Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-06-19

over the Newburg murder, appear to be
lifting. The body Of the woman has been
identified by French negro as his wife,
and some important testimony, which is
for the present kept strictly private, has
been secured by the Coroner towards find.
ing out the murderers, if ulurderers they
are. "a subsequent finding Of his wife,
shows the French negro also to have been
mistaken.]
Ono hundred and five slaves arrived here
on Thursday, in the steamer Magnolia, on
their way for Liberia, by the way Nor
folk. They were emancipated under the
last will and testament Of Gen. j. j.
Mckay, for many years the Representa-
tive from this District in Congress. One
only refuses to partake Of her late mas
ter's bounty. She will not 60, but pre-
fers remaining where she is, as she is
Wilmington, (N c. Herald.
The New School Presbyterian General
Assembly having borne their solemn testi-
mony against American Slavery, a little
faction of Southern Members have called a
Convention at Washington to organize an
Assembly "in which no notice shall be
taken of Slavery" Probably the same
Convention "will take no notice of Adul-
terry, Theft, and other little faults that are
inscparable from Slavery but will be exceed
ingly orthodox in denouncing "the exceed
ing sinfulness of sin" in the abstract!
Historical inaccuracies are often in-
vented or pcrpetrased, to set off para
graph, or give point to some trihe. Wit
ness the following waif:
Washington drew his last breath on the
last hour of the last day Of the last week Of
the last month Of the last century. He died
Saturday night, at IL o'clock Of Dec. 3lst.
1899"
The statement is orly two-Gfths correct.
Washington expired on Saturday the llth
of December, 1899, between the hours Of
10 and IL o'clock. So say his biogra-
piers. Three Of the " "lasts" are therefore
erroneous the FIRST last" is merely Or
namental; the cordially two q" lasts" only
are strictly true.
A CHILD HUNa.-We are panied to
learn that little boy two years old, son Of
Cyrus Howe of Queco, was caught in q
fence and hung few days since. The
under the fence to 60 to ncighbor's, but
on this occasion got up on step used as q
s.ile, and then in attempting to crawl
through the upper rails, got his head
caught before any one discovered him.
F~eport Journal.
Bronson, the editor of the Roman
Catholic Quarterly publication, is bitter
in his opposition to the decision Of Judge
Taney, in the "Dred Scott" case. This
surprises people for two reasons, first, be-
cause the Irish who have fed to this coun-
try from oppression, are among the earli-
est to defend Southern negro despotism i;
and secondly, because Judge 7. is a Ro-
manist of the most decided kind. Bron-
son makes his mark whenever he strikes
May he do SO in his opposition to this dark
feature of Modern American tyranny.
Dr.C. D. Lewis, Professor at the Eclec-
tic Medical Institute, CINCINNATI, had his
scull fractured on the road from Wheel.
ing, by imprudently thrusting his head
from window Of the car, while the train
was passing through tho Broad Tree Tun-
mel. He is still living, but his recovery
is considered hopeless.
The editor Of tho Montgomery Ua,eh-
man thinks Mr.. Buchanan is not respon-
sible for the removals of widows from
post-offces, under his administration. The
Wdtclman certainly knows that the Post
Wd6tcI uCuCE1l lS uul tuC CASatuAO ia suO
President, and accountable to him for his
every official act.
Tho Brooklyn Daily Times suggests
the appointment Of Phineas T. Barnum
to the Governorship ofUtah. Itcontends
that duplicity is more needed there than
force, and thinks before year would pass,
Barnum would have the Mormons con.
quercd, Brigham Young prisoner and
put in q cage, to show around the country!
Among those who sided with the South
in the N. s. General Assembly, was Rev.
DR.. X. N. Bill Dewitt, Of Harrisburg
When trying to be rc-appointed State Lii
brarian, he showed the Senators his anti.
slavery sermons. Now he has got his
office, be betrays his true principles.
The New Orleans Times says that du-
ring the last fifteen months, in that city,
several murders have been committed; ff-
teen iufanticides twenty six suicides, and
one hundred deaths have been caused BY
intemperancc. This is IN appalling state
ment.