AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER. LEVI L. TATE, Editor. "TO HOLD AND TRIM TII11 TOUGH OP TltUTII AND WAVE IT O'Elt THE DARKENED EAHTII." S2 00 PER ANNUM, VOL. 14.--NO. 89. COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, I'UllLISllED EVERY SATURDAY, BY LEVI L. TATE. IS DLOOMSBUKG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, TA. o vTg e n tht w ftrir k fluitJiitp, opposite th Etthangt, ly mUo vf the Cuurt ltou.e, "Democratic J had Quarter t TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. Ql DO In advance, for ono cupy, for eix month. 1 73 In ulvanro, for mie copy, one ear. '2 DO If uul p.iiil u I till it thu iirrt ilircc month. J 2.1 If not pnM within first sia months, 2 50 If ma paid within tliu year, R7" No (t'tl)irriti(ni tnken for tens than six month, unit no paper diacumiuned until all arrearages iall luvu been pnij. zy Ordinary AnvnmEMKNT Inserted, nud Job Work xacufed, at tlia ubtabtiihuil urices. LITT LljAMNIE " Jlcr little fret had Just brgun ToKrny.out iloirn ami J tho rosea j Her childish volcu had Just begun Tu Hep la wonts tlio pwvvtcfct clout ; When softly, itu we fait thu spill, Hhe clasped the unrrcU gulden keys. That lock the gnfvs who ft nngt-ls dmll, And tittered tu tlid Prince uf Peace, Tht hato Trout a heavenly throne Fell in a smile on lip reposing Anil left lis Impress sultly tdioiwi, Like fresh Joung rone leaves J nut unclosing The light of heaven, LIcbmiic earth ; Thu fir! faint dimn that onus breaka Ufih.it, the promised newer birth, Tu which the heavenly rpirit uakcp And ktil' tha lilttuliepor speaks, And smiles upon us from nunvct Itlt dimple dawning in her checks At the groatnesjt of iior Haviuur'd lo?o. Her Uttic feit hntegiine ttforo, Tu pui Ji us tu ttio realiuof lisht Where death and sorrow arc no more, And day in noer veiled in night, THE MASONIC FUNERAL. Iu Ilia contemplative hour of retirement liow many thrilling reminiscences of tho past crowd upon tho memory ! Some of them aro of a pleasing, and other. are of u peculiarly painful character. Thejcar 1819 will ever be a memorable epoch in the history of California. Tho pommcrcial and gold.seeking adventurers "met on the IjvuI" in thoso days. There were no granito building! to tradu in such as now adorn the .surrounding hills of Sau l'ran--cisco. Thousands of pjopje, long (.cus tomed to all the refinements and luxuries of Eastern life, had to doff their fine linen and put on the red shirt of tho hardy mi ner. Pride wad unknown for a time. Genflsmou had to stoop from their digni ty, and awkwardly wash their own cloth ing. Thoy hal to kindle their owii fires and do tho w.rk of a cuisinier. Some reposed at night in a canvas lent, while others closed thoir eyes iu tlerp ntnoug tho sand hills, with no other covering than the. canopy of Heaven. 'Be paneled with tliofr lutes of lijht, go njldly, ejiinlually bright," Exposuro and diseaso had rapid'y poo. pled tho kingdom of tho dead. Tho Ayuntumiento had not yet set apart any ground for burial purposes. Tho conso oo was that many wero rudely buried o suburbs, and won afterwards ro- qucnce in tin moved to Yerba Bucua Cemetery, wheru tho remains of eight hundred lio huddled together iu ono immense dismal grave. Thcro is not oven a common board to mark out (hi remarkable pit, iu which sloop ho many of tho unfortunate pioneers of Upper California. In thoso cvontful time men wero found dead, and no one could tell from whence thoy came. Thoy passed away to their graves unknown and unhonorcd. The Fraternity of "Tho Mystio Tio" had not yet organized. Thoy only knew each other by tho legal information, whioh craftsmen only know and properly under, .stand. A wonderful instance of Masouio identity occurred in the mouth of August, 1819. A much-respected citizen aud Ma son, who is still living, was rjuictly wend ing his way to Happy Valley very early in tho morning, when ho beheld lha corpso of a man stretched upon tho beach. All was soft and still. Tho strangely mingled population of the tented city was wrapped in deep rcposo. Tho mist still lingered on tho hills, aud the morning star shone clearly in tha sky. Tho waters of tho bay were very Emooth and calm, and gently laved tho fcct of tho dead stranger, "who slept tho sleep that knows no wa king." Tho Great Dispenser of human events, in his iuscrutablo providence, seemingly had designed that Iho tide should bear his lifelcs body to tho shore, whsro, discovered by a passing brother, it would bo asshuredly carried to tho gravo iu becoming solemnity ,and depgsited there in wjth all tho honors nud ceremonial rights of fho ancient tfratcnity of Free and Accepted Jlasgns, vTiicru it a ltiwmiy that harta our cndi, Uoujli how tlmm u no Mill " Squio of tho inmates of tho neighboring feuts wero roused from their blumbors, and wore ipeedily to tho bpot. IIo prompt ly attended and aelcd us Coroner. Tho body was removed to a tent, whero it was carefully scrutinized. No indicalions of violcnco wero Wble. Tho man had ovi dently been drowned. Ifis faco was man ly aud intellectual and his hair was long and curly and of a dark auburn huo. Ho was neatly dressed, nud had a superior look of respectability. The jacket and tho pataloous on his person wero bluo pilot cloth, and a blaok silk handkerchief was tied in a sailor's knot around bis neck. Thcro was nothing found in hk pocket that could load to his identity. However, iu removing tho flannel from his bosom, a silver mark of a Mark Master was dis covered, upon which was engraved tho initials of his name. A little further in vestigation revealed to tho beholders tho moit ontie exhibition of Musonio emblems that was over drawn by the iugenuity of man on thu human kkju. There was nothing iu tho history of Free Masonry equal to it. Uoautifully dotted on his left arm, iu red and bluo ink, which time could not efface, appeared all tho emblems of tha Eutcred Apprentice. There were the Holy Uiblo, tho Square and Compass, tho twenty-four inch gauge, and the common level. There was also tho Masonic pave ment representing thu ground floor of Kin" Solomon's temple J the indented Fcssel which surrounds it, and tho Blazing Star in the citutro, On his right arm, and artistically executed iu tha same indelible liquids, wore tho emblems pertaining to tho Fellow Craft degree, viz : the Plumb, thu Square, aud the Level. There wero also five columns representing tha five or ders of architceture : Tho Tuscan, Porip, Iouic, Corinthian, and Composite, In removing the garments from his body, the Trowel presented itself, with all the other working tools of operative MaEoary, besides all the emblems peculiar to the degrco of a Master Mason. Conspicuous ly on his breast wero tho thrco Great Lights of Masonry. ' Over his heart was tho Pot of Iucento. On other parts of his person wero tho Bee-Hive ; tho Book of Constitutions guarded by the Tyler's Sword, tho sword pointing to a naked heart j tho All Seeing Eye, the Anchor, and Ark, tho Hour Glass, the Scjthe, and tho forty-sovcuth problom of Euclid ; tha Sun, Moon, Stars, aud a Comet ; thu Three Steps emblematical of Youth, Man hood and Age. Admirably executed was tho Weeping Virgin, reclining on a broken column, upon whieh lay the Book of Con stitutions. In her loft hand sko held tho Pot of In conso, the Masouio emblem of a pure hoart, and in her uuliftud right a fprigof acacia, tho beautiful emblem of tho immortality of tho soul. Immediately behind her stood winged Time with his soytho by his side, "which cuts tho brittle thread of life," and tho Hour Glass at j IlU fcct' wL',cU is cvor "iuding that ''0Ur HvC3 nr0 4rawlnS tQ a closc" Tho withered and attenuated finjrers of tho Destroyer wero dolieatoly picked amid tho long aud graceflly flowing ringlets of tho discousolafo mourner. Thus wero tho striking emblems of mortality and immor tality blended iu ono pictorial representa tion. It wa3 a spoeiaclo suoh as' Masons never saw before, and in all probability such as tho fraternity may cover witness ain. In tho inoanlimo tho sun was rising in tho cast. Tho smoke of a thousand tents was now ascending from tho surrouudiug hills and valleys, which plainly told that tho hardy pioneers wero busy preparing their morning repast. The flags of differ ent nations woro waving from tho masts of tho emigrant ships that woro anchored in tho bay, and sounds of sweet music iu tho distance fell faintly on tho oar. Thcro was :i solemnity and tranquility all around, peculiarly befitting thu occasion Tho nows soon spread from tent to tout, and crowds hurried to tho spot whero tho body was exposed. No one, however, could identify him, A perfect mystery hung over tho stranger, and still hangs over his memory. His history may never bo known, It mattered very Jittlo to tho Masons who wero prcscut, from what country or climo ho came, or in what languago ho spoko when living, It was enough for thorn to know that he was a man aud a Mason, to securo him a decent interment. Tho body was placed in a rudo but substantial coffin, and borno in silence to tho brow qf a neigh boring hill, where it was buried with bo coming honors, Tho mourners stood around his grave, each one wcuriug a whiio apron, which from timo immemorial has bceu tho "emblem of innocence" aud thu badge of a Mason. ' Thcro were eyes bo dewed with tears that wero unused to weep. Tho occasion was extraordinary. In tho entire abseuco qf a)l vorldly pomp apd osteutatiou, thcro wero the manly ana uu disguised feelings of Masons moved to a BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., touching extent over the humbla gravo of nu unfortunate brother. Tho fuueral ser vice was impressively road by Lieut. Cel. J . Noah. Tho brcthcrn severally dropped a sprig of evergreen upon tho coffin, and after an appropriate prayer tho dust of Happy Valley forever covered tho mortal remains of the mysterious strangor whoso body was so beautifiully embellished with Masonic emblems. How Tablo Rock Fell. I had something to do with tho falling of Tablo Hock, that broad shell on tho Canada side, whicli in 1SGO jutted over tho very cauldron of seething water, but vyhich tumbled iuto it on a certain day in tho month of Juno of that, by mo, oft remembered year. About noon on that day I accompanied a lady fyoni tho Clifton House to tho Falls. Arriving a4 Tablo Hock I pointed out to niy companion a yait crack of fissuro which traversed the cutiro base of tho rock, remarking that it looked wider than it had ever appeared to mo before. Tho lady almost shuddered as she looked at it, and shrinking back, declared that she d;d not care about going to tho edge of tho rock. ''Ah' said I takjug her by tho hand, "you might as well coino on, now that you aro here. I don't think that tiio rock will take a notion (o fall merely boeauso we are on it." Tho platform jutted from tho mainland somo sixty feet, but to give tho visitor a still more fearful projection over tho raging water, a wooden bridge or staging had been thrust beyond tho extreme edge for some ten feet, This terminated iu a small bos for visitors to stand in, and it was kept iu its position and enabled to bear weight by a pqnderous load of ttoncs. Tho day was very bright and hot and it being about lunch timo at tho hotels, but few visitors were out, so wo occupied the dizzy porch alone. Vc gazed fearfully upon tho aw ful waters, we stretched our heads timidly over tho frightful depth below, and we felt our nature quelled in every fibre by the dofeaning roar that seemed to saturate us, as it were, with an indefinable dread. "This is a terrible place," said I. "Look under there and see on what a mere shell wo stand ! For years and years tho teeth of tho torrent, in that jetting, angry stream, havu been knowing out that hoIlo-,7, and somo day this plain muH fall." My com panion ihiiddcrcd and drew herself back in alarm. Our eyes swept tho roaring cir cle of tho water onco more j wa gazed about in fearful fascination, when suddenly turning our looks upon cSch other, each recognized a corresponding fear. ''I do not like this place I'' I exclaimed quickly. "Iho whole baso of this rock is probably disintegrated, and perhaps it is poised in a succession of steps or notches, ready to fall out or topple down at any unusual per turbation. That fissuro thcro seems to bo unusually wide to-day! I think wo had bettor leave,- for I do not faucy such a finish i and besides my paper must bo pub lished next week." With theso words tho latter uttered half jocosely, though not without alarm I seized ray companions hand, and iu an absoluto panic wo fled as fast as our feet could carry us, toward what might bo cal led tha shore Wo burst into a laugh when wo regained tho land, apd jumpiug into tho carriage, felt actually as if wo had made a fortunate escape, Wo rolled back toward iho Clifton, but before wo had proceeded two minutes on our way, a thun dering report, like tho explosion of an earthquake, burst upon us, aud, with a long roar, tho ground trembled beneath our wheels. Wo turned to find that Table Hock had failed. Wo wero tho last upon it, und it was doubtless tho uuusual per turbation caused by our flying footsteps that distufbed the exactitude of its equi librium, and thrilled it from its final poiso. In a miiuito mora tho road was filled with hurrying people, and iu tho following half hour wo wore. told n hundred times in advanco of tho next morning jcurnals,that a lady and gentleman who wero on tho Tablo Itock had gone down tho falls. Wa aro told that tho trot of a dog would shako old London Bridge from cud to cud, when it would not bo disturbed by tho rolling of heavily loaded wagons, Tablo Hock had probably not been ruu upon for years perhaps never, and therefore, when I heard t spokcu .of J always shudder and feel as if j had something to do with its fajl. Willie;' Spirit the Times. At ono of tho battles of tho (evolution, tho Yankees wero piling up balls which tho enemy had wasted, Tho British Com mander applied to them for ball, as fol lows; "Wo want balls will you scjl them I" Tho answer was ''Send us pow der, and we'll tvclhcin. to you," Another Abolition Raid-Kansas Old John Brown, though dead, has his living representative. His uiautlo descen ded on a miscreant named Montgomery, and Montgomery is now in Kansas carry ing out tho bloody work that his predeces sor left unfinished. Tho mysterious aid rendered by tho fanatics of Xow Eugland to John Brown has been continued to his successor, and firo-arins have boon sent to him from tho ca3t to enable him to carry on his war agaiust slavery, not alo.no in Kansas but iu Missouri, in Arkansas and in Texas, Tho boxes containing theso arms wero marked "Donations for Kansas Suf- fcrp rs." Iho samo power that sustained am kept up John Brown is yet active and mischio . vous, and Abolitionism is ns dangerous,as insolent and as murderous to-day as it was in John Brown's timo: Money and wea pons have boon furnished to Montgomery by Eastern people, and ha boasts that ho has funds enough to maintain a forco of a thousand men, This wolf, with his gang, is now on his walk, burning, murdering and plundering. It is not enough that wo shall bo visited with financial panics, the result of aboli iiou agitation and encroachment j it is not enough that ruin and disaster, in all its manifold forms, shall staro us in the faco, butiu tho midst of it all abolitionism, that curse of heaven and scourge of this country must needs startle us with a fresh atrocity iu the slirpo of a raid agaius', fho slave State.?. These anti-slavery men seem inspired by tho devil. They aro determined to ureal: uoiyn our country. TUcro is no peace for us, day or night. Look when we will aud whero wo will, there stands these enemies of the Con-titution and tho Union. When not actively at work, they aro engaged in maturing their schcuiei,and all thoso schemes have tho same purpose tho ruin of tho country, in order to build up a negro power. No mattor what they do, whether it is sending the iS'uw York Tribune clandes tinely to the South ; packing off pretended pedlars aud book agents, with incendiary documents, with poison and with arms and ammunition for tha slaws : futnishin" money and weapons to John Brown, and to hia succii'sor, Montgomery, or whether it is electing Lincoln aud Hamlin to tho Presidency and Vice Presidency tho ob' ject is ftill tho same, tho 'prostration of a hated South and the inauguration of cegrp political equality. Tho same party that caused this politi cal convulsion that is now upon us is at the bottom of all theso assaults upon tho clavo States. It is at tho bottom of all tho evil and of all tho calamity that threaten tho poaeo and safety of tho country. Tho anti-slavery men aro to uso a vul gar but strong expression crowditig the country too much. Wo hope that General Harney will soon como.to closo quarters with Montgomery and his band of ruffians. If ho does, (hat will be tho last of him and them. Win Camp Justice Taney Hesion? As it is kuown that Judge Taney is now quito old aud very fecblo, it is often in quired whether ha will resign before the incoming of a new Administration, in order that tho old Administration may have the appointment of a successor. Iu the absence of all direct information tho following an ecdote is submitted as throwing somo light op the subject ; "When tho Library in tho Capitol was iu flames, and clouds of smoko wero roll ing out and enveloping tho building, tho Chief Justico of tho Supremo Court ap peared iu his scat at tho usual hour, look ing quito tranquil and undisturbed. 'May it please your Honor said an officer of tho Court, 'will tho Court sit to-day V Tho Chief Justico looked up, and cooly and significantly asked, 'Is tho Court room really on firo J' 'Oh no, not yet was tho answer. 'Then we'll sit till it is,' added the Chief, And tho Court did sit, and transacted business us usuaL amid all tho confusion about it." Siiaksi'EAue's Will. Shakspearo's will is tied up in ono sheet with that of Milton and Napoleon, and may bo seen at Doctors' Commons, Loudon. In tho will of tho JJard of Avon is an interlinea tion of his own baud-writing ; "I givp unto my wife my brown best bod with tho furniture." It is proved by "William Boy d , July UU, 1010. Tho will of Jho Minstrel of Paradjso is a uoucupativo ono, taken by his daughter, the great poet btfing blind. That ot Napoleon is signed with a bold superiority ot numbers aud threaten to hand : tho codjcil, on tho contrary, writ-' crush them by your fancied power, ten shortly beforo his death, crhibiU tho! You aasuru me that "two hundred Virgi then weak state of his body, nians" havo agreed to place themselves SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, I860. Important Latter. Wo publish below a letter from Gover nor Lolcher,of Virginia, in reply to a com munication from one James 15. Brisbiu, of Pennsylvania, Who Mr. Brisbin is wo do not know, nor havo wo seen anybody who does. Tho caption to h(3 letter, 'Centre Democrat Offico, Bellofonto,Ccn tro county, Ponua.," may eervo to indicate him to others. His letter bears dato Nov. loth, 130(1. Mr. Brisbin addresses Governor Lctoh or on (ho subject of ccsossion, which ho deals with very summarily. IIo says it is unconstitutional, and must bo crushed at onco. IIo is anxious to havo a hand in crushing it, and tenders his services to tho Governor to that end. Governor Letcher thus replica to him : IUchmo.NI), Va., Nqv. 19, 18G0. Sin : Yesterday morning I received your extraordinary letter of tho 15th in stant. I am really at a loss to understand what good end you expected to aoomplish by the preparation aud transmission cf it to mo. Tho country is deeply excited. Sec tioual fccling reigns supreme. The Union is seriously threatened with disruption. Patriots and conservative men of all par tics. East, West, North and South, aro looking to tho future with fearful and alar ming apprehensions. Tho prudent, con? sidcrate, reflecting minds of tho nation aro engaged in laudable and noble efforts to allay tho cxcitemeut,restoro confidenso and kind feeling, remove all irritating'causcs of difference, mid, if possible, save the Un ion from dissolution. It Ls at this timo, and under such circumstances, that you send mo a letter denunciatory of tho motives and conduct of a portion of tho Southern people, and which in its tone and spirit, is well calculated (I hopo it wa3 not so intended )to add fuel to a flame that is burning with suflieieut intensity now. In your liasto to assail your Southern fellow-citizens you seem to havo forgotten that your own Stato is, to some extent at laast responsible for tho present alarming crisis in publio affairs. If I am not gicat ly mistaken, Pennsylvania js ono of tho eleven non-slavcl.ulding States, which has passed statutes, now in full forco and ef fect, desigued to obstruct the execution of the Fugitive Slave Lav. This is ono of the grievances of which tho Southorn peo ple have conmlciucd for years, and al though earnest aud respectful appeals havo been addressed to you to remove this cause of irritatiou and complajnt, thoso appeals hare passed unheeded As a conservative man, who ardently desires tho perpetuity of tho Union, under tho Constitution, I appei.1 tQ you and tq tho conservative clement of tho North to arouse yourselves at onco and initiate the proper measure to secure a repeal of thoso obnoxious laws. Such action on tho part of your Legislature will havo a most hap py influence iu rolciviug tho Southern mind and restoring peace and quiet throughout our now fearfully eseitud coun try. Tho South asks only for the fair and faithful execution of tho laws passed for tho recovery and protection of her proper ty that you will ccaso to embarrass and lend your aid to effect their execution, ac cording to their letter and spirit that if her property shall escape and bo fpund in the non-slaveholding States, you will see that it is promptly restored to tho rightful owner. Surely there is patriotism enough iu Pennsylvania and (ho other non-slavc-holding S'atos to grant what tho law has declared to be our duc,cspccially when the preservation of tho Uuion 'depends upon it. In concluding this branch of thu subject, permit mo to add,that if the North will re spect and uphold tho rights of the States, tho Uuion will be perpetual, our pountry yill contipuo to grow in power and influ ence (he peoplo of all sections will havo so- cured to them tbo blessings of peace, quiet end order, and a prosperity, such as uas never been known or appreciated iu our past history, will bo thu necessary result. It will requiro prudeneo, wisdom and patriotism to avert the evils now impending over our country. Crimination and in flammatorV lancuaco can havo no other effect than to exasperate apd thus precipi tate a result that is already immiuent. Jn this hour of danger to our Union, it is the duty of patriots in all sections of our coun try to cultivato a kiud, generous aud con ciliatory spirit one towards uuothor. Your letter, however, breathes nothing of I this kiud ; you tauut tho South with your under your "command n tho event of dis union," and that you aro "at my service" and await my "orders." Virginians owo allogianco to this Commonwealth, and I havo too much respect for my follow citi zens of all parties to supposo that '.two hundrod" of them in any part of tho State are willing to go to Pennsylvania for a commawlcr, oven if they had determined to aid in tho ungracious work of reducing a Southern sister State to tho abject con dition of a conquered provinco of tho Fed eral Government. All truo Virginians will, I am suro, rccognizo their obligations to the Stato and will hold themselves in readiness to respond to tho call of her con stituted auth,oiities. Wo now havo in Vir ginia, duly and legally organized, eighty eight troops of cavalry, twenty-sis compa nies of artillery, ono hundred and nino companies of infantry and ono hundred .and (en companies of riflemen, uniformed and .well prepared for sorvice. Think you, my dear sir, under thoso circumstan ces, that any "two hundred1' men in Vir ginia vrould seriously proposo to import a commander from Pennsylvania! Nol No. I You have been cruelly hoaxed by somo wag, who desired to play off a good joko at your expense. Xou havo no right to como into Virgin ia to raise troops for any purpoau whatso ever, and I tako tho occasion to say to you, in tho kindest spirit imaginable, that such a course will bo taken at your peril. It is made my duty to sco that tho laws aro executed, and in tho contingency re ferred to they will bo executed to the letter. If you desire to march against u Southern State, for the purpose mentioned in your ctter, raise your troops at homo, and pre sent thani to tho sons of tha South,as "food for gunpowder." Wo havo other and bet ter uses for Virginians. As yoti letter is of a public character, and as tho people ctf hjs state may feel somo interest in your views,!, havo thought it advisable to publish it, accompanied with my reply. A number of tho Enrjuir. ci contaiuing the correspondence will bo sent to your address. Itespectfully, JOHN LETCHER. TnouiiLES Old and You.va. It is wonderful to notice how equally on thii earth sorrows, sufferings, and, pleasures aro alloted to us poor niortajs, each, accor ding tq his strength. Tho young child ex periences, in proportion to its own little heart, tho Eqmo griof about a broken toy as tho man whoso life's hopes havo cpn annihilated at tho mqmont, af loasf, it feels it equally deeply, Tho school boy who has not learned his lesson frequently stands though his-heart may bo puro and innocent with tho samu fears, the samp I beating heart, before his frowning teacher, as tho grown-up criminal before his judge. With our years our strength increases, but our sorrovys do not decreaso ; thoy grovy with them. Tho broken toy i3 sucaccdcd by tho punishment of tho school i tho lat ter by the first partina from homo; and, as wo grow older ah I thou sorrows como In battalions, and wo consider each tho wors,t with which God has chastised us, until tho succeeding ono teaches us that wo were mutaKen. Old Touciivvood's BoYa. This story is told qf qld Touchwood's sons . These sons wero sadly addjeted tq wicked prac tices ; and one Sunday morning the minis ter of tho parish met one of them startiug fqr the woods with, a gun qu his Ehoulder. Seoking out tho father, the clergyman (eld him that he ought to admqnisli lis sons and bring fhem up in tho fear of tho Lord "Fear fho Lord," replied old Touchwood j "they aro so afraid of him now, that thoy darcdn't stir out of tha houso ou Sunday without a double-barreled shot gua in their hand!" Jones was riding iu Westchester Oounty in September last, nud saw a board nailed up on a post in tho yard of a farm-house, with tho sign painted on it, "This Farm fou Sail," Always ready for a little pleasantry, and seeing a woman in checked sun-bouuet picking up an apronful of chips at the wood pile in frout of tho house, ho stopped, and asked her, very politely, when tho farm was to sail ? Sho wont on with her work, but replied to his questiou in- stantcr. "Just as soon as tno man comes along who can raise the wind. -v.. . it . i.:..n New York paper says tlo winter bonnets promiso q bo as plain as a Sljaker meeting - house ; feathers and flqwors will bo seen as rarely as birds ou a prairio. Dark velvet depressed over tho forehead, with almost straight sides, plain erown, and decoration of rich, real lace only will be rwozni2cd as ton by tho initiated. YOL. 24, Tho Iron Mountain. Ono of tho Philadelphia Board of Trade Excurtionists, who, in company with a largo delegation, is prospecting through tha West with a view of drawing business to. tho Quaker City, gives tho following des cription of tho Iron Mountain, Mo.: "One of tho greatest curiosities of tho Stato indeed, almost ranking with Niag ara and tho Mammoth Cave, for uniquo interest is tho Iron Mountain, which somo of our party visited. It is oighty-six miles from St. Louis, reached by a railroad con structed by tho owners of land, or rather metal, but destined to be extended to Mem phis. Tho chief formation aro tho Iron Mountain proper and tho Pilot Knob, Tho former is a vast mass of specular ox ide, its height above tho valley being two, hundred and twenty-eight feet, and at its base aovcring an area of five hundred acres, which givo 2yo,'J7o,375 tons of ore. But besides the parts abovo the surface, on digging down one hundrod and fifty foot, the ore is found still to continue and how much deeper is not known. On tho supposition that the size is tho saino every foot of descent gives U,000, 000 tons of ore. Thoshapo of this moun tain is tho upper half of an o.blato spheroid. Its ore contains 08 percent, of puro metal. Thcro aro thrco furnaces at tho foot of tho mouutain, but only ono now in operation. Pilot Knob, about 3 miles from tho Iron Mountain, is 531 feet high, ascending con ically to nearly a perfect apes. Its height is 581 feet, aud it covers an area of 300 acres. Tho amount above tho surfaco is calculated at 13,072,773 tons. There is nome on tho surfaco at tho baso, but aout half way up tho in:liued piano it is blasted und qurried lika granite. It is tilicious specular oxide, and contains 5 1 per cent, of puro metal. Tho party was vividly im pressed with tho wondrois extent and valuo of this great mctalio deposit, which would be even more an incalculable mino of wealth than in tho ease now, if coal wero near at hand. Unfortunately, cither tho ore must bo conveyed to tho coal or vico versa. A Monstek Pncss. The Sciontifiu American thus describes a monster stoain press, upon which Moses S. Beach, who has just retired frqia the Jfevr York Sun, is at work : "He is even now just completing tho construction of a monster steam press, by wbch, ho sheets are cut from rolls, damp ened, printed upon both sides, at tho rata of forty thousand impressions an hour, folded up, counted and delivered from tha machine, ready for tho carrier and tho mail. This machine is as high as a com mon two story country dwulliug house, nud it will, when finished, if tho expecta tions of its inventor aro realized, constitute a most extraordinary specimen of mechan ical skill and iugenuity. Wealtu os me Sea. Tho ocean which flow3 around tho earth is a mino of wealth for its inhabitants. It is not only tho great high-way of nations, but tho store-house of their food. Thcro is little doubt thut tho whole human raeo might, wore it necessary, bo fcd from tho sea. Tie pearl fisheries yield wealth to many ; tho whale gives us oil to tha valuo of mill ions ; and wo soo it statud that tha sponge3 gathered at Key WcsJ last year amounted tq $7,000. ' Besiect is always duo tq persons of peculiar merit ; or thoso who fill elevated stations, but civility is duo to every ono iir llife( whqso baso conduct has not forfeitod ;t. An easy, land, and pleasing address, without sacrifice of dignity, is among the moat yaluablo acquirements, and is within tho reach of every person. It is a kind of current coin, that will pass universally even among savages, and will gam you friends with thoso who oaunot understand our languago. Food For Kansas- Seventeen thou sands lbs of flour, with a supply of corn, meat, and potatoes, arrived at Atchinsou on tho '.'5th, from Illinois; and several trains from tho destitute portion of South ern Kansas, which were iu waiting, wero loaded and started for their dcsfjnaiiqn. Thcro hayo previously arrived tnd been distributed from this point, 500 bushels of porn, yo,O0U pounds of floor, groceries, potatoes, &o most of which vas sent to J , t , 'pnEnE 3 uo readier way for a man to jjriu;, owu wortij ;ut0 question than by I cuaCavoriug to detract from tho worth of 1 otllcr mcu I - A veuj: rare combination, dollars am', stnse.
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