Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-04-01
Correspondence of the Lewisburs Chronicle.
III ARnIs Maral SlO

4" Se""tej WI. CIiitf presented ~ pc
titions, &c, fora division of Union county
and one from 400 citizens of Lewisbur,
E for Lock-Up hoiise in that borough.
: The Senate proposed the 18th April fo
Adjournment.
A bill was passed TO incorporate the
'Roscmont Cemetery Company of Blooms
bnrg, with various amendments relating
to Montcur, Columbia aud Luzerne coun
ties.
In the House, large number of bills
progressed with.
| Ereainy.-A Colonization meeting was
held at the NJ. Z. Church, Gov. Bigler in
the Chair, assisted by Speaker Carson
Addresses were made by Mr.. Pcase (agent, }
Crooks of Philadelphia, and Slicer of the
Baltimore Conference. Mr. Slicer went
over the old ground-abusing England,
New England, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, the free blacks-all very
wrong, or miserable; nobody right but the
shareholders, and nobody happy but the
slaves. Transport to Africa the greatest
vagabonds in America, and they will be
rich, talented, educated, and Christians
and gentlemen at once !....M Mr.. Crooks
made an impressive speech, showing the
advantages of well-direeted Colonization in
civi!izing and Christianizing Africa.
WEDNESDAY,, March so.
Ia he Senate, Mr.. Quiggle called up his
bill, submitting Prohibitory Liquor Law
to the people at the next election. 1t was
taken up by the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Barnes, Carothers, Crabb, !
Darsic. Evans. Frick, L. w. Hamlin. Hose, |
MFarland. MMuririe, Quiggle, Robertson,
SsnderSon, Skinner Slifer Carson, speaker-I6.
NArs-Messrs. Baily, Buckalew Darlington
V, Goodw in,Ha!deman. .Hiestand, Hendricks,
NSlzer, kunkel, M'Caslin, O'Neill-l2.
After some discussion, the bill passed in
in Committee of the Whole (Mr. Myers in
the Caair,) and was laid over by general
consent
The House bill to incorporate Susque-
hanna Depot into Borough, passed Sen
lie. This is a town of 250O inhabitants.
at2ly grown up on the n. Y. & Erie Rail
ood, in Susquehanna county, where the
'ompany will employ 1000 men this year.
Is near Lauesborough-a town of 500
Inhabitants, where the Company designed
'cating their Depot, but the people held
ieir land so high, that they drove the !,
ompany I. mile or SO one side, and thus ,
reatcd rival, fatal to them-a warning,
lesson, to other towns.
An act passed creating a new judicial =.
25th-out Of the counties of '
enter, Clinton and C!earfeld. The first l
70 counties named are from Judge Jor-
ms district; and Montour is to be taken =
om Judge Conyngham's and added to ,.
ordan's Cthc s'h) district. .
In he House, the act incorporating the
Lcwishurg Savings institution" passed :
nally, by Il nsajority-yeas 4G, nays 35. :
Yeas-MessrS. Abraham, Alexander, Apple
n, Ather:on, Barr, Beale, e,Bergstresser, Camp.
II, Chamberiin, DeniSon, Eysler, Flanieen,
ray, Gwin, Hammer, Harris, Hart, Hender. S
n, Herr, Hickman, Heisland, Hill Fayeue,) T.
Ills (Erie,) James, Keiso, Lancaster, Lands.
Conneli, MDonald, Meilnger, Merriman. o
'rier. Pownali, Eaney, Richards. Seltzer, Ser s
ant, Strong, Struthers, Taylor, Torhet, Wal. :.
r. Walton, Waterbury, Wharton, Williams, u
46. h
Nags-Messrs. Barton, Beyer, Bigelow .Dry. n,
t, Collins, Cook Demers, Dergler, Dunninc, -
y, FreiZ, Fcs,er, Fulton, Hague, Herbert, d
ok Hutchson, Kingsley, Kinnear, Knight, ia
'wrey (Iioga,) Leech, Magec, Meany, Moore,
Piper. Ruhicam, Scott, Shuli, Skin. W
r. Mick!sin, Wright, Yost Zerbey, Schel, SC
1t Is to have a capital of not less than =.
10000, and the corpora:ors to be indi- ~
lually liable for its debts, to amount Of
nal and in addition to their stock. The 70
'orporators are to call meeting in June 81,
st, and the stockholders are to choose ~
en Directors, which Directors shall ap- -
Mt from their own number President,
also appoint Treasurer and such
er officers as may be necessary or ex- IN
lent. At the first election, one vote
IL be given for every share of stock &c
scribed. Shares $50 each.
\ bill passed the House on Wednesday,
the Senate on Thursday, authorizing y
erection of Lookup house in Lewis uft
s-and also authorizing the School
sctors Of said Borough to sell certain
estate and purchase other. OUI.
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IMpoRrATIoN.-The foreion
Is entered at the New York Custom
'se last week amounted to s5,476,OOO {
g the heaviest amount for long time on
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