LEWISBUKG CHRONICLE & WEST BRANCH FARMER.
Tor the Lewisburg Chronicle.
Ililur.g Hamae a Kew Dung Fork.
Mr. tnrroa : In a Lte number of your ,
vr.lutil le paper,! saw an article cn manurc
L.aking, which is all important to the far
rier, indeed lies at the foundation of agri
cultural interests, in this country at least.
Your correspondent has given us his moJo
of working up Lis pupcr-abuudant straw,
which is very goiJ ; but I suppose will
lint controvert what we believe to be true,
that 010 load of stable-made manure is
worth two made out, whether covered or
not. And it is astonishing the amount of
litter that can be used up in this way, even
with an ordinary amount of stock. But
t do this we must Lave the right kind of
Ftabling, which not many of our " Dutch
formers" arc in want of, aud then carry
iu plenty if straw, let it come out as it
11 :y. Here let nie poak of an evil con
nected with many of our stables, a sill aud
u narrow door. Doors fur stables, whether
for homed cattle or horses, ought to be
l'tur feet wide, then havo a good strong
:uiig fork of two prongs, a foot wide, and
lVom iificcn to eighteen inches in length,
v ii'i a socket that will receive a handle of
cue and a Lalf inches in diameter at least.
The fork weighing perhaps ten pounds
vLcu finished, with a link bent around
where, the prongs begin to separate, to hook
ii chain iuto, aud with the aid of a horse, I
imu Like out more manure in fifteen uiin
ute?,than with the old process of wheeling,
cr a duug sled, in an hour ; which is1 a
Mving of seventy-five percent of timc,and
1.0 comparison of labor. I am aware this
is not a new idea to some farmers, but it
j;.r- be to others.
r. n. l.
Ivist Buffalo, April 12, 1851.
Plowing.
Tbn season is now at hand, when this
imp.irtrint branch of farm work absorbs
the fanner's principal attention. Much of
the success of farming depends upon the
plow being suuk to a proper depth, as well
r.s a thorough breaking up of the soil, giv
ing the roots of the p'ant a suitable op
portunity 'f penetrating through the soil,
tnd extracting as it advances, the alkaline
r.ius, anl other constituents of which the
hnt is mad;1 up. And a thorough pul
verization of the soil, gives an opportunity
for the ltmosphcre aud rain water to pen
etrate wore readily, and deposit itscarbonic
ju iu gases, nitrogen, and ammonia, at the
roots of the plant. Thacr, in his popular
work on Agriculture, says: " In perform
ing the operation of plowing,it is requisite,
1st. TbaJ the lines traced by the plow
should be perfectly straight, and parallel
with oue another; the furrow slices all
equal, and uniformly turned up, so that
they may not overlap each other, or form
any inequality on (he surface of the ground;
jf it be otherwise, that is to fay, if the
slices are nut rf equal bread Ji, the opera
tion becomes more dilT.culr, because at
every deviation from a straight lino the
resistance w'iich iLe earth opposes to the
instrument lccmcs increased.
2d. That the plow alvam-c at a reg
ular uniform depth, and oa a line parallel
to the surface of the soil ; that is to say,
that it does Hot as is the case when it is
r.ot well guided, sometime cut thick and
r.t other times thin slices.
Sd. That the plow empty the furrow
r.3 completely as pos.sille, so that the
t.irth may not fill iu again after the plow
Las passed, and that the portion of the
soil not yet raited, but which has just been
divided by the plowshare, may form not
i.n acute, but a right angle with the bottom
o: the furrow on which it borders.
And farther, that the divided slices be
r'.wavs of the same breadth, that they like
wise preserve the depth which it is desi-
r-Me to five them.
The fj'.G'.uieut of these desirable ends is
tceurci to a certain extent by taking care
that the plow is properly constructed ; but
it nlsri depend.-- iu a great m'casurc on the
k:il of the plowman, who requires to un
hr?iand the use ot the instrument, ine
sv.cccfs which will attend the growth of
the. crop, ycry much depends upon the
i kill, and faithful performance of duty on
the y nrt of the plowman.
The width of the sod or furrow-slice
Must be regulated according to the nature
f the soi', and the object to be attained by
the plowing. The greater the tenacity of
the soil, the narrower should these Bliecs
Le cut, for when they are too broad, it is
impossible to break end divide them prop-
erly
with the barrow. Irom a light or
andy soil, on the other hand, wide slices
nay le cut without any inconvenience ;
because the harrow always has sufficient
power over such soil to pulverize it com
1 lckly.
The greater tho depth of the furrows,
the less should be their width, both be
e.iUsc thvi plow would Lave too great resis
tance to.overcome, and because if the pie
ces of earth or s jc's out of them, arc broad
aud thick, they can not be turned over so
completely as they tight to be.
If the object in view is only to bring
stubble, or to turn up the turf of land ly
i;;g fallow, ia order to facilitate its decom
position, plowing in wide slices is admissi
lle, and in soma .respects preferable.
Two or turce-wekes iu the width of a
slice, makes a great difference in the quan
tity of work done in a Jay by the plow.
Wh n the objet is to divide a tenacious
roi ii.iiii.tely, the pr p r breadth fur the
slice is six or seven inches, but where the
soil is light, an equal advantage will be
gained by making the slice a foot wide.
Supposing the rate of progress, or in
other words, the paco at which the cattle
or horses move, to 1 equal in both cases,
twelve hours are spent in plowing a field
with furrows seven inches wide, while only
seven hours would bo required to plow it
if the furrows were twelve inches wide.
Mtiuc Former.
From the Gennantown Telegraph.
The Potato Rot.
Mr. Editor : Allow me a bhort space
in your paper fur some remarks on a sub
ject of deep interest to all classes of society
j iu our own and other countries. Although
many discoveries of the cause of the Po
tato Hot,-and many raneJitJi fur the same,
have been presented through the press to
the public during the last three or four
years, the high price of potatoes during
the past winter aud at this time, aud the
fact that the Legislature of Massachusetts
nil in mo last iew wceus nave ouereil a
premium of f 10,000 to any one iu that
I.I!.. .t -t -iJ. 1 1 rr ,
State for a rcmr7gt In j.retty strong ci
dence that the true cause of the disease
and the proper remedy arc not among those
discoveries. The cause is undoubtedly the
same in all localities, north, south, cast,
and west ; and the remedy must be just
as universal otherwise it is not a remedy.
Now I uudertakc to say, and will here
after prove, to the satisfaction of every
farmer in the Union, if he will apply the
test which I am about to propose, that the
disease originates in the deflieiency of cer
tain ingredients in the soil. The fact that
millions of bushels (notwithstanding the
loss of one-third or more of the crop by the
rot,) of as good potatoes arc grown every
year in United States as were ever raised
before the appearance of the discasc,affords
to my mind, without more positive proof,
sufficient reason to disbelieve the statement
recently made, that the plant dies like an
animal in consequence of " the feebleness
of old age." I shall not ask tho Legisla
ture of our State to ghe me 10,000 for
my discovery. I shall be amply rewarded
if, on a fair and sufficient trial, it will set
tle the question. I shall not be alone if
it be proved that I am mistaken ; and as
my remedy will add to the fertility of the
soil in proportion to the extent it may be
applied, no one can lose anything by the
trial of it.
I therefore assert, as my firm belief, that
g5-Chureoal, properly applied, will al
ways, and everywhere, prevent the disease
kuown as the " Potato Hot."
Iu the next number of the "Telegraph"
I will give directions in regarcd to the ap
plication of this remedy, so that, late as it
is, many farmers can make a beginning
this season. As I intend to prepare a
treatise on this subject, to be ready for
distribution after the harvesting of this
year's crop, I will Le greatly obliged to
farmers a'ld others who will try this test,
to let me know the result as soon as con
venient thereafter, so that I can jrive to !
the public as much information as possible
respecting the utility of this remedy. Iu
that work I shall review the " discoveries"
heretofore made, and give the reasons why
charcoal will prevent the disease, with all
the useful information on the culture of
ihe potato 1 cau obtain. It may require
two or three trials to ascertain the quan
tity necessary to suit different soils and
localities ; and if in some instances it
should fail on the first trial, I hope tho in
dustrious farmer will not charge the fault
upou the remedy aud abandon it, but try
it ajrain the next yesr for I am confident
that if properly applied, it is the remedy
so much needed. '
TRACY E. WALLER.
Ri.-ing-Sun. r'uiladi-ljihia county, Ta., )
Mirca 31, 1851. J
P. S. On account of the lateness of the
season, I would suggest that farmers who
may be induced to try the remedy I Lave
proposed, prepare at once a compost for
one-eighth of an acre (which will be suffi
cient fur a trial this year,) as follows :
Pulverised charcoal, 250 poundj.
Done dust, or beat guina, 23 "
Salt, 15 -
One large wagon load of wet and
well rotted barnyard manure.
Mix well together and let it lay until
time to plant, say two two or three weeks.
Treatment of Scarlet Fever.
The following communication comes
from a gentleman, in whose judgment wc
have entire confidence :
Cleanse tLe stomach by a mild emetic,
such as warm water or ipecac, (but not
emetic tartstf it is too prostrating for this
disease.)!
When the fever rises, wash the patient
all over with warm water, rendered a little
slippery, between the thumb and finger,
by white ley or salcratus. As frequent
washings will be required that is, as of
ten as the fever rises a towel should
be used, and very gently, bo as not to
make the pkin sore. On this account,
when tLo skin is thoroughly cleansed, less
Icy should be used ; sud if the patient
becomes soro,a bttle ncn ?wt in tne
water,may be substituted. The feet should
also be bathed in team weak ley.
Such washings operate like a charm ;
and have never failed niwer my observa
tions to put out the fever as water puts
out fire for a time ; but frequent repeti-
r,n will be necessary, A eirl in my
fa:uily, was washed ten times in one day ;
and a neighbor who was very weak before
ho came under my care, was washed tweuty
times in one night. Tho effect of these
applications is most salutary and soothing.
I have seen a child of five years old, who
was taken from her bed crying aud moan
ing, become playful as soon as she was
washed. Another child, on whom the
fever had risen high in the night was
cooled off by the -same process in a few
minutes.
11 'arm water is more soothing and agree
able than cold water which (latter)ought
not to be applied iu this disease, on account
of its inducing re-aetion.
If the throat is much swelled, surround
it with a cloth containing hops sprinkled
with hot vinegar, and extending upwards
above the nose, so that the patient may
breathe the fumes. Volatile liniment
made by turning aqua ammonia into sweet
oil in a phial and shaking it well may
also be applied round the throat, to irritate
the skin as a rubefacient.
The strength of the patient should be
most carefully preserved, hence neither
ILicJing nor strong cathartics arc admissi
ble. Some indeed, live through such im
proper treatment, because scarlet fever is
one of tho most variable diseases in regard
to intensity : on some being very light,
and on others , very severe. The more
urgent the case, the greater is the danger
from bleeding. The patient has not one
drop of blood to spare no more than he
would have in typhus ; and strong purga
tives arc scarcly less improper. Only the
mildest cathartics, like tamarinds, should
bo employed ; but as elder-flower tea is
both sudorific and aperient, in most cases
no better medicine need be sought.
After the fever Las ceased, children
often become pale and bloated : a neigh
bor lost a Cue boy under the care of a reg
ular physician, when the disease seemed
over and past. In all cases however, that
have come to my knowledge, a dose of
calomel when given, has roused them from
that torpid state, aud they have rapidly
recovered He very careful for many days aftcr,not
to take cold. Albany Cultivator.
lVrorUiin of f!i(p-rT elm. cntw-p, or SAJfj may le
uwd wh"rc tltl.-r-flow.-r art.- not t ! UaA.
To make Green Salve.
Take freshly-gathered white lily flowers,
broad-leaved, common plantain, and chick
weed, each, as much as can be grasped in
a man's hand; one pound of newly-churned
butter without salt ; one pound of mutton
suet, melted and strained ; one pound of
liccs-wax ; and one pound of rosin. Melt
the suet and butter together, and boil in
them the herbs, until the juice is all ex
tracted ; then strain through a cloth, and
add the rosin and wax. When melted and
well mixed, strain again into aqueensware
or earthen pan, and stir till cold, to pre
vent separation. An excellent cooling
and healing salve for wounds and burns.
Eting of the Eee.
Common whiting proves an effectual
remedy against the effect of sting of a bee
or wap. The whiting is to be moistened
with cold water, and applied immediately.
It may be washed off in a few minutes,
when neither pain nor swelling ensue.
Charcoal in Cisterns.
A writer in the Horticulturist says,that
six quarts of charcoal, nicely pulverised,
and put into a cistern of the capacity of
fifteen Logsheads, will make the water per
fectly sweet at any time. Well worth the
trial.
In thirty-four years llic entire expendi
turc of the Colonization Society has been
$1,230,000. With this small amount,
six hundred miles ol sea coast have been
redeemed from the slave trade, and a
flourishing Chrisian Slate founded on the
African coast, with a population of about
1 50,000, chiefly natives. The number of
emigrants sent out by the Colonization
Society and its auxiliaries, in the expedi
tions from 1520 to 1650 inclusive, is
CU0, not including about 600 sent out by
the Mirv lnnd Colonization Society, to the
colony of "Maryland in Liberia." Of the
whole number sent by the American Soci
ety, 2315 were born free, 165 purchased
their freedom, and 3636 were emancipated,
with a view to going to Liberia. Virginia
has sent a larger number than any other
Stale, iz: 2553. From New York 107
have gone. The number of liberated Af
ricans sent by the U. S. Government, in
cluding the captives of the " Pons," (756
in number) is 1044.
Down on the Lawyers. At a meeting
of the workingmen aud mechanics of Cin
cinnati, on the 9th ult., the following reso
lution was adopted :
Resolved, That the legal profession can
be dispensed with, and to this end we advo
cate the repeal of all laws for the collection
of all debts, well knowing that our useless
litigation is a tax upon the labor of the peo
ple of Ohio, amounting to more than 82,
000,000 a year.
A Yankee, in New Haven, Conn.,
named Chauncy Jerome.is making a clock,
the works of which are entirely of brass,
that he can afford to sell for sixty cents, at
wholesale, and one dollar at retail. It is
warranted to keep good lime, and the in
ventor makes 600 of the article per day.
Detroit, April 10th. The gallant and
venerable Gen. Hugh Brady, of this city,
is deceased. He was suddenly killed
about 2 o'clock this afternoon by a fall
from bia carrage, in the upper part of the
city. He was upwards of 80 years of age,
and aniversally beloved.
The fare between Harrisburg and Phil
adelphia has been reduced lo three dollar.
mi: iiBiij.
H. O. HICEOS, Editor. O. N. WOBDEN, Printer.
At$l.!0uh in JwiTunw, $1.75 in throe months, $2 paid
within th year, and &0 at the end of ilie year.
Arentu iu Philadelphia T B Talmrr and K V Carr.
Letuisburff, Pa.
tUcbitcsoan fllorniiij, pnlS5I
ADVERTIZE ! Exwut'.r. Artmlnintrator. TuMlc
oitt.Trn.City anil Country Mt-rrluint. Mallul.Mtll1I,,
Mi-rhnuirs. l(ii?im-s M.-n nil wlio wih Ui r-iirc or tt
dfopMM- of anylliinx wouM Jo w.-ll to ieiv- untie; f.f tli-MT1U-
tlin-UK'ri tilt- "Istrid-Hry fiirtwirh.'1 T!ii pjwr lias
a emul atil iiicTt-aiiu! rirrulatiou in a roinniuir.ly itmtjti
iiiiiir as Inri- a proportion of active. ilviiit prodm-iT.
con.-. urnr;., oitJ OVhIits, as any otlu-r iu tin- sut.
I tii' n County rxmiT'i' llrl.ptr Mc-tin:" S;it
urilny, loth May ; jwlU oivll lri.il - lo j. 1. M.
if- Cnion CountT Il-'tn'KTM'i'- Co;iv.-iition New IS T
lin. Mon.iy. lJlk MjJ, I" cW l U-1.-k.Ui- to Ju.iivil State
CoUVt-lltHtU.
tf Tnion Comity Court Vni. Hy. l ull May.
r S. ott County 51-oUujs Tuesday. Hi May.
- A.-ri-ullurnl Comity M-.!in; UlM.-.y.21fl Kay
4,SI.-ni'v-mtirSt.it.-liil-?ruatorial Coiivi-uliin Rrn.1
in. -Itli Jun.
Il--m xratie State Jil liclal ConT-ntion Ilai-rlf-burr.
HUi Juiii-.
4 - Wnig Stat- Convention l.anratcr. 24th Jim-.
J&ri$llev. A. K. l!EI.r. will preach in the
I5apti.-t meeting-house, JcwisLurg, this
(Wednesday) evening.
CLaial;erlin's Journal.
This work completes Mr. ChainWliu's
California Journal, a narrative, we venture
to say, of more interest and graphic fresh
ness than any similar publication that has
appeared for some years. The manner iu
which it is appreciated by the public is
evidenced by the extraordinary demand for
the Chronicle, the numerous requests made
to us to have it got up in book form, and
the fact that tho papers in Freeport, Illi
nois,intend to run it through their columns
as soon as they get the whole of it in the
Chronicle ; for which, however, they will
first have to procure the consent of the
holder of the copy-right. The Journal
was written by Mr. C. (who was not of
ago when he started) for the satisfaction
merely of his Father aud friends, without
the most remote suspiei n that it would
he likely to appear in print ; and wheu
he heard of its publication, was taueh
startled mil chajrincd, an I sent homo
peremptory orders to have it stopped at
all hazard, and he would pay all loss and
damage that might result to the printer.
The merits of the Journal, however, aud
the imperative public demands for it,
overruled his personal objections, and
have gained for Liui high reputation as a
writer.
Jlr. C's predicament is very similar to
an incident in the early history of Gen.
Washington. After his return in his
twentieth year from his dangerous mission
to the French Governor at Fort Du
Quesnc, and to Venango, his private jour
nal was placed in the hands of Gov. Din
widdle of Virginia, for his perusal. That
functionary was so impressed with its
merit, that he at once ordered its publica
tion, without its author's knowledge, who
remonstrated in warm f.nd indignant terms,
but without effect ; the Governor assuring
him that his Journal had .fTordi ! the gov
ernment and the public more satisfaction
than anything that had been written or
done during the border troubles. It was
reprinted in England, and met the warm
commendation of the Home Government ;
and is still regarded as one of the nwt
interesting documents of the kind.
Eurglarles.
Wc learn that the Store of L. X. Muir,
of JcrseyShnre, Lycoming Co., was broken
into by burglars on the night of the i9th
ult., aud the iron safe robbed of 63,00.)
in specie and bank notes. 3!r.M. and his
assistants were sleeping at the time imme
diately over that part of the store where
the safe was located. The robbers,it appears,
entered the back doors with keys, passed
np to Mr.M's chamber, took the key of the
safe from his coat-pocket, proceeded down
stairs, locking the door to sccuro the slee
pers, and then rifled the safe.
Several cellars and outhouses in var
ious parts of our own town, have lately
been entered in tho night-time and robbed
of bread, pies, cheese, cakes, ham, and such
other edibles as were at hand, to the sad
discomfiture of thrifty housewives and the
morning appetites of their liege lords. We
admit that the world owes everybody a
living, and it is right that the hungry should
be fed, as well as the naked clothed ; but
this system of involuntary benevolence is
not exactly the thing, even in the freest
country under the sun, especially where
there is reason to believe that the tres
passers are far from being needy. We
thereforcrespcctfully suggest to all prudent
housekeepers to put their premises under
lock and key during the absence of the sun;
and we further give timely warning, by
authority, to tho offenders, that they
are known, and their movements will be
carefully watched, and the law enforced.
JBSyGov. Johnston has appointed George
Chambers, Esq., (a member of the Con
stitutional Convention) of Chambersburg,
a Judge of the Supreme Court, in place
of Judge Burnside, dee'd and James T.
Hale, Esq., (a son-in-law of the late Judge
Huston,) of Bellefonte, President Judge
of the District of Centre, Clinton, and
Clearfield, late Judge Woodward's: both
satisfactory and creditable appoinments.
Cornelius Darragh, Esq., of Pitts
burg, has resigned the office of Attorney
General of this State it being of little
profit under the new system.
Unequal Taxation.
We understand that the ftro on the
Packet lioats has been established this
season, at the following rates, viz. :
Between Junction and Selinsgrovo 8 1 ,25
u " Northumberland 1,50
" Lowisburg, 1,S0
it Milton, 2,00
Some of our citizens would like to know
how it comes I li t 40 cents should be ex
acted for the ci.:!it miles from Northum
berland to LcwWmrg, while only 2") cents
is charred for the seven miles from Selin.-
x- .1 1 T 1 1 ..l.. til
trrOTO tO .NoriiinilllM.-ii.niM, .inn ouijr ft
cents f r the four miles from Lewisburg to
Milton. Ji miy be a small matter per
haps to m my traveler.:, but amounts to
considerable in the course of a season, and
is felt bv persons who have no money to
throw away. The absence too of all jus
tice in the ttneip;.il arrangement, gives it
very much the aspect of an intentional im
position. JC-2?-Th-! April X . of t V; '-Unitl States
Monthly Jnv Magazine," is at hand, tiii
bcliahed with a portrait of its Editor, John
Livingston, a striking, but more
youthful countenance, than we had expec
ted to see and presenting tho following
interesting table of content;: Nature and
Method of Legal Study; The Copyright
Law; What are the organic pre-requi.-itc
for a Lawy cr ? a variety if useful miscel
laneous matter ; and a digest of recent de
cisions in Maine and New York. This
periodical possesses great intrinsic merit,
and the price is low. John Livingston,
157 Broadway, N. Y., 85 per annum.
The March No. is still wanting. The
publisher will please forward it.
The annexed is from the Harrisburg
Union : " The plan of some of the sharks
comrresated about Harrisburg, to fleece a
gentleman of thirty or forty thousand
dollars, has Mown up, ami the ojr.ttors
left to pursue some other game. The gen
tleman attempted to Tie swindled has had
a bill before the Legislature during the en
tire K-ssion, and was tol l th.it it could not
bo passed unless the above sum was paid."
Wo don't know who is meant in tin.-,
paragraph, but presume the intended vic
tim mu.-t have been Dr. Wetherill who is
very wealthy, and anxit-us io get a divi ree.
This is the way the hirers do up busiin-.-s
there, wlun they gut hold of a fat goose to
pluck. It is said that Forrest, the trag
edian, was heavily fleeced while ou the
same errand, last winter.
tvJaliforuia dates to 5th ult., state
that the Legislature has a ljourued, after
near 150 ballots for V. S. Senator, with
out effecting a choice.
Lynch law had been carried out in Sac
ramento by hanging one man for murder,
the very day of the homicide. Two o'her
men escaped the same fate, by the disa
greement of the informal jury to whom
the decision was committed.
Increase of tolls this year at the follow
ing offices I'hiladeiphia, I'arksburg, anil
Lancaster is $ 1:5,000,000. Lj vuu,ig
( luzrHc.
Good news, that ! Guess there will be
something of a jubik-e among the tax-payers
of the common weath when they discover
that the state debt is paid off, and three
millions left.
Hs5V.The Fugitive Slave Case in Boston
has resulted in sending the slave Sims on
board the Acorn, to be transported to his
master in Georgia. The effort was closely
contested throughout, and the excitement
intense, and j rvading, but the removal
was effected wiihuut violence or any breach
of the peace.
E.Tn the h-avy storm on the Delaware
of Tuesday of last week, 14 tide-water
canal boats were driven ashore on Gam
mills Gutt, just below New Castle. It
was reported at first that 1 1 of them were
sunk, but this proves to be a mistake all
were saved, without great loss.
K3uThe man who stole Mr. Ncucr's
horse has been sent to the Penitentiary,
and the girl who fired Mr. Hunter's bam
to the House of llefuge, by the Court at
Sunbury, last week. The New York jail
breaker, confined there, was taken away
in irons.
HTkc alarm of fire on Monday eve
ning last, proved to be caused by the
burning of a large amount of rubbish, up
thu river, on the Milton side.
8&.llcv. C. Sparry h;ts been lecturing
in this Borough, on Komau Catholicism.
ff-TThc Board of Trustees of the Uni
versity at Lewisburg, is now in session.
Correspondence of the Lewiabarg Chronicle.
Harrisburg, April 12, 1851.
Mr. Editor : At the risk of wearying
your patience, I trouble you with another
letter. If not acceptable you can easily
consign it to the flames, you know.
The Senate some days ago passed a bill
making a moderate appropriation for the
completion of the Geological Survoy of
the State, and publication of the Final Re
port. It has not yet been acted on in the
House. It is not more than reasonable to
presume that a measure of such importance
to the Commonwealth, will be endorsed by
a respectable majority, yet it is curious
what carping hostility such scientific en
terprises generally encounter. And when
foiled in their assaults upon geological
truths, and the value of such explorations,
such cavillers turn upon Prof. Rogers' corps
of assistants, and denounco them as " a
party of young men, riding about on
horseback during the day, aud carousing at
night, picking up notes from tho tctV, but
gathering nothing themselves I" W ell,
this is ieally hard fare for these poor fel
lows, who worked hard for nothing, and
now have to tike sueh kicks and cuffs into
the bargain. Any one, with eveu a small
knowledge of geology and who may
have chanced, as I did, to encounter these
explorers while in their field of labor,
could vouch for the absurd falsity of such
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Ctiar"CS. 1 HO iruill I. , men nuyii, i.vm
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oenaUon ulil not pay meir jnoir-iiviiraon;
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tnvelin" expcnsci.au'l Horse iure,wnue on
luiy .m l tho endurance of all manner ol
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hardships and privations, and tho arduous
labors d -volving upon them certainly made
their berth an unenviable one. l et legis
lators can now be found to gravely assert
that these explorers were not in tlnir tlis-
trit:ts,but gathered their information second
handed from th m. If these enlightened
statesmen, h id gone into the hills and
mountains where the leading indices of gc
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ologieai i'rman"ns are io w iouuu, o
quite likely they would have found the
objects of their present reproaches, labori
ously cngiged in their official duties but
not strolling along the highways, or rarno
ling through the fields like idle sportsmen.
If these objectors expected an organized
party, splendidly equipped, and leading
the comparatively easy life of railroad en
gineers, they were greatly mistaken. And
it is likely they would hardly have shel
tered a roughly dressed man, with hammer
in hand and knapsack on his shoulder as
one of the State Geological Corps ; and
because they recognized none such, then
forsooth, they were not in their districts.
There i-t a good deal of human nature per
haps in these querulous complaining!", yet
I am disposed to think, for my part, that
they don't come with a very good grace
from members of assembly who arc not
much unlike So'o non's lillics, and who
fare sumptuously every day, with an oc
casional ''Glasgow" aud "Baltimore
dinner into the bargain. Would it not be
the more judicious course to cxamiue tho
fruits of this enterprise the geological and
topographical mops and sections on which
nieniliers will find their own localities
accurately delineated an t the specimens
of cverv ore deposit, and every coal vein
in the state and of every formation un
der their own farms. ThongVit might be
doubtful whether many of them would
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recognize them or be able to tell thtircom
position.
If they "expected an organized party,
enjoying the comparatively easy life and
labors of railroad Engineers, they were
greatly mistaken. It is pretty certain they
would hardly have sheltered a roughly
dressed man, with hammer in hand, and
knapsack ou his shoulder, dusty and toil
worn, as one of the State Geological Corps;
and because they recognized nuue sueh
then tursoutu tuev lul l not keen m their
districts. Again, if these geologist - - ould
not pronounce particular ore-beds lite best
they had ever seen, then they knew noth
ing about, their business. Because gold
.'.nd silver could not be found, they were
not doing their duty. If iron pyrites was
net gold, ami micaceous oxydo of iron not
silver, theu they did not understand min
eralogy. Or because coal was declared to
le of vegetable origin, and limestone a
marine deposit, then they were a set of
fanatics and fuels ; and so on, to the end
of the chapter.
But a brighter day is dawning, I have
no doubt, ou the Old Keystone, when pre-
juuicu wiu give way to iuets, ana me
teachings of Seieuee be received aud acted
upon, by the mass of the people, with in
telligent confidence. Wheu the truths of
natural seieuee will be as widely knows
ami appreciated as the common affairs of
life are uow-a-days. When the principles
of geology, chemistry, and their kindred
branches of learning, will be nnderstand-
:.. t: :it . . . . r ,
ingly taught in our common schools. Aud
when the popular mind thus becomes
familiar with the " abstruse mysteries" of
of science, aud find htw plain and simple
are the laws of nature, the operations of
fraud and swindling speculation will be
cut short ; fortunes will not be spent in
bootless enterprises ; and digging for coal
and precious metals iu impossible localities,
will be a thing unheard of, among sensible
people.
. 1 have no personal interest whatever in
this bill, yet I hope for the sake of the
public interests it will be suffered to pass.
Perhaps your readers would like to
havo some news of local interest instead oj
my generalizations; but as I have not
kept my eye very closely on local matters,
I don't know as I shall be able to commu
nicate anything of much importance in
that way. I believe a bill has passed au
thorizing the Governor to charter the
"Lewisburg, Buffalo X Roads, and Brush
Valley Plank lload Company ;" and the
House has passed tho bill appropriating
10,000, to tho Sugar Valley and White
Deer Turnpike Company. This bill has
encountered fierce hostility, and was defea
ted once on the third reading, but got
through at last. I believe your gentleman
ly member, Col. Slifer, with whom I have
become slightly acquainted, is entitled to
the credit of its passage, a legislative feat
considered decidedly the greatest of the
session. The adroitness with which the
thing was accomplished, indicates a
thorough knowledge of parliamentary
tactics on the part of Col. S., and great
j skill and promptness in their application.
happened in the lobbies of the Honsc
shortly after, aud found the friends of tho
bill iu high spirit, and its opponents
deeply mortified at having been caught
napping. When they found the trap
sprung on them, they made desperate ef
forts to extricate' themselves from the
meshes of the net, but without success.
Harrisburg I find to be a beautiful anj
pleasant place. The hordes of black-Icgg,
borers, aud other Iazzaroni who infest this
place iu the winter time, give it a bad
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i uami; .ioiv..-. j.u..v.v ;--(-uwu"u
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will tie iouuo upou annuiuuma', iu ic es
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I social)!", moral an'l intelligent as any equal
number or people in me i. uion.
Perhaps I may write you again, bcf.rj
long, but can't gay now, wheu or whtro
from. Yours, Visiter.
P. S. The bill to publL-k the Geolog
ical Report h un jKt.ited ; a fortunate thing
for the reputation of this Legislature, as
well as the Commonwealth.
Foreign News.
The Ecclesiastical Titles Bill had been
carried on second reading by a vote of 431
to 95.
Prof. Sill iiuau's arrival in London is
rceonle'I in the papers.
The taking of the census in Great Brit
ain commenced on the 31st ult.
The preparations for emigrating from
tho Electorate of Hesse this year, are made
on a large scale in all ranks.
Accounts from Vienna announce that
arrangements have been made with Prus
sia npon the question of the Presidency.
Austria will preside in the Diet, and the
two powers will share the Presidency of
the Executive Committee.
A very destructive hurricane visited
Lyons, France, on the night of the 2'Jd
ult. Several Louies were very much dam
aged. There have been numerous Social dis
turbances in France.
A serious riot and insurrection in Switx
crlaud had beeu suppressed.
The Austrian troops in the Papal States
arc said to have received considerable re
inforcement. Protestant worship is now permitted
publicly in the American Chapel at Rome
a great, but gratifying concession fjr
Rome to make.
A large number of Bibles imported into
Rome in the days of the Republic, contra
ry to the laws of the Papal government,
and deposited with the American Cbarw
de Affairs, under seal, when the Pope was
reinstated, have been taken possession of
by the Pope's officers, as contraband goods,
but paid for at their wholesale price. Mr.
Cass receives great credit on all hands for
tho manner in which Lis official duties ari
performed.
The receipt at Rome of the news of tie
reintegration of the Ru-scll Ministry had
caused no little consternation among the
ultra-moiitaine party.
The city of Sevissi, in the island of
Rhode-, has beeu de.-'royed by an car;Ii
quako. TLo Neapolitan authorities refuse tluir
subjects passports to England during tLe
Exhibition.
CQ-Court in Sunbury, this week, aLo.
We lenrn that the d.vclling house of .Mr.
Jonas Bilger, in JLdd'.ccreek township.
Union county, was, with nearly all its
contents, destroyed by fire on Friday
week. It originated from some clothes
taking fire which were carelessly placed
near the s!ove-pi;e.
The warrant lor the execution of George
Tharoah, convicted in Chester county, for
the murder of Rachel Sharplcss, has been
issued by Gov. Johnston. It fixes Friday,
the 29 of August, as the day for his exe
cution. A steamboat is building (o run this sum
mer between Lock Haven and Clearfield,
on the West Branch.
Breach of Promise. Ossian E. Dodge,
the vocalist, was arrested in Lowell on
Tuesday last, on the suit of Miss Ma
comber, for a beach of promise, damages
laid at i,ouo.
If you make love to a widow who has a
daughter twenty years younger than her
self, begin by declaring that you really
thought they were sisters. '
In thirty years crimo in Great Britain
and Ireland has increased 590 per cent ,
while the population has increased only 3
per cent.
Mr. Francis Jos. Gessner and Lady,
thro' the persuasion of their fiiends, gav
a concert at the Court House, on Monday
evening last, to a large and highly delight
ed audience. M r. G. has for some time been
giving lessons at this place, on the Piano,
Guitar, and h a gentleman of correct
musical taste.and well versed in the science.
Mrs. U. has a very fine voice, and sings
most sweetly. Mr. Gessner is about to ie
move to Lewisburg. where we believe fie
will be employed in teachiag music and the
German Language. He leaves ihis, alcr
a residence of two years, with ihe reputa
tion of an unassuming and worthy man.
Bellefonto Whig.
The Hon. Henry Clay, after a pleasant
voyage from New York to Havana, where
he spent several days, has reached Ne,
Orleans in safety.
A Foundry at Halfmoon, Centre Cc,
belonging to Mr. Gray, was destroyed Ijr
fire a few days ago. The loss was cov-
vered by insurance.
1ST An Apprentice to the Printing Bu
siness, wanted at this ofhVf.