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Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27
lIlRRlSBU RG CORRESPONDENCE.
W Wednesday, Jan. 81.


Cold wind this morning. at" is try
ing to snow, but instead Of the soft, mel
lowing, consolidating flakes that assimilate
with mud and make downy bed Of slid.
Ing stuff, SIT" spits down in globules,
hard independent, unsympathizing, and
piled in heaps on the hard "hu5s" as the
Wind biows-thcrefore not very promis-
ing for slcigh-rid!ns, but bad for skating
and walking.
The House ordered an investigating
committee Us to the election of State
Trcasurcr-it being rumored that some
supporters of one Of the defeated Demo-
cratic candidates were only "pcrsuaded'
to support M'Grath by "sohd reasons"
Mr.. Elricy, (pem, from Claroin dis
;ricD placed on record his reason for voting
IN the negative:
vote against this resolution because |
consider >UCn Investigations a. CaIcu dIci la
. consume lime without aifa,nIug any good re-
>uil. At the last session me investigating
committees occupied a large portion oi our
attention, wl'h ~ practrcal result; ani de-
sire that cur Ime IhI> year SHAH not be CON
>umrd IN The same nnproRtlblc way.
The House also authorized au Assistant
Postmaster. We understand the 7. NJ.
q. j, G'rTi'son, E>q., of Nontrose,) has
selected Charles T. Huston, E-q., of VIII
Transport, for his Assistant These
brother Editors have earned the rights
If any one has-to the easiest positions in
either House.
The Senate arrested two bills, relative
to townships and streets, over which the
County Courts have power.
One 7. }. Boyer, of the House, (who
is said TO have declared, on oath, that he
would vote for Gen. Cameron if he had a
halter before him, and was to die for it, )
has come out WIKI statement, in the Pa
triOt y Uni)n, that he was yti red SD 900
or so UUO if he would vote for Cameron.
and that lie was at first approached by
" III. BT1bst "a contestant for seat in
the last Union County Democratic conven.
;ion} Of Lewisburg 1t seems very GER
tain that this Boyer promised to vote for
Cameron: if be lied iu one case, he
wosid IN another. This Brobst told some
people he was a Democratic Member of
the Legislature, and going to vote for
Camerou-w which was just about as true as
the probability that Gen. Cameron would
make him c0uflaut
TnURSDAY, Jan. %.
Senator Johnson, If our District, pro-
posed an Amendment to the Constitution,
giving Soldiers III service the right to vote
as may be provided by law. This is to
remove the Constitutional objection inter-
posed by the Democratic JuIges)
The Harrisburg Telegraph says that 7.
}. Boyer's exposure Of himself was "of
fercd IS the friends of Gen. Cameron for
5000: the Offer was rejected" and SO the
virtunus Boyer did not make out Of Cam
eron," first or last, one dollar, although
he promised to vote for him The Telc.
graph also says Boyer began to profess
friendship for Cameron as soon as he
reached Harrisburg His pretended rev.
ela;ions are laughed at-but all agree that
he himself is--"no better than be sh ould
be-" W.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27
FOR Rem T

CTORE ROOM on Market street, Lewis
- burg, belonging to Wm. FrIck, now oCcu-
pied by Washington Hutchison.
Also, Store Room OF Rev. Jacob Ro1en-
baugh and Daguerrean Gallery Immediately
over said room, on Market street.
InGuire of Ilan2Gw3I WI. JONES.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27
New Stand New Goods.
T0SEPH L. HAWN having taken N

y rooms under the Telegraph and ChrSnicls
Offices .reElled Them, and filed IN al extensive
variety Of
Hats, Gaps, Genden'ea's Clothing, De.
Als6 a large and splendid stock Of CLOTH6
CASSIMERES, &c. which he will Noks vp 70
Oyder, a. he still continues the Tailoring BusI
ness. lie Is prepared to execute all work
entrusted 10 his care, 10 the Satisfaction Of the
customer.
y. b. Cutting and Repairing &, done 70
order. [Lrwisburg, hpTi! 10, 1851
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27

The tempestuous weather since last
Tuesday, and the consequent impas-
sable state of the roads, have rend-
cred any advance Of the Army OF the
Potomac beyond the Rappahannock
an ut,-- impossibihtv.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27
zeWisburg Warket.
OtfO,

In Lewisbur-, the 2lst inst, SUSANNAI, daughter
If Ralph Duty, aged . year, and months
on tn" eth inst, in the RsGim-ntaI Hospital Of tho
9Th fruna Volunteers, ut Uuntrirs. Va, LEW J. e.
hEN Ek, son "i til" late Col & S"hrey"r- in the I
Of his The cracI cf three hrpt hers
III The" sam" regiment lis remains brought home
ami inferred At Seiins:roye saturday. The drm"n-
ti1n at the funeral hy the turning out Of band ui
music aud all the other military insignia remaining at
huu and the community almost mss-e showed that
duriu. hi short in life he had drawn sr"unl hun
host ot youn. friends who testified by their tIrs aud
other tokens love and affection that thc.E sympathy
I..uiy felt
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27

fire in Lewistown, Sunday night of
last week destroyed seven stables with
some Va liable contents.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27
Due on War Tax

Cowtana .S,updsrs Tract for .S,l5;crs.
Fell in action near Antietam, in his > lst
year, Capt. Courtland Saunders, of the
Corn Exchange Regiment, Pbilad. lie
was very gifted and highly educated
youth-a sincere Chrs'ian-a brave sol
dier-an only child, and leaves widow.
His surviving friends have published lit
tie tract, composed of choice selections
from scripture, and references to the Iiie
and characteristics of the young man the
circulation of the tract among the soldiers,
seems likely to be very beueiicial. We
presume f. n. Saunders, the father OF the
Iamented youth, could tell when aud how
the tract may be obtained.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27

sn-D Bright Miller, of Lewisburc,
has been detached from the lI9th 7. v,
and is now serving in the QIrrser Masters
Department, at Again Creek, va.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27

Sa,-Ibe baimy, rainy weather of the
psst few days has completely knocked the
bottom out of the roads in this vicinity.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27
Confederate Decision on Color.

| The Confederate Adjutant-General has
decided that men ,rM any porfioa Of
He Ji,od of tie rhte race are h1Jte 10
conscrip'ioa. This certainly looks more
like confidence in the superiority of the
blood of the whites, than the Northern
notion that ninety -nine hundredths Of the
blood Of the white race in a person are
overcome by the hundredth fraction Of
negro blood O.. But, if all who have a
fraction of the blood of whites, are declared
subject to military service, our Democratic
friends will perceive how large portion
of the colorcd population Of the South il
made subject to the conditions Of war by
this decision of the Rebels. If liable to
military duty, they of course owe that du
ty to the Government. They, of course,
are capable of loyalty and treason, and it
is the duty of the Government to give
them every facility for desertIng treason,
and showing fidelity. Thus, by the act OF
the Rebels, the Democratic scruples about
the color of the assistance offered in the
South are cut down to the fractional, full
blood, native American African
The time for holding the spring term
Of the Northum berland county courts has
been changed from the first Monday iu
April TO the secnn6 Monday of March.
The soldiers and sailors IN the service
of the country are at once to be paid an
fnN the amount due them by the govern
mens SCI, 10000 is now in the hands
of the various piymasters of the armg,
who have been instructed to proceed ut
once to pay the troops.
The venerable Rev. Lyman Beecher
D. D., father of the celebrated Beecber
family, died in Brooklyn, n Y, on the
10th inst, in bis S7th year
In the House, Mr.. Beck presented
petition for the repeal of an act to lay Gu,
State Road in Lycoming and Union
counties Referred to the Committee Oh
Roads, &c.
aay-The Spring Elections in North'd
county are to be held on the third Friday
of February.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27
BUFFALO HOUSE
LEWISBURG, rNlON CO, Pa.
ENNUS E,rszREu pp.nnrsotn.

U'HlS new Hotel IS situated opposite tbs
| Court House n the most fashionable and
beautiful part Of the town, and for style aaJ
convenience can not be surpassed IN CeDasi
Pennsylvania.
Those visiting the University. or attending z
Courr. will hnd It the most convenient and
central public hou>e-charges will be the
mo>t rea>unahle-and neither time or expense
Will be spared 10 beslow every comfort upon
those VIII NAV call. Persons IN the Csunlg
will be charged IS cts per meal.
Lewisburg, April |, 1864
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27

pea-An error crcPt into our last paper
in regard to the Tyrone railroad. The
road is completed from Tyrone to Belle
foute-not from Lock Haven.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27
FIRE INSURANCE.

tlhG lVSURhWCE.
NSURANCE COMPANY OF NOTRH
| AMEklCA-PhiladeiP iPhla.
incorporated, l7si)
Capital ;S500,000.00
Assets, Jan. 1851, 125i.I 1881
ARTHUR q. COFFIN, President
CHARLES PLATT, Secretary
- Buildings Annually OF perpetually. Mer.
chand ze. Gram, Furnilnre, &c, insured, al
curranl rates OF Premium,
JOHN B. LINN.
g3im3 Agent for Union County, Pa.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27

In the House, Mr. Beck presented a
petition for the repeal of an act to lay cut
State Road in Lycoming and Union
counties. Referred to the Committee on
Roads, &c.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27

The venerable Rev. Lyman Beecher
D. D., father of the celebrated Beecber
family, died in Brooklyn, n, Y, on the
10Th inst, in bis S7th year.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27

Pocket Books and other goods
OF that kind on hand or 10 or'er oy ih-A0t5S.
Le9is6urs Booh5l4ter, Cd. ST ALL
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27

Tuesday Morning X Friday Afternoon.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27

foute-aot from Lock Haven.
Ras-To-morrow, the Union County Tea
chers' destitute will meet in this borough.
Teachers aud visitors need not be uneasy
in consequence of the prevalence of the
smallpox, as it is confined to a very few
families, aud can easily be avoided. We
Of the town are as liable to take 1t as our
country friends, aud are more or less ex-
posed to it daily, yet We fear 10 evil
from it.
6-At the l2th Annual Meeting of the
Northumberland County Agricultural So
ciety, committee was appointed to con
slider the advantages Of havluga Perma-
ment Fair ground, with a model aud exper-
imeurel Farm attached thereto. The ar,
rangemeuts for holding Fair in 1862,
Frustrated in consequence OF the war
are continued as the arrangements for their
next Fair.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27

AD-The Spring Elections in North'd
county are to be held on the third Friday
of February
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27
Union County Finances.

The Auditors of our favored county have
met and concluded their business for this
year. The following we understand to be
sheir statement of the accounts 4:
STATE TAN.
Dse eoly (from one Collector Sc 81
COUNTY TAX.
Outstanding Taxes for lo02 AMI previous
years all good) SI,o57 Il
There is G.c 9oc Or,}cr (for Si9n) out,
aud the holder does not want 10 get
the money upon it.
There is Lm one Gs0sra c'Gim, (of no
great amounD kuowa to be unset
tied by the County.
Aud the Treasurer now holds 81, ,lST OS
So that Union County, for ordinary ex-
peuscs, has about 81 500 in haad, above
all demands.
SLAVERY WAR TAX.
Amount levied $l2,G05 90
do paid 4,O2I 81
Due on War Tax S., ,5Sl 10
IH-Can any county in the State show
a better array Of ii-ures than the above?
A small county, but cash in readiness for
next Court, and no Que suffering for her
indebtedness.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27

The Ladies soldiers Aid Socie.
~ will meet At Mrs pr pirk>ons, EVERY FRIDAY
AFrEHNboN, at O'Clock. JENNIE VI. BEAVER,
Jan. .. Eec. Src'y
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-27

SLAVERY WAR TAX.
Amount levied Sl2,"uS vV
do paid 4,O27 81
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-02
Tbs CoaI Fields Of Pennsylvania.

IL be true that the Confederate forces occupy Har
rsburg, the attention Of the Commanding General will
no doubt be directed the coal fields which lie within
fIrty or Sly miles Of that city, His first aim will be to
cut An the railroad connections and thus put stop to
the transportation Of fuel Bis next will be to destroy
The most costly and easily replaced machinery Of
the pits Whether be would stop at this is question
able He might set IRE the pits withdraw tie forces
SAINT out on this special duty and leave the heart Of
Pepns lvana on Ge to be quenehed until river
is turned into the pits the vast supply OF coal is re-
duced 10 ashes.
The Anthracite coal Is found in large quantities in
other part Of the world but Pennsylvania. Enormous
Quantities are Rsed the United States navy in thecOuut
less workshops and manufactures Of the North in the
river boats and even upon locomotives II cannot well
be replaced by any other fuel. The bituminOus coal
which is found near Pittsburg, would not answer the
purpose even il it could bear the O transportation
Our troops already hold the railroads and canal leading
from the Cumberland coal fields All that is needed is
to seize TIE anthracite fields destroy the reads and Tic
machinery C ho pc, fro to IN, various mines and
Leave them Northern industry will thus be pRray zed
at single blOE.
these views may have induced General Lee to move
apOn Harrisburg We doubt whether he would FIRE the
mines. Ld. the destruction Of the Mau:h Chunk Rail-
roads and pitimplements would be as legitimate as
blowing up tunnels and aqueducts burning bridges.
of Que thing may be sure-that whatever is best to
be done viii De done by General Lee, aud it be thinks
1T 10 destroy the Pennsylvania mines they will certainly
be destroyed Should be leave tbem untouched it will
be for the best Of But IS impossible not to
indulge the hope that be will avail himselS Of the
meLious power which the possession Of he coal fields
syeu temporarily, wlu'd confer.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-02
The puughil Breed.

As long as the Yankee people could make war by
PROXY by foreign lerceuaies and native desperadOS
and the dupes who pOmpOssly shOuldered their
kets at the Erst tap # the drum under the belief that
i would all be in a few days, but who thus
caught for long campaign, il all very fue, and
nothing could be NOR, exuberant and denoustrative
than was the martial spirit Of those who remained at
home. When, however, it was aseertained that the
more than million Of men Who had been called into service
we're not sufficient for the work required and that more
troops we're needed the highly patriotic and heroic
corps da concluded that it would be dangerous
the public welfare to separate themselves from the oecu
pAtO0s Of peace and the guardianship Of civic interests
and therefore they recommended the employment OF the
negroes to DO the filing up Of the armies and finish OIL
the Sighting. Their advice was taken But, new
emergency has arisen TIE auiaciOus rebels have sp-
Psared in their very midst aud there are no hireng
foreigners domestic thTOa,s nor convenient ne
grOes left TO meet them, and stand the killing and
Wounding. The thing has come hoAe to the business
and the bosoms Of the solid men Of Yankeedoodedom-
those by whose instgaOn and contributions the war As
begun aDd has been carried and in whose interest it Is
Waged. How DO they meet the crissg Let the New
York Herald tell In late issue that journal says of
the lOpeared and pe,horc Pennsylvania Swabiaas who
have been vehement for war:
New YOlk has now sent seventeen regiments 10 the
relief Of Pennsylvania. Without the aid Of New York
and New Jersey the Keystone State would have been
slmoRl helpless The inhabitants Of Pennsylyana seem
70 have lOst all sp and either retreat rapidly At the
approach Of the rebels exhibit strange apathy aud
indifference. Even the troops from New York and NeH
Jersey not received with any aity enthusi-
asn On the contrary, the people Of harrisburg set 80
work as soon as they bad recovered from their right 20
see how much money they eOad make out OF the gal
ant men who had leir-their distant homes 70 defend
Pennsylvania This is bad record and needs amend.
Rent,
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-02
Gbt 8itBnonS ddBig.
THURSDAY MORNING, july 2, 1888.
me Yankees At Vieksburg.


Ike New York Rsra'd of the 26h ut says; "Grant
rou has an army Of over hundred thou and men,
Besides this Graut has used the spade with such effect
that the Notifications in his are scarcely less i'm
pregnabe than the rebel works in his 'front.'" Our de
Law in Cortfying Grand Gulf which might easily have
been made npreguable enabled Graft TO take that pc
son and through il reach the and lay close scge
to Ycksburg We much fear that he has been allowed
another opportunity Of prO6ng by cur delay and has
used il in so reinforcing his army, ad strengthening his
position as to he nov beyond the power Of dSlodge-
menL We cannot help thinking th,t after the first two
or three weeks following the capture Of Jackson, time
was more important him than to u.s. because 1t could
be used to greater advantage by him than by N Who
nav be censurable for this delay We viii not undertake
now 20 decide hut there is general conviction that
yieksburg may be, or might have been saved, all par
ties concerned may res. assured that terrible eOndem
nation will fall upon them, if il shall turn cut that there
was any negcc. of opportunities 10 rescue the
heroic garriso and make good to the end resistance
so memorably maintained 10 this time.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-02

Quite eeyer in ccrtiu passages. The tuthor discovers
scholarship and skill in ver-hcation There are PO@e
aecurscies and some exploits of Bob Lincoln SO a''
euraie 4 a. Il ey might wa have h en- Omith d. A
gave historical e,ror Is fu ID in the following extract
from page SO.
ENTER, Beaureg I'D, amid acclamahons.
Beauregard-Cheer, ye, my braVesl Ye have great
cause TO eheerll
bring you glorious tidings; Kirby Smith leads
fresh column Ga the enemy he a.ngs his thunder
bolts From yonder hill l saw their heavy ranks, dis
oialed reel like sycrng reeds before the dark tornado
Ring out your shouts yet louder lift your capsl LOl
the brave President now greet him Justify
Davis appears in the distance a white horse with
hat in band bowling deliberately to the soldiers amid
great acclamations
&c comes to share a grave With you, or JON
his shouts etc"
President Davis did not reach the field OF Mansssa:
until the fight was over nor until the enemy hal disap
peartd from view Il reported in Richmond anC
teegraphed TO the whole Coniederacy, that he rae(
the broken columns led the centre in the last charge
and by the inspiration OF his presence and courage re-
gained the day after il had been lost. This vide mis-
take can be accounted for Orly by the suppOstOn ha
the present operator at Jackson then employed il
the telegraph Cfice in Richmond.
Southern Literary Messenger, July, 1868.
Mr.. HOvson's History of the War is continued. Mr.
IIudnalIs Peninsula Sketch, in the present number
contains an admirable description Of the battle Ct Bethel
in which the writer played conspicuous part. Rev
J. q. McCabe, D D contributes poem entitled "ThC
Old Mans Darling" Geo. ii zhugh, E,q, must be th,
author of the striking article, "AnLnomc Pathology.
Agnes A Novel BY Fila" is continued. TenellS
has translation flOm the poems Of Victor Hugo The
initials TO the brilliant criticism upon Fantine, in
dicate T. W. Mcmahon, the author OF Cause and
Contrast" as the writer Altogether, the July number
of The Messenger is unusually Interesting
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-02
Recent Publications

The Times! or the Flag OF Truce. Dedicated 70 the
Cabinets at Washington and Richmond. BY White
Republican.
Unable to grasp ihe profound subtetes Of this pro-
ducOn, We quote few specimen passages IN order thai
the public may form its own OFinor.
A specimen:
"And what is true Of an individual, IS eqsy Of $
nation, for individuals are the stars that form the haadj
cork Of is greatness"
Another specimen;
"Our once common nation is eOnyulsed 10 the very
centre. From within and without comes the fearful cry
Of mighty wrong. Jutee has been Resd OF her birth
duty forgotten; humanity dead aud the creature OF
passion (Sar NTH tts velocity Of lshhng over
every recognized right Of fteemen Lose, bordering
on perdon unless tho supremacy Of truth can are her
srisHdsd arm around the sOrroWng heartbstOnes, and
make glad the home Of the brave in the freedom of its
right"
A third specimen:
Forensic Coqueuce in the halls Of yOur nation has
BEEN as eods Upon ne eoHsesHes Of people, and 1t
has 9rsnehsd hulpa,iy o;h tle Hbterfase' Of life"
Richie DuDnayaut are the priaters Of the foregoing
prsciOusness.
The Royal Ape; Dramatic Poem. Richmond
West Johnston, las Main street, 1854.