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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-30
The Excitement In the South.

When the so called compromise mea-
sures passed both houses of Congress, and
received the sanction IF the President,
there WINS some prospec, Of sectional tran.
guilty. Those measures were, unquesto.
nably, Of Southern origin, and so framed
as TO promote and encourage Southern in.
terests. The South gained all its points in
the game of Legislation, and left the North,
if not victim to superior tact and fiuesse.
at least, dupe to sy stemalized threat and
braggadocio
1t was reasonable TO expect that the
South would be satisfied with the concess
ions and advantages Of the compromise
measures. The result is far different.
They quarrel with their own men and
their own propositions. They imagine a
danger, and then proceed to act with the
emergency. They will admit of no dis.
cusson-they will concede nothing; but
swagger on, as they have done ever since
the establishment Of our confederacy. They
have had their way, and are not content!
1t matters not how many mad-caps in
South Carolina, or similarly disposed
States, denounce the Union and declare
their reasonable projects Of secession. 1t
matters not how prominent and influential
these persons may be either at home, or
in the national councils, their defamation
is all right, and there resolves all entitled
to respect! There is no censure for them
they are bold, chvalrous. and mean pre-
cisely wha, they say. lfihey dissolve the
Union, the inference is that the Union
should be dissolved!
II the same degree Of charity we're ex-
tended to the a. iiators Of the North by
Northern men-if similar fanaticism were
encouraged in this section by argument
and plaudit-we would never hear the end
Of Southern defamation and wordy resis
lance. The fanatics of the South are in.
violate characters indulge 10 any
amount Of treason-but il an abolitionist
opens his mouth, and threatens secession.
there is an end to all indulgence and sym.
pathy. A geographical line determines
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-30
PEACEsFoR THE MAGYAI
BIT c. W. WEBER.
From Arthur's Home Gazette.

Trampled MaSynr-peace-be still -
With watchful heart and silent will,
I.istcnl soon that heart shall hear
The shaking Of old Odin's spear
A rowcr-a portent in the north,
Rolls up its sultry clouds cen now;
The sheetcd fame must soon come forth
And blind oppression, shrieking, bow.
Be still he still then! Hold thy heart!
Thy ranks Of Dragons teeth are sown,
And thunder-wakened they shall start,
To giant warriors, sleeping, grown.
God is with thee, and the world
Will listen, ~ ye listen. yeti
The hour that banner is unSurled
No pale oppressOr shall forget.
Oh rest ye here! tho eagles nest
IL fitting place for hero's rest;
Sleep till that far awakihs bocm
Recall ye to the Tyrant's Doom!
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-30

white caps, Iaboring hard to Withstand the
fury Of the waves, which she nobly braved
for eleven hours-long hours 10 the Capt,
who sat at the steering oar, and hrs comp
anlous who were J. ing at the bottom OF
the boat expecting every moment TO be en-
guiied as the waves swept successively
by. After eleven hours of anxiety and
imminent danger THIS passed, the captain
discovered the American shore and effect
ed landing in safety. wi'h erea, hazard.
Capt. Harrington, on taking brief reck.
oning found himself sixteen miles east Of
the Niagara River, hoving drfied across
the Lake a l,,le west of the widest part.
lie had probably sailed fifty miles in his
frail craft, amid heavy s,orm-a fea, we
think unparalleled in the history Of Lake
navigation. 1t was thought 10 be an act
worth telling Of hero, that { Bill johnson
Of the Thousand Isles" crossed The Lake
in good ya~l at the risk of Il storm, but
10 cross in punt while storm was raging,
IS did Capt. II. and his crew, makes John
sons feat dwindle into insgnifcanc.
Capt. Harrington was no, so overcome
~ the fatigue Of his voyage, but iha, he
started for Niagara, and there
ook The steamer Tor Toronto and on Thurs
lay appeared at Dufiin's TO the great aston
shmenl of the good people there, who had
,iven him up as lost Rochester Adv.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-30
Who will do so to Us ?

We received The other day the following
letter. We give j, to our readers os being
the only specimen of Jqower-y style in
composition that we ever admired:
my DEAR FRIEND-Alow me TO in.
,rude few momens upon the incessani
occupation of an editors time, TO solicit
YOUR acceptance of barrel of extra fam
ily' -four. Of nv own manufacture for
which you will find on The other side an or
der upon my correspondents.
IL hope your domestic arrangements
may be such. that you will personally les,
the good qualities Of the article. |, is tru.
ly gratifying reflection. that alter the
manducation of tho editor and the subse-
quent processes Of Incorporation, the mo re
spiritual essences and properties OF this -four
may be exhaled and diifused widely thro
,ha; most excellent periodical, Holden
Magazine ..t..- ~
wishing you all imaginable good for
tune. am. Truly. your friend. -"
II was written BY college friend. one
whose friendship weighs in the scale Of oul
esteem orer 80 lbs. TO the bushel." We
wish him the best success in the line Of
life he has adopted. Success is sure to b.
his in any honorable calling. May the bar
rel of his life-enjoymen: never weigh les
than ls6 lbs. and may the wife he hasy e
to stake unto himself "..be like the Hou
he sent US. sweet, pure, atle TO make TN
best Of bread. and in all respects "extr'
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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-30
A Thrilling Incident.

Lake Ontario crossed IN an Open Boat
duriny Storm.
On Wednesday last, as one Of the heav-
lest gales Of the season was sweeping over
the broad bosom Of Lake Ontario, the little
schooner Prosperity was riding safely al
anchor under the Canada shore, at the
mouth of Duffin's Creek, about 25 miles
east Of Toronto. The Prosperity was man.
ned by Capt. Harrington the owner, ,his boy,
and one man, and al,ho' small crew in
number, they we're equal 10 their task. as
the sequel will show. Some ship stores
being wanted, the Capt. and crew went on
shore in their only small boat Ia fiat bot
toned scow about Is long and feet wide.
commonly called punt) to procure them.
BY the tine they were ready to return 10
the schooner, the wind had increased in vi.
olence, this did not deter them from aliemp
ting the passage. They put of from the
shore in their frail craft, which soon be-
came unmanageable 10 great extent, and
they were carried past the vessel into the
Lake despite Of all their efforts. The Peo-
pie on the shore who saw them were una.
bic to render any assistance. and Of coarse
gave them up for lost. Not so with Capt.
Harrington; he resolved to make the most
he could of his craft, and test his power as
navigator. Many brave men would have
despaired at such time, and with such
prospects; a wide waste Of waters before,
lashed into fury by the violent "Nor' wes-
ter" from behind, only wooden trough
without sail, ans poorly supplied with oars,
between him and the tumbling waves that
then threatened momenlarily to epguif,
Capt. H. saw that his only chance Of safe
ty was in-sunning directly before the wind
and waves. He ordered his man and boy
10 lie down in the bottom Of the punt, and
thus trim il as well IS possible, while he
took on oar and steered the little bark be.
Gore she gale. She dashed 90 amid the
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-30

e trodden. betrayed Ireland. His looks ar
brighter now, but saddening thoughts vii
cast a shade over his brow when he think
of the green sod that grows over III
graves of his ancestors. When he con
, jures up the history Of her long, long yesf
of poverty and oppression, when he sees
The thousands upon thousands Of his coun
,rymen starving and dying like dogs upor
The wayside, the lear glistens in his eye
ana yet he yearns Ior home, and determine:
when he has obtained wealth TO fly agar
TO bis own, his native ldnd. The harp is
music in his ear. the shamrock the oasis in
the desert, and he eches the words ol the
song:
! "Oh steer my bark to Ern's Isle
For Erin is my home,"
in all due reverence and sincerity, and
with his heart in his mouth. And here
is your cannie Scot, from Aberdeen TO
Glasgow, long.hcaded chief, who takes
care Of the pennies-the bonnie, merry
Scot. Now stalls the Spaniard, with his
dark complexion, his raven locks. his pierc-
ing eye, "jealous in honor, sudden and
quick in quarrel y the proud blood OF the
Castilan mobiles manlles readily to his
cheek, and he bows with the air of Don
OF the olden time. He is followed oy a
Mexican. lie is proud Of the few drops Of
Cas'Iian blood that remains in his ,iens
bu, is merely a counterfeit presenlment.
Here comes bevy OF Celestials, with their
dark loose clothing, their irreproachable
white stockings. and their practical boots
and shoes. They are all very happy and
clannish the only real socialists in exist
ence. They guard their Pg'tsi's as they
do their honor. and cherish them with the
utmost devotion. A Chinese would as
soon think of severing his head from his
body, as curlailing the fair proportions Of
the heirloom Of his country. The Cees-
iials are very useful, quiet. good citizens,
and are deserving Of the respect oi all.
Then comes the tawny Malay dressed in
half civilized style, very dirty, but with
carriage and bearing that would become a
regal court. He looks out of place in our
streets, giving one the idea Of degeneraled
and disguised Othello. Here comes the
tall and manly Pole. and as we watch his
form, we can but drop tear for poor Po-
land, whose children have shed SO much OF
their hearts blood for liberty, but in vain.
Watch the Chlanos, the Peruvians. the
Swiss, the Russians, Prussians. Kama
kas, negroes, and-no, we have no GhiIa-
mes here as yet, though tnahy bear as dis
tive marks Of their consanguiniiy TO the
animal race, as do the newly discovered
" Ghilanes or men with tails" And all
these inhabitants Of the four quarters Of
the globe have been attracted to the spot
by the magnetic influence of gold. They
are all seeking i,-some with high and
noble though,s-some for the sake OF gold,
that they make noise in the world, some
for honest ends, and some for simple liv-
ing, bed, board and lodging. for the mere
sustenance Of nature. This strikes the
eye of all, and is but faint, meagfc sha'
dow Of our population. As the clown says
in the circus, ''Let'm go,J "-4ha
Californian.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-30
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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-30

WIN u Poutcu ~ tnC Sho'c. HC S"'
could not look s,raish, down below becaus
of the dizzy height on which she lay bu
she could mark the golden finger, and sh
could see that it pointed to her own below
ed home, the narrow cabin at the foot O
the cliff. whose very floor she well knew
the high spring tides were washing, when
ever tha, golden finger was so stretched
across The deep.
II was not long before the child began
10 pine for her lowly home. and as a new
and strange intelligence, beyond her years,
dawned upon her. she whispered softly to
her own heart, "why am here? What
have done that should know no tears
/ Beautiful was my sisters sorrow and
sweet, when she was made to know her
frs, great fault. aud 10 weep over it. Sd
cred was my fathers woe when he be.
held me sink beneath the deep; for then ]
knew he lifted up his hands, and, locking
on my sister. blessed God that died in
my younger days of innocence. My father
VAS a hard man, but he is gen,ler now !;
my sister walks softly in her sorrow.
Why ,oh, Why am | only TO know no tears!
Though this floor we're all gems instead of
the little iide-shelIs, and though the bright
wings see waving over me were angel
wings. yet should pine for earth and lis
Christening sorrows. To the strange ma.
ture Of this fairy creature, tears may be
bitter but oh, they are sweet 10 US ~
Thereupon the child wept. As she
dropped her first real tear 10 the rippled
sands below. the child felt herself falling
gently downward, so gently ,ha. it seemed
as if unseen wings supported her from be-
meath. i'll order that she might descend the
more softly.
Soon after she lay a, her mothrr's door
that opened on The sands; eager TO enter
she turned but one look back. There she
behed the fairy Clihelda soaring upward
to her cave on the cliffs ledge, she though,
too. that, in spite Of her strange teaching,
the fairy smiled apprOtnsIy upon her, ,and
that the eyes Of C..IfTelda herself were no,
quite as dry as they should have been had
her practice been consistent with her prea-
ching. Eut perhaps fairy tears, less bitter
than mortal ones, feed only the rivers
In her own home all beheld her in won
der. No one believed the tale she told Of
CliffeIda. |, was rather supposed that the
Tide had cast the child Haley, yet living,
al her mothers door; still less was she list
ened TO when she told what it was that
made the sea waves so salt.
Time passed, and The child Katey grew
up in tenderness and truth. In place of
the wild freaks of childhood, a softer and
more chastened spirit ruled the girl as she
advanced in years. And if, in her early
some sorrows found her, it
was ever noticed that at such times she
looked upward, some said to the cave on
The rocks ledge, the dwelling Of the Cliff.
side Fay others thought that shs looked
higher, even unto heaven.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-30
From the Christian Pearl.
Touch Not, Taste Not, Handle Not.
bY Hoy. HENRY .. MOORE.

Cherries and cold, winters storm
Blew DER the dismal cell,
Where sat a Prisoners haggaTd form
That once knew full we'll!
When first knew his noble, mind,
Now wrspt in frenzy's glee,
knew no, where on earth 10 find
4 soul more calm and free.
Twas then his buoy ant spirit rose
In proud majestic power,
To calm and soothe the earthly woes
Of life's tempes,uous hour.
Where'er he moved on earth 's'kide range,
His presence was charm
To ban.h care and grief assuage,
And cheer the dropping form.
And is it that once noble soul,
That now is brought low,
BY crime As deep and deed as foul
As e'er marked mortal foe
What magic spell, what helsh art
Has been employed to break
The peaceful mind. the cheerful heart,
The soul that once was great!
Il was the deep and hidden foe
Within the fatal bowl
Tha, marred his peace and filled with woe
His former noble soul.
Yes. yes. it was the fatal cup
Which held the deadly spell
That drank his noble spirit up,
Aud made his mihd hell.
When first he took the fatal glass,
Twas drank midst mirth and glee,
The cheerful song srouas him passed,
And yet his mind was free.
Again, and vet again, he quafied
The deadly draught with glee,
And at the trifing song he laughed.
And yet his mind was free.
But soon the fatal charm had twined
lis deadly grasp SO firm
Around his pure and noble mind
He LOVED the poisoned charm.
And when. his mind, no longer free,
He burst the bands of hope,
r. was then the raging, stormy sea
In tempests DER him broke.
He laughed to scorn the friendly prayer
That wooed him to return,
And as the lion for his lair,
So did his spirit burn.
At last. when ffenzied with the wine,
He dared the raging food,
And msdly rushed into a crime
That hathed his hands in blood.
Yes, yes, alas that noble mind
Which once was pure and sound.
IL now by shame and guilt combined
In frenzy's letters bound.
And soon his mortal life must pay
The forfeit Of crime
Which casts his noble soul away
And shortens thus his time.
Reader beware that cup.
II holds deadly strife,
Which dries the inmost spirit up,
And soon can end thy lite.
This earth is but troubled sea,
An ever-raging scene
Of happiness or wo to thee
Indeed =" It's but dream"
"Toueh not, taste not. nor handle moi"
Is divine command;
And never let it be forgot
While sacred truth shall stand.
Reject with scorn the pro!iered cup,
And for thy reason why,
Touch not, taste not, nor handle not"
Be thy unmoved reply.
WAsHIyGroS. ID. c., 1850.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-30
Creeds.

Christianity, indeed, is full Of sentiment
and affection, but il Is no less full Of ever
lasting truths, and fine principles. A".'
if ii be a system of belief, It must be ia
matter of the highest importance to attain
to a clear understanding of what j, teaches.
Nor is it an unworthy aim to form COM
pendiums, in the form o: creeds and con-
iessions, Of the contents Of the sacred W.
tings. provided we endeavor simply to eA
press gospel truths, and not to pervert them
to the use of our own PHILOSOPHERS ana
preiudices T. Evangelist.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-30

If you have p!easan, home and cheer
fuI wife, pass your evenings under your
own roof. And if you have no, cheerful
wife, stay at home at any rate and make
her so-and if you have no wife, GET o"s-
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-30

MONEY MAkISG.-There is a class 10
whom God has no, given the ability, re-
ouis,,e 10 attain wealth, or even TO provide
against wan, from day 10 day. These
people may have just apprecia'ions of moral
recti,ude. they may possess fine mental
abilities for the attainment Of literary
knowledge, and ye, as regards the attain
ment Of property. or the judicious expend''
ture Of their earnings, seem to be utterly
without judgment or calculation we
know there are very many such whose
poverty is their misfortune. for no mn
can use an ability which he does moi pos
sess. Thus there are-always was-and
aiways will be. the poor, the very poor.
the suffering poor.
Praise and Censnre.-All men covct
praise and deprecate censure, yet the v"'''s
Of both is very greatly overraied. That
which is really excellent is not much i"-
proved by eu'og:sms, and that which IS OBJ
viously bad is neither better nor worse Tor
words Of dsparagement. Besides, praise
and blame are 80 rarely awarded with any
thing like justice that. 10 the minds Of the
iudicious, they have little weight.-Sf0r OF
1he North.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-30

1aE 1' Frs ssoedagt s3sasI .oofTa4T
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Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-05-01

CAUTION TO DRUGGISTS AND THE PUB
IIC.-The unparalleled and astonishing efficacy of
DR.. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry in all the dis
eases for which it is COMMUNICATING many cases
after the skill of the best physicians were unavaing-
has effected large and increasing demand for it..
This fact has caused unprincpled counterelters and
imitators to palm off spurious mixtures, of similar
name and appearance for the genuine Balsam.
BE NOT DECEIVED BY lMPOSTERS-The
public should be careful get the genuine article as
who know nothing OF medicine, or OF the diseases OF
the human system, are entirely unsafe ana dangerous
From the Columbus (Ga.,) Enquirer, Feb. :, lS4S.l
WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY -
We have an utter adherence for all kinds OF puts,
and especially such calculated to mlslead the
public to the curative virtues OF patent medicines
There doubtless many catch penny ncstrums daily
vended and hourly used, whch are not only OF no
value, but absolutely deleerious 20 the physical man;
There are other balsams extracts &c, not embraced
peradyenture, in the pharmacentic arrangements OF
the apohecary regular physician that are IN certain
cases of more value than all the prescriptions OF Gaen
put together. Wistars Balsam Of Wild Cherry Is
admitted by the concurrent testimony OF those who
have proved its virtues, to be of the latter class. In
colds and consumption, asthma and chronic coughs,
as well as in other kindred diseases, it has been used
with almost universal success. In climate change
able this, supernducing and aggravatng the family
of diseases above alluded to, this medicine has value
not to be estimated.
None genuine unless signed 81. Butts the wrap
per. For sale by Gaynor & Wood, Alex. Duval, and
Purcell, Ladd d. Co., Richmond, and Druggists every
where. ap25-eo3t
Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-05-01
Transmitted for the Baltimore American.

CLEVELAND, ONO, APr1l ~.
Another Melancholy Steamboat Erp0Sion-G Great
Loss of Life.
While the steamer Anthony Wayne was passing from
this city towards the of Vermon, she burst her
boilers nearly opposite the latter place, and from 80 to
40 persons were killed The explosion occurred about
/ o'clock yesterday morning. An extra of the True
Democrat gives the following account OF the terrible at
fair
The first mate Of the Wayne states that she came to
Sandusky with 10 seerage passengers and 20 in the
cabin From Sandusky she took "A additional passen
gers and her crew. numbering 30 more, making in all
81 souls on board. Nineteen othe crew and 30 OF the
passengers are saved, and likely to recover.
The total loss in killed and missing as far could be
ascertaned is put down at from IS to 40 passengers
Ofthose badly scaded and likely to recover, are Is
of the crew. including both mates, the clerk and the
loon keeper-aso two children, three fireman, one por
ter two deck hands, the bar-keeper, and chambermad
After the explosion, the schr Elmra was hailed. The
killed, wounded and those saved were put board of
her, and taken to Sandusky.
The Anthony Wayne was an old boat, and not in
the regular line with the Buffalo and Sandusky steam
ers. She was owned by Charles Howard, OF Detroit
and insured for ten thousand dollars.
The accounts vary as to the number on board at the
time of the explosion,