Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-04-29
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Mrs. Stowe, has published her 4" Key II
Uncle Toms Cabin" Tae Publishers
The NJ :sssrs Jewet,, of Boston. have print
-d an edition of $4,000, 5000 Of which
are already ordered by booksellers.
the .Nstc York Tribune, has beer en-
!arpei and improved TO such an extent ;ha
Will take fifty thousand dollars, per yeal
10 cover the additional expense If its pub
iICaton.
GEN. CUSHING AS LINGUIsr A
Washington correspondent of The New
Yuri; Herald, says that Gen. Gushing i,
ihe only man in The Cabinet who car
ia!k anything besides English; and relate.
the following, in proof OF his proficiency
IL that respect:
"At the diplomatic dinner given by NJ
DE- Bodisco on Wednesday, the Attorney
General charmed and surprised the distln
guished party by his captivating and yer.
sa'ile accomplishments. Like a veri!able
polyglot, he conversed in French with NJ
lie Compile de Sariiees, in Spanish with
DON Calderon de la Barca, and in Du,ch
with Baron Tesla, spoke German with
Baron Won Gevolt. Portuguese with De
Flganiere, and the most uDexcep'ionable
Tuscan with the representative of The two
Sicilies."
The DanvMe Democrat SAYS: Goa
the Fishing creek route. from Catlawissa
10 NJ incy. we learn tha, releases have
deem granted by all the property holders
hut tmo.' This route is five miles shorter
than The route vi, Dany!!ie aad Milton.
NJ. John Pistt of Williamsport, has
been appointed Collector Of the por, OF
Wi iiamspor, IN place Of Mr.. Charles II.
Beeher, who owing 10 extreme Ill health
has been obliged to resign. Owing 10 the
aproin ment Of Ms. Pialt The oilice oi Car
20 Inspector thus made vacant has been
conferred upon NJ. Samuel THUS.
hon. Pierre SouIc, has been appointed
Minister to Spain and his appointment rat
iiied by the Senate.
Dog poisoning, we should Judge by the
way the poor cannes have been dropping
I'll lately has got 10 be regular trade
with somebody. But " hom that somebody
may be is as unsettled as The authorship
1t Junius. There is a grand chance fcr
any body in the obituary line 10 do up any
quantity OF doggerei. Who'll! take the
hinl!-Lyoomi'g Gazette.
T. F. Meagher, the eloquent Irishman, is
now ia New Orleans and is very cordially
received by the people O. that city.
The worknen have commenced laying
down the rails on The Philadelphia aud
Sunburv reroad. The work is progress
ing rapidly.
RosToN. April l9.-The Publisher Of
The Life in Boston was assaulted last night
about 10 O'Clock, within lew PAGES Cf
his residence in Cambridge by two ruff ans
in the employ Of the Boston gamblers, AMI
teaien and bruised until he was supposed
To be hfeess. slug shot was employed
and there is no doubt they intended to k III
him on account OF his exposure Of The gal
,anzed prop-ia6es.
The effects Of the late storm at he Sculh
are noticed in the newspapers Of Georgia
Tennessee. Ala bana, and Florida. II Ill
fell IN great quantities, houses, trees,
and other exposed property, were seriously
damaged and several lives were lost by
The fall IF buildings. A, Columbus, Ga.
the bail is stated to have been foot deep
on Iese! ground, aud in drifts four feet
deep.
A shocking occurrence happened in the
vicinity OF SheibyvlIe, Indiana on lasi
Tuesday morning. The daughter o. MIR.
McKorkel, aged Is went into a field near
by on the farm, where brush heaps were
burning; her clolnes accidentally caught
fire burning every vesrige, even 10 her
bonnet before any help could reach her.
her body, likewise was most shocklngly
burnt, and after suffering for few hours
in the most excrucia,ing manner, she
died.
A survey OF the route TO California
from the South Pass across the different
ranges OF Mountains 10 the Pacific slope
of The continent is said by the ST. LOUIS
Republican to oe undertaken by practical
independent OF all governmental conection.
Il will be in the hands of civil engineers
of undoubted merit aud capacity accom-.
panied by n geologist who will institute
thorough examination of the country.
surgeon writes from the gold fields
10 say that he has now quite discarded the
lancet, and opens the vein with a pickaxe.
-Panch
EWeller was wise man, even be.
yond his more heduca'ed neighbors. Wit
ness his charge TO Samivel when the boy
ventures 10 indulge in the " melancholy
mood :"
Samivel, Samivel. beware OF the VIM
men vol reads no newspapers. Your iath-
er married woman that read none, and
you're the sad consequence! You're as
hignorani as horse! Hisroren, people
say it is throwing away money 10 take pa
pers, and foolin away time 10 read them.'
The latest yumors from Washington give