l.EWISBUItG CHRONICLE AND WEST BRANCH FARMER The Farmer. For the Lwibnrg Chronicle. Wheat, Clover, and Corn. Mb. Emtor : As I saw nothing in jour a a - at . a for more than thirty years, was (to get ! good ci ops, to keep my land in clover; and to get the clover to do well, I found that I must raise corn to keep' the ground in order. Kvery six or seven years I raise a crop of corti on every field. By this way, in rotation, the ground is kept in order for the clover. To keep the l.md in clover too long, is not good ; for the ground gets too loose, and the wheat does not do so veil as when it is put to corn every six or seven years. The raising ol corn puts the ground in a more settled state, and the clover will do better, destroy the weeds, Ac. I have of late years hauled my manure out in the spring on my corn ground ; this improves the corn crop very much ; and the next spring 1 put oats in it, and the good i' fleet is seen in the onts. After the oats is off, I plow middling deep, and sow it with wheat. This is not so sure a crop as vVhen I plow clover sod, but it puts the ground in such ordei that the clover will do well. 1 hardly ever miss a good crop of clover. After oats and wheat, I leave my fields in clover two years, and plow the third J ear for wheat, and then sow it with clover again, and ao on in rotation. By this way the land will be kept in good order ; and by using lime and manure freely, tlte land will improve and get bet ter. I sow all my ground in clovtr that I sow in grain, every spring, so that all my ground is in clover or grain. I found it of great benefit to the ground, not to let it j lie without clover over year. I never found much difference in plow. ing clover sod early or late. 1 have raised good crops of wheal when I plowed about the 1st of September, and sowed about the 28ih, I woulJ prefer the late plowing if the weather would permit. To plow clover sod for fall is just as good if plowed two or three weeks before sowed, if it is only well pulverised, as if it were plowed in the spring and left to the storms and rains to wash off. 1 almost always, u.e lime on the ground when I take the oats off, before 1 sow the wheat ; and by this way 1 have improved my land, and raise nmch more lcr acre than 1 did thirty years ago, when 1 first commenced farming. By reading agricultural papers, and try ing other's ways, I have improved my farm, so that I can ''keep sight" of my neighbors and brother farmers. I wish that some that were more experienced in farming and writing, would let as hear from them, and their experience. 1 have been looking for something from the pen of my friend over the river, for I know that he knows how to raise wheat, clover, and corn. A 1htcii Farmer. Fountain Hill, liast Buff.iloe, Jan. 21. Roads. Some (icoplc leiii to find there has been great w asie of horsr; flesh, from l he unnecessary Att.fiucsa of hills over which lliev are requited to climb in many of our l .iiL' trnvelcil roads. This is a know ledge - o " that has come lute to portions of this coun ty ; but come it has. at las), ami thankful re we, belli lor oursclvesand the animals, that it is lound to be a matter of dollars and cents to make roads approximating as nearly a level as localities mid a reasona ble expenditure will admit. In a drive the past season ol some hun dred, of miles, mostly throunh the oldest settled portions of the Kastt m States, we often observed in some of the most frequent roads, steep ascents 1 hat might with little trouble, be entirely avoided. A little more j eircuilous route, ou a nearly level road, I would enable the team to reach n point at wumu uiau". i B easy trot, will, less fatigue and ... IH Ihctime.bc is lupg.ng at his load now, dragging it up a steep hill, and anon hold- .ngilback. The entire cost ol .he some new route, and the tx,K-nse of grading ana working inn m.iu, unou repaid semi-annually by the economy in time and horse flesh, on portions of many of our thoroughfare.. We find the comparative drought of a horse on level and varying ascents, in Gil lespie's work on roads, thus stated: If a horse can draw on a lcJ 1000 lbs. ina rise ofl iu 100 ft. he can draw J00 1 in 60 lin 44 I in 40 1 in 30 I in 26 I in 24 1 in '20 1 in 10 61(1 750 720 650 S40 SOU 400 In round numbers, upon a slope of 1 in 44, or 120 feet to the mikt, a horse can draw only three quarter as murh as he can upon a level ; on a slope of 1 in J4, or 2-0 feet to llw mile, he can draw ....ly kail as much ; and on t. slope of 1 in 10, or 528 feci to the mile, only one quarter u much. ia as iiwuKh , v., , stron" a five men, yet on a sleep lull it less strong than three ; lor three men, carrying each 100 II., will ascend faster than a horiic with 3 'HI lbs. There is a iopu!ar thf-ory that a gcii l' inhih.f road i less fatiguu.j; to horMa :Uu uue wintl. is perfectly Itvtl Farmers' Column week oelore last, I ltio t ; on examination 10 be untrue, noin inccnan I would give you my experience on the j ica'lv and physiologically ; for, consider above. My experience in raising w heat J ing it in the former point of view, it is ap- Ii i raid that the alternation of accent, descent, and levels call into play different muscles, allowing tome to rest while the others are exerted, and thus relieving each in luru. Plausible as this specula tion appears at first glance, it will be found 1 parent that new ascents are formed which offrr resistances not compensated by the descents ; and in the latter, we find that it is contradicted by the structure of a horse. My acquaintance with the muscles by no means enables me to ex plain how a horse should be more fatigued by traveling on a road uniformly level, than by traveling delphia, A. B. Cummings ; Paoli. J. J. over a like space upon one that crosses ' Rowen ; Parksburg, W. Roat ; Lancaster, heights and hollows ; but it is dcmonstia. J- Keller Columbia. S. Pearce ; Ports b.y ,, WM,,ha, mu.de, can alter, j r&StTrSZ. '' sE nately rest and come in motion in cases of this kind. Much is to be ascribed to prejudice originating with the man, con tinually in quest of variety, rather than with the horse who, consulting only his own ease, seems quite unconscious of Ho garth's line of beauty." American Agri culturist. Furpisc Always be regulur and systematic in feeding your stock. Regu larity is the best balance wheel of Agricul tural enterprise ; derange this, and the machine runs down." Stated hours and specified quantities graduated accor ding to circumstances, should invariably I be observed. " Neither loo little or too much, too often nor too seldom," this is the true policy. To prevent oxen from hauling or crow ding, it Is only necessary to lengthen the voke to break oxen of this vicious habit. In some instance we have been obliged to make yokes 12 to 18 inches longer than those ordinarily worn. Accident on the Erie Railroad. Yesterday, at 2 o'clock, as the express train from Horrellsville was coming to ward Piermont, at the speed of twenty five miles an hour, the hindmost passen ger car, containing between thirty and forty passengers, suddenly got off the track, broke from its connections, and tumbled with great violence down an em bankment forty feet in height, into the Delaware river! The car rolled over and over in ita pro gress down the embankment, breaking in to many pieces, the roof flying off in one direction, the aides, wheels, timbers and passengers all landing in a heap in ihe river. Fortunately, the car landed at right angles with the river, one end being near shore, where the water was only two leet deep, the other end where the water was five feet deep. It aeemcd almost marvelous that any were saved alive, but it is believed that not more than three or four if any are lost. All who were taken out were greatly bruwrd. The brakeman who was on this car, lumped of!, and fortunately landed on i . . ' . ' . . .r.. - . I his feet, he received no injury, finical-I ' J J Ct lant fellow seeing two ladies struggling in I the water, one having an infant child in her arms, immediately plunged into the freezing element, and brought safely to the xhorc the child, who had become wpa ratrd from its mother. Taking ofl hi only coat, he wrapped it hastily about the ch id to prevent it from freezing, and re turning to the river, rescued tho mother and the other lady from a watery grave. The ninht was intensely co'd. and . I clothes of oil who were thrown into tne water, became frozen in two minutes. The accident took place between the stations of Hawkins and Ivpiinunk, 200 miles from Sr.w York. The train was delayed about three hours. Most of the pasenj;ers who were in the ill-fntcd ear.wcre so bruised a to be unable In w.ilk w ithout naKijIaurR- hut not nianv !,.... . ... . i h id limbs oroken. I wo gr ntlemen were ! ,,. whosc recovcry is , (.oll,(1.fed impoSsi,,K go ar..adfuiy were acera,e(1 The (.cident by d,,sct in lhe which j ,rnck X. y. Suf 30 ult. A Hundred Tears Ago. The Kv. Thomas Smith, of Falmouth, Mf. in hie niiaint Journal and Diarv of . the weather, kept by htm a century ago. j j , .. has left on record data which prove the . r ., , , . ,. .r rather of 17u0-51 to be the mildest of ...... , i t which their is any chronicle, in iSew England- Wc append a few extracts : January C'h. No snow on the ground. 7th. Snowstorm. IvJ'h. Thaw. 15th. The frost is entirely out of the ground. 21st. Weather like Mjy. 24th. This winter will go down memoiial to posterity. February. This month has been mora like spring than w inter moderate gene rally; and several days as wirm aa May. 1 8th. Pleasant weather still. This win ter ends a wonder through tlte wholn. March 5ih. Snow storm. 13th. l ine ; e,,riI.K weather ,,c rM, ()f the month, ex- crpt the la, l four days. I T(m, rightw,n yrnrii of n;pf, j ol (orrijin hir'h, weiRhuiK over four hnn- 1 l..l liniinilc Srlllk fir A. ..... ......I.. . k.J , - i,ii; -i i ir n .-i utm i-ern on exi.iiMiioii at u,c iorilt American Hotel, corner of Bay atd street and Bowery, New Yo.k, dird suddenly on Friday rvc niti!'. An ...satiable thirst seized h.ni.and he drank several cnllnns walf!r daily, shortly heiore his dt ath. He was under mHiral treatment, and his death appears jo U- involved in sonic myslery. Appointment! by the Canal Board. Superintendent of Motive Power on the Columbia Railroad Col. A-L. Koumfori. Superintendent of Motive Power on the Portage Railroad F. R. West. SUPKUV1SORS. Del ware Division Geo. W. Clawson. F.nstern Divisiou James Gowen. Lower Juniata J. S. Miller. Upper Juniata J. P. Anderson. Portage Railroad Wu S. Campbell. Upper Western Division J. Peters. Lower Western Division J.F.M'Culloch. West Branch Geo. Crane. North Branch Geo. Search. Susquehanna H. D. Koadarmel. COLLECTORS. F.aston, J. K. Ile:kman ; New Hope. J. Sands : Bristol. R. Patterson : Phila- wi-0Wlli Wn, . R. M'Cay ; Huntingdon, A. Harri-on ; Holl.dsysburg, A.A.Uuglas; Johnstown, Dr. Marchind ; Blairsville, U Barr ; Freeport, Peter Clawson ; Pittsburg, John Hastings ; Dunnsburg, W. A. Pack er ; Williamsport, C. D, fildred ; North umberland, Wm. Wilson ; Beach Haven. George Smith , Liverpool, John Huggins; Outlet Lock. Portmouth, Wm. Cole; Ju niata Aqueduct. J. Shoemaker ; Freeport Aqueduct, R. Martin. Harrisburg, Feb. 1. The following ad ditional appointments have been made by the Canal Commissioners : Weighmasters. liaston.Meichoir Hord; Philadelphia, Geo. W. Scofield ; Lancas- ter, Dunlap ; Columbia, Thos.Wlsh; Portsmouth. D. Shxffer ; Johnstown Scales, K. B. Cotter ; Johnstown Weigh Lock, W. B. Clark ; FlollidaysburK. Rob ert Williams; Pittsburg, William Karns ; Northumberland, C. S. Brown, of Lewis burg, Bench Haven, John Fruit ; Junction Allegheny P. R. R. and Penna. R. R. II. S. Graham, of Lcwisburg. Slate Agents. John Rankin, Philadel phia and Columbia Raiload ; J. Cunuing ham. do; James Hunter, do; T. M'Michael, do ; C. Brady, do ; Capt. Hambright, do; L. Frank, do ; Isaac Water bury, do ; Oscar Hammond, do ; A. P. R. Roads, Portage Railroad ; James Mclntyre, do ; B. Ruff, do ; V. Phelps, do ; Samuel Barr, do ; C. B. Soly, do ; James Rhey, do ; Wm. Piper, do; Ivtgen, Donnelly. Boat Slips. Ilollidaysburg ; Charles Goodman, do, Johnstown. S anbury k Erie Railroad. The Newspapers along the surveyed route of the Sunbury & Erie Railroad are endeavoring to awaken tht public mind especially the mind of the Philadelphia capitalists to a sens of its vast import tancc. They truly argue, that no improve ment could be made which would so much benefit Pennsylvania particularly, and that its construction is demanded by considera tions of the highest public interest. The Clinton Democrat, published at Lock Haven, on the Susquehanna, in urging the cntcrprize upon tne attention oi i nnadei phians, says : " We confess we would like to s'-e. our city cousins open the way to the j Lakes. We have mountains of wealth I along the route wealth which will only ) tkllrn rtllt wild lllA Clin. A hll KpH hv , , . ,. ., . a shrewd searcher after the hidden irca- r . .. , , .. miiram nf ttl narth. llllt ihllt WP.tllh Hill! see the day, or it had as well not be.'' A letter addressed to the editor of the Philadelphia Daily News from the town of Warren, communicates the following, among other, home truths: "Had the Sunbury & F.rie Railroad been built in stead of that by the Juniata and Pittsburg, the New York & Erie Road would not have been built. The Northern half of State would have been doubled annually in population and wealth, for a number of years. Philadelphia would have advanced j with rapid strides on New York as a com- I mercial city the State tax would have been lightened at once, and the btatc deut been blotted out.'' It has been suggested by n gentleman well versed in such matters, that a Com pany w'll probably be organized during the present winter for the purposo of rr- ; ncwing operations on the Sunbury V lrie road. Il seems to us l lint a little vigorous and united effoit is all that's necessary to carry it forward to complete success. Krie Gazette. Disastrous- Steamboat Accident New Orleans, Jan. 30. We have just received intelligence here of the loss of the I .lit.M., T..kn tit.m. f 1 n - 1 I I bile on her passage to Cincinnati. She eft I ' f . here on the 21st with a large cargo or pro- b 15 1 ducc, and nearly 1100 passenucrs. When ' . , ; 0C!lr Greenville, Miss., she struck a suae, l ... . it- . auu a ,cw iiiiiiuics uruito in i wo p;ecrs and sunk. Nearly one hundred and fifty pastengers were drowned, including eight or ten cabin passengers. The Adams was a new boat, and bad been running but a short time. F'RE. The large two storey frame buil ding on Juniata street between Market and Third, formerly occupied as a tavern, was discovered to be on fire on Friday evening last, about seven oVIor.L. ami n!tinHir.k ; lntle nU(llU(.r of ., nn nn,A j (J (e b(J. inc o j arrest the progress of lhe flames. Most of the furniture was got out in some shape a ! . .1.. I.. 1 . . .. ; inrt wnuio, uui a tcreaier portion broken ! The house wasoocupied by William Giffin j and family and an Irish woman.and owned by Daniel I-ic hi horn and David Candor M. I .... Ksq. The former had and insurance of $500 on the Cumberland Viilley Insurance Company of Dickinson township the lat ter, we believe, none Lowistown Ga. zi-tte, Jan. 31. If 1MU H. C. BICKOK, Editor. O. 1. WOHDEN, FoMiaher. At $1,S rub in advanrr. $1,7 In Mirer month, f 2 paid within the ynr, and $A0 rnd at Utm ymr. Agent In Philadrlptiia V B rfavr and K W lair. Lcirisburff, M'a. Tuesday Afterncon, February 4 a DVEHTIZE ! Eirrutors. Administrator., Putplir t otnrrra. City and t onntry Mrrrhants. Manufactur.-ri'. Merhanfes. llu-int-sii Mm all who ai.li to nn.urr or to di-M- or anTthini; would uo aril to notk-e or tin1 aoi-iiir...Mrii tb.-iwutr),nr.K-i." Tiii papr ha. a friwm and lucrvasiiii; circulation tn a rotninunii romai- nine large a proportion or acti,. i..ut producer-, cunsutn'-r. ami dealer, as any other in the MiUc. BsTn the aWnce of the Editor, we ..-.sue tlii paper in advance of the usual time, in order to perforin other work on the pre. The eonimutiieations of " A Median- ie,"Theta," anj Carl," shall be atteii - ded to next week. Paf We regret to notice that the U. S. Senate, in their attempts to umiml the New Postage Bill as it passed the House, have struck out the section allowing news pajiers to circulate in the mail, thirty mile from their place of publication, free of postage. If there be anything which the reading public demand more imperatively than another, it ia the free circulation of home papers the very thing which the Senate woald deny them. We hope the House will adhere to their original bill, and let the whole matter fail, rather than pass a bill for the advantage of the city capitalists, without any similar aid to the country 'press, as the present postage bill would be ass altered by the Senate. JWrllon. Geo. It. M'Farlane7of Hoi lidaysburg, has become associated with O. Barrett, Esq., at joint owner and editor of the Harrisburg Kylone. Judge M' Far lane possesses great personal popularity, an active temperament, and holds the pen of a " ready writer," and his influence will be felt in whatever position he may le placed; yet it is no disparagement to say that he by no means equals Mr. Barrett in mental calibre and versatility of talent. I But from the unambitious nature and retiring disposition of the latter, it requires the pressure of some strong emergency to bring his capabilities into action; and only the few who have had opportunities of becoming intimately acquainted with him, are aware of the varied and extraor dinary gifts with which nature has endowed him. WST Hon. John A. Baker, of the " Ter ry Freeman," is appointed by tht Gover nor, and confirmed by the Senate, to the vacancy occasioned by the death of Peter Orwan, Esq., late Prothonatory of Perry county. John Rice, Esq., of Bloomfield, has re ceived the appointment of Associate Judge of 1'erry county, in place of Mr. Baker. Judge Baker will mrke an excellent I'rotluinotory ; and we know of no one .t... ...t.i . ...., .... ,t... i i. .:.i. aii'i woui'i i;iij", n 41 uu mi: j.iuni nii.ii ' - a keeuer relish than our worthy friend J Judiiu Kice. It is not often that a streak e of luck falls to the lot of Perry county Whiirs; and therefore Mippsc it will not c ' 1 le considered excessive politeness to tender our Democratic congratulations to our old neighbors upon thsir good fortune. tefir-Tho full-length Portrait of Wash ington advertised by us recently, has readied us, and is indeed a beautiful and striking representation of that incompara ble man. It will le sent, safely and post- ' paid, by John S. Taylor, New York, on the receipt of ?I. But a little over fif ly years have elapsed .since Washington closed his eyes in death, and yet how few there are living, who knew him personally ! Wc know of but one such in this county an elderly lady near the Borough, wbo saw him often iu New York City, while he was President. tir-Tn the ('limnirte of Aug. 2i, last. we published a long communication to the people of Blair county, showing the ad- vantages of Cotton Mills, w ritten by Gen. CHARLES T. JAMK8, of Providence. That gentleman, we see, has just been elected U. S. Senator for six years, from Khmle Island. Gen. James ranks with the Ieiu - oeratic party, bnt was elected by the votes of Whigs, who have a large majority in the Legislature which elected him. traT Head the article from an Erie paper on the importance of a Kailroad up the West Branch, through the new counties of Clearfield, Jefferson, Ac. &e. A direct communication betweeu the Seaport, Phil adelphia, and Erie on the Lakes, would be vastly beneficial to the immense tract of country now almost unknown, and to the whole State by ita benefits to the City and Erie. We sometime since ventured the opinion that of the population of Stephen son county, Illinois, 1000 were from Union co., Pa. We since saw it stated that of the present population, 3360 were born in Pennsylvania, 2806 " Illinois, 145 " New York. qT New York State it is stated has a population of 3,100,000. Pennsylvania is still ahead of Ohio, which prematurely boasted herself the second State in the Union. aW Robert M. Bard, Esq., of Cham bersburg, one of the most eminent mem ber of the bar io this section of the State, died on the 2Stli nit., iu the prime of his life and usefulness. aa?TIic appointments by the Board of Canal Commissioners several of whieli are of decided interest, hereabout will Ite found in another column. Correspondence of the Lawiabnrg Chronicle. MtLWAl'KIK, Dec. 15, 1850. This "the City of the West" is still at the same place 1 found it, the fierce Lake , . -.1 a i- 1 storms to the contrary notwitbstauilmg.aml ... t 1 . 1 1 l . at the Same l:iCC Where Ol'l .MollS. jr.. ! .is At, but sixteen years ago, U.-.IU ltio ov.i eiuMva trailer hhu me uauics ii iiit-n natal wigwam. But those scenes of hila rity and (doubtless) suffering, have during this brief period, parsed away ; ami Juneau and Iiia dauntless eustomcrs arc perfectly ..I....: ...:.u .!... :.. 1 a,nMeJ whcn ,luJ vicw ,hu I'li,cc a,,d euitieiiipiu&e iiie eiinne. iuv suuucu auu unprecedented tratmition from one extreme j to another, lefure their very eyes, set ins j to theui uiiuatural and unintelligible a I change from the wild, unbroken forest, A 1 A- At 1 .... 1 l. - - 1 made hideous by the savage yell and whoop of the untutored Indian, to the ni.tgitifi cient city, and richly cultivated country, enlivened and beautilied by Kastern taste and cnterprixe, improved from the half penny traffic in skins and furs, to the stu- pendous commerce that covers these inland seas with sails from the winding path of February, without acting on any nomina thc red man, through an unbroken forest, "ion- The Democratic caucus. at 1 renton ' C ' 1 . . . ,A lk. mini wnmtit . n. t.i Ka. hcM to the popular plank-road, the railroad, and the Telegraphic wire, which are tra versing a well cultivated and rapidly im proving country, east, west, north, and south, through the length and breadth of this promising Empire of the Wet. Now and then these ejected inonarchs of the soil, can be seen leisurely traversing our streets, with mouth and eyes opn, iu uttr astonishment, scanning the grandeur and magnificent operations of their pale suc cessors upon the romantic sites of their former wigwams. The tribe of Brother tons, who have a Reservation on the east bank of Lake Winnebago, have men among them, of cousiberable mind anil character, who manage their municipal affairs about as well as tlisir neighbors, and speak the English quite passibly ; but there arc other tribes, who also have Reservations in the northern part of this State, who are miser able looking creatures, and I think they do not deceive their looks; and they would lie nothing else but miserable, if they had the gold of California at their command. The winter has set in for certain ; the ... river at this place, is closed from shore to shore ; and the Lake is piling up the ice ou its shore in no small quantity an un mistakable hint to cease operatives upon the waters, for the season. To-day, we heard the first sleighbella, and from the way the feathers arc flying while I am writing, I think the prospect for a sleigli ride is quit good. .s trade upon tin; Lake closes, every variety of enjoyment is introduced, to ki-ep i, -i- , tin a ; the mind in exercise, and enable all to em- I , A, - , - , . , . , ; ploy their leisure hours to tliu Wst advan- , -. - ,- , , . ,. tare. Litcrarv' socit'ties, debates, n-ailmg, , , . t . , .. , , 4, ' lectures, .e., seem to be the order of the , , . ., ... . ., itave anil iiirrlire r nun tluii vim .iniiii.- ih ... , . ., ... .t i xpniee of tin. ht-rl mori. tli.iti that nr tho Miml, of course have their place in the grojrranime, and enjoy themselves (by an noying the better disposed class of the coiuiuunity,) by khl iwj up their own un (lrrtnI!ij ; but thanks to the lictter breeding of the age, that class U compa ratively small. The citizens from the different States, have also their associations, gotten up in a commendable spirit of sociability, patri otism, and State pride, which no man can feel, at home, as be feels it whiln abroad, mingling with so many from every other State and country. These associations arc generally attended by 11 who claim nativi ty among them; yet sometimes, even these patriotie social meetings are made the source of pain, chagrin, and shame, when j thnt seducing enemy to man's happinc? is j introduced ujHn the festal board. The j more popular and creditable societies, arc 1 those which have for their object the im- , ,,rovt. t 0f the mind; and I am happy : to say that they exercise a very salutary ! influtnec over the minds and habits of the ! young, not only by the useful knowledge j imparted, but also in the gentle restraint they exercise in drawing and keeping them from the theatre and other haunts of vice and immorality. The lectures of the Young Men's Literary Society, arc gener ally literary feast., that are freely sought, and enjoyed by the young and the old, of every grade. The different religious denominations are also active, thtt.su long winter nights. Those who love the service of their God, have abundent opportunity, and scores of company, in this holy exercise, and look forward to the exercises of this winter, (under the approving smiles of their Di vine Master) as instruments in lib hands of adding scores to the churches, of "such as shall be finally saved." Thanksgiving day was observed here, on tho 12th ult., very generally; stores and offict'3 were cla-icd, and churches open, (and roast turkeys had to suffer in the af ternoon). It was a pleasant thought, that while we observed the day set apart for thanksgiving and prayer by the authorities of our adopted State, we at the same time were united in the same service by our friends in our own much loved Common, wealth. More anon, M. Nous & Notions. ! It is stated in the Union that den. Houston has accepted the invitation ten dered him to visa Harrisburg about the 22 J of February. The Blair County papers notice an accident by which Mr. Jnmes Stever of iliiilidaysburg came near losing his life. Observing that his fluid lamp burnt low, Mr. S. attempted to fill it while burning, when it burst in a moment, he was I enveloped in flames, and ran in agony to ! .1 . L. ........ I. iliu f. armn lima I iai . . . .... fore any assistance could be rendered him His suffering is intense, and his lile des paired of. We would caution '.hose who uae these lamps, against filling them while they arc warm. Washington, Jan. 3. Hon. David S. Kaufman, member of the House of Rep resentatives, died suddenly at the Irving House this afternoon. Mr. Kaufman was apparently in excellent health (his morning, and his sudden death has east a gloom over a large circle of friends. His family were with him in his dying moments. Albany, Jan. 31, i I'. M. The Whig Caucus unanimously nominated Ex-Governor Hamilton Fish, as their candidata for United States Senator, to succeed the Hon. Mr. Dickinson, whose term expires on lhe 4th of March next. Trenton, Jan. 31 Tha Democrats in joint session adjourned until the 14th of preparatory to the joint meeting to be held this alternoon, has agreed upon jonn K. Thompson, for Senator. Cincinnati, Jan. 30. The steamboats St. Paul and Isabel have arrived at St. Louis with nearly 200 California passen gers and about 850,000 in gold dust A long list of articles to be sent to the World's Fair from South Carolina, is pub lished in the Charleston papers. It in eludes various specimens of cotton goods. Several persons have been arrested iu Albany, charged with counterfeiting Mexi can shillings. A bill ia at present before the Virginia Legislature, prohibiting the retailing of spirituous liquors to the negroes. No less than three thousand bowls of soup were distributed by the Moyamen. sing Soup Society, on Friday last. New York, Jan, 31. No tidings yet of the steamship Atlantic. The Canada which is now out 13 days from Liverpool, is fully due at Halifax, and it is hoped she may bring some account of the Atlantic. Fine. We regret to learn thai the Newnant' Store, at Canton, was des troyed by fire on Salirday last, at mid-day. The fire caught, we understand, from a stove-pipe in an upper story, and whea dis covered had made such headway as to render it unmanagable. The effects of the Odd Fellows, whieh were in the third story, were entirely consumed. The building was new and was insured for but $600 loss above insurance, probably $S00. There was insurance upon the store goods sufhe ent to cover their loss. Bradford Argus. Boston, Jan. 31. An actor at the Mus eum named Lewis, attempted to slab his wile this morning during rehearsal, but she caught theknile in her hand, cutting it severely, lie was then seized and bound, but succeeded in getting a razor from his fiocket and cut his throat, bui noi dange rously. His wile goes by the name ol Mrs. Slickney. Baltimore, Feb. 1 The brig Glamor gan, from Kingston, arrived this morning, reports that on Tuesday night, in the Cries, a I cake, off Blutl Point, came in contact with and sunk the schooner S. C. Davis, from Baltimore for New York, laden with coal. The captain, mate and cook were drowned. Mr. James S. Wndsworth, who is a passenger on board the missing steamer Atlantic, is one of tho wealthiest men in the State of New 1 ork. A letter from his sister in England, Mrs. Murry. states that she parted with him on board the .Atlantic. A man by tho name of Hasting was drowned on Monday evening last, at Can non's Ferry, Sussex county, Del., while crossing the Nanticoke river at that place. He had been to a quilting party, came away intoxicated, and while crossing the river, fell from the skiff and was drowned Mr. Jesse Gay lord, of Bristol, Conn., a p tll-liearer at the funeral of Mrs- Johnson, while in the act of lowering the corpse into the grave, suddenly fell back ar.d expired, lit; was frty-four years of age, and had alwavs been a remarkably healthy man. N. Haven Journal. Oliver Powers, an excellent painter by trade, recently from Towanda, Pa., com mitted suicide at Elmira, N. Y.,lat week, by shooting himself with pistol. Cause drunkenness. The population of Mifflin county is 14, 964. Increase in ten years, 1,882. Rev. L. Dickens, of the Methodist Epis copal Church at St. Paul's, called at our office this morning and reported progress ; he came across the prairie yesterday from Brock's, on the Orally river; and while he and two other Minesotians were driving the distance of twenty-four miles, $kot in thtir tleigh thirty -four praire hens from the trees. Willow River, (Wis.) Inqui. rer. Always be good natured. A drop of oil will do more to start the most stubborn ma chinery than all the vinegar in the world. A correspondent of tho Boston Traveller states that a young man named Baylies Staplcs,the medium of some "spiritual rap pings'' in the house of Mr. Gardner, Ana wan street. Fall River, on Sunday evening suddenly fell on the floor dead. Col. Benton slated on Monday, in a speech which he addressed to the Senate, that Col. Fremont was detained at his home in California by indisposition, and that it was impossible to say when he would re turn to Washington. Boston, Jan. 30. On the Che.bir. ft Road near Walpole, N. H., on Tue(ja ' night, a freight train, loaded with beef C-J tie, horses, sheep. Sic, broke an aiie which the cars were thrown down an . ' , bankment a distance of 75 leet, brt-a(ln" j Ihe cars and killing nearly 180 sheen t L I 1 I .t erai norses ana men, anu oauty woumlir, many othttrs. lhe men upon the itt escaped with slight bruises. Baltimore, Jan. 31. The Police en out to day to the place designated (, Childs, the robber of Adams' Express, auj after digging and searching all day, about ibiny dollars scattered about. t ;( supposed that Childs has accomplices have removed lhe bulk of the plunder. The totul amount thus fur recovered is The New York Tribune calls the lion of Senator Broaditead.in Penmy IvaUia the triumph of the Young Democracy, or Cameron faction over lhe Old Hunker or. iiuchanan laction ol the Uemocracy. j Robert Kanton', Dem., has been electti ! U. S. Senator by both Houses ol the Man achusetts Legislature for the short term. I Mr. George Thompson, the celebrate abolition agitator, is lying seriously ill t the house cf Mr. Gurrson. As a general thing, the less a man rese ttle more loquacious he is. Put a di2en iguuiaiiiuMra in u ruotn. ana iney tjj i wrangle all night about the ''cor.siitution i ality of a saw niiil.' The decision of the New York Superior Court in the preliminary questions in ihe Forrest divorce case, has been given in f.. vor ol Mrs. Forrest. The main quoting will now go to trial before a jury, and a; pleadings will be before the Judg tries the case consequently, the meaiurej necessary to prevent or relieve against sur prise wil be more perfectly within his pow er than when issues were sent to count of law from the Court of Chancery. Casper Dull, Esq.. of McVeytown hai received the appointmentof Keverue Cor misaiouer from this judicial dutric. John J. Audubon, the celebrated Orni thologist, died on Monday lat at tin reii dence in New York, agou 73 years. Fatal Accident. On the 23rd ult. a fa. tsl aacident occurred in Washington town, ship Lycortiing county. Two children af Sael K'jaser's went into the woods to cut wood.tlie oldest one told the younger to run out of the way as the tree was fating in the direction of him. This it appears ivi ened hun so that he ran in the wrong i;. reciion, and the tree fell directly upon h.ra mangling him in a very severe manner, so that he died the same evening about 7 o'clock ; leaving his afflicted paremt to mourn hi untimely death. He was about 8 years old. McEwensville Intelligencer. The recent accident to the Hon Pn-sfn King the breaking of his knet-(an ,:l prevent him from resuming his seat in Cat gress during the present session. A correspondent of the Bottc Travel ler says that the emigration to Oregon lut season was greater than ever befjre. amounting from 4000 to 6000. The Bloomington, M'Lea county. (0.) Whig, says that the father of young Bry ant, who died from injuries received from the upsetting of a stage last summer, has recovered fifteen thousand dollars dainsk'M. Mr. KaufTmnn, who died r?rem'v iff Congress. wa a native ol CnmiVr'nf Co , Pa., and gradua el at Pr i rfw lege in 13:1 It li slat" J ihn! a new free "ill iiai v "v per is to be started shortly at W.istmiii'jn. This paer is to be edited by F. P. Bur, Kq., who v. ail support Bci.l n !"r :te Presidency. Corrected this U'hent Rye Corn Oats t laxseed ..... ...... Dried Apples Butter Tallow Lard Pork Lay. 85u9'1 5tf 40 3J I Ol 100 15 1J u 7 .... 5 IMPORTANT to those having iirfii"' of the Blood. BKANT'S PL'KlFYI.Vi EX TRACT, the most wonderful Purifier in -! world, u now put up in Qiabt Burr lis. ;Xm advertisement beaded "61 DOSEM." It rtong and purifying, thai one buttle lasu fros ten to sixteen days longer than Surai'i'illa. ' Thornton, agent, Lewiaburg. imS'J ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC WONDKR -Prrai t.thetnie I!grtire Fluid nr GtutritJ1 A great DyKpcpaia ruter. prepared from Rn ,! or the fourth stomach of the Oi, after dirrc.' " of Baron LieSig.the great Physiological cIkou by J 8 Hougnton. M li. No 11 North Eighth Philadelphia. This ia a truly wonderful rrm' for indigeation. dyspepsia, jaundice, cuiiiii''0' liver complaint and debility, curing after Smn' own method, by Nature's own agent, the Juice. See .dertiaement in another column- un toe SJii all. tiy Kev J ti Anpirn.'' BtKia and Mia Maaia Seicsbot, White Deer. tf On the 16th ult, by Ke T Mitchell. Mr R Hcstbb and Mia Si sas Hbti, both of W' W,Br'- u I In Northumberland. 18th ult., by " Alleman, JoHif Kowiian of Lewwburg Jass Ktaacri Bail of Washington"!'' . By Rev B M Long, 30th ult.. I"1 Wslksb and Mia Eli aa Ja.it Lro'3 of Milton. n On the 27lh alt, by N Mahany Esq- Owns of Lewiatown and Mi Linia of New Berlin. on: If : In Lewiahurg. Slat ult. M A-,,,'"Lj . Inhn T Uiiu ..-,! 41 vrara. 10 month , day. Abov same day, ao infant danger T Miller. , i In East liuflalo, 2d inst, an infwt too F and Buau Brown. , j-j. In Willianaaport. 32d ulL, Em ter of Thomas and Ellen Bennett. e" 7 J On Ihe 24th ull, Mrs .Maai Ovlti. about 57 year. ,wla, ' On 10th No.Wst,on board lh his paaage from Ban Franewo l Jon Sornaa. E.o,, Lite Member of from Terry (. o.
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