raanetiiiiuaiuj
LEWISB
CHRON
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LB.
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II. C. 1IICKOK, Editok.
O. N. WOKDEX, Prixter.
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VOLUME XXO. 1C.
Whole Xcmeeb, 484.
LEWISBUliG, UNION COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1853.
Ml
LBW1SBURG C1IUON1CLK
a isvtrtTDEyTVT jormi,
Issued on t'KWA Y mornings at Leuislurg,
Union county, I'eansylvnnia.
TFR VS. l.;iO pr year. Inr ca!i lutnanyln Mnmt
(l 7.'. if iii.i within iinvr ur.ntiis; it ,ia ithin a i auuut ou icei iruui lue - it iuuciu ( uc euturoiieu iving oi x ranee, aim peace
r;,;.rr tue right side, a third branch- will be concluded. England will be .How-
fultiXTr. ""t 'henho'v!"r","rHupi0''al ,uVavc wuicu bowever, was impenetrable on led to continue her commerce in the Med
Ai.vuBriint'iTs h:injs..,u. iy in rf j at so cnt. account of its narrow entrance. iterrancan and the Baltic, if she keeps the
'juare, ouc wo.-kt jjl t-ar wet-k... j a yrsr: two s.(u:irK, . 1 ' r
f f..rti ni..uiii.,j7 fir a yr. M.'r.antiir luin-rtiMH, The present proprietor of the cave is peace, if not the old continental system of
tniits. not rxni'Jini; unf li.iutli ufa o-Inii.u. $10 a y.:r. : ... -lT j , ,
job wokk an.i r..m:j lriTti-runuu to u iiaia tor .Noah i alter, who, a few weeks ago, Napoleon 1st will be enforced by the quad-o'jMiiv"ii"x"'ii.-itrrpnaii
jiihjict. of cmrai int.i-' bought an acre of laud, with the cave, for.ruplc alliance of Austria, Prussia, liussia
liu the sum of 83,000. With the exception and F ranee, and English commerces cxclu
ot Sundays, the cave is open to visitors j om their ports."
EZ"ZwJi?n
OFFICE (for the present) in Deavcr's block
on N. 3d St., first floor, 4th door from corner.
A Friend.
II'iv many lovely tiling e fioil
In earth, and air, anil .
Tlic diplnnt bi'lls Ujion tht wittil,
Tlie Mretoru on tlie tire ;
Put lon-lier far tban rhiuie or fluiror,
A valued friend iu Burrow's liour.
Sweet b tlie carol of a Hrtl
When warbling ou tlic ppray,
Aud beautiful the ni'iou's pale beam
That litrliU uit on our way ;
Yet lf ?lier lriru-J-liiji'ii limk aud word
Thau uiiX'niiht, or tbun wacbliug bir-i.J
How prix.il ti- eiral and the ph.-ll.
And valued, tim. tlie pearl ;
Vlio can tli liidJi-n treasure t.-U
O'iT wli?'.-b the Mft virvs curlF
Y t dearer ftill a friend to me
'1 han all in car!!:, ur air, or sea.
J'roai tlie raiivillc Pi-iicTit.
All EsCTirsiOQ to the " VinCcld Cave."
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Two miles from Daum'i Ho- 1
lei, in a sloping muscle-limestone hill on
the loft hide of the road is situated the
newly discovered " Wiiiikld Cave," which
was opened by the blasting of limestone
rock iu tho old stoue Jjanrry near by.
The angle of inclination of the limestone
strata is 43 degrees, while the direction in
which the cave runs through the rock, is
from W. S. W. to E. N. E
Ata distance :
of S7 feet, the cave is divided into two j by the following brief but melancholy
branches, which essentially differ from one statements. It will be remembered in the
another, the latter of which I followed for ; list of the dead, were recorded four un
about, 10 feet, and then was compelled to ' known persons, a man, woman and two
stop on account of its narrow passage. lads of about 11 and 15 years of age, and
The whole length of both caves is there-' they were buried without being recognte-
fore 177 feet. Doubtlessly the branches
i.ln..lK. f.i.rA,l
3, II 11 1 1. IA (111.. i;i il'lUail 1 lUJlUI.il
f-.m 1. d.nmn lm,.vli tUf wib . i
l 'J ill i hi- l .i 1 1. 1 ui j I " n i ii mis iw.. ,
and their forms arc as amerent, as me
physical causes which originate them, j
St-.tMi.fllpa in flii-ir nrimarv fmnation ren-'
ront n smnll. rnndit cone with a central !
anerture their color is white, and their '
i
compo;
even
this
pendci like small t.ius
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roof and the sides. Their contiuued :
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..r v. i,;..i, !
..TJ . ...v.- fc j fc- I
around them. As the water does not con- !
tinue to surround the stalactites in equal !
proportion, after the latter having obtained
a certain size, the previously formed cavi- j
ty becomes tarHt. iml, until finally pressed
to the ouUile it dipeais altogether. !
The stalactites present r.-"u!ar circles after I
me siaiaeiiiesires.ui r. u.-ir luuuiuu ,
being broken, correspondins with their
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pines. It two ot these stalactites come in '
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contact in consequence of their growth, 1
they form those beautiful bands, which
arc found in such great quantities. If the
weight of the drops of dripping water is
too great to adhere to the ceiling, they fall
to the bottom of the cave, aud form an
ascending cone with a large basis, inas
much as the water-drops scparato and
spread by coming in contact with tho
ground. In this manner the beautiful
sugar-loaf 6hapcd columns arc formed,
that appear as it were the watchmen of the
m I 1. it i . e i " 1. -1. i.
cave, l hey are irom l to o ieei in ueigue,
and sometimes even reach to the roof. j
The wall between the two branch caves
consists partly of limestone, partly of great
layers of stalactites, which frequently
break down from their own weight, thus
opening a passage from one cavo to the
other. Wbilo the branch cave, situate on
the left, is full of beautiful stalactites, tho ,
one on the right is but sparingly ornamen
ted with them which shows that the
flowing of water through tho first must
Lave ceased much Eooncr than through the
latter. The fresh, deep excavations washed
out by the water iu the shape of miniature
canals in the right branch-cave, form per
haps the most interesting part of the whole.
Which direction th"i3 subterranean water
lias taken, since it left the cave, can not
be known with certainty ; thus much,
however, is certain that many other caves
run through this limestone bilk This is
corroborated by tho many wok-holes,
which arc fraud upon tho top of the hill,
in which the water collects when it rains,
and then sinks into the ground. In addi
tion to this, a cave was found seven years
ago in this same quarry, but which is now
almost cntirclv ilrMrnvnil In- tbo niirrnnn
tf the limestone ; at its entrance ;-kcktons
J -v i
.: i j .i i : i :r-:i: .t.. i. I thru shall liarc chosen for the vuntote afore- will continue to train upon the back coun-!
crable distance. It' height varies from 8 The sad one of tho "unknown." It will bej " id and sLa11 the 8aiJ t0. .try. We have now better roads, bills are f to form Fulton county ; and that by ,ttW ,or ca h Commonwealth case for would be trodden down by factory opera
tor foot while the limestone rock i.nme remembered also that an infant very neat- hr"0,0,0 f this Commonwealth and I avoided, and every fanner has his .flfull of population arc well satisfied cEcer lt couU not cost 'the two , tivcs-or the mountains which environ it
to -0 feet, w hilc the limestone rock immc- remembered also, that an infant, very neat- shM be WOrn & anJ rccuvc u j J , ;J f L c . . , .,, , ; h fi f . f
uiatelv above is from 9 to SO feet in thick- i 1 V dressed, was taken uninjured from the rninrwn.itinn.l , carnago nue w uio coumy seau u , .c . i . . . ! . , , ... . .
uess. The aide, are thickly studied with ruins, but itself among strangers, without Sec. 10. That it shall and may bo law- 1810 one New Berlin newspaper, not half 1' , T V , i, 1 , Ulc'Dt" J ; anU itm
... .V.. ..'i..: i. .....i, fl f,, ,!, PnMMKunvv,,, f tu ..nmtv ! tl, ., f tlm Chronirh: was thn onlv satisfied, who should object .') Lifio.MER ; day necessarily employed, and receive no . But, it it must "ruin New Lcrbn," a
!mmaui.i.u.i.uka..i,...l.. o i . ti County Co.mmissicners' are ... . t.t .i i ..!,. located for connty purposes, each being it
under a very jrcntlc pressure. Ia ' excrt.ons, sucn Has lound to be tbo case. , . ailt,iri,0(. to ASSESS. LEVI'. I "fi " ulC4 " ? ! a,mAtr. 'i, 'u'.f v.llevT le'
e n...t. r. .t I Th ,nii;ni;nn lma 1a MmtnH tbft . i.r.rr ,.-n t .1. ' .1: WltH tbo people generally, I tliat iNCW lcr- i . " ' 7 . ' 'jiore.
Sta-U OI llll'ir tuiunuuu lui-l jic rav - ..c- tana 1 ULdLiXs 1 1 , lit lllU lliuuui t Uliwuvu . 'iihImI ,v nrr.r In (IT in Li j In!
were found, which probably were the re-
u,ains of Indians. The new cave is only
about 40 feet distant from the old one.
And, during my visit, we found, at a dis-
' i., l , en r.i. r ,i. w-e. .1 1
V the email admission of.
12 cents. Stalactites are not allowed to
be broken and taken away. To visit this
natural curiosity must prove of interest to
all sexes and ages. It is, as it were, a
holy place a chureb and each stalactite
a preacher, who, by his mysterious silence,
is calculated to awaken nobler feelings iu
the human heart, than many a Sabbath
sermon of two hours' duration. Here, in
uight-likc darkness, the powers of nature
tiro ceaselessly striving and working to
wards a common end, which apparently is
worthless and without interest.
v;u;.i.. t '
contemplate and admire those stupendous
Z : i i- V
caves. They are formed from single,
l;irfr5 if crnlar'tirna nn ihn ei.tna nf linrli
slowly dripping drops of limestone water.
Go, aud karu from them parsimony and
i pcrscvcraucc ! l'rocecd thither iuto its
Li..i i .-r i- i i j
una auu liivsienous cuumuers ; oow uown
,.,f.. . .,.
""""o i
, your hearts to imbibe true
rr..,...t
! and you will return with buoyant spirits,
and regenerated both in body and soul.
S. Shxcbmax.v.
Danville, July C, 1853.
Melancholy and Strange.
We arc once more reminded of the tcr-
rible collision of April last, near our city,
cd, with no friend to follow them to the
rrA in tA-.Am nr rannirnisa it. ft. tififiirullv
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nrnilivl t Im er in n.l liiA ftf mnnv nf nnr r.iti.
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zens, anu wm muu.j cmw .v. uu uu.ku ;
iu one of our most respectable families.
A COW Was also on board the train, for :
which no owner could be found. It was
feared that aU these might belong to one !
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1 1..:.,. ' , t.i- ' fi5W. d nf.,r Ion. erTntined aud faithful I for the safe keeping ot the records, foll upon tLe puUic ear the announcement " --t-S-.y , two
ur " u,v;'' ' :
killcd.about 17 years of age, and supposed:
'tobe Mr. Misner. from a card found in '
I,i3 noeket with the name unon it, was also !
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one of the sons. The name of tho faintly ;
was Kellogg. They were moving from !
New York State to Minnesota, whither j
two elder sons had already gone, and leav-
ing behind a daughter of full age. These I
three remaining members of tho family j
bave been here, have reclaimed their jn.
, .
fant sister, aud visited the grave of their!
narenis and three brothers. This is tho
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sauues. lam ui m wun mm mis
memorable and heart rending catastrophe.
Its record will live in some families more
than one generation. Chicago Tribune.
Terrible Stroke by Lioutmso.
Mr. Francis Cooley was instantly killed by
lightning, on Tuesday of last week, at l'c
oria, Wyoming county, New York. The
deceased was standing in his store, filling
a camphene can, when tho lightning, en
tering at tho back of tho building, struck
him near the bead and passed out through
his heel, entirely stripping bim of bis
clothes, and causing instant death. The
camphene was also inflamed, and when
Mrs. Cooley entered the room, hardly a
moment having elapsed, the deceased was
standing upright against tho wall, envel
oped in a sheet of flam?. Mrs. Cooley
and her sister were sitting, at the time,
about a table, in a room over the store ;
and the top of the table was separated
from its legs in an instant Two persons
were in the store at the time one, a young
man, standing near tho door, was tossed
into the street a distance of nearly 20 feet
the other, a lady, was prostrated and
rendered scnsclcsc ; but neither were eeri-
onsly injured.
A Prophecy. A correspondent of the
New York Express ventures to make the
following prediction :
"The march to Constantinople will com
mence soon after the freezing of the Bal
tic, as a barrier of ice will then protect
Russia's northern boundary and their
navy in that quarter for Eeveral months.
England and France with their nary will
not be able to arrest the progress of 200,
000 Russians, who will seize the Ottoman
Empire. Franco will threaten Russia by
lnd, but, at this stag" I'niKiia mi Austria
will take off their masks and face France.
A revolution will break out at this time,
and Napoleon will take to his heels and
go loafing to America. Henry V. will
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SNYDER COUNTY
Historical Data.
We connect, in the following extracts,
the prominent points in the history of
Union as a county, for general information,
An act erecting part of North umbcrland
county into a separate county, to be called
Union March 'J2, IS 13.
Sec. 3. That from and after the third
Monday of December next, the Courts of
Commou l'lcas and General Quarter Fes-
sions in and for the said county of Ui:iun,
" I shall be opened aud held at buch Iiousls as
tun V I m Mii.iiri: Ti f Ifiil .r lio i !.iin imu i. in r.rj
I01 "a county, to do elected at the n.xt
general election, in the town of Mil rux-
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BUBO, MiiY a Court House skull he erected
andor said county as nKREisAFrm
..ito, ana men tuau ue utia at sucn
Court House.
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. ?tc". y- laa. ino uovemor oe, anu ue
,s n(.rci,y authorized ana refiuirea, on or
u r... .r... :.... i c si .
to appoiut three discreet and disinterested
persons not resident in th countv of
Northumberland or Union whose duty it
shall be to fix upon a proper and convenient
site for a court house, prison aud county
offices within the aforesaid county of Union,
as near the ceuter thereof as circumstances
rurt'i'ra
people of said county generally ; and said
nersons or a inaioritv of them bavin?
viewed the relative advantages of tho
eral situations contemplated by tho people
Mian uu ur ueifiu iiiu uini vj ui wuij
i i 4. .v.. .1.. i .jf.
v,r . .i. r.. t a.... r T.,l..
next, uy a written report, uu'iei tut; ii.iuua
OI a UiuloriLV vl lucill, cuitiiv, ueseiiuu
and limit the Ve or lot of land which
of Union, who shall be elected at the next
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o nmmnce to tucm
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piccc of groun(i as sulu he o;.)oiW oby 1? unjy 1 rmtl"
th mrsina nnnointed as aforesaid, or a"e uavc lreble(
I omce oi sueu ioi or
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majority of them.for the purpose of erect- ,
l-NO thereon K couut house, jail and j
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") V"5 ' " "
Levies, A sufficie.n
Fies. A sufficient rum at l'tiKAi
THE EXPENSES THEREOF.
Two of the Commissioners under this act
. a,:.,., i j n(r..u T.n;.if,... it.. : v tj..j: -
"ul"rac" "" "u,""u '
each made strenuous efforts to secure the
County Seat on their side of the Ridge ;
but the Commissioners finally settled it at
Eongstown or New Berlin. The County
(wording to the terms of the
law) were erected by Taxation.
flrpat .lisitif u-lion r,revaile,l with this
Great dissatwlae ion pre vai cd with this
location, as we find by the following Leg-
islativc record :
House of Representatives, We;and ley hnJ theretlect.on a very nnpleas
T iriwi- f ,anl one, painfully gall:ng to tlmr public prufc
January It), 1SJ.O. i ;,; ,,.,. therefore are THEY d,1ern.intd.
Mr. WlLLETT, from the committee to
establishment of the beat of J ustice at
whom was referred, on the Otll and loth 'another rise in tneir piace mat shail he a
inst, eighteen, petitions from tho inhabit- niT to the Cnr-xr They have already
. . i-n i . i f ,i, 'once exercised their right of petition, asking
tants ot Union county, complaining of the :""tf,, , , Lom hh. ., i.u.i.i.
LonstOWn, and praying that a law may encouragement enough to proceed, l'y the
be passed authorizing the appointmcut of j way, it is somewhat remarkable what marvel
Commissioners to review tho several places lous changes sometimes take place, between
originally in contemplation for tho seat of ; s"f et and Mnrise. m well in men's opinions
7 . , ' i u i . las the weather. But let lhe fcrantl Jury at May
jastice, made report, which was read as;lerm prepare to KC,ive a petition, , mm
IUUOW9, 12 . J
"That on due investigation by them, it
appears that Jjunastoien, fixed on as a site
t..r ,li l,n;l.i;n. k. nf tl.onnm.
uiissioners appointed under the original
act, though it may be as near live center of
territory as any of the other situations con
templated, has none of tlisr. natural, ad-
:ZTC 'i a
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W11U1U eW lllllCS Ul lliu lUUlirasii umu
..,ntn; nn,! surrounded bv sterile land.,
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Longstown (alias New Berlin) has not note,
NOR IS THERE A PROSPECT THAT AT ANY
PERIOD 1IF.XCE it will ITAVE any com
merce or manufactures. To perform those
duties Whicu e citizens owe u.e commu-
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nity,u great jttujoriiy iiaccio iruuei ahalui
THE CURRENT OP BUSINESS to a place
which combines not the opportunity, at the
same time, to transact his private business.
In it be finds no market for his produce,
nor can bo make purchases to advantage of
those heavy articles which arc of the first
necessity to the agriculturist Though the
town has existed fur upwards of twenty
years, yet, from these local disadvantages,
the buildings are but few, and those few
not respectable. These considerations,
though obviously important, and which
have universally had influence on similar
occasions, seem not to have bad any weight
in tho honest but unguarded minds of the
two commissioners.
A considerable majority of tho people
had remonstrated against the location. But
the Commiwioncrs bad decided, the Build-
ings were up, and although the Assembly
passed a bill to re-consider, the Senate
refused to concur. And the 8 th of March,
1S15, tbo matter was disposed of by the
following Act of Assembly :
Sect. 1. That from and after the first
Monday of May next the several Courts iu
and for the county of Union shall be open
ed and held in the Court House in the
town of New lierlin iu the said county,
and it shall be the duty of the several
officers iu tho said county of Union who
now by law are obliged to hold their offices
in the county town, to remove their respec
tive offices to the said town of New lSerlin
on or before the first Monday of May
aforesaid, any law to the contrary notwith
standing : I'roet'Jaf, That a-full and a
svffirieut deal in fee simpfe for tho Court
lljiisc and lot whereon tlie same shall have
( been erected, shall, on or before the first
i Monday of April next, be tendered to the
Commissioners of the said county on the
payment of sixty-seven cents by them."
Thus, for a nominal sum, the lots on
which tho Buildings are erected were con
veyed to the County, although afterward.-?,
(according to a current report) Mr.Sccbold,
the principal donor, sought compensation
' from tho county Treasury !
I T T.. ! ... .1.... r.,.nt..?,wT 1m
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: 10 000 inhabitants, scattered over a tract
i -
, ,
Then, roads were rough and uneven, and
the traveling performed mostly cn horse
back. Tlie resour
ices of the country were
(developed, tho staple
cing less than 200JUO
. .
comparatively unU,
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i V" -v
bushels Thus circurust inccd the Coun-
J Seat question was passed by, to be
' revived, by another generation, when new
' County Buildic-s should be required.
Nearly forty years have passed. New
! rjerlin remains as it was in l$10--not a
! , . pnn:ni0Jate ,i.e lt U
Thewhole!
j North-Eastern, Eastern,
crn border has now a Ca
ni, and South-East-
Canal, a Telegraph
sev-;Wire. and will soon have a Railroad, in
a(j;tjon t0 tuo HiTCr t0 draw trade, travel,
, . ,
business and
population from, instead of
nter of the conntv Perm-
- rf
'lation increases fastest along that line, aud
'paper in the county. Now there are C or
i J
,g newspapers and more than haf the
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LOUnty I rintin is looo upon tLo ll.vor i
cd in population, and in-
creased much more rapidly in wealth
"Like a clap of thunder in a clear sky,
in hml fiskpil t ho (-mnil .1 nrv. nnd omnn .
!.:.t: . t. .... ,e .ni: e '
iniiuiu a iew tuies 01 Bauuini" ujnu iuc
county, another tax to repair or rather re-
build the County Buildings! And the
! lUK F"i'
the fulness of its fancied security and the
safety of New Berlin m its grip upon the
purses of the rich farmers of the county,
published the following proclamation :
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7 J TI 1 1
"I n on county is sadly bchmd Ihe majorily
sist(.r cfiami(s lhe BEic.r,J
:r(TIK,CE or ,It:n ,,UBLIC T.v.msl;s. .w
nf the titizem of the count frel titii rerj snui-
mat those ISulldiiiK Nliall fall, anJ
; bll, lhis was refused, though ihe close mte
ousty signed, and couched in such linguage, as
will compel thkm to report lavorat-iy to a
New Court Hucse, and wipe on a tocl
STA1S O.W THE ralH FACE U THE COIKTT.
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This stealthily devised scheme awoke a
storm of indignation throughout the conn-
.MU m a KDOr lT r T I
'met. wr
JOUL 1113 IlldlUll-U. IHtl J"- l ii u vi.iiii.
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i alarmed, and hired men at $1,50 per dny,
and 3 cents per name, to procure remon
strances agaiust Division. Over 4000 cit
izens in all petitioned, and although sev
eral hundred majority asked for Division,
.t wm toQ ,ute jn iU gcason fof Mtj .
The New Berlin people begged for "delay
for the present" and "time for reflection,"
and time was granted them.
BSTBuT THEY DID NOT TRY TO " COM
PEL" a new Court House "at May term"
they postponed it "until some more fav
orable opportunity.".
And now, how do they meet the issue?
Do they come out like fair, honest citizens
willing that the majority should rule:
jfoon the contrary, all the New Berlin
newspapers have not only refused to give
bnt one side of the question, but bave also
prejudiced and misrepresented the Division
plan as far as it lay in their powcr.
j The Divisionists asked that the question
'ebnubl be settled by the people at the bal-
l
lot box to vote " For Division," or
"Against Division," as they shall choose.
Is not this a fair and honest proposition?
and should it not be fatisfactory to all?
Yes, all will say that is the way to decide
it. But docs New Berlin consent? No
she will not even deign to notice the
proposition ! She dare not submit the ques- j
thu to vat, but prefers to risk it by in -
trigues and stale issues and falc alarms ! j
Are the New Bcrlincrs and their allies
honest when they try to revive the Rail- j
road excitement, and falsely charge the
Division candidates as only Railroad and
not really Division men ? They attempt
to make a question which has been de
cided, and which is dead, take the place
of a question which is real, and yet to be
decided. Is this fair just honest? Does
it not betray deliberate knavery, and fear?
But, "the end is not yet."
The Objections
To the proposed Division of Union coun
ty, arc altogether more fanciful than real.
Lit us look at them.
1. " The counties would be too small.''
The object of counties is, tho aecomuioJa-ti'-u
of the people. The siz? of the coun
ty, or the shape it bears, is of no conse
quence compared to its utility. You may
as wdl choose a wife for her size, or a farm
for its shape, as to erect a county by rule ;
; 01 fi2urc- TLo trutU 'l!i Statcs '"""tics, I
j uai Townships are formed to agree with j
l'lC n"!"r! dicir.tons of lakes, mountains, j
r'vtr:?j In flat, level countries, uuifur-
u"1 aua rlS,1,; anS'es may answer ; mu uot
: s0 ia niountain-and-valley broken Penn.-yl-;
I vau!a- Observe the boundaries Nature
La3 Slven between L uiou aud 2. orthutu -
jberland, Union and Lycoming, Terry and
Juniata, Juniata and Mifflin, MilHin and
Huntingdon, Huntingdon and Blair, and
j 60 oa cf 20 or counties in I'ennsylva-
' uia- 1,0 matter what shape or size a val -
iIoy cr sc0Pe of country may have, if the
; people have ability to maintain a county
' organization, and desire it, they sooner or
i atcr obtain it. Only 7,507 people m a
x.-iii4ii.l
j mountain-environed valley on tho eastern ,
part of Bedford county, were- recently cut
allcT comprising A large iownsuips on
.i -iiil-t. it..P ..t 1
1 1 ' ' esuuuieiauu
county, unanimously ask for eounty prir-
ileges, and will obtain it, however long
the present county seat may bailie them.
Tiiere would be smaller counties than ours
climb the mass of the population at the '
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ccntral P0in .anJ mt a 1QW muls nao
! to the extremities.
2. "Unable to bear the lurden." In
the saving of roue alone,individuals would
more thau make up for any extra expenses. '
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But wo arc abundantly able to sustain the
change. There are now, of the G4 couuties
: G..l. hi.Iti 1ft rt fi Iiirrlivr 1-JllllM- !
in " a - i
tion than ours, only It with more taxes , lxro hundred dollars if the county would ;
assessed, only 23 with more taxables, and j divided. And we are also certain that !
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only -J wiiu more pcpuianuu. i u are
AnovE THE AVERAGE in every particular
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lAVI.j' 1.11 11.11 unf" ' " . ....
industrious population can casiiy manage :
two communities.
3. "Too sparse population." We now ,
number probably o0,000 souls. hen
set ou, Ave prouaojy iiaa ouij iv,vvv over :
lm.n isfrfift mnHlr K:i,,l
" i ".- ..i.,w - - j r. . - j u.,,...mtliJjt ii nil., jiuuijv uuiiuiun, uuu uic
and established in everything desirable for j also determined to make the tax -payers iu
permanence and convenience. Ko vein the county pay for it Selinrgroce Dim-
county in l ennfiicanmever sianea u-iin as
large a jvipulalion as ours urouhl hutr.
FH'TEEN THOUSAND Union County
Farmers and Mechanics, could make a
State ! In proportion to size, there would
I hn no two richer or more convenient coun-
tieg jQ llje gute
. u WQulJ jer M tf go :
- , they sundered from
Bedford and Berks enough to make North
umberland county, comprising all the State
to the north-west. So they thought when
they cut off from Northumberland, Lu
zerne in 17SC, MifHin in 1780, Lycoming
iu 170.r, Centre in 1800, and Columbia
and Union in IS 13. But who would now
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re-unite those broken tics? Let the Di -
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vision take place, and m four years not a
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man would be found five miles from New
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Berlin who would advocate a re-uuion.
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In truth, the North and South portions
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of Union county havo little business or
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social interests in common. e should be
just as good neighbors, separated, as we
are with our old Incnds in Northumbcr-
laud. Thcro would be more harmony,
morc good feeling, after division, than has
heretofore existed.
tSTNo one pretends to deny that Mr.
Snvder's ape and oualifications are decided-
lv superior to those of Mr. Simouton : and
the lat ter gentleman has plenty of chances j
fer 0 years to come.
Fair Play.
If 0ur information is correct, Union
county has been represented in Harrisburg
for EIGHT TEARS past, as follows :
1S4 Jacob 'MCurley Esq. of WhtteDccr
1847 do da
lSSamM Wtirick E-q. of New Berlin,
j'j, gl;f of JjwisLrjrg
j0 do
i s5- j
ltfy'i do
(
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1354 do do (to serve.)
All from tlieXortli rtnrtof i
of L nion county-
It is now proposed by some to have another j an(1 a11 'be advantages incident of Thou
Kepresentative from this eud, leaving the sauJs of IHars every year. It has also
South portion (Snyder couuty) another ' Lad tte Iion'8 sbare of "'1 the best Offices
year unrepresented, and Juniata county in j TUe town h:ts becn U over half a
tho same condition and the North end of j century is geographically central has
Union with two. j aa intelligent and economical population
Is is fair that the South end of this! yet, with all these facilities.what is it?
couuty shoujd have no representative, an- j A I'Ia0C " 700 Pu0Ple onIJ ! prospect
other yesr still? anything better adapted for a County
i-If tho Middlecreck voters can stand j
that, we suppose Buffalo Valley can.
Which will be mo3t Expensive?
The New Bciliu papers are endeavoring '
to make the people believe that in tho The same advantages, at any town on Buf
cvent the county were divided, it would 1 t'aloe, Middle-creek, or tho Iiiver, would
increase Tases in 'he e iuuty to a larg'j . have aided in building up a town or townJ
amount. We will satisfy every honest man ; of as many thousands,
that tlie stateineu's published in the New ; No Division vcoidd lenrjrt Alio Berlin!
i;tri;u papers are erroneous, and without'
anjr foundation,
'pi.e President Judg
cro paid by the State,
ge anil the Associates !
and therefore could
,Qake no additional t;tx on the counties.
, The i-rdent Judge will Lave to hold the
Courts in the two counties, aud will not '
; rocc;ve one cent additional pay, as his s.l-;
1 a,.y is fixed by law at seventeen hundred
i dollars per annum. !
j qo Sheriff, Prothonotary, and Register
& Recorder are paid by those who th.y
j transact business for, and not by the conn- '
: iyj an,i are 0iy pa;j f,,r what they do.
As to the Commonwealth suits, the ex-
j penses could not be increased if the coun-'
j tJ WOuld be divided, for
for each couuty i
; WOuld have to try the causes arising iu its
i
connty . and it n0t cost one cent more
tnan jt j,, now. 3 tue ftC3 are fjxej ;
i m,leage, therefore the expenses could not
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, i,e increased, lor each sett oi Commission-
ere would only have half as much work to
j0 as they have now.
xte Treasurer's pay is fixed so much on
the dollar, and this item could not cost the
counties one cent more than at present.
would require two Grand Juries, one
ich county, and the mileage for the
one Grand Jury would be aa additional ;
,TW11M nf ,,,. .l.irtv.t.:.-. A.llar,. W
p - ,. - . - j ,
!s there is now two weeks' Court, if a di-
jvision takes place there would be on!y;aclf evident, iluit we tan as weU vote for
one ween a v.ourv iu eacn county, ana
therefore the expenses could not be iu-1
creasej.
-Ve have now given a statement of the
items and are certain that under no cir-
i 11 .l. -i .. I - .
cumsiaucc cuuiu ii.e esira eireuse oe uer ,
j,re humtrcil ttoliars Kouhl OasaeeU to the
tax-payers every year, lt the seat of jus
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litU l.UUill 1I11IUI-I1 llll b VI IUU WUUUlj
0t the ew licrliu combination.
If the county is divided, each County
mu.-t erect all tho l'ublic Buildings by
subscription; not one cent cf tax will it ! ,
cost to erect ail tue public buUaing3. The
L J
okrat.
Kigb.t injura New Berlin."
Perhaps as strong a pica as the oppo
nents cf Division especially those who in !
person or by friends have property inter-',
csts in New Berlin make, is, that it will
hijure that town. This pica, however.
availed nothing when the seat i f govern
ment was removed fri-iu Lancaster to Har-
I risburg, when Columbia and Union were j
cut off from Suubury, nor when the
couuty scat was taken from Mifiliultirg to
New Berlin.
If a division will benefit the County,
ono town should not complain. As it is,
. i. n iiiim niiii.i5 man j lunns I'j in-ni"
: , A ' . ,. , cl
iv TJ...1I l i...:
me -ouiny ceai, ior it uiscomuioues a
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I great majority. Besides, New Ber. in has
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I bad the advantages of a County beat for
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! forty years, aud '-turn about is fair piuy,
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i the world over.
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It 13 true, that towns have their rise and
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anu nolmuS can Pre"c
i,,u iuimu..i, uuu
i Canals bave ruiucd some towns iu Benn-
j sylvania and built np others. This is our
of "the ills that" towns, ad well as "fieth
' Lt!r t0-"
Oa0 iration will show to all eou-
; ccrncil tLe irrcaistiblo tendency of things
iiuu-w jjwhu. Xiriucriv Her ucaJiity 10-
cation and the cheapness of living m;ido
1'nnting one oi btr main supports. But
now she has but half the periodicals tho
once had ; the German State Printing ia
gone; and the German Methodists bavo
raised a fund of 512,000 or 20,000 to
remove their Book Concern to some more
central aud acws'iible location. These arj
facts, which no one can deny, or shut Lis
eyes against.
Vint tha vnnfti,. in mAll... K-I. rV.
w uiuiii.i ,1, auULUCK llllli. a V
f"rty yars 'cw Berlin has drained Union
coumy-Dy means or county ( ourts;county
' wi otucr conventions,
'nporium, ior another nail century : Ut
tuose wuo nave made lortuncs on Ulhccsi
there, nearly all have removed away to
enjoy them. With Itailroads ic. all about,
it may retrograde rather than increase.
So long as it has the County from which
j to draw its support, and the half of its
citizens are angling for Office and quarrel-
ing about county grW and "rents of
old stoves," so long will it not advance,
meutaay or pecuniarily. it is lii:c aa
indolent youug man, subsisting i-pon a rich
parent, instead of taraing his living and
depending upon his own resources. Cut
off these uncertain depeudeneies let them
have their share of Offices, only and GO
TO WORK, as "outside" Farmers and
Mechanics d, and from that period Ncxr
Berlin would begin to improve. Its capi-
tal and its enterprise would be diverted
from Omce-iiitriguing, and.devoted to mi
ning and manufacturing purposes. Its
able-bodied citizens would not necleet iu
. .
water power and traverse, the county ta
teach farmers how to vote that "grass"
some win bave it, p,raa;.s tho advico
. r 1
fciveu oae oi uur cueus couia.us gounu
philosophy " the sooner you 'ro ruined,
I the better for you."
For the Lewiabnrg Chronicle.
Time Repnblicanism.
The Selection of candidates ta he vntp.l
j for ly curSt.lvcs dllt:lj b a powcr wLica
: w j onfi , , tn -r .
- inhmnt ; th
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pie, and should
never be dihijattd except
whcn akoiutoIy
'
ur C!.,i:jatpa nlIIN1.i, tn vntA
IelcCaUs to vote f.T Cand
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i i o power should be dtlfjated,
i i t ,
Candidates for as.
or conferred.
which e-an be cj-trc's-d.
Thus our old system is unnecessary, aa
a 68m.;.u f .va
joeg j jp tb
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tban H: l Ins
, e
at New Berlin, with less
rs, gets tirilce good offices
1 I : I : .'. .'f.l ii-!.;
- 1 .1 t' .i -if
,onc or more than Lartlcy with her 2ot)
' IV Mo. 9 II.-. J- .-:.,! ...... UV. 1.-1-
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..u.po. iiun 9 .i.iu.uijuig nun uci
75 Whigs get nmre than White Deer with,
double that comber?
Nothing is mere certain, to those who
watched political movements in Union
county for a few years, than that the Pel-
egate system has lost the confidence of tho
I rtiiiuifet mni nf fttiA WliiiyriHrlw TV.fi. nf.
... .. -.c t..,.
of candidates, and iuereusiiig non-attendance
at the Belfgate elections, is conclusive
evidence ou this point. Last year it was
ascertained upon inquiry, that not 300 of
the SOdO Whigs t-f Union county attended
the primary meeting
t all. This year
there will be three times that number, for
the people will have confidence that every
vote- Tiill be counted rijdit, and can not be
lo?t iu the hurly burly of a Convention
voting in the dark, aud thus irresponsillo
to their constituents.
The Democrats in Nothumberland nnl
several other countiis in this State havo
receutly adopted the system of voting for
candidates directly, instead of having '.hcru
raflled for by Delegates.
The Whigs of I'r.ion are decidedly in
favor f giving the new system a fair trial
at least. But those would-be leaders who
have sometimes by their head-strong self
ishoe!s led our party to defeat, cry out
again.- t it, and try to exeite honest peoplo
against it, before it has had a single trial.
They want Delegates they ca: tamper and
bargain with, and veto our choice.
1 wish to warn my brother Whigs who
wish to have an i'ii:ii power in the selec
tion of ranuidatis, that they must be care
ful to CIUX'SK Jl 1MV.& IN ITS FAVOB. If
tliry tan K-lce-t its opponents, they will at
last succeed in abolL-hing the system anl
restoiing the condeiuoed and unsatiKfactorT
lVl j-ttc plan. AN OLD Will.:
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