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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11

CArAwlssA RAlLRoAD.-We,u understand
that the Catawissa, Williamsport and Erie
Railroad Company have perfected their
moneyed arrangement for the completion
of their road to the Susquehanna. A large
amount of their mortgage bonds have been
negotiated in Europe and this country at
satisfactory prices, and that contracts for
the iron and superstructure have already
been made some years since. Mr.. Charles
R. Paxton of Bloomsbury, has been ap-
pointed Chief Engineer Of the road.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11
PORTSMOUTH, june 9.

A tremendous thunder storm passed over
this place on Friday last, doing immense
damage to the canal, principally in the
Buck level, and from there to Bainbridge;
washing out an aqueduct, and also breaking
this level between here and Harrisburg.
A portion of the Lancaster railroad about
four miles below this place is washed away,
and occasions delay of about an hour in
the transhipment of passengers and bag
gage. The canal will not be navigable for
some time some say three weeks and 9TH
ers one month. At present it is impossible
to tell.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11

D0- The Rail Road Convention at
Georgetown, Northumberland county, on
Tuesday of last week, was we'll attended =,
and the proceedings were spirited and en-
thusiastic. A. JORDAN, Esq, of Sunbu.
ry, Presided, assisted by % Vice Presi.
dents, and 4 Secretaries.
Pertinent and eloquent addresses were
delivered BY the President, David G. Bar.
nitz, Of York, Pa, Alex. s. Owens, of
Elmira, N. Y, c. W. Higgins and Judge
Helfenstein.
Strong resolutions were passed in favor
Of the speedy completion of the Susque.
hanna Road !; and an Executive committee
of Is appointed to act with the Ex. Com.
appointed by the Sunbury Convention.
~The New Constitution in MARYLAND
has been carried by a majority Of about
$4,000. 1t abolishes imprisonment foz
debt, and makes many other changes in
keeping with sound policy and the spirit
Of the age.
D@Thanks to Hon. Jos. Casey for mess
Of the largest and finest strawberries we eve,
saw in this latitude-grown in bis garden a,
New Berlin.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11
DEATHS.

In Selinsgrove, on the 21st ult., FRAN
KILN BERGsrREssER, aged about % years.
In Jerseytown, on the 5th inst, DR.. B.
PARK, at an advanced age.
In Point township, Northumberland,
Co., June I'd, HENRY ROcKAFELLER, in
the 42d year Of his age.
In Perry tp., on the Goth ult., Mrs. N.
VAN ORMAN, aged 81 years.
In Perry tp., on the 25th ult., B. REl'
CHENBACH, aged 40 years.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11
How TO make Vinegar.

There are many great notions entertain
ed among our farmers about making vine-
gar. The grand old plan was to put out
cider, or water and molasses in a cask, to
the sun and expose it to the luminary with
= bottle in the bung hole. There are still
as many ideas entertained about making
cider, as there are about making soft soap,
and luck is frequently held to be the um-
pire who decides whether it will be vinegar
or no vinegar.
The reason why cider or other fluid mix
lures change their nature and become vim
egar, is owing to transformation Of the
particles and then separation Of one or
more, and combination Of others. The
oxygen Of the atmosphere, although Ii it is
now as was once believed to be, the only
acidi6er, still it is the great one, and vire-
gar is formed by the cider parting with its
carbonic acid gas which it cannot do with
out absorbing oxygen. The reasonable
way, then, to make vinegar rapidly and
surely is to expose the cider as much as
possible to the atmosphere. The new way,
and what is supposed by many to be a pat.
ent way to make vinegar, is to let the ci'
der percolate over a very exposed surface.
This is the way they make it in the vine.
gar manufactory. The apartment where
it is made is freely exposed to the air and
is kept at temperature Of about CO.. The
cider is left to run id small streams into
troughs with bottoms full Of smsll holes,
then from that over very fne wood sha.
wings, such as soft maple, and let these be
fully exposed to the air and resting on q
Slated bottom made of clean bows OF
lathcs, below which the vessel for receiving
it should be placed vinegar can be made
from molasses and water, grapes corn stalks,
beet roots, and many other substances by
this process in q few days. Cider, however,
makes the best vinegar. Many modi6ca-
tions (for cheapness) Of the above plan
may be resorted to, the grand secret being
he exposure Of the Liquids 70 be changed
ito vinegar, in layers or strata to the OK
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11
MARRIAGES.

On the 2Sth ult.; by Jos. D. Barr, Esq,
Mr.. ABRAM WALTER, to Miss LYDIA
RIsHEL, both of Lewis tp., Northumber'
land county.
In Milton, on the I'd inst, by the Rev.
Geo. G. Drake, Rev. j. G. FUREY, Rector
of Christ Church, Milton, to Miss KErU-
RAH, daughter Of the late Rev. j Rhodes,
of this place.
In New Berlin, on the 28th ult., by the
Rev. s. r. Boyer, Rev. WM. s. MoRRIs-
ON, to Miss NJ. s. BOGAR.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11
County Papers Free.

We hope all our friends will bear in
mind that after the first of July next the
Chronicle will circulate anywhere in the
county FREE OF POSTAGE, and out
of the county, within fifty miles Of this
place, for only fire cents per quarter.
There is now every inducement for per-
sons to take their own county papers in
preference to those published at a distance
COME ONE,COME ALL; send on your
names for the Chronicle.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11

I@By the recent arrivals from Cali.
fornia we learn that there had been many
rains at the mines; rise in the wages Of
labor, large shipments Of gold ; and the
usual number of thefts, murders, lynchine
&c, together with more suspicious accounts
of new discoveries of gold.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11

%No foreign news Of special impor-
tance except decline in Cotton and Bread.
stuffs. We are sorry to learn that Kos
suth and his companions are not to be re.
leased. There has been stormy and tu-
multuous debate in the French Assembly
on bill to regulate the National Guard.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11
Horace Greely in one Of his letters fro

Horace Greely in one Of his letters from
England, says that the working class ap-
pear to be very addressed, stolid, abject,
and hopeless. Extortion and begeary are
very prevalent. He also thinks that the
habit Of drinking intoxicating liquors is
more universal in England than in this
country. The aristocracy drink almost to
a man; so do the middle class; so do the
clergy; so do the women!
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11
A Valuable Sheep.

The Village Record states, that "a two
year old buck, of the Cotswold breed, was
shorn last week, upon the farm Of Jabed
Cope, in East Bradford, Chester County,
and the fleece weighed 12s pounds" We
doubt if this has been excelled half a
dozen times in this country.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11

Hottie "Evening Argus" is new
and able Democratic daily paper, recently
started in Philadelphia by Jas. Severns
& Co. A weekly edition will be furnished
to subscribers for 25 cts, from this time
till after the October Election.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11

CINCINNATI, June Ga great food
has occurred in the Mississippi and Wiscon.
sin rivers, destroying property to an in.
calculable amount. A large portion Of
Fort Winnebago is inundated, and several
Touring mills at Peru have been carried
away. The Burlington Qowa) Gazette
states that the tributaries Of the Mississi ppi
are greatly swollen, and much dam age
done in that vicinity. The river is with.
in eighteen inches Of the great food Of
1874. At Hannibal, (Mo.,) the river is
rising rapidly, and the country, for fifty
miles in length and six miles in breadth is
inundated. At 81. Louis the high water
stopped business almost entirely at the
levee.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11
NEW STORE!

Opposite Kline's Hotel, Market street.
nARTON s. CHALFANT are selling
D goods at lower prices than they can
be bought elsewhere in Lew''0ufe'
Best Coffee, IIic's' Pe! Poon'
Sugal< oo.a
" Prints, 10 ~ Pe' ys''
Brown Muslins lO
Ready made Goats, Pants and 'eas "
unusually low prices. T.
Prime Jersey Hams 12i per 10
{" Shoulders 10
All other goods proporiionably lo.. -.
r All kinds Of country produce ''At'
in payment.
Lew!sburg, Jure IL, 1851.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11

ygen of the atmosphere. There is not a
farmer but with cask, an old tub, and a
few shavings could make good vinegar in
one-6fth Of the period now required BY the
common plans in use for that purpose.
In those vinegar factories introduced here
by Freuchmen, the plans adopted are those
We have narrated.-Scientifc american.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11

@The only original anecdote in con-
nection with our Telegraph operations thus
far, is this: After the first message had
been sent for some time, a question arose
among the "outsiders," whether an answer
had been received, when one person decla-
rad he knew it had not (: he had stood
watching the wire all the time, and moth
ing had returned!
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11
LesUSSbsSrg, Pa.
0e1ues0ap Alornina, 1nne II, 1851

DvERTTZE !-Executors, Administrators, Public
Officers, City and Country Merchants, Manufacturers,
Mechanics, Business Menal who wish to procure or to
dispose anyhng-woud do we'll to give notice Of the
through the "Lewisbuyy Chronicle" This paper has
good and Increasing circulation in community contai-
consumers and dealers, any other in the State.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11

In the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,
last week Chief Justice Gibson decided an
auction case as follows:
The employment Of puffer at public
auction, vitiates a sale, and the buyer is
defrauded, even though he did not pay
more than the article was worth in the
opinion Of the witnesses. A man is de.
frauded whenever he is melted by artful
means to bid more than he otherwise would;
and whenever the price is ever so little
enhanced by secret contrivance, he is
cheated. Judgment reversed.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11
The Farmer.



Flax VI. Cotton.
Some considerable inquiry, says the
Cleveland Democrat, has of late been made
in relation to the probabilities of sufi-
cient supply of dax-cotton in the Northern
States in case there should be demand for
it for manufacturing purposes. The fol-
lowing data, CLEANED from reliable sources,
will be satisfactory to those interested in
the growth Of fax, or the manufacture Of
linen therefrom.
The annual imports Of fine linens aver
age about sS5, 900, 900, and the wholesale
prices Of these cloths range as high as to
average IS cents per yard; while the re-
tail prices 60 up to 95 cents and sl.2O
per yard.
In 1910 the number of acres Of land on
which grain, &C., was grown in ten Of the
Northern States, was about %, 900, 900 /;
and the fax crop of that in all the States
North of the Ohio river, including Mary
land, covered some 100000 acres.
The average crop Of far lint is about
$50 lbs. per acre, Of which one-third, or
say 100 lbs, is Aax-cotton, leaving 22o
lbs. of course for paper, bagging, or any
other articles it will make.
The fa1seed is about Is bushels per
acre, and generally worth 81 to sl.60 per
tushel.
We may readily suppose that in all the
States suitable for the growth Of fax, s.
600 600 of acres could now be turned to
that crop, without at all disturbing the pre-
sent serial crops, or diminishing the guam
tity now devoted to the culture of other
objects.
This basis gives US tho following re-
suits -
soooaoo acres average 40 lbs nazrotson ~ ~, ~. -
soooooo acres, average u bu.h.l. .ocd per '.~
100000 acres, average 80 lh. n.1 tow; -
This being sufficiently near the amount
of such crop of fax, the following figures
give us the value of the same, as near as
We can determine from our present limit
cd knowledge of its properties -
oso.OooOoo lbs. ia, cotton a. &c. Ter lb at
,oeoeccSo ,esSis bu.h.l, seed =. dollar p.r ou.hsl
,ssoooSSsc . Lbs. eo.r,. tow at Sc PER h. at 10000 ~
factory, bs1pOOo
Total, &222 100000
The cotton crop of 40 and so was about
100000 bales at say 400 lbs. per bale :
and the price averaged III cts per pound
value, 500. 100000.
The Aax-cotton would be 9. .400. 900 bales
of 400 lbs each, giving abore the present
average of cotton, 100000 bales.
The difference in the total value Of the
two crops would be Sl32. .OO0.0 900 IN favor
cfMe taar crop. Allowing these estimates
to be high, still sl32.0O0.OOO is quite
margin to work on.
For the new Lcavitt machinery, the fax
may be either n,o~ed or Graded, so that
the harvesting OF the crop may be done on
the cheapest possible scale.
Farmers would do we'll to consider these
facts, and act accordingly; for that there
riN be demand for their fax crop Of the
coming season, there can be little doubt.
Those who raise fax should latter thresh-
ing the seed, bind up the stalk in convent
ent bundles to handle. 1t should then be
laid as even as possible, and in this condi-
ton stacked away and covered with straw
to dry and prepare for the market.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11
TELEGRAPH Rates.

Tne "Susquehanna River and North
and West Branch Company" having ex-
tended its lines to this place we give below
a tariff of prices, &C., for the information
of our readers. The Char ter of this COM
pany authorizes wires to be extended from
the mouth Of the Susquehanna to North
umberland, and thence up both branches,
with as many lateral lines as may be deem
ed expedient. But at present the line is
only in operation from Milton, on the
West Branch, to Hazleton in Luzerne
county, where it connects with the Phila.
delphia and Wilkcsbarre Line. 1t is also
open from Wilkesbarrc to Pittston. 1t is
intended to run the line directly from Ber.
wick to Wilkesbarre at the earliest practi-
cable moment and also extend it north to
Elmira, and south to Harrisburg and Port
Deposite, and thence to Philadelphia, as
soon as the necessary subscriptions Of
stock can be obtained. 1t will then be
much more direct, convenient and profita-
Bile, and large extent of country can be
reached from here, at half the present
rates. As the wires now are, message
for Philadelphia can only 60 on this line
to Hazleton, where it must be rewritten,
before it can reach its destination; and a
message for Pittston must be rewritten at
both Hazleton and Wilksbarre. Any
message from this place to any point
North, South, or West Of Philadelphia,
would be charged with the rate from here
to Philadelphia, in addition to the amount
charged from Philadelphia to the point Of
destination, as specified in the tables be-
low. This circuitous route will be avoid
ed as soon as the line is completed to Har-
risburg and Port Deposite. When the
wires are up to NJ Evansville, Muncy, ,and
Williamsport the charges will be the same
to those places as to Milton, Danville, &c.
No charge is made in any case for the date,
address, and signature Of any message.
From Lewisburg to Milton, Northumber-
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11

NJ Telegraph news in the Chronicle
regularly hereafter. And the more pat
ronage We receive, the more We can afford
to expend in this way.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11

The following important law with re-
gard to Telegraph Offices and operators,
was passed at the last Session of the Penn
sylvania Legislature.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11
IHH CHRONICLE.

n. c. HICKoK, Editor. o. N. WoRDEN, Printer.
so cash in advance, $175 in three months 81 paid
within the year, and $50 at the end Of the year
Agents in Philadephia-v Palmer and Z W Carr.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11

There was still no choice, and the Con-
vention then adjourned until 2 o'clock this
afternoon.
READING, June 5, P. NJ.
The Convention re assembled at . o'clock
and after the usual preliminary business,
resumed the balloting for Canal Com
missioner The following is the result of
the ninth ballot
Clover, 95 Searight, 3S
Considerable excitement followed this
announcement, which having subsidized, the
Convention declared Seth Clover of Clarion
County, unanimously nominated.
After the nomination of Mr.. Clover.
which was unanimously confirmed by the
Convention, a State Central Committee
consisting of nine members, was appointed,
Committees on Resolutions and Address
were appointed, who made report to the
Convention at the evening session.
The Address and resolutions take high
national ground and were unanimously
adopted.
At about Q o'clock the Convention ad-
journed sine die.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11

D@ We this week, to the exclusion of
our usual variety, give Gen. Packers speech
on the Bill to tax the York and Cumber-
land rail road in which our readers will
find more full and satisfactory information
with regard to the projected line of rail
road through the Susqnehanna country,
and tho business it must do, and the
consequent value of its stock, than can be
readily derived from any other source
We commend it to the careful and delib-
crate attention of all who feel any interest
in the success of this important road, and the
prosperity Of the country through which it
will pass.
DGr The Democratic State Judicial
Convention meets to-day at Ha arrisburg
to nominate candidates for Judges of
the Supreme Court. We confess to
some misgivings as to the result of their
action, on account of threatened intrigue
and disreputable combinations; but yet
from the intelligence and high moral and
professional standing Of majority of the
delegates we are induced to hope better
things than some of the signs of the times
would seem to indicate. If care be taken
to nominate competent and upright men,
the ticket formed to-day will probably
stand the best chance Of being elected.
But if the essential qualifications for that
post Of grave responsibility-the heaviest
and most important by far, Of any in the
Commonwealth-are thrust aside to sub
serve sectional, sectarian, or partizan inte-
rests, the nominees of the Convention will
be repudiated, in whole or in part, at the
ballot box.
The people and the press of Pcnnsylva-
MIA have never before been so Independent
on any subject as they are evidently deter
mined to be with regard to the election of
Judges. And while this spirit Of intelli-
gent and patriotic regard for the highest
duties Of the citizen, is the happiest omen
Of the success Of the newly adopted cleo
tive system, it at the same time sounds the
knell, in advance, of all unworthy or
fraudulent nominations. Itneeds no proph.
ct to foretell their fate.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11
Democratic State Nominations.

FIR Gorernor-WILLIAM BIGLER, Of Clearfeld Co.
Fo, Canal Commissioner-sETH CLOVER, Of Clarion.
AI- Whig State Conyention-Lancaster, 9th June.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11

The following is list Of the Operators
on the Susquehanna, and w. 4 P. Lines
NORTH AND WEST BRANCH LINE.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11
THE READING CONVENTION.
READING, June 5,

[The first day was spent in adjusting
the conflicting claims Of delegates to seats
in the Convention
The Democratic Convention met again
this morning, and was permanently organ
lied by electing Hon. JAS. L. GILLIs, Of
Elk county, President.
Mr.. Gillis, on taking the chair, returned
his thanks to the Convention, for the
honor done him, in neat and appropriate
speech.
The Convention then proceeded to nom
mate candidate for Governor
A letter was read from Hon. Samuel
W. Black, Of Allegheny, declining to be a
candidate for the nomination.
Hon. WILLIAM BIGLER, of Clearfeld
county, was then nominated unanimously
by acclamation, as the candidate of the
Democratic party for Governor of Penn
sylvania.
A committee was then appointed to
wait on Col Bigler, to inform him of bis
nomination.
The Convention then proceeded to bal.
lot for a candidate for Canal Commiss-
ioner. Four ballots were had. The
fourth ballot resulted as follows:
For Clover, SO
Searight, SO
Campbell, %
BrattOn, 50
Scattering, 10
After the fourth ballot was taken, the
committee appointed to wait on Col. Big.
Ter, returned and reported that he was now
present in the Convention. He was then
introduced to the Convention and the large
assemblage present, by President Gillis,
amid shouts and acclamations that made
the house shake
Col. Bigler made very happy and elo.
quent speech, accepting the nomination
committing himself to the canvass, and de.
terminning to battle personally for the
prize offered him. He goes the whole
length of the Compromise measures of the
last Congress, and promises to maintain
them to the utmost.
After Col. Bigler's speech, which wa.
received with great enthusiasm, the ballot
ing for Canal Commissioner went on, as
follows
FIFTH BALLOT.
For Clover, SO
Searight, 81
Campbell, "a
Bratton, "a
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-06-11

From Lewisburg to Milton, Northumber-
land, Sunbury, Danville, Bloomsbury,
and Berwick, 10 cents for any mes
sage of 10 words, or less, and one cent
for each additional word above ten.
American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-08-02

II OsT-0n the first instant somewhere on 7th street
IL vest or on street north, between the OF 7th
and streets and the City Hall, small P0CKET-BOOK
very much worm containing bond for the payment Of
money to the subscriber together with bills receipts and
other papers, all Of which valueles 10 any but
myself The finder Will obge me by leaving II At the
oicc Of the american Telegraph and receiving suit
able reward. ALBERT BURNETT.
an 2-1H
American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-08-02

Potomac and Winchester railroad to Charles
town, turning of ct that place to the neighbor-
ing Shannondale Springs, there 70 meet, IN
friendly and familiar aoay, the citizens Of the
adjoining counties of Jefferson, Clarke, and
Loudoun, in compliance with an invitation Of
the latter made some time since. M
Leaving Shannondale, the President and his
friends will 60 on to Winchester, and, taking
perhaps Capon by the way, thence to the White
Sulphur Springs Of Greenbrier. AT this point,
If zoe are not misnsformsed, Mr. Stuart win cross
into his own district, to attend to some legal
business requiring his care"
Oh that Mr.. Bedinger may be there to de-
scribe that eagles fight! That description il
the only artillery our adventures need fear
American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-08-02

earth! Why, II We had had him on our side,
we would, long ago, have made him perpetual
President |"
Such is HESRY CLAY, in the estimation Of
enlightened Democrats He is the man who
made the Wing party great and triumphant;
and he Is the man now to shield it from the
odium which some, who have been too much
exalted by it. have cast upon its fair escutcheon.
COMMENTATOR.
American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-08-02

The NATIONAL MONUMENT JOURNAL. We
are requested to say that the second number of
the National Monument journal will not be pub
lished until about tho middle of September,
more time being necessary for subscriptions to
be returned. If not then published it will not
be at all and to those subscribers who have
paid in advance their money will be returned.
Editors Of newspapers generally are requested
to give this notice an insertion or two.