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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-11-03
Losses bv Sea and By Fire.

The full extent of losses on vessels
Which have met with disasters reported in
American papers, in some way connected
with American trade, embracing inland
trade, exceeds 1000 in the last twelve
months. The whole reported from every
part of the world is over 10000.
Up to 1850 the average losses reported
from every section reach 5000 per an-
mum. The loss of the last twelve months
exceeds those Of any three previous years
Occr ffty uesscls IN hdt time have not
been heard from. Among the missing
vessels the last year not heard from are 4:
p.eket.hip' Constitution and Waterloo, full car,
Steamer City OF Glasgow, total loss 100000
WRECKS.
Loss by fg-st-amer Humboldt Halifax ITsrh 12ooo COO
St-xmer Franklin [Long Island l,3oo 900
ship Monfezuma.
Ship c tr,nit.
Hr-men ship-3Oo passengers.
Steamer Arctic e000C0o
7,JcoO.0
The steamer San Francisco, with troops,
and many others.
The losses paid by Marine Insurance
Companies for the last year, in New York
alone, exceed sl2 100000.
Two hundred and one vessels we're re-
ported in single week in The journal ot
Commerce.
A gentleman who has prepared for ME
these statistics, assures me that the losses
on land, Iy fire and storms, for the last
twelve months, are not less than EIGH-
TEEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, making not
less in all than Thirty Millions of Dol
lars !-Henry Ward Beecher's Sermon on
the loss Of Me 4rctic
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-11-03
The Lewisburg Chronicle.
.ytS tSpEp.xpENr FANILr JOURNAL
L;,ued on Friday Mornings, at Ler'sb"r9
Union county,, Pennsylvania.


rrRvy-n5 so per year for cash actually In aa.nnee'
A,.s n.ia within three months: 200 paid sithh
y..r; ss so il not paid before the year rxpires
I single number
ApysnrrsruKSrs Handsomely inherited At 30 rsh,S pr
nm. week 25 cents zach subsequent ns'r"n' %
....r Txo s1u-res - for siN months = inr srH'
Mercantile advertisements not eXr"eing "hc "u', W
eoiumn sio year. Half squares hali prre. Ic"'s
sdyrr.em-nts ndrr hafa qrHrc 30 cent" PER 10
line. to square long primer. l6 BREWER Il nonnhre'
ri.contnusncrs optional with the Pubsher when all
Dues are not paid: aud Interes; on all accounts i"e
Communications solicited topics Of general intrres,
hot within the ran-e Of party or s'tHriHn contest
letters to com. post rai accompanied 'y the name and
address of the writer. - recHiv" aten'ioh FD .he
relating exclusively the Editorial Department TO fe
directed HESRy G. UIckox Esq. Eior-and those on
business matters to q. y. wooden. fuf"isher
The MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH is lorat'd in the Office
of the CHRONICLE and arrangements made to obtain
New. from the East in advance of the Mails
Connsct-d with the o-e ample materials for most
hind. ofJOB PRINTING, which win he executed with
psatness aud despatch and on reasonable terms
..0ce Market Square, north side second story, Sd
scor above the rost Office.
ON woRDEN, Proprietor.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07
CITY TRADE REPORT.

MONDAY, March 60 r. N.
AsHEs-Some 40 bills. changed hands, at % 69H a
81 rs for pearls and s5 e3A % for pots per 100 lbs
TRANSFORMATIONS was depressed and cheaper. The
choice State at 81 IS IS; mixed to fancy Western at
81 IS % 0e and other grades at proporonate prices
se. to ss
moved he $50 ss S' for n and
cornmcai taken at Is s7h. whes. tended downward:
The days business embraced only 900 bushels tennessee
.ans red a. ii and Gs ao a. s
RYE declined 81 49, with sales Of bushels river at
that price State and Western oats were selling slowly
at Soc $40 per bushel Corn deprecated considerably
The days consisted Of bushels at SIC
slc for poor Jersey ssc s5c for southern and West
ern mixed; 8Sc S5c for round yellow; 84c. S5c for
southern white s4c Cor do yellow; and $50 for one
very fine lot Of 800 bushels Southern yellow though
this description closed heavily Ut our lowest quotations
CArnx-There were offered at Allertons Washington
droyeyard to-day 2lS7 beef cattle offered during the
tail together with the section Of the country whence the
supplies came
hudson River RR ] 100 wisconsin on cars. "a
Erie Railroad. 900 N. York State, on foot 500
Harlem Railroad. 1l9 . on cars SEQ
Kentucky ss foot 80 sa foot 81
Other Stock
Erie Railroad-swine.. les Harlem RR-sheep and
a. Veal Calves 14o Hogs. ............ 3A
The Wentner to-uny WINS iaV0raDle business IN
the yards Tho recent storms have made II hard ira
yelling cattle coming to the market foot but the
number seeking transit by railroad II win be seen Ia
little in excess Of those Of the previous The mar
steady 70 prices and we not called upon to
materially vary the quotations Of last week About $50
beeves left among the arrivals II viii be noted
are lot Of cattle from Wisconsin. Beef cattle, % so
$40 so, and calves, $50 $685. veal calves, 4c. a
7c.; sheep, 81 go; swine, gross weight, Be- exc
The number Of hogs sold at Aertons was IT'S The Of
ferings at Brownnss were IS and calves and s2
sheep and LAMBDA The and calves sold a. from $50
500 as in quality; sheep at from - rs s5 so; lot
extra brought from " so $40 So Some light
beeves brought from ~ so $40 so per hundred Az
ket OF ChambeIlin's, Qiudson River Bull's Hesd,)
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07

MONDAY, March 6-6P NJ
The election of Mr. Douglas President Of the Cumber
land Coal Company st exercising beneficial effect
the stock Of that II held at 34x at the
Mining Board and at the stock Exchange sold freely at
the close at 35 Lehgh has again advanced u and in
demand at 31s Gold Hill continues to improve the sales
at the Mining Board and Stock Exchange being at az
buyer co. Accounts from the Gardiner Gold state that 100
tons Of ready for shipment The bids at the Mining
Board were-For Phoenix Coal 81; for New Creek, tx;
for Ulster 1h for North Carolina, A. for Forrest a.
buyer co. for Fulton, for Mineral, for Deep River
Soc; for Rutherford, IL; for Lindsay, roc, &c.
MINING BOARD.
$50 abs Irhgh Zinc 81 500 shs Parker Vein.
$50 Gold Hill ....... az 500 Phoenix Gold bSo soc.
100 do. 500 81
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07


Conu.-Sales have been made Of loo packages Java,
at lac; and 200 bags Rio, at 10. per ID
CorroS-The days sales comprised 5es bales as fol
ton, AT; to arrive $50. Market steady.
FRrr-We noticed sales Of 800 boxes bunch raisins,
at 81 IS 81 90 for wet dried and - 12< % Is for
FRsooEIs.-Rates to Liverpool were steady with con
siderable cotton Offering about 900 bales Of which
800 Sea Island at ,a 600 bSis our we're engaged at
As, and 80 600 to 40, 600 bushels grain at I4Id a
161sd led, chiefly corn The latter figure was for
A. Sd. By the Europa, $50 boxes bacon engaged
at Sos To Bremen go tons Of ogwood were engaged at
90 bales tobacco at and 20 tons goods
Havre, which at about S6c for cotton, and 24c
for wheat To California rates were dnl, at Soc a
HAY-Sales of l. 900 bales river transpired at &c. q
90c for shipment and 90c 97lc. for local use, per
IRoN.-The demand for Scotch was moderate, at $50
$40 per ton, usual terms.
LLn-The recent receipts Of Rockland have all been
was on
nominal
MolAsss-There were 100 bbls. New Orleans purcha,-
Ons.-Most kinds were inanimate. We heard Of sales
of only 100 baskets olive at H. and 10000 gallons lin
Provisions moved to the extent of only 400 bbs
new, at SIS 75h SIS 871 for mess, and S13 Is $l3
~ for prime per so Dbl Gnt%eats ", we're pnshaused
800 bbs beef at former rates Butter and cheese were
last noticed.
RIAL EsTAIE.-Sales at auction-By A. J. Bleecker-1
lot 18th street. 625 feet from Broadway 25x1ooll
$3.50; lots do. adjoining, same size, $40; do
10Th street. in Of above, $40. BY James Cole
Brooklyn property lots on Clason avenue near De-
graw street together, 81 675 do Degraw street,
between Washington and Clason avenues, each $780,
do Douglass street. between Washington and Clason
avenues $40; do. Gates avenue, Reid avenue,
each $277 5o do Quincy street, Reid avenue
each $277 SO.
RICE-The days sales embraced 800 tierces at - Is
"a 62H per 100 lbs.
SCHOLARSHIPS were made of 400 hhds New Orleans,
part at 4ac. and $50 boxes yellow Havana, at exc
per ID.
TAILow could be purchased at 117sc. q l2c. per h.
ToBACco.-Sales transpired Of so hhds Kentucky, at
TIC. q Sc. and $50 cases Ohio seed leaf, at &c.
WHIsKEY-There $50 bbls. procured, at 27c. for
Jersey, and Csc. for prison. per gallon.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07
EMPRESS AGENCIES.

THOREICN ExPREss.-EDwARDs, SANFORD 4 CO.
that they prepared 20 forward
expree &c New York 10 Liverpool London and
sparts Of Rnslnd Ireland, and Scotland twice week;
OF the European continent week to MeIbourns Port
Philip sydney and All parts Of Australia Van Diemans
those places and 70 Canton Hong Kong ShAns
Cacuta Madras Bombay and other parts Of the East
Indies and China, once every weeks. Once Nc ~
Broadway
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07

Increase s25, S29 o6 s24 O2s 81 $500 90 $685. 81
The opening Of the Great Canada Western Railroad has
been the principal of the great increase in the
earnings Of the Michigan Central Railroad Company.
The current operations of Treasury Department the
ID Of March, of Treasury warrants entered the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07

$50 bseves, 90 and calves, Is veal calves,
and p 80 sheep and lambs The beeves sold ct from &c.
to loo. per b. Cows and calves from 325, SIS $50
Sheep sold 1T from 81 rs to ~ so 81 in quality
Veal calves brought from &c to To- On sale at Morgan
0'Briens, No Sixth sreet-70 beeves and IS and
calves Sales Of the former from 81 to $40 and of the
latter at from $50 s35 TO $50 per head.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07
FURNITURE.

UsNAMRLLEp COTTAGE rURNITURK-nATHEws&
~ STACY 61l And 626 broadway, who received nrst mo-
da rom the Crystal Palace And Institute for the
best suits Of snAmeed chamber furniture invite the public
10 exAmne their extensive stoc Suits with hair mattress
straw palasses, pillows and holsters, from 80
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07
PUBLICATIONS.

THE HOUSE HUNTERS GUIDE AND REAL ESTATE
Advertiser IL published daily At 19 william, corner OF
spruce streets second Moor eontainins iist o. all the
houses stores aps~tments oces lofts &c, 70 lot feass
for sale location rent together with map OF tho city
Of Now York. and all other necessary Information relating
thsrsto Price SIG coats
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07
Weekly Report OF the New York Cotton
Brokers', Association.

Sales during the past week TO- 208 bales viz Export
e47 home use, 5000; speculation, 1906 in transitu
1853. The Board voted that the market was active
throughout the week. closing with firm feeling, and
upward tendency the stock sale being light The quo
tations revised establish advance of 40. generally
The annexed prices adopted this day for the follow
ing qualities by standard samples
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07

In tho early part of February the Erie difficulty cut of
large portion of the freight business chain Of roads
OF which the above roads links Otherwise the gain
would have been much larger.
The earnings Of the Michigan Central Railroad for the
month Of February thus rendered from authentic
quarter
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07

a UCTiONEERs AC.-TO LET BY THE MON m VIM
"A or single SALE the lately cssupsd
nv the National Academy Of Design No. 06S
poste Bond street. drsate location for spring sslss
Inquire Of H. r. CUMMINGS, IL Nassau street, or on the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07

DARTNER WANTED.-A YOUNG MAN OF ENTER
prise with cash capital Of three thousand dollars hav-
ing perfect knowedss Of the building business wishes
partner with equal less amount embark In said
business carpenter preferred Reference given re-.
qrsd Please inquire for three days in the boot store
corner Of Ann and Nassau streets
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07

The whole amount OF bids was Y 5UOUUU, inc larger
portion from this city Those successful were at l045
TO lo552 averaging lo4.25.
law has passed the Legislature of New Jersey and
received the sanction Of the Governor permitting the
taking per cent interest in the counties Of Essex
Hudson and the city Of Paterson In the other counties
OF the State the maximum rate win remain at six pei
cent
Spurious bills Of the denomination Of three dollars pur
porting to be upon the Farmers Bank of Kentucky
in circulation All three dollar notes purportns DO
upon that bank spurious The Farmers Bank has
three dollar notes
A bill regulating the interest money has passed
the Legislature Of Mississippi 1t authorizes any rate
OF interest not exceeding ten per cent which may be
agreed upon between the parties to be charged.
The annexed statement exhibits the average condition
during the week ending the morning of Saturday the
Ath day of March, lA54;-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07

Total se4 55s 421 SEQ 400 200 $50 81 97s,e7s
The condition Of the principal departments Of the New
York city banks at the close Of each week within the last
six months, compares as fellows
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MONEY IARKE II.

MONDAY March 6-5 r. 81
At the opening this morning the stock market was
quite buoyant and there active disposition to
chase, at Improvement in prices AT the first board
Canton Company went up y per cent Cumberland Coal
y; Phenix Coal, u; Erie Railroad, =; Harlem, nor
wich and Worcester, y; Reading Railroad i Michigan
Central Railroad 1. Cumberland was the favorite ou'
operators for rise purchase principally on time
option. Parker Vein steady to-day with nrse SIS
Reading Railroad moving upward and gaining strength
as 1t progresses The purchases mostly on Phadei
pha account During the past week or So there mas not
been much doing the stocks of western railroad com
panies Holders disposed to SELL and consequently
there is no activity They firm at the advance pre-
vousiy quoted The market generally exhibits no new
feature and there at this moment indications Of
any important movement way the other. The in
ation far has been slow and pretty steady II Is
therefore, more likely to be permanent.
After the adjournment of the board the following sales
of stocks and bonds made at auction, by A. H
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07
SPRING GOODS.


NEW STYLE SPRING RIBBONS, BONNEr SILKS,
IN lawns, drees trimming riboons nowers grapes 81
e svsy the vhosls trade his retail store
and tbe obbjng trade TO favor him with early
call N. H. LICHTENSTEIN, 90 Bowery.
CyPRINC uANTILLAS-T0 WHOLESALE BUYRR8.--
- svbscriber respectfully
lions for s present. prins trade ere asv
tiss n antlas talmAs vistles muers &c. which ~
Invites The atention Of from every setea u The
Unisu. 49,. GEORGE BuLflE
Washington telegraph., 1854-03-15

a TALL SHANGHAI-The New York
Journal of Commerce, of the 10th ult,
gives the following description of an i'm
mense Shanghai Chicken at the Poultry
Exhibition at Barnum's Museum:
1.-The monarch of the exhibition is an
immense Shanghai Rooster; and he is as
signed cage BY himself, probably by virtue
OF his immense proportions. When his
neck is fully extended, be measures up
wards of five feet in height. and almost ri
walls the stuffed ostrich which looks askance
at him from the opposite side. To speak
hyperbolically, this fellow has comb like
the prize beefsteaks in the resturaunt win
dows; his spurs, like the horns of two
year old steer; his crow, like the steam
whistle Of Is horse engine, and to see
the little feathered-legged roosters around
him look aghast and drop their wings, is
highly suggestive of the appearance of a
bevy of Short Boys at the appearance of
the Chief of Police"
Washington telegraph., 1854-03-15

One HAPPY HEARr-Have you made
one happy heart to-day Envied privilege.
How calmly you can seek your pillow; how
sweetly sleep. In all this world there is
nothing so sweet as giving comfort to the
distressed; as getting sun-ray into gloomy
heart. Children Of sorrow meet us wher-
ever we turn; there is not moment that
tears are not she'd and sighs uttered Yet
how many of those tears those sighs, are
caused by our own thoughtlessness! How
many daughter rings the very soul of a
fond mother by acts of unkindness and in
gratitude? How many husbands, by one
little word, make whole day cf sad hours
and unkind thoughts? How many wives,
by recrimination. estrange and embitter
loving hearts? How many brothers and
sisters meet but to vex and injnre each other,
making wounds that no human art can heal?
Ah! if each one worked upon this maxim
day by day-striye to make some heart
happy-jealousy, revenge, madness, hate,
with their kindred evil associates, would
forever leave the earth.
Washington telegraph., 1854-03-15
CABINET MANUFACTORy
Washington Arkansas
BOUNTY LAND CLAIMS

- are granted to officers and VOLUNTEER. II u.
military service Of the United States in the r
of 1912, or any Of the Indian wars since 1-cr
also TO commissioned officers In tie war ,r;'t
Mexico In case Of the decease of the officer =
soldier. the land can be obtained b. tie widow
or minor children.
The undersigned acting a. general Land 49,.
will attend promptly to procuring Bounty is-9
Warrants for those entitled to them. and ior,-i--
II desired; having a general knoHledre IN III
lands in the Red River Land District. M vir II
able to make choice selections. All let.arx i,
inquiry, postpaid, Will be promptly ansTersd Il
and instructions given, il desired.
DANIEL l.. WILLIAMS
Washington, Ar1s-, Nov. ~, 1850. III,
Washington telegraph., 1854-03-15

A Sign OF WAR.-A significant fact is
referred to in the private advices of some
of the Boston merchants. by the last steam
er from Europe, viz that the English gov
ernment has recently been buying large
quantities of salt-petre. One letter states
that they are believed to hold now one-half
the entire stock in market They are
known certainly to have purchased several
thousand tons recently and, in consequence
an advance of 25 per cent has been made
on the ordinary price Of the article in mar.
ket
Washington telegraph., 1854-03-15
COMPREHENSIVE

THE undersigned having purchased the Drup
- establishment OF DR. r. P Williams. interi
keeping general assortmento of Drugs. Medicines
Paints, Oils & Dye stuiis.
Onr stock will be purchased under the persona
inspection Of Dr. Foster who Will start East II !,
few days for that purpose.
We VIII be enabled to sell articles in our line
on better terms than they have ever teen offered n
TINS market. and warrant every article soId
by Us TO be pure and genuine
Prescriptions rnt Up ard accurately compound
ed At any time day CT night
CHAtS o. mitchell.
ID M- FOSTER
Washington, FEB. 16, 1853. ~
Washington telegraph., 1854-03-15
Lecture to Young Men.

The Milton (Fla) Courier delivers the
following lecture to young men. 1t is too
good to be cast aside, and therefore we copy
it for the benefit of whom it may concern:
Young men, do you suppose the physical
frame is made of iron, or gutta percha, Or
india rubber, or some other tough, impossi-
ble-to-use-up substance, that you knock and
tumble it around in such an unconscionable
manner, deprive it Of rest, scorch it inward
ly with vile, alcoholic concoctions, distend
it with untimely and indigestible feeds?-
Do you suppose it is going to last 800 and
10 years, If you use it thus badly? You
allow it no time to recuperatc its exhausted
energies; you make it work SO hard doing
nothing that it has no more chance than
bob-tail calf in fly time. You are foolish,
for you are young; but because you are
young, is no reason why you should be fools
only little excuse. The young life blood,
vigorous and fresh, is coursing through your
veins with mill-stream power. and your be-
ing overAowing with the poetry of motion,
adventure, excitement; small space to retro
speet, despising actualties. you fasten on
hope; and catching that comet by the tail. it
snakes you through immensity, till it scorch-
es your fingers, and you drop into the mire
of sober reality, and draw in your horns like
a garden-snail in snow storm.
Our young men are too fond of being with
the young men, for when they gather, the
Old Scratch is in their midst as certain if as
it was a democratic caucus, aud there's more
deviltry concocted in half hour than ten
dollar subscription to the Washington Mon
ument Fund, or a face a yard long at a dis
tracted meeting, would atone for. The ex-
periences of our youth strengthens the i'm
preston that there's more real enjoyment in
one quiet evening with nine yards Of calico,
than in three ten-strikes. eleven gin-slings,
four plates of oysters, five gates taken off
the hinges, seven signs pulled down, two
hours sleep and a headache the next fore
noon. Ezcitements ola different nature are
equally pleasurable, according to tcmpera-
ment; we prefer kissing pretty girl in the
entry to knocking down watchman. for
the present and transitory bliss Of the thing
on the score Of consequences they being
equally deleetable: assault and battery vs
breach of promise; but there's no accounting
for tastes. as the cookery-man said when
customer called for 'sassingers.' The girls
are right in the road to heaven, and one can't
look heavenward without looking at them,
and You can't travel heavenward without fol-
lowing after them, and the fellows that are
not fast overtake them soonest and enjoy
them longest
Washington telegraph., 1854-03-15
LAST WISHES OF A CHILD.

sAli the hedges are in bloom,
And the warm west wind is blowing;
Let me leave this sti1ed room,
Let me go where flowers are growing.
@Look! my cheek is thin. and pale,
And my pulse is very low;
ERE my sight begins to fail,
Take my hand, and let US go.
sWas not that the robins song,
Piping thro' the easement wide7
shall not be listening long,
Take me to the meadow side.
'sBear me to the willow-brook,
Let me hear the merry mill;
On the orchard | must look,
Ere my beating heart is still.
'sFaint, and thinner grows my BREATH
Lead me quickly down the lane;
Mother, dear! this chill is death,-
l shall never speak again."
Still the hedges are in bloom,
And the warm west wind is blowing;
Still we sat IN silent gloom
Der his grave the grass is growing.
Washington telegraph., 1854-03-15
DISSOLUTION.

THE co-partnership heretofore existing be-
- tween myself and John l. Silliman IL the
mercantile business in Arkansas was dissolved Nv
mutual consent on the sth August, 1852 and the
settlement Of the business connected with the
same is confi2ed exclusively to me-
j. G. DARMOND.
Washington. Sept. IL, 1852. 37-r
Washington telegraph., 1854-03-15
GENERAL LAND AGENCY.

nANIEL l.. WILLIAMS will serve all those
- who desire his services as Land Agent in
the Red River Land District; will attend prompt
ly to paying taxes, redeeming forfeited lands, To-
eating land warrants SC. Persons wishing their
lands properly described, can get plat OF their
lands ami true description for a small fee; will
also draw deeds, mortgages, bonds, bills Of sale,
articles Of agreement, &c, SC. His experience
in this Kind OF business, prompts him to the be-
lief that he can give general satisfaction.
Washington. Feb. 20, 1850. 7-tf
Washington telegraph., 1854-03-15
PAY UP! PAY UP!!

"A Il persons indebted to the undersigned up to
~ the lst day Of January last. are hereby re-
specially notified that must have some money.
and consequently am under the necessity OF earn
estly requesting them to come forward and settle
up at as early day as possible.
II. III. w. MADDUX
Washington. Tc5. l6, 1853. y