Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-02-28

Tisse crown IL. souls that sing ot IIIY
Who wandered there With chrrUhim.
And such the crown fha, thou diIst wear,
sweet singer ~ Old Alhious wav-i
And Death hiulsrf could not destroy,
But placri it ON thy grave.
How glorious is uniadcd leaves
shall on thy Tur" white lrrehead bloom,
When, with hymn un0n Thy lJs
Thou'!t glitter from the tomb,
And, myriads joining in the lay.
Soar to the choir Of Heaven away!
Death OF the D.ugh;er OF James stephens.
Isabella Jane, the only daughter Of the
late James Stephens, who was executed
Cor wife poisoning, died at the residence Of
her aunt, Mrs. Hannah, in First avenuc,
on Saturday morning at 4; o'clock, at the
age of eight years, six months and fftee U
days. Several weeks previous TO her Death
the child sickened with scarlet rash, Of
which she had nearly recovered, when, one
day she went in company with servant
TO market and overheard some one making
the remark, "Tbat is the daughter of Ste.
phcns, the man who poisoned his wife. y
The stigma appeared to weigh heavily on
her mind, and after returning home she
fell into fit. She last saw her father
three days before his execution, when she
was taken into his cell and bade him a
very affectionate farewell. She was pass
ionately attached to him, and continued to
the hour of her death TO deplore his cruel,
and to her mysterious fate, the particulars
of which had been communicated to her by
her aunt. She could not understand why
her father should be hung, and frequently
at.es,ed her belief in his innocence of the
crime charged against him.
On her death-bed she repeatedly prayed
that God might have mercy on those who
brought him to such an end. But short
time previous to expiring, she Dade an af-
feciionate farewell to all in her presence,
among whom were the Rev Mr.. Skinner
aud other members of the Methodist
Church. She clasped cousin, a youth Of
about ten years of age, about the neck, and
entreated him to NEE. her in heaven,
where she expected to be with her father
and mother shortly, and where she prayed
that all might come The chiid's aiimep,,
according to the testimony of her physi-
clan, was "trouble )" she appeared to pine
away at the thought of the fate which had
bcsallen her father and mother. At .
o'clock on Sunday afternoon, she was bu-
ried in the same grave with her parents,
in Greenwood Cemetery. Thus has pass
ed away the whole fami!y-husband and
wife by violence, ard their offspring of a
broken heart.-N T. Tribune, 20h inst.
ALCOHOLIC HALLUCINATION.-Ag gen.
tleman Of middle age was attacked with
delrum trcmens. He fought the sur
rounding snakes for few days, and then
tod his friends that he was dead. He lay
stretched upon his bed for some minutes,
when he arose, walked into another room,
and complained that he had forgotten
something in his will. He added codi-
ell, requesting his employers to take his
son into their employment as his successor
in business. He returned again to the
room, looking upon the bed, and began to
rave because his body had been stolen, AS
serting that he had left it upon the bed
few moments before, and that some of the
attendants had taken it away. Soon the
stupor came on him again, when be laid
himself down, and the tongue that had be-
fore insisted on its possesor's decease was
.,illed in the cold embrace Of death.
PACIFIC RAILRoAD.-A bill has been
prepared for introduction into Congress
granting a charter for Pacific Railroad
md Telegraph to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, a corporation already
chartered by the State of Texas, of which
Company J. Edgar Thompson of Penusyl-
'ania, James Guthrie of Kentucky, John
?. King of Georgia, s. NJ. l.. Barlow of
New York, and various other gentlemen
re now Directors. This bill also embra-
es propositions Of the same character to
'uild another road aud telegraph from the
Missouri River to the Pacific on any route
Ior,h of the SSth parallel Of latitude, with
branch to Oregon, which shall be found
most eligible; on the same ternA and with
be same limitations as to the funds advan-
cd, as in the first named route. The
arties in interest in this road are Erastus
,oruiug, J. 7. Soutter of New York,
'cnj, Ii. Lathrope of Maryland, and
umber of other gentlemen as associates.
A report prevails that the Secretary Of
tate, Mr.. Cass, has been attacked With
srious illuess.