CHRONICLE
BY 0. N. "WOKDEN & J. II. CORNELIUS.
An IxDErrxor-N'T F.vvH.r Xi:vs Journal.
ESTABLISHED IN 1843....WUOLE NO., 708.
At $1,50 Ttz Year, always u; Advaxct.
LEWISBUKG, UNIOX CO., PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1857.
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Tiie .Leave are raniiirallliis! ;
Y A. H. 1H llJil.LL. j
The leaves are falling, fallin ! I
And they scalier all aro:un!. i
And their nieanmc voice is calling J
To as from ntV the ground. i
liuik! lUvy tcl! us ue must pcii!
And lull as well a thrv.
Thru earthly hop, we chtriih
Must uilhfianJ decay -
O there is m-aiiiti:?, meatiins !
In the ruMtn of the I-ave-', '
rr-m whence my heart i q!cunir.
Much pn '1; while 11 i-rifvo;
Fur while atratn hehld:ng
Unht summer si-ents decay,
Auoiher world's un.i:-.:iig
That can tint pass away.
The wind is h.iwling, iimHins !
And the viuut pi'i'es tn-jii ;
Tne desirnyer nVroe is prowln.,
Iec!arinsr arth mu.-i die. !
But a Ct.uiiM'ttr. astinnq j
M a world uitknoi n t l-it-jht, j
IV n it the hfait ! much ejidnring
To 'biain thai world 1 iiht !
Delaware Water Uap, Oi-t. "I, K7
"lOMMI, V. 't. IViT.
The Result in th3 Slits.
While many of tl.e Opposition to the
.V niuuil Admiuistr :ti u . 7 (lie lV-nu--.
1 .ania KitcUoii W'-jht re.-uit f.v.r..l.!v,
u- know of II'IIIO who j-j-rt tf it 1 hjI.!.
raided Ly I lie traitor,. us, .ilniiuviil iti
"T..ig!.'s hopele-sS of any radical chattgc
at asbingtoii until another election for
ressui Jii umi'Tveil by our f ailure in
Slate iu O.'t. lS-iG, which decided the
NVionai cmtest tl.e wrni way with our
u-wi leaders aud uii!er spirits ithu busi-e-.-s
men) completely umH-' on acMunt
".f financial revulsions to take any part in
the working day of the canvass an I with
.mpaiativcly no labor on our side xwpt
:V our candidate fur Governor.. .under aii
:..c-e c.i'cu!ii.-.tauces, I :i -i great.. s ''ui.v.!-
iutiiient" is that tie; loti w.-'l tr lined
. It- of tl.J A iuiitll-Taliou bale t; '
: ..1,1. t!: nrj .ri'y tiny have, l'.ie';. is
r i- li'i.l'iHI l- tlriti I',,!! ck'", and bis
uviv.riiv i" -."' ! ! tsill. it will 'do'
; r Mir :e y.;ar! to e .111 !
Any oue who wiil cotnpare Frciiinin's
v -"e w.rli dm .;' iu tin; C'uiit.e wiii..h
lc latter lee. utly cativjed, will s.je a
... -t jrratifyinj inereaie iu the II -j.ubdean
-lolly j
i 'a th:i? t
; -'i 01 !-!i')!'d
it tli.j .V..rtli di
ifyin,;
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te tnt'h f
,!,. ."Oil 1 i
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eventually bear good frui
Ti.3 fruition of the late Ti
l:ev at
present tiiuo, worked .lis a'i..usU
t i- fact that our stauJard beir was ail
wr in j on that q'l-stjon, ten ycis ago, had
;:. .!:. i t of deterring thousands of 1'ro
'. :i .Lists from voting at ail, while -.-her
t:. uv.ii. Is voted for llajlehurst it l'a.'... i
i . :.'-r thau forWiitnot. We trust both
x'r-'n-'S on this subject will by anotle r
j. .r let their good Sense and not their
f i ions guide them, and partr. nbnly that
W.imot and bis friends will liencforth
prove l-v their votes th-:r frier -!!.:p for
the cause of Free American labor.
l.i-t year, Fillmore hud more votes than
Fremont in 22 counties, llaz'ehurst is
al.cad of Wiliimt in Philadelphia only.
1 reniout bad majorities iu 15 counties;
Wi'mot carries 20 counties.
List Fall, of all the counties iu South
ern, Central, aud Eastcru Pennsylvania,
i xion cot'NTr ALONE was for Fremont;
1 it uow we have the excelleut company
f Lebanon, Delaware, Lancaster, aud
J imersct; while Snjd r is but 10, Juni
a'a but 73, and others not far behind.
Of the staunch old Anti-Slavery Whig
couuties, Allegheny, Beaver, Eric, Law
rence, Lebanon, Indiana, Mercer, joiner-,
st, and L'nion, give Wiimot majorities
ov r both opposing candidates.
Of the remaining Whig counties. Blair,
Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Huntingdon,
Pnydcr, and Washington, gave majorities
gainst Packer.
The only Whig counties giving Packer
absolute majorities, arc-Philadel., .1303 ;'
A lams, 425 ; Franklin, 27-connties all
bordering on Slave States, and which had
manv Itoman Catholics. W hitts. who were
driven eff by "Sam." i
In exchange for thes. we have the old '
Democratic counties of Bradford. Butler,
Crawford. M'Keau. Potter. Ti.fa. Fu.-uue.
banna, aud Warren counties which once . cheap article, and may be obtained al
gave the Democracy tho balance of power, "at auy where for four to six cents per
bit which now only require the co-opera- IWUIld- rjfor''
tiou of the furiner Opposition couuties to BREAD,
eiiiurc their joint success hereafter. j It is said that one of the noes, whole-
A Florida paper tells of a no to who sc""e ki,,l3s of bread t!iat CfcU te used is
was thrown from his horso, and whose ta,de ,!,us wl,!"mt Ealt Eak'ratU3 Jast
head struck the lec of Cant. Paikhill's
Lorse as he fell, and broke it. The he-i.l :
then glanced and struck a tree on the side
of the road, peeling off the bark for sr ve-;
ral feet. The negro was slightly stupilie l '
for a moment, but received uo injury. He
L. supposed o be a hardshell. i
,
Mm. Dr. Rush, of Philadelphia, died J
at Saratoga on Friday week.afkr a linger- j
in illness, ehe was a darifhtrr of thn
late Jacob Ridfwnr. wbn Irfi firtn firm I
;
O -J, SVWV,vuu ;
to his tbrce children. She was loug a
leader of fashion in Philadelphia.
A confidential agent of our government
just from SaltLake'says that the Mormous
will refuse sdujuvbc to tho Unittd States
tlOOf s.
2!)c (Economist.
A i-rnntf y.-t
t --It HIT L1W1S1H FO CHKOMCLE.
j You had better Kill the Hogs !
; 1 see in the last C'llKtiMCLE that some
one lias tried to get up a war against our
'..eeh!cs f.ieuda the Dogs. I do not
know what he lias against the Dojis unless
they have chased him out of tlie Orchard
sometimes, fogs are very good to kill
r.itj and mice and fuses and other thiii''s
o
that destroy the farmers' crops so that
: iu fact the Dogs save more of childreu's
! meat than they cat. If anybody has too
many, let them kill them efT, or make
', get llieir owu living without putting their
j nose in the meat tub or the flour sack.
: If X.Y.Z. believes iu the liiblo, 1 cau
I sh e.v him a better way to save food for
the poor and needy. Due of the mercies
of (i .d to his chosen people, waj to forbid
the use tf swinesfles'u among them, though
lie seems to have considered swine good
enough Ir the heathens. God is never
at biliary in his commands, and we often
th i' not always cau sec that fact. Those
ho like the Jews dou't eat swinesfiesh,
wipe the scrofula and other diseases so
'tis said. It would be well for us all no
doubt to quit pork eating and pork raising,
and save the laiye amounts of corn which
they consume. This era can be used by
human beings instead of brutes, and there
can be no d iuhl that corn is Inueli better
and eh-apcr than p. o k. Y- f an l mutton
and fuwls and fi-.li are m .iv pr 'iiub'o eat
ing than pork as well as more healthy and
clean. My advice then is to kill off the
filthy, wasteful hogs, and let human beings 1
I; ue the corn and potatoes, and then leave
u.e be. Carlo. ;
Tool for Hird Time3.
Do your best to live within your means,
.trne t . be chei rful. If you can not get
the best cut df beef, take the Second or
ti.itd, at a price to suit tho times and the
!.iw s'atc of your purse. This is the dic
tate of rtisdoin. If you are too pour to
buy
a 1
cut, then buy a leg of beef. Make
pot i t soup, and, when well cooked,
a-.-, uibh: tip utid your fjiniiy board, and
u.. h. arty thanks to God, your Heavenly
Ft-ber, f -r bis irit't of '-.b.ilv bread." ff
vi .-. T TT ' me iV at alt
ytii-tif wi.i. the fact that ElitAU, not
MtAT, i.s the ".itatf of Jitc." If Jonr
t:,,an wi!l T.ot permit you to purchase
wheat, buy In lion meal convert that
into bread, aud comfort yourself with the
r. flt-ctiuu that the Egyptians, who built
the cl iu d-capped, everlasting pyramids,
!ivi.d mainly on leeks, onions aud other
rfpt.it, le firi nml tl.nt. the rich nlanters
...nhe South, aud their families, live gen- :
er illy on Indiau meal cakes, other breadstuff-
aod hominy. If you can not afford
to purchase p itatoes at a dollar a bushel
and no ono ought uow to buy them at
that pi ice comfort yourself with the in
f iitnatiou that a quart of white or blue
beans will answer as good a purpose, and
that they are more
nutritious than pota-
latable I'hila l Sun..
toes, and quite as p
To preserve Tools, &c.
Farm, rs aud housekeepers can save
ll -ands of dollars vearly by oiling or
painting or keeping clean their agricultu-
ral or household implements of various
kinds. Rain, the sun, and dirt, destroy
fa-ter than careful usage. Try this: ;
Take about three pounds of lard to one '
pound of rosin. Melt them together in a
basin or kettle and rub over all iron or ,
steel surfaces iu danger of being rusted,
It can be put on with a brush or piece of
cloth, and wherever it is applied it most ;
efT -dually keeps air and moisture away,
and of course prevents rust. When '
knives and forks, or other household arti- -
cles, liable to become rusted or spotted, I
ara t0 ba laiJ rub lhem over Wlth j
this mixture, and they will come out !
bright aud clean even years afterwards, j
The coating may be so thm as not to be j
perceived, and it will etui DC cutciuai.
still be cllcctuai
,et every one tccp a uisn oi tins prepara-
tiou oa bd. As it does not spoil of it-
' J hc kT- rca(ty mixcd for
months or years.
Frcsh lard,
containing no salt, should be used
Resin
oi' risluK 01 auy sort-
Take bolted or unbolted flour or meal,
thoroughly moisten the whole wtth pure
a'. 18 Lot thsit ,s bout one
bundred aud sixty degrees Fahrenheit
make ' P firm no 8tlcky iheD ro11 ,nd
cul in, s,ril's. or any otbcr furm' not 0Ver
a quarter of an inch thick, and half an
ia(;U Droa(i. uate quickly in a hot oven
UIltii lue d0UgU bas acquired a soft, fine
i i. . .,r,,;i .u. . 1.. n.rli
H " w -
all evaporated.
Hydropathists say that a sweeter bread
than this was never tasted. It certainly
is pure bread, can not sour, will keep al
most indefinitely ; and, if made of unbolt
ed flour, must be the most healthful and
i nutritious head that can le prrpircd.
liut people wou't use it, because they have Tho Virginia and the Missouri New
not been accustomed to it just as Hans j School Presbyterian Synods have cut looso
! would never use an iron tire to tils cart from the Oencral Assembly, and will re
j wheel, because be bad never seen one used. I main independent, or join Rosa ti Nether-
Decides, most persons have an unconqner-
able prejudice against using or doing any
thing that has unmixed good in it. Dr.
11M.
A Hkckiit wortu One Thousand
Pom.ars. Take one pound of aal soda,
and a half a pouud of uuslacked lime, put
in a gallon of water, and boil twenty min
utes. Let; it stand till cool, then drain off
and put it in a stone jug or jar. Soak
your clothes over night or until they are
wet through then wring them out and
rub oil plenty of soap; and in one boiler
of eloth.s well covered with water, add
oue teaspoonful of the washing fluid.
Iioil half au hour briskly then wash
them thoroughly through one suds and
rinse with watcr,and your clothes will look
better thau the old way of washing twice
before boiling. This is an invaluablo re
ceipt, and I want every poor tired woman
, to try it. I think with a patent washtub
to do the little rubbing, the wash woman
; might take the last novel aud compose her
self on a lounge and let the washing doit
self. The woman w ho cau keep a secret,
, has kuowu this a year or two, but bcr bus
: baud told it while on an electioneering
tour. Ohio Cultivator.
Recipe fou Rheumatism. Lemon
juice is relied on by the physicians of Lon
don for curing rheumatism. Three table- !
spoonfuls per day is a dose for a man. ;
" Scientific Farming."
A few years since, if memory serves us j
correctly, J.J. Mates failed in busiLess in j
New Yoik city. Getting hold of seme i
not superior laud in New Jersey, he set !
to work to apply his knowledge as chemist 1
to farming. He became a L'Xik, scientific,
yet eminently jrnrtiatl farmer. Without
any secrets or patents, he fully discloses j
the reasons and RESULTS of his " book j
farming" monthly through "I'lie Working
f'trnvr," (143 Fulton .t., New York) of '
which he is principal editor. Tho October
No. has the following, which we commend
to the reflection of all who work laud.
'In commencing our next volume, we
shall give a full account of the operations
on our own farm during the year 1S57,
i..diu3 a precise statement cf crops, !
eost of cultivation anj other expenses, and
,i, i -. , , i I
thOSe WllO have Vlalttd Olir farm ilnnnn
the spring, summer aud fall, will be able j
to see the exact rrsults from the crops
they have seeu in progress.
The total results of our farm during tho
i-.r. ai- enn n,l tl, Ub..rsp. I
meiits for manures, reut, wages, repairs,
taxes, insurance, etc., were $3,100, being
"Ost profitable year of our farm
ning.
The present, year now promises (August
iJOth) to be more profitable than the last,
unless our potato crop, which we now es- ;
timate at 5000 bushels, should be lost by ;
rot.
Tho use cf the improved tools has been
of the greatest importance the present sea
son, for owincr to the excess of moisture
,he growth of wccJs has been excessive,
auJ wihout these toah uiany of our crop3
would have been lost, as by the old system
of hoes, forks, spades, etc , with 50 mcu
we couiU not nave Kepi me crops cicao,
whereas with these tools and eight men
we have succeeded as usual. When we
had thirty acres iu similar crops to those
now grown, without the improved tools,
we employed twenty men ; now, with
more than one hundred acres, we have but
eight men, and the crops in much better
order than when the greater number were
employed.
We would renew our invitation to our
readers to visit us on Saturdays, when we
will always bo at homo to welcome
tnem.
goutnern Churches and Slavery,
The Southern Christian Advocate (and
o(ber papers betonging to tll0 jtethodi9t
Kpigcopal churV.b) SoutIjj) is out for a
ncw nam(, oi CLurch The suiEx
S(JUth g0 localizes it as to set up an ef-
Larrier Fain8t . pr0firesa nor,h
! ward, aud so identifies it with slavery as
to prevent its having proper sucoess in
foreign lands. A number of names have
been proposed, as " The Episcopal Wes
loyan Methodist Church," " The Ameri
can Methodist Church," "The Methodist
Church," "The Evangelical Methodist
Church," and "The Methodist Episcopal
Church," leaving off tho suffix " in the
United States," which belongs to the
Northern Church. We object to all of
these names, for various reasons. We
think the only change that should be
thought of is the suffix "South" as tbis
is the part that localizes it. Americut
(Georgia) Republican.
So the Southern Methodists are annoy
cd if not ashamed at tbeir organization
named and designed to protect Slavery.
Southern Christians (by their protests)
deterred the American Tract Society from
issuing a work, written by Southerners, on
the Religious Duties of Masters and Ser
vants. Yet the Sonthcrn Baptist Public
ation Society is issuing a work on the same
subject, written by Rev. Mr. Winkler, of
Charleston, S.C. That is Southernism,all
over doing the very things they warn m
not to do !
i land's New Assembly, 19 it may bereafter
be determined upon
The American Presbyterian Mission
ary Association, have 11 laborers and 17
churches in North Carolina and Kentucky
and 8 laborers in Kansas all, Anti-Slavery.
Pennsylvania Legislature 1858.
(New members marked with a star (.)
Administration members iu itoman; up-
position in italics.')
SENATE.
Philadelphia Sain'l J. Randall, liar
luu Ingram, R. L. Wright, l. N. 2Iar
selis.
Chester & Delaware Thomas S. EelL
Montgomery Thomas P. Knos.
Rerks John C. Evans.
Bucks Jonathan Ely.
Carbon, Munroe, &c. Tbomas Craig.
Northampton & Lehigh Jos. Laubach.
A Jams &, Frauklin George W.Brcwer.
Northumberland, Montour, kc Cbas.
R. Ruekalew.
Cumberland & Perry Henry Fetter.
Somerset, ie. William P. Schell.
Washington & Greene 'George W.
-Miller.
Lawrence, io. Wm. M. Francxt.
Schuylkill C. M. Straub.
Dauphiu & Lebanon "John B. Raih
er;rd.
Lancaster Bartram A. Selia'ffer,
'Robert liiiltiicin.
Centre, 4c. Andrew Gregg.
Blair, Lc. John Creswell.
Luzerne, &o. George P. Steele.
Bradford, &e. . Reed Myer.
Tioga, &e. Ilmry Souther.
Mercer, &e.Clenni W. Scnfield.
Erie & Crawford D. A. Finney.
Beaver, lie. John R. JTurris.
Al'cgheny William Wilkins, Edward tt
D. Guaum.
Westmoreland & Fayette Jacob Tur
ncy. Armstrong, Ac. TVion J. Crffly.
York William H Welsh.
Democrats, SI ; Opposition 12.
HOUSE OF BiPRESENTATITES.
Philadelphia City J. C. Kirkpatrick,
C- M- Donavan, John Ramsey, Geo. U. j
mi la'ieipuia uountv jonn barton.
...., X.. ... .."(
David R. McClaue, Townsend Yearsley,
Joshua T. Owen, John M. Wells, Henry
Duulap, John M. Melloy, A.Arihur.John
Dohnert, James Donnelly.
Dulaware Thomas Powell.
Chester Morton Garrett, John Ilodg
son, Ebur W. Sharp.
Montgomery A. B. Longaker, Josiah
Hillegas, George Hamel.
Bucks John Maugle, John II. Lovett.
Berks Edmund L. Smith, Amos Wel-
jer) BeIlj fcuunemachcr.
i,anc,ster E. D. Roth Jonathan II. )
Roland. Samuel II. Price, Jot. D. Fotcnall. I
York-William II. Wolf. A. H. Glatz.
Cumberland &. Perry-Hugh Stuart, C. ,
C. Brandt.
Adams Charles Will. i
Franklin Si Fulton James Nil!, A. K.
McClure. 1
Bedford & Somerset Sam'l J.Castner,
ifavid lLiu.
. Huntingdon David Houtf.
Blair Chiisty.
Cambria G. Nelson Smith.
Indiana John Bruce.
Northampton Max Goepp, Jos. Wood
ring. Lehigh Carbon Charles H. Williams,
Herman Rupp.
Monroe & Pike Lafayette Westbrook.
Wayne II. L. Stevens.
Luzerne P. C. Gritman, Steuben Jen
kins, Samuel U. Turner.
Susquehanna Simeon B. Chate.
Bradford John B. G. Babcock, CulUn
F. Kicholi.
Wyoming, Sullivan, io. Peter Ent,J.
V. Smith.
Lycoming & Clinton D. K. Jackman,
Thomas W. Lloyd.
Armstrong &. Westmoreland John K.
Calhoun, Matthew Shields. Rob't Warden.
Fayette John Bicrer.
Greene Wm. Kincaid.
Washington James Donahoo, John iV.
McDonald.
Allegheny John M. Irwin, Daniel
Xegle.y, J. B. BacJchonte, Aich. Voeghtlt,
Jr., J. Heron Fotler.
Beaver & Lawrence De Lorma Zn
brie, George P. Shaw.
Butler A. W. Crawford, W. W.Doddt.
Mercer & Veuango Wm. G. Rote, C.
P. Ramsdetl. '
Mifflin Dr. C. Bower.
Union, Snyder & Juniata Daniel Wit
mer, Thomut Hayes.
Northumberland Joseph C. Rhodes.
Schuylkill T. R, L. Ebur.Charlei Hip
pie, Michael Weaver.
Dauphin Edward Lauman, Wat. C A.
Lawrence.
Lebanon John George.
Clarion & Forest Wm. M. Abrams.
Jefferson, Clearfield, 4a. Joel Spyker,
P. Wilcox.
Crawford & Warren- EoUri P. MSer,
Thama StniAsrt,
Erie Warehem Warner, David EZm
rod. Potter & Tioga Laae Jknton, L. P.
Xtilutto.
IVnefTsta, 5s! ; Oppwitioo, 82.
Bread meeting in Philadelphia.
The third story of Spring Garden Hall,
although a very capacious one, was dense
ly filled on Tuesday evening, Oct. 27tb,
in consequence of a public call sipied ly
many citizens, for the purpose of effecting,
by concert of action, a redaction in the
present high prices of provisions.
The meeting was called to order by
Thomas L. Price, on whoso motion Col.
Wm. English was called to the chair.
Upon taking his position, the Chairman
said, ho trusted whatever might be done
by the meeting, would be in a spirit of
harmony and good feeling.
The following additional officers were
elected : Vice Presidents Sam'l Wright,
Aid. W. G. Conrow, W. Neal and John
0. Brenner. Secretaries Rob't Bethel!,
II. G. Leisenring.
Messrs. II. C. Peck, J. It. Garrigucs
and E. S. Rowan were appointed a com
mittee to prepare resolutions for the con
sideration of tho meeting. The committee
retired, when Mr. Price, being called npon,
addressed the meeting. lie said the ob
ject contemplated by the call of the meet
ing was a purely practical one, as he was
satisfied that the price ws now paid for
provisions was much above what we were
now able to pay, much above wbat they
were worth, and muoh above what we will
be able to pay in future. As an individ
ual, he was in favor of any reasonable
means by which the object could be ac
complished. Edwin Booth said the remark that we
have fallen upon fearful times has been so
often said, that it now has become a truism.
We have nothing to do with the causes,
but it is enough for us to know that we
feel the eff-.cts that bear heavily upon us.
Everything has been reduced, 25 or 50
per cent., except provisions, and we are
charged more than was asked a short time
Disguise it as yon may, unlesj many
of our industrious and worthy citizens are
helped along this winter, starvation, will
stare them in the face
The committee returned and reported
the following resolutions :
Whereas, in the present prostrate con
dition of the commercial and manufactur
ing interests of tbis community, involving
the suspension of man; of our leading nicr-
chants, and tho closing of our workshops
and manufnetfrics, whereby thousands,
uose soie aepeouenee is their daily labor,
And whereas, in consequence of tbis
anusual and distressing state of affairs, a
rapid depreciation in the value of mer
chandise, of labor, and of property gener
ally, has been and is now beiog experien
ced, which depreciation appears not up to
this time, contrary to all reasonable ex
pectation, in view of the vast resources of
the couutry, to have extended to the ne
cessaries of life ;
Aud whereas, it is evident that at the
nresent hieh nricei of crovisiona. it will
soon bo impossible for a large portion ol
our people to procure tho comforts of life,
aid that many aro threatened with actual
""'" specuy remcay ce maue.
.i,...r.,.
Rsok'cd( That it ia ,liko ,te iaty Bnd
interest of each and every member of the
community, to uuite their efforts in rcsis-
ting the present extravagant prices of the
leading articles of food, aud in securing a
reductive in the cost of living correspond
ing wuu tne decreased value oi otuer mer
chandise aud of labor.
Resolved, That, in tho judgment of
this meeting, a material reduction in the
price cf the leading articles cf food may
be in a Jo, and still leavo to the producer a
fair return for his labor and capital to
demand more than which is neither wise
nor just.
Resolved, That in order to bring the
prices of provisions to a fair standard, wo
pledge ourselves not to pay more than the
annexed prices for the following articles:
Butter, per pound S5c.
Beef. Uc.
Veal, 10c.
Toik, 10c
Mntloa, M 6o.
Potatoes, per bushel, eoc
And in case of refusal on the part of the
dealers to sell at the above rates, we do
hereby pledge ovrsolvcs to each otber,and
to the community, not to purchase the
above named articles for the thirty days
next ensuing.
Resolved, that a committee of five citi
Xens be appointed to take the necessary
measures in procuring provisions in large
quantities direct from the country, to be
sold at cost prices to the consumer, and to
report at an adjonrned meeting.
Resolved, That we call npon the au
thorities to strictly enforce the existing
ordinances relative to hucksters and shin
ners, snd that the citizens be nrged to
purchase tbeir supplies as far as possible
direct from the farmer and the butcher,
aod that a certified copy of tbis resolution
be forwarded to Councils.
Resolved, That we eall npon the eitixens
throughout the entire city and county to
nnite with us in th support of the above
resolutions.
Mr. Frio hoped that a foil and free ex
pression of epinioa would be given on the
resolutions.
Mr. Sailor moved to take np the resolu
tions seriatim. Agreed to.
W. B. Wbittaker said the crops of the
single State of Illinois affordod eight bush
els of grain to ever man, woman, and
child in the United States. This, certain
ly, wag a strong reason why provisions
should be reduced. Be bad been inform
ed that there was 40,000 head of cattle in
the West, ready to be transported to the
Atlantic ci'tes If 30 dvj will Bt a
cooiplish our purpose, let a committee be
sent West to purchase provisions.
John Sailor said be bad never paid over
17 cent3 for butter, or 9 cents far beef.and
he could not favor the resolutions, as they
fixed the prices out of his reach.
Amos Phillips was opposed to the reso
lutions, and thought the best course to
pursue was to ameliorate the condition of
those industrious men who have no money.
Mr. Psic said that if the price of pro.
visions was brought down, we would be
better prepared to contribute to the relief
of the deserving poor, lie considered the
resolution fixing prices, one of humanity.
W. B. Thomas thought the practical
effect of the resolution would be, just iu
proportion aa this meeting represents the
citizens of Philadelphia, just in that pro
portion will you enhance the price of mar
keting. The best policy was to go to a
farmer and get a pair of chickens at 50
cents a pair ; do so, but keep it to your
self, and give out that you intend to pay
two dollars a pair the next time. Then
the chickens will be rushed in, and you
can lay them and butter at a small price.
George Emeritk said that in six West
ern States beef had been quoted within a
week at 2) cts on the hoof. If the devil
ish banks would not loan money to spec
ulators, things would come down. j
Rev. Mr. Torrence was prepared to en
dorso the resolutions, and live on mush
and molasses for thirty day. He thought
the farmers within 25 miles of this city
did not receive the prices the resolution
affixed to provisions.
A friend, who said he was a Delaware
county farmer, stated that he could not
make butter for 25 cts. and people would
have to do without it before he would fur
nish it at that price.
A number of gentlemen spoke with
much warm'.h for and against the resolu
tions, but they were finally passed. Sun.
LITTLE REUNHL
In the little village school which I at
tended in my childhood, there was one
colored child, and only one. Being a
round-faced, bright-eyed little thing, she
was rather a pet among us. But in all
sohools there are some vicious, ill-tempered
children, and ours was not exempt One
boy in particular seemed to take delight in
tormenting everything within bis reach,
whether it was a ahy cat, a stray dog or
nie soon became the mark for his coarse
and brutal jokes ; and lam sorry to say a
good many boys and girls, not bad-tempered
themselves, would Iaogb at his abuse.
It was thoughtlessness and love of fun in
them, but it was none the less torture to
Reonio's sensitive little heart
One day, when be bad been more teas
ing than usual, during recess, little Ren
nie came to two of us older girls as we
were sitting under a tree. The great tears
were rolling down her cheeks, and her
breast heaved with convulsive sobs
When she could speak, she said, "Oh,
Mary Lee, if I were to have my skin all
taken off, would it come out white ? If I
only could be a white girl, I would have
it all taken off, I would, I would," she
added, with a fresh burst of tears.
"Why,hat has made you feel so bad?"
asked Mary Lee in bcr kind voice.
"John Jones says I shall be a black
nigger as long as I live, and that every
body will laugh at me, and call me black
Quashie, and I dou't wan't to be black all
my life ; I want to be white like you."
As the bell had just called us to return
to school, we took Rennic's little brown
band in ours, begged her not to cry, and
assured her that we loved her, and always
should if she was a good little girl. The
tears of childhood are soon dried, and by
noon Rennie's face was as bright as ever.
It was the happiness of this dear child
early to seek and obtain the white robe of
the Saviour's righteousness by faith in him.
Ten years after this, one summer after
noon, Mary Lee, now grown into a kind
kearted woman, called forme to go with
her and see Rennie. It was a long dusty
walk, but in time we reaohed the dwelling
in which poor Rennie lay prostrated by
sickness. Her eyes lighted np with plea
sure as we entered. She had learned to
love Jesus in health, and now his pres
ence filled her soul with peace and joy.
She knew she eould not live long ; but
her trust in Him led her to look hopefully
into the future. We felt that Rnnie was
about to joiu the blessed ones before God's
throne, and looked npon ber as one hap
pier and better than ourselves. She ask
ed me to read a chapter to ber, and Mary
Lee sang that delightful hymn, " How
sweet the name of Jesus sound," and we
came away.
"Do yon remember," said Mary Lee, as
we walked homeward with hearts softened
by the scene, " bow Rennie wished she
oould be white one day at school?'
"Yes," I said, "I was just thinking of it"
"And now," said Mary Lee, "she will be
a bright, beautiful spirit in heaven, and
wear the white robe of the redeemed.
Oh, of how little eocsequenoe doee the
color of the skin seem, now ! I wish I
were half as sure of being a ohild of God,
as Rennie is."
The next xsorsicg, Jjennie had gone to
i'h Jmms. B ChW$ PT-r-
GOV. SEWARD'S PROPHECY.
Tne to tie Letter, and to tie rerjleir!
The New Tori: Tribune republishes
speech made by th leading U. 8. Senate
from New York Hon. Wm.H SrWASD
in opposition to the proposed allowance of
Credit for Duties on Railroad Iron. It
was delivered, March 1st, 1855, and fore
tells tbis year's financial bis tot y with most
fearful snd signal accuracy. We beg all
who believe our bard times to be acciden
tal, unaccountable, or unavoidable, to take
into consideration the following thoughts
from Got. Sew ami's speech.
"Mr. President, we are told by the Hon.
Senator from North Carolina Mr. Bad
ger that we must adopt either the tariff
project before us or his amendmenr,becaute
the railroad interest requires relief.
" This brings me back to the precise
question which I discussed here a few days)
ago. I think, Sir, that the restoration of
the business of railroad building to
healthy state requires ns either to leave it
to work out its own cure, or else to adopt
a remedy very different from wbat is here)
proposed a remedy which will atimalato
production of the raw material and of
fabrics by manufacture. Anything short
of this will fail to give any ton to thai
general financial system of the country,
now so much deranged. The troubles
with which we are eoatending arose from
excessive importations. The project be
fore us tends to reduce duties, and so to)
encourage and stimulate imports still more.
It is a fever of which we arc sick. Yon
propose to add fuel to the fluue that is
consuming us.
" Let vi look backward fur instructions.
In 1S24, ly excessive importations, by an
unexampled eyfirgement of credits, mt had
brought on great JUeal embarrassments.
Property of every kind teas depreciated ;
everybody wanted relief loans ; credit teat,
paralysed. 1 he Bank of the United Statem
exerted ilielf and gave relief; the trisit)
teemed to have been passed. Importation
were immediately resumed, credit teas again
expanded. Wheat rose to two dollars per
bui&el ; prices of all descriptions if proper'
ty were inflated. The rtiiff obtained teat
only temporary. The entlarratsmentt of
1S3 1 returned in 1S37, aggravated tenfold.
And then came that fearful cent uhion which
carried distress and ruin throughout thit
broad land distress and ruin from which
Sirwe, in lioiljast passed ihrouyn, Vut
premonitory symptoms tf a crvsJiing pres
sure, which it to come on. in 1357, or torn
year not long thereafter. Let not this bo
thought strange. It is near twenty years
since the last revulsion. Commercial re
vulsions come once in twenty years. The
circumstances of our condition now corre
spond exactly with our condition previous
to tho last revulsion. Government then
refused to stimulate production by a tariff
of protection, and, on the contrary, stimu
lated importation. It went on to the hitter
end.
" Government refuses to stimulate pro
duction now by a tariff for protection, and
gives fresh impulse to importation. The
results must, unavoidably, be the same.
Those who think otherwise rely upon the
fresh contributions to our currency which
arc derived from the gold mines of Cali
fornia. I grant that those contributions
may delay a commercial revulsion for S
time, and may modify and break its force
when it shall have come. But they can
neither postpone it indefinitely, nor can
they break its force so that it will leave
the country harmless. What will be the
limits of the influence of those contribu
tions upon commercial revulsions in mere
speculation. After the severe revulsion
of 1S37, produced by excessive importa
tions, Government returned to a system
of protection in IS 12, and so restored the
prosperity of the country. We shall re
turn to the same policy, for the same pur
pose, in the present case. The only ques
tion is, whether we shall adopt that policy
as a preventive, or wait until the distem
per has become otherwise incurable. I
am for applying protection now. Never
theless, I stand alone. Congress is not
prepared to raise the duties upon imports.
All that remains fur me is, to do all that -I
can to prevent the reduction cf those
duties."
Settle Accounts.
"Agree with thine adversary quickly,
while thou art in the way with him.'
Men in every grade of life should take th)
advice ef Solomon, the wisest of mortals,
and not "make baste to be rioh." W
have no doubt that our fast bankers, mer
chants, mechanics, and brokers, have con
tracted the habit of thinking thai Solo
mon's wisdom was good enough for bin
time, but not applicable to ours. Thoss
who are "wise above what is written,"
sooner or later discover their mistake. The
fast business men of our day have, with
whip and spur, snd generally with a full
purse, John Gilpin like, ridden almost to
the toll gs'e of destruction. Bat, their
well spurred horses have, aa by a piece) ef
excellent fortune, (rather should we sayf
by the interference of a kind Proidence,
been stopped in their headlong prognK,
so as to save the lire, if not the garments
aud swL-y limbs of itc nf the fat
driers. "
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