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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-09-19
New Western Correspondence
Correspondence of the Lewisburg Chronicle.I
TORONTO, Upper Canada,
JULY II. lS56.

July II, 1856.
1 believe my hast ended with pleasant
dreams Saturday night. Well, yesterday
forenoon attended divine service at the
Episcopal Cathedral, the metropolitan
church of my Lord Bishop of Toronlo )"
large and very chastely finished Gothic
edifee, whose high massive oaken pews,
stained windows and lofty groined arches,
were exceedingly tasteful and impressive
more so than any similar building | ever
entered, in either our eastern or western
cities 1t will accommodate several thou
sand people.
Found a sexton at the door Of each Of
the three alsles, and, notwithstanding the
heat of the day, clad in sort of livery or
uniform, consisting of dark gray cloth
overcoat, with short waist and long skirts,
and caps, very much like our grand fathers,
open in front, but with row of big but
tons on one side, and binding of narrow
red braid on the ed ,and around the cape,
cuffs, and collar. But they were the stu
pidest looking dolts | ever saw, aud could
give me no information as to the pew To
which | had been invited, although the
person named was prominent public off
Ger. As English exelusiveness never think
of volunteering courtesies to strangers, We
might have remained outsiders all day, or
taken dubious possession of the first open
pew,as Squatter Soverigns, had | not caught
a glimpse of ground plan hanging on the
wall, which enabled me to find my own
way to my friends seat, who had arrived
a little ahead of us.
The rear of the church was a large semi
circular recess, half as big as an ordinary
village church. The pulpit-a small oc-
tagoual box, mounted on pillars some eighr
or ten feet high, with narrow stairs run
ming straight down behind, with railing>
was in the middle aisle, some distance
in front of the recess, ,aud of the side pew>
at that end of the building. The little
pulpit graced by Bishop Strahan was
against the north east corner Of the recess.
half fronting the western gallery with i's
vice-royal occupants.
In locking over the vast audience, !
couldn't recognize an American counte
nance-Britons BY birth, ancestry or habits,
every one of them. Two notable thing
we're, the general appearance of robust
health. aud the fact that the ladies wore
their bonnets on their heads, and not hang
ing down their necks
The service was after the Church of Eng
land ritual, and very long. During the
recital of the litany, my thoughts had wan
dered Of in an analysis of the novelties
around me; but we're suddenly recalled BY
supplication in behalf of "thy Servant
VICTORIA, our most gracious Queen and
Government > and also for the Princess,
Adalaide Prince Albert; Albert, Prince
of Wales aud all the Royal Family" -
and for .the Council and all the Nobility. y
The English prayer book contains many
curious thugs that have been expunged
from American editions. For instance
the Thirty. nine Articles" of the Church
of England, agreed upon BY the Pre'ates,
Of the Kingdom, in conyocation, in 1862,
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-09-19

New BERLN.-A spirited Fremont
meeting was held in New Berlin, last
Saturday evening, which was ably and
eloquently addressed by Samuel Wei
rick Esq. Ex-Sheriff Kessler presid-
ed, assisted by Samuel Boop and Geo.
RisheI Geo. Lott, Secretary. Our
friends assure US that all is right in
that quarter.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-09-19

The Bloomington Republican says VIII
LARD the Democratic candidate for Gov.
ernor in Indiana, made use Of the follow
ing language at a BUCHANAN barbecue at
Martinville :-"The burning of Lawrence
in Kansas was right in the sigh, of Heaven,
aud it would have been blessing to the
country if the Free State men there bad
been burned with it,and their ashes plowe',
under %
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-09-19

COLUMBIA, PA. Sept. S-A very do
structive fire occurred here this afteruooo
consumed twenty-one buildings and stores
The flames spread very rapidly, and for a.
time, the whole business portion, of .ee.
town was in imminent danger. TIE loss
is from $4,000 to $4,000 oulS q small
Part of which is covered BY iusa.n-e
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IMPROVEMENT
SMnKErnWN. Sent. II. lS56.

~ - '-'O'
The frs, Fremont pole in East Buffaloe
having been cut down, probably by some
Border Rufian co-operator, the East Buff
faloe Frcmonters raised second pole on
Friday last, some eighty feet long, with
the inscription of " LIBERTY & UNION
FREE KANSAS, Fremont & DAYTON"
aud a streamer yards long that floats in
the breeze of Freedom. They then or
ganized a meeting by calling ABRAHAM
FREDERICK to the Chair, aud JACOB
Ii. BRowN as Secretary, after which the
audience was addressed by Messrs. Prof.
Bliss, James S. Marsh, and James Aiken
We bad quite an enthusiastic meeting.
The people of East Buffaloe are right for
Fremont Old Buck will have but few
votes here, as will be told in thunder tones
on the 4th Of November next Comm.
pA-The following is copy of the
Speech Of JAMES AIKEN:
Raise your pole-Aing out your banner,
Streaming in the noon-day sun,
Freemen! gard ye on your armor-
Fight I'LL Freedoms battles won.
S,,r.r.s ;,;o,, .,D,s,
Should bold Fremont take the chair,
Let the rascals "iry it on once,
And they'll find Young Jackson there.
When with sniri, dark ;nfa,Ds,
Nuiliiiers made their threat
S'erh Th oid I'M i,icSory by Inc Eternal
shauId % ,hs "%, rnhhnr ~ '"e an' III. ,huo aou'
To steal from "Uncle Sam" his dollars,
NICE new hemp craVais 'hey IL wear!
Bully Brooks could batter Sumner,
pn, Al. ,.tan unatm hn .on o. ana unaware; -
He'll find .oLp PrSx-srI-w.-sI" there /.
w. nd r-,
Freedom for our wide domain,
vi pma our ,asu IN noi Il. one more acre
Ha Havs g von "s, head ndI ,hs;r % ,hnaSsrs ro,-,
When our guns shall thunder back, boys
They will jar racihc's shore'
Inen me migh'y west sha trumpet
her decree "l freedom iUrlh;
That there is indeed North!
Tur O,n Mrx ,ur p,our,-wo
b,ro hoard !, fsw d,vs Of m,nv o,d
Democrats who never voted for any but
Democratic nominee for President, but
also pW not vote for the only Federalist
up for that Office in forty years.
An old man tottered into our Office the
other morning to pay for his paper, and
remarked with trembling but earnesfpess:
The hrst vote | ever gave was in 1899,
Tor Liberty, and against the Alien aud
Sedition Law: bu:, Mr.. W., the Laws of
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GRANADA CITY, !
Nicaragua, Aug. 4, 1856.


Dear Father II am enjoying good
health and am In good spirits. My time
of service will expire in five -soDths, but
then it is so cold at home that could not
bear to return at the end of that time,
and besides l wish to 60 to the gold mines
for a few months, SO 1 think l will not
start home until it gets warm. The eli
mate here is from 60 to so degrees, but
there is constant breeze, making the
heat not near so oppressive as at home In
harvest time. The nights are cool, SO
that blanket is necessary. One part of
the year it does not rain at all, and in the
Winter OF rainy season, 1t rains nearly
all the time. 1t would be healthy here if
the people would let liquor alone, and live
as they ought. 1t is not true that the
Yellow Fever is prevalent disease. |
know of but one or two cases since came
here, and once in a while there is a case of
Cholera, but | think it mostly whiskey
Cholera, as it is ONLY those who are intem
perate that get it. They eat fruit and
then drink brandy, when they are sure to
die The worst disease here is the Fever
and Ague, but temperate persons have no
trouble in curing it in fact it is healthier
and not SO warm here as in New Orleans.
hn F. ..d
about Central America, by pack of lying
newspapers, especially by those published
in Philadelphia. All this country wants
to make it a paradise and the richest in
the world, is to have it settled 10y an in-
dustrious people like the Americans The
natives are too indolent to work for more
than will supply the wants to-day, and let
tomorrow take care Of itself. In fact they
are but one degree above the brute creation.
At the battle of Rivas, Walker had
about five hundred men, (and only half of
them were in the fght,) and the Costa Ri
cans had in all thirty-two hundred and
fifty men. Walker had l30 killed, and
the Costa Rcans had over 800 killed
The fight lasted about l6 hours, when the
Costa Rlcans were routed But Walker
could not hold the place, as his ammuni-
HOE aud provisions were exhausted, So he
retreated to Granada, aud the Costa Ri
caus left about the same time for Costa
Rica. According to the Costa Rican's
own account they had but little over
500 men when they got home. They
have got enough of fighting, and all the
money in England could not hire them TO
come back. | do not think there will be
any more hard fighting; we may have a
few ski1mishes with few struggling Cha
moristas and Guatamaleans that are in
Leon have not been in any battle. Our
company was stationed at Castellon, on
the San Juan river, when the battle was
fought.
We have plenty to eat, such as fresh
and salt beef, pork, tea, coffee, fresh bread,
rice, beans, &c, and plenty of fruit of all
kinds. The only reason why do hot
like to belong to the army, is, that it is
too lazy life for me, and besides there is
but little good company to be had.
l do not think the dogs will get fat
gnawiEg dead mems bones in Nicaragua,
for we bury them in mahogany collins, as
bravo men ought to be buried. But it is
parade time, and / must close. RD.H.
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Che Chronicle.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 10, 1856.

s~A young friend from Northum-
berland Co. visiting in Bucks, writes
TO us that old Bucks will roll up a
handsome majority for the champions
of Freedom. Burlingame's speech in
that county was most powerful and
excellent.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-09-19
Reports from Kansas.

CHICAGO, Sept. l2.-One hundred Free
State refugees arrived yesterday at St.
Louis, frou Kansas. They we're mostly
destitute, having left all behind them.
They stated that large number of fam
lilies had taken refuge At Fort Leaven.
worth.
They also bring . report that number
of women and children, belonging to FREQ
State families, we're killed at Strangers'
Creek, on "Wednesday, the Sd inst.
Private advices received from Kansas,
lately announced that the Free State party
under Col Lane, was about to attack West
port, Kansas City, and Independence.
1t is also reported that the Free State
men had surrounded Gen. Richardson's
forces to the north of Lawrence, and cut
off his retreat.
Governor Geary had arrived at Leaven-
worth, and held consultation with Gen.
Smith. He would proceed to Lawrence in
few days.
CHICAGO, Sept. 13-The St. Louis
Democrat yesterday announced that Gen.
Richardson had been taken prisoner by
the Free State men, by whom he had been
surrounded north of Lawrence. He was
carried before Col. Lane, who restored his
arms and sent him back under an escort.
Great CONSERVATION is exhibited at Lea
venworth in consequence of the rumors Of
an intended attack BY Col. Lane.
Gen. Smith has sent four companies te
protect the town. In the meantime Col.
Lane remains at Lawrence, and the most
reliable reports declare that be has no in
tention to leave his present position.
LATER.
CHICAGO, Sept. l5.-Dates from Kan
sas to the 10th inst, state that the Free
State prisoners have been released on bail.
Governor Geary has issued a proclama-
ton mmanding all the armed bands, of
both parties, to disperse.
Colonel Emery's band has been captured
and taken before Gen. Smith for arresting
an officer of the army.
Captain Whipple's Company has eaptur.
ed party of thieves and recovered so
horses that had been stolen.
A Fort, said to be capable Of containing
1000 men, has been completed at Law
renee.
A Jubilee was held on the 10th at Law.
renee, to celebrate the release Of the Free
State prisoners.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-09-19

BurFALoE TP-At meeting held at
the Buffaloe Y Roads School house on the
evening of the 18th inst. for the purpose
of forming Fremont & Dayton club the
following persons were elected officers !:
Pres. DAVID HERBsT; Vice Pres Robert
Strayhorn, Henry Hauck; Sect. H. C.
Stedman.
Old Buffaloe will give the Gi.ggest kind
Of a majority for Fremont and Freedom.
MARKET HoUsE.-It being proposed to
erect parsonage for the Lutheran Church
in view of the increasing want of Mar
ket House for Lewisburg, we would pro-
pose that the lotholders on S. Third St
give Il feet in front Of their lots from the
Lutheran church down to the next street,
and a Market House erected in the middle
Of the space thus vacated. Think of it,
citizens Of Lewlsburg, and prepare for the
want, now, before it is too late
IMPROVEMENT
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Congressional Conferee Convention.

At meeting oflhe Conferees appointed b,
the Union County Conventions comprised
within the bounds of the 10Th Congressiona
District, held al the public house Of F. Star
ick, in Selinsgrove. Snyder CO., Pa, for The
purpose of nominating a candidate for Con
gress TO represent said District in the 35th
Congress of The United Staet, the following
proceedings were had. viz:
On motion Of w. c. A. Lawrence. HExHI
W SSrnrH, Esq, Of Snyder county, was cleo
ted as Chairman, and Anthony S. Ely, Of Leb-
anon county, as Secretary.
The following credentials were presented
Dauphin couniy-A.J. Jones Isaac Mumma,
w. G. A. Lawrence.
Lebanon county-D. W. Rank,H. d. Seidel,
A 5. Ely.
Union coun,y-Archibad Thomas, J. w.
Pennington, George ". Chambers.
Snyder couniy-H. W. Snyder, Vim. G..
Herrold. Israel Gu;eIlus.
On motion, the Hon. JOHN C. KUNKEL
was unanimously nominated for re election,
TO represent the l0lh Congressional district in
the 35th Congress of the United States.
]. W. Pennington, of Union county, offered
the following resolutions which were unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved, That this Conference. represent
ing the united voice and will of its constitu-
encv, being a large majority of the people of
this congressional district, hereby declares re-
newed confidence in the conduct and charac-
ter of onr present distinguished member of
Congress. Hon. John {. Kunkel, and his name
is hereby unanimously presented TO the people
of the district for re election.
Resolved. That we continue 10 be proud of
his ability and eoquence. approve fully Of MS
course on the hoor of Congress, and commend
him as tne able champion of our principles
and policy.
Resolved, That we will give hearty and
united support TO the Union STATE Ticket, and
call upon all the opponents of Buchanan, and
the platform 10 which he has lost his identity,
to rally in its behalf
Resolved. That the proceedings of this Con-
ference be signed by the officers, and publish
ed IN all the papers Of the district friendly 10
the cause.
Conference then adjourned SINE die.
Lewisburgers are to be found in all
parts Of the world. Among those whose
restless and adventurous spirits led them
to California, is the writer Of the follow
ing letter, who pushed further on and
now finds himself under the banner of
Gen. William Walker, in Central Ameri-
Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-09-30

SrABnED.--An alteration took place
night before last at Spanshtown, in which
Mr.. Van Dyke, formerly Of this place, was
stabbed 1t seems as snear as we can learn ,
that Il game Of some kind was going on, at
which several were betting, among shem was
a Spanard who grabbed some money belong
ing to Van Dyke, and attempted to make off
with it, when the latter stopped him, and
in the scuflle the Spaniard drew knife and
stabbed Van in the arm, and made good his
escape with the money The cut received
by Mr Van Dyke is not considered danger
Gus.
Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-09-30

SLAP IN THE CHoPs -One Of the men
who was engaged in the disgraceful attack
ON Mr. Harvey. was making tracks out of
town yesterday, and when he got in front of
the market he met friend of Harvey, who
told him that he knew of one butcher that
he could not whip, although he had mared
Harvey nearly to death. The great big buff
fer tried to get rid of him, but twas no go;
he couldn't dodge the issue. The little butch
er let slip regular Tom Hyer lick, and
knocked him full fifteen feet. He fell like a
beef and bawled like calf.
Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-09-30

JOHN JONES CoURr.-Johu Adams wa:
toungiug around on Sunday night, and as
his fingers itched to get into some mans
pocket, he sidled up to man who, like him
self, was smuggling his lodging on the bench
es in front OF the Bank Exchange, and alb
stracted the sum of Sc from his pocket -
He was then inclined to dress up, SO he went
into u store and bought one par of pants
and stole one pair, in order, he said, to keep
even with the Creole's of Jerusalem.
For the first offence, j )hn wnS sent to jail
for forty days or pay $50. For the second
offence he was adjudged to pay S25, or keep
on boarding for twenty days longer. He
concluded to board out the full amount. lie
is an Englishman by birth and a thief by
profession
Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-09-30

DErhoIr FREE Passive nailed the
rumor that this paper had raised the Fill
more flag, to the counter as asbase Know
Nothing Abolition Lie. We have now files
Of this paper in our office, as late as August
l8, and it is battling nobly for Buchanan
and Breckenridge and the National Democ-
racy. "Ki-Yi" the ostensble author quotes
from an Abolition paper published at Jack
son, Michigan, as authority for the charge
We have the Free Press of IA later date than
the Abolition paper quoted from. We had
the report from Mr.. Wyman, who traced it
20 Mr., Luthrop, the Fillmore nominee for
Member The abolition organ quoted from
5 published at Jackson, Michigan, where Mr..
Lathrop formerly resided. Has "Ki-Yi"
any more descen,s to make into the cutters
and sewers of Aboltionism, to fish up lies
against the Democracy
Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-09-30
The Beauties OF Black Republicanism.

IL have but one limp by which my feet
are guided" said Henry Clay, land that is
the lamp Of experience" flour fellow citi-
lens, who are so willing to vote for Fremont
md Freedom to the Slave, will reflect lit.
lie on this wise and Statesman like princi-
Pile, it can do them no harm. The motives
# the Abolition party may seem to bear an
Iutward gloss Of good, but is it not we'll to
reflect on the probable consequences of the
success Of their schemes, and to turn over
the records Of the past for some evidence of
The behavior of liberated slaves, under like
circumstances? Ii this suggestion meet with
my favor in their eyes, we would commend
TO their consideration the following passage
translated from BARRUEL's History Of the
French Clergy, and published in 1796-al-
most at the very time of the events it relates
San officer named Ormes,, says witness
(at the trial Of Carrier and his fellows at
Nantes) to ask our assistance in favor of
five pretty white women whom the company
Of Negroes, had reserved for purpose easily
to be guessed at. A party marched off and
soon came to the house where the negroes
had lodged thewomen The poor creatures
were crying and groaning; their shreks
wele to be heard at half mile distance.
The party ordered the door to be opened,
which was at last done They then dcman-
ded the women No; replied the blacks;
they arc our slaves; We have earned them
dear enough, and you shall tear them away
limb by limb if you have them. The bru-
tality Of the blacks would not permit them
to listen to reason; they prepared for the
defense of their prey, when the party, al
ways guided by prudence, preferred retiring
to avoid slaughter"
Two days after, continues the witness, the
negroes, satiated with their cap,ives, left
them. One Of these women, the handsomest
in the eyes of the blacks, had been obliged
to endure the approaches of more than a
hundred of them She had. fallen into
kind of stupor, and was upable to walk or
stand The whole five white women were
shot soon after Hurrah fotfremOnt'
Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-09-30

THEArRICAL.-We have lying before us a
play bill. Feeling particularly pleased with
the company, We have thought to make a
few suggestions relative to the wording of
the next bill they present. Instead, for in
stance, of styling themselves Star Com
papy," which is entirely too tame, little
larger draught on the Imagination would
have supplied far more appropriate cpl
thet in a Lina Co. The magnitude Of a
Star, astronomically speaking, is altogether
insufficient to qualify the transcendent tai
ent, the modesty of the management has de-
murelv classified under the head of Star"
We shall not individualize any of those par
agons of excellence, presuming that the pub
lie is sufficiently conversant with each one s
peculiar excellence
We trust the suggestion embodied in this
article will be acted upon, as we never like
to see modest merit languishing in obscuri
ty.
Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-09-30
Mr.. EDIToR (:

Mr.. EDIToR:
An editorial in the last ".i0rth Cdhfor-
man." charges the miners of this vicinity
with an impertinent interference with the
late attempt to incorporate the town Of Orc.
Vile We are very emphatically command
ed to mind our own business in reply TO
which We say, that it is just what we intend
to do
Now the miners regard Charley as very
clever fellow, and do not suppose that he
would, intentionally, do them injustice
lie is not however exempt from all the trait-
ties which the rest of mankind are heir to.
He knows that snug little job of printing
will follow the act OF incorporation, aud per-
haps he might secure it.
When he tells us about the non-interfer-
ence of the citizens Of this town in making
laws for the regulation of the mines, il IS
evident that he is ignorant of tn" facts
Why, sir, | can give him the names of dozens
OF those same citizens, who never worked n
claim, but who, during the past year. have
held for months. five ten or twenty claims
each, and who would not dispose Of them to
working man, except at an eXorhltant
price. How were they enabled to do ~
Why, sir, the laws permitted il. and the
records Of Ophir district, show that those
laws were suggested by, referred to commit
tees of, and finally passed by these same
kid glove miners.
OF the source or authorship of that stupid
Circular, | neither know nor care anything;
but when he intimates that il was not in
tended to include Gold Hill, and Live Oak
Flat, within the limits ofthc proposed town,
he speaks unadvi>edly. The petition was
presented to miners for their signatures, by
an old, respectable and influential citizen
and property holder, accompanied with the
assertion that it WdS intended to include
both those localities.
GOLD HILL