WEST BRANCH f7A do2eo or strof onr citizens went over to the farm of ffm. Nesbit, Esq., in Chilisquaqrur, one day last week.to witness tha operation of a specimen of "Hussey's Patent Reaper." ll requires two horses and a driver, and a man on the machine, and cuts a swath something less than the j usual width, as fast as the horses can walk, bt does mit lay it very stnoot of make j regular sheavesi It received- a mr inai, but the conclusion was arrived ai mm, taking everything into consideration! was no improvement w the ordinary meihcid. En Cnttow. For the lwiburg Chronicle. Hints. From East to West, from the! North and the South, there comes but one voice with regard to the coming harvest it will be as bountiful as the goodness of the All Giver. Hay, Grain, and Fruit, promise equally well ; and no wail of a famishing nation abroad breaks in upon our graIU,- lions. But let not this project of ahund- nnce foster inattention, waste, or pride all our hopes may be blasted He who rules supreme the destinies of nations, can Wight the harvest and waste the garnered fruits as readily as he could strike down tlx nhnsrn President ol twenty millions of free people. The heat of mid-summer is with us, nnd the dread noiera agam unj , a ferliiiz,.r) an(j usrs plaster to beneht the land, snatching his victims from all ranks j c)ovcr Never could percejve that plaster in society. Too much caution en not be b(.ne(.tlej ,he uhpal muchi bu, j, greaily taken in our food and habits at this tune. incre!iC9 thc growth of clover. He attri Fruit should be eaten moderately, and is ; jmprovemen, oI ,he soil by clover safest when well cooked. Excesses of) moj.lly ,Q ,,, ron(s . lhey penetrate the Ml kinds, undue care, anxiety, and labor, i pnr(h q jhe of two to Uvo and a h,f should be avoided, and cleanliness, cheer- j roise hp subslanccs on fulness and pure air, sedulously cultivated. fce(Js a ,he surracC)Where, . . . , . -i i : .l, Remember that ice water and Iruits made him who "never surrendered" to mortal foe, iheir victim ! Partake of al. Hie true "good things" under the approved "d authoritative rule of -Temperance in a things." There has been a great demand for cases exorbitant prices claimed, with the I.arvest nanos in mis seen. . noisoncd ius in addition a relic of dark - . . ,. . nges which I had hoped was banished from j most of our harvest fields, and v. hich it is i to be regretted was again brought out by tnorecsifiMtVnnlnWiWZSJj regard to the n.lvantaCes of this mode of wrongs never make a right." ; can be '"Su'atcd to a quart ToThiartunnrt Do not let your loaded fruit trees be oroKen oown. u mere be danger, shake y t ana ... on ana Knock on enough ol ihe fruit to preserve tho limbs and branches of the tree the remaining fruit will then be all the better, and the tree will be preserved lo lar fruit again. Lock among your fruits, plant, grain and lloweri for the best specimens, and be can-fa! lo preserve them lor seed. It is in this way that improvement is effected. It is said that driving lwo or three nans in a peach Iree, near the ground, will prevent injury bv worms. An aricul!ural paper remarks that it is easily tried." A RrAur.a. from thc AVm? Ytirk Workiti" Varmir. Wheat Culture. The discussion in relation to l!ie culture of Wheat, which took place in Albany at one of the weekly meetings held during the past winter, brought out some useful facts which we think are not generally known, and their insertion in our pages may inte rest and benefit our readers. Mr. Brewer, of Tompkins county, said he had cultivated wheat for more than 20 year, and would give some of the results i of his experience. A part of his firm, which j in 1630 was an open romnion, has been wholly devoted to wheat and clover since that time, having produced 13 crops wheat and 8 of clover. The soil is rather a gra velly loam. His farm is on one of the hills, towards the head of Cayuga Lnke, which it is said were burned over by the Indians every vrar. He made various experiments in plowing at different depths from 3 to? 1 inches and has alwsys had the bpsl crops , where the furrows have been shallowest, j Usually, plowed but once for wheat I snmetimrs in May, but had no b.'tter crops j than when he plowed in September, just j before sowing. The yields he had obtained j were from 10 to 20 bushels per acre. On . new lands, stiff soils for instance, it might !. mr.rv ,n i... . ' . . wheat crop, and in such cases it might be j better to plow d-ep ihe first lime. j Mr. R. staler!, that he had made some i trials with various quantities of wed per acre 89 1 1 n "it busbeU and ( ma usually got il.e best returns from ihe biltrr quantity ; that is, 2 bushels of seed ; ..an g.vcn irom ioj ousn- is more yield ; he would use all the manure from the barn per acre than 2 bushels of seed and 6 hu- ' yard ; considers a good crop or clover shels more than : bushels or seed, lie (equal lo twenty loads of ordiuary yard had not been plagued w ill. rust but once in j manure per acre. His practice is to sow twenty years; was seldom tnnojed by the six to eight pound, or clover seed per acre lljeUn An nr itu III 1 1 J I . .1 . ' " run ine , wheat had ofien been injured f.v iIwm ! insects 10 valleys, wl.cn it wag not noticed on the hills. Has commerced sowing jn drills; sowed a part of his crop this wav, lost fall ; the drilled portion !o;ltd much the best at the setting in or winter. Saw mo fields of wheat adjoining each other, on one of which the seed was drilled in.and on the other sown broadcast j the drilled yielded much the best. Drilled wheat stands the winter best ;" the snail fidges beiwsen the rows are constantly working down.aod keep the roofs of the wheat cotefed. Mr. I) spoke of the Etrurian wheat, which had been lately introduced; and had so far done well i it weighed 64 pounds to )he lushe Mf Lawrence, of Yates county, differed rf0(n ,ne prcccding speaker in regard to the propcr ,j(.p,h 0f plowing. The remarks in r9vor of sna0w plowing, seemed-strange ! to his ear. The farmers or xates improve I their land by deep plowing. The farm he ! occupied hsd been rrnted for many years previously to its coming into his possession had been plowed about 4 inches Jeep, and produced 12 to 15 bushels wheat per acre. He at once plowed it 6 to 7 inches deep, nnd raised the first season 30 bushels of wheat to the acre. It was the general expression, in his county, that deep tillage was the best for all crops. lie had tried sub-soiling ; first plowed with a common plow, 7 inches, then run . .. . . ,h cross. SOHing whea, . hns ,nvarja. y haJ thc Les crops where he haa gub. I . 8Ub-soiled a portion j ( f ( anj (;ft ,he rernajn(er plowed j jn ordinary wav nnd ,he yield is ! . (aXOt 0r ,he sub-soiled part. His ' . ,. ... is a strona lime stone son, auu hc imu.lu : t. W.r, kkta firm hplnir satisfied it . rJ' . - . mi .. i r .4 ta,' 1 1 1 nnv. t: ninHrs l'iciii u.v vi - i lie manes "rem use ui nu" , , .ninnniltMa lhev suppv food to the j 1 - - wheat crop. L sai,l j,..-at was formerly raised in i vatesj county chit-Hy on rUuw,but latterly i , more mon course is to lake first corn, 1 ,ien then v. heat the corn gener- i manured but let it be remembered, j ,.- .an nnl l. on - Mnf son j ' , , rj-jj 0f' l IIUU I It. VJ " HV Ml Hltvi ' ;rain, but it does best after barley The system of drilling wheat begins to " " .1. i. nnMA ; Yipi HiLniv. and Mr. L.. pnn(.. -,. ,h hi1(1 before 8aid covtr! l"e ""J H lo 2 inches deep ; the i .: o(mri. me cosi oi ine mnnliina ., tt I araw oi wncal in the best varieties of wheal in Yates : C""nljr are ,he Hutchinson, Soule's, and Fl'n, ln Preferre1 'he Hutchinson on i accuf" of its easiness, and freedom from r"s'' " 'P6"5 lwo Heeks eafIr lhan u "rt"- iur- "ugnt they ralsod as 8ooJ croPs of wheat in Yates a- any eo'"y in '' s,9,- He had him I Self raiscd for,-four bushels per acre on i sixteen arret, in 18(6. j L,eu, Go-,aUersn snd his experience was in favor of deep plowing. The wheal j lands in the Genesee valley, when new. j produced about fifteen bushels wheat per acre. They were plowed shallow the farmers generally had not then sufficient strength of team lo plow deep ; now they plow much deeper than formerly,and obtain from twenty-five to thirty bushels per acre. In Livingston county, thirty-five bushels per acre were obtained on some farms. Some farmers there, now plow ten inches deep. l)up tillage has many advantages; an important one is, that it enables crops lo stand drou h. As lo varieties of wheat. 'he old red chafT bald had done best with him. and he had tried many kinds. The Soule's variety had done belter thin Ihe flint; but two crops of the red chaff are better than three or flint The blue-stem . is being introduced, and meets with favor. ; 1 ne nroocr time to saw avhpm in ih I3n esee V3lley, is from the 15th to lhe 2ath of September. If sown earlier lhan this, it is verv liable lo be injured Kv ihe Ilnulnn : fly. As lo the Quantity of seed ner acre. ! he thought a bushel and half, if thrashed with a flail or trodden out by horses, was about right ; if lhe seed was thrashed with a machine, lwo bushels per acre were necessary. Tiie difference was owing to the wheal being broken in passing through a machine, so lhal many of the grains would not ;eminate. In regard to sum ' t " in rcjitru io sum I . r.....:.. .. u.j u " .. . ,,, I1C success with f wheat on ground so prepared than in nny I other wy, and tho'l hecou'd raise wheat in ibai way cheaper lhan he could corn j or oats. Asa crop lo precede wheat, he' considers peas preferable to any kind of : gra'n. or any crop, except flax. Thc j cheapest mfanure for wheat is clover.though j srra costs about 10 cts. pef pound in ennm, inn ..nj. .r.i... . -" v" a'vaavw aa iiiaairr wwr mnwm pastures the clover till latter part or May and plows it under in June could never ee that plaier benefited the wheat, but ii makes ihe clover, and the ctovtr makes LEWISBURG CHRONICLE AND WEST the wheat. He is much in favor of the system of drilling wheat. Wheat put in by this method is less likely to be winter killed. The roots of grain that is sown broadcast, are often injured by the earth being blown oft from them ; by the drill system this is prevented the earth which forms the ridges between the rows being blown over the wheat, keeping the roots covered. Mis wheat crops have sometimes been forty bushels per acre has raised thirty bushels per acre on sixty acres. Mr. Cowles. of Onondaga county, said, there was a great variety oi soil in that county that on which oak and chestnut constituted the chief timber growth, was best fof wheat f but thirty years ago this land was generally thought good-for-nothing. When it was first tilled, it was plowed about four inches deep, and it did not pro duce tety well ; now it is plowed Irom se. ven to ten inches deep, and the crops are good and the land is growing better. On this kind of land, plaster benefits all crops; but on some other soils piaster has no ap parent effect. On the chestnut and oak lands, the best crops of wheat nre obtained by sowing about the 1st of September. He had noticed the effect of different crops on wheat. A field was soon as follows one third with peas, one third wiih barley, one third with oats ; the next crop was wheal ; it was best after the peas, net best after barley, and poorest after oats. So far as his observation had gone, wheal was generally poorer after oats than after any other crop. On his land.wheat was generally best af'er a summer fallow. As to varieties, the old fashioned Hint was nesi me wm " next best. Ho rela'ed an experiment : a neighbor of his took .some winter wheat j white variety put it into tubs, v.et it, and j left it to freese it being in the winter sea- I son. It remained frozen till spring, when I it was sown : the product was a red ririn? wheat, which had been continued in his neighborhood until this day- This experi ment convinced him that nil wheal was of one species.and that varieties miht be ori iinated by causes unusually alTeciing the grm or the plant, Lieut. Gov. Patrcrson had no reason to doubt the result of the experiment just cited i, brought to his mind the long-contested point of Ihe transudation of wheat into chess. I!?had known cbess prouu:cu uouer circumstar;ces which seemed to fuvor thut t 111 hj potliesis. He knew a piece ol new iana, met cleared from the forest, at a consider .!'.... , ' i i A 1,1 ! able distance irom any omcr ed sown to wheat, and on a swa e. in the in the I i middle ol the piece, mere was ,. in tljinif .f'tflwj Jajtchfs1- had ever heard witnout resorting a a, ; idea. It was someln : wheat was nu,n or had often examined clean, and found chess produce all that ( wlieat. In wet places, the wheat would , die out, but the chess would grow all the j better, and people were astonished at the quantity. . Mr. , (his name we did not learn) made some remarks in regard to smut. He ; had sowed a piece of ground wiih seed wheal that was li.tt am,... l., l enough to be noticed did not apply lime or anything to prevent smut. an.I ihe rrnn i was two-thirds smut. II ed is son sow some orthe same seed, prepared by soaking in brine and limed, which crop had hardly any smut it. He inquired, whether this accorded wiih general experience ? Several gentlemen rrplird that lhey had never been troubled with smut when the seed was treated with lime, alkali or vitriol. In connection with the above, we beg lo recall to the recollection of our readers the experiments or Dr.John Woodhull, of Mer- cer county, N. J., who raised fifty-seven bushels of wheat, on one acre, by deep i plowing and the use of decomposed muck . n in - ... vr. ... is among o.ir most : - -. ac I. - sP1"d former. nd has succeeded in con- vincing ins neighbors that sub-soil plowing j j . . f ' s I " Two "young men, sTudents at The 0,1 J lhnT Universi,y. d candidates for Ihe mini.trv. ew kilUI l, IS I of. could be plained ; John J.Cntlendon, Of Kentucky, ..M Wv,.,t,o , t -renred frW ...J!. W-aJuly28..f.e,. rrotrac el.mes sald that clean ; The Washington Union, of Saturday ! - n'L """ toun"-.v an.I in some instances of life. To have a 1 , , M'"r . , l ' 13 dns- id it produced chess: he evening snvs : newspapers regard the patronage they ex- few friends to stand firm in sunshine, is 1 , ' . '!, ' 'h ,nst 1 IIOM M,L- was" crown anions the ! the Sen.,, ,i ,K ..... ' '"' "f upholding their local papers i Z f T 1 ",Ut I" Sunbury. 6 h inst.. .Ikiui 51 vr. while walking together during a Lnder i , Z a ' lUe- Fr'da-V storm on the id h June. They were fellow ! 3'.h J.'" "'e f,xed for students and devoted friends,and were n)Und!i,r,i.g JUSt Wetks ,0 prcte for locked in each other s arms, as thev had I been walking. They were both protected I from the rain by an umbrella, which was ! struck and shattered to atoms. . . . . . i msinaiv.auai.hnown as the inventor oRbe Ramnge press.'Mied i at his residence in Philadelphia on the 9ib j in', at the advanced age of 80 years. He! ' man possessed of a large store of j good sense, amiability of manners nnd lie nevolence of disposition ; and by his indus. 'ry had acquired a hnndsome competency, j The death of the laie President is an- ' uounced in the Kingston (Canada) papers: j with the marks of mourning usually adop ted by the American press. Dead. Peter V. Hagner, the venerable Third auditor of the Treasury, died at Washington city on lhe night of the 16th. Drowned. Mr. Hayes, from Lancaster, Pa., was drowned in Trinidad Day, Cali fornia, in Mav last. Foreign News. Arrival of the Steamer America. Sev en davs later from Europe. Sir Robert Peel was killed on the 28th of June by being thrown from his horse. His sudden and violent death caused n great sensation in England and France. Portugal. We have dates from Lisbon to the 9ih ult. Great excitement prevailed there in consequence of the arrival of an American squadron in the Tagus to en force the claim of 70,000. Twenty-one days were allowed by the American com mander for a final reply, t ears were en tertained of refusal. The Portuguese gov ernment have determined to resist the de mand upon ihem. j Louis Phillippe is said to be dying of cancer in ihe stomach, and his relations state that his life can scarcely last a month : longer. Four dap later. New York, July 21. The steamship Atlantic, Copt. West ar rived at her wharf this irorning, at four o'clock, making the best passage on record, to wit ten days and fijteen hours from dock to duck. Cotton had advanced 1 8d on receipt ol the Canada's news. The corn market has improved. Indian corn advanced 6d to Is. Flour firm. Wheat (Danizig) 4d ivl advance ner 70 lbs. All kinds of t mr.;,.nn nmviuinn has made a slight ad , vance. The death and burin! of Sir Uob'i Peel, had absorbed public interest A young man, Geo. Alfred Walker, a t r i : composnor, ... . ----- a loaaeu pisioi on " " - confessed the design of shooting the Presi dent of France. "Crazy," as usual. The electoral lists for Paris under the nrur law. nre nulilished. The riumlter of electors for Paris is 74,000 ; under the old law they amounted to 224,000. The New Cabinet The President sent into the Senate on j SuiUrd;iy Inst the following nominations, hich were immediately acted upon, nnd j ,. . cnlernen confirmed for tho offices j altacnpd to lneir namt.8 : ; Webster, of Mass. , St.crelary of State. , , t. n..;n nf Ohio. A wi . ", J Secretary of the Treasury. William A. Graham, of N.C. - oet-ioi. -j- Secretary of the INiavy. ; c wt:mlr . , " Natltan K. Hall, of N. York, -: Ji.t.AlaStTJijieral. on the Compromise bill i.i.rssrs earce una uorwin, being on j 1 II 1 . . . nppnMic sides of '.hat question, may pair ofl'.wiihout afTecling the result of the vote." TJ. S. CONGRESS. Washington, July art. ; "e ,cnRIC jesterday, re,eCicd Mr. j amend,ncnl ' the Compromise bill, ! a,,cr first "TCting tho amendment to the ; same, moved by Jefferson Davis, substitu "s lhe M'ssu" I'ne. 1 Mr' 1'"ot ,hen offered an amendment to 8've 30 deSrees as the Southern boundary j of CW'fornin, nnd establishing the territory ', of t-'orado su'h thereof. The motion ! as PPn(,ing " adjournment, I ' he ,,ouse by a small majority refused j to admit the Delegate from New Mexico, Hugh N. Smith, nr.d the Delegate from ' l-'tah, Almon W. Babbitt, to a scat in the ' House.the southern members going nainsi ' '"cm 1,1 a b"dy. " Pro Webster not Pardoned. "IV OF EXKCUTIOX FIXED. Th .mm;0 , , ... r, v. f.ci.uuio ui (iiu council ,., lhe (;ovcrnor of Massachusetts, to whom wf.r(, rHrrrj ,:,, r .i were reierred petitions for the commutation of 1,rof- " iday morning las!, an report against i 'Miiiijuiuiiuii. i no rpnnn M-ni no. uounc"' one "wmocr, .lr. , Tne e Storm. New York' Ju,y 20 The effects orthe stoTm al No Vork "as been very severe. i ha Mn..j . cii..j -.l " ' "l"" -c ""Cu wnn accounts ol chimney, blown down, houses unroofed and similar accidents. The mariner fhronicl.-s are filled wiih disasters. Wilmington, (N. C.) Ju!y 20. The iremendous storm which visited this reion yesterday, was so severe on Cape Fear river, as lo prevent the arrival of the Charleston boats at this port. Much an. prehension is entertained for their safely. Tiik I'iiiladkli-hia Fhie. The origin of the fire is ascribed lo the friction of lhe wheel of a hoisting machine. In lhe loft of store 139 North Water street, was a hoisting machine, and around it a quantity of straw was stored. The nr.w r ,u' cheek or rag-wheel upon the windlass.pro- duccd fire, which mmn,nnUU i .i.-1 , , -iiii.Hn.ii v t utr straw in its immediate vicinity, set the store on fire, and produced the extensive confla gration. to such an unnatural j Attorney Genera!. J'"' " """irunau iy tue ease that disinterestedly, eveu at the risk of health ! '""e' 1 thabine, widow ol J..hn Z-i- wheat that was called It is sunposed that Mr. Webster ill tt'H'tn ,l,,m " a '''at.kless gratuity, for Ptsing i b to have a whole community ? Ne,", Wash mnliii. r,k :.. i.. enouj-h nmtms i. to ' not accent his annoim,., nf rmm wl"lh " Iluato return : ! lu Vm0 V "T- 0n.8Uch ' ?'-v 43J year. Ai.el.e. wife Vr l.- Wn BKAXCII FARMER Cactiox. The last Muncy Luminary states that the barn of Mr. Henry Shoe maker, near that Borough, came near be ing fired on Tuesday evening of last week, by the careless manner in which some one in passing along back of the building, dis posed of the stump ol a lighted cigar. The cigar was carelessly thrown into the fence corner where there happehed lo be some light matter, which it appears after some time took fire ; from this the fence caught and the flames had nearly reached the barn when it was discovered by two men about 11 o'clock at night.and extinguished. Smokers should be careful what they do with their lighted 'Stumps," iiiur H. C. HICKOK, Editor. O. N. WORDEN, Publisher. M?AgZt,Z Ap-ilniM-Mii-v B Pimer nod t g - w Wednesday Morning, July 24. ADVERTIZE ! Kx.TOt.in.. A'iminitrtor. Public OtVn-vrf.'ilvandroimlrv Mrt-liiiiili lnufwtun-w, M.-chanio.. llui'n.- M.-n nil who nia to (imrtiir or to Uil- f anvlhiBir would do well to irn inrtire or th Kinv tknniisli llw Utritl.uni ITimmHr ." Thi ppkw a .mI ait inrrviiis em ulation in a comuunily rontai- inutf a Inrc a ni.iru.u ui "-- rolifUim-rs, au.l d.al. r. an otlKT in the State. ,011 THE AMEXKMKNT TO THE CO.NST1TVTIO.V. Democratic State nomination . ;...( 'omm.mWr W .M.T.MOKl',ol.Monip.nier, vi Awlilnr wntl-El'HHAl.M BASKS, of Mifflin Co. XHrrryirVrHrral J.l'ollTEK IIHAWLEVfCrawf..r.lCo. Whig Slate Humiliation t (f,nal C.MmiuH,H.r IOSII1A 11 SOAX, of Bnkl Co. IwMw Ikmrtd IIKXItV W. SXYllEB, of I nion Co. Xrrw-r rwrol-JOSKI'll H EXUKKSON, of Wa.bi n Co. Election Tuesday, OcL 8, 1850. NOTICE. Alter the 1st of August nexl we ran not receive Notes under 85of any Hank out of Pennsylvania. Relief notes nre not prohibited from circulation by ihe npw lnw. Subseiibers nt a distance are desired to notice this, and to remit us 1 enn a money j jf pnssi,P' m once. Our own citizens will ! u(, wc t0 WOrk off all their foreign money as fast as possible lo the Cities, as it is the intention of business men ana omcers 10 kxkokce the law, hard iho it be. h k h & A jy-THE lKMi) ATtr Stanharu, Hoi lidavshur". Pa., comes to us this weel t-lotiicl throughout in a dress of lieautiful new tvie, and fiirnilud with a new head whne neatness and ierspieuity .(uite take our fancy. If the patrons of this excel lent journal do not rally to its support mi,! MiPHilitv. they uc- prove tlii ir rharaeter and eapacity, and enlarge the sphere or their influence, give the cold shonl.l.r to their neighbors at home, nn.l I.tirrv off their remittances to the "citv p;,pcrs." This is no doubt a . , , 7 . natural result of the unc.ual comitition, j and the one-sided views of some people, hut it works nona the less injury for all that. Both city and country papers can m,l sh.,M he supported, nnd well suppor- te-1, too; but when both can t be taken, the country Pa,Kr ,s rightfully entitled to flip iii'Af iili.itf. Tim itii,t;,. i gU.cal toncot every community should he rcfl.Tted so far as may be in thc public press, and this can only 1 done through local organs. The healthful moral senti ment of the country can not otherwise so well find fitting expression, and maintain its proper influence, in contrast with the vitiated tastes and depraved moral tone of a large proportion of the journals that spring up in the Atlantic cities. But, one is met at every turn with the plea that city papers possess many elements of su periority. This is all true enough, and they can well afford it. Money is the sin ews of printing as Well as of war, and if country papers were favored with but a ! sniall portion of the patronage that is ex- peuded upon their more fortunate Eastern ! cotemporaries, they could and would soon be in a position to command the confi dence and support of the respective com munities in which they are loeated. But with all drawbacks, the eountrv nn., hna improved immensely in the last ten years, as the perusal of a file of country exchan ges win reaany demonstrate. . J. M. Baum, Esq., in the last " Times" declines, on the score of " true modesty" and a " sense of apparent unfitness for the office, to comply with the request of our correspondent, " A Chapman Democrat," to copy his recommendation of Mr. B. for a seat in the Legislature. II .1 dines the nomination, because, in his opinion, this district has been so wofully '.li rnjininiilmd, the honor would be " but the empty expression of impartial martyr dom" (?). . ; the shows, for conclusive reasons, that a no.u- j v - 3- IH II v; lie i ination ought to be made, even if thc can- . . ncntat,.y he tomahawked f,"m8 a,d amJ comfort,' that, for some- D(Xy. Uut we shall see what we shall Never do to give it up so.' 'ol. Si.iFKR,then, having no op; C poncnt, stands a fair chance for re-election. ' III! mini TiiJc NortheAst Storm that raged for thirty-two hours on Thursday and Friday of last week, was unprecedented at this season of the year. Rain fell in great quantities, and most of the time the wind blew a perfeet gale; and as the ground became very soft, nlany trees, particularly fruit trees, were prostrated, and the Cortl beaten down. All the small streams rose very rapidly, and great quantities of grain, &c, were swept away, and the other crops on the bottom lands materially damaged. On Friday morning the Buffalo creek verv fast, and the racing torrent fore some eisrht or ten ncwlV-launclieu noais ! from their moorings ittld swept them down , ! to thc old bridge, where the foremost one, j i spanning the creek from pier to pier, was , brou-'ht to sidewise against the bridge, and the rest jammed up against it, anil j became wedged fast. For several hours I there was danger that both bridge and ! w.H.l.l Ik? carried off. but the services i of half a regiment of citi.ens who vohim ; teert.j fur the oecasloft, Were successful, ! ev;,Ii r.;,rlit in liberating the boats, and making them secure, ine West Branch swelled rapidly and a high flood was anticipated, but it began to fall i ..t ..,,;. bunk full. The brook just at the west end of town was higher than it was ever known, and formed a stream as wide and almost as strong a tl. Buffalo creek. It damaged the held and fences in its range very considerably, and demolished the turnpike bridge, and uch of the adjoining embankmeni. 1 he weather has since been very dry and warm and the farmers on the uplands have suff- rcd but little injury. A .rentleman who has lived on Chilis- o it wi4 HUaue erecu oi higher ' lllalt Ut- uua o i 1. a 1. ! Ir iiAtrit tt Ifl IlirLL iUIlif period. . . The North Branch rose considerably higher than the highest high-water mark, and the destruction of grain in the shock, Hiid other crops, has been immense. The Shauiokin creek was alarmingly high, and the farmers on its bauks have suffered se- rerely. A portion of the town of biinbu- rv was witter waier i ic wpiu v" ral feet. Several lots ana cellars in un place were in the same predicaineiit. Wc learn from our exchanges that the .i.. mvon and destructive alonji the Atlantic coast ; vessels wrecked, lives lost, houses llowu down, trees uprooted, &e. We are told very much injury is done on the l'enn'a Canal. A Cari. Feeling under great obliga tions to the citizens of Lcwisbtirg and vicinitv, and to our own workmen, for the kind assistance they rendered lis during the late freshet, we think it due to make ivt-a rcitnc iO il.- m vuiuaoie, wliiTe i could not have Inwn surpassed had their own individual all been at stake, has made sut'b an impression upon us, that words ' ;re aI,,,J?t'ber too cold to express the warm -! 1 f T L?rL'; bu, Wn a" ,hf I we nave to offer nt present, we sav to each ' individual th.t i.tI J V.... i.,.,. deep. warm, heartfelt thanks for voi.r l-i...l. j "C!is- Friok & iMFEB. ! Iwisl.urg, July i2, 18;"0. I It was fint stated; and th contra- dieted, hut is now a settled fact, that Col A. K. JITlvre, Kditor of the Juniata Marshall to take the census i J:... county. An excellent appointment ; none more worthy. Col., we congratulate you itumcroMffj,. But, hark'cc ! do n't forget to count thc Democrats, for the next elec tion will bring them out in shoals, to cor rect your addition if erroneous. But i tli ierc will be more of them out at any ! rate than you count ; so it's all one. i Married, In China, Me., 18th June, by Rev. Mr. Bartlett, William Mathews, Editor of the " Yankee Blade," Boston, to Miss Isabella L, daughter of Hon. Alfred Marshall. Mathews is certainly a great ' blade.' but ne ha9 been captured at last. The matri- monial lasso was .too strong for liinr. to his memory. I'eotuonotaby. Mr. Hals, the pres ent capable incumbent of this office, it will be seen by his card among our new advts, is a candidate for election as is also our worthy LastBuffalo neighbor Mr.TAGOART. These appear to be all the candidates who want the help of the Chronicle's readers. Loss bt Lightning. On Thursday morning last, three horses and two head of horned cattle belonging to John Komig, in Buffalo township, took shelter from the rain under a tree in the pasture field, when they werejkilled by a stroke of lightning. fTbe Union Times announces that Maj. C. II. Siirinkr declines being a candidate for the Congressional nomination this fall. This we presume leaves the contest, in this county, in the hands of CanirUiJLhe R!1?- Alexanpkr JoKda.n, Esq., is warmly recommended by a correspondent of the ounuury uazette as th Democratic candi date for Congress in this district. J. Foster WiiXyfof Hartley, we learn is to take the U. S. Census for ISoO in the northern division of Union county. C 1 j-a ... held. C?Gen.Tay!oi's widow's maiden nainu was Margaret Smith, of Maryland. She now intends to resid with her son in-law. Dr. Wood, in Baltimore. Congress Lai granted her the franking privilege also, appropriated S'2000 for a monument -to Gen.Taylor in ihe Congressional Burying Ground, where it is Hated he wiahed his remains lo be kept. His son-in-law. Col. Bliss, settles his accounts at Washington. Mr. Fillmore's family at last daiet bad not arrived at ihe Capital. Dickinson Skxixabv The corner stone or the new building, designed as a boarding house for the student of Dickin- gnn sernjn,ryt at Williamsport. was laid w-ltt tippropriate ceremonies, on the 3rd of ju,y j)Sf Speeches were deliered on tho occasion, by Dr. Hodgson, of Harnsburg, Uev. John A. Gere.and Gen. R. Hemmg, of Williamsport. The new building.whicb is going up, wi'.l be, when completed, CO by 6 feet base, four slories high. It is to be built of brick, in the beat and most perma nent style. Corner Stone. The Corner Sione for ihe new Evange lical Lutheran Church, which is in the course ol erection in Milton, will be Uid with proper ceremonies, on Saturday the 2?ihinsi. Services will commence at 10 o'clock, A. M., in the English and German languages. Temperance Coavention. The Uih Northern Temperance Con vention of Pa. will meet in the Presbyteri an Church in the Borough of M.lion on Thursday the 1st day of August, 1850, at J o'clock, A. M. Corrected this Day. 1 . lnDlA1 neat ' It V . . . . . ("orn Oats Flaxseed Uried Apples Butler . . . All ...3: . .UMt .. II HI ..12; . . . 1 ...in ) Egg Tallow Lard Hum 10 l!acon -tlll- HIII-" On the 9ih int by Rev.Wm.Chimpion, Col. Jackson M'Faduin. ol Lewibiir2.iii.il Miss Feances A. Urban, of New BuiIjIo, Perry Co., Pa. At Buer.a Vista, Sieph. (-o., lit., 'id in-t. by Rev J.C. Downer, Cuas.G Stuohfxkek, M.D., and Miss Elizabeth B. daughter of il.e late Philip lleitzeil, Fq. In Ivist RufTilo. at the residence of l.er son, Thomas Penny, evening of in'.. Jang, widow of Win. Penny, dee'd, in her age. Elizabeth, wife of Peter IJileman To the Voters of Union county. MELLOW CITIZENS : I offer myself 1 as a candidate for the office of PRO THONOTAKY, (u-jt.ct io the decision of the Democratic Whig County Convention.) Should I be nominated and elected, 1 shall endeavor to discharge the duties of said office lo the best of mv ability. J. H A US, Jr. New Berlin, July 18, 1850. IT IS A FACT, ANE self-evident, and worthy of every J consideration, that no Miller can make good clean flour without he has good clean wheat. 1 suppose you wish to know the remedy. 1 tell you it Is lo get one of Htrgstresser's Wheat Scourers, or Smut Machines. Ho being an old, practical and experienced Millwright has invented, got up and put in successful operation the best W heal Scourer now in use. Any person ordering ajmachine and afterwards finding lhat it does not prove to operate as repre sented, there shall be no sale, as these ma chines are to be warranted good. Further recommendations are thought unnecessary. He is now having a supply made at Lewis burg, by Messrs. Geddes & Marsh. Orders for midlines, or letters of inquiry, will be promptly attended to. Machines will ho sent and put to all orders. Address I. BERfiSTRESSER; Lewisburg, Union Co. Fa. 329 To Delinquent Collectors. ALL Collectors of State nnd County Tax within the county of Union, knowing themselves in arrears with their Duplicates of an earlier date than 1849, are requested P"y n 'neir respective amounts due on or before September Court next ensuing, otherwise their Bonds will be given into the hands of an Attorney for collection, without respect of persons. DANIEL HORLACHER, Trrsurer New Berlin, July 4. FOR SALE T" I 1 grey mailh HORSES. Also, a beau tiful black Horse. Enquire at ihis office. July 17, 1850 Is ATTENTION CAMERON GUARDS! are hereby commanded 1 to meet at ihe house of A. ll.Elair.July 27th,at 10 o'clock. A.M .fully equipped for parade. By order of lhe Capl iin. J.DEFREHN, 2dS'gt. N. 11. At which time an place a Court of Appeal will b dipt. F. A. DONACHY. 1Z VswCTY. i o
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