Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-03-23
CIR Star aaO Cbr0nitIe.
MONDAY, MARCH -. 1860.
Impressions o. Visite!s.

Since the adjournment Of be East B a!
timore Conference, We have examined the
reports Of the corre> >poalen's of the HA'-
simOre .Ssn aud -4meyl,sut, aud fad thosa
in the Record considerably mvge full, ana
(as the Reporter was here 10 cyrr,c- the
proof more autheuti:ie names, Ilfe>. &,
"PHILEMoy," Of the -1me5iraa, hal ;!r'e
to notice few thing. outside Of the Con
ference, and enlarged upon sorae points.
AS our people may des re to have NE
opinions of strangers as sent abroad, We
copy few of his paragraphs, below:
FEB. e9.-rhe Northern Central cars from
your city were crowded 20 oreri win, y he
ministers resident there, and those who had
collected from circuits and stations on the
route. Upon arriving al the Lewis burg sid
ton, all kinds Of vehicles were IN readiness to
convey The Theological freight over The Iiver,
and soon the caravan BEGAN 10 pour along
the muddy road, aud a. 10 arm. ei on The man
street, the villagers ,aruAgsi lHe SIDE walks
TO see and welcome the cereal vl>.lcIs. Up
on calling at the NJ. l.. Church. a neat aud
commudIous etiice,l The prelcu~:s were lur-
ni>hed with their homes. and IN an hour or
two were enscunced IN them and seated al
sumptuous suPperS. which were discussed
with a relish MT unusGa, 10 hungry travellers.
LewiSburg is beautifully located on the
west bank OF the West Branch q. the >u-Gue-
hanna river, al the nnoIlh of lhe Bui!aioe and
Penns Valleys, has about I.CUj inhabitants,
and presents an air Ct substantially ami
wealth rarely 10 be scca in SINAI. IulerOr
town. It's trade is almost eHtreIT agucGl;g-
raL Formerly. there wa> a auUrI>hiug boat
yard here, ~ which more canal boats were
manufactured Than IN aHy other place IN The
United States but on account OF some mis-
understanding among the pruyrietorS, opera
tons have been sUSpeade!) Ii IS eStima-
ted that The aggregate amount of produce an
nuailv brought IN here, lruIn the iUxuIIaHt
valleys, is from four 10 FIVE huadred thousand
bushels of grain. As evidence Of the public
spirit of the inhabitants, few years since
the county agreed to remove the county seat
TO this village, PROVIDED they would buIi The
Courl House hemSelves, which they prompt
ly did, al a cost OF $4,000. Oio,her features
of the people and town, and TOPICS Of interest
occurring during the session, | will WTl,e You
subsequently.
March IL mentioned in ny lc;ter yes;er-
day, one instance OF the public enterprise Of
the Citizens of this borough. Wneu the Bap-
lists OF this State were heSllatug 10 aSopt TINS
place as the locality for their UnIver>lIy, thcr
came forward and SAID they woali donate
$4,000 10 the object If they should So defer.
mine. The decision was promptly made IN
favor of LewIsblrg, and the nuney quite as
promptly paid. | deem this libera!ry worihr
OF notice, for instances have occurred IN
which citizens OF lowns where Institutions
are located have crippled them by theIr ad-
verse and il!beral course. The University
building occupies a noble eminencc, over
looking the village and river, surrounded by
beautiful dense grove OF forest trees. The
structure is Of BRICK, and shows to great ad-
vantage in approaching the town. Rev DR..
LOOMS, the President, is a sch, lar, seuIle-
man and Christian, and governs theInsitu-
tion with admirable success. He l., aided tv
corps of proficient Professors. Il is with
pleasure refer to the generosity and Chris
Ian lioerailiy of these gentlemen in extending
their support to the people in accomm1 1Iating
the members Of the Conference. H. addition,
there is also Female Academy attached To
The University, but under a separate faculty
ol teachers. The building is unusually ele-
giant, and well adapted to the purposes Of ed
ucatlon. The BaplstS have evInced great
discretion IN the choice Of the location of
their University. Nav they have much sue
cess IN the cause OF education,
March 3.-Quile novel feature was intro
cuced IN the proceedings Of Yesterday When
ten o'clock arrived, the Bishop announced
that the order OF the day was the admin
istraton of the Lords Supper. He remarked,
day or two since, that II was the wish and
determination Of the general SuperintenGents
TO iniuse, II possible, more Of the religious el-
ement into the sessions Of annual conferences.
his plan was accordingly adopted. IL was
deeply affecting 10 behold the ministers IN
such large numbers thus lneeing together IN
com1emoraton Of Christ. As soon as the
Communion was through, a general experi-
ence meeting was held, IN which the Bishop
spoke of the great pleasure with which he par
ticipated IN such scene, and invited the 5
aseu and young members, and people, males 4;
ana iemales, TO speak. The excellent John
oowen led OF by concise, p silive, vet deem $
ly modest, narrative of his early Conversion :
Next followed. IN succession, the a.,G MI
liam Monroe, for fifty years an itnerant prea. l
cher; ]. W. Hedges, known and loved IN vopr q
city, who attributed the 'ia>rumanral.iy Of
his conversion to the father who had lust pre-
ceded him; :" J. W. Brown, a very Young
man; John Miller, the -'Cincinuails" OF the Z
conference; the venerable Ewing; James
n brown, al present pastor o! the Wnaicoat
nna'se, CT yonr city; the veneraied John
honas, converted more than a half century I
"ko' anu IOrly-Seven years a minister; L. :.
'ihion; H. Slicer; and p. ReScorl. | have
Idreiy ever seen Mr.. Slcer 50 powerfully agi- :
'a'eu' MS emotional nature having gained the o
.H'"e mastery. His utterance was Indisiinci.
ms frame shook, tears conrsed down his o
!, e,neeks' Inc strong man bowed. Mr.. Slicer a
.housh man of apparent slernness, has
Harm hearr, whose pulSaions are always
Tue TO his friends. Ii
lFrom his very brief allusion to the Il
sermon of Rev. Ii. B. Ridgaway on Sab. OF
0a' ID evening, We conclude thai gentleman in
'aa "toi!enca' wear the sane :l.;Lin- . CT