Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-05-28
Nems & Notions

The great Exhibition progresses favor.
aoiy. The attendance was large on Tho
lo'h INST and the receipts at the doors
Yesterday, independently of the amour,
taken Tor season tickets, were el .597. Tn
total amount of foreign packages received
was 1905 Colonial, l,3l7 ; Channej
Islands, 81. A''
The Massachusetts Senate, has ador,ed
a series OF strong resolves against the luo;.
tive slave law; but they asser, also tbs,
massachusetts claims no rich, under ,se
rederai Constitution to nuIlfy, disregard or
forcibly resist the provisions Of an Ac, n
Congress ; that she has already when enc \
right was claimed BY the State of South
Carolina, expressed her opinion uDon !,
and she now re-aifirms and repeats ,ba,
resolution.
Not drop Of arden, spirits can be pro.
cured for love or money, in the beauli,u,
town of Elizabethiown, in Carter-Do, a
drop in the peaceful and quiet town of
Philadelphia-no; drop can be had in tho
patriotic and chivalrous town of Ropers.
vile, in Hawkins county. The same can
be said OF various other towns and VILLAGE.
in Tennessee.
New York. May l5.-Immgra,on q,
the port continues large. The total num.
Der arrived since my last is &c. .O99 from .,
Tous ports in Great Britain. | unders,,nd
that among a ''cargo" recently arrived
were one hundred Italian begsars, all ar.
med and equipped with certificates purno,.
ting TO prove them "poilical'' exiles, &c
Abou, thirty of the number have gone 10
your city 10 Need the charitable.
The orthodox length Of q sermon q, tho
Royal Chapel Of Queen Victoria is twenty
minutes. George IL. fixed this. as he could
not stand longer discourse wiihou, poioy
TO sleep.
The Bishop Of London receives a salary
Of $1,000 per annum. Pretty good paw.
1t is a remarkable fact that the frs: sef.
Element made by The white race in Penn.
sylvania, was in Monroe county, BY New
York Duichmen. some years prior to the
landing of Penn.
GEN. ScoTr.-Over one hundred and
fifty papers in the United States, ALREADY
advocate Gen. Scott's election. New Eng.
land especially appears to be preparing 10
give him heavy vote and they even pro-
mise, under his banner, to carry New
Hampshire and Maine.
|, is stated that copper boilers are hence
forth TO be used on board The steamers Of
the Royal Navy, as their greater durability
has been found TO render them cheaper in
the end than iron boilers, of which the tirs,
cost is small.
NJ. Gayas. Hungarian traveller in AZ
rlca has discovered the tomb, quadrant, Sc,
Of Jaques Campagnon, French traveller
who was lost in the interior OF Senegambia,
in 1860.
Philadelphia, May 2O-l2,P P. M-The
steamer Ohio, ofthe Union line, which left
New Castle to-day, was run into at 8 O..
clock this evening, by the steamer Com.
modore Stockton, Of Greenwich Point, one
mile from Philadelphia. The Ohio's cow
was knocked entirely of, and she sunk in
about twenty minutes after being struck.
No blame can be attached 10 the Captain
Of the Ohio. Ii is impossible yet to ascer.
tain the number lost, but it is supposed
some four or five ladies' and children were
drowned.
Galveston dates 10 the Sth have been re.
ceived. A great controversy was going on
abou, the State debt. The papers are ur-
ging the creditors 10 meet the State on
some fair ground for compromise.
Father Matthew has administered tho
pledge 10 over 400, 900 persons in Ameri-
ca. and six millions in all.
Niagara Falls, May ia boy two
years old, nemed James McGra,h, was
carried over the Falls this morning. lie
was playing on board a, Streets factory,
on the Canada side. in company wita an
elder brother their father saw them, and
ceided the elder one, who suddenly jumped
of, when the other was precipitaled INTO
the stream. He soon got into the rapids
and the father hurried to rescue him; builn
vain-the boy went over the Falls. Great
CONSERVATION and horror prevailed in every
quarter, and this distressing inciden. has
created such an excitement as seldom
arises from such cause.
Pi,tsburg, May l9-Two deaths by
cholera were reported last Thursday. The
victims were passengers from New Or.
leans. The river has five feet of water in
the channel and is still rising. Business
continues very brisk for the season.
A band OF counterleiters have been ar
rested at Lansboro', Susquehanna county,
Penn, and their plates, presses, &C., IA.
ken possession Of by the authorizes.
The Pennsylvania Railroad compapv
has purchased the property known as Pow.
elton, situated on the west bank of tho
Schuylkill, near Philadelphia. for $780,.
600. 1t contains 70 acres. They intend
to erect thereon a depot and workshop.
A lion over three feet high, and nine
feet in length has been caught ut Branuan
Ranch, near Nicholus, in California. |.
IS very ferocious. and has been secured by
chains. |. was caught in a pit trap, and
effort was making to catch the mate and
cub, which have been seen in the vicinity.
Ihe BANGOR Whi0 e,ato, thu, tho la,o