Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-09-14


astonishing how much more they know 9:
Us than We Of them. Judge B saw
Derrstown when it had but a half dozen
houses Col. O. went fifty years ago
through Youngmsnstown, Beayerdauz &c.
to Jacks Valley to study the German DR..
Il read in PennsbJroush long time
sinee--and so one after another has some
"kea' Of you down-the-rivcr folks.
Towanda, Athens and Troy are the lea
ding Boroushs in the county, and all-as
well as the Townships thus far reported
have gained in number within ten year. !;
tie increase las not been large, but It Is
healthy
ATHENS, Sept. 4.--Near twenty years
ago, your correspondent, than young was
induced by the hoped-for completion Of
the North Branch Canal at this point, to
make his first adventure, as publisher, in
the Athens Scribe - tie Canal stopped,
bankruptcies became epidemic, and, fnan-
cla.ly, it wa- 4 sad waste OF c..,h, labor,
hope, and braius-said Scribe was. anl
the county owes NE round sum ye;,vhiIe
IL the account Of :un ami love ! al L-r
dcJt0r......To-i-y, l av..ilcI myself OF NJ
first chance fIr thl; lou--lookeI ;,r r.,ie
on tie North Branch, il small packet,
from. Towauda to Athens, Tow. to TUX
being yet terra iuoJsuita" fy- rapid
travelling The 'perils Of the deep"
small but selee; party safely encountered.
A. yet, | regret 10 say, the Canal has but
little use, comparatively-.it Is said Coal
IS conveyed cheaper On the Scranton Rail
Way tim b this w.;ery-yet It Is :yl by
Railway which br.n-s IN Jitum.n9us
coal ilym Franklin, lev miles ) VI from
Towautl; it : connected, by water ex-
tension, with The CAemuag Canal At EImira,
and d further extension up the Susque-
hanna to B;nghamtgn IS projected IL New
York State
The Yankee boy who couldn't see the
town there were 50 many houses would
find the foliage Of Athens quite as trouble
some, for the noble trees locust specially,
Of It's one chief, long, wide street, conceal
most of the beauties of this most lovely
spot. The near proximity Of the Railroad
at Wayerly detracts from the rapid growth
Of the town. Welles x Blood are buili;ng
up, however, large Agricultural lmple-
mcnt business, and the EpiseoP4lians are
building a stone edifce in addition to the
houses Of worship already erected for the
Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian
and Universalist congregations A shade
Of sadness seems to rest upon the society
here from the recent demise Of Miss Clara
II. Stephens, gifted, accomplished lady
I've a.! 10 fade Is the leaf
Hon. GALUsHA A. GROW is again our
nominee for Congress-the honest masses
in the Distric: ,riumphing over the ambi-
tious few who would supplant him. There
are other good and worthy men, doubtless,
but none with his tried and useful expert
ence-none who better deserves it-noae
who may 50 well maintain the National
reputation of Bradford, Sus9uehanna and
Tioga in Congress. With an ample salary
he seems occupied solely with the one
business of n.ingling with, informing, and {
learning from, his people, aEousing them
to action, and thus proving himself to be
a model Representative in the National
Councils Of free, intelligent, and vigilart d,
Tonight, Mr. Grow spoke :
in the Athens Wigwam to large, spirited :
crowd Of both sexes, to good effect. He c
was catechised by Constant Mathewson, 5
former Democratic Member of the Legis-
lature, who received rejoinders he never [
coveted, and might have gone him much
wiser than he came. Good songs closed t
the meeting, which seemed to indicate a
'Wide-Awake' state of things-and that o
IS all the Republicans now need.
Troy, Sept. 5.-The Overland route T,
q a wagon engineered by a whip whose
lemcanor SO indicated "a drop too much" :,
hat M travelling companion would never y
gain submit to his ADMINISTRATION, Was The =,
most f4tiguins Of Ave weeks trip. The Z
Dad revealed scores Of new farms and Of
,ood houses made since | last passed, and
ii the glories Of a prime summer fallow, :,
,urning, illum;ned and gratifed our way 4
0 this lively but most avkwardiy, stingily Is
aid out borough. Making three calls and u
nding nobody ''at home" cur party con- y y
luled the TgQjans were all travelling. y
R,LsToS presents rather dead look " :,
be large Hotel has no: been open this -
eason, and the Ironworks are idle. The
lain that the Latter would revive with
Protective Tariff, is net by ar allegation e,
Tat the iron ore is so mixed with freclay f,
) to be improbable to work if so, it is ar
ke the lrishman's field, who, asking his u,
riest to pray for its increased fertility, 70