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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13
Material tor a Romance.

A letter from friend Informs Us Of
marriage, at Baltimore, Of two Of the res
eued from the ''Central America" Both
parties became mutually attached to one
another on board the steamer, and on the
very evening preceding the disaster sealed
their affection with the usual vow. When
the gale came on, and the panic was at its
height, the young lady :hrew herself in
his arms, and, with gallantry quite be-
coming the occasion, the gentleman i'm
pressed her brow with one Of Tennyson's
patent "soul sent" kisses, and "slid'' her
over into the first boat that was lowered.
He saved himself on plank Upon ar.
irving at Norfolk, the lovers met. But
the young man appeared strange. He had
lost his valise, and al his money. The
young lady assured him ,ha: money was
nothing. The young man shook his head
and looked sad, as much as to say Snow,
maybe you think So" "But," said his
devoted one, 81 have enough. Fear not.
Father has two hundred thousand"
"Ah!" gasped the afiluced bridegroom,
1--WE speak novel fashion, to make point)
and he looked extremely philosophical, but
said no more. They suddenly vanished,
and We suppose are now enjoying all the
blessings of matrimonial &c, &c.-Fs.ers-
burg Fa) Eepress.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13

want you to attend on the store; and |
have purchased your wife and children,
too, that you may not be separated" ."
"Bress God for dat! and, massa, kin | go
to meetin' sometimes 7" ayes, Moses,
you can 60 to church three times on the
Sabbath, and every night in the week ;
and you can pray as often as you choose,
and as loud as you choose, and as long as
you choose, and get as happy as you
choose and every time you pray, l want
you to pray for me, my wife, and all my
children; if you are good man, your
prayers will do US no harm, and we need
them very much and if you wish to, you
may pray for everybody Of tho name Of
B. in the State of Maryland. 1t will moi
injure them"
Early the next spring, as Mr.. b. was
standing one day at the store door, he saw
a man leap upon the wharf from the deck
Of vessel, and walk hurriedly toward:
the store He soon recognized him a:
Col c. They exchanged salutations, and
to the coloneps inquiry after Moses, Mr.
b. replied that be was up stairs measuring
grain, and invited him to walk up and see
him. Soon Mr.. BIS attention was ares
ted by very confused noise, above. He
listened, and heard an unusual shutting
of feet, some one sobbing violently, and
some one talking very hurriedly; and be
determined to 60 up and see what was 60
ing on. When be reached the head ol
the stairs he was startled BY seeing Moses
in the middle Of the floor, down upon his
knee, with his arms around the Colonels
waist, and talking rapidly, while the Col
onel stood weeping. So soon as the Col
onel could sufficiently control his feelings
be told Mr.. u. that be had never been
able to free himself from the influence ol
Moses prayers, and that, during the pas,
year, he and his wife and all bis children
had been converted to God.
Moses responded, "Bress God, massa
c. dough way up her, l nebber forgi'
you in my prayers; 1 oilers puts de ole
massa side de new one. Bress God dis
make Moses tink bout Joseph in Egypt
agin."
The Colonel then stated to Mr.. B. that
his object in coming to Baltimore was to
buy Moses and his family back again
But Mr.. b. assured him that it was out oi
the question, for he could not part with
him and he intended to manumit Moses
and his wife at forty, and his children al
twenty five years Of age.
Old Moses is still living and doing we'll
He long since obtained his freedom, and
at present occupies q comfortable house
of his own; and l suppose sings and
prays to his hearts content
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13
SELECTED for the Lewisburg chronele.l
"Willic. we have missed you!

Oh Willie, Is 1t you. dcar!-safe, safe at home
They dl not tell true, DEAR they said you would
not come.
heard you at the gate an it made NY heart rejoice,
TT knew that welcome fcotstrp, aud that DEAR iail
lar voice,
Waking music my ear, in The lonely midnight gloom,
d. Willie, VIC have missed you-welcomc, welcome home.
we've longei TO you nightly, but this night all,
rr FIRE blazing brightly, and lights were in the hall;
The little ones up till twas ten O'Clock and past,
Then their eyes began to twinkle and they have gone to
sleep at last;
Bat they listened for your voice till they thought you
never come
lhwile,we have missed yOu-welcome, welcome home:
The DAYS sad without you the nights long and drear,
Ny lEeams have been about YOU welcome Willie DEAR
Last night wept and watched, by moon;hts cherries
ray,
Til thought heard your footsteps, then wiped ny
tears away;
But nv heart grew sad again when found you had not
come
d. Willie,we have missed you-welccme welcome home
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13
First Market Day in Lewisburg

Saturday morning, Nov. I, 1857, inau.
gurated the looked-fOr system, by which
the providers for the 5000 human beings
Of Lewisburg may purchase most of their
food directly from the producers Of their
neighborhood, and thus satisfy themselves
as to quality, amounts, and prices. The
day was favorable. The sales were no.
very large, and yet were encouraging and
hopeful. Scores of both sellers and buy
ers, most anxious for the Market Days,
were absent-either really not prepared as
yet, or lacking the moral courage to attend
and make their own desires answered.
Many looked on, who will hereafter come
in. Others want to learn how" before
ParticipatiDg-like the cautious lad, who
determined never to 60 into water, until
be could swim!
Our observation from o'clock until
10, resulted in recording the following
names Of sellers in attendance Mr.. Hart
man, Mr.. Click, Messrs. Stoltzfuss, Mr..
Critics, Mr. slear, Messrs. Bylers, Mr..
Dnesbach, Mr.. Bertolette, Mr.. Riehl, Mr..
kckert, Mr.. Stannert
Of marketing, We reported as
Heny-Beef, Pork, Sausage, Werst,
and Butter.
Ia'rd'eient-Chickena, Cabbage, Apples,
Celery, and Lard.
has're.y Aissing-Common and Sweet
o'a'oes' Eggs, Fish, Mutton, Venison,
sAi' turkeys, Geese, Ducks; Dressed
-'NlS OF al kinds Dried Fruits, Berries,
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13
Shelter for Stock.

Many farmers still neglect their animals
in winter, feeding them from the stack.
yard, in the open air. This practice is
not only barbarous, but very expensive.
IL takes a third more Of hay to carry COW
through the winter, by this method, and
with the best Of hay she will not come
out in good condition. Warm stables are
a substitute for fodder, and an animal
sheltered in them is much more easily
kept in high flesh. Then, by stabling an
imals, we can save all the manure, which
is quite too large an item for farmers in
this age to throw away. Many who have
large farms, and do not wish to build q
barn large enough to hold al. the hay and
grain, build several small barns in differ.
ent meadows. These save the carting,
both of hay and manures. In no case
should hay be foddered out to cattle with
out some kind of shelter. A howell open.
ing to the south can be made very cheap
ly, and with light walls and thatched roof,
it will keep cattle quite comfortable.
They will save cost of building in single
winter. Now is the time to put them up.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13
Cause and Effect.

Observation-Disclosures township, Elk
county, gave Packer POI votes-Wilmot
none, Hsklehurst none! There is no Pro-
testant Bible or School in the township"
Nothing SO very "singulsr," then
the latter fact explains the first. Here is
another Of the same sort ::
"LeRoy township, in Bradford county,
gave Wilmot q unanimous vote-1S2-
Packer none, Hazlehurst none. There is
not Roman Catholic or q real X. N. in
the township"
"L.ke makes Ike, the world over.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13

THE Doom OF OUR WoRLD.-What
this change is to be, VIC dare not even
conjecture +; but we see in the heavens
themselves some traces of destructive Gle
ments, and some indications of their pow.
er. The fragments of broken planets
the descent of meteoric stones upon our
globc-the wheeling comets welding their
loose materials at the solar furnace-the
volcanic eruptions of our own satellite
the appearance of new stars, and the dis.
appearance of others-are all forcshadows
of that impending convulsion to which the
system Of tho world is doomed. Thus
placed upon planet which is to be burn
ed up, and under heavens which are to
pass away; thus treading, as it were, on
the cemeteries, and dwelling on the mau.
soleums, or former words, let us learn the
lesson Of humility and wisdom, if we have
not already been taught it in the school of
Revelation NORTH Rr!ti,h Pev{e,c.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13
Provisions for Winter.
Something for the Farmers to Read

1t is scarcely necessary to urge the pro-
priety of frugality in family expenses.
The instinct of self preservation is indica-
ting this to every one. But We have du-
ties to others, as well as to ourselves; and
our power to do good and to distribute,
will unquestionably be taxed to the Ut
most. Suspended manufactures, and the
interruption of every description of busi-
ness except such calliugs as are demanded
by the daily want of food and clothing,
will throw thousands out of employment.
Many are, Indeed, at their wits end for
the means to live The number of per-
sons dependent upon charity for subsist-
ence, will be probably Increased this win
ter beyond all former precedent; and for
such crisis, it becomes everybody to
make his share of preparation.
Providentially, there is in our land no
actual deficiency of the nccessaries Of life.
But while the arrangement of trade and
business puts it out Of the power Of people
to purchase, famine to them becomes a
positive fact. Those who are more fortu-
nate, will be compelled to relieve the ne-
cessities of the poor. The sooner We look
this fact in the face, and take measures
accordingly, the less will be the demand
upon US by and BY. And what is done,
if commenced in season, will be much
more useful and effectual than if delayed
until the heavy pressure of circumstances
paralyzcs oxertion, aud confuses counsel.
Our land is land Of waste, compared
with countries more densely populated.
Articles useful for food are actually suf-
fered to perish; when the cost Of sending
them to market does not raise above a
certain figure. This year, we can afford
no such negligence. Whatever is service
able for sustaining lie should be carefully
preserved, so far as its nature will admit
The cry of food from those who have not
the means of paying for it, will demand
all that can be procured. Low prices are
high to those who have no money.
Farmers who have grown rich upon the
liberal returns which their labor has re-
ceived from city markets, must aid US in
providing for the poor charge, which, in
the nature of things, falls with an une-
quail weight upon the cities.
Substantial aid may be rendered, with
out the imposition of any very heavy tax
upon our country population. Ifthcy on
ly take care that there be no waste upon
the premises, and that even unmarketable
articles be husbanded, the trouble taken
in storage will render sensible relief
presently. We do not particularlize, for
our rural friends need no special advice
upon subject with which they are much
more familiar than We can be. The hint
is enough if duly observed. Things
which, as market speculation, will not
pay for transporting, as means Of life to
the starving may pay thousand fold.
The thoughtful cannot fail to perceive
in the present distress rcbuke of our ma
tional improvidence, and the first step to-
wards reformation is in the repair of past
errors. Every mans own conscience will
suggest to him his duty, and the circum-
stance in which he is placed will indicate
the mode in which be can perform it.
City Paper.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13
Who are the Amalgamationists 2

Mr.. EDITOR Can you inform your
readers why it is that Mr.. Douglas and
his partisans are, lately, so intensely ex-
ercised and fearfully alarmed about ANAL
gamation? BY their papers and stump
speeches, it would seem they seriously ap-
prehend that, should the Republicans
come into power, white women would be
obliged to marry negroes, whether they
liked it or not. To enable you the more
readily to give the information here
sought, 1 will refer you to the returns Of
the United States Census of 1850. BY
that document it appears that the popula-
ton, in the States mentioned below, stood:
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13
THE CHRONICLE.
West Branch Magazines.
MONDAY, NOV. 3, 1857.


"The Guardian" and the ''Literary Cas-.
kai" are not the only magazines that have
been started in this valley.
\ friend has recently shown US full
volume of the LITERARY & EvANGEU-
cALREGIsrER," commenced July, 1926, by
EuGENIo KINCAID, then beginning his
labor in this region as Baptist preacher.
1t was issued at Milton, had As Svo pages
monthly, at $50 per year. Printed by
Wm. Tweed g. Elan Ii. Kiucaid, at the
ofhee of the Estates Advocate"
In 1898, GEORGE JuNKIN, of the Pres
byterian church, issued the RELIGIOUS
FARMER" also at Milton, l6 pages semi
monthly, at $3.50 per year. Tweed s
Kintaid, printers.
Both publications We think were short
lived, yet had excellent matter, and We do
not doub, were useful in their day. Their
subscription price was high, necessarily, as
lAclr patTouaec WAS Iiiniteo.
We take from the Former the follow
in. list of Market prices 80 years ago:
MILTON PRICES CURRENT.
Wheat, per bushel. 62i?-Rye io-Corn SS-oats 25-
Eucs uheat 3o-Cioverseed 4OO-Flaxseed e2l..
Pork. per pound, cts-Beef I%-Buttr lo-Tsllow ..
BALTIMORE PRICES, Jan. l, lses.-Flour iG2l. to
Wheat so to lO5-Corn so to +3-Rye 80 10 81
cat. 24-Cioverseed to 55o-Timothy 2-Barley % u
f-FisNs-ed so-wool Is to S5-Russian hemp .55 per
-. american 1856 to i40-shad to 6.5O-TIcTrngs as
,ra-Narkarei AIS to sI5-Hams to l-12-Pork 80
ti5j-Whiskey ,26.
When the "Religious Farmer quoted
Whiskey at 26 cts; Wheat 624 and But
ter 10; Beef 81 and Pork 8 cts-it must
have been "good living" about here. Yet
cash prices may come nearer those figures
by lst Of Jan. next.
We find in the Register the annexed
Ioetical gem (from Cowper p which was
copied generally then, and might do well
to take the rounds" again:
1T EAINsr"-what lady loves a rainy day'
No; she who puts prunella on her feet
zrphyrs around her neck and silken socks
Iron graceful ancle-nor yet she
Who sports her tssselled parasol along
The walks, beaucrowded on some sunny noon,
W trips in muslin in n winters night.
IN cold seighride-to q distant ball.
S5s loves a rainy day who sweeps the hearth,
And threads the busy needle or applies
The scissors 10 the torn or thread bare sleeve;
Who besses God that she has friends and home;
Who, in the peltin- Of the storm, will think
~ some poor neighbor that she can befrienl
Who trims the lamr at night and reads aloud
T. young brother, tales he loves to hear;
W ventures cheerfully abroad, TO watch
The bedside Of some sick and suffering friend,
Administering the best Of medicine,
Kindness, and tender care, and cheering hope
such are not sad cen q rainy day.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13
Let Them now do II:

There never was, and there never will be
better opportunity for the Democrats in
this State to carry out their hard currency
notions than now exists. They have the
Governor, Supreme Court, and both BRAN
ches of the Legislature. The banks will
all be in their power after the expiration
of the Relief Act, for resumption will not
take place by that time. If the Democrats
are really in favor of specie currency,
now is the time for them to show it,or else
to confess they have been humbugging
these thirty years.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13

@Since putting the above in type, VIC
have come across No. l, Vol. l, of "THE
LEwIsBURd CHRONICLE" by Shriner &
Burkenbine, Sept %, 1913. Annexed is
the Lewisburg Market List of that day
"the good old times" ii years ago:
Wheat rs, Buckwh't 40, Rye A, Corn
40, Oats 25 c.; Cloverseed 400, Flaxseed
1.I2 Butter 8, Eggs 6, Tallow s, Lard G,
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13

John T. Gilman, editor Of the Bath
Organ, Maine, says, after extensive trav.
cling in both regions, that more corn,
wheat, beans, peas, buckwheat, potatoes,
barley, &C., are raised 10 the acre in the
East than in the West. The raising re-
quires more labor in the Eastern States,
but more attention is paid to fcrtilizing
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13

The packet ships for Europe are carry
ing full loads OF passengers, men who srs
returning home with the accumulation Of
years of industry to enjoy in the land Of
their birth. They may yet redeem Ire.
lalj
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13

Must pEcREAsE-the importation Of
Foreign goods. Must be INCREASED
tie Tariff, 70 a Protective STANDARD.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13

LOSING MONEY, by HoARpING IT.
The Hartford Times relates a remarkable
case of the careful preservation of Bank
bills which came to light in Middletown
about two weeks since. Mr. John Cone,
who resides near Haddam, appeared ct
the counter Of the Middletowu Bank with
$1,000 in its bills, and asked for the spe-
Gle, which was promptly given to him.
These bills were paid to him in 1885, and
they were returned in the same packages,
and with the same strips of paper and
marks that were upon them when paid
out. Mr. Cone had kept them twenty-five
years, of course without interest. Had he
placed the money in some good Savings
Bank when it was first paid to him, he
would now be entitled to nearly $4,000,
instead of $1,000.
The executors of the estate of farmer
near Allentown, who died recently, found
in his house elercn thousand dollars in specie,
which had been stored away by the de-
ceased.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13

The whole number OF mulattOeS IN the
free States, as shown by the census, is
56,5O3. So it appears that Virginia has
%, 272 more mulattoes than all the Free
States together! Republicans are not al
lo,ced in Eiryini1. Whenever any Other
citizens have avowcd principles Of Free.
dom, they have been mobbed out Of the
State. Everybody knows how mulattoes
are made. Do tell, then, Mr.. Editor,
which is the Amalgamation party, the
"Black Republicans" or the Black Dem
ocrats !-VH.aEg COUNTY Courier.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-13

CHINESE SUGAR CANE.-At Wheeling
so cents per gallon was paid for Chinese
sugar cane syrup. This syrup is said BY
the Hon. A. ". Venable, of North Caro-
lima, to be valuable as preventive Of ty-
phoid fever He says physician has as
sured him, that, where persons use much
molasses, they are not subject to typhoid
fever.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-06-20

they were amenable to the laws of the state. u
was not to be asked, had they done moro nun
Sufficient but had they done more than " rcuson-
able man would have deemed so IN their loum
stances. In the opinion OF the speaker' 'h'J ""U
not done half enough. ~
MIR. Mason had remarked that Hyde and others
would. if informed that they were wanted, come
down to Cincinnati, and give bail. Inc speaker
was aware this was out Of the record but he
would tell MIR. Mason, that q Deputy Marshal had
been sent to Mochenicsburg, and he had been
informed that the four men had gone to Can
ada.
Mr.. Matthews then referred to the alleged CON
duet of the Marshals, and said he had no doubt
it had been exaggerated they might have sworn
somewhat that was not confined TO United States
Marsbols, and was indeed not to be wondered at,
when the quality of the whiskey in and about
Springfield, was considered.
The speaker then alluded to the evidence, much
us Mr.. Pugh had, and concluded there could be
little doubt that Compton had fred a pistol. SO far
as the testimony went, not even a prima .Jdctd
case OF assault and battery had been made
out.
lie had argued thus far on the ground that the
suit of Layton was valid, except inosmuch as it
FLASHED with United States authority but he now
claimed that the whole proceeding was illegal.
There was no case on record whore a United
States Marshal had refused to make return to a
writ of hdbedS corpus: and the Probate Judge Of
~'N' tonA b'Nt'J httt AobNSN " "hH 49, AO'''
if the Marshals would refuse. Mr.. Matthews here
read Judge Green's decision, ca partc Jenkins, to
sustain his position.
lie declared it was the intention of Layton and
Compton to rescue the prisoners from the United
States Marshals; to place them in Urbana, and
then call upon the Marshal to answer the writ
while locked up in Springfield Jail. The whole
affair was regarded as a capital joke in tho yicin
ity where the arrest and rescue were made, bui
it was very serious and involved the graves
questions.
lie observed, in conclusion, that he had no ap
prehensions of civil war but should it come, he
had no doubt of the side upon which the create,
portion of the people would be found. The laws
Of the country should he supported at all hazards
all good citizens should shoulder a musket for tbt
purpose /; for once admit the Jaw that the Sheriff
of Clark county, his underlings, and the people o
adjacent counties, being executed, and this
country and government would be forever at ar
end.
Here the Court concluded to adjourn sine die
The next session Of the Court opens on Tuesday
next. The coming week, probably, the argumen
will be closed. a
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-06-20

PROGRESS OF THE FREE LABOR QUESTION IN MIS-
souRI.--From all parts of the State we have the
most gratifying information of the hold which the
free labor question is obtaining upon the minds OF
the working men of the interior. Day by day we
receive letters from those who have heretofore
taken no part in the brawl of politics, but who
profess their deep sympathy with this political
movement in behalf of the social and physical ad-
yancement of our State. Thousands whom we
have personally seen also confirm this intelligence
and lead us to anticipate even q more speedy tri-
umph for the cause of the white man in Missouri
than we might at first have dared to hope. If the
question were made tomorrow, and disenbarrassed
Of all other issues, in the counies of Franklin, JEFF.
erson, St. Charles. Fasconade and Usage, it would
be sustained by a triumphant majority, We can,
too, safely say the same of the counties along the
Iowa line; and can add, moreover, some facts in
regard to the rapid manner in which they are fill
ing up, that are, perhaps, not generally known
Thus, in the last twelve months there have been
added to the county of Harrison, as shown by the
books, more than one thousand rioters. In the
county of Gentry eleven hundred voters have come
in since fall In Midway about eight hundred
and in Mercer more than five hundred. These,
it will be remembered, have chiefly brought their
families with them, thus adding a very large
aggregate population to the State. Some of the
adjacent sections are said by gentlemen recent.
| ly from there, to have advanced in even a swift.
er ratio, but we await data that are being col
lected from irreiutable sources before putting
the facts in print. The persons who have thus
emigrated to the Northern part of our State
have principally come over from Iowa in thu
last few months, and hundreds of others arr
daily hocking in the same direction from Ohi'
and Indiana, They are mall farmers who taxi
one or two hundred acres, and who ~cultiyat'
their own land with their own industry. In ev
cry sense of the word they are the true repre-
sentatives Of free labor, and we are welded t
its predominancc in our State,-1S. LoH'S De"0
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