Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-01-07

-. GEeary darkness oppressive toll!
Shall wealth. shall powe er. ami knowledge, too,
Ee hat machines TO grind the suffering lace
UiGul's UAn chosen, the afflicted poor.
shall legislators toll, rnd jude plan
T. Keep in darkness an ufli It'd raac'
Shall party leaders, with the lying can't
oj free .'Bcm, cracy1 upon tlis 'p-,
DENY 10 man those isl eternal ATS
Which great Fathers sol,mnly proclaimed
The gilt II cod to ey.ry human >yuls
} And hes, rises up, with lofty soul,
With heart OF courage and a tongue of fire,
( To yindI-ste the equal rights Of all,
Then. how each Wred sycophsutic cur,
with bright brass collar shining his neck,
To let the public know whose dog heis,
/ From lis snug kennel send lis spitetul yelp
And we'll he Inay-hs hide hath felt the lash
/ Go N. Lrave SEWARD! never heed the snar
OF rarty p, hounds, whose wide ccrberiau mouths
VIII bark cn 'tnthcr side, wien thou hast power,
Like good "ulj Buck to throw them dainty bones
OLD QUAKER.
As County, 18th month, 9Th, l,5,
Correspondence Of the Leaisburg Chronicle
L. ). SrsAnEn FrLruS, PERSAMpuco,
BnszrI, Nov. -, 1858.
MEssRs. EpIToRs: Well, here We are,
safe and sound, after a rather spicy pas
sagc from Blrbadoes We arrived here
on the l9th, the Water Witch on the 23d
and the Harriet Lane this morning. All
three Of US expected to make the passage
from Barbados to Pernambuco in one
run, but all have been disappointed, aud
we're compelled to put into an intermedi-
ite port for fresh supply of coal. The
.4i;on has already received about 25O
tons Of Pennsylvania anthracite coal
aboard, and is again ready for sea. The
coal Is sent out here for US by the Gov
ernmsut, and costs nearly $40 per ton be-
fore it is slowed away in our bunkers. We
could purchase better coal here for about
SI5, but could not have been as certain
about the quantity. With our present
supply, We hope to make the La Plata,
but should We have to coal up again at
ST. Catharines, it would not be altogether
unexpected.
On our passage here, we had for the
greater portion Of the time, strong breeze,
a heavy sea, aud an oceanic current against
US At the first, knowing that this state
Of atflirs would most probably continue,
we struck our yards and topmasts, in or
der to have as little resistance aloft as
possible Then came the contest. An
angry, tempestuous sea, has ever been to
man an emblem of grandeur and power.
Truly, it well deserves its long earned re-
putatiou. While contending against such
clements, if ever, the poetical majesty of
a powerful steamer is delineated in its
brightest characteristics. No heart tuned
in unison with the spirit Of the age in
which We live, could fail being pleased
with the unspoken clOquence of such an
eulogium on the triumph of art and science.
Then is seen one of the most grand and
noble combinations Of human genius and
art contendipg, and contending success
fully too, against one of the most sublime
exponents of the Almighty's power. The
subject whenever contemplated has always
filled my mind with the most pleasing
emotions. In fact it is to me one of the
prime luxuries Of home in an ocean
steamer
Marauham, city of $4,000 inhabi-
tants, was the port We run in for fresh
supply Of coal. We spent an interesting
and most pleasant week there. The hos
pitaity of some of her citizens will long
be remembered by US. They had some
cases of the yellow fever there, but We es-
capped with impuuity.
rernambuco is very thriving and in.
tercstiDg city of about 100000 inhabi-
tan,s. 1t is the third in importance Of
the cities of Brazil. | have not time to
say word about its general characteris-
tics. Its barbor is oue among the numer.
Gus harbors of the world, erected by the
labor of the tiny coral insect. They have
certainly done much to render the high
ways of the deep dangerous, but have Of
ten been Of the most considerable service
to man in erecting brcakwaters for safe
harbors. The reef that forms this harbor
extends for about two hundred miles along
the coast, and is indeed one of the most
wonderful of the achievements of the
zoophite. When We meet Lopez, will
write again.
Yours respectfully, G.
iug - Iate of Indiana on the Sth ult.,