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.