Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-13
HARRISBURG 0RRESPGNDENCE.
FRIDAY, Jan. 9, 1868.

Both Houses having adjourned over 10
til Monday, to give the Speakers time to
consult and satisfactorily arrange the
Committees-in which most of the hard
labor of legislation is done-the Members
and Officers, generally, who can return IN
-eason by Monday, have gone home "'o
i,y a brief respite from their arduous
l4bors" The outsiders generally follow
.uit-saye only the bOrers for US. Senator
of the Democratic persuasion, who have
their own troubles.
TEN YEARs-Ten years ago, | was
Trauscribiug Clerk, aud occupying the
desk from which | am now writing. Ten
years-brief, indeed, as l look from my
westward window, and everything seems
as but Il yesterjiy-yet TEN YEARS, rres-
naut with momentous events IN our history.
Looking around the Senate Chamber
aud its antc-rooms, | fad but one man
who, with myself, was here ten years ago.
That is the useful PrOvider-Gencral of the
Sena,e-eVerybody's friend, Capt. Wm. z.
Brady, now in his 18th year of service
here be looks not day older than be
did iu' 50, is ready as ever for every duty,
and is still addicted, upon occasiors not
like angelic visita;ions, to sundry modes
of dry joking. Col. Slifer, then Senator,
is Secretary Of the Commonweal,h-Da-
vid Barnes, brother Transcrber, is now
ia the Auditor Generals ofiise-llon.
John G. kuukle is q willing slave to the
Law-and Assis,an. Clerk John G. Bonn
berger is 'making money" in Bank.
Il a. M'Murirle is now a member Of the
House. OF the remaining 10 or 5per-ons
then here, Carson, Crabb, Hamilton, iioge,
KiuEcr, aud Rcigle, have gone the way of
all the earth.
/ In the House, were Messrs. Hiestapd
and Mott, now Senators. John Small Was
then an d,fuatle necessity in the form
of a Clerk, as he continues to be-the
onlIy man then, and DOW, in State service
in the House. A Bedford county man
(SchelD was then Speaker, and another
man from that county Cessna is now
Speaker. The inevitable Jacob Ziegler,
then Chief Clerk to Gov. Bigler, is now
Chief Clerk of tho House. All else Of the
personality of that body Of lis or l2O
men, is now changed.
Our SICK AND WOUNDED.
In the Senate, Harrisburg, S,h Jan,
Mr.. Lowry, the warm-hearted, earnest
Senator from Erie, introduced the follow
ing joint Resolutions, which, after remarks
from him, were adopted unanimously:
/ Resolved, That the unanimous thanks
of this Legislature be rendered to His Ex-
celency, Andrew &. Curtin, for the fore
sight, energy and constancy manifested in
his Efforts to provide proper nursing and
medical aid for the sick aud wounded
Pennsylvania Volunteers in the service Of
the United States.
Resolved, That we uudoubtingly ap-
prove Of the policy recommended by him
to the national authorities, that our dis
abled citizens should, whenever their
health and condition would permit, be
Immediately moved to Hospitals within
our own State and that VIC urge upon
the officers of the General Government
the Importance of rendering their inme-
diate and thorough cooperation in carry
ing out the measures proposed by Gov
Curtin for accomplishing this eud, by the
adoption of such regulations and orders
as will insure the regular transmission of
sick and wounded Pennsylvania volunteers
TO the care of their families, or to Hospi-
tails within the State.
A large number of candidates for U. S.
Senator were named.
/ The usual resolutions of respect to the
memory of Col. Samuel S. Wharton, late
/ Senator from Huntington, who died dur
ing the recess, were adopted, (after truly
feeling and eloquent remarks by Senators
Serrill of Delaware, and Connell of
Fhilad.,) by a unanimous vote. "So
passes the world away" Col. Wharton
was one who encouraged me to come here
this winter-I am here, in good health,
while his form (then so noble aud firm in
manly strengtb) is silent in the grave.
1t falls to my lot to distribute some
of the documents printed by the Legisla-
ture for the use of the people. l shall
seek to sepd the Daily Record regularly,
10 erery Post Odice IN The county Of Union
-requessing every z. NJ. to keep them on
file, for the inspection of those who may
desire to examine them. This manner of
distribution, think, will be better than
to send them to individuals, here and there.
Other matters | will seek to distribute as
1t hink may be most beneficial. Those
who may desire any particular printed
matter Of the Senate, by informing me
shall be served if in my porer, but if it