Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-12-25
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have been held Aaplace on tuesday "
evening last, /s~ingto'Judge WiIlston Do1
having proper appreciation OF rhe great
danger in which our Union is now placed
or of the services which our patriots stood
ready to discharge, was not held, the Judge
not adjournng Court for that porpose.
Whether the Union will safely weather the
storm, without this support, is uncertain.-
Bradford Reporter.
The mode Of taking the Census in Eng
land is by leaving with each householder
schedule with Instructions requiring him to
specify certain particulars respecting each
person who slept in his house on a given
night, under penalty OF f5 in the event
Qf apqiissEe piisEep55fseR'a'l9n p55f S5 tae!s; !he paper
proper officer, whose duty it is 10 verify
The statement.
Gen. RoBERr FLEMING, and JAMES
ARMSTRONG, Esqs, of WilIiamspor,, have
been commissioned by Gov. JOHNSTON. to
&C, on the State Committee. TO whom the
management OF the specimens of skill and
industry, intended for the Worlds Fair, at
London, in May next, from this Common
wealth, is TO be entrusted.
Messrs. X. Hoe & Co., printing press
makers and machinIs,s, in New York, have
a private ielegraphic communication be-
tween their counting room and their estab-
lishment some two miles distant in the
eastern part OF the city. which the proprie-
tors and clerks daily use for transmitting
intelligence.
The splendid painting, Gliddon's PIANO.
rama Of the Nile, covering many thousand
feet Of canvass, and executed by the most
celebrated artists in the world. is now open
for exhibition at the Chinese Museum. 1t
has already been visited by large number
Of their citizens, and pupils ofpubic shools.
A Young Colony.-The ship Washing
ton. Capt. Page. which arrived at New
York. the 3rd inst from Liverpool, had on
board nine hundred and sixty steerage pas
sensers-,his is the larges, number OF per-
sons ever brought across the Atlantic IN
one vessel. They were all in good health.
Acen,leman Of this Borough, recently
informed US that he had made two purcha-
ses Of real estate within about months,
and that in both instances he had been led
10 make the purchases he did by seeing the
property advertised in the columns OF the
Luminary "-.Muney Luminary.
The grea, tunnel on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad is one of the most stuPen.
dous works of civil engineering in this
country, if no, in the world. II is few
miles from Morgan'own, in Western Vlr-
olnia. and is through a mountain mile
and quarter wide.
Rhode l.land.-The census just COM
ple,ed shows that the population OF this
state is 1853, being an increase oi Se'-
I'll since fs4O. or a fraction over 35s per
cent. lie population Of the city OF Prov
ijence is Al .523, being an increase OF ls,-
34l since 1910.
A letter from Cons,an,inople, dated Nov.
I'd, says ,ha, rio, against the Christian
incubation had broken out at Aleppo. A
multitude Of Franks were killed. and their
houses sacked and burned. The Turkish
soldiers remained quiet spectators oil these
ourages.
T New York & Erie Railroad.-The re-
ceip,s OF this road for November, isaO'
we're for passengers and mails $74,324,65
for freight S75,323.27. Total $l5O.l47s
s5. Same month in 1649 SIS, ,O65, ,2S.
. Increase $72,
The whole number Of persons conhnec
, in The Luzefne county Jail during the term
r ending ttst month was 265 males' and 81
, lemales-296 in all