Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-07

largest Republican maJ 'rity OF any State
in IAe Union, at the election just pass
ed. Coed for the O.d Key stone.
Y. BARNES. a native Of Eastern Ejrgi
MIA, aud resi3en. of narper's Ferry,
writes to the Wheeling Mtetiiyencer that.
having ayowed his design to vote for Lin,
con, lie was threatened with indIguity aud
compelled for personal safety 10 leave thi'
place before the election, and is not safe
ia returning. tie is Methodist. Such
is the Terrorism that reduced the Liuc,in
vote in ;ao South. Ii men dared vote III
the Save States as they wished TO. the re-
turns would indicate quite a different
result.
Posi- OFFICE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
The postage collected IN the State OF
Souih Carolua for tie LIST year OF which
We have official returns, amounted To
sol .O10. The cost Of Transporting the
mail, throughout the State was Sl92,2lG
Ia Massachusetts, the same year, the post
Office receipts were $532, ls4, and the ex-
peuses Sl53, ,09l. (Massacha,etts would
not lose much to stop paying The postage
Of Soulh Carolina
: George d. Prentice, Of the Louisville
Journal, fJrcibly say: Missouri aud
Tennessee, aud Kentucky, Virginia, aud
Mary land. depreclte the dissolution of thr
Union bu, S5u,h Cargiins, Florida, and
( Georgia. swear that the Union shall be
dissol7eI, 90 sccnnn' Of the escape of Mis-
sour. TeBus.,ee's Kcnurk,'s, Virsiuia' ;
and Nsry.aId'- -l1ve- What dlsnreres-
tcI cr a,ures S1urb Carolina, Florida, and
Georgia, must be-
FKEE NEGRoEs ~ SOUTH CAROLINA
The Charleston Mercury publishes b'i'
w.ith will be brought before the Legi-ia-
iufe Of South Carolina, prnclaimine all
fIco r,grues to be slaves on aud after the
IT. Of Jauuary, to be SOLD at puhic anc:
ton, onI the proceeds to be applied to the
tax funds Gf tue variou. counties
4 Mr.. Seward a, Erie, on his way home
from the West, made n brief speech, III
which he told the people 'ha' enn>. lvanla
began well under Berj'min Franklin, but
! that the new States he Lad jns' seen f.,
exceeded her in devotion to liberty, aud
that. unles. she renewed her fires, she
would be left out 10 the cold alone.
Senator Wigfall, who notified the Pres.
ileut that he would resign if Lincoln wa:
elected, Is going to take his seat; Hs
sees that in the case Of his resignation
Gov. Houston would Immediately appoin
his successor, as the Texas Legislator,
does not meet for several months.
The New Orleans Bulletin declares tha
breaking up Of the Union "would moi
only cause the ships to rot on the levee
and bankruptcy aud ruin to folio~ in th,
train of disasters, but the real estate o
New Orleans would not be worth twenty
five cents on the dollar to what it nov is >
! The census of Kansas shows 100000
persons, counted, without going into rh'
Pixies Peak region. Congress only asked
3,000 for admission. What excuse mex
for keeping her out Of the Union?
10 the Slave States, 1000 whites hav,
a representation in Congress; in the Free
States, it requires 10000 whites for th'
same Here is another "Northern ag
gression ~
Douglas, Breckinridge and Bell men
united their energies TO carry the election
of President into the House. Bu, they
failed, aud nOx the people are going tc
carry Lincoln into-the White House
tha; Uncle Sam built.
: Fire-eaters at Charleston say that il
Breckenridge attempts to speak against
secession, in that State, be will be tarred
aud feathefed.
As far as heard from, there are not a
dozen Democrats elected 10 tie Minnesota
Legislature.