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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-11-29
NOVEMBER 90, 1854

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tended 81 piosla miller known as Deacon
One day young seeing
some children playing on the bank of ths
stream near the grist mill. commenced talk
ing IN a tone so depraved aud wish words so
profane, that the children ceased their plaE
and looked at him in terror. The miller
gently demonstrated, saying, Such languages
IS dreadful at anF time, but before children
tits shocking; II you have 20 regard for
their morals, have care lest God bring you
TO judgment for this thing:
See here, Deacon EI want nona
lof your preaching. You take care of youi
self, and | II take care of myself. WhenI
want your services I'll tell you. Thus en-
ragged, young c. returned to the powder
mil.
This was about mid-laS a fsH mo-
+ 1sents 4ss.lsas sssslls konu vent
rumbling up the stream. 1t caught the ear
of Miller and his soul sunk within him as he
beheld dark cloud OF smoke and black frag-
ments scattered every where. A little spark
had done the work-the mill had exploded.
Poor Luman c.! The explosion had
parted the building and opened the roof
carrying the profane swearer high through
the opening into the air, and throwing him
some distance into the mill pond. The mil
Ter was the first to see the young man struS-
Cling, and ran to his aid. When theshore
was gained, what pitiful sight, and no"
changed the poor creatures words from what
thew were few minutes before. U, Mr.
p, Pm a dead man. Prdy for nay
soul 2
Qnick as possible he was carried home and
physician brought. On account OF hl
distress, the suffering man could not lie down
His strength of frame and voice was impair
ed. He sat on the bedside, black as coal
the skin from his face and arms stripped a
way, all except two callous punches hangin!
from the palms of his hands And yet b
E spoke no. word Of his bodily suffering;
It was the agony of the immortal spir
which absorbed all his thoughts, his feeling
and his fears. Sitting there, his dark fe;
lures distorted with intensity of pain, an
his hands extended, he spoke to his fello
workmen, and especially those whose wror
> principles had poisoned bis mind. See m
o | am going away, 0, it is lie that there
;, no punishment after death. know it,
: see it, feel it already! God have mercy {
me- don't believe these things. Itried
o believe them, and o, they have deceived N
IS l don't believe them; there IS, Q yes, the
% is hell! was afraid they WOULD pro
/ false, and 0, they have betrayed me-
- - Such preaching melted all even his p
~ fame companions were awed and tremble
- He then looked on the minister with su
m an imploring look, it went to the paste
te SOUL To another present who was weepir
ks7'h have nefe7 q 4Heeo me- pray P6aE PBaE ad
- - forgive me. o God--O Jesus, have mer
~ Il have mercy Thus the night shadows
~ -, upon the poor Luman and with groan
~ entered the dark valley and set out
ad meet his God.
eu ets Reader, be honest with your soul.
0 '"5 you hugging delusion !? Perhaps frie
~ ~ have warned, aud you have scofed !:
al I Holy Spirit has reproved and you ,
~ ~ spoken stout words against him.
3. Is.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-11-29
From the American Messenger
The Last Rebuke.

In 1881, there were nine powder mills on
the banks of the pleasant stream when now
ed through the village Of s.. In one
Of them worked a young man named Lu-
man c.. lie had enjoyed a common
school education, and bis religious tranlns
had not been wholly neglected: In bis new
employment, exposed to recklessness' pro-
faneness, and intemperance-too common
vices with those engaged in pursuits OF un-
usual danger-he soon became corrupted
aud practiced these evil habits, and 10 the
end he was a proselyte to Unlyersa'lsm,
which was ADVOCATED with extraordinary zeal
by several of his companions. Ills profan
, ity increased with the growth of his zeal
He boarded with plain, pious woman, Wh'
had noticed, not without pain, the down
: ward career of the young man. One Dab
bath she kindly said tohim, Come, Luman
! come to meeting with me to-day. lis re
), ply startled the good woman; I'D soone
is go to hell
ro : Near these powder mills was grist M
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-11-29

telling liar, or merciful tyrant. would be
as appropriate and compatible terms. Show
me man chat desires - sell intoxicating
liquors, and I win tell you where to find q
man that has but little regard for the hap
piness of the community IN which he lives.
The kgrog-seller may very properly be
dubbed the canker worm Of societyA His
praise Is written in the blood of bis victims,
and published in the groans Of suffering
widows and the cries of perishing orphans.
I never lock upon him but I think there
Some secret vengeance In the store of Heaven,
Red with uneommon wrath, to blast the wretch
Tho makes his fortune on the wreck Of souls"
VIII man Of good morals engage IN
such a work. Look too at the worst fea.
ture In this lar - holding cut inducements
Aial.sAass "a ;saza fheFasaIVes a MAJ car:
not be a moral man Who desires 70 ehS S5ssFgs
in work which every body knows viii
exert damning influence upon the bodies
and souls of men, yet the law requires
man to profess and prove what every bod.
knows he cannot be. Is it consistent! L
it constitutional to make laws that have
direct tendency to induce me to commi
perjury?
All these difficulties might be easily re
moved by prohibitory law-the eonStitr
tionality of which | shall next consider.
Yours truly, CLINTON.
(To BE CONTINUED.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-11-29
From the Spirit of the Times.
sut Lovengood's Dady Acting Horse.
Z 81, OF TENNESSEE,

BY Sly OF IENNbooEE'
Hold that ere hoss down TO the yearth.' Q
EHe's spreadin his tail to fly now, : s
keep him whar he is.' 'Wo.' Wo,
ShavetaiI' He's dancing ajig. These, $
and like expressions, were addressed to a
queer looking, long-legged, short-bodled,
small-headed, white-haired, hog-eyed, fun
ny sort of genus, fresh from some bench
legged Jews clothing store, and mounted
on Tarpoke, nick tailed, bow-necked,
long, poor, horse, half dandy, half devil, and
enyeloped all over perfect network Of brl-
die rens, cruppers, martingales, straps, cir
cingles. and red ferretin, who had reined up
in front of Pat Nash's grocery, among a
crowd Of mountaineers, full of fight and mean
whiskey.
4 say, you burned ash cats, jist keep yer
shirts on, will ye? You never seed rale,
boss till rid up; Tarpoke is jist next TO the
best boss that ever shelled nubbns, az he's
dead as still worm, poor old Tckytail.
'What killed him, Sut!' says an anxious
inquirer. :.
why, nuthin', you 'tarnal fool he jist
died so, died standin' up, at that. Warnt
that good pluck ?-Froze stiff; no, not that,
adzactly, but starved fust, and then froze ar
forwards, so stiff that when dad and me
pushed him over, he ist stuck out so (spread
inc his arms and legs,) like carpenter
bench, an we waited seventeen days fur hin
! to thaw afore we could skin i'm. Well, tha
we was-Dad an me counting on his I'm
= gers Dad, an me, and Sail, an Jak
: fool Jake we called him, for short), an
:. Jonass, an Phineass, and me, and Calm
= Jane, and Sharlotteeaa, an Simeon Sau
! an Cashus Henry Clay, an Noah Dan Wet
- ster, an me, and the twin gals, an Cath
3 rine Second, an Cleopatrv Antony, an jar
: Lind, and Tom Bullion, an the baby, al
? the prospect, an nam herself, all witho
&c ara boss to crap with. That was nice me
! for a spectacle white family to be slash
~ about in, warnt it! be burned if didt
~ feel like sorter stealth a hoss sometimes
y. Well we waited, an rested, an wished, a
- waited, ontiI we'll on into strawberry TIN
hopin, some stray hoss mout come aloi
but dog my cat, eff eny sich luck as that
lay er Gums whar dad is, he's so drafted me
re- re- an lazy an ugly an savage:
req Well, one mite, dad he lay awake
had mite a snortiu an rollin', an blow
an scratchin' and whisperin' at mi
er's and mex mornin' says he, Sut, I'll tell
ght what wen do; I'll be hoss myself, and
b it the plough, while you drive me, an Y
into break up corn groun', and the old q
ling CHATS many an the brats kin plant or
INK it alone, jist as they d-n please. So
chill we goes to the pawpaw thicket, aud pc
.eps, rite peart chance of bark, and nam ant
p at made geers for dad, and they becum
en- mitily; and he Doud hey bride, so |
prise an old umbereller what I'd found, its a
lress bit forked piece Of iron, sorter ike
f her pitchfork, ye know, and we bent an
tight ed it sorter intu bride bit, snahl
GO to dad wanted it kurb, as he sed he h
ciety. work't for sum time, an mite sorter fe,
which oats and go to cavortin). Well, whe
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-11-29

nea. The notorious DIR. Spencer D; Arm
strong has been captured at Mobile. He has
been at his old tricks out in Florida and Ala
hama. He is a fugitive from justice in this
State, having escaped from the Jail of Edge
combe county, where he was confined, await
inc his trial on charge of murder; lie ,a = :
most unmitigated scamp. and if they would
only stow him away in some penltentiary, %
he might never come back to North Car9lna,
we would willingly dispense with his Oeing
brought here
, 1854-04-22
SURVEYOR GENERALS NOTICE

The above townships having been surveyed, and the
plas thereof approved on the llth inst all persons
who have claims parts Of claims therein before the
date of such approval are required to present the
notifications Of their claims respectively at this Office,
WITHIN THREE MONTHS fronfthe date thereof, where
shall be prepared to receive the notifications of their
claims, and enter upon the adjustment Of the same,
and the settlement according to law Of all conflict Of
boundary lines that may be fouud to exist among
them.
And every person who has settled. or shall settle
within such townships, AFTER the date Of approval
aforesaid is required by law to file at this office the
notification Of his claim specifying the precise tract
or tracts claimed by him, wITHIN THREE MONTHS from
the date of his settlement and he hereby is requested
so to do at any convenient time within such term.
Given under my hand at Oregon City, this llth day
Of February, 1854
C. X GARDNER,
Surveyor General Of Public Lands in Oregon.
March 4, 1854 4w26
, 1854-04-22

y TOWInE aTICIl6'
DRUGS AND R13D00l6g3S.
, 1854-04-22
Sr HD eg 2rE a

INHE undersigned takes this method Of informing the
i .eitlzens Of Olympia and surrounding country, that
he has opened an office at the above place, Tor The
practice OF MEDICINE in Us various branches and
will hold himself in readiness at all fines, 10 attend 10
any calls in the line of his profession to which Lis en-
tire attention will be devoted.
Office, two doors south q Parker Colter,s stors.
G. A. LATHR0P, NJ. D.
June Is, 1853. 42-ly
, 1854-04-22
HENRY JOHNSON & 90,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
I4O, Washington Street, near Montgomery,
SAN FRANc1sco cALIFoRSIA.

hFFER for sale, for cash, At the lowest =
~ wholesale prices, a large and well
lected assortment Of East India, Mediteffa- N
mean and European Drugs and Medicines; I
French, English and American Chemicals
Of all kinds and also, extensive variety q peFia
merry, Fancy Articles, Fancy Soaps, Brushes, Plinh
and Oils, Dye Stuiis, Labels, Window Glass Extne5,
Bronzes Trusses, Leeches, Surgical Instruments,
Druggists Glassware, Hatters' Goods, Shaken HeThl
and Roots &c. together with every article comprised
In the stock Of a Druggist or Physician.
II. J. & Co, are the prOpnetOrs Wholesale Agenl1
for DR.. Jayne's Family Medicines, Sands Sarsapana
&c. ..ta
Henry johnson 4 Co., have made such arrange.
ments In New York, Boston and Philadelphia - VII
enable them to purchase their stock At the loSeai
rates. and they are determined to give their customer
the benefit Of low prices, and at the same time The
best quality Of goods.
July %, ls53-46ly.
, 1854-04-22
PACIFIC HOUSE.

THE UNDERSIGNED having recently erected and
l. fitted up Hotel in Olympia, is now prepared to
accommodate bCarders and travellers with private
rooms and afford such entertainment as he trusts
will be appreciated by liberal and discriminating
public.
The Pacific House is situated on the corner Of Main
and Fourth Streets, where the proprietor will at all
times take pleasure in giving hospitable entertain
ment to his guests moderate terms as can else
where be procured,
WIN. COCK.
Olympia, March Is, 1864. 2stf
, 1854-04-22
E0R RENT,

TNHE STORE AND DWELLING now occupied Y
il Mr. J. @. Fofy, on the corner Of Main ane - u
Ond streets. Possession given on tho INST osy
April. Apply at the Office Of the Pioneer and De'nV
cratn
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-01-27
Orphans' Court Sale.

10Y virtue of an order from the Orphans
- Court Of Union county, tie undersigned,
Administrators OF SAnUKL WILSON. late of
Kelly Tp. deceased, will sell at private sale the
following REAL ESTATE, to wit:
That valuable tract OF land situated IN the
township and county Aforesaid, within mites
Of the thriving village of Lew-hurg, bounded
hy lands OF the heirs of Tho's wilson dec d,
David Meyer FlaveI Clincan, joel Rpysf Phil
ip Shook, aud others, containing 2I' acres
or thereabouts $50 acres sclearei, hCvin5 there
~ on erected two story Frame House and
-ALki,chen, a Frame Barn. Spring House
(aud never failing Spling Of Wa'er,) and all
other ou, buildings necessary for the comfort
and convenience Of Farm. There Is also o>es
good Apple 0lohald. With variety o, -.
Fruit Trees. The cleared land is IN high
state of cultivation and ab0un!s With Limestone
tor all necessary purposes.
The above property will answer 10 divide INTO
TWO or THREE FARMS, and will be sold to
suit purchasers.
For terms of sale apply to ei'her of the sub
scrjber,. or To TannAs Wilson, on the premises.
ROBT. ~. LAIRD.
WM. WILSON in.
Sept IL, 1853. Administrators
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-01-27
LEWISBURG CHRONICLE & WEST BRANCH FARMEk
For tie enron
Over One Hundred Suits

Are now on the Trial List for Union
county, and the list swelling every Term
[. appears to me tia; something must be
done TO clear the List And it seems to
me the FIRST thing is, to sweep away the
petty, lna.hesomc prosecutions which the
New Berlin lawyers are getting uT, under
the name Of Railroad suits to fill their
own pockets, and to draw custom to their
town. 1t is well known that Mr.. Slenker
got 500 out Of the County Treasury for
advising the notorious .limebach to violate
his own solemn contract, under oath ; and
with the aid OF the INSCRIPTIONS Van Ge-
zer, they all Except Weirick and Casey
seem to expect fat hauls from the County
Treasury. 1t is well known that New
Berlin efforts and influence caused the
100000 Bonds to be made aud since it
is made, they are making hundreds of dol
lars expense to the county, every year, In
vain and useless litigation about it, and
thus they not only enscnIer bad feelings,
but prevent the proper and legitimate bu-
siness of the Court from being performed
Let Judges and Jurors think of all this,
IN / apply their veto powers. y.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-01-27
Democratic State Convention.

WHEREAS, the State Convention Of 1913
empowered the State Central Committee
to fix the time Of holding the next State
Convention at Harrisburg, and whereas
the usual day, the 4th of March, will be
Saturday,
Resolved, that the next State Conven-
tion be held at Harrisburg, on Wednesday
the Sth of March next, at 10 o'clock, A.
NJ, and that it will assemble in the Hall
of the House of Representatives, if it
shall be the pleasure of the House to gran.
the use Of their Hall.
WM. l.. HiEST, Chairman.
WM. CURTIS, coo,s
HENRY l.. D1rrrExnAcH, Dec s.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-01-27
E<x,seg Szsyes.
House and Lot for Sale
Lcwisburg, Jan. 20, 1884
Shcr;G's Sale 0fRcalEState

pY virtue of sundry writs oil Nehd. Tx anu
- Fl Fa. issued out of the Couri "i '"nl-
mon Pleas of Union county and to me direct
ed. viii he exposed to public vendue OF ou'crV
.t the house of G.. ID. Kline in the Borough "i
Ievisburg on SAruHn,Y, the 4th day oi rep
ruarv next. at 10 o'clock \. NJ. OF sad day 'he
C,Ilnwiog described real estate. Ia vii;
l. \ certain tract of land situate III " me
Deer township, Union county, containing 60
acres more or less. adjoining lands Of Adam
Beck. Henry Geyer, Jacob SyPher, JACOB Der-
sham and others, about twenty-five acres oi
which IS cleared and the remainder TIMBER
Land. on which are erected a two storey -.
LOO Dwelling House, Frame Barn, and Ia Z
other improvements. To be sold as Inc prop
erty of Lrcob Be,1it.
). 4 certain house and lot of ground STU
ate on Market street in the Borough OF Lewis
burr. onion county, said lot being lhIrty-three
feet in front and one hundred sixty-ilve feet IN
depth more or less. containing one-el@hlh oi
an acre or thereabouts. bounded on the east
by lot of Dr. !. +. Grier, on the north by Market
street. on the west by lot of Mrs Nara Jones'
and on the south by an alley; whereon Is
erected Three Storey Brick Dwelling a.;
House. in which is a large Store Room, Ia
and Frame stable. Tc be sold as the prop
erty of 4. L. Hdiifria.
JOHN KESSLER, Sheriff.
Sherifs Office, New Berlin, Jan. l3, ls5l
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-01-27
A COUNTRY
Dollar Paper!

Since the Cironirte came into our hands,
we have clothed it in new type, at cost
Of $500 or Sl00-Ollice rent has nearly
double! paper has advanced 20
or 20 per cent-The number OF workmen
employed is larger-Farmers produce Is
raised in price seneraliy......but our terms
have not been advanced. Thus, while
our prtroaaye has increased, our P'o'fS
have not.
ng-A reasonable inference from these
premises is, that WE MUST RAISE OUR
RATES OF CHARGES, or our reuters must
obtain an increase of PATRONAGE. The
papers above us on the West Branch, and
some on the North Branch and elsewhere,
have raised their charges. We choose to
wait-one year lopger-at the old rates
trusting that we may be favored with such
an increase Of Subscribers. Advertising,
aud Job Work, al may enable us to keep
on at our old rates.
In almost every neiehborhood, within
20 miles around Lewisburg, additional
patrons might readily be obtained,
We send out weekly % papers IN s'ny''
aeraypcrs. To print, foll, envelope, and
direct singly, 81 times year, affords but
a small profit indeed. If each one now
getting paper alone will get one or more
new subscribers to join him, the larger
packages will go more safely, and Afford
US better compensation.
Onc Dollar Ycar-Tico Cents a lVeel-
(and no postage in Union county, is all
the paper will cot TO any old subscriber
who will obtain me or more ne,o ones, and
send the Cash for all 81 cach) in advance.
This offer is for ONE YEAR ONLY. With
such Il chance, no Housckceper, no Young
Man, should be without the Chronicle.
nsa-We ask all who approve the course
of our paper, to aid it by getting one or
M IRE subscribers ~a-a
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-01-27
Wh;g State Convention.

At meeting of the Wing State Com
mittee for Pennsy lvania, held in Philade!-
phia, Dec Is, 1898, it was, on motion OF
Col EIie, Of Somerset, unanimously
Resoice5, That Convention of Delegates
of the Wing party be held at Harrisburg,
on the 18th day of March, 1854, for the
purpose of nominating candidate for Go
vernon, Canal Commissioner, aud Supreme
Court. A X. COi;NYN, Charm.
HENRY S. EVANS, Sec'y.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-01-27
The Turkish Var.
AEHsys. GF YssE NIAGARA!

SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EtK0rE.
HALIFAX, Jan. .J.-Thc British Nail
steamship Niagara, arrived this morning
with Liverpool dates to the 9TH instant,
which is one week later than received by
tie Europa.
The weather has been very severe, and
a deep snow fell, which caused stoppage
Of tie mails throughout Great Britain,
France, and Belgium. 1t is feared that
destructive foods will ensue upon the melt
ing Of TIE snow. 1t was the heaviest snow
Storm that has occurred for many years.
There is 10 positive change in the affairs
Of the East All the Indications on the
SIDE Of Russia are, that the Gar is prepar-
lag for i fierce struggle with Turkey and
the allied powers. lie has given orders,
it is reported, for the troops to cross the
Danube The French government appears
to suspect the good faith Of Austria, in her
alliance with the other powers, and threat
ems her, in case of her wi:LGraNa. from the
alliance, to raise an instruction in Hun
gary and her Italian dependencies. The
allied feet had not yet entered the Black
Sea, though under orders to DO SO. They
intend to force the Russian Admiral back
to Sebastapol, if he will not 20 at their re-
quest. Altogether, the Turkish question
appears as complicated and as difficult of
settlement as it well can be, and every days
experience is, tha; ii parties are getting
more exasI Grated ;l,d hostile. France has
a large force ready for service, but Great
Britain still hangs back. The popular
feeling against Prince Albert appears to
be growing more determinedly hostile.
He is openly charged with Russian sym-
p,thies and of betraying the secrets of the
Cabinet The subject, it is expected,
would be brought before the Parliament.
Extraordinary military activity prevails
all over Russia, unexampled since 1913.
The Gar has got a supply Of lo,Ooo,oCo
rubles from the Church.
The London Observer says that agents
are on their way to the United States to
purchase ships aud anuniion privately for
Russia.
Commercial advices give another rise in
fout and breadst lffs-a decline in consols.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-01-27
nenncratic County Meeting.

The Democratic voters of Union county Wi.
meet At the Court House IN New Berlin or
Tuesday the 2ist of February next. t" appoIn,
A Delegat4 10 the Sth of March Convention 10
meet at Harrisburg. BY order of the STANDING
CummIIlee.
&. ID. ROUSH, Chairman.
New Berlin, ian. 26, 1854
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-01-27
CARPET Bags and Trunks.
EXPRESS
between LewiSburg and MillerSiOwn!

VNHE subscriber would respectfully inform
| the citizens Of Lcwisburg and community
generally that he now runs an Express be-
tween the abovs points, once a week-leaving
Lewi>burs on Wednesdays, and returning on
Friduys. All packages for this region directed
to NV care, will be carefully delivered at reas-
enable charges. Freight also transported from
Lewlsburg TO Miilerstown. cr HESS .
Dec. 33, 1858