enittnitikt -gjkg. COl.l 1;i:":%. L. SATVILD i ILy, 1.11:131,1 s k z-z;LE c ‘ icri , rucv. ~y A. M 11 - X-4'ee Ph.i . .ich 441rns' ad/. ilimprnt in n-,149 , piper. . Theirs is the. h, ,,51 Whnirsalr , 1. 41 g 1 '0.4 ..r"Plcc'. ::.":.11 4 ,r P. 04 41 ,, t1f Nanufuc refy in / 4 . or me CA Ur I'4 "P I'l'3 rEft.t VCE -riattelle.the .172pil,n,thajt the esi...\etq id ~z,vening. will he rrtnem -1.,..,1. 14,iy.i get op a rolaliar en ter -4.1.:itia04.1. Wto n they 1.01, 110.0004vee. down. .40 asen,re.l ttnkc U a ttt,a 000:18i011 ApJuvvi Amzuhert.; , e l ,3' nor pains to pers'ount.nee rerfeet in ilia way. Lisv. '4l.ey are .banded .1... 4 4 . c.1iner-in 3 goal Onus., IL/01 «leseree the ~uppers--0ura1.300.1 pecuniary -4 gle COlll - V-11? i.rograwgne of evening's .44te4.e^inuoent bere•been generally ilistribt,- .unl, pani will give a fair idea u( what the the 4nst.v.enient tbe;.::..eiience. I= th:k I Thoy 1:3 mast truthful, hiti:restiug and pleasing dvdinrnt .tiutis ui both Yr:Wu:tier told 11 . iiiter, and w , trust 1.13.,t fur these tote,-ings our subscriber- o ut:: rau C.:e.ronitneter tat ::..4tt,;nls,:y, the 9th }tint, ,LISO , I at 1.2'; 1111 the .I , Jtit,'.lC.'; ;ltc filth, the 1:;th, -11?'; the d4th, mit the lith, Qa fht!rsds3- gveoiti,4 tV.3 5.t. , 1 a pleasant fc.!.l of snow u!;out ttireci Jfleft i dcce, tut at tai: sea , ot) of the yci,:r it c r Lu only here to d and away to-ntorrav,. liuve L , DOe Eve.Nixn.—The lecture of this week wits to have been doliccrr t liv ~J4lnos Black, Esq.. of Lancaster, nil Wed nesday evening. The change of evening r,Lt generally un•ierstooq, and no ItUdi• VI/C0 W•l4 proent, excepting members of the Lodge. The incetin4 ipLjuurned. We regret that the people did not tn,rn not to hear Mr. Mack, whose lectures before I,feward. of Lancaster, have been highly spoken of. The leetnre will he on :;;L'in: inst., by Jim. 1:9., on the "Lessons Y f history." WYo carneltly hope that the tieople wrh turn nut to hear Jr_ )lis leettgqi 14;W.° the hl loceunt wiß bt favorably reiaeinhered, and we look fur a treat un nert evening. If the chi .ens fail t >alto!' 1 on this urellist;; we fear that the Li lge will al..an.lon the unaertak ifig,"and give no .1! lectures, 'u one t ;,}9 pinploin if this i, d me, fm the leetnreA have been must miserably I.tKnt;e4 (luring the course. Pss:v acrust. Lire I,fsrruscr. —By advertisement in to-day's Spy this Pumpany announces its annual scrip and prosh dividends to policy holders, which will be paid by the agent for Columbia, Thomas Welsh, Esq. This Company is without doubt one of the very best in the country. The system as we imperfectly understand it, is most favorable to insurers. We advise time tsho d6sire informath,n on the subjectrto uptly to Esquire `ho is prep.tred w etplain tully the rrlvanta,T,es of Life Insur.tacr. Tin Havre Dusts tss.—The rivet has been /it first-rate rafting stage dpring toe pltt4t week. The rafts commence I dvitiping ir, on Sunday afternoon, and have been arriving altnost every day since. ti nue seventy or eighty lumber rafts, principally from the North Branch, are now lying at our wharves not/ it bore the bridge. Aiwa twenty Lila her ptft; have passed down, and /wady the fame ntiMhf!"`! ' f l 4 l Till4: Nits. `4,me twpnly rafu4 lie at Wright:4ol:e. and we hear of a fov !r t. :\ e Tho sale, here bare been , rs very backward. Tim sir _ st about seekinr a market 4 unsettled tliate of the between the `..tiortlt ar,kl Iron. wf:.tt. vFf. .tan learn we ining i.:6 t U.t tbt,. 13.. t!:: .'f lumber and tie-- 11 1„(t t I: r tr ,t:hrixtg: it Coln): it :Ira With a rush. The BEE fres . :l,l:s V• I.;c .1.,".0;1; 1•1 1 tllr,,tiw,h the =MEI= ME 1.1:, a 1 - Lie .41 .Ur tuw that is 80 , 1 Si WV upin ee..4/CLI Tue CUNCEI.I wren given 1.,y tho L nicaster 31.innerelior, Ther,Lty C7C16114. W. 1.4 one of the 1,04 t and must nazi e.".let,try m t,ic.tl enter:Aiiiinents ever git co in OW Fellows' 11.111. ft Was succco4 in every respect, ezeeptinA suitaLlo i t uctidator.e. The aIJ lieaco 'Mid fully ai; htrats as we expeetil under the it.lee.r,e in fluence of u snowy e:C[141.4 let g treit, but by nii tneans up to the deserts of the Man tierehor. The ht lies' seats were Loh:sit:llly rurty—u eircurrtance only to he accounted for on the plea of the weld:pr. The audi ence, however, Aare every etiletioe of al rteciutiou of the fiticinui-ie of sinaard and Lift:butt Tutieboru!,..o3 of the c,lnpaily were very rich au! %%411 given. and tit! solo+ of Mr. .ftitvater, a duet: and a rplartette, admirably pone. The tireheAtr.al fierformanee4 . 4.4f Ket fee.* banal were * —Keffereeque. The violin' poi.) of l'rof. fie:Ter. cornet sol,l of Prof.. .I:ll:nir . er, 'and the piano ev.ecution of Prof.'. reeeivol a due 41tare of appla.u.e.: Were Cheerrai!;y resfilifhleti retired and . grati:.iel In: the ,vtalin's eatertaintnent. 8 P; -4,' ' chi; of!)," :elm/ we of our 1/04-11q,4; ttip urtsie of finite N.tjtvd,tir trill up withaut :mother wire propiti.oal Sel.loNti. .a.rq oil4r4g , a.liftit slat she musical elen?ent iu (."...duuthia roarer luaited, I,out. Are ern turn out a pwilf tfltl4.:c, nererthehw, ua ue4ariuti, at iikpre4.:4.te one. Lately aa man- DVS /111/0 au.X4r64 With t a 1 ,I~ r —ion Viednes4,7,montin;,,plic s itt 11 u'Clock: wo-ware startled by a cry of gre, amt racher - asputished, ,well ,as plAryned, TO site .tlte.arowd rAsilaijoi;,towarits ; t i t:A river. the riser be up are! difad. ape 01 the reekiess ••I"atilts - Araptvaly applied the incendiary tor - 6 to tlaclr .fai,thful .keryint? i)ur e l / 4 ze,vt'fear was, er the destruction,of the limber ; otitis would indeed have erased-a papie. A. reconnoitre from our ,hock win dow averleoking the river bank,.eitawed us that th.e Fiver—at e lea?t the greater body in view—was safe, though arising gmrike from , near the shcre,•behind the a2x4 pges, -kept alive our fears fur the integrity of tote ,Sus. pieltiinpa ltnd Cite safety of the lumber. A ,tore astendettview, from an upper wind iw. however. showed the burning cabin of tt raft, and calmed our ppprekepsiont. The /ire origin/oal accidsotally, and was fortu nately %r e ed la time ti prevent s.tat might have ,proved a most destructive eon flagration, hail it extendei4 to the 4,r,7, !um ber on shore. .t it was, only tae _cabin was destroyed, with a portion of the clothing of some of the raftsmcz, vane of the gilitiltS of the I orough, on the raft at the obserl is 1 tl.„; tire some time ,}Bert it .V. 19 discovered by the mon in charge, but it 1< shatneful waste t.xf the ram material to dire ,ii e before idle cabin w.os fairly started. It was futi to them, but might 11,tve been anyAirig, el.,e to the hit The . 70,ut.g roetasAptillt: have met the ,r reward from a lath, 4: the heavy end •,1' a sltingte. • will he •"•. 1 ,( V cal? 01=1 UNITED ST.vrts SVIN.VioI:.—(III our Legislature met in joint convention 1. r the purpose of electing :t lfs!notor to till tht unespircq tcreii of gun. Simon Comeroo,_ resigned. l'he el e ction resulted in the choice fj lion. David Wilmot, noiwthlitntn, who re•l eeived 95 votes ag,ninst 31 for his Denmeratie competitor, Ilan. W. 11. lyelskt, tw., scatterin g . Mr. ‘Wilvant'a terra will expire in ISW', Tilt ty a:.4to on Friday) the borough election for election t•ffuters, Assessor and Assistant Assessors, pastier: of the ewe for the South Ward and (4onstable, is bein,f, bold. The most important officer to be elected is Assessor. as on the triennial assessment to be made this year, will depend our taxes for the coming three years. We iittpe the choice made to-day may be a. wise one, its we ore intimately aes t uoitited witi; ti r o peculinritiet, of every to gatherer of honnigh and town shic.,we know their rery 6tc.p un the stairs. As usual the struggle for Constable and Justice of the Peace is most obstinately contested, four candidates for the former and three for the latter office being in the field. We have printed more than moms!' tickets to "vote" every man, woman, eltiltl and Yankee in the borough, and hope bell re gging to press tinlt aonpbotly will be ele;ted. if we can get the returns in time w will add them. Win. Mee h esn ey, Juhu Entley. Julin Finger, IL IV;Maine. )).arid Evans, S. S. Detwiler .t<,!<. luthm :about. Casitoit and Sanborn, 'reported track the resolution, with the recommendation that it tie postponed' the third Monday iii lleeember, which was agreed to. The Corn• rcittee deem it premature to order piymetit at this time. Mr. Sumner caged up the resolution provid. nie fur the paymi;iit of certain expenses of the Deputy U. S. Marshal appointed to arrest N. U. Sanborn. On motion, Ikai4 resoJutit,n_was postponedunit! the first Monday in beeemberneitt. The S.:nate then went into Executive session. Wsnsescialr, 13i - tr.—ln the Senate Senator Douglas submitted a long resolution of inquiry in relation to what forts and arsenals in tie seceded States are still in the possession of the Government; what reinforcements will he needed to retain possession of them; whether, with the exception of the forts on the Tortugas and at Key West, such forts are necessary to the safety of the United States; whether the reintorcement of such,' farts is needed except far porposes of coercion; and Alta; naval and military force would be necessary to enable the United Stites to reJace the seceded States to obedience. The resolution was objected to and lies over. Senator Fessenden introduced a resolution declaring vacant the seats of the Senators from the seceding States. Thc Sen ate, is executive session, confirmed a num her of nominations, a list of which is given In our Washington despatch. Colonel Sumner has hi.an appointed eriv4ler-gegeril, vice Twig?. Petit Jurors Congressional The Aga The .Cheigeston pAsters trigpe AG an nounneateßt that the g7uth Carpi,i,us bree. assembled ,around I'4rt sumtecl4o,e been turned ,o;rer te,the Seuttiern Cugfe4 t eraey. and plitees order of... President. Pari'' under chiptnitnttof lajor!'Cenertil ileaure gard, of k., , ,Atis . iana. This reliere4 South Carolina Frog: t relppiiibiliqr for ill • taking of Port Stuster, and we think lessens the probability of en ;Anmediale attack being made. The Arkansas State ,Conrention met on Tuesday, Gal. The Cniunists succeeded in electien" pf ogigers pf the body by :six majority. lion. John 11. Reageth late member of Congress, .1111 S been confirmed as Postmaster General of the Southern •Confwleracy. 'Xeres WWI formally declared out of the Union by the State , Convention on the 4th instant. Governor Idenston, it is said, not resign or take the oath of allegiance. The determination of the Administration i.to withdraw Major Anderson and the United States forces from Fort Sumter, leaving there on 4 y a garrison guard, is accepted at IVashington as 4..,p doer - IL:hie fact, though 3' ill, it tenet be remembered, lacking official ,c udirnmauti. The state of facts upon which this determination is .rased are represented to be that Major 4.nderson is in a condition needing immediate rek.rurcement and sup flies, if the fort is to lie longer held by the United States. fiat these reinforcements and supplies cannot be thrown into the fort, without assembling in the vicinity of Charlesten aTortttideltle naval and military force to overcome the opposition that would be offered by' the military power of the seceded States. That civil war wou ld thins be inaugurated, the existing Mit:tilde, greatly aggravates!, mid an immense loss of life incurred. ilI 4. , bninistration hare, , ,therefore, determined to treat the question ,imply as ;t Military one, and the late Ad ministration ,l.muieg neglected to :vit./roue the fo,rt v,-hen it was practicable, to give it up now thr.,.t. such reinforcement can only be ; itecomptished at the cost of sacrifices out of preport,ion ,to the importance of the post,— This determinntien, if carried init. it is he- 1 1 lieved 1,:i,11 have the happiest effect, It will remoye all occasion for hi:mediate hostili• ties, giye time for a reaction of ptiblie senti ment in the secede! States, disarm the fears of the Woder States, and perhaps open dm way to a float extrication from the perils that surround the country. Gen. Beituregard, the newly a ppointed commander of the Soittliero Confederacy, has assumed contr,l of the Military ()perm thins at Charleston, The .Ikrettra. hereto fore in favor of an immediate attack ou Fort Sumter, now thinks there is no occasion for haste and that delay and the adoption of stricter immiures toward 31 jrL Anderson, will be goo , : policy. The Gleisiana State Convention has paase.l an ordinance transferring to the Cuvernme It of the C asfolorate Statoi the soul of 4rp britttiro4 i n tl;:rty si4 thnoattd 40114 re, pie arnagrit of (4stomi reileived ;13141 moneys seised by the State. In the Missouri Co, volition a mnnLor. of ,propositions, mostly :lgairPit sec:es-ion, 'con tinue to be offered :ind referred. A resolu tion of thanks to Senators Crittenden and Douglas w.ts unoiiimoovly adopted. '['he Committse on Federal I:clations will report against secession. The Civil Tribunal of the Seine on the loth ult., delivered judgment in the Bona. parte Patterson ea -e in favor of PrilliCt) Na poleon. The Court grounds judgment upon the fact that the fact Iva.; cenela4rely set• tied by the E nper funnily in ISGO. It 1144:tins from prononacing any opinion on the merits of the ca.e, which, it will be re.. utembGre, I, :t!erveillens, ilia Crown voeate, adtoltte4 pi he intinily in favor of the Ettterions. Thu 14ttgr po doubt appeal. Adjutant-Gcneral Cooper and As4istant Adjutant-General Withers of the Coiled States Army have 'Ts:pled. These rosig nations arc attributed to the prevailing political troubles. North Carolina hat pronounced an 1 decisively • for the Union. The State ; is voted against the holding of a Sovereign Convention, and has elected to that C 'wren k tion, if it lied been held, an overwhelming majority of the friends of the Union. Our a. 1% ice: , from Virginia also give the confident assurance that no Secession Ordinance can pass the Convention now in session at Rich. mond. The. :ltissouri Convention also Man ifests a steadfast opposition to disunion. El.Secrehtry Floyd has published a de fence. Ito asserts that there are only .SGOO, OW, inst.sA of $G,000,000, of his accept , 'Micas out, and makes it t Nicer that the I Jvernment owes the overland mail mal -1 tractors a sum nearly equal to the amount ' of the abstracted bonds. • j Maserielinsetta F...enate has passel the act motlifying the Per-lona) Liberty law of that State. "The tariff net of the Southern Confederacy has been published. Judging by the coin parisons made in the brief de.potelt it is a lung way from free trade. The Al. t 'c i rona Convention has ratified the permanent Cuti. stitutiun of the Confederacy. The necessity fur-an extra session of Con gress is strongly argued in the ropers of the Northern States, Gov. Houston, of Texas, refuses to ac knowlege the State Convention, and opposes Tesas joining the Southern Confederacy.— The Cirivention on the other hand claims sovereign powers and is proceeding to con /inmate the union of the State with the Con federacy. Gov. Houston is stated to be raising troops on his own on.-4.ount. Secretary of State Seward hap informed the Commissioners of the Confeciaatted States that the Government, of the United States, "from motives of high public con sideration," declines to receive them. The New Gampshire election. for State cascara and Congressmen, took place on Tuesday, and' resulted in the complete tri umph of the Tiapnblicans. They elect their State ciSicers and Congressmen by increas ed majarisless. Thig. fei : alt was folly ex pcctsc.:. LAD c.t.s P.:Yr.tetanz.s.--Lrria..ng I late ens, night, Luring the Ats i t _summer, .at Mercer, 'a., (thn last plant...the „..orei. :m -ated), tired and eskz.nsted„he hastened to his hetel, nnd, as a pprticuAr favor, he re (vested good, comfortable -and convenient quarters, srhieh be was told he shnold The polite clerk, after attending tp the wants of the numerous guests, started our friend, with an attendant, in search of his room, which tuoret/ to he up many flights of stairs, throngli long' p.nd winding passage ways going from one wing to another, and from right to left, tin our iiaro arrived at No. jO7. lie :Tamil at ono) but not to sleep. Nut fur him was 'lired sweet restorer, balmy oleo')." The truth must be told, startling as it is bugs were too numerous, to' strong and rmloi°4l6 to PeFinit him to rest in peace. Si, resuming his garments, he mtde fur the utlice, in no very amiable frame of Mind, and addressing the clerk, the following converention ensued; Stranger-,Sny, have you a good strong porter about the house? Clerk (eagerly ) ne have the. strong est one in the State. Stranger—ls he intelligent? Clerk—Oh, yes—quiet intelligent for n porter, we tlink. Stranger —One point more. Do you con sider him foarlces—rthat is. bull, courage ous. 2)lerk—As for that matter, I I;new he is; he mould not be afraid of the 4- 7 1 himself. Stranger—Now, Mr. Clerk, if your potter is intelligent enough t.) Lind 107, fearless enough to enter, and is strong enough to get ny trunk away front the bed hug., I would like to hate hint 1)6.4, it Jokelings c'For President in ISC I—Raray. His eteetion would secure what we want at present —a Stiyble government. (37.Whett a lady, with ihise teeth, wines, she may he considered m.ittittg a dead "set" r,t Cr7The *kiln of the South—To keep all the Kernels, and throw us the Stiel6! 0C The Song of the new State of things— flail Columbiail.! r. Q. —Q. Why is the Patterson gcnqparte case, now pending before the Paris tribunals, I like a monkey poking the "What-is-lt?" in .he ritts with a sharp stick/ Because rt excites a natural curiosity. 0:7 - fhe Only Aid South Carolina ii likely t.O ct,t—conoooo4rt cg—How to treat I t ouisiana —4 tittle (291 d Tariff without Snr.Clft OrrTbe Oaly Thing In "'Sweep the Seas" with—A brush with the enemy. 0:7 - Secession of Mantattan i though' New York is not lost to the Union, it I cannot be said that it is yet out of the Woods 0:7 - A. Western poetess speaks of waving a kiss to her sweetheart. These ryming girls hAil better waive liisses altogether. Punch bee made the discqvcry "that if a man parts his hair down the middle, we are uncharitably apt to look upon him as a fool; but if a woman parts her hair down the side, we are generally inclined, (and with equal want of charity, perhaps.) to put her , down as a clever woman." Ca - Where is Cobb—We perceive by a letter from Montgomery, of February qth, that "a s'rong and vigorous government wit) go into immediate operation with full powers and ample funds." Here's another chance for Cobh. Where is Floyd/ Can't he talie a hand) Columbia Lumber Market P4llel Boards and Plunk, W. Pim., ;35.00 Ist Comm. 4 , 30.00 2nll < a( 18.00 Culling 6 , 12.:50 a 13.00 Inferior Kill 64:A10111.g, Joi.ts aml cicaulling, Hemlock Boartiq s BI II S,•anihng, 20.00 a 25.00 5111111 , $l2 a 15.00 Lo Stiiv%tve, J a 1(1,1)0 Cylires# 10.00 Pld.teritig Lath. 2.25 a 2.t0 Arrival and Dopartare of Trains. 1 1 1....N... , ,5`i!.1 W. 4 ,44 1 , 0 FtitP. , -.1). E,ust led rd. Marietta Aceommodatam arrives, 8.20 A. 111 LanettNter Train leaves 8.20 tt Harrtsbutg 1142 G•tit? " Emigrant, 11.00 t• Si West ma rd Emigrant arrives 1.50 A. )1. Mail leave. 11.57 $ 4 Hat re.burt; 44 leaves 0,10 44 Linea:ter Train art ives " Nutt T7l k.lta CVO RAS. RAILWAY. 1,1/.41Vr5. Morning Train, 6.30 A. M. 6.55 A. M. Noon 46 12.13 P. M. 1Q.32 P. M. Evening " 5.00 4 4 G.lO 44 AM/ WOlO 10 our fair re...lent-11.mM, the Mini- or tummy—Pimples. Mon awl ujl et. in tii.ra.r.. A clear temple I. not oti4 a 1 .4.-4111i111 10 female 40V14411004 1011 41 I. ‘-'ollly nn etc