J. w. YOCUM, Etlitoi VOLUME XLI, NUMBER 23.1 THE COLUMBIA SPY, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION WEEKLY, 62.00 per year, if paid in advance• six months, $1 If not paid until the expiration of the year, $2.50 will be charged. SiNar.n Corzr•_s No paper will be discontinued until all arrear ages are.paid, unless at the option of the editor, Advertisements not under contract, must be marked the length of time desired, or they will be continued and charged for until ordered out. Special Notices 25 per cent. more. All Notices or Advertisments iu reading mat ter, under ten lines, 01.00; over ten lines, 10 cts. per line, minion type. Yearly Advertisers discontinuity , their adver tisements- before the ezcpirstion of the year, will be charged at full rates as above, or according to contract. Transient rates will be charged for all matters ont rartlin7 strictly to their busine,s. All advertising will be considered C:1.517, after first Insertion. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. A J. JCA LLITIMAN, Collection.; made in Lanere;ter and fulJohllng, ;Jr/unties. Venslon.4, flounty, Back Pay, and all clainvi against tile got•vrn went , promptly 011ice—No.15:!, Locust street. IT. YOCUM, 10! COLU3IBIA, PA OFFICE—Syr Building, Batik Sire& , near Locust. CollecLions made in Lancaster and adjoining counties. HENRY C. G. REBER, 2. , :0 528 Wtshington street, near SlNth, Readin', Pa. Collections made in Berks and adjoining ton nties. nov27-tf if JI.:CORTI", Columbia, ra. Collection.; promptly niale in Lancaster and 'lurk Counties. THOMAS J. DAVIS, No. 11 North Duke Street, Lanem,ter. Professional Business carefully and prompt ly attended to. Loett,`ol;ll-tt JOHN N. GRIDER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, scruvENErt, L.C. Mountville, Lancaster County - , Pa. To_ Waco Hours from. G to S o'clock, A. M., and 7 to I/ o'clock, P. M, i!,/1" CLARK, 16. uucz _ _ JUSTICE OF TUE PEACE 12 N. Third :-.treet. - - . - . . Office Hours—Front oto 7 A. M. 12 to 1 P.M., 11131.1. trona.6 to UP. M. [sopl-0,.)-ttw SAMUE L EVAN, JUSTICE OCR THE PEACE. Office, on Second St., adjoining Odd Fellows' Columbia, Pa. A. J. G-ULICIZ, SURGEON DENTIST. Extracts Teeth\ci UlOll t Pain. Nitralis Oxide. or Laughing Gas lulininktered. OFFICE 218 LOCUST STREET. sept4-G9-tfw- B C• UNSELD, TEACHER OF MUSIC PIANO, ORGAN, MELODEON. CULTIVATION of the VOICE and SINGING. Special attention given Beginners and young pa pits. send-09-lyw 29 LOCUST STREET T . TIOFFER, DENTIST. . ° Vit . rotoi OxMe Gas :uhn In istered in the extrac tion of Teeth. 0 [lice— Front Street next door to R. Williams' Drug Store, between Locust and Walnut Streets, - •- • - - FHN IKLE, • . PHYSICIAN 4r,f, SURGEON; otCms Litt professional services to the citizens of Coluiehet and vicinity. Ile may be found at the "nice connected With his residence, on Second street, between Cherry and Union, every day, from 710 it .1. M., and from G to S I'. N. Persons wisnin4 his services in special eases, between these 1101.1 V,, t. tll le:Vvo %Mal by 11003 at. ills °nice, or U 11,111211 010 Lost office. D ENTA.F. sup,i;Eux. IME3MBEEERES (.1 r.l4lliztle 4,1* I'.•n n,ylvaiiin, College of I /en !al Btter,ory. I )11h, lit `,Vagneels ary good, store. Ene. Clui lee, .2;il Streot, Cut nllllliu , Poun'n. , Dr. .L. 41fl I :mutts hi; friends and Die pub lie In Keneral. for their litiLwal patronage In the past, and a-multi:l thew that they can rely upon having; every otteht ion given to them in the future. Cu every brithelt of his profo,loa he has r,P,l,ny, gtVon rails ni !Out ioa l ii the unsurpit:ssed style and tintsli of artillelat teeth inst.rted by him. tin treats di; it,es eon! nvin to the Inouth and teeth of 001-Oren and adults. Teeth tilled with the great est Care and to the hoist approved laaanor. I,,th treated and ailed to last for years:. Tii• tie,t iit ileotritlees and month wahhu, eon taontly 011 11.1,1. IMENIIIMI J. S. SMITH. D. T. S T) EA.!: ESTATE AGENCY 1),/ The unsler , htne4 haw+ opened an ofnee for tho purelta.e of real estate. cot oil of rents, anti tho en flog of property. Business entrust ea to their r:u•c wilt meet with prompt and caret al a:tr.:atm]. F. X. Z 1 t•;t: LER.. ootat-'6. , 4 fJ A. J. IC AUII•'MAX. To 13LTIL1)ER5 AND OTHERS paving. :eta other brick ahretys haunt. •I'lley ore hantl111:1.4112, and .superior to any brie!: In MIN port 61 the country. They ore of lerethit the A . n . ry lewest Net) 1-0)-tfw . 1 MICHAEL LIPIIART. :HOTELS. 1 ,/ % 5 T ESTI:I 'IOTEL, STREET, _cEw YOIZ:•:- THOS. D. NA,'" IN CIZ EST E. P.1:01 . 1tIETOIL rhilti is central and convenient for uir.r; ZlT...:rtrAu% Pa Is all 4 - 4.lstant at this Ilotel, and Neal bo . e.flad to sue 11. Iriend, thries. riONTINEISTAL." TIED: HOTEL IS PLEASA.STI;I: LOUATLI), botween the Stations of the Reading:vet I:du:ta n:id Pennqylvania VItONT STIZE ET, COLUMBIA, PA. :!:.:Leconuao.l. - ,ilow; fur St ran,ters and Tray. :dens. Thu Bar is :ducked. with CLIOICL: LIQUORS, A ad tit) Tables furnished with the best tare. VINDLEY, Proprieter. sep4-69-tfw7 rORANKLIN . HOUSE, • r LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA. This is a 11nd:class . Note I, anti is In every respect Adapted to tneet, the wishes and desires of the traveling pulAte. MARTIN ERWIN, Proprietor, PRENC LC'S 110 TEL, European Phut, oppo,ite City Mtn Park New York. It. FRE:NC:IL Sept.l9.ltiGS. Proprletov 'Z MI IL HE'S HOTEL, Wost, Market, Square, Reading Renn'a- EVAN P zoprietur. sets tl-CO-tcwl 31.11-taLE woR ics. riOLIJiBEA M Alti 3 LK "‘VOItKS. ,1 , e111111.1 - inform Caluitilsk.l, sti rrtnitt.ling country, that they WINO KW' 2N YARD IN COLTIY 1 Br A, (111 , 50, ,mP'. 41 • Lnen,t and Walnut 5t...„ 1100 14,0.1 . 0113:410 t i n , poono. 11•11 , • 3 rut tmi ,xlli , rllllll.l 011 lino work, 101'4 ill 1:1,101 /01111 :o w s ew y o ,i c. Th e y trill moruldt In the Itletlor .t style or the art, handsome ItAV E STO N'ES, AIONUNLEN'rS, ST.A.TU V, nx.A.mENTs, ti-" NIA yNTLE.,,, BuiLDIRG WORK. OrAer , Pru v :dtontled and executed at tier didn el,ewhere t Call and see u. Desdells of lt. ,tyles or lute WOrIC., such alh 111•0111111 ell .111Ie nrl4, arc., will be furnished Parties two' t application to tile proprietnrs. 11 EYI'INC, h. .51EILL. TTPF.OLSTERING! , 4 mu-+a• u w Mu> .undersigned has taken rooms ii,Joining the re sidenee of Jaunts Barber, in Walnut street, vier is al, all times prepared to du all kinds ~. w ork in his line, such as Banging Curtains, en l," In g, making and laying Carpets, repairing !:;9' as and Chairs. making Spring, Corn-husk 1L r Mattrasses, Cushions, ..t.e.; te. sap I-0-t Br' SAMUEL CAUTER. .: ..-.4..-71.:'';' ' ../ . e -I,• # ' •'; / -7, ; -----. V v .;,: 'P' ,‹`'-'%•:' .j -‘,.. 1 • ~..; e,., ..!, ' .-1' '' ... k .:. :!1.:. 7 : ' ; :- '''" 'i - ,.?:. ,.?:. ' ;Az , ' 41 . :`=: , :-..- . .v . ? 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BUCHER, Wholesale and Retail Dealer In = FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Wines and Liquors Hits removed his Store to hlsEudding,adJoining Haldeman's Store, Locust St., Columbia, Pa., wbere he Ims fitted up rooms and greatly Increased his fabilities for doing a more extensive business MISIILER'S C E BR ATED ,• ~- PURE AND UNADULTERATED, These Bitters are celebrated for the great cures they have portended in every ease, when tried Dr. lfishier offers lice hundred dollars to the pro prietor of any Medicine that can show a greater number of genuine certificates of cures effected by it, near the place whore it is made, than MISIILEWS lIERB BITTERS MISIILEItS HERB BITTERS Is to' 1-ale in Columbia by J. C. BUCHER, At his Store, Locust Street, Columbia WINES AN]) LIQUORS Eral3meing; the Collo \vittg C:tta.v.l3l, 6E2 Lisbon, Cherry, Maderia, Currant nntl Muscat WIICES COGNAC, OF DIFFERENT BRANDS Also, OLD RYE WHISKEY and BRANDTES (4'4111 kinds 'Blackberry Cativ.vba, Cherry, IME XX Old Ityc X Old Ilye, Pure Old nye, Rectiltleil Whisky, C.on4nn Brown Stout SeoLob Ale, Sze MALT AND ClDl]lt VINEGAIt He is also Agent for the Celebrated misriLgirs HEBB BITTERS POCKET FLASICS, DE - MIJOLINS, TOBACCO BOXES, md FANCY AitTICtAES , in great variety, T\IISHLER'S BITTERS! l'UrtE DUT,TEIIA.TE D 1 BEST S r pouT poRTER - From E, Hut nEr.T, LONDON PURL•' MALT VINEGAR Cannot. be purena.ged at. any other establish- ment In town, tun] Is warranted to keel') irrdta and vegetables perfect The Best 13ramis of Import ea SCOTCH . AND 'LONDON ALE TO SMOKERS AND CHEWERS 11E1t will still Reep on hand the Rest Itramls of SMOKING AND (MEWING TOBACCO, SNUFF, HAVANA, TARA, and COMMON SEGARS. Also, SNUFF 4•. TOBACCO BOXES, PIPE'S—a thousand and ono varieties. Call at Locust Street, adjoining Huldetuan's Store. It is um greatest establlslnnent of the kind this side of riiitadelpli la. a.,Only Agency for Lee's London P.Orter, and ,Eisiller's Bitters. \ Charnpagno, Claret, Eltine, .Blackborry, _ Eldui berry, Jamaica Spirits, Kun mel, (i 114,er, EMI Superior Out Rye, Pure Old Rye, XXX Old Rye, AGENCY FOR FOR SALE At J. C. IMCILPIWS For Salo by J. C. 1;1jC1.11;;It 1 , 4,r sale by J. C. BIJCITF.AZ, Lnenst Street, above Front Agent for the 131112011131 J. C. BIJCIIEILS J, C, BUCIIER'S, COIATMBIA_, PA., SA.TITIMA:Y" MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1870. MIS CELLA:ME 0 US. K MAY & ERWIN, •8 155 Locust St., Columbia, Pa - - DEALERS IV , SCHOOL, A posp e Sheet Agents" giur• for all N Miscellaneous and Tkai , Music New York, BLANK Idr of all kinds, Philadelphia, 11 0,7800R5. Dlin e and and Lancaster S balf Dime copies. Dailies and Week- Initial Casket 5, lies. New publi- ALL low, from lO cations reeeiv- KINDS cents, 13 cents ed ns soon ®OF STATIONERY. ®and up as issued. lame SCHOOL DIREC- ward s. ® TOES AND TEACHERS SUP-RD rkP LIED AT WHOLESALE lc RATES. DON'T FORGET THE PLACE, 10.3 LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, Pa. um/20269-1y 1869. NO. 25. 1870. crIRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR Nothing more sni tabletha n n 0 lee I-EAT OR OAP FROM Spaith & C r, mer" ' .s NEW STORE, No. 25 East King Street, Lancaster, Penn'a. F. SMITH. CI AS:J.I:S H. d m no v2020:13- F. F. LANDIS, EZRA F. JACOB S. 'LANDIS KEYSTONE IIACIIINE WORKS, =I urea, of Stationeryand Portable En gines, of the most approved style and plan. :NMI Gearing, Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers and Couplings. of an impftwed pattern. Farmers Portable Grist Mill. OUR NEW AND IMPROVED GRAIN MIIMEMUMMWM With theLe,:t Tripled Geared Horse PoZver Iron and Brass works made to order. Furnish Models for Patters at reasonable rates. Having good and expernineed hands,and being practic4d. mechanics themselves, Mel sale in guarantee ing all their work to give sat ishiction. For par ticulars, address TiAls:l3lss itt CO.. Lancaster, I'.t. r'dill; KNITTING NACIIINE TUE WONDER OP THE AG E! KNITS EVEItITIIING: ConibillC; - Rapidity, Sim pi pl lei t r Du rall; lily :uhi ell ellpilt sS—N.II Eyre-Yoin te I - N0.,: to. 4 - 2„,'lteceived , the ItiglieNt Prete lute at ill, Parts ENposition. and Great Antel•h•en iir-tt- I Ote, New York., .1.:567. For further inform:atoll call on E. MUSSER, Agent for Laneafeer county, Orange St. between N. Queen and Prince. deel;td-ly NO. 13 SHREINER'S IS THE PLACE Whero you can buy a first rate AMERICAN, ENGLISH OR SWISS WATCH, BEAUTIFUL SETS OF JEWELRY, lIAND SOME BREAST PINS, EAR RINGS, SLEEVE BLITTaNS, and almost everything in the Jewelry line' AT THE LOWEST PRICE Or you can purchase FINE SILVER AND SILVER PLATED' • - SPOONS, — FORKS. KNIVES CASTORS, GOBLETS, ICE PITCHERS. BUTTER DISHES &c. &c. Then If you are In WANT OF TIME you can buy any kind of AMERICAN CLOCK, warranted of the best quality, at a low ligure GALT, AND SEE FOIL YOURSELF CHAS. P. SHREINER'S No. 1•. Front St., C'olumbla, ti.pt.wtl T IIOMAS WITETE, TIN, PL A T , A NI) Slf EET-I It 0 N IV OItK E it lIOLLONV-WARE ALWAYS ON TEAND ROOFING AND SPOUTINC DOZ,.:"E The cheapest place In town. HOUtin FURNISHING GOODS iiYlnt-VSTS REPA ItED. EVER VILUDY GOES TO NO. 407 LOCUST STI:EET. sept I I-I yw. COLLADAY & 1;0:S 1412 AND 1414 CHESTNUT ST., I'll ADE I.l' 11 A GREAT BARGAINS DRESS COODS. Taking' atIA - nnlag3 dopres.ioll 1111,1!ll,, , , 1 1. 1111111011S0 nt 1)r0.,s Goo.is in :hi, market for EnOrriaOlati ReCiVIC Lion Below the cost of importation, Whii..ll they are offer at a very slight zult.a:leo They desire to dl eet special attention to this stoelz, together with their own large importa tion,-which have been reduced to correspond- Ing,ly low rates, and will be founti the LARGEST AND CHEAPEST STOCK EVER. OFFERED. INCLUDING 10 causes 131ne and C-4-reen Stripes, Chvyte 1. - "otiliny; and Moll:airs, lu great variety of styles for suits, at 37341 c worth 75c. to $l.OO. NA'orNt eel Ser , ..e.:, in the rash t onnbie dark shades for lon Ls, 50e. • all colors, including Lae very iltislrable shades In Navy lilac, for soils, life. :=l;pleylict <nullity tKillc l•T;Ltr.t.te- , . 1u all colors, 75c. Tt ich 13voche 1e0p1111 , .., Wool, very leind,otile good 4, 75e. Tovenolt Sill: it ml. Wool, ESE Extra heavy Wool. Cords, for Will king Dresses, $1.25, STE A3l PRINTING .—Cal I at the Steam Printing 'House of the COLUMBfy t 7; 'Y, rear of Columbia National Bank, and ex aminespechnetis of Letter Ileads,Natea,Cardstpe "NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING-." 11/..TSCBLLANEOIJS. OPEN OPENING ! OPENED! THIS DAY, THIS WEEK., AND 'UNTIL FURTEEER ORDERS, DR,EN EM A. N'S 12S Locust Street, THE LAII.GEST STOCK OF HATS _AND GAPS For Men, Youth and. Children, ever before offer ed to the people of Columbia, comprising as it does, STYLE and QUALITY is soft and stiff brim, such as the Warwick, Ida Lewis. Sinbad, Prince Arthur, American Girl, Mute, Peerless, Lady Thorn, Rowing, Star, Cuban, Waverly, Gilmore, Rob Roy, and ftte Fall style of Sllk, Hats, just nal, together with a full stack of FURNISHING GOODS, Consisting of White and Colored Shirts, Flannel Shirts and Drswers,English, German and Do mestic Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Sus penders, Ties, Linen and Paper Cuffs and Col lar, &c. A-Lo, UMBRET.LAS AND CANES Parties who f.tror u; with their patronage are assured I hat it win be our constant alas to merit their confidence and support. - Call and examine our well selected stock at at low prices. No. 12.3 Locust. Street, Columbia, Pa ociD;CD-ly clunrtc,ua. d "F A. MEYERS Druggist and -Apothecary, DDD PELT,ONVS' HALL, ntlention t n few specialties now In 1 'IIIM E I.V . ( 7.1,5A111 , SEED (i 11,1) I'A u.u•iN P1,:,116 11131 BLK; KILL EN:, (Nure thing and LO per,olls,) liOlllE'S NEW ND 12dri:OVED IZAT 'IL LEH, (tile best thing we have yet sold,) NO. 13 SPLENDID LOT OF CHAMOIS SKI:NS, BATH TOWELS, SPONGES AND GLOVES COMCWOOD FOR SIWEMAICERS, COARSE AND FINE PEPPEr., ground in the PURE SPICES .12:"D CREAM TARTAR Together with our usual large stock of DREGS MEDICINES and DEUGGISTS SIiNDIIIES which are entirely CASH purchases. PirxstcrAN's PREscum-rroNs Wild FAMILY RE CIPES prepared by night or day with accuracy. Remember the 31 EDICINE sTOIM, sept.4:o3-ISwi Odd j B. KEVINSKI, DL. LEIt IN PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODEONS, AND MUSICAL INSTRLTMEICTS GENERALLY. A large assortment of Vlolins, Flutes, Guitars, Banjos, 'l'amborines. Aceortleons, Files, Har monicas, taut musical murclaunllse always on hand. SHEET MUSIC. A large stock on hand, and constantly receiving all the latest public.itious as Noon as issued. Music :mil 1%1:Islet! Books will be sent by mail frce of postage, when the market price IS remit ted. I)ACALCO3IANIA, Or the Art of transferring Pictures. Can be transferred on any object. I would call special attention of the Coach makers to toy stuck of Daealeoman ht. sTEINwAr & SON'S PIANOS, PRANCE Lt. :NEEDIEAM 41: SON'S CELEBILVEr.i , LIG.VNS AND MELODEONS. Sole Agent for Stoll's Unrivaled ' , l.\\° FORTE AND F.Ult:IslIT UltE POLISH. Cal 1 and examine my stock at. NO. 3 NORTH PRINCE STREET, LANCASTER, uc6.16:69-13 • COOPER & CONA.RD, S. E, Cur. 9th & Market - Sts., PITILADELI)MA. Haring rebuilt 'the' ~tore, will open about Oetoiwr Ist. with an elegant stock, to which they invite an ciNamination. Upwards of seventeen year, of active bust -111.,4 at I heir present location, enables them to Judge of the wants of their patrons, to buy at tile:cm:est prices and to sell at the smallest mar gin of moat. Pull titles of tiLACK SILKS, I)[tESS STUFFS, :it LIZ VELVET.-I, CLOAKS, SIIAWL-I, HOSIERY, TIES, HANDKERCHIEFS, COLLAILS, CUFFS. Am., WHITE GOODS, LL.INKETS, QUILTS. MUSLINS, LINENS, CASSIMEIVE-i, CLOTLIS, cLO.: :! - NETEENS, r., &e. • COOPER C CONARD, S. N. E rnr. Niutlr& itlarlietSts., Philadelphia, ITTOODWARD'S I 'WHOLESALE AND RETAIL_ MUSIC STOKE, NO. 22 wlisT KING STREET Pianos, Organs, Melodeons, Piano and .Melo deon stools and Covers, Violins, Guitars, Ban jos, Tam borines, Accordeons, Con certinis, Drums, Fifes, Flutes, Flageolets, Harmonicos, Clappers, Triangles, Strings of all kinds, How Hair, Tuning Forks, Pitch Pipes, Violin Bows, Cello Boss. Violin and Guitar Boxes, Music Portfolios, Instruction Books of all kinds, Sheet Music, Music Books, and every descrip tion of Musical Merchandise. All orders tilled promptly at the usual Ttetail and Wholesale Prices, and satisfaction guaranteed. 476-Tunlng and repairing promptly attended to. • A. W. WOO DW AR D. fleet:oo4f] No. g 2 West King St., Lancaster. MRS. C. M. BOOTH, No. 133 LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, 1 DEALER. IN SEGAItS, TOBACCO, SNUFFS And all articles usually kept in a flrst-class To bacco and Segni. zitoro The public can rely on gett Mg at OUrslore as good goods fur the money as can be obtained at any similar establishment in tho State. I do not think it necessary to publish toy prices, as t h e Cicods will tell for themselves. - Mits. Ci. 3f. BOOTtf, Locust Stt eel'. Columbia. ta., septll-09-lywl Sign of the runch. OLD -'AR .NES The Ch cap :Boot Ara ke RD FRONT STREET, Where he will manufacture to order all lied, of Illen's Ex - rrEit ano (mi.:m.l.m than any other eatabllshment lu the County. FINE CALF BOOTS, pegged, 56.00; Sewed, $ 7 - 00 lIEAVYKIYEbOTS, " 0.00; " 7.00 FRENCH CALF 1.20.0T5, $.00; double-soled octlC4lm 47-Repairing Neatly and 'Promptly Executed. All work. warranted as good as the best. Call and seethe •• Old Covey" at No. 119 STREET, COLUMBIA, PA. GENTS' MEM = PIPES, Wortrg. MY LITTLE WIFE,. BY DAVID IVINGATI: My little wife often around the chureh-hlll, Sweet little, dear little, neat-feoted Jane, Walked slowly, and lonely, and thoughtfully, until The afternoon bell chimed its call o'er the plain: And nothing seemed sweeter To me than to ineether And tell her what weather 'twas likely to be, My heart the while glowing, The selfish wish growing, That all her alrectious were centered in me. My lile once ('t's strange, but yet It is true,) Sweet little, dear little, love-troubled Jane, So deeply absorbed in her day-dreaming grew, The bell chimed and ceased, though she heard not its strain ; And I walking near her, (May love ever cheer her Who thinks all such wandering of sin void and free,) Strove hard to persuade her That he who had made her Had destined her heart-love for no one but me. My little wife—well, perhaps this was wrong— Sweet little, dear little, warm-hearted lone, Sat on the hill-side till her shadow grew long, Nor tired of the preacher that thus could de 7 I argued so neatly, And proved so completely, That none but poor Andrew her husband could be, She smiled when I blessed her, And blushed when I hissed her, And owned that she loved and would wed none but me. IVASTED TIME. Alone in the dark and silent night, With the heavy thought of a vanishing year When evil deeds conic back to sight, And good deeds rise with a welcome cheer; Alone with the spectres of the past, That come with the old year's dying chime, There glooms one shadow dark and vast, The shedow of Wasted Time. The chances of happiness cast away, The opportunities never sought, Tice good resolves that every day Have died it the impotence of thought; The slowadvance an:l the backward step In the rugged path we have striven to eli b How they furrow the brow and pale the lip, When we talk with Wasted Time. 'What are we now? What have we been, hind we hoarded time with the miser', ;;,gill, Striving our lionest meed to will, Through the atunmer's heat and the winter's coil; Sprinking from naught that the world:could do; Fearing naught but the touch of crime; ihboring, struggling, all seasons through, And knowing no Wasted Time. Who shall recall the vanished years? Who shall hold back this ebbing tide That leaves us remorse, and shame, and tears And washes away all things beside? Who shall give us the strength e'en now To leave forever this holiday rhyme; To shake oir this sloth from heat and brow, And battle with Wasted Time. The years that pass come not again, The things that die no life renew ; But e'en from the rust of. his cankering chain A golden - truth is glimmering through; That to him who learns from,errorspast,, tierng . laa - y - Witli strength sublime. And makes each year outdo the last, There Lsno Wasted Time. Oreltautono grading. THE QUAKER PASSENGER. We were five passengers in all; two ladies on the back scat, a middle-aged gentleman, and a Quaker on the middle, and myself on the one in front. The tw•o ladies might have been moth er and daughter, aunt and niece, govern ess and charge, or might have sustained any other relationship which made it prop er for two ladies to travel togethei unat tended. The middle aged man was sprightly and talkative He soon struck up an ac quaintance with the ladies,towards whom, in his zeal to do, he rather overdid the agreeable—bowing and smiling and chat ting over his shoulder in a way painfully suggestive, at this time of his life, of a " crick" in the neck. lie was evidently a gray Lothario. The Quaker wore the uniform of his sect, and confined his speech, as many a parliamentarian wouhl save his credit by doing, to simple " yeas" and " nays." Towarr;s evening I was aroused front nue of these reveries into which a young man without being either a poet or• a lov er, will sometimes fall, by the abrupt query from th'n talkative gentleman : •• Are you armed, sir ?" " I am not," I answered, astonished no doubt visible, at the question. " I ant sorry to hoar it," he replied ; for before reaching our stopping-place it will be several hours in the night, and we must pass over a portion of the road on whiCh more than one roulx•ry is report ed to have been COW witted." The ladies turned pale, but the stranger did his best to reassure, thew. " Nut that I think there is the slight est danger at present," he resumed ; "only when one is responsible for the safety of ladies, you know, such a thing as a pistol in reach would materially add to one's confidence." '• Your principles my friend," address ing the Quaker, 7 presume, are as much opposed to carrying as to using carnal weapons?" " Yes," was the reponse. " have the villains- murdered any of their victims ?" the elder lady nervously inquired. Or, have they contented themselves with—with plundering them ?" added the nan4er iu a timoruos voice. " Decidedly the latter," the atuiuble gentleman hastened to give assurance; " and as we are none of us prepared to of fer resistance in case of attack, nothing worse than robbery can befall us." Then after blaming his thoughtlessness in having unneccessarily introduced a dis agreeable subjcct,the gentleman quite ex celled himself in efforts to raise the spirits of the company, and succeeded so woll by the time night set in, that all had quite forgotten, or only roue - Inhered their fears to laugh at them. Our genial companion fairly talked Litnsclf hoarse. Perceiving which ; lie took from his pocket a package of newly invented " cough candy," and after pas ing it first to the ladies he helped himself to the balance and tossed the paper out of the window. • He was in the midst of high encomiums on the new nostrum, more than half the efficacy of which, he insisted, depended on its being taken by suction, when a shrill whistle was heard, an almost immediately the coach stopped, while two faces hide ously blackened, presented themselves at each window. " Sorry to trouble you," said the man 9n the right, acknowledging with a bow two-lady screams from the back scat; " but business is business,' and ours will soon be over, if things go smo"thly." " Of course, gentlemen, you will spare as far as will be consistent with your dis agreeable duty, the feelings of these la dies," -appealed the polite passenger, in the blandest manner. "Oh certainly they shall be first at tended to; end shall not be required to leave their places, or submit to search, un less their conduct renders it necessary." "And now, ladies," conrinued the rub ber, the barrel of his pistol gleaming in the light of the coach lamp, " be so good as to pass out your purses, watches. end such other trinkets as may be acce-iible without too much trouble." The ladies came down handsomely, and were not further molested. One by one the rest of us were compell ed to getout the middle aged gentleman's turn coming first. He submitted with a winning grace, and was rubbed like a very Chesterfield. My own affair, like the sum I lost, was scarcely worth mentioning. The Quaker . :- turn came next. He quietly handed over his pocket-book and watch, and a,ked if lie had any other valuables, said " Nay " • A. Quaker's word ii good, even ata. - n : ! thieves ; so, after a ‘• good night," the robber thrust his pistol into his pecLet and with his two companions, ONO of whom had held the reins of the leaders, was about to take his departure. "Stop!" exclaimed the Quaker, in a tone more of command than request. "Stop! what for!" returned the other iu evident surprise. "Fur at least two good reasons," was the reply, emphasized with a cauple of Derringers cocked and presented. "Help!" shouted the robber. "Stop!" the Quaker again exclaimed —"and if any one of thy companions ad vances a step to thy relief the spirit will surely move me-to blow thy brains out." The robber at the opposite window, and the one at the leaders' heads thought it a good time to leave. "Now get in, friend," said the Quaker, still covering his man, "and take the mid dle seat, but first deliver up thy pistol." The other hesitated. -'Thee had better not delay; I feel the spirit 'begin to move my right forefinger." The robber did as he was directed, and the Quaker took his seat by his side, giv ing the new comer the middle of the seat. The driver who was frightened halrout of his scat, now set forward at a rapid rate. The lively gentleman soon recovered his vivacity. lie was especially facetious on the Quaker's prowness. "You're a rum Quaker, are you. Why you don't quake worth a cent." "I am not a 'Shaking Quaker,' if that is what thee means." "Of the 'Hickery' or rather 'Old Hick ory' stripe, I should say," retorted the lively man ; but the Quaker relapsing into his usual monosylables, the conversa tion flagged. Thee sped, and sooner than we expect ed, the coach stopped where we were to have supper and change of horses. We had deferred a re-distribution of our ef fects till we should reach this place, as the dim light of the coach-lamp would have rendered the process somewhat diffi cult Wore. It was now necessary, however, that it. should b , 3.attended to at once, as our jovi al companion had announced his intention of leaving at this point. fie proposed a postponement till after supper, which he offcred to no and order. "Nay," urged the Qulker, with an a proach to abruptness, and laying his hand un the other's arm, "business before pleas ure,' and fur business there is no time like the present:" "Will thee lie good enough to search the prisoner ?" he said to me, still keep ing his hand, in a friendly way, on the passenger's arm. I did so, but nut ouc of the stolen arti cles could be found. "He must have got rid of them in the coach," the gay gentleman suggested, and immediately offered to go and search. "Stop!" . thundered the Quaker, his grasp tightening. The man turned pale and struggled to release his artu. In an instant one of the Derringers Iris leveled at his heart. "Stir a hand or a loot and you are a dead man." The Quaker must have been awfully ex cited o c ompletely to forget both the lan guage and the principle of his persuasion. Placing the other pistol in my hand, with directions to fire on the first of the two men that made asuspicious movement, • he went to work on Lothario, from whose pockets, in less time than I take to tell if, he produced every item of the missing property, to the utter amazement of the two ladies, who bad begun, in no measur ed terms to remonstrate against the shame ful treatment the gentleman was receiving. The Quaker I need scarcely- add was no Quaker at all, but shrewd detective, who had been set ou the track of a band $,2,00 Per Year, in Advalice; $2,50 if not Paid in Advance. !of desperadoes, of whom our middle-aged Friend—•who didn't look near so middle -aged when the wig was off—was the chief. The robbery Lad been adroitly planned. The leader of the gang had taken passage in the stage, and after learning, as he supposed, our defenseless condition, had given the siunal to his companious • by throwing out the scrap of paper already mentioned. After the unexpected cap ture of' the first robber, it was attempted to save the booty by secretly paving it to the accomplice, still believed to be unsus pected, who counted on being able to make off with it az the next stopping place. The result was, that •buth for a seasori, "did the State some service." Bloody Cliancellorsvillo. Mr:Stanton said it p:ined him to see the opinion so prevalent' that Mr. Lincoln was a habitual joker, and never serious. He said it was a great error, and related the following incident to prove the injus tice of the popular impression. Mr. Lin coln was very sensative of the criticisms of the nev.spaper press, believing ir, as he asserted• the true voice of the people. The failmes of MeDowel! and Met;lellun and Buinside and i'ope with the army of the Pc Lanai:, and the accompanying eh ticisms of newspapet:, I:ad almost crazed Iti , n Time and again he would free himself from the White and -Lek Mr. Stanton's little office, the only piece in Washington, he often remarked, where he was free trite Loges. lie often talked to Mr. Stanton of ses,iguing, or pre,sing on Congress the propriety giving to military limn the. cqntrol of the army and navy. It was durim , this period that -he conceived the idea of puffin:: Ifooker in command of the army of the Potoma,.:, and have him wake :in eiruit for sueee,:s. Ho had a good opininti o,f ilooker, think i,ur him an hone,: ,int ,, ll; patriot lie put I,:m in command, and dideverything in hi: power to make him tight what he wanted to make the closing battle of the war. Accordingly, when Hooker got under way and news came that at Chancellorville he would make his fight, Mr. Lincoln was in the greatest state of mental excitement. From the time that Hooker began to march until the smoke of battle had cleared from the fatal field of Chancellorville, he scarcely knew what it was to sleep. It willbe re membered the fight lasted three days. During the first two days it looked as if Hooker was about to aecomplisht what so many failed to do, but early on the third day the usual half honi dispatches began tt make matters look worse. That whole day Mr. Lincoln was miserable. He ate nothing and would see no one but Mr. Stanton. As it grew dark the despatches ceased coming altogether. The President would walk from the White House to the War Department and anxiously inquire for Hooker. The night was dark and stormy—about as mean a night as was ever experienced in Washington. About 7 o'clock the President closed his visits to the War Department. An hour afterward a despatch of an in definite character was received, and Mr. Stanton hurried with it to tbe White House. He tbund Hr. Lincoln walking the room, and, as he entered, the agbuiz lug appearance of the man so terrified him that it was with difficulty that he could speak. Mr. Lincoln walked to him like a wiid wan, and, seizing the despatch from his hand, read it, and simply remarked : "Stanton there's hope yet !" At Mr.- Stanton's solicitation he accompanied hint co the War Department, where they agreed to apend the time together until omething duilnite v:mt heard from hooker. '''or four hour,:, the longest and most veurisome of his life, said Mr. Stanton, hey waited benrc the dispatch announc ng the retreat of Ilottker S received. When Mr. Line,ln rc:t I it, he threw up lis hands and exclaitneti. •-ny Gu.l Stan ton, our cause islost. ICc arc ruined, we are ruined ; an,l ;melt a fearful 10,-; of life. MY: God till' , is mire thom eats umicre. He :stood trembling Itke a leaf', hi , face of a ghastly hue, It. to rolling ft...tit his brow. 11., t.•; I,:s hat an i c , ..tt and :Ire minutes he Iva.: t. ti Stanti,a, !te - 1i,1: •IV I .:::: att alwat cod./ tt• murll•:_r. t:ttat. !0.1 alarmed. Defeated a 4 ain. and many killed. What will the people say r he wade the remark he went to open the door to no out. his actions alarmed Mr. Stanton, and he stopped him and en treated him to return that they might talk and act like - men. With difficulty he had him return, and Mr. Stanton began to try to cheer him. He finally got him assent to retire to bed, and did. Lincoln after ward told Stanton that when be spoke to him about not being alarmed if he was not about next moraine:, he had fully made up his mind to go to the Potomac and drown himself. Mr Stanton said lie thought at the time he contemplated suicide, and never felt so frightened during his life time. . French Compressed .fir 1; rake Recently, on the Railway, the operation of a compressed air brake—in use for two or three years in Europe, and tested ton several Erie Railway Engines for several months past—was exhibited to a select company of railway and newspaper men. This device, invented by a Frenchman, Augusta de Bcrgue, is pronounced by competent engineers very successful, though riot intended entirely to do away with the use of friction brakes. It is a very simple apparatus, attached to the en gine, and giving the engineer primarily the control of the train. When the steam is cut off the air may be admitted through [WHOLE NUMBER, 2,0823: adit valves in front of the ermine to the exhaust pipes, and thence to the steam chests, where it forms a sort of cushion of resistance, the momentum of the train compressing the air constantly until the whole force is deadened and the cars fi nally brought to a standstill. The com pression is so even and gradual that all sudden shocks and jerks are avoided, and the stoppage is effected in about the same time as that reqUired by the friction brakes, while the wear and tear upon wheels and tracks is . wholly obviated. For ordinary stoppages it has, been found quite sufficient and in cases of emergen cy it may be. reinforced by the hand brakes and a train going at .the rate of 30 miles an hour be brought to a sudden stand without the dangerous strain upon the en gine which attends a_ sudden reversal. (inc of its leading advantages is the con- trol it gives the engineer over the train, ror however the: brakeman may be occu pied when the signal is given for puffing m the. brakes, he can at once apply the oree of compressed air in the steam chests md have the speed greatly checked by the ime the brakeman reach their points. ['here is a safitty valve connected with the apparatus. which prevents any excessive pressure and furthermore, the engineer can easily regulate it by a rod adjusted for the purpose. ft is claimed that this bral:q will be found an almost indispensable assistant to any other mechanical contrivance for stopping cars. One of its incidental ad vantages is that it effectually excludes cinders and culler impurities from the cylinders; which are often clogged and injured by such materials when theexpe client of reversing the engine has to be re- sortt.,l to. The Erie Coinpany has . order ea rub: p . nentuatie brake to be pat upon all it: en:-•ities as fast as they are taken into the chops for repairs, and other 'cor rttr,itions are beginning to follow its exam- Some of the engine drivers object to it 113 they would to any other innovation upon old methods, one of them using the enlightened argument that he was op posed to putting so much power into the hands of one man ! Chicago Railieu Re- MEI A Dead Man Signs His Own Will. An interesting will case, which has been pending in the courts in Franklin county, Mo., for years past, rivals in its nature anything of the sort possibly ever heard of in the history of the present age. The circumstances, as gathered from one of the attorneys engaged for' the - defense (outside of the court room.) are briefly as follows: Some years ago there lived in the town of Washington an old bachelor, who pcssessed a considerable amount of property, and had no relatives save one, who, it is said, was needy. The individ ual (bachelor) was taken quite ill, and was advised to make his will which he did, bequeathing all of his estate to the children of a friend. The news became generally known in the town of the man ner in which the testator had disposed of his property, leaving out any considera tion to his kindred friend. While the wan still lingered on his bed of sickness, it-was made up among some of the friends of the relative, that three of them should visit the sick man and advise him to make a second will, with provisions for the re lief nf the kinsman. Consent being given, the parties, who, it is said, were all on a " tight," and who had no personal interest in the matter save the good feel ing they entertained for the neglected friend, appointed one of their number to write. The table was drawee up close to the bedside of the sick man who, as well as he could, dictated the nature of his be e,uest. Before the conclusion and sign ing of the will the man died; one of the party remarked to the scribe " that i t was useless to go or., as the matt was dead as h—l." however, after its conelusion,the dead man %v.v., lifted up iu a sitting _pos ture and held, the pen was placed between his liii:ccrs and made to trace his name, titer which the AuP,tiou was asked. "Do yon acknowledge this to 1)::: your signature and l.Ht will'!" etc. The dead man, by the ai I cf tho:-e that held him up, nodded c , )rpse was then quietly laid down, and rite- in di rid oats signed their re,peCtiVO Hawes as witnesses to the in- The trio who witnessed the will are now all dead, and the only seem ing trouble now is the proper construction of the will, which, under the circumstan ces, and under the influence of an intoxi cated brain, the scribe somewhat blended MI HI uicanlng THE funeral train that is to convey the remains of the late George Peabody from Portland to Peabody, is now being pre pared in Boston. It will consist of three of the finest ears on the road, and a bag gage ear. In one the seats have been re- moved, and a raised dais ten feet in length and two feet square..erected in the centre, covered with black velvet, bordered with silver braid, and festooned with massive silver fringe, studded with silver rosettes and tassels. On this the casket is to rest, securely fastened. The car is lined with alternate stripes of black and white alpaca pendent from the centre of the monitor roof, and looped back to the sides above the windows. At each and the "Cross of St. George" and the "Star Spangled Ban ner" are hung and looped back in the same manner, cov.red with black crape, so that the colors are dimly seen through it while the air will be redolent with the perfume of choice flowers. A:handsome carpet, in which black and green are ap propriately blended, covers the floor. T other two cars are to be festooned with mourning, and to be hung on the outside with black and white.
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