Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-11-13

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Deer Hunting is the time TO 60 !
10 the backwoods in search Of deer. Many |
a poor buck will be made to hear the sharp |
crack of the hunters rifle.
The N.YGIobe says. that ruffianism is
increased in that city to most alarming
extent.
Mississippi Steamboats, vs.. Human Life.
The annual amount Of travel upon the
Mississippi river. is equivalent to 100000
persons. The annual loss of human life
for several years past by burning, blowing
up, and drowning. has been over 200, 10
say nothing Of those scalded, wounded, or
manned for lie, or deaths and disease by
sickness.
The Indiana Convention rejected, by a
vote Of l24 TO l. a proposition to allow TO
negroes the elective franchise.
Berks county has q population, by the
present census, Of nearly $4,000.
The p.csen, number Of Post-Mistresses
in The United States, is 81.
Dr.. E N. Horsford is appointed Prof. Of
Chemistry in the Mass. Medical College.
in the place Of the late DIR. Webster.
DR.. SamI jackson. late Of North umbrl'd,
has becn appointed one of the ply sicians
Of the 81. Josephs Hospital, vice Prol.
Jackson, resigned.
The Rev. B. Wistar Morris Of Sunbury
has accepted the call Of the Episcopal
Church at Manayunk.
During one week, 5O,20l tons Of Coal
were taken down the Reading RaiIroad-
200. 900 tons during the month October
truly "big business"
The Widow and Children Of any one
deceased, whose estate is insufficient for
the payment oi his debts, are permitted,
by the late act Of Assembly, 10 retain $500
worth Of real or personal property, 10 be
appraised for them.
"The Daguerrean Journal is new SO
magazine, published semi-monthly in New
York. and devoted 10 the Daguerrean, ,and
kindred arts.
The Statue Of John C. Calhoun has
been recovered from the wreck.
The Moniour county "Democrat" names
l6 counties in the State. smaller ,han that.
Found Dead.-Mr. Edward Roberts, an
old and. respec ted citizen Of Montour TIP.
Col. Co.. was found deaG on Sunday NOR.
ming. 26lh ut., between Ca,tawissa and
Monroe's saw-mill, close TO the road lead
ing from the former place to bloomsbury.
lie had been 10 Catiawissa, andlwas ret, r.
ming late in the evening, when, it is sup
posed, he was overcome with fatigue, and
perished in the storm on Friday night. lie
was 20 years Of age.
Pomp, was you eber drunk !" No.
| was 'stosticated with ardent spirits once,
and dat's 'nuf for dis darky. Heaben bress
you my head felt as if i, was wood :
shed, and all dc niggers in dc world
appeared 10 be splitting wood in it,
The Bos,onians go in for the Union about
these days. Rev.Mr. Streeter married -
couples within % days, in October.
The Wings of Michigan recommend
Gen. Scott for President in 1852.
II you have poor neighbor, send him a
barrel Of flour or load Of wood. There's a
satisfaction in giving oil our abundance to
the needy, that rich men have but TO taste
Of, 10 put in constant practice.
There were over 0l 600 more voters in
Pennsylvania, who voted in lsaS, than Of
those who voted in 1850.
Appetite young man, writing OF his lady.
love,says "hcr lace is lamp Of aIabasier,
lit up with pleasant thoug hts" What an
interesting light TO write by. especially if
she would allow you 10 punc,uaie with
kisses! Take away the sugar, Jim.
A man named Sullivan recently killed
James Hough, near Mechanicsburg, by a
blow with a pick, causing his death in two
days. Both were working on the Cum
berIand Valley Railroad. Sullivan has
escaped.
Ossian Dodge has had Concert, which
cleared him 81 900, in Boston.
The Richmond Republican styles the
Fugitive Slave Bill the "black vomir,"
because it causes the North to disgorge its
ebonies. Pretty good-for Virginian.
Banvard. the American artist, with his
huge Panorama oi the Mississippi, is now
IN Paris, drawing crowds Of people, and
making his fortune.
Only one watchman killed in Philad'a.
last week. Quite moderate.
None Of the articles on exhibition at the
Fair Of the American Institute, New York.
attract more notice than q large Gothic
chair, backed and cushioned with beautiful
wrought needIe-work, in wors,ed, the han.
diwork Of the daughter Of M,I!ard Fillmore,
President Of the Uniled States.
Several Whales have been caught in
the 81. Lawrence, below Quebec, lately.
:. Charleston paper carries its doctrine
OF non intercourse so fat. that il hopes JENNY
Lind i'll not visit that city, y,becausc-she-
ihe-North!
Two pigeons, liberated by Sir John
Ross on his Exploring Tour, have returned
to their cotes in Great Britain, but unfor,u- !!
naiely without the information (if anvil !
which was attached to them.
Harrisburg is infested with thieves and