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, 1852-11-20
A Fuolrvr s.2vE' 'RErrnNlNo HonE.-

A FuoluvE Ss2vE'REruRMNG HoME,-
A gentleman from Alabama passed through
Charleston, South Carolina, a short time
since, with slave of his who had escaped to
Canada more than year before. His mas
ter happening in Baltimore, was accosted
one morning by half-staryed and pitiable
looking negro, whom he presently recog-
nized as the fugitive from his estate. Ask
ing him what he wanted, he stated that he
had been residing in Canada, and after hav-
lug suffered innumerable hardships, he had
determined to retrace his steps, and return
to the home he had so abruptly quilted, and
had got so far when providentially he found
his master, and now enuealed him 10 take
him back with him.
, 1852-11-20
Exercise.

Many people look upon the necessity
man is under Of earning his bread hy labor
as a curse. But il is evident, from the
structure Of the body, that exercise is not
less Necessary than food for The preservation
Of health. Ihoae who labor are not only
the most healthy, but generally the most
happy part Of mankind. This Is peculiarly
tn case with those who live by the culture
Of The ground. The great increase of in-
habltanls in infant colonies, aud the longev
lty, everywhere, Of such as follow agricul-
ture, evidently prove il TO be the most
hcalthful as the most useful employment.
The love Of activity shows itself very
early in man. So strong is the principle,
that healthy youth canno; be restrained
from activity. Our love ofmoiion is surely
a strong PROOF of its utility. II seems to be
a law throughout the whole animal creation,
that no creature without exercise should
enjoy health, or be able TO find subsistence
Inactivity never fails 10 produce uni
versal relaxation of the solins, which dis
poses the body to innumelable DISEASES
When the solids are relaxed, neither the
digestion or the secretion can be duly per-
formed. How can persons who loll all day
on easy chairs, and sleep all night on beds
of down, fail 10 be relaxed Nor do those
mend the matter much who never stir
abroad but in a coach.
Glandular distractions generally proceed
from inactivity, These are the most obsti-
nate malaties. So long as the liver, kidney
and other glands, duly perform their func-
tions, health is seldom much impaired but
when they fail, it is difficult to be restored.
Weak nerves are also the constant COM
panions of inactivity. We seldom hear the
laborious complain of weak nerves. This
plainly points out the sources from which
nervous diseases generally originate, and
the means by which they may be prevented.
1t is absolutely impossible to enjoy health,
where the perspiraIion is retained in the
bosom it vitilates the humors, and occasions
the gout, rheumatism, sc.
No piece of indulgence Injuries the health
more than the custom of lying in bed too
long in the morning the morning is un'
doubtedly the best time for exercise, as the
air braces and strengthens the nerves. Gus
tom soon renders early rising agreeable, and
nothing contributes more to the preserva'
tion of health.
Every person should lay himself under
some necessity TO take exercise. Incidence,
like other vices when INDUCED, gains
ground, and al length becomes agreeable
Hence those who are fond Of exercise in
the early part of life, become quite averse
to il afterwards. This is often the case with
gouty or hypochondriac persons, and fire.
quently renders their cases so difficult 10 cure.
Incidence not only occasions diseases and
renders men useless to society, but promotes
all manner Of vice The mind, if not en-
gagged in some useful pursuit, is constantly
in quest Of ideal pleasures. From these
sources proceed most of the miseries Of
mankind. Certainly man was never intend
ed 10 be idle. Inactivity illustrates the very
design of his creation, whereas an active
life is the best and greatest preservation of
health Oracle of Health.
, 1852-11-20
Sustain Your Friends.

This advice applies 10 individuals as we'll
as TO masses Of individuals collected together
10 towns. Contrary TO very common no.
tlon, man always adds to his own power
and influence by impariing strength to his
n'Ig!ibor in time of need, to the full extent
o. reasonable sympathy and effort. There is
no man who does not want friends at some
period Of his life. He who isolates himsl Ii
from all others, who neither asks fayors nor
grants them, is always regarded as a hard
man, and when he falls, his ncighbors bury
his body, not so much out Of respect TO him
as to get it out of the way. Elasticity is as
much an essential element 10 society. as it is
10 the air we breathe. The very coniorma-
ton OF the body teaches man that he is
made TO bend-not too low, TO be sure, and
never in dishonor. The rich and the poor
exist, and all must live Pleasure and pain
are scattered mdiscriminately, without re
gard 10 class or station. In this we see a
plan for the cultivation of sympathy inter-
woven in the very Providence of Cod
Sympathy is made a NECESSITY. 1t would
not be best, that one unvarying rule should
be observed 10 all, in relation to food, cloth
ing and worldly wealth. Who wishes 10
have his food weighed out 10 him. Who
would wish to be cut off from the ambition
of exertion, which comes from desire to
guard ourselves or others from present or
future want Who wishes to be impellcd
forward in the race for wealth solely by en-
Wy Of others ? Who does not feel, at some
time, peculiar pleasure at seeing his neigh
Dor prosper in his legitimate aims 2 This
feeling should be universal. 1t would add
length TO life, and abundance 10 the now
scanty sum of happiness. In sustaining
your friends you would sustain humanity,
for all would be friendly. In all this, We
counsel no fanaticism The manner of the
people Of Amsterdam meets our views in
this respect faVbetter than those of Mormon
dom. Neither of them suit the character
of our people. The point TO aim at is, the
highest amount of private good to each and
to all, in order to form the greatest amount
Of public good. In this way our citizens
and city will prosper. Honor will be scru-
pulously guarded. Integrity will keep ITS
place. Every good citizen will feel that he
has a sort of property in the fair fame Of
every other, and, will defend it as his own.
I'v"rning, Commerce and the Mechanic
Arts will find homo bore TO love and adnrn-
Wealth will accumulate, and all that is de-
siyablc 10 develope the great influence that
alone flows from high, honorable, compre-
hensiye and manly character. Sustain your
country, your territory, your newspaper,
your friends in the broad sense of fellow
men and citizens, and in this way, with 9TH
els, you will best sustain yourself Tx.
, 1852-11-20

NAroLEoN's PRESENCE OF MIND.-Na-
poleon was so partial TO snuff, that he used
it to excess, in general supplying his nasal
organs from his wastcoat pocket. Many
reasons have been assigned, for bis adopting
the pocket of his waistcoat as a substitute
for the article generally used, and as we
have not met with the following before, we
venture on its insertion:
Son the eve OF battle Of Waterloo, as
Napoleon was Illuminating in his tent, upon
what might be the event of the conflict
about to be commenced, he took his snuff.
box off the table and proceeded to make use
of it, but 50 familiar was he with the quali>
ty of its contents, that as he took a pinch
between his finger and thumb, he perceived
it felt gritty 10 the finger, instead Of being
as usual, though the difference was not yisi-
bic to his naked eye.'
"IIe Immediately by way of trying its
gcnuneness, gave some 10 a dog that was
lying in the teat, II had an almost Instant
aneous effect on the animal, and in the md
deprived it of existence. Bonaparte's sus-
picion was now confirmed, he saw plainly
that an attempt had been made to poison
him, but such was his great presence OF
mind, that he took care to let none ol the
officers composing his staff know Of it at
such a critical timc,-his only precaution
being TO prevent a like occurrence taking
place, was the substituting Of his Waiscoat
pocket for the snuf-box.
, 1852-11-20

The Future OF AMERrcA.--M. Chcva-
lier, in the Paris Journal des Debats, writes
thus:
+" At the present time the United States
are the protectors, almost the soyereigns, of
entire America, and it is possible that they
may become its proprietors. Without yield
ing much to the Imagination, we may be-
lieve that in that hemisphere a gigantic pow,
er is growing, couched like giant from the
South Pole TO the North Pole, and in that
formidable attitude, overlooking at once the
whole Old World that is TO say, on the
East, Europe, and on the West, China and
Japan. AT this moment there is not boy
Of fifteen in the United States who does not
conceive this hope for his country, or who
does not express it as an infallible event, Just
as the young Romans under Fabias and
Paulus Emillus were convinced that they
were marching to universal empire"
, 1852-11-20

RAzoRs.--Barbers often tell US that ra-
zors get tired of shaving, but If laid by for
twenty days they will then shave well. By
microscopic examination it Is found that
the tired razor, from long stopping by the
same hand and in the same directions, has
the ultimate PARTICLES of 6bres Of its surface
or edge of piece Of cut velvet bat after
months rest, these hbres re-arrange ;hem'
selves heterogeneously, crossing each oth-
er presenting a saw-ike edge, each fbresup-
porting its fellow, and hence cutting the
beard, instead Of being forced down fiat
without cutting, as when laid by. These,
and many other instances are offered TO
prove that the ultimate PARTICLES Of matter
are always in motion, and they say that IN
the process Of welding, the absolute momen-
lum Of the hammer causes an entangiement
Of bits of motion, and hence a re arrange
ment, as one piece indeed in cold stale,
a leaf of gold laid ona polished surfaee Of
steel, stricken smariy with hammer, viii
have its particles forced into the steel, so as
to permanently Gid il at the the point Of
contraet.--fScienii6c American.
, 1852-11-20

TIE LEEcn.-Recent observations On
the comparative anatomy ofthis little animal
have made known to us, that just within its
mouth it is furnished with three little jaws,
iriangularly arranged, on each Of which are
inserted a row of very minute sharp point
ed teeth, much resembling the teeth Of a
saw. Each jaw has its appropriate sculal
apparatus for lis peculiar action, and thus
is explained the constant shape of the wound
observed after the application of this very
useful ANIMAL Annals of Practical Chem
istry.
, 1852-11-20

THE AcoRN.-lf an acorn be suspended
by piece of thread within half an inch of
the surface of some water contained in a
hyacinth glass, and SO permitted to remain
without being disturbed, it will, in a few
months, burst and throw q root into the
water, and shoot upward its straight and Ia
pering stem, with beautiful little green
leaves. A young oak tree growing in this
way on The mantle shelf of room is a very
elegant and interesting object We have
seen several oak trees, and also a chestnut
tree, thus growing but all Of them, howev-
er, have died after few months, probably
owing to the water not being changed sufi-
ciendy often 10 afford them the necessary
quantity of nourishment for the matter con-
tanned in them.
, 1852-11-20
Term.-InvnrInbIy in Advance.

For one year, when sent by mail, or taken Ot
the office, $500; for six months $500.
No paper will be discontinued, unless at the
option Of the publishers, until all aHcarages are
paid.
ADVERTISING.
One square, (twclto lines or less,) three inscr-
rs, $500; for every additional insertion, 81 ,OO
A liberal deduction to yearly advertisers
The number of insertions must be distinctly
marked on the margin, otherwise they will be con-
tnued tl forbidden, and charged accordingly.
AGENTS. j.
The following gentlemen arc authorized to re-
rene subscriptions for The Columbian
JAMES HALL, Postmaster, Fort Stella.
COON.
Gro. B. GoUDY, Lafayette;
WM. S. CALDWELL, Hillsborough;
ROBERT NEWELL, Champoeg
JAMES c. STRONG, Cathlamelt;
Isaac n. EBEl, Whidby's Island;
HENRY G. WILSON, Port Townsend;
BALcu & PALMER, Steilacoom
w. w. MILLER, Nesqually;
l.. D. WARBAss, Cowlitz Farms
S. ). FoRD, Sem, Chickeeles;
CrAs. c. TERRY & Co., New York;
d. L. BRowNrELD, New Dunginess
+. S, HoLLAND, Oregon City;
A. 4. Denny, Seattle
S. D. HOWE, PENIS Cove, Whidby's
Island;
joins r. Jackson, Jackson's Prairie,
Lewis county;
A. NJ, Pos, Poc's Point.
S. $. WILLIAMS, Washington City.
, 1852-11-20

BsS- In the year l775, Samuel Baldwin,
a gentleman of Hampshire, England, died,
and on opening his will it was found that he
had ordered his body 10 be thrown into the
sea near where he lived. His reason for
making this extraordinary disposal Of his re-
mains was, that his wife, who was much
younger than himself, had frequently said to
him, that she would dance upon bis grave.
, 1852-11-20

circumstances and therefore had the sum
been tens of thousands instead of hundreds,
il could not be said 10 have fallen into bad
hands.
Whether the Transaction above noticed
has led or mol to a continued correspondence
between the families wsAage unable to say /;
but we think the creditors in England would
naturally have felt pleasure in exchang-
ing intelligence from time to time with their
worthy debtors in Charleston. These things,
however, are private, and therefore we do
not intend to trench upon them.
, 1852-11-20

The CAMEL EXrERMENT.-The Boston
Transcript, expressing its regrets that Com
gress did not pass the appropriation of $780,
600, proposed for the Introduction Of cam
els on the California and Oregon routes
across the plains, correctly observes:
"Congrcss has done too little towards the
introduction Of foreign seeds and animals,
and foreign Improvements in cultivation
These are among the legitimate objects of
government, and among the most beneficial
purposes to which legislation can he direct
I'd. The importance Of the camel in the
overland journeys to California, where
marches of fifty miles without water are
frequently made, Is obvious. But it is not
only in his provision against the scarcity of
water that the camel may prove of great
utility. He Is patient, docilc, Lurdcnsome
animal, very fleet, enduring hunger as well
as thirst, thriving upon coarse and scanty
provendor. The tlcshand milk of the camel
afford excellent food, the skin is valuable,
and altogether it is an animal which, if it
could be introduced and acclmated here,
would be of incstimable service.
, 1852-11-20

% Said a bed bug to musquito whom
he ehanced 10 meet: "How is it you make
out TO extract so much more of life's current
than myself, when can bite as severely as
you ? How can you explain it ID! For
particulars, see small bills" quoted the mus
quito with disuity.
, 1852-11-20

LADIES' SLEEvEs.-The editor of the
Springfield, Mass, Republican thus exhotts
his fair readers, on hearing that the ladies'
are soon to introduce the fashion Of large
sleeves, Or, as they sometimes styled, n leg
Of mutton sleeves y: q 1t is more than hint4
ed that the old fashion of fifteen or twenty
years ago, of large sleeves for ladies' dresses,
is being revived. To man whose first
heart-huiterngs were produced BY the rds-
tie of these mysterious arm-receptacles
against bis coat collar, on bright moonlight
night, as he was waiting upon dear little
Miss home from singing school, or conier'
ence meeting, the announcement is fraught
with a tender, if moi melancholy interest
Oh memory, oh mutton legs, oh muslin! Was
il because we were attached to pair Of bal
looms, that our young emotions then scared,
and revelled in the blue emPyrean; Was
it because those immense gasbags were
sometimes folded across an innocently-thrOb-
bing heart that they seemed more sacred 10
us than if thrice blest by priestly benedie-
tion, of thrice filled with yellow gold But
the twain bubbles, invested with halo Of
young romance, have long since burst, and
we despise the ugly things now. Ladies,
take short sleeves, take long sleeves, take
no sleeves at all, or-take ours, but don't
take those big sleeves again, IAN ye lOvsps"
, 1852-11-20

DUrY.-Wo should be careful to practice
and treat the humbcst menial with courtesy
as deltcate as we would show the children
of afiluence and honor. So shall We trans
fuse in them corresponding refinement
which will tend eventually, perhaps, 10 make
them purer in morals and more elevated in
mind.
, 1852-11-20

The man who thought he coold learn to
make boots by swallowing "sheTry cob
blers," has just got out work in which he
attempts to prove that by eating hops" "
you will acquire knowledge of walIzing.
Queer Old customer, isn't hel
, 1852-11-20

ENGLISH TREArY WITH CHINA.-fn the
treaty ratified between Great Britain and
China in lS43, after the opium war, ii was
agreed that in twelve years the treaty might
lie revised by Ministers appointed by the
renectiye Governments. The time for such
revision will OF course be 1855.
, 1852-11-20

RIsGNG IN THE WoRLD.-YOu should
bear in mind that nino.tenlhs Of US are, from
the very natureand necessities Of the world,
born to gain our livelihood by the sweat Of
the brow. What reason have we, then, TO
presume that our children will not do the
same If they be, as now and then one
will be, endowed with extraordinary pow
ers Of mind may have an opportunity Of de-
veloping themselves and, if they never
have that opportunity, the harm is not very
great 10 us or them. Nor does it hence
follow that the descendants Of laborers are
always to be laborers. The path upward is
steep and long, to be sure. Industry, care,
skill, excellence, in the present parent, lay
the foundation of rise, under more favora-
Bile circumstances, for the children. The
children of these take another rise and, by
and by, the descendants of the present la
borrr attain distinction. This is the natu-
raj progress. II is by attempting TO reach
the top at a single leap that so much misery
is produced in the world. Society may aid
in making the laborers virtuous and happy,
by bringing children up to labor with steadi-
ness, with care, and with skill to show
them how to do as many usefHl things as
possible 10 do them all in the best manner /;
TO sci them an example in industry. sobrie-
ty, cleanliness, and neatness to make all
these habitual to them, so that they never
shall be liable 10 fall into the contrary to
let them always see a good living proceed
ing from labor, and thus 10 Remove from
them the temptation to get at the goods Of
others by violent and fraudulent means,
and to keep from their minds all the induce
ments to hypocrisy and deceit .--Gobbeu.
, 1852-11-20

THE CHURCHES OF ITALY. The Churches
in Italy have no pews, but are supplied
with rush-botlomed chairs, which are piled
up in q corner Of the nave, and hired out 10
the public at lowest possible remuneration.
This placing of chairs, together with their
removal the moment they are left unoccu-
pied, causes continual movement in the
church, for the worshippers come and 60
Just as they please. This plan also causes
a sort of separation of ranks among the wor-
shippers, between those who can afford to
hire seats and those who kueel upon the
ground. But il is not this alone which
strikes Protestant, who is accustomed only
to go 10 church on Sunday, in his holiday
clothes, to devote couple Of hours TO his
religious duties, and then 10 that, so far as
the outward worship of Almighty God is
concerned, he has nothing to do until the
succeeding week. Here on the contrary,
laboring men may be seen coming il, dfo11'
ed in their working jackets, and With I'd
instruments Of labor in their hands, 10 Nc
up in haste a passing prayer. Women
also, on their return from market, enter the
church and setting down their baskets BY
side, kneel upon the ground, and cross
themselves deyoutly.--LLewald's Italian
Sketch Book.
, 1852-11-20

Miss Nancy says, that while folks are
q invenling this and invenling that, she
wishes 10 gracious somebody would inVent
something for bringing up children, and
thcn she would get married."
, 1852-11-20

o." Where did you come from !" said
Smith to beggar Of the Isle OF Wright.
"From the Devil"
"What's going on in bis country ?"
Much the same as hcre.'
"Whal's that :"
"Tho rich taken in and the poor kept
out"
, 1852-11-20

u An advertisement in a newspaper
is like a circle in the water, continually
spreading itself Throw in your "roekS F"
aud Try 1t.
, 1852-11-20

Mrs. Nicely bought a warming pan one
day. When she came home she found
Bridget, the servant girl, cooking griddle
cakes in it. This is the same young lady
who was sent to dry goods store for bed
comforter, and returned with one Of the
clerks.
, 1852-11-20
THE COLUM MBIAN.

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY
WILEY & McELR0V.
J. w. WILEY. 1. +. McELRoY.
, 1852-11-20

Intellect is not the moral power ; con-
science is. Honor, not talenty makes the
man.
, 1852-11-20
NO. IL.
Large Newspapers.

The Scientific American thus truly
speaks to the Subscribers to magnificent
sheets, and like magnificent hunbugs
There are some men who alwats es-
innate the value Of newspapers by their size.
This shows remarkable ignorance on their
part. There is just as much diferehee III
one paper from another as there is in coarse
and fine cloth. A man may purchase five
yards Of cloth for the amount that will only
purchase one yard of fine cambrlc; and
would any man of sense suppose that one
yard is less valuable than the Eve Well,
it is just the same with newspapers and pc
riodicals. 1t is not the amount Of paper,
noI reading by which newspapers yalne
should be estimated, unless it be mere newsj
and eyen|t|ls comes under our definition Of
valuation. III is the quality Of the contents
that constitutes the true value Of paper.