Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-01-08

j. yet day" And they might have helped
ii, Many die long before they need.
Your men Of genius, like Burns and By;on,
t. whom, when dissipatea and proaiga;c,
thirty seven Is so fatal and your obscure
and nameless wandering stars, who vast
their youth il Hbertin. indulgence eau
not live loLg. They mas, die early. They
put on the steam till they blow up the
boiler They TN 1t such rate that the
fire goes cut Il: VAN ot fuel. The ma
chinery IS destroyed by reckless speed and
rapid wear Nothing can save them.
Their physical strength can not stand tho
strain they put It to while the state Of
their minds l. often such that the soul
would rat tie substance of the most robust
body, and make t0r itself q way Of escape
from the incessant hell Of its own tho'ts.
4 Loa- caught III Il trap at North
field, Vt, last week, and to save dear lifa
he gnaHed OF the paw that held him to
the savage instrument, Being no sur.
geon, however, be neglected to tie up tho
arteries, and his pursuers readily followed
the trail OF blood for FIVE miles, when
they easily overcame the painting fugitive,
exhausted as he was bY the loss Of vital
full.
The Black Democracy are beginning to
.'shriek" over Oh Bucks Kansas Cons,i.
tuition. They growl now like bears with
sore heads, and they blame it all on the
free state men. Any Old granny would
know better than that This Constitution,
all over slavery, Is the frui. Of the Border
Ruffian seed sown and Hatered with the
blood Of Free State men
Gec. Mirabeau B. Lamar, of Texas, has
been chosen Minister to Central America
by Mr. Buchanan. This bellies the denun-
ciation Of Fillibusterism embodied in the
Ill 1Iussage. Ii there be one man
more intensely illibuster than any other
man.
The FAiriicll Iowl) L>,lyar is informed
on good authority that Missouri slave
holder has removed to Warren county in
that State, and brought with him fSr or
six slaves, whom he claims righ, to keep
and work on the free soil Of Iowa, under
the Drcd Scott decision.
PAYING THEM oFr-John H. Houston,
a prominen, Know Nothing, has just got
a $1,000 clerkshp, at Washington. The
X. N's having elected him, Buchanan
must give them some cHices, if the Pad
dys do grumble.
James ii. Lane is appointed Major
General Of the Militia of Kansas, with
eight Brigadiers, an Adjatant, an Inspect
or, Quartermastcr, Commissary, and Sur
geon. Col EIlridgc, whose Free State
Hotel was burned down, is the Commis-
sary.
Randolph, who pulled Gen. Jackson's
nose, was appointed to command of the
United States Arsenal, by Pres. Buebau-
an, a; Washington. The Tennessee Con.
gressmen waited upon the Prssiisut, and
demanded Randolph dismissal and Bu-
chanau obeyed
SNAIL BUsISEss.-It is stated that
Mr. Buchanan will not send to the Senate
Northern Postmas;eTs for confirmation, uh-
til the Douglas insurrection is over; in
other words, not until Northern NJ C'J.
sustain the ieeomp;on Convention.
One-iif Of the cultivated land in Eng.
lind Is soyn anuG-..y in wheat. The av-
crlgc yield Is given At - bushels PEI acre.
which, wo think, Is more than double tho
average yield II the United States
The States Of South Carolina and Texas
are in earnest, IN their efforts to reopen
the African Save-trade ty repeating all
laws contrary thereto.
The Administration policy Is evidently
70 CEedtC q -tCGl .fdtI'iai bChtJ Su a. W
make it bond Of union while they push
on their Slavery schemes.
In Cambridge, Mass, A G Paticn was
put on trial for stealing hen, but the ev-
idence showed that the fowl was u rooster,
and the accused was discharged.
1t costs $4,000 foot to launch the Le-
viathau. Over 100000 has been already
expended. The last trial day they only
showed /, along ; inches
Three Seminoles have been killed BY
ou5 gallant s9Jers' during a two years
war 10 Florida. Their deaths cost ahcu.
$500 600 apiece
Irlnis,ap, humbug Baruum's costly re-
sidence, has teen Destroyed hy f.e; ioss,
S6o,O0o.
Gen Con.morf7I, IL tue absolute Di,-
,e-Or ~ the fex,..n HsCIh.lC. y