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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-03-17
Two Hundred Dollars for a Hand.

A jury in the Nisi Prius branch of the
Supreme Court, yesterday, decided that
the right hand of Il laboring man, in the
prime of life, is worth exactly two hundred
dollars. How this calculation was made,
we do not know, but the verdict of the
sworn twelve" has recorded the result
and it is ther fore, to be deemed and taken
hereafter, that looping off the right hand
Of man who depends upon his labor for
the support of himself and family, will
cost the humane individual WHO performs
the operation Just two hundred dollars.
From these premises we also learn what a
man hand is worth per annum, which Is
a point gained in asccrtaining precisely
the wages equitably due to laboring man.
The interest of $500 is Sl2 a year,
dollar a month, or fraction less than %
cents a week. The circumstances under
which this calculation WAS made were
these The plaintiff in this suit was a
coachman, in the employment of livery
stable keeper The latter wished some re-
pairs or alterations made to his stable, ami
employed a carpenter to make them. The
carpenter put lis men at the work, and
they raised large beam on three upright
posts, and there left it, improperly secured,
while they sought shelter from a shower
of rain, and ate their dinner. The plain
tiff, in pulling his coach under the beam,
struck gas pipe which had been exposed
by the removal of an old post, and the
beam fell down upon him, crushing his
right hand in such manner as to render
at the wrist necessary. The
plaintiff sued the proprietor of the stable
and the carpenter for damages, and the
jury decided by their verdict, that the ac-
cident was caused by the negligence OF
the defendants, and estimated the plain
tiff's loss, suffering and damages at the
sum named. Had we not seen the figures
recorded in court, We should have inferred
that there was some mistake, and that
cypher or two had been lost in reporting
the verdict. But the court has the verdict
recorded aright.-thc verdict itsef is a
wrong.-I'hiiad. Ledyer.
The Governor of Rangoon lately impri.
soned thirty Mogul merchants because
they refused to sell goods on credit. They
we're released the next day, after paying
fees to the amount of 1,5O0 rupees for
their tuition in the principles Of political
economy.
THE LAST ONE.-David Kinnison, the
last survivor of the Bostonians, who threw
the tea overheard in Boston harbor, died
at his residence in Chicago, on the Oath Of
February, at the extraordinary age Of one
hundred and fifteen years. Mr.. kennison's
connection with the tea-party has never
been disputed, and there has been just
as little question in regard to his age.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-03-17

large German population. Several OF the
principal cities have German population
as follows: New York city, lOo,0Oo ;
Buffalo, $4,000; Cleveland, 1000; Mil
waukie, 10000; Chicago, 5000; St.
Louis, 80 900; Cincinnati, 10000. Large
numbers of Germans from Europe are ex-
pected to settle in Chicago and Illinois
next year.
"The Germans have in the United
States about two hundred and wenty-tive
weekly newspapers; also, between eight
and nineteen dailies. OF these, four are
in New York, three in Buffalo, three in
Buffalo, three in Milwaukee, one in Chica-
90, and four in Cincinnati"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-03-17

CHANGING NAMEs.-The bill which
has passed the House Of Representatives
of this State authorising the Courts of
Common Pleas to change the names of
persons provides that the Court designated
shall have power to do SO, upon the pay
ment of $40, of which sum 81 shall 80 to
the Prothonotary, and SS to the State,
and after the decree is made, the Court
shall order its publication for four success
i've weeks in two newspapers published in
the county of the residence of the person
having his name SO changed.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-03-17

Parson Green is in the habit, sometimes
of drawing upon IA barrel Of sermons be-
queathcd him by his father who was a
minister. Upon one occasion he got hold
Of sermon, by mistake, which the old
gentleman had once preached to the State
Prison eonvicts. 1t opened well, and the
congregation were becoming deeply inter
ested, when all at once the parson surprised
them with the information, that, sshad i,
not been for the elemeney of the Governor
every one Of them would have hlnr lon,,
go" =
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-03-17
II. C. HICKOk, EDITOR.
tfr
O. N. WORDEN, PRINTER.
,rwIsBURG CHRONICLE

- ,xnErENnENr FAMILY JUtRN0I'
y,sy,d on Wednesday mornings at LetciSourS'
Union county, i'ennsyfran,c.
TERNS-slso per years for cash actually IN advance
!, 10 il not paid before the year expires cents for
Hci snm.-s Subscriptions for six months or less to
pfli.bcr except when the year Is paid up.
,nytRrisENgSTs handsomely inserted at % cents per
r ON, Me IL 81 four weeks. > year; two squares,
= for six months. 3 for year. "'ir"'. ~ ~" y -
-, not exceeding one fourth OF column, $40 year
LOB WORK AMI casual alrcrtise ments 10 DC pau ior
when han led in or delivered "a.
,r,o>s sljci, on all subjects Of general nte-
=, NO, within the range of party or sectaran contest
Al, letter. must come postpaid ac'"Inanied ps .,r rea
dr,ss Of the writer. TO rcceive attention. Sc
ng exclusively t. the Editorial department TO lie di-
tel 70 UEyRY C. Hck lK. ESQ. I'd tor-and those on
h., sin,ss TO %. \. woKDEN. Prh'sh'r
,,fc- on Market street, between second anu inu 'er
the Post Office " ~ ""'Np"-'' '''l''''-
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-03-17

dence of the people and had pleasing
evidence that their efforts to lead the
Israelites to the true Messiah were not in
vain. .a
The Emperor of China has "degraded
FIVE steps" the late governor at Fuh Chau,
whose publications on geography have
excited considerable attention. He at
tempted to give bis countrymeu some
accuate knowledge of "the rest Of man
kind" but for this, and other acts showing
Difference to foreigners, he has fallen
under the royal displeasure.
The English squadron, Rev. J. Wilson
writes to the Missionary Herald, have
nearly put an end to the slave trade on
the west coast of Africa. All its strong
holds in the vicinity of the c ongo have
been abandoned. "Indeed," he says, 81
know of but three points on the whole
coast where it is still continued and these,
1 have no doubt, will be relinquished
before the close of the present year. The
year 1851 will probably be tho historic
period of the breaking up Of this protrac-
ted and wicked traffic."
The English C hapel at Rome, misseall
ed protestant" has got into a strange
position. The officiating clergyman is by
law under the jurisdiction of the Bishop
of Gibralter, but be has disowned the
authority of that see, on the ground that
the Pope, as Bishop Of Rome, dis the sole
ordinary of all episcopal churches in that
diocese" Yet it does not appear that the
clergyman renders canonical obedience to
the Bishop of Rome, SO that the congre
CATION is left in estate Of betweenity,"
neither Popish nor Protestant,-a most
perple1ing Puseyite dilemma.
Oregon Territory is said to have q
population of $4,000, of which there are
ministers of different denominations as
follow; Methodist Episcopal Is, Baptist
IL, Congregational 6, Presbyterian 4,
Methodist Protestant 4, Associate aad
Associate Reformed Presbyterian 3, Pro
! testant Episcopal l total 4s, or nearly
one to every 600 souls. Some of them,
it may be supposed, are not directly enga-
ged in the exescise of their profession.
I. The mission to the degraded population
S 's!!s:!|ll I'd 4 kssE as;;s;s. a.s s,:'
tions. It is proposed to erect new
church in the vicinity. A public meet
ing on behalf of the mission lately held
raised over s., 900.
Mr.. ScLoolcraft says that the American
Indians have no words with which tc
form profane oaths. Pity that some
white men had not as scanty vocabulary
since they make such bad use Of the Eng.
lish tongue.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-03-17

Vale, of the chapel of Buckingham Palace,
five clergymen in the single city of Leeds,
and the lion. and Rev. J I. Law Chan.
ccllor of Bath AMI Wells. Among the
distinguished laymen that figure in the
list, We find the name Of -Au brey de We're,
an author of rcpute
The apprchensions expressed that the
Baptists in Germany would meet with
increased severity from the government
are constantly verified. At EImbeck, in
Hanover, the assembly of the church mas
been twice dispersed by the police, and
their pastor is threatened with a prosecu.
ton in case he ventures to hold another
religious service. In Baden, though the
Jesu:s have the largest liberty, our bretll-
rem are forbidden to hold meeting for
worship. Another brother has been
expelled from Mecklenbnrg, and Mr..
Nicmi'z, the pastor of Memel, in Prussia,
has been forbidden to carry on Sabbath
school. Three complaints have been
made against him for administering the
Lords Supper.
Rev. Mr. Fairbank, of the mission at
Bombay, communicates to the Missionary
Herald some interesting facts respecting
the efforts made to counteract the demor-
aliSing literature, native and imported,
that besets intelligent young men. There
are many who have cast off Brahminism
without embracing Christianity. Caste
rules ard the rules of morality are both
disregarded. The native press is arrayed
against Christianity, though publications
started for that express end have common
ly been short-liyed. To stem this tide Of
evil, the Bombay Tract and Book Society
is constantly issuing works of standard
character, that find ready sale.
A late communication from Dr. Devan
of the Baptist mission shows that the
French authorities are more than ever
openly hostile to evangelical effort A
colporteur has been arrested and lodged in
prison. Two pious solpiers have been put
under arrest for reading the Scriptures
and observing social worship, which had
been the instrument of the conversion oI
two of their comrades.
The Csffre war shows no sign Of ter
mination, and the missions are still great
ly harrassed in consequence. The Mora
Wan station at Shiloh since it has been
re-occupied, is recovering measure Of
prosperity. Their church is occupied BY
the British troops, and their accommoda
ton for public worship are narrow, but it il
remarked that "many Of the Fingoos arr
very hungry after the bread of life."
The Austrian government has expelled
from Hungary the missionaries Of the Free
Church of Scotland, who had been labor
| ing since ls42 among the Jews at Psssl
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-03-17
Missionary Items.

The Governor General of India has sent
armed vessels to Rangoon, to obtain
redress Of the Burmese government for
outrases committed on British subjects.
Tne squadron, reached Rangoon on the
26th of Nov, and its arrival created, as
might be exp, c.ed, intense excitement
throughout the city. Commul j .ations
hid beeu made by the commander and
thirty-fivc days Lad been allowed for the
answer to be returned. 1t would be useless
to conjecture what Will be the answer, or
what will be the immediate result Of its
delivery. The missionaries, however, had
n, apprehension of personal danger. Mr..
Kincaid closes his letter of Nov %, by
the significant declaration that Calls safe"
He evidently rega ds this unexpected
movement on the part of the East India
government as signal, if not a decisive
event in the histo y o. recent NE .sures to
regain pos,essi n Of Burn III as mission
airy field. ...
The Missionary Herald publishes tables
from which We learn that the different
American missi onary societies now en-
brace 26l stations among the aborigines
of this country, and such other tribes and
nations, except those of continental
Europe, as fall within the scope of foreign
missionary operations. The whole num-
ber Of American missionaries and assis-
tants, connected with these stations, is
shown to be S2S of whom 369 are
ordained missionaries, 70 male assistants,
III efly printers and physicians, and $50
female assistants.
The ccnsecration of the new Romish
cathedral in New Orleans was celebrated
with the aid of battalion of artillery and
other military companies. A salute Of
twenty-five guns was fired on the entrance
of the rrocc: 81 m into the public square
the trooTs presenting arms As the arch
bishop appeared with the cross. Soldiers
''presented arms" at the bishops we read
of in the New Testament, in somewhat
different style, though it is recorded that
on one occasion St. Paul had the honor of
10 military escort from Jerusalem to
cGsarea - "
5 ] (ls;: IS; ;..sss :; =; ss;;is .
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-04-16
A Female Shin Cautain.

Amongst the feet wind hound in Lam
lash last we, k, not the least, but perhs ps
the greatest wonder was, the good Oh brig
Clelus, OF Sal,codts, which, Cor more than
~ years. has .bren comma nled by IN h role
and exceedingly clever young lady, Miss
Brtsey Miller, daughter OF lhe lale VIM.
Miller, Esq, ship owner and wood merchant
OF that town. He Was connected with sew
eral vessels both in the American and coast.
ing trade. Miss Brtsvy, before she We Mt 10
sea, acted as "ship's husband" TO her father;
and seeing how thu ca plain in many Cases
behaved, her romantic and adventurous spir.
II led her to 60 to sea hrrsrlf. ss,s-
| Her father gritified her caprice, and gave
her the command Of the C@ius, which shr
holds TO the presr Mt day, and she has wsath.
cred the storms Of the dep when many
commanders Of the oth.r sex. have bren
driven 10 pieces on the rocks. Her position
and attitudes on the quarter deck in a gale
Of wind arr often spoken Of. ami would d.
credit to an sailmiral. We must not omil
10 state that during the long p riod of ihi,
singular young ludy's diversifi, voyaging
no seaman Of hrr crew or officer unirr hr
commend, could speak otherwise Of her thai
with the greatest respect. Tht Cletns Il
well known in the ports of Belfast, Dublin
Cork, &c, &C.. Shr has often hetn driv, l
into this loch, and is familisrIy knowr
among the rude Highland boatsmen as In
loig luish Ca plain borin., /. e., the ship witt
the she captain" Scotch Paper, s..A
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-04-16
! Chapman again Growing.

Owing TO the nomination Of Col. McCarty
for Governor by the Indiana Whig conyen
iion, he resigned the Office Of Senator from
Marion county, and an election was ordered
10 iilllhe vacancy ltcame off shor, time
since and resulted in the election oi,Col, l.
Todd, the democratic nominee, who beat biz
oppouen,s John cobun, 69l votes. Thi'
doespEelty we'll for a county that has hereto
fore been swhig. Governor Wrights pros
poets iorre,election are considered highly "a
yorable. 5ae ssas "A, rs RIA
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-04-16
Railroads IN. the Unl,ed sta.es.

TheSuperiniendent of the Census has pub
lished very elaborate aud interesting slate-
inient in regard 10 the railroads vi the United
States, from which The following facts are
gathered. The number oi miles Of railroad
IN operation in the United States, January
Isl, 1852, was 1904 IL, Inihe course ol
construction 10 ,8g8 IL miles, The greater part
OF which will be finished within The ensu-
lng five years. The lengtt Of railroad bfo'i
tinlo operation since January l., lS48, is S.
.224 miles. Within the last year2 1853 miles
have been finished. II is supposed thai from
1000 To 1000 miles additional to the 1885
now known 10 be in progress will be put un.
contract during 1852. III sa a asl.
There never existed greater activity in the
making OF railroads in the United States than
at the present time. Since lS48 the extent
OF railroad opened for transportation has
nearly doubled. b BY the year 1860 we may
expect that the territory OF The United States
Will be tfaversed by al least 10000 mics oI
railroad, The cost Of the roads in New Eng.
land is about S45 900 per mile ; in N. York,
Pennsyiyania and Mary land about $40, 900.
But IN the interior of these Stats the surface
Of the country is broken, rendering the cost
OF grading very heavy; and nearer the sea
wide and deep streams interrupt the lines o,
travel, aud make the expense of bridging
serious item. = II. ( .,s.,. - -
In the Southern States and the valley of the
Mississippi $1,000 per mile is considered a
safe estimate. 10 many ofthr Western
States the cost ofgrading long line Of road
does NOT exceed $1,000 per mile--the cost Of
timber amounting TO nothing more, than the
expense Of clearing It from the track The
railroads in operation at the beginning Of the
present year maybe assumed to have cost
S34S 1000, 900. The amount invested in the
lines under construction il is impossible to
estimate. The cost will be considerably less
than that of anequal length Of road now in
operation. The rate of speed on our rail.
roads is not so great as on those Of England.
The ordinary velocity of passenger train is
twenty miles an hour, but on some routes il
sas high as twenty-eight and thirty miles. !
ln New England, The average price pei
mile for the conveyance Of passengers is un.
der two cents; from New York to Boston il
is two and four from New, York to
Philadelphia three and four -tentlis; from
Philadelphia 10 Baltimore, three and one.
tenth. From N. York TO Cincinnati, part BY
steamboat, under two cents per mile. The
lines brtween Baltimore and Cincinnnti
soon to beopened, will be $50 miles in length
and the fare will be- Sl3 two cents per mile
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-04-16
CE ON MARKET STREET
NUMBER 2.

thing they want; or tell us If you really
think (and give your reasons for thinking so,
that tie people Of this couatry are moi ca
pable of managing :heir business 50 isr us
earning little money and buying q few
Necessary articles Of comfort is concerned.
but that the Government ought 10 look after
them and see that they DO not spend their
money fooliehly. .s NJ
You are frequently calling upon lecofocos
TO help you 10 make such laws as yon think
will keep them from sending their money
off; but these objections rise up which I
have stated and unless you can give satis-
factory solution to the questions here pro-
pounded, we canrot go with you. Myown
opinion is, though It may be oflittle value
BY the side of yours, that the more money
we send out Of the country the more pros
porous we are, because If we were not pros
porous we would no. have the money to
send. Therefore, think our sending OF
&c, 100000 in three months. is evidence Of a
high degree Of prosperity. / know The
more money ! lay out the more propenyI
get hold Of, and my laying the money out
is evidence that | am doing something, ana
if Ibid not make the money could NOT lay
itout. Now you can show me how can
have everything i want and not pay my
money out, will help you to stop the next
ship load of specie that attempts to leave
our shores. Respectfully, fssAs
sass qN s7 BOB WALKER. si1
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-04-16
6 Nobody to Rlame -

OF the hundreds Of steamboat aud rail
road accidents that have occurred within
twelve months past, nobody has been to
blame, Il issbout time the matter was look
ed into, and as an evidence that somebody is
10 blqme in one case, at least, we copy the
following: y, h,
The steamer Redstone came in last night
with some eighty passengers and fair
freight list. The Redslone is one Of the
fast ones as the crack steamer Buckeye
found out yeste rday, after laying out in ihr
river to wait for her. The Redsione tool
her on the wing passed her under way easy,
Capt. Pate is very much elstrd--thinks o.
liiakinga fast run from Louisville to Cincin.
nati.--M Madison tIa.) Courier. Is
Now, the paper containing the above had
scarcely passed throu. h the press, when ths
telegraph snnoun, ed that the steamer Red
stone was blown to atoms and thirty or fort,
lives lost. II the press would censure reck
less steamboat racing, instead Of putting ev
cry "iast craft!p not great time woult
elapse ere public sentiment would discoun
tenance the dangerous sport and one Of tn
great causes Of river disasters would be ef
fectually removed. 7i gi'a ao3
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-04-16
N nrerland Mail 10 the pacific

Overland Mail TO the Facihc, Al.
Mr.. Henry o.Reiliy, the Telegraph man,
has the bump of so-aheadativeness lurgtfy
developed, as is evident from his actions
within he last four years. He has just PEI
,i,ioned Congress to establish military posts
along the route upon which he proposes to
erect his telegraph line, distant from each
Other twenty miles, and That detachments
from. each post carry The mail. ItGoyeIn-
nsnt agree to do this, he thinks in two
years from this time lie can publish the Eu.
ropeun news on the shores of the Pacific
two weeks from Liverpool. The Govern
i,ent has already authorized military posts
for the protection Of emigrants, and The
only change 10 be madesis that instead OF the
military being placed in lare bodies they be
stationed as before mentioned, which would
accomplish three objects Transmission
Of The null safely. the protection Of emf
grants and the protection and separation o
tie telegraph line. As Uncle Sans soldier
in time of peace have nothing to do, we car
see no objection 10 Mr.. 0'Reilly's PROPOSE
t;on k..f-
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-04-16
Insurance Companies.

During the last year many citissnsof this
State. some of whom are IN our own city,
have suffered considerable pecubiary loss
from the breaking up OF various insurance
companies-some within our own borders
and Others abroad having agencies here. A
bill isnow before the Legislature for the reg
lation of domestic insurance com mpanies and
the agencies Of those Of other States. II
object is TO protect The people from the i'm
positions which have been practised upon
them too often Of late. It's provisions are
such that no company will be able todo ba..
siness. that is not sound and reliable. Those
therefore, which are gottenup for no other
purpose than to fleece the business commu-
nifty may prepare to dissolve, for we doubt
not the bill will become law. 's
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-04-16
R,ot Al 81. Louis. I

A disgracefH riot occurred in the first
Ward in ST. Louis, on Monday last during
the Election excitemant, which resulted in
the death Of one person and the wounding
Of Ave or six Others, The rioters destroyed
several buildings from which shots hadbeen
fred, aud in the evening assembled for the
purpose of demolishing the Office ofea Ger.
man newspaper, but the military was called
out fine to prevent damage aof2sse
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-04-16

The Petersburg, Va, Intelligencer SAYS
"Pheumonia has for several months prevail
ed in Petersburg. aud. as far as we can learn
throughout The country 10 an unprecedented
extent, and with a msligpity and fatality
unknown to our oldesi,inhabilanis. Y ha,
visiedus 10 the form Of an epidemic, ant
It's rayaees have been dreadful. We do no
believe that thescholera, when It was amongs
us. swept away ss many victims as the terri
bic melady of which We are speaking ha'
DONE" sy,sl, y,
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-04-16

CT HillsbofougI, one Of the prettiest and
heal,hiesl inland towns in the State, seems
to be improving right rapidly. The railroad
now nearly completed to Cincinnati. is EFF
fecting wonders. and the place, we are in
formed. begins to look quite business like.
The track on the road is laid asfar as Lynch
burgh, so there remains bvt some twelve OF
fourteen miles to complete it to Hil!sborough
This viii be accomplished in the course Of .
month or two 4