than Ever.
'.JAL IVY & CASE have just added to their already
ill. heavy stock of goods, a large and foil astionment
of Dry Goods. Fancy Goods. Notions, Clothing, Hoot..
and :Moen, Groccries, k¢« Ike., which were bought at
greatly reduced rate-, camped by the presem panic. mod
will hr sold •l prices to suit the times. It you want
bargains buy your goods at the Cheap Store of
Dec. 20, InGO. MALTBY & CAW,.
CB. liallby's Baltimore Oysters is Dig;
t and half Lana, for sale by
Cola. Dee. D), 1...160. AIALTBY & DASD,
WRAPPING PAPER!
JUST received, 100 Rennet of Wrapping Pain% a t
&icte er Beam. J. RUMPLE & dOld.
Cola. Dec. 29, IE6O. Locnet pave!.
POR. alipllrle OR SAR.II:I
AThree-story Brick Itiuse in Walnut street
with all modern comforts and conveniences—side
yard, deep lot and good stable
Two lots in Walnut street, 24 feel front by over 200
feet in depth.
One large ore wagon and bed. and two small wagons
for Palo. APPIT to ROWERT HAMILTON.
Cola Pee. :1,1, 1:20 rato
2.40
G. 42 0
11.00
1.50 A. M.,
11.57 ,‘
6.10 .‘
8.'20 .c