Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-11-20
Neus & Notions.

bic as early aS Two Oclork, and increases
in briliancy ill sunset. The crescent form
of Venus is now plainly shown by the
smallest telescope.
A lady OF Cincinnati has jus, been
awarded $4,000 damages for slander
against her.
On the 9th inst, there were IL inches
of snow near Romney, Va.
On the continent of Europe some gen.
,lemen retain the old fashion OF wearing
ear rings.
Cashmere shawls TAKE long time to
mike. A shawl is often in the frame
more than a year. =.
Atthe las, dates the work of planking
the principal streets Of San Francisco was
being prosecuted with great energy.
Jacob Hill, a colored resident Of Fair
view township. in York county, Pa. died
at his residence near Pineiown, on Thurs
day last, in the one hundred and eleventh
year Of his age!
The repu,ed wife of Mr.. Grow, Of Eaton
Nd, hung herself on Sunday, after break.
fast, supposed to be in consequence Of
refusal Of marriage.
The Hon. J. G. Fremont and lady, with
their attending friends, passed through
Cruces, on the Isihmus, on the Oath u!t.,
in good health, on their way to California.
In Overton county. Tenn, the census
taker found lady, named Stevens, whose
age was one hundred and twenty years.
She was a married woman at the time OF
Braddock's defeat. Her youngest son Is
4 smart lad Of ~.
The Holldaysburg Standard ys."We
wan, our patrons to pay what they owe
u.s." A reasonable want. surely.
The Washington National Monumen, is
now sevcnty-sx feet high.
Williamspor,, Pa. is improving rapidly.
Nice little place. Phlad. Sun.
DEAR DEAR lit is the general belief
"down Soulh." that the noble, high spiri-
ted Soulherner was never intended 10 be
united with the cold. calculating Yankee.
" C-h-a-r-l-e-s, The salts, Charles y"
In two weeks from Monday last, Cong
ress meets.
One of the Sierra Leone Agents of the
English Church Mission Society, Rev. Mr..
koble, has discovered written language
in the interior If Wcs, Airca-,he w
language. Mr.. Koble says the language
has about 100 letters or characters, which
bear no resemblance to any others know n.
The census OF ST. Augustine, FL. shows
population Of 1896, decrease OF 523
since ls4O.
The Comptroller General Of South Cnr-
olina gives the white population nj 2S0,3S5
and the slaves a, 355 ia.
Fathe, Mathew has given the pledge to
1920 persons in ST. Louis.
The dwelling house Of widow Lewis. a,
81. Clair, was broken open on Friday night
and robbed Of her money and other valua.
BILE articles. She is bu, lily able to bear
the loss.
Thomas S. Allison. Esq, editor of the
Somerset. IN. J.) Messenger. entered on
Thursday on the duties OF the office oil
Secretary oi State.
Ou, Of one hundred new journals found
ed in Paris after the revolution in Febru-
AIRY. .ninety-six have already ceased 10 exist.
Bishop Hughes has been lecturing in
New York on The decline Of Protestant
ism," and DIR. Dowlng on the Downfall
Of Popery."
The board of Canal Commissioners
have concluded sale of the Columbia
railroad brid &c over the SchuyIkill. to.
ge,her with the road leading from the foot
Of the inclined plane into the city. The COL
lector's office and car depot, for s243, 700
There are eleven newspapers now pub
lished in California.
Mr.. Barnum has despatched an agent TO
Havana TO engage the Tacoa Theatre for
Jenny Lind. The cold weather is coming
on, and the nightingale is disposed TO seek
a milder climate.
A new election is ordered TO supply the
vacancy occasioned by the death OF Hon.
Mr.. Harmanson. late Member Of Con-
gress from Louisiana.
Horace Mann, who the " National
Wing" leaders threw overheard in Massa.
chusetts, is by the people reelected to Con.
gress from J. q. Adams old district.
They try 9. Union" and Secession"
tickets in many Of their local contests in
some of the Southern States. "Union"
always comes out ahead.
A fellow in New York city named Ora.
ham, ran for an office and was beaten. |
Ia revenge. he assaulted and beat an editor
opposed to him. In this act, be has shown !
(besides his own foIIy) that the people were
right in refusing to call man to vindcate !
the laws, who himself outraged the laws.
There are now 60 U. S. Senators.
New York, Nov. l5.-Miss Jenny Lind !
will sing in Philadelphia. on the evenings
Of Wednesday. 9Th; Friday, 29th and |
Saturday, 3Olh inst.
Monirose, Nov. 1.-Two accidents
occurred on the I.egge,'s Gap Railroad |
Yesterday. by premature discharges in the |
operation Of blasting some rocks. Three
men were killed ami several others severe. |