Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-01-31

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Plenty, anl tney nave Dot ho" anu h'N'i
had the potato rot. Is that the general
condition of the country, or cnly true Of
tp-cial locality? He describes the region
asa PARADISE of fertility, health aud cheap
Jauds, but could not explain why it has
been so slowly filling uP-for it was first
settled Of any part Of the State, aud was
for half q century most accessible by the
Ohio aud other rivers.
TRAITORS IN DIsGCIsE The Potter
Investigating Committee, 1t is published,
believe there are Five Hundred open or
half way Seeessiopists still in the various
departments at Washiugtou-but 20 prore
them such is the point. 1t Is cruel e. di--
miss them as traitors, without suth 'leUt
evideUce-and many Of them are nov "
gently required at their posts. SO the
Government seems to be required to nour-
ish brood of vipers at her very vitals -
There seems to be treason everywhere,
herein the departments, both branches
of Congress, Supreme CouIt, and in every
highway and byway. Even an old lady |
chauced to converse with said softly, " l.
wasn't so until Mr. Lincoln came" Re-
marks like the following, some from men
of prominence, indicate the present tactics
of Treason under the L 5. power We
must settle this fuss -" The South cant
live under Yankee rule =" \ bolliIouIsm
can never compel people TO submit to Il
government against their will"-"lh's .
coercion is against the very spirit aud form .
of our pretended popular wiiI."-"Weil, /
Republicanism is failure" Such talk. .
indu-triously circulated, is iHtendc8 to
prepare the public miud for abject suDm's-
sion to the Southern O.igarchy The
poison Of Aristocracy, in lis worst fern, l.
srill raging in the veins of the nation.
One gentleman, (of family that oncH
lorded 200 slaves, living on ClerkshP.
aud . professed UuioDist, Crowded oiav-
cry can rule, as before y said, "The only
way is to give slaves enough to eat-'reat
them fairly-snd keep them do'c". but,
sir, don't you fud that every increase OF
their knowledge aud Ell 'yment tends to
make them unsafe, discontented, aud dan-
cerous ?'-"Ah, yes" said be, with sor-
royful look, chats the trouble
WARMING THE CARs-l see it stated,
that the city railway cars iu Lynn, Mass
are now heated underneath the floor, and
thus made comfortable at little exPcnse; .
the heated air may pass 10 chamber DE-
tween the inside and outside fl Iors-com-
ing up in small orifces about where the 1
feet are placed. perhaPs-aud thus throw
ing the heat where it is most needed. In u
Germany, we are told, bed Of hot sand. :
or of hot stones, under the feet, and re.
newed from time to time, Is used, sud 10 c
fire. As arranged among US, va have +
big stove in the cars VERY dangerous 10
case of an accident sending about your c
head (which needs no bes) enough hot, =,
fetd air, to sickcu and half stfe you I
while the tender fee,-whicb require the d
greatest warmth, aud which carry gentle
glow all over the system-sre on the eo'u
floor, aud receive no aid from the stove
{ as heat always rises unless you 60 to II.
The matter is worthy the attention OF rail-
way men in cold climates. A current OF
warm air rising in cold weather, (and per ;
p.ps Of colj air ia warm weather. would
be very agreeable aud wholesome TO the ira '
reler Tor pleasure or business q
HOTELS AT HARRIsBURG.-Afew few Mem n
,ars of the Legislature have set up bache- /
or's Hall-hiring a private house, and Q
servants, aud getting their own "Viits.s, ..
leep and drink" Gust as Students DO IN
,lubs at Lesisburg) Certain pennyail-
,srs for Sensation journals have made a
his ths occasion for an onslaught upon
the Hotels Of that City, as being poorly
kent. with exorbitant charges. Having,
one time and another, stepped at perhaps
dozen different hotels in Harrisburg, the
,barges seem to us partial aud unworthy
The market of Harrisburg is certainly large
md varied, and there is no reason for any
deficiency. 1t is only when the Leglsia-
ture is in session, and on special occasions, ,
however, that all these Hotels have ample {
yet, those captious qGIll-drl- ',
,ers would be the first to fud fault If the {
city bad not public accommodations Tor
all demands. The landlords must charge
full rates during the busy season, to make ,.
m for their idle months. And there Is
variety of Hotels there, so that every Que {
NAV be suited at some one of them. A
cut stone house, richly orBamen'ed, and
full Of costly furniture aud wares, with
waiter at every other chair, and furnishing
half the edibles and potablcs on the pr'n'
ted bills of fare, must take a pile ct money
to keep going-and those who stop at such
hopsss only, must be expected TO make