Fm tb Pa. Fsrm Journal.
Michigan Double Plough.
Mr. Sjtangler. remit u to call the
attention of Farmers to the Michigan
Double Hough. We gave it a thorough
trial, with three of the best patterns of
nloujfhs in our neighborhood, having spent
a full day in testing its qualities in loam, I
heavy clay and strong soil, and have no
hesitation in saying that in any soil the
work is more thoroughly and better done,
than by any plough we have seen in use.
The surface has more the appearance of
being fpaded than ploughed, and the fur
rows are scarcely distinguishable.
For the satisfuction of those who have
not seen the plough or a draft of it, we
give the description of the Patentee. " The
plough consists of two ploughs, placed one
bofore the other, on the same beam. The
forward one takes a furrow from 3 to 6 in
ches deep, separating the roots of the gross
or vegetable matter, and lays its slice sur
face down in the bottom of the previous ;
furrow : and the hind one furrows from 5
to 6 inches deeper, and raises and deposits
its slice on the top of the former one."
We thought before trying it,thcre might
le a difficulty iu the hinder mould-board
raising the ground sufficiently to mellow,
and at the same time to clear the first fur
row slice, and leave a clean furrow for the
next round. We were agreeably disap
pointed. The second furrow in the sub
soil, by the construction of the mould
board is raised sharply, and broken and
mellowed, and spread loosely and evenly
over the first furrow ; then leaving a fine
and clean soil on which to plant or drill ,
and burying grass, sorrel or weeds at a
ppth we think sufficient to destroy vege
tation. Although we had not the Dynamometer
in the field, it was the opinion of all, that
the draft was no greater than the lightest
running plough tried in competition. The
ouc we tried was right-handed, while our
selve, our meu and horses were accustom
ed to kf i !iund,a disadvantage to the Doub
le Plough in a tri;tl of quality, that will be
realized by every farmer.
Left hani oloughson the same principle
are now being manufactured by Mr. Hen
ry Gilbert of Harrisburg, and if got np as
true as the one we tried, they must, both
as a sod and stubble plough, supersede the
best in use in our neighborhood.
A. O. Heister. i
Recipe for making Beer.
Take one pint of corn and boil it until
it Li a little soft, add to it one pint of mo
lasses uui one gallon of water ; shake them
well together, and set it by the fire, and
in twenty-four hours the beer will bo ex
cellent. When all the beer in the jug is
used, just add more molasses and water.
The same corn will answer for six months,
and the beer will be fit for use in 12 hours,
by keeping the jug which contains it warm.
In this way the whole ingredients used in
making a gallon of beer, will not cost ex
ceeding four cents, and it is better and
more wholesome than cider. Paulding
(.V(.) Clarion
If this is not " cheap beer," we would
like the most noted miser in the country,
to give us hit receipt. Ocrnuintotcn Tele
groph. New Potatoes. On Monday last, onr
very considerate friend, Llotd Tuomas
Esq., of Franklin township, in this coun
ty, sent us a large mess of fine new pota
toes, grown by himself on his own farm,
for which we tender our devout acknowl
edgements. They were of excellent qual
ity, and as good as any new potatoes we
ever saw in the early season of the year.
Who, North of Mason and Dixon's line,
can eomc np to this ? If there is any body,
we should like to hear of him. Danville
Democrat.
Improved Plow.
Mr. George Sheldon, of Millersburg,
Holmes Co., O., has taken measures to se
cure a patent for an improvement in plows
tvmcu lie nas recently invented. I tie im
provement consists in applying a scries of
conical rollers so arranged as to throw off
the mould on the land side of the plow
ius.cad of employing the 6rdinary mould
board. The conical rollers revolve while
the plow is in motion, consequently there
is less friction on the said rollers, than on
the rigid "mould board." Scientific Amer
ican. Hachine for Flocking Cloth.
Messrs. D. k R. Fratt, of Elmira, Che
mung Co., N. Y., have invented a machine
whereby they will be enabled to use flock
in woolen cloth, and to work them into the
eloth before it goes to the fulling stocks.
This will be a saving in wool, as the flocks
are so much cheaper. Measures have been
taken to secure a patent lb.
To DtsTuor the Caterpillar. In
answer to many inquiries for the best mode
of destroying caterpillars on trees, which
have caused such havoc of our hopes the
present year, I would say thai three drops
of lamp oil ponred into their nest will ef
fectually destroy them. Albany Cultiva
tor. One cow well fed will be of store profit
than two kept on the same fodder This
will also apply to other stock.
One ton of hay cut when, the grass be
ym to blossom will produce as much milk
. two tons cut when the seed is ripe.
New Agricultural Society.
A Northumberland county Agricultural
Society was organized at Sunbury, on Sat
urday week. A Constitution was adopted,
and the following officers elected for the
ensuing year : President, Capt Samuel
HuNTtR ; Vice President, James Camer
on, J. R. Priestly, Geo. C. Welker, Jacob
Seasholtz, AVm. B. Kipp, Jacob Ililbish,
John Montgomery. Recording Secretary,
Wm. I. Grecnough ; Corresponding do.
David Taggart ; Treasurer, Wm. L. Dew
art ; Librarian, Wm. M'Carty. Commit
tees were appointed for each township to
obtain members to the Society. The com
mittee for Chilisquaque are John II. Vin
cent, Win. Nesbit, lteuben Troxel, John
Voris, James Cameron.
The following persons were then elected
Managers for the ensuing year : James
Eekiuan, Samuel John, Peter Odcrdorf,
George Conrad, Wm. Fcgely, Wm. Dep-
j pen, licneville Holshoe, Michael Lcuker,
jsaac jiajier( Ceo
Long,
Alexander Jor-
dan, A. E. Kapp, Jesse C. Ilorton, John
15. Heller, Henry J. Reader, Charles Rid
dle, Samuel Shannon, Hon. James Pol
lock. The Society adjourned to meet again at
the Court House in Sunbury, on the 1st
Monday iu August, next, at 2 o'clock, P.
M.
Indian Bread.
Receipt for making the celebrated St.
Charles Indian Dread as prepared at the
St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans:
Beat two eggs very light, mix alternate
ly with them one pint of sour milk or but
termilk and one pint of fine Indian meal,
melt one table-spoonful of butter and add
to the mixture, dissolve one table-spoonful
of soda or saleratus &c., in a small portion
of the milk and add to the mixture the
last thing, beat very hard and bake in a pan
in a quick oven
The above receipt, Mr. Editor, was sent
by a lady friend in South Carolina, to the
lady of a neighbor of mine, in the upper
end of our county. I have eaten of the
bread, and unhesitatingly pronounce it the
very ncplut ullra of Indian Bread. Gcr-
mantown Telegraph.
May 20, 1851.
We saw the farmer, a few days since,
out south, that couldn't afford to take
county paper. Ho was selling a load of
yjebest quality of russet apples for tltree
brought a Dollar in the city. Reason
he thought it more economical to take a
large Philadelphia story paper, than to pa
tronize a local paper, that would keep him
accurately advised of the general market
prices. Central Xitc- Yorker.
The Bald Eagle Plank Road.
Twenty miles of this road were let on
the 20th inst., ten miles west from Fle
ming, and ten miles cast from Tyrone
and it is now a fixed fact that the work
will go on. The completion of this road
will prove of immense benefit to the peo
ple of the Bald Eagle valley, as it will af
ford them a good road to market and be
the means of improving large bodies of
lands that otherwise might lay for years
uncultivated, beside making their valley a
general thoroughfare for travelers. Belle-
fonts J! lug.
The quantity of ashes left by a ton of
wheat is sometimes as much as three hun
dred and sixty pounds.
. The New Dress for Females.
Quite a stir is made in some sections of
the Union in regard to a new fashioned
dress adopted by some females, resembling
that now used by Turkish ladies. It con
sists of a skirt reaching a little below the
knees, and a pair of broad legged trovser-
loons, fastened around the ankles. Now
it is not very often that we pay much at
tention to the peculiar fashion of a female's
dress, but on this important question we
would say that if the adoption of the Tur
kish dress will do away with corsets, and
whalebone, and tight lacing, let it come,
and the sooner the better. We could tol
erate the wearing of the breeches by the
fairer part of creation, if it should be at
tended with the above-named reforms.
We have seen so much suffering by dis
ease, brought on by the tight lacing sys
tem, that we shall welcome any decent
fashion that will bring about the reverse.
We like Mary Sumpit's notions on this
subject. Mary Sumpit was a hccrty,broad
shouldered, copper-colored lassie, of the
Penobscot tribe ; and she strode along the
streets as straight and as majestic as a Nor
way pine.
One day she called at the house of one
of our citizens, with some baskets to sell.
The lady of the house, pleased with her
frank and honest demeanor and healthy
appearance, after purchasing some of her
wares, offered to make her a present of a
wlk gown of fine texture, and but very lit
tle worn. Mary took it in her hand and
examined it with great care ; she held it
up before her for a time, and admired its
fineness and beauty, and then, after laying
it down, and Measuring the breadth of the
waist by her hands, very politely handed
it lack to the lady, thanked her for her
kindness, and declined taking it.
M White squaw dress," said she, w no fit
mm Penobscot squaw not plenty big
cheke urn body too tight sartaiu kill am
very qaick, all same as hong urn." Miry
was right There has many a beautiful
LEWISBUKG CHRONICLE & WEST BRANCH FARMER.
girl been murdered by tight lacing, who,
if she had practiced Mary Sumpit's philos
ophy, would have been living now. Maine
Farmer.
A Dreadful Riot occurred at Hobo
ken, opposite New York, on Monday week.
It seems the Germans cf New York, ac
companied by their wives and children, to
the number of ten or twelve thousand, went
over to Iloboken last Monday, to celebrate
their annual May festival. In the after
noon, while partaking of a pic nic on the
grass, a disturbance took place between
them and some young men of Iloboken
and New York, whom the Germans de
scribe as Rock Boys and Short Boys, and
allege that they seized their sausages and
drank their beer. The Germans repulsed
them, beating them severely, but the row
dies afterwards were reinforced in large
numbers by the Irish, and a terrible riot
ensued, in which several persons were kil
led and a number severely wounded
among the latter a justice of the peace,
who was trying to maintain order.
SnooKi.NO Death by Hanging. We
learn from the Canton Weekly Register,
that a iittle girl at school, near Macomb,
in McDonough county, 111., came to a sud
den and most shocking death last week, by
her school mistress putting a handkerchief
around her neck and raising her from the
floor until her neck was dislocated. The
teacher had accused the child of stealing a
piece of money, and threatened to hang
her if she did not confess the crime. The
child persisted in its innocence, she procee
ded to put her threat into execution, with
the above mentioned result.
Last week, says the IMlidaytqimj Stan
dard, Mr. Henry Crawford and family,
consisting of five persons, left his residence
in Martinsburg, in this county, in a car
riage, to visit Franklin county. On the
very steepest part of Sidling Hill some
part of the harness broke and the horse
became unable to hold the vehicle and
went over a rocky precipice into a ravine
about forty feet in depth, falling on the
stump of a locust tree and was instantly
killed. The carriage was also precipita
ted over the precipice and fell to the bot
tom among rocks and fallen trees, and was
dashed to pieces, and yet, strange as it
may seem, not one of the five persons in
' the carriage received either the slightest
bruise or scratch !
A W..MWW Sf li.iw.l
The northwestern portion of Blair coun
ty was visited with one of the most violent
hail storms on record on Thursday evening
last. It commenced about dusk, and
passed over parts of Logan and Antes
townships, leaving in its wake desolation
and destruction, not unlike the simoon of
tho Arabian deserts. In the neighborhood
of Altoona, the barn of John Hamilton
was blown down and his house unroofed.
His loss is about $2000. Mr. Hamilton's
orchard, together with a number of others,
was completely desolated, and for some
two or three miles, both cast and west of
Altoona, nearly all the trees were stripped
of their foliage. W hole fields of grain
were cut down as low as if the sickle of
the reaper had passed over it, and fences
were prostrated for miles immense trees
were torn out of the ground, and even
some of the telegraph posts were missing !
In the vicinity of Collinsville the storm
was very severe, and tho amount of dam
age done is very great. The storm was of
very short duration, but it left behind it
a greater wreck of matter than any storm
that has ever occurred in Blair county.
Jlollidaysburg Standard.
Severe Storm. The storm of Thurs
day week was very severe about three
miles north of this place,taking in Ilughcs-
ville in its course. n e learn that the
Bridge across Muncy Creek near that
place was raised from its foundation and
tl rown into the Creek the gable end of
the new- brick Lutheran Church, was
sprung in about eight inches at the top
the large barn of Mr. Ball was moved on
its foundation about eight or ten inches
Buildings were unroofed and forest and
fruit trees, and fences, to a great extent
were torn np by the wind throughout the
whole course of the storm. Muncy Lum.
The most terrific storm of rain and hail
witnessed in that section of country for
many years, says the Sentinel, passed over
Indianapolis week before last.
In Unntingdon county the grain, fruit
trees, &c, sustained serious injury. In
the vicinity of 31' Yeytown, Mifflin county,
some outbuildings were unroofed, and the
grain and fruit trees much cut np by hail
of unusal size. In Ferguson and Harris
townships, Centre county, the hail was
also very destructive to the grain and
fruit.
A tremendous Lail storm, destroying or
damaging much of the crops and fruit in
its course passed over Meadville, Pa. lately.
Another destructive hail storm passed
over St. Louis only a day or two previous.
Worcester, Mass., May 14. A very
severe and destructive hail storm occurred
here last night. The hail stones were as
large as bullets and came down in torrents.
The storm was of nearly an hour's dura
ttae, .
In Washington county, Pa.ra hail storm
demolished crops, scattered fences, and
tore up ere hards. A sheep was carried op
and bunt open by the full and killed.
The two Brothers.
It is not many years since, says the
Pennsylvanian, two young men, without
means, started in life. They were both
brothers, and both printers. Both were
Democrats. Both subsequently abandoned
their profession after having earned pub
lie confidence in the editorial chair and
since they have pursued almost the same
career, and, though resident in different
States, seem to have gone together, filling
nearly the same public positions, and win
ning all hearts by the gentle suavity and
steady consistency of their character and
conduct. Both are still very young men ;
and yet it is more than probable that both
will in a few months rise to the Gubernat
orial Chairs of Pennsylvania, the Califor
nia of the Atlantic, and California, the
Pennsylvania of the Pacific. The brothers
allued to, are William and Jon Bioler,
now the conceded fovorites for the highest
honors of their respective States, and the
admitted choice of the Democratic party
in each. The parallel will no doubt be
completed when each is, as each will be,
chosen to fill the posts for which they are
candidates. Their past history is a guar
antee that they will go on, with equal
march, and unfaltering devotion, in the
fulfilment of their high duties.
There is in this picture much of encour
agement to 'poor young men. Both
of these Brothers Bigler started life
without money, and almost with out
friends. No academic honors crowned
their earlier manhood no luxurious
habits enervated their frames no
wealthy friends encouraged their first es
says in life. ' In the battle of the world
they fought with no weapons but those
furnished by their own indomitable ener
gies. In the struggles for subsistence,
thev cleaned more knowledge trom men
than from books ; while in the acquisition
of money, came also the golden opinion of
troops of friends. Let the young man,
who would despond over his own future,
take heart from this example, and try to
imitates the two brothers.
Foreign News.
Boston,May 28. The steamship Canada
reached her wharf at half-past five o clock
this morning, after a run of less than
eleven days from Liverpool, and 31 hours
from Halifax.
ENGLAND.
Victor Pontx, a cotton importer in Lon
don, has failed. His liabilities are set
aovu t mw,vw.
Another cotton house in Liverpool, has
temporarily stopped.
It is stated that the honor of Knight
hood is to be conferred on Mr. Joseph
Paxton, the designer of the Crystal Palace.
SPAIN.
A copy of the Concordat recently set
tled with the Court of Borne has made its
appearance in Madrid, and will not fail to
produce general disgust throughout the
country. The number of bishops is re
duccd by four ; the education of the
country is placed under Church control ;
the introduction into Spain, or reprinting
of such books as they may not approve
I namely, all those calculated to enlighten
or instruct the people is left to the cler
gy. No other than the Roman Catholic
religion is to be tolerated.
llie re-establishmcnt of the monastic
orders of San Vincente de Paul, San Feli
pe Neri, and one other of those sanctioned
by the Pope, is provided for, so that we
shall return to the old times of unparal
leled immorality.
GERMANY.
The Berlin correspondent of the Daily
ews says that " Bussia, Austria and
Prusia. will act as one man at the Frank
fort Diet, and that this trio of the great
Northern Towers, headed by Bussia, will
deliberate really on one subject only, viz:
the most effective means of extinguishing
liberty all over the world."
TURKEY.
According to letters of the 2d from the
Bosnian frontier, the revolution is com
pletely crushed. Almost all the insurgent
leaders are in safe keeping in Austrian
Croatia. Terrible excesses have been
committed by the victors. The houses of
the Moslems, in the neighborhood of
Bihace, have been sacked and burnt,
ITALY.
Letters from Rome, of the Sd, in the
Corners Mercantile, state that a spirit of
personal animosity not only exists between
the inhabitants and the French troops,but
between the Roman troops and the French,
which produces almost daily collisions and
loss of life.
The Roman correspondent of the Morn
ing Chronicle thus describes the state of
affairs in the Eternal City : "The unsettled
state of France and Germany, the uncer
tain fate of the Ecclesiastical Bill in Eng
and, and the deep rooted hatred of the
Romans to Papal temporal dominion, have
spread a heavy gloom over the ministers
of Pio IX., who now well know their dan
gerous position, and which they might
have averted by substituting clemency for
vengeance. In the meanwhile the Maxzini
party openly avows its intentions, and pre
pares for the shock with men, arms, and
money; but their hope of subverting the
government rests upon the cnaos now
reigning in France and Germany.
A letter from Rome states that the Pa
pal Government intends sending a nnncio
to Mexico, where his Holiness has not been j
hitherto permanently represented.
The reported death of tho King of Na
ples has not been confirmed.
IKELAKD.
Tt is said that tho census, nearly com
pleted, shows a diminution of two millions
of inhabitants in Ireland since 1841.
PORTUGAL.
all Duties at
Lisbon, and even the resignation of the
Queen in favor of her son has been spoken
0f I
Lare quantities of chesnuts are being
imported into London from New York.
Atil.50eMhinmdan. 1.;5 i"thre months. 2paid
lltmi the year, aim
Lcicisburg, Fa
tUcOncsoan Morning, -snnc ..
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Advertize ' F.i-nton. Adminirtrator. Pui.ite ,
MHr.Cit and Country Merchant. Maauf.ctur.rs,
Uwhmnios Bu.inM -M. n all who wish to mi-un or to
dipoM of anythinic-would do well to pre notlr. of the
Haiue through the '-Uwulmrg fhnntirtr. This paper has
a rood and increaMiilc circulation in a communily contai
ning an lars a proportion ot active, wilrent producers,
cotuumerii, and dealers, aa any other in the State.
a-DemorraUc State O uliernatorial Convention Read
ing. 4th June. .
4 a democratic state J uuicum sju . a,
11th June.
J- Whig State Conrention Lancaster, SlthJunc.
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 five cents 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 for the Chronicle.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Tho lines of our Blooinsburg friend shall
appear next week.
" M." is welcome. Shall appear soon.
" Incog." Too late, entirely, for this week.
Will our friend E., Geneva, Wis., please
send us a duplicate copy of his Report
on 1
usury
jqj- The wires of the Telegraph were
deranged at Hazlcton, by the storm on
Thursday last, and compelled to be
idle for a day or two. But the line is now
in excellent working order, and likely to
remain so. The . office at this place has
been doing an excellent business this week,
o. KnainpRs men, and citizens generally,
arc beginning to realize its lmiueusc au-
vantages in the transmission of intelligence;
and every day's experience will enhance
its value.
We learn from Dr. Gocll, the energetic
President of the Company, that sufficient
stock has been taken to continue the line
from Milton to M'Ewensville; and the
route is staked off, and the timber for posts
contracted for. The next points in that
direction will be Muncy and Williamsport.
The Sunbury office will be open a day or
two.
to?" In another column we give some
account of the recent remarkable storms in
different parts of tho country, including
however only a few that have fallen under
our notice in our exchanges. This county
has also suffered some.
On Tuesday of last week a destructive
hail storm swept over the Beaver town
ships, from the south west, upsetting barns,
and beating down the grain level with the
ground. A school house iu Adamsburg
was also struck by lightning and much in
jured. No person was in it at the time.
We are informed that during the storm
of Thursday last, apple trees were uproot
ed, and fences blown down, on the farm of
Mr.
William Young, between
MiiSinburg
and Hartlcton.
A large tree by the side of the turnpike,
a mile west of this place, was shattered by
lightning the same afternoon. Two of
our citizens made a narrow escape, as they
were passing at the moment in a buggy,
within a few rods of the tree.
About the same time and in the same
vicinity, Mr. William Halfpenny, of Hart
ley township, received a severe shock. He
was riding in a buggy, but stopped and un
hitched his horse while the storm was at
its height. While putting the horse in the
shafts again, the lightning struck some
trees about 150 feet distant. The shock
prostrated Mr. Halfpenny, and he felt its
effects quite seriously for several days.
The horse gave a single leap or aoout
twenty feet, as the report was heard, and
would have run off, but Mr. H. was fortu
nately able to retain his hold of the lines,
and stop him.
t&" The Democratic State Convention
meets at Reading to-day to nominate can
didates, for Governor and Canal Commis
sioner. Col. William Bigler, will doubt
less be nominated for Governor by accla
mation. The people of Maryland also voto today
for the adoption or rejection of a New Con
stitution.
1" The new three cent pieces have
made their appearance in town. They will
prove a very useful coin. The only com
plaint here is that they are not sufficiently
plentiful as yet
Mr. John Wise, the jEronaut,
made a brilliant balloon ascension from
Bath, N. Y., on May 14th.
Detestable -a snake in the grass.
mm AITim Tl
III; iiuum,
rrrr'vnv vAitnr I o N. OTOBDEN. Printer.
xx. v. aassavm - i --
Railroad Convention at Hew Berlin. 1
The object of this meeting was to show I
the propriety of crossing the river at Sun
bury, and passing up the West Branch,
through Union county, to Williamsport.
We are jaot acquainted with the ground,
but from an examination of the map it
does not appear that an advantage would
b had by crossing the Susquehanna here.
Mv continuing the road to the northern
of ourcounty and then passing over
and running up White Deer Hole Creek,
something might be gained in reaching
Yi llliamspori. ounoujr uuuc.
Greatly obliged to you, Mr. Gazette, for
your accommodating suggestion. But you
will excuse us for intimating that its mag
nanimity and profound wisdom are not as
favorably appreciated in this region, as
miirht be supposed. We imagine the
i people on the west side of the West Branch
will take care to put themselves in a posi
tion, at the proper time, to exert a control
ling influence iu the location of the road.
And that the nearest and cheapest route
will bo selected ; especially when five hun
, , ,.,,. ... ,lf tllB most fcrtile and
. ortaut COUutry on the line, can be ac-
luipuiiaui . j
Ui VV tjuuiv
,T,,rul-,t,.,l nt the same time, and its
wealthy trade added to the revenues of the
road. We shall have more to say on this
subject hereafter.
A meeting of the friends of Agriculture
was held in the Court House, on Wednes
day of last week. Whether the meeting
appointed a committee to draft a Constitu
tion anu I5y-L.aws ior sucu au .usuuau.ru
we arc not able to say, as we have not been
furnished with a copy of tho proceedings.
Rumor has it that the proceedings were
seen travelling in the upper part of the
county wrapped up in a -blanket. I nton
Star.
Exactly so, and a cradle blanket at that,
to wit, a rusty copy of the Union Star ;
which serves such purposes, very well.
Some New Berlin Editors, with plenty of
" nothing else to do '' on their hands, cant
afford to lift up the light of their counte
nance in the public meetings which occa
sionally enliven their sylvan village, and
relieve the tedium of their snail-paced
courts. 3Iuch less do they think of no
ting the proceedings for themselves and
their readers; but with refreshing tang
f, oid wait for the secretaries to make out
copies for each of tho thousand and one
"blankets," which vegetate in that mush
room soil. But will they doit? Well
they wont.
UjT We regret to learn that the wheat
crop throughout the West Branch country
is beginning to suffer seriously from the
raveges ut tuu riy. Vt e Iiavc Leon tol.l
of many fields in various directions that
are likely to prove an almost total failure.
Br3a We understand that Mr. Thomas
Howard has presented a large fragment of
the tusk of a mastadon, recently discover
ed on his farm in Kelly township, to the
Museum of the "Society of Inquiry" of
the University at Lewisburg. The piece
sent iu is a splendid specimen, about two
feet in length, with an average diameter
of about eight inches, and in an excellent
state of preservation. It is well worth a
visit to the Hill. .
aJWe learn that the illumination of
the clouds in the n orth east, which attrac
ted the attention of oar citizens during the
storm on Tuesday evening, of last week,
was occasioned by the burning of a barn
belonging to Mrs. Margaret Follmcr, situ
ate on Muddy Run, in Turbet township?
Northumberland county ; which was struck
by lightning about half past 8 o'clock, and
totally destroyed, together with about 40
bushels of wheat, 100 bushels of corn, 2
buggies, 20 head of sheep, one cow and
calf, 2 heifers, and a quantity of meat,
No insurance.
ta& We managed, for once, to reach the
Hill in time, on Sabbath afternoon, and
listened to a well digested, and interesting
Report on the Island of Madagascar, by
Mr. Barnhurst. The Society for Moral
Inquiry is doing good service by its excel
lent Reports, which attract attentive aud
appreciating audiences.
ay We find ou our table the numbers
of the " United States Law Magazine" for
March, May and June. They present an
attractive tabic of contents of great inter
est and value to the professional reader.
The March No. is embellished with a por
trait of Hon. Jonx B. Gibson, Chief Jus
tice of Pennsylvania. The general out
line of his features are given with tolera
ble accuracy ; but the eye is a complete
failure, and gives no idea whatever of the
penetrating glance of one of the greatest
judicial intellects that this or any other
country has ever produced ; and whose
place on the Supreme Bench cannot be sup
plied from the ranks of the profession in
the entire State.
The proprietor, John Living3ton, Esq.,
deserves much credit, and large patronage
for the enterprise and ability displayed in
getting np this Magazine. 5 a year.
157 Broadway, N. Y.
t& The 3d No. of the Pennsylvania
Farm Journal has come to hand, (the 1st
No. was not sent us.) This periodical is
one of superior merit, and eminently wor
thy of liberal patronage. $1 a year. A.
M. Spangler, Lancaster.
Absent. The Publisher of the Chron
icle, on a visit to the upper North Branch
country.
19 Sec New Advertisements.
t&r We learn from the Clinton Demo.
crat mat a Mr. Geo. W. Ribb, started
from Lock Haven, fur the Sinnemahoning
on luesuay morning, May 13th, to go to
the Mushannon to transact some business
at the place where Phelps, Dodge & Co.,
for whom he was agent, are about erecting
a new mill, near Frenchville, since which
time there has been nothing heard of him.
A man who was to assist him in surveying
started trom the same place about an hour
later and tried to overtake him, but did
not, nor could he hear of any tidings of
him. He had some 8000, in money with
him to pay off some hands, and it is be
lieved that he has been murdered.
ISS-We learn that Albert Swineford's
Hotel, iu Middleburg, took fire on Satur
day night about 12 o'clock, and was entire
y consumed with its contents, except a few
articles in one room. Loss $2,000. 2?
insurance.
ST We'll take that "best hat in town "
Mr. " Coteniporary."
gk.No change in the LewLlurg Mar
kets since last week.
News & Notions.
The Independent German Reformed
Synod of Pennsylvania, and neighboring
Slates, will hold its next annual session in
the old German Reformed Church, Potis
ville, on 1 4th of June iust.
The barn of Mr. Christian fcby, about
a mile from CampbelUtown, Lebanon Co.,
was struck by lightning on Tuesday of last
week and entirely consumed.
Dudly Chamberlain, a student of Frank
lin Academy, Harford, Pa., accidentally
shot himself through the head, on the lO'.b
ult., while bunting squirrels.
The Canal Enlargement Election in
New York State, has resulted, from pres.
enl appearances, in the choice of seven en
largement aud five anti-enlargement Sen
ators' New Haven, Ct., May 29. Leonard
Woodward of Piainlield, as gored to
death bv a cow on Saturday last. He
leaves property estimated at a half a mil
lion. Portland, Me., May 23 Mrs. Preble,
widow of Com- EUw. Preble, died in this
city last evening, aged Si. Few wemea
have done so much in unostentatious bene
volence as she did. She has left quite t
large amount of property.
Under a new law in Boston, a boy has
been committed to the House of Reform
lor one mon'.b, (or playing truant habitual
ly from school.
A large Burn, belonging to Samuel
Griesemer, in Amity township, Bucks Co.,
wa struck by lightning, in the storm of
Thursday night, set on fire and entirely
consumed with all its contents.
The residence of Gen. Cass at Detroit,
narrowly escaped destruction by Gre a
few davs since.
For tb Lewisbarg Chronicle.
Associate Judge.
To the people or Uxios cocstt : Uiuler
our new law, we iu longer are 10 bave men pli
ceJ ovt-r us by the will of one man arun; uoiier
the wishes of a clique oi clique whi hae lu
tar. PresiJent anil Associate Judges are oj
to be elected bv as. It i therefore essential thf
we cast about for the best men. I hare heatd
no one nieuliint i for Associate Ju J. e. and lb"
tore name the oM friend and acquaintance of
more men than any other man in the countr.
Nia Middlkswaetu, ot Beaver township. Hi
qualifications no one doubt: in tiutb, no man
could do better in that office, especially as he un
derstand both the English and German languJg
perfectly. I aay, then, no one could sit on
ben;h with more satisfaction to all classes ot p
pie than - Old Ner." BITFALOE.
May 27, 1851. 2w.
For the L?wislmrz Chronicle.
Next State Senator.
Ma. Eoitob : It is generally if not nnireil
ly conceded that (be office of Senator now be
longs to Union county, as Mifflin has just had iu
and Juniata can not by any tair apportionment
claim it, so long as she asks tba Kepresentaun
and we feel willing to concede ill Juniata g
230 1 vote lor Governor, and I'nion gate 4$lf
for President more than two lo one. MitBm
and I'nioD having the Senator alternately, and
Juniata having the Representative when Union
has the Venator, would be " equal and eiact jut
lice " as between Union and Juniata. ,
Several name have been recommended lbn
the Longstown papers, for Senator, but bom
which strike me more favorably than that f
Mr. Jame Moore, Jr., of East BuSaloe town
ship. Mr. M., unlike the others named. "
never belJ any office of proSt. He baa long been
known to the people of Union eouniv a an en
terprising and useful citizen, and would as faith
fully aud honorably represent as ia Harrisburg.
as any other citizen. Although a firm and un
compromising v nig, De ia not an ultra, unrea
sonable or bitter politician. He is a through-going
business man, and no one would t
better calculated to attend to the interest of tb
District, than Mr. iL I hope he may be utfB
up, and sustained by all.
2w. A FRIEND-
Tor the Lewtsborg Chronicle
President Judge.
To mi CiTixasa or U.no.i . Mirru
coi-STias : Permit me a to recommended
your friendly attention.Gioaoi F. Millib. Esq,
for the office of President Judge of this District
Mifflin county now has the Judgeship, and b
filled many Judgeship. Union county (sltb
much the larger) baa never been honored will
Judgeship, aud we are sure it w;il be concrW
to her provided she bring fo'ward a proper B
aa candidate. Col. Miller's abilities and inttg'"
ty are undoubted and unquestioned. H
never asked for or held any office of profit.
ia aelf-made man, and knows Ibe wants aM
feelinga of all claasea of citizsns. He is s poft
liexpiiiled citizen and good neighbor, iJ,
such man a the people daligbt to honor. V
ia well entitled to a snare of official disuni
and will be found as faithful and vigilant a JuJg
aa he baa been thus distinguisbed '"J"""
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