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Hicicok, Esq-, Editor and all on business to be td Irested to the PublUher. I) Tie. Market,8t. between Second and Third O. N. WORDEN, Printer and Publisher. Peter Flinn's Lack. Jnthat beautiful, quiet city of parallel mreets, seet buiter and sweet women Philadelphia there once did live a certain native of the Emerald Isle, called frier Flinn. His vccil'oi wa a most honora ble one, because of its usefulness to the commercial world driving a dray. Peter .owned a very ancient and nowise spry horse, and an equally unstable dray, by means whereof l.e essayed, and by dint of great physical exertion, succeeded, in ob taining for his large and griming family a tolerable living. Stephen Girard lived and carried on his inmense mercantile transaciions at the time of which I write, and was a principal performer in my little story. Tlfc one t jed little Frenchman, the great pet of tl nie Fortune, was no! a man of very won derful developments of heart and soul, or j-ympathy in the misfortunes, crosses or losses ol his fellow beings ; but now and then he was known, more through eccen tricity than ought else, to perform sotre i ry creditable and"rea',ly munificent acts of V.Uidnees and geuerosity towards those i'.tl'.ing in his way, One day aid he to Peter Flinn, whom he had oft, and for a long time, employed upon (be wharves, in hauling goods from hi large ships to his warehouses Pe-tair, I believe you have worked fairy hard." Yts sir, and be my sowl, 1 have," res ponded Peter. Very long time; you save anything t" said the banker, the merchant prince, the millionaire. ' By my conscience, Misihur Ge-rad, it's not a ha'puth I save at all ; the devil himself might dance his hornpipes in my pockets of Monday morning, without dis turbing a toe nail of his fut again' the sil ver that's there.' Two, three, five, seven of de children home, eh f Fsir, and its yerself that's guessed it exactly Misihur Ge-rad, I have seven as brave boys and gals as iver ye clapped an eye upon air." " Ah, yes, I sec ; vairy well, Petair, you shall have von chance presently, by and by, directly, to do something bettaire zan drive de old horse and dray.' "Fail, Misihur Ge-rad,it's myself that's a saying it as should not be saying it, p'raps, but it's few men labor harder nor longer, lor the meat, bread, praties and hay (hat we ale, than meself and Barney, the old boss there ; and be me conscience, it would be a godsend that would put us both, myself and the poor ould beast there, over all jour ills and miseries,'said the drayman. Ah, ah ! vairy veil Petair, you ' come into my counting house by-and by," and Ihe little old Frenchman, with his hands locked behind him, stalked off to his counting-house, leaving the poor drayman con siderably mystified as to what the result of this conference was to be. " Be dad" says Peter to himself, 'may be it's the old feller's whim to set me up in a ahop ! or lie gorry, to buy me a new dray and horse. O, be me conscience, there's no telling what the ould jintleman will do when he lakes the turn ;" and thus soliloquising, after a respectful delay.Peter presented himself at the door of the millio naire's counting-room, aud doffing his hat, in he walked. Petair," said the merchant prince, "ze big Canton packet ship Mozart lay down at my' wharf." Yis sir." ' She have one grand cargo of tea," con tinued the banker. " Fail, she have," said Peter. " To morrow, Petair, ze whole cargo be p'it under de hammaire, to be sold to ze highest bidder." ,.; - " Yia.'; Peter replies still deeper in mystery as to what or how that could in tereot or coocerae bin.. ' ' " Vairy veil,- Petair continued the : . sMuer, - to morrow morning when ze ail begin, be you dar ; ze lea be put up two or three tots, one of merchants be gin to bid, den you bid next" " MH O, ber.orra.jv.our nrisince. Mistfwr Ge-rad, would it be for the likes of Pother Flino to be among the merchants, and bidding for a cargo of tea? It's mad iotirely they'd say I was.. Nevair mind ; you bid on ze tea uhen zelea knocked down you take ze whole, zn you come to mey I fix em. Good morning, Petair." And stumbling and awkward with astonishment, Peter got out, and the rest of the d iy lie went about muttering over to himself the entire strange and bewildering part which he had to enact on the morrow, at the great lea sale. Next day, the merchants of the Q'taker city assembled on one of Girard's quays, w here the huge piles of cliests of tea were ready for the auctioneer's hammer and the bids of the merchants. - It was a consig nee's sale cash was to be raised in short metre, and the whole cargo was put up in three separate lute, half cash, and balance at four months, with approved endorsemeis. Now, gentlemen," said the auctioneer, opening ihe sale, we put up eiijhi hun dred chests of young hyson tea what do I hear for this hyson tea, warranted all thro' as sample or no sale? How much do I hear! Start it, gentlemen we shall not dwell long on this tea. Forty cents a pound I hear bid ; only forty cents a pound forty, fort), forty, for ty cents a pound only is bid, two and a half did I hear V " " Yes, forty two and a half I bid, said Peter Flinn, in a tone of voice that fairly startled some of the merchants. The auc tioneer paused. ' You bid. sir ?" " Yis, it's me ; go ahead' " We are not selling a pound or a box, but &00 chests !" ' Be dad, and sure 1 know that, sir ; go on with it." The merchants snickered, and the auc tioneer grinned ; no more bids were made and down came the tea, 800 chests. The name, sir!" Peter Flinn." " Where is your house, Flinn?" " Me house !" ' Yes, your place of business." ' Me house ? and faith I have no house; it's two rooms and a cellar I have in Wa ther street, and me place of business is round here on Ihe wharf." " Your endorser's name, if you please?" Stephen Ge-rad, sir !" . This dubious declaration produced an other stretch of the phizzes of the mer chants, and the auctioneer in great doubt put up another lot of 500 chests. Down it went to Peter Flinn I And so likewise went the third. VVhen the sale was con cluded, the merchants glided off, believing the auctioneer was certainly a sold man. Isut on presenting the bills and notes of Peter Flinn at the desk of Stephen Girard, the old fellow cashed them on siht. The sales came to nearly $100, 000 ; the tea was much wanted in the market, and Peter got rare bargains, and before noon next day, received $15,000 bonus for his Lid on the cargo of tea. The cargo was soon transferred, Girard in demnified, and the poor drayman found himself with a snug little fortune in his fob. Falconbridpt. Old Bullion and the Omsibds. The following anecdote, it is said, by John Wentwerth. member of Congress from Il linois, is characteristic and amusing : Said an old Jackson democrat to Col. Benton, after the smash of the omnibus, Well, Colonel, the old thing was pretty well cut up V "Worse than Dr. Parkman! Worse than Dr. Parkman, sir ! They can't iden tify the body, sir!" ejaculated the Colonel. Well, how does Clay feel T "Clay feel! lie feels, sir, as he did when we upset ihe great coalition omnibus between him and John Quincy Adams, un der the lead of General Jackson, tie feels as he did when we upset his bank omnibus, his tariff omnibus, his distribution omnibus, and his Presidential omnibus! Sir.he knows how lo feel ! The 'democrats have taught him how to feel ! How do you suppose he felt when we expunged when we, sir, drew the black marks of popular damnation over his resolutions cen suring General Jackson? Clay has al ways been getting up omnibuses. Always, sir ! And he never got one up yet that he did not catch some democrats, sir ! Nev er, sir ! And they always get killed, sir ! That's the case with all his omnibuses ! They always kill the passengers and save the driver. ' No democrat should ever get into an omnibus when Clay is driver, and especially if Webster is an outside passen ger ! Look out for a break down, then ! An open carriage, a single carriage, and straight ahead, is always the best in legis lation. - ' A Fact Never to be forgotten by Un governable Tempers.; Chief Justice Sbaw in charging the jury, in the trial of Pro fessor Webster, used the following: " It is a settled rale, that no provocation, with words only, will justify a mortal blow. Then if upon provoking language the parly intentionally revenge himself with a mor tal blow, it is unquestionably murder." LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., SEPT. 11, 1850. From the Columbia Democrat. Lines written on the occasion of a visit to me i,ew istui Cemetery. Oh, Dcnth ! tliou nitlilwa rac-mr of man, Ivlg-'hliuj; to rurtail bin mortal (an, To aii, tvvnltinr i thy liid'-ou tare. Hot m.irt to Ihiii who not tartni eraee; ll- shrinki. fn.ui Uiy Dilra anil tare to grt, L-'iit hr rtioulil mnt with T.-rlatine wo. teu to biul who if at pear with Of.!.1 Th? fijih, th f.iirw.-ll, and tin' ruld. ihnnp wal, t'auw him to trcml.te t.Ton; thx oh latli. And rlitig to lif.', tbou-'li lie tnu--t yield hi. Lrcath. lint her... around thy t'-nftu'-nts ijj thrown Siuu-'tiiin to hide tiiy jrhat;in' and (rloc.m : il-Tf the jiwe-'t flowers rleh in their varied hue, li;-piay their pwwt. ncr tj the eontr.-u-t lose Their iovelim-M; fit enit.tenn of the dead, Th toim'ry of wiif.s- viriu.: lot will .-died A owerter fraCTJiuee iu tli hearts of tlin Who Mill ar left to hear life" milu'rou woe?; Here. ton. the willow h.'nd its wo.-i;hl! head. And mollis to aiint rmto the narrow bed. Like one who, reft of havpines and friend. Heart broken, lootcti tin- thee whoey stroke soon, ends The tot', of life, and s"t the mourner true To iin the heiraor immortality. Il-ro b. the eierjrreen. whose verdant tiu hulfer! no t-lianee, but. esvr bright and new, In wint:ri Miow a., well as ummi'i'i heat It greets the eye. where'er with it we meet. How suited Ibis to rvrenent Ue state t'f those who've traveled through thy narrow gate! r'ivd i. their state, no rhainre they'll ever know, Filled with eestatie joy. or Jiiereine wo. Here, ton, ri-eorded on the seulptured stone s ffiuud recount-d that which thou hast .Ion-, And on tlie lusrble does the measured verdo The virtues of thy vietims oft rehearse; While nature's parmetits ever fresh and ffreca tove lovely softness to til' eneiiHUlili feetitf. Yet, Ileath. thou art the same in every p laee, And always wear'st tK'sume revolting fjiee; t'orruption. worms, decay, attend thy course, Thou overeomest .ill Hiih m'hty force; Thou rcifrn'st o'er man. for all submit to fhec Inheriting, alike, mortaliiy kins. princes, warriors, the low, the hi'h, Men of all rank ami characters, inu-t die ; All of earth's tcemfnff ui'llion. must depart When struck, oh Ic-ath ' by thy relentless dart.- Thou reicu'st niid skulls, ai:d lamea, and distant ejoc-m, Thy throne the rharnel house the silent tomb. Yet. Death, that 'hie who once displayed his power W hen. in that plorious resurrectiMU hour. He burst Uiy bon ds, and. triitmpbin, arose Kxuitinz over all his vanquished f Will soon unnerve thy arm. and at his nod Thy aleepiu!? millions then behold tbeir Jod; Th-ir dusty forms reanimate, arise And monnf to meet their soverehm in the skies ; Whilst thou. Uie tyraul, vrnquislied, wiU retire And only reign in everlasting lire. Then shall the sonjr r-s-. ho through the sky "- Death, Where's thy pow'r; and here's thy victory !M W bile all the ransom' -I host will yet prolong. In rapturous joy. the universal sonir, "Glory totJodl" and as they upwards tonr, They'll praise the Lamb for ever, ever more. EDMUND. Bloomibttrg, Aug. lPeO. A Remarkable Women. A correspondent of the N. Y. Com mercial instances a remarkable display of genuine patriotism by the wife of a gentle man who at one time kept a restnurant in the city : "If you would like to see a sight "worth seeing," go and lake your launch at "Gos ling's American & French Restaurant," 17 Nassau street. You will there find be hind the lunch table, wailing on the guests with the most modest dignity and cheerful assiduity, a fine looking, rosy-cheeked, black haired female, a specimen of perfect health and cheerfulness, and younger in appearance than the vast majority of wo men at forty. This is the wife of the host the mother of 24 children, the eld est of whom is 32, and the youngest two years old; 13 of whom, with 10 grand children, are still living. She rises every morning at five, and does the marketing for this great establishment ; and during several of the busiest hours of the day, sees that the guests are properly wailed on and attended lo. She confesses to 48 years, but without the confession she would nol be deemed guilty of forty. Had she lived in the days of ancient Rome, the would have been entitled to and would have re ceived the honors of the Republic ; and certainly it can not now be misplaced to bestow this brief notice on one who has contributed so m.my citizens to her coun try, and whose good conduct in her daily walk in life, and modest demeanor, and cheerful efforts to aid the partner ol her lot, present so useful an example for Tini tation." Napoleon. Napoleon was, in truth, a great result the result of centuries ; one who carried t!io majesty and meaning of a thousand years, within the compass of a single per son ; the despot ol kings; ihe king of despots. Napoleon had his appointed day, and he lived it. He had his ordained pur pose and he fulfilled it. lie had his pass ions, and they chastised him. None can help admiring his genius ; yet, only a few would envy his fortune. Europe was too strong for a single man, though that man was Napoleon. Europe beat him down, and England chained him to a rock. His soul, at last departed. It went forth at night amidst the howling of winds and crashings of thunder. lie who had so of ten here below sought for glory at the cannon's mouth, quitted the mortal sphere with the solemn artillery ol heaven boom' ing and flashing around him. Thus, too, it was that Cromwell's soul went forth ; and like as the nights of their deaths were the spirits and the lives of the men. Both had arisen on the earth in storm ; in storm it was titling that each should leave it. Napoleon died, anJ was buried where his ashes should have staid. His prisou should always have been his sepulcher ; and no more sublime sepulcher could he have de sired ; the , boundless ocenn his windiug sheet, and the lonely and sobbing winds his eternal requiem. Rev. .Giles. Mr. Thorn had just risen in the pulpit lo make a prayer, when a gentleman in front of the gallery took out his handkerchief to wipe his brow, forgetting that a pack of cards was wrapped in it. Mr. Thorn ob served, on seeing the cards scattered about, " Ob, man ! man I surely your psalm book it ill bun P (bound.) Kossuth and Gen. Cass. Kossuih, ihe renowned Hungarian lea dor, has written to Gen. Cass an acknowl edgment of his gratitude and thankfulness lor the generous sympathy evinced for Hungarian suffering as expressed in the rcsultiihn introduced into the U. S. Stna'e to suspend diplomatic intercourse with Aus tria in token of disapprobation of her flagi-" tious conduct. The resolution did not pre vail at the time, hut it truly expressed Ihe feeling of every American, an J went forth as the condemnation of a free people of the many acts of barbarism perpetrated by that Government in the war against Hun gary. J lie letter is written ny nossuin in Enalish.snd the follow in;; is an extrac': Yes, General, your powerlul speech was not only the inspiration of sviripathy fur unmerited misfortune, so natural to no ble feeling hearts ; it was the reveiatiou of the jus'ire of God it was a leaf from the book of fate, unveiled lo the wnr'd. On that day, General, yoo were sitting, in the name of mankind, in tribunal, pass ing judgment on despotism and ihe des pots of ihe world ; and as sure as the God f justice lives,your verdict will be accom plished. " Shall I h.ive my share in this great work or not ? I d) not know. .Once al most an efficient instrument in the hands of Providence, I am now burie l alive. With humble heart will I accept thecal! lo action, should I be deemed worthy of it, or submit to the doom of inactive suffer ins, if it must bo so. But, be it one or the other, I know lhat your sentence will be fulfilled. I know that aged Ejrope, at the sun of freedom's young America, wiil grow young again. 1 know lhat my peo- pic, who proved so worthy of liberty, wiil ! yet, notwithstanding their present degra- i dation, weigh heavy in ibis btlance of fite; and I know that, as long as Hungary lives, your mme, General, will bo counted among the most cherished in my native land, as the distinguished man who, a worthy interpreter of the generous senti ments of the great American people, has upon us poor Hungarians the consolation bestowed of a confident hope, at a momeut when Europe's decrepit politics seemed our unmerited fate for ever to seal.'1 The EFracTsor Sjiotow the Field of Battle You can Brm no idea of ih storm of bolls and shells which crossed each other in their dread course. Before and around the spot on which Field-Marshal Itadetski was standing, the heavy sixteen-pound shots ploughed up the ground, tracing in one place a deep furrow, and cutting down a tree like stubble in another. It is remarkable how each kind of missile has its own characteristic. There is the tremulous howl of the round large sho, the whistle of the musket-ball,lhe hiss of Ihe shell, like that of ihe Catherine wheel fire-work, and then its detonation as it bursts. Of these last, many which fell amongst us missed fire, and many explo ded harmless in the air ; but where one one fell and did its Dice the effect was fearful. One such struck an offijer in ihe breast, exploded at lhat instant, struck down a rm.n at the right and left, and cut off the upper part of the officer's body in such a fashion (hat his frightened horse galloped o(T some distance with the feet ol (he corpse in the stirrups. Such are the spectacles which a field of battle occasio ally present. Not far oft lay a Piedmon- tive artillerist who had been struck on the forehead by a spent six pound shot, which remained in the wound. An hussar huti been killed at ihe same instant wiih his horse, by a shot which had passed through the neckol the latter; they had sunk to gelhcr, the rider still on the saddle, and the sobre still in his hand. The udden collapse of a man in full vior is what is most fearful to beheld. One sinks with out a groan, another jumps high from the ground with a shriek, falls over, lies stiff" and is dead. I saw a Granzer from ihe Banat, with a ball in his forehead, falter a few paces, leaning on his musket like u drunken man, and then, after a faint whis per about his hoi ne expire. Over ihe town the cannon smoke had spread a colossal canopy, which floated motionless above the roofs like the crown of the Italian pine trees. Scenes from ihe Life ol a Soldier in Active Service in 1649. Robert Burks Walter Scott said, that the eyes of Burns were the finest he ever saw. I can not say the same of Mr. Wordsworth ; that is, not in the sense of the beautiful, or even of the prolound. But certainly I never beheld eyes that looked so inspired or supernatural. They were like fires half burning, half smoulder ing, with a sort of acrid fixture of regard, and seated at the further end of two cav erns. . One might imagine Ezekiel or Isaiah to have bad such eyes. Leigh Hum. To make an appearance beyond your fortune, either in dress, equipage, or enter tainment, is a certificate of a much grea ter weakness in your character thaa to keep within it. For the Lewuburg Ckroniek. Ther that Uka th Sword, hall perith by th Sword. We read with wonder that on HeavenV ptaiua, Bet.ni thi text wax poke or warninj given, The .word wm drawn by Pandemonium' king, and .r It thrown from off the walls of tlcaven; And ever inc the warrior found the nrord. Directly or remot, 'thaa eanaed Li d situ, From him who -11 in Neho on ita point. Till watched Kapoloon drew his lateit breath. The mighty Hector, who for year bail kept The hoaU of Greece from iackiuj sacred Troy. at length is dragged in dust around her wall, While on the ramrart wej.t hi, wife nj boy. In turn, Achilleo feels the whetted aword, Though wielded by a w.vrrkir he uei-pi.-d Yet the same Paris sent the arrow forth, Though void of skill, by which Achilles died. The very sword the mighty Coniaeror hcU Each day as he appeared to taunt and boast. The ruddy Shepherd o-d to take his life While shouts on shouts went from Israel's Lost. The World's great Conqueror in a poisoned cup By violence dies in Bab'lon's palace hall, Althonjh his sword had drunk the Wood of kings And at bis feet he made all foes to falL And he who bravely crowd the mighty Alps, And struck the Konian nation with auiase, At length was f .reed to flee from plai e to place. Before the sword, until it cloned his days. And warlike Desar, who had grown so great That he was thought and called a Deml-gial, Died in the Senate chamber by the sword, And at bis rival's statue lay in blood. AtocsT.tSOO. . JAMES ilUME?. Report of the Curators of the Univer sity at Lewisburg. Required to be Published by the Charter.) To the Board of Curators of the University at Lcvrisburg, the Committee on l'ubli tion beg leave to submit the following lleport. In the summer of IS 15, a number of the friends of Education in Pennsylvania be gan to press the iurpiry, Where is" a good school for our sons and daughters? After mature deliberation, it was coneexW ou all hands that a Literary Institutteu ought to be established in the Centre of the State ; but then the question to solve was, What course shall be pursued to lay the proper foundation of such an Institution its iuay be permanent, and reflect credit on the Keystone State ? It was cviJeut, that in order to insure success, some religious de nomiuation must take the lead, ami, if unsuccessful, share the disgrace that would necessarily follow. A number of the Bap tist Churches, being impressed with the importance of such an Institution, and with the fact that there was none i i tho Com monwealth enjoying their patronage, came forward, and, trust ing inDiviue Providence for success, put their shoulder to the wheel. About this time it was understood that Stephen W. Taylor, one of the Professors in the Hamilton Literary & Theological Institution, had resigned bis place in that Seminary, and it being known that, he had acquired from more than thirty years' ex perience as an educator, much knowledge and practical wisdom relative to founding and managing literary institutions, it was thought all-important to interest him iu tho cnterpri.se; accordingly, a committee was appointed for that purpose, and the services of Prof. Taylor were fortunately procured, and on the 27th of Dee'r, 184o, he arrived at Lewisburg. After free, full and repeated discussions in sundry public and private meetings, it was fiually agresd to make the attempt to establish a Univer sity at Lewisburg. Trof. Taylor was re quired to draw up the form of a Charter, and present it at a public meeting held iu Lewisburg, where it was unanimously ap proved. It was then agreed, that Trof. Taylor should go to llarrisbur, and nre its passage through the I.r .ristature : ac cordingly, in January, he repaired to Ilarrisburg, and after 17 days' indefat igable exertions succeeded in getting it through both Houses, and on the iith of Feb. 1 840,it was approv ed by the G overnor. In order to put the University in funds. and to lay a permanent foundation, it had been proposed to raise One Hundred Thousand Dollars, by voluntary subserii- tions, payable, after completing the sub scription, in four equal annual instalments. Subscription papers, thereforc,were put in circulation, and public meetings called citizens, other than Baptists, imbibed like wise the spirit of the cuterprise,and cheer fully added their names to the subscription list. Prof. Taylor was then despatched to Philadelphia, with the subscription li. ts, and a copy of the Charter, and spent con siderable "time there in presenting the claims of the new enterprise to a number of brethren of that city, who notwithstan ding the frequent demands on them for various benevolent objects, proved them selves willing to aiu the great enterprise with a liberal hand. llcv. E. Kincaid was early employed as au Agent to solicit subscriptions still, however, another Agent was deemed indis pensable, as the field to canvass was ery large. Every eye was turned toward Rev. Wm. Shadrach, then residing in Philad., as the most suitable co-adjutor of Mr.Kin caid ; and after many urgent solicitations, he was induced to leave the charge of an interesting church to endure the hardships of tearendog the State ia order to procuru subscriptions. I-Iessis. Kincaid and Shad rach, by their untiring exertions, finally succeeded in raising the requisite sum. On the 17th of January, i19, a special meeting of the Iioard of Trustees of the University at Lewisburg, was held in the Borough of Lewisburg, when a committee was appointed to ascertain the amount sub scribed, and on the 19th cf the srt'iie month the Committee, thro' llcv. Saml J.CrcssTvcll their Chairman, made report that the sums subscribed amounted to 5101,230 50. Rev.Mr.SIiadrach then resigned his Agency Rev. Mr. Kincaid continued to tet as Agent for the Board in soliciting additio nal subscriptions, and collecting, until the 1st of Nov. 1819, when he also resigned in contemplation of returning to India 9i a Missionary. At a meeting of the Baru of Trustees in August, 1819, Rev. J. V. Alison ras chosen as an Agent to collect ond eoucit subscriptions, nd entered upon his dvties about the 1st of Nov. following, l'.ev. Mr. Shaiirach was also re-elected A tett of tLe Board, but as he had takea charge of the Berean church in Pittsburg,aud that church being unwilling to part with hiu (though earnestly requested,) he declined. But the great enterprise having reached a ci i.-is,aud the aid of Mr. Shadrach being deemed indispensable, he was agaiu urged by the Board aud others to accept the Agency, and being impressed with tho importance of the matter he finally a,.Teed to .leave his fire side and undergo the hardship of again traversing the State, and on the 1-t of Jan. 18,"i0 he actually entered the 2eld. In 184G, three of the friends of the enterprise purchased a traet of land adjoi ning the town of Lewisburg, containing 73 acres and 70 perches, witii the under standing that they would convey the same to the Board of Trustees when required,on the reimbursemeut of the purchase money l by them paid with interest. Ou the 5th of October, 1810, a Tligh School was commenced in the basement of the Baptist Church in Lewisburg, under the charge of Prof. Taylor, assisted by his son, Alfred Taylor, A. 31. Iu Oct. 1847, Isaac N Loouiis, A. 21., a well qualified educator, Laving been duly elected by the Executive Committee, took Lis place as a Teacher in the rising University. The number of Students in the High School iu the course of the first year, had' bet n 7o, and of Teachers, 2. The seeond year, number of Students 121, Teachers 3 ; 10 individuals prepared for the Senior Ac ademic Class, 14 for Freshaiaj Class, and 10 for the Sophomore. Amount of Tuition Bills for the two years, 2,582 10; amount of Teachers' Wages, 82,000 00. Without any change of organization or business in the High School, the Trustees at their meeting in August, 1848, changed the name into "The Academic & Primary Depart ruentoftbeUnivcrsityat Lewisburg," and at the same time elected ''Prof.Stcphcn W.Taylor to the chair of instruction iu the department of Mathematics aud Natural Philosophy in the Lewisburg University, aud to rank next to the President." Several of the fricads of the enterprise, impressed with the imperative necessityof having a more convenient building than the basement of the Baptist Church for the accommodation of the Teachers and Students, agreed to advance funds for the erection of an edifice. Accordingly, in the r5! ring of 1848 an Academic Building was planned, 51 by 80 feet, three storeys in height, capable of accommodating 150 Stu- icnt', and was commenced on the site intended for the University buildings: this edifice was completed in the Spriug of 1 849, :tt a cost of about $8,000, aud the Sehoui was then moved to that building. - The Trustees, at their meeting in Jan. IS 10, elected two additional Professors Rev. Georg R. Bliss, of New Brunswick, N'.J., Professor of the Greek Language and Literature, his services to commence at the beginning of the Summer Term of 1849 ; and George W. Anderson, of Philadelphia, Professor of the Latin language and Lite rature, his services to commence at tho be ginning of the Fall Term of 1849. These Professors accepted the office and entered on their duties at the time above specilied. Thomas U.Walter,Ksq.,of Philadelphia. was elected ArchUect,who presented to the Board a plan for the University Buildings, which was unanimously adopted. The nmin building is to be 80 feet square, with wiugs f 125 by 35 feet, presenting a front of :30 feet, and containing dunuitcries s.nd study rooirvs for the accommodation cf 200 Students. The West wiug is now under roof, aud will be ready for use by the com mencement of the Fall Tcflr, wit ucrmi torics and studies for the RtrcomiuotTaiion of 70 Students. It is expected that the Center building and tLe East "ring rill soon be placed under contract, as Messrs. Shadrach and Allison, the Collecting Agents, are exerting every nerve to collect funds for that purpose. When that mag nificent edifice is completed, 400 Students can he conveniently accommodated. Tie Architect merits the thanks of the friends ef tbi great enterprise, for tho pains bo Volume Va, Number 24 VlholB NumtW 336. has taken in drawing plans and Lavui."' every room constructed in such a way as to be properly warmed and ventilated, in orde to the promotion of the health of the Students-and for all this trouble and expense he makes no charge. The wing now under roof, will cost whun completed about 812.000: , . . . , From the meeting in Jan'y, tho Board of Trustees regarded the University as acttially founded. In April following, the hni intended for tho University was conveyed to the Trustee; ether pieces were also purchased, in order to straiten certain line? and roads. The saflW expended in the purcbr of real estate, amount to ahoct 511,023 G. A portion of the land port-Lascd. the Trustees have laid out ia Lot; tor oc offered for 'ale, which will no doubt Iring' several thousand dollars they have already sold lots to the aruouut of about ?G13 74. The Board have procured Plriksophical Apparatus wr.rt'i 32,213 02. The Library routr ins COS Triduuies, and is constantly increasing. The Trustees at their meeting ia Aug. 1S40, elected Isaac li. LooiuLs, A.M., Prin cipal of the Academy, and subsequently elected Alfred Taj lor, A.M., Tutor iu the English Language aud Eloc'ticcl 'i'ltiticti' Klis for tho year ending in August, 1819, amounted to 82,1 S5 ill ; salaries of Teachers, to $1,850. Tuition' Bills fyr the year ending in August, 1850, 2,182 22 ; salaries of Teachers, S i,ooO. TLe site of the buildings is on tho west bank ef the Vt'est Branch of the Susque hanna river, about one fourth of a mile south of the Borough of Lewisburg, in a beautiful prove of 20 acres,on an eminence about CO feet above the level or the river, and some 200 yards from its margin very happily adapted by rature to the ot-ject to' which it is now devoted. This huig'at commands cn extensive view of the beau- tiful and pietnresqne scenery fr which tv.la part of the State is retiarkalbi looking, westwardly, over the fertile and highly cultivated Buffalo valley, to the bold1 mountains which, at a distance of from to 20 mile?, mark its lipiits ; ngrthwardly,' over the flodrishing towns of Lewibburg cud Milton, along the windings of the rfrcr, 13 miles, to the Muney Hills, and beyond them, 18 or 20 miles further to c fcm l,ae mountains of Sullivan counV. fy ; eastwardly over the rich valley of the' Chilisquaque, bowrcd'd on the riht by Mon" tour's Eiilgv, and reaching 20 miles to the iron hills of Columbia county ; and south wardly, along the West Branch to the cliffs of Blue Hill, opposite the town of North-' nmberland, and the loity promontory of Mahonoy mountain. Near the Acadcmio Building is a well of excellent water; and" in the rear of where the 3Ia:n Building L to be placed is a fountain of pure spring water, conveyed' some 1100 feet,with a rise of about 90 feet by means of pipes and hydraulic machine. ' We have now the usa.-'I compliment of Collegiate cksscs. The vhule number of Students ia tie course -of the Academical year ending 2Mb. August, 150, is 172 of whom 30 are members t-f the Collegiate classes, 87 be longing to the Academy, S" to thft Eng lish, and 20 to the Primary department. Teaohews. Stephen W.Taylor. A.M., Professor cf Mathematics & Natural Phil osophy ; George R. Bliss, A.M., Professor of Greek Language Si Literature; George V. Anderson, A. M-, Professor of Latiu Language A; Literature; Isaac N. Loomis, A. M., Principal of the Academy ; Alfred Ta;lor, A. M., Tutor in the English Lan guage & Elocution. Tf itiox asb Bo.vriO. Tuition in tho Collegiate department 330, Academic $20, Primary $12, per year. Board, including lodging, washing, fuel, and light, can be had in the town and vicinity at varion prices, from CI ,50 to ?2.50 per week.- Sessio.ns a.;d Vacations. Two Scs--sions iu the year : the former commences on the 3d Thursd.iy in October next, and coutinues 26 wcefcs; the latter fowmeui-cs-on the Kith Ma, !ml continues 1 4 weeks. Spring Vacation, 4 weeks ; Autumnal, We most cheerfully recommend this In stitution as worthy of publie patronage, officered as ft is with an able Vacuity, and situated in the inort healthy part of the State, and at a town noted for morality, with no Lks fhau eix churches of as many diifercLt denominations. WitU the conti nued blessing cf Prcvidence, this seminary of tanning bids fair to rauk among the first literary institntiow ir; these United States. Before concluding, we would add that it is with pleasure that we have lcarucd th: i the efficient Collecting Agents of the Boaid of Trusfees a, making considerable addi tions to the Subscription List. AH of which is respectfully submitted . G. P. MILLER, CVn. IxwisBCRO, Aug. 26, 1850. Mrs. Partington says, nothing despWeo her so iroch as lo see people who profes to expect salivation, go to chorcii wunoui their purse when a recollection w to bo t- k4)B. r.- ft
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