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BY 0. N. WOEDEN AND J. K. C0ENEL1US.
At !.ro per Tent-, always In Advance.
THE UXIOX-KSTALIJSlIfI,lSU-Vl"lH.LE No, 'l,Zio.
LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY, NOV. 11, 1859.
CirROXIGLl-RsTADUsiiKiN iSiS-TTiroi NoM 13.
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Communications lfMrtil on tx-iiif- of ynvr-.. mtfivrt
ftnd aeotniftanKtl hv the writff'n nttl name and Mldr.
The MAiiNKTIC Tkl.l-iUAl'U is lurat.il in thlmre
fthf Hard-ijhnmirU.Xij whiVh w- of'eo iutrurl iiur-oruut
Av atrancf of th IM.tl.vi. VY.
ConneHM with tht Offiw are amile matertuli" for mnt
BindR of JOB FHIHTINS, wlih li will t-f s-ui,-U wiLh
Katami and defpalrh aud no raonat'le terni.
t.Canun1 A-lfr!i.Tn. iiU t r- kuwld
Id. and Jub u wtit u .i livrt-i.
All Biixa i i on riLraiTiii.
aOFriCli on Markvt S-iuare. or h si.-.FOMol storey
W(.B A lrnrim.
MOMI4V, T. t, IS5.
'Ul ffcarlrjf" anuthrr "1 Klave In Fcnn'a."
Under the Emancipation Act of 1780,
slaves were to be freed at certain times
Stated, but maDy choso to retain the nom
inal relation of servant in families wLcre
they were well ued. "Master has bad
the marrow and ho shall take care of the
drv bones," was an expression frequently
used by them. The argument was, that
those who had the bene tit of their labor in
their strength, should now support thcui
in their decrepitude. Often, this duision
which, as a general rule, might be equi
table was a serious burden upon individ
uals who had never been responsible aud
never CDjoyed the services of thoso thus
entailed npon them for support.
Almost every week, we see notices of
the death of the "last slave in the State."
Tet there may be maDy of this class scat
tered over our counties bid in some cor
ner, jet living, and cared for. Oa the
2d day of last month, one such died in
Lewisburg, who was generally known as
"Charley M'Cixae," having been in
the family of the late Capt. Alexander
M'Clure nearly eighty years. lie was pur
chased at Middlclown, at the supposed age
of 15, about 1781, and did not claim bis
freedom. The elder Roan M'Clure, bis
owner, brought him into liuffaloo Valley
before 1790, when as several old gentle
men inform us be was a grown up man.
With hiin was brought a keen slave girl
named Kate, who took it into her head to
escape into freedom, and wa3 never heard
from again. Charley also undertook the
same thing, but in his ignorance rau South
instead of North met much worse fare
than at his old home and when found
by one of the boys, was glad enough to
return. On their way back through the
Narrows, a thunder storm threatened, and
Lis young master urged him forward.
Charley was tired, and begged that be
might ride, and thus both get along faster.
Hut, once mounted,Charley tried the speed
of the animal, reached the tavern as soon
as possible, and left bis master to the ten
der mercies of the storm and the fleetness
of his own feet. That trip finished Char
ley's aspirations for freedom.
Never a very profitable servant, Char
ley's glory was in the drum and fife, the
cap and aword, and many who are now
men, when young received their martial
rudimcntal training under Charley's awk
ward, semi-fantastic drills, in the times
when military parades made the "greatest
days" in our country. His mother is be
lieved to have been a native African, but
for half a century bo knew of no kindred
in the wide world. He never learned to
read talked imperfect German and Eng
lish seemed to have no conception of
Christianity and from his many singular
customs, the strange words he used, and
bis ludicrous observances, be was probably
never freed from the influences of Pagan
superstition.
Daring bis last years be was helpless as
child, but was well eared for, and died
peacefully after a few hours' illness of no
particular disease. He had been called "a
hundred years old" for the last dozen
years, but did not know his own age.
From the best we can learn, be was proba
bly from 90 to 95 years old. He was
buried in the Lewisburg Cemetery, in the
family ground in the center of which
stands a monument to the oldest of the
M'Clure's there laid a venerable matron,
of whom we find the following Obituary in
Kcnnetii't Sunlury and Northumberland
Gazelle, for Nov. 1801 :
"Departed thi life, Wednesday, Nov. i,
I80J, after a short illness, in the 9iih year of
her age, Mm. Ji M'Ulcbi, of BuBaloe
township, an4 her remains were interred the
next day ia ine Presbyterian burying ground
in Lewisbargti. This venerable old lady, like
the fruitful vine, has left a numerous progeny
to lament her death, baring; bad 14 children,
110 grand-children, MS great-grand-chiMren,
and 4 great-great-grand childrrn, amounting
to 276. Thirty-six of her offspring attended
hfr funeral. She was of an amiable, benevo
lent and friendly dispostion, and might truly
be called a real Christian, who, having gone
through her pilgrimage here on earth, might
y wuh. the Apostle, " For me to liv is
Jurist and to die is gain.' "
It would be interesting to state the ta
Mease of ber descendants during tbe 58
jeari since ber decease. We send oopies !
of our paper to some of the family a. far
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Mt as California, all of whom (as well as !
ay old neighbors and acquaintances)
f 11 b interested will) this memorial of '
! 000 of lbe M settlers whoso birth reaches
I back to 1711, iul ...so with thia notice of
the death of "Charley," the oldest bunjao
1 renc oi pas. ages ana ox past legal slavery
in our region.
FC Tilt STAR CIIROTirx.
INDIAN SUMMER.
Tlip Sl'ring hu poor with op'nio flowers,
uinmr with itf glnry feil,
Aiitutuu brown liu epreatl iu treafurrfl,
I'UUiug W iutur hastens Unt.
But err ttitt wnon. clone tbfir ronnit,
Ere a New Year opna Kind,
Renewed tike youth like joy once yanlebcd
la robes of Spring time, Fall is clad.
The Tarted tinted, myriad colored
Lean autumnal rttew the ground,
M'hile linjE'rin) sinnof jrathcrcd harvest
finite rcrenely all around.
Filled the granary and the cellar.
The ncw-suwn fi'lda in i,Um,
Rrle.ed from toil, aglow with kindness
Indian Summer's most benign.
long may her mild retrn enntlnnw
Pweet and hripht and pure as now
Fill d lie each board, complete each flrenide,
tilad earb heart and smooth each brow I
Bnnnteous! glorious! mystic! joyous!
un-set radiauce of the year!
Thy day all beauty, eres alt rapture
Itut too short thy visits beret
Nov. , 1. BERTHA.
ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
It is a fact notorious, undoubted, un
disputed, incontrovertible that William
Walker has time and again projected hos
tile invasions of countries with whom the
United States were at peace, and with
whom we had sacred treaties of amity and
friendship. We are bound by internation
al laws to prevent or punish any infrac
tion of the law, or hostile invasion of the
soil of those countries. Yet Vm. Walker
has openly gathered men, money, arms,
and ships from the United States, attacked
weak neighboring Nations, killed hundreds
of innocent men who were defending their
own homes, plundered, and abused their
people just as as he and his crew were
able. He has seduced thoughtless young
men, all over the Union, to join his pirat-
ical expeditions under large promises of
rewards, riches', plunder, and pleasure, and
has treated them with as much perfidy as
those he has marauded upon. It is safe
to say thousands of precious human lives
have been sacrificed by this one man, who
is in the prime of life, and has no iudivid-
ual wrongs to redress, but whose remorse
less ambition is to extend tub AKEA of
HUMAN BONDAGE.
How this human fiend has been encour
aged and allowed to ravage and eurso Cen
tral America, is matter of history. The
coldness of the Government towards Capt.
Paulding, for breaking up the frcebooting
nest, was as evident as the reproaches
heaped upon him by the Slaveocracy.
Walker is in this country, in the power
of the President, who has sworn to see our
National Laws in particular faithfully ex
ecuted. What honest effort is made to
punish this land-pirate reeking red as he
is with the blood of harmless thousands of
his victims and of his dupes ? He comes
and goes in peace a sham trial, in mock
ery of justice,is perhaps made by his accom
plices in crime he is acquitted, of course
And is invited to uine witii the j
Pkesident !
teS'llit offence it is FAVOR of Slatcri !
JuJm Drown, an old man, maddened by
the murder of his sons and the harrassing
of bis neighbors by the Border Kuffians,
gathers a bandfull of monomaniacs like
himself, and takes Harper's Ferry. More
of his men are killed than of tbe other
side, and he surrenders. He has shown
no evil disposition except on the one point
in which his reason is bewildered. But
President, Governors, and all the Slave
power (with their co-operators at the
North) simultaneously require Aim to be
tried, in hot baste, while bleeding from
his wounds, and confused in mind with
no time to select counsel or arrange for
his defence his sentence is hurriedly pro
nounced, and he (a crazy old man of sixty
years) is to die tbe most ignominious of
deaths !
t&mflls offence it AGAINST Slavery.
Franklin's War.
The contests between tbe Connecticut
and tbe Pennsylvania claimants of the
lands in Wyoming Valley, brought on
open war, bloodshed, and regular offen
sive and defensive campaigns, between
17G0 and 17S6. There was rank treason
to both governments, as is detailed in Mi
ner's History of Wyoming. The set
tlers of Vermont having, in forcible resis
tance to tbe authorities of New York and
New Hampshire both claiming the terri
tory been successful ("treason" again !)
in setting ip an Independent State, another
was projected in North-Eastern Pennsyl
vania, in which enterprise Col. John
Franklin, Gen. Ethan Allen, Joel Bar
low the poet, the Wolcotts of Connecti
cut, and other eminent men of the day,
were concerned. Franklin was arrested,
and imprisoned in Philad. as ringleader,
and, with many others, eould bavo been
convicted of treason, bad strict inquisition
been made; but, as they bad suffered
much and there were extenuating circum
stances, leniency was exercised towards
them. TbDse Yankees were probably the
spiritual anocstors of Brown, Cook and
their handful of er.ek-bra.ned adheren U ;
but that is no good reason why any meroy
ghaulj b(j gho Q olJ j.rown evcn if he
hR(1 ,ufrercd every pang that can wring an
p! J raau's heart '
gstrTbe following cases were ably con
tested, and refer to principles of public con
cern, liclicving that our readers, both at
home aud abroad, would desire to read the
reasons upon which the Judgo of the Su
preme Court base their decisions, we copy
them iu full.
Caunty Buildings and Bond Cases.
Decisions of the Supreme Court.
" , Appeal fromUuionCo
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Opinion of the Court Read, J.
liy an act of the 221 March, 1813, part
of Aortbuiubcrland county was erected into
a separate county called Union, and the
several courts of the new county, were to
be held in the town of Mimiuburg, until
a court house should be erected as therein
directed, and should be there held at said
court bouse ; three Commissioners, ap
pointed by the Oovemor to hx upon
proper aud convenient site for a court
bouse, prison and county offices within
said county, and, by a written report to
the Governor were to certify, describe and
limit the site or lot of land, which they
shall have chosen for the purpose afore
said, and the Commissioners of the county,
to be elected at the next general election,
were authorised to take assurance to them
and their successors in office, of such lot
or piece of ground, thus approved, for the
purpose of erecting thereon a court house,
jail, and offices fur the safe keeping of the
records, and they were also authorised to
assess, levy and collect, in the manner di
rected for raising county rates and levies,
a sufficient 'sum to defray tbo expenses
thereof. Christopher Secbold was the
owner of a five acre tract of land in New
IScrlin, and the Commissioners appointed
by the Governor, in their written report
of the 20th June, 1813, fixed on two and
a half acres, part of this tract, as a proper
and convemcot site for a court bouse,
prison, and county offices within tho coun
ty of Union. The circumstances of the
case clearly show that Mr.Secbold must have
made an offer of this portion of .bis land
; - - 'i;pplin an,i Wrent r,arts of the
a en aitn f.,m ciil.cncir.t inna Darn tfllrtn IIP
county, to defray the expense of erecting
a court house on tbe cround. The court
house was built, principally by these sub
scriptions, Mr. Seebold contributing one
or two hundred dollars, and a larther ad
vance of four hundred and sixty dollars,
j abaTe (he 8m0Unt 8Ubscribed, was subse
qucntly repaid by the county of Union.
The court bouse being still unfinished,
although built upon tho faith that the two
aud a half acres were to be conveyed to
the county Commissioners, the Legislature
on tbe 8th March, 1815, passed a supple
ment to the first act, cuactiog that from
and after the first Monday of May next,
the several courts for tbe county of Union
shall be opened and held in tbe town of
New Berlin, and it shall be tbe duty of
the several officers who by law are obliged
to hold their offices in tbe county town,
to move their respective offices to the said
town of New Berlin, on or before the said
first Monday of May, "Provided that a full
and sufficient deed, in fee simple, for tbe
court house and lot wherein thesameshall
have been erected, shall on or before the
first Monday of April next, be tendered to
the Commissioners of the said county, on
the payment of sixty-seven cents by them.
Accordingly, on the 2Sth March, 1815,
Christopher Secbold and wife executed a
Aecu to tue iroiuiuisaiuucia ui u utuu
county for tbe said two and a half acres,
for the consideration of sixty-seven cents,
which was actually paid, as appears by
the original order on tbe Treasurer of tbe
county, and bis receipts thereof endorsed
thereon. The graut in the premises is to
the Commissioners by name and their suc
cessors in office. Commissioners of the
eounty of Union "in trust for use of the
said county in fee simple" of the land
described by metes and bounds, together
with the brick court house thereon erected;
and the habendum uscstbe same language;
so that there is no other use or trust de
clared than that for tbe county of Union
in fee simple, making it in fact, tho abso
lute equitable owner of the whole estate
in tbe lands. It will be seen that tbe
Deeds passed not only the marked lots
which belonged to Mr. beebold, nut tne
brick court bouse built by citizens of tbe
countv of Union, upon tbe clear under
standing that tbe lands and its valuable
erections were to be conveyed to tne use
of tbe county, without restriction, condi
tion or limitation. It never eould have
entered into their calculations, that in any
event the court house and all the county
improvements on the lot should become
the property of Mr. Seebold or heirs, by
any forced constructions of tbe terms em
ployed by tbe grantor in conveying bis
and their interests in the land and building.
The second storey of the conrt house
was not quite finished, and it was fitted
up for the offices at the expense of tbe
county. New Market street was laid out,
tbrou"h-the county lot, and a part of the
same was reconveyed to Seebold in ex
change for another lot of his lying north
of the lot, on which the jail was to be erec
ted. Tbe exchange was mutually benefi
cial, the strip conveyed to Seebold giving
a front to his other lots on the street.
Upon the court houso lot, the eounty erec
ted valuable buildings for the accommoda
tion of tbe county officers, and on tbe jail
lot. composed of part of the original pur
chase and the exchanged piece of land, the
Commissioners built a county jail costing
about four thousand dollars. The ex
change was made under the authority of
an act passed in February, 1817, which
empowered the Commissioners of the coun
ty of Union, to sell and convey to Christo
pher Secbold a part of a lot of ground sit
uate in the town of New Berlin in the
county of Union lying north of Market
street in said town, "for which the said
Christopher Seebold gave a Deed in fee
simple to the Commissioners of the county
aforesaid for publio nso," reserving a suf
ficient portioa thereof oa tfj? north-east
corner of Market street of suffieicut front
to erect a jail thereon, '-Provided that the
said Christopher Secbold convey unto the
said Commissioners or their successors in
office, a sufficient quantity for a jail yard,
bounded ou tbe north by where tbejtil is
t) be erected in the said town." On the
Ctb January, 1818, in pursuance of this
act of Assembly, Christopher Secbold aud
wife conveyed the jail yard lot to tbe Com
missioners, by name and their successors
iu office, in trust for the use of the county
of Uuion, and the habendum is unto tbe
said Commissioners of Union county and
to their successors ia office ia trust for
tbe use of tbe county ef Union for ever.
Mr. Seebold took possession of the strip of
land given him in exchange.
Under an act of 22i March, 1S55, tbe
county of Union was divided, by tbe erec
tion of a new eounty called Snyder, and
the seat of justice in Union county was
removed from New Berlin to Lewisburg;
and on the 8th April, !S57, tho Lcgiala- j
ture passed an Act of Assembly appoint
ing Trustees to sell the publio buildings
in New Berlin belonging to the couuty,
and, after deducting the. costs of sale, to
divide the proceeds equally between the
counties of Union aud Snyder. The
Trustees advertised tho court house, jail,
and other buildings and land belonging to
tbe county, for sale, and the Plaintiff's
heirs of Christopher Seebold, deceased,
brought two Ejectments, one for the lot
on which the court house and offices were
erected, containing an acre and a quarter,
and tbe other for the jail lot and jail erec
ted on it, containing one fourth ot an acre ;
alleging, that, inasmuch asthe courts were
no longer held in New Berlin, nor the jail
used for tbe confinement of prisoners, that
both lots, with all the buildings upon
them, reverted back to them as the heirs
of the original grantor. Both cases were
argued together, and as the same lcadius
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principle governs each of them, they will
be considered together.
The provision in the act of 8th March,
1815, is that a full and sufficient Deed, in
fee simple, shall be tendered to the Com-
missioncrs, and no convcyanco for any less
estate or for a limited fee, cloej;ed and
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connned with conditions or oualihvations
of any sort, would have fulfilled the re-
quirements of tbo Legislature. Accord-
ingly, the grantors use, in strict coufuruii -
ty to the Legislative will, the very samo
clear and expressive language in the Heed
to the county Commissioners, which cave
. ' v.i.i.biihi 1.U11.U fc.o
to the county of Union, an absolute estate
in fee simple. But it is said there was
no valuable consideration for this convey
ance. This is a mistake, for the Legisla
ture fixed the price, which was accepted
by Mr. Seebold, and received by hi in in
full, having been paid to him, under an
Order by tbe Commissioners of tbe coun
ty on the county Treasurer, in the usual
form. (Kerlin vsCampbell,3d IIarris,500.)
Any other construction would make the
Deed a fraud upon the citizens who erected
the court bouse, and npon the county that
erected afterwards the county offices and
tbe county jail, by a large expenditure of
the county funds.
It would, indeed, be a strange result,
that,-after forty years' uninterrupted pos
session by the county of Union, under a
conveyance from the ancestor in fee sim
ple, it should be fouud, that when under the
sanction of tbe Legislature, these lots and
buildings are to be sold as tbe property of
the county of Union for the benefit of all
those residing within ber ancient limits,
that they belong to tbo bcirs of Christo
pher Seebold, a man who neither erected
the court house, county offices, or jail.
Could it have been contemplated by any
one, that these individuals, by any virtue
of any residuary or remaining interest of
any kind left in tbeir ancestor, should be
come the only, legitimate occupants of
the jail and public buildings of the coun
ty of Union f
This can not bo tbe law, and wo are
therefore of opinion, that, whether with or
without the parol evidence introduced up
on the trial, the Plaintiffs were not enti
tled to recover in cither case. The case
of tbe jail lot is perhaps stronger than the
other, as part of it was conveyed in ex
change for a portion of the first lot in pur
suance of a special act of tbe Legislature
and the transaction was especially benefi
cial to their ancestor.
Judgment affirmed in both eases.
Stcrnerts.ralmer(. .
lenny vt. ao r
fromUnionCo.
Opinion of the Court Lowrie,C. J.
The Counsel for the Deft, below very
properly concede that the causes were
rightly decided, if the joint and several
bond of 50,000 given by the Defts. and
others, is a valid, legal obligation ; and it
seems to ns clear that it is. Having a
positive law to give it validity, we look
not for a consideration to support it. Ev
erything ia it points to tbe Act for the
erection of tbe County Buildings, for its
origin. It is a subscription for tbe pur
pose of the Act Its form is of no conse
quence, for tbe Act prescribes no furm,
and its substantial effect is quite apparent
and appropriate. Evidently, the princi
pal subscription was suspected to be in
adequate, and tbe Bond was given to cov
er tbe deficiency that might arise. It is a
subscription within tbe meaning of the
Act. given and received as sucn, and usea
to influence the votes of the people ; and
tho obligors are severally liablo on it.
Tbcy have arranged their respective shares,
and given their notes, and are in law
bound to pav them. Let the judgment in
each ease be affirmed, and the records re
mitted.
The "Compass Flant:" Rev. Mr.
Ilarbangb, in the Guardian, states that
on tbe Western Prairies is to be found a
plant (somewhat resembling the tbistle)
whose leaves always point dne North and
South, and thus afford to travelers a com
pass of much utility. It biJ often guided
bewildered travelers, savage aotj civilized,
and is quite a curiosltjr- '""'
From V Atlantic MmUl.
"Cringing Pnr GlKiwrs tUillj Ho."
The time for toit ha. passed, and nleht has evasa,
Tin- last and sadd. .tVf the harvest-eve",
Worn out wilh latorlong and wearisome,
Grouping and faint, the reaper hasten borne,
js:h laden with bis rbeivcs.
Last of tbe laborrrs, thy feet I giin
Lord of the harve.t ! and my spirit grieves
That 1 am burdened not so much with grain
As w ith a heaviness of heart and brain ;
Jllaerl bihoM my sheaves!
Few, !I-ht and worthless yet their triflin- w'iebt
Through all my frame a weary achine: leavus,
For long 1 struggled with my hapless fate,
Aud stsyed and toiled tilllt was uaik and late ;
Yet these are all my sheaves.
Full well I know I have more Urn than wheat ;
llraml.l. s and flowers, dry slocks and withered P ar. ,
Wherefore I blu.-b snd weep, as at Thy feet
I kneel down reverently, and repeat,
blaster, behold my sheaves I"
I know those blossoms, doit. ring heavily
With evening dew upon their folded leaves,
Can claim no value nor utility
Then furc shall Thy fragranre and Thy beauty b
The glory of my sheaves.
So do I gather strength and hope anew :
For well I know Thy patient love perceives
Not what I did, but what I strove to do
Aud though the full, ripe ears be sadly sew.
Thou wilt accept my sheaves.
Correspondence of the Star A Chronicle.
From a Student in Europe No. 2.
Fbaskfort-os-Mais, Oct., 1859.
IOMMI1 TO BtitLIN, via HAUIU'RU.
On Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, I
fonnd myself, with quite a number of
other passengers, on board the steamer
"John Bull," bound for Hamburg. At
eleven o cioesr.wesianeaaowniue a names,
' in company with several steamers bound
! fur different ports, and soon bad left the
' busv piers of London behind, and the tow-
, , . . . . ii -i-iM
I ;,, iome of St. iaul'g with it8 gill)ed
... ... , , ,
cross, was lost in smoke and distance,
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JNotwithstandmg the age and uuprepos-
j scssing appearance of our vessel, she prov-
, ed a good sailor, and, long before any of
j the companions with which she started out,
j she had pa33ed the Norc arj(i was stand.
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mg out into the German Ocean. Here,
; , . ... ,
j as "e ,urned fr0ln lhe "btalcn trlck ,0"
wards the northeast, we could learn sonic-
1 thing of the immense trade carried on be-
twecn London and the rest of the world.
A ieus9 yme 0f ships, bearing the flags of
i . e
. nations, and eztcndin? as far as
the eye could reach, were making for or
leaving the mouth of the Thames. A
grander spectacle, or one better calculated
to impress mankind with a true idea of
the blessedness of peace, I believe I have
never witnessed. '
Before night bad wholly closed upon
us. tho low outline of the English shore
had sunk below the horizon, and we were
moving through the "waste of waters." i ,ue Iili'cs woar 4 Ilttle P'ner fabric.", pcr
Early next morning, we came in view of k3V' nJ Pruaps 'u gentlemen have
tho islands which line the Dutch coast, ' greater breadth of counteuauce, and more
along which we ran all day, passing the j devclopcmcnt of moustache. Tb. ro arc
mouth of the Huvder Zee about eleven o'-
clock, and sometimes coming so near to j
land that we could distinguish churches . lows aBa 101 wua' purpose tuey are mere,
and villages without the aid of the glass. is t0 mc a ""jstery. They appeared to be
An hour or two before midnight, pilot I mostly Prussians.
came on board, and under his guidance we As 'here are no libraries or public in
entered the mouth of the Elbe expecting , stitutions of any account in Hamburg, it
to reach Hamburg early in the morning. required only a few hours to see all that
But before we had proceeded far up tho ! is most interesting there; and, according-
rivcr, it became so dark that the pilot
judged it unsafe to advance further on ac
count of the scarcity of light-ships, and,
tbe captain coinciding in bis opinion, tbe
ani-tmr nt.m drnr.r,riU A TirtTn Utpr. th- I
sky became clearer, and we proceeded on station, which wo reached about live in thc
our way. There was little of interest to morning, there is an examination of lug
be seen in going up the Elbe, for the great-! gaSei but u is not required to show pass
rrsirinf h rlUt.nn-rt th kant h-ino- ports : and the examination is a mere
r 1 - e ; ",
low and flat, and presenting a monotonous
succession of awkward wind-mills, bay-
stacks, and one-storey peasant houses. At
the Stadc, our anchor was again dropped
this time, only a few yards from the
steamer "llammonia," of the Hamburg
line, just arrived from New York. The
St ado is a little village, on the Hanover
bauk, where the lull for the use of the riv
er are paid, and where there is a ridicu
lous show of little cannon which could
scarcely stop an oyster-scow. While here,
the captain told a story of Gen. Cass and
bis daughters, who, he said, made the trip
with hiut from Hamburg to London, ma
ny years ago, on their return from llussia,
where the young ladies had bad tbe felic
ity of seeing and kissing a live emperor.
Tbe anchor being dropped for the purpose
of settling the toll, the young ladies,
pointing to the Stade, inquired, "What
country is that?" "That," said tbe old
Michigandcr, "is the place where tbcy
make kings for England."
About two o'clock, the tide became high
enough to allow us to proceed, and we
moved up towards the city, along the left
shore, which was high, and covered with
a wealth of beautiful country-seats, church
es, and shrubbery that made it seem a
perfect Paradise.. At half past three, we
were amongst the shipping of Hamburg,
and surrounded by a fleet of little boats,
each propelled by a single rower, ready to
take ourselves and luggage ashore. Here
the passengers parted, having spent two
or three days very pleasantly together, and
enjoyed one of the finest passages that the
"John Bull" had ever made. Contrary
to what I have heard of ,it before, the
North Sea was so calm 'that there was not
a severe case of sea-sickness on board our
vessel during the whole trip. Among the
chief cabin passengers, was Carl Peterson,
Who had just returned with Capt M'Clm-
lock from the search for Sir John 1'rauk-
lin, and who bad also been out with the
Pcllavcn expedition, and afterwards with
that of Dr. Kane. lie is a native of Co-
penhagen, short, stoutly built, with a full
round face, expressive of health and L n -
esty, and very unassuming in his manners.
He was going home to see his wife anl
children, after an absence cf two or three
years. His narrations oi Arctic 1110 ana
adventure, wcro very interesting, especial
ly as bis experience, amid the "irezen
wastes' had been so long and varied.
Hamburg being a free city, there was
no examination of baggage, nor demand
ing of passports ; and, merely reporting
my trunk at the Custom House on the
way to the wharf, I was allowed to enter
the city. Immediately, a host of euriou,
things claimed my attention. The streets
are cut up by cauals running iu every di
rection, fur the convenience of trade, so
that to some extent the place corresponds
with the descriptions of Venice : but. iu-
stead of gay goudolas bearing ciehly dress -
ed people, the waters here arc fLd with
blackened barges laden with coal and ev
ery variety of freight. The old part pf I
the city consists mainly of antiiiuatel
Dutch bouses, with the gable ends to the
streets, running up to the height cf six
and seven storeys, and so built that each
storey, beginning with the bilbos', pro
jects over the next, eight inches or a foot.
The fronts are mostly taken up by win
dows, giving tbcui a light and cheerful ap
pearancc; and as many of the lower sto
reys are used for shops, they of course
have a large amount of show-room. The
new part is built in much the same
style as our American cities, tho hou-es
being high and bright-locking, the side
walks good, and the streets of a respecta
ble width. There is much diversity in
the dress of the inhabitants, and some of
the costumes particularly those of the
market women and maids of all work arc
ridiculous. Everywhere, one hears the
clatter of wooden fjfal shoes, but tbcc
are worn only by the lowest classes. The j
tcomln shoe appears to have gone entirely
out of use. On the faces of many of tbe
people, the veins are distinctly marked,
giving them a repulsive aspect ; but whe
tlur it is more an evidence ot health than
of beer-driuking this redness of the face
I can uot say. It is a peculiarity that
I have not noticed in any other part of
Germany, to anything like the same cx-
' tcDf-
The higher class of people look and
JrcS3 likc tho-e of Eagland and America;
mlDJ ihuts scattered mrougti tne ciiy,
but tLeJ Brc "lhcr shabby-looking fel-j
'ji 1 k1"' 'he same night, fur Berlin
Of course, it was impossible to see any
thing of tbe country between these places,
on account of the darkness, but it is said t
to be very uninteresting. At the l.crliu
show, as I was permitted to pass on mere
ly unlocking my trunk.
Berlin is a beautiful city, containing
nearly half a million inhabitants, many
fine buildings, picture galleries, &c, and
swarming with soldiery. Although I vis
ited some of the principal objects of in
terest there, such as the national collec
tions of paintings, Xc, I will not attempt
to give any account of them until after my
return to that, city. While there, I saw
the funeral procession of Carl Kilter, a
prominent professor in the University of
Berlin, and well known throughout the
world by bis writings on physical Geogra
phy. Tbe papers all spoke very highly of
him, and, judging from what I real and
saw, his loss is much deplored.
But my letter is spinning out to unpar
donable length, and although away be
hindhand ia my writing, I will have to
stop. 1 came to Frankfort by way of
Leipzig, baiting there a couple day3 to see
the great Fair.. .Of tbe Fair, and the jour
ney hither, again. ..I have been spending
several days with Drs. Coar and Bead,
both Pennsylvanians, living together here
in Bockenheim, which is separated from
Frankfort, by an iron-gate open, of
course. ..To-morrow, I expect to be in
Heidelberg, ready to go to work.
Yours, very truly, T. C.
Whit a Vermont Jury Hid.
N. Y. Tribune: "The G rand Jury of Chit
tendon County hivo indicted the Vcrmunt
Agricultural Society as a nuisance. The
ground of the indiotmeut is, that said So
ciety bas violated tne law against norse
raoing." This is certainly a step iu the
right direction, and if it be followed by knowledge fur future usefulness, and resit. .
prompt and unfaltering action, may be j tbe temptations which idlers hold out to
successful in obliterating one disgraceful you and your youthful hours will glide .
feature of most agricultural societies for away pleasantly, you will become rupeo
tbe past few years. Shall not this exam- ted aud happy, and will never regret ten
pie be followed in other sections, and the ! ding these lines we have penned for jeuf
viceoinorce-ueiogrceeivcitsjiist deserts:
j "Sic Se.T.per Tyraanis,"
(-T!iu alwajs to Tvrantf,") is tt motto
on the Virginia coat of aim, and at tho
; editorial head of nearly every newspaper
f in tLo Commonwealth. This State Seal
: represents a shockingly short skirted lady
' (the goddess of Liberty) with one of John
iJrowu's pikes in one hand and a short
; sward in the other, one foot on the pros-
trate form of a man, his crown off, and
broken ceflL'S and chains by his side. The
whole is held in the beak of an Eagle.
Now, whether the sundered shackles are
from the erect or prone form, is not clear,
but tamrliotlj chains are gone, sure. Thera
is a woful look of an F. F. V. about tbo
fellow that's duwo ; and the woman so
j scantily drc.-sed is as fair and decently
clj'l as nriny female slaves) in the Old Do
minion.
Uf course, most of the slaves are illiter
ate, and there arc 00,000 or 70,000 adult
whites also, in Virginia, who can not read
Friut or w'i'ing; but Mean read picture
, Yeti tcre thrust every week into the
facf v newspaper readers, blazincd on
their A ig', ornamenting their most promi
nent official papers, aud everywhere meet
ing the eyes of blacks and whites is
silent, ceaseless suggestor of the "irrepres
sible cobflct," well calculated to excite
more insurrections than allthcJoLnDrown",
the Tribunes, and "the Chronicle cliques'
ia tbe land. The stupidest negro eaa
scan and comprehend a picture. There it
is tomil&ty has overthrown some one
else, with deadly weapons manacles aro
broken asunder, and thrown off and s
bappy, freed woman, is exulting with ber
foot on the neck of a tyranuical man. If
tbe slave learns that the proud figure rep
resents Licki'.Ti", aud the prostrate one aa
Ofi'REssoB if he knows that "Sic semper
tyrennis" teaches to act "74iu usroyj fo
Tyrant' the impression is deepened.
"Old Virginia" will have to alter her
coat of arms, and suppress such an "incen
diary print" frown down such "inflam
UiUtury d.c'iine'' or Siavcdom will soon
be "down upon her." Tbe Abolitionists
could not invent or dissemiuate a "fire
brand publication" of more concentrated
power to arouse and inflame a conquered
and down-trodden race !
S3und Doctrine.
Hallow l'rc, in Lock Haven, was cele
brated by a party who pride themselves on
being "some uf the b'hoys," by drunken,
riotous conduct iu the streets, until a late
hour of night. Tearing down fences,
steps, ornamental trees, defacing and re
moving sign, and otherwise wantonly and
maliciously destroying the property of
several of our citizjns, appeared to bo
their chiif delight and employment Six
or seven of these same froward lads wcro
uuWeTcr .er properly called
to art ae-
count for their misconduct on tbe follow
ing moruing, having been arraigned beforo
J. B. Wagner, Esq , who held tbem in
fuUO bonis for their appearance at tbe
next Court, where we trust they will re
ceive that punishment which their bad
conduct so richly merits.
While we profess to bo a sympathizing
lover of boys, always pleased to sco them
happy, cheerful and gladsome, always un
happy to see them cheated out of tho
rightful heritage of youth, or any of tho
rights and customs to which they are en
titled, yet we aro equally apprehensive,
and have frequently been pained and
greatly alarmed at the outrageous deport
ment exhibited by some of this class. It
is an alarming state of tLirjgs when people
can not retire for tbe night without an as
surance of being awakened in the morning
to behold their buildings and fences laid
in waste, and property destroyed, which,
with their own bands and means they have
labored long and diHgcntly to cultivate
and rear. It is bigh time, when boys have
thrown off all paternal restraint, that the
stroug arm of the law should be brought
to bear upon such conduct We were
pleased to know that parents of some of
the boys refused to bail them, but are dis
posed to let them be properly punished,
aud we trust they will be made examples
vthich will be a warning to others.
We would again entreat all boys that
would be happy and respected, to refrain
from spending their precious time in idle
ness, and in the streets, especially after
nightfall. It is ruiuous both to yonr
health and morals. Under the cover of -night,
in an unhealthy and excited state of
mind, you are most certain to acquire
profane, vulgar, and obscene practices,
criminal sentiments, and a lawless and ri
otous bearing that will certainly destroy
all confidence or esteem for yon by the,
wise and good, and render you suited to
the society of the dissolute, and make of
you at last criminal men. Bather seek
the company of tbe virtuous and good,
and tbe pleasures of your own fire-side, for
t'uey will be far more enduriug, and the
society of a sister or mother of more profit
la you than the rude and profligate.
; K--ad somegiodboik, and thereby improve .
your time by storing your niinu wiitt
ocneiit J,(-:n faiti Vemuerut,