Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-12-05
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RARE EGENERosirY.- gentleman who
, died in Botetourt county, Va, . few
, months ago, devised his entire property,
estimated at $4,000, to ore of his sis
ters After his death the sister destroyed
his will, and divided his property equally
|. between brother sister and herself A
rare aud noble exhibition of the unselfsh
ness of sisters love.
NAZARETH, Pa, Nov. 28.-Solomon
He'll, highly respectable citizen Of this
town, committed suicide last night by cut
ting his throat. The cause Of the rash act
is not definitely known, bu. he had been
laboring under depression for some time
previously. He bore an excellent reputa-
ton and leaves considerable property.
The Lutherans of Carolina, offended by
the structures Of the Lutheran O5seroer
(Baltimore) upon the coudact of Preston
S. Brooks, have, according to the NecJerry
Mirror, resolved to establish a religious
journal to promulgate and eIpound the
Gospel according to the patron saint Of that
little, mora, religious and political universe.
On the l4th ult., at Laporte, Sullivan
Co., Pa, John Michael Kamm was e1ecu-
ted for the murder Of John George Vel.
tengruber, about q year and half ago.
He died protesting to the last that he
struck the fatal blow in selfdeferce.
Both parties were not long since from
Germany. E..r.
NEBRAsKA.-An election for members
of the Territorial Legislature has just been
held in Nebraska, and, it is said, although
party lines we're not drawn, the members
chosen, so far as heard from, are nearly all
strong Free-State men. -
Thomas 8. Cunningham, Esq, Of Bea-
yer, Pa, has received from President
Pierce, the appointment Of Associate
Judge Of the Supreme Court Of Kansas,
in place Of Hon. j. N. Burrell, deceased.
Henry Koon, I'd, who is now in the
Wilkes Barre Jail, charged with the mur-
der of William p. Stevens, and who was
convicted at the Sept. Term Of Court, has
been granted new trial, which will come
off the January Term, 1857.
On the Goth ult, at the mines of Tomp.
sesa Res o6k c cpis PsisHs sssgSgg :sEg8g:
William James was killed, and VIM. Wat
kins and VIM. Jetfries injured. Watkins
lost an arm and Jeffries an eye.
The two papers in Tyrone City, have
both gone overheard since the election.
They were the Iron Age, a Democratic pa
per, published BY a brother of Mich'l Dan
Magsehan, and the other Fillmore paper
called the american Era.
Samuel +. B. Morse, the Telegrapher,
and Lieut.. NJ. F. Maury, of the Navy,
have received from England and Denmark,
distinguished testimonials for their scien.
ti6c discoveries.
Maj jesse G. Clark died at Bloomsbury,
18th ult., aged 81 years. He was prin-
ter, served under Gen. Scott, in Mexico,
and was Register & Recorder of Columbia
county for two terms.
Samuel Lentz, indicted for the murder
of Geo. Hoffman, at the free liquor" en-.
campmen. at Gra,ztown last fall, was last
week tried, defended BY Hon. John c.
Kunkel, and acquitted at once BY the Jury.
CApTURED.-We learn that Smith, the
German who escaped from Jail at Lewis
town short time ago, was re-captured at
Shade Gap, and brought back. The color.
ed man is still at large.
About Eve thousand dollars worth Of
goods were stolen at the time of the recent
FIRE at Bellefontaine, o., and seventeen
Irishmen are now in prison in that town
awaiting their trial for the offence.
BosroN, Nov. es.-Joaquin Negret and
Demena, tho well-known cigar dealer in
this city, have been arrested and held to
bail, the FIRST in $4,000, and the latter in
5000, charged with being engaged in
the slave trade.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 2s.-The funeral
ceremonies of Solomon Jeneau, the pioneer
of Milwaukee, took place to-day, and were
very imposing. There WAS large militia.
ry and civic procession.
"Col ]. w. White, Of Kansas" who
had been raising men and money in Gsor-
gia, "for the Southern cause" has de.
camped with the funds, and left his men
penniless.
]. Lawrence Getz, Esq, Of the Reading
Gazette, is the most prominent candidate
for Speaker Of the Penn'a House Of Rep
reseutatives.
Samuel Swartwout, who robbed the M.
tional treasury Of several hundred thous.
and dollars while Collector at New York,
died last month in poverty and shame.
8. B. Coles succeeds DR.. ]. B. Hover
in the control of the new Farmers and
Miners Journal" at Queenstown, Dauphin