Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-01-30
HARRISBURG CORRESPONDENCE.
MoyrAY, Jan, &c, 1868.

services in "ihc Bethel, a house OF wUr-
ship erected by the iuebrcnnarians, or,
As ;hay cal themselves, the "church of
God" Tuis people originated iu Harris
burg as a sect, principally from the i.u-
theraus, about forty years since, under the
Lad IF John Wiuebr uEer, an Influential,
active, preacher, who died few months aso'
His followers have now membership Of
say 25,OCO, principally in Southern and
Central Prn",y!sauia, aud South and
Vest of that Ine-g'Hera!ly, persons of
German descent. They have an ab,e
"CAurch Aiyocatc," " tai'htui and z,alous
ministry, books, aud all the clements of
rr .,gou'y. TA,y believe that immersion
only Is baptism aud are governed by the f.
l,rs or preachers iu fellowship in yearly
meetings. The church in this place are
now e,j,yiug a revival: their spacious
house Is filed, aud last evening quite 4
number Of convcrts-among them, sol
der from distant county, an! also the
last Of Nr Wiachreuner family, out of
the church hcretJfore-were baptiz-l.
The emotional feeling is apparently cuiti-
ya,ci here, aud stranger would have
supposed it an oli-fAsh!ynci Methodist
meeting. About half o: this church,
uudcr kev. James Colder, separated about
a ygar ago; they are less Iemous,rativu iu
their feelings, are independent IN church
government, and have connected them
selves with the FreewiiI BAPTIST order.
Tacy worship in the Mission Chapel, re
Gently erected by the Llthe:ans, on State
street, in the rear of the Capitol.
1t is always pleasure, as meet them,
to make the acquaintance of the >ol!iers.
Only one have found from Union c5uu-
ty: it is Mr.. - Linn, Of White
Deer township, NLe is coauyc,el with the
Factory Hospital: be IS o5le to be about,
but expects to be DISCHARGED, having been
wounded. Every day, almost, >qnai of
sick or wounded men, or Of delulueut
drafted men, comes or g1os. \ large
humber Of wcll-behavei soldiers is always
to be fund in the house Of prayer, when
opened: the good evinces previ-
Gus or present life of piety-while, no doubt,
other soldiers may be found in every
haunt Of Wee and den Of pollution. Some
appear to be made better, and others worse,
ty The change Of life
NAVY YARD On motion Of Senator
Nicho.s, both branches of the Legislature,
Monday evening, passed q joint res ,.ution,
dcpuJing the Governor, with three Scna-
tors and fse REPRESENTATIVES,, to proceed
to Washington, au.i cudeasor - secure a
Congressional decision to determine the
erection Of Navy Yard on League Island
Philalelphia, as recommended by the Secre.
tary of the Navy. There is strong par
ty in favor Of New London as the site Of
the Yard, bat Philadelphia offers site
free, which IS claimed to be preferlb.eto any
other.
TUESDAY, Jan. -, 1868.
Nrniay Hrrcjslu'y .N"I-To-day
Mr.. Bergncr lIIarri,burg P NJ informt
me that he has succeeded in pr'ting OF
the cars a morniug mail from uarrisbur.
= L.Hi-turg-a measure which he hearth
Is seconded when | FIST asked his aid il
your behalf.
Taa,lny AtierHoon, 5 O'Clock. k.-Thc
House has just adj ,urnci, having voted
down the Report Of the Committee o.
Ways and Meaus for the borrowing of speci,
from tho banks for the paying Of the State
Interest, Monday next Mr. Benedic
and Mr. Ritter moved that the Interest bt
paid IN the currency in the Trelsury-re
jectci, only 10 in its favor. Nariou,
other amendments were all voted down
and the bill Itself fell The Democrat.
vote solid against any and every mode
suggested to save Half Million to the
State As the law stands the Treasurer
must pay in specie "or its equivalent >
which, in the present rates Of exchange,
would absorb say One Million a year, and
would be really paying s or per cent.
interest, instead Of the 5 or 6 per cent
the State agreed to pay. That contract
was in time Of Peace, when specie was lit
tie il any better than currency: now it is
a time of intestine War, and bondhoders
(most interested in stable government
of any class should be glad and content
to take what others take. Why should
Soldiers in the field take good paper
money, and BondhoIders in safety exact
specie 1t is to be hoped some way may
yet be devised to save the credit and re-
sources, and yet deal equisably (cven If we
do not yield "the pound of flesh to all
her creditors
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2S
an writing, al ., A. NJ, with about
two inches of snow on the ground, aud
''mOre coming from the n. T., as near
as | can guess. The soft surface Of the