Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-02-03

State Legislatures of Kentucky and Ten.
nessee, Chen visiting the Capital of Ohio
TO visit Albany. A resolution in accord
ance with this suggestion passed both
Houses, aud the invitation will be trans.
mitted to the Legislatures of Kentucky
aud Tennessee forthwith.
ALBANY, n. y. Jan. ST. Joshua r.
Glddiugs passed through here to night en-
route for Washington, to testify before the
Harper's Ferry Committee
ALBANY, Jan. 3l.-Ths Republican
State Convention will meet at Syracuse on
the 10Th of April, to choose Delegates to
the Nationai Convention.
1t is stated that Father Chiuiouy aud
about two-thrds Of his congregation have
associated with the O. s. Presbyterians and
the remaining third with the Bsptisrs.
Rev. Dr. Nelson, Of the First Presbyte-
riau Church, St Louis, Mo, preached on
Thanksgiving Day, an able aud eloquent
sermon ln behalf Of emancipation in that
State lie also had the manliness to say
Few werds Of generous humanity, in be-
half of the slaves as being human beings,
aud having souls to be saved.
The Boston .jourrR states that it has
the origiaal affidavit made by the blood
thirsty Mrs. Doyle iu regard to the Po,ta-
wa,tou ie murders, and that in it she does
not even refer to Brown as in any manner
couaected With the affair
Ia one OK the counties Of Georgia, as
many as two hundred aud seventy-fve
lashes upon the bare back have been ad-
misiis;ered to persons charged with enter
tainiug opinions hostile to slavery.
PoSr OFFICE RoBBEE SENTENCED
Joseph Sweltzrr, convicted Of robbing the
Post Office at Delaware city, Del, has
been sentenced to three years imprison-
meat, at hard labor
by the explosion of a camphepe lamp,
in New York: last week, a house was fired
This is another warning that should deter
everybody against using this dangerous
stuff.
DR.. Livingstone writes from Africa that
he "has discovered real highland region,
where the Inhabitants cultivate cotton very
extensively" and that every one spins
aud weayes 1t.
BosroN, Jan. lS.-The birthday Of
Frauklin was commcmorated las. evening
by the Franklin Typographical Society.
Mr. Everett'S address opened with beau
titul aud feeling allusiun to the Lawrence
disaster, aud also 10 the death OF Macaulay.
The New York Tribune (Greeiey,) and
New York Lnd,Penc'ent Beecher,) are in.
creasing their subscription lists by the
thousaad this month. This is no small
indication of the swell of the popular wave
against Slavery Extension.
Clark b. Cochrane, NJ. G. Ga relative of
Gerrit SMITH has been taken to the Asy-
lum at Utica, aud il is believed that
prompt treatment has prevented his in
sanity.
The Opposition members Q: the Tennes-
see Legislature haze nominated John Bell,
as Candidate for the Presidency.
Senator Mason appears in the Senate
Chamber clothed in a gray suit of home.
spun cloths The white and black mix
lure has been selected, we presume, as ap-
prcpriate to the sectional principles Of his
party.
The n. Y. A7ependent says that three
preachers sent out by the American Miss
ionary Society, have been expelled from
Jackson county, (ky.,) with shaved heads
aud tarred faces. Their names are, Rev's.
Geo. Gaudce, Wm. kenirick, and Robert
Jones.
On the sh Oct. last, the American ship
Flora Temple, Of bsIrim r. was wrecked
III the China Sea, auu-tr.i1.. u relate
500 Chinese aLd Is E.ropeaus were
left (by the Captain aud a few men in
boat, and undoubtedly perished.
Rev. DR.. Robert J. Breckenridge has
addressed letter to his nephew, the Vice
President, in which he says the slavery
question can never divide this Union.
The Cincinnati E"quirer says that if
Douglas is to be killed off for entertaining
such views as he does, the entire North
ern Democracy must, for entertaining the
same views, be killed off too. Oh, well,
we are not going to distress ourselves to
death about that.-LouisriiIe Journal.
Hon. Oliver c. Coms,Ock, NJ. D., while
serving as Member of Congress in Wash.
inston City, about 1920, was converted, and
united with the Bap,is; church, in which
he was an able preacher aud pastor until
his death, last month, at the good old age
Of &c years.
YANKEE CLocKMAKERs.-The clock
business, previously transacted By Chaun-
cey Jerome & Co., is now done by the
New Haven Clock Company. In 1857,
the company began to make castings
Then it was thought wonderful that it
turned out 75, 900 clocks In 1859, the
turned out 10000 complete
clocks, l76, 900 finished movements.
TAnswer TO last Grammatical Enigma
An the hifers fine AIphatet."-Ansd by A.
\, Butlaloe.
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA.
7 am composed Of 80 letters.
Iy Z 81 . Il 7 are worn by men and women.
81 20 81. part of an animal.
lSl7 25 a. a vegetable.
3I5 1872 %. an animal.
10 I2 II Is -, the name of tree.
3 le 81 -, kind of drink.
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