Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-07-20

ings. To this long catalogue we hope to add
Lewisburg and Selinsgrove, for the same rea.
sons operate in their favor
We do not desire unnecessarily to dampe.
the ardor of the Miliinburgers, ,bu! really their
appropriating 20 themselves all the votes of
Hartley, Limestone, Jackson, New Bcrln,and
West Buifaloe, Is too great an assumption.
For there are many in most or all Of the
above districts, who prefer Lewisburg on the
whole, TO Mifilinburg, and will vote for the
former; while their expectations from White
Deer, Kelly, Buiialoe, and Union, by all ac.
counts are 100 per cent al leaS, too high.
The question is no longer on Division but,
" As divided, will 1ewisburg or Mifilinburg
suit US best!' will be the question.
The high claims for morality" ""sobriety"
&c, set up for Mfilinburg. we care not TO
controvert, except 10 say that in no particular
save quietness" is Lewisburg any way infe-
rior. All the towns in Union county in gene
raj good morals and healthiness are very
similar.
How the beauty of the young ladies' is to
recommend Mitiiinburs, We can not tell, COR
We do not suppose that they are to influence
markets or county business nor do We admit
any superiority Of amiability or of accom-.
plishments.
That there are many old persons in proper
ton 10 population, is no particular evidence of
longevity, for the fact is that mos, of the young
rel in bur snI,pr
ment at home, go forth to get living in the
wide world, leaving the aged TO live and die
among their neighbors and friends in their
old and quiet homes. LewIsburg has larger
proportion of young, 1t is true, because her
business openings enable her TO attract and
retain more of the rising population.
Our endowed Academy is the full equal Of
yours, Mr.. Friendly, and we have other insti-
tutions of learning of lesser and higher grades,
in abundance. As to lawyers We have enough
to keep the whole county by the ears. if they
were not pretty well disposed men-ten or a
dozen physicians, Of almost every school
some fifteen ordained preachers, and any
number needed coming on. And if these have
anything 10 do with the seat of justice, We
are certainly "ahead" of Mitilinburg.
The .cheapness and economy of county
organizations, depend altogether upon their
management, and they are managed by the
men the people elect for that purpose-whe-
ther in one town or the other, makes no diffe-
renee. Certainly, provisions can be obtained
as cheaply in Lewisburg as in Mifflinburg.
Pottsville, Lancaster, Reading and a hundred
other county sites may be named, where men
ge, quite as good and cheap accommodations
as they would in some small and lifeless town
away back in the interior Of their respective
counties.
In atiractiveness Of location, we have not
only all the rural surroundings of Mfflinburg
on an enlarged scale, but also well laid out
and well-paved ;own,in the heart of one of the
largest ard best valles in the State and .'cloud
kissing mountains far or near bounding the
vision in every direction. We have the addi-
tional advantage of noble -lver,lhe beauties |
Of which not ouly cdplvate the eye, but over |
It's broad surface, and up and down its wide !
channel sweeps the pure breath Of heaven,
and, absorbing moisture from the contact, is |
almost always imparting to our lungs fresh |
and healthy air, which, with pure water (also |
abundanD are the principal ingredients Of
health.
We are several good miles nearer "ihe
world" than MIlflinburg by all means ofrapd
communication-a growingly important mat.
ter, in this busy age to all, who contemplate !
locating in any place either for business or
case.
We may here add, that the people of the
county have already virtually decided in favor
of Lewisburg. The contests were conducted !
upon the plea, by the Anti Divisionists, that !
the County Seats wouM certainly be at Lewis
burg and Seins:rove, if Division carried;
tina, Millinburg, Middleburg, &c. " stood no
chance" and "could do nothing"-it was !
either New Berlin or Lewisburg uhey said) in |
the northern end Of the county. Well, the |
people said Lewisburg, by about 600 majority.
Mlifiinburg, it will be remembered, did not
get out its Subscription until Election was
past, when it could do no good 10 Division
Miiflinburg voted against Division, each trial;
and to suppose, that under all these crcum-
stances, the 600 majority of Divisionists will |
impose a Court House upon Mlfilinburg, is
more than We can conscientious
" do. II would punish Lewisburg by depriv-
ing her of what she so nobly struggled for,
and doubly punish Mifflinburg by inilic,ing
upon her what she SO strennously declared,in
league with New Berlin, she did not at all de.
sire two acts Of injustice Of which the fair
dealing and honesty-loving citizens of Buffa.
loe and Dry VaI.ies are incapable.
''One word more, and we shall have done"
Three fourlhs of the votes cast against Divis-
ION in our county as divided, were given from
an apprehension that the county would be too
small, and not so able to maintain necessary
expenses as a larger county. Men of this safe
and practical cast, will "doub,less do them
selves justice" by preferring the $4,000 Qua
ran,ee to the 25,0n0 Guarantee. And we
would state TO all, another reason for prefer
ring Lewisburg, well known already to many.
The four Townships and Milton Borough,
above Montour ridge in Northumberland coun-
", would be much better accommodated, for
all county business purposes at Lewisburg,
han at Sunbury. Make Lewisburg the coun.
,y seat, with good and attractive county build
ngs erected in the spirit Of the guarantee Of
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