Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-03-11

the inferior order OF dWelIlDs houses mere,
which rent to much profit. The business
community have suffered a great loss 10
the death Of Wm. Dock, Jr., Of consump.
,ion. Rev d. Cans has resigned SIS
,as,or of the German Reformed church.
Rev Dr. Shsdrach preached last Sunday
for the Bsp,is, church, which Is
destitute of pastor. Soldiers are still
daily coming snd going By hundreds, and
many of them spending their money Ike
.impletous. Truly, Harrisburg is a stir
ring place this season, and does not seem
generally TO know it has pecuuIary advau.
:sges i, may never again enjoy.
TUESDAY EVENING, March 8.
Three sessions Of the Senate, to-day
but, one of the Union Senators being
absent, all the Cps in the City kinsey
and Gls'z being ABSENT remained absent
from heir SEATS thus preventing quorum
aud wasting whole day-the 6lih Of the
session. Desperate indeed must be the
condition Of party which resorts to such
schemes to preSen: tie legislation they
are elected aud sworn TO do. They will,
however, claim pay for doing nothing
themselves aud preventing all others VINO
desire to work from doing anything.
Thus, from day to day, do the Copper
head managers coutriye to defeat the
General Boua,y Bill, the Amendments to
the Constitution, aud local and general
bills of an unobjee,ionsble nature.
Nor is our side wholly tisme!ess 10
another poio,-they pair of, and in so
doing enable the enemy to triumph. Ia
each House, the Amendments allowing
Soldiers TO vote would have carried ere
now if all OF our men had been 10 their
seats. It requires maj 'ri'y Of each
branch to carry, aud once IN Senate and
once in II K, We lacked that one, Che
being abseu,) But for absences of this
character, business might have been much
further advanced. Surely, the Members
are paid enough, and have privileges
enough, to waive ali other business AID
pleasure and devote themselves uureserv-
edly to the gres, measures before them.
vas pleased with the remark of the Sen.
stor from Susquehanua, (Nr. TurrelD
that, at the present time, be intended TO
run no risk eoen hat might ut this jancture
place the Senate of this State 10 q Neutral
or hostile attitude towards the Govern.
meDt.
THURSDAY, March 10. I
The Constitutions al A uIe Id mebts passed
in Senate to-day, after reca pituia,lon of
the history Of the movemeu, By Senator
JOhuson. All the Republicans, end Kin
seq Of Bucks, voted Yea. Bu, Besrdslee,
Donovan, Latts, M'Sherry, Montgomery,
Surh, and Wallace voted No. And
Bucher, Clymer, Glatz, Hopkins, Lam
bsr,on, Reilly, Stark, and Stein, did DO,
vote
Yesterday, Speaker Penney, gave an
irreiu'abie argument 10 favor of the posi-
ton be had assumed of continuing as Spea.
zer uutil another was chosen, and then TO
akeaway the last preteuce Of the fac,ionis,sl
resigned his position, aud was 4, ono. re-
elected. 1t was bis own unbiased choice.
Last night, abou, 10 o'clock, there was
Iui,e fire in the rear of kieckner's Parke
Il House, burning the tinder roofs of quite
! number of cheap dwelling houses, but
be fremeu worked SO we'll that but few
rames we're burned down TO the ground.
/ was sad revelation Of the saualid
poverty of many households. W.
Evangelical Conference-concluded.
FsIDAy, March l.
Bishop Esher having arrived s. W.
'eiberi formally introduced him to Con-
ereuce, wbereupon sll the mem bers rose
o their feet, as a token of courtesy and
espect, heartily welcoming him, the hon,
r Of which be acknowledged BY short
nd appropriate address. The proceed
ngs of previous day were read, corrected
I'D adopted.
afternoon .Session.-C F Deiuineer 10.
ated fort purpose of moving west. Sub {
squently volunteered as missionary for
california. W W. Orwig, editor Of the
Jhristiisote Botschofter, and c. Hammer, I
hef Book Steward, we're introduced and