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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-29

as loss Of time, the poverty it has induced,
reckless extravaganza, taxes for poor
houses, the expenses Of convicting and
punishing offenders whose crimes were
committed under the influence of intoxi-
cation, &c, sixty millions annually, max
ing six hundred millions.
3. 1t has burnt and otherwise destroy
cd property to the amount of five millions.
4. 1t has destroyed thirty thousand
lives annually-three hundred thousand.
s. 1t has made no less than twenty
thousand widows annually-two hundred
thousand.
g. 1t has made at least three hundred
maniacs annually-three thousand.
T. 1t has made one hundred thousand
orphans annual ly-one million.
s. 1t has instigated the commission Of
fifteen hundred murders.
8. 1t has caused two thousand suicides.
10. 1t has consigned to jails and pri-
sons one hundred and fifty thousand per-
sons.
If any one doubts the accuracy of these
estimates, let him carefully examine the
various statistics of the different States,
and his doubts will be thoroughly dissi-
pated. Let those who oppose a Prohibi-
tory Law, ponder these facts, and show
their inaccuracy if they can. If they are
true, who will array himself against re-
form SO imperaiively demanded by the
sorrows of suffering people ? We have
tried the license system, under every mod
iiication, for more than one hundred and
fifty years, and yet the burning tide of
intcmperance rolls on, blighting and desc
lating ten thousand habitations Why
not, then, at least give Prohibitory Law
fair trial fit does not work we'll, it
will be the easiest thing in the world to
repeal it, and fall back on to the present
system Friends of humanity, lovers Of
good order, fathers, husbands, brothers,
sons, Taxpayers, philanthropists, Chris
tians, shall we not have your countenance,
cooperation and efficient aid?
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-29
A good Recommendation.

"Pleasc, sir, don't you want cabin
boy?'
az do want a cabin boy, my lad, but
what's that to you? A little chap like you
amt fit for the berth"
"Oh, Pm real strong. I can do great
deal of work, if amt SO very DID,"
"But what are you here for! You
don't look like a city boy. Run away
from home, heyf'
"Oh no, indeed, sir my father died,
and my mother is very poor, and want to
do something to help her. She let me
come"
"Well, sonny, where are your letters
of recommendation Can't take any boy
without these"
Here was damper. Willie had never
thought of its being necessary to have let
ters from his minister or his teachers, or
from some proper person to prove to
strangers that he was an honest or good
boy. Now what should he do ? He stood
in deep thought, the captain meanwhile
curiously watching the working of his ex-
pressive face At length he put his hand
in his bosom and drew out his little Bible,
and without word put it into the captains
hand. The captain opened to the blank
page and read
Willie Graham presented as reward
for regular and punctual attendance at
Sabbath School, and for his blameless
conduct there and elsewhere. From his
Sunday School Teacher"
Captain Mcleod was not a pious man,
but he could not consider the case before
him with heart unmoved. The little
fatherless child, standing humbly before
him, referring him to the testimony Of his
Sunday School Teacher, as it was given in
his little Bible, touched tender spot in
the breast of the noble seaman, and clap
ping Willie heartily on the shoulder, he
said: :: "You are the boy for me, you shall .
sail with me and, if you are ns good !
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-29
Mr. Peppers Wife.
HOW He SHUT HER Up.

"Mrs. Pepper, labor under the i'm
preston that it is high time you were
getting breakfast. As my former house.
keeper understood all my wishes with re-
gard to these things, l found it unneees-
sary to give any orders respecting them !;
but with you it is different. As you have
never got meal in this house, of course
you knew nothing of the regulations of the
household. In the first place, you will
make a fire in the kitchen, put on the
kettle, DE, then you will make fire in
here. That done, you will cook the break.
fast and bring it in here, as l have always
been accustomed to taking mine in bed,
and do not consider it necessary to depart
from that custom on your account but,
should you prefer it, you can eat yours in
the kitchen, as it is perfectly immatcrial
t. me-"
This occurred the morning after Mrs,
Pepper went to housekeeping. Mrs. Pep
per was a sensible woman-she made no
reply to Mr.. Peppers commands; but as
soon as her toilet was finished, she left the
room, and sitting down in the kitchen, she
thus ruminatcd
"Make the kitchen fire Yes, I'll do
that Then make a fire in the bed room
I'll see to that, too. Then take the break
fast to his bedside! Just see if ] do ~
And then Mrs, Pepper sat and thought
deeply for few moments, when, n,apparent-
ly having arrived at satisfactory conclu-
sion, she proceeded to business.
Having got a nice fire kindled in the
kitchen, she carried some coal into Mr.. P's
apartment, and filled up his stove, having
first ascertaned that there was no spark Of
fire in it. That duty performed, she next
prepared the breakfast Of which she par
took with a great relish and after matters
and things were all set to rights in the
kitchen, she went down town on a shop
ping excursion.
Meanwhile Mr. Pepper began to grow
impatient. He "laborcd under the i'm
preston" that the atmosphere of his room
did not grow warm very fast, and he be-
gan to feel unp.easanty hungry, Peeping
out from behind the bed curtains, he saw I
how affairs were with regard to the stove.
Something like a suspicion of the real
state of affairs began to dawn upon his
mind. He listened for a few minutes, but
all was still about the house.
Hastily dressing himself he proceeded
to investigate the affair. lie soon COM
pretended the whole of it, and was very
wrathful at first but he comfortcd him
self with the reflection that he had the
power to punish Mrs. F., and he felt bound
to do it, too. After some search he found
remains of bis breakfast, of which he par
took with a sus,o, and then sat down to
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-29

cal stock, we should hear less of the frothy
cant about Montgomery and others, We
should have no organized opposition TO
Sunday laws and wholesome moral enact
ments Iimigrants would be content to
sit down and enjoy the blessings of the
soil would be content to see their sons in
the indisputable possession of the rights Of
citizenship, and clig bility to office which
should belong to the native citizen alone.
Yours, S. H. L.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-29
Facts for the Pe0ple,

The history of intempcrance, if it shall
ever be truly written, will be the saddest
and gloomiest on record. 1t will be so.
not only on account of the personal, social
and public evils inflicted by it, especially
because they are scyfmRicted, and might,
aud ought to have been avoided. They
are not like famine, an earthquake, or a
plague. These are visitations of God,
and are viewed as His iebuke and scourge
for the sins Of men. But the woes of in
temperance are like the acts of suicide,
who puts the razor to his throat, or plum
ges the dagger to his heart. They are
not Providential in any proper sense, but
are the fruit of deprayed appetite and un-
restrained passion.
l have before me few facts, obtained
by careful scrutiny and patiert invcstiga-
ton, which, with your permission, l will
present to your numerous readers. They
are not random, or reckless assertions, but
yet reliable facts. The pecu-
mary and other evils inflicted on this
nation by the promiscuous sale and use of
ardent spirits, in ten years, may be sum-
med up as follows
[. 1t has cost in direct expenses fifty
millions annually, making for ten years
five hundred millions
: 1t has cost in indirect expenses, such
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-29
A Hint or Two.

Never make use of an honest woman's
name in an improper place, at an improp-
er time, or in mixed company. Never
make assertions about her that you think
are not true or allusions that you think
she herself would blush to hear When
you meet with men who do not scruple to
make use of 4 woman name in a reckless,
unprincipled manner, shun them, for they
are the very worst members Of the COM
munity, man lost TO every sense of honor,
every feeling Of humanity. Many good
and worthy woman's character has been
forever ruined, and heart broken, by lie,
manufactured by some william and repeat
ed where it should not have been, and in
the presence of those whose little judg
ment could not deter them from circulat-
ing the foul and Dragging report. A SLAM
der is soon propagated, and the smallest
thing derogatory to a woman's character,
will fly on the wings Of the winds, and
magnify as it circulates, until its mon
strous weight crushes the poor unconscious
victim. Respect the name of woman, for
your mother, your sisters, are women; and
as you would have their names untarnish-
ed, their lives unembittered by the slam
derer's biting tongue, heed the i'll your
words may bring upon mother, sister, or
wife of some fellow creature.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-29

Truly yours, &c, j.
CHARACTER OF CALvIN.-We copy the
following just and beautiful eulogy from
the miscellaneous works Of George Ban
croft, Esq, the distinguished historian:
"We may, as republicans, remember
that Calvin was not only the founder of a
sect, but foremost among the most effici-
ent Of modern republican legislators.
More truly benevolent to the human race
than Solon, more self-denying than Ly-
curgus, the genius of Calvin infused en-
during elements into the institutions of
Geneva, and made it for the modern
world, the impregnable fortress of popu-
lar liberty, the fertile seed d-plot of democ-
racy.
"We boast of our common schools ;
Calvin was the father of popular educa-
ton, the inventor of the system of free
schools. We are proud Of the free States
that fringe the Atlantic The Pilgrims
of Plymouth were Calyinists the best
influence in South Carolina came from the
Calvinists of France. William Penn was
the disciple of the Huguenots the ships
from Holland, that first brought colonists
to Manhatten, were filled with Calvinists.
He that will not honor the memory, and
respect the influence of Calvin, knows but
little of the origin Of American liberty.
"If personal considerations chiefly win
applause, then no one merits our sympathy
and admiration more than Calvin; the
young exile from France, who achieved an
Immortality of fame before he was twenty
eight years of age; now boldly reasoning
with the king Of France for religious lib
erty now venturing as the apostle Of
truth to carry the new doctrines into the
heart of Italy, and hardly escaping from
the fury Of Papal persecution the purest
writer, the keenest dialcctician of his cen
tury; pushing free inquiry to its utmost
verge, and yet valuing inquiry solely as
the means of arriving at fixed conclusions.
The light of his genius scattered the mask
of darkness which superstition had held
for centuries before the brow Of religion.
His probity was unquestioncd, his morals
spotless. His only happiness consisted in
his task Of glory and Of good for sor-
row found its way into all his private re-
lations. He was an exile from his country;
he became for season an exile from his
place of exile. As husband, he was
doomed. to mourn the premature loss of
his wife as father, he felt the bitter
pang of burying his only child.
" Alone in the world, alone in strange
land, he went forward in his career with
serene resignation and infexible iirmness;
no love of ease turned him aside from his
vigils no fear of danger relaxed the
nerve of his cloquence no bodily mfr
mites checked the incredible activity of
his mind and so he continued, year after
year, solitary and feeble, yet toiling for
humanity, till after life of glory, he be-
queathed to his personal heirs a fortune
in books and furniture, stocks and money,
not exceeding two hundred dollars, and to
the world, purer reformation, a republi-
can spirit in religion, with the kindred
principles of republican liberty"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-29

Bancroft on Calvin.

MEssgs. EDIToRs--I send you the
following, a gem Of its kind, taken from a
recent issue Of one Of the leading rcligi-
Gus papers published in Philadelphia.
Yourselves and your readers will, | think,
deem it worthy of place in the columns
of your valuable paper.
Truly yours, &C., j.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-29
An Irishman in Rhode Island was about

An 1rishman in Rhode Island was about
marrying girl who had a pretty sum of
money. Now the priest hearing of this.
desired to get piece of the money, and
t2li the bridegroom be would charge s25
for performing the marriage ceremony.
ats rather high: your reverence" said
the latter.
Then Pll not marry you" replied the
priest.
Very well, your reverence, III go To
some other priest" ..
"I'll excommunicate you"
81 can 90 to another church"
"Then III not let the girl have you"
"There is plenty Of others, your rever.
ence, and I've been thinking, your rever-
cnce, that the churches and girls are very
much alike-if one won't have ye another
will
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-29

PEHsoSAL.-"What plan" said an ac-
tor to another, "shall adopt to ell the
house at my benefit ~ "Invite your cre-
ditors," was the sure reply.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-29

Beautiful extract-helpiDg a young lady
out Of mud puddle.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-29

lad as | think you are, your pockets shan't
be empty when you go back to your good
mother"
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

The PORTLAND (ME. Rrors.-A pamphlet
has just been published, entitled, "A Report Of
the Committee appointed by the Board of Al
dermcn of the City of Portland" to investigate
the causes and consequences of the riots on the
evening of June I'd. 1t occupies fifty pages,
and concludes with the opinion that 'sthe may
or and other executive officers of the city did no
more in the emergency than their duty and the
public service required; and that they would
have proved unfaithful to their trust had they
done less"
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

SsS~ Some time since we published an ac-
count of the destruction of Mr.. Thomson house
at Brant, near Buffalo, in which he, with his
daughter, Mrs. Carr and her two children, and
t"o other persons persisted. 1t was supposed
at the time that Carr the husband of Mrs. Carr
was the incendary. He has since been arrest
ed, and is now in Jail, with the prospect before
him of receiving the proper punishment, his
tiendish conduct so Justly deserves
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

THE HARLEM RAILROAD Acc1pENr.-John
Callahan, one of the six persons who were
either killed or severely injured on Wednesday
by the railroad accident at Williambridgc, died
yesterday at the New York Hospital. An in
quest was held upon the body by Coroner Hill
ton. and the jury rendered verdict of acciden-
tai death. The deceased was native of Ire
land, % years Of age, and resided with some
relatives in l3d street, near Sd avenue.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

NEW TAPER.-We understand that new paper
is to be started at Shakopec, NJ. T., under the
editorial management of Allen Green, ESQ.,, on
the independent principle. We wish Mr.. Green
tho most abundant success. May his labors be
properly appreciated, and his highest hopes and
expectations realized.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

PREMATURE OLD AGE.-A letter written to St.
Petersburgh from Sebastopol, by Mons. Leontuw-
ski, who was taken prisoner by the Allies at Kam-
iesch, mentions that quite young men and officers,
who have taken part in the nine months defence
of Scbastopo, have, in the space of time become so
old, through continued exertion and care, that
the order Of the Emperor to reckon every month
SO passed as year of service, is by no means
anything more than just.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04
BALr1MoRE,:, Aug. 9,

BALTIMORE, Aug. g.
learn from Norfolk there were IS deaths
from fever there, for AS hours upto yesterday
Mayor Wood, is among the dead. The panic
was increasing in intensity. The mortality at
Portsmouth is reported as fearful.
New Orleans papers Of Wednesday, are re-
cieved. The election returns show majority
Of $500 for Pease, Democrat, for Governor Of
Texas. i,.... IN .-,,.,...f, y.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04
ST.. Ldufs. Aug. 9

ST. LOUIS, Aug. %.
Salt Lake dates of July LIST are received. The
prospects of famine are still increasing, and
the third crop Of grain has been destroyed. H
Hon. L. Sharer, one of the Judges of tho
territory was found dead in his bed on the morn
ing of the 29th of June. He was buried with
great ceremony. 41lI 81 vais FliiNla Yfgr
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

ST. CArHARISEs.-This town, situated in Cana
da West, has population of about 10000, mos,
of whom, it is stated, are Americans by BIRTH
The Welland canal passes through the CITY. A
citizen Of Washington, who is spending the sum-
mer there, says they have we'll $50 feet deep,
containing more medicinal qualities than any 9TH
er in tho world vet discovered.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04
NEW York. Aug. "a.

NEw YORK, Aug. "a.
letter from havana per Grenada states the
cholera TO he still prevailing there, especially
among the military, of whom 200 had died, while
among the citizens but ten had died. Some of
the regiments had been sent INTO the country;
some members of the Captain Generals family
had been attacked.
The Washington correspondent, of the Journal
of Commerce says the report of Santa Annals
abdcation and flight is not credited in that city.
letter to the Herald SAYS that Santa Annals
quarters were provided for in Havana. lie was
expected to arrive from Vera Cruz in the steam
er Vic. The British sloop of War Daring was
waiting to take linn on board. The Vie arrived
there on the 22d, left the same day for South
ampton via St. Thomas. Whether Santa Anna
was on board or not is not known. The same
letter says Spanish war steamer which went to
sea on the 22d, had orders to proceed to Vera
Cruz and aid in the escape of Santa Anna should
it be necessary.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

WENT OVER THE BANK.-A horse of Mr..
lrvine's, backed over the bank yesterday after
noon, few rods above the Upper Levec. The
Height is supposed to be over sixty feet, and
yet strange to say the horse was not injured
lie was attached to a wagon, which was badly
broken up by the fall.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04
LIKING AND OlsLlxlne.


Re who know the reason, ten ne
How Il 10 that nstnct stail
Prompts the heart t. like--or liz not
At IL own capricious win
Tell me BY what hi.den magic
Our Impressions first areled
Into likng--os disIiking- <
On before word be sid
Why should sasties sometimes repel us9
Bright eyes turn feelings cold?
What u that which comes to tell us
Allth gltters IL not gold?
Oh-no feature, plain or striking,
But power cannot sbun,
Prompts our liking, disliking,
Ere acquaintance hath begunI
Is Il Instructor some spirit -,
Which projects us and controls
Every impulse we inherit
BY sympathy Of souls?
Il It instinct PTS II nature
Or some freak, or fault Of chance,
Which our liking dslking- 3
Limits to . single glance SO
Like presentment Of dapecs, sA
Though the sky no shadow dngs;-
On that inner sense, still stranger,
OF unseen-unuttered thingsl
Isn-oh, one tell me, %'Rf@-- 81 ~
No one show sufncient
Why our ukings-znd dislikings-1 z
Have their own instructive laws? ~ 10
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

The Republicans Of Dakota County met at
Carr's, on Saturday, and nominated the following
For COuncil-W. II. III. Graham 1at
For Representatives C. p. Adams,
f. II. Gibbs.
For Sheriff.. r. French.
For County Commissioncr-D. W. Truax.
For District Attorney. +. Parker.
This is an excellent ticket and we feel quite sure
it will be elected-it certainly will be if our
friends work as they are now working for the
good cause. -
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

Acknowledging has now fifteen rail-
ways running into her streets, having total
length of over 5000 miles.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04
NEw ORLEANS. Aup. .

.---.I -. NEW URL1ANS, Aug. q.
Later advices from the Rio Grande, were n
waiting the intelligence of the downfall of Santa
Anna, and the forces were consequently inactive.
The deaths last week were $50.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

EsS~ AT the late election in Jackson county
Iowa, the Republicans carried their ticket by
200 to 500 majority.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

Gy The Know Nothing Convention of Georgia
have added new plank to the p!atform-the ac-
QUESTION of Cuba. ..
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

a. At cresco, in southern Wisconsin, there i
society Of spiritualists who call themselves the
:" Free Love Union" Their most prominent ar
ticle Of faith i that no man or woman shall ~
main united longer than they choose, 49,
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

CYT Two more Sisters of Charity left Balti-
more on Monday the Doth ult., for Norfolk to aid
the Yellow Fever sufferers.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

Iowa ELEcTIoNs.-As near as we can Judge by
the returns received Of the late County Election:
in Iowa, it seems that the aggregate result has
been in favor of the Republicans. In a few coun.
ties they have lost, while in others they have
gained largely.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

GY A German, on Monday, performed the
feat of drinking sixty mugs of lager beer success
sively, in Jersey City, for wager.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

CT The Louisville Democrat says that on
Tuesday the 9th ult., eighteen Germans left the
city for Minnesota, and that movement is on foot
to get up Kansas emigration society. 49,.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

Ekg The several Austrian garrisons in It.
ally have been reinforced by $4,000 troops
from Vienna.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

The City Belle arrived Thursday night and
left YESTERDAY afternoon.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

E@ The Sultan gives Omar Pacha three
valuable estates in Roumelia and Antolia.-
The general;ssimo WILL it is affirmed, take the
command of the two armies of Asia. ~
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

CO Said Pacha, chief of Omar Pacha's staff,
and who is now in Paris, is said to be of Polish
origin. His wife and child are with him.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

EeDr y daughter of Mr.. James Porter, near
Ellicott's Mills, was burned to death last week
by her clothes taking fire.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

EeD Miss Andrews, young lady ofample
resources, from Syracuse, New York, has ar
rived at Norfolk, where she intends nursing
the yellow fever patients.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

CO The Mississippi had risen : #. at St. Louis
on the 18th, the rise being mostly from the
Missouri, which was coming up at the rate of
three inches per hour