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Give u+n trial and our work shall speak fur itself. -~ READING RAIL itOAD. ,WENTER ARRANGEMENT. REAT TRUNK LINE FROM 3r the North and North-West for Philadelphia, New York, Reading, Pottsville, Lebanon, Allentown, Easton, we., Ac., Trains leave Harrisburg for New York, nu follows : At :148) and 8.15 A. H., and 1.45 I'. NI., arri ring at New York' ai 10 A. M. and 2;3sand Mon P. M. The above connect with similar Trains on the Pennsylvania Rail Ito id, and Curs =COW rimy iho dr4t two trains, without change. Leave Cur Reading, Pottsville, Tamaqua., Miners ell!, Allentown, sod Philadelphia at 8.15 A. M. and 1..41; P. M. stopping at heignoin and principal Sta. Hosts only. Way Trains stopping at all points at 7.25 A. H. and 4.40 P. M. Mt accommodation Passenger train leave; Read ing - at 613 A.M., and returns from Philadelphia at COi111111)111. Railroad Trails lease Reading at CIAO I 11. A. M. for Ephrata, VII Sunday: Leto, New York at 7 P. H., Phlladel- Obi aar, P. 51.,and Reading at 15 midnight for Har risburg. C tattoo, Mileage, Season, and Excursion Tiekots at red wed rates to and from all points. tin Pounds Baggage allowed each passenger. O. A. NICoLLS. General Superintendent. ttov. DV 64 READING AND COLUMBIA R. R. This• new Road is now completed, itini in good running order. with first-class Passenger Cars, and havin • made arrangements with the connecting g_ roads and-Slittli, offers to the travelling pub. Itemetilii•et-andithrougttr ule. from .WASHINGTON anneßAlNlllllitßt; rk: 61.111inblif anditesalltig to Allentown. Est.tomund NEW wont:. which route for Miaow and Summer Hi:sorts should be tried to be appreciated. Trains North leave Columbia at KV) a. tn. Are. p. in. Fast. Arrive at Itdading at io.:;on. en..u.v. Lin p. to. 1 , 11.4. Trains South leave lite:piing at 1'.9.1 U. tn. Aeo. " •• " 11.10 :I. iii. F:t'.t. Arrive a t C 011111 1 1 431 at 11 (11 ;,..,,,A,,.. . . . .4.2.1 p. IP. Fait. • Trains leave Columbia at 14.40 A. M. ar rive in Philadelphia at 13-50 P. M. awl in New York, at 4.40 P. M. Trains leave New York at 9.00.1. :Stand arrive at Columbia at 4.00 P. M. and leave Philadelphia at 8.00 M. and arrive at Columbia. at 1.30 Y. M. The River timuntehanna at Columbia iN l,ro 4 Ned by a Steam Ferry. a NEW BoAT await++ the arrival of the trams b. entiveV the piev+enger4 over. the ehanne being delightful. l`misengera by the fast line will dine nt Columbia. F. W. NORTHROP. ROBERT CRANE. General Ticket. Agent. General Superintendent. - I PEVNSY LVANIA RAILROAD. Trains leave Columbia going east, Columbia Lunn, 7 30 A. M. Col'a. Accommodation, R 31 P. M. (to connect with Fast east, at Lamm:4'r) Harrisburg Accomodation, 5 30 P. M. Trains leave West, Mail trims, 11 50 A. M. Harrisburg Aecomodation, 0 25 P. M. Columbia train arrives, II 10 " 15. K. HOLE, Ticket Agent. N. C. RILILV7II.Ir. VORIFL. AND WRIMITSVILLE R. 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They, are sold by Druggists and Dealers every where, at wholesale by all New York and Philadelphia. wholesale Druggists march 10-Iy-'64 Dyspepsia! Dyspepsia!! "NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CIIEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER,, 3, 1864. goctrg. Written for the Columbia SPY THANKSGrVING. '2IY TAMAR, ANNE XESMODE. mr Clod accept our prayers, Accept our praise; Lord of Eternity, Humbly we sing to thee, Our simple lays. Thou knowest all our needs, Thou art our stay; Ignorant, proud and blind, What can our sad hearts find? Ile.ir us we pray. • Giro to our darkened minds, Light from above; In our hearts—friend nod guide, Let thy sweet peace abide, And thy pure love. Gratefully, trustingly Father we bring; Our poor imperfect prayers, Our poor Imperfect praise, Take them 0, King Written for the Columbia Sp} LOOK UP- Cheer up thou sad, weary, lone one,— With sorrow and care oppress'd ; Though with toil and poverty struggling, Look up! fur the weary rest. Look up! though by nature desponding, The bright star of hope shines for thee.; Grasp not at these dark earthly shadows, But seek thou the truth and be free. And thou who art sinful and erring, Borne on by iniquity's Wave, Oh! strike off the fetters that bind thee, And to rice be no longer a slave. Look up! look away from earth's darkness, There's sunlight in Heaven for thee; Be "Onward and Upward" thy motto, And from error and sin he thou free. And when the clouds of misfortune, O'ershadow end darken thy day, Look thou for the bright "savor lining;' And thy fears and doubts east away, And would'st thou be pure, good and happy, Enlist in humanity's cause; Do good to thy brothers and sisters, Nor violate Nature's pure laws. Sympathize with : the poor and suffering t To all be thou friendly and kind . For the world it is truly our country, _ "Our countrymen all mankind:" NEw Oxvonn, 18a}. b 1 t I; fl 211. Writtten for the Columbia Spy. Among the Portugneee • ~•••• Army.* A TRIP TO THE RIO JANEIRO. BY BENUY J. BOW.AMD Reader, have you ever contemplated upon the dreadful horrors of human. slavery? have you ever imagined the se verity of the Jtorrible, sickening cruel ties practiced upon human beings where slavery is supremely worshipped and adored ? If not, you will take a trip with me to the city of Rio Janeiro, com monly known as Rio—the capital of thi Brazils, Atr here it is you will witness slavery in all its untold horrors. In the first place it may be necessary to give a short description of this city, since it is the largest and most important seaport of South America. Rio Janeiro, (January River,) or its vicinity, was first settled by the French in the year 1555, composed chiefly of protestant refugees.' Their leader, Villegagnon, having proved a renegade to his faith, had almost ruin ed the settlement by internal licention, when a Portuguese force appeared, and completed the destruction, in 1567. The ! conquerors laid the fbundations of a new city, which they called Sao Sebastiao. On the arrival of the Portuguese court at Rio in 1808. the seat of igovernnient was rem Ned hither from Bahia, since I which period the city has advanced by rapid strides. r Although possessing one of the best har bors in the world, Rio does not communi cate with the interior by any greakriyer, nor has irtY ~caital* or raiii•oad'to sup ply its place; still her extensive cora merec is yearly increasing; and • when railways have been made, and companies have already been formed for that pur pose, her trade musst increase in a rapid ratio. Situated on the• borders of two zones, with the products.of each within her reach, she needs nothing but a spirit of enterprise' in her citizens to rank her among the firstonumercial centres in the world. The population of Rio presents every variety of race and shade of color, from the jet-black slave to the . fair English man or German. At the commence ment of the present century, the blacks far surpassed the whites, in number, whereas the latter now predominate.— Nearly every african now is a slave, either to the whites or the copper-colored Por tuguese. Rio is Most beautifully situated on the west side of a bay of its own name. The beauty of this bay is scarcely rivalled by that of Naples. Approached through an entrance of about one mile in width, the bay expands as it extends north, in once instance to eleven miles, studded with beautiful islands.. From the springs which arise on and around the moun tains, come the waters that feed the splendid aqueduct which supplies the city. Opening into the 'outer harbor is .botafogO.Bay, adorned with buildings of a superior ,description, with' beautiful gardens planted with bananas, oranges, lemons,.palm.treei, &c. It is here for eign. naerehaits 'reside, to enjoy the cool sea breezes. The immediate locality of the town itself is just within the narrow opening of the harbor, on an elevated tongue of land, of an oblong shape. Next shore the site is flat, but includes within its scope five hills, with their intervening valleys. Tho more ancient part, to the north east, is traversed by eight' streets, straight And barrow, but parallel, and crossed by a multitude of others at right angles ; here the houses are high. The old town is on the flat portion, while the new part is on and between the hills.— 1 The streets in both portions, where the 1 inequality of the ground will admit of it, cross each other, generally at right angLe.s4-and though .mostly so narsow.as , not to,adtnit the passage of tworyehicles at once, this is not without advantages in so hot a climate, by the shelter it affords from the intthise rayi Of the sun. - On the north the hilly approach so closely to the water as not to admit of but a single street: The pavements are generally poor, ,and. in the level portions of the town iLre Without dialnag,e, and very iin- Perfectly cleaned. In parts, however, there are granite pavements in the centre of the streets, and raised side walks for foot passengers. Though the harbor is so excellent that even pilots are not need ed, little has been done by art to facili tate _the loading and un,loadiug of vessels, which is performed generally by " light ers," or, in plainer words, by slaves who convey all goods, to be shipped, from the warehouses, to the ships, on their heads. The reader will take a stroll with me up one of the principal streets, towards the rural palace of the Emperor, which is about three miles from the city. It is called Sao , Cltridovao. The first inter -esting ,6133evit-Wo!sliall aieotl' veitb is proms bably a curious looking vehicle, resem bling a gig or two-wheeled carriage of the United States,drawn by two horses, one before th; other, and driven by a negro slave; who rides upon the back of the foremost one, or the animal in the traces. Looking in the curious looking vehicle we see a very iosignificant little Portugese nobleman or merchant, who is going to his slave auction or wareroom, ME . and more than p-obable, the former.— Such vehicles as these are the only kind ever seen in the streets of Rio, and they but very seldom ; in fact the streets are too narrow to admit of any other. A htt.e further on and we meet a long procession of African slaves, walking one after the other,carrying immense bags or sacks of coffee on their beads, supported by their hands folded behind their heads, just under the weight, and chanting, as they trudge along, some native song pe culiar to the African race in their native land. No drays or carts are used in Rio, as in our American cities, but all the weighty merchandise is carried on the heads of slaves, in the manner described above: - We- paks• on and meet another procession, chanting the same peculiar song, 'Mt in this case, they are not bear ' ing sacks upon their heads as in the first. A pole with six slaves at either and supports a cask of brandy,which they are bearing toward the wharf to be shipped to some' American or English port.— These slaves are not clad in any way, save - a_ very short pantalet, coming to the waist,and extending nearly, to the knees; and, in_this state, have been woaked so constantly and.hard i ,neath,.the rays of a scorchinglarn,that they have been known to faikeihausted so completely that they have expired on the spot. In such cases the.procession passes on, seemingly utter regardless 'ofthe fate of - their comrade. This is one of the fruits of slavery,where the institution is not regarded as a crime. We pass on, and in a few minutes are brought face to face with an American; he is a stranger, yet.we know him as an American, and one of us,in fact a friend. He is hailed, and after a short conversa tion, we know him as a Physician from one of the Southern States of America I or the United States, While in conver sation with him,' a " gentleman slave dealer," passing by, requests 'him to go on board a slave ship, just in, and attend to the sick•and emaciated, then in the hold, rotting,fer-want of proper nourish ment, and fresh air. The charge was no consideration, all he wanted was to save the lives of many as possibly could be kept alive by- medical treatment. Our friend accepted birth, and invited to attend him, or accompany him on board; We retraced our, steps and; in company with the doetor,was soon found on board the " Clarie. of Havanna," a' genuine slaver just from 'the coast of Africa, having on board about six hun dred and fifty negroes, mere than half sick and dying." They were all huddled in the hold together in a perfectly nude state, save now and then a very slight covering gathered around the waist, and falling down toward the knees„ Males and females, all in one hold, and present ing the most sickening sight over pre sented to the eyes of humanity. The doctor, after surveying .the state of the ship, ordered a large iron pot 'to be brought on board, and be constantly kept full of mush, which was• speedily done. Also, a large cistern to be filled with port wine ; (which can be purchased in Rio, for six cents a bottle, such as we pay two dollars and a half for here,) this was diluted with water, and given to them in place of pure spring water.— Many were able to walk ; others were scarcely able to crawl, while scores were either dead or dying. The hold of the "Claris" presented truly a heartrending, sickening spectacle. We turned away and wept. The • negroes able to walk were soon removed to the auction mar ket, a place resembling somewhat the market houses of our large cities ; the sick were retained on board, and .placed under the skillful treatment of the North Americanphysician, while the dead were thrown overboard, food for the sharks, which infest the harbor, and constantly throng around the ships, awaiting their meals. Often there are so many thrown overboard, who have died on the slavers, that the sharks, becoming gorged, refuse to disturb them• further, these are de voured by. the shrimps,whieh grow to an enormous size in the South American waters; Of these, however, I will give a short account, ere I conclude my article. We now leave the doctor to take charge of his. negroes, and,if possible save _their lives, for each one is worth about one hundred and . fifty to two hundred dol lars, at auction. In passing through one of - these. auotioni.marketsri#o 4 .beitekl4 sight which ought not to be lost to the world. A dozen, or store negro women were huddled together upon a staud,in a perfectly nude state,while the auctioneer called for bids, using the Portugese lan 0 <rtiao•e We did not understand much 0 • but knew full well the nature of the oc casion. We had not been long in the room or shed, however, before a short, dumpy, insignifieant,ugly little Portugee stepped up to the group, and overhaul ing them in a careful manner, selected one from among the group, paid the amount asked, and carried off his wife and slave at the same time. Passing down the street, he purchased a shawl, threw it over her to hide her nakedness, and marched her off to his plantation.— This is another disgraceful crime, prac tised whore slavery is supreme. Be comity, disgusted we turned away, and returned through Rua d'Ouridor street to Rua Direita, (or straight street)whcre we stopped. This is the largest; and widest street, and principal thoroughfare of Rio. The next morning while at breakfast, an American was - sitting opposite to where we were busily engaged in devour ing a dish of very delightful shrimps' (as we thought) a rare delicacy both in the gulf cities of our own land—as well as the cities of South America, bordering on the sea; they are a'kind of shell-fish and are exceedingly high flavored. You would imagine so too, friends, if you bat knew the mode of capture, by which these little delicacies•are secured. Hav ing no idea that manyreaders of the Spy will ever go to Rio to reside—Twill give an account of the manner in which these shrimps are caught, related to us by the gentleman, spoken of abore, who sat op posite us at the table. -Seeing the en= joyment, the ravenous appetite with which we ate the little fish, (which grow to the size of from five to nine inches in length,) he laughingly remarked :—"lf you knew, gentlemen, the manner in which those• shrimps are caught, you would not relish them .se well." • "Prey; air, how are they. caught?" asked my friend, and, at the same time throwing aside his knife and fork. "Listen, and I will tell you," said he laughingly. There were but few Americans at the table and all listened attentivly to his ac count, which ran as follows: "Well, gentlemen, I neve. eat snob delicacies, and for the only reason that I ain•fully 'acquainted with the manner in which they are secured. , The Portuguese fishermen, watch their opportunity, and whenever a corse .is thrown from the deck of a slaver, or from the wharf into the water, it is picked 'up by them--and taken t.n shore. There they open the abdomen, remove the entrail, and thor- 82,00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,50 IP NOD. PAID IIiiADVANCE oughly clean out the body ; p sewing it u again, leave a small placeopen. In this state the body is dragged,intO the water and anchored a few rods from the beach. In a few minutes the carcass is surround ed by these delicious (?) little fish—they creep into the body through this opening until it is full to overflowing; the body is then taken in charge by the fisher men, towed to the beach and opened.— Now gentlemen do we behold a curious spectacle; there sits the fisherman, wto having opened the body, is seen scoop ing up with both hands, the delicate lit itle fish, and placing them in a huge bas ket, he keeps for the occasion. At the time the shrimps are caught they present a bloody appearance—and are only made clean by repeated washing. How do you relish your delicate meal gentlemen ?, do you enjoy them with the same ap petite as before ?" It is needless to say that our meal was spoiled, and from that day to this—the mere mention of South America shrimps, is enough to turn the appetite of either my friend, or myself. South American shrimps may be good food—and rare del icacies, but not for me. Just before our departure from the land of inhuman slavery, we were start led by the cries of some one, apparently undergein,, , severe torture. Inquiring into the case, we learned that it "was only a slave being whipped." We de termined to witness one of these scenes, and consequently, went toward where the cries were heard. On entering a low shed, in Rua Direita, we beheld a slave, black as egyptian night, tied, with his hands stretched above - his head, to a post, while over him stood a mean. look ing; insignificant little Nrtugal,. direct ing the whipping,• which was dope by a giant looking negro, app ar ently, suited to the occasion. The whipping was done with a raw hide, until the flesh Nvasentirply raw, and quivering,, so much so that. It, did not,hide, the mnaeles. the itorroitrottlreinquisitsions wereAxiemore horrible, or heart-rending in • their in human ferocity, than the - sigh t'presonto" to our view., With a shudder, we turn ed away, but only to hear the echo of) that wretched slave still in Our cars, Slavery in the Vitited States has 'al ways been considered a crime by many people, but, reader, what ,would you call such slavery,as is practiced by the Portuguese over the African raves ? A few negroes are smart, and by industry., enabled to purchase their freidom,' but, such cases aro isolated. - In some instances they are sent out by their master, who are generally Portu= pose, to' work as best theY'could,lualn all cases were compelled to return, each night, a certain amount of money in., sil-, ver or copper coin, the currency of the. country. Should they refttse—or hap en to return the stated amount shollt they were unmercifully whipped. May heav en save us from such cruelty as this, and hasten the auspicious day when the *hole world may be freed from the cruel, damning stain of human slavery. , Now, friends, are you satisfied, With my trip to Rio Janeiro—the- capital of Brazil ? I trust you are—at least with the description of it—as stated :thove.— At some future date I may take you through the slave•holding states of our, own land, until then I will lay , aside my pen. Baltimore, Nd., 1864 Written for the Colombia Spy History of Trees, No. 2 There is:a tree known by the "name of Redbud or Judas treethc scientific name of which is Cereis Canadensia. It is a leguminoris or pod-bearing tree which may be known at sight in the spring be fore , the leaves come forth, by being found covered with bunches of flowers of a pale pink 'color, which gives the tree an' indescribable brilliant appearance.— Thousands of bumble bees are attracted by the sight but for some reason the poor insects are deprived of the power to leave, and may be seen lying in scores, dead upon the ground beneath the bran ches. Possibly from fact it received the name of Jtidai tree. I have 'seen some few specimens of this tree' in the gardens of Massachusetts and this State, but as it was considered to be a southern or western tree, I had supposed that it did not grow naturally in our country. The name Canadensis implies that this tree is found in Canada. I Imre- seen some trees said to be Europeanidandtrets —they arc very handsome, thrifty, and apparently hardy trees, and deserve to be examined by all who wish to set out ornamental shade trees. .. There were were several cedar swamps in 3laturaehusetts, a : few years ago, when I badrtbe pleasure of a visit through that =Si • ~a.. •^4 [WHOLE ,NURBER; 4-785,-4; enun—try7-'''l'sa-rv-treertw4in-d-i9feet— in diameter:" 'Siiinglesl - ii . Wheee ti ' d 'fiord the tree of this swamp , farmS were fenced with cedar - z 'ter;.'" more than 130 years since. The"lli'efi';" or Haekruatac 'is another , r tree found in that State: - sornetiines - transplanted upon otir . uphinda' as an ornamental tree, and When the soil" is favorable it is not lonk in attaining respectable magnitude.' I founci i :tiOm'e": in Delaware " county, in this - State. , Twenty years will furnish, undei - kir management and with . goOd - sbil;'tre'ns" which will rnake = B'inchei timber. Otis"; fair timber 'tree, and' forle3iliility dad' retaining nails driven into it, it cannotbe' excelled. We'have now in this section of country a Willow that growe in two years-=Princip'ally planted to Mate' hedge fences, by cutting off the tripe and'" J leaving them to spread. , ' We haVeatrie known by the common' naive gar, but it is in fact a - Juniper. "When young, it sometimes ' grows - rapidly; 'but' ' in after years its progress is 'very' , and having attained the' height . 4'2o' • feet, and a diameter of about - one'foot;'it : -• seems to become stationary and will' re- main apparently .so.for'so'or: 100 years When it oan be found of sufficient .'size for posts it will last a lifetime. The heartwood is of a beautiful - rod color and is much used for pencil , wood,: spieket Sce. • .. - • There are two kinds of oak tries'wliieb: 7 ": bear the common appellation of red oak, the one scarlet oak or, quereus- coecined; the other red - oak or quercus ribra.l - are so many points of resemblance ., : between the two, that . even' UM practical botanists , sometimes finds - iti- difficult - Ao" , 1 distinguish them- at sight: hail ter" wait till they. blossom and perfect , . their ( 4, fruit, by the'examining of leach' he'lde- termines the-species.' whOever an eye for autumnal , scenery; 'and •!nOtesoi'r the action of the frost` upon the color ibf the leaves of the -forest - • 'then! tiee , -"It'l Iriarke'dldiffireniie•beitteetivthe as ttv., be sure both turn- red, but the: ictirlet= , , 'oak is( much the longest in going thiernili its shades of color, and •when-it - ;doeicasz'i same the red it is!thorcitrilliant":lineei , J4 as its name asserts it is not merely , gyred' but a fiery scarlet: - Excepting few A small shrubs, whicb , fortn thardlra Aso— it tion of a moiety of our , fcrrest,. &areas I not a more brilliant, color • piesetited the eye in autnnin than the.searlit Generally speaking the scarletloaklis- tat: medial sized tree,•but 'thaw fit none , in this sectien , of the country,' , to lay ktiolit.w:4 edge, but 1 831V' Itorne• in Massailniseils;: - ..t , which are noted hilts size,' , bitingt about:-• 17 feet at the bottom,-and 4 feet 'above'and :between .50 'and 60 :leek in height, of a regular; well Spzeadtorin. The. red oak often attains to•thia - ibis tree is said, by'those who to be an uncommonly' arge siie;A for the scarlet oak:.. Tie black•' =halt' is generally suppbsed to be' foreigp'' to to this section country, • still,:atiay. specimens - are to'belound inralmoat every" country about us. Poi= call , it' the' PnV• glish Walnut; 'othet . the . Retied Buttertiui; but :ilia ty (juglan; tree which inaylbe:seenittlMme ' banks and iilinds or the . ' Ohio'iirei, it where it is often found three or four fbei!;•: . in diameter and 70 feet in height. '-' 1 3401e" watch makers press the oil from iliel*- nels to use about the nutehitierY - Of ;cloaks' and watehee.' The Horse CheistnYtt= iito native of Timken • from whenceleifile I brought to Paris about 1620, and from thence has.' spread over evaii and: through every clime where ICC= be I made to thrive. It is 'said - to' have 'ob tained the name Horse Chestnut'• from .3 being largely'used among the Turks and Tartars in veterinary mediehiei, 'The Ohio Buckeye is anejber ireei'-'of the same family. The oldest Horse " Chest nut tree in• this part of the State. is ` 'in ' Delaware county. Several trees which were planted in this State' have nearly "disappeared. Some still' remain' , in Maine and New Hanapshire;snd noise in Massachusetts, 'but Which-seini likely to be driven out by"' the cultivatkiii the soil. New Oxford, Pa. Pnovosr Masse:mt. lasys. lenz ,ha L e issued peremptety,nrdem for tintool7o4l : ion and revision of all, e nrollment, !Oa, and specially onjoins.stpon:the:COMmia. siouers of the Board the. ,dtmy.of,adding to and erasing from alLwbo .become Altai Me, to or exempt from ,railitstrAervive i in any subdistrict. . • .-.ns giThefre always giving_llnags' thEir 7 ent'resipatlons fres:L.oo thernsedL hive,"rsaid Mrs. •Partint, exi , .toUkcsort-Ar opinion, ',bat they Oak the„Affity raigi a, In C at& P ME ! t°-(4olllPROirrZit it bz•Kinai4 ur,- ; MEI EWE ' "1.. ' 4
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