LEWISBUliG CHRONICLE & WEST BRANCH FARMER.
Thoughts on the Potato Rot
. Since tbe offer made by the Legislator 1
of Massachusetts, of a reward of $10,CKH
to the person who shall discover the cause
aud the cure of the potato rot, we have
had Jt'truivrii in regard to it, as " plenty
as blackberries."
Insects, at the prcscut day, have to bear
the sin of the whole loss of the potatoes,
and of course all the devices for killing
iusccts have been recommended, from
showering with tobacco water, up to the
whitewashing of the stems aDd leaves.
We have paid considerable attention to
the subject, and do not believe there is a
c'iugle insect more now found among the
potatoes, than there was forty years ago,
long and long before the potato rot was
heard of. One states that there is a little
black bug which skips about like a ilea,
and eats holes through the leaf. Auother
finds a worm iu the stalk, which has eaten
a channel up and down, and caused the
tup to wilt. Another finds a blackish pur
ple bug, three quarters of an inch long,
that devours tbe leaves; and another fiuds
a striped worm, or caterpillar ; aud anoth
er a small striped bug, that devours all
about him ; and another finds lots of lady i
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l-mjs," which, if he look sharp, don't eat j
ti.e tips al all.
N -.v all this host of insect tribes were
.l
' i-i bar to us venrs ao when we uwil to I
I,,.),. oiilrJvat.. th.- "i:.i.t r.ateli." J fr,. I
aud after school. If there were no more
fo-iirdabh- enemy tliau all these, we could
all of us luxuriate once more on what the
riAddv called " roast meat without lonu"
g.Mjd, healthy, mealy potatoes, "all of
the oldeu time "
AVe have been Lerctofore inclined to at-
tribute the rot to atmnphcnc ci.anges,
but now think there can be no doubt that
it ia '.liw.ft .v ofr:iol.-tt .if :i Hiitllltf 1VII..
or rarasitie plant, so minute as to be made;
vi jl-ietotlieeyeonlvlnieansofapotverful
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iu'.erosc'i
pe. JH Hie luicro.-eopeinev cam e
seen uot only ii.f.sting the pores and cells
of M.-.-k, but idso the cells of the potato
itself growing ana nouri.-ning, auu sueii-
ing its life's blood out of it, and finally
l.iiior us nothing but a blackened, do-
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tayed, rotten shell. This plant or fungus, :
is propagated by seeds, which, of course,
must be so small as to be much more d.fh
cult to be seen, by even the microscope,
than the rl.nt itself, and which float, l.ke
a uas or a vapor, in the atmosphere, set-
tling on the potato, sinking into the pores
of the plant, certiiinating. and srowiii!; in
me utii , j.er . .c utl -i ifli
r I
Naturalists, wLo have examined this by
microscopes, have given it the name f,
JttXrtftia and it is allied to the I
ame fungus that causes rust and mildew j
in wheat. Many are unwilling to believe
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tnese ruings, uee-ause nicy uae never Keen ; tjiat tbeclay would hold the sand and form
it. If they would go tj the expense o,'a sojl l aecordiii"lv ordered it deposited
fui-nishing tnemselves Willi glasses ot sut-
-
Scicnt magnifying jocr, they could sec
them.
These fungi act on the same prir.c'p e !
that the moss, aud lieheus, and " tod j
tttnl" act ou trees. These lust are large (
enough to be seen, and we have all teen j
them, and can every day see them, covering
the bark of living trees, aud th shingles ;
onoiu nouses, aim e.uier unng.ng on or .
hastening the decay of the objects on which
they fasten. They start from seeds as
much as any other plants do. The invisi
ble fungi operate in the same manner, not
withstanding thi-y are so minute that we
have to arm our eyes with microscopes to
discover them.
The principal question is, how to get rid
of tin-in ? If the peculiar fungus which
infests the potato could live upon nothing
else, it might, possibly, be starved out, by
ceasing the culture of the potato entirely
a few years. IJt.t we do not yet know
enough of the habits and the laws by which
the IS-.; growth, 4c, of the enemy, are
regulated. We do not know whether it
can live and flourish, aud perpetuate itself
on any other plant, or not. We do not
know whether the seed, or "sporules," as
ih-e ure- e:.iied, e-au be destroyed in their
i :'-n::',n .ng powers ny suq uurous acm
(.ii, c'a'.o.-ine gas, er by any other subtle posse.-sion of it, 1 caused a coat of sand, number of six hundred aud sixteen pas
i.cut iu the power of man to apply. V e I from sis to eight in depth, to be put on one senders.
do not know when they are present, nor 0f the squares, which was spaded in with
when they are abseut. We do uot know ' the manure, and 1 had the satisfaction to
whether their life or germinating powers witness the most gratifying and happy re
are long retaiued, or soon lost by age; suit? the crop on that square was l.ir su
aud until we do know more of our eueiny, p. rior to an- other in the grdeti. t-iucc
we can do but little to combat it with theu 1 have caused over live hundred one-.
any hope of success. In this view of the
case, we think it would have beeu wiser for
the State of '.l.r.vsachusetts to have paid
expert naturalists to flend their time iu
studying and investigating" the habits and
laws of life which govern t.'iis species of
para-.itic plant, and publish the result e'f
i.i.-:r invcsiigatiou. In this way, a clue to
me means of defence would, perhaps, have
uccu discovered.
Uutil this is done, all our experiments
are mere haphazard efforts movements us
it were in the dark agaiust an enemy, un
neen, but known U bo present. Maine
Farmer.
Jstw Water Cement. It is said that
ft very strong and valuable water cement
has been utauc by tieii. Paaley of the Jirit
LU army, eousisting merely of four parts
by weight of chalk and live of blue clav.
According to the experiments made to prove
is streuth, it iuut potscst, Citraordiuai-y
tenacity.
Deep Flowing in Ulchigan.
The Editor of the Michigan Farmer
gives us the following faets in relation t)
deep plowing, aud they are in accordance
with our own experience. Ed. Wokkino
Farmer..
Last year, an individual in Hillsdale
.,. . . , , ,
county, a clothier by trade, took a notion
that he must have a farm, and made a
purchase of one in the neighborhood,
which was pretty effectually run down,
Hciug a novice iu the business, he sought
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advice ot a neighbor, who was a scientific
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as well as a successful practical farmer, as
to the best mode of cultivation, and jvas
tola that it tie would not throw away his aforesaid, who, being affirmed, and charg
labor he must plow deep. He accordingly e t0 inquire,on the part of Commonwealth,
put his plow in deep enough to turn un wLun' ww, an,J !'ow tLu sai,l1J':(,-'a',l
,i, i , .. . ., , , , 1 came to his death, do say, upon their amr-
,u""7"'auu luus uo pwcu ivveuty
acres of a tvvi nt v-fivn -u-m fi..
j muo
of it having been plowed shallow, before
he made the purchase. It was all sown to
wheat, and the crop taken off at the late
I,-.-,-., .li l i .
harvest, the deep plowed portion averaging
twenty -four bushels to the acre, and the
shallow plowed only about half as much,
Throe years-ago, an individual purchased
a farm Ue-ar the village of Dexter, ho com-
pletely worn out that he was laughed at,
i u i r i r i n
aud called a fool for giving five dollars an
atre ,;,r although there was a good por-
tMU of 11 improved, with building-, &o.,
. i . i i . ir
a"'1 near 10 a gooa maiKci. iie was
told that he could not live upon it, and
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! might as well throw awav his labor in ma-
C
! k"!I1g tl,e attempt. II
said it appeared to
, h naturally good, strong land, I cing a
' - clay loam, tmt that it had been
j skimmed over with one yoke of oxen until
! nothing more could be gotten from it, and
. , ,i
' as regarded wortuless. but he put on
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u'c ll--""i j ul r"'"i-u ,l "
luetics deep, and ii:s nrst v. iieat crop aver-, Josi jiU I. 1'owuall, Georsro v Int.-on,
aged him twenty-seven bushels to the acre; John Kowlaud, 1'. O.-borue 1'are, Lewis
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anil he remarked to us that Im never LaJ
a poor crop upon the farm.
Vir. Mr l.ii,iN r.m. tlm m-Mt wheat
; b
grower f Oakland county, comuanced his
' S" dV ing, fifteen years ago,
' t l.r nV'AM'V ft Ins vvneat f-rntl na lei-n
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! ,uore llouL1 wl,at il was lt, a-;
I 0110 year with auother, through the;
i w hole time.
I'lixing Soils.
" Some nine or ten year ago, in the early
,,,rt .,f ,nv f:,r.ino- " I h.l oee.Kion to '
a ;t.u about,is or eigut feot. The
i , ..n , was a i,,0 ,.i,v.
j . t . u (o cut j ,to lau Jld
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-j tlieVefl tlie man wCS had char-o
of lie farm was at a loss to know where
t0 deposit it. Having a bare sandy knoll
in one of the fields, which was not im.tly
termed " personal property," from its being
waft;J aoout ,y cvcry breeze, here to-day
anj fl1(.re to-morrow, it occurred in me
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there in heaps, the same as if manure,
(This was in the summer. In the fall the
. i
I lumps were scattered over the surface and
left to the action of the rain and frost,
Ir, the spring it was found to have broken
Jwn crumbled and slaked like lime.
'iVse heaps were reduced ' and the clay
evenly fpread over the surface. The field
rcccived a coat of mauuro, was plowed,
an,j sown cats and peas, i hat where
jthe clay was aj.plicd, produced the I?rsest
laud more vigorous growth, of any other
part of the Held. In the l.ul it was sown
with rye, and seeded tVni with timothy
aud clover. Ihe rye as well as the clover
was much more vigorous aud heavier ou
that, than any other part of the field. In
fact, the person who occupied the farm af-
ter I left it, informed me that he lost his
crop of grass on that part iu coiisequci.ci
of its lodging. Thus the personal was
made real or fast property, and remains so '
to the present day.
"Having e-Apeiieueeu suea i.eiie.ie.ai
effects from mixing day with sand, I was
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afterwards induced to try what effect sand
would have on a rather retentive soil.
The ip.rdeu at Three Iliils Farm, is a stiff
clay loam resting ou a strong tenacious clay
sub-soil, rather hie-liuing to moisture. The
se-cond year alter I purc-liust d and t; o.i
horse cart loads of sand to be put in the
garden, and the effect is still visible al
though the saud has disappeared." 1'H.
(MiiX. i
'1 he above is judicious treatment wlicre ':
require I, but in many fields the sub-soil '
Contains the amendment ; thus sands often . " ll:i0n tlJ withdraw as an independent can
rest clays, and then deeper plowing tit t ' didate for J udge. o go as the J udge
only fu.-ui.-hos the necessary amcud.aent. t'liirks he's got as good a right t j be bcut
but at the fame time deepens the soil as anybody else. Luiisloicn Gaulle.
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The Panama So.r of August 10th, says
that the IIritis,L Steamer New Grenada
had arrived that morning from the South
American coast, with SS.tiOO.OOO in silver
I.i. Minn ! This ia o, ... ,1 f.. Mill l till l .Ic :
w... - -..tut. ... u .' , i i.- i ; u ti 1 1 .
i, ,,.,,1.1 t T. , ,.,i i
m wi-iehr. or OU tr.r.4 I 1-t w ,i.i .t.I-.l.lA
that such an amount should bo ready to
come forward at one time, or that shippers
would risk so much in one bottom. It 'h
probab'w t'ut there is an error in the types
of the Star and the total amosnt perhaps!
.kouhl read S00,000. 1
The Christiana Outrage.
The following is the finding of the Cor-
oner's Jury :
Lancaster county, m. An inquisition
indented taken at Sadsbury Gap, in the
county of Lancaster, the 1 1th day of Sep-
J" ?6' r
1- 1 ownall, Lsq., for the county of Lan-
castcr upou lbe view of the body of a man
then and there lying dead, supposed to be
Edward Gorsuoh, of Baltimore eounty,Md.,
upon the affirmation of George Whitson,
JoLu Upland, Osborne Dare.Hiram Keu-
nard, Samuel Miller, Lewis Conper.tieorge
i- .,' L- L ti i n ' ir
1-irth, llliam kuott, John Llhs, illiam
.MUiuouse, Joseph Kichwiue and Miller
Kuott, good and lawful men of the county
luatiun, tLat ()n tLe morning of the 11th I
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instant, me iieignooruooei was turonu into i
an excitement by the above deceased, and
some five or six persons in company with !
hiln m:,kinS an.!tack. t-Mmly ot
colored persons, living in said Gap, near:
th() ab(t 4 m tue
,noring, for the purpose of arresting some !
fugitive slaves, as they alleged. Many of
the colored people of their neighborhood
collected, and there was considerable tiring;
P" OUR.r " V I
"l'ou the arrival of some oi the neighbors .
.(J tbe aftt.r ,hc ri((t ,ia(, sujsillei) .
fun, tue ai1)Ve deceased lying upou his j
back or right side, dead. Upon a post
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mmrai uauuu.Mi v. mv. umuj u.
sail1 deceased, mad
by lrs. TatteiS in i
aim .'luiwii, in out rier-eiiee, e ueiiv-.v
, , , '. , ., . , :
.n ..nTnn ii liw tii.!llli he irllll Ktliir U'llliriflS !
.... i m 1...1: i
ti.at uo received in the above mentioned!
rjtS) caused by some person or persons to
us unknown.
Iu witne.-i whereof, as well the afore-j
said Ju.-tiee as tLe Jurors aforesaid, have :
lit 1111.-3 11KM1I--II "H
. j 1 auJ a
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to this inquisition put their seals, on the
at the place first above
meut.oned.
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j ZTil KuufT ifm 11
" Uca- lUlU -1,Ucr iVUt'"' m' "'
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.Millhouse.
Harvest in England and France,
. A I.nnilLti It.ttnr fit I'.lth i: t in 1 ii
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York Cnmmereial, says
Favorable weather for the harvest still
continues and the yield of the new wheat
brouirht to market turns out thus far to be
"1U( h "ticr tIl:l" ,Tas 1 'e
r,T,,r,s ""'reover of the potato in Ire.aud
-r.her extension of the Wight
The estimates of an average supply of food I
this year arc therefore likely to be well j
''"rue out. As the peno.1 approaches wheu
u.l mu oe "piaecu Vevo.iu uoum,
uic gram marKct snows increasing weak-! p,g " system. It commenced in the
ness. A further decline of Is. per quar-! , South, where a large proportion of the
ter in wheat took place yesterday. From j "JCUr people" arc too ignorant to receive
France the accounts mention that the grain , uli,jhtt:nmi nt through the patriotic- 7X'J
crops will all be secured within the course j village ".Suus" and "Intelligencers," inas
of a fe .- days ; and that the fjuality is su- j u,ucb as they can't read. Oral com muni-
t.t.fW.r nl(l. ...... I. nj -.I... .l.
!"-" """""c" "" piainujr me ,
r'Tnrt is ,1"t -B0 favorable. Nevertheless, j
""tc as wen as m r.ngiand, an average is ,
n'lkJ "l'on cxe'Tt S0,",J ,,f t!l ortli
. . . .
J'asK"r" uisiru-is, wnere Heavy nnseliiet ,
"as been caused by bad weather and mun-
J111'"113-
Ml.ncT, fvpt. 17.
An old resident of this place, bv the
ame 0f janlf.9 Fowler, was shot yesterday
af,t.iooii, either by accident or otherwise, .;
about. 4 o'clock, the contents of a pistol.'
Thicli was loaded wi:h shot, taking effect j
i th? upper part of the temple, and which ;
wa3 sa:j f0 Live been in the hands
(,f 3jr. al.s0 a resident of;
this place. was arrested, and an
investigation held this morning, before
JUPtice Schuyler, but nothing was elicited
t0 warrant his commitment. He has been
; however, until to-morrow morning,
when a further investigation will be made.
Fowler is still living, but iu a very critical
situation.
r.-TT
Mw vnriK.Senr. I.i I hn hn.r Zti.
r-- 0 ,
Captain Johnson, which recently sailed
Lclice f,,r Cuh returnciHhis morning, in !
cquence of the refusal of part of the i
- to do duty. The mutineers have
cnn
crcw
l'op arrested and brought ashore by the
Cnited States Marshal.
i lie vjn;o, lor e nagres, iook oui me large
Major General Scott returned to Wash-j
ington on Saturday evening, from his visit '
. VW v.-" it- i i.i I
to the Virginia Spnnrs. Ins health, we 1
, i "7 , i ' i ii i
:.re glad to learn, derived much benefit
c ... f . e A, . i
from the rise of the waters of the v lute
r. . . . . l..- .
Snh.hi'f-- fi!irn.'r even th' sliort tune to
which his official dutie3
limit himself.
oblirred him to
fi?It is rumored that a d -legation
fro-M Union comity lately vis'ted Lewis-
f"w" f'jr the purpose of inducing Judge
EST Gov. Johnston addressed a Mass
Meeting on Independence Square, Philad. ;
" ..londay night last
Pittsburg at last dates.
XSiJ The excessive heat of last week was
, f. . .
fatal to five or six persous in one day m
i Xcw York city. We have need of fires in
I offices, this week.
sea, The barn of John Watson in Wat-
toutwu, four miles above Milton,was struck
by lightning and consumed, on Saturday
afteruoou last.
H. 0. HICKOK, Editor. O. N. WOHDEM, Printer.
At$1.50 cai.h in jTnw, $t."5 in tlirw reonthft. paid
withiu the jer, and $-.Ml at the eutl of the yrar.
AinU in I'uilailelpbia V B lalincr and t W Carr.
L,etcisbnrgr, i'a.
tDfbitcoIian lUornin, Gcpt. 17, 1831.
A DVXRTIZE ! Exwutnrs. Afhuinistn.tnri.
I'ul.lir
n
o:lii-r. City and I'nuntrY Merfliantt. ManufHClurrr.
MTb;iiiirM. Ilii.-tii-f4 M.-u till wbo wh li tni.-ui- or Ut
dipit-'i- of miytliinK woultl do wi-II l Kitt- notic of the
SMur tlinm.'h llie Lrwtstturii I ''m-nidr." '1'lni' uip'r ha
a tMid ami im-n-:uiiliK rin-ulatiin in a r.Rituiiutl conlai
nui. as lari.- a tniKrt:iin or ai-tivt-. wrlvrut i'rudiia.T,
coiijiumiT... and di-aU-rs. ai any olhvr in thi' StaU;.
:m rati: Htnte Xoniiiiotiiitm.
For fi.rrrn.tr WI l.l.l AM l'.Uil.KIt, of Cliarficl.l Co.
for tUn.il 0.mmiti..H. r Si.TI! CI.OVFI1, of Clarion.
Knr - JOIIV 11. OIHS 'N. of 'uml-rland t'o.
Ju.lK-n f H Al.TKi: II. I.0VW.I r. r AllivlH-ny.
..f Hi V JKKKMIAII S. lll.M K. or N.nier. t-
Sili n lim I hi. I. IS l.FH IS. of l.:il:. nHi-r.
i hl.l.lS
J JA.MIOS
Court
L'A.lll'HKI.I.. of I'lillad.l hia.
Wliii filitti' t,m innfinns.
F .r lIwmcT-WM. F. JoI!N.-TO. of ArmstmiiR To.
ForCinalCommUaloiitT JollS sTltoIIM,ofl.nnc:iittt-r
For v liK'lUKIM-OI tTKR.of VVratninrrlnnd Vo.
Jul'is OK l,'OK CIIVVHKUS.of Krniiklin I'o.
oftho V WM. M. .MDKr Dilll. of llii!:id'l'liia.
Court J WM.
Siii.;h-!U'- t .1' isn I. A i. itftn.i.oi ..n.ntour.
. J1SLT, of suiui-bauna.
Wlti'J Distrirf Siittiitiatfnns.
For S!nt- 5. u:ttor (V-l. KM SI.IFl.li. of I nif.ri county
For ln--nt:itiT. W.M. SII.WIoN. K.l.. of JuninU
For I'p - .Ivtit Judiii linn. JOSt.I'll CASKV, of I nion
For A.MM-UU-Jud SOI.OM in K.M.I. K. l..of ll. a. r
,(o JAM IAi:SII.VI.Uot W.O.-.T
F-r R.-S. Kk'. ( IlKISTIAN I;i:KVMAN,of N 11 rlin
For Coiiitui.-sionrr MMoN K. IIKKKOI.D. of Chu muu
For lr..-:inir r J.VI'OII M ATCH, of New Il.-rlin
For .WU or Fiil.lii .1:11 K ll'il.i Mil.K, of N. U.rUu
do JtjilS .-Mllll, of llartu-y.
Ill i It Jr n tit lit ( ' l ti tfit ! I tf.fi.
l or I! ir. li it. c Jl. II. TAli'JAItT. of Buifiloe
Fir l'iiniui;.-ioncT l.fll.N Tlt'iXi.I.. of ll.uv.-r.
For Trcjunr U.'.!:Y 1). JIAUii, of Ni li r:iu.
To tin: Intl. ju n.tt ut Yttti is i if Union i 't.iii.j.
Mb. JOHN TK OX EI., of Modi's Vail, y,
Ut-uM-r 'l'ovMishii. has coiiM-Ktrd in run s mi
In'.lcfieiuU-ni (.'uiiilijjtu lot ('ttuiitiCtitiiiiiisitiimcr
o! I ni. li cnuii:y. ir-i-t j-le
' . i t- . r n .
1(),lle K'rs oi Uliimi touiliy.
I f '
cii-l.tti.Mi ruli.U'r
! Inr :be . lii.-e of COL'M'IY 'A' t'.lM'A' .' at
ihc lifxt fii'ciioh. Sliouttl I ! ho lo lun.ito :is
j to ..cure inajo i:y ui uur .iiw, i .i.h:e
ntv.iol li. ili-i-roii nf lilt. .loliPii ill I Ho aiil airrii
r J -
lailhtuliy and to the hot nl my u!-i!itv.
HE.MiV u .MAizr:.
X. w Berlin, Soi.t. I, IS.il t. (i.l
UrsNtcr & Krorrir. v rc .iu
iliorind l.t aunounre Mr. M. II. TAtiCAK I'. ol
j C.UiJ-.. lor K..Ri & Recorder of I ,
j coumy at the coming .l.ct.o.i. tTl 2-t
hi.il Uullul.ie J ownrtlil', h an liid. iirnilrnl
n ion
J-- T c ,
;
"L..
c-t )nr Democratic correspondei
ls maxen as to tne origin ol the '
nt Clio
stum-
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canon was tne only mode ol lnllueneing
that class. With them it was spread over
the est, but even there we believe is
giving away before the influence of the
ecliool-master aud the printing-press.
Will some correspondent give us his
opinion of the system of writing political
"Letters?"
iuSfThc political meetings at New I5er
liu yesterday, we learn, were well attended,
and quite satisfactory to all coucerncd
The Whirr (,rrai,,,l ;,i !..,. .. .1...
County Offices, Hubert 11. Laird, President;
aud were addressed by Col. Lli Kiifer
'Charles Merrill, LW, and James Aiken.
They theu a.iiourucd to the Court House.
' where Andrew Ci. Curtin, L.-.p, spoke at
some length and with great force and effect,
, mainly oil the l'resideutial aspect of the
Governor's election.
j The Democrats assembled in the Court
House, Isaac .Sleuker, Esq., in the chair,
! and were addressed by Capt. Hummel and
j Hon. Geo. W. Woodward. Jud.c Wood-
ward's speech was full v coital to his edited
1 J 1
reputation. His jriucipal point was the
" Union" question (aud we believe all
C0,iCUr fpiuiun that if the Cniou
h"U'd hu " bubtoJ "I1" l' ,Le
ot (jov. Johnston and the noii-rcpcal of
Gov. Chunk's Auti-Siavery Law, Judge
Woodward has shaken himself from all re
sjioasibility in the matter.) The meeting
then adjourned to the stand in front of the
County Oiiiees, and was addressed by H.
C. Hickok and It. 1). IJarber, F.-qs.
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JRe-.'Iessrs. Kunkle and Ki linger failed
. .
to meet their eugagemeiits in Uuiou Co.,
. f '
in consequence of other matters (of which
v
ll.o.. It ...i 1 ..1.1 1 .! i .
t.t. ii.' n. iiMn.ue ii ueu mev iiouie
their iij.poiiitmeut) claiming j.rior notice.
We believe they had no intention of de
ceiving tLe people by false expectations.
Gov. Johnston is announced to speak
; at Panville on Tuesday the :Jd inst. lie
speaks iu the evening of the same day at
Northumberland. Ou the 25th iust. at
Wuomlield, Perry county, and on the eve
ning of the same day at Miitiiutowu, .Juni
ata county. On the 1:0th he will speak at
Lewistown, and in the evening at Ilun-
tingduu ; and at Uellefoiite, ou the i9th
sV3TGcn. Quitman, the 'Secession' can
didate for Governor of Mississippi, finding
it too laborious a farce to keep up until
election da, has backed square out of the
field. The most rampant slave-holders
would not destroy the Union, even if they
coiild.
The Pennsylvania State Agricultural
Society has fixed upon the 20th, 30th and
3 1st of Oetubyr for tm?ir ejhibitien day.
LThero have been so many colored !
Dcreons kidnaPDed, without a shadow of
laworriht, along the borders of Uel- me jounston v.iuo oy .6
aware and Man land, th.-t they have and Charles Merrill, Esq. on Saturday eve
nrn,,l tlinn. -elv! for self-defence. A niog.
.1 il ,.tt.t .n..k ..laee in that rcsrion !
"
last week, respceiintr which accounta are
as different as they were for a time from
Havana. It is agreed, however, that the
leader of the assailing party and one or
two of the assailed were shot dead, while j
others of each party were more or j
injured. It is alledged on me one siue , gubscriutioa of abaut 10,000 was rc
that it was a legal demand for fugitives portt.j
jtrom laDor; on me omer, mat .
, lawless, kidnapping attacK. several o.
j those engaged in tbe defence nave oeeu ,
' arrested, aud will be tried according to ,
law, when alt the faets will doubtless ap- j
pear. W e give, in a precouiug eoiumu,
! all the faets officially promulgated the
I lleport of the Jury of luijust.
Of course, the " liberty"-loving gents
1 who have for a year or two been deluding
thoughtless young Americans iuto an open
! violation of .National law aud treaties, by
! a piratical assault upon Cuba, aud murder
I ing unoffending men, women aud children
; there -sink characters are very mouiuful
i ly-disposed at this collision; and think "the
j l uiou " can hardly stand it '. Tor our
; stives, we have no doubt Law will decide
I the iuestioii, aud the blacks will be sulS
1 eieutly punished, if guilty. Whether the
whites, if guilty, will be puuL-hed, is not
so sure, but we hope so. l'iraey on the
hijji seas, and kidnapping on laud, are
kindred crimes, and crimes most odious ;
and every throb of humanity aud philan
thropy as well as justiee,iuuat be for liiose,
(of whatever nation or nligionj who have
the courage and the uimiliiii s to defend,
at whatever cost or bazar J, the last safe
guard of man his home an 1 his Ihe-.-iue.
i)r A wretch named Ginn, on the t:h
iut., near Newark, Hcluware, ! i t hi
wife and cliiid, in a lit of rage, and then
I his brother-iu-1; vv, and finally escaped.
There are no National or State l'roclama- j
Hons, offering a reward for linn, or armies
despatched in his pursuit, as his victims
were only p'HT, common people, and not
slave-holders. A Gov. Johnston is re
ceiving credit for the Christiana outrage
from some of the 1 cmucrats, the Whig
may possibly charge' the Newark tragedy
to Col. Higler oue with as much sense as
the other.
JPS-Anniial Meeting of the Telegraph
Company at F'auville yesterday, resulted
I., itic l.wlc e.r
Ir. A. C. Goell, President.
T. O. Van Allen, Treasurer.
(i. M. I-slie, Secretary.
Pircctors J. W. Fno, Luzerne Co.;
L. 15. Utijiert, Gnluinbia; M. C. Grier,
Montour ; A. 11. Ka.i, Njurth'd ; Thos.
Hayes, I'nion ; Jacob Cook, Lyeoming ;
M. C. Grier, (icncral Superintendent, by
appointment of the President.
B!B..Thc trial in Bradford county of Mo
ses Brauihall for the murder of his wife
while he was in a drunken fit, resulted in
his conviction f or murderjn the second
degree. Sentenced to the Penitentiary
for twelve years.
True bills for murder were found against
three other persons by the recent court,
sitting at Towamlrf.
C3It is currently reported that Major
Jack Cuinmings has been deputed to
make a pilgrimage to the Whig Mecca
old Anti-Masonic Beaver aud to solicit
the Chairman of the Whig State Central
Committee to ''come out" as the Democrat
candidate for the State Senate ! I ! There
may be no truth iu this rumor, but it is
believed. There are many true friends ef
Mr. Middleswartb, who ardently hope he
will not permit himself (as Mr. Haas did
two years ago) to be used by dissembling
opponents (,f himself and Gov. Johnston,
aud thereby injure the cause he has so long
upheld, and repay with ingratitude those
who have sustained him through so many
.. , ri i ..!.
contests when fairly on his party ticket.
Besides, in the I'nion County Whig Con
vention of 5th August, IS.jO
"flon..KU.fll.l.!.KsVARTIl,ot Leaver, !our Must aUll j,ul.C5t lneu tV,u the pusst
was named as a candidate for Congress- j lait ofscrviu, tUeir country in hih sta
when that gentleman appeared before the ' . . . ,. , - ,
Convention and positively dectned the I tl01,s of Vuhhc ,rust' lt w uo
proffered honor, on account of the precari- J truu ti m wt glfti;J un,ilto "Ie:lii
ous state of the Iron interest in which he cr, always makes the shrewdest and souud
Was deeply interested, and which under the ; est statesman. Urilliane-y of imagination
existing laws required his most untiring . au j fluency of language, are not the csseu-
existing laws icquiie.i ins iiiosi uiuuing
and economical personal attention to stis-
.... ' - .... , , ...
tain. At the age ot 00, he deemed him-
self excusable for paving his fust attention
to his private duties.''
So reads the record. It is absolutely 4
ecrtaiu tlititMr.Middleswarth is no ijoumjor
now than he was then and also that the
Iron interest is in no h tfer condition now
than it was then aud it is self-evident
that he could do more to advance that
interest, in the National Legislature, liian
. . c. . . f . . ii. i' i
i in tilt; itate cetiate. .ur. .inm.csw:irtu
is in honor bound by his own acts to abide
by the decision of the Whig Conference,
J , . . . f, . tt , .
and to Eustain Col. Miter. Under such
ULU
disadvantageous circumstances, a canvass
against a popular and capable opponent,
could hardly be productive of pleasure or
profit. iiemembcr i.jO :
Official Ettcriox Ritc U3G.
1't.it.n. JuitiaUu MijWn. TJal.
Vearick 1406 653 918 2U77
V.iJdlesrth 1103 4tM CSO 2217
Majoiity ginst Altddleswaith )30
The Danville Democrat says, ''Five
1 or iris Polish and Hungarian exiles started
from this place on last luesday for Cuba,
j as they said. Rather too late for a chauce
to gel their-nrxka broke."
3The Bigler Club was addressed by
Mr. J. Randolph, Friday evening;
and
Mr. J. 31. Linn to address the next
.. . ,, .
mecung ot tue i..gier
And J. 1).
Wallace, V m. Jones, Lsq. aud tol. L.
.Slifer, the Johnston Club, one week from
, next Saturday eveniug.
T1)e jrot(.i met;ng stands adjourn-
cj to gatUrday evening of this week. A
For th. L.wi.bors Chronicle.
"Stumping it," as it is called, has come
iutQ among th(j poiit;cian:i 0f
our u a Wl.steru custoln anj
fpim Jam, of
ing made great improvements upon the leg
islation and political machinery of the old
er States. And u av it is fust coming to
be here, as it is tin-re, that every aspirant
to office, from a Governor to a Constable,
must turn out and take the stump, and he
who is unable to get up aud make a speech,
is politically damned.
This is an age of light and information,
and society is getting wonderfully astute iu
its observation of men and things. The
old iuquiries respecting a caudidute, l'l
he honest? Is he comjeteiit are be
coming antiquated and stale, and the indi
vidual who presumes to make tln tn, is hon
ored with the appellation of "Old Hunk
er," and told, as a salvo to this, that he is
behind the age. The inquiry moi com
monly made now-a-days, in political circles,
is, What lias he got to say and if on
ly Maj. this, or Col. that, or Hon. some-body-clse,
can u?j,ti.t" eloquently, he is
the niau f.r the times.
Thus you see 31 r. K litor, that has, like
steam t.iid lightnii'g. is finding its way in
to even thing, and that vihile men employ
mi-: k'u.l t enlighten their "physical cor
poreities," some require another to illumi
nate their understandings.
But, seriously, we look upon this practice
as p ruicious, and fraught with more evil
than good. To
that it is to enlighten
the people1, is only a rii.; to catch the un
wary, and is certainly but a left-handed
compliment tothe intelligence of the masses.
And, pray, e-au our good people obtain in
formation in no oih.-r way? The fact is,
community are already pretty we'll in
formed, aud all they desire to know, is not
what they ntii.-t do, but what the candi
dates propose to do. And is it necessary,
in oriler to give this desired information,
that these gents should go a-tiltiug over the
State, disturbing the quietude of every
village iu the Commonwealth andall this,
(as a wag at our elbow hints,) to convince
the public that the salvation of the Union
depends upon their election ? Why there
is the political press, gentlemen, as numer
ous as the Sib) 1 leaves of ancient story ;
use that as' those before you have done. " A
communication, from a prominent candi
date', addressed to one of the leading organs
of either of the two great parties, would
reappear upon the pages of every junior
orgau in the State, at its next issue, set
of! iu all the magic of big type, indices.
and'.elaiuatiou points!
Iudjcd, some of these stump or rather
store-box orators, instead of teaching the
people, had need themselves to be taught,
"first principles," and learu that truth, and
uot the dollar power, can aloue inspire true
eloquence. It must assuredly be vey hu
miliating to an independent aud honora
ble man, to be obliged to come forward aud
advocate his own election but, we had
forgotten to recollect that excessive mod
esty is by no means a prevailing sin among
politicians '. Still, would it not look more
befitting at least, in some of our More dis
tinguished n.? n, w!i"-e names are already
as familiar as hou-Lj.d words, to remain
at home or at their posts of duty, and leave
I to their respective friecds the pleasing
... 1- . r ..!..: i. . ......
iusa, U4 uii;iij - men eiaiuis upou tue l.uu-
y ., c 11
Put the most serious objection to this
new custom, is that it will debar some of
, au j ;lu lR.y ol language, are
' .,,.:, ,,; . .,
tial qualifications of a great
.
all,rn Lls :.r;K.,cr, an.
ruler. These
aud as such are
not 10 Le eiespi.-eibat what we desire most,
iu the hclinsinaii of the ship cf state, is the
"quiekuess to perceive aud the prompt-
ness to act." lt is equally incorrect to
suppose that the most successful pleader al- j
ways makes the best judge. And is this
the age in which solidity of judgment and j
. sterling integrity are to be elbowed out of!
.t. . . . i r .i. . . '
me aieua to maim way tor me pompous
auJ tlie sll0W' Heaven deliver us from ;
such I,rSre8f lf P" is H
come the rule, many men, whoso conine-:
ii . . n . .
. teu;y we would uot lor a inomeut, call into
question, but to whom nature has denied !
the gift of tongues, may be compelled to !
i rcmaiii in obscurity, and their talents aud
i their influence for good, be for ever lost to
their country.
While we entertain a very high opinion
of the distinguished abilities aud moral
worth of the two candidates for the guber
natorial chair, yet we must demur as to
the propriety of the course they have ta
ken in stumping it through the State ; and
we would couclude by expressing the sin
cere desire that their example may not be
come a precedent to be followed hereafter.
CLIO.
BLOOMSBCflO, Sept. ltj.
The Whig Convention for Columbia,
cotintj met here to-day, and appointed F.
Stewart and Jacob Melick Judicial e,ja.
ferees. No other nominations were made.
The conferees from Columbia and 3Ion.
tour afterwards met aud unanimously vy
ruinated Jonas Hay man as the Whig can.,
didate for Assembly.
Mr. Hay man, we believe, is a Bloom.
uurg man.j
The steamer WinfieW Scott, arri
ved at New York Friday afternoon, from
New Orleans. She took on board, offKey
West, .Mr. Philip S. Van Veehtea, who
was a Lieut, in the Cuban expedition un
der Lopez.
He was released from prison and par
doned through the intercoiou 0f ljuptaia
Piatt, of the U- S. sloop Albany.
3Ir. Van V. will give to the public a
full aecouut of the expedition, and tiie
means used at New Orleans io induct joung
men to join the Lopez party. Hc was0tl9
of the 4"0 who went from New OrlcaUS ia
the steamer Pampero.
The Wiiiticld Scott brings about SiiOtJ,
UUO in specie.
Iok iN Hrlllii; Ink.
. rr .ij.o..,d in i t mo. i, ,,i I' ulfi. ., in
the liu ali' -- ol the term. brtlirr in
111 oolictf oi a b -k. or a .ydiing el-e. v.e h'.v
' a r ru:;iiioc- - wr it i lol-. lie. ..Jjiatio i, ol
to ittoin.iieioJ it hi any aiay at all, unit's. e
b .neoy t.r.ieve it worthy ol uvor.
j Wt li.ive a.i n la m-ii.-J nu-ve9 with a kpg
; of Iltcer'n iiuck Writti.z Ink. and rtben we gay
that lu. i not lae fir-t or lbe des.mj dj. tli u
I been orocarcii iroji Mi llovvr. llie arta-le injv be
; cjiisi.ler.-d a- t.eiu end iretl "ijtd'' by u-, oilitr
wi.-e we should not have continued Us u-e these
aix or seven years pat. Others miy hje their
I (in' ft rencc j iu favor of different m inu'actures, anj
: we are quite mlliog that Ibry enjoy tboM (t'Ptr
j en. e (-;i.e an J except those ot our eurrrtpttntjen!,
( who fcoaieriuifs impose that loathsome 11 .f -'x?t
' u.on us wliich i not lii to ue Useil); lor our .n
I part, we continue the manufacture ol Mi. II
! whose ink is not only clear anil b!ac, :u:
not c!-4 aul conglomerate our pen, so r.? o I.. -
! wise good ink do. German litfurimd Mi -a,,.
g
;'rr, Chambersbur", 1'a.
(Jot r eeled ttia lJuij.
V heal
1 0i" 5
....su
50
30
...100
...10
...m
8
....19
... li
...Ki
3
l.ye
'..'orn . . . . ,
Jits
Flax seed .
Kried Ap.
15ullei . . .
fcgiis
Tallow . .
Lard
I l.nn
Bjcoii . . . .
B.FETROLEUM, or ROCK OIL. a natural in.'j
pr j.-ur.tl troiu a well iu Alli-ghenT I'o. Pa. 4m f.-t ; .
llie earllf .urta.-.. ia put U. hr s. M. K I KR. r-ituLur- ia
111-t.tti.-jui.l -u flow truui tla- w. ll without lm.l:i:r.
of an. kin.l. VV Iwn takes aonliai; to tin- ilir rli as. I
will rur.. rains sn.l . n::ir.-. m. ut. iu tls- holier an-l ;.nntr(
l...t.l.e. Hi Ion. KrvMlas e,ui.ies on the f-. T-tir.
scai.i h. a I. Kidc womi. auJ tli- .iriou Skm .1 wx-n : I
liati-un-i nu.n. rou-r-esof K Vuuiatisia. .Vnra
Xr. : M-o-nil ra-. of Kheumatl.-lu of ver-- lau lou
oe n .-:i;:r iv rurea. is e AJrertit-m.-nt in auoi
.tiir ;.-
01 mi? i-ii-r ; 1;si.-o,1J
-IHI-a aaw-iiu. aj
JaJiJiiiiADS3
On the 4 h inst. iy Ktv. 1". VV iliar.l, W. H.
IlsKit and Sum I'oaitLies, both ol lawo
county.
In Milton. 9ih inst., bj Re E. M Lon Virr
E. f'L.TriiEa and Min VUi E. U..m.iatHi.
Ixnh ol .NoriiiuiuiierUnd county. Also by Jjcob
WlierUml. Ei., llevm it i.witi anj .Vlisa
C'ArHtitixn Bjiitu, both ot Cailii-4iauue Tu.
On the 1 1th mat. by Ke. J. f-'rauie. L)!iiii
Voiiis ol .Noohuiuberlan.liuid Miss C HLorr
Hn iimiis of Danville.
DEATHS.
Ia I.ewisbur;, 1 1th iust. titoa.-l i!.. ton of
Wilhain and !uaii Ikllinin ai;.-.! 2 months aJ
19 days, tin Ihe l'ith msi. Vl.nni. tl.iujk-
' ter ot itilfih auJ SUsan Untv. ag- d 6 we. k-. t'u
the lltll lii..., William ('.son ol .u'u?luaiii
Kebecca lougbton, ageti 1 yejr aoi i aioutiis.
Ia Uutf.iloc, 11th inst , vv ill. i l.tvii.rj
70 years. On lbe 10th lost. Amu daughter of
Daniel and Utiiiuab KJUlajio, aot.ut il
years.
In .Northumberland, 2d ut the Wite of Isaac
Harper. On the 19th, a Clnld ol Henry Elslon.
On the 20lb, aged abvut 4 years, JosErii. son of
Dr. Joseph Priestly. On lbe 23d, a Child of
Charles Ujrnhart. On the 27th. aged about 50
years, Mr. E iHi!iso. On Ihe 31st, Infant
of Samuel Ellel. On the 4 lb, in.-L Alliso.i .
itiiant aon ul Wni. Oeiger.
In -Milton, otb inst, FcanAH Shit.i, g'a
about -0 v rars.
In Itu.-n I . -. . id '.I C ., 2Sib ult. ia hi 75lh
year, Mr. J..u.t llcusii
GOAL.
OW on band ana ieceiiii attge- lot ot
e o4i, C 'tiifis.u tne toll .wtn qualities a
saui..V..ue'ovl L in:p.d,liT aintowo,$J iO
UroRcu, du
i nil
do
.Nut do
I rn. 1. ...
VViikes-lCirrw. Ua.i. ik d .ul do
do a.io oUivr kiuils.
-ine Von ol iron .-u. b as
T. re, ..l i real. r lb. llano, and Hoop Iron, " rr lh
oal 4 do Horse sh.iuars . do
IjOrnl ;t do .sail Hods 4', do
or j.r OI1. for au as,r;m..ut of d.iTfp.nt kinds.)
il.ius stivl, I.' a cts . r lb. Couutry St. el. ' i rts -r IN
Call ut iny bijck.-tuiih shopou ,oiih Third)
btreel. A. AMMO.NS.
Lei.btrg. Seju. 17, 1851
I'u lii ic Vendue !
l?'rILI. ! sold in the Borough of I.ewi.-.
' al the bouse uf Mr. Jail Killt d.
on fvVf'l KDAV the ailh Sept. 1361, the -:
lowiiiu personal property, to wit :
1 Wood Move and 1'ipe, Bureaus, Beddi. -Itedsteads
and B. da. Tables, Chairs, l.ooki. it
Glasaea and Clock, Caipetiag, CjuiiLs, Coeoi-.
Ulankel. Jsc, together with numerous oiiiei
armies of liouseholJ and Kitchen J-'urnitute,
couiprrsing a general assortment which lima
aud place, ihe couditiou of aale will b made
known.
Also at tbe aa.ne time, the
HOUSIS AND LOT
will be put op for Ie. The bow i J00
The lol ia twenty-one (21)
feet fioul aud one hundred anil aiM (lt) l't
d.ep. .huate on North Third alieet a pit"'
aud deairable part of the town.
Sale to comuieuca at I o'clock, P. M.
H. P. SHEtlKK.