Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-30


">pell o. slcighing"-prosiiri, always,
"howsomover," notwithstanding, never
thelc->, that at" does not "chop around
t, some warm qnarter, and the white, pure,
slidp; snow degenerate iuto black, sloshy
mud
Had call, this morning, from Maj.
Geo Harman RardweIl, who is suilerirs
irom manrIed baud received at the bat
tie Of Fredericksburg. A day or two ago
-?erhaps more strictly speaking, four
teen or fifteen years ago-I knew him as
boy in Tunkhanuock now, tried, tested,
proved, veteran iu the War for the Union:
the reality seems almost marvellous.
1t is rum,rcd, this moriug, that the
Democratic leaders in the House are
alarmed at their doEsed position 10 add
Milton to the State Debt this year, by
paviug interest III coin, and Vii to day
propose s,mc new measure. All other
state aud National crrdi'orS are content
to take currency the soldier and his tan
lily have n take it: why should not the
bluiholIcrs especially thoss Ia the Old
World who are aiding the Rebels be
compelled to acc5p, it, for tie present.!
.ifte,n,.n, = o'clock.-The House thi-
morning passed bril to provide for pay
mo interest an rhe State DsJt, which the
Senate forthwith considered and adopted
with slight amendments. It's provisions
appear TO give genera. S'''si'c'''n' an "
c'"''" ''''' 80, - -. r,,os f,vo-,bi,
Nv" WI ,l aaI ,vrouJi,, tbs s,s-
,,or.i,r Of .nscia n,vmcuts for one yesf.
IN r,s b.,,,,,a , law emroweripr
the Allegheny Bonlholder, to compromise
with the county-the bonds TO be pali, to
the amount Of $4,000 per year, by taxa
tlon. some deduction, suppose on 'hc
lace 't the h'"a'' mas -, D'Sn gu "'+o. "'.:o:.
'l.''' ,,,',l'.sl al -. a..,nat of
i. admitted i,,n,ytau,,. was ordered to be
printed for general information.
\ Rebel hIg, clp'urel by one OF the
Anderson N''a'ry' mas neeh s'n. u "'''
Nir'H, i'F Pr''e'' i'''" " o"' "'a''' w.
rrom . pnrn>ylyapj3 Chsplaip. IN Il.
y. ~. OF 90
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:, -.,... .,::,.;, 80 ,,o
IT,.Is s. ,ho
,.h .5.. - :. ;,yrn,an .nd ;ns,;nc
,h, ,;., g. o,,,,o uhs,
men ,bonid beat their sword. into plough
share. and their spears into prunin.
hooks.
We are told, the Christian is the highest
style of man. and nowhere is the fact more
clearly demonstrated tLan amid the din
of battle. What noble bearing, what
calmness and resignation to the work and
duty before him, characteriz,s the Chris
;i.n soldier, while on the other haud per
turbat;oD, fear aud gloomy forebodinss OF
the future, FIJI the breasts Of the uncover
ted. The man Of God seems to say, 81
know in whom have believed, and, going
firth, fearlessly discharges his duty, lcay n !.
the CONSEQUENCES with God.
GA several occasions during the last
ramn,iyn. when we expected engagements
with the enemy, / knew so.IlcTS 10 tuEu"
away their cards by the hundred, declaring
that, il they f..I, they did not want to /,
found dead with such things in theiI
pockets. saw the same thing just before
the battle Of Fredericksburg. At such
times, mcu seemed wiling to repent, would
acknowledge themselves great sinners aut
all that, but, tweuty-tour hours after the
battle, many who had escaped were at
their cards and profanity as if nothing
strange had occurred.
have seen somewhat Of death-bel re-
peutance but O, how weak the evidence,
how feeble the consolation, for friends,
that they were the recipients OF pardoning
mercy The few Christians with whom
it was my pleasure to converse, bad solid
comfort, even when wfi'hing On s'ie'cner'
and, when their spirits were about to take