LEWISBUKG CHRONICLE & WEST BRANCH FARMER.
Flams, vs. Bags.
We could raise any amount of plums, of
almost every variety, if it were not for that
same formidable "bug," the curculio,
which is so fatal to this fruit everywhere
rise. It seems to have been created on
purpose to mate plums, valuable, for if it
were not for him we could raise them so
plentifully that they would be of little
comparative value in the market.
This insect is a sly rogue. lie will
went a plum tree and be into it before
yon are aware of it, and when you find him
out and attempt to seize him, he will curl
himself up and 'make believe dead,' as the
little boy said who caught one of them
and found hhn motionless. We have
published every plan that wc have met
with for destroying this nuisauce, but lie
continues to triumph. It may however be
remarked here that it is of but little use
for one or two individuals to make war ;
upon this Ix-st, when others in the neigh
borhood, who have fruits that they will
live upon, will take no trouble to destroy
them, but will let them breed as freely as
possible.
In order to eradicate them from a neigh
borhood, the fruit grower, and everybody
else, must make a common cause of the
warfare, and carry it on to extermination.
To do thi.i most effectually it will be nec
essary to become acquainted with the nat
ural history that is to say, the way and
manner iu which it breeds, its instinct and
habits of life, what it likes best and what
it bates mo;4, kc, &e.
The last number of the Horticulturist
coutains some valuable information on this
part of the subject, communicated by a
correspondent of that publication, over the
signature of "O," and which he says he
derived partly from the late Willis Gay
load. It seems by this that the fruit of
the plum sometimes affords frl and Mj-in-j
for two or three generations of this
pest in one season.
"Generally," says he, "as soon as the
plum has attained the size of a full grown
currant, the curculio attacks it, aud mak
ing a semi-lunar puncture iu the plum,
deposits an egg in it; commonly one egg
is deposited in a plum, but sometimes two.
These eggs become larvaj or grubs, that
feed on the pulp of the plum, which final
ly causes tha plum to fall to the ground
before it is fully ripe. After the maggot
or larva;, a3 the embryo insect is frequent
ly called, attains a sufficient size, it crawls
out of the plum, goes into the earth, stays
there about twenty-one days, and comes
out a perfect insect. Thoec new insects
ascend the tree, cither by flying or climb
ing, puncture the plums and deposit their
eggs. These eggs become larvae, feed on
the pulp of the plum till they fall to the
ground, and when they have attained the
ppqwr size they crawl out of the plum, go
into the earth, stay there their allotted
time of twenty-one days, become perfect
insects, come out of the earth, ascend the
tree, and (if any plums remain) perform
the same destructive operations their pre
decessors did."
The writer of the above recommends
destroying them in the embryo state, which
he says can be done as follows : " Remove
all the grass and weeds from around the
tree or trees early in the spring, smooth
the surface of the ground around them,
and make it as hard as yon can by beat
ing it with a padc or hoe. It is then pre
pared for being easily swept by a common
1 room. As soon as the young plums at
tain the t-izc of a full grown currant, I
shake the tree with some violence early in
the morning, because at that time the cur
culio is somewhat torpid, in consequence
of the coldness of the night, and is there
fore more easily detached from the tree. I
then collect, by sweeping, everything that
fills from the tree, whether insects or
plums, and throw the whole into the flumes
or boiling hot water, and by that means
destroy both insects and their embryos. If
the plums are thrown into cold waUr the
insects arc hatched about as readily as if
they were suffered to lie on the ground. It
is necessary to continue this shaking and
sweeping and burning daily, until the
plums are ripe.'
In regard to the habits of the perfect
insect, the "bug" himself, he says that it
sometimes feeds on the ripe plums, but
more commonly on the succulent extremity
of the branches, near the terminal bud.
It frequently bites off the terminal bud of
the leading shoot After it has fed, it
conceals itself under the leaf, where it
usually spends the day, unless it be cloudy
and dark. I believe it moves about more
during the night than during the day.
From some observations that we have
made on the habits of the curculio, wc arc
inclined to the same opinion that it moves
about as much or more in the night than
in the day time. Its movcmcnts,howcver,
are mostly during the earlier and warmer
part of the evening,unless the whole night
be very warm, as wc have frequently caught
them by placing a light in a tub or vessel
of some sort placed under the tree. They
were attracted by the light and flew to it
We have given the above statements
in order to call the attention of our readers
to the subject, and to set all who would
raise good plums to devising some expedi
ent for destroying its enemici.-.Vui'xe Far
mer. A dealer in pork recently sued a
.vmnbrtAJ .when he called upon!' and, quietly and without confu
;.im i pay Ml. I tio i, took the places assigned to them. By
Why do you put Ashes on Corn ?
The above question was put to us the
other day by a farmer, who stated that
several years ago he applied ashes to a field
of corn, and it seemed to increase the crop
wonderfully. Lost year he "ashed" his
corn, on another field, and it did not appear
to do any good.
We put ashes on corn to supply the crop
with potash.
Corn requires a pretty large proportion
of potash to form the kernel. Hence one
reason why we generally get such good
crops on "burnt ground," as the new
clearings are called. When the soil does
not contain potash sufficient for the corn
crop, an application of ashes is of great use
to it. If there is already a sufficient sup
ply of potash in the soil, the application of
ashes does not manifest any beneficial ef
fects. This was probably the case with our
friend's soiL The first field was undouht-
cdly deficient in potash, and hence the
good effects of ashes.
Prof. Mapes gives the following analy
sis of Indian corn, by which it will be seen
that potash is an important item in its com
position.
Carbonic acid, a trace.
Sulphuric acid, 0.5
J'hosphoric acid, 40,2
Chlorine, 0.3
Lime 0.1
Magnesia 17.5
Potash 23.2
Soda 3.8
Silica 0.8
Iron 0.1
Charcoal, in ash 4.5.. 100
Jenny Lind, Incog.
Jenny Lind, during her sojourn in the
city, has not led the secluded life that has
been supposed. While the curious multi
tude have imagined the nightingale as
having been caged up all day long in her
magnificent suite of rooms at the Burnet
House, and as coming out only in the eve.
mng to charm the assembled throngs at
the National, she herself has been roaming
unrecognized about tbe city, visiting the
shops and improving her whole time, busily,
in witnessing everything that we have that
is worth seeing. Many a shopkeeper who
would have given no small sum for the
pleasure of meeting her, has unknowingly
held a shopkeeping tete-a-tete with her over
a piece of goods ; and the crowds who have
stood for hours at the doors of the Burnet
House, have seen her come in and go out
without the least suspicion of who or what
she was. Cincinnati Chron.
Michigan.
Among the acts adopted by the late Leg
islature, was one abolishing all laws for the
collection of debt Michigan has now in
force the most of the national reform mea
sures. No land limitation law has yet
been enacted, although the homestead has
long been exempted. A number of mer
cantile firms and dealers in Kalamazoo,
since the abolition of the law relating to
debt, have announced their intention of
publishing the names of all delinquents,
" being well convinced," as they say, "that
no man of good intentions and honorable
principles will allow himself to be thus pos
ted before bis neighbors and fellow-citizens."
The honor of the man is hereafter
to be the foundation of all ordinary trans
actions. Twelve Persons Burned to Death.
John Hannegan, of Harrison county,
Indiana, recently moved into a new house,
and in the evening concluded to celebrate
the event with a jollification, to aid him in
which he obtained a gallon of whiskey.
At 11 o'clock the neighbors discovered the
house in flames, nearly consumed, and in
it were Hannegan, bis wife, seven children
and mother-in-law, a man named Patrick
Slanc, and another man name unknown
in all, 12 persons ! One of the children
was found near the door, where it is sup
posed to have fallen in trying to make its
escape.
BguThc charges against Mr. Ewbank,
arc finally set at rest They have been
examined carefully by bis chief, Mr. Sec
retary Stuart, and Mr. Attorney-General
Crittenden, who pronounce them in de
tail as cither unfounded or f.ivolous. Mr.
Secretary Ewing saw Lis work upon Hy
draulics, and considering it a scientific
performance, sent to the author to inquire
if he would accept the place of Commiss
ioner of Tatcnts. Upon understanding
that he would, the matter came up in
Cabinet, and the appointment was made
before it was known that he was born in
England.
The World's Fair.
On Thursday, the 1st of May, the
Great Exhibition of the Industry of All
Nations in the Crystal Falace in Hyde
Tark, was opened with much ceremony,
bv the Queen in state. Thirty thousand
persons were present, and, notwithstanding
the immense multitude, the ceremonies
went off without accident or mishap. Up
to the previous evening, the Crystal Pal
ace was a scene of busy life, but the im
mense mass of contributions was finally
arranged, tbe rubbish wholly cleared away,
and the building presented a most magni
ficent appearance.
On Thursday morning, the doors were
opened at an early hour, a very strong
police force being on the ground to prevent
1 disorder or confusion. The multitude of
exhibitors and ticket holders began to
half-past eleven o'clock the multitude was
admitted, and then the doors were closed
to visitors until after the visit of the Queen.
The Royal Commissioners assembled
then in frout of the platform in the tran
sept, which had been erected for the Queen.
At 12 o'clock, a flourish of trumpets an
nounced the approach of Her Majesty, who
entered by the north entrance, attended
by the Royal family, the Prince of Prus
sia, and other guests from foreign courts.
As she entered, an immense choir, occu
pying the north gallery of tho transept,
sang "God save the Queen," iu which
many of the spectators joined. Sir Geo.
Smart superintended this part of the mu
sical services.
The formal ceremonies and delivery of
speeches took place as announced, and a
prayer was then pronounced by tho Arch
bishop of Canterbury. The Hallelujah
chorus of Handel's Messiah was then per
formed, under the direction of Sir Henry
Bishop.
The Royal procession then moved round
the building, Mr. l'axton, the architect,
taking the lead. As the Queen passed, :
the multitude arose and received her with 1
cheers. The eight great organs in the
building successively struck up with fine
music as Her Majesty passed them. After
returning to the platform, the Queen an
nounced the exhibition opened, which was
communicated to the public by a flourish
of trumpets aud a national salute from
guns at such a distance as not to endanger
the glass house. The Queen and suite
then departed, and the doors were again
opened.
Outside of the Crystal Talace, the crowd
was immense, and the lines of carriages
unprecedented. They were kept in good
order by the police.
London, May 2.
The attendance to-day, although not so
great as yesterday, was very large, includ
ing a great number of foreign aud provin
cial visitors. At Hydo Park Corner, aud
all the roads leading to the building, a
vast concourse of people assembled. The
weather was cold but fine, and the scene
most animating. Several packages ar
rived from France and other countries this
morning. During the day at least 30,
000 visitors went to the Exhibition, aud
upward of 100,000 persons visited the
rark.
No less than four distinct records arc
announced two iu English,one iu French
and one in German of what the Cbrystal
Palace will contain. These are to be prin
ted at the establishment of Messrs. Clowes,
where there are no less than twenty-five
printing machines. Of these two arc
large enough to throw off at each revolu
tion, forty-eight pages of the small cata
logue, five to throw off th'rty-two pages,
and eight to throw off twenty-four.
iVmong the packages received at the
Crystal Palacc,last week was one addressed:
Sir Yyat and Sir Fox Enderson, Esquire,
Grate Exposition, Park of Hide, at Lon
don Glace Softly. To be posed up
right." Wc should hope that, when un
packed, the glass was not found, like the
English, broken.
The voluntary cash contribute m to de
fray the expenses of the Fair now exceed
JCG."),000 (about 6325,000.)
FROM CALIFORNIA.
The steamship El Dorado,Capt. Wright,
from Chagrcs, May 7th, arrived at New
York on Saturday.
The boy claimed as a slave in San
Francisco was set at liberty. There was
no evidence further than that he was Mr.
Calloway's slave, in Missouri. He was
discharged.
The examination of Slater, accused of
the assassination of Capt Jarvis, at the
Mission Dolores, caused no little excite
ment, and a rush was made to take hiin
from the hands of the Police, but with no
effect. The prisoner was committed to
await the action of the Grand Jury.
Politics have been rather brisk of late
both whigs and democrats doing their
best to organize. They were preparing
for the municipal election soon to come off.
The two houses of the Legislature had
agreed to adjourn on tho 30th ult.
The prospects for miners and agricultu
rists seem better now than at the sailing
of the last steamer. The rains which have
fallen have very much increased the cer
tainty of good crops, besides ensuring feed
for the poor brutes, which would have died
with thirst and hunger had the spring
passed away without any rain. The health
of the country continues excellent.
Another man, named Andrew Scott, was
hung by Lynch law, on Weber Creek for
murder.
6AHDWICII ISLANDS.
We have received files of the Polynesian,
to the 14th of March, with letters to the
same date. It would appear that the
French had sent in their ultitimatum, and
given until the 20th ult for the govern
ment to decide whether to accede or refuse.
What was to be the next step, in case of
refusal by the authorities done not appear;
but the supposition is that a blockade of
the port would be declared, or perhaps
something more immediately effective
would be resorted to the American Flag
would be raised and the French driven off.
Tbe British & Foreign Bible. Society
have to be seen at the World's Fair, an
unexcelled proof of their valuable labors
fir forty-six years, and that is, the Holy
Bible in 150 languages and dialects.
H. C. HIGKOK, Editor. O. N. WOKDEN, Printer.
AtSLKOcuhin dTnre. $t.T5 in ihter mitithj, $2 paid
within the Tinr, and $J,oO at the end ol the yar.
Awnt in l'uilad.-lpbia V B rainier and E W Carr.
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ning as lare a projwrtion of actie. noircnt producer,
coioiurn'M-, and dealt-re. ait any oth.-r iu the State.
jCtf-IVmoeraticSutc Gubernatorial Conrention Ileal
in::. 4th .fun".
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llth June.
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mind that after the first of July next the
Chronicle will circulate anywhere in the
county FHEE OF POSTAGE, and out
of the county, within fifty miles of this
place, for only five cents per quarter.
There is now every inducement for per
sons to take their own county papers in
preference to tho.-ie published at a distance.
COME OXE.COME ALL; send on your
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tg" Wanted at the Ijcwishurg Chronicle
office a Jour, and an Apprentice now.
giJSec notice of Kail-Road Convention
at New Berlin on Tuesday next
Jd-SrOur Notices of Rooks, &c, is crow
ded out of this week's paper.
TiiK Scott Mketi-no held yesterday at
New Berlin, was organized by appointing
James Moore, Jr., President; Solomon
Engel, R.G.II Have.-, John Wilt, William
Kelly, Jonathan Farnsworth, and George
Meixcll, Vice Presidents ; M. II. Taggart
and , Secretaries.
The meeting was addressed by D. Dief
feubach in German, and Col. G. F. Miller
and Hon. Ner Middleswarth in English.
D. W. Woods, Esip, Chairman of the
Committee, reported strong Scott resolu
tions, and in favor of the National aud
State Administrations.
Tiie Rail-Ruad Convention at Sun
bury, yesterday, was well attended by gen
tlemen from different parts of the country.
Gen. Simon Cameron, of Middlctown,
was appointed President, with a number of
Vice Presidents and Secretaries whose
names are not reported to us.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
through C. W. Hegins, Esq., of Pottsville,
on the importance of the road in a local
and national point of view.
Gen. Win. F. Packer, of Williamsport,
and Hon. John P. Kennedy, of Baltimore,
enforced the views of the Committee with
great ability.
A Committee was appointed to confer
with the Williamsport & Elmira R. R. Co.
in reference to the width of the track of
that Road
An Executive Committee to prosecute
the designs of the Convention, was ordered
to be appointed, aud the meeting adjourned.
It has I-crn nrnixwd to make that Road with a 6 foot
tr k, to correcpolid w ith the N. Y. a Kri Koati, iwtad j
oi a nun IT4CK lo orre-onu iui un- rt-iiu-i nwn
and Maryland lionri. Tie trwk nl'tfl l.y thi. link will
determine whether W u!iain.-'port or Klmira shall be the
jvoint of tranhiiineuL
8-"5"'T is done ! The President and his
Cabinet, with the Governor of New York,
Senator Seward, aud other eminent men,
have passed with ease and safety from New
York to Duukirk in less than two days,
and the Atlantic and the Lakes arc bound
by an iron chain nearly five hundred miles
long. No work of modern times (save the
Grand Eric Canal) can compare with this
in magnitude, and in the difficulties both
natural and pecuniary surmounted. The
joy expressed along the whole line at the
completion of this long-delayed work, had
never been surpassed. " The sturdy beg
gars of the secluded districts" no longer
will ask favors of the Central Counties, but
with this Road opened, a dozen years will
see the value of thousands of farms doubled
and a tier of flourishing Cities along its
course.
A Road from PniT.ADF-i.pniA on
Baltimore to Erie, alone can be its
parallel, and successful competitor.
This Road would be shorter, would termi
nate at a better Port on the Lake, and if
taken in hand resolutely by capitalists will
be finished in a very few years, and prove
(with a much smaller expense than the N.
Y. & Erie) a profitable investment, while
the value of a fifth portion of the land in
tho State would be greatly enhanced. No
one acquainted with the counties upon the
summit range between Eric and Sunbury,
can doubt but a through rail-road would
treble their valuation and their population
within ten jears.
Ligiitnino. A barn occupied by Israel
Knettlc in Ccntrevillc, Union county, was
struck by lightning on Monday night the
I9th inst, and entirely consumed, together
with all its contents, viz, ono horse, one
cow, harness, saddle, hay, &c. Mr.K's loss,
independent of the building, about $200.
B-The Democrats of Washington Co.,
Pa., have designated Mr. Buchanan as
their choice for President The Fcoplc
trt'ff express their preferences on the Pres
idential question, however much Politicians
may try to choke down free thought and
free speech until tfoy get it all 'arranged.'
Se'Xow we'll play you Susy-anna !
"Bum-urn-tun-a-n-hl Hum -cm-unun n-h !
Uupvan uit i b yAjUtiient, toot Holes )
kg-Thc Juniata County Democratic
Convention, which met on Tuesday the
Cth inst.,adopted the following resolutions.
It will be seen that that county opposes
the claims of Union county to a scat iu the
Judicial State Convention.
Resolved that Dr. J. W. Crawford, Je
hu M. James, and Thos. B. Coder, be ap
pointed conferees, to meet those appointed
by Union and Mifflin counties, on the 'Ld
inst, to select Senatorial and Representa
tive Delegates to tho Judicial Convention,
to meet at Harrisburg, on the llth of
June next, to nominate candidates for the
Supreme Judges for Pennsylvania ; and
that they be instructed to support haml h.
llench, Esq., for Representative delegate.
Resolved that our delegates to the Ju
dicial Convention, be instructed to u.c all
honorable means to secure the nomination
of Hons. Samuel Hepburn, Ellis Lewis,
Abraham Wilson, J. N. Purviance and
Wm. Strong, for the Supreme Court of this
Stite which were unanimously adopted.
Resolved that our conferees Imj instructed
to support Dr. Joseph B. Ard, of Lewis
town for Senatorial Delegate.
83i.lt is no more than an act of justice,
to have tho public remember that the
Chronicle is not to be classed with any of
the many failures of its predecessors in
this place. By dint of perseverance, and
determination to publish a paper inferior
to no local journal, wc have attained that
circulation which renders our journal an
excellent advertising medium. We there
fore wish the public to ftjl the unfortu
nate career of predecessors, which has led
the advertising public to other places to
publish Executors' Notices, Real Estate
Sales, &c, and remember that the columns
of their own paper now afford an equally
good medium with any other out of the
City. Wc also ask those who have been
defrauded out of monies paid by short-lived
printers iu Lewisburg, to remember that
we have printed here three years and a
half, and that they need no longer fear to
subscribe for this paper.
ftsSyThc new Com-titution proposed fur
the State of Maryland, has the following
section, (5 :)
From and after the first day of April,
eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, no lottery
scheme shall be drawn, for any pmp.se
whatever, nor shall any lottery ticket be
sold in this State ; and it shall be the
duty of the several commissioners elected
under this Constitution, to make such
contract or contracts as will extinguish all
existing lottery grants before the said first
day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty
nine, and also secure to the State a dear
yearly revenue equal to the average amount
derived by the State from the system for
the last live years ; but no such contract
or coutracts shall be valid until approved
by the Treasurer and Comptroller.
" Better late than never."
Jhiy-Thc article on ''Tobacco" (sec last
page of this paper,) was " original" many
years before it was written for the Brad
ford Argus of the 10th inst.
So also the Epitaph on an Infant, pub
lished as original in a late Berwick Tele
graph, was carved on many tombstones
long before the Telegraph existed.
These are among many of the rank
plagiarisms wc have lately noticed among
our exchanges, and which degrade the
worth and the influence of the press.
Occasionally, however, wc meet with
"stanzas" which arc original aud nothing
else !
Coincidence. Wc last week copied an
item stating that the Congregational house
of worship in Fairhaven, Connecticut, had
been struck by lightning. We sec by the
Lowell Cabinet, that in the same stonn,thc
Congregational house of worship at Fair
haven in MwuHichiwtts was also struck
the fluid passing down the rod without lea
ving any other mark than tearing up tho
ground. " Remarkable similarity.''
tfgWe have received No. II. of the
Pennsylcania Farm Journal, published in
Lancaster, monthly, by A.M.Spangler, at
$1 per year, or 20 copies for 615. No
doubt it is a work deserving of the patron
age of the farming community we shall
be able to speak more confidently after
receiving No. I., of which there is a supply
on hand for new subscribers.
$3&,We see it stated that
"Montrose, in Canada, has suffered se
verely bya fire extending from Leonard's
stables to' ' llallrtt's."
All right, except that it was Montrose in
Pennsylvania, and the fire extended from
Searlc't stables to II ebb's.
EgX-Thc Northumberland County Meet
ing to form an Agricultural Society, takes
place on Saturday next, (May 24.) From
the character of thoso who have called the
meeting, it may be expected that old mo
ther Northumberland will get up something
right
JtS?"The poetry of Mr. M'Curdy, on our
first page, will find its way to tho heart
What renders the affliction of the gifted
and worthy writer more distressing, is the
fact that a wife and children arc dependent
upon his exertions for support.
1ST The three cent pieces have made
their appearance, and are a nice littlo thing
to look at. Their color is now good, but
it is said they will soon show their copper
mixture. They are called 'thrips, for short'
a"The German Reformed house of
worship in this place has had added to it a
rod for its protection against lightning, but
that on the Town Hall needs attention.
SQUThe Editor is at Court, New Berlin.
Q"Five indictments for keeping tip- J
pling houses were found at the last Court ,
in J uniata, and two trials aud convictions
had.
BuSouthcrn Tomatoes for salo at S7J
cts. per doz. last week at Gaysport, opposite
Hollidaysburg.
News & Notion
rfe
John C. Packer, Esq., is elected Chief
Burgess of Sunbury.
Prosperity, says an exchange, is npt to
make a man lazy. Well, we're willing to
become tho laziest man in town !
Our neighbors of the Reading Gazette
and Allentown Democrat.nreadvertisingfor
sale tho accounts of certain of their "pat
rons !" We have a "few of the same sort,''
which we had better dispose of before they
spoil on our hands.
A late traveler amonj the Ionian Isles,
says the first thing he met at Athens was a
Greek girl selling Morisou's Tills! Had
the Pyramids thrown sumersetts, he would
not have been more astonished.
We learn that Prof. Illiss, of the Univer
sity at Lewisburg, has declined the invita
tion of the Committee of the New Version
Society in reference to preparing a New
Version of the English Scriptures I'hil'a
Christian Chronlcio
The Williamsport & Elmira Railroad
Company recently elected officers in Phil
adelphia, and arc preparing to complete
their road to Llmirn. The Company is
said to be out of debt, and has $1)80,000
subscribed to complete the road. Joseph
Gonder, Jr., has contracted to complete
the work within two years from June next.
A wire suspension foot bridge, has been
erected over Penns Creek, near New Ber
lin, by Mr. Jacob Scebold. It is a neat
structure, and many persons who have
never seen a bridge of the kin J have visit
ed it.
Tho Hon. Samuel R.Thurston, Delegate
in Congress from the Territory of Oregon,
died en the morning of the 9th April, while
on his way from Panama to San Francis
co, on board the steamer California.
Drowned Henry Clothicr.of Danville,
Montour county, was accidenily drowned
in the Canal at Selinrove on Sunday the
t il inst. He was an Englishman by birth,
aged about 45 years, and was supposed to
be intoxicated at the time of his death.
At Zinesville, during Mr. Gould's lec
tures 2,37l persons signed the temperance
pledge.
The enlargement of the Capitol, accord
ing to the Washington Union, is to be com
menced on the 1st of June.
They are boring for a railroad thro' the
Hoosac mountain in Massachusetts, with a
great steam auger.
Several of the Texas pipers are advoca
ting earnestly a repudiation or "scaling" of
the public debt.
On Friday last, a man by the name of
Morgan Michael, employed in the mines
of Fuller, Crawfoid, A: Co., at this place,
was killed by the falling of the slate from
the roof of tho mine. Pittston Gazette,
16:h inst.
Danville, May 12 Mr. Jacob Sya'Ier,
residing ihree miles back of this place, had
his barn destroyed by lightning. One ol
Mr. Sydler's sons was also injured at the
same time.
Thomas McCammon.nf Heale township,
Juniata county, has been appointed a Coun
ty Commissioner, to fill the vacancy occa
sioned by the death of Robert Innis.
Suicide. Mr. Enos Mc.Mullen, of Tell
township, Iluntinsdon county, "committed
suicide on the laili ult.. by hanging him
self. 11c was in the woods with his son,
loading a wagon, when ho suddenly left,
leaving the boy alone, who proceeded home
with the wagon. His father not making
his appearance, search was made, when he
was found near McPetcr's saw mill about
a milo from where he left his son. suspen
ded from a limb of a pine tree, on the 8lh
inst. No cause for the rash act known.
New York, May 17. A large quantity
of powder for blasting rocks, kept in a
shanty corner of llth Avenue and 3'J:h
Street, exploded about 1 o'clock last night,
with great violence. Fortunately, no one
was in or near the building, which was
shattered to atoms, and the tools blown
some of them nearly half a mile.
Rev. John M. Duncan died recently in
Baltimore, and Rev. Erskine Mason last
week in New York both eminent Presby
terian clergymen.
Corner loungers. On Saturday in Phil
adelphia, Michael McQuaid and David An
drews, were held to bail in $300, by
Alderman Conrow, for disorderly conduct
in lounging about the coiner of Broad and
Carlton streets.
Gov. Ramsey was greeted on his arrival
at ilarrisburg with a splemlij private am-
ner from his old friends : and alter a brief j
visit there and at Washington, has returned
homewards.
The American Baptist Missionary Un
ion,mct last week at Boston, and adjourned
to meet next year in Tittsburg. During
their session, news was received of the
death of two of their vcnerablo members
Eld. Alfred Bennet, of Homer, N.Y., aged
71, and Eld. Daniel Dodge, of Philad.,
aged 76.
On the 30th u!t., the powder mill of J.
B. Schooley & Co , near New Troy, Luz.
Co., exploded, demolishing everything be
longing to it except the wheel.
The New Orleans Delta announces 59
deaths from cholera at Cayou Lafourche,
superinduced by excessive eating of fish,
caught in quantities by means of the over
flow. Benj. F. Harding, Esq., who left Wyo
ming Co., Pa., three years ago, for Cali
fornia, was in bad health, and not having
been heard of for two years, was given up
for dead, when lo 1 he turned up to bo a
Member of the Oregon Legislature, and in
that body he found Mr. Avery, a youthful
companion, who also represents Wyoming
in that world's-end assemblage.
Dr. Samuel George Morton. a gentleman
eminent in his profession, died last week in
Philadelphia.
Among the recent passengers for tha
World's Fair, are John V alloce, Esq.,
Philad , John Vanderslice and Job Eaton
of I'hcDmxTillc, Dr. Darlington ot West
Chester, W. Donaldson, Hollidaysburg.Mr.
i..ueuain ana lady or the Ohio Cultivator,
The Democrats of Centre county in
structed their Delegateto the Judicial Con
vention to vote for six different candidates.
As there are but five to be nominated, ws
reckon he'll have a job to "faithfully rep
resent the views of his constituents."
President Fillmore has written a letter
in reply lo an invitation of the authorities
of Lowell, Mass., to visit that city. He
says he can not in his present tour, but
hopes to be able to do so some time during
the summer, in which case he will write
mem again.
Tho Virginia convention adopted in
committee of the whole the compromise of
tho committee, by which the House, organ
ized on the suffrage basis, will have a
Western majority of 14 : the Senate an
Eastern majority of 10, (giving the West
on joint ballot a majority of 4,) and by
which provision is made that, in the year
1SG3, in case the General Assembly shall
not be ablo to agree as to the principle of
representation on which re-apportionment
shall be made, the question shall be left to
the qualified voters of the State to decide.
On Friday evening a couple of scound
rels in Philadelphia, set a bull terrier dog
nn a poor imbecile in the neighborhood of
Eighth and Wood streets. The poor feilow
is a mute, and was terribly frightened.w'uh
good cause too, for the dog tore him con
siderably. A lilile daughter of Mr. Henry Dobler,
of New Berlin, had one of her feet crushed
on Monday week by being run over with a
four-horse team while in the street.
The Whiijs of one county in Virginia
have nominated Dame! Webster for next
President, at the same time expressing the
u'most confidence in Mr. Fillmore.
During the severe storm of Sunday af
ternoon week, 3 valuable colts belonging to
Jared Lilly, about a mile and a half south
of Montrose, were struck by lightning
while under a tiee, and instantly killed.
Pittsburg.May 1 5. Yesterday afternoon
.i fire broke out in the extensive Flouring
Mill of Mr. Wilson, on Saw mill Run. The
mil!, together with a largequantity of grain,
two dwellings, barns and fixtures were en
tirely destroyed. Loss heavy. Na insu
rance. During the late Lycoming Court, Cha's
Allen was convicted of horse stealing.John
Shadel of rape, and Cyrus Brodhead of
counterfeiting.
We learn that Mr. Israel Dewa't, a res
pectable citizen of Washington Tp. left his
residence on the evening of the 4 b inst.,
lor the purpose of visiting a sick friend, li
ving at a short distance from his own resi
dence. He was seen to pass a neighbor's
house.cn the way, and so.in after to return,
but it s'-ems did not get home. The next
morning he was found, 'aing by the road
ije, dead. .An inquest was field oer tho
I body by Jas. II. Whitson, Esq., of Union-
town, which returned a verdict, that decea
sed died of disease of the heart. He was
abo it 30 years old. L coming Gazette.
Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 14.
The steam boiler in the foundry of J. P.
.Morris, at Richmond, exploded this after
noon, at 3 o'clock, killing one man and se
riously injuring two others, named Stephen
Shepherd, and Reynolds, the foreman of
the establishment, so that they were not
expected to live. Another man is missing,
and is supposed to have been blown in'o
the Delaware. Tho building is terribly
shattered.
Worcester, Wednesday, May 14 A
severe and destructive hail storm occurred
here last niht ; the hail stones large as
bullets, and came in torrents. At the Lu
natic Asylum, 1,000 panes of glass were
broken, and every house in the town expo
sed to the storm was more or less damaged.
The injury lo the fruit trees and vegetation
will not be very great. At Grafton an ad
joining town, nearly every pane ol glass
was broken.
. Baltimore, Wednesday, May 14- The
New Orleans Mail, as late as due is recei
ved. Dates from Galveston lo the 2d inst.
are at hand. The reported death of Wild
Cat is contradicted by travelers. The Cen
sus returns show the total white population
of Texas lobe 108,000, and slaves 62,000.
Teter Ahl, Sr., father ol the late York
County Treasurer, has paid the amountof
his son's defalcation over six thousand
dollars. He was one of his sureties.
Disowned. A boy aaed about three
years, son of Josegh I. Lang'on, of Gran
ville Tp., Mtflbn Co., fell in'o the spring
near the the farm house on Wednesday
morning while the family was at breakfast.
He had wandered away from the bouse un
observed, and was first discovered by his
sister, who went to the spring for the pur
pose of procuring some water ; although
immediately rescued, it proved to be loo
late the spirit of the little sufferer had la
ken its flight. Some fish had been put in
the spring iho day previous, and it is sup
posed curiosity to see them led him to it
Lewistown, May 15. Yesterday two
new born inlants were found drowned in
tho Juniata river at this place. An inquest
was held and a verdict rendered according
ly. No clue yet as to the authors of this
deed.
The Mississippi Union Committee have
nominated Gen. Footefor Governor.amidst
much enthusiasm.
Boston, May 16. At a meeting of the
Common Council, last evening, the Presid
ent laid before that body an informal re
port, staling that President Fillmore would
probably visit Boston about the 17th of June,
the anniversary of Bunker Hill.
Samuel I. Kookogey and Mr. Rawfeton
arrived at Havannah on Monday.iu charge
of the U. S. Deputv .Marshall, on a charge
of having been officers of the company
from Columbus, intended for the late Cuba
invasion.
Cincinnati, May 19. Two deaths of
Cholera are reported to havs taken place
i i this city on Thursday last. The vic
tims had arrived here on a sicambcat ftom
New Orleans.