Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-12-17
Humb1g Sensation" Papers.


The City papers iujure the Press mate
rally BY their unre'ioJaHg just now when
they should be most reliable We do not
refer to rumors and exaggcrltiunS, which
in the hurry of daily j,urnalizing may he
tolerated, but to uajd JrJricdtions made
up By same one for excitement aud effect,
aud to sell few extra papers.
We give two examples, iu Illustration.
The "Ciry" papers not long since para
Jed this para.raph:
"Ilon. + Kerrgan, Democratic Mem.
Der Of Cousrc>F from New York city, and
commanding Regiment on the Potomac,
has been court nlaTtIalci for conveying
important intelligence 10 the enemy-~a-
found gullty--eut,uced to he sho'-ani
the President has approved the sentence.
Very d GGi'e aud crcumsiantill. truly;
yet lie from beginning to end, for when
that para graph was printed TIE TRIAL
HAD NOT EvEN COMMENCED.
AEaiu-It wa, asserted that Thadi Us
Stevens had stated in secret caucus that
Gen. Mcclellan had attempted to dictate
to Pres. Lincoln what Sc. Camerou's
Report should be......whereupon, all the
Seusajlcnisis wazed wisely clmba,ire, Pro
or con Mcclellan. Il turns out that
Mcclellan never made any such foolish
s;teulp.-lor did Stevens say be had.
Now, s,a,c5odg cyi"s these i'cs, for
purpose. Tho conductors Of those paper.
must hHo1r sgho Mcy are who thus de.iog-
ra;c!y impose upon the public. those
conductors ate therefore legally aud MOI
ally guilty :or allowing their colunus to
be cDuduts for criminal fIlscLoojs.
Eay-Oue advantage Of semi weekly aud
weekly papers Is that they eau be Nor
re,iable-they have time to separate the
ch4f from the heat, aud tell more facts
in few lines than eau be guessed out Of
columns Of contradictory reports in the
Daily "Sensa'iou' uews-manufacturers
Extract f.om a Private Letter dated
MILLER Co, No Dec i, '6l
DENJ. CROFT: There still Ia apprehen-
dci danger. We can not tell what the
Western Division Of the Federal Army is
gong to do this winter. Scouts are GU;
from Ro.la and Jefferson as far as Leb.-
ton, and perhaps we my be saved from
further moicstltIon. HuudreIs of i4mi.ics
rave left the Southwest, and some went
from here. William aud Nancy Brown
bad al packed Up ready to move, but We
peIsIsJci them nut 10 more their families
now, tut to lake what they could spare cat
of the way 10 Hpl.A, aud store them til
sprluE, or !1oger.
and two other men Intended to
take me prisoner; they h.l their gus in
the woods, AMI passed our house, about
sauset-fJunI was at home, but let the
cat out Of the bag at -s, and failed to
catch me in it. They threatened to destroy
ny property if dll not ''cJmc out aud be
friendly" They sent man to buy our
farm, aud cue to rent yours-many ways
did they try, but it was mo g" | d.
not like their company, nor their hospi:-
ality. They got five loads Of corn out Of
our field, the last time. They have taken
more OF your property, saying that you
ought 10 have stayed at home. There /,
10 civil law here. d" Might is righr," or
men move by military power, aud We
must submit.
Iecom Is gone to Tuscumbia with his
store. Mr.. Blruhurst has 4 few goods
aud that Is all the store we have nearer
than IIumbo!dt-n0 blacksmiths, cr auy
other mechanics A man to live here now
must have ecpunmy, and skIIl enough TO
be jack at all trades, aud bis children to d.
without education aud Gospel blessings. II
| were as well fixed with my family ou; Of
the State, as we were prepared to be last
} Juue, | would remain away from hl- place
Of torment TIL more favorable times. We
are but staying" hardly dare say civ,
ing" 1t is folly TO try to accumulate
that We really viii ueed, because
We can not tell how soon We may lose It in
a manner similar to what We have lost IT.
can not advise you to come back I'LL We
hear more favorable news.
CHAs TALLNAN.
In speech made by John G. Brcckin. ,