LEWIS
BURG
CHE
CLE
ON
BY 0. N. WORDEN & J.
An Independent Family
The First Mewnasre for Ibe Atlan
tic TeleirraiIi.
(mom.)
fonr World! that io wickedneM licat
KuthralVd by the pow-r of ill,
in I. trooninfr and travailine aitEttevt
r tirtter and happier still
lei '. here U a tunnee
For helping the right.
And farcins advance
In the enemy' ijrM,
Br pod'y ennf-wioB anil brotherly lovei
drowning on whom thou rclii-at,
Aul or-enly tnltine the Ruler atmve ;
Hy tiidjios the very nrrt thrill
On the nerve of thia telcraih wire
jk-nutliinr of -i..iice, or profit anil lo a ;
II it, fla-hiUEelectri'al di-eper and hiffhrr,
VYnrld. let the nrnt huart tirrini tueesage acroM
(O M-rairr! rcji-iei-, atb-u fliet,
All faint, and all anela who nil
Infinity fartbi-st and lilhe-t)
lie 01ory to Und in the hihent!
fcJM upon earth and good will!"
(ANTUrBoFitE.)
Ay. Man ! who with ehcrsy triest
To counuer by ftrenj;lu or by eaiill,
g, wived, though In body thou dieat, .
In spirit to wre-llr uphill,
Lo ' lore in a s-iin
To be won by a void,
If on ler the main
The Sri that if beard
A, l.rolhcrly kiotlnand heaveuly praiae;
II. wlnle thou in coiinig'- J. fi
rewind and ttie waiea atnl:,ll peril always,
Knftlaving tboee icUnt. until
TVy meekly otn-y thy d'-fire,
Ifihus. the Arid nhis;r that proves thee their lord,
Ihir m ifti rand jailer by Mtera of tire,
oVihi. the iublinut and bAliet word
0 Ueae ! rej'-ire a. thou fde-t,
A nd iuiut and all au:Mf who nil
lu:;tiity f rtteet and LijlieM)
J -tilory to God in til hijlit-st
Peace uca earth and uii nl!"
MAKTix f. TrrrEiL
ALmr.T. U-:lf T.D. July J7, 1j7.
TIl. tfISI'.VIff I? '
i II Li l7ii ll.U AVli. ,
.HO.YUli, Atti. S4, IS"7.
Common school Hook. I
In pursuauco of a resolution passed at
tbe I niou County Convention of School wriiigiug extortionate prices from the hand
liirectors, met at Lcwisburg on the first of care aud economy hard toil and barely
Mjuday of May last, a called uieetiug of, living means. There is only one draw
1'ircctors was held at the Court llou?e in j baek to the joy of the people at the de
L ttisburg, Saturday the 2-d of August, 1 struction of such pests of business and
u nci! M il TAUtiAHT was chosen Chair-; that is, that their failure may involve some
ma, and Jeremiah Winoert, Secretary, iuuuceut persons.
After couultatiou, it was decided that ' So apt is capital to be used by heartless
tl.H loiliiuiuff text-books be used in the speculators in this manncr.that mechanics.
schools of this county for the
c
coming five years, viz: j
eb'j'a Elementary Cards.
Sander's New Speller, aud
irtliend'ti D.ctation Exercises.
Monteitb's and M-Nal'y's Geographies, ;
,ut Uarreu . Pl,y..l Ogr-phy j
lUvius bene 'f Arithmetics, with
Stoddard's lutcllectual Arabmeuc, 'd
Green's ltttroduetiou to Grammar, and
Llemeuts of English Uramiuar.
Towers' Intellectual and
lbvies' Eien.eiitary Algrebra.
Wilsou's Historical Series.
Sheppard's Constitutimial Text BtKjk.
Wells' Science of Uouiiuou Thiugs.
Worcester's Quarto and I'rimary DiC'
tiitniriiti
Rnw'a Pennvlvani. Common School ,
. 1
liegister. '
Messrs. F. Wilson, C. S. James, H. D. !
ii . , ,,- i i i
Walker, M. W. Cramer, aud J. Kleckner,
were appointed a committee to select text
books on Natural Philosophy, Chemistry,
Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygeine.Book
Kceping and Penmanship : aud report on
the 20th iost.
Jeremiah Wisgert of East Buffaloc,
(J.ewisburg, P. O.) wns chosen by the j a very respectable appearance. He is the ujs own road." Ho is agreeable and pop
llireetors to procure and distribute the I oldest printer engaged in the business in uIar, and favorably impressed those with
bjoks selected as above, throughout the Northern Pennsylvania. Some years back j whom he bceame acquainted. About 33,
Tariuus districts of the county. Tbe Con
vention thuu adjourned.
bj5-A friend from the lower end of
Luzerne county hands us a "legal notice"
which had been stuck up, as near the fol
lowing as we can make tjpes talk. Who
would hid for projterty thus advertised, in
a country where there are printing offices
and school masters ? We doubt whether
a sale under such a scrawl could be con
firmed by any Court !
PuWiCK fail
th Subscriber Will Expose lo PubliCK sail at
t;i resededuce of th l.aie in
in the said is nnw
H I .nil it true and Just Anrisment has
ilia ukm of the eod l liauels rigibs au
rre Jter WiCh Will be soald on the
All nnTsi'tis are muted to give lhare atention j
me lolliti? Property lo Wu :
Sale io Commence At 10 oCloCK j
erne frame house and Stable one hor-e loo (
rni'.Ks Cows one round silndertooKmj store i
oClocK one round r.K,n store one Corner ;
C .terd three I.ar; Beds and Bed-'in; one
Ininnel Bed on loo horse spring Wagon tun
a id Shares one tram Cradel on nppel one ,
Plow one Large Brass Kittel uthcr ArtcKcls
loo numers lo mensnon.
M'KlM, HUNO.-David Stringer M'- :
Kim, for the alleged murder of Samuel T.
Norcross, was executed within the prisou
walls of Blair county, at Hollidaysburg,
last. Friday, at 20 minutes before 1 o clock. r a- "ah r.n, crwy cnore iicpuoucan,)
lie protested his iunocenca to the last, and j loTCS to follow the crowd- As 10 his P"
dtclared his life had been sworn away, pearanccs whether be is good looking,
It" not guilty of murdering others, he was ! opinions seem to be divided. It is a ques
gaiu guilty of trying to murder himself, tion of ,as,e- IIe is 33 weighs 140, mca
living attempted, the last night of his life, j ses 5 ' 7, and is able to demolish a
t cut the veins on one of his wrists with j Piece o beefsteak about as quick as the
a piece of glass, but was discovered before next n0- In tho 80cial circle he nBTer
bleeding to doatb. He spoke over an hour j m0VC8 t0 ljourn, but -'ways fi-hts such
"a the gallows, alternately professing faith I propositions to the last. In convention
is U'jd's forgiveness, and then breathinc ' he was actiTet aud Prorcd as ble to o
the spirit of a devil. He had prepared a j
lng written statement, which he tore up ! 1r- 1'AI.EMOH Joun, (Btoomtburg Re.
in the morning in a fit of rage. None of pMiean) is a plain man.with an abundant
his friends came for the body, which was j 8took of S0UDd common wnso. ni ap
Wi.J in the poor homo burying ground. FMaDce ind'cates a high state of cultiva
An immense concourse of people crowded tion about 32, 5 feet 10, aud weighs 1C5
Hoilidaysbutg even from the night previ- i P0"09; r , T . , t . , N
ww, but good order generally prevailed, j 0 S OBDES, (tem&ury Chronicle,)
Thus ended a life of licentwusness and i gutleman of moro than ordinary abil
latuitnwancc. " jitka. Ue U abut 40, afcit 10, ssc
K. CORNELIUS.
News Jocbnal.
Downfall or Speculators.
The Bishop of the Rhine, who monopo
lized the corn, refused to Bell, and was
eaten up by the rats, may or maj not have
been real : it in at least a good fable.
In a time when the aggregate crops of
the Uuited States as well as of the Old
World seems to be of an unprecedented
large amount, it does not hurt the feelings
of any decent innn to learn that the heart
less speculators in the "staff of lift)" are
reaping, cveu in this life, some of the
fruits of their misdeeds and oppressions of :
the poor. Wheat has been contracted for
in Buffalo city at SI, and in Louisville
at .I5 cents, in large quantities ; and yet
there are these in the seaboard cities, and
in the best grain growing vicinities, who
contrive to keep up the price of Wheat at
62, at a time when wages and salaries gen
erally are not increased. This is necessa
rily a hardship to the poor and middling
classes in community, who, although they
dn and must avoid superfluities and ex
travagances, must feed their households.
As the poor ars generally most blessed
with children, the hardship of course most
affects them. It is no sin, then, to rejoiee
over the failures and discrace of those who !
monopolize the capital and hoard the grain ! De presented the best looking front, bis
of the country to keep up exorbitant j brethren made him an appropriate present
prices for the daily bread of a wholcpcople! , 'n duo form a pair of "assistant,"
In a single pnper before us, we notice ; scissors. He acknowledged the conipli
the failure in New York city of N. H. ' ment ' u' usual happy style.
Wolfe k Co., "rain dealers, for One Mil- I James Jones, (Jerry Shore Vedette,)
'"n cf l"ilar., and also of the Elvs of
ulctcstor extensive n,ii(.r:! for , "large
fum. These men had made immense in- j
ves-tnicnts, and tried to command the mar- j
kets, so that they could make fortunes by
.
laborers, and salaried persons in many lo- j
calities are compelled to combine for self
defence and send abroad for wheat, which
llioy procure hundred of miles and under-
seu tllt.;r neighboring farmers and millers.
T,ijs u not mQ ablo procea-uro but
occc8,,t scem9 io m:lny c:iSes to require
. ., , , . , , t
. " m - i-e-iuS uV u.
th.s-j corrupt combinations, and a return
to honest prices, unions of this sort
r;ii
hernme treneral. and nersons in moderate !
circumstances thereby be greatly benefited.
- !
.orlh and West Rranch Editors, j
I E. II. RiOC. of the Mauch CI. mi Gatrttt, waft "the j
ceniai epirit- of the uie Danriiie Editorial Conr.-ntion, 1
b.t which only made buainea. mora hri.ker and merrier.
' "" iretiouriy acquainted with
any of the North and Wert BranelKera, personally, bot
on5gin( b. m,j, .mend, telling .ii tbe pod
he could of them in aome free-andwy "1'en Portrait"
nasuirreuiTii"i inim wrinwr,. we ipj un-wr " i nn.-.
,lchof wteof1ODUlogttac.b.M..ud
bid, that tbe one unnamed with which be doaaa, will be
readily rt-eomiUed ly lindher Typo .nd most of Eastern
Peunjiylvauia, a lutca! 4W C'Aron.J
Hon. Valentine Best, (Danville la
tilliijrncer,) is about 56 years of age, very
slender, dark hair and eyes, and presents
he represented his district in tbe State j
Senate, and was chosen Speaker.
Col. Levi L. Tate, (IHonmsbnrtj Dem
ocrat,) looks well, talks well, writes well,
and if we arc not greatly mistaken feeh
well. He has an open, cheerful and fa
miliar countenance. We believe bis soul
is a big one. The young ones stuck to
him, and looked up to him as daddy of tbe
crowd, and he seemed much pleased with
his happy and harmonious family. Ha is
about 50 years of age, dark complexion,
five feet ten, aud weighs probably lliO.
L. F. Irwin, (Bericick Gazette,) is a
young man, tall, slender, and about 24
years of age. lie appeared to let others
1I)cad off . iujicll,inr a rcUiaIkahle Stock
, j
of editorial modesty.
. P. MINER, ( n tl.vsbarrr, Jiccord of
w;tn ono exception was tbe best
, T , . ,
looking man there. In debate, as well as
.eith the rien. he is clear, strong. and cor-
a e ,, e
cous- Ho waS 0De f tLe firSt ,0 dTocate
the holding of tbe Convention, and he will
be one of tbe last to disregard its rrsola
tions. He is about 35 years old, 5 feet S ,
high, dark hair, a well balanced head,
and weighs about 105. He loves fun,and
hates mean men.
tLe ,0DSue M ha 9 " 'eld tbe pen.
LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA.; FKIDAY,
eyed, intelligent, strong in debate, vigorous
with the pen, sociable among bis fellow
men, and an honor to the craft. In Con
vention, he proved to be all this. He de
livered a very able address "The oldest
Printer on Record," was earnestly reques
ted to furnish a copy for publication, but
respectfully declined, which proves be has
also an abundant stock of modesty. He is
a monster potato, and many in a hill.
Dr. J. Henry Puleston, ( Pittston 0t-
ette,) is so thin that we are unable to com
prebend how he keeps his "vittlcs" warm
in cold weather. But, on the "glorious
4tb," the thermometer was up lo 98, more
or less, in the shade, and the Doctor ap
peared as natural as the next man. The
Doctor is about SO years of age; his weight
is of no account.
ClIAHLES Cook, (Danrille Drmnernt,)
is just what every editor should be intel
ligent, sociable and modest. He is about
40 years of age, stands six feet less six
inches, and is a very agreeable and good
looking man.
Dr. 1). U. B. Brower, (.Vmtour Amer
ican,) was unquestionably the beauty of
the assembled wisdom. For his activity
g,!""ng up the Convention, and because
appeared in Convention pretty much like
an old "fip" among a pile of half dollars.
Ho is about four feet five and a half, aud
weighs at least thirty-seven pounds. But,
-"r. Jones participated actively in the Loa
vention, and became a decided favorite.
What he lacks in size he fully makes up
in good common sense.
K. W. Weaver, (WoonuHiurij Star of
the Xurth,) is a steady, serious, sober and
earnest man, who means what be says and
says what he means. To look at him, one
would feel at a loss to know whether he is
an Editor, Lawyer, Doctor or Parson. We
ii .ii - r I v i
woum say e ""cr, e ulu" uow
ociter. lie is goou in uuuaie, aim uuic tu
present a case to good advantage. About
33 years of age, and 5 feet 6.
H. B. MassKR, (Sunbury American?)
is a gentleman with whom we failed to
make particular pcrauual aciu.lni.a...
He is woll vouched for, and appears liko
very intelligent and vigorous man.
JOHN U. 10UNUMAN, OMnoMry ua-
' Boul 23 Telra 01 Se ea,M K"u
x a . . r a? J:.
PP", nd is a sociable though quietly dis-
posed fellow.
G Painter, (JiWy Luminary,)
IS aeClUCaiy B gooa looking mu, auu mu
cj;tor 0f considerable ability. He makes
BO pretense to SpCCCblfy lUg, but SS think-
er he g 0Und, and able to convey his
, , , tt
thoughts on paper to good advantage. He
aycighs about 200 pounds and prCSCDtS
remarkably healthy appearance. He looks
as smooth and free from wriukles as if his
skin bad been made first aud tbe flesh
melted and run into it.
Jacob Frick, (Miltonian,) is a first
rate looking fellow, and editor of first
rate paper. In a crowd be is able to "hoe
and 5 feet G.
There was yet one more, but to state all
we know of bim, would fill the four sides
of this paper. We will therefore simply
say that be is 37, 5 feet 9, dignified, cour
teous, kind, intelligent, amiable, learned,
wise, pious, benevolent, sociable, and very
handsome. He was once a Captain of the
Pennsylvania Militia, which post be filled
with remarkable courage until the begin
ning of the Mexican War, when he wisely
concluded upon retiring from publie life.
Still higher honors await him !
Church Tentlmony.
The following preamble and resolntions
were adopted without opposition at the
recent session of the Northumberland Bap
tist Association, in Muncy :
Wherrjn, many thousands of the children
of God in Ihis land are held in bitter bondaje,
denied the ri'hts of common human nature,
"J torMd lhe Word of Go,, and
crnshed into hereditary poverty, ignorance,
and misery; and whereas, the most violent
and wicked measures are at this lime taken
bv slave-holders, not only to perpciuale bin to
extend lheir odious and terrific system ; there-
forJ(((ifcn,t That we d raost h.arllly deplore
alld sympathize wilh our brethren and sisters
in Christ who are inns oppress nu ueSra
idel and thai we will resolutely and constantly
ase'onr powtrMral, Religions, and Politi
cal to prevent the extension of Slavery over
territory now tree, anu to urwig anum n pos
sible the ultimale removal from onr whole
country of a system which degrades men into
the condition of brute beasls, and which, if
persisted in, must end in the outpouring of
God's wrath on our beloved country.
KWrrf, That in the revelations of Cod's
Providence of late, we see encouragement lo
further labor and prayer for the extinction of
slaver? in our land, anda sinking testimony lo
lhe usefulness of labor and prayer in this
cause heretofore.
A curious wager is under way at New
Orleans. Col. Williams is to eat a thou
sand eggs in a thousand hours, on a bet
of $1,000. Ho has yolked himself to a
difficult tak. If it is underdone be will
have to shell out. He will have a hard
job even if the eggs should be soft boiled.
It will take fourteen days sixteen hours
to accomplish the feat. He has made a
big lay on those cgjs and should hatch
success. '
Why a MlnUter Left hla Church.
aavTAL, caataacs, as. cwwabbii ct-
bawBS in Late.
The Rev. Samuel Sawyer, a graduate of
tbe N. T. Union Theological Seminary,
and for the past nine years pastor of tbe
Second Presbyterian Church, Rogersville,
Kast Tennessee, was recently driven from
his Church in consequence of bis course
in regard to the beating of a slave named
Anthony by his master, one Colonel Ne
therland, an elder io his church. Mr.Saw
ycr has published nothing in regard to the
affair until driven to it by slanderous re
pot ts, prejudicial to bis character as a min
ister, have been circulated and forced him
to his own defence. He therefore pub
lishes a long statement io a supplement to
the Knoxville (Tenn.) Pretlyterian Viit
iteavt, tbe truth of wbicb is vouched for by
Messrs. Jos. Hoffinastcr and J. M. John
son, elders of the Rogersville church. Tbo
Colonel Netherland, whose brutality is so
disgustingly shown, has been elected a
delegate to tbe secession convention called
by the pro slavery ministers of the New
School Presbyterian Church, to meet at
Richmond op the 27th inst.
It appears that a slave, formerly belong
ing to tbe children of Dr. Ross, was owned
by Col. Netherland, and was sold in 1856,
to be sent to Mississippi. Rather than go
"down South," the negro ran off to the
woods, and remained concealed for more
than a year, until found and brought back
by some hooters. He was then band
ed over by Col. N., with bis chains on, to
the trader who bought him, who took bim
I back of the church, in a field, and there,
in the presence of a crowd of spectators,
beat bim with over three hundred and
thirty llowt, laid on with a leather s'rap,
nailed to a board, while the slave was tied
down on his back, naked and blind-folded.
The trader whipped him to make him con
fess who bad harbored bim, and probably
would have "beaten bim till Saturday
night," if such an excitement bad not been
caused by the first instalment of scourging.
But this was not the worst Col. Neth
erland owned an old gray haired slave who
bad nursed him in infancy, and suspecting
that he knew more about the runaway and
who had harbored him than be chose to
tell, he banded bim over to tbe same ne
gro trader, to be taken to a neighboring
County afcwww fci iln atA eliaawaal.ai,
make him confess.
The trader took the old man to a place
called Bean's Station, in the next eounty,
(Grainger,) and there, on Sunday morn
ing, in a stable on the public highway,
stripped and tied bim naked on a plank,
strapped his feet to a post and tied bis
head forward to a brace, and then whipped
him by striking with a carpenter's hand
sawMississippi way, which raises large
blisters and bursts them, cutting the bide
in pieces. lie whipped him that Sunday
till all the neighbor doted their door
whipped hint tilt the neighbor put down
their window and doted the curtain
whipped him till the women, driven wild
by hearing the blow and the neyro agon
izing eriet for mercy, cried out against it
till one man declared if he did not stop he
would return bim to court till the land'
lord of tbe tavern, after hearing in silence
the infliction of at least three hundred blow
with the taw, went to him and told bim
that he must put an end to it that he
himself was liable to indictment for suf
fering such tbiogs on his premises, and
that he was unwilling to bear it any longer.
Tbe trader became very angry at tbis in
terference, and told the landlord that he
had sent a boy to get him a bundle of
whips to scourge the negro's back when
the flesh should be too much cut op by
the saw and, finally, finding he could not
go on, he tumbled the negro in to his wa-
eon, in disgnst at the Bean Station people,
and went to Ilutledge. The slave had
two fits in consequence of the beating, but
notwithstanding, the trader tied him np
again in Rutledge jail, while the jailor
(who would hardly have allowed it) was
away, aud beat bim with three sticks from
a loom over the raw flesh until he was
tired, and then told him be would try it
again the next diy. Tbe Iospectors,bow-
ever, refused to let the jail be used for such
purposes, and the negro was sent borne io
a week no information having been ob
tained from him.
Thereupon a great excitement arose at
Rogersville,and tbe Church Session mildly
requested Col. Netherland to come forward
and show be was not responsible for the
outrage. He refused to do this ; declared
he had a right to beat bis negroes as much
as be chose, or have it done ; that churches
had nothing to do with politics, and finally
wound up by declaring Mr. Sawyer an
abolitionist, and that bo must leave. Mr.
Sawyer, thinking that tbe church would
be divided if he stayed, and bis friends
being too much afraid of being called "ab
olitionists" if they stood np for bim, re
signed tbe charge of his church with its
most righteous elder, and eatno away.
Nothing baa been done with Netherland
or the trader, and they are supported by
tbe pro-slavery strength of tbe neighbor.
hood, who stand together on all questions
of this kind, and who declare that if a
slave owner whips his chattel till he die
"be Is bis uo.ney," and there the matter
ends.
AUGUST 28, 1857.
How t Attala) Old Age.
At the meeting of the Alnmni of Yale
College, Rev. Daniel Waldo, now m'ne-ty-fioe
years of age, delivered tbe first
speech. He gave some interesting remin
iscences, and said that when he was a
Freshman he bad to ran on menial servi
ces for every Sophomore who chose to
call upon him. Gambling and playing
cards was a common occupation of the
students at that time, particularly in his
class. Said Mr. Waldo, "I have seen
nearly a century. Do you want to know
bow to grow old slowly and happily ? Al
ways eat well masticate well. Go to
food, rest, and occupations, smiling. Keep
a good nature, and a soft temper, every
where. Never give way to anger. A vi
olent tempest of passion tears down the
constitution more than a typhus fever.
Cultivate good memory, and to !o this
yon most always be communicative; re
peat what yon have read ; talk about it.
Dr. Johnson's great memory was owing to
his communicativeness. You, young men,
who are just leaving college, let me advise
you to choose a profession in which yon
can exercise your talents tbe best, and at
the same time be honett. The best pro
fession is tbe Ministry of tbe Gospel. If
you have not talents enough to be a min
ister, be a lawyer, but bo an honest law
yer. Pope's line should be altered to
read,
"An honeat lawyer la the noblest work of God."
More Democracy.
The proclamation that Slavery is not
to be confined to tbe colored race, is not
inculcated exclusively by the Democratic
papers of the Sontb. Hear what the New
York Day Book, a staunch Democratic
sheet, says. Here are the exact words of
tbat paper in speaking of tbe poor wbite
people. "Sell tbe parents of these chil
dren into Slavery. Let our Legislature
pass a law that whoever will take these
parents and take care of them and their
offspring, in sickness and health clothe
them, feed them and bouse them, shall be
legally entitled lo their tnoice and let
the same Legislature decree tbat whoever
receives these parents and their children,
and obtains their services, shall take care
of them as long as they live."
This is what the Democratic party pro
pose to do with the poor American, Irish
ana uermam ana ineirrnuaren.
Tbe Richmond !raiRtRer,auother model
Democratic paper, now merged with tbe
Enquirer, which is the leading Democrat
ic paper of the country, said : " Tj ntil
lately, the defence of Slavery has labored
under great difficulties, because its apolo
gists took half-way ground. They confin
ed tbe defence of Slavery to 'mere negro
Slavery ; thereby giving np tbe Slavery
principle, admitting other forms of Slavery
to be wrong. The line of defence, howev
er, is now changed. The Sonth now main
tains that Slavery is right, natural and
necessary, and doe not depend upon differ
ence of complexion. Tbe laws of the
Slave States justify the holding of Whim
MEM io bondage."
Lewis and Veech.
In complimenting our candidates for
the Supreme Bench, the Berk County
Pres justly uses the following language :
"Mr. Lewis is a sound lawyer, an hon
est, sober, and sincere man ; a man who
has no deceptions about him, and who en
joys truly the respect and esteem of all his
neighbors and townsmen. Tbe people of
Chester county will roll up an overwhelm'
ing majority for their cherished son, for all
party lines disappear at the mention of bis
name, and all good citizens unite in his
support.
"The same may be said of Mr. Veech,
He is the ablest lawyer in Western Penn
sylvania. He too, is a man who will dig
nify and honor the post to wbicb the peo
ple seek to elevate him. The Convention
which nominated him sought a man learn
ed in the law not a mere politician, and
they have found the objects of their do
sire in the candidates presented. They
will be elected, regardless of party chi
canery. In a matter of such vital im
portance to the people, as the choice of
Judgcs.it is the duty of every voter to ex
amine into the character and qualifications
of the candidates; and where real merit
and genuine capacity, honor, high minded
integrity and manly virtue are found, for
such it is our duty to vote. Our cindi
dates can pass unharmed through the or
deal of such an investigation.
Capt. Joshua A. Patten, whose misfor
tunes and sufferings, in connection with
the ship Neptune' Car, have been the
theme of much publie comment, died at
the M'Lean Asylum, New York, on Sun
day, aged 30 years. Deaf, and blind and
sick, as he had been for months past, his
heroic wife refused, nevertheless, to sur
render him to the care of strangers ; and
it was not nntil Friday, when it was appa
rent tbat bis reason wu gone and he was
utterly unmanageable, that she consented
to his removal to the Asylum. Mrs. Pat
ten herself is slowing recovering from tbe
effects of fever. ,
"Little boy, can I go tbroogh this gate
to the river ?" politely inquired a fashion
able dressed lady. "P'raps so, a load of
hay went through this morning," was the
Lorrid reply. '
ESTABLISHED
At $1,50 Per
Jadge Wllniot'a Appolatmeatit.
By appointment of tbe State Commit
tee, Hon. David Wilmot will address
his fellow citizens, at the following places :
SoHcurr Tweaday afternoon, A tiff 2S.
OaussBtM Wedneaday afternoon, Aug. 2S.
WisuutoToa Tburadaj altrmooa, Au. 27.
rrrraaean Friday evening, Aog.'JS.
UsloSTowa Saturday afternoon, Aug. 29.
BznroED TueMlay afternoon, Sept 1.
J'Con.uBlaG Wednesday afternoon. Sept z.
Ca:tBgAtCwa Tnnraday afternoon, Sept 3.
Ucansufto Friday afternoon. Sept 4
HoLUfAfSBte Saturday aftemooon Sept A.
AlTooiu-Saturuey arming, Sept. &
ALLHMf 3! cirr Monday ofentng, SVpt 7.
KirraMso Tueaday aft moon, SepL 8.
Claatox WedneeCay afternoon. Sept .
iaaSKU Thnreday afternoon. Sept 10.
MrATiLUFriday afternoon, Srpt 11.
WATKaronn Saturday afternoon. Sept 12.
Eau Saturday evening. Sept 12.
Bkavle Monday afternoon. Sept 14.
Raw Castu Tueeday afternoon, Sept 15.
stanru Wedoeaday afternoon, Svpt.18.
BefUA Thnraday afternoon. Sept 17.
AUAnHKUl CofsTT Friday and8i.-t'y,Septl8aadla.
JaMAJA Monday afternoon, tjeptil.
Jong 9TUW3 rueiiuay afternoon, Sept 22.
CuutBriAU W ednesday afternoon, Sept. 23.
Bbllwkits Thursday afternoon, Sept 24.
LawiaTon s Friday afternoon. Sept 25.
BloonriKLn Satutday afternoon, Sept 2S.
DrsrasBon Saturday evening. Sept 26.
HaEBiSfitEa Monday afternoon. Sept 28.
If BCHA3IC8BLBO Monday evening, Seot 2S.
Caklulb Tueaday aft-roonn. Sept. 28.
tlrrTTaaino Wednesday afternoon, Sept 30.
T'A Thursday afternoon, October 1.
CnuTBtrr Lcvcle-Friday afternoon, Oetaber 2.
LAXCAaras Saturday aflernoon,Oetober a.
West Carer, a Monday afternoon, OrtobarA.
Muia Tuesday afternoon, OrtoberS.
Philadelphia and vicinity 7ta lo Um 13tb.
Our friends io the various counties are
requested to note these appointments, aud
take immediate steps to circulate the in
formation, and to secure a full attendance
of voters. LEMUEL TODD, Ch'n.
Edward MTiiEasos, Sec'y.
Letter from Kansas.
The following letter from a former well
known citixeu of Lancaster county to tbe
editors of the Express, confirms the re
ports that are daily reaching us from oth
er sources :
Lawrence, K. T., Aug 12.
Three months ago, Kanjas was at per
fect peace now, she is on tbe very verge
of civil war. Three months measures the
reign of Robert J. Walker. Tbe old
charges of last summer are resurrected.
The slumbering fires of that fearful con
test are about to be lighted up. Villains
of the deepest dye, like vultures scenting
from afar, are returning to Kansas. Tbe
notorious "Border Ruffian," Col. Titus, is
now here stirring up excitement prepara
tory io anoioer invasion.
J udge Cato has given an opinion that
the payment of tbe Territorial Taxes is a
necessary pre-rcquisite of voting at the
October election ; if tbis is to be, nearly
one-half of the Free State men will be
disfranchised, as the legal voters will only
be those tbat have been hers six months
previous to tbe election.
It seems tbat the peaceful policy that
Gov. Geary inaugurated, is to be abandon
ed and we are to be carried back to the
dreary horrors that characterised the in
famous reign of Shannon.
Brigiiam Young's Personal Appea
rance. In person he is above the medi
um height, and a little inclined to corpu
lency. He is dressed in black cloth, and
although the air is very warm, he is 'well
wrapped np in an overcoat. His habits
of lifo make bim very sensitive to the
slightest change in the atmosphere. He
bad suffered a good deal in bis younger
days, and with this the cares of his fami
ily for his children are very refractory
begin to weigh heavy upon him. His
constant troubles and difficulties with tbe
United States Officers, not only try hi?
patience, but also wear bis body. His
consuming anxiety about bis object of am
bition tbe establishment of an independ
ent kingdom and bis efforts to maintain
the people in constant and implicit sub
mission, are sufficient to leave their mark
on any man's phisiqne. He is not fifty
six years old ; and alihough young look
ing in features, still evinces bis age in
person. Ilis face is indicative of penetra
tion and firmness. Come ladies think bim
handsome; but his lower lip, if nothing
else, eminently portrays the sensual vo
luptuary. JeyTwo of tbe greatest men living
Josiah Quincy, Sr. of Boston, and John
S. Copley (Lord Lyodliurst,) of Eoglaod,
are each about eiyh'y fire years of age, and
their mental faculties bright as ever. Tlu y
were born in Boston, a few mouths only
intervening between their births, and both
having the same nurse. The Revolution
ary War breaking out, and Copley's fath
er a Tory, while Quincy 's was a Whig.
Copley's fled to England, where bo lived
by painting portraits, while his son has
attained the highest civil honors.
Cvriocs Properties or the Number
Nine. If any row of two or more figures
be reversed and subtracted frrm itself, the '
figures composing the remainder, will, '
mbenmJei horizontally, be a multiple of,
nine.
42
21
836
638
3261
16-J3
189x2 198-9x2 1(538-9x2
Since Eden was planted there could be
no Paradise to compare with what might
be made by following tbis advice : "Keep
your stores of smiles and your kindest
thoughts at home ; give to tbe world only
those which are to tpate.''
IN 1S43..,.WII0LE NO., COS.
Year, always in Advance.
A Good Joke.
William Wells Brown, the colored ora
tor, who is not to black as some uhile mn,
told a very good story at the Abington
celebration. On a steamboat on Cayuga
Like, be went to the breakfast table with
tbe other passengers. Just as he took Li
seat, a dark colored wbite man called a
waiter, and asked if colored persons were
admitted to the table with white folks.
The waiter did not know exactly what to
say, so he called the captain, who on en
tering the cabin inrpired who bad called
for Li in. "I, sir," said Mr. Brown, point
ing to the dark stranger; 'I desire to
know if it is your custom to allow colored
people at the regular table ?" The enp
tnin replied that no oljectinn bad ever
been made btfore, and seeiug tbe dark
wbite man evidently annoyed in spirit, ap
pealed to the generosity of the colored ora
tor, to allow bim to remain. Mr. Brown
finally consented, and at this turn of af
fairs tbe white man, wbo was so black as
to be passed for a negro, left tbe table, in
utter disgust, and unable to speak his
thoughts.
Agricultural Products.
The Patent Office reports give an esti
mate of tbe vegetable products of the
United States for 1855, the leading items
of which are as follows :
TAtOg.
$:S6o,ouu.tK0
147,500,000
lKII.IIOO.OOO
14:1,000,000
136,000,000
64,000.000
fin.Mto.ooo
41,250.600
35,000,000
25,500,000
Indian corn,
Wheat,
Hay anil fodder,
Pasturage,
foilon,
Oats,
Garden products.
Potatoes,
Sugar,
Orchard products,
From tbe above table it will be seen
that if "cotton is king" it has not honest
ly come by this pre-eminence. The crop
of Indian corn in 1955 was more than
twice and a half the value of that of cot
ton, which only ranks as fifth among agri
cultural products. Last year and this,
too, tbe products have been immensely
increased, and the differenco ia much
greater.
Richmond, Virginia, was all agog with
wonder and excitement, one dark evening
last week, at beholding two mysterious
globes of light, of a faint 7ellow color, in
the eastern heavens. The people turned
out en masse i everybody was gaxin with
gaping wonder ; mysterious conjectures
and theories as to the probable character
of the strange visitors were indulged in,
but with little satisfaction. A man with a
night glass quickly discovered tbat they
were lanterns swung at the end of kita
tails in mid-air. The crowds went to bed.
Col. Fremont. Col. Fremont sailed
for California in the Illinois last Wednes
day. He goes ont to look after his busi
ness in that State. Tbe recent decision in
relation to tbe right of the Merced Mioing
Company to continue their operations on
the Mariposa Tract, renders it very doubt
ful whether CoL Fremont is ever to 'real
ize much from his California possessions.
It is said that a brother of Mayor Wed
has purchased a share in the Mariposa
Claim.
Gilbert Stewart, tbe celebrated portrait
painter, once met a lady in the streets of
Boston, who said to bim :
"Ab, Mr. Stewart, I have just seen
your likeness, and kissed it, because it
was so much like you."
" And did it kiss you in return J"
"Why, no."
"Then," said he, "it was not like mr!"
Many of the bar rooms in New York
are closing on Sundays. No cock-tails,
bitters, or eye-openers! Even tbe Ger
man lager-beer dealers have to succumb.
One ft How nut over his shop "No ad-
i -
mittanre on Holy Sabbath, except on
Private Matters," and in German "Hin
fere Thuer Oifen for Meine Boarders."
So much for the new Police !
A darkey having been to California thus
speaks of his introduction to San Francis
co : "As soon as dey landed in de rib
ber, dar uioufs began to water to be on
la ml, and soon dey wailed to de shore ;
dey didn't sto any g M, but dey found
such a supply ob nuffin to cat da dar
gums cracked like baked clay in de brick
yard." A late arrival from Rio brings news cf
an advance in coffee, and a great reduc
tion of stoek on hand. The flour market
wis also looking up. Tbe late news from
Europe represents the corn market as on
the decline. Between the two, our mar
ket will be but little affected, uuks it
might be in the item of cuffof.
The Methodist Church Suh claims
309,332 white members, 50,019 Iudi.u
members, and 300,277 of African blood
645,708 in all. The mcmberhip of the
M. E. Church proper (or North) is stated
at 800,201 or North and South together
1,353,912.
In various counties of England protec
tive societies have been formed of persons
who pledge themselves not to purchase a
thimble full cf sugar until it was deeliued
four cents a pound.
Thomas Dick, the useful and celebra
ted philosopher, recently died at bis own
borne in SeytUnd, aged eighty-three years.