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LEWISBDRG, UNION CO, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1858.
BEYOND THE RIVER.
There U a river, deep an.! ui.V :
Anl while ah'tii i h:inUs wv stray.
We see ;ir l.t-'od nin-s o'er ii tide
ail friim its Mphi away au.iy.
Whre are they sped -they who return
No n-re to t;!atl our l.'iiiui; eyes t
They've pase. ."rv: liie's eontraried hoitrtio
To land uneen. ui. known, that lies
(tyond th river.
T hid from view ; 1 nl we may siit's
How I'rauiii'u! that land niul be,
For gleamiiiirs of its loveliness,
In visions granted oft we see.
The very clouds that - it thrw-
Tiieir veil unraied tor mortal sight,
nh c.ld and purple timings clow,
Keilected i'rvm the Lrioii liht
Ueyuid the river.
An J gentle airs, so sweet, so calm.
Steal sometimes I'rom that vieu les sphere;
The mourner feels thrir hp'atli ef balm,
And soothed sorrow dries the tear.
Anl sometimes liteiiin car may f.ain
Entrancing srmntt that hither ll -ats,
The echo of a distant strain.
Of harps' and voir.eV blended notes,
Heyotid tiie river.
There arc our loved nms in their rest ;
They've crossed Time's river; now no mure
They heed the bubble-" hi its breast.
Nor feel ihe storms that sweep its shore.
But TiiMtfc pure luve can live, can la-l
They look for v their home to shire;
When we in turn away have parsed,
W hat joyful prcetiris wait us tulkk,
iieyond the river. ,
IIODll, JI M .-i, ISJN,
More Humrlo "Doctors." The"uM j
Dr. James," whoso "s ands of life" Lave
completely "run out," (with the 1'uliec i
after liiin,) is succeeded iu the same liuc I
ly "Dr. Stephen 11. Hum," by "old Dr. j
Jlcath," by "Dr. L'aeas Jtrants," etc. etc. j
(a thousaud of them, more or ca.) t
Tho kwn, .larviug sharper who assume
fictitious names, think "the f ills, are U"t ,
all dead yet," aud that thoy still caa pick
up a few dimes, dollars an 1 postage stamps
from the silly ones who -want to see the ,
follv of it too." Ilapmlv. letters address-
,: , . .
ed to such swindlers arc (as fast as they I
, . . . . , i . . i
arc known) now sent to the dead letter
office.
Our citizeus remember "Dr.Thomason" I
who came here a few years ago, wheedled j
a goodly uumber with Li. marvelous cures
and disinterested benevolence, aDd then I
departed. Now there is no necessity for j
a competent, honest physician to travel
over the country like a pedlar ; those trulv
most worthy and tried can obtain plenty
of excellent fields of practice, in town, city,
or country, without the puffin and loud !
pretensions which quacks resort to, to
gain a chance to pluck a silly creature
here and there.
All our larger towns have plenty of
good physicians among them friends and
neighbors who have won a right to our
support in whom wo can confide and
who can and will safely direct us to hon
est and capable practitioners, elsewhere,
in cases beyond their control. It is man
ifestly our duty and our policy to trust
our health, fortune, life and reputation to
none but those of established, well known
probity.
Tho people are robbed by medical
knaves, more than by auy others. Bo
ware of them ! We will not advertise
for those we consider bad or doubtful.
"Some of our fellow townsmen have
recently been making a visit to the West
Branch country, and in their description
of the trip, make special mcution of Lew
Isnt'RO, as being a beautifully situated,
well built, and more than ordinarily pleas
ant village, aud as containing one of the
best hotels in the country. Now, a good
hotel is an excellent "institution," wherc
ever fouud, and if we may believe the
statement of reliable authority, the old
Kline Hotel now the liiviere House
with its new landlord aud new name, is
all that can be desired. We have no par
ticular interest in mentioning this fact,
further than that our neighbors may not
go astray when they happen to wander off
into that region. li V.ts Ijrrc I nion.
"Astray when they happy to wander
off," quotha, friend Goodrich ' My dear
sir, this is the very centre of creation !
The West Branch is larger than the
North Branch drains a richer aud more
populous country and the Itufialoe Val
ley is "bigger and more of it" than Wyo-1
mine! People dou't "happen" here
they como o' purpose after they have been '
here once. Walk over, next time you !
"happen along the Otzinachson, and
judge for yourself. The Buffaloc House,
opposito the Court House, you will also
find to be a well kept hotel as need be.
Toor Sumner. A gentlemen of Bos- j
ton has received a privuto letter from one !
of the most distinguished physicians in I
France, which says that upon consulta- I
linn bv tha lpfi.lin,. .!... t.,. i.. I
j - n 1 . i in 4uut i in - .
n, l n i. rOUm'
ncr, who is now in Pans, it has been de-
cidedto perform an operation upon tho
oacK, ior me purpose of produciu" a
for the
counter-imtatiou. The operation is that
of cauterization or, the Luntiwj the
f'th ami muscle t the fjiiiial column.
W bile this operation is very severe, usu
it is said that it can now be perform
ed, by the aid of ether, without pain. It
u believed that the operation will prove
of the greatest advantage to the patient.
A Utcr account states that Mr.Sumncr
declined to be made insensible, but had
. ,,,raes aixul to the scoring of an
iron orougat tj
C'lfhinj IJ
white Leat, without
j
1 Education in Central Pennsylvania.
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The increase of the higher seminaries
j of learning for a dozen years past,has been
! nowhere so marked and encouraging as in
' the interior portion of our own State.
While the Eastern, the Southern, the
Western, aud the Northern sections had
i their Collegiate Institutions, same of them
I . . . c. . ...
neli in endowments, aud venerate m
years, there was NOT ONE iu all Central
! IVnnsylvania. A number of respectable
Academies were indeed mamtaiued, as
well uaseve.aisemtuarus and private and
public Schools, but none of the higher
grades. A rich aud populous country,
noted for its morality and enterprise, tra-
verseu iy nobic rivers, oiesaeu wuu uouuu
li..1 . il l -.ii I
, less resources of prosperity in her inex
j haustillc stores of iron aud coal as Well as I
in her agricultural capabilities, yet, to ob- j
I tain for their sons and daughters a finished :
I education, her people were compelled to '
send them scores if not hundreds of miles j
! away, at a great loss of time and mouey,
j au 1 often to the detriment of their morals
as well as their love of home.
The establishment, iu 1840, by the
Baptists, of a High School tho nucleus : nope Jt tIl0 propCritT of tho latter with
of the UuiVEiisiTY AT f.KWI.-BUtto in- out the steady growth of the former. Study
augurated a NEW Ell A iu Central Penu- j ,i.e beL-inninis of our best Collcces. and
silvauia. Tho Academy, College, Thco-
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logical Department, and Female Institute,
comprising the Uuiversity with its noble
buildings aud guaranteed funds seem to
have exerted a wonderful influence upon
all tho surrounding couutry, by stimula
ting the comparatively dormant intellec
tual cuergics of the masses, directing the
ambition of hundred an.l thnneaniU of
the 'iig to higher attainments in science
and literature, and proving that where
there is a milt to "devise liberal things,"
a iC'iy will cenerallv be found open.
In the fall of 18 IS, the Dickinson
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.:r Clun:b ''"nced operations at
Miui.-imsport in Lycoming county, and,
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receiving the addition of the old Academy
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Aimougu not endowed as it needs to work
mo' frou'ji Jct ' has prepared a large
nululjer uf students for active life and for
St-'uools of higher grade.
About the year 1S55, tho Albrights or
r.vangciieai Association erected the Union ,
Seminary, fat New Berlin, in Union ,
county,) which, under the scholarship sys-
tern, has collected many students, and :
awakened 1 deathless interest for Chris-.
uau iviucauou iu lue miuus auu ucaris 01 i
thousands, not only in its vicinity, but j
wherever the denomination exists. It .
also requires larger pecuniary resources to j
be placed on the surest footing, but bids
fair to attain a rank among the first liter
ary institutions.
The State Aoricuitural Scnoot,
near Boalsburg, in Centre county, is a
notable effort towards combining litcraturo
with practical science, and will aid greatly
iu making agriculture the most popular as
it is tho most sure and honest and inde- j
pcnucoi means 01 winning a iiveuuood.
The Farmers' Collego has already a hand
some endowment from various sources,
State and individual, and its liberally
planning and devoted Managers aro pre- 1
paring buildings and maturing plans of
study for both brain and soil culture
which it is sincerely to be hoped may be
abundantly successful.
The effort to establish a Lutheran school
at Shamokin,appcars to havo been illy ad
vised, for the property has been sacrificed
at a forced sale, but their Mission Insti
tute, at Selinsgrovc, iu Snyder county,
where a beginning, with a single Instruc
tor, is made this summer, promises better
things. The people of Sclinsgrove havo
certainly mado a handsome subscription to
start with, and the denomination is abun
dantly able to carry on the enterprise to
its consummation.
We might also mention the Freeruro
Academy, West Branch Hiuh School
at Jersey Shore, and perhaps other supe
rior schools established within a few years,
as well as those previously existing, all of
which have been or are efficient agents for
education.
Thus, within fifty miles of the exact
geographical center of the Statc,have five
Collegiate educational enterprises been in
augurated within the past twelve years.
The Panders. Gratifying as is this
picture it first sight to those who seek the
best good of their race, yet the questions
must arise in the minds of al! sensible, re
flecting men, Are there not too many ?
Can tiiey all live, efficiently ?
There are nut too many all can live
. imAt-lt.i'ii fltaiV rn.-nnjihrA ?nni1i fril'A
'';" '"fcrcjr-and w make the tueJ-
. . . . It
! - '"' ''cr,J" 10 ,bc,r LcLalf- 14 uiust
c rcmcmucreu mat iau ueiu is large auu
rich, and that the other Stato Colleges, &.C.
(as will be seen on examination) are all
located on the extreme horJcrs of the State
leaving one half or two thirds of the
nearly Three Millions of our population
within the natural range of oar influence
nearest our own neighborhood most
accessible to ns.
A University or Collegiate Institution
may be started, but it can not be maintain
ed, by excitement, by huzzis, by rcsolu
tiocs, by promises, by Icfiy pretcnsioDJ j
by exhibitions, by diplomas, or by cata
logues. All these may be useful in their
places, but will Dot suffice.
Mmry counted out, paid Monev is an
essential. To place an Institution worth
having on a sure footing, requires much
money, and every year it Las new necessi
ties. Lands, buildings, libraries, appara
tus, teachers, ail require actual lunds.
j Sc.lf.jeniiJi ,nust be prilctieed by Borne to
I propcrlv susta;n ,licm. q'bis luc Listory
, f Colleges proves.
j Thc luu.urit au,l ri,n ,,,-, however,
afa,raI,)Jo Iuost in Csjng tuc standard
j uf an in3ti,u,ion. And with all tho money
: iu hQ worlJ( inc,mipi.tcct or carclcss in.
B,rH(irs. ..j ,, -,f .tau..ilt. inefficient erad
! ' et i
uatcs will kill the reputation of any liter
ary institution, even when fairly afloat on
the sea of popular favor.
A literary taste must be encouraged in
the community, and fitcilitiet must be
afforded to those who arc not the children
of fortuue. The latter, iudeed, generally
prove stars of the first magnitude in every
literary horizon.
Cummon Sellouts arc the nurseries of
Academies aud Colleges, and it is vain to
wia fiuJ .llcir fuUUacrs were foremost
in the cause of primary, popular aud aca
demic education. Hence, our Common
School System must bo more nourished
and cherished as the never-ceasing foun
tain to water our "Academic groves" and
aid the seeds of knowledge in ripening into
the maturcst fruit.
Tk. 'A.-fVitin chment has originated
most of these, as it has other seminaries of
learning. Iu this respect, denominational
divisions have been made efficient for good.
Open to all, yet under deep religious influ-
i enecs, Lcwisburc, Williamsport, New
j lierlin, IJoalsburg, Seimsgrove, sc., nave
, iu their Schools the most efficient agencies
for the moral improvement of our kind.
The blessings of the Most High God and
the influences of the S nirit of all cood.must
: be sought continually to rest upon those
engaged in these most efficient agencies
for benefiting the world,
The ohjcctiun that thore arc now four
Seminaries within fifty miles of Lcwisburg
siuce tne first was thero established,
ma Ho not re?ard as worthv of Mi.-.-ks-a
There should not be any hostility but
rather a generous rivalry between them.
Each has an important field to occupy
cacu uas lis peculiar uuu exclusive incuus
each cau draw upon the State and the
World around it and each may in some
sense aid the other. Adjoining Washing'
ton county, with its two famed Presbyte
rian Colleges, arc a College in Fayetto,
one in Greene, and one or two in Alle
gheny. We might give other proofs of
the fact that, with proper effort, Central
Pennsylvania may sustain at least five
superior Institutions. But eaoh will re
quire teork toil money and time; and
,Uc bcgtj wiu win the greatC3t support,
Collateral advantages. The erec
tion and proper maintainance of all these
institutions, will tend greatly to the intel-
leetual, social, and moral as well as f on-
poral improvement of tho country. Com
paratively, far the most of our greatest
and most useful men arc reared within the
intellectual atmosphere of collegcs,as their
catalogues will demonstrate. Who would
bavo thought, when a few "feeble folk"
talked about a College at Lcwisburg twolvo
years ago, that such a result could be at
tained as is now seen in this aud its ad
joining couoties in the cause of superior
mental culture ?
Tbo same period of time has witnessed
as mighty revolutions in our means of
communication. A railway (followed by
the magnetic telegraph) has been built
from Uarrisburg to Sunbury from Sun
bury to Williamsport and Elniira from
Port Clinton to Cattawissa and Milton
from Cattawissa to Great Bend on tho
North and to the Delaware and New York
on the East and the Sunbury & Erio
road has commenced its sure progress
through a large, wild tract, in our vicinity,
to Lake Erio and all tho North-West.
With this link completed, Central Penn
sylvania will be open and accessible in the
speediest mode of conveyance from all parts
of our common country. Tbo beauty and
the healthfulncss of our region, is acknow
ledged by all.
It lies with ourselves, then, mostly,
whether any or all of these Institutions
shall realize the high hopes of their foun
ders. We wish well to those of Philadel
phia and Pittsburg to Lafayette, Har
ford, and Bethlehem on the East to Lan
caster, Gettysburg, Carlisle, and Mercers
burg, on the South to Cannonsburg,
Uniontown,Wayncsburg, and Washington
on the West to Mcadville, Towanda,and
Kiugston on the North. Each and all
have their strong and individual local and
denominational sources of sustenance. But
we of Central Pennsylvania should
put forth onr strongest efforts, and give
all our aid, to our oun Lcwisburg, Wil
liamsport, New Berlin, Boalsburg, Sclins
grove, Frccburg, or other institutions of
learning. In so doing, we should both
"do good and get good," while thoso who
come after us will Uppb cur memory.
TREES ON FARMS.
Those parts of our country which were
first settled, were originally covered with
denso and noble forests and even in
comparatively new parts, such was the
case.
liut these forests had to bo laid
low by the woodman's axe, and consumed
iu fires, to fit for the plow and tho seed.
Tho very super abundance of timber rcn -
dercd it of do value, but for building
houses, fences, and fuel. To clear the
farm of timber was the great object of the
pioneer farmer, and trees were regarded
by bim as an incumbrance. IK r..m oueU
a spirit, great forests have disappeared
without a thought having been exercised
as to the natural uses of trees iu the ccon -
omy of nature.
Trees, like mountain ranges, attract
clouds and promote rains, without which
the most fertile lands become barren
wastes. There aro some parts of our
country, especially western New York,
that are now often visited wi:h long sum-
mcr droughts, on which, fifty years ago,
showers and refreshing rains were more
frequent and regular; as a consequence,
the soil docs not now yield so abuudantly.
Some streams that once rolled along iu
full swelling currents, driviua busv mills
throughout tho entire year, arc now al-
most ilrv. watpr-worn courses, durinp a
number of mouths at least ; the mills on
their banks having fallen to decay, or
steam applied as a propelling power.
This has been caused by the destruction
of the forests. They acted the part of
reservoirs, (by preventing evaporation)
to the streams, and as conductors to the
rain clouds. In some parts of Asia and
Africa, the ruins of largo ancients cities
arc found covered with the sands of tho
desert ; around them thero unco bloomed
fruitful fields.
To those farmers who reside in districts
and on farms where the timber has almost
been annihilated, now is the season to
put in practice s useful lesson, viz : to
plant beltings of beautiful and useful
trees around their farms. Trees equalize
the temperature of climates, by attracting
clouds in hot weather, to cool the atmos
phere with showers; and they shelter
houses and crops from high and cold dry
winds. And this advice is not only use
ful for those residing in regions denuded
ui bueir lorusuf, uub uiuio useiui miu tor
our farmers residing on broad rich prai
ries of onr Western States.
Trees are not only useful as agents of
refreshing rains, but they promote health,
and beautify the landscape. It is a set
tled question, we believe, that thoy absorb
miasma from the atmosphere; and cer
tainly a treeless landscape is as dull as a
tenantlcss house. Many of our farmers
have an eye to the beautiful in the selec
tion of trees for the grounds around their
houses, but few of them seem to have
paid proper attention to the layiug out of
their farms. In directing their minds to
the subject at the present time, wo hope
that considerable good will be the result
We do not mean to suggest what kind of
trees ; they should bo varied to the local
ity, soil, and climate, but we advise them
not to fail in planting some kind. Set'.
American.
Decay in Fruit Trees.
We have often beard the practice rec
ommended of driving nails into decaying
fruit trees, to restore their vigor. But
wc have never seen tho result set forth so
strikingly as in the following from the
Southern Planter.
A singular fact, and one worthy of be
ing recorded, was mentioned to us a few
days since by Alexander Duko, of Alber
marie, lie stated, that whilst at a neigh
bor's, his attention was called to a peach
orchard, every tree in which had been to
tally destroyed by tbo ravages of the
worm, with the exception of throe, and
these were the nioet thrifty aud flourish
ing peach trees be ever saw. The only
cause of their superiority known to bis
host, was an experiment made in conse
quence of observing that those parts of
worm eaten timber into which nails were
driven, were generally sound. When his
trees were about a year old, he had selec
ted three of them, and driven a tenpenny
nail through the body, as near the ground
as possible. Whilst the balance of his
orchard had gradually failed and finally I auSchmittiwciski ; Chinese Tabn Shim
yielded entirely to the ravages of thoimit; Icelandic Tahne Smittson ; Welsh
worms, these three, selected at random, ! Jiohn Scmidd ; Tuscarora Ton-Ta-
trcated nreciselv in the same manner,
with the exception of the nailing, had al
A ,
ways been vigorous and healthy, furnish
ing him with the greatest profusion of the
most luscious fruit. It is supposod that
the salt of iron afforded by the nail is of
fensive to the worm, whilst it is harmless,
or perhaps even beneficial to the tree.
A chemical writer upon this subject
says : "The oxydation or rusting of tho
iron by the sap, evolves ammonia, which,
as the sap rises, will of course impregnate
every part of the foliage, and provo too
severe a dose for the delicate palate of in
truding insects." This writer recom
mends driving half a dozen nails into tbo
trunk. Several experiments of this kind
have resulted successfully.
Make your company a rarity, and peo
ple will value it.
The Whole Story.
A young man, named James Powers,
was hanged at Washington, on tho 20tb
ult., for murder. Just beforo mounting
! the scaffold, he bade his brother farewell,
, and said, "Remember what I told you
hi the liouor alone." The same counsel
: has gone forth from a thousand scaffolds
1 in this country, and its echoes are beard
in many a prison cell. We waste breath
and ink in speculations upon tho causes of
crime, and its extraordinary increase of
lato years. But these confessions of tbo
j criminal tell tho whole truth of the matter,
j It is RUM that makes demons out of men
of originally good impulses ; it is RUM
1 that is fillina our prisons, feeding the
j gallows, and diminishing the security of,
'. life and property. Under its accursed !
j influences, men who when sober would die '
rather than commit a dishonest action, (
scruple not to perpetrato forgery, robbery '
j and murder. Not many years have elapsed
1 ginee a man of fine intellect aud generous
heart was sent to a cell in Moyameusing
j upon a charge of forgery. Not one who
: knew him intimately believed that he was
' capable of such a crime. The evidence
j adduced against him, proved that he had
! acted in a wild, crazv manner, while con-
j summating the deed. The fact was, that
in(nmnir-in nrntrnetiHl flip mnnthq. bad
perverted his impulses, and deranged his
' mind. It was a madness, bat there was
, no "method" in it. Rum has had the
j same effect upon hundreds of others of
j less note. Of all plans for the prevention
of crime, we are strongly persuaded that
', thero is none of equal efficacy with the
simple advice of young Powers " Let
the liquor alone !"
Sketch of Luther by Carlyle.
A coarse, rugged, plebeian face it was,
with great crags of check bones a wild
( amount of passionate energy and appetite !
j But in bis dark eyes were floods of sorrow;
al"l deepest melancholy, sweetness, and
mystery, were all there. Often did there
j "cen t0 mect la Luther tho very opposite
poles in man's character. He, for exam-
words were half battles, he, when he first
began to preach, suffered unheard agony.
"Ob, Dr. Staupits, Dr. Staupits," said he
to the vicar general of his order ;I can;
,
indeed can not do it." Dr. Staupits, a
wise and considerate man, said upon this,
'Well. Sir. Martin, if vou must die. you
must ; but remember that they need good
heads up yonder too. So preach, man,
preach, and then live or die as it happens."
So Luther preached and lived, and he be
came, indeed, one great whirlwind of en
ergy, to work without resting in this world,
and, also before he died ho wrote very
many books books in which the true
man for in the midst of all they denoun
ced and cursed, what touches of tender
ness lay. Look at the Table Talk for ex
ample. Why Do You Wear It ? Or, The Fash
ionallc I'mfcssor. By James E. Giffio,
A. M , Principal of the Churchtown
Academy, Lancaster county, Pa. Lan
caster: Murray, Young & Co., 1858.
pp. 128.
This little volume contains much whole
some truth. Tho sin and folly of lavish
ing money uselessly on extravagance of
dress arc severely rebuked. The scripture
testimony against this sin is strongly bro't
out. Its injurious effects upon the person
indulging in it ara shown, as well as its
evil tendency in relation to the church
and tho world. Our extravagant times
call for such a treatise, and Mr. Giffiu has
well nerformcd the work. Let it be bou-ht
and read. Thousands of copies might be
circulated at less expense than is foolishly
lavished upon the dress-follies of a single
f - o
1 I
season, and far more to the advantage of j
men and -omen in time and eter.it,! To !
aavantage 01 1
cternit To
ancaster' l'a !
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be bad of the publishers iu Lancaster.
TVie Guardian.
John Smith. A cotcmporary has fur-
nished to tbo world the following list of
coguomens, by which the ubiquitous
"John" is known all over the world :
Latin Johannes Smithius; Italian
Giovanni Smithi ; Spanish Juan Smith
as; Dutch Hans Schmidt; French
Jean Sraects; Greek Ion Skmitton; Rus
sian Ionloff Schmittowski ; Polish Iv-
miuia ; ..lex.cau-uouu r omiux.
"God designed men to grow as trees
grow iu open pasture, full houghed all
around ; but men in society grow like
trees in forest, tall and spindling, the
lower ones overshadowed by tho higher
with only a little branching, and that at
the top. They borrow of each other tbe
power to stand ; and if the forest be
cleared, and one be left alone, the first
wind which comes up-roots it."
A physician at Danville, Va , has a
horse that loves tobacco, and not only
chews, but swallows it Ex.
Doubted bnt suppose he docs, hasn't
a horse as good a right to chew tobacco
as any one else, or is man the only ani
mal (!) that is allowed by refined society
a- J.Ct. I. t .If .nl MHlamin.ld ntftarB '
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py tne nuny praeuce ;
Thirty-Two Years.
A LESSON.
What changes, what improvements,
what progress in that space of time ! In
this country forests bave been bewn, cit-
j ies built, aud tho wings of our eagle now
i cover a cultivated continent, stretching
from ocean to ocean, from the lakes to ; nary kinds. The marketable value cf
the gulf. In do industrial department j lue product, if well cultivated and pre
have we made greater progress than in , gcrTCd, is always more renumerative than
; the dcvelopement of our mineral resour
ces, aud it would at this time have been I
still grottcr, wero our manufactures en- :
couraged with the same care that those of
Europe are fostered. Wo are led to these
thoughts by the perusal of an old time
letter, written when the Coal Trade was
'n i,s infancy, when the market was over-
stocked with eight thousand tons of Coal
Philadelphia for winter consumption,
anJ "hen tho price at Philadelphia was
e'gbt dollars per ton. In introducing
he following letter, tho history of the
Trade can be presented iu no more stri-
king aud impressive manner than by ar- ,
1 ranging tho successive years aud their cor
responding productions side by side, be- '
t-iuuinrr at the very commencement of 1
' tlie ,raJe 3,J J6" ao"- Iu tL
c1 wa3 mlDeJ aaJ uieJ 8nJ sluce
: 'hat time the production has been as fol-
luWS I
! Tons. Tons.
120 35 19 80'J,:!2T
I 11 1,07-i 1510 Hi-VlU
U-22 1U !t.;,,V.!
lt'i 5,82: 112 l,l'j::,ool
ls2l 9,544 li:J l,-Ji;:J,539
1825 3 4,893 lU 1,U31,GG9 j
; 4:t,04U IS 15 2,023.05-2
1S27 63,4;!4 lsl'i 2,343,990!
, 1X28 77,097 1S47 2.9S2.S0S
l-29 172,083 1S4S 3,09,238 '
1830 174,704 1819 3,242,800
1831 170.82U 1850 3,332,014
1832 3G3,S71 151 4,418,515
i 1833 487,733 1S52 4,999,471 !
1834 370,330 1853 5,195,151
1S35 500,758 l?5l 5,817,308
1830 082,423 1855 C.t;20,-j88
J837 881,473 1850 7,258,891 i
1833 739,293 1857 7,808,918.
This is one of the most eloquent and
instructive pagcs.of history ever written '
an j gigaQtio enterprise, and their reward.
Pl . -r . r ii .u r .
The most significant of all tho facts
. i .i. r r .e
ffnnt&ineil in thft fitri'irninf. tiiriirpa. ia the
.... -
yearly amounis increase, auu mu propne-
! f . ' fuluro . . . . -.
Duri he M much Cual
i : .u. ... on .i
was pruuuuiu ao iu uc uib u chip, uuu
.... , - JO .I.,'
xing results will be witnessed in less than
20 years from the present time !
The elements of England's greatness
are to be found in the Coal and Iron
which God has given to her, and in ber
ability to use them, as well as his other
gifts, to good purpose. But Great Brit-; trouble to secure bis renomination for att
ain, with an area of Coal deposits amount- other term. The Beading Gazette, J.
ing to only 11,859 square miles, and a Lawrence Getz' paper, and the leading
population of about 30,000,000, raises English organ of the demoeruey in Berks
now 00,010, 150 tons. Then, why shall county, is violently opposed to him, and
not the United States wiih her 133,132 j is weekly dealing J. Glancy Junes soma
square miles of Coal, proJuce within the : heavy blows.
next 20 years an equal amount, when we j '"
have at the present time a population of Haiwisbcro, July 1. Gov. Packer
30,000,000, and in the next 20 years : 043 appointed David Webster, of Phila
will have at least 50,000,000 1 Why ' delphia, as a Commissioner to revise tho
; will not tho same elements make us great
I hi.-h have maJu England crt-t ? I
It is evident that a protective tariff is
nccdoJ, ia order to enable America to
compete fairly with the wealth and the
other superior advantages which England
I i - 1 i - II
uas OYCr ULr ,u ,uo "
JBar3 aui1 Ucr m0neT arC 100 awlh f"r
j our Jou!h' our 'Pience,
and
i comp-' P"ver.y
Polygamy to be Protected.
When tho Locos promulgated their j
il.intrin A .,f Btitnt ti.r SiWir.iifMlv in tS.I i
w" V'TT .1 , r'.V
" obJf' eJ . " TP-'-'- ;
i-.il . r .1
WaS J ' opponeutd 01 the
mc4!UTC ,hat' if tbo doc,riuu prevailed, it
would compel tho eencr.il government to '
mpel tho general government to !
tolerate polygamy in L'tah. This was ;
most indignantly denied, but the four '
short years havo shown that the rredic
tion of the opposition has been verified.!
Mr. Buchanan, iu his late proclamation ;
to tho Mormons, uses the following lan-
guage :
"Do not deceive yourselves, nor try to
mislead otbers, by propagating Ibe idea j
I, - A.r ! milk. Ihe Baltimore America n states
ion. J he constitution and laws of this; ,,,',,. i
country can take no notice of your end, j ,uat ,ha llfe of "foandlaud dog
whether it be truo or false. That is a saved by pouring niiik down its throat
question between your God and yourselves, j after he had been poisoned.
in which I disclaim all right to iuterfere. j
If you obey the lairs, keep tbe peace, and j Col. Forney says in the 1'ress: -Staud-reepect
the just right of others, you will : ing as our pnr'y now does, with the ban of
be perfectly secure, and may live on in j expulsion against many of its most iufla
your present faith, or change it for anoth-1 fu(ja, and TaIuaba member.., defeat u us
er at your pleasure. Every intelligtnt; . ,
l ii Ti . certain as the contin'i Hij'tt.
man among you knows very well that
this government has never, direet'y or We a,eIj mc"t .grammarian, who had
indirectly, sought to molest you in your'. , ' ,vMi. .1.. .;. ..
. . " , ' mst mado a tour tnrougn tue mines, con-
worship, to control you in your eceleaias- , ... ,.t
tical affairs, or even to influence you in ' jugatioft ' g'l-ting thus : "Pos-
your religious opiuions." j iti 'niQe comparative, miner; super-
As Polygamy is a part of the Mormon j '-l'TC mjnul
religion, this is equivalent to raying that j Henry Brooks, the last survhiug officer
it is not only to be tolerated, but protcc-, 0f lm ane Arctic Expedition, died at
ted, by tbe national government. Thus j tne yarjj xew York, on Tacsday.
"Polygamy and Slavery, those twin relics' ijjs jeath was caused by sun stroke.
of barbarism," aro to be hugged to tbe
bosom of Democracy, and be made a part
- t .1 ... T . . f . ..,. T'..
. .. 1 3 1 i
aette.
Always Propagate from the Best.
This is the true policy. The best seeds,
plnti, ond animals, should always bo
sought for planting and breeding. Though.
the fir8t cause may be greater, it is far
more profitable to cultivate the test veec-
; tables, grains, fruits, Ac, than tho ordi-
"poor trash," badly grown by careless
cultivators. And the same is true in re
gard to domestic animals. The truo
coarse is to breed from the t-.st, whatever
may be the expense in the beginning for
, lt C0st8 ;le more to ra;se t0 ,nj gjTea
a ,e a 00j aD;mai than it docs an inferior
. one wbile the former may be ten times
ai profitable as the latter. Tha widu
I aWiJkc, experienced farmer, knows that it
! ;s nearly as easy and cheap to produce aa
animal worth one hundred dollars, rs it U
; to raise one that will sell for ouly or less
j than half the amount, and moreover that
in so doing bis dividends are not only
handsome, but a laudable pride is grati
fied and his pleasure measurably enhanc
ed. Indeed, the best breeds of animals.
( the best grains and seeds, the best impl
ments and modes of culture all these ara
esseutial to successful profitable Agricul
ture. Think of those oft repeated tru
isms, reader, in making your selections of
seeds, plants, fruits, and s'ock animals,
and consider, before deciding, whether it
is not wise to always propagate from the
best. Rural X. Yorker.
Romance in Real Life. The Mont
rose (Scotland) fieeieic tells the following
story: "In the year 1811, a native of
ibis town took passage on board a steam
board, and was rescued from a watery
grave by a young Scotchman, who jump
ing overboard with a life preserver,
recompense she intended making her pre
server, when Khe mndeqttv rrnTifd tl,t Tl
, j r
shc couIJ do was t0 bc3tow on Li h.et
I uauu , uui, uiytu u, uer KIKI, sue was 1U-
. , . ' . - ,
' formed that be was a married man. Af-
.ffinSuficileUull
v v.t t t i. - i- i .
j York M L. felt .ncl.ned to return
to Scotland, and on her arr.va., immedL
: aleIJ sct ,0 "ork to find hr k'nJ Preser'
- i i i i - j
i Tcr' whlch sbe succecJc1 " doing ; and,
finding bim to be a widower, at once of
fered him her hand aud heart, which wera
accepted."
Clancy Jones of Old Berks, the mouth
piece of Buchanans administration in tbo
' lower bouse of Congress, will have soma
1cnal odc of the Commonwealth, in tha
place of Charles K. BuckaleW, Minister
to Ecuador. Mr. Webster is a leading;
Anti-Lccompton Democrat.
A Dutchman in describing a span of
horses which he lost, said :
"Dey wash very mooch like both, I
could not tell todcr from which ; when I
went in after dc one I always caught da
oder, and I whipped the one almost to
death because de odcr kicked at me."
The Miners Journal, Pottsville, gives
.1 . : I . .1. I.
Pa"-Ula 01 '
of carelessness, at the Thomaston Colliery.
r
of carclcssn
by which f
nrei-iiot.ited
four men aud two boys, wera
precipitated down a shaft a perpendicular
j,.pt, 0f two hundred aud forty feet, and
Joshed to pieces.
Another Loan. The Secretary of tha
reaury has issued proposals lor anotner
Ioan rren Millions tho last authorized
i l,v I itmrrn.. I hit inri-r.'isE 14 IIl'A n,-r
Thu interest is five
cent., and the time fifteen years.
A antiJote ,0 strjchnine is said to be
Oat of a doien of tbe largest towns in
. t
California, iLeLs;jmpton l'riuccrats a
canied but otefctscktan