tOLUNBIL-SPY. IWDF:P.E:'.:DENT, FEARLESS FLEE COLUMBIA, PA., I)ee. A adoertiseing will be con. idcred CASH and ol4otable at any tune after t 1 Bret insertion. TUROUG.II our exchanges we leave had the announcement of several failures iu ,J3oston, New York, and the West, of more ,or less magnitude, within the past few weeks. Speculation, it seems, is coming to grief; and all know hoW surely and rap idly it tray.cls down hill, when it has had iti frail under pinning •knocked out and started on the tumble. Circumstances Argue such a condition of affairs at present; and while artificial appliances may hold it up temporarily, so rotten is it in both principle and material, that we canuot but look upon a general crash as inevita ble, , It is a noticeable fact that the fail ures :which have thus far reached the public - ear are almost exclusively of houses engaged in the provision business, and that from all• - the-greut , commercial centers throughout the country, East and West, reports are made of a continued ,c4pression and dropping off in the price of ,eVerY • eatable:' '.This is just as might have 'been expected.' It is in this particu lar line that speculation has held its high carnival, and -where the first indications of decline -were looked for. So it turns cut, end here the greatest disasters, if' such we may call them,will be ex perieuced „We say a general crash is almost in evitable, but we mean by that, simply that the weak houses,— and those that have,,,,shown„a, ;weakness, in,‘„mind while strongenough' puise; and ; foolishly embarked in the speculative schemes of the day, will be driven to the wall. -There are no real causes for a - continual stagnation, or such as would eventuate in what is_ termed a great financial - crisis , and those who have been even moderately careful, while at the_ same time operating on a solid basis, will find no - difficulty in weathering-the storm, There has been no reduction of the _currency—there is enough to meet all the demands of trade. But its an " ill wind that: blows nobody zood.". Dealers may suffer,. but it will . py.Ove'a, blessing to consumers, and we -would remind the latter that the benefits are theirs_ awl if the,; they ;nay en joy them. It is a fact - heyond, all Con . troversy that-while prices in -the whole sale markets have declined at the least Alculation twenty per cent. within little intim than a fortnight, the old figures are still maintained by many retailers—and they will continue i so just as long as con sumers submit to t. There is but one course to take in such cases, 4,nd it is asily followed.— Let x• es KRADER, THOMAS GRAY, ELI ICTIMO. JOTIN LANDES. Wit. WALLAcE,GEo. D. EL ERT, D. STRICI•ILER. Applications for Insurance will be made to M. S. SIIUMAN, Columbia july 7 'GC tf. TATEMENT SHOWING THE CON dition of the First National Bank, of Columbia, on Monday, October 1,1860. RESCUE CE S. Notes and bills discounted, 104;383,37 U. S. Bonds for circulation, 150,00,1,00 U S Securities on hand, 10,000,00 324,333,3 T Cash in notes of other banks. 2,214,00 Legal tenders St Comp'd Notes, 31,945,00 37,159,00 Cash Items, 3,457,59 Due. from Banks, 30,082,05 Expenses, Interest on deposits, Premiums L.,aid, Fixtures, LIABILITIES Cipital Stockpaid Surplus Fund ' , Circulation, Deposits on Certificate, 67,491.05 Do Transient, 30,017,95 97.53'.33 Dividends unpaid, Due to Banks and. Bankers, 8,877,01 Profit and Loss, Exchanges, Discounts, Interests, Tadebtodae:aq of DirectorA, 52.9,700 Sworn to and subacribt•d by 6.S.DETWILEP, Cashier Oct. G Om Philadelphia Cancer Hospital. pILADELPHIA Cancer Hospital.— Professor R. .IT., Kline. Princi pal Pbiy , sician and Surgeon to the Philadelphia Cancer Hos pital, ofilee No. 931 ARCH Street, is daily making astonishing and most miraculous cures of Cancer by the most scientific and lately approved remedies known to the civilized world, among which are his great Cancer Antidotes, wonderful treatments that operate speeideally upon the Cancer and cancerous affections, antidoting, killing and destroying the Career, every particle, root and fibre belonging to it or them, without pain or the use of the kmfe. with out caustic, eating and burning medicines, without the loss of blood, or in the least giffecting the sound flesh. No other treatment should ever be used. No other persons lave these antidotes. To investigate these treatments, to see patients under treatment, and to examine the terrible specimens thus re moved. call and see or address R. H. KLINE, M. D.. Office, No. 931 ARCH St., Philadelphia, Pu. P. O. Box 1474. For particulars send for a Circular. [nov3 '66-tf ZIOUSE.KEEPERS ATTENTION. THE citizens of Columbia and vicinity, are respectfully invited to call and ex amine my large and varied assortment of ainTSMICELEPING GOONS Comprising every variety of TIN WARE, SILVER-PLATED WARE, TABLE CUTLERY, FANCY GO')DS, PLAN [SPIED TIN-WARE, COOKING UTENSILS, CHAMBER WARE, IN SETS, HOLLOW WAR! , ENAMLED, COPPER KETTLES, BRASS KETTLES Chafing Dishes, Egg Boilers, Britannia Ware, Waiters, &c., Stoves of every Description. BRILLIANT -AND NIAGARA, Are two of the best stoves in the Market They . are guarantied to give satisfaction. GAS FITTING tk P.LUM I , ING Carried on in all its various branches. Stoves,Shops, Dwellings, &c., fitted up with Gas and - Water Pipes, in the best manner. On hand a good assortment of Chandeliers, Brackets, Drop Lights and Pendants, Galvanized iron, Lead and Ter ra Cotta Water Pipes. ;0- Reparing promptly and personally attended to. HIRAM WILSON, Cor. Locust cC.- 2nd st., Col'a. cabinet Making and Undertaking. THE undersigned would inform his friends and the public that he has now inn creased facilities for turning out work, and his FURNITURE WARE-ROOMS, Are now well supplied with - new and beau-. tiful furniture of the latest improved styles.. He manufactures to order and will keep constantly on hand Dressing, Plain and Fancy Bureaus, Sideboards, Sofas, Card ' Dining and Centre Tables, Common, Fan cy and French Bedsteads; all of which will be sold on the most reasonable terms. As he manufactures his own work he is ena bled to warrant every article to be what it is represented. CHAIRS, CHAIRS, All kinds of Chairs kept on nand or man ufactured to order.- Cane, Windsor, Arm and Rocking Chairs; Settees, Camp and Counter Stools, Sofas, Tete-a-tetes, and Stuffed Seat Chairs, made to order. Old Chairs repainted and repaired. - UNDERTAKING. Funerals will be attended to with prompt ness, to which he gives his personal atten tion. He is prepared with ice boxes and coolers to preserve corpse, as may be re. quired MAHOGANY OR WALNUT COFFINS Furnished plain or tinned in any style tha may be required. He respectfully solicits a share of public patronage, as well as a continuance of the custom with which ho has - been liberally favored. JOHN SHENBERGER. South Side of Locust st., between Second And Third. • - - DRESS GOODS, 550,71 52,21 EIE3 2o 3t) 1.208.08 $397,549,34 $130,000.00 4.300,. 0 132,000,00 Ma 223.13 2,1.15.31 2,530 31 5,033 02 53J7,510,54