LEWISB
RG
CHRONICLE
BY 0. N. VORDEN & J. R. CORNELIUS.
An In-dependent Family News Journal.
ESTABLISHED IN 134 ;.... WHOLE NO., 68"
LEWISBURG, UNION CO, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1857.
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At 1,00 Yt.R. Ylai:. alw ays in Advance.
SO NO.
How eo'iJ are ihpy who say that l.nvc
Must lirst be planted in ihe heart.
And cultured by Ihe hand of Time,
To make its leaves and blossoms start !
No '. 'tis a plant that springs at once
I'p to its full and perfect form ;
Unlike the willow or the oak,
It beads not, breaks not in the storm.
H ivr col I are they who say that Lore
Must, like the diamond :n the mine,
Be sought with care and polished well
Ere we can sec iis beauties shine !
No! in the soul's blue heaven it springs.
With beams that Ace can never mar
Complete, eternal, brilliant, pure.
As evening's first, rejoicing star!
THE CHRONICLE.
riiiutr, iiv , ism.
Proskcutixo Attorneys. The new
fee bill for all the counties in the State
except Philadelphia and Alleheny,ullo(vs
the following :
Drawing indictment and prosecuting
every offence iudictable only iu oyer and
fprmimT. S 1 0 Tf hill hp rctunii'il 'iinor- 1
amus," 85. I r tllat J means ot artificial propagation,
Drawing indictment and prosecuting j the number of shad taken in the river
every offonce indictable only in the quarter ( might be iuoreased by one or more mil
ecssions, 15. If bill be returned "iguor- j i;UIU ,nuually, the value of which in-
buius, 83. I crease would be very great. It is also be-
Case settled with leave of Court, fd. i , ....
Every case if surety of the peace, S3. ; !ieved' the rePurt by mJ ,nte11'-
It is stated that these rates aro nearly ' g"nt persons, that the river might be
double tho sums formerly allowed. It :
therefore behooves all men who do not
like to pay big costs and taxes to behave
peaceably and lawfully towards all men,
and especially not to offend ug&iust "the
peace and diguity of the Commonwealth."
Propagation of Fish.
It is a mistaken idea to suppose that
the lakes, rivers, and small bodies of fresh
water in our country, are not capable of
produciog large quantities of fish as food
for man. Civilization mav, it is true, de
stroy some kinds of fish, as well as of ani
Dials, but better kinds may supply their !
places. The fiili that will not thrive in cue j
water, may thrive in another. It is true, J
fi-hii.g must be prohibited at certain sea- I
eons ; but let the habits if fib be accr I
tained,aud let thim be protected properly,
and they may be bad as loug as gras j
grows and water runs furnishing excel- j
lent, healthy food, atTirding manly out-
door amusement, aud tuJin to purify :
waters. I
The subject .f introducing Snh into wa-
ten which have "run out" as the common
saying is, is one of importance, and is at-1
trading great attention among practical j
men, especially in Europe. Fish, as well j
as animals, birds, trees, plants, and grain, j
may be propagated widely; there is no exclu ,
sivcly "natural" plane for them ; and des
titute streams or ponds may be filled with
choice specimens of the "finny tribe."
This has already been done to come ex
tent, but the "art" is still iu its infancy, j
Froperly procecutf d, such results may yet '
be attained that Capt. Hummel may ogain
catch bis Shad iu the Shamnkiu Dam
The West and North Branches of the
Susquehanna are capable of sustaining fi.-h, ,
either of the old or of some new kind ; and J
Penns Creek, Uuffaloe Creek, the Cli 11- j
lisquaque, ic, may yet be stocked with an j
abundant supply of food for our tables.
Water as well as earth can be made tribu-'
tary to mau's wants and pleasurcs,but both !
riftrA tn rip fltiiflipn una pultivfttpil tn roinlpr
them fully beneficial. I
Tho Commissioners appointed, about
one year ago, by the Massachusetts Legis
lature, to ascertain and report to the noxt
General Court such facts respecting the
artificial propagation of fish as may tend
to show the practicability and expediency
of introducing the samo into the State,
Lave presented their report. The experi
ments made were limited to the trout, and
were conducted by Mr. Atwood, an ac
complished iohthyologist.
lie says he want to Sandwich, in Barn
stable county, and located for the purpose j
of experimenting on tho artificial propaga- j
tion of trout. On the 15tb of September, :
he obtained four specimens two males j
and two females and found tho eggs I
were not mature. Carefully observing the
condition of those that wore taken from
that date, do mature eggs were noted un
til the 3d of November, when some were
obtained, and fecundated by artificial
means. This was effected in the following
manner : I took, says the report, a xine
vessel and put into it about one pint of
clear water; then taking the femalo fish,
whose eggs were mature, holding her over
the abdomen, the eggs freely passed from
the fith into the water; I then took tho
male L.h, whoso milt was mature, and,
holding him over the vessel in tho samo
manner, pressed the milt into tho water
csnuining the eggs. The water was stirr
ed gently with the hand, so that ever?
fart of the egg came in contact with the
milt. After the lapse of two or three min
utes, the water was poured off and some
treeh water added. The eggs by this
were successfully fecundated.
Mr. Atwood afterward collected from
nont streams, 15,000 eggs which were
feoundsted by artificial means, and after
ward placed in tubs supplied by a contin
ou8 stream. Tbey were also tried in
vocnitwe w&tcrj 4B(J lbough fuf t limc
the if., i i , ' V " -""
c-eb' "F'il'y. K afterward
. m-.j nd :ir.iy ;
lust. It is conjectured ibat the causa
" must have beeu that the water did not
possess the qualities thoir natures required."
The principal report of the committee
recommends tlio owners of lauds over
which streams flow, to stock such streams
with trout for the purpose sf raising them
for the market, and to the cod of raising
the pries of their real estate. The largo
sltiggi.'.b streams of the State which are
unsuitable for trout, might be made to
I yield a large stock of various other species
i of marketable fish, such as are adapted to
j their waters. Large ponds and reservoirs
! might all be turned to a profitable use in
j this way. It was suggested that some of
the species of excellent fish of the Western
Lakes would thrive in these waters ; and
the variety might also be increased by the
importation of eggs from Europe. Artifi
cial propagation is also recommended, par
ticularly of tlind in the Connecticut. It
has bceu estimated by persons who are ac
quainted with the shad fishery of this riv
S"n stocked with salmon
roft iu ixwiyirjmo chioixx.
lion. Dai Id YVllmot,
OH 11ABISO BU LKTTU ACCMTtKa TBI 50MI54TI0SI VOE
Grttt Lender of freemen !
8o truthful and bold,
IIow Ilk In thy tpirit
Our ngs of old !
John Uiticock, and AaUtru,
And Jefferson too,
Were junt aaoh ''fanatic,
Dear Wllmot, as you.
For man and hii birth rllit,
To th law'i utmost Terge,
Thy pen and thy luffrav
The combat would urge.
Tl Shjlock thou jielieat
Of fl lb his full pound:
But woe to th Moundrel
If blood stain the wound!
If States in thlr soTre!gnty
Choose to miintaia
At peflostitutlonn,"
The eeourge and the chain.
Tb'-n seukvftt oo quarrwl
TLou procinimeat no war
A'J thir own, be tht nuuanre
W'tiik mankind abhor !
-I.S.I- --Am.
A nd our common domain.
No blood -hound, no pIatc whip,
Kg tenure, no cha.a :
The deer of our fathers
In the year eighty -een.
Had the sanction of good men
The blessing of Uearen.
Without wrath or mallet,
We sternly avow.
That the act of our fitthtri
Is law to us now 1
Vo Judpe'i dictation,
No Present's frown.
Shall shake our old fortress
Of Liberty down!
Where the fre lah'rer buildeth
Ills wilderness home.
No baleful miarma
Of Slavery shall come.
O'.-d bless the, brave Wllmot,
for tliy word bold and trae I
The rapt gaze of thousands
Id now fixed on yon.
In light and in beauty.
Beneath the bright sky.
Thy banner of Freedom
In triumph shall fly!
The old "Declaration
With thee is at par ;
Ant Mart-hall than Tacty
Is dearer by far.
Thou did't form thy opinions
In Washington's school,
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And thou boldest as valid
The great Golden Rule.
The right which thou claim est
Thyself to eontrol,
Thou aecordest to each brother
From tropic to pole.
And thousands jut like the
Thy voice shall call forth.
From the great Eastern cities
From the South, West and North.
Hurrah fi.r brave WILUOT,
Our Leader to bold 1
He's like, In bis apirit,
Our sages of old !
JUrilfy Tp, Imon Co., May, 157. 9amu All IP.
Selected for the Lrewiatrar; Ohronicl.
A ItIDrLE.
God made Adam out of dust.
But thought it best to make me first;
So I was made before the man,
According to God's holy plan.
Mr body he has made complete.
But without legs, or arms, or feet,
Nor did he give to me a soul.
Yet could my actions well control.
A living creature I became,
'Twas Adam that gave me my name j
When from his presence I withdrew,
No more of Adam ever knew.
I did my Maker's laws obey.
From them I never went astray ;
Thousands of miles I run in fear.
But seldom on the earth appear;
But God in me did something see,
And put a living soul in me,
A sin in me the Lord did claim.
And took from me that soul again ;
And when from me the soul was fled,
I was the same as when first made,
And without hands, or feet, or soul,
I travel now from pole to pole.
I suffer oft, by day and night,
In giving fallen man delight.
For thousand?, both of young and old,
At my death great light behold.
No fear of death doth trouble me,
For happiness I can not see;
To heaven above I ne'er shall go,
Nor to the grave, nor hell below.
The Scriptures I can not believe,
Whether right or wrong, I can't conceive j
Although my name thereia is found.
They are to me an empty sound ;
And when, my friends, these lines yon read,
Go search the Bible with all speed;
And if my name yon can't find there.
It will be strange. I must declare.
Qctmv What is the difference between
a half dozen of dorens.and six dozen of dozens?
Answer novated. R.C
A shawl was lately sold in t
f(?r fios. la the Eime ri
B,k, thil f,r ,iX fKh.
A shawl was lately sold in, Philadelphia
tv, w?JE?3
o li i a i x a r, ess a y s
Oommanicated for the Lewitbnrf Chronicle.
SprliiRH of Enterprise.
Human enterprise, as well as wooden
clocks, requires springs and weights, to set
I"
and keen it in motion. From nee
some of its createst and nob'est ilisnlavs
i
n ------- -i-j-j
have resulted. The gold discovery in Cal- i
ifomia is an example. The current of a
mill-race unearthed a few shining particles,
and in less than a twelve-month an almost
wild territory, distant to many who sought
I it eighteen hundred miles, swarmed with
! tens of thousands of adventurers from
every quarter of the globe. As by magic,
aj enterprise sprung to exiatenco, embra-
fl . . . r i : - ' . l. .. . . r . 1 1
: ions of dollars of every conceivable product
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I and mcrchanJize. while daring men of civ -
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in .i . . , .
: cold a pruo tha moot ollunoc known to
mac since tho beginning of time.
What a tremeudous revolution in the
direction piven tn enrcmnrea. n nnw ChM
10 bravo aspirates, a new path to empire !
t. v.. ..... .i.. .w. j n
j
the shores of the Atlantic first listened to
the dazzling story of untold riches in the
sands on the shores of the Pacific bnt
yesterday, that feverish dreams and thirst
for cold was kindled in millions of hearts :
and to.day-de.pita distance, danger, and
suffering ; despite the sacrifice of comfort,
homo, and friends, a populous State, drain'
ed from our bravest young men, is planted
on those golden sands. And all this splen
did enterprise, fringing the sea shores with
ships, aud pouring in a living tide to fell
forests, mine the earth, reclaim the wilder
ness or transform it, and found hamlets
and cities in waste places where would it
be, but for that mill raco devclopemcnt,
that accidental gold spring given to human
enterprise It would exist as, undisturb
ed, it ever existed latent as the ore a
thousand feet below the earth's surface,
which, when moulded, becomes the forge
hammer, the axe, the plough, and the lire
horse. Look at the half slumbering races of
yttk Aneick,nog n l.uu., sliori OT 101110
giljeo spurs, enterprise is undreamed ot,
and see how enterprise can be kindled by
a spring by an accident in the most
sluggish. And mark what the discovery
ot gold in California has done for golden
entcrpise in other regions. It has inspired
scientific commissions to examine the Ural
mountains; it has led a successful search ;
pursuits and thoughts of thousands, has the ,nre PIc : " A-"nk alink a"Dt' j U,re 01 ' DOlB 0681 "a m
revelation of that mill-race produced ! ' a-link. bob-aJink, a-no-sweet, a-no sweet I ( plenty, yet there ,s an upward tendency
What stupendous results took birth and j 1 know U 1 koow U a link' a-liok don ' ! thing except labor Now
continue from a simple incident-a new ttrow !t Jhrow il' throw h" ic-and be ' Wb' " 80 ' 10 "f 0PIQ,0B?
for gold almost within bail of the decaying j the notes of our school-children in the
capital of old gold gorged Spain ; it has j morning, breaking npon the silent atmos
sharpened the miners, "picks" among the phere along the Atlantic coast in the
hills of Virginia, in the plains of Georgia I East, shall reverberate along the Gulf of
and Carolina, and along tho tributaries of
tho Mississippi.
Gold may bo termed curse. It has
cursed individuals and cations. Spain
lies writhing under its withering power,
and the Indies and the African coasts
have been desolated by it. Still, curse
and ruin come only from its misuse
from the worship of it. Turned to right
account, it is a great agent for human
good ; a facilitator of enterprise,commerce,
arts, science, the comforts and luxuries of
life, and the interchange and gratification
of human thought.
If the gold mines of California were to
disappear to-day, and for ever, what vast
good have they done mankind ! They ! bushel. Now in this city, corn may bo j the College. There aro already accomnio
have aroused slumbering energy and gc- had at 75 cents and potatoes at 82 a bush-1 dations for eighty students. No charge is
nius to activity, and given a new, con-1 el. What achango in fifty years! Pota-1 n0w made for tuition, but each student is
quering direction to ambition, art and toes have generally been higher than corn j reqUired to work three hours per day,
empire. The world, by comparison with for several years. Yet Mr. S. thinks it is i rot wtt;ci, he is paid.
the past, is a century older in enterprise
and aspiration, than on the day which first
gave California gold to man. Commerce,
adventures, and, above all, explorative en
thusiasm, are expanded to a point which
no pricking or Epuniug short of gold oould
accomplish. A new era dates from Cali
fornia discoveries the era of unparalleled
peaceful enterprise. Thus does the won
derful Providence of God turn what ap
pear to be accidents of earth, into the
mightiest springs of human enterprise and
triumph.
Law of Trees.
In the New York " Farmers Club" tho
other day the following proceedings were
had :
Mr. Lawton wished lo know if there
was any law to prevent a person from plan
iug trees on his own land, quite np to the
line, where the roots and shade will both
be injurious.
Another member wished to know who
owned the fruit of overhanging limbs.
Solon Robinson answered that ques
tion. It is now settled law, by several
judicial decisions, that if a trco growing
upon my land, overhangs the ground of
my neighbor, tha fruit belongs to me, and
I may enter upon his land for Ihe purpose
of gathering it, provided I do not damage
beyond what may be necessary in careful
ly gathering the fruit At the same time,
it is equally good law that my neighbor
may cut off all overhanging limbs, and all
roots that grow in his ground ; but while
be permits them to grow, I atn to enjoy
tho benefit.
Judge Livtsostov, th6 Cfcairtc'D,
"utiaifi this uew rf 'b ca?.
" Couldn't, coz he Sang so !"
Leaning idly over a fenco a few diys
since, we noticed a little four-year old
" lord of creation," amusing himself in
thn irriM bv watching the frolicsome
! flight of birds", which were playing around
'him. At length a beautiful bobolink
im- At 'cn8tn
tierchcd on a bouirh of an annle tree.
! which extended within a few yards of the ' sum from his hard earning", perhaps with j was scarcely conscious of what was trans- j they think it would stop them from de
! place where the urchin sat, and maintain-! the hope of some day investing it ia a lit- piring. She was generally in delicate j nouncing its fraudulcnce, afterwards. The
i ed his positionapparently unconscious of his 1 tlo property he might call his own. l'lour j health, and recent domestic troubles, no Census Lists have been so made op in ad
I close proximity to one whom birds usual- is selling at $1 25 per hundred, meat at , doubt, Listened her death. The death- i vance as to secure a pro-slavery majority.
! ly consider a dangerous neighbor. 8al2J cts. per pound, molasses at 25a27 ' scene, which occurred under peculiarly Wherever there is a large preponderance
The boy seemed astonished at his im -
pudence, and, after regarding him stcadi -
Iv for a minute or two, oboyiu" tho in-
stinct of his baser part, he picked up a
-. i. ft I. : - 1 - : ., ..
, Btono 1) ,"M uls "uu "H
to throw it. ateadvine h tnself for a eood
i i;iii5 6
aim The little arm was drawn backward
j without alarming tho bird, and " bob"
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was "within an ace" of danger, when lo!
his throat swelled, and forth came na -
I 0,un 1 S"wiy
r. 1 ,
j natural PMition and ,n. nOW
despised
charmed
stona dropped, me minsirci
me illlie arm lull lu lis , uuuciuiuv Biac vi auuioiv nu;u uiuak
the murderer ! We beard the songster species of gambling worse than all the j which the family resided is subject to a
through and watched his unharmed flight, ! card playing ever practiced, for by form- j lien of $7,000, with three years' interest,
as did the boy, with a sorrowful couoto-; 'DS extensive combinations, they raise or ! which the Government holds as an iodem
nance. Anxious to hear an expression of ! lower the prices of almost everything at nification of the forfeited bail, and the
! the liwI f,illw' feelings, we approached
' I v 111 IT 1
, him nd inquired, Why didn't you
j Btone him J W ? Ju might have kill-
The poor little fellow looked up doubt- of paying their just debts, make invest
ingly, as tho' he suspected our meaning, i ments abroad by using the very money
and with an expression, half shame and
half sorrow, he replied
"Couldn't, coz he tun j so"'
Who will say that "music hath no
charms to soothe the Avage breast," or
aver that God had both made melody to
move tho purer fountains of our nature, to
awaken those aympathies that are kin-
dred to Heaven, the Angels, and to bod
himself? Let the sweet tones of music
break npon the ears of the dull school
boy, and he will awake with new lile and
energy. Ponr the notes of melody into
the ears of the wilful child, and you dis
arm nim; the stone will fall from his ;
beart, ana ne wiu iwoums ooeuwnt and,
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attentive. Let music be the first to break
the silence of the school-room in the mor- j
ning, and the chorda of young hearts that
are pnt in motion will continue to vibrate
during the day. Happy will be the time,
when not only the tones of our school-bells
can be heard all over the land, but when
Mexico, and the echo be heard in Cali
fornia.
Potatoes.
If our farmers would raise more pota-'
toes and less corn in proportioc, they j
would benefit not only their own pockets j
but the rest of the world. In a late acri-
cultural meeting in Boston, Asa G. Shel
don spoke of comparative prices of corn
and potatoes.
Sixty years ago, corn was as dear as
now, say one dollar a bushel at retail, and
potatoes were thirty to forty cents. About I
forty years ago, there was a great rise in i
these products ; corn sold for $1,50, and
potatoes for the enormous sum of 50 cents a j
as easy to raise three bushels ot potatoes
as one of corn. If a farmer wishes to
make the most money be can, let him cul
tivate potatoes, beets, carrots, onions, par
ships, &c, and ho will gel mora dollars
than by raising corn.
Weil SaidT
A Western lady who was not long since
a New-England girl, writes to the Tribune
from Iowa with reference to the recent
discussion of the subject of Cookery, a
letter from whioh we make tha following
pungent extract, commending it to the re
flections of whomsoever it may concern :
" Believe ma that we (women) aro not
so much slaves to the tyranny of husbands,
dinners, children, and servants, as to our
selves, and false social customs. We are
afraid of each other. We don't live in
refcrenoe to comfort, or to our own means,
but to what people say of us or think of
us, and to overtop this one or the other.
I have seen and know women fitted to
adorn any society in this country or any
other, that did their own work, took care
of their own children, kept bright hearth
stones, and had happy husbands, and still
found time to keep up with the current
literature, write memorandums, and copy
poetry. It is not necessary, but artificial
labor that makes our women, drudges
eternal house-cleanings, beginning in
March, and lasting till May again in
September, and lasting till Thanksgiving.
It is a pride of appearance of being thought
good livers and crack housekeepers for,
let women say what they will, tbey are
as jealous of this as poets (or politi
ticians) are of each other."
New Bedford, Mass., has appropriated
8300O for thi rtlctrstiia cf '5so F?ir!h
rf Ju'v I
Evil Times.
: The high prices cf the necessaries of
life.sueh as we are now expcricncingjwhieh
! fall with peculiar hardship upon the poor
: and middle classes, is a subject that must
' ultimately engage public attention,for it is
already making deep inroads into the purse
' of manv a one who bad laid by a small
, per quart, sugar at l lals per pound, and
! many other articles at one time luxuries,
but now necessaries, in proportion, so that
the question may well be asked whether
t wtA iifivA nnl fnlltn nnnn ami limM 7 Worn
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, there any substantial rcasona for this state
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of things, it could be borne without a mur -
mur, but there are none.
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There ia no fa -
( mine, creating a demand for breads-tuffs;
: save in Louisiana, there has been no fail -
! some day bring about a fearful revulsion.
Sjieculatort in fact rule everything by a
; pleasure one day thereby injuring tho
! it.AilMn.xi anrl Tia via-t tnn AvnniimAW Tn
producer, and the next the consumer. In
.dd.tton, this speculating fever is extend-
"a' aght ' bo retained and paid out at
home. These things bode no good, and
we fear before three more years elapse,
many who have aided in producing them
will exclaim that we have fallen upon evil
times. Leuist'jicn Gazette.
The Work on Kansas. The Kan-
8ag Hcrald of Freedom says in reference
to the report that Gov. Geary is preparing
a book made up from his diary exposing '
the wrongs of Kansas and bringing to
light new outrages :
We believe it is true that Dr. Gihon,
Governor Geary's private Secretary, is pre-
Pg, iu'SiVteenjfl
publication which has yet boen issued on
w , M9
on our aifficulties here. The author has
been conneoted for twenty years with the
public press, is a writer of great ability,
1 always acted witn tue democratic party,
and his book will have an extended circa-
l.linn nnl niva tha 1 1 a f ftiAaa cahiI 1
ses wnicn are eoatinually proclaiming ;
falsehoods published for partisan effect. !
The seven months of Gov. Geary's Admin-
thai n.i K iiimi vrmihlpa am Kiinnh iflin
istration have been the most quiet seven 1
months we have experienced since the first ,
tPttlpment of the Territory, and vet thev
will be found abounding with startling in-,
cidents that can never be appreciated out-1
side of Kansas. !
Agricultural College. The State
0f Michigan has established a College of
Aorionltn nn a farm of seven hundred
rprMiA nprpfl npnr the ritv r.f T.aniinir.
whero the State Capitol is located. Jo-
scph R. Williams, lato editor of the Tolo-
do Blmle, is President. It has an eudow-
ment of $ob,000, the procecus of the salt
gpr;Dg ianj4 originally given to Michigan
Territory bv the Federal Government.
xuc Legislature has appropriated 20,000
dot annum for two years to the support of
. rr .
lLaiu seems iir biaiu ihsii iu doiuo
i form near or remote to tho White
House, at Washington. Jackson entered
it a few weeks after the decease of a be-
loved wife. Harrison and Taylor died in
it. Polk left it only to return home and
die. Fillmore buried his wife and daugh
ter soon after his term expired. Pierce
had his only son and child snatched from
him a short time before entering upon his
duties as Chief Magistrate and now Mr.
Buchanan mourns a beloved nephew, who
was called away in the prime of his early
manhood. Verily, the grim monster is
" no respecter of persons." Lancaster In
telligencer. Melancholy Coincidence. The un
fortunate young Chipman who is sentenc
ed to death for the murder of Miss Penix,
in North Carolina, was named Romulus
Saunders, after Judge Romulus Saunders,
and received the sentence from the Judge's
lips, just as he was about twenty-one years
of age. IIow different his fate from the
anticipations of the fond parents, who
wished their son to grow up to a life of
honor and greatness co-equal with that of
bU namesake! Now sentenced by that
very namesake for a crime the most dread
ful ever recorded in historyit
A Suspected Slavib. Collector
Hatoh, of New Orleans, has had the
schooner Louis MoLana, from that port,
taken in charge, on suspicion of being fit
ted out for a slave trader. Tha Xtio Or.
leant DtUa Modems the Collector fir "en
forcing a narrow minded and naisphirf :ri
li law cf ths Fecial C'Cgicis ''
A Scene of Distress.
Mrs. Vondersmith, wife of Judge Yon-
dersinith, whooe re-arrest we noticed 6ome
days ago, died yesterday afternoon, after a
painful and protracted illness, fcbe had
! been very ill for some time previous to the
arrest of her husband, and when on that
occasion he bid her a final farewell, she
( distressing circumstances, was rendered
' still more painful by the dying wife and
, mother giving premature birtn to a child a
j tew minutes before her dissolution. Iter
hrnthpr l)r -1 nil n I.pnnird- li .tit been com
7. 7" Vl" t
mitted to prison for thirty days, the day
I . , j j- i i
, previous, for drunkenness aad disorderly
; oonduct, but was released through the in-
tervention of friends, in time to see bis
; sister die. Her husband and the father
of her three children, all old enough to
realize their situation, lying in prisen in
Philadelphia, charged with a high crime,
and the crios of the children for parents
both lost to them, altogether presented a
scene of sorrow and distress rarely wit
nessed by human eyes. The home in
, children are therefore left not only or-
! w.Ln3 Vint It nmnlACS . T.. an eV V.mtirt
phans, bat homeless. Lancaster Keening
Espre, Mni 19.
Advance.
Mr. Park, of Parkville, Platte county,
whose press was pitched into the Missouri
4L w j..cr.
11VC1 UJ IUC AJUIUIT ilUUlAUa DV1UV CIU
! teen months ago the same " abolitionist"
Park, whose life was threatened in the
event of his returning to Missouri was
recently elected President of the Parkville j
and Grand River Railroad Company, and j
is now canvassing Platte county in the in
terest of that road.
The change in the popular sentiment in
Western Missouri is really remarkable.
: In towns in which, but one year ago, free
j state emigrants were maltreated, the in-
: habitants are now publicly discussing the
j question of the eradual tbotition of slave-
tHeriiy 't'l'mes change Missouri is pro
gressing. St. Lou.it Anuijtr Jet Weiteni.
Natcbe and Power of Comets.
Although comets occupy an immense
space in the heavens, surpassing millions
of leagues, yet on account of the absence
of atmosphere in those regions permitting
floids to bo infinitely rarified, the matter
r9 thAaa hnjidi ie tarf,iorl FA tha mfial fw.
ble proportions. Sir John Herschel says
.J nf a W ,nmnt fHT ,
. , , - i 1 t
' f .
Kw pounus oi mauer, ana, pernap, urn, ,
a fcw ounces. And M. Eobinet, well j
known in both hemispheres as one of the
greatest authorities of the age, in physical
astronomy, has gone so far, in respect to
j this subject, as to say that the earth, in
' cominu into collision with a comet, would
' be no more affected in its stability than
j would a railway train coming in contact
with a fly.
Old, tet Young. There is now liv-
, ig in Coventry, Conn., James Douglas,
wn0 one hundred and two yean and
seven montJis old. Notwithstanding his
great age he is as hearty, strong and ro
bust as most men at fifty ; his eye-sight
is good, never having been necessitated to
wear glasses ; and his faculties in general
socm unimpaired. During the past win
ter, he walked two miles from home in
the morning, cut bis cord of wood per
day, and returned home in tho evening.
His present health is good, and he labors
daily. He was born in North Kingston,
Rhode Island.
Washington, May 19. A member of
the Cabinet, to day, received a telegraph
ic despatch from Major McCulloch, decli
ning the Govornorshipof Utah. He, bow
aver, expects to reach this city in the
course of ten days. It is not true that
Judge Drummond has been offered the
appointment in ease of tho refusal of Ma
jor McCulloch; but this afternoon a tele
graphic despatch was sent to a Western
man, whose name is officially concealed
for the present, tendering it to him.
The Oldest Citizen. The Montpc-
liar TFaftAman says that Peter Nassau, of ',
Pomfret, Vermont, sged 126 years, has
been visiting that place, apparently as
bale as most men of 75 or SO. Peter is
a colored man tho oldcBt "citizen" of
Vermont, and (probably) of the Union. I
Had Judge Taney inquired of leter, he
would probably nave learned that colored !
man were " oitixens, freemen, and voters,
previous, at, and subsequently to the adop
tion of the Constitution.
Ono farmer in Otsago county, N.Y. this
Spring, has made 121 pounds of Maple
Sugar and two gallons of molasses, from
only seven maple trees. Very good. But
a single sugar-maple shade tree in Ver
non, Ohio, yielded sap fiom which fifty
one pounds of sugar was made the past
icisca. A man iu Epringvillr, Susque
hanna Co., Pa, this rrriPS mill
Kansas Election.
Some professedly conservative journal,
iu New York, urge that the Frte S a!
men of Kansas ought not to stand aloof
from the coming fraudulent election, but
ought to go in and vote. This is not le-
cause they tunic Me iree state men
would carry tue election, t,ut becauf a
i o sw voiers, names are rareiuuj
left off of the lists. In Lcavenworth,hun
ureus oi legitimate voiers wuo voiea
the Charter Klection in March, are left off
si that they shall not vote in June. Tho
Mayor of the town is left off, along with
several other promineat eitizons who have
lived in the Territory since '51. In other
counties, names of Missourians are put on,
to replace those of the actual residents left
off. Whole neighborhoods are dropped,
if they hajrpen to be " Tree State." By
looking at the Kansas papers which eon
tain the published lists, any one familiar
with the localities can see at a glance that
pains have been taken to tave each of
them exhibit a majority of pro-slavery
men. And those are the lists that, with
out any chance for correction, are to de
termine who shall or shall not vote at tha
coming June election !
Hethodism and Slavery.
The annual conference of the New
York (East) Methodist Episcopal Church,
lately ia session in Brooklyn, took strong
ground on the slavery ques!:on. Tha
committee on slavery submitted the fol
lowing resolutions, which were almost
unanimously adopted :
RetolteJ, That we regard slavery as a
great moral and social evil, a violation of
the rights of man, and opposed to the spi
rit and progress of the Christian religion.
Rttoletd, That we will nse what influ
ence we possess to prevent iu extension
into regions aud communities in which it
does not exist, and will nse all means that
may with propriety be used by Christian
ministers to effect its extirpation from tha
world.
Look to Voi r Homes. Try to mika
them happy. Each home U a little Stata
a family should hold bimeelf tho paternal
monarch there, ruling and caring fur ail
things with a gentle but firm hand. Look
to jour homes, and keep them ever tho
pure retreats for every member of thj
household from tho temptations of the
world. Look to your influence at yonr
homes, to tho practices set be fire your
odiT.tran lramAn.KA. .,!:! . 1
I J
,,ra l SCeiagf "f,". VbMtJ
i utter M PP' gw f
tDe practice comos not in to aid it.
Look
to your homes for the best means of doing:
good and being happy.
Tue IIoo Poisoni-no. It is concln-
j sively shown that the " hog disease,"
( which has proved so fatal in the west, is
j caused by the animals eating the grain
! from which whiskey is made, after it had
been used at the distilleries. A chemist
who lately analysed a barrel of Ohio whis
key, gave his opinion that there was
strychnine enough to kill thirty men ia
that one barrrel.
The proposition to erect a monument at
Boston to the memory of John Howard
Payne, the author of the touching house
hold song " Home, Sweet Home," seems
to meet with much favor in that city, and
several wealthy gentlemen, it is said, hava
promised to contribute for the purpose.
The Boston Traveler says a whole ship's
crew, who have been converted during a
three months' voyage, will bo baptized at
the Bapti.-t Bethel, by the Rev. Pbineas
Stowc, on Sunday morning. They sailed
with Capt. Hardy, through whose infta
ence their religious life was commenced.
The New York Daily Times offers a
Reward of Five Thousand Dollars for in
formation that will lead to the conviction
of the murderer of Dr. Harvey BurdelL
Dr. Brandretb, of New York, also offers to
be one of 20 to give One Thousand Dol
lars each for such information.
The New York Day Book, a prominent
Democratic organ, propounds tLo inquiry:
" Can an opponent of Slavery be a Demo
crat?" It goes on to argue the question,
and rightly arrives at the conclusion that
" a Democrat must be, in the nature of
thing?, iu favor of Slavery."
Important Decision. Judge Haines,
of Cbestcr county, in a case before bim,
recently, decided that where roads are im
passable by reason of snow or for other
causc!1 the traveler has a right to enter
; Upun adjoining lauds and pursue bi jour
noy.
Cul. Qcorge P. Kane, of Baltimore, has
declined a lucrative office under Buchanan.
How does it happen that Bachanan never
offers an appointment to any old-lino Whig
except such as sura to decline J
A FJP fr:)a J"9 City, called "Iha
Benefactor," devoted to the Lottery busi
ness, would mora appropriately ba ealltd
" Iha Swindler."
lbs net revenue cf the Niagara Suspea
eioa Bridge Ccnrpiny last year was 37,
563. ToUl dividend, fifteen p-r e-at -?u