good apples have not been worth at leant twenty-five cents, which, for the small crop just tet down, would make the yearly net produot f 17 per acre, or more than two thirds the capital invested. With other fruits, the price is odea much big acr Good late pears, after transportation to great distances, sell in our cities at time to fire dollars per bushel. 8ingle tree, producing eight to twelve bushels each, have in a nunibr of instances afforded a profit of twenty or thirty dollars. Farm of a hundred acres are scarcely ever made to yield so much as a well managed single acre of such pear trues would produce. I)bep Soii. and Deep Roots. A working farmer 6ajs: ; have seen the1 roots of strawberries extend five feet down into a rkh deep soil, and those plant bore a crop of fruit five time, and twice as handsome and good as the common soil only ona foot djop." The average verti cal depth to which roots descend iuto well disintegrated toil, is thirty-four inches, and their length, as above stated, is often much greater ; but the horizontal travel is occasionally very gTeat, and gradually deepening to thirty-four inches. If a hill of corn be raited upon an artificial knoll, formed of well disintegrated soil, and when ripe, the top of the sulk be fastened to a gallows frame, and the earth be washed from the roots so as not to abrade them,' thv rw fnunA ti mnum fir and j a half feet in length, and many of them so fine as to be singly invisible to the naked eye; but alike the ultimate fibres of silk, wiicn several are conjoined, are easily observed. With these facts before us, who can doubt the necessity of deep ploughing ? X. E. Farmer. A Timelt PAKAGR.rH. The follow- ing beautiful passage, by Washington Irving, iu the ''Home IWk of the Pictur - esque, micht almost make a Aovcmhcri day cheerful : "And here let me siy a word in favor of those vieissitudes of our climate, which are too often made the subji-ct of exclusive . -,, repining. ii tuey annoy us occasionally , . , . , , - by changes from hot to cold, from wet to dry, they give us one of the most beauti ful sl i mat., in lha 1.1 Tlino iw'ivt us the brilliant sunshine, of the south of! Europe with the fresh verdure of the north. They flout our summer sky with clouds of gorgeous tints or fleecy white ness, and send down coolin-: showers to refresh the panting earth and keep it - ypT fluuiftllf tiS3f are.?!, poetical ; the sublimity and beauty. inter with ns has none of its proverbial gloom. It may have its bowling winds, and chilling frosts, and whirling snow storm ; but it has also its long intervals of cloudless sunshine, when the snow clad earth gives redoubled brightness to the day ; when at night the stars beam with inteusest lustre, or the moon floods tbe landscape with her most limpid radiance ; aud then the joy ous outbreak of our spring, bursting at oace into leaf and blossoms, redundant with vegetation, and vociferous with life ! and the splendors of our summer its morning voluptuousness and evening gWy its airy palaces of sun gilt clouds piled up in a deep mure sky , and its gusts of tempest of almost tropical grand eur, when the forked lightning and tbe bellowing thunder volley from the battle ments of heaven, and shake the sultry atmosphere and the sublime melancholy e-f our autumn, magnificent in its decay, withering down the pomp and pride of a woodland eountry, yet n fleeting back from its yellow forests the golden serenity of the sky, surely we may say that in our climate, 'the heavens decLre the glory of God, and the firmament showeth forth his handiwork, day UDto day uttereth speeeh. and niifht unto uight showeth knowl edge. '"J The Competency of Wit.nkssks. The question whether parties in iuterest should be excluded from th ; witness-stand is about to be brought before the Logisl lature of New York. That body, bavin the enlightened experieuoe of the English Courts to guile it, will doubtless rcmov the present disqualification which makes the parties who most necessarily have th best knowledge of the circumstances in volved in the issue, incompetent to testify to the facts. In tbe ordinary transactions of life, we take every man's representa tions of facts, no matter how much he may be interested, and give them their proper weight according to the degree of creJi biliry he is entitled to. The result is geu erally a correct judgment la Courls of law, where the witness is put to a searching investigation, and every word closely scru tinized, tbe credibility of the witness is much move readily established, and sue eessful perjury is rendered almost impossi ble. ADTERTIsrxe. The Boston Journal famishes a striking illustration of the benefits of libera! aud judicious advertising. I is from the cash bo k of S. S. Hough- son, a dry goods dealer in Boston. From Dec 17, 1851, to Jan. 12, 1852, his sales i bout advertising, were $4712 19r an average of $75 a day. At the end of that time, he coniuvenoad advertisings and up to the 7th of February, expended one hun dred dollars in making his business known through' the newspapers. At that time, Lis sales had reached $7000 00, an average oi 6oU4 a day. lucre is very attiej danger that nun will give up advertising. Chramrle .io..woKBBB.Ptiur. t. 2 H. O. HICKOK, Editor. 4t 11 M cash im advaace. witliin the ytar, ana $ir lae eaa 01 tue jrcsr. Aeu in Philadelphia V B Palmer and E W Car. Mjewlsburg, Pa. Wednesday, Maech 3, 1852. " Executors, Administrators, PmbHe o.wrs. aty ana country Mercbanus Maaumctufwrs, H'vUauic. Business Men all who wish to procure or notice of the uis paper has dt.piee of auvlliinjr would do well to rxvm saute through the ''Iswijmry Iforwucle." Tuis a sjod aud iucrsasiu circulation in a community contai ning as large a proportion of active, solvent producers, eousumr ra, aud dealers, as an T other in the State. USPenneTlrania Democratic State Oonvrntioo Uarrixburg, Thursday, tn March, 1842. ePennsylvania Whiz State CouTeotion - Ilarrisourx. IhunaUy, March 0,1852. 3Nati','nJ DemirrateOonventiin Baltimore, Tucuday. 1st June, 1S53. tsirThe ice is slowly melting in the west crancn, ana it is nopea may pass away without damage, lbe ice dam remains 6 Hoksk Deowned. Solomon "Walter, of Chilliiuaque, lost a valuable work horse, by drowning, last Friday. Ibe an - imal was upon the ice in the river, when it broke, and he fell in. 9V Evert one who owns a lot or land should ponder well the articles on Fruit culture. There is no product of ear,h mo healthy, pleasant, or profitable i than FBCIT. JMOW IS the time to VIMt Mr. Noll's nursery, and select varieties. Housi Robbery. The house of Mr. Charles Yoder of this Borough, having been accidently left unlocked on Sunday eve ning last, the front door was found swung open on Monday morning, and a valuable cloak of Mr. Yoder's, and a coat and vest of Mr. J. II. Peter's, were missing from ' the front room, where they had been laid ' the night previous. The Test was found j on the board walk afterwards, a pencil I (without the point) having been taken from it Two young men had been seen .1. ... t -L. . . I. - .1 , 1 . . . ' , ' and evening previous. Louncms about i , T , . . the streets has always a suspicious appcar- ance,and the law should beeuforced against such loafers. Housekeepers will after this naming be more sure thai their doors are fastened. Sruquehansa Railroad. A large number of the citixens of Lew isburg and vicinity met at the Town Hall on Mouday evening, March 1, 1952, wheu Col. L. B. CHRIST was appointed Pres Wordeic, Vice President and Thos. Hayes, Secretary. On motion, Maj. II. C. Hickok addressed the meeting on the importance, to this section of country, of the object which had convened them. On motion, tbe Chair appointed thi following gentlemen a committee to obtain rleaes of lands that might be required for the construction of a railroad along the West Brauoh through Union county vis. James F. Liun, Esq., John Oundy Esq., Maj. Wni. Frick, Wm. Wilson, (Kelly.) On motion, the Chair appointed a Com mittee of five to wait on the County Com missioners, and invite them to make a I subscription of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars for any Company which shall con- struct a Railroad along the proposed route, Committee Thos. Hayes, Win Frick, John Norton, James Kelly, O. N. Worden. Ou motion, Resolved, unanimously, That this meeting approve and endorse the pledges given by the Town Council of the , Borough of Lewisburg, of a conditional subscription tf Twenty to Seventy-five Thousand Dollars to the stock of the first Railroad Compauy that shall send the iron horse along our streets. On motion, the following gentlemen were nominated and appoiuted Delegates to the 13tb of Marcu rUuroaa uonveutiou in Baltimore : (Ion. Eli SMer, Wm. Cameron. Esq.. Geo. A Frick, Eq.,Jnine P. Ross, Petr Beaver, David Reher, William Frick, H. U. Hickok, Eq , David tiinter, G. F. Miller." Eiq., II. M. Musser. Eq , Michael F cinhorn, Isfinh VVhitlock, Charles Cnwley, II. W. Crotzer, Esq., John Gundy, tsq Joseph Shriner, Michael Brown, Peter Neviue, John Dalesman. Esq , Jannss F. Linn, Esq., Michael Hoffman, John Norton, Wm. K. Shriner, John Youngman, laac Eyer, Francis Wilsoo. Jo-eph Green l. W. Fries, C. D. Kline, 0. II. Cook, Jonathan W olfe, Henry Gibson, Joseph Musier, Win. Wilson, John H. Goodman, James Blair, Rev. Dr. H. M.lctxn, Joseph Meixell. Jacob Hummel I' Thomas Penny, James S. Marsh. Dr. Wm. Leiser, James Kelly, lenry I Iih, icob lVrr. John Irieflvndarer, John Walla. Resolved that the President of this meeting cause certificates of appointment to be printed, countersigned by him, and presented to those gentlemen nominated, or such other citisens as may attend the said Convention. Resoked that the Officers of this meeting be a Committee to call a General Railroad Convention sa noon after the Baltimore Convention as they may deem expedient Resolved that these proceedings be pub lished in all the papers of TJniea county friendly to the object in tiew. Adjourned. je. We bare n few more of those splen did.! Portraits of Washisotos, for sale at the Chronic le office; LEWISBUKG CHRONICjjVgEST MTlhera was bat on spirit ud one voice at the crowded Bailroad meeting on Mondav evening last This seotion of the county appears to be in earnest in bearing her .hare of . burden which to every clesr- seeing eye wiU return sueh rich rewards, we are wueDieu to w "6 W, trust other sections of the county will John S. Taybr, of Nw York. The tu be well represented by earnest Delegates, thor, Fwdk. Win. 8helton, i an Episcopal . , clergy man os Long Island, who, if hitherto law All persons appointed by any public uuknowL, can not long remain in obscurity ! meeting along the line, as Delegates to ' sUe loth March Baltimore Kailroaa lion- ! Tention, can have a free passage from , . . . n.u- ,J fc-.t, k. uwuauuig vaiuuvaw j j presenting the certificate of their appoint- menu signed by the President of the meeting. iAt the meeting in Philad. of the Directors of the Sunbury and Erie Rail- road, a subscription of $"200,000 was noti- ' fied from Erie eounty.which, with 8300,000 from tue Cit of Erie ljne makca taif m ! miou fron, Erie independent of individ - i uai snDscripuons. ! The citiiens of the Borough of Loek;ot an orderwun ntty cents, seut to .oun j ( Haven voted 102 to 8 in favor of a sub : scriplion ot 5-U,UUU oy that Uorough, ana oi s:uu,wu ny viinton county. f A .tf fiff a . a. I A public meeting in Williamsport last week, unanimously recommended a sub- scriptionof $200,000 by the Commissioners of Lycoming county. S.The Lycoming Democrat explains as follows the mode bv which Borough or ! County Officers take Stock in Railroads, j There is no probability that one dollar of tax would ever be levied to meet such a! subscription made by our Boro' Council" or County Commissioners : "The Commissioner, issue county bonds, to tbe amount of $200,000, bearing an annual interest of six per cent, to be paid j say ten years after date. These bonds must ' be met at maturity. Let us see how they are to be paid. The Railroad Company, on . ft. i. i . c.iaa receipt of these bonds, give in return $200,- 000 of stock, likewise bearing an aunuul interest of six per cent, which interest is guarantced until the completion of the road. Until then, not the slightest risk is incurred the stock interest meets the interest on the bonds. Well, when the road is completed, and fairly under way, what then ? No one doubts the ability of the road to earn six per cent, per annum for its stockholders ; while all are conver sant with railroad business freely concede that it will earn from 7 to 1? per cent per annum. If the earnings should reach 8 per cent. and the projectors of the read anticipate a much higher figure the stock would command a premium of thirty per cent long before tbe county bonds wnnldhornmedim- .nrlJn-iha nlaee of c l-uumj uouua; eighty-eight thousand by tbe t le transaction." eaFor some time past, a jealousy of Baltimore has so far influenced some usu ally sagacious business men in Philadel phia, as to induce them to argue for a route f jr the Sunbury & Erie Railroad which should yield np Pottsville for Tamaqua, violate their1 charter by avoiding Sunbury, and alienate the better portion of the West Branch country to propitiate the dwelltrs on Fishing Creek and Little Muncy ! ! If this course did not make the road muoh longer and more dangerous and expensive or if it deprived Baltimore of any of its natural advantages there might be some reason in it, but as it is, such a route would be as j insane as it would be impotent. The fol- lowing, which we find in a recent Philad. paper, is muck more reasonable, aud con - elusive : Frmn the Philadelphia Daily Sews. Snnbnry b Erie Railroad. There arc some considerations relative to this importaut work desarving of mora j i l. l ntti'iirmn Mian seems lo Ii.'lvp napn has- towed upon them. To many the facts are w,mer and had U'if P"?'1" well kuown ; but they have not been gen- There ctn be no good r ason for shut erally noticed nor borne in mind. ! ting the door ag iinst females becoming 1. The railroad would be amosf Tetrl . quailed to treat many dKeasesof women from Sunbury to William.port about 40 aild chldren, and especially lo pneitie a niils, and equally level much further Lrjj' . a . j a :. i- i i i . I -i childbirth. Indeed, H seems as :f we had westward. As its line would be along the ' valley, or margin of the west branch of th gone oai k ward, in this matter. Among Sutquch nna,its general grade would be the same as the descent of the river two ami a hilf f :rl to the mile. It appears to be fully established, that an asceul of twenty , ' -i i- - u .i . i i i r ft nut mile diminishes tue load ona liatf. gentle grade istherefore always important. ;'BV,'n,ion of Turki.h women; and a 2. The road from Sunbury along the! woman iwroduced it into Euro river to Williamsport is not only much the ; Certainly a qualified female physician levelest but also tue shortest, and would pass through fertile valleys, highly culti-! find ,C(.eM 0 harems and housei vated, and aceommodate five or six inter-'. .... . j. ' ... i where else there seems no chance to m- mediate villages. t. 3. There is another matter deserving ; ""duce Uir;stianitT. grave consideration from Fniliuhlpliians. w are led lo these remarks by a cir They have made the Central Railroad for ' cular from the pen of Mrs. Hale containing the benefit of Baltimore, as well as of rbiiauL'.-uia; .e, tue ,etu. m,w, .i Jn .i !:'? a road fur New luai. v"v . . o., . IWS. UY viussiug mw - ' i. o ot sunbury, running w ue ueaver ouw mit, or Beaver Meadow, and thence to the Morris Caual and the city of New York. Look at the maps and see where the index points'. But, passengers and products eoming down the West Braueh to- Sun- bury, and thence through tbe valley of; . rv, i it -II x r 'l a IWt t I the North and West Branches being u, the Philadelohia and Sunbery railroad, in tne (treat oasm, a oenoury, tue immense i eommeree of tbe two rivers, from the tana, the forest, aud the mine. Here commcn-1 ces the railroad to Pottsville, of whieh a ! . - o i . i I laree poniuu una vwcu use , sun, exwpUng about fifteen miles, the whole has been graded, passing through the rich coal formations in the waters of the She- mokin and the Mahanoy. Much more might be urged in favor of the Sunbury brie Railroad, wbioh has been overlooked in recent pubUcntions : ' eng h Governor of the State to but, for the present, this may suffice topIJ wane! to eonduot the defenoaof : .M.nH in. tHsi anciMna r as is ereat railroad to hike Erie.- I JlUVn tmvm. 8lUtKlM U vn&m. 8inc the da. of John Bunyan, no allegory has appeared, to naeful m its character, ud so perfect in its oonstnieUon, the one with th. above title, for which jfe, siting this work. - Salander, romance of the Ilarta Prison, is simply a 1 description of the origin and workings of ! , . . ... . : i: oisuuer m me ucaris 01 meu, lie iubiui- j ous d;geUuW. fa cool and callous eruelty, , nd ita alj0U8 modci of destruction of ! honor, of virtue, of churaoter, and of life, are given in an allegory, the more striking and impress. ve from frun its quaint names and modo of exhibition. The work com ! irists nearlr 200 pges, with illusfc-ations, I neatly bouui in red muslin, and will ho ; , forwarded, fiae of postage, by mail to any ! part 01 me umiea owki. ou ine recuiu b. laylor, lhi, ftsssau at, Piew lorK i TentTMrance Hotel Heeting. An adjourned meeting of the friends of this entcrpri-e, was held at the Lewisburg Town Hall, evening of Feb. 28, 1852, when, R. M j Chairman. JUSSX.B, r,sq., waa ar.po.mea , - - . J I CoL L" B" from thf mm'" on ub-mpticu, 4a, reported-that they had calIed " number "f he "lt.,,en f Lburg, obtained 9,000 in bona Je ub-criptbns of stock, .with the most flattering assu-ances of additions from otb- e t0 makc V fu the ,m0un' Committee also presented to the meeting a Plan for the Hotel, embracing 4 rooms,witi the estimated cost of erecting and furnisi;n2thesame,all complete $15,000. Tbe jomi,i,tee a!.o recommended as the , , . , ., . . Mnnn site of the Hotel, the house of 3Ir. ?toore, B,w' " ' corner of Market and Fourth Sts. Report accepted, and Committee contin- ued. Resolved that tbe Committee be author ized to employ Mr. James Aiken to assist in procuring subscription, ic. Col. L. B. Christ, from Committee to devise means to aid passengers to and from the Cross cut, reported that Mr. C. F. Hess has agreed to run an Omnibus twice a day to the Canal in season for the Pack ets, provided the Bridge toll should be furnished free. Resolved that the Committee be instruc ted to call upon the President and Mana- ! ? ""T-T' - . -, . T;J "r J . passengers to aad from the Packets. On motion, Q. F. Miller, J. F. Linn, G. A. Frick, H. C. Hickok, and Win. Jones, Esqs., were requested to draw np and pro cure from the Legislature an Act of Incor poration for the Hotel Company. Adjourned to three weeks from this evening (March 20) at 7 o'clock. O. N. Wobden, Sec. Female medical Society. Among the movements of the age deno- ing progress as well as philanthropy, we , mark tnl" we'y a one oi tbe clear and , s'rong indications. i that adrrirable woman, Mrs. Sarah J. , "'' bdUo' ody - Lady s Book seems j lo 0(5 PTln mover in tbe work ; and : Perlul o 'a moves, when she :,rlc8 "er sirengm. ine plan seems to j favor. A Society has been formed , m Philadelphia, and a regular A7 ie gfauf femaie judical Collet has been (ornied in Bo.,oni aild , in Pnjra. . , . an , . , dehihia. I he latter was opened last polished nations of antiquity, such as the Egyptians, women were the inidwives and physicians as well as nurses. Inoculation . . . . , is said to have been a discovery, or rather and 8Urgein coulo, as a Missionary to the tne tTonstitution , ec .,of the Philadelphia p fe awl Soe.ety. On this are spread commendutions to the plan from r ,x ill., Ilr. fliirkm K! Rev. Bi. Poller, Rev. Dr. Howard Milcom, Dr. S:even.Dr. Bramard, and others. Twenty dollars constitute a life nternber. Lommumrs lione may be eui to Mrs. S. J. Kile, 297, 'bestnul St. Philad. by a vote of25 to 5, rejected the monstrous Fpo - o to re-introduce SUvery into cuusjivnuw, uj (mowing uur ooutnern brethren" to 'keep their " chattels" here g;x moDtbs at n time, when our Southern brethren.. rfkw t i citi. t) I : 1 .ii , : o .i , :,0M rf J"jl, (nor some white ' men) S orriory one day I Mesara. Buskalew, Jones, M'Caslin, Muh- lenberg and Shinier voted for the bill Both branches of the Pennsylvania. -ft , .r . Mfuiatnre nave iiawsn n iwaoinnon in- ease ox nsWaWi. reraver. ui eoiorea WaVj tTOTf MT jil' Md' Claimed' aa I ! hy Mr. fichoolfcW, of Baltimore. 1 BRANCH FARMER IsBviliburg and Hilton. Recently, while laudably engaged in stirring np ow fellow citixens to greater activity in public improvements, we intro duced a circumstance which seems to have disturbed the nerves of the Miltonian, and its barking sounds much like that of a petted cur, aroused from its repose, and baying at the untcrrified sun. We cer tainly intended no disrespect to our vene rable sister over the water, for, notwith standing her dilapidated appearance as viewed from "heavenly Union," the monotony of Rag Kow has certaiuly been varied of late by a handsome three-story brick edifice, built by the Odd Fellows ; and several other snug buildings are also seriously contemplated by her burghers. These signs of reviving from torpidity demand a favorable n-.tiee, and while in I the lauguige of Goldsmith we ean heartily "J vl " tw t, fmilinc til'iagr ! lovellert of the lawn," ' no chixn cir ever have occasion to : (ij. Thy rports are fled, and all thy rbarms withdrawn." We can not object to the Miitonian's praise of the many good qualitiea of their men, or the loveliness of their women. Yet we may differ in some things. " He," (says the Mlllouiun) "Hie to be kuown in the daybooks aud ledgers, and business J o f Qw n,ercIianU Lavc a uaj of making our importance kuown in tue City, and we are sorry that Lew isburg is not in like manner fortunate." There is no accounting fur tastes. Our merchants have another Kay of making themselves kuown and felt. They take -i n: II... I lt..J lueir swelling waiiete, nuu puiscs mitu with bard dollars,go to New York,I'hilad., or Baltimore, aud pay for thrir goudt, (thus enabling them to sell cheap and at their leisure,) and don't like to be known in the "daybooks and ledgers and business directories" aud collecting agencies of uny oity. If the Milton merchants prefer the acquaintanceships of books and interest and coiloetcrs a brisk trade in tape and molasses, and a Jones' break up every year or so be it theirs to enjoy. We prefer our Dutch jog and the footiugs-up as seen in the State Tax proof of solid wealth. That those of "A City" mer chants who insist upon constructing a railway to Erie by collecting the old irons of all the exploded Companies around Cattawissa, and who talk of tunneling huge mountains in the barren Tamaqua regions, spanning tbe long and dismal gulfs along Roaring Creek, and crawling over or through Muncy Hills all with thesunnosition that thertla they make DUUHOf !UMlr OVTO1 usaui sa vrVnaua in if the Sunbury & Erie Railroad should take its proper course from Pottsville to Sunbury and up the natural channel of the West Branch I that rwA merchants should bo persuaded that Lewisburg was a mere suburb of Milton, excites only our risibilities, not our envy. In arguing the cause of their bailiwick, however, the Editors of the Miltonian were not under the necessity of casting imputa tions upon Lewisburg. The pertincney of their pettish flings about the "city of gas," " outward show' " beauty," il whited sep ulchre," &c. &c., we can afford to leave to the decision of all non-residents who know the two towns. As to our comparative prosperity, the fallowing figures will speak for themselves : In 1?40. Iu 1F50. Cain. Population of Milton, 1503 104tJ 13S Population of Lewisburg, 1220 2012 792 Tlien, Milton was the first town on the West Branch Hoir, Lewisburg has the lead, tuft-ud intends to keep it. "But," (the JUiltimian airs.) "the exterior of our neighbor is like unto a whited sepulchre without, but within is full of the ghost of Lewi.-burg's great capitalists, ot extortion, and ot the wasted eucrgies of the poor niechnni-s of that town, who were tempted by fair promises to build for the monopolists' bemfit.'' Even in sport, this wholesale defamation of our Borough is unjust, and the good treatment the present Editors of the Mil . J ' 1 1 louutu ana taeir predecessor nave ever received in this quarter, should have suppressed it. In morals and temperance in patriotism and public spirit in educational facilities of every grade in .11 .,t,i: k..:i.i; , " uuuuiiiga necessary (except a market house, and that must soon go np) in general good neighborhood feeling, and freedom from personal and sectional bickerings we know of no town more favored than Lewisburg. (As we were neither born nor brought up here, we may be as capable of judging as if we imagined our father's house in the centre of creation because we never dwelt beyond it.) The extremes of poverty and wealth are not ours. We have at least as many men of real capital and undoubted security as any other town of our size and have had as few failures. Our merchants are mostly fixture. No town, anywhere, has as many ncA mechanics' as Lewisburg or, none a greater proportion of laboring men who are so independent of capitalists and ex tortions, or live so eomfortably, in tidy dwellings of their own. There are sooree of mechanics here who have briok dwell ings, clear of debt; and- dosens of our citixtns who eaa command their thousands or tens of thousands, hare gained their money, not by inheritance, but primarily by hard hand-labor. Sheriff's sales and unpaid Tax duplicates, from Lewisburg. rarely mar oar County Keeord Oar neighbor may reef assured, that although from the disadvantage of haying been out off from the aaain traveled route, and from the lack of publie funds which have- built op other towns, we have here tofore been comparatively shut out from the knowledge of the world and the pros perity consequent, yet, the fault will not be our own if Lewisburg does not hero after take its proper position and play its part on the Btage of substantial progress. I Printers, of onur, are not here alluded to : there ara at Irvl a baker's dosru of ruintd printers' (hosts naunt imj tbe reputation of Ixwisburf. Libel. One of the Editors in New Berlin, at the recent Court, was convicted of Libel by a Jury of his fellow citiiens. May we not hope that this check to the scurrilityaud viciousuess of the prcss.which has been too long indulged in that region, may be salut iry ? Is it not lamentable . I I L ...It I tnal even pnvaw .rieUu0u.FS8uuu rifieed, ana neij!btiors sbouia cease to ue . . a 1 ottM fr0m gaininj; some petty office, or to sustain a press for every sub-division of a party ? The New Bcrlincrs may rely upon it that these extreme partisan feelings and ebullitions are neither creditable nor profitable to them. Dispatch. A letter from a Harrisburg client, enclosing a remittance, waa mailed to us at that place on the 5th Sept., 1851, and did not reach Lewisburg till the 14th of Feb., 1852 haviug bsea over five months on the road. It was properly ui i . :i ..i i.:u ..l-.. ;,a Innii reeled ana maiieu, wuieu iwuca Journey the more remarkable. Rut luwr - ' .erg are not apt to give their fees the eold j I i I .1 ,.. ,.t ....n shoulder, whether in or out of season. Therefore, better lite thau never. Collateral Inheritance Tax. This tax is a source of considerable revenue to the State, aud in large estates it amounts to a handsome sum. On Monday week, Daniel Brautigam, Esq., one of the Exec- utors of John Porter, Esq , decease late of Northumberland, paid to the Register of that Couuty, $2,3W, it being 5 per cent on $15,000, the amount thus far paid out by the Executors. The whole amount the State will derive from this estate alone, will be about $3,000. feaFrcm the manner in which a sub scription for the Telegraph was started in New Berlin last week, we infer they will do their part towards forming a connection with the world. safThe Queen of Spain has been stabbed in tbe breast, in public, but not dangerously, by a man of 60, in the garb of a Driest. He wa seised, condemned bsh uecuiea. Jsw"Leoture VIII. at the Lewisburg Baptist 3IeetIcg-nouse on Tuesday evening next, by I. N. Loo his. Suljeet Music. The exercises will open and close with vocal musiev 99" We have a communication from a Buffalo Tp. Farmer, which we will publish as soon as we find any body to advocate the proposition which he munis. inirPennsylrania having won the ban ner from the Democracy of California, Monroe has been desiguated as the " Ban ner County," News anb Notions. staf" any'hing ym wmi mad knmm- ) mT r'lT ttvuJt jr" avfa MyAr tj Its' tr wktit jr-is mint U buy Jt0-tfr tPrV.-i yM have iot H'ttiT more cutlOHtr-r Hji't' -futci.-pr Jru.e is a . OS Tue llarrisborg deui crrtic papers and the Philadelpliia Feiuis) ivantun protect Hi s rung terms aamsl the repeal a the law oioiiiuiiiiti! me circulation oi email Holes ot oilier slates. The ladies in the New England Slates lake ad, unlade ot the privileges given (hem by lea )ear. A Dull was recently given in a vnukee town, to which the Lidies not univ invited tlie gentlemen, but called at i heir houses and IUuted iheui to the hall, hesiiies looting the bills. This last is ihe most interesting part of the proceedings. The rumor we published several weeks ago ol ihe death ot George V. Barton, is loo true. 1 lie last news Irom Calitornia, confirms ihe statement of hts disappear- am c. i in-re is no u hjoi mat ne was droned, as he escaped Irom his lodgings during a temporary aberration of rmnd produced by iiiteni(eian-e, and ran tow ards the wnter since whit-h he has not been heard ol. It was a dark, tempestuous night, aud the tide was raptdlv running out. end it is brlirved that his body was swept iulo the ocean Such his been the melan- cho y, the aid end of George W. Baftoo, as noble a soul as ever lived ae gilied a man as rennsylvanta ever produced. Mr. Barton was by proiessioo a Lawyer and was born io Lincasler, in this State. The House of Representatives of Ohio, eb. 5, refused lo pas a bill to pay the expenses ol the late visit of Kossuth to the biate. The democrat of Ohio seem- to be almost without exception for Gen. Cass. Mr. Lucius B. Cobden. a- hotel keener in South Twelfth at., Philadelphia, has. under the influence of the present tamper aoco movement, become a consistent teeto taller, and resolve to sell no more of the "ardent. To show that be really is in earnest, he made n general crash and smash of hie liquor utensil Wednesday morning, on ihe pavement before hi front door. A Californian write that they have fireflies so large in that interesting Slate, that the use them to cook by, Tbev hang their kettles on their hinder legs,wbrah are bent for the purpose, lik pot-hooka. Great euuntry that. on speaking terms, in that pleasant anu , F,Illtlln und 000 , ,ue Lytoming Mu quiet little town, simply to gain or prevent tua. fur,i & Go's Low, f 1.000 no Jobs Laodw, lb pool, WMaaar.asjd amia oi genius, baa arrived at Harris. rg. nftor an absence of 15 BBoWhs. Witbia Ikmt lima be has visited Canaan, aad travwlad over esieowve portions of .lbs North. Fiat. On Thursday night, SOta ulL, about It o'clock, tbe Foundry of Messrs. W. &i J. Howartb, of Pittstoa, was dis covered to bo on fire. The flames, when first observed appeared to novo originated in the Pattern Shop, in the main building, though we understand that no fire had beea used there for several days previous. The whole building was soon entirely consumed wiih all us contents, together wiih the smith shop connected with it. Tbe Mar lie Building, owned by Messrs. Clatksoa and Love, and occupied by T. Ford & Co. and B. F. Cooltmugb, took fire from the foundry, and was rapidly coantmcd, together with the dweliiDg of Richard Aston, south of it. The losses may be set down about as follows, viz: VV. & J. 1 Iowa rib's Lo, $15 000 uitured 9.000 7.000 to the insurant e It r. i'otdbaugd' Loss 82. 800 insured 1400 w tbe L.vcominu ssuiuai. Clarkson and Love's insurance on the Marlile Building 000 in the Wyoming Mutual- R chard Aslou'a Loss $500, insured 33 1 in the Lycoming Co. The news of the Election of two Sena tors in Congress Iroin Mississippi was re ceived by u-legraph this morning, Mr. Adams, a Union Democrat, and of Mr. Brooke, a Whig. A poor scamp left his wife in a great rage, declaring that she should never see his lace asin until he was rich enough to . miuA htms) in simrriaffO. lie kept his was brought o-- ' worn, lor in twu ouurs) uo home fichly drunk on a wheelbarrow. The most important news from Califor nia is the election of Col. Juhn li. Wellcr, Democrat, lu ike U. S. Senate, on the &h ballot. Albany, Feb. 28 The House a.Jjourned at 6 o'clock tins u.orning. after a vioD of 19 hour. The vole ou the resolution declaring Mr. SnM'tsnt aeot, as laker , five luck, Md decided m the affirma j nve. Mr. Snow wae the great geo of the 'Maine Law w Washington, Feb. 29 The Judicrsry Cxnmiuee in the Senate have agreed l.r report a bill declaring the populatis of CahloroM to be 16,U0A), which will secure to the Stale a representation of two mem bers of Congress. Indianapolis, Feb. 23 lloe. Ethan Allen Brown, who bad acted during es terday, as one of the Vice Presidents of the Indiana Democratic Convention, died last night, a few moments after reachiug: his hotel, without a struggle. New York, Feb, . Tbe meeting eT the admirers ol the late James Feommoie Cooper, at Metropolitan Hall, to night.wae densely ciuwdeeX The- Hen. Daniel tVrbsler presided, aad. sandtrn eloqpeat -r . htgkeU ecasitnentnry fe the tal enta of the dreeid, and is fisvor of the object view. Speeehee were also made by Wta C. Bryants Wuhswgfe Irving and others. There were a large number of ladies present. In an article yiet pvbiiehed in the Cal cutta Review, it is stated on good authority, that there are "309 nvirve churches, con taining 17,35ft members, and that these converts are a nucleus to a Christian com munity of 103.000 individuals. Surely missions to ihe heaihra are not altogether a fa. lure. And it must be borne in mioJ. this does not include Burmnh or the Ten nasherim Provinces, where Karen converts me counted by thousands. Ir's a BuwRowen House. A friend of ours who was Tew mi'.es in the cuuairy yesterday relates ihe following ; A mile or o from the cirv he met a boy on horse back, crying wiih ihe cold. ' Why dool you get down snd lead the horse f said our Inendv "thai', the way to keep warm.'' "It's a b-b-bnrrjed horse, and1 I'll ride him if I frceae!" Mina Monk's d:clrwww of convent lile which sevewl years sioce created some excitement in- the Cnned States, and re j cently translated into German, are said ly De having a wide circulation. They are having a gay lime of it this Winter at Washington. The Russian mia ister gres a dinner every week to exactlv thirty-six gentlemen, in very cos'.Iy style. The President gives a weekly dinner, also; tne Secretaries gwe receptions and dinner olien. A Cat im the Meal Two barrels of "new corn ineul.' came in lo Ihe depot i Augusta Me., by Carpenter's epre, directed to no on-. Marshal Jones, hsp lened to be round, thought rhat it looked like a suspicious beep, -ft may be meal,'' said he, but there cau be no harm in examining into it." Accordingly le waited upon the express man, and took the barrels into his awn custody. Oa opening fhern, each one contained another barrel, surrounded by a little "new core meal" one of them full of rum and the or her !uH of brandy. SijrccuR PacfioaENcji Aimm i o'clock on Sunday night but, a phenome non truly strikine and extraord.nav oc curred here. It was the trireumsiance ol the falling of a copious- fmAot rain, for the space of from seven to len minutes, from perfectly cloudless, a ixilrss. snd starlit skv. ' So plentiful was tbeshowes that the street run wiih wa'er. which hack ihe aimrular effect upon ihe mind ol appearing to come wnnout n cause. Ukring tne shower, two streak of fleecy cloud displayed them selves in the north and south, but mr dis tant from each other, and neither of mm altitude above Ibe hon'soo exceeding SO t degrees. The position of ihese clouds for bid the idea thai the rain could have fallen from either of them. Wo saak no affortr ( le explaio ibis strange pbeooeaenon, satis fyioff ourselves with bar but faithful 1 statement of it Wash, rotkrmcer. The Whig Stat Central Coeamittee of Maryland aevwadoplvivjMlutioae xoras- sing their pleasorn t rbw usjouneonMnt that President PiUsnora ksw decide, lo allow earn to be nroaoatsd ae a condidaia fee the neat Preeidaaeyvand deetaneg bin kr be the first snd' enaaiswon choke oi lit Whig party in Maryland. r 3
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