Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-03-03
Editorial Correspondence of Lcwisburg Chronicle
COMMERCIAL HOTEL, Fhila.,
Feb 25, 1854.

EottoI14l OoffooponuonCo Oh LcW1sDufk ChIo0icle
COMMERCIAL HOTEL, Phila.,
Feb. 25, 1854.
They dispatch business in the crimi
nal courts here, in pretty much the samt
style, and with as little ceremony, as {
smart salesman in the country, measures
Of calico, or weighs out groceries. II
many instances prisoners are arraigned
witnesses examined and yerdicts rendered
in almost as little time as it takes TO pen
this sentence; and it must lie a remark
able case that inyokes long speeches, or &
written charge from the Court. AL
most any duy, between ten and three o.
oiook-which are the Court bours-row-
dies enough would be tried and sentenced
to gil our county Jail Many Of them,
from frequent practice, will manage their
own defence, and cross-examinc witnesses,
with an ingenuity and perseverance quite
professional. OF course, as many varieties
Of human nature can be found here, as any
where else, and the study is deeply inter.
esting Many laughablc scenes occur, but
occasionally tragical developments come to
the surface that makes the heart ache, and
kindle the deepest Indignation For TO-
stance, the other DAY married couple, with
bright, promising son, Of six years-were
srraigned for treating him with demoniac
cruelty, beating, starving and freezing him,
10 hope of ending his life, short Of imme-
date murder; aud it was proved that his
mother was in the habit Of dragging him
around by the hair, and burning his flesh
with . hot iron! The child was transferred
By the Court to better hands, and the pa
rental monsters held to answer for thei.
revolving crims. The name of the couple
is Hammer. Court house here is
. fair match for the rickety old concern at
New Berlin, bu: the great diversity Of
opinion as to the best site for new one,
has hitherto prevented all remedy for evils
which every body deplOres. l gained adj
mittance several times as a limb of the law,
when the door keeper bad rejected Inc as
. witness on account Of the jam inside.
From two to eight courts arc sitti ug some
Ven months in the aggregate, and the NUM-
Der Of lawyers is about 700. From these
these two facts you can cyphcr out the au-
nual amount of litigation.
There is great excitement, on the tenn
pcrance question. A fiery and explosive
Indignation meeting came uf this week to
dsnouuce the alleged treachcry Of Senator
Eli K. Price, on the Maine Law question.
II seems they took him half upon trust
at any rate their expectations were not re-
allied, but have not been able to deter
mine how far he violated any pledges
The city is full Of strangers, and curios-
isies-among them the Siamesc twins, with
two Of their children-they left their wives
at home in North Carolina, to take care of
the "uiggers" and plantasion-a woman
who weighs something less than 500
another about 80 inches high, 30 years Of
age, synetrical proportions, chatty, iutelli-
gent, and the mother Of three children,
chips of the old block-and Swiss wo-
man with q long raven-black beard cover
ing her face and chin. In the same collec-
sion il little chap in broadcloth, boots
and rufled shirt, from Connecticut, s years
old, 20 inches high, aud weighing II
pounds. He is talkative, and Independent
ss . Chesnut street dandy, and makes a
foot print just two inches long. A grizzly
bear from California weighing 1000 lbs, is
decidedly the most formidable looking
"crittsr" in this region. He is a monster
in bulk, more like an imprisoned buffalo
than bar" and am satisfied now that
If encountered on his native heather, the
ssoutest heart, with revolvers to boot,
would be justified in giving leg bail. Unite
The active ferocity Of she panther with the
burly strength Of buffalo bull, and you
have . "grixsly."
Feb. 27th.-The rain poured down yes.
tcrday in torrents, deluge above, a del.
ugs below, with high wind, aud an extra
high tide. Towards evening it held up,
aud At the appointed hour l went, with our
neighbor w. F., to Concert Hall, to hear
Rev. Dr.. Duff, of the Free Church ol
Scotland, now on missionary visit to the
United States. But we found the vast
hall filed to suffecasion, the doors closed,
and crowd outside, and a police officer
Informed US at least two thousand persons
had already been turned away disappoint-
Cd. The papers speak Of his address ss
lseking in the graces of o.atory and elocu.
sisn, but abssrbingly interesting in it,
matter, and the deep feeling, warm, heart.
tslt aud impressabls, which characterized
its delivery.
Tho Spring business is commencing, and
already Market street is numbered with
boxes Of goods, by the hundred, daily
Some weeks hence the rush and throna
will be at its height, and will doubtless
exceed al former years. The fact is, the
mAaifest destiny Of this semi-rural village,
will rapidly inpel it to the foremost posi-.
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