LEWI SB RG CHRONICLE BY 0. N. "WORDEN & J. Ax In-dependent Family TIIEIIROICfJ3. The llli in Lewistoirg. ,i u'i a celebraiion in oir borough was . : for ome week previous, j ihe - of the ram il..v after il.iy. In 1 o dis - I -: 1 ili-pinfi! th"-e who ha, I pr.-jec-. : no prepar.iti n by wai of thinners . ill-. Vis maJe 1111.il the d Jy previous; ; wu s oa Friday eveiunt;, a stand an! i'i :-re prepared m die sroie, it was with r a hjli-hearied hope that ihey miEhl be : ! Sonic of the Mechanics also declined ,e;r.jraphs was also alluded to as proofs of assistance on account of dmatisfac- j Ihe lllu5 poucr of the American me , c-niin af-im-nts. j chanics' minds as well as of the skill of their .any Saturday o. or oar citizens were j naIuis. i ,iis mass 0r newly acquired popu--rtcd with gunpowder salutes worthy of a :awt,t we hai) gallercd in from all pans of rni-b's utterance. The day opened with a the civilized world much of the very best blood i.y fog, which did not disappear until ; llf m(.n wn0 W11UJ llt llIjey ,,ie wllu f : At an early hour we found national ' ,mpora or spirliuai tyrants. ,.s and banners stretched across Maiket St. -yhe re;l duce f Rc, ninHTs not WeiJensaul's to Dr.Uayes' from James sj,rt.. ,i.,...t ,.,, cod as -ou are"but that ,;P," ti Esq. Linn's from I ldinjs" ho the Gazette office from Ilerr's hotel to n's crner from Schaftl .-'s to M'Clure's j ii D. X irm indie's to Dr. Wilsou's from j "it. id's l- Dr Thornton's ; several others N r ii Fourth St., we are informed ol, but ; r. see; ana rvrrrecua duu ujhcis ; ... I vinous litlilduiL'S. Ut people beijan to pour in from every i-.rr at an early hour, and the whole nuin- cas probably as great as oa any previous : :i.,:i. From Willianispnri, 40 ot 50came ih; cars, and were escorted from the Depot s:..e-s Uianlie Hand, whose musical dis- rses through the day were consistent with :: etaiied reputation. Tne first banner we . ceJ was that of Hood". Carriage Manure ; -u ail present but oue, who was jire-enga-O.ie side of the banker r. ,i 1 !- . Iiuir' CelcbrUyu Ju: i, iSvT, ti'.iie utaer side tensille CoarhmAkeri July 4, 1'vT." r;e streets were so muddy that the long line f zii.-rri iaid out was omitted, and a shorter jie.vu .Market and Fourth Sts. was taken to . (iron. Among the banners we noticed is ihit of the Boat Uuilders 'IKiu't s' tt" Wp'." ; "main wnien aucrnateiy sncerea an i inun- rainting of a ship. The Cordwainers ! dered at the American contributions, was at i i aiming of Boots and Shoes on one side. I last obliged to confess our superiority in util-' lull the other the motto ; itarian matters; and to-day the Timet is prin- I tt on- for ihe sit:'' ! ted on one of the fast Steam Presses made by I Mar:ial Music had aCcalof Arm on one Uoe's woikuien in New York ! '.union the other a portrait of A ashintoii. i ljut. while our physical progress was thus Ceerstecher, gunsmith, haJ a very hand- demons'rated, and while, as a whole, our na- j .e-!ub!eina:ic device of guns, 4c. I. s. 1 tion was decidedly the most educated, best, m:r had a sulfcey with a vbuc sheei and ' dressea and led, most prosperous, and hest : "vrt.s, highly suggestive of Fresh Meat, governtd nation on earth, it w as also a matter . - per lb. not staled '.) - yhe long and ll.c for most serious consideration and well wor- , rtof h" were the rotund and majestic thy of inquiry on this our National Sabbath, j M.'s S.nith, Ed. of the MidJIeburg Juurwd whether in eighty years we had given the; . the lightning-bug Jun. Ed. of the CarunicJe, j world any additional governmental truth j up Ihe hill together ! During the morn- whether we had made any advance in human ! ; : :i:e hundreds of Badges were printed liberty. Excepting the noble letter of Daniel : wurn, but other hundreds of Mechanics Webster to HuUeman, in which he announced ! : : r. distinguishing mark, and did not mar- that Republicanism and Americanism deman- , l ;n procession. ded that even diplomacy should be understood , Arnvel on the grounds, we found the seats and governed by the voice of the people, he j re ihau filled by Ladies arrayed in their ( feared we had done nothing to awaken the fa- j 4 and looking their eery bat. Their presence vorable attention of the world in the science j many hundreds evinced that the dt is ; of government. What mean the recent de . warmly cherished by our countrywomen. Enunciations of that sacred instrument, the, le assembly was called to order by James ' corner stone of our republican institutions !:ss, when ELI Sl.lFKU was elected Pres- the Ueclatation of Independence as a "glit- j :.! of the day, and the following representa-' tering generality,'' and a -dangerous docu-, s of ihe mechanic arts were selected as ' meut" ? and that, loo, by men hifch in rank in j tick mesiiie?it. our own land ! W'm. Bargets, Mr. Melick.of Williamsport ; 1 The Orator next alluded at some length to j eph bhiwinajfer. U.S. Merrill, oi Miiiicv; Hood, of M'liwensville ; John (toodlan r. tieore Lawrence, James Montoinerv, of nn ; 1). P. Fi-her. tseth Bind. it. Mnssel i'. Henry Shirk, of Danville ; H. E. VV e:zci, M 1 1' "t)iir; J li Cornelius, Daniel Lemon, X: Berlin; Mar Halfpenny, of Harvey; S il-nincks. Fred'k Gul' lius, Charles :.J,i-ph Eilert. of Mifflmbur: ; Win. , j -.in Price, of Winfield ; JamesShieMs, " Mieir.. Jonathan tS,n ker. John Wal'er, 1 1 N 'sn,t. tieome Srhoch. John Mil'er.las. ! v. Harmaa Yost, Charles Maus. Henry -vii. tSamuel Kea"n, Peter Nevius, Alleu i ."maker, of Lewisborc and vicinity. S- rtlarict All the Editors present. Tae exercises were opened with prayer by ; opinion against mis innovation, mat me ouen tr. Mr. Dashiell interspersed with Music j ding officer was ejected from office, and the .1 closed with a benediction by Rev. Dr. j old words restored. If the people of England jjcoia Mr. Geo. A. Pun introduced the Declara- ' ought not Americans to guard well thcirwatch ;a of Independence by remarking that he j word, Liberty 1" And jet, for some few A been taught, as a carpenter, to see well to j years past, an evident attempt has been made .t luperilruciure, that the building might be . by those controliug our Government to pro band permanent ; and briefly but pertinent- set ibe that tyrant-hated word - Liberty" r-iresented the DscLiTuix as the .unrf- from our pieces of money. Some of our latest Ua upon which we are attempting to build ir treat Republic. We heard many remark .u ihey bad never heard that great document i J ia a more impressive manner than on the j ;tstnt occasion. Tae Oration of Hon. Wm. D. Kkllit, of j ?t.ii,i, was worthy of his reputation, and Ihe . y fauit we found with it was that it was ; an hour long we could have heard for '-i:ar longer, readily. In one respect, we ' "rcdisappointed the Judge is rather a young ' iti even a middle-aged man ; and his address plain, off hand, but clear and convincing, -,. no paper whatever. While, he stated, fared very little for holidays as such,orfor snog cannons or streaming flags in them- es, their connection with such days as the .1 of February and the 1th of July carrying , back to the birth of tbe incomparable Wash- 1 'con, and of our National Independence ; rtsa-eestiveof useful thought.aud rendered a dear to the heart of every cne who loved . native land. Judge Kelley said he reverted to the days of M iwreniiceshiD and livelihood bv manual 'ras hiahanniestandbestdavs: and while looked noon neraons emra-ed in all honor- ke oecima.osn. .. .lik. worth-, his svmna- i ! were certainly with those with whom he i f Urted out iu life- And it was amougthe : S millions who followed the plow or ! aehi in the workshoo.ihat Freedom alwav. ! .ar.i ai i , r :,. . .a: . ' J?port, 'shty years was an age to which many ale P-a, and yet what had the eighty years of our jfc'kuce as a Republic demonstrated of the o i II " tunaamental principles enuncia-; 1 1 iV " Dw:lira"0'' f Independence, just j rt;! Tut ia-.f:.-t fiom thirteen fttbie Col-1 ofthefundaeninririn!....ei,.!"-'u.ntt quaiiiiw, are power.unv - ' i.- .. . jus, R. CORNELIUS. News Journal. j otiies, skirting ihe Atlantic coast fio:n Maine ! to Georgia, to 31 sovereign States, stretching away 1 eyonl th ihirkly peopled Mississippi : Valley ami planting buy -.ilics on llie shores ! th- Pacific fr.'in Three M'llions if suIh ject Col-oust in isolated neighborhoods un known to each other and to fame.aiid nritrop'T tant in world's view, to Thirty Millions of iiulej, en-lent Freemen, rich in literary, charit abV. and religions institutions, contributing a l.irg share to the wotid's current history, impregnable in military strenpth, and having more ship toiin.ipe afloat than even the late ini'.iress of iheseas" herself was eloquently sketrhed. The pr. jrrcss of ottr nation in the mau.rl,, arls railruaJs.steamboals. magnetic 'you are as good as I am," lay at the founda tion of our prosperity. He amuej from the express terms as well as from the general spirit of the Declaration, that the sole object ol Government is, to ecure the rightt of men, and that rights must not be sacrificed to maintain 1 ivernraenls. When a government j uurs mi. i uliciiu UU1U.1U ivjuaiuy, men auctl .1...... .... ........ i i. 1. government should be altered so as to protect hrr humblest citizen in his G, d-given rights. Tje lnli,ility of the best informed but un- lravt.jcit Englishman to comprehend the vast j extent of our territory, and of some of Ihe i achievements of the minds and hands of the i Americans, Judge Keller illustrated by vari- ou5 orjglnil aj lruin, jm., nl, description of Jstiaihar. V defeating. i in Ins own chosen Crystal Palace at London, j . his grandfather John Hull and all the world in j Yachting. in Heaping, and in u.stful Machine-I ! ry generally as dectdeJ by competent Judges ! from the most civiiized nations was most! 1 happy and entertaining, as further illustrating j the u lump!, s of American Artizans and Me- j chanics. (The Lick making and picking , tests he might have included in the catalogue.) j j Even the Loi.djn Tiniai Ihe paper of Ureal i ,he debasement of American ooin, and ihe. ban shmi nl, by the Government, of the word "Liberty" from our circulating medium, with-1 in a few years. Not long since, Ihe director of the mint of Great Britain, in ordering a small coin struck, had, simply as a matter of j convenience, erased from ihe inscription to ! Q'leen Victoria, on one side cf the coin, ihe , words u Dri pi at in" by the grace of God ) j But when Ihe people came to see the new j coin, and f nnd that ihe cherished words de claring the divine right to royalty were erased, they denounced it, and so strong was public are so jealous lor tneir monarcuicai supports, coined gold dollars have the word " Liberty on tne lemaie ncaa in sucn sniau imc.s ...a. a magnifying glass is required lo enable many to see it at all like the infamous old tyrant, who compelled his people to suffer heavily for disobeying his laws, yet wrote those laws so fine and placed ihem so high that hardly any one could read them. " Liberty is to be worked frcm these coin by degrees. But the new cent while displaying the nondescript bird, the original of w hich is not an eagle, whatever il may be is also subservient, and the word "Liberty," which spoke from the old cents, is erased altogether! Whatmean these studied, silent, secret "cmshings out" of the talismanic word Liberty ! How important that we all guard weil our sacred privileges, and transmit them, unimpaired, to the latest posterity ! This is a brief outline of Judge Kcllcy's Oration. as revived from our memory. It was listened to with profound interest, and furni- shed, we hope, food for much afterthought. t!To the Mechanics of other places who auenueu our tntui.uoa, . .. ....j, grateful. Had we dared hope for the pleasant dy e had, our own ranks and display wculd much '" A delegation from "TJ " "' o- o - Flaces' "m' m wu "x ,UI m "Ba""""". some of them having supposed it was to be an afternoon s instead ot a torenoon s observance. Is It HO I I am convinced digestion is tbe great secret of life, and tbat character, talents, . . , r..n - r tec fe ecui' lectea oy petr; mutton, pieuuev au'a ii-u r . , i . l -:l. LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY, The We tVr...Co'd...and Rain. tP"Mr and Jim of this year have been remarkably nvUt. Prof. James informed us ili-it the amount of rain in June amounted (in inches) to 7.2S4 In May it was 6.700 In the t.v mo nths llarnsburg has had more rain still. Dr. Heis- ley reports in May 8.033 2D days in June g.glS 16. SSI In the rainy June, ISO 5, he reported 8.548 - July, " " 9.18 Two months iu 1655 17.736 In other places also nearer ihe seaboard we observe m. le rain fell than at Lewisburg. The weather seems not hardly settled for a dry time. Two years ago, the rainy months were followed by grealdrought. Last Septem ber, not one-third of an inch of rain fell at Ilarnsburg. The season has also been cool thus far. Tne question has been asked by those who wish to -tuakt snmtlhing out of the Comet," if that did not cause the rain ? It was just as much a ci-nniarnee as a fnu:e of the extra moisture for more rain fell in two months, two years ago, without the Comet, than in two months this year with that visiter. The rains of June and July, 1855, created a great loss of Wheat and other crops. As the rainy season commenced a month earlier this season, we hope it may sooner pass away. VI hat should be Done f The backwardness of ihe season, and the injuries some staple crops have suffered, make it evident that it is duty for all to use special efforts to secure an abundance of food. Every housekeeper should raise, ilry, can or preserve all the vegetables she can secure against a time of need. Every Farmer should gel in a few mure turnips, cabbages, and other late summer products, with Corn broad-cast for fodder, and execute every plan his wisdom or industry may reasonably suggest to provide : for his family and his dumb servants abund ance of sustenance for the coming winter. Bogus Election Farce, The LordtT ruffian "constitutional con vention" just "elected" in Kansas, ij a miserable abortion, yet Buchanan, Walk er, and the pro-slavery Democrats and American's, arc bound under their former professions to sustain it as legal. Gen. Lane and some other of the Free State men, "insinuate" tbat if tbat "conven tion" docs assemble in Kansas, tbey will foot it off iuto Missouri. lliLt v'uoub, tt 1st. It is an undoubted fact tbat not baif tbc Free State voters were ever regis tered, and Missourians were registered who are not actual residents. 2d. About 10,000 voters were regis tered, yet uot 4,000 at tbc ouUide voted. So tbat neither tbe registry lists nor tbe clectian boics represented the will of the people of Kansas. Being in fact a nullity, it should not be sufiered to usurp an authority never delegated to it, nor im pose upou an unwilling people au unasked constitution. In Leavenworth county, only 1S37 vo tcrs were registered, and but 000 polled, j f ' , ,,, , , 00 of which were from tbe lilue Lodges, j Iu Doul'Ius county (in which is Lawrenoe ; city,) two polls were established, one at L".icrence, nbcre not one tote teas jnAUd, (not even the l'ost Master); at tbe other, HOO votes was polled out of lo'OO register ed voters, nud three times tbat number of bona EJe voters iu tbc county ! Tbe snialluess of the vote usiouiibes ev ery oue tbe Free Staters refusing to rati fy ull the previous fraud and murder by voting, and tbe l'ro-Slavcry men making no special efforts, as tbey knew they would have no opposition. A correspon dent of the Tribune says tbat Gov. Walk er is getting discouraged. All his boas ted cunning could not seduce half a dozen live Yankees iuto his trap by voting : So he could not "manage" what he calls the "stubborn Abolitionists :" and on the oth er band, the l'ro-Slavery men say the Constitntion shall not be submitted to tlvt people as Gov. Walker promised it should be. He expected to cajole both parties, and satisfies neither. Some think he will soon resign, and then perhaps turn Free Soiler, as Reeder and Geary did ! JaTCol. Kenton is said, by tbe Cleve land JleralJ, to have declared, during bis recent visit there, "that Missouri will yet be a Free State : it is only a question of time. So of Kansas also a question of time, not long to be delayed." (Not very improbable Missouri was admitted a Slave Stato on the condition tbat Kansas &e. re mained Free. Who knows but God will so order tbat tbe attempt to wrest Kansas to Slavery, may be the means of restoring Missouri to Liberty 1) The Democracy and tbe Pro-Slavery "Americans of Philadelphia are greatly worried because Judge Wilmot is making the acquaintance of the people down in that village for the reason, tbat all who do know him, like him 1 He was never defeated before the people hia personal magnetism is unsurpassed, and he knows tbe ropes of success. Tbe nse of laurel oil rubbed over walla, furniture, &., is recommended to drive away flies. Walnnt leaves, hung up, are also said to be good. AdVA3.ce. The Warren Mail,ni tome other of our exobanges, are commencing Z Ztl noVrvr. ou! 1 . , r : cu trust. "THE CHIVALRY." fleo. A 8itr. In Intrododn tlx fbtlowlai Original tVm to tlx Wllliuiuport (r ) htdtpemiUnt Putt, frfcn to the fuel. itatoj in Sooth Caroliu plr, that few time In Anril lt a Mra. Baraaox, ftran th North, had tectur. il !n SomvUrfllle. .C.,on Kduentton phjal, awntitt nl meral anil tn her ri-marks sli referred to the d.-ficieneel incident to the training of Led lei in tba Soutli. At the eonelufton of her leetara. Ihe offered to lmlne heflde, and illuatrate her poailionft .hrenoloflo. ajlj, hat her tirade aftalnat Southern ladiaa" bed gle an fomuchoffneethattheentieaieaSirbwIeUiapnieaPS, and Indited on tbe riuht of aareh Uia ronolt of whtch eu a full con6rmatlou of their voret feara, and tbat Mra. Kmereon wu projecting book wore. If poaafhla, than Code Tom'a Cabin." They found "nomerona rrrapa cut from Southern papera" "lettera from people In the Free Stale" "an enrlpe directed la Mr. Emer aon'a rlt ni. to aoate one in JTaiaacAavtU," bat, alwr all. in her traveling wat-on. alimern and ate fttidJa." What use a lady could have for inch article waa more than theae co patriot could dlelna, and tboT, therefore, concluded that they meat be Intended tat relalng a "er elle lnfurrection." A aag conclusion and Vu Itetunr wat enlerre! off, an Baaa far and eataen. Tbe Battle of Sumpter t U!e. A Yankee school-marm went of late (But why, I can't conjecture) Unto Ihe "sunny South," upon Phrenology to lecture. She went tn Bully Brooks' State With eloquence t' enchant em A State which, fur the sake of rhyme, I call the Slate of Bantam. (Its enrrent name I can net give Not though I swine for treason Because it can't be made to rhyme. And can'l be made lo reason.) The lady's advent made a stir. As was to be expected. And gentlemen and ladies too To hear her soon collected. The males were Generals, Colonels all No bantam title less is The ladies did not rank so high, But all were captainesse. She lectured well and quietly They heard all that she said, sir, But all fell back aghast when she Proposed to feel their heads, sir. Dame Emerson was much surprised That Ihey shonld so misdoubt ber And shrink away as if she bore A fine tooth comb abont her. But wherefore ihey should thns hang back No qpe could give a reason Till brave Charles Wesley Wolf declared 'Twould be no less than treason I To have a Carolina head Examined by the stranger Miehi ronse the slaves to arms, and bring The "Union into danger." Perhaps he knew that in his ease She long might search, nor see a Small grain of manly common tense Or rational idea. That she was Rarrisonian Some offered to depose, sir. While some "suspicioned" her a man Disguised in woman's clothes, sir. Were ponia'a CuriTnittee. To seize her loggage, and make search. Without remorse or pity. Now madam Emerson was pluck. And showed a sign of fight, sir; But General Wolf cheered on his ten And put tbe mam to fight, sir. Then followed hard this gallant bar.d All men in battle schooled, sir And though the rain fell fast and cold j Their courage was not cooieu, ir. j All undismayed, they pressed the foe j Through rain and mud and thunder. l ney reacnea auu aiuiuicu uci mugiug And gave it up to plunder. They first attacked ber carpet bag;. And made sure work, I tell ye! The General, with his bowie knife. Rinnerf no its fair round bellr. The grisly gash gave forth to view ulnves garter,, caps, and lacing, Soap, towels, brushes, needle, combs, And pins, in lots amazing. A bottle! this the General seized. And vowei he'd have a drink, sir. But swigged, instead of Yankee Rum, A belly full of ink, sir! A Bible, too, was seized well worn. But in good preservation ; Twas ordered to be burned, for a Seditious publication." They made her next unlock her trunks Without ihe least detention. Therein found a lot of things Too tedious to mention" Hoops, crinolines, delaines, and gauze. And ribands colored gaily. Books, maps, and Giiih'i 7Kliune,loo The Weekly and the Daily. This certainly was proof enough To satisfy the Dragon Yet, to make surety double sore. They searched her traveling wagon The lucky man of all the ten Was keen-eyed Major Daddle Who quickly found most damning proof A lantern and side saddle. These shut at once Ihe school-marm's mouth. Her conscience smote her sore, air; She showed clean heels, and from the State She fled forevermore, sir. The meeting theji in Council sat. His case the General staled. Her chattels 'twas decreed, nem.ron., Snould all be confiscated. Clothes, saddle, lantern, all were sold. And what Ihey bought was spent all To build upon thai famous spot A column monumental This column stands from aye to warn The sons of Carolina 'Gainst women lecturers, or men Disguised in crinulina. And 'tis resolved, should she return, And no one dare attack her. They'll send to Pennsylvania For Major General Packer With musket and with bayonet He'll flinch from nothing human, Nor turn bis back on living thing, Not e'en a Yankee woman. Then glory be to Gsx sail Wol, And may be ever shin a Bright star of the first bignUud In brave South Carolina. SOLOMON SOCTHSIDE. Slavebt is MiirmsoTA. The Minne sota Republican, published at St Anthony, aays that men are now held as slaves, as property, in Minnesota. Every year men who come from tbe South, bring their slaves as body servants to tbe hotels, and take them away again. And it bat posi tive information tbat a Southerner is bow bolding bis slaves at Stillwater, and de clares tbat aader tbe Dred Scots decision be defies the authorities to interfere. Some one estimates tbe present popola- California at oai.WOareAmviicsn&.nOvInaian?. ' ' ' JULY 10, 1857. Chances and Changes. BY FRANCES n. OAOt " " I say, Mr. Conductor, when will tbe neat express train go out to St. Louis?" " Eleven o'clock and thirty minutes to night, sir," was the gentlemanly reply to tbe rough query. "Eleven o'clock and thirty minutes! Goto Texas 1 Why, it's ten this very minute, Pit bet my boots against a jack knife tbe morning express is off." " Yes, sir, it haj been gone half an hour." ' Why in nature didn't yon get us here sooner J Fourteen hours in Cbicager is enough to break a fellow all to smash. Fourteen hours in Chicager, puffing and blowing I I re been told they keep a regular six hundred boss steam power all tbe while a running, to blow themselves up with, and pick tbe pockets of every traveler to pay the firemen and engineeral Wal, I guess lean stand it; Pve a twen ty that's never been broke, I think tbat will put me through. Why didn t you fire up, old brag give your old boss another peck of oats T I tell ye. this fourteen hours will knock my calculations all into tbe middle of next week." " Very sorry, air we've done our best; but as we are not clcrka of the weather, I hope you will not lay your misfortunes to our account Snow drifts and the ther mometer sixteen below aero, are enemies we can not readily overcome." " That's so," said the first speaker, with broad emphasis, and a good natured, for giving smile. " Fourteen hours in Cbic ager !" Tbe stentorian voice, sounding like a trumpet, had aroused every sleeper from elysian dreams into which he might have fallen after bis long, tedious, cold night's travel. Every bead was turned, every eye was fixed on tbe man who had broken the silence. He was standing by the stove, warming bis boots. To have warm ed his feet through such a mass of cow bide and sole leather, would have been a fourteen hours' operation. Su feet four or five inches he stood in those boots, with shoulders (cased in a fur coat) that looked more Jike bearingjaj- a world thn you II it bead Websterian, bis shaggy hair black as jet, bis whiskers to match, bis dark, pieicing eye, and his jaws eternally moving, with a rousing quid between them, while a smile of cheerful good hu mor, notwithstanding bis seeming impa tience, attracted every one's attention. "Fourteen hours in Chicager, eh? Wal, I can stand it, if the rest can ; if twenty dollars won't carry me through, I'll borry of my friends, I've got the things that'll bring 'em. That's so." And he thrust his band, a little less in site than a common spade, down into tbe cavernous depths of a broad striped, flashy pair of pants, and brought up that great red band, full as it could hold, of shining twenty dollar gold pieces. " Dou't yer think I can stand these ere Cbicagers for one fourteen hours?" A nod of assent from three or four, and a smile of curiosity from the rest, answer ed his question in the affirmative. " You must have been in luck, strang er," said an envious looking little man, " you've more than your share of gold." " I have, eh ? Well, I reckon not I came honestly by it Tftaf's so. And there's them living who can remember this child when be went round tbe p'ra rics trapping p'rarry bens and the like, to get him a night lodging, or a pair of shoes, to keep the Massasangers from biting my toes ; I've hung myself up more nor one night in the timber, to keep out of the way of the wild varmints ; best sleeping in thb world, in the crotch of a tree top ! Now, I reckon you wouldn't believe it, but I've gone all winter without a shoe to my foot ; and lived on wild game, when I could ketch it. That's so." " Didn't stunt your growth," said a voice. "Not a bit of it. It brought me up right. These p'rarries are wonderful roo my. I thought one spell I would let my self out entirely, but mother and me held a corcus, and decided tbat she was getting old, and blind like, it tuk too long, and cost too much time to sew np the legs of my trousers, and so I put a stop tn it, and ooneluded that six foot five would do for a feller that couldn't afford the expensive luxury of a wife to make bis breeches. It was only my love for my mother tbat stopped my growth. If I'd a bad an idea of a aewing maohine, there's so telling what I might a done." "Yon have so many gold pieces in your pooket, yon can afford to got your trousers made now. Why don't yon and your mother caucus, and see what yon can do ? If she would let yon expand yourself, yon might sell out to Barnum, and make a fortune traveling with Ton Thumb, and Uke the old woman along." Stranger I" said tbe rough, great man, and bia whole face loomed with a mingled expression of pain and pride "stranger 1 I spoke a word bore I didn't mean to; a slightly word, like, about my mother. I would rive all tha cold in my pocket to i bring her hk; for cno hour, to look up-1 ESTABLISHED At $1,50 Per eaamaaan. on tbe country as it is oow. She bad her caliu here, when Chicager was nowhere ; here she raised her boys she couldn't give them larnin', but she taught us bet ter things than books can give to be hon est, and useful, and industrious. She taught us to be faithful and true ; to stand by a friend, and be generous to an enemy. It's thirty years, stranger, since we dug ber grave by the lake side with our own hands ; and, with many a tear and sob, turned ourselves away from the cabin where we'd been raised the Indiana had killed our father long before, atjd we'd nothing to keep ns and so we went to seek our fortunes. My brother, he took down to St Louis, and got married down there som'ers; and I just went where the wind blowcd, and when I'd scraped mon ey enough together, I came back and bought a few acres of land around my mother's old cabin, for tbe place where I'd lain ber bonea was sacred, like. Well, ia the course of time, it turned right up in tbe middle of Chicager. I couldn't stand tbat I loved my old mother too well to let omoibussea rattle over ber grave, so I cum back about fifteen years ago, and quietly moved ber away to the bury in' ground; and then I went back to Texan, and wrote to an agent arterward to sell my land. What cost a few hun dred to begin on, I sold for over forty thousand if I'd a kept it till now, it would have been worth ten timea tbat; that t to, but I got enough for't I soon turned that forty thousand into eighty thousand, and tbat into twice as much, and ao on, 'till I don't know nor don't care what I'm worth ; that's so. I work hard, am the same rough customer, re member every day of my life what my mother taught me; never drink, nor fight; wish I didn't swear and chaw ; but them got to be kind a second natur' like, and tbe only thing that troubles me is my money haven't got no wife nor children, and I'm going to hunt up my brother and his folks. If his boys is clever and in dustrious, ain't ashamed of my big boots and old fashioned ways, and bis gals is yonng women, and not ladies; if they help their mother, and don't put on more'n two frocks a day, I'll make 'em rich, ev 'Now7gEUemen,iaiut ouen l iu led to tell on myself after this fashion. But these old places, where I trapped when I was a boy, made me feel like a child agin and I just felt like telling these youngsters here about the changes and chances a feller may meet in lift, if he only tries to make the most of himself. "But, boys," said be, turning to a party of young men, "there's something better than money. Get Education. Wby,boys, if I bad as much larnin' aa money, I could be President in 18t0 just as e o s-y. Why, I could buy up half the North, and not miss it from my pile. But get larnin'; don't chaw tobacco ; don't take to liquor ; don't swear ; and mind your mothers that's the advice of a real live Speaker; and if yon mind what I say you may be men, (and it ain't every fellow that wears a goatee and breeches, that's a man, by a long ways.) Fuller out her counsels ; never do a thing that will make you asham ed to meet her in heaven. Why, boys, I never done a bad thing but X beard my mother's voice reprovin' me ; and I never done a good thing and made a good move, but I've seemed to hear ber say, 'That's right, Jack,' and that has been the best of all. Nothin' like a mother, boys; nothin' like a mother that's so." All this bad passed while waiting to wood, just outside of Chicago. Tbe great man was swelling with emotions called up from the dark shadows of the past ; bis big, rongh,heavy frame heaved like a great billow npon the ocean. Tears sprang to his deep set and earnest eyes they swcl'.ed up to tbe brim and swam around asking to be let fall as tributes to his mother's memory tributes to the love of the past. But be choked them down, and humming a suatch of an old ballad, be thrust bis bands down into bis pockets, walked back to tbe end of the car, pulled the gigantic collar of his shaggy coat up around bis ears, buttoned it close, and leaned back against the window in silence. The cars rattled on. What a mind was ttere ! what a giant intellect, sleeping.bu ried away from light and usefulness by a rubbish of prejudice, habit and custom doing but half work for want of culture 1 "A mute, inglorious Milton," or rather Webster, going abont the world,struggling with bis own sonl, yet bound in chains of ignorance, which precluded bia doing bnt a moiety of the good in bis power to do. All the way on our long, tedious journey, he had ever been on tbe watch to do good. He gave np hia seat by the fire, to an Irish woman and ber child, and took one further back ; soon, a young girl sealed herself by hia side ; aa the night hours wore on, and aha nodded wearily, ha rose, spread bit beautiful leopard akin with iu soft, rich lining, on tbe seat, made a pillow of bis carpet bag and insisted that she should lie down and alecp. What will you do?" said she.naively. "Never mind me I can stand np and sleep like a buffalo ; Im used to it THAl's to.' IN 1843.... WHOLE NO., C91. Year, always in Advance. T- ' -1 A little boy, pulled up from a sound nap to give place to incomers, was pacified and made happy by a handful of chestnuts ao4 a glowing bit of candy ont of tbe big man's pocket When he left tbe cars for refresh- ! mcnt, be brought back a handful of ties, and distributed them among a wesrygrenp. A mother and seven little children, it eldest not twelve yeara oId,wbose hut band and father left the cars at every stopping place,an 1 returned more stupid and Least each time, scolding the tired,rcsllcss ones, I with thick tongue, and glaring hia furious , red eyes upon the poor grieved victim of a j wife, like a tiger on its prey, "because she j did not keep her young one still ; they j would disturb everybody." No bito of I refreshment, no exhilarating draught, no rest from that fat, cross baby, came to her ! all 111 le.r.- . .U. V: Q -a) -! araavv WUCU lUG Ulg B,l stretched out his great band and took ber baby boy for an hour, and let bim play with his splendid watch to keep him quiet "I'll give yer a thousand dollars for him," said he, as he handed him back to her arms. "You may have the whole lot for that," answered the drunken man, with a awiii like grunt "It's a bargaic," said the big taan'pra. vidiu' the mother's willing." 'Indeed, sir, its not one of them tbat can be had for money," was tbe quiet yet determined response of the mother'a heart. How kindly be helped her off the cars when, at the break of day, they came to their journey 'send I Thus, all night, be bad been attracting the attention of the waking onea in tha cars. But his kindness and rough polite ness would soon have bean forgotten by tha mass of tbe passengers, had he not stamped it upon our memories with gold. "I wonder who he is ?" "Where did he get on ?" "What an interesting char acter I" "Education would spoil bim." What rich furs I" "Did you notice what a splendid watch he carries I" "He's soma great man, incog." Such were a few of tbe queries that passed from lip to lip. But there came no answer, for he, who alone could have answered, sat crouching in his fur coat, seemingly unconscious of his own deep "Chicago I" slouted the IrakesmVn.and in an instant all was confusion, and our hero was lost in the crowd. The next we raw of bim was at the baggage stand,look ing np a band box for a sweet looking country girl who was going to learn the milliner's trade in tbe city. As we passed to onr carriage we discovered bim again, holding ac old man by the hand, while he grasped the shoulder of the conductor of another train with the other, getting for the deaf, gray haired sire, the right infor mation as to tbe route he should take to get to "his darter" who lived near Musca tine, Iowa. 'God bless bim for bis good deeds T' wis our earnest aspiration, as we whirled around the corner. May his shadow never grow less, or the gold iu his pocket dimin ish, for in bis unnumbered charities and mercies, dropped so unostentatiously hero and there, ho is, perhaps, doing more good j in his day and generation, than he who do ! nates his thousands to build charitable in stitutions, to give honor to his own name. Oh, bow much, the world needs great hearts that are capable to comprehend lit tle things ! and yet bow often it happens that the learned, the wise, and the rich, outgrow the everyday wants of humanity, and, feeling within themselves the power to move mightily, pass by tbe humble da tics tbat would make a thousand hearts leap for joy and push on, looking for soma wrong to right, some great sorrow to bo soothed, some giant work to be accomplish ed ; and railing to find tbe great c9rk,Vii and die, incarcerated by their own selfish ness, and do nothing at all 1 The rough man's nature seemed the na ture ef the little child. Ilis ijuick eye saw at a glance ; his great heart warmed, and his great hand exeented his little works of charity so small that one would bare ex pected to see them slip between bis giant fingers unaccomplished yet they were done. The "angel over bis shou!der"will have a longer eoluma to ret down' to hia account of deeds well done, than all tha rest of the passengers of tbat crowded pas senger car, oc that long, tedious stormy night, in January, 1S56. A Horrible Black Republican! A negro deliberately raised his rifle and shot a respectable white man named Pit cairn, near Boston. Let the anti negro en bold their peaoe a moment and not propose to lynch the infernal black scaun dred, and we will tell them how it waa. The name of the negro was Salem ; he waa among the American soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the respectable white man whom be shot was M 'Jor Pitcaim,o tbe British army, who gave the first order to Ere ia the American Revolution. What should be done with such a negro ? Accor ding to Chief Justice Taney, bis reward should be to live in the country of bia birth, which he helped to make free by the exposure of hia life, and while he lives,and bis descendants after bim, he should Bv divested of all tbe rights which di.-tio- guisbed him from a beast. Is thi eerTiejj the ''Bitt' t" Ilb'Q'- JiMtri.'s G
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