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Iwllwpr.wDK.IT FAMIIT JOCBSlt,
iWf on FRIDAY morning at Leuislurg,
Union county, Vennsyleama.
rF4? i so p-'r yr-fnT rnh r'",,y in dv"nre I
tl if n.'dVitliiu three mouths : U paid williin a !
var ' t all if not pl tv4 -h 'Hr P'r- eents for
.nil. iniiuWrs. aterU f.T six month, or les. t
W .u I in adrance. Uiseoiitiuusnees nptioual with the
1'uMt-her, ei(v))t when the year is paid up-
A'VETntxst hnn lsnmelv inserted t 50 rents per j
r.iivr,one week, I four week. $i year; two squares,
fl f.rix ra at In. Si for yenr. M-rcantile advertise-,
u -nr.- not eia-joling on.- fourth of a column. $1U a year.
J(B WOKK so I casual aavexUrielueuts to DC pjld tor I
wh-n hanJi d in or delivered, i
C .UHL ViL-moNS iivititl on all snhjcets of rcncral niti- :
rejt not williiu the raii of psrty or sectarian rentest. (
All letters mart m p.t-paid. .witmpftnletl by the leal i
a Uren of the writer, to r.-ceive attmition. -riiose j
telatiuz exclusively t.. tli K'Htorial iM-arlnK-nt. to lie .li- j
reeled to Husky Hicki. K-q.. liM-sr aud those on
fuuslie. to . N. Wout.ru. l'ttUtlt'r. . ,, . '
OFFICE (for the present) in Bearer s block
on N. 31 St, first floor, 4th door from corner. !
Can. Ogle, again. ;
Tito General was ly no means a book-j
learned nnn. On the contrary, quite thc
reverse. Ana npon xiiis cireuuBiauic,
founded tlic capital story we are about to
copy. Hero it is:
" Probably (says the writer) not one
niau in a hundred can learu t'j write his
own unme. Epell February, or to hit the
cases of the personal pronouns, after forty.
years of ago. 1 be (jencral sutiereu romc-
thing by his lack cf fumal tnining in 'n' '
youth, wbivh ear-cmrked his style of rpcech ;
and composition while he lived. An amu-'
ring i.istanee will illustrate a sdight defect
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trieaiing niniseii, v. uiv,u i;v- vi u-.v.. .v. ...... ,
in any such exigency. Immediately aiter
lUaditcu'
secona election, tue oiau-ui
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,. , t" ii .. il .. 1 1 1 i , , . - . I vniu iilt auuenor saiuurity will IUVUC an
-u led upon Gjvernor in.uia-, then bol.l- on and a.ljaccnt to the west bank of the ' - . , ,, ,
. , c- . t -,i .t.'vi- . e , c, , ., immense increase of Mining and Manufac-
1111; the cfiiee of .State lie: surer, with the est Branch of the Susquehanna. Ine', ,tri . it-1 -i 1
- " . - , , x- 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 taring establishments. ith a Railroad,
manuscript of a long Lifer which he had Mt!i,u,in says : ., ? . ,.
r .. . .. . J the business world can ire!t 1 mnn
written tj tli! IiesnieDt, covering tne
TA-hole grouud of our for. ion ?.nd
1 .laiiuvoiip
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tion of its merits, matter and form : but,
tioaui iisrauii., , ., ' ,
f anein" at the paper, he ooserveu mat. tue
.lauiiiij, a., iiiv. 1 .v.,
cf rar4 c-Ha! advice, which Mr. Madison
"11 l-.a .r,ml t TCCl'lVC, lw"
thoroughly democratic in every ?cntiiiictit.
A letlcr, Ccncs'-il, that any man might be
proud to write. Views, sir, that will m-ikc
the administration equal to .li ff- r.-oti's, if .
they are fully adopted. But, Gvii.ral,
they have a court custom at Washing:on, '
a small matter, such as you and I arc not
npt to treat with much consideration an
indifferent little piece of etiquette a
Ilvro Mr. Fiudlay be-nu to stammer. The
Cencral s keen eye was on hi in, ana
felt if.' I
" ' Perei.jly ' what is it ?'
"0h, nothing,' looking over the paper.
as if it were bard to hmi.
all. a:id vet, it would be ea
1. Aot.iins .u
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1 fl.. rr tiii-rt'lv
i to... . , uter iy
stroke of the pen here an
" Pine-Uatik,' sail the (Jencral, ' what
is it, Mr. Findlay ?'
policy, ami ckx , t - naw . a uui .wMurg, mey can : propcrtv-holdcrs in general, may put down,
. .,., ..r 1! f )..niner it nirtv M r ' so, and we will not abuse Inem lor 11 ; net-, 1 J . '""J f"1 " J" "1
measures of the Jmocratie party, . ir. . th(,rdowethillklhat j( js a y of our busirless i to-day, what their laud would have sold
Fiudlay heard it with not a little admira- ; - , . t. .1 ;e i:.. .:n
t ieiierai nad. Ill some iiuareu iiiMauiv. . . .... , , - ., , ... , . i, , , .1 1 . v- .i 1 1 1 o t c? uiiuiiv-iauiu, uc iuoiv uia ueuanure iruui mi- w.v ivuvv. ..nv vuav v-n.i-t ..v;:. , .- v. -
uiuu4iiio,ni statement it found current, or was furnished -reus and thousand of Dollars caused by these, but Northumberland, Sunbury, Se-' ,,. , ,r , , . rll ,. . . , on the iivuion question. It is an i..ue
nri'tpn tlio rr.inoun I in little with a poji .. . . ' . . ,. . ,. , ,, ' .. Robin Hood s barn as he was tileased the most powcnnl lot ! interests, nd com- . , ,
wn.ten the jronoun 1 in ii.u. 1 : with to injure this effort. It has cspe-! this iuiprovement.-Sa : linsgrove, and all the towns to Uarrisburg; " , 1 1.1, .1 .1 1 . , ; vtry properly should be decided at
over it: and sincerely desirui" to reform' -,,,,, . .. , . . , . . A ., ... r ...,,. .. afterwards to designate our town and did mand thrce-tourths ot tiio local trade , , ...
tmrii, mm, Niiuicii ; cially labored as m the foregoing extract 1 Let us begin at Dbt A allet. or ! togther with those from illiamsport to , . c , . . . ... . . , ,, ,.r , , , , the ballot box. ior this reason, the advo-
it for the writer s sake, and for the effect , ... , , it- 1 . , t t. c. j 1 1 t not return. The subscriptions were then they bridge the osi Branch no oftener ,. , ' .
it ior tue Hii.tr s .at,e, u to awake and foster any unmanly and I W I x held, whero arc several stores and a ' Elmira, arc all to be benefited by this pub- . . e i n v.i ,,, 11,,1 ,ii, , !. 1 ales and opponents of that measure desire
that it our it to have, but impressed, also,! ,, .,...,,. I , , , , , i,. . . , r, ., 1 Bivcn to the Susquehanna Company-, and thau their rival, an I to mueii better pur-!. ,
mat uouciu 10 uavc, ouw j , , unreasonable prejudice ltmight findagainst ' Hotel, and where hundreds of farmers 1 he improvement thu great liak, tchuh. f. ... ... ' . nn , ... j,k.k , n , "n r ,,r -oDally intercsted,who will natu-
with his sensitiveness to ciitieisu, which, 4 j A h f anJ I come 10 and 20 miIcs fw COfJ ;ro j - an 1N,Axn lu verified the. wisdom of the choice, l j rally be most anxious to carry out the will
iuany way, impeached Lis capabilities, be , wisbjt 5 dwiw WM to nJ,imc, &c. TWs gmall Valley also lead, to 1 almoU U a dirert line, from the 6V o: It Pr to add here that many of our ; s 7'' .,le expressed at the polls,
coaxingly suggested the much desired cor- cSteJ L fLi3 Qur own 5nio is ; XcvT Berlin, the County Seat. nttMlxlntotkeLainoMCML,e' , t " Z tlLTjY.Tt1 eni1 Mu,d -gained
reetion after this fashion : ' An esceller . ; iat ,Lc,wli uk linefarmers Md ,U, way will be of immense advantage to iS. C, to NIAGARA Falls a work uuex-! "" EnlriPt,ons 0 ju - A t.- Company ' been ti.flcd with long S ' J by having at each election district, a box
i,. r-..w,....i x c,,n. fHr. sir: fal ' . -T..... I J ... . . " P . i ! on anv terms, an-1 that no individual or iv wanajiors ani hwe c.nclirl?il ttn . , .
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"'Why, General, it has become the of rail laid, aud the whole enterprise now
custom lately, at Washington, to write the depending upon the aid of foreign capital
pronoun I with a capital letter.' ; jts, or the favors of a few shrewd and
"The General was caught, and he knew 6i,.lrp oj,ecnlators. Baltimore, on the
how he was caught, aud he must recover oti,cr jja,1(j f,y.ej her giant Railway
himself. , tJ tbe Ohio, ami ouc year ago made a bold
" Pere:.ely, Mr. Findlay; all right. t,u.h for the Lakes. Following up the
Most assuredly I knew pinc-blauk channel Nature has made by the noble
you're right.' By this time he was ready. Susquehanna, with an elevation of but
Book here, my dear sir,' laying his hand (iro to tc mc from Harrisburg to
on Mr. Findlay'a shoulder, as if to rc-as-, Williamsport, and taking the opposite
niro him, f r the embarrassment was all on fr,,ln the Canal, uot only because it is
the one side now. ' You see, iny dear fel- )Mcr adapted to a Railway, but also be
low, 1 hud a design in it. hen I write cause jt wjll thereby be loss liable to the
to a small pattern of a man, I make my Ol.jection of injuring the State Works,
capilal 1's two iuehes long ; when I write i::iltimoro energy and capital have now
to my equal fellow-citizens, such as your-; ovcr grj njiu3 0f roa(j unjer contract and
-lf T troika them the u.ual length ; but, i .... wnrl- and with 30 miles more un-
sir 'when I address myself to as great a !
man as Mr. Madison or Mr. Jciierson, i
always make them as small as possible with !
a pop ovcr them, ?ercizely.'
" I need hardly say that the General
ttrai"iit to his room, ana raised
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rVCrV letter 01 LUCUl 10 tuu uiuiijf xeqi.it en
, .1' i...r ,..,mne .,..1 tl.,... li.ttiMfo '
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of Washington city, before he despatched
the epistle."
I'lailie, In HlCiligan. ,
A Prohibitory Liquor Law has recently ;
been submitted to the test of the popular
vote, in Michigan. The result has aston-i
i -hed friends and foes. Disconnected from !
all personal or party entanglements, it has
received a majority of "0 or '-.JjOOO, or '1 j
to 1 of the whole vote. Every couuty as
fax as heard from goes for Prohibition.
No License. The Court which was
in session at Lock liaven week before last,
refused to grant 1-ecnsc tu nny of the
applicants in Clinton county, iu conrc-
q'leucc '.f some liiloriiialiiy.
Tor the Lcwlebarg Chronicle.
Religion shells it purc.t rays o'er earth ,
Around, above, along the way It beam.,
IVlth a celeFt;al brightness gleaming fir;
It erer scatters liere most beauteou. fljwer.,
Anil f ilJ. life's way with Joys which are serene.
It eTir tii.ts the pup'st sweets to flow,
AnJ drives all lootn and wenrtnen awaf.
Ii!J s.Maee it, 'midt all the s;loomtness
Thnt eouM he set upn Life's radiant path,
A team that s joyous 1 it hath oome from heav'n,
To iur niton the quiet, sleeping earth,
Refreshing dews and balm the mot divine ;
To raJiale the soul with it. great truths.
And its bright spirit beam's always sublime.
Let gludneM boundless evermore attend
Its lowly yet seraphic walk on earth.
And beam on all williin its influence:
Its smiles like kindling and like growing flames
From off tile vesta-?brine for ever rise;
They shower soft fragrance on the gentle breeze
t'f our alTietions in their eacr flow,
Inritiog th'-ui to soar to heaven on hfch.
The rnra.lise of Light, and there surround
The throne of Hod f irevermorc to dwell,
And praise Jehovuh, who is Lord of all.
t'ome, Uiou sweet Spirit! in thy beauties shine,
And erst thy richness all aroand our globe;
Let tliy blest notes in halloaed chant, appear
Aud fall upon each soul like heavenly dew.
THE5I1A.
M vDtcx C iu.rlt, Sums, Ml, May 15, l'SJ.
For the Lewisbn-g Chronicle.
Cur FaUway "Accommodations."
It is generally regarded as a truth, that
tilc iuJivj juai or company which make? the
greatest anJ most judicious efforts tojWW
al,,i irncfil others, is most useful and most
prosperous. Indeed, mutual aeeommoila-
; ;s t,e rrr;,nj .means for progress and i
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(ll tms, as wc reaa a long article, in tue
,r. , . , . . , . ,
MillmuuH of li th lust., relative to the cf-!.
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rtrt to give railway facilities to the people
11 the Directors of the Sasqnhanna Com-1
Tiv lliinli it aitvisalile to exienn their road
lrom bunlmry lo U illiamsport. ki rdertoac
aititll UtlbB.', Ilia -M IK'Ff rf UaS Jlfrn
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it its " business ' for mDnths past to repeat
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icvcrvidle tale to re-hash evcrtr nbsnrd : thev will find an increased value of hun.l.
UnM wUU
latnaport will be equally ;
the people of Lewisburjr: .
and we know they have equally done their!
share in advancing it. But Lcwisbunr, !
and Union comity alone were unable to
plan an J execute this trreat work.
The citj of Baltimore, in its operations
b is of late exhibited decidedly more en-
telpliso and Iar-.sccinir sarracitv, tuan slow-1
1 cf-. '
aud easy Philadelphia. Thus, while Phil-
a-Je p ii:t UXS Ior a ll t 1 OI a century been
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't'mt'i t'j maive a ivaiirOctu lrom eunburv to i
Erie, " immediately," her practical course '
),ccn to seek out ways to thread thro' ,
ride over the mountains of Sehuvlkill. :
us (o i.. as f:ir as w,,; from Balti-!
1)lor(,to Suubury, and then hu2 close to the '
(inui auj j;apjJatL.J towns of the West i
.... , .... . :
Bi-aneii as lung as she could. How much .
it ... .1
e,ic jj;)5 at.con.r,ilsjlcj ,n this two-thirds of
a cent-ration, is well known hardly a dol-;
lar of available subscriptions, not a foot j
jcr surVcy will connect with the Williams-1
port & YAmim Railroad, and thereby with
ai tiic country North, East, and West of
Elmira ! " To accommodate the citizens'
of the many towns and to-be-towns along
the opposito skio irom tne iana.3 oi "ecu
...t t ...1 .-. .l, r sh :
ivimnaiiiii, o 111c I'otiejf i mi.
IMilmnsna. Thov vefint trnlrt and imv.
cl, and arc not afraid or ashamed to put
: forth proper efforts to secure it. A short
j extract from the last Census report, may
,,now that to " accommQdato the citizens
of LewUliiry," may bo quite as politic as
t0 accommodate the citizens of" Milton.
yhc followitig is the census of the West
Rranch Boroughs for 1S40 and 1850; and
xt:t increase in the last ten years :
ropuLATIOH IS IR40.
I.cn-isbursr 1220
Wilhan.sport 1363
Milion 1509
Sunbury 110S
orihuinbcrlaud
Muncy 6li2
Jersey Shore 525
lfvfei.
2012
2003
1646
1213
1011
I0
725
I vr r. 1 sr.
791
650
I3H
10.r
113
548
200
Considering the fast, the pretcnl and the
.trovi,", capabilities of Icwisburjr, of
j Mun.y, an.i ...f Viiiiam!:ror; the Directors
LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1853.
I of the Sujuehanna Company widely judge
their "accommodation" to be as desirable
na that of some other towns.
Between White Deer and Selinigrove
alone, on the treat bank of the River, in
one year, G00,000 bushels of Wheat were
shipped for market, besides other grain and
products, and Flour to a very large amount.
Stock has been taken in this Road by
citizens of Union county as far back as
the Beavers: and eitizens of Centre count v
' '
have manifesu-d the liveliest interest in it,
long before the Spruce Creek route was
O
proieeted.
But let us inform the Miltonian how
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are vi uo ueucuieu vj tins roau.
r?. ii-i? v
t . . . i .i t r
iu ine ursi place, me Jong .onuern
boundary of Union county-densely popu-
lated, and rich iu all natural resouices
has not to this day a daily mail the daily
mail and the C mal being on the opposite
side of the River, and an extra au3 onerous
Bridge tax has thus for half a century been
imposed on most of t'uoso obliged to cross
for trade or travel. 11c have jiil that
triltntc long euowjli. The people of the
West bank of this branch IiE.maxu aud
WILL n AVE better accommodations.
Iu the next place, the Iron ore and
&..U.V.VV.,V. W U.V'll WVVV11V1, SHU I 1.1 UU-
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surpassed Agricultural products and Water
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I'o;ver situated midway between the An -
L.iuicsi.one oi cnion county, wuu its un-
r it . - i .
ithracito and the Bituminous Coal ! iclds-
afford openings for boundless operations in
' '1'V.M lJi.- v. WVVAVlVtV.7J V.-V'V-.V1MII., Ill
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"""" V7 uiiuuJl liVI I Uvjll llltij , 4UU
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Jfrrl' armers on and near the line, and
J -va a ' J 1J,U Hill
,a,.., , ,
llSoi, and compare their relative prices,
very many
- miles in its interior.
its interior.
; of Dry Valley, Gemies,
1 , - . .
.0. are making brick tor the
This side
Marsh & (
'erection of a large Furnace. The iron
ore and limestone (as well as the clay and
, sand) are within about a stone's throw of
'each other, aud Coal can be taken there j
cry reauiij tiv uoats iroiu any coai neia
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desired. Making iron for their Own Foun- '
0
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"ryi transportation ouiy I mi.es. ...WUU ail ,
.i r -i- i ji
tueso laciiitien tue sue is assurcuty unsur-1
passed m advantages, and must furnish
. .
""gc amounts of iron work
which tariffs can not destroy.
at profits!
Tuktleville, further up, is now alive
with laborers, and is the depository of a
small tract of country of much fertility i
i- . ;
and increasing imporiance ;
T .1 . 1 .it .t .
Lewisci. nr. is the natural outlet of the
far-famed Buffalo Valley- of a creek
which, in the extent of country which it
drains, and "in tllC number Of mills and '
other Lnaineaa Mtal.Iial.n.i.r.f trliiol. it
OtDCr business eStabllShmertS Which It
supports, is unequalled in Central Pcnn-
n auu uisu mi oiusu lam v iu t'tuiK ,
vniu J a u IjUUU t IS. J.V. V; I , V III ICIIum UIIU lllipuiiuui.1, ! a
. . t l. r.j , lr. Ilessncr nniiitentmnilly minniormeo n. in Futnn b"-" , ' !-.! .I i.ti-i.
County, come to Lcwisburg for trade, and I Aii twy that there wasnoeharcefbiseoneert. ! w;,. a dog-in-the-manger pertinacity wor-' Wide of the mark that time, neighbor, adj-ming that borough, to be laid out as a
with produce; and the Spruce Creek Road j, thy of a better cause, to prevent the Sus- Seme months ago, when the ex-tendon was Public gi.mnd or park. This will be de
would be a feeder to the Susquehanna : wh. rf pui.t.e p,tn... pro first ordered, the subscriptions within Un- cidediy a good act one which will ent t o
Road of no small amount. In addition j
to numerous Private Schools for Males
and Females, the University and Femak
Seminary, at Lcwisburg, arc Slate lastitu
ana rcmaies, me i. Diversity anu I'cmaic ,
ft'ois, and the " accommodation
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to otto Muueuu4, wuu tueir iiuntircus ot
7
nfirt . i 1 ... 1 1. . ' 1 .1 f .e :
patrons and friends from all paits of Penn
sylvania, is a matter not unworthy of a !
Company which has any liberality or de-;
... i
sire to make money. The recent inlro-
Auction of steam engines here, as well as
ioncr Business enlargements, luuicate a sun
more rapid march in the steady progress
of improvement and wealth in this town. I
At West Milton fas we see by the
Milton Democrat) Messrs. Iatcsnian &
Sons are ranidlv cularfrinif their business.
a -- j o o
no doubt preparatory to the acCOllimoda-
1.. , . ..1
"n "e luiuoniaus am. mncrs wu
may tiesign traveling to or iraaing wuu
Lcwisburg, Winfield, Suubury, George
town, Dauphin, Ilarrisburg, and thence to
Phi lad., Lancaster, Columbia, or to York,
Baltimore, Washington, See. The thou
sands of bushels of grain annually brought
lo West Mi!ton,aro not always to be taken
ovcr to the Canal ; Mcssrs.D. will doubtless
bavc cars of their own,and permit tho Mil
toniani to send their packages along with
the largo measures of wheat they may
secure from tbe rich fields of Kelly.
At New Columbia, also, tbe farmers
of White Deor will havo their products
loaded for market, and will receive their
onods direct.
At W1111E DiXR Mais or IIwHiors
we find a thriving village, where manufac-
taring is bound to flourish to a great ex
tent, aud where a Turnpike leading back
into Clinton county, gathers the products
of the rich fields and forests of Sugar and
other Vallevs.
At U.NIOSTOWX, in Lycoming county,
the White Deer Valley of Washin"ton'
pours iu its treasures, and a considerable !
"
town is destined to arise. We observe
! that Dr. Uriah Reed has wecntlv started:
i Tiuuai suiucriutiona oi sio uu, nu me VouniT
ja Drug and Medicine establishment there; (subscription of 200 ooo, ere offerej io the
! and that Mr. Win. Ilcinen, heretofore! Smhur, &. Erie Company if the, oUld builj
i ' tk,: to,, th.iinh 1 m leisure laiil (lie. I.ilinn-ine
the life of Milton iu the mercantile line.
has established a store also in Uniontown.
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.f if . . s. . .1. -
: mi; vuizena vi i aisoiuowu, ivc, uu lue
I ,i r .i - i: v . j .
oincr siuu oi me niver, wuo may uesncj
the accommodations" of the SuMjuehun-'
; na Railroad.
Crossing the river at Black Hole
-(leav-
j ing the Suubury & Erie its choice location,
' aud all the owls and bears, under the Nit-
. tany Mountain Narrows) the Susque
jhanna Company is anxious to "accomiuo-
.uiAiuug vu uv.v.v'uiuu-
-.- e m i, . i
ItlZeiM of MbNCV a Borough I
ci , ,.
is oi advancement equal to any
, , . . 1 . .f
ie of the river, by reason of its'
date the citizen.-
! with means
;ou that side of
position at the mouth of an immense luni
jber region, capable of being converted into
' t t . i i sn r i li
gouti laruiing lauu.
cidediy
CI . ... u. . .u.u. AUV..V. W1V. V IV.V. V. I ,
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: enterprising men iu that vieniity, and with
1,, - , , , , .. . ,
1 tneir l'laiik Iioad and other improvements
will pour an immense trade into the power
of the Susquehanna Company. The Mus-
U'..IU1. .1 v l I . 1 J ..UV..T.V -
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A mar ssiiijui iv .ct,v.ik.; aataa niv s
c c v -n i - i
latins vt r.imni.1,11 sin uriiii; j:ii"v--
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freight to our road : and Muntolhsville
v , . . e 11
and n ii.liamsioht are of no small ac-
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count in swcIIuil' the estimate of itswnv-i
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It tt fur the " accomnwifa-l
-turn of all Uicsr, as well as of the " citiz-!
1 v. " . f.'- 1 ' ' .11 . .? i
the aunbury & brie has rejected that the!
1 , 1 t.
U i .t. nilnnnn I 'ntnTia m lino floriirniinnI .
- v;.-" (uuu va tu'uv, J
i . . .. . . , i!
! proceed in accordance with her honest and
, . , . , , , . ,
lawful arreemcnt so to do. And not only
: which, uniting North and South, may be
regarded as i aw,u., .-.i :n
. . ...
: be found exceedingly profitable withal.
June 27. PROGRESS.
jlAjiiifVpfitpiY (f lirillTtl! P '
li lUluUUl II VLljl Ullll It .
O. HICKOK, Editor. O.N.VonDEN, Printer. :
- '
.v. .:.,
t$i-soea.n m aaranee. n.urawm ,tp.v
within the yew, ami iiSO at the end of the year. ;
. .. i, pw j.iki.r mm .m t w cm.
i... - - .r-
MsVMVtnutlM ff, M Ma
Friday IMoknixg, July 1, lSu..
A I l.1leers.t;itv and Country Mereliant.. Manufacturers, !
. T ..T-T.T-T-FT. I V ..... t . I ... .. ! r , . Ptltltle
Merhniie.. iiii.iness Men ail who wih to procure. to
iiisnose or anrthinif would u well n. eiv.. notice of the
maw-tumusn the - jw.arw ." Tni. P.-vr-r ine :
a covwl aud iuerea.in ctreuUtion in a eommunil v ewitni-
urvri a portion of active, solvent prc-iucers, ;
sousumers. and dealers, as any other iu tbe State.
IVpw 4Iiortis"iiirnti.
W.O. Ilickr.lv will pay Ca.h for (-owl Lumber at Ilsrrls-
l urK An ed,,r Woman wants informoncf her
,,,., U(land -Attention, InSintry." '"I'
j?f i th.ww f'
--sj ..... . ... !
.nr. wh..pe theh will prove to himand Li, .-ben-,
fit ' day Indeed.
It will be seen that the people of rlinrroTe and the j
south end of the Cc..t,-havin opposed tin. Ka.in.d
(as they had the riifht to do, heartily) as long as oppost-1
tion would avail have now none to work nuo svnfii.iej
men to make the best of It by buil.liug a Bridge whieb
m.lr. the rtftaj nenrlv as useful to them as It will i
i ... .k. p.-.i ..... -I. n.r..i ... tl...... ii ..III ;
lu. tn tl.. V....1. .., Hum. Ia II.. ..IT..rt 1
EThkee Causes. Extreme warm !
. .. . . ,
weather; searc. y ot nanus ; paper uooks
i i
a half-sheet Chronicle this week.
timt. nmvvt ho nrintirl. ftie rr.n.r'0r"fV
Bf5?-I.eral notice is inven 01 an apptica-:
.. . . - ,
for 7.;.,, at Danville : for two !
gavirigs Institutions at Sunbury ; and for j
,i, i.,nir of v.irtii.i
ir,mwiaoa wi,Uout anv alteration. There!
1 -n v 1. r
IWlit OC a II1UC.U gieau.1 iliuuuub vi m.ineji f
t :.. .1.:. r;n r.im il,! i!mL
1 . . .
:forth, than can be obtained at present.
A Steam Whistle. Messrs. Friek,
Slifcr & Co. have attached a whistle to I
their Steam Saw Mill, the shrill call of
which has been heard several miles dis
tant, and which is ouly an avant courier of
those used by propellers on railways. Iu
a year or two, steam whistles will be no
novelty in Lcwisburg.
ler.'Late Foreign advices state that
Russia has accepted the proffered media
tion of Austria in her controversy against
Turkey.
tKrTwenty deaths in New York city
alone, on Wednesday of last week, caused
lbJ tIoxrenie licat
The two Railroads
The Miltoninn, of the 17th ult, copies
the "Chi-nnt'clr, Extra," of the "th, in ref
erence to the extension of the Susquehanna
Railroad above Suubury, and comments as
follows :
I
- The paragraph rrUtWa to the Sunhorj &
E,ie Rl"t,.con'e wi'n n '" 8r "
Z'.rAJ.u Z
1 p"y their rotd through thai town.;
'. rr""''":?'
! ZX Z ZZ T.t "Vn V .1 '
make their mad npon ihe most suitable location.
-It ia true ibat i
it great deal of line Ota been
snpnt in cettino- the Sunburv A. die under wav.
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but if we tnke into consivleiaiinn Itie magnitude
! ,.r ;..n,,.in..i a,..i n, .i.nnu.i.,n tt..
- ! -
ZtVZ
lo,t. The road no- ir. a fair ., of bei.,
' completed niihin a fear er. Every foot of it
t ia iniiat mlair onnlraol fr.im Pfia tA Ml n till i v
or,ion of which u ,,.,jy Mt wUich j
ch 'f Company - wiiboui
j avaoauie auoxcriptnnia.
! The Miltonian is mistaken in its state-
.,
nicnt that the people of Lewisburg " uoed
, . !, . , t. . ,
all thoir efforts to induce the bunbury A
. .
Erie Company to build their road on this
.
ide of the West Branch, and offered their
" ' " .
On the
i r " . . . ; .
coiurary, ci-i icsiuciil -uioci ci-im vtoiu,
i 1
, . el - ,
1 from Suubury, HI advance 01 UIS arrival,
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to have our County Commissioners brought
I 0
here to meet him which was Lot done, '
however, much to bis disappointment and
I. . ,, . , - ,
i chagrin and when became he favored
. . . , . ,
uur citizens with a harangue upon tne
. , - .. , , . . , ,
, well-known irueritl benefits of railroads, gb'.ar tl.ru t liom surti a quarter at tin
, y , . ,' !:. if. i .
Ac., c, and made auxious and persistent tusq. ( omp. If 'tw r.a.J are not Von
' ' . . r ,. : , 1 .. r, -, f, ,1 ,. r ,
I efforts to get our subscriptions. But his oaly tho t of, it r.-niair.s for t.io SA L.t.
. . . . e . . '.. . . ... , ., , . , . , . ....
I visit had not inspired confidence in cither
, . ,. ., . , .
visit had not inspired conudence in cither
. ' , L. . ... ,.
dilion must be the construction of the
, , ,
road on this side the river, aud that our
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subscriptions could not be had on any other retreat if they would. Oauial. surveys
, v . .... .n-i 1.1 , . . .1
terms, iniuing 1111s ueiermmaiion to ue
.... 0 ...
' ...... 1 -.1 1 .. v. . . 1. 1 : . j . r
individuals were ever vested with ant un-'
. . ' .
County, IToroiiirh,
. . ,
for the transf.-r of nnri
or individual subscrip-
tions to that Company. i
I The untoward rivalry existing betwern
j these Companies, is certainly to be deprc-
cate
.t '
cated, but is clearly the fault of the S. A
Company. It had been virtuallv dead
. , . , .
tor twtnrv venrn vehon flip Siiriiw.liniim.
J
J n ,
( ninn nit' tv-k li ir rrfoi iinttm.f . ,n . I
' ."'" J v..i .v.. l ."WUJl.U
.......
from Bridgeport to illiamsport Oncof
' vs. jjvassy i kaj viiui iv-llU VOUJll UVk a a I'aalt
. .......
nature s prras avenues timt simi
nature's great avenues that should have
; been occupied by a road long ago, altlio'
' it is true that it neither began nor ended
; ill Market street, Philadelphia, and would
' materially benefit the people of the interior
of the StatC.
The S. & E. suddenly woke
.
up in a paroxysm of a
rf na,n .
stUSC OI 113 Own inttrei
j- iJ0wever110t t(
alarm, not to a just'
interests and true line of
policy, however not to work the line from
t uiiamspon to i-.ne, jtrst, as was then
,. ., ... .. .
, , ,. , . , . '
UUder the animus of a blind, implacable
hostilitv. nttemnted to ehnrl-mnlo n,1 ,T... .
r.r.imucil tn r ia u tMrj.rn '.-ttir.t,.,a
moIicsU tbe Pu-nuchanna Co.. and usum !
it itis crer smen mnmeiirrsit ami mtr ,.i,n.l
, . . .,, . ;.,,. .
1 " .-c.-. ,
1 0e only rCSUit has been a fixed tlctemil- ,
. ... flrt .t s,,..,..
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toiiipauy to pay no farther attention to:l!iC ex. cn-ion, ar.it
v.,r.;il..i;..rr n,.ocrorc r.f tl.o S5 X V I..,f
o o
o b .....
steadily push their road on to Williams-1
port without regard to rival movements ;
. f..., r.tvet.vt.
iiuiu mo nititiwi. i
u.rm3
I
fact, and not from any invidious motives. I
There is no hostile feeling on this fide of!
. . . .
t ho rirer tnw.in s fho !S. ,t I-.. nmmnr.
oT..ot,t ulo.t. t,., l.ecn errnted hv its. nwi. !
just and impolitic local intrigues. Our '
. j .t , ..r .1. J
frnm Williamsnort to Erie, as a mat.
. . ..... . . ,,!" ... 1 ' 1. .1 ..1 . ' '
ot rrrcat pUolIC importance, aUU WOUIil j
.:. 1. :i . 1.1:. i
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But they see no reliable prospect Ot that
result at present, and believe, with the
City cuuucila 01 J .iiaoe.j.u..,, iu..i t.ieitu
C TU :i-J ,t..l.: I.. 1
. . , , .- .- ,atCl,jn low.iru.f a nlKi-iipnoii el 0.1,1. (l i by
great public enterprise, it is, under! the county of Nortnnm'iei.n'J 10 ih suvk of
ite and present mauagemetit, only a ie tsn-jnelunii K lilreaJlWpany.
of a
its late
gigantic private speculation the gentle
disclaimer of the Miltonian to the contrary
notwithstanding.
We cheerfully admit that tho road is said i
to be under contracts, privately made with
a few individuals, from Sunbury to Eric,
and that the contractors are responsible j " "'.-"ouoraoic ... e.ea. tn,
men, but this docs not mend tbe matter soj hostility to the Susq-tebanna rauroad. Tin
long as they are without a responsible 1 Ly a hush township
Company to back them. It is well under-, mag.strate-whieh townsbq4, lying q-r
stood that thPv have few if any available 5.r. lacker. w..;n ... the
cci poratc sub.-criptiour., i
aud Hut the great
...
bulk, if not all, tlu-ir individual subsc-rlp-
tions were coupl.-il witli conditions th it
Iiavc thus fir eJTettually tkd them up. If
is true thfy have been working i?i tli-
! neighborhood of Milton, and t one or
j two other points, but apparently .is mui li
... . .
! cct as anything e.so, au-1 ttio smin
; expended were not Iare r than might iw -
! he fl0n' & the -
tcrestrj imJ ly voluntary paymeii.s Iiom
" miiviiian stoektioMers, to Keep np
, , . ,
PIarances and deter tue .SuMjuchanna
Company, if possible, f.o.ii oneraliug above
I ft i a
I nnoury. 1 ue n.nr million loan in t.ug.
"1 ianel, ana
whetlier Mr. Fallon him-
1 self can Cet It U
upon a mortgage ol a roatt
that as yet has no tangible cxi.-tein-o, rv-
! m:mis to be seen. I.u. if tlie ( oii'iiaiiv
- - -
conraUe a,,nnt
i available resources, wtu i:e Mt.mt i -
kind enottgh to state whi.r: and v. hat tin-
' n i t . . i .i
re J',."t al."'
ausenr o oi amm-nnc ia..-., rue pin.i- vw,i
. maw tutu coueiusioiis iioiu iippcai iiiivs.
; M'slt Ul S SI vlltllUtD. I U r If. rtffll
. , . ,. . , , . ,. ..
. murh t.re-liaiion mi iLe '-jet t . If.e W m.p rl
k, tension 1 leiweeo tin- i; .ni. and iii f..,i!t. rv
. i- -n .. i ,
" 1 ""i-a.J
, ,nd .leiermiri. J on thu mij. rt. Thry lute but
on, ....j,,;,,,, on ,, ,.,. tj thm i,". tint th-v
will ton'tinet, at.il h.iiil in their own "
rvery men i iuii t-i w-., .-..tii..,,. nnu i,- ie.
:..v. .i. 1 i.. . . w.-.i .1 I- . .
., - .. . o v. .
1 - -
reitainlv i,e m-'a-ure l i ca e iSe nr.Surv
, t. .t , . i .. . .11
& h.;e e.tli.r ftovl r r.-.,..,-,! i m-ke n.r r.... I.
, v e pr.Mime ilie i.-..ikimr oi ihe two m ul.. i mi
Tbe fx-enitii of tne Suiit hanna r.-ti f nmil l
conteinj.l tied or seriou-Iv th illht ol. Sunb.tr j
Amman, J "if ".
. . , . . ...
Arc you panic stricken too, frund .'ias-
. ... i
: ?cr, or now are we io iiceouot n r nns sin-
abandon the l:-id, an 1 leave but one. 1 ue
: o . . . 1 ,. .. . .1. . 1 . .
abandon tin- i:-i'i, ani leave but one. lue
. , ... M: ,. , ,
such is their fixed determination. J ln-v
', . , ,, , , , '
nave 'crossed the Kubicoii, ami can ti.t
nave csiauiianeu tuv 1 n;i mat tne on.-q o.
.... . ... ..
I.... .1.. (.. tl ..mi'.. ,.w. ,i,.. . 1
Baltimore members of the Biurl, rspoeial-
b itnrc overtures of
con-promise; but, wiih the aid that can
and will be furnished between l. -wislmi-'
and Williamsport, push tho road through
to the latter point.with the least prac-tie ible
delay. The .liwm also states, that
" Should Mr. Fallon fail in negotintinj th
M.n, 1 m:h animi m tpi iiii
....
mil, no doubl, like plice. a.. I the t.ity Loum-il.
. , I k... .... wv .. ... ... -1- L .. 1. ..... .1
wl(l s.i ir-lla M v j,i ce lr , III4KR inr 8Uiri;iiiii 17 i
.!. 000 000 a id ihere are u'her rani'atisu na,lv
-ul " u'" -""u "eic aie o.ner capi.aii.-l3 u ail)
w ine uou.
This is a frank confession of the doubt
ful standing of the .S. .t E. managers, from
one of its special friends. With a new
organization, wiser counsels and a more
just and liberal spirit will doubtless pre
vail. A few weeks will shew.
4 The Stisijuchani.a. Rj.IouJ arili beextt n h-J
tl l.e.visL.ure. we I. n. .ro..,'r.l ihe nine:. el
lhai I'Urc will mi-e th.' ni'irn-v i.) il l m. It wn
upon ihe-e condition, and tnese alouc, that the
Tj f - C V...... . . . . a . . . .
iliraru ui .1 nee,, w.-tr. itiviuet-u li. .imv; la.i I'l.
Fllen.'i.m. I he money, therefore, fU'vcri.-e I lo
,he MUM,.ln.,a roa.i will nol be a;.pro,.riaieJ
C, the 7.,.rn.. of t ,i. e.leit.ia.i , . til aa .h.-
l" "?"-' "P"" the o.iiens o,
nui e icrv mnn. Milttmtatt. June S4.
;., countv lamonntiii ? to Sril.'i (llh. with
" . . . .
a prospect 01 raising SUH1C auiiltloUal tllOU-
gaud.-') wore to be relied tinon for i.iakiii:
4
the condition
vas :;t
oure aceeiled to bv the Dir.-etors from this
county. But at the l ite meeting of the
Hoard in Baltimore 11 of the 12 Iirect-
nr-i rir:ii'. rtresent. the rejoin. ton imrtosin-'
oi e"
resources, energies and interests ot th
...
Susquehanna Company, are now. ly the
- . .:. ie . en
nnmimou aa.i.m oi us I'.reetors. i itiv au i
uncq-iivoeal! v committed to the extension
of the road from Snnbury to V. r,ii.tuipo. t,
via Tisliur sml Munev. -f.-,i
..S.::: ' Y YY.':Y. tt.
,4o. II eiser ami i iiaues iv ritfi. un- Mrro u'i
of the present fommis.i.wrii of No.ih.iinli.rl.io.l
I county.svcre arrested on Kri liy l.ii. o-
a etil',
f attrmplinrj l I'mI l-hn-.im Albert, oiie of
' foinmiseionew of the wms cmmiv. I.ir the
. ,atlctljn , .J1l,-,ip,il(II , f :f ZO.t.Wi-t by
.'U'l'O.-O m iin I" (ll. c m- romii
liie above parairrapli or.sinatcil r.i a
communication iu the Danville pipers,
but as we find it traveling the rounds, it
is tho merest act of justice to state, that
this prosecution u utterly groundless, and
orioiiiated iu personal malevolence an 1
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I em l.fnr.i I.... I r. ... ........ 1 flulll I .1 Tl 1 ll
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VOLUME X NO. 12.
-
AVlini.F. XlMEKR, 4F0.
a f Montour county and eoDtrary
o established usae, required tfce rlefeD-
d ints to ho bro ight before him.i-.If and no
io iior jtu'iee. !.iiiimi.ionHr Aiotil w:
! hiin If the only witness, yet the mott
; searching ahd point blank interrogri'oncs
e -i i . . .
aiieu cnt-it troiu ttiis Wiiiing witnej
l - iny testimrny whatever to criminate the
'Uf' f cn furnish ground, of
"-pieion against tucm, yet the ju.-ticc
. ...em J'f, to appear and an-
, .,! ... . ,
-r at the August Court m Sunbury.
-'1'e few Conrts ag, bills of indictment
a .1 .
.. . same rjck-mlanto,
t,,r ?;""e alltged olTeucc.iitid s'lprmrtcd
. v .. .1.. . ir . .
' l'J ",J wi-eame lesumonv, but were
proniptly ignored by the Grand Jury for
: nam oi eMence.
;
Jr corres-
, k ; "er.m i .me, Make
. -mul.tr iiisinualious agaitist the Union
'('..hi,... . Z : .i . .
. V uKm.j witli tue
j ' .....g piouta ncpaaia-
1 ' . rati was ma'ie at our
! ia.it Court for iLe alleged LrlLmnA 7....7-..F
, , . .e . t 11- ....
to meet face to face tu public, which the?
I , 1 i na uc,
the presence of a lare number e;
1 . c
-."rso-is, but tne accu-ir-r u't.-rly failed to
! , . . . J
tLey
f
to
i a"1J Fr-f of the truth of the charge.
Tj the r-i.rar of tie LtwUbu.-v Chroniei..
. nnu, on JiJim!" you av is tha
q'les'i-n.as lo ihe location of Ihe Kepreaenuiiva
n.'l fall, hoir.e of us would be contented ftilh
Jl DUE i!i;Al.K our Kpre?en(ative ajaia.
Ilts i in evrry respect an honest and capiLlo
mart. 1.11J wi.ul.l de.ire to carry out the wished
ii hi cuii-ti uenH, fully. Hi has haj the olfi.a
but 01. a le.m, and by o-ag of ihe dominant
1 any 1. entitled to a re el. clion, if it would suit
Uini 10 te.ve. We can afl'irj lo lie eeneroua 1
little Juninti, as one-third of the ti.-ne she will
. h.ve t,u direct share in the councils of the
1 1- . .. v
. . n,i r .
' NORTH END.
: B.;Ti, , , ... . ,
It.' I iln All 1 WflfinTi 1- K r ea I. .wcsa
' - - " ' J u ui l-VI ll'JLt,
,lf- -,;,, e . , .
tl,c t:tlAlls of Luion couuty desire
. ,. ,,,,-.. .1
. "-' Jteprcst-ntaiive this year. 13 as a test
- - '
v i..ier jtuJ cr.nruiuiiic: within, the words)
"For I'ivi.-i on," or "Agaiust Division,"
and permitting all to bo thus heard with
out uniting it with any pprty or personal
questions. Will the Anti-Divi: ioa Com
mittee and the Newspapers of New Berlin
agree to the submisoiou of the question ia
this form ?
J udge Bealc would no doubt faithfully
regard the decision thus arrived at.
U.nk'X Cia .vTV Ahead ! We see that
some one in mother Berks boasts of a hea-l
of Wheat on a stalk 0 feet 5 inches high;
and old Chester, one G foot aud J an inch.
I'oiou couuty is one quarter inch highest
J"- . "... ...
The i-.iiitMi's Fki utii is not forgotten
I 1 - ...re
" '-"-"6. miucicui .arieij oi
unobjectionable modes of remembrancM
:irc anticipated, as our columns bear evi-
I '
delict
WurtTiiY of Imitation. Two enter-
prising and public spirited citizens of Lock
ll.iven, as we learn from the Democrat,
are about transferring acres of land
the ibmors to the title of public bencfas
t.Ts. N one thing is more neglected
than that of beautifying our injfind towns
aud tiotuing contributes so much to that
en 1 ris i Titi-rj i i-i s sueh as is here proposed.
We i-IkiuM like to have the experiment
tried hrr. The spirit of progress in these
a'.ters is improving, and wo havo no
j,,,,..
f. our linr -uili authoririt'a would free-
y utuier,:io to i.ij cur, ana enclose ami
i .
propt-ly i".' up the ground, if any of our
i. . H..i. ...... ..I I . u-.... lit w K
I.4 Wiiliol exhibit equal lilK-rallty Wlitt
the te.o ir-titicmcti in Lock llavcn. The
eomiiHiuity, we lire satisfied, would freely
hear the expense incurred. There is ground
in lb-.4 ti iuity well adapted to the pur-
isi Then, we say, let it s have a park,
too.--, -.'M,rit l'iii.cr-i'.
PiilNMNii
;v the Acne. An Irislv
ntlein-iTi, re-Mvient in (. anada, was uesi-
1
im;is ot eisuading his s-ns to work as
I.j V.-wo il.nieii, instond of frittering away
tlu-ir i-i.n .-ttiu'io.is arait money in luxuries
and jib asure, and, as champagne costs ia
in Amnric snmctbiiig more than a dollars
whenever the old gentleman saw his sons
raise the bright sparkling wino to their
lip, be ued humorously to exclaim te
tliciu, '-Ah! my l-ys, there goes an acre
of land tree- and :il." .S- F. H ad.
C.n.rad List, of Piltsimrgh, went to In
dianapolis, Iu 1 , l ist week, to get married,
but (in ling bis intended engaged t v another
be ii-Miie-lntciy hting-biin-i-lf.