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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04
500, 900 amt required
10000

Leaving 10000 to be raised,
which has been apportioned by the COM
mittees before named to the respective
townships in each county.
On motion, the respective soliciting
committees in the different counties and
townships along the line are requested to
report their success to the executi e COM
mittee on or before the 18th Of iebrnary
next.
On motion, George F. Miller, Esq, Of
Lcwisburg, was appointed one Of the exec
utive committee, in the place Of David
Duncan, decd.
On motion, vote Of thanks was re-
turned BY the meeting 10 the Methodist
congregation at Aaronsburg for the use Of
..sir church.
On motion, the meeting adjourned to
meet again at the call of the executive
committee.
Good attention was paid, and determi-
nation manifested that this great and i'm
portant improvement not only should but
,could be carried through. c.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04
What a Newspaper does for n Nothins.

The following article should be read and
pondered well by every man who takes .
newspaper without paying for it:
The result ofmy observation enables mo
to state, as a fact, that publishers of news
papers are more poorly rewarded than any
class Of men in the United States, who in
vest an equal amount oflabor, capital and
thought. They are expected to do more
service for less pay, to stand more spong-
ing and 'dead-heading," to puff and de-
fend more people, without fee or hope Of re-
ward, than any other class.
They credit wider and longer; get Of
ener cheated; suffer more pecuniary loss,
and oftener the victims of misplaced con.
fdenee, than any other calling in tho
community. People pay printers bill
mere reluctantly than any other. 1t goes
harder with them to expend dollar On .
valuable newspaper, thanten on q needless
gewgaw; yet every body avails himself
of the use of the editors pen and printers
ink. How many professional and political
regulations and fortunes have been made
and sustained By the friendly, though uu-
requited pen of the editor? How many
railroads, now in successful operation,
would have fouHdered but for the assistance
of the clever that moves the world !" in
short, what branch of American industry
or activity has no, been promoted, stimu-
lated and defended by the press? And who
has rendered it more than miserable pi'-
tance for its mighty services? The be-
zaars of fashion, and the haunts Of sppe-
.ite and dissipation, are thronged With
eager crowd, bearing gold in th,,; P''1,
and the commodities there -''''u A'e su"
at enormous proG.s 'Aoaen intFins'ca.y
vo-,ble,, ans pad for With scrupuOus!v
runc,4..nty; while the counting room Of
The newspaper is the seat OF jewing, cheap.
e.,ing trade, orders and pennies. 1t il
made point Of hanar TO 6Inidato Sros
li.l, but no: d.Si.sne- TO r.ludissc PTia.
tsl's bill.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04
]. Franklin Harvey, u. D.,

HOMEOPATHIC Physieian---wOul
IL respectfully announce 10 The citizens
Lewisburs and vicinity that he has permanen
ly located himself IN this place, and asks
share OF The public patronage. feeling assure
tha, he can treat wI:h unsurpassed success a
curable diseases that the human family nl
fra.s tn In the Treatment! OF tsssasss Of f
males and ch,!ds in which year the de-
diSe.sc- Tod him to the legislature. In
l94O he was a supporter of Martin Van
Buren,, and subsequently Of Gen Cass.-
In 1851 he was chosen to both the Massa-
chusetts Senate and House. He accepted
the latter, and was chosen Speaker by a
coalition of democrats and free -soilers in
1851 and 1852. In 1858 he was chosen
to preside over the State Constitutional
Convention, although he had just been
elected 10 Congress by the democrats. AZ
the last Congressional election he was
nominated by both democrats and know
nothings, and although many of the for
mer bolted the nomination because of his
opposition to the Nebraska bill, he was
elected by about ,UOO majority.
HcNrHREY MARSHALL, of Ky, was born
in that State In 1912, and is distant re-
lative Of the late Chief Justice Marshall.-
His mother is the sister of John G. Birney,
SO often the candidate Of the Liberty party
for the Presidency. Mr.. Marshall is .
graduate of Wes. Point, and served as .
lieutenant under Gen. Scott in the Black
Hawk war. lie also served calamity in
the Mexican war. II 1919 the Wings
elected him to Congress, il 1852 he was
reelected, but resigned his seat to accept
the mission to China. Last fall he was
elected again by the know-nothings, his
majority being over $500.
LEWIS d. CAMPBELL, of Ohio, was born
in that State in ISL. His father vas
'irginian. Mr.. c. served an apprentice
ship at the printing business, and after
wards started Clay paper at Butler, Ohio.
In 1856 he was admitted to the bar, and
in 1910 was defeated for Congress By Col.
Weller, BY only SO votes, out of 1900
In lSts he was elected to Congress as
Whig, and has been member ever since.
He IS distinguished for his decided opposi.
ton to the further spread Of slavery. His
principal business at home is farming.
Henry N. FULLER, Of fPennsylvania,w was
born in that State in 1870. He is law.
yer BY profession, and was first elected to
Congress as Wing in 1850, having the
year before been in the legislature. In
1852 he was defeated by Mr.. Wright, but
in 1854 by the aid Of the Know Nothings,
was again returned, having this time de.
featei Mr.. Wright.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

A DIFYERENcE-The Speaker Of the
British House of Commons is an Office of
considerable emolument, according to the
Washington Globe, in comparison with
the Office # Speaker of our House Of
Representatives. The salary Of the for
mer is $4,000 year, exclusive Of fur
nished residence At the end Of his off.
cial labors he is generally rewarded with
peerage and a pension Of eI, 600 for two
lives. He is member Of the Privy Coun-
ell, and entitled to rank after barons.
Our Speaker receives nothing but double
pay of member.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04
DROWNED!
Br MISS coRSELIA n. BOWLING.

-
4" As boat neared the floating figure in its snow
white roles, discovered il 10 b. the lless form Il
young f.nae-braring still the traces of rcmarkabl
beauty aud loneliness even though chilly and pal
with tue hue uf death-and clasping a little infan
closely to her breast Another memorial, probably, c
a bleeding, broken heart"
Drowned-drowncd-mothe and ehiIdl
The stars in the shone soft and mild,
And Death loot ed up and beckoned and smiled.
Her heart sirk, and her brain wild,
Clos to her losom She clasped her child;
Then, with ga>pns sigh,
Down she plunged, through the white scafoam,
To the coral cave and the mermaids' home,
With her baby pressed
To her futterng breast,
Her hair flung back from her brow to roam,
And up on the wind rose wild and high
wall and an infants cry.
The sad stars wept through the long, long night,
Till the sea'wave blushed in the morning light
That the sun should see such pitiful sight
As the floating form, with its hair so bright,
And its beautiful face cold and white,
And the graceful arms that cung,
With mothers clasp, to the babe that lay
On the bosom whose pulse had ceased to play;
tGs And HI he ns.rI F% was @s. chill. Hill.
And the spirit bad passed for away.
Weep for the erring and desolate one,
Thus the wild wave flung!
Lift them with tender and delicate care,
Mother. so gracefully fashioned and fair,
Babe, that the snowy arms cIaspingiy bear,
Softly compose the wet robes that they wear,
Wiring the long tresses of Glit:erins hair,
Ard take from th- icy breast
The child that lies, in a dreamless sleep,
On the heart that is hushcd in its slumber deep.
Silently close.
In ti-r las; rercs..
The eyes that never may wake 10 weep.
Heavy and chill hath thr cold world pressed
On the form in its white robe dressed.
Beautifnl one, with thy cod. white brow,
And thy bge Eyes veilel with their lids OF snow,
Sad, that the innocent charms that grow
From a gucless heart with its peaceful glow,
Should ever have fed in the words that fow
From the lip that would fin deceived
Thou hast drank from the cup of the cold worlds
Thy spirit hath shrunk meath the poignant thorn,
And the worlds dread frown,
il hath weighed thee down
Thus lonely and wandering, weary and worn,
Thou hsst sought with thy babe thy to leave
In the swell Of the wild waves heave.
Oh that the sad and mournful cry,
That rang from the wave TO the star-lit sky
As the waters hushed thy gurgling sigh,
May have been prayer, to the throne on high,
For mercy from Him who will ever draw nigh
To the heart that is bruised and riven,
That clinss &c lis love and Ills power to save
Thus may thy cry, from the desp blue wave,
Have invoked power,
In the last dark hour
To pardon thee, cen from thy selfsosght grave,
And bear thee, spirit made white and forgiven,
With thy babe. to the rest Of Heav.nl
PHnApELrm., DEc 1855. [Christidn Chronicle.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

ra-The following lines, from the gifted
pen Of daughter of Rev. DR.. Bowling, will
recall wildly to mind The Bridge of Sighs
by the inimitable HOOP. The concluding
verse breathes prayer Of hope for The lost
to earth, which was necessary to complete
Hoods picture for the Christians heart
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

While digging well in Vernon. the
other day, one Of the operators
struck upon an iron box that
contained $500 worth of gold coin.
None of the dates were later than 1920.
This leads the finders to suppose that it
had been buried over . hundred years.
The finding of this box has led to the
usual result-a law suit. The man who
found it says it is his. The man who
owns the land says he is the rightful own
er, while an outsider insists that the Sur
rogate should take possession of the treas
ure and advertise for the heirs.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04
A WOMAN SWIMMING THE M1ssIssIp

A WOMAN SWIMMING THE MIssISsIP-
forthcoming Steamboat Di-
rectory gives thrilling instance of the
necessity of women knowing how to swim.
When the i'll fa,ed Ben Sharrord was in
flames on the Mississippi river, and the
lady passengers who had thrown them
selves into the water were drowning
around the boat, the wife of Captain Cas-
tleman jumped into the river with her in
ant in her arms, and swan ashore, dis
tauce of half mile, being tie only wo-
man saved out Of sixteen.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

@-The Cherokees, by recent act Of
their Legislature, will admit white man
to the rights of citizenship among them,
upon his application to one Of the clerks
Of their district courts for license to
marry, and his taking an oath Of al!egi-
snce to support the constitution and laws
Of the Cherokee nation, and not to seek
legal redress out of the nation.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

The reporter of the N. Y. Tribune says
that q young girl neatly dressed, got into
an omnibus in that city, but when the
driver saw that she reflected .inge of
African blood in her cheeks, he bade her
get out, as they did not carry colored peo-
pie. But red faced rum bloats, paint be-
daubed har!cts, and prowlins pimps, were
allowed to pass without word.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

~An aged and we'll informed citizen
assures us that the late GEORGE KREMER
did not make his Middlecreek purchases
until some years after the county site
was fixed at New Berliu--consequently,
the rumor we recently published, relative
to his course on that occasion, was as
unfouuded as it was contrary to his gene
raj character.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

D%The Union county courts we're held
in Mifainburg, Feb 1914 to Feb. 1915
l year in New Berlin, May 1915 to
Sept. 1s55-404 years; in Lewisburg,
from Dec. 1855 to ......... At the FIRST
Court in Mifilinburg, 43 licenses for public
houses, were recommended to the Cover
nor, and I road views were granted.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

A WESTERN EDIroR's VALEDIcToRY.
THE undersigned retires from the edi-
tOral chair with the complete conviction
that all is vanity. From the hour he
started his paper to the present time, he
has been solicited to lie upon every given
subject, and can't remember having told
wholesome truth without diminishing
his subscription list, or making an enemy.
Under these circumstances Of trial, and
having thorough contempt for himself,
he retires in order to recruit his moral
constitution"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

KIND AND CooL-The Cholera having
broken out at Diets, (Dachy of Nassau
the Government. has accorded q temporary
leave OF absence to six'y.eisht criminals
jetaiusl in the prison 0. TIA. town
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04
Harrisburg aPatriot & Union"

This (only) Democratic journal at the
seat of our State Government, will be
issued Semi Weekly during the session of
the Legislature, containing Reports adap-
ted to interest the people. TERMS.
One copy, semi-weekly, during the
session 81 W
semi-weekly during the session and
weekly the rest of the year 3 90
Address the Publishers,
HOPKINS & Brown, Harrisburg
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

The Lebanon Courier says the Demo.
Gratis of Bcrks county are forming Sag
Nicht societies through that county. And
yet they bitterly denouuce the Nnow No.
things as a secret organization Consis-
tency is no. often political jewel
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

No ACCOUNTING FOR TAsrEs.-Ou the
occasion Of two opposition boats starting
from Pittsburg, one employed a German
bard to attract passengers; the other be-
ing minus the music, and not desiring to
be outdone, started the steam whistle,
which completely drowned the music of
the band. The mayor being called upon,
declined to interfere, saying that "onc
was specimen of German music, and the
other genuine American"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

B@The New York Election Judges
having amended their return, Samuel l..
Selden has received his commission as
Judge of the Supreme Court of the State.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

A MOTHERS LovE-Sunday afternoon
q child ls months old, son of Jacob Stroud
who resided in Queen Street, was left
alone for few moments in a chamber,
and upon the return of the woman who
was attending him, was not to be found
in the room. Search was Immediately
made by the attendent, and Mrs. Stroud
went into the attic and looking out of the
scuttle found the child at the caves Of the
roof, sitting in the gutter with its feet
hanging over the outer edge. The little
fellow was screaming with all its might,
and without for moment thinking of the
danger to which she was exposed, she
slipped down the roof to the caves, and
seizing her darling boy, bore him in safety
to the attic, when she instantly tainted,
and it was with much difficulty that she
was restored to consciousness. Several
persons witnessed the occurrence with
great fears for the safety of both mother
and child Lancaster Wig
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

PRETTY FAIR.-A correspondent of
the Washington Cd. C> Union, who SUBJ
scribes himself "a Whig," says;-
"Let not the Wings be humbled because
their party has beer -vallowed. The
whale swallowed Jonah Jonah was heard
of afterwards, the whale never"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

pA-We see it stated the first Bible ever
printed was in 1455-now four hundred
years ago, How the discovery of one
has scattered the blessings of the other!
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04
zemisburg GDrontclr
FRIDAY. JAN. 4, 1856.
Casualties of the last Two Years

We find in circulation, statement Of
the great losses by the agencies of steam
and fire, in the United States, during the
two years past, of which We publish the
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

TUNNEL CAvED INA few nights
since, the tunnel at Gwynedd, on the line
of the North Pennsylvania Railroad, caved
in for considerable distance Two Of
the workmen we're partially buried by the
FILLING earth. One of them was almost
dead when rescued. A portion Of this
tunnel is cut through solid rock, but
there are veins of sand that cave in occa.
sioually. The work of archiag these por-
tions Of the tunnel is being prosecuted.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

$The Tamaqua paper denies that
oiackguard sheet, purportiug to be issued
from that town, is printed or published
there.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04
Railroad Meeting at ..ronshprp.
For the I.cwisburr ChroniS

slastlc meeting OF tnc cltiIeuS aiouS q
line of the Lewisburg, Centre & Spruce
Creek Railroad, convened at Aaronsburg,
on Friday, the 2Sth day of December
inst. The meeting was organized by call
ing Gen. GEORGE BUCHANAN to the
Chair, and appointing Hon. john Hasson,
Thos Maize, VIM. Birchfeld, Dr. Chas.
Coburn, Jas. johnson, Col. Hazclet, John
Rishel, Adam Winkleblech, Michael KEEP
hart, Henry Fidler, John Wilt, Samuel
Haupt, John Young and Adam Shaifer,
Vice Presidents; VIM. Coburn and Shem
Spigelmyer, Secretaries.
The President, on assuming the Chair,
delivered very able and appropriate ad-
dress, showing the condition Centre county
sustained among her sister counties her
wealth and Importance, together with her
vast but undeveloped resources, and the
utility and importance Of a Railroad thro'
Penns Valley as the shortest and most
direct means of uniting the great west
with the marts Of commerce in the east
He then referred in the most feeling man
ner to the loss this great enterprise sus-
tanned in the death of one of its most able
advocates, David Duncan, of Spring Mills.
george T. unrv', E-1-,- -r 4 ~,-;shurR
was then called on to address the meeting
He alluded to the local advantages Of 4
Railroad to all the counties along the line,
and argued the superiority ef the Lewis
burg, Centre & Spruce Creek Railroad
over any other. He then forcibly urged
upon the meeting the necessity Of prompt
and energetic action. Now is the tine.
..Let US then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to laGor and TO wait"
Mr.. Mller's remarks were to the point,
impressively delivered, and will no doubt
tell we'll in our subscription books.
The amount of stock taken along the
route was ther called for, and reported as
follows Lewisburg $4,000, Mltlinburg
1O,S5O, Hartleton 10000, Aaronsburg
$4,000, Mllheim 10000, Spring Mills
10000, Old Fort 10000, Boalsbu-g
10000, Pine Grove 10000, Miles town.
ship 5000, Franklin township, Hunting
don Co, ls,60O, Hollidaysburg $4,000,
aud townships not represented Il, 900, ma
king total of $4,000.
The following Committees were then
appointed: Messrs. Fgick and Halfpenny,
Of Union Hon. George Boal, Of Centre,
an6 Messrs. Hazclet and Johnson, of Hun
tingdon, to make pro rata distribution of
the whole amount required along the line
among the counties interested.
VIM. C. Duncan, Jno. Hcsterman, Pc
ter Wilson, Jas. Dunlap, DR.. ". j. Wilson,
Henry Keller, and Samuel Fronk to make
a pro rata distribution among the town.
ships in Centre county and Sam'l Haupt,
John F. Wilson, Samuel Caufman, Jas.
Young, John Cast: David Bausler, James
Moore, Samuel Barber and David Watson
to make similar distribution among the
townships of Union county.
The report of the committee appointed
to apportion the whole among The counties
along the line rs as follows:
Union county, 125,000
Centre 100000
Huntingdon, $4,000
Elair, $4,000
100000 am'trequired.
Subscribed, 10000
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

Or the ll0 killed on railroads, Ol were
persons connected with the roads. But
the lists do not embrace those who were
drunk on the track, or who were injured
by jumping on or off the cars when in
motion, or other similar modes of semi
suicide
Fires causing loss of .
$50, 900 or over 223 l93
Amount of losses $50, ,57s,0 900 l3,049, 600
This is fearful and often wicked waste
of property, most of which could py r--rer
precautions in building, have been saved
The aggregate losses Of life and prop
erty have been, Proyidentially, less than
las. year. More care has been taken to
guard against accidents.
The sudden public deaths are known to
the world, and everywhere published and
talked about with horror. but the cata-
locuc of deaths from wha. may be called
priyafe causes-such as sloth, effeminacy,
licentiousuess, passion, gluttony, intempc-
rance, &c.-would, if honestly made up,
be far greater than the above; probably
ffy lives are sacrificed to private vice, to
one from public calamity.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04
J. Goads...stE, {. zs.o,.-

dcntal yterefore respectfully inform the resid
of ,ub;ob hYisburg ami lis vicinity, that they
"a opened large and fashionable
that dark, dreary iNTAkNs. at III light
he found the box which had
saved his life contained the corpse Of his
wife.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04

DECIDEDLY CooL-The editor of the
Columbia Georgia. Corner Stone gives
the following reason for the interest that
journal has manifested in the subject Of
Kansas emigration. 1t says:
ave feel no interest in the Kansas
question, except that resulting from the
hope that they may get up difficulty
over it, which may by possibility result
in dissolution Of the Union. We would
not, for any other benefit We expect the
South to derive from it, turn on our heel
for choice whether it shall be free or a
slaye State"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04
important News.

.s:s in Ins bss,ss e9eFss sseesf,lT ss hp%as r
"Goldsmith" 10 turn .railcr." proper espect
to the opinions of mankind as well as to his
own interests demands that statement of his
intentions should be made To the world IN gen.
cral and his friends in particular.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-01-04
For the Lewisburg Chronicle
Teachers Institute.

Pursuant to previous notice to teachers
of Bu1aloe and East Buffaloe, a meeting
was held at Bufaloe X Roads, Thursday
evening, 9th Dec. 1855, for the purpose
of making arrangements for the orgaaiza-
ton of Teachers Institute On motion,
DANIEL DIEFFENBACH was chosen Presi-
dent, and G. W. Eocum, Secretary. The
house was crowded, and lively interest
was manifested.
An able address was delivered by II.
K. Kennedy; subject, Education"
He was followed by S. L. Vanvalzah, who
spoke for some time on the "Power of the
Mind" An appropriate essay was then
read by C. E. Haus, whose subject was
"The Teacher" G.. NJ Yocum then spoke
in an able manner, his theme being "Our
Common Schools"
The advantages of forming an institute
in the township, was discussed by Messrs.
Diefenbach, Haus and Vanvalzah. The
following persons we're appointed COM
mittee to draft constitution to be pre-
sented for adoption at the next meeting !:
G. NJ. Yocum, G. E. Haus, II. X. Ken
nedy. Mr.. Yocum, on behalf of the busi-
ness committee, reported as follows. awe
will meet again on Saturday, the 5th Of
Ian. next, at M'Clure's school house,
where the best method of teaching the
following named branches will be discuss
ed: Geography, opened by J. NJ. Wagner.
Arithmetic, d. K. Kennedy.
English Grammar, C..E. Haus.
Reading, G. NJ. Yocum."
The following resolution was unanimous
ly adopted: Resolved, that the proceed
ings Of this meeting be signed by the off,
GERS, and published in one of the county
papers. On motion, adjourned. Y.