CHRONICLE
LEWI
BURG
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The Farting.
Was It tn meet such fstc as this.
My heart's best wealth was thee !
To see the trea-ure thrown aide
so coldly miU mi can.-lrii.lr ?
' 1 am not ehanged I love thos still,
vYithjuet an pure. a truea flame.
A when i vowed. hate'er uiurht Tne.
Oar love should ecr le the saute." Mamie Rosear.
r.mwi'U : farewell ! the mournful word is spoken,
Tbr drraui in o'er, the sw.:t illusion past ;
The charm that held uie in ill thra'l is broken.
And likt Sow in upon my soul t la-t ;
Light in wliosr heavenly smile and mid -lay beaming.
I learn bow weak Ihe ties tbat b.n.l u brre,
Tliat falwlnml ran auni.' an anp'IV niini.
Tbatrart'u li lit:l abi. liis wurth a u-r.
O, "T tbv forms we lorr. the h. art we cheri-h,
Half wiiat IU.-7 (ti-tn Ui th unpnu tuvd rye,
ltd not our b'x-t b'.ooiu Lut to moi'k aud periib,
O, IbfD it were a biiw Ibiii? to die.
Put now, what silken lie o ftronj: to bird n
That we ihould u-l . a-t off itn coil and fly,
j iiilC. from tlieM-r (bat rhrui and )lind va,
To trel tlie pNthaa.v of Ibe diltant kj ?
Tjro l.fe.vbinrer.wl.ik-youtlihijwivalhiewcaving
nuojant ami ii"e, an ewaerij we euii, ,
' 1
We m.-p iir flower. m:ru-llee and believing-,
hat it our Died ? a fftuug and withered beart I
We ehape eooie eorr.-oo. dream, and ttink it real ;
loo .t eemiii tiilih we lay our trast ;
Tbr mornirg break, we find our dear Ideal,
Oureuiiliug treasure,!, at Ia?t but dult !
Think not it bate.. tMi.k not my heart will rbnn thee.
Since thy fond umilea t o fondly it believed ;
An-I to thy Mde. thy tonne had aluMMt won me ;
Mine is the glory. h:ve U'd ,le. eivi d '
D em not my he:rl "f iliee is unforiiin' ;
We in lie power to chide : tn ruder, atronc ;
0:t Uitaed, ne'er caet down, eat all hoping, strivim.
Why should it lie a nbriue to 1 a b r wront
F'-tvet, 1 can not : yet thy tone .h.ill lingi-r
Amid my thought U-a paltuihly than now,
A mouth- roll on. an Tim ' all healing fin'er
rball Btrew iu ,-l uOu my heart and brow.
funetime In dreame thy airy form comes feeling
Actum my viniou with a voice and f mile,
A a dear fri nd fi-ine from the household meetini;
ili'taru? Ui cheer the lonely heart awhile
C me itli tlie lender tonta, the hu.- E' j f is a
Of happier hour- now with tlie pvt and gone ;
Calmly I greet the Beelin";, fhtepiwy Tir..B,
1 bear no hatred to that phantom one.
One. mar, farewell ! areoM thy midnisht .lumber.
Soft come the ahi of the Better Lal.d !
Uleat with tbenwlliiije uf tliose joldcn niunljer
I'rora many harp, uu-wept by mortal baud.
Ji.'a a i, who bird fur a'l. around tht hover,
And keep thy tool.tepn ailh a holy pnaer,
Lifibt thy plad B; ir L lile'e und aarlnre over,
t'nbi tile Throne, in hii arpointed hour.
An idle lay wroueht out wbeo low winiU, ihini-,
A voice in midnight's holy calm inioart.
Faint down mr aoiil's lone eislei. it tones are dying
Would that iu aiupk tale miht rete-h thy beart !
T. 1L
Woman an! her Pet Luxury. j
The Shawl, is the pet article of dress. ;
From a time remote beyond computation, g''y printed shawl derived from Lyons,
thesheep of Cashmere have been cherished d now daily in rising in favor. The
ou their hills, and the goats of Thibet on woven kind is the oldest in PaiselyThe
their plains, and the camels of Tartary on ; tartan kind was introduced from Stirling
tbeir steppes, to furnish material for the ' birc, which makes as many as ever, but
choicest shawls. From time immemorial, 1 to the great benefit of l'aisely. The prin
tlic patterns which we kuow so well have -cd kind has been made about six years ;
been handed down as a half saercd tradi- j and it is by far the greatest and most cx
tion through a Hindoo ancestry, which panding manufacture. Thcost devoted
ants rvon neditrrees to shame. For i worshipers of the geliuiue shawl can hard-
tluasands of vean Lave the bright dycs!
... , . . , . , . change that is luhercut in ladies who dress
vrhich arc the despair of our science and art, ;welIouJ difft.reucc of cost. genuine
ken glittering in Indian looms, in those ; shawi afts ajUsrter of a lifetime,
primitive pits under the palm tree, where !
the whimsical patterns grow like the! Poetry of the. Fading Leaf.
wild flower springing from the soil. For j We have just been passing through the
thousands of vears have eastern potentates season of the " sere and yellow leaf." The
made presents of shawls to distinguished j summer hasspedaway on wings viewless and j TLerc js thecrfu M wcn a, dirge-like po
strangers, together with diaumuds and : swift, aud autuuiu has come with its fleecy ! et of autunltl. It suggests gorgeous
pearls.
At this day, when the castera prince
seads gifts to the European sovereigns,
there are shawls to the value of thousands
of pounds, together with j;wcl, perfumes, .
ud wild beasts, and valuable horses ;, Autumn and lU belongings have been
just as wa, doe in the days of the Pha- ! fruitful of poetry. There is a deep, inef
noli, as the piantings on Egyptian tombs j fable feeling of sadness, yet fascinating
W us at this day." Aud the subjects of j and pleasurable, which it sheds upon the
sovereigns have as much liking for shawls ; spirit, to which poetic genius is most kcen
as anv queen. At the Russian court, the j ly alive, and which has ofton given utter-
ladies judge one another by their shawls j
as ry tncir aiamonds. in trance, the
bridegroom wins favor by a judicious gift
of this kind. In Cairo aud Damascus, the
gift of a shawl will cause almost as much
heart-burnino in the harem, as the intro-
dction of a new wife. In England, the
daughter of the house snends the whole of
her first quarter's allowance in the purchase
of a shawl. The Paris grisctte and the
London dressmaker go to their work with
the little shawl pinned neatly at the waist
The lost gin-drinker covers her rags with
the remnant of the shawls of better days.
The farmer's daughter buys a white cotton
shawl, with a'gay border, for ber wedding ;
and it washes and dyes until, having wrap
ped all her babies in turn, it is finally dyed
black (o signaliae ber. widowhood The
maiden aunt, growing elderly, take to
wearing a shawl in the house in mid-winter ;
and the granny would no more think of
oinj wi'.h.-ut it aay season than without
j9 a new shawl, wUich she puts on with
coition parting with the old
one with a sigh. The Manchester or Bir-
iitiiii' nam i.n'inrr mri nnraft irav Hnav
1 on
credit u Sunday, puts it ia pawn
on Monday, aid takes it out again on Sa-
turJa niSht for otuer Sunday's wear,
aQd so on, until she has waited money
that would have bo t her a cood wardrobe.
o
ihus, from China round the world to Ore-
gnn, and from the queen down to the
.
pauper, is the shawl the symbol of wo-
man's tasto and condition,
Whence come
all this shawls ? For it is clear that the
supply whieh arrives from Asia, over bleak
continents and wide oceans, can be only
for the rich and great. Some of the shawls
from Bokhara sell in the market on the
Russian frontier, for two thousand four
hundred pounds each. Whence come the
hundred thousand shawls that the women
j of Great Britain purchase every year ? j
i Some of the richest that our ladies wear, j
I are from Lyons ; and the French taste is so I
highly esteemed, that our principal ma
i nufacturers go to Lyons once or twice a '
I year fur specimens and pattern?. Some
j of our greatest ladies of all, even the queen,
j and certain duchesses aud countesses, offer
j to our chief manufacturers a sight of their
1 treasurers from India, their Cashmere and
' other bhawlsjfrom a patriotic desire for the '
j improvement of our
From these, the mauufaut
anJ J'aJsJey devise SUcll
iili,t ,11 3
hdl Vita, ftij, nliniUinltHlal.lA Miiri
I 1 1 .1 1 , iukiui iui i ii v r.' 'uui lI u IV dim uiiil
oti iirfrmritt7 rif Hit nnonrtila in thr
j ..0...0
1 from patterns which arc the heirlooms of
I, . t- . . v I
the Caste, and woven by fatalists, tO tej
! worn lv adorers of the aucient carmcnts '
I " ... , 1
WUO resent IUC lUCa 01 IUC Smallest Chance.
I1" u" ucuay suns luc
V... I...
rhich exhibits the
10 .mil tnri of Hires lietincf. tlnil nf
I shawls in I aisoly. There is the genuine
, woieu snawi, wuu iu a-ianv, r"""n
; and there is that which is called the shawl j
for convenience, but which has uothing A- j
.1 i -.1. -, .:.., -....--j . 1
j siatic about it ;
.i i i o,naI
luc ,ai ish nuiu hmi,,
j is given not only to checks of divers colors,
i whieh signify so much to the Scottish eye,
but to any kind of mixed or mottled colors
and fabric woven in squares or lengths
t0 covcr tlie shoulders. The third kind is
quite modern ; the showy, slight and cle-
ly wonder at this, considering the love of
and field and forest look rugged and bare,
. t l -II V- 1 .. 1.1... . "
swept by " chill November's surly blast.
ance to the breathings of song.
Its faded
and withering forms, its flower-buds nipped
with frost, aud its thousand mementoes of
departed lifo and beauty, are fruitful of
illustration of themes which speak home
to the human heart Where could the
mind of the poet turn for imagery finer
I than this :
" Leaves have their time lo Ml,
And Sowers to wither at tha north wind brwath,
And stars to set but all,
Thoa hast ail seasons lor tbina own, O death !"
We have gathered a few fragments in
our poetical readings, which we affer to
our readers as a tribute to the passing year.
They are but a tithe of the poetry of which
the " fading leaf' has been suggestive.
Who does not remember the scene to
which Thomson would have us turn our
eyes ? How observingly the slow painting
of autumn ia described !
" But sew, the tsdinc, many-colored wands.
Shade deap'uing over shade, tue couMrv round
Kmbrown."
Here b a touching, echo like requiem
from Mrs. Norton :
, .. ' , ... , ... tuma. Here is part of it :
' production of this particular artiole, we . ', ,, . .
1 ' -Wubiii the ftol r realm of Icafleita treee
; thould be all satisfaction and admiration. ' , 7h" ynr i"h1''1 ,hr
, ljke some taum-l rear in hi hour of ease
, The COlIimoll COttoU shawls, continual y 'hau all the tields are lying brown and bar.
lessening in number, worn by women of:.,'.
i the working classes, are made at Man- .Zlu
, Chester, and wherever the cotton manu-1 , .L.,,., , m..n,m.4 a ,n nud. mbM.
jfacture is instituted. In order .0 study Cu1"1
' the production of British shawls in per-. ' '"br bg with many a muffled blow.
r e . 1 it . 1 a- -i Tl;e enil-.iltli-il f..r-st. erealiile nrmw.1 wilh eoM,
. fection, one should visit the Norwich or. ii,,ir bright wiih ever, m.-,rtiai hue,
! !, i.ol,- ,iiif,f.l,m.i N'ow .Im.l. like S..IHC laten hot of old
I aisely manut.tctones. j Wltll,r..n afar m Time . remotct blue.
If any article of drCSS Could be immU- On slumVrons winirs the vulture tried his fliiht:
1.11 111 .1 i 1 i i! 1 he dove searce heard bis eiiihill' mite's complaiut,
1 table, it woulil be tbe shawl ; designed for f a,i a .nr. i..w dn-wnioit in the ii -i,t,
tnrnifir I., tl.o ,, .!,;. Knef rviriioii i " village ihunh-vaM iw m. Iu pale and Jaint.
ciouas, iu, gorgeous sunsets, iu. "'"'"e , imricCry s well plsintive wailinCT. We, "
i r. .ir . i:..r.li:l t J , v -s marriml etanrl nn " i J
winus, us vanegaicu lorests a,u . .a.,...g , have hMriJ a currenl traJitiori tn,t the atj-.tsw., fa . 4,
i tri 1 - .1M.U i . . ... . -..,1 T Tlant rl.oif nnilartfriru. nml 1 nrn.
leaves. iUDc, c.vu, u- twmuo. iiau, Vr irM W(irth in fl pnion (i-soribrd ' ' J v' r i A
LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY,
" Hark : tbrouih Uw dial nodi dyiac
With a mean,
faintly the wioda an righing;
Summer 'a gone i"
Charles Wileox thus gives expression to
ft thought to which many can yield assent :
' The rultr iiimmep part, September cornea,
Soft twilight of the slow declining year,
More aob-r than the buxom, bloouiin May,
And therefore lea the favorite of the world;
Hut deurut month n all Co Kuril attnuV."
Think with what pensiveness, approach
ing almost to melancholy, Brainard would
tread the path, along which his miud would
weave the following :
" The dead leaeee ulrrw the forert walk
Aud withered are the pale wild dower ;
The front uan,cit blark'iting on tne .talk,
Xue dewtlruiNi fJI iu fioajn ehowera."
Kirke White had a finely-strung nature
which thrilled sensitively to every voice of
the outward world. He had an ear for the
wild and the mcUncholy, and an eye for
the sublimo and the terrible. Alas! that
genius must have its victims. How did
lie fall like a leaf untimely, not frosted by
the fcreath of autumn, but wilted by the
gnawing of a worm at the stalk ! Hear
how autumn speaks to him :
In hollow music nitrhinff thronch the lade,
The lireere of antumo slrikn the turtle,! ear.
And tanev. Uf-iux through the woo Hand -hade,
lleam in the gul the requiem of the year."
And again :
Not undelihtful to the liptenlne; enr
Sound thy dull fchnwer. a o'er my wondlanj arat,
lilnmal. and riri-ar, the l-aA" tre-s they beat;
Not uti.leli -hirul. in their wild earner.
Is the wi:d mu-ir of thy bowline ba-ti
fwee,uff the pcrore'M long ainle. while flulten TIB
Th at irr y mantle o'er hie hulder eaeta,
Aud. roi ked Uiou b throue, with chant nuMima,
Join- the tull pealinr dire, and winter weave
llur dark Repulirbral wreath of faded leave."
The " Closing Scene" by Thomas Buch-
ly of a high
lo.i, iAA., A fir.... J .! e ..
1
ivw tbric-, ami all wa st.iier than before
Silent till enw p.rij-.x ..nl-r hlaw
Hi alien horn, and then was heard no BHM.
n here. mt. the j.v within the rim's tail erct
Mtete garrulous trouble round her ubnedaed yoang;
l n ll.enriolenuiiltber.wayinitne.t.
liy every liht wind like a, censer awung;
Where sane the nnl.y maaons of the earef.
l n nnsy swallows clrclin; eter near.
Forelioilioe. as the rustic mind believes.
An tarly harve.-t, aud a pleuleous year;
here every b.r-1 which charmed the vernal least.
Sl.k the sw.-et slumber from it. wings at mom,
'ZSZlZ..
A!r,.. from ont the tui,bie. pip.-a the quail.
And eniaked the crow, tbrouith ail tlie Ulefuny gloom;
Alone the pheasHiit, drumming in the vala.
Made echo to the distant cottage loom.
There wa no bud. no Moora upon the bowers ;
Tiie spiders wove their thin shrouds light by night,
The lhitle-lown, the only guoet of Sowers,
Sailed slowly by passed noiseless vut of sight."
We may add another scrap from the
gam; author, which some of us may have
occasion to thiuk of before many nights :
" Alow and aloof,
Over the roof,
llow the tempest swell and roar I
Though no foul is a-tir.
Thouirh the rat and the cur
Lie doting along the kitchen door,
There are feet of air
On every stair!
Through every hall
Thruugb each gu-ty door.
There's a jostle and bustle.
With a silken rut!e.
Like the meeting of gue-t. at a fasUval 1
" Alow and aloof,
fiver the roof,
llow the stormy truifeets swell 1
And make the vane
On lha spire complain
They heave at the steeple with might and main ;
And burst and sweep
1 nio the helfiey on the hell !
They smite it so bard, and they smite it an well,
That the sexton tosses bis arms in sleep.
And dreams he is ringing a funeral knell I'
But autumn is suggestive of other tho'ts
than these. If it has fading leaves and
stormy winds, it has golden sunsets, and
laden oichards, and gilded landscapes.
L . that tLe
' '
colors of the raiubow had come down upon
the leaves. Here is a sonnet by Longfel
low which contains some fine imagery :
Thori earnest. Autumn ! heralded by rain,
With banners by great gales incessant fanned1,
Itrighter than brightest silks of Sauiareaud,
And stately oven bsrtiessed to thy wainl
Thon staudest, like imperial Cbarlamagne,
Upon thy bridge of gold : thy royal band
Outstretched with benedictions o'er the land ;
Blesine the farms through all thy vast domain.
Thy shield is the red harvest moon, suspended
So long beneath the heaven's o'erhangmg saves:
Thy steps are by the farmer's prayera attended;
Like-flanies upon the altar shine the sheaves;
And following thee in tby oration spiers id.
Thine almoner, the wind, scatters the golden leaves.
In the same strain, is another sonnet,
by an anonymous hand, of which the
chime of the versification is symphonions
as the music of the "merrily-dancing
rills :"
" The work of gorcwous Autumn Is tn strew
The hills with trolden Rod and Primrose sweet,
His work is done; Summer is at his feet -
Tlie breese is purer, aud the lender blue
Of the grand sky is sotlened by a veil
Of golden mist whkh hangs above tbe hills
And lies along the merrily-dancing rills
Which sparkle down the flowereoamelled dale!
A child, 1 loved tbe Autumn Sir his brand
(if gold and crimson en the ancient woods
His bright leaves scattered on the gallant Bonds
Bv winds that roll their music through the land.
Tis dearer now ; present and past are miue
Tbat beauteous past, brighter than amber wine I"
Happy is the man who can hear the two
voices of Autumn ! Whose beart bounds
at its glorious prospects, and the chords of
whose nature vibrate, m thoughtful mo
ments, to its solemn, dirge-liko hjmnings !
' Cfiuutlertburg Why.
i i , i r .,' awhile, he spoke out :
,nghsh patterns. t, ' - ' . . f- . , " Well, I come for to get you to go
urers of Norwich ; ff marr- gomelody tonight."
1 1 at," I v" --.H-lt-au Lr'JVIIl lb UUU Illft Wlili. I . , ,
li
A Country Wedding.
Did I ever tell yon of a certain wedding
I once attended ? Its history runs on this
wise : On one stormy Thursday, last win
ter, as I was going to the post-office, I was
accosted by a young man, or old boy, (I
don't know which, but shall leave you to
judge,) with the inquiry :
" I say, mister, can't ye tell me, Sir,
where Domini Soule lives V -
" I suppose I am the man you art seek
ing." The young man's countenance changed.
The expression of intense anxiety passed
away, and was succeeded by one of ludi
crous bashfulncss.
" Well, then, you re Dominie Soule, be
ye? Well, I want to see you a few min
utes, if you've no objections."
" None at all, Sir. Be so kind as to
walk into my study with me, where we
can attend to your business by the side of
a comfortable fire."
Once in the study, he asked :
" Xou'ro Dominie Soule, the minister,
be ye?"
I am."
" Be we all alone ?" looking sheepishly j 0f jt Qlo Bull has commenced a colony ! g00d, and the hours very short ; no artiti
at the half open bed-room door. !ou Kettle Creek, which we have no doubt 'cial lights are ever used in the works.
"We are," said I, as I closed it. I 1 wiH go on iuereasing till every foot of land They all wash themselves black, white,
knew well what he wanted, but I was wick-! in the county is occupied by a settler. jaud bronie and leave the mills at half
ed enough to enjoy his embaiTassmant.
After hitching and shuffling, and hemming
,n,l
anu
" Oh, it's only just seven miles up here,
you know."
I wanted he should go atd get some one
.else; it stormed furiously, and I did not i Rs our3 in Batural ..tage, for the le space, that we might more c.r
feel like bufft-tinie 9. mild northeaster that 1 , . ! .'. . . .
1
j uight. Uut he raid :
u V. ,l.o U f..ll-. .. ,1 .1.-
, , J" !
I f Wn " i".. Wart
the old folks woaldn t like it ,f we dida t
have you, you know. what is to prevent a farmer, if industrious,
W ell, ,f you must have mc, I wish you from gett;Dg r;cb
would postpone it till better weather; I j lt is what ;Bjuccment we ofTcr to
w. theo come up and marry you men t0 scttle Lore ratLur tban g0 to wis.
Oh dear, that won t do no how for cons;u or IuWa. We rep,V) tllu inJuce.
we vc postponed it once, and we wouldu t mcnta are numcroufir:jt, good health ;
postpone u ag'- for t-g." jSecond better priccs fur every thing we
I then said to him, Sir, I will tell you raise ; third, our soil is quite as produc-
what I will do if you WW come down here j tive . fou,th Qtu gIorloua 8j,ring8 ot pura
1 will marry you for nothing. !arjj delicious water are worth more to any
IIV. lli.t wn.Un't ,1k nuithow 'tails' . . - 1 . .1
e,v- . ..v... , -
. i .11 r . 1 1 r , .. .
iue oiu loias wants or to sec us tti. mar-
ned ; and you must come any way ; you
ruau loarj otuiug.
i r fr
The poor fellow begged so bard I con-
c.uucaiogo,anaaccoruingiynircaanors.;West; but the above are suthcient with
and cutter, and.' about five o'clock started
on my novel wedding mission. I found
the traveling exceeding bad.all the way,
and particularly so after I left the main
road. At length I reached tbeTloe house.
iu which the fair bride lived. Hitching
my horse, I wcnt,,to the door and knocked, nest ,treauis in the county. The number
when a stern, old voice bade me come in.' j tS3 sprjngS which form the stream, burst
Entering the house, I was invited to sit . jng 9Ut from every hill bide, are more val
down with all my ovar-clothes on. I asked j uabU than gold mines. We are very con
the old man if they wcra going to have fidcnt that our uew-comers who visit Ole
a wedding there that evening. He said 0SA and examine the land around it, will
they were. I then looked around to see, !fiud jt to their interest to settle among us;
if I conld, where the parties were coming !go we Joofc upon a very large accession to
from. There was bat one door to the 'our population the coming season, as quite
bouse, and that let oat into the world, j probable.
Very soon, however, I heard a clattering Wc confidently prcdict,that Potter coun
up stairs, and to my astouishmcnt, the ty, will in a few years, send the best but-
bridegroom and bride came down the lad-'
der. He backed down, leading her by
both hands.
They were seated.
" If you are ready for the ceremony,
you will please rise."
They stared at each other, at the old
folks, at me, but sat still. Twice I repeated
cceded to make the twain one.
lfl, !., a tlita n,.e
When I came to this part of the cere
mony, the matter ran thus :
" Do you take this woman ?" &c.
" Most saitinly, Sir."
" Do you promise to love her above all
others V ic.
' Why," said he, 'Tve done to this yooil
while!" .
I almost forgot the solemnity of the oc
casion in my efforU to suppress laughter.
When I came to the bride with this ques
tion : " Do yon take this man ?" &c.
" I'll love him jist as long as he loves
me, and that's long enough."
I smiled, but succeeded in governing
myself soas to conclude the ceremony,
which throughout was of the same unique
character. When it was over, the bride
groom passed around a bowl of good old
black strap, and then gave me a cigar
Just as I was leaving, be gave me some
change, which I put in a separate pocket,
to know just how much I bad. When I
got home, I paid ten shillings for my horse
and cutter, and, on counting my change,
found that he had given me the sum ef six-and-six
pence. But, as be said, I did n't
lose nothing" the other three and six
pence 1 had in fun. J&motVs of the Kcv.
NOVEMBER 26, 1852.
from th Coudoriport. Potter Co. " Paojila'a Journal,'
aaptatntier xaio.
Ole Boll's Colony.
Just as we were going to press with our
last paper, we had the pleasure of witness
ing the arrival of oite huiulrtd ami fine
hardy-looking Norwegians. On Saturday
meruing this little army started for Ole
BulT Colony, distant from here about
twenty-three miles, and situated on the
head waters of Kettle Creek.
We nave
heard from them two or three times since,
aud thev all seem delishted with their lo
cation. We are much pleased at their
cheerfulness, for these hardy sons of Nor
way are just what is wanted to subdue our
vast forests ; aud we are very confident that
the benefit will be mutual; for our land
iu its wild state is very cheap, but when
cleared and improved, is as productive as
any iu the State. Hence it is very easy
for a laboring man, though ever so poor,
to become, in this new coon try, indepen
dent and happy.
We have always believed that when our
county besame accessible by means of rail-
roails aud canals, it would soou become
thickly settled ; and now we have the priMjf
j Wuy not Where can men do any bet-
ttr i'e can raise more and better pota-!
I toes to the acre, than can be raised on any
' . , , . , ,e . , , j.,
: other land in the nation; fifty bushels of '
oats to the aire is quite an ordinary crop ;
two and a half tons of hay is probably a
medium ; aud forty bushels of corn to the
acre, is a common yield. As for sheep,
.1 ...II fl. ... ..... ....
we suouiu tia,e to see count iiui
snei
cp growing.
Now as the wild land in this aountv
! . 7 . . 7 . . , '
can be bought for two and three dollars
TC anJ the first CrP wiU W
can-t fof the 1;fc of us see
man, tuaa tue ainerence Deiwcen tne price
. . . .. .
,.f OIlr i..,i lln,i ,1.,, or,Pn nrairics of thn
j West. There are many other reasons why
- , i r
.. ...
. peopl(, .,, seurci, oI i:u,a lor homes, should
j corue to this county in preference to going
sensible men.
This colouy of Ole Bull's is very favor -
ably located. It is on the turnpike lead-
ing from this place to Jersey Shore, on
which a weekly staire is run. It is on the
h.,.,i watprs ((f Kettle creek, one of the fi
ter, beef, and mutton to the New York
market, that is found there ; and that wc
shall send more of it than any other coun
ty iu the State.
Life la a Powder IE111.
DiCKtNS thus describes a visit to the
Powder Mill of Ilounslow, near London :
" In this silent region, amid whose niue-
seven work places, no human voice ever
aks upon the ear, and where, indeed,
hiuuau form is seen except in the iso
lated house iu which hisalloted task is per
formed, there arc are secreted upwards of
two hundred and fifty work people. They
are a peculiar race, not of course by na-
. . .
ture iu most cases, but by the habit et
years. The circumstances of momentary
destruction in which they live, added to
the most stringent and necessary regula
tions, have subdued their minds and feel
ings to the couditions of their hire. There
is seldom any need to enforce these regu-
tions. Some terrible explosion here, or m
works of a similar kind elsewhere, leave
a fixed mark in their memories and acts as
! a constant warnini;- Here no shadow ot a
j ".QcL thT
.- i-i.. - r l .n;.;ta
chalBnu, no slang. A laugh is never heard,
a smile is seldom seen, tven the work is
carried on by the men with as few words
as possible, aud these uttered in a low tone.
Not that any one fancies that mere sound
will awaken the spirit of combustion, or
cause an explosion to take place, but that
their feelings are always kept subdued.
lf one man wishes to communicate any
thing to another, or to ask for anything
from somebody at a short distance he must
go there; he never is permitted to shout or
call out. There is a particular rtaam fw
I II V
1
!
this last regulation. Amid all this silence,
whenever a shout does occur, everyloiy ana emu pouv,..;
knows that some iu.min.nt danger is cx-(eoffce colored seed, with which the eoffim
pected the next mome.t, and all rush head- ( was nearly filled, and it also had so power
long from the direction of the shout. As . ful a perfume that it filled the whole place.
U running toward it to offer any assistance, jTho linen, riband, &c, were quue strong
as common in all other eases, it is thor-;and good in all these instances, au.1 re
oughly understood that none -an bo afford- j mained so after exposure to the air. "W o
ed. An accident h-re is immediate and , kept a piece out of each coma, and had it
hvnd r.medv. If the sboutiuir be eon-! washed without iu being at all destroyed-
tinued for some time (for a man might be.
! drowning ;n tjje river,) that might cause
one or two of the boldest to return, but
this would be a rare occurrence. It is by
no means to be iuf.rred that the men are
selfish and insensible to the perils of each
other; on the contrary, they have the great
est consideration for each other, as Well as
their employers, and think of the danger
to the lives of others, and of the property
at stake at all times, and more especially
in all the more dangerous ' houses.' The
proprietors of the various gun-powder mills
all display the same consideration for each
other, aud whenever any improvement
tenJing to lessen danger is discovered by
one, it is immediately communicated to all
tae others. The waws of the men are
(past three iu the afurnoon
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r. .
r A writer in London aW fr (Jurriei,
. followin iuterestine account:!
j A few weeks ajJ0 in eeaTls out the
ruini 0f an 0j chapel at Nuneham Kcgis,
jn Warwickshire, which had been pulled
J,w0( ,J1 but the belfry tower, 40 years
. ... ,1
since, we thought it necessary to trenen
tainly mark out the boundaries of the build-!
;.. n 1 :
i'-S'I .waeuiv.- .v, iu
' measure, to its former state. It had been
sU. stack-yard and a depository for
, , . ftf ,L farm on
wUich it was, ever since its dilapidation.
Wa tQ trench
od a t skelet0M
ffom whkh cf&M crumbled away
' m fi ud been moveJ) we
went decpc.r ,nj diSCovered a leaden eofBn
qaite perfect, without date or inscription
j 0f mn- kind. There had been an auter
j woodeB w fcu.
I quantitias of the black rotted wood were all
I ' .
rouBfj it. We cut the lead and folded
; imca tne wp, so as not to uesiroj n , uc-
i u . j . :. . i...
1 nctt)l
was a wooueu couiu ih swiu iireo:.-
- r.
. ,,tir,n. and rj.o without auV ItlScrit)tlon
I As soon as tbe top ww ryUcd back
; , mo.t ovcr-aowerin.- aromatic smell dif-!
fused itself all aver the place. We then
1 ,nfateued the inner cofhn,fouud the body
Lf m Ban embalmed with great care, aud
heaps of rosemary and aromatic leaves
piled over him. On examicing tbe body
more closely we found it had been behead
ed; the head was separately wrmpfcJ up io
liuen, and the shirt that covered the body
was drawn quite over the neck where the
head had been cut off; tha bead was laid
straight with the body, and.whcre the join- j
inir of the neck and head should have
been, it was tied around with a black rib
and. His hands were crossed en his breast,
the wrists were tied with black riband,
and the thumbs were tied together with
black riband. He had a peaked beard
and a quanity af long blacx hair, curled
aud clotted with blood around his neck ;
the only mark on anything about him was
on the linen on his chest, just above where
his hands were oressed ; on it were the
letters "T B" worked in black silk.
On trenching towards the chaucel we
came on four lsuacn coui. l-ad a.dj by
side with inscriptions on eaeh,one contaiu-1
ed the body ef Francis bar! of Uhiehesier
and Lord Dunsmure, 1653 ; the next the
body of Audrey, Countess of Chichester,
1632 ; another the body of Lady Audrey
Leigh, their daughter, 1610. We opened
the coffin of Lady Audrey Leigh, and
found hi-r perfectly embalmed, aud iu
' . : 1 ... 41 1. ... ... v.ln mi tv
entire preservation, urr u. t..
as if she were alive, her face very U-auti-
jlul, her nanus exooeoiugty sum..,
wasted; she was dressed iu nue uueu trim
med all over with all point lace, and two
rows of lace flat across her forehtjad. She
looked exactly as if she were lying asleep,
. 1 . .1.. 1C IT oe.
n land seemed not more tiuu a s j-
sMld; her beauty was very great; even her
eyelashes and eyebrows were quite perfect,
and her eyes wore closed ; no part of her
face or figure was at all fallen ;n, although
she had been buried 212 years. -We also
opened Lady Chichester's coffin, but with
her the embalming had apparency ranea ,
she was a skeleton, though the coffin was
full of aromatic leaves.' Her hair, how
ever, was as fresh as if ahe lived ; it was
long, thick, and as soft and glossy as that
of a child, and of a perfect auburn color.
In trenching on one side of where the
altar had been, we found another leaden
coffin with an inscription, lt contained
the bod, of a Dame Marie Browne, daugh-
. J ... - . , i .t .
ter of one ol the lign , ana
.Mario, daughter t. Lord Chancellor Black-
VOLUME IX NO. 30.
Whole Ncmber,
ley. i.j r..
Young Lady Audrey had ear-rings in
( her
Diaca enameiieu serpents.
The
perfume of the herbs and gams used in
embalming thui was so sickening that we
were all ill after inhaling it, and most of
the men employed ia digging up the eoffia
were ill also.
""ielf Waiting Tablft
Amongs the novel and useful inven
tions of thirf progressive age is a self wait
ing Table, ia-vented by Lea I'usey, Es
Superintendent of the Mayhiue Shopsi
Patterson ou te Pennsylvauia Kaafifoatf.
It is so arranged that the central portion,
of the table revolves, within the rim or'
outer part of it, and apou that part of it,
meats, vegetables, &c, are placed. Tbt
rim of the table is of sufficient width to
allow the guest to be seated comfortably
aud conveniently, and whilst the central
portion of the table, with its content is
made to pass slowly aud steadily before
aim he cau help himself to whatever disk
be fauvies. The iuveutor was led to try
the experiment apon observing the great
difficulty that frequently occurs at crowded
Bail Road Hotels, to give prompt and
proper attendance to the guests, whoso
time for dining is limited. A table con,-
structcd as above stated will be put in
. s
eration iu a few days, at tUe 1 attersoft
House, where its practical operations ma
be seen. Great credit is due the inventor
for the novelty of the design. M'flimutc
Rryutrr,
On Saturday evening, 13th inat.
the large and commodious Boarding House,
belonging to Tuscarora Academy, was en
tirely destroyed by fire. It originated ia
an adjoining outhouse connected with tht
bakeoven, and was from thamee commuai
cated to the main building. It was acci
dental. The fire was discovered about 11
o'clock, but had made such fearful pro
gress at that time, that all efforts to sava
the building were unavailing. We hava
been informed that the building was iusurei
iu the Perry Connty Insuraacc Otlice. Tht
loss will not fall short -f il.OijO. The
, . ., .
School will not suffer anv mt rrut tion
constijueuctT thereof, there having been
comfortable quarters provided fur tho stu
dents elsewhere.
The glorious principle of Free Land to
actual settlers has bna agreed to by the
legislative and Executive Governnicua r
i Canada, aud will presently be applied. A
tract of twenty-four millions acres, lying;
ruaiuljr north east of Lake Huron in thn
latitude of the American mining didtricU
of Lake Superior, though with a milder
climate will, as soon as surveved, bo
thrown open to the landless in gratuitous
traets of lrjt acres. Alternate m-ctions
will thus lie givi-n away without price,
those lying between them being reserved
fer sale to cover the expenses of surveying
and opening the country to immigrants.
We had hoped that our own country would
be the first to adopt this great idea, bat
Canada is ahead of US. The United States
will, we trust, not be far bthiud. X. J.
Tribune.
Melancholy and Rcmakriabi.e. On
the '20th of August, the steamer Atlantic)
came in collusion with the propeller of
(jg.lwuburg, off Long Point, and sunk
:th nei,riv turee hundred pc.m'e on board.
Nearly three months afterwards the water
t,f t Ue ia,9 Wfra disturbed by a terrific
j tempest, and the Buffalo Rmiyk X-tes says
tue bodies of the unfortunate people who
wpre buried beneath tbe blue waves of tho
j ia03 rose to the surface aud floated around
j yvu, revt.r th fury of the strm was pleased
' i .1 rvL ; 1 . I i
t0 mum. aois is saui io nave oeeu
j th, fa(.t 0I1 Friday last, duriug the heavy
,gale experienced at tne time.
Bank Bill Holders' Libx. Tha
new constitution of Louisana, just adopted
by the people, provides that in case of th
insolvency of any bank or bauking associ
ation, the bill holders thereof shall be en
titled to preference in payment over al i
ether creditors of each bank or aociatiof i.
This ia what may be called a Bill-holder s'
lien, and is one of the most just previsim
ever made to curb the monopolising, bank
notes are made a currency the law
shonld protect their holders, over all other -claimants
on the assetts ia case) of bank
ruptcy. We trust our legislators will liav.
an eye to this important provisiou.
The citii.as f Norfolk Co., Va., helol
a meeting on the 2d instant and adopted
re olutions urgi ig the leg e'atuie, at its u,
-1 . . ), llliiiis.ll r.ssl ft. a m.,l ennV
: suing session .o
Stat, of its ft- colored pulauon T
-i. eomiiieuded that similar luteus '
i' Uut t!w Suu. .
held t-noufc