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l'F.i"F.CTFl'LLV inform the ci
ttPiis ol fcnl-try pud i" t-tti y . iht
dp ha rr moved to the U.tt k House, to
Ma kct street, f. r.'ieily t copied ly
Bt nj i llpiidrii la. c ist of ihe pi. ne f..rmery tic-
ciipi d by Miilt-r V Martz, nnd now by La T. Cle
ment, where lie will be happy to rtveive cdl in
the line of hi proles-ion.
Sunhuiy. Match .Hill ISIS.
1TEV- CA2PETI1TG3.
riTHE suh-eriber hive received, end pre oo
X opening a splendid assmtmrut of the following
C ode
Saxony. Wilton and Vc1et rarpelitiBi
Brussels ami Inprrid H ply do ("AT!.
Etlrs siipeifine and fuiP I' Brain tlo PE I'
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American twilled and liir'd 'o J
English lrui!CP'l! P"'l W nub ii Floor Ch'tbs
Stair and I'.in-nce Hocking
Embossed Pimm and Table Coven
London Chenille nnd Tufted Ruga
Dior Matlsof ee y d. s notion.
ALSO
A laige and exit n-ive i -o'trrent of Flonr Oil
Cloths Irom one to ffch' yaid wide, cut to fit eve
n i'ppcriition of innin or pi-ai:i. .
A No, low piiced Ii.pruin Caipebngs ftnm fllj to
C2J cents per yard, tnaeiher wi h luge ami eiti n
aive atirtnipnt of p.iods uualy kept by caippi
merchant.
The bovp poo'n will be unld wVolrte or rptui'
rt the bitten! ninrtirt price, llmiinry mrrch-nw
r.od mheii. are parnculailv invited to c.ill and exa
mine our atiH-U lu-foie makii ff then eelrriiona.
CLAKKsSHN. RICH .V MUI.LNIVN,
Succea'tH tn Jn:.eili Itlnekwnod, No. 1 1 1 Chenut,
c irnpr nf Fr inldin I'I'ire.
Philadelphia. Fen. 22 I. I ft. -
UMI5IIC.M.AS & l'ARASOLS,
cheap ron cash.
J. V. SV'AIIT'S
Umbrella and l'nrasul Manufactory.
o. 37 iS'o th T'ni'l ttrtrt. two d.iprt Le'uw tht
CITY IIOTV.L,
V li i I a tl e 1 p It I a .
A LVAY- on land, n Lirco a'ofK of T M
JjJ IJUELI.As i,nd I'AIUMJI.S, inrlu i'i.. the
IhIi n.'W p ol Piiil.cd lM.;cd Pari-o'e of tfie
bept woiknuiisl'.ip and tn.it. r'nh, i price t'lat 'd:
nmke i an ol-ject loCnui.lry Meichmi i'd nlhi-r-to
call ai d examine hia tmk h. lore po.ciii-iiip
elsewhere. Fo 22, lSlf..- lv
VASKIITG- IrCACH'IlTS.
rilltlS M nhtne h' nuv b.ente-i'ed by more
i than ihiny fj'iidu p in thi netplihorh-iod. and
i-i Riven entire i-nlNf iclion. h is Minple in it
Ci I alriiction, liiBt it caniiot pel out of ordi r. It
' centum no iron to iu-t, and no kpiiiiRnor roller to
t-et out of repiir. It will do twice a much wash
inp, with le than halt the w, ar and tear of an) ol
the lite inventions ni! wlnt i of preaier in.pcr.
taiice.lt cot t in ill-le over ran lis inuin am u ni
washinR incline.
The mbm-rilier h the exclu-iTp rirht for Nor.
tliUniheihiid, Union, L f.iiliinr. Colurnhi i, I.n
feme ami Ciiiilon c, in, net. Trice of pinch' m t
Cbneffi. Il.lt. MS.vElt.
The f.illowioR ceitificate ' fiuin a few of ihose
who hate ihei-e machines in ue.
Sunl niy, Aua. 24, IS44.
We, the fid aeriber. certify Itial we have invv
In u-e, in our fimiliea, "Shiipeit". I'.itetil Vh
Ipr Machine "and do not htMtate aixinc thai it i
most i H i lh lit inveii'i in. Th.il, in Wa-hing.
it will .eveiuiir ih ui one half the u-ul labor.
That it d.iea n t requiie more than one thirj the
nanal qniiii y of .o.pand w iter ; ind that there
is no rubbing, an l emi-i qui uly. I H'e or no wej'
iiiR i r li aiinu. i'h it it knock otT no buttons and
that the finest clo h s si c i collar., Uce, ti.ck,
fril s, Ac, n.v be w u' e.l in a vp.y abort lime
without the h si injijiv, ai d in fuct wiih. nt Biiy
apparent wear ami t. as whatpv-r. We iheref.r
rhi eilully reeoinmend it t our fiienda and M the
i.uhlic. ata uioat usful and Uh..r r-avinjf m u bi-.e.
CHAKLKS W.HEGI.VS,
A. JOHIIAN.
CHS WEAVER.
CHS PLEANTS,
filUEON MARK 1. 13,
lion. (JEit. C. WEI.KER,
HEN. I. HE.M1UM KS.
(ilUEt)N LEISENKLNO.
flraa'a IIoTft, (formerly Tremonl II. .use. No.
116 Chianul at. tet.) Philadelphia, September
111,114.
I have UKed ShuRprt'a Ptpnt Wahin Machine
in my Imu e upward of eight mnnih-, nd do not
hesitate to lay that I deem il one of the mo t uae
lot and valuaide labor-aaving machniea ever invpn
ted. I formerly kept two women em tinually oc.
tupied in waahiug, who now do a much in two
daya as "hey then did in one week- Thera i no
wer or tear in waahina. and ji require not more
than one-third the mual quantity ol oap. I hxve
had a numlier f other m chine in my lam ly, bu'.
thii i au decidedlv auiieriur lo every thing el. nd
.i little hahl to get out of lepnr, that I woulJ nut
do without one iflheyahould coat l. n t mea the
price ihey me a dd for. uiit.i. nunn.
OUPEItl'Mt Port wine, Matleria and I, lmii
winea. Alao aunerinr Brandy and Gin, Lemon
8vrup. AUo a few barreU of Bira Fi. for ule
S.nbory,Jh; JW, IMft.
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From the Watpr Cure Journal.
HISTORY OP V1NCBT PltlKSSMlZ.
DT CAPT. Ct.aRIOOB.
Pricssnilz'a lather wea the proprietor of a
small farm upon which the ralahlishment we
have been treating of ia placed. lie gatre Ins
eon an education in aecordance with thu timea
nnd place in which he lived but Una was per
hap limited, in consequence of the llindne?
with which he (die tiithor) was striken in liia
advanced yrar., and of PriefPniU'a uncle hninjr
a pries', en tint in roily lifn the cares of the
liimily and fur in devolved upon him. It is said
thntaunld man who used tn prnctise the water
cure upon animnls and occasinnally upon the
ppasititry, was much eiiciuiraprd by the elder
P.ieHnitz; that the latter invited him to in
struct hia ton, and that it was from this source
that Vincent. Priessnilz obtained hi firat ideas
of the cold water cure. It would appear that
S hsia was destined by Providence tube the
Fpnt whence this great Inxin tohttmnnity fsiiotiltl
ex'eiid itself to all nations ; for m tor buck as
the year 1730, the preat Pr llhn, who resid
ed at Schi'tilni z, nlxuit 30 m.les from Graelen
hcry, wrote a hi ok on the virtues ol rold water
IniiIi lor drinkinp and curing dint asp ; but as the
ho ik w a completely out ol print, until found on
a book-Mall by Professor Oertcl in D.ivaria,
it is iloiibtful if Priemnitz ever obtained any
information from that source. Larly in lift,
whilst enpaeril in hny-iiiakino, an accident
which heft 1 him was the principal cause of the
erentpft blessings to suffering humanity : lie
was kicked in the fare hy a horse, which knock
ed him down, and the cart pssainrj over his body
broke two nf his ribs. A r-ureon from Frei
wahlau beinj; called in, t'rclared that he rou'd
never be so run d as tn he fit for wotk again.
Flavintr always possessed preat presence of
mind, and an unusual deprre of firmness, the
yonnp Priessnttz tint beinp pleased with this
prognostication dftiie doctor, nnd lieinp some
what acquainted nlrendy with the treatment of
trifltnp wounds by the means of cold water, he
determined to rrdenvor to euro himself. To
f feci Ibis, his f.ret core was to replace his ribs,
and this ho did by leaninp with his abdomen
with all his tnipht npainst a table or a chair,
and holding his breath so ng til swell oil', his
chfFt. This painful operation was attended
with the sneers he expected ; the ribs boitip
thus rrplncrd, he applied wet cloths to the part
effected, drank plentifully of water, ate sparing
ly, and remained in perfect repose. In ten daya
he was able to po out, nnd at the end of a yeiir,
he w.is ap;iin at Lis occupi'ions in the fields.
'I he lame of this extraordinary cure soon
spread abroad nninnpst his neighbors who cime
tncsiistilt him when nny accident occurred.
Hy means of treating their disease, nnd occa
sionally those of cattle, lie acquired a better
knowledge of the virtues of w airr, nnd ventur
ed upon more serious cases. This soon pave
In in renown, so that his house was beset with
persons rich and poor, bepoing his advice. From
I111VJHU watched so inuny diseases with his ob
serfinp ye nnd itiipiiriivi mind, he soon hcqui
red the knowledge requisite to tlttect them
by their symptoms. Having nn remeoy
but plain spring woter, no theories to puzzle
hi bruin, and iu ptiidebut nilure, w hich i-poke
to him the more clearly because there was no
nrt to stifle its voice, he soon perceived the de
'ect of the present system of did nnd moil e of
treating disease, nnd found out by various ap
plications of water, meaiisnf remedying most of
those bodilyevils which mar our happines in life.
Priessnitz'H ret, own soon brought down upon
him the envy of his neighbor ami of the people
of Frt-iwald 111, who were very ready to become
his persecutors. Many imagined that an access
of strangers would enhance the pr ce of comes
tibles, some were jealous of his fitne, others
imagined him possessed of an evil spirit, but
foremost or tnot prominent of his adversaries
were the medical men. About this tune ho
had eiltcted cures on a preat number of people,
w hen the doctor resolving to put an end to hi
qn ickery, as they called it, denounced 'inn to
the authorities at Vienna, alleging that the
sponges used in ahliiiiona contained some medi
cal property capable of producing these won
ileitiil cure, which, iflrtie, would hive put him
under the jurisdiction of the law. The sponges
were decomposed, ana the tulmcy ol thealie-
gntj in proed before tho tribunal, in a question
us tn the cure of certain ttiilb r. Thia man hail
been a martyr tor yeara tn the pout. The doc
tor declared that the man waa indebted tn him
for hi recovery, whilst in reality he had been
restored by Prirssuitz. On being questioned
bythejidge as to who had cured him, he re
plied, "Both ; the doctor Ireed me of my money,
and l'rieasnits of the pout :" this caued a Uugh
against the doctor, and put an end to all cavil
otthe faculty.
The Austrian government, perhap the mrtst
jo.iloiia in Europe in allowing the assembling
of the people for any purpose whatewr, an l
particularly violent against empiric, cr the
sale of any mt dicit.e by any other than repu
larly certificated persons, sent a commission of
inquiry to liraefenberg. Thii vommiision found
that the only a genu there employed in the cur-
ing ofdiseaao were cold water, air, and exer
cise, and they had such evidence of its bene
ficial effects, and the total absence of all dan
ger, even in the most advanced stage of dicase,
that, on their report, the government allnwed
Mr. I'riesanitt to continue his praiseworthy
operations. Since that time, he has been hon
ored with the friendship of some ol the R-yal
Family, and by very many of the first people of
the emp re.
From the commencement of his mode of cure
to the present time, there have been no less
than 7000 persons at (Irapfenberp to aeek bis
aid ; that is, from 1929 to 1842. Thtsdoes not
include the numbers whom he treated before he
regularly dec'ated his intention of devoting him
self entirely ,to this science, nor the people of
the neighborhood, to whom, whilst he yet con
ducted his farm, he devoted himself with such
assiduity, that what with his liibors in husban
dry, and in the relief ol the sick, which latter
occasioned him tn go long distance and return
on foot, in all weather', by nieht and day, he
very much endangered his health. For a long
fine be complained of weaknes and pain in
the chest. It is, however, gratifying t find,
that since he has accustomed himself to ride
on horseback, which he always docs when going
anywhere, and has made use of his own rold
fomentations, or tinischlags, for his chest, he
has b?en quite restored. As his habit are so
simple, (going to bed early, and rising in sum
mer et four, in winter at five o'cWk, and iin
mediately plung'rp into rold bath,) and as ho
knows how to wa'd off rolds. or nnv other acute
diseases, it msy fairly be Imped tint he will
live to an advanced age. On the 4 1 h of Octo
ber, 1641, he aitained Ilia lorty-spcond year;
but, from the causes we have stated, he appears
somewhat older. Notwithstanding his astuuni
ing success, hia accumulation of wealth, (of
which he is now said to possess upwards of
JC'jOOCO) and the manner in which he is court
rd and respected by the first nobles in Germany,
Mr. Priessniiz retain all the humility of hia
former humble station. Il is the custom in this
country with the peasantry tn kiss the hands o
their superiors, on entering nnd leaving a room
lie is a man oltleep reflection, and of few words
for he says but little, and rarely promise any
thing ; consequently, his word when spoken
are cons dered as sacred by high and low, as
the respnnsesof the Delphic Oracle. Many peo
pie complain that he does not talk enough, and
doctors who come here to learn the treatment
sny that he never explains nny thing to them
With respect to the first allegation, it rnii-t he
evident, tint a man who has all the year roun
from TjllOto fiOO p-iti-Tits beside the peasantry
of the neighborhood that may require his aid.
riinnot have n preat deal of breath to throw
awav. Let nny person speik to him on his
own or his family's case, ami he will find his
reply that ol a man of profound sense, a reply
that he, Priessnitz, never wishes to retract,
and for which he will give his reasons in the
most unaffected manner possible. Rut with
respect to the second complaint, it niii-l b a.
v wed th'tt he has no very preat regard for med
ical men, because no one hns suffered more
Irom their vindictive feeling than himself ; be
sides, he has ever found it a work ofsnperero
ration tn rndenvnr to dispossess them of their
prejudices; nor hna he time or inclination to
enter into disputes upon a mode of treatment
which he knows, as directly emanating from
nature, to be always true to itself, ll-thasfrt!
qoently w itnessed Ihe conduct of medical men
who came to inquire into the mode of treat
ment, who took a carriage at Freiwnld.ui. went
up to Graefrnberg, linked at the baths, the
douches, rooms, Sec., and proceeded home to
decry a discovery of the merit of which they
knew nothing. ,
That Mr. Priesn it z. has founded some snr o1"
theory rn his mode of treatment, nOer so many
years of successful practice, ami with the help
n' that inquiring per.ins and that natural imp'T-
tit'hah'e calmness which so particularly tlisttn-
puishe him, there ran be liitle doubt ; nnd this
theory has never failed him in bis treatment o'
the must complicated diseases. Rot Iip has po
time fur writine; and if he bad, he would find
it extremely difficult tn explain himself ; since
it is an extmrdinarr fuel, that no two ras-s are
treated exietly alike. There l nodoubl that
Mr. Prif ssnitz owesall hi experience to his ut
ter ignm ce of medical science, which, indeed,
is hi greatest advantage ; for what does the his
tory of medicine offer, but the discouraging pic
ture of the instability of principles, and a erie
nf theories succeeding each nlher, without any
one of them being able to content an upright
spirit, or satisfy an inquiring mind!
We can hardly expect, however, that Mr.
Prieasnit will ever attempt lo give Ihe world
any medical or systematic detail. This i on
ly left to intelligent person and young medical
practitioners, who should observe all that is nb
serV'able, and communicate their ohserva'ions,
so aa Inform a whole of that which ia moat
important. Fortune and fame will he the re
ward of any of our students who may go to
i Graefeuber, and atudy the proceeding, ol this
extraordinary man. To no thia effectually they 1
must be possessed of patience, aa it can only bo
tudied on the spot; nothing but danger would
result from acting on ihe dicta of book', as will
be shown by the following rase whilst the in
tho! was at Graefenberg. A person who had
recently lost his wife and twn children, waa at
tacked with brain fever. Mr. Priessnitz order
ed him a tepid bath, in vliich he sat and wns
rubbed by two men, who were occasionally
changed. The man became an deranged, that
t was with difficulty be Could be kept in the
bath ; tn ordinary cases this disease succumbs
to the treatment in two or three hours ; but the
patient in this case became speechless at the
end oflhis time. Mr. Priessnitz, with that Coni
nes which ia so leading a feature of his charac
ter, said, "keep on, until he either talks much
or goes to sleep." The latter the man at last
did, but not until he had been in the bath fir
nine hours and a hnlf ; that i to say. they com
menced at one o'clock in the clay, nnd the pa
tient fell asleep from exhaustion at half past ten
at night ; he was put to bed, and the next day
the fever left him, and, though weak, he was a
ble to walk abdiit. A similar case bad not oc
curred at Graefenberg for nesrly tl.reo yeirs.
This shows the difficulty of any one practising
vim has not well studied the cure; ifthe practi
tioner had become alarmed after the fiM twonr
three hours, aed had taken the patient out of
the bath to try rome other nvthod, the cense
qnences might have proved fatal. Msny doe
ton have been there'.snme on their own account,
and otherson that of their respective govern
men'e, who. after a residence rf three or four
months, went away imagining that they were
as great or greater professors of the science than
Mr. Prir ssnitr., snd that they perfectly under
stood the treatmen'. On arriving nt home they
have opened institutions, end Grnrfenberg
exhibit at this moment many melancholy proofs
of their total ignorance p! even the first princi
plea of '.ho science. The mere appl cation of cold
water, in a variety of forms, appears so simple,
that one constantly hears people, who do not f
ven understand the composition of that element
pretend that, when they arrive at home, they
shall be able to doctor themselves and their
friends; but thia will be found a dangerous cx
pcrittiL'iit.
From the Phila. Ledger.
COVrtMOl'S lt.iil.UOAU.
Mfssrs. Editui.r. n my last cominunica
tion I have shown that the only natural channe
through the Alleghany Mountains, that by tl
West Branch of the Susquihanna Uicr, is yet
w ithout atiy proper instrumental survey, mad
w ith a view to a continuous lailroad. It is trut1
that levels have at tiillerent tunes, und by vnri
on engineers, been carried along tint stream
ufiording us one sort of inlorniation in respect
to if, namely, the aiuoutil to ri.n and fall wine
w ill be encountered. Tlie Mirvey of Messrs,
Riwle, Mithell & Wilson, iu 1;25, with thote
of Messrs. Millert & Ay nog, at a lt'er date
luniish data tutliuient to thnw the easy grade
0! that route, lint nu accurate maps or prutil
of the ground, no proof of the nec smuy distance
winch a rutlrnid must traverse in reaching tli
heads ot the stream, and no estimate ot Ihe co
of the different sorts of work on thp several s'C
lions have, to the best of rr.y know ledge and be
lie, been afforded.
Since writing that communication, I hav
seen a lull reported lo theS na'et llarr shiir
entitled "An act to inc irpor.ite the Pennsylvii
nia Central Railroad Company," in w hich,
lining other significant ficls, indicating that
those who prepared the bill have not yet look
ed ut nil sides of this question, 1 tins, that the
name ot all the counties along t!m 'middle
route" of Mr. Schlatter, from Ilarrisburg to
Pittsburg, that is, 1) mphin. Perry, M ffin, Hun
tingdon, Clearfield, Cambria, Westmoreland,
Indiana and AHej. hf ny, are inserted, together
with the nnuiesul cofirntssioinrs liir di-posing
id the stock of thu Company, and to teiti:y when
a kjlficiei.t Hiiiouiil has been subscribed lu no
1 hunzts the Governor to iustie the c'urw r. Hut
no feuch coiniiiipsioiit'lti are n.iuii'il 111 l';io coun
ties of Union, Northumberland, 1.) turning or
C.itilon, through nhiclt lou Witt Hunch loule
IllUat pats.
In older to enab'e those cap talists arid others
who 11 V deciie to become mtcre.-li J 111 a
to the Weal to decide hov t.n they would be
bale Irom future competition 111 Bin pi ing either
ol Ihe route, and what other dtiiges, be
tides reaching Pilt-burg, may be afforded by a
ny one of litem. I will offer the lidluwinjr kittle
incut, derived from the lUferenl survey ;
1. The "Southern" route contains, in a dis
tance ot 20 miles, a total rise and fall of 11,
375 teet, fiom which, deducting the difference
of level between llarrishuig anil Pittsburg, vu:
427 lerl. we have left 10,018 feet or rise and
Ml, the half of which, 5,474 leet, is tho height
of a single equivalent eminence, to be ascended
ami descended by ihi route.
2. Dy the Raid Kagle and L'.nigh' pap route
the distance is SCO mile, and the total rise and
fall is 5,249 feel ; consequently, deducting 427
from thia, and liking ooe-halftberemtiDder, we
have 2,111 f,et aa the equivalent height of a
aingle mountain lo be ascended and descended.
3. The middle mute by Kishicoquilla and
Coiiemaugh is 243 3(1 100 mile long; the to
tal rise and fall 5 0-0 feet, and the equivalent
height if a single elevation 22005 feet.
4 The middle route by Kishi-oqiiila and
D ack Lick is 210 R 10 mil.- long; tn'! as
cent and descent, 5 188 ' rt, and rquvalent sin
gle mountain height. 2330) 'Vet
5. The middle route I y Stone Mountain und
Conemaugh, has, in 237 utiles distance a total
rise and fall of 5 521 3 10 fee', and art eqniva
nt single elevation to be surmounted of 2517
17 100 left.
0 The middle route by Sionp Mountain and
Clack Lick, which ia Mr Schlatter' "revi-ed"!
and "preferred'' route, lias at a distance of 229
10 mile a total rise and fall of 5 690.5 feet,
nd the equivalent single elevation to bt over
come is consequently 2.031 J feet.
7. The route by the West Branch and Mit.
chr-l's summit has, in a distance enlimatri at
351 miles, (but believed to be umewhat le,)
total rise and fall ol 23:14 feet, and of course an
equivalent elevation to overcome beyond what
would be required by the absolute ascent be
tween Harrieburg and Pittsburg of only 1203
ket.
From these data it appears tl.nt the total rise
and fall on the West Rranch route ia
f-542 levt less than on the Southern.
2-120
' Bald Eagle &.Emigh'
Gin,
2167
1 Kishicoquillas and Co
neinatigh,
2355
Kishicoquillas & Black
Lick.
2C5S
Smte Mountain and
Cotencaugh,
2SC1
S'oi.e Mt. and Black
Lick,
this last bp'ing Mr. Schlatter's 'preferred route.'
By the preceding statement it appears that
the West Branch route is 121.5 miles longer
lhan the preferred middle mute, and from t hi
data just given that the middle route lias 2331
fi et more rise and fall thin the West Branch
route, which is an average of 23 J feet per mile
when distributed ovpr the difference ef length.
for 2f?Gl divided by 121) 23).
Now since a grade of about 19 feet per mile,
will in general be equal in its retarding effect
to that of friction on a level, it ia evident that
the amount Bhove rhta ned of 23) feet of
grnde per mile, cioiilci hy pursuing; the
llrsf firnnch rovir, i, in so fur as the use of
Ihe road is concerned, much more than n conn.
ter-b.i'ance to the increase of distance. But as
the increase is estimated from the windings of
the stream, nnd not isertaineil by Areful sur
veys, which alone could show how much might
be saved on the West Branch route by a jud
runts h cntion. the nrtital increase would very
probably lull below the almve stated amount
lining shown the probability of ihe West
Brat.ch proving ot ea-t equal, if not superior to
any of those surveyed, let u next consider what
it iPer in Ihe way of collateral advantages.
1st II will at ihe Finks id' the Susquehanna
be readi'y connected with the trade by railron
from Pottsville, S'larnokiu, and other coal dis
tricts.
21. With the Iren district tienr Northumber
land, nt Danville, Riootnshurg, &c, by means
of a railroad, which I 1 o.isiiler certain lo be ere
It .tig constructed along the natural channel of
the North branch.
3. At Wil.isiiispnrl, 92) mile above Harris.
burg, which it reeche with the exceedingly
ea-y average grade nt I wu feel pr mil , it find
the WillinihTort and Cunra road already corn-
completed 25 m.les, and de-lmed, when fiil'sh-
ed, to carry 011 a fi mrishing trade with central
and Northern New York.
4 At the mouth of tiie S.imetiiahoning, fG.l
mile above Willtamsport, or I53.G miles above
ll.irrisbiirg, and with an nverage grade for the
w hole of the I itter distance of only 2 35 'eel per
iiul-1, it comes to the proper point of divergence
of a line lo meet Lake Rrie at the town of F-rie,
in Pennsylvania, distnnce by Mr. Miller's sur
vey, HI miles.
5. The West Branch line passes through a
rich anil i amort ant mineral district, the trade nf
which it would not be compelled to divide, (aa
in rase r.fthe "middle" route,) with a line ot
SiTuf U iirLti liwft fAm
, as lur as (.1,11111 run ifiere is along me west
Branch a hne of canal, but the surveys of 1925
prove rnnrhiiv'dy that it could never pa nvr
Mite1 el's Summit for want of adequate supply
of water. AH competition in this quarter isout
of the question.
fi. The central or middle line of the State in
sn east snd west direction is twice cio-sed by
the West Branch route, but the "pr-ferred"
route of Mr. Schlatter, neither cros-es nor sp
pro.iclies it. Sii fir. therefore, aa there i vir
tue in s name, ihe West Bisnch, isst least s
much entitled to be called the 'middle route" as
any other. All tho rest, except that by Emtg".
cap, lie wholly to Ihe south of the centre line of
the Stute, and all partake more or It of the
mniintaineou character of that which has been
called ly wsy ol eminence the "Southern route."
W.R.J,
Antctlnl ofGcnctal Jackson.
At the southwest the p"ople delight to spin
yarn ol Gen. Jackson ; of his daring love of
justice, and the prompt way of administering
"that article," when he faimd it necessary. The
following anecdote is related of him ;
The General, Ihen Gen. J leksen, was hnlJ.
ing Court lorig time ago in a shantee, at a
little village in Tennessee, and rii-pees nr! ju
tice in large and email do es, hp s em-d to lorn
lo be required in the cases brought be ore h in.
One day du'ing court t m a great bnlying ft 1.
low, armed wth pistol and bowie knife, took
it Upon him' If o nerTile brfi re th opnn dont
of the Sian'ee C nn Hi"", ai-' dn 'he Judge,
Jury, and all there "-h'pd, in pood ! t rm.
Sher fi.' sung out the J. idee in nn awful
tone, 'arret that man for contempt o! c u.-t and
confine him '
Out pop the sheriff, but soon returned with
word to the Judge that he had found it impossi
ble to take the offender.
Summon a poss-pe, then,' said the Judge- end
brmg him before me '.'
The shrriffHf out again, but the task was
too difficult ; he could not, or dared not ley
bands on the mar., nor did any of the possee like
the job any better than he did, as the fellow
threatened to shoot the first 'skunk' that came
within fen feet of him.
At this the Judge waxed wrsthv, to have his
authority put at defiance befor. all the good peo
pie of the vicinity, so be cried out from the
Hevch, (it was literally a brnrk.) 'Mr. Sheriff,
since yon can't obey my orders, summon me,
air. yes, summon me !'
Vnu, Judge!' exclaimed the sheriff arrmed.
Ves, me, summon me! By the Eternal! I'll
see what I can do V
Well Judge, if ynvt say so, though t dpti'l like
fodo it, but if you will try, why I suppose I
mut try you.'
Very well,' said Jackson, Tising and walking
to the door, 'I adjourn this court ten minutes-'
The ruffian was standing 1 short distance
from the shantee, the centre of a crowd of peo
ple, blaspheming at a terrible rate snd flourish
ing his weanon, vowipg dea'h and detrttction
to all and singular who ahould attempt to molest
nun.
Judfve Jackson walked very rn'mly into thrj
centre of the group, with a pistol in hii I, ami,
and confronted him
Now,' said the Judge, looking him straight
in the eye, 'surrender you infernal villain, thi.
instant! surrender, or by the Eternal, I'll blow
you through !'
The man eyed the speaker for a mnmen',
without speaking, and then let fall h s weapons
with the words 'There, Judge, it's no ue, I
give in,' and suffered himself to he led off by the
Sheriff without opposition. lie was completely
cowed.
A few days after the occurrence, the man
was asked by one ofhis comrades why he knock
ed under to one man, when he had before refu
setl to allow to be taken by a whole company ;
his reply showed the estimation in which the
daring and determined spirit of Jackson was
held throughout the country.
'Why,' said he, 'when he comes up I 1 onkrd
him in the eye, and I saw shoot, snd there wasn't
s.oo in nary o'her eye in the crowd, nnd so I
say to myself, says 1 ho-s, it's about tinio to
ing small and so I did !'
CuAsront, roa Tfacu Trr. A Fiiend of
mine has jut infrrmad me of ti e snrce I e l.n
met with, oy the appica':nr o' cl un eal to h x
peach trees: a few vesi pro he had eo" fin
trees In 1 is gard:n wh'eh n-u'VI'lv I ' 1 a 1 -. o-.
my fruit; when th fruit vn rthnu' ! t 7 of
rrarbb s he l.ad th ar!h removed f'nm a t-
about 2 f-Pt aronr. ' s"-l .1 irrhes d-pp and' f i - 1
up with ebarem-.l ; th tesnlt wa '!at th" f'ii
jrewtoafine si free from vrtrrr;anl evrrv
yar since, the frint I a ben ennd. anil !'- tr
became healthy and free from pion ; wlele !wi
trees left without th rharcoal, continue tn h-ar
wormy fruit, and the tree unhealthy ; a thi
will be in time for the reader of the Cultivator
to make a trial thi year, and should it pmv r
good with ethers a in this rase, it would be of
great berpfit to the fruit grower.
If farmers will plant their rnmiVins, melon,
ard other vines on land that brought corn last
yearthey will rsvpr Vie troubled with th striped
bug. This course bat been practised here for ma
ny years, and has always proved successful, when
vine plar.ted en land that has any ether crop, e
en vines tbe year previous, are destroyed by tbe
bug.
Cl'T Foppss F.very Tanner should -foevide
himself with a straw cutter. We are no r. as we
ever havaVen. of the opinion that ft om ) to
tha food usually consumed by our ( Bttle, during
winter, might be economized sirrty J,y "chop
pins " Corn but, itraw, and r , rse hay if cut,
and moistened with warm wa' er, in which thera
is mixed a handful ,f lt a' .,1 , i.m, rnral. p
werthe purpo cf the fc hty tnJ i j,
cheaper tNaft..
ToTah A,f)VANTA dgpfiny pern's ifrorarre
to chargs -im tB i jPtM,opavi pric for any rem.
''y , it ihtf , ; ,nl tbe fact that the law n.soV
M J'.cviaion fr the injured peron, only add
''easnesa te.ih dishonesty ef tb attion