LEWISBURG CHRONICLE & AVEST BRANCH FARMER. mm mm AM ft flmUftl. Valuable and Seasonable Hints, Vrum LU Albany Cultiator. We End iu this luoutbly agricultural j-eriodical the following article relative to matter and thiugs about a farm, which should engage the attention of every farmer fast at this time. It is true every good, practical agriculturist may know a'.l about his duties; but however knowing ho may le, will he always think to do that at the i exact period when it ought to be done, and ' which, when so done, may be of consider-, ation in the operations of the farm ? There I is nothing like being reminded of our du- ties, and especially cf that class of theru, which, without it, would frequently be overlooked and neglected. Besides, the article in qncstion, not only indicates the duties to be performed, but the best way of. been cut and burned. The seed will take performing them which long experience! root with the first shower, and the growth and a concurrence of opinions among ob-jof the grass will lend greatly to smother serving men, have established as the best, j down the sprouts of the bushes. As with To those of our reaiWs who will profit j thistles, it is important that the bushos Vy this information, it is a moderate csti-; should be cut close to the ground, mate to make, that it will benefit them to j The reclamation of wet lands generally, the full amount of one year's subscription ' hut especially those of a wet and swampy cf the Telegraph; or at least it ought to nature, may be prosecuted with advan'age do so and iu that expectation, we lay it at this season. With these, drainage is the before them. Ed.Germautown Telegraph, Improvements on tnc 1 ana. ! The latter part of August and the fore1 part of September may be considered the1 most favorable part of the year for making; improvements ou thef-rm. Atthissea.n, the earlier crops have been secured, the 1 cultivation of the later ones ha been Cn-' isltcd, and the farmer is only wilting f.r their maturity. In al.li-i ,.n to the com-! parativc Ici-ure wliieii is thus afforded, : there arc other Circumstances which render 1 this a suitable period for such operations. The ground is generally drier than at any othrr time during iLe year, which permits tin lalir of men and teams on p!ace which at other tir.i" arc inaccessible from wetnc. This is particiil.'iily favorable to the dnitrigeof bog, an J to the excavation of peat or muck f r manure. The growth of bushes and shrubs ba also reached that particular crisis in which they may be U.orc easily killed by cutting or bruising. One uf the first objects to which atten tion should be directed in the improvement of the farm, is the eradication of bushes and pernicious plants in fields, along lines of fence, roadside, ka. Thee are not only great drawbacks on the lieauty of the firm, lcing unsightly to the eye, and con-' about the first of September. Timothy, veyir.g an nnplcasant idea of careless and j and the large red-top are the best grasses elovenly habits; but they are very detri- Tor such situations; a peck of the former mental to the pecuniary interest of the with half a bushel to a bushel of the latter, farmer. They draw nourishment from the! (according to its cleanness,) is the proper ground which should go to the support of j quantity for an acre. It may be scratched valuable plants, and by propag iting them- j in wi'h rakes, or by a bush harrow. selves, are constantly inn-easing and spread-j Tea! hogs, drained, may be made to pro ing the injury. Thistles, docks, briars, ' duce good crops of many kinds; but and thorns, are often allowed to flourish, ' grain crops and grass are very liable unmolested in the situations mentioned, j lo lode down on peaty soils. This is On tho borders of fields they occupy the; owing in a grer.t degree to the want of si richest of the soil, and annually extend) lex (fiin') in the soil, and in some degree their encroachm"uts. They are not un-jalsolo the soil being too loose to give the frequently seen in good binds, that arc de-j plants a firm standing on their roots, rotcd to various crops, and in pafturcs are The application of sand or gravel rcmrdics quite common many farmers being ap- both defect., and when the mineral sub parettly regardless of i heir presence and i stance is well incorporated with the vege e.Tects. The grct extent of ground that . j table matter, the straw becomes stiff, and is occupied by these worthless pests, is a ' the crops stand and manure well. The dead loss : but beside this, grass and oilier ; qu.uitity of sand w hich it is expedient to crops are robbed of moisture by them du- j aj-ply varies with the composition of the ring drought, and at other times are soured ! peal soil, some containing much more min and diminished ia growth by their shade ' eral earth tliin o.er deposits. A coating and roots. j of an inch to two inches in depth, will, It should be an invariable rv.'e with the however, be f und sufficient in most cases, farmer to prevent nil injurious plants from ' It may be carried on in inter w hen most secdiug. This will at all events keep them from spreading except such as in- crease by the root. Annual or biennial j mixing wiih animal manure, should be thistles are easily destroyed by being cut j dug out at this season, and piled on dry while in blossom aud before any seed is ma- j land, where it may he obtained as wanted, tured and even Canada thistles may be. In this situation, the air and rains gradu destroyed by following up this course for! aliy UisMpa'e the acid which the peat con ecvrral seasons in succession. They should 1 tains when in its natural bed, and which lie cut close to the ground, and just ai!mu-t bo dispelled or neutralised before the that junctiiro when they are in fullest' peal can afford nourishment to plants, tdooni. A few will start, which if tin-! Digsjins rocks (boulders) from grounds touched will produce seed in autumn ; but ! encumbered by them, may now bo Hone ad this eecond crop should be cut without j vantsgeou-ly. Stone walls are generally fail, when in the same stage as the first. 1 the hesi and most economical fences in such The readiest and most effectual mode of . situations. They have the important rec- destroying Canada thistles, where they ! o nidation, that when once made in a Occupy ground that will admit of cultiva-j proper timnner, they are perpetual. A tion, is by frequently working the soil ! trench, two feet deep, and somewhat wider with the plow, or some implement thatjihan the base cf the wall, should be dug will entirely prevent the growth of the 'fur tho foundation, which should be filled top. No plant can bear to be deprived w ith the smnller stenes that are not suitable of its leaves f-r a long time, and if thistle lor wall. A skilful and practical wall-layer patches are worked over eo often as to ' will know how to select and place the stones prevent the plant from appearing alovajso as to make Ihe most substantial and ground, they vill be mostly killed ia oue permanent fence. season. i D iulders lhat are not wanted for walls Docks and mulleng may be pulled up' anj time before they make seed, although it will be the moot convenient to pull them after tbey have shot into the stalk. Those which break: off may be dug up wi'h a mattock. If cut off two cr three inches sivc than to get them out by blasting with below the surface, they will not start, i pUder. cm; loving men and learns to take The eyes or bads from which shoots pro-; tnein away. eeed, are situated war the crown of thej I; is n erroneous idea.thoughenlerfained plant If not tat below these, they will! l,y many farmers, that improvement will grow. The yellow dock is an exceedingly j not pay. We believe this is, in many in troublesome plant ia grain fields and j s; ances, nrged merely as an excuse for meadows, and should be exterminated as i carelessness and negligence. It is a safe aoon as it aiakes its ar ppearanee, as it j maxim that w hat is worth djing, is worth spreads very rapidly from seed. The bur-! doing well. dock only grows iu rich soil, but is fre- j The-jllveB Conessrtar, and former quently allowed to monopobse,n.e of the ; novernor 'of Virginia, Ws lU'DoveU. lt portion of tue farm. When sheep 1 died last week. allowed Jo run among ihcm in the Tall of the year, the burs adi.ere to the wool, and occasion much injury by malting it. Briar and other bus he should be cut by the latter part of August. They have then finished their new growth, and the sap is about to "turn," as the expression is that is a now set of buds is to be pre. pared for another year, and the new wood is to be ripened and perfected. If cut at this period, .but few sprouts are sent up, and those few are easily bruised to death i'h a stout stick, while tender, or at the time when frost checks their growth. If sheep are kept on the ground, they will, if 'he leed is rather short, crop the sprouts as jsoon as they appear, and if permitted to keep them down for two seasons, the roots will be principally killed. It is an advan tage to sow on some grass seed blue-grass or red top as soon as the bushes have first object. The water which appear in the form ol springs should be first cut off by deep channels along their sources, and the channels should convey the water to SJCh points as will best insure its discharge from ihe lar.d. A the water is la!;en -w.,y, u,e soil will .rale, more or less, and ih.s settling will faeilnate farther operations j iveral ways. The solidity acquired admit of taking on learns for getting ul stones, stumps and bushes, and all su,-h objects are left by the setiling f the carh, mostly on the surface, from which they may be readily removed. Tho "swamp holes,"' w hich, like plague spot, disfigure the surface of farms, form ing the breeding places of worthless piuiits and disgusting reptiles, and tilling ihe atmosphere with the seeds of human disease, may often be brought into Ihe must profi'.aLIc cultivation. They fre quriiily cornpriao the richest parts of the 'arm, as is proved by the large crops they produce, when redeemed from the elM-ds o stHgnaut water and wild plants. They are particularly natural to grass, and when properly prepared by drainage, the wild growth exterminated, and thesurlace prop-t-rly Kinoothed, may be brought into valu able meadows by sowing the grass seed larmnig operations are suspended. Peat to be used in the barn-yard, for may be sunk by digging holes under or be. sido them, sodtep that they may fall below the depth to w hich the plow reaches. Those who have adopted this mode of disposing ol boulders stale ihat il is much less expen- ?! miMu i H. C. HICKOK, Editor. O. N. WOBDEN, Printer. At$1.FeuhiiimlT&nre, $1,75 in thrre month, (Spud within the year, ai.d i-l.M at the end or the year. Agent in Philadelphia V B Palmar and W Carr. LiCttishurg, Pa. tDcbrtcsban morning, Gcpt. 3, 1851. ADVERTIZE ! Exerotor, AJminiirtrator, Public OiTii-era. City and Country Merchant, Manufacturers, Mochanii.., UuineMS 3in ail who wih to proi-ure or to di.-rwwe of anything would do well to Rive notire of the aitme through lhi -Lneifttwy Cttrotiiclf." This paper has a irood and inrrcain? circulation in a community contai ning ax lorre a proportion of actiTi. solvent producers, consumers, and dealers, a any other In the State. Dem-jcratic Slate Nominations. fbr Governor WILLIAM DICLF.n, of Clearfield Co. lor Canal Qimmisiiimrr SKTII CLOTMt, of Clarion. For -v JOHN B. (!IUSO of Cumberland Co. k'phery. (nierset. llhla. Whig Shite Stimulation. For Governor WM. F. JOHNSTON, of Armstrong Co. For Canal Commi:oner J' IIN i-TK01IM,ofLauCTtt'r For - lilCIIUilirol I.TKR.of Westmoreland Co. Ju.lsea IlKolidK CIlAMIIKIiS. of FraiiUlin Co. of Uie M. M MKltl IHTII. of I'liilaJelphia. Fitprrme t J IMII' A W. OoMI.Y, of Mr.utour. Court J WM. JtcSLT, uf Suxtueiuuina. Vt'liij District Xominatioiis. Ff.r State Scnalcr Col. ELI Sl.IFEIt. of Union county For representative W M. rllAROX, K4., of Juniata For President JtiJi,c lL.n. JOSEPH CASEY, cf Union For A.-MXiatc Jodie S. ! V ' K ILK Ksq. of Pearcr do J AMES MAU.-llAI L,,.t W. Lvtt For Re?. P.ee. rilUISTIAN BT1EY AX. or X. U-riin Tat Coramiwoticr MMoN K IIEIMIOLD. of Chapman I or Tr-a'ur.-r JAOiU MALTK. of New I)-riin Tor Auditor FKKIir.HK'K Do!.l.M:tt. of X.Dcrlin Aj Jull.S i; 1 11, . f Hartley. InJ.prHtJt lit Vamliiltitrs. Tor H-v. t P'C. .M. 11. T.VilJA KT, of fat Buffalna For Coiuo..iner MARTIN I'HKISBAl 1!. of lJiiff.d.ie RrRlter & Krtordrr. We rc au- thnrizej li aunouiice Mr. M. II. TACOAItT, uf Eat LtultiltM Tuwi)sltij, a an Intb'iiendVnt CanJiuJte fur r j;i'rr & RvcoruVr of Union count tt the comiti? ilertion. feit 3 t e ISyAs we stated in part of last week's edition of the Chronicle, tho democratic Senatorial Conference of the Liiion,MifHiii and Juniata district adjourned without making any nomination, the two latter counties voting against taking up any candidate. The Union and Juniata Representative Conference also resulted in no nomination, Juniata declining to name a candidate. Xo Judicial Conferees appeared from Mifllin countv, and consequently no Judi-! cial Conference was held. Foivers of Conferees. Ve have received a long communication, expressing dissatisfaction, not with the nominee, but with thn action, of the late Whig Senatorial Conference for this Dist rict Some of our Democratic friends arc also dissatisfied with tho action (or rather the failure to act) cf their Conference. A brief statement of the rights and duties of Conferees and of the manner in which the Union county Conferees discharged their trusts in the late Conferences may suffice to show that if there be any wrong . or error in the results arrived at,the Union I Conferees are not at fault. I. It is undoubtedly the duty of Con ferees to carry out, as far as possible, the views of those who depute them. But majorities must rule, iu conventions as well as at the ballot-box, (unless a two thirds, cr some other special rule be adop ted by the body itself,) and tho minority must yield, or there is no faith or force in the system. And if Conferees ascertain, or honestly believe that they can not carry out the fr.t desires of their constituents, they are ut liberty to confer with others to whom like decisive powers are confided, and adopt such a course as they may deem most agreeable to those for whom they act. Thus, if two counties compose a district, and each county instructs for a different mau for the same office, it is evident that one or both must be disappointed in order to secure tho very thing desired a nomi nation, and an election. If three counties compose a district, the two counties which agree must decide the issue before them, if the three are not agreed. In the recent Conferences, Juniata and Mifilin acted iu concert ; they were the majority and, as far as we have any evidence, their course is approved by those they represented. II. The Conferees from LVum coun'y in the Whig Conference voied for Mr. Middleswarth, according to instructions, honestly and in good faith, from first to last. The minority, however, could not control the majority; and Col. Sj.ifeu accepted the nomination, but not until, iu addition to tho decision of the Conference, he had the advice so to do of Gen. Bell's confidential friends, and of Mr. MlDftLKS- WAHTU. himself. So also in the Democra tic Conference : the Union Conferees acted according to instructions, and honestly en deavored to secure Mr. Fries' nomination; but the majority decided otherwise. Nei ther sett of Conferees disregarded the wishes of the appointing powers, aud arc both clear from ail just censure. The ma jority rules in representative as well as in primary assemblages ; and the minority submits with as good grace as they choose to possess and exhibit or "bolts" if it sees fit. Our correspondent (who is not a sub scriber, but a gentleman wc believe) and other complainants we trust may find this explanation of a matter somewhat misun derstood, as satisfaetory as a discussion at greater length. w jJ-Thc JJenrOCrats of Center courtly tt elared for Gen. Cass for neit President, Ju l -ei I WAI.TGK !1. LOWIIIK. of All of the V JKKKMIAH S. BLACK, of Sr.: Supreme I EI.US I.1WIS .of Lancaster. Court. J JA.MLS CAMI'LKLL, of l'hiisdc Alexander Jordan Esq. of Sunbury has received the Democratic nomination for President Judge in Northumberland and Center counties. Clinton county decided for Maj. Fleming of Wmsport, aud Lyco ming county for Mr. Maynard. Those four counties comprise a District Brash Valley Flank Road. Some preliminary proceedings in refer ence to this road will be found in another column. Vie had the good luck editors arc not always under tho ban of dame Fortune to make one of a lively party from this place ; and had a delightful trip into refreshing mountain solitudes that we had never before visited ; and became sat isfied, also, from personal observation, of the importance and entire practicability of the proposed plauk road. The day was bright and balmy, anil as we rolled out into the rich Buffalo Valley, behind a pair of spirited nags under the control of an ac-compli.-hed Jehu, and felt the life blood dance with renewed energy through our veins, we could freely unite iu the excla mation that this fertile valley was indeed a goodly heritage, and our lines cast iu pleasant places. A mile or two beyond Ilcngler's Mill we pa.scd a fountain of sulphur water flowing from au Artesian well lire hundred feet deep, bored some years since iu a fruitles.s search for salt springs. .Some eight or ten mile's from tuwu wc stopped a few minutes at tho dry tavern to rest aud refresh our hordes; aud then plunged into the ISrush Valley Narrows a narrow pass between two parallel mountain, ridges, wa tered by Kapi l Hun, and extending west wardly fourteen miles, when it opens out near Stover's saw mill, into the rich farms and beautiful scenery of Brush Valley, in Centre county. The road which is some times badly cut up by the heavy rains, wo found remarkably smooth and iu good or der. At every step in our progress the air became more cool aud invigorating, and tho forests of pine, hemlock, maple, &c, &.C., which clothe the mountains to their very summits, more dense and impenetra ble in many places the trees rearing their lofty and symmetrical t-Lafts up towards mid heaven more like the thick clusters of a cane brako, than the growth of an ordi- nary forest. This is especially the case in the middle of the narrows, near Wilson's saw mill, and iu a recess of the mountains a mile or two around towards tho north cast. Better timber lands than these can not be found in the State and the supply of lumber they can furnish is well nigh inexhaustible. A drive of seven miles without a civil ize! building except an idle saw mill away down in the bottom of the ravine, oOO feet below tho road, but which will be accessible and profitable when the plank road is made brought us to the place of meeting, au incipient village located in n T.i.i-tfint nn.'iimff in hi mountains, and . . CM .iii:,,- Louse aud V ' n i , 1 1. l. ...... ; c stable, but capable of much grcator things when properly brought out mto connection with the "rest of mankind." While waiting for the Centre county delegation, our party tried their hand at trout fishing, and certainly with marvellous success. I he water on the dam had been partly drawn off to repair the mill, and the trout had gathered iu shoals in a favorite spot, to sun themselves, and for half an hour, with the aid of a pair of hooks and linos, they were invited out of their native clement with a celerity and certainty that was per fectly enchanting one voracious chap hav ing the hooks of both lines in his mouth, when brought to shore. We certainly never saw trout so docile and accommoda ting before. This is the region also for the manly sport of deer hunting, though wc had no time for it, that day. Indeed we know of no spot more likely to become a favorite place of resort in the summer time than this, when provided with suita blo accommodations, aud means of easy access. As for the Tlank Eoad, all that is wanted for its early aud complete success, is the ' will to do and the heart to dare." The natural grade of the route is remark ably level aud uniform ; and tho facilities for its cheap and durable construction, arc equal, and in many essential particulars superior, to those of any route in the Union. And wiieu duiiL, tho amount cf busiuess that must and will be done upon it, is such as will, beyond all peradveuture make it a safe aud profitable investment. Tho town ships through which it is to run would find it greatly to their advantage to aid it with liberal subscriptions of stock. In this county West Buffalo has two miles, and Hartley five miles and three quarters, and Miles township, Ceutre, sis miles of the route to keep up, as a township road, at a very heavy annual expense. Hartley being obliged every year, wc are told, to send out parties of forty or fifty men at a time, to repair this road, who are obliged to cauip out aud carry their provisions with them. By subscribing liberally to com plete the plank road, this heavy draft upon the township treasuries would be avoided, aud the remaining taxes lessened by the revenues received from the investment. Will some of our readers m those town ships be kind enough to furnish us with a statement of the annual expense of repair ing this road for the last five years. We ; wish to lay the information before the r-ub- i "C- Independent of travel and produce which must pass over this road when completed, the lumber trade will pay a handsome in vestment; and its general benefits to the places it will connect, and tho country through which it will pass, can not well be exaggerated. Returning we came around by Forest Hill, Farmcrsvillo aud Hertz's Woolen Factory, a part of the Valley bearing marked traces of entcrprize and improve ment ; though the offensive fumes of a new distillery, were far from gratifying eviden ces of the nature of some of the opera tions carried on iu that quarter. But we look forward to a " good time comiug" in this respect also. Change of Hour. We learn from Capt. Murphy that on and after the 1st inst. the Packets of the Susquehanna Line arc to leavo Willianisport every day at 10, A. M. Muncy do 1, P. M. Milton do 4, " Lewisburg do 5, Northumberland do 7, Selinsjrrove do 9, and arrive at the Junction ia time for the cars at 5 o'clock, A.M., reaching Philada. before noon, and thus making the trip in 24 hours from Wmsport. This line also conuects at the Junction with the cars going West at C o'clx-k, A. M., aud pas seugers will arrive at Pittsburg next day a, noon. This is a permanent aud a very desirabje arrangement for the season. In connection with the foregoing, we notice that the Lewisburg Eastern Mail is to close hereafter precisely at 3, T. M. "Complaints are sometimes made that Postage stamps "will not stick." The way to make th'-m stick is to moisten the paper on which they are to be put, and not to moisten the stamp itself; then keep the stamp firmly to its place until dry. By-the-way, these postage stamps are becoming highly popular as a "paper cur rency," worth their face all over tho Unit ed States. Dollars and fractions of dollars' worth of postage stamps may be sent by mail, thus enabling one to pay cents as well as dollars, at a trifling expense. SSJThe Pennsylvania Conference of the Christian church held their annual session in Lewisburg last week, and meetings are still held, evenings, iu the Union Chapel. Three women were baptized in the Susque hanna, last Sunday, by I'M. Lane. The next Conference is to be held in Covington, Luzerne Co., last Thursday in August, 1852. JS3Tbc Lewisburg Temperance Society met at the Methodist Chapel last evening, ' and was addressed by I'rof. Bliss and llev. J. G. Craighead of Northumberland. Ad journed to the first Tuesday evening iu October, when Prof. Bliss and some other person yet to be chosen arc to deliver , addresses. i:TI. 1 ,: ... 1. joe uuuuii uiecuur 01 me siocfc, holders ot the Susquehanna River and , .... ' , , , .Sortu & est Lranch Iele;raph Company, .... ,r ' . " in uu uuiu at me .uouiour iiouse in j 'an- ville, on the third Tuesday of September inst., to elect officers fur said Company for the ensuing vear. Flank Eoad Keeling. In pursuance of previous public nolice.a respectable number ol the Commissioners of the Lewisburg fc Brush Valley Plank Road Company, with other citizens of Uii' ion and Center counties, met at the house of Jacob T. Wirth, midway of ihe Brush j Valley Narrows, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, at II, A.M., to consult with regard lo the proper steps to be taken to get ihe projected improvement under weigh. Col. riiiLtr RfiiL of Union county was called to the chair.and Thomas Wolfe and Secretaries On motion, Mr. Ilickok then stated ihe object ol the mcetinj, and read Ihe Act of Incorporation, the General Law upon the subject ol Tl.inii Roads,togelher with news paper articles, from reliable sources, with regard to their cost and structure. The meeting then adjourned for dinner ; and convened again at 2 o'clock, P. M., when, after a full and free interchange of opinion, il was on motion Resolved that Thomas Wolfe and James M'Creight be appointed Treasurers, each for his respective county, to solicit and collect subscriptions lo defray I he expense of a careful and scientific survey of the route of (he proposed road. On motion, the Chair appointed Tho's Hayes, Tho's Wolfe, and D. D. Guldin a committee to engage ihe services of a com petent engineer, and his assistants, to make the pioper surveys, at the earliest practica ble moment, this fall. On motion, a General Meeting of the Commissioners and friends of the road was ordered lo be held at Farmersville, Union county, at such time as ihe President may fix, lo receive the drafts and Report of the Engineer lo be followed shortly after by a meeting at Steever's saw. milt in Brush Valley. On both occasions, speakers to be present to lay the merits of the subject fully before the people. The Treasurers then reported lhat they had received subscriptions on the spot, for ihe survey, to the amount of nearly $100, with a prospect of soon raising a fund am ply sufficient for the purpose. The proceedings were directed lo be published in the Lewisburg Chronicle and all other papers friendly lo the Road. The meeting ihcn adjourned, all in fine pirita sol sanguine of ultimate success, sined by the officera. John hretoer of Center county and Thomas girls left home on the -1th of July to meet Hayes. I). D. Gu'.din and Darnel Rangier th,;r LrotIlor, (com; ;a from fl of Union county, elected Vice Presidents, ... v v i .- j- . and Ja's M'Crco'ht aud llenrv C IU,.LnW at -Ncw 0I wni-! direction they are 6-The Lewisburg Johnston Club was addressed at its adjourned meeting on Sa turday evening last by Col. Geo. F. Miller and Mr. Aiken. Charles Merrill, Esq. of New Berlin and Wm. Henry Armstrong of Lewisburg were requested to address the next meeting, two weeks from that time. Corrttponilenee of tLe Lewukurg Chronicle. North'd, Ang. last, 1851. As our papers seem uudcr the impres sion that the Captain General of Cuba will apologize handsomely for the severe meas ures he has felt compelled to adopt in quelling the insurrection, I concluded you would like to have tho opinion of those most able to judge this matter. If it suit, you may make use of the following : " La Cronicti," the mouth-piece of Spain in the United States, (published in New York,) assures iU readers that the messenger sent by the President to Gen. Concha, will not be recrieed by that func tionary, it being no part of bis duty to communicate officially with foreign govern ments, in any event uhat' cer, Her Catholic Majesty never having conceded that privi lege to any of her colonial authorities. We translate as follows : "If the gov ernment of the United States desire only to make itself acquainted with some of the particulars of which it is ignorant, it has official agents in Cuba, and naval ofii'-ers u-fin Mn irifitrm it l...tf..v tli'in nne ami- - i .i missioner or special inc-scngtr, since the ijpau i.-h authority would confidentially, And In ft filioidltr neiiiner, fir, .Tr.f:,TtrL- , - tions which it would undoubtedly iWW to . , i r lunnwi na9 an envoy of an extraordinary character and CtearGrfJ I county on . rri .it P'c,on of haTinS murderi-d Geo. V. fobb mission. 1 he measure would be. moreover, - hn ri-ir,ni.-irfl , , , . ..'i'1"1 Gisnppi area do mysteriously from an insult to tho Spanish Minister in this ( Luckllaven not long since. country, who is the natural organ, and tho t . most proper one, to apply to for this class 'unn - Packer. Eq., of Sunhury, is of explanations." I chosen Director of Northumberland Bank. Of the other cause of comr.laint. the v rnnica says: " We will not spcali of the detention of the steamer Faleou, the government of the United States having less right to complain than any other nation of that measure of our naval official, because from the same Ul.itcd States had sailed the piratical ex pedition that at that moment was killing our citizens wilh.n our own territory, af- ter invading it, arms in Land. If, in place of the Falcon, one of the Iloval Iinclih Mail steamers had been detained, the ling- lish government, considering the circum - sSnces, would not have found in the act the slightest motive fir remonstrance or explanation. If that of tin; United States think it can fin I any, and should remon strate or demand explanations, it will give so great a proof of weakness or bad faith, as scarcely to merit a categorical answer." Yesterday I was much interested in two German girls who were here with a " French Piano," (a kind of tall organ.) On con versing with them, I found that they had traveled through the Mexican Republic, j and visited all the principal cities in that i ,. . c l t 1 . ! iwl- .i. , . i- . i. whence they wcut to era (ruz by stcam- I . , ,, . . T , , , I cr a"d then walked to Jalapn, where they . j i i , , uui uou a iiiute to earrv mo I instrument ' In this way they followed the main road to the city of Mexico, where they spent two months j. laying and dancing m the city and surrounding villages. They then visited Queretaro, Guadalaxar.i,Azuas Callientcs, Zacatecas, San Louis Potosi, and Durango, in all of which, one of them informed me, they made money "like 'r'" ftcn getting five or six dollars at one houei and pour people rarely offering them less than a quarter dollar. From Durango they worked their way northward, through Saltillo and Monterey, and crossed the Rio Grande at Davis' ranch. They bought a farm in Western Texas, where i tlitir friends are now living, and these t now traveling, think they are wonderful women. Thev both sicak Spanish better than English. Yours, R. B. M C. -i - -j FOREIGN 4JKEV;S. ESvSSBI The U. S. M. Steamship Atlantic arrived at New York Sept. 1, iu 11 days and 1G hours from Liverpool, having left on the 0th ult. The Atlantic has performed the remark able feat of crossing the Ocean three times within 40 days, besides discharirin and loading cargoes. There was a great excitement at Dublin on the 10th, in regard to a meeting of the Catholics, which wan to have been held on that day. The potato rot has appeared in all parts of the island, but the other crops promise an abundant yield. Conspiracies, or rumors of conspiracies, coutiuue rife through the Italian States One, to murder all the Austrian officers in Venice in one night, is said to have been discovered accidentally. A nobleman died suddenly of apoplexy : the govern ment officers proceeded to seal up his pa pers, and discovered documents revealing the plot. Martial law is said to have been pro claimed in Milan, and sonic adherents of Mazzini had been shot. A l.'ttrr written nt V.ird.w on I he 4th ult.,T9 that Jlr. Gladstone's pamphlet! Lad created much excitement lucre, and i ... i.:t .r j- Geo. Sickler and another of the Elmira counterfeiter. have broke Jail, were teen near Trout Run, and are supposed (o b in the VV,t Hranch country. A largo reward is offered for (hem. 'Sickler ha. J sandy. reddi,h, curly hair; is ery brazen ! H,d rv.he-r dnshy ; when he escarjeri K.J . . ... 7 ' ' "c epea mi ,; BU LUdl' 'na I Tkra nervina frn. ,.,..- L 1 , ! ,"u:e OI nar,es aec'J- -,--v -... .vn?- Despatches for the Lewkburs I'hronicle. j Tho Northumberland Countv WhiV I Convention met this afternoon a'ud mada tho following nomiuations : Assembly Jacob Scashultz, of Upper ! Augusta. Associate Judge Wm. ?d"Cartv, of Sunliury, and John F. Dentler. No other nominations were made. Danville, Sept 1. The Montour Democratic Convention met this afternoon and male the following no minations : Judicial Conferees, V. Best and Josepi Doens ; no instructions. Representative Conferees, Mears and Baldv ; no instructions. Associate Judges, J.C. Sproal anil Shearer. Commissioner, David Yetter. Auditor, Hugh Fulton. Bl.DOMSBCRC, Sept. 1. The- Democratic Convention of Columbia county met to-day, and made the following nominations : r.,.i;..t..i i1,.!".,.... t t t i- .j r t I J;K.ks,n . ilHtnlc;ions. ;.ref,nta:ive Conferee.. . l. Kline and Peter IWine; j instructed for John Fullmer, of Montour county. Associate Judges. L. B. Rupert and Stephen Baldv. Prothonotnry, Jacob Kyerly. Reg. & Recorder, J. (i. Clark. Treasurer, Sam'l Creasy. Commissioners, Andrew Frees and Isaiah John. Auditor, Robert Arthur. WlI.LIAMSTOKT, Sept. 3. The Lycoming County Democratic Con vention met last eveninj aud made tha following nominations : President J udge, John W. Maynard, of Wmsport. Associates, Solomon Kasfress, of JersoyShore, ami Apollos Woodward, of Wmsport. AsscmbIy,J.B.TorV-Tt. l'ro thonotary, J. M. Green. Register & Rec order, J. S. Rtiuyan. Commissioner, Na thaniel Blackwell, of Jersey Shore. Aud itor, Ellis Michael. J.S.Maxwell was ni minated for Treasurer by 3 majority, bu' declined, and John Kinsit was then put ia nomination. Latest from Cuba. Savaxxafi, Aug. 20. The schooner Merchant arrived here to day from Kavannah bringing advices from that city to the 23d inst The Merchant brings the important intelligence that Gen. Lopez has been successful in every en gagement with the Spanish troops. In the engagement of the 17th Cen. Enna, commander-in-chief of the Spanish forces, with several other officers were killed, aud a large number of men. The forces cf Lopez were from 1500 to 12000 strong, and was receiving reinforcements. Lopez was marching towards Havannah with great pomp. In Havannah on the 10th great excitement prevailed, and much apprehen sion 'was felt. There are now only about 700 troops remaining in the city. """"deaths.1 fn Northumberland, soddfnly, lha 17lh insf., Mr. Cuablks Kit, agnt 40 years. In I'ineiote, Schuylkill Vo. Wiluax G fon of Hester Ana aud Jeremiah Wiugarl, agej bout 19 month. In Washington Tp, Lyeuoarng Co, 37lh ult., MissJaXB I'liTT, aged 40 year. In BulLloe Tp, we.- below last, CaTaaaist aged about 7 year, an.l on lha 27ih ult. Jon aged about 5 year, children of John Hartmafl. AUo on lha Ssiib uli. widow Jam Kills, agrd aoout 4U years. Atao on the 29ih ult ti t.oiLT, daughter of Jacob and Ann V. Ziebach, aged Id years, 8 month and 10 eUya. CNo alteration to report j the Lewisburg Marj, "l VUCU IUO BUUJCti VI UlSCUMlOQ at a meeting of the Cabinet The political prosecutions, however, are not discontinue or abated. The 1st of Sept. has been definite, fixed upon as the day for the liberation 0f Kossuth and his compatriots. It j, with no truth, we imagine, that Austria will declare war against the Sublime Porte if this purpose u carried out The lad! pendente and the Alisswwppi were dail, expected at Constantinople to convey th9 refugees to the United States. Wasiiixuto.v, Sept l.Thc "Tele, graph" of this evening, gay, p;,, ;n. formation has been received by tL Gov. crnmcut, of an arrangeineut to have, with, in a month, not less than fire thouiaaj armed men iu Cuba. The Cuban Junta, at New Orleans, hiT9 placed the whole matter under the control of Gen. Felix Houston, who is C'dleciing money and organizing for a largt txptdi. tion. Tho Commissioners have decided to Close the Crystal Palace building, Suadi. Oct. 11.
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