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Yearly advertisers will be charged the same rates as transient advertisers fur all mutters act relating strictly to their beisioess. Advcrtisiyy will be considered CASI.I; after first insertion. JOB WORK, IfindUg'junt added to our office' ono of Gennen's lu ta TED Jou PRESSES, we are enabled to execute in a superior manner, at the ter, (moat pricer, every de veription of printing known to the art. Our assorts meat Grit TITE is large, and fashionable. Give trots au.l our work shall speak for itself. READING AND COLUMBIA R. R. This new Road is now completed, and in good running order. with first-class Passenger Car., and having mode arrangements with the connecting roads North and South, offers to the travelling Pub lie n .limet and through route, from WASHINtiTUIs and BALTIMORE. via York. Columbia and Reading to Allentown. Enston,and NEW YORK, which route for beauty and Saintlier Resorts should be tried to be appreciated. Trains North leave Columbia nt 4.4.0 n. m. Aee. -s on p. m. Arrive at Reading at %Zia Are. Lan p. nl. Fast. Trains South leave Reading at 7si la. in. Aee. 11.10 a. tn. Fast. ' - Arrive at Columbia at 11 0l a.m Aee. p. tn. Fasts Trains leave Columbia at 5.40 A. M. ar rive hi Philadelphia at 12 , 50 P. M. and in New York, at 3.40 P. M. Trains leave New York at 9.00 A. Ili.ana arrive at. Columbia at 4.00 P. M. and leave Philadelphia at 5.00 A. M. and arrive at Columbia at 1.30 P. M. The li v, r al Col innbia iv (Tossed by a Stearn Ferry. a NEW BOAT awaits the arrival of the trains to conve y the passengers ever, e letups being delightful. Passengers by the fast line will dine at Colninhia. P. W. NORM 90P, ROBERT CRANE. General Ticket Agent. General Superintendent. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Trains leave Columbia going east, Columbia twain, 7 30 A. M. Cola. Accommodation, 8 - 31. P. M. (to connect with Past Mail east, at Lallea-WO Harrisburg, Accontodation, 330 P. M. Trains Mare west, Mail Winn, 11 50 A. M. Harrisburg Acentraulation, 623 P. M. Columbia train arrives, la E. K. 110 ICE, Ticket Agent. . • T.C.ir.1.0.11.V7/ I.Y. YORK As crivn crirrsv tam rt.. me trains front Wrightsville and York will ram as follows, until farther orders: Leave Wrightsville, 15 A. M. 2 00 P. M. 8 15 P. M. ti :30 A. M. 12 10 P. M. 12 35 P.M. Leave York a• Departure and Arrival at the Passenger Trains at York. DEPARTURES FROM YORK. For BALTIMORE, 4.15 A. M., 8.30 A. M., and 2.50 P. M. For lisuntsnuao, 11.55 A. 3f. 6.10 P. M. grld. 12.25 A. M, ARRIVALS AT YORK. From 11At.T13(01tE, 11.50 A. 31., 0.15 P. M. ,and 12.22 S. M. From llxtuusautto, 4.10 A. M., 8.25 A. 51., and 2.451'. M. On Sunday, the only trains running are the fire from llarrislm rg at 8.25 in the morn ing, proceeding to Baltimore, and the One front Baltimore at 12.22 A. M., proceeding u ilarrisburg, DR. HOFFER., lIENTIST.--OFFICE, Front Street next (Icor 4_, to R. Williams' Drug Store, between Locust. and Walnut sts, Cola., Pa. Apr. o.Ei...acit, iTTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, CUI.UMUTA. PA. D. 3 DL LOD?, ATTORNEY INN COUNSELLOR AT LAW, jr...?1- Colombia, I?tt. Mee next , door to American House. Nov. 19 1864-tf. — DR. A. S. MILLER, • Q I.IIIGICON DENTIST, offers his-profes lq services to the citizens of Colum ns and vicinity. OFFICE on Front street, fourth door Wove Locust, office formerly occupied by .1.11.. %offer. Columbia, Dec. 19, 1803.-ly. IC. M. NORTU , A TTOR:V EV AND COUNSELLOR AT LAIN Cl Columbia, Pa. Collection: promptly made in Lancaster York counties. Cola., July 4, 1861 SAMUEL EVANS, JUSTICE - ewf the JP.E.SCR. OFFICE ON LOCUST ST., BEtWEEN FRONT AND SECOND. COLUMBIA, PA. Arne 18, 1864. ly.• THE UNITED STATES HOTEL ! EARR/SBURG, PA. ZOVERLY k II iTCIIISON, Proprietors. THIS well known lintel is now in aeon ditlon to aecomnuxiate the traveling pub- He t affording the most ample conveniences 'alike for the transient guest and the per manent boarder. THE UNITED STATES HOTEL has been entirely retitled throughout, and -now has accommodations equal in extent, ...comfort and luxury to any hotel between Philadelphia and Pittsburg. Its locatim is the.best in the State Capital, being in easy access to all the railroad depots, and in close proximity to all the Mikes and business lessilities of the city. It has now , Mlthe conveniences of A HEIST CLASS HOTEL, • and the 'Proprietors are determined tc •spare neither expense, time or labor to en sure the comfort ofthe guests. The patron age of the traveling public is respectfully solicited. November 5 '433.-tf. gIi~LE.FLMILY GROCERIES: REFINLD Sugars and Syrups. Prime Rio Coffee, Tess, Spices', Dried Fruit. English and American Piekels, its, etc. Just received by HENRY SUYDAM, Cor. of Union it Front St. tilltt)ttbii4 TAYSIIE'MPIE;X.EL: A CURE tTL.RRANTED. Dyspepsia hag the following symptom: Ist. A constant pain oruneasiness at the pit of Vie stomach. :id. Flatulency and Acidity. 3(1. Costiveness and Loss of Appetite. 4th. Gloom and Depression of Spirits. sth. Diarrhoea with griping. Gth. Pain in all parts of the System. 7th. Consumptive Symptoms and Palpi tation of the Heart. Sth. Cough, with Phlegm in the Throat. 6th. Nervous Affection, and want of Sleep at night. 10th. Loss of Appetite and Vomiting. 11th. Dizziness, Dimness of Vision, and Loss of Sight. 12th. Headactie and staggering in walk ing, with great Weakness. Out of the thousands of cases of Dyspep sia that have used Dr. Wishart's Great American Dyspepsia Pills, notone of them has failed of a perfect cure. We warrant a cure in every case, no matter if of twenty years' standing. Sold by all druggists everywhere, and at Dr. Wishart's Office, No. 10 N. Second street, Philadelphia, Pa. All examinations and consultations free of charge. Send for a circular. Price $1 per box. Sent by mail, free of charge, on receipt of money. Dyspepsia, Dyspepsia, DyPpepsia I, Elizabeth Branson, of Brandywine, Del., formerly of Old Chester, Del., do certify that, for one year and a half, I suf fered everything but death from that awful disease eidled Dyspepsia. Jly whole sys tem was prostrated with weakness and nervous debility; I could not, digest lay food; if I ate even it cracker or the small est amount of food, it would return just, as I swallowed it ; I became so costive in my hi >web: thin I would not have it passage in less than front 4 and often S days; under this immense suffering, my mind seemed entirely to give way. I had dreadful hor ror and evil forhodings. 1 thought every body hateld um, and I hated everybody; I could not bear my husband nor my own children ; everything appeared to be hor ror stricken to me; I had no ambition to do anything; I lost all lily love of family and home; I would rumble and wander from place to place. but could not be con tented ; I felt that I was doomed to hell, and that there was no heaven. for Me, and WILS oiler tempted to commit so near was my whole nervous system de stroyed, and also my mind, front that awful 00111 plaint, Dyspepsia, that my friends Omagh!, best to have me placed in Dr. Kirkbritle's Hospital, West Philadelphia; I remainisl there nine weeks, and thought I was a little better, but in a lbw days toy dreadful complaint was raging as NO as ever. I bearing of the wonderful cures per thrilled by Dr. WisharCs Great, Anterican Dyspepsia Pills, and his treatment for Dys pepsia, my husband called on Dr. Wishart and :tatted my case to him. He said he had 00 doubt he could cure me. So in three days alter I ealled.and placed myself under the Doctor's treatment, and in two weeks I began to digest my thud, and felt that my disea.se WItS fast giving way, and I continued to recover for about three months, and at the present time I enjoy • perfect health of body and mind, and I most sincerely return my thanks to a metviilta God_ amd.Dr. Wishart, and to his (treat American Dyspepsia Pills and Pine Tree Tar Cordial that saved ineffrom an Insane Asylum add a premature grave. .1.11 persons suffering with Dyspepsia are at liberty to call OH me or write, as I mat willing to do all the good 1 oar for sallbr ing ill1111:111ity. ELiZAIII rip BRANSON. Brandywine, Del., Ibrinerly Old Chester, Delaware county, Pa. Dyspepsia! Dyspepsta!! Do. WISITAUT have been a constant sufferer with Dyspepsia Mr the last eigh teen years, during which time I cannot say that I have ever enjoyed a perfectly well day. There were times when the symp toms were more aggravated than at others, and then it seemed it would be a great re lief to die. I had at all times an unpleas ant feeling in my head, but latterly, my sufferings so much increased that I be came almostunlit for business of any kind; my mind was continually tilled with gloomily thoughts and forebodings, and if I attempted to change their current by reading, at once a sensation of icy coldness ht connection with a dead weight, as it were, rested upon aty brain; also, a feel ing of sickness would occur lathe stomach, and great pain to my eyesolecompanied with which W 31,4 the c.intillual fear of losing my reason. I also experienced great las situde, del dilly and nervousness, which made it ditli•ult to walk I,y day or sleep at night. I became averse to society, and disposed only to seclusion, and having tried the skill of a number of eminent physicians of various schools, finally conic to the einichtsion that, for this disease at my present. age (4i years) there was no cure in existence. lint, through the inter ference of Divine Providence, to whom I devoutly offer my thanks, I at last found a sovereign remedy in your Dyspepsia Pills and Tar Cordial, which seem t - ) have tiilectuaThy removed almost the lust tram of my long list at' ailments and bad feeling, and in their place health, pleasure, and contentment are my every-day csimpa nions. JAm as M. SA.uxnEus, No. 453 N. Second st., Formerly of Woodbury-, N. J. A Positive Oure for Dyspepsia. iiasa u UAT MK. JUIIN 11. lIIIICIIa'K No. 1028 Olive Street, Philadelphia, Jim. 1843. j Dn. \\Tema irr—S r —lt is with much plemsure that I am nosy able to infirm you that, by the use of your great American Dyspeptic Pills, I have been entirely cured of that most distressing .complaint, Dys pepsia.• I had been greviously afflicted for the last twenty-eight years, and ILr ten years of that tiine ititVe, not been free from its pain one week at a time. I have had it in its worst form and have dragged on a most miserable existence—in pain day and night. Every kind of food tilled me with wind and pain, it mattered not how light, or how small the quantity. A. continued belching was sure to follow. I had no ap petite fir any kinds of meats whatever, and my distress was so great for several mouths before T heard of your Pills, that I frequently wished for death. I had taken everything that I had beard of for Dyspep sia, without receiving any benefit; 'but on your Pills being roconimended to the by one who had been cured by then, I con cluded to give theta a trial, although I had no faith in them. To my astonishment, I found myself getting better before I had taken one-fourth of a box, and, after taking half a box, I ant a well RUMS, and eon eat anything I wish, and enjoy a hearty meal three thiamin day, without inconvenience from anything I eat. or drink. If you think proper, you are at liberty to make this public and refer to me. I will cheerfully give all desirable information, to any one who may call on me. Yours, respectfully, Joux 11. BMJICOME. „gar - These medicies are prepared only by the proprietor. . DR. 1.. Q. C. WLSIIART, WHOSE OFFICE LS AT No. 10 >.. - ORTII SECOND STREET, PHILADELPHIA. PA. Where he can 1* consulted either per sonally or by letter free of charge. They are sold by bruggists and Dealers every where, at wholesale by all New York and Philadelphia witolesale Druggists. march 19-Iy-'64 "NO ENTERTAINMENT SO eIIEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER, 26, 1864. goetvg. To the Rescue BY EVA ALICE. "One arm that defends is worth hosts that invade." Flaunt the flag to the breeze, sound the bugle again, Let the battle-cry ring over mountain and plain: The ruthless invader—polluteth the sod— The trust from our fathers—the gift from our God; Our brothers are calling—haste, haste to their aid; "One arm that defends is worth hosts that invtule." Let the shouts of the free swell mighty and deep; Awake from their slumbers the spirits that sleep; Let the patriot fire be kindled anew— Lot the sons of the North to their country prove true; Our brothers are culling—haste, haste to their aid; •"One arm that defends is worth hosts that invade." Turn back the vile armies—sweep on in your might; Let the traitorous hordes be scattered in flight; Lot the tramp of our freemen shake mountain and plain, Till no trace shall be left of the serpent's foul stain; We hasten, we hasten, 0! be not dismayed; We've au army to conquer all hosts that invade. (Original. Written for tho Columbia Spy History of Trees, No •1 Ma. En'Ton :-13y your permission I will give the readers of the Spy," a history of remarkable trees. Although the size of a tree is but a poor criterion of its age, still, it. is one which is more generally used than any other. A large tree is supposed to be an old tree. We will now give a sample of an old but not a large tree. There is standing upon the old Underwood farm, in Massachusetts, near a spring, an elm and a maple, which though not remarkable for size, the elm being 'about 3 feet in diameter, and the maple about 2 feet 0 inches, were stand ing there when Underwood had his tan yard near by them, which was previous to 1740. As we were traveling through Mass 'chusetts and other States, some years ago, it was no difficult task to find trees which have grown to a larger size in the last fifty years, upon a pour soil, while the elm and maple, here mentioned, stand on a fertile spot. The sloW growth of these trees was attributed to the cold ness of the spring-water which bubbles up at their roots. Two large red oaks stand some distance east of the spring. one of which-• measures 4.0 feet at -the ground and 6 feet 6 inches at 4 feet above, the other being still smaller. The Locust tees which stand around the old Underwood lane were set out about 1744, although the counting of layers in one which was cut down a few years ago, seems to give a greater age. The Lo cust is supposed to be indigenous to the middle States. These trees are remark ably large specimens of their kind. The one which was cut down was 10 feet at the ground and 71 feet at 4 feet above. It was hollow, but from 80 to 90 layers may be counted. The bark remains on the trees for a long term of years, al- though each successive year forms new bark which crowds the old bark outward from the wood. Thus broken and forced outward, the bark has the appearance of highly wrought carved work, in the form of deep, longitudinal ridges, which branch out and intersect each other in every conceivable form. The layers of the bark form, on the inside, every year just as the layers of wood form on the outside, hence the bark which grows to the wood one year will, the next year. be separated from it by one thickness; the next, by two, &c., and if the layers of bark can he counted, the age of the bark, at least of each layer, can be told to a certainty. The locust tree was formerly very valuable for timber, but of late years a species of borer has preyed upon it to such an extent as to render it almost val ueless. It is now almost impossible to raise young trees, owing to this pest.— When this borer passes into the perfect state, it becomes a beetle of a black color ornamented with yellow stripes, to the number of thirteen, running crosswise. The wood of the Locust tree is almost imperishable; posts made of it lasts 80 or 100 years. There is a gate post which was brought from the middle States, and set before 1750, (on the same farm we visited,) and some parts of it aro still sound. In Adams county, on Mr. Jacob Slagle's farm, we, a few years ago ex amined a gate post of Locust which was placed there in 1764, it is in a good state of preservation. The Locust is very apt to send up sprouts from its roots, for which reason it has been discarded by our landscape gardeners, and at present is growing scarce. The variations in the grain of the Locust wood are so great as to make it one of the few ornamental fancy woods of New England. Its con tortions seem to be without rule and al most of endless variety. The wood itself when properly seasoned is not liable to warp or shrink, and being close in tex ture, and at the same time exhibiting the appearance of a coarse grain, holding glue firmly, and receiving varnish readi- ly, make it when it can be obtained in quantity, a desirable and highly ornamen tal wood. But it will not grow well up on a poor soil, or if it does it is into a dwarfed bush, rather than a full grown tree. Beneath the Locust tree, vegeta tion flourishes better than beneath any other tree with which we are acquainted. On some soils grass actually seems to grow better in quality and more in quan tity beneath the shades of this tree, and if we mistake not, we have seen it re commended in some agricaltural publica tion to set out Locust trees upon sterile spots, for the purpose 'of obtaining a Written for the Spy green sward. J: S- A Nez6 Oxford, Pa. If there is, within the circle of our readers, a single married couple whose lives are "uncongenial," we respectfully submit to the husband, whether he has, since his - emigration to the " married state," patiently, quietly and joyfully sub; milted to the following excellent maxims. If not, he is evidently the aggressor, and unquestionably deserves to suffer all the ills that married life is "heir to." How ever, we have no hesitation in saying, that if such husband will heartily report his past domestic transgressions and duly comply with the following maxims for forty or fifty years, married will, by that time, begin to be, at least, tolerable : Resolve in the morning to be patient and cheerful during the day. Laugh heartily at finding all the but tons off your shirt—as usual. Say merrily "Boys will be boys," when you discover that the children have empti ed the contents of the watcr•jug into your boots. On gashing your chin with a razor, remember that beauty is but skin deep, and in order to divert your thoughts from the pain, recite from amulet, or indulge in one of the harmonies of your native land. If breakfast is not ready for- you, chuckle and grin pleasantly at the meni als; remembering that a , merry heart is a: continual feast, and de rt , to your daily t s FusinesS;iiiniginirlg god If to be 'esilf- - ferer from indigestion. ' An exchange thus speaks of the Sab bath : "What a:blessed day is Sunday to a man who necessarily catches brief glimpses of home during the toiling week; he is off in the morning while the little eyes are closed in slumber, nor back at night until they are sealed by sleep.— What would he know of the very child. ren for whom ho toils were it not for the blessed, breathing respite of Sunday ? What honest workingntau's child will ever forget this day, when clean and neat, it has privilege to climb upon papa's knee .and hang about his neck, ank tell him all the news which goes to make up this narrow, little world. "Narrow," did we say ! We recall the word, for it widens o ut into the boundless ocean of eternity. Sunday for the workingmen's children ! So would we have it—a day hallowed by sweet, pure home influences; when the ' little baud quite complete, shall rest from labor, and love shall write it down the blessed day of all the seven." VALUABLE SECRETS."--The un pleasant odor produced by perspiration is frequently the source of vexation to per 8011b who are subject to it. Nothing is simpler than to remove this odor much more effectually than by the application of such costly unguents and perfumes as are in use. It is only necessary to pro cure some of the compound spirits of am monia, and place about two table-spoons ful in a basin of water. Washing the face, hands and arms with this leaves the skin as clean, sweet and fresh as one could wish. The wash is perfectly harm less and very cheap. It is recommended on the authority of an experienced plry- =II AN INDIGNANT WlFE.—Speaking of Salt Lake City and its customs, a letter writer says : "I could mention the name of quite a respectable and influential Mormon, whose first wife was plunged into the deepest distress by her husband marrying a second. The two wives have never met under the same roof, nor is there any sort of intercourse between them. They live in separate houses or rooms, the husband dividing his atten tions between them, but the first wife living a life of daily protest against the trampling of the vows whispered in her ears when she became a bride. —Let youth who stands with a glass of liquor in his hand, consider which he had better throw away, theliquor or him self. Maxims fOr Husbands The Sabbath got trg. Selected for the Spy The Alpine Lovers. Dr MAST H. C. 11002 K. In a low hut among the Alpine ledges There dwelt a hunter; and a gentle maid, Purer than flowers upon the hawthorn hedges, Blossomed within the glade. She had no treasure save the silver arrow With which her radiant tresses were confined; Sweeter than twitterings of a summer sparrow) Her voice rose on the wind. What need of treasures, while the world above her Glittered with gems as In the light of God? ' There dwelt a hunter who but lived to love her— Up whore the angels trod. He often told her how the dear departed Wandered beside him on the giddy heights; And well she knew that angels, loving-hearted, Guarded him in the nights. She never heard of wind the world calls •fashion; And never thought of what the world might say, Yet loving deeds of beautiful compassion Flowered on her mountain-way. She never knew that music needed teachers, But learned her warblings of the singing rills; She thought God's mountains His divinest preachers, His holiest shrines Ale hills The incense of her loving heart's devotion Rose Rule !uglier than her hunter's cot; She thought the spring of Love's auroral ocean Welled from one mountain-spot. The summer came, end brought its Alpine roses; The henterjourneyed.erith an angel-guide, And wandered forth to allele the earth-land closes, Nor left the angel's side. The swallows Hy np from the summer hedges, And hop across the threshold of the cot— The hunier's cot among the Alpiuo ledges— Singing: "Forget one not." Go to the world and sing about forgetting, 0 liille,Lirds I—they need your lesson there— Not to the maid whove sun of life is setting Under hor silver hair— Who through long days and starless nights of sor row %Patella.; farever for the twilight tide— The hour thut briuge her with ouch coming morrow Her hunter-boy, W4lO died. lie comes, a spirit, in the twilights lonely, And smooths her tre.ses, noting not their hue; He take. her withered hand—he loved her only, And Alpine loves are true. The peasants whisper that the hut is haunted, And that a Winal d-vine is round the doer; They bay the tnsidea dwells, as if enchanted, With one who is no Inure. litioreliatteauo. Daniel `icrebster's Temptation " " ° 2& ernliea“lii;Yei4 l- 1:4111081011Ta once said that many young lawyers failed to reach distinction because they lackid singleness of aim. Wearying of slow progress and scanty earnings, they turn aside to lucrative pursuits or easier lines of success. Mr. Webster, in his charm ing autobiography, tells how he was once tempted : In January preceding my admission to the bar I was the subject of a great hon or. The clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Hillsborough re signed his place. My father was one 'of the judges of the court, and I was ap pointed to the vacant clerkship. This was equal to a presidbntial election. The office had an income of fifteen hundred dollars a year. It seemed to me very great, and indeed it was so. The ob- taining of this office had been a daring object with my father. Its possession would make the family easy, and he has tened to send we tidings that the prize was won. I certainly considered it a great prize, myself, and was ready to abandon my profession for it; not that I did not love my profession ; and not that I did not hate the clerkship and all clerk ships; but simply from a desire to reach that high point of errestial bliss at which I might feel that there was a competency for our family, myself included. I had felt the 714 S angustm till my very bones ached. But Mr. Gore peremptorily shut me out from this opening paradise. When I went to him, with my letter in my hand, to communicate the good news, he said it was civil in their Honors of the bench, and that I must write them a respectful , letter; that they intended it as a mark of confidence in me, and of respect, proba bly, for my father, and that I was bound to make civil acknowledgments. This was a shower-bath of ice water. I was thinking of nothing but rushing to the immediate enjoyment of the proffered office; but he was talking of civil ac knowledgment and decorous declension. Finding my spirits, and face, too, I sup pose, falling, he found out the cause, and went on to speak, in a serious tone, against the policy and propriety of taking such an office. To be sure, his reasons were good, but I was slow to be convinced— He said I was nearly through with my professional preparation, that I should soon be at thi• bar, and he saw not why I might not hope to make my way as well as others ; that this office was in the first case precarious; it depended on the will of others; and other times and other men might soon arise, and my office be given to somebody else. And in the sec ond place, if permanent, it was a station- *2,00 PER YEAR Mr ADVANCE; $2,50 IF NOT PAID IN-ADVANCE ary place; that a once, I was probably nothing but a clerk ever; and, in short, that he had taken me for one who was not to sit with pen behind his ear. "Go on," said he, "and finish your studies; you are poor enough, but there are great er evils than pove ty ; live on no man's favor; what bread you do eat, let it be the bread of independence; pursue your profession, make yourself useful to your friends, and a little formidable to your enemies, and you have nothing to fear." I need hardly say that I acquiesced in the good advice ; though certainly it cost me a pang. Here was present comfort, competency,'and I may Bay even riches, as I then viewed things, all ready to be enjoyed, and I was called upon to reject them for the uncertain and distant pros pect of professional success. But I did resist the temptation. I did hold on to the hope which the law set before me. One very difficult task remained, how ever, to be performed ; and that was to reconcile my father to my decision. I knew it would strike him like a thunder bolt. He had long had this office in view for me; its income would make him and make us all easy and comfortable; his health was bad, and growing worse. His sons were all gone from him. This office would bring me home, and it would also bring competence and comfort "to all the house." It,was now midwinter; I looked round for a country sleigh, (stage coaches, then, no more ran into the cen tre of New Hampshire, than they ran to Baffin's Bay,) finding one that had come down to the market, I took passage therein, and in two or three days was set down at my father's door. I was afraid my own resolution would give way, and that, after all, I should sit down at the clerk's table. But I fortified myself as well as I could ; I put on, I remember, an air of confidence, success and gayety. It was evening. My father was sitting before his fire, and received me with manifest joy. He looked feebler than I had ever seen him, but his countenance lighted up on seeing his clerk stand be fore him in good health and better spirits. •.-te,iaun!aditttely,•proett..tothe,greai.t. appointment.; said' how spontaneously .it had been made, how kindly the Chief Justice proposed it, with what unanimity all assented, &c., &c. I felt as if I could die or fly. I could hardly breathe.— Neverthe less, I carried it through, as we say, according to my plan; spoke gayly about it; was mama obliged to their Honors; meant to' write them a respect ful letter. If I could consent t. 3" record anybody's judgments, should be proud to record their Honors', &c., I proceed ed is this strain till he exhibited signs of amazement; it having occurred to him at length that I might be serious in an in tention to decline the office, a thing which had never entered into his imagination. "Do you intoned to decline this office?" he said, at length.. "Most certainly," said L "I cannot think of doing otherwise; I should be very sorry if I could not do better at present, than be clerk for fifteen hundred dollars a year, not to speak of future prospects. I mean to use my tongue in the courts, not my pen ; to be an actor, not a register of other men's actions. I hope yet, sir, to astonish your Honor, in your own court, by my professional at tainments." For a moment I thought he was angry. lie rocked his chair slightly; a flush went over his eye, softened by age, but still as black as jet; but it was gone, and I though I saw that parental. partiality was, after all; a little gratified at thisap parent devotion to an honorable profes sion, and this seeming confidence of suc cess in it. ' - dr, "Well, my son, your mother has al ways said you would come to something or nothing, she was not sure which ; I think you are now about settling that doubt for her." Thus he said, and never spoke a word more to me on the subject,. I stayed at home a week, promised to come to him again as soon as I was admitted, and re turned to Boston. advertisetneut appears in a Wes tern paper which reads as flows :—Ttun away, a hired man named Sate ; hes nose turned up _flee feet five Indies kik, and had on a pair of corduroy pants much UM —The semi] women of Bahinter) have been foiled in their attempt to pre sent a sword to Harry Gilmore, and two Jr three of them are now enjoying the hospitalities of Colonel Molloy, in conse quence. —A chemist in Liverpool, who sold strychnine by mistake and killed a man was sued by the widow, and compelled to pay her 47,500 damage& [WHOLE NUMBER;I.77B4-__ Positioni Reversed. A wealthy old planter, who used to govern a precinct in Alabama, in a recent skirmish was taken prisoner, and at a late hour brought into camp, where a guard was placed over him. The aristocratic rebel, supposing everything was all right —that he was secure enough any wap as a prisoner of war—as a committee,ofthe whole, resolved himself into sleep's dead slumber. Awakening about midnight to find the moon shining full in his face,he chanced to " inspect his guard,": when, horror of horrors! the soldier was a negro! And, worse than all,• he recognized in that towering form;•slowly and steadily walking a beat., one of his • own. slaved 'lnman nature could not stand that ; the prisoner was enraged, furious, and swore he would not. Addressing this through clenehed:teeth, foaming •at 'the mouth, he yelled Out : "Sambo I". "Well, massa." Send for the Colonel le come here iipmediately." My- own-'slave` ;an never stand guard over me ; it's in-oUV rage ; no gentleman would subinit to it." Laughingly in his sleeve the dwie-facod soldier called oat • " .gard That dignitary appeared, and presently the colonel followed. After listening to the Southerner'slni, passioned harangue, which was full of in. vectives, the colunel turned to the negro with, " Sam '1" " Yes, Colonel." " You know this gentleman, do yowl' e''Ob course ; he's Massa B.,.and has big: TilanL cation in Alabam." "Well Simi Inge take care of him to-night 1" and theofftiiir walked away. As the Sentinel again priced his beat, the gentleman from 'Alabama' appealed to him in an argumeiit.' " ten, Sambo !" " You hush dar ; T's done gone talkin to you now. Hush 'rebel 1" was the negroes emphatic command;bring ing down his musket to a charge bayonet position, by way of enforcing 'silence: The nabob was now a slave--hisOnce'val- ued negro the master; and think he sank back upen'a blanket; and shame ,that night, that he 'Wiefred . human bondanm was.a.difr' ine insiiintton O. ) • .1 ordained of God l, + •••"......4 o f Carionties of the . In digging at the city of Modena, is Italy and about about four 'mileiiiivitro it, , when the workmen ,arrive depth of sixty feet they come to iled.of chalk, which they bore with an alignr five feet deep. They then withdraw _from the pit before the augur is removed,:and upon its extraction the waterburstiitp through the aperture with great violence and quickly fills this new made,,,well, which continues full, and is affected- by neither rains nor droughts. But; - that which is most remarkable is, that at the depth of fourteen feet are found the ie.. mains of an ancient city—paved, •streets; houses, floors and different pieces of uio saie. Underneath is a soft .earth, nude up chiefly of vegetable matter; audlat twenty-six .feet deep large treei.entire, such as walnut trees,. with .walnntestill on the stem, and the leaves and brantihes in a perfect state of preservationl , ...: At twenty-eight feet deep a soft chalk is found, mixed with a vast quantftiorshells and this bed is eleVen . Under it vegetables are found a,garn,With leaves and branches of trees aSliefore., Thirteen Ways by * Which People Odt QM Ist. Eating too fast, and swallowing food imperfectly masticated. , • 2d. Taking too much fluid during meals. 3d. Drinking poisonous whiskey :and other intoxicating liquors. ' ' • • 4th. Keeping late hours at night, and sleeping too late in. the morning. .. sth. Wearing the clothes so tight se to impede circulation. . oth. Wearing thin shoes. ' .;. 7th. Neglecting to take sufficient ex ercise to keep the hands and feet' warm. Bth Neglecting to wash the .- body sufficiently to keep the pores of the akin open. 9th. Exchanging the warm clothing worn in a very warm room during the day for the night costumes and expos ures incident to evening parties. 10th. Starving the stomach to grati fy a vain and foolish passion for dress.: 11th. Keeping up a constant excite ment by fretting the mind with borroiied troubles. 12th. Employing cheap doctors, and swallowing quack nostrum . " foieveryiel aginary ill. •'— - 13th. Taking the meals at irregular intervals. Sixty•three' thousand three dred sad twenty-three hogsloldt of leaf tobacco were sold in the twelve 104h:tending irt?!tr : SlF) 64, • =MI 1911 MIN ... '4 4 : : . ~..-111
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