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The Lcwisburg Chronicle,
LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY, PENN , FRIDAY, N0V. 3, 1854.
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VOLUME XI NO. 31.
SWSBS
rsiBKR. 551.
By Bq nant of on of (on 1
Are Choir-Singers, Quarrelsome?
A pic In trinjc i a troullwm article tn minafi tiro
pig ia trin? re mnrm mublmme till, to a dwirrc.
' pn?rnp. in prnorttiin to the win! of tlitr distant--;
do more about cheir-ningcrs being more
irascible than other people. A". Y. Mimi
cal Review.
Frvm the Nm Tork Journal Camwurtt.
STEWART HOLLAND.
T Wltus ftOSS WALLSCE.
"Amidst all l lie terrible InrMents attendant anna the
dWtrnctioo of tW Arctic, which we have (mi reeolriiis:
the-e two dav pat. there in on. that imprMeea uswlth a
T.tueAo Fr iila ii Mornings, a( JswUburg, a ram in halter ia .in proverbial ,r ohsiiaarv : mules'
C io county, 1 enntylcama. , stupidity- ht n th. pigs. rm. mules and saw in the
,. M . - f, actually In advance; world, pot together, would he mora ully m.naged thin
. 7ViilSoiin7-V.o.1 If p.id within wmnir "f ini;r. to a tilltg. cbarch.-Ulituii or
Tn,i nnnber. ! Tlie gusto with which hnrd thinps tre
ArtTllvr. nn'l"i"'"T , ,,' M;,l nfinnl ohnir.Qino-ora nnlj ;n . oio-! fii-linir of . nd .dmir.t..n. nn.l how, nil tho worlil
iiunuu k. " "1 . "e-"t - . , th.t thr rh-ro U not .Itozrther (on hr. W N-
To .inr.r - .--. ,.,i. . cause ue rciresiiins. une would minx mat. rr"i . utiuui uppn 01
' . , auTy IhrouKliont nil Clint trying wn. wn the nnnt of
the UOIiatlOtl of their tilllC, Services, anil n fl.-n.l rnn. .I Intmaln. In th hop. of tlrrtln the
p . ntt.ntin of veel. from n dllnne. toth. M).tM of Imn-
oftentiines money, for the cnod of the con- t. r h - n nmnd him w.ro iinth ml pair. in
, . - . i r ' n-li f ther. U uA nikf Hop. herwlO with th.
grepation, SIIOUlU CXrilipt tbl'ir private lOI- n.m dK.rminslion of lni hm. dlchrpn It'in f
ii 4i i - . 1 i t-r pin. until the rallnnt .hip wint dona hrn.U Hi.
Lies trom the animadversion to which the h.t. tuiw nd muiinMu-a d.tao of
nnl f iku:. "'"th nwi no altrriln to dnlr w. miirht wiilk iw th.
publicity of their position exposes them : fcmu. h.,,,.,, m hMnr. , w,, for .,,
but in too many instances this is far from m'uT.'' J " 1
Flap of the nrarr! tnke nrwer lieht
On cr.ry tttriie and Honing fol-l.
That inmhol frcnlorol' rndiaat Blight
a r T- iy"-' " liM ' . r..oni. of
W j.r. lonj primer. IC hr. .er. 1.' nonn.rell.
l)lsonUnune..optioo.l ih th. PnMi.h.r. -hen all
... ,r. not paid: aol Interest on all amount, .lu..
Onmraaalcatlon. !h-itl . torie.of cnerai lnt.ret
M .ithin in. ran:, of p.rtT or Kri.n r..nt. rt. All
Liter, to oom.po.t1id.eeomotii'-d the n.me .nil
vMrtv of th. writer. ti attention. JT-Ttio
rlatinc .eln.iel to th. Kditorial n.-t..rtment. to In
directs to llixar a llima. Ki . Bf.'mr-and tlio on
online, matter, to O S. Worn. IWuhtr.
The V 0KTIU TKI.rtiKAfll I. inr.no 10 if ""ire i . . , , , . .
f th. rr...We. and arronp m.nt, are made to obtain ' thlukS of them at all, regards them OUly
Ken. from tba Kat la ailranreorthe aii.
OMMrtMl with th. nV. ar. amo miterlal. for mo.t
iind.of job PRlNTlrio,hi.h win h..i-utedith,laf(; n()r aijreca!le to put his head. If,
anataea. and 4epatrh and on rea.onal.ie trrmf . in- j 1111
.IWreon Market !laare, north side.aecond rtory.Sd I WUCn liUtlOted On the 006 cheek by the
nooranoTetne ratimiw.
of the wealthy men are Germans, some of
whom yet speak the German language,
and a few are nnable to speak Englih,but
even those who are Germams only by a
remote ancestry, have yet some of the
German characteristics, especially an aver
sion to change ; and though they are close
even to pecuriousness, they cannot be pre
vailed upon to make money more rapidly
than by their old method, if it comes by
eal views and opinions. No act of mine
shall wantonly disturb that relationship."
He said he had been charged with being
proscriptive in his religions opinions. So
far from being so, be acknowledged no
right in one man to dictate to another
what should be bis belief or mode of wor
ship. Holding religion as a sacred thing.
and claiming the privilege of worshiping
God according to the dictates of his own
being the case. The clenrvnian. if ho
as a hornet's nest into which it is neither
O. N. WoaDEN, Proprietor.
Losses by Sea and by Fire.
The full extent of losses on vessels
wbk'b have met with disaster reported in
American papers, in some way connected
with American trade, embracing inland
trade, exceeds 4,000 in the last twelve
months. The whole reported from every
dcaenn, and members of the congregation
generally, for delinquencies imaginary as
well as real, they do not meekly turn the
other also, nnd exhibit a superhuman
stoicism to ail criticism, whether made in
a manner nnenlled-for or unkind they
are at once set down as the most unman
ageable, irascible class of persons in the
world. Now, we do not deny that singers
have faults as well as other people. They
part of the world is over 10,000.
Up to 1850 the average losses reported sometimes entertain no hif-hcr ideas of
from every section reach 3,000 per an-1 ,iie solemnity and importance of public
num. The loss of the last twelve months praisc than'do congregations tl at expect
weeds those of any tin e prt-vit us rears. : ,.m ta sm gacred words while subserip
Orrr ffty leurlt in that time have not ; ,jons arc t,t,;n;I ,ai!cni tue contribution-box
been heard from. Among the missiug passeJ, and other tedious and perhaps dis-
vessels the last year not beard from arc : agreeable things done ; sometimes we are j
SetlpaCoartitutioaaadWaWtkio.fnilenr- Sorry to confess, their behavior is light, I
rcityof3ia..o,toun j,im,w;o triflinz. and unbecoming the house of God; !
,?XR!!(!!i'i i . it im mo, though if we may trust our own obscrva-1
s by f if Ftenmer natnlwldttllalifaa Harh.) 1.200.000 & J .
r.aimr rranaiiu luwg isuou; I,,. t0rl instance ot this are iiiucn more rare
; then is generally supposed. Hut even ad-
Miip Monieauma.
Mnaucr An-uc soooxon mitting all this, wc are by no means prc-
la tbeirdoep heaven of .tar. unrolled.
Oh. not in rain oar m.rtTr titta-d
And not ia rain our h.-roea cried.
4Tii aweet for one-'a own land to Jl!"
The Km! of jore. the foul tnat gave
Their (tlorr to our foil and war.,
From Vernon, mount and A.hland'a grara
Still liirl.trn. thrnnih the rtjl
llrath ou the water.! h.ik ! tlie erj
Of hunilr-da in their apoiijr
Vho. hlplefa, crowd the deck ;
There mai.houd aternly marks fall tomb,
And woman waila anrd the g'.oom,
Aa alowly .ink. the wreck.
But who ia he that calmly fttand.
The lighted brand withia hij bands
Be..ide tbe minute frunf
What ijUH't irraadeur ia bia air
Ilia rixht arm raifed. hi. frn-head bara
Amid the cannon quiverm? g'ato
And miat wreatlia rollinir dun 1
''Sure, rare Uijm ir" the Captain crlrd
4-Tlie craven crew hare left our ride
I pn where coca niy f'orious tride,
My own tniijeftk trk.
But thou art free thy mother waits
Her aon bcai'le the cottage rate.!
Ilnw answered lluliaud? bark!
XI in minute gun a:ain ai-d by
The flash that light, the aea and fkf
Ilehold the bero'a form,
Gr:ind aa a yonns Greek (fo.1 who .miles
When rfnke tlia proud Olympiaa piles.
And qilirer sil the luinty Irlcs
Beneatb the holb-d storm !
sixp ences. It is regarded as scarcely cred- conscience, be granted the same light to
itable to sell any article in smaller quan-, every living being. Believing the
tity than a wagon load. They have accord-! Constitution of our country sufficient to
ngly con Cued themselves to raising some guard and protect the rights and privileges
of the great staples. There is no better ' of all, he desired that all might receive the
l.md than exists in some of the tributary j benefits of its wise provisions as a common
vallies of the Susquehanna in this part of blessing. ITe paid an eloquent tribute to
the State, and our farmers have become the intelligence- and patriotism of the
rieh, built great house-looking barns and ' people in their repudiation of the Ncbras-barn-lookinp
houses, and thus until within jka bill and the attempt to perpetuate the
a few years they have lived satisfied, and ' cause of slavery in our land by Congrcs-
supposed tnat every change must be in a
retrograde direction.
liut changes are going on in spite of all
sional legislation, and said that freemen
every where revolted at the idea of extend
ing and perpetuating oppression, and that
their purposes to the contrary. The more in trial hour, the people, true to their
cnterprisiiig arc aware that they have not 'fithcrs, would bo found on the side of
yet attained perfection. They hate seen j liberty. In conclusion he thanked the
what is doing elsewhere, and they are not people of Lycoming county for the renewed
wholly averse to trying some new things. J expression of their regard, attested by a
Two of these changes I am persuaded will majority in his favor in the stronghold of
soon be made. Our rallies and first slopes ! the opposition, and the presence of the
' - -,ii.o.o pared, without examination, to accept the j
The steamer San Francisco, with troops, commonly-received opinion that singers i
and many others. are more irascible than others, or that
The losses paid by Marine Insurance ; choirs are moro unmanageable than other
Companies for the last year, in New York organizations. Why should they be ? Is
abne, exceed $12,000,000. there anything in the physical, mental, or
Two buudred and one vessels were re-: moral coufurmation of a singer that makes
ported in a single week in The Jjurnul of , him a mnstcr ? We have never discov
Cumnerre. ered it. To be a musician, it is true, one
A gentleman who has prepared for nic must have a delicate and well-developed
these statistics, assures nic that the losses ; sensibility must feel keenly, else be can
on land, ly firt and tfurmt, for tbe last not give expression to musical sentiment
twelve months, are not less than Kioir-; and passion. But nfincmcut of scnsibili
TEr.l Millions of Dollabs, making not : ty docs not necessarily make a man quar
less in all tban Thirty Millions of Dol-1 rclsome. If you could bring together from
lars ! ry Ward Bteclitr't Sermon oh jail the choirs of the land the persons ttho
the loa of the Antic. j make trouble iu them, they would turn
! out to be, not the ones who have tbe most
music in their souls, not the genuine lov-
1799 Tbotnat M'Keau 37,244 ,frs of the beautiful, not the most iutelli-
Jdinea Ross 3iMi ! gent and refined, not those who have an
M hrnii'4 maj iriiy 4,61)2 i , , , . r - . .
J 3 ; elevated conception of divine praise ; but
1802 Thomas M k.-an 47,8:8 p., , , , . , , . ft,
., i-nni ! they will be found to belong to ono of the
M'Kcnt.Nmaj. 3,l.84-- f"lliwin A s,,'PiJt 1
1805-Thoma. M'Kean J3 BI4 j bca.leU class ot persons who bavc no musi-
Simon Smder 38.378 !C!l1 appreciation, and are constantly tread-
5,200 ingonpeople'st.tca because they don't know
! auy better. 2nd. Persons who have some
! little appreciation and love of music, but
who love their own petty plans of self-aggrandizement
more. These are the ones
who, though unfit to occupy the bead seats, j
48,710 care more I ir tueni tlian tuose do who
5 1 .093 j really are fit. 3d. A brainless and con-
29 506 j sequcntly narrow-minded class of fops and
21,533 would-be belles, who pretend to be the
V loot Inns for Omtarnnr PsnnarrlrQ nl 9 I
M'Kfaii's ninj.
67,975
575
4,0ilti
28.100 ;
52 219
3 609
181)8 Simon Sojder
James Kitwa
John S,'ad
Snjdei'i nnhj
1811 Simon Snyder
Win. Tilghman
Snricig mnj
1814 Simon Snudt-r
Isdie Wiitne
Sojder ' msj
1817 WiliMm Piiidlcy 69 333
Joseph Heister 5-1, i'i
Findiev'a maj. 7,061
1820 Joseph Heiater 67.905
William Find ley 60,300
Hienter's maj. 1,605
1823 John A. Slmltze f 9 093
Andrew Greyg 61,211
Shulit-' maj. 25,787
1620 John A. Shuhre 72,710
John Sergeant 1.175
Scattering 1.174
Shultze's maj. 71,525
1829 George Wolfe 78.219
Joseph Rimer 51,776
Wolfe's maj. 20,443
1 932 George Wol fe 91,355
Joseph Rimer 6-J,lC5
Wolfe's maj. 3.190
1835 Joseph Rimer 91,029
George Wolfn 65,804
H. A. Muhlenberg 40,586
R itner's maj. 29,224
1639 David R. Porter 127.521
Jowph Ritner 122,325
Porter's maj. 5 296
1641 David R. Porter 13fl,504 j
John Banks 113.578
very quintessence ef refinement, but who
seek to conceal their ignorance and inabil
ity to read the music selected by the chor
ister by turning up their delicate noses at
it, and resorting to smelling-bottles and
fidgets as a means of indicating the terri
ble martyrdom their musical susceptibili
ties are undergoing.
These are tbe different classes of one
sided, ill-balanced persons who make trou
ble it) choirs. A moment's reflection will
show that these three classes put together
bear a very small proportion to the genu
ine choir-singers, who sing because they
love music, love the praises of God's house
and esteem it a privilege no less tban a
duty to join their hearts and voices so j similar occasions of late years, in New
richly fraught with holy joy. It is unjust York and New England,but it was enough
and absurd, therefore, to fasten upon the 1 to indicate the importauce which farmers
In vain, ia Taia tbe loud cua I
To more for bim tbe calm green iLore
I For him no more the horns:
But still undaunted there he stands.
The lighted brand within bis bands,
Above the wild white foam.
Seet are I the vessel reels aery
Of ebieerinf honur rends the ky
O. God ' can no one save ?
The proud ahip .ink. and sinks scala
The eaunoa thunders to tbe main
Tbea naught but miet and wara
Where but s few hri.-f hours ago
The rider of tbe billows bore
In pr.de four hundred joyous souls
To sa expectant rhorc I
Soul of lbs Brave t aLen sounds the trump
'Slid led browed battle's atortoas pomp,
And rolling drum sad thrilling 6fe
L ad oa tbe daik and desperate atrlfe,
W bile (orffeoas bacaers rise aad tall
Msjestie o'er tbe soldier's pall.
And eager nations turn their eyes
TCpon tbe Hero's sa-rlflce
O, 'tis not then. It is not there.
With gory blade and vengeful air.
The grandeat wreath ia thine :
Tia when with calm, uutrembting broatn.
The hero, smiling, faces Death
Upon tbe land of brine.
And knowing not if e'er hia name
Shalt murmur from the harp of Fame,
But looking from a troubled sons
To Oo,l, and to hi. God alone !
Braxe Holla-id! aucb a wreath ia thins.
An I millions sh.ll rcjoiee that they
May build tn tliee a glorious shrine.
And round it desthlcs laurel twine.
Kor let thy ur-mor fide away
For still despite of reeling deck.
The yawning wave, tlie sinking wreck.
The record of thy d'ed remains.
Stumped on the pyramid Uiat time
For hero-souls of every clime.
Has reared on t.lory's plains.
O. dweller of the crag and cloud.
Wave wider, widi r yet thy wing!
Boll back, roll back the tempest's shroud.
And brood above the thunder's spring;
A newer splendor lights thy plume.
And fresher vigor nerves thy flight
Am !d tbe Soul h's soft, sunny bloom.
Or through the Norland's wintry night:
Twaa not in v.lo our martyrs sighed
And not la vaia our hemes cried,
" Tis sweet fur one's own Isnd ta die
The son. of yore, the soul that gave
Their glory to onr soil and wave.
From Vernon's mount and Ashland's grave
Still lightens through tbe sky!
5n Yoatt, October, i-
From tb. N. T. Courier A Enquirer.
Pennsylvania Farming.
In the interior of a State like Pennsyl
vania, very little can occur that will pos
sess an interest for any one beyond the
immediate vicinity ; but I make the Union
County Agricultural Fair, held here last
week, the occasion of fulfilling a rash
promise.
The show of Stock was not to be com
pared with what has been exhibited on
coutain most productive grain lands, but
there is a large amount of higher land al
ready stripped of its valuable timber which
is less suitable for grain but which bas a
delegation before him. After the compa
ny partook of refreshments, prepared in
strict accordance with the principles of
Prohibition, at 9 o'clock they left for
good soil, and must ere long be employed home highly pleased with the ceremonies
for pasturage. This will tecessarilv in- of the occassion.
troduce the dairy and wool-growing two
kinds of business which have hitherto been
entirely neglected.
The Price of Wheat
The following table which we find in
ILtnt't JferchautM' Magazine, is from the
t . 1 . . e l . . : t. 1 At..
u,"T;T 'T' .,u uu lu" l" I minutes kept at the office of the Van Ren-
U UU..6C .,C.J i!cljer A.banyf mhen large
amounts of rents are payable in wheat, or
fine. The improved demand which borne
consumption and accessihleness to market,
which cur railroads are now furnishing,
make the raisinc of fruit, to which this
climate is so well adapted, one of the best
paying departments of farm business.
This mention of onr Railroads would in
duce to give a few paragraphs to a notice
of them, but I will dismiss them for tbe
prcsent,admitting that they and their con
ductors aro not always what railroads and
the men who govern them should be, but 1 1795
avowing my Pennsylvanism by endorsing J 1796
the justice, and commending the persevcr-: 1797
arioo vhmifvri nnnfLimniner ttia rintrina a 1 98
sj- a -
manner of the Erieans in their famous last
winter troubles. Yours, Ac.,
ROLPH
Lewisburg, Union Co., Pa.
1793
1794
Porte
great body of sensible, loving choir-singers,
the opprobrium that belongs only to a few
cross-grained beings who are totally unfit
to take part in so solemn and dignified a
service. It is unfortunately the case,
however, that the slightest difficulty in a
i maj.
4,282
lBI4-franc R. Fhunk 160,322
Joseph Markle 156.040
Shunk's maj.
1847 Francis R. Shunk 146,081
James Irvin 123,143
E. C. Reigart 1 1,247
F. J. Lesimoyne 1,861
Sbunk's maj. 17,338
1848 Wen. F. Johnston 168,522
Morris Longstreth 168,225
onnston a msj.
18SI"U,i,li'm Bi,er 86.496
Wm. F. Johnston 178,034
Biglsr'a maj.
1 M-i Jarnes Pollock 201 ons
- William Bigler 167.001
n Benj. B. Bradford 1,003
- Pdloctta-eij. J7.007
23,020 choir, is from the very relation of that
297
8,462
body to tbe general assembly, blazoned
all over the congregation, while the seasons
of pleasant practice, the kind and affection
ate regards, and the many, many hours of
unalloyed pleasure that gild the cboir'a
unwritten history, are unknown and unap
preciated by tbe great mass of tbe people.
This accounts for the gross injustice done
them as a class au injustice, that, if done
to any other class of community, would
meet with prompt and well-merited indig
estion. Until heart-burnings and jeal
ousies cease to occur among lawyers, doe
tors, and merchants, in political organisa
tions, temperance societies, aye, even in
the churches of the Most High, let us hear
are beginning to fevl,of obtaining improved
varieties. There were no fast horses, and
none that I should think would be called
fancy horses, but there were some admir
able specimens of what is needed in such
a country as this a snug-built, heavy
horse, possessing great strength and power
of endurance and if we may judge from
tbe number of horses purchased in this
vicinity and driven to eastern markets, we
may conclude that such qualities are not
disregarded.
Wheat and Corn were almost the only
farm products, but this is not to be wond
ered at This was only the second fair
held in the county. There has been noth
ing hitherto to awaken attention of farmers
to tbe most productive crops. The farming
population have but little acquaintance
beyond their own neighborhood, and no
market except for produce which Would
bear transportation by wagons or -als
one or two hundred mike at lout. Many
Visit to Judge Pollock.
The Muncy Luminary states that a fine
band accompanied by a delegation of citi
zens of that borough, Hughesvillo, and
Munpy Creek, on tbe evening after the
election, paid a visit to Milton, for the
purpose of congratulating Judge Pollock
upon the result of the late election. Quite
a largo and enthusiastic concourse of tbe
people of Milton greeted the arrival of the
visitors. At 8 o'clock the company repaired
to the residence of Judge Pollock, where
they were received by the Governor elect
in a chaste and appropriate address. The
appearance of Judge Pollock was greeted
by three spontaneous, hearty cheers by tho
crowd assembled in the street, and all ap
peared eager to crasp the baud of one who
had so nobly borne the people's standard
through the late political contest. Although
the address was altogether impromptu, and
unexpectedly called forth, yet the Lumin
ary says it had never listened to one of a
similar nature breathing more lofty and
patriotic seutiments, or more generous and
noble reference to the victory achieved and
tbe opposition vanquished. He said he
congratulated those who now appeared be
fore him, and the people of Pennsylvania,
upon the result achieved by them the
People. We had just come out of a civil
contest, peculiar, iu its prosecution and
its results, to our own land and her glori
ous institutions. The People ot Pennsyl
vania, exercising tbe right to decide upon
great and momentous principles involved
in the late election, had given an expres
sion of their sentiments through the "bal
lot box," and a majority had declared him
self to be their choice. It was not tbe
man whom they pcoplo chose or rejected,
but the prineijtfet which he advocated and
sustained. He wished it to be remembered,
that, although be was now, and had been
identified with the Whig party, yet he did
not claim his election as a Vh:g victory nor
did bisWhig friendsdeem it such,bat that it
was emphatically a victory of the people
over tbe advocates of principles which they
could not sanction or support. To all,
alike, Whigs and Democrats, the victory
waa to be ascribed as the result of their
own hands. In speaking of Gov. Bigler
be said, in substance : "In reference to
my opponent in the canvass, I am proud
to call Gov. Bigler my personal friend.
We have been since the commencement of
the contest, and are now on terms of inti
mate and pleasant personal friendship, no
matter how wider w-a differ U our politi-
a cash equivalent, on the first of January
eaeh year ; and as two parties are deeply
in the price, it is probably the most reli
ably correct of any record that can be ob
tained. There is quite a lesson in these
figures look at them :
Price of wheat per bushel, January 1st,
at Albany sixty-one years, vis :
9 75 1S24. $1 25
1 00 1825 1 00
1 37 J 1326 871
2 00 1827 1 00
1 50 1828 1 00
1 25 1829 1 75
1799 1 181 1830 1 00
1800 1 56 1831 1 25
1801 1 81J 1832 1 25
1802 1 00 1833 1 25
1803 1 12 1834 1 00
1804 1 25 1835 1 00
1805 2 00 1830 1 50
1806 1 43 1837 2 25
1807 1 37J 1838 1 62j
1808 1 12J 1839 " 1 75
1809 1 00 1840 1 12J
1810 1 56. 1841 1 00
1811 1 75 1842 1 25
1812 1 87J 1843 1 87J
1813 2 25 1844 2 00
1814 1 87 1845 93
1815 1 021 1846 1 li
1S16 1 75 1847 1 121
1817 2 25 1818 1 31J
ISIS 1 871 1849 1 181!
1819 1 "5 1850 1 18f
1820 1 00 1851 1 121
1821 77 1852 1 00
1822 1 12J 1853 1 18
1823 1 25 1854 1 75
the vandal engineers, as if it bvl been a , fiftieth degree of lotatitude, but
worthless poplar or a Balm of Gilead; how pelled to return by the early setting ia ef
Mr. E. has lost two promising spring extreme eold weather. . In rornitio of
calves already, and Mr. F. had lost a colt, bis merits on bis expedition, he Keeivwd
that in three years would have sold tot the order of knighthood from George th
every cent of two hundred dollars I ; Fourth. .
This is tbe universal experience, and In 1830 he commanded a ship-of-the
everywhere that a railroad goe, it is an line in the Mediteranean, and afterwards)
unmitigated enrse in the eyes of the waa appointed Governor of Van Dieaaaa'e
people for the first var of iu i.rvratinn. Land, from which post be was reealW it
But a locomotive along a track soon burns March, 184 i. Returning to England is
out such old time prejudices. It is not the spring of 18 15 be was intrusted with tho
many years before the farmer sees that he command of the fatal expedition in which
gets for tbe produce that used tn rot in his his life has fallen a sacrifice. The two vets,
granary, or never was deemed profitable sels, Erebus and Terror, in which tho
enongh to raise, a price that astouisb. s younger Ros had accomplished his expo
him. The surplus of every crop he turns dition to the South Pole, were selected fof
straight into cash. The garden bed that the voyage, and two distinguished officers,
yielded a peck of vegetables beyond the Captains Cr-sier and Fitzjadnes, Were ap
demands of his kitchen, he converts directly pjiu ted as bis companions. The expedU
into money. The stock that he cannot tion nailed on the 19ih of May, 1845, al
winter, he exchanges without tbe trouble rived at the Whale Fish Islands on the)
of riding to the nearest town, into hard 4;h of July, and was seen for the last
silver. The tree which shaded bis corn time iu Melville Bay, on tho 26th of that
field, and which had not been cut dotru month.
Bimply because there was no earthly use ' It was not until tbe return of Cap's!
to make of it, he measures into e rJ wood Rjss in 1S4D, who had been in search of
and transmutes into luxuries or c'.nifurts the minsing navigators, that gen.-rs! anxiaw
as he chooses. He discovers at last that tv was felt for their safelv. In 1850 tut
a railroad does do something for a place ' expedition was fitted out by Lady Frank
more than by building a wooden d. pot ' lin, and another by the British Govern
house, and furnishing to a crippled pea- went, to seek the lost vessels. About tho
nut-vender employment for his time. Be- same time, our townsman, Mr. Henry
fore he stops his growling at the "cursed I Griunell despatched the two ships Ad
railroad" it his quadrupled the value of ' vauce aud Rescue for the same purposo.
the farm, larded all bis lean acres, given a The unsuccessful result of these expedi
price to what had no sort of value before, ' tions is well known. During the past yea
and marked upon every product that can . a large fleet was scot out by tbe Britiah
be turned out on his premises a definite Government to mi-ko renewed search foe
value. We have conversed with scores of John Franklin.
such unwittingly wealthy men during a Mr. Grionel also dispatched the Ad
ramble of a week or two past There were vanee, under the command of Dr. Kane
men whose farms were hardly wonh rcceiv- on a similar erand. But all ia vain. Bs
ing before as gifts, that now n il their j fore the announcement of tho reocnt in
worth by tbousauds every day of the year, j telligcnee, no further hope was eliemhed
There were those who owned large tracts' that the live of the bravo explorers had
of timber, still growling because locomo-j been preserved. Their names were somw
lives sometimes set woods on fire.who have time siuce stricken from tbe Admiralty
treasures in their forests that they d notj lt, and orders issued for the recall of that
dream of. It is a "day of roads," aud it: expeditions, X. 1. Tr&une.
would not do any harm for somo of our - -
secular preachers to thunder it in their ... . 8cM to Comt.
ears, lest they die thinking themselves1 1B D" 'WP'P. P-
poor, while their heirs will take fat leca-, u-",u8 ruB w"u ''
. . 6 k,w . littls. J.f ami a litlir. "rlnt"l
eies from their death clenched hands. .V " " . . " .
1' Timet I Lwryer. Do you know plaintiff s pigs J
! j Withru. Ha ? (very loud.)
Biography of Sir John Franklin. ! Lawyer, (raising his voice,) Do yea
The reported discovery of the remains ' kuow plaintiff's pics T
of this illustrious navigator whatever Witn'i. Yes.
doubts may be thrown upon the credibility j Lau-U. How lonir do von know them?
of the narrative furnishes a suitable oc-1 H'tVttegs. Ha ?
.asion for collecting the scanty details' L ,-jer. ( louder still.) now W hsvw
of his hiography.which have thus far been Ton known them ?
communicated to the public. Sir John j Witneu. Fed 'em all last sprintr.
Franklin-was born in 1786, and would ac- Lnvyer. Were tbey all about of asisef
cordingty nave been us years ol age, bad H7i,.
he survived to the present time. His Lnwyer.
native place was Spilsby, a small town in and shakes
Lincolnshire, in the vicinity of the .North ciasi0D 0f tch word, at witness,) Were
Sea. From his earliest years he betrayed thev all about of a size ?
a eertain boldness of disposition and love Witir Some ov 'em was, and some
of adventure. ! ov 'em wrn't !
His father endeavored to enre him of; Great explosion in the Court House ;
his sca-faring propensities, by p rmitting lawyer magnetized, and witness staring
him to try the experiment of a voyage to ml, around. Knickerlotker.
Lisbon in a trading vessel. But ibis only ' ' -- -
produced tie opposite effect, u- was cm-! Another Awful Shipwreck.
firmed iu his tastefor the ocean, and would ! The l"-p steamship Nebska,
not be sati-fied until he had nroeured the , P'-1 "-rce' v& engineer, cam.
Ha?
(rises on his feet, petulantly.
his fore-fingers at tbe con
It will be noticed that only five times
in all those rears wheat has been 452 or .-..,.., .- .,,,, ,., I iu collision with the ship -Public Opinion
upward per bushel, while it was seventeen ! obtaiueJ , niidsUipUWn,a war-: on ,,,e secuuJ Ta3 ia October last,and,
a. a. i a : a c... ! J ; . ..r ai. . i 1 i
rant in his fourteenth year. His first ser- i w"u U,U!" "l luc "KW MU" e"'n" -uu"
vice was in the frigate Polyphcme, where ; 8nd - IWylvanis, Ohio,
he was distinguished for bis jonthfuP auJ Iallao' enn ,a ,be h"tt'"a- A fc
courage and energy. He was in the battle j Kla" to 80u,e bruken P,auki of the Bi,Jt
of Copenhagen in 1801, and two rears ,Dure Pform, until tK7 were taken olf
after accompanied his relative, Ca'ftain ll"J "' lv tbe ham gtors of
Flinders, was on a voyage of discovery the 'Publ!c I"nion' The Jiebrsk
to tho South Sea, during wrhicb wa3 e-o v-loped in so deti-ae t.g t the ftime)
he was shipwrecked on tho coast of New ,nat the crew and lgew "
Holland I tbe'r danger. Owing to tbe high rates
At a subsequent period, he was in the j latc,v c harScd at a11 lte marine office 0B
! times at (1 or under twice at seventy-five
cents. Only once in thirty-seven years,
that is since ISIS, to wit in 1887, has it
reached 2. The average price for the
whole period is SI 33. For the last thirty
years it is SI 25. So the probabilities, it
would seem, are that will bo the price next
January. Those who are interested may,
however, be better able to form a judg
ment on that point than any one else.
But so far as present prices are concerned,
it may be taken as certain, that tbe crop
of wheat is too good, too wide extended,
and the demand for export to Europe or
California too limited, and flour specula-
tors too hard up, to allow them to be
maintained.
Rich Den Unawares.
There aro thousands of rich mon in the
world, who thiuk themselves poor. They
lament their hard fate while fortune bas
filled their laps. Such are all tho dwel
lers by the side of new railroads, through
countries that do not enjoy easy access to
market. It is amusing to go along a line
of country where a railroad bas just open
ed, and listen to the doleful tales that are
unfailingly told; how the road run through
Mr. A.'s farm, and put him to the incon
venience of "looking out for the locomo
tive," every time his team went to and
from the hay-field; how Mr. B.'s "interval"
the finest pasture ground in the country
was cut into narrow strips from one end
to the other to his incalculable detriment;
howMr.C.'s gsrden,that bad been manured
to the highest pitch of fertility, was- tra
versed by the traok j and Mr. D.'i finest
grafted pear tree that had bone ehoios
frait for half a eentury, was cot down by
Bclleropbon at the battle of Trafalgar. In
1814 he was a lieutenant in tbe Bedford,
which Irought the allied monarohs to
England. He was concerned in the attack
on New Orleans, where ho gained great
credit by his bravery and skill. In 1818,
he commanded the brig Trent in the Polar
expedition under Captain Bucban. After
the failure of the search for the northwest
passage of Captain Ross, be received the
commission in 1819, to undertake an ex
pedition by land from Hudson's bay to the
Copper Mine river, in conjunction with
Richardson and Bach, to cooperate with
Captain Parry, who was to visit the region
by water.
On this expedition he followed the coast
as far as Cape Turnagain, sixty-eight de
grees thirty minutes north latitude, and
after incredible hard-ships, having been
once rescued from death by the Indians,
he returned to England in 1823. He was
promoted to the rank of post-captain, aad
three years after undertook a sesond expe
dition ta the Polar sea.. visiting tbe coast
between Mackenzie river aad tho Copper
Mine By the middle of Asgust,
1827, he had reached the ssventeebth de
gree of latitude, end the one hundred sad
such risks, tbe vessel was not insured.
N. B. The 'Public Opinion' was nol
injured by the collision.
The Ohio M. E. Conference at their
recent session in Cincinnati, adopted reeo
Iutions recommending the repeal of the)
Fugitive Slave Law, the re-enactment of
the Missouri Compromise, and, "that per
sons holding slaves for gain or for their owa
ooavcuieuce in any way, with Ibe intention
of perpetuating the bondage of tbe slavej
should not be received into the Methodist
church, nor suffered to remain therein."
The New York Baptist State Conver
tion, which met at Syracuse, recommended
the eoaetment of a Prohibitory Liquor
Law, and denounced the Nebraska Slavery
Extension project
This is about the transition tin from)
tbe brilliancy in which the forsstt are note
decked, to tbe dingy brown they wear in,
dull and dark November. Another soak
ing rain, succeeded by a high wind, will
at once destroy the mosi gorgeous aetar-t
An exchange paper tolls as that paae
collars aro eomiag into fasMoa The)
Enow-Nothings have sworn ef Wv-tobiat
any more Irish linen, i
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