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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14
THE CHRONICLE
MONDAY. MAY 10. 1855.
The late legislature

Never was legislative body SO valorou
in promise and SO weak in performance, 4
the last General Assembly Of Peunsylva
MIA, although Two thirds Of each brancl
coincided in political profession with TIL
Executive. Elected by dissensions among
the Opposition, the Democracy had full
ample Power-had complete control-aui
mus, bear all the responsibility.
In reviewing their labors, we must frst
notice that they utterly failed to make the
least reform in, or additional security for
the Banking System.
The sale Of the remaining State Works
to the Suubury & E.ie Company, is an
important measure, the benefit or evil Of
which is to be determined by the good or
bad management Of the Company.
The Militia and Liquor Bills were not
only uncalled for, but We believe viii be
hostile to the public interests.
In creating new Offices, and raising the
salaries Of the Governor and themselves,
this overwhelmingly "DemOcratic' Legs
lature was Considering the "hard times }
very liberal, patriotic, and benevoleut-
with other peoples money!
The Senate pretty nearly "sustained !"
President Buchanan, while the House as
evidently sympathized with his opponent,
Senator Douglas.
The modification OF the party over their
evident failure, Is amusing and suggestive.
We quote = few Of the anathemas from
their leading Journals and others:
Scarcely less distinguished t5r iltlmy
than the preceding Infamous Legislature Of
1857, the members Of this body must
return TO their homes with the conscious
ness that they have left USDoyE most Of
those things which they ought TO have
done, and done many Of those things
which they ought not to have done. -
HIrrisJurg Pltri5t Dem. organ.)
Each member received 500 for IN
Testing our Capital nearly four
months. ."-.SeIinsJror Journal.
The Lycomiag Ga-ete says, d" That
exceedingly useful body, the Pennsylvania
Legislature, adjourned on Thursday. Last
wear it sold the best public improvements
Of the State, AID this year sold the balance.
If it will sell the Capitol next year, We
do not know Of anything else belonging 2
to the Safe to sell-the Legislature solf
t:seJ many years ago
'.The list Of acts passed numbers 500.
OF these, only seveateen are general laws.
The amount of special legislation about
township election districts, personal claims,
county roads, and hundreds Of things
which the Courts ought to be empowered
to settle, is anazing.-Phia. Bulletin,
These may suffice. The elections in
Reading, Lancaster, Pi.tsburg, Erie, Phil
aaelphia, &c, have made good beginning
towards Z revolution in the State next fall.
There is no certainty in reformation by a
change, yet the people often resolve to
TRY II. The present good feeling among
the opposition, may place the next Legis-
lature unequivocally Oh the side Of Liber-
ty and Economy.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14
II z a 4 z 4 ,

One sweeily solemn thought
Comes 10 me Der and Der:
I'm nearer my HosE, to-day.
Than I've ever been before
Nearer my FATHIR's house,
Where the many mansions be.
Nearer the great white throne,
Nearer the Jasper SEA
Nearer the bound Of life,
Where we lay our burdens down
Nearer leaving my cross,
Nearer wearing nv crown,
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

There Is 2 world where storms naver
iatr13e-a haven Of safety agains, the
tempesis Of lfe-a little word Of enjoy
uent and love, Of innocence and Tranquil
ity. Suspicious are not there, nor tie
venom Of SANDER. When 4 man enters il
be t0rge;s his sorroEs, and cares and dis
appointments be opens his hear, to con-
fience and pleasures, not mingled With
rauorse. This world is the home Of a VIZ
,uous and amiable MOTHER.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

4 newsensation preacher, bog Of six
teen years, Is a, work in New York. HIS
mama is Cranmond Kennedy, 4 conver; to
the Baptist church under the care Of Rev
John QGincy Adams, during the present
revival! His style IS vehement. b1t bis
aud ne addresses large crowds, in an e1-
tsnporaueous manner, with serious tu.
CONSERVATIVE" thoughts.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

WORTH KSowING.-One pound Of
green copPeras, costing seven cents, dis
solved in one quart Of water, and poured
down privy, will efec,ually concentrate
and destroy the fOulest smells. For wa
ter closets aboard ships and steamboats,,
about hotels and ether public places, a
simple green coPPeras dissolved under tie
bed, in anything tha. will hold water,
will render hospital or other places for
the sick free from unpleasant smells. For
butchers stalls, fish markets, slaughter
houses, sinks, and wherever :here are Of
feusive putrid gases, dissolve copperas and
sprinkle it about, and in few days the
smell will pass away. If rat or mouse
dies about the house, and send forth an
offensive gas, place some dissolved cope
ras in an open vessel near the place where
the nuisance is, and j, will soon purify
the atmosphere.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

"GoT HIN FoUL Aunt Jenny vas
very exemplary colore3 woman, and -
ways felt and showed much concern for
the future welfare Of her numerous child
ren. But little Nirh1l-s had 81 Uueu c!
go .--~--- 4. -, t;-.r, "isi. -ii a..
persuasions aud threats, she could not
bring him into the s5oi way Of s4y ing his
prayers. One afternoon, Anu; Jenny Vas
startled By hearing loud cries from the
barn yard, 30 Lord and, Fastening cut,
she saw young Nick pinned to the fence
with the horns Of COW, one Oh each side
Of him, and nov and then she would Jet
him out, only TO "bunt' him back again.
Nick kep: Up his cries, - LJgi - aal
all the louder when be saw h.s mother
coming. But she didn't interfere. She
stopped, took good lock, sst her arms
akimbo, ard sang cut, "Ob, yes you's
mighty wiiliu' to call on de Lord, now
you's in ;rubul; tu; y5u c5u.l'u, pay
with yer muddeE Ike spectacle chile. -
And, turning to the kitchen, she left Mex
to the meEcies Of the COW, being quite sure,
however, that nO harm would come to him.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

rELFarmers generally, should enlarge
their gardens. If they would reflect q
moment, they would fad that there is 10
part Of their premises half 50 profitable
Is the garden, or contributing half so
much TO the comfgr; and health Of the
family Instead, Is mauy J., Of having :
but dish or two Of peas, green beans,
bee;s, sugar corD, radi-Lc-, lettuce, 6c.,
as the product Of single planting, they
should 1t in 4 succession OF crops, so
that, ;--2ugh tie whole season, they
could enjoy these desirable necc=saries Of
life Try it-enlarge Your eArdeO-de-
vote day or two extra 70 your garden
now and then; DO No; depend entirely
upon the females Of the family, wh1 usu-
ally have hard duties to perform during
the growing season-aul having ouc- tried
II, DO good husband or father would ever
again show any short c1mings il this re-
spec,. Wires and daughters would often
find that little coaziDg would DO great
deal in behalf Of carrying out their wish
es in this espect.-B59mJa,y Dsp.ocrat.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

WHAT jews CAN Do, BESIDES MAKE
Mn"Ey-Who composed "Il Ba5bierre.:"
R0ssini, Jew. Who Is there that ad-
mi.es no; the stirring music Of the
"Huguenots" and the ''Prophets ~ The
composer is Meyerbeer, Z Jew. Who has
not been spell-bound BY the sorcsry Of
"Die Judiu 2" by Havely, Jew. Who
tha, at Munich, has stood before the
weeping Koningsparke, whose harp ST.
len,ly hung on the willows by the waters
of Babylon, but has confessed the hand Of
a master in that all but matchlcss picture:
The artist Of Bendcman is Jew. Who
has not heard of the able and free-spoken
apostle Of Liberty, Boarns Jew. Who
has not been enchanted with the beautiful
fc,ions Of lyric poetry, and charmed with
the graceful melodies, SO to speak, Of one
Of Israers sweetest singers, Heine : a
Jew. Who has not listened, with breath
less ecstasy, to the melting music Of the
Midsummer Nights Dream?" Who has
not wep: with "Ehjah,' prayed with
"Paul," and triumphed with '-StePheu ?
Do you ask who created those w9r4rous
harmouies ? Felix Nendelssohn Bar
tholody, who also, We must 50 write 1t,
was a Jew.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14


RIoTISG LEGALIzED.-JGdge Shaw,
an able and veteran iurist in Massaebu-
setts, has decided that all liquors illegally
held tor sale may be destroyed As public
nuisance BY the citizens Of the town. 1t Is
no new decision ,ha, any citizen has the
right to abate the nuisance, bu, the pTac-
teal tendency Of the principle is to Iiot
and disorder. The citizens Of Erie, under
such view, some few years ago, destroy
ed railroad, and the Governor was COM
PEELED to visit the city to protect the
property Of the railroad company. If it
is lef, for the citizens to decide vha. is =
nuisance, then any mob may assume to rep
resen, public opinion, decide that any OBJ
noxicus thing, even aehurch,ior example,
is a public nuisance, and proceed to destroy
it under the authority here recognized that
they possess. If it is left Tor Courts TO
decide what is nuisance, (Which are the
proper tribunals to determine such ques-
tions,) then the Courts should possess
the power also to see the nuisance aba:ed,
By ordering the proper and legally apPOin-
ted authorities under them to employ such
force as is necessary TO remove it. The
principle set Up, that others than the
proper executive officers appointed BY the
law may proceed in any instance to carry
into etfec, the DEGREES Of the courts, seems
destructive to public order-a dangerous
delegation Of authority, which has not ev-
en- public necessity to recommend it
PifIr1 Leiyer.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

Hon SOUNDING NANEs.-Wha: : peo-
pie Americans are f-r magnificent names .
Just think Gift LITTLE foas-by-zix apart
nent in s;eamboa, called a"S;-te Room
a name borrowed from the mos; ample
and gorgeous room in a royal palace
AID the word "Saloon" from the French
SALON. which indicates, properly, nothing
less than the most spacious and splendid
Of drawing roous. We have seen it pain
ted over the door Of Z dirty sLauty in
New England city, and often embe,...L-
ing the from, Of !og greg shop in the
Western States. Amos: everywhere the
popular name fyr retail, liquor establish
ment Is now "ss.o,l ;" All our friend
Seaven Of the BgE4lo Cutr, says lie
once heard rum customer, who was ,Iy-
iDg to a-d bar-keePer, inquire fJr the
"salo5uia.'
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

FACTS FOR THE CURIoUs.-AmoDg the
two hun dred ministers whose Biographies
are found in the History Of the Presbyte-
riau Church in America, by the late Rev
Mr. Webster, we discover tha: one hun
dIed and fOrty-nine Of that number had
Scriptural Christian names, leaving fifty
one only that had not. There are forty
Johns, sixteen Sanuels, nine Dayiis, eight
james, six Josephs, FIVE Thomases, four
Timothys, four Natbaniels, four Banjamins,
four Andrews ,fou. Daniels, &c. Fifty-four
were natives of ireland ,twenty-siz Of Scot
land, twenty FIVE Of Connecticut, twenty
four of Massachusetts,, seven Of Long
Island, seven Of Pennsylvania, FIVE Of Eng
land, txo Of Grea; Britain, two Of New
Jersey, three Of Delaware, ,one Of Germany,
one of New York, one Of Holland, aud
about thirty whose places Of nativity are
unknown.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

CAPITAL PRECEPTs.-We zip :be f,.-
loving capital advice from ~ exchange {;
Earn l shilling before y0u spend = penny,
and rather drink Waie. than % On credit
with the tavern keeper. Cast not away
your Old clothes before you get new, and
clap patch Oh the el53w rather than %
Oh tick with the tailor. Wear nothing
before it Is your own, AID keep your b4nls
from sealing-wax- THIS Is IN ili4l,.t!e
ar;ido,e agains: the couiagiJn Of sheIiEs,
balifs ard coustab.es'
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

The CHANCES IN THE WEsr.-A let
ter in the Salem Mass Reyis,er, from
ST. Louis, Missouri, says:
"Those young men who give up Ger.
tainty in the East, with the hope Of in.
proving their condition BY removing West,
had better stick TO the fore-plane aud
Plough handle in New England; or, il
'Aey do come West, must come prepared
70 shove the one or hold the other; for
s.stks aud spectators are here already in
groves, aH9 ugs. either s.arye OF . 70
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

EMANCIPATION IN RUssIA-The en-
ancipa;ion excitement is still keP. up in
Russia. This "desPotic' country Is set
ting an example which should not be los;
on the world. The ST. Petersburg Ga.
se.ts publishes an imperial decree signed
BY tie Emperor Alexander, establishing,
il the districts Of Kew, Podotia and Vol
bynia, = preparatory committee for carry
ing out the emancipation Of the seEfs il
those provinces. One Of the members Of
the local nobility is appointed President.
Zach committee is to consist of two men,
bers Of each district, selected from the
landed Proprietors who have serfs, and Of
two experienced landed proprietors desig-
mated BY the head Of the local admins
tration. The "aUtocrat" seems to have
more respect for the "mud sills" Of society
than some Of our Democratic" statesmen.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14
UMBRELLAS.

1t is but hundred years since an Eng
lishman, named Jonas Hanway, having
returned from his ''travels in the east"
(the record Of which is still preserved in
yolumious quarto form, with that title, in
some old libraries), appeared on the
streets of London On a rainy day, lit does
rain in England sometimes with q queer
notion, imported from ChiLa, in the shape
Of what is now called an umbrella. Il
was the first ever seen or used in England,
probably the first in Europe. 1t attracted
such curious and iniiguan, notice, that
the eccentric Jonas was soon surrounded
BY furious English mob, ard was boldly
pelted with mud and other convenient
missiles, for his presunptuous audaci'y in
thus attempting to screen bis head aud
figure from the rain, which true born Eng
lishmen, from time immeuorial, had al.
lowed TO beat upon them without resis-
tance, as an ''inevitable" visitation from
the powers above upon all who chose to
leave the shelter of a roof in storm or a
shower The incident made noise, and,
in spite Of ridicule, the "ouilaudisb, new
fashioned notion" began to 'tske might
lily" with the extensively bedrizzlad Peo-
pie Of England, aud as the new machine
was found to be as effective in protecting
the person against the rays Of the sum
mer's sun, as against the falling rain, the
learned cendescended TO borrow I name
for it from the Latin dimiuutiye form Of
"un.Jra''-a shade-''umJrella'-a little
shade Poor Jonas Hanway's innovation,
SO unpopular at first, merely shows what
disadvantage it is to a nan to be few
years in advance Of the age.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

PoTA-oEs.-The editor Of the Amherst
q. H Cabinet says he has never had SO
good potatoes as the last two years. and be
ascribes his success to the observance Of
the following points:
l. Change of seed. Our seed was all
procured from distance.
>. Planting on light instead Of 4 heavy,
wet soil
8. Ligh; manuriog and seeding.
1 Early planting and late digging.
3 Manner CT keeping
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14
Andrew johnson, Of Tennessee, who has

Andrew johnson, Of Tennessee, who has
spslt the most Of bis life il tail,r shop,
working by the side Of negro '.j1urs," il
recent speech in the L 5 Senate said :
Il do lot care whether you call it slavery
or seryituie: TIE man lrt2 has zlsHill on
c.s 70 Pe-f5rnl Is the SLAVE 9r ,.e scyrGat,
care not ,rIe,ier he Is ,sti:e ,r t5ack
Ssrvituie or slavery grows ont Of the u
ganic structure Of man"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

LAND LoTTEgIEs-"a good Farm for
Five Dollar" are the latest form Of op-
era;ions BY the ever-varying lottery swim
dlers. We see in the n Y. Tribune that
Gov. Randall, Of Wisconsin, who is Ore
ferred" to By one Of these gents; indig-
nanily denies any knowledge Of or coHnec-
ton with the scheme. A man who bought
some "fue Tennessee lands" for next to
nothing, went to see it, and found be had
paid 100 per cent. too much. Any land
worth having, you must pay for-be sure
Of that.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

Too GooD TO BE L0sT.-A gentleman
from Buffalo says he has ceased to hate
the dOughfaces il Congress who support
Leeomp,oD, and only pi;ies them. To their
supporters at home, who are under no OBJ
legation thus to degrade themselves, and
have nothing to gain by it, be applies the
exclamation Of Dumas, when be caught
another man kissing his ugly wife: ''Gocd
heavens .-Gna pities. leing c5!.ge8 e. !"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

Ten YEARS AGo.-Ten years ago, IN
one Of the schools of Lancaster county, .
blackboard was forbidden TO be used and
the teacher, who introduced il, dismissed
because be persisted in using it, and IN
teaching tha, the world is globe; and a
teacher employed in his stead, was pledged
not to use a blackboard, or teach the fig
ure and motion of the earih.-Laacaster
Eromacr.
VIA; a contrast. To day the very
same county in which the above occurred
thanks to our noble Common School
System-is one Of The most intelligent dis
tricts of the State
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

NEAT PUDDING.-Take piece of lean
meat vet with water, season il, roll !: in
crust, a any other ro.l pudding, boil well.
--Irs B.
VI. 3 adds 8 sdace for the above
One old Charlie, one field Of corn, work
vel together from SIX in the morning III
nom, then blow the horn
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14
..MY LIFE mas BEEN a FAILuRE. >

MY LltE HAS bEEN IAlLI hE-
So said a capitalist in this couatry, worth
several millions, On being asked Why be
did Lot have biography Of bis life writ
ten. What al answer and what sad
truth to b. made and considered By one
who has speu, long time in amas-ing
wealth, and now, with trembling limbs,
stepping into the grave, the startling truth,
quite too late i, IS to be feared, flashed
across the mind, that h. ~: h1l Jesu u
.Jiiiare-its grea; CHI and the only one
worthy the attention Of an immortal be-
ing, having been entirely overlo.kel Or
neglected! What more than such th9't
need occupy sane mind, to fl aud keep
it full Of uuuiieIaLle anguish Life =
failure
Reader: whosoever you may be, poor
or orrich-did you ever ask yourself whether
your life also has been failure! Whe-
,her you are living merely tyr this world
laying up the treasures Of which you
can no; avail yourself II yogT time Of sEea-
test need,
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

CHICAGO, As SEEN FL An EDIroR-
The Cleveland Plain Dealer has lately
seen Chicago through peculiar spcctacles
"Chieago is bustling city. 1, vas for
merly in Illinois, but now Illinois Is in il;
Lake Michigan is situated on Chicago
The principal products Of Chicago are
corner lots, statistics, wind, the Democrat.
ic Press, and long John Wentworth. The
population of Chicago is about sixteen
millions, and is rapidly Increasing
The pe7Ple are very unassuuing aad NOR.
ai-alm0st too much 50. The real estate
dealers are honorable men, Ike Pautus,
aud wouldn't tell lie for anything.
Chicago IS not in the temperate z5ne, the
habits Of the people not being at all II
that way"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

ToUGH STUNP.-In boEiu. the Artcsiau
well in Stockton, California, the borer
struck redwood stump, $50 feet below
the surface Of the ground, aud more than
go feet below the level OF the Pacific
Ocean. The earth above and below was
Of strat;fed clay and sand, which
had apparently no. been disturbed since
its original disposition, which occurred
nobody knows when, perhaps several thou
sands Of years ago. That !. tough old
s,ump-(or tough sto.y.l
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

SINGING WITH THE SPIRIT.-The New
York Ecaminer says, that 'tLe whole
perplezity how to have good church mu-
sic is solved By hearing one hymn sung
in the revival in Chambers street or ohn
street prayer meeting. The observer will
be struck with the unity Of time and
movemen. throughout the vast and un-
schoOled chorus. Not a voice can be
heard 70 drag on the most familiar air
that has been drawled out in sleepy meet
inss for a hundred years. Every note is
araLe, prompt and eager in its rythmical
place The physical imperfec;ions CT
voice and ear, which in choir of from
twenty to fifty persons might be almost
intOlerable, are as little thought of as the
hoarser notes in the thunder Of the ocean
or the rear Of the forest"
TIGHT TIMEs.-We have seen many
hard rubs in our day, and known what it
is to want money, but an old settler near
Bloomington, Illinois, has seen the tough
est times Of any man We ever heard Of.
He says, the winter Of 1880 was remark
able FOR the scarcity Of money; SO much
so, ,ha; one man who was elected Justice
of the Peace couldn't raise enough to pay
IN Office, for swearing him in so he stoo!
up before ls9k-iry glass and qHalfei
kirlpI
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14

Col. Benton was born in l1e2-the
year Of the birth, also, of John CCalhouu,
Martin Van Burep, Lewis CASs, and Dan
iel WebsteI-thc last year Of The Revolu-
t!.B.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-14
Interesting Chapter in Ichthyology,

The most interesting, to Lousekeepets,
Of all fish, is the common shad, which
may be regarded not only as source Of
wealth, but as miracle Of nature, in its
multiplication and continuance. Not
withs;aniing thousands Of myri2ds are de-
stroyed by the agency Of man, aud tens
of thousands Of myriads in the o7a state,
We find al undiminished Abundance, year
after year, which can only be accounted
for BY their extraordinary creative ability.
They spawn abONt forty-f7e thousand to
each female. They ascend our rivers
from the Is, Of ApTi! to the 10th Of June,
for the purpose Of spawning, which they
accomplish in the same manner that bass
DO, except the mail fails TO cover the ova.
This necessary operation is performed by
the ebbing and flowing tide. The organi-
za,ion Of this fish, says Mr.. Pell, enables
it TO breathe either sal, or fresh water,
and, taking advantage Of this fact, have
been enabled to breed them in ponds
From numerous experiments, l am led to
believe ,ha. shad live but a single year,
and thus, when they pass down our Iiv-
ers, after spawning, they are SO weak and
emaciated that they fall an easy prey to
vOraciOus fish. They take TIE circuit Of
the sea, commencing in the regions Of the
North Pole, in schools equalliDg in extent
the whole Of Great Britain. When they
reach the coast Of Georgia, they separate
into immense squad-ons, and,as the season
advances, run up all the rivers on our
coast, followed, little later, By the her
ring. The shad lives upon suction, and
feeds upon the animalcula in the water,
while swimming. Food has never been
discovered in the body Of shad when open
ed, and they never bite baited hook.