Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-05-05
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Correspondence of the Lewisburg Chronicle.
PEILAD., April %, 1851

PEILAD., April %, 1854.
Mr. EDIroR: There has not been mucl
news afoat for some time past, and news
men finding it difficult to scare up an item
have been compelled to resor, TO the OLD
trick of hoaxing, TO fil up spare corners
general election being too far off to inspire
editors much, and the affairs of Turkey en-
tirely exhausted-rather :. done brown .
and being dished up by book makers; Of
course we do not impu,c any mercenary
motives TO that Class of individuals. The
recent storms and disasters, along the Jer-
sey coast, has furnished matter for some
time past. How sad those details Good
old ladies with kind hearts, have leaned
over the morning papers with dimmed
spectacles, for a week past, and perused
snd re.perused the accounts until every
nsme and circumstance is as familiar as
their own family records; and strong men
have looked sad as they glanced over "fur-
ther details" and all have felt the neces-
sity of providin G adequate means Of relief
from the dangers Of that coast.
Government did max an appropriation
some years ago, and complete apparatus
was placed in position, but was permitted
to fall to decay, and many lives have
recently been lost, which would certainly
not have been if Government had pursued
its good intentions, aud kept up the csiab-
lishmcnt, but there are SO many objects
requiring the exercise of their philan-
thropy, and which are more likely to create
a little '.thuuder" that one can not wonder
ut its being overlcokd.
Is it not stran &c that people abroad
should call US q selfish people? Selfish ).
why sir, it is only when our dove-hke char
ity has failed to find resting place any
where else, that she returns to the ARK,
and then her strength is so wasted that
she is 10: very active, and the consequence
is, We must shift for ourselves.
Politics, too, has come to dead halt,
and although our municipal election is
near at hand it wakcus very little interest,
with the exception of here and there an
old fogy croaking in the pond, in the same
old key, pcrsuading the people that unless
Smith is elected constable, and Jones,
mayor, the country is certainly in danger;
aud throwing out insinuations, enough to
make one heave deep sigh, that ODon-
ohoue's grand father is suspected of having
been q monarchist in the days of the revo-
luton, (he lived in Ireland), said ODon-
ohous is an applicant for the Office Of dog
catcher, and it is insinuated in certain
circles that President Pierce is using his
influence in his behalf. Local politics is
the most ridiculous Of all farces sometimes.
There is one question, however, which
has taken deep hold on the public mind.
The recent attempts Of Holy mother"
on the school fund, has opened mems eyes
little; not to the impudent pretensious
Of that body-no one wonders at that
but to the aiders and abcttors in those pre-
tensions; aud many who once secuted the
idea Of Catholic encroachments, and
believed the venerable old lady exceed
'ng'y abused and slandered, begin to see
"men as trees walking and to think she
is not 50 much abused as they took her to
be.
Between you and Mr.. Editor, the pres.
ent administration has given US SO much
Of . good thing, that some Of even its bes.
friends begin to tire it. You do not see
it in the country as we do here, nor fee! it
either; you are not compelled in all your
ofhcial transactions, and in every public
capacity, to encounter and transact bust
moss with men, many of who can scarcely
write their own names-they can all make
serup-nor speak our vernacular; a great
many Of whom are low tavern keepers, who
attend To the public interest through the
day, and deal out ruin at night, yet these
are tho men We arc compelled to eneouu-
ter continually, and is it any wonder that
thess should b deep fesliss ,escised By
Zach state cf things, and deep feeling