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H. C. IIICKOK, Editor.
O. N. WORDEN, Printee.
Thf T Pwishlirfl' PhrrtHiflP
J.11C UClVI.UUlg L UlUlllt lVi
uoiiiiiDtsr rtnir ii,
luue l on Friday Mrinjt, at Iswi&unj,
Union county, PcnnsyfrtuHH.
.
pf?JML 11.50 per Tfmr, for fm.-h wctimlly to advance :
41,75, it pti riiliiu thrw nnut) ; $.) if pi within
jrr; $'2.& "f " I''-' f,r th" yr rj..iei; A ct. f.-r
a MHff-e nnmhir. Subvrijttinnw for six mnth or I- bi
t pii in Jnv. Any nl.l .atnm procuring one or
tnntv now patrons, nbal! live tht-Oirmicl tu $1 each f-r
bin-If Mid tli oew piUroud (wr out ycjir ouly. e&h in
a vanes).
ADtitTtevr hMidfomr-ly innvHVd mi SO cvntt per
Blsre&ntil JrerlieoiuTt nnt xv'cltiir oih' !urt)( if &
olamn, $10 a year. Il.Vf i;unriw. a hMf iiriiv. Yearly
alTrtieuicnt uu-r lialf a cquirv, M tn-nu por line IS
rritcontinuati. ptonM itu the iMiMMitr. wi.en all
CUw.ar.tp.,1; n-i lateral on 1 arrounU due.
fz rrmnrii rati nna nltiitu1 tn ti,M rf n.muriil in.. vug
it wiiinn the roB f priy or -uriau cant. t. aii
tur of th. wnt r. t. ivr-i. ,itrnW i-Ti,u
Stct2 t?ci'iu 'o.Ti 'e'eI!" yrna"!.'.. !S
h7ZZZlZmX't.to
"SJS
Connti ith th-nm-f n amoi matoriaia cir mnwt
tiniK JOB PKINTIWU, hirh wi'l tw rx-rutcil Ub
Mtn.-M and Je-patcb m.d :i n aounM. t.ruis.
4our atoT Ui Pot OfVe.
O. N. WOROETf, Proprietor.
March 10, 3S-51.
'
BSUIr. G. I. Rohland, Sext- n of ,h0
Iwisburg Cemetery, has furnished us
with the following statement of the Deaths
in tins liormigh and the Burials in the
Cemetery, fur two years ptist, ending
March 5th of each year : !
1853.
Adults, 8
Children, 18
IShi. Euried in Cera.
1 1-22 43
7-4.) C4
'-d 41 57 107
Of the aduits l.urii d fr.im ihe Boiough
last j etr, there were four aged 'Jo, 7ti, 7,
and 00, respectively total, 301 years.
liiliuiating our population at o0. ihis
Cives 1 death last lear to i5 t.ni.iilaii.m
very large proportion of which were thc
very old aud the very young.
Church Froperty ia the 17. S.
From the returns of our last National
iionai
Census, we gather thc fu!lowirsum..,ary
of the number of Houses for I'ublic Wor- i
ship number of Persons they accommod
ate with seats aggregate Value of such i
property and the average value to each i
denomination - I
IT -Uft Jrtrmi
Drnmuiaitoiu. -f PMc . ur TuAVnut. ,-
j ......
n.ptut
(Ttariftyui bl2
rofrr.-giitiC)n.l 1,671
Dutcb llrforaiwl -4
Frio4a 714
3,i:Sl.7S
$io.s:i.:S2 i.H4
jj-.o. a
7.fl"7
l'lfs.i
ei.:i3
7.i;.!.-.3 v'.-i
4o4..;.u l'j.1
',ii.
li'S 115
I. .i.yai
lt..574
i .!.!)
4.'.ul
II. M'S
I.IUO !1C
6-"Z?
1:3' .7
11
2.: Hi
v.y .4
ll.n.7
K'.H
1,174
i.::9
3.1 J
.
l.TifJ.W.7
W ?lMi
:i71.fi a
2'.7.s'i
9I.J4J
14.C0'.:i
44.1.:il7
24..'aMr
S.7:i K .
liS.lU
4I.JI. 6
tierm.ii Ulonnl
JtrwiKh
at
Lutlmmn
Mermonitn
M.tlioJirt
Mor.ri.il
lnbytrrin
Unman e'alhli.
Swodfiinurgi.a
Dunkud
Urn".
ttnttarimn
l'Divrr.4liat
Minor Sect.
l.aoj
119
12.K.7
1,112
lb
.'J
17
7 ,.;
"
44
a4
2 i!,4i
1 7'7.l)l.i
" 2--':1
io.oii ia84ti,7s $io,41,ikij i:,tiiu
In addition to the above, it should be
remembered there are f especially tit the
South and West ) some thousands of con-
k,. ;n ti..t,.,l!i7 ir f'nini
rooms, iiaiw, lecture .uuu.,, . -
T II 1 . . O 1 1
of various grades, private houses, barns,
&C. We estimate the number of churches
of various denominations, thus aeconnnod-
ated, at 5,000, which would number 200
souls each, and add 1,000,000 to the whole
i i. t.. i . ... .j ,.i
numoer o. persons who ...igu. oe sea.eu
iue aaiue uour ior j.uune nuiru.jr , be imlcij anJ cped liy tliicves, black-
nearly 15,000,000 in all, or sufficient for jPgS ad tartars, spit on by tads, impris
znore than half our whole population. ; oned with snakes and lizards and kicked to
Now the number of Baptist churches I death by lame grasshoppers. Tint's all."
of various orders in thc Union is between j " That's ail," ch ? Wonder if this
14,000 and 15,000. And so other deno-' sublime blackguard exhausted hi3 vocabu
minatious have churches without houses . lary !
of worship. But mny churches are not j Now, if I am informed right, the Erie
in an active state, and hold few or no ans coutended for, and successfully, too, a
meetings; while in other cases, diffcrcut break of gauge at their city and prevent
ii .i .1
churches occupy tho same rooms.tbe same
day or alternately. The above estimate
of 5 000 additional places of worship-
not chapels exclusivcly-is moderate. j
When we take into consideration the
.n,w,.. of ..nnulation in mauv sections
-the number of infirm, aged, aud child- There is a break at Cleveland, which a permanent character in that particular,
ren-the slaves, Indians, and those ignor- has made her what she now is. Thc time The Erie troubles was also the cause of
ant of the English language-and the fact ' of the arriving and departing of trains is ; some speculation, and excitement, even on
that in most families, especially within the ! so arranged that the passengers are com-; this side of the Lakes. And I tell you,
country, all thc adults can not attend wor-! polled to lay over from eight to ten hours ; that no Pei.nsylvanian, who had his heart
ship at the same time-the result will be ' patronize omuibusses, hotels, &c. For in-j at the right place, and knew the facta
particularly gratifying. While, however, ! stance : A traveler going west, and riVe! which caused the controversy, coti.d well
there is such a general supplv of this im-j rem, arrives at Cleveland at 11 o'clock, , keep his blood from boiling, to see the
portant means for religious improvement, ' A. M., and can not proceed, either on j 1'ress of the entire est, not only refuse
there are doubtless p-irticuhr loealiti.t in ; railroad or by steamboat till 8 or 8 o'clock, to publish one fact calculated to explain
which one or more houses for public wor-! P. M. is obliged to buy an omnibus tick- j the cause of the controversy, but exhaust
ship are much needed and very desirable. et, in order to convey his baggage to a ho- jed the vocabulary of billinsgatc slang, not
The aggregate Roman Catholic accom- tcl for safety, where he is under thc neccs- only against the Erian, but against thc
modations, is not a safe guide by which tosity cf taking two meals, for which he is glorious old Keystoxk, "the latches of
estimate their numbers. Their population j most copiously bled. The same state of j whose shoes, they arc unworthy to un
is floating, and constant, cvery-i-abbath ! kffa;r4 CI;S,S at Chicago. The two depots i loose " The true reason of this is evidently
worship is paid by but a small proportion ar ... r, and a ,raVeler is the lameiHablo fact, that tho Western
iillXiS
ons. tbev rem.;.- Wr in nronoition than
ether sects. w.
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A Profitaelb Business. A beggar
boy in Cincinnati wis searched a few days
since, and in his pocket was found be
tween seventeen and eighteen dollars in
, half dimes and coppers all of
he had collected by begCS the
dimes,
etmne of the day. I
! rirth.cbron:ci..
Dr. Duff, the distinguished Missionary,
""" mis tuuiurv, urine me
"'iwwiiig eloquent remarks towards the
i . r l . . .. i m
close of his recent speed., in Phi Lulu.
ow, then, what if America and Great
firit.iiu were to blako han Js across the At-
I:. ii tin ,f lwvl. r..: 1.19
........ .M. - u.Wu.j u.cuu..fFi
1 tcel as if they were substantially doing
uv. aui n it oiiuui'i nub mc uuuua
. of au'i,.V"J goodwill be drawn W
fl)(J closer CVfTV YsT
,
" i Lave seen ana notea that on the
other side, among the leading men, who
Rr2 the e,m of gtate
affairs, there is.
..sympathy and
growing fccliug of kiu Jni'ss, sympathy and
gooJ will towards you on tliis side of the
water. And among our churches there is
; o tho 6alue feeling cf bn.ther-
, a,"""S "aid, the sober and the
rcflcctinir.
,,T - , ,
1 can not furgct that when about to
t leave Li.ndnu, the other day, in conversa-
tion with a distinguished official of the
British Government, when I told him
that I was going to America, Aye,' he
said, I am rejoiced to hear you say so.
1 Go and tell them that we are brothers,
T..it .t .,.- i : ... .
' Ttli tllim tliat a crisis coming, not
1 of p''cal force only, but nf conflicting
"pi"'0". Tell them that this is not a
ol '-"epean aiiairs only. irue
",ls"au"J auu roicsiantism is at stake
in tho matter; and we are the ouly two
I rotcstatit nations on the face of the globe
il... . .. '. 11 . . . . -
i..a.. cau , u,ly suoserve anu upl.ol.l tlie
,;,t,ir;n,,,...,f(-i..:,:...: , i. .
.u..,isul via..-uaiHiJiiiiuiriji-
esiautism among tie nations. Go, then,
and tell them that we arc brothers.' Mv
'
icply was to the cflect, that that was the
... , . , ,
very spirit m which I was gt.;ng to Amer-
'ea even tlie snirit. of Christian l.n.tli. r.
"oi.d ;
lid (he way in which that. M.irit.
"ecu already reciprocated aiumicst ou
gst joii
alike at New York aud iu this city of
1 bn;ther!v love is such, that it nmiiM
prodigious effort of the imagination to per-
c i ,,.. , . , - .
;., J " U' 01 "0I-
-
rrom Wisconsin.
rCorrtrjondcori! of tlir Lowburrhn nMr.l
M.tliisnx Vi-i.'-t.
iR. r.DliiiU: llie recent uisiuroanees
at Lne. I'a.. have created a utuvorsal bad
...
teeliug lowaru irie, auu renusyivaii.a,
thruugliout. thc west; aud the press, both
, . .... ..i:.:..i l 1
arc bitter and mtiliymmt in abuse of the
State at..! l.r.e it. particular. 1 aragrapus wfi k(J a znl ! is about
like the fallowing, are found in ! autuIllll BIlJ tbe wiutcr dlJ uot set iu until The number of miles each
every paper, and copied indiscriminately CUUt linJ wlcn it dill ciosc up, ; ' t t'
throughout the west. It is the most rabid ! C-r ,., ' , , ; ,lnlil within ' number of tons mo
, .c , T . . .wehaduuinterruptedslcigbingunlilwitbin. ved orje mile is about...
anu incenmary or any i na.o seeo, uu, .
" fcvMv... ...
the
h dy imiiguation, and braud the i
whole State as a gang of outlaws aud cut-
jroats
"Ekik! Yes, hated, despised, contenip-
tible Erie ! Bv riotous, incendiary move-
ment.--, the has made herself notorious for ,
all
time. Mie will t.e rcmembcrea with
loathing and disgust by every law abiding !
. si.. Las alreadv be-'
a , ,rj Dj a di?r;raco to tie nu.
tiou. Her business has already been al-
most destroyed, her streets deserted, exce pt i
by the mob, her banks are having their j
Duncr lurowa dhck upon inrm iu uisusi
ami refused as poison. This is right, 'tis ;
, they.dowrve
... :
i i-ir-il ftv From ornwinrr r.it nt tier or.
a nvaa cny ironi gi owing ut. ai uer ex
P-sc Th.s is conf-ndim, for nothing
more than Cleveland by the way, one ot j
the bitterest aud most unreasonable of j
trie's tra.luccrs Cbicago, auu every town
of any importance that has a railroad, en-
to P omuibusses,
Iwggafie carls. For these same incon-
veuiences to travelers. Erie has beeu so
wantonly abused. But the Keystone has
ncver undertaken anything which she has
not honorably and faithfully performed,
and she will jet live to sec her traduccrs
Egging charity at Lcr door
U" - ' I fi1 Jour sPuok !
Fi'ce la
X&,,,5nE of n? ,IDPor,Mlr ha trM8-
LEWISBDRG, UNION
pircd in tLe Legislature sines I last wrote,
! their action being principally confined to
Dusincss ot a local character. A rrohibi
tory L:;uor Bill has been introduced into
.. ...
the Ass;iDbly, wnich renders entire satis
faction to the friend? of such a law. Xoses
have been counted, and it is said it will
.1 11 t , .
pass me Assrmwy oy a hun.isowe major-.
ity. It will get some hard knocks in the;
ocuaie. f1 ,
w . .
WSrSlM.
Ma EDITOR It id suine time ince
.'iu. i.Diioit . ii id some time since
l-t attempted to advL-e your readers of the
of the times in the Dourbhing West.
s,ens 01 lue ":"is ta toe llounuing est.
1 ue iast wa8 a prpiuus season lor vv is -
cDs'n- The crops were unusual'y g0!
owing to the fine, dry autumn, every thing
r'PcJ re.ffCtion, and was gathered
without auv rain, which s Quite a tcsoler -
rri t'
m this uwu-iesa country. 1 tie sub-1
",iucut big" prices, has phced our farm -
og intercut in a flourishing condition; and
wljeu tluy fluiibh, all the world wags incr -
tli'- This was a happy change. But a
fw '"onths ago, the farming interest
was at a low ebb. Many of the farmers ,
.... n.Ao,i ;i. . -.1,1.1: it
were pressed heavily with dett, and obliged
Vy ru.iK.us interests, with poor crops,
P"- '"aket, i wi'hout facilities l get
P"'"" maikcisasiuey nan.
t-u tiicuiusuuraa, muij gi ueni
become dUhcartoned.
111 tue urst Kuiroaa project was
1 . t . I . . I i
", " o were a;ret.y groan-
.....I..- .1...: 1 1 i..i...i
- n.,.0ulu
,luKt ol,u lu,,rc tnurt- desperate asttiej
alternative appeared, they mortgaged their I
- . . . .. . .
farina, and their ail, t.i aid the Milwaukee!
,. ,r . . . , . , , , i
-Miswip;n I! u.r ui 1 ; and now, that road
u-m
ti:ii-li..l
S) in li s, they are bo-!
ciiiiiiiii: to r ail the f.uils of their venture.
instead of a ruinous experiment, (as many
Instead of
of the more chicken-hearted predicted,') it !
has nroved a smiren of irealrli in nmnu
There is not a farm within any reasonable
,. .. .,
" ,.' ' , roatI' ,ual nas not vas"J
",'C?a'cJ ' Va'Ue' "li" h"e 1aadru" I
pled in two years, while at the same time
the stock secured by those mortgages have
.'yielded them more, in the shape of divi-
dyt '"'rl'iraiil the iast jear, eVnUt uvuet
Railroads have commenced diverging iu
different directions from this city, and arc
nrosecuted with considerable vigor, causing
real estate to advance, not only in this city, j
l.nr tl.i-.imrlinut tlw! State, at a rate almost
i,,,.,.;,,0 I
h nne of the most ;
,f.i . i lnu., , sometimes in-
, nejy coi,i cvcr experienced in this
; country
, i i ... :. :.,-
jusiness nau tm luicnupuwii.
: Produce (th
, J
priUCtpai pari gram au-j
pork.) came pouring in, in one unbroken
stream
The btHine.-s men, however, were
noi aione in iuceujoyu.eui.ui p.a... ,
winter. The yonng and frolicsome also!
i..l l.l ,W !. can find
. ,-.: ,lorrp ,ia,i .
, b. f . Tl o
,er c,,aDce for s,,c", inS- 1 bcn' ,
fii, those who seek their enjoyment , , .
iuiru ruMmnwi una iuw.hu... i "' i .
had the f icility to enjoy some rare treats
in the shape of literary lectures.
The Young Men's Literary Association ,
had a course of thirteen public lectures,
delivered under their auspices, and among j
the lecturers wo had Horace Mann, Horace :
Grcclev. Ralph Waldo Emerson, and not
h , ,nonn. second to anv of them was
Bishop Potter of Philadelphia, who deliv- j 115,003 miles traveled, and one passenger , To the Mayor and Councils cf Philadcl- J ward, aud Daivd Jewell will p.iy the pen
ered two lectures These lectures were all ' ','a, i"j'retl for every 49,059,037 miles pU;a the sum of five thousand dollars in j alty fur his crime with bis life. As it is
erv well attended, and made some inroads I
-i ..r.t r !.,.. .,.!.
tl 10 liiet'llj'llliuili l'l lliittCH'i wiiuiiicuLu
i j j ,
;om are too so.ia. iS - ,
l am nappy to say, was materially re,
and there was not half the wagging of the
, j '. - i-.
the commencement of an improvement 01
Pressispolliitcdwith the,,. viable,
cailca in vulgar Pariance-SA rtn-
i TOES, which you know, is cheap in any
! market, and there is, perhaps, not an kdi-
tor west of Pennsylvania who has not a
free ticket, in his pocket or in expectancy,
to travel upon the road of this corporation
that sought in its characteristic arrogance
to over-ride all law, all right, and even its
'own Ontnl, in ho tccompiiohment "fits
COUNTY, PENK, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1851
I unholy ends, fover in the history of our
j country, did any corporation attempt, with
- Hie same degree of audacity, to ride rough
shod over any people. And I would here
i
- state that the people of the nest ore
( grossly misrepresented by these free ticket
ecntlomen, and when onco the truth of the
I . 11 1. I .T -I
auempi is iuuy Known nere, who
their arogiot iuasteis will find themselves
, as mucn oeiow me lurmns, in mc esuuia -
! finn ftf tliA ivr.nl of ill ft WpK aa tl.PT nrfl
. V r r " 1
----tyandpa-
I t it, i u i
l I am Drond. I alwars have been nroud
of my nItive gute. but , ttig e hal
ou,ie WB fcf, ttd I .m cntbnsi-
. out-dune even herself and I a in cntliusi
1 Bstjc j0 my fcelings of pride, when I see
j her in her sovereign capacity, step forward
in viniJil.ation of Ler piMriot;C( tLougU out.
' rage(j citizcu! auii hcr,5oUtei awJf the
1 I, k ....1
achcs of this unprincipled monopoly to
, ,ue cont.ritrT notwithstanding. The time
' wi1 cone wben the West will have their
' cves opeu t0 tue dangor t0 tti,icu tucy weriJ
exposed when they will acknowledge that
i . r ; : . toueM their battk-s. and
defeo,,e(1 ,Wr riut!l"au,i interest, in their
. c
j patriotic Ut 0f impious effort,
, of this and corrupt unopoly,
J , faste p,)isoncd flng wl;hout r!car
. upon tho yiUlh o thc growillg Vcst, and
Hons at 1U leisure, tor nil tune to come and
servilo tooIswIth man a free rule.
' - '
JA
. 1.. Sherwood,
, . . ' , ., ' Kbt. C. WtlLcr,
Tho following is nnntnl renort of the1. ,..,
Cl . .
State tngi
of V
O .
neer on the Kailroads of the
cw York, for 1853:
Jfte.
2 433
2,497
The length of all tho rail
roads in operation in the
State .'
The length of railroads
laid is about
The length of double track
in auuiuou ro a
in addition to above is
GGl
The number of loco
in use is
motivos
5SG
834
j The number of passenger
cars in use is
Tho number of baggage
tml f r.ii 1. aam " -- -y
the passenger trains
is about
The number of miles run
by freight trains is
!
C,594,9Co
. .
4,-Ll,?J I
To(a numbcr of m;cs na
ti knt...nl,i,rir
10 822,770
531,5 2,y S
240 551,402
travelctl by passengers
TLe cupital ,toct of which
sabout..
$112,03S,131 45
The capital stock-paid is
61 33 89 3
"
about
. ,
iUrtllllOUUVlll IUU.HWBH.
floating debt is about... 59,CG0,47S 3S
j. amouIlt paiJ for Con-
707,020 5S!
:
8.174,303
9i,2i2,93
19'
gtruction &e 1 1
...... ... ,--
sons carried in uie i.is
VU IWUUtJf luii.ir....
Number of miles traveled
W ""le "nn"'ff ' ' 1
p.ers, injured
ftf whom were k""...
j j
-
'"J, i:ii".V
1
wboa q
jnjured
ftf w,um were killed
Making the total number
injured
109 '
137
" wrre
'ne paenger was kiuco ior nt-ij
r. ,'H.l f Oil
traveled. . !
J IIC CiaSaiUUit.il'U VI ml'. " -
JKtef.
In jural.
; f . on and offtrain
j moti()n
14 5
19 8
9 13
5 5
67 17
10 2
5 18
3
7 4
7 S
130 73
re ortiirowu ..u. ......
Collisions of trains
Trains thrown off track
Run ever while walking,
standing or lying on
the track
Collissions with vehicles
at road crossings
A: work or standing by
trains
Standing on platforms
Defective machinery
Other accidents
Total.
" . i .
By comparison of tho ratio oi accidents : 1 -
and miles traveled in 1S52, with that of: lest ial graces do not best thrive aud bloom
1S53 it will be observed that during thc the hot bl.zo of worldly prosperity,
last year the passengers traveled nearly j Hl success sometimes anses from a super
three times the distance traveled in the abundance of qualities m themselves goad
f
before meeting with an acci-
itiruier jrais itcivi o (
dent resulting in death.
These evidences of the increased safety
of railroad traveling, both to the passen-
gcrsand the workmen, will be as gratify.
L to the rassencer. on railroads as they
are to the public, especially when it is re
membered that tho speed of trains has been
greatly increased during the past year.
This is partly due to the better condition
in which truck and machinery are now
maintained, aud partly to the observance,
of greater care on the part of travelers, and I
- : to the exercise of greater skill on the part
of the managers and workmen. Respect
. -
fully submitted,
WM. J. Mo ALPINE.
Revenue Commissioners. The Hoard
, of Revenue Commissioners, appointed by i
tlie jujges 0f ,ue VUrious Courts of Com-1
; , picaSj fof ,he of la!izi
. ... . .
, assessments ana taxes of thelomraon-
tlli3 now jo ,t
The seS8'ons are heIJ tri-cnnially, and the
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1 rTrfe
flin. The State Treasurer, Hon. John M.
JJickcl, is, tx fjicio, President of thei
Board. The other officers elected arej
John M. Forster, Secretary; John Shug-j
art, Assistant; Henry Cbntzman, Ser-:
geaut-at-Arms, and J. Radabaugb, Door-j
keeper and Messenger. A scries of thirty-1
oue iuttrrogaturit'S has been adopted, em-j
bracing every subject likely to come before
the Heard for their action in regulating the '
assessments, addressed to Couuty Commis-j
sinners and other couuty officers, and upon
the auswers received from these will the
final actiou of the Board mainly depend.
They will probably be in session several
weeks.
The following gentlemen comprise the
; Board, iu the order of their Districts :
Jacob Haldeuian,
! Jos. Koi.t,.iuatTier.
iT. fc ' ".T" ",
CY. Mirincr, John Orr,
David Sankcy,
W. L. Clark,
David F. Williams,
Win. Cameron,
G. D. Boyer,
J. T. Cross,
George M. Kciui,
Robt. McMurtrie,
W. II. Blair.
,. t.UtlUUI,
! i. E. Chain,
! Geo. C. Walker,
j Geo- I'- Buchtr,
j Saiul. L. Carpenter,
'John Mclteynolds,
T. T.Worth,
j L. I'utuam,
The Foreign Floor market.
The advices bv the last steamers from '
Kur0pe pr0ve tho correctness of the opio-
1 'uD' '''at sPccu!Il,'on na(l more to do with j
j the rapid rise in flour and grain than the
prices have rather declined. Proof could
not c!earer that large tjuantities of flour:
and grain are held in the English Markets
1 1..,.,, .! .!,. ll,.a oMior'
j vj rn i-u.aiui .i, ut u. ....... ..u...
'speculated to tho extent of their means,;
j or find that prices have reaehed their high-:
t est point, at which caution becomes nec-i
C;:5arT. Wc (ihall hear by and by, wether!
I war goes on or not, of some of these spec- j
; ulaturs getting their fingers burnt.
j l'eihaps some of the New York and '
; Philadelphia speculators may not entirely i
escape. There is no scarcity of provisions;
MS cnun,r3,hiy """ereally abundant,!
aud but for speculation, flour, would Le,
filing at fair and resouahle prices.
I
Bequests.
Elliot Crcsson, of Philadelphia, recently
deceased, left by will the large sum of
127,000 for beucvolent objects. Among
(ie ifjucjijj ;3 J50.000 to the American
Sunday School Union; $10,000 to the
Philadelphia School of Design for women ;
'$10,000 to the Pennsylvania Historical
97 Society, for the purchase of Pcnu's nian-
;in iu Second street; $10,000 for a mon
03 1 ument to William Pcnn, aud S10.000 for
-q Episcopal Missions and Schools at Port
! Crcsson, in Liberia, Asia. There is also
a bequest of 85,000 to the City of Phih-;
delphia, for planting trees, the item rela- j
.. i.i . .i ei,
ting to winen is in me louowii.g woius :
trust as a perpetual lund, tue income ol
1 n lllC'l X UitSllC IIIIIIU.UJ .".. i-l u. fc.jv..-.
ded in planting and renewing shade trees,
especially in situations now exp sitg my '
fellow-citizens to the heat of the sun ; de-!
siring that due care be taken to select the ;
best varieties, and excluding such foreign
trash as the Limbardy Poplar, Alanthus,
Paper Mulberry aud similar exotics." Mr.
C. wa3 u imarricd.
The beautiful cxlract below is from thc ;
j pen of Hon. George S. Hilliard : j
" I confess that increasing years bring;
j wi'h them an increasing respect for nieu
ho do not succeed in life, as those words
! arc conimouly used. Heaven is said to be
! a placo for those who have not succeeded
...ii, nd it. w aiirpTv tniA flint oo-
trom a conscience ioo eeusmve, . ro.c
- b--.- -
mantie, a modesty too retiring. I will
not go far as to say, with a living poet
thai 'the world know, nothing of its
greatest men,' but there are form, of great-
,i i.:i, .r
ness, or at least oi excoueucc, iu.
and mate no sign ; there are martyrs that
miss the palm but not the stake; there are
heroes without the laurel, and conquerors
without the triamph."
From lb. Dkrtfori (Com.) Conrant
A Chtiroh in th Air.
Once wandering
X thrn' the land of dreams.
- : ,n rcta of
someihins now.
i m. rrtttvH
A church upon a Sabbath morn
My carious notice drew.
And thinking I should larn the mode
Of ChriMian worship there,
I entered just in time to hear
The closing hymn and prayer.
And when the hvmn was siren oat,
Wuh what atonihil face
I watched a ladv. clad in silk.
Bead fnrwarj from her place
To share her book with one whose robes
So scanty were, and mean,
No maiden formed in common mould
To greet her would be sern.
And yet I taw not that the deed
Lessened a single grace.
But rather that a sweeter look
Beamed on the maiden's fare :
And while I pondered in my mind
How such a thing cnnld be.
The whole assembly juined to siog
Some tune-worn melody.
And y't the muve of that choir
Rieht p easant was to hear.
Though little in the strain I found
To please the critic's ear;
But childhood joined its ringing tones
With those of faltering a?e.
And rich and poor from every seat
In that blessed work rogage.
And here no '-fashionable" airs.
The tedium to beguile.
Are set to solemn hymns of praise,
And sun; in opera style.
Tn well, thonpht I. ihe church of God
Thirrtnockery mieht spare;
I ceased for every brad was bowed
In reverential prayer ;
And all in spiiit seemed lo join,
Nnr cnnld I well forbear.
For Christ, and not the minister.
Was mot appareot there.
Its words of charity and love
Did llie who'e world embrace.
Unbounded by the love of sect.
That Anti-Christian grace.
And little did I care to know
If "old" ihe school, or -new,"
From whence the soul of such a man
Its rich instruction drew.
His teacher none coald well mis'ake;
One only could impart
Lessons of wisdom that can guide
A sinful human heart.
Too soon that fervent prayer was o'er.
The benediction asked.
And slowly down the spacious aisles
The congregation passed.
Slowly, as one might turn his back
Upon the gates of heaven
After a taste of angels' food
Unto his soul was given.
j AnJnow k-ind ri ttvjr.frfj.Trhs J
One heart, one mind, one earnest will.
Seemed to inspire tho whole.
As fnond to friend with freedom told
The welfare of his soul.
Strange though it seems, no single word
These curious folks did say
Of poln:cs, of rise in stocks.
Or gossip of ibe days
Not only did they -shut op shop,"
And lock the otHce door,
But turned the key on wordly thoughts
Till siabbaih day were o'er.
The sermon, while a groop discussed,
I listened in amaze.
And marveled at llie words they ustj
When speaku e in its praise -They
did not call it -great." or "deep,"
Inpeniotis," "witlv." "smart,"
Or "thank their stars ihey had a man
Afier the people's heart."
But whispered low, with moistened eyes,
" How precious was ihe Wold !
How full ol love Ihe promises
Their strengthened souls had heard!"
And mormored b'essins on his head,
Who, laboring bv their side.
In all simplicity and truth.
Preached Christ the crucified.
1 heard, and cnnld not silence kep;
Thrice happv sou's ! I cried.
"An I in Heaven?" W.th suJJen start
My eyes I opened wide.
Looked 'round moment srith amaze,
flaw my mistake with pain.
And never since hase dared to take
nt in church again. M. W.
We learn the Governor has signed the
death warrant for the execution of David
Jewell, and appointed the 24th day of
March as the time for tho execution to take
, . -i ..
place. justice win at last receive its re-
well known, a desperate cB.vt was made
UI3 V'J 4113 Jl'KMgO Ol
bill through thc Legislature granting him
a new trial, and authorizing two or more
of thc Judges of the Supreme Court to g
to Pittsburg and bold the Court. The
bill passed tLe Senate, but was 1 t in tho
House. Its passage was resisted cn Con
stitutional grounds, which speaks well for
the intelligence and loyalty to the Consti
tution of tho House. Had this bill passed.
the tr cf lllC JuJieUry would he
wcakened nd the sovereignty cf tho
jury box overthrown.
WHAT IS CtlESS? At the late session
of the National Agricultural Society, held
in Washington on tbe2d nit., among other
interesting proceedings, our attention has
been called to the following, viz : " 1W.
Mapes exhibited a specimen of wheat and
chess grown upon the same head." Tuts
certaiuly throws new light opvn a mooted
question, and presents a problem rather
difficult of solution, for those who hold to
the theory that chess is a production dis
tinct from wheat, and not the result of its
degeneracy. Will our agricultural readers
take up the subject and give the public
the light of their experience ? We shall
be happy at all time, to give place to agri
cultural communications. What tay you
fricud Pauling ? Let us hear. 1iUiam
rpvrt Pnm.'
VOLUME X NO. 49.
Whole Ncxber, 617.
Commercial Crisis In Saa Franclica
We have been favored by Messrs. How
ard ii Co's. Express, with copies of San
Francisco papers to the first of February
it, all of which agree that in consequence
of the great excess of importations to that
City, a great revulsion has occurred, caus
ing some very heavy failures among their
business men. The San Francisco Price
Current, says that a total cessation of ship
ments for the next three months is needed
to overcome the downward tendency of
prices. Staple articles have been offered
freely in the market, at priees which would
enable shipmasters to realize a handsome
; profit hy taking them back to New York,
or other ports from which they originally
came, and even at those rate, no purcha
sers ean be found. This single fact should
convince shippers that this is no market
to send goods to at present.
Proceedings i.v Council. At a meet
ing of the Town Council of Suntnry, on
Friday night of last week, 600 feet of the
river bank, extending from 90 fett of the
Market street landing, southward, were let
to the Philadelphia Si Suubury Railroad
Company, whereon to erect wharves. One
j hundred and fifty feet adjoining, including
' the main track of the railroad, were let to
jJieuWo Fegely 4 Co., and 150 feet south
i of that, to Case k Seed. The inclined
, plane from the top of the Lank to the wa-
tcr, is intended to be located on the 90 feet
j reserved between the Market Street land
j ing and that part cf the bank leased to the
, Philadelphia & Sunbnry Company. -Gaz.
have been in the receipt of in-
formation from an authentic source, that
.arrangements are about being made for
' the guaranty of the Northumberland coun
ty subscription to the Susquehanna rail
road, by the Philadelphia & Sunbnry
Company. The latter company feel a great
interest in tnc completion of the former
.improvement, and will take active meas
, ures toward, that end. It is reported,
! with considerable probability of its being
; the case, that the work on the Susquehanna
'this point in thc Coal Region is to the
effect that the third storey of the large new
1 ITotel is being raised, and the whole build
ing will be completed by the 1st of June.
. Barry, the contractor for the grading of
the railroad between Sbamokin and Mount
, Carmel, has nearly completed his contract.
j On account of tho want of sleepers and
' rails for the track, this extension, it is
j thought, will not be done till the 1st of
j September.
J New Church. The Lutheran Congre
gation of Sunbury iutend building new
j Church ou thc site occupied by their pres
ent building. The new edifice is to be a
brick, constructed in the Gothic style, and
I will be commenced as early in the spring
j as possible. The building now s'anding,
is of logs, plastered on the outside, and is
ionc of the oldest edifices in our town, a
! relic of the last century, having been erec
!ted in 1702. i:Mburif Gazette.
Rv. John Berry Meacham, colored,
aed 6 J.past r of the First African Baptist
: Church in St. Louis, fell dead in the pul
pit en Sunday, the iOLh ult., while read-
, ing his text ne w.-.s formerly a slave in
: Virginia, but was sot free, and went to St.
Louis, where, at one time, he was at the
head of a large coopering establishment,
and next a-: extensive dealer in real estate,
' and owner of a Urge amount of steamboat
'stock. But for reverse of fortune, it is
supposed he would have left his family
f300.U(.0 or 5400.000. As it is be haves
' them a comfortable fortune.
Gerrgo Ford anil Judge YonJersmith,
of Lancaster, who were recently bound
' over to aj pear at the Uiiited States Court
to answer charges of heavy frauds upon
the Pension Bureau, Lave disappeared.
Mr. Ford went to New Yoik a week ago,
and took pwsage iu the steamer of Satur
day lkt f. t Europe. J tidge Yonder? mith's
rou'e is not kuown, but ho is supposed lo
have gfne South. The bail of parties
amounts to 819,000, and t'a securities are
perfectly good.
' New Orleans, Feb. 27. A terrible
, accident occurred here Lst nibt, (Sun
day,) at the French Open House. Wbils.
I the audience wna listening to the ptrform-
acce.the gallery euddenij fi.il with a crash,
carrying awy the second tier, by which
three persons were killed and fifty-six mote
or less wounded.
i The tnTnwh" rlrJs once on lte
rf fami nod the hern of dilemma, got his
Crst idea of music on Bearing uajcuc
' Crow while ho was tying a knot in a cord
of wcoA ...
t Dr. Joel He we died at Spencer, Mass.
1 lately, aged 93 the first person who has
'died in Lis family for C8 years.
j Pleading at tho bar, says a Western
!editor,U trying rt rrt udo baxkc t r 0
!tmt TffliN three cent siyftr-