LEWISB u R6 CHRONICLE t't') BY 0. N. WORDEX & J. 11. CORNELIUS. TWELFTH YEA II WHOLE NUMBER, 591. $1.50 ter Year, alvats in Advance. ri&ags at ftoistarg, Union (County, ycimsijliiania. II. C. IIICKOK, ConKEsroxmxc Editor. FRIOIV, Al ;l.ST 31, IS.. Population of Elmiua and Will, iamsport. A census of Kluiira, just completed, fIiows the population of that village to te 10,107 or nearly double what it was in 1S50. A recent census of Willianisport, by Rev. J. W. Barret, fixes . , . , , - .1 the population at 4.0 !j or more than ' double that of 1S50. That is what Hail- I roads do sometimes. Editorial Change The Harrisburg as it leaps over its pebbled bed and spark Ikmocratic L'niuii has been merged iuto j les in the noon-day fun, the less elevating the Patriot, Mr. Ziegler, Editor of the for- i but mori exciting gaieties of fashion each mcr sheet, having Fold his establishment , have the power to allure and delight. The to Mr. Hopkins, the publisher of the lat- ; affect inns become twined around some of tcr. The joint concern will bear the name j these lovely spots, and in fulness of joy of I'ntoii and Patriot. The last number 1 Wo imagine that hero we could be forever of the Union contains a strong article happy ; that we would uever tire of ming against the removal of Gov. Rccdor. ! ling in these sceues. Rut a feeling of sad- ttyThfl Northumberland Uantist Asso- ciation held its 35th session iu Elimsp,.rt, 17th to 19th inst., lv. H.Essiek, Modcr - ator. The new church at Williamsnort.of Ai ion reported. IVext session at Jersey Shore, 13th Aug. lG. The following Reports, adopted by the Association, express its views on two of the great moral questions of the day : Shi vert. Whereas, many thousands of the rhililren of (iod in this laml, are held in bitter boinl ac, tlcnie.l the ri-hts of common human nature, foi bill. len to nail the Wril if ti.nl, ami crushed into hereditary poverty, i:;:n r ance, and misery; and vlureas, the mevt violent and wicked measures are at this lime taken by slave-holders ik.i only to perpetuaie but to exteud their odious and tcrnlic system ; therefore, Resolved, That we do most heartily i!"jIore and sympathize with our brethren ami m l is in Christ w ho are thus oppressed an I d ;t lcd,an I that we trill resolutely and ci tiManily use our power iu.ral, religious and p lltieal to prevent the extension of slavery over territory now free, and to brins about if pos sible the uliiin;t!e removal IVoin oitr whole country of a system w hich degrades m"ii inln the condition of brute beasts, and which it persisted in must end in the outpouring ol God's wrath on our beloved country. TimjKranrr. Foremost and fervent as has been our Sr. nomination, in every period, in opposing the use of intoxicating drinks, we feel that it well becomes us to continue the contest till victory be complete. The more so, as the nature of ' r .he struggle has ever been chan.in,, and thus rennirin nf n n tactics and fresh zeal. Driven from p: int to point, the infatuated . devotees of drinking and drunkenness have never re aicd their determination or their le- . votion, and now that laws are parsed to res- train their excesses, and relieve ihe majority , eTZdly " ... . and the unconstitutionality of prohibitory laws. It is eav to purchase lfj.il opinions, and j not stran-e that rom-tovins juipes sh .uld see . , . , 1 ohjcctions tj laws restra-.mag their insatiate .t lust. As ye-, the prevailing verdict of the judiciary is that prohibitory laws are perfectly constitutional ; but too often have we seen the law defied, and ihe friends of order defeated, by adverse decisions. The controversy must therefore assume still one more phase, and the constitution itself be put, unmtstakeably, on the side of virtue and peace in this matter. The salvation of the country must not be embarked in a ship which can neither be repaired or cnided, but must remain to decay by time or be shivered by concussions, while it drives . forward in an unalterable direction. Constt- lu.ions must be made to r-ar.ake of the imp- rovemenis of the aSe, as well as other things. Slrear vriin?s authorizei. tht'v must be maJe to con- i form to the interest of the i)C(n!c, aii'l not Lt? ! allowed to hinder prosperity or fetter the pro5- ress of truth and justice. Constitutions are ili.c. and nni-to-lirei: nre l.-irod. nntra'ied. .Hid ruined.hy a few liquor dealers.bccaitsc it would be unconstitutional, then will the time conic when all salutarr reverence for constitutions will be abolished. We u itl not consent that millions shall suffer by a destructive business which cives wealth to a few capitalists, and a lay subsistence to an army of bottle hol lers. 1 1 the constitution pves a rem to aportioito uie community to make money by makius others miserable and vicious, the sooner it is amended the belter. We stand strong in the demand that the poor. Rulforin?;, vicious, and deluded drunkard, shall be spared from the seductions which are destroying h'm for both worlds, and that the wretched victims of his beastly appetite shall Lc delivered from Ihe most enormous and abo minable thraldom known to earh. to be the ciponeuts of equity and rmht, not ; C0UtCinplate3 the future, and pictures to j bat a "volume in a word has the poet rIry :i aenf,j j bis-miud those joys which endure through-! uttered, when he oxelai,,, " Go, ma,E j thent as iiiterpreicd by nice legal subilcties.but out the ceaseless a''es of eternity, is lured THE COUNTRY." A hat God makes, is to the higher law of the eternal Cod, interpre- , , . , , . j - tc jnniost I WOithy of Him. It will be a continued ; so that not a liussian soldier enters the ted by common sense and honest candor. uumuimim.;,!.... , j .... ,. . ... i. . , . , ,, ., . 1 Lorn; may a reverence for constimtions , lis- depths of his soul that pure, unalloyed ; revelation of Himscir; and He will ever I Crimea who has not suffered all that a tinguish Americans, and a solemn deliberation happiness cn not be found on earth, but j be found in its midst, tho sourco of rest, French soldier suffered in the retreat from r"sub inheaven'hiljoyswillbereplete. Ucfore and peace, and joy. Moscow. Not a regiment arrives at Fere- slave law. because it is constitutional, ami to ho r,n rI1fpr into tliit hcavcnlv land, tho' " God made the country. Onomnst kop but is decimated. hole battalions cssary.ciose this report byefreriii" as the sen- ! nesday, accusing Henry Giant, lately cm tiincut of the Association, the following dec- ployed on Captain Murphy's Facket 15oat laration of the immortal P.cuKt : I - ., . . t w . -If civil society be made for the advantage ! """"tig from the Junction to Muncy, Ly of man.all the advaniajes for which it is made coming county, with robbing the United become l,U right. It is an institution of ben- gtatc3 Maji whercnron the Justice issued clicence ; and law itself is only beneficence ' , .,. .... " ... . . I .1! 1.1 .A t .. 1 - ... V..,mA. Ann- 1 our committee. aw;;re that brevity is nee- acting iu a nil,: .Men have a ri"ht to ive bv that rule. Ta-y have a ri3M to the fruits of j hVour"hemeTr.D: cl their ouNprinz; to instruction in hie; and l Ueiauit 01 two iuom-auu uoliars oau. consolation ia death, lint, till power and ripjit are ihe same, the community ha no right in- EMIGRATION DECREASING. The mim c.M.;,,,f with virtue. Men have no right to QT 0f cni t "Taiita who arrived at tho port what is not reasonable, and is not fur their ... . . .. , . . .. . "... bciicti'.. H. Mau-ow, fhairman. i Mauch CiTu7k, Au".L The officers ! 55 was 'A I"G. (,f w,10m 2C824 wcrc of the Leliieh Valley Railroad and a large I lan- anJ 22,801 Irish. The ,,um number of citizens, aecomnauied bv a ! h" for ,Ilc corresponding per.od of ISol tizons, accoiopauied by a band of music, mada aa excursion over that road to-day, as fir r.s the Gap.whcrc no entertainment wa3 served, and speeches made by Thos. Craig, Jr., Hon. Asa Fac tor, and others. The company rcturucd this evening, all highly pleased with tho j road. Madame Maliikuu.;, the eldest daugh ter and last surviving child of the Marquis Lafayette, died recently, aged about 75, tit her Triucrbj resiJcuc; in Turin- OHISINAL ESSAYS.. ..No. III. I would not B.le aluay' How good is God to us His creatures ! No regards not only our comfort, tut our pleasure. The earth, one vast temple, is a wide-spread fcenc of beauty and enchant ment. Flowers strew our pathway, and ' Nature's loveliness is calculated to ineite , foud admiration. The endearments of the ! . ,.:,..i il, .rt ;.!...,. c , puviui unit., uum mi. en ww luiuvi'iiiac Ut , . , , ' . , , , , , frien.Isi. the retirement nnil k-helfer 01 llin grove echoing with the carol of its songs ters, ar.d the gentle murmur of the brook nCfS comcs ovtr us when we reflect that ! 60n wc mast Pass J and KW our . l'lace3 ,0 0,1,CM- 11 woulJ iuJccJ Lc LarJ 1 to lcavc tbl3 carth lf cvfr wo,c 6Ucl1 a pleasiii" aspect, wore its paths always thus I f. 1. :.l. f..:- a 1 ll .1 : around bri-ht aud cheering; were no sor- row mingled in tho cup of gladness. The ' 1 , .1 11- .'11 soui can uoi inus tasK coutinuaiiy in a world of sunshine. Ah ! no ; the palling hhadows will ever and anon fall on our way. Oar loved ones are torn from our midst: friend after friend wc are called upon to consign to the silence of tin e tomb id lone- leavtii A our own hearts uesulatcd and lone Those in whom wc werewont to place implicit conC lence, desert and betray us. i The d,ik cloud of adversity stretches ! along our horizon, storms are impending, and at lcn.!i '.ho tempest breaks overhead, while ...i: with its attendant impulses de- part.. Then it is that the soul lonirs f ir some purcrand holkrclimc, where changes never come, atd pleasures bloom but uevcr die, and the language of the sorrow-strick . u en heart is, " 1 would not livo aiwav. The moral depravity of mankind, and our' own heart wanderings, all these adverse i globe i na luat tuesc are tne wastcr sP,r itiRucuces combine to sadden tho feelings; ! i's reign and rule in them. They the world no Ion "er nossesscs a charm, aud ! bave their good; but so from the dung- wo turn from it. Oh ! is it not a solace ' ( "7" " .i l. i .1 t. trites and utsappoiutments oi me, 10 iook ; ... - i .T,...,i ,i , f fr.-r' tn - hnmo nf cnd:n vi.v, To that Uein" who ' never-cnuing ijiiss . J.0 luai icing wuo ... .... ,s the Author of all our innumerable Lies- I n f jf ,jtcrnai welfure i c'aJse's' his children to pass through the" j waters" of affliction ? I ' t attributes of that Lemg in who I'ortray the i . 1 ;. ! om are urn ii .i e t i t. ; tcd all the perfections of which wc can : . rvo m. TT- . ,,.,i ' conceive, nay, even more beneficence are beyond our conception, though we are conscious that they have been exercised towards us to an unlimited degree; throughout the ages of the world they have been exhibited to the race of man. Although our conceptions of bis exalted character are but imperfect, yet, . , , t within the I WCJk lu0 ari- lucy awak.cn wuuiu me heart adoration aud supreme love. In ,nc,i;tatIn upon them, tho mind is clcva-1 our .Sections for the vanities of ! nmrl.l Inilnili Aliwt. nnt (tin aumln I - t , . c-,: Unt;rit1 of such a ghrious Sovereign bo beautiful beyond description ? The Christian, as he C mUSt paSS tho valley and shacow of death," aud lie down in tho j colj tomv jt trin"sno terror to bis heart, I...,. , ,. , , , , f" bis Jesus has lam there, he shrinks not from passing through its dark portals, , . t i Tbc beauties of the celestial city await him, and the confines of the grave have . , .v arncaranco of a narrow house where he will rest until summoned to arise add enter upon more than a realiza tion of his earthly expectations. e.J.M Mail IIoiiuery. Arthur Hughes, spe cial Mail Agent, inado information beforo Justice Snyder, of Harrisburg, on Wcd- nnnauv uiitiau m .iujii.ii iouuc,.uu 6uble, who brought tho accused in, aud j 0 1Q i.i. r. .. I.. 1111 i-i 1 ei .ew lorit lor tuc uian di luuuius oi was 131.751, and for IS 13, 125,017. A tendency is to Australia and other Riitish dominions. Louisville, Aug. 1. The new Con gressional delegation from Kentucky stands, six Americans, and four Democrats and anti K. N fl. iue Senate sianus ii Americans. 7 Democrats , tho Houso Cl Americans, 30 Democrats. The majority for Morchead, American, fer Governor's" corn upon which the last care of j will be atc.it I ,). tryRev. Mr. HtitB.ion has been visiting fi-r some lime in this, the scene of his former labors. The following article from his en, to be found in the sicpt. So. of The (iuurilian, reails as if it mihl have hecn wriilen, some roul afternoon, in a quiet mansion within the bounds of Eull'aloe Valley. T1IK COUNTllY. - . "fji.l mlt tin coontry. and man liebl.- tile t.-wn. A hilt wim.li-r. tll.-ll. ( Ii.it lii.nttli ttli-l irtll. -Otis 1 lint enn alone ln.tkt jon-i-l ttn' liitl.-r dru "lit Tiut lili Iiol.l out to all, ulixiil.l in- ft ai.iuinl. Anil Kat llir. att-Uiil, iu (bi ao il-i unit i;nm t" From all we kuow,Caiti was the li r t man that "builded a city." If we consider what manner of man this Caiu was, aud then also apply to him and his work the maxim that, as the tree is so is the fruit, it will not much raise our estimation of the piety and goodness of this thing that Cain did. j Wo would almost be forced to conelud that the same spirit which suggested to him to slay his brother, also moved him to build a city. If the reader draws this conclusion, we can not help it ; we are not arguing the case, but ouly giving his tory. It is a fact that a. murderer built tho first iilv m:ikr nf the fact what VOU can. A unrtun vicn ni in line nun l it- ics are the devil's universities." If this ' is too severely Baid, fight it out with him, n.l .1.. a 1.1....IA na f.tw cfltiniV III lllutll. : uuv oo j TJ of opinions. Moreover,God,in. ancient ; times, dealt very severely with cities, as we have read in the 15iblc. Our Savior, i "0, sau w o : to cities euargea tucm i W'th having " killed the prophets," and declared that tho' exalted to heaven they , should be "thrust down to hell. All tuts ! would seem to show that cities have, in an ages, been characterized iu agreat degree I by the spirit of the one who built the first, i If our own opinion on this point should ws desired, wc would uot oe slow 10 say ( that wc have no sreat faith in the holiness . . . . . ., ., . of cities, llu' some have tue saintly prcux "St." attached to their names, yet we doubt their right to cauouuation. We are of opinion that self-interest, aud a spirit of worldlincss, has built every city on the bill-may fowls scratch wholcsomo grains. Tlicv nave tlieir outward Donsn : oui to . , ... . 1 1 - , I . W.M, .nleW,..!. nUM. -i f . . 1 1 . C nnn. Un.o n .1 arei within, full of dead men's bones and aI1 unelcanncss. If the veil which covers .... , .1. l '. ..i! . C , .. - 1 ., .1 ....... . 1 luu auuuiiuanuuu ui out taigcan auu cities could be removed, it would nbund- utly appear, that a good man's language 1i . . 1 I r I waa no' a wuu too caruess wueu no cam, it Tl .1.. 1.1. kntla r.t La I " These are the blotches and boils of the i. . .... I,, . , ti ..iit.t. -i bo'iv roiitic i stron" lanouao-e. out, not , UUJJ F"""1' jMuauii0uV . v. too strong. Truly, as the poet says, "Man i made the town." Man,sinful man, makes I it the sink of iniquity which it in truth too often proves to be. Our introduction is perhaps too long, and rather spicy. Our subject is not cit ies, but the country. It is not our object to blame towns, but to praise the country. We offered these strictures upon cities by '-,,. -iV way of back-ground to our picture. c r,roccCllc,1 nron t,,e pnneiplo generally two who are disputing with CUCU Otacr " Whi-n rf'Htm jrns my orpnent, Ttii-u vp go I." The country wo praiso tho country. be in tho midst of rural scenes, to feel fully the beauty and force of this declara tion. Uy this, we do not mean that one must fly through it iu a railroad cr. It despises such an attempt to view its glor ies, and henco seems to run away before our eyes ; not a tree will stand still long enough to enable us to get it full in our view. Tattling, rumbliug, rolling, roaring wo go through bridges, through deep cuts, and through bills we go, as though wo were doomed vagabonds. Do not call this, seeing the country. A fool, walking throu'h a library and gazing at tho backs i of books, views tho fields of literature as much as a traveler in a railroad car views the country. Away from thorough fares, away from towns, whero only the faintest diu of the noisy world is beard, and where only tho ! (ollect Turri nf the distant town is seen . '. h counlry. Hera w0 git under the shade of an ancient tree and look out at leisure npon the quiet fields, the distant green woods, the blue sky above, with hero and there a white, floating cloud, mocked by its own thadow that moves, like a dream-image, over the serene landscape before us. It is harvest time, and yonder are golden fields that but barely wave with whiter sheen iu tho gentle breeze. Others by their side are already streaked with hol low swaths and rows of shocks. There arc the hay.fields, so green again since the mowers have passed over them. There arc green fields of oats, even now growing white on the surface, bidding the farmer hasten to finish the earlier harvest to be ready for this. Yonder, too, is tho dark J the Lusbaudiuan has been bestowed, and which unw needs only the blessing of the great Father in hcavon. Wc see, too, from this slope, orchards and poplars, and parts of the roofs of houses and barns. Wo sec the road along yonder hill ; we sec the quiet mountain brow afar; we sce,here and there, the glisteuing surfaco of the wind ing stream ; and wc see the yellow willows by the uii!l-dam turuing up their white silvery leaves iu the suu at each lift of the breeze. O, these are goodly sights. They never tiro our eyes or our hearts. "So-ni-s muit Iw l.intttirul, Trl.ili il.-ily tlrwiil INi-aM il iilv. nii-t wlin-i linTflty i-ilrivi. l.'iiti; ktifWlili mi.l tin: iHTUtiny i f ji-ftrs : l'raio jusllj due to tli'iM- that 1 ili-Trilii:.'' Yet these, and thousand other, nameless sights, da not yet make up the full idea of country. The pure, bracing air. belongs to it. The balmy fragrance which always comes upon the air in the couutry, is an indescribable part of its charmiug variety aud richness. Nor must wo forget the true teachings of the poet : " NVr Mm! fl-htu alone, tint rural Bountlj, Fxliilaratir lli fiirit nn l ri-Uiru 'ri:i tii' of lall'-rni.l Nitluri.. Ttiey lull tin 'irit wliili- tliey free thr minX N:luo iuMi.tmaUi cmil"yn sai t aouuJ.ii, Hut ttiiiiniiti-l tinturu -wwtir milt, T itootliu aua Ritinly tin human i-ar." auiiu scenes u&u tucsc, mere must uu health to the body and to tho spirit. Tho wc are not of those who think that any outward influences of nature can change tho heart and thus becoms a Savior, yet there seems to bo a "divine presence" amid the quiet scenes of the country which is a cheek to sin, and a stimulus to holy thoughts and feelings, The poet is right -1. 1M- .1 .1 tt . iu s-.)ng that "health and virtue do abound," aud are "least threatened ' .uU t . - - - "- t;-- yJ j which, like the Healthful air that silently j invigorates the pl,yM?l system, brcatoes j courage ami strength mto every germ and o can not but regard it as a great . "'- "'"""j uum " ' j unfavorable to intellectual culture. There ; sems to be a general disposition to acqui - I csc0 in tuc venerable error that cultiva- I l...t n.t.. 1,1. .T.n..I.I 1 II. r.T. mistake, that country lite should be tho t tibn of mind is best accomplished iu towns and cities. Why should this bo so ? Mind iu cities is apt to grow like street poplars thin, slim, and vcak; whilo mind in the country takes deep and earnest root, I 1 1 J . 1 !. . umi crows sturuy ami sirouir, i"e a irea 1 in th onen fields which exoands because . i it. ii t 3 nifim find urn-ja alrnni rioiunn 1 , has litto by its sido cither to hinder or to , . , . , ... , , . 1 1 .1-1 n iinnn IF m inrt ia 1 . - J n!t ii-.itril in .. 1-" o w , -v , I the coutry than in towns, it is because it is less attended to. There are at present n An .In tli a .n m A f-iml.li ,1 a aaa? , I.T. in Ilia vn; ciuu muuuu nBcmiv m m nioct riipfil flitrtrld ns i tl TirntitriTiQ titfiAia most rural districts as ia prpuloas places. uauji-a-tviijir iiuotuvcmcuia uuu taLiv iu- , . , , creased tho leasuro of the husbandman; and thus tho fields of mental culture lie open and invitiDg. And what a place for j . reamug auu siuuy is me timet county i . where health makes meditation vigorous j and pleasant ; and where separation from ! the great flow of busy, Vain, giddy, and j worldly life, make interruptions few. A Kew Viow of the C?.3e. A correspondent of tho N. Y. Times, writing from Tails, states that tho Kmpe-1 ror Napoleon acknowledges the tactics of the Crimean campaign to bo of his projec tion, and declares that he i3 satisfied main ly with the results. Kapoleou says that in IS 13 Trance crossed tho arid steppes and deadly snows of Ivussia. That he now makes Russia traverse her own wi!Jcrac?s, have been cngulphed. Tho Russian loss, in this way, ttraouutcd up to last Decem ber to 270,000 men. Tho allied armies up to the same period had not lost one tenth as many. Napoleon says that "a Ilussiau army is not recruited with facili ty. Men can bo had, but not soldiers. The Russian peasantry require from two to three years exercise at drill before they aro fit for the ranks. We have nearly cxtir pated the tlit'. of their forccs,thoso which the Czar has taken many years to create. Eng- land and ! ranee, on tho contrary, grow stronger as the struggle proceeds ; our peasantry in a few weeks become staunch troops, aud tho fire of war, whieh burns slowly at first amcug our population, in crease with reverse." Under this view Scbastopol is a running sore which is drai ning Russia of her strength. Fall Elections. Elections have yet to be held this year in the following States. In most all of them Legislatures and State officers are to be chosen, aud iu four of them Represen tatives to Congress. Of tho latter class arc Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and Maryland, which arc entitled in the aggre gate to twenty-three members. The elec tions will take place as follows : California Tuesday, September 4. Vermont Tuesday, September -1. Maine Monday, September 10. Georgia Monday, October 1. Fennsylvania Tuesday, October 0. Indiana Tuesday, October 9. Ohio Tuesday, October 9. Louisiana Monday, November 5. Mississippi Monday, November 5. New York Tuesday, November C. Wisconsin Tuesday, November 6. Maryland Wednesday, November 7. Ma;:sat.husctt .M.'ndiv. November 12. THE FA KM: The Carden The Orchard. Exhibition of tha State Agricultural Society at Harrisburg on the 25,20,27, and 28 of September. Now that the labors of tho harvest is over, we Lope our farmers in all sections of tho Stato will be turning their attention to the approaching State Exhibition, and making arrangements to throw in their contributions. The Pennsylvania State Society is in a more prosperous condition I In ii tlnf nf ono nllinr Kl-ita S..;,.tr All .i.:i.:.:, i. i . . ,r..i iu lAuiuuiuaa uau uulu uiusi eubbuumi) and largely attended. As a matter of Cl.ln wt.l nl lnfl kntl im ,1 1 ..1 .1 ! 1 .int.. I ' 1 . ... , , . . . , . - i o sustain its well earned reputation, and . , . , , ii .i- i ixte&d its usefulness. Kvcry thing has c bceu done this season by the Secretary and Executivo Committee in respect to convenient arrangements and ac commodations, which they could think of, or which past experience has suggested. The Pennsylvania llailroad Company have j propcr to its species. Thus nearly all the agreed to issue excursion tickets at half j furms K;vcn t0 trees require the develop pricc, which shall be good for tho irWe ment 0f ramifications more or less nume tretlc, and to transport all contributions of i ron3) anj of greater or less dimensions at stock, implements, or productions, free ot cost, and the samo arrangement has been made with the Cattawissa,Sunbury k Erie, and other railroads. These latter roads will open to the exhibition a new section heretofore very much kept out by difficul ties of access. The grounds selected at Harrisburg are most ample, and but a few yards from the depot, where the contribu tions arc landed. A running stream pas ses through the grounds, affording abun dance of water for stock, while a strong spring will be introduced by pipes for drinking purposes, yielding an abundant supply. Hay will also be supplied as usual ; fri.e of CCot anj ram at cost priccs. iuc , Secretary, li. U. Walter, mlorms us also t!jat ai t!ie pUyl3 nousC9 ;n Harrisburg 1 uave agrecd not to raise their ordinary j priCC3 ,iariD2 the fair. The address ia to ... ... . j be delivered by Judge Watts on Friday at one o'clock. It is also proposed to occupy three, at least, of the evenings during the week by public lectures or addresses on some department of agriculture, further notice of which, with the names of the speakers, will bo given hereafter. At the last exhibition at Hamburg, there were j gentlemen from a distance willing to lee-1 i 6 . ,i .. - ! i 1 , . , ... ... . .1 ' mru, uui buiuuio iwmi wu r" '"b"8vu by the infant drummer, and Other hum- , bes of the same stripe. On this oceas- ., , 1, l.1 TT I" 1 . i pion me nan oi me xiousc 01 ikeprescuia- I . -11 1 .li.: 1 I !-l. . i tives will be obtained, which is suuicicnt to" accomodate the largest audience. Since our last exhibition at Powelton, a considerable number of the best stock in the country has been introduced into l'enusy Ivauia lrom distant sections, several 0f which have been noticed in the Farm Journal. There will be a general anxiety t0 see these high bred . animals, and we hope our friends who have gono to great i expense in their purchase, will forward : them to the exhibition at Harrisburg. No ' e'lual ITuniiy occurs m tue wuoic Jear fur briogin no stock into public notiec. ! In tho implement department of agri- j cultural machincry,many new and valuable j implements have also been introduce I since j last season, and some then well thought j of have been greatly improved, or super- ceded by others found mere tjh icnt on trial. Specimens of all the improved reap- ing and mowing machines will be brought I there, as well as other implements in great' variety. Steam power will be on the j ground for use of exhibitors where requir- j cd. In respect to products of the soil, su perior wheat, corn, cats, potatoes, fruits, vegetables, ic. there has not been a sea- son for many years in Fennsylvania .of , such extraordinary abundance, and affor ding such material for a superior display. On the whole we look for the approach ing exhibition at Ilarrisbnrg to be the best yet held in the State. We would encour age our young farmers especially to be sure to attend, believing they will carry away with them in new ideas fifty percent more than the time and expense of going. Summer rruning. We copy below from Rarry's Fruit Rook some general principles in respect to prun ing trees, by tho Trofcssor of Arboricul ture in) the garden of plants at Rouen, in France. There is hardly any branch of horticul ture less understood and more neglected than judxious pruning. At this season particularly, much may be done to promote fruitfulness, and regulate the form of the tree. Every one can understand how, by pinching off now an over luxuriant branch or shortening instead of letting it grow and j the wood mature, you economise sap, or concentrate in the remaining branch what j would otherwise have gone to form useless wood, to be pruned off next winter or spring. This concentration of sap often dcvelopcsrMii lufo,wherc otherwise there would only have been growth luds. There is no more interesting branch of horticul ture than this frequent attention to prun ing, watching tho development of branch es, training and regulating their shape, so as t ) admit free access of all to sun and air. It is not much attention, that is wanted, but Utile and tflcn. Wc hardly know which of tho two evils am"ng fruit growers is most prevalent : cutiro neglect of pruning, or injudicious mutilation with axe and saw. Wc commend the following rules to the attention of all onr readers : "The theory of the pruning of fruit trees rests on the following six general prinei- slender or feeble .hoots are tho most dis plcs : I posed to fruit. "1. The vigor of a tree, subjected to "Another application of this principle pruning, depends, in a great measure, on j is to prime short for a year or two, such I the Ciial distribution of sap iu all its 1 branches. "In fruit trees abandoned to themselves, the sap is equally distributed in different I parts without any other aid than nature,, i because the tree assumes the form most in i , ... , , , , harmony with the natural tendency of the .. ' ' T iuc in tuose suomtttca to pruning, it is different ; the forms imposed on them, such as espalier, pyramid, vasCjiLc, change more or less the normal direction of the sap, and nrcvent it from taking the form tliA r.acA r.. , a cinm Ami a Ih.i Bnn ... .., a. I 1 "i - tends by preference towards the summit of the tree, it Happens that, unless great care be taken, the branches at the base become feeble, and finally dry op, and the form intended to be obtained disappears to be replaced by the natural form, that is a stem or a trunk with a branching head. It is then indispensable, if we wish to preserve tho form we impose upon trees, to employ ccrtaiu means, by the aid of which the natural direction of the sip can be chang ed and directed towards the points where we wish to obtain the most vigorous growth. To do this wc must arrest vegetation in the parts that do not receive enough. To accomplish this the following means most be successively employed. "1. Prune the branches of the most vi gorous parts very short, and those of the weak parts long. We know that the sap is attracted by the leaves. The removal of a large number of wood-bads from the vigorous parts, robs them of the leaves the buds would have produced ; consequently the sap is attracted there in less quanti- tics, and the growth thereby diminished. : The feeble parts being pruned lonj, pre- sent a great number of buds, which pro- . ..... . t C .f 1.. 1 ! u"cc a targe mriare u teates, oau iticau attract the sap and acquire a vigorous j growth. This principle holds good ia all . . . . .. . j trees, under woatevcr torm they may be ' i . i ' conducted. "2. Leave a large quantity of fruit on ' the strong part, and remove the whole, or greater part, from tho feeble. We know already that the fruit has the property of attracting to it the sap from the roots, and employing it entirely to its own growth. The necessary result of this is, what we are about to point out, viz., that all the san which arrives in the strong parts, will le absorbed by tho fruits, and tho wood there, in consequence, will make but little grow.tt, while on tne lee-Die ports, deprived 0f fruits, the saP will all be appropriated by the growing parts,- an j tuey will m- crease in size and strength, 3. Rend the strong parts and keep the weak erect. The more erect the branches and stem are, the greater will be tho flow of sap to tho growing parts ; hence, the feeble parts being erect, attract much more sap than the strong parts inclined, and, consequently, mako a inoro vigorous growth, and soon recover their balance, This remedy is more especially applied to espalier trees. 4. Remove from the vigorous parts the superfluous shoots as early in tho season as possible, and from the feeble parts as late as possible. Tbo fewer the number of young ghoo.s tQere are a branch;thc fewer there are of leaves, aud consequently the less is the sap attracted tbcre. Hence, in leaving the young shoots on the feeble part, their leaves atlract the sap thcrc,and induce a vigorous growth. "5. Piueh early the soft cxtrcmctics of the shoots cn the vigorous parts, and as late as possible on the feeble parts, excep ting always any shoots which may be too vigorous for their position. Ry thus pinch ing early the strong part, the flow of sap to that point ii cheeked, and naturally turns to tho growing ports that have not been pinched ; this remedy is applicable to trees in all forms. "6. Lay in the strong shoots on the trellis early, and leave tho feeble parts loose as long as possible. Laying in the strong parts obstructs the circulation of tho sap in them, and consequently favors tho weak parts that are loose. This is only applicable to espaliers. '1. In espalier trees, giving tho feeble parts the benefit of tho light, and confin ing the strong parts more in the shade, re- stores a balance, for light is tLe agent which enables leaves to perform their func tions and their action on the roots, and the parts receiving tho greatest proportion of it acquiro tho most vigorous development 2. "The sap acts with greater force and produces more vigorous growth on a branch or shoot'pruued short, than ou ouo pruned long. This is ca.-ily explained. The sap i cting ou two tu-ls urx;t evidently j-rodueu ! a greater development of wood on them, I than if it were divided bctweco fifteen or i twenty buda. "It follows from this, that if we wish to obtain wood brauches, we prune short, for vigorous shoots produce few fruitbuds. Uu the e jntrary, if we wish to obtain fiuit brauches, we prune long, because the most J trees or parts 83 Lave become enfeeble! by overbearing. (This principle descrvc.-t especial attention, as its application is of ' great importance.) 3. "The sap tending always to the cx- i tremcties of the shoots causes the terminal , , . , - , . .i .i buei to push with greater vigr-r than tho l , . . . ....--,. laterals. According w mis priucipi',wncu we wish aprolocguicnt of astern or branch, we should prune to a vigorous bud, and leave no production that can interfere with the action of the sap on it. 4. "The more the sap is obstructed ia its circulation, the more likely it will bo to produce fruit Luds. This principle is founded on a fact to which we have alrea dy had occasion to refer, viz., that the sap . ... 1 circulating slowly is subjected, to a mora j coniplete elaboration in the tissues of tho , anJ better adaoted to tho formation of fruit buds. - "This principle can be applied to pro duce the following result : When we wish, to produce fruit buds on a branch, we pre vent a free circulation of the sap by ben ding the branches, or by making annular or circular incisions on it ; and on the con trary, when we wL-h to change a fruit branch into a wood branch, we givo it a vertical position, or prune it to two or three buds, on which we concentrate tho action of the sap and thus induce their vi gorous development. 5. "The leaves serve to prepare the sap absorbed by the roots for the nourishment of the tree, and aid the formation of bads on the shoots. All trees, therefore, depriv ed of their leaves are liable to perish. This principle shows how dangerous it is to re move a large quantity of leaves from trees, nndcr the pretext of aiding the growth or ripening of fruits, for the leaves are tho nourishing organs, and the trees deprived of them cannot continue to grow, neither can the fruit; and the branches so stipped will have feeble, ill-formed buds, which, will, the following year, produce a weak and sickly growth. 6. " Where the buds or any shoot or branch do not develops before the age cf two years, they "can only be forced into activity by a very close pruning, and in some eases, as Ihe peach, this even will of ten fail. This last principle shows the importance of pruning the main braoohes of espaliers particularly, so as to ensure the development cf the buds of their suc cessive sections, and to preserve well the side shoots thus produced, for without this, the interior of the tree will become naked and unproductive, and a remedy will bo very difficult." Si rocted Wii-eat. The New York Tril itncg thus discourses of sprouted Wheat. "When wheat is sprontcd a good win nowing machine will remove most of the injured kernels whieh make excellent feed for animals. If there bo a prcdominence of sprouted grain in the grist that goes to mill, it is only spoiled for light bread. The dough, instead of rising by the ordi nary process, has a tendency to liquify and spread out and form a sticking mass that will not bo kneaded into loaves. It makes good unleavened bread, and is quite nutritious, with a sweetish taste. By many ! persons bread made of sprouted wheat ia preferred, but in market the least appear ance of grown kernels will injure the sale. Some millers even contend that one per cent, of such kernels will injure the quali ty of the whole. It is therefore impor tant to the farmer that be should be very careful to keep the sprouted sheaves from the sound, and should also scparato tha sound from the unsound graiu in winnow ing, as far as possible." Frofits of Orchards. A distinguish ed agriculturist who has 1,000 apple trees, and intends to set out as many more, says that if apples will sell at 25 cents per bushel, they are his most profitable crop ; and if they will not sell they arc the cheap est food he can raise for all kinds of ani mals. Lock Haven Bank. The subcribcrs to the capital stock nf the Lock Haven Rauk met on the 13th inst, in the Court House, in pursuance of the call of tho Commissioners. The elec tion resolved in the choice of the Ibllow imr Board of Directors : L. A. Mackey, Christopher Fallon, D. K. Jackman, J. W. Qniggle, J. R Furst, B. R. Fetriken, Simon Scott, Anthony K'.eckncr, Jacob Brown, Saul MeCortnicV, William White, J. A. Gamble, Henry Brokerhoff. Afterwards tho directors met at the office of L. A. Mai-key, Eq , and organi zed by tho election of h. A Mackey, President, J. H. Evans, Vhkr, ami Philip Kiibs, Tiller- m m v1 I; m Eli 12M 1 1 Hi V u f bi V. ' i 'h Ml i! i:
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