Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-01-14
VOLUME TX NO. 81.
WHOLE NuNpER 457.

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under the resolutions Of the last Legisl,-
ture to prepare general laws, have been
.ctively engaged and will soon report The
,iovernor has determined to correct these
evils, and recommends the adoption Of
more general laws, aud rigid enforcement
of existing ones. In anticipation Of the
Report of the Commissioners, We are in
formed that they have recommended the
extension Of general laws, to mining and
smelling the metals, ard extending tho
liability Of stockholders; F; to give the Courts
larger powers in relation to tho sales Of
real estate by parties who now require
special Legislation, and to refer claims
against the Commonwealth to the Courts.
fhe.e things effected, it is hoped that
money will be saved and hasty, ex par.e
legislation prevented. The Commissioners
have also simplifeI the tax laws, extended
their provisions to new subjects, and sought
to guard against their Infringement
The Govcrnar strongly urges the ap-
pointment Of an Agricultural Chemist, his
duties to be suggested by the State and
County Agricultural Societies, and calls
special attention to the capacities Of Penn
sylvania for wool l-growing. The Census
Report is made subject of congrstula'ion
to the State, as to its population, value Of
estate, produces If grain, iron, wool, cot
ton, aud coal. The augmentation Of the
latter trade in 1870, in the ratio of its past
increase, would produce forty-fve millions
Of tons valued at 5 50, Oao 900, more than
treble the revenues of the General Gov
ernment. With her natural advantages,
the completion Of the North Branch Ca
nal, tie avoidance Of Inclined planes, on
the Allegheny mountains, and the railaoad
connection of Philadelphia with the likes,
the Governor believes that before the close
Of the present century Pennsylvania, in
point of wealth and real greatness, will
stand in advance of all her sister States.
The remarks of the Message on the
claim Of the Franklin Canal Company, to
construct Railroad from Erie TO the Ohio
! lihe, on the obligations Of The State to the
encouragement Of Education its warm
approval Of the suggestion of Mr.. Water
man, to erect a monument in Indpendence
Square, commemorative Of tie Declaration
Of July i, i716; and the recommendation
to improve the public grounds around the
Capitol; the appeal to provide for the tran
sit Of slaves through this State, as sugges-
ted by interstate comfy, and the hint to
the Legislature not to leave the Apprcpri-
alton Bill until near the close Of the ses-
ion, will all command attsntion.-Phaad.
Sun.
ILLNESS OF Col. KING-W. II. KING,
the Vice President elect. has made his
will. lie was born in 1855: OWES 5001
acres Of land in one body, in Dallas couu-
ty, Alabama, and upwards Of one hundred
slaves. His entire estate is worth about
SI50, 900. lie is humane master. lie
told correspondent of the Tribune, some
years since, that he never sold but one
slave in his life, and Lo was compelled to
sell him because he was a terror to the
neighborhocd Col KING can not possi-
bly, recover. His physician fas sounded
his lungs with the stethoscope, and decla-
red that one Of his lungs is entirely gone,
and the other partly so. Col. KS niece,
Mrs. Ellis, is with him.
A curious case Of so.nnambulism is re-
corded in the Chilicothe Gazette. A daugh-
ter Of Mr.. Thos Kane arose from her
sleep, and in her nj ght-clo;hes walked four
miles up the Scioto river, waded into the
stream, and swan across the deep part,
and was found by an early riser" sitting
on the bank of the river-asleep. Re-
uarkable enough, as the girl was only Is
years old, and couldn't swim when awake
And yet, they say, this midnight tour en-
csemiSc did Mt hurt her bit.
The French papers have lately given US
some extraordinary Instances of mal-trans-
latiou of English. A blunder has BEEN
made in putting into French the details
Of Webster's last moments. "Thy rot;,
thy rod; thy staff, thy stat" is rendered,
lotTs soutien, rotrs souiien, rot,e escortc,
cscorte ;" Staff translated by escorte-,he
staff Of general or field officer Home
JLuraI
Political SPECULATION. BY a change
of 81, ,4G5 votes properly divided between
certain states, General Scott would have
been elected President, and by a change
Of only 10,7l9 votes divided the states of
Massachusetts, Vermont, Kentucky, and
Tennessee, Franklin Pierce would have
been elected unanimously.
\ Frenchman once became greatly Of
Tended with the people Of Pit;sbusg, aud
to express his views of them lie let of in
/ the following style: The devil took th~