Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-01-11

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constitutional measures to enforce the
laws and preserve the Uuion.'
, After a variety of remarks, the rc7o'u-
ton pnsse{-Ieas l2i-Navs 5j-ail
Souihrrners, except Florence Of Pa, VA
landigham Of ONO, AMI Ss1tf Of ca.
/ Mr.. Ila-kiu Ann LsconPfou Dem. cf
. y. ! } amid the confusion, s.Il-!o-mOr
row being the anniversary Of 'he battle OF
New Orleans, IN honor OF fha memory Of
Jackson, who said. '.Thc Union must aud
shall be preserved move that wheo we
adjourn, We adjourn ill Wednesday.
Agreed to.
I Private accounts from Charleston state
that a thousand n"g'U"s engaged IN the
erection Of fOrtillcarions in the har6or.
The cbaunc!s leading TO Fort Sumter
have been obstruc'ed by sunkeu vessels,
aud the buovs removed.
Senator Baker Of Oregon, delivered a
powerful speech 10 tue Senate, last week,
for the Cnon. It made great impress
ion, aud conf5uu1el the sec,ssiou.sts.
A letter from South Carolina, published
in The CJn,,iinttop, admits that the e!ec-
iion Of Mr. Lincoln Is ouiy the prstext.
not the reason, for secession. VINO ever
doubted il!
The announcement Of the seizrre of
forts and arscnals in Georgia, g., has
created the belief at Washington that it i.
the intention of the Revoluripnists 20 seize
upon all ;he unprotected lOGts at the
South.
Com. Stewart ("O,d Ironsides,") has
come out for the Union as 1t is-And 40
has Gen. II7rney-Com. Shuirck (of S
c. talked of resignlng bus diin't
The Delaware Legislature heard long
speech from a Mississippi SccessiOnist, and
then by au almost unanimous vote express
sed their ''uuqlaifed disappvova." CT the
Mississippi revolui:cuisrs.
Cau anything be meaner than the con
drct of the late Mem bers of Congress from
South Carolina, who drew their pay up to
the i,h Of March next, stated that they
had resigned their seats, aud still exercise
the frauking privilege? If that j. not the
smallest, dIrlIest, most "caiva ric' swiud-
ling, We don't know what would be.
South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Ms
sis>irp. Aiabs ia, and every other di-u-
mon state has formally voted for Brackin-
I;de for President; Every State that has
voted for lincoln, . for the Uai,n. This
shows which party is responsible for the
present crisis.
The Arsenal at Charleston it is said
contains 20 600 stand Of arms, sent there
during the past summer. They have been
placed uUder the care Of the citizen sol
diery, and few days s:ucc, when the
Comw4ndiug Officer al Fort Noul,rie sen:
for several boxes ot light arms, they were
taken from the men be had sent for them,
who were taken before the Mayor and
rePrimauded.
4 large Union meeting was held at
Baltimore on Thursday evening. The
meeting was composed Of all parties, aud
there was great enthusiasm.
Within two DAYS after the delivery of
his great Union speech, Senator johnson
of Tennessee received one hnndrei and
si1,y-three letters of approval from Mary
land and Virginia.
A correspondent of the Charleston
Mercury says, in respect to the intended
attack on Fort Moultre, " " rW yice no
quarter :"
Tue government of Honduras have par
doned Col. Builder, who was cDgagel uG-
DER Walker in the recent foray on the ci
ty of Truxillo.
Levi, Clephsne & Co, have s'sr'ei at
Washington Citg,'b Nat;,aa' RepnJAic,n,
paper of the largest size, Rcpuo in
politics, at 81 single copy, so for 20
copies.
Buchanan and Cobb are said to have
parted in tears! What scene for Pres
ident of the United States to call Disu-
nionist, Traitor, aud Tory, his "fricnd,"
aud weep at bis retirement from an office
which he had rendered bankrupt by bis
persistent opposition to an increase of du-
ties
The North Carolina Standard denounces
secession as simply scheme OF dom, gogues
lus,ipg for power and place in the new
confederacy. 1t says that the people in
that State are opposed to it.
secret orgauizltion was formed in
the South, with the object of secession.
prior 10 the Mexican war. aud the mana
gers looked TO Gen. Qlitmao to head i. at
, the proper time, bU; be died.