Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-04-08
Ncus an0 Notions,


Tennessee. Alabama, and Florida. Hail
fell in great quapii,ies, trees
and other exposed property, were seriously
damaged and several lives were lost by
the fal! of buildings. AT Columbus, Ga.
the hal! is stated to have been foo, deep
on ieve! ground. and 10 drifts four feet
deep.
BALTIMORE, April 6.-We learn from
Annapolis that Legislature Of Mary land
has declined The invitation oI The Governor
OF Pennsylvania 10 visit Harrisburg in con.
sequence OF the press Of business but pass
ed vote Of thanks for the invitation.
BANK NorEs.-The Providence Post
says that an action against the Dorchester
and Milton Bank has been decided in the
Supreme Court of Massachusetts. The
suit was brought 10 recover the value ola
S10bill. which the bank alleged TO have
been stolen, ard ,hereupon refused pay.
ment. The Cour. said that, in the case of
stolen promissory notes and bills of ex-
change. the party seeking payment for
them mast prove that he paid value for
them. or came honestly by them; but in
the case Of stolen bank bills. The burden
Of proof is on The other party, and the de-
PENDANTS. 10 avoid payment, mus, show
that the plaintiffs did no, come honestly
by them.
II is just as natural for the subscribers
OF newspaper u buy from those who ad-
verilse in il, as ii Is for chidsen 10 follow
soldiers when on parade. the simple
fact Of seeing certain goods published every
week has an irresistible attraction that will
fas'en itself upon the mind, and never fails
10 guide each reader TO the very place al
which his or her wants Can he at once
supplied. Every one Of common sense
Knows i, 10 be SO; and yet many of them
fail to resort to the very method 10 make
sales which is used 10 induce them TO make
dcir purchases.
The foreign emigration TO New York
during the frs, quarter of the prcsen, year
shows falling off of l2, 900 as compared
with Ihe,correspondirg period in The year
1859.
The Illinois railroad lines now building
stand so greatly in need of laborers thai
some Of the companies are importing men |
irect from Ireland to supply the deficiency.
Here is demonstration Of the goahead
ltiveness Of this age:-.Narrie3-In Can
on, Maine, Feb. 30, by E. G. Harlow, ESQ
lfier cour,ship Of eiyhteen INMATES, Cal.
'in S!mm ons, Esq. 10 Miss e, nihia G.
West, all of Canton.
A private dispatch from Mercer Pa,
eceived on Saturday stated tina, nr. Bas.
in was murdered on the nigh, previous
nd that suspicion rested on person nam.
d John Lyman who was supposed 10
ave fed 10 Pl,:sburg.
DR.. Baskin was well known physi.
ian. lie was it is stated waylaid and
'abbed in The NECK, while returning 10 his
0use and near his own dor. No further
are given and no cause assign
d for the deed.-Ihilo., .San.
CINCINNATI, April 5. The municipal ]
'ec,ion here yesterday passed off quietly. l
ne returns are as yet incomplete but as
lr as ascerIained, the vote for Council ,
zen and School Trustees show an over. 5
heiming majority for the Free Schools. d
|r. Pratt the leader of The catholic move
enl against the present school system,
rs been defeated for council in the ward :,
hich elected him for two years past. r
he Democratic candidate Tor Mayor is
robably elected. -
A large number Of mad dogs h ave Ia,ely
ade their appearance in Sunbury aud
vera! Of The adlacanl counties of Penn
lvania. The councils of Sunbury, we
e have passed an ordinance providing
r the destruction Of all dogs found going
large wi;hou! muzzle. a, Newark
elaware also, a dog war has been decla.
d and hosiii,ies have already commen-
d.
The workmen have commenced laying
wn the rails on the Philadelphia and
INJURY railroad, and the work is said 10 az
progressing rupidly. The excavation Iii
ing the hills just below Sunbury on The 'e
e of the Susquehanna road has been
-
The New York Legislature has dismiss.
from Office Mr.. Ia,box Assistant Lii, -
arian of The House and ordered him 10
confined in Jail until the close Of The to
sion, on charge involving bribery. pu
Hiram Smiths widow died at Deseret, wi
ah Territory on The 2lst Of September th'
ID 81 years.
A gang Of gipsies have been encamped lal
'ut three miles south OF Lancaster for
re than week past.
1t Cincinnati, there fell a few days ago
low rain, and snow and since hat black -
w has fallen at Walpo!e, N. H., The
lpw color Of the rain was found 10 be r
duccd by the pollen OF flowers, which I
'thern storm brought with il. What an'
SEQ the snow 10 be black is not yet Dec
'wn. l"A
few days since,a girl Of four years,
ding with her parents, in Grafton Mass, tt
in consequence OF swallowing a pin viii
'e six weeks previously. salt
=, mad
The wife Of General Cass. who has T,