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LVAII,OO will he oharged on all sultsorip
litsite&to the end of the year.
ERTIBEMENTa and ButOoopn Notiois insert
ed the 11/1110 tattle, and ovoty doserintiod-rrf
ir ,11i3 2 5 ' - Etxxv . rxisr,
a)41101:1 4 011) In the Neatest mortar, at tho lowest
itthrive, *mg withfthe ultand despatch. naviog
p hexed a-large eoileot lon of type, we are p re
!) Fed UP satisfy the ordors of our Mends
Olt Plt VSIDF,NT
JA.S. 13UCHANAN,
OF PENNI:AY IN AN IA
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1 ! 'NW . ok 4 AI , lIISS I ot:it
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JACOB i HEY, JR.,
_ OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
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'T MOTIIY IVES,
VP ‘POTTER coviTy,
Democratic Electoral Ticket
SJINATORIA
?NUN R. BUCKA LEW,
ON IikCANOLEss,
_ ISPIIESENTATIVII.
Dbtriot lit-OEOEOIE W. NEIIIStIER,
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Do. &I-EDwAitu AItTNI A
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Do. 6th-4011N.H.IIRIN'ION,
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17th. L-11 J n r.k II ix,
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24th--44MS
'"-- • pm-VINCENT I'iIEDPB.
ASllMltitie Rata Central Committee,
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City 0/...PAilaart7ple , s —(h.b.fll 0 Wveleui t, JAS.
Pallillaritata. Goolge Plitt, A Ified iiiitinore, W Inia in
Rim, N. B. Browne, tieurge Williams, Thomas S
iiiariOai, imannal Street, William ols 1t .. , 1 1 1111/1111
V. Wangh, Edward W Power, IleorAu IV Moore,
lamitam,l, Timmons, dee .° Johnson
Tkitif Diaries —IV 'Main T Morrimm, A Ii
Timis.
IFoirirmil District —JusiTh Ifunt,lllll, .1 .i Loiper
Pfeti „DlPitriet—J I, awrrore oet a, Win. Karilvl
gash 1) , h tret—F Vansant, .14.1.0 Das II
• :4 istriet—Samuel C Stambaugh, C. II
Gle•lnger, TT. B. Saar, Jan S til'Mahon
veo",
.1T t ht 4 District—lea:lo l/ Nl'hinlev, Andrew
HO William 11 l'qillor,, ltiohanl M'Allkter,
0. ataatta3amuel BiZief, lICIIO 01111 t, Wllll.llll I'
W 1611110.011 C
~ ..... Non: AI Etietrirt—D (I Wagner, Natnual Welh•
' ' tile% MOM' Weiser
- 7.ratA District—John I'
Elativado Dsatriet Kullly, .1 11 I) 4li t, r
" Zwigija Distrsa II hurl a, tlc9rge
err Is
•TAirialAith D i.llll dal - -(i,,Orgo II Iluellei,(leorne
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-.7 .105 44. 71 144 tL 4 DoTalibach
.0414 nutria—Wm 0 Murray, Thomas
A. wire.
Sixtrenth Distwt—Lt. W, Wuavar, Dr. IL M.
Ilbratp.
Sousaterna •LO . istrset—Asar Lathrop, William
M. Platt. .
1714r11mx04. 4m4rici—J4llus 6hernoo.l, H. II
Niastamth Dustrict—Willtaru 8 Garriu, Ault%
Onolir•ri. e, ielliktietkDittrier--Jes. Douplafi, ti P. Blom.
Distrsci—Juwes M. 1.4.1.11 u, .1. 1.
K.fastat, Matieuel 11. Wilton,
' Tostalpsecond —llavid Lyneliold. I
Warsat.
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riNSlTTatra District —Georg° W Bon - man,
J.ll. exnacrn.
Twoutyviph 1.3 Jetinisr, Charlet.
Lasoberton. •
' %%image-sixth District—A. S. Wilson, Tbowna
Boger, J. B. Miller.
71Oity-seventh Diatriet—E J. Keenan, 11. P.
nilAiliken. •
-Mitaati-eigth_ltistriet—llatuara Reilly, Thos.
J Jlethinobat,
STORE AND NEW 'ADDS.-
:. MON'EtiONII,IOI ti(N,
9011111• EAST I'olo , Eli Or TIT)
'DLL/OAD AND AL . Lie.ii li AN I' STItEETS,
Ile:IL lOt 11.1 inn.
Eastog kat roturr o,l from 1'1111'0 , 11.1i., whylo
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hamt• mole our purolmsri, uud uiu NOW 01141
*CIAO t earefully.u.sort,,i ;,1 ,wi s , 1
.4e - fiR NT I.IOLE iv )1'1) ;
r• FUZZ NM (f i)(
14 1t;Ili t t broUSbt lip : Centro cohnty, and take mo
t IC! amours at chi friona ,, , o ustnmoill, ILIA. the
norilly, that wo prvpared "gtva
-CliltilV"-Aubliroar they nt,or had befoio, iu thu
441P0 -
COATS, VESTS, PANT:I, An .
"bleb ardurnbility unmet bh excelled, and having
*Uit INOsted with special refeienco tho lat eat
. 114 east approved faahlowt. Great rare has been '
• the eolocitug ofAlontiertion'e Furnishing
swab as Silla TWA I r E f ?s,,ITAN p•
i p v,211 ,,, , ( /.ORES,
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W • ateo s t ake known to the puldio that in addi
ilefXll4.os*,wther extensivo !nook of good', no hat. u '
kma;XWINSIVeI a largo antisfdnrli tutsort 'tient of
04011113, CAMENIIMS, VEBTISEOS, •
' - 4.44 TRIMMINGS , eto•t
'Of .m1;17 stile and variety. Being practical iv mit
:it/0k and\ pay partiantar attention to our 1,, ;r1-
Opp, we hero to give gonotal igaot inn :yid re
nal", a share of Umpublia patronage. reoect
tan all vrtnitinF anything in our Mu, of Lust
'and OXanntet our tawk ltf oi lftDiEß •
•-• • -J. MONTOOM Y ,tSCEN
P `,OSIT BANK,
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MUSS, MeAlailSTl3ll, MAIM: ,k CO.,
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BILLItt OF I;XCIIANOE AND NOTES
COUNTED
IROLLROTIONS MADE, AI)N PROOPTEDS Rl's'
•ISIITTRD PROMPTLY,
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SXOIIANCIE ON TILE u.kwr OONSTA NTlrlf ON
HAND. tmrl2-31n
•RB CIOCZB AND Tart-,
421 U
1110 S. A great variety. for sale by
e J. n. AWL k Co.
v SHOE STEAM SAW - MILL. ,-
Oboarlber having orpototi a Dingo Staten
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ears to order of any
tien eat the skilortost notion.
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Thank God for pleasant Weather!
-- - - -'chant it, merry rills!
And clap your hands together,
Ye exulting hills'
, Thank Him tionting valleys'
Thank Him, froltful plain!
For the golden sunshine,
And (ho sliver rsin.
Thank God, of good the Gives! •
Shout It, sportive breeze!
Respond, oh tuneful river' _
To the nodding trees,
Thernk Rini, hod and hirdieg,'
As )T Ir6W and
:Morrie in thanksgiving,
Every Hying thing! ' "
Thank nod, tits cheerful epirlt„
In a glow of love, #
For what wo hero Inherit, •
And our_loyen above
,„!'versa! Nature
Revels in 149-r birth,
, When Clod, In idessant weather;
• . Fettles uport the earth!
Ifl Wen for the beintieratie frqteh man
SY *11, :.
Rum—tho flondei monster ruarng
Unfottered Omagh our land;
Myriads bow In bumbloness,
Or piaci' at, his oorninand.
rtelontlem In bis trldrdetoun course;
Great God put forth thy hand,
And stay his deeds of darkness,
Nuns else can 82,V0 our land,
Buffalo Run, June 3, 1P56.
For theMeworratic Watchman.
• THE
Q ug mut ;IA c4.ltnll l l sono.
Illy nott Contrial ( l : a l f r
ofI F L " l'ange of COllll
try--Tho Dr.vmptton of Dtjhnent Gourmet
Cailo—EAryi t, etc
As**e intend to give a, good a description
of !MIAs RS our weak al,ilittcs will ddtilit
of, etc shall follow up closely- some of the
dith:rtnb,raileond tcotes and notice Well the
country as we pa .1 along.
At the Illinois Centrid depot the cars for
Cali.° upon that road have their depot nt 8
o clock in the morning and 7 o'clock in the
evening, This is (lie longest road II; the
NS f ostera - Sinteii, And pommies thrtrogh some of
the prettiest prairies in all Illinois. 'The
distance from Chicago to Cairo by this road,
i 4 three Mildred and seventy-eight miles,
and the lure is eles,e4 dollars. The average
late of speed is twentydlvc miles per hour:
the road is smooth and good, the cars spa
ciens..sfell finished, furnished and ventila•
led, and o ithout exception the °peers and
'various employees arc the most accommoda
ting and most gentlemanly set of men that
eau be found upon any railroad in the United
States.
'fhia cmnpany have ten thousand acres,
'More or less, to sell, of as goad prairie land,
with and ts ithout timber, as can be found in
the Wort. Sutne of it lays high and rolling
with good runningLwater„ w frinbersil and
close to the olliilroad. Others again are
marshy auli flat, with poor water, scaroity
of timber, and tenant fromtho read: Their
prices for the land' are firm-Aimee to (Meet'
dollars per acre, riptide in three equal in
stalments. The first, cash in hand ; the sec
ond in two•yuir4 after, and the third in four
years, without interest. 'Jim land lays on
both -sides of the road from three to Ten
mil4in width. This company; has sold an
immense quantity of their land from Bloom
ngtmrto- Freeport - , on the west brambrof
the road, upon thiae terms ; and pm sans
who hind bought farms from tlietn sip y
ago for five and six dollars per acre, have
them well improved now, and most of them
could not be induced to part with thorn now
for any sum less than forty dollars per acre.
The object of the company, in belling land
so cheap, is plausible. The road when first
made run through a wild unsettled country,
and they were compelled to allow out these
inducements to get persons to settle on and
cultivate those lands, which must nece'ssai ily
result to the benefit of the company in the
elapse of time, as it is the giving birth to
future cbstom and run of 'business. Many
persons have 'entertained doubts as tu the
va lidity of their tides, and not It fent, cry,
down these inducements as being ail a
" humbug," '" intent to sivindle," : .
doubts need bo entertained on that score,
or upon any other. Tho titles arc good, ,
gal and safe. We speak from what we know
and have seen, not heard. Having no inter
est itt any one way in theso lands, see are
disposed to give the truth and no more,
concerning them. Houses Can be pureittiied
in Chicago, )111 ready tp, be pneon the ground
at tcnonable prime, and Will he delivered at
any place desired, open the road, by the
company at redden! rater
Chicago is in Cook county, which county
Cric - ten - ds - Sorine t wAity-miles along the, Illinois
Central mad. 'The kill from its proximity
to Laho Michigan, is naturally swampy or
morally, with but little timber. True, there
are serne.piV,ty rolling prairies in the ex
tirenie south of the county, but they are few
in number, and are either taken up or sell at
exhorbitant. prices. Wilt county, which
fauns tho southern boundary of Cook, has
within its limits some beautiful lands, high;
rolling Mid table shapeth. , The road passes
through the eastern part of this county.
Building atone are foun'd in this county, in
great numbers; alio plenty of timber, but
the water is of a soft, salty nature, and the
chiilvand fbver,hare a permanent location.
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LINES.
AY PRANK if. STIMAIIEII
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lIMLEFQNTE;
.eciaftt ' • A4Wl, 4 lliata a
similar resemblance to it, although most of
its prairies lay higher. Champaign and Ver
million counties, which lie south by west of
Iroquois, contain some of the largest and
best prairies in the State. Timber, hoWcver,
is scarce, yet ihere are good springs, run
ning water r and plenty of them in these
cOunties...ltind can be bought for ten del
tars per. acre in these. coot - trips, that will
equal !n richness of soil, beauty of location,
_and cow, mien& to railroad, any of tbo best
land in the State of Illinois or hi any, of the
Western Stites. The soil is of a rich biotic
loam, and is from fourteen to eighteen indica
in depth. Chills and fever are also preva
lent he flute counties, hut it is our opinion
Chat after these rabies become broken up
and cultivated, those trouldchomc epidemics
will be, banished anti the coottry bicome as health:) , as any other
- part df the State.
Coles, Shelby, Fayette, ntrion,(ll;rson
and.Fi aqklin are all very pretty comities,
although they nre but thinly settled. , Tim
ber. scarce, water sottsind slimy, atul the
ague treinendous. Goqd rolling land can be
purchased in many --6 f these counties for
four and live - dollars per acre, second handed,
and. also, for the gold, at ,Unele Sam's
prices. I •
Willianison, Johnson and Pulaski, are
more thickly settled conntio, with better
quattities of. titriber. -The land lays more
Uat'and the soil is not quite so deep, The
water soft and of dirty appearance. These
counties, in our opinion, aro the most nn
healthy of any in the State; and the princi
pal productions arc corn white, red, yellow.
and " pop ;" mosquitos, livrds, ague and
all other' reptiles. The- inhabitants are
of a sallow complexion, Nil, raw boned
•• suckers," ttith big hearts, free to give and
befriend. These are their great character-
They kve to accommodate all per- t
sons to the befit of their' abditiks, nod if I
persons are tlefilrows of obtaining reliable
information from theln respectivg iriewa of i
land, &c.; they still readily receive it. if you
to be et rtain that they are abobt to tell
the " we hole trail . ' just watch if they pull
out a " square foot" of tobacco awl bite or
about one-sixth of the same. If they do,
the,' you will Mar them introduce the sub..
ject M the following 'manner.
"Wall, stranger;:if you ax 'pen ycr hon
or, I will answer upon honor, lee."
The pi-int . :llml ton ns alonolasTlC C 4 .6.
tral line, arel f an Asko:4 4loomington, Cen
tralia, Decatur, Vienna 'and Cajro. :There
are a number of other small phices that art
growing rapidly, AM It will not be many
years hence until all that itegion of country
through which this ros4uts will be thickly
settled. There aro till connections, upon
that route. One
,Dro mington with the-!
Chicago and St. Louis road, one at Cenfralia
with the Ohio and Mississrppi road to St. ,
Louis, and one at Decatur West ...Welch for,
Galena and Dubuque.
Cairo. situated, in the i(oetthern point of
Pulaski county, has:acquired con,iderable
celebrity from the repeated attempts which
hare beta' matte to build up a city on its site.
Located asde t., b e tw en two medits „y e n.,
and at their Junction, it undoubtedly
pte
scuts one of the beat point N. a city tint
r can he found in"the West; being plaee.l ; SI)
as to command the whole trade of the West,
Not lit- West and South.
there are diflicultie* to be surmounted
iu tie location of the ground and the stir
roundiug4mitry, which will require aJIIIII
111C1180 'amount of labor and expense.—
Whether it will ultimately repay all on
lays, is a mattcr of considerable doubt hi
our minds. - The banks nt the - Otitcr - rind
ftitesi ,sippi rivers are very low, awl the :ir
rountlin:t country it still lots er, Both are
subject to overflow, and froto the marshy
nature of the soil me. generated miasmas
whiekrendeis it very unhealthy. By a sei
entific system of banking, ditching, draining
and filling np, all this may be overcome. .1
lo:iree has hcen thrown up ,whieh prvitects it
iu a great degree.
Cairo contains two churches, three hotels,
five stores, a railroad depot and otheabeuld
hys ; there is
,also a printing office in the
place. The population is about live hundred:.
There are a regular lino of steamers running
between Cairo auth ew Orleans.
Ohio City opposite Cairo, in the State of
Missourb, is a small place situated upon a
higher bank. It is now in a flourishing con.
lition, having a larger population and better
buildings phan:Oriyal:
_AO&ha 80 111 ,1 4Cl i il ceittatei front Fayette and
JruipeeNlown to Pule:ski, Massie: and Pope
are distinguished from the northern cot ties,
by the ancient name of Egypt,"and thei fact
that it has a Cairo, fully confirms the thief°
be appropriatc ; besides,,,they:Bee;:deep,
feed and drink on corn, there.
We have also been told that it itddie great.
est," loco-fano nest" in all the West: BO
'suspecting 0" something" in our infoentiht
Nor, did not exult.
CHAPTER VI
Chio.lgo aid St. Louis Road--Jotiot--sneral
Dosuription, of 414, Count, y—Springejfeld—
efr
Wii havlo, its the.preceding chapter briefly
noticed that sectioh of country thAtigh
which tho 11,1,1nois deno4l railroad paasca.
Wo shall now endeavor •to follow up the
route of the Oldcagc; and. St. rants road_to
,
The * Au% on this road leave the Illinois
Central depot every morn* sod night Ibr
St. Louis, The 'dietan6sota I St. loins Nona
Clh i cage is two 4undred and fortpthree
The fare I ,e, .dollars, Rid the rata of
speed scarcely twenty mils* per hour. ' Tip
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trit'4.
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that reaped. f
Thu comitrir through Witch it passes is
thickly inhabited, and Is. the great stock
raising country of filiaois. From the re
peated slaughter of eittle, &c. upon this
road' by, the care, it i's (44/14 ,the " coif
biked suekerdom." i .
On leering Chicago thgleara run, upon tho
Hock Island road to Jolt t, at : which Owe.
n.
thu Rock Island ears ru e wept to Men
dota mid througle.ldwa tit,...... ~
' Joliet is the comity i,e, of Will county,
and has a populatiunuf tit tour, thousand :
It is celebrated for its large le o!-build:
Mg 5144110. - 't ' •
. Great efforts arc tnakln hero to induce
the legislature of the Ste #9 appropriate a,
sufficient sum of niece for the 'erection
of a Northern Penitentia in:thin titS,CO.
We shall not stop to pa ictilarize any por
tion of this county as ha superior claims
os er others ; but we shall Oleo 4 to say,
that there are some excelikallvlandi in some
'parts' of the onunty, and hey are sold at
excellently exhorbitant pri too. See sth
chapter first paragraph ' other partic
ulars- - • . .J, '
The Chicago and Sti 4 Louis roe saes
through the westernof Will county,
'Asit is nn-air line road it passes through
most ill of the countitsiii a south ii csttrii
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direction.
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Ortuuly 4 county, of akkh_hlorrts is tlie
county seat, is one oft ebest watered coon
tics in Middle Illinois; good high land, ieli
sail and will settled. Liring,ton county,
is Ida lies south west of Will, Is one of the
largest counties in the \ State, and is destined
at ileme future day t 6 become one of the
most populous. Ile' 'this wide-extended
pi airiCs lie in ail their - inienr like flower
r v b e
beds upon the earth% n,Nurface. There
iv probably, no county in the State better
calculated, fur agri:ul v t l tria... purl than
this ; the soil is deep 4, itnintio“. ly ri..b,
water plenty dud g 043, large bodies of
:indict arp dotted over its surface. The
V( imiliiim river passqs ii a scrill n tine fossl.
through its center, opt the banks and flab,
or n bleb, are howl:use van ti t ie..; of all kinds
of timbe r. Vast bed #. of coal are found
e ithin its limits, which t are dt sliced at no
distant period to form one of the most con
tifibtiotla- parte 'Ttr ItilriliK one; tho
county seat, is A flourishing place, with a
population of about select' hundred.
McLean, Logan and Sangamon will favor
ably compare with Livingston in an agricul
tural view. '
These are the great stoel i c raising counties.
- Largehdrds of cattle an 4 horses are seen
1 --,
grazing upon their prairies, which are well
adapted to that purpose, being well suppliesl
with water.
Bloomington, the county neat of McLean,
is a flourishing placeorith a population ex
ceeding firm thougand. in the
uounty of Sangamon, is the capitol of the
State. It is tastefully laid out, containing
many (Inc buildings that would do honor
yr - t'htm'la - s ailnnot Ictchng
fecal this place to Naples on tho Illinois
river , The population of Springfield is 01er
iniven thousand.
Macoupill and Maii , on counties, which
lie iioklth west from Sangamon, contain 801110
very liretty -farms Mello counties are
pretty thickly inhabited, sad the land sells
from twenty to thirty dollars per acre. All
finds of fruit arc raised in all those south
ern counties in abundance, nod 'of superior
qualitiaa.-- --altusits4 in. bladtme
county, seven miles noitb of the Mianoini
ivyr is finely laid out in wide, to
stretts, and eontaina several lino—churches
and a large number of atoics.. TM eity.is
suriounded, for several miles in extent', with
one of the finest bodies of timber in the
State,-fiom which vastAuantiti. s of Imaher
may be produced, Bitumous coal exists 01
peat abundance, at' ' onl4:a abort distance
from tho town. Inestmustiblo beds of',
limestone, for building purposes, and easily
quarried, are within Its
_precincts. A spe
cies
of freestone, easily di es , ;ed, and used
for monuntentn and nrchitectinal purposes,
and that peculiar spooks of lime, used foe,
water cement, arc found-in great abundance'
in the ‘icinity„ The corporate bounds ex.
tend too miles along thei river and a half
Mile back. The City Rat is laid out by the
proprietors upon s Eberle' scale. Tluird aro
five squarea reverted . for purposels,
and a large rescrvaliwi, Is mado on the
river for a public Ituitling and pionicn•
ide: The State Penitecipity is crecte4 in
thin city, and other impoiatit public build.
ings. The pepuloion is abut eight thom
sand.
FrOto Aitou, pasnopg'vrt , are convoyed to
St. Louis, twenty-eight snits*, below, by a
eleardlx;at on the
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try Chratigh which 'the Chica*saird St. Louis
road passe, has not itg «lizaribribeality-,of
location, cheap lands, conntilitdi. of timber,
good water; tich soil, nod railroad facilities,
in the Wcst. The nevral tAink , tdong.jts
and,there are many of the% orS twit°
fully laid out, And most of' the blitlcliuga aria
erected in oottage and Spiinie47,styler. !lbc
Inhabitants' arcs principally -Ncair - iYarkelr?t,-
sotnefeW Pennsylvanians. uo, ,os.n
purchiund in Ortigdy, , T-iiiiialpitoti,
keen and Loon counties, retiliC akm.Land
Offices. and iieociod .Itondoilfbi4yo to,too
• 'llgs Per ore. Whe t ague is iirsisleut
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So deeply is the State of Pennsylvania in
debted for her prosperity to the ellimmAtt
portion of her citizens, That We feel that an
aKieleal/voted to them will not be out of
Place in this mdridan, whe;re they coimpro
mine so large a part of the population. The
German character once employed the pOn of
'Go learned itni,l enlightened Taritus, ono of
the first historians of antiquity. They evi
elently inherit all the virtues ascribed by this
nigher td their nuce , .tors, with few of their
vices, whtelh rihristianity tint in a great
IllealllTO I)9lll , i:ter' GC,nnmongthem. hese
;mentors ini!riateeleinily from the Palatin
ate, front Alsie.e, Swabia, Saxony, and
Switzerland, With nh admixture of natives
Of every pl inciAllity and dukedom in
Germitup When we reflect, at thin day,
that the ~ti ek of most of these hold pioneers
in the settlement t f Pennsylvania, coo.sistad
only of a few pieces of gold ind silver coin,
a theist-4 sled mg, n Ihl,ltanef
and that now their dcccnduut4 are scattered
in any !aver ilt&Ak/m11; Went, and own the
most immenge pow3cssion%, we are fertility
ntiuck n Ali the nurawlow,chargev wrought
in the progress 'of thine by nn Overruling and
'lhtine Rand. If it were possible to deter•
mine the relative proportions of these 81/Cli t
the contrast would form such n monument
of human INWrITRY and LCONOMI" as has
seldom been wi Mcbsed in any ngit or country
on the face of the earth.
The principal pal t of the Gei mans of Penn
aylvania are Torment—hardy and industri
ous tilhrs of the soil—the moat noble of all
the iiitmlar occupations 61 , :11 can engage
lie attention of :ann. Mere skilful enit va
rs of tho earth, too, we hazard nothing iii
saying, can ha found-nowliare in this coun
try, or any other, between the rising and ,
the setting. of the nun.
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'l'he thrman; yet n ; fiat %nine upon patii•
moillnl pron,nr;.y. Tl s useful principle in
human nature f met tObr Lunch folly and xice
in you n;; people. It moreover leanly to last,
i ng, and extensive advantages in the improve
ment of a farm; for what inducement can
he alrongLryi a pawnt.to plant nn orchard,
to preset ;e tdrest trzi.s, or' to boild a corn.
modious and duralde how°, than -the Mel 1
that they will be 1)00d -sled by a nnuccetutionoC
IN ntrntione, who Isimil illiwrit his Wood/WA
name 1
Whit strikes a tinvollcr throughour Ger
man counties most forcibly, is their 'Mam
moth barns, called in their own Language
Schweiczer Scleuer. Indeed it is their in
variable'custom, in settling a new tract of
land, first to provide large and suitalk i ac
commodations for their horses and cattle,
before they expend much money in building
a house for theniselvel. No feature in their
character speaks so loudly in behalf of their
humanity, as this willingue , 4 to stiffer 11; , -;•
comfort tinnn,eltes, rather than impose it
un the dumb and uneoinploining beasts
They believe NSHtf hang Setlionviv, that a
I tgliteuus man r gnpleth the hfq. of his
beast. •" Mg ENS, let It not be in
ftrred, that their dwellings are deficient_ in
the r opt furls of life. mere r.,0, hue
so emphatically as tiny. lice "on
the fat of 1.4 1.111 , 1," and: twae boasts of Cl)
many and..,ticlt sul.istantial i , domestic
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enjoy
ments.
another fart, a I.mdt ni-ver 'fails t rit et
.the uttentem of a Ntiviger, is.lhe betraur4i•
nary size and alrendli of their Itorh.es. A
' German it tithe ih known ill every pars of the
State. .1.4 ROOtLIO to fed withliis lord"
the - Measure mut pride of good and bounti
ful llvinp. 11 lea tts.ll chtablished laal, that
tlt•e Goin.in hers.' ol Ilona Isn form
double the amodutof Itllprof
laud or Southtrii , litied, front the fit,,t thAt
they mi.! more plentifully fed, For the stun
reason, their cow•e hi (Male the quantity
of milk, author q quality vastly supniue.‘
)11 a word n.bierman farm can ho clistin
,hubdied frnn tho-forms of the other citizens,
by the superior Siva of their barog —The
plain hut compact, .comAructitM of thew
di ellings—thelliight of their mi.:sures
the extent of their orchards —the fertility of
their field.4—the_luxUrieneo of theiP'mcad:
ows.—the giant strength of thcii cattlo—anil
hy,a general appearance of plenty and pros.
perity in alriturt belongs to dunn.„,
The favorable inflame:: of Agriealtere, as
conducted by the nermans; in extending We
man lipppiness, is maniflatcal by the jey
they ex firers upon the birth of a child. No I
dread of poverty, nor distrust of Pruciilence
from an increasing family,
, dupressel, the
-spirits of Ouse industrious and frugal peo
ple. Upoir xlie birth of a Flo, they exult
in the gift of a ploughman or a wagoner;
and upon the birthof,a Aanglfer, they' T o.
Plea , in the Addition ot,a spinster or niilk
inaid, to their nimily. happy state tit hu
man society ! What blessing 4 can
ticn colder, that can atone for the anoient I
and patriarollial pleasure of raisiug up a
numerous and healthy family Of children to,
labor for their parents, for tkonselves, and
fir their Country; and finally to porta° of
the knowl,t4e And happiness which are' an
noxoil to existence, both in the life thatlians
Is, and in that which'is to ceroo. ThO joy
4K parents' upon tho birth of cltlid, is the
..echo -areating,loo.cinftaftv,- ,1 *.#7
the hills sod : , alleys pfrl l 4l3nsy/rtnle kikkr - •
' ever,vpul with-songe - of Joy upon..thoso oco,
dons! They sic the Intilfible egos of
,0 1 : 6pa r itivo innegionoc,, ehaillute industry,
it•alt6, apd hippitkeo
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oriteiirrising °Mon, felisegiang all
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life iSio become a Frehold*r, too as not •
live in a tented hopse--and the higheattum ,
petal delight ho citf enjoy, springs frOm hla
ability to declare : " This house is my even
/Woof able quality that; which renders him
afraid of Debt, that prolific source of Mia•
cry, Want :Ind Crime ! The borrower is
sertnnt to the lender.", " Owe no mast auv
thing, exrept to love him."
But the genius of the Vertunns of Penn
sYlvanip is not confined to Agriculture and
the Mechnnienl Arts. Man♦ 'of •them have,
Acquired great wealth, too, by foreigsz •
domestic comno r!e.
But another fact o high spenks louder in
their tlraise, than' nny other, is this, that
they are trillqiCOLlfiy eq mine to the reli
ionn edliontion of (lair eluldrst, and to the
eslallishnient nod support of the Christian'
Religion. For thin purpest they maku the
erection of n school house and a place of
worship the /its? lbjeels of 'their care. ' But
they do not atop how They take great
rains to introdoce 16 their ofD,pring, 110 t only
habirc of labor, but y tote of it. In this
they submit, to the irreviAible itnitence pro
nounced upon man, in such a tonuner in to
convert the wrath of Ilenven into private
and public happint as. " Trl FrAlt GOD ART)
TO LOVA! Wonk,' s are the. first lessons they
teach to their children.
As members of civil government, too, the
Germans are, in the most walled sense, pa
triotic and useful. - Strongly iittached to the
principles of our free institutions, and con
tributing lir,gely to (he public rivenuo,
they constitute tit; " bone and sinew" of
the State. Many of flu in have become Orri
inent in the s.ience of government, and they
have furnished some of our moat distin
guished Statesmen, wiis have seised in the
highest EXCCnttse and Legislative oL11 , :os.
We will be content nith tefercnrettrn - Single
illustrious example, the revered Simon Sny
der, whose name has become the very ay
non). me of sterling sense, unflinching hon
esty, and far seeing sagacity—and whose
administration of the Chief Magistracy of
I'dimtylvailitt, for apt nod of nine yenri, is
referred to. et the present day, by men of
all parties, nit is very intnitl of good govern
ment. ,
' The 'Germans of Pennsylvania, to their
credit be it spoken, never besiege the Gov
efittneltt rot ravers in their domestic pursuits.
They are never knolyn to crows the legislit
tive halls, ell - moron , ' for special pi ivileges,
and my for wealth and prosperity, not on
Acts of Assembly, hut on their own daily
toil and uolustry. They are, perhaps, the
only class of people who practically regard
government, its objects and Its functions, in
their true light. All that they desire from
government iv to be let alone.
An, m skilmr4, they are extremely kind,
and Priem They frequently asbist each
other by loans of money for a short time,
without interest. But, to secure their con
tideneo it ti neeminnary to bi pitwitual,
they ne er lend money a second time to one
who has vi_ia-Aiolated his obligation. Are
haic heart" it ncemarl:ed, that during the
1V:1r of iiaqiuddiMec "tare en* , ThW
instan , ;(:t of any of them di,:ellarging a
bond or a- (kb!, hr depreciated paper
money .
These are some of the traitii of elia.acter
which have raided the Cierman of Pennsyl
vania to a ikgreu of mor.il and political
elevation surpassed by no oiler race 9i
men in the world. From this prodd spec
taele we moy learn to piite knowledge tuid
Industry in Agriculture, coliplod,with a duo
obserialice of Christian duty, an the bash,
both of doirrilie happiness and tiiitionar
prosperity.
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1. —A faced of ours was VIU,S
, ing into the • ...MI ti cc of TOWIISCIId
the other night, from -the street, when he
n as accosted by an Irishman, saying
" An' what's that up stairs V'
" It's o 8116 w," msponded our Mend.
",In' how much is the commission fee?"
ingdlnd Paddrty.
" Tn eiity -live cent s," responded our &Lend
" a.itl chi ap.ot that."
" ebnpe, is it--an' whet soft of a thing
do pd . ' see up thc?o for the twenty-flee
eintsl"
" A necromancer," said our rrienif, now
geltin imbatfent..
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"A nominal], sir," seornfulls repeated
Paddy; " an' would yea 'pay. s twenfi•flye
Chits for
,st!cif'a nage, man, air ? Why,.
I'll show - ^you dashins of 'cm OP half the
money—go along ii•id yea;" and he went
off reflecting on flio folly. of paying " twin
ty•fi ye chits for acein' 4 a ig g er instead
of b. ) * p. gallon of whisky with it.-84f.
Rer.
" Witt/ shalom digging for?" •-,
"I am digging fol. money." . • , ,„.
The nowsiled- I lhedillers collected..
"We are told yhu digging-Ihr stiOney.."
,i alm a • ' , , •
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- “First rate luck—paysi antic--you biadltet,
ter take hold." • • — • • ••
All-dotlid their coats; and laid hidd.ffiesil
vigOrously for a time. After . throwing out
some-cart loads, the question eloarri , . -
, T When did you getibny money last ! ',, - ..
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T. "Hass much didlOnget-Pl - ----- - - k. -
"Four dollars acid a flat" ;:r''. • ,• • ).:
"That'o ratberains&w , . in. ~ 4 i
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It, was nearly midnight al Satuyaiy light
that a passenger dame to I C4VS,A--..ll:Stiest'
ing film to go to the cabi# 00(settker, Some
three miles (town the rfrOod aee hisdangh-,
torokgiri of fonrteen,n4to-wita improt4 iti '
be dying. - Col. S,/--exoke mt and asktrii - ' i
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me to accom ny Willi pad I eonaepted,
taking wit ne a email _package of reedt4
eines w4i i I el warp: carried in the.itatalate t
but learned there war 4 sno ;seed of ',... .
Se, for her disease was past owe. •
"She is a strange chill, earl tho Colonel;
'her father in a strange man. They US t:6;• .
gether on the, hank of the Thoy espse
here three yearn ago and no one knows
a hence or why. Ile ham money and. icat,
keen chin. child has been wanting
away for a year past. I have seen her often,
and she Seeing gifted n ith a marvfous
lea. she enema sometimes to bo the only
hope of her father." - •
We laid reached the hut of the Realer in
less thin half an hour, and entered it : rev;
•rently.
The accne nl3 one that cannot 1.4 easily
forgotten. Tlieremere looks and ovidencti
of luxury and taste lying op the rode table
near the await window, and the bed furni
ture On which the dying girl ray was as loft
al lh covering of i sleeping queen.. I was
of conirse startletl, never haring heard et
these people before ; but knowing it to be
no uncommon thing for tniianthropes to go
into the woods to live and die, I was content
to ask tio explanation, more especially ad
the death hour was evidently oust.
She was a fair child, with :napes along,
black hair lying cvi r the pillow. Her ayes
were dark and piercing, And as they men
mine they started slightly, but smiled and
looked upward. I spoke a few words to bar
father, and turning to her, asked if she knelt
her condition.
"I know that my Redeemer llseth," said
she, iu a voice whose moody was rlke
sweetest tones of and Mellen. You may.
imagine that her answer startled me, and
with a tnw w (7rds of like import, I Wind
from her. A half an hour after and she'
spoke in the same melodious voiotat-'•
"Father, I am cold, lie down beside ine.' 4
And the old manta) , down by his dying child,
and she tivitied her emanciated, arena around
his neck, and murmured itya ....treamy voles,
''llear, tiler, dear father."
"llffy said the ofd men; Moat Use
flood seem deep to thee 1"
"'Sly father my soul is strong."
"Scest thou the opposite shore 1"
"I see it, father, silt' its banks' ate
with immortal verdure." \ 4
"Ifearest thou the voices of 'ail- initabil
tants r
hear them father s an the 'voices of angetal
falling from afar in the still and solemn
night time and they call ma. lllatbeet
voice. too, father--oh, I heard it then!"
"tooth she speak to thee "/•'' -
"SIM speakoth in tones moot heavenly."
"Doll) she smile !" •
“An angel smile ! But /am cold—aold—
coal— Ilatiugyt.beresta.stsbeis.
You'll be lonely, Is tldji death, (litho. I"
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ADVICE FROM AN ; OLD INfIABI.
f ANT.
1. Patrouise.your own trades and =Alan.
los. This is doing as. you woutd to done
by, ind is building up the town you lip'
2. Pay your debts : so that Miter peosti:
may pay theirs.
3 Quarrel with no man : and, then,us mati
will quarrol with you.
4. Send your children constantly to 'clod,
and look in now and then yourself to aao
how-they arc doing there.
5. Keep all neat and clean about your
dwelling ; for cleanliness—you know. L-is
the handmaid of health, mud a distant 001 ilia
of wealth.
6. Avoid scandal ; for this is a pes of any
.9mntuni ty.
7 R liberal in respeel i to
enterptiset. i'pr the good, boot say* , "The
liberat^altlt be made lat.",
8. t tb e , wittOw sad thetath:.
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•hielf is pure arid Übtreibled.
9.jHeap s' , Eker childriO, in at :
the' evening air i 4 hart .
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ter lliffiloa know'inuilt go fid the Milli
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Zngagi; in no oonfriii•Wily.:
Tfou't smoke. '
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