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Summer Pruning.

We copy below from Barry's Fruit Book
some general principles in respect to prun-
ing trees, by the Professor of Arborieul-
turc in. the garden of plants at Rouen, in
France.
There is hardly any branch of horticul-
ture less understood and more neg glected
than judicious pruning. At this season
particularly, much may be done to promote
fruitfulness, and regulate the form of the
tree. Every one can understand how, by
pinching off now an over luxuriant branch
or shortening instead of letting it grow and
the wood mature, you ecoaOmtsc sap, or
concentrate in the remaining branch what
would otherwise have gone to form useless
wood, to be pruned off next winter or
spring. This concentration Of sap often
dcvelopes fruit buds, where otherwise there
would only have been grouth buds. There
is no more interesting branch of horticul-
turc than this frequent attention to prun-
ing, watching the development of branch
es, training and regulating their shape, SO
rs to admit free access Of all to sun and
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-31
Fall Elections.

Elections have yet to be held this year
in the following States. In most all Of
them Legislatures and State officers are to
be chosen, and in four of them Represen,
tatives to Congress. Of the latter class
are Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and
Maryland, which are entitled in the aggre-
gate to twcnty.three members. The cleo
tions will take place as follows:
CalifOrnia-Tucsday, September 4.
Vermont-Tuesday, September 1.
Maine-Monday, September 10.
Georgia-Monday, October l.
Pennsylvania-Tuesday, October Q.
Indiapa-Tuesday, October Q.
Ohio-Tuesday, October 9.
Louisiana-Monday, November 5.
Mississippi-Monday, November 5.
New York-Tuesday, November 6.
Wisconsiu-Tuesday, November 6.
Maryland-Wcdnesday, November :,
Massachusetts-Monlay, November II
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-31
Lock Haven Bank.

The subcribers to the capital stock Of
the Lock Haven Bank met on the 18th
inst, in the Court House, in pursuance OF
the call of the Commissioners. The cleo
.ion resolved in the choice Of the bllow-
ing Board of Directors
Il. A. Mackey, Christopher Fallon, d.
X. Jackman, j. W. Quiggle, J. s. Furst,
B. r. Petriken, Simon Scott, Anthony
K.eckner, Jacob Brown, Saul Mccormick,
William White, j. A. Gamble, Henry
Brokcrhoff.
Afterwards the directors met at the
Office of l.. \. Maekey, Esq, and orsan;-
zed by the election of d. A. Nackey.
President, j. II. Evans, Cashier, and
PHILIP krcbs, Teller.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-31

| SrRoUTED WHEAT-The New York
Tribune, thus discourses of sprouted
Wheat
"Whcn wheat is sprouted good win
moving machine will remove most Of the
injured kernels which make excellent feed
for animals. If there be a prcdominenee
Of sproutcd grain in the grist that goes to
mill, it is only spoiled for light bread.
The dough, instead of rising by the ordi-
nary process, has a tendency to liquify
and spread out and form a sticking mass
that Will not be kneaded into loayes. 1t
makes good unleavened bread, and is quite
nutritious, with sweetish taste BY many
persons bread made Of sprouted wheat is
PREFER ed, but in market the least appear
ance Of grown kernels will injure the sale.
Some millers even contend that one per
cent. of such kernels will injure tho quail
ty Of the whole. 1t is therefore impor-
tant to the farmer that he should be very
careful to keep the sprouted sheaves from
the sound, and should also separate tho
sound from the uusound grain in winnow-
ing, as far as possible"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-31

PRorITs OF ORCHARDs-A distinguish
ed agriculturist who has 200 apple trees,
and intends to set out as many more, says
that if apples will sell at % cents per
bushel, they are his most profitable crop /;
and if they will not sell they arc the cheap
est food he can raise for all kinds of ami
mails.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-31
A New View of the Case,

A correspondent of the N. Y. Times,
writing from Paris, states that the Empe-
ror Napoleon acknowledges the tactics Of
the Crimean campaign to be Of his projec.
ton, and declares that lie is satisfied main.
ly with the results. Napoleon says that
in 1913 France crossed the arid steppos
and deadly SHOWS Of Russia. That he now
makes Russia traverse her own wilderness,
so that not Russian soldier enters the
Crimca who has not suffered all that a
French soldier suffered in the retreat from
Moscow. Not regiment arrives at Pere-
kop but is decimated. Whole battalions
have been cngulphed. The Russian loss,
in this way, amounted up to last Decem-
Der to 100000 men. The allied armies
up to the same period had not lost one
tenth as many. Napoleon says that 60
Russian army is not recruited with facili-
ty. Men can bc had, but not soldiers.
The Russian peasantry require from two
to three years exercise at drill before they
are fit for the ranks. We have nearly cxtir-
patcd the elite Of their forces, those which the
Gar has taken many years to create. Eng
land and France, on the contrary, grow
stronger as the struggle proceeds; our
peasantry in few weeks become staunch
troops, aud the fire of war, which burns
slowly at first amous our population, in
crease with reverse" Under this view
Sebastopol is running sore which is drai-
ming Russia Of her strength.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-31

POPULATION OF ELMIRA AND WILL.
IAMspoRT.-A census of Eimira, just
completed, shows the population of that
village to be 10, ,l07-or nearly double
what it was in 1850. A recent census of
Williamsport, by Rev. J. ". Barret, fixes
the population at 4,0l5-or more than
double that of 1850. That is what Rail
roads do-sometimes.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-31

which now needs only the blessing OF the
great Father in heaven. We see, too,
from this slope, orchards and poplars, and
parts of the roofs Of houses and barns. We
see the road along yonder hill we see the
quiet mountain brow afar; We see, here and
there, the gistening surface Of the wind
ing stream and VIC see the yellow willows
by the mill-dam turning up their white
silverv leaves in the sun at each lift Of the
breeze. o, these are goodly sights. They
never tire our eyes or our hearts.
'Scrncs must be beautiful which daily viewed
Please daily. and whose novelty -dryives
| Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years:
! Praise justly due to thosr that describe
Yet these, and thousand other, namcless
sights, do not yet make up the full idea of
country. The pure, bracing air: belongs
to it. The balmy fragrance which always
comes upon the air in the country, is an
indescribable part Of its charming variety
and richness. Nor must wo forget the
true teachings of the poet:
g Nor rural sights alone hut rural SOUNDS,
Exhilaratc the spirit AMI restore
The tone of lan.uij Nature
They iul the spirit while they free the mind.
Mature ina.imatc employs swec. sounds,
I;ut animated nature swerter s'ill,
To soOthe and satisfy the human ear"
Amid scenes like these, there must be
health to the body and to the spirit. Tho
we are not of those who think that any
outward influences of nature can change
the heart and thus becoms a Savior, yet
there seems to be a "divinc presence"
amid the quiet scenes Of the country which
is check to sin, and a stimulus to holy
thoughts and feelings, The poet is right
in saying that "health and virtue do
"most abound" and are "lcast threatened
in the fields and groves" There seems
to be silent grace around country life,
which, like the iealthful air that silently
invigoratcs the physical system, broathes
courage and strength into every germ and
bud of virtue.
We can not but regard it as a great
mistake, that country life should be tho't
unfavorablc to intellectual culture There
seems to be general disposition to acqui-
esce in the venerable error that cultiya-
tion of mind is best accomplished in towns
and cities. Why should this be SO q?
Mind in cities is apt to grow like street
poplars-thin, slim, and weak; while mind
in the country takes deep and earnest root,
and grows sturdy and strong, like tree
in the open fields which expands because
it has room, and grows strong because it
has lite by its side either to hinder or to
lean upon. If mind is less cultivated in
the coutry than in towns, it is because it
is less attended to. There are a. present
nearly the same facilities accessible in the
most rural districts as in prpulous places.
Labor-saving improvements have vastly in
creased the leasurc Of the husbandman ;
and thus the fields of mental culture lie
open and inviting. And what place for
reading and study is the quiet county
where health makes meditation vigorous
and pleasant; and where separation from
the great flow of busy, vain, giddy, and
worldly life, make Interruptions few.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-31

EDITORIAL CHANGE The Harrisburg
Democratic Union has been merged into
the Patriot, Mr.. Zicgler, Editor Of the for
mer sheet, having sold his establishment
to Mr.. Hopkins, the publisher of the lat
ter. The joint concern will bear the name
of Union and Patriot The last number
of the Union contains a strong article
against the removal of Gov Recder
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-31

u Rev. Mr.. HAnBAUGH has been visiting
for some time in this, the scene Of his former
labors. The following article from his pen,
10 be found in the Sept. No. of The Cuardidn,
reads as if it might have been written, some
cool afternoon, in quiet mansion within the
bounds of Builaloe Valley.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-31

greater development Of wood on them,
than if it were divided between fifteen or
twenty buds.
at follows from this, that if we wish
to obtain wood branches, VIC prune short,
for vigorous shoots produce few frui.buds
On the contrary, if we wish to obtain fruit
branches, we prune long, because the most
slender or feeble shoots are the most dis
posed to fruit.
"Another application Of this principle
is to prune short for year or tive, such
trees or parts as have become enfccbled
by overbeariug. (This principle deserves
especial attention, as its application is of
great impOrtanee.)
3. 'The sap tending always to the ex-
tremeties of the shoots causes the terminal
bud to push with greater vigor than the
laterals. According to this principle, when
we wish prolor gment of stem or branch,
we should prune to vigorous bud, and
leave no production that can interfere with
the action Of the sap on it.
! A. "The more the sap is obstructed in
its circulation, the more likely it will be
to produce fruit buds. This principle is
founded on fact to which we have alrea-
dy had occasion to refer, viz, that the sap
circulating slowly is subjected to a more
complete elaboration in the tissues of tho
tree, and becomes better adapted to the
formation of fruit buds.
"This principle can be applied to pro-
duce the following result: When we wish
to produce fruit buds on branch, We pre-
vent free circulation of the sap by ben-
ding the branches, or by making annular
or circular incisions on it; and on the con-
trary, when We wish to change a fruit
branch into wood branch, we give it a
vertical position, or pruue it to two or
three buds, on which We concentrate the
action of the sap and thus induce their vi
gorous development.
5. "The leaves serve to prepare the sap
absorbed by the roots for the nourishment
of the tree, and aid the formation of buds
on the shoots. All trees, therefore, depriv-
ed of their leaves are liable to perish. This
principle shows how dangerous it is to re-
move large quantity of leaves from trees,
under the pretext of aiding the growth or
ripening of fruits, for the leaves are the
nourishlng organs, and the trees deprived
of them cannot continue to grow, neither
can the fruit; and the branches so st ipped
will have feeble, Informed buds, which
will, the following year, produce a weak
and sickly growth.
6. " Where the buds or any shoot or
branch do not develope before the age of
two years, they can only be forced into
activity by very close pruning, and in
some cases, as the peach, this even will Of
ten fail. This last principle shows the
Importance of pruning the main branches
of espaliers particularly, so as to ensure
the development OF the buds of their sue
cessive sections, and to preserve well the
side shoots thus produced, for without this,
the interior of the tree will become naked
and unproduetive, and remedy will be
very difficult"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-31

LOUISVILLE, Aug. 2l.-The new Con-
gressional delegation from Kentucky
stands, six Americans, and four Democrats
and anti X. Ms. The Senate stands IL
Americans, 7 Democrats the House Gl
Americans, 80 Democrats. The majority
for Morchoad, American, fer Governor
will b. about 1000
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-31

BsSNThe Northumberland Baptist Asso-
citation held its 35th session in Elimsport,
18th to 10Th inst, Rev. II. Essiek, Modcr-
ator. The new church at Williamsport, of
As members, was added, and l29 baptisms
reported. Next session at Jersey Shore,
18th Aug. 1886. The following Reports,
adopted by the Association, express its
views on two of the great moral questions
of the day:
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-31

EMIGRATION DECREAsING-The num-
bcr of emigrants who arrived at the port
Of New York for the first six months OF
1855, was 99,41G, of whom 2G, ,S24 were
Germans, and 22,S0l Irish. The num-
Der for the corresponding period of 1851
was 13i,75l, and for 1913, 125,6l7. A
tendency is to Australia and other British
domin:ons.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-31

MADAME MAUEoURG, the eldest daugh-
Ter and last surviving child of the Marquis
Lafayette, died recently, aged about 70, At
Acr rriIcely residence in Turin.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-31

MAUcH CHUNK, Aug. 21-The officers
OF the Lehigh Valley Railroad and large
number Of citizens, accompanied by a
band of music, made an excursion over
that road to-day, as far as the Gap,whcrc
m entertainment was served, and speeches
made by Thos. Craig, Jr, Hon. Asa Pac-
kcr, and others. The company returned
this evening, all highly pleased with the
roa1
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-22
BAKERY FOR SALE.

THE subscriber offers for sale his prop
erty, in this village, consisting Of lot and
a large two story house fitted for two fam.
lilies, containing bakery, store, sc 1t is
an excellent stand for abakery., The ad-
vertiser contemplates going West. which is
the cause of his wishing to sell, consequent
ly he offers it at n very low price.
Ifit is not sold at private sale previous
to Wednesday, Dec. IL, it will, on that
day, Mt IL o'clock, A. NJ, be offered at
Public Auction. If the day should not be
fair, the sale will take place the next fair
day, OLIVER d. HALL.
Westerly, Nov. 20, 1855
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-22

b0- Stories are frequently told ol
persons eating more than it would seem
possible for the human stomach to contain
and such stories are generally taken with
a fair degree Of allowance ofcxageration.
We heard ofa case yesterday, however,
which is doubtless true, and few more
customers Of the same sort would make
it profitable to restaurants A man
slightly intoxicated called at an eating
saloon in the neigbborhood of the Centre
market and asked for and ate two eli ;ck-
ems and two dozens Of fried oysters and
the usual ixings, besides drinking one
quart Of ale, tor all Of which he paid one
dollar and half Certainly he must
have tasted long time, or he will prove
a famine wherever he may 60. He was
dressed in the garb of sailor aud had
probably lately arrived from a voyage to
to sea where fresh food is . rarity -
Baltimore american.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-22

~ If you WISH" said Sydney
Smith, { for anything like happiness in
the fifth act Of life, eat and drink about
ons-half what you could eat and drink.
Did | ever tell you my calculation about
eating and drinking Having ascer-
taiued the weight of what l could live
upon, so as to preserve health aud
strength, and what l did live upon,
found that, between ten and seventy
years of age, l had eaten and drunk
forty-four horse wagon loads Of neat
and drink more than would have pre-
served me in life and health The val
ne of this mass of nourshment I consid-
cred to be worth $1,000. 1t occurred
to me that must, by my voracity, have
starved TO death lully hundred persons.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-22

Wc learn from the Missouri Repnb-
Heam of another fatal rsncounter in Kan
sas. The following is the story, as told
by that paper - it,. Z
"On the 3Ist ult, about sunrise,
Samuel Collins, who was, it seens,
Colonel Of one Of the regiments Of the
!" Kansas Legion" an exposition Of
which had been made by Mr.. Laughfn
determined to force him to make re-
traction, or to kill him With this de-
termination, he and some twelve other
Of his friends proceeded to seek out Mr..
Laughlin and demanded an unqualified
retraction Of bis statements. This be
refused to do, and Collins Immediately
snapped his gun at him, and then fred
at him, but fortunately the weapon was
turned aside by spectator Laughlin
then drew . revolver and shot and
killed bim. Mr.. l.. was dangerously
hurt in the conflict BY knife wound in
the side. At the same time, Mr. Lynch,
a friend OF bis, was wounded in the head
by the discharge of gun"
With the state Of feeling at present
existing in Kansas and on its Missouri
border, such scenes are to be looked
for. The settlers of Kansas must be
different from those of any other new
country, if they do not show capacity
to defend themselves. They certaialy
will not be governed by invaders from
Missouri, and much further attempt will
be pretty sure to be attended with blood
shed. Those who forced upOnsshc
country the repeal of the Missouri Com-
p' omise, have dread account to answer
for--thc whole sun Of which, We fear,
is not yet made out
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-22

Consumption. There il no disease
with which our country is affected, which
sweeps off annually so many victims a.
Consumption No walk of life is sacred
from its blighting Influence. No age is
exempt from its death dealing shsfts.-
The old, the middle-agsd, aad the
young, all alike, are food for this eon7
men enemy Of mankind.
Is there no help for the afaictedi-
No preventive Of the dangers which be-
act US in our changeabls apd fckls
cline? We think there is.
Wislar's BALKAN of H>ud Cherry is
offered to suffering world, as such -
Its true value and intrinsic excellence
gre sufficient to entitle it to tho conf
dence Of the public, and it has wen that
confidence. .., Xxx. 49,
None genuine unless signed I. BU1rs
Oh the wrapper.
AGENTs--PoTTER g. CHAMpLIN,
Westerly; W +. SEGAR & Co., Brand"
Iron Works; B B. SHELDON, Usqua-
paug &. f NICHOLS, Kingston, r. I.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-22

s0 Great excitement prevailed
among the whalemsn on Saturday morn
ing, says the Provideaee Tribune, occa.
stoned BY whale being seen off Prov.
incetown. Some fifteen boats i,nmedi-
ately put out in pursuit. About thirty
minutes after he was FIRST seen he was
struck by a harpoou from Que of the
boats, when he Immediately commenced
unning, dragging the boat and nearly
filling it with water, but in some manner
he cleared himself. There have been
several in the harbor within few DAYS
past, but none have been captured
They are Of the fn-back species.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-22

D0- Tho Shaker sect is said to be
wasting away, and there is not much to
be wondered At in the fact. They reject
marriage, hold to a community Of goods,
deny the Trinity, aud believe that the
Godhead is . mysterious union of male
and female that the Messiah FIRST ap-
peared "in the order of the male " in
the person of Jesus, and afterwards Sin
the order of the female /" in the person
of Ann Lee, an English woman, con-
vcrted to the doctrine Of celibacy, by q
bitter matrimonial experience, and pros
clytsd to monastic lie by some French
monks in the latter part of the eigh-
tecnth century She was III the habit
Of getting beastly drunk, wheuyhs would
pretend to be inspired BY the spirit, snd
intoxicated BY the sins Of the verdi
She was arrested, and eame near being
expelled from the scighborhOod BY her
vice.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-22

Mrs. SwIssHELM ON BABY Shows
Mrs Swisshelm, of the Pittsburg Satur-
day Visitor, having performed the "dis-
agreeable duty" Of attending Ba' mum, q
Baby Show at Pittsburg, calls it {" a
very stupid affair."" and expresses her
opinion of these exhibitions thus:
/" The poor dupes Of mothers are to
be pitisd, rather than blamed some
of them arc decent; innocent women who
have no definite idea of the light in
which they place themselves and mos,
of them are too nearly idiotic to be &C.
countabls. But it is not right tha,
humanity should be degraded thus in
these persons (; nobody expects any
respect from Barnum. The parties
really to blame for these exhibitions are
city authorities who grant licences, and
people of ordinary sense, who 60 to
see any thing 50 totally devoid Of attrac-
tions. Ugly stupid women, and ordinary
vulgarly dressed children, are no great
rarity in this great republic aud any
body who gives aquartsr to see lot OF
them deserves a pair of donkey's ears
The exhibition is akin TO tho old mode
artist shows, and when Barnum an Wood
visit city to bring shame on tho mothers
Of it by one oil these shows, the sons of
that city should see them safely past the
suburbs on pair Of rails"
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10y The spoils Of war are to be &

ID- The spoils Of war are to be d.
vdsd among the allies, and to arrive at
a lust division is to base it upon the
number q, n" men in each army Nothing
is said about the Turks in the matter,
so i, is likely they will get neither pigeon
or crow. The inveutory enu,uerates
three thousand eight hundred guns
Of different calibre, six steam engines,
eighteen or nineteen thousand balls,
bombshells, anchors, chains, rigging o'
all kinds, &C., &c. .
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-22

a. There is certainly one very eu-
couraging fact in relation to the late
election iu Massachusetts,. OF the for
ty members Of the Senate last year only
eleven are reelected. OF over four
hundred members Of the House last
year, only thirty-sight have been re-
'lected. This is significant indication
IT the sort Of estimate put upon the men
Who disgraced the Comnonwealth last
vsar BY their burlesqus legislation.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-22
ESTATE AT AUCTION.

WILL be sold at auction on the premi-
ses, without reserve, on Thursday, Decem-
ber Goth, 1856, ut 2 o'clock, p. NJ, the
we'll known valuable Farm. situated in
the town of st nington, belonging to the
heirs Of Stephen Babcock, Formerly kpoHn
as the John Wheeler FARM cont ainipe
about ls0 acres Of good land, with build.
ings thereon. Said Farm is in q. high
state of cultivation, being divided inte
moving, pasturing and woodland, having
an abundance of choice Grated Fruit
thereon, and we'll watered. ..,..
Terms of payment made ensy, and posses
sion given on the lst Of April next For
further particulars inquire Of the subscri,
ber. ELIAS BABCOCK
Stonington, Nov. 10th, 1856 242