Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-04-17
Neips e Notions.

are likelv to be dist urbed under tho laws
governing the sale Of municipal lands.
The water Of the Red Sea appears to be
30 fee, higher than the Mediterranean
and the Gulf Of Mexico is 80 feet higher
than the Pacific.
We have no objection to newspaper
borrowing. provided every man takes one
to lend.
A large FIRE occurred At Chsgrss on the
evening Of Saturday March 23d. BY which
a large part Of tho town was consumed.
The assembly Of New York, on Friday,
passed homestead exemption bill by 4
vote Of 81 to a.. III has since passed in
Senate, and become a law.
The earth is believed to increase in heat
a degree in every Is TO 30 yards in depth.
Mr.. Calhoun married. in 1911. Miss
Florida Calhoun. daughter Of John Ewing
Calhoun. fer many years U. S. Senator
from South Carolina. BY her he had sew.
en- children-6ve sons and two daug hters.
Mountains present their preciPtous faces
to the sea and their slopes 10 the land.
Major Gen. Sir Hercules Pakenham. G.
C. B.. brother OF Sir Ei~ard Pakenham.
who fell a. New Orleans. died in Aniom.
Ireland, on the 7th OF March.
The Clover Crop.-Ths Hsgersto~n
Md. News says that it is a pretty general
opinion, that owing to the unusual severity
Of the weather for the past month, the
crop Of clover has been greatly injured, if
not entirely destroyed.
1t 10 estimated that the Sugar crop Of
Texas next year will yield 1000 hhds.
The Cleveland (O.) PlaindeaIer notices
the death of Or. Saml Strong, OF EIyris
after Q short ilness, occasioned as was
supposed BY . newspaper attack upon his
character.
There has been a great freshet 10 the
Mohawk. and much property carried of.
The water wss higher than ever before
known.
Abou, fifteen Million Dollars Of Cslifor.
mia gold have be en- received At the Philad.
Mint up to this time while the value Of
the property. including gold and silver,
taken out OF The country to Californ:a.is At
least fifty Million Dollars. leaving the BAL
ance Of trade strongly against us.
Passengers may now 60 from Philad. to
Pltsburg in so hours, without staging at
oil; the Central Railroad being finished
90 far as Jackstown, Huntingdon county.
Abraham Lockwood, aged 81. rich
merchant in New York city. committed
suicide las, week. by cutting his throat, on
aceoun. Of business perP!exitiss. and the
fear OF coming to want.
A correspondent, of the New Orleans
Crescen, wiring from Salt Lake, Deseret.
giving an account Of the Mormons. says :
" There is a great number Of settlers from
Alabama and Mississippi. who have come
10 this place with their negroes and hold
them here the same as they did former.
y."
The omnibus and stage proprietors Of
New York lose annually $500 horses.
Benjamin Bender, who killed his brother
in Perry county, some time since, has been
acquitted by tho Jury on the ground Of
insanity, and sen, to the Peni,ea,iary for
safe keeping.
The publishers Of the Charleston Mer-
curry have published an edition Of "John c
CalhouA's last Speech. on satin, arranged
for framing. al s. plain. and SIS in gold.
S,erre,ts large Touring mill, recently
burnt a, Lewistown. will be in operation
again by the 18th Of August.
The first Printing in England i, is stated
was executed on the 26,h March, l47l.
The Washington Republic of the l2lh
says. Mr.. Chas. Wilson. connected with
the Coast Survey, was married on We'd
nesday evening 10 Miss Little Of Washing
ton city, and on the following morning,
the bride found her husband dead in bed
beside her. The jury Of inques. had the
matter under investigation, and returned
verdict that his death was caused by in,em.
perance in drinking spirits.
The California Legislature has divided
the State into twenty-five counties.
4 child of John Turner. Of Camden. Of
7 years, fell from fence day or two ago
on sharp stick, which penetrated 10 his
bowels and caused his death after some
hours Of excruliating pain.
When the man.of- war. Constellation,
was prepared to leave Norfolk in 1876. |
one moonlight night. two rats were discov.
Fred on the plank coming into the vessel. |
The former was leading the other by q
straw, one end Of which each held in his
mouth. Both were captured. when the
fact was discovered ,ha, the one
led by the other was stone blind. His
faithful friend was trying to get him on
board. where he would have comfortable /
quarters during three years. voyage.
The latest advices from Liberia are fiat.
ering. Agriculture was flourishing, and
commerce rapidly augmen,ing. The Leg
stature adjourned on the 5th Of January.
!. J. Roberts had been reelected President.
Mr.. Dickinson, OF New York, il about