Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-04-04

the L. S Navy. Mr.. Grier received his
first appointment in the Navy, in 1870, as
3 / assistant, aud, after having completed
two years eyeniful cruise on the steam
iriga,e Susquehaana, was promoted to be
2ud Assistant, when again ordered to
sea il the steamer Fulton. This vessel
was the fpg ship Of the Paraguay exPedi-
ton. Oa the retura OF that vessel home,
be was advanced TO be a lst Assistant
Engineer, and ordered to the steamer Cru
sader as the acting Chief Engineer of that
vessel. THIS vessel was most actively
engaged in suFprcssiug the slave trade
in the West Indies, until the present Re-
bellion called her to the more urgent duty
of blocksding in the Gulf of Mexico.
The vessel coming home for repairs, be
was detached, and soon after ordered to
Borlontown y. j, where he remains
superiuteuding the construction Of the ma.
chnery for one Of The new side wheel gun
boats. His numerous friends in Lewis
burg aud vicinity will no toub; be pleased
to hear Of his present promotion, and wish
him long years Of usefulness.
In these tines-when our nation must
hold her own on the sea, either with the
Rebels or foreign foe, By steam alone
the "Eay'aeer C,yps of'he Nlry" becomes
Of rising importance. 10 their hands, to
great extent, the heavy responsibility lies,
Of constructing, repairing, and managing
these costly, pouderous war mschiuss.
rn-The SPriog Elections in Penn'a, 50
far as they have any political indication,
are favorable to the Administrator. IL
some districts, the Democracy-for the
first time in their history-orglnizel no
opposition. The Dem. mi in Harrisburg
aud in Lancaster is bu, half wha. it was
last year, while Reading, Lebanon, Mauch
Chunk, &c, have been redeemed from
tia: party this spring. Norristown gave
Foster $50 maj, bu; it now defeats Long
aker. Acker, aud other leading Democrats
by $50 maj In the country districts Of
B-Iks, the Disadvantages suffered great
losses. One of the Bloomsbury Editors
who advised the Democrats to elect all
the officers they can,' was defeated BY )
to l for School Director.
r--it viii be remembered. that, during the
past winter, Presijer, Loomis, Of Lewishurg
TuIrersirv, lost three interesting children by
pIPrHEEr.. One would suppose SO severe an
.f-,.7- -h, syeg, the family from riiicule on that
se7rc at least f,- ti-e--ye; have had pointed out
ta u stupid Hurl-slue from the Ar0H' pres, which
attempts to divert tie public with the defamation of
reputable son of Prs LaCi> by saying, lie may sit
out little piF-HEu, with honor aimixturs-" II
there must lee 5.s ami scurEility such occasions,
might not the l-rravrl respected parents have been
spared such thrust. Al th-r only surviving chill ly
ascribing him the disease Z which the others died
This digging open the fresh graves Of the dead for sport
for malice. hal thought peculiar 20 Eyenas aai
Manassas Seocssouj-ts and not habit Of geuteusn'y
students We hope the az; was mere thouEhtles.u-s-
but the whole b1rles uip- systgm j, intra.eay mean
pr 4 little the neatest looking paper
on the Susquehanna, jast now, is Harry
Masser's 22-year oli SaHjury 4mericrn,
in its entirely Lew dress of type, There
are few if any more Independent or inter
cs;ing journals in the State than Masser's
American.
rea-Thero was an alarm of FIRE yester-
day afternoon at the Foundry of Slifer,
Walls, Shrincr & Co. Happily, the men
about the work speedily suppressed the
flames, aud no damage was done, except
a small hole burnt in the roof.
kE~We learn that jonas Nlylayt aged
about 20 years, was found dead, from expo
sure, near TurtleviIle, m orning of the ID
inst lie resided in Chillisquaque. and
formerly in Buf4loe Tp, and Was iIEegu-
lar in bis habits.