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The Present Rapid immigration.

The rate at which immigration to
the United States is now progressing
is quite unprecedented. On the At
lantic side Europe is pouring in vast
numbers of people, of all ages, who,
fleeing from the pressure of want, an
ticipate life of comparative ease and
plenty in the less crowded industries
of the American Continent. On the
Pacific slope, the Asiatic races are get
ting to form large element of the
population, and a useful element, too,
if report speaks truly.
Many European journals are look
ing upon this movement with in all
concealed anxiety, while some more
boldly -disasssS the sEsl@jA.At- In all its 20
latiOns. Some are asking the Ques-
tion what America is going to dOwith
this large accession of labor, and augur
great depression in current rates of
wages in the United States, as its obvi-
Gus result. Some English journals
are endeavoring to turn the current
of immigration from this country to
Canada, a task, probably, as hopeless
as could be well undertaken.
There is a peculiar attraction which
our institutions possess for the Op-
pressed labOring class in Europe, and
it is fact beyond dispute that the
condition of such of this class as man.
age to break away and get over here
is greatly improved.
We are of those that think this in
flux of population will eventually be
a benefit to this country after the
proper process of assimilation has
been effected; and provided, always,
a proper policy on the partOf the Gen
eral Government provides a home
market for the increased production,
consequent upon the increased num-
Der of producers. If, however, these
people are to be converted, by a free
trade policy, into consumers of for
eign goods. The stream of immigra-
ton will be reduced to the European
standard, and the inducement which
is now its stimulus will be, in a great
measure, removed.-.ScieRtife ADle2'i-
can.
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The HormOnS DiSturbed.

The expectation of a disturbance of
Mormon serenity by the opening of
the Pacific Railway is already fulfill
ed. The following. editorial article
appears in the Salt Lake Daily Iele-
graph of the 9th instant-a paper ed
tied by 7. B. II. Stenhouse, formerly
Mormon Emigration Agent in New
York city:
"There is no use in smoothing and
CLOSING an ugly fact-the Union Pa
cific Railway is a severe calamity to
Utah, and the directors of that compa-
ny should be brought to a realizing
sense of the injury they are doing to
our citizens by shifting the trouble
from our shoulders to theirs.
''To carry out the wishes of the
Directors to enable the company to
gain all the road it anticipated, every
man and animal that was wanted in
Utah was placed under contribution.
Farmers left their fields, mechanics
their workshops, and professional
men also were in every way engaged
where they could help forward the
great undertaking. From sunny
"DiXie, in the South, and the regions
of Bear Lake in the North, the people
flock to the railroad. President Young
has pledged his word, and the strong,
bTawny arms of the Scott and the
Dane, the Briton and the American,
the young, the middle aged and the
old, were there to make it good
Doubtful news came from the East of
the company's ability to pay; yet
there was no discouragement here.
The weak grew strong and the strong
grew stronger with the accumulating
worse reports. They were determined
not to yield before their task was COM
pleted. Contractors drew upon their
friends, and every merchant in this
city extended credit to his utmost
ability-and in many cases far beyond
it. What is their situation to-day? A
few are easy; many, we hope, will
pull through; but all have not been
able, and if no more are crowded, we
shall be extremely thankful. Utah
merchants who have always stood
high in the commercial world have
been seriously injured by this calami-
ty; and that a calamity, too, that has
reached them by no improvidence of
their own.
"But for the Indebtedness of the
Union Pacific not soul of them to-
day would be strained; on the contra
ry, they would be in clover. A mil
lion and half of dollars to a larger
community is a small affair; to us it
is a heap of money. BY the time that
that million and a half had passed
round from debtor to debtor and back
again and round again, it would have
multiplied till it probably reached in
its effects four times that amount
In precisely that proportion do we feel
its absence; and what is to be done?"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.l
Washington IrVing'S LOTe.---A Singu.
lar Life Romance.

About the bachelorhOOd of Wash
| ingtOn Irving there always hung a
cloud of mystery, which even his
familiar acquaintanees tried in vain to
dispel. But the grave that more gem
orally hides than disclOses the we'll
kept secrets of a life time, having just
closed over the late Miss Rebecca
Gratz, of this city-a Hebrew lady of
exemplary goodness, and who was
noted for the greatness of her beauty
to all poor and needy persOns-we are
informed that she was the occasion of
Irving's single life. In regard to the
matter a correspondent of the Jewish
-AaSSanOAE- -sEritsss
Twenty years ago l heard the sto-
~, q story that has long been current
in Philadelphia in Jewish circles,
among her friends and acquaintance,
and which has again been revived
here since her death. 1t runs thus:
Many years ago, when Miss Gratz was
young girl, Washington Irving,
then already risen in literary reputa-
ton, came to Philadelphia, and be-
came a visitor at the house of her fam
lily. 1t is said that in youth she was
very beautiful and very good, and as
ueE dC1 udinlduCc WIFI lTNluS lucIedS-
ed, the beauty of both her character
and her features, together with the
fact that she was a living representa-
tive of that nation whose whole histO-
ry is romance, so wrought upon his
heart that he became deeply enamored
with her. 1t is needless to say that
had his attachment been never so
strong, with her strength in her faith,
it would have been wasted. As it was.
it was wasted. Irving left the city,
but did not forget the lady of his
love-"
But the romance does not end here,
for the correspondent says that when
Irving met Sir Walter Scott abroad,
he told him the story of his attach
ment to the beautiful and good Jewess
of Philadelphia. At the time Scott
was about to write the novel of "Ivan-
hoe" and he was so impressed with
the pOrtraiture of the ObjectOf ITving's
love, who, though loving, was still so
faithful to her religion, that he gave
to his heroine the name of Rebecca.-l
True, or not, the story is beautiful
one, and there is nothing in it that is
not honorable to all. Miss GratZ died
aged IS years.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22

THE POUGHKEEPSIE LAwYER.-A
lawyer at POughkeepsie was applied
to during his lifetime, by an indig-
nant neighbor, for his opinion on
question of law, in which the inter-
ests of the latter were materially in
volved. The lawyer gave his advice,
and charged the poor wretch three
dollars for it.
"There is the money, said his
client, sit is all have in the world,
and my family have been long time
without pork !''
"Thank God!p replied the lawyer,
''my wife never knew the want of
pork since we were married ~
''Nor never will, the eountryman
rejoined, $50 long as she has such
great hog as you!n
The lawyer was so pleased with the
smartness of the repartee, that he for
gave the poor fellow and returned the
money.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22
COMMITTEE.
The Approach of Death.

How do men feel when about to die
not after being weakened by disease
or Wien the blood is heated by the
strife of battle. but when they see in
eyltaole death slowly but certainly
approaching them and know that in
exactly so many minutes il will seize
upon them and eXtinguish the lusty
life that animates their frame? Do
they rage and struggle against their
fate, or do they meet it with calmness,
resignation and dignity? In the re-
cent terrible colliery explosion in Sax
ony, all the miners were not killed
Immediately, as was at first supposed;
a number of them were unharmed by
the explosion and were killed, after an
interval OF some time, by suffocation.
Some of these poor fellows occupied
the last moments of their lives in
writing messages in their notebooks
to their wives and children, and these
were found when the bodies were dis
covered. There is a curious pathos in
some OF these messages from the grave,
but the calmness and resignation
which they manifested is their most
notable feature. These men in the
very presence of death, had thoughts
for every one but themselves. "Dear
wife," writes one of them, "take good
care of Mary; in a book in the bed
room you will find a thaler. Fare.
well, dear mother and sisters, till we
meet again." One by the name of
Schmidt had pinned a paper in the
breast of his blouse, on which he had
written the following words: "My
dear relations, while seeing death be-
fore me / remember you. Farewell
till we meet again in happiness" A
miner named Bahr wrote thus, in his
notebook: "This dis the last place
where we have taken refuge. 1 have
given up all hope, because the venti-
lation has been destroyed in three
separate places. May God take my
self and my relatives and dear friends
who must die with me, as well as our
families under his protection AnOth-
er had written: "Janetz has died;
Richter left his family to God. Fare
well, dear wife; farewell, dear chill
dren may God keep you" One only
uttered a complaint, and it was not a
violent one-"Farewell, dear wife and
children; 1 did not think it would
end so. Oberman.n One reads these
simple messages with moistened eyes,
and pictures to himself the scene of
these rough-handed but soft-hearted
men spending their last moments, not
in wild cries for mercy and screams of
remOrse, nor in repinings against
their cruel fate, but in sending these
farewell words to their loved ones
who were even then bewailing them
as dead.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22
Averaging Expenses.

The Philadelphia Ledger gives the
following excellent advice:
1t is very seldom that any business
can be counted upon as sure to yield a
large and constant income. There are
many chances and casualties in trade
and business that cannot be fOreseen.
He is fortunate man indeed, what
ever his calling, who does not find
himself, sooner or later, going 'out of
fashion," The new conner, or the
more dashing, ingenious or willy COM
petitOr, will sometimes distance an
old public favorite. Or a successful
man may be spoiled by success, and
spoil his own business by neglect, or
over confidence in his reputation.
For these and many other reasons,
it should be the effort of every man
to become Independent ofhis business.
We mean that he should place part,
however small, of his earnings in
some description of investment which
shall be secure from the chances which
effect his regular calling. To do this
he should tax, not only his business
means, but his personal vanity, and
be content to creep, as the phrase
goes, before he attempts to walk; and
to walk before he essays to run! There
is many a man who looks back on the
the careless expenditure of past years
with regret, but who might now be
assisted by the interest of his pros
porous acquisitions, if he had funded,
instead of spending his money for
temporary qualification.
Working men, while in the prime
of their strength and manhood, snd
in the receipt of liberal wages, might
secure themselves not only against
the distant days of old age, but also
against, much Of the inconvenience
of dull times, of sickness, or of forced
inactivity from any other cause
Whoever will make a firm rule and
then abide by it, always to live within
his income, is on the safe road to COM
petenee, if not to wealth.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22
GeninS.

Alexander Hamilton said to an in
innate friend: Men give me some
credit for genius. All the genius 1
have just lies in this: when / have a
subject in hand study it profoundly.
Day and night it is before me. eX-
plore it in all its bearings. Then the
effort which / make, the people are
pleased the fruit of genius. 1t is the
fruit of labor and thought. Mr.. Web
ster once replied to a gentleman who
pressed him to speak on a subject of
great importance. The subject inter-
ests me deeply, but 1 have not time.
There, sir, pointing to huge pile of
letters on the table, is pile of unan-
swered letters to which 1 must reply
before the close of the sessiOn-(whieh
was three days off, 1 have no time
to master the subject so as to do it JUS
tice. But, Mr.. Webster, a few words
from you would do much to awaken
public attention to it. If there is so
much weight in my words as you rep
resent, it is because I do not allow my
self to speak on any subject until my
mind is imbued with it. DemOsthe-
mes was once urged to speak on a sud-
den and great emergency. l am not
prepared, said he, and obstinately re-
fused. The law of labor is equally
binding on genius and medioerity.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22
A DNIINIsTRATOR's SALE

IA Of Real Estate. In pursuance of an or
der granted by the Probate Court of Stark
County, Ohio. viii offer for sale at public
auction, on the 30th day of Sept 1859, at
2o,clock, p. m, upon the premises, the undi-
yided one-hah OF the following described
real estate, situate in the County OF Trum-
bull. and State of Ohio. to-wit: Being a
part OF Lot No. IL, IN COWles tract IN Mecca
Township, beginning at a post at the center
of highway in the east line OF said Lot No.
Is, about Il chains and fifty links north from
the southeast corner OF said Lot thence
west on q marked line Il chains and eighty
one links TO post; thence north six chains
and 20 links TO post; thence east on q
marked line Il chains and 81 links to the
center OF the highway; thence south on the
center of highway, six chains and seventy
five links TO the place Of beginning, contain
ing ten acres less one acre reserved or of
west end Of said tract. The undivided one
half of said nine acres being appraised at
s67 5O-l00. Terms OF sale, one-third in hand
one-third in six months, and one-third in
one year, with interest from day Of sale the
payments TO be secured by mortgage on the
premises sold.
At the same time and place, I will offer for
sale large building standing on q lease at
Powers corners. A. L. JONES.
Sep. l, lS69-4t Andrew Miller, decd.
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THE CHRONICLE.
For the CHRONICLE.
MY DREAM.

Twas sitting by my window,
Ere the last sun rays had fed,
While their light still fingered softly,
And mellow raidence shed,
On the distant tree-tops; reaching.
Reaching toward the twilight sky,
As If to grasp the gold edged clouds
That were slowly fitting by.
Birds were warbling songs melodious,
Flowers were flowing rich and fair;
While their fragrance gently waited
out upon the pure sweet air;
And methought-can HEAVEN be lovlier
Than dhis paradise below.
Are there songs sung there more sweetly
Or do lovlier flowers there grow?
While 1 thus sat dreaming, musing,
Watching fade the glimmering light,
An angel form of dazzling brightness
Clothed in robes of purest white;
Fitted through my spirit chamber,
And then pausing DER my head,
Said in tones of sweetest music
Daylight from the sky hath fed.
Follow me and I will bear you,
To cline Of endless day,
Where the shades of night ne'er falleth!
Or the sunshine fees away.
Upward, upward, swiftly passing,
Through the fields of ether blue,
Till a shining glorious city
There burst upon my wandering view.
Through the city's golden portals
MultiIudes were ushered in,
Those who'd filled on earth their mission,
And not been the slaves Of sin.
Crowns were shining on their foreheads,
Golden harps, and palms they bore,
While they shouted praise and glory,
Be to God forevermore.
Longed I then, tojoin their number,
And the king OF Glory" see,
But my angel guide then whispered,
"Child the earth hath need of thee,
Thou'st not yet fulfilled thy mission,
Thou hast yet thy tCoTk to do
And thy soul must be made ptfreT
If thou'dst gain an entrance through"
The bright golden gates of Heaven,
As thou DIST guard some tender flower,
From the chilling blasts of winter
Guard thy heart from satan's power.
Labor for the good Of others,
And let lore 1ly life control;
So that every act OF thine be
in ddOznnleIlt for 1ie soul.
Lordstown, o. LYDE.
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CURE FOR SUICIDEs.-Grace Green
wood tells a story illustrating a new
method of curing those who are in
clined to suicide. The father of a
family, after two attempts to make
way with himself, at length succeed
ed in shooting himself through the
heart. His widOw-an energetic,
sensible wOman-perceived that her
eldest daughter was inclined to follow
in the footsteps of her father even unto
death. The mother watched her
daughter narrowly, and one day soon
after she had swung herself of from
an old chest in the garret. She cut
her down, and tenderly brought her
to. Then, taking the knotted halter,
she vigorously laid it over her shOul-
ders, saying: "I'll put a stop to this
suicfdiDgI Pm not going to have 1t
run in our family, Ill have you un-
derstand." This treatment was sue
eessful in checking the mental dis
ease.
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ALLEGHENY COLLEGE
MEANWHILE, PA.

CALENDAR FOR 1869. Fall Term
7 Ocommences September Is, closes Decem-
Der l6. Winter Term of 1870 commences
Jan. f.
This Institution is situated in the beautI-
full City of MEADVILLE, healthful, easy of
access, and furnished with all the appliance
to be desired by the students pursuing full
classical or scientific course Of study. Libra
ries, Cabinets and apparatus are unusually
valuable and extensive.
A New Boarding Hall,
with completely furnished rooms for the ac-
commodation Of one hundred students has
been recently opened and board is furnished
at reasonable rates.
HA-C Classes commencing Latin and Alge-
bra will be formed hereafter at the beginning
of the Fall Term and Greek at the beginning
Of the Winter Term. Send for Catalogues.
JAS. MARVIN,
Aug. ., lS69-lyr. Sec'y of Faculty.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22

Gas the tree falls, so it lies" Let
none deceive themselves, nor mock
their immortal souls with a pleasant
but most false and pernieiOu5 dream,
that they shall be changed by con-
straining and irresistible power, just
when their souls take leave of their
bodies. No, no, my friends! "What
you sow, that shall you reap" If
vanity, folly, visible delights, fading
pleasuTes-nn better shall you ever
reap than corruption, sorrow, and the
woeful anguish of eternal disappOint-
ment.- YilliQnl Penn.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22

TINTED States and Foreign Pat
" ent ofice Agency, 1Ss Bank Street, OsTs-
We prosecute business Of every description
relating to Inventions, Patents Infringe
ments, &c. W. h. BURBRIDGE & Co.
Patent Attorneys.
"a Orders may be left with the editor OF
the WESTERN RESERVE CHRONICLE. who is
authorized to receive orders for our agency,
March 20, 1867.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22

A constable in Willimantic, Ct,
made a wager the other day that he
could break out of the village Jail in
fifteen minutes; and when it was ac-
cepted consented to be a prisoner
No sooner had the door been locked
than he seizen the leg of a bedstead,
struck the bars upon the door, knock
ing it completely off, and in three
minutes from the click of the clock
he emerged, thirteen minutes ahead
of time, winning the bet.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22
Observe good faith and Justice t,

Observe good faith and justice to-
ward all nations. Cultivate peace and
harmony with all. Religion and mo-
rality enjoin this conduct; and can it
be that good policy does not equally
eniOin? 1t will be worthy of free,
enlightened, and great nation, to give
to mankind the magnanimous and
too novel example of a people always
guided by an exalted justice and be-
nevOlence. Who can doubt that in
the course of time and things the fruit
of such plan would richly repay any
temporary advantage which might be
lost by steady adherance to it? Can
it be that Providence has not connect
ed the permanent felicity of nation
with its virtues ?-George Washing
ton.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22

Not long since, an elderly lady en-
tered railroad carriage at one of the
Ohio stations, and disturbed the pas
sengers q good deal with complaints
about a ''mOst dreadful rheumatic"
that she was troubled with. A gem
tleman present, who had himself been
a severe sufferer with the same COM
plant, said to her:
"Did you ever try electricity, mad
am? 1 tried it and in the course of a
short time it cured me-"
Electricity" exclaimed the old
lady; Eyes, I've tried it to my satis-
faction. l tCoS struck by lightning
about year ago, but it didn't do me q
single mOssel o. good"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22

If action Of the bowels does not Oe-
cur at the usual hour sat not an atom
until they do act, at least for thirty
six hours, meanwhile drink largely of
cold water or teas, and exercise in the
open air to the extent of a gentle per-
spiration, and keep this up until
things are righted this suggestion, if
practiced would save myriads of lives
every year, both in city and country.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22

ALL FOR THE BEST.-Dr. Johnson
used to say that the habit of looking
at the best side of every event, is bet
ter than a thousand pounds a year.
Bishop Hall quantity remarks ''fOr ev-
cry bad there might be worse; and
when a man breaks his leg, let him be
thankful that it was not his neek.n
When FenelOn's library was on fire,
"God be praised" he exclaimed,
"that it is not the dwelling of some
poor man I' This is the true spirit of
submissiOn-One of the most beautiful
traits that can possess the human
heart. Resolve to see this world on
its sunny side, and you have almost
half won the battle of life on the out
set
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22

Apples, if eaten at breakfast with
coarse bread and butter, without meat
or flesh, remove constipation, correct
aeidities, and cool off ferbrile eondi-
tions more effeetually than the most
approved medicines. They prevent
debility, strengthen digestion, correct
putrefactive Tenderness of nitrOgenOUs
food, avert scurvy, and strengthen
the power of productive labor.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22

On the railroads in France, electrici-
ty is taking the place of human watch
fuIness. On many lines there are
where the passing of the
train is automatically announced to
stations. The cars pass
over connecting wires; and the train
records itself before and behind, so
that its progress and appearance are
alike Indicated.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22

Two negroes of Augusta, Ga, went
out to fight duel the other day, but
while they were shaking with pistols
in their hands, a shrewd old negro
present, after examining the challenge
and acceptance, called a halt, remark
ing, Dem dar papers amt fixed up
'eording to de code, and dis dam fool
ishness is bout to get some Niger
into jail;n whereupon the belligerents
calculated, each to his second, ''TanR
de Lord :" and went home.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-09-22

We should never do nothing. at
is better to wear out than rust out"
says Bishop Cumberland. ''There
will be time enough for repOse in the
grave" said Arnauld to NieOle. In
truth, the proper rest for man IS
change of occupation.-Sharpe.