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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-28
SusQuehanna Railroad.

We have been favored with a copy Of
the First Annual Report Of the President
and Directors Of the Susquehanna Railroad
Company. From this it appears that the
length of the road from Bridgeport to Sun
bury is 54i miles, of which over 263 miles
is graded and ready for the track-36i
miles of the road are at a dead level-l5s
miles not exceeding 8 feet per mile-5.
above 5, and not exceeding 6 feet per mile
A above 6 and not exceeding s feet per
mile-24 above 8 and not exceeding 10
feet per mile. The average grade is less
than feet per mile.
Much of the balance of the work is in
a state Of forwardness, and with the excep-
tion of the Bridge across the susquehanna
at Dauphiu, may be readily finished and
the track laid by next November. 1t is
contemplated to use the Pennsylvania
Railroad Bridge until theirs is finished.
The whole estimated cost of finishing
and equippiug the road, grading for a
double track aud laying a single track with
turnouts, is 100000.
The estimated business on the road is
$50, 900 tons Coal, at 81 per ton, $3.50, 900
10 900, 900 feet lumber, 24,30O
10000 tons agricultural pro-
ducts, at Sets. per ton per mile, 19,4i0
is 900 tons merchandise, at 4
cents per ton per mile, 80, 400
5000 tons iron, at 3cts do do, S,l00
10000 tons limestone, !" 16,20O
5000 tons lime, at Sets /" 1850
300 passengers per day, at q
cents per mile lio 80
Mails, lo,oOo
ssl3,925
Deduct 50 per ct. for expenses, 406,96s
Leaves . net profit Of s406,962
Being over 20 per cent, on two millions
of dollars
From tho above statement, it would
seem that 10 paint Of ehespness Of COZ
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-28
JOHN AND JONATHAN.
This humorous piece from the pen of 4. VI.
Clapp, Esq. of the Buffalo Express, was reciied
by him al the annual festival OF the ST. Georges

[This humorous piece from the pen of 4. )
clapp, Esq. of the Buffalo Express, was reci,,
y him 4, the annual festival OF the ST. George
Society. held in that city.l
Ho. brother: I'm a Britisher,
A chip OF heart Of oak,
That wouldn't waTp, swerve. or ftir,
From what ! thought or spoke
And you, blunt and honest man,
trai:htf,rward. Kind aud true;
tell you, brother Junat',su,
That you're BritOn too!
know your heart. an honest heart,
read your mind and will.
greyhound on the start,
To run for honor still;
And shrs~d to scheme likely plan,
And stout to sse II done,
tell you, brother Jonathan,
That you and ! are one,
God save the Queen delights you still,
And " British Gr-nadiers."
The good old strains your heart-StrinSa thrill,
And catch you by both ears:
And we-O, hate US II you can,
For we are proud VI you.
We like you, brother Jonathan,
A.s xppkes Doodle" too.
There's nothing foreign in your face,
Nor strange upon your tongue,
You come not Of another rac-,
From taser lineage sprung,
No, broth-r,-though away you ran,
As truant bows viii do,
Still true il is young Jonathan,
My fathers fathersd you.
Well, we'll: and every praise Of old,
That makes US famous STILL
You would be just and may te tol',
To share it, If you will
Since Enelands glory first began,
Till just the other day,
The half is yours; but, Jonathan,
Why did you run away!
o! brother, could We both be one,
In nation and in name.
How gladly would the very sun
Lie baskIng in our flme'
In either world TO lead the van,
And go a-head for good,
While earth to John and Jonathan,
Yields tribute gratitude.
Add but your stripes and golden stars,
To brave st. G.Orge's cross.
AMI never dream Of mutual wars,
Two ounces mutual loss.
Let us two bless, where OILERS ban,
And love wh-re others hate,
And so, my cordial Jonathan,
Well fix, calculate.
What more touch not boiler tbin:s
loftier strain to win,
Nor glance at prophets. priests, and n;s,
Or heavenly kith or kin,
As friend with frien1, and man with man,
y! let our hearts he thus,
As Davids love 10 Jonathan,
Be Jonathan's to Us.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-28
Yours, very respectfully,
JAMES POLLOCK.
Pennsylvania Railroadism,

We find the following table going The
rounds Of the press, and although grossly
inaccurate in some particulars, We give it
as an approximation to the truth, and TO
show the magnitude Of Railway enterprise
in the State:
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-28
II. C. HICKOK, EDITOR.
O. N. WORDEN, PRINTER.
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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-28
LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY, PENN FRIDAY APRIL 28 1854
From Beck's to the Summit, g miles,
the grade is 40 feet per mile.


From Beck's to the Summit, 6 miles, J
the grade is 49 feet per mile.
From the Summit a regular grade can
be had to Centre Hall, 24a miles, BY fol-
lowing along the mountain, and thereby
avoid the 81 miles of So feet per mile re-
ported by Mr.. Shafer. The down grade
from the Summit to Centre Hall is 24.9
feet per mile.
The distance from Centre Hall to Spring
Creek is u miles, and the grade can be
made less than 33 feet per mile.
The whole distance from Milton to
Spring Creek, is 52a miles, aud from
thence to Tyrone 25 miles, making the
whole distance 77i miles.
The only obstacle to making cheap,
durable road, we met with, was the high
grade from Spruce Creek to Beck's.
Yours veay respectfully,
j. HoLDoN ORvIs.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-28

(Penns is Mr.. Snyder's home-Buf1aloe is
Mr.Simonton' S home. Center, Kelly, Hartley,
CenierviIle. Beaver, and West Beaver are the
Wing stronghelds)
Perry, Chapman, Penus, East Buaaloe,
LsSvhpEg, and Kelly-ths. six strongest
Division Districts-Sa,s only l39 votes
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-28
The MILTON, BeusH VALLEY & TYRoN1
RAILROAD.

RAILROAD.
To Thomas Wolf, John Sbively, Samuel
Stroheckcr, Geo. Bear, Henry Meyer,
Daniel Dubs, James Slower, Geo. Roger,
Geo. Bearly, Jos. G. MCall, Adam Sto-
yer, Geo. Shafer
GENrLEMEN-Having completed the
survey Of the Milton g. Brush Valley
Rout from Milton to Spring Creek, here
by submit the following
REPORT
Commencing at the Milton Bridge, we
found the distance to Spruce Run to be 81
miles, and the rise 11s feet, giving grade
Of 20.6 feet per mile.
By constructing bridge some So or 40
feet high, regular grade can be had from
there to Beck's, (within three miles Of the
Summit.) The distance is III miles, the
rise s64.5 feet, giving . grade Of Is. l feet
per mile. This grade esa b materially
reduced.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-28

SAVINGS BANK AND SAVING Bors.-
One Of the Mirror carriers informed Us
incidentally this morning that he had be-
tween s400 and 500 in the Savings Bank.
We at first wondered how be could manage
to save out Of his hard earned wages 80
much money. He is young man few
months past his minority" who always
keeps himself respectfully drcssed-and
from whose rout We hear very few COM
PLANTS that the Mirror is irregularly serv-
ed. The score; Of his getting ahead is this:
He neither smokes, drinks, CANDLES, nor
wastes his time in idleness, aud every dol
lar he has on hand At the end Of the mouth
is safely deposited in the Savings Bank,
where it helps him earn more money, at
the late Of Eve or six dollars Oh every hun.
dred. Behold a model Carrier and model
economist. When this young man gets
married, if he takes prudent wife there
will be no begging for bread in his family.
~ y Mirror.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-28

LoxaEvirY.-An old lady died in this
place ou Tuesday Of last week, aged ono
hundred and two years. Her name vas
Mother C. Fink, grandmother Of Mr-Wn.
Fink, Of this place. Such = remarkable
age is seldom attained even in this healthy
and s.lubrious resion.-H~Poss Gasss~
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-28

Maj. Simonton then received the votes
of go Divisionsts in three Districts. If
they had voted nyui"s, him, it would have
counted $40
His maj GRITTY in the District was 2S7
233
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-28

D$The heaviest grade on the Penus
Creek Route is 52.S per mile for p miles,
according to Mr.. Shafer's survey.
The distance from Road TO Road is about
the same by the PenDs Valley as by the
Brush Valley route.
We invite Mr.. ORvIs to hang up the
Profile, &C., of his Survey, by the side of
Mr.. SnAFER's, at the Lewisburg Savings
Institution, for public inspection.-Le,cis-
Lurg Chronicle.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-28

The SOBER SECOND TuOUanr-lt is
stated by an Illinois paper that Gov Rey.
nolds, Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives of tha, State, has publicly recanted
his supper, Of tie Nebraska Bill and iis
author. The Bel!eville Adrocate says that
Gov Reynolds " Denounced the bill OF MIR.
Douglass as wrong, uncalled for, and con.
trary to the wishes Of the American people.
lie acknowledged bis own error, in voting
c5r instructions in its favor, aud the error
of the Legislature in passing them, - .
Misrepresentation of the popular will"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-28

At the municipal election in Borden
town, N. j., on Tuesday last, the kno"
No.h;np,." or Native American party, ear
ried- the town by eighty nsjmity. They
had quito rejoicine aa- -i. -.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-28
Railroad Meeting at Rebersburg.

Pursuant to adjournment the friends OF
the Milton, Brush Valley & Tyrone Rail-
road met in Rebersburg on the 22d March.
Mr.. GEORGE BEAR was called to the
Chair, assisted by John Weaver, Jacob
Wolf, Geo-eo Roger and Ad-- Bear,fice
Presidents; T. Frank, Esq, and George
Weaver, chosen Secretaries.
The object of the meeting having been
stated, Joseph G. M'Call was called upon
to address the meeting. In the course Of
his remarks, the importance of the road to
the travelling community, and the benefits
accruing from it to those living along the
line of the contemplated road, and wherein
the Brush Valley route was preferable to
all others, by which route we avoid diff
cult curves, tunnels, and bridging, and
abounding in the necessary materials to
make a cheap and durable road, and the
almost inexhaustiblc amount of valuable
timber which would find market-these
and other matters were treated of at length.
Maj. John Nef being present, was called
upon and addressed the meeting in an able
and eloquent style, in both languages.
The meeting was also addressed by Mr.
John Shively, who handled Mr.. Emmit's
report without gloves, in a mastery man.
ncr
Mr. Lcbach spoke Of the prac,icability
Of the route. After which, committee
Of Eve we're appointed, consisting of Jos.
G. MCall, John Shivsly, Jacob Wolf,
Henry Meyer and Jacob Lebach, to draw
up Memorial to those interested in the
road, and likewise to set forth the advan-
tage of the Brush Valley route, to be pub
lishcd in the New York, Centre, Hunting
don, Milton and Lewisburg papers.
Mr. j. Shively was appointed to confer
with Col. Paxton.
The thanks Of the meeting were con-
ferrcd on the speakers present and an inv
tation given to Maj. Neff to attend the next
meeting, to be held in Rebersburg on the
third Saturday Of May, next, at l o'clock,
p. NJ.
Resolved, That the proceedings OF this
meeting, together with the report Of Mr.
Orvis, be published in the Lewlsburg
Chronicle, Center BericLter; and Lognns-
Vile Democrat.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-28

"GkNrI.NKs-Tn justice TO ourselves and
to you. we are bound to answer a certain
Memorial addressed to you by James Linn,
Thomas Hayes and others citizens OF Lewis
burg, &c.
"All Of which we humbly submit as Citizens
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

INSTRUMENTATION week no less than
three hundred and fiity-four natives of the
cold country" chiefly Ireland-embarked in
one day at Philadelphia, on their return to tho
land Of their birth. This rcAux in the tide is
owing to variety of causes--such as want
of occupation here, combined with the dear
ness of living, which renders il even harder
for the emigrants to make both ends meet
here than where they came from, and also to
dissatisfaction growing out Of the information
al feuds which have sprung up within short
time in the United States. II is believed that
this re-emigration is but the beginning Of an
extensive movement in the same direction.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

FEY The Washington Union is softening
down very much towards the Know Moth
ings. In late lending article, which we find
copied into the Nashville Banner, II seems ra-
ther to approve some things about them, and
intimates to the "foreign-borns" that it would
perhaps be well enough for them not to get
too big for their breeches, nor question the
right of the sons Of the soil to enquire into
and net upon my matters touching the welfare
and honor of their country-its government,
constitution, and laws. II don't see the mat.
ter in the same light at all that it did few
weeks ago. We thought that thunder from
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana would knock
the scales from the Unions eyes. The gov
eminent organ is great instrument, and the
country need not DO startled from its propre-
ty to hear it in few weeks playing "Hai
Columbia" and "Yankee Doodle"-music
il has not piped for a long time.
The Big Fiddle having led of, of course
the little ones must follow-so boys, prepare
to fall into ranks. What does our democratic
friend, who few weeks ago was uneasy
about us, think now! Suppose he were to
write out a few interogatories and send them
TO tho editor of the Union!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

WRErcHED OcoUPAToY.-Th overwhelming
reverses which the passage of the Nebraska
law has brought upon the Administration par
ty in the non-slaveholding States, have set
the Washington Union to calculating tho
chances of the continuance of the Federal
Union" This is wretched business for any
journal but worse than all for the official
journal and organ of the Government.
Blighted ambition has driven many a man to
treason, but we entreat our official neighbor
to leave all calculations of the value Of the
Union, and all speculations upon the nature
OF the events which are to destroy it, if they
shall ever occur, to inveterate nuilifers and
dbohhonistS, who pant for the dissolution Of
the Union as the hart panteth for the water
brooks" We hold it little less than treason
even to ''imagine the death of the Union"--
National IRteiiigencer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

Of In regard to the character of the emf
grafton which has already reached Kansas, tho
Kansas Weekly Herald of the 29th ult., says:
"a majority of our population mp to this time
are from Missouri, though their preponderance
is fast diminishing by the arrival of people
from other States Pennsylvania is probably
next in number. The immigration from
Massachusetts, New York, Illinois and Iowa,
is very great. Indiana and Ohio are also rep
resented. The population from Kentucky,
Tennessee, Virginia and other Southern
States is very limited. A few from Arkansas
are settled in the south eastern part of the
Territory.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27
~ While there are a great MANY fss.

80 While there are great many tes-
lures about the party in this country known
as the Democracy, aside from its political
code, of which we disapprove, there are
others which challenge our admiration
Chief among the last is the tenacity with
which they cling to the name.-Dsmocracy i,
Party principles may be changed, party lead
ers shift their ground, party issues be revers-
ed, but still it is the Democracy! In the
North, Tariff. Free-Soil, and Nebraska;
in the South, Free Trade, Pro-Slavery, and
Nebraska-stil it is the Democracy! The
Buffalo Platform and the Baltimore Platform,
antipodes in profession and antagonistic upon
a leading and vital question, yet Democratic
workmen constructed both, and all are good
Democrats who stand on either. What's in
a name? More than Shakespeare's philosophy
dreamed of when he asked the question:
With that name the party which organized
in 1924, under the lead of old Fede-alists and
old Republicans, have rallied from year to
year and swept on from victory to victory,
changing their creed, their tactics, and their
principles at every revolving season, but still
clingng to the name Democracy! The
name has been every thing to that party, it
has been their great shield and armor, cover.
ing up and oiling over political sins, vagaries
and wndings, which under any other cogno-
men would have sunk il to the profoundest
depths. They were wis., iar.seeing, nice.
calculating men, those leaders of '24-
they didn't believe rose would smell as
sweet by any other name-not they! To
some extent the same may be said of the
other party-through all the shiftings, chang
es and mutations of political strife, party in
trigues, temporary trumphs, and disastrous
defeats, majority of the wings still cling to
the old party designation with fervor only
less devoted than that of the adherents of
the other side; and he who would suggest its
being abandoned would probably be suspect
ed Of an inclination TO depart to the enemy.
II is said, however, that there is movement
on foot, spirit ut work, diffusing itself
through all classes and grades of people, and
moving on silently yet deep and resistless as
the current of that mighty river which forces
itself unrufflcd and undisturbed through the
great ocean for thousands of miles, which
threatens TO wipe out all old parties and par
ty names, obliterate party distinctions as now
existing, and to form great American Party,
under which all good citizens may rally and
with none but Americans TO rule over them,
to make their laws and administer them
Such is said to be its character and mission
by those who profess to know. Will it sue
coed! Wecannot tell. Will wings and demo-
Gratis unite in this American movement, as it
is called, or will they cling to old party names
and psrty designations and once more rally
and fight under the old battle cry!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

SLAVERY DEFENDED BY THE NEW YORK
TRIBUNE.-The Tribune is terribly frightened
at the increase of Chinese Pagansm in Cali.
fornia. 1t says:
"But however free all men may be by ma.
ture, according to theoretical repubicanism
practice has shown that no two people with
distinctly marked and uncongenial character
istcs, can occupy the same territory al the same
time on terms Of equality. Either there must
be sympathy enough between them to pro-
duce fusion, or the one will virtually, if not
nominally, be the master of the other"
Here is the whole argument for Southern
slavery. could not be more fully and clearly
stated. If we were to exhaust gallons Of ink
and reams of foolscap, we could not give a
more complete and powerful rejoinder to all
the Tribune's denunciations Of Southern
slavery, than is contained in this paragraph.
The disparity, the distinctive characteristics
between the Caucassians and Africans are
quite rs probable as those between the eau
cassian and Monaghan; and hence the i'm
possibility of their co-existing tremendously
IN any other but the relation of master and
servant. After such a confession as this, the
Tribune will convict itself of outrageous n.y.
pocracy if it ever utters another word against
slavery in the South.-N o. Delta.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

The WASHINGTON UNION AND THE STATE ELEo,
TIoNs.-The Union, whilst admitting the dis.
astrous results of the recent elections in Penn
sylvania, Ohio and Indiana to the Democratic
party, says it sees nothing in them but ''in-
creased incentives to zeal and energy" and
that mo Democrat will be discouraged or
feel that the late disasters should unnerve his
arm or cause him to fater in the maintenance
of the organization and the principles" &c
We have nothing to say against this; because,
under every defeat of the Wing party. we
have always held the same doctrine and urged
the same course on our side of the house
But we would suggest that il would be well
for the Union hereafter not to proclaim an1
party "DEFuSoT" merely because it meets with
defeat. If the rule was good one, we should
say, most certainly, there never was party
apparently more thoroughly "DEFUNoNr" than
the one of which the Union is the organ and
exponent.-Aier. Gazette.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-10-27

~ We notice that several wing papers,
the editors of which ought, perhaps, to be
tried for lunacy, are unctifying their souls
with the notion that the special work of the
Know Nothings is the demolition and de-
struction of the democratic party. Looking
at the result Of the late elections, it seems to
us that the wing party is in quite as much
danger from the operations of this mystic
rious movement as the Locofocracy. II Is a
great misfortune for the wing party that it
has so many wise, sagacious, far.seeing peo-
pie belonging to it especially among its news
paper editors. We never knew any thing to
turn up yet that had the look of good run
about it but twO-thirds of the wing editors
were ready to "ptch in" and do what they al
ways do on such occasions, more harm than
good. There is another class Of politicians
who work infinite mischief to whatever cause
they belong or embrace. They are the talking
men of the party, who congregate at the
stree. corners, round post office doors, and in
bar-rooms, and who never let an opportunity
escape to gait an opponent to the red. They
like 10 stir up his bile, excite his half slum-
bering prejudices, and send him off mad-it
is such nice way to convince man of his
error, TO abuse him and arouse all his preju-
dices anew. They seem to think this course
necessary to prove their devotion and to con-
vince that about some things they know a
little more than other people. There is not
m instance on record where convert was
ever made to any cause by such course;
and il seems to us that the smallest particle
of common sense would dictate a different
one.