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Fares from Harrisburg,: to New York 151 to philadelphia sg, soul Su. Baggage elteeked through. Returning leave New York at e. .t. 31.. 1 211.1 , th and 7 I'. 31., (Pittsburg Express:miring at Ilasrisburg at 2 .1. M.) Leave Philadelphia itt 5.15 A. St., stud 3.50 I'. M. Sleeping ears its the Novo York Evpress Trains, through to and frosts Pittsburg, without eliangss. Passensts•rs by the Catawissa leave Ta maqua at 8.515 M.. and 2.10 P. 31. for Philadelphia, vest York. and nll \Vity Points. Trains leave Pottsville at U. 13 A. St.. and 2.30 P. 31 , for Po iia lelphia. Harrisburg and New York. An 3eeissontoilation Passenger train feat es Read tug at si.llo 3.31., and return. from Philadelphia at s.ois P. 51. a 7..1-All the above trains run daily, Sundays ex eaptesl. 3 Sunday train leaves Pottsville at 7.30 3. 31., and tt 3.15 P. 3f. Commutation, Mileage. 5,1.A11, 'Mil MC1.1114011 Tiekets at red teed rates to and fells all 1 0 'ittl.• sitt Postads Baggage allowed esiela passenger. IL sica itd,S General Superintendent. rnray -2,-ISG4 READING AND COLEDIMA R. R. 'nag nett- Rand is einnplettal, and in good order, with Ilr•d-oltoto li, e 4-eitit••r Car+. 1,..1 d ina.l o ...arrainminentot with thr tatetnecting. 7 4'0 Aliikte • • - •Ilit and TlALTT2lloitc;vinire.weffar ti to Allentown. Eiston.atul NEW YOUR., which route f beauty anti Summer Resort 4 shrtald bu tried to be tonpreviatetl. l'ranot North leave Columbia at g.all a. m. Are. ate p. In. Nn-t. e Arrive at Reading at a. tn. .4:23 p. to. riot. - Trains Smith leave 'tending at ti.•lo a. m. Atte. • 11.10 a. In. V&A, u Arrive at Columbia at tt.ge ;t. in. 1.30 p, nn, Fat , t. The luiver Smapteltanna at Coltirnbla to erioa.eti by a Steam I , ••rry, a NEW 110.1 . 11` await. the arrival nt' t h o Irma, i•, eitIINOV tine ptoomugoro over, the change being rbt'itzlitfol. l'ate•engers liv thu (mot line will time at Columbia. E. W. NM:TiII:OP. 110711111 T CRANE. Ito:ter:11 Ticket Agent. General r4uperintentlent. PENN SI I. VIA IA RAI L.RO A, D. Trains leave Co/Inn/an going. east, Columbia [.ruin, s 15 copn. Aeeeininoilatiati. 1 55 P. M. (to con noel. wi t Fast Mail eat, tat L 11111 1 . 8 . 4. r) /larrisburg Aceoiiindrition, a .10 P. M. Trains leave west, trian, it 45A. M. llarriMbnrg Aeecanndat P. M. Columbia train arrives. g .20 " E. K. BOICE, Ticket Agent. N. C. naxrawAlr. YORK AND WRIGHTSVILLE R. R The trains 'from Wrightsville and York will run as follows, until further orders: Wright Leave 7 30 A. M. 00 I'. M. 731) P. M. 0 30 A. M. 12. 10 P. :NI. 3 30 P. M. Leave York 41, Departure and Arrival of the Passenger Trains at York. DE:PARTurtEs FROM YORK. For Balm:noun, 4.15 A. M., 8.30 A. and' .50 P. M. For IlAumsnurto, 11.55 A. M. 0.19 P. M. and s 12.25 A. M. ARRIVALS AT `ionic From BA r.rt mon E, 11.50 A. M., 43,15 P. M. and 12.22 A. 51. From ILtuntsnuna, 4.10 A. 51., 8.25 A. 51., and 2.45 P. M. 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IF became averse to society, and disposed only to seclusion, and having tried the skill of a number of eminent physicians of various schools, finally come to the conclusion that, for this disease at my mcsent age (45 years) there was no cure in existql,co, But, through theinter- Terence of Divine Providence, to whom I devoutly oiler my thanks, I at last found a sovereign remedy in your Dyspepsia Pills slid Tar Cordial, which seem V) Have effeotualltirymqvoci r.l most the last trace of my long list of ailments and bad feeling., anti in their place health, pleasure, and contentment are my every-day compa nions. J.t3tEs M. SAUNDEIN, No. 453 N. Second st., Philadelphia, Formerly of Woodbury, 1.1, A Positive Care for Drapopsia. lIKUI wits, MI. JoHN K. nulrucK 2 4 ‘11; No. 102.4 Olive Street, Philadelphia, Jan. 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They nre'sold by Druggists and Dealers every where—at wholesale by all New York and Phiatielphi wholesale Drurgists. marlo "NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CUEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING:" COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY-MORNING. AUGUST 20, 1864. IDrtg. Written for the Co'mob's' Spy- The Wayside Inn. =l3 No more the traveler stops at the gate, To seek repose for the night; N o Liveried porter before it Wait, When the old Stage drives in sight. And next to the fare you shall miss most, Should you but he tempted in. You'll miss the face of the jolly flost, Who lived at the Wayside Inn. You 111189 the lamp that hangs in the hal , To light the tired traveler through ; And she who was the best of them all, Ton miss the good hostes too. Yon miss her smiling proportions there, And though her Butler was thin, 'Twos, not because of the scanty fare, She sat at the Wayside Inn. The good old Pump that stood in the yard, For twenty long summers past, Like a good soul, has got its reward, And now stands idle at last. 13ut greater changes than those without, Should cross your vision within i For n hen you lies.. there is no one ahont The door of the Wayside Inn. The gay eongenial spirits all, 'Who met there at night by ehanee, :Co more abandon the banquet hall, To join In the merry donee. In vain you seek the good-natural host, Who never thought it a sin, To mix a glass anti offer a toast With all at the Wayside Inn. The midnight traveler going along, Who thought no one else was up, No more shrill hear the revellers' sang, When taking their parting cup. And he whose laugh was nil others above, Whose grin was the broadest grin, No more shall chide you for making love With the maids at the Wayside Inn. Washington, D. C JEFF. DAVIS' DREAM. One day while sitting in an old fash ioned high-backed chair in the parlor of a hotel at Richmond in May, 1862, en joying a good pipe and Northern paper and had just become interested in the latest news, I hoard the door open and the footsteps of two persons approach ing. They seemed to be talking conB - • - l'hna 1 . 14 some sign, so‘thet I might not hear any thing not intended for' my ear, but on peering into the room imagine my sup rise when I recognized in the occupants, Jeff. Davis and his traitor friend, Teembs of Georgia. I hesitated no longer, but settled myself back in my seat and bent every energy to listen to the eonversation, which was carried on in a low tone. But, said Toombs, Mr. Davis, you must .not give way to the vageries or your brain. Come, tell inc all about this wonderful dream, and 'my word for it, you will feel better after the recital.— Davis, rising, turned the key in the door, and resuming his scat close by Toombs, gave the following version of the dream that disturbed him. Said he, "I had a party of friends to supper last night, who prolonged their visit to a late hour I ate heartily during the evening, and ex perienced a strange feeling of heaviness before retiring. My room you know, is well supplied with large windows, and the night being a splendid one, 1 lay on my back gazing out on the heavens sparkling as it were with diamonds, and ruminating on the destiny of the Southern Confederacy. How long I continued thus, I know not, but stealing over ;ny senses, as it appeared to me, in stantly came a clearer perception of our cause from the beginning. I thought myself in Washingtog, in that same room where we all met that night to perfect our plans for the destruction of this great Republic. I thought that you were there, Toombs, and Beekinridg,e, and all I rest, and I seemed to live over again the closing scenes whielt were. enacted in Congress, and I was started from the contemplation by a low, deep, solemn voice close by my pillow, saying: 'Jeffer son Davis—Jefferson Davis 1' This was the beginning. I started and looked around to see who it was that spoke in those awful tones, and a cold chill of horror crept over me as I saw a dim, shadowy figure disappear in the dis tance. Presently my gaze became fixed, and before me passed the whole Southern land,one, State after another.. Narylaud, heaving and tossing as upon the waves of the ocean, doubting which vfay to plunge; . Virginia had a smiling exterior but the most deadly, damning hate rankling in her heart; Georgia, crazy with tho enormous weight of her sins and her pas sions, anxious to give them vent in_ the warm blood of the Northern heart; and so passed they all, one after another, the last appearing more hellish than the first. No sooner were these ended than by son e 1 singular change in my position, I imag lewd myself standing on the top of Bun- ker Dill, and once more the panorama of the States was presented before me.— This time it was of the North.' ]hut why enter into the details of this vision, for I saw them in all the beauty of their sys tem ; the children on their way to school, the old people to the noon day prayer meeting, the fanner in the field and the scholar in his study. All this passed rapidly before me, and I felt a fire in my heart that to my disordered brain threat ened to consume me entirely. Again the scope changed, ttpd I found myself on a height overlooking Charleston har bor, just at the moment the Starof the West mis attempting to carry provisions to the starving garrison within. I saw the shot fired, forcing her return,and my heart sunk within me as I heard that deep, solemn voice close beside me say, Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Davis ! this is your preparation for the halter !'— Again, I saw another fleet sail for the relief of Sumpter—saw the bombard ment and its final fall. Once more I im agined myself standing on the summit of Bunker llill, and the whole North lay spread out at my feet, and, my God ! the change that had come over this land ! Where, from this very spot and extend ing out to its. farthest corner, there was a hurrying to and fro, men with their mus kets and all tending to one point, Wash ington. My eyes fairly blazed from my head,when from the clear blue sky above me, I heard once again the mysterious voice ringing in my ears, g Jefferson Da vis, Jefferson Davis ! liehold the armed legions of the North ; see the agony of parting ; see the misery and desolation that are to follow. Jefferson Davis, this is your work !' My limbs trembled as I heard these words uttered in those awful tones. My brain reeled, and I fell head long from my position. At this point, Jeff Davis stopped talk hig'and wiped the cold sweat from his brow. Toombs remarked that it was a most wonderful dream—most wonderful, when Jefferson, resuming,said,l thought that my fall was not sudden,. but that I occupied some months in m desecntland cola's Ariaiouda tighTdui ;g its r 0 around the confederacy-, and I felt the certainty that all was lost, that we would be crushed in one common de4truction. I saw the capture' of Forts Henry and Donelson,and a thrill of horror crept over me as I saw that traitor to the North and South, Floyd, steal away in the darkness of the night, leaving the rest to destruc tion, Along the lines I saw our armies possessed of a,fearfal dread, flying from Nashville and Columbus; saw the battle of Pea Ridge, Pittsburg Landing, and all the others, and almost:in the twinkling of aft eye, the Great Army of the Poto mac under Meade pressing on Richmond in all its mighty preportions,appcared be fore me, and I felt that all was lost.— Again the solemn voice rang in my ears, "Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Davis thy doom is sealed ; meet thy ren-Ard." No sooner were these words uttered than iu the distance I heard an tmearthly shouting and yelling that grated on my feelings like red hot iron drawn through every portion of any body. Soon there came in sight what I found to my horror to be a body-guard of "imps" sent from the bottomless pit to bring me to judo meat. Placing themselves around and under my body, we descended rapidly to wards Hades. Soon we found ourselves landed on a barren rock in the most deso late place possible for you to imagine.— Stepping round to one angle, it disclosed to my view a wide entrance, and all around it grew the most beautiful flowers, and I seemed to hear the most beautiful I sounds imaginable. One of my guards i here spoke to me and said, "Child of mor tality, follow!" He led the way and I followed closely. ft was not long before the beauty of the outrauce passed away and all became dark, dreary and desolate. Traveling what seemed to mc a great dis tance, wo at. last came to a great iron, door, the nails upon which seemed to sparkle and blaze with some intense heat within. Here sat an elderly imp as a doorkeeper, and by his side was a very large book, in which. were written in let ters of tire the name's of all the damned who had proceeded mc. "Child of sin," spoke the old man, "who art thou ?" and I answered, verily, my brain reel and I know not. "Child of sin, tell me by what name thou wert known on the earth 7" and I answered, Jefferson Davis. No sooner had he uttered this name, than the imps, with a horrible, never to be forgotten scroech,sprang to a distant cor ner, and stood staring with gleaming aye' halls, that seemed to loathe me with a most tremendous loathing—l tried to ap proach them, but they would not permit it,secming . fearful of any contact with me. Ilorror-stricken and amazed at this con duct of those I though would be my friends, I returned to the door which I now found open. As soon as I entered, the door closed with a sound. and I heard rolling in the distance my name as I was thus introduced to the society of ,tlie damned. Onward and onward I found myself traveling, and ever and anon as I passed by some poor wretch writhing in all tbe misery of the lost, I would turn my eyes to catch one look of sympathy, one glance of commiseration for my fate, but in vain. All seemed to look upon me with a dreadful horror,and pointing their burnt fingers of scorn as I passed, whispered to each other, " nu is disgraced ! Hell disgraced'"is Hurrying fastar on, I at last found myself before an open door, having printed overhead in letters of fire the words, " Enter and receive thy doom !" I entered, and there in the mid dle of a large apartment was raised a throne of living fire, and upon it sat the most awful being I ever beheld. On his head was a crown of living scorpions and round his neck and coiled in his bosom was the deadly rattlesnake, I had but a short thee to look, when, in a voice of tbunder* said to me, " Who art thou?" And through the long arches through which I had passed came the answer,— " Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Davis ! Hell is disgraced, cast him out !" Transfixed with horror, the Devil seemed to gaze upon me and in a voice of awful depth and hardness, said to mc, " Jefferson Davis, once upon a time, I who now sit here, jailor of the damned, ambitious to be something greater than the greatest, rebelled, and was cast forth, and this sentence was passed upon me,—to sink down to hell and have dominion over all the iniquity of the world until a greater than I should appear, when I should be released and my dominion be given to him. Jefferson Davis, lung I have waited, long have I tempted,but in vain, until to-day you appear before me load ed down with,a.„qthat oven shad ,:ce 1 - : 4' ~ r scar<Da.vis said As he uttered tho Set awful words; my blood seemed to freeze in my veins and the most horrid wail of agony rose from the myriads of the damned, and with a shout I awoke, trembling in every limb, a oold perspiration all over me, and broad daylight streaming in through my windows The scenes seemed so real, and my doom so prophetic, that it preys upon me like a canker, and I find myself unable to cast it off. Davis here ceased speaking, and they both rose, and unlocking the door,passed out, and as they passed, 1 caught a glimpse of them, and never till the day of my death shall I forget the haggard, Careworn f4ces of those two traitors. A STItA.NoE VISITOIL-A bird, which we suppose to be a house sparrow, and which we are slue is not a raven, attract ed by the lights in our composing room, applied for admission at an early hour this morning. A hospitAtble compositor throw open his window and our feather ed visitor entered with as much ease, as his half famished _condition would ad mit of. After describing the circuit of the room,he was eaptured,and as we write he is enjoying a temporary imprisonment under our hat. We shalt issue a procla mation of emancipation, as soon as prac ticable, not forgetting however to give the bird his liberty at the same time.— Buffalo Courier. If it is according to the generous im pulses of humanity, and perfectly "con stitutional," to proclaim freedom to those birds which voluntarily seek the protec tion of captivity and confinement at our hands, what would tho Courier man say in regard to those forced against their own will and instincts into human cages and irons? E MBARRASSING CASE.--%Whell , the war first broke out, a young married man of Steubenville, Ohio, volunteered i lie was reported killed at Perryville, and subsequently his wife received a inetalie coffin which purported to be the body of her husband. She buried it with all due oeremony and affecting. and, after more than a year elapsed, she married again. A few days since, an exchauged prisoner passed through Steubenville and left a message from the husband supposed to be dead, that he would probably be soon exchangs.d and be home again, Her pre eat husband is a worthy man, and the cam becomes somewhat embarrassing. , The peach crop of New Jersey this year will be the largest over raised in that State. One man in Ocean oonnty has 180,000 trees in full hearing and will send to market 225,000 baskets of the fruit. $2,80 PEP, YEAR .= ADVANCE; $2,50 IPROT PAID INADVANCE .~~~r~. Writteu fur tee Columbia tipy A WEDDING WISH. BY MRS. V. J. A. SIMONS Blessings on you happy pair Life and bliss are MI before you, ,Ilearen's propitious rains descend, Scattering choicest blossingseer you Life 'a before you happy pairl Enter en its path relying On his strength who can nnknin, When the hours are dark and trying Prosperous winds your sails now fill, Brightly now -die sun is shining, Friends are Lilthful warm and true, Peace and plenty are reclining At your board,—l truly wish Thus they might thro` life attend. you, And that from the woes of life, Gracious Heaven might e'er defend you litit the soul dig trusts in Him, Whether genii or ill attends it, Bettie secime, mid all that Knowing 'tic his hand that sandli it When lifo's cares have silvered tier Your now dark loeks,—the slow• 'voting Of your pulse that now heats strong Tells you that your days are fleeting, May you there reign to Him; Hearts on which His seal is I..ra :en Calmly may you drift along. Safely anchor in Ilk haven. fhi g iitaL Written fur the Celnvbin 7P-M14.1- THE MUSES .1,1111 S. WATKINS. Methinks I hear the nine rirgin :Mu ses, with united minds, voices and hands, make an agreeable concord arise from . their ditTerent instruments, governing their several voices in such a manner as to prcduce the most noble harmony. They are the presidents of the poets and musicians, and the governors of the feasts and solemnities of the gods. 13a husius, a modern poet, comprised the names of all the Muses in a distich; that is, he has made the nine Muses to stand, which is something strange, but upon eleven feet. Their names aro as follows rolyinenial! Erato,. Clip, At- I " •- .1 e sore, U: Time was,ere Babel was my habitation, and unbounded leisure (?) my heritage ; ere the green and balmy days of youth had ripened into manhood, or ere I, athirst,bent for a draught at Ilelicon,and the sweet face of Poesy gleamed up to me through the clear, bright waters ; when Baltimore street was not,.anethis proud, devoted city was the utopia of my imagination; when I, an untraveled, un sophisticated villager, and country lad, ambitious of a character fur notability, like the little busy bee, " improved each shining hour." When T, a lesser orb, under the tute lage of' my maternal planet, shone in the household as " cook's oracle, and house keeper's assistant," and an infallible re generator of' superan nated indescribables. What time I, emulous of Atlas,the great Globe-bearer himself, took my world of duties lightly upon my back, and in my circumscribed sphere, sped on through time and space, with a velocity compara ble to his, the worthy sometime wearer and proprietor of the " seven leagued boots," shadowless Master Peter Schema! Ah, me ! and have I then shot from my sphere of usefulness, to court the Muses with " a voice, and nothing more ?" Our Life ! Is it not as the banquet of the ancient Egyptians, where the skele ton Present is evor before us ? And from that hidden Isis, the Pnture, who hath ever raised the veil ? t ania." I ant tint sail—the world far trio Twirls on its axis merrily; No grave 3E. D. prescribes my diet, My couch yield. reoc—areet dreams ate quiet ; MR , heart feel. flat lie weight of years, What,' high hopes—it bath no (aura; nut this deep impress it doth bear, The mime. of dear friends graven there. Lot no person, however, despise the Muses, unless he designs to bring de struction upon himself by the example of Thateyras or Thamyris ; who, being con ceited of his beauty and skill in singing, presumed to challenge the Muses to sing, upon condition, that if he was over come, they should punish him as they pleased. And after he was overcome, he was deprivixl at once of his harp and his eyes. Baltimore, LOVE.—Love is the woapon which Om nipotence reserved to conquer rebel man, when all else had failed. Reason he par- ries; fear ho answers blow to blow; but love—that sun against whose melting beams winter cannot stand—that soft, subduing slumber which wrestles with the giant—Owe is tiot ono hntuan crea ture in a million, not a thousand men in oirth's large quintillion, whose clay heart is harden d against love. [WHOLE NUMBER 1,770. Incidents of the Burling of Ob.amtiera burg- Many instances of individual bravery.- occurred during the raging of the corda gration, a few of which I narrate. Miss Mary Black, daughter of Judge: Black, a fine girl of eighteen summers, having packed up a bundle of•clothing,:,- threw it over her shoulder and left the 'house. A few steps distant she was con fronted by a fellow who presented a pis tol, and told her to lay down her load, as it was too heavy for,4er to carry. Look ing at the man an instant, she said " What's that to you," and+tjuickly drawing a revolver from the folds of her!' dress, she knocked his pistol from his , hand and . passed op without further nu"-, lestation. Mr. A. J. Miller,keeping a drug store , Oil the main street, .was engaged putting• some valuable drugs in the vault in his cellar, and had just laid away his watch' and money, when a rebel confronted•bins and demanded his valuables. Seeing the property lying on the shelf, the fellow helped himself without further parley, and marched off. Mr. - Miller then re-. paired to his garret with the intention of rescuing, if possible, a dog which he highly prized, the affrightedanimal hav-: ing fled thither. Being unsuccessful he returned to his store, taking a double: barrel shot-gun, heavily loaded. Upon entering be saw two fellows who had ac.• cidentally locked themselves in and loth the key. Without ado he fired upon one who was groping about the floor for the key, killing, him instantly. The other rebel ran for the back door, and was about escapiag, , when Miller gave him the contents of the second barrel, and left him bleeding upon the floor. The build ing was soon after fired, and the bodies, of both the rebels wore consumed in the - ' . flames. Mr. Miller, in effecting his es cape, came sear being crushed• by a fat- ing Win A young lady, whose name I could net learn, wrapped an American flag abort her person, and, pistol in hand, defied any man ;to enter her house. By, her der; tertninatimx. • gti;~the • perty. o Mrs•Waison, after extinguishing two fires which had been kindled in her house;aroro the rebels out with a broom. stick. Presently,however, they returned, and pursuing her to an upper room, so. cured her between a bedstead and tie wall, then, locking the door after them; they again fired the building. , Some women, hearing Mrs. Miller's senatts, broke open the door, and with great dif ficulty rescued her from her perilous position. Shearer Bowser, a returned soldier. and one who had frequently been em ployed as a Union scout, ran up to one of the rebels, and with a " How are you 7" grasped the fellow's hand,but be fore he responded to the salutatioe,How. scr had secured his carbine, and ordered., him to dismount. The fellow,not caring to have his head blown off so uncereino niously, exchanged places with 'Bowser, and was driven off a prieoner to a neigh boring village. Bowser returnedin the afternoon, with horse, oarlsine,the rebel's clothes, which were new,and a large roll of greenbacks,tench elated at his SUCCOSS. Not the least active among the incen diaries was captain smith, son of ex-Gov enter Smith, better known as Extra Bil ly Smith. lie was observed by many people going from house to house' Si/W -ing the match, and scoffing at the defence less and housoless women as they palmed him in search of a retreat from the darner , . Et will be remembered that his father's property has always . been protected' by the Union troops. After the departure of the main holy of the rebels, in the afternoon, a Mijor with seven men returned to the town, the officer swearing that not it' faille should be left, and that he would carry out Gen. Eaily's order to the letter.. He didn't care fE McCausland or Gilmore, and should finish their, ineompleted work. The partferainttacked by 'a squad of.piti rens, and the men captured. The Major, whose name, from some papers found in his pocket, is supposed to be Cock, was shot in twenty-five different'itlaeetaliiiitt the body before he fell. The `infu riat ed people trampled him to death, and . eonl4l scarce be restrained from ciecutinifin summary maner the seven privates" in their bands. The prisoners weretaken to Harrisburg under a strong guard.—Cor. of Tribune. A woman in London Set her husband afire when ho came home drunk, and en joyed the conflagration farmer° than h• did. EIIS
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