Position of American Farmers. Every one that eats bread or wears cloth made of cotton, wool or flax, has a direct personal interest in the results of tillage and farm economy, Hunger and •naked ness arc wants of the Most presiing cha racter ; and Providence has placed them alike in -every -human being. In civilized communities, all are equally dependant on, successful affrieultureThr the means of sub sistence. Let the soil be permanently ex hausted, or ,fail 'but for a rear to reward the labor of the husbandman, and no lan guage can adequately describe the intensity of the universal suffering that must ensue. Hence this branch. of national industry has peculiar and paramount claims to 'the ear nest attention and the fostering care of all governments which are regardful of the public safety, and sustained by common sense. American agriculture offers for conside ration several interesting and striking fea tures; prominent among These is the fact, that nearly three-fourths of the labor and capital of the country are employed.in this single pursuit. Agriculturists themselves Are a large majority of the voters, tax payers, and consumers of all domestic goods. Under our republican system, they are mainly responsible for the good government of each State, and of the Union. If their. public - servants, whether in Congress or State Legislatures, fail to promote public improvements in ag riculture, as recom mended by George Washington, the fault is not in their representatives,, but in those who neglect to ask for such aid as Govern ment may properly grant. Ainerican farmers _enjoy advantages su perior to those of all other nations for im proving' both themselves as a class,-and theirlanded estates, up to the highest capa bilities of man, and of the earth which he cultivates. This Republic proffers to rural art - and rural science more than one millions of acres of available farming land ; of which as little, or as much may be, subdued and improved as wisdom shall dieter.. There is neither compulsion , ' nor restraint in either direction. With this en tire freedom of action - is associated a de gree of security for life, liberty, property, toleration of religion, and exemption from onerous taxes, without a parallel in the his tory of the world. In extent of sea coast, facilities for river, lake and canal naviga tion ; in variety of climate, soil, vegetable and animal products ; in indefinite and al most unlimited commercial, manufacturing, mineral, and hydraulic resources, no other country equals this. There is some danger however, that we shall prove unworthy of so great blessings—that we may forget the source from whence they came, abuse the Peculiar advantages and exalted privileges which we possess, and blindly cling to the barbarous practice of impoverishing the soil, to the incalculable injury of coming gene rations. - Instead of exhausting millions or, acres without any adequate recompense, instead of leading longingly towards the wilderness of forest and prairie at the West, we should search closely into the lands already under the plow, and learn what can be done to add, two, three, and four-fold to their pre seafproductiveness. The time has at last arrived when it is indispenSable to;the con tinued prosperity of all the older States that the principles both of renovating and ex hausting cultivated fields be thoroughly and universally understood. Transplanting Trees, In taking up trees for transplanting, re gard should always be had .to their size, and a due proportion should be preserved between the size of the tree and the amount of root attached. A deficiency of root may be partially, but not wholly compen sated by a diminution or entire removal of the top; but there should always be root enough to supply the wants of the body, (which, if large, requires more nourish ment to sustain it.) A deficiency of top, however, is less fatal, especially in the _early part of the season, than a deficiency of root ; for if there be enough of the lat ter, the tree will readily make enough of the former as fast as it shall be needed ; bUt if there be a deficiency of root although this tree may live and even grow for a time on account of innate, vital energies, yet it will very probably die before the close of the season. It is for this reason -that many trees - that " start well" are often found to die in the latter part of the summer; notwithstanding all other circumstances seem to favor their preservation. It is a mistake to suppose that if a tree once beginito grow all risk is at an end. The first season will not al ways decide; for if that shall be peculiarly favorable, a small root may, sustain a tree through it ; but the consequerice of a small root may be a corresponding , top; and of both, a dead strip running the whole length of the tree,. occupying, perhaps, one-third or -one-half of its whole circumference. Some trees have a much greaterlenacity of life thanethers ; and hence may' grow with 'a much smaller root, or even with none at all. But with these exceptions there should always be a direct proportion between the size of a tree and its root, and an inverse proportion between the root and the tenacity of life : that is, the less the tenacity of life, the greater should 'be the root.. • Rural New Yorker. MARRIAGE OF PROF. WEBSTER'S DAUM TER.—Miss Harriet W., (daughter: ofthe late Prof. Webster,) was married at Cam bridge, Mass., on the 2d inst.,lG Mr. S. W. Dabney, of Fayal, the brother of her el dest sister's husband. - When her father was convicted , or the murder of Dr. Park man, this young lady, who had been for some time betrothed to . Mr. D., absolved him from his engagement; which, however, with a ,manliness that did him honor, he would not accept. They, vitb Mrs. Web ster, are about making a visit to Fayal. WELLSBORO' ADVERTISER. psaszytna. ThursOay, April 24, ISSI. TO ADVERTISERS.—The circulation of the "Wiettseonoref)rAnvrartsen" is LARGER than that ofl any other paper in the county. It cir culates extensively throughout Tioga and Potter counties. Farrners offering Farms for sale, and Merchants, Medhanics, and Business men gene rally, Will consul their o*n interests by ADVER TISING in this paper, the circulation of which is already larger than that of any other in the coun ty, and is rapidly increasing. Terms moderate. To the Whig of Pennsylvania. A State Convention will be held in the City of Lancaster, on TUESDAY, June 24th, 1851, for the.pnrpose of selecting Candidates for the offices of Governor, and Canal COmmissioner, and also for Judges of the Supreme Court. HENRY M. FULLER, Chairman. R. RUNDLE SMITH, SeCITIDIy. Close AA the Session. The Legislature adjourned sine die on the 15th instant, after a session of ninety eight days. Thee has been little done during the session for the public good ; special legislation has occupied most of the time; and.we cannot yet tell haw much in jut y ur !paw tittle pod ties been' enbcted. It is at all times a relief to know that the Pennsylvania Legislature has adjourned. We are then safe, and breathe more freely -for another ; nine months. The General Appropriation bill, which had been a subject of contention for a long time,',passed finally in the last hours, with out scarcely an efiort to amend in either branch, and in a shape the most objectiona ble °flatly it has assumed. It has probably ere this received the Executive sanction, though we are sure such would not be the case had it passed at an earlier day. The Judicial District bill failed. It was sent to the Executive with the marks of incompetency and hasty legislation upon every', line, he could not but return it. His reasons are explicitly stated in the message in another column. The veto was unani mously sustained by the House. Not a single member voted for the bill. - The bill relatiVe to the election of Judges and to regulate - certain Judicial Districts in the Northern part of the State, passed the House and Senate on the 14th. The errors pointed out by the Governor in this - bill have been cerrected, and the changes in a few of_the districtS have been made, so as 1,,, to make them stand now as follows . : Lu zerne, yoming, ',Montour and Columbia; Bradfor , Susquehanna and Sullivan ; Nor thumher and, Lycoming, Clinton anti Cen tre; Tio s, Potter, MeKcan, Elk and Clear field. , orest county, when re-organized, is to be; at ached to the 18th district. The present ugdes in the districts changed as above ar to hold until next December. The nate bill .to repeal the sixth sec tion of tle Kidnapping law of 1847, which denies the use of our prisons tot nited States officers, for the detention of fugitives from labor, was passed finally in the House— yeas fil, nays 35. The bill_is in the hands of :ha Governer, who s we hope 1 / 4 vill put his veto son it, and not suffer our jails to be the receptacle of any one whose only crime is 'i his ant of that inestimable blessing that shou d be bestowed Avon all—Liberty. The Free Banking bill -was not acted in the House , . The Loco majority succeeded in preventing a vote being upon it. upon the take. T: E VoLuwrzens.—The Auditor Gene-, ral o the State has issued a circular, re quiri g the officers commanding companies which served in the late war with Mexico, to forward rolls, to enable him, to carry into effect the provisions of thel ate Act of Assembly, granting the sum of 530,000 for the traveling ,expenses and; clothing of the volunteers, on being mustered into the serviee of the United States. The amount 'payable to each individual has not yet been ascertained, but it will not be large, as , there were nearly two thousand men, in service in the two regiments, and the sum is limited to the amount above. stated. GEOUGE CHAMBERS, Esq., of Franklin county, has been appointed Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva nia, in place of Hon. Thos. Burnsides, deceased. It is said to be an admirable op ,pointment. Mt. Chambers ranks among the foremost men in Pennsylvania, distin , guishe4 alike for eqnal legal abilities, and social tad personal merits. He will adorn the tiigh judicial station to which he has been called. by the wisdom , of his counsels, the dignity of. his deportment, and the spot less integrity of his character. DISCOVERY OF MAVNUSCRIPTS.-11 is sta ted that some valuable manuscripts relating to tbei early history of this country, have been discovered lately in tbe library-of the Dominica! friars. Mr. Cass is endeavoring to have them obtained for our governMent. Those discovered, thus far, comprise 25 paekagessor volumes. GEN. CABs has written a letter to a gen tleman at Indianola, Texas, stating that he will be 'a candidate for the :Presidendy if nominated by the DemOcratic National Con; vention. THE 'WELLSBOROUGH ADVERTISER. Another torn at Cuba. If either private or public information is to be relied upon, another scheme of 'un lawful violence, to be directed against a ter ritory of a friendly power, in the form of an attempt' upon Cuba, is on foot. The National Intelligencer has letters from the' interior of Georgia, stating the de parture of a number of persons ,for the Gulf Coast, intending to meet and organise somewhere on the Coast in the neighborhood of Appa lachicola. We have also from the Atlantic (Ga.) Intelligencer, of the 10th inst., the distinct statement of the fact of the depar ture of a considerable body of fnen from that point, in the same direction. We can not doubt that the authorities of the United States, Civil and Naval, will be on the loOk out to prevent or defeat, this new attempt to dishonor this Republic in its own estimation, and in the opinion of all the civililed world. The Atlanta paper says " one hundred and twenty enterprising looking men took the Macon and Western cars from this city, bound professedly for California, but it is well understood here that their intended destination is the Island of Cuba. Several young men from Atlanta joined the com pany before it left. It is, perhaps, worthy of notice, in this connexion, that half a dozen boxes of rifles were yesterday Morn ing shipped on the Atlanta and West Point Railroad from this place." The steamerisabel, at Charleston, brings news from Havana to the Ath instant, which is of an interesting character, as showing the extent of the rumors in Cuba of.another threatened invasion from Lopez and his followers. A correspondent of the N. Y. Herald writes : Gen. Lopez, failinff p to receive .a certain sum of money which he expected,to receive from this island, would, with a few followers only, endeavor to effect a landing on 'ibis island, and in conjunction with certain ere oles, raise the cry of rebellion to the Spanish crown, for which purpose a schooner has been placed at his orders in the Gulf of Florida. But, it is known that a very large sum of money which had bsen subscribed in this island, was recently remitted to New Or leans; that 3000 men had been enrolled irci the Southern States and Texas, and if not ' already sailed for Cuba, are shortly to do so. They have several pieces of artillery, arid are in every way prepared with muni tions of war. The government have issued the most energetic instructions, and the troops have been so placed throughout the island that the point of disembarkation will become-it:ll4 stantly known, so that the invaders will, not have the slightest chance of escape on shore; but I very much doubt, they will elude the vigilance of the cruisers, or be able to approach the - land at all. Let it be as it may, and that Lopez and his party do effect a landing, they will most assuredly be all captured, _and the Captain General has expressed his determination to make a most severe example. The Saranac left this on the 3d instant, and the French steamer of war Mogador this morning, but as both have taken Spanish pilots from this place with them, it is presumed that they have merely gone on a cruise along the coast. Gen. Aymerish left hero for Puerto Principe last week, that city being conside red the hot bed of annexationists, and it has accordingly been garrisoned by an army of 7000 men. . The Captain General giving full credence to the information he has received, the sub stance of which I have given you above, has made his dispositions, and is quite pre pared to resist any- attack whatever. General Scott. Among many of the leading journals of the country which have recently referred favorably to the proposed nomination of Gen. Winfield Scott for,the Presidency of the Uuited States, one of the latest and most influential is the Boston Atlas. Though the agitation of the question at this time in any manner that would distract the party or impair the efficiency of the present ad- ministration is deprecated, yet the Atlas thus expresses its own opinion regarding the nomination. We have noticed that the Whigs, of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, and, to a great extent, of New York, Ohio, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, have al ready broken ground in favor of General Winfield Scott, subject to the decision of a Whig National Convention; and we have no doubt that if the question was put now to the Whigs of those States, a very large majority would prefer him as a candidate to any other than. Instead of this prefer ence being the'work of political wire-pullers, or cliques of interested persons, it appears to us to spring directly from the people; and the papers that advocate hisclaims are, in a manner, forced into this early-discus sion of the question by the strong voice of public sentiment, and not by-otlter causes." MR. WEBSTER.—The Boston authorities have refused the use of - Faneuil Hall for Mr. Webster to address the citizens. Hav ing recently refused similar applicitions from others, it is deemed inexpedient, in the present excited state of the public mind, to grant it, to him. Geri. Sccrrr was confined to his room io incionati, on the l2th instant s by illness. He was tho guest of L. Amidxson, Esq. VIRTUOUS ACTIONS sooner or later will find their renrard. Importation of Foreign Convict& , A few days since an Englishman named. Wit Hain Wiseman, was arrested hi N. York, and when taken before Justice McGrath, Considerable sympathy was excited in his behalf, from the fact of his being to all ap pearances deaf and dumb; al! that could be got out of him in reply to questions put to him, were mysterious head.shakes, ges ticulations and unintelligible gutterals: tice McGrath, however, who is " too old a bird to be caught by chaff," suspected that he could use his tongue upon occasion, and by adroit questicining and a little general ship, soon succeeded in making Mr. Dumby, find the use of his auricular' and tongue. He then confessed that he had been trans ported to this country by the English au thority for larceny. The New York Day Book, commenting upon this, says it is not the first case of the kind that has come to its knowledge. It is in fact a common thing, and every ship that arrives at our ports contains more or less of these trans ported convicts. It is no secret ; the prac tice has been made public , time and again, and it is high time that the authorities on this side of the water begran to take notice of it. Our State firisons and jails are crowded to overflowing with criminals, the majority of whom are foreigners; and unless this criminal emigration is stopped, this country will soon be no better than a Botany Bay. We have enough to do to find homes and bread for the paupers of Great Britain, who are starved out at home, and then shipped to our shores by thousands by the land owners to reduce -the poor rates levied on their property, without being saddled , with the vilest cif their thieves and burglars, who come here to poison the moral atmosphere and spread the pestilence and desolation-of crime among our own population. BOUNTY LAND WARRANTS.-By the ap prdpriation bill of the 3d ult., says the Na tional Intelligeneer, a restriction is imposed relative to the location of Bounty Land Warrants, which, from its being in so inap propriate a place, is not generally known ; and as many holders are now making ar rangements, and some of them expensive ones; to have their warrants located upon the valuable mineral and other lands about to be brought into - market the ensuing sum mer and fall, it is suggested that it be made more public. We therefore Publish the . provision, as follows : —.l ' That no land bounty for military set... vices granted by the act of 28th of De- cember, 1850, entitled 'An act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have engaged in the military service ex the United States,' or by virtue of any other act of Congress heretofore passed granting land bounties for military services, shall be satisfied out Of ally public land not heretofore brought into market, and now subject to entry at private sale under exist ing laws." THE NEW Yonx SENATE has had a flare up, the Locofoco Senators, with two excep tions, withdrew from the Senate chamber on account of the Whig determination to pass the Canal bill. The bill waslhen lost, there being no quorum present. There was great excitement and much rejoicing among the Locos. The session- closed on' the 18th. Inasmuch as the Appropriation bills have not yet been passed, an extra session will be convened by the Governor, in accorda l nce with the request of the majority ; but un less the Governor has been authorized to fill vacancies in the Legislature by a law passed since the adoption of the new Con stitution, an extra session will be of no avail, and the wheels of the government of the State will be stopped until the meeting of the next Legislature on the Ist of Jam ry next, Doww trpow NovEts. - --No young un married woman, says Jeremy Lewis, ought to permitted to read a novel of any de- scription. Had I a daughter with a heart of ice, and a face as grim as the lion's head on antique knocker, she should never pour over a tale of love to make that ice smoke, or indupe her to believe that her face was as good as her neighbors. Nature teaches us to sigh soon enough, in all con= science, without our needing the bellows of imagination to inflate the lungs prema turely. Good novels, such as portray human na ture as it is,and, at the same time, convey a wholesothe moral, are not such evil pro ductions as Mr. Lewis, would make them. 'But there are few good novels, very few. The reason is, that a perfect novel is the highest literary effort. FEVER. AND CANCER. CURED-GREAT Discovems.—The city of New. Orleans has become not a little celebrated for two important discoveries made in it within a few years, by two eminent Physicians—one is Dr. Gilbert, whose fame is now widely extended, as the successful curer of that hitherto impregnable and terrible disease, "cancer." The other is Dr. Seat, who is said to haVe cured a larg e lumber of pa tients in a few , days, of f ever. The Scientific American states that Dr. Seat is new on his way to Europe, to dis pose of his important discovery to foreign governments. The discovery is Et medicine which never fails to cure the most invete rate case of fever in a few days. Such discoveries -co nfer untold blessings upon the human ,family. Yet(' Message. The following message from the Go vernor was received on the 14th instant, containing, his objections to the Judicial dis trict bill. - The care and attention of the Governor in this instance, has saved the State from a measure unknown to our judi cial system, and improvident in an extreme degree : 2b the Honorable the Senate and the House of Re. presentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennla : GENTLEMEN : The bill entitled " An act to provide for the election of Judges of the several Courts of this Commonwealth, and to regulate certain Judicial Districts," which has just been presented for my approval, contains some features so objectionable in their character, and bears such marks of hasty anti inconsiderate legislation, that I feel myself•bound to withhold the Executive sanction to its passage, and return it with my objections to the House of Representa lives, in which it originated. In the judicial history of Pennsylvania it never has been considered essential to se lect gentlemen learned in the law to act as ' Associate Judges. The Presidents of the several Courts of Common Pleas were re quired to be learned , in the law ; but early usage, sanctioned by various acts of As. sembly, had established the practice of the Executive to make the selection of Asso ciate Judges indiscriminately from the peo ple; and had never confined the choice of the appointing power to the legalirofession. The amendment to the second section of the fifth article of the Constitution, gave additional sanction to the practice, as it clearly distinguishes between those Judges required to be " learned in the law" and the Asiociate Judges of the respective counties. I am unable to see any good reason for re stricting the choice of.the people to a pecu liar class of men, nor can I _believe that in adopting the amendment to the constitution by their votes, the. people intended to re- strain themselves in a manner unknown in the history of our state. The bill presen ted for my approval clearly contains a pro vision to that effect. The third section pro "viAes that the Judges of the . Supreme Court, and the President Judges and the Associate Judges of the District Courts of the city and county of Philadelphia, and of the county of Allegheny, and of the Court of Common Pleas of the said city and county of Philadelphia, and of all other Courts of Record, shall be learned in the law ; and all the aforesaid judges shall be qualified electors of'qhis Commenwealth, and shall be otherwise qualified as required by the second section of the fifth article of the Constitution of this Commonwealth." The language of this section is so plain and unequivocal that comment is unneces sary and can scarcely add to its elucidation. It cannot be doubted but that every Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record. In looking through our various acts of As sembly •and the provisions of the Constitu tion, I find a settled meaning given to the words " learned in the law," when applied to Judges, and however desirable it may be to have our courts composed of men learned in the law, such a restriction of choice on the constitutional power of the people trans cends the authority of the Legislature; and whether this provision in the bill was in serted by design, or through inadvertence, duty requires me to. withhold my sanction from a law which comes in direct conflict with the Constitution, and does violence to the wishes and intentions of the citizens. The eleventh section of the bill provides " that the Governor shall issue commissions to the persons elected, to hold their re spective offices from and after the first Monday in December next following such election, for and during their respective terms of office, as prescribed and limited by the second section of the fourth article of the - Constitution of this Commonwealth." The section referred to provides for the mode of conducting impeachments before the Senate, and certainly furnishes no guide or reference to the substance, or form, or extent of the duration of a commission to be issued. s I do not comprehend the reason or propriety of its insertion. It may be a mistake on the part of the clerks, or an in advertence and wrong reference, but whe ther it arose from either, it presents a case of hasty and inconsiderate legislation, cal ling fur correction. The sixteenth section of the bill provides fiat the counties of Huntingdon, Blair, Cambria, and Indiana, shall form the six teenth Judicial District, and further pro vides that the courts of Indiana 'shall be on the third Monday in January, April, August,and November, and in the county of Huntingdon, on the days, and to con tinuo the time now prescribed by law. By the existing laws, the courts in the last named county- are required to be held on the second Mond4s in - January, April, Au gust, and November, and to continue . two weeks, which will bring into direct Conflict the counties of Huntingdon and Indiana. Although this is undotibtedly a mere over sight on the part of the, Legislature, it amounts, in effect, to a denial of justice. to . the people of one or the other of these counties. It furnishes another instance of the hasty manner in which the bill was gotten up. With a view of diminishing the expense of the Commonwealth, and for more effec tually equalizing the labor of the Judges, I recommended in the animal message a re duction of the number of the judicial dis tricts. The present bill, it is true, has dis pensed with one of the judicial districta, but so far as I can ascertain, the amount of business in the respective counties, it has to a still greater extent rendered the labor of the Judges unequal. Little benefit can arise to the public treasury from such par tial changes as the present bill conteMplates, while in the alternation of their judicial connections, and the times of holding their courts, great delay and injustice to thapeo pie may be the consequence. , . I pressed upon the Legislature the pro. priety and necessity of early actiowon important public measures demanding th attention, and if any inconvenience ari: from the failure, to legislate on this subje I shall feel absolved from all blame and sponsibility, A fair and just arrangemc of the judicial districts of the - whole Stat will most heartily meet my sanction, if reduces the number of the districts and le setts the charges on the Treasury, ii the subject been acted en at an earlier riod in the session, it is quite probable, na almost certain, that the errors to which have adverted, would have been, avoided or at all events, leisure would have be afforded for their cerrection. Whether any legislation takes place not,lhe Constitution substantially provi for. an election, to beheld by the people, make choice trtheir Judges, and I st). omit no effort to carry'the constitution provision into full effect. There yet r mains sufficient' time to pass a law maki the necessary provision for the manner voting for the respective officers, and reg, lating the proper manner of making necessary returns. There are.other objections to the bill, a particularly to the arrangement of oth districts, which it is now unnecessary state. • WSL F. JOHNSTON. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, April 14, 1851 From the Corning Journal? Corning again Visited with Ftr t 4 On Monday evening the 14th inst., abo a quarter before 10 o'clock, our ciuze, were again alarmed with the appalling c of fire. The fire originated and n•as 11 discovered breaking forth from the roof the barn and stables attached to the Clint.? House, on the north side of' Market st., ,3 cu pied by Mr. James Lyon ; owing to 1: 1 , combustible material of the building and J.,!, contents; it was almost immediately wrapp,' in flames ; the fire immediately commu rated to and destroyed the building adjoin 'ing, formerly occupied by Messrs. Cumpst.' & Walker, as a Hardware Store, togethe! with the stables and barn attached; also 1 wooden building, occupied by James 11 Hawley, as a joiner shop. Owing to t prompt and vigilant efforts of our Fireme 'the Blacksmith, Machine Shop, and Dep buildings of,the Corning & Blossbuig C, were saved. The fire then communicate to and destroyed the large barn of M Lorenzo Seymour, on the south sid Market st.; also an office adjoining the sa on the east, occupied by Geo. N. WWI brook, as a law office; also the Bars. Shop occupied by. Mr. Lucas, and the til wooden buildings adjoining, one unoccupic, another occupied by Mr. Potter, as a Muhl' Shop ; thus consuming all the buildings o, the south east side up to the Corning Ban which' was slightly injured. Extendin west from Mr. Seymour's Livery Stable, consumed a dwelling and Grocery Store. Clothing Store adjoining occupied by Messrs, Fink & Seaman,. Blacksmith Shop meu. pied by Tunis W. Loveless, a dwellin house, owned by Mr. Preston ; also a dwj ling house, and the Saddle Shop occupic by JasOn R. Snook, slightly injuring th., house and Millinery Shop of Mrs. Thurber where the fire at this point was arrested The fire also extended in the rear of Mr Seymour's Livery Stable communicatin to and consuming the brick dwelling bus: of Mr. Joseph Robinson on Erie Avenu: and consuming the barn and out building' of Mr. David Wheelock, and injuring hi; house considerably where the progress o the fire was-arrested. We are sorry to announce that eigh valuable horses were consumed in the sta bles of the Clinton' House : one a vet_ valuable pair awned by Mr. Sage of lila t - , ca, for which we 'are informed he has bee t' offered the sum of 81600. Mr. Lyon losf a valuable pair, a pedlar also lost a pair together with his wagon and contents. Mr. Preston was extremely unfortunate in.the loss of about $2OO in specie, the har ' earnings of himself and wife. The mone . - we are informed Was in a bag, which in the i - excitement of the moment, was thrown upon . , a feather bed which was.wrapped -and tic. up with some bed clothes, and removed fro the hotise, but in the great hurry and ex V citement, the clothes got untiedend the ba, 7 1,: of money probably slipped out, 'and wa'' . picked up by some one (honest we. hope);' who will return it. . Mr. Seymour was absent, and lost all his books and papers, which were in an un safe Safe. His horses and carriages were saved. The amount of loss we are unable to state, but presume most of it was covered with partial insurance. Our Firemen conducted themselves nobly, and arc well deserving the thanks of the community;, owing to their judicious and untiring efforts, the Clinton - House, Mr. David Wheelock's house and others were saved from destruction. GEN. WASHINGTON'S FARM.—The farm of Gen. Washington, at Mount Vernon, contained 10,000 ticres of land in one body, equal to about 15 square miles. It was divided into farms of convenient size, at the distance of• three and five miles from his mansion house. He.visited these farms every day, in pleasant weather, and con• stantly engaged in making experiments for the improvement of agriculture. Sonic idea of the extent of its farming opera tions may be formed,of the following facts In 1787, ho had 580 acres in grass ; sowed 600 bushels of oats ; 700 acres with wheat ; and as much more in 'corn, barley, pota toes, beans, peas, &c., and 150 with tur nips.' His stock consisted of 140 horses, 112 cows, 236 working oxen, heifers and steers, and 500 sheep. He constintly em• ployed 250 hands, and kept 24 plows going during the whole year, when the earth and state of weather would permit. In 1780, he slaughtered 150 hogs for the use of his family, and provision for his negroes, for whose comfort lie had great regard. WILLIAM PENN did not die a slaveholdei , as has beep asserted.
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