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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09
Moral Courage.
CALMNEss, FIRMSESS, AND SELF POSSESSION.
"Be calm-he true-Se selfpossessed.
Aud Heaven will give and guard the rest y


"Be cam-he .rue--5e selfpossessed
Aud Heaven will give and guard the rest"
The philosophy of keeping calm and
cool is very difficult to understand and
practice with success at this season Of the
year. Some individuals are always in a
heated and excited state, and their suffer
ings with the thermometer at 95 deg,
must be intolerable indeed There are
others again who seldom permit their eGua-
nimity Of temper to be disturbed. They
adapt themselves TO the weather and to
circumstances, and pass through life as
quietly and calmly as possible. If they
have important and even arduous business
to transact, they endeavor to ft them
selves for its discharge, not by eagerness,
impotence and blus;er, but by quiet,
method, and calm determination. And
this, perhaps, is the true philosophy.
Some persons, for example, are forever in
hurry. They are, moreover, always be-
hind time. They thus become fretful,
excited and irritated-and not only lose
their temper, but are often cleft behind, i"
when it is important that they should be
on board a steamboat or railroad car, in
an omnibus or stage. They waste mo-
ments, nay, hours, in idle conversation or
in trifing pursuits, and then complain tlat
they are $50 unfortunate" They neglect
business, break engagements, violate com
pacts, and at the same time wonder at the
want of confidence that is exhibited toward
them, and at their loss of integrity and
trade How frequently do we see indi-
viduals fastening to steamboat landing,
red with excitement, just two or three
minutes after the boat has started, and
astonished as well as indignant that some
little delay has not taken place for their
peculiar accommodation Inquire into
the causes of their procrastination, and
they will be found in some idle conversa-
ton by the way, Or sad forgetfulness of
hours and facts. There is, indeed, moth
ing like system in the ways of this world.
Punctuality and regularity are adorning
qualities in the character of man. An
individual who is in the habit Of violating
engagements, however trifiing, is sure
sooner or later, TO lose not only his friend:
and his character, but his own self-respect
The best way to keep cool, therefore, is tt
be upright, regular, systematic aud self
possessed. We should not put of till to
morrow what may be done to-day W,
should not permit difficulties to accumu
late, that might be removed step by step
: Ali should endeayor to exercise some de
; gree of manliness, and confront trouble a
the beginning. This is indeed one Of tn
great essentials, not only of success in life
q but Of comfort and contentment. Th
f doctrine is, we admit, much easier t
preach than to practice. It is much easie
5 to pont out and criticize the weakness {
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09
Outrageous Case of Kidnapping.

We were yesterday put in possession Of
the particulars Of most bold and outra-
geous case OF kidnapping. 1t occurred in
Steep Falls, Standish, Me. The following
are briefly the particulars i: Last Friday
noon, as the son of Dr.. J. P. Weeks, a
boy four years old, was going to school,
horse and chaiss passed through the vii
lage, and just as it reached the place where
were several children, two women got ont,
seized DR.. Weeks boy, and taking him
into the ohaise, drove off. DR.. W. did
not hear IF the circumstance till nearly
dark, when he went in pursuit of the kid
nappers. 1t appeared that the women
drove to Gorham, Is miles, where they
tooS the cars t, Portland. At Portland,
they took the steamer St. Lawrence, and
arrived in this city Saturday morning.
At s clock they took the cars for Spring
field. From thence they proceeded to
Dalton, village near New York line
From this place they travelled six miles
on foot, and in the night, the boy in the
meantime suffering extreme physical
agony.
! DR.. Weeks continued, to follow them,
and on Monday, in compaAwith Sheriff
Tuttle, of Hendills, found the kidnappers
with the kidnapped boy, in house two
miles from any neighbors, in wild and
mountainous region. The women refused
to surrender the boy, and resisted tbs
officer most pertinaciously. IN fact, they
fought like desperadoes, and in the en-
counter Sheriff Tuttle was personally
much injured. The clothes of the womer
were nearly torn from their bodies in th'
melee. They were finally taken into Gus
tody, and conveyed to the county Jail
where they will remain till requisitio1
for their surrender is forwarded from tn
Governor of Maine to the Governor o
New York.
DR.. Weeks returned to the city yester
day, and last evening proceeded home
wards, delighted Of course, to obtain hi
boy, who is q bright and handsome ittl
! fellow.
The kidnappers carried their oharg
over sic hundred miles. One Of the wt
3 men is about 6fty years old, ard the othe
0 about twenty-five. The six miles the
Travelled on foot was over range Of Il
:, Green Mountains. Their names are SUI
: pressed at the request Of Dr.. Weeks. i.
is enough that they are secured, and tn
4 justice will b dealt out to them for the
Is high crime.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09

registration of the birth in the Register
office necessary to the appointment o
Guardians, &c, the proof to be made un
der oath, when the Register will furnish a
certificate, which the party applying fol
the minor will file in tie Office Of the Clerk
of the Orphans Court.
Every return is to be considered as an
application to register, and failure to re-
gis,er accordingly within "a days after such
application, subjects the Register to pen
atty Of $40.
False swearing, or returning false certi-
fcates and false entries are provided against
in the 10th section.
For registering births or deaths which
took place, Or Of marriages contracted, pre-
vious to the year 1851, 25 cents are to be
paid by the party making the return but
no charge is made for administering an
oath or examining witness, unless the
testimony is reduced to writing.
For making current registrations since
the passage of The act, six cents, to be paid
by the County Treasurer.
In the case of deaths, the form is to en-
brace the full name of deceased; color, sex,
age, name Of father, name Of mother, occu-
patton, place Of birth, name Of wife, name
of husband, date of birth and death, cause
of death, name of place, town, township
and county in which the person died, place
OF interment, with the name of person ma
king return, place Of residence and date
In the case of marriages-full name of
husband, name of father of husband, name
of mother, occupation of husband, residence
of husband, birth place Of husband; full
name of wife previous to marriage, name
of the mother. time when marriage was
contracted, town, township and county
where contracted color; by what ceremo-
ny, name of person pronouncing marriage,
residence Of person last named; date of
certificate.
In case of birth, full name of child, sex,
color, name of other issue living, full name
of father, occupation of father, name of
mother previous to marriage; hour, day
of week, of month and year Of birth; town
or township; name of physician or other
person certifying, or on whose application
registry is made; residence of such person,
date of certificate
The Register of Wills of each county,
magistrates and others, in making the re-
turns required by TIE law, will have blank
forms prepared, of which those interested
may obtain copies for use.
The law is an important one in many re-
spects and its provisions should be carried
nuf
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09
Mind and Body.

/
DR.. James johnson, in his essay O
Indigestion" has the following excellen
remarks on the influence which the condi
ton Of the body has on the mind an'
heart:
"Many a happy and lucky though
has sprung from an empty stomach
Many an important undertaking has beer
ruined by a bit of undigested pickle
many well laid scheme has failed ii
execution from drop of green bile; man,
a terrible and merciless edic. has gonC
forth in consequence Of an irri,ated gastric
nerve. The character Of mems minds has
often suffered from temporary derange
meuts of the body; and thus health may
make the same man hero in the field
whom dyspepsia may render inbecile in
the Cabinet"
Mr.. J. illustrates his subject in the fol-
lowing manner:
81 lately saw gentleman Of brilliant
talents and prolific genius who could sit
down and write extemporaneously whole
pages of superior poetical etfusions with
scarcely an effort of mind, and who would
yet, from sudden arrangement Of the
digestive organs, be so completely and
quickly prostrated in intellectual power
as not to be able to wyite three lines on
the most common subject. On late &C.
aston, when he had merely to communi-
cate an official transaction that required
not more than half dozen lines in the
plainest language, he could not put pen to
paper, though the attempt WIS made fifty
times in the course Of two days. At
length lie was forced to throw himself into
a pos,chaise and perform long journey
to deliver orally what might have been
done in one minute by the pen.
"In half an hour after this task was
performed he sat down and wrote an ode
descriptive of his own state Of nervous
irritability, which would not have done
discredit to the pen of Byron.
"The author of this essay has himself
been so enervated by &. Of what j. called
indigestion as to be utterly incapable Of
breaking the seal of letter for twenty
four hours, though to all appearance in
good health at the time. Equally aston
ishing and unaccouutable is the degree of
timidity, terror, incapacity, or whatever
other magic spell it is, which annihilates
for time the whole energy of the mind,
and renders the victim of dyspepsia afraid
Of his own shadow, or of things more IN
substantial, if possible, than shadows"
Again be gays:
"It is under the influence of such parox-
ysms as these, am thoroughly convinced,
that nine-tenths of those melancholy in
s.ance. of suicide which shock the ears Of
the public take place"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09

Twas far beyond yon mountains, dear,
We piishief vows of love,
The ocean wave was at our feet,
The autumn sky above;
The pebbly shore WAS covered Ger
With many Il varied she'll,
And on the pillows curling spray
The suubeams glittering tell.
The storm has yexed the billow of,
And oft that storm has set,
But phshted love remains with US
In peace and lustre ye:.
Iveiled thee to lonely haunt,
That baShiui love might speak
Where none could hear what love revealed,
Or see the crimson cheek;
The shore was all deserted.
Aud We wandered there alone.
And not n human sttp impressed
The sand beach but our own.
Thy footsteps all have vanished
FROM the bi!low-heaten strand
The VOWS we hr-athed remain " it'll us
They were not traced in sand.
Far. far W left the sea-girt shore,
EEaeaTcl hy chIidhOods 5 dream,
To seek the humble cot hat smiled
L, hair Uhio's >trcaIn;
In vain the mountain elf opposed,
The mountain torrent .srei,
For iovc unfurlei her s.nkinE wing,
And Der each barrier scared;
And many a vile dom lIu We passed
And many an ample dome,
Bct none - birss-i, SO dear TO US,
As wedd u loves tiTst home.
Beyoni those mountains now are all
That e'sr We loved or knew,
The iong Iememberea many.
And the dearly cherished few;
The M me Of her We value,
And the crave Of him we mourn,
Are ther.--and there is all the past,
To which the heart eau turn;
But dearcr scenes around us here,
Aud hSelirr. JOYS We trace,
For here Is we'd I'D loves G-st home,
lts ha.lowed resting place.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09
Registration Of Births, Marriages and
Deaths,

The recent Act of the Legislature on
this subject went into operation on the 1st
of July inst The following is synopsis
of its provisions, and the form Of the ce--
tiicate of return to the Register of Wills
Office, adopted in accordance with the Act.
The lst section declares that the law
shall 90 into effect on the I.t day Of July,
1852
The I'd, Sd and 4th sections, direct that
marriages, births and deaths respectively,
shall be returned to the Register of Wills
in the form of certificate, which certificate
shall be signed By the person who oertifies
to facts contained in it. The I'd section
provides also that under certain circum-
stances, the parent may make the return
of the birth to the Office. Parties are not
subject to penalty for neglscting to make
the return except as to deaths occurring in
the city and county Of Philadelphia.
Physicians, &C., are required to furnish
persons having charge of burial grounds,
precious to iaterment, with certificate, in
the form as provided for in the 4th section,
and the persons having charge Of such
grounds are required to procure such GER
tifcate, and a physician or surgeon neglec-
ting to furnish, or a sexton neglecting to
procure, or having procured the same neg
lecting, within 80 days, to return to TIE
Register such certificate, are subject fol-
every offence to fine of IS.
The form Of return of death must
be signed by the sexton, but the Act does
not however require that the name Of the
sexton shall be entered on the register.
The 9th section embraces marriages
births or deaths happening previously tc
the passage of the act. The proof in these
cases must be upon oath or affirmation.
The 9th section provides for returns o
deaths preliminary to letters testamentary
&c. and not required to be under oath
The returns made under this section mus
contain the items set forth in the 4th sec
, ton, as far as it may be in the power o
the party to return them. 1t does not sa.
, who shall make the return, but refer
to the 4th section, in which it is made To
duty Of the physician or surgeon With
. thirty days sitter the decease. The retur
!. mus. be made before the grant Of letter:
D &c.
o If application is made for letters on th
! estate of a person who died previously
). the passage Of the act, it must be mad
), under oath, as required BY the 9th sect'o'
r and the registry entered among the ancu
e rent registrations. -.
all The 7th section refers tc the action
the Orphans Court, and makes lrsvi0'
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09
From the National Police Gazette
Gold and Labor.

WILL THE INFLUX OF GOLD RAISE
TIE RATE OF WAGES This question,
which everybody has conclusively settled
according to their own ideas, hundred
times, still continues to agltate the COM
munity, showing the truth of the old
adage, "a man convinced against his
WILL" &c, &c. We have heretofore ex-
pressed our opinion that such would not
be to any material degree, and we are
not among those who consider that such
an event would be desirable One thing
we are confident of, if gold were to make
such revolution as regards the relative
value of labor. the results would tell hard
upon the laboring classes. We will brief
ly state our reasons for arriving at this
conclusion.
A general increase in the rate of wages,
or what amounts to the same thing, de-
crease in the value of money, will not take
place in an equal ratio with rise in the
price of provisions, clothing, and articles
of any kind procurable with money. How
ever much wages might rise, the poo
would be Immediately the sufferers, no
only in consequence of the reason afcresai'
but because employers would not them
selves receive money in such amounts t
would Immediately enable them to pa,
the wages demanded, and work would fal
of. 1t would be an unhsal by advance
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09

The mother of the child was nearly IN
sane from her loss; which ere this has
been changed to joy. This is one Of tbs
boldest and most novel cases Of kidnap-
ping that has occurred Of late years.
Boston Bee.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09
1EwIsBURG CHRONICLE
An INpEtESDEsr FAMILY JOURNAL,
Issued on Wednesday, mornings at LelcisGurg
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<,5 if paid within tirrr months S.Go if paid within
vr,r 80 If not pad h'fore the year exrrs; for
.nrle numbers. Subscriptions for six mouths less
J. nai in advance. Dscontinuancrs optional with the
;nblish.r except when the year is paid up
lpvfRrlsEuEYrs handsomely inserted at so cents per
.,u.-e one week. 81 four weeks - year squares,
a. 81 six months - i,r a wear. Mercantile advertise
p,nts not rxce-lns fourth of column, so year.
TDB WORK and casual advertisements 20 be paid for
when han led in delivered.
CNscSr.roys solicited all subjects Of general inte
st not within Of party or srctarin contest
All letters must postpaid, accom- anied 10y the real
l-.ss nj lhr writer 10 receive attention. RsFhosc
reanr exclusively to the Eiitora Department u be d
r..tsl 10 UEyRY {. ICEoK. Esd, Ed.yr-and those on
iusiness to q. y. WoRpLN. PabItshtr.
oa. ON NJ rkt street between Second and Third.
the pnst1)air. %. y. wpRDES, Proprietor.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09

SHOCKING DEArH.-We regret to learn
that Capt Grim, Of the canal boat Judge
Anthony, Of this place, met with his death
in the most shocking manner, on Monday
last He was on his return trip from the
city, and was about crossing the river by
the bridge at Columbia, when by some
accident his leg became entangled in the
tow line of boat crossing in an opposite
direction. Before be could be released
from his dreadful situation the tow line
almost tore his leg from his body. Torn,
laceratsd, and bleeding ffightfully-his
leg suspended by a fragment of the bone
and shred Of flesh, cop.aiu Grim steered
his beat across the rirer and into the canal
at C5,umbia, and then fell exhausted upon
the deck. He survived this extraordinary
feat only two hours:-Lycoming Dem.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09

EASY TiMEs.-The " r Tribune pub
fishes tables from which it appears that
2O4 officers in the navy have been entirely
unemployed for periods varying from 5 TO
10 years l65 have done nothing for 10
years and over; Sc had rest and ease for
more than 20 years and 2 captains have
enjoyed uninterrupted repose for more
than 80 years-all these receiving their
pay and emoluments, and yet not perform
ing days duty in all the time, not even
shore service in navy years. Il also ap-
pears that 2l6 officers are now waiting or
ders, and, Of course, are doing nothing.
1t would seem rather strange that nothing
could be found for the surgeons or the
ehaplains to do for so many years.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09
WFi'zgerald's Phillda. city Item say

Ry- Fi'zseraldS Phillda. CITY Item says
of the UNIVERSITY AT LEwIsBURG-
"The location of the InstitutiOn, is a
splendid one. For bean'y Of scenery, and
health, We know of no place to compare
with it. From the University, the roman
tic Bluff at Northumberland on the South,
the Montour Ridge to the East, and the
White Deer Mountain on the North, are
all visible 4 friend Of eurs, who has
travelled in Europe: assures us that the
region is our Pennsylvania Devonshire-
surprising, however, in beauty, that cele-
bratcd county.
The route up the Susquchanna will be-
come celebrated throughout the United
States, when Railway makes it open for
the travelling community.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09

The LADIES GOT WEr-Aboct one
thousand ladies, who went to Dorchester,
on Tuesday, to attend the conservation Of
the new Cemetery, got most thoroughly
drenched in the remarkable shower that
ragged at that time A friend who vas
present describes them as most sorry look
ing creatures, straight, tall, slim, long-fa-
ced affairs, looking as though they were
ready to enter the cemetery in another cas
pacity than as spectators. 1t vas utterly
impossible for them to gain shelter, and
TINS for two long hours they were obliged
to submit to the hydropatby of hearen.-
Beautiful bonnets, handsome silks, fastid-
iously starched rusiins, new and rich de
lanes, all were soaked, undone, ruined
The sex-so brave in dress, so beautiful i
in color-in one short hour lost all its po-
etry, all Its fine sentiment, all its delicious
uhliosophy-BJstou Bee
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09
Artirlrs Jefcrre0 last fUech.

nTFor valuable and desirable Town
Lots and Farms, see I'd column, 4th page,
of the Chronicle.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09

EDITORS LOOKING Up-The editor ~
the Lebanon advertiser has been made &
School Director. He is SC elated With Is
idea Of being an oEee-holdsr, that bG
makes his wife allow him clean shire
every morning, and has added two inches
70 the height OF MS collars!
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09

A genius in Troy has invea,ed 3 ssosf
that saves thsee-quas;ers Of The wood
while the sshes It makes pay for tbs ~
lmaindnr.. 80
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09

Upon coming into the office the other
day, says an exchange, We asked the
"devir' his rule for punctuation. Said.
he, 81 set up as long as L can hold ny
breath, then1 put comma; when I gape,,
insert semi-cclon when 1 snee,e, a colon5'
and when l want another chew Of tobacco,
insert period"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09
Would Have II,

Yesterday morning countryman and
lately espoused RIB, went into dug store
on the corner of Western Row and Eighth
streets, and called for glass of soda va.
.er. As usual the interrogation Of what
kind of syrup will you have?" was made.
The man apparently Of the frat water, re-
Piled" syrup Of squils." "We do not
use that kind" replied the druggist "r
knows you don't, bekase it's costly. Iw1
have the syrup of squills," said the man.
The druggist demonstrated, but all TO NO
purpose He would have it, remarking
:" that all the other syrups were made Of
sugar, lemon drops, sarsaparilla, and suck
things to humbug the people" The squills
were got, and our hero requested to pour
out for himself, and he did so, and boun-
tiful quanty to get the worth Of his money
filling one third of his glass. The heroine
on being asked how she would prefer hers
raised herself to the dignity of a supposed
city belle in her opinion, and replied, az
reckon as how will try mine without the
squills or any sweetnirg." Her wish was
complied with, for the druggist was nom
plussed at the independence of the appa-
rently happy couple. They touched their
glasses, drank, and sat down, as they re-
marked, to "let it settle" In passing
their opinion on the drinks, they gave any
thing but favorable decision. In few
minutes our hero commenced getting sick,
and vomiting prodigiously. The scens
which followed beggars description. The
woman cried and wrung her hands. The
young man supposed himself 70 be dying,
fell on his knees in prayer, and offered
fire cents to physician who was near by,
if be would cure him. The man after two
hours severe sickness began to feel better,
aud pouring any quantity of epittets on
all soda water syrups, &C., the unhappy
couple left, when the numerous persons
who had assembled in the store sat down
aud enjoyed hearty laugh. The ph5si.
clan received half dime for his troubis-
Gin. Non.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09

HAT WANTED" Please, Mr. Smith,
pappy wants to know if you won't lend
him the model of your hat?' "CsrtingAy ~
my son what for Z" He wants to nsfs
scare-crow to keep the corn out o. our
turkey-bussards." Exit youth, followed
by Smith and new axe handle.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-09
Welded Loves First Home,

been so recognized.