Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-02-05
FOREIGN NEWS.

general
FOREIGN NEWS.
HALIFAX, Jan. 2S-The British mail
steamer Canada, Capt. Lang, from Liver
pool on the 10th inst, arrived here this
morning
The Vanderbilt steamship Ariel, Capt.
Ludlow, which left Southampton for Ney
+, York on the 2lst Dec broke her main
shaft when some days out, and put back
to Cork under sail, reaching that port on
the 18th inst. She reports having expe-
rienced very severe weather.
The Leviathan had been pushed nearly
to the end of the launching harp. Little
else will be done till the high tides Of
January float her.
The London Money market was easy
The Bank of England bad reduced its rate
of discount to five per cent.
In the Liverpool markets cotton had de-
clincd 9Th on fair and middling qualities
Breadstuffs we're dull, with a declining
tendency. Provisions quiet.
An attempt has been made on the life
of the Emperor Napoleon, but failed, tho
projcctile passed through his hat, and
were killed and 60 wounded.
The American barqus Adriatic, which
was confscated by the Court Of AK, for
coming in collision with the Lyonnasis,
had escaped from Marseilles.
A new Spanish Ministry had been or.
ganized.
News from India one week later had
been received, but there is nothing furrher
from Cawnpore, owing to the interruption
of the mails between Bombay and Calcutta.
PRooF PosIrIvE.-Zachariah Robbins
lived in Wood county, Miss, and was
called on to prove the insanity of young
man on trial for an assault with intent to
kill. lie cswore tla: ba had 10 doubt what
ever that the prisoner was an insane man.
On his cross examination, he was required
to state the reasons for this opinion.
"Why, bless your life," said be, dive
known Jimmy alters, and he's alters been
a Dimicrat, and when the Dimicratic party
put up their man last fall, Jimmy didn't
vote for him, and alters thiuk Dimicrat
that don't stick to bis party amt in his
right mind p
Jimmy was acquitted, fer old Zaehari.
Abs opinion prevails very generally in that
region.
"What business was your fathers y
'aid an imperious Colonel to modest look.
ng Lieutenant.
"A tobacconist, sill"
"What pity he didn't make you one"
"Probably, sir and now will you allow
ne to ask you question p
"Certainly-what is it p
"What was your father 2"
"a gentleman, sir"
"Well, then all have to say is, that
IS pity he didn't make you one"
Ii is needless to remark tha, the Colonel
urned to the right, aud left.
New FABLE.--A cat caught sparrow,
nd was about to devour il, but the sparrow
aid, "No gentleman eats till he has FIRST
'ashed his face" The cat, struck with
his remark, sat the sparrow down and be-
an to wash his face with his paw, but tue
parrow flew away. This vcxcd Puss e1-
-emely, and he said, "As long as live |
ill eat first aud wash my face Afterwards
Which ali cats do even to this day.
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The Congressional Printing amounts to
bout Two Million Dollars year. Banks
Va, silent partner in the House prin-
ng, is the Editor who in sc denounced
everything free-free niggers, FREQ soil,
zee schools and Fremont"
Thorough drainage, FIRST deep tillaga,
'cond; frequent stirring Of the surface,
lird-are the true means for securing
nd against the effect Of drought Flat
,lture of hoed crops is equally indisPen-
'ble.
"Did you ever go to military ball "
quired lively girl Of an Old soldier
No, my dear replied the old warrior;
IN my iar .he laili.ary lal!s aiHays