KEWISBURQ CHRONICLE AND WEST BRANCH FARMER
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Winter Evenings at Home .
Winter evenings, generally, are to tha
farmer, teason j of leisure portions of :!me
in which he may rest from the more aclive
duties of his calling, lie has now nbunj.
frnt opportunity to review the labors of the
season (hat is past, and to note I he success
or the failure (hat has attended his various
operations, and to trace out the causes of
that success or failure. He also has leisure
to mature his plans for the future, and to
fctore his mind with that knowledge which
will fit him for tho better performance of
his duties. The right improvement of w in
ter evenings at home may contribute much
to his- future success, and to correct man
agement of his farm.
No business with which wc arc acquain
ted requires a more extensive and accurate
knowledge for its successful jierformanee,
than that of the farmer. And in this busi
ness important improvements are annually
made, and many facts promulgated, which
are calculated to exert a considerable influ
ence oo the future ojK-rations of the hus
bandman. Is it not as important for the
farmer to 'keep up with the times," and to
become acquainted with all the improve
mcuts in bis business, as k is for the me
chanic, the merchant, or the professional
inaa T The long whiter evenings ufTord
hint the opportunity required ; nud be
thoutd not suffer them t pass without be
coming acquainted witb those improvements,
compaiing them with his previous practice,
and adapting them to bis own means and
circumstances.
To this end, suitable additions should be
made to the Library. Good books not on
ly impart knowledge, but they awaken thu'l
and may prompt renewed investigation.
We have supposed that every good farmer
is already supplied with at least one agiic
ultural newspaper ; and it may be desira
ble still further to increase the stock of
good reading. You have procured and
stored a supply of food for the body ; you
tdiould also lay in a store of loud for the
mind. You would not sec your children
suffering for want of bread ; see to it that
they do not suffer for want of books.
Auother matter deserves a passing no
tice in this connection. Our agricultural
readers may ifcvoie a evening, occasion
ally, to the work of committing to paper
"the cream of (heir experience," and the
result of the season's labors, with such ob
servatious as may be gencrully interesting
ad useful, for publication in this paper.
In this way much valuable mailer mihi I
furnished, to the mutual benefit of u'i in
terested. Is it too much to ask each one
thus to contribute for the benefit of the
cause ? K. Maine Farmer.
We hope our agricultural readers will
respond to the last suggestion in trie above
article, arid during the approaching winter
reason, supply us lilcrally w ith original
a rticlcs lor the. Farmers' corner. It will
lie a mutual benefit to tho.-c who write
and those who read ; and by thus mak'iig
public the fruits of the r'pe xperionce of
the farmers in the valley of the West
Branch, furnish us with ir.atciial fur that
department of our papc r that we can get
nowhere e!c. A large portion of the con
tents of our agricultural exchanges, most
of w hich are from the north and east, is en
tirely unsuited to ibis sccliou of country,
and of no practical value whatever, here
and though we aiihl copy such articles,
it wonid be to lay ihciu before our leaders
as mere matter of cuiiosity, nothing else.
We are anxious to sustain the practical inte
rest and value o( that part of the Chronicle,
and to do this properly we think we are
not unreasonable in urging the individual
assistance and co o.eni:ion ofevcry farmer
in the list of our nnimns. It is true each
one may be disposed to say, my ixifh
bor knows u!i that I knew, therefore it is
usWs-t to publish what they know al
ready Out the sj.li i;d d (.urns, and rich
l.arvests of this valley arc nut the Iruits of
accideut, and there musl be tome icascn
why our fanners so gieatly ixccl ; und
us tome are better aimers than others,
ni.d the progress of improvement is more
rapid on some farms, and in some parts of
lh valley, (ban others, it is conclusive
priHjf that all do not farm alike, and are
not equally well informed wi'h regard to
the 'art auJ mystery' ol agricultural skill
and success. What want developed,
and place d before the public in print, is
the detailed exjicrietice of the farmer in
thhi vicinity, as fully and fnoly as it is
furnished for the press in oilier localities.
And if it l.ap us to seem commonplace, and
l.ck the charm ofno I iy 'or the next door
neighbor of htm who writes, it may lie
far trfberwise to readers in o'her parts of
the coon' ry, where diff:ren' habits and cus
toms prevail, and agricultural science ha
not madf equal progress. What say ynu,
neighbors J Wi!J you lend us a h-l;ing
hand in these matters, or inu?t wo c .ntii.uc
to fill our columns .entirely f..mi fuicigu
pourccc ! LJ. Citron.
The Baldwin Theory.
We give plaef tritli pleasure lt the en
closed umui.ica;ion irom Dr-.B-iUw in.
Skourd ths theory it maintains be fully
established, the discovery wnl constitute a
very striking epoch i agricultural annals.
WIh has not observed in the midst of iho
poorest olJ fit-Id., luxuriant growths ol
gns coming up through its branches
wheieabucb lies covering the ground ?
I While we should liko to know what the
cicn,,ie have to sy to this theory, we
farmers in the valley, now believe they
can make their lands rich by shading them
with anything ; accordingly, they are
covering them with any brush, straw, and
clover, finding, as it is said, the raw mate
rial better and more profitable than the
manufactured article ; that is, the shade
to be better than vwnvre. Editor
Plough, Loom and Anvil.
Winches tec, Va., Sept. 1850.
Dear Sir : I submit for the considera
tion of your ngricullual readers a few plain
propositions. If you arc possessed of
any facts, which create a
doubt of the
truth of any one of them, I shall be pleased
' '
to see them stated in your journal.
Proposition 1st. Of the various changes
vegetable and animal substances under-
go, during their decomposition, the product
of the one only which has proved to be I
the ailment of plants is the residue of pu
l refaction.
'il. Each change is a distinct and pc-
1 . 1 " rr i
luumi .iit.MMcai oruccss, uiuering iioiuiiiy:
in the circumstances requisite to produce it,
, , . , , . .
hut also in the nature and chemical corn-
position of each product.
3d. The value of each product depends
very materially upon the attention paid to
the circamstanccs necessary to generate
cat h nec-aliar nrocess. This is known to
i i
be true with regard to the vinous anil ace
tous fermentations, and is equally true with
regard to every other.
4ih. That a closc,"cool, dark, and
damp location, with a con'act of air, is in
dispensable to the generation of the putre
factive process. All organic substances
experience tl.is.changc only when thus lo
cated.
5th. No substance whatsoever will
undergo the putrefactive process, w hen ex
posed to heat, bght, and a free circulation
of air.
6!h. That decay, or cremacusis, is a
distinct chemical process, differing essen
tially from the putrefactive, in the circum
stances which produce it, as well as in the
quality of the product, which is invaria
bly destitute of fertilizing-
7ih. Putiefaction may bo considered
the ultimate result of vegetable and animal
decompositions, because it forms the only
product iiirapablc of any other chemical
change, and is consequently indcMruciblc.
bih. That the excrement of animals is
not manure. Like the bodies of animals,
it never becomes the fooJ of plants until
subject to putrefaction.
IKh. That the value ol manure mate
rially depends upon the perfection of the
putrefactive process ; that is, the strength
or fi rtitiiing tiulities of the manure may
aUnvs lie estimated by the density and
duration of the ihade to which it has been
subject.
lt);h. Thai the surface of the csrlh it
self will readily undergo the putrefactive
process, if favorably located, that is, il
densely shaded, which of nt cessity implies
a cool, dark, close, and damp location.
1 1 ill. Tl.al.lhe fertility imparted to
the earth by shade, that is, manure made
of the earth it-ell, is more durable, and
thertlore more valuable, than thut made
of an v oilier stbslance whatever.
VZh. It is not true that the impov
erished condition of any soil proceeds from
a deficiency in one or more of its mineral
constituents, because all soils, ii'ike, may
hp made exceedingly fertile by tliaJc
ulunc. Yours, respectfully,
U. T.n.L!)Wl..
Large Yield of Wheat.
We have noticed somewhat of a dis'
cusion bttween the Macombc (Mich.) Ga
zette, and the Rochester Democrat, in ic
gnrd to a kirge yield of wheat the former
stating that Ira Philips, of Armada, Mich
igan, raiM'd one hundred and twenty-four
bushels on two acres ; and the latler think
ingittoo largo a story lo believe. Per
haps wc can lessen the iiripiobfibility of
this ie!d of wheat, by idling a .stoiv ol
our own. Romania Hart, of H.-igliton,
in this coeniy, says that a field of twelve
acres which he harvested this fall, ave
rted 5(1 bushels lo the nc re. On three
acics, and what he considered the poorest
piece of ih'? field, the )ield. carelully ami
accurately measured, was over tisiy
bushels to the acre. This three acres be
ing the lightest anil poorest of the field,
Mr. II. IiIk r.iily manured it with lime nnJ
a-hes, and the consequence was, il proved
the best. Prtviouslo towing the wheat,
a fine growth of clover was turned under.
Mr. Il irt intends to try for the State pre
mium. We shall endeavor to obtain a full
statement of culture of this crop. Gm-Fur
Agricultural Fleeting.
An Agricultural Meeting was held at the
Court House in this Uorough, on Monl iy
evening last. It was numerously attended.
Preparatory steps were taken to organize
an agricultural SncTty for Luzerne county.
Delegates were appointed lo the Farmer's
Convention to be held nt Il.irrisburg on
the 3J Tucsduy of January next. The
mo'ting adjourned to mcei nt the Court
Il(j'je in tins Dorough, on the evening of
ihc first Monday of January next. ll'if
barre Jldvocale.
(W The above paragraph prompts us to
inquire what has become of the East Ouf
fulo Agricultural Society and whether any
step have been taken lo have Union county
represented in the Farmer's Convention nt
llarrishurg ? PufTalo Valley should nut
bo left in the back ground cn ss important
au occasion as that. Lancaster county we
see has unpointed Dclegites. lid. Chroa.
II
H. O. HICKOK, Editor.
O. N. WORDEN, FablUhcr.
At 1..r41 rah In advance, $1.75 in three month. $ paid
williin Ut y'r, anl $14) at the etui of tin yvux.
Ajytnts in IMiil:idlihia V B Palmer ami K TV t'arr.
Letcisburff, I'a.
Wednesday Morning, Nov. 27
ADVERTIZE ! Kwuti.m. .VlmmWratt.rt. I'uMir
offirvn. rityantl l-.tuntrr MrrrhMil. Manufacturer.
Mt-r h:ini-(i. Iliitmi Mt-u all wlm wij-b l nirure or t
tlistHtft? r amthiii'- wnuM il well tn (fire- notice or the
' wimetlirmijili tlie .tirirf'tirit flinuiii-lr." Tliif taj.T has
! a cooJ ami itnTeaMtiir rirmtntion in a rvaimiuiiitv ronlai-
i "in! Ursx f i"i-',n t i.iv.iii i.u.vrs
. roitftuim'r!. and ilraler. art any other in the Matt.
j "Xows" a new correspolideut was
j too late for this week the gifts of that
1HU 'hall be ever welcome.
& There are some of onr subscribers
i who owo us fur near three years, who we
i advise to save themselves from a fit of the
i horrors, by carefully reading the " Case of
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articles on our first page.
SaT We had occasion to make a profes-
sional visit to the Courts of Columbia county
j last week, and were pleased to see that
j Hl.OOMsm ny has rapidly improved during
the past season. Many substantial and
i -
elejrant buildini.'s have Ikh ii erected, others
nre under way, and the town presents a
stirring business aspect. A new street Ins
hem laid out ami partly built up, on the
flat just at the lower end of town, and the
hill cut down somewhat, making a belter
road than the old one, aud affording a
capital place for the buys to ride down
hill on a shingle though we were a little
surprised to find that the good people of
l!lo(pin would tolerate any proclivity what
ever ou the part of their town towards the
rival county of Moiilour!
didn't get a glimpse of rir portrait
of Jenny Lind, possibly perhaps because
we foiL'ot to exhibit the shillinir but hail
a pleasant interview with the clever, socia
ble Editors of the ' J)rM,irnit' and 4 Str ,
may their shadows never be less aud
learned that Mr. Case, late Editor of the
defunct 'Herald of Freedom,' is to start a
Democratic oaper in M'Ewcnsvillc about
the 1st of Dec., for the piwposu iu part of
aidintr the ''Frecland County" project, 1 1
the detriment of I'nioii aud Montour. AVc
of course are bound to tomahawk anyljody
who attempts to carve up old Union, vnhst
Lcwisburc can lie made a county-scat.
Newspaper Postage.
Congress will doubtless do something at
its COIIUH2 session in behalf of cheap post
age, a thing imperatively demanded by
the great mass of the people, and essential
to their comfort anil prosperity. But
there is one branch of this work of reform
that d"0E not seem to have been introduced
into Congress, and th:t is, the free circula
tion of newspapers in the vicinity of their
respective places of publication. This fea
ture is one of paramount importance to the
country press ; and Editors and Publishers
in the interior, owe it to themselves, and
their patroiiSjto make timely and energetic
efforts to compel the attention of the pow
ers that lie to thissubject, and influence their
favorable iielioiu A country jmper that
endeavors to keep up with the times, and
the progress of improvement, is obliged to
make an expenditure of money nud labor,
nearly doubbj that required ten or fif
teen years ago; and, with little if any grea
ter patronage, is obliged to encounter, at
the same time, a severe, if not ruinous
competition with the "cheap city papers''
that now flood the country. All these ob
stacles in the way of success, could be read
ily overcome if the country press had the
local patronage it ovijht to receive. Hut
the inconvenience and uncertainty (and
often impossibility) of (-ending packages
'nt of til--- mail, and the added postage when
J st-nt , tint i(i:iib lire ilr:i'.vb:ti'ls t:tlit s:nllv
interfere with thcsiihscriptiuu lists of coun
try papers, and operate as a premium in
favor of the city press. Xow, the evil
should be remedied, as far as may be prac
ticable ; and as the post office department
was established for the people, and not the
jtcople for it, or its mail contractors, and is,
withal, supported by the money drawn di
rectly from their own pockets ; and as past
experience proves the thing to he perfectly
feasible, wc arc disposed to insist for our
part, that Congress shall authorize news-
papers to be carried free of postage within
thirty miles of the place of pubI;cutton,atid
and also to all parts of the same County
over that distance. And wc suggest to our
brethren of the press, that they print and
eirulate !ctitions to that effect, and after
having them as numerously signed as pos
sible, forward them to Washington, with
out dehi. Unless combined and vigorous
efforts are made and made soon, we will
find that our common interests iu this mat
ter will lie neglected, our wishes db regard
ed. It will be remembered that this Con
gress closes its session on the 4th March,
and whatever is dene should be tfour
until'!.
The rrtttlfnl liijuirlT notices the
caving in of a bank of arth on McCord's
section on thoN. 15. Canal, by which three
men were buried. They were however
speedily extricated, and happily escaped
with life, although much injured.
tWtf'The Board of Commissioners of
Moutout county, have commenced official
business T. J. GALiiKAiru. Clerk.
Till! IMU
more Rail-Roads.
Hon. S. N. I'almkr, of the Pottsville
Emjiorium, in view of the improvements
which arc being tirade in other portions of
the eoal fields, expresses the apprehension
that they will destroy or very much ks.-tcu
the value of property in the l'ottsville re- matter superior Embellishments and
gion. After enumerating several existing' beautiful and early Fashion Plates. Mrs.
and projected rail roads and other improve-1 Ann S. Stki'ITENS, tho author of "Mary
incuts, in rival localities, the Editor says, j Derwent," 'Talaees and Prisons," ''J ulia
"In short, wc hear from all sides of new i Warren," ''Malina Uray," 4c., continues
avenues to the eastern market, and the! to edit the work, which is a sufHcieut gua
'inestion it at once suggested, what will ! nmtec of its character. A ppcciinen can
become of Schuylkill county? AVe are
expected to do our portion of the trade at
a profit, after paying the interest of thirty
millions of dollars to the Navigation and
Hail Hoad Company, which have cost three
times as much as they could now be built
for, and which must make their dividends
and interest, at any cost to us. There is
not an intelligent man among us, who will
not admit that the permanent prosperity of
this county imperatively demands new,
more direct, and cheaper avenues to the
Eastern markets. New York would gain
more each year by direct Kail ltoad com
munication with l'ottsville, than the inte
rest on the construction account of six such
rail roads, economically built, would amount
to. The J-JmjvirtttM then expresses me
opinion that the obstacles in tho way of
obtaining a direct rail road communication
with New York, are the "supiueness and
venal character" of those most interested
in such a project ; a fear of the local influ
ence of the " speculating managers of the
Heading Hail Hoad Company," and the
fact that most of the Schuylkill land hold
ers arc Philadelphians, and of course jeal
ous of New York. The present is urged,
however, as the proper time to move in
the matter, when money is seeking invest
ment in new enterprises; and it is said
that New Yorkers need only know the
truth, to furnish nearly all the capital
necessary to build the few links iu the
chain of communication yet needed. The
Einiinr'tton states that if the present op
portunity is missed, " l'ottsville instead of
being the central city of the ( oal trade,
will become one of the little villages on
its far out-posts."
This is a strong picture, and indirect
ly interests more than the Pottsville peo
ple. If this new enterprise be accomplished,
the West Branch will ultimately reap
some benefit from it. By the time this
proposed new communication is made, a
rail road will no doubt be extended from
Pottsville to Suiibury ; and also from llar
rishurg to Sunbury, aud thence to AVil
linmsport and Elmira; so that the rich
country of the West Branch will emerge
at once from its seclusion, and be placed
in the most direct and advantageous con
nection with the Great West, and the mar
kets of Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York. Penn'a. Contractors in New York.
We observe that a company of Pennsyl
vania gentlemen Messrs. Lutimnit, Hurl:
f'llir, M'lon 1- Co. have undertaken
the construction of the Hail-Boad leading
from Hornellsville to Attica, iu New York
a work fifty-eight miles iu length and j
that they offer the same to sub-contractors
in sections of about one mile each. The
same Company have recently completed or
are completing a contract on the N. Y. 4
Erie Hoad, which euilpoycd some TOO men.
We wish them success in their enterprise,
w hich will probably require near two years
in its construction.
Jiinwn Moon, Jr., or Kat nn(rt, I'nion Co.
'Our oplv mttliral prewrii'ti'-n, in a pint-h ia nlw t
HVi;tl Vi-i-taM- 1'ilK" to wit: A cojty or the l.jivm
ina Ont-ttf." Iswishiwj Cfmmiclt.
Im-4 u p. utlv tiitimntU' Ittuur ,TT-tlii-nmMiitain roti-tn-iiMrr.
that it iiM lo a wr-ll t" ilnt that wt.rtl ' T.-ee-tiihlf.'"
W i Uiitrlaiui having anvthmi W do with anr mioi-fa.-luri-
i.rthat kin.l. Our aininblf fin inl." of thf (IJumfcm
Ih-m-rrttt. Irum whtiin vr make atlrnw when nece-sary,
air..r. weekly a nufli-i.-nt sn,.,.!)- f.ir the .uritit.n of llit
h.le eoiuniuit) if swallowed. Lynmiui UaHttt.
Well, under all the circumstances, wc
imagine it would he no more than generous
to drop that 'vegetable ;' and the Lycoming
Jmii'ir is accordingly turned over to the
tender mercies of the 'frosty sons of thun
der' ou the North Branch, at whose
feet the glove is thus daringly thrown
though serious forebodings arise in our
mind as to the mutual fate of the champi
ons brought face to face under this new
issue. There are still vacant lots, however,
in the Lewisburg Cemetery, and we shall
endeavor to have our pen mellowed down
to the dew-point, in readiness for an epi
taph of befitting sadness.
Tx ok Boctis Axn M.'nTmr.r. Our opinion has tieeii
rt-tiui-Ftlitl in nt;artl lothe lepality of taxinjr Itoiitl-t ami
un .rtaKtu for eimlily. whotil and other purMMtea. We are
not aware of any law. that anthorutea an attfeit'tiif nt of
taxeii oil Intudu anil Mortgage p, r except lor State ur
pudeM alone. Stmimrif Amrrican.
Not quite ' IxKjked up,' friend Masser.
Money at interest, in whatever shape, is
taxable for State, county and other purpo
ses, by virtue of the acts of 11th June,
1S0; 2'.lth April, 1S41; and 7th April,
1840 j and is specially exempted from tax
ation for Borough and Township purposes
by the 22d section of the act of "Joth April,
lsf.0.
af-Tho Curium Dnitm-ral notices the
death of Josi.wt White, the pioneer and
principal ojn-rator in the improvement of
tho Lehigh Coal region. The Company
which has wrought the mighty cliiige in
that now busy vale, was incorporated in
ll8. Mr. White w: afterwards Canal
Commissioner under Gov. Wolf. He was
a nativo of one of the Eastern States, but
resided in Philadelphia, whore he died ou
the 1-lth iust. at the age of 70 years.
Cr3L.Kead all tho Now Advertisements,
and don't forget the eld oues.-Xpa
t&.uPetrM't Magtizlie" for the past
year has maintained an elevated character,
and stood manfully by the side of its more
costly and older rivals. For 1851, the
l'ublisher continues the reduced prices to
, dubs, and womines an increase of reading
be seen at the Lewisburg Heading Boom.
The l'ublisher says :
"In 1851, a new feature will be intro
duced, in a series of National stories, lo
cated in different sections of the Union,
and depicting manners and traditions
North, South, F.ast and West. The Jan
uary number will be out by the 1st of
Decenilier, and will be an annual iu itself.
Hecollect, the terms of this Magazine arc
but two dollars a year : to clubs, .three
copies for five dollars, or eight copies for
ten dollars, with a choice of two large sized
premium pictures to the person getting up
the club. Address C. J. Peterson, No. 18
Chesnut street, Philadelphia.
JBSy-Tho -ley Luminary states that
on last Thursday week, Mr. John Baker,
of that borough, was found dead in a fence
comer, a short distance from the boat yard
of Mr. Charles Frick. He had been sent
early in the morning to the boat yard, with
some pumps, and after delivering them,
had wandered into an adjoining field. Not
coining home in the evening, search was
made for him, and be was found dead, lie
was very intemperate, and is supposed
to have died in a fit. He left a wife and
a large family of children.
C&y-The Vitlitt'in Gmette states that
there are now fourteen Telegraph stations
kept up by the Susquehanna Company,
and very strongly advises the people, on
the West Brauch to urge forward the wed-dino-
of tho AVest and North Branch coun
tries with Philadelphia as soon as possible.
The (iaz.-tte rays truly, we have the n ns,
if wo have the trill. We are informed
that the monthly receipts at the Dauville
station have doubled. An Agent of the
Company it is expected, will ere long visit
us.
JtafThe Fulton )m-rnt urges us t
send our X to M'Connelsburg, Fulton Co.,
where wc have sent it for near two months
but cither the place is so retired that
the P. M.'s know not whore to forward, or
our modern Samson since being entangled
in the wiles of an intoxicating Jjtutkr,
don't know his former friends '
t?"The Nashville Convention Was un
able to agree harmoniously utkui any set
tled plan of ojtnitions, and filially broke
up iu the greatest confusion. They dis
solved themselves, but not the I.'uion.
B?L.Mr. Thomas Yfakick, of Union
township, is appointed Colporteur for the
American Tract Society, to labor iu Union
county, Penn. .
ltcligious meetings have been en
joyed in the .Methodist chapt 1, lew isburg,
for many evenings past, aud still continue.
Mvstkuiols Casitaltv. The Senior
Vtlilnr of thrt Ttimlil iml (illftlf killed a '
deer last week ! Particulars not given.
New Boards of Bank Directors.
WEST BRANCH.
Tho following gentlemen were elected
directors of the West Branch I'ank, for the
ensuing ear, nt the election on Monday
W(.,. : A. Updearaff, J. F. Cowan, J. S.
Grafius, J. S. Williams, C. Gudykunst,
Thos. Bennett, L. A. Mackey, E. S. Lowe,
Jas. Armstrong, L. MahufTey, Juo. Durcll,
Chas. Lloyd, Juo. Sebring.
NORTHUMBEKLAJkD.
John Tageart, John Porter, Daniel
Rrnutigam, Win. Foisythe, Chs. II. Kay,
Wm. A. Kellog. John Walls, Win. Cam
eron, Edward Wilson, Gcorgo Schnurc,
Samuel T. Brown, Wm. Hayes, und
Win. L Dew art.
DANVILLE.
Tetcr Baldy, Thomas Hayes, Jacob W.
Smith, Wm. C L-iwson, Jacob Cook, J.
P. Ilackcnmirg, John K- Grot, John
Sharpless, Wm. Jenison, T. O. Van Alen,
Michael C. Gricr, lr. Wm. 11. Magill.
Lewisburg University.
The University at Lewisburg, we arc
pleased to learn, is in a flourishing condi
tion. It is but a few days since we had a
view of the buildings already constructed
and in progress, and we confess they ex
ceeded our expectations. The site is j
handsome and romantic, and when the '
buildings are all completed.it will compare
favorably with any of our seminaries of
learning.
The citizens of Lewisburg have also laid
out a handsome Cemetery, w hich is not on
ly an ornament to the place, but most usc
lul in its sacred purpose. 1 1 is not to be
denied our Lewisburg friends manifest more
enterprise iu these and some other matters,
than any town on the Susquehanna.
fSunbury American.
Congress will meet on Monday week.
A despatch from Washington says, prep
arations f r the Session are being made.
President Fillmore's message, it is said,
will be n very lengthy document. The
Report of the Secretary of tho Treasury
begins iih an auspicious representation
of the financial state of nffuirs. A modi
fication oflhe present tariff is recommend
ed in some particulars.
Gen. Arista it is staled lias beat elected
President of Mexico.
Bga., We are sorry to learn that the Sul
livan EwjU is dead. Kather bad omen
for that new and enterprising county.
Never do, to give it up so.
The Mississippi Legislature does
not respond to Gov. Quitman's nullifying
views, but instead of that, passed, among
other things, a resolution inquiring about
the Stale arms that were said to have been
loaned to the Cuban Invaders. (J. S.
Senator Footo made a Union speech to the
Legislature and citizens, that was received
with tremendous applause.
Gen. Scott and the Presidency.
Hon. John M. Clayton mado a speech
at a meeting in Wilmington on Saturday
last. Morton McMichnel named Gen.
Scott as the Whig candidate for the Pres
idency in 1852, and called on Mr. Clay
ton to sustain him. " Mr. Clayton respon
ded in a glowing eulogy on Gen. Scott's
military career. It may be set down as a
fixed fact that (Jen. Scott will be the Whig
candidate for 1852.
Two Democratic Conventions.
The Democratic Central Committee met
on Wednesday evening last at the Mer
chants' Hall in Philadelphia, John Hick
man Esq., in the chair, and decided in
favor of a separate Democratic State Con
vention to nominate candidates for Judges
of the Supreme Court, to be held on the
2d Wednesday of June, 1851, at Ilarris
burg, (which will he the next week after
the Democratic State Convention at Head
'IS )
Extension of the Telegraph.
Messrs. Gucl & Shaw, the Contractors
oflhe "Sus'piehanna River and North and
West Branch Telegraph,'' have nearly
completed the arrangements necessary to
extend the line from this place to the im
portant towns intermediate between the
New York State line and U ill'jlo on Lake
Erie.nnd are nt present only waiting to de
cide between the two routes leading from
this place northward. One by Tunkhan
nock and Towanda, the other by Scranto
nia and Carbondale, and it will depend
upon the public spirit of the citizens living
upon either of these two routes which shall
be adopted. 1'ittston Gazette.
FOREIGN 'iffiiS NEWS.
New York, Nov, 22.
The Niagara to-day brings six days
later intelligence from Europe.
The Schlcswig llolstcin question is not
yet settled, Austri i and Prussia havo arm
ies in the field, endeavoring to check-mate
each other, but it seems thai Russian diplo
macy has out-witted them both.
The excitement, in England, in relation
to the bite bull of the Pope, widens and
deepens. Lord John Russell, the prime
minister, has written a letter, distinctly de
claring the disapprobation of her majesty's
government with the Papal bull. The peo
ple, meantime, assume a threatening alti
tude. The fifth of November.or Guy Faw
kes day, has of late been scarcely comme
morated, but it was observed, this year,
with all the old ceremonies. The Pope
was burned in effigy, as also Cardinal
Wiseman, in various of the provincial
towns. Meantime the leaders of the llo
mish party in Great Britain appear lo
court rather than avoid the storm that is
evidently brewing.
John O'Connell meets the attacks upon
the movements of the Pope, by counter as
saults upon the p.iablished Church of Ire
land, aud the wrongs perpetrated in its
name, and by its authority. When will
European nations learn to tolerate all relig
ions, after our own glorious example?
A Turkish line-of-batlle ship recently
exploded near Constantinople, by which
1000 persons lost their lives.
The deaths from Cholera at Kingston in
Jamaica, averaged 250 per week.
From California.
Tho Crescent City reached New York
on the 21st inst. She brings over 300
passengers and Two Millions in specie.
The " Tribune" says :
" The news from California has no
surprising features. Things in the New
State pursue their natural course. The
character of the elections as detailed by
our correspondent, indicates no more fidel
ity lo party names, than is to be expected
in so new and rupid community. The
news from the mines is not calculated to
encourage individual adventurers, but yet
the yield of gold is steady aud abundant.
The richness of tho gold bearing quartz
remains a matter of fact on the evidence of
this arrival, notwithstanding it has been
loudly denied by disappointed seekers.
The troubles with the Indians are bad, but
I hey can not long continue. The situa
tion ol the overland emigrants continues to
be described as extremely dreadful. Star
vation and disease contend among them
which shall destroy tho most victims. A
greater number of passengers are now re
turning from California than are going
thither ; the season of the year has some
thing in do with this, but not more wc
ihiuk, than has the dissipation of all illus
ions. The bulk oflhe emigration to Cal
ifornia will hercaficr be of ersons who go
there without exaggerated expectations,
and go tn slay. Such emigrants are l he
best, and under their hands, the almost in
finite resources of that marvelous region
will receive a steady development, and the
growth oflhe State will be healthy and
permanent.
A S.in Francisco paper states that the
Cholera has been brought lo that City by
he Emigrants, tut that its ravages bad
uot been severe.
Ncrus & Notions.
The large WilkesbarrC rolling mill u
sold last week by the Sheriff for $9,600.
Population of Reading, 15,821
Do do Lancaster, 12,332
Reading ahead, 3,439
Escai-ed fko.mJail. Isaac Ilouslander
and Oliver ilurknes niado their cscnj
from our county prison during the night of
the 6 h inst., by cutting tw o iron bars of a
window through which they made their
exit. The first had been committed for
counterfeiting, the other was charged with
sheep stealing. A reward of $50 ia offered
by the Sheriff for their apprehension.
Tioga Ixiglr.
A patent was last week issued by the
Government to Richard A.Fisher of Sun
bury, Pa., for improvement in washing
machine.
J. Bayard Taylor the poet was last week
married to an accomplished and ipiritutllt
lady of ("better county, Pa.
Rev. Geo. W. Young, of Jersey Shore,
has accepted a call from the Baptist church
at W ushingron, Washingtou Co., Pa.
Eight young Indies have befwi awarded
diplomas, at the Oberlin College, Ohio.
Oneoflhem was a colored young lady.
One of the Indies who has finished the the
ological course intends to devote herself to
preaching.
The Queen Mab, arrived at Liverpool
on 31st of Oct., reports ibat the U.S.sloop
of war Yorktown was lost on the north
part of St. Jago, Cape de Verde Islands,
on the 25th of Sept crew saved. The
information was derived froin the roy
yacht schr. Ariel, from St. Jngo, which
was spoken on the 2d ol October, in lati
tude 14 longitude 27.
The existence of n third ring around
Saturn has been ascertained by the astro
nomers at Cambridge, Mas. Ii is interior
lo the two others, and therelcre its distanco
Irom the body of Saturn must bo small.
The eighth satellite of this planet was also
discovered at Cambridge, by Mr. Bond,
about two years since.
A bell, weighing a ton, is shortly to be
placed in the steeple oflhe German Refor
med church, in Eiston.
Onto The official canvass shows the
following result for Governor :
Wood, (Democrat.) 133,092
Johnston. (Whig,) 121 0'J4
Smith, (Free Soil.) 13.820
Wood over Johnston, 11, !!)-
Rev. Mr. King, of Dublin, said in a dis
course delivered in this country, on his re
cent visit, thai il can be shown Irom the
writings of the Roman Catholics them
selves, that Si. Patrick, the patron saint of
Ireland, was a Presbyterian missionary.
Is not a sectarian spirit, tbe Iewii
wedge to separute Christian' from each
other ?
The figures expressing the number of
thee Untied States have at length chang
ed, and old 413" has turned around into
31.
A letting will be held at Edward Kutz
ner's store, on Saturday, tho 7th day el
December, 1850, in Turbut township, for
a bridge across Muddy Run.
By the official returns of the New Jer
sey election. Fort, Dcm., received 33"2w
votes and Hunk, Whig, 34.054. Fort'
majority 5,7ii.
The first Court in Montour county, will
commence on the 16th of December.
Reading, in point of population, is tbe
third city in Pennsy lvania, Philadelphia
being the first and Pittsburg (including Al
leghany city) the second.
Pottsville contains a population of 7512.
It has 110 manufactoring establishments,
whose annual production exceeds 50l,
000.
A despatch from Louisville, Kentucky,
announces the death of Col. Richard !.
Johnson. I lo died on the 1G b inst., in
the 65th year of his age. His health haJ
been declining for some time, cons?quen!'
his demise was not unexpected.
Census Heaver tp, Union co.I629 ) 0,.
West Beaver 1213 S" '
Knows His Knows He knows ru
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nose. I know he knows his nose, rie sail
I knew he knew his nose ; and if he sa;J
he knew I knew he knew his nose,of course
he knows I know he knows his nose.
Gen. Garret D. Wall, late U.S.Senatnr
from New Jersey, died at his residence ia
Burlington, 22d inst., aged over 70.
Two dramatists of the feminine gendef
had an "affair of honor'' in N- York IY7
recently one flourished a bowie knife and
the other pulled hair. The hair puller
was victorious.
The Philad. Jury in the case ol Bel''
Lynduil, indicted for fraudulently alterin:
Election returns, did not agree, and were
discharged.
llarrishurg, Nov. C3.
The jury in the case of ihe Comm a
wealth vs. Jo-diua Milliken, tried t'''1,r8
our Court of Quarter Sessions for setting
fiietothe Clark's Ferry Bridge last sum
mer, last night rendered a verdict of SUI':-V"
The convict is only eighteen year of "a"1''
and lived at Clark's Ferry.
New York. Nov. 23.
The propeller " Resolute," a smnll '
boat employed in the bay, blew u; J
morning, ki I ng two men and dreadiu. y
wouud'.ni! and scalding five tthtrs.
Died. 3d inst.. in Armstrong o-.
Rev. Nathaniel Randolph Snowden. i a
81sl year the oldest graduate of I'M-"
ton at his death, and a Chaplain in tc l
S. Army in 1312. ,
Acriiir.vr. We learn that a 'n
Thomas M'Cord. deceased, resi'hn.2
his uncle, John RPCoid, four or fae
above lliii place, fell from the horrf F1
of a thrashing machino on Wei!e;V'
and was caught by the iron whrtl K j
which mangled one of his legs in a W'
shocking manner. The limb was ,n'..
injured that amputation was divan-.1
essary, which operation was lali'ii1"'' .
Dr. Van Valzab. The boy is '
1 ear of age, and at the hist aecoiii'l
doing tolerably well. Lew tsiown