Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-12-04
Fruits of Perseverance.
nglancing over the advertising columns
of a Perry county paper, the following re-
Gently inserted card,

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Gently inserted card,
MITCHELL STEErER,
AIroIYfY At LAW.
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
struck our eye, and suggests Il paragraph
| that may interest some Of our readers, as
well as Illustrate a salutary principle. The
gentleman whose name we have thus vtn.
tured to make free with, in his boyhood
served an apprenticeship to a trade, and,
some time after attaining his majority went
into the mercantile business at the June
ton, but in Il few years failed, and was
left pcnniless, and burdcncd with debts
Unfortunate but not dismayed,h he removed
TO Newport, where, for several years, he
supported large family by assiluous
labor ut his trade and in the mean time
devoted his leisure hours to the study of
the Law, under our direction, and after
the usual period of study, was admitted to
the Perry County Bar. But the cmol-
umcnts of both trade and profession being
as vet insufficient TO relieve him from the
CALLING thraldom of debt, he looked around
for other irons to put in the fire. Soon
after the Mexican War broke out, Judge
Black, then VI. c. from that District, pro-
cured him Lieutcnant's Commission in
the ] lth Penna Regiment, and Col Ram
scy appointed him quarter-master of the
regiment. lie served with his regiment
till the close of the war, participating with
credit in some of the severest battles near
the Mexican Capital, for which he received
honorable mention in the official despatch
es of the lamentcd Col. Graham; and
when peace was concluded, returned home,
with renewed health and hopes. With
the means he had acquired, one of his
first steps was to hunt up his old creditors
and pay off his debts to the uttermost far
thing; rs some of our clients can testify.
lie resumed the practice of the law; and,
in the Perry County Democratic Conven-
ton, in August last, received the votes of
several delegates for the nomination of
State Senator. A portion of last summer
was, spent in travelling in the Western
States, and some Of the results of his OBJ
scrvations were made public through the
columns of the Chronicle in series of
excellent letters over the signature of
" NJ We hope to be favored with more
of them, hereafter 1t seems from his
card that he has concluded to cast his lot
i'll the fresh and enterprising west, where
there is more elbow room for young men
than in the crowded cast-and where, We
have no doubt, the same capacity, en-
crgy Of character, and probity heretofore
exhibited, will make their mark and ensure
success.
The follow ing communication speaks
for itself. The Colonel, We hope, may be
elected .Spcaker, for from his last sessions
course, we know no other way to get a
spcech out of him, and we know he has it
a. him.
From tho Pennsylvania Telegraph.
THE NETT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
Mes-rs. Editors: We have seen several gen.
'irmen recommended from the ranks Of he OppO-
sIlon for Speaker of the Assembly. But having
seen none named by the friends Of the Admins
tfaion, we take pleasure in proposing Col. ELI
SLlFER, of Old Union, for that station. The Col.
is man Of good judgment, integrity. urbani,y,
and in every respect well qualified for the station.
An undertaking Whia always, vet not one of
his opponents would object, personally, TO his ei,
ovation. No member is more respected at Harrls-
burg; and a, home, his popularity is sufficiently
e,inced BY his having more Man dou.5ied his
at his second election.
We may lay 1T lie claim to thi. honor alSo
from the universally admitted fact that ny the last
this district uas most shamefulIy
Treated Union and Juniata have more tsxabies 1
han Franklin, ,Crawf,rd Cumberland orDauphin, |
each Of which have f,co members, while this dis
lsict OF two counties has hut one Can you !
wonder that the People Of this District feel their
fights to be assaiied-fcel themselves aggrieved
10 honor it with the Speakership. would be no
noe than justice and would tend TO alay the /,
rrithied feelings that exist. We trust our pr"po
''ion may be favorably received and carried into |
Il, curion -- UxIox AND JrxIArA.
Fry DR.. Oyster was to enter upon the !
intics Of his office as Prothonotary Of Union
-ounty, o. Monday of this week.