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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
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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-
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