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more Deauuful imam sne ever saw her before
The auctioneer sees his advantage, and expa
tiates yolubly in mingled French and English
and bids rise in rapid succession.
"Pll do anything in reason" said the be-
neyolent-looking gentleman, pressing in and
joining with the bids In few moments they
have run beyond his purse. He is silent the
auctioneer grows warmer, but bids gradually
drop off 1t lies now between an aristocratic
old citizen and our bullet-headed acquaintance
The citizen bids for few turns, eontemptu-
ously measuring his opponent; but the bullet
head has the advantage over him, both in obsti.
macy and concealed length Of purse, and the
controversy lasts but moment the hammer
falls-he has got the girl, body and soul un.
less God help her!
Her master is Mr.. Legree, who owns a cot
ton plantation ON the Red river she il pushed
along into the same lot with Tom and two
other men, and goes of, weeping as she goes
The benevolent gentleman is sorry, but then
the thing happens every day! One secs girls
and mothers crying at these sales, Arrays il
can't be helped, &c. and he walks Off with his
acquisition in another direction.
Two days after, the lawyer Of the Christian
firm Of y. Co, New York, sent on their money
to them. On the reverse Of that draft, 40 OBJ
tanned, let them write these words OF the great
Paymaster, TO whom they shall make up their
account in future day" When he maketh
inquisiiion for blood, he Jorgstfsh not the cry
of The humble"
PESssyLvASA.-The Legislature met on the
9th inst. John H. Walker (Whig) has been elect
ed Speaker Of the Senate, John S. Riley Dem
Speaker of the House Of Representatives. The
message Of Governor Johnston Is an unusually
short document lie states the State debt at
$40, ia, 2as being reduction Of 100000 with
in the last three years by means Of the sink.
ing fund. He urges the completion Of the
North Branch Canal, and advocates changs
in the Tariff
The Legislature have passed resolution in
vting Kos~uth to visit Harrisburg, and become
w gusst q the State, which resolution wal
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mother and daughter are singing together
wild and melancholy dirge, common us fu-
neral hymn among the slaves:
Oh, where is weeping Mary
| Oh, where is weeping Mary
Rived in tho goodly land
She is dead and gone to Heaven
She Ia dead and gone 10 Heaven;
kjved In the goodly land.
These words, sung by voices of peculiar
and melancholy sweetness, in an air which
seemed like the signing Of earthly despair,
fiosted through the dark prison rooms with a
pathetic cadence, as verse after verse was
breathed out
Oh where are Paul and Silas?
Oh whore are Paul and Silasl
Gone 10 the goodly land.
Thcy are dead and gone 10 Heaven;
Thsy arc dead and gone to Heaven
Rived in the goodly land.
Sing on, poor souls; the night is short and
the morning will part you forever
But now il is morning, and everybody is
astir, and the worthy Mr.. Skeggs is busy and
bright, for q lot Of goods is TO be fitted out for
auction. There is bright lookout on the
toilet; injunctions passed around 10 every one
to put on their best face and be spry; and now
all are arranged in circle for last review,
before they are marched up TO the Bourse.
Mr.. Skegg, with his palmetto on and his
cigar in his mouth walks around TO put fare
we'll touches on his wares.
Allows this'D he said, stepping in front of
Susan and Emmelins, where's your curls
gslp
The girl looked timidly at her mother, who,
with the smooth adroitness common among her
class, answers:
III was telling her last night TO put up her
hair smooth and neat, and not hsvin II flying
about in curL; looks more respectable 90"
"Bother!n said the man, peremptorily, turn
ing to the girl, "you 80 right along, and curl
your reef! real smart lie added, giving .
crack 70 rattan he held in his hand, And be
back IN quick time, too!'
"you go and help her." he addsd 70 The
mother. Then curls may make . hundred
dollars differences In the sale Of her.
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CHAPTER XXX
A slave warehouse Perhaps some of my
readers conjure ur~horrible visions Of such a
place. They fancy some foul, obscure den,
Io--I~A- Co., eNx~Z..,->., - saxs ..,,
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Keep up a Good Heart.

Keep up a good heart and look forth to the morrow,
Don't turn the past it NAV serve to drpress;
The III. Of to-day. for the future will hrrrow
A summer of glaInrss. to strengthen and bless.
Be firm the rock that in ocran is planted,
Be brave the tempest that faces the storm
Go forth, with the step If hero undaunted,
Keep Home for thy compass and Lie beating warm.
Keep up a good heart: it is useless r"pining.
see glimpses Of light ou the track Of f' yet;
he hoping and striving not always di'inns
A pathway to SORROW with thorns ii-beset
'Ts better TO watch for the rainbow that shin"th,
In beauty beyond, where the winds at rest:
Each cloud hath Il fragment Of silver that lin tI,'
To temper misfortune. aud Inakcth us blcst.
Keep mp a good heart, never slucgishly wasting
Tn. ric, gems OF thought and of feelings away;
Go forward to duty, press AMI bc tasting,
The produce of action. no longer delay.
'Tis true, we must travel Ger many a m7untain,
And pant with the iic-loal Of wcarisome care;
Yet deep in the valley there sushe. a f'uu tiin
Its waters iiving--Ao. never despair.
Keep up good heart It's the best way t. Ii shten
The ydk. OF existence. whatever thy lot;
Ere DAY break III. darkst-the mornin, will brighten;
Fear not. nd for all th-rs'- "a sansl.iny spot
Iiold fast the ssSursnc'. and firmly rciyinE
Fear not, thcu wilt reap the reward If the just;
There's peace and there's peasurc-a comfort nndyinc.
Who true to ,I.~r conscience make ,yen their ;rus
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dazzled the Holy City witfr>~~oc~~
well as with her beauty. And~eai'h as
truth burst upon Edgar that she was Tue u,
a Circean charmer, and though fair as the
marble, and Of perfect form like the statue
there was no heart within to animate the
cold and soulless mass, and to beat re-
sponse to the truthful throb of love. So
the feast of beauty was to him like the "a
bled fruit-as bitter as it was fair. The
divinity of the dream was not yet come.
next met my friend in Boston, on his
return from Europe. He came to re- visit
his uncle, and of course found changes
among his early friends His uncle well
coined him very kindly; and Edgar found
Elgcria grown much older in sentiments
and thoughts, though but little more mark
ed by years for time in life is to be meas
ured by events, emotions, and the beats of
the heart, rather than by the ticks of the
pendulum. The sluggish mind never learns
new thought, or experiences new emo
tion, and so never advances in life; while
the ftful and fevcrish child of nerve be-
comes prematurely old. Edgar found the
wild, thoughtless girl he had left just bud
ding into womanhood She was as much
improved in person as in mind and while
she was modest and good, if she ever erred
it was upon the side Of charity and kind
ness.
He spent few months at the hospita-
BILE old mansion, and in answer to his ur-
gent invitation | visited him as came
that way
ut is great mistake" said he to me
one evening, " to be forever looking aiar
off among the subjects of Fame for great
ness and goodness, when the elements Of
natures nobility are so profusely scattered
around US, just within our reach. Nan
looks in novelty for superior excellencies,
when he has within himself the germ of all
that he longs to find and worship. Around
rs and within us nature has been as bouu-
iful as elsewhere, and it is an imputation
lpon Divine Wisdom to believe, as too
many do, that most vessels are made to
lishonor. After looking in vain for far
If mysterious shrine, l am again in the
omc Of my boyhood; and here-among
he unassuming, ,virtuous and modest friends
7hom know bcst-I fud the vision of
~ dream realized in-ELGERIA."-
Star Of the North.
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Thanksgiving Day-A Proclamation

,~, Fellow Citizens: The Al
! T.. s. mighty and merciful God has
49, continued his guardianship ovel
our Commonwealth during the year thai
is past. Except in a single community
which claims our sympathies, "The pesti
lence that walketh in darkness, and the
destruction that wasteth at noon-d day." has
/ not had his leave to smite. Health has
generally prevailed. The tumult of inter
nal strife has not been heard Unexam.
Piled prosperity has attended the peaceful
pursuits Of our citizens. "Seed time and
harvest has returned )" our garners have
been filed with the finest of the wheat
Our cup of blessings has overtlowed. The
educational institutions Of our Common
wealth are growing in the affections of the
people, developing the youthful mind, and
clevating our National character. General
intelligence and morality are on the adj
vance. Our holy religion, through its own
institutions, continues to exert its sacred
influence on the public mind-to admins
ter its consultations to the contrite and pure,
and inspire them with the hopes of immor-
tality.
As nation, We are at peace with all
the world, and emineatly prosperous. The
free institutions of our government have
been strengthened by the trials of the past,
and brighter promise dawns upon the
future. 10 God, most great and good, we
owe all our blessings. To him our thanks
are due.
Under this solemn conviction, and in
conformity with the wishes Of many good
citizens, I, WILLIAM BIGI Et, Governor of
the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania, do
hereby appoint Thursday, the hceny,ftM
day Of Norember nert, as day of Gener-
al Thanksgiving and Prayer throughout
the State, and earnestly besecch the citi-
z.ns OF the Commonwealth, of all classes,
that, setting aside all worldly business on
that day, they unite in offering thanks to
Almighty God for His blessings, and in
yoke the continuance of His goodness
Given under my hand and the great Seal
If State, at Harrisburg, this twenty fifth .
lay of October, in the year of our Lord
'ne THOUSAND eight hundred and ffty-two,
md Of the Commonwealth the seventy
eventh.
By TIE GOVERNOR
E.s. GOODRICH,
Dep. Sec'y of the Commonwealth.
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Pat Flannery is not only an efficient Of
ficer, but something of wag. Fond of a
good joke, he never misses the opportunity
Of playing one. n few evenings since, he
was sitting on the Uncle Sam corner 'front.'
ing the levee, when long, lank' Wabash
deck hand passed him holding in one hand
an acre Of gingerbread, and in the other
huge bologna sausage. Atalmost every
step he would satisfy the cravings of his
with a bite from each of the aforesaid ar
ticles. Pat no sooner saw him than he
determined on joke.
As the Hoosier passed Pat, rat ran
across the sidewalk, at which he wickedly
made kick.
Leave that rat alone," yelled Pat, as
if angry. ...
"Leave that rat alone," repeated the
Hoosicr, looking at Pat with his mouth full
of bologna, " what do you wan: feller to
leave that alone fur p
Because 1t belongs to me, and will
not have it abused.''
"Beloug to you? What on airth do
you want with rats -
"Make bologna sausages of them, sir,
and right nice ones they make, too
The Hoosier waited to hear no more, but !
his mouth Of its contents, and
flinging his bologna as far as the strength ,
Of his arm could send it, hastcned to the |
nearest groggery for three cent dram,to,
IS he expressed it, take the darned ratty
.aste 0at." Hu-ft /
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For the Lewisburg Chronicle
Central New York Correspondence.
UTICA. Oct. Is. 1852.

UTICA, Oct. Is, 1852
FRIEND WoRDEN: As the " Empire
and the keystone" States are ncighbors
it is proper that We should be nei ghborly
l therefore send you few random tho'ts
which may interest some of your readers
The United States Hotel in this city, a
large brick edi6cc, built originally, as you
remember, for Theatre, is now ieveled
with the ground, to give place to a large,
commodious City Hall, and United State,
Court Room.
The new ediGcc erected by the First
Presbyterian Church, in place of the one
burnt about two years since, is now COM
pleted, and is to be dedicated tomorrow
The imposing structure, ] learn, is after
the model of Grace Church, in New Y ork,
and has cost over $50, 700. L. ha. tower
on the southwest corner, two hundred
feet high, and another on the southeast
corner, over one hun lred feet in height.
The New York Baptist Registcr-which
has been published at Utica for the State
Convention about thirty ycars-has been
transferred to A. NJ. Becbe, L. j. D., (who
has for twenty seven years been its Editor
for 81 500 fair sum for the name and
good ,oiN' emily, without type, or press,
or scrap of paper. L. is understood that
he will continue the present publisher
Mr.. BcnnetD at the helm, while ne re-
mains commander. The Register has
been an influential paper, and the sale to
Mr.. Beebe is pleasing to the denomina-
ton, as the Convention were in debt.
Gen. Scott passed through this place last
Saturday. The war-worn veteran looked
somewhat fatigued from his exciting jour-
ney, and as friend after friend pressed
through the crowd to greet the hand that
had grown old in its country's service, he
the numerous crowd to squeeze
it scJt!y. A friend pleasantly repeated his
request, and remarked that though his
Jody was Scared and shattered in his
service, yet bis heart was whole
Why is not moral worth more respected
by political opponents? lave thought,
in view of the ISLANDERS so freely circulated,
that if every slandsrer was gagged, as they
we're in Mexico under the Mexican Govern
msnt, for that crime, both political parties
would furnish a large number of gagged
md dumb-founded culprits.
have just returned frem trip to New
York by way of the Hudson River Rail-
oad. The cars move from 80 to 40 miles
o the hour, and go quietly that you can
cad or converse with great ease, and at
he same time feel safe-a result long |
'ished for, and now grati6ed on this road. {
he cars arc so convenient, that three per-
ems we're seated cn one seat, "a gentle .
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The Great are Falling from Us.
EYr. BUCHANAN READ

ihe great az" falling from us-to the dust,
Our aas drooss midway, full Of many sishs;
nations glory arI peoples trust
Lie In the ample PLi where WkBsrEn lies.
The great are falling from rs-onc by one,
As fall the patriarchs OF tn forest trees:
The winds shall seek them vainy, and the sun
Gaze on each vacant space for CENTURIES.
Now Carolina mGurns her steadfaSt Pine,
Which, like main-mast, lowered above her
realm;
And Ashland hears no more the voice divine
From cut the branches of her stately Elm.
OF turned the ocean tempest from the West
Lies on the shore he guarded long-and now.
Our startled Eagle knows no, where TO rest!
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A RI We RE,
AND YET NOT ALL A REVERE.
III T. " wz,yER, ESQ.

l often wondered for what good purpose
on earth nature had designed my young
friend Edgar Lincoln He had SO little
of what the world calls the practical y
in him that he seemed all unfit for any ac-
Z ;e and useful calling in world Of flesh
and blood He had piled up an immeas-
urable fund of learning, and garnered up
knowledge with a wild passica- Nature
opened her great sterchouse of hidden Sc
cre,s to his unwcayied toll, until he lived
upon these as a mscr gloats cvcr his gold.
His tongue was of the most persuasive, yet
gentle eloquence, AID when the subject
warmed his soal, not only the thrilling
music Of his words would burn conviction
on the mind of an auditor, but the large
lustrous eyes of Edgar would beam with
animation, and iascaate with resistless
ch: rm. If his fortune had been ample,
could haze understood his mission for his
heart, when he opened it to ycur gaze, was
a mine of bcneficence and kindness. But
he was poor, and depended upon the liber-
slity of generous uncle for his education,
and upon his own uuaided energy for his
outfit and success in life.
So waxed on the college days Of nay
friend, and he began to study the profes
sion of law Little Eigcria, bright-eycd
ward Of Edsar's uncle, was much wont to
tease the wayward student in his unfriend- !
ly mood, when he spent week or two at
the home Of his youth. He wished the
child, (shs was only fourteen was little
more thoug ghtful, for her ringing laugh
seemed to him so very wild, and she in her
merry romp so very regardless of the feel
ings Of others more sedate than herself
And yet in his kindness he always forgave
her, and went again to lis books and his
thoughts.
In his aspirations for the beautiful and
the good Edgar became an enthusiast, and
his mind communed with unseen spirits
who profaned not his holy thoughts by
letting them touch any igneble thing OF
Garth When the cold world passed an
unfcsling and unjust judgment, Edgar
turned away sorrowiug and sad to the bet
ter spirits in his own heart But as he
was human, in time he began to wonder
whether there was no human similitude OF
that guardian spirit of goodness and kind
ness which alone then had dispelled his
grief with the warmth Of smile not seen
but felt, and which alone, as yet, he had
trusted to share his joys. i
But his dreams were not always those of
the open day, for they often came when
the rude outer world was closed from bis
vision. In one of these sylph Of lowell
ness and light was his companion, and he
listened to the melody of her voice as it
echoed the highest and holiest thoughts of
his own soul-such thoughts as he had l
never heard from human lips, and had him
self been afraid to utter. With her he {
rambled through Elysian Fields and fair
Areadian Groves, and though thousand
birds OF brightest plumage made the grove t
merry with :heir minstrelsy, her voice
varbled more gently in his ear than any
or all others. There were flowers of the ,
tboss-.~d richest bues, but she was fajrsst j
Of them all. There were perfumes :. ""-
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of existence, and must have been =" 'he
making of something out Of nothing,
Pantheism in all its forms is proved 10 oe
an absurdity, like every other species Oh
Atheism.-Proc Richards.
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SEpwARD EVERETT, formerly Gov
ernor of Massachu,etts,and U. S. Minister
t, Great Britain, has, after delilerati, D,
accepted the Office of Secretary Of State,
tenderei him by Pros Fillmore.
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Col. ISAAC WAYNE, the only son of
Major General Anthony Wayne, of the
Revolutionary War, died on Monday last
at his residence in Chester county, in the
SD year of his age. Col. Wayne was al
excellent citisen and we'll worthy of the
distinguished name he bore In early
times he took a prominent part in :he pol
ities of the State, and was formerly in the
State Senate, besides holding other Offices.
He was also the candidate for Governor of
the Federal party in 1914, in opposition
to Gov. Snyder.
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THE Hon. ABBoTr LAWRENCE arrived
at Boston in the steamship Niagara, on
Thursday evening. Several personal friends
awaited him at the wharf, but there was
no public display. He shook hands very
cordially with his friends, and immediate
IL proceeded to his residence
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man q between two young ladies, recl'-
ming his head on the shoulder of one, but
he was the laughing stock Of the passen-
gersS
Another sd acedeut nccurrea on the
river, the night before I came up, when
the steamer Francis Skiddy ran into n
sloop, cut her in two, and tn, sloop and
all hands sunk Immediately, the rapidity
and darkness rendering rescue impossible
As we passed the Cattskill Mountains,
We noticed the two highest points were
white with snow, lodged doubtless on the
trees and bushes. Mr.. Foster, whose re-
markable leap down the falls there few
years since, astOnished the public, is now
a popular practical dentist in Utica.
The crops have come in finely. Potatoes
are better, and more plenty than for many
years. The warm fall rains have assisted
vegetation, and relieve our farmers from
much anxiety.
l am happy to hear of the prosperity of
your Institution at Lewisburg. Every
morally educated man, (like we'll polished
stone in building.) adds strength to our
national edifce. Yours truly, S. I.
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~We learn By late Fe:siga Ar,ivali.
that Louis Napoleon has returned f.on
his extended tour through the Provinces
of France; and there is every indisa,ie.
of an early proclamation Of the Empire
What will be the sasseqdent policy q
Napoleon III. 't..ne only can deteiu e.