LEW B R 6 HEON CLE. II. C IIICKOK, Editob. 0. N. WORDEX, Tkixter. lnuld on FRIDA Y morning at Ltwislurg, Union county, Vcniisykajiia. TKR.VS-- ?l.'0 l" rr, for caah Actually in adesnee $1.7.i, if p.-i-ritliin tiiiv months: if paid within a LEWISBURG, UInIOX COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY, MARCII 4, 1853. VOLUME IX NO. 41. Whole Number. 461. declares wrong tbe giving of drink to our neighbor, the puttiug of tlie bottle to him and making him drunken, is denounced by Divine authority, and no Legislature has the right to license men to do so. Iiesove, That the liquor traffic in in- irs "' !" Uie jrrw expire; -uu for ; toxicating liquors as a beverage, does iu- be pid in adraoT. ui"mtinmn!i optiuui wiih tho uuce the commission of every aet forbidden FuWi-hw.Mrrpt when tlieleari up. ' in the Decalo n.n ami is tlir..fnra in AovtRTissMSvrs hr.n.lsoily in rtl at SO tmts por : m l.".c ".a.jyuc, ami 19 UierelorC In op- .Uiu, ow wek, $1 four wet'ka. (5 a rear: two squares, ' position to that Divine Code. ei for six moutli. 7 for a var. Mi-rutite aiirirli.se- , i. , q.i . i .. r.- . ., . Lnta.notiiinonerourthofanJltnn.Sluav.-.r. 1 MfOltXll, ahatby JJlVine authority, it JOB W.HtK and ea.ual adrcrU.:iuent U be paidlor i m duty of the friends of Prohibition to rhi'n tianl.il in or ileliviTeil. L,.ll-.L i .. Ooumunk aTM.i snliritid onall uljet of p-nTa! int.- asK Oil IV lor I tie tlltiTO abolition of the ll- "r:.lr"-jr'!r: m;" as a bevcra-re and leave to the aadn-s of the wnt-T, to ren-ire nttention. )-Thos Legislature the responsibility of giviiiir ' schcil, a snot famous in the annals 'f As- tulaunc exi-tusivelv to the IMitimal Ilepartmi'nt, t ! di- I :. i tel . rectnl to Hevtir II icon. Ko.. M,tr and those on lul"ra bun..to.i.N. oa,.v . w-..r. R,:sulvrl, That the idea of the d.-struc- iMii-e on Mark-l street, between s-enrl and Third, orer - ' " 1 the I'ost-oaioe. o. . woiiokn. Proprietor. lion ot property and capital now invested in tlie liquor tralic by the passage of a pr.i- , ....... . . . i m m i u sur., muiu w we uwsi ' t clay and the superincumbent chalk forma- of Oxford; the Ashmolean Museum, in I cliucd to make the infliction as light a ure at least w per cem aooe !f fce JaQ(j Wilhin two miles of where ho fear 01 va:ue. a u apeeuiauuu um j vtuu w " I T . . , tions. ne passed several nlaces of uote. which I noticed anion:? other obiccts of ; possible. lie said he thought tuo but had little time to see them, whirled ( interest the picture of the extinct bird, the the " Little Go" and tho " Great Go" along at the rato of 30 or 40 miles perl Dodo.with some fragments of the skeleton; the examinations bad a thousand fold hour. Off to the left some 15 miles from the Bodleian Library, with its perhaps! more influence than the sight of those vea London is Runnymede, where old King 400,000 volumes and a handiorao gallery ! orable buildings or the memory of those John signed the famous Magna Chartaj'of portraits. In this gallery I saw tho j worthy men of yore. lean not say how while some di.-tance to the right I was told very old lantern which belonged to Guy 'just wjs the statement ; I give it as I re lics Chalfont St.- Giles, where Milton fin-! Fawkes, of Gunpowder Plot memory a ' ceived it. In our country, and in our isht'd his Paradise Lost. I did not see it very rusty old affair. There is also worthv i colle'res we have not the influence of hoary hnwevir. At the S!..uo, Station we came : of special notice the Martyrs' Memorial, a in sight of the residence of Sir John Her- j handsowo nionumont about seventy f-ct rmnnrMnne- Minora! has. in a creat mta- 1 """o nre, giTea out; rninfrj are leaving, or turn ing their attention to other and more profit able pursuits, and property, very naturally, seeks its common value. la the counties of Stephenson and Car rol mining operations have been for some It, TV IS !i T! It P.'!Nt IViTl !!i K l,i,,iturJ Jaw "!c, such ruin would if Ar?J Jr'aj! fw tc changes, and, however, certain For the Uwifburj Chronieie. , species of property might be temporarily Prohibitory Liquor Law Convention, depreciated, it would not be greater than Hakrisblrg, Feb. 23. variations in business sro constantly pro- Pursuant to notice, Delegates represent- "& ' JS uimj citii-.ns do not claim , , , 4 ,. ,, , i prouition from these results, but ig about forty counties m 1 euu.y.yauia, tlieH,Sftlveg t0 asuchcLa ;jth. anvened tn the upper room of tho Court 0ut complaint, neither should the lio.ior ing Jlou-eatlU o clocK, A. .u. l)r. dewctt, seller, whose business is destructive, be of i'lnhd., in the chair. A committee protected from them. iwouiinendcd the aDDointmcut of the fol-; """in", hat the advocates of the li trouomisal discovery. To the left of Slou-'h lies the famous Eton School which I should certainly have visited had not I been compelled to count my hours so closely. Near Eton, and about two miles from Slough is Windsor Castle, at which place Q:icen Victoria and Prince Albert anil all the cbilJren arrived last Thursday evening. I s;e by the Times to day that they ail ate dinner yesterday, that Prince Albert and Ller Majesty rode out, and the small tribe played in the park though I lid pass the day before without calling !,,.,, n Iw.u. T 1 - 1 4' .- 1 ..a: i -i . . . . " " "eni. a urnr uu auu leci rciuaraa- li.g permanent Officers, who were cho- ft--- -Jj bly well, though my last chance of seeing sen accordingly : . ufuctured in Pc-unsylvaiiia i.s used for I r"J'aIty during my prescut trip is thus left I'resident J. F. Houston, of Lancas- drinking purposes, tiu let", r.- the great ob- j behind me. tor county. 1( jection to prohibition is reiuovedfas such It was about 9 o'clock when we came I Yr. ritr W II Mill lr Cum f UU 'TtrV ILU MaUU- in Sibt 00- famous old place Jn Jlisson, Centre , V . 11. .Milkr, t.um- facture for any other obi.ct. r . , , , . berland; James Patton, Chester; John R.M, 'hat should our present Le- , wh!ch 1 hf 1 thon&ht and 80 Jones, Clinton; A. L. Pennoek, Delaware; gislaturo refuse to pass a prohibitory law, 0 drean,ed- II 13 Situated at the con- A. (). Heister, Dauphin; J. Eyster.Frank- it wjl then mure than ever, become Pllr ! Inciice of the Cherwell and the Isis river.-s lin ; John Lyou, Huntingdon ; Elias i Gar- duty to us,: our political powt'r in such a j though were they to be met in Buffalo rett, Lawrence ; Lewis II. (.au.e Mont- way ,s to secure a Legislature favorable to I Valley they would not rank as more than .'ornery ; Juhn Ashtoii, Jr., 1 lulalelpliia ; Prohibition. i . , , ., ltcv. J. M'Clo,key, Washington ; and Jas. R.M. That. tl... tl.);.i f . ! tablo creeks. An omnibus conveyed State Temp, ranee Or.-an located at liar-i. "Um 10 ,Le cl1 11,0 risburg, is ,f great imp:rtaiice in spread-! !lco coutalns. t i said, about 20,000 in high erected on the spot where Ilidley, Latimer and Cranmcr were burned, the former two on the lGth of October, 155-3, ami the latter on the 521st of tho next Jlareh. Truly threeccnluries have wrought a change. The days of the Bloody Mary have passed by, or it might have been dan time suspended. Settlers of the best er.ar- antiquity to incite our students to earnest J actor, from Pennsylvania and other Eat study ; but we have every motive that can j ern States, have bought the hnd and open be drawn frnm a future fall of promise, j ed farms upon it. Property tears a healthy I am so radical that I think the stimul-isj and rapidly increasing value. Farm, are of the future may be both more powerful worth from $10 to 650 per acre. The and more beneficial than the stimulus of the past. I had an invitation todino at St. John's College at five o'clock but it was ncces- gcrous for mo to stand and muse as I did! s;lI7 to hurry forward, and I reluctantly on the spot where the blazing faggots raged about those men of God, and dangerous for me to write within this realm my bitter execration both of the deed and of the spirit that prompted it. On the north face of the basement is tho following inscrip tion : " To tho glory of God, and iu grate ful commemoration of his servants, Thomas Cramner, Nicholas Ilidley, Hugh Latimer, prelates of tho Church of England, who, uear this spot, yielded their bodies to be burned; bearing ' witness to the sacred j pondeace from Stephenson county, in this truths which they had affirmed and iaain-1 Stllto- Knowing, as I do, the benefits to declined the honor of eating with some GOO of tho fraternity at that hour. When they sat down to their meal, I was moving in the express train at the rate of 50 miles per hour towards Bristol. G. W. A. Curre4p,jnili.ne or the LuwUbnrg drontcte. From Illinois. Elmsvii.le, Fulton Co., III. February 11th, 1S53. J Dear Sin. I have notiecd in your pa per that you publish an occasional corres comparative increase of wealth in the agri cnltural country over the minoral country, since, has been in the proportion of ten to one. In other words, property in the ag ricultural countica has increased in value at least 1200 per cent, whil-j in the mia- pointed trustee of Ilebccca Kcnagy of said I am writing, there are several quarter sections, that can be bought on such terma as to realize a profit of f SCO in cue year. Tor gnol indutrious, and cnterpriiing fr.nnew and mechanics no part of tbe west offer greater induecmenti than thi portion ef Fulton county. I have extended my communication be yond the limits I at first intended; if it i too long for your columns reduce it ac cordingly. OAKLAND. C-trra;.:.i.aoe of t!-a Leirltcrg Cbroaiek. IIarrisblro, Feb. 23, 1353. In tte Senate, an invitation to visit Pitts burg, oSoially, received, and referred to a committee of 3. Mr. Slifcr presented a petition from Da vid Kenagy, of Union county, to be ap- eral region it has decreased. As an agricultural county, no one iu theStato equals "Old Fulton." There are more acres of land in this county sus ceptible of successful cultivation, than in any other county in the State, and there are more acrts under cultivation, and still room for thousands of people. In poiut of population and wealth, Fulton stands the third county in the State, and, but for the city of Chicago, in Cook county, and Quiucy, in Adams, it would now be county, a lunatic ; also, one from citiiena of Sc-liu;grove, for a law authorizing the opening of drains ; also, one from Union township, for a change in the place of hold ing elections in said township ; also, a re monstrance from citizens of West Buffalo township, against changing the place of holding elections in said township; also, a remonstrance against the erection of a boom in theSusquehannariver by George Schna-ble. Mr. Quigale, the proceedings of a mect- niiitu luev n au auii men ana iuain-i"- " c , i i i i ... - . , . , , . ..;i l e .i i rlor- iW iriti. frnm n imnorfi il and the most populous and wealthy county iu ma of citizens of Centre county, held at tained against tue errors of the Church of ; se'en, that arise irom an impartial ana r r j j . i,. ... ., i . . 1 1 t,hn Sfati It nomination h mule un al-' tho lllil hurt, in favor of a Kailroad Irom M. Coukev, VWk. Secretaries J. M. Kirkpitriek, Alle gheny; IraC. Mitchell, Cent re; William P. Coulter, Dauphin ; J. M. W. Geist, Lan caster ; William F. Clark, Mercer; aud S. atid thi J. Goodrich, W arren. On motion, all ih.c iu favor of a pro- bihitorv law were iuvited to seats iu con- sui'P' vent ion. A committee was then appointed to draft Memorial to the Lc; resolutions, and adjourned uutil 3 o'clock, firm, which after some AFTER.. ! CC'',i0U WaS Ptl- Rome; and rejoicing that to them it was :'ir representation of the advantages and given not ou'.y to believe in Christ, ! disadvantages of a new country, and be but also to suffer fur Lis sake. This Mon-1 lievicg that the only true medium through uinent was erected by public subscription! wbich to communicate the existing state in the year of our Lord God 1841." i of &et3 t0 ta5C wishing to emigrate west, How various and powerful the influences! 13 the public press, I have takon tho Iib- cnovnn in con tr tvrs' Monument, was Balliol diUncrr" rn-Br; Illinois. i-i m.i-v 1 1 ii.aw.,.v, . l J w . . . session commenced I which Wiukliffu presided some five hundred1 o state 1:1 tho Union, r.t this lime, are still absent i'pa ag"- Tbtre, about a quarter of ai lld3 more fmr to become tho great nucleus though they are coming in constantly. I j south, I walked through tho ancient ot agricultural wealtu tnan Illinois. Its i i t i a. a: .i 11 . i un if nuuiu ing inloriiiatioti of the action of friends of , habitants, including as nearly as I could " avo emanated from this little city, j ty to aaurcss you amori, arue un tue Prohibition in different parts of the State, ascertain about C000 students. I reached Here just in sight, as I stood by tho Mar-! advantages of a location in thii part of; s"rP us Pr0 and this couventiuii do therefore earnestly the place too early in the si reemnind the Crystal Fountain and Peuu-! iu its fuI1 U The scssi sylvama Mate leuiperaiiCc Journal to the i , , ., ,. , . support of all the friends of tbe cause. I 'f steeL anJ many 8 . . , . , i tiioujiii tney are comma in -v u..u.u.u. o j,pP..inca 10 araw up a . . - . , , . i0uadranida of Vbr,t rt.,,e..i, pii agricultural resources are unbounded, as : uere al 0 suture, presented a fr )m ;ns:reet;on so onv waiting j which, more than a century ago, were often they ar unequalled. South of Eoci llivcr j or -ew me debate and inoui- iu h )tA trodJeu hy tl0 feut of tb(J rst MetJodii,t bitumiuouccoalofthe best quality abounds. , we arc S1 ' the State. Its population is made up al- the Old Fort, in favor of a Railroad from most entirely of farmers. There being ! or near Lewisburg, in Union county, to but one town containing a population of! connect with the Pennsylvania Railroal over 1500. The Illinois river forms the eastern boundary of Fulton county for about forty miles, affording a good market fur all the uee raised, giving th at or near Spruce Crock, in Huntingdon county. Tbe bill to allow the Central Railroad! to subscribe to the Ilenipficld Road, passed means , finally. of direct transportation to an Eastern or J In i't. Unite, a large amount of private. Southern market. St. Louis, on the south . is within two days travel, as is Chicago, on the north. We can ship our produce here, and in five days land it in New York Orleans. In point of a market business transacted, in afternoon session. A motion to grant the use of the Hall to the State Mains Liquor Law Conven tion for this and to-morrow evening, was disagreed to. The motion was afterwards map and directory, and thus getting a gen- ... , . 1 . t- I JY resolution W.-IS flifmrji,! rttrAAtmv IIio A resolution was a-l-pu cxrcnu.ng an- . . " " iral idea of the ioeolitW f,1!;...l f..,: . . i invitation to the Governor, Heads of De- f the Legisla ... i . .1 tore, to participate in the Convention. -ieu m toe convention lor tlie pur t, r . I az i -.i . . liiujui ui oust' rvaiioii. i .1 T - 1 IOIlll-n(U tVWIl I liMA P.tllll mo ,ltnoP.ir.i.i on, Mnfiirtra nr tit iro'isia- -v,....., ... uv;. jjai t uil ii -. - '- - - c I IiaJ not walked far Leforc I enmo to 'AL. - I ll . i A ! 1 ..1 i ; a.r,f;. . Hie couvicuon iuai uxkm was.uiwriy UQ- The'Busiucss Committee reported a pre- r - -5 t-Tf -g-ne" , ;,.. ay . j . h an ? resolutions in favor of a pro- ;au'1 for the Pposeof strengthening tho witu ters, a. ,. , .. cause. oat iiiiinir i-iiv i in: lriiuik ndi j-'et, an ''at da , and the resolutions taken up seria-! Some debate was had on the prohibitory bill which was read in place bv Mr. Sha- At least half of the persons I met were connected with the University, as was manifest from the flowing robes and the black caps. All the students wore the black robe differing in material, quality, ' The resolutions authorise the President, , vcr f c f Reprcscnta- : : lln Commit- : tlVeS Lut U0 ac"on t:'U. Ill wiuiii-vii'm mi.,. ..... ... . 1 hp lll'inl: or li I tinnmli.Ln vAn t.m tee, to appoiut a stateuemrai toiimuue, I i college rank, etc. etc greatly favored. To give yon some ; reconi-red, aud agreed to by a large ma jority. Tulrsday, Feb. 24. In the JToutc, the printing of the annual J ' 1 X. f . -1 LL . I I -Charles Wesley. Between the Menu- Unlike in ail other coal region,, limestone t " b" "S . ; ment and Christ Church College, I visited : thick strata, intervening hori-j 1 wl 1 f P' V of a few . , nil . . ,e' , , Trtn ,nann ! n t nn t ! btiiplo articles: v heat is worth from 0 I.Tnrtli nrillmvM -1a.a iron t,t. zontnllv. bprvpn tho coal Deiis. iipml r Wesley was a Fellow, and where,' I sup-; ore-pure galena-Iron ore, Copper, and, ' f . c0 S0 " 35 oaJ report of the State Treasurer, giving the pose, it was that he with l is brother' 80,ne are foan1 in diffcrent localities. ccn,s potatoes 00 cents, white beans.SI.oO name3 of lLe ,ppMOTt defaulters to the Chiles, student, and' Mr. Marn, com-' W ore has been fonnd most abundant! S, Jr (4aM.o0 per bbl; buckwheat Stato WM tilkcn ttp and one moner of Christ Chuh. and Mr. Kirth i in the North Western corner of the State ! Aour .2.50 per cwt.; pork (frest)o.o0 weck. of Merton College, were wont to in -in J Dnvieu, Stephenson and Carroll j - le.A " i . .b:ock hoZ ?ros3 A large number of Temperance petitions ' X.l i.tt-t tntttfr Irk tn ' 1 fttnta cmra I m j v.., - ' ) " from 5012s; f . . . wnrlr nvon i'rmn XiT5i t,l 100 nrn, vntra J """" meet in t!,. o,-..:r,.,o i .... i.. .!.. : i. m ! coi'nties. .v jr "reek Aesia-, . . lit ... l...rn. meuts and nnite with each other in prayer All experience, billierto, lias gone to j "-"r . . J t .i . .i ! i i e work oxen irom 5i b ti rKiiie oi I - And there, a few years after (1732) might s'aow th ,ho di?c"ery, and working ' uidtiv inuo uiiiermg iu - material, quality, u jc. 1.3 aiier uo-j uiigui, - " . fnm El S tn Sn. i fashion and adornment, according to their 1 be found a Mr. Whitelield, who had re- i in auy country, has had an effect"! CJW3 uom 1J w - ' ' 8;e w are eh.UA Mtv if tl-t il liA III .ITU t I L .l'rl'IlL. to canvass the State and do all that lays ( J ?r "'tendance, to the in their power to promote the cause of Lou' to.um.ssioners, tbe House of Rep 1 . .1 c . rescntauves, ic teuiiiei uuee. nun o.v. 1 -c on a good way to " flourish " finely here. As for health, no part of the world is were presented in each branch. In thi Ifnusr, the Appropristion Bill was taken up, and some progress made. Friday, Feb. 23. In the Srwite, Mr. Siifer, from Commit- The Fellows, the! ccutly entered, a lad of eighteen, as a detrimental to its true interests, by advan- Professors, the Proctors, the Sub Proctors ; servitor at Pembroke College, just over the C1"S Ppeny toau unnatural anu uemious; , on Ra;!roa,I3, reported bill to iacorpo- and a long line of literary dignitaries may j way from Christ Church. From this little Zl So Zren "e sL o sii Berks and Lehigh Railroad, with n be known by the costume they wear. Each band, what an influence has gone out. : ""Pe', Pon thc SQoJ or ul uc. of the . . . . j negative recommendation. Also, as com- i... ODcraiors eoffacea m miuinsr. in uaiena, ; j v u i-m : 4. at. T lUUt UUllUiUU u u w I. ., , I. , .. .v ..K:r... rI 1 I hun tv.-irv. Ilia atvns. nntlrm . "o i3 iti'i'i ioiv; uuiuji iii. iiiny vv-- t"ii uuiiuivu - " - . . . , i . i . . .. . iiiitLfj. uiii I'f incui uuitiLC iuc xsauuiinircr. prohibitory law. u?? ' ! are with the University nineteen ! tlie two Wesley,, a hundred years later go J babiunt, situated j " f u IV I Lelancln, and Tinegrovc Railroad, (from A resolution was under consideration, ! The Hall of the House was again used. ! c(,n anJ five h;lllS) th ..j, out the Tracts for the Times, the exponents iu tbe heart of the Lead District, referred few naturally unhealthy localities) is . & calling upon the Legislature to pass the Dr . eomans, ol Dauv.l.e, had been ; which difr,r re:ili llttlo from tbe coll j of Puseyism. And there, in the very vi-i 0, property on the main business; q" bealthy as any part of 1 ennsyl- Unc3St and Chester prohibitory law this session ; and if they appointed to speak but was unable on ae- i vvi,, SQ m coU and 80 , a nw. c,ity of the spot where such glowing V W In tcment of Uhnois, I ,? Tbo m WM refuse, then the temperance men will ap- coupt of .11 health. Tue speakers were ,icr of h le , thmhlso ncW anJ s0 frMUj0peBC(1 upon as it would command if situated on the : "f tbe western States certain ; J ....... . t i,. , Rev. Geo. I. Miles, of I'hilad.: Rev. D. J . .i .i ...... , ... . , V r best bu,ineSS street of 1'bikdelohia. while J1"115 were considered unhealthy, from .'.'.' . . FlMWUamiaU Verkr, t f llolii.l ,r I 1-1. . . lLU Place uas a aeciaea ScUolastic , ".e ......us o. tU v esieys, is tue place ; . i .u . - , 1 their Broiimitv t3 water-courts which Bill to maSe a final settlement between Legislature that will pass the law. , ' g J 1-v Daniel ; appcarwlce. where Dr. Puscy has been dragging to life ; s.tua ed that it rcqui.es at ; P J " w-tcr coi r , which ' I ' 1 1 lilt' IIJII'IIJIIIIII.. ' Jf . , . I I,., a.. I .... . . . . ... 1 .1. 1J ftlll 1,1 11 , i - 1 1 1 . ' I 'I .,,,...... . nnnnvn .wm. - . . .. . . - v. -w . - OCCUJ wheu the Convention adjourned. ; E.-i., of Williauisnort : nnd Mr ! ker, a mechanic, of Muyaincnsiu". There were several very spirited dc prepare them for a foundation. Yet with-1 grounds and email lakes. However as' tue Lnl'n states ana its .trustees, passea the Senate nnaniraously. (It provides ulieirrs are rencral v bui t in the "ie oiu musty, lusty Iiimcnts ot BODcrv ' I ar- ' r... ..r . I ll. t : . anil (..a luinn ii n ;.l -,t...o L'jt in ui a uiiii'jn ij iiiii u, Millie ii;t ifir two , "" v.wi tun.- iuiwiiwii.uu'u;iuiiluic3 - . , . . , , . , 1 ' ". .. - .- . ,n ilea of a ritTi lirp rironnrtv pom. the country becomes settled and cultivated EVESixr. session. ' . ' ,J or more ot tnese squares opening one into oter iis precious antiquarian uiscovenes. - r , - ,Ktt 1 that the Bank shall pay the Treasury The Convention met iu the Hall of the ! , vtr pintca ac- the ()ther. l sll(ul(l thIuk iat lho , There, in Oriel College under the very : maQl" u Bu a P. "u " uyuSul - " $150 0C0 anJ costs a3 ,, settietDent mo wiuiiuu bates in the Convention, w i eh drew forth v . i. 1 c r m , , for 1,25 per acre. Land of th a character bottoms become quite as healthy as the ! lJU'uu aBJ cosl " a setjemen House of Representatives, aud were ad- ttta ut. v.un 1 1 uuou, m men urew iortti gpgg ordinarily about an aero in vxteut, ' shadow of Christ Church, is the place . , , , V tu'4""! J I It r.ased the House aIo to-div was sitrn- IZl bl Rev John Marlh, of X. York, f fLd ,i,b pebbis or covered with gravc.. j where Butler trained those powers 'ever, is of httle value . .men, on incidental towes. Some of the u .-i!. n-.. . ... -n:.:... t f .L ...i.i t, ;,,,.i i,i-. j as mineral land aud but llv adapted tot'tr un" Loracnng on tlie Bottoms is. J ... ' . Cor see. oi tue American icuip. union , i . - o'.iui.- w mo euiiv0 n in viuiuhu u.hi:'6iv ...u.,., - - j , , -, E. W. Jackson, (of Maine,) Sectary of I'b.ic addresses, were animated, sensible, , garjeos attached. I walkc-1 through and from that very same spot Dr. Newman j farn""S point of wealtu, Jo Da-1 . . 'and calculated tn dn rrnnd In I ii..iko ., .i i. . . c. t. , .-, I ..! . .e I.:- : Viess Stands amoim the first counties in the "suuttuuiim, the Xew Jersey Probatory ..aw Assoca-. f "'TS"S ? " ' ''"" j " " ' - : Sute. A, , coantr. it is tbe pally of a billions character : easily sana tion ; John M. KirkpatricK, , riTts-, , " MI,,.g, i s.io,.... junge, irom un to m;een ; or ...... a,,. acrricutural conn v it is the ! 6, d seldom terminating fatally except Darlinirton submitted an burg; Rev. Pencil Coombes, (M. E.) of ; Z -aiess cha racter, imle adapted atres, handsomely laid out and carefully , Pusey, have turned, ,n rapid succession ! gnral count, it U where the proper remedies neglected, I strike out the clause of th, . , .-to cou v nice rts.nijit.ln iti.i.rw.n.L.tir i ni i , i .1: .v.nuvj ; f,i-1. poorest. 1 C t Lancaster ; au-t ave. . aw-v..-, k r..,v , . .- c ...j, .c.u.v T tl,a f lh Rtaf. tl. in... u. uaoeuiency oi mis measure, or ;an(i j0 reat credit to their keeper. K""e. I ; r - " ' Those who complain of the expenses of 'aoor unaer great uisauvauiages irom a ! country are princi- Hollidaysburg TllL'RSDAT, Feb. 24. of tIle rt',,Jiut-'sS of this State to receive it. i i great credit to their keeper. Iu fact Oxford is a city of Public 'A reso- I W"arnied aud eucouraged as men always are Buildings with a few private houses scat- j education in the United States would be Ornwd with nravcr. as usual luiion was adopted, instructing the State i b' luc electricity wbieh those of the same tfcrc,l here and there, aud seeming from pt"ectly shucked at the expenses here. It Committee to prepare an Address to the ':Dt'u";u':" "oJ wishes always impart to tU(.ir appearance to beg pardon for intru- j is sree!y possible for any one to pass his people of this Commonwealth. Cauh otlaT' SoI"c were encouraged to assert ling iut0 suc, stately and digniGed com- Jcar her,i fur Ios3 than 120 SoOO. The 1 Jt. ... .. .... i n w r,m. that the law would pass within a year by r,nrv In addition tn tho ttrrntr.fonr ! average expense is not less than 175 want of timber: tho supply, even for fire. wood, being insufficient for present use. Firewood, at this time, brings at least S 1,50 per cord. Coal (the nearest beds being 90 miles) brings from 18 to 5 cts. scd of the following gentlemen, which ;un overwhelming majority, aud dry up ev- coii, wi,h their walks and rdens, -So a sum which is sufficient to meet i P bushel. Galena has always been a point was confirmed by a unanimous vote of the ',erJ t(-'ar useJ by intemperance. I how- there are seventeen churches belonging to j 'bo whole expenses of a collegiate course where a very large mercantile business Convention- Thos. Watson, Rev. Joseph tvcr u niore than ever convinced that the Establishment one Baptist, one Ro- n some of our colleges. What the cxpen- was done. Up to last fall it knew no II Kcnnard R M Fout Rev. Geo. Duf- ;many,many thousands of money, expended man Catholic and one Wesleyan church. Jitures of some of the young nobility arc! competition for the trade of the whole field Jr Rev J. P. DurLiu, of Philad. ; iu jdi publications and for common There is the Clarendon, as it i.s called, a ' i' would be hard to calculate, j country around, and prosperity and bustle Stephen Miller James W. Weir, of liar- i Sf'"se "S""1 requisite to prepare the larg0 edifice ia which various meetings of j There are doubtless enough of the genus j charactized every transaction. The com- rUW Upv J T Presslv Thos. Steel, 1 6uil of 1'enusyJvaiiia for the Tumpciauce University officers is held, and in hich a sharper about here.ready to ease the young j potion of tho Chicago & Galena Railroad John Alexander, C. L. Mace, of Pitts-, barvest to be gathered by the Prohibition ( valuable minera'.ogical and geological col- ! collegians of their fathers money. I no . ' law. QUI. lection is stowed away. The manner in ! ticed some places in Oxford that perhaps which things arc pitched in is a fitting bave fair counterparts in the neighborhood the Xatu-of some colleges iu the L nitcd Mates. same col- For Ibe Leiriaburz Chmnit:le. A resolution was also adopted, authou- ng and" empowering the Central Commit-! NOTES OF A TILYVELEK. comment on the appreciation of ;oto raise the sum of Ten Thousand Dol-1 TTZ ral -'efcc3 at Oxford. If tho XI tco to raise lars, to assist in defraying the expenses of the campaign, aud to begin the collection on the spot, when in a very short time the Oxford. lection was at Lowiaburg, it woufd be pro- In walking over the place here so many men who have graced the various walks of lifts were trained a feeling of veneration possessed my mind. Hence bave gone forth Sidney, Locke, William I'cnn, Hampden, the Weslcys, father and sons, Whitcfield, Bishop Butler, Dr. Johnson to Rockford, however, has lately materially ey paid over and that lesson is ended.) A bill relating to the Pennsylvania, Railroad Company taken tip, when Mr. amendment to th bill tn confirm. or form want of care and attention. We j tho contract with Bingham & Dock, and! have nothing like consumption orginatiug ! insert : here ; aud in almost every instance that Proridtl, That this act shall not be has come under my observation, cousump- construed to authorize the exclusion of any tive persons are greatly benefited by the individuals or association of individuals change of climate, though coming from j rom. IDe aM 01 anJ oi tne rauroa.ia be- parallel latitudes in the East. In addition to the fertility of tbe soil eral rules and regulations as the Canal Commissioners miy from time to time es- emptying into the Illinois river about fifteen miles above the south line of the changed the aspect of affairs. Much of ; county, and meandering 75 miles to the the coal and nearly all the produce, that! nortb line, is now under contract for slack used to find a ready market in Galena, water steam-boat navigation; and, when now seeks an Eastern market by way of i completed will enhance the value of real the natural advantages possessed by Fulton tablish ; nor shall any rule or regulation county, for water-power, railroads, slack-j be established whereby the Pennsylvania water navigation, and improvements of a ! railroad company, or any individuals or like character, are, at least, equal to any ! companies engaged m the transportatioa l o . c - ' f passengers over said roads shall be al other in the estate, fspoon river, a stream i t,t . j i-..-. lunnu in , ii tr iB.i'iaiiii; luiuin nil 1 1 i uixiiiii'ii.. r It was on a very fine morning when I vided for in a manner infinitely niorecred took my seat iu a cab soon after daylight itable to the University authorities. I cum of S'J,450 was pledged from 30 coun-: on niy way to the railway station at Pad-! I could easily credit the statement made tics, and a determiuatiou evinced to carry diugton. The distance from my boardiug by Sir Charles Lyell, that in Oxford the r,n flip work to the accoumlishment of a P1"" was about three miles, through long Professor of Geology seldom lectured to prohibitory Liquor Law ; aud three cheers liues of bouses that seemed as though they ' more than a dozen out of the nearly C000 ' " a bost of others. Truly, if there be were given on the success. bad no end. I was soon after my arrival students. Even the name of Dr. Buck- j any advantage in a long and illustrious list AFTERNOON. ! at tbe station safely seated in the cars for land conld not infuse any zeal for the pur- of graduates, Oxford is pre-eminently fitted The Resolution under consideration yes- Oord, distant al,out fifty miles to the ! suit cf bis favorite science into the Oxo- for a place of education. I inquired of tcrTay, calliut upon the members of tho ; west ot London. It was an unusually fair ! nians. Dr. Daubeny, the author of a ! one of the students, what the effect was Legislature to pass a prohibitory Law this niorniug. The sun was shining with that 1 valuable work on volcanoes, can scarcely ; "P011 406 EtuJent3 at large. He smiled session, aud if they refuse, then the friends nuldaud subdued light go very different draw more to bis lectures on Botany aad !nd shrugged his shoulders in the most of Prohibition will appeal to the ballot box, from our bright, clear morning sunshine. Chemistry. was adopted finally, and also tbe follow ing i JisolveJ, That no human Legislation can maid that right which the Law of Gcd expressive French manner, saying tbit, so far as he knew, not one in a hundred ever thought of these things. To them Oxford Tbe landscape as we passed along was de- But, to return to the public buildings. cidedly Lnglish. The country generally ; There is tho Radcliffe Library, s larse nearly level, the road lying almost the circular building, surmounted by a hand- was a plaoe where they were to be bored wnoie cf the distance orer the Londea Jeomc dome, one of the greatest ornaments witn etuaiee, ana me ecemea 10 ca in estate in the vicinity of the river at least, 100 per cent. There is still a very little land here that can be entered at government price ($1,25 per acre.) Of course, this land is the re fuse, and not of the best quality ; still it Rockford and Chicago. In years past, when any of our people in this region were troubled with a "short ness of funds," a short sojourn in Galena always enabled the one so afflicted to "re cuperate." Any one disposed to work. could then get plenty of it to do, and atjis all well worth the purchise money.' good wages dred bands ertv. that six vears arro now could not be sold for $1,500. You I great aeai 01 - paten i iana, mat, is, .ana will ask what has produced this great which was granted to soldiers who served change, when almost every other portion i the war of 1812, and has since got into of the State is prospering to an nnpreceden-1 the bands of speculators, who do not find ted degree. The causes are obvious. In j i' profuable.to pay taxes on unimproved the hey-day of mining excitement, prop- lauds, lor a long series of years, which crty in every town and village in the mines i can be bought on very reasonable terms ran up to, and bought and sold t, a g- y from SHOO to 700 per quarter sec- JSlVUiJ VI iu to -rj uuv ai j s;but now, thcro are an bun- There is in some parts of the county i to do fifty mens' work. Prop-' particularly in what portion known as "7 six years ago was worth 82,500 j ""th least," and "8 north 1 east," a either by reduction of tolls, drawbacks, or use of motive power, than are allowed t other individuals or companies eugaged in the same business." This brought cn a disenssion, which re sulted in the adoption of the forcgoic proviso, 21 to 11. 7i the local business occupies J the time until adjournment. Saturday, Feb. 26. Tn the J7t!t.v, Mr. Goodwin rcportec" . a bill to incorporate the Blossburg and L lit tle Fine Creek Plank Road Company. On motion of Mr. Siifer, the bill to e rec' a new connty out of tbe northern po rtioa of Schuylkill county (seat of jusr.ee at Tamaqua) was taken up, passed finally, and sent to the House. The Bedford Mineral Springs JLssocia. tion (House bill) passed finally. (Among the incorporators are Ex Gov. Johnston, Gen. Cameron, Gen. Packer, 4c, who it is understood will construct building?, to.f saitiabls to the fame of 44 tho Springs.")
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