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21., to the Ladles and Gentlemen of Clear
field and vicinity. All operations performed
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with all the late improvments, he, le prepared to
make Artificial Teeth in the beet manner.
Ogee in Shaw's new row.
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aTILL continues the business of Chair Making,
11 and House, Sign and Ornamental Painting, at
**shop formerly occupied by Troutman & Rowe,
state east end of Market 'tweet, a short distance
west of Lits's Foundry. June 13, 1855.
THOMPSON, HARTSOCK N CO.
Trot Founders, Curwensville. An extensive
suortment of Castings made to orderer
Dso. 29, 1851.
buy a
id by
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erect.
L. JACKSON CRANS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Oleo adjoining Ila
.saidonco on Second Street, Clear! ►ld, la.
'Juno 1. 1854. _
verity
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H. P. THOMPSON,
nhyslclau, may be found either at hie Oboe
at Bootieid'a hotel, Curwenoville, when to
prolog:busily absent. Dec. 29, 1851-
ELLIS IRWIN & SONS,
A.
the mouth of Liak Rif, five miles from
Cleirfiehi, 11$1101 1 / 1 1 , 1 S,' and extensive
utseturers of Lumber,
July 23, 1852.
' T
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4t from
J. D. THOMPSON,
Blaellurmith, Wagons, Buggies, do., de., Ironed
on short notice, and the very best style, at his
old stand in the borough of Curwensville.
Pee. 29, 1853.
from
.to ibo
aides
M. WOODS, having changed his loca
If Lion from Curwonsville .to Clearfield, res
*trolly . 6ffers his itrotessioned services to the
thine/lot the latter place and vicinity.
'Residence on Second street, opposite ti it of
J. Cries, Esq. my
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Other
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P. W. BARRETT,
MERCHANT, PRODUCE AND LUMBER
In DEALER, AND JUSTICE OF THE
MCA latheraburg; Cloutleld
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of the
Oohs;
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the
. J. L. CUTTLE,
Attorney at Law and Land Agent, om
' , adjoining his residence, on Market s tree
Chatfield. March 3, 1853.
A.•B SHAW,
B.
WAILER of Foreign and Domestic Pderch.
`sadist', Shawsville, Clearfield county, Pa.
trill% August 15,1855.
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pIIYSICIAN--01fies in Carwennille.
May
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kelp
WM. P. CHAMBERS.
fihiSitiES on Chairmeiking, Wheelwright, and
ICouse and Sign painting at puvonevillo,
Cloweld co. All ordempromptlyiittended to
5,1858.
• OAIRT 3. WALLACE, • TTORPfIa AT LAW,
Clearlleld, Pa., Oflioi4 Show's Row, op.
the Journal °Moe. • -
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deo. I:lB4B.—tf.
kmLASTEIIING.-.-Tit ~ ittbseriber, having
located himself in tb, * borough ofClearileld
infirm the pliblie that be is prepared to
,_,lcrk in the above line, from tildieglYol7l6l3loo.
640 rIniy description in a workmanlike Drainer.
llis whitewashing and' repairing dorie in I Deaf
%Der and on reasonable terms. •
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to the oginlinry bo glviitt thri - totiti:li±i-
Ute week previous.
8. All workworrip k toil to boillittefatitory.
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Where, where will be the birds that sing,
A hundred years to coma ?
The lloweis:that now in beauty spring,
A hundred years to come ?
The rosy Hp,
The lofty brow,
The hearts that •beat
So gaily now I
0, where will be Love's beaming eye,
Joy's pleasant 'smiles and sorrow's sigh,
A hundred years to come ?
Who'll press for gold:the_crowded street,
A hundred years to come?
Who tread the church with willing Net,
A hundred years to come ?
Palo, trembling age
And fiery youth,
Au childhood with •
Its brow of !rutb
The rich, the poor, on land and sea,
Where will the mighty Millions be,
A hundred years to come ? •
We all within our graves shall sleep,
A.hundred years to come;
No living lout for us will weep,
A hundred years to come
But other wen
Our lands will till,
a. And others then
Our streets will fill,
While other birds will sing as gay,
As bright the sunshine as to day,
A hundred years to come.
Farmer's Hiyh School, April 11, 1859.
While the greae powers of Europe and
America are engaged LI regulating their
future intercourse with China, any infor
mation in reference to that Empire will
be received with increased interest. It
has been the custom of the Western world
to ridicule Chinese civilization and to
look upon it as undeserving of the consid
eration of our statesmen. Yet that civili `'
zation stood the test of thousands of years.
The same polity that governed China two
thousand years before the Christian era,
governs her this day. -Our sages who told
us that, founded upon the grossest mate
rialism, Chinese society was without any
moral basis, have been sadly puzzled to
explain the secret of its stability, while
the varions social system of Europe, which
claimed the superiority of moral truth did
not last. The_key to the-solution of this
problem is furnished in a recent work on
"The Chinese and their Rebellions, -with
Essay on Civilization, - by Thomas Taylor.
Meadows." From what we glean from
an article in the Westminster Review on
this work, which is the result of years of
practical observation, and philosophical
inquiry into the moral , that underlies
Chinese society, it completely upsets all
the preconceived notions of the west.
In reference to the usual charge that
the Chinese are sceptical, mater.alistic,
itc.. Mr. Meadows remarks:
"I would askmy English, American and
French readers what is it that the hun
dreds of thousands of our respective coun
trymen, who hurry daily through the
streets of London, New York and Paris,
are after? Are they, or are the 3 not, pur
suing wealth and material enjoyments
with ardor, absorbed in material inferests,
• utilitarians, industrious and gain seeking?
Why have the English been called shop
keepers, the American dollar hunters, and
why do these names stick ? Why are there
eighty thousand women in the streets and
public places of London ? and why is there
an enormous- organized prostitution in
Paris?" He arguesthat this monogamic
West is not altogether free from the vices
of poligamistio nations, and that the vices
and crimes prevalent in both the Orient
and Occident are identical, ip • lind. He
assorts as the result Of long and indepen
dent study, and' , Close observation. that the
great mass of the Chinese are sunk in,
material intereSts and enjoyments, just as
are the great' mass of the English, French
and 'Americans, and that as there exists •
in the West, among its gain,•seeking ma-
jorityA_ large amount of generOsity,pUb
lic spirit end right feeling, which may be ,
appealed to with-confidenetywhen a-great
cause is imperilled, and which them is
es cable of unsparing self-sacrifice so there
exists ii Similar. public. spiritin the Orient,
and that there is in both. hemispheres a
minority actuated by higher feelings, aim
ing at. higher objects.. The ' author com
bats
with convincing .arguments anct bets',
the assertion made by-ether writers•of the
non-existence inChineof such a minority,
and the latent publietitirifcif the niajority.
They
_portrayed. a ;people, Ike 'says: ' that
I could! have Ino.exjstencei any More..thart A
nation of. centaurs; they depletedii peo
ple,nitit liiitnipi but inhuman.. 'ln 'ariautri
big " this f OellitiOn .the - anther.. maintains
nothing more extraordinary than that the
ehinese are a nation,• composed , of men
1 f igil eyetnen exhibiting the _same varieties
i cif. ~,orttsti:r ,in degree • and quality, than
.ett [ o: Nry -n' s i ntiA,ns'of men 'and women call
1351AIPAIRR.8. 1- 7140_: bingo that the Chinese 1
are scopt!;w.._eaw4t,e-of moral feeling, he
iefutesloy,Oktilcig #.', the feet - that every 1
l'neivklitiiitir. , and 'OTC's!. decument •of • the
i Ch'h#ollo; ,its•X4r,4 1.44*( 4 4 inOtrit 4 -'i !
Psr .- ehkii.g . '#ittA: slid.
.41.itiO, itiot!'s -. o* .
, t (
giThiii.644g4,13...%)44y..144.0.": 40, viitu.: ,
, oils thing '. .triao. l .l:te: cfr3e.". '; ' e proves.
[philoophicailydhat -the whole•sollerrielif
Chinese society, is a splritna} ppodneki
whrisiteraiWtONte IP
air A - m
g o h tto , : riorti
tni Vs l ib
irbatayer the Otter ~. . ~
gattill °du.
A HUNDRED TEARS TO COME.
BY BARRIE.
niisttilantous.
Chinese Civilization
==lM==2
brought it intOjeopardy: The author tells
us that :While the Christians start . with
man's fall and redemption, believing min
born in sin, the - Chinese believe that Man
is born perfectly good, and that from this
belief the political peculiarities of Chin a are
directly derivable. "For instance, the doc
trine that man is radically good, sanctions
an appeal to the mass of men whose de
cisions Must be ' right,. as truth or good
neis is their common point of agreement,
while divergence proceeds from - individual
want of harmony with the whole. Ac
cordirisly for a thing to be publicly done
is equivalent to its being right. Hence
the publicity of appointments and of all
social transactions in China." Publio of
fices in China, we are informed; are con
ferred under a process of severe, public
examination, giving an equal chance to all
men,_ to the ablestand. most. worthY. No
distinction
_kis
_made betweemintellectual
and moral qualification. Education is
generally diffused by a system of public
schools in which the same lessons were
taught four thousand years ago. The sys
tem of training youth for public office has
worked very successfully till lately. We
have seen it stated elsewhere that the re-
Tent practice of selling high positions,
which is regarded as one of the causes of
the 'let rebellion, was theconsequence
ef,the. plo t
embarrassment of the gov
ernment, occasioned by the British opium
.war, and opium tariff. Chinese revolw,
tions are never ciirTeted against the prin.
ciples of government, which have been
authoritatively decided on as the best,
but against the rulers who are not mas
ters but seryants of -the form of govern
ment, and who must be removed when
they disagree or pervert it. Their corm
mission is then considered at an end.—
This doctrine explain; that while so many
rebellions have swept over the Empire,
deposing dynasties, the government re
mained unchanged. The following rules,
we are assured, form a solemn part of the
instruction of every educated. Chinese:—
That the nation must be governed
by moral agency in preference to physical
force."
"2. That the services of the wisest and
ablest men in the nation are indispensa
ble to its good government."
"3. That the people have a right to de
pose a sovereign who, either from active
wickedness or vicious indolence, gives
cause to oppressive and tyrannical rule."
So far from China• beting.the,.untnitiga
ted despotism which we bold it to be, even
the succession of the throne is under the
above rules better and more rationally
regulated than in any European country.
While it is usually restricted to the mem
bers of the reigning family, the crown is
awarded to merit within that family, in
stead of seniority.
The writer contends that the centre li
zation of the Chinese empire is not an evi
l deuce of despotism. ,He proves by the
condition of England that freedom and
self-government are -not always thtteltrie
thing. it was to be remembered, that the
appatatu,s of government in China, is not
one of physical force; but of intellectual
superiority and moral persuasion, and
that under a doctrine of the radical bad
ness of man there must in all consistency
; be a govornmeut relying more upon force
' and less upon trust, than under the oppo , .
site doctrine.
The practical evidences which Mr.
Meadows , give us of the freedom of the
Chinese, agree with the observarions of
former travellers, who failed to explain,
the reason of it. He says : "The China
; men can sell and hold landed property
with a facility, certainty and security
which is absolute perfection,--compared
with the nature of English dealing of the
same kind. He Can traverse his country
through its 2000 milei of length, unques
tioned by any official, , and in doing so cart
follow whatever eccupatinti he - pleases."
This and the practice-of annual public ex
aminations of candidates for office, under
a free competition, contradict the opinion
prevalent here and in „Vutepe of caste ru
ling in China which opini4n may have
arisen from the fact that Children gener
ally 'follow the occupations of their parents,
but they are evidently not obligated to4o
so. Mr. Meadows further remarks that
the Chinaman can quit his country and
re..enter it without passport or other hind-1
ranee; that the inhabitants of the inte
rior hardly ever see an official except once
a year the tax-collector, and that they,are
'prompt-to resiit-every-kind of tyranny; :
that, in fine, they enjoy a larger amount
of 'practical freedom than European na
tions in the disposal of their persons and
property.
Another traveller, Lieutenant Foams,
testifies to the same effect, .-The. Chinese,
be says. "enjoy a fair_ portion of liberty,
and more happiness than falls to the lot
of most ,nations.. The empire .is one fam
ily, and if the Imperial father sometimes
visits severely the error ofa member,of it,
yet is he slow to. exercise, his sthopity;
and though death be the penalty that the
law awards for many offences,capital pun
ishinents are eitremely'rare, and the bent
of legillation'_aims_ _ providing' against
the ills of humanity relieving its wants,
and Preventing rather than punishing
crime. For, this purpose, education is
general, arts are encouraged, gigantic un
dertakings are completed for facilitating
trade, agriculture is held in honor, and
every possible means adopted for feeding
the people, and preventing and allevia
ting famine, which, without some such
regulations would perhaps oftenter occur."
—"lf some of the above particulars do not
squsre with European notions, amongst
their fruits may be mentioned that tie
Chinese are the most contended, good
humored, well-fed, industrious and happy
population, that in the course of sixteen
,years - of service in the navy;, and rambles
in most parts of the globe, I hat% met
,With." •
'lt ins to us, that whatever' the for ..
ofgtimientido;rde hi 'towns ig-0'20140h
merrier affair than we have 1340T3 led to.
vWl , t* -
" . .EXCELSIOR."
believe by persons who had seen nothing
of it than what presents itself to thestran
ger on the dirty _wharves of a sea-port s --
The Chinese farmer is represented as liv
ing in the midst of "fruity gardens, leafy
lawns, flowery conservatories, fish-ponds,
poultry -yards, etc. ThwtOwns of the in
ferior display "rich and gorgeous shops,
fruit-shops piled with grapes and melons,
and pine apples iced fit command;; eating
houses at the elevation of observatories for
the sake of and the view public gar
dens with jugglers, fortune-tellers, dan
cing and Singing girls, tight ropes and
dramatic interludes; while at every cor
ner, and in every open Space are itiner-.
ant tradesmen, from the restaurateur to
the dentists, and all except the lowest la
borers and coolies strut .ab.mt in dresses
composed of silk, satin and crape."
All this contradicts flatly the long tales
of Chinese misery, poverty, degradation
and famine which reached us from time
to time prindipally through the medium
of British literature, and it would scorn
that the British, if they are bent upon
converting and civilizing the world. had
better begin at home. They evidently
cannot teach the Chinese much, nor ame
liorate their condition by reducing them
to-the level of the people of India. The
policy to be pursued by the Western
Powers in China should never become one
of conquest or occupation, but should be
strictly commercial. '
About thirty years ago, Mr Joseph St,.
Clair built a cabin in Arkansas, far up to
ward the head water's of White River.—
It was then all a wilderness around, and
game was abundant. There was no lack
of bear, catamounts, wolves and panthers.
In fact, that country was, at that date,
a nerfect paradise for the practiced hunter.
Mr. St. Clair had no family other than
a young wife and one infant. He was
fond of hunting, but he cultivated a few
acres in corn and vegetables At first it
was fully ten miles to his nearest neigh-
bor's, but . during the ensueing Spring, a
man named Williams made a settlement,
within half a mile Of St. C., and the two fam
ilies became neighbors and quite inicautte.
Mr. Williams was a man in humble eir
cuinstanees and a large family. mostly of
grown daugters, and no small children.—
Otte day in the moth ofJ uly, 1829, (the ,
first Summer that: Mr. St. Clair lived there), .
his wife was at home . with the chid. and
Mr St. Clair was oil with his gun. About
19 o'clock in the morning she :ell her ba
by asleep in the_cradle,_and_weist to the
field - to gather beans for .dinner. On her
return the
_child was gone. She, however,
felt no alarm, because she supposed that '
her husband had come home during her
absence and had hidden somewhere about
the house with the child merely for a little
fun ; so she busied herself in preparing din
ner. In an hour or two her husband rem
turned_fronl, _the_woods__bearin g his gum-.
and a young deer that he killed, and on
inquiry declared that, he' - knew 'nothing;
They. now suppoied that-=one= of Mr.'
Williams' daughters had come in while
Mrs. St. Clair was out, and finding the ba
by, of which. she was very fond, She carried
it home. This theory was to them quite
satisfactory, for there was no other neigh
bors, and.the child could not go away,-un
less carried. How else could it have hap,
pened ? •
Dinner being over. Mr.. St. Clair walked
over to the neighbor's, to bring back bis
treasure of a baby that Miss Lucy said
that she had not borrowed the baby—she
had not; seen it that day. Mr. St. Clair
was hard to be convinced that no one of
the family had taken the child, but all as
sured him that they know nothing of it.
. It,was.now time to be alarmed. ' "What
has become of the poor child ? " was his •
exclamatiOn, aiid :he: ran back '
great agony. The mother, in like manner,
was almost frantic. They Could not con
ceive who had. taken away , their child-
Mr.Williams's family joined in the grief.
but could afford. no aid; no nonsolatien.
They could invent no theory, nor devise
any plan. by:which' the child had, , vi ,•1"
any degree of ~ p robability, diSaPPPared-
WhO was to take it atyay? Why would any
ono wish' to Italie - it:l - They -were utterly
at a loss.
Finally, it remembered that occa
sionally there were parties of: Cherokees
hunting throggh that country. It was trolv
surmised that they had.happened to come
to the lionise While Iztr, Si." C. was in the
field and , had stolen the child and • carried
it away. This was; at once received
plausible,and qtritep . rebable,
galier next mornmg, Mr. st. Clair and
Mr.Vfillitilis_set out to settle_ for the fedi- .
an canw, dad lift J.St. C. Was left alone
athome. • Shemae sitting in silence, wee-,_
pieg . tegra biger anguish, strOh As none
bet mothers ever, shed, and wondering in
bei heart what bad become of her darling
baby. ' Itwas now ribebt the -hoer of the
day on ,which;' she,: the day . previous, had
gone otti.-.-Ere. she was aware, 0 . large
panther, wrthateilthy tread, Mine to
theidoor arid locked" in [toward, the cradle.
Dirs.St. Clair screamed and he ran away.
The truth;was now apparatet, and no new
light has'ever been past upon the subject.
Memphis appeal.
TOBIATOES.—As the season jor this whole
some and delicious vegetable is rapidly ap
proaching, we give the following recipe for
preparing them, froth the Scientific Ameri
can,-which we are assured by one who has
made the eleeriinent, is - superior to any
thing yet discovered for their prepara
tion:
"Take good ripe tomatoes, cut them in
slices,and sprinkle over them finely pul
verizta white sugar, then sprinkle claret
wins sufficient to cover them.. Tomatoes
aresometimes prepared in this way with
diluted Vinegar. but claret wine -imparts
to tiumr‘alticher and mere plemanttavOr.
nuKe.,arly ,v9seroblit?g. the strwbeigy
Mitt: thyiblift •
A Tale of Horror
MEM
The Northern SIM
It is remarkable time from , the earliest
ages, among mist races some . singular ,
feeling or association of mystery attached
to the North. "Out of the North evil
shall come, " says the inspired writer; and
it was to the North that Runic sorcerers
turned to the great source of incornpre
hensible lore. And the mystery has 'not
diminisheil in late days. The question of
the Northwest passage vexed the world for
years, and now that has been solved, one
in every way of infinitely greater impor
tance to science, has been raised in the in
quiry, "Is there an open Polar Sea?"
"What difference does it make to any
boit whether there be such a sea?" cry
many. The same class of minds' decry
appropriations for astronomy, don't quite
see through the coast surveys, and, in
short, howl out at every dolltir devoted-to
art or science, "Why was not this money
given to the poor?" Yet even such
know that all - practical knowledge is Nis..
ed on science, and, that science must mas
ter the great laws whioh pervade the
whole earth. A question of polar magnet
ism and the center of cold may be of this
utmost importance in determining practi
cal points of electro-magnetism and manu
factures. At any rate, until science has
completely satisfied every question it is
interested in, practidal, daily bread, man
ufacturing and' arts have no abosolutely
perfect foundation or future.
There is good reason to believe that
North of a certain latitude, climate be.,
comes warmer. With this theory are 'as
sociated many unsolved scientific prob
lems. It is believed that there 'is a vast
Polar ses, and that this is the great rerort
of whales, the observation of many wha.m
lers coikfirming this. All the principal
whalings grounds are just in situations
which seem to be the exits or doors of
such a sea, and the singular fact of whales
going South from them, and the . manner
in which they disappear or reappear, all
confirm the idea, flier° are also scien
tific observations innumerable, to say
nothin. , of the Kano' expedition, which
should be deemed almost conclusive.
There is another class who say, "there
has been suffering and expense—let u s e
have no more of this.Polax exploring."-=
Such persons are not aware that thou
sands of whalerncn annually suffer little
less than they, probably would in a well
appointed expedition ; and that pinked
men can easily be obtained among them
for such a voyage. In short, if men who
are perfectly familiar with the perils of
the extreme North, are willing to en
counter them, and if the whole scientific
world approves of the project; (and gives
glory to America for having those 'who
dere do it,) the question simply is, wheth
er America will raise the money requisite?
That is all.
Dr. Hayes, who has with Dr. Kane en
countered the worst perils of the. North;
is novr occupied in organizing sue i
,an ex
pedition. We command the considere
tion of it to all our readers. If lte..and
others are willing to go' cannot taise_the
thirty thousand dollars requisite to send
them and solve the last great Northern
poblem? The true chivalry of the Nine
teenth century ; the risking of life for, tru
ly honorable distinction, oentres nearly all
around science. And it we oome to his. ,
tory, to progress and facts, we shall find
that one new scientific fact is well worth a
thousand lives, though it were a very small
fact indeed. Generttions may - come - and
go without doing any thing for posterity ;
but dne scientific fact is an eternal and alp.
solute acquisition to the cause of progress
and from it may grow a new scource of
happiness. ~1•To one can , say how; but. we
defy a man to•atudy thelistoryof science
and human culture, and - .not agree with
us., To those who extend, a helping harict
to all such ehlialricrandl,. ruly
io effort, the higheit'ltonor belongs.=
Theirs are the truly , enlightened minas
who look beyondpetty, narrow limifs,,
and coming generation will do them how.
or ; for it is the true -, scientific era which
is now dawning on , the. world.
The 01d Swedes'
We wonder how many wayfarers, who
are whisked past the Old Swedes! Chureh;
on the out-skirts of Wilmington; in. the
cars of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Haaread—we wonder how many
of them think, as we did the othet day;
of the doings - of the Swedes at , 'Tort Cans
tab," ail recorded in that most comical of
all. historiep ; the "Knickerbocker His.
tory of New. York?' It will be remain:.
bored • that Jacobus Von Potienhargh,
Commander-in-Chief -of 4he arm Y-of the
High and Mighty New Netherlands. was
signally discomfitteci by the said Swedes,
as.there set forth, after which Jacobus rer
turned to NOW Amsterdaui, "witha crew
of hard swearers at his-heels,--eturdy bot
tle companions, whom he gorged and fat
tened; and who were ready to'bolster him
in all courts ofjustice—heroe.s of his own
kidney, fierce-whiskered, broad shoulder
ed, Colbrand-looking swaggerers, not'one
of whom ,but - looked , as though he could
eat up an oz. and pick his teeth with his
horns. ' The -same veracious chronicle
also describes the wrath of Peter the
Headstrong, and now he murdered the
warriors of New Amsterdam for another
attack upon the Swedes, And how the fo
ray ended and Peter came home from the
wars more wrathful than ever.
All this , was long ago. The Swedes are
all dead ; the fiery Peter has gone all to
dust, and the city of Wilmington, under
far other than Swedish auspices, stands by
the Cristiana. Should a live Swede rise
from the, grave yard of the old church,
and look from the hill on which it stands,
he would behold a' city devoted mainly to
the service of skilled labor, and his "loamy
ears" would be filled with the sounds of
the hammerana the engine shop. There
are at least dome ettortoire mar
chine and engine - shops,. with* iron -Abip
t °: Y.
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factories; car wheel works , and mint!
ufactories which give Wilmingtop the dis
tinctive character of a Manufacturing City:
The railroad shops alone employ man&
swarthy mechanics, and the' only weirder
' is, that the city is not.powerful enongh„llo
/ free the little State of Delawara-yfrom silt
traces ofthat slavery which la the de..
' est insult to the Free Labor by which 'it
lives and which it so practically tten`iiii4 4 ',
But we need not g o, from the 'greictalt
Manufacturing City. to Americato; tatik.
about labor, so we turn to the Old Swegee,
Church, which dates talk to A: D."; 169 N
and which still stands, tinlinptilied
time. It now belongs to the , EpiscopalVe
ans, and is now called. "Trinity Chtirpli:', , •
The original building of the,old Sivedae t ,
Church, , Southwark, Philadelphia,_____' ifrie
1 erected-twenty-one years - before
four years before the arrival of Will'
Penn—but the Philadelphia Church Rut
[
rebuilt in 1700, so that the WilMingtofit
Church is two years older. ln shape - 'both
Churches resemble each other very muttle.
The Wilmington Church is builtrof deal
stone which age has only darkened ,etilk.
More, and the walls are at least,two,NlK
six inches in thickness. 'The' roof has et
very steep slant and'the projection's Alt*
ends of the edifice make it lottli t .vatt
queer, The interior contains a very, dam • •
gallery and the walls are vrhite-tvpsh-
Unpainted benches supply the' plat* 0 r
pews, and the only coloring skint the
tics is the red of the plain pulpit e , , 'tl,
Our guide to the plae,earat,,L,a,_ v,,,,,4. „ ilk ..
girl, with bright hi o-
' ' gr .
i t
pinned over her diii - -, hatr. ',1100" , ' ', o,
have stood for a icture , of "ifittle'' ''''/ I,
as she vainly en deavored to- , surselkkokr
fashioned lock, which ,we fintkllY oPenek
giving, by her direction r , lire' turptitrit,
you please, sir. 'i It being kendiy,,the,
church was yet warni *froin4 thiCiiiti ithialt,,,
is lit in the old-fashioned - sfOn'to ttiteilf .
the Sunday School children,;(4lassetibew.:
ing regularly held, fis our little ciperftltio
told us,) but still the chttrch - laokeci 01'4 1 ;
After our little friend' bad given the date,
of the erection of theedifice'endlitplidtt4
ed that regular .gpiseepat:servicesAutne:
held there until - two months agot,M4llll4
the new Chtirdb up the Braridyalp
eit..
finished, she conducted 47 iiirie Ifiii 0111
tombstone-in'the church - yard; , '•',,••= 1 I. l s l
Here was matter for antiguerianjhbiloi .
lion. Ve sat down on the fr9seillotrilig:
as eagerly as' lir. Pickirick *ditiat sow
done before the "Bil StunapeiZiffiitlitilitm_
relic, and, without- much idiffletdtyt*Ad...
phered the following inscriptio n,;
legible except t,:ie date of the, .4eatitk:
which being close to ther'grotiiid'istr ink,.
fared more from time than the viol., I*.
was a simple head•stotte;' suatl4lo MM.
thicker than is the presentvinftelAc,,,,n,
On one side was
frig Rom 6. 7, B.—'-"Ac ate shat if 4 41 aitiair‘gc.
from sin: llow itiii bit ;kid OA' ariiti: ye ,
believe that we guild & l i ve atiollrsial.' '
1 nhe other side of thb ttMaeltbJi ttyp
3irszAer..Nratki ll iv
,
..,..
~..
All Eueopean traces in Amerlea seem 4 k
yestarday Imide the entiquitiesof .tatstatit,..
world, but eprtainly ,it .. walk 4uzmething t hg ii
see thegraVe of a man boil) in 1850.. * tpr.
when there -were not thirty du:WA&
whitey,, where now over thirty-4mtle; tthOlYo ~.,
three empires. (how Marty EitittefAirli...„
- there?) cover the cuntinent.Lf., ~. „ L ., ~k.
We pass around' the church yar d itrui*„
going out saw-11- sunken grate:4lthbie,.
clay frozen in its freshness., Mere Wiiilt.
contrast I This- latter - grave:Wat that of
man, who was said to hate, P*s ll 9e , d Itioi,,
sellin, prison a month or two's/ix:Wie -
relatively in =the spheres weriltheiatilt L ,
those. two,men witWnearlyAme.Aban ._
yeariVeiweenAheir deaths, ,and-'40% . two
3
hundred" , feet between the, resting,lkh4l4-
their bodies I A grave - iardrig . t‘
O i Cs;..
Ogee. for- contras ts--thaugh, Mt* 00 '
by -no means appear on the stcinh4to3lo2 -
—Evening Bulletin. ' .• . . i ' ~ -ILI
• OA.
- 'Ts z D vnro Nivea WX IP. 'ltia astrilsfli
ft
fact —the d i visit!fever weep. The
sobbing, agonizing hoots arountlipmluett„
not one tear. Is it that he is imeee*,,bit
stbdsitiffialreiuly, in, the chill disolnticuiPm r .
Thatecennot be ;ferrite asks EbehisfathertiL
hand, as, if to gain , strengthin , the thortd
struggle,And leasson the breast of motheri:
hiether, or sister with still conscious stfort._
tion; and just"befere:ekpiring, atove, after ; &long day's converse with the An l e
Summons, he says to his oldest bro ther*%,
the last audible good n igh tof earth- , -"Kissi„
me ,kissme ! " It must be because. the.,
dying have reached a point, too deep
_,fOr ir
our earthly crying and weeping. Th,o_
are face to face with higher anci holier be l _
ingsolvith the father in heaven, and his sit.-
gle throng, lei" on by the Son himself,, ;
and what are griefs of a morning, tearofiltt
a dying fare well --be it that they are she 4 „
by the dearest on earth . —in that vision,_
bright of immortal life and everlasting OM
union I
A Yilyl , lo 1.1,41 at Niagara havlpg lbefm, _
crossed in love, walked cut to - the -
pice, gave one lingering look it the pit,
beneath him, and then went hoist% _
body was found the next morning
bed. A very sensible young, waani
think.
ria,.. l •Satrimuy, my son, do you know;
you have broken the Sabbath 2'?
• "Yes, daddy, and mother's' big ir,cizi
too. in five or s i x pieoes,' - said his - littUisl
sister. • .
.
Vilir"Well, &lick, how's jrcittr , brpthAr y
Ike getting on these tiniest" -44 0141itine t
rate. Get, a start In the worltl-. 4 41104114111
a widow with nine ohildren.::
lbe-Lti . Stone Eiye "thelit'isiiettesi -
the ears Men, and„hope in the
11, 9444 1 P,." Atinty,heesgn the OttOtOtif .
wrong plus this time.
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