Union County Agricultural Meeting. According to previous notice, n Agri cultural Meeting was held in the Court House, New Berlin, on Welncsday 21st inst., and was organized as follows : Robert II. Lairp, East Buffalo, Pres ident ; Isaac Eyer, Union, and Martin Dricsbach, Buffalo, Vice Presidents ; Robert Candor, White Deer, II. C. Hickok, Lcwisburg, Secretaries. The object of the meeting was stated by Samuel Wcirick, Esq., and after a few preliminary remarks by II. C. Hickok, Esq., the meeting was addressed at length by Samuel C. Wilt, Esq., of Hartley town ship, who responded to the invitation at the last meeting, by a speech of much abil ity and practical excellence, that was lis tened to with close attention throughout, and met the warm approbation of the meeting. His remarks were enforced by a variety f excellent illustrations, very happily adapted to his subject ; and proved his thorough practical as well as theoretical knowledge of the science of agriculture. He threw out many seasonable and valua ble suggestions as to the manner of farm ing in various sectious of the County, that our farmers will no doubt profit by. Mr. Wcirick then introduced the follow Resolutions, which were unanimously c.doptcd : 1. Resolved that we hold the subject of aericultural science as of paramount in terest and importance to the welfare and prosperity of individuals and the comiuu- nity, and therefore deserves our attention and aid. 2. That the Agricultural Committee appointed at the meeting held in this place last February, be requested to call another meeting to be held at the Court House in New Berlin, on Wednesday of the first Court week of Sept Term, next, for the purpose of organizing a County Agricultu ral Society. 3. That a committee of three be ap pointed to prepare and report a Bill to the meeting in Sept next to be submitted to the Legislature at an early day of the next session, praying for an act. of incorporation. The President appointed Samuel Weirick, Esq., CoL II. C. Eyer, Michael Brown. 4. That a committee be appointed to invite persons of known intelligence on the subject of agriculture, to address the meet ing next Sept The President appointed II. C. Hickok, Capt Jacob Gundy, Col. Philip Rhul It was further Resolved, that the cordial thanks of this meeting be tendered to Mr. Wilt, for his able and interesting address. Resolved that these proceedings be pub lished in the Lcwisburg Chronicle, and all the papers in the County which feel an interest in the subject Adjourned. Science in Agriculture. We find in the New Yorker, an instruc tive conversation at the Farmers' Club, N. Y., of which it is the regular organ. We should like to copy the whole of "it if we could ; but it is too long. We will, how ever, give some extracts : Prof. Mapes. There are a few exact point settled. It was once thought only wet or very compact soils required draining. Now it is thought that even sandy lands arc profited by it Daniel Ellis, of Free hold, N. J., and John Black, of Burling ton, N. J-, have sub-soiled their sandy lands. They found that, contrary to usu al experience, their corn blades did not roll when the summer's drought came on, and that in an unsuitable season for corn, the Bub-soilcd sand fields gave faircrops. There is no such thing as bad luck in farming. Wc have tried the benefit of clover turned in as a fertilizer ; but Indian corn sown broad cast and turned in is far richer. Plants have roots so small that some cases : "aey are almost invisible ; and on micros copic observation we find that when tne de licate ends of these minute fibres touch hard pan, or can no longer go their way, they become diseased so far injuring their plant This delicate system we must pro vide for bv insuring to them all their pio per pabulum, or food, for unless we do so, we might as well undertake to feed a man by putting all the provision on top ol bis bat The roots of Indian corn extend 51 feet Lucerne loves a sub-soiled and undrained laud. You can not over-dry a soil by un der drains. You can not rid it of the water wanted by plants. Every rain brings down th ammonia. &c. ; the il takes that all up for the plants, and lets nothing but the nam rain water pass off. I have subsoiled u the depth of seventeen inches, under a oil rJomrhed seventeen inches deep, ma king in the whole a thorough tillage of thirty-four inches deep ! This labor pays in the very first year's crop. The special manures, such as phosphates, give to a ru ta bag crop more firmness of consistence, a longer keeping and better quality for cattle, and they bring more money than those raised tfce common way. You will sect bat sub-soiling and underdrawing take away the sourness from land, io you may see that somls will not grow on them. Drains have been made with board, etc., but they are yoer things. Undwdraius might be covered with what are called saddler's chips, for these bits of leather will last under grouad fifty years. Pres. Tabaadge wished to know how water peuetsated these tiles I Prof. Mapea replied: If you take this tile and cork up both ends tight and put it under water you will find it full of wate- in two minutes; it penetrates through the pores of the unglazed tile. The tile should not have this flat bottom or sole; it should be formed like the long section of an egg, and the sharp end ought to be down so that the smallest stream of water could make its way along it Pres. Talmadge : How would you drain level land ? Prof. Mapes : By digging a well down to water, to this let drains be led from the confines, all the water, in ordinary cases, would flow off by the well at the common level of the well-water. I have used a well at the rate of four thousand gallons an hour, without materially sinking the surface. So if I bad poured into it the same quantity at the same time, it would have gone off to the common level of the water in the wclL I consider it useful to loosen land deeply, even where the sub-soil is pure gravel ; for fertilizers do not descend. Far mers need not be afraid of taking the bot toms out of their lands. The progress of fertilization over under-drain lands is from the surface over the drain towards the mid dle ; between drains this increases every year until they meet Ruta bagas will be four times larger over the drains than in the middle between two drains. That ma nures remain at the surface, may be found by taking a barrel of sand, with surface soil at the top. The liquid manure applied will all be taken up, and only pure water percolate. Pres. Talmadge : I am delighted at this method of gaining information. Let me comment a little. On the surface of land we have a few inches of soil commonly dark in color, then below, some clay, per haps yellow ; then often cither some hard pan, dense, or perhaps sand or gravel. Through all these the atmospheric influen ces hardly penetrate. Then we till it dec ply and thus enable them to enter their powerful fertilizing properties, giving room to the entrance of the roots of plants. The system of roots of plants is beautifully seen by subjecting them to a gentle but complete washing. We are astonished at their wonderful construction, and learn lessons most important as to their actual functions in supplying their plant with all its pabulum, and ah-0 how we should pre pare our soils for them, and bow we avoid trespassing on their indispensable ramific ations. I feci more and more strongly the value of science faithfully and practically applied to agriculture. All show the ne cessity of close study. The Secretary said that he had very of ten reflected upon the great principle, by which our greatest, as well as our least, plants, contrary to the constant power of gravity, rise from an inch high to nearly three hundred feet of altitude, carrying up weight after weight, till at last, like the great gum tree of Australasia, the weight lifted upward is four hundred tons ! Even small plants lift stones, throw aside the earth, force room for the roots, kc. The draining of Prof. Mapes farm, he states at 515 an acre ; a reduction of ex pense owing to better implements and sys tem. Dr. Underbill offered a rcsolution,which was unanimously carried, to recommend to the American Institute to offer a premium for tiles for undcrdraining. Root Crops. If we have much rain, moist land will not get sufficiently dry to admit of the pulverization, till we have warm dry weath er, and this condition of soil is essential to good crops and easy culture. On such land it will answer to sow beets, carrots and parsnips, the last of this month or very early in June, as drought will not affect the crop, and the growth will con tinue late in the season ; but if the land is very dry, and sowing is delayed till late, the hot sun often destroys the seed, and drought may cut short the crop. On light soils sow as early as from the 10th to the 20th of this month. Subsoiling is a great advantage to root crops, especially to the tap rooted kinds. We have found in some cases a grain of 50 per cent by this pro cess, and we have many statements of an increase of 20 to 30 per cent, by this cheap operation ; that is cheap compared with the avdantages. But any person of common sense, who draws up a long root from a soil ploughed only 6 or 8 inches deep, and sees how crooked and contracted that part is that woimed its way down the substratum, among the pebbles and gravel, and found not room to expand itself,needs no experiment to show that there would be a great advantage in stirring the sub soil, and allowing the roots to descend in a well prepared soil. New England Far. Flank Roads in New York. The following table shows the number of Plank Roads and cost per mile, in the State of New York: Mi Opened. lot 1M 139 IMS IMS 1M7 1U IMS 16M 1M7 lsu la UM Me Mile. Coat or mile Great WaUera Albany 11 S4n fneida aa Uaron M la So 11 9 SI 14 8 li 33 11 S U j,w jm MM 2,100 l,u leVIM 1,JUU 1,20 ,! 1..3UO 1,400 1,300 1,10a 1,U0 1,509 24W FuiioaTUle aad Jot tUoa I uo ana KurUngtoa Mnan aad Vteewra aVueaeaeTeoar; NeUaaaaet Central Syracaaaaad Uaallea) Syrette aad artag.pert Syracaa aad Oewaca rjraoue and Uvi-rnsm ejrae ana awaif apiH-i la law llaaaehal aad A ir 1,M The tolls are paid in the increased value I the land, the wear and tear of wagons, Ltaruese, aad horses, aad in tbe ekaptniag of tnnspoation, which is thus secured at tt seasons .f the yen. But this it not LEWISBUKG CHRONICLE & WEST the only thing ; a farmer estimates that he saves tolls in the labor of cleaning horses. In fact, Plank Roads are invaluable. X. Y. Tribune. His. Swluhelm on Slave Catching. Mrs. Swisshelm is severe on the slave catcher of which creatures they have had samples in Pittsburg for she regards them with true womanly scorn. Hear her : " We do not say one-half that we feel we should say if we were a man. If we were, and any fellow who has acted hound and aided in capturing a fugitive, should offer us any of the courtesies of life, prop er between man and man, we would spit upon him. As it is, jf one such should enter the room we were in, it would re quire a strong muscular effort on our part to prevent 'Get out, dog ! Get out !' from escaping from our lips. To us, they ap pear like doss, and nothing else. Their faces and forms assume the outline and expression of a dog. Their whiskers look like 'smellers' or 'feelers.' "We 'would not rank among onr list of friends the man who needlessly sets his foot upon a worm ;' and one who for a ten or twenty dollar fee, would aid to tear a man from the bosom of bis family, and I consign him to the condition of a brute, ought to be held without the range of all human sympathy. We would not let any such biped sleep within our barn, or take a drink at our pump. We would not take his name as a subscriber, and would not write editorials for a slave catcher to read, and if there were a hundred people of our mind in Pittsburg, it would be hard for a Commissioner to live in it We would hire little boys to halloo at him on the streets, and chambermaids to throw dirty water on him out of the upstairs windows and, like the Yankee boy's companion, we would 'keep a-pinchin' and poundin' him all the while,' until he would be obliged to leave or repent '"Get out, dog ! Get out !' should meet hint at every door which shelters family tics. Every husband and every father who values his right to live with his wife and children, should spit upon or thrust such an animal from his path every wife and mother who feels the value of a hus band's love, should spurn him from her door every child who loves its father, should taunt and mock bim when be shows his face." Saturday 17!ler, 2Gdi ult President and Associate Judges. Of all the officers to be chosen at the next election, we regard the Judges as the most important to the community. Wheth er we consider the long term of their of fice, their elevated and responsible station, or the vast range and effect of their duties, the subject is one of deep and vital inte rest They are to sit in judgment upon life, liberty and property, and we hold that the utmost care is requisite in their selec tion. A President Judge should be learned in the law, familiar with the Reports, deci ded, not doubting and timid, beyond the suspicion of fear, favor or affection, of un questioned integrity, and of recognized so briety. He should also be kind to those subordinate to him, not self-willed or dic tatorial, elegant rather than crude in his manners. Ability without good moral character in public stations of trust and importance, is but a curse to all those in terests involved. The Associates should be equally mm of reputation, having the confidence of the community. Although it is not requisite they should have extensive legal knowl- ! edge, the duties of their office require sound judgment with legal proceedings. In the Quarter Sessions and in the Or phans' Court they are frequently called to decide questions touching the appointment of guardians, the approval of bail, settling estates, conviction and sentence of prison ers, granting tavern licenses, and matters of interest and grave importance. State Journal. U. S. Census Complete. State. Alabama, , Arkansas - California Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Indiana freeCltiatna Slam. 428,765 1G2,6)8 200,000 370,604 89,239 48,046 515,669 988,734 858,298 192,122 779,728 269,955 583,232 994,271 492,706 292,434 395,703 594,843 317,831 3,090,022 488,552 530,458 1,977,031 2,311,681 147,555 283,544 773,599 134,057 313,466 948,055 304,226 342,894 46,983 2,289 39,341 362,966 Illinois Iowa Kentucky 221,768 230,80 Louisiana Maine Massachusetts Maryland Mississippi Michigan 89,800 300,419 89,289 Missouri New Hampshire New York Mew Jersey North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia Wisconsin 119 288,412 384,905 249,519 53,346 473,626 District Columbia TKBKl TORIES. Minnesota New Mexico Oregon Utah 48,000 6,182 61,632 20,000 25,000 3,687 20,087,909 3,175,589 Grand Total. 23,263,498 m mm H. C. HICKOK, Editor. O. K. WOHDElf, Printer, Atfl,SOeahiaadTaas f 1.75 in thrro south, $2 paid within tb year, ana as we ena of mm year. Agent in Philadelphia V B Palmer and E W Carr. Lewisburff, JPa. toebnesbem fUorning, Alan 28, 1551 ADVERTIZE ! Exeoitnrn, A.lioinMratorn, PuMk Ollieerft. City and Country Merchant. Manufacturer. Merhauie, Buninetu Men all who wih to procure r l dipoje or anything wvuhi do well 10 giro notice 01 we ftauie through the 'Lrtoitltnnj ChronicU." Thi paper ha a good and increasing circulation in a community enntai Dinjc a large a proportion of active, mlrent producer. connumcra, anil dealer, a any oiner in ine cuue. s-ncmnrratie State Gubernatorial Contention Read ing. 4th June. - Democratic State Judicial Convention Hani-bur-, lltli June. v- Whig State Contention Lancanter, 24th June. County Papers Free. We hope all our friends will bear in mind that after the first of July next the Chronicle will circulate anywhere in the county FREE OF POSTAGE, and out of the county, within fifty miles of this place, for only fine cent per quarter. There is now every inducement for per sons to take their own county papers in preference to those published at a distance. COME ONE,COME ALL; send on your names fur the Chronicle. t jTTlie Editor has been absent at Court and unable to attend to the present issue. B&.The meeting at New Berlin yester day, in favor of the Susq. Rail-Road, was well attended by citizens from all parts of the county, and a feeling of deep interest was manifested. Col. Philip Rrnx was President, assis ted bv 12 Vice Presidents and 4 Secretar ies. The meeting was addressed by Col. Eli Slifer and II. C. Hickok and W w. an Gezer, Esq'rs. John Sccbold, Esq., from Committee of 15, reported a scries of resolves strongly ursine the great utility of the proposed road, and the importance of liberal subs criptions to aid in its completion. They a - also recommended that a General Conven tion be held at Lewisbnrg, on some day to be named by the citizens of this region. The Telegraph In Lewisburg. On Monday last, Messrs. Gocll, (Presi dent of the Company,) Solliday, and Car ver, brought the telegraphic wire from some miles below town, fitted up their ap paratus here, and before night despatched a message to Philadelphia, and received an answer in less than an hour. This is de cidedly good time, and the instrument promises to work well. S3a,The Telegraph office is kept directly over the Post Office. Wc shall give a list of prices, and directions for sending des patches in our next aS"The first electric flash from Lcwis burg to Philadelphia,conveyed an enquiry as to the health of a young man from this place, recently dangerously sick in the city. The answer " 8. is getting better'' dispelled many fears, and gave many persons a swee ter sleep that night. This is one of a thou sand uses of the Telegraph. JtSyThc Society for Inquiry will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Acad emy on the Hill, Sunday afternoon, June 1, at 2 o'clock, P. M. Report on the Island of Madagascar, presented by Mr. Barnhurst. BfiyThc Agricultural meeting, at New Berlin, on Wednesday, it will be seen did not perfect the organization of a Society for Union county. We regret this, as it is equivalent to the ls of nearly a year in the enterprise, but hope it may result in placing the Society, when formed, on a stable footing. Notice. Persons wishing to announce candidates for office through this paper, must pay for it, in advance, at the rate of fifty cents per square. (We say this now, the more freely, because we have none to announce !) No one will be inserted which contain reflections on the candidates, or which are not sincere in their recommcn dations. "While engaged last week in a brief visit to four of the Townships in Buffaloe Valley, wc were met on every band with the evidences of an unprecedented crop of wheat, and with the promise of good crops generally. There will also, wc think, be a good supply of fruit There is no richer country of its age or one more delightful to visit, in our State, than this same Buffaloe Valley. Nothing seems wanting to fill np the measure of its prosperity so much as a plank road and that can be built with the surplus of this year's (probable) wheat crop. B&.A gentleman from a lower county, recently animadverted with some consider able warmth on the want of science mani fested in the annual repairs made to roads in this quarter. He thought a scraper to scatter soil upon the road, and making it round, with a heavy roller to make it hard, and more pains taken to draw off the water from it, would save time, and money, and give us much better roads. We think his opinion worth considering. Mr. Jacob Leiby, of Montour township, in this county, a lew days since, brought a hen's Egg to this office, which can be seen by those who may wish, weighing 8 ounces, and measures 6 J inches by 71 round I Mr. Leiby invites those to beat this who can. Columbia Democrat. Bc9n.Why Colonel, who would want to "teat itf BRANCH FARMER. JtarThe meeting atGeorgetown,Northd Co., to forward the Susquehanna Railroad, will be held on Tuesday, 3d of June next B&,During a battalion exercise on the 17th inst. at Light Street, Col. Co., Philip Keller had one hand shattered and was badly burned by the accidental discharge of a cannon. t&Ot that the friends of our paper from fear it might give up the ghost, or from some other cause would just pick us up 100 new subscriptions,as was recently done fur a truth-loving cotemporary!?:? &erW'c published in the Chronicle some weeks since the death of Richard Baker of, Perry county, aged 102 years A relative of the deceased, resident iu this place, as sures us his age was some ten years less. JSjyWc are informed that two valuable horses, belonging to Isaac Eyer J r., of Dry Valley in this county, were killed during the storm on Thursday night of last week, by a discharge of lightning. They were standing under a tree when struck. tkaylt is often stated that people never do a irood thing when under the influence of liquor. We think wo can furnish the cxceptiou to this "rule. Jot long since, a man called at our office and sub- scribed for the Chronicle, we not guessing but he was in his "right mind." Last week, his other half called to let us know that her lord- "had been drinking" when he subscribed, and warning us to 'stop the paper,' for "nary of 'cm" could read. We really thought the man the soberest of the two. Fer the lwisbnrg Chronicle. 1 recrntW noticed a boast in the Union 77;m, ibatthatpaiierwa-at.be head of the English pre, in tbi county. Thi. did not refer to aiie, tut there are certainly three paper larger than that. And aa to their circulation, we hare the certificate of Ur.Evrter .. orinted in the Germ... edition of the Timea (both good authoiity) lhat our English papers flood a follows : The Chronicle 500 English Democrat 4IIU Tbe Time 3'Mi The Samaritan 3iS4 Tbe Star 38! So there are two papers ahead ol the Times, wnicu ouinumDera one uai'er o, aim biiuuiui i. ; . . .... . iihI ha T.mM m.V a I M.r aaid a rather dull urchin. Tm next to the head in my claas." 4.W..II tki m .11. . ra t V mrm n mir 1-.oa 1" "Why, be tiD Amanita telle !" X. . , , tS?"A friend states that Kcv. Messrs. , , . , .... . Read and Mathewson,who visited America , ..... several years since as a religious Ueputa- ' J , , , . tion from England, narrate the following, o ' o While tarying at New Berlin, they obscr - ved a large number of persons very intent upon a certain time in reading newspapers. On inquiring, they learned it was publica tion day for the two principal papers one of which they found on examination to be " a Masonic paper, and the other Anti-Ma sonic- vtd bath contemptible !'' The hon- est Englishmen were no fi nia u iuai .-7 anil luit'u ii. 111 1 rv.a n u iu , , , then characterized the political press ; but . ... ... . . , the same objection still exists, tho wc are . happy to believe in a less degree. Those i . r ii ii i who last fall read the political papers of ,. .. , r . . ... couiu Dut loatne their contents, and scorn the bias which led it to the commission of so many and oft-repeated violations of all propriety. We hoped they had finished .1 i nv r i n -ii their ebullitions of personal ill-will, espec ially as some of the actors in that canvass niwnrkt haw lr.f.-iin 4,a , it.lt. . V... . ,. .. 1 . . . we regret. 10 sec indications, especially in the . r, i.i ... vaiu vavauatau i' i .t, tuab tuv Vila 13 UVlj . j t i n i - i,r.. " -a ,e,.ju ai aiyj w C1I MJ tail 11 a U'lll X alogues' arc again invented. Those editors who aid or permit these tirades of abuse, these low and libelous assauls on private character and private individuals, mistake the feelings and the sentiments of the sub stantial, honest, just-feeling and just-acting citizens of our county men of friendly feeling, and desirous of peace if they suppose they arc gaining anything by such a course, cither in reputation or purse. For the common fame of our common craft, we ask them to take our advice in good humor, and reform in this particular. By the way, wc are told there are thirty houses to rent in Lcwistown. Send half of them up here, neighbors, and we'll as sure 'cm occupants. Lewisburg Chronicle. This "wc arc told" is a sort o' true and sort 'o 'taint. A neighborhood heretofore considered most desirable, got a bad name last summer through a pond of stagnant water, and 16 or 17 houses were vacated this spring by tliat cause, but a number arc again occupied, and when the borough has filled up the pond they will all be ten anted in a short time. Hopes wcre en tertained a few weeks ago that a resump tion of some of the iron works would give a new impetus to business, but this hope is now frustrated, as wc learn that Mr. Sho enbergcr has come to the conclusion not to lease Isabella Furnace. Blessed be the tariff of '46, our country is prospering backwards finely, and if it keeps on awhile longer in this way, we shall soon have plenty of British goods and British iron, and no money to pay for cither. Lewis town Gazette. A Fire occurred in Lock Haven on Fri day morning week, which consumed the dwellinns of W. H. Moreland and Thomas Bridgens. The former was insured for $600, and the latter for $1200. Wanted at the Lcwisburg Chronicle office a Jour, and an Apprentice -now. Correspondence of the Lewrisbnrg Chronicle. Pihlad., May 19, 1851. Mr. Editor: Jenny LinJ shall I add my mite to the incense which has been already so Iavunly burned upon her shrine ? It seems like a useless tribute s a useless tnDute it it reel, be missed, if one which would scare withheld yet I still feel as if, with your permission, I would like t J give it. The evening upon which we heard her, was the List of her second course of con certs in our city,and the room was crowded sc or con certs in our city,and the room was crowded to excess : but lortuuatelv our ticueLs se- ickets se- t 1 , cureu us a goou position, uutouij mr near- ing, but seeing. I was very anxious to hear her ; but my imaginings of the fine vo.ee of the Swedish singer had been nu.-ed to so high a pitch, that I feared they could never be realized. Yet she had been represented as quite unprepossessing in appearance, and, accordingly, I prepared myself to see a homely and disagreeable looking woman. At the appointed time, a graceful, lady- vi c i i i . w i like figure, simply but elegantly attired, ,.lrv...v. ...... - " was Jenny Lind ! I was surprized, and qnruifinu I m trittit r.t t lin r.ri.i..r r;i .in.l thic scanned her more closely, to trace some connection between the reality before me, and the ideal which I had formed of her, . but could hud no resemblance, lliecoiu- I plexion was rather pale, but this 1 thought au advantage, as proof that she did not ', follow the' odious custom of professional . siiiirers, a free use of cosmetics. Her fca- tures were not classical or perfect, by any , means ; but the expressive countenance, j beaming with intelligence and amiability, I would have made any face beau'iful, a! though possessing far greater imperfections. Then, too, there was a charm in her sim plicity of manner, and the entire absence ' 0f forwarJess .awkwardness. oraffee on ftp (if , , .(u f , !... ,i r ,,. , 1 1 ! In ucr tULre was n0 of anything. ; Jenny Lind, herself, stood before you an amiable and intelligent woman, whoc nat urally good disposition, adulation could not spoil; and who, though not distinctly Uautifid in person, was yet sutHcicntly ! pretty for any one to fall in love with,cven at first sight. But enough of this tirade . - I .1 1 "P(Jii Iiersonal appearance : it has nothing I L L C " "v "'-" - i to do with her excellence as a singer, and j I merely spoke of it to help to do away with the wreng impression which I know i exists in many minds with regard to her. The first few words of the chant, "Come I . .1.11 l-j ' unto mc all ye that labor, &c., enchained . . . . ,, ,. , . .. , the instant attention of the audience : and , , , . . ... ' as she proceeded, and her notes rose higher j , , . ., . . ... . , i j.,,, I hich(r in thpir ntfnt fltt-v irriil ; whh them xV of j, who liiU;uoJ wcre more .h.An ria,:7Pl, . y G G , fur who could have imagined it possible that such sounds could come from human ; j. j,, finest and highest notes died away in silence perfectly clear and dis tinct to tllft List. f:tillf. wlirt wliii-ti CAtimjl , .i;. i .i . i to lmpr mrhili in flio rlit-in.... .th! doubt disgusted!., -:LK-tUtlo 1WMlIi' ' uTr i I r it v 1 ? l r ; Echo, "TheLird fc-ong, &c, each was ! . ,. ! r"-ct iu its own peculiar way. But ' . . . . , . . r perhaps to me the most charming part of ; ., . e , A , , ' the performance was the last, when the I r n , . ... , , ,. , i i full orchestra retired, and loft Jenny alone t standing before us She turned towards us with a pleasant smile, such as one might bestow upou their own personal fr;...l.-. ..n.l l f,. i: I. ... i;.. ..:.. j . , ... ' of the music stool, seated herself at the piano, and passed her lingers lightly over the keys, her face still half averted from i the instrument and directed towards the ,. -. c i . i I audience. Ihe fingering seemed to be I , i . - t , I uoue unwittingly, aud iu lucre plajfuln&ti. as one may often sec a lady do iu a private parlor among her friends. But in another moment the words and air of " Home, sweet Home," thrilled, not our cars alone, but our hearts, with their perfect melody and delightful import. One could not then help feeling with the singer, that there is indeed "no place like home." It re quired no effort of memory to recall the voice of " the bird singing gaily," for its echoed notes were warbled clearly aud dis tinctly and in unmistaken accents. But who has power to describe sweet music rri i- ii Though jeeltnii its influence most powerfully, I have not; and will only beg that all who can, will hear her and enjoy for themselves the pleasure wmcu i can not express. .c..n Marie Koseac. Arrival of the Steamer Baltic. The American mail steamship Baltic, Captain Comstock, arrived at New York at six o'clock, Sunday afternoon. She left Liverpool on Wednesday, the 14 th inst., at half past ten o'clock in the morning. She has, therefore, made the passage in ten days, seven hours and thirty minutes. There was a panic in the Liverpool cot ton market, and a considerable decline. There was no change in breadstuff. The news from the continent is unimportant. M. Depin has been re-elected President of the French Assembly for the next three months, by a great majority. General Bedcau was elected Vice President. The Paris La Patrie contains a disavow al of the constitutional plan for abrogatin the electoral law of May, which it regards as the standard around which the party of order must rally. The revision of the con stitution and the fusion qustionwere the only topics of discussion. The Pope, who questioned the right of the Spanish government to sell their own church lands, has sirmr d a rrinnAirli k,..li ! makes those sales legal. News & Notions. l-j.t. , , 7" 6 "e ?st ' an'1 the receipts at the doors yesterday, independently1 of the amoTt f taken for season tickets, were 1,597 The j total amount of foreign packages received j ws 1005 Colonial, 1,317 ; Channel' - ! ' t I tie ill MOCnStkifa C 0Z," adopted i -i i.... . ? me lugi- i .... . i ... ., " " u.v4,Hlf lu uu rnev .....1 -T .. . 'it i niassacnusetts claims no right under l.e Federal Constitution to nulliry,diSreard or teibly resist the provisions of anAct of f L . . J mat . ' V"y.h uch ,.", nPM., : anj .ne now re-affirms and repewV th : resolution. ! Not a drop of ardent spirits can be pre. ! cured for love or money, in the beamj j ,own f Elizibeth'owo, in Carter not ! i1n,ll?e. Pceful nd quiet town, of i niludelphia not a drop can be had in t, ' atrioli' nd chlvlroU9 lown r b''1 ..:m IT l- nie, in iiawKins county, ine same can j bj said of various other towns and villace in Tennessee. New York. May 15. Immigration at ihe port continues large. The total num ber arrived since my last is 20,099 Oomva lious ports in Great Britain. I understand that among a "cargo" recently arrivtd were one hundred Italian beggnrs, all at. med and equipped with certificaies purpor ting lo prove them "political" exiles, &c. About thirty of the number have gone to your city to U-.-d the charitabie. The orthodox length of a sermon at the Royal Chnpel of Queen Victoria is twentv minutes. George II. fixed this, as he couIJ not stand a longer discourse without goio" to sleep. 3 The Bishop of London receive a salary of 100.0UO per annum. Pretty good pav. It is a remarkable fact that the firs: set tlement made by the white race in Penn sylvania, was in Monroe county, by New York Dutchmen, some years prior to the landing of Penn. Ge.n. Scott. Over one hundred and fifty papers in the United States, alrendv advocate Gen. Sooti's election. New En'-, land especially appears to be preparing to give hm a heavy vote; and they even pro mise, under his banner, to carry 'ew Hampshire and Maine. It is stated lhat copper boilers are hence lorth to be used on board the steamers of the Royal Navy, as their greaterdurability has been found lo render Ihem cheaper in the end than iron boilers, of which the lit A cost is small. M. Gayas, a Hungarian traveler in Af rica has discovered the tomb,quadrant,&?., of Jaques Campagnon, a French traveler who was lost in the interior of Senegambia, in 1760. Philadelphia, Way 20 12, P. Jf. The stoanier Ohio, of the Union line, which left New Castle to-day, was run into at 8 o' clock this evening, bv the steamer Com modore Stockton, ofl Gieenwich Point, one mile from Philadelphia. The Ohio s bow was knocked entirely ofl, and the sunk in about twenty minutes after being struck. No blame can be attached to the Captaia of the Ohio. It is impossible yet to ascer tain the number lost, but it is supposed some four or five ladies and children were drowned. Gaiveston dates to ihe 8:h have been re. ceived. A great controversy was going on about the Slate debt. The naners. are ur- j lne creditors to meet the Stale oa some fair ground for compromise. Father Matthew has administered tho pledge to over 400,000 persons in Amer ica, and six millions in all. Niagara Falls, May 19. A boy two years old, nemed James McGrati, wa carried over the Falls this morning, fid was playing on a board at Streei's factory, on the Canada side, in company with aa elder brother ; their ather saw them, and ceided tho elder one, who suddenly jumped off, when the other was precipitated into the stream. He soon got into the rapids and the father hurried lo rescue him; but in vain the boy went over Ihe Falls, (ireat consternation and horror prevailed in every quarter, and this distressing incident has created such an excitement as seldom arises from such a cause. Pittsburg, May 19 Two deaths by cholera were reported last Thursday. The victims were passengers from New Or leans. The river has five feet of water in the channel and is still rising. Business continues very brisk for the season. a oniiu vi cuuiiftrnciicTS nave oecn ar. , , , , . "r i l i . r -. , Veaa f and ,hejr p,a(eSj presses &Jj ! ken pOSsession 0f by ,j,e authorities Xhe Penllsvlvalia Raifoad has purchased the property known as Pow elton, situated on the west bank of the Schuylkill, near Philadelphia, for $350, 000. It contains 73 acres. They intend to erect ihereon a depot and work-shop. A lion over three feet high, and ni" feet in length has been caught at Branoas Ranch, near Nicholus, in California. It is very ferocious, and has been secured by chains. It was caught in a pit trap, and effort was making to catch the mate and cub, which have been seen in the vicinity. The Bangor Whig slates that the l(8 Mr. Thurston, delegate to Congress from uregon, was lormerly a citizen of Mtiee. Some years since he drove bis ox lean over the great prairies and through tl pass of the Rocky mountain to Oregea. He planted his young family in that new land, and by his activities made aimself known and became the first tegate to Congress from lhat territory. The whole number of immigrants sr. rived at New York since Ihe first of Janu ary, is 66. 000 being an increase of 30,. 000 over ine arrivals during the corres ponding period last year. Meadvillc, Pa., May 24. Wehavebws visited by a most destruclive hail storm the most diastrous that ever viiiW parts. A damsge ha hern rfes 'e (rep and fiuit tree- in :his ricmity.
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