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'VOLUME XXXVI, NUMBER 15.1
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DR. HOFF
DENTIST... -OFFICE, Front street next doer
to IL Williams' Drug Store, htitsvomt
Locust and Walnut st.s, Cola., Pa. Apr.
B. ESSIC
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Cutouts's,
D. N. Pt LOOP,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LW,
xi - Columbia, rat umee next door to
American
Nov. 19 Itillt-1f
DR. A. S. MILLER,
SurtGEos DENTIST, offers his profes
sional services to the citizens of Colum
bia and vicinity.
OFFICE on Front street, fourth door
buove Locust, office formerly occupied by
J. 11. %offer.
Columbia, Dec. 19, 1863.-Iy.
EL M. NOIRTU,
A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Cl fk•lumbis.
Collection: promptly umde in Lancaster
York counties.
Cols., July 4, Bon'
SAMUEL EVANS,
JUSTICE of rhe FEeICE.
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I, Elizabeth Branson, of Brandywine,
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COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER, 10, 1564.
gort.r2,.
Written for Om Columbia Spy.
"Peace ! Peace ! There is 120 Peace !"
EMU=
i%rY gentle Muse, would spread the dere-like wing,
And in her (tight, the olive branch would bring,
Would gladly soar, on healing pinions fly
And bear the joyful tidings through the sky;
lint qtill armies clash, the cannon roar,
From rock to rock, resound the notes of war,
Still poisonous serpents raise their flings on high,
Traitors, are traitors still,—our brother's die :
'There is no Peale" whilst tranc!ermis daggers
• gleans
And patriot's blood in crimson torrent's stream;
Our cause is just, or motto stilt shall be—
Our Gad, our Country, worldswido Liberty.
Vi“ellititeotto.
A RAFT ADVFNTURE
UY A CANADIAN SPORTSMAN
It is now some years since that, accom
panied by my brother, and under the
guidance of an experienced hunter, I
started for three mouths shooting in the
Canadian wilds. Our plan was to trav
el by canoe to the lower end of Lake
Moron, and then plunging into the prim
eval forest, to make a circuit that would
bring us out somewhere on the St. Law-
Never was a pleasanter excur
sion. Those aged woods, so gray and
grim in winter, seemed to have grown
young again beneath their affluence of
leaves, while every sunlit glade was
filled with flowers, and blossoming vines
of every hue hung as garlands from the
branches, as if the woods were decked
fur sonic high festival. But more pleas
ant still to the sportsman's heart was the
abvidant game—the timid deer, which
fled at our approach; the great grizzly
bear, ready to bid us defiance ; and the
panther and wolf, lurking within their
coverts; not to speak of the partridges
and bustards, and the brilliant small
birds, flashing like errant blossoms among
the'
ore our time' grew Wort:iih - it became
necessary to bend our steps homeward.
We had not traveled longia this new
direction when we came to the banks of
a considerable river flowing across our
no - Mtn, lA)' OnCe us-over
it; and Jerome, our guide, searched dii
ligeutly beneath the overhanging elder
and hemlock boughs, in case some hun
ter or backwoods traveler might have
there hiddea his Alum But none was
to be discovered, and wo were ruefully
beginning to follow our guide's advice
and travel round by the river's sources
—which would involve some ten or
twelve days extra journey—when one of
those huge rafts in which the backwoods
timber for exportation is conveyed down
the country C:0113 in sight. It was
floating slowly clung on the I almost im
perceptible current, its single large sail
giving just sufficient way to thti floating
island to allow the enormous tiller to
guide it aright; while the smoke from
the half score of shanties covered over
the surface, rising against the deep green
forest, the everehanging groups of fig
ures, and the lines of washed cloths flut
in
teringtire, breeze, added to its pictur
esque aspect. As the raft drew near, we
pereived that a canoe was towed astern ;
l and, hailing the lumberers, we requested
!its use to cross the stream, which they
readilyr accorded. But while the frail
bark was being paddled to land a new
idea struck us, we would ask them to
take us as passengers. Rafting was a
:node of travel entirely new to us, and
the thought of that smooth summer sail
was a great temptation to travellers
weary with plodding through the woods.
The needful negotiation was soon con
cluded, and in half an hour we found
ourselves nut only on board the raft, but
the happy possessors of a shanty some
six feet square. Never do I remember
anything more delightful than to sit
within its shadow, and, as our raft glided
noiselessly along the winding river, to
watch the ever varying scenery through
which we passed—the dark pine forests
alternating with bright green oak, and
birch, and sycamore woods; the swelling
hills showing their picturesque...outlines
against the clear blue sky; and the oc
casional tributary streams, some dashing
down their waters in silvery cascades,
others bearing on their placid bosoms
sonic small raft, with its tiny shanty and
little family group, to be linked on to the
loafing island.
We found, also endless interest in
watching the doings of our migratory
village. The tall, brawny lumberers in
dolently lounging about their easy du
ties of trimming the sail, taking their
turn in steering and drawing the trol
ling lines, which rarely failed of fish;
while their wives, grave, rugge I women,
clad in dark petticoats, and snow-white
sun-bonnets, were perpetually busy, knit-
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Iting, cooking, washing or chasing their
rebellious children about the raft or else
in feeding the cock and hens that stalk
ed among the logs, and with a wrathful
turkey cock, completed our list of pas
sengers. And when night fell, and the
frying of fish and eating of supper was
past, and jest and laughter had given
Place to silence and sleep, it was beauti
ful to hear the voices of those quiet wo
men swell over the starlit river in the
long-drawn cadences of some old hymn.
For two days we pursued our tranquil
voyage through the same sylvan scenery.
But gradually our pace increased, as the
current gained in strength; and after a
time the river began to break into occa
sional rapids, over whose rugged ledges
we thumped and down whose sarging
slopes we slip, thanks to the lumberer?
skill, emerging from their dangers un
harmed; for in those days there did not
exist on even the most frequented spots
any contrivance to lessen the hazzards of
such descents.
It was the fourth uvening of' our river
voyage; supper was past, and the supper
hymn sung, and my brother and I had
wrapped ourselves in our blankets, and
fallen asleep in our bear-skin couches,
whin we were suddenly awakened by a
rude shock, followed by the surge of
broken water. Supposing we were
descending a rapid, we lay still for a
moment and listened. But the turmoil
of water appeared louder than usual, and
in another instant there arose a wild cry
that made us start to our feet, followed,
ere we could leave the hut, by many
others, yet more terrific, and echoed by
the shrill screams of women. Some dis
aster had evidently occurred. But when
we rushed out upon the raft, the cloudy
darkness prevented us distinguishing
what it w.ts, while the confusion of voices
and the hoarse cries of the lumbermen
added to our bewilderntei;tt. llowever,
J its•-'weAtaiStdried - "across tAftlop;Slolittid
its meaning, we all but stepped into the
rushing rapid, rendered visible by its
pale wreaths of foam ; and then the
truth flashed upon us that some violent
blow had broken the buze:raft into the
number of' smaller ones of which it had
originally been composed, and that our
own portion had separated fr.an all the
rest, leaving my brother and me alone,
for Jerome slept on auother part of the
raft.
As semi as we discovered our position,
we called to announce it to the lumber
men, but, in the tumult of voices, ours
remained unheard, Again and again we
repeated our cries, but with the same re
sult; while gradually the voices grew
fainter, proving that the divided portions
of the raft were already scattered ; and
at length all sound ceased as they passed
entirely out of hearing.
We were men not easily daunted, but
ours was no pleasant position—alone in
the darkness among the rapids, which
might at any moment break up the raft
beneath our feet; while of what means
were available to save ourselves we knew
nothing. There seemed nothing left us
but patience; and divesting ourselves of
our heavier clothing, in case of emer
gency, we sat awaiting daylight, and
what it might disclose. Meanwhile the
waves still foamed around Us, as if the
rapid was interminable, and the raft gra
ted and ground incessantly against the
rocks. At length, just as day dawned,
revealing to our astonishment our raft
wedged among the rocks near the shore,
she gave a sudden jerk, and whirling'
round into the full force of the rapid,
soon swept down into the smooth water
below.
We bad no leisure to look around us.
As we expected, none of the other rafts
were visible; but great was our disap
pointment to discover that the river now
flowed between sharp rocky banks, and
that, if, as we meditated, we swain to the
shore to pursue on: journey on land, we
should be unable to climb the warlike
barrier. The only resource left us, lit
tle as we understood its management,
was to remain aboard the raft, and float
along at the will of the current and rap
ids until souse change in the shore might
favor our landing.
Meanwhile, out of a loose plank we
contrived a tiller to get some command
l over the unwieldy craft, which still held
its way down stream ; but as the hours
passed by, showing no break in the stern
bank of rock between which we glided,
our hopes of landing began to fade, and
when night again fell on our loneliness,
our helplessness, and our ignorance of
what dangers might await us on that
unknown river, we felt nigh despair.
Amost to our surprise the night was got
through safely, and morning saw our
helpless craft still floating down the
solitary stream, with those dark preci-
pices, crowned with pine forests, still
frowning upon us from each side, and
those frequently recurring rapids still
checkering our course. About noon we
entered upon the fiercest we had yet en
countered. Our tiller was useless among
the breakers, which roared and raged
around the raft, and leaped after her in
crested waves us she was hurried on by
the impetuous torrent.
I grew almost terrified as I noted how
swiftly we sped past the rocks, which
here and there stood up from the waves
like silent warners ; and yet more was I
alarmed when, looking ahead, I beheld
the long vista of leaping, surging. cas
cades, down whose tremulous course we
should be driven, if the fabric beneath
our feet still held together. But back
wood rafts are made for such encoun
ters; and fearlessly the log-boat plunges
from ledge to ledge. At length a deep,
reverberating roar rose above the sur
rounding tumult. My brother and I
started at the unexpected sound ; then
we looked eagerly forward, and perceived
but a short way ahead, a cloud of silvery
haze floating Mc a halo above the sur
face of the river. It was the confirma
tion of our newly awakened fears, the
unerring indication that a cataract was
before us, and that we rushing, at rail
way speed, on a terrible and speedy
death, from which no earthly power
could avail to rescue us.
Never shall I forget the pang of that
fearful discovery; the bitter prospect of
dying in health Itud strength, and yield
ing up the hopes and aspirations of our
unclouded youth; the thought of that
distant home we should never see again ;
and the beloved And loving ones so soon
to be doubly bereaved; and worst of all
the knowledge that the dear brother
must share the impending Cite. With
a warm impulse of fraternal love we
clasped each other's hands—all remain-.
1• •
lug to us now wat.to die ingelpor.
Meanwhile the din of the fall swelled
to a trezee.udous ;roar that reverberated
through the surrounding, woods ; the tu
multuous rapids surged into a fiercer
fury, and u rgett Gfte raft/ swarwout
wade her tremble; while we. her help
less passengers, stood silently awaiting
our inevitable doom, to be swept over
that relentless fell, to be tossed in that
horrible abyss, nod tipsily east forth, dis
figured awl bruised, among the seething
eddies of the still rushing river.
It was a fearful interval. Nearer and
nearer the raft drew to the fearful brink
—nearer, and yet nearer, until we could
almost look into the dark void beyond.—
Her last moment and oars alike seemed
come, and in the deep anguish of such
a parting we clung closer to each other.
Suddenly the raft approached another
rock—it was nearer to us as well as lar
ger than those which had preceded it,
and presented a narrow footing. Thought
at such a moment is as swift as light
ning, and action much less so; and al
most ere I had seen the ark of hope, my
brother bounded across the raft, drawing
we with hint, and with a desperate leap,
only to be ventured in peril such as ours,
sprang over the fathom-broad space of
rushing water, and on to the rock be-
vend. Another moment, and I ton had
leaped it; and standing in comparative
safety on that small but immovable ref
uge, we watched the raft, whose fate we
had so nearly shared, plunge over t'/e
foaming cataract, to be dashed into the
deep chasm below, a mass of shattered
logs.
Still we were girt around by many
dangers, A single slip might detach us i
from the rock, a single wave still sweep
us over the falls ; while looking landward,
nothing was visible save a few dark jut
tiny rocks round which the river foamed.
Their wet, slippery pointy afforded little
hope of escape, yet it was our only one,
and therefore must he tried ; and with
rigidly braced nerves and concentrated
euorgies, 'we commenced our hazardous
task of leaping front rock to rock, clos
ing our cars to the deafening roar, and
our eyes to the hurrying current over
which we passed, as we pursued our per
ilous course, until, by the mercy of Nov
idenee,the fourth rock brought us to the
shallower water, through which we wa
ded to land.
The now rugged batik gave easy access
to the land above ; and a few hours'
travel southward brought us to Lake
" lireno, where, to our Surprise, we found
our companion rafts ih safety, and learn
ing that we had passed, without observ
ing, the narrower bat safe outlet to th •
river furnished by Weno Creek.and thus
not only missed Jerome and the lumber
ers sent back to aid us, but encountered
that most fearful incident of our hires our
narrow escape from the Weno Falls.
82,00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; 82,50 IF NOT 'PAID IN ADVANCE
Original.
Written for the Columbia spy
History of Trees, No. 3
The Red Cluster Cherry, or Northern
Red Cherry, is a small delicate tree of
from fbur to seven inches in diamiter,
bearing bunches of small cherries of a
reddish flue, and so translucent as to
show the stone when held up to the light.
They are very thin fleshed, and if I ree
ollect right, of a pleasant, lively, tart fla
vor. .Sonic years since there were some
of these trees in this country, and very
high. I believe every vestage of them
have now disappeared. There is a small
tree which is abundant in some parts of
this State, which is certainly worthy of
notice and cultivation. It is sometimes
known by the mime of Wild Pear, or
Indian Pear or Jesuits Tree. About the
last of May or the first of June this tree
opens its numerous bunches of small
flowers, each bunch being surrounded by
four floral leaves of a snow white color,
which when full expanded takes the form
of a crucifix. It is a very showy tree
about September. In Autumn the leaves
turn a. fiery scarlet color, and if it bears
fruit, its autumnal leaves fully equals its
spring dress. The Buttonwood or Cana
dian Cotton tree, of which so much has
been suid respecting the disease. The
Buttonwood disease aad the potato rot
have thrown to the world that learned
professors have not drained the foun
tains of knowledge, and that in fact there
are pages which are equally plain to the
unlearned and leaiited—that dame Na
ture makes us obeisence to the unwarant
ed and arrogant assertions of those who
"claim all knowledge which is yet unknown."
Previous to the attack by this unknown
malady, the Buttonwood was one of the
largest and handsomest trees we have
in this State. I know of some trees that
gave• a girth of LS feet, and many eau be
:49.4 4 - *4 10 .4 ,Fri
' of these ' Can ' OA'
a ware counties. Old Buttonwood trees
are very apt to decay at the centre, and
when cut down are easily formed into
bee hives, grain tubs, &c. Many of these
Al+ Iv .44,414 be fonnd.Jn old
garrets bearing dots which showed the
fact, that large Buttonwood trees were
not uncommon an 1 at the first settlement
of tbe country.
Forest seems to equalize the tempera
ture of a climate, especially when the
hilltops are left covered. The extremes
of cold and heat, of dryness and humid
ity, so far as observation has determin
ed, are prevented by bills covered with
wood. Emerson in his Trees of Massa
chusetts, says, that if the hilltops of
Spain could be re covered with their an=
cient forests, there remains but little
doubt but that its ancient fertility would•
return. • But we need not go to foreign
lands for examples. The Knolls in our
own country and islands were divested of
trees by the first settlers, and we may
say that from 1660 to the present time
they have been monuments of sterility,
excepting where they have been covered
with buildings. Those who wish to ob
tain practical knowledge upon this sub
jeet, should drive an, ox team upon a
windy day through patches of hilly wood
land and then venture across the open
country, or take a trip on foot across a
western prarie, even in moderate weath
er, and then he will think that woods are
worth something besides to chip and
burn. In treating of trees, I have, or
shall omit the shrubs. These form an
important and interesting part of our
Sylva. I had intended to treat upon
them iu a few coining numbers, but
find that my time will not permit, so in
my next I shall have something to say
about curious and wonderful trees.
New Oxford, P
Jostr BILLINGS TILEATS of QUAK EMS.—
I never knu a Quaker that was a drunk
ard !
I never knu one who was a gambler !
I never saw one that was ragged !
I never heard ov one bein in a stat priz
en.
I never see one a beggin !
I never knit one to commit suicide '.
I never knu one a pauper
I never ken one who wan't a good na
bur !
I never knu one who didn't belong
to the church !
I never knu one who wasn't ready to
ve.
And yet I must Wit, I never kna (inn.)
man who didn't want watching.
—The population of San Francisco is
one hundred and twenty thousand. In
'September 1848 the number of iub.abit
ttnts was four hundred and fifty.
[ - WHOLE NUMBER 1,786.
Touch of Petroleum.
Close to the lands of the Centre Oil
Company there lives an old chap who is
worth a mint. Ignorant of course, dumb
luck has made lint rich. His household
pets consist of a terrier dog and stupid
daughter, both of whom engage his atten
tion. The former proyided for, he deter
mined to "accomplish" his daughter. To
this end he came to the city. He bought
a piano and harp, and a guitar, and a car
load of music books, and so forth,winding
up his business by engaging a. first-class
intellectual and musical tutor, with all of
which he started for the " region." The
documents were of course soon arranged
for business. The tutor set to work and
toiled like a Trojan, but with no success.
Desparing of ultimate triumph, the tutor
went to the oil king and made a clean
breast of it.
" Why what the world's the matter ,?"
asked the father.
" Well" answered the tutor, „Kitty has
got a piano, and guitar, and harp, and
iuusic, and books, and all that, but she
wants capacity that's all."
" Well, by the Lord Harry," cried the
oil king, "if that's all just buy it. I've
got the stuff, and if money will get it she
shall have capacity or any thing else!'
TRANSPLANTING TREES.—As soon as
the foliage has dropped, transplant orna
mental, shade, or fruit trees. There will
be a saving of one year's growth between
those planted now and those in the spring
In taking up trees great care should be
taken not to mutilate their roots, for ev
ery fiber of the root lost the growth of.
the tree will be retarded so much, aria
its life endangered. Whenever it is ab
solutely necessary to part with any of the
roots, take off the top in Proportion. Let
the holes be larger than the roots and,
never bend or cramp a foot into a small
bole. Where the root is mutilated, make
TOOthitalinir4 OWI -fie tiveslo •
bet Ween the 'hark - sindivned:,-`- . lfthe
is poor fill in the- holes , *lth4lehi:
from the woods or swamps; but in ini" •
case use stable manure in planting ont
trees. Topdress the gound among your
tree. WA34% Jitemrl,
composing matter. If rabbits are trouble
some in barking your fruit trees apply
soft soap t.; the trunks two or lite times
in the year. .
What an Army Corps Requires.
In the Army of the Potomac an army
corps of 30,000 infantry has about 700
wagons, drawn by 4200 mules, Including
the horses of officers and the artillery,
about 7000 animals have to be provided
for. On the march it is calculated that
each wagon will occupy eighty feet; in
bad roads much more ; so that a train of
700 wagons will cover 50,000 feet, or
over ten miles ; the ambulances will occu
py about a mile,a.n l batteries three miles;
thirty thousand troops need six miles to
march in if they form ono column; the
total length of the marching column of a
I corps is, therefore, twenty miles -without
including the cattle herds and trains of
bridge materials. Impatient cries of ar
my movements would often be more leni
ent were they to familiarize themselves
themselves with the details of the immense
difficulty of organizing, and, moving large
trains and artillery.
ADVICE TO A YOUNG LAWYER.—The
following is the advice of an examining
judge to a youug lawyer, on admission:
" Sir it would be idle to trouble you
fitither. You. are perfect; and I will
dismiss you with a few words of advice,
whicli you will do very well to follow.
You will find it laid down as a maxim of
civil law never to kiss the maid when
you can kiss the mistress Carry out this
principle, sir, and you are safe. Never
say boo to a goose when she has the pow
er to lay golden ova. Let your face be
long, your bills longer. Never put your
hand in your pocket when any body's
else is handy. Keep your conscience for
your own private use, and don't trouble it
with other men's matters. Plaster the
judge and butter the jury. Look as wise
as an owl, and be as ocular as a tows
clock. lint above all get money; honest
ly if yon can, my dear sir, but get money.
I -welcome you to the bar."
J. S. G
Those sanguine gentlemen who have
bets pending on the " Home vote" o
Pennsylvania, at the October election,
will have to compromise as best they can
since there is no probability of the exact
returns ever being obtained. In several
counties the home and soldier's vote were
recorded together,and the identity of each
therefore ast. On the whole October vote
the Union majority, by Congressional
Districts, is 13,850.—Pitts. Com.