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VOLUME XXXVI, NUMBER-16-1
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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,
•
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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.
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English and American Piekels, its, etc.
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:id. Flatulency and Acidity.
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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
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I, Elizabeth Branson, of Brandywine,
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WILS oiler tempted to commit so
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Delaware county, Pa.
Dyspepsia! Dyspepsta!!
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ht connection with a dead weight, as it
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"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,
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