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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24

A BEAUTIFUL PIcTURE The man who stands
upon his own soil, who feels that by the law
OF the land in which he liyes-by the laws of
civilized nations--he is the rightful and excn-
sye owner of the land be tills, is, by the cou-
sttuton of our nature, under wholesome in
fuence not easily imbibed from any other
source. He feels-other things being equal
more strongly the character Of man as lord
wonderful sphere which, fashioned by the hand
of God, and upheld by his power, is rolling
through the heavens, part is his-his from
the center to the sky. 1t is the space on
which the generation before moved in its round
of duties, and he f. els himself connected by
visible link with those who follow him. Per
haps his farm has come down to him from his
fathers. They have gone to their last home
but he can trace their footsteps over the scenes
of his daily lahors. The roof which shelters
him was reared by those to whom he owes bis
being Some domestic tradition is connected
with every inclosure The favorte fruit tree
was planted by his fathers hand He sported
in boyhood beside the brook which winds
through the meadow. Through the fields lies
the path to the village school of earlier days
He still hears from bis window the voice of
the Sabbath bell which called his father toIthe
house of God and near at hand is the spot
where his parents laid down to rest and
when his time has come, he shall be laid down
by his children. These are the feelings of the
owner of the soil. Words cannot paint them
they flow out of the deepest fountain OF the
heart they are the Iifesprings of fresh,
healthy, and generous national character
EreTeH
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24

DURABILITY OF TMBER-The piles under the
London Bridge have been driven 500 years.
and on examining them in IS45, they were
found to be little decayed. They are prime
pa!ly elm. Old Savoy-pIace, in the city of
Loudoa, was built $50 years ago, and the
wooden piles consisting of oak, elm, beech, and
chestnut, we're found upon recent examination,
to be perfectly sound. OF the durability of
timber in a wet state, the piles of the bridge
built by the Emperor Trajan over the
Danube afford a striking example. One of
these piles were taken up and found to bepet-
riied to the depth of three quarters of an
inch but the rest of the wood was not differ
ent from its former state, though it had been
driven 500 years.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24

HINTS FOR You've LADIEs-If any young
woman wastes in trivial amuSements the prime
season for improvement, which is between the
ages of sixteen and twenty, they regret bitter
ly the loss when they come to feel themselves
inferior in knowledge to almost every one they
converse with and, above al, if they should
ever be mothers, when they feel their inability
to direct or assist the pursuits of their children
they find ignorance q severe modification and
a real evil Let this animate their industry,
and let modest opinion of their capacities be
an encouragement to them in their endeavors
after knowledge A moderate understanding.
with diligent and well-directed application will
go much further than lively genius if attend
ed with impatience and inattention, which too
often accompany quick parts. 1t is not for
want of capacity that so many woman are
such trfng, inSipid companions, so i'll qualified
for the friendship and conversation of a sensi-
bic man, or for the task of governing and in
structing family ; it is often from the neglect
of exercising the talents which they really
have, and from omitting to cultivate d taste
for intellectual Improvement. BY this neglect
they lose the sinccrest pleasures which would
remain when almost every other forsakes them
of which neither fortune nor age can deprive
them, aud which would he comfort and re-
source in almost every possible situation in life.
--I,s. Chaponc.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24

SPEAK WELL OF OrHERs-If the disposition
to speak well of others were universally pre-
valent, the world would become a comparative
paradise. The opposite disposition is the
Pandora-box, which, when opened, fills every
house with pain and sorrow. How many en-
mites and heart-burniDg flow from this source!
How much happiness is interrupted and des
trOyed Envy, jealousy and the malignant
spirit of evil when they find vent by the lips,
go forth on their mission like fool feuds, to
blast the reputation and peace of others
Every one has his mperfections and in the
conduct of the best there viii be occasional
faults which might seem to justify animadver
son. 1t is good rule, however, when there
is occasion for fault finding, to do it privately
to the erring one. This may prove salutary
1t is proof of interest in the individual which
will generally be taken kindly, if the manner
of doing it is not offensive. The common and
unchrstan rule on the contrary, is to procla i'm
the failings of others to all but themselves
This is unchristian, and shows despicable
heart.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24

THE NATIoNs WITHOUT FRE.-According
to Pliny, fire was for long time unknown to
some of the ancient Egyptians ; and when
Exodus, the celebrated astronomer, showed it
to them, they were absolutely in raptures.-
The PerSians PhGnicians, Greeks and several
other nations. acknowledged that their ances-
tcrs were without the use of fire ; and the
Chinese confess the same of their progenitors.
Pomponius, Mrla, Plutarch, and other ancient
authors, speak Of nations who at the time they
wrote knew not the use of fire, or had Just but
learned it, Facts of the same kind are also
a,teste by several modern nations. The in
habitantS of the Marian Islands, which were
discovered in 1851, had no idea of fire. Never
was astOnishment greater than theirs, when
they saw it on the descent of Magellan in one
of their islands At first they believed il to
be some kind of animal that fixed to feed upon
wood The inhabitants of the PHILIPPINE and
Canary Islands were equally ignorant. Africa
presents, ever in our own day, some nations in
this deplorabe state.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24

EDWARD BATES ox THE SLAVERY QUEsrIoN-
A special dispatch of the Cincinnati Gazctte.
dated St LouiS, Nov. s, says an important
document has been prepared for the press, and
published here to day. presenting an author
itatiye exposition of the views of Hon. En-
WARD BATES on the Slavery question. 1t is of
radical Republican character He believes
that Slavery is not beneficial either in polit-
ical, social or religious sense, and he is unal-
terably opposed to its extension into Free ter
ritory He favors the colonization OF the free
blacks. 1t is powerful article, and will pro.
duce a sensation .
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24

What is fashion? A beautiful enve
lope for mortality, presenting gittering and
polished exterior. the appearance of which
gives no certain indication of the real value Of
contained therein.
paE- Give man brains and riches and he
is q king give him brains without riches and
he is slave give him riches. without brains
and of course he is fool.
BG- A little one, after undergoing the dis
agreeable operation Of vaccination, exclaim-
ed Now won't have to be baptized, will
Iw
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24

OLD HUNDRED-You may fill your choirs
with Sabbath prima donnas, whose daring
notes emulate the Steeple, and cost most rs
much---but give us the spirit of the Lutheran
hymn sung by young and old together. Moth
ers have hallowed it ; it has gone up from the
bed of the saints The old churches, where
generation after generation have worshpped
and where many scores of the dead have been
carried and laid before the altar, where they
gave themselves to God, seem to breathe of
"Old Hundred from vestibule to tower top ;
the air is haunted with its spirit. Think a
moment of the assembled company, who have
at different times and at different places joined
in the familiar tune. Throng upon throng-
the strong, the timid, the gentle, the brave, the
beautiful, the rapt faces all beaming with in
spiration of the heavenly Of melodiouS sounds,
"Old Hundred ~ Kingof the sacred band
of ancient airs !" Never shall our ears grow
weary OF hearing, or our tongue of singing
thee Aud when we get TO heaven, who knows
but what the FIRST triumphal strains that wei
come us may be
Re thou n God exalted hrh
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24

EDITORIAL LIFE.-But few readers ever
think Of the labor and care devolving upon an
editor-one who vastly feels his responsible
ity. Capt. Maryatt says: =" know how
periodical will wear down ones existence. In
itself it appears nothing the labor is not man
ifest; nor is it in the labor it is in the con-
tinual attention it requires. Your life be-
comes, as it were, the publication. One week S
paper is no sooner corrected aud printed than
on comes another. 1t is the stone of SiSyphus,
an endless repetition of toll and constant weight
upon the intellect and spirits, and demanding
all the exertons of your faculties, at the same
time you are compelled to the seVerest drudg.
cry To write for paper is very well, but to
edit one is to condemn yourself 10 slavery"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24
TOWANDA: ::
Thursday Morning, November "a, 1859.
SsIstttS Qostrg.
INDIAN SUMMER.

There is a time just when the frost,
Prepare to pave old Winters way,
When Autumn in q reverie lost,
The mellow daytime dreams away;
When Summer comes in musing mind,
So gaze once more on hill and dell,
To mark how many sheaves they bind,
And see if all are ripened well.
With balmy breath she whispers low,
The dying flowers look up and give
Their sweetest incense ere they go,
For her who made their beauties live.
She enters meath Woodlands shade,
Her zephyrs lift the lingering leaf,
And bear it gently where are laid
The loved and lost ones of its grief.
At last old Autumn, rising, takes
Again his seepter and his throne,
With boisterous hand the tree he shakes,
Intent on gathering all his own.
Sweet Summer signing, flies the plain,
And waiting Winter, gaunt and grim,
Sees miser Autumn hoard his grain,
And smiles to think it's all for him.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24

BS~ Deacon jones has always been remark
able for his meekness and uniform propriety of
conduct On the occasion of militia mus
ter" the spirit of the day produced such an in
fue1ce on the worthy deacon that it attracted
the attention Of the pastor and some of his
BRETHREN. The Pastor expressed his aston
ishment, and asked the cause.
"Why, Pastor" replied the deacon, you
see I've been instant in season and out OF sea-
son, serving the Lord for the last twenty yenrs,
and thought. that jest for once, I'd take a
dav 10 myself"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24

HAVE PURPOSE Having once chosen that
calling which, then, becomes Your main object
in life, cug to it frmIy-brng to bear upon
it all your energies, all the information you
have variously collected. All are not born
with genius, but every one can acquire pur-
pose and purpose is the backbone and mar
row of genius-nay, ! can scarcely distinguish
one from the other For what is genius 1t
is not an impassioned prediction from some
definite art or study to which the mind con
verges all its energies, each thought or image
that is suggested by nature or learning, SoIi-
tude or converse, being added. That is genius,
and this is purp0se-the one makes the great
artist or poet, the other the great actor. And
with purpose comes the grand secret of world
ly success which some call earnestness. If |
were asked, from my experience Of life to say
what attribute most impressed the minds Of
others, or most commended fortune, | should
say earnestnesS."
EarneStness and truth go together Never
affect to be other than what you are-neither
richer or wiser Never be ashamed to say,
" | do not know" Men will then believe you
when you say, "I do know" Never be
ashamed to say, whether as applied to time or
money, | cannot afford it-I cannot afford
to waste an hour in idleness to which you in
vite me-I cannot afford the guinea you ask
me TO throw away"
Once establish yourself aud your mode of
{ life as to what they really are, and your foot
is on solid ground, whether for the gradual
step onward or for the sudden spring over the
precipice From these msxims let me deduce
another-learn to say NO." with decision,
"Yes,' with caution No with decision. when.
ever it resists temptation; Yes with caution,
whenever it implies promise A promise
once given is a bond invoable.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24
Be thou, o God exalted high

Bay- Ike came home from school very much
agitated, because he could not understand the
principles of Allegation, as laid down in Green
leaf There DEAR" said Mrs. Parting.on,
don't fret about it you must tell the teach
er that you amt no alligator, and know he'll
relioquish you" The lad was comforted ac-
cordingly
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24

RAY The meanest man 10 the world lives in
London He buttons his shirt with waters
aud looks at his money through magnifying
glass. -.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24

ns5~ A young lady. when told to exercise
FOR her health, SAID she would Jump at &C Of
fer, and run her own risk.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-24

nG- Hours are like spOnges-they wipe out
good resolutions.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-02-05
5elcrte0 Poetry.
To An Old Friend.
RY PARK BENJAMIN.

Old friend though many year hath flown
And we have somewhat wiser grown,
Since you and first met
The love that in our bosoms grew
When life was rosy. fresh and new
Is blooming brightly yet.
Time brings phiosophc mind,
Time takes more than he leaves behind
Time is a thief Of joys;
Time turns ones golden locks to gray,
Time draws bill which all must pay
Time makes old men Of boys.
Time, with his scythc and hour glass, stands
To reap the harvest of our lands
To shorten prosperous days;
Time eats the kcencst steel to rust,
Time crnmblcs monuments to dust
Time robs us of our praise.
Much fault is found with Father Time,
In books and speeches, prose and rhyme,
But we will not upbrLid;
For lie has left our hearts rs young
AS when, in youth, We laugh, d and sung
In sunlight and in shade.
Who says that age makes friendship cold?
A true affection ne'cr grows old,
But lasts like mountain pines,
Whose heads untnding verdurc crowns,
Though Winter darkcns them with frowns,
Or Summer smiles and shin, S.
wish that, round our mutual souls,
While earth upon its axis rolls,
The vines of love that run
Might spread their tendrils and embrace
The cherished, dear ones Of our race,
So that from sire to son,
Our large affection might survive,
and be as brightly kept alive,
When We exist no more,
BY those We leave to guard our flames,
And keep unsaincd cur honest names,
AS in the days of yore.
Old friend, It's something in these hours
OF work and hurry. when the flowers
OF feeling scarcely bloom,
To feel that in our hearts there grows
A plan. am id life IS sands and SHOWS,
That may adorn our tomb
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-02-05

TThe regard one shows economy is like
that one shows an old aunt, who is tolcaye
us something at last, --Shcnstone.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-02-05
On TIE GEORGES. -Landor condenscs
Thackcry' S lectures into thimble -

George the First was reclioned vile;
Viler George the Second:
And what mortal ever heard
Any good Of George the Third
When from earth the Fourth assembled.
God b. praised the Georges ended.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-02-05

FTA vacant mind is open to all suggestions
as the hollow mountain returns Response 70
all sounds.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-02-05

On The Goth of January. MR.. PURVIANCE of
Pa delivered in the House of Representatives.
The following Speech on tho Tariff Question
which We commend TO our readers
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-02-05
Monroe's First Annual Message

sOur manufactures will require the con-
tinucd attention of Congress. The capital
employed in them is considerable, and the
knowledge required in the machinery and
fabric of all the most useful manuiat lures is
ofgreat value. Their preservation, which de-
ponds on due encouragement, is connected
with the high interests OF the nation"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-04-29
Great cause Of joy to The Afflicted.
Crooke's Electric Oil.

The cures performed by this Medicine are so won
derful and instantaneous so satisfactory and mtiga-
ting Of human i'll to call upon public functionaries
and those having charge public institutions for the
sick and suffering to look well into the w9-attested
merits, the simple efficacyof this Electric Gil Its
effects are 80 astonishing as to resemble those mira.
clous cures in ancient time spoken Of in the Scrip
lures, as performed by amounting. with OIL This
Electric Oil is extremely mild yet prompt in its oper
alton. II is used with a most salutary effect in all
Flesh Wounds and Cutaneous Eruptons, such as
Burns Cuts, Chars letter Ringwom, Frosted Feet
Ecrache Deafness, Sore Eyes, Piles Bruises and AL
diseases where an external application is required
but It is perfectly safe TO take internally, and it has
good effect in all cases of lncipient Consumption
Bronchitis, Asthma, Group, nc,
Two or three Applications VIII cure the worst Chap
ped Hands. Nothing is better for Burns or Scads
II has no equal for letter or Ringworm; and fused
n Fresh Cut itnever gets sore, but heals up in an
incredible short time Try NIL others but give this
one fair simple trial
The inreator challeoges he rorM tedh his
a1 Electric oil. a
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-04-29
Land for Sale.

THE place on which reside, containing about
450 acres, and situated halfway from Nashville
to GAINESVILLE, on the Paradise Hi and GAINESVILLE
Turnpike. The location and improvements are
such as would render il a
Valuable TdUe,p Stand.
AS it regards health, water, timber, soil, &c, we
hesitate not in saying that few such places are to
be had. BY means of the Hydraulic Ram, sup
piled by bold, cool and never-fang bluff-stream
the water is conveyed from the spring TO the
house, lots, bath house and G rden.
l will sell the Improvements, aud one or two
hundred acres OF land, or the whole together, or
will divide TO suit purchasers. The tract is sus-
ceptible of being divided intos3 or fine resden-
ces, with good water each.
| will also dispose of, on very reasonable terms,
he timber, suitable for converting into lumber,
on 1000 acres of land and sufficient to run an or
dinarp Sawmill from to twelve years, and ia
vorably treated for the business. For further
particulars address the undersigned, at Sycamore
Mills Tenn. ALEX, LOWE.
Nov. 5, '5S-tC
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-04-29
N Office

viii elh 70 flowing 'ifacts Of Lan1. living
on the head waters of The east fork Of yellow
Creek, and one tract bordering on the waters of
Barton's Creek one tract known M the CLARK,
Shelton Land, of 1854 acres one ether tract ad =
joining the Clark, Shelton land, West Il Atkinson
purchased CT j. w Shelton, containing 800 acres
one other tract entered by Judge p. W, Humph.
reys, surrou Dded by the Clark, Shelton land, com
tanning DC acres one other tract by r. J I'D.
West, purchased Of John Mitchell, known az the
Rane Ploce and on which Joseph Rane lived al
one time, containing 30 acres one other tract
Purchafed OF 5. q. Edwsrds on the waters OF Bar.
tons Crock, containing gig acres, all Of which
lauds are tlmbered, except the tract of 95 acres.
which has dwelling-house on It will give a
general warranty deed for eaehand all ofihe tracts.
l. d. WEST,
Feb IL, l-59- Sailors Rest Furnace.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-04-29
WOOD, EDDY & cos
Single Number LOtr les!
Chartered By the Strte Of Georgia.
@ A p 1T A l. p r / u E
s. . 0 600!
TICKETS ONLY SO !
Notice TO the Public.

AS the members of our firm have, by way oil
purchase, become the owner OF the grants char
tered by the States of Delaware, Kentucky, Mis-
souri,, and part of those in Georgia, under the
management Of Messrs. Gregory & Maury, oil
Wilmington, Delaware, we have deemed it expe-
dent to change the name of our firm, on and after
January LIST, 1859, 20 that of WOOD, EDDY &
CO., who will hereafter have the management OF
the Sparta Academy Lottery, and the others as
above named
In all transactions we have endeavored to con-
duct our business with integrity and promptness
and we can assure the public that the patronage
heretofore bestowed on is well deserving OF be-
ing transferred to our successors:
Very respectfully, 5. SWAN ":
Augusta, Ca, Dec. Is, 1858. E -.l
WOOD, EDDY g. CO., MANIAC ERS.
Successors TO S, Swan g. Co.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-04-29
VIM. N. THwEATT, M'NAIRY HOBsON
PRICES REDUCED
At the Sout ern Sto re!

Many OF the goods embraced in the catao que
below will be sold, without regard TO cost, Tor
Cash. from this date until further notice
Dress Silks, Satns, Merlnoes, Deaines ICoberg
Shaly, Silk Tissues and emb'd Swiss, for bridal
purposes; Prin,s. Gingams; Furniture Oil Cloths
Dsmasks; corded and emb'd Skirts Swiss Tarlton
and jaconet Muslns; emb'd Sets, Sleeves, Capes
and Collars; silk Scaris; jaconet, swiss and null
MusiLs; swiss and jaconet Edgings and Insert
ngs; Corsets, Hoop skirts, Thread and linen
Cambria; silk, bingham and cotton handkerchiels,
Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps; China and Glass
ware, Jewelry, Gloves and Hosiery, Perfumery,
Soaps, Extracts, medical cases, tooth wash; tooth
and hair Brushes, Cologne, Silver-ware; a gene
raj assortment of notions; ready. made Clothing,
Cloths and Cassimeres, Umbrellas, wall paper;
plain, figured and oolored Fannels. Ruches, ar
tifcal Flowers, head dresses, ladies' and misses
Flats; Satnetts, Shirts, Collars aud Shirt bosoms
bridal aud lace Wells; black and white Grape do ,
and many other articles too tedious TO mention
Call soon as we are determined TO sell. Reeolleet
most Of our goods have been recently received
our object Is to sell them before the reception of
Spring Goods Very respectfully,
w. N. THWEATT & co.
NOtice.--All persons indebted TO us are most
respectfully requested TO come forward aud pay
up, and much obiige
w. N. THwEATT a. co.
Feb 4, 80
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-04-29
900 Acres of Land for Sale.

| offer for sale my farm, cuntaining 900 acres,
situated about miles from Clarksville, on the
Paradise Hin and GAINESVILLE Turnpike. There
are about 920 acres Of cleared land, which is now
in a good state Of cultivation, the balance is well
tmbered aud well watered there being or good
springs, and an abundance of stock water on the
premises, a creek running through II from east to
west.
There being three settlements on the place, ]
will sell separately the whole to suit purchasers.
The improvements on the portion where | reside,
consist of "A laIge and well arranged frame dwell
ling, with all necessary outhouses, all good and
substantial The other two are tolerably well i'm
proved. As any one wishing to buy will examine
The premises, drem a minute description un-
necessary. Any one wishing TO buy will apply TO
me on the premises, for terms, &c, when will
take pleasure in showing the laud,
PLEASANT BAGWELL.
Feb | '59-tf.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-04-29
Lumber 7! Lumber /! |!

II persons wanting a superior article Of yellow
Popular Plank, Soantling or Joist delivered at the
time agreed upon. will leave their orders " iih Robt
5. Chiffon, at the store of Fowlkes, Chiffon & Co
they will be attended TO punctuay.
April /, 59-3m,