Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-05-06

fearless, and his paper the on : one in the
county which bears the Democratic banner.
IMPORTANT ACT-Amon- tho laws
passed by the late Legislature is one cuti-
tied "au act relating to costs in certain
cases" which provides ''that in all cases
snere petit juries may by Law dlrec, that
a prosecutor or defendant shall pay the
costs thereof, any such jury may direct
that a prosecutor shall pay portion and
the defendant or defendants a portion
thereof, and shall designate in such case
what portion each party shall pay"
SCATTER THE LIME.-Lime may be
used in several ways very advau'agcously
jpst now. Scatter it around your cess
pools and kitchen drains, and over the
floor of your cellar, where vegetables have
been stored. 1t is a powerful dlsinfcctor,
to prevent unpleasant and unwholcsome
odors. Use it literally, also as white
wash.
Senator Seward IS about to execute his
long contemplated plan Of a journey to
Europe-doubtles- (he Lokeys will say
to "plan and intrigue for the PresiIency.'
1t is said that Buchanan, afflicted with
the same iufrmity that possessed Tyler
aud Pierce, is determined to present him.
self at Charleston for denomination.
A LONG TERM-John Lehman has
been sentenced to imprisonment for life,
at Urbanna, Mo, for violating the person
of Miss Delilah Wilderman The prisoner
was day or two afterwards convicted of
horse stealing, and sentenced to an aadt-
tionat eight years.
A writ of error has been granted in
the case of Mrs IIar,unc, who was to
have been hanged last W ednesday, at Al
bany.
We see it stated that daughter of Ma
thias Richie, of the town of Greenwood.
Steuben county, n. Y, aged about T.
years, died from the effects of drinking
common green tea, few days since. She
drank 1t very strong, and eat the leaves
notwithstanding violent spasms for
twenty-four hours, when she expired.
This should serve as warning to all Low.
ers of green tea.
The remarkable fact that is stated in
UaH's Journal Of Ucqhh, that of the five
thousand persons tried last year before
the New York Court Sessions, only nine
ty-fOur were sober when arrested What
an awful commentary on intemperance.
The New York East Annual Confer.
ence of the NJ. L. Church, now in session
at New Haven, Ct, Bishop James presi
ding has passed resolution, almost unan-
imously, declaring that luceholdiaq IS a
SIN, and that the word "slavehoidiny"
should be inserted in the general rules"
as one of the things forbidden by them.
Bob Tyler has been on to Washington
to confer with the President. Wonder
what new treason these two worthless will
concOct.
The Democratic State Convention of
Tennessee unanimously adopted resolu-
tions denounciug the tariff policy of Pres.
ident Buchanan as departure from
the Democratic creed upon that subject
Three convicted murderers, under SEN
tence of death, are now awaiting the day
of executiOnin Chicago Jail Henry jun
pertz, Michael Finn and Michael Nina
NEE. The last two Irishmen, and all
three murdered their wives.
Presidential Aspirants are rs plenty in
Mexico as in the United States, and par
ties in the former are as much distracted
as the Democracy in the latter.
One of the most beautiful expressions
of LoDgfellow is: "Sunday is the gold
en- clasp that binds together the volume
Of the week"
The Milwaukee papers say that large
number of Pixies Peak explorers from
Wisconsin, are returning. "They have
little to say and nothing to show.
Postmaster General Holt has dismissed
thirty-one agents, and, as the Department
can get along witbuut them, the inference I
is that they never could have been any use. !