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

State Legislatures OF Kentucky and Ten
nessee, (then 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
and Tennessee forthwith.
ALBANY, n. Y. Jan. 81 Joshua r.
Giddiugs passed through here to night en-
route for Washington, to testify before the
Harper's Ferry Committee.
ALBANY, Jan. 3l.-The Republican
State Convention will meet at Syracuse on
the l9lh of April, to choose Delegates to
the National Convention.
1t is stated that Father Chiui0uy aud
about two-thiyds of his congregation have
associated with the @ S. Presby ytcrians and
the remaining third with the Bsptisrs.
Rev. Dr. Nelson, of the First Presbyte-
rian Church, St Louis, No, preached on
Thanksgiving Day, an able and eloquent
sermon III behalf of emancipation in that
State. lie aiso had the uanliness to say
a few werds of generous humanity, in be.
half of the slaves as being human beings,
aud having souls to be saved.
The Boston .JournH states that it has
the origiaal affidavit made by the blood
thirsty Mrs. Doyle in regard to the Potta,
wattOn ie murders, and that III it she does
not even refer to Brown as in any manner
couaected with the affair
Ia one Of the counties Of Georgia, as
many as two hundred aud seventy-five
lashes upon the bare back have been ad-
mioistered to persons charged with enter
taiuiug oriuious hostile TO slavery.
Posi- OFFICE RoBBEE SENTENCED
Joseph Sweltzer, convicted OF robbiug the
Post Office at Delaware city, Del, has
been sentenced to three years imprison-
ment, at hard labor.
BY the explosion of camphene lamp,
in New York: last week, house Was fired
This is another warning that should deter
every body against using this dangerous
stuff.
DR.. Livingstone writes from Africa that
be "has discovered a real highland region,
where the Inhabitants cultivate cotton very
extensively" and that every one spins
and weaves il.
BosToN, Jan. 1S.-The birthday of
Franklin was commcmorated las: evening
by the Frauklin Typographical Society.
Mr. EVerett's address opened with beau
titul aud feeling allu>iun to the Lawrence
disaster, aud also TO the death of Macaulay.
The New York TiJune Greeley } and
New York iaapendem (Beecher,) are in.
creasing their subscription lists by the
Thousand this month. This is no small
indication of the swell of the popular wave
against Slavery Extension.
Clark B. Cochrane, NJ. c. Ga relative of
Gcrrit SMITH has been taken to the Asy-
lum at Utica, and it is believed that
prompt treatment has prevented his in
sanity.
The Opposition members os the Tennes,
see Legislature have dominated John Bell,
as a Candidate for the Presidency.
Senator Mason appears in the Senate
Chamber clothed IN gray SUIT OF home
spun cloths Inc White and o'ack mix
'ure has been selected we presume as ap'
Propriate 10 lhe secli9hai principles u us
party.
The N. Y. A3ependent says that three
preachers sent out oy ,he American MISS
lonary society, nave peen ezpeiied from
jackson county, n.y. WIN shaved neads
aud tarred faces: lneir names are, hev s
Geo' Uandee, " H. hehaiich' and robert
oies'
On the Sth oc', 'ast' 'he American snip
L Iora Temple, "f Balm i' was wrecked
III the China Sea, aud--A'.,i'.e - relate
500 Chinese and 10 L-r"peans were
left (by the Captain and lew men In
Ooat-,) and undoubtedly perlshed.
Rev. DR.. Robert J. Breckenridge has
addressed letter to his nephew, the Vice
l;:l -; ~;
incs''o" e"n "''e' u''''. '"'' ''0"'
The Cincinnati Enquirer says that II
Douglas Is TO be Killed OH ior entertaining
'uch views as he GOES, 'he ehtirc North
ern Democracy must, Tor entertaining the
,ame views, be killed off too. Oh, well,
se are no, going 10 distress ourselves to
,o.,h -, ,h,t Jov;s,;Ue L,v,n,y
Inn. t)lErr L.. G0mSI0ck, vi, L.. While