LEWISBUBG CHRONICLE & WEST BRANCH FARMER. that of promoting ihe happiness arid pro-' th rapi lity with which tiny spread, we perity uf its cituctu. concluded that the whole field would soon What a useful leen w..u!J I such a plat. bt,eoIU2 a prv , t!loir wraC!!, aa we knew prove to the Governments of Europe : and . , .... . .1 . . , . , .. f J of no means by which to arrest their prog- wnnt an example wouid it lurinsu ol re- J . ... , publican care for the good of all, tint : " T1"-'y continued to t.prcd, till thry promoted by our happy institution?. It had covered several acres, when one mor woul l present a spectacle at which the pa- nin we saw a large flock of blackbirds trior, in tho full exuitaliou of his heart, aiKtt on oue of the spot., and soon they inignt lej .i.c-at which the honorable we vc bll ,.,.w! coulj c:ls;iy conjecture gentleman from Tennessee Mr Johnson j tfc ( rf lhcir Tw of ruignt rejoice as I.vrurgus did when re-; " . , . turning through the "field just reaped, af-1 Hc biro increased every day. till in a .short tr the generous provision that he had ' time not a worm was to be found 111 the rtiade f ihe citizens of Sparta and Laco- ' fi..l 1. A year or two afterward, the same nia; aud seeing the .'-hocks s'.aud.ng par-, jn 0f WOnns appeared in a meadow in tlfel and equal, he emilcd. and said to j tongijtraUc umtlivt ,ut tne bird auaiu some that were by : " u v like is Jaennis 111 e 1 1 1;. -1, 1 soon cleared the premises of the unwelcome to an estiio newly-divided among many 1 brothers." ' victors; rdnee then, I have never seen any The American Government is the groat of the worms. Coma cut on these facts is rionecr in the cause of freedom. 15y the unnecessary. The birds may destroy a few force of republican principles and of uucx- '. ;is 0f cnrtl( pr a f,.w bushels of oats oc- an.pled suc, it has advanced in V0.11; I casiotially, or they may c irry off a few ahty until it is new bailed as abeaeou-Iiglit ; " J . J . for every continent, and a .star of hop, for j or olber "al1 f, u" lut the !n' cvciy people. With a population of but' juries they do 111 this manner is greatly three millions at the close of the Involution, 'overbalanced by the destruction of bug, we now h ive twenty-three millions : with , w(irius, and insects that would otberw.se but thirteen States we now have thirty- : cut off 01lr (.ri,ps an,j rcI,jer a Ar&, lMTlon one, and territory for fifty more-a I uion , rf onr fmit iirticM j M N etrerchtng across a continent frmi, one. rujnMj .wI A m great oc:an to the other. All that is wan- , - - ted to develop its great resources and fulfill j Vnnu the rrw Journal. its destiny, is a population commensurate with the fertility of its soil and the extent cf its territory. The Farmer. T3T the Lwii!:ur Ctirocie. lirds vs. Insect3. Mr. Editor : In a coav-rrati m with yon a few days sinc, relative to the prs' i.v tion of bird?, and tho benefits l':. , upon tho farmer in the u-:ri. 'i .i. !' i numerous lugs, worms, .Mid i::- ' prey upou Iiis crops, I luea'ioii -d i 4 e . in illastratiou, that eauie ! r in , owo observation ; yon desired a wore p r ticular statement, and hiving a liule leis ure this rainy morning, I will give ou a brief account of it. Iut first I must ob serve, that it is not the fai nu r alone who is benefited by the birds ; every oue that lias a garden, a fruit tree, or even a few plants and flowers, participates to a greater or lejs exteut in the same benefit ; nor is it confiaed to those ct' gaged in the cultiva tion of the various productions of the suil ; every consumer of those products is affec ted by the same cause, both in the quanti ty and quality of tin articles with which our markets are supplied. So uaiu.T.m re the insect tribes, aud varied their trans formations during the d.flereut stages f their existence, that when we .sec them in L one form, we hardly know when to look for them in tbe next, or whether to cspect their attacks above the surface of tin ground or beneath it. But of this we are assured, that at almost every period ol their existence, under some form, they prey upon tbe plants and fruits of the earth ; and such is the rapidity of their in crease, that if thty were suffered to ciulti- ply unmolested, we might continue :. cultivate tno carta, out pie. ituui uanes.s. an 1 abundance of good fru.t would be : Ty were tA regularly, u.or events of rare occurrence; for, however vtM.pMs wllh cru , diversified the range of our cultivation, I j loullily mlxvtl witll w,lual Lclitve tliere is not a tree, plant, or flower , auJ a fcw mU) tu the whole catalogue, that is not subject , nm a bu,cllt,1,!1 to their depredations. Various plans and . J ascertained by actual measure themes Ure been dev.sed for their tbat ,he q!Iautit. of corn or il8 , quiv- rt-urticn, but most, if not all of th-m fa.l q( C0IlsB.neji dlil. iu tlu. in that important particular, ' fiU1 auJ willtcri Lulf of th. year, was lhre when tested by exporicucc. One plan , u anil in tuc sptillg ita suunu-r half, alone seems to promise success ; aud that ; , cllic!il.lis all all included) or bu; is, the preservation of the different kinds , MU.linry. Tiio wln.le of birds, that frequent our woods aud ; t; f(H,j consuluoJ throughout the fields These insects are the natural fwd j jf ;ir U) - lnsL(.,s of corilf of many species of birds, and coaequcut'y . a(. markct pr-lt.e 45 CO!lU per they are always on the watch for them. , H of lLu ljiuj, tJrn S()J fr 40 Uirds are the constant attendants of the , a of f(r CL.uts.) farmer in all his operation?, and whenever ' nu,ni,t.r 0f c.ggS were set down iuiuie the plow, the harrow, or the cultivator ex- j jiatuiy wlieu uUt in, but as we were not poses a worm or a bug, they are ready to j pV.jeu:ir ,,, n,;llk down dates, 1 c .u ouiy take it up, and thus myriads of insects are j t,ju ..rrcg f ,r il,is jear. 1 find daily destroyed that would otherwise be -ja:..,, uu the accouut, we OOtallieil ulfered to prey upon uis crops, aua inui tiply thoir species for future depredations. The benefits they confer upon the commu nity ia this way, are not easily over-csti- j anJ gom(, as iowa3 8 Ctllts per dozen. We mated. Notwithstanding this, there is a f iigcJ .,7 t;litijeDS) the rats killing or car certain class of bipeds ah iut our villages, i off nU t(ie otllt.rs wui;u Uwi. Three of nondescript genus and equivocal specie-, j Jf gtouk JieJ) wli(.u viQn replaced cofiiUutly roving about our fields with J yoU(ig o;!(Jtf) ,tft Lut o:j to dis "dog aoi gun," waging an indiscriminate , uli,ch b;oiIgut u average, Ibi warfare against everything in the form of u account of oxira m aud bird, from a hawk to a wren. o argn ment can influence this c'as ; s it is use less to waste words wi'.h thjiu ; but I um sorry tu say that i occasional iy -'- " among them whose education, iuici.;g ', moA refinement of mauuers and let :..ig, noma prompt lueni m nee. iKMu, 1 mind in amusements of a wore useiui aua Jen barbarous biiaractcr. But, to return tu the " incident," which I yoa will think I have forgotten. A few j years since, we mowed heavy crop of j clover from a fi;ld, aud left it to grow up j again. The weaiher was favorable, aud in j a 6hort time th whole tieM was covered j with a luxuriant growth of ebver. oon j after this, we discovered two or three spots 1 iu the fielJ, hegiuaing to change coi.v and assume n appearance resembling ry . ' " 1 stubble. Unable to account tor tins sin - m,l.r ,.. I examined the np: care- i fully fur the cae,acd found the grasboi"J eringupoutliem covered with worms or cat erpilhirs, while interior of the spuis w-s Literally striped of "every green thing." Tbe worms were of all sizes, from a quar ter of an inch to an inch and a half in length, aud of almost every color. From PoStS Oi Keeping FilWlS. Mit. Efl roil : As the fowl mania appears to have been prevalent in some parts of the country for a few years past, and having seen some very exaggerated statements, in r..'aid to the large profits to bj derived from keeping a large stock of hens for laying, ra ring chickens, to , and on ihe contrary, i.avin ho.ir 1 it oo.-.i iv..!y :t my wi'i c 1.1.1L a ii 11. : ,1 i. ne : I id iiiilci to a.-iVi'a::i .in-r W. le in or either ,1 1 11843 e alc.ii' o llVVt. i according'- -ntimoiiced opera! ious on the first day of January, lsoO, by select ing seveuteeu hens aud one cock fr 'in our u.her stock of fowls - tiiey iv.Tj a mixture of Jersey liines aul common breeds and Were considered in tLtrio parts g-w-l laytr. and of large size the h ns weighing ;4 to 7 lbs. each, and the cock 10 l'is. i appropriated part of an unoccupied frame iiuildiiig for their use, put up suitable lix tines for them to roost on, and siinur ooxes and o!d flour casks laid on thei: Sloes with a In in; Ii. iy or j.rr.w in i.icin tor iie-'s to lav in. Tin; door of tiiis l.iiiiti i. pi lied iuTo an adjoining yard oia! ot.t ." feet square, and was kept opeU U.g.i md day ill the suinmer, but shut ovn i niht in winter, aud it' eiy .-lo:iuy o. e.ild Weaiher it was Oiily left open ahoii live or six hours daily. Thire was also a lot if ground adjoining the yarJ, contain ing about a quarter of an acre, occupied as a nursery of young fruit trees two years old from the graft, surrounded by a good board fence; through both of which, yard and nursery, the fowls wire permitted to roam at pleasure, the feathers of one win , , ,..ovcllt ,utm ,,,mi oil ViO'i C"i;s which were sol i fur ?1.7o, av eraging l.ttlc less thau 111 cuts per dozen. None were sold over 15 cents per dozen, qi 'J illllll o jsof ii, .wel-. 1-i iM. 1 .Ii C 'in- iu -- c of t iii iii jr iii-i.iiiv OUlL as iiiuell s fiftCdi or elSteeli o. HVi.ai- kind, hui. wo could not scil th. m !"!iv ! "ii tu:. aceoiiiil, as an , ,. jt to ue uu g, iurg m uaaii. , wjuatC,lUutsuiii.s up in this in inner Cii. liy UO-S eggs sold for 75 " l-i CUlcKCUS Solli tor -i O'-J en -5 Pit. To 27 bushels of coin, at 45 tents per bushel, SI 15 L,-aiug a ut-tt profit of S 5 111 I foraot to mention that they had a con stant supply of water. The manure was ' saved aud luixd with a quantity of wood . . i - 1: 1 . . .1 1 .. -.r..r :ii'Tiih.n :ik ;i mil F. - ,..., - .. - -,-r.-- - . u-res..ug to our corn, oy ..y -u..u.- gili .-if mixture around cacli lull, alter tlic com came up. The crop was good, but 1 can not say whether it Was any better ou account of the manure applied ; but hope to aSlMtain mote t-anaiueoji uiii st. sou. Yours, &e., Lewittowtip .March! 1852 T. V. AL L39i!a5-Gli3sei for Birdj. The following plan is perfectly effica cious for scaring birds from fruit and othor producs. One of my servants hiving by, chance broken a looking-glass, it occurred to me that broken pieces, suspended by a string, so as to turn frsely in every direc tion would give the appearance of some thing moving about, which would alarm the birds. I accordingly tried the plan, and found that no bird, not even the most foolhardy of them, dare come near. They had attacked iny peas ; on suspending a few bite of the looking thus, amongst them, the maur.mders left the place. The tomtits attacked my sickle pears, to which they seemed very partial. A bit of look ing-glass suspended in front of the trjes pu; a stop to the mischief. My grapes were then much damaged, before they were ripe, by thrushes and starling; a piece of looking-glass drove these away, aud not a grape was touched afterwards. 1 had before tried many plans, but never f mud any so clf.'ciuil as the above. Gir doner's Viiruuii le. FOREIGN dSS NEWS. &&ixsriiisa Total Vresk of the British Frigate Birkenhead. Lsfof Fur taut fml nml fVffy-fimr Lires W'umirrful Disrij,!ine if the BriliJi Another terrible disaster has happened at sea. At - o'clock in the morning of the JG.h of F ' ru.trv, her 111 ij . -sty's steamer, tic' li rkeali 'ad. was wrecked butw-en two 1:. i thr.-e mile? from the shore of Southern A.r.e;. The tsaet spit at which the ci i u i i, ipp. u.-.'i w.is lViut !an'cr. Off "... j point she stru.-k up-a a r -ef of sank - .1 r ii-Ks. The ship was steaming eight and a half knots afthe time. The water w is smooth, an I the sky serene, hut the speed a', which th-; vessel was pissing through the water proved h -r destruction. The rick pt 111 (rated through her bottom just aft the f uviuast, and in twenty min utes' time there were a few floating spars ;ind a few miserable creatures clinging to .hem, and this was all that remained of the iJiikenhead. Of OS persons who had left Simon's I Jay in the gallant ship nit a few bonis before, only 154 remain i 1 icii the tahr. No les than 451 English men have ti tc to ho lamentable an end. Tnere is 110 my.-tery aloul the calamity. U'e are not kfr, a.-S iu the case of the Am i'. 'ii, t c o.j euro the origin of the disas ter. Just what, happoued to the Uii n off tiie Scottish coast, or to the Great l'inis:- lei-rc, has happened now. ('iiptain almond, the officer in command, anxious toshorteu the ruu to Alg a iJay as much as posiHe, and more than was prudent, hugged the shoru too closely. Tour hundred and fifty four persons have lost their lives in conse quence of his temerity. As soon as the ves-el stiuek upon tho rocks, the rush of valer was so great that the men on the lower troop-dvek wcro drowned in their hammocks. Theirs was the happier fate; j they were spared the terrible agony of the next twenty minutes; their manner of death was less painful than with others, wiio were crushed beneath falling spars and funnel, and then swept away to be devoured by the sharks, who were pro ling round the wreck. From the m intent the ship struck, all appears to have been dune that humau courage or coolness could effect. The soldiers were muster. d on the afterdeck. Tho instinct of discipline was stroager even than the instinct of life. Ttie men fell into place as coolly as 011 the p irade ground Tliey Were told-ofT into j reliefs, aud sent some to the chain-pumps, j some to tho paddle box boats. ('apt. J Wright, of the ninety-first regiment, who i surwVi.3 to relate tlu dreadful scene, tells 1 us : ! Every mail did a he was directed, and i lucre was not a cry or murmur among ' t.ie.u u.itii tiie vessel made her final plunge. ' 1 c mii uoi. liaiua any individual olfi ;er, j who did mure thau another. All received 1 their orders, and had them carried out as ! if the men were embarking, instead of go ing to tho bottom; t hero was only this 1 difference that I never saw any embarka tion conducted with so iitdo noise or con tusion." Xue woiueu and children were all saved. TUey uad i i-eu quietly collected under the j . -p a.vi.uig, aud were as quietly got over I'll- p s side, and pcd into tuc cutler. Too boat iiooj off about 150 yards from t.ic u.-.-ta.ie4 Li.rkmihca 1, sud all were sued. li.e oui.r boats, as is usual, were 11. 1 :iicoiu,ug in t.io hour of ueed. One i" -iui iwi cutters were ail that could be nu.11 i.d available. In oue accouut, we find that wheii the mea ordered to get the paddio-bux bua.s out, tiie pin of the davits was runted iu, and uuuid not be got out. Never was destruction more sudden or more complete. Within fifteen minutes after the vessel struck, the bow broke short off. l'"ive minutes more claped, and the hull of the vessel went in two, crossways, just abaft the engine-loom. The steru pit of the vessel immediately surged, Uiied, aud weut down. Loitduu Times, Ainl 7. ! l'riuee ScnwARZEXBtKo, the Prime ' Minister of Austria, who died at Vienna 1 ou tuo otti Apiii, wa born Oct.-d, 1800. j 11 is lite lias occn distinguished for liceu ! tiousncss and jeiliuy ; politically aud I morally, he was a curse to humanity, aud bis death is a matter of rejoicing. , iVislmrg ljro!iirli H. O. HICK OX, Editor O. If. WORDEN, Frintar. Atfl.rO rah in tT:incf, $ 1.7ft in threw month, $2 paid wtliiiu lUe joar, ami $,.'0 ml the end of the year. AcnU in l'ltlla l;lphi V B I'alrwr aoJ E W Crr. Lewisbnrff, Pa, Ttesdat, P. MApril 27, 1S52 ADVERTIZE ! KrrntoM. Administrator, PuMk OiH:wr..'it and Country Mfrrbant, Manufurturrr. MRclutuicM, lliifiitiesd Mm nil who wish to nritcurr or L" UiApdsv of anylhiu wiuld do well to kit ootire of the Wi'iie tliroiuhtlii Tswidmrrj frnniek," Thin nupiT ha 300J and mrrwaiu nrrulaUon in a ctHnmiinity routui niui a larrt a pnort.oa f Active, ftoivmt pnoJucern, cim-Httiui-r. aud deaUr. a any other in the dtatit. aDi mofrmtN Nom'nslion f..r C innl Ooiiiini.s'oiirr, WILLIAM SE.K HUH IT.nl fjyUr County. SWhli; X.iuiin:iti"n lor Tiomi Cuninii mi-r JACUlt HOFrMA.f JirtltovHl). j 4i0-XatioB:U Dcm-ratTc CinTcntton lljIlmiMrr, TacHlav, 1st Junr. lc52. Whig National Cnurnntlon Uallimortn WlnMtaj, 16th June, 1852. tDcteutiuii of paper has kept back the Chronicle nearly a week. We will make up the deficiency as soon as possible. lOTho sound and able speech of Mr. D.iwson, on our first page, is worthy an atteutive perusal. WALLS' advertisement of New Goods, . , T innTi-no f ha c in our next also L. IDDINGb & CO. i, J. KS & CO.'S, and D. MYERS . S-The 'Mechanics' Union Association' j f''ur Cal companies whose work, intersect , . , , , I that division, and with the counties more has altered its rates of health insurance- j cspeci:li,y MM l(J the Hll divisi() . corrected rates on last page of this paper, j wlil;(t tliu urpur or more Ult,ern section The Association, on the 1st inst., declared j fr0m Sunbury to Williiin.-iport, shall, in a dividend of J55J per cent. I like manner be committed to the couutry . j continguous to it or, iu other words, thai EtTThe University Examinations pass- j t;lc fllui3 w(,ich may be contributed by ed off in the usual creditable manner, this! the City of Baltimore, and those of the week. The public exercises of the Aca- 1 Coal companies, as well as thoso of the domic classes were in good taste, lacking ! Coterminous country, shall be applied . . , , to the section extending trom Ji ldircport s iuiewjat however in life and enercy; but . u f. .1 . . , tJ ' 1 to Sunbury at fir as the amount may he this was fully made up 011 Tuesday eveu- ; ncC(.SNary to the completion of that see ing by the representatives of the Collogi-j tion." utc . lasses whose performances, taken all j FjRiitlcTcironlorsdav in all, were superior to any similar enter- ( eToning , ,og bafB (lf Jj(. gtskllI taitiuient yet furnished by the Institution, j in K. Tp ; about 2 miles from this '1 he innate was of uuusumI excellence; and , . mn , ,() le m fir0 nJ notwithstanding the cxceedini'ly ineleniiint , ... , , . J . 0 e J before anvthiug could be rescued, was weather, th? house was crowded on both 1 . ,1 1 -,i in 1 . 1 ' burned down, and with it 10 head ol fvimi't. T!ir T?i-1!is T.ottpi-Q ni.mrtBiont i r- t is uuocr the charge of 1 rof. A. lAYLOll. Riil-Roid P!eeting8. D-.nicl L. Miller, Jr., President of thc Sunbury & Urie Railroad Company, arri ved iu town ou Thursday last, and in the evening addressed a numerous meeting of i citizens in the lecture room of the Bnplist I .church. James V. Linn, Ivq., presided, 1 assisted by Th .'s Hayes, Rev.Dr.Malc.in, and Shiu'I tjoddes ; II. C. Hickok, Scc'y. j After a few remarks by Dr. Maleoin, Mr. Miller proceeded to make a detailed and j , lengthy statement of the mov.-mcnts and j ; plans of the Company; and after, taking j his scat, answered numerous inquiries and j I objections, generally to the entire satisfac- tion ot the auutence, ana succceueu in re- moving nnny prejudices, which had orig-! inated in cousequmice of the cold shoulder hitherto supposed to have been given to thc Eastcru portion of the route by the Comi'sny. Mr. Miller male a favorable impression, but did uot in the least shake the determination of cur citizens to make neither County or Borough subscriptions to any Company that will not positively l iy the rails on the west bank of the West Branch. A disposition is manifested to give both Companies fair play, but thus far the public sympathies seem to bo strongly in favor of the Susquehanna (or Baltimore) Company. Mr. Miller also addressed a meeting in Sunbury on Wednesday evening of last week, and another at Turbutville on Friday morning, for the purpose of obtaining a iSuhscription from Northumberland County. Generally, acquiescence was expressed ; at our latest advices, however, the Commis sioners had taken no action. Another meeting was held in Lewis burg, Wednesday evening of this week Geo. F. Miller, Esq., Pres.; Thos. Hayes .iiki 4 Tv.-.iiia'T v VifA Prps ; nnd I. It .,, . .'. . ,, . . I Christ, hec. which was addressed by James F. Linn, Esq , James Moore Jr., and others. It was voted that Wm. Cameron, Esq., be requested to procure the subscription boi'k of the Susquehanna R lilroad Com pany opened at Sunbury ; and that the fo1 lowing named gentlemen, be a commit tee to procure subscriptions : Wm. Cam eron, James F. Linn, Peter Beaver, James Kelly, James Moore, Jr. Adjourned to Monday evening next. At an adjourned meeting, held on Monday, April iG, it was unanimously Resolved that we recommend and au thorize our Borough Council to make a j:.: t ... ....! . e I lunulas tlayes tie a (jomiuittee to invite tho County Commisskiners to furnish the promised conditional county subscription of 8200,000 to thc stock of tho Susque hanna Kail Koad Company. llesolvcd that if the conditional sub scriptions of Union eoanty are not accepted by the Snsquchanna Rail Road Company by the first of June next, (1852) that then they be tendered by the officers of this meeting to the Sunbury & Erie R.R. Co.: Provided that compiny will put couoiiiouai suuscripiuioii in inu siucil in , . i i , . , , ,, . ,, .. , r j all of which have been since vetoed by the Susquehanna lull Road Company, oft J Fifty Thousaud Dollars ic bonds to run j Oov- D,oIcr; . tweuty years b." Too sting of reproach, is tho frwrt liesolvcd that Henry High, W llliam , . Tl , - , Wilson, Jacob Hummcll and Jan.es F. 0 ,l' -T"e reproaches of ehrap, Linn, be a Committee to procure the " '7tct'J's' and" eery o, have no tfuiy. right of way from the Lycoming County Header I What is th iuference ? Line to Lewisburg, and Charles Cawley, T "TT t- , John Gundy and George F. Miller, to erGov. B.gler has appointed alen procure the right of way from Lewisburg t,nc Hummel Jr., Kegister of ills, for to Blue Hill. Dauphin county, made vacant by thc Resolved that George F. Miller amU death of Mr. Konnenheffer. the road from J-cwUburg to intersect the Central Rail Koad or from Sunbnrj to Ilarrisburg under contract by the first of Sept. next, and have at least one track completed within two years. Uesolved that copies of these proceed ings be furnished the President of the Sunbury & Erie and Susquehanna Rail ltoad Companies. Adjourned to Saturday evening next. The Books of the Company are open at Blair's to-day. BF.Thc Committee appointed by the Uu Susq whanna Railroad Convention at Baltimore, hits made a report to the citizens of Baltimore, urging them to engage iu the work. We make the fol lowing extract, to show the undsrstanding in that City relative to the mode of pro ceedings : " In the deliberations to which the two Conventions (that at Sunbury iu May last, and this lately in Baltimore) have furnished occasion, between the several interests connected with this road, the parties concerned have come to an informal arrangement or understanding, of which the import is, that the lower or more Southern division of this road, that is, the action lying between Bridgeport and iC 1 .. .1.1. ...... r ..1...... cuiiuui t a ui?iuiu vi uyimi ui u.a. t f,, J, , ,, , , , , .. , ., , . I Guy miles shall be undertaken by tnc clt of jjitimure in conjunction with the cattle. 4 horses, and - colts also as burue 1 Ollu bushels gram windmills, horse gears, h iy wagon bed, &e., &e. It was first discovered by neighbors, the family having retired to bed. Tliere was an iusunino; of about S'iOOon the property destroyed, but all else is a total loas, and falls very heavily upon the son of Mr. Stahl, who wa understand worked the f"- The origin of the fire is unknown, jjEATH ol- A Gi-.kat Max. Hon. Rich .,rii t-uill.r recently an Associate Justiice lif the Stiprem ! t. o .r: of PetniM Ivauia, uioJ at ,,is roisijence ; Greensburg, vu5t,orcIaud county, Tuesday last, after a sh()rt nlw(f JIr was fi.fct aFt)()i.i:e,i bj. GuV Shuuk.and was the only nominee f tll8 whig part co,.te(J ia4t fan. uv WM a man t.millunt in Lis profion, and ! honored as a Man. j xt,c office thus vacated Las been . t n.jtn.j to iion. Qeo. . Woodward.aud ; hy 1im j-iiued. It has siuce been offered ; , the iate Ju,; Thomas S. Bell, whose j ,. i, :m .tl, :r -v " f t jThe recent rains have caused des tructive floods, north and south. The chain bridge at Georgetown, D. C, was carried away on Tuesday morning, and the greater portion of the Long Bridge over tho Potomac opposite Washington, shared the same fate. The cellars ou the south side of Pennsylvania avenue are mostly flooded with water. Ho roil California. The California fever broke out in Muney and vicinity. a short time since, and has proved quite fatal in its effects, carrying off fourteen young men to the golden land. They go by tho overland route, and bear with them the good wishes of the citizens for their healthand success in piling up the dust Ecclesiastical. Rev. D. Longmore, the O. S. Presbyterian pastor at Milton , .... , has received the honorary degree of D. D. from Washington College, Pa. Rev. P. B. Marr, has resigned his pas toral charge of the Presbyterian Church in Lewisburg, after about 18 years' service in that capacity. BwKThe Congressional Apportionment Bill, as it passed the Senate, leaves Union, Mifflin, Huntingdon, aud Blair, the loth district. Another Apportionment Bill has since passed the Assembly, and is now vibrating between tho two Houses. In the House, there were 14 Banks incorporated or re-chartered, last week fC7John Young,lato Whig Governor of New York, and Sub Treasurer at New York, died of Consumption at Albany, last week. - guThe request to send J. II. 's paper to Thompsontown, was not received uutil this week. ' . CQuThanks to Att'y Gen. Estabrook, of Wisconsin for Documant from that State. Cormpoaaenc of the Lwi9ban; Chronicle j Hu3ic ia Brash Vallay. Ma. Editor : Among the memoranda of the week, please admit into your inter esting columns a tribute to an unusually interesting Concert of Sacred Music, vocal and instrumental, which was given to the citizens of Ilebersburg by a company of singers from Mechanics' Mills, led by our well-known musical instructor.Mr.Solotnon Meyer. It was a creditable affair, and had the choir of performers bsen graduates of some of our New England Institutions, instead of the simple acquisitions of six month's study under Mr. M., more could not have been expected. The ladies were attired in white, and when they mingled their voices in some of the beautiful solos, it really required little stretch of imagina tion to faucy that the " harps of angels rang their cadencs on tho car." The pie ces wcr well selected, and the evident good taste manifested in this respect, gave additional eclat to the entertainment, for in most concerts of sacred muic we find too much monotony, and too little regard paid to increasing the interest of the auii euce, as the performance progresses. An appropriate and eloquent address w:is delivered by Col. W. J. Jones, a member of the class, which was received with marked attention, and at the close, . a collection for benevolent purposes was 1 r taken up. Tl , .. , , It would be indec'l productive of much benefit, if other neighborhoods, woo enjoy few Leal privileges, would cultivate this beautiful and interesting scieuee, for we who inherit tho German ear for music, I powers a talent, that, wisdom giIg.,oitsJ ; , ., , ,. ' t a 11111 .1 rmt lip iirifn.i ei I m n nint.n 1 ! ' Fall mmy a gfm i f urtt ray sfreno 1 lir dtk uiifrtihoitiei! cari ot oefan bt-ar; Full many a rliwrr ii lnuii lo I lu-h un.rrn Anil utffc it. swertiiefta on the licacrl atr.' R.:Unhu V, Aj.nl lo, So T Extract mm a Lrtlrr to tlir Kilter J thr L. icufjwj Uiirwiii tr, if.iferi Ellisvillc, Fulton Co., III. ) ApriU, I552. j I think this is the finest co.inty in , thc State and yet, thfre have rey-f e team j passed our house for California within en; wc k pisf, each having four yoke of cattle- hitched to the wag ms ; and there are lota these towns as lnunuateJ by the thirty more to leave" here oa the 10th of ! ,Vc"I,' t in the Susquehanna, and the de. this muth i 'rutt'"" f paoperty has been very great. We hare g'.tliqav banished out of thei .XcW,Y,,,V APr,;1 20. The gale lar . ftt- ii I niirht blew down eleven three storv brick town of h.Iisrille. I. c . , - ... . .1 nooses, in course of erection in the u;jer A r. r 1 . V. r. ulnnt it.-, inr.m'n. it. . ' . . ' i ""a 'mi"t snow was s.x tacnes ue;p, am irom an i appearances it will be as deep again rhcre is more snow on the ground at this time, than we had all winter. Yours A;' 89JThe Sheriff of Union county will sell at the Court House on the iTlh May Nine tracts of land in Penns and West louver townshins. Lite the estate, of John ., , - liartman, Jr. . , . A farm of o!) acres in W hite Deer Tp. late the property of Peter Welsh. , . I. .,, A lot in Krotzersvillc, late the property of Hiram Headricks. ... . T i-r . n i t. Cflaln California a great flood his oc - eurrcd, particularly disastrous in Marys- villc, Sacramento, Stockton, ie. An American whale ship, nama not known, was captured by a party of convicts at Galkipajo Islands, the Captain and , , , i . . , , i.r.xv mil r.I..r.i I .n.l ektn t.ilrn I.l- ' them. 80iUis the Committee appointed to devise ''ways and means" to aid passeng ers to and from the Ciosscut, yet rejvirlnl ? Do stir up their memory. Flit. Messrs. Conunitteman, please consider yourselves ''stirred up" to the performance of your really important duty. ISfThe bodies of two infants wra recently found in Delaware township, Northumberland county one in a large pond of water, near Stitzel's tanyard, with a ror around his neck, and tho other . under or near a pila of stnnas, in an open field, within a mile of the former place. Leather Inspector. W. M. Arm - stiioxg, has received his Commission as Inspector of Leather for the city and county of Philadelphia, from Got. Bigler, and has appointed Andrew Noble, of the Northern Liberties, aud Wm. Flake, of thc city, his deputies. ftaJThe New York Canals were to have been opened on Tuesday, though the ' Albany correspondent of the Herald, says! , . i they are not in a condition for use, tho ! banks being filled with frost, while iu ! some lusiances ice remains. Milton Democrat. Thc first number of this paper taking the place of the Lttellijenccr by Joun R. EcK, has nude j its appearance, and ia quite a neat and , readable paper. We wish friend Eck success. Wanted A patent for "saving the Union." We believe it could be done far more economically than our "servants" do it at Washington. Monet Saved. The "American" and "State Journal" two of the Whig papers in Harrisburg have "compromised" and united. eSomebody at Lock Haven, fired two ; rounds of the old cannon, on hearing of the defeat of the Liquor Dill at Ilarrisburg. C7Lato arrivals from Europa bring nothing of importance. Whig national Convention. Washi.votox, April 30, 11, P. M The Whig Caucus re-assembled this ev ning, pursuant to ailjournment, and was well attended. Mr. Mangnia, of North Carolina, prided, and Messrs. Chandler, of Pennsylvania, and Dockery, of North Carolina, acted as Secretaries. Upwards of a dozen Southern member left the Caucus in the early part of its proceedings, in consequence of Mr. Man gum, the President, ruling ont Mr. Mar shall's Compromise Resolution ; which decision, however, waa sustained bj the Caucus. It has been decided to hold th next National Convention in Baltimore, on the 10th of June. Xctus nnb Notions. ti'P anything pom want mvtt knfimm - J- Pr id fit ytm mmtfi 4tp . 0jrihr what f-m w-mt tm miftt yt 4ir o -4s better rmormHt r atorr customer 'rttntw rif rur yAi h ip -5 V Si f .Th. Proprietor of th "Lawiahurc Chronic! oftv r that esUbUahment for ul puouttoa to t giten the first of Say next. .ft Pittsburg, April 19. The river is higher thau it has been known for twenty t years. It has been rising for fifty hours, j aDl still continues. The Cincinnati 1 packets will not leave until tbe water suo- 1 v. , v. -, . , . , , - 'sides. o accidents nave been beard of. j Baltimore, April 20. The southern ! ., . . .' , ... . . mail to iiiirht brings nothing from bej"i j ,k,bi!e Thc of mculliin s a rumor, which had reached there, that j she new St. Louis Theatre.in N?w ( )r'ens, fell down on the opening nighCthe H-h causing great u-ss o lite 11.0 nunc 1 nir bei 112 deusely crowded. The authority . - J f..r the rumor is not mentioned. Baltimore, April 20. We learn from j Richmond that thc James River was very j high yesterday, overflowing its bank, but j th- (h-niai'e in the city was but slight ; j along tbe river, however, the loss of pmp I rty has been vary severe, aud the Caual has suffered very greatly. The water was s'ill rising last nifjit, and was nearly as higH as during the freshet five years ago. Sevra! vcol. parted their anchors aud were carried off. Ilarrisburr, April '20. We have ac counts from Columbia and WrigliUvilie, representing a considerable portion of part tf the city. i "i a, now ion; ooes me jji-gisiatrue sit " ''i hrri or four luouths. uiv sou." j Whv, our g . cms only set tivf wctks '.' was the rejoiudcrof the hopetu. youngstir The Dunkirk Journitl - irh-re rs an unprecedented demand lor dwelling houoe md s'ore- in that village, notwiihsrandm : tht over 200 bui'ding cr erffrd thfie ! ,hw "' P1" il 200 ",or eon d renh d on ihe spot, and predicts it . ( , , . ! iari; in -reas- ir the shipping business at ; ih p,irf ,he ieHM)tt i . . ,. i i ' editor of the I-wsstown Gaffe ' tljoc,a p ke. Ust week.21 inches long. j . e n . ..... , , ' name of the- Pot Olrice at Cherry, Sjliivan Co , j chanjfd lo Dushorp. j J 1 i Whlj Eeetlng. i A nvetinot tiie Vhigot Union Coontv t will be held in thf O.urt H m N-- Beilm, on Tuesday the lh tf Mat (fust I Co,,rl '-) VW ,u'r ,h"e " 11 i weneritl turn-out to laMv the action ot the life Harristior-r Con.enlioii, and a l traiisacl other ftiiiortui I husirms. CiuRt.es MtCEiLL. Chairman. Coi rerteU this Day. heat 75aSo ...lb ...5i ...:i: ..112 ..13 . 12 i ...10 ...1" .. 1 .. 1" ...350 Rye '.'urn Dits Flaxseed Dried Apples ButtPi Egm Tallow . . Lard i . i g (;overse j " ! Garden Seeds. j J. .otunmt ;UJ fecd ,, "W VrtDDTU'iii la a - t ? . HO Mill I O.VS Bool aoJ Sbiw Slow Auditor's Notice. THK o ruler si gnfd appsnnleil hj ihp 0.-(-'i"''' Couri of t nion county lo Au.ol ih ac counts ol Jairs. Ilrmlerxui an I R hr t C i' il" Adminiiitratirfa of William B. flliva.v. latJ w Dw' Tofnh:p. I.'nion couu v. irt'K h?L'"l f''utr"1 ,h"'h' l""" ,he lun ot hi a;pomlmrnl lh Ilou f Chirks U. Ktme. in ih Bor..h f L"1"" ' "tur 'av. ih 15th d.,y of ly H It. BICKOK, AoJiior Leniabon;. April 2L, lSoi LEWISBURG ACADEMY. rilHE 9ih Srafion ol this Insti uti.ui nn.lerih- rul I'linciual vill commence ou HjhJ-3 M iv 10. b lo cmiliour 30 wtrka. Inslrucliorj ai ba aiacn aa hrretofore in atl the biaiirhn of thoiouch Acadcroicul rnuo", iDrluiling Languagta, .MaUvanaiic anJGcneral l.i'rra'uie. Composition and Declamation will rr-rim earrful attention. Pritwr regard ariil also b paid lo ih himwm anil mora ot th pupil ; and no acholar wiil bo retained, who alter having bren duly idviaeil with. prista in the indul gence of prufanilr. qaarrrlilin or other low pneticra. The Bible ia in. duly requiaitum in Ihe school. For reference, Ibe anbseriber lutes the liberty , of Kit-ring lolbecitiiens oi the place aud vicinity wn. he been hi regular patrons. A Female AwKlaut will be secured ii oecea- sarv. ' Terms. For I.anrini?fa $10; Higher Eughh 8 j and Piimaiv V' Sun JOU jU.".DOLPH. AprUJt,18 . frtnctf k
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