Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-04-08
Harrisburg Correspondence.
SATURDAY, April ., 1864

special bounty bill TO fores'sii specu'a'ors
who have purchased soldiers bounty
bonds. This they do as measure of pro-
lection 10 soldiers from sharks who folio" IN
their wake. If all bounties were paid 10
instalmep,s it would doubtless Oe some
thing in the pockets Of most OF the men
] Very many of them lay their money out
wisely, or put it in the hands OF friends
bu. too many of them squander 1t, reck-
lessly, on the wors. and meauest Of cbarac'
ters 10 human form.
"Boun,y jumIe,s and cheats" are now
a proving type of rascals. Que attempt
ing to escape from here, last week, was
.balted," and not stopping according to
the rules he had sworn to obey, he was
sho, dead in his tracks. But too many
do escape, and rascaIly guards aud officers
connive at it. There is q committee OF
the Senate, headed by DR.. St. Clair,
hunting up some military rascals. There
labors have corrected some evils, already,
aud will prevent many more.
MONDAY, April 4.
One pleasant morning, at last. But 1t
comes clouded with the intelligence of the
death of Capt WILLIAM PERRY BRADY,
50 long the Librarian of the State Senate.
He died about 3 o'clock this day, aged -
wears. lie had suff red with erysipelas
of the hand, but the weakness revealed
long complaint which seemed to be the
Immediate cause of his death. Many OF
your readers recognize Capt. b. as one Of
the old Brady family, famed in the early
history Of the Wes, Branch. In the
Battle Of Lake Erie he was participant,
and bad a silver medal awarded for his
bravery on that occasion. He has taken
the utmost interest in the earnest, persist.
ent pushing of the U. 5. forces to suppress
the present Rebellion; aud performed
some service in the front in Que Of the
Rebel invasious Of the Cumberland Val
ley. he was a man Of most generous
impulses, and bad hosts Of personal friends,
who mourn with his family over his reno
val Tuesday, bis remains are to be taken
to his home 10 Salona, aud [ doubt not
suitable hOnors will be paid him.
TUESDAY, April 5.
Pickpockets sometimes come 10 great
grief The other day, at Hers Hotel, a
soldier found bis money gone. He said
nothing, bu, passed quietly out, gave the
wink to certain officers, who came 10 and
nabbed several Of the gentry who they
marched to limbo. But Harrisburger
had been robbed to the tune Of thousand,
on the Railway Depot abou. the same
,ime.) Better keep your principal sum
of money or other valuables, when you are
travelling, wholly out of the power Of the
piekpockets.
A furry Of snow this morning, and
quite cold and backward for the season.
Nc, much of public interest in either
House. In the Senate, Capt. Brady's
death was noticed BY resolutions Of respect
to his memory, aud remarks BY Judge
Champueys, Mr.. johnson, and Mr.. Lam
bertou. Two of his brother officers
accompany his remains, to-day, to his late
home at Salona in Clinton county.
WEDNESDAY,, April G.
Last evening, was called upon BY
young mau who formerly worked in Daniel
Schrack's tin-shop, under the Chronicle
office. He removed to York county,
early entered into the Union army, and
has done good service. And now,
CHARLES W. DIvEN ranks as Major of
the 18th PeDu'a Reserves. His Demo.
,racy now is to sustain the side of which .
Abraham Lincoln is the legal head.
Gen. Simon Cameron has moved into
his City, having enlarged and ref.ted
he old stone Harri, Mansion, on the
River bank. His son, j. d. Cameron, the
active, energetic President of the N. C.
Railway, takes Lochiel as . retreat from
The cares and anxeties Of business life.
1ut Of public life as the father is, We
suppose he has more time and inclination
or the pleasures Of personal friendships
have never known the General to look
% healthy as he does this winter.
| hear Of 100 or 200 families destitute
f dwellings iu this place, and either
1arding or using single rooms 10 common
nth others-single rooms fifteen feet
luare renting from 81 to Sc per month.
| woman with six children-made a
'idow and fatherless by the var-hsd no
lace for them but by sutferaDce of others
) poor as herself The hardest case |
card Of vas that Of a woman who rented
dwelling for 81 per months, aud wanted
extort from a poor widow S. per month
'r single room in it, That was "sharp
rac'ice' that would have made Shyloek I