nn lri.b trrinnd in Pailade phis Ariiriti tre
_; i ll likjer.,--e. gtllrta member nf' .the
proprimc.r 4.f n tirot-rute
J4trqr , t —a hnsols'lnae.
WI , I,ig ' ' lu,ar 11:1 t.t ITR
'!ILe 1111:11te, I .‘ 31..3•.r
frloi•Zt ).Park' ~f rv!littg:tneol , ito-.
..t,tl a silos:ail:lA ago ive fekte
fonciAlfia . , tale AI WP Win gittl u.s itenr nR
trams:
• --Yon mint know .it rf the pe
••olinriti Pi at he Jr - psti tharl when two them
,„et 1,. qnarreiling, ell who troy i.e pre-ent
:thine:barely join in, and thee gel up 'a hie,.
,lot ..l• it rokt' s.n the Shortest hie notice
emu. ~f this kind ocencr.l doter...b. tea Iwo
stZeic. In one of the little streets running
trawl liroad, lives nu Irish family tatbet
,lemarl.ntile for their n arilke propm4lllo.,
daughter rind sale, hot:: grown tia. got
to qourrening,, ireakfine, a id the
dieghte,r threw a cep or Golfe in,tbe brother* ,
:Lc retorted with the nearest missile
s tt hand The mother took the side of tit
:au:later, and the father of the sun, and it
et moment the fun--like that of Torn 0 'Shen
.rer's wite.c4 —lmeatee 'fait end rut io tt .,,•—
The neighbor., Irish generally:. bearing
the rote, rushed to the door, 1... t. 'lid not at
tuutpt to Ater) the fight, and in a..few ;violent. t,
the rnte.t3 ealmie.tted fiythe falter crabbing;
'ids wife with r carving knife. Be thi,
time the poliec came and arrested the wh o le
party, including, one innocent, ignorant ho g
tnrtter,sh., hull loot ':doily , tending it
tliedoerl. king or, in ..pen.mno tiled wonder.
ILis ;wrest frightened hint teribly, and lb,
us •t rutce of the olli.ters that they only wan
leg bite for a witness, r .old not remove hi
agitation. The n little party was taken t,
the ~t11,7e uf.tn altlertean, nu, the 0 . 1 4 r, wo „
brought up for bearing. ti IJ.
to.the tv.itec“:
•'1:;11n.t is your name:.
Dt1,2r,C.11. ytilllloll.T.'.
Burner. tell what v.,lt 4,11,m alp.iit
I 11..•,••tie,
w;11, ye' Insirn" 1 ra
t ikin' hite ith the taild
%voinan, yer intnr--wheti 1 heard aditil at
ror. ut cc :it Tim's.. rill I the , I()1 , r,
1411.4: there I oatv the clan:4llre r her the bru
tier by the hair hoa 1. and the bro
ther .traq a sl a her win! r. !iv broad
ti ben the mother Siio interfere I, and the
ALI man gate her e tir;pe WIT4i 1:414 , rolT.••pot
knockin' her hat!: from the tithle: when she
grasped lieut.! of the skillet nit' broke it
, •ter Lig heat:. and the oultl man then grab
;Nil the ent rip' knit ; ,irom the thietile nn'
tuck her le the stummilittl: --tin' nll I
know abottt if yer honer."
"14111 you swear 1') all ihiv, 1 'racy?"
Lt./Led the alderman.
"Sure, I v.ill,sur. I•Vliat shall I swear,
sure?"
kisa t:zo Look —tha that i
hz, only kin:: swearing ar .iermit here."
:',,knd is I.Lislbe good hook I must kiss?
I':1 do that same, sure; hut WOlll4 yer hum
jilt untie that bit of string. tlt .t I may sec
if it is the good hnok, ind.eler•
,“That hardly necessdry." replied the
alderman, "I give yuu nty.svord that that
bistk is the bible, and that might to satisfy
yeti, I think."
"Stile, it does. Sur; but I'4 be better
satisfied if I saw it aid in tas eyes fur
vier."
"Wetl..stun.l pro.ont, until
ace r.re v.l;:tt ~thcr lin%c t.•
Barney se.t: en the heneh, and .he
e t•e rtigreS.i.e4l I t \Val`
;...:ear that the W..111:III 1110 Leer St:LI/110 , i in
TOW, lila 111.11 e 11101.. WitIICASeS FW.Are thal
they saw he: stubbed, exeel.t. Barney. II1•
its, therefdre, ag.tha ,'tilled nip by 11. alder
EMI!
"Barney Dupit, yott swtar
that }nu sae. the• priloner .441, 14e wentan
in the &acne?"
•Nair"
`'Vnii swear yo,:: 53w dig r,risrnier suit
tae won:snit; :1:r.• fracas!" repeated tlo sl
Jarman
"NO. - Fur; 1 didn ' t Say t/I :It at ver I
honor."
"Why. you moment ttnly said
it, but sworn to it. 1%111 : oitt ropts.it :tow
.y11.1.t you did Feel—
"Vev, sur, I mill. I eats Tim. there,
etab the ould %rtnnan Ind a cart in - -knife i n
the Ntumiek. but (Evil the bit . did I s .e
ofril) her in the trisea ,, , ver hewn:"
"This explanation 'tlp.et the gravity of
the court,' and it w•as some moments before
the alderman could control his nerveN sufft
:C Lind Barony rarer to appear at court
as a witness part of the procceling.
which compictply.o.7,ustcti tl, curt green
Erin."
Mar Som e sears ago, at a time %%belt
there wit.; a triangt,dar contest in progress
between the whig.. old line dem .erat., and
"fire-e4ters,," it try. tmnomvre I that the
Lite John Morriset, norrre, would ad
dre..s the people id that mstiloty in bebalf of
the whig... Chancel; ir miss Sent up
from loiile to meet hint. ac reprommta tire
~f the Southern Rights pi:tr. chaii•
cellar wore attar, t. 1.14 Panta luoto then
not a prevalent fsrhion in Monroe , and
having a habit of putting his handy behind
him., when spealiitir and lifting the
sr his coat. he displayed .1 larg new br.”
tockle that factenrd hiv srolistlostit
orriactt, temarl,cd. in lois own
mectiZar and inimitable vein, that tie p e r,.
plc of NI-Innis did not - need to rev-i% e rrs
I Lien.] instruction frain „f
fronnt gentleman vroce er
hip boot•, find :orsoystpin n the -rot i.f hi
breerbP4
par-They atts tem- i lig frau
rover. Tc.tt ehno.tt. hoscel•t.7. get the same
at:Lici t ; out ft:: same
CM=
lerlle milt; tries on i:;.; tiir,t ran- of
Ekrte•, preienu4 to the iiitbrie eye .‘ rtrange
I)iir...c.,dirig.: . 'of Fall and Winter.
cnuple mil
nn, sere m,eicted recently
. fur throwing
I.uckets of 4..2r ow.ejtch
sal-When tluz?
Whau it is a ennion 104.141,
Clic Calttafitia
CO Lir-N18T.%. I
SATU-10 .daN.
ge- , Sre Abt r.rrizyns.r4 or A. M.
04 , E 11.L1.1. n T..-11
GEE
e . ..7'.,c Feratrieh .S; .Erna' adv.. rtisement iu
to-day's paper. Theirs is :ht largrzt IS - holesalt
•Ind R. toil Tolman, &gar a nd Nnnff Manufac
tory in the State.
%Er We'are rerpte.ted - by nor carrier t.
room hia .inee.re thank. for the
manner in Atli - n.ll hia Annual ha•
liven reeeivel by the patron• of the ,tipy.
11.,v.—Yesterthiy, the X:01011111 Fat'
I ony ;appointed I,v )1r: B1101:I
4enernily ole.erved is t'..lll4lbia. by a PUS
pen,ion of business amt seniee
,at the vrit
i,m.A Chtvreltes.
I:ut. ' rott ACC11)11.-1;PIIC f , f,c4n . eiti2OTW
Nlr. •latnes Mosp. a 3ti.,44natt nn the Pennsyl
,atnia ihtilrnna, jhad one of the fingers u
he left hand taken of and two others se
rerely crushed nn Tuesday last, while in th•
act of coupling freigl t ears near Lancaster
•le wits taken to the office of Dr. J. L. It
ler, ten., who attended to the injuries.
lotioty. 11:vrot:Nos.—It will be see,
on advertisement in to day's Spy .ha
he Ilope Lodge Er ?tying.; 1.611 eomntence
.ext Friday :iveoing, in 0,1 , l Fellows' Hol;
I'he entarse trill comprise ten sneeessiv,
veekly lecturest, Abe opening one of whirl
vill be delivered by 11 , ,0. Thos. E. Coehrot
A u dito r t etioral of leen nsyli anis. Subject
I' he True Conservative Power in a Fre
. 4.ate. No doubt the address will be a,
,blo and interesting one. (Wier popula:
eetur.:rs will follow. nod io,,lttly announced
We are glad that the popular entertain
Item, of last winter air! to be renew ed,—
['hey will doubtle- Lc receit e•l trith it -
teased favor
Purcv 1)1 , oh—On Thursday morniup
'list an old couple, Joseph and Eli/Abet)
were found dead in their bead, a
heir residence in this place. They ha ,
been Lae at rhureh The previous evening
ind to this Girt the family attributed Owl
inn appearance at the usual hour in th
morning. Ott calling them, later, they wee•
alteady mentioned, dead. A
joint , Jf the stove pipe was found loose an ,
.he did people lea I evidently met their sad
!earth from inhaling the escaping gas.
A jury of ingur.,t, was summoned
Deputy ('u:•uner Hunter, and a verdict ren
lered in accordance with the abo‘c facts.
THE MILITARY Mn:' my:l.—The proceed
ings of a meeting, of citizens called fur 111 ,
purpose of organizing a Military Company
n•ill he found elsewhere, It was a spirite.
affair, and will end, we hope, in the organ
ization of a creditable Volunteer Compan
in Columbia. Whilst agreeing with th ,
sentiments of the meeting in app t•
•ecession and devotion to the country, w,
are not alive to the necessity of the pre-en•
organization of the militia of our State fat
salve service. We bare always considered
the military ardor and parade of separate
Southern States rue ritiiculoo , , and should
he sorry to see .our staid Comm to weabh
imitate their example of fuss and feathers.
Should the present utth;ppy difficulties fail
to be adjusted penecably, the e:West with the
itit alt•y will, we are glad to believe now.
since Mr Buell:man is listening ttt ‘V:NCI
o mnsels than tho.ic of traitoron , seonssion
ists, he with the C , eneral 6.m - ornament, at.t3
not with sister States, If volunteers be
called for they will spring up by thousand..
tad Columbia will send her full share, we
do not doubt. We do not believe that tin
necessity will arise. Setting aside, how
ever, the question of oollision between our.
ethos and the South, we are glad to see at ,
effort, NO apparently sueees;ful„ to ,argani4.
a volunteer company in our town. We need
•a good comyany, ;tut] have ample material
fur it. We trust the ardor may not die out
with the prespnt excitement, but be bus
handed into a steady military spit it whirl
-hall re , it the old hors ,•.f sit:; e n soldier%
in out• borough
Com )ittr) l'int ‘N BIT
Ball given b the Fire ctantetny
on New 1 ear'', Ens Iva. a en:111)4,1;e and de
•erred tit/et:es, The Hall wos crowde,
with dancers, and the enj..ytnent wa , gem
eral. wag the largest party held in
in the 11411 f,r malty years. We are glati
to learn that after pa3ing expen.ei hand
some imlunee 'remained to the Company.—
The bnys are unremitting, in their endeav nr.
to procure a hew engine, and what is mare.
are , 14terniineil to have one--a stparner at
that: A Stearn Vire Engine, i. what the
town need=.- floc light enough to be hauled
by hand mill be suflimently effectise, and
can be procured .it a eost little greater tha,
that of a first clan hand engine. Then .1111
means of arresting a conflagration trill bl
in prnpoiti.en danger our town Ire-
Auently . run-. filen , is much perishable
prOperly w tl.ia oar boraugh limit., and tins
citizens ...taii.,t I.r•tt..r insure titcn.elve%
• its ts.true,ien than by a liberal con.
tribution t0w„..tr.1.1 ;he pureleoe of the ina
elite rlosired by the t'
" TY! R.Qtt9r - Gll.-- The
of Ow he.t.itrer of the Borough. with the
an ompa+t}' inp st4ter,..jcnts the Finance
*tnniittee of C!nvit-ji, jnst printed, PilOWt.
the Borough to be in a ctrst rate fiu.tnehal
The , reeeir,,ts end e . :;penditures
f or 1 , •:t• j i) fnnt up with a balani-e
in the Tre,t‘try the sum
expended * . -1.1'.*.27, was paid on orders issued
during /S 1 11 ); '; , ; (.. .5.5t0 fur repairs of streets,
„w r y., tc ., and $1,::`2:1,001 in reducing the
debt f the buniugh. This is pretty ire))
for one year.
The liabilities of the borough are $2.457-
27, and the assets $1,132 S. We way con
gr,atulatc ourselves that the borough will
soon be out of debt, and we hope that our
present Affieient „Council, to which much
credit ja due for the Wanner in which the
affairs of ,t,La borough have been managed
for the,paat year. will speedily relieve tie 4 f
part •.f our on,c7vus lases.
Fier. At tdoesrvitax..—On last Saturday
night. at about half past ten ci.chaFk, our
-itizens were alarmed by the taprfing of the
• towmtbell for lite. A light was visible in
the east, and it was evident that some pro
pertly in the neighboring country was being
burned. The engines -were brought out
end hauled to the he:id of town, where it
was ascertained that, the fire was too distant
Or hope of stireor. The Columbia hose
towever, which bad started in advance,
lantintied out the Loneaster turnpike, re
solved to reach the scene of conflagration:-
['hey were met some distance from town by
1t mounted messenger, oho announced that
the fire was in Mountville, and the town in
imminent danget. The messenger came on
o Columbia for the
.engines, but by the
-ime of his arrival the light had so dimin
sked as to warrant the belief that the dan
t'er was over, and the engines were not
:alters farther. The !floe Carriage was
lrawn to Monptrille by -the indefatigable
mys. They found the J.larn of Mr. Jacob
Mill burned to the ground. Other property
vas in danger, but through the exertions of
he inhabitants, the fire was prevented from
prcading,. Our firemen were enthusiasti
c Illy re..eived and hospitably entertained
tfter their long rem, and on I : aaving, a lib
nal contribution towards the purchase of
heir new engine was handed them by the
iitizens of Mountville, grateful for the good
c ill sh o wn, although no aid had lit en given.
Cite farmers of our neighborhood could not
to better than tc contribute inwards the
:mrchase of a .teatner by our firemen, as it
night be the assail; of doing g soil service in
cases similar to that of Saturday night.
„fad the wind been high then, .Mountrifle
.night h tee been laid in ashes. A pair of
lorses would drag an engine to tiny poin
.within five miles of town quickly eatou , ,r_ti to
:envier efficient aid.
k'ilir.
• i, .
1 Si, I
The fire in Mountville is believed to have
aeon the war% of au incendiary. IV° un
,evitand a inan L-as seen running from the
own jiiq before the alarm was given. We
earn also th it the same night, just after the
ire at Mountville was extinguished, at) ef
ort we made to fire the dwelling, of Mr.
Joseph Detwiler. whose barn was burned
ib int a week since.. The incendiary was
,een running towards Chestnut UM, by
ierson: wii fortunately discovered the fire.
kindled in a pile of :Shingles under a pereli.l
wd extingubdir 1 it before it lia 1 gained
wail way. The rountry is tern mu di ex
die I, and it will n it be well for Ili , vira'n
f he is caught.
MEETING TU ORG I X12:1: /1./7.11:1* CoU
..AXY.-17.1 answer to a call, n on Mon
lay, a fleeting or cit zees, irreinceti-o of
, arty, vas hell in the Town Ilall, on Wed
iesdny ercning„ 2...1 inst., for the purposo of
.rganizing a military c nupany, with a view
,0 readincsi for service in ca‘c of call by
the country.
Thomas Welsh, Esq., ma , s called to the
:hair, and A. Bruner, Jr., appointed Seere
tars. The President stated the object of
the meeting. Mr. Thus. Collins observed that
telegraphic dispatch had been rtyeired at
liarrisburg from Washington, requesting
hat no steps might be taken by the Logis
latnri, towards arming the State, as yet, and
he thought any movement of the people of
the State contemplating military organiza
tion injudicious at present,
The President and J. W. Fisher, Esq., ad
tressed the meeting, denouncing secession
mot declaring their devotion to, and readi
ness to defend the Polon. They considered
the liresent the proper timit far the fan/1-
tlOll of a V.oluntea: C unpany in our town.
The following resalutioms °Mire] by J.
W. Fisher, E , were Illattitumvdy adopted:
/?osseived. That we regent the Union of
•he mates of tido Republic no the greatest
blessing which Providence has bestowed
upon any Government; that under the folds
of the American flag this Government has
risen from a state of colonial weakness, to
he the greatest nation on the face of the
t lobe; and that the ctatn plot of our growth
old strenth is a beacon fight to guide the
people oof the Old World in struggle to
shake off the tyrannies under v.-Lich they
nave for many veers been groaning.
Ite.mired. Thnt we will mist tamely stAmit
to gef• 6110 slat' one stripe stricken from
our Country's flag. but that we v i,tt all
hoes hold omrsetres in re t•litte4+ to respond
-o the call oof the Government. in the proton
-6141 t)I tht, CoMtifgti , ll) awl lam 4. ja.tgl t he
11.11. , kd iluXlll'
die ;;lour
.11s 1'46 it• 4,1 the
IRO
;:1e.1,•,;.• inclntier,liip in a v..lunteer
t wai then dr.o.vit
..p, an.l i n^i I.v firty tiny
Ille• •
After the a li•otrealeiit ni,iting, a
4.Llute of 33 ger); w.ts fire 1 iq h,nar of the
illant Ander., in. The piece it.o 1 1V.19
one c.tct by 31 J,tr- , . sitpplee..o the C dent.
hitt :%lanufit ere rieg C , ntp, v S'vp,
"- - - ' land 'acre the only Siuthern members voting
1--; "" . '"° 31 r"-vtz• hoar for the proposition. The Territory of New
hut one opinion expre•sed of the last annual t m ex : eo which it thus prop )4 e.l t) admit as
Nlessa,ge of Gover no r pa c ke r , r e ad in the a State and so to settle the territor al roes
[louse of Representatives on last Wedne-tility tion, iv b tunic] North by Ctah and the.
It is everyn here eelumended for its clear. Kansas Territories, South by Texas and
ness, its firmness, its moderati o n, anti its Mexico, E Ist by Kansas and the Indian
maniy indepewtenee. Governor Packer Territorie•, and West by California.
will retire trim office aid: the respect of all Mteetiar, 21st.--In the Senate, Mr. reit
parties. Ile has been one of the best t;oo- tendon gave notice of his resolution for re
ernors our i' , initioatrealth hits ever ferring his plan of Compromise to a direct
We gi%e below a brief ;distract of the vote or the people, and it was made the spe-
Message. cial order for Wednesday. Senator D mglas
floc Governor refers with satisfaction to also has the floor for that day. an I will give
the financial c of use State, his views upon the crisis. Senator Re*-
: luolte forward to the estinetion of the State min en M nolay, made an argument on the
Icbt at a time not far distant as a fised right of seeesvimi, declared distmion itievita
fact. De refers to the suit now pending be- hie, and re-affirme 1 his belief that peacea
, tween the State and the Pennsylvania secession was impossible. The close
of
road Cumpany, and anticipates its certain la., speech wits followe t by mingled rip
, decision iu favor of the Commonwealth. Ile Otiose and hisses from the gallerint, which
recommends that sufficient relief be granted were finally eleare I by order of the Vice
to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad to insure President. The !louse spent the day in
its etinipletion. The educational interests quarrelling, over revolutions of inquiry as to
of the State are recommendgti to the partic- • the Charleston Forts and what measures the
ular care of the Legislature. He believes President had taken to garrison them.—
the Free yanking 'System, although net yet During the confusion, a resoluti in proposed
full:- inaugurated, suited tnl.lle. wants of the by Mr. Pryor, declaring the coercion of a
State, and an LoPr°voment on the old Ip r. ' State to be impracticable an I subversive of
lie advises additinnal security fur the sus- republican liberty being under coincident
tody of the public funds. Ile recommends thin, an animated collerrir to ik place ba
the usual nppropriratitins to charitable and tvreen Mr. B irksiale: of Miss' tsippi, and
reformatory insitutionio Mr. MiClernand, of Illinois; bath - Demo
The (ii. nor nest considers tie alarm- orate, hut widely differing upon this sub•
ing condition of our domestic relations,_ jest. II .all !louses adjourned ever until
lie denounces .tf,,,e doctrine of secetrion. and Wednesday.
brands the net fts r,thor.m. net/ deciare• ,Can. t?.
emit it should he "t: rated as such, by those
chose sworn dory it isito maintain the $O
- of the4.7cnstitution rind laws of the
United States," 1 a mnsiders the avowed
rouses of the action of i;outh Caroline. and
denies the existenee of-any unconstitutional
.t.it
,upon the statute boob of our State.—
[in reviews the laws upon the subject of the
rendition of fagitive Slaves, advises the re
peal of any ..tet or Section which may lie
unfriendly to the South, and that the con
sent of the State he gi‘en to the transit and
brief residence of a slave accompanying his
master. tie advocates the doctrine of Pop
ular Sovereigaity,es the true basis of a set
tlement of the Territorial question, but is
willing to adopt any reasonable measure of
compromise. lie closes with an earnest
appeal for the Union.
Proceedings of Council
y—A Special Meeting of the To wn.Coun
cil was held December 28, 1860.
Members present,—Messrs. Bruner, Bran
emar, Ilershey, llippec, McChesney and
Watts.
In the absence of the - President, Mr. Watts
teas called to the Chair.
Minute 4 of last meeting were read and
approved.
Whole amount fd . Donlicate, $3.433 10
P.tid Treai. by Cu'lector
Eddy, $2,825 00
Paid in Council by de-
ducting from bilk 125 7,1
Paid 5 per cent. fur cut.
lcctinn, 155 41
F.loncration, 326 00
which was approved. of.
The Treasurer made the following report:
A mmut of money received fur
1860, $6,303 98
Amount of money paid out as per
vouchers, 6.1.20 45
Leasing a. balimee in tke 'treas
ury ”f
The nuance Committee reported that
they hod vttlol the tax duplicate of 1.559
with the Collector n, follow_:
fbe Finance Com mit tee subat tted
r..rnat of the -Financial condition of
the Borough np to thiA date.
The Finance Couneittee also submitted a
condensed report of the receipt; and expen
ditures of the li.mr ugh for lti4l. 11.)th re
ports were adopted, and 1111 motion SO copic.;
ordered to be, pr:toca with the Treaqurerq
=I
Me. 'honer offered the fulltAling resole•
tion.lvhich «•.t9 unanianotily adoptel.
IZeA)lved, That a vote oi thanks be ten
dered Mr. Peter Fraley. late Pr,!.ident of
Council. Etr , hi honorable and gentlemanly
deportment to the 11.entbers during the l.•t't
year.
On motion, Couneit. adjourned.
Attest: WM. V. I.t.m•n
Congress
Tio.:.spal, Dec. 27.—The proceedings of
Congress were not imp., , rtant. The Senate
delothad the bill fur the orgailization of the
Territory of Arizona. In the course of the
dcbatz, in which various 2,cnators partici
pated, :V.r. Ileoi.un in said that the secession
of Sag!: Carolina from the Union world be
officially announce„ en Monday next, when
the questiet: would await decision whether
that Sotto was to • be permitted to peveably
retire. The Senate adjourned over until
I Monday. The house proceeding's were un
important and it :Alcamo! early from the
want of a quorion.
Fair, ty, tith. ,ogress riot in session. ,
Tho Senate Cma:littee of thirteen have
ben unable to agree upon any proposition
of serdemont, and will report that fact to
the Senn'. They votel down the proposi
tions slomtitted by Sangho: bolozlas and
Bigler. The I 1 onsc :cleat ft , molit.tee
adopted. by a nearly onanimlllo vote, the
proposition to so amend the 0 nistitotion as
to prohibit C , ngressional interference with
slavery in the States where it exims.
S trUito tY, ch.—Congress not in session.
The II atsc C onwittee of thirty-three re
leete 1 Mr. dV,.!son's proposition, winch was
sobstantially that proposed in the Senate by
Mr. Crittenden, all the Republicans, with
Mr. Davis, of Maryland. voting ng.iiii3t 1..
Gn the announcement of this result 3.le:srs.
Taylor of r.ouisiona, Winslow of North Car
olina, ald 11,u.tun of Alabama, withdrew
from the t' mmittee. Mr. Adams, of Mao.
sachnsetts. l:•piflietn. tlom submitted a
propositi in that it was expedient that all of
Ne'N nt'..llo ) will be admitted a-, soon as
ray be as a State, on an equal footing with
tha original State:, (of course with slavery
if ,c1:0 an desires,) and that the Committee
Canoe to be proparel an enabling act fur
that purl; :se. The pr :position passel, ayes
13, nays 10. one third of the Committee be
ing either absent or not voting. nessrs.
Bristow of Kentucky and Davis of Mary-
rfia-gen;
bled, but the espeeted Message of the Pres
t ident was not reeeic-e.l. "In the Senate Mr.
Baker, of Oregon, made his first Senatorial
effort. His speech was s. defence of the Re
publican party and a replf to the secession
theories of Mr.- Benjamin, of Louisiana.
Scantor Davis offered resolutions directing
the ,President to withdraw the Federal
forces when desired by the Convention or
Legislature of any State, and also recogniz
ins the right ef States to keep troops and
ships of war.
The House was engaged r.ll day in a Par
liamentary etroggle over a resolution offered
by :\ Ir. Davis, of Indiana, on Monday last,
instructing the Judiciary Committee to in
quire and report if any legislation had be
come necessary in consequence of the seces
sion of South Carolina. Mr. Davis with
dreti the resolution under the decision of
the ppeaker that
,ite bad a right to do so
On this dicision - an itppeal was taken. A
struggle ensued to fight off the vote on this
appeal, and the House finally adjourned
with the understandin,g that the vote should
be ilriplittel Witilo% further obstruction
this morning.
Items of Domestio News
Vice ,President Breckenridge is said to
have
,prepared :In address to the B )rdcr
Slareholding States, proposing a C mrention
of delegates from those States to be held at
Baltimore in February next. The address
has already been signed by men of the
Senators and Representatives of these States.
The bids fur the new five million loan to
the United States upon treasury notes were
ope n ed at the Treasury Department on Fri
day, Dee. 28th. The whole amount of the
Inds was a little less than half the amount
of the loan, at rates of interest ranging from
thirty to six per cent, the average being
twelve per cent!
The citizens of Pittsburg,. have resolved
to make no farther resistance to the rent3val
of the ordnacc from the arsenal, though
protesting against the removal as inoppor
tune and impolitic.
• A caueas of the members of Congress from
the Border States, viz: Kentucky, Tennessee,
North Carglina, Virginia, Maryland, Da!a
ware, Arkansas, Missouri, New Jersey
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and
lowa, was held a t Waslnugtun, on Finlay
evening of last week, to consider the Lust
sln
nteatil of averting etvil war and preserving
the Union. S 'deo. eutnproonse wti
=I
.rue esittoit has rcrueed to order Major
!Anderson back to Fort Moultrie or to with•
draw the' United States forces from Chatles
ken harbor, and Mr. Floyd, Secretary of
cer, his resigne 1 his puettion in the liabi
net. Mr. Thompson, the Soeretury of the
Intetior, and Mr. Thomas, the recently ap
pointed Seertary of the Treasury, are ads.
inclined to withdraw. The former does not,
because of the inve.stigation now proceeding
in his department in relation to the :stolen
bonds, and the latter is zepresentod as in
e efe of indecision. The resignation of Mr. I
Floyd was accepted by the President on the
same ‘.'ay it was tendered.
General S.:on is repurted to have aulguit
ted to the President a plan for blocka ling
Charleston and strongly reinforcing all the
Southern forts.
From Charleston we have the camounee
meat that the South Carolina authorities
h.tve taken possession of the United States
Arsenal and appropriated the arms to their
own use; that the United States revenue
cutter Aiken has been abandoned by her
commander, and that the Captain of the
slave ship Ilanita, • reeentl,y brought into
Charleston in charge of a prize-crew, ho
been freed by a mob. These demonstrations
are said to have weakeae , l the sympathy
for Sand) Carolina existing in Washington,
and given renewed force to the doubts
whether she is a fit leader for the other
Smthern States.
A brief Union address to the people of
the country, urging them to concentrate
their efforts for conciliation on tho basis of
Senator Crittenden's pion of cola promise,
has been prepared at Washington and signed
by members of both Houses of Congress.
The intelligence from Washington repre•
smts Mr. Buchanan as having assumed a
mire determined position toward South
rarolitta. He has refused to recoznise the
South Carolina Commissioners, has approved
the conduct of Major Anderson cn the
ground that he had evidence of an intention
to take possession of Fort Moultrie, and has
further announced a firm determination to
colleet the re% Canes and obtain possession
of tho Government property now held by
South Carolina `ru tps. He has :115t) in pri
vate conversation, avowed his purpose to
use all the powers of the Government to
ensure the neacable inauguration of Mr.
Lincoln at Washington. These statements
as to the final determination of the Prcii
dont were generally credited in Washington
on Wednesday.
The Legislature of t eal York a•semblo.l
on Wednesday. The message Of Gov. :llorgsn
very conciliatory. Ho urges Now York
to oppose no barrier ton sottlement of the
sectionable troubles, but to Lit her repro.
sentatives in Congresi giro ready supp.irt to
any just and honorable agreement, lie
:also recommends the repenl of the personal
liberty bill of the Northern States,
%tumult-I:a U.irrAt 'a stoekhol
ders of Harrisburg. Portsmouth, Mount
Joy and Lancaster fittilmal Company held
a meeting in Pailadelphitt 'on Thursday
Dec. •27, and authorised tiro lease ortheir
road, and all their property to the Petinsyl
vani., Railroad Camprny, for a term of 009
years: The terms of the contract are very
favorable. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, agrees to keep the road in proper re
pair, and also guarantees to pay the interest
lon the bonds of the 11. nut! L. road, and
seven per cent on the capital stock. Up
wards of 1:i. 000 out of 21,00) shares were
represented at the meeting, and about 10,009
votes were ree ;riled in favor of the new con
tract. The arrangement will be beneficial
to bath companic.s—while Cie flartisburg
and frincatiter Company will always be sure
of a good dividend without any trouble or
i expense for repairs; the Peansylvania Rail
•
road Company will bare the entire control
of a line of through trace!. NT E.tst to West
whlt.thj defies eompetion.
AllOrT Wll.ll3.—The last of the Irish
I Lords Fitzwilliam was underitood to have
made a will leaving the bulk of
,his property
to his friend Lord °miaow, when one morn
ing at breakfast the expectant heir, after
helping himself to cream, brought the rim
iof his cup in contact with the rim of the
Icream jug to prevent a drop, from falling.—,
Lord lit2NCitlitlM contended that this was
ill-bred and showed a want of refinement,
inasmuch as Lord Onslow's lip might have
touched the part of the cup which touched
the rim of the jug. The offending peer
turned the objection into ridicule, and his
Iname was forthwith erased from the will.
I No man in his ordinary, every-ay mood,
understood life better than Lord — Byron, or
was less likely to mix up poetry or passion
with matters of business. His private letters
are fUll of go6d sense, nod his will it Well con
' sidered document prepared by lawyers.—
Any unkind infeienee that might have been
drawn from the devise to Mr. Leigh is ex
pressly negatived: “I make the .above pro
: visions for my sister and , . her children, in
consequence of my dear wife, Lady Byron,
and any children I may have, being other
wise amply provided fur." The only touch
of wilfulness or predutlice is in the codicil
by which he gives his daughtsr Allegro
£5,000 on condition that 811'.3 dues not marry
w.,:th a native of Great Britain.
A codicil to David ilnnte's will runs
thus:
"I leave to mn old friend, .11r. - Julm Hume
of Kilduf, ten auzen of my old claret at his
.choice, and one single bottle of that other
liquor called port. I also leave him six
dozen of port provided that he attests under
his hand, signed John Home, that he hits
himself alone finished that bottle at two sit
tings. By this concession, he will at once
terminate the only two differences that ever
arose between us concerning temporal af•
fairs."
The two differences were ns to the proper
mode of spelling their nnme—whether
Hume or llume—and as to the merits of
port, which John Home detm.ted.
In the celebrated Lord Chesterfield's will
we find:
"In case my godson, Philip Stanhope,
shall at any time hereafter keep, or be con
cerned in the keeping of any race hors,., or
pack of hounds, or reside one night at New
market, that. infamous seminary of iniquity
and during the course of the
races there: Gr shall resort to the said races
or loose in any one day at any game or bet
whatever the sum .CittO; then in any one
`of the cases aforesaid, it is my - express wi-h
that be, my said godson, shall forfeit and
pay out of the estate the sum of ,f,5,000 to
and for the use of the Dean and Chapter of
‘Vestminster."
The disposition of the penalty, we learn
from Lord Stanhope, was a sly hit at the
Dean and Chapter for having,'as the E,mrl
thought, driven a hard bargain with him
for the site of Chesterfield House. Ile in
se t ted their names because he felt sure that
if the penalty were incurred, they would
nut be slow in exacting it.
Munk Lewis died on shipboard of medi
cine ad minis'ered by two negro s:av( s,
w!tom he had promised to emancipate in hi.;
will, though in justice to them, it should he
added that a ccording to another account, he
paid the penalty of his own wilfullnoss in
insisting on em ctics as a remedy fin sea-
sickneis
A Court AND .t Pas to.—ln the year 1712,.
Whiston predicted that the comet would ap
pear on Wednesday, 14th October, at five
minutes after Eve in the morning, end that
the world would ho destroyed by fire on the
Friday following. Ilia reputation was high,
and the comet appeared. A number of per
sons cit in to boats and barges on the
Thames, thinking the wator the safest place.
A captain of a Dutch ship threw all his pow
der into the :Avis., Una the ship might not
be endangered. At noon, after the comet
had appeared, it is said that more than One
hundred clergymen were ferried co er to
L.tmbeth, to request that proper prayers
might be prepared, there being none in the
church service. The people believed that
the day oh judgement was at hand, and
some acted on thia belief, snore as if some
basporary evil was to be expected. There
was a prodigious sun on the bank, and Sir
Gilbert Heathcote, at that time the head
director, issued orders to all the fire officers
in fondon, requiring them to keep to gal 1
look out, and have a particular eye upon the
Bank of Englund.
at 7C.1.C11R0V153.11 tS ear.—The gossipir g
Paris correspondent of the New York Es•
press gives the following:
A. Parisian artist of considerable talent,
but whose early oducatian would appear to
have bccn somewhat neglected—at least in
eironolo,gy—has excited the satirical ridi
cule of the critics by a soi disant historical
painting he hes recently terminated. The
new work purports to represent Christopher
C,luml•us on his voyage of discovery - to
America. The illustruns navigator is seen,
standing on the deck of his yes-el, in an at
titude of deep meditation, smoking a fra
grant Havana: This is a laughable anach
ronism, certainly: hut the Paris painter may
G-ad consolation in the reflection that the
history of •trt furnishes famous precedents
for the cannuission of chronological blun
ders. In one of Van Ilyek's pictures, enti
tled the Sacrifice et• Abraham. the venera
ble patriarch is taking aim with a musket
at his son Isaac; and oven the immortal
Raphael has left at work representing St.-
John the llaptist, as it ohild, gazing at the
infant Jesus, and clasping a cross in his
hands.
/Par Beyond the Pc ienca of the Oculig..._
window blind.
Columbia Lumber Market.
Panel Boards and Plank, W. ?we, $35.06
Ist Comm. . ~ 30.00
2nd " " " 4. 18.00
Culling o. ,6 12.30 a 13.00
Inferior 0 < 6, 9.00
Bill Scantling, . 15.02
Joists and Scanthn, Hemlock 82 a 10.00
Boards,
. 9 a 20. 1 0
Bill Scantling, 6, 12.00
Ash Plank, 2040 a 25.00
Siding, $l3 a 15600
Long 'Shingles, 9 a 16.00
Cypress ss
10.00
Plastering Lath, 2.25 a 2.1.0
Arrival and Departure O 'Trains
PCNNSTSYLVAVILA 1111.1Lt0AZ.
Ensiward.
Marietta Accommodation arriveso9.24 A. M.
Lancaster Train lenres 19.20 ....
Harrisburg ~.'.41:1 ..4
Mail, t{ 6.42 ~,,
Emigrant, r, 11.00
Westward
Eastigrant arrives
Mail leaves
'Harrisburg ,‘ leaves
Lancaster Train arrives
NOP.7II.F.ZN CIF:STIIAL /1.111. WA
.11111% . 0. AVM,
•
Morning Train, 6:30 A. 11. G. 55 A. M.
Noon <r 12.35 P. P.
Evening tt 5.00 " 0.10
I let....osext's PIZ-L. - AV° OINTMGST —I Lenin! and I lap,
pbtes—litiw rwiiple ever voll‘ider the elo'n ani
onee exi-nag between these two great boons of life;
men. rein.iitiab' , e fur their tact nod knowledge in the
ordinal'y routine of !armless. betray the mint lament
nide eeticiciicy In ihi- re.p. , l-111 - y Tire /014. of ^lll.l
In dv pre-erviiiinin of lint ir prover!? by nil Mita nl ex -
pe.neriire nt ilion.:11111- of dollars itt 'Unit:Mee , . Vet :I ,
the tam - lame die) exhibit the mo-t reckless hardihood
wok regiorJ in and fail to evince a contnr)
thought ou the direful rliVirge• which tile een-glen.
drudgery of liatt.uPed the brain and the col,
sum 1011. A tew dollars inste.ted in .Ilier,e, medicines woukt.Reetlre them a polity of notacnnee against do
ease, nod Create a happiness and buoys ucy 4L try..it;
tahuh the wealth of Gotteond.t could never rettlae.
COUGHS AND COLDS!
Are olotay• di•nerrablc. often frw rep
and brottehtti. or con•umption may be the r•
SO a lint }on ma) cure than pletoacily. prompt]) ,
11111 i pl•r11117.1.1111 , Y• 11(111101re) . 6 140111Cerlptilillt: Conch,
or Cough and Fever Pas. alwnys do the work. I of.
'teed only lake the plea-ant augur. pills and car
crouch IS g011e; 1114 cold card. ns by each:a meta
bo tes wilt direct lon., 25 eenb.; tux !nice., Si
N 11. :LA ful3 •rt of nautili rep' IloineOpalhil• pt•
rifiC+, with I3ook of Currants. and tweitly din • rut
Hemediei. in large vials morocco ruse. SS• •10. In it. am
eo.e. SI; C.O l O 01 fifteen boxes. and book.:Stl
The-e Remedies. by lIN.PIAttrIC box or ease, rar • era
by . I t. l ^Y * . gftreft, free 01 vh.irge, to any addre. , ar
revEttpt ci the ;lob e Addres
•
Dn. I 113:31143RETS & en;
No.fiCt! ernadway. N. York
A. SI. RAMBO, Odd etttlows' 11.•13, A gent tot Co.
. -
Dec.ls, - GO Ito
Irrßen . wmber...strainou• or .titsrcifolnit• aft croon
llte eerie, the blight of mankind. They are vile
and filthy on well n• foal They ante from impurity
and contamination of the blood, arid nre to be Teen al/
around nt. everywhere Thnuiirind• daily nre eon
‘igned to the grove from the direful elTect• of this itio•
gui why trifle any longer. when the remedy is
at handl Ds. Lind-ey's Blood is:catcher—the only ef
fei hint preparation now before the peop l e, dint Ones
ti• work moldy and •afely. It noes not eignie the
Input few llr, is hue
eorrugnion mining 1,11
Infeet. uneern "
Del Purgog The Entire 6yen:mm(:lll Impure Nanrr.ln
enr,nrtite... body. uud leaves vie ..111., led In ; . Ilt".
joy men“ of Health. Tn °denier tie skepnent
01 ISO IP Willy I lie! , . :r. Lot ono 6,,t ~ ae LI be
vinred. 1,41,1 by 14 the Illue.;o•t• It) !,,o
de .b . r. b rnogh , ,ni ihr . [ 24 , 7,,b-P"-:
?.-_ .‘. RI , (:.:i .
U. ,m , cr y 7. 1 GU. nt Parke.burg. Crum r.
EA CE. 'lda it ad. 1.1 of %% alt r Cry, r•ann.
FOUND.
Os; Monday, in Locust Inrces, bctw een Front and z 4 re
alai, a
LADY'S DRKISTI'IN - •
The owner cuu huvc it ny prwpm the prorwrr twq
paying for this a !vertisetneett. Apply at the. Oiice•
Jar,, 5 '6O.
I'4 44 - 4. ilw, p .1
A Scmi•A mina! Dividend of .3 per vent. on Op. ntnrk
atae 0h.1.F.g10w..' I hall A ot-oela•io hp• !Nen
ue
ahueddue and wall ha payable on J an 44 Ital.
Jan. .5, I II 11.11.W1V. Tro.trun•r
LOI)GE EVENIN
rptE committee on Lectures resperlfgll}•
announce to the pu*.lie th.it their
FIRST LECTURE
wilt he dell Vered on
FRIDAY EVCNISIO, JAN. 11, AT 8 O'CLOCK,
llt the 0.141 rello.v4 Iftt.l
Dr Titoa.l.: Coca ItAN. Audi or Goneral of re1111:1,
SUBJECT:— "The True Conservative Power
in a Free State." -
D open at bah p• ...Yen o'clock.,
Ttilieta tor the Cour..., of ten Leetur..s, One Dollar,
ott•n:mutt %%Q Pe. WM, one of whom must Lea Ina . j.
Ice a Mr aut4n.l.-eturea ten vent, each; to be ha r
at Altn:o Ode- Ural; stn e
Nleml.le's' thAet. can he had of the Financial See
[Clary.
st Mirei.N. A. I%nc:t.en. JR, ,
JI. Sunr.vv.n. 1.. C. eInRuLIX.
Conunillre
U. retar ERVIv. Finn Sceletary.
JR., 5 ISGI
Farmers' IPiatual Insurance Comry.
TIIE members of the Farmers' Nutria' In
,qtrao.- c Coortpnoy are Wool.. torofoottivit a tnx or
Fiby Ceuta. no every than; totl - 001tere bacbeett !Med
isy the D.reetnr+ to pay the lo 11• an•t.imul by Abner
Cittne• of bla‘t K wt. py the buyttitta of Immo.. mud
Miler It dlote... of lie t7rtmoany. scotch "tax i•• requrrert
to be pold o 1 or bela , a tla• fir.t dn.' of FebruarY next.
FOIL DUNIC.et,. VVi I be Item up in that tome, by Jo.
seph elaft.Foa at Mc !Lod; in b tro-c of (Tyner St Co.,
11 tile oily o; I. otedoe•, 6y Ve,e. Joint.. Tren•uree. nu
hl- rer.ldeuee 1.1 1 , ,1.1 Lamp , ter toxy.th p.n0.1 by Jo'm
Strohm. Secretory. ill hi+ rearttettee to 1 . /1/Villeba,
alWll.l,lp. yettere any on-nt'mr or .tipc Company may
one ht. ur her gaol I or t ix
4 Nir,,nl Dtpuil..it! will he left with Third hi y tr..
!loot ware Met chum. to Mount Joy, where twoottet
re..1411al la 11l to,vo.dopc of lie t nod Went Ltonegel
M OO .ll toy, Cooloy, ft phu told Peon, eon pay lbelr
tae.
A turfs •r on nit! Dn;)'irate will I.c 1,41 w'th John
Sty., .e.tchne; in Nc.,. llollatt.l.wheroin.ln .era r. 5.01:
rntr ill the tomit-hip- of 1 , 4•1. I:.. .1 Karl. Cohrata,Cia).
Bteelotoek.r.ntitat von au I - hi'i•bury,c.a.tpraw their tax
Ainuls.r parn,i Dort C ,le w,,1 be telt with joto,pi t
I:nate., IQ Mount Nebo lA•ll..rr menthes; reliding an
Alort a toton..htp, call pay their ISIX
rlg•T/11•1. WhO IlCgler•L outing their riontl of ~ s.
w ,li. t Ike pCrtud .111.1..... 1141.1. Wal In. ell 11•Zell tie p •r
~ 1 11 odd no ott to int% th . t•xli •11. • of c Ckelion.
fl, order o; In uncol of Vireetot A
Jon 5 tio4tl .itillN STROM,. Seerrtnr.
_____
LIST OF IMITTERS.
.LR MUNN in the Columbia I'ost Offirr 1
Arm- Jo..etilt . 1..rp0l Andy
Ad.tir 51,0...., 1.,e..11yn S R
Al mild J I.enner W A .
lionlll J ...oh McCall Fn en
80rn!..., a. , r P. Al tiler I' i
Rein! ...to. Beer) ..2 stel.nualtlitt Sam • 4
1111114:., 0 u , ,..1 11 se,,; S..ta or.,
R • , ntl.. Il.te.ti 51. tamer C. Pr; e
It ..i.itak s I: 51....... r Cit. a. tota
!Pig:. Nun , y \I ,Do .. d 101.4
nr..iver John '.'sieC. em ck S
Itt.clcley P M. I, St/1111 •
11. I :hltVinintit t i..... P
Co•lin Alfred Prtee I.ldtvar I
0111.011 .11/1111 W Plum J0...4.h
4. 1.....'..1.1.111.1 Eto n St I.
Cu'p DMA Rona Henry
Di.libeele Duntel Rich John t%'
Bt. 'tier Al Ruirtaer David
fry' Cnr than Rich .1
rualler Jorrt, Itanney R It
Grier W Al Sh.llow l'r.int
iier..ll.) , D D Sherilr Annie
!line Jacob 11 Sheldon Pinto
liar.. Atittic Shloca Sump.:
Holland I) nil.' Thurtnio Joint I'
liter). IV titcfrrt Tut tee Bit c
Iltllnr 1 A fr.al T,ltin.vo John
!lowan! S. l'et , A.erhill P V
Botta tale 1. IV )'Loran Lesvia
Johnson Somnel Wi.ocre John
Krrns It 1' IV a ranee D
Iteppaer rearm Water II
li.....ttris John Wilinuehtir A'fred
Kellam°. 'Ilion:, Vriser David
Klett...lll (.01,,,Z. Zink I) I.
Persons enquiring for letters will please
mention if they are advertised.
A. S. MODEAWELL,, l', M.
Columbia, J an. 5, ',dal.
Statement of the CI
catel e Columbia
rIN the morning of Tuesday, the Ist' of
Jan., ISGI, as required by the Act of
Assembly,. of 13th October, 1.9:17.
ASSETS.
Loans and Discount~,
Specie, ..$43,317 2G
Notes of other Banks, G. 125 00
Checks and Drafts, 4,051 OS
Bonds, Mortgages and
Liens in Heal Est., 22,800 00
Due by Banks,
Real RataNs,
Personal do.
26,202 59
24,529 (4
Columbia Midge,
LIABILITIES. $76,517 20
tintes in Circulation, 205,125 00
Duo to Banks, 9.505 £7
Deposits, 195,421 59
43110,032 4c,
LANCASTER C U.N7T: •
The above statement is'correct arid true to
the be.;t of my knowlpdee and belief.
SAMUEL SHOCH, Cashier.
Sworn and subscribed before me, tills let,
Jan., 18G1.
LaZ=E
LSO A. M.
11.57 "
CiO "
8.20 0
5381,738 16
$19.;,776 73
40,732 21
157,300 00