A. M. RAMBO, Editor,ail Publisher. .VOLUME XXXVII, NUMBER 27.1 `,'BE COLUMBIA. SPY, ft MISCILLARON FAMILY MEL , PUBLISHRD - EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. roppicE, IN LOCUST ST.; OPPOSITE COLTJINP. ELL 13ANK. • _TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. $• . ,03 a- yeat if paid in advance :2,50 if not paid until the expiration of tho year. .FIVE CENTS A COPY. No paper will be discontinued until all 'ar enrages aro paid unless at the option of the editor. Rates Advertising in thc Spy. lt. 2t. ' It. lmo: 3mo. 6m. ly. sq. 8 lines' 75 1,00 1,50 2,00 4,00 6,00 10,00 "16 " _1,50 2,23 300 3,50 6,00 9,00 15,00 .3 ". 21 " 2,23 3,25 .4,00 4,50 8,50 73,00 20,00 [Larger a&vertisements in proportion.] Executors - and Administrators' Notices, 3.00 Auditors' and A.Jsignee Notices, . 2,00 Professional or bnisness cards, not exceeding o lines, per year, 8,00 - Yearly advertisements, not exceeding four squares 'with °cc:if:ion:a changes, . 15,00 Special Notices, as reading matter, 10 cents a lino : for one insertion. Yearly advertisers will be charged the same rates sis transient advertisers for all matters not relating strictly to their business. • All Advertising will be considered CASI 7; after first 2. USINESS CARDS D. .7..13t LOOP, ATTORNEY AND COHNULLOR AT LAW, Zmrl - Columbitt, Pa. Office in Odd Fellows :Iran. - Nov. 19 1864-tf. H• M. NORTH, A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LA\% Cl Columbia, Pa. - Collection: promptly made in Lancaster 'York counties. Cola., July 2, 1865. A. J. KAUFFMAN, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. COLLECTIONS Made in Lancaster and tIJJ adjoining Counties. Pensions. - Bounty, back pay and all claims against the government promptly prosecuted. 'Mice—Locust Strect,between Front and :Second. - Dee. 1'64. - SAMUEL EVANS, .711 S TI 1'.16 of the P . C I. .OFFICE IN ODD FELLOWS' HALL. ' - COLUMBIA, PA: - Juno 18, 1861. - Iy.o J, Z. fIOFFr.R, DENTIST. --OFFICE, Front Street next door to R. Williams' Drug Store, bet .... een :Locust and Walnut sts, Cola., Pa. Dr. J. K. LINEAWEAITER, OFFERS lIIS PROFESSIONAL SFR vices to the citizens of Columbia and , -vicinity.. . . `-fitofliee'-=-Lzeust:Street, , d3etiv.eell...Segorul:ct 'Third Streets. ' June 17 1y,4 FRANKLIN HOUSE, OCU:ST STREET, COLUMBIA, PA. "PHIS is a tirstelass hotel, and is in every 1 respect adapted to meet the wishes and desires of the traveling public. JACOB S. MILLER, july, 13, '65 Proprietor. misaLER'S ROTEL, EVAN IYIISHLER, Proprietor. WEST MARKET SQUARE, READING, PENYA. Oct. 7th. ly. GEORGE BOGLE, Dealer in 'LUMBER OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, Also, PLASTERER'S HAIR Odle° and Warehouse—Front Street be tween Locust and Union. July 8, 180.- Confectionery AND FRUIT OF ALL KINDS SEA son. Parties and tinuilies supplied with ICE CREAM Iry the freezer, or in moulds, with prompt- EIeSS at GEO. .1. SMITH'S Adjoining the Franklin House, Locust St P. S. Also a fine assortment of T•lys and fancy articles constantly on hand. July' 2, COLUMBIA FLOUR MILLS, GEORGE BOGLE, Proprietor. THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID for all kinds of Grain. Superfine and Extra Family Flour for sale, also mill feed of all kinds. Wheat ground and packed to order - Zs- Town and country custom solicited July 29th 1595. SUPPLEE & BROTHER, Manufacturers of S i rM.A , M 33C).1.1aMitS_ TN addition to oar Foundry and Machine I_ work, we are now prepared to manufac ture every variety of Boiler and plate iron work, • sending and Reparing Boilers Promptly attended-to. Thankful for past favors, we-would invite the attention of our friends and patrons to this new branch of our business. SUPPLEE & BRO., jart. 21, ,G 5. 2d Street, Columbia. READING RAIL ROAD. WINTER ARRANGEMENT. GREAT TRUNK LINE FROM the North and North-West for Philadelphia, NOW York, Reading, Pottsville, Lebanon, Allentown, Easton, Ate., &e„ Trains leave Harrisburg far New York, as follows : At-3-00 7,25 and VG A. .Bf.; audlL4s and 9.00 P. M. arriving atNew York at s.4oand 10,00 A. M. and 3,40 and 10.35 P. M. The above amine.) with similar Trains or. the Pennsylvania Rail Read, and Sleeping Curs accom pany die 3.00 anti 0.05 trains, without change. Leave for Reading, Pottsville, Tamaima, Miners em, Allentown, and • PhiLadelphia at 7.21 A. 51. and 1.45 and 9.00 P. M. stoppiug at Lebanon and all way statians the 9.00 p, nt. nun) making no close coimections for Pottsville nor Phila. For Schuylkill Karen de, leave Harrisburg at 4 p. m. Returning: Leave 'Yew York at 9.110 A. M., 12.00 m, and 8.00 p. m. ; Phira at :43 , 0 n.m. and 3.33 p. and Potwcille at 8.3# n.m. and 2.4 p.m. Leave P.itzaiits for .11arris. urg, via S. d• S. 11. It. at 6.45 a. M. An'Aecommodatiots Passenger train leaves Read ing at 6.30 A. 51., and returns from Phihulelphia at 4.3)P. M. Columbia Railroad Trains leave Reading at :6.10 A. M. 6.15 p.m.for Ephrata, L itiz, Columbia. On Sunday ; Leavt Yew York at S P. M., Phihalel - Rhia 3,15 P. M., and Reading ut LOU A. 3i. for liar rlsburg. Commutation, Mileage, Season, and Excursion Tickets at red iced rates to :Lad front all ponds. 80 Pounds 13aggav allowed each passenger, G. A. NICOLLS, General Superintendent nov. 27: CS - ' - 'cl - s - , , '•• '• : _ • :.• • -,.' --- ' •-'1',...:.', .-- •• - ....„ , , . . ...._ ~ -i . . , .i..,:. '• ' . , . , . . •::.:' : . . . . 4 ...•;,';:,?, ,t..,••.:::-..:,, ..?-4 • 1 „,. '- ,: i -.r., .. + . . „- . ...,i:;•ii. :----..- • . ''..z : j .: 7 : - -.:''.: ..:'.....:::':: ''. 411111 111 0" : ...... . ... , ~,,,,, . , • - -•• . .:... .4.., .. - o, ~:...• ....',,- ...-,....... '.'','. . . ... .. . \ • ..,•,:i.: :!-:'. , • ',.:•..:-...: i..... - ". - ' ;:::. ~„ . . .. . ,:...,...,, . ~,-. , „..• .. . . _ ': ._ D.- , -: j :i. - :- ..., ..:-: t . t'' .. ..:. . ... .. -, , . , , :',..:--, • .....-.... •-f , • , . . ,':',:-: :, ', t• -..: , : ' .7 . . . ;_..- ~,, '':'.-:.:-..:'' - . , .. . . r . ~ . • ..> . - .... 1. .. ' . ' ....i :'' ' .4:-... . . - ?11!'.114‘'.-:..''', ,' . ... - .. . , „ . . . . ... - . . - . Snsquehanna, Planing . Mill, ON FRONT ST. AND PENN. RAILROAD Columbia, Lancaster County, Pa. riIHE subscriber would respectfully an • 1_ nounce to the patrons ofhis - .Mill, that the advanced prices of labor and expences :incident to'carrying•on tii6 business of his establishment compels him to charge his customers an advance on former rates, and takes this method to inform them that the following are the prices ibr work done at :his Mills: For workin g , Flooring per \1•.54.50 . " do Weatherboards " . 4.50 " Surincim , o ono side, per M. 2.50 4lt do two do do 4.50 " Re-sawing White Pine face measure, perk. 5.00 " do Poplar face meas. do 6.00 " do Ash, Oak ct. Cherry, face meas. per M. 8.00 " Ripping 4-4 per line, 16 ft. 11 " do 8-4 do do 3 " do Joice do do 4fr '- Lumber hauled to the Mill tuld're turned to Yard without extra charge. Accounts for working or dressing lumber will be considered collectable every four months. Thesubseribet haS on hand - an assortment of ROUGH and DRESSED LUMBER, which is for sale at Market Prices, and so licits a continuation of public custom. JOHN B. BACH - MAN. Columbia,Mareh 18, 1864. TO TOBACCO GROWERS ! HA NE constantly on hand at my I Plaining Mills, Tobacco cases, and will furnish them at reasonable prices, to those who desire to pack their Tobacco. , .JOHN B. BA.CHM.A.N, Susquehanna Plaining Mills. May 13; '65. COAL I COAL I COAL 1 Baltimore Co. Lump for melting Iron. " No. 1, for Heaters, etc. 2, for Cannon Stoves, 3,for Parlor StovesAc tt 4, for Ranges, ,tc. 64 44 5, for Nanor Grates St Lime Burner. Shamokin Stove kt; Nut, a meduium burn ing coal Pine Grove, " 4C Lyken - Valley, a free burning coal. Parties wishing to buy Coal by the car load, which comes via Reading A: Colum bia R. IL, eon be accommodated at mine prices, the undersigned having made ar rangements so that effect. Coal cleaned before leaving the yard. Our °Mee has been moved south 200 from the old place. Sept 9. BRUNER it, MOORE. J. DUNCAN COTTRELL, AT EY AT LAW, Penn'a Avenue, nearly opposite National. hotel.. Washington; P. C. Pension., - Wm ntv, hack P.ty. Prize Moneromd all clams against the Uovertttuellt promptly attended to Dee. 2 1263 SIKOLICING ACCIDEN'rS. MANY KILLED AND A LARGE NUM BER WOUNDED. Over two hundred accidents from kick ing and.i'unning awa t 7, f Iterseslocewred during the past yea r:in Lancaster county alone nearly all of winch resulted in inju ring the drivers, killing some, maiming and wounding others, and in most Case.., breaking costly carriages amid hurting the horses. - - Of the above, nine-tenths were tame family horses. The safety bridle will put an end to all such needless Aceidents, and with the Safety Lines the speed of every horse is easily lunch increased. At the special meeting of the Saddlers of Lancaster city, Nov. 27, 1865, the lbßowing resolutions were unanimously adopted: Wit FalF:As, The usethiness, power and safety of 1)r. Hartman's Safety Bridle and Lines have been publicly demonstrated demonstrated in the presence of front one thousand to iifte.en hundred p0r50315 to their entire satisfaction; and since it was proven at the Millersville horse exhibition on time of the most vicious and confirmed kickers and runaways, that with the Safety Bridle and Lines it is utterly impossible for a horse either to kick or runaway; therefore Resolved, That we the Saddlers of Lan caster county, Pa., believe that the Safety Bridle and Lines accomplish all and even more, than is claimed by the patentee, in preventing horses from kicking and run ning away. Re , olved, that in view of the above facts we deem it our legitimate duty, both indi vidually and collectively, to exert alt hon orable Means to at once introduce the Bridle and Lines, because in doing so we ill a very great measure prevent alt acci dents with horses, while with the old and defective bridle we put in great jeopardy both Life and limb. Peso/vett, That hereafter we manufacture no other but Safety Bridles, unless especi ally ordered. The price of individual Rights is $5 each; County Rights, from 100.00 to 500.00 accor ding to population—these containing large cities excepted. No other investment before the public presents such inducements of making money. In every county there are at least twenty townships, and in each township at least one hundred persons who drive horses—which at live dollars for an indi vidual right will amount to $5OO per town ship, and ten thousand dollars 010,000) for each county at the rate of t wenty townsnips at five hundred dollars each ! I have not the least doubt but that amount of money can be made out of a county with proper business tact and energy. The price of counties is so small as to place the invest ment in the hands of every one, for few aro so poor as to be unable to raise one hun dred dollars. • Another 'feature about this invention is that the proprietor of the territory need not manufacture the bridles and lines as the ordinary bridle can be easily altered into a Safety. . The lines only require to be made to order, and these can be made by any saddler for a trifle more than the ordinary lines. • Hence; unlike other patents, the right to use it only is sold. No man need wish for a greater fortune than right of a State. To show the confi dence the patantee has in his invention,ho oilers to pay 1,000 dollars for any horse that can either kick or run away when under the influence of the Safety Bridle and Lines. For County and State rights address for circular, and for Individual Rights, enclose live dollars to S. B. Hart man, Millersville, Lancaster co., Pa. dec. J tf JACOB S. SNYDER, MANUFACTURER A:N'D D.BALEIL I _\' BOOTS, SHOES, GAITERS, 41:C. ALL styles and varieties of Men' s,Boy's, Ladies, Misses' and Cbildren's wear. WE MANUFACTURE TO ORDER, and keep constantly on hand, a stock of ready-made work, which we warrant to give satisfaction. Hats, Caps, Straw Goods, Ste. A full assortment of the latest styles, al ways kept on hand. Our whole time and attention is devoted to our Business, hence we are- better able to give our customers satisfaction, The public are respectfully invited to call and examine: our stock. Cor. Front and Locust Streets Cora., 110 V. 4, '65 "NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTINGr." COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1866. EILER'S HERB BITTERS.—BeIow the afflicted will find a condensed statement of the cures of various individ uals whose names are herewith appended, whose Certificates can at any time be seen by calling at the Store of the Proprietor, Centre Square, Lancaster, Pa. B. MISHLER, Solo Manufacturer. John C. Walton, Lancaster, cured of Dis ease of Spine and Kidneys, ac., contracted in the Army.; • Thomas Groom, Glen Hope, cured of Disease of the Back and Nervous system. HenryNagle, Lancaster,cUred of a stroke of the Palsy, causing the loss of the use of the right arm. .Toseph Witmer, Philadelphia, certifies that Mishlees Bitters has restored. him to health. having been much afflicted with various ailments for a long time. James Kennedy, Lancaster, cured of Chronic Diarrhoea and Rheumatism. Daniel Finefrock, Lancaster, cured of Chronic Rheumatism, which he was much afflicted with while in the Army—reccom mends the useof the Bitters to soldiers and others sirailaely afflicted. Leyi Hart, Sen., Lancaster, cured of Rhetunat;sm occasioned by exposure in the Army. Charles B. Williams, Lancaster, certifies that his daughter was cured of a ingering I sickness of eight months front various diseases. by Mishler's Bitters. Henry Maderf, Lancaster, was cured of difficulty in passing his water, by the use of the Bitters, and his wife also relieve° from Rheumatic pains. Philip Bonce, Lancaster, Cured of an af fection of the Kidneys aed Bladder, by the use of Mishler's Herb Bitter. Daniel B. Herr, Rohrerstown, Lancaster Co., certifies that he was eared of severe stitches in the side which he _was afflicted with fot nine years. Jas. Blcking ' Litiz, 'was cured of a severe attack of Chronic Rheamatism. Jos. H. Watson, Lancaster, relieved or pains in his shoulders and limbs, that he was unable to sleep. Andrew Eberly, Lancaster, Cured of Cramp Cholic—was so severe that ho be came apprehensive of Rupture. Mary J. Carney, Lancaster, cured of weitlcenss of the breast mid pain in the side by Mishler's Bitters. Wm. H. Jordan, Lancaster, relieved of Cholera Morbus in 10 or 15 minutes, by the Herb Bitters. Jacob Haag, Lancaster, says that leis son was relieved or extraordinary pains in his arms and legs. Samuel McDonnel, 'Lancaster, cured of Dispepsia of 20 years standing byMishler's Bitters. H G. Kendig, Farmer, near Lancaster, Was cured of a severe attack of Dispcpsia, by the Bitters. Hugh Dougherty, L - incaster, says his daughter was cured of weaknes, sore throat, (U. J. L. Baker, Lancaster, certifies that his family has been mach 1 li ly-sifrom antic tion by the Bitters. E. It. Rhoads,ltziamstown,Lancaster Co., cured 'of Inflammatory Rheumatism of some years'standing. -• • .• • i- • Jonathan Slyer, of Haywood Hospital Va. was cured of Rheumatism by the Bit ters—contracted in the Army. Thomas Ii rophy,Lancaster,recovered from attack of Fever mid Ague, by the use of Alishler's Bitters. A. Musketnuss,Lancaster, cured. of what is called a Running Leg, by application of the Bitters. Sohn Rote, Lancaster, cured of Ran fining Lcg olL'e years' standing, by Mish lees Bitters. Isaac: Mclntyre, Lancaster, relieved of a severe pain across his kidneys. by the Herb Bitters. C. B, Mayer, Lancaster, cured of a severe cold which had settled in his teeth, by Mishler's Bitters. J. F. Fredenberg, Lancaster, was entire ly cured of a remarkable distressing Ab scess by the Bitters. Henry G. Kendig, Camp Potomac, was cured of Diarrluea by the use of Mishler's Bitters. A. Fairer, Lancaster Co., Poorhouse, cured of Dispepsia and disease of the Kid neys, by the Bitters. Mary Rives. Lancaster, relieved of terrible cold on the breast of three months standing, by the Bitters. John Weidman,Lancaster,says that hint self and wife were cured of severe Rheu matism by the Bitters. A. Lady of Laticasterovrites to Mr. Mish ler, that the Bitters cured her of Piles of a year's standing. John Gilman, Lancaster, cured of Dis ease of tii . e Heart and a severe pain in his breast, by the Bitters. G. IV. Whitetleld, Agent at Altoona, Blair Co. writes of the success he has met in selling the Bitters. Amos Aument, of Strausburg. Lancas ter Co., used the Bitters for a wound in the leg received at the Battle of South Mot n tam, and and has now no more pain. J. C. it., a member of Co. E, 195th Reg iment. P. V.. writes to the Proprietor, that the Bitters cured him or a distressing cold which has unfitted him from duty. Martha Bents, Lancaster, was cured In flammatory Rheumatism, from cold taken by a broken arm. John Nekßch, Lancaster, was cured of Palpitation of the Heart, which ho had for 25 years. John Seliock, Poques, Lancaster Co. was relieved from an attack of the Gravel by the Bitters. Mrs. Druckenmiller, of Mount .Toy ? Lan caster Co., was cured of excruciating pains in her hands and feet by the use of of Mishler's Bitters. John Lesher,.of Reamstown, Lancaster co., was cured of a swell in the peek and jaw by the use of Mishler's Herb Bitters. 11. C. Ginkinger, Philadelphia, after be ing confined to the house for two years,was eared by the use of Mishler's Bitters. Geo. W. Killian, Lancaster, was confin ed to the U. S. Hospital for 10 weeks, by prostration, is restored to health by the Herb Bitters. Mrs. Margaret Kirk, Lancaster, 14 - 11.2 cured of a severe pain in her side and ner vousness, by the use of the herb Bitters. Mrs. Eliza Wenditz, Lancaster. was cur ed of Inflammatory Rheumatism by the use or the Bitters. Amos Groff, Lancaster, was relieved of a severe cold in the throat, by the use of the Bitters. Henry S. Etter, Lancaster, had his sight restored,(whieh he had been deprived or for about 5 years,) by the use of Mishler's Bittters. Charles P. Miller, Philadelphia, writes of a lady in that city having been cured of the Dumb Ague, by the use ofthe Bitters. Harriet Orr, Lancaster, was cured of in ward weakness and pain in the back, by the Herb Bitters. John Kautz, Lancaster, had a. slight at tack of Lockjaw, which was cured by the Bitters. Theodore Wenditz of Pa. Reserves, vas shot in the arni at the battle of Fredericks burg. By using the Bitters hewas soon relieved Worn pain in the arm. r&' xf c t r ,t 1 . Written for the Columbia Spy The Dying Patriot. EY EVA ALICE Comrads,give me thy hand.onee more I'd greet thee, Again that noble band I fain would grasp, Once more, even the last ; Oh ! in words—ean thy poor brother tell thee, No, words are weak for thanks ho would express— ' Comrade, thy hand I'd press. Soon, oh! soon life's ebbing pulse shall. beat no more; Tell them,—(the loved]—ldound it sweet to die— Yea L--e'en with beaming eye : Oh! had I lived—as sands on ocean shore, I'd give them all, my country, oh ! for thee Sweet land of Liberty. Go ! bring Idther to my conch, once more I'd see, Let these poor fading eyes behold— That gloriorig:flag of old ; Smiles I these smiles are all I now can offer thee Beneath thy folds I draw my latest breath— 'Welcome ! 0 welcome ! Death. Origt nal Written for the Columbia Spy. The Beginning and the Ending,. A Story founded on Facts, UMWM [Concludecl.] Not long after, while laboring under the most excruciating mental torture, Mark came home very much intoxicated, so much so that she read the whole story instantly, no word of harshness es caping her ; indeed she seemed frozen with terror, his moans and lamentations unly adding to her distraction. Wildly he would shriek forth that "demons were carrying him to hell ;" his eyes starting,his face livid,and his whole form convulsed ! Again he would catch at imaginary beings, beating the while every object that he could grasp, and crying out, "murder, murder, murder !" until perfectly overcome, he would fall back pale and almost lifeless. Then he would call Jean so piteously, so beseech ingly ; and when she would lay her hand on his cold brow and try to soothe him,he would rave again, calling himself "fiend, demon and poor deluded devil !" shriek ing forth the most execrable maledictions on his own head, pushing her wildly from telling her to leave him,' lAiehiui, scorn him—to go and let him, wretch that he was, let him die ; and then he would laugh, oh, so wildly ! and hiss be tween his set teeth, yes, let me die ; I want the devil to cheat my tempters of their prey ; and she only nestled down lose beside him, crouching out of sight when he grew furious. After half the night spent in this manner, he became more quiet, whisper ing, "Jean, Jean ! one,two, three, twen ty devils are gazing at me, look, how their eyes glare, see their fiery tongues ! Come close to me Jean ; there, they can't get me now ; and then he would doze, murmuring almost inaudibly, look there! ah, they are gone ! I can sleep now; I'm safe from their clutches, and he would sleep profoundly. Wretched Jean ! she would clasp her throbbing, bursting brow, and pray—hour after hour she would pray, "God have mercy on us, mercy, mercy ! Oh, my God !" Oh ! the agony of those hours ! Oh ! the dread, unspeakable and overpower ing misery that seemed clogging and stifling the very life's blood. Oh ! the shame, the mortification, the astounding bitter woe ! Her idol, the perfection of manhood, the centre round which her great heart love clung, shattered, crum bling to dust at her feet, a broken,sliape less wreck. Alas, she had loved him too well, scarce remembering how frail all earthly things really arc. "As thy day is, so shall thy strength be," and God was very near her amid all this sore affliction. Long before Mark awoke, she had become somewhat reconciled ; even to this blight, or was she but half con scious of the enormity of the wretchedne: s awaiting the drunkard's wife: Was she only alive to his humiliation, forgetting her own acute agony for the time ? She sometimes imagined she had become callous; surely she knew not one tithe of the whole woe awaiting her—a woe that stalks ever close by that blighted thing, the drunkard's ivife ! Had she been conscious a maniac's cell must have been her doom. She arose early from her sleepless pillow, arranged everything as usual, and afterwards believed she must have been dreaming. She ap proached the bedside and gazed long and wistfully at the sleeper. He still wandered : "Jean, Jean, forgive ;" with that the long stifled sobs broke forth, rousing Mark, aml the resisted, pent up flood-gates were opzded, and that strong, proud man, new weak and humble, wept like a child; calling on God to save him from himself. He had at first been pre• vailed on to drink "lager beer" for dys pepsia, and this hellish compound had fired a thirst that had descended to bins as an heirloom; "lager beer" soon ceased to satisfy; and yet he hesitated long be fore he consented to take his first glass of brandy. A monitor within warned him, demons without beckoned him on ward, old companions bantered him,even !the brilliancy of .woman's wit enticed him to the snare, he was entreated by his lovely friends, socially and privately, Ito take wine. Oh ! woman, woman, you could let loose a demon to destroy thy self.; take care, take care that it, the curse, does not return to thee, steeped in the bitterest, most galling misery ! Finally, he drank it, quaffed it off amid the gay laughter of the worldly throng. This was the beginning and fearfully fast he had gone down the rugged preci pice, never stopping ; he could not, but was driven forwards by an impetus not natural, sometimes he would, but to launch forth wilder, more healdong than before, until this night on which he had been carried home. Ire promised this should be the last, calling on God to witness the vow ; he acknowledging everything, and distract edly pleading again and again for pgdon! He was too ill for several days to leave his room ; but as he grew stronger, Jean noticed his eager, restless wandering to and fro. She knew he wearied of his home, although she did all in her power to make it attractive, but, the volcano had been fired, it must vomit forth its nauseous withering pestilence. Ho soon recruited from the shock his nerves had had received, and once more he welt forth, at first manfully resisting; one, two, three weeks passed and still the tempter seemed powerless ; but there came along just thcn,one of those smooth tongued, fawning, hypocritical demons, that under an humble exterior, hide the foulest, most corrupt hearts ; one of those men who have made it their life aim to bring all who associate with them to their own level, and failing in force, have had recourse to the most consummate cunning to gain their accursed ends. At first he almost despaired of gaining an ally, but he knew his victim, and un de-r-the maskva. a reform himsegl_ pre vailed on him to visit his old haunts for a last time. Alas, he could resist no longer, and the demon even went so far as to reprove hiw ! Oh, ye who have vowed to live a new life, shun, shun such men, shun such places as you would the direst pest ilence ; that man is always in danger who imagines himself strong enough to resist such allurements, and will surely fall again and again. Day after day he sunk deeper and deeper, conscience lashing into a perfect fury, and perhaps, going farther for having resisted the short time he did ; frequently he did not return home at night, spending them in a ceaseless round of revels, and for fear of being ex posed to his friends creeping away into the lowest dens with thieves and pick pockets. Truly, he could not mix free ly with the foul scum that haunted these dens even in his most degraded hours With one exception, he utterly loathed their vile amusements; he sometimes played, and lost enormously at cards, not knowing or caring if he was bankrupt in purse as well as in principle, For days he would be delirious, screaming and yelling like a madman, his compan ions watching him well, having no idea of destroying "the goose that layed the golden egg." One night Jean, having taken au opi ate, slept heavily, dreaming strange, I ! wild dreams. She thought she was watched over by a ghostly personage, with stooping, menacing figure and ghastly face, the blood-shot eyes looking fearfully wild as they wandered restless ly, and the long skeleton finger clutch ing eagerly atsomething concealed under his cloak. She saw him passing in and out ; at last he crept stealthily across the floor, shading the light which he carried; as he passed ho came close to the bedside, peered over, stooping until he almost touched her face, he listened intently, his eyes glaring in demoniac glee, he shaded the light, causing it to shine on the exposed part of her throat, and drew forth a glittering blade, tried it tenderly on his hand, seeming satisfied of its mettle, he raised it almost shriek ingly, listoued again to the low breathing of the sleeper, approaching the blade closer and closer his prey, until the del icate skin was almost parted when,without the slightest movement, she opened her eyes, to behold her dream verified; the slig,ntest cringe and her life must have paid the forfeit. She fastened her eyes upon the face, fixed gazing, showing no fear, not Pven horror, but earnestly, steadfastly riveting hor gaze upon him ; looking into his soul as it were, the as sassin was awed into a dull apathy, the $2,00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,50 IF NOT PAID IN ADVANCE. knife dropping from his nerveless hand, the palid face becoming less rigid, the glaring eyes less fierce ; and at last tears trickled the by one down his care worn cheeks, his hands were raised in humble thankfulness, and as the fearful ness of her situation dawned upon her, Jean, worn out with contending emo tions, seemed dying, but consciousness was restored, though for months she was confined by a low nervous fever, from which it seemed doubtful if she would recover. Poor Mark never left her side, neglecting nothing, though worn to a shadow by his own sufferings, he would allow no one to to take his place even for I an hour, and what he suffered in mind during those long torturing night watches, no pen can portray : he lived over ' the scene that brought on the attack, a thousand times the blood almost freezing in his veins as the frightful scene rose be fore him! He knew that nothing but the powsr of God could have averted the consuroation of an act, the very thought of which nearly crazed him ; to his sane mind it seemed horrible indeed, yet _he became frightfully near being guilty of the awful deed, murder, and the murder of ono whom he fondly loved, his wife. He found no rest, but kept constantly asking himself could God ever forgive him, loathsome and corrupt as he was? and then he thought of suicide ; but the inebriate rarely dies by his own hand,and this idea was discarded ; he must pray. Ah ! yes, thank God his mother's lessons came up vividly as when :she taught him at her knee ; he would pray for mercy,- for strength, he would never cease until God heard him, until God spoke to the poor trembling heart, and washed it in the blood of the lamb, he prayed kneeling by his wife's bed-side, then crouching away out of sight in his closet, he poured forth the most earnest imp :wtunate ;prayers, crying, Lord, Lord, I will not let Thee go till thou bless me! He scarcely tasted food all those terrible days ; and sleep seemed to have forsaken him, but God . was near; and juskasApason„ began fd - tiziwn• ;"ii eneff - tnitid:7,of, his wife, the light of :God was shed abroad in his benighted heart. Jean saw the change, and though she dared scarcely hope for a' complete re form, yet the sweet security of the pres ent was enjoyed, as only those who have been bowed to the earth with 'misery can understand. She slowly recovered, never recurring to the past, but blessing God always for the happy change. She is now a working daughter of temperance, and if woman everywhere could be made to see the great evil of her influence, much might be done that never can be while she brews domestic wines, and al lows the dcidly poison a place in her house. Several months later and the Hi!lards had removed to the country, from which they never changed, Jean raising a film- ily of stalwart sons, and Mark living a life of pure earnest consecration to God ; and often as the sad story of his life passes before him he sighs that he can do so li the to remove the pit-falls from his country. Grog-shops and distiller ies be sees springing all over the land. God help our youth and give them strength to face the destroyer. Baltimore, - ®4 Handkerchief Preaching. I notice in sonic cases a handkerchief habit in the pulpit, which has led:me to inquire if the use of that very necessary article is a part of theological training.— I notice some ministers take it out of their pockets as they do their sermons, and lay it on the pulpit. Some spread it out lengthwise through the middle of the Bible; some roll it up and tuck it under the Bible; some clinch it in their hands as if they were going to throw it at the audience; and some ke .:p crowding it into their pockets and palling it out again with a nervous movement, as if they did not know what use to make of their hands. I went once to hear a popular young preacher, and as much as half of his ser mon was made up of pocket handkerchief, and the most of the other half with gold watch and scraps of poetry.— Christ i'a u Rfficaor. —Mr. Wm. M. Evarts has at last set tied down to the work of preparing for the trial of Jefferson Davis, and is not at home" to visitors, being engaged in ovorha.uling the records of trials tbr trea son since the days of the Stuarts. The. Government,it is said, pays Hr. Everts a fee or one hundred thousand dollars in this else, a sum which is not an exorbi tant charge for professional sorvices,when it is considered that his business is now over fifty thousand dollars per year, and must suffer to great extent during his preparations for and attendency on the trial of the President of the late " Con federacy." [WHOLE NUMBER 1,89'9• A. Second Robinson Crusoe- Gen. Scott, in his interesting auto biograpby,gives an account of a Robinson Crusoe, a Mr. Pain, who lived a solitary life of many years on the Island of Capes Breton. He says : Mr. Pain sailed from Boston in marnack for the banks of Newfoundland and ether fishing grounds, in 1774, before the out break of the. Revolution. Having made up the cargo in the Gut of Canso, Pain begged his companion to let him remain till the 'return of the party the .following- season. They assistedlikbuilding him a hut, and left him with a good supply ct personal and bed-clothes, some axes wadi other tools, a guu with ammunition, fish ing tackle,and such other stores as could he spare, together: with a Bible, "Para dise Lost," and . the "Pilgrim's Progress." Prayers were said at parting, and the smack sailed 'for home. This was the last that our adventurer saw of "the human face-divine," for nine or ten years. The Revolutionary war supervened. There was no more fishing and cuziug, of fish by Aanericaris on those shores—the Gulf of Canso not being navigated at that period except by vessels driven into it by stress of weather. There was no road and no trail across the moun tains to any settlement whatever. For the first y3ar, and, indeed, till his supplies began to fail him, Mr. Pain,then young, did not lament his condition. But when the second and third seasons came, and again there was no return of his friends, it seemed:evident that they had. abandoned him; his spirits drooped and he was in danger of being lost in despair. But man is the .m3st flexible and pliable of all auirnals.—According to his own account, Mr. Pain began soon to relish food without salt ; the deer and fleece goat were abundant, furnishing him with both food and raiment,and which he con trived to entrap after his powder and shot were-exhausted. So, too, in respect to worn-out hooks and lines; these were re , placed by bones wad slips of skin, so that there was no want of the "finny ;prey." By the {l:fi:ftl,l . 7 year,' he began '-;tp, like' Ahe new life iu ' Well as at first. 'His books were more than a solace to him, 'and the autobiographer can testify that he could accurately recite from memory entire chapters of the Bible, and many of the books of "Paradise Lost." Finally, when at the end of the war his old master in a smack' came in search of him or his remains, be had become so attached to this mode of existence that he refused to return to his native soil. A good supply of necessaries was left him. }Lis little property at home was invested in cattle,with materials for a small house, some furniture, &c., all of which were sent out to him,with an old sister, a farm laborer and a larl—a relative. Before 1812 some new connections and laborers had joined him, and he had become a thrifty farmer. A. Strange Story. Mr, Samuel 0. Gridley, of Dartmouth. informs us that on one or two occasions, at intervals, he has had singular attacks or fits, during which he would be unable to speak or hear,but on Wednesday noon, last week, he felt oppressed in spirit, and became perfectly deaf and dumb,in which state he remained until last Monday noon, transacting his business in this city and elsewhere by means of a slate and pencil. On Sunday evening he was taken very sick; but was unable to make the slight est noise, and on Monday, at his request, three ministers, Rev. Messrs. J. G. Hook, of Concord, N. IL, C. E. Piper, of Bos ton, and J. W. Thomas,of Rhode Island, who are attending the protracted meeting at the Advent Church in this city, visi ted him, engaged in fervent prayer, and anointed his face and mouth with oil, ho remaining in bed all the time, unable to rise, speak or hear, but at the conclusion of the prayers he leaped from his bed praising God, and has ever since been able to speak and hear as well as ever.— X;av Bedford Standard. The Epidemic in Prumsia. The new epidemic which is exciting so much alarm in Berlin is called trichina. Up to last accounts 320 eases had occur red, eighty of which had proved fatal.— As a consequence a general strike has taken place in the pork eating line. The trichina spiral}:; is a small m icroscopic worm or animalcule, which was first ob served by the distinguished anatomist, Richard Owen, in I 535, and is found in the muscles and intestines of various ani mals. especially pigs and rabbits, in such enormous cpantities that a single ounce of pork is said to contain occasionally as many as one hundred thousand of these parasites. By partaking of the meat in fected with them, they are transferred to the human body,causing intense suffering which in many iustancos is followed by a painful death.
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