LEWIS
H. C. HICKOK, Editor.
0. N. WORDEN, Printer
The Lewistotfg Chronicle.
Iud on Friday Mornimj., at JwuAurg,
Union county, x ey.
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S.'T-S.-.t t b.NKA'J1;'ln,h.0n
rfTSl Cfcmfcfenrt ."rraosmrnt. ar. nd U obtain ,
..j with th 'm re mi-" --
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...oon rkH iu.rr, north rid.,aeoond nory.od
eirWetu. io.tomc woRDEW prcpri.,,,.
sjeK)aly one man in Congress betrayea i
Pennsylvania, by voting to allow Slavery
in Missouri. His name was Ldree, ac-
cording to somo papers ; F Merlon, accor-1
dine to others. No matter. It killed ;
him politically stone dead.
. . . t- -i i
tn na re-cieciuu. out. iaic. -i
- . o i .,,--I
be to all who shall betray the sacked caue !
of Liberty, and repudiate a compact made ,
more binding by 33 years' observance ! j
- i
. 'Tis the last pouua tnai. ortann .
the camel's back." The patient, yielding
North, exhibits many symptoms of return- j
ing devotion to the sentiment
Equality of Ititrht Nlui' pla.fi.
Slavery has we hope eiaetedtr..nia,!t-rty
all she ever will. Ihe AcbrasKa aooniiu
ation may be the culminating point in
the career of aggressive Despotism in our
quasi-Republic. The "Big Lilliputian"
(alias "Little Giant") has hazarded his
poUiauvl existence on a desperate game,
and his extinction -mill be the death of
niany who cling to his skirts.
SQt-The liashiiiiton Union of 16th ult.
. . ... . . I. : . nf
savs. e acADowieuge iuc irip v
J , , ,
the first two numbers of a democratic paper
... . i. rt i i ii . r, '
published in Nebraska," and adds, " It is
n effective argument on tho necessity of
N,,i this
organizing oor new territories, atowiuis,
Administration. And what will honest ,
men of all parties aay, nueu mtj v.-iaau
that the paper referred to is printed in
Jutra, and dated at a p!tu vrliere lUre t
bnt one tchile man ! By such shameless ,
and outrageous impositions, does Slavery ,
tseck to slide serpent-like into the fair '
territory of Nebraska. That the Union ,
lrne the whole thins was a base counter-,
.:. '- Ai.Lnl fraam 1 he furt that it does
.1 u Mr war. for evh artnalljF in aa'aiir.
'SimkT SuUrripU r a,i month, or lt to
a .infl Ani old natron procuring on.
hi! ehnJOirte '
a .t l I.i;t.r nrthe nrin-! (Whatapow'rof bugKand wormstheycatched!)
not name the place, the editor, or the prin , 1 Jw ?
tcr, but merely says " published (that is, 1 jn Tiew f tnis crue separation, it is a pity they
, . i n" V .I. " I were ever hatched
dated) " wt. ! By that old speckled hen.
tarTbe Jfcr-y Shore RrpmUjc. bw- ; chickenIisevaenlljr
ing advocated the annexation cf tbKlily-1 a puClica:;ence I"
settled portions of adjacent Tornships to. conce;t tbey detect any sim-
that Borough, tho Williainsport Gaxtlc . tween the foregoing and Mrs.
says the addition of two whole Townships )IIemass, .. on ,he , GmM of m
would not bring the population of Jcfsey ; nouschold," will please note it as an addi
Shorc up to 2000. The Gazette concludes ! ;n th(j lflng chapkr of tLe
with the remark in effect, "Pity the Lew- j ,c0lW(W of Gcnius.) -isbargers
had not somo such cl.atxe. lt WcUj ghanghai-ism, like the spirit
would not appear from the last census that . wu have if9 day ; but if it do
Lewisburg required any such aid, and if it, aMoras.Multicauli8-in-Fcathers,
Bhould, our friends in Churchville and m , e coufeis (hat we we somewhat
Smoketown might give us a lift. Surely, , IujijUkfln ; our ,,rescnt impressions.
however, Williamsport ought not to cavil j
....... c-k mniaM. We are informed, iu Howls and Yells.
in... wniinmsnort had!
UKing U ! . .... I
certain suburban villas then out ef, but
now within, the Borough limits counted
, 1 1- 1 j u.k. ..l.i;nn f 'ul even to tne AQmiiiisirauou.
With, and published as "the population of, we
WiUiamsport"....and by that mode -h -
eameuptoLcwisWg. That the allcga-) gound on
tion is correct, we also eoncI.de fro- the e Ue L u u back wWl
fonowing enumeration dipped from a late ( fc be dared
aiumberoftheAorJmcrn ; ns to inflict up0n our readenk The Editor
-Fhsti.v4!h Citis Tiwji. Ihe;" r ,,.,.,...,,
fj.srcensus of 1850 furnishes us the following : is absent, and ice don t like to be 'dared,
statement of the population 01 tne ciiie,.o u, ;
and villages in this State, which will be found .
....r.il fn. iawnrai
Philadelphia
408,7l2
Pittsburg
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Heaver, etc.
Norristowa
Carbondale
Columbia
Danville
West Chester
Lewistown
l'hieniiville
Meadville
85,438
12,369 !
Reading
Easton
Pottsville
.York
Erie
Carlisle
PiltstoB
Chambersburg
Tamaqua
Wilkes-Barre
Washington
, Bristol
Brownsville
.Newcastle i
' Lebanon
Port Carbon
Marietta
15.734
8,761
7,615
6,863
5.83H
4,581
4,049
3,325
8,0X0
3,723
9,662
2,570
3,369
7,834
C934
6,024
4,945
4.140
3,302
3,172
2.733
2.670
2,578
Hollidaysburg 3,439
Union 2,333
2,404
Honrsdale 2.263
Gettysburg 2,180
Schuvlkill Hav. 2,071
St. Clair 2.lB
3.184
3,143
3,099
2,013
Lewisburg
The liat embraces all the towns and villages
ia the State with a population of 2000 inhabit
ants or more." Xortk American.
. Poultry and Poetry.
The first anniversary of the Kew York
8tate Poultry Society was held in Albany,
8th Feb. 1854. The Exhibition comprised
teWral thousand specimens, and was very
entertaining and satisfactory. It closed
with an address by David Taooaut Esq
which was furnished, per rfquc.t, for pub-
sity, and
licatioo. This address is a cunosil
it Wiug the first ever delivered upon that
subject, be bad
Tht world Wore him whra to cboOM,
And PruTidenfle lai f ukla.,
without auy danger of Plagiarism. He
culls facts and fancies, from Natural His
tory in general and llenology in particu
lar, and presents them with all the graces
ia ' of Oratory ; nor do theology, history, clas
i . . .. . :ii -
sical literature, or poetry escape mimm. -
contributiou to the feast of chicken-pie.
It way be wondered how even Tagoart
dtil poetry from the plebeian race
of catchers of the dunghill. The Eagle
and other birds of prey-the Dove, and all
.,...nil hirda and aonirsters
USCIIAa ui v. a
s peneral have had their poet-laurcaU :
but what goose-quiU ever invoked aid from
the poetic nine to rehearse in fair flowing
vrs0 tue ,ucrits of the LuUlblc and induS-
o
ploddcw of tUo barnjarJ ? wt0 evor
breathed a requiem over the remains of a
coiOI1J 0f chickens, smitten by pestilence
u-i,n? V"., i,nanKirs ''Taqqabt: J. be
Echo answers "TaoqaBT !
occa8i0Ilftnri the effort we quote from
owu y .
I wouid have discoursed somewhat of
the muna-jement of Poultry, but I take it,
a Doctor who is uuable to keep his owu
8. H'othcrl ludedourl-tSt.te.F-.rwuUlowens, J.DBell. ,
,. , . i:
as nne a lot oi uirus as oue uruuiurv io.u
contractcd mogt
faUl and jueomprehensible disease, which
has left uic but a sorrowful remnant less
than 40 from more than 200. Like the
T wouJJ
hi comforted. But He who tempers the
wind to the shorn lamb, tempers also the
sorrows of a bereaved hen-granny, and,
thauks to the elasticity of human nature
1 n...l afritttriln T tif.v lllia
.icla. -w.th the hUIlchback regicide,
"Richard's himself again." But koowiug
neither the cause nor the cure of this
most foul malady, I have not the face to
lecture yoa on management.
" The Scatterment of tlte Ntttfutt.
They grew in beauty, side by side.
They filled one nest with Jka
Their lots are scattered far and wide,
By mountains, streams and seas.
The same fond "olJ cluck" spread at night
O er each halt-feathered brow.
tl.. Irani a.ar.1. r.r....nt r-!. I- L. in citrkl.
..r .".
Where are those chickens now !
One foolish pullet made her nest,
And her fg? halh
Upon a Paddy's tatertd vest,
Fernensl" his "pratee" spade,
r r
gle is thr uec 0r Vic and none
uu . a aac. iBS- - 1
One roosts where southern vines are dressed,
Upon a souihern plain ;
lie flaps his wings I mm off his breast,
Aoa flaps them on again.
And one poor stag, New England showers
Have stricken with the "lloup ;
lie pined and died, like frosted flowers,
Iu Giles's chicken-coop.
And thus they parted they who scratched
Hard by the same pig-pen ;
"Wa.biii.to-, reb.SI.-Uougias nenrasaa
! jj
II is receiving'its deatb-licks from the West.
; The yew jJj Abolition huu-U are not hee
ded, but the Wmtkm- tbii is looming fright-
gQ bcra ,t ,g .
There's a difTretiee in liowls !
Now a concert of owls
Makes music, half solemn, half queer;
Hut Ihe wolves, a full pack,
Yelling close oa your track.
Make melody frightful to hear.
By a shrewd calculation,
The Administration
Thinks ihe Yankees to Cotton must bow;
Dot the men of the Prairie.
They calculate are as
Disposed, as Ihe South, for a row.
In the East, there are "Clargy"
Who liave done quite a larije a
Mount towards "saving the Union;"
And ihey don't fear a stiver
To let a soul-driver
Partake of the holy Communion.
The West will catch niggers,
And some thimble-riggers
Can show you that black, sir, is white ;
But steal their broad acres
Then, look oat ! for the breakers
Are roaring fall plain in your sight !
Railroad Deeting at Tyrone.
Pursuant to notice, a meeting of the
citizens of Tyrone City, and vicinity, was
held at the City Hotel, on Wednesday the
15th of Feb'y. 1854, when on motion S.
W. IRWIN was elected President, F. M.
Bell, R Maxwell, W. Stoke and J- Will-
BURG
LEWISBURG, UNION
urns, Vice Presidents, and C. It Burley,
Wr
The ohiect of the meeting was stated,
and Jacob Burley, F. M. Bell, Jona. Bur-
ley, Ilenry llencbey ami lienjamiu uuucji
eTppred attr; to draw j
resolutions indicative of the sense of the
Tn the absence of the committee the
meeting was addressed in a clear and ap-;
propriate manner by Messrs. Burley, Bell j
TjroDriate manner by Messrs. cuney, w i
. .o
and StoKe. .. ..
The committee having returnedbrougiii,
in the followine preamble and resolutions,
which were unanimously auopi .
nd must of .
necessity continue to be the great outlet '.
th. Vnrthern travel, therefore. i
Resolved, That we will us? all honor- j
able means to secure me laaiug "- ,
in any llailroad which way make Tyrone
City a terminus.
A .... . . . 1 .
liesolvcd, That we scna acii-p
to
the Railroad Convention, to be held in
Milheim. Centre Co., oa luesday the -isi
inst. .
a-unner, ivesoea, a- rvv -
tue oniy terminus, at w""t" c- i
n. ' ,.;b .r. PnnnKvlvauia Railroad !
with advantage.
On motion the following gentlemen
were elected delegates to the Milhcim
Convention : Jno. T. Mathias, Robt. Wear-
ing, J. D. Stewart, S. M. Irwin, Hiram
Hopkins, Pius Sneeringcr, Jacob Burley,
Thm. Weston. James la. bhultz, A. a .
Oa motion, it was nesoivea, lint mo:
. '
above proceedings be signed by th omcers, :
andbe ipubluihed in w 1
dard, Bla,r County big, ten tre 1 mo-
-i WM j irfwishurir
S&.WT SiSby "ht oSeSj1 ;
Chronicle. L c y
ta.The foregoing proceedings reached
us on Friday last three days after the
meeting at Millhcim of which this was
our first public uotice ! Nor have we any ,
official account of the meeting held but
nrivatd advices are that a resolute spint
... . .i t
of keep moving" was evinced, ana m .
$8,000 for stock were pledged. This u
agoodiroof of the estimation in which
the work is held by those upon its line.
nr oninion is freauently asked as to
- - i a. aWa".
the prospectt of the Lewisburg, Center k , hurry to got to Philadelphia, just then.
Spruce Creek Road. We never seek to : The fact is, however, that scientific dcvel
excite delusive hopes. The present high ' opments of late years prove that Mr. Job
rates of interest for money large prices knew a great deal more about matters and
for labor and provisions and the advanced things in general than he used to get credit
cost of iron, are serious and in some ; for half a century ago.
cases insurmountable obstacles to the pro- j Well, to conclude, we eventually con
gress of many Roads now under process quercd every snow-drift we encountered,
of construction ; and under such circum- j until a mile below this poiut, when the
stances, but little if any advance can be Conductor blandly informed, at 2 o'clock
made with the most promising new works. ! in the morning, that we "must give it up
. . .. ... , I a a" --. I ,
On the other baud however, we learn trom
c..- eiifc.. nnr la.ttii.nor was
. . .... ; " J... .... -.'
issuoa. m uiii una uaoscu iuu -
permission for the Road to be extended to
Tyrone City if the Company should deem
it advisable. And our belief, gathered
from Tarious sources, is,that the judgment
of capitalists abroad is settliug upon this
as one of the best links in the chain that
shall draw Western commerce to New York.
If it shall prove upon mature investigation
to be the most direct and practicable route
for the desired road, we entertain not a
doubt but that it will be constructed at
the earliest day possible.
We have since received the proceedings
i of the Millheim meeting, which will appear on
' the fiPTt nacre 1
" I "a
J-yThe following F.pLstle from a Snow Drift
did not arrive lill die last paper was out. l'ub.
Editorial CoiTipOB1nc of -iturg Chronica.
In the V-art opposite Karrittoum,
Feb. 22, 1S51 21 o'clock, A.M. S
There is nothing like lurk iu this world,
especially in traveling, to wit, namely, the
occasional experience of the undersigned.
Lured again to the City of Brotherly Love
I by an involuntary requisition ad testific
andum in a "fancy libel case, I tried tue
" untrodden snow " at 4 this morning
reaching Sunbury just in time barely not
to miss the cars for Shamokin, to which
point tho locomotive bravely cleared its
way despite the cumbrous snow-blaukct of
the night before. From thence a couple
of rickety coaches changed for the better
at Ashland pushed slowly and heavily
out into the desolate mountain solitudes
which are so formidable a barrier to the
social and business intercourse between
the Susquehanna region and the Schuyl
kill mountains as cheerless in aupcct as
any cyo ever gated upon, but embosoming
untold millions of intrinsic and creative
wealth, whose vivifying influence upon the
world's welfare will be felt for centuries.
Dashed into Pottsville tho eccentric
Black-Diamond City of the Mountains,
with its conglomerate population, gathered
from almost all the kingdoms of the
earth at past 3, P.aM. Now for a lux
urious dinner, with an appetite keen as the
Alpine snows which sharpened it. But,
alas ! "many a slip," &o. "Hurry to the
Depot the cars just starting not a mo
ment to lose !" was our first salute; and
the car were accordingly gained just in
the nick of time. Our party digested
'hope deferred" (a very fattening article)
until the Reading Depot was rcached.when
a stock of 'pretxels' the only visible com
moditywas Iavid in ; little thinking what
'crooked remits were to follow in the route.
COUNTY, PEM., FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1854.
TTpoToT e enough in the I
. fT..,rl to notice
deepening .w...Bu. - .1
that it is a cicver . . r , r
mating Lewisburg, per a-and o 1 y ,
'SS, abed,
JJJ the aJruiration and envy
,nawnicnciu.u -
of my I
a h ..o...r Toi niruointneiauo. iuo nw...6 r ?
mow r -6-- o . ;
c(,rUer
enuju(
f mi scat with folded arms, ana.
of my scat, wiiu
penu,ue anaconda oltum cum a
. . .1.-1
troJuction to the
anticipated an early introuucuou io Mre r-
-
turongtu ana fc r i.m;:n
- . .w!
lunnei pmmp iuh, . -u,? - , ,
and nx eoomewut was the Erst report
the Engineer. (So up-train at all to-da
pnri oi
y.)
. joU retreat anJ a fresh start with a full j
h j of stcam. put us through that barrti;r
triumphantly. But the frequent recur
r All PA nf similar thouh more stubborn
obstacles, hesides overhauling cumbrous
coai.trains
gninc back
the other tr.t
, ,:i,
that we might
aller au- . . t ... , .f.
While worrying with one tedious drift,
wjth my face pressed against the window
glathinking of Job and his patience, my
throbbed with added impulse to find
!tho ca,m gtar.,igllt BLiniog down
i i .i . . j :
IZlluZL
roues, ua wum ..b
' . . rr i . -.i. 1
tvr.Leroes there wasted and ;
or. th.n hero.c : fortitude-enve oped a ;
dccpt.r ana morc than that
.
, Ab' " f1 l
j of our
revolutionary fathers. Life, fortune, sac-
red honor, aud bieeumg iootsteps ou
roads, were sacrifices the world never before
witnessed in such a cause. Shall they be
again T
. . .
But, that was a long time ago, and this
"blnk is a !
I
.... !
"sitting on . rau . " "
present reality. And isn t reality always
ahead of reminiscence?
n.niscencei roiue.... u(
, Washington and Job Snow ot rail-roads
- .. .1
' and car-detentions ? They were uot i
so until aayugut, ior 1. w i.uFo.a,.c
further.!
! with all their enirines to fet any further.
.t.- .nK;..erI .ME.M of featherv
. - -
: snow-flakes
; proved
, passen;
cars.
words and
in general, and angry
and comfort of their passengers
Tn mate the best of it. we returned to
this station and roused the landlord, and!
.l.;ie .mne -.nt to bed. some trot tea and
i(ir an,i ,,ther tint down
bread ana butter, and omers put uown
bad whiskey and the Maine Law at tho
I ganl0 tjme. Others went over to Norris-
town. where I have friends who I should
like to chat with, but as it is not exactly
a fashionable hour for calling, I postpono
it. The hotel not being comfortably warm,
I concluded to retreat again to the car,
where, with a borrowed pencil and a stray
scrap of paper, I have killed part of the
time in this epistolary fashion,on the crown
of my hat. If I should land anywhere in
particular, after daylight comes, you may
perhaps hear fioin me again, as I believe
printers are fond of copperplate manu
script. c-
COMUEUCIAI. Hotfl, Phila., )
Feb. 125, 1S54. J
I bcliere the closing of my last epistle
left me alone in my unwonted vigils, un
disturbed, save by sonorous utterances from
fellow-sufferers arounu me, literally
"Bitting on a rail,
, And sleeping very sound ;"
and an occasional far-off muffled shriek
from some laboring freight train which
micht possibly pitch into us, notwithstan
ding the blood-rod signal light in the rear.
At day-break our scattered company were
re-assembled by the locomotive's hoarse,
unearthly reveille the thermometer below
zero, and trees and shrubbery arrayed in)
the glittering garniture ot tne mimiiaoie
frost-king's fairy touch. Slow progress
was made : sometimes a few feet or a few
rods would be gained, then a dead halt, or
a long retreat for a fresh start so that
the 16 miles were not traveled till after
mid-day giving provokingly deliberate
opportunity to survey, re-snrvey, analyae,
and meditate upon the scenery of the busy,
classio Schuylkill, from Cohocksiuk and
the Wissahicon to the graves of tho "la
mented dead" at Laurel Hill, and the
gentle summits of Fairmount By ths
wv. even under the bet cf cireumttanc,
and the whistling wind had uour, tu.s .oreuoou, ..oue o. eoo p.a,, aua,rs. , it asponuuenos or voluntary ; M rry 8oUth of it sacred to tha red
, , o 1 nnn noticintr the beueficiarics come and so; and i movement of their owu, that lilted them I , n,j, .i -,., 1. ,a nrotect
r II a mib of loaded'cll-! ue f a great city must be pUuteal them, him'; ,ou that peacefully. If not,
;c s, and 1 a mile . loaded coa , realized. There were two caul-, hJ trrtu., ou that rt ?- k ' . failh L helpless, and do-
Well, there is a potency in k ....... ! Neither of them. It was the resuit of i,. bVfurce: plaut a Uae of soldivra, a
gentle influenccs.that the world , , " plall , dtaCtW4ldt Md warni, v dlsp,ed, ; 0f - u if nLti, tta
I always appreciate. The Engineers and "7 .-w- u o ou u,,., . a ,D L m. o-. . ur Wi)rd an j pUlu a C,llieilC waU arouna
! Conductor on this (Reading) Railroad, tow. At the appointed hour such motley 1.9, Genera Jaetsou, commiserating the ; nd , flitui $wor 0r
Conductor on 11.1 K J f humanit, presented itself as I ; was"6 condition of ihe Indians, proposed' gaUwy.
appear remarkably attentive to the Sdlcty ' . . 1 m, !a plau of removal. Ho tliounht it too: A. 1 iJi:. fk.f ..:. ...r.,n.,r,.
OH BON
in the full f. .age and ta. my . ,
the vaunted tenures oi im
.Wi,lt. t.mcncs. when contrasted
iciuresfiue and munificent see-
with "J
cannot become known to the outsi en,
generally, untiUur Ra. lroadsare finish d,
. 4. - m.UIb ret at us.
, . rnme9- the soot
sooner
a ubduuuv. ,
beuifhted old fo-ies and rcckl
less
--- - o -
jicu oi , - -, .
. . . . . r',.An. .ii aro-rtinnt III nriKf lit Lis .-eond !
politician, we wot of, be shamed out ,
nnlitiinna we wot
The snow-storm spent its force along
the Atlantic seaboard, Irom nortu wi s;u, i
for Williy
- -i . - !
year. Uu the norutern auu cm;. u ,
of the streets, the units were " muj ,
iustances over the first storey doors audition of Kansas or Nebraska. That l.ioks ,
' ..
wiudows, requiring some tunneling to get ;
WlU r4 b rleared
out ; and after the pavements were cleared
it seemed as if some sudden msurrcction j
bad condition as any cor
riinil.
1 l. a ,1 ...nnn
Ihe Zina, was ur.gu. Jt
and everv body was out in
K.llrq am!
tuaa u ,
w"
satins, raes and Iroadcloth-
Weighs,
drajs, and vehicles of every conceivable
description holdin" high carnival over
the day and the wcathcr-and what with
. ' iMninn i alei-h-
J""i ' o a
aud Ulking Lorscs, ,Dd showers of snow-
t 4 , excitiug
' tQ ouf
enterprise to get trom the depot to our
lodJJgs. Buf it was really pitiable to see
,or3M
a . .
draught hordes, struggling
and floundering with their cruel loads.
The bitter iucle money of the weather
falls with treat severity upon the poor and
destitute, of whom there are always swarms,
The brice of provisions is exorbitant, and
. , .
employment difficult to be had, and many
T.1 : I. aaI. e.n.1 ltfirr,r.p Kern it
would perish of cold and hunger, were it
.. various
iM(1 b(!Uevoicnt operations in
ii : i t. ..1.Ini nMr .1 uiiaa in
an 1 1 nraii khu UEUciun.ua a-ui..iui.
vk.UJ.lnl.U .reel, other cities.
a.,, 1 . ir : . . 1 k
luenumocroi sunerem luereancu,
several thousands just now, by the addition
of the rag-pickers, a miserable class of be-
ines who earn a precarious subsistence uy
i.. a
pickingup rags, bits of iron and other trash
,n the streets and along the wharves. Their
. . . e . . . , , .
lodging places are wretched holes at au
average rent of ten cents a day, payable
every mcrying on a penalty 01 instant ex- thousaud, and possess about thirty-scvcu RuU j Le ted, if I would forever
pulsion. Their vocation is gone whilo million acres t,f land. How came so many 1 ,mt lsige body of territory open on
this .now lasts, aud they must depend up- tribes, natives of distant State, grouped accouut f tiiee ludiansf and'l will an
on charity or perish. There are numerous together on this portion of icrntory ? V as .wer ,ha, j u!a at all evenfc4, d aU
- tbnt make daily distribution. of
-- j " - "idian strata
bread and soup to the needy. 1 spe-ut an
never betore laid my eyes upon. oey
t 1 t 1 1 .r L..L
" U0"n8 aua uoleu:'' ui uulu
' a11 aS. c0'"" -d conditions, with
Fni n'u-s. wohen Pucucrs or any-
a- ... ...II- - 1 .1
tiling that would not lens, receivea meir
o
loal eacn and pint or tnrce pints oi soup,
according to circumstances: then made way
for others decriped old men aud sorrow
ful looking women,and hideous hags with i
blear eyes and brazen counteuauces, the
victims of vice aud intemperance human
beings by courtesy,and doubtful at that
and raeced children of 4 years and up-
eb . . . ,,!
wards, occasionally a bright eye and open
countenance, giving promise ui a uaj.pj,
destiny, if rescued from its deplorable sur -
roundings but most of them had a hard,
im
h
Tli
inmates
hcart-ac
a 1 a' ann KPrpru itarrHin. oi biui.ii rTn luavci. tinni i en nri ..a k a m w nf ti.fi1 ... . . ... . i
.....0 , ., ..i. j:. ..t !-:.. i ";. '
a Mtrrnr-jnTd lilt Drtl "H -j - - 1 ayiaw u 1 y na,.iu J .1117 1111A.-UIV b i i . x. ... ., . 1 It thit wi. lu.l 1I11 Aen
pressionless cast of countenance, as if i"j"pi"i" i -; they tie not ngnt ep meir couuoii-iiree, .uU
..p.andndbilitjawviwnextinguisl
io purity and peace of Eden, and these , hese treaties ben.g pro&aiy tneiai mat w::i . . ' , -
pui J I ,e,r he made with ihem. are charaeterize. bv , have reveiiije 111 advance. loe toe report
of Jloyamensing dens . " hat a great ljberalIy on tlie par orGl,veri,mlt." rf vmir comuiissioutr give pn imsa that;
hinc contrast ! The racsed, rick- i it,,. ... J,,nri,. ,,r .i; nn .r..l thev will ever consent to ..ii.'iher removal f
ety old frame tenements in the courts and benevolent design, to tako them out from ! lirecily and positively the reverse. All
alleys of Jloyamensiug, hardly fit for a the State lines, and place them w here f the tribes, except a fe w ii..,:gmficanl tfrac
it e extreme, and the nalatial State lines should not acaiu surround theu.. lions, refused to disp.e oi ai.y part oi .tell
dwelling of merchant princes around Lo-
o . . .
gin square, and iu Arch, Chsstnut, and
t".t.... .Ironic w..t of l.rnilil rivalllic
,.a...u. . o
in luxurious comfort the homes of Baalbec
and Babylon ia their proudest days,are at
the Othi What a gulf between! And
yet not impassable downwards. ice and Bau0B ,ha, ,ie United Slates will -reverie-tain
can bridge the ehasm. Those soup cure and guarantee i iheio and ihnr heirs, or
sieties feed about three thousand persons T.T' " "l han;rd wuh
daily. I was lnolined, on first inspection, J t jee wl) ,t guartc, ,err
to pronounce the soup composed of beans, ' mlie j,, tho Indians. 1 can retite but a
onions and I don't know how many other pt. With twelve of t!.c nineteen trans
ingredients as dubious as the reeipiciit; ! ported tribes treaties wer made during the
but a taste proved it to be well cooked, ; administration of General Jatk.on, and
. . . e u i thev were all made in accordance with the
and fully as palatable as any furnished at I? Uw
the upper len
laa.ta.Ta It IS SPrVed I1D
. up
moinc hoi and Lichlv epiccd, and ia jus'
ll.aa tVt inrv Ini fa m ifihA,!. half frozen PC
nla - . - T ' n-CU.
1 -
Elmira. Feb. IS. In the
13. In the SPOTW,i'niid8u.
Court of the Stale this morning, the jury :
. J:.. r... mili flll alulnaare. tot
gave a veiuw wt o .
William Ransom, in suit against the Lne
Railroad, for injuries received io the ovl-
lision on tho 4th of July lft.
The Heaven-Defying Robbery.
rTn the lower House of Oie'S, 15tb
PA Lit. Pmf Mr tpnM. Vt.. WP"d 1 (
the proposed Nebraska Bill, for for r-a-
sons. lst,Nosuchgovernu0otwasnec,lcd.;(vol 7, p 356,) are in esaeu tt,e
r ii v.l i r ii i. i,,,. words, and the word are these:
2d, It would rob the Indian. oJ, Unas, .,-. th,
' , . ... , , . .. i I "And las United States guarantee Uui
boonJariot which overlap other lemtonai .
boundaries. 4th, It violates t!i Missouri j
'compromise.
We quote his eloqueut aud
.
j , j
My second oijcction to these tcrriionai i
bills is, the treat and gross injustice which '
- "T.T" .5. :ii k
tue.r w... r-..-r
i am quite aaare mui tnese uni nave ri-,
vis(jeg u(jt to illclu,iu ,he territory ot any j
Indian tribe wituin -ne uuius or junsuio-
I l......n,.l.i li. .,irl.n
lair ou p.,r. a -
mean to deal as tairly as they can by the .
f .
urisdi(.t;on . but u lt poss;bie to ereet these .
swamp1
r!nriM on the liorth. on the south, ou the 1
east, and on the west. Why, then, are,
,,-,. ;IIU ;npisl ..ut,rBhfcnJj:
J ' - , , "
-.i :n ti.e i;mits of those 1 crritories, a :
truly so as Washington is iii. Iu UJ lu the,
District of Columbia, or Baltimore in the ;
tate uf Maryland ? You m:iy as weil say
Tour Dfart, nLot inctuifed in ynr,
,he l
iw.tia.n aiTtvnnil Keventvtri.umii.l IB nans
VUai forty UlLes, under ' treaty
: Bli lati.n, R.L, full tide w lands
u ,hose L,ve tre4tv Tlj,Us t
is ajsigueu tuose who uave irea.j
: bunting ground or easeiu,,,.,; .
cover Urge pert of th entire ,er
,!. 1 . . I .1.
aud these
J . , - .
i territory enough to" foitu two Slates, and
rdUght the .ludiaus dowu south of tl.e
, Miss.iuri.and provided them a plae? of rest.
.reuaior mu my auim-ruy ior .a
ne n.cn T courtesy ...
acting urn mwsioner oi in-i an .airs, a
ta!j!e66howiug the n,lI0ber of tribes, origin,
j r :.t i
DJourit of ,d naturts rf ,itle, ,
. rf .
and (Hipu
territ.,t
a hminil'! Itr tlie first hill. 1 nave not
as bounded by the first bill. I
have not
j -
l-ccn able to secure as exact i.ifirra.ti. u
as to the whole, since the whole was in-
.,.,., ; kill Tl, n,tKern.
: b B0k
latitude.
ra.i a .-.t a-i.,.eTj: I
1 nere are iweuty-mree inres 01 muiau.
south of latitude 43; of these only f.r
' intf genou. born in that county ; hue ;
nineteen of them are exotic, trau.-portcd
thiUier from foaTtwa diffi-rcnt rimtes.
xhey ba0 , 1)(,i.n.tiori 0f about forty
3.?'ttJtJlfl
m and ,irifl
-
tnng of some chn-w m human
a - J
late 10 inquire wm- ner tncy were ju-tiy
. a .. . t
or nnjustly inel-i l.-d within the limits
Statc,. He wished to ssve them from fur.
tuer uepresMo,..
hla a Run. .rrl,.. ;. a.J I . ........
; .-...-... ..... .
the propriety of sctiiug apart an ample disinet
i wes, of-.,ie and ,., lhr ,,,,,
of any Bute or Terriiory now formed, to be
guarautied io (he imliito lrt(es as uag mey
shall occupy " --.
. 1 fit 1 . 1 .1 . .t
t ic ftiirmiii i.A arr.E in in ami iiirat i 1
; aTOWCa, and doubtless the real object wa r after tribe took up and bore on the fearful
jto secure them from destruction, which he ' intelligence of renewing encroachments,
; believed was pending over them. In pur- i They were about to call together a Council
jsuance of his plan treaties were made with I of war, anJ confederate tor defeuce. I
a numbor of tribes. In his message of shall be anuuv-d if they shall not yet do it j
. .v. ,n.if ,h., ,1. .... look on the nassaae of these
, tIva,jca :
1 i ,hece tren,e tl.e l.)inn
were made to understand their true condition ;
Tke intent of the President is plaiu ; wa
:.e n i.. .l:. i
it so wiiu eoil2n i iu iuc iiiiii w.iiu
., .1 m . r,
i . ' .. . , . . . . ,J
, exchauatj ot laiads with the lud.aus, it is
emclJ:
j a. Tnat in making any sa. h eirhanse or ex -
.angra. . .hail and may J be law,,,, for
. 1 . -a.L. a- -a .. I.L
j In the second nrtiele of the treaty aith
the Kickanoo. in tUio guanrntetj :
I M i, , krSir mA. that the country shall
- be assigned. conveyed, and
i is hereby a'MPned.e.wveye.1. and seeored t y
ineir perm jncn. rc9.uc.a. - - r i
The gnarantee to tae Cbcrokees artt-
eloa ia
j uJm 9Mn hereby eorf3nt and
ttrft,im the lands ce.H 'o 'k ,""ro'17.,
m h, frr,,nS atu ...
C LB,
VOLUME X NO 48.
Whole Number, 51 G.
lime, without their convrnl, be wrj-iciei within 1
u territorial limit or jurisd.eiiouaf any BtaM
or Territory. Vol.7, p. 481. ,
The uinth article in the treaty with the.
iit,iM. f to!. 7. ii Sil.) an I the teuto.
'article of the' treaty with the Sbawneee,
)anJs ftiVl never Wui,in ihe bounds of any
Bute or Territory, nor subject to ihe laws
wereoi. . .
mat line is aosuiu'r suu ouoivim. Mm
r
oflly ,Be dOll UUV lut iuiticijui;,..--
tw' out all others irom ice powers uw
conveyed. Three of the indigenous, ana ,
"I fc.ve an Indian
" ' 7 , "'a". ,"7. k"
title ; iwcivc uw mnr u j
aud two by purchase, x nere are ww
treaties, lwyou neea any inieijiaciwia
if B0, IWideut Jackson will give it,
4 r. ' ..:.:,. . I. nf I'nited
Ilcr ..s b- - ;";a;.
States given the Indians, he saja, in 1835 :
b . ...
s'hi,s beeu assienrrd to them, into which the
bed. - iVe
Mar cr-
rtiubluked
t'oiied
Drreoc. A.
r tirotee.
pa 1 1 l' i ' m
tion 2ainst the eucroachineutsofour citizens.
we t, the plan, aud the ezeco-
. , v. ..... m rrJ
,IUQ vt ,u I' -
t-..i...- n-ipd it tLroairft.
n . inrt:aU- feiued. respected, loved, end'
Utote him. IVy looked up to Lus as
tUe , fj,;1(.r 0f a great nation. . He,,
, u t- tbat if ,he, went to the new
hI-hI, aligned in the West they should
' . : 1 f. .r ..n. Tka
lS..rSi.h-Vtii Jon,
, ty pledge of Oones- and th
, Then, b tue eoveo-
t nut or tins urn-ion ; her Honor is pieuu iu
! kerj. lh:.t covenant. It seems degrading ti
sk will vi.u ifo it ? If so. b-jw is the time
- . t i
... " . . -II J a-.
to act. W ill the sann Congress mat aenu
iuela)s of gold to C'apt. Iuraham f-r the '
rescue of Konzta, of doubtful eitiMuaaip,
crush the poor Indian we have awotn to
t You ,oak Bp Vats0 Uliies ttom ,
(mt ie oltl Sut JOu could not
i ,h to hlvo aloverVmen, of their
o
ovrn within lauutber
government; you
, . d them tbere.
aud told them to
.1 1
You took them fron
tes, because you sail
. , v. ni iiinmwiira. a
-Ut . tLe hites. because you said
th.-v were cheated and besotted, and cur
J . . ., 1 1 x
T" . 7 , ", .1. .. ...i..k A
; l?
tore them away trom all that was delight.
fill in the present, aDd sacrea ana giorioaa
in the recollections of the past Will yoa
now thtow around them ag-un the lines of
a Leal govcruiueut, aud expose them again
to the uuLridled ruuavitv ot the wane mam
x is lljo t;nie fjr decUkn.
1 jjuo UOrkU VI aa-K. aun-a- aa.w
; , ,t.. 01. Mniint-ios. and make
: - to h f j -rUhout even asking the
eoiiseiit of 1 he Indians? Your toiumis.
..'ii r w.ut to a portion oi me trioes. jib
fund ihrm iu iTv-at alarm at the tidinw
a . 1 . -a. II.
- . . . ... If.
,,f ,ue tbrentened invasion oi tue wnites-
. . , . ,. -,i ti.... k.J
mttvt ; . "7
bn.ieveu tuey w-.-re aa.e in their soutuae
, wiim our uov.Tuo.ru ivt u.m
i prottftifti. No wubtior that tuutlucr raa
a wl.AW tnl.A
ii:mii'Tr. in r savai't: uibi h. w. ucu untj
bills as their death-warrant: ana, seeing
' -I t . 1 . . I... a.SdlMiM hft evfitrf.t
iueir ia.1l. ii.'i'e ai 'a ...
when our vow of protection is revoked, if
laiuls
irw ite'f of the coraaiis:(nrr
I i lie inu-rv
. . , ... i .e .1 - r : . .
with the Indiana., but for the awfui eveuta
' , ....... tprf with it. WOUM h;ive t een
ith
j , ... . ' . . .u.,.v;n.-
j nm"1-Y'J'l'",'"s:L tl'v" Look at th.
j be 4:U', J',- Iviloverliutut 1
fee A
iu th f.r off wilduiue "f Nebraska; he
is giving them, in ths nitue of their great
father. Franklin l'i rce.a Ueti.tJ on United
States m.-mlity. He is chwiiug them t r
not having le-mrt better farmers, better
mechanics, for not making more advance
ia education, iu mora!, and religion; f
adhering tj the eut..ma aod traditions of
their fathers, "and thnt therefore it was
absoliitelv neeary, in tht ir j resent igno
rant and f eble etmdi.io i, that lsnihU
abandon their present poeses-ions.
ikriti wta vrt Oii
! . thrv did Dot wish
j w f,,,,,, , 'he rules of e-.viliied and
. Thev were sent there
Chris'.'nn soviety.
.,. dij they ever
Ia liva na thev list.
agree, or the United States threaten, to
forfeit their pensions if mey ai ...
mend their morals? 1 should njo-w to sew
' Set Fnttrih 15