LEWISBURG CHRONICLE AND WEST BRANCH FARMER Th J i SLUTa .. ... gentleman of soiuc experience in the matter tuggestcd to us yesterday that j to explain the muse of the someuhal con one cause of apples decaying when buried, . Il rtinj statements which will he found in as many have done this year, is bcoaa.se , the followinjr extrmts. tLey are buried too deep. A thin layer of straw and earth over them, gives tin m a chance lor air, w hi. 1, they must have in order to retain good health. Tor th Lrwisturg Chronicle. Apiculture A Froporilicn. The awakening f the ratmer, and the friends if Agriculture in Pennsylvania, to their interests, is worthy of the atten tion of all classes and nil interest.--. It i? 1-V agriculture, we live ami ihrive. When the farming interest flourish.", all others i do well. It is therefore ri'I.t for :iry and ' i-.ll men, of whatever trade, Im-tincs or profession, to bestir themselves in ftiniinj the fanners to the improvement cf the. foil of our country, as well as the miuils; of our countrymen. Iu other States, as I am informed, the format ion of Agricultural .Societies, to le completely effective, is followed up by the establishment of Agricultural Fairs, at viliich Premiums arc given for iiiiprove luei.t.s, Mtpcri.ir Fpecimcus of products, (brute and yogi -table,) if., ie. I wo-.tlJ propose to our riiii fanners, mer. bants, ic, that filch a Fair he appointed in tlii vieinitv f-.r next F I! I c irn my 1 wv '- ' " - . . by my daily laher, hut so convinced am 1 that ii would in a shert time he of gn at l-rosiit to ii:-', that I will give Five Dollars to ti l in paving expenses, ic, of the first JV;r. If otiiers will do in j rep'Ttion, a jJ.Mity of money can he raised. What ( you, Farmer? Merchants? Mahai-iva? AxoTUtn Mki "A. lc. Civ The above is from a respon.-:!.L' : fouc.', and we will guarantee the So when ; ri'-jtiirel Ly the ful.'ihnc-ut of the jirojsi-; t'ou. V.'c are glad to see there is an awaking of attention to the subjitt. ("en- ! tcr county has organized a Society, and .-.pppoititcd a Fair. A eotemporary in j Northumberland county make" the fwlow-1 ing judicious reuiarks: 'i'. Vhrmih l . Agricultural Fairs. j I; cannot he denied that the elements of pro-parity iu a nation, exist iu re in its ! agriculture, than iu any etlur branch of; indti.-try. No other pursuit :ui ei ujy si great a number of the poj.u';.:i.i, n-T ia : the agnrcgnte can j-rodun- so vast ai.iuui,! of cmiitnulity for eoiuiiu reial purposi. Man ufii'-t tires may create a more sjil-lidid ; end ihizzlinff prosperity, ct the nafienal thrift produced l v agriculture, is tiiidoi.Lt- cdlv mere M.'-ta'ntial. then, as agriculture is the grand eh n. nt of wealth to a nation, it tl'.ould be the ob-; iect ef every Aiiieiican to jrivc it b , ' eueouragenu nt and support. F.very ii.i- 1. i tl,o lii.-ol b:is broll 'iit tl . . .. , i i ii'i : the as-isiance ol tlie lianil-, sliouiu ne ii:- tro luced f ,r the further dev -hipt ni- i.t of .iiirii.-i-iewliural n-soitrecs : and tliea- ricu. tttralist.? should be made attainted v.ith the se:.e:it;.1e methods of t-xiraeting from oursoil ibegrati b iin f ot;rnatioi:. Al-::-ctt!t''.re l.a- befti re luee-I t. a s -i i.e.-. Chemistry h.is been calb-d to its aid, ;..i l 1 ".v " has '.iv 11 It toe a.i'.auta ri s oi -r.tious. llov. eati thisiuil-r wav of farming '-e b.-tkr advanced ti.a:: by "a noituul iu'erehan-e of idea those skilled in its praci or by a tr..n. IV-r of knowledge iVoia to" adept ia I'.o varion-- i:.'.prove:;ie'.:'s. to the U'jvito v. ; . has ye, t 1. aril th-'.tt '-, M tl Lev can Kgri-u'.tt'.raLsts 1 e i:v:v tr-'tier-I'v br.iirjhi t- .etiiir, and tb--e im pr.v in- itts exiiil -it-.-i!. than by A-r'.eMiiU-r.d Fairs.' Th. j:ii..ie bao'.x h-dgu v liieii every m-n i ilk' iy f. oblain i y expi neiice 1 observation, can t'ulls 1-e comiuuiiica-' t.-l, an 1 iii!t.roe;::i r.ts can le : ug-.-s!...! .li.i;. : as tir-v are cit.ier In lit :ti .ati nt If. m. 'V have l e n lievelop I'd by f liiis . .ri.'-.l- c.-tu-d e.;i-rit!i-'i;. Where fairs t '..-traeter h"vc l.--t u le-Id. a vast i::i i,:-:it i- fu ii-i !e in ;h .slato of a. t; re. iu N. w Volk : i; l New I!-: thrv ' f f.-i .-'i.-iit :.i-. i,:-r nee; :;ti 1, v. i o- nit a doiibr, th-.s,- seeti n- of our country are more advat.ct .1 iu tin- s. !em e oi Lirmn. tiiau any other.--. We thin!: thty should tait only have a Jr'ta'e Agni-uitural 1 air, l-ut tvrv cf.iintv fhonb! have its .-id ordi nal,' fail" Tb" v.en'.d i-uhirge the under s.a'.itiiiig f the iariuer- in tie-lr juiiv-.ijt, 1 V Li'.iie: them th. advantigi' of a leeip r'citv i f htiowIeiL"'. 'ei"l an inhibition f the ii:! ;' iv.-i ie.it-of th - day, and wouli cueouia-- them to pu.h on to that perf -e-tioii :.t whiidi ui r'a-ulture mu.-t u'.tiiinlely arrive. ' oi'.to y '(C !tr. L. r.- nMicr Fri'ir'-TS. ! IHlCj rU.C, 3r.u oaier i-v,.iu.i; The iuJicious a:.,.! cation of m '.nun s to l.nd involvio-' as it does the fee Jit S c ' j.lant,, is a matter of, he greatest piact.c.sl imnortar.ee to the cultivator of ihe soil. ; I :ly correct. For in-ianec, one larmer np;;'i-s 23 bushels of lime to an acre, nnd the result is that his crop is nearly doubled. Ano'her man, in the same i.eighb ulnod P-rli i make's a similar application, rnd I . V . . .!-, c... . 11 ;. Iiu lstnepioiiucec. .0S..0.U rfisi.l N , ihe f.nbire Irt the latter ra,rt arose sob lv from ihe fict, that ihe tenure of the soil w as not understO'-J, nnd other clemen's than lime were wanting in its eotnposiiion. It lec.u'uei a very close study of the nature of oils, and of the ricm on which they rest, as well a of ihe tie n--n- of the pimts 13 be gnwn upon I ZZ,:7:'Z stances of the U,r, the" convenience of : $ ; th. ? arrs,i,at C.T r,, of ,1, Presbyterian Church at Lock IZl ben-fits to be derived from the use of lime ! procuring it. and .he nature of .he soil. 1 ; I 't ih f J f a "en. i THK LAWS, North and South, Fast and I tJtcv. John Atwood, the iWmocratio , a fertilizer. Ti-ce opinions are ba-cd have not observed, fro,,, , own exneri- J ' I f C' --ed from West, is the right and Cue duty of all our nominee for Oovernor of New Hampshire, indivi.it.,5 eypirience; and so f.r as , , itce, much difference in .he imm, d,ic , J 0.0,!,,. suicide. RetwernThc '-n, and become pastor of the pi.-ple tdl icers and citizens. Theoretit-ally, Ilavill, ,,1 his disapprobatL o tiiv r,r, ,i'..r b,;:,y on which .he .'ffec, of tl.e Im.e, whether applied in large ro( kivh(.n ,h(.re is a .hor, hU or t Ci.y is c ' i lZ'rt " .,. -nt ,s o:a b; is coneerned, the .esul.s or small oiuin'mes ; but ,. is fair .0 pre- passage ; ,n . his passage stood double- IM h-tne , nt -New 1 ,k C iy, ,s I yet demands 1 ' 1,10 -'v. ntion yvas re-asscmbled, and , ,.'.. i. tl.;.. if ib.. oniniitv be lare. h re- billed axe. This he look up and passed on expected to preach for the ( hnstian Church , . i tl "emanus ail. . A ' JUU . ,i . .on..,..)... . n ii i.i.siio s : oencnti 1115 iiuoii tnc tiicuui- .n i.ntrin townsr it. mi r cotiutv. in. ct-iii . , , , . .. . ... I them, to enable the intelligent larmer to ! aPP'y Sl,ch fertilizers as will best promote I ilie crmvth ol henlihy and vigorous crops. j These preliminary remarks are necessary Mr- S. Hale, of Keene, N. II., says : " Plaster is ured very generally on the Connecticut river meadows in this county with good effect. It is supposed to tx hnisl the laud by increasing the crop. Land thus exhausted can he restored by the use of ashes. In other parts of the county , except in particular localities, it has not been found beneficial. In Keene, which is situated in a valley, once the site of u lake, it las been often tried w ithout bt'n"Ct 'Hie soil is sandy, formed by the '1',,n''"ra,'"1i of the rocks on the surround- '""s" u",e ol 'these contain suljiule of iron, most of ihem a greater or less proportion of lime. must of course be regulated by the chem- " I have used (juano twice, as a manure ! icul composition of the soil." for corn ; at each time on an eighth of an j Mr. Henry B. Jones, of Rrownsburg, aeie, nt the rale ol 31)0 pounds to the acre. rites : " Plaster is very much Used in The sod was sandy, lighl, and dry. The : the valley of Virginia. No good farmer land being ploughed and harrowed, the ' '''I do without it for his diver crop. It is tumo was lirt pounded, then silted with j generally used mixed with an equal quan a riddle or coarse seive. It was then iu- I tily "f ashes. Lime is also beginning to Innately mixed, a portion at a lime, with 'he used, and from 50 to lot) bushels per live limes its own weight of soil, and sown ! acre arc applied with great suctess on broadcast over the field, which was immc diatelv harrowed, rolled. and planted. At "mes rain loiioweu soon alter inc ap. i i . . t .i . . r . i .-it I . t . - - . -. -i 1 plication. m irus pari oi ine neiu nn i other manure was used. But on another, ! adjacent and similar, manure was spread j at the rate of filteen cart loads to the acre. ! The crop was belter on the piece manured with guano than on the o:her. I have often Used ashes as a fertilizer, and al wivs, no matter what the soil, with good l-ff--ct." Mr. Iliintoori, of Fnity, N- II., says; " B iiimu'r's met hod is coining much into j oe here, and I consider it a valuable ac- I jts i-flVcts being merely perceptible the quisiiioo. I u,e bone dusi :n pre.'ercnce j f,r:jt y(.iir ami not at nil afterwards. T he to plas'er. Lime on our soil is not ol results of experiments in other parts of the much v line ; wood ashes aie far better." Slate arc; reported different.'' 1 yutent Mr. Dean, of M inciiester. Vl., wiiles : ; (jyii t Report. Hl9-5t. 1'iasier, ashes, and lime are best fertil- j ni " izis for our lands. Plaster is worth $10 ; Bt-TUe "Pennsylvania St: testnan," of per i.m ; ashes and lime, 10 cents per j Monday morning, has the following ac bushi I. Twenty busiieli of I lie latter a;i- count from a correspond! nt of the rt cent j-'ied oner- in 3 years is my method " I visit of Gen. Houston, at Harrisburg, on .Mr. Uf.U writes from Northampton, i Saturday last: Mas.. : 1': aster is used here to some I At h ill-past 7 o'clock the General mad.- ii i tii , hts iitiL.ear.iiice. accompanied bv n ! extent mi warm l-nids. an I woti'd be niticii . 't . . ' ' , i Iriends. A s he entered Itit; II. i l, be was iicmo b-e i ere !' ir i lor ine expense, us it M-IS '.) to 1 H per ton. I. .lie-dust Ins hroiy b -en introduced, ami has proved , v ry In nt fuia!. ultliou-h tlie quantity as j Uet'u,ed,s so a'l. If l .i.e could had ! : " , ;, pr et; wtiit.-h w ou'd justify its u., it j , , " . ' l-"""1-- l-.n-.U." Mr. Lapbam, ol Mt. Tabor, Charrpaign i lll.i.. lit.-c n Ii. i...t a ' ' I line I - - - uf d 1 1 :: r and clovt r as a preparation j f, r r.i.d bate found rent lent lit 1 fieni ll.em. Oursoil is a sandy b am, with , a s;ilcs .i! o;c,n v, le.siin on a stibs'ra'uin o( j i;- I; jiurtioiiS jI it have bi en in cull: vat n n ! :oi tuo -.iid Stlwars. The plas'er i obtained j frmti Like? line by raoro id, an i cos! when j i!e. m nd I. eie lour t'ollwrs ir 1-11- ol Jot) lbs. r t no !o:i irper h .i.ilit-d, ground .-t aiiy f ir use. O ir o.e h ' i ol umj! tbeso f-i :.l rs is to sow ;li; pluster at the late ..f one b'j-lu 1 per acre on lint young ebucr ; ;is an evidence of the moral character of in the spring. In ihe second or third ear the people, which is undoubtedly a correct :!..- fad cu p ,.f clever is ploughed under, , view ol" the subject. He also paid a very ... i.i Ti handsome coii plitnciU to tho UHi. s, and and the wheat sown im-nedia'ely. Ihe ' .. . .. assured tbeai that man, wiiliout their soei cloter is sotiictitms s.iwn in the spring on ; W(1,d onn .,wra,e nm l)W..oe the gro-.v .Hi whea', and h irrowe 1 iu ; but ; profligate and di-solute ; it was so in Tex wesucceid best in sowing ihe clover with ins. and would be so everywhere. As oats. The diieet cilect of the plaster upon , ladies increased in numbers in Texas, men , lover is very ere-.', and the benefit to Ihe refom ed, because their inlb.ence ' , , i was fel:, i heir presence resj-ecti'd, and Licece.i.i;-- .i ou i. i.lio i.-i ami ..i o.-..- . rent Tlie general iiilbifece of plasicr J el-iver has bien to permani ntly in- asi: ii,.- li-rtility of t ur soils." ; Mr. Joi n Ixu'in, of Ashland Co., Oliio, -m s: "The soil here is a heavy clay, ate), so far as my i x r;en"e extends, the aj plic.fii n of bme and plaster lo this land is ii ia v aral labor thrown away, I5jt a. I kinds of animal and vegetable matter, and a-bes leached and unleacbed, are highly bcn fioial to grains, grasses, and root crops. Mr. J. M. Nesbit, of Lewisburg, Union ; ( . P.i . fives tin; folloivin" as the result of his extrcriet.ee on this subject : Da- r njthe list few years lime has been used : j i. l'niilies in this part of 1 ennsyl- ' - i ''. ' e led Pas ueen i r.:i .... u l'h uui omcy un,tc .... .. quantity applied per acre artf from 50 to j petition will not so soon be necessary on ! Ihe same ground. In 1810 the cost ol ! bme at the kiln w as 10 cents per bushel. Now it can be had in any quantity for 0 cents and in s .n.e cases for 5 cenls. The 1 r . !...,.;.. i.. nrim i. that for ,TOu.. , - - mcrlv wooJ amuo was useu as fuel or ! burning It now it is burned with the sciceniogs or waste coal, from ihe mines; ; thus "reai'y tcor.omizing the cost of the I lone, and aiso affording a fair price lo the : miner fur that which would otherwise be j valuers lo him. 1 should here observe, j iht since me have comnenced the npplica- .. . . . j i- . . , : ait ... eoiiiiiv. 11:1. m-eriiiei. i..t: em. in tilt; iias.ti- . ..... ....i iioii-.s... v e- oil r o' j tion of lime to our land we have ceased J the us : of plaster. Alter a number of experiments, we are satisfied that the effect j of plaster is completely neutralized by the lime previously applied to the same soil How Ion;; this result will take place afier the lime has been applied to the sod, our experience is ol too limited a character to determine ; hut we have observed the same effect after a lapse of five years. NY shall continue our experiments, in ordei to dctei mine whether it will hereafter be come expedient to apply lime and plaster to the same soil ; or whether the lime will combine with the acid in the soil and form j a sufficiency of sulphute cf lime to obviate j the necessity of any direct application of I it to the growing crop." j Mr. Morgan, Kempsville, Va., says: j " The opinions iu regard U the quantity I of lime that can with safety and profit he applied per acre, are varioos ; quantity wheat lands." Mr RulT, f Xenia, Ohio, writes thus of . i. . . e i i.e....... I i mo .uecis c. nine- nnu (nasie-r ; i useu .. .1... -i" . I... C : jiit ihc irewiH tear mr iiiu ursi nine on clover, and find that it has doubled the jieid. On corn its action is not so great : "or are its fleets ttotip pan tit on any other grass as on clover. If it were cheap, it would doubtless add much to the fcittiity ol our soils, and to the agricultural prosperi ty of this section of country. I have ue.) lime for a number of years, by way of ex periment, in both lare and small q'innliiies. iim have found it to be entirely wort hie co.,1 ally greeted by those present, w hi n he , ,n. i. .. :.. th.. Sneak cr's chair. On his right sal John S. Ktiy, li-q., and on hts lell the venerable member Iron. I.erKs county. Samuel Fcgely, Li,q. In a few Mr. Rhey ro,p. -n.l m a n. a. inanner mtroou.ted t.en-rul II ju,'.on to the eomnanv. when ihe latter commenced an ! addiess, giving an account of the early his tory and struoles of Texas for indepeu- j. I.I OKC... mwe. ' auuicss n(i.cit on in is illustrative of ihe character of the people of that Siate. her institutions, social and political, her present position and future prospects. lie vindicated his State, and I think successfully, Irorn the chargt: of bein ui. civilized, or the abode ol on fliga e men lie assured the audience, that g:t-at cart had been taken to lay the foundation ol pub'ii: !ucation broad an I ocep ; that clmrciies, sehool-houses-, academies, and cn'lcges were rapidly increasuii; in ili.it State, and he mentioned ibis circumstance . . , ... , . ilieir virtues mutated. Ad this is true. apo,M ttj,h as much force to one plncc as to nnuthr-r. His peroration was a fine burst of eloquence in favor of the , L'nion- The visit ofGen. Houston is no doubt a ! politi. nl one, and from w hat I can luvir he ! ha made a good impression. He is a can didate for the Presidency, and if some other aspirants do not look out he may distance ihem in a coolest lor the delegates from ibis Slate. The friends of Mr. Bu 1 channn are quite uneasy in regard to Ibis j visit, and I underhand that he will be here ' duriii!: next week. If (ien. Houston would 'ake a trip through thin State, no one can tell htw much mischief he could d utter cat.d.d ,tes. He leaves in tae f . . . -v ..... " .' , , make an address be!i mnrnina for New York, where he is lo ore son e temperance society. liOOKtsii tlx. i z ntt:a i r ..r o.. t n.i. ine i ioi iiu.t sun i i.t-isit.-r oi nn: i ii'ii. brings us the pariiculars of a distressing i C8se (f rolirrier and Miicide which occurred -- - -, j jn Hl(.hin djshrs. Intent uoon her work, ! fjoui),lHSS npprnrhed with the fearful j WPnpon and aimed tht; fatal bio ere she dreamed of harm. The alarm of course I was immedwiely civen ; and upon enquiry . .1... I.:..! .. 1 . 1. . .1... u r. nearcd lliat the father hud been seen i " " , . ,, r .. . , rtinniii'2 across a neia. lie wni louoweo. and his Ideless body was soon fiund in the fore-bay of Mr. Hj:ierty's saw-mill, into which be had doubtless plunged himself. Wm j- Mypf the rQon wno sriot D j jj . Hoyt at Richmond, Va., for an iinpro J per intimacy wild his wilc.died in that city on Saturday wsek. H. C. HICKOK, rditor. . O. N. V70HDEN, Publisher. Atjl.f-Omsh in Jl'lvnnre. $1.75 in tlircr nr-ntli!S Cpaid within tlie year, nnj f-.io at tin. end ul thr year. At-nt in eiiilad-l'bia V U Palmrr and K W Carr. Ia liisbiii'fj, Era. WeJnesilay Morning, Feb. 2G. ADVERTIZE ! Ewutnm. A.lminitrator. rnl.Hr Ollit-i'ru.i'il.v antl I'mintry f,-rt-lianj. MiHmfartun-r.s. it'( Ikiiik-v, IIuitii-ik Mrn all !: wieli to iinn-urv t.r to ili-M.f- f aiiyttiiti' wiii!! il well ti irive notii-v of thr s.-im- tlirnivh tin- Liifif'.mrn ''(iv.hi'.-.V.'' 1 hi. jiaKT 1i:i a an.l ini-n..itii. rin-tihition in a r-niuii-mty ronlai nm a larif a T(i-ortin of active. M.Ivetil i.rt.duct-ri', coii.sum.'ri. at:J ili-alrr. an any otlir-r iu the Mute. ft? A Democratic Meeting was held at New Berlin, yesterday afternoon, pur suant to notice. Robert .Swineford, Chair man ; Col. H. C. Fyer and Jacob Wolf, the Presidency ; in favor of the Compro mise Measures of the last Congress; and referred the Flection of a De-Wate to the flttll'riot CollVtlltillll at Harrisblirtr, to a County Convention hereafter to be con vened by the election of delegates from the re.-pective townships. Eimtok. triT'Aeic Mail Runt? anil Post (Jjfh-rs. The petitions for a daily mail from Selius- grove to Lewisburg and llhamsport, have been so far granted that a horse-mail passes once a week, reaching Jewishurg the very day the stage goes to Williams- jiort, and following it up there ! The By coiiini-' dazclte supposes it to be a Daily Mail, which we hope it may yet prove to be, as a weekly horse-mail is ol litl.e or no value to the people concerned. The followiiiir oflices have, however, been estab lished o:i the route between Sclinsgrovc a:i-J Lewisburg : ( 'hestniit Rid-e SamT. 11. Baum, P. M. Drv Valley J. Mitman, P. M. Tuitleilie" M. II. Taggart, P. M. Ezj On our first page will be found an account of an alleged discovery which has put evin California in a perfect ferment. Trinidad Bay is in about -11 N. Latitude, N. W. corner of California; and the out let of the Klamath tor Klauiat river, is in the S. W. corner ff Oregon, as will be on l v referring to our Mans. We haw , however, that previous t. the discovery a "new City" had been "laid out" in that region that "(Jen. Wilson and Ksij. Collins" are not gentlemen of trancendciital integrity and that it is nothing but the desperateness of the for tunes of thousands of wifortunates, which gives the affair such magnitude. If the discovery he true, there is no need of hur rying to secure the treasure it will conn; to i;s; and if taken with many "grains of allowance," those yra'us may iu the end prove in ore prolitable to us than all the "grains" of "luight and yellow gold'1 pib-d along the open coast fir or ') iiiib--', and onlv waiting for shovels ami ship-: . . . r-jT The Legislature has passed an act for the publication of several volumes of the Colonial Records, preserving and illustrating the earlier history of Pennsyl vania. This publication was commenced under iov. liitner's adniinissialion, but discontinued on account of the low state of the Stale finances. The work will he found of much interest and utility. (lov. Johnston has appointed Samuel Hazard, of Philadelphia, (editor of Hazard's Be :risicr,"j to superintend the arrangement and publication of this work, anil the chuiee meets with universal approbation. The ice j le.-Mueius; aim jonu .u. ji.iuin . - . . . . . . . . . ' I for future prosperity, than this. J he first forniidabje comjictitor arising, in th -i .... t . l ii. i .-ITIi-i.U v. i'H tlUUU A IIUIILTIII'III, II- ... , , . , it t I If ,,,.,,,, - : (dtnmeiiet un lit will occur on the thud son ot Oen. Samuel Houston. it . t ries, It. .. arber, J. K. Davis, Jr., I ,,r . . . , . ; ......... ....... Tim Korer -ml J,im.w M.-i.ldim. tv.-r,. ' v ' .n ' . . . . ! CaJ " li od bath m:ide man upright : but . , ,. . , . e are informed tie; 1 mancial Atrent, ,i ., i i. . appointed a Committee on Resolutions, I , , - they haxe sought out many invention.-,. ,.l.,. :.. C - ..f C... T 1 rMIi-li w.-i-; too r.-eor;! i.f tho vn IIO'P H O". lieu 111 liill'l I'l VILll. I'.'l 1 completion of the publication of;eUi; hl ,ny way, aro held to bail; the Rogers' logical Reports may now be : a:itic:pated with much conhdence. t3" Our rentiers who have carefully ! their toilsome journey to the " j.nmiisiiir land," will, to-day, leave them in the Re public of Mexico, looking anxiously over the Colorado river, a mile below its junc tion with the Gila not a Jordan to them, but still a point of much importance. From this time forth, the Journal will con tinue to strengthen in interest an inter est real and permanent, because narrating facts, told in an attractive but unprttend- ,g manner. Pa -Ton at. Chanc.ks.- Rev. Samuel A. Gayley, late of White Haven, Luzerne - 1 -i e .1 . . ........ii. v-.... " i.n: lirc.seill liUTITIinr ill lA'Wisuur, irom ine isi 111 i'lay ncxi. 1 1 . 1 , ,,,.1 , , ' ?- . . . , . I ere any law violated, it should be in nomiiiatcd for re-election. Many of the fit?- We learn that the house of Mr. 1 favor.of Liberty, and not in favor of op- j Democrats will, however support Mr Stoufivr, occupied toy M, Gardner, ir. Se j Z:JT I Atwoo.1, and another me i' may linsgrovc, was on fire on l r.day night of j pir(1 ,e cwrvwhorp- L(,t ,yiv. ' be the result. week before lost, but not burned down. , lock have his "pound of flesh," or bu ISO I itS-Tlie nZT 'T ' b " -Messrs. Colsher & Moyer had a ton of 'pounds, if he can get it and yet, the j .1 f 3 ,atC:iman oakum iu the building, which was con-1 hcst ejaculation of : every generous 'heart - ,nanie ofinew Pemoenitic daily paper, I . 1 C .1 - , . 1 . . sinned, the fire having been accidentally couimuuicatcd to it by a spark. Bsiy The Bill to re-annex Montour to Columbia county, passed the House on Wednesday last, the votes in favor of the bill Wing all 1'cmocrata. " The First Annual Catafngur. of the Officers and Students of the University at Lewisburg Ii0-1," is before us, con taining in addition, a list of the studies pursueu iu tne several ueparuneius, ve..u.-, ie., &e. There arc now six instructors emiilovcd, and the summary of students l ., ,1 . a duri.i.-the li.no indicated, fi.ofs n Senior Class ... 9 Junior Class . . .11 Sophomore Class . . 13 Freshman (Mass . . 2.' Partial Course, . . 5- Sctiior Academic . . SO Junior Academic . 22 Fnglish Division . . (: Female Academy . . 4'J- Priiuary Department . . CI -Hit! 20 1 r 217 Of these, about 170 arc now in Atten dance. We know of no collegiate insiitu- ! tion which has laid a mo:v solid foundation New Jersey, v. hieh may enable the Board to establish another Professorship, or up point a President, at their nest meeting. 111.. I"":il. I'i'Mii .1 ' 11 ;it f, eel, In enjh. ai-.l rli.-Cm- ; -i-f - I'Mril ul" tli.in a fi-t a lli.y meiie tl. in Irem Uie eiu-ler.-. at ew i; ri u. - - it. i to nii erivil"; iMe e.n-en-e. en, M Sl:lte Heill b entitle nil I nmiiui llli ..f l-ltuell.-. ill ti.e t. ral St::lr." I -T. I S. A.. Art. IV. Lviiiui Harris , of Dunbnrton, New Hampshire, was lately tarred and leather - , ' . ., ! i i- . i e.l in South (.arolma. because in his trunk was found a printed sermon delivered by John S. Parker, of Dunbarton. about f mr years since, iu which eoiii.tliin ' w a contained censuring slavt ly. -j? This recent occurrence u but one f the many undoubted and wanton vio- , i , , f i.,,,.;,,.,;,,,, .i r;,.;i j L.(W) tho cj0!lt h Vl,,r;v . n ! .,illf,st daily jk rnetratc against Northern in ;i. Larre numbers of white men, for no crime wnatever, in (b-fiatr e o, the exj-ress -rovt- stun ab .ve (plot e d, have been at tin- So".t!i abused, mobbed, and tb"ir lives threatened if not taken; and free blaek citizens of the same Stales have been deprived of their property, their liberty, and their lives, by Smtihei u viob nee. In s line cacs, tln se otitraei-s ciin.-titi'.ted material for a news paper :ir but that : :h 1 ; or a ias all: tie e'e-r.i li. v.er-1 in :ij.p!vh"n- SlOtls (if tilt he rioo-rs or i:!iir lercrs : no spe cial se-sioii-- of magi-iira'.'S or ceuueils to sti'.-i."! hen t!c amis f the law; no public meetings to frown d -va the violators of ihe sacred rights of man; no call by National S: lia'ors upon the President for ''information" on the subject; and r.o Proclamation, reciting and condemning the outrage, issuing in hot haste from the llxecutive Department. But a few days since, an inoffensive man was humbly waiting at the dinner table of a hotel in Boston, when several officers rushed in. seized him, ami conveyed him to a coiirt-iooiii on the ih'inr of hav ing been a. slave; when a number cf his friends colored and (some say) unco'ioreo. ralliid, violently rescued him fr-u-i the custody of the officer in a hall dedicated lo justice and law, and hurried fim off to Canada, to enjoy the bo.-n of Liberty, under the flag of a Queen, which he could not si cure beneath the " Slar-spangh oi banner." IIV o H"t n , ir,i:':'frr, c n;'t vliih .? tit! fi'-'i nt rc&'Kc vn.i r'fjlt. But forthwith, from one end of the l'nion to the other, Ne.vspaperdom is rampant with indignation; Cotton lorn out crocodiles tin: crocodile with weeping ; the Boston Councils ordain that the Police shall help enslave fugitives from labor; orators at l'nion meetings wax tlo-fiont in portraying the horrors of disunion coti. - e - picnt upon the rescue of the panting cap - live; those su-petted of aiding iu the res - Mar wl.o was robbed of his spoils, must pay the value of the slave ; Senators (-'';'J' a:"' v':,ss fc bours, at the lair- nig cio.-e in uie session oi v oiigre.-s, in uenouneing uie unpreceiiciHcu act; ana the I'resiilent is delivered of a long Mes- sage, jiletlging t tie Army and .Navy in ; carrying into effect the violated law! I Outrages at the South, infinitely more ) uncoii'titulioiial and unlawful than this, 1 arc winked at : any trampling upon law at the nod of Snnri, is allowed to go ; unpunished. But to violate the law in favor ; of "7" U mct W"h 0,1 tIlc -"'- ' of r.nl.r,,. o.,;..;.. -,I il.., . .. 1 (-n....e..t. ' ! Now, is this equal jimti., ? Should not the law be enforced at the South, as well , and iriVr and miws be (Jod speed the captive on his way from bondage, and hasten the day when the greatest evil and cause of danger to our whole country shall he known only in history, and the fact of its existence regarded as eoually inscrutable with the days of Salem Witch-craft! "My immediate predisx-ssor in the nomi - atiou by the democratic party announced is determination not to be a candidate for nation his det I re-election. Coinciding with him in his ... t.u.,R,.iins . .. ...... , , well expressed, alid to faithful i views so I .. ' . r:,rr,L.,j t, I beg leave to say that no cir-; ! clliUstance can possibly aiie which would j induce me again to permit my name to be, orougiii .orwaru in conneeuou wuu tne; ! inclination and sense if my duty equally, ! dictate this course." j.ic auuic fnufi .e-ite! written by Gen. Cass, after his nomination at Baltimore, has been published as a pledge against his over running again for; the Presiilen- v. In a recent letter, how-! ever, that -entlcman declares that was not his meaning, but that in case of his tftc oy should he decline to be again a candidate. It is thus distinctly avowed that he is again hi the field, subject to the will of his friends. There is, however, a per- Preacher of old, as left iu the sacred volume; and tueh is the observation of men, even yet. The last 'invention" we have learned, i as follows: A person wishes to evade the ! 1 :.. . r ...... ii-. i . i- I ' ngauisi j,ouc.-y iiamouug, ana 10 uis - 0 Ii:S property lit a L'OoU rolllld SUIII. 1 1 o lie sells tleK-pr-i- t.rnl itio ff-itin-i w won I.,- ! t!l l,i;,1;lf,.i,i,l :,i;,. ., -t . , i , . f , n . ,. harrow at or near a post at a fiven dis- j , , : j t:'"' the one dropping it nearest the , : given point, wins. We ire informed a' g.iiue of this kind cam? off about four j fc?" ihe Lrnversity Ninety for Irji.iiirv miles from Milton, recently, at which many : meets at the usual place, at 2J. P. M..her lin n and boys spent time that might have Sunday. A Report on the Moral : n 1 He been more profitably used, and which '' ligiotis condition of St: nun, is e::t t-i-ti J wound up as usual, by misunderstanding, ' front Mr. Castle threats ol fightii.g among men of whom .-u'-u a t. -ung woum not lie expected, tin: iio itii i-.ii i i u cow, ami a i.iw-suit m Per- ' ' -p, -,,yr ! The actors in this scene may j have been "blind" to the fact that it is a ; j sp-eit s of "wheeling" around the laws j against gambling, but we doubt whethe r I men with their eves open (like a JuiL-e and Jury; would look upon it in any other ; li'! tsT To see th-.; myriads of umbrellas dodging around the streets 'fa rainy day, one can hardly believe that their invention. r at h ast their inti-oJuetion into An. Io- :i:;oti'.Iom, was sue - the birth of our i - ,i, e grandfathers. A 1 ,dy, nov,- eighty-three years of age, renieuibei-.s the great sensa tion its Iirt appearance made in the f'e h ionable city of Bristol, Fug. - London, the first man who used an umbrella, was mobbed by the populace, as an effeminate fop. The color of the first umbrellas in Hristol, was red ; thev were imported from Leghorn, with which (the Bristol cf Iti bo j there was then much trade Now, how . , infinite the variety, hmy common and tin: - Vi r.-al the ue of the uinbreila ! an article so much a "household word," that one of mv-. iN d into the r mn.my if a woman the kind can hardly be tlass- d aiuotia ,,H'"''i l-Vil' " Ph.la.Vip'hia, where he s i battels jor-on;;I " " assailed, it is sup pe.-ed t.y her hus'-anj, I an-1 lis person ma.nii'd so as lo preciti" Congress is now almost inundated . ,he 'fy of any future jeaiu-y r.-t with applications for . liu.-s uf steam- i bltt Thcf rrf, r'""' oC the crime is ships. Proposal., lor the c,tabI:,L,cnt ofj ""The'lludson, Mohawk. I.el.i.d,. ,t,d nth. cij.-ht n,w liius have already been jne-; er rivers were at a great h, igl.t !, h!e ac seiited, viz: one fnuii San Francisco to ; counts. Canton, via the Sandwich Islands; lines! A schooner was launched in the Sjs'j'Jf. from Philadelphia to Liverpool Rio J i- ' h" at " "ihiirg on Tuesday last, lv tuiro, and to Antwerp; one from Norfdk j'' ' Main', ,e 'V" (l(.-i ... ; down to the ( hesape.iU'. 1 he sarnf r.rra t) t . lhralter ; one trolu Baltimore and or- i i i- . . , , .. .. ,. 4 . , . . c 1 ' T 's building a steam bo.it to be ustd at ( lain i l..li; to the African coast; one from New i Ferry. Orleans to era Cruz, touching at the i Justice Walworth has JtciJrd in the ce! mouth of the Coctzatualco; and, liuuily, j -br:ited Wheeling Ihi !je case, that it is na one fr..ni Tehuaiitepec to San Francisco. ' I ,,,'stl"Jcli"1 ,0 'he proper navigation of the ,L ' I Ohio, and that it most be elevated 29 feet 0 observe a petition r.reionto.I l.v aliuve its present heieht a decision, some 1 C,d. Slifer, "from Capt. Hummel and oth- v . i ------- - . : ,Ts that the dams on the Susouohanna rIK ' pussa-c of shad to the Lead wat.. ,t,.v .. . .-- diun u a., iiol in tirrvpiii t n K t-.s 1i.,-.,.i .. . -.1 . . .. ! Ve," Wc fear that shad in our rivers ! can no more be preserved than deer in our mountains, but if the Captain has any plan to I rmg back those " good old days " let um enlighten the Legislature as to the ! mmlm ojurmirfi. C-jX-ln the House of Representatives, Harrisburg, Friday hist, the usual motion to observe the 22d by reading Washing ton S Farewell Address wna nii.-.! i con. A motion, to print the Farew. 11 Ad - .it . . , .lass, had no objection ; but a motnm to print (Jen. Jackson's Farewell Addrt SS Hi I"- pami.uier, was passed a.'ninsl ibm . 1. opposition of the Whigs. Tho Whi.s, however, had their own fun by moviiiAo have added, also. C.en. Jackson's Letter larilf which th in the room of the Philadelphia "Spirit 01 me limes. The " National Argus," is a new Demo cratic penny daily started in Philadelphia, by Jos. Severns & Co. BaThunder was heard during the f term on Monday laet. ! A Iiiver and Harbor Appropri, Bill, giving about Two and a Half yju " principally to improvements in tl . V''"' principally to imjirovenKnts in the v au,, X(jr d ,h , , v . . ' ""Wui ,....i..rw Tl... J....I. , . , . "")"" "-- ,i j '"""s'1' ,DC pansage of this bill is U7riti. ble- to a modification of the Tariff. -Thc Democrats of Lvcominr have appointed Henry dinger, K;. a,j J. M. li. Petrikin, Fs.., Itepn ..'. , ueiogates, tlie lormer to t lie i, ulariiat' : Convention, Reading, and the latter toX Judicial Convention, Harrisburr " S S'vtu I,,rsons Lavo lt' " " hM ,iesTJ b:,,! on vharp. d ablilio in ri-wfllin -r tin. fn n-It iv .1 it o o --.aie ,-i;i,i. raeh, at Boston. Among them are yjr Wright, editor of the Common wrahb., ir 1 the keeper of one of the large hotel, tL. re sfMouday-thc Main line of the St;ir,. Canal was to be ejx n, but the recent raij,. must have made it impossible for 1c ri n ,, walk on the towpath. A few sued bri -l,; days as yesterday, however, would set all our canals in operation. U-tiT " Linchpin" assures us that tlnr. w is a chimney 1 i;rm-,l out iu town iv. ceiitly, and that if "Zincubus" is not m..r. prompt in furnishing H'ity Item-" K I .... ' ' " ! yull have to '-step my paper. t-tThanks to Hon. Jos. Casey f.)r 1 Agricultural portion of the Patent Off,,, lie port, for the past year, from wl.ieh e . ' . ' ' ,! have made a liberal extract f..r our Fir UK - r-ir- 1 banks to Mr. Cuiin:iil.am or Mr. . Stif.-r. f.-r a copy of the l ist li. pt rt of tl... Siiperinti ndetij of t'oiuue n Sele i ls wla received. l-i" The population of the I'lti'i S'ati. is not known as yet, but is j.mbahlv l.'l.. IMUl.luiO. Ixcros Xottons. FrPsi.i. nt Fillmore's father I now m a v.sii at V,'ahirgon. The enitlenn t-i lau.'bt Mr. Fiilmore bis traf.c as -i rlu't. r- ' "' r' i","l "'!l Cortland coui.ty ta .:.e Lei;is,aiiire oi Iew ioik. O.iSinJay inorirrg last, a bav.;-f.. ;in l lorti n 1 hitaue'ptua vtfre corsitrj by fire, and with it two ii.pii u,. had probably crept in'o it for rest. h'.j remains could not be identified. The tin is ia d to incendiaries, tut the wretched .r 'ims may have communicated il by uatcl.rs or tobacco pipe or cigar. There was one man to try at the late session i if. i he Sullivan county court. ft 14 tinW lllll tl:lN . I Z. r r. ! ii'iij.;,,,,! ,-t,..i i. . . t '.--.. .....v.. isv.. .-Li, ...a 1.131 -.UI1I.I1IS9IUII ! i ,1,.- army. ! A in -in named Won w lat wnt -- ,n'"k' equivalent to the dist ruction uf the i . Com. Stockton, the richest man in .V'W i . . ' trA 'i Vf' t0t b' K ! R ichel M irk e a child wat ,ece,f, ! burned to death ai Welch ' II," Da,.l ' b.v fc" clo'hes accidentally taking fire the ' srcond saa accident ol ihe kind in that toa the present season. A New Fust ( Iffioe has been esti'o!i-hf-in Lycoming county, culled "Texas," rd Wm. IV.te appointed Post Master. John Bigler, brother of Col. Wm-Cifi'ir. has been re-elceted a memlerof the Vl fornia Legislature, from Sacramento city. ! ,'e Vii"i"ventio has 2rerd adopt n claii.e in Ihe new Conslimtioii it ' fi,vor of Univcrtml Suffrane-dispens r.j with the property qualification. Com. Jones Suspended The vertkt of the Court Martial upon Com. Jent-s ' disclosed; he is suspended for five)fars; half that time without pav, chirfly fer r',e' ulating wi.h .he public money in Calilor ina gold dust. The President approves the judgment. Jesse Hutchinson, Sr., father rf the cel ebrated Hutchinson singers, died recently at his home in New Hampshire, aged 3- During last week, the river was highfr here than it has been known before in the present century". The piers lo the Be bridge, which are S3 feel above low wa'er mark, were submerged. Piltston (!aRi' '21st insl, Martin F. Tupper, author of Proverbial Philosophy" and other Poems, wiH the U. States within the next six moothi. The sale of arden! spirits nt ihe tt'orl Fair has been prohibited. Good .' A recent nllcmpt lo catch a rui? slave at Wilkes-lktrre, resulted lite former attempts "Ji'oncomalib'iS, ' .Vmerr llillo.'' A similar case occurred a I'ottsvil.'e last week. The Grand Jury ol Lycoming countj have recommended that that county fur nish a stone for the Washington Natiooil Monument.
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