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EOW TO BAKE DANUBE.
Mft. Editor : There has been much of
late in the agricultural papers about mak-
ing manure. Now every good fanner will
make all the manure he can. Some of our
Dutch farmers are slow to try all new pat
terns that may be offered : this may be
wrong in some cases, but some "patents"
have a groat deal of humbug.
Every farmer ought to use his straw to
the best advantage that is, so as to niike
the most manure ; but I confess I am at a
loss to know what way is best, although I
have tried several Some say, Make all
your manure under sheds ; others, Let it
be exposed to sun and rain, and it will
ferment sooner. Most writers advise that
it may be made under cover, which I have
no doubt is aonc of the best ways, but it
Las its objections, too. It is almost impos
sible to get so much strax in fit order to
plow under, on a farm whore there is much
manure made and but little stock kept, for
it should be used for stable litter before
being put under sheds.
The way I convert my straw to manure
is as follows : when we thresh, we put all
the straw on a long stack ; we use all we
can for bedding, and every time we clean
the stable we haul the straw out around
the stack, and let the cattle around it, and
they will bring it down in a short time.
U e salt all our straw as we stack it : to
every three or four hundred (sheaves we
take about a. gallon of salt. If we want
the stack down quick, we give our cattle
no salt but what is iu the straw, and this
makes them work it down in a few weeks.
Putting the stable manure all arouuJ the
stack, and the cattle pulling the straw over
it, keeps it covered almost as good as if it
was under sheds. I have had the straw of
over four huudred bushels of wheat put on
on-; stack, and in less than two months had
it down and ready for another. Before
putting up auothcr, we covered the spot
with the stable manure then put up the
suck, aud salt it as before. We have now
the third stack worked down on the Fame
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spnr, ana me manure rcauy to go to tiic
field. There ought no water to fall on it
but what falls by rain or snow.
This, 3Ir. Editor, is my way of making
manure. If some of my brother farmers
can show a better and easier way, I will
surely try it. Aud a-t the Chronicle gives
a large space for the benefit of Farmers, I
Impc to hear from them often on this and
other kinds of farming.
A Ditch Farmer.
Fountain Hill, April 5, 1851.
Charles Gale, Esq., of Chilisquaque,
Who met 9 peaceful dmrH t riia linmo rvn
the 10th of March, 1851, in his 73d year,
was born at Exeter in Devonshire, (Eng.)
lie was chiefly self-educated, from youth
up ; and about the age of sixteen, he was I
employed in a mercantile House in Jonuon,
where he remained some years, acquiring
that knowledge of commercial busiuc.?,
and of the French language, which he
retained during life. Having early imbilied
the love of free institutions, he migrated to
the United States, about the year 1797 or
'98. In Philadelphia, he became a super
cargo for some years, in vessels trading to
the West Indies, and iu that city niar::al
liis first wife. In 1802, Mr. Gale removed
to Northumberland county, and purchased
a farm in Chilisquaque township, which
he cultivated aud improved judiciously ;
and there resided until his death. He be
came a trintttfir, as well as a practical and
working farmer, and was uncommonly suc
cessful. A few years since, communica
tions were sought from him, and obtained,
by one of the most distinguished agricul
tural publications in the Uuitcd States.
One of his rules in fanning, it may be ex
cusable here to mention, as it proved to
bo useful. This was to sow his wheat du
ring the last week in September, or first
week in October, for the purpos-c of avoid
ing injury by the Hessian Fly. While
other fields, of similar soil and culture, in
the vicinity, were destroyed by the insect,
those he sowed during those weeks always
escaped. Some of his neighbors adopted
his rule with success. Miltania.
Potato Yeast
Tly those who use potato yeast, it is re
garded as much the best as it raises bread
quicker than common home-brewed yeast,
and best of all, never imparts the sharp,
disagreeable yeast taste to bread or cake,
often given by hop yeast. Mash half a
doxen peeled boiled potatoes, aud mix in a
handful of wheat flour, and two teaspoons
ful of salt, and after putting it through a
colauder, add hot ater till i is bat ter,
when blood warm, put in a tea cup of dis
tillery yeast, or twice''as mueh potato or
other home-brewed. When raised, keep
it corked tight ; and make it new very
often in hot weather. It can 1ms easily
made when potatoes are boiled for dinner.
Try it, some time.
Home-made Yeast, which will keep good
a ' month. Four quarts of water, two
handsful of hops, eight peeled potatoes,
diced, all boiled soft, mixed and strained
through a sieve. To this, add a batter,
nuke two thirds of rye and one third of
Indian in a pint of cold water, and then
boU the whole tea minutes. When cool
i ew milk, add a U-a cup of molasses, a
taWe spoonful of linger, and a tea enp of
i'ti)Wy
yeust, or tv ice as nuch kuiu.
Potatoes and Tomatoes.
It is not generally known as it deserves
to be, that the tomato, when grown among
corn, is far superior in flavor to those pro
duced in the common way. They must,
of course have a fair chance of room to
grow, and not be too much crowded by the
corn. Those who can appreciate the cood
qualities of this vegetable, when in per
fection, will find this mode of growing
tnem to secure all they ask, at least such
has been my experience.
It is maintained by some respectable
expcrimentcrs,that potatoes planted among
corn are not so liable to rot And this
opinion has been confirmed by a sufficient
uumbcr of trials to render it worthy of at
tention. Mass. Spy.
The soundness of potatoes in these cases,
and the superior flavor of the tomatoes
mentioned above, are probably owing to
the same cause, which is, that corn, from
its superior powers of attraction and assim
ilation, approximates to itself the soluble
nitrogenous matter contained in the soil,
and thus prevents the less energetic plants
in its neighborhood from absorbing those
compounds of nitrogen which experience
has shown to be injurious to the quality of
their products. The best potatoes are
those which contain the largest proportion
of starch, aud this is but carbon, and the
constituents of water in another shape.
Auotizcd manures, which are found so es
sential in the cultivation of grain, are on
the contrary, detrimental when absorbed
into the circulation of a plant which docs
not require them for the protection of its
product ; and which is, in fact, unable to
digest such concentrated nutriment. Ev
ery out; knows how much inferior the
sweet potatoe becomes when grown upon
clay soil ; and Liebig speaks of a peculiar
kiud of turnip, which uuder the circum
stances, loses all the good qualities for
which it is noted when cultivated in sandy
groiind.
Those plants in which compounds of
carbon predominate may be said to form a
lower grade in the scale of vegetable life,
i than that occupied by those containing
more nitrogen. The former are the assis
ted products of nature the forest and the
wild grasses with which a fertile country
is covered, before the busy hand of men
has eutereJ upou its labor ; and the latter
are the jo'den harvests for Lis comforts
or add to his wealth.
A portion of nitrogen is undoubtedly
necessary to all vegetables, but it is equally
certain that we sometimes apply more of
the substance than is Squired to produce
the best resuts. If we admit with Liebig,
that plants absorb all tho soluble matters
present in the soil, as a sponge absorbs
water with all that it contains in solution
indiscriminately, we must be impressed
with the importance of adapting the sup
plies of food to the necessities of the plant, j
and of withholding, as far as possible, that
which is rscless or detrimental. j
It is said of the Chinese, that they ma-1
uure the plant more than the soil, and ef
fectually implies the perfection of the
highest accomplishment within the am
bition of a scientific farmer. Working
Farmer.
Good Seed.
Friend Freas : My advice to all far
mers is, " Propagate from the best." This
should be the motto of every one. Itath-
er pay an exorbitant price for a valuable
article, than encumber your soil with that
which will repay you with nothing but
perplexity and shame. I have heard far
mers remark that the care and scrupulous
caution exercised by some of their agricul
tural Iretlmn, iu the selection of their
8 -eds, scions, &c, " is all nonsense !
Now I entertaiu a very different view of
this matter. If I select for seed, from
my field of com, a large, well developed,
sound ear, of early maturity and superior
weight of grain, I entertain no doubt in
my own mind, that the product of tl a'
ear will be of a superior quality ; that it
will possess, in a very visible and marked
degree, the peculiar excellence of the par
ent from which it is derived. No one
who wishes to produce an excellent article
of fruit, would insert a scion of the com
mon wild crab, for that purpose ; he would
procure scions from the best and most val
uable varieties to be found, and thus en
sure the attainment of the result at which
he aimed. In sowing wheat, rye, oats,
barley, peas and other like productions, it
is much better to pay an extravagant price
for superior seed, than to sow a poor and
inferior article, even if it should be fur
nished free of cost. The labor of prepar
ing the soil, manuring, sowing and har
vesting, are iu both cases very nearly the
same ; and although a small crop may not
exhaust the soil in the same degree as an
abundant one, yet no farmer would take
this circumstance into consideration against
the disadvantage of losing a valuable crop
would he ? My advice, therefore, is al
ways procure the best seed. In the end,
no loss will result from this course, but
the reverse. I have always found it so.
Gcrmuntom Telegraph.
White versus Yellow Corn. The Ccn-
treville (Maryland) Times states that sev
eral farmers there say that they have de
monstrated beyond cavil that a larger
quantity of. white corn can be grown to an
acre than yellow. The price of white corn
iu f iraign markets is higher than yellow
st; k" res. ut time.
LEWISBUKG CHEONICLE & WEST BRANCH FARMER.
Preserving Corn from Worms.
In the spring of 1847, we ploughed up
one acre in a corner of a six acre meadow,
which had been several years in grass, and
the whole of which was much infested
with cut-worms and th&yellow wire-worm.
The acre was planted with corn, and total
ly destroyed by the worms. Late the en
suing fall, the whole field was manured
and turned over smoothly ; the spring of
1848 the whole was sown with barley,
which was very much injured by the
worms in many places entirely destroyed.
In September, it was sown with wheat
with the same result as with the barley.
In the spring of 1850, we manured it with
fresh barnyard manure, turned under;
harrowed and marked three feet and a half
apart by two and a half, and planted corn,
four grains in a hill, the first of June. It
came up in five to seven days, and is now
a very promising piece, as forward as any
planted the middle of May.
The seed was soaked in a decoction of a
pound of tobacco in four gallons of water.
There were plenty of worms in the ground,
as I found in planting and hoeing ; but
they would not touch the tobacco-scented
corn, while there was not a single weed to
ba found ; and indeed they did no small
benefit in destroying the grass and weeds.
The field was kept as clean of everything
but corn as it well could be. At the first
hoeing I observed a large mullein plant,
the leaves of which were eaten through
like a riddle, and upon digging around it
I found over twenty cut-worms. Albany
Cultivator.
Plowing.
The farmer was very busy, last week,
plowing for oats the ground, especially
the uplands, being in very fine condition
for the operation. Here aud there, one
succeeded iu getting in cither the whole
or a part of his crop ; but this week, should
the weather prove favorable, the largest
proportion of the oat seeding will be fin
ished. The sooner oats is got in, after
the frost is out of the ground, the better ;
still the first week in April is quite sea
sonable, and is preferred by many good
farmers. Ger. Tel. April 2d.
To Clear a Room from Bugs. Close
the room tightly. Fut a small quantity
of musk in a new tobacco pipe, ignite it,
and blow the smoke through the key hole.
This will clear the room of its blood thirs
ty inmates, iustanter. Every one who is
tormented by these vermin, should try this
remedy at once. It is always successful.
Cannibalism, Crime, and Punishment.
Maj. Dartlett, of the Mexican Boundary
Commission, informs the editor of the Vw
Orleans Crescent, that near El Paso, a
rcconnoitering party found a negro man
and woman iu the act of cooking the head
and parts of the body of a negro, which
were on the fire. They said they were
slaves of a Mr. Owens, in Holly Springs,
Miss.,aud had run away last corn planting.
They plead starvation as their excuse for
killing their associate runaway. They are
now in custody at San Antonio.
Some horrible scenes of licentiousness,
.i i l.-.i ... l .4
Socorro, in the closing days of January, j
Bands of armed ruffians, discharged team
sters, soldiers, and frontier desperadoes,
had been practis'ng fiendish execs ;es,
and more like brutish beasts than men,
taking the lives of unoffending peopleob
bing and killing without provocation or
rcnuroC. On one occasion they perpetra
ted a foul murder at a fandango on E. C.
Clarke, said to be tho son of J. W. Clarke,
U. S. Senator from Rhode Island. In the
same outrage, a man named Gates was shot.
The members of the Boundary Commission
seized eight of the worst, including Wade,
Butler andCiaig. These men were brought
before Judge Berthold, on the 30th of
January, examined and committed, and
the next day they were tried by jury, sen
tenced to be hung within one hour, and
notwithstanding the threats and prepara
tions of their associates, the sentence was
enforced, and they were hung up to the
branches of a tree on Friday morning.
Young, the ringleader, was afterwards ar
r est el and hung also. This prompt pro
ceeding had produced quiet and order.
Railroad Accident
On Saturday, a man named William
Brant was accidentally killed on Plane
No. 2 of the Portage Road, under the fol
lowing circumstances : he was walking up
the Plane, and when about half way up,
he stepped on to the ascending track to
get out of the way of two sections of a
boat descending, but he had scarcely got
on the track before he was struck by the
ascending cars and fell across the rail, the
whole train passing over him, killing him
almost instantly.
Another. On Friday, a man named
John Bcaujon was severely injured on the
railroad at Johnstown. He was engaged
at the time driving a team of horses at
tached to a train of burden cars, when his
foot accidentally caught in a frog on the
track, and before he could extricate him
self the cars passed over his leg and thigh,
crushing it in a most shocking manner.
Still Another. On Friday a collision
occurred between two locomotives on the
Long Level, when a man named Waters,
who was standing between the cars at
tached to one of the engines, was seriously
! though not fatl!v, ininrpd.
And Still Another. Mr. Daniel
Hewit, of this borough, was accidentally
thrown from a train of cars, on Saturday,
and had his shoulder dislocated. IIMi
dajsLurg Standard.
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H. C. HICKOK, Editor. O. W. WORDEV, Piiatw.
At $1..V canh In advmnef, J1.75 in Hin wonthfc $2 paid
within the year, and $2.50 at the end of Hie jrw.
A-witu in Philadelphia Y B Painter and R W Carr.
Lcwisburg, Pa,
Ukbacsoan morning, jjfjM851-
ADVERTIZE Exrrnturm Administrator. PnMte
Man, City and Couulrr M.-rclimiUi. Manufceturerm
Mechanic. UuoineM Men all who wis to procure or to
riUnfMu. r at.vfltini. wniilrl An well in irive notice of the
ami- through tho "Lncitlmrg rhnmxlc" This paper bar
a Ruod aud iuereaHing circulation in a community contai
ning an large a nropnrtinn of active, mlrent producer,
eoununierrt, and dealers, a any other in the State.
t'nion Ciiuntr Denwratie Delegate Meetings Sat
unlay, l'lth My ; plll open troni 2 to 4, P. M.
4 j- t'nion Ountv IVm-K-nilic Contention New Ber
lin. Monday, Kin May, to elect Itelegala to Judicial Stale
Convention.
Uuion County Court Monday, 19U May.
Scott County Mating Tucfday, Ui May.
41 - Airricnllural County Meeting Wed'day.Slst May
BOUA number of Borough laws, passed
under the new Charter, will be found with
our new advertisements.
3TThc Selinsgrove and Williamsport
mail will hereafter pass up the, river on
Fridays, and return Saturdays.
BOur agricultural friends will find
this department of our paper to be worth
the whole price of subscription.
ggjfWc are advised of the arrival at or
near Calcutta of the Missionary company
of which Rev. Mr. Kincaid and family are
memliers, but regret to learn that Mrs.K's
health was so impaired that her recovery
was entirely despaired of.
tee-Next week, the Winter .Session of
the University at Lcwisburg will close. At
the cud of a six months siege, no doubt
the students will lie gratified to sec all
their friends at the public exercises. We
learn that several new speakers will appear.
K-Itev. George M. Spratt, formerly of
Shamokin, receutly pastor of a church at
Horse Heads, N. Y., has accepted the
agency of the Pennsylvania Baptist Educa
tion Society, and removed to Lcwisburg, a
central poiut from which to prosecute his
labors.
lHn another column we copy a Pros
pectus for a new paper in this Borough, of
a general character, and therefore worthy
of a more than local support. The pro
posed Publishers are young Typos, of good
character and habits, and we certainly wish
success to their honorable enterprise.
BjL.1 tie tonowing are tlie othcers of the.
Lewisburg Society of Inquiry, for the com
ing year :
President DAVID T. CARNAnAN.
Vice ITenMent J. ANDKHSOS KKLLT.
C'orrraponding Secretary JofKPII P- TCSTIJf.
Uncording SfcreUrr KOIllillT LOWPJSY.
Tr-x-urcr J. lA'TON MKKIIKLL.
Librarian W t. .1. I'oXKY.
Com. n Corre-pon lene.. EUW ARI O. T ATIIB.
Receipts for the year ending April 8,
1 Sol , $ 14,54 of which one-half is devoted
to Forciini, and one-half to Home Missious.
frirTo iAiov? what may be done to ex
tend the circulation of the Chronicle, we
refer to a farmer in a remote township who
last week brought us in three new sub
scriptions from a neighborhood by no means
densely populated. Any ot our subscribers
have as good an opjiortuuity to procure us
patrous, as he had. Remember, AS is Tin:
PATIlONAfiE, SO IS TIIE rAi'KR.
Sdr large number of Plank Road
Companies have been chartered by the
Legislature at its present session. The
Hollidaysburg & Bedford Company have
organized by the election of Ja's M. Bell,
President, and other officers, and already
advertise for 215,000 feet of 3 inch plank,
8 feet long, (white oak, rock oak, hemlock
or pine,) and 55,000 feet of 3 inch plank,
16 or '21 feet long and 1 foot broad, for
stringers.
Copy-Right Secured.
We deem it proper to state that meas
ures have been taken to secure the copy
right of Mr. Chambcrlin's California Jour
n: 1 published iu this paper. Those who
should print, sell or in any way "publish"
a "pirate" edition, would do it at their
peril. We hope (for the gratification of
its numerous admirers) the Proprietor of
the Journal will procure its re-publieation
in a permanent form.
BrtRcv. Dr. Rufus Babcoek, Agent for
the American S. S. Union, reached Lcwis
burg on Suuday morning last addressed
the Sunday School, and preached for the
Baptist church, in the forenoon made an
address before the Society of Inquiry in
the afternoon and presented the -claims
of the S. S. Union before the Presbyterian
congregation in the evening. That noble
charity U well served by one who devotes
so much of bodily toil and the powers of a
highly cultivated mind in its behalf.
J. G. Freeze, Esq., the accomplished
Junior of Tate's Colombia Democrat,"
blessed oar sanctum with the light of his
countenance a short time the other day
hope his next visit may not be so brief.
By the way, the Democrat has donned
a dress of new type, lately. A decided
improvement : but, CoL, that Roback card
is a sad blemish to any respectable paper.
ftThc bill to re-annex Montour county
to Columbia, failed on final reading in the
I Senate 14 votes for, 16 ajrainst. -
We learn by a circular of the Canal
Board, (for which we are indebted to the
lion. John A. Gamble) that the slnpmenuj
from Philadelphia, westward, during the
month of March, 1851, exceed shipments
during same period hut year by 10,673,000
lbs. This does not include the local trade.
The eastward shipments from Pittsburg
in March, 1851, exceed those of March,
1850, by 2,T39,549 lbs.
The number of cars that passed over the
Columbia Railroad in March, 1851, exceed
those of March, 1850, by 13,607.
Increase of receipts at three offices, viz.
PhikuVphia, Parkesburg, and Lancaster,
over 4 months of last year, $43,000.
ieAn arrest of a colored man named
Sims, aa a slave, at Boston last week, occa
sioned much "cxcitenieu', and riotous dem
onstrations; but the authorities were at
hand with a sufficient force to maintain the
supremacy of the laws. The investigation
of the owner's claim to the alleged fugitive
was not concluded at the List advices. An
offer to buy the man's frcelom,was refused.
"Spare when young; spend when old."
l'rurerb.
BCJUBctter say Spare all excess and
self-indulgence, when young; enjoy the
fruits of your labors, temperately and
thankfully, when old.
B-Wc thank Rev. John M. Peck for a
copy of his discourse before the Legislature
of Illinois on "the Duties of American Ci
tizens," condemnatory of all agitation on
the Slavery question.
iaThe Rev. Mr. Task is lecturing in
Boston, against the use of Tobacco. A
Un!;, indeed.
Correapondenc of the Lcviatrars ChronicI.
Uarrisburg, April 4, 1851.
Mr. KniTott : I happen to be troubled
this evening with ' nothing else to do,"
and a nervous propensity to scribble ; and
in looking around for a victim, I don't
know on whom I can better iuflict an
epistle than yourself and your large list of
readers.
Hon. Daniel Webster was here the other
day, on his way home to Mi.nhtichl. I
need not enter into the details of his pub
lic reception, as you will have seen the
-pecches and proceedings in the papers
before this reaches you. His speech in
the evening iuthe hall of the House was
decidedly national in its tone, and was loud
ly applauded. The hall was densely
crowded, including a large attendance of
ladies, all anxious to see and hear the
" great expounder." Had any common
person said what he did to so large an au
dience with expectations" so high, great
disappointment would have been felt and
-ully expressed, and the crowd would
have considered their walk to the Hill a
kind of " First of April" errand ; but as
it was Daniel Webster, all appeared to be
delighted, and went away rejoicing. The
old man appears to be quite feeble, and is
much cmaneiated. Hi.-, health is poor.
Age and the cm-s of cilice arc evidently
...T;, l..;H .......1- ..,,.1 ft.,,.. lto nnnnor.
iii..aiii tticii nun iw. aii'i i.viii mo 111-.'.
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set. and w ponderous intellect be veiled!
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in the shadows of the dark va'ley. Ii
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twin- r it innr mil lin e.itil j . liim -t tli.i I
LI It I1VV UU i?il'l I'. lllall 1(4 lajl.
sreat liereatter that he nail Ins best days
in this life.
He is now but the wreck of
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the forensic Jupiter Tonans who in years
gone by hurled such scathing thunderbolts,
in the Senate Chamber, at the head of the
unfortunate Hay no.
This is always a great place at this time
of year, aud as the session draws near its
close, legislative sayings and doings deep
en in interest and importance the ' noise
and confusion' increasc the hurly-burly
and strife of contending interests acquire
complexity and momentum the hopes
and fears of partizans, and hangers on in
general rise and fall with the fluctuations
in each day's proceedings and everything
connected with the law making depart
ments is hurrying on. pell mcll,to that final
catastrophe, the adjournment, which ac
cording to the time fixed, is only ten days
distant ; though I strongly suspeet they
will have to take the back track yet, and
prolong the session, or else leave half the
business undoue,and t'other half misdone.
And yet with all this pressure upon the
Legislature, wheu prompt and discrimina
ting aetion is especially required, it is in
main nothing but talk, talk, talk ; until I
should suppose every sane man among the
members would consider a transfer to Bed
lam a happy exchange. Certainly we out
side martyrs are of that opinion. Itscems
as if every body must speak on almost
everything that comes up ; and unfortu
nately every body has not been endowed
by nature or education to do that thing
right. The consequence is that more arc ex
tinguished than tutinguished by their
efforts at oratory. Whether tho speech
of " Old Dan" inspired our less noted or
ators or not, I can not say ; but really it
appears as if some evil spirit of loquacity
had entered the Hall since his departure,
for during the occasional visits I have
made to the galleries, it seems to me that
every body was up for a speech, except
some few of the sensible, working members,
who bear the infliction with heavy hearts,
and melancholy countenances. The essen
tial business of the session is yet un
touched the lobbies full of borers, beg
ging for speedy action on various matters,
alledged to be of vital importance to many
poor fellow- the desks groaning with bi!!s '
which Members are exceedingly anxious
to have passcd,but like a crowd passing out
of a building, the great haste brings every
thing to a stand still, for if one can not
pass they are unwilling to let another go
ahead. The consequence is a general jam
and muss. And under these circurastan
v,ii nnnAtl1 to listen to dull, sense- 1
less insipid speeches by the hour, b what
1CBS, iusiuiu ojivuv. j
I imagine his Satanic Majesty did not
think of, when he was devising ways and
means to tempt good old Job, and lead
him nut of the wav. or he would certainly
have sent him to the Legislature. That
m;lit perhaps have " fetched him."
I am here merely as a " looker on in
Vienn t." one of the outsiders in general ;
! but in what comes under my observation,
I find much amusiment, and oftentimes
food for crave reflection. The mass of
IOOU tor graic icumuuu. -
the neoolc know but little of the intrigue
w..-Fiit,rmn th:.t pren in ine oesi times.
prevail at the scatof government, nor how
little sense of responsibility is manifested
by most members, on many subjects mu-j
mately connected with the reputation of ;
the Commonwealth, and the well being of.
the community. j
The old Keystone has acquired a discre-;
ditable notoriety on account ot ttieauiercnce
paid to divorce cases, botn oi aomesue auu
foreign origin, and the facility with which
they 'slide through. Last winter, a salutary :
check was given to this system of things,
that it would be well for future Legislatures
to rigidly maintain. The test is at hand.
The Wetheril divorce cae is up again, and
(tell it not in Gath '.) it is said with soma
probability of success. This is the case of
which the Germantown Telegraph lately
remarked, " We know enough down here,
removed as we are from the focus of action,
to satisfy us a thousand times over that the
ajiplieation is an outrage upon the common
decencies of life ; while the efforts to sus
tain and bolster up this outrage, are un
paralleled for atrocity in the history of
Pennsylvania." The Doctor is here in
person, and strange enough seems to find
numerous aiders and abettors, both in and
out of the legislative halls, in the further
ance of his infamous project But while
vice in rags is considered contraband, and
frowned down, vice in broad-cloth, with a
full purse, is considered quite a different
affair ; and revolting bestiality in the per
son of a man ofiswcalth, finds apologists
and sympathizers, which in other men,
would be hunted down with remorseless
ferocity. It remains to be seen whether
our assembled Solous, will establish the
precedent that the rights and reputation
of a blameless wife and her children, shall
be thus ruthlessly sacrificed, in the legis
lative shambles.
According to the fashion of late years,
there is much :.nker:ng at the laws, and
the file? are I a LI with a countless mul
titude of private bills. It will be well per
haps to have only biennial sessions, and
prohibit special legislation hereafter, or the
fecundity of our Legislatures will be likely
soou to rival the spawning of Scotch her
rings, lours, lor tne present,
A V
loiTsn.
Foreign News.
England. The Catholic question was
under discussion iu the House of Commons,
with great spirit, and bitterness of feeling.
The .National affairs, very unsettled.
In Scotland, loth ult., an explosion by
firc-damp occurred near Paisley, in a coal-
pit 1050 fuet deep, by which 61 persons
; .
lst their lives.
ritAMCE. 1 he news from tho provinces
, , . ,. 1
or Mm rtrnfrritca nt 7Siwiilim miica im.vii
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ness to the Government ; the most remote
'
rural districts are affected, and the peas-
. niltrv 'iw crtHntr m-nr ill l.trrrn xiintluini it
I , f., 55 "
German y. The fickle King of Prussia
has rejected the agreement by which the
Foreign Provinces of Austria were to be
received into the German Confederation
The Austrian Cabinet expresses perfect
r -adiuess to co-operate with Prussia for the
creation of a permanent Central Govern
ment, but Austria insists on demanding
the Presidency.
The Austrian Ministerial press protests
against the plan of popular representation
in the Germanic Confederation.
It alt. A furious skirmish took place
in Rome between the native troops and a
body of French soldiers, occasioned by the
latter having quizzed the former on their
habiliments. In this as well as in similar
skirmishes the inferiority of the French in
hand to hand combat was as evident as their
superiority in discipline aud tactics.
At Constantinople, a conspiracy to
destroy the Sultan, was discovered. His
own brother was at the bottom of it, assis
ted by some Ulemas.
Sixty Hungarian and Polish refugees,
sailed from Liverpool for America.
Letters from Manilla, of the 22d Jan.,
contain long reports of the hotly contested
but eventually successful operations of the
Dutch land and naval forces against the
Pirates of the Indian Archipelago.
VVe learn from the Suobury papers that
on Sunday afternoon week, S. Robisonwand county has been estimated by the
Lewis, and Shaffer, confined in the Sun-
bury jail on charges of horse-stealing and
larceny, attempted to liberate themselves.
The Sheriff having been apprised that they
bad sawed their hopples off, and were
awaiting a favorable opportunity to escape,
obtained a posse and repaired to the jail
and had them hoppled anew, and each
prisoner chained in se,-ara a apartments.
We learn further, that a boat was in wait
ing near Sunbury, to transport the scoun
drels across the river into Union county,
and thus securely effect their escape. So
il appears tbey are not without sympathi
zers and aiders in their villainous schemes.
The public ure fully aroused, and the
guilty can not much longer go " unwhipt
of justice.' We are gratified to bear of
SheriffCoveri's vigilance. Miltonian.
tcBAn Apprentice to the Printing Bu
siness, wanted at this office.
JSccos & Notions.
B&Court in Sunbury, this week.
An individual was arrested in .our bo
rough, on Wednesday, on the charge of
having bought two horses in Hunnndm
county, with counterfeit money, but failing
to identify tho person, he was dihard
W.e he" il. 'd that
wun ,(.- o-.aoii above dllllded tn .
rested, an individual who was with him at
a - -
ar.
the time, was one 01 ine guilty parlies.
He vainoted instanter. M.ltonian.
The S'iaft of the Washington .M in-j.
ment(U7 fecth'gh) will be comcicj ,
aboill eiht yean. The PamUvn, (lyi)
feet hih,) at the base, in about uVk-
At EnIi-h feutt. in the oldea tim
every guest brought hi own kui.e, mij
...i ..... . ..i.. . ,1 k..k:.. i .l i
... . .. ,
, upon which he siidrpened hid biaJe a M
Wlltriaioitc wav I'lauu ikuiiij i (j n M)r
We are u'n'l to peretie that at t!19
meeting of ihe Philad. Cily Councils ,e,j
on lnursJuy evening, a reso.uriun wa-i
adop'ed, authonz an application to the)
State L-giilabire lor power to appoint an
Insppclor of Nhw B Jildint. Tin more-
ment i in re.ione to ihe gpimr.il st-nti-
i mem oi 'tie community, and hop-) the I.
islature wi.l act upon ihe sui.i.-cl without
unnecessary tlcl.ty.
A Convention vl colored persons s::tir-r
in New York
. i -'
jiW city, recently patst-J strong
i iiii-.t ihe Fugitive S ave Lt-
resolutions i
expressing n iurpoe to resist its execution
as far as possible ; acid also a reo'utn,n
for the appointment of a committee to com
plete such an organization of the 1900 col
ored voters in the city as shall be le!t at
the next and all future elections.
Gen. Cass has written a letter to a Gen
tleman at Indianol.i, Texas, stating that he
will be a candidate for the Presidency, if
nominated by the Democratic X.iti.-.nal
Convention.
Lancaster, April 4- The bridge of the
Central Railroad over the Cuuestiigi.atout
two milts from this place, took tire at
about ha!f past 5 o'clock this al'ernoon,
and was destroyed. It was a fine struct
ure. It is not known how the lire orient.
ted, but it is supposej to have caught from
the spar'xs ot a locomotive. The O Kidiy
telegraph wires wpre considerably dim
aged, bu; not to such an extent as to :n:er
(ere with the business of the Line.
CdHimire, April 4. By the X.-v O .
leans Picayune of the 23 h ult., received
here to night, we learn that rumors tre
afloat that an out break had occurred at
Cuhi. One accour.t had it that a har.J of
negroes on plantations in llie interior fui
riien to massacre Ihe whites, anJ antiier
that . i : .-volution against the au'hnritie had
started, and was making conaiJerabli; head
way. Baltimore, April 4. Lieut. R.JV, of
the LT. S. Navy, who fell from a window
of the Exchange Hotel, and has sutlered
severely ever since from hi injoij,is not
expected to live over to-day-
The family that never took a newspaper,
has moved into Illinois. The old gentle
man was surprised the other day, to learn
that gold had been discovered in Califor
nia and Ihe oldest daughter was pleaded
to learn from a neighbor that Webster had
been hung, and now she would never aga:n
be troubled with them re?ky spellin' books.
The Seat of Justice, of Schuvlkill eoun-
( iyby an act just pissed by our Legislature,
is to he fixed nt Pottsville on and af:er th-;
first day of December ne.xt.
William Findlay, son ol the !ae Gov.
F. R. Shunk, and lam-M F. Johns'on, son
of Gov. Johnston, were capsized in the
Susquehanna, ppposito Harrisourj;, while
out with a sail b iat. I5 :h were rescured,
but not until n'terthe starch was conside
rably disturbed, and the danger imminent.
Hon. Daniel Wenster, Secretary of
State, paid a visit to Harrislmrg on Tues
day the 1st inst. He arrived at three
o'clock in the af;ernoon, in the cars from
Baltimore, lie was received at the depot
by a committee of reception appointed by
both Houses of the Legislature, and con
ducted to Ilerr's Hotel, where he was wai
ted on by the Governor, members of the
Legislature, and many of the citizens.
The Legislature having determined to give
the Secretary a public reception in the
Hall of the House ol Representatives, the
Hall was crowded, and at 7 o'clock id ihe
evening, the distinguished guest made hi)
appearance in the Hall, and was received
with enthusiasm. Speeches were made
by Gov. Johnston and Sec. Webster.
Mr. Webster was afterwards the guest
of Gov. Johnston, and Gen. Cameron.
The Legislature has passed an art g;v
inn a compensation lo the two Pennsylva
nia Regiments in Mexico for clothing and
traveling to the place of rendezvous.
The death warrant of George Pharoah,
(or the murder of Rachael Sharpless, has
been issued by Governor Johnston. It
fixes Friday, the 29:h of August neit, as
the day of execution.
More Counterfeits. We see that thrre
are new counterfeit five dollar Relief Notes
on the Middletown Bank in circulation.
The impression is paler than the genuine.
In other respects the imitation is said to be
exact.
The value of property in Nortbumber-
Board of Revenue Commissioners to be
$4,484,205. In 1818 it was valued at
$4,(93,809, increase in two years $26$,
393.
A negrn girl of about fifteen years of
age, ha been apprehended, and confined
in Sunbury jail, on suspicion of having set
lira to the property of Samuel Hunter.
The girl had been living with Mr. Hunter
for several years, and we are informed
has confessed thai she wilfully set fire to
the straw.
The married ladies of Fairmont, X. J-t
have organized themselves into an Inde
pendent Order of Odd Ladies, in order '
be revenged upon their Odd Fellow
bands. Their lodge is kept open H
hour longer nights than the Odd vj.
Mr. Gough obtained six tho
tures to the Temperance P
recent visit in Ctncinnajn
omct