l.EWISBURG CHRONICLE AND WEST BRANCH FARMER
The Farmer.
From ths American Afiiculrarist.
of Decay In Timber Season
Oai
for Felling.
Considering the Magnitude of the inier
wta involved In fhe preservation oTiimbcr,
it U surely dirace to us of the present
day, that doubts should be as strong as er
ef concerning the true causes of its decay.
la an absence of certainty as to these, for
many years, attention has been turned
way from the essential part of the inquiry,
and directed merely to secondary points.
The problem to be solved is, trior causes
(ht Jceajr f limber ?
la the first place, it is presumed that no
one will dispute the fact that ancient timber
lasted logger than modern. That being
granted, we have only to ascertain what
can have caused the difference. Our Anglo
Satdn forefathers knew nothing of bichlo
ride or tftercury, sulphate and pyrolignite
of iron, chloride of cine, nor creosote.
There were no Kyans nor Burnetts, no
Paynes bor BoUcheries, in their days ; yet,
they perfectly understood the ait of render
ing wood imperishable, as is sufficiently
attested by what remains of their works,
The great, though forgotten architects, who
(lied the wooden roof of Westminster
Hall, in the time of Richard II., and those
who erected the old country churches and
corner castle of Cngluud, must have
known mucb better than tho architects of
tho present day know how to prepare their
timber or their woodwork would not have
remained as sound as when it was put
together by their artizans.
As ancient practice is not sufficiently
recorded, we can only look to the nature
of the timber itself, in order to learn the
causes which hastens its decay. Foremost,
among these, is its exposure to any moist
mttnospkercixceeding a temperature of 33
Fahrenheit; and the decay will propor
tionality be hastened as the temperature of
that atmosphere is increased. Timber,
absolutely dry, would be unable to undergo
decomposition at any appieciabie rate. A
piece of wood found at the back ol one of
the friezes, at Athens, by Lord E'gm, is
n somtd a present as it could have been
in the days of I'hidiao, more than 2,000
years ago. Even animal matters, rapidly
as they putrify.are preserved ior centuries
in the absence of moisture. Travelers
assure us that in the arid plains that stretch
northward beyond the Himalayan range,
the corpses of men and the carcasses of
animals dry up instead of rottiog. The
Gaucho hangs his beef in the sun, and in
Ibe dry climate of the, Pampas it hardens
as co much bide, like which it may be kept
for use..
If, then, mere dryness is sufficient to
arrest the decay of animal matter, how
much more effectual must be its action
pou vegetable substances in which a nnt
ural tendency to rot is infinitely less in
herent. Sawdust is but limber broken to
pieces ; damp saw dust rots rapidly ; dry
saw dust wi!f all but last forever. Char
coal, one of the most unchangeable forms
of vegetable matter, is only timber from
which the last trace of water has been
expelled by heat. Absence of moixture is
therefore the great cause of preservation,
as its presence is that of decay.
Complete dryness may be assumed to
have been the cause of the dm ability of
ancient timber. At least, in the present
state of our information, we can refer it to
nothing else ; and dryness is amply suffi
cient to account for it. In the opinion of
one of the most experienced and philo
sophical of modern writers, the late Sir
Samuel Dentham, dryness was the great
uhject to be obtained in preparing timber
C jural purposes. Drying houses were
reewsastwaded by him ; and during all the
jterioJsaffcisi employment as civil architect
(he British navy, this distinguished olfi
er ocvereaeed to point out the indispens
able weecssxy of securing the dryness of
Mber before all oiher things, lothe
.artificial saetheds available (or this purpose,
we seed not here allude. What we have
Ami with is the natural means of bring-
imm it abot- Those natural means are
aca more e&etual ifca any others, and
it is a qwertioa whether they cm be super
ended by aay artificial ateOtod whatever.
The means which trees possess of reliev
ing themselves from moisture, are their
Jeevca, which serve as a very powerful
pumping apparatus, incessantly drawing
moisture fr-m their in'eiior, and giving
it off to pare. It is true that the same ac
tiun which produces a discharyi of fluid
fro the surface of leaves, has at certain
seasons the counter effect of again charging
the apparatus with more fluid, to replace
that which is thrown off; but ibis happens
only at certain seasons. In spring, a tree
is in full force ; (he foots then draw fluid
from the soil, the trunk draws it front 'he
foots, leaves draw it from the trunk, and
waste it i cad this goes finso long as the
toil is filing wju tfca rains of spring so
Joag as viiVv ot " ,nc ium
tact eVaccs, tee earth becomes dry, re
fuses the same abundant S'jppijr as before,
and all vegetation slackens. Tfce Uivct,
however, still go no. pump, pump, pump
nil at last, the roots becoming torpid. I he
leaves draw off all lite free fluid that the
trunk contains ; and when the last supply
Jhi jt .out yield is chaut,cd, they perish.
At Uui tune, tba trunk, by ntJual means,
is dried to a great degree ; the free water
lying in its cavities is gone ; and the whole
fabric acquires a hardness it did not know
before. Until the leaves are renewed in
the succeeding spring, but small internal
change occurs ; the roots are torpid and
will scarcely act ; the pumps are broken ;
and little more fluid is introduced into the
wood. Hence it is obvious that the period
when the timber of a tree is naturally free
from moisture and therefore least prone to
decay, is between the fall of the leaf in
autumn, and the renewal of vegetation in
the spring ; and the nearer the fall of the
leaf the most free.
In this point f view, timber which is in'
tended to be durable should be felled late
in the autumn or in mid-winter. No arti
ficial processes will relieve it of its moisture
so economically and so well, as the means
which Nature has provided. On the other
hand, if it is felled wheu the tissue is full
of fluid, it is much to bo double whether
any artificial methods af exhaustion are
capable of seasoning it properly.
The Potato RoL
Tha Bradford Jlrgut copies the rc
marks of the Uellefonte Whig and of the
Lewiaburg Chronicle in reference to this
disease, and adds the following remarks :
The cause of the potato rot is as import
ant, ns it is difficult to ascertain. In our
opinion, the wet weather is not the cause.
The first symptom of rut is universally in
the dying of the tops. Fall rains naturally
lend to keep them alive and growing till
late in the season. They did not produce
such disastrous results in years past ; and
why should they now T Like causes will
produce like effects forever. Heavy Equi
noctial rains are not "new things under the
sua" why should their effects be new
If moisture in tho earth is the cause, one
would suppose that when the potatoes were
dug and dry, the effect would cease. But
facts are to the contrary. Hence our first
conclusion, that wet weather is not the
cause of the potatoe rot. We believe the
cause to be an injury produced through the
medium of the stalks by some poisonous
insect. . Potatoes that are planted early, or
upon dry and consequently early ground
many times ripen and the tops wither be
(ore the insect commences his ravages.
They are therefore let alone, But plants
that remain green at a certain season oi
the year, are attacked and infused with a
poison which soon destroys them. The
experiment ol mowing off tops has saved
the crop, and early planting aud early dig
ging more frequently still. But nothing
that has ever been put into the hill has to
much extent protected them from the
disease. Potatoes most remote from the
stalks, and in the extremities of the hill,
are generally sound nes the last to be
afTectcJ. Caue I The poison docs not as
readily work its way to the extremities cf
the roots. Some kinds of potatoes rot more
than others. Some taste better than others,
and so do their stalks. Cattle will eat the
tops of one kind, and refuse those of anoth
er, w liy is not the insect elsewhere?
Po'Hioes of (he lett quality are most liable
to be affected, while those of the poorer
quality stand the wet weather remarkably.
Hence our second occlusion, that an insect
is the cause i f the potatoe rot. We know not
what insect it is that commits such depre
dations, any more tl an we know the insect
tbut is destroying the cherry trees in this
country ; but that it is an insect in both
cases we firmly believe. And that the
''taters, tops and all,1' are badly and most
provoking'y destroyed ol late years, we
know. Hence our third conclusion, that
we don't know what insect it is.
Dry Feet
We will give our readers a recipe for
making boots water proof which is worth
more than our subscription price to any
person who will try it. Moisture general
ly penetrates the soles of boots the upper
leather is .not easily wet and is ea-ily
dried. To render the sole imprevious to
water, order your boot-maker to cut pieces
of canvass in the proper shape, dip them in
melted pitch or tar, and lay them upon the
iuner soles before putting on the outer
soles of the boots. This simple process
will insure dry feet without making the
boo! clumsy. We have tried the expert'
mcnt. and would advise all whose soles
are afflicted with cold or dampness to do
ibe same. 1 1 ankee Clade-
Fattening Hogs.
Few persons are probably aware of the
amount of grain wasted by feeding it whole
nd uncooked. Some ol the farmers in
the lower counties have adopted the plan
of grinding and boiling all their grain fed
to their cattle and hogs. One gentleman
who bad made the experiment, informed us
a short time since, that ten bushels of corn
ground and boiled, was equal to fifteen fed
whole, in fattening hogs. If such be the
fact, (and there enn be no doubt.) what a
vast amount o''crain is annually wasted in
feeding. Snnhurti Jlimnicun.
Montour Iron Works The Montour
company at Danville have repaired their
Urze Anthracite Furnace under the super
vision ef Messrs. Groves, and are ready
now for a two fr three years blast. They
have also made ex teniae additions to their
mammoth Rolling Mill, whicJ? babeeo in
active operation for some time. uSvry
Gazette.
(rO A reward of Five Hundred Dollars
U ofWed by the Town Council of the
Borough ot Northumberland, for the ap
pretention and conviction ol the incendia
ry, air incendiaries, who have set fire to
the buildings lately burned, or may be
hereafter Axirntd by incendiaries iu that
place.
fl CI1M,
H. O. HICKOX, Editor.
O. ST. WOHDEJf, Publisher.
At fl,M cash in nirvanas, $1,75 hi three month, 1 paid
nun ana sfOv at um una or um year.
Agents is Philadelphia V B fainter and E a Carr.
Lewisburff, JPa.
Wednesday Morning, Nov. 20.
ADVERTIZE ! Klerators. Administrators, Public
Oflleers. City and 4Yantry Jaereliant, Manufa-turer,
Mechanics, llusineaa Men all vhn wieh in nrfirure or to
dispose of anything would do well to irive notice of the
tame through t&e "OarKfxtrp Chrumck." This paper has
a good and increasing circulation in a comnsnnit v rontui
ning a bug a proportion f active, solvent producers,
cnuuaan, ana dealers, as aay other in the Mate.
TO CORRESrONDESTS.
"Lines to Schrystyuckratsn e," "trans
lated exclusively, entirely, and tectotally
ft the Lrwistmnj Chronicle, from the
Kanischatka Cn tn." we respectfully de
cline. Don't believe it original, " by a
long chalk besides, it reads very
much (only not as well) as something
was wont to read in the iSpelling Book,
in the days of yore viz :
"The rose bad been waehed,, lately Tubed in a shower."
tafTlic Editor bcinz absent at the
Blooiusburg Courts when this paper goes
to press, and bis band writing " shocking
naa, all typocrnpliical errors in the ed
torial eoluuins this week will hare to be
excused.
more Fires.
On Friday morning last, about 5 o'clock,
the frame stable on the premises of Col
Eli Slifer, in this place, was discovered to
be on fire, but the flames were fortunately
extinguished before any serious damage
was done. A minute more would have
ensured the destruction of the building.
On the same niorninc, at about the
same hour, a barn on the Isle of Que,
near Selinsgrovc, belonging to Mr. John
Hart man, Jr., was entirely consumed, to
gether with two buudred bushels of wheat,
which Lad been threshed out but the day
before.
In both cases it is suspected that the
fires were caused by incendiaries.
(Considerable damage is said to bare
been done to timber by the fire on the
mountains last week in Buffaloc and White
Deer townships. Timber, and fences, also,
we believe, suffered much from the same
cause on Chestnut Ilidge, near Shade
Mountain, iu I'trry township. At least
while going up the road from Frecburg to
wards Kichfield, on last Wednesday after
noon, we observed the fire sweeping along
the Ridge with great rapidity and violence,
towards the farms in that vicinity; and
from our lodgings that night, some three
miles south of the line of the fire, w
heard the horns blowing for assistance,
shortly after dark, and the shouts of those
engaged in battling with the destructive
clement, did not die away till near mid
night. As our business led us in another
direction, we were not able to learn the
next day how much damage had been done,
but from the appearances the Jay before,
we thought some houses and baron, as well
as fences were in dunger.
We are ulisCeJ that the people of Old Union
(the borough of Lewiaburg perhaps excepted)
fed inclined to auttain the fugitive elate bill.
Aa a matter of compromise, bring one of the
peace measures, it ought to have a fair trial.
Union I trncs.
An ill advised exception, Mr. Timet.
That bill is certainly and decidedly unpop
ular here in some of its feature?, but nul
lification is not the order of the day with
us There is little probability that wc
will ever have occasion here to test
its efficacy ; bat obnoxious as it is, it will
be regarded as the law of the land, until
modified by the law making power which
gave it existence. Efforts to that end will
certainly lc made by our citizens, in the
peaceful exercise of their right of jictition,
aud they will undoubtedly seek to give
their opinions, thus expressed, all possible
force. Hut the intimation that they arc
unmindful, as citizens of the Union, of
their legal and constitutional obligations,
is founded on a misapprehension of the
real state of the case.
Novraaca Nonius's. Our neighbtir,f,uring
Foes, prrarnteti ua with a freshly Mown closn
head, on Monday last. 1'rntly writ fur llie cold,
froxen State of Maine, to have clover fields in
blossom, so late to the season. Maine farmer,
Aur. Tin.
We have a match for that, friend Holmes,
in the reality of strawberries (ripe and
green) and the flowers thereof, freshly
plucked, and laid on our table on Monday
last by Mr. John S. Miller of this Boro'.
Strawberries in November, will do. They
wero grown in the open air, until a few
days since the thermometer, however, is
now down to the freezing point.
firiy-Tbc Editors of tho Lgcominj Ga
zette arc in ecstaeics on account of the
receipt of a dollar aud a half in specie in
advance, from a new subscriber ; and seem
to think that their pocket, in consequence
thereof, is another California. Pshaw,
that's no uncommon occurrence with iu.
Why, only last week, we encountered such
a customer, but, alas.! it was away in the
lower end of the county, so far off from
homo that when wc reached our sanctum,
tho ' shiners' had gradually disappeared,
absorbed in the ' profit and loss' of ' trav
eling expenses.' Sic transit gloria mundi,
and the cash Uh it
"The Sainted DeAP." Rev. Mr.
Harbaugh has issued a second edition of
his work with this title, in an enlarged,
much improved, and corrected form. For
fak at Lvii'lairs.
State Geological Survey.
One thing that ought to, and probably
will, be urged home upon the attention of
the Legislature at its coming session, is
the publication of the Final lleport of
Prof. n.D.Rogers' Geological Survey of the
State. This Burvey was a work of vast
labor and difficulty, but hai been accom
plished in a manner, that, when its results
are fully laid before the public, will be
found of immense value to the people of
the Commonwealth, as well as reflect great
credit upon the learned Professor and his a."
sistants. This work was wisely undertaken,
years ago, fur the detailed scientific devel
opment of the vast mineral, and other,
resources, which were known, though
vaguely, to lie beneath the soil of Penn
sylvania ; and has been steadily pursued,
in the face of many embarrassments ari
sing from popular prejudice, legislative
indifference, aud, iu some instances, the
fierce hostility of interested speculators
until fully completed; Prof. Rogers having
spent ten years in making the survey, al
though paid for six years only.
It is now several years since the survey
was completed, and the final report, maps,
illustrations, &c., have lng been ready for
the printer, but have thus far been kept
back for want of an appropriation by the
Legislature to cover the expense of pabli-
cation. This ought to be the case no
longer. These explorations, although con
ducted with the utmost economy, have
cost the State some seventy thousand dol
lars, yet the people can derive no benefit
from this expenditure until its detailed re
sults have been made public ; ami as long
as this is delayed, so long will injustice
continue to be done to the tax-payers of
the Commonwealth, and to the reputation
of Prof. Rogers. This great work the
Final Report ought not be judged by tho
annual reports heretofore published; for
they were, from the nature of the subject,
and the vast extent of the field of investi
gation, and the difficulties thrown in the
way by interested parties, uecessarily gen
eral in their terms aud cautious in their
details. Rut in the Final llcKrt the ge
ological features of the whole Stale will
be laid open to the world in a practical,
available shape. The direct effect of this
will be to rapidly augment the wealth of
the State by attracting foreign capital, aud
developing our own resources more exten
sively than has vet been done: and of
course the burden of taxation will be light
ened in exact proportion to the increase of
our wealth and prosperity. In addition to
this the cost of the survey aud report will
be saved to the people of the State every
year, in showing them where it is useless
to spend their means iu searching for what
geology shows can not be there ; as, f.r
instance, coal in primary rocks, or below
the old red sand-stone formation, the lo
calities of which will be indicated in the
report The Report will make about 1500
quarto pages, with some 350 engraved
sections of the anthracite and bituminous
coal fields; and 15 sections across the en
tire State. It will also be illustrated by
a correct geological and topographical map,
and beautiful drawings by Lehman, the
artist : and cau not fail to be a work of
rare interest and value to men cf science,
and rich in valuable information which
will interest every land-huldcr, and almost
every citizen in the etate. And as a
heavy expense has been incurred in gathe
ring this information, measuring sections,
collecting full suites of all the formations
in the State, including a splendid collec
tion of coals, ores, &c., and analyzing
them, why should not a few thousands
more be expended to give us the full ben
efit of what has been done ? Wc have long
felt that great injustice has been done both
to the people and Prof. R. by the improv
ident parsimony hitherto exhibited by the
legislature in this matter.
Prof. Rogers' professional reputation is
well known in the United States, and has
recently been confirmed by the Geological
Association of London, and his theories as
applied here, approved of there by some
of the most learned men of the age. For
the last two or three years ho has been
professionally employed upon the anthra
cite basin of this State, aud collected much
useful information, which will greatly add
to the value of the Final Report. We are
aware that he has often been assailed, but
only by such as aro disposed to envy his well
earned fame, or by those whose lauds his
reports do not fill with mineral wealth;
but we know him to be a gentleman and
a scholar; and as a Geologist he has no
superior.
We may add here, that so deep an inte
rest is felt iu this matter in scientific cir
cles, that at the meeting in Xew Haven,
August 2, I.jO, of tho "American As
sociation for the Advancement of Science,"
Prof. B. Sillitnan, Sr., Solomon W. Rob
erts, Esq., Tiof. A. D. Uaehe, Pres't Ed
ward Hitchcock, Win. C. Rcdfield, Esq.,
and Trof. James Hall, were appointed a
committee " To memorialize the Legisla
ture of Pennsylvania in reference to the
publication of the Final Geological Report
of the State." Surely the opinions of such
men upon such a subject ought to have
tome weight with those npon whom the
responsibility in this matters rests.
Bft We learn bv the WtllJorouih Ail.
rertiter that on Thursday week, the tavern-
stand of Elijah Johnston, m l ike Town
ship, Totter county, was entirely destroyed
by lin.' and with it, all ltd contents..
EsiToaiaL Visit. Our democratic friend,
Htcaoa. of the Ltwiiburr Chronitle, invaded
our sanctum the other morning, and we expec
ted to hear of an editorial nose being palled ; but
having happily recovered from hi cold, he was
in too gool humor, and loo Iresniy experienced
in tbo mir-eries attendant thereon, to make any
attempt on our nasitl appendage. Success, long
life. Divine mbaeribera. rat lent creditors, and
immunity f m coldn, attend the Chronicle and
its editor. I.yeoming Gazette.
You miut have an extravagant opiuion
of that nasal ort;:tn of yours, if you sup
pose we would think of molestiug it, ex
cept with a pair of t-t-rtrrv;cr. But as
your nose has happily recovered from its
fright, (" conscience doth make cowards of
us all," you know,) and our nose from its
cold, wc suppose we can both breathe
freer and deeper,' and the current of our
mutual prosperity will flow on unruffled
and serene ; except when the ' voices of
the night receive sonorous ' aid and com
fort' from such melodies as sometimes
spring spontaneous from our visits into the
land of dreams and at such times, let all
who have an ear for music, or faith iu the
revelations of mesmerism, attend, and
they may receive from the mysterious ora
cle messages of ominous import, aud dis
cover also, perhaps, that
Music hath charms
To soothe th savage,
To read the rucks
And split tile cabbage,
anal such-liko jierforniances. None but
subscribers admitted. Editors on the free
list, of course, with the Bloomsburg Star
at the head.
Bigu The " Union County Tract Socie
ty " was reorganized at Xew Berlin on the
1 1 th insl, by the appointment of Major
John Gundy, Pesident; A. Swineford,
Esq., Secretary, and S. Weirick, Esq.
Treasurer. An effort was resolved npon
to raise $150 to sustain a colporteur with
in the county, and committees appointed
in every town and Borough to raise the
funds necessary. An annual meeting was
appointed to be held in the Presbyterian
church, New Berlin, the 1st day of Jan.
next.
Ttte following are amnnp the. Committees appointed :
Juburg Mrs. II. P. Shelter, Mrs. K. Oujer, Mrs. Al
ienism Kelley Thomas Clingan, John Chamberlain, James
Moore, Sr.
Eat Uuffalo Jiin fiundv, Mrhatl Brown, Nathan
VtJer-
n hits Dear Joan Rami k, H!-, Bobrrt Candor, Esq.,
John 1). ItieSenderfer.
Buffalo James M't'rclght. J.DnakeT, Mnrtlo Drelsbneh.
l.imrtone J. V. llarN-r. Jos. Chanilwr, John Mensrh
Mitflinoorr Mrs. In-. J. U. M-r, Mrs. John Kuy, Miss
Sarah Hoffman.
Hartley J. P. Wilson. Saml llanpt, John Wilt.
fenne- lease App, Aaron ltenlrrcr, Oeoru Adam.
Union Imac Kycr. Conrad Mttehel, U.S. t'orhran.
West Buffalo Win. forsu-r. Win. Watson, B. It. II.
Mays.
.New Berlin Mire Mary Braver, Miss Sjbilla Bucar,
Miss r. Ueddes.
A despatch from Pittsburg, Pa., dated October
30, state that Iteade Washington, Esq., of the
family of Gen. Washington, has resigned his of
fice of United States Commissioner, as he will
not serve under the Fugitive Slave law.
This gentleman is not of " Gen. Wash
ington's family," except by a very remote
relationship desecut from a common an
cestry. He is a lawyer of mature years,
and brilliant talents ; and a Virginian by
birth and education ; which latter fact is
somewhat significant in this connection, as
it seems the pride of the Old l'ominion
will not brook the acceptance of an office,
to the performance of whose duties a stat
utory bribe is annexed.
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is the largL-st journal of its class iu the
world within our knowledge, each weekly
containing 40 long and wide columns of
literature and news, mostly original, and
altogether unexceptionable in its character.
Price, one copy, $2 per annum ; two copies,
5JJ.50; four copies, SO ; eight copies, $10 ;
sixteen copies, !, and 1 for every ad-
ditioual copy. Orders must be post paid,
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No. 70 Wall street New York."
Roland Curtis, Esq., died in Bclle
fonte, Centre county, 10th inst., in his
8 1th year. Mr. C. was a native of Ire
land, but educated in Paris. lie settled
at Milcsburg, at an early day, and was the
first person who run an ark down Bald
Eagle creek ; removed to Bellefontc in
1800,where he pursued a successful career
as a merchant, and filled several county
offices. About 1812, he established the
Eagle Iron Works, which is still in oper
ation. SQ-The old stage office Hotel (Bassler's)
in Sclinsgrove has lately been refurnished
and greatly improved by Geo. Gundrum,
Esq., by whom it will be hereafter conduc
ted. A capital host, and capital accom
modations for the traveling public second
to none along the river.
Union County in Illinois. Stephen
son county (Illinois) has a large represen
tation of Union county people. At the
recent election, Peter D. Fisher (Dein.)
was elected Sheriff by about 80 maj. over
Isaac Kleckner(Whig) both from Union
county, Penn'a.
Geokqe W. IIammerslt (Printer,) is
appointed Post Master at Lancaster, vice
Mrs. Mary Dickson, in whose name the
office has been kept for about 25 years.
Ir. J. N. SvOiXEit, who recently died
at Williamsport in the prime of life, had
his life ius:r -1 in the Pcnn Mutual Com
pany for the handsome sum of $4000.
Col. Gc-i. W. Rinzf.r, late of Uarris
burg, has been appointed by the President
Inspector of Customs for the port of San
Francisco, in California.
Wc learn from the Union Times
that Israel Gutelius, has been reinstated
as Assistant Marshal, for the completion
of Pcnns township. ......
NoD0 & Notions.
The planet Venus may be seen with the
naked eye during any clear alternonn for
the next three weeks. It is distinctly visi
ble as early as two o'elixk, and increases
in brilliancy till sunset. The crescent form
of Venus is now plainly thown by the
smnl est telescope. '
A lady of Cincinnati has just been
awaided $3,000 damages for slander
against her.
On the 8th inst., there wero It inches
of snow near Romney, Va.
On the continent of Europe some gen-
tlemen retain the old fashion ol wearing J majority of the South arc undoubtedly sa
ear rings. tisficd with the laws of the late session of
Cashmere shawls take a long time to
moke. A shawl is often in the frame
more than a year.
At the last date the work of planking
the principal streets of San FranciM:o was
being prosecuted with great energy.
Jacob Hill, a colored resident of Fair
view township, in York county, Pa., died
at his residence near Pinetowo, on Thurs
day last, in the one hundred and eleventh
year of his age !
The reputed wife of Mr. Grow, of Eaton
Md., hung herself on Sunday, after break
fast, supposed to be in consequence if a
refusal of marriage.
The Hon. J. C Fremont tnd lady, with
their attending friends, passed through
Cruces, on the Isthmus, on the 24th uitM
in good health, on their way to California.
In O.erton county, Tenn., the census
taker found a lady, named Stevens, whose
Be was one hundred and twenty years.
She was a married woman at the time of
Braddock's defeat. Her youngest son is
a smart lad of 70.
The Hollidaysburg Standard says,"Ve
want our patrons to pay what they owe
us." A reasonable want, surely.
The Washington National Monument is
now seventy-six feet high.
Williumsport, Pa., is improving rapidly
Nice little p.'ace. Philad. Sun.
Dear ! Dear '. It is the general belief
"down ISouih." that the noble, high spiri'
tetl Southerner was never intended to he
united with the cold, calculating Yankee.
C-h-n-r-l-e-s, the salts, Charles '."
In two weeks from Monday last, Cong
rcss meets.
One of the Sierra Leone Agents of the
English Church Mission faocicty, Itev. Mr.
Koble, has discovered a written linguar
in the interior if West Africa the
language. Mr. Koble says the htiiguage
has aliout 100 letters or chai.i:-ters, which
hear no rcscnibluuce to any others known.
The census of St. AuguMiue, Fl., how
a population of I'J'M, a decreuae ol 5' 3
since 140-
Tho Comptroller Genera! of Smith Car
olina, gives the white pnpu!a'in at 280,35
and the slaves at 358 714.
Fathei M.itlicw has given the pledge to
10,120 persons in St. Loots.
The dwelling hou.e of widow I.etvis, at
St.Clair, was broken Ojien on Friday night
and robbed of her money and other valua
ble articles. She is but illy able to beur
the loss.
Thomas S. Allis-on, Esq., editor of the
somerset, (N. J.) Messenger, entered -on
Thursday on the duties of the dike oi
Secretary of Slate.
O it of one hundred new journals fiiund-
'. ed in P iri after the revolution in Febru
ary .ninety-six have already ceased to exist.
Bishop Hughes has been lecturing in
S New York on the leeine of Protestant
I.
: I
ism,'' and Dr. Dowl.ng on the " Downfall
I ..I" Pn.orv '
The board of Canal Commissioners
have concluded a- sale of the Columbia
railroad bridge over the Schuylkill, to
gether with the road leading from the foot
of the inclined pisne into the city, the col
lector's office and car depot, for 8243,700
There are eleven newspapers now pub
lished in California.
Mr. Barnum has despatched an agent to
Havana to engage the Tacoa Theatre for
Jenny Lindl The cold weather is coming
on, and the nightingale is disposed to seek
a milder climate.
A new election is ordered to supply the
vacancy occasioned by the death ol Hon.
Mr. Uarmauson, lute a Member of Con
gress from Louisiana.
Horace Mann, who the National
Whig' leaders threw overboard in Massa
chusetts, is by the people re-elected to Con
gress from J. Q. Adams' old district.
They try Union" and Secession"
tickets in many of their local contests in
some of the Southern States. "Union"
always comes out ahead.
A fellow in New York city named Gra
hnm, ran for an office aud was beaten.
In revenge, he assaulted and beat an editor
opposed to him. In this act, be has shown
(besides his own folly) that the people were
right in refusing to call a man to vindicate
the laws, who himself outraged the laws.
There are now 60 U. S. Senators.
New York, Nov. 15. Miss Jenny Lind
will sing in Philadelphia, on the evenings
of Wednesday, 27th ; Friduy, 29ih ; and
Saturday, 30th inst.
Montrose, Nov. 15. Two accidents
occurred on the Irf'gget's Gap Railroad
yesterday, by premature discharges in the
operation of blasting some rocks. Three
men were killed and several others severe
ly wounded.
The trustee of the McLean Asylum
at Boston have received a donation of
twenty thousand dollars from the Hon.
William Applctnn. It is known to many
among us, that Mr. Appleton has long been
a director of the institution, and has al
ways taken a lively iatereat in its manage
ment. -An English paper has been started at
Shanghai, under the title or the North
China Herald.
The rise of the Nile this year is reported
to bo below the average, and it is feared
that the i.cxt year's crops will suffer from it.
fctfTrXAs bar) by a decided majority
accepted the Ten Millions offered by the
United States for her cession to it of claiir.
ed territory. One of her journals states
that this " fat take" will payoff her debt,
and give her a sum over, the interest cf
whicK will relieve her of a State Tax
Happy nation that Texas I
fet?" A Convention of very vraihy
Southerners is again in session at Nash
ville, Teen., composed of Delegates from
five or !ix States. Virginia has one repre
sentative there. Judge Sharkey, the for
mer President, docs nut attend. The coil
Congress and when the hot headed ultra-
ists have blown off their extra steam'thcy
will doubtless feel better, and allow the
Union to stand.
Election New .
Washington Hunt has 248 majority as
Governor of New York. The remainder
of the Democratic State Ticket is elected
by from 1000 to 7000 majority.
The Democrats havs 2 majority on joint
ballot in the New Jersey Legislature.
In Delaware, the Democrats elect Gov,
ernor and Congressman by 30 and 200
majority, aud have a majority in the Le
gislature, whereby they may gain a U. 8.
Senator.
In Michigan, the Whigs gain two Mem
bers of Congress, if not three.
Iu Wisconsin, the Free Soilcrs elect two
Congressman, the Democrats one.
The Wbigs gain 1 Congressman Im Illi
nois, and largely in the Legislature.
The prospect is that in MassachtiMits
the coalition of Democrats and Free toi
lers will continue united and elect a Gov
ernor from one section and a U. S. irna.
tor from tho other. Webster's, course
seems to have prostrated the Whig party
there.
Corrected this Day.
heat
Rye
Corn
O..U
Flaxseed
Dried Apples..
Muter
Ejus
Tallow
Lard
Ham
0003
...so
...40
...au
- - I0t
..10(1
..121
...10
...10
....7
a
Bacon
llll"
la Lewiaburg. 19th inst.. by Rev. P. B.
M irr, Montgomery Bell and Miss Cath
arine Hauler, bolh of Juniata.
t .Th muriajr of Jadn Purinton, ehroofelM by aa
Iat e- a. should have b-tru ereliled tu tha sata adaistrs
tvras the i.t.oe. but the name was not given in oar copy
awl aitkoUj:h it Is admitted that tha knowledge or prin
ter is cvneideraMr extensive, yes aa It BiK-lit a 4 baas
tl.eui out in attemt-ting to sur.ply farts, thry (snerally
"toltcar rcpy.
In Seiint'rnvp, 13th inst., bv Rev. Mr.
Derr, Wm. F. Eckbeet late of Milton, and
Miss AN.va E Davis of Sclinsgrove.
Iu Kellv. 24th ult. by Rev.J.G.Anapach,
Daniel Pickel and Miss Catuari.ni Diet-
FENDERFEIt. both 111 Kelly.
On the 5 h int., by the same, Sawi-il
St a ii l and Miss Sisanxau Loxgemeckeb,
both of Kelly.
In Milton.'l 2th inst. byRev.F.Ruthrauff,
Wm. Maxwell and Mrs. Afacu Middls
tu., all ol that place.
DIED :
In Sunbury. 7th inst.. Mrs. Maroaiet
Marklev, aged about 80 years.
In Carrollton, La., on the 28th ult.,Mr.
Edward Lyon, formerly of Sunbury .aged
about 3J years.
WASTED, Immediately,
4 BOY of from 16 to 18 yearn of age, aa art
XJL Apprentice to learn tha trade of MIL
LEK. One who can apeak both English atal
Iserman, preferred.
JOHN BROWN.
Brown's Mill, 2
Lewiaburg, Nov. SO, 1850. J
"The Old Head Quarters!"
FRIES' TANNERY.
THE subscriber respectfully inlonay his
liiende and the public generally, thai be
caniee on Ibe
Tanning and Currying Business
in full force, a usual, at the old established hraj
quarters in Ibe Borough of Lewi-burf, on 84.
George's street, near Ibe River, svaere be keepe
a constant and full supply of LEATHER 01
all kinds and the best quality, which are ottered
CHEAP for CASH or in EXCHANGE (or
HIDES and BARK.
CO-l'K Cords of BARK wanted.
H. W. FRIES,
Lewiaburg, Nov. SO, 1850
6m
Notice Extra.
,1 LI. persons knowing themselves indebted to
the late Firm of
Dr. Thornton & Baker,
are hereby notified to call on the subscriber and
settle their account on or before FRIDAY the
SOth day of DECEMBER neil.
I may be found at my Drug Store.
JOSIAH BAKER.
Letwubarg. Nov. 30, 1850 In
Brandrcth's Pills
Art mU at ii elt per Box tnthfuB direetumt)
BY J. HAYES 4 COLewi.r.urg.and by
a Agent enly in every Tow a in the
Union. Each Agent has a Certificate of Agwcy.
Examine the boa of pills always and compare it
with the foe-simile labels on the Certificate. As
there is a counterfeit of the new label out, this M
of much importance, as there is a decided dillsr
rnce between the appearance ol the true labels
snd those of the eoanlsrleits. The counterfeit is
done on stone ; Ibe genuine are done on steel ;
the appearance ot the printing oat the counterfeit
is ragged and blurry ; the genuine label is the
very pink of neatness, both in priming, pspsr,
and general execution.
Be very careful and go to the Agent, when you
want BrandreuVs Pills i thenyoa are sure of the
genuine article. When yon purchase otbeiwise,
inquire of the seller whether he knowe the pills
be offers yon are the genuine Brandreth's 1 Ev
ery man kaowe whether the article he o3r is
.tutorials. Bestirs of cheats !
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