Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-08
The Septennial Periods CT Life.


Slowly hedge Of sproutins teeth appears,
And marks the period Of the seven first years;
Succeeding these when seven years have flown,
The incipent down of fcrvent youth ia shown;
When seven years have pass the husly chin
And brawny limbs proclaim the Man within;
Another seyen-the period 30 begun
spe-ds to its closr-the goal Of strength is won;
In the fifth scvcn the Man mature is found
Fast in the chains Of fruitful wedlock bound;
The sixth septrunium comrs-the soul is seen
. In MONDAY splend0r. active and serene;
The seventh arrives, in thought and speech NATURE
/ AMI through the eighth the harvest may endure;
F But ere the ninth it, faltering race hath run,
How fades the brightness Of LIES setting sun
7 And Natures self when comes the seveuteth year,
Exhausted, longs TO finish her career.
Editorial Correspondence of Lewisburg Chronicle.
improvements near LeW>huTg---N hcat--Surhury.--
louri Uoasc-.-Couri---and other MATTERS.
This day, for the first time these many
months, we quit our 'den EDITORIAL" (be.
ing thereto moved by the bracing breeze,
the fair morning sky, and "hope of re-
ward, ,'') to drop in few hours upon the
placid mother Of all the towns on the
North and West Branches-ancient"S t"Shau-
moking," now Sudbury.
Since we last crossed the "Otzinach-
son." we find Messrs Dicffcnderfcr, Dreis.
bach & Co have erected house between
the bauk Of the Cross cut and their Pa
ming Mill, to shelter lumber passing to
aud from boats .. The Store at the Canal
is closed like many other country estab-
lishments, it does not "pay" in these un-
prosperous times.
We have not yet announced the con.
struction, by Mr.. Palmer, of Depot for
passengers, baggage and freight at the
Lewisburg station of the S. 4 +. Railway
Company. 1t would seem to be unneces-
sarily distant from the town road, but
well adapted to its use. We learn from
Mr. MGinley, ticket and freight agent,
that his receipts last month were nearly
5000, and nearly $500 III February-a
rate which would soon realize $4,000 a
year income, to the Company, from this,
the best paying station on the road be-
tween Harrisburg and WilIiamsport A
Telegraph Office is needed here to make
the station complete.
"Sweet fields beyond the swelling food"
never looked fairer to the longing, way
worn Israelites, than do the broad acres
sown with wheat to the worried and debt
harassed farmers of Pennsylvania. All
we saw on The cars, going and coming,
and all we met, with whom We conversely
agreed that wheat had never so complete
ly escaped from Winter, and never looked
more promising, than at present.
Arrived at Sunbury, the first sensation
of novelty was on visiting her square old
Court House, which seemed at first glance
to have shrunk in size since our last visit.
A little reflection, however, convinced US
that it was the same building as of yore.
| Numbers remarked to US the same feel
iug-caused, doubtless, by the contrast
between the commodious, we'll aired
Court Room they had attended during
two years, and tho "cribbed, cabined,
cramped and confined" room here, which
it seems almost martyrdom to endure.
A superior building in its day and gener
alton, it has become unsuitable to the cir
cumstances and wants of the county.
We can not commend the dccorum main.
tanned in the room, nor yet can We con-
scieuciOusly aver that the number in such
close quarters, intent on the miscellaneous
business that always clusters around court
rooms, could have behaved much better.
Judge Jordan "bosses il over the crowd"
with much grace and effectiveness. Cool,
prompt, and moderate, he has only to an.
nounce, and it is done-to decide, and it
stands We heard a trial which, with
the preliminary reports Of COnstables,
sending out :hc Grand Jury, &c, was
submitted to the Jury at $50, to-day, but
would have occupied at least two days in
some Courts. 1t was a case Of alleged as
sault and battery. No notes were taken
no impertinences or useless talk was per-
mitted in lawyers or witnesses the latter
were discharged as soon as the Judge con-
sidered them sufficiently pumped )" aud
the case was summed up in brief speeches
from one on each side. Mr.. j. B. Packer
was ar gumentative, sententious, mild,
pointed, and pressed home the strong
points for the Deft; j. X. Clement was
discursive, poe,ical, ardent, and inclined
to be sarcastic if not abusive, for the pros
ecution. Both wisely stopped when they
had finished their real arguments; and
the Judge gave clear and fair charge,
model of perspecuity and eAtemporaueous
exactness.
The Bar of Northumberland is certainly
strsng in numbers, and very respectable in
point of legal ability. Judge Jordan was
compelled to request the Commissioners to
bring in half dozen extra chairs, to ac-
commodate the members of the bar, who
nero standing within their wooden walls