Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-04-17
THE CHRONICLE.
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FHILAD., April IL, 1851


DEAR CHRONICLE A general grief has
pervaded the city to-day, owing to the sud
den denise of Hon. Chas T. pcnrose, WHO
was buried this morning; man uuivor-
sally known, and now that he has gone,
universally mourncl. Mr.. rcnrnse was
not what might be termed popular nan !;
he was too fearless and energetic to be so
i mean politically-but all who knew
his man y, outspohen course, and he stcr-
ling principles, cou!d not but admire the
man. knew him well-was formerly a
f,l!ow member of the same church, where
he was an upright, working and consistent
member, aud where his absence will he
felt most, outside of his family circle
How we pass away-the great and the
humble. The brown pilot coat and glazed
cap of the gallant little Kane have passed
for ever from our streets, and the noble
man who wore them, it seems to Us but
yesterday, lives but in memory, and the
hearts Of those who knew him aud Low
the stately form, and venerable presence
of the deceased Senator, is hid for ever
from the sight of man. We can hardly
realize that those We have known SO long,
should SO soon pass from our midst.
But these visitatioBs bear no permanent
lessons to the majority Of men.
Two or three days ago, not sixty feet
from my door, two men fell through the
roof Of an ice-vault belonging to the But
Ter property, just now being taken down,
and in an hour one was taken from the
ruins, shapeless corpse; | stepped across
to ask some of their fellow laborers, who
were pursuing their work uuconcernedly,
about the accident One I" believed that
some one had fallen through the roof"
and another one, on the same lot, " knew
that some fool would get hurt there" but
not one seemed to care so familiar do
men become with violence and death, they
seem TO know when to lock for them, and
they are passed over with an indifference
painful to think Of. The great scramble
for wealth, and the uncomfortable fever for
pushing things which distinguishes this
cOuuty-par ezcellenee-fairly absorb
all the milk of human kindness we inherit,
and become the household deity wor-
SHIPPED with more than Mohammedan de-
votion aud constancy.
We have but one other trait that will
compare with this-our extravaganza In
our dress, and in our houses, and still
worse-in our business-this is distiu-
gushing feature, and one that ruins thou
sands daily. An instance will suffice On
the Butler estate, mentioned above, a
building is under contract, with only
forty feet front, which is already leased to
i. |. Levy & Co., for yearly rent Of
Tueire thousand Dollars and tie tares !
and yet single sale to private customer
will at times pay the expenses Of the es-
tablishment for the day
If this madness could only be confined
to those who have money to invest in it,
the objection would be less bu. untortu-
nateiy the disease is contagious, and many
man is drawn into the fatal vortex, where
he loses character and credit, and suffers
irretrieyable ruin, who, under a better sys-
TEN would have reached, with half the
efforts it required to blast his peace and
his hopes, the very highest point in pros
perity.
but | must close my letter, as my
strength is wasted-reduced by protracted
.'hssi-aDd | have wandered from what
started to write. Yours, S. Ii. L.
49,
VOW Is the TINE FOR AoTIoNw "Let
me South strike Final and Decisi;re
D'o@ Such as these are the terms in
when, through the Slave holding States,