BURG
CHRONICLE
KLEVENTn YEAR.....WIIOLE NUMBER, 670.
BY 0. N. TVOEDEN & J. It. CORNELIUS.
riUcps ct fcauiibnrg, Union Conntn, pcnnsgtoama.
II C. 1IICKOK, CuRUEsroxDiNG Emtok.
$1.50 per Yeab, ALWAT3 15 AdtajtAl
LEWIS
Tin Bsuiv, Mnc H '?.
Western Correspndcncc.
FRKtroBT, Ilu, March 5, 1355.
I left Chicago on the morning of the
- i ..i. i i.iisnt Railroad riJc of C
hours, brht me to this place, 120 mile j
north-west of Chicago ; with a gladiome
heart I entered Frcepurt, anticipating the
pleasure of meeting friends and old asso
ciates. Nor was I disappointed. A native
of Union couuty Pa., can soon find friends
on... ; s Til..iro. after travelling
uerc. xuvtv . - - i 1
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lone among stranger., in meeting old ;
, ., ? ..,. hoi thoe
fr ends, that none can appreciate nut iuo-i ,
, ' ,. , .. ,t 1 il ivi mct
who have realized it. Here I bav mci
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.1 -t.n.orA mvsehool mates iu .uiiiun-,
KUVBV " " "
1 re, aro who have evel
ever '
" b' . , , , lpmorv with inerrv 1
been associated in my memory wuu merry
, :, ,,..., ji, fibred in m v
CniJUliUOU, uu wuu -.w c j
dreams of the H'est for many years.
lV..norr. mtntaitia between 4 and 5.000
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inhabitants. It has obtained a city charter !
and will he known hereafter as the i
"Citv of Frecport." In beauty, it
will not yet compare with Lewisburg ; as
a business place, it is superior ; iu intelli
gence and enterprize, I think it equal. The
community has enjoyed the benefit of an
excellent course of lectures during the win
ter. Last week, the Rev. Fierpont the
distinguished Divine and IVt delivered a !
poem here, entitled the "Golden Calf . :
' ' I
On Saturday night, Mrs. 1 racy Cutler j
lectured on Woman's Rights. It is an-':
nounccd that Rayard Taylor, the Poet, J
Editor and Traveler, will lecture here on !
the 27th March aud 4th April. j
I have been through the north-western !
, , . j . t t - t i
part of the county and into Jo Davies. In
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place of seeing flat prairies, as I hadimagin-;
cd, I found the land undulating, almost as j
much so as our beautiful Buffaloe valley.
Government land, I am informed, is air
"taken up" in this region. The Illinois
central Railroad Company, however, is I
offering two million acres of land for sale,
at from 85 to ?25 per acre. Their terms
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are as tollows: 1 aymenis are 10 oe iuauu ;
in five annual instalments, the first to bc-;
come due in two years from daU of con-
. r t..
tract, au iuieic ui uui i . ..t ww. j-v.
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annum wilt oe eliargea, as a security ior
the performance ot the contract, tne nrsi 1 ive t0 ,he belt resnits jn the garden, the vine
two years interval must be paid in advance. 1 yard, the nursery and the orchard, as well as
Any one wishing further particulars, can ,
Wm them bv addressinc Charles M.
T t J 11 . r .1, T ! I ;
UUPuy, jr., 1I11U Aeub oi ius tumuiD 1
central K. R. company, Chicago, III.
The chances for speculation in farming,
are better here, now, than they were ten
jeirs ago. for toe mercbandise, wuicn '
a farmer needs, h. can get much cheaper, !
, ,1. ,.! for fcU r,ro.le 1.1 1
1- -..
c , , , . , .
can now find ready market, and get good .
prices, which he could not ten years ago.
I have seen men who came to this county j
ten and fifteen years ago, with no other j
capital but a fund of health and energy,
who now own farms worth from 1 to
SOOO, and who are now beginning to en
joy, what is due them for the privations
they have uadergoue in their pioneer life, j
Let every one comment on this for !
themselves. T. G. O. I
Convicted. The notorious counter- (
feittr, John Men gas, Las been tried before
Judge Kane of the U. S. District Court, 1
in Philadelphia, and found guilty oacijht
lillt, for paising counterfeit coin. Van
garden and Eggleston were tried at the '
same time, and also found guilty. They '
uavo not yet been fentencod.
The residence of Col. Thomas II. Ren
TlIK FA KM :
The liurilt n The Orclmrrl.
To Fanners and Gardeners.
The Corresponding Secretary of the Union
County Agricultural Society, received from
the Patent Office, a lot of seeds for free dis
tribution among ihe ihmbtrt of the Society,
a part of which are now at the store of Messrs
Hursh & Vorse, where members will please
call for them. Many of them were selected
7 the acem, of the office in England and
France. The fallowing is the lut f the
names of seeds:
Canada Club Spring Wheat
Spring Tea Wheal.
Kio Grande Sprillg Wheat
Cape Wheat. '
Turkish Flint Wheat.
Biden Corn.
Italian Ray Orass.
Sweet Vernal Grass.
l)ouMe-bearing Sainfoin.
Mignonette.
reen-tnped Kohl Rabi.
Moha de Hongrie.
fr-a Kail,
hort Krd Carrot.
True Uiaut Asparagas.
Red Bret.
fL James' Carrot.
Meinour's W hue Solid Celery.
Hollow rowne: Parsnip.
I'ure early York Cabbage.
Olive Scarlet Radish.
Some of the above seeds are new in ihis
vicinity. Any person who is acquainted with
h use of them, and the time and manner of
sowing, planting, ,d cultivating them, can
render scrvi bvpivill(,.he informa,it,n
through the column, of the Chronicle.
limi Riui. li.ee. Sec.
I-iwuaian, March ll h ,'55.
ton, in W athington Citv, was destroyed by or stirring it two spades deep, leaving the two iare wnh heavv team do its work of re- i anr r.T fnr tlia Trortinn Cif a TIPOT ! hnvo i-xnired. and all tho vacancies iu said , ,l ronv therein all the irwckel entries re-
fire on Wednesday of last week, by which , layers of earth in their natural position, orre- J Versal afier the deep-running sub-soil plow j County, OUt of part of lnion, to county offices in the county of Union, who- sp.vnng ihe said suits and caes to be tra
he lost his journal, all his private papers. versing them. In the first place an opening has done is p;lrl stlrrillg ,,p the stiilelay bot- e called SNYDER, and relativa ther by resignation or otherwise, shall be i;-rred as aforesaid, and shall on or before
.j i. ii t ic mntti. nerns one side of the space to be due. I i.i ik. ...i. i mm. wt..kmi.. c., f Iriin nf Union : ..t tl, .',nr-.l ideetion on the second I hrst day ot I eceiuher, one th. usanrt ei
mm a vaiuaoie coiiecuon OI Dooks. ' ... iV u,.c omi vi kbhw. " w.u ; j-. - , hnn.irel mil fi f:-five. have the said d.ck
Tlie Garden. j be left more even and regular, and llie end of
TBENCniNO WINTER DIflOlNO. I llie Wl" resent a regular appearance.
. .... rir . -i :.... A still mure thorough method of trenching
In this Series of articles, different topics I . . A a
iu wu . r is performed by diggin three spits deep the
will be taken up in succession, as they ap- ; proccss is on,y an tensioI1 or mo,inc!l,jOI1
pear to be most seasonable, and as they i f that just described somewhat more inlri
may be suggested by passiug events, or j caie in its description, however, maybe adopt
the pressing wants of the reader. Ai a I ed by any oue who understands the former
thorough creraration of the soil is a mat- method. This triple trenehir.g is arr!icaUe
ter of Primary importance, I have deter-
mined to commence with this subject.
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u,,ec. uUU t. -
may be situated, whatever its aspect and
soil, it is most dcsircable to have the earth
loosened, and, indeed, thoroughly turned
over in the fall and winter iu Older that
1 the frosts of the latter season may have an
: . . C J i :.. 1... n,rh nf
"nu.y .B
pulverization, so that the material may al-
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so be in the best condition to absorb and
tstnra o nn f ir 1 1 o nnminrr ornr till fl Tll-
" j b i '
- 1 1.1 1 .. ll... ...... it., .l.nwnrc Ami
moum uruujiui uj uii: uuu duu.i..-, ...
the still more gently fulling snow, with its
t, j 0
"er freight ol ths mvaluable vegetable food.
So soon as the crops are removed, in the
m,. ihic nrorr mav be commenced, and
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11 may ue couuuucu iiuhusiiuui niiii,
uhelle er the icy bonds of the frost king do
not interpose a residing barrier. A crust of
frozen earth will interpose but a slight re-
sistancet.. the Pick anrl the spade, and will,
in the process nl overturning uie son, make , .' ' V,l nitrift rnmnnvwl nf tliP fn.
the benefit of frost more genera! throu,-h the remarkable decree, the influence of ral UlMtTlCtS Composed OI U,e lol
mass s.nce the expanded frozen portion, will drought, and the happy effect of turning up a lowingToWHslllpS and Boroughs,
occupy less space when it thaws, and allow a 1 new portion of soil to receive the mel.oraling to wlt .
better entrance to the air. j '"uen of nWne and shower, frost and j ,st Jiatrj fce 0onim;s?;oncr3. of.
All digging, but more especially all winter 'V 'b-ch a cMiy- yeHow cold sub-soil, ; jn anJ f jt K bo h
PSi"f. "'" bc d"ne rather roughly-the
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left bv vour accomplished digger, who may
sUr1i j pcrforluaIlcUt by llallow stirring of
the vit but wi,0 W!u spend much time in
comminuting the surface, and rendering it
very fine and very smooth, is not at all what
is desired, especially in this winter operation
-ll'er S've s rougl.looking surface the
clods scarcely broken, the frost will mellow
' .-,,. ,.u rh . ,r
them suiricienilj-, and, indeed, wimsucn a sur-
facc ;, has ao incread 0,,pCruiaiiy to do its
jDvaUab!e share of the work, while the por-
lion thus exposed for absorbing the atmos
pheric riches is also greatly increased.
Th. i,nn.,rt.-,nr.e of thoroughly draiuinff the 1
soil eannot be too forcibly impressed upon the '
minds of those who would properly prepare a j
r . .,j ar.nror.riir.i in a warden
Th,. matter has been fre.menilv presented to '
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tne reaners 01 me previous voi.nnrs, nu ...
many publications has been reiterated, and .
stanua" by
!..H.n.mrf,,l1r.,in,t!L deduced
in
from succeslve practice, and hence need not, 1 '
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in this article, be lurther extended,
conduct -
th sround aj a primary cperatlonf
the more extended fields of corn fd wheat in ,
which the farmer takes a just pride, will again
be presented, and its claims ,0 consideration
will 6e urged at tne iuturc penoa.
That digging may be of the greatest advan
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iiiL'.-. 11 auvuiu uc . l 11 iL.ivi.u.'i .... I
! or fork, whichever be used, should be driven '
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d"pply into the soil, the portions iaKen up cam .
time should not be too large, and little alien- j
Uo should be paid to breaking it up finely ;
UUl II Will UC W I-lt4l LUIISCjUllivt, ...
lheorigiBal p0iltloa be ,
r(,v,rse(li so l!iat ,he car,h Diay be turned up-'
S:,tK down-1
A great improvement upon common digg-.
i . . i . - r m tiir.m'- .
...a, ut v --e- -
trench open, and then working up the sub-soil j
witn tne spade, toric, or even won a pn k or
I mattock, especially if tins part be compact and :
! solid ; and, if there be a crust or indurated
layer called a hard-pan, this proccss will he of '
great value to ihe crops of the next and en5u -
mg seasons. Kidging the soil, even in com- ,
men uigging, is ol advantage ny exposing a ,
greater surface to the action of the atmosphcr-1
ic. iniiuences mis is done ny nigging in sirips
three or four spade's widths, and throwing the.
earth from the richt and left upon the middle '
portion of the land. !
Trenching the soil is a still more efficacious !
opcration.inasinuehasby it the eaith is stirred
tne suriacc-son is uug uui u. nit .u... . ,
...... m..ra n. ot. miviul l(l!l I . crMtlT HPII H .
....I ...v.. ... i . mougn inese oe pour siinsiiuues lor ine ireneii- . f 1 1 i it to tuft DrOVlSlOnS Ot tllC I organized wuose resiucuce may lau n iiiuii jn ('.un o. mr... ... .r..... .
This proccss has some modifications which I j iIlfr snnde. and ft.rlr. and much better adapted i . ) . . ' r i- i tl... lii.nta of ihe ioii.1 couutv of Union shall , piotlior.otary or sliernl of Snyder county, and
shall endeavor toexplain to the reader .imple to(he tield, ,han , tl,e garden.s,,,, by their ' ,1 .V I e-ntine,o hold their re.f-ctiveoftices until , V. r "V r
trenching consists of twice digging llic soil, , mcans nucl, 00ll ,nay bc ellecled. Let the , tlie lOllOW Dig IS IfUC COJ)y . I , f,)r j,;, ,j,ey woro tl0ct..d shall ,..,., h.lrr... ,r,i r,-,...:... ,f,,s, ,iekets
j two or three feet, from which all the surface , , be aajn fnwed bv ih" suh soil gather
I earth.removcd.by the first spit, is thrown aside I jn Wth norrow furrow slices, that the earth
and left, to be used at the last. One half of
the sub-soil, or second spit, is then thrown out j
by itsell, and ine remainoer is oug up an., oc-
, posited in the deep ditch or trench last opened
the workmen ihcn proceed 10 dig the next
. r ,rr-,.n.l . after havin? marked !
.-.l. n .-ii... o... , t.
o- .... - i: i il, .n,l the'
ou wiih a nit aim -u. r... , .
' necessary width, it is thrown over across tne
open trench in the sub-soil, and upon thatpor- j
tion of the subsoil that is dug the snb-soil j
' of -ond strip is then dug up'and thrown
into ihetrenehbesideitjeaving in turn anomcr ,
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cavity, across wlucn llie nexi row oi ante i j
surface-soil is thrown, and so on to the end 1 some eonsolntion, that now tney wul not be ( ja,;k'g uiouutaiu to the western line of
when this is reached, the first sub-soil that I called upon lo witness the sufferings of either j -nion connry, shall be, and the same is
was removed is wheeled or carted round from j while in a dormant stale, the larva; j herohy oTOOtcil into a new county to be
the place of beginning, and then Ihe first sur- many of these posts of Ihe gardcnire quietly , Calkd Snyder, on the conditions herciuaf-face-soil
is brought aud spread over it, so lhat i extinguished by the relentless grasp of the , tcr expressed.
. i: r . I.: -l.;i.. ..il.arc an. nnnrnnri.1,.1 in C.. Wl TT:iliaM - fl ITam..!.!
there h no trencn leiu .
Where the ol.ject of trenching is to reverse '
ii... two laren of soil, ihe mode of procedure !
is somewhat similar, but more simple the j the senlimentalist,oeenrs to the larvnls- knnwu appointed commissioners who, or a major
Irench is first opened as before, but the soil is ; as nU worms, the dread of gardeners, on ac j ity of whom, shall, before the fourth day
all removed i the depth of two spades and ( count of their voracious appetites among lhe j of July next, properly ascertain aud mark
thrown aside the second strip is then mark- i early products of the spring ; these low-lived the division Tine between the counties of
ed on,aiil me sunace-5011 u uuowu unu ...a
boilom of the trench, after which the sub
soil is lifted and thrown upon that just dug.
In all these operations one man can perform
the work alone, but several may labor togeth
er lo advantage, and as some portions ol the
digging require more skill and greater effort, i
these mav bcassi-ned lo llic better workmen, .
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or the operatives may change positions. It :
v . .
will nut be ahsolairly fnecessarv W mark on
the land... but this plan has the advantages j
which are wor.h" of eo idcralion. The work I
witl bc iiio,c perfectly !,., tlr surface will
i n s,'ils "f KX Jll'!l' wl,ich M allu"' "f ",rn
ng the surface soil to the bottom, and to soils
in u'liifh tliff ...il,.v,,il it not fun e.ruile and
unfit for plants al ihe surface. In the Mil-
,llre nf pcs and ,,, deep-rooted plants.
l!luruugh ullage will possess advantages
but lor common garden plants the surface-
s1' should be retained mar the tender roots
of the young seedlings, winch might suffer
for want of nourishment, in the unkind soil
from below, unless it have been manured
and well aerated by exposure during the
winter. The same remarks will apply to com
mon trenching of two spits deep, which often
' l.rir.,r. tin i I . if oil i.nlit Tr Ji.tirfllP
, ....n u ...... ...-j-., .... .... ........
P't
it,e b
"e "
plants, before ihpy have time to penetrate lo
ettcr soil below.
"e SaI and imme.uaieaavamages
01 ireiicning, next 10 me meuoniuon ... ...
soil,
, is the destruction of weeds, by burying
, , . r
,hf''r s',s Jt'T'y. beyond the influence of
, ''eat and light ; this spares the gardener
much labor in tendin;
his crops , but 'lic
; two greatest inducements .0 per.orm .m
lalmi- ar it, itppn titlnir whirh nrevents.
i.rco... .-....,, . K ....... .....
; friable soil, often rivaling the original surface
iiiould in productiveness.
A modification of this mode of digging in
wide lauds, will sngeest itself 10 those who
....jen ... l.i,.6 ... - .... ,
end of work, to fill up the las! trench. This,
consists in laying off the ground into strips
of three or four feet in wiJtlu opening a trench I
across this narrow land, ihmwine aside the j
dirt as before ; when the end of the portion j
marked off has bccnrcacheJ, the open trench
is occupied by tneearm, to dp rcmoveu irora j ,th district, at the public house ot Ja
fhe first trench of ihe next land, and so on to ; cb Fryer, Middlcburg, in aud for Frank
the end. Kach land in this plan begins by lin township.
closing that just dug, ami the iat is, in tarn, .
finished by removing the small quantity
thrown out ai me commenccmeni 01 me nrsi.
Mr. Nicol has adopted a combination of -
tbese modes of trenching, to be employed
llironrh a series of vears
He trenches three
- -
srit deep, turnmg the sur
urface-soil into the tot- :
torn, the middle portion remaining in place,
ia &ui for 1IartlcJ ,
e, two spits deep, bringing the middle to the I
; surface; this is cropped three years, when a
1 trenching ofthrec spits, brings themiddlesoil i
. . ' .' .....
-o -j
o, mree spns 0 ,,. .. . - - .
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torn, and restores the 0ri2in.1l surface to ihe
top, after a rest of six years he thus continu-
allv changes the surlace, each portion resung
six, and producing, in turn, lor three years.
Sumo ft tttv rnrti"r mm iiinnnt. inriT imc
j j- h
laborious method of digging their soils, will
no. pay ,n this conntry-they may res, assur-
ru II1.IL II III linlll II. Lit. IUI 11.1. II..Ulb '
and expense by increased crops, and by enab- I
'ins their vegetable to withstand the droughts
of uursummers of this there can be no doubt, j
as Ve may find cumulative testimony in the j
experience o. ever gaiuene. , ...e ti. .,u..i ,
cfiects of ,i1irollgh trenching were remarkably ;
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apparent during the last two trying seasons
wi,ic most crpS e suffering dreadfully,
(T want of moisture, those on trenched jronnd
aenn c i
CoIllinuej IO row an,t thrive wiihoiit a day's
inImissjnnand le ,nil .as funi u be ;
mrlow anil dampi wherever stirred, instead
of Uing b.,kf(I alld rr!lcMl and utterly dry.
Those who eannot he persuaded to perform
t,js operation, or who have not llic lahor at ;
command to perform this operation, or who
i., . , .,,. ,, ,,,.! in nprfurm ihe :
work aright, are orsed to adopt the next best '
proCP!)f! as a sl,1lMiiiite. Let the plow, and j
he sub.Sul plow, be brought into requisition, .
command in penorm me i
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lhe ftrst rrow sll(.e lMn ns original rositmn.
olficcs.
1 j the whole surface may be siirred wiih these ,
two implements, to a depth of twenty inches j
1 ' or more, and thrown up into steep and narrow j
' ' rAf, and thus finally exposed lo the frost '
..e whoIe s,lrrae.e mav be siii red wiih these ,
a,..i i
'The destruction of insects is one ereat eood !
. '
etieciea oy inese win.er ..per.......: ...e
soil. A series of inestimable value lo thefu- j
lure crops, is thus performed at a season when I
we have most leisure, and to those readers j
wno nave lenoer ...p.mnes, .... i...-, ....
l,..r i1...nc.l... nrCrlUrnhnli il will he I
"-ft-
iiu.-h.miie, - - .. r.- i .
satisfy the cravings of the feathered tribes- i
another result, perhaps not l-ss harrowing to
creatures are so insensible lo cold, that the
frost can not alfert ihem. through their tough
I and dusky integuments but ihe miserable
' gourmands, instead of being allowed to riot
! through the winter, upon the vegetables and
I weeds lhat may survive the frost, are now
deprived of their sustenance, and die a wre-
tenra nea.n oy siarvauon snu.incr noi, kinu
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menu neuer in-y, r,y even sucn aoeaiii.inan .
.l . i i i .1 t i .i i '
my rrt..o.,K. s ..... a. ,.. ls, oy u.e.r uevour- ,
mc jaws, nen spring
' all ann winter nigging aioi vine, are ,
'he be:-' pvvri:'iv'i rl ut tivrm-.
and l-lo-vfn.-. are '
Election Proclamation.
WHEREAS, in and by an act
I of tllO General Assembly of tlllS
win 1 n A A .I.
i oiau-, rum it-u in nti iui ine
. f rnnntv nut nf
e"on a new coiinryoiu OI
Irt r LlniOn to he Called iMljder
ailtl. rcIullVti to the Seat ot Jtl.stlCC
j Ol union COUIliy, approved ine
'2d day of March, A. 1). ISW, it
is enjoined on me to give public
notice of an Election to be held,
and to enumerate in such notice
what is to be thereat voted for
and against, 2Ufl.Sltr
High Sheriff of the county of
Union do hereby give and make
this PUBLIC NOTICE to the
j Electors of Said COlinty of Union,
.1 . I.t -n 1 1 1 1
that an Election Will be held 111
said COlinty.ON' THE TIUUD FRIDAY
oy .March instant (being the IGth
; day of March, 1S53) at the seve-
nJ aistrict at tLe pUUic house of
Cat!lurine jjr0 m auJ fot Uuion town.
j .j ,j;strict) at tll0 tousc of Jaool)
, I)(),.!;.,r,j in tlie ,oruuglj v Miffliuburg,
lor V) ost, i.ulUJoe towhslnp.
4t'u district, at the house of James
height, j anJ fur Ruffaloe township,
. 5th district, at the house of Geonre
V0f( ;u allJ for Jiaat Uuffaloc township. I
Gib. district, at the house of Samuel j
Rover, Jr., in and for l'enns township.
sih uistriet, at tne nouee ot ueo. tiny-
Cr, Freeburg, in and for Washington tep.
tun district, ai me uouse 01 ueorge A.
bmitb, in and tor beaver township.
10th district, at the public house lately
kept by Henry Schrojer, in and for West
Leaver township.
1 iui uisiner, at, me uouse 01 imam
12th district, at the house of Samuel !
bhadle, in and lor l'erry township.
Rth district, at the house of James
j : 1 u"li. 1. i.:
UVMU
in 1 ii f rovt 1 , in nn.i mr I puree rmrnniin
" " " ;
Isaac Ilun.lelt. in and for Chapman Tsp.
lf.th district, at the house of James :
i Lawson, in and for Kelly township.
t 17th .lin-i. fit. tho wettt. m-inrbior of ttlA
Franklin House, corner of Fourth and .
' AT-.rl.-.. dr.w.: f,.r fl. Vortl. tt'nr.l in '
! Lewisburg borough. '
ISth district, at the south window of
, the Franklin House, corner of Fourth aud
Market streets, for the South Ward, Lew-,
isburp borough. ,
F.lth district, at the Ihvthc of Chn. Crnt- ;
. , . . b h ( jjirllinhnr". '
zc " aD f 5 ., r" S ,
kViu ui.ti luii u i. ii i' aivjiicru yJi tjuuiiii
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Kline, in and for Middlecreek Tsp. j
21st district, at the house of Fcter
w..i.- : .-.l t... i :......, -tt.;r.
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" . SlIill' vc : anj for the bor.
oujl 0f Sclinfisrowe.
.j d;sritt at tl0 SCUOol House PU
v. 1,. :,, i:,.ri:n fr 1.,,1,-wii
t,,.vnst,;n i
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nl w mul llmO tIKl I'l-f-Lb lllt-ro
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Will bo ail Election held by ballot
tO decide whether tllC said COUnly .
of Snvdcr shall be CfCCtcd aCCOr-
l.. . ..
Cnnntv. .
SECTION 1. L'c il crnuUJ LjlJic S aMc ,
and ,,f nVrehitiKt vf th,- Corn-',
mmtm alth nf 1 niisytraiu'a in (rrimnd ;
.USIMV ut, aud it it henb,, eimcled ly
fa authority ot the tame, That all that I
territory now in Union eonnfy lying south
0f a lino commencing at the Nortbnmbor- j
,1, n,l nu t. aud it it licnhu enacted I u
1 1 i : i . .1 P 1... ii. v... I!..ri;.
IdUU IIIIUi: , lllUUtV, Ul .. ..v..
. i . . . n "i. . ..l,....i 1
man rouic, 10 1 onus critk ai a poiui
f lu of a niiie above Mowrcr S null, !
wUere eai)i turns suddenly towards I
t,ic putn. thence, across 1'eDns creek, j
tb tllcrn bank to iu nearest
cnDtact Wltu tllc 8Ulum,t ol JaeK moun-
. I .1 .. -I .1.- : ,.f
.tain, ann inenco along iuo uu" m
tri.v. iwi " " ""'-it
Jamea Maddeu, Thomas Bower,Jauies Ms-;
Creiuht and laao IK Boyer are hereby
l.uion and Fnydcr, anu also ueiwccn me
election districts of rcuns, .Uuldlecreck,
Uuion and Jackson townships,as expressed
in this act, and also to make '.hree plots
or drafts of said division lincf, one copy
of which they shall forward to the Secre
tary of the Commonwealth, and ono to
the register and recorder of Union and
c i . 1 .1. i l
najaci '" , ...
-.n..M.!u!..noiM ahll rpfnifi lit a en m of nnr
w .... ... .v.
; ui.ii.il .li.j, mm .- . ....j
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sanly cnsapcl in runnin-r said a i vision
t; us-giu ... ..b - ,
huoaudia making out tlie drafts f tU
saiue, and for their compensation aud for
all necessary aid employed ly tbem iu
ruuning said line the commissioners of
Union county shall forthwith pay by cr
iers on the county treasury.
Sec. 3. That suitable ground and
buildings, and a jail for couuty purposes
for said county of Snyder, and also suita
ble grouuds, buildings and a jail for said
couuty of Union, to be approved by a ma
jority of the court aud graud juror of the
respective counties, when prepared, shall
be secured to the xaid counties without any
cost or tax whatever being imposed upon
the taxables of said counties for such ex-
penditures.
Sk:. 1. That to secure the conditions
exm-L'.ssod in tho third section of this act.
there be pledged in trut to the judges of
thi; courts of Union county ou or before
the liist day of May next, one or more re-
sponsible bona lido subscriptions
of not
less than ten thousand dollars from within
the limits of each county respectively for
the purchase of grounds and the erection
of buildings as aforesaid for the counties 1 under the provisi tis of this act shall res
of Uuion and Snyder, said buiidiugs to ! pectivcly procure at the towns or places
be of stone or brick with lire proof roofs j which may be detcrniiued upon as the
and fire proof rooms for record.-., and that j respective county seats of said counties in
said subscriptions so pledged shall be ap-! the manner hereinbefore provided for,
proved by said judges, and published un- j suitable buildings aud accommodation' for
der their directions in the second week in the receiving aud safe keepingof the public
May next, with tho names of the sites for records, and also for the bulding of the
which they are pledged in one uew-j.aper Courts in the same until the pnblti build
in Union county and one newspaper iu j ing hereinbefore provided for shall have
Snyder county, the second weeK in the
month of May next, and that upon such
notice being given, the subscriptions afore
said shall be transferred to the building
committees provided fur such subscriptions
respectively, and the grouuds; necessary
with the proper couuty buildings shall be
finished and conveyed in fee simple to tho
proper authorities of the respective couu-
ties on or before the first day of January, '
one thousand uglit hundred and lifty stv-!
Section 5. That upon the completion
of the said pledges in trust for the erection
ot "y
P'0'
of buildings, the subscribers to such
;cs respectively on due notice given
shall elect three persons in each ot the
counties of Uuion and Snyder respectively,
who shall constitute the building commit
tees S3 provided for iu the fourth section
of this act, each subscriber being entitled
to one vote for every ten dollars subscri
bed by him or them towards the said buil
ding fund.
Section G. That tho subscribers tow-
ards the said building fund shall in the j
manner prescribed in the foregoing section 1
to establish the site for tho public build-
r--
I ings to be erected in the said counties of
L nion and Snyder respectively, subject to
- t""o"
bill. . ,
Section 7. That nnon sccunnz tne
subscriptions specified in ;th. fourth 0on
of this act, the inhabitants of the said
coun of 8oydcr shall after the first day
of December, one thousand eight hundred
and fifty-five,
bo entitled to and at all
times thereafter have all and singular th
3 ' courts, jurisdictions, offices, rights aud pri-
vileges to which the inhabitants of the tinno he lien of any such judgment on
county of Uuion are now entitled by the!(,I1T ia,,js or tenemenls situate in the
constitution and laws of this Common-
wealth, and that the offices hereby provi- j
Jed for said couuty shall be filled by the j
qualified voters at the general election m ,
t-'ctober next.
tectiil-v .-. i'i me voomj v.........s-
.. I sioners ro oe ciecicu uuuer vue j.ionsiuus
smners to be elect
of this act for the
said county ot Snyder,
tinl.
sball at their Lrst meeting uecmo ny 101
the time each to serve, viz. one for one
vear. and the others for two aud three
venrs resnectivelv. and should more than
one Commissioner bc elected for tliecounty
i of Uniou, their terms shall bo decided as
, i hereinbefore provided for the said county '
i , iiirnui vi. 1,1 c .i . . .
i : of Snyder; and the terms of the County
Auditms in the said counties respectively
shall bo decided in t lie same manner as ,
. . . f provided for iu the case of
(.ounty Coiuiuissioncrs. I
pF, TIOv ft. That the persons holdir.g
ofTieesin the county of Union as heretofore !
, e.. il -.:.i. :
Tuesday of October next, and annually
thereafter according to the terms of the
general laws regulating tho respective
offices. , , , .,
. SECTION IU. that the p ace lor ine
sites of jails and other buildings for the
counties of Uuion and Snyder be decided
as follows : At the general election ill (?-
SECTION 10. That the placo for the
fnlmr next, the voters of the several dec-
' .,
ii ... .littrieta in the counties atoresaul may i
. 7 ... , . ,
vote written or priuicu .""' " :
the outside "lOl.Ml M.A1, ami in
the inside containing tho name of the j
town, township W ;
eiec as e i.. j.. , -
..f .,1.1 ,..n ohn II riWIVf". retlim ,111(1 C0H1-
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nutc the names of the places so voted tor ,
as names of person" voted for are received
l .tm..d ni..l lhe t.laee in each countv
havini? tho crcatcst number of votes shall j
bc the scat of justice fjr such county. I'm- i
ridnh That no vote shall be returned tor
. , , . ,,
any town, township or borough which snail
I 1. furnished n.4 hereinbefore stated
an approved and guarantied subscription
of not loss than ten thousand dollars for
county purposes as aforesaid.
Section 11. That the jail in New Ber
lin be used by the counties of Union and
Snyder in common by tho said counties
respectively until tho new jail or jails is
or are built, the expenses attendant upon
such joint use being borne by said couuties
respectively in proportion to the number
of persons confined from each, and the time
occupied bv the counties respectively, and
fhe cost of conveying arn ma.u.a,ninS ; ,1,; .vl.rt of Comm. -i Pleas of
prisoners in tlie haslern 1 enitentiary ball j (;)(1,,rf,f Snj 1-r who shall hav t'n
h" defrayed by the county from whose ter- 4 r(rh.. nn(et the pror.sions of this act
vitory th riisoucr or prisou;rs arc or were ! su rmt ? . Thi- th- ?' I countv of . ny
L,ntJ 1 i Jet :...ll ferm a p.rt of the same .m?rw-
the cost of conveying and maintaining
Section 12. That thone portions of th
towti.ihips of Union and Jackson lying
sonth of l'enns creek be hereafter attached
to the election districts of l'enns and Mid
dlccreek in Snyder county, and that the
eastern boundary line of Middlecreek town
ship continued northwardly to l'enns erect:
be the division line between said districts
of Middlecreek and Penus.
ec. 13. That after the next general
election the return judges of the ttevcral
, election distri. is f the counties of Union
, and .SiyLr respectively shall meet at the
1 hotfV bj pointed Ly law in the place for
j holding the severiil courts of the respective
I counties.
j ?'ec. 1 1. That the several towohip
I officer in I tiinn eonnfv. whose reiideneon
shall fall within Snyder county. sh;-.!l cou-
tinuc to hold their respective offices in the
namo and under the jurisdiction of Suy der
county, as regulated by general laws.
Section 15. That the Onimisoioners of
the county of Uuicia and ttho the Commis
sioners of the c ta'.y of Snyder elected
been completed aud accepted as aforesaid.
Skition 1. That the several curts
of Union county shall continue to exer
cise jurisdiction within its former limits
until the first day of December, one
thousand eight hundred and tfty-five.
Section 17. That the ctrtioraries di
rected to and nf perils from the judgment
1 of any justice of the peace of said county
of Snyder, and all criminal prosecutions
which may originate in the said county,
before the test day hereinafter mentioned,
shall be proceeded in as heretofore in
the courts of common pleas and quar
ter sessions of the county of Union ; aud
ail process to issue from the courts of the
couuty of Snyder, returnable to the first
term in said conuty, shall bear test on the
'Z'Jih day of September, one thousand
tight huudied and fifty-five.
Section H. That in all cases where
any mortgiges of any lands or tcuemenU
situate within the said county of Snyder
shall have been recorded in the recorder's
office of the county of Union, prior to the
first day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-five, the lien of said
!".. - , fc . v. r
act had not been passed. I'ruviiletl, That
all process for the recovering of the same
sued fortli after the said first day of De
cember, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-five, shall i.-suc from the proper courts
of the couuty of Snyder.
Section 19. That the lien of all
judgments entered in the court of com
mon pleas of the county of Union, prior
to tho first day of December, Anno Dom
ini one thousand eight hundred and fifty
five, shall be and remain as if this act had
not been passed. I'vvitM, That to con-
county of Snyder beyond the period uf j
five years fr. m the date of such entry, a ;
transeript of the same (-hall be filed in the j
prnthonotary's ofhec of tho said county of
Suvder. and scire facias to revive the snme
j f .
as in other cases issued out of the court j
of common pleas of said county of Sny
der ; and testatum executions may issue
to and from the said counties respectively,
as is provided by the laws of this Com
monwealth. Skctios 20. That all suits and eases whirh
shall be rending and undetermined in thesev-
'ral courts of Union county on the first day of '
lumber. on? thousand eisht hundred and
-tiltv-l.ve, where ihe defendant or deiendants i
in ildl Mli, pr Vli sha at ,hp imc be rt,M .
,,.nt jn the c,
.untrof Snvdr, shall be trans-!
lerr.'d to toe respective courts of Unyderceun-
tv, and shnll be considered as pending in said ;
cn.an. hi'l he proceeded on in lik'tnau- j
mence.l'ii Ltd'ceuri's wt'Z tlfe'tees j
on the same due to the officers of Tnion Coiir tv
trans-'
the '
gin ;
ct, :
t.-sr"i!ier with the records and declaration an I
oilier papers respecting the said suits or cases j
ready to br delivered to the prothonoury ofi
Snv.ler county, the expenses of said dockets
and copying i be paid bv the said county ef :
Suvder on warrants to be drawn by ihe com- j
inissioners of Snyder county on the treasurer J
thereof. j
Shtot 21. That a!!t?xesan 1 militia fines
levied or assessed wttlun the sind new county 1
fn,.. .. ,. I
"i . n. r, a.io
I the vi'.iniv of I mon. at anv
time prior to lhe lirt d;iv of
e !irt d;iv of lecember, one
,j...,i-a.i cidit hundred and fiftr liv
sh.iil be i
c,,ilecIVli all(1 recvcitd as il this act had not
hff passed, and that such taxes shall the
li;!.fdfeT
. H MTf ,hf hl5, lla,
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ol llecei
fin fi .
of Uecembcr, one thousana cigm uunuieu aim
s,:rnin li. That the sheriff, treasurer,
nn.tlmnotnrr. and nil such officers as are re-
quired by law m give ser.iint;
for the faithful
har.!-of the duties of the respective om-
res, who shall hereafter he appointed or elect
ed to the said comity ol Snvdcr, before Ihev or
anv of them shall enter on the execution 'here
of, snail give suiliciei.t security in Ihe same
manner and form, and for the tame trusts and
purposes as such offices for Ihe li-ne being are
ublivted lo jive in the county of I nn n.
SirTixt 2.5. Thai lhe Sheriff, Cormier, and
other Officers of ihe county ol Vnion shall
continue to exercise lhe duties of their respec
live olfices as heretofore within Snyder county i
nnlil the first day of Kecember, One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Fifty-five ; and the persons
who shall be elected Associate Judge of Ihe
countv o: Snyder, shall take and subscribe the
requisite oalhs and adirmaiions of office. be
fore the Prcthonotary of i Curl ot Com
mon Pleas of Union county, who shall file a
rernr.l nf th amc. Ill ill' office Of Hi' 1 r-
(loi.ai, Senatorial, and Kepresenialive Dislricta
of which Ihe County of C'nioa now composes
a part. - j
Sit-now 25. That the juJces ef the Su
preme Conrl shall have like powers, jurudie
liou and auihoriies wuhm tlie said county ot
Snyder as by law they are vested wub and en
title. 1 to have and exercise in other counties
in ihis State, and lhe said county is hereby an
nexed to the Northern d. strict of ibe Supreme
Court.
Bictiox 2fi. That the regular term f th
several courts of I'nion county shall com
mence at the lime now Lxed by law and con
tinne one week.
isc. CV. That the county of Hnyder hall
be annexed to and compose a part of ihe sam
judicial district will, l.'nu.n and Mifflin coun
ties, and the several courts in the said count
of Snyder shall be held on the first Monday
next succeeding Ihe first Monday of the sever
al regular terms of ton courts nf Union coun
ty, as now tixed by law in each year. ami shall
contiuue one tek if necessary, ihe first
CGurt commencing on the fourth .Monday of
December, in the year one thousand tight
hundred and fifty-five.
Slc. Sd. That all provisions necessary for
carrying out the true intent and mean ins; of
this act, are hereby declared to be in full force,
and all provisions of any law inconsistent,
herewith are herehy repealed.
Sec. 29. That it shall and may be lawful
for the qualified voters who have resided ia
L nion county for at least six months immedi
ately preceding the next spring election to be
held in said county, on the third Friday of
March next, Ano JJc mim one thousand eight
hundred and fiily-tire, to vote at such spring
electun upon the question of the division of
said coCLty, iu the manner following, lo wits
Those in favor of a division of said county,
shall vote written or printed tickels, labeled on
ihe outside, Di vision," and containing in lhe
inside thereof the words "For Division aid
thoe who are opposed In a division of Mid
county iliall dcpuail uckeu. labeled as aforesaid
and conniving on the inide thereof lhe words.
"Asainsi Division." The said tickets shall
be deposited in a boi which shall be provided
for that purpose at each and every of th
election polls of said comity; th said elec
tion shall be held and con due ted by lhe tamo
etlicers elected to hold lhe different township
or borough elections, and the returns of said
elections shall be ma-J- in the same manner
by the return judg.-s as in lhe ca of lhe.
eleciion of members of the Assembly; tbs
jndi-s of the several election district shall
meet at the Court house in New Berlin in said
tammy, on lhe first : Monday after said election,
and shall carefully add up the returns, and
make out two e.-pies thereof, one to Ihe clerk
of the court of Common Picas cf said county.
rne to the Secretary of Ihe Commonwealth,
which copy shil be certified by the Clerk
aforesaid in the said Secret-ry of tins Com.
nionwealth.and if on die meeur.gof the return
judges it shall appear lhat a majority cf th
votes have been given in favor of a division
of said county, ihen this act shall be and
remain in full force anJ effect ; bat if x
shall appear that a majority of the Voles have
been given acainst a division of said count
then litis art shall be null and void.
Sictiusi ijO. It shall be the duly of th.
judges an J inspectors conducting lb eleciion
authorized to be held by virtue of this act,
tocaase lhe letter to be legibly and distinctly
set opposite the name of every citizen who
shall vote on the question of Division as
aforesaid on the poll list on which his nam
shall be registered, and any wilful omission
so to do shall be deemed a fraud and shall
be punished as similar frauds are now pun
ished under the general election laws of thin
Commonwealth.
Sictiusi 31. That if any jodge, inspector
or clerk of the election authorized to be held
by virtue of ilus act shall wi!ful!y miscount
or shall falsely and fraudulently add up and
return the votes received upon the qnestion
of Division aforesaid, or shall keep a falsa
tally paper, or shall be guilty of any fraud in
the ditharge of his duty, every person s
offendipc, npoa conviction thereof in the pro
pi r eotirt i f Q i.irter Sessions of said county,
shall be s- ' .ect to the same finds and penal
ties as are imposed open delinquent judges
and inspectors by lhe general election law
of this Commonwealth.
Section 32. It shall be the duty of th
judges, inspectors and clerks conducting tha
eleetion authorized to be held by virtue of
this set. to take in addition to the oaih rr affir
mation he is now required by law to take,
an oath or affirmation thai be will honestly
and faithfully comply in every respect witn
the provisions and requirements of this act.
SkinoM 33. The elections shall be held
and returns of election made in the manner
hereinbefore provided for, and the validity of
the election or returns bc subject to like trial
and examination as is m w provided in cas
of i contested e'ee::on for any county rffice
under lhe general election laws of this Com
monwealth. Siorii.si 34. It shall lie the duty cf th
Sliriif of lhe said cvtinty of I'nion 10 caus
this act to be published in a'l the newspapei
pubh-h'd in sai.l eonrty immediately after
the passage rf this act at leasl one a week
m.'il a:d eleciion tars place, and shall cans
at leat two printed copies, one of which shall
be in the (Jerman language, of said art, to b
posted up at least ten days before said elec
tion, in hand-bill form, in the most publio
places nearest the election pell in every elec
tion district in satd county, and the reason
able expenses of such publication shall be paid
by ihe said couiuy of loion by orders drawn
in the uual wav.
SeTi"- S5. That the eh-riion authorized
bv the forgoirg section may he held and .
shall be as valid to all in'entt and purpose
without previous payment of lhe tax now
imposed by law iipjr: new counties as though,
Ihe viire I. ad been paid prior lo said election,
'r .r.V. Thai noihir.g herein continued shall
be convened t-. relieve the said new countv
of Snv.ler from the payment of said tax
before said countv shall be organized.
ih:. ry k. s i rung.
Spraker vf tin Jlti'ire of KeprtMntatitm.
VM. M. HEIS'l'ER,
Sfaker of the Knott.
APPROVED Ihe second day of March,
Ann.i Domini one thousand clil hundred
and filiy-fiie.
J.VS rOILOCK.
Sfcretary's Ofkh-k, )
Ilarrisburg, March Ud, 1S55. J
Pimj-Vuia'ii .
. I no CFRTIFY that th for.
L. S. going and annexed ia a true ami
1 - correit copy of the original act
of the Gcnerai .WinMy, as the same r.
mains on file in this office.
I.N testimony wiir.KEnr, I have hero,
onto set my hand, and caused to be affixed
the seal of Secretary's office, the day audi
year above written.
JOHN M. SULLIVAN.
D-p'y Sr'y of th Vommonvea'lA.
Dated at New Berlin this fifth
ilny of March, A.D.oiie lhousar1
cirrht humln-tl ami lift)' five.
JOHN KKSSI.KR. Sheriff .
Sheriff's Otlice, ?
New Berlin March 5S!5 5