19 r_ft" ."t "1 II A. M...RAMBO, Editor.and Publisher. VOLUME: If.Csll3.Ejt t - 8 1 .! ' TEE tOI . .IIMBIA SPY, A iIIiCILLARES FAMILY JOIRIAL PUBLISRED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. ORFICE, IN LOCUST ST., OPPOSITE COLUM • • , DIA BA-Vg. OT SUBSCRIPTION . • • $1,,t0 asvir - if paid in adriince or within 6 months. .2,00' • • if not paid within 9 months. 94 , 0 ' " if not paid until the expiration of the year POIB CENTS-A.COPT. .paper will bo,sliscontinued until ell ar rearagosys paid unless at the option of the editor. Bates of 'Advertising is the spy. , • . 11. M. lmo. 3mo. Gm. Iv. 1 sg.lo line, arless, 50 1,00 1,25 2 ,00 5,00 $,OOOO 2 " 20 ' ...• 1,00 2,00 2,50 5,00 8,00 15,00 • 2 1,30 ,00 3,75 7,60 12,00 20,00 _ , • [Larger advertisements in proportion.] Executors' and Administrators' Notices. 6 inser tions; $2,00. Auditors' Notices and Legal Notices, 3 insertions. $ 1 , 50 . Special Notices, as reading matter, 10 cents a lino for one insertion. Yearly advertisers will bo charged the same rates as transient advertisers for all matters nut relating strictly. to their biotite' e. AIL Advertiebig wilt be consilere.l CASH, sr colteetabie by draft is 30 days after first inserboa. JOB WORK, Having just-added to our ofilee ono of Glams'4 ramp Jou Pasasssovo are enabled to execute in a superior manner, at the row (await prices, every de scription of printing known to the art.- - Our assort ment of JOB TYPE is large and fashionable,. Give no etrialanitonr work gliaU speak for itself.:• PENNSYLVANIA ,R - A.l Trnins leave Columbia going east, Columbia tin, 8 15 A. M Harrisburg Aceomodation, 6 SO P. •M Trains leave west,- trifin, 12 00 A. M Harrisburg Accomodation, 6 SO P. 5 Columbia train nrrives, 8 20 . E. K. BOWE:, Ticket ..I.gent. READING AND COLUMBIA R. It Train leaves Columbia at 120 P. "M Returning, leaves Aclzunstown 43 -10 "iN.I Arrives in Columbia at 0 10 A. M , •H. CRANE, Supt. YORK AND WRIGLITSVILLE R. R The trains from Wrightsville and York will run as follows, until further orders: Leave Wrightsville, 7 30 A. M. 1 00 P. M. 7 30 P. M. 0 30 A. M. 12 10 P. M. 4 30 P. M. Lave York .. . N. C. .13..11.1LUT1M. brpartnrs and ArriTal of the Passenger , Trains ai York. DEPARTVRES FROM YORK. For 11,11.runtotts., 4.1.5 A. , • 'AA,ttxtisltUlt . a. 12.00 noon, 6.19 P. 11. A:IIMVAIS A.T IC - From molt E, 11.x.5 A. :‘l., 6.15 P. M. and 12.23 A. M. Froth llAmu.nc3 , 5.2.5 A. M„" Olia 2.45 P. M. • On Sunday, the only trains running arc Iho one from Harrisbu rilr at 5.2.5 in the morn - lug, proceeding to Baltimore, and the rale, from Baitinv.are at A. M., proceeding to llarrisburg. DR, HOFFER, DENTIST. --OFFICE, Front Strrot next ilanr to R. Williams' Drug Store, between Locust and Walnut sts, Coln., Pa. Apr. ' H. B. ESSICK, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Corx.vitt.t, PA LADIES' DRESS GOODS! NEW Stock lost reeeivod. We have smite cheap hargnius. STEACY & BO'WERS, Opposite Odd Fellows' Hall, Col'a, Pa. November 28, 1563. riR. A. S. laximr.33., IMGEON DENTIST, offers his profes ki sional sorvicel to the citizens of Colum bia and vicinity. OFFICE on Front street, fourth door above Locust, office formerly occupied by J. Z. Holier. Columbia, Dec. 10, 1503.-Iy. 11. IVI. ICOILTEZ, A TTORNET A:VO COUNSELLOR AT LAW Cl_ Columbia. Pa. Collection: promptly made in Lancaster York counties. Cola., July 4, 1533. BED BUG DESTROYE. MSDE by J. Rumple. No huinbug...— It is made a powder, and will not .soil tho bed clothing, if it does not prove satisfactory the money will be refunded. For sole at the store of J. RUMPLE, at SON. July 4, '63. SALT SALT! JUST received by the subscriber, at their store in Locust street below Second, 100 Bagi Ground Alum Salt, - :which.will be sold at :the lowest market prices. J. RUMPLE ..t: SON. . Cola. JUly 4, MI , r:. : : LADIES 'LAKE NOTTICE I YOLTIt attention is specially called to the very handsome and choice varieties of dry goods wo have just received. • For sale ut very low prices. STEACY BOWERS. Opposite Odd Fellows' IlaLl,-Columbia, IRON AND STEM ! THE subscribers have received a new and large stock of all kinds and sizes of Bar Iron and Steel. They are constantly supplied with stock in this branch of his business,,and can furnish it to customers in large or small - quantities, at the lowest rates J. R 1331 P SON, .Locust street , below Second, Columbia, Pa. July 4, 18G3. STONE CHINA. AXISESSIIr: AtE,, AND OLA'4W,AItE:, retool. livd4blrsZe..,ofH)ln //414M4j*id'rtMeW_kil4etY• Having' Ditideildrge 4 31 1 'A'rir‘"*" h prior to the leteildvanee.6lb „tkilittk. Iste..*oiiretiousbleikto:orrietociOxittkh below the earreatratesAbayure bold ruin thierTroufliet..s-PleasCghoe'lls n call.before iiwrobesrugeliewbeie;lia:*kno*Olf:ean effes.yolisome-Real.BargateN-1..-'` r STEACY 4 BOWER-S,_ - Corner of Second and.Loeu.st'strdets. ' Cora. Jan- 23. ISX Colombia: NOTICE!. HEREAB, Letters of Administration Y V to the estate of Joseph timeltzer, late of the Borough of 3fariette, County of Lan caster, deceased, have been" granted to the subscriber. All persona indebted to said estate aro requested to makuirtunediate payment, and those having claimsagainst the same will present them duly authonti cated for settlemengto ' 11.teffrE. SMELTZER. 3firrietta, Jan. 16, l'&13-9t Adm's. 'awe r., - ...1 ' ... " .... " . •.---. 1 .' t! • '.. ' , l :'? 1.1');(0.1._; . t ;.._._ ~ • •-!-.. . . ...,. ..,... 1 ,„ . :_•:i ...f. .:::).„..%...:... , ; .••• .'•!..:.; ; r,.'':.;_•.t,--...c -.. - 2 _ . . . r- • 7..': ~ :11.: ' .:,,,./' ~` :-:' . ..: ~.:.' -• • . ~ - T, . _,, ,IM - .._ ' • 1, ...-- : _; --,. ..\ •- --. ': • i . '' • ( .. - , •• • ... - -•- ... , -`-' I': fr. L . .: i lz . . .!..... .....t o ,: . 1 t. . t . .... • :. : .L ; .....- 2 4:..-•- .! :- -i • '• . . . . ... i • " • ' . L: " „ . . „ , • • .... ' : L. ' .- . -- ::::.:: .. i.: :-. ~ :• • .. : • - ... - _ . . •. - . . . , . .. , - _• , • , • , . . , ~.. . . .. • . . . • , 1 M., 8.30 A. M., Tattry. Written for the Spy " Then and sow." Reply to ,a: Ladle's Poem Bri.eitra A. c. o'coyxon.: Irearts arc sometimes true as truth, Loco, tho' old, if true, bath youth; ' Plighted. troth and lover's vow, False and true are "then and now." Life on. earth -at most is 'brief, E'er a thing of joy'or grief, . Then, oh; why do mortals sin, When they've Heaven to lose ~::,r win ? Love's a thing of heavenly birth, God's best boon taus of earth ; School the heart and school the soul, Till thoy are perfections whole, "flll mau maketh heaven his goal! Hearts are secretst—would that we Could the hearts of mortals see; But we can t—se beads will ache, Souls will suffer, hearts will break! True as needle to the polo, True love binds us soul to soul; 31akes two beans have the Caine goal, And the' we're of dual a part, True love binds us heart to heart. 0! poet• mortals—things of clay, Her prefering :eight to Day, Love's a thing ofjoy for aye; Aud to fond Imams, loving words • hwectei are thau conga of birds. But, oh when we love and find That we have alas; been blind, That the idol we've enshrined In our soul of souls. is false, Then it seems our life•march halts, Then we coo fiends dunce and waltz. Then, as from sweet dreams we wake, Then our heads grow wild and ache, Then it 500104 the heart must brake; And n lib heaven-ward lifted eye, In our aeulu no . pray to die I Valti!—up soul and ne'er despair, To eternal life thou'rt heir; Rouse, otti heart, do not repine tier the love of "uula tang, sync;' If thy idol's f.utli lees grown, 'To, n'snin and not thtne own, Dash it frton thy heart's high tl.onol Yet, tho' you nulearn to love, lick net.'—fur thy God above Rath eenananda:d:—oh, love ye If ye would be loved t,y me, It ye n ould my children be. And, oh! never pray to alio, For that wore impiety, For thy God thy hie did give, And thy mission is to live. If con emit forget—forgive Thole who've wronged you while you livo; Anil e'er love or life v n Come They will writhe to soul remorse: And in dreams they'll see dread hosts Uf intot nal, !modish ghimts! Then and now—then and now, Lilo all elm:di:in souls do thou Ever to God's judgments hew ; Life It ever gain and loss, Life iv ever crown and cross; flighted troth and lover's vow ' False and true are i• then and now;" Build not idols made of clay, - Fur ouch idols fade away; If tli• idol h ;Millie:iv grown, (Such is lure un thiv earth-zone.) "I'm its sin and not thino own; Then, without one sigh or groan— Dash tt iron& My hair:a high throne,/ 4 . " ,- rovritiltrOlh6 lay Dreams hay all Vanished! iTner- souNso:r. Me dreams have all vanished, My hopei, ad have lied: Like of the antiunn, The) lie ii:therrd and dead; Smile en, thou kilns, maiden, Thou yet mayest tact he pant; ill the iron, 'l • La I.trtee of the .steCl. Th.: trees of the Winter. With branches all hate; Are hupetully waiting For :summer's pure air; Sol though now striekeu 'By colcutess and scorn; Shall hope for the coming Of loves golden learn. I have coat off thy shackles, 'Chou alluring coquette; The vows' hat e, uttered, ion, etui forgM , ••"i ' • LtkoLleivi of th, niorn, VI la.otl Ott the 5.101 My Memory is radius Vorever iron: tile. Farewell, thou false hearted, 1 shall conquer my pact 1 And enter the bathe, • 'Cu Still love mount And net er, no, out er. Shall one thought be cast On t h e shadowy vision That clouded the past. frrightat. Written for tho tiny TOIL! BY' . J.131E8 S. WATKINS It has been said that , " bodily Labor alleviates the pain of the mind; and hence arises the Happiness of th s poor." The pernicious, debilitating tendencies of bodily pleasure need to be counteract ed by the invigorating cxercisas of bodi ly Labor ; whereas bodily Labor without bodily Pleasure converts the body into a mere machine and brutifies the soul. • Toil ! toil ! toil I What aterrible thing it is to be depezident f—and more partic ularly in such . ': trying times" as ire now uponus. Surely; inqruth, one half of this'world has no idea how the other half lives ! 'The o laboring man, the mechanic, the hard working mechanic, seems to the one most to bo looked after. There has been a time when the mechanic was ap parently independent-z-when thousands had more than they could perform—and I Labor was quoted a premium : but, alas! the wheel of Time in its onward career, has brought us down ,to the sad reality that it is no longer so, but at a terrible discount—few hare permanent employ meet, and even such as are fortunate enough to find a job, though perhaps they may toil as, hard as " ever, receive but a pitiable pittance for their services;' as true ,a's Heaven, in some places and in stances,-rptstive scarcely.enough, to,,keep soul etikbodi tegether! Many, families among them are large—in some cases they haws three and four smell children de pendent upon:them for support, and .at tho Present rates of subsistence, ten dot lars will alit is far as five would IA times; of peace-=with little, Tor - 7 —and comparatively Tiis viniiiiisation for it= "NO: ENTERTAINMENT SO OGIE_ AS" . I:EAD i'NOR. ANY PLEASURE: SO LASTING." • I COLUMBIA, .PENNSYLVAIqiii;:SATII:RDA.t: NIOIVINGr:: ZERIi:UARY 2'o, 1804. how ii.te they to - live ?.: perhaps the aris tocratic, miserly employer . can enlighten us . ; let hiin dO'sO! We often hear ,them plead :. . ' - "Can yon not advance my rates of compeniaticii?—/ labor as hard— ,and pay t h ree times as' much as I ever have done for subsistance—'tis auk fair that ,•. we should live ,and let live—and now acting upt:n`thiS" alone--r ask an advance!". . And we hear the heartless response "Is it possible,—it is all I can do for you=you should be, glad to get • what I give you—conic:Ude without you easily— only keep you to give you employment, &c., !" Really-, lam almost ashamed of my own race when I look around me and hold the selfish, miserly and almost inhu man robbery in which some of our would be aristocratic employees seem to take' a delight! May the God of the laboring man shower his endless blessing upon hint now in this his time of need ; and, in due season, deal a just retribution upon the miserlY, and scornful aristocrat! • • "Come hither, yo that press your beds of down, And sleep not. Sco hun sweating o'er his bread, Before ho eats-It.— , Tis the primal course, ' But soften'd into Merew: made the pledge Of cheerful Bays, and Nights without a groan. Benjamin . Franklin remarked that " Sloth made all difficult—but In dustry all 'easy"--no truer words ever es caped t.tc lips of man—"he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that PoVerty soon overtakes' him." Toil ! toil ! toil 1 7 -And this is not all. There are others, perhaps as dependent as the laboring man—l need not mention their capacity—the reader may judge— they may be, forsook, only dependent in one way—uPon the generosity of their , many friends and acquaintances—if they a r c legion—and patronize them—then they arc safe, otherwiiejhey are discord ed, no matter how honest or attentre 7 --, they are not neecleei 7 It is useless to dis- man—it mat ters not in what de;44',l-aia,.: : f tra . de, or in erehandizing, he of course, they are ifolitted:elses, when he is encouraged, and raised to a prOper level with the employee, even to the pos session of an interest in the establishment —but it is seldom recorded. I have known instances where young men of this class have been given a "yel low envelope," because thcyhave been made the dupes of "shoppers," when in truth, they've been strictly attentive, honest and industrious, while less deserv ing have svoi/ fivor and been retained— aye, been excellent, and effectual sales men, attends so. and so to my interest, and with such a business capacity; (of which, perhaps, the employee never had a fair chance to judge) I really wouldn't part with him for the world, couldn't possibly get any one'to fill his place,— would rather tribble his salary than lase him!" and, even with this, ten Chances to one, if he is then raying him enough to board and clothes him decently, and he is made to understand that he is not worth the sum lie receives; "merely kept because times are .hard," and perhaps, he'd not get another place if out otem ployment, "no one in these times are in want of help," and believing this, he thinks it folly in himself to leave his sit. uation. Who can blame him? we are all-aware "the times are very trying" to some, yet, there arc thousands who arc doubly benefitted by the change, and among them this verymerchant, to him alone he makes, the appeal; ho does not heed it, 'tis the way of the world .and we cannot wonder. Yet another ease—we have a young man of strictly good morals, perfectly temperate, and strictly upright in his dealings; his employer seems ' pleased with him, makes him an offer, so much, provided, your sales amount to such a sum, ho accepts, then are all his energies put forth', every nerve is at once strain ed to accomplish the desired point; he is rapidly excelling; but., alas 1 he is doom ed to disappointment. "Just my luck I" we imagine, we hear from his lips, as he turns aside to almost despair. We en quire his ailment, •and axe informed, he has been a little too obliging, and has be come, the prey of just .a certain class, he has been too much of a gentleman to turn away from thent;—.and consequently is continuously beset bythem with "show me this, a sample of that, how perfectly geritebl! rve a mind to do I" this, ,td4quid the other, and never do anythiugative 'monopolize his time - sO that When opening comes, 'he haS nothing scaieelYio aliovrjfej.4 worthltii room.=;- He:despairs,,and at the Arad-of thtrtime agrCalifit, s tlienharged,, having • . ttal r foiled ,tcrdt? Irellat:wae enlectso. him: ' Takelvarningiyelw . ho toil for your support, - atid'aboN : e dO not be too oblig ingly kind to those -cannot api)reci ate fa.vinfs ' done, be ' - s.h7.xid and just in alt•pur' dealings and 2;4u-rill :succeed. Toil ! toil 1:--taill-LIfelrho toils need not'wish„and he 'who lives- upon hopes will die fasting.. Renntsnber,'there nre no gains without pains ; tiled" help hands for Ihave no -lands or; if I have, they , are' smartly - taxed." He that hath a trade; hath trtiely an eente—'twill serve him at a-future day, if Sit now; be that hath n calling, bath ark" office -Of profit and of honor; but theri,ories trade must be worked at, 'arid the+sliing • followed, or neither the estate or'the callini will enable us to pay- our taiL-s. If we' are industrious, it is said, "the shall never starve; for=at the working-man's house hunger looks in but dares riot enter." • He that from small beginning has de servedly raised himself;by his daily toil, to the highest stations, may not always find satisfaction in the possession of his object, that he -anticipated in - the pur suit'of it. But although he May be dis appointed, the community-'are benefited, first by his 'exertions, and secondly, by his example ; for, it has been well observ ed, that the public ,are •served not by what the Governor, or Ayer lee's who rides in the coach, but by' What the Ap prentice Boy feels while looking it him. Baltimore, Aid,. Feb. 10, 1564. For The Spy , . ll..tnatislTEG, Feb. 9th, 1564. Since Mayor Roumfort issued his proc lamation prohibiting the s t ale of intoxi cating liquors to soldiers, our city is in a quiet condition. Manylif the soldiers and new recruits, who imbibed too freely in intoxicating beverage, have been vic tims of thieves• and pick-pockets: Men who- injudiciouidy. 'exhibit'' their money, drink until they become eblivions, and then "lie around roose," • do not deserve much 'sympathy irhen rpbted. - There are scores of thieves, smith of them "lewd. wotaarts.oalte.. • 1 41y_eii_ the'watch foralsehogwor plan I der, and they have plied their vocation quite successfully. for several-weeks past. Soho singular developments were re vealed by a woman, recently, on her death !bed, in' relation to a man who Was found on the river bank near the water house, 'in this city. The substance of which is as follows: A in:in by the name of Straw bridge, a workman at the rolling mill, was found with his head cut and other injuries inflicted upon his person, from the effects of whichhe died., and the'nf fair has remained-a-profound secret until a short time ago the - woman above men tioned made the following statement:— She stated that on a Saturday night, of November, 1662, she was walking on the riverbank with a soldier, a short distance from the water - house they met the de ceased, when the soldier struck him on the head, with a weapon some kind, which prostrated. him to the earth, he then rifled his pockets and threw him dovria' the bank into theriver, as she sup , posed. After committing the act, the soldier made the woman taken solemn oath never to reveal what had happened. Recently this woman became sick, and when made fully conscious of her condi.: tier', exhibited signs of great mental ag ony, she said she could not die without revealing a terrible secret that had been long treasured in her mind; the sub stance of which I have already stated. Such is the rascality practiced by-fiends l in human form The Democrats of the. first ward held a meeting,-on last Saturday evening, and organized a club, tolbe called the "M'Clel lan Club, No 1," when the following oßi cera dilly elected: President, G. F. Weaver; Vice Pres idents, Wm. H. Bleckner, P.:Stucker, W. Foster; Secretary, G. T.-Weaver, jr. L. P. C. NEW COUNTERFEITS. - A counterfeit bill on the Bank of Gettysburg-has just been issued. It is of the denomination of S2O. It. is so well executed that the best judges are apt to be taken in by it, the vignette being pasted on the centre of the note. The signatures on the counterfeits are W. G. ll'Pherson; cashier, and R. Bmith, President, dated 1845; while the genuine are signed by G. Swope, President, and T. D. Carson, Cashier.—Har. , TeL• • Tortheepy. Riddle. . • • • To nothing add an old Litc9,, and the end of a dOor. • -• To thehegioning of eil fan, add fifty The head of Adam, and tho' - tail of ads , „ • The Poet office' Department , r ie now self-enetatuirtgi for the first sime•ist fifeeen =E Roftvg. Written for the Spy Mains at Twilight. WRITTEN BY REQUEST. ==! You ask me dear friend to write you a lay, On musings at twilight when fades the bright day ; When the moon and the stars fill the pure azure blue. • And uow at this hour, I am writing for you; ": The day-god has sunk to his couch-in tho • • west, He's folded the daylight around his bright breast, He has moved to the earth his parting fare well, And on all the earth rests night mystic spell. The stars have appeared in heaven's fair blue, • • And the moon sheds her beams so fair, yet so true; " The evening winds whisper in voices quite low,— And shadows aro flitting in - my room to and fro. The dow-drops are resting on ouch blossom fair. And delicate perfume floats on the night air, And each tiny blado of grass of bright Is green' with a jewel the fairest I'vo seen., The soft evening twilight is charming to me, For then cherished fabei I often' do see ; In fancy's bright glass I love them to gaze. And iu prayer to high heaven my feeble voice raise. ' Written For the 4py Clara Lee. =I Moved sho 'rnid.tho happy throng, Clara Lee, Strongly thrilling was her song. Chuff Lee, Eyes had she of heaven's own blue, - Shone they brightly as the dew— Clara Loe. 'Hong hei locks cf curling hair, Clara Lee, Amid thy blooming flowers rare, Clara Lee All her heart's young Joys had fled, And Hopt , -, and Lova's bright flowers dead, . Clara Lee. • • - Railroad. Mit. EDIT011::— . 1 read an article in your paper 'of the 30th ult., in reference to a 4 itew Railroad route front - some point go` creek, to run — ive — slfrardlY,'bifbeinoet: practicable route, to tho Broad Top coal fields.- As ;a: great friend to all public improvements of this kind, I will, with' your permission, give 'my views in regard to the - construction of a railroad as stated or proposed in' your paper a few weeks ago. Prom the knowledge I have of the country intervening between your placo and the coal region in Huntingdon and Bedford counties, I am satisfied as to its practicability, and no one can, for a mo ment,• doubt the beneficial results that must necessarially ensue, should the en terprise be put into execution. The movement is of paramount importance to your town and country, and in fact along the whole line, and to the cities of Phil.; adelphia and Baltimore, and the more , distant towns and cities. I have fre quently thought of such a project, and I hope that the opportunity will not bemis improved now, since the matter has been started, otherwise it must prove a source• of much regret and a just cause for re flection, hereafter, upon those•who have failed to discharge their whole duty in this all important project. • It strikes me that every one should carefully examine the matter and act accordingly, and en deavor to secure, for this noble enter prise, an immediate and effective concert of action. Mr. Editor, in your article/ you think that the most feasible route would be from Wrightsville to York, Gettysburg and Chambersburg. - Well, you have a road already to York, and from York tap the Giiiyaburg road at NOW Oxford.— There appears to be a natural route from York to this place, by Abbottstown. I made a surrey, a few years ago, from New Oxford to York, ,by tray of East Berlin, also one from Abhotistown to New Oxford, and the cost frOm the latter plaice to Abbottstown, whielCia foul miles; or a fraction over, but leas than that distance to where it would intersecorith the Get tysburg railroad, and the Cut for grading the four miles would, bn,.at,this time, adding for thit increase of vague, iitc, V 7,000, and from. AbbottetoitiCio Yo rk aboiat .826,600; titit inert Laing the bildge acmes. tie: C'oclarui ,at York. , rhaVe traveled over 'tbia . ,route, but' neierinado as instrumental erami . lip Op, 114 a beautiful valley for a :railroad' froth YOrk to thi& place.. From Now o.ifer.l to Geityaburglbere le already a road in operation, eleven miles long, and in a vety good oondilion. from Getiyaborg,"flie graded portion, of the old ",tape worm" would comean use. for ; eii.mile , 'at . least. 'A:littlo lrizning Fp is all ibal the reqUiter "From & point O n th e old road, about` 'noes • e.i.tt.50 3, 4; sEI°7 Wes mti7es, some four .years . ago,.to Chambersburgi and a route pronounced practicable, as to the cost of it Peonld not say; From Chambersburg there is 'no great difficulty in tlui way, that lam •sanguine of.. I have spent a year on the Broad Top coal region; making surveys and locating short branches into the coal openings. . You I would strike the coal fields near Broad Top City, not far from the six mile run branch road, leading to Hopewell.. As this was hastily written, I may here after prepare a carefully digested article upon the route,. Cost, &c., of the. railroad which is spoken 0f,.t0 extend from near your place to the• coal region. There is another route worthy 9f the attention of those interested, by - way of Dilistown, which perhaps would cast less, but,may not be• the most practicable, taking, all things into consideration. Should this road' be built by way of Gettysburg it would ere:long be extended to Waynes boro', and into one of the finest and rich est valleys in the state. Thus, apart from any other interest, the people may have in the road, I think that they should be able to.sce that the investment made in the stock of such a company -would be a profitable One. That Section of country: produces a large, amount of grain, :and they have fteuring.mills , of, the largest capacity converting it into. flour.; • This road; if built, .would draw -an immense amount of :produce over the. road, -and therefore2pake it one of ithe best, roads in the 'country for our eastern cities.— Should this road . eyer ,1 - 3 , made 'by Get tysburg, the prospect would be of ulti mately, connecting „with the, „Pittsburg and Connelleville Railroad, and the Horapfield :road, .and thus obtaining a through route,. by, the former, to Pitts burg and the North-West,,, and by the latter' to Wheeling,Midthus conneetwith the. Central, Ohio, running to qinchmati and . St. - It would requira,but short time to : ascertain Aheactualeost, of a roadfrom ColuMbia to the Broad, Top Coal Rogion. For the Spy., MOMM! New Orford, Feb • Tlie 7. f0 . -le "PI adelphis . '"Telegrizia;" 7 :`:av' itkilhaZaccorn • paying note was haiuled us for pul;li catiori: The following eitraot" from the Phila dclphia Evening Telegriiph: with a few amendments is so applicable to the me ridian of Columbia that r eatinnt resist the temptatiOn - to have it published. ' In some things wo are a peculiar peo: ple. Indeed, we doubt whether, for cer tain characteristics which distinguish us, there is any exact analogy to :bo found anywhere •in the metropolitan world. In those respects this community is emphat ically sui generic. Let us . notice one of these specialities: If a Philadelphian subscribes ten, or twenty, or even the enormous sum of one hundred dollars tea fund of one or , two millions, to stark a steam-ship line, to build a railroad, or to initiate any similar enterprise, he is sure to imagine that he is the company. We care not how large the company may be, or what amount of aggregate capital it may represent, the individual stockholder aforesaid will up to the size of the corporation, and claim to embody it completely in his own proper person.— In fact, his capacity' to magnify himself in this manner is generally found to stand in an inverse proportion to his actual in vestment. The smaller his interest in the concern, the greater his arrogance. Oa a single share of stock ho will male more speeches ai .1. - &iipoiatiod - meeting; daunt his opinions with more assurance, and claim to exercise: more influence, than any twenty membdts ,who way.ovrn; four-fifths of the entice-moans of,gke as sociation. . What ho aspires to-is•supreine control; and his motto is "rule or ruin.'! -He has to idea-of that' wise - - prisciple.of..law and .business economy which wouLd4duk . his personality- lar_the•bodypelitic. ' He can not. conceive the necessity of a delegation of authority—to-1v fenr , :for-:thesomusen binefit • of the many. ' He 'clings -to the ultra demcicratio dectrinelha.e sovereign ty resides in tho indiCidual, and that it ttinit alWayi be -asserted, though the oon sequencies -xasy be inevitable confusion and - disinter. To reason with - him on this 'absurdity only exasperates him. 'He will not understand that one head, if iebe a good and honest had, is better than a hiludrod, where unity of °atrial if,vmsenilal wistiVaud ` efficiently affairs Of the :compsiny: You . 'may tell Min thil4e :pbot who - knows the rake And_ 'shoals of a rim; is cuefer nun twenty who do not know 6,50 PEE ; • YEAR asr Enitiya4.74.44CE. A. Local ,Trait. ME MEE .1) t .."" 1 . ~.. 1r • - -t 4 7. 44 ,1 •• •` . lt - ' -• • pEoLk4SIBE R . - 7 1 „7. -7 4 7Le • what course - la Steer.' tieliriTl protislil reply-that•ho has a , eortain-stake vessel, that he ltnews,hisjigiFtsiasti tart owner, and that he vill yeep . hishand on, the tiller, though he should-drive the ship to perdition. , In the multiplicity of these absolute gentlemen, who n insist on standing nt tc - wheel and nayigating a steamer in a hun dred c ontrary, course!' at once, there abundant Mischief and N., such auspices an eiiterprieThlrtiyiTioes' wrong, or else, it never"goel at; all. Thi purpose of.'eve,bodY to lie aramount generally kills the best scheme! may—be -devised fora Whit' might:be.) . r ' for the general welfari3' by imibbitistion of means and unanimity' Of will , ° sl +endered . impraCtiCable oi:abcirtiVeelby difisionr and In this city' of half'a - million of:people,. we have the fact Illustrated •in an enii-1 , nent degree. IndiCidualism in all public' undertakings is the dominant' power,.: and it has, in everything relating to our commercial condition especially; produe ed its natural fruits hi social weakness, stagnation and provincialism. - We have achieved some creditable works,.. it =is true; but it has been in apite`of our want'. iirthat generous n inagaeiouS, l selfforget—J ting metropolitinism,:which is the piime-t element in the greatness of every - really prosperou's and iMperial city of the world. •• ....... . . Rebel Vihtray'..};,:olsb4.sll: 'Stoppage 61,a Railway. icy of Passengers.„ The , rumor thlit'Preltildd in the gar yesterday. of, a train Don, the Baltimore ; and Ohio -114ilieati by: guerillas turns to be well . The ;train; which . lellll3'alifineie ,116 o'clock on..Tliursdity, everiiiiereielied‘ ;Harper's ..k.erry about sirid . moyed!on towards. Martinsburg, Baring on board a„goodly , number of psisengers bound ; West. ::•Wheri ; 'Heaiiiyiir..llo:. atoppe.... arowdtof armed. - Bebcia,Allout forty in number,--surrounded-it-and4iok posses sion•-of the passenker ciirs:• ~ ! Thcyf4ibn went around and ,oirclapd:, and I.robhed. each ,passenger,. .eousitudinl eaoh, to stand anddelivernicir Wale test pock et-bookeand r other valuables." illtetiftirir is Said to have been donemnstAhoranihw, ly, with all the grace and , sunitfroa of experienced highwaymen. .fgvet,thaii i pocket•knivcs and .tooth•picks did notes cape the plunderers. Those who the robbing were aceompanied liropistd• holders, who ;thrust the muizies.Amdem the noses. of their,Victims whilst4hey ; were beirl plundered.. - • • They dui not touch the or Adams express' car, - and ' - whonAhey , had finished their woric'svithAhC•pasien gore, mounted their hems mud.. left:---, The locomotive was soon put upon. ,the track and proceeded onto Cum'b'erland. Baltimore Jimerian. • - - 'Dog Meatier Ahdoir - Prisonete.':.: - :" The Richmond „Exentiner.etthe.2Btit ultimo, contains.theiellowing:: , W.s.aratia TO:Doos:—,Aliciardiarta the. statement of 'A. citizen', who t writes as on the subject, Belle Isle„die ,the , depot of the Yankee prisoners in Riehniorik ie unhealthy for dogs—especially viell:vbn2 ditioned dogs.. 'The Yankeeenat and this our correspondent Allows front facts that have coma within—his know ledge.. Several gentlemen - mi t - dial 'lone barren isle' have lost, resentlyii•theii4e verite heel -companions; gutd.- - ;.imi corsai r pendent affirms that,it ,t 9 the guard that the Yankees, caught,,,fri cassed and eat more- Over; Ate - Yankees liaieliniged some twit irll4l9.4o 'let then:Aeon their dogs to eat/ Horrible 1:- We are eilvisektif ',we ;doubt the statement...of _our. correspondent to visit the isiand.aud takes ; dog along, and we will coitieliria.f3linie 'end convinced. have to, appentit,to„.this dog stork. is that,we foyer dia:lsideilie Yan kee take in linythinirbittif • tlily-pre• fer:i steak - Of canine meat 'to•the rations Of.beef;tread;;potabiuts and sonpfureitoh ed thbm. from-the:Commis:6*T, Depot+ ment.by Abel:leen .officials it is ..tliskr liking, not ours. ota est nivoron:s - nature I:atter like : the flesh of another anitnal.ornlikeinatirc above ease it is 'dot satAogt:pqrlyi.po. .1 1 Despite the brutal buffooney of .the writer of this eharachnii thing is sort clearlrprovesibyit,,te.wit , : that the stories of thdaemi4tareatioe of the- Union prisoners. at -Riolualaad• ass true. The Rebel editorleis let ont,to9,'e than be ileedried•lntting-outrin his arti cle, and be •has - also .iiroweoi that inen cruel enough-to starve prisonersixf Snit ean also be : mean enougli 4ot.scatVaa roook-aishe sufferings of their :• • An ezohingepapayinga4 Alirtieurba have been in" the habit of ateallifeenie3- itoris , woody our Derfican'tsphtr r r 1 -1 6 7 LA.II , • • rirrrarzn MEI ~;
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers