Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-12-01

And admiration crouches here.
'ris day or-nisht-'tis dark or light
IT'S morn or eve, or when you will.
Gay PhRbus shines in plumage bright.
Or thunder. shakes each cloud-capped hill
Mid all, the Christian says, 81 see
Beyond that sky home for me"
No The EXPERIMENT OF RUNNING
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES WITH ANTHRACITE
Coal, has been very successful at Boston.
1t was undertaken by the President of the
Taunton Branch and the President of The
Philadelphia & Baltimore Road. They
had an engine built at Taunton in the
most thorough manner, and it has been
run for about two months on the Taunton
X New Bedford Railroad, without losing
minute in time 1t was then taken to the
Worcester and Western roads for further
experiment. On the first trial on tho
Worcester road, towards the conclusion Of
the trip, owing to the want of skill in the
firemen, the engine was behind time at
Worcester, but then rallied, and went over
the Western road to Springfield, losing
only nine minutes. The engine then ran
for several days between Springfield and
Worcester, taking the usual heavy freight
train. On the 18th Of October it ran from
Springfield to Worcester, taking the &C.
comodation train, and arrived in good time
making an average of 2s s miles per
hour. On the same day, returning, i. took
the Albany express train to Springfield in
J hour and 1si minates-averaging AZ
miles per hour. As further specimen Of
its performances, the Mercury states that
it ran over heavy continuous grade Of
eleven miles on The Western Railroad,
taking it in seventeen minutes, and hay-
ing one hundred pounds of steam upon
the summit. Of the peculiarity in the
construction Ct this engine, and the econo-
my in its use, the Mercury says:
"The peculiarly of this locomotive con.
si,ts in the construction of the boiler. To
state this plainly We may say that the
water comes to the fire, instead Of the Ere
going to the water. This passes through
the tubes, instead of the 6fe, as in locomo.
tives of the old construction, and is con-
tinually circulating about the 6re-bo1. ID
this way, moderate combustion generates
the necessary amount of steam, and the
6re-bex not being subjected to that violent
heat, which has been the real difficulty
with other engines for burning authr, cite;
is preserved, while it has been burned ont
in al other engines in a few weeks.
NEwsPAPERs.-For eighteen mouths
past, enlstgiug was all the rage with news
papers. Size was the test OF merit. But
We believe without exception, every pub
Usher has burnt his fingers thereby The
New York Tribune, which was spread out
so extravagautly, vas the irst to come
down. Many papers are following its ex-
ample. The New York Sun, We observe
has cut of column on each page. The
indianapolis Journal has taken off col
umn. The Cincinnati Dailies have increa-
sed their subscriptions 20 per cent. The
reasons assigned for these changes, is the
augmented prices of most items entering
into the cost Of newspaper business
Bloomsbu,y Democrot.
And the papers and periodicals which
have stopped" in the same time, can be
counted BY scores. There have ,en two
or three discontinued in Schuylkill c.un.y
alone since the last election, and dozen
in the state. The truth is there are two
many papers in our Stree and enlightened
kcdentry," for the good Of either printers
or readers. Small, well-conducted. and
we'll supported papers, are altogether bet
ter, for all concerned, than the numerouS
mammoth skeletons which are but half
alive, and starve their owners ard cheat
the public.
Zaebariah Potter, a ho,el-keeper Of
Cambridge, Mass, has been convicted Of
selling liquor, on eighteen indietments,and
sentenced to pay fnc Of $3.50, and to ba
imprisoned four years.
KENTUcKY.-A special election in the
death of Presley Ewing, has resulted in
the choice Of BristOw, Whig.
A lady was much sffronted tho other
day, because gentleman s!eosset Der as
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