The Columbia spy., December 24, 1870, Image 2

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J. NIT.VOCIEd, Publishers and
JA. IVOLVEILSBERGER,S Proprietors.
Columbia, Pa.
Staurday Dec. 24, 1870.
A Town Meeting. Who Seconds the Motion ?
A. public meeting of the citizens of Co
lumbia has been called for the evening of
Thursday, the 29th inst., at the Town
Hall, to discuss the propriety :of encour
aging the establishment of manufabtories
in our Borough. The citizens of Marietta
have already set us a good example, and
there is no reason why we should not be
doing all.we can for ourselves, in , the
same way. Columbia has many natural
advantages, and if capital and enterprise
from other places was broughthere, much
good could be accomplished. We think
the m?.tter is scarcely debatable, and
therefore briefly say, let us unite and do
what we can to advance the interests of
Columbia. Let there be a full turn out.
Let no man stay at home.
The Express and Free Trado.
In response to our article on the Tariff
question last week, the Express says that
it declines further controversy on the gen
eral subject of the Tariff, because we did
not give verbatim, a resolution of the iron
men of Columbia, passed during the pen
ding of the Tariff. bill. We did not give
it because we did not have a correct copy;
but in its absence stated virtually the
tenor of the resolution. This the Express
seizes as a pretext for declining further
controversy, and then complains of mis
representation. •
To the intelligent reader of the „Express
such a plea is of all others the most ab
surd, and the most inconsistent.. The
whole article of the Express, in question
is full of misrepresentations of our posi
tion, and its readers well know that the
editor of that paper is proverbial for just
such tricks.
The wax iu Europe and the prospect of
its continuance have had the effect of in
creasing the demand, the Express to the
contrary notwithstanding. Any pros
pective market, which may make a de
mand beyond the regular consumption,
will advance prices, and our free trade
cotemporary knows this fact in political
economy as well as its readers.
In our last issue we gave facts and
figures about the cost of manufacturing
iron, and showed the net gain, without
counting interest on capital, on a ton of
manufactured article. Now as the value
of the raw material is a mere bagatelle in
the whole cost, and can not be reduced,
either much or little, ~and as the great
bulk of the cost is in labor, i. e. the wages
paid, it follows that when the tariff is re
duced, and the market value of iron is re
duced to the same extent by the immedi
ate.competition of, the pauper labor of
Europe, then wages must come down ;
for the manufacturer must curtail his ex
penses, and reduction of wages is the
only means whereby this can, be accom
plished.
Hence the Express in advocating Free
Trade, out of charity (!) to British capi
talists and monopolies, and in opposition
to American labor, is only striking at the
happiness and comfort and wages of the
laboring man : and this cannot be gain
sayed. In tilt; light the course of the
Express is regarded.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Lancaster
Intelligence; in great agony of soul, com
plains that a negro has actually been se
lected 'as a juror in York county. Just
think of it, it is perfectly awful. This
negro no doubt had the impudence during
the Rebellion to shoulder the musket and
risk his life in preventing the rebels from
overturning the goveinment, which is
certainly a very henious offense in the eyes
of some people. Now, that as a freeman
he should be invested with civil rights,
pay his taxes and be selected as a juror in
common with other citizens, according to
the law of the land it is perfectly ridicu
lous. If he, like Judge Black and some
other notables of York, had cordially
greetdd the rebels as they marched into
their town in 1863, and entertained and
dined with some of the rebel officers while
others were levying an assessment of
$lOO,OOO upon the citizens, it would
have been a much nobler act, and more
consonant to, copperhead proclivities and
character. But for a negro to defend his
home and his country, and afterwards en
joy the rights and privileges guaranteed
him by the laws of his country as other
citizens and tax payers do, it is really
horrible. That Nigger ought to be asham
ed of himself and sent to the enlightened
State of Delaware where he could be
soundly thrashed for his presumptuous
impudence. A nigger juror indeed!
Why he isn't half as good a citizen as
Jeff Davis or Judge Black.
State Treasury
Nearly all the newspapers of respect
able-standing have spoked out earnestly
in favor of the election of a State Treas
urer in the interest of the Commonwealth
-and yet there seems to be certain symp
toms that all these evidences of the wishes
of the people will not have that weight
which they ought to have. There is in
short, we fear, as there has been for some
years past, a willingness to set public
opinion at defiance, and to execute
schemes which have been formed in the
interest of CR,itlllll individuals. This is
all wrong, says the Village Record,—dan
gerous to the party—and should no longer
be - ttleight :of. 'All good Republicans
should noWlook to the good of the party
and-the State-for their interests are
identical. No - man—no candidate—ought
tobe pushed to:the jeopardy of the party,.
All the candidates spoken of have friends;
but is the success• of any one to be com
pared with the success, of the Republican
partY?:'''Theinterests of the party, if not
the state, clearly indicate the wisdom of
selecting a new man !for the-:position.
THE, election, on Tuesday, of Col. Robt.
P. Dechert, the Deinocratic candidate for
the State Senate in the First District,
Philadelphia; ,to , fill the ;vacancy oc
• - easioned by:the death of Senator Watt,
will give ilieDemocrats a majority in the
- Senate, and place the organization under
the Contra]: of,the, Denlocracy., Iris ma
. jority is between 1,800 and :1,400, and is
-beyend - doubfentitled AO the seat. ' The
Ledgii:repertS,the aggregate returns its
follows :
- Robert P. ,Deehert, Dem., 14,187 ; Jos.
'B. Lyndall, Rep.,. 12,886 ; Dechartis - ma
_ - ,
, '. :-The Speaker, Sergeant -at-Arms, • ClerkS,
.., - AO.'„iiill be Democratic. .- It, is unfoitii
note,that this reverse should happen' du
ring iiapprtant term of the Leg
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Mr. D AVID A. WELLS
(" IN MS 21.L1I) LEGS.")
"WIFAT A DUST WE KICK VP."
Delatted especially to the Lancaster Express
and its few Free Trade supporters.
Editor.
The free traders had a jollification over
the defeat of the Republicans in a few
districts at last election, which is report
ed to have cost $2O a head. It s was in
New York, at Delmonico ' s where good
eating and drinking can be had for a
"consideration," -on short notice. The
banquet took place on the last Monday in
November that the brilliant speeches fol
lowing and sparkling with Delmonico's
rich wines, might be fresh to enlighten
and guide the members of Congress who
were about assembling.
The probabilities are that it was a reas
onable temperate party for Rev.' I. S.
Prime of the Presbyterian and Rev. Abel
Stevens of the Methodist Church were
very much out of place there. It may be
that like chaplains in the penitentiary, or
in Congress, they are invited to do the
praying and give an air of piety to the
fraud of Revenue Reform. Robert B.
Mintum Lloyd Aspinwall, E. S. Jaffray,
S. S. Cox, William Cullen Bryant and
perhaps David A, Wells were placed,
Mr. Wells must have spoken after the
clay had been moistened and softened by
the generous liquors, and he tried to be
funny for when he, spoke of Henry C.
Cary or Horape Greeley he elicited ['great
laughter]. , In his opening he said :
I. felt unwilling to refuse a call from my
friends, and to-mght I have answered that
call, and, as they say out West, am "up on
my hind -lers"—Liaughter]—to make a
speech and I propo.so to tlo it to the best of
my ability.
He was appointed to the office and be
ing then a protectionist he says, "I re
paired to Philadelphia, looking to that
place as the central sun of political econo
my and science as there I could get the
advice of Mr. Henry C. Carey. ['Laugh
ter.]
Very funny no doubt, but rendered so
by the wipe, not the wit. "When wine
is in wit is out" says tlio proverb.
Again : "Up to that time I had been
a protectionist of the strongest and strict
'sehool, I had sat at the feet of Henry C.
Carey,ancl I had read all his books" [Great
laughter.]
What an inimitable wink., or leer must
have accompanied that speech to have
drawn great applause fremllessrs. Prime
and Stevens.
But here comes real wit because pointed
with truth. Let us copy it as reported in
that excellent and outspoken free trade
paper, the N. Y. Eudning Post. '
lam reminded here of the story of the
fellow who lost his shirt. It was a very
dirty shirt, too ; he hunted for it day and
night, high and low. Finally he went into
a bath, and after he had been there a little
time, he actually washed down to the shirt
he thought he had lost. [lmmense applause
and laughter.] Now I say that we have to
wash down to protection. We have not got
clown to the question of protection as taught
soy those great minds, -Carey and Greeley
and others. [Laughter and applause.]
When we have washed down to that, then
is the time to discuss the question of protec
tion and free trade.
The Reverned gentlemen and even Mr.
Bryant must haye shown jusf a little of
the color of the "rosy" wine while laugh
ing at their situation among such a dirty
crew if any blush was in them. Perhaps
'the laugh comes in too soon, beforethey
discovered that they were in the same
plight and must scrnb down to the party of
‘protectionists like Carey and Greely be
fore they could find their dirty shirts.
So much for wine and wit.
Now for the argument :
Mr. Wells continues :
One of the last things I did previous to
my visit to Europe, was to. go through the
cutlery manullictories of this country, and
see how they were doing their business. I
found on entering the manufactories that
the.ivory was brought in and; cut by ma
chinery into pieces of the right length to
form the handle ; then by another ingen
ious arrangement of little saws these blooks
were cut in elongated pieces, machinery
drilled the holes in the handle to receive the
shank, and then the handle was ready to be
fitted with knife. Then I found that the
steel was cut into thin strips by machinery,
and the blade and handle stamped into
form by dies ; and the whole work being
thus done by mechanical arrangements, all
the parts of every knife fitted every other
knife, like the parts of a Springfield musket.
There is good protectionist argument
in the above. It is one of our strong
points'that protection encourages inven
tion and that even such articles as may
be enhanced in price by tariff ,at first,
must soon be reduced by ' domestic
competition and invention' of machinery
by yankee ingenuity to cheapen manufac
turing to a lower price than the same ar
ticle could be bought for, when we de
'pended upon our foreign shops, and for
eign labor and foreign ships for it. As
was the case with nails if memory serves
us.. - Even with cheaper lab& in mope
we had to pay more, for foreign capital
demanded greater profits for its risks in a
distant market.
But David continues :
Well, now, I went into the manufactories
of cutlery in Sheffield soon after I arrived
in England ; and there'. immediately learn
ed the secret how and why the American
manufacturer was able to hold his own mar
ket in spite of the tariff. All the bits of
ivory for the handle of the knife were sawn
and drilled by hand, labor yeas cheaper there
than machinery . ; all the blades and shanks
of the knives, instead of being stamped, as
with us, were formed by hammermg by
hand. I saw that in consequence of the
American manufacturer having taken ad
vantage of machinery, we were enabled to
hold our own in spite of the tariff; And if
we were thus enabled to hold our own un
der the present system, what conld not the
manufacturer do if he had everything per
fect ?
Exactly so. With all the imperfections
of our tariff ; and free traders always
manage to secure argument against a law
by rendering it imperfect if they cannot
defeat it ; we can manufacture many
things more cheaply than they can abroad
in spite of our higher wages.
Here we have the admission that labor
is cheaphr than machinery in Sheffield,—
But mark the innocence of his question.
"If NVO are able to hold ourown under the
present system, what could not the manu
facturer do if he had every - thing ?"
How)perfect ? lie has machinery de
scribed as perfect, and he has a market.
The farmer in the same spirit queried
"Why not kill the goose and get all the
golden eggs at once and not wait , for one
a day ?" Just as wise as David, who is
by no means a Soloinon, and experience
has afforded-us lessons teaching the same
results in the• destruition of protective
tariffs under the influence of other reve
nue reformers..
Mr. Wells was sent to Europe in 1867
by the government and ther6 he became 'a
free trader. He says :
I learned for example, the fallacy of the
statement so often made that the ability of a
manufacturer to compete with the manu
factures of other countries pepends upon
the 'wages. I went from Lancashire, in En
gland, where I bud been through the cotton
mills, to ,Glient, Belgium; and under the
'auspices of the ]aiding manulitcturers
dertoole. an investigation of the manufac-
tories there. I found that on the morning
I got there the mills were closing up and
beginning to work at half time partly
through the depression of business, which
was beginning throughout Europe, but
mainly through the-competition of the En
glish manufacturers, 'chose goods will find
on all shelves.
But at that very time the rates of wages in
Belgium were :fully. one-third more than
were paid at Manchester. .A.t the same time
they were working with English =wadi:rely.
And its I went further eastward on the
European continent, where wage:: were low
er, I found that just in proportion as wages
were relatively lower as comp ared with
Great Britain, those were the places whore
protection was most demanded.
This is not free trade argument. We
cla , rn it as ours and it is perverted by use
at a revenue reform junketing. 'England
by a long course of rigid protection had
built up manufacturing and accumulated
immense - wealth. The skill of her me
chanics was almost perfect. English
goods "were on all the shelves" of every
country able to buy. Money by its abun
dance was obtained at low rates of inter
est. The very extent of her market en
abled her manufacturees to sell at the
lowest possible margin of profits, so that
with English machinery and lower wages
Belgium could not compete, for with
"English goods on - all the shelves" there
was no room for home made articles.
We felt this in 1836-7. One manufac
turers of cotton said that they could sell
as low as the English articles were bring
ing, but "English goods, (brought in un
der 'revenue reform' duties) were on all
the shelves" and there was no room for
Chester Creek brands. Without a mar
ket and with interest on capital double
and more than so much as in Europe,
mill owners had to stop and be sold out by
the Sheriff. American labor, in 1837
could buy pantaloons at three cents a
pair, but being idle it had np three cents
to buy with,
Give us the market. Keep English
goods off "all the shelves" we can make
cheap goods and have money at home to
buy with. True, the manufacturer will
make money. Every man does that if he
can, but why not the American as well
as the foreigner who pays high wages and
spends his gains abroad ?
Riddle me that, We have no room for
more, but add that Mr, Wells was not
only "up on his hind legs" but was on his
fours, and should have had an audience
that could have added "'ear, 'ear" to the
"applause and laughter."
Tun fight for the Treasury is more
quietly conducted. But everybody is
convinced that a new man is wanted by
the people. The press everywhere has
endorsed the name of G. Dawson Cole
man, Other men equally as good could
be found ; but as Mr. C. has consented to
be a candidate, we urge his election. Our
Republican members of the Legislature
cannot fail to see that another series of
disgraceful scenes, like those enacted last
winter, will complete the defeat of the
party in the State. Every one should be
willing to lay aside personal matters, and
unite for the good of the State, and to
avert the impending ruin of "party inter
ests. We cannot afford to sacrifice the
great industrial interest of this great
'Commonwealth for the gratification of
personal likes or dislikes. This danger
over, the people will take care of the
future.
A Constitutional Convention for the
purpose of framing a new Constitution is
another public necessity wherein the cu
mulative system of voting should have,so
far as practical, an opportunity, of being
tried, It is but just that minorities
should have a voice in government, and
the cumulative system also will give it.—
The State Treasurer should he made a
liberally salaried office, elected by the
people, and surrounded with such con
stitutional restrictions and regulations as
will require him, as we said last week, to
turn - the State balances to the' greatest ad- -
vantage for the people. In other words,
let these "fretful ,, ,balances be loaned to
the highest bidder, upon the security of
government, or other collaterals. The
future supremacy of the Republican par
ty depends on just such reformatory
measures as these, together with a high
protective tai iff for the whole country.
WE learn that it is intended to call a
State Convention of the people at Har
risburg some time in January, for the
purpose of urging the necessity for Con
stitutionalßeform upon the Legislature.
This may prove to be a valuable aid to
ward producing favorable action. This
call is to be put' forth in the names of
prominent men in the Republican and
Democratic parties, and an effort will be
made to obtain a full expression from all
parts of the Commonwealth. The impor
tance of the subject will be sure to bring
out a large attendance of the best citizens
of the State. More effective, hovever, we
believe, will be a liberal exercise of the
right of petition. Hundreds will freely
sign their names where one will go to
Harrisburg, at some cost of time and
money. If we will keep pouring in these
appeals from the masses of the people
their effect will soon be felt. They will
follow home the promptings of the popular
Convention, and the Legislature will be
obdurate indeed if it does not listen to
the universal demand. Now is the time
to do the work, for"next year we Shall be
distracted and divided over political ques
tions that at present rest in abeyance.
THE Doylestown Democrat of last weew
contained a strong article in favor of the
proposed reform of our State Constitution.
It calls upon the good men of both parties
to come forward and put their shoulders
to the work now, when there is no politi
cal excitement to prevent harmoneons
action. It is only by such means that the
corrupt influences that prevail in much of
our State lezislation can be defeated, and
no man, whatever may be his political af
finities, should hesitate to strike a timely
blow in favor of official purity and integ
rity. We are glad that the Democrat is to
be found enrollNl among the earnest
friends of Constitutional Reform, and
trust that its good example will be gener
ally followed.
Thr. man who finds a purchaser for his
own labor at once buys that of other
EIECEI
ine'-tenths of what people eat and
drink and wear, is of home production.
' It is as foolish as dishonest to stamp
home-made goods with a foreign trade
mark
When industry is diversified labor tends
to change from muscular to mental.
Amona the books that perished in the
destruction of the old and exceedingly
valuable library at Strasburg, by the
Prussian bombardment of that city, was
the very oldest volume ever printed. It
was written by one Tundalus der Ritter,
and printed in the year 1437. There was
in,the library a wonderful collection of
the Bible's first printed, the oldest bearing
the impress of "Mentolio, 1466."
Tar following flgttres show the daily
edition of the Philadelphia Public _Ledger
'foi• last reek:
Monday, December 12th "1,500,
Tuesday, December Mb
Wednesday, December 14th 75,000.
- Thursday, December 15th.. 70,060.
Friday, December 10th - - 4400.
Saturday, Decent her 17th 75,000.
Total roirober of copses for the veek......40,7z0
TnE WAR n FRANCE.—Trochu and
Favres have escaped from Paris. A bril
liant sortie movement is expected. Paris
has pro Visions to last three months.
GODD closed yesterday at 110.
.
ER!
For the Spy.
Should the Legal Rate of luterest in Pennsylva-
nia be Seven per Cent ?
Our answer to the caption of this ar
ticle would be in the affirmative, and
such, we opine, would I.)e the verdict of
the people were it put to a vote and the
matter properly understood. What good
reason can be assigned why Pennsylvania
should not pay the same rate of interest,
as the neighboring States of New York,
New Jersey, Delaware, when it is
universally known that Pennsylvania is
not only the Keystone State, but pos.sess
es many advantages over all others ? „
Our Coal Fields, hidden treasures of
Minerals of almost every description, Oil,
and fine Timber Lands are awating cap
ital to bring them out and send them
forth to the world. Without• capital it
will take ages to develop the great re
sources of the State. We ask the reader
to look over the past few years and see
what capital has done in bringing forth
Coal Oil. Had it not been for this valu
able product of our land, we would have
been at a loss to find a substitute to sup
ply its places for the many purposes .to
which it is now applied.
Our lands are adapted to the growth of
Wheat, Rye, Corn, .Oats and Tobacco,
and in the growth of the latter article,we
now stand the second State in the Union,
for quantity and quality, and the day is
not far distant when Pennsylvania will
head the list of Tobaccb growing States.
Our lands far surpass the lands of Con
necticut, and all that is wanting is the
proper seed and attention.
With all our resources, develod
undeveloped, to let the States above
named surpass us in the rate of interest
is out of reason. Capital is what our
'State needs, to be second to no other,
and inducements should be thrown out
to invite it. The way to do this is to
pay as high rate of interest as the States
bordering upon us. Some States pay
double our present rate, while a, majority
pay over G per cent, 113 present capital
is being driven from us. Our money, is
loaned to New York and New Jersey at
7 per cent. There is scarcely a Bank or
Banker in the State who does not keep its
or his greater balance in New YOrk City.
Why is this ? pecaAse the money can be
employed more advantageous than in
Philadelphia, owing to the increased rate
of Interest.
Give Z'eansylt•ania 7 per cent., and in a
short time the capital of the State will be
greatly augmented and prosperity will be
the result. The Coal and Iron trade will
have such competition, as will rediteeltr
price thereby benefiting the whole coun
try—the poor by increased demand for
labor, and the producers by the increased
facilities.
The States named as paying a high rate
of interest cannot in any manner be com
pared to the old .Weystone, and why we
should be behind in a matter of so great
importance is more than we can conceive.
A BORROWEA,
GEN, ..414 , n.np PLEASCENTON 7 has just
been appointed Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, was graduated at West Point
in 1814, and has since served under Gens.
Sumner, Harney, Zachary Taylor, Worth,
Twig%P. F. Smith, and others, to the
hearty satisfaction of them all. He had
served through the Mexican War, in the
Indian country, and on the 1 4 ,9,Wt0 toast,
before the ontbreak of the Rebelli . In
our , late , Civil War, Ale -acted und r the
immediate direction of Gens. 1 eade,
Grant l and others,and won the coil..._9lve
of them. all. Resigning'after the "f
the War, he was appointed by Gen, Grant
to the Collectorship of the 4th, and in
due time promoted to that of the 32d dis
trict of this State, and his work in each
has been performed to the eminent satis
faction of his superiors. Transferred to
the head of the Internal Revenue bureau,
he will devote to his new duties the same
zeal and fidelity which have carried him
successively through a'quarter of a centu
ry of varied service to his country.
A few days since, an aged woman, who
lives in Philadelphia, in hunting over a
box of nick-mix, which accumulate in
every household, chanced to find au old
dirt-begrimmed breastpin, which, almost
a score of years ago, her father had given
to her, It had some stones in it, which
she thought of no particular value. She
carried it to a jeweler for repairs. After
scruitinizing it, he asked her if she knew
its value. She replied, "There may be
about five dollars' worth of gold in it;"
whereupon lie offered her $BOO cash:ll6l7lC
for it. This staggered her. She then
learned that the stones, of which there
were ten, were each two carat diamonds,
of the very finest description ; five of
them having a peculiar bluish tint that
gives them a great value. Upon taking
the pin into a laoge ehe.tnut street es
tablishment she was offered $2,000 eash
for it, and another offer was $360 for
ench of the tinted stones. Words can
not describe the joy of this aged lady,
whose circumstances were far from com
fortable, when she diScovered the worth
of this ornament, which for years had
been shuffled about in a box of rubbish.
A Washington despatch to the New
York Herald says : The Pennsylvania
politicians are making quite a fight upon
General Cameron, John Covode, _ who is
a candidate for Governor of that State in
1872, has notified the President that it
will be impossible to carrvit • •-
pu_lican party if Cameron is alloWed - to
control the federal patronage, He says
he has no personal hostility to Cameron,
but the sentiment of the Sta t e is so much
against him that if the impression that
he is the organ of the administration is
allowed to prevail the State will go against
the administration. Covode, who is now
the chairman of the State Central Com
mittee, will not accept the nomination of
the Republican party for governor unless
there is a change in the present tactics of
the administration. He does not pro
pose to run and be beaten. •
WILLTEVER Gen. Carl Schurz may or
may not do, there is one step which would
seem to be to him impassible. He cannot
become a modern "Democrat." Ile
takes an early occasion to say so; and
thus brings to untimely grief a great
many nice Democratic calculations about
what their Missouri chickens would bring
when taken to market.
COME TO GRIEF.—The Cardiff . Giant
has been seized under process of . attach
ment while on its way to Syracuse. It is
not stated what the s3aid attachment
amounted to, but if anyone'should steal
the entire humbug he could hardly be con
victed of petty larceny in any law court.
The old maids of Sioux City, lowa, enjoy
ed a banquet at a hotel on Thanksgiving af
ternoon, and the bachelors a supper at anoth
er place in the evening. A •Miss Kennedy
made the concluding speech at the former,
and created a furor by saying : "Let others
do as they please ; as for me, I am determin
ed to have a husband as soon as I get one.
And let us alt see to it so when another
Thanksgiving day rolls around there will
not be an old maid in Sioux City." The ban
quet closed with the song, "No one to love,"
At ono of the Wellsburg., Ohio, churches
on Thanksgiving day, somebody quietly
dropped a ono hundred dollar greenback
into the money bag. The unknown donor
has the satiefitction of hearing his home pa
per say that the gift is either a mistako- or
conscience money.
The shock of an earthquako was felt at
Golden City, Colorado, on Sunday morning,
which extended southwest to New Mexico.
, The Allentown Iron Company have in use
ft horse..3s years old. Ile carts from fifty to
seventy-five tons of ore every day a distance
of nearly two hundred yards, from the shaft
to the railroad. The horse IS in fine condi
tion , and looks as though he might not be
more than ten or twelve years old; •
There aro five medical practitioners, and
but ono undertaker in Denver—a very un
equal proportion t
An exchange says: Statistics are being care
fully compiled of the pockets pitked at the
late Michigan fair. Returns so far in indi
cate nearly tivo hundred, with thirteen towns
to hear from.
Three or four carpenters had a dance upon
the roof of a school house at Pittsfield, Blass.
the other day. They were shingling the
building, and in tearingolT the old rooi;found
a big hornets' nestwhen men, overalls, shin
glos,hats and ins ,, Pts flew about hastily for
a time. There was no retreat for the men,
and so they had to fight it out on that line
until the foe was annihilated.
Troy claims to have the most fertile soil in
the whole country—a street with uniform
mud sixteen inches deep.
Ex-Senator Gwin, of California, the well
nown ex-rebel, is in New Orleans.
• Mr. A. W. McCausland, or Gardiner, Me.,
has received from parties in New York an
order for 60,000 base ball bats. A lively in
terest in the great national game is evident
ly-anticipated the coining summer.
The Augusta, Me., Journal says that a dis
tardly attempt was made Friday evening to
throw the six o'clock accommodation train
off the track at Farmingdale. The obstruc
tion was a piece of railroad iron about ton ,
feet long.
The wife of Dominick Murray, the Trish
comedian, seeks a divorce from hint on the
ground of excessive cruelty and stinginesS,
because be has given her only $4OO out 613,750
gold, earned by him since ho came to this
country in June, 1869,
It is a comical sight, says a Georgia paper,
to stand oil the outsido of a circus tent at
night, and watch the shadows on the canvas.
To see these distorted and spectral figures
occasionally bending double and opening
their huge lips is as good as n panto - mine.
While trying to. aVest Andrew Sauls,
noted desperado of Liberty county, Georgia,
peputy Sheriff Stafford and a young :Irian
named J, A. Mann, a student of the gine
vile Academy, were shot by him instantly
killed. Sauls then made his escape, bat was
found the next day about four miles from
his own house, Iyiug deadin the woods from
the effects of wounds received during the
rocontre.
A curious accident occurred at e. church in
Meriden, Conn., last Sunday. A gentleman
was promeaading the aisle with his overcoat
on his arm when from the pocket of his coat,
to the amazement of himself and others, slip
ped a pack of cards. Smiling a ghastly smile,
ho scooped up as many as possible of the
pasteboards, and passed along as quickly as
possible.
Two men in Bridgewater, Conn., caught 21
foxes within the last month s
Snow drifts, throe or %or Chet deep, may
be seen otl Alio Jefferson ct Randolph roads,
N. R,
.The starch factory at Peru, Me., when not
used for that purpose, is uSedfor the Purpose
of saNVPt4 clapboards, laths, dte.
The streams are so low that a number of
-4mills in East Lee, Mass., have been ohliged
to stop, and on the river steam engines Lave
to be used to make enough paper to fill con
tracts.
A fine looking dog, in Portland saw ahem
running away and with an instinct remark
able, jumped up, and after several efforts,
succeeded in catching the bridle in his teeth
and stopping the horse.
A few days ago a son of Dr. Sweat, of COl'-
111511, Me., shot himself under singular cir
cumstances. is father requested him togo
to school. but the boy refused. The father
insisted, and the boy, rather than obey, took
a pistol and indicted upon himself a wound
which it is thought will prove fatal.
There is a clergyman, and a Doctor of Di
vinity at that, in Rhode Island, who has offi
ciated five times at the marriage of one man,
and all five of the women to whom the fellow
was married are still living. When we
talk about the divorce laws of Indiana it will
ho well to ask if the great West can beat
that.
, When President Lord, of Dartmouth Col
lege closed his 3,3 years of service in that in
stitution, he had exactly 50 cents left of his
salary.
A cow belonging to a family in Omaha
strayed into a neighbor's garden patch and
he secretly penned her up, The cow's owners
were obliged to have milk, and, hearing that
their neighbor had a good cow, bought theif
mill; of him for three weeks. They then as
certained they had been buying what was
their own and rushed to a court of law for
vengeance
Every officer and soldier in the German ar
my has a whistle which enables the chiefs to
perform the different calls and the men to
give warning'of the approach of the enemy,
to call each other, and to seek theircompany
when they have strayed.
William Glazier's children, out in Bremer
County, lowa, made a play-house between
two of his hay-stacks. In order to "make
tea" they needed a fire, and made a big one
—out of fifty tons of hay and a large_ barn
near by. One of the children but just escap
ed with its life. Juvenile tea parties are not
as popular in that family now as they were.
lergyman, reading a chapter in the
Bible for his congregation, found himself at
the bottom of the page with the words, "And
the lord gave 3,570a1t a wife ;" then turning
over two pages instead of one, he continued,
"and ho pitched her within and without' with
pitch."
A laughable thing took place at a revZ: - al
meeting somewhere in Mississippi not long
since. The minister noticed a seedy-looking
chap in one of the seats, looking as though
he needed religion or a good square meal.
So he stepped up to him and "sked him if he
was a Christian. " so, sir," :laid he, " I am
the editor of the Democratic paper in this
place." "Then, in the name of God, let us
us pray," replied the devoted minister.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
DECEMBER.
Tllo Great Pictorial Annual.
Ilostelter's 'United Almanac for 1871. for dis
tribution gratis, throughout the United states,
and all civilized countries of the 'Western Hem
isphere . will be-published about the hest of Jan
uary, and all who wish to mideridand the true
philosophy onion' tit shooed read and ponder the
valuable siamestions it. contains. In Will/ClOll to
an admirable medical treatise on the causes,
prevention and cure or a great variety of diseas
es) t embraces a large amount of infortnation in
teresting to the merchant, the mechanic, the
miser, the farmer, the pluntei, and professional
man ; and the calculations have been made for
such meridians and latitudes as are most suit
able for a correct and comprehensive BAnot:AL
CALE 7.434,172.
The nature, uses, and ex , raorellnary sanitary
effects of Hostetter's i , tohnich Ifittei a, the shade
tonic and alterative of more thandialf the Chris
tian world, are felly set forth In its pages, watch
are also interspersed with pictorial illustrations
valuable recipes for the lviusel.old and farm, hu
morous ane dotes, and other Instructive and
amusing reading matter, original and selected.
Among the Annuals to appear with the opening
of the year, this will be one of the year. this will
be one of the mo 4 useful, and may be had for
the asking. Tho proprietors, Messrs. Hostetter
ek Smith, ou receipt of a two cent. stamp, will
fsrward a copy, by mall to any person who can
not procure it in lib neighborhood. TIM Bitters
are sold in every city, town and .village, and
are OXLoll4iVely used throughout this entire civ
ilized World.
BILL --HEADS, LETTER-HEEDS
BUSINESS CARDS, &c., by tho thousand
at tho SPY 0111 to.
n t
~:_j?.
Items of Interest
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR THIRTY YEARS
Has that wilhltnown, standard, and popti
•emedy,
PAIN KILLER
manufactured by Perry Davis d Son, Provi
dence it I, been before the public, and in that
timehas become known in alf parts of the
world, and been used by people of all nations,
It , remains to-day that same good and effi
cient remedy, Its wonderful power in relieving
the most severe pain, has never been equalled
and it has earned its world-wide popularity be
its intrinsic merit, No curative agent has had
so wide-spread sale orgiven such universal
satis Mellon, The various ills for which the Pa in
Killer is au ttnfalling cure, me too well k 'flown
to require recapitulation in this advertisement,
As an external and internal medicine tile Pain
Killer stands unrivaled, Directions accompany
each bottle, Sold by all druggists, nice 25 cts ,
Wats, and 31 per bottle.
HOLIDIY 11.EINUIRTERS
En
C. P. SHREINER'S
JETV.ELBY STORE,
NO. 13 NORTH FRONT ST
Ile offers this season an unsurpassed
stock of
GOLD tg; SILVER WATCHES
GOLD, SILVER AND
PLATED CHAINS
For Ladles and gentlemen. A splendid as
serum: au. el
FINE GOLD JEWELRY,
Which we are selling at the LOWEST CASK
Picika.:S, ICo on need lear of being baited, ua
We have without clouUt
TILE LARGEST STOCK
Ever oft red for the Inspection 01 tile People or
Columbia. we invite the O.I•E,IAL ATI
uur new :Mil unriVulleu Lusortaleilt,
OI 11w
FINEST SILVER PLATE WARE
which fur beauty .d' design and tin tell is UNE
qUALLI.II),,IIi ILI. Ullr goods are
purchased directly fruit' the .dAntIISCLUTeIIi :AL
.del Aden, Coma., and we ire able Lt./ sea Lime hest
Goods.
A Lower Price
Than paid for the ordluttry Philed Goods. Cal
and see tor youn.elves We offer a
due lot, of Super/or
ENGLISH & AMERICAN
TABLE
POCKET A.‘EUTLERY,
Which we are determined to sell at the lowest
possible rates—eall and get a
FIZsrE SET OE O IVORY HANDLE KNIVES,
A Good Carver Ar Steel
Ora good POCKET KNIFE lor Yourself or
MEI
CLOCKS 1 CLOCKS : CLOCKS
A.-new and splendid assortment of
SETH THOMAS CLOCKS,
And other Verities of
THE BEST NANUF.A.CTUICERS
Call and see them and be convinced, that here
is the
The Best Place for Time
Everything usually kept in a first-class Jewel
ry Store, can be found at
skirtEl NER'S.
Don't leave town to spewi your money, but en
courage liOnk: ENTLRPRISE, by culling at the
F1i.N.1.0 JE WEL ICY STORE: of
CHAS. P. SHREINER,
'_►o.l3 N. Front Street, Columbia.
COLUMBIA GAS COMPANY.
Ap,election for President and Managers of
the Columbial. Gas Coral:wy, wilt. be held at
their ()Mee, on SATURDAY, DEC.}..M.B.ER 10th,
between the hours of 10 A. \l. and 3 P. AL
INEIMMEM
•
By order
nov.lo-1t
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
TO TOE
People of ColumMa & Vicinity
B. EISEMAN'S,
EMPIRE CLOTHING HALL,
FULL OPERATION.
LARGEST ASSORTMENT
AND
LOWEST PRICES !
CALL AND SEE
Astonishing Bargains
READY-MADE CLOTHING!
ESE
Gents' Furnishing Goods!!
The Goods being all my turn manufacture
I can fully guarantee them to be
Superior in Every Respect,
And I am selling them at
PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION I
So if you.ivant to save. 25 per cent. in purchas
ing your goods, go to
B. _BISEMA_Y'S
EMPIRE CLOTHING HALL,
No. 43 Front St., between Locust &
Wal
nut, Columbia.
REMENBER :No. 42.
AIDON ALI) LJUIIEIt
11./..:A_L ESTATE
COLLECTION & iNgURANCE AGENCY,
Branch office of TIIEO. W. nEltl2, Lanmster.
Farms, Houses &c., in City or Country sold ex
ed or rented.
Special attention given to selltng Real Estate
by public sale, without trouble to owners.uod
whit less than ordinary expense.
"tents and interest mom* Anti all other
promptly collected,
Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages written.
Insurance' , effected in the most reliable Life.
Fire and Accidents I Companies.
Foviers or Attorney to collect money from Eu
rope, written.
Pass.me Twit:et. to and from Europe in Brat
class vessels, nt low ra es.
Attency for the Suttee Island Dye Honse,Offiee
fro Locust Street, over A. Haldeman 6:Co's.,
Dry Goods Store,
tleo3-3m . 70 ,lI'DONALD St BUCHER..
ColiOstntA NAIiONAL BANK'.
Co'unibla 13 cember lOtn MO.
The annual election fur Directors of this Bunk
will be held at the Banking House. on Tuesday
the iOth Day DI January Nest, between ten
o'clock A. M., Alla three o'clock I'. M.
SAMUEL SIIOCH,
Ca,hler.
FOR
A good covered WAGON witl3 three good
springs, at E. A. Becker'. Black Smith shop,
Cor. 3d and Union sts., Colurubia. dec 17-Lf
ADAth ISIRATOIt NOTICE.
rsliite of JOSEPH LOCKARD, late of West
Mem pfleld township, deceased.
Letters or' administration on .ald estate hav
ing been granted to the undersigned, all persons
indebted thereto are requested to make Imme
diate payment, and those having claims or de
mands lignlnst the same will present them for
settlement to the undersigned, :essling in Nil Id
township. SAMUEL hl. LOCILARD.
Dec 154870 Administrator
deo 17-6 t.
HOLIDAY GOODS!
MUSCATTELL BASINS,
MUSCATTELL BASINS,
MUSCATTELL BASINS,
SEEDLESS BASINS,
SEEDLESS BASINS,
SEEDLESS BASINS,
CRANBERRIES,
CRANBERRIES,
CRANBERRIES,
CITRON,
CITRON,
CITRON,
WRIGHT'S AND ATMORE'S MINCE MEAT,
WEIGHT'S AND ATMORE'S MINCE MEAS,
WRIJE.T'S AND ATMORE'S MINCE MEAT,
At
HOLIDAY GOODS!
We call particular attention to our immense stock of SPICES, consisting of
CINNAMON, CINNAMON,
CINNAMON, CINNAMON,
• WHO LE MACE, WHOLE MACE,
WHOLE MACE, WHOLE MBCE,
GROUND MACE,
GROUND MACE,
ENGLISH BI: CARE. SODA.
GROUND PEPPER, for _Butchering purposes
.All these Spices are warranted Pure and Fresh, at
HOLIDAY GOODS.
SODA BISCUITS,
•
SODA BISCUITS,
WINE BISCUITS,
WINE BISCUITS,
CROSS & BLACKWELL'S ENGLISH PICKLES.
CROSS & BLACKW ELL'S ENGLISH PICKLES,
CROSS & BLACKWDLL'S ENGLISH PICKLES,
AMERICAN PICKLES,
AMERICAN PICKLES,
FRENCH MUSTARD,
FRENCH MUSTARD,
AT
AT R. RAH'S,
CORNER FOURTH & CHERRY.
CORNER FOURTH & CHERRY. •
HOLIDAY GOODS !
We have on hand the largest assortment of
FINE GLASS AND QUEENSW ARE,
FINE GLASS AND QUEENSW ARE,
CELERY GLASSES, CELERY GLASSES,
CELERY GLASSES, CELERY GLASSES,
GLASS BOWLS, COVER ED & UNCOVERED,
GLASS BOWLS COVERED & UNCOYEREO,
GLASS SETS,
GLASS oIiTS,
GLASS SETS,
GLASS SETS,
GLASS PITCHERS, GLASS PITCFIERS,
GLASS PITCHERS, GLASS PITCHERS,
GOBLETS,
GOBLETS.
SUITAELE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS,
SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS,
at R. HAYES',
HOLIDAY GOODS !
received a large lot of
NEW CROP
NEW CROP
PRIME NEW ORLEANS BAKING MOLASSES
PRIME NEW ORLEANS BAKING MOLASSES
ONLY
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER QUART.
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER QUART.
YORK COUNTY BUCKWHEAT, YORK COUNTY BUCKWHEAT,
YORK COUNTY BUCKWHEAT, YORK COUNTY BUCKWHEAT,
GOOD'S EAGLE MILLS FAMILY FLOUR
GOOD'S EAGLE MILLS FAMILY FLOUR.
at R. HAYES', _
`3OTITH EAST CORNER FOURTH ch CHERRY STRFET S
Also, constantly on hand a large stock of
FINE
FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES,
Better and Cheaper than, can, be bought elsewhere.
The undersigned would call the attention of the pnblic to his large And well selected
stock of FRESH GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS just received from the City
which he will sell CHEAPER THAN EVER f—FOR CASH! His stock comprises
COFFEES,
MACKEREL,
SHOULDERS,
SUGARS,
SP ICES,
HAMS,
DRIED BEEF, DRIED AND CANNED ERVIT,
Also. BROOMS, BuUSTIES, BUCKETS. BED CORDS, and everything in
he Grocery line. He directs special attention to his new and superior stook of
GLASS AND QUEENSWARE,
Which he is Hailing at prices LOWER. than ever before offered in Columbia. Call and
xamine ler yourselves. Also, on band FLOUR AND FEED. x.ty- AGENT FOR
WIVI. GOOD'S EAGLE MILLS FLOUR,
The BEST Family Flour in the Market Every barrel Warranted. Sold Cheap for
Cash. Slaving purchased my goods cheap Mr Cash, Imu prepared to offer them cheaper
than any , her dealers. Goods sold tor CASH ONLY.
R. HAYES, :
•
South-east Corner Fourth, tr; Cherry Sts., Cotundri
R HAYES',
South .East Corner Fourth & Cheri y Streets.
GINGER, .
GINGER,
CLOVES, CLOVES,
CLOVES, CLOVES,
S. E. COR. FOURTH & CHERRY STS
S. E. COR. FOURTH Lc; CHERRY - STS
TEAS
CHEESE, -
SOAP,
VALENCIA BASINS,
VANENCIA BASINS,
VALENCIA RAS LNS,
CRANBERRIES,
ORAN BE ARIES,
C RAN LERRIES,
CITRON,
CITRON.
CITRON,
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R. HAYES',
SYRUPS,
POTATOES,
CANDLES,