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A. M. RAI/CB°,
Colunabia,, Pa_
Saturday, Decenzber 26, 1868
COMMUNICATIONS, letters, contributions, generally of
merit and interest to the reader, will be acceptable
from friends from all quarters.
Merry
Christmas has conic again ! 'All hail
thou time honored and custom revered
festal day We greet thee with feelings
and aspirations akin to an holy awe.
How many are the hearts filled with hap
piness today—how joyous the tone, how
sparkling the eye, as "I wish you a merry
Christmas," is caught up and passed
through the crisp wintry air, until even
:the glistening hoar-frost, the icy window
panes. and the stately, transparent icicle,
all aglow with its thousand diamond scin
tillations, seem melted by the flood of
friendly congratulations which flow, as it Il
were involuntarily, froth mouth to month.
Welcome, thrice welcome, thou Queen-
Festal Day of the year! Long may the
denizens of earth pay they willing tributes
and waft thy praises down the pathway
of the ages!
What holy recollections cluster like
pearl: in the diadem of memory around
this "merry Christmas" time, seeming as
each successive year rolls along in Time's
mighty vehicle, to add still more beauty
to the halo of glory which has so long en
circled its observance. See that gray
haired matron, who from her favorite
nook in the chimney corner, lets drop the
half-finished stocking, as she watches with
doting eyes, and fond :7:glances, the noisy
rompings of hei grand children as they
play their Chrism:as games. See that
tear glistening in her eye, and rolling
slowly down her check. She dont think
to wipe it away, for her memory is busy.
It is carrying her back nearly three-score
years and ten, to the days of "auld long
sine," when she, too, awoke betimes in
the early morn, after a disturbed night's
slumber, to grope her way in the gray
light of breaking day to her stocking,
hung by the old crane in the monstrous
fire-place, where the huge back log yet
lay smouldering. With what glee she
clutches the precious stocking, and hastily
empties it of the numerous meiuentoes of
the generosity of " Qld Santa Claus."
Then on tip-toe to the bed-room of Father
and mother. "Wish you a merry Christ
mas!" How eherrily the notes ring out.
Now away up stairs to shout dm same to
brothers and sisters, telling them to "come
and see what Santa Claus has left," until
• soon the old homestead, now more pre
cious than all the gold of California, or
the si/co. of Kevado, in the 'memories it
awakens, rings again and again with-the
merry peals I There—she has wiped
away the tear now—a'sigh follows—she
,is with I.liepresent again. Alas I how
elf tinied - I From' Ch
. age
Now, her form, once so lithe, is bent—
her cheeks once so round, have lost their
freshness—her hands are shriveled and
trembling—her voice tremulous and weak.
Her three-score years and.ten are almost
gone ! The raids in' the hour glass of
life are dropping silently, away. The old
homestead, with its large, old-fashioned
kitchen and bare rafterS overhead—its
homely fire-place—has long since crum
bled away,-leaving no trace to mark even 1
its foundation, and hi its stead has risen a
palatial residence, the abode of pride,
pomp, and' gilded affluence. The old,
gnarled early apple treei down in the
-East lot, where the boys and girls of the
old homestead used to gambol and play,
feasting on the luscious fruit, was leveled
to the ground long years ago by the fierce
wintry blast. The old spring, too, down
by the big rock, whose gurgling waters
were so cold and . clear, where the boys
and girls . used to go to drink on bent
knees, laughing in high glee at the re
flection of their (win faces in the perfect
mirror—that, too, has been filled up, while
the old reek has been blasted away.
Father, with his fall hearty voice, and
cordial welcome—Mother, with her bust
ling .form and ruddy countenance—both
have slumbered in the village burying
ground; side by side, fur more than half'
a Century._ The hands which filled the
stockings in,the old chimney nook, and
beaped'up the old table with good things
for Christnias; long since returned to
dust; and this aged matron' is all of that
once large.and joyous household left to
usher in the "Merry Christmas" of ISGS.
Father, Mother; - Brothers, Sisters—all,
all have gone the 'narrow way. • Him to
whom' she her troth in girlhood's
early days, is waiting for her : down in the
lonely grace-yard by the pond,' where
they used to Walk together when life's
sun,was .jnst,gilding th e horizon for them.
lac-has-waited Ahern for hermany a year
... 7 11.i'Maiby their Old lrysting, plade,• and
,e. l C:!;ntitheroltriSqird will have come she
*thee Itear,:furrows-its , way, 'down : her
writiklid Cheek, • ttn d you: she is
a day.to : look. luteit t ,upon,ber.owp„,"Nerry
Cliristinas" festal: days,.when efitabing,up
bun to , her
of ':`Old
old-fashion ed-pa ntryi-whese . -- siinlrn . h ; ' ara
groaning undetilife Weigheof mince' pies
find 46re:ribs—: 7 :enop g it: to las.t :a , Month's
taste-' • 'Tliire'tcio" 'alas': the" tab add
, tbo clotb,so,,,ciparf-,atiti, white; woyeu by
.›lotherts. own .1] ds. ,No::food, was over
i.kil,td- ,.F. .it!Pitiire'et Ltd:her •as3that.prepdred by
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Vat Christmas of,this,gray-kaired•rsvoman,
the t o -Eternity-1
thoughts.; 1:4 1 , 1 44P
biirsh'neosleflithe,:preseuto,K7Let;,,her.: lire
i:lVW:4`g,aiiif' uredl.,.gblden-
Jter, oyes cheek's red
:k t i t t th e ve t -- ( >l.4e,ithtp:apd Acorn from
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,and svoi t p Fin 'way
our "days bore' are - but few ' --that
e - 4°,0 iddeb. - they bring piv but trans'-
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tory. Learn to live so that you may be
loved and cherished for yourself alone.
Youth—middlia age—old age! Life—
death ! Who of us will be among the
living when another ‘';Merry Christmas"
shall come, with its keen bracing air—its
pleasant carols—its cherry voices—its
happy iuterminglings ?
Kind readers and patrons—in estend
ing to you. our gladsome salutation
-wish you a Merry Christmas"—we most
fervently hope that the year 1569, on
which we are now about entering, may
be to you indeed a " HAPPY NEW YEAR."
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B IVord la Season.
There may be little need to rewind
provident fathers and loving mothirs to
make the coming season of-indoor feast
ing and merry-waking—when every holy
tie is closer drawn around tLe blitzing
hearth, and every good and purifying in
spiration is strengthened by the gentle
influence of the hour--a happy one to
their own little ones; but gentle reader,
let us urge a word or two in behalf of
that poor shoeless boy that comes to your
basement door for the Litt:hen fragments;
those two thinly-clad little girls who often
pass your window, laboriously carrying a
basketof coal—not a very la one, either
—and whose red fingers and unprotected
feet have often excited your pity; that
pale, sad loot hug young woman who comes
to ask for plain sewing, in order to sus
tain a sick cr drooping tnother,or to pro
vide a scanty meal for a helpless little
orphan brother or sister, or both, who
may be starving for want of bread. Will
?pm or any one remember then, and many
others to whom some appropriate Christ
mas gift would be a Cod-send, ailing 'heir
hearts lvith unaccustomed gladness?
Do not forget that, in the natural course
of things, some persons arc poor while
others arc itch; some live in luxury,
while others drag out a dreary miserable
existence in abject, in painful poverty.
If God has blessed you with plenty re
member the poor and suffering. If even
you can scatter only a few pennies here
and there, do so. You may occasionally
give unwo:thy, but to whatever bad uses
your bounty may be turned it is not likely
that the deed will ever be entered to
your discredit in the books of the record
ing angel:
" Better to trubt and be deceived.
And mourn that trust, and that deceiving,
Than doubt one heart, that if believed.
Would bless one's life with such believing."
Again, we say, give, and thus will you
enjoy in all fullueLs, as we most heartily
wish you to do—a MERRY CLIRISTMAS.
SCATTER YOUlt CRUMBS :
"Amidst the freezing sleet and snow
The timid robin comes;
In pity drive them not away,
But scatter out your crumbs.
And leave your door upon the latch,
For Whosoever comes;
The poorer they, more welcome give,
And scatter aut your crumbs.
tll have to spare, none are too poor,
'When want with Winter comes;
The loaf is never alt their own ;
Then scatter out your crumbs.
Soon winter falls upon your life,
The day of reckoning comes:
Against your sins, by high decree,
Are weighed those scattered crumbs
The 'Late Thadde Steven
At the opening of the House of Repre
sentatives, on tle 17th inst., the hall was
crowded with anxious speetators t ho
to the last tribute.a reSpCct to the mein
ory of the late Hon. Thaddeus Stevens.
Hon. 0. J. Dickey, his successor, was the
chosen oratot, and attracted no little at
tention.
In a reading of this - able eulogy the
country cannot but be favorably impressed
with its directness and power. It is con
cit.e and spirited, while it, contains no
single sentence but cspresscs the deep
earnestness of the orator. It contains no
vague attempts at finished onitory, but
abounds in genuine sentiment, and his
torical facts. We give the closing words
of . Ir. Dickey's effort, which will be read
and preserved with his memory:
" The remains of Mr. Stevens lie in
Lancaster, iu a private cemetery, estab
lished by an old friend, in a lotselected by
himself, for reasons stated in the touching
and beautiful epitaph prepared by him
self for inscription on his tomb:
I repose in this quiet, secluded spot, not
from any natural preference for solitude,
but finding other cemeteries limited by
character rules as to race, I have chosen it
that I might be enabled to illustrate in my
death the principles which I have advoca
ted through a long life—equality of nun
before his Creator.'
" Let us trust and believe that if the
earnest and sincere prayers of millions of
poor, down-trodden, and oppressed may
sooth' dip pathway of the traveler on his
journey from this world to the bourne of
all, his has been a happy exit."
The United States Mint.
Dr. Linderman, the Director of the
Mint at Philadelphia, has made a most in
teresting report of the operations of that
institution for the fiscal year ending the
30th of June last. The total deposits of
gold and silver for the year, less deduc
tions for re-deposits, were $24,591,325.
The total valhe of the coinage in the
same time, including nichle-copper and
bronze;iva.s $27,447,606. The total num
ber' of pieces struck, 40,735,600. The
operations of the Mint were suspended
for about three .months, for the purpose
of malting repairs, so that the- time for
coinage for the lower coins was really
only nine months. The Mint is repoited
to be iu the most efficient condition, and
th'e :Director says it is a filet proved by
experience, that, coinage eau be executed
at the principahmiut.at4ess expense than
in any other.part of-the country, and, as
the-- means of safe transpormtion. have
greatly
~m ultiplied lite . 3ears,
no reason for re'siVir.ii,;'cm . 74 , :m' - oki'Liti,iims
at. - either. of : the three- branch, for:
merly in operation.iu.t lie.Soutlicra States ;
and ha iliefeforaideemniends *that' These
cs_tablishmetits be disposed;
ehinery for the new branch Mint itt..&c-:
vada will be -put.-trp during the.present
winter 'a'nd anew trench eilitic - C - 13 -
ab9PP.P9:, I3 P: 1 , 14 ul;;lK;4 .. fll ' '4"P ' gq . . l
a•nestle eonimensurate. , with the.. bullion,ip,
torests of that region. This .branch' and
the .. .Min i ( .r at. FPhilaqPh Di re . pior
.
tiois 'of - the. coinage of ±the..aou n try i . and
be'neeessary.!l: - :•:. ,::: :..
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sen,t4tives.ia.(longraa,s,b a ve.pet.itione4 the
Piaident to partion'ileffersonDarisißeau
ie'g.aidl'aiid all 'olixiir'!foorlioni
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tirg;in the rebellion,
The 'Union Pacific Railroad.
It will be seen by the new advertise
ment Of the Company in another column,
that 960 miles of the Union Pacific Rail
road have beerteompleted and p& into ac
tive operation. For 120 miles more the
track is grp.ded, and the iron on thegrouud
ready for lay . ing. More than four hun
dred miles have been built in the season
of I SOS, and with less than 400 miles
now intervening between the rails of the
Union Pacific And Central Pacifiic C,ouo
panics, every indication guarantees the
opening of the entire line to the Pacific
in the early summer of 1569. The earn
ings for the year ending June 30, were
more than four million dollars, on an av
erage of 472 miles in operation; and the
earnings f)r the last five months were
65,386,870. These amounts are so largely
in excess of the liabilities of the Company
on account of interest upon its own Pirst
Mortgage Bonds and the Government
bonds loaned to it as a subsidy, as to al
low of uo doubt that all such liabilities
will be promptly met when due. The
road is well equipped, and large orders
have been gil;erf for such an increase' of
rolling stock as will be necessary when
to the local trade is added the immense
through traffic which must follow the
opening of the entire live.
Bach section of twenty miles:has been
critically examined by the regular G UV
er Ument inspectors appointed for the 'pur
pose, and reported to the President as
possessing all the characteristics of a first .
class road. A special commission, ap
pointed by the President in September
last, made thorough re-examination of 590
miles, and summed up their conclusions
by saying :
" Taken as a whole, the Pacific Railroad
bets been well constructed. The general
route for the line has been well selected,
crossing the Rocky Mountains at some of
the most favorable passes on the continent.
The energy and perseverance with:which
the work has beett urged forward, and the
rapidity with which it has been executed,
are wituout parallel In history. The coun
try has reason to congratulate itselfthat this
great work of national importance is so rap
idly approaching completion, under such
fitvorable auspices."
The evidence of many other able and
critical examiners of the road coincides
with this testimony to the faithfulness
with which the road has been constructed.
The First Mortgage Bonds of the Com
pany are now offered for sale at par and
accrued interest, at which price they pay
a high rate of interest. Both principal and
interest being fully secured by the value
of the road and the extent of its business,
it would seem that no better investment
can be offered; and we cheerfully call at
tention to the facts :et forth in the adver
tisement of the Treasurer of the Com
pany.
Specie Payments.
The Boston Advertiser says editorially:
"A letter from Philadelphia informs us
thus an eminent banker in that city, whose
services during the war won for him a
national reputation, has laid before the
authorities at Washington a carefully pre
pared plan for funding the national debt,
and resuming specie, payments which has
been received with favor by those who
have examined The details are not
! . .ziven ; but itt4emplates,ratnong -mbar
things, such'a policy toward the Southern
States as will 'hasten the development of
their resources, and put them in a condi
tion to take care of themselves, and con
tribute their share toward the common
"burdens. By accepting in good faith the
new condition of things, it will be in
their power, by the adoption of a liberal
policy on the part of the government, to
secure the advantages of the national
banking systolic as they have not yet done,
and be in the tiny of putting their great
resources to profitable account. • The value
of the cotton mop, this year, approxi
mates four hundred million dollars, and
with the proceeds of the rice and tobacco
crops added, the South will have a money
• ed basis equal to any demands that may
be made on it. This clement, the Phila
delphia banker maintains, must be taken
into account in any solution of the finan
cial problem that has a chance of success."
The reference is doubtless to .1%.1r. Jay
Cooke.
GEN. VAN Wrote has presented his re
port ou the whisky frauds, and we find
(which we knew before) that there have
bean all sorts of dishonest transactions in
regard to duties on whisky, and that
there are a great number of very incom
petent, and worse than incoMpotent, men
in the revenue service. Now that we
know,' officially. something about these
frauds (although we de; not know,as much
as we could wish), we hope that action in
the matter will soon succeed the know
ledge. VIVI:0 have been frauds by gau
gers, frauds by distillers and store keepers,
frauds through compounding houses and
frauds carried on by means of terrorism
exercised over honest officers. We shall
now expect , the trials of the gaugers, dis
tillers, and - other gentlemen: of the, fradu
lent ilk.
Attorneys Going Rail for Clients
In many sections, of our State it had
become so common for an Attorney to go
bail or security for his client, that the
Courts had to adopt rules prohibiting them
from doing it. We, do not knbw what the
cuStouv is with regard to that matter in
Lancaster, but we most respectfully call
the attention of the .Tudges.of our Courts
to it,
.and Lope they will adopt a _Rule
which will prevent an Attorney from go
ing bail for his client. The ends - of jus
ticearF Sometimes :in that way thwarted,
and felons turned loose to prey upon - the .
community. — " W e -shall have more to say
upon this biil3 . oeie'i:flit'are' time.
CVANO.'fortlierly of! 3.1"0r1, , an' , n cav
alry, is iircabliiiig , ;grene '-e - ffeen Pat
prnetis 7
aselonel
in - "Moig,all4l , •eaValry; :..aft or.: being
tarned'riebehd'r;
BC4 I IA. &ta04,.P.9P?".4 one,.at least for
.drmuting,cwwf,ls, tin:the..stato•of •Kentnekii i
• • t ~t
eicil'it7 SiVe'dfsh ers 'erf.dsed
4 . l ;?!; i 44il i gi le : a :
froze ~h b:ard I .thq
bee %placed tin .a told vault, and r
"Ye is" be tfib.kied , liutt, tlie hilbsoL
refreshed and lively nftei' -
r his long
Army of the Potomac.
We learn from the Army and rue
Jourial, that the great and successfulre
union of the ~veterans of the Western
armies last weak at Chicago. is stirring
up same. life in the old army of the Poto
mac. It has long been a wonder to the
people that this great and glorious army—
the most homogeneous and unified of all
the armies of the Union : the army which
suffered must and bled most; which con
quered the finest rebel army, and took the
Capital of the Confederney—should e
no sign of existence or exhibit esprit du
corps, while the armies of the West annu
ally indulge in unions and convivial re
joieim,..s. It is time that these yearly
gatherings of the soldiers, which will
doubtless become 'a feature in American
history, until the last survivor is buried,
should become national, and not sectional.
And to this end it is desirable that the
Eastern armies, the army of the James,
the army of the South, and the army of
Louisiaua,should clusteraround the Grand
Army of the Potomac as their central
figuic, and be ready to meet the Western
armies next year in generous and friendly
rivalry around . the social board, and he
neath the orator's stand.
Spain.
The Spanish people having overturned
the Bourbon dynasty, are now living un
der a provisional or temporary govern
ment—to exist for the time being. until a
national Council to be elected in January,
shall Meet to constitute a new form of
government. The nation is divided upon
We great question of a Republic or Mon
archy. All the aristocrats, monarchists
and cloistered priestcraft, believe the peo
ple incompetent to govern themselves.
This has always been the opinion of aris
tocrats, as it is of some modern ‘• c'emo
mats." At Cadiz an iusureetiou developed
itself, ostensibly in the interest of the
Republicans, but really incited by the
Carlist monarchists, in order to bring
about a state of anarchy. After a collis
ion with the troops, it has fortunately been
suppressed, through the good officers of
the American Consul. Affairs now augur
tranquility, until the national Cortes shall
found the new form of government.
TUE colored men of western Pennsyl
vanin are to assemble in convention in
Pitt burg during the approaching holi
days. It will greatly depend on the di
cretion and temper of the proceedings of
such assemblages how far, politically, the
colored men of the State can progress,
and we therefore hope the meeting will
he so conducted as to strengthen the hands
of those who are now honestly laboring to
secure for the colored men of the Repub
lic the saute civil and political rights as
are enjoyed by their white fellow eiti-
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A Hard Up City.
The Vicksburg _Times says of their
city : City scrip has gone far below par,
the corporition is badly in debt, the gas
is shbt off from every public lamp in -town,
and a judgment against the city, which
was compromised provided a certain aMount
eS
be paid. by a given time, will put every
dollar's worth 134 public property ‘der
the hammer, unless something is spe:dily
done. . . . .
The January Interest.
It appears by a Washington 'dispatch
that the coin interest to be paid in Jelin
ary will be larger than any previous half
yearly payment, reaching an aggregate
sum of thirty millions, and including the
interest on three different issues of five
tweilties,-and three other forms of debt.
As nearly all the securities on which in
terest will be paid are held by our own
people, the gold will be retained in this
country.
Esc:Ll - sit cotton spinners are in great
distress, and from late accounts we learn
that several heavy failures have just occur
red among the manufacturers of Munches..
ter, The condition; of this branch of trade
in England has of late been in any unsat
isfactory state, owing toa too large produc
tion of high cost of raw material, which
has lett some houses to press goods upon
the market at a loss.
REy. TIENItti WARD BEEC111:11, has in
stituted a Sunday evening course of free
lectures on scientific subjects, to be de
livered at his Bethel in Brooklyn Below
the chapel, in a large hall, he has estab
lisped a free reading room for the work
ing people. It is well furnished with
newspapers and periodicals, and is open
every evening in the week.
GENKRAL Gr•.o. H. TitcmAu :has de
clined the honor . of having his statue
placed among the figures to be erected on
the base of. the proposed Lincoln Moan
nientat Washington, and has peremptorily
insisted that the resolution to that •effect
passed at Chicago, by the Army of the
Teonesse, should 'be exPutiged from the
records of the proceedings.-
BAR NUM having educated New York
until it is sharper thanle is, is doing to
start a show in Loudon 'and do the same
thing there, if he can..
(From the Daily SPY.]'' •
- Telegraphic Summary.'
FRIDAY, Dcc, 18
. .
Bight hundred boxes of tobacco have been
seized for evasion of tax at isTew Orleans.
Gen. 0. 0. Iloward has been mustered
out us Major General of Voluntee'rs, to take
effect, on June Ist. This will leave him .
Brigadier General in the regular army.
George S. Gala has boon nominated as
Pension 'Agent in New York.
11. H. Dana, Jr., has brought suit against
the Mayor and Aldermen of Cambridge,
Mass., for removing or omitting his name
from the voting list, whereby lie lost his
vote. He claims .$5OOO datmlges.
A fight between_ citizens and -a party of
militia at Augusta, Arkansas, on Tuesday,
is reported. Four militia men were killed.
The Arlcunsal . Homo has approved: the.
Governor's proelamation of martial law in
Conway cO•4,iY:,:;1,;;':::
The Sheittr.nt , ltielintoad;t Va., had do
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of property.
Dr. J. 11. Gibbon, of North Carolina, lath
or of General Gibbon; U. S.A.. died yester
day, in Bnltimore, aged 74.
SATarawr, Dec. 2:)
Edwin M. Stanton returned to his prao-
lice in the Supreme Court of Washington
city, to-day, remarl:ing to friends that he
had withdrawn from politics.
Members of the Judiciary Committee,
who have charge or the investigation into
the political atibirs of Maryland, ho vu at
the request of the Maryland delegation,
decided not to enter on the examination of
witnesses until after the holidays.
Vice President Colfax dined at the Union
Dengue Club louse, Philadelphia, to-day.
The President has nominated Perry B.
Spear to ha Collector of the Seventh Penn
sylvania district, and IV. Cooper• Talley to
be Assessor of the same district, vice
Swayne 11. Englebert, to be removed, upon
the recommendation of Senator Buckalew.
The confirmation of Mr. O'Neill for Dis
trict Attorney for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, was the consideration for
their recommendation by Senaldi Bu.cka
low. Mr. Broomall, the member from the
district, and .{r. Townsend, the member
elect, sustain the present incumbents, who
are both Republicans. The Philadelphia
Republican members oppose O'Neill, who
is a Democrat, but Jameson is a friend of
O'Neill and Spear, and will endeavor to se
cure their confirmations.
MONDAY, Dec. 21
The total of the appropriations' made dur
ing the second session of the: Fortieth Con
gress is $160,551 SSS, of which $33,052,003 was
for the army; $17,356,350 tin• the navy, and
$30,350,000 for pensions.
Gen. Grant and Secretary Schofield have
returned to Washington from Chicago.
Sarah Boyd, art old Irishwoman, whose
husband hail deserfnd her, was timid dead
of starvation in her bed at Nashville, on
Saturday.
Tho SaeritT of Coshocton county, Ohio,
has absconded with $BO,OOO of tho county
funds.
The Dank of Candor, Tioga eounty,N. Y.,
was robbed of .34,000 on Thursday night.
cfs Co.'s jewelry store at North
boro', Mass., was robbed of $l.OO wori It of
valuables on Friday night.
Tu EbDAy, DL -e.
The BeMold Presbytei km Church, at
Pittsburg, - was burned on Sunday. Loss
$20,030.
An oyster boat was sunk by the steamer
Lucille, In Cites:Teak Bay, on Saturday
night, and three lawn were drowned. One
of them vi as the mute of the steamer, who
got on the oyster vessel to discover her dam
ages, before she sank:.
Col. Carpenter's expedition, which left
Fort Wallace some time since, has returned
and reports no trace of hostile Indians in
Gen. Sheridan's rear. There are fears of
further trouble north of the Ark atIS4:IS this
winter.
The Poultry exhibition is now in progress
in Philadelphia.
A jury has at last been secured in the
Hill homicide, and the trial is progressing.
WEDNESDAY, Dee. 23.
The banking, firm of Luckey Lt. Co., at
Louisville, failed yesterday.
Jacob G. Nicholson, father of Congress
man John A. Nicholson, of Delaware, died
on Monday, aged Gl.
The new bridge across the Mississippi, at
Dubuque, lowa, was finished on Monday.
Ills 17G0 feet long,, with a draw of 360 feet.,
and cost 6'900,000.
Generals Babcock' and Porter, or General
Grant's staff, have gone to Arkansas, to in
quire into the militia trouble's.
Caleb Cushing has left .A_spinwal for Car
thagena in the U. S. steamer Yantie. lie
goes to Bogota on a special mission ibr our
Government.
Gen. Sto.uoirtan liasextunded tho stay law
in Virginia until Jiily Ist.
Gold closed yesterday at 133. The stool:
market CV:4K Steady, Governments 'holm;
FOrtietti Congrest4.
loluDA.y, Dee. IS, ISOS
In the U. S. Senate, yesterday, Mr. Mc-
Creory presented Constitutional amend
ments to protect the rights of minorities and
prevent Presidential elections from being
brought to the House of Representatives,
which n ere referred. The House bill, ex
tending the time of affixing stamps tinder
the whisky and tobacco bill, to Feb. 13,
was concurred in. The House bill retnov :
ing disabilities from certain South Caroli
nians was also passed. The resolution dis
approving the President's financial recom
mendations was adopted, yeas 43, nays 6.
On motion of Mr. Cenkling,, the President
was asked for information concerning the
the exercise of judicial powers in certain
eases by our Consuls in Japan. Bills to re
move political disabilifies,'and giving boun
ties to former slaves, were introdumed and
referred. Adjourned, •
In the House, the death of Thaddeus Ste
vens was announced, and the customary
speeches made, occupying the day, so that
no business %1 . .1.4 transacted.
SATunnAT, Dee. 19
In the, Senate, Mr. Ramsey, from the
C,Sinmittee on Post Offices and Post Roads,
reported the bill to abolish the franking
privilege, and recommended its passage,
Mr. Edmunds introduced a bill to repeal
the act mlinitting Georgia to representathin
in Congress, to provide yor a provisional
government for that Stole, and for other
purposes. Referred to the Committee oil
Jtidieiarv.
•I'he Senate then %vent into executive ses
sion, and soon after adjourned.
In the House, the Speaker read several
memorials fro:lithe Oregon Legislature,
asking, aid from tlio Government thr rail
road and other enterprises.
Mr. Peters offered a resolution for (Ito
printing of 20,000 copies of the eulogies de
livered on the lute Mt•,"Stevons, of Penn
sylvania. dopted,
Mr. Mullins asked leave to offer tx pre
amble and resolution in reference to the
lin-Klux outrages.
111 r, Julian, from the Committee on Pub
lie Lands, reported a bill to extend the
provisions of the llomestead act to the or
phan children of deceased soldiers who are
under 21 years of age . : Pass - ed.
-The House then adjourned until 'Monday
next.
In the United States Senate, to-day Mr.
Pomeroy introduced a bill for the reassem
bling of the Georgia Reconstruction Con
vention, which was referred. On motion of
Mr. Harlan, the Judiciary Committee was
directed to report a bill reapportioning Con
gressmen in accordance with the fourteenth
amendment. Mr. Chandler moved to take
up the shortTariffbill, which wits lost—yeas
22, nayit,2:3. The credentials of Senator-elect
Gilbert, of Florida, were presented and re
ferred. The House was not in session.
MoND.t.tr, .Dec. 21.
In the United States Senate yesterday,
Mr, Wilson introdneed a Lill providing, that
.Tudges of the United States Supreme Court
may retire on full -salaries at the age" of
seventy years. Mr. Patterson, or New
Hampshire, introduced a bill reorganizing
the meat - cal department of Abe Navy. In
the llonse Mr. Van Wvek made his report
on the New York Whisky frauds. Both
Houses adjourned -until Tuesday, January
sth.
Good Laughek,
Only honest men are good laughers ;
man niiy smile and smile, and ben villian;
but the poet doesn't say he may laugh. In
a rogue's laugh there is something forced
tiiitUlfollow, like the sepulchral bass of a
stage Febberlsha ! ha! ha! Ono misses the
true.rinthere is discord somewhere in
the music. But a good laugh is an outlet
for all the bitterness of life, the prompter of
socialllpriAn3;, "khe:*l;glitridi.'of trouble,
fuldjll4 .n.
'''4
' •
6Viii6 ,, tailitts, it
is said iirs,tilidis , 44nieeriiitiS 431 their )cares
to • •
"Editorial and ?Miscellaneous.
—Mazzini is dying.
—Rallies are thick.
—Jlttgo reads English.
—Snow birds are scarce. .
—Albon in is losing flesh.
—Soup houses are starting.
—Capt. :finks is a smokist.
—Lolls has gone to Chicago.
—Old turkeys have scally feet.
—J. C. Bucher has Rhine wine.
—Nashc : ille doctors don't trust.
—Rothschild left a ton of deeds.
—Selling very fast—Lines' toys.
—A delicate cough is the mode.
—Dr. Brownson is convalescent.
—Wilkie Collins chews licorice.
—II. M. North, Esq., is married.
—Wild cats are thick in Canada.
—Newark meditates a big hotel.
—A gudgeon-catcher is invented.
—"Mazeppa" is thrilling Atlanta.
—Young geese have.yellow
—ltistori is a failure in Florence.
—The Troy foundries have closed.
—Rochester wants marrying men.
—Grant wears a butterfly neck-tie.
—Mrs. Yelverton is coming North.
—Torn Thumb is in North Carolina.
—Sergeant Dates is in New Orleans.
—Small pox prevails in Cincinnatti.
—Tilton is talking in Rhode Island.
—The Ilinderpest—the Grecian bend.
—Nasty has just had another dream.
—Toronto has a workingmen's paper.
—Norfolk has had a three-inch snow.
—Dee• hunting is lively in Minnesota.
—Go to Breneman's and get a Tourist.
—Sons that shine for all—boot-blacks.
—Stamford is to have a velocipede race.
—Detroit has a sleeping match this week
—Banner's Auburn horse is dead of colic
—Mrs. Lauder is coining out as a sitcrer
—Dickens is passionately fond of gravy
—Columbus' remains are in an iron zothn
—The" steam man" is humbugging Mom
pins.
—Dickinson comity, lowa, owns forty
lakes.
—The weather was cold yesterday here
abouts.
—lllinois pays her Governor only 5:1500
salary.
—Crinoline is coining into fashion again
in. Paris.
—M rs. Lima); n is very ill at Frankfort on
the-.lL•tin.
—Texas has now nay beef-packing estab
lishments.
— . Wild ducks are twonty-dve cents in
Petersburg.
—Elk county, Pa., is covered with three
feet or snow.
—Parepa Rora and Maggie Mitchell arc
in Pittsburg.
—Chambersburg is to have a llorticul
(mai Society.
—A horse in Coventry died of old age—
being thirty.
—Sonic one . has erected a monument to
Aaron Burr.
—Rochester has 2500 young ladies anxious
fur husbands.
—They are having red salv‘V- falls on the
Missourri river.
—The ox-King of Naples is reduced to
his last shilling,.
—The latest rumor about Vanderbilt is
seventy millions.
—lt costs three dollars to whip your wife
in Lexington, Ky.
—Fifteen cents apiece are paid for rat
skins in Minnesota.
—The Illinois river is reported frozen
over its entire length.
—The cattle disease has broken, out at
Milford, Connecticut.
—A western paper calls New York the
" Paradise of thieves."
—The railways, it is said, don't charge
Oeneral Grant any fare.
—The Hartford State House clock is Illu
minated with tallow dips.
—Elmira audiences are not allowed to
leave until the curtain drops.
—An Eagle caught in New Hampshire
had a halter-chain in its crop.
—General Giant "kissed a child on the
Opera House stage in Chicago. .
—An eight-wife power Indianian things
divorces cheaper than funerals. •
—One hundred dollars and sixty daysy is
:111e pv of Chicago pickpockets.
—lt is claimed that Vermont will be Ti)e
first to legalize woman suffrage.
—Guessing nearest a given number gives
one a pincushion at Boston fairs.
—The monogram on P. T. Darnum's door
knob is translated " Pull the Bell."
—Brazilian cotton seed is reported to yield
more abundantly titan any other kind.
—A young lady of Richmond, Va., has
brought suit against her milliner for slan
der.
—Western Pennsylvania already presents
nine candidates for the Senatorship from
this State.
—A Balm for every Wound. Grace's Cel
ebrated Salve is now so generally used for
the cure of flesh wound 4, Outs, burns, ul
ears, felons, sprains, and all diseases of the
skin, that praise of it seems to be needless.
Those who have tried it oneo always keep a
box on band, and nothing will induce them
to be without a supply.
SPECIAL 1670TICES.
" . DELA.YNESS, BLINDNESS, and
clamour treated with tho utmost success, by J.
ISAACS. M. D., and Professor of Docancs of the Eye nod
Ear in to a Nedical College of Pennnnhanm, 12 years er
ne:stir/ire. (formerly of Leyden, Holland.) No. 80.5 Arch
Street, Phila. Testimonials can he seen otitis. otlie9.
The medical timidly are invited to accompany their
patients, as he has no secrets in his practlee. Arti
ficial eyes inserted without pain. No charge for
examination. Liell3.y
The best known remedy for
SCROFULA,
in all its manifold forms, including Ulcers, e n .nee,
Syphilis. Salt Rheum, Gonatimption, etc.. is Dr. An
ders'-iodine Water, allure solutiol of lodine, Se
out a solrent, discovered after 'natty years of scien—
title research and experiment. For eradicating
Itemors from the system it has no equal. Circa htrs
sent free.
J. P. DINSMORE,
• No. 3G Dry street, Now York.
Sold by druggists generally. [dee3-lin
BOILS
Like the volcano, Boils give i 8 ,1.3 to the font and
fiery contents of the deep interior. To remove the
cattae of such suffering It is only necessary to vital
ize the blood by suppiying it with its life element,
Iron;
protected solution of the protoxide of iron) will do
this effect unny, and give strength, vigor and now life
to the who;e system.
Extract of rc latal from Rim R:cu.tno S. Buts, pf 80/
MM!
"For .years I was a sufferer from Boils, so that my
life hecum wearisome through' their frequent and
persistent recurrence; Snaky a carbuncle WllllOll in
the small of my back. During its progress large
pieces of decomposed flesh were every day or two
cut away, and toe prostration and general disitu ,
ban 20 of the system were very great. Before I had
recovered front this attack two smaller carbuncles
broke out higher up, and I was agaim threatened
with a recurrence of the sufferings to which I - had so
long been subjected. It was at this lime that I com
menced taking the PERUVIANSYRUP. I continued
taking it until I had need five battles; sine° then I
have had nothing of the kind. — es. years I was ono
of the greatest sufferers. Other medicines gave me
putt t a d and temporary relief, but this romarliablo
remedy, with A hind of intuitive sense, went direct
ly to the root of the evil, and did its work with a
thoroughness worthy of its established character."
A :12. page Pamphlet sent free. The genuine Iles
"Peruvian Syrup" blown in the glass.
.1. P. DINSMOIIE, Proprietor.
No. 30 Deg St., New York.
Sold by all druggists. fdecs-hn
TO CONSUMPTIVES
The advertiser, having been restored to health in
a few weeks by a very :Ample remedy, after having
sutured several years with n severe lung affection,
and that dread thsense, Consumption-15 1111Xi011o to
make known to his fellow•sntlarers the means of
cure.
To nil who de , fflte it, he will send ti copy of the pre
scription used (fi-e of elunge) with the directions
for preparing and using the sumo, which they will
find a sure cure for Constunption. Asthma, Bron
chitis, Je. The only object of the advertiser in
sending the prescription is to benefit the afflicted,
and -proud information which he conceives to be
invnlnaLle; and ho hopes every sufferer will try his
remedy, ns it 101 cost them nothing, and may prove
Patties %lishing the perseription will please address
tiny. EDWARD A. WILSOY,
1C South Second St., Williamsburgh, Kings County,
nov2l'CS-lyj ;New York.
A CARD TO THE LADIES!
Dr. DLIPONCO'S GOLDEN PERIODICAL PILLS!
"The °elate sled" Dupeoce Golden Pills , "FOR
PE,RALF.S," has relieved more pain, and caused
mere real joy, than any other Female inedicine ever
known. It to not a Secret Preparation. 'Every
agent' is Slade Acquainted with the ingredients.
Our first physicians use and recommend them, and
the Dm:gists. in t his and other cities, consider the
DBPONCO GOLDEN PILLS the leading article of
the kind to their trsde. All dealers speak alike in
its furor, and its reputation as a preparation of real
merit, and virtue, is firmly established. Every
LADY, at some period of her life, will find in the
Durance Golden Pills, just the Zledielne she most
needs; quieting the nerves, and bringing back the
rosy line of health to the cheek of the most delicate.
"Full and explicit directions inside each box."
Price, sLoo per box. Six boxes $5.00. Sold In Co
hankie, Pa s by V. D. BLENSINGER, (druggist,) No.
fill 4 Locust street s sole egent for Columbia. Ladies
by sending him $l.OO to the Columbia Post-Offiee,
can have the Pills sent (confidentially) by Mail to
any_part of the country free of Postage: Scold also
.B B
by V.eane. Gruger Rico; Laneas
terelattiiliff S Trout,'Mariottia, and by "One Drug
gist" insavery,'phieie, and by S. D. BOWE, Proprie
tor, New Tdrk. • ' ' [nov2l.3m-lawilkw
SPECIAL NOTICES:
TO PHYSICIANS
NEW Yon; Atigiist 150080!
• -
Allow me to call
. ? , ciur attention to my preparation
lii
of COMPOUND NTRACT 13UCHU. The compo
nentparts aro Duolin, Long Leaf Culiebs and Juniper
Borneo.
Node of Preparation.—Buchu, in vacua. Juniper
Berries, by distillation, to form a fine gin. Cuba's
tracted by displacement, by liquor obtained from
Juniper Berries, containing very little sugar, a small
prop9rtion of spirit, and more palatable than any
now in use. The active properties are by this 1110d43
extracted.
- -
Duchu, as prepared by druggistszenerally„ is of a
dark color. It is a plant that emits its fragrance, the
action of a flame destroys this (its active principle),
leaving a dark and glutinous decoction. I lie Bache
in my preparation predominates; the smallest qusts
tity of the other ingredients are added, to :prevent
fee mentation ; upon inspection, it will be found not
to be a tincture, as matte in Plnumaceptea, nor is it
syrup—and therefore can be used in cases whore
fever or nithunnuttion exists. In this, you have the
knowledge of We ingredients and the node of pre
pant ion.
Hoping that you will favor it with a trial, and that
upon inspection it will meet with your approba
tion,
With a feeling of confidence.
I ten, very respectfully,
11. I'. 11.1ilL111110ED,
Chemist and Druggist of IC years' experience in
Philadelphia, and now located at his Drug
and Chemical Warehouse, 594 Broadaay, New
York.
[From the largest manufacturing chemists in the
Wortd•l
"I am acquainted with Mr. Jr. T. Irelmbold ; lie oc
cupied the Drug Store opposite my residence, and
was successful in conducting the business where
others had not been equally no before him. I have
been favorably impressed with his elimacter end en
terprise.
WILLIAM WEIGIITMAN,
Firm of Powers 6: Weightman, Manufacturing
Chemists, Ninth and Brown Streets, Fhilade}-
,
phin.
lielmbold's Fluid 3l:xtract Dutiful, for fleshpots
arising front indiscretion. The exhausted powers of
naaoo w Inch ale accompanied by so many alarm nig
symptoms, among wliich will be found indisposition
to exertion, to ..s.of memory, wakefulness, horror of
disease, forebodings of evil, in tact, universal lassi
tude, prostration and inability to inter into the en
joyments of society.
he Constitution, once affe...ted with Organic weak
ness, requires the aid of medicine to strengthen and
irvigorate the system, which lIELIPEOLD'B EX
'l'lt.vn' 13UCIIU invariably does. if no treatment is
Suinnitteti to, Consumption or insanity ensues.
lielmbold's Fluid Extract Bucliu, in affections pe
ouilar to females, Is unequaled by any other prepara
tion, us in Chlorisis, or Retention, painiuluess, or
suppression of customary evacuations., ulcerated or
`Sento us state of the Uterus, and all complaints inci
dent to the sex, whether at sing from habits of dist
stpalion , imprudence in, or the decline or change of
lite.
Use Helmbola's Fluid Extract Buchu in all dis
eases of these organs, whether exist lug in same or
tonalc, from whatever cause originating, and no
matter of how long standing. It is pleasant in taste
and odor," immediate" in action, and more streligth
ening than any of the preparations of bar is or iron.
Those sutleung Irom broken-down or delicate Con
stitution:, procure the renmedyi t once.
'fire reader must be aware teat, howererstight may
be the (Mack of the above ch•eases, it is rem ULM to
aneet the [Kahl; health turd Ineotal potters.
All the above diseases require the and 01 a Diarctic.
lIELM BOLD'S EXTRAUT ilidt.:llU is the grcat.ditt
bull by droggtt to every:, here. 1 nee,, , 1.25 per bot
tle, or c bottloo :or $G 311. Leh, etc dto and achlie..s.
LeGeribe symptoms in all eolllTllllllleattollS.
Add: 11. I'. 11E1.:111.1u1,D, Drng and Cncnae.,l
WarenOt/Se, 51/1 Broach:::y, N. V.
None ale genuine un leo:3 done up in Mei-I-engraved
snapper, a :tit I.le=rdindo of my Chemical ‘Vmelionoe
and signed. H. T. 1thL311301..1%
WATCHES, jETVELBY,
0!! 0111
JUST LOOK AT THOSE
11: A J U CIFTS Fon. II °LID A:YS
~SIIREI NER°s.
I invite especial attention to my superb stock
orgootli, Just openetl,anit selling very low.
The largest steel; of
SILVER cL: SILVER PLATED WARE,
Ever displayed In Columbia, which cannot be
excelled for quality or finish,
RODGEItS' BROS. SPOONS 4CS FORKS
Together with n line stock of
FINE TABLE CUTLERY
GOLD & SILVER WATCHES,
Of all grades and maces, fully warranted, Also
GOLD, SILVER & PLATED CHAINS
JEWELRY DE I'AET 'AI ENT
Orir Jewelry Department is full, embracing n
great variety of
SETS,
PENS,
SLEEVE BUTTONS,
SPE CTAC LRS,
E.\IL PINCS,
RI \ GS,
CHARMS,
LOCK ETS,
STUDS,
The hugest, steak of Jewelry, of all descrip
tions, I I ve ever hail, with the prices reasona
ble. •
Clock :Departnacnt.
ltu tn.txtrtint , xit ScScili Thotttatt, anti all
the bent, malcvs of Clock::, t.elling at, very :low
prices.
GOLD PENS ! GOLD PENS !
FOLEI"S CELEBRATED COLD PENS, the
best made. A very beautiful stock Of PENS &
PENCILS. Call and try them.
A NEW DEPARTMENT !
FINE POCKET KNIVES,
We have added to our stork a large and com
plete assortment of the finest POCKET CUT
LERY. which we intend selling low for the qual
ity of Goods. At.
THE BEST QUALITY
Of goods at the lowest rates
Fancy" Goods_
Anexcellent assortment, Just received, con
sisting or
TOILET SETS
COLOGNE BOTTLES,
COIPANIO:NS
INK STANDS,
IME.SSING CASES,
CLUE BOXES,
ODOR CASES,
JEWEL BOXES,
ac„ act
ece. Sz<
JUST TUE PLACE
TO ran' lIOLIDAY GIFTS!
I offer extra Inducements, and I believe I
nave, without doubt,
THE LARGEST STOCK OF GOODS
of different grades, ever _Vetere offered M this
place, nut! cordially invite the public to
CALL AND EXAMINE
before making their purchases.
REMEMBER THE PLACE!
SHREINER'S.
cleelo3W 1 , 70, IS Front Street.
Tkc CLAUS
Ladies and Cott/milli, and-the dear• Chil
dren, Greeting:
My worthy and faithful'agent, IVM. U.
- HESS, to 'you' . well - firdOWlirlinViredial
charged his trust mai/ .most. faithful, and
satisfactory manner in the first season of
hisappointmeut,l have, therefore, with an
eye to your interest,'rcappointed the said
HESS, Disbursing Agent for the coming
Holidays, believing he will, in the most
liberal manner, deal out' the best .conee:
that of Gifts I have to him entrusted for
the benefit of you, my dear patrons.
Ever faithful, yours,
•SANTA CLAUS.
HESS TO HIS PATRONS
Our Patron Saint, the noble and venera
ble Santa Claus, having again appointed
me, your humble servant, his agent for dis
bursing to you, the good people of Colum
bia and vicinity, from his vast collection of
Gifts, gathered front Faderlaud, the Celes
tials, from sunny France, front the depths
of' the Ocean, and from the dear nutmeg
Slate. I have accepted the trust out of
puru love for the deco• people, who would
find it Inird to be turned from the beaten
path to the Storehouse of your unworthy
servant ; and have opened the campaign,
cleared the decks Mr action, double shot-
tell the guns, an put sabres and boarding
pikes in place. Alv venerable old Dutch
master, Santa Claus, has entrusted me with
a most bountitld supply of . Novelties for
the approaching holidays. Never was
there seen such a Musou in of curiosities in
Columbia as ale gathered logel.lier in tlyi,
Groat Vat iety Store
The man of Wooly Horse, Mermaid, and
" What is it" notoriety, or any other fnan
Lea: iog the hatec., never exhibilvd such a
lvoederful ztrortment of—everything. The
stubborn donkey, who bhnkes his head on-
grily at the spectator ;" the innocent Lanny,
that bleats his complaints ; the Magic Lan
tern ; the noble Horse, saddled and bridled
for Ills new master; the train of cars, ready
to take upon an excursion the Lilliputians
standing near; the Hook :tnd Ladder
Wagon, and Steam sire Engine, ready for
the " hohoys" to "run wid der Machine;"
the little Horns, Trumpets, Books and Tea
Sets ibr the little misses; the Guns and
Drums for the "bold soger boy ;" tho Drays"
for the young drayinen ; the sets of Dishes
in wood, pewter and China, for the little
dears' _first "tea-fight;" the old Codger, eat
ing ducks at one swallow; the Cannibal,
eating soldiers as fast as they can be
chucked into his mouth ; the—the—well,
there, it is no use to enumerate. Paper is_
too dear, and the columns of the news
juiper too short, to contain a full list of the •
immense number of novelties. Sul'ilea it to
say, that we will astonish you when you
call (and we know you that have a good,
big hem t wi//)to see them. We h &Ivo presents
for ladies, presents for gentlemen, presents,
for misses, presents for boys, and presents
for the clear little 'children. - Men who wish
to make the heart of their bosom compan
ion glad, wives who wish to rociprocatet e
mark of affection, parents .wh wain u 07
pay the good deeds of dutiful and affection
ate children, and children who wish to
honor their parents, lovers who wish to
give to their idol, masters to their servants
and servants to their masters, can find at
Hess' just what they want—the most appro
priate gift they could purchase. So go in
and win. Something new received almost
daily.
Farmers, lords of the soil, you have had
a'utost prosperous season. A kind Provi
dence has most graciously smiled upon
you, and your granaries are groaning with
the weight of a bountiful harvest. Your
families are expecting—and justly too—that
you will, in the approaching Holidays open
your heart and wallet. Lawyers, you, too,
have had a good practice. Your clients
have been many, and you have eaten the
oyster, they have had the shell. Open thou
thy purse liberally. Doctors, the God of
Esculapi us has'smiled upon you, and both
large closes and the little pill has east-up
into your pockets a copious discharge of
greenbacks. Remember the expectations
of your friends, and purge your purse of its
overloaded stamps: Artisans, you, too,
have been highly favored. Your skill has
been• liberally rewarded, and your loved
ones expect much from you; disappOint
them not, but go to Bess and there make
your holiday purchases without delay.
Sce., ,Cc
pUBLIC SALE
undersigned, now residing, on the farm of
M. M. Strickler, in West, Hemp field township,
wilt otter at public sale, on the preinnoS,
ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26th, INS,
The following valuable property • Four mules, Family Driving Mare, Five 'Mulch Cows, 10
head of Young Cattle, 2 Breeding Sows, 1 'Ches
ter Cuanly Boar, 6 Sheep, 3 Farm Wagons, 1 two
horse Wagon, 1 Spring Wagon, 2 Buggies, 2 pair
of Hay Ladders, Hay Forks and Ropes, 1 Sepa
rator and Borne-Power, I Grain Fan, 2 Reapers,
5 Plows, 3 Harrost , s,l Cultivator. 1 Horse Rake,
1 Comp hinter, I huller, Team 'Harness,
U Sets 01 Plow Harness, Filth Chain, Spreader,
Swingle Trees, Single and Double, Rakes and
Forks, Grass Scythes, Grain Cradles, .15 Three
Bushel Grain Bugs. Beds and Bedsteads, Chairs,
Bureau, Tables, settee, die. The terms will be
made known on day at sale. Sale to commence
at 1 o'clock, P. M.
deele-tstkutv I DENTIY B. KAUFFMAN.
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17 1 01 t SALE.
otr•r' the following articles at - PRIVATE
SALE, viz:
A new sign with "First National Bank" In
large gilt letters, which will answer for any First
National Bank.
A first-class Ash Top Counter, - suitable for
Bank or for Bankers, and will answer for any
other business Mat' requires a good Counter.
0110 double and two single Writing Desk.
Sly Window Sash with. glass 32xlt, One Wood
en Mantle. Several six pannel Doors and three
sets of double Doors,
The above articles will be sold at one-halftheir
original cost in cheap banes on account of the
Bank not needing them in their newly furnish-,
ed room. All persons wishing to see the articles
will please call at the First National Bank of
Columbia.
The public will please accept our thanks for
past patronage, and we shall be happy to have
them continue the same, and can assure them
that no ',Maslen' he spared on our part to ren
der the fullest sattslhetlon. We shall be very
happy to have them all ;mil and see us In our
newly modeled and furnished room.
S. S. DETWILER.
Cashier.
se:~tsat7
VALUABLE FARM •
MILE, PROPERTY
The subscriber being about to remove from
the neighborhood, would offer his FARM and
FLO tJtt LNG MILL at Raw AT El SALE.
The property is located in West Hemplield
township. Lancaster county, in one of the rich
est agricultural districts in the State; ono mile
and-a-half hem Columbia. :
The is In good order, and Is kept running
constantly on customer work, It has two mu
of French burrs, with all the necessary Im
proved machinery for doing merchant and coun
try work. It has lately been put in complete
order.
The Farm contains a little over one hundred
acres, is In a high state of cultivation, and pro
duces abundant crops. It is especially adapted
to thegrowing of cattle. The buildings are good
and substantial, and the location admirable.
A rare opportunity is here offered for any one
who wishes to invest in property that will pay,
or to purchase a good home In one of the, best
localities In the State.
thenPns wishing to view the property can call
on subscriber on the premises, or make in
quiries of Mr. Martin Erwin, Franklin ;House,
Columbia. .
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sa.The terms of sale will be made tensimal;le
sep.Sittd • THOMAS GROOM'.
PROCLAJITATION.
TO TITS PATRONS
W.M. U. HESS
_FOB S.iLL.E.
PRIVATE SALE