Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-07-09
Miscellaneous News Items.

ton for membership is likely to be abro
gated. A bill has passed the Common
tSextcnd the right Of suffrage to all ten
ants in counties who pay rental Of elO
the same as in the boroughs; and also ;
bill to repeal church-,ythcs. 1t is curl
Gus that just in proportion as England ap
proxlmatcs towards republic, in abou
the same proportion does fools rancol
against her increase on this side of the
Atlantic
CoIScIDENCEs.-Alou out thirty years
ago, two brothers, II. n and b. T. Ondcr.
dOnk, were made Protestan. Episcopal
Bishops, the former of Penu'a and the
latter of NY. Having "fallen out" they
were succeeded BY two brothers-Alonzo
and iIoratio Potter and their chief com.
pctitors were also brothers-Frank and
Alexander II. Viuton.
Oae hundred and fourteen Methodist
ministers i'll New York, of the Black river
conference, have petiiioncd Gov Hicks to
pardon Rcv. Samuel Green, a local colored
preacher now in the penitentiary of that
state under sentence Of TEN YEARS i'm
prisonment, for having in his possession a
copy of Uncle Toms Cabin.
VIM. NJ. Connolly, recently sent to Jail
at Cincinnati for concealing fugitive
slave, having served out his term Of few
days, was met at the prison on his dis
charge on Friday by procession of some
5000 persons and band of music, and
escorted through the streets with much
enthusiasm.
y EIcH CONGREGATIoS Tho Mauch
Chunk GG=ehe says the Morayian Congre-
cation at Bethlehem, Pa, have from five
hundred thousand to one million dollars
ut at interest, and thinks that they
should repair the DID burying ground at
i.ehighton, which contains the ashes of
Moravian Martyrs.
The mutiny in India ha, pinyed sad
havoc among the bravcst and most dis.
tinguishe! of TIE British officers. Neil,
Lawrence, Navclocs, Adrian, Hope, have
all died, and now the name Of Sir Vii.
liam Peel must be added to the list of the
illustrious dead.
The French Medical Gazotte states that
charcoal has been accidentally discovered
to be cure for burns. BY laying piece
Of charcoal on the burn, the pain subsidies. |
by leaving it on for an hour the wound
will be healed. 1t is certainly worth try
ing.
About year ago james Dean, who was
working as jourreyman carpenter, at
Chicago, Illinois, received a legacy of
about $40, 200 by the death of an uncle in
nusrra1a. lie dled Few days since from
the effects Of dissipation.
The scientific pen Of France, after en-
larsed investigation, have declared their
conviction that excessive Knocking of cigars
softcns the brain, and they attribute three.
tenths Of the cases ofinsanity to this cause.
VALUABLE "MITrENs." IT. 0. Lin
coin, of ufica, N. Y, has been presented
by the youth of his congregation (Bap-
tisD with pair Of kid gloves-each of
the fingers and thumbs of both gloves
had folded in it ten dollar bill
The Methodist Conference, at their late
session at La Crosse, passed resolution
refusing to admit tobacco chewers to their
fellowship, unless they pledged themselves
TO abandon the habit.
Clarke, the murderer Of Barber, and one
Of the bloodiest of tue bloody rufians en-
ployed in Kansas, has been appointed by
the President to pursersbip in the navy
as reward for his villainy.
Many cases of sun stroke in the cities,
nre mentioned in the papers as having oc.
cured during the recent hot weather.
Persons at work in open fields are seldom
subject to this attack.
BY q recent order Of the Board of
Health, no swine can be kept in the city
In one ,vard, (the 22d) officer Murray
made census, and reported the number
Of hogs to be 1000.
The Washington Uaion denies the ru-
NOR that Thomas U. Walter, the architect
of the National Capitol building, has ten
dcred his portfolio of office to the Presi-
dent.
A man in Otsego Co., n. Y, had $780,
002 invested in hops, which be refused to
sdi e. 31I cents per pound, and is now
offered D cents only. Such Chops" will
make him jump.
In South Carolina and Georgia they are
rejoicing over luscious cherries, pears and
apric0ts. Cotton was also iu bloom in
Georgia on the ID ult
Quite d tornado swept over a part Of
New York city and Brooklyn, on Monday
week, blowing down old trees and build
ings, killing two persons and iDjuring sew