Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-07-30

stance. Il bacon near thirty six millions oi
pounds have been taken East oi tobacco
(not man,iiac,ured) ten millions Of pounds;
OF lard and lard o,i. four millions ciahi
| hundred pounds There have been rn,-
ported. IN The same lime, seventeen millions
OF pounds Of dry goods. nite miIlions Of
pounds OF groceries, and the sane amount
Of hardware and Gu rry. and near eight
millions of pound. Of coffee.
| A public meeting held a, I.rxine ton. XIV,
have determined to erect National Mon
ument Of colossal proportions" over the
remains Of Mr.. Clay IN the beautiful cem-
e'ry near that city.
Henry Baptist. verv worthy and cir
cum-pect colored man, IN the employ of
The Hon. Henry M. Fuller, was drowned
yesterday morning in the Susquehanna a,
this place. He wen; to iI,e river to water
and wash a pair Of horses. Soon after The
horses returned, and on some one hasten.
ing TO the river, Htnrl's hal was observed
floating on the water. indicating too clear
" The fate of Henry. The boiv was found.
- N,lkesbarre Advocate, July 2l
ALoni Q o'clock last high, fire broke
on, in barn belonging to John Woods,
siuale about half way between Nam and
Franklin streets. The barn was entirely
consumed. barn near by belonging to
L. ID. Shoemaker, Esq, was on fire. hut
saved. though considerably injured
WIkesbare Advocate, July 81.
We learn from Quebec, that on Wednes,
dav last, al Cape diamond. large mass
ot rocks tell from the mountain side. and
crushed three houses. aIIing eight OF the
Inhabitants. Subsequently, two other
slides occurred, and crushed several other
houses. and killed, as is reported, u rum
Der Of persons,
Among The passengers in the steamer
Stale Of Georgia. says the Savannah
News, is Gen. Gonzales, who, during the
Cuban invasion, was asserted to be Gen.
Lopezs second IA command He is going
TO Washington, and make it his future re.
Gen. VIM. F. Packer. Of Lycominc
county. has been chosen as orator at the
dedication of the Odd Fellows Hail in
Lancaster city, on the I'd of September
next.
Two men, who we're nearly sutFocated
at Fon du Lac, Mich, recently, IN a deep
we'll, by impure air, were saved by puu-
ring down upon them foil supply Of cold
water.
An old ioper cbancing 10 drink glass
OF cold water, yesterdry, for want o.
something stronger. sm0cked his !;ps, and
turned TO one OF his companions, remark.
ing Why, II doI't tasie badly. have
no doubt It's wholesome for females and
tender Children
On the % h inst. a conven'ion of The
Webster family IS 10 assemble al New lIa
ven, Conn, 20 take measures fnr furnish
all of the name and lineage, who desire
il, new and improved edition of The
Webster family SencaIogy, similar to The
one printed many Years ago by The aIe
DR.. Noah Webster.
A Mr.. Warren Stagg. OF Cincinnati, is
about 10 present cash Of sugar cured
hams 10 Queen Victoria. Are there no
poor people sbou. Cincinnati, 10 whom Mr..
S,agg could present cask Of hams!
A woman who resides in the Fourth
Ward of Jersey CRY, who has been mar.
rIed 30 years, and is now SO years of ase,
gave birth 10 her 2S,h child day or two
slnce.
pig, washed weekly with soap and
wafer, applied with a brush, will to found
10 thrive and increase 10 weight, compared
with pig no, 50 treated, ia The ratio Of
five TO three.
CoNsUMPrloN-.Two or three wears
ago, says the Scientific American, expert
ents were made by nembtrs Of the
London Faculty Physicians, in different
hospitals, for the cure Of diseases of the
lungs, by breathing in warm medcaied
vapors. The success q: the experiment
was so gratifying that an insli uiion, the |
Brompion Hospital, for the cure of bronchi-
lis and consumption, was Immediately |
established, and so favorable has been the
result Of the treatment. thai the number
ol patients admitted during the past yea r
is between two aud three thousand, and the !
hospital report shows that iul seventy.
five in every hundred have been complete
iy cured.
At Aspinwall, Gorgopa, and several
other places on the lslhmus. iIrs Cholera
is raging TO grea, extent. The luborers
on the railroad have been compelled TO
give up work, and many returned TO New
York in the Illinois.
The Roman Catholic College in Wor.
ces.er, Mass, was mostly destroyed by
fire few days ago. II was substantial
structure OF brick and granite, four stories
high, erected in 40 and III. and the
average number of pupils has been about
one hundred. Loss, $4,000; no Insu-
rance. H47
While seven negroes belonging TO Gs.
Cunningham. Of Lexington. No., were
eating their dinner on the 18th ins,., un.
der a tree, ii was struck by lightning, and
four ol them we're instantly killed. 1a
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