Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-04-24
Neus & Notions.

lhere are about eighty colleges IN the
United States.
Be at peace with all mankind, but at war
with their vices.
Poverty wants sore, luxury many, and
avarice all things.
The BARRIERS Of Wheeling charge double
price for shaving on Sundays.
The German population of ST. Louis.
estimated at 10000, have len Protestant
Churches.
S. D. Lyman. of Springfield. Mass.
died last Monday. His life was insured
for $4,000.
Two females had a stree, fight with
bowie.knves, in New Orleans. Both Sc.
vereIy injured.
A pa,en, was granted a, Washington,
last week, TO a man in Massachusetts. for
trap for cs,ching aies.
The cholera was raging at Havana on
the 9th inst. there were 500 cases and
$50 deaths from that disease.
There are now III paupers in the Dau-
phin county poor house-the youngest
three months. the eldest l03 years old.
The N. o. Crescent of the OH ins,an,
says, ,ha, over 5000 bags of Rio coffee
have been sold within day or two assight
cents per pound.
The Chinese possess no silver coinage
Of their own. Spanish and United States
dollars supply the deficiency. Gold cir.
cula,cs in bars Of ten ounces.
Ills estimated that there are in France
1900, 900 land owners, whose annual in.
come from the produce Of their land does
not amount 10 over ten dollars.
4 sui, for defamation Of female charnc-
ter came before Gran. county Court, Wis,
consin, las, week, and the jury brought in
O verdict of $4,000 10. the defendant.
/, was a golden query OF Dr.Franklin in
answer 10 one Of the imporluna,e letters Of
Tom Paine, "if men are so wicked with re-
Iision, what would they be without u"
"There is room enough above. bu, they
are swfully crowded down below" Is said
to have been Mr.. Webster's reply TO one
who asked whether he had better study law 7
An English paper says ,ha, Mr.. Web.
s,er The great American Statesman, is to be
tried in New York, on the 18Th Of March,
for the murder of Judge Parker" So much
for grea, name.
Fa,he, Matthew seems 10 he needed al,
home. The British Government, has Just
concluded a contract for this year for a
hundred thousand galoss Of rum, destined
10 in-,pi':l The navy.
The meeting house n EyfeId, Mass, is
80 situated that the minister in the Pu' PIT
stand, in one township, and par, of his
audience are seated in another, the boun-
Diary line running between them.
Franci, II. EImore, Esq, has been ap-
pointed by the Governor Of South Caroii-
ma, u. S. Senator, to Gil the vacancy oc-
casloned by the death of Mr.. Calhoun
Ar. Elmore has accepted the appointment.
A London scientific Journal announces,
that q new Locomotive, 10 se propelled
wihou, steam, gas, elec,ricity-withou. fu.
el Of any kinds soon to be introduced to
the word, 10 assis. in the wonderful revo-
luton now going on.
Charles Gearhar., who is charged With
robLing the mail at Danvile. and who was
recently arrested in Ohio. escaped from the
Marshal of Western Pennsylvania on the
18th inst, at Howard7ille, Centre CO. He
IVES subsequently recap,u'ed.
The district cour, Of Allegheny county,
on Monday last, decided that the city of
sha! pay, beside the amsuut OF
her scrip issued, an additional twenty per
cent. penalty. sgreeably to the act la,h
April, 1928, prohibiting the circulation Of
small notes under the denomination Of five
dollars.
Manner of announcing Deaths in the
Evangelical Lutheran church of St. John,
Easton, Pa-AlI deaths will! be announced
in future a, sunset. For child under
fourteen years, ten single strokes of the
beil-for a married person, ten double
s,rokes-!or single person over fourteen
wears. ten strokes, alternating single and
double.
Henry Clay completed hi, 7ad year On
the 18th inst. lie was born in l777. He
entered the national service more than 43
years ago. Daniel Webster is 6S years
old, and Lewis Cass year or two young.
er. Thos. II. Benton is about Ga. He
has occupied seat in the Senate, without
for nearly thirty years, which
canno, be said Of any other member Of that
body.
CaliGornians Re,urning.-Thc Chicago
Journal states that number Of California
pmigrants have arrived at Galena, on their
way back to their homes. the fever having
,ubsided. They had proceeded as far as
For, Independence. where they found a
multitude waiting for change Of weather
20 as 10 procure food for their cattle, and
hough, the back track advisable.
Meancholy.-Mrs. Ireland and her
daughter, of Quincy, ILL.,. came to an aw.
ul death by freezing and starvation on the
during the past winter. They
we're on their way to California. The wife