BUHG
CHR
ICLE
BY O. N. WOI1DEN & J. Ii. CORNELIUS.
AX IXDErEJfDEKT FAMILY j'eTS .Toi'RJfAL.
ESTABLISHED IN 1S13....WIIOLE NO., 707.
At $1,50 Per Year, alttays in- Advance.
LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1857.
ON
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11 it 1 liT Uirunh alltlie Jiys,
A.l t'urui:gh a hundred yearx?
;,r,f in the prime of u miner lime
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i :i f.iiiyM tocher, ilWply blert,
!nt t!flrenuiili Land.
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lri ten gxUru lit; it,
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Ami wakJ in I'ara.li-r,
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I'.KTmy pUmafuti, on the null ..f tlio
j j liresetii mi'nih, my woii JAfKMtiN. ami
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ju .iiMrehenyive uiai ne uesi?: s rsrapins
r me purjv.se ..I yetting to a jrtr .mi.
::ikisi u-u:u. i lie uivinguisutn;; mdi k rec-
I . Urvul.l rn.L..r .n ..n i.i' 1. v
'-. t ut I 3i tn't renicmticr tthiehj there j
. scar on his nerk.
urcasnii.cd ty
' in early ae. His manner nwt
,i(-fiis ()iiite hutnWe and mp'ttubk.
lie
1 a spare lurm and of meiliiira he;;
-I";
i ' ttte inttI iz'tit, TitutfiH ri:UFi.en.r i-n-uM.n.
He was in possession. hcn li..
t.cf Cool cKehinp. and is ofquiie a ilresy
r -i'.ion. liy the hye. is a vrry gMul
1 tvppiwf his ape to be -S or 30 yars.
. triir iit rntirel'i trailif. I will pive i-ti
arJ if Liken or apprehended in the cminiy
.: LuLeuburs, or 130 if laken out of ihe
r ,r, v. or secured a? that I I"u'
rns.;ntVir'ove'ro.t'omVe.
s-pt. 27 rwf.t. Lnnenburs County, Va. !
fUTh-3 forcgoiug is a copy of an a.lver
: til' nt in a llichmond (Va.) i:,;jir,r
"i loth inst., sent to the Chronicle, tfiiee.
It peal:s fir itself. A tmmnn dflers more
t'jau "thirty pieces of hiker" to have
Ir .jit back to bitter bondage a "wti
:. .;u- l Jackson," guilty of no crime, but
she, instead of being "contented and bap
t," is risking everything in tryirs to
' to a free State." ' fie is nt a '-iii-
t r," cither, but a "man, alimwt irn"v,and
hiir (nttrdg straight." His afc'c i.- un-
l::.-.arn. but he is a "verv cood i-lioeitia-
i. r,'' and doubtless took the bread from
:..e wLite shoemaker by leiug let out lo
underwork bim; so that he is a very vaiui
li: man. He is bo f ol, either, for, "al
t!ioui;!i perfectly untrained, lie is q'lite
intelligent, aud respectable in bis address."
II iw many "perfectly untrained" nh'tcs
i.-o called "quite intelligent, and resr.ee
ti'dc in address?" This tender-hearted
' Susan C.IIunt" a wo:ua:i, perhaps Cill
fd a "lady" would give $150 if this
"man"is secured out of Lunenburg county,
so that be can be forced baek to the de
lights of "Pleasant Grove '." lt.-ad. r ! is
not slavery a beautiful institution ? and
ought we not to bid Gol-f peed to the efforts
to spread it all over our land ?
Hundreds of Slaves families arc
advertised for $ale in the same paper.
A -nt to Crack.
Turn. A writer in the 6'ufrnri(0.) 77i?
sivs : "Should ever the colored man lie pT-
m.tied to vote, the Llemocrats uill be the firsl
hue: him around the neck, ask bim for bis
vote, and drink his whiskey." I
fcjfEvery word Gospel. When tbey t
voted in our State, nobody iu Ham-burg
could equal Gov. Shunk in rallying negro
voters from the alleys of that place.
President Hreckmndge s grandfather once
aeieatea tienry v,i.y, in jvcutue.y, of bunJrC(ls Jja of thousands,
jetting negro votes. You will see in the ( C(md j le permittcj to offcr one con
Locofoco papers of New York State, this p;jfr:llinn) it sbouM be That the rich
day, arguments to induce the colored vo. sJjou,j Jn fbig bour of prcpara,ion agairJ8t
ters to go against the Republican party. coming rincbing timci,t tako especial care
la the New England States, Cuff is as ,o pay bffetcry possibie demand ,gairjst
much courted as Pat for his vote-only, ; tg we M tQ ant;cipate many de.
the blacks are not so easily fooled about : nianJs gonn ,0 becomc da0and n0K0.
"Democracy" u the Insh. In Liberia, aboTe they nt workj
we recently noticed the rej .ic.ng of Uem- maU ha8C8) more than heret0.
ocrats over the defeat of a W big in one of , , . ki
the elections of tba' infant Republic. A '-
nil again io ine r.gm or sunrage coiurea ,
. . i -. n- , i
men io Pennsylvania as they have in other
State.., and the Locos here would swear
that they vxre, ani ahenyu hern, the
ryb,t friend, of tbe gentlemen from ,
longo ! Now, Loeofocrats abuse and :
neer at this portion of their fellow men,
Mid denounce those who believe tho na
tives or descendants of Africa to be human
beinrrn nn Unnrrrn. wnrdlilnnrfl
ings as "negro worsl.ipere ;' but, gtve
colored men votes, and tbe Democracy j
juIJ turn a somerset npon that as quickly
) they have upon every other question.
Iiead. The Harrisburg American Sen
' has yielded to tbe pressure of hard
Junes and non-appreciation. "Peace to its
Usbes."
Ditto The Philad. Times.
Ditto The Milton Demo, rat.
Ditto The Milton Journal.
I
' l'l nua it, 1 R.-pulliiai!, 2 St.vjrl tj '
! TH E K ANSAS ELECTION.
j g Gtft 20.T0 M . tre
"Jidal rttums oftl.fi mjritics cast at tlio
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; iviTiu Qicctiuu iu A.ttii.afl it l'cirgic iu
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Congress :
pitT. Rtruh.
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PmcIi is the ''OiTieial" that i.
n muw
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ling of all the return?, choose to make it.
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1st. Soveial Wee State Counties are
r,j, etc! cufrcly, for trifling alleged tech-
liiealitica. And butidreJs of I' roe State
...
(urmans, entitled to vote under the orzan-
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iw nm,
2d. Lcvcuworih county had 400 pro -
slavery vote, east by sol diers, at Kickupoo
alone all illegal; and
'J1 JIiiiM.tj county is an ludian res
rrvation, where there are not over fuur shoes suited for outdoors, and save onr
hnmlrnl regular voters, aud "return" six- , better dresses for our own homes or other
Inn liiniilnd iii'ijiri'y, (Missouri inter- in door occasions, we bhall avoid much in
lupers.) I jury to our clothing, much inconvenience,
l';irritt has really 4000 or 5000 ma- and annoyance of mind. In these days
j irity. lint, as he can do nothing in Con- ' of "contraction" of banks and of business,
gress, tl.ey may (aj a show of fairness) let there might also be a reduction of crino-
t:i m iii ; vb;!e the same illegal votiogand
robb
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1S r" r u"!:"ns "ie irfgire-tu
riMy inip'rtant tiling in the contest.
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It m , i .Mi i in con nn ni irr.mml P.n.
" t.
n alior J il-t'.li -a ttie voting ot the U. S
Iroorw in Kansas nt lho. lata eU-tinn whi.fi
he must have been cogtiizint of the follow-i
ins clause in tbe "or'iiu'c act" constitu.
tin" the Territory :
, ...
"I'ronJiil. furlier. Thai n.) "fnerr, toldier,
seaman, marine, or oiher rersonln the armv
or navv (! the I nitrj
Smtes, or attached to
r.IKLTir
tnxmn in the gtrrice. cf tiie
).. ,,ll,..,l i - j . r l... i t
ry. rea-.m of being nu service therein." I
Vet fil'liirs and ltmiaie drictrt voted.
with Walker's approbation, be being pre-.
sent, and it being necessary to carry out.
bis threat and boast, that "tre" (pro-sla- j
very Democrats) "icill heat you" (Free
e.ater!.j .. I..aven,rorth county" thus ''
:ikirg orcu grounii luc Hotlet Kuf. :
- n;
Ile stationed the people at such peace j
able towns as Lawrence, where no trouble
ras or was feared by anybodv, but rrfuxd for dr ,imes nd more ' drJ for ct ,,m,e'
o station them along tbo Missouri border, '. 40,1 ",3 more warm nd me"ow' b "?',rr
dthouKh he was re.iuested to do so. He Gaining. Tbe theory and the pract.ee of
was
t
aitliouirb be was reu
aid "he did not think any Missourians
would come over to vote," although cvery-
y)0lij eiAe thought they would, and they
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Z)t (Economist.
A T"ny tartt it ttnn p'mv cltar
.1 tin a illy't m groat a ymr. Fraxeu.y.
For tli- lwinburs Chroniele.
Me.
:sits. Em runs: Your enterprise;
,i.Li.-rn...i t.-. imr.rt nnrrnnr nn iiina ni iriift
-v. 0..w.
economy to your numerous reaacrs,
nnst praiseworthy. And especially are
we all called npon to practice that grace,
when the majority of our people are un-
expeetedly shut up from the use of their
means, or straitened iu their circumstan-
cts, aud sec fully before them more than
usual calls upon tlicm for the exercise of
heavenly Charitv, which is tbe crowning
glory of our christian profession. Yes,
the coming winter will witness more des-
titutiuu in cities, and peradventure in
country also, than has been witnessed in
our generation.
Go on in your efforts to drop now aud
tlien a hint which shall be of use to many
families, both of the needy and of the in-
jt.pcrjjent.Uccoring the one, and cna-
u;ng thcm Jo gusta;n tbcmgeiT,cg . ar,j af.
forJing tbe Uuer morc mcanii for Mey.
U)g tje wants of tbeir fclloW9. Mav an
wbo have a Lint to offer, doit; and "thus
tbe cxperienise 0f one may be tho bene -
lore, uu .ui;oao iu g'c uuuui.uiu
ployment to tbe many who are willing to
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mCDdil.anlg. In tbis way tbey can be of
hme&t , tbcir friend. ,nd fc,.
w but jitUe CQst to tbcm.
sdvfg While adding something to the
. - , h . ilnDrovcnieilt. tbeT
... . . , ,,.,,. bich
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. are so beneficial to the welfare of comma
I iiitv. A ni in let me sav to those who
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manner to glorify God and produce good-
will to and among men.
One.
A thoughtful wifb ii priceless
treasure. Such a one has Mr. Peats, pro
prietor of tbe Phoenix Hotel, in Lansin
bnrg, which was destroyed by fire the oth
er day. He has learned to his surprise,
that his wife had effected an insurance of
fifteen hundred dollars on bis property,
-
vri'li her "pio money," unknown J him.
roR tub unmmtjiui cnRomcu.
I'ropoHltloii.
Those trio attended our late lovely and
entertaining Coantj Fair, comprised L&.
, uioa iu as great r.umoers as ueni.en.fn.
f. . . t -
. It U the duty of Ladies to tako much iu-
tcrcst j tt efforts toadvance Agriculture,
. "which feedd us all," and for one I am
bappy to mark aa iocrcasiDg attendance
upon those gala days so happily alluded to
' by the Orator of tbe occasion. There is,
however, a point wherein reform might be !
idly sub-
, wtuuutf uuu nutiu t- nuum iiiiiiuij ouu'
. UUI. IU1 liJC WllSIVaUl A1IUU Ul 111 V I ail VUUU"
'
j try women.
it .i,f .kn..i.i itfnua
r 1. : : .1.. p .. , l :
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, than u the 1 arlor costume. W ho could I
; but notiee the soilmg, dust.ng, jamm.ng,
and pollutio'; of tbe finest and most cost-
.
ly dresses at tbe lair, caused by contact;
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; t ii u ur viuiiiiijr iw iiju vjai vu, iuuu wuuiud,
: animals, product.", implements, smokers,
or drinking and illy costumed men and
iboys? If we but adorn ourselves with
firin, modest traveling dresses, and thick
- at
lines, all irJing more room lor spectators,
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D .6m -a
i.ne oi economy, i am aware mat mis
hint comes, like many good intentions, "a
i ,f. il, v ,ir " 1 .if T nmnn.o it .
Uav after toe fair, but I propose it now
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lest I should utterly forget it at the more
proper season. A 5-PECTATOR.
Wise suggestions let us remember
them. Eds.I
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Under-Draining.
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Thcre re ma3 t,Dl13 uf work ltat far"
mcrs can engage in, this Full, and perhaps
"
employment so much needed by many men
with families. J he building of stone
,enccs on roaasmcs, is an excciieni way
8"e t!mber. t0 eot riJ of stonM wton
to hicjE. n1 lo erect fenccs wLich 8DU
1,,i ynnr generation.
I5at if the wea," admits, you can this
season do your land great good by giving
it thorough draiuage. Experience has de-
monstrated that all kinds of land hill-
sides not Kerted axe made mora moiat i
this have been so often explained, that it
will be unnecessary to go into that branch
' of the subject at present. It is worthy of
' study and of being carried into practice.it
once, by every farmer who can possibly j
! command the means. It will make crops ;
and fruit of all kinds much belter and surer
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even on the most favorable soil, while its
complete renovation of man, kinds of soil
i is undoubted and known of .11.
Itnnevolrnt landowners mav do their
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lands much bencht, tbercforc, as well as
bcI tho5C who nced workby UDdertaking
draini What is done, should be done
, anJ lLoroU;bIv A ,ittle eTer,
; t oncCj flnd grcat be.
. ... . B - Bbcrelnost
, , , , accomnlish , nnartcr ora baif
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j Doas vs. Food. There is more food
daily wasted on worthless dogs,than would
1 support all the needy persons in this or
any other town within my knowledge
i and the worst of it is, some of those who
are least prepared for winter, keep tho
: most lazy, dirty, hungry dogs, that "cat
the children's meat." Tho dangers and
; the annoyances of these Ishmaclites are
surely enough, without the certainty of
being compelled to support them as objects
of ohuit l wouJ advi,c that the Town
i autboritie, 1., . Tax for the Poor of from
! $5 to 810 on every dog of high or of low
; degree, without regard to age or sex; and
that after a certain day a suitable reward
be offered for every dog at large without a
collar and its owner's name thereon which
owner shall have paid the annual tax. In
this way a luxury would be taxed and a
poor fund created and a nufsance abated.
Yours truly, X.Y.Z.
Vinegar. The juice of one bushel cf
sugar beets will make from five to six
gallons pf vinegar equal to tbe best wine.
Wash and grate the beets, express the
juice, put tbe liquor into a barrel, cover
tbe bung with game, and set it in the inn;
in fifteen or twenty days it will be fit for
use. By this method the very best of
vinegar may be obtained without any
great trouble, and I hope all who like
good vinegar will try it. OAfo Valley
Sarmcr.
Tay Your Little Bills ! Nothing
helps the money market more thin the
prompt payment of little bills. It keeps
up trade, keeps money moving, helps the
banks, and makes everybody.feel good.
When everybody holds on to the money
they get, because they fear times are go
ing to be worse, tbey help to make them so.
"Times are improving and men are get
ting on their legs again," said a gentleman
to bis friend. "How so 7 "W by, those
who need to rids in their cwri.ges now j
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aJg
Duties of Parents to Schools,
1. 1'areuts should send children to
school constantly and seasonably.
2. They should ace that they are de
cently clothed, aud cleauly in their per
sons 3. They should encourage them to re-
spect and obey tbe rules and requirements
of '.be school.
4. They should encourage them to be
orderly in their deportment, and dtudious-
i ly i0 refiarJ r,eb
q,. Ill 1 4 k
1 r . .lt9 oil
i ctttrlirtua ! minifi'dini? n n mtrrcl in biml vmA nr Inrlv wtin Irniita It ap ilnrv
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C. They should have regard for tbe
rf ,be tLcir chi,Jren re&J
rcaJ UU(ers,aDji ,
m i n n : .t
They should cultivate, m their
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children, habits of true politeness and
; courtesy.
8. UcsiJes vititing the school, and
! co-operating and sympathising with the
I fAii.linr ilinr Mn An mnli fur its imnrnvfl-
, , :..,: -n
niAtit and sii(HriH. Ijv maniiiMitinp at ail
I proper times and iu all proper places an
; interest in its welfare, and a deep soliui-
tudti for its reputation, by speaking well of i in my bosom. One night, about sundown,
tbe teacher and of all his judicious plans, j ono of those storms came on, which are so
by palliating or excusing his faults or j common to our climate. For many hoars,
failings, (of which every teacher must be i the rain poured down incessantly. Morn
expected to have some,) and by inducing i iog dawned, but still the elements raged,
their neighbors to visit the schools and I Tbo whole savannah seemed afloat. The
I men
take an interest in its exercises; thus
; ,Q the!r ohi!drcllj ; tbe m03t
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convincing manner, that they feel that
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i lueir present eiiipinvuieui la bd iiiiporian.
one, and that the duties of schools are not
to be regarded as of little consequence.
A Noted County.
Litchfield county, Connecticut, it is
said, has been tbe birth place of thirteen
U. S. Senators, and twenty-two Represeo
latives in Congress; of nine Judges of the
-W in the State of New
loik, ana at least uTtecn Judges or the "Presently, my sons saw their danger,
higher courts in other Stales; and of ten I and their struggle for life become tbe on
Presidents, and eight Professors, of Colle-' ly consideration. They were as brave,
ges. In 1831, the Vice President of the loving boys, as ever blessed a mother's
United States, aud one eighth of the U. S. , heart, and I watched their efforts to es
Senators, were either natives of or were ! cape, with such agony as only mothers ean
educated in Litchfield county. In 1830, ' fcel. They were so far off I could not
one-seventh of the whole number of the ! speak to them, but I could see them clos-
U. 8. Senators was found to have
: been educated in that county. The list
MMM of a larse number of
individuals of still greater distinction in j
various departments of life. "New Eug- i
land it where they baise men." j
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Source or Fat. During the course of
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the past year, experiments have been made
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in France on a number of ducks to prove i
in r ranee on a uunioer oi uucks io prove
that the fat may exceed the quantity which
could be referred to the food they were
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supplied with. Some were fed on rice, a
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I f fat nouand. Others were fed on
ce " a mo'"" e"uaeu
At lbe eoa 01 tne epe"":nr, tne nrsi
i mttrn n man vnn nmc f.i3iH.n nnnn inn '
j .
, aiei; me laner, in a ,ew aays, neca.no
positively baJs of fat. Other experiments
; were made on pigs. It was found as the
j result of several trials, that thcre was
; sometimes more fat produced than was
contained in the food on which they were
fed. Food which, given alone, has not
tbe properties of fattening, when mixed
with a fatty matter acquires the property
to an astonishing degree ; and fattening
articles of food, which do not contain
much fat, abound with its chemical con
stituents,, tbe principal of which is azote,
and from whence the fat acquired is cer
tainly derived.
Pepper. Pepper is a grcat condiment.
Black pepper irritates and inflames tbe
coatings of tbe stomach ; red pepper docs
not; it excites, bat does not irritate, con
sequently, it should be iud instead of
black pepper. It was known to the Ro
mans, and has been in use in the East In
dies from time immemorial, as it corrects
that flatulence wbioh attends the large uso
of vegetable food. Persons in health do
not seed any pepper in tbeir food. But
to those of weak, languid stomachs, it is
manifold more healthful to use cayenne
pepper at meals than any form of wine,
brandy, or beer that can be named, be
cause it stimulates without the reaction of
sleepiness or debility. JlaWs Journal of
Health.
Good. At Chicago, a Grain Dealers'
Association has been formed, for the pur
pose of removing the produce from the
West to the East. Thus tbe farmers will
pay tho western merchants, those mer
chants will pay tbe jobbers on the sea-
board, and tbe importers will pay the old
world manufacturers in part at least, i
Thus grain will answer instead of money
to pay off millions of indebtedness, and j
our seacoast will have tbe staff of life, j
I
Sneed the effort ! Western Merchants are I
realizing the ultimate impoverishing ef
fects of the Credit System.
Curious Match. They had a whist
ling match at a house in Harrisburg, re
cently. Two "ebonies" commenced at half
past seven and whistled until fifteen min
utes before ten,when one oi them "gin in."
A person present says he never heard such
:r it. trii i: t - i:. . i
-..g - w(.wn.ie; on. id. omy .urs way we anow
hn.1v n 1 1 1 H aln.M N Ih. M., ah kn. I. n. ... . - . I . -. ... ...J.J ft I
" v.; .vmiv iu ih utijjmivmuvy.
WHAT IS TROUBLE?
A company of ladies were one day as
sembled in a parlor, when the conversation
chanced to turn on the subject of earibly
affliction. Kach had her story of peculiar
trial and bereavement to relate, except one
rale, fad looking woman, whose lustreless
, eye and dejected air showed that she was
a prey to the deepest melancholy. Sud
denly, arousing herself, she said, in a hol
low voice, " Not one of you know wbat
trouble is."
"Will yon please, Mrs. Gray," said the
'
"tell tbe ladies what yon call trouble 1"
"I will, if you desire it," she replied,
"for I have seen it. My parents possessed
a competence, and my girlhood was sur
rounded by all the comforts of life. I
seldom knew an un gratified wish, and was
always gay and light-hearted. I married,
i at nineteen, one I loved more than all the
world besides. Our home was retired, bat
the sunlight never fell on a lovelier one,
or a happier household. Years rolled on
peacefully. Five children sat around onr
table, and a little early head still nestled
little stream near our dwelling, became a
Before e werfl ,war8 of
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it, the house was surrounded by water; I
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j manaceu wuu my Dane 10 reacn a nine,
: elevated spot, on which a few wide-spread-
ing trees were standing, whose dense full
age afforded some protection, while my
husband and sons strove to save what they
could of our property. At last, a fearful
surge swept away my hnsband, and he
never rose again. Ladies no one ever
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a husband more. But that was not
uble.
: inir nearer and nearer to each other, as
j their little island grew smaller and small
nr. Tka .niton riv nmwl rnnni1 tnA
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trunks, wrecks of houses, drowning cattle,
masses of rubbish, all went floating past.
My boys waved their bands to me, then
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pointed upward. I knew it was a fare-
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well signal, and you, mothers, can iniag-
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i "I hugged xi
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and when the
was not trouble.
my babe elose to my heart,
the water rose to my feet I
aim wu
j ;, ,he ,0lf br.nche. of ,he treej
g rc(iri Wore it, till an All
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ed. All
tu. Ail my woruiy possessions were
swept away ; all my earthly hopes blight
ed yet that was not trouble.
"My babe was all I had left on earth.
I labored night and day to support him,
and sought to train bim in tbe right way;
but, as he grew older, evil companions won
him away from me. He ceased to care
I for his mother's counsels ; he would sneer
! at her entreaties and agonizing prayers.
no loft my bumble roof that he might be
unrestrained in the pursuit of evil, and at
last, when heated by wine, one night, he
took tbe life of a fellow being, and ended
his own upon the scaffold. My Heavenly
Father bad filled my cup of sorrow before;
now it ran over. Tbis was trouble, la
dies, such as I hope His mercy will spare
you from ever experiencing."
Thcre was no dry eye among ber list
eners, and tho warmest sympathy was ex
pressed for the bereaved mother, whose
sad history had taught them a useful
lesson.
Union County Show.
A correspondent under date of Lewis
burg 10th inst. informs us that tbe Exhi
bition of the Union County Agricultural
Society, held at that place, was a very
creditable affair, though not very exten
sive, and the attendance quite numerous.
All branches were represented horses,
cattle, and the product of tbe farm, in
externa; while the domestic department
was well taken caro of by the wives and
fair daughters of the farmers. We are
glad to hear that tbo agriculturalists of
that county are properly sensible of the
benefits arising from these annual occa
sions for friendly emulation aud inter-
course; and wo trust that they will not
rest satisfied until their exhibitions are
generally uuited in by the farmers of the
county, and become a faithful reflection of
their success and prosperity. German.
""on -""y"'
Tbe very best modo ly which to pre
serve sweet potatoes through the winter,
is to box them up tiyhtfy iu sand, and keep
tbem in s moderate warm place, say where
temperature is not below 40. The pota
toes should be thoroughly packed in with
the sand. Some pack their sweet pota
toes in barrels, with shavings, sawdust,
scrap paper, Ac ; and tbey may keep
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vi IS ludl I tWUlUUtUUVU 'J,r;:ir.
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION ty f ,.
Li the mime ami ly llie authority of the The revolt of the subject races in India,
CummonieeahU of J'(nr'yfcania,jAMT.H is bat a specimen of what an nrganizod re
roU.ocx,6Wnor of Oic Common' th: ToIl of lLc slaTeg in the rnite(1 g,a,M
A PROCLAMATION. would be. It is a war of long pent np
Fellow Citizkns : To render to At- hate, and revenge inconceivable. TUo
mighty God, who controls tho destinies of j Knglih inflict every degrading pu!.i,h
nations and men, the homage of devout j mctlt thej can concciv8 of upon lho BRe.
gratitude and praise for his goodness and bela" outraging their religions feeling-,
mercy, is the appropriate and solemn du- whipping them, aud finally tying Iheui
ty of a free and highly favored people, j npon ,he m0ui3 b caDnon an j 5h0bting
As the Giver of every good and perfect j thcm away. The natives retort upon tba
ft i i.i : in. t i ... r
gui.we buoum iver rccoguizu ins uanu iu
our mercies, and acknowledge our depen
dence npon His providence ; and although
adversity may throw its dark shadows
across our pathway, yet wo should be as
sured of this, that " the Judge of all the
earth will do right.."
During the past year, the bounties of a
kind Providenee have not been withheld
from our Commonwealth. Our free in-
atitutions have been preserved, and our
rights and privileges, civil and religious, fa themtehe, rather Man fall into
enjoyed and maintained. The arts and j e A,jni4 0y tfu.!r tnrm;a . the;r w;Te9
sciences, and the great interests of cduea-1 Inri children consenting to and desiring
tion, morality and religion, have claimed this most heart-rending course, to avoid a
tbe attention and received tbe encourage- j worse jeatn. Several Church cf England
ment of an intelligent and liberal people, j Missionaries, and four Preabyte rian mis
Honorable industry in iU varied depart-, 8;on families from the United States, ara
! ments has been rewarded ; and although
I recent and severe financial revulsion has
filled with gloom, sorrow, and distress, the possible, but in the mean time,cruel scenes
hearts and homes of many of our citizens, mu,t De enacted, such as are described in
yet no fear of famine, no dread of iinpen- j tbe fou0Wing ietter published in the Xw
ding public or social calamity, mingles ' ,fon jmet
with our emotions of gratitude for Pa,t : A TjIstressIng HarraUTe.
blessmgs, or weakens our trust for tbe fu- j fj.p JuIy , Jy 0Klt AaMt
luro iu mo iiuiuvui;6 ui iiiw wuu
wounds but to heal, and " whose mercy
endureth for ever." A plenteous harvest
has crowned the labor of the husbandman
peace with its gentle and reforming in
fluences, and nnwonted health with its
benefits and mercies, have been vouchsaf
ed to ns.
In acknowledgment of these manifold
blessing we should offer unto God
thanksgiving, and pay our vows unto the
most High; and call upon him " in the
day of trouble ; He will deliver thee and
thoa shalt glorify Him."
i'ndn. ul.mn onnvtVHnn fifth nro-
.ti.tir nf ti! ntv nil in rnnfnrmifv
r..vV w. J , J
with established custom and the wishes of
many good citizens, I, James Pollock,
Governor of tbe Commonwealth of Penu
Byiui,uuu;iev; iccuiuinena ABUISUtiyi
the Twenty-sixth day of November
I next, as a day of general thanksgiving
and praise throughout this State, and ear
nestly request the people that, abstaining
from their usual avocations and all wordly
pursuits, tbey assemble on that day ac-
! cording to their religious customs, and
nnite in offering thanks to Almighty God
for his past goodness and mercies ; and
while humbly acknowledging onr trans-
gression, and imploring Ilia forgivene
beseech him, with sincere and earnest de
sire, to return and visit ns again with
His loving kindness, make ns worthy of
His bounties, and continuo to us the rich
blessings of His providence and grace.
Given under my band and tho Great Seal
of the State at Harrisburg, the
nineteenth day of October, in
i y " ) the year of our Lord one thou-
' ' J eight hundred and fifty-seven,
v' and of the Commonwealth the
eighty second.
By the Governor:
Jons M. Sullitav,
Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The Curse of Illegal Interest
Extravagance, want of caution, and
general bad management, have been held
up as primary causes of business failure;
but it will be found tbat the balance of
interest in most cases absorbs tho product
of labor and gradually but surely produces
bankruptcy. Tbe evils of overtrading
might be corrected when discovered, if no
suddeu crisis were produced aud all sup
plies of money at legal rates of interest as
suddenly intermitted. But tbe fact is too
well known to be controverted, that, in a
large majority of bankruptcies, the heavy
deficit which exists, in spite of figures
carefully arranged to produce a soothiog
impression on the sympathy of the credit
or, has originated in the payment of in
M . 1 . I I 1
icreti, ana iui, moreover, uas ueeu via-;
noiu. The "street rales" have eaten the
debtor up. What, but such a necessity,
has largely contributed to prostrate tho
noblest railroad enterprises which tbe
world ever beheld ? hat else but this
has eaten up the substance of the scores
of business bouses which have everywhere
suspended in a mouth 7 Wbat else but
this is eating up, with a certainty as inev
itable as death, hundreds of others, still
floundering on with courageous hopeless
ness ? The Great West is erpeciaVy stag
gering under the weight of exhaust ing
burden : and tbe period is not far distant,
when that paradise of usurers will be hope
lessly bankrupt, so far as they are concern
ed. Indeed, this Rtr7io.'cnme trufiic in
itioitfj is now pretty nearly ended, for tbo '
J ' I
time at least. The money lenders, who
have flourished at every corner and fat
tened on every curbstone, have gone with
tbe rest of tbe world. Would that their
trade might never know a resurrection !
Hotei prices in New York have fillcn
ft .in SY'ii? !o?i
Tvranfs" in every wnv. Nearly two
hundred British women and children wera
mutilated and murdered in one place, un
der circumstances of horrid barbarity, and
then thrown into a well and covered np.
Many husbands and fathers arc compelled
to see the persons of their wives and daugh
ters successively violated before their eyes,
and then barbarously murdered. Euro
pean are knoirn to have killed Oicir trite
1 l,;urt, their oir it hamh. and
. gnpposed to have been murdered. Tho
; English are Lurrvinc on troop9 aa fast as
brother I am the only individual saved
among all tho European and Christian
community that inhabited this station.
My dear wife, my darling child Polly,poor
Rebecca and her children, and innocent
Emmelina and Martha, as aUo old Mrs.
Frost and poor Mrs. Osborne,were all most
inhumanly murdered by the cruel insur-
genrs n lue uaJ Diore yestcruay, ana
j tbrowa 'Dto wcII tosctnT & Ft
number of ladies and children, reported
e aoont one nundrea ana ntty in num-
ber. I am distracted. I am most miser
Me na wretcbea. 1 am lite one in a
i dream
You could not recognize me if
yon saw me. My life has been spared by
a miracle. I escaped only yesterday from
my miserable prison, where I had been
twenty-four days by the rebel, who nearly
took away my life, bat God alone preven
ted them and spared me.
Every officer and soldier, and every
merchant, waiter, or Christian drummer,
&c., that bad gone into the entrenchments
here under Gen. AVheeler, on the 4th of
; June, has been killed. On the 4th of
' J one, I was sent out as a "spy" on certain
! conditions, ana, as 1 was uressea as a com
mon Chinaman, I was not killed ; for I was
taken prisoner almost as soon as I came
out of tbe entrenchments. After I camo
out on the 24th, it appears the rebel Rajah
sent a letter to our General the day after,
offering to let him and all his people gi
to Allahabad, on condition that he would
give up all his treasure, ammunition, etc.,
and vacate Cawnpore within three days.
Tbis was accepted by the GoneraI,and tho
usual oaths were taken that no treachery
should bo used. The Rajah supplied
twenty-four boat?, and gave carriage to
the river side. On the 27th our peoplo
went on board the boats, (Oh ! bow 1 felt
when in confinement, I heard that tho
English were going in safety. I could
not keep my secret, and told the Subadar
of the prison guard that I was a Christian,
and nearly lost my life by tbis exposure,
of which more hereafter,) but had not
time to let tbe boats go, when the enemy
fired cannon upon them, and upset some ;
others they set fire to. Only one boat, I
am told managed to get away, bnt was af
terwards picked up at a short distance and
brought back.
About one hundred and fifty women and
children, and one hundred European sol
diers and officers and men of all classes,
were taken alive. The former were kept
as prisoners np to the 16th July, but tho
men, (among whom was our poor Daniel,)
1 bad their bands tied behind them, were
killed with swords and muskets,and thrown
into a ditch. Tbe women received parch
ed grain for a few day, but afterwards
they got dall and chupatics in small quan
tities. The rascals have had motives for
sparing them so long. At the time of
their being murdered, on the 16th inst..
I am told that a number jumped alive into
the well that was prepared to receive their
corpses, rather than be butchered and in
sulted so unmercifully as the hard-hearted
brutes were using them. Ob ! when I
think of it bow my heart breaks. I get
besido myself and wish I had not been
spared to hear of tueh dreadful accounts.
Ob ! my dear Polly ! how must they bava
killed you. So sweet a child never existed.
How will I ever forget you r The faces
of all I lost are ever before me. Oh ! how
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dreadful is my state of mind. God Al
mighty have mercy on ms ! Oh, God !
help thon me, whom thou hist spared.
Thine affectionate, but miserable,
H. J. SHEPHERD.
P. 8. My infant was shot in the head
by a spent musket ball on the 12tb r f
Junf .while we were in the entrf nehine nf?,
aui 1 I n; z i " su t h-.ttra