Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-12-24


j. unknown; but it was not discovered unul
too late 10 rescue the children, and The house
was burned down.
jJIRT WEEh-coHriaded.
The cause uu when our last report closed,
va, as follows: r. &. and :. II. 0rwIg sold
certain personal properly had Of l.. John
son Il Co., (aiier l.. ]. 4 Co. had obtained
judgement upon II before Arbtrat"rs and
while an aPpea! was pending IA Courp 10
their father, Saml OrwiS. Johnson " Co.
took the properly through the Sheriff and to
recover it Sam'l OrwIg brought suit. The
Judge instructed the Jury that II the sale ten
ded 10 .hlnder, delay or deirdui' the credI-
iors, or If the publication OF The sale was not
,uT,ieut to lutarm the public OF the change
Of ownership, PlG. could not recover. Yer
dict for the Delu.
The case OF Shreck, Brown and Kelly, Us.
John Roland, was next taken up, aud resulted
IN a verdict, under the direction Of The Court.
for Dell. This case had been sent back from
the Supreme Court.
tin ChappeI, Asa ,naF7er,' .CtAeasl Mar
field and Abram Frederick, eIectmen', next
came on, when Pin. released ocoheid, he be-
ins only A tenant. PHI. claimed from Deits.
about acres of Iaud surveyed under what
was called the Jenkins or Merrill patent, rt g
ularly brought down. Dc,ls. however show
ed a regular, far ulle, len years oder, upon
which The Plh>' surrey Tapped. But II hap
pened that the fence oi The line Of The Land
described a> MERIT ChaPpel'S, was, before
his pusseSsicn OF II, SCI over, auCut an aver
ace rod. on Miss Jenkins land, for the pGr-
nose of clearing out the fence Tow, ami al
though 1t had been set back on The proper
line since the institution Of The suIt, when the
knowledge of the true line was known, yet
having been in Law trespa>Ser at the unt
suit was commenced, lGc Jury under int
charge of the Court found for the Pin. re
specls MERIT Chapel, Tor that small strip oi
land, but the other Deiis. werc acquitted. a:
this decision throws al! the costs upon one
not able TO bear them, when IN ruth the trId
resulted IN establishing, for all The Dets, the
older or Snageon patent against the Jenkins
patent, the DeiIs. should IN justice share thS
eapensessmong them)
Another Jury was emPannelied, when th'
cases Of Patton &c. rs. Mechiey, and OF Ora
ham SC. vs.. Bridge &c. were passed upoI
without argument, The verdict IN the hrs
case was Sl3597 for the PIN; and IN lh
last case, verdict taken for Deit.
John Schauehnessey was made citizen
John Quinn being his sponsor.
An Adjourned Court was ordered to b
held, commencing Monday Feb II the wecl
before the regular Feb. Coun)
A. j. Guffey, Esq, of Northumberland Co.
was admitted to practice in the Union county
court.
Andrew Kennedy was appointed TO Audi
ihe accounts of certain county officers.
An Argument Court was beld ON Monday
RELIGIOUS ITEMs.-EveniBg meeting
have been held by the Lutherans an,
Methodists in Lewisburg for some week
mast. with decided interest. The German
Reformed church have held service everJ
evening this week......A Public 5. Schoo
Exhibition was given in the Lew. .Baptis
house, Wedu. evening, 18th inst......Thir
teen persons united with the PresbyterlaI
church, at the recent communion season
Numerous reyyals of religion are re-
ported III the interior towns Of Pennsylya
MA, particularly in the Methodist church
1.-The Minutes of the Pcnnsy lvania
baptist Convention report 81 600 Mem.
bers-an increase Of about 900 the past
yeas......" AA Nuti0aS." An African NJ
r. Bishop Was last month ordained in
New York for Liberia, aud twelve Indian
preachers were lately set apart by the NJ.
/. Church South
HN-Charles Hciner makes mos, of his
own Confectionery, &c, and Just as good
Is that bought at distance Those ill.,
cnslng in such things should buy of him
and TINS Enep our nonav c,rcul,t,,o ,t