Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-01-12

says:
, The Democratic members of Congress
met in caucus in the Hall of the House Of
Representatives, this evening, to consider
the recommendation of the Secretary of
Treasury to revise the present Tariff. Sc
nator Toucy, of Connecticut, occupied the
chair, and Mr.. Barksdale, of Miss, was
appointed Secretary. The caucus, af,er a
very free discussion, passed resolution,
the rurpor, Of which is, that it is right
and proper that the duties on goods, wares
and merchandise, imported into the United
States from foreign countries, should be
reduecd by Congress at its present session
to the revenue standard, carrying out the
principle of the Tariff of 1916.
/ WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-TLc Convention
of the Soldiers and Indians engaged in
, the War Of ISL, met at the Presbyter
Church on Four-and-a- half street, at IL
o'clock this morning, and organized by
the choice of Joel b. Sutherland, of
Philadelphia, as President. Prayer was
delivered by Rev. Mr.. Sunderland, of this
city, and brilliant speeches were made by
Peter Wilson, Sachcm of the Cayugas,
and others. A tremendous procession,
preceded by the Navy Yarl Band, and all
the military of Washington, is now Gone
o'clock moving toward the Presidential
mansion. The old Veterans appear quite
rejuvenated.
naa- Among the participants in the Old
Soldiers Convention at Washington, We
notice the names of Ex-Gov. Ititncr, Jas. /
NJ. Porter, and Ner Niddleswarth, Of Pa.
CINciNNATI, Jan S.-Thc State Demo- I
cratic Convention, for the nomination of
State officers, met at Columbus to-day |
The attendance was not very large. A
motion to defer the nomination until next
summer was lost by large majority. |
Gov. Medill and all the present State Off
GERS were nominated by large majorities.
Resolutions we're adopted denouucing sla-
very, Know Nothingism and Mr.. Adams
bill amending the naturalization laws, and
endorsing the Baltimore platform of 1852.
Messrs Parkc & Brothers have shut
down the gates Of their rolling mill on Big
Elk, till the dawn of "bettcr times They
boiler plate, and have in store
in the cities $50, 900 worth for which they
find no sales. In thus being compelled to
cease operations, they Of course, have had
to discharge their hands.
The Rev. DR.. Potter, the new Episco-
pal Bishop of New York, has voluntarily
$1,000 of the 5000 voted by
the Diocesan Convention as his annual
salary. The Bishop says he las done
this from a conviction Of right. lie thinks
he can get on in New York city with
$4,000 per annum and rent free.
The Swatara Furnace in Pincgrove,
belonging to Eckert, Guilford & Co, which
employed about twenty five hands has
stopped, and will be abandoned, and the
stock offered for sale. The proprietors in-
tended to convert it into an Anthracite
Furnace during the winter, but the tight
Tines and the state Of the iron market,
have caused them 10 abandon the project.
NUNNERIEs.-The newspapers are be-
ginning to advocate the public inspection
and examination Of the NunncrieS by State
Officers 1t argues that when Such ins;i-
tutions are rightly conducted, no harm can
result from inspection, and that false i'm
prisopmcnt or other wrongs that might &C.
cur, should be known at once.
New YORK, Jan S.-The elegant Pres
bytcrian Church of DR.. Burchard, on Thir-
teenth street rear 9TH avenue, was entirely
destroyed by fire about . o'clock this NOR
ming. Loss, S25 5,000-Insurancc, ,Sl3, 600 .
A defect in the fues is believed to have
been the cause. The Doctor lost his Lib
rary, valued at $1,000.
Perhaps the hes. joke of the season says
the Boston journal, is the fact that after
the election Of Lynn, it was discovered
that one of the newly elected Alderman,
chosen by the Know Nothinss, was an
Irishman, and had lately changed bis name
from Connolly.
The Mammoth Hog on exhibition at the
corner of kcnzc and Clark sts, Chicago,
is said to weigh 1869 lbs. and to be only
IS months old. He is large grunter at
all events, and was raised by Mr.. Durand,
a large stock grower of Kane county.
Samuel Cooper, elected from a one
horse Post Office in Bucks county because
he dared vote as his conscience dictated at
the last election, has got a snug little Office
in the House Of Representatives, Harris
burg.
DR.. David J. johnson, Prof in the
Pennsylvania Female Medical College, is
dead.