Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-01-21

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er III your Borough. 1t looks rather ode
to see Northumberland, Northampton, an,
Schuylkill represented on the Wing s;i,
OF the House, The resultin Northumber
land was effected by the Timely aid Of th,
Repudiators ; in Northampton, by the De
mocrats running two sets of candidates
There is an alarming amount Of des:itu
ton aud poverty in Harrisburg, or most
complete deception. The number of chill.
drcn begging, is great, and greatly increas.
ing. They are mostly the offspring Of
abandoned women or of vagabond intcu,
peratc men, and some of them are evident.
iy well trained. Yesterday saw co..
ored boy with little slip Of wei! drticd
paper receive piece Of silver-a white boy
little distance off saw the act, frightened
up his eyes, and instantly declared that
the paper was his and the co.orcd boy had
stolen 1t. l fnd remarkable similarity
IN the handwriting OF most of these peli-
tons. Last evening at Herr's no,cl, l
watched one Of these beggars approach with
his paper number Of gentlemen, ." Please,
sir, read this papcr," and in Eve minutes
he had picked up fifty cents. The same
solemn, inuoccnt-lookiDg lad l have noti-
ccd for several days, always with the self.
same Importantly. Whether the money
thus raised does not support harlots and III
otous livers, aud how much Of it is sacred
charity, | presume no one has ever taken
proper measures to determine. 1t is said
to be the duty Of the police to abate these
forms of annoyance.
Robert NJ. Riddle, editor of the leading
Whig journal in Pit,sburg, is chosen May
or by 500 maj. over the late incumbent.
The snow fell some 10 inches deep yes
;crday and last night, and We may have
some slcighiug.
FRIDAY, Jan. II.
The Senate this morning passed the res
olution calling upon the Canal Commis-
sioncrs for certain information respecting
the letting Of contracts on the Portage
Road.
w. W. TAYLOR, (Whig) of the Butler
district, was elected an additional Clerk in
Senate, by vote of 10 to II for Conrad
Weiscr (Dem.)
The Jeiut Committee Of the Library TO-
Day elected Maj. WM- I. SANDERS (W.)
of The Washington House, Harrisburg, for
State Librarian. james c. Martin, (Dem.)
of Washington county has filed the station
for two years. young man, who has per
formed his duty very satisfactorily, and re-
ccived his dismission with good grace
At the Democratic caucus this evening,
Gen. BIcKEL was nominated for re-elec-
ton as State Treasurer, BY vote Of 63 to
IL for Hon. Jos. Baily of Perry and MIR.
Hagus Of Somerset. An attempt has been
m1uc W SET 1Siuc NE. DIckcl ou Tue pTlu
ciple of rotation" but tue wiser heads
of the party prefer not to run the risk of
making 4 mistake by making a change.
SATURDAY, Jan. Is.
Mr.. GRAEFT, Of Philad., yesterday ad-
vertised that he would lecture at tue Court
House last evening, "giving reasons why
the Maine Liquor Law should not be pas
sed." Many went, supposing he was to
argue against the Maine Law, but instead
of that, lie merely took up the arguments
on that side for tie sake of refu.ing them
aud closed by adcocating the law most deci-
dodly. Temperance men had not gone in
great numbers, and the Ants, finding out
the deception, left the room in considera-
bic numbers.
A Daily Legislative Record is to be pub
lished by George Bergner, by authority Of
the Legislature, and the first issue ap-
peared this morning.
The bill rc-annexing portion of Mon.
tour to Columbia county has passed the
Senate.
Mr. Bcrsstresser (IIouse) introduced a
bill to form an Election District in Jordac
township, Northumberland county.