A. M. RA.MBO, Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XL, NUMBER 42.] THE COLUMBIA SPY, DAILY AND WEEKLY TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION WEEKLY, $9.00 per year, if paid in advance; six months, S If not paid until the expiration of the year, $2.50 will be charged. $17 , 761J: COPIES No paper will be discontinued until all arrear ages are paid, unless at the option of tile editor RATES OF ADVERTISING: EIGHT LINES SPACE MAKE A SQUARE Iwl2wllml2ml3mlem_l yr Syr. I st.oo i 61.50 I $2.50 i sj.uo I ss.ta I ss.eo I $12.00 2 Sqrs. 1 2.00 1 3.00 1 5.00 1 6.00 8.00 112.00 1 18.00 3 Sqrs. I 2.501 4.00 j _6,00 j 9.00 1 12.00 1 18.001 25.00 V. Col. I 6.00 I 7.00 I 0.00 113.00 115.00 20.00 I 30.00 1,..:1 Cot. I 8.00 1 15.00 I 18.00 I 2.3 00 1 30.601 60.00 I 70.00 1 Col. I 13.00 1_15.00 30.00 I 40.00 f MAIO 1125.00 Double the above rates will be charged for dis play or blank advertisements. Advertisements not under contract, must be marked the length of time desired, or they will be continued and charged for until ordered out. Special Notice:42.s per cent. more. All Notices or Advertisments in reading mat ter, under ten lines, 51.00; over ten lines, 10 cts. per line, minion type. Yearly Advertisers discontinuing their adver tisements before the expiration of the year, will be charged at full rates as above, or according to contract. Transient rates will be charged for all matters not rotating StriCa9 to their business. All advertising will be considered CASH, after 11rSt insertion. PROFESSIONAL. 11. CLARK, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE OFFlCE—next door to 1-less' Uoolc. store. Office Hours—From 6 to 7 A. NI. 12 to 1 P. M, and from. 6 to 9 P. M. [alir.2o, H. Di. NORTH, ATTORNEY ct, COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW, Columbia, ra. Collections promptly made in Lancaster and York Counties. A 3. 'KAUFFMA', ATTORNEY-AT-L:IW Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining Counties. Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, and all claims against the government promptly prosecuted. Office—No. 152, Locust street. SAMUEL EVANS, JUSTICE. OF THE PEACE. Office, on Second St.. adjoining Odd Fellows MAI, Colombia, Pe. T J. L. HOFFER, DENTIST. Nitrous Oxide Gas administered in the extrac tion of Teeth. Ofilce—Front Street, next door to R. Williams Drug Store, between Locust and Walnut Streets Columbia, Pa. HINICLE, U. PHYSICIAN Lt; SURGEON; offers his professional services to the citizens of Columbia and vicinity. He may be found at the office connected with his residence, on Second street, between Cherry and Union, every clay, from 7t09 A. M., and from 6toBP. M. Persons wishing his services in special cases, between these hours, will leave word by note at his office, or through the post office. D ENTAL SURGERY. J. S. SMITH, DENTIST Graduate of Pennsylvania College of Dental Surry. °ince in Wagner' s tiding. over UaMeman's dry goods store. En trance, 270 Locust Street, Columbia, Penn'a. Dr. 3. S. Smith thanks his friends and the pub -lie in general for their 'liberal patronage in the past and assuring them that they can rely upon having every attention given to them in the • future. -In. every branch of his profession he has always 'given entire , satisfaction. He calls -ofntlon•tg•the unsurpasssed style and fin 7 artificial 'teeth in4erted. , by,itim. He treats ,41i,seascu;vommon to-the - mouth. and teeth bf ; • , 1 11n04114110 1 14,ttltir•IletlAvith_ Wegreat- est 'care - and - lii , the ritoSt'''praVtforMißtitiFitYr. Aching teeth treated and filled to last for years. The best of dontrUlees and mouth washes eon stantly on hand. N. B.—All work warranted. ap24-lyw S. S. sanTH. D. D. S. HOTELS. WESTERN HOTEL, Nos. 9, 11, 13 S 15 CORTLAIsIDT STREET, NEW YOUR% THOS. D. WINCIIESTEII, Pnoi.n/mTOR. This Hotel is Central and convenient for Penn- . . ABLE it, of lteadhay„ Pa., Is an rissistant'at , tilts Hotel, and will be glad to xeC his friends at all tiines. oetlo-tfar " CONTINENTAL." THIS HOTEL IS PLEASANTLY LOCATED, between the Stations of tile Reading:lnd (Mtn ti bia, and Pennsylvania Railroads, FRONT STREET, COLUMBIA, PA. Ample accommodations for Strangers and Trav elers. The Bar is stocked with CHOICE LIQUORS, And the Tables furnished with the best fare. LTRIATI FfNDLEY, Columbia, April _99, 1807.] Proprietor liRA.7%.:KLIN HOUSE, LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA. This is a first-class hotel, and is in every respect •uiapted to meet the wishes and desires of the traveling public. MARTIN ERWIN, Proprietor, F RENCH'S HOTEL, On the European Plan, opposite City Ilan Park New York. R. FRENCH, Sept. 19.18(1$. Proprietor. MISHLER'S HOTEL, West 'Market Square, Reading iteitifa. ENT.A.I%.; MISSILES., Proprietor. MALTBY HOUSLo, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. This hotel has been lately refitted with all the necessary improvements known to hotel enter prise and therefore offers first-class accommoda tions to strangers and others visiting Baltimore. A. B. MILLER, Proprietor. EDUCATIO.IVAL. T EBANON VALLEY COLLEGE ! g i eILL TERM COMMENCES AUGUST 5, 1868. This institution aims to educate youth of both exes in all the so'id or ornamental branches. Its odlcers hold that students should be trained with a view to the sphere of life they are to oc cupy, and to oceomplish this object, the follow ing courses of study have been adopted : 1. A Classical course. '2. A Biblical course. S. A Ladies' course. 4. A Scientific course. 5. A Teacher's course. All Ornamental course. . 7. A Commercial course. S. A GrammerSchool course. Mae courses aro THOROUGH. COMPREHEN SIVE and COMPLETE is themselves " We invite all who have children or wards to educate, to visit this School before sending else where. It presents many advantages, among which are Ist. Thorough and practical Instruction. 2nd. Accommodations not excelled elsewhere. 3rd. 20 per cent. less in cost than other schools of equal grade. .IZ - Fothi and fashion are not part of our pro; zinnia. We aim at refinement, but a refinement springing from a good heart and a cultivated intel lect. For Catalogues or further particulars, raldress T. R. VICICROY, A. M.. Annville, Lebanon County. Pa. J uly 2763-tf. /1r4.R,8.LE TVOR,.KS. LANCASTER MARBLE WORKS, LEWIS HALDY, Proprietor. All persons In want of anything in the Marble line, will be it rnisbed at the N. - cry lowest prices. Only the best workmen are employed, conse quently we are enable to turn out in a superior manner SIONITMENTS. STATUATtY. TOMBSTONES, ORNAMENTS. MARBLE MANTLES, BUILDING FRONTS, SILLS, And 'Marble Work of every description. 117 - Orders promptly attended to LEWIS lIALDY, Lancaster City, Pa. May 4;67] CHARLES M. HOWELL, MARBLE SEASON, NO. GO NORTH QUEEN STREET, EAST SIDE. The Oldest Slarble Works in Lancaster County. Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore oestowed upon him, he respectfully solicits a continuance of the same. He has on hand the largest, mast varied and complete stock of nnished • MONUMENTS, MANTLES, GRAVE STONES, die., die., to be found in the city. and which will be sold at the lowest prices: Building work and Sobbing of every description punctually - attended - to. Persons in want of Monuments, Mantles, or Grave Stones, are invited to call and examine the stock on hand, also the portfolios of designs. June STEAM - PRINTING.—CaII at the Steam Printing House of the COLMIBIA. Y. rear of Columbia National Beak, and er.- sunine specimens of Letter.Heada,Noten.cardaito ' .. : i _.,,..i /. .;'' , .. 11. ,-....:1, 1 - '4' ;.., 9 .. . . - • •L,..,1 4 -'._ ( .k.... , >‘-- - 0 - ~•-•, ,,i;:ie 4 .- i ....,--e * -..1........... ...., , ~ ... ~ ... , . . , .. . . " •-••.- • ' • .. .. ... 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Dr. MishTer offers fire hundred dollars to the pro prietor of any ►fedicine that can show a greater number of genuine certificates of cures erected by it, near the place where it is made, than MISITLER'S ITERB BITTERS MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS Is for sale in Columbinby J. C. BUCHER, At his Store, Locust Street, Coluntl3la. WINES AND LIQUORS! Embracing the following; Catawba, Port, Lisbon, Cherry, Maderia, Currant and Muscat WINES COGNAC, OF DIFFERENT BRANDS. 6u- A 4 5 4,, •; ,-,0 X 0 :: 6) Z 47 Y.E ,,1 140?5p'4.,, BRANDIES of all kinds Blackberry Catawba, Cherry, UM XX Old 'Rye X Old Rye, Pure Old nye, Monongahela, Reel Med ‘iillsky,London Brown Stout Scuteli Ale, Sc., do MALT AND OLDER VINEGAR He ls also Agent for the Celebrated MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS POCK ET FLASKS, DEMIJOILNS, TOBACCO BOXES, and FANCY ARTICLES, in great variety, MISHLER'S BITTERS! PURE dc UNADULTERATED BEST STOUT PORTER! From E. HTBBERT, LONDON PURE MALT VINEGAR Cannot bo purenased at any other establish- ment In town, and Is warranted to keep fruits aril vegetables perfect The Best Brands of Importeci SCOTCH AND LONDON ALE 'CO SMOKERS AND CHEWERS TigHElt will still keep on band the . ttest Brands of SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO, SNUFF, HAVANA, YARA, and COMMON SEGARS. Also, SNUFF at TOBACCO BOXES, PIPES—a thousand and one varieties. Call at J. C. BUCHER'S, Loinist Street, adjoining Haldeman's Store. It lx the greatest establishment of the kind this lido of PlaStadelphin. • esi...Only Agency for Lee's London Porter, and 2dlahler's Bitters. NI:slag:1, Champagne, Claret, Rhine, Blackborry, Elderberry, Jamaica Spirits, EEC= Ginger, Superior old Rye, Pure Old Rye, XXX Old Rye, AGENCY FOR FOR SALE At J. C. DITCHER'S For Sale by J. C. BUCHER I= J. C. BUCkIER, Loenst Street, above Front Agent for the I= J. C. BUCHER 8 COLUMBIA, PA., SATTJRDAY MORNIN . G, MAY 29, 1869. sttorted Wottry. The Burial Sir 7 And— Moses Johnson. [The following parody on the well-known verses of Wolfe will be read with interest—less, however, for their literary rnerlt than for their twanging hits.] TYPO'S TEE REPORTED BEATE OF ANDREW sotrN- SON, EX-ALDERMAN, ETC Not a tlruin was heard, net a martial note, As his corzpe to the graveyard we hurried ; No colored troops fired a farewell shot O'er the grave where their Moses teas hurled We burled him deeply, far out of sight, The soil with our wet boots spurning,: For we feared when the Ku-Klux came that night, They would follow our trail returning, No Yankee coffin enclosed 1111,breast, Nor in sheet nor In shroud we bound him; But the dear Constitution we placed on his chest Wrapped the star-spangled banner round Mm Short and sweet were the prayers we said, Mrs. Cobb was bowed down with sorrow, As she thought of the circle swung by the dead And wondered where he'd swing the morrow We 1/101/gilt as we gazed on the Alderman's bed, And Smoothed down the poor tailor's pillow, That old Person Drownlow would dance o'er his head, And no one would plant there a willow. Lightly they'd tipeak. of the spirit that's flown, And for hundred's of pardons upbraid him; DA little he'll care If they let him 1110710 In tLe grave where his rebel friends laid him But half our hefty work was done When the Whisky Ring spoke of retiring; And we heard of a captured nine-inch gun That poor Nasky was mournfully firing. Slowly and sadly we lowered him down, 'Neath his "thlrty-six stars" "flog," and "glory," And we each paid two bits to erect there a stone That would tell to the country his story. 'Hymn for Decoration D. =III Let us go to the graves where our dead heroes rest, And strew them with garlands of flower; Let our mem'ries - with love the remembrance tnvCSt, As scatter these bright floral showers. When the flag, that they honored wa, trailing, in dust, And rent was their nation in twain ; When with bold, daring threats they heard trai tors who cursed The land for which patriots were slain. Then, with valor and courage tie'er witnessed before, They gathered from North, East and West, Determined to conquer the foe who would lower Our proud, noble bird from his crest. Patriotic and ardent they marched 'gninf.t. tin foe. And fought in humanity's cause, Convinced of their duty, that come wrel OVeOllll.l woe, They must stand by their country and laws. Through the four Weary years that the contest was 'waged, Their ardor scarce faltered or failed, Through the hottest of battles that ever bad raged Their courage ne'er slackened nor quailed. But many, ah! how many were called on to die In defense of the flag which they bore; - 'And throughout the whole land how piteous the cry• .• ,- ,, ,, o„r4be,,be , o•l34,thk,t_W_ere saddened and sore ! Through the might of their valor the victory was gained, The dark clouds of war rolled away, And our flag with its ensigns unsoiled and un stained Waves proudly above us to-day. Let as honor the names of thefgallant and brave, Who died for their dear country's life ; Let us scatter sweet May-flowers over the graves Of the heroes who fell in the strife. its eel In a coy v. g 3 ea ding " Brick " P xxxxx eroy—He Finds New York a Hard Field How He Bragged and Bow He Fizzled— His Luck and His Losses—The Bottom of " Two Hundred Thou sand "—Truth Stranger than Fic tion. •' Brick" Pomeroy, better named Mark M. Pomeroy, declares that he has met with great "success" in his attempt to estab lish a newspaper in New York city. 'We are glad he feels so buoyant about what ninety-nine men out of a hundred deetn a wretched failure. He is now at La Crosse. If he stays there and stops his New York paper, he will be a wise man. If he then makes his La Crosse paper decent —fit for a man to take to his borne—he will not have lived entirely in vain. But we have started to relate the story of "Brick" in New York—how he did—and then how he didn't. His promises began to be made most profusely about a year ago. It was in the latter part of Jane that ho fully (totem] ined upon a daily paper in New York. .loe Howard—he of the proclamation forge ry—was recommended to "Brick" as his style of a man, and just the one to carry out his plans. Joe was open to tin engagement, having just left the very clever little paper that he edited in Williamsburg. So the two came together, and were mutually pleased. "Go ahead, said Pomeroy; "make ready for a first-class paper, and draw on me for the funds." And Joe went "ahead" with a vengeance. He leased spacious rooms Lin the San buildings. Painters, carpenters and type founders were summoned with great rapidity, and in a short month Joe Howard had started Brick's machine. Hp to this point—the point of getting out the first number of an evening paper—not far front ten thousand dollars had been spent. Resplendent signs shone forth from the saf fron tinted building. The arrangements inside the offices were very creditable to the ingenuity of Howard, as well as ruinous to the purse of Pomeroy. The Sun presses did the press-work. On the first clay of publication over thirty thousand copies of the Demoevat were published, and all the news boys from Dan to Bersheba (Barclay street to Brooklyn) rushed for the new pa per. Joe had his wet off vainly struggling to supply the wants of the clamorous boys. "Brick" stood in the doorway with his hands in his pockets—pockets so soodto be fright ened with golden ducats.. Full twenty thou sand copies of the paper were sold that day. All because it was a paper edited by the great "Brick," of whom so many had heard and so few knew. The sale began to fall off on the socondday, simply because the paper was not an electrical success. It was a dead failure. Save when Howard's really-grace ful pen shone forth itt pleasant personals and in amusement criticisms, (lark d ullness prevailed. Fewer and fewer papers were sold. The weekly losses were very large. In vain did Pomeroy feed out the funds while Howard and his force—then includ ing Otterson—struggled manfully with their quills. Every now and then Pomeroy him self would indite a paragraph asserting that his paper paid splendidly, was a great suc cess, and surpassed his "fondest hopes." Meanwhile the national election came otr, and Pomeroy resolved to enter on a grander field and place himself at the "haul of the Democracy." He at once made the _Demo crat a morning paper, anti as a further evi dence of genuine prosperity, took on the form of the quarto sheet. The newsboys dropped the paper at once, as they do not and will not sell morning papers. Then the actual sales became very much less— reduced to even five thousand daily. The "NO ENTERTAINMENT SO - MTEAP AS BEADING, NOR ANY TLEASUBE SO LASTING." people of New York,Deinoerats and Repub licans, could not bear such vituneratlons, shameleslinuendoes and foul-mouthed lan guage as found its way so freely into the columns of the Democrat. "Brick" had for once mistaken his field. New York was too refined to smile on his style of journalism. Gentlemen did not care to have such sheets upon their tables—either at their homes or At their places of business. Nor would the reading rooms of the clubs tolerate it among their, ilex. It is but simple truth to say that the sheet was held in utter contempt by almost everybody. Pomeroy labored very hard for the Dem ocratic party, previous to the election, and finally lost his health thereby. For several months be was unable to attend to his paper, and it become little more than a dead sheet. Upon returning to New York be ousted Howard and others of the editors, took on once more the folio form, and promised great things. He again related his wonder ful "successes," and his paper was making money, and was increasing largely in circu lation. Alas ! how few there were to believe it! His prestige was gone in New York. There were none to pay him homage. And still he poured out his empty promises, and bragged of what people laughed at as fool ish. His language was not the language of New York. His oaths, posted all over the city to attract attention, were the disgust of every swearing man. He had no audience. The Democratic politicians even would not give him credence. After Howard was ousted from the edi torial room of the Democrat', Pomeroy took the helm himself, and has worked more or less constantly ever since. But his work was not the kind to take in New York. lie had a Frenchman clever at "gathering" telegraphic news. He availed himself of all the facilities that are offered by the New York News Association, whereby the active local news of the city and suburbs is fur nished at large expense. He bought a Bul lock press at a cost of near fifteen thousand dollars. He had men at work writing special local sketches at considerable cost. Ile received many special telegraphic dis patches—bat all in vain. The paper did not go. It supplied an 'immense amount of reading matter for two cents, and was got ten up every clay at great expense. Its sales, however, ran down, and even Pome roy's "propping up" with notices of "suc cess" and "prosperity" did not revive it. It was evident that Pomeroy, he who had once had such great success, had at last run on the rocks. We do not know how much money Brick has lost in New York, but xve believe it to be over ono hundred thousand dollars, and considerably over. Ho still hangs to his paper—we know not why, since it is very unpopular. The universal voice is "the venture is a failure." Oaths and insults will not pass current in New York. And for one we hope the sales may continue to diminish till the proprietor learns not to shame an entire community with blasphe my and nastiness. How a Request for a "Pass , was tri=3! We publish below a brilliant article which has just been published in the New Lexing l-ont'-(.01,41-eroad,444,arj,eyasi,ve4e:PlY tq a request for a pass for the immortal N.," over the Pennsylvania Central Rail road. It shows the writer to have ability, in addition to his efficiency as an officer, and worthy assistant of Edward H. 'Wil liams, one of the best railroad men in America : "A LTOONA, PA., August 14, IStiS. "The Immortal J. N., "Dr:An Stu :--Your communication of yesterday, applying for a pass from Phis' burg to Philadelphia and ret urn on account of "Truth and Reconciliation," is before mu and has received careful consideration. "After a thorough review or the condition of our beloved country, of the status of the various commonwealths of the Sunny South which united a few short years ago in the "little unpleasantness" against our glorious flag, and of the present auspiciou§ aspect of our political affairs—questions all more or less intimately connected with your appli cation for a pass—l am led to the conclu sion that the great work is substantially ac complished, that the halcyon days of peace and prosperity are at hand and that the la bors of yourself, Horace Greeley,-Dantet Pratt, the great American traveler, and other self-denying and philanthropic pa triots, are no longer required in the cause of pacification and reform. In corroboration of this, I point you to the fact that but re cently one of the Philosophers above named, apparently convinced that his HI is s ion on earth was accomplished, and that nothing farther remained for him to do, at tempted to take leave of this mortal sphere by jumping from an East River ferry-boat. Calmly spreading his umbrella above his much-traveled head, and taking a last lin gering look at the spires of that great com mercial centre and stronghold of the un terrified democracy, he sought to end his eventful existence neath the 'Salt Sea wave." Ills motive was undoubtedly sal,- lime. "True patriot, lir., for be It understood. Ire left, his country for hi, eount*"s good llis purpose, however, unhappily frus trated. linsyin pat LI Ning deck-bands and lu gubrious long-shore men rescued him from the whelming tide, and he still lives-lives t contemplate with remorse the country whose late Democratic convention preferred Seymour to him as its nominee for Presi dent. He has left, to console him only the philosophical reflection that 'republics were ever ungrateful,' and the immortal words of the poet, 'Twits ever thw- from childhood's how seeo fondest hopes deea3 "Think not because I cite to you the ex ample of the illustrious but deluded Daniel Prittt, that I would recommend his mad at tempt at martyrdom tin• your emulation. No! I would say to you, 'J. N.; live to be hold the triumph of your labors, live to see the 'veil' finally and forever 'lifted,' the pressure removed, and 'truth and reconcili ation' an accomplished fact. Though this great cause may no longer require your burning eloquence, new fields of conquest await you. The social material an moral development of this great nation afford ample scope for your persuasive powers. Already the rails for an iron pathway across the continent have passed the peaks of the Rocky Mountains and arc stretching away toward the Pacific coast. ' On either side lie virgin fields as yet uptilled by human hand and ready o yield their plen tiful harvests as the reward of toil. Let me recommend your in vestment in a few brotfd acres and the direction of your efforts to wards the reclamation of nature—men and politicians having been fully reclaimed by your previous exertions. As an agricul turist, I doubt not you would be a great success as you have been as at reformist and publicist. The life would be happy and peaceful while an agreeable variety would be afforded by the occasional howl of the prairie wolf or the melodious whoops of the scalp-lifting Camanche. If, however, the cause of moral improvement should still force itself upon your mind, an ample field for labor presents itself within the classic precinLs of Salt Lake. If you are matrimo nially inclined, you might marry a little— say a score or two of Brigham's fairest daughters—and devote yoarsolf to the ele vation of the Mormon dynasty and the population of Utah with a glorious posteri ty of future 'J. N's.' "But I need not suggest to- ou opportu nities for future effort. They will undoubt edly occur to you on every hand in that un tried region. Go, then, and may the bless ings of the myriads in these Eastern climes, from whose benighted vision your labors have lifted the veil, go with you to your new sphere of duty. From the sunny fields of the South shall come the cheering accla mations of Hampton, Forrest, Beauregard, and others, from whom the pressure has been removed, while from tar across the. broad Atlantic (possibly per cable,at ,$2 per word and charges to collect) shall coin° the parting benison of that 'solitary man of destiny' Jeff. Davis. "As your course westward, whither it has been occasionally remarked, 'The Star of 'Empire takes its way,' will not lie 'over the thoroughfare of the Peingsylvania Railroad COmpatiy. it will not be in my power to ex tend to you the courtesy of a pass. We can only console ourselves by reflecting with feelings of untold satisfaction on the con tributions which that great Company has made to the cause in the past. With those feelings will be mingled others of unmiti gated delight that those contributions will be no longer necessary "With my best wishes for your speedy and prosperous journey, I remain, "Very respectfully and truly yours, "Jou.); IL CONVERSE,' Jerusalem—A City Beneath a City— Pompeii and Herculaneum Re peat ed Result. of Recent Ex- plorsitions The snbterranean explorations which have been carried on at Jerusalem by Lieu tenant Warren, on behalf of the British association known as the Palestine Explor ation Society, leave no doubt that the city which was hallowed by the feet of the Savior of mankind, and which was the scene of the most solemn event in the his to.r3, of the world, still exists buried beneath the modern Jerusalem, as Pompeii and Her culanenm lie buried beneath the lava and ashes of Vesuyius. Lieutenant Warren commenced his explorations in February, IS6B, and reports of the results of his inves tigations up to February of this year have been published. lie has sunken twenty four shafts in diffetent parts of the city, be sides making excavations at the Pool of Bethesda and at Siloam, and has driven galleries from these shafts to the distance of many hundred feet. Until these investi gations had been commenced, the belief was general that not only had the ancient Jeru salem been razed to the ground, but that it had been cleared away from its site so that not even a vestige of it could be found. In numerable explorations of the modern city above the ground had been made; and it Ai as supposed that all the notable propor tions of the new city had been correctly identified with the corresponding portions of the ancient one. But now it seems to be shown that the greater part of these sup posed identifications have been based on fallacies. The disappearance of that old city is, in faotr oni3-01-the7,-Ltiom-mary9lottripinggja history. /Terg was a eltyk; famous flir its size, magoilacence and beauty, "the joy of the Whole earth," the history oC which, from its foundation up to the period of its cap ture by the Romans, was known and re corded with unparalleled minuteness, sud denly wiped out from the face of the earth, with nothing lett to mark its site but gigan tic heaps of ruins, on which, after the lapse of centuries, a small and ugly looking town was built. * From the destruction of Jerusa lem by Titus down to the fourth century, the history of the city is blank; hut, from the latter period until now, descriptions of it have been n Inerous and detailed. Curi ously enough, however, no one before Lieu tenant Warren seems to have noticed that, while the correctness of the description given by Joseph us of the ancient is maples- notable, the fact that the appearance and comparative height of the hill, and especial ly the height of the temple wall, are so dif ferent—the discrepancy pointed out the fact that surface of the modern city is one hun dred feet or more above what was the sur face of the ancient city. Thus, Josephus speaks of the dizzyheight from the southern cloister of the temple to the bottom of the Kedrou Valley. At present the height is anything but a dizzy one ; but Lieutenant Warren has ascertained that the wall of the temple, from its foundation to the floor of this cloister, was 133 feet; the cloister was itself 90 feet high ; and the bottom of the valley of Kedron, which is .now only 133 feet below the wall, NV as in fact '2.26 feet deep ; so that " the dizzy height" was really 448 feet, or just about the distance of the three hundred cubits mentioned by Joseph us. Lieutenant Warren commenced his:oxen ! vatious at the southeast corner of the harem ! inelosure, a spot where the wall is remark ! able for the size of the stone and its height, which is seventy feet above the present sur face. The result of this examination was the discovery of the true surface of the rock on which this portion of the temple wall stands, at a distance of sixty feet below the present surfitee, and 133 lect below the inner level of the platform of the harem. The next excavation AVON at the opposite end of the south wall ; and hero, after exposing the Avail to the depth of frty-five feet, a pave ment was found, consisting of stones ono foot square, polished by the tread of feet nearly 2,00 years ago. The workmanship of the wall was boa boautifat, the lower course being "rusticated," but the upper ones fin ished on the face, with joints exquisitely fitted, so as to 130 htr•dly visible. The "re bating" is from four to six inches wide, and set in black about three inches in the upper or dressed stones, and eighteen inches in those not dressed. This shaft was continued still deeper, and at the depth of eighty-five feet a gallery was found running north and south, which was explored to a distance of 3SO feet. By another excavation a series of vaults was found under those which have been known as the "stables of Solomon." The masonry of the passage leading to these vaults "is of the first order of megalihic masonry, with stones upwards of fifteen feet in length, beautifully worked, and with the characteristic rebating." The roof is of large stones, rebated and laid flat. The discoveries made by other excavations are equally important and decisive, and they show, beyond all cavil, that the old demise lent'stilL exists beneath the modern town. A Weeping Monument. 'Tis said that there is a monument near Copenhagen, called the weeping eye. nobleman's grief for the death of his wife was so excessive that he caused a monu ment to be erected over a spring, and made the water spout from the eye, as a contin ual flood of tears—a symbol of this exclu sive grief. A "FESTAL[-: BONDIN" Ivalking at. tight rope at Bolton, England, fell sixty teet, but the fall was broken partly by another rope, and partly by the crowd which caught her. and found, with - deep disgust, that she re mained alive. ADVERTISE in the S. Nuke Home Happy. The time will come when children will not desire to be continually under the par ent's roof. Let them out—in the day-time. Children should never be in the streets in the dark. Older persons than children can not bear that very well. But in the day time swell the bounds as far as practical. Err in that direction rather than in the other. Over-restraint upon an impetuous nature is demoralizing. But, having let them out, draw them back again,by making the house pleasanter than any other place. Social enjoyment ; innocent games; amuse ments in which, if possible, parents and children shall both participate; the re sources of art, and of science, and of music and dancing—and anybody that will not let child dance in the household ought him self to be set dancing to another tune!— these things ought to be encouraged. What ever will make the child say, "nowhere else tun I so happy as at home," whatever will build it ap amply, furnishing it with the material of a joyous life—that honors and dignifies the house. Therefore it is that pleasures sought away from home should be Inkt•n, as sweetmeats are, not as food, but as occasional mouth fuls. And in all pleasures taken away from home, selection should be made, and those should be preferred which take the family, and not those which separate the funnily. If it is right for' your child to go to the theater, it is right for father and mother to go with him. If it is right for the daughter to go with her beau to the opera, it is right for the family to go. It is better to go in a party, as a family, than for one toga alone. It is solitary drinking that curses men. Ti is solitary vice that blights men. It is solitary pleasures that demoralize men. It is solitary enjoyment out of the family that corrupts the household. And if you are not at home provided with all that is needful, and you go forth for entertainment nand in struction, seek those things to which the whole or a major part of the fit mily can go. Separate not the children from the parents, nor the children one from another.—henry Ward Beecher. The Eight Hour Earv—Proeinnia tiou by the President. Whereas the act of Congress approved Juno 2.3, ISUS constituted on and after that date, eight hours a day's work for all labor ers, workmen and mechanics employed by or on behalfof the government of the United States and repealed all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith. :Sow, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, Pres ident of the United States, do hereby direct that from and after this date no red netion shall be made in the wages paid by the gov ernment by the day to such laborers, work men and mechanics ou account of such re daction of the hours of labor. In testimony - whereof I have hereto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the"eity of -Washington this 1903 day of May, in the year of.our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the independence of the 'United States the ninety-third. By the President: Amnaoly Fists, Secretary 91 State itrandksvineMaliorelaureim,Cfiesler Couuty, Pa. The Reverend and venerable John N. C. Grier delivered his farewell sermon to his congregation on the last Sabbath. He has been Pastor at the Manor Church fifty four years and seven mouths. His father preceded him in the same pul pit, and ministered there twenty-seven years. ire died young, comparatively. and had been a Chaplain in the American Army during the Revolution. Prior to Mr. Grier, Sr., was the Rev. Mr. Carmichael, who ministered at the Manor for thirty years. His pastorate embraced two stormy periods:—the French war which cost France her Canadian possussons, aad the Revolutionary• war, which seperated the thirteen American Colonies from Great The commencing and ending of the Pa.:- tonne:, of the three excellent gcntleineu named above, are believed to be as' fol lows : Rev. Mr. Carmichael, 1758 to 1788; Rev Mr. Grier, Sr., 1788 to 1815 ; Rev. John N C. Grier, 1815 to 1559. Lucky Douglass- Fred Douglass, Junior, son of Fred Douglass, Senior, applied to Mr.. Wolfe, Register of Deeds, in Washington, last week, for clerkship. Mr Douglass confessed he belonged to a " despised class," yet, not withstanding, had fought acceptably for the Union as a Massachusetts soldier, adding that he was a son of Fred Douglass—a man who was held in bondage on account of the difference of caste—and a printer; but his trade was rendered useless in his hands in consequence of the exclusive act ion of the Printers Union ott the question of color. Mr. Wolf replied favorably, and Fred, Ju nior, is pi avided for. The " Black Doug lass" will likely become a rallying cry, as in Europe in the olden time. Tiii New York lforhl thinks that Mor monism will be banished front tho United States in the following manner: The Pa cific Railroad will give to the multitudinous wives of the Mormon patriarchs no idea of the manners and customs of the ladies of the East, and in particular of their style of dress and living. When the Mormon wives begin to dress like the ladies of Philadel phia, Boston, or New York, no Mormon husband, be lie as rich as the best of them, can afford to keep more than one help-meet —ergo, the question is settled. A party of masked armed men stopped a train going from Louisville to Memphis, last Saturday night, and attempted to mur der a revenue officer named Hohn, The latter had in custody on the train a man accused of illicit distilling. An assistant of Holm, who jumped from the train, was fired at, and was seen to fall. Hokin fired Into the gang and killed one of them,where upon they fired into the train, but injured no one. Just So. One of the liquor dealers, discussing tem perance before the Excise Board, said that he went to Europe some time ago and never board a glass of water asked for during his absence. Ile does not say what company kept;he but it is true that if you call for water in England it is always brought hot. They suppose you want to shave or make toddy. They do not even water their stock over there. Tfir: "good old days" are admirably pictured in the following: "At Dunstable, Mass. - , in 1651, dancing at weddings was for bidden, and in 1660, ' Wni. Wall ter WITS im prisoned a month for courting u amid with out the leave of her parents.' In 1076 the wearing of long hair and superfluous rib bons to tie it up, were prohibited by severe penalties. A verdict of f!.i.yi has been given in the Hudson county (N. J.) Court against the Erie Railroad, for damages to Mre. Carhart, for the killing of her husband on the road. There is Mal must he a general scarcity of currency throughout the country, be cauk, that article is so superabundant. This statement is doubtless a paradox to the en reflecting; nevertheless nothing is more certain. The history of this country for the last fifty years shows that money has al ways been most scarce, and the rates of in terest most advanced, when there was the largest absolute amount in circulation. The reason Ibr this is obvious. As a currency is expanded, speculation is excited, prices are greatly raised, and it takes a much larger amount of money to transfer an equal 1 amount of merchandise, while the opera tions of those who are engaged in influenc ing and controlling the immense amount of transferable property of all kinds held for speculative purposes absorb all the sur plus,and leave the money market in a strin gent condition. , Money, we must recollect, is scarce not in 1 proportion to its actual quantity, but to the relative demand for it. When, therefore,in addition to the natural wants of trade, the speculative interest comes into market, the extraordinary demand is certain to create a pressure; so that, practically, it has always been true, as it is now true, that an expand ed currency will be most scarce when it is most abundant ; that collections will be most unsatisfactory, when the circulation is largest ; and that the rates of interest will be highest when the loans of the banks are most extended. This important lessen the people must learn ; and if they would have money plenty and cheap, they must insist that the amount shall be reduced to its natural limit—to that point where it is at par with specie. They cannot have an easy and re liable money market until that which is called money is truly so; and we incur no risk in predicting that a satisfac tory state of trade will not arrive until the currency of the nation is equivalent in value to the currency of commerce. In looking forward for the remainder of the current year, wo do not anticipate a gen eral panic or breaking down of the national industry, because the currency is now a fixed quantity, and cannot be as in the case of a mixed en rreney it must be) sud denly withdrawn from circulation when ever there is a pressure on the bunks for the redemption or their notes; but we do not expect that trade, manufacturing, and bus iness generally will be depressed, that profits will be small, expenses large, rents and rates or interest high. and loses front delinquent debtors heavy; while in the large centres of trade, especially in the largest, "th e spasms" of the money .market will be frequent and violent.—Front the Prospects of Trade, in aqiin rs Maga zine for Jane. Is it hot strange, after all the Bible says of woman and women, ladies should be preferred by many of her sex ? "She shall be called woman," is the very first intima tion that we have of her name. We read of the gentle, loving Ruth, the queenly Esther, and Elizabeth, the mother of John, all as women, and she who was the most exalted of all, •Mary, the mother of Jeans. If It a ly had been 'a superior title, or, tiinnetAi,tig - equivalent to it, .it surely would have been conferred itipim'her; True, , she was poor, the wife of a carpenter, her babe was born in a manger, yet the angels rejoiced, and the morning stars sang to gether, as she (a woman) hold the child in her arms. Who bathed the Savior's feet with her tears, and lollowed him to the cross and tomb, and received the first bless ing of - the risen Lord? Woman. Ever kind and compassionate, the very name seems to breathe of love and adoration. U. S. GRANT In all ages noble, heroic women were the mothers of true, brave men. Our grand mothers and great-grandmothers were all women; they loved their husbands, taught their children and made home happy; their sons grew up and called them blessed. The words, woman, mother and house, form tho golden links that keep society together; there seems a comfort in each word, but the word lady brings to our mind's eye sickly children, little graves• a disorderly house and a bankrupt husband. It is this love of show that is ruining the American people; we want women, good and true, to preside over the homes of their husbands and child ren, to fill the places that God intended them to till, directing the minds of sons and daughters to future usefulness for them selves and fellow creatures. The perpetuity and greatness of nations depend on the high moral culture of the women. A Live Man La a Dead 3lan'm The latest attempt of a convict to escape froin prison occurred at the Joliet Pen itentiary one day during last week. On the evening previous a colored convict had died and his dead body was placed in a rough cof fin for burial. On Tusday morning, when the remains were about to be convoyed to the brying-ground, which is a short dis , lance from the premises, one of the officers perceived a slight movement ()icily coffin lid, which had not yet been screwed down. The lid being raised lo and behold, instead of a dead black man a live white convict was Imind lying in the coffin. lie was hus tled oat SUM marily and required to give an explanation. It appears that early in the morning, while the oilier con victs were at breakfast, he smuggled hi niself into the room where the coffin ss as, removed the corpse of the colored Mall, dep,, , ited it in an empty barrel, and got into the coffin expecting that ho would be carried outside the walls, and before reaching the burying ground jump out and escape. almost smothered, he raised the lid slightly to get a breath of air, anti was thus discovered in time to spoil his "little game." If he had remained quiet a minute or two longer, the lid would have been screwed down, and he would probably have been smothered to death. How Be got a Baby—A Second Moses iu the Bulrushes. A gentleman with a kind heart and smil ing face sat on the railroad platform in front of the Marion Ifoure, Toiono, on Wednes day last. the 21st instant. He had a good old spouse at home, but she never gave hini children; so as he sat on the platform watching some little boys and girls at play, he gave utterance to the regrets of his heart, and said " I wish I had a little child." "What age do you prefer ?" inquired a by stander. " Anything over four hours old will do," was the reply. The dinner-bell rang, and the hero of our story went into the diniag-room, and his interrogator event his way. When, half an hour later, they met again, the latter laid in his hand an ob long basket, and walking to our friend re marked, " I am prepared to supply your wishes ;" whereupon ho handed him the basket, which contained a beautifully dressed boy-baby. The gift was quickly accepted, the engine-bell rang, and away the new-mayle father and child sped home ward to surprise his wife and neighbors. A card was pinned on the baby's cloths, la bled, "Lewis Allen, born March 13, 1.9Z9."„ There were =deaths in Philadelphia last week, a decrease of 2G as compared with the return for the week previous. $2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2,50 if not Paid in Advance. The Scarcity of Ilionej IV 0 wi an . [WHOLE NUMBER, 2,071. tarta and Moitorhold (Column. AGRICULTURE ns the mo,t u,eful :not meet noble employment of man.—WAS COMMUSICATIONS. Selections, Recipes and ar ticles of interest and value, are solicited for this department ol the paper. We desire to supply the public with the best practical information in reference to the farm, garden, and household, How to Keep Milk for Butter. h. P.reckinridge asks the best way to keep milk so as to get the most and best butter from it. Dr. Trimble said that in the famous butter regions of Chester county, Pennsylvania, milk is kept in spring houses and in vaults. As good butter is made from milk kept in the vaults as from that kept in the spring-houses. The vaults are so constructed as to keep the milk at a temperature of fifty-five degrees and secure ventilation. The spring -houses, some of which are very fine indeed, are constructed on the surface of the ground, and have ad vantage over the vaults of convenience in the handling of the milk. But where springs are not at hand, vaults may be con structed and butter made profitably. One man whom we visited, with twenty-five acres of land, a family of six,and four cows, sold,besides the milk,cream and butter used in the tinnily, live hundred dollars worth butter and calves from these four cows. He kept his milk in a vault. But the secret of his success was largely due to his manner of feeding. His cows were turned into a tine clover field in the morning, where they tilled themselves ; thence they were turned into a pasture with rut entirely different kind of grass, where they fed with renewed appetites, and thence into another pasture with a different feed—the aim being to in duce the animals to eat all they would, since the dairyman had found that the more the cow will eat the more milk she furnish es. In the fall, as the feed in the pastures begins to diminish, a little—at first—lndian meal is fed daily, gradually increasing the 9 nantity to suit circumstances. PASTE TTIAT WILL. KEEP A YEAR.,.—The following rereipt k published in sn ox- vliange " Dissolve a teaspoonful of altun in a quart of warm water. When cool stir' in ❑our to give it the consistency of thick cream, being particular to beat up all the lumps; stir in as much powdered rosin as will lay on a dime, and throw in half a dozen cloves to give a pleasant odor. Have on the tire a teacup of boiling water, pour the flour mixture into it, stirring well all the time. in a thw minutes it will be the consistency of mush. Pour it into an 'earthen] or china vessel ; let it cool; lay a cover on, and put in a cool place. When needed tix use, taken portion out and soften it with warns water." COMPOsT Mit POTTED Roajs.—Tbe best compost for potted roses is ono-third each of rich still - clay, sand or fine ashes, and de cayed black dung. Let me add that polar goniuins, fuchsias, roses, strawberries, hollyhocks and dahlias all like cow dung. For the last two it is, perhaps, the best of manures. It contains more potash than any other animal manure; hence, :19 potash is the grand constituent of a strawberry, it is also excellent for that delicious fruit. In a word, I believe it to ho one of the-best of manures. The same may be said of soot, 'which-contains nitrOgrin, , nrd carbon. ~For pot roses use a skewer to make boles in the Soil to let in the water. S. N. WATsoN gives the following, in the Maine Farmer, as his method of preventing smut in wheat: Make a strong pickle of salt and water in I. tub; put in half a bush el of wheat and stir it smartly, when about all foul stuff will rise to the top. Skim this on; and place a basket over :mother tub, and dip out the wheat to drain, Then put in a box and turn in dry ashes; stir so that the ashes will touch every kernel; then put in plaster to make it sufficiently dry to sow. The same pickle will do for the whole lot, OIL cloth ought never to be wet,•if it can be possibly avoided, but ,merely to be rubbed with a'llannel, and polished with a brush of moderate hardness, exactly like mahogany table, and by this simple means the fading of the colors, and the rotting of the canvass, 'Which are inevitably attendant upon the oil cloth being kept in a state of . moisture or dampness, are entirely avoided. r• is established, beyond controversy, that strawberries protected in winter by a cover ing, make an earlier start and ripen the fruit sooner the following season. Straw is the most economical covering that can be used. The boughs trimmed from evergreens—the forest pine, or hemlock—are excellent, and in many cases easily obtained. L.ttatit Ytt.J3 or Woom—A. sheep, tt little over fifteen months old, and belong ing to Jos. IL Black, of this place, way sheared a few days ago, and yielded twen t`•-one pounds of wool. We doubt whether this can be beat in the State. Wo believe the average quantity of wool to the sheep is eight pounds. Ttetoe,t Pcomst..—One teacup of tapi oca soaked in tepid water for ono hour, take one quart of stewed fruit, put a layer of tapioca in the bottom of the pan,then a layer of fruit, and so on until the pan is full, then pour the juiee over the top, and bake in a moderate oven for half an hour. 'Whipped cream and sugar for dip or sauce. Tux experiment has been tried in the west of heatlnu by the use or tile titles laid in the :mil, as for draining, and heated with tire heat. it is said to be suc cessful, and artificially-heated bill-sides will dispense with manure heat and glass in the growing of early fruit and vegetables. Conn STAncit CAICE.—The whites of twelve eggs, three cups of sugar, one cup of butter, three cups of flour, oue cup of corn starch, one cup of milk, two teaspoons of cretin tartar, one teaspoon of soda, add es sence to suit taste. SWAMPS, containing much vegetable mat ter, anti lying generally level, with a good outlet for drainage, and water above them for flowage, are usually selected for cran berry culture. Tom's are sold in Paris at the rate of fifty cents a dozen. This tlllilllai is used for the protection of vineyards and gardens from the ravages of insects that escape the pur suit of birds. ClLtel: F,R PUDDL:co.—Take crackers, lay rai , ins between them, tie closely in a cloth, boil ball an hourin milk and water, have a rich sauce Conx.—This is promising weather for corn. That planted early is already above the ground. Fr is said that half a million Inc.hals. of Potatoes aro manufactured into starch an nually in Netv Hampshire. J.1:14,1* CAR H.—Talce one pint ofsugur, ono cup of butter, six eggs, seven spoonfuls of flour bake in six puns. llto rocks or heaps of stamps look well when draped with grape vines. TUIRTY in A.ItCllOl3.lOWil