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AV iN'PFJTN'DtXT FAMILY
I Winter Aniih'Wiits for Jane aiiil I.
I . Slimmer l;.v-.. I till the sroun'!,
Aiii t. an'l t ul, and yet my I.it1,
i i; :ni'rwal can thero c loun !
li luti'ii my labor and my bed.
My v I ' -lrrliues ivi knit hy nigh,
Ait 1 I i" rrai by candle licht.
1t.it ivh'-n ihf Smith rcreivos ill sun,
V.- y'it I th? f ijuiimclial line
Wi . all mv Siiinini'r woik is twt
SnitMntial pl(a'ire.i ihn are mint' ;
Thfii .l ine lupins ti Knit at night.
Au. i 1 m r'ad hy can-lle-light.
I'.n then content, an-! never sili,
.r t! tr-nn hn.ti'r ium to tin J ;
Au t J-iitc ij vlLi-.i-.l a u-t ll a I
I( mi :ouij'U:U'ly Ui.-t. her nn thl,
T s!t her dou-n t Liii by niiiht,
A ! hear mc ira l ly candle light.
r'or wlirn roa f. alw ays hear,
An t uhal she hear? sh tries lo scan ;
V'li"n an.;ht In her obscure apprats,
Then I explain it il I can !
Oh h hp the loves in knit by niht,
An I h-ar hip read by caii'lte-Iight !
Tin: ciiROMCLi:.
MOMIIV,W T. II, IS5S.
"H." shall appear next week.
A Ls;visbarger en route for Paraguay.
riirioprriij. uc tf the Lei-lmrj Cliivui Ir.
V. S. Steamer Fulton, Gosport )
Navy Yard, Oct. 1, 1S58. j"
In a few more days, I expect to be at
Fca, bound for l'araguay. With this re- :
11 etion uppermost in my miud, and at the :
tame time remcmbeiiug that I promised
ta write you something about our craft j
before wo sailed, it struck me that I must I
luake a commencement, or my promise :
would remain unperformed. i
The present vessel, bearing the name of :
"Fulton," is the third of this name that
has belonged to the U. S. Navy. The fust ;
steam vessel built by our (ijvernmcnt for ;
war purposes, was coiiimcDced by 11 jbert
Fulton, in the year 1S11. the was called ;
the "Demologas," or ''Fulton the First." J
She made but one trip of twenty six miles
to sea, when, being found entirely unfit J
f ir eea service, she was laid up at the '
Urookljn Navy Vard as a receiving ship, j
until 1829,whca she was very mysteriously j
blown up killing and wounding about fifty .
persons. j
Io the year 153?, '-Fulton the Second" j
was built. She was made very strong.and '
carried a very heavy battery, and was cal- j
colated mainly for harbor defence. This 1
vessel also was found to be nearly useless ;
for oucan navigation. j
Her existence ended in 151, when she !
was metamorphosed into tho present very '
efficient craft, "Fulton tho Third." The j
engine and boilers were entirely new, and j
the vessel was completely remodeled and j
rebuilt. Her rig is that of a fore-topsail
6ohooiicr, of about seven hundred tons !
burden, although her water displacement '
is nearly one thousand tons. The number !
of Lcr olSccrs and men is 121. The anna- j
ncnt is extraordinarily heavy, consisting j
of four nine inch and one eleven inch guns, j
tcsides two twenty-four pounder, boat '
howitzers. he has a well built, hand-;
some and powerful direct aeting inclined !
engine. The boilers are of the best and -most
approvod style, being of the niulti- :
tublar variety, Martiu's patent. Her ro- j
putatijn for speed is world wide, and en- i
viable, as she is considered by many to bo !
the Jastcst man of-icar in the icorld. It is
stated, upon reliable authority, that she
Las made twenty miles per hour. I fear
her reputation slightly exceeds her abili
ties, and certaiuly the old craft will aston- I
ish mc some should I ever see her reel off
twenty knots. Leforo we arc through
with this cruise, 1 may be one cf a "com
mittee" endeavoaing to make tho engine
an its wuoie uuiy, ai mo risK ot Having a i
pile of old iron stowed away amidships in !
its stead. The Fulton has one bad fault, '
that is, she is prone to make submarine
excursions, aiid it is said that when we ;
claar the Capes that we will probably re
main under water until wo put in at St. i
Thomas for coal.
It is expected that we will be fhg ship
of the river eijuadrori, and will ascend the 1
river La Data and its tributaries (o As- i
sumption, the capital of l'araguay, Inking j
up with us our minister plenipotentiary,
and endeavor to settle our diSIcuItics am- '
icably. Should we be Unsuccessful, we
are to return to the mouth of the rivcr,and
inform Our fleet, (of about fifteen sail ) of j
lis state of affairs. Theu it is expected a 1
tough and tumble fight will ensue. j
That one thousand mile jaunt up the ;
great South American rivers, is fraught !
with iutcrcst ; aud should we have to fight i
ur way up ou our second ascent, interest '
and danger will be blended so iutimatcly !
as to give us plenty of subjects for roedi- j
tation. I hope that our expedition may j
U successful, without the bhtddiog of
Hood, and that this demonstration may '
assist in teachiug the weak but insolent
powers of the earth that there is a just
limit to forbearance. The government
has chartered five merchant steamers fur
the txpeditioD.
Allow me hers to bid my many Lewis
burg frieeps farewell, and at the saiue time
t issme thsni that I am most comfortably
10 new quarters, and enjoying
t of health and spirits. May Time 1
UM tm gcutlv, and may we all have !
fifJiitc ef
nievtmg suou again
uri truly,
P.. COUINT.LITS.
NkWS JoUR.VAT,.
(Ctumitioihil prparlincnl. j
lnW purpose, hereafter, devoting
more attention to the iutcrcsts of cduca- j
tun a connected with oar Common School
jtystt in. In this cur fir.t No. wo Lavo
much pleasure iu issuing tlie anucxrd
semi official report from cur Ccuuty Su- ,
pcriutcudeut. Thc altcntivo and gcucral ,
observer baa u ot failed to notice, iu the j
three or fuur years fast, a marked advance-
nicut in iLe causo, among tfficers, parcuts
and pupils. It is unrcasoia- in Pe" J
jrviicciuD or full developemcnt of any
system, until a whole generation La3 !
grewn up under it. TLo School System .
of Pennsylvania is not thirty years old, !
yet competent observers bear disinterested
testimony that it has met with unprccc- j
dou'ed success. j
Frogress of Improvement.
The picsent school year opens with au
unusual degree of iutcrcst on the part of
most of those directly er indirectly con
nected with the Tublio Schools of I'u'ton
county. We can only 2.(i-iniijo
improvement in school sflairs, by contrast
iuj one period with another, And com
paring the present with the spirit that was
manifested in school matters only three
years ago,we have abundant reason to look
to the future for a brighter sky to breathe
an atmosphere less contaminated with that
influence which too often poisons the miud
of the young, and bids the old war against
that light which alone can perpetuate those
inestimable blessings we now ccjfly.
In the fall of 1855, 1 met thirteen School
Directors and examined fourteen Teachers
at the different appointments for Union
county. At nearly half the places ap
piiutcd to examine teacher?, I fuund Dei
ther Directors nor applicants. This Fall,
at tho examinations which have recently
closed, I uictty fuur Directors, and ex
amined ninety he applicants for schools.
Add to this number the ten teachers who
hcM permanent certificates, and it will bo
seen that instead of trantinj teachers, we
have thirty-threo more applicants than
schools.
In point of intellectual attainments, the
average number of those examined the
present year have also improved on those
of 1955, though many of them aro young
and inexperienced. Time alone can fully
decide their success in the school room.
In some Districts, tho Directors have
heretofore been ic the habit of assigning
to each member of the Board those schools
most convenient to him, fur the purpose of
providing fuel, attending to tho repairs
and general wants of tho school houses,
and employing the Teachers for their par
ticular schools. To this arrangement,
there seemed no particular objection, as
it appeared to economize time, aud save
trouble. And as S:hool Directors receive
no direct compensation for the time devo
ted to the transaction of school business,
there appeared no plausib'.o reason why
they should not abridge that time as much
as possible, liar, let us examine the re
sults of this system. Where it was agreed
that each Director should employ his own
teacher, it was also understood that tho
other members of tho Hoard should be
satisfied with that choice. Now, if our
schools were all of the same grade ; our
teachers were all equally qualified to
teach any school, the Directors had no pri
vate preferences, and the opinion of one
man was just as good as the opinion of the
mnjority of the six who constitute the
Board, then there could be no serious ob
jection to this system. But, schools dif
fer in advancement, and teachers differ in
their qualifications. It is supposed that
the Director should know the requirements
cf his sehoel, and employ a teacher to suit
them. But this, unfortuuatcly, has not,
in all casos, been done. Too often the
first person that offered himself as a teacher
was employed, regardless of his qualifica
tions. "Have you a certificate?" was
perhaps tho only question asked in regard
to his ability to teach. In other cases.the
most competent teachers were obliged to
give way to the most inferior simply be
cause they bnd first applied for the school,
or chance to be particular friends of the
Director. From the Stato Superintend
ent's lato instructions to "Directors and
Teachers," published iu the Sept. No. of
lie I'enn'a School Journal, I judge that
this has been a general practice through
out the State, and the evil results of it no
doubt caused him to issue those instruc
tions. I am very happy to report a change for
the better in this respect also, for, in the
majority of Districts, the Directors this
fall met their teachers at the examina
tions, where those who had the best cer
tificates were employed, by the vote of the
majority of the Directors. To this, I
found but two exceptions. In one, the
citizens bad taken the power out of the
Directors' bauds, aud bad elected their
teacher before be Lad beea examined. In
some District, the Directors pay accord
ing to the grade of certificate the teacher
holds, taking into eonsideration at the
same time the age and experience of the
teacher. Eevcral experienced and succes
ful teachers, remain unemployed, because
they were considered too defective iu their
articulation and pronunciation.
LEWISliURG, UNION CO., I'A., FRIDAY,
Miflliuburg and Limcstcno are the only
Districts iu which we found no Directors
at the Kxaminutions. I havo had no pri
vate examinations this year, nor do I ex
pect to have any. D. Heckendorn.
New Berlin, Sept. 21, 1858.
WILL IT PAY?
This is tho great question of the day.
Kvcrybudy asks "will it pay ?" before en
tering upon any pursuit, or even duty.
Kveo ministers expect their profession to
pay well, to yield a rich reward fr the
labor bestowed. Somo do not expect a
full reward iu dollars and cents, but they
do in virtue, religion, peace, happiness.
If a man holds au office, he expects it
will "pay" in some sense. If it docs not
iu goods, at least, in honor, mcutal profit,
or good dono to others. We ought not
to do anything that docs not pay, and pay
well. Ail our labors should yield a good
pr lit. The great trouble with men is
that thry do so many things that do not
pay. Whatman iu his senses believes
that lying, cheating, gambling, Nlrinkiiig,
swearing, rowdyiug, rioting, reveling, (
gluttony, meanness, debauchery, tyranny,
idleness, folly, vanity, pride, aud such
like, ever pay well ? Thcso are the
thiugs that do not pay. And tho more
of them a mau docs and has, tho poorer
ho is, the less real pay he gets. j
Wo believe, of all things, nothing pays
better than a judicious, proper cducatiou.
It pays in mental and moral strength,
pays iu executive ability, iu judgement,
foresight, intelligence on a farm is just
as essential to triumphant success as iu
tho pulpit, at tho bar, or in tJie leglsU-!
tivc hall. It is true, that a less degree of
intelligence will raise corn, wheat, pota
toes, but for all the uses of tho farmer it
is quite as important as in any vocation.
Iu the application of chemistry, to the
improvement of agriculture ; in applying
the laws of physiology to breeding and
rearing stocks; in adapting machinery to
ihc various uses of labor; in studying
and discovering the various characteris
tic of fruits, grasses, grains, vegetables ;
in preserving tho natural strength of the
soil, in discriminating the qualities of the
s il, and their adaptation to the various
products of tho farm ; in the application
of tho principles of economy to every de
partment of the productive industry of tho
farm ; indeed, iu every possible way, is
superior iutcliigencc as useful ou the
farm as auywhero else. To secure such
intelligence, education is essential. One
must bo educated to be thoroughly intelli
gent. It is true some educato themselves
on the farm ; their minds are ever active
iu the pursuit of the knowledgo they
need. But the most must be educated by
books, schools, teachers and experiments,
to bo thoroughly intelligent. Now the
ground we take is, that the education of
young men and women for the pursuit of
farm lifo is just as important as their ed
ucation for teachers, or for any other pro
fession or position. We do not bclievo in
educating the boys and not the girls for
tho pursuits of farm life. Every farmer
wants a wife as intelligent as himself.
We believe that ' Ilcttie Ilasfield," and
sucB as she is, are of incalculably more
use ou a farm than a woman entirely ig
norant of her duties. Go into her Louse,
or upon any good farmer's farm, and the
truth that intelligence pays on a farm,
would be established at once. Let the
farming community awake to the interests
of agricultural education. 1 'alley Farmer.
Theological Bibliography. Rev.
Dr. Malcom is busily engaged in the prep
ration of a work for which Le has made
preparations during most of bis active
life. It is a kind of Dictionary of Relig
ious Authors referring to all the known
writers ou religious subjects, ranged un
der proper titles, and with brief references
enabling the studente to obtain and peruse
at length the works or portions of works
thus pointed out. He had many thou
sands of authors named, while jot in
Lewisburg, and his present residence,
"Lcverington 1. 0., l'hilodelphia," gives
him access to the great libraries of that
and other seaboard cities, aud enables
him to add to the materials for their very
extensive and useful compendium or in
dex of religious authors and subjects.
Hon. Uenry C. Uiekok, of Ilarrisburg,
recently addressed a meeting at Frceburg,
composed principally of the students of
the Academy at that place. The address
is Lighly commended by the IVIiddleburg
press. He has since spoken at the Lehigh
Teachers' Association, Allentown ; and is
to spend all this month in Warren and the
neighboring counties a hard trip, for the
encouragement of teachers, and to promote
the efficiency of schools.
Titocrai'Iiical Difference. A Ilar
risburg paper referring to the character of
candidate for the State Senate, remark
ed that Lo "is a sterling man in all re
spects, aud will be an ornament to the
Senate." Our compositor accidently set
tho word stealing for sterling, which,
though iu some cases not inappropriate,
when applied to members of the legisla
ture, was iu this case any thins but the
compliment intended.-
Sunlury Amrri-
can.
i:ilcu'H Mistake About llcaien,
BT VIUGIMA r. TOWXSLSD. j
"What is your name, dear ?" asked
Auut Gracy, as she tied the child's straw j
bonnet, aud thought what a sweet littlo
creature she was, with cheeks and lips
red as crauberrics, and eyes blue and se
rene as the skies aro wheu May is getting
ready to shako hands with June.
"My name is Susan Darling," lisped
the little girl.
"Well, Kllen," said Aunt Gracy, turu-
lu - - , c -.1 urA of tho
little girl, aud I Lope you'll all havo a
good time among the strawberry fields."
It was Saturday afternoon, aud some
dczen of Ellen Dean's schoolmates had as
sembled at Lcr bouse, from which they
were to mart on a strawberry expedition,
aud their minds Lad Lccu greatly exer
cised ou this matter for the last week.
Ellen was an only child, and Auut
Gracy was her mother's only sister, and
though she lived in the city with her pa
rents she passed a large portion of every
summer at ber aunt's home,iu the country.
So the lady stood in the window and
watched the party of little girls as they
flocked down to tho front gate, with
their little baskets filled with lunches of
biscuit aiid caka their careful mothers
Lad wrapped up for them. And when
Grace saw the bright faces of the children,
and heard their merry tones, and the
sweet ripples of laughter that overflowed
their merry lips, she almost wished she
was a little girl again, going off iutu the
meadows, strawberrying, that fair Satur
day uftcmoaM
A week had passed. It was Saturday
afternoon again, but no bright faced chil
dren flocked out of the door of Ellen
Dean's home, and there was a shadow on
the forehead of the little girl, aud a
strango awo iu her eyes, as she came
softly into the room where Auut Grace
sat reading, and whispered close iu the la
dy's ear, "She's dead, Aunty."
Aunt Grace laid down Lcr book. " It
don't seem possible," she said ; "and it's
only a week ago to-day that she lifted up
ber bright little face to mc and said 'my
name is Susan Darling.' And to thiuk,
she lies there, cold, and white, and that
she'll never smile or speak agaiD." Aunt
Grace could not go ou, and she and Ellen
cried softly together.
"How old was she?" at last asked the
lady.
"Just ten, Aunty."
"A year younger than you arc, Ellen !
Ah mo ! death comes very suddenly, and
it doesn't wait, either, for the old and the
greyhaired, but it takes those who least
look for it; tho littlo children, whose
hearts arc full of life, and hope, and hap
piness ; and lo ! death calls for them,
and they arc gone."
"She died of croup, Aunty ; the doctor
says it was a very sevcro attack. Ob,
bow I wisL 1 could see Ler once more 1"
"Do you, my child ? It is not a long
walk, and I will go with you.
Two Lours later, Ellen and Aunt
Grace stood in tho little bed-room whence
Susan Darling had gone homo to God.
Tbcy Lad not laid Lcr in the coffin yet,
and she looked very life-like as she lay
there, with Ler little waxen Lands folded
together, and long brown lashes closed
tightly over the blue eyes that would
never sparkle with sweet smiles any
more.
Ellen stood still and looked a long
time, holding Ler aunt's Land, but she
scarcely spoke a word, ouly she was think
ing what a sweet little girl Susan Dar
ling was, and Low they would miss Ler
at scLool, in Ler place by the window,
and what a terrible thing it was to die so
young and so suddenly.
"Well, sho is in HeaTen now, with the
God who loves little children'said Aunt
Grace as sbc led Lcr niece away.
"But I know, Aunty, she'd rather
have stayed in this world, where it is so
pleasant, and sbc was so nappy aim iue
girlu, than gn away off there. You know
tho people are all so good in Heaven, and
sing psalms all the time, but Susie loved
to play, and frolic, and go out in the
woods gathering flowers and berries, and
now she can't do it any more, for you
know Heaven is such a good place; but
ihen this world is so pleasant."
"Ellen, my dear child," said Aunt
Grace, "who made this world, with all
its beautiful sunshine, its bills and fields,
and trees, and flowers, all the things we
love ?"
"Why, God, Aunty !"
"Well, just think; if Le Las made this
so very beautiful, what must that world
be where none of these things can ever
enter ? No, no, Ellen ; tLey do some
thing up there besides sing psalms. The
flowers that grow tLere are fairer than
the roses and lillies of this world, and the
little brooks sing sweeter music, and the
trees tbat rise in those blessed woods nev
er put off their green leaves, and those
shining hills never put on the wbite snows
of winter. Ah, Ellen, I love to think of
tbat bright place : of the berries, and
flowers, and beautiful things that grow
there, and of the little children that
lauh as thrj wander through the woods,
OCT. 11, 185S.
aud may be sport by tho streams, with
the blessed angels to take care of them ;
and then, whtu I bavo thought a 1 ng 1
timo about all these thiugs, I remember j
what I'aul says, and what you have read j
in your littlo Testament so often : 'It has
not rnUieJ into the heart vf man to eon
ccice of it.' Just think of it, dear, we
can not even imejiitc its wondrous beau
ty, aud glory, and perfection. !
'Is it really so, Auuty '!" a.-ked Eilin,
looking up, ber face kiudled uiih new
light. "May be it isu't right to &ay so,
Out 1 always, iiiuugiii IK. eJi 1
but such a gloomy place ; and 1 shouldn't
waut to go thero until I was very old, aud
very tired of this world."
"Aud so I used ta think, once, E'.Ieu,
aud so, alas ! a great many little children
thiuk, but they are all mistaken. I have
only now to look abroad ou this world,
and seeing all beauty, to remember God
made it. and I am certaiu then the Lome
He has promised mc up thero will bo a
great deal fairer thau this, aLd that wheu
I get there I shall enjoy a great deal more
its pleasant walks, and its softer wiuds,
and its brighter scenes."
"0, I shall luvo to thiuk of Ilcaton,
and that Susie is thero now V and there
! was a new joy in Eileu's eyes.
I Ballooning in Illinois.
I An amateur icruuaut having gone up
: iuMr. Brooks' balloon, at Ceutralu, 1:1:
' nois, aud having alighted safely some
! twenty miles distant, tried the experiment
' of allowing the farmer upon whoso grounds
j he alighted, to go up a short distance,
I say a hundred feet. This, too, succeeded.
) Then, two children went up, when by
j some accident the ropo clipped, aud the
balloon speedily shot up out cf sight. It
! was feared thoy would be lost. But wo
now learnt that on Saturday moruing, at
! daybreak, a farmer near Carthage, fjrty
' three miles from Mr. Harvey's place, dis
: covered the balloon suspended in the air
attached ty ihc -rr':"a '"m1 to a tree
in bis yard. He immediately hauled tie
i balloon down, and found the youngest
child asleep iu the bottuin of the basket,
I and the eldest carefully watching over her
i little brother. They Lad been wafted
I about by different currents of air tbrjugh
' out the night, and had come to a halt but
' a little while before they were relieved !
The story that the girl told was, that,
' as the balloon ascended, she cried piteous
j ly to", her father to pull it down. She
i said she passed over a town where 'he
eaw a great many people, to whom she
likewise appealed at the top cf her voice.
i This place was Ccntraiia. The balloon
! was seen to pass over there, but the peo
j pie little imagined it carried two persons
i in such danger. Her little brother cried
j with cold, and tho heroic little girl took
off Lcr apron, covered Lira aud got him
I to sleep. In handling the ropes, she hap
i pencd to pull one which had the effect of
j bringing the balloon down, aud, although
' not understanding tho philosophy of the
j movement, she was quite content to keep
I the valve open, 60 long as by so doing
sho found she approached the earth.
The youthful serial voyagers were in
the balloon about thirteen hours aud a
quarter. It may easily be imagined,
that, among the neighbors where they
lauded, tbcy were tho objects of much cu-1
riosity and interest. The girl's presence
of mind, and loving consideration for Ler
brother, may well be remembered, while
the incident itself was of such a remarka
ble character that we opine it will not
soon bo forgotten ic that section. The
boy and girl were conveyed Lome, as
soon as practicable, and it is needless to
say were received with outstretched arms.
Terrible Catastrophe at Sea.
Another terrible talc of disaster at sea
and loss of life comes to us from Halifax. ,
The steamship Austria, left Hamburg on ,
the 1st for New York, with 4'J men and
women and 19 children in the first cabin, I
103 men and women and eight children
in the second cabin, and 211 men and wo-
pcrs making in all 420. Tho crew con
sisted of about 100 persons, besides
which she may have taken at Southamp
ton, on the 4tb, somo 50 or GO steerage
passengers, making in all about 550 souls.
Of this number, not 100 was known to
be saved, the remainder having lost their
life by reason of the ship taking fire
the explosion of the magazine the fright
of the officers and crew the rush to the
boats, several of which sunk and the
final burning up of the ship with all who
remained on board. The reports of the
catastrophe arc most horrible to read.
Iu Charleston, Missouri, is printed a
spirited littlo paper, called the Courier.
Its editor is not only a wit, but also a
close observer, as will be seen by the fol
lowing :
"Senator Bigler is making speeches in
Pennsylvania. He is a very poor speak
er. It is said tbat all public speakers,
when in waut of so idea, iustinetivcly
scratch the locality of the brain. Bigler,
upon such occasions, neccr scratches his
head."
Out of Employ. It is computed
that there are Twenty Thousand persons
out of employment in the iron districts of
the State. Yet we are importing railroad
iron at all points, which our Farmers have
to pay for, as well as our Mechanics . i
ESTABLISHED
At 1,00 P:u
Arjument Before the Supreme Coutt.
The question tf the constitutionality tl ;
the sale of the canals to the Sunbury &
Erie liailrcad Company, cauic up Lfuio
the Supreme Court, holding its session at
this place, cu Wednesday 1-st. The
Judges were all present. TL- ju sti.n
was Lrougl.t iu the nature of a cjso tucn
furee specific performance of .cmtract.
Mr. Cooper had agreed to purchase SH O,
000 wur:h of the bonds of toe Company,
which be refused to take until this ques
tion was decided. CLarLs U.tLons, 1-. j ,
i. OoT. Campbell, K- , oft' l-'Lki-
delphia, and JuJje Knox, Atterney Gen
eral of Pennsylvania, appeared f r the
Sunbury Si Eiio Company. Judge Black,
Attorney General of the United State?,
and Win. L. Hirst of Philadelphia, Were
the counsel opposed to the sale. 'J Le
ease was opened by Mr. Gibbons iu a
strong argument, justify ing the sale con
tending that the price was fully oiua! to
the value of the public works iu the hands
; or iue naie auj mai iue j.roj er unit io
'tJUeblfa"j"CU0U tC
SUMr. Unions was f flowed ly Mr. M'-
i Caluiuut, who appeared iu bo half of
Judge Black, who could nut Lave ash-
ington, ana a.-ked permission to real ti.u
wrilteu argument of the learned JaJre to
the court, wbieh Was granted. The
Judge's argumeM was a spiy, w-'' wiii
ten document, interspersed with sarcasms,
quotations, an-1 oiiities, Lckiug some
what iu dignify a;.d also in respect to the
co-ordinate branches of the Guvtmn.ei.t
so uiucb so tl.at LLitt iJusiiev l-mrio
took occasiuu to say, wheu Judge Ki.iX
replied, that he would uot Lave permitted
it to be read, Lad he known lis content).
TleJudi;e, staled, among other tlinc-,
that many members ct i::c legislature
were, no doubt, i,;U"raLt uf lie character
of the bill; others, to was constrained to
say, were lii.-honest.
Wm. L. Hirst, Esq., f. '.lured on tLc
same side. His speech was alio and in
genious. Tie point ou which Le princi
pally relied, was the sul.-eripliun cf C-jI'O,-000
to the stock cf the Allegheny Valley
road, which he contended was a worthless
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the works, lessening the price to that
amount.
Judge Knox concluded tie argument
on the part of the Commonwealth, conten
ding fur the validity ad constitutionality
tf the sale. His argument was able and
cunviueing. He met, as we thoua'lt,
most successfully, the points tf objection
raised by the opposite coun.-el. Mr.
Campbell took no Jart iu the discission.
He was sulieriug from au injury tj lis
eye, caused by a spark from a locomotive,
coming to tlis pLce. The case is lieid
under advisement. .Sar.tniy Ant-.rican,
Oct. 0.
Fall Pasture October Butter.
We don't like to toll to many secrets ;
but when we say that October butter,
7.r " . I .
ri'jhtlj maJe, is the very best for Winter
use of the whole season, v. e Lnosv what
we are talking about. We say "rightly
made." And that is not simply iu set
ting the milk, skimming off the cream,
churniug and working it, and then pick
it down, but depends, also, ou hnjinj
the eoic properly while yielding her milk
for tho purpose. Some Lave a cotiou
that mowing grounds, should never be
Fall pastured. Such may be, cr may not
be. Wc assume, however, that after the
hay is carried off, and the meadow L
lain open to the after showers tf the sea-
son, provided U has a thick, close bottom,
and not been top-dressed since haying,
ana tlie grass lias again a good stoci;y
growth, none so good use be made of that
grass, or the ground it grows ou, as to
feed it off with some sort of farm stock,
which it will be ready to have done, if at
all, by the first of October. Then, if
rmi Ikivo a lot r,f bi;it,r dairv turn
j j -,
them in. Their milk is then richer in
cream than earlier iu the season, although
the quantity of milk is less. The grass
is fresh, clean, solid and rich. Turn
them in after the frost is off tho grass iu auJ Mail Company, Jatcd St. Louis. Oc-
Ihe morning, and not before. If it is late tuber I'th, infurming him that the great
in the morning beforo the frost melts or overland mail arrived there to-day from
evaporates, give the cows a snip of hay iu San Francisco, iu twenty-three days and
the .tM or sheds before thev v, ff ho"- Thc Stai:cs tt0SU
and keep them iu all niht, with a bite of S -, u
, , r ., t . l .i 1 he 1 resident icrlicd l tclciiiapb, ma
Lay before them. Don t leavo them iu f jit.ws .
tho field, for they will not cat in a frosty ' W'asIiisi.tos, Oct 9, 1S5S.
night, and their milk will secrete less iu John Butterrield, President of tho Ov
thc chilly nir thau when under shelter, crlaud Mail Company Sir: Your da
Then your cows are in capital health and ppatch has been received. I cordially
condition; their secretions of milk uni- congratulate yen upon the result. It .s
. .. ... f 4 , "lorious triumph for civilization and t he-
form and tho quality of the best ; and gctti;mcnti win S00n follow tha
such milk nuisf make good butter, if prep- course of tho road, aud "East and the
crly treated afterwards. i West" will be bound together by a chain
, of living Americans which can never bo.
Parson Bromlow, who boasted he would Lrut(,n jioned) Javes Blc uanajc.
"preach to tho White Slaves all through
the North," got as far as Philadelphia, ' I' st3teJ tlat lUo cotcJl Walcr
where Le was met iu debate by a little Pipes for thc works iu Washington city,
Yankee preacher named Pryne, who so P'J f"r H th,c. U;, S Uvcrnmcnt-no
, . , ,., , ' haviug arrived in the contract time, too
completely "walloped thebogus "parson Go5cB(llt La3 a.ia the contract for
that Le has gone home to Tennessee, aud ft;ted, aud Capt. Mcig Las contracted
given up his political "mission to the Nor-; ith a company iu Philli; sburg, N. J.,
thcrn brethren 1" Tho scurvy mouute- for a portiou of lie pipes needed,
bank, it is hoped, is pretty well used up. j prof. C. Cromwell, cf this place, bas
.' . : cue of the most interesting juvenile siog-
"The Kansas question i, practically . Vcr 8aJ Somo tima
dead issue, -utrruourj i ..r, to,. ,
But, says the Bradford Anjus in reply,
dead things sometimes rise again, like ;
Banquo's Ghost, "with twenty mortal;
murders on their crowns, and push us j rccenliy ml-scd a little boy, and after rai
froia our stools." Dead as tho Kansas ; g;u.. a tremendous alarm and becoming
nation is. it will cush a number of Dcm-' worried "half to death," they found tha
ocratio metiers tract their stcrls ia Con-
cress.
IN 1SI:J....W1I0LE NO., 757.
Year, always ix Advance.
From Wisconsin.
X'm'-r'-n inee of the Lubur Chnmtela-
Je: :erso.v, Green Co., Oct. 5.
In reading some Western letters copied
iu your welcome sheet, I Lave a word in
reply tj one from the I'utle.rI'is.JvurnaI,
which sajs, " Stick, to youe homes."
TLat is a pieeu of good advice to thos
who have uhat a man might call a home
a goud farm along tie West Branch of the
Susquehanna the land of my birth. But
to tLo.-c that till the soil on bills and
rucks and mountains and scarcely make a
living, 1 ssy, move West. If you can't
sell, give it 'w7, aj4 Umma frank ikoa
killdeir lauds. Farming is with less la
bor, less expense, and, as a general thing,
produces more, and taxes are but a trifle,
compared with eastern taxes on land.
Laborers can do better in the West. Pro
duce, such as grain, pork, Sic, is, as a
general thing, lower, and wages higher,
and more ready pay. The mechanic can
Letter here, as I have experienced to
t . me tsttLt. There is more ready pay,
or cash as I may term it, and not so much
" F'-J- Pilars your readers may think
that I am too much one sided upon this
matter. I don't pretend to say or think
tliat men may move west and sit down
and find their bread ail buttered without
exerting themselves. Western peopls
labor as well as eastern, but we get better
paid for cur Lbor. Some people move
West v. i:a entirely too lar-e a calculation
anj st tLJr expectations too bigh. Be
ing dist pointed, tbcy condemn the West,
l.ke the Potter county c;aa in WiscoDsin.
Such men lad letter Eot move farther
away from leie thau where they can see
t!.e:r chimney sm:ke. V'c want men hero
of enterprise xen of stability and men
of sjit.2 go a head ativeness and not such
eka;s as the man that moved to Stephen-
s ou county f: urn Spruce Kun, moved back,
started tie second time, got is far as5Iil-
tj-j, and backed heme again to Spruce
Kjo. Let him try it again; perhaps the
third time will be '-the charm."
I expect you tao Lr.l of our small
grain crops failing. The potato crop U
also poor. Corn is pretty good nothing
to brag of. Finer fat porkers sell at ?3 25
per hundred, and iu demand.
A sad accident happened in Oceco, Ste
phenson Co., I;!. A son of Jacob Cook,
a:.d rrandson tf Jacob Ziebach of Buffaloo
iowustip, luui u ihc Luuse of Mrs. Shoe
tii-Ler, and tie inmates being all absent
eseeptig a toy 'j years old, the two boy9
went up stairs, wleu Mis. Shoemaker's
I'iv took duwu a gun, and, pointing it at
lis companion, snapped the lock, and
lodged the contents of the barrel in bis)
rt. killing Liiu iustuntlv. The deceas-
, b u
J
Alexander Md'.la, formerly cf East
Buffaloe, lost tie sight of one of bis eyes
while harvesting, by running straw into it.
I attended a camp-mecting, held by the
Evangelical Association, in Stephenson
county, where there were fifty-eight tents
on the ground.
I have had some of your Lewisburg
money here ia Wisconsin, passed it, and
no questions asked nor Detector examined.
Wm. Noll, formerly near Mifflinburg,
is doing a good business here in the man
ufacturing of steel ploughs. He is a good
mcch:t:iiC) and deserves patronage,
JjIm Kc;lj formcrJy of Wtite Deer,
.. Uahl a carjiu;; machine, and is do-
ia a gJcJ Lusiucss.
iicuu 0f Kelly, Las paid us a
vU-tj and Lope u may g;vo g00(1 satisfac-
titfa couccrn;BS ,be west.
ycur4 wilU rcfpcct w.G.
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Arricalvf the first Onrlatul Mail from
California i'onjratulatory .1tSjkioe ef
the I niiJatt.
Washington, Oct. 0. The President
received a telegraphic despatch front.
.I.ilm littorficld. President of the Over-
t;shibiliun at Seminary
Qct wuich a3 tho best of the kind
given iu Williauisporc. Press.
gomc anx;ous parents iu Ilarrisburg
littlo felb curia up uaucr a t..-c
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