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must to. taArllllll In ON for t w r,, T pli nit .„.
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Impeach HP eat.
.11thongh the present indications aro
ti, ... Congress dots not con templ a t e t h e
I ...tcheiscat of Andrew Johnson at this
rc ,ion, we consider it uo evidence of a
iu popular opinion ou the sub.
jest: nn the contrary, we feel confident
that .t touch larger majority of the Amer
iota 1 ellple. desire the impeachment at
this time, than could have been induced
to favor the proceeding at any former pe•
ri 1. an 1 this, too, not from any feeling of
p; canal animosity against the 7 l• ft y Iwo*
D iv.; the place rendered illustrious by a
Washington and a Lincoln, but from the
t.,ire to vindicate ourselves before the
world, and to slow to aspiring demagogues
in the future, that their oaths and obligms
tions cannot he repudiated with impunity.
Tho American people, in this demand
for impeachment, are not impelled thereto
by a desire to remove his Accidency thro'
fear of any additional evils which he may
be inclined to inflict upon the country,
for—thanks to the fidelity and watchful
care of our uoble patriots in tin halls of
Congress—he is as powerless for good
or evil, as though he filled the position
of door-keeper of the White House, in
bread of being the successor of its late
honored iumate;—but they know that the
eyes of the whole civilized world are upon
us, and that the enemies of Human Free
dom and Progressare congratulating them
selves that a crisis has arrived in the his
tory of Republics, which will prove that,
although they may succeed in driving the
invader tram their soil, and in gaining
the victory over the " most powerful na
tion in the world,"—although they may
even have succeeded in suppressing an
ia-art ection in their midst, which in point
Of. in.k:nity and magnitude has had no
appr.ach to a parallel in the world's his
tory; yet they had not the power nor the
moral c.lur.ge to apply a remedy that will
gultril them against the effects of' Exectr
ti:c perfidy and corruption. We repeat
that the pesent demand for impeachment
springs from a higher and purer source
than the first loud demand that was made;
and jeer in proportion as the people see
and appreciate the increased purity of
motive, do they endorse the demand, until
it has become so unanimous among the
loyal millions, that Congress should feel
bound to obey their high behest. How
(foes this assassin-created President act in
view of the magnanimity of the people
towards him ? Does he so demean him.
self before his august constituency as to
disarm their wrath, and induce them to
let fall the decapitating axe gently and
pityingly upon him? No; but rather, as
though additional evidences were. needed to
verify the timelonoTed adage, that " whom
the gods .to destroy they Bret make
mad," he, with a malignity that can find
no parallel, and a fiendishness of purpose
that seeks no cloak, because of the hope.
i lessness of hiding its real design, attempts,
as a last resort, to damage the national
credit, nod ruin the finances of the coun
try by arraying labor against capital, and
creating the idea in the minds of the poor
that the holders of the government secu
rities had obtained them at a price below
their nominal value, and that, therefore,
the Government (and if the Government
then of course the tax-payer) was paying
to them an intereA equal to 12 or 15 per
cent, per annum.
Andrew Johnson, in attempting to force
such twaddle upon the American people
for logic, evidently ignores the patent
fact that the " world moves," and that
each successive revolution of this sublun
ary sphere in its orbit, finds the inhabi.
tants of this portion of its surface in
advance of - their former condition, in
point of intelligence, and the capacity
to reason fut themselves on subjects of
national interest and importance. His
financial logic might suit the latitude of
Tennessee, whose schools arc scarce; but
he will find the inhabitants of that portion
of the country which (thank God) now
rules the destinies of this great country,
too far advanced in intelligence to be
gulled by such transparent sophistry as
his—cud, (which is if possible a still more
gratifying fact,) too patriotic to be seduced
into the idea of repudiating the national
secutities that were issued to furnish the
means or suppressing the most infernal
and causeless rebellion that the world ever
saw; said rebellion inaugurated by the
bosom friends and confidential advisers of
this saute traitor:President.
Vjc repeat, that the necessity for the
impeaehment'of the President, lies not in
his Tower for, evil—that being destroyed
—bat in the duty we owe to the world of
vinclicating our Republican institutions
from the charge of organic defects, fatal
to their perpetuity; the eyes of the world
are upon us, tyrants jubilant over every
evidence of weakness in our system; and
the down-trodden and 'oppressed of every
land, and the friends of Freedom and
Progress throughout the world biddino• b us
God•speed in our holy work of repu'bli
canizino. the world. These considerations
dare not be lightly overlooked, and we
say to our Representatives in Congress—
" You are the servants of the people, ap
pointed by them to guard their liberties
"and watch over their interests, and we,
-" the people, demand from you a guarau
•- " tee for the future, which can only he
" had by impeaching Andrew Johnson for
"his high crimes and misdemeanors."
Some persons are of the opinion that
Congress is inVaiting the trial of Surratt,
thinking that something may be developed
that will render the tas of impeachment
easier and more imperative; but after his
proven complicity in the Vicksburg, Mem
phis, and New Orleans massacres, his
studied and persistent refusal to execute
the It.ws of Congress for the protection of
the lives and property of of Union men,
(white as well as black) throughout the
• South, and now, in the black malignity of
'his treacherous heart, attempting to stab
the national life through her finances, we
would say "to Johnson— • ,
" sever pray -more 1. abandon all remorse;
norrors on * Horror's head accumulate ;
• _Do deeds to make "leaven weep—all Earth
• amazed
1 1 'or nothing catist . thou to•doinnation add
(Amster than that.—"
The Columbia Nig/ 11:Warped
anti hisprorett
pre.ent the Colombia "gpy.'" thia
week. to oar patron., in An entargefl prtn,
and otherarioe improved. Our new Steam
Power Cylinder Pre... nn *gat the
Spy" ill printed, I. front tho
ment or I'. Potter, .1r . tisl. s,
Spruce greet, New York, and way pot
eha.eti through their gentlemanly agent.,
Me..r.. Vallee .t :tenatnin, N 0.34, Md.
EMIE2
son street. Philadelphia. It works to a
charm, an.l we believe has no soperior
a newspaper and job printing press.
We do not intend this issue as a fair
specimen, our inking rollers being too
small for our enlarged forms. and the last
columns of the pages are not worked as
well as they would otherwise have been,
hail we received our new rollers io time
for this issue. It is very annoying to tat.
we should have received them two weeks
ago. Either Messrs. Potter Si: Co., or the
Express company is to blame; we shall
see and place the blame where it belongs.
'lcing full of job work, and having all
our paper to set up in the new, will ac.
count for our issue being delayed about
twelve hours.
We flatter ourselves that our paper is
gotten up in a manner which hill favor.
ably compare with any other journal in
the State. We prefer a uniform style
to that of a paper filled with black dis
plays, and hideous looking cuts—as pie.
tures only belong to illustrated newspapers.
A neat uniform business-like paper is
preferable; it shows more taste, and enter
prise—helps to sell your property, speaks
well for the place, is better patronized, and
can give more reading matter than a
paper that opens its columns to all kinds
of pictures and dead advertisements, for
the purpose of filling up space.
We enlarged the " Spy" because it
was an ACTUAL NECESSITY to do so, and
not for mere effect or show. Our columns
were so crowded with advertisements that
we had but little room for reading matter ;
consequently were doing injustice to a
portion of our patronage.
We promise to make the " Spy" a first
class literary and political paper; devoted
to the news of the day, and the interests
of the Union party. We make no large
pretensions of extra wisdom, nor publish
an array of names as joint editors or con
tributors, though we shall enlist all the
talent, experience and wisdom we can to
help enrich our columns. We simply
pledge our best efforts to make the " Spy"
useful and entertaining to its readers, and
gather gems from evory mine to adorn
our paper. No pains that energy and en
terprise can command will be spared to
make it worthy of patronage, and to elevate
the success of its patrcns. Give us
that support which is due to a home jour
nal, and we promise to give you a good
paper.
Our enlarged paper and other improve
tnents, will cost a very large sum; not
withstanding this great expense we still
publish the " Spy" at the old price, $'2.00
per annum—surely we ought to have $5.00.
But let each of our patrons consider him
self our agent, and procure for us just one
subscriber, and all will be well. We feel
that you ,cillaid us. Names have already
began to come in. We gave an order for
one of our premiums, yesterday. Send
ti4m on, and we will go on our away re-
Onward and lipward."„,
joicing—
Columbia--Ifer .Future.
It is evident to the careful observer
that the citizens of Columbia now hold
her future destinies in their own hands,
and if they fail to use aright the advan
tages they possess, the fault will be with
them, and not with fate or circumstances;
and if, through their supineness, the year
of grace, 1880, finds Columbia a borough
of 8,000 population, instead of a city with
its 20,000 to 25,000, they will have the
melancholy reflection that it was their
own fault, and they may exclaim in the
language of Holy Writ, " The harvest is
over, the summer is ended, and I am un
done," or with Lord Byron, "The thorns
I reap are of the tree I planted, &c., Sze."
But all these idle regrets will avail then
nothing, if the present golden opportunity
is suffered to pass unimproved.
The reader may aptly inquire, " what
are the peculiar advantages which mark
the present as the turning point in the
destiny of Columbia ?" and we proceed
to answer:
First, We have a charter which be
stows enlarged powers upon the Borough
Officers, for the improvement and exten
sion of the town, and at the same time
the disposition which was manifested years
ago by the owners of land on the north,
to veto anything that locked to the esters.
shin of the town in that direction, has
been happily removed, and every facility
will be offered to those who wish to invest
their capital profitably, in the erection of
houses for the accommodation of the in
creased population which will be - attracted
hither by the peculiar advantages which
Columbia will offer for the prosecution of
business of all kinds.
Second, Our peculiar geographical po
sition gives us advantages over almost any
other place us a site for large manufac
turing establishments of every kind—our
inland position securing us from danger
in case of a foreign war, and the noble
Susquehanna flowing along our front, to
gether with the network of railroads (corn
pleted and projected) centering her; af.
fording facilities of intercourse with all
the world, unsurpassed by any place in
the State or country.
Third, A few miles east of us lies the
inexhaustible bed of iron ore, known as
the "Chestnut Hill Ore Bank,"--ore un
surpassed i❑ quality for the manufacture
of iron for every known purpose, and the
facilities before mentioned enable manu
facturers to obtain the ore from other
mines, to mix in all desired proportions
for the production of iron of every kind.
Fourth, The topographical character of
the " country round about," is such as to
facilitate the erection of smelting furn
aces, and the excavation of the sites will,
in every case, furnish the stone for the
erection of the necessary buildings—an
important item in itself—tfm railroads
connections offering to the manufacturer
a choice of coal with which to smelt his
ere, and the competition between them
ensuring the •nid coal at a reasonable
price, while the same facility of comma•
uleation enables him to compete with any
and all others in the disposition of his
iron.
Fifth, Our town already pOPPC.ISCA a
population bordering on 7,000, with good
society, and every facility for comfort even
to the most favti,.: - ,o ;--4ovehos of every
denomination, (except Mormon,)—rtores
where hoods of every variety can be pro.
cured at prices almost as low as in the
large cities. (one of the advantages of our
being within four hours of Philadelphia,—
markets which cannot he excelled between
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and schools
which cannot be excelled either in Phila.
delphia or Pittsburgh. A separate para
graph should have been devoted to tho
educational advantages possessed by Co
lumbia; but having introduced the sub
ject in this, we will merely say that we
have a Public School Building elected at
a cost of about $15,000, and a corps of a
dozen teachers of acknowledged and prov
en capacity, who superintend the educe.
tional development of some eight hundred
of the youth of • the place, while one hun•
Bred and fifty more (principally juveniles)
are accommodated at private schools, while
the more advanced classical students are
accommodated at the Washington Insti
tute—a flourishing academy, conducted by
private enterprise—at the eastern extrem
ity of the Borough.
Sixth, Last but not least, Columbia has
an enterprising board of officers to watch
over her material interests—men who de
sire a proper and full development of all
her latent advantages, and they are at the
present time having a thorough survey
made of the town, as it is, with a view of
so extending the area of the place as to
make it in time what it should be, viz :
The second or third inland town in the
State of Pennsylvania; and we hereby
conjure all good citizens to aid them in
their efforts, and also extend to strangers
a hearty invitation to cast in their lot with
us, and be in a few years hence, the citi
zens of the "City of Columbia."
In our next wo will give a more detail
ed description of " Columbia as it is."
Congress.
Senate.
Thursday, 21st—The resolution author
izing the sale of vessels to friendly bellies
erents was laid over, (it should pass, in
view of the Fenian movement, to enable
us to repay the kindness of England.)
The resolution suspending the further
payment for slaves emancipated by reason
of military service, was passed.
Friday, 22d—A resolution was intro.
duced, and ordered to be printed, that the
national honor requires that Jeff. Davis
be either released on bail, or speedily
tried.
The House amendments to the South--
ern Relief bill, were concurred in, and the
bill now goes to the President, (those
amendments consist in requiring the dis
tribution to be made through the Freed
men's Bureau, and from funds already on
hand, at the disposal of said Bureau.) A
bill was proposed providing for auditing
the claims of Ohio and Indiana for ex
penses incurred during the Morgan raid,
and appropriating a sum to pay them.
Saturday, 23d—Nothing of interest.
_ Monday, 25th—The joint resolution
ordering the money in the bonds of the
U. S. Treasurer, derived from the sale of
captured property, to be paid into the
Treasury, was postponed till December.
A memorial was presented, asking the ex•
tension of the provisions of the Reeon.
struction bill to the State of Maryland.
The bill for the sale of vessels to friend
ly belligerents, WAS again debated without
any result.
A bill was introduced for the distribu
tion of seeds among the people of the
South. Executive session. Adjourned.
Tuesday, 26th—The resolution relative
to claims of Northern citizens for value of
goods seized by the rebel government,
was passed.
A bill was introduced that every citizen
of the United States shall vote in
i vy
State or Territory, without regard to race
or color, any State laws to the contrary
notwithstanding.
The resolution was passed restraining
the issue of Agricultural College Scrip
to any State not restored to her relations
in the Union. A resolution was passed
to adjourn on Thursday, until December.
Wednesday, 27th—Mr. Thomas, of Ma
ryland, has just got through an airing of
his loyalty, and now he is charged with
having, while Secretary of the Treasury,
(under the old P. F.,) withdrawn a large
amount of money from the Bank of Com
merce, in New York. thus leaving the in
terest on U. S stocks unprovided for; the
matter is referred
The Judiciary Committee report no ev
idence in the N. Y. Custom House inves
tigation, criminating, either Mr. Poolittlz
or Patterson. Adjourned.
House.
Thursday, 21st—Resolution adopted re
quiring the transmission to the Senate, of
all testimony implicating Senators in the
New York Custom House frauds.
Another resolution, expressing the opin
ion of the House that H. A. Smythe, Col
hector, should be immediately removed,
Was laid over. •
The bill to relieve distress in the South
was discussed in Committee of the Whole,
and reported to the House. Judiciary
Committee reported against allowing mile
age to members of the 39th Congress,
elected to the 40th Congress. Adj•d.
Friday, 22d—The bill for Southern
Relief was passed-9T to 31. The reso
lution to furnish arms, &c., to the State of
Tennessee, was passed; it appropriates
the equipments for 10,000 men. Adid.
Saturday, 23d—Nothing of interest in
either House.
Monday, 25th—A bill was introduced
that Congress meet in May, June, Sep-
tember and November, unless notified by
the presiding officers of the two Houses,
that such meeting will be unnecessary.
A resolution was then passed to adjourn
on Thursday, to meet in accordance with
the bill mentioned above.
A resolution was adopted allowing the
N. Y. Collector to appear by council be
fore the Committee on Expenditures, and
to produce witnesses.
The Supplementary Reconstruction 141 1,
pnvittl over the vet', was directed to I re
tent to the Secretary of State. (Wonder
if Seward is not getting tired by th is
time of having to record the instance" of
contempt of his ropy) master's vetoes 1 •y
the representative+ of the people.)
8100,000,000 under the control of t he
Navy Dep't, was ordered to be paid in to
the Treasury.
A memorial was presented from el 're
General Assembly of Maryland, rogues t
ing the attention of Congress to affairs i o
that State. •
The resolution prohibiting our dipl o.
math, agents from wearing uniforms n of
previously authorised by Congress, w as
finally passed.
Tuesday, 26th—The joint rosolut: ,on
relating to the mileage of Congrosav nen,
was referred.
A resolution was offered, but objf acted
to, that not more than 84,000,000 o f cur
rency be withdrawn in any one mot nth.
There was some pretty sharp Pp: wring
between Messrs. Butler and Bingbt all, in
which Mr. Bingham's connection wi th the
trial of Mrs. Surratt was Aeverelj • com
mented upon—nobody hurt.
Wednesday, 27th—Senate bill incor
porating the Lincoln Monument .4 .ssocin
tion, was passed. The bill for tbt settle
ment of claims of Northern credit ors was
defeated.
The Senate amendment to the • adjourn
ment was amended so as to pre wide for
meetings in June and September ; adopt
ed as amended.
Resolutions were adopted de precating
the adoption of the Canadian C lonfedera
don, and expressing sympath! 9 for the
Fenians and the Cretans ; also declaring,
as the sense of the House, that Henry A.
Smythe should be immediate ,ly removed
from the collectorship of New York. Ad
journed.
Common, Scho ;78.
It appears that a bill hat . been intro
duced in the Legislature, altering the
Common School law of' the State in sonic
important features, but in what features,
we do not know, nor have • we been able to
learn, although we have b.
.en at consider
able pains to discover.
Now we insist that th, :re is some fanit
in this matter, which den lands correction_
When a bill is introduce, 1 which is likely
to affect the railroad into rests, or the man
ufacturing interests of the country, the
representatives of those interests are duly
advised of the provision is of the contem
plated enactments, and adopt such meas
ures as will secure a fail .hful expression of
their views and wishes in the matter, so
that our representativet can act advisedly
in adopting or rejecting ansproposedalter
ations or modifications e eisting statutes.
But here is a suppler's( mt :proposed to our
Common School law, vr hisl t is to affect the
education of three-qu after o of a million
of children in the Sta te. Now each one
of these children is di roctl y interested in
the matter, and that inter ost is watched
over by some 12,000 or 15,000 School
Directors, elected by the I people, i. e., by
the parents of those 750 ,000 children.
Have those School Directo rs been i nform
' ed of the changes propose d by th e Com
mittee on education? W answisr,no . 7„
but we have been called upon by directors
for information'which we were utable to
furnish, from the fact thaf bills a e num
bered, and when a hill co asps up for dis
cussion, it is called up as " Sea ate bill
No. 50," or something of that sr irt, and
in the discussion thereo‘:, some r umber
will move the adoption of " the amend
ment of the gentleman from—. " Now
we search the daily papers, and th, Leg
islative Record" in vain for any thing to
inform us what changes are contemplated,
and one director informs us that two
members, one officer of the if atm, and
the S tate. S uperin te nde nt, each pr omised to
send him a copy of the bill, br 't that he
has not yet received it. Now we insist
that a matter involving so deep and vital
an interest as that of ethic ation, upon
which all other interests depe ad, there be
no hasty legislation, and tha• t there! be no
tinkering with the school laws of the
Commonwealth, merely to gratify the
whim or caprice of any one who may
happen to be ambitious of the reputation
of having proposed the amendments C),
but that before final action is bad upon
any such proposed changes, the t rh e l e
matter be given such publicity and general
'circulation as will enable our Legislature
to act in the matter with the knowle Lige of
the wishes and opinions of their constitu
ents on the subject.
There arc thousands of parents in this
State, not officially connected wit h edu
cation, whose interest therein, and, whose
capacity to determine the advisa't!ility of
any change in our laws on the subj ect, are
probably as great as those of any one who
may feel it more immediately his province
to act in the matter, and we rat' only
expressing the universal sentime at when
we demand that they be consulted before
any radical changes are made in that im
portant law.
The Latest .21retes.
Tho Comptroller of the Currency has
given notice that the notes of the Fire..t Na
tional Bank of Newton, Mass., of the Tenn
essee National Bank of Memphis, and of
the First National Bank of Medina, N. Y.,
will be redeemed in U. S. money at the
Treasury.
Gen. Longstreet has written a letter to
the .Nrew Orleans Times, in which he ad
vises the Southern people to accept the
Congressional terms of reconstruction.
Senator Wilson, in reply to an inquiry,
says that all persons not excluded by the
Constitutional amendment can vote in the
South under the Reconstruction act.
Five hundred freedmen held a meeting in
Charleston, S. C., on Thursday night. Reso
lutions ofa radical character were adopted.
Two cases of cholera were reported in St.
Louis, Mo., recently. One of these was
fatal.
A Reconstruction meeting wns held in
Montgomery, Alabama, on Monday night,
at which resolutions accepting the terms
of Congress were adopted. Both whites
and blacks took part in the meeting.
Among the speakers were General Wager
Swayne and three ex-rebel officers.
.urlow Weed has taken charge of, the
Now York Journal of Commerce, and yes
terday announced the fact in four and a
half columns of salutatory,
Major(. B. Newton, Chief Clerk of the
Agricultural Bureau, luta aunt in ilia resig
nation.
The shipments or specie to Enrope op
Saturday amounted to $74,743.
'rho Itepoldlenns or St. Louis hoer nomi
nated ,Ittyor 11111111 W• for to-el... Minn. The
ItertublivitttA of Milwnnkto nominated
Moho! rineli Mr:Mayor.
'there aro 1O) Indlotot of yorhum trlbot
now in Wngliington, nwnlting. n Congren-
PI rontl npproprlnlion to pity their expenses
home.
'rite 6111 ealling 41 Convention has
pnssed both Illeuses of the NOW York l.eg•
islature. Au uight•honr labor hilt has puce.
ed the Assembly by n vote of 73 to It. Tito
negro suffrage HIM.° was stricken out of
the Convention bill,
The statue of Henry Clay will be inaugar
nted in the Court !louse at LoUINPUIe, gy.,
on the 12th of April. It. C. Winthrop, of
Massaelmsetts, will deliver the oration.
It is thought thnt Surratt will tint be
tried before the June term of the Washing
ton Criminal Cotirt.
Tho Winter Garden Theatre, and all the
properties, including t he magnificent ward
robe of Edwin liuolh, wero destroyed by
fire on Saturday morning. 'flue Southern
lintel, late the Lafarge House, adjoining,
was badly damaged. 'Tho loss is est hunted
nt $.00,000.
Two hundred and sixty patents will be
issued from the Patent Office for the week
ending Friday next.
Admiral Farragut is in Washington.
Hon. Thaddeus Stevens• Bill.
In the House of Representatives, Mr.
Stevens introduced the following bill :
A bill relative to damages done to loyal men,
and for other purposes.
Wilms:As, It is due to justice, and as nn
example to future times, that some proper
punishment should be inflicted on the peo
ple who constituted the " Con federate States
of America," both because they. declaring
an unjust war against the United States
for the purpose of destroying republican
liberty and permanently establishing slav
ery, as well as for the cruel and barbarous
manner in which they conducted said war,
in violation of all the laws of civilized war
fare, and also to compel them to make some
compensation for the damages and expend
itures caused by said war : Therefore—
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of Use United States of
America in Congress assembled, That all
the public lands belonging to the ten States
that formed the government of the so-called
" Confederate States of America" shall be
forfeited by said States and become forth
with vested in the United States.
SEC. 2. _-lad be it further enacted, That the
President shall lorthwith proceed to cause
the seizure of such of the property belong
ing to the belligerent enemy as is deemed
forfeited by the act of seventeenth July,
anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty
two, and hold and appropriate the same as
enemy's property, and to proceed to con
demnation with that already seized.
SEC. 3. And he it further enacted, That in
lieu of tho proceeding to condemn the pro
perty thus seized, as enemy's property, as
is provided by the act of July seventeen,
anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty
two, two commissions or more, as by him
may be deemed necessary, shall be appoint
ed by the President for each of the said
" confederate States," to consist of three
persons each, one of whom shall be an
officer of the late or present army, and two
shall be civilians, neither of whom shall be
citizens of the State for «•bieh he shall be
appointed ; and that the said commissions
shall proceed to adjudicate and condemn
the property aforesaid, under such forms
and proceedings as shall be prescribed by
the Attorney General of the United States ;
whereupon the title to said' property shall
become vested in the United States.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That
out of lands thus seized and confiscated,
the slaves who have been liberated by the
operations of the war and the amendment
to the Constitution, or otherwise, who re
sided in said " Confederate States" on the
fourth day of March, anno Domini eighteen
hundred and sixty-one, or since, shall have
distributed to them as follows, namely:
To each male person who is the head of a
family, forty acres ; to each adult u)ale,
whether the head) of a family or not, forty
acres; to each widow, who is the hendlof a
family, forty acres; to be held by the in
fee simple, but to be inalienable for the
next ten years after they become seized
thereof. For the purpose of distributing
and allotting said land the Secretary of
War shall appoint as many commissions
in each State as ho shall deem necessary, to
consist of three members each, two of
whom at least shall not be citizens of the
State for which he is appointed. Each of
said commissioners shall receive a salary
of three thousand dollars annually, and all
his necessary expenses. Each commission
shall be allowed one clerk, whose salary
shall be two thousand dollars per annum.
The title to the homestead aforesaid shall
be vested in trustees for the use of the lib
erated persons aforesaid ; trustees shall be
appointed by the Secretary of Wm., and
shall receive such salary as he shall direct,
not exceeding three thousand dollars per
annum. At the end of ten years the obso
lute title to said homesteads shall be con
veyed to said owners or to the heirs of such
as are then dead.
Sue. 5. And be it further enacted, That out
of the balance of the property thus seized
and confiscated there shall be raised, in the
manner hereinafter provided a sum equal
to fifty dollars, for each homestead, to be
applied by the trustees, hereinafter men
tioned, towards the erection of buildings
on the said homesteads, for the use of said
slaves ; and the further sane of five hundred
millions of dollars, which shall be appro
priated as follows, to wit; two hundred.
millions shall be invested in United States
six per eentum securities; and the interest
thereof shall be semi-annually added to the
pensions allowed by law to pensioners who
have become so by reason of the late war;
three hundred millions, or so much thereof
as may be needed, shall be appropriated to
pay damages done to loyal citizens by the
civil or military operations of the govern
ment lately called the "Confederate States
of America."
SEC. C. And be it further enacted, That in
order that just crimination may be made,
the property of no one shall be seized
whose whole estate on the fourth day of
March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and
sixty-five, was not worth more than five
thousand dollars, to be valued by the said
commission, unless he shall have volun
tarily become an officer or atn employee in
the military or civil service of the "Confed
erate States of America," or in the civil or
military service of some on&of said States,
and in enforcing all confiscations the sum
or value of five thousand dollars in real or
personal property shall be left or assigned
to the delinquent.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That th
commission shall put a just and impartial
valuation on all the property thus seized
and forfeited, and when such valuation
shall be completed in the several States, all
the said commissioners shall meet in the
city of Washington, and assess the five
hundred millions aforesaid, as well as the
allowances for homestead buildings, pro
rata, on each of the properties or estates thus
seized, and shall give notice of such assess
ment and aportionmeut by publication for
sixty days in two daily newspapers in the
city of Washington, and in two daily news
papers in the capitals of each of the said
"Confederate States."
SEc.S. And be it further enacted, That if
the owners of said seized and forfeited es
tates shall, within ninety days after the
first of said publicatiohs, pay into the
treasur of the United States the sum as
sessed on their estates respectively, all of
their estates and lands not actually appro.
printed to the liberated slaves shall be re
leased and restored to their owners.
SEC. O. And be it further enacted, That all
the land, estates, and property, of whatever
kind, which shall not be redeemed us afore
said, within ninety days, shall be sold and
converted into money, in such time and
manner as may be deemed by the said com
missioners most advantageous to the 'Uni
ted States: Provided, That no arable land
shall be sold in lurger tracts than five
hundred acres: And provided further, That
no longer credit shall be given than three
years.
—.My first on the threshold of rt door;
my second an articlo of foal; my third
what none can do without; my whole one
of the United States. Mat rye-money
(matrimony).
—Our devil says he overheard some as
piring one singing the following., the other
evening, and that he had a good notion to
propose:o dear! 0 dear! there Just one thing
I'd truly love to know—why can't I have,
like other girls ! A young and handsome
beau?
(sciminitnirirtiono.
[Clwdnnatl, 011 10, Correspondence of the "spy.")
A Jewish Rabbi—Ralph Waldo Em.
cilium Floods In the \Vest and
South—Cincinnati romt
Munificent Gill, and at Public
itenefaction—Gosodit—Twins, and
Respectability.
CINCINNATI, March 18th, 1867.
A clrett mantle° which recently transpired
in this city, marks the advent of n new
anti liberal era in the history of Denomina
tionalism. It was this: A Jewish Rabbi or
Priest was Invited and did preach from the
pulpit of the " First Unitarian Congrega
tion" of this city. Is not that a good sign
of rev( Mimi? This congregation is com
posed of persons moving in the first social
circles, end number some of the most ad
vanced minds in law, physic, anti belle-let
tres culture. This attitude is but the
avannt courier of what the groat army of
thinkers will do to establish peace on earth,
and good to willing men. The Rabbi—Dr.
Liillanthall,gave a roost excellent discourse
from a text by Moses, "Stand firm ! and
you will see the hand of the Lord in this
thing," I quote from memory. Many of
us felt heartily ashamed of our prejudices
against the Israelites, after hearing the Jew
speak. The same mental law that governs
the Christian also governs the Jew, and they
have liberal minds among them quite as
opulent with God's truths, as have the
Christians. How I became predjudiced
against the Jew, I know not. Shatkspeare's
Shylock, and the "wandering ;EONS' of the
Eugene Sue" is about all we know of
them. It must be because it is fashionable,
and thus we inzitatc without thinking. In
fact we don't govern ourselves by thought.
We learn a I e.sson from some narrow-minded
bigot, and make it a rule of life—we go with
the crowd—to church, Saratoga or to the
devil. Our homage is but iterations of
lip-service to Mudanz G randy, and she leads
us n merry dance.
Speaking of the army of thinkers, it
would have done your soul good to have
seen a few thousand of them seated before
their great leader, Ralph Waldo Emerson,
a few evenings since, in Melodion Hall,
in this city. This great Captain who is
leading in a new civilization, and 'inviting
the old to depart, was not announced by
the ring of a single bell, and yet no hall
could be procured to contain half the star
ving souls who sought to catch the manna
of truth as it fell dripping front his tongue.
Gifted with a voice of exceeding sweetness,
and a perfect repose of manner. Mr. Emer
son is esteemed one of the most interesting
and charming lecturers of the day. His
subject was: "Social Life in America," and
as might be expected "manners" formed
no inconsiderable feature of his discourse.
Those who have read his essays, and es
pecially his " Conduct in Life," are familiar
with the thoughts pervading this lecture,
though they were presented with new illus
trations and word adornments. Mr. Em
erson is quite as much addicted to eppi
gramaticism in his lectures as he is in his
writing, and sometimes seems to be talk
ing inwardly or thinking aloud. A few ex
tracts will exhibit the nature of his dis
course. Ile said :
"Charming manners are the finest of the fine
arts. They are music, sculpture, poetry, paint
ing in life. The staple figure in the novels is the
man who sits disengaged and compact, possess
ing advantage because having perfect self-control.
Hans Anderson's story of the cobweb is inter
preted to mean good manners, which, like a fine
garment, envelopes the person, and gives ease,
grace and dignity. 'Nature values manners, and
they are represented in hovels as well as high
houses. They seem to say you are you and lam
L They shorten distance, and place miles be
tween persons though they stand side by side.
The attitudes of children are graceful before
they learn to cringe. A thought is expressed by
every member of the body ; where there is no
thought there Is awkwardness of body. Life is
not so short but we have time for coustesy.
Keep cool was the advice of SLJust. It is a good
custom with the Quakers to pause before eating,
to afford a moment's reflection at the table not
to bring to it the heat and hurry of the hour.
Each then gains a vantage ground.
Character must be trusted. There is in every
honest face that which assures the payment of a
debt. In proportion to the morality of a people
will credit expand. Stay at home In your own
mind, state your opinion without apoloo - . Self
control is the best rule."
Mr. Emerson made some comments on
dress, which he regarded as another means
for social elevation., No nation, ho aid, is
dressed with more good sense than ours.—
The European puts on his good dress, and
with it his good manners. Foreigners—
servants and working people--coming here,
soon learn to dress well.
Conversation was next regarded by the
lecturer. He said :
" Better things are spoken than ever get into
the books; the inspiration of a friend's presence
makes us say things too good to come nt the bid
ding of n writer. Speech is power. It converts,
compels, persuades, all that is good and noble.—
St. Bernard possessed it in such a line degree,
that women concealed their youth to prevent
his captivating them into his monastery.
" Social spirit and mother wit are the masters
In all places, and it would be welt if they could
be coded. Some cannot be trusted with a piece
of information for fear of babbling It. Their
vanity to tell what they know turd:es them
leaky.
"sentimentalists are pests. They talk about
the moon, roses, nature, love, virtue and poetry,
so much that the goodness of these is doubted.—
There Is no one to be more shunned than your
debauchee of sentiment. How to be rid of the
class is to tight one against the other."
Mr. Emerson had been proceeded by
Horace Greely, Frederick Douglass and
Theodore Tilton' Editor of the New York
Independent, all of whom drew fine intellec
tual audiences.
If there aro " sermons in running brooks,"
what amount of preaching could be done
from the immense Roods which now swell
the rivers and devastate much of the
Western and South-Western country?—
The Ohio has been running inure water in
the last month, than in any previous
month within the recollection of the oldest
inhabitant. It has averaged sixty feet of
water in the channel, for a month. That
would drain the great chain of northern lakes
dry, and stop the shivering mouth of Niag
ara us with n sponge. This depth of water
gives to the stream a marked eminence
along the city front, much of which is un
der its turbid bosom. The squares run
ning East from Broadway to Lawrence St.,
and that between Main and Walnut St., on
Front, are submerged a full story ; the
ceilings being so lovingly licked by the ebb
and How, as to present no further traces of
last summer's "fly-time."
Yesterday and last night we had another
fall of snow, several inches in depth, and
fears are entertained that this will augment
the swell of the river, and thus bring ruin
on disaster. Already millions have been
lost, and much suffering is reported along
the Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi.
We have no Post Master yet, in this City.
Since the Sonaterefused to confirm Colonel
Taylor, a man very much more odious to
the people has been nominated by the
President. The merit of the new nominee
has never been discovered here. He was
Provost Marshal, during the drafting times,
in the First District—commenced the busi
ness poor, ended rich. If Simon don't make
him "wiggle-waggle," then " Pap Thad."
ought to be in Simon's place to pot h is foot
upon him.
Mr. Henry Probasco, a wealthy gentle
man of this city is now traveling in Europe.
for pleasure and culture. Recently be
wrote a letter to the Mayor of this city, of
fering to contract and pay for a public
fountain, thirty-two feet high, and to be
known as the gift of the late Tyler Davidson,
provided the City Council will assent to its
erection on Fifth Street Market Space, about
sixty feet east of Walnut, and will agree to
protectit and keep it in order asa free drink
ing fountain.
Accompanying the letter is a photograph
of its design, which is patterned after the
most celebrated fountain in Munich, and
one of the most striking in Europe. The
largest and central figure of tho bronze
groupe will be of a man dispensing water,
while around the basin stand n number of
minor figures, in various poetical and ex
pressive attitudes, who come to receive a
portion of the precious beverage. Vie.%
figures will all be cast at the great Royal
Bronze Foundry in Munich, and will cost
$50,000 in gold.
Tho shaft of the fountain will be thirty
two feet high, and constructed of black
granite, porpbery and bronze. On it will
be a medallion of Tyler Davidson, in whose
nnmo% on I have alrently nahl, tho fountain
ht tendered to elneltinet..
Tim City Council have officially accepted
this generous prolmsition and with the act
have recorded a vote of thanks to the largo
hearted donor. Won't some of the million
aires of Columbia do as touch for the/ old
town? Don't all speak at once.
The gossips and scandal mongers of an
aspiring city in the Mosier State, have re
cently enjoyed a sensation of the largest
ditnension; such a one as they eon baldly
hope to duplicate, during Mr. Johnson's
Administration, The great social upheav
ing was occasioned by twins—two fragile
specimens of lininanity, weighing only ten
pounds jointly. That which set the gossips'
tongues a wagging was the fact that this
tiny pair started upon the journey of life
from the wrong side of the hymenial altar.
The gentlemen whom public opinion
honors by attributing to him the paternity
of these helpless innocents, is a man of
mature age—has a large family, and is of
" eminent respectability." (Did you ever 1)
a member in good standing in ono of the
leading churches! (No I never did!) and
an amateur musician of some celebrity.
(That accounts for the milk in the cocoa
nut ; " music bath charms, 4.7. c.")
The young lady thus painfully involved,
is the daughteref a wealthy gentleman. She
has had every advantage for moral and in
tellectual culture that affection, backed by
money, could bestow, and has hitherto
borne a spotless reputation. It is a sad il
lustration of " man's perfidy and women's
frailty." Of muse the young woman is
anathematized by her own sex with the
bitterest maledictions, while the guilty
author of all this misery is smiled upon by
the lips of beauty as sweetly as ever. So
goes the world. 'Yours, NEP.
New Publication s.
POEMS BY AMANDA T. JONES.—We have
received from Miss Jones a very neat vol
ume of Poems, many of which were writ
ten during the war and attracted much at
tention and left a lasting impression on the
popular heart. The "Battle of Gaines'
Hill" inscribed to the gallant Pennsyl
vania Reserves will be read with interest,
especially by those in our midst who were
connected with that heroic band. Her
"Prophecy of the Dead," "Fort Donal d
son," "The Night Battle under Lookout
Mountain," will prove entertaining
to many of our soldiers.
The poem which gives the title to this
volume is "Atlantis," which is a rehearsal
of the mythologic story respecting the far
famed island which was rent by an earth
quake and sunk beneath the Western sea,
in requital for the attempt of the sons of
Neptune to wrest from the Athenians the
possession of Acta, which had been solemn
ly decreed to them by Jove. The sunken
isle gave the name to the Western Ocean,
now the Atlantic. Miss Jones has first re•
cited the classic story, and so used it as to
introduce the glory and greatness of this
New Worla, of which we are the favored
occupants.
Our space will not permit us to go into
the detail of her poetical work; wo can
only speak, and that with the utmost em
phasis of her poetry itself. Any reader who
can in the higher sense appreciate it, will
amcnowledge that it is indeed inspired ;
she shows exquisite tenderness, as observe
in the following touching little poem :
THE. SOLDIER'S MOTHEIt.
Awake, little daughter, awake !
The sad moon is weaving her shroud ;
The pale, drooping lily-bells quake ;
The river is sobbing aloud.
I want your sweet Mee in my sight,
While I open my room to the night;
the torn clouds are dying, the lupine is
sighing,
The whip-poor-will wails in affright.
There's a shadow just marked on the
floor—
Now soaring and breaking its bond ;
'Tis the woodbine, perhaps by the door,
Or the blooming acacia beyond.
Oh, pitiful weakness of grief!
Oh, trouble, of troubles the chief!
When shades can assail us, and terrors i
pale us,
Atmight of a quivering I at.
I weep, little daughter, I weep
But chide me not, love, for I heard,
Three times in the depth of my sleep,
The clang of a terrible word.
"Tour Harry is dying," it cried ;
"Is dying" and "dying," it sighed ;
As bells that,in tolling,set echoes to rolling,
Till fainting sound ebbs like the tide.
Then the walks of joy room tell away ;
My eye pierced the distance afar,
Where, by the plowed field of the fray,
The camp-tiro shone out like a star.
And southward, unhindered, I fled,
By the instinct of motherhood led;
The uight-wind was blowing, red blood
was flowing,
And Harry was dying—was dead !
I dreamed, little daughter, I dreamed—
Look ! the window is lit by a face.
It is not ? Well, how life-like it seemed !
Go, draw down the curtains of lace.
It may be 'twas only a flower;
For fancy hes wonderful power.
The loud wind is whirring—hark ! some
thing is stirring—
'Tis midtiight—the clock knells the hour.
The horseman had ridden all night ;
His garments were spotted with gore;
His toot crushed the lily-bells white—
He entered the vine-covered door.
"Your Harry is dying," he said ;
The mother just lifted her head,
And answered, unweeping, like one who is
sleeping,
"Not dying, good soldier, but dead."
Her verses will bear the closest criticism.
She is not faulty nor tame, but rises on
strong pinions, and maintains a steady
and equal flight.
Those who would enjoy the pleasure of
making the acquaintance of a new and
beautiful poot,shonld go at once, or send to
the Book Store of W. U. Hess, Columbia,
and procure a copy of Miss Amanda T.
Jones' poems. The publishers, Messrs.
Hurd & Houghton, Yew York, have is
sued the volume in their usual handsome
style.
"Tuns DIAMOND DICKENS."—We have re
ceived "Pickwick•' from the popular pub
lishing house of 'Messrs. Ticknor rt,
This eminent Boston firm have put their
hand to there-publication, in exquisit form
and dress, of all the works of Charles
'DickenS. Their experiment with Tenny
son in the same way proved so overwhelm
ing a success, that they were led, nav, were
fairly urged, by the expressions of popular
desire, to attempt it with the writings of
Dickens. The first volume of the series is
of epurse "Pickwick.' The features of
this most attractive addition of the great
English novolist are cheapness, conveni
ence. and elegance. TIM volumes are of
very neat and portable form, printed from
small but clear and delicately cut types in
double columns,on tinted paper illustrated
expressly for title edition by native ariists,
and for $1.25 per volume without the illus
trations, and $. Liio with. This choice edi
tion, destined to be immensely popular for
the above substantial reasons, will be com
prised in twelve or fourteen volumes, to be
issued at the rate of a volume each month.
For convenience and elegance combined,
nothing could well be conceived so per fe-t
as this series of volumes will he. Pickwick
is just out, and Oar Mutual Friend will fol
low. Thorn could not be an edition of
Dickens so well adapted both to general
11SO and the parlor table, to the library
lounge and the siesta under the Chestnut
leaves. Nobody can now very well com
plain that the works of the great modern
novelist are not within reach of his means.
The mithor has air interest iu sales of this
edition, which is honorable to the house
producing it. IL may be considered as a
hint of a new era in book-making in this
country.
TnE LE 801 l TON--The great fashion
magazine of the United States, has come to
band. It gives some of the most beautiful
fashion cuts ever seen in any magazines.
The April number shows the new Spring
styles,•dresses, coats, hats, Lire. S. T. Tay
lor, 310 Canal St., N. Y.
PRANK Lksblec.—The April number of
Frank LCE4IIO . IB Lady's Magazine is par ex
excellence, It Is one of the best monthly
Mega/Ines in America. Its steel engra
vings of fashions, gives 114 the latest modes,
exquisitely colored. 'The terms are $l5O
per annum. W. U. Hems has the book for
sale, or will take subscriptions.
TUN LADVta FRIEND, for March, has a
beautiful steel engraving, "The Truant's
Return," the usual steel fashion plate, be
sides patterns for Spring dresses, promen
ade, toilettes, .3:e. The music this month
is, " Tillie's Passed Away," and the liter
ary matter from the pesu. i of favorite au
thors as heretofore. Terms,as before pub
lished. Peterson A; Co.. Philadelphia.
Matti:Ws HOME MACIAZINE.—The April
number opens with n steel plato—"The
Valley Spring." Among the contents are
"Uncle Joe," "Feeling for Steps," " Aunt
Polly," " The Two Households," " Dream
ing," " Growing Old, Gracefully," "Pau
line," "Biel:en." "The Lining of the
Cloud," &c. Prico of the Magazine; $2,50 a
year. Address, T. S. Arthur & Co., SOD and
Sit Chestnut St., Phil'a.
SWINGIN' ROUND rim RIUKLE.—Wo have
received from the extensive publishing
house of Messrs Leo A: Shepherd, Boston,
a handsome and well hound book of 300
ntgea, entitled "81eingile Round the Cirkle,"
by "Rev. 'Petroleum Nasby, late Pastor
of the Church of the New Dispensation,"
"Chaplain to his Excellency the President,
and I'. M.," etc. His ideas of Men, Poli
tics and things. The book is handsomely
illustrated by Nast.
Mr. Nasby is one of the most prolific and
best known of our humorous writers. He
is original in his style of argument, and
vigorous in its expression, while his illus
trations, abundant as they are, do not
need the support of cacography to be appre
ciated. Following the style of Major Jack
Downing., Joint Phmuix, Doesticks and
some others who have been successful, how
ever, Mr. Nnsby introduces this element,
and uses it as is possible. lie is not exact
ly a humorist or a satirist. He has that
ability for exaggerating whatever he touches
which is said to be characteristic of Ameri
can wit, and he employs it with singular
force against the theories and conduct of
Mr. Johnson and of those who sustain him.
As one dish is apt to pall upon the appetite
which is con tined to it,so there may be those
who will bo more than satiated with the
writings of 3lr. ashy in book form. They
will, nevertheless, find that there is much
real wit and a good deal of argument in
the discourses, and that they will repay
perusal if read at intervals.
o,4i:timid 4 Cippingo.
—A valuable Sewing Machine given away.
See first column, fourth page.
—Was that photograph taken in town,
John? It is a very significant one. •
—Excellent (?)—the mud pike between Co
lumbia and Marietta.
—Go to Maj. Pfahler's hardware store and
see the great washing machine.
—À schoolmaster "struck ile" the other
day—a juven-ile.
—The Bank of Cuba, Havana, las S4IIS•
pended for 8500,000.
—One enthusiastic young man said: "Let
them impeach Johnson, if they want to,
he'll veto it."
—"Are you the mate ?" said a passenger
to the Irish cook of a vessel. " No," answer
ed Pat, " but I'm the boy that boils the
male!"
—Josh innings said in a recent lecture
that the President's policy had about ex
pired, and he advised him to take out a new
one.
—There is a man in Dayton, Ohio, it Is
said, who has eaten nothing whatever for
eighteen days. He is a spiritualist.
—For sale bills come to the "Spy" office;
we have by all odds the best facilities for
doing neat work, that can bo found in the
county.
—Read our premium list in another col
umn, and geL up clubs for the Columbia
Spy," one of the best papers in the State.
—Everybody should go and see Davis'
Panorama of the Great Rebellion, in Odd
IS.fouday evening tux t v ., •
—Ten _Nights in a Bar-Room was perfor
med again in Odd Fellows' Hall, on Thurs
day evening, to a good audience.
—Send and get a copy of Miss Amanda
T. Jones' Poems. It will be a valuable ac
quisition to your library. W. U. Hess has
them for sale.
—A New Yorker complains of a huge rat
staring him in the thee, while he was dis
cussing the viands of a down-town eating
house. It wasn't cooked.
—They say there is money in the distilling
business, especially the way they are con
ducted now. "Still, so gently o'er us steal
ing."
—The Columbia National Bank and the
First National Bank of Columbia have
changed their rates of interest on deposits.
See advertisements.
—Edwin Forrest has forwarded to Air.
John T. Ford, 'manager of the Holiday
Street Theater of Baltimore, a check of five
hundred dollars for the aid of the Southern
sufferers.
—The wife of Rev. G. M. Phillips, of Des
Monies, lowa. on Thursday evening last,
by mistake, drank a portion of corrosive
sublimate, and is in a very critical condi
tion.
--The steamer -'Mercury struck a snag,
and sunk, at Arkansas Cut-off, on the Mis
sissippi river, on thel3th instant. • Twenty
five passengers were drowned.
—Two school-houses in Brighton. Mass.,
were burned by incendiaries on wednesday
night. Loss, s2o,ooti.
—A company, with $500,000 capital, has
been formed in Montreal, to mine for iron
on the north shore of the St. Lawrence
river.
—A London farrier advertises that ladies
who wish to have mulls made of the genu
ine article " can select their own skins."
—Mason Gallagher makes the shocking
st gement that there are ten thousand ine
briate women in Brooklyn.
—hoses are now blooming and strawber
ries ripening in Californa. Out there win
ter is merely a conventional term.
—A raving lunatic, in an asylum in Cali
forna, was lately restored to raison by
seeing her father, from whom sho had long
been separated.
—Miss Harriss, who shot her lover Bur
roughs,at Washington, who was tried and
acquitted of his murder last spring, has
just been placed in an insane asylum.
—The President has assigned General
Pope to the command of the Third Military
District of the South, General Thomas
taking command of the Military Depart
ment of the Cumberland. This change is
made by request of Generul Thomas.
—Major General Schofield, commanding
the First Southern Military District, has
caused and official publication in Richmond
of the acts of Congress disbanding military
organizations in the lately rebel States, and
forbidding corporal punishment therein,
•nd he hats issued an order in pursuance
thereof.
—Lancaster county is 'still without any
regularly appointed Revenue officers. Mr.
Dunn is acting us Collector, and P. W.
Housekeeper, Esq., as Assessor. From
present indications they will continuo thus
to net for some time.
—Within the whole range of tonic and
alterative medicines known, none is entitl
ed to more consideration than the Peruvian
Syrup. In all eases of enfeebled and debili
tated constitution it is the very remedy
needed. The most positive proof of this
can be adduced.
—The Secretary of State has received in
formation from our Consul nt Queenstown,
Ireland, that tl e cholera has prevailed in
that section all winter. At White Hall, a
small village in Queenstown harbor, eight
cases had occur'^ed during the previous
week.
—The students of the State Formal
School have resolved to erect a monument
to the memories of their fellow students,
who fell fighting against the slave-holders'
rebellion.
This reminds us that there was a move
ment on foot in Columbia, some time ago,
to erect a monument, over our fallen heroes.
Has the project fell through? Will some
one answer?
—To preserve your health, cleanse your
blood when it becomes vitiated and foul..
Many are the symptoms which sound the
note of alarm. Fail not, to heed them. In
digestion, Nausea, Lassitude. Headacbe,
Wandering Pains, Bilious and Eruptive•
Affections, are so many signals to tell you.
of disease in the blood. Remove it, and;
they disappear. How ? Take Ayer's Corn
pound Extract of Sarsaparilla. Ilia effec
tual for its purpose : purities the blood,.
expels disease and restores the derangedi
fuzntions of the body to their healthy ac
tion.—[Corydon (lad.)