Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-07-16

EomcSteaIs from iurccd sale on execution
or other final process.
"Owucrs Of homcsteads may remoy,
from or sell the same, and such rcmova
or sale, shall not render the homcstea,
subject to forced sale on execution here
after issued in the State or United State,
Counts against the owner, except III Judg
ment for foreclosure Of mortgages. The
homestead t. descend to the wiI0w who
shai! hold it during wilowhoud.'
The purpose Of thi, law appears to he
to render the collection of debts more diff,
icu,t and uncertain than before, and we
accordingly commend it to the attention Of
those who have dealings with the inhabi-
tants Of that State.
SERVED THEM Eiaur In the Phlla.
dclphia Count Of Quarter Sessions, on Sat
uriay, Judges Thompson aud Allison sen
tcuccd Charles Shaw to pay iinc Of 500,
and costs, for a violation of the election
laws in receiving votes without vouchers
as to residence The same judges also
sentenced two Of the delinquent members
Of the Board Of Health. Tie first was
John O'Bricn, who bciu: convicted Of for
gerry and misdcmcanor in office, was SEN
fenced to Pay fine $50, and undergo al
Imprisonment Of three months. The
second, Dr. iIou-ckecpcr, being convicted
Of mislcm,anor i'll oliior, Was sentenced
to pay a Gue Of so and undergo an i'm
prisonmcnt Of three months.
A CoINClpENCE.-Jamcs Powers was
hung at Washington, on Friday last.
When parting from his brother, his last
words were, "Let liquor alone On the
same day, in the same city Of Washington,
and almost at ths same hour drunken
Iri,hman murdered girl who would not
marry him She was asleep at the time,
and died without waki4g-;Ac knife hay
ing penetrated her heart.
The Washington t,,ioa concluded an
article few days ago with these words:
at !. certainly good thing to tie Dem
ocrat in these days" NJ doubt Of it. The
same numbcr Of tie Jnion contains nearly
twelve columns Of Government advertising
at ''lat' prices.
NORFOLK, VA, July 9.-The Captain
and crew Of the sch ooncr Frcncis French,
arc being tried Il; the Hastings Court III
SmitLfclL,o on the charge of stealing slaves,
Thompson: the steward, plead guilty, and
was sentenced to the pcuitentiary for ten
years.
The Spring election in Hancock coun-
ty, Virginia, was closely contested be-
tween the Lccomrton and aoti-Lccompton
forces. The County Clerk elected is 4
and his majority was $50.
Mr. buchanan carried the county in lS56
by $50 majority.
Robert 7. Luce, late a student at Rem
,aler Institute, died in Kansas, on the
10Th ult, of consumption, originating
from violent exercises at cricket match
lie was aLou, twenty years of age, 4 SOM
of the heroic Captain Luce, of the fatal
steamer Arctic.
CIycryyATrG, June 29.-The Demo
cratic Convention cf the Fourth ln!iana
District, to-day nomiuatcd
VIM s. Holman as an,i-Lecomptou caLli-
date fer Congress.
y young man by the name Of II. Bar
Der, returning from church in ClarksJurs,
Mary land, on Sunday two weeks, while
running race with young companion,
attempted to make his horse leap over
COW lying in the road. The COW raising
up pitched the horse over killing Barber
instantly.
BUFFALO, July 0, 1s5S.-H.C.Gilbert,
editor of Tile Egfaio CoD'ntcr-
,iH Idccrti5cg, and commercial reporter
of the New York Associated Press, was
instantly killed this morning by the fall
ing of u scaffoll at No. II, Central Wharf. .
HALIFAX, July Q, lSjS.-TLc British
war steamer Styx, from Havana on the
1T inst, arrived at this port last night.
She reports the yellow fever raging badly
here. Her officers appear to be highly
amused with the American version Of their
in the Gulf Of Mexico.
The State prosecutions against the two
booksellers for circulating libel against
ended in an explanation from
them aud the rendition of verdict of not
guilty
The case of John T. Cough, the celc,
brated American Temperance lecturer,
gainst Dr. Lees, for libel, resulted III IA
sor of the former, the latter retracting the
;hargcs he had made.
WORTH TEYING-Mr. y. 7. Snow, Of
Nc, says that a few applica-
ions Of castor oil will kill any kind of
warts, on man or beast, without soreness.
In Jefferson county, Ma, last week, q