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H. C. HICKOK, Editob.
The Lewisburg Chronicle,
AM 1 VOBFRUDBXT IHIll JOCMAl,
Jttutd on Friday Morning, at Jjewisburg,
' tai'i county, Fennylcania.
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b. pua i in Any u iiron m"-""-"' '
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uM.u.tir...i!pria.,i.c,.1iuou,,ril.
Dlcnlina.ncn.oI.lkilitl w.lh Ihr 1'uWi-h r. wlitu III
twin But pij; mad inuret oo uii .ouut doc.
Oom.nieti.n..WWdnti.iofg,,r,H,,t.t
aot with Ml iIm nia of party or wrturiaii coutt-ttt. All '
h.h.i,.l.w ----a.
dlra of lh writtr. t r.o-i ;imiUu. -Thuu
rvlsUax liiltly to the t:ditiriat Ivtirtnwnt. to I
baincu auth.ni to O N. WacDes. VuUuUr.
MMKtaul n Hnif l llirK-K. Km . ifr atl'l OD
. Ttio MABVKTIC VKtBiBAI'll ii l-il.l in lb" office
of tlio .'iKie. ( rrvoi. hi
iituilo Ot olttnia
K, fro. tho tort to OT.oc.ofil.c5i.il..
chmH with th- ttr '' ""OTi.i- fr met
kuidoof JOB PBINTIIlaliich t- cut.-U HD
ootneo- olid ile-jjotcB ona on r.TiMiiii.i' iimc.
,.0c no Srkt S lair.-, north idc. nccond m.rjr.
oar itm too ro uinro.
O. V. WOTIDN, Fropaetor.
April 14, 1S54.
Whig State Committee.
In pursuance of the direct ittiis of the l.i'e
Whig State Convention,! have selected the
following gentlemen to compo.-e the U!c
Ccntral Committee Inr the prrseiit year :
And'W G. Curtis, Bellef.mte,C'Ainjn.
Wilm Larimer, Jr , Alli-t'lt. ny comity,
C. O. Loom is i!o do
Frederick Lt'nnii:, Fhiladelphiti 'to
Joseph B. Mycis do iti
Wilm B. Keed do lo
Su-phea Miller, Dauphin do
John Covodc, Westioorelaud do
L Thos E. Franklin, Lancaster do
Ily M. Fuller, Luzerne do
Hy D. Maxwell, Northampton do
Levi A. Mackey, Ciiuton do
David Taggart, Northuuibcrlaiid do
WM. F. JOHNSTON,
rhairmsn Whitr State Convention,
tSTJ. EI.L.S P.O.M.AM, Fsq. of Carlisle
U annninted Chairman of the Iciniratic
Sttte Committee, by Judge .Shannon, the
President of the late Convention. The
remainder of the Committee is not yet
sttnouneed.
Tbe State of Lancaster.
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, lias a
rr
population 0l near xoo.ooo, uu au io
elemenu of capacity and independence is
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superior to some of the States of the Uu
ion. Its steady iucrca.-c of taxable prop,
erty, is clearly shown by the following
summary of the results of tbe last four
Triennial Assessments :
1845 assessed valuation,
1848 do
1851 do
1S51 do
S27.5G1.972
a8.G12.7t53
S0.615.0Sl
32.592.590
Increase in State, '51 to '52, 10,371,625
Increase in Lancaster Co. 1,977,515
The taxable property of Lancaster Co.
is made up as follows
Real estate
825,333,86?
&.i;3,r50
726,060
711,214
288,100
191,441
81,885
49,310
13,110
Money at interest
Horses
Stocks
Cattle
Pleasure carriages
Occupations over $200
Furniture liable to tax
Salaries
Lancaster county contains 593,020 acres '
oi iana, vaiuea at c-u,.ioo,cuc average
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value, - ptr acre. aims yivuauij .
ineludM the Oitv and the villages, as well
as the woods and hill-lands, and therefore
is not a criterion of the average value per
acre of tbe lands under cultivation.
It was a prevailing fear among the far
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mers of Laucastcr, Dauphin, &c., prior tot
the establishment of the Public Works,'
that thev would dumacc the lands, and ,
horses and oats would lose bait their value.
Lancaster is now well provided with Hall
ways, &c., and lands, horses, ami graiu of
most kinds are doubled in value !
It is stated that by the last Census,
Pennsylvania has more Weavers tliau ull
. ,
the remainder of the States together. In
this particular domestic mauuiactures by-i
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men ot small mcaus ;uis oiaic is inucu
bene&tod; and to this source of wealth is!
Lancaster as much indebted for ber proud :
pre-eminence, as for her mingled Scotch
Irish, Quaker and German population.
THE HEAD AXD THE HEART.
Grakam'M Magazine for April bas the follow
ing poetical philosophy from the brain of ihe
humorous Joan G. Sin :
The Head is stalely, calm, and wise,
And bears a princely part ;
And down below, in secret lies
The warm, impulsive HearL
. The lordly Head that sits above,
Tbe Heart that beats below.
Their several office plainly prove,
1 "Their true relation show.
Tbe Head erect, serene, and cool.
Endowed with Reason's art,
Was set aloft to guide and rule
The throbbing, wayward Heart.
. Aad from the Head, as from the higher,
Comet all-direetiDa; thooghi ;
. And m the Head's trantformtng fire
All noble deeds era wrought.
" Yet each is best where both unite-'
Te ssabs the rasa complete '
Waal were rfce heat wrhout the light i
The light wi!ent the heat !
O. N. WnRnKN. Prixter.
I Wr i..i...mn...,tfin.iUrLiiiclobatUche(lflvecuts, er a direct gain per nusnet w
"Mr. Hickok's Letter."
Tie New Berlin meeting of 1st inst.
a correspondent of the Timet and the
Editor of that delectable sheet all pounce
wilh terrible unanimity npon a statement
ruade by Mr. Hickok, Harrisburg, March
27,u reIative to ,1,e nuu,bcr of Petilions
for and remonstrances auainst Division,
then presented which be stated tobeia"'r .
3100 of the former and 962 of the latter ; I "reunion Many in sue couu
wherca.S upon a count being made of the S
f ' . . . w- werc I consolidated some died a very natural
t!SbniT!toh- bft tLe "Sllubr''0US
w De tound rriblc Lad man, mat miamatic fo2s" of the
Illctot 1 and that aillOD? til SliMCrS
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Illinois rtcrrible badi"" . . .. . W ...
man, that iiickok :j-and tUat tbe itaii-
mail Ttciti.lu liu1 co-trAil tlia nonnln intil II .
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Division fovcr-
-bad man, that Iiickok ! !
-'"r. iiieK Happens lo oe aoseui, we
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fcUtlU1:t .1,,. t.iint,!ele il. ft ncB of Mr. II. as
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exhibiti-d in the f illunins
Urre-jrjtnlrHre.
Lr.wisUL'no, April 8. 1854.
Col. Kl.l Sl.lFl.t:, Small', IlulrMiur .: :
lK;ir iiir U ill ou plee ii.! Hi:i
by retuin mail, the number of msh--i- i
tue petiiiuns ft iiwjnl- d to yu for a 1
siiiU of Union comity; als.i the iiumlur of
Miners to riiitiiir-tT.inccs ag:iin.-t the Uivi
tion ; also whether they were not as geuc
ially legul voters of the districts concerned
as m titions in the Legishiture u.-ualy are ?
Xlie l-icts within 3 our kuowledge, I dc-
sire for publication.
; Vour, &a O. N. WoEDEN.
j IlARniSBLRO. Aril 10. 1854.
O. N. H ORllh.N, hsq.
Dear Sir In reply to your note of Sat-
l.lujv, I would answer that I presented
I etiuoljs iu favor of llie Division of Union
: t-ountv. siuoeJ I'V three thousand one bun-
tired and ume (o 100) names. 1 presented ; tery of hard words ; but for a few weeks,
: remonstrances "ainst the Divisiou signed ,ue whole park of artillery has belched out
; by nine hundred fifty-eight (958) i.uuies. iu miiu I,wisburg alone. Gute
i In luttking over Itutb pel it ions ami rem- ,. .. ,
; enstiaoees, 1 was favorably impressed wilh ; 1,us' .'. Er, Snyder, are for-
tlieir cliuraeter. 1 can not sav that the
names attached are all legal voters, out 111
. 1 1 1 , .
tlie main I believe them to be such. Iu
tint respect, both parties have acted more
fairly than is usually the t with parties
ni'eiest.d, in petitioning the Legislature
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on qtu-su u!i in uiieiesi in iiicutnencs.
'1 here were a number of remonstrances
presented iu the House, the cunracicr of
1 - 1 r 1 .1 III .1-
which I kuow notbinfr, nor do I kuow the
uumuer . imii.es miueucu.
It is due here to say, that the petitions
,1 v..r.,dnn,o
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I asked leave to withdraw the petitions and
remonstrances presented in the enate,
winch leave was granted. Before tbe mee-
tme of the House Uoiniitittee, 1 called on
Mr Piatt, the Chairman of the Senate
Committee on New Counties, , for the peti-
t.on. and reno,ns.rt,nces in ; P j
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in ponhi net all he Lad rehitive to lho
Livision. I afterwards learned that the
count did not hold out, and on Saturday
last I apain called on 31 r. Piatt, informing
him of the loss ot some ot tbe papers. In t
again searching bis desk, be found nine-
to..n mnro r-tihnri4 iiiiinprmisl v hiirnoil.
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WUICU lUUtiCS lue imillifei uuuvu rtawu. j.
felt this explanation to be due to the par-
tics who counted the names on the pclitiuus
beforc the House Committee, and were of
course honest iu supposing that the num-
tier had oeen oer-Siaicu.
V,.,,ri t- V Qurrit
lours, i.c. t. cLlFEIt.
I n I r-1 r :ll
iji. ruier we i.Tesume uo uue win vuu-
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liuveib ill fcuia uiaiier, uuu uu auuiuiuuLijt
I sustains Mr. llickok's representation.
"One who Knows
however, (but who
don't know, or else be wilfully misstates,
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as to tne numuer oi petitioners,; sajs iiut
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m auuiuou 10 lue ittj- ruierreu iu, iv.i rc-
monstrances have been aent to the House.
Allow this to be correct, and there are
For Division
Against Division
3109
1983
Majority FOR DwUion 1126
Over tiibf.e-fiftiis and nearly two-
TUlitDS FOB DIVISION !
No. of signatures now forwarded 5092
Highest vote ever polled 5078
Excess of petitioners, Le. 14
The canvass for Division was all intide
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j favor of Division in nearly every Aortliei ii
! distriet,wlio were overlooked,and of ntheis
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who declared themselves neutral. uu
a decided and undoubted majority on their
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I ttln tL a 4 ntrt.f a r V I iiftcir.it liirn Tint f r
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our kuowledge made any efforts to obtain
names for several weeks.
Under these circumstances, any large
increase to the list of either petitioners or
ii i i t.i .
remonstranis, wouiu oc uiguiy suspicious,
inasmuch as most legal voters who desire
have doubtless forwarded their direct
(disconnected from Railroad, partisan and
personal issues) to Harrisburg. It only
ii .
rcmaius for the General Assembly to carry
out the will of the People, thus expressed,
upon a purely local question.
The New Berlin Press.
The "greaOlotropohs" (alias a 'crow 8 ml of the COI,nly to tne other and cuhwasb
nest in tbe mountain') was formerly dislin-. as it will thmtly do, the greatest portion
guished at least for the numler of its per-, O.JJ -ZToizAT
iod.cals masonic or anti-masonic, whig, J BEYOND DISPUTE."!
democrat or bolter, temperance, literary, To copyine the above, irom the lYmet,
or religious, black-mail pirates or pension-
LEWISBUEG, UNION
town, drawiugthe largest share
pport from the Bululoe and Middlecreck Big L.'s, ought to be generous'lj reward
illics directly, and from the same thro' !cd for his toils and sacrifices ! ,
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the county treasury indirectly. Of late,
however, uiauy of the people of those val
lies deem it advisable to support papers in
the range ot their Business interests res-
pectivcly, and a paper at Seliusgrove and
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: feusquchauna and -uecriamcsuurg a"11
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U-ainst a nlace " iustly celebrated for its
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morality and intelligence," and departed
! for Cleveland
There are now but three
papers at New Berlin enough, and which
should receive a good support while it
remains a county seat.
No reader can forget the demoralizing
antl ulmsive course formerly pursued by
ii-.. New Berlin press towards each other,
:-.!.! t.. wards their fellow townsmen. And
iwno c:i:i but be gratified with one effect
of the Division agitation there is a stop
1 1(, ,;ie fow Uer'.iu stream of abuse upon
each other; they are all proper men and
good christians now ; they vote for each
other's candidates, hurrah at each other's
meetings, puff each other gratitously, and
endorse each other's characters generally.
f m tVita M itliittt.il ticnil .nntinun!
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-Unfortunately, however, tbo wnu is ot
eradicated, and the B.ll.u,gate vocabulary
is still used, but in another direction. For
a time, Sclinsgrove and Lewisburg shared
the bomharduicut of tlie New Berlin bat-
gti'ieu an mo wiuki-u uieu uuw uweil iu
1 r i .i pi 11 xf : J
newisuurg ; t cuus, luaiimau, 1 errj, mu -
1 rliehuri. Hartler. Miffliaburp.Wbite Deer.
the 15uff,,oeS) te.f U(,nt- wat Division-
, Lewisbu that wantg it Mrl Le.
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f' Division in order to get rid of the
wisuurj; wouiuu 1 waui ii out ior n:c urtue
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Railroad ! ! (It happens that the
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Auti-llailrood districts are also the hardest
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I Anti-Division ) But this is over-mucb
,
UODOr- Lewisburg can Bit carry over
. tbrec-fifths of the county, against all your
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years experience as disciplinarians, eng.-
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occrs. and Quartermasters.
1 we gave a liberal specimen,
f.0,Q a communication in tbe Star, of the
: ma,crial roIiea lo pjudico t'Ue b.
r a :.. i.;.t.....
c iar ana near agaiust uywiisuurg nuu
j its savory compliments still linger upon
tUe palate of memory. The VMcfrcuud
j we undcrstanil echoes the Star in German.
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I lTi.. ,:n i,iu e o:i.u.,. r
i j lie cniY inuumc v. via iinauwui w
the Chronicle, in relation to the content-
plated seminary at this place, netrays aa
illiberal and ungenerous spirit."
j Natr wLat bas the chronicle said rch-
.u. vr.. v ,.i: c..-.: ? h-l
jiiiciuiuu-ion muiu crmimij; n ujr,
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in the first plaee,it published tho following
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'silly twaddle from the iVcic Berlin ftmei,
" Cirallfjlni? Intelllcrcnce.
m Our nrpitif tionti in rplatinn in the future
enterprise and prosperity of Mew Berlin, are
already upon the point of reahzatwn. The
UlUVCIllcin aci was -"' a Jii'i iiiiii: atm-t, ass
favor of the ereCtlon of an institution of lear-
o at... ..p. In. ll. f .U-
muij at iua pttw-c, unus .ut au-ii-w u use
tvangelical.ssociation,i,as Deen unanimously
agreed upon ly the West. l'a. Conference of
that influential and numerous body, lately in
session at York, l'a. The enterprise is to be
undertaken as soon as the sum of 15,0t)0 has
been subscribed, which it ii thought will be
raised in a comparatively short time.
epidemics and fevers p-prtml'nt all along the
ntw, are unknown to our place. lis scenery is
: pleasant and picturesque affording the high-
est delight! Our valley asol... is a.ca
lixr.ai., is as productive in every respect
as Uuff.he, &c The town will also unirga
ihorougli re-paving during the summer. Penns
r t4:, a Luge and nuti gable stream, passes
a i :,2 the southern part ot the town, possessing
ixtcnsive water power for manufacturing pur -
po,es. I-erlecuy centra ,. its p.ion m me
Lew
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hrturi drive of
burs.Mitainbure.iSelinsgiove.r reeburg,
riove.Freeburg,
Aliddleburg, L-enlerviue, narueion, ate, over
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Taudt "f uiuqunlted prrmtmrncy and elegance,
.New Berlin can truly be puoon of her many
llftirt knMm as shamokln Ril,Rei aboanding
in the richest deposiies ol Ore her immense
.Manufacturing ! Facilities, wilh water p,wr
tupermr ta all lite other tlreani in the County
combined a distance of buna miles from
the Pennsylvania Canal, over a road perfectly
smootb ILVkt sittiaieu in toe very nuiri
1 , D Vallev. which, in the laneuage of a
' distinguished Iron Master, -the smoke of htr
V n A l.,'.. fini wilt I. dr. mam
rurnaces ana i .m, ... ,
years, bliektn the heaveiu between vtinncia
and Lewistown," a vallev, extending in one
' ." J . . l.'n. frni nn trtreitk0
we plead Guilty. We also proposed, as a
I ;1iiiouiiirciiu)ivnu,apo!cicsSrra:r jius8er jn Jy-wisburg, that 1 bad never
advantages for a., losijiution of this Wind or ; fc th buf j h Swineford, as
: which is more jititly cekbraled fur Us morality, j " . . , , , ,. ' .
i i,,i.lii.r, nn,l i.eni health. ihan Ml. Th to Division or any other natter. I believed
Xew Berlin is de.timd to be TH E GREAT i ikc .t,"1'e kD0W ,ts r?' or " wa seventh of the corn crop of this state is
EMK)HIUMOPTRADBINUNIi).UOUK.:B,71u1:l"10,,b; ,Jo,,,ow tleclar used-by the distiUeries. This is nearly
TV. The inexkauiiibte mineral resources of that 1 believe Jolia isrfiuCford innocent of . . w .. , . ,
.h,. n,i.hhorhndA,r I, Mi.,t.,.. here, anv di to deceive me or tile Doblie. as I PCr ccnt- Were th to b 'rely
COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY, APEIL 14, 1854.
or tncir ofiouiru to buiwwo m wnw v. j
We have also indited and published the
following:
'Thev f the people of New Berlin EVITfCE
A COMMENDABLE SPIRIT m ottering
" r rM . s5jm, toward, ,
bEMINARY lo supply the loss of their Book
'.cit.hi.chm.ni hm it luoks as if they deemed
Seminary of more importance to them thaa
, ,bey hope tt 9
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This U au we remember to ha said in
relation to the New Berlin Seminary. The
LnMu -HI ;ndra of the enmity or friend-
,r JO
: ship exhibited by us.
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orify iU own
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magnanimous and liberal disposition tow
ards Lewisburg, Mifiliuburgand ireebnrg,
and winds up with the following characte
ristic proofs of truthful and liberal spirit
towards Lewisburg in particular I
"It is believed that 850,000 can be
raised by October next.whicb, considering
the price of labor and cbeapuesa of board
ing in New Berlin, will be equivalent to
an expenditure of $75,000 at Lewisburg,
when every man conceives it to he hit duty
to SKIN hi nrighb'jr, and the public at
large, in the bargain. In point of talent,
however.there will be a difference, judging
from the late history of that institution I
But be that as it may, two school 4, like two
OOIS, unriwu
ting thcro may be some calLge sprouts in
1J.. ..:il I .. ..II K..tt. .c otihn' MlnHt-
the composition over the ridge V '. -
We quote in exit mo that all may see
.- kk.,i;. ,Hinrt. tn Blind
i of facts and unienUt0 prcTent Div
quotation iBekSj hj fi4lge
inuendoes, to prejudice all the friends of , mokin Hidge and back again, wan ior toe
! the proposed Seminary against the Chron- 2250 inhabitants of Lewisburg to do the
! iele to defame the character and fair same. It is far better tUt the few hund
'; business reputation of Lewisborg-and to reds on Peons Creek should come over to
'disparage her literary institutions t jBuffatoe Valley, than that the thousands
W. do not deem it aecsry to more
that the ChroniJ. always
sound education a. a right
than remark
has advocated sound education as a right
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n,f8ch8' A7e"'e' " 1 TA
I and these in turn to fill our Colleges nna
1 ti ni versines. aoq wuiie we uffeAa tigtio
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to aid lome firtt, we' rejoice to see every
luwu busuiiu 11a vwu ittwtii w..j
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denomination its own collegiate institu- j a(epbja as compared with the total reve
tion. Truly Christian education can not for liquor licenses reeeived by the
but advance tbe iiapp.avu ut truKoiev
ests of all men. Union county still needs
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educational facilities, and New Berlin is
. . ,lcM the ite find ,ow ren.
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U 0 tbmk l? PrPMed Scmnary maJ
JT' ' 'JlT' JZl
j County Srt-M bat the community may
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be not materially shorn of its strength.
nnbiished in the name
I of John H.Winter. bat no one who knows h.s
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"iD,"u,e U"T' ".":".""'-V.
oi OilX Mill uruum vwvr n cumiuua. t
claim to -the largest circulation of an, other
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j f''hood, and a specimen ot us recklessness.
-A.We last week"sta7ed ifappcars
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joun OWineiora uau ut iiarrisourg wnat
I, j ir ... ,.iH.ia;f ,.r a.i. t
1 he passed off as au affidavit of Adam J
Miller, school teacher, thai a man named
Yoiler came into bis school and eott several
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in . . r.;,;., c .1 ti-
.IiiK mna rtnmlMi tt a I netltlon tori llieie-
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' ,on
This Mr. Miller was sent for, and
declares upon oain uiat tie ne,er maao an
, UU4U aV" oouu kj sw mti" s va aw-J ww 411I31UU
r any other matter
Mr.Swineford requests ns to publish the
following explanation of the case,which we
1 cbeerfully do
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"Aprtl 8, 1854. I, Adam J. Miller, do
now state before Churls Vilson and Jonas
'Miller, that I made oatl before Esquire
so at the time, aud I revcr did swear on
; the Bible or Testament. Samuel Bauin
j brought in a Bible to swear me on. Mr.
, Swineftir(i g!lij it wa8 0f n0 use to bring
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P'Ue. 0U1J affiral mc- l.,l,J "J
j 'io" vhat "ojfirm meant at the time, and
wat not informed of iti meaning, uutil Chs
Wilson aud said JohnSwiucford called on
1 me at my father's louse, aud a.,kcd an
ex.)IaDlltion from me vf ni, oalU uiaJe at
, .,,
lewisburg. jotin Dtf incio
II I. ...... T..l.n W...n..rmr.l lllAtl l.-l.i n,J
' """""'t' """"
me mriii oi au amrifauoii, ouu a uuw Biim,
, . . .
tbat I believe it tat be the same used by
; b;,u at Uauiu's tia'ern, but I did not, at
I was innocent in fact myself of takiDg
contradictory oaths."
The "Uutement' referred to, we have
requested two oriirce different persons in
Harrisburg to prfcure for ns, but tbey say
" . . - -
they can not fiud I. No matter although
i tbo nnsonhosticat Mr.Miller.aftcr he had
I "
. J.1J I..;BrA r.f..J tn
." .! - cy .v
be sworn, was eniropped into the form of ;
an "affirmation.'yet tbe ipirit was want
ing, for be did i; igoorsntly. Mr. Miller
is not conscienionsly opposed to taking
an oath where hifeels eonfident,for be did
take an oatb befote Esq.Musser. But tbe
'statement be mile to Swineford be did
- a m . -S W
to the 'statement.' An unsuipicious youth
is talking in Baum's bar-room ; a Justice
of the Peace i sent for, and the words are
taken down ; a Bible is brought in, but
the young man knows it is a fearful thing
to testify with that sacred Book in band,
and he rrfuset to It iwor ; but, without
bis knowledgo of toe lact, ce is inuueeu
to make an ojjirnuttion t ...Verily, it is a j
New Berlin transaction throughout, and it!
is very appropriately "certified," by W m.
Koshong, Isaae Slcnkcr, Win. Van Geier,
John II. Winter, John P. Seebold and 20
other New Bcrliuera, that "we have never
heard John Swineford Esq. charged by a
single individualj-who has bad the oppor
tunity of knowing bint as we have, with a
dishonest or dishonorable act." We are
sure there are thousands outside of the
"salubrious atmosphere" and "celebrated
morality" of New Berlin, who will regard
the trap set for Adam J. Miller as neither
houest nor honorable.
A New Berlin gentleman wishes to
know, "if it is not as easy to climb over
the Ridge from Lewisburg to New Berlin,
as it is to elimb from New Berlin to Lew
isburg?" (Suppose it were : if we have
traveled over to you 40 years, is it not
, . 4ft
years 1 Why should you be Tec'iv:3
visit always, ana never raummj iuCu. w
j e answer, ISO. It is mucu easier ior a;
' smaller boav 10 move, man ior a grei
much easier for the 750 inhabiunt. of
; New Berlin to ascend and descend Sha-
" ' ' J o-- 6"
Creek. (The same of Middlecrcek ValleyO 1
I 'The greatest good of the greatest number- j
determine tne wnoie questiuu.
for tb CLronido.
CORRECTION.
Me. Editor: In my remarks at thej
, xemperance meeiiDff lass evening, t sua 1
; ,- . s ,t.
1 ... . . tjti
i made m "lapsus lioguss'' in eosspiring the
1 . m : 1 1 iren
; amount O IUCI iur liauirrio kioiu vj
.... . .. ...
Phil-
gtat - ,
I Philadelphia pays tl,000 a dsy for
Daupe, ba!de the great amount given
J A.rit.M.
-j r.....v , j
iu:!litutioil, for orphnS widowSf blind
! I "T
t0 tbe cbvrstal Fountwn .nuuaUy for
liquor licenses, tne sum oi eiuo.wu.
... , '
rri . r -i aa. J 1...
proportion snou.u nave ueeu tuaw CUih
t.pbia mloue pays FOCR TIMES as much!
! poor tax as the whole income from licenses
in the Slate !
WUenwc consider that the
i.. i
, trlaI and conviction oi a single murderer,
t i , j i it .1
; costs many thousand dollars, and the
... v. j..rj-.w
tLe burJcn of supporting a few rum-:
!8cUcrB " seen to te i"tolcrable.
I
m, tt. ri.i r .,,
Tde "on- Edward Everett lately made'
an investigation, and has published the;
i is. .i. l4 I i .1-1 t I .. '
loiiowins as tue resuir.wuicn wniw A nave
k it mi ii
llwn in riAitil I will nrlil I
1 r
He estimates that withix ten tears,
strouir drink has cost the
Oue Huuiiiud and Twen
Dollars as the mere whole:
liquor.
It has caused the burning up of Five
Millions worth of property.
Destroyed 300,000 Lives.
Scut 150,000 to Prison.
Scut 100,000 children to the Poorhouse.
Made 1,000 Lunatics.
Made 200,000 Widows.
Caused 1,700 Murders.
Caused 200 Suicides. .
Caused Oue Million of Orphans.
Look at this, all considerate persons !
No ten years' war would have so injured
the country ! Shall we submit to such
things any longer ? H M
Lewisburg, April 12, 1S54.
Will the Adoption of the Raise Law
injure the Farmer?
According to tbe census of 1850, one-
lost, and corn worth 60 cents per bushel,
which is nearly if not quite double the
average price, it would be at the rato of
three cents per bushel on tbe crop. At a
meeting, composed of Farmers, in answer
to a question, it was stated that ten
bushels of corn would make one hundred
pounds of pork. But to prevent sll cavil
ling, we will allow fifteen bushels to one
hundred pounds. It is an undisputed fact
that the mixture of still-fed pork mixed
with eorn-fed, red uses tbe price one cent
per pound. Now the loss of fifteen bushels
at three cents per bushel would be forty
five cents. Tbe gun on one hundred
weight of pork would be one dollar, leav
ing a clear gain ia favor of the Maine Law,
o& every fifteen bsiLelt of corn, of ;'-
three and two-third cents.
In this calculatien we haye taken every
thing in the most favorable light for the
distilleries, and yet show a clear and deci
ded gain to the farmer,wcre the Maine Law
to be adopted.
This calculation is simple ; every one
ean make it for himself ; but it is eon
elusive, showing that there is no foundation
for the cry that the 5Iaine Law will injure
the farmer. L'rlana Citizen.
TBX riMST MOBI.V OT tifMJya.
bv r. s. "" .
I tm BoU the tint of tbt Eapira of Soot,
Aod sy tbnao to tfeo twub u too old ctorrj troo,
The iqbra SdiIiij Uar my indoto stoog,
AbS tbo geallo oi.d good wo U Mlw:t U. n.
Olad, f lod hlbe hoao aou whon andacts I ,
A rmit to oUdo I will rpy with dWiitbt,
Uj aviUa ihoil choor it l oowa rf tko tloo.
And j pci kam butM it uouuiug ut Blfbt.
At wboa In th (j bowm of Edta v toa,
I tint to tbo world mj BtofodiooJ ttnia.
And Uwkcut tlibiaul UwoMtb'adUoorSuwag
itj tura witb sir sot back to Bota gsia.
I u Kobia tbo tint of tho kingdoai of Soag,
My ooeptro tiio power of nolodj wvot ;
Tbo aaauaor'r (ted aoodu my rulo olU arolsac,
Abd iu Stnrarj triuaisba be hud at ay loot.
Hope E Slatter, the Slave-Trader.
Baltimore, Sept. IS, 1853.
To m Int or hi Bvotox CoHMoinriaia.
Dbab Sir The papers of to-day record
th0 death of Hope H. Slatter, at Mobile,
fcy yeUow f(jTer yo,jr reajers BlTj
u
tervsted in knowing something
more of this iudi viduaL I shall not attempt
his eulogy, nor would I entirely forget tlia
.. . , ...
uanasouie aaaress, aua 01 uncommon Busi
ness tact a mao, who, for more than a
quarter of a century occupied a very prom
inent, yet not an enviable position, before
He hM now 'one
J, q
of wretched beings of whom be m4de
merchandise, whether they believe there is
any rest for the soul of Hope II. Slatter !
lie came to this city from Virginia, and
rcsiuco ior many years on vt est jjaii street,
, , u .3 .1 1 A : t,:,.fc
-. . .
where he had an office, and a pen in which
to confine human cattle. A Urge portion
of the slaves from Maryland, the District
of Columbia, and the northern part of Vir
ginia, oesunea ior tne ur eonin, passea
through bis hands, and were swade acquain-
. . . . .. 1'
ted with the luxurious accommodation, of:
bi. nrisnn. I know not thai Slatter bV
, ,
, ever cbarged with using nnneceesary
" S' f"
I business. He was wont to distribute tc
oncco among nis-ooyv ana rurnise tusm
I : o.a. - L 3 t
tucrr, r tuetr joyoua pruspecu.
Uis custom was to ship negroes on Sat-t
urday night
lie uuuwucw lean rreviuus'
n . j tot t i
: far tLu a.tidfLCtorjr to himself. I can
I. - - . . . .
tninn oi none oeuer man tne louowing :
I wv- . r t - l a 1 i
lutt Uo claimed to be a humane man,
.v.wU.. vuu KU-
sibililies of his neighbors. Second". To
diminith the care of his own household,
J allow th&m ta nnnAiw for a hinmiiir
r
nf tlia ,nrirnMi,: ci.,,),
TkirtL Admittinir that slavcrv ia a Chris-
t o
,:nn ;,..,;,.:.. ,;,.l,i il. . ...
' s- j-v ofc"
... .1 ...
, be might justly suppose
mat tne nearer tue
tue cenver ui its operatious
maxim wuica enjoins 10 ireaa ugauy o cr j Chri8timll citt j U fr
the ashes of the d.ad. (country? And when, on the following
Mr-Slattcr was a man of intelligence, of. Si4bba,u j uv siattor take his seat in the
TT -. t I , ': the Ue"ter 10 g,ry J th"' lj iUrtiB ' streete to hia hotel, where he w.a U be re-M-Hi
n t ! thcm ff 10 -V" rIeilM 0n lbe "iBg! garded as Mr. Hope 11. SM gncat.
' wiTf .i I of lUe SaLWb' they might al1 ,in& -1 "e k k p eM
sale coit of the ., k,.,,,.,! , !.,.. . i k , r J. . . . . .
,le
i "-""f . as any other man, and lie earned Uu garat
will you go to glory with me V j througb ia good style. He showed to the
I once witnessed oue of these shipments. opper-tendom of Baltimore, that himself
'Twas on a dreary Saturday night, in the ,uJ ditUgh.ter. were on terms of indrrucy
midst of a pitiless north-east storm, after i i:h tb iresident of the Cuited Stares,
the hum of business had subsided, aud Stll! -lVMt B0 grt. A uegn Ulu w x
most of the Loaost free people of Balti-; p;U Lo-cver gUJcd with wealth,
more bad retired to rest. Happening to, uhal ,Dll cnliLty could not or would not
pass Slatter'a place of business, i observed; S(r;iiow. jjUu;r g. up ib. eka,0f so!4
an omnibus being loaded with men, women jbi3 plXpertJ in r..lua,on-, ie.-ludmg his
and chillren, from the office. Thu- soon j, la b.rU Street ehureh, removed to.
moved off, aud anothtr took its place, Kuwida, and pnrehaivd a uSar plaufcttioe.
which, in like mauuer, was filled with bu- jjot fi-.d with bim. e f ai.d fami j
mu Ccsh. The men were ehaiued in pairs. priu(.,j. ril.b by tramok iu the soul aa i
Many of the women had children. 1 j boJie f uieil) ba mugt seek twrt
counted more than twenty infants in their! soiilai;e 0f iu d. cbuiug year, w;ta tuU
mithers' arms, a..d about sixty whom 1 ! nurrJ,,ited toil of tiiose he bad previouVy
judgtd to be under twelve in this lot of j tjlbeti uf fretdom..But hi hjur h-e
two hundred. Of these mother, somejcolu, . Tiie " grim me.ie:.ger" Lis euai
wcre of fiirer complexion tbaa he who! moocd biul heiCe lf .i hat
claimed to be their master, and presumed ; dt.,lb moa Ul8 bl u.ta ; X lW
to make merchandise of them yea, fairer j tbe of socb hfmrt) 0 e
far, and more Saxon like, than those whom j tbou j Iq., Qit ,j, b j.n3OBK.
he bad educated at great expense, aud --
taucht to call him " father." But these - SALt CnsiOB Iu the Mint, at Phil-
were nousht but nerro slaves. With sol-
enin tread and downcast looks they moved
on to take their places in tbe coach.
Mr. S. was present, and seemed deeply
interested in efforts to make them all cm- j
forubble: helping tbe children end the
mothers to seats, and especially in seeing
that each coach was provided with a suita
ble force, oi outriders, to assist in ease of
accidents- About twenty omnibuses were
thus loaded with emigrants, who, to suit
tbe convenience of certain parties, were
about to seek a residence in milder climes.
Husbands and wives, tona and daughters,
brethers and sisters, fathers and mothers,
Jl otiissiniifia'.e'y tcra firr-a- Lome, asd
VOLUME XI. ISO- 2.
WilOtl Nuiibes. 622.
all of earth that was dear, and shipped fat
away to distant lands to be sold to the
highest bidder, just as we ship sad sell
mules and peacocks! '-Hail Columbia,
happy Lad I"
Following in the wake, I subsequently
stood npon th wharf and witnessed the
embarkation. And a sad spectacle it was.
As one by one they descended from th
coach, carrying sack bis little all of world
ly eflects in a bundle, and with difficulty,
ascended the slippery skies of the Urges,
and turned, before going into the hold, to
take s last view of their " dear nativa
land," (and no people on the face of the
globe have stronger local attachments thaa
the negro slave,) I tried to read their dus
ky visages. Soma seemed iudiflersni;
others looked sullen like ; and others still
exhibited intensity of mental suffering.
Those who assert that the negro don't feel
that he is too ignorant, too degraded,
for acute mental suffering should bar a
read the countenances ef some of then
mothers ; they would have been compelled
to acknowledge that "affection dwelt i
white and black the same."
Slatter was standing npon deck, smiling
most blandly most Pecksniffianly npon,
every on as he passed, and saying to thw
anguished girls, "Never mind, Molly,
you'll find another husband, better tLaa
the one you Lave left;" and encouraging
an old negro, in the hold, to scrape away
upon n cracked fiddle, that the M boys"
might dance.
As I wended soy way back to the city,
I could not nuuDiesa the icouirv. Is this ft
1 - ri -
Charles street Methodist chapel, where Le
claimed to be a church member in good
aad regular standing, I was rentinded ef
the woman who wiped ber mouth and in-
2rl uTw W Woii
VZ?JSlJ?
not Christ say of each worshipers, M Ob,
generation ef vipers 1"
Slatter knew be was in a bad business.
A gentleman once remarked to him, "Your
buaiuesa must be very profitable." " One
ought to be well paid to engage ia nok
business," was tbe reply. Having accu
mulated a large fortune, be sold oat his
stall and good-will to tbe Campbells, wbs
are still carrying on tne vile traffic, sad
reured to It ,,4 mora
- to bk lA"g Blatzet1
V m
WM eT ambitiou, no- be
5 ZL:.
iDUieiligr liwpiHowa wu rHWf,
Bot lM Lia weaIth wottid pttr.
1 chase him dmiioa. But he counted
witboBt hit boat. He found, .be. too
,t,., .l. n.,n
,
i remove it. lie DurchaseJ a sitlendid
maDjdoll in , nciehborliooi. filled
i v
, it with elegant furniture, rode ia tbe rieb-
wt w- u hor that
i r.rocure-1. was attended bv a nro-
I '
I fusioB of iivcrJ bl4t
to no purpose.
President Poik being about to make
northern tour, Slatter thought to help hie
social suaJ.ng by managing to secure him
as a gueot while iu Baltimore. So whea
the cars arrived, Mr. with a splendid
. - '. . . .
batoucu ana lour Oeauului white oorses.
1 -
wai Wi;,iUK to conduct him throu-jh the
dclf tlu:K ton of tmM t'J'id ai
silver coin to be f xoh-ned in any atuouu'a
for gold of large deuomiuatiou. Col. Saew
deu suggests that it wonlJ be wise for
"rJ merchant., while in the eily, ta
ihe miot aua g .m. q..
tit j tt serve the purpos s of making change
for a" season. In that way the scarcity
. M - , 1
i bow snown woum not te vary mow
experienced.
A violent hail storm passed over Lewis
berg, Vs., oa Thursday of last week. It
is stated by the Era, tbat tbe stones were
taree-fourths of aa inch in diameter, aad
that about 8,000 panes of window gLee
were brulvja by them.