LEWI
CHRONICLE
Volume vm, Number e.
Whole Numler 372.
H. C. HICKOK, Editor.
0. N.WORDEN, Printer.
LEWISBOKG, UNION COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1851.
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H ?73JjUS3 SIffi)?Sll I The Pulton Republican
UkZl JJ -i-'-' I of a journal puUbbcd at MCoonekbur.-, in
A-j lyDEFEVDCNT FAMILY JOCKXAL, ; t! 6 tWW COUIltV Of Fulton, lV'DIl'a. JolIX M'Cl'BDT, klMfc
A nti W ednesday morning at Ltwkhurg. th ori-zina. Editor; but, about a month uoe, be tm
issuta o county, l'enmvlrania. I stnhk with lbic affection, ..ich baa result in
were composed by Mr. M 'Curdy titer hit tti.fortunt had
ewum-ljUid under the cimiittstanot-s possess deep interest.
Fair, lorrlr earth ! fball I no more
bvbuld tlw rlatt in robe of gm-n ?
1.1.1. wrt thtw eve trare lud(cat o'er
That ttn-y in lkorhnd dav bnve at-vn?
Ttir UrtiW plain, thy wuur rl a.
Thy Titer and tliy mountain l.th,
Z.U) urrant wiui tiirtr myriad naila
All mom to fee in darkueee lie.
Shall yna.Wr Fun' relTidi.t Mght
all it thr dMmond drr of ntrn.
And drck rarh flow with iauk'U- bright,
And rry blad nf frum aloru
And haJl it pour tra pddea ray
into eTtTT pTlaiwT utrt-am.
V hTr fnrta the trout the live-Iotif day
And 1 not aee iU brilliant bvaui?
Vl-n Memory turn to cbildhond'a hour,
Aud Fanry patrit it srvneo am-
M bt-n ri-ury brutik and m-ry tliiwer
liioe up, familiar, to tti itw
Aud br-n the haunt here oft I strayed,
In gVcful in days of yure,
Apiaar. aith all thrir aun and tdiad,
1 think, Mialt I o 'vr cc thoiu uiurc F
O. what fe Iffe, eVn w1a wr'rv Wt
W ith nht. and health, and nw of limb?
Tia but a drwry day. at beat.
Of aurritw deep, and plvasures dim
A billow rudu, od which tnuat plnle
llie'a fair and rfteu fragile bark
A ti mM5t wild, wlitre aorrnwa ride
i'pon ita breast at midnight dark.
Ti hard to atem the tide of life
In ilarknex aud in poverty
jninat ailverae warv, when'atorma are rife,
t'pun Timt-a rouiru, unwrtaiu aca;
Th stoutert oftn fail to atwr
Th-ir bark riht onwari, but are lost:
Then how aball miu, in darkness drar,
in safety reach Life's distaut t-oastr
Cut why deapond ? Can He who took,
Not reuder back the aiprht anew?
Can He not open out the book
i f Nature'i bnuttin to my tIcw 1
And should lie not, tin llu to kaow
Why He witliholds tlie It I it He gave;
His .urjoN; may be but to liirow
A li?ht to lead beyond the arare.
Effects of War.
It is stated in the foreign papers, that
the census of Croatia, Shvcnia, Uaact,
and Transylvania, reecrtly takcp, show
that there are in those prov'.nces tircnfy-
five thousand iculotcs, the result of the
Hungarian war. Such facts as these arc
eloquent ; asd should be known and cir
culated by every lover of peace. Mlllious
of men have fallen sinec wars began
millions and tens of millions. Cxar sac
rificed at least two millions, and Napoleon,
directly and indirectly, as many.
The dead are not all. There arc the
disabled physically, who remain a tax upon
their country or their friends. And there
are the disabled morally ,wboie war-tuition
unfits them for the arts and purposes of
peace. And there arc tkc destitute wi
dows and orphan children, who, if cot ia
all cases absolutely dependent upon society
by the death of the heads of households,
are less productive to the state, and less
useful to the race, than they would l-c
under the culture and direction of their
natural protectors. Confusion in com
merce, bindrance to the progress of the
arts, impeded cducation,or false education,
indifference to suffering,national cxclusive
ness and hereditary enmity such arc &
few only of the evils which follow war,
righteous or unrighteous, successful or un
successful.. In case where war must be,
The Crocodile Eattsry. J
The Kast Indies was the scene of the
following interesliiig but terrible triumph ;
of scientific knowledge. "A'" is the
. 11 ..:.. . i ir.,.. " 1
Everything being now ready, I made the
fatal contact. Our success was complete !
We felt a shock, as if something had fallen
dowu the bank a mound of muddy water
r s , with a mufiled, rumblinir sound, and
a crocodile : ,tto, was a native w;rvat ; then burst out to column of dark smoke.
who had been devoured ly a crocodae.J
FOREBODINGS.
w.Yci'Mer be ye f doubtid mind."
BY 'ami ajetAC."
There U) aorww In Oi v rpirit. and elood upon my brow.
And beneath aome e-arlul influence 1 bow in aadnraa
I But. atnnire to tell, the reaa.n I ran B well define,
r'or bo newer aource of trouble L ope'd to lue or unit.
' Tile aun la ehinln clearly, the air ia bland aa.l Mill,
And Urda are ain 'loir twertlT Irc.m tne lowianu anu ine nnc
SJpla.;hiZ and tcbblinz SUCCCeded, and ! And blauu, brhl aud iraaiaut, an hJoouiii.it by tlx
Iijl lltt.'.t Way, iwiemniiiR apra.
had Observed, lien blasting tkc SP.a", l.,,n , e-y.t raffia flnstf.! n tlin While Uun eometb renUe aauaie from the atreainlei'a
that the concussion produced by the li--i v.utor, like a variegated carpet pattern.
Y. t upon my droopin apirl! haael now a rloorny pall.
Aud
The Farmer,
From the Sullirtn County IKnVxreL
Flank Roads.
In this age of discoveries, it is wonder
ful that the plank road should have remai
ned so long auknown. Every farmer knew,
that on his barn floor, a span of horses
The New Orleans millionaires
HINTS TO TliE LIVING.
Another of the oil and wealthy citizens
of N'cw Orleans is gone Cornelius l'aul
ding, who was quite as well known, and it
Lis habits, bis notioes, and his wealth,
much resembled the late John M'Ionogh
and Joseph Fowler. They were all bach
elors, with numerous connections ia other
States, but living here alone, cheerlessly,
yet apparently conteut ; having no bodily
relish for the good things of this world,
stinting their tables to the point of starva
tion, wearing their clothes to the threads,
und doubtless would have been as happy
s ost folks but for the lashing aud tor
turing of the demon of avarice, which had
fastened its fangs upon their heart-strings,
and tugged fit them constantly-.
One of these three men, Joseph Fowler,
was a cold, selfish, cynical, vulgar man,
without a scintlla of scml, "who lived for
himself alone, thinking neither of bis suf
fering kindred in this world, nor of God
and eternity, lie was the slave of the
nlinighty dollar all his life, aud died, at
last, without having the courage to make
a will, or the grace to make, by public
charities, some expiation for the selfish
ness of his life. His relations, who vainly
in Lis life time, implored the crumbs that
fell from the rich man's table,'' will now,
it is hoped, receive and enjoy the magnifi
cent estate which he accumulated by ex
tortion, and coined out of tears and desti
tution. John MDonogh for many years affected
a sanctimonious air and cant, and in all
Lis acts professed to "have in view " the
glory of God." His Jifc was a euspiciaus
commentary on these professions, tlr.
I'etcrs Las indeed made a posthumous pa
rade of Lis having made a donation to a
public library, but it is well known teat
the portals of his heart were hermetically
closed to the appeals of humanity. He
Lad but two passions notoriety, and ac
cumulation. These he pursued, through
a long and niggardly and sinful life, and
these he exhibited in his will. He clutched
at his bonds and titles and money bags in
Lis dying moments, and by a will, both
illy and intricate, and fruitful of fraud
and controversy a mirror or his character
he soueht to control and administer
them after his death, ne cut his neglected
relations off with a shilling, and be
queathed the enormous aggregate of seventy
years of avarice and cunning to communi
ties that will never plant a flower on his
grave, or moisten it with a tear.
Cornelius Paulding was a better man
than either of these. He was frigid,pcnu
rious, and exacting ; but he sometimes
gave, and gave freely. For many years
Le had been a member of the Baptist
church, and at various periods, after he rc
moved to New Orleans, he provided a
place of worship for his brethren, and tcn
drcd his house as a residence for the min
ister. Several clergymen came to reside
with him, bul,notwithstanding their habits
of self denial, he etarved them all out
Nor did the church thrive any better un
der his auspices. The church government
of the Baptists is a pure democracy. All
the power resides in the members, and
even the old prejudice that excludes wo
men from a participation in government, is
not recognized. All arc equals, and the
minister in that church, out of the pulpit,
has no more power than one of bis flock.
This form of government was not adapted
to the disposition of Mr. Paulding. He
was arbitrary and dictatorial ; and the
result was, that the Baptists of this city,
though few in number, and poor, preferred
to worship in obscure places, rather than
to occupy the splendid church which he
sometimes proposed to erect for them.
Mr. Paulding lived long enough to learn
a useful lesson from the death of John
M'Douogh. He read the commentaries of
the press upon his unnatural, selfish, and
Ltigous will. He Las wisely bequeathed
the bulk of Lis estate to his impoverished
relations ; Las made generous donations
to the Orphan Asylum and public schools;
and.we rejoice to see, appropriated $30,000
for the Baptists of this city. Ac Orkant
Courier.
i 1 . . , rr- . n n . ' And in .traiim'tuufreal nit-afture intae waronuK Tu-e laii. . 1. 1 .Inn. i ;M A 1 . i
Vliarirc liau u:c cneci 01 KllllH;r ail lac n. il Slmnoy-H.k no- fi-airniMtts of m v Mn ai i oLt 1 ib. uowen-tlwr Uoom ia iHHufat to , "J "ucu as oil mc
within a range of gome twenty or thirty ' ro cktti w iyt0 natIvcs from the 1 And aTjrea.Lin.-. noxlou. r.por. the perfume .JaT; , Wc r(xmd 5 jet) until within a very few
water s edire, aud brought to us amidst a
yards. After every explosion, they wore
found in great numbers, Coatisg on the
surface of tbc water, with tlioir bellies
uppermost. It now occurred to me, that
ifwccculd only get within a inolcratc
very general rejoicing. The exploded
Mugger floated down the stream, and the
current soon carried it out of. sight. AVe
were not at all sorry, for it looked such a
distance of the -Mugger, if we did uolbW horrible mess that wc felt no desire to ex
him to pieces wc would at all events give amine jt.
him a shock that would rather astonish
him. An explosion of gunpowder under
water communicates a much severer shock
vnnra 9rvn nr. nmn r..t r.1. .1.?..
To .11 of ..twrve beauty. y mental eye la dim, f -fc" 6 ' ITV uo lu'3
Anil Wr music aouliJelli tuaie anauuienvianirul rwjniem, : KnOWICirC 10 the COnStrUCtlOB Of roads
The application was first made in Canada,
but has been most extensive and successful
in the State of New York, where more
than 2000 miles of plank roads have been
commenced within four years fast, and in
however, sadly dampened about a week af
terward, when we received the niortifvins
to the objects iu its immediate vicinity, ' ann0unccmcut that Sidhoo's Mugger was
than the same quantity of powder explo- j stiU ai;vc, and on his old beat, apparently
ded in the air ; the greater density of the uniiiiurcd. It was evident that we had
Tl- .1 ran tji he au aenaeleea to aweetert narutotiy-
That bloom and glorious aunablue abould ban no charm
lor me.
I bare n mora dreary hour, anj the past Las broncht
to tae, (aee:
A hearier ck.nd of trouble than my heart juat now ran
And 1 know nut at the present why has come this boding
f.-ar laniirar.
At the Ui'fc cf What dark genius these mysterious shades
Om. . ..-. II nlaT ne. irom III, rmure ui:s iranui rhih is pj'it-wj
ur sense of triumphant satislactioa was Tn.r.i;T.ir..n-t,.Hin-'i..uip.-t.ti.ntwiiiburtni.i.uiyhead;
It may lie.vie mtturuiui wu.iea wuniwe""uDwiua; ' " c
Are uiuib-riii;;s of the Uiuuder froui a storm cloud couiiug
water enabling it, as it were,
harder blow.
to
lve n blasted the wrong
Mujrxer !
We
It may I that I, unfaithful, now bow In deep aeapalr
Fntm a fear to trut my future to kit guardianship and care
Who ever kindly eareth frr each creature of hi hand
Aud use spread tuts life and gladness orrer aH the inuHng
laud;
Then I would with earnent rpint lift my eye to Him aboee,
Aud rely with humble confidence upon a Fathers lore;
II abould sure diapel all doubting to know that Ae will be
ahrough tlui dint, uuccrtain future, a friend and awale to
mc. Christian Observtr.
soled ourselves with the reflection that if
Having made our arrangements, Mr. j he were not Sidhoo's nmrdcrer,it was very
Hall, my brother, and myself, got iuto a likely he was not wholly innocent of other
small canoe, with the blasting apparatus ! atrocities, aud therefore deserved his fate. 'GENERAL WAYNE s oi-l.MON OF AttXOLD.
on board, aud dropt down the tream to Of course, it was impossible to rest I Tne Philadelphia Sun publishes the
Interesting Original Letter.
good measure completed.
Experience the surest of all witnesses
has now fully established, that plank
roads arc the readiest means of opening
the resources of a country of introducing
improvements of every kind of raising
wear and tear to Lis horse, harness, and
vehicle is reduced at least oue half. The
tolls not only pay for themselves in this
saving, but even leave a surplus in the
pocket of the farmer, which would other
wise have been spent on repairs. Horse
shoes last twice the time. Instead of fre
quent new shoes, it is only necessary to
have the old ones periodically removed.
Even the labor of cleaning horses, counts
something ; one farmer assuring the wri
ter that in very muddy weather he would
sooner pay tolls than have to rub down hist
horses in the state they used to be after
travel on the old road."
Are the statements given in these ex
tracts, true 1 If true, all the advantages
of plank roads will be more than realized.
Of the truth there can be no doubt ; they
have been published far and wide without
contradiction. The people of New York
on the spot with every means of examin
ation, give practical proofs of their benefit,
by constructing numerous plank road every
where.
If the statements arc true, the applica
tion is obvious. On a iilank road ukinz
- u
team can draw,
the value of lands of diffusing general
prosperity and wealth. They have been the whole year around
called the ''Farmer's Railroad ;" and iu at the lowest calculation, three times as
fact they arc absolutely necessary to the much in the same time, as it can on tho
perfection of the rail-road system, carrying best roads we now have, and five times as
its benefits to every man's Heighbothood,
i sa 1 r Vaa I t a . . ana a.
where the nulla discharges its waters into while Sidhoo's Muwcr remained alive : so : '.""wing original letter, wriiten cruet otten to his very door. I fee raU-road, un-
oc A nlhnn v U arm. irt mntltitn?in .iT tlmr1 r l l. . . i 11 i
coud . J "J" . ..... , assisieu Dy lis numoie pi;
thcllohan. lie then pot out and proceed- we were net Ion?: in preparing a second
cd to a village close by,where wc obtained, j expedition. This time we took the pre
fer a few annas, the carcass of a young Caution of not charging tho battery until
kid. A fiatk with about six pounds of' wc were certain that the bait was swal
gunpowder, aud having the conducting ' lowed. The acid, diluted to the necessary
wires attached, was then sewn into the : strength, was therefore carried ia one of
kid's belly. Two strong ropes were also ; those brown earthenware jars called cray-
tied to this bate : and to one of there the ' beards, which had come out to us full of
conducting wire was firnilv bound with Gleuli vet whisk v. We commenced tW- 'justice 0 believe, that neither want of af-
small cord. The ropes were about thirty I giiig the kid up the stream as before ; but ! fot'twD or "l"ation,but a thousand other
yards long, and had each attached to its J having walked more than a mile without I"111'""? circumstances have prevented
extremities one of the inflated rroat-kins ' ircttinir a bite, we were fettins rather .e from writing sooner ? Indeed, my dear
used bv water carriers. Hall, with his ' heartened, and sat down ta rest, struck sir wc Lave h'tucrto La(1 but 7 d'S
goat-skin under his arm, and a coil of light, and smoked a cheroot. Hill laid KrccaWc campaign what, with private
loose rope in his hand, took one side of the j down, having manufactured an impromptu ! uJs an1 rublrc misfortunes, I am almost
i U.VULL'U It V ILS IlUIIlIIll! rtniiiK Bnsiiiarv. is
vicinity, which will be read with interest, . . . ,,:i..fi , v i... i
as coniaining ice opinion ci one ot tue
bravest of our revolutionary officers upon
the treachery and previous character cf
Benedict Arnold.
Havekstbaw, nest Stonv Point, )
1st October, "1780. j
My Dear Sib : Will you do me the
nulla, while my brother, similarly provi- easy chair out of his coil of rope, with the
; C.i -tractcd aud worn down. -Just as I had
rested on their shoulders, accompanied
me. A small float was also attached by a
string to the kid so as to indicate its position.
These arrangements being made, wc
commenced walking up the nulla,dragging
to feci a little happy, the perfidy of Gen.
Arnold has opened a new field for anxiety
of nrlnd, and distrust of some others, both
in the cabinet and the field.
I can't say that I was much shocked on
the occasion. I had Ions known the man;
I " : . !
ded, took the other. My brother's rope ! inflated goat-skin placed above it. MytutxlLUB temporary rvconciuauon among
contained the wire; so I walked beside brother was not long in imitating his cs. , be officers of this lme, to mcurcs which
him, while two coolies, with the battery I ample, and I laid down, under the shade i La woudef t,heir fuehngs, andbegmning
Teady charged and slung to a pole which i of some reeds, near to the water's edge.
The heat was oppressive, and we were dis
cussing the probability of getting a bite
that day, and lamenting that wc had not
brought some pale ale along with us, when,
nil at nnw. T n-ns a srinrn lilnvr on rhn loo
while my brother came spinning down the !M carl as 1776 hc l conviction
.i . i.: i .1 . j i:b- . .... . : -. :io me icai nonor ana xrue vmuc were
ine carcass oi lue iwiu iu tuc stream, anu uimikunuu iiru- .
r -i . -i i.,,. ir.,11 i,.; j .u sbangcrs to his soul and however con-
-,,f . n rwAcr frrmt ci.lrt ui.li cn ..i ttire to Hull, w iin was revfilvmo rfntrn lhA c
to leave no part of the bed untried ; and, I opposite bank. The ropes and skins went i tradlc.to ltf H, he did Hot pos
as the nulla was only about twelve yards ! rushing down the nulla at a tremendous ! " "ther fort. udc or personal courage
wide, we felt pretty confident that, if the ! r. As soon as we recovered from the He was "tnrally . coward and never went
MugUrwereinit,we could scarcely fail! laughter into which we we-c thrown 1t ;'tod:.Dger but when stimulated by liquor,
of coming in contact with him. We had this droll contrctemjn, wc set offin pursuit, j even, , to tication, consequently not
proceeded only about a quarter of a mile,! guided by the track which the inflated ! carahlc of conducting any command com
when the float suddenly dipt. My brother j skins made in the water. On they went, j Wlttcd to ,LlJ f- But however hat
and Hall threw theloosecoil of ropes they dashing from side to side, a, they had jaJ bhad Lc EUCCfdtC1 hc
it is only the choice between evils ; and carried on the water, along with the iufla- done iu our first attempt. Ou coming to i '
wc rejoice in the belief that, under the ted skins. These made it soon evident by ! a place where the nulla made a sharp turn, W , ft cncu"d lu
.1: e T M .1.. . ,- . .1 -r 11 1 .1. .:n 1. .U- V 1. .1.- i uviui" eoiuuu., vuij umi.a u ms
uiiwuuu ui a lOMuuuee, iuu iui iioses lor , lueir motion luai UlC ! Ugger liaei SelZCU " j siww omi uuuu ut mju iuuu uu mi
the kid. He was dashing across, in a zig- uncr curve of the bend. It unfortunately
zag direction, down the stream. I ran happened that the bank, Bear to which
l.Tn, o C.ict- a T jt.d.l nnl ...-t.i. i fill Kiting WllfP fl ln t It tf WJW ton riTPPI 111 t llll
lUitl uiui iu loi tia a vuuiu, auu m 1 1 ' . . ; - - ' - - o7 i . . - - . .
out the cord from the reel when I found it ! for us to get near them without starting i u ,lluuic TTiru v
impossible to keep up with him. On! the Mugger from his present position, i " m"tw ,A",
this means they might direct their whole
force to any point without being in danger
of a junction of the forces cf these States
to molest them in their operation.
The storm was to Lave taken place last
Tuesday night or tbo nest morning. The
branches to collect and diffuse fruitful cir
culation. That such is the case, that phvck roads
arc what wc represent, a brief considera
tion of their character anil advantages, will
satisfactorily demonstrate.
The prosperity of every neighborhood,
the increase of its comforts and its wealth,
depend on facitity of intercourse with good
markets. The money value of lands springs
from the same cause. In the neighbor
hood of cities, lands of the poorest quality
command high prices ; while at a distance,
without means of easy transportation the
much as on some cf our roads. With a
plank road, a farmer or a lumberman can
haul as much in two days as he now can
in a whole week, and thus gain, out of ev
ery week, full four days, while the farmer
has this advantage, too a very great one
that on days too wet to plough, he can
use his horses profitably on the road.
Plank roads are certainly the most wond
erful labor-saviiij machinery which mod
era skill has invented for the benefit of the
farmer, who has hitherto had but little of
the benfits of improved machinery his
threshing machine being almost his only
modern advance in labor-saving power.
Our article is already so extended, that
we can not finish the subject. We shall
next make a few calculations for the farm-
best lands are almost given away. The ' crs and lumbermen, and bhow them in
expense of transporting surplus products dollars and cents the advantages of plank
creates the difference. In rrorortion as 'roads to every man who owns a farm or
that expense is diminished, the difference
ceases. If the lumber and grain cf Sulli
van county, for instance, could be carried
to Philadelphia entirely freight free, our
lands would be worth almost as much as
those around the city ; if for a freight ve
ry moderate in comparison with the value
of cur products, similar results in an infe
rior degree would follow.
This principle is illustrated by the rise
of lands along the line of car if tate im-
a mill, or a tract of land, near their route.
Afterwards, we shall explain the mode of
instructing them en the simplest and
cheapest plans. J.
which wars and fighting have been permit
ted, arc so nearly accomplished that their
occurrence will become more and more
rare, until 'wars cease in all the earth.''
ine expense oi war appears a sordid .impossible to keen up
part of the calculation of its evils ; but ' reaching a place where the banks were ! With much labor we detached some loose
even this should not be forgotten in the
account. In our own case, for instance,
what millions cf money have been con
sumed in the late war with Mexico ! And
the account is not yet closed ; for, by acts
of Congress, so much of the public domain
has has been given to the soldiers and
loss of West Point and its dependencies
for by rsc;3'cS tha T33 -nc enemy
would effectually separate tho Northern
to come up. This was a very anxious
soldiers' widows, that we do not undertake ' time ; for, if the Muggei had shifted bis
to compute the amount of acres, or the quarters before they came up, a fresh run
money value of them. Justice to clai-iwith him would have ensued, with the
tccper than usual, he came to a stand- j sods from the top of the bank, and sent
still. I got on the tip of the bank, and them with a loud splash iuto the ..ater
commenced hauling in the rope. I did ! directly over where we imagined him to
not, however, vcuturc to lift the skin out : bave taken up Lis quarters. This had the
of the water, for fear of disturbing him; j desired effect, for the skins began to move
until the coolies with the battery had time , elowly down the stream, as if the Mugger
were crawling leisurely along the bottom
Leaving my brother with the coolies in
charge of the battery, I ran on to where
the bank was more shelving. By pood
mants under tho wars of preceding years, ' chance of bis breaking the wires with his luck the stream was rushing up, after its
reopens their account, and increases the ' teeth. After a while I heard the coolies
vast aggregate. Wc do not speak as ob-' approaching,and my brother scolding them,
jectingto these grants. Men who peril and urging them to hasten on. Just as
their lives should receive tho semblance ' their heads appeared above the bank, the
of payment though no payment can be 1 foremost coolie tripped bis foot and fell I
really adequate. And their representatives, I groaned with disappointment. Presently,
when the soildcrs have left the world, arc j my brother came along with them, and
An unkind word from one bclovcd,oftcn
draws blood1 torn a heart, which would
akfy the battle-axe ef, hatred, or the keen
est edge of vindictive satire.
entitled to compensation. That these ap
propriations that pensions, gratuities,
and land grants are among the just and
necessary consequences of war, doe not
weaken cor argument, bat rather enforces
it
Our policy, as a nation, is peace. In
peace, education, industry, frugality, rc
ligion, the true elements of national glory
and happiness, arc best cultivated. The
notion that, to preserve independence, our
youth must be trained as bull-dogs, and
be " sudden and quick in quarrel" an
old time figment, preserved at second and
third hand from the Spartans, Goths, Huns,
the banditti founders of Rome, and other
savages is giving way before common
sense. We are a new nation, living in a
new world, and must teach our race better
things than this, by preeept and example.
The war-spirit needs no culture, but is
found sufficiently abundant whenever op
portunity occurs for its development, as
experience testifies. Aulhur't Gazette.
Sectarianism. Little, narrow preju
dices, that make you hate your neighbor,
because he has eggs roasted when you hare
yours boiled.
brought the battery to my feet , a good
deal of the acid had been spilt, but, with
the aid of a bottle of fresh acid we had
brought along with us, wc soon get the
battery up to the requisite power. Every
thing being now in order, I commenced
pulling up the rope with the wire. I pro
ceeded as cautiously as possible for fear of
j disturbing the Mugger, but, in spite of all
my efforts, the inflated skin, in eoming up
! the bank, dislodged some looe peiecs of
earth, scd sent them splashing into the
water. Fortunately, however, the Mugger
had made up his mind to digest the kid
where he was. I could r?ot lrclp chuckling
when I at length got hold of the wires.
While my brother was fistcning one of
them to the battery, I got the other ready
for completing the circuit. The Mugger
all the while lying still at the bottom of
the nulla with, most likely, a couple of
fathoms of water over his head, unconscious
of danger, and little dreaming that the two
legged creatures on the bank had got a
nerve communicating with hi3 stomach,
through which they were going to send a
flash of lightning that would shatter his
scaly hulk to pieces.
sudden sweep, and sent a etrong current
against this bank. I had not waited niany
minutes before the skins came floating
round the corner, to where I was stand
ing. I seized the one to which the wire
was attached, desiring my brother to
charge the battery and bring it down. This
he did much sooner than I could have ex.
pected ; for,as the battery was now empty,
oue coolie was able to carry it on bis head,
while my brother took the jar of acid in
his hand. It was evident from the mo
tion of the other skin in tho water that
the Mugger was still moving, so no time
was to bo lost. I made the connection
with the battery with one of the wires ; in
another instant, the circuit was complete;
and the Megger's doom 803100.
There was a momentary pause owing,
I suppose, to some slight loss of insulation
in the wires then came the premoniiory
shock, then the rumble, the smoke, and
the sparks ; and a great bloated mass of
flesh and blood rose to the surface of the
Water, nail called out to us to drag it
ashore, and see whether we could get any
trace of poor Sidhoo. We tried by means
of a bamboo pole to pull it to the bank,
but the glimpse we got of it as it Beared j
was so unutterably disgracing that wc
pushed it off again, and allowed it to float
away down with the current
That this was Sidoo's Mugger, there
could be no doubt ; for he was never seen
or heard of in the neighborhood again.
EialMtiea ef the State Agrlcnitnral
Society.
The Executive Committee of the Penn
sylvania State Agricultural Society, has
fixed upon HarrLburg as the place for
holding the first Fair of the Society, and
iTovcmcnt, which iu many cases approach i , 0 , , , , . , . T I
:L , 0 - t j tm. i i i 1 and 24th days of October, as the time of
the value of farm lafed3 ia Philadelphia I , ..... . .. ,. , ,
t r the exhibition. The applicants for the
county. Near Lcwisburg, for instance, in ,, . T . ,' . ., ,
T . t i ' .,. irair, were Lancaster and llamsburg, and
Union county, land sells at ?125 the acre; r. ... , . v ,
, ,. . . , , r, . the decision rested upon the amount of
actually higher than the land m Chester or i . . . . , , . ,
x . t. v e money wh:;n they could respectively con-
Montgomery, which, beiCg rcnicte from i .. ' ... . . ,
, . . . .tribute toward the erection of the buildings
Tinhlitf tcirt ftnil nut ni-r..r tniit. f e-.ei f v 0
., . - - J and other necessary expenses of the exhi-
uiues oi tue tin, arc lor purposes oi iraus- ... , , .
... .. , .. , ,. bition. In addition to the sum of ?i
lunation tuiuaiiy .uriucr iroin ice CJtv ... iL ...
!, ,. , , J voted by the Legislature, 82000
than the Buffalo A alley lands. . ; c , . '
x. , . i .i. i required, lowaiu inu sum Xaancasur
Now let us apply these common place ? , , ,.,., .
... i ., . - , .., , raised only ?WW, while IlamsbuTg eub-
princnaes to t-c case, of p.irlt read. Tec .. , - :..,, , , .
I . . , . . . . scribed SlOCd and guaranteed to rauo
1 .. ..,1. . clOO more. Thw being the case, tho
rmn.irmrT'irinn th. .Timinwli.if to-tat at .
whii
000
more was
avt.tnmirr.ksa a.T su l wkj.. nam ar i v a-anaa illirw ui
the products of the tatai and fcTert , .... ,
. . . .... iierfurm. wnieh we learn wu a nkasant
be earned to market, if one half tbo , ' . ' .. . . .
. a i i -,i i i t t . viiir. .u amauiui: v un. ovi, vt w.ws
be saved, tho land will be doubled in i ' .? . A . ,
may
cost
i e . i .t. . .
vaiue; u iwo-icirus ire cost, ercn ice
most incredulous can have but one opinion
On these
us, "Kinssford
garrison of West Point was so detached i wc many interesting facts collected
a society that the Legislature had promptly
: -.t ..cm- l.
r. .in la vta will j.itai m vanrlr Kf.M L -
j.fordonPUnk Roads,' eherti j VCW-
The time and place being now definite-
and the Work so wretchedly manned and
provided, that llie whole must have been
carried in twenty minutes. His Excellen
cy, fortunately very fortunately arrived
at that place about half an hour before the
treachery Was discovered but Arnold
made made his escape in a boat and pro
ceeded down the river as a flag, and pot
'on board the Vulture sloop-of-war. The
General expecting that as the enemy Was
embarked and everything in perfect readi
ness for the enterprise, Sir Henry Clinton
would (notwithstanding tie discovery,)
attempt to carry the works by assault, well
knowing the debilitated state of the garris
on, and the proper points of attack, and
that our arftfy was ffot Within supporting
distance he therefore dispatched an .ex
press at 7o clock that evening, which reached
us by 12 at night, directing Gen. Greene to-
order the rennsylvanis i-inc to proceed
with all possible dispatch under my com
mand, awl endeavor if possible to get
possession of the defiles leading from Sto
ne to tTcsf Points. We immediately
marched, leaving our eamp Btandfrfg, and
by sunrise passed that pass, being upwards
of sixteen miles' in four hours performed
in the night, without a single man being
left behind.
Here we vet remain, waiting fo Sir
Harry's motions but knoWinjr our posi
tion, he will not be hardy enough to per
severe in an enterprise (although a favora
ble one)" that would be the price of much
blood. I shall not commit myself to the
fortifications, but will decide the late of
the day at the point of the bayonet in the
gorges of the defiles, thro' which the enemy
must pass befcre they reach the works.
My kindest wishes to sister Sally and
her little people present my best respects
to mother Penrose, and believe me yours,
most affectionately, Asxy: Waysz.. J
from the experience oi too iicw
roads.
, !y agreed upon, it is to be expected thai
Or ' . - .1 a- l.L T1S
imc farmers oi me vomuiouweaiui wiu
make their arrangements to sustain tho
exhibition in a manner which will do no
''Experiment has dclcrn'iricd1 tbe load
evllu-h a liui is t-anablf! of ilraarinir nit a
plank road to be so weighty, thilt tne al- discredit to the State, or to the degree of
most hesitates to set it down, fcr fear of proficiency to which they have brought
being aceo-cd of exaggeration. On the their pursuit. Pennsylvania has the ina--
Salina & Central road, a few wecs back, tcrial ,0 projucc M successful and gratify-
for a wagCf, a pair cf EorJcS brooel't ir, : . i -t '.- .. .t...
., . . . lnir an exhibition as any other state in tne
Without any extraordinary strain, six tons luo "" ." j
of iron from Brcircrtcit,a &taeJ of tffclre , V- 14 H " she wants Le P"0-
mi!cs to Syracuse: One and a half cords ticc, and this may not be accomplished un
of green beech is a common load, which is til one or two annual shows have taken-
equivalcnt to 90 c wt., or 4 1 "2 tons. There 1 . tut accomplished it will be.
is so little resistance rc a rrorcrlT eon- j
structcd plank road, that an average team
can travel with this load, from thirty to '
II . . . 1 L 1 J. it Urn . i
TOra-K naven hited; but,
Indeed the farmer docs not fcem ttf make for cows we behcTO rt 13 prcfcmblo
any calculatioa cf the weight taken. He ' -0 other kinds of fodder, as it may be sown?
leads the Wagon as best he can, (he only thickly by using a- tail dose of special
care being no to esteed the kwd h will ' manure, and as, too thickly sown to form
carry; whethef tie howe will draw the tUc sUlk. contiim a large quan-
load, not being a consideration. The Rome t,., - , - ,. , .
& Turin- rozd passes through a dairy couu- Uty of saccLannc mtUr 104 mJ 00 80wa
try. Formerly farmers brought 1500 lbs. frequently so as to keep a continuous sup,
to tbe canal, attd took two days to go and 'ply during- the whole summer and foil
return. Now they cart from 40 tooOcwt., i months. Prof. Have.
and co ma rcitrm ine same aay. a rarrn
Conx Sow Erf r'oa Fodder. Who has
tried street corn for this purpose? Our
ten miles off the city is almost as near as
one only a mile from it; the surplus being
by calculation convertible into time."
One other extract will suffice at pres
ent r
"Through plank roads, the farmer has
what he never had before a good road ev
ery day in the year the same at all sea
sons. Formerly, th spring and fall were
periods when all avenues to the neighborirrg
cities were closed to him. On tho plank
road be can select for his journeys days
when hs-caa not work on his farm, taking
with greater case, in half tbe time, three
tjmcs what he formerly could carry. The
to TtEE. The New York Commer-.
cial Advertiser gives an account of a pear
tree, now in blossom' id that city, which
was planted by Gov. Peter Stuyveaaal, two'
hundred' years ago. Its fruit has been'
eaten1 by several generations now passed
away. ' Plant a lreg,rf then.
CO"ySklt your cattle ofieo after turning
tbenl to grass. Tbe cKing from dry feec
to green, succulent matter, demands thie.-
Ashes mixed with salt should be given fen
ties? charcoal and salt Jo iwlne, tfusT
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