LEWIS BURG CHR CLE H..C.HICKOK, Editor: - 1 VOLUME X. NO. 7. LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1853. Wuole Number, 475. LKWISBUKG CHRONICLE if IITVEFB1EDB!T riMILT iOtllSAt, fssucd on FRIDAY mornings at LcwLburg, Union county, Pennsylvania. , TKRM& f 1.60 per yvAr. for ub actually in .ulvnTire 1 1,7 4, if paM witbio thm months; $2,00 if paid within & year ; $iAO if not paid b-'forw tbc year expire ; 5 cent for ingle numhrr. Subscriptions for six wmtUs or lens, to be paid in advance. linti nuances optional with the PabtiHber, exerpl when the year is paid up. ABTULTi&EMurra bnndtfomel.T inserted at 50 cents per itiare, one week, $1 four weeks, (5 a year; two fiuarea, $4 for six month, $7 fur t year. Mercantile adv4rtie (nentit, not exceeding one fourth of a column. $10 a year. JOB WORK and casual advertisements to be paid fur When handed in or delivered. Communication solicit-! on all sulijectsof cneral inte rest not within the range of party or sectarian euuUvt. Alt letters must come post-paid, accompanied by th real addrem of the writer, to reoeive attention. itf-Tln-) relating exclusiTely to the Editorial learttiient. to be di rected to Ukkkt C. Uicxok, Ent KdUor aud those un buirinew to . N. Wokmex, i'uULhrr. OFFICE (for the present) in Beaver's block on N. 3d St, first floor, 4th door from corner. For the Lewisburg Clirouicla. "The Late Legislature." There are three topics which, whenever liard pushed for "leaders," are a god-send for soma Penns'a editors. These arc 1th xX July, New Year's, and "the late Legis lature." In the elucidation of the first, tbej exhaust their patriotism ; in the sec ond, their wisdom ; in the third, common cense and common honesty arc lost. Let me recapitulate the stereotyped anathemas which, for 40 or 50 years past, have been breathed upon every "late Leg islature :" "The Augean stable at Harris tnrg has been closed fur the season" "Ijct ti render thanks" " Our Legislative So dom""Xothing done fur the Public, btU evtrything for private interest" "Bribery and corruption stallced at noon-dau" "Legislators purcluiscd like sheep in the shambles !" " Tht last, by far the tcorst vf a".... and so on, ad infinitum. Now, how much reason or fairness are there in these annual diatribes ? Observe, that individuals are not singled out, but the censure is cast upon all engaged in Legislation the Governor, 3; Benawrs, ana iuo u.eprcseniauves, au me choice of the people, acting under solemn oaths, bound by the best considerations of rhich our natures are capable, and restrai 0 ued by as many safeguards and checks as human wisdom can device. All these (according to these editorial Solomons) are merely an assembly of corrupt knaves or of driveling fools ! And yet, these -very editors have as a general thing brought out and aided in Ubroad with both hands full of gold ! ! ! elevating to the positions they occupy, the The Flcatown Town Pump Beneficial So very individuals they now malign ! (The ;c;ety in Danger ! ! ! !" &c. &c. If the bill Lycoming Gazette, for example, speaks of the "late Lecislature" in almost the iden- lical terms the Hemoerat applied to the members from that District before their election, which was gained by the Gazettes int strenuous endeavors.) 'whenever cornered, however, these val - iant conservators of the public good will concede that there were some true men at Harrisburg -their otcn of course included; all the others (especially those belonging to the other party) were unworthy of their trust So that, when you would put your finger npon the guilty, you can only learn that they are Mr. Somcbodys, of Some- where, but nobody in particular ! Is this indiscriminate censure cither just to reputable men, or happy in its effects upon the public morals ? It seems to me ! that to heap upon the virtuous the faults of the vicious, will not tend to increase j the number, or to strengthen the hands, of the virtuous. To falsely represent our Executive and Legislative halls as scats ' of brazen corruption, can not tend either to purify them, or to strengthen the sacred ; regard for Law which is essential to our political existence, or to make them goals ( of honorable ambition. i Grant that there are unworthy or incom- petcnt men sent to Harrisburg,whosc fault is it ? It is not the fault of Harrisburg not the fault of those who arc worthy j nor are they themselves to" be blamed ; IT IS THE l'EOr-LE WHO SEND THEM (the carping Editors included) wno abe at FAULT FOB ALL THE EVILS OF BAD LEG ISLATION. If the People, by negligence, by partizan insanity, or by sympathy, choose an unworthy or incompetent agent, they arc responsible for his acts, and have themselves primarily to thank. A scoun drel at home, will be a greater scoundrel afc Harrisburg; a "twisty" man at home, win ik. listed when abroad ; and a man . of limited Jtwlcdge and narrow mind is : little the wiser b mere election to office While the Legislate SCssion, the cry of these Editors is dinng nothing but ?3 a day." When they aJSj,,urn and the result of their labors appears, the tune is changed to "Too much legislation 800 pages of lawi !" There were last sesa'on . ' MHjeca oi burning worse. Let memory recall the i m ? . ctTSCach' of P' ars and times, and eon- most of whwh passed thro' the forms ofltrast theiiti; .j u committees .1, i: : t. itauiuga au kmu j Aiuiuc, icpurung, engrossing, signing' by tbc Speakers, approing by the Governor, &c. Besides thete were several hundred ted, or postponed by one branch after the Governor, or vetoed. Here are at least 11 laws per day on an average passed through the tedious forms of legislation. " Doing nothing," quotha ! It may well be doubted whether a more industrious Legislature than that of Pennsylvania can be found out of New England. Extended as arc her bounds, diversified as are her resources, and conflicting as arc her local interests, yet an average of 110 days is all the time employed for the business of a Commonwealth of Two and a Ilalf Mill ions of People ! The Legislature of little Maryland is yet in session. "Well, but," says the People' sGrumllcr, "there is too much private and not enough public business transacted." Dear sir, if the two Houses disagree in politics, they had better drop politics than waste their time in fruitless contention. It is fair to presume that the Legislature do pass such general laws as they consider the general j good requires. As to private (or local) legislation, there is not enough of it. With the unsurpassed advantages of Pennsylva nia, she should be the " Empire State." Local, sectional, and even private legisla tion, wisely directed, all tend to advance the prosperity of the State. But the Grumbler objects to the trifling subjects of legislation. Here again the People are at fault. Every mail is loaded down with letters, petitions, and remon strances, respecting local wants. These may seem unimportant to Members from other Districts, but each Member knows the wants of his own. The city vi Eric j other ; our Public Works have been mate can not say that Philadelphia bills are of! rially helped by their money; their Legis- no account, nor can Philadelphia say that do act glial! be passed for Pittsburg. And what Member could or should turn a deaf ear to the legal requests of his own consti tuents ? The ambitious boro' of Flcatown desires a Beneficial Society (but "without banking privileges") in connection with their Town Pump. Dare the Member ro- flect; tLcir wWom orposb ft ? jt but ; ; t tLat jr , b . . by gome gly opponent or let tLe whoels of legislation roll too tardy for the 'fast' men there, and the Editor of the Tyrant's Ex terminator & Protector of tlie Hear Peojle, will 'issoo an Extry,' announcing in most flaming-characters that "Fleatown is Be trayed ! .Liberty is wounded in the house of Ker friends ! ! Bribery and Corruption is not now passed with telegraphic speed, all Flcatown is moved with excitement from its centre to its very suburbs, and as a last 'reswt an "Indignation Meeting" is called ; by a big handbill with a spread eagle and I in its mouth the comforting assurance that ! "The Spirit of '76 shall never die !" In j due time, as much as 75 or 100 men get J together in their largest school-house and proceed to "indignatc" each other. They resolve that they 'Jl never vote for their j Member again if he does not get that j "vital" bill (which may never be thought ,of again) through; that they will not be answerable for the consequences to him j personally if he returns to his injured and exasperated constituents without the bill ; and that if the Governor dare veto it they will raise a storm about his cars that shall shake the very Executive Chair ! Fore- warned thus, is it any wonder that the Bill to Suppress Poverty should be laid by that a littlo bargaining for votes to carry the Fleatown Town Purup Beneficial Soci- jety Bill should be entered into and that the alarmed Governor should haste to sign a benevolent bill like that, which conferred no banking privileges ? Indeed, sirs, it is the fault of the J'cople, and not of their "servants," if there are too many private or local enactments. There have been many reforms made in Pennsylvania legislation, and with proper care in tiie election ot .Members, many more may be effected. The wholesale charges cf Bribery are erross perversions of truth. That Members should legitimately advance the interests of themselves and their friends, so far as they can without prejudice to the public interests, is not denied. There may be those who sell their votes for money at every session, but there are more who can return with clean hands and clear consci- enccs. If the People wish true legislation, let them send men of tried moral stamina men who can say NO men who can pierce the veil and resist the power of any earthly tempter. The writer has spent several winters, in the prosecution of a lawful calling, in narrisburg,and believes that the character (of the Legislature is improving instead of ... . """t " will taUTi a Cljn so. Instead of a "row ' npon adjournment, as some papers 6tatcd, the Senate (and tor Wght I know the House) adjourned as quietly.and Members 'tW f ni M toox as 'llumina. I tor, "what about that political Legislative ' guzzle' forgetting to provide for its pay ment cost $8,000 all to benefit the Susq. Railroad and Gov. Bigler's lands ?" Dear friend ! contain yourself. If your representatives ate or drank too much, scud better men next time ; dou't abuse those who did neither. There were no 88,000 spent, nor half that sum. Provision was made for every expenditure authorized, to be paid after going through the Auditor General's office. You need not lose the precious sweat of your brow to foot the bili cypher out your share, and I will pay it with a dime and have some change left. It was not the Pennsylvania, but a Mary lantlSnsq. Road, which Gov. Lowe advised the Legislature to aid. Gov. Bigler has no land within 50 or 100 miles of the Penn. Susq. Road. The visit of the au thorities of Maryland and of Baltimore was not a Democratic, not a Why move ment, but one agreed upon by bo parties, and to which there was not a dissenting voice in cither House. Two or three years ago, the State of Maryland and Baltimore invited our Legislature, Governor, &c, to make them a friendly visit, which was ac cepted, and a pleasant tour and gcuerous re ception awaited them. Would you have the great State of Pennsylvania so small souled as never to reciprocate such an act of courtesy between neighboring States ? Maryland and Pennsylvania have often aided each other, and been on most friend ly terms; their Capitals arc near each I laturc was contemplating a visit to the borders of our State.. ..what tiuio so oppor tune, as that which was selected, for re turning the civility ? Many incidents resulting from Slavery have tended to ex cite hostility between the States, which a personal visit between its officials might soften or remove These were sufficient considerations to justify our Legislature in the measure. 0 ye men of Type, Taper, and Ink ! seated on your rickety stools you do not know everything going on in the world, and should not allow Imagination to supply the deficiency. Be careful of what you publish concerning our Lawgivers, whose characters should be. pure whose stations, sacred. So shall your 'patrons' increase, and 'pay np better your influence be salutary you be deemed wise by your 'numerous readers' and perhaps be sent to Harrisburg. Do not heedlessly proclaim facts. "whereof you are not possessed of," nor, parrot-like, re-hash every idle tale you may sec. QL JUSTICE. For lh LawUbarg Cbrauicl. Oo veuve Tor tar bride a gay pvtand of flowers To twiuu In her beautiful bair, Cbonat' - brightest ana frefibeot that bloom in the bowers llelittlug a priuceaa to near. Call the rose and the tulip, the anaranth too, The tvpffl of the brow they're to deck. Whoee li'iit, laughiug bart, giirrow't pauir ncrer knew, aor ol hopes nor ol joy xelt the wreck. But leaye the pale Iilly to pine on the stem, Ad eniMein of sorrow and ear, Unlx'fiUiuK ill Klrulnt! to mingle with them, llio uorid, tile dtttUik?,,the iiiir. Cali joy's laugbinjr ehiMren th:t dance by the way Tu i-artsilie oi thi rich bridal cheer, Urin the :ty once that back in prosperity's ray Aod the bright eyes that ne'er bhed a tear. The hanl that eekf ted the flower for the wreath, l"n-m;.riolii!)y twmeu in the band. A leaf of the ryprefitt, the emblem of death hy luiulc the hui-eli with the blaiid? How it blooms on the brow of the beautiful bride As she benils her fair head to the glaas ! And the bridegroom, impatient, exult in bi pride, And chides the dull houre Uty p&sd. Now the ring is exchanged, and the kius has been given, Aud they kneel at the altar of kTe, And tlie sr.ly man prays for the Meaning of llcavca Xo detciid on the pair from above. What Is that which is borne on the evening air, As 1 peuively pMS by the way? lis the lam. of delight, 'tis the tones that declare Their joy ehall continue for sye. The bride is alone, aud the reeelers are fied, And the mirth and the music are o'er : Why blooms nut the wreath on that beautiful head As it bloomed but a moment before r And the spring has returned and the song birds are come And the verdure appeare on the hill, Cut the Sowers of the garland ean never re-bloom, for the cypress is sighing there still. 0b, weave not the wreath of the dark cypress tree, Which above Uie loue sepulchre uruws ; If it needs must be worn, lady, twine it for mc ltut for beauty, the tulip aud robe. EluomJUU, lts3. R. B. Ccnnut. Sketch of the Reformer Gavazzi. Dr. Allessandro Gavazzi, the patriotic Italian exile and missionary in the cause of Truth, arrived in our city yesterday af ternoon, and lectured-last evening at the Musical Fund Hall on the Pope and the Bible. In another column will be found a report of his remarkable lecture, but wc extract the following sketch of his life and career for the satisfaction of our readers. The young Gavazzi, after the custom of his country, at the early age of sixteen, became a monk of the Barnabitc Order. So prominent Were his talents and literary attainments, that at 20 he was selected to fill the Professorial Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the Public College of Caravaggio, at Naples. When he left Naples to proceed to Arpino for the pur pose of ordination, general sorrow was expressed. During his abode here, instead of spending his time in solitude, he devo ted it to preaching. After his ordination. he went to Leghorn, and was there appoin ted teacher in Belles Lettres. Here he encountered tbc envy of rival Professors, and fur his liberal toutimcBta, incurred the ' suspicion of the authorities, and was forced to quit the place. He now abandoned lit erature, and devoted himself to preaching, being twenty-five years old. He went to Piedmont, where, for ten ycars,he preached to vast multitudes who everywhere thronged to hear him, making warm friends and most bitter enemies. Here he encountered ' the subtle and determined opposition of the Jesuits, so that he became a dangerous man. Parma was the next field of labor. Here he abode four years. His renown so in creased that he was compelled, on many occasions, to preach ten times in one day. His iron constitution, his indefatigable voice, and ardent zeal, set at defiance all physical fatigue. His liberal and enlarged views drew upon him the attention of Pope Gregory XVI. Ho had preached on Patriotism and its Virtues, in such a man ner as to arouse the apprehensions of tho Pontiff, and the command came from the Vatican forbidding him to exercise his ministry, except in the central prison at Parma. To this he was confined. Here he found eight hundred prisoners and gal ley slaves to whom he preached with con siderable success in the way of reformations among them, for blasphemy was turned into praise. After he was released, he went to Perugia, where his preaching was attended with usual success. In 1815, at Ancona, in one of those fiery outbursts of sacred zeal which characterize the man, he overstepped the limits assigned him, and uttercd some dangerous, because liberal truths. The ire of his enemies was roused. and he was virtually imprisoned in the college of the Novitiate of St. Scverino, where he was consigned to the tender mer cies of some Friars. The old Pope died, and Pius IX. was enthroned. In this Gavazzi rejoiced, as he thonght he saw a future dawning for his country ; he imagined that it was in a Pope that Italy was to find a Savior. Ga vazzi came into favor and was called to Rome. When on tho anniversary of the election of Pius IX. be preached in Rome, his language took a lofty tone for freedom, which kindled up immense enthusiasm. On another occasion, when preaching ft sermon of thanksgiving, he gave full scope to the thoughts that burned in his breast. With the unsparing severity of truth, he laid bare the enormities of the past reign of Gregory ; lie painted in vivid colors the PUtclioiI.. kUU hj K; iht pontifi cate of blood ; he forgot the Pope and con demned tbc man. This was"more than Pius could bear; rebuke and punishment followed ; he was forbidden to speak, and remained silent When in Rome, a day was set apart by those who loved liberty, to celebrate the death of those who fell at Padua. Gavazzi was, by uni versal acclaim, called ont to assist in the ceremonies. Here, too, he spoke words of freedom, which offended the priests and the Pope. He was condemned and sent to undergo the severe discipline of the Convent of Polvcricra, and from thence, with inquisitorial mystery, transferred to the Capuchin Convent of Gonzario. Now commenced the new epoch of rev olutions in France and other nations. Hope dawned for Italy. As soon as re leased, Gavazzi returned to Rome, and he was the first to move in the great cause. He was the first man who paraded the streets of Rome with the emblematical colors pinned to his breast. Mindful of his sacred calling, he chose tho typical form of a cross, and often in the thickest of the fray, in days which followed, was this cross the sole defence of the man who exposed himself fearlessly in the cause of truth. He preached the crusade of deliv erance and aid to the friends of liberty. He thus aroused the love of Italian liber ty in the breasts of many thousands, and did much towards combining the forces of Italy against the Austrian armies then threatening. The Pope feigned approval. He blessed the troops, and appointed Ga vazzi Chaplain in Chief, empowered him to act with supreme authority over the other chaplains; Gavazzi performed well the part of Chaplain, and in all places where tho army went, he preached for liberty. He did all be could then to secure the union of all Italy in paternal bonds the expulsion of all foreign oppressors, and the leaving of Italians to manage their own affairs with out Austrian dictation and powder. In the changing events he suffered many hardships. He was watched, and com pelled to live in seclusion.' He was seized and imprisoned, and singularly released. When the French army entered Rome, he was a proscribed man, and diligently hun ted but under the protection of the Amer ican flag, and the good offices of the Amer ican Consul, he was got out of Rome, and found warm hearts to welcome him in England. He was united with no Protes tant denomination. He says he is a mem ber of the Primitive Roman Church, as founded by PauL He is now biding his time. He i ready and anxious to return to Italy, as soon as he can do so with safe ty, and again preach to the multitude of his countrymen. Philadelphia Sun. Anecdote of Daniel Webster. I well remember hearing my father tell the following anecdote, illustrative of the early genius of that great man whose loss a mighty nation mourns : Ebenezer Webster, tho father of Dan iel, was a farmer. The vegetables in his garden had suffered considerably from the depredations of a woodchuck, (" ground hog") whose hole and habitation were near the premises. Daniel, some ten or twelve years old, and his older brother Ezckicl, had set a trap and finally succeed ed in capturing the trespasser. Ezekiel proposed to kill the animal and end at once all further trouble from him ; but Daniel looked with compassion upon his meek, dumb captive, and offered to let him again go free. The boys could not agree, and each appealed to their father to decide tho case. "Well, my boys," said the old gentleman, " I will be the judge. There is the prisoner (pointing to the woodchuck) and you shall be the counsel and plead the case for and against his life and liberty." Ezckicl opened the case with a strong argument, urging the mischievous nature of the criminal, the great harm he had al ready done, said that much time and la- .bor naa been spent in his capture, and now if he was suffered to live and go la?ain at larcc. he would renew his depre- ! dati0ns, and be cunning enough not to t,;m.if i. .t.;.. nA that he ought now to bo put to death ; that his skin was of some value, and that to make the most of him they could, it would not repay half the,' damage it had already done. His argument was ready, practical, to the point, and of much great er length than our limits will allow us to occupy in relating the story. The father looked with pride upon his son, who became a distinguished jurist in his manhood. " Now, Daniel, it is your torn ; I'll hear what you have to say." Twas the first case. Daniel saw that the plea of his brother had sensibly af fected his father, the Judge, and as his large, brilliant black eyes looked npoa the soft, timid expression of the animal, and as he saw it tremble with fear in its nar row prison-house, his heart swelled with pity, and he appealed with eloquent words il u vapeivo migttt again gff free. God, he said, had made the woodchuck; he made him to live, to enjoy the bright sunlight, the pure air, He free fields and woods. God had not made him, or any thing in vain; the woodchuck had as much right to life as any other living thing ; he was not a destructive animal. J as tihe wolf and the fox were; he simply ate a few common vegetables, of which they had a plenty and could well spare a part ; he destroyed nothing except the littlo food he needed to- sustain his hum ble life ( and that little food was as sweet to him, and as necessary to his existence, as was to them the food npon his mother's tabic. God furnished their own food: he gave them all they possessed: and would they not spare a little for the dumb creature, who really had as much right to his small share of God's bounty, as they themselves had to their portion? yea, more ; the animal had never violated the laws of his nature or the laws of God, as man often did ; but strictly followed the simple, harmless instincts he had received from tho hand of the creator of all things. Created by God's hand, he had a right, a right from God, to life, to food, to liber ty ; and they had no right to deprive him of either. He alluded to the mute but earnest pleadings of the animal for that life, as sweet, as dear to him, as their own was to them, and the just judgment they might expect if in selfish cruelty or cold hcartlessncss they took the life they eould not restore again, the life that God alone had given. During this appeal the tears had started to the old man's eyes, and were fast run ning down his sunburnt checks ; every feel ing of a father's heart was stirred within him ; he saw the future greatness of bis son before his eyes ; he felt that God had blessed him in his children beyond the lot of common men ; his pity and sympa thy were awakened by the eloquent words of compassion, and the strong appeal for mercy ; and forgetting the Judge in the man and father, he sprang from his chair, (while Daniel was in the midst of his ar gument, without thinking he had already won his case,) and turning to his older son, dashing the teats from hid eyes", ex claimed, "Zeke, Zekb, tou let that WOODCHUCK aaV Boston Traveler; Mtjncit Puddino. Butter deep dish, put in a layer of grated bread ; on this a layer of apples sliced very thin, a layer of brown sugar, and a layer of spices. Repeat this" process until the drsh i heaped very full, and bake it one Lour. Serve with sweet sauce. "Tired of Farming." A few months ago, a man who had been a farmer from his early life, camo to the city to buy stjvcs to sell again. Said he to the stove dealer, " the weevil begins to infest the wheat, and all things considered, I am ' tired of fanning,' and so have sold my farm." The stove dealer remarked, that he thought within himself, that just as like as not the discontented farmer would find a weevil in the heart of the new business and so it proved, for when the day arrived on which the note was matured given for the stoves, the old farmer, now tursgd tradesman, confessed that he had not been able to sell his stoves that he had most of them on hand. " Tired of farming," the most indepen dent business a man can engage in, be cause, fursooth, there are disappointments, and perplexities, and trials, and vexations, attending it Remember, you who arc tillers of the soil, that your cares and troubles and anxieties arc few and far be tween, compared with those suffered by commercial men. If vour chances to be come rich are not so inviting and profita ble, as those of the tradesman, bear in mind that the dangers of becoming very poor and destitute are far less. Famine and abject poverty seldom overtake the farmer, or haunt him in their ghostly visits. He lives on the high table-land of promise, rising far above the murky region of want and destitution. His children can say there is bread enough in our father's house, and a piece to spare to the hungry of other less fortuuate callings. "Tired of farming I" Supposing you are ? What is to be done in such a case ? Do you expect to find employment without trials and perplexities ? If so, you are doomed to disappointment There is no vocation in this world that will exempt those who engage therein, from cares and fears and vexations! So if you are tired of farming, the best way is to get rested just as boob as -yon can, and prosecute anew the business for which you were early trained, and which. if diliaaiitlg lowed, will yield a good sapjy of all the necessaries and comforts of life, together with opportunities for mental .and moral culture. Rural Xew Yorker. Go not in th Way of Sinners." The following beautiful allegory is translated from the German :J oopnronius, a wise teacher, would not suffer even his own grown up son and daughter to associate with those whoso conduct was not pure and upright " Dear Father, said the gentle Lulalia to him, one day, when he forbade her, in company with her brother, to visit the gentle Lucinda, "dear father, you must think us very childish if you imagine that we should be exposed to danger by it" The father took in silence a dead coal from the hearth, and reached to his daugh ter. ' It will not burn you, my child, take it" Eulalia did so, and behold her beauti ful white hand was soiled and blackened and as it chanced her white dress also. " We cannot be too careful in handling coals," said Eulalia, in Vexation. "Yes, truly," said her father, "you see ray child, that coals, even if they do not burn, blacken ; 60 it is with the com pany of the vicious." The Watering Trough Law. The law authorising the abatement of a certain portion of highway tax to the man who will place a trough in the highway, where it shall be constantly filled with Wa ter, and convenient for horses and cattle that are traveling said road to drink, has been the means of establishing a great many of those very excellent conveniences. There are, however, many other situations where such troughs could be placed that arc not so occupied. We hope tho law will not be forgotten, but that many others will avail themselves of its provisions, and exert themselves to put down good water ing troughs where they will answer the purpose. Maine Farmer: The Editor of the Miltonum had a rap ping communication, the other day, with a man who had died in arrears for the pa per, four years ago. The Spirit told the Editor to call on a certain person who was indebted to him when living; the Editor did as directed and received his pay. The spirit was so doubt deeply troubled that his newspaper had not been squared up. Those indebted for the Chronicle should reflect and feel uneasy. KWhat a pity pleasure is so much shorter lived than pain ! The fan of get ting drunk only lasts about an hour the misery $hich succeeds it frequently holds on for a fortnight Find a thousand dol lars, and the pleasure connected with it will grow old in s week ; lose a thousand dollars, and it will make yon feel like sixpence worth of arsenic for half of a lifetime. I F"r"-?l lahrradf In an interesting article on the M Histo ry of English Railways," in the May number of Hunt's Merchants' Magaziue, we find some interesting facts touching the opposition to their first construction. A remarkable episode in the railway history of Englaud to the relation between the companies and the landed aristocracy. It was, at the first, the collision between the ancient, conservative, lymphatic spirit that ruled the past, and the new-born, progressive, man-elevating energy that was to direct the future. One was weak from its infancy, the other was fee bio from senility ; one was undeveloped, the other exhausted. As always, the new tri umphed over the old, and the defeat of the latter carried with it more disgrace than ill-fortune. The result exhibited to the world that the British aristocracy was but a big raree-show a hollow humbug a matterless bubble. Their power, their glory, their honor whatever it had been was defunct. They sold land, ancestral possessions, ancient memories, the pride of family, personal character, everything, for the money of the merchants and mechan ics classes whom their fathers, and they tuo, had affected to despise. They who abominated traffic descended to the lowest trade, eagerly chaffering with railroad di rectors about the pounds and shillings to be paid for their properties, and yet mora as the price of hushing their hostile voices; every nerve was strained, and every means used, based on the known necessities of the railroad companies, to extend their pelf. iVevcr were misers more greedy of gold never more indifferent as to (ha means of obtaining it To such a com plexion had British chivalry attained in the nineteenth century. Auother class shoult be alluded to. When the railway movement commenced, the commercial houses of London wero most of them dignified with ancestral hon ors, awarded to their fathers for their ser vices in the armed vindication of commer cial rights They were aUiud the government, being often called on for couusei as well as monetary aid. They were jiot, in bur' understanding " of th term, men of progress, aud not remarka ble fur adventure. As a class, they wero rather cautious in regard to railroads, tuauy of them ranking among their most stubborn opponents. Bat abont 1830, a ' change was apparent Many of this class -had been ruined in the crisis of 1825, and others were greatly weakened. A new race of traders had arisen, inho had mado up their small capital by great activity. The new men boldly undertook to inno vate, and soon effected a great revolution in commercial aforms and customs. The eagerly allied themselves with the new power, which the old houses contemptu ously refused to recognise. Their efforts, and the results attending them, forced tho others from their inaction, and the entire mercantile power at length became enlist ed on the side of railroads the rapid pro j gress of which was, of course, thenceforth, insured. The London and Brighton road was tha occasion of a fierce and factious contest. Five separate lines were projected, and the sums spent in endeavoring simply to obtain an act by the different companies, amounted to 103,575. The expenditure for the road, on the successful line amount' cd to i'37,508 17s. Cd. per mile. IIoabdinu Sixveb. A recent trial id the Danphin eounty court brought to light the fact that two German families, living in the same neighborhood in Dauphin county, had hoarded uf a large quantity ot silver for thirty years, and wo presume it would have been hoarded for many years more, but that a servant girl finding the boxes or bags containing it, helped herself to a few hundreds. What a ridiculous system it is to keep money hid away in a house for years and years, losing the inte rest and being subject to robbery and other attendant risks. Instead of doing this, all persons having money, should loan it out to some prudent business man, and have it all the time accumulating. This would help trade and commerce, improve tho. country, and increase the fund for. aikt owner. Berks it- Schuyikil JourtmL. Antiquarian Researches aihvthe Bible. The New York CbmvsenCa Ad tertiser, speaking of Layard's new worl, entitled, " Discoveries among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon," just published by Putnam, says: "Mr. Layard'tf voluma abounds with corroborations cf th nftor ical portions of the Old Testament. Mound! after nfound, palace after palace and ever tombs and hidden vaults, testify to tha niinute truthfulness of that inspired vol- ' umc. Hosts of witDC.--scs are disentombed from the hoary and almost forgotten past-, ami by the grandtOr and m::jety of tLcir ' testimony, expose the shallowness and ig norance of scoffers of the present. Io would be an interesting task t j gatLer kin cue volume all these corrobcuUo.'
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