Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, March 23, 1860, Image 1

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LEWISBURC, UNION CO., PI, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 18C0.
"C-iniOXICLE," established in IS 13 Whole No., 832.
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Impressions of Visiters.
Since tbc nilj.-uruiuout uf K it H ! :
timore CobfeiCDce, we bve cx wuiu- d tiie
reports of ibe crrv'-jonJu's ot ibii IIj!
timore aSV au! --t.ir 7- i, sud i tbvr
ta tbc Rf'ud C )i:ii ino.r nJ
(as the K -porter wa bora t-i cir'i.-. ;
proof) ni 're autheiiti ntim -x::-. ki
't'flll-.E.MON," of the A n-:oft, l-a i :ii:te
to notice a fow tbici Oiii.itii; of the CVu
fcrence, and tuUrg-jd uf u f-Tu? pi.iiiin. i
As our people lua)1 ties r; l Ijuvo f nie '
cpiuiuus of biian.rs as sear yt.rt'aJ, ue;
copy a few uf bis prirjrapb.-, Lt-iuw : !
Fkb. 29. The . r:i cii':m! rar fr. m
your city weie crMW-I'-.l id ri! .win: ; v :hc
mmitrrs rejJt'ht tii'.'ic . nwi ii;u.-e u tin had
collecicd fruin circuits hi. 1 si.nn its Hie
rutlte. I'i'ii arr.vi:ii at tue n!.i- .
turn, all ktii'l i'l vch:c:rs w vrr ;u r n .1mi. to
convey ihe thfoltj.-a! irciiit 4-vfi the lu-t-r,
and Sfoit the cara.' m l" 'ao li u;ur h':ri
the muddy road, and ;iv js (irri.r j ((;( iln uki.ii
Mreet. the iilla.-r liiii't.fi .!-;- waU
to iee and u-eici'tne th- . ne.tl vi.!eis. I p
on call tit" at the .M. K. t;!u;roa. a u-al ai; 1
Comtnodiuus rii'r :( jru-r.s ui rriur
nihed wah th-ir h iii-'s. and iti an l.-ur it
4wo ttere enscunsred i:i tin in and .sv.ttv i at
sumptuous sujipt-T. uli n'li wcic cx ii-'-d
with a relish u l unusua. i.i iiufn'iy tiavf k-rs.
Lewisbur-j is beatn !;i!!y K.ct d i-a the 1
west bank o I the West lii.uicho: v u
thanna river, ai the wkki h . i ti ? Hi::'.t!M' and
Peons Valley, has a'. u; -1 ':;) jn.t.;tu;atii,
nd presents an air (' ttloiaTi.iJ.ii; an 1
vealtn rarely V he in a s:nai imi-nur ,
Iowa. Its trade is alrnn-t e::tneii' ;iffr!fi:l;u- .
iCirr.i.oni.u ui iLe ur i ctii wuci.. , j, 1lf lh(. frTieflir, h r,f ,!,0 Faculty, and I very expensive, aoJ, as fiaii before, pcr-
Frora a Student in E lirnjiC (l. 7. . t!i? advantages which are here cfft;red to fectly irrceuocilutile with study indeed,
.rr i T . . . ,.r .x. s,Ul'(-'nti'- ! many of tho corps .members scarcely pre-
A Itnifi.r I lir rxini ft ! liori'.l fiprp nri . t I t. ...i f..nt tl... hmLlin.
ItUiLi-iiKito, F.-b. lSiO.
The world kei ps "at'j;iiig" much the
same as u-uil, I S'lppon-, nti 1 yet, stind
ing b.Te on Kuriipivin s it appears to be
a somewhat different waj; from that which
it seemed from thu "uther side uf the
wafer." In Ani'Tiea, wc look upon the
aifiirs of I Li.- iJc as it were through a
glass, and the great 3i!at:e-: uiak 'S every.
thing a lit t 'e m - y; 'hat i, wo f?arco!y
knu.9 wLat to ti.I.e'e and what to rj el
of the I -ii c I'utim-i of the ' St :tu of V. i-r-ij--"
whiuh uour .spec: il cuir-.-p iidcijta,r
wri'i in teturu f-jr fat f. . . .j here we
are really a' a ! o-s what to be'ieve iu re
:rl to thi I'liiteJ States especially at
times !ik.' tb'.s, wl.fu ev.ry newspaper
brings us a dittereut aee .'itit of the politi
cal Ir.aith ol the e .uutry, a:i J eluri-s "ihe
resent dolcfu, state of aifaiis-to ti.erartv I L-rv,!,u!, "'O, ua i-"CVi",cr other social purposes,
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d ti) it in r''!i;; Has John1 some 01 me uios. proiuiueui ci uer- meeliDgs. lor literary exercises, alter ine
The Highland Hoiiier. understood. IKr almost naked b.dy re -j
vcaled her loe. JIany a t ar was shed,
A Highland widow left her home ear'y ..!....., . r . 1 . :
one moroioi:, iu trd.r to reach Itlore eve- mnA ,ff,;B ... '.., f,m ... ! e3!ent9. hJ. WT,
SIi7r and Superstition.
Other parts of the Union have their fe
1 ninff the rc-iJence of liinsm m tclio I a,l ! n- . ; latra-J Dnt wif lucre u an OXIteinect,
, ning me rc.iutnce oi a Kinsman wao Laa thusiaslic, sorrowing II ij:h!aiid brarts, . . , ,, . r . , . '
past"r ' aeeient viilase of Uerrvabnw. It ia
. sii-vta.
j Popular tradition recounts to all tbs
M jre thau half a ctntury parsed away.
wotideriug jouDgstera the exiatenee of
U'i rr.nit-.i t"'"1 ' IS' 01 1:1 11
lir.r'A u's il.V lSl '11 of li
ac'iial'v h:.d the i tT. ct t" shake the bolts
whieii fj-tcu the 1,'uioii? or has t hi re not,
after all, ir-en a jjreat J.-al :n.rj noisj
than wool ? are (i-sti ius coneornin
which we are yet somewhat in d luht. One
lh.u ' is ctrtuiu that the said Governor's
chivalry far exceeds his discretion.
ili:it i'v Li. wii.i e'liiJiift lo tile Jo!m
,. ,r . . . ,i, ' out before him, aud
tr ti tf' i in.. 1 l i C: v. r . e 1 1 ir .lis -Ori rll '
to c rtain nl.-sc r,.lii:j medical stuicDts
(r.'porteJ in fa 'I in a mm of the principal
K ir 'an pip'.-rs) he has gaiaed a taunt
unenviable uutoriety.
Here, too, tlure is conti lorah'e escitc
niet.t piilitieally. "The Italian juestiun"
is one which duply cnitci-rn . Ot-ruiany in
"i.eral and the Sou'h'.'ru, or more Catho
lic p'oti'in in particular; arid as the settie
m. 1. 1 of that ( u sti in is yet a matter of
d.'ui't, yu can imaioe the s"atc o! finling
whieli lu re r..-vaiis. l!e-i des, the Con
cor lat which it was scppuscd the Grand
Ih.k.' of li.iJ' ti W'.ul'i try to force upon
his fifojili, and iu vvhi -ti (he most absurd
right are cvd-1 lo the (.'at holies, bus
Lr .ul.t lb: i-xc.t'Oiiciit lo io:r own d ii'j"s.
In Hi id. Itierg, i'l-huig. aud all ilirougli
Hit Grand 1'ochy, the pr p"Sed Cimc irJal
meets with the m "St detcruiiiied resistance,
for oua meets every day in the lecture- i not hold dueling as their principal busi- ; lonely path, when 1 urst bcarJ tbc
rooms persons ranio' from thirty to fifty j nesfl, and pretend to a higher degree of story I am going to tell you.) Tbo nioun
nrsSric vp.irs sltiinc witli tin. e,.nn,pr iii. ! moralitv than the dims. Ooe or two of ; lain track, after leavina the small village
.....!. ...'..1 ..n,.n,k' p.,; ,.... il,?.;r i,.J thpin ...rl.i.l .11 rlni-linr.- annthpr. tbo ! IV the seashore, wlurc the widow lived, t That ac.d and faithfol ta.stor was lunj I"r,K(,J colter, who had, many years ago,
dentship as much as they. It is no un- i largest, permits its members to accept or ' passes through a green valley, watered by j dead, though bis memory still licg?rcu in i den la 0Pt t little valleys iotas.
common thin- f T men of wealth and a 1 give challenges only wheu the ease is laid : a peaceful stream which fl iws from a nrigh-1 many a retired glen. His son, wh-tse locks , ,J,'re between Lykens Valley and Stony
literary turn of mind to spend a semester j before Ihe whole society and approved ; ! b.iiug lake; it then winds along the mar- ' were wLite.with ag-, wis preaching to a Cr;lk elict IiCility being not very
h.rn in Itstci.iug to lectures on some favor- j another, the next most influential, alluws gin of the solitary lake, until, near its fur-1 congregation ftf Utghiauders in one of our I n'ty mentioned. Some ace luntsmaka
ite 8iiij.ct thus renewing, as it were, ! its members to fight as much as they please ! ther end, it suddenly tutus into an cxten-! great cities. I; was a communion Sabbath. ' oat a "uuterfeiter, others a miner
their youth. but under no circumstances dure persons ! sivc copse-wood of oak and birch. From j The sutj ct of his discourse was tho hive ail rcSacr of pure silver, which, fir con-
Living in the neighborhood f II ei del I iu the same Vcrbiuduug "measure" with i this it emerges half way uparuggedmoun- ! of Christ. In iilus'rating the self-.acrili- . veniense sake, he put np in the form of
berg, but iu no way identic d wi'h the ! each other. These Wrbindungs also have ! tain side, aud entering a dark gh n.through I cir.g nature of "that iove which seeketh ,J"s-nt c.m. Afier making and conceal
I'uiv. rs.ty, are eeVLral distinguishid lit-1 their kneipes, but, in addition to their j which a torrent rushes amid masses of not her own," be narrated the above sto- la3 n various localities macy barrels of
erary men, of whom I may meiitiou Weber, ; meetings for beer-drinking, eingiug, and ! granite, it at last conducts the traveler, by j ry of the Highland widur, whom he h id ,,JC E:"enr.g stuff, he dissppeared, and
Siblosscr, and Chevalier lluu- other social purooses. they have also a ziezi' ascent, to a narrow gorge which him-eif kuowu iu his bojlo i.!. Ai.d he j ' " w'-"t kn..wiedge or tnesnvcr
is hemmed in upon every side by giant ! asked, "If that child is new aiivc, what , "",,e aa UI Lia imltug pmce?. Jlany a
precipices. Overhead is a strip of blue j would you thiuk of his heart if he did not ; bo:,v? !toDe fcs been overturned on thosa
sky, and all below is dark and gloamy. j cherish an affjetion for his mother's mem-: l"''a i:l tu;5 fu!1 expectation of finding
From this mountain pi ,3, the widow's ' ory, and if the sight of her p.or ta.tor-.l decayed cak w'uo-e moUericg staves woaU
dwelling was ten miies off, and no human , cloak, which she bad wrapped around him , tx'tl se treasure ready fur use.
habitation was nearer than her own. She in order to save his life at the ost of her ' Another account, more tragic in its de
bad undertaken a long journey, indeed. I own, did not Ell him with 1jv2 and grati-' tails, goes back beyond the old coiner.
Uut the rent was duo sonic, weeks before, ! tudo too deep f.r words? Vet hat ; The Indians had a kuow'cdge of the sil
and the sub-factor had threatened to dis- : hearts have you, my hearers, if over these . er mine, and after many a lengthy poir
possess her, as the village in which she 1 memorials of the Sivior's sacr.G.a of r"w an old hunter bribed the last Iodiao,
new aspirations tiiko , institutions of recent origiu, aud therefore j lived, and which her family bad lived for j himself, you do n't feel them glow aith oy a promise of Lis r.fle, to show Lim the
possession of bis mind. Henceforth, he is ! Dt considered as bouorablc enough, this , two generations, was about to be swept deeper love, and a iormg gratitude . j cia oi si. ver ore. liiere being but the
a "otudetit," and until theend of his course 1 hatred produces no very bad c onse'i'i. nccs. ' away, in order to enlarge a sheep farm. ' A few days after this, a message was j single r.2e in the party, motives of ecino
lin a ri.ht to luuk down with the most ! .,.k.,,n niili emps and fi.m are mil nf . Indeed, alone tho niarciu of the auiet font, by a diii;g nan, r.n lestin-' to see my and prudence induced the hunter to
manner of our societies at Lome. The
Student-life in Heidelberg and all the j members all wear caps and bands of their
German University towns, is essentially ; society colors, and many of them (as also
different from stuJent lifo iu America. I many of tho students belonging to no or
The moment tho ynuth is matriculated, he ganizition) indulge in the luxury of
changes, as it were, his whole character, I military boots. Uctween the Corps aud
and, in asiumin the privileges granted j Vcrbiuduug", there txista the deadliest
j ' him by his matriculation card, enters a new , hatred, but as the former dare not fight
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wir.a, wnen; uew pleasures aie i pi ueu wi;u me latter, lue crtiluuuogs Uuing
i sovreign contempt on tho so-called "phi-, the q iestioo, being punishable with long stream which watered the gr 'en vallry, 1 'his ceriiym in
I It. t..." ui- t.unulatiiin uiiponneeted ' -t.fi..Min..i . in iti. I 'niv.-r-irtr .ri-..i if anil -iliioi' the hhore of th. lak-p. mieht COUiIilied WilB.
with the Uuiversily drink the most fab- i not with suspension or expulsion. j even then be traced the ruins of many a
ul )us qu.utiti.'s ot beer and wiue draw Oa Sunday, Jan. 15, our streets were hamlet, where happy and contented peo
! or lose as much blood as be chooses iu : enlivened by the "Kappenfahrl" or pro- f',J 0I"-',; ''vf'' but whtre no s.und is heard
j ".-ciiliger'' duels make love to any oum- ' cession of the "Narrhalla" a foolish soci- : except the bleat .if a solitary sheep, or the
' ber of g"Od looking servant-maids, beer-' cty embracing in its membership some scream of an eagle as he wheels bis flight
house and shop-girls and study as much i very respectable business men of the city. ! among the dizzy precipices.
or as little, as he pleases. j All the members were dressed iu fools' j The morning pave promise of a lovely
Iou't imagine, however, that all the : cap- of red and yellow, masks, and wigs, I day. litit, tefi-re noon, a sudden change
The request was speedily shoot his gui le through the Ltad imuiedi
The sick man seized the ! ately after becoming possessed of ibccev-
uiiuister by the hands and gazing intently etcd secret. The legend docs not meniii n
on his fac, said, "Vou o'o not know, you any imn'.ec.e fortune reaped by the mur
cm not recogniz. me. L'ut I kujw you, ' der-r from Lis discovery, but, at all events,
aud 1 kn.w your father b.f..re y:.u. I ', be died, or was shot, and with him, tor,
bavo been a wanderer in many lauds. I ; disappeared the great secret,
have visited every quarter of the globe, Frequent relating of these legen.'
and fought and bled tor my king and couu- fauod s"iue wiseacre !isteocr, who, bcinj
try. I came to this towu a few woeksago ignorant enough to believe anything wbicu.
val. (Formerly, iheie u,i a .uriNlmi Li at- 0o he part of the J'rotcsiauts, aud mauy
yard htrre, IP u lnca mure r.aiial tioats u'e.'e
niaaulactured in in in atiy i-ttier place in tiie
foiled States ; Lot un a.couiit it seme iiii.
uuilerstandin atli-'tis the prio.nei.-is, i pera
lioos have been suspea'ieJ ) h is estima
ted that ihe as-reirate aiiiminl i I j T"occ a:i
nualiy brought in here, lrmn lie loxotiaut
valleys, is from leur to five liutiih.ii itiousaott
iiushels of erain. As evidence oi lie paOlic.
pifit of the lnh ltolants, a Jew years since
the connrv asreed to remove the ci tintv seat
to this village, provuleii ihev wi.olii huo l tiie
Court House themselves, which they pnonpt
ly did, at a cost of j!i:J,Oi0. Ot i-ihrr featm es
of the people and lou-n, and I. p c- of interest
occurring donng ihe sosion, 1 u-ill uriteyuu
subsequeuil)-.
March 1. I mentioned in mr letter yps:er
ay, one iusiance of the putOic enterprise of
4he ciuzpns of this b ri'ti-li. tt'nen ine Hap.
lists of this Stale were io siiatin i.iaopi iin
place as the locality for tapir l.'mvrr sity. thev
came forward and sud they u-ould donate
$0,000 to the object ii they slmuot so iteier
mine. The deci-ioii was proiiijit;;- ma le in
favor of Lewitarj, aiid ilie money quite a
fromptly paid. I deem this liher amy uorlhy
f notice, for instances hae occurred in
which ciiizens of towns where institutions
are located have crippled them by their ad
verse and illiberal course. Thr I'niversitv
taildiu' occupies a noble euiiiienc". over-
landing the village and rirrr, surrounded l y in the end some of
a keautifnl dense sreve ot forest trees. Vie
structure is of brick, an I shows lo ereat ad
vantage in approaches die town. l.ev. Ir.
Loomis, die I'residenl. is a sch. iar, a Renile
man and a Christian, and eovrrns the'institu
tion with admirable succe.s. He i ided ty
a corps of protieient rrotessors. It is with
pleasure I refer ti the generosity an I Chris
tian liberality nf these gentlemen in eiten Iin
their support to the people in acconni i atin
the members of the Conference. I i ud li'inn,
there is also a Female Academy a tach- J t i
the University, hut under a separate faculty
of teachers. The building is unusually ele
gant, and well adapted to if.e purposes of ed-
i-.tl... -i'l... r.. ..
uc oapusis nave evinced great
vouth, iiumediat-'ly on their matriculation, ' and rode ou horseback or in open carriages, took place in the weather. Northward, bad health. Last Sabbath, I entered ' Lad a spice of the fBf ernatutal about it.
enter into surh a round of excesses and l accompanied by a Land of music, to tho ; the sky beeamo black and lowering. J""r ct.urcu, ine cuurcu oi my countrymen, ponaercd tne.e tninjzs until tbey believed
immoralities, to the neglect of ali study j "Hau-aeker" a wineand beer houseabout Masses of clouds rested upon the hiils. , hcre I could once more hear, ia the lan- it all implicitly. Ultimately, havicg re
ar.d real impi ovenieot. The fact is, timst half a mile up the Xeekar whore a uum- j Sudden gusts of wiud began to ahi.-tle Fu;fic of U'J S"uth "f aJ Lear,i tha -ivcd themselves into the Berrysburg
of the students who have any c ou.iderablc her of silly performances took place. The among the rocks, and to rufil ! with black G sp el preached. I heard you tell the . Silver Mining Association, they procured
means, spend from four to six or tight procc.-sion was quite large, aud the fligs ! f q 'alls the surfa.c of the 1 ch. The wind 'fry of the widow and bcr sou." the services of a young man who was ec-
years at the University, or rather divide and other decorations quite beautiful ; but '. was succeeded by rain, aud the rain by ! Here the voice of the old soldier falter- j dowed with magic powers, and who, by
that time between several Universities, j tho whole thing seemed exceedingly ridi- i sleet, and tbc sleet hy a heavy fall of snow, ed, his emotion almost choked his utter- ; the uc of a small glass, (the erj jn'ryrf of
of the more intelligent pirtiou of
Catholics c.udcmu it iu the strongest
terms. Petitions aud rcaieustranci saaiust
it Lave been sent into the Capital (Carls
ruhe) from all quarters, and although the
chief advisers of the Grand Duke are stren
uous Catholics in favor of the Concordat,
the pi .aspect now is that it will fall to the
grouud.
Of the University at Heidelberg I have
as yet said little. Founded in the four
leenlh century, it has passed through the
various gradations, i f prosperity and de
cline, tJ which ud Universities seem to be
suVj-c: having now a larger, and now a
smaller number of stul nis at one time
rising to the highest pitch of eminence,
through the renown of its Faculty again
the Coming first from the Gymnasium, where i culous which, however, was just what , It was the month of May, (that storm is anee j but recovering hims-.lt for a mo- ; the olden magicians) could lock through
they have been required to study very the members intended it should be. still remembered as the "great May
haid, aud where they have gaiued an ex-' We have just Lad a considerable fall of storm;") the wildest day of winter nev
cellcut eti .cation (as far as languages are ' snow, but in the streets it melted as fast : er beheld Hikes cf snow failing heavier
cincerm ., muth superior to that tf our as it came down, taking away all hope of ' and fasti r, or whirling with ih to f ry
Colic", graduates,) they enter the Uni- sleighing. The Lills, and open land are ' through the tuouu'aiu iss, liiin g nr
versitv. ioin a Corr s or Veibindung, and I still covered, to a depth of several inches, hollow and whitening every rock. en
during the Crst two or three years study
little or none, but spend the whole time ;
in a soit of devil-m ay-ciro idleness and j
dissipation. Theii, i:h a view of getting1
a government situation, or entering a pn.-fcs-ioii,
they go to some other University, ;
keep themselves aloof from the student
sieieties, and get to w.-rk with an iudus
trv aud perseverance as marked as was
their previous iistlcssncs". Often, thuse
who were most distinguished for their dis-
ipition, thus become the most studious,
acatioa.
sinking gradually to a third or fourth rate
positiou. l or years, Ihe institution has and counoing themselves to their rooms
been slowly but surely ou tho decline, as 1 except during the time of lectures, pore
is the case also with a uiimber of Ihe other over their books ten, twelve, and oven
German Uuiver.silies ; and it is plain that fifteen hours a day ; so that, in a couple of
them must give way vears. thev arc able lo take their degree
entirely leaving tho course lo those itu- with honor. Many, (particularly tbepoorcr
uted iu the large cilii s, such as l.eiiiu and class, who hive not more than two or
Muuieh, whose resourcs enable them to three years at their command) begin their
draw to themselves all the highest talent studies with diligence as soou as they go
of the Ciuutry. At present, the whole to the Uuiversily, and, if they join a Vcr-
uuniber of professors and teachers, ordina- bindung, do not allow this relation to oc
ry, extraordinary, and private, is some- : cupy more of their lime than is absolutely
where beiweeu sixty and one hundred, and necessary. Corpn-lifc and ttudy are alto-
thc number of students, asset down in the guther incompatible.
Catalogue, six hundred and ten. Law is j There are here five corps, or organiza-
here the specialty, and iu this di;-. rtment tinns for fighting with tho schlager, (a
discretion in ihe choice of the I. .ration of Heidelberg occupi" perhaps as high a po- ! long sword, sharp at the sides aud bluut
heir University. Mav they have much sue- sit ion is mi institution in f-ermanv ; hnl ! at Ihn .ml 1 I. oeslnhnlia V.nil.liL. fsain-
cess ia the cause ol education! , .. , , at- ,. - a i n i .- i
u..,t. i ii... ir . one of the principal professors, .Mittemaier, Borussia, Suevia, and Helvetia and
March 3. y iue a uovel feature was iniro-1 . . ' ' ' , ' '
dnced in the proceedings of yesterday. When is becoming superaunuatcd, aud his white ; these together have perhaps eighty mem
ten o'clock arrived, the liish .p announced hair aud beard and failing voice indicate a : bcrs. They are distinguished from each
that the order of the day was the admin- ' , , ... , , , , , , ., -
straiion of the Lord's tsupper. He remarked, 'P' J of his usefulness. augerow, other by the colors of their caps getier
a day or two since, that ii was the w ish and the chief professor in this branch, has pro- ally a combination of two or three, as red
deternainal.oa of iiie centra! nperiuienJ.-.its tMj u0 supi.rjr. I tiie department of and gold, silver and green. &c. and by
lo infuse, if possible, more of ihe religious el- .. , ' , . ,..,, ! , . , . .-f
etnent into the sessions of annual conleiences. : neology, Kuthe, 1'utt, and biienkel are I the bands worn across tbeir breasts, wnicti
This plan was accordingly a lofted. Ii was the prineipal professors the first of whom, ' correspond to the caps. When not enga
oeeply affecting to behold the ministers in i.i i c n . , . ,, . . . . , . ,.
auch large numbers thus Laee!,g together in ul'u"uSu Pff'-"tdly not orthodox, is really , ged in schlager practice or in attending
eomnemoration of t'hri-i. As wm as ihe the most prominent, and well known by j busiuess meetings of their respective
communion was through, a general expe,,. ,ja wrjtjn,.B. As regards his life.be is ! orders, they are usually to be seen iu croups
eacenieetin? was held, in which the Bishop .. . ,,,.,.. . , .i i-
spoke of the great pleasure wi.h which he par- -a''t' ,0 Fut 'ha so-called "orthodox to 1 in beer or wine houses, in the conuttaries
ticipated in such a scene, and invited ihe shame. Uunsen, in the branch of Cbem- i (coufeetionery shops), or perambulating!
aged and youn-members, and neonte maies - i .- . i . i . i c -i . i. . I
and females, to speak. Tne eice'ii n't J dm 1S ' 1ul,c " name in hurnpc, aud is ; the principal streets in high military boots j
oowen ieaon ny a concise, p Mtiee. yet deeo- saw to be mu:h more practical than Lie- ' many of them accompanied by great
v.Vh '. V ' ""v c,,n-rr-'nn. big, in Munich. His laboratory is a Cue ' spotted boar bounds, and other caniue fa
text followed, in succession, the a -.d Wil-. , i , ,,
liam Monme. for fifty years an inn-ram prea- 2e building, erected by government, vorites. Each corps has its "kneipe or
Cher; J. IV. Hedges, known and i..ved n your ' admirably arranged, and fitted with every 1 society-ball in some beer house, where all
city, who attributed ihe "tastruia-iuaiitv of ; ,. ; t it ' e . ...
his conversion to ihe faiher who h l j-t pre. canV(;L"nce f"f experimenting. Here, in ( the members collect on stated evenings,
ceded him;" J. V. Brown, a verv young "oe Tcry large room, aro gathered sjme say two or three times a week, to drink
man ; John Miller, ihe Cincinnatas" i,i ihe dm-ca f sluieUis, who, each in his owu beer, siug, and indulge in general merri--onfertnce;
the venerable I. wing: James .i ... . ' ? . . . . c .
H. Brown, at present pastor of the Whalca! 1 ' n bis own stock of apparatus, meat. Ibrce buudred is put down as the
T.C.
IIEKK AXU TIIIKL.
flDX T-IS UCKlllJf or Lasge.
Krc liath n t nn, nT ear tieurd, nitht-r hare -t'Tt
d iut th lt rt ct i:ih, the thiut; wtr h titi hlh
im-(-ia;.ii tui lit -ui that luia Lmi." 1 Cor. ii- V.
Hint n human ry. hh wnf
i.at it. uioriai i r lnih ltr-r-1.
What u t.iouli. it iti m t-r l-if3
In t-.t-r ti'.Mfft rivhtt t-onf- trrtl
Tt.i ti-ttii iiol j re; nTftl ia ntura
tur Lis i ol-l e Vfrujorc.
W'li-o th ?hnlt"l ilfrrim-Ianil
Pmc ft tiy rit.siiis .jftt
v TlK-n rt-flHJ f-a e.tttt-r k:mi
lifotfu'n own m-tn-ry ?.) lie;
Tlif-u the vfil vt tlf-li thii fHlt,
iSow coDtxaliuj, (lark'mug all.
InTnIy lao'l-pnjtos, ra'm.y brlftht,
LiW nir.- river, murmuring luwt
f, .rum ttf It'Tflincnii ami lLht
Ij-t Co rartti Ioiir time f
Y'-n. my 'Wn. laiut-nhvl h.n
tiime ami ! Uie antl thrjng !
Blanv a juyful rijht wa. t'it-B
Many a bwly vlstion h-rr,
II If I and a!e. anl starrr T'n,
l'rnti.lfhi'' Mnile, alttictinn'ii tear;
Tl"; wiTf hadow4, acut in lora,
Of realities above!
HThMi vipon my wfariM ear
Kartlt'i last iho faintly di,
Thttn p!iall anfff) harp draw near.
All the rhorun of the ky;
LnnfT hushed voirwn blend affaia
tlweelly in that veloome etrain.
K.-re w re -wt and Tarird tonpa,
Bird, and hreeze. and fouotaiu'a fall;
Yet creation ttami! proHna
liter Mdly niehed thiiuyb all;
Tin' re nn JicnrU jnr the air
llaroiODy it perfect there!
When till arhtnp heart hatl rest,
All Ita tmy pulweji o'er.
From tM-r mortal mbea undrent
bliall my npirit tipwardn aoar;
Thn .hall pure, unminitled joy.
All my thuaghta and power employ.
Her deTdtiniiV henlinr halm
Otten eame to wwthe my Nrtaat,
EourM ofdp and holy ealm,
Kartieota of eternal real ;
B'lt the hlia wa here unknown
Hltich hall thra be all my own.
Jea reisrrta, the Life, the Son,
Of that wondmuit land al-ove;
All the el ft. pie and utorms are p&
All ia li-ht. and all ia lore;
All the ah ado wn m-ltaway
In the blaze of perfect day !
rj, uoJ wot, eti'l colJ, the wiJ tw reached
that pass with her cbild. She knew, that,
a in i 'c ba?yoii(l it, there was a mouutaio
jjjarg cf your city; ihe venerated J -hu pursues this diffieult but .uteres. iug science ' average number of ducts or "measures'
cod7on" supervisi00 of Dunsen occurriu between memben of the differ-
Vinton; H. Sheer; and P. Rcscr!. I have i au "'a- iluusor, the principal cat Curps eich semester; and, judging
SSrfc-Ter Mr-S1,cer ?" powerful?? a.:i-' proftisdor of History, has already had 6ev-' from the number of eoarrcd fact?a which
wtea, nis emnuoml nature having pamei the , ...i 11. tn i I . . .
Mire mastery. His otterance was nidi-tinn, ; (juivtrsuieH among , one meets ou the streets, the number 14
h' rame shook, tears coursed cfnWU his'oers, to tho University of U.rliu ! scarcely exagrated. Io half the cases,
Vr'Ln H::T; ! nd LSS JUSt rcfuStJ "!1 tu Je". ! Perhaps, there is no actual provoca.ion.but
warm heart, whose pulsations are "a: ways! "leb le 19 10 te nooored with torch-1 ehallenge is given for the sake of having
IrQ-Si tr ki f . . J fi-t. .v" .!
w MtO lICUU,
What a Boy's Pocket Contained.
An urchin of seven summer's growth
invited bis mamma, the other day, to re
pair a slight accident to a pautaloon pock
et, and to do this it became necessary to
j upset the contents thereof upon the floor,
an inventory of which we proceeded to
note down as follows :
India rubber, a bottle cork, an old gas
burner, one nine pin, a part of an exploded
fire cracker, an old match box, one old er
velopc, a bag of marbles, one hickory out,
a pieeeof silk cord, several pieces of twine
and strings, the lid of an old pill box,
pieces of chestnut hull, a piece uf tin, a
piece of gingerbread, some pieces of fancy
colored paper, two old nails, a small pic
ture book, a slate pencil, a broken jew's
barp, the remains of a pocket handkerchief,
a peuny whistle, a piece of shoe string,
two grains of corn, a pocket knife-handle.
ment, be cried: "i am tuat s u. and the bowels of the "rock ribbed earth" and
burst into a fi nd of liars. "I'es," he spy out the lurking places of nature's val
r "ititiu.d, ' 1 am ihat s .u .' Never, never uablts. Next ia order, a lease was taken
did I In,."' tt,,i mother's 1 re. Well of tho rock country belonging to the Dan
ingL; .u ak Lt a I., art should mine phiu & Susquehanna Coal Company. Seek,
have Oven if ..ho had bun forgotten ty , ing out, by proper signs, lucky nights, the
mo. 'i h .ugh I never saw her, dear to me company held several nocturnal sessions
is her memory; and my only desire now 1 in the hills. At last, they discovered tb
is, to lay my bones beside her iu the old rock uadir which, at a certain distant.
shielding which cauld give shelter; bat church yard ameng the bnls. l.ut, sir, wa the portal to their treasure, bouse ;
the moment she attempted to fate the , W'1"' breaks my heart, an 1 covers me with but j i-t thcD, ween it seemed almost
storm of snow which was rushing through i shame, is this ; until nutv I never saw, with within their grasp, it was discovered, that,
the gorge, ail hope failed of proceeding in tne fJl's of '-he soul, the love of my a- through some blunder in tbcircalculationa,
that direction. The return home was vior iu giving himself f,.r me, a p. or, lost, the night was not propitious, and it waa
equally inipossibf.. She must find shel-; hell deserving stcner. I oufe.s it! I c 'include! to adjourn until a more coave
tcr. The wild cat's or fux's den would be confess it 1" be cried, looking op to hea-' niutit season.
welcome. j TfD. bis eyes streaming with teats; and, Subsequently, it wa3 dissovercd Ij
After wandering for some time among : prestii.g the minister's band close to long course of profound reasoning, that
the huge fragments of rock which skirted , bis breast be added: "It was G d who tue gU0St cf tbe departed red-skin kept
the base of the overhanging precipices, ! niadu you tell that story. 1'raise be to natch an d ward over his ravished secret,
she at last found a more sheltered nook. 1 His holy name, that my dear mother has nJ tullt t.9 0Dij wgj t0 reolnve bim was
Crouching beneath a projecting rock, she , "' died in vain, and that the prayers to invoke the tpirit cf the banter, and in
pressed her child to bcr trembling bosom. ! "hich I was told she used to offer for me : duce him to enact again in the spirit
The storm continued to rage. Tho j bave been at last answered ; for the luve ! wot;j the unwitnessed tragedy, and thus
snow was accumulating overhead. Hour i of mJ mother has been blessed ty the Ho-, tffectually abolish the Indian ghost. For
after hour pa.-scd. It became bitterly ! Ppirit ia making tue sec as I ucver saw this purpose, tho home magicians wera
cold. Evening approached. Tbe widow's , before, the love of the Savior. I see it, I p0wcr!es, and a special medium was im
heart was sick with fear and anxiety. Her j believe it ; I bave found deliverance in old parted from somewhere out West. Tha
child, bcr only child, was all she thought j ao'ffi wncre 1 ,ar',, il ia mJ childhood, in company met, full of faith and interest,
of. She wrapped him in her shawl. But lef f 'he rock, but it is ite Koek of aDJ fjrael a spiritual circle in an ol!
the poor thing bad been scantily clad, and j Ages '' cabin away from civilization It was a
the shawl was thin and worn. The widow I Aud, clasping his hands, he repeated ' dark, but starlit night, clear, and old,
was poor, and her clothing could hardly witl intense fervor: "Can a mother for-; and the liht soughingsof thewial am ing
defend herself from the piercing cold of gc' bcr sucking chiid, that she should not the pine trees ware typical of th failing
such a night as this. But, whatever was j have compassion on the sou of her womb, breath of the then closing year. Midnight's
W,. . .... . . I V... .!,.. ..... . ... B-i'.l I ..... : . e . :. . 1 . . . I
to become ot uerselt, ner ctiiia must oe ,ulJ "- r' iujsuc nour was ppoioieu ior me ipiar-
prescrved. Tbe snow, in whirling eddies,
entered tbe recess, which afforded at tbe
best but a miserable shelter. The night
came on. The wretched mother stripped
off almost all her own clothing, and wrap
ped it round ber chiid, vhom, at last, in
despair she put into a deep crevice of the
rock, among some dried bcatber and fern.
Aud now she resolves at all nazarua 10 ; ceut
get Thee !" lice. Xorman M'LcoJ, M.D. ance of this messenger from the spirit Icd
of the past. As tha hour approached,
i that sileut circle became more and as .re
The Speech of the Cay.
. ... i - i .. . - r . e
A t.asmugiuu ctincsruiiutui oi iuq ..-. t- . ,
5 ' , engrossed iu the intansity of interest. Just
Boston Journal says of Senator Seward a ., . . r - i. . ii -1
i as the last hour of night was trembling m-
specch . j ta lje r4( jjanr 0j tjj9 HlorniI)gi cleo tn
"Webktcr, or Clay, or Calhoun, never; , , . . , - . . , n . , , ,
, ' " ' ltcht wiud without fell to a dead calm, a
spoke in a more august preseuce never , " , . , . , ,
enchained a more po.ential, a more intelli- ston1 be!ltJ rf"achiuSl and tha
or hi t,, .ti. iiiivo ud:i neo. Spn- ' liiourttl "Ce comes, was aciiois ill mi
brave the storm, aud return borne iu order
to got assistance for her babe, or perish in
the attempt. Clasping her infant to bcr
ators, iu their curuic chairs, listened with ; beating of theirquickened hearts. "Shootl
fixed attention; though Jetf. Davis ap-j for Qod's sake ! shoot I" in thrilling tones
peared to be reading a paper at one time, lr oke cn , j.-;. atar,;e.J csrg-ihe cry 0 f
heart, aud oovering its face with tear and: , ... ..,..,.,,..,, ,hK , ;. . a faiat hearted member, who knew anott .
! kisses, she laid him softly down to sleep, j trt.a:i(1uable plots can make no headway. ! " "s rn"J- Of course, the "charm m
and rushed into the snowy drift. I hack ol them, stood a maj .rity of the ; Broken, ana tne company isduw D
The nitht of storm was succeeded by a K. preseutatives from the North and from I a propitious moment for tbc rtsuotptic 0f
... :.... :... I L . i. . . . .
tue oouiu, lormiog au iint'iieeiuai uaes i conjurations!
eround. Above, aud around the hall, I , , . , . .... ,
s . iiii- ... , ' , The above is not by any meant a f,BP-
were the packed galleries, with dense' J J . urJ
crowds in the surrounding balls, wherever j sle,ch- There mlJ be error l dt
an open door offered a chauoe to catch a j but the main statements trcfct- -stron g
glimpso of the speaker. It was a subject ! disgusting, humiliating facts. TI.esuH
t .1 11 . i ., - . . , .
tor me pructi oi au uilisi, buu iuc ueeu-j requires tne pen ot a satirist io uo .
ill never oe lorgoucn oy tuoau lutbu-
light procession this evening Besides i . ;.i f !w,n . .j f . Corns ehal-! hllf Pcacb. e,0D.e. tw? eFMei cbicl?CD
rP.- v a , ,. . i . , , j a i 1 " - r l feathers, a piece ot Dries bat, a spinning
Itromh.s very brief aliunon to the 'hose a.ready mentioned, I might name ; knges another to send two or three mem- j , , dead mouse, an assortment of but-
ermon of Kev. II. B. Ridgaway on Sab- j others who ato more or less distinguished : bers against the same number of its own. j tons, with crumbs of bread, candy, and a
ath evening, we conclude tha' gentleman 'heir particular departmeals ; but I'ersons belonging to the tame Corps dure ! mixture of saud, pebbles and dirt gener-
M '-rbileaos'' wear tic s.sc cl'ir- J ' ccough La been eji! to give yea e.ae not Chtwch t'.htr. This eort of life is) tMy Umrislury Telfjrnh.
peaceful morning. The sun shone from
the clear blue sky, aud wreaths of mist
bung along the mountain top, while a
thousand water falls poured down their
sides. Dark figures, made visible at a dis
tance on the white ground, might be seen
with long poles examining every hollow
near the mountain path. They are peo
ple from tbe village, who aro searching for
j the widow and her son. They have reach
ed the pass. A cry is heard by one of the
shepherds, as he sees a bit of tartan cloak
among the snow. They have found tho
widow dead; ber arms stretched forth as
if imploring for assistance 1 Before noon,
tbey discovered the chiid by bis cries.
He was safe in the crevice of the rock.
Tho story of that woman's affection for ber
child was oon read in language which all
tion
nate enough to Ke present
Rascally DECEmos. The Beading
so-called Democratic Convention, passed a
resolution in favor of Protection lo Amer
ican Industry, while every Representative
from this State in Congress polled bis
vote for a Free Trade Speaker, who
would have appointed a Committee oppos
ed to Protection to American Industry !
This is equal to the '-Polk, Dallas aud the
Tariff of I84'i'' swiudie practiced upon the
people ia 1314.
tic,
JUS
we have only repeated tfie f .
given to us. Journal, (I.ykons, ' J4i,phin
Co., IV)
Great Ccn33latic a
A Rhode Maud gentle. wS git
be nameless, not long a ,,;. i uif
reputed to be rich, w'jj Bot onj-,
out to be poor, but CUg ,eM V,nndr
dollars in debt, w'nieh ha had tr, pay. Sha
assured him, however, that t.0 debt mat
contracted for dry s.0J3j wi,, bottht
lo captivate him.'