A. M. RAMBO, Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XXXVIII, NUMBER 28.1 THE COLUMBIA SPY, MISCELLIREIIIS FAMILY JOllllllll,. PUMLISIIED EERY SATVROAT MORNING.' . 43FricE, IN LOCUST ST., OPPOSITE COLUX DIA BANK. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 2,00 a year if paid in advance " if not paid until the expiration of the year FIVE CENTS A COPY. INTo paper will be discontinued until all ar enrages are paid unless at the option of the editor. Rates of Advertising in the Spy. It. 2t.. St. ltrio. 3mo. Grn. ly. 1 sq. 8 lines 75 1,00 1,50 2,00 4,00 6,00 10,00 2,, 10 " 1,50.2,25 3,00 3,50 6,00 9,00 15,00 3" 24 " 2,25 3,25 4,00 4 1 50 8,50 13,00 20,00 [Larger advertisements in proportion.] Executors and Administrators' Notices, 3,00 Auditors' and Assignee 'Notices, 2,00 Professional or business cards, Mr! exceeding 5 lines, por year, 8,00 Yearly adv2irtisem 'ants, not exceeding four squares with occasional changes.ls,oo Special Notices, as reaing matter, 10 cents a lino for one insertion. ' Yearly advertisers will he charged the same rates as transient advertisers for all matters not - relating strictly to their business. All Advertising will Sc considered CASH, after first insertion. BUSINESS CARDS 1-1• reOarrn, A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT 1,1\% Columbia, Pa. Collections promptly made in Lancaster York counties. Cola.,.Juiy 12, 1565. J. W. FISHER, ATT( )rtNEY AT LAW, Office on Pront Street, between Locust and Walnut, Columbia, Pa. feb. 10, 'M. A. 3. HAUFFNAN, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. riCiLLECTIONS Made in*Lancastcr and adjoinin g . Counties. Pensions. Bounty, back pay and all claims against the government promptly prost2nted. Office—Locust Strect,Letween Front and Second. Dee. r (1-1. SAMUEL EVANS, .1171,§1TRI'E of The CE. OFFICE IN ODD FELLOWS' HALL. coLumaLA , PA. June IS, ISIS. Iv. .3 . .., Z. 11OFFERI TAENTIST.---OFFICE. Front Street next door if to R. Williams' Drug Store, between Locatst and Walnut sty, Cola., la. S. O. ERRIENTROUT, off. D., T ATE of Reading, Pa., offers bis pro tbs,iona) services to the citizens of Co lumbia and vicinity. Office in Wain nt St., held:' :ziceona. July 14, 'Mi. FAANIELIaT F 1 USE, LOCUST SMEET, COL tr.. 1113 rl, 1?-1. rOHL'S is a first class Lotel, and is in every A_ respect adapted to meet the wishes and lesires of the traveling public. JACOB S. MILLER, j 15, '63 Proprietor. IVIISHLER'S HOTEL, EVAN TESHLER, Prorrietor. WEST MARKET SQUARE, READTN' .PEII7LY' A Oct. 7th. ly. GEORGE BOGLE, Dealer in LUIIBER OF ALL DESCP.IPTIONS, Also, PLASTERER'S HAIR Office and Warehouse—Front Street be pween Locust and Union. July S, 18:35; Oonfectioneiy A ND FRUIT OF ALL KINDS IN SEA ..trlson. Parties anti families supplied with icr. by the freezer, or hi J motildilth prompt ness at GEO. J. SMITH'S Adjoining the Franklin House, Locust St P. S. Also a fine :assortment of Toys and fancy articles constantly on hand. July 22, COLUMBIA FLOUR MILLS. GEORGE BOGLE; Proprietor. MITE HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID I. for all kinds of Grain. Superfine and Extra, Family Flour for sale, also mill feed of all kinds. Wheat ground and packed to order Town and country custom solicited July 29th 1865. SUPPLEE & BROTHER, Manufacturers of S r l l .A M BOILERS_ IN additiOrrta our Foundry and Machine work, we are now prepared to manufac ture every variety of Boiler and plate iron work, Mending 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 dL BRO., jan. 21, ,65. 2d Street, Columbia. SUSQUEHANNA IRON CO Manufacturers of all sizes of Refined k Double Refined ROUND, SQUARE, FLATS, OVAL, AND HALF OVAL IRON. Car Axles, Shafting and Horse Shoe Bars. Orders promptly filled from Stock on hand or made to order. reins, net cash, at Manufacturer's prices, delivered an Cars or Boat. Office at their ROLLING MILL, Columbia, Pa. Sept. 23, G 5 ly - ID ODGERS ct BROTHERS' SUPERIOR Jib Silver Plated Ware at E. SPERING'S Cheap Jewelry Store. NEWST :OF WATERFALL Combs at aug. 26, g`ZASPBEfI riTHE well known Summer drink, extra fine and pure, by the quart. gallon or barrel, at J. C. BUCHER'S, Cor Front and Locust Sta. „, ..,,,. , ' • ... , ,_ + '' ~,...,. -:::.7.'.... . ” alliii;.';'" . • ~.,, _ :::- „, . . • . : 1 111: ,,.:,,,,,,... - , . . , ....,. 'lee, ' „ - - . . . ... , ; , ~•:.--.: - . ,:::' .... •.::.. , :,.. t 'e .-.- : '.7:! -- 4 cf ,-. . -.- ~ • -.. ', 71 - , . ''",”; -..-- ' : : ' , . - 7 4 '-',.": • '.:::-.--, .. I . s. - :4•:::, (.\.... • i:t' - .7. ,, '.. ,- 4 . .,:,r...- , . • :.1.,..3 ' . . . -M . •... : , . ... , ... ... ..,..,:, :.... . , . .• woof . ~.. .: .... ... .c , . . .. , .. ~ t.,..:, . _... • ~ 0. . READY-MADE CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. The choicest stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING FOR FALL AND WINTER WEAR. Ever offered to purchasers, comprising all the NEWEST AND MOST APPROVED STYLES. • Our - newly fitted up custom department for Gentlemen, Youths and Boys,now con tains a carefully selected stock of Foreign and Domestic Goods, which we are prepared to make to order, in the best manner, and at reasonable prices. We have on hand the largest and best stock of Ready-Made Boys'Cloilling in the City. Particular attention paid to the making of Boys' Clothing to order. 0 Gentlemen, Youths, and Boys, Wishing Clothing made to order, by send ing thcir measure. as per diar2;ram, have their orders promptly attend(•cl to. SATISFACTION AND A GOOD FIT GUARATEED. Samples sent to any part of the U. 6. ROCKIIILL & WILSON, Brown Slone Clothing Platt GO3 and GO5 'ATTENTION HOUSEKEEPERS. W are almost daily in receipt of new and fre:sll gro.lo.riCS, such as Sugars, ' Teas, Fish, Coffee, , Cheese, - • Flour Fruits, (C:e. • Provisions of all kinds, togetliOr with Wood and Willo•w-ware,Glav"• - md Queens , ware. German fruits, ct-e Fresh PeacheS, and all the fancy grocer ies pertainining to a well regulated gro c cry store. 1 am determined nat to be sur passed in cheapness and in the excellent quality of my goods, Call around and inspect our stock whether you but• or not. A share of pub lic patronage is solicited. GEORGE TILLE, Agent, Locust street, above 2d. July 7 '613 tf. NEW GROCERY STORE. rritiE Subscriber would respectfully in -1 form the F abbe generally, that he has just received a general assortment of ro,ceries, Provisions, TEAS AND SPICES. Sugar cured Hams. No. 1. and Mess Mackerel. 'Extra Fine Syrups. Relined sugars of alt kinds. Old Rio and Java English and American Pickles. DRIED AND CANNED FRUITS. Raisins, Prunes and Prepared Mustard always on hand and of the very best grades. Our stock of staple and fancy groceries is full and complete and we intend keep ing it fresh, by, almost daily additions, Notions of tlilferent kinds always on hand. THE TENASYLVANIA RAIL ROAD COMPANY Are now prepared to receive or forward Freight, between Columbia and Lancaster, and all stations on the Pennsylvania Rail Road and its branches. Bates Between Philadelphia and Columbia. First Class. 2nd Class. 3d Class. 4th Class 25 cents. 21 cents. 1S cents. 15 cents Betwcen Philadclphia and Lancaster. FirSt Class. 2nd Class. 3d Class. 4th Class 23 cts. 20 cts. 17 cts. 14 cts Pates between Columbia and Pittsburg. First Class. end. Class. 3rd Class. 4th Class. 71 cts. 56 cts.- 46 cts. 36 cts. Freight consigned to stations where the Company has no Agent, must be prepaid. All Freights payable on delivery. H. H. HOUSTON, General Freight Agent, Phila. —For further information, apply to S. B. KINGSTON, Freight Agt., Phila. E. K. BOICE, FreightAgt., Columbia. A. F. SLAYMAKER, Frt. Agt., Lan'tr. Columbia, July 14, 1566. THE OLD ORIGINAL GALLERY. The subscribe has completely re-fitted his establishment, and his gallery cannot be surpassed by any in the county, and he hopes by careful personal attention to give the public better pictures than have here tofore been produced. AMBROTYPES, PHOTOGRAPHS, Ivorytypes, Melainotypes, Carte do Visits, and pictures on canvass taken in the best style, and at prices which cannot be beaten for cheapness. '„ e Likenesses warranted, and a satis factory picture furnished without repeated sittings. He asks a continuance of the liberal patronage always extended to this establishment. Call and examine speci mens at the rooms, northeast corner of rent and. Locust streets. Entrance on ocust street. ' R. J. M. LITTLE. Oct. 24 ISO 3. „ E. SPERING'S Jewelry Store BAY BUN FOR THE TOILET. Recommended by all Doctors, for wash ing purposes. 75 cents per bottle, at J, C. BUCHER'S, Corr Front and Locust Sta. July .66 Ur_ THE GREAT CLOTHING HOTS OF PHILADELPHIA. BARGAINS IN FINE CL 0 TELIVG! ! ! Rocklin' St BROWN STONE CLOTHING HALL, 603 and 605 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Custom Department Boys' Department 1328 d • -;" 22 . /! . 2.. ; 5 2t qD . .11 .751' A E. 'c) f. -• q 1 •4=74 ti a MI elicstitui Street, nov 21 3lnGi',.} PHILADELPHIA ITZER AND LIMBER CHEESE, ENGLISH ANN 43IERICAN PICKLES. FREDERICK BUCHER. corner 4th tt.: Locust Streets 20th, ly. Local Freight Notice Flour in Car loads, 28 cents per barrel PHOTOGRAPHS. COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1867. 1866, AUTUMN. 1866 MALTBY & CASE LOCUST STREET, BELOW SECOND, Have now open A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT 'WINTER GOODS, GltEll,2 l INIDUCEDIENTS TO PURCHASERS. Is especially invited to their SPLENDID ASSORTMENT Fl 6. 2 / : , int DRESS GOODS. LATEST STYLES AND FABRICS, HOOP SKIRTS, BRADLEY'S DUPLEX, And other popular makes at all' prlce r s T4ATZIORAL SKIRTS, Vv F3T~TE G , " GO DS: LAD' I.IS',SACH. CLOT BLACK CLOTHS 8,; DOESKINS, FANCY CASSLMERES, SATP.TF:ATTS, TIyEF,DS IN GREAT VARIETY CiElifiEt'S FLIMSEG gOES Comprising every desiraLl make and style 'UNDER-SHIRTS, DRAWERS, HOSIERY, GLOVES,SCARFS, CO)IFORTS, SHIRTS, COLLARS TIES ttc., (Sze. LADIESMISSES' and CHILD ENS SHAWLS, BREAKFAST SHAWLS SONTAGS, CAPS; NUBIAS, SCARFS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, &c.. &c. Boots & Shoes of 411 c:oscrlptions for MEN AND BOY'S, LA.PIES, MISSES & CIIILDRp. READY MADE CLOTHING CARPETS. AND OIL CLOTHS, GROCERIES, cf . QU.EENSIVARE - with a great variety of other SMILSOITELZIM GOODS' An examination of our Stock is respect fully solicited—all goods sold at the very LO WEST CASS' PRICES, and Warranted as represented. MALTBY t: CASE. Columbia, Pa Oct. 27 N. MERCHANT TAILORING: • Having secured the services of an ex perienced Fashionable Tailor Merchant Tailoring in all its branches will also be carried on in connection with our other already large mercantile business. All orders in that line will be executed with PROMPTNESS AND DESPATCH. Entire satisfaction. both as to Work manship and Pit'guaranteed. PRICES MODERATE. W... Orders respectfully solicited. AIALTBY ce CASE, Columbia, Pa. net. 111 "NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." M".A.M.,2_1 and offering ATTENTION ernbracing all the In the market VESTINGS, I= FeT.T..S; S Golden Mortar Drug Store Is the HEADQUARTERS Ring's Ambrosia ! WARRANTED TO RESTORE GRAY HAIR, AND PREVENT ITS FALLING OUT ! FOR SALE .3=' _A_ ..Z, M "Y. ' p GOLDEN MORTAR DRUG STORE, FRONT STREET., CLOLU:IBIA, PA December S, IS6 REMEMBER THE OLD ESTAB LISHED STAND. GREAT BARGAINS AT THE CHEAP CASH BOOK STORE. We have just received from the Pall Trade Sale a selected stock of BOOKSAN.DSTATIONERY, Which we now offer at Greatly Reduced Rates. A large assortment of SCHOOL MERCHANDISE Constantly on hand. Also. STANDARD EDUCATIONAL WORKS. Brooks' Normal Elementary Arithmetic, Brooks' Geometry and Trigonometry, Rauh's Normal Speller, Sanders' Union Readers. We call spacial attention to our large assortment of PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, FAMILY BIBLES, AND DIARIES for ISGG MERCHANTS and TEA HERS Supplied at Wholesale rates, at JOHN SHEAFFER'S Cheap Cash Book Store, No. 32 North Queen St— Lancaster, Pa. nov. 18, '65. PURE WINES & LIQUORS. THE subscriber calls the attention oft) is friends and public, generallv to his large and well assorted stock of pure wines and liquors at wholesale, only retail for medi cal purposes and family use. IMPORTED TUXES & LIQUORS, such as Cognac of different grades and brands. Holland and Cordial Gins. Port Lisbon, Sherry, Aladeira, I%.lalaga. Champagne, German, Rhine, Clarret, Wines, Etc. Domestic Wines and Liquors, Domestic Brandy, Domestic Gin, XXX Old Rye, XX Old Rye, X Old Rye, Bour bon and Monogahella Whiskies, Wines, Catawba, sweet and tart, Currant, Black berry, Elderberry, Samburg's Port, BITTERS, Misbler's Herb, The great Zingari, Brunen, Stovers, Wine and Cock Tail. Brown Stout, Scotch Ale, Selters' Water. Ginger, Blackberry, Catawba, Cherry, kSac. T. C. BUCHER, cor. Front tf: Locuet may 26, '6B lIIISHLER'S BITTERS. Sold only by J. C. BUCHER, Corner of Front and Locust strosta, Columbia. Pa. may 19,-tf PARIS PANCIr Goons For Holiday gifts consisting of Farley Work Boxes Segar Stands, Watch Stands, Vases. (Sze. Fine Cutlery, Pocket Books, Combs, (to., at, M. Sparing's Cheap Jewelry atoms Reading Rail Road. WINTER ARRANGEMENT. December Ist, 1866. GREAT TRUNK LINE FROM THE North and North West for Philadelphia,New York, Rending, Pottsville. Tamaqua, Ashland, Lebanon, Allentown, Easton, Ephrata, Litiz, Lan caster, Columbia, ctn.. dc. Trains leave Harrisburg for New York, as follows: At 3,00, S.lO and 0.35 A. M., and 2.10 and 9.00 P. M., connecting with similar Trams on the Pennsylvania Rail Road, and arriving at New York at 5.00 and 10.10 A. M., and 4.40, 520 and 10.2.1 P. M. Sleeping Cars accompanying the 3.00 A. 22., and 0.00 P. M. Trains without change. Leave Harrisburg - for Reading, Pottsville, Tama qua. Mine: grille, Ashland, Pine Grove, Allentown and Philadelphia, 8.10 A. M., and 2.10 and 4.10 P. U., stopping at Lebanon and principal Way Stations; the 4.10 P. M., nicking connections for Philadelphia and Columbia 0n1y... For Pottsville, Schuylkill Ha ven and Auburn, via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Rail Road, leave Harrisburg at 3.20 P. H. Returning: Leave New York at 0.00 A. M., 12.00 Noon and 500 and SOO P. M.; Philadelphia at 5.15 A. M. and 0.30 P. M. Way Passenger 'Train leaves Philadelphia at 7.30 A. 51., returning from Reading at 0.30 P. Oil., stopping at all Stations ; Pottsville at 8.45 A. M. and 2.45 P. - 01. ; Ashland 6.00 and 11.30 A. and 1.05 P. M.; 'Tamaqua at 9.45 A. 111., and 1.00 and 8.55 P. M. Leave Pottsville for Harrisburg, via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Rail Road at 7.00 A. sf. Reading Accommodation Train: Leaves Reading 't 0.30 A. M., returning from Philadelphia at 4.30 P. 31. Columbia Rail Road Trains leave Reading at 7.00 A. M., and 6.15 P. M. for Ephrata, Litiz, Lancaster, Columbia, Au. On Sundays: Leave New York at 8.00 P. M., Philadelphia 8.00 . 1 . Al. and 3.18 P. M.. thf. 8,00 A. M. Train running only to Reading; Pottsville 8.00 A. bl.; Harrisburg 9.:35 A.lll . and Reading 1.20 and 7.30 A. M. for Harrisburg. and 11.22 A. 31. for New York, and 1.25 P. M. for l'hilndelphia. Commutatior., Mileage, Season, School and Ex cursion Tickets, to and from all points, at reduced Rate. Baggage checked through; SO pounds allowed each Passenger. G. A. NICOLLS, General Superintendent READING, PA., January Ist, 1867. Reading V Columbhi R. IL ON AND AFTER MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2Gtn, 1866, Trains will run. between ..T.z.mari.c4rt.sst Cc:3.A.7-233.1can, AND AS FOLLOWS; Leave Lancaster and Columbia, 0.00 a. m. 3.0 U p. Arrive at Reading, 10.20 a: m.. and 5.30 p. Returning, leave Reading at 7.00 a. m., and 6.15 p. m. Arrive at _Lancaster 0.20, and Columbia 9.25 a. In n and 6.30 p. m. Throng:l tickets to New York, Philadelphia and Lancaster solti , 'at principal station...and Baggage ehecke.d. throtigh. Freight carried with the utmost urcinntricss and dispatch, at the lowest rates.— Furth - Cr,-..info'rinstilin with regard to 'Freight or pas-ace may be obtained from the agents of the company. GEO. F. GAGE,Supt E. F. REEvErt, Gin• Freight and Ticket igt. Columbia, Dee. 1,1806 4 P Er.; NSA: i I y,AN ILA ROAM TlTritu, leave Columbia going East, Lancaster train, 8, 30 A. AI ITarrisburg Accommodation, Trains leave West, EINEM! Haarisburg Accommodation, G. 30 P. M Lancaster train arrives, 8. 10 " Columbia Accommodation. 'Leave Columbia for Lancaster, 1.40 P.M Arrive at Lancaster Connecting. with day express for Phil'a Leave Lancaster at 2.45 " -Arrive at Columbia 3.20 " ZT. C. }SAIL WAY. YORK AND WRIGHTSVILLE R. ti Departure and Arrival of the Passenger Trains at. York. DEPARTURES FROM YORK For BAT„TcsiORE, 4.15 A. M. 7.00 A. M., 10.40 A. i\l., 2.5 b P. M., and 0.55 P. M. FOn WnicarrsviLLE, G. 45 A. M., 11.45 A. M., and 3.50 P. M. For IiARRISBURG, 12.30 A. M. 7.10 A. M. 10,40 A. M., 11.43 A. M, 2.45 P. M.,and 10.- 30 P. M. ARRIVALS AT YORK From 13.urix0nE,12.25 A. M. 10.35 A. M. 11.33 A. 31., 2.40 P. M.. 6.50 P• 31., and 10.- 25 P. M. Fnom. WnrarrrsviLLE, 8.45 A. M., 2.35 P. M., and 7.30 P. M. From HAnmsnuna, 4.10 A. M., 10.35 A. M., and 2.45 P. M., and 0.33 P. 111., and 9.- 52 P. M. On Sunday, the only trains running are the one from Harrisburg, 10.35 in the morn ing, proceeding to Baltimore; and those from Baltimore at 12.25 A. M., and 10.25 P. M.. proceeding to Harrisburg. 'No train arrives from Baltimore at 10.- 25 on Saturday night; and none) from Harrisburg at 4.10 on Monday morning. II _A_ MI Z'S VE G-_E TABLE SICILIAIV HAIR RENEWER, Ths effects of which aro to RESTORE THE HAIR ECM NATURAL COLOR, AIiD PI OYOTE ITS GM vtc.c,:f It 33 an entirely new scientific discovery, combining many of the most powerful and restorative agents in the vegetable kingdom. It cures all diseases of the scalp, and allays all that heat and irritation, and fur nishes a nutritive principle by which the hair is nourished and supported, and by its remedial virtues, it causes the hair to grow where it has fallen out, and restores it to its natural color when gray. The old in appearance are made young again. It will keep the hair fi•om falling out. It is not a Dye, it strikes at the roots and fills the glands with new life and coloring matter. It is the best HAIR DRESSING Ever used, making it moist, soft and glossy. It removes dandruff, and all those scurvy eruptions. It does not contain oil and alco hol, which dry up the secretions upon which the vitality depends. No person, old or young'', sliould fail to me it. It is rrnonannnded and used 11 the FIRST MEDICAL lIALL'sVEGETAULt SICILIAN IrAl It ItnNEwEn, and take no other. :1 Our Treatise on the Hair sent free upon application. P. Tr ALL dr, 00., Proprietors, s2NrA Sirk7ll, .I%r. BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. ONCENTRATED LYE. OR SOAP C Ma pr, just received, and for sale at a ow prreo iry R. NVIVLIAI I / 4 f S. $2,00 I FER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2;50 IF NOT PAIDAMADVANCE. V**rt: SELDOU do we ever meet with poetry so full of thought, love, tender, sympathetic by Mr. Taylor. It was written many years ago—we believe, on the occasion of and rational feeling, as the following lines, his first visit to his home, near Kennett Square, after the death of his wife. Again I sit, within the mansion, In the old familiar seat; And shade and sunshine chase each other O'er the carpet at my feet. Bat the sweet brier's arms have nestled upwards, In the summers that are past, And the willow trails its brunches lower Than whtm I saw them last. They strive to shut the sunshine wholly From out the hatred room: To fill the house, that once was joyful, With silence and with gloom. And many kind remembered faces Within that doorway come— Voices that wake the sweeter music Of one that now is gone. They sing in tones as glad as ever, The songs she loved to hear; They braid the rose in summer garlands, Whose Ewers to her were dear. And still her footsteps in the passage, Her blushes at the door, Her timid words of maiden iveleome Came back to me once more. And, all forgetful of my sorrow: Unmindful of my pain, I think she ha. but newly left me, And soon will come again. She stays without, perhaps a moment, To dress her dark brown hair; I hear the rustle of her garments-- Her light step on the stair. 0, fluttering heart! controll thy tumult, Lest eyes profane should see My cheeks betray the rush of rapture Her coming brings to me. She tarries long; but lo! a whisper Beyond the open door, And gliding through the quiet sunshine A shadow on the floor. Ali Ills the whispering pine that calls me, The vine whose shadow strays; Ann my patient heart most still await her, Nor chide het long delays. And my heart grows sick with weary waiting, As many a time before; Her foot is ever at the threshold, Yet never passes o'er. Ini#rell a nroito. Good Pluelt.—A nighty Romantic Story. A correspondent writing all the way from Texas, tells of the devotion of a young Southern wife, who accompanied her husband on foot from South Caro lina to the Lone Star State, and thought nothing of it. There are not many dames or damsels who would undertake such a journey, even though they were 'sure of •'firid the' go&olshyuretzlii happiness at the cud " Some months after the close of the war, a gentleman overtook a well-dressed Confederate soldier, with a knapsack on his back, accompanied by a neat, pretty, looking girl, of apparently about eigh teen years of age, with a bundle in her hand. The soldier stopped to ask some direction about the road. The gentle- Man found that he was a Confederate soldier, returning home with his wife, and invited them home with him to dinner, as he lived near. The soldier, a fine-looking Texan, told his story. His home was on the Neuces„ Ho belonged to Johnson's army, and had gone through all the varied fortunes of a soldier; been once wounded and twice a prisoner at Camp Chase. In one of his various wanderings he had met and fallen in love with the daughter of a widow in the northern part of South Carolina, whose husband had fallen at the battle of Man ' asses The widow, from competence, found herself reduced almost to want. When the war closed, our soldier went to the house of his intended mother-in law, and for a nrmth worked with all his might, mending fences and putting the farm in the best order be could. Then, thinking it time to see about his old mother in Southern Texas, of whom he had not heard one word for over two years, he prepared to return home; but it was hard to leave his sweetheart, not knowing when he could make money enough to come for her. But she set: tied the matter by saying she was with him. So one morning they were mar ried, and started for Texas on foot, with their knapsacks on their backs, and with out a single cent of money. " But," said the bride, " we found people very kind; we made friends all along the road ; we were nc••er turned off at night ; we always got plenty to cat, and people would often make us little presents of money. We would frequently overtake I a wagoner, who would give us a ride as far as lie was going our way. When I get to my husband's home I shall have traveled over two-thousand five-hundred miles, and most of it on foot. I would not take anything in the world for my trip; I have found everybody so kind and good." The young husband looked into her bright young face and smiled, as though he thought he saw there the reason every one was so kind. " But were you not afraid to come so far with a wild Texan ?" some one asked. 6.38 P.M 11.55 P. M 2.10 Oh, no !" was the smiling reply ; always liked the Texans, they are such brave, good soldiers." " You have indeed proved that you liked one of them." After dinner the gentleman bad his carriage brought round, and carried them a day's journey homeward. As I shook bands with the bride, I wished them a pleasant journey. " Oh, never fear that," she answered, " I am almost home—a hundred miles or two isn't much. 'lam as happy as a king.'" They drove off, the happiest couple I ever saw. BIG BIZ. -it is stated that the sales of H. Claflin & Co.,the dry goods dealers, for the year 1866, reached the immense sum of seventy-two millions of dollars! goetvit. THE PHANTOM. BY BAYA.RD TAYLOR EWHOLE NUMBER 1,952 ayiu's and Doin's of Josh Bil- Hugs. JOSH BILLINGS' PRATER From to many friends, and from things at Luce ends, Good Lord deliver us ! ~ From a wife who doant luv us, and from children wha donut look like us, Good Lord deliver us! From snaix in the grass, and 'from snaix in our butes, from toorch lite pro cessions, and from all new rum, Good Lord deliver us ! From pack-pedlars, from young folks in luv, from old aunts without money, from kolera morbus, Good Lord deliver us : ' - From welth without charitee, from pride without sence, from pedigree worn out, and from all rich relations, Good Lord deliver us I From nusepaper sels, and from pills that ain't fisik, from femails that faint, and from meta who flatter, Good Lord deliver us ! From virtu without fragrance, from butter that smells, from _nigger kamp meetins, and from cats that are courting, Good Lord deliver us ! From old folks' secrets, and from our own, from Normuns and 'linguine and wimin kommittecs, Good Lord deliver us ! From Pollsticians who pra, and from saints who tipple, from ri koffi, red herring, and awl grass widders, Good Lord deliver us! ,From folks who won't laff, and from them who giggle, from tite butes, easy virtu, and ram muttun, Good Lord de• liver us! Origin of the Express Business: We find the following paragraph in one of our exchanges : "A monument, costing $lB,OOO, has just been erected at Mount Auburn Cemetery, in Boston, in honor of the late \Arm. F. Ha.rnden, founder of the Express business in the United States." Hamden was a clerk in the Boston house, when his health began to fail and he consulted a physician, by whom he was assured that the only chance for prolonging his life was a change of em ployment. He must quit his sedentary life and travel. His means being limit ed, at the suggestion of friendi, , ,he bent,: to travel bet Wee n. Thus ostareedr esfiresi business.' Hamden died young„_,but lived to see' "Ilarnden's Express" extondedover the entire country with a European liraneh. He left his widow rich, and after his death she sold her interest in the ex press for $lOO,OOO. Thus, by the fail ing health of an obscure clerk, was ori ginated what may now be called an in stitution which has wrought an important revolution in the commercial world. liarriage. In some succinct, elegant and forcible arguments, a French writer thus declares the benefits of marriage : 1. Bast thou means ? In a wife thou hast one to keep and increase them. 2. Hast thou none? Thou hast one to help thee get some. 3. Art thou in prosperity ? She doubles it. 4. Art thou in adversity ? She will comfort, assist and bear thee up. 5. Art thou at home ? She will drive away ine;ancholly. 6. Art thou abroad ? She prays for thee, wishes thee at home, and welcomes thee with joy. 7. Nothing is so delightsome as home ; DO society is equal to that of a wife and children. S. The bond of conjugal love is ada mantine. The above " arguments" rest upon the presumption that she is a good one; and in this matter of xvivLs it is as em phatically true as in the case of " Job's turkeys," that "the good are very good, but the bad are"—not to be desired. Consumption of Postage 'stamps. Twenty tons, or. by superficial meas urement, forty-eight and a half square miles, of postage stamps, have been used during the year; enough to roof a large township with all its houses, barns, churches, gardens, forest, and. farms ; or, if you choose to make a ribbon of them, enough to reach nearly from the equator to either pole, or twice the length of the Mississippi River. So that if everybody would be obliging enough to use the gov ernment stamp on the envelope itself,tho mere omission of these little extra bits of paper would lighten the mail-ba g s by more than forty thousand pounds, and save in paper fifteen or twenty thousand dollars. The Postmaster General does not impart this inforination in so many words,but be assures us that nearly 350,- 000,000 of stamps have been sold in the year past, beside nearly forty millions of stamped envelopes ; and a simple calcu lation reduces the story to the more tangible form we have given it. SEVERE ON ANDY.—The Ithica (N.Y.) Journal says: Mr. George H. Hep worth recently delivered a lecture in Rochester, on "Blunders and their Remedy." The Democrat, in a review of the lecture says: " One of the loudest and longest con tinued outbursts of satisfaction occurred when the speaker expressed his thank fuluess'that Andy . Johnson was a self made man ; as it relieved the Lord from such a dreadful responsibility !" The cholera is increasing at St. Peters• burg, and is very virulent in the villages about Tzarske Z`elo.
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