continued unequal legislation in Congress, and increasing expenditures of the government, ehielly disbursed in the North—and defect of seamen in the South, (for mariners cannot be made of slaves,) all combined to retain the foreign trade in the channel which had absorb ed it ; and to increase it there with the increas ing wealth and population of the country, and the still faster increasing extravagance and profusion of the government. And now. at this period, (1854.) the foreign imports at New York arc 195 millions ; at Boston 58 millions ; in Virginia one million and a quarter ; in South Carolina one million and three quarters. This is what the dry naked tigures show : to the memory and imagination it is worse.— For it is a tradition of the colonies that the South has been the seat of wealth and happi ness, of power and opulence ; that a rich population covered the land, disjiensing a baronial hospitality, and diffusing the felicity which themselves enjoyed ; ——that all was life, and joy, and affluence then. And this tradition was not without similitude to the reality, as this writer can testify ; for he was old enough to have seen (after the Revolution) the still surviving state of southern colonial manners, when no traveller was allowed to go to a tavern, and was handed over from family to family, through entire states—when holidays were days of festivity and expectation, long prepared for, and celebrated by master and slave with music and feasting, and great concourse of friends and relatives when gold was kept in desks or chests (after the downfall of paper, and weigh ed in scales, and lent to neighbors for short terms without note, interest, witness or security —and on bond and land security for long years and lawful usance ; and when petty ligitation was at so low an ebb that it required a fine of 40 pounds of tobacco to make a man serve as constable. The reverse of all this was now seen and felt; not to the whole extent which fancy or policy painted, but to extent enough to constitute a reverse, and to make a contrast, and to excite the regrets which the memory of past joys never fails to awaken. A real change had come : and this change, the effect of many causes, was wholly attributed to one—the un equal working of the federal government, which gave all the benefits of the Union to the North and all its burthens to the South. And that was the ]>oint on which southern discontent broke out—on which it openly rested until 1835, when it was shifted to the danger of slave property. Separation is no remedy for these evils, but the parent of far greater than just discontent or restless ambition would fly from. To the South the Union is a political blessing : to the North it is both a political and a pecuniary blessing : to both it should be asocial blessing. Both sections should cherish it, and the North most. The story of the boy that killed the goose that laid the golden egg every day, that he might get all the eggs at once, was a fable ; lull the northern man who could promote separa tion bv any course of wrong to the South would convert that fable into history—his own history ; and commit a folly, in a mere profit and loss point of view, of which there is no precedent except in fable. Meeting relative to Co. Superintendent. At a meeting of the citizens of Ulster, held at the School lfousc on Monday evening, the 13th August, for the purpose of taking into consideration measures for employing a school teacher for the ensuing winter, and other mat ters relative to the school. Doct. Iv MILLS was called to the Chair and Joux MATHER cboseu Secretary. Ou motion of Chauneey Rockwell, Uriah Shaw, Geo. Biruey and C. Adams were elec ted a school committee, instructed to employ a suitable teacher during the winter mouths, re gardless of a first, second, or third class certifi cate from the county superintendent. On motion of G. 11. Vandyke, the Chair ap pointed the following named gentlemen, S. C. Ilovev. J. M. I'ike, H. S. Davidson, Geo. Bir ney, and C. Rockwell a committee to draft re solutions expressive of the sense of the meeting in regard to the county superintendent, and submit the same to the people on Saturday evening, the 25th uit. The meeting then adjourned. Saturday evening, August 2.tli. Pursuant to adjournment, the citizens of Ul ster met en masse at the school house, JUIIN M. PIKE was called to the chair and JOHN MATHER appointed Secretary, when the Com mittee through their chairman, submitted the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted:— Resolved, FIRST, That in our judgment, Edu cation is the safe-guard of our liberties, and upon the intelligence of the masses depend the perpetuation of our free institutions which are soon to be left to those we seek to instruct, and as gnardians we should use diligence in protec ting them from the ravages of "hanks" and " vultures." SECONDLY, That wc as friends and guardians feel it our imperative duty to promote so de sirable an object as tlie education of onryouth, and that can only be done by those directly in terested ; and when taken from them, it is transplanted from its natural soil into one for eign and unfruitful and cannot flourish. THIRDLY, That the office of County Super intendent of common schools is useless, unne cessary and uncalled for by the people, absorb ing a large portion of the public money, which if distributed with the common school fund, would do more to promote the general system of education—and we will instruct our "repre sentatives to use their influence to repeal the said office. FOURTHLY, That the late increase of salary is a high-hamled outrage—a usurpation of pow er, and an insult to the people, inasmuch as the convention was called upon the 28th dav of July when farmers were in the midst of har vest ; —consequently, there could not be a full expression of the people—that when the salary was fixed at $5OO per year, it was optional to accept or reject. I IKTHLY, That wc ceusure all directors who participated in any way in raising Mr. GI VER'S salary. SIXTHLY, That in the selection of a teacher we can use written or printed questions in an examination as well as the county superinten dent, and as his services hare been and are to tally worthless, we would resj>ectfully decline any further visits from the gentleman. SEVENTHLY, That the county superinten dent's defeuce to the people, published in the I ounty papers of the 25th ult., is an ungentle manly defence of a false position. That he fails to convince us that his increase of salary does not come from the pockets of the people— and as "*arw"and " fools," wc would suggest in our ignorance, that wc arc brought to a hvelv knowledge of what arc dollars end cents by the many tax-gatherers of Pennsylvania [From the Independent Republican.] The Republican Convention. The Meeting on Monday evening last was one of the largest, most harmonious and enthu siastic ever couvened in the old Court House. The room was crowded, and we learned many desired to obtain admittance who could not. — The meeting was organized by the election of the following officers : President, ORAXGC MOTT, jr., of Forest Lake; Vice Presidents, llobert Griffis, of Jessup ; J. \V. Cargill, of Jackson ; L. O. Blandiu, of Thomson ; Benjamin Comfort, of Harmony ; John W. 11. Bradford, of New Milford ; H. 11. Frazier, of Montrose ; J. B. Scovill of Sus quehanna Depot, and Charles Tinglev, of Har ford ; Secretaries, Charles. F. ltead and Benj. Comfort. The following persons were appointed a Committee on resolutions :—I). I). Warner, Win. T. Case, O. G. Hempstead, I)r. I. La throp, J. C. Bushuell, J. W. Cargill, IStillman Fuller. The commit tee having withdrawn, and Judge WILMOT not having come in, L. P. lIINOS, Esq., of Susquehanna Depot, was called upon and responded in a brief sjteech, earnestly and for ciby advocating Free-Soil principles. Judge WlijfoT, although "not in the spirit for mak ing a sjieeeli," as he remarked on coining for ward, soon became so, and made one of the most lucid, argumentative, and instructive speeches to which we ever listened. He was received with great enthusiasm. We are sorry not to be able to furnish a report. After Judge Wilmot closed, the following resolutions were reported by the committee and adopted with great unanimity : If herens, The aggressive policy of the Slave Power which lias been recently manifested in the wanton abrogation of that time-honored compact, the "Missouri Restriction," by which a vast territory ceded to Freedom has been opened to the curse of human slavery—its bold and defiant attempts to control the affairs of Kansas, against popular will and sentimeut there, and in utter disregard of law, evince a determination on the part of that Power to acquire and hold, at every hazard, the suprema cy in the government of the United States— to transform this boasted " land of the free'' into a great slave-holding confederacy : And whereas, in the crisis that is upon us, and in the struggle between the opposing principles of Liberty and Slavery, it becomes the friends of Freedom everywhere to take counsel togeth er, that they may act in concert upon the great question which so nearly concerns the interests of all. Therefore, Resolved, That while we erect no new land marks, and enunciate no new doctrine, we declare our conviction that the government of the United States was formed to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general wel fare, and secure the blessings of Liberty ; that the institution of Slavery is directly opposed to all these ends, inasmuch as it violates the first principles of justice, is a fruitful source of domestic discord, an element of national weak ness, trampling under foot not only the rights of the slaves but endangering the liberties of the Free States ; that it is local and not a national institution, and it is therefore the duty of the General Government, wherever it con stitutionally may, to exert its power against its extension, and to rid itself of all connections with it. Resolved, That the passage of the Nebraska and Kansas bills, and the whole course of policy pursued by the administration of Franklin Pierce, including the election outrages in Kansas and the removal of Governor Reeder at the demand of the lawless slave propaganda of Missouri, show the great wrongs to the country that a corrupt tool of slavery may commit in the Presidential office, and demon strate the necessity of our electing a true Democrat—that is, a friend of freedom and foe of slavery, for the next President. Resolved, That the imprisonment, " without bail or mainprize," of Passinore Williamson, for no crime but telling a woman that by the laws of Pennsylvania she was free,-was an act of judicial tyranny unparalleled in the history of our country, and an unwarrantable encroach ment on State rights, and worthy of the days of Jeffreys and his compeers. Resolved, That, reaffirming our attachment to the principles of the Republican party put forth at the time of its organization in this county, we rejoice at the rapid success of that party in every Free State, till it now bids fair to unite all the friends of freedom in one great and invincible party, that shall redeem our country from thraldom to the slave-drivers. Resolved, That the perfidious repudiation by congress of a solemn compact with the North whereby the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas were forever consecrated to freedom, has absolved ns from all compacts and compro mises with Slavery outside of the Constitution. We now demand the restoration of Kansas, Nebraska, and all other Territories to Freedom, and solemnly declare that we never will consent to the acquisition of another Slave State into the Union. Resolved, That TIIK REPUBLICAN' PARTY OK St SOIKHANSA COUNTY disavow all connection ivith Democrat or Whig, Know-Nothing or Know-Something, but cordially invites all parties to unite with it on the broad platform of Free-Soil, Free-Speech, and Free-Men. The following persons were then chosen delegates to the Republican State Convention to be held at Pittsburg September oth : Robert Griffis, John Young, D. D. Warner, William Jessup, Charles F. Read, Albert Bushuell, Simeon B. Chase, 11. 11. Frazier and John F. Deans. The County Republican Committee were authorized to call a Convention for the nomi nation of candidates, and to appoint Township Committees to superintend the primary meet ings in each township. It was resolved that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the County papers, and thereupon the Conventiou adjourned. THE WAVERI.Y BANK. —This institution is fully organized and the stock (one hundred thousand dollars) is all taken. The Hon. J. C. ADAMS, of Towanda, Pa., who is to become a citizen of our flourishing town, has been selected for President, and G. 11. FAIRCHILD, Esq.. of Connecticut, Cashier. The citizens of of Towanda and Athens, who have taken stock, compose the very salt of the earth. We regard this step, to introduce a Bank in our midst, the most important enterprise in the history of Wuverly. The business of this place and Brad ford Co., Pa., required a project of this kind. We welcome the new Bank, and especially, the gentlemanly Cashier and the Hon Mr. Adams as citizens among us. The Star of Waverly has but just ap{>eared, and, we trust it will soon shine with a brilliancy that shall tell upon its glory and future prosperity. May success be our fortune.— Waver hj Advocate. iirabto importer. E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOWANDA : Satnrifap fUorumn, September 1, 1855, TERMS— One Dollar per annum, invariably in advance.— Eour weeks previous to the expiration of a subscriptiim. notice trill be given bu a firinted wrapper, and if not re newed, the paper will in all cases be stojiped. CLUBBING — The Reporter trill be sent to Clubs at the fol lotrirtg extremely low rates : 6 copies for $5 00 I 15 copies for. .. .112 00 10 copies for 800j 20 copies f0r. ... 15 00 ADVERTISEMENTS— For a square of ten lines or less. One Dollar for three or less insertions, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. JOB-WORK— Executed with accuracy and despatch, and at reasonable prices—with every facility for doing Rooks, Blanks, Hand-bills, Ball tickets, 4"C. MONEY may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an envelope, and properly directed, we will be responsible for its safe delivery. " THE UNION IN DANGER !" There is again employment for the Union savers ! This glorious confederacy is in immi nent danger ! The good ship of State is surg ing aheud directly on the breakers which are to dash her to pieces ! So say the slavery propagandists, and so echo their adjuncts and tools the Northern dough-faces. The Repub lican party now arouses the apprehensions of the Union saving gentry. If the North com bines to rescue the country from the political dominion of slavery—if parties are given up for the good of the country—if the North dare to present obstacles in the way of the exten sion of slavery—this confederacy is not worth four penes ha'penny. So says the South, and so reiterates Northern men, chuck full of aj>- prehensiou and patriotism. This cry of " Wolf"—this threatened danger to the Union, allow us to say, is becoming very stale. It has answered the purposes of the South often enough. It no longer frightens Northern freemen from their propriety, nor awakens apprehensions or alarm. Not that the evils of disunion are not fully appreciated— but we clearly understand that the Union is of ten-fold more value to slavery than to freedom, and that disunion would be suicidal to the South. It is hardly worth while to speculate upon such a result, because the South lias no idea of disruption. We are too useful in pro tecting her peculiar institution—in providing for her safety from foreign invasion—for carry ing her mails—and for supporting a National poor-house for her paupers. The Union somehow is only in danger when the slaveholders are plotting to extend the in stitution. Then it very suddenly becomes in very great danger of dissolution. Fortunate ly, the catastrophe never quite happens. A band of self-sacrificing, ardent, devoted, union saving, patriotic statesmen step in just as the Union is all going to smash, and by compro mising, save the country. That is, the North gives way, and the South gets all she asks and the Union is no longer in danger. Just now, the danger arises from the feeling at the North in regard to the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise. Alarmed at the popu lar demonstrations, the Southern press has simultaneously raised a shout. Secession, mili tary preparations, legislative enactments, are spoken of as the remedy,—or rather as the al ternative, unless the North allows slavery to be forced upon the settlers of Kansas. To show our readers how hypocritical arc those alarmists, we make the following extract from an article in the Washington Si ar, in regard to the Republican party : As this new party gains strength at the North, demon strations against the continuance of the Union, if aboli tionism bids fair to be installed in its government, must so increase throughout the South as to excite greatly against the so-called Republican party all Northern men whose profits and property may lie involved in the con tinuance of the Union. \ car by year, through the aggre gation of capital, the power of "that class is becoming f;reatly increased, notwithstanding the increasing popn arity of extreme radicalism in the nou-slavehohling States. That power has not yet been brought into play but se rious danger to the Union, from the increasing political strength of abolitionism, will not long hence compel its exertion ; when it will be found equal to the emergency, or we are greatly mistaken in our estimation of the politi cal elements of the times. Is n't that a cool confession ! The weak nerves of Northern dough-faces have become a regular clement in politics, and are counted upon as no small power in carrying out the plans of the South. Ambition aud interest are to overcome principle ; and a show of bluster and braggadocia, are the arguments which the South expects will, as a last resource, frighten the North into acquiescence with the extension of slavery. To CORRESPONDENTS.—A communication from " K." relative to the County Superintendent, is unavoidably deferred until next week. " School Director ," did not send us his name, which is the first requisite to secure the appear ance of a communication. We have heretofore given our correspondents the largest liberty in discussiug the matter of the increase of salary of the County Superin tendent. We shall hereafter reject all articles which are not strictly of public interest and deal in general principles—rejecting everything which has the least tendency towards person ality. Our columns are, however, freely offer ed for the discussion of the practical workings of the office of the Superintendent, or of the merits or demerits of the Common School sys tem. SUICIDE. —We learn that on Sunday morn ing last, a Mrs. GREENE, of Tuscarora town ship, in this County, committed suicide by cut ting her throat with a razor. She died almost immediately. No cause is assigned for the act. TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.— The County Superin tendent advertises in this week's paper for the holding ot Teachers' Institutes, in several pla ces, as will be seen by reference to his notice. ! " REEDER SUSTAINED AT HOME." Such is the announcement made, in publish ing tlie proceedings of a Democratic Meetiug recently held at Easton. We have carefully read the resolutions and proceedings of that meeting, and must say, save us from such friends ! Gov. REEDER has in Northampton county, a host of ardent admirers and friends. The masses of that County were deeply indig-' naut at the gross injustice done to a man in whom they had the utmost coulidence, and whom they respected and esteemed. They saw him struck down by a profligate administration ! to satisfy ATCHISON aud STRINGFELLOW, because | he would not become a tool in the hands of the ruffians who were attempting to force slavery , into Kansas at the point of the bowie-knife. — It was expected that the indignant feelings of his friends would find expression at this meet ing. Hut their voice was stifled, as was an expression in the Democratic State Conven tion. Senator HROMIEAO appears to have had the management of the meeting. At his solicita tion, a resolution condemning the President was abandoned, and the meeting was satisfied with endorsing the Rcjiealof the Missouri Com promise, and expressing approbation of the gubernatorial conduct of Gov. lIEEDER '. And Senator BRODHEAD made a speech an hour and a half long, in which there was uo allusion to the removal of REEDKR ! This speech of BROD HKAD'S is one of the most remarkable produc tions we have seen in the race of political de bauchery which our public men are now run ning. lie is evidently frightened at the ar rangements making among the faithful to bring BUCHANAN forward for the Presidency, and having designs himself upon the Vice Presi dency, endeavors to head him off, by truckling to slavery. We extract a paragraph from his speech at Easton, and place it side by side with an extract from a speech delivered by him in the House of Representatives, February, U, 1847, upon the celebrated Wilmot Proviso : Speech in the House. Speech at Eat ton. I will now make some oh- Now you will all agree to servations fo a general cliar- one proposition : Are not all aeter upon the subject o! the States of this Union o alavery. in relation to which equal,and are they not equal so much has been said in this partners '( Undoubtedly.— debate, in order that my po- Then comes the great ques sition and views may not be tion of power in the Terrifo iniscoiistiued. First, how-ries. 1 lie Northern people ever, permit me to premise, claim the right to go into thut if we had unptireil either the Territories with their New yierico or California, property. The Southern peo and a bill tea* before tin pie claim the same right House providing territorial Now will you accord it to governments therein, or a bill them '! I say the Conslitu was before the House provul- turn gives those who own pro ing for the admission of ei- petty in the Southern States liter of those i'rvrhires or the same power which tee States. (the territory being hare, i would not deny a first acquired by treaty.) 1 man the same right that 1 wori.n VOTE FOR A ruovis- ask for mvself. I claim the lON EXCLUDING SLAVERY. — right to go into the Territo- L FAVOR THE PRINCIPLE cox- ries with my property, and TAINKII ix TIIK AMENDMENT I accord to any man from OF MY COLLEAGUE, AMI WILL any other State the same <;o KOK KM;HAFTINO IT I"PON right. TIIK I.F.OISI.ATION OF TIIK COUNTRY, hut in the proper form and at the proper time and place, and when the power to do so can be right fully exercised. This, it will be perceived, is the broadest Southern ground, a little mystified by using phrases in regard to property. It is the doc trine that the Constitution carries slavery into any Territory we may possess or acquire, and that there is no power, emanating from that instrument, or inherent in the people, to dis possess the Slaveholder of that property. It is in direct contradiction with the dogma of " Popular Sovereignty," and is the dive deeper which all Northern dough-faces must take to secure the support of the South. The advo cates of " popular sovereignty" will find them selves sadly in the rear in this scrabble for the favors of the slaveholders. They must sub scribe to the doctrine which Senator RROD HEAD now endorses, or they will be denounced as Free-soilers and Abolitionists by the slavc ocruey. We hope RICHARD will have a good time pre siding over the Senate. In the Kilkenny cat fight between him and OLD RICK, we shall cer tainly try to have fair play. J&sy* 1 We have, during the past six months, been indebted to the Great West for the ne cessaries of life. Consequently, almost everv eatable article has borne a price graduated to city cost and transportation. Now there is a better prospect, and prices are regulated bv the amount raised and by the demand. Rv the price current in another column, it will be seen that " famine prices" rule no longer. We observe, however, that the quotations of the city markets, have not materially chang ed. Whether this is owing to speculators, or to the new crop not being yet fully in market, we are unable to judge. That abundant har vests have been secured, there is no question ; but it must be recollected that the East par ticularly is thoroughly drained of grain, and that a large amount was needed for immediate consumption. Prices, Ave have no doubt, will slowly recede ; at the same time we have no expectation of seeing Wheat at six or eight shillings per bushel—and other graiu at the same rate. SEPTEMBER COIRT commences on Monday next, affording an opportunity for persons in attendance to drop into the Reporter office, north side of the Public Square, and subscribe. Ouly one dollar a year, and no danger of hav ing it come longer than paid for. We have still a large amount due us, for subscription, advertising, job-work, Ac. In consideration of the " hard times," we have waited patiently on delinquents ; but after Sep tember Court, all unsettled accounts will go in a batch into the hands of a Justice, v FIRE AT TROY. —We learn that the Foundry of S. W. Paine in Troy borough, was destroy ed by fire on Friday evening, 24th ult. a dwell ing contiguous, was also burned. The amount of loss, we have not ascertained, but under stand that the policy of insurance had expired a few days previous, and had not been renewed. 1 REPUBLICAN MEETING IN SUSQUEHANNA. I In another column will be found theproceed ings of a Republican meeting held in Susque hanna county, on Monday week. It is repre sented as having been an unusually large and enthusiastic gathering of the Freemen of Sus quehanna, without reference to former party distinctions. We invite attention to the names which are published, as the persons participa- ! ting in the demonstration, as an indication of the general prevalence of the movement. The list comprises many of the soundest and most influential of both the late parties. We observe that our friend CHASE is perfect ly furious in regard to this meeting, being evi ; dently alarmed at the prospect of utter anni ! hilation. .The Republican organization in Sus quehanna, will carry that County by a majori !tv of thousands. Her Freemen are thorough ; ly awakened to the importance of "an Union of Northern forces upon a common platform of Freedom," and will so act in future. It is ' somewhat remarkable, that in commenting up on the fact that Judge WII.MOT addressed this meeting, CHASE has not a word of blackguard ism in regard to him. THE FOREIGN NEWS by the last arrival is uninteresting. The Pacific arrived on the 22d ult. bringing twelve days later intelligence.— There is no news of moment from Sebastopol. The siege-works in front of the Malakoff tower j are advanced so near the Russian lines that the cannon almost touch. It must cost an enormous sacrifice of life to the two parties to maintain themselves in such contiguity, and we can scarcely fail soon to hear of a bloody action, | ending either in the capture of the Malakoff and Redan or a more decided repulse of the Allies than even that of June 18. It is said that Gen. Pelissier was waiting only for August 15, the anniversary of Napoleon, to undertake i the final onslaught upon the place. The Russians on their part have strengthen ed immensely the defences in the rear of the menaced forts, at the same time that they have received a portion at least of the powerful reinforcements we long since announced as on the way to the Crimea. It is supposed they must soon undertake offensive operations on the line of Chernay and Balaklava. Indeed | the Turkish and Sardinian troops quartered in | that direction have already been once or twice alarmed by what was supposed to be the ap proach of the foe, but the alert turned out to be groundless. From the Baltic we hear the note of prepa ration. There is even a report that Revel has beecn bombarded by the allied fleets ; but this is by no means certain. At any rate, unless j Admiral Duudas is able to employ some means j not known in any of the cngagetnentr that yet ; taken place between ships and forts, there is j no probability that he will succeed. Great preparations were making at Paris to j receive Queen Victoria. The Empress is again declared to have hopes of an heir. A conspiracy has been discovered involving some prominent Legitimists, who are said to have attempted to negotiate with Prince Gorcliakoff, the Russian Minister to Vienna. THE TRUE ISSUE. —The Repeal of the Mis souri Compromise was a violation of pledged faitli ou the part of the South, and a wanton breaking of a fairly arbitrated covenant, de ; mauding redress from all honest ami sound ! minded citizens of the Republic. The grievous wrong inflicted by the Kansas J Nebraska bill, deliberately committed ami wil fully persisted in, has been heightened and aggravated by the inroads of Missouri ruffians upon the freemen of Kansas, thus depriving them of all voice iu the government of the territory. We therefore insist upon the restoration of j the Missouri Compromise, and that under no j circumstances shall any State, from territory dedicated to Freedom under that Compromise, be admitted into the Federal Union, with slavery legalized within its limits. I We are glad to learn that the Supreme ! Court of Pennsylvania will very soon decide on Passmore Williamson's application for a writ of release, the only delay being for the purpose j of examining books which could not be had at I Bedford. I NELSON ROSS has been appointed Postmas ter at Stevcnsville, Bradford County, vice Ilo j mer Stevens, resigned. THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC (Hard Shell) Convention assembled at Syracuse, N. V., Thursday August 23d. Resolutions were j adopted, the principles enunciated, including an endorsement of the platforms of IJS4S tn<l 1852, insisting upon the doctrines of State rights and non-intervention in the affairs of the Territo : ries, opposing all secret political parties, Ac. Greene C. Bronson, Samuel Beardslev,Geo. W. Clinton, and Charles O'Conuer were aj - ! pointed delegates at large to the National Con ; vention to be held at Cincinnati. The following named gentlemen were aj> : pointed State officers : Aron Ward, Secretary of State ; J. B. Mitchell, Comptroller ; J. M. Lyons, Treas urer , I*. 1? ollett, Caual Commissioner ; Darius Clark, State Prison Inspector, Josiah Suther land, Attorney Geueral; George Cole, State j Engineer ; S. S. Selden and John Willard, I Judges of the Court of Appeals. Mr. Maskiu's resolution denouncing the tvd -1 ministration was rejected by a vote of 60 veas to 30 uavs. i . THE FEVER AT NORFOLK. —The publishers of the Norfolk Herald have been obliged to suspeud the publication of that paper in con- j sequence of the prevailing epidemic leaving them without any efficient assistance. The deaths are from ten to twelve a day, aud the colored j>opulation, contrary to the "experience of other Southern cities where the fever usually prevails, are nearly as liable as the white in habitants to its attacks. One Week Later from Europe. Sweaborg Bombarded and Destroyed Battle in the Crimea—Russians Repulsed' The Royal Mail Steamship Canada arrived at Halifax, on Wednesday morning last, brine. I ing highly important and exciting news both from the Crimea and the Baltic. The threatened bombardment of S weal tor? by the Allied squadron was opened on the 'Jth of August, and continued uninterruptedly uutil the 11th, resulting in the destruction of the place. The losses of the Allies were trifling, but 0n the other side the destruction of property WAS immense. In the Crimea on the 16th ult. the Iltis-ians under the command of General Liprandi attaek thc lines of the Allies on the Tchernav-. ,y desperate engagement of three hours duration ensued, when the Russians were repelled with very heavy losses. Gen. Simpson had telegraphed to the BritMi Government that the bombardment of Sebasto pol would be recommenced on the 17th ult (Jtueen Victoria was in France paving her i long contemplated visit to the Emperor. Republican Movement. Pursuant to public notice, the people of Her ! rick and adjoining townships held a I'KOl'fjy j Meeting in the Meeting House at Herriekvilk on Saturday evening, the 25th ult. ABKI. I BOLLES was chosen President, and AR, i BROWN Secretary. After several short ati- I dresses, and a friendly interchange of opinio:; ; the following was unanimously agreed upon : 1. That obedience to the Fugitive Slave Rii : concurrence with the Finality Platforms, ami i acquiescence in the principles of the Nebraska j Bill, are conditions of membership iu the It - mocratic and Whig parties. 2. That, therefore, all who co-operate wish i these parties are partakers of their sins, j 3. That a union of the true Whigs and te - j Democrats in a new party based upon the pri - : ciplcs of Freedom and Equal Rights should:- : consummated as soon as practicable, i 4. That delegates chosen to county conven tions bv meetings held under a call of stand ing committees of existing parties, cannot rHt- I fully organize a new party. 5. That the old parties should be almnJ :- ' ed. and that a general mass meeting of t: ■ friends of Freedom should be held at the Cc::t ! House, in Towanda, on the 12th of Septem! for the purpose of organizing alb pnliik: j Party, making nominations, and responding : ; the doings of the Republican State Ma s M ! ing to be held at Pittsburg on the sth of 8- - ■ tember. Resolved, That the proceedings of this nv • | ing be signed by the officers and j uMishci .. , the papers of Bradford bounty. ( Signed by the ojficrs.) MAKING THE " INSTITUTION" Scccrrp.—o • ! of the Texan papers urges the necessity of a, ;• j ing the tillibustcring attempt of Capt. H i" I and his coadjutors upon Mexico, by assur: . j its readers that it is the only feasible plan f i preventing slaves from Texas from esrani": from their masters, and, " making slavery • i secure in texas as it is in any State of t! Union." A security of this kind involves I: necessity of annexing by turns all the Continent south of Texas, for every additional Sir i formed south of Texas, in which slavery -L. be one of its institutions, will find just as mm ; trouble in keeping its negroes from rum::.. ! away. Annexation south for security, and ! secession from the north for the same ol.j • t woald seem to be rather incompatible rem. m J A TGI AI. OF Rr.An.VG MACHINES, at the In ; dust rial Fair, in Paris, has taken place, an ". . ; usual, the American machines carried off ti - palm from the French and English maeliir: - j Already the wealthy farmers from all part the country are coming to Paris to see the j machines. A more lively interest is taken : them than was anticipated, and no ilifficu'y | whatever will lie experienced in their iutreuu:- . tion into general use. m There were two hundred and mar" : one deaths from yellow fever in New Orl - • i during the week ending August 21. | • ~ . M a r r i c d, On tlie lOtli ultimo. L>y Rev. Samuel F. Colt. Mr. VM - E. Mux AUDI to Miss MAKY L. MORGAN, all ot W y | Also, on the 21st ult., by the same. Mr. CEOKOE H.M ' UAN to Miss AKMKLIA E. CMUiCOB, all "I BY-'I TIIE TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION I j L&AST in the Baptist church, at LCLLGY (Vnn-e. | 14th of September instant, at 10 o'clock. A. M., X.-L'• continue in session for two da vs. Friends from abroad will HE cordially entertained " citizens. THE BRADFORD CO. MEDICAL SOI® 5 j will hold its annual meeting at the v. in the Borough of Towanda. on Wednesday. ''T' l 1 , at 1 o'clock. P. M. ST-PTCINVR 1 LYY, I THE NORTH BRANCH ISSOCIAI uAe ' XIV KRS.Y LISTS will hold t!i -ir am; -■ I ing at the I ninn Cliarch, In the llorough of 1- the last Monday and Thursday in Se|t in 1 tr. (-■'■■ 27th.) A cordial invitation is extended t> !>ot!I IRA - foe to come and hear. J. F. LONG- < AGRICULTURAL NOTICE.—A N EW the Board of Managers of the llradt -vd t 1 ■ Arrricultnral Society will lie held at the office ' Bogart, Esq., in the Horo' of Towanda. on MARAL IY' of September next, at 2 o'clock, P. M. - ' ance of the memiiers is particularly desired, A ; relating to the necessary preparations for the At ■ ■' J of the Society trill be before the Board for its SUM j Aug. 20, 1855. F. MASON. PRE?.*-: BRADFORD COUNTY Ml'sif 'Vl, ; Qtf CIATION*.— A meeting of tlie BradoTiD I Musical Association will be held at the T'-cirt 1- the Boro' of Towanda, on Monday evening, -VY:--!' A general attendance of the members is , , tiine and place for holding the second MUSICAL) : " J ; ot the Association will be laid before the meet.. - ! siderution. C. R. COBL'BX, 1 KRAXKLIX FIRE CO. XO. 1- N'AIR. - - 'f Franklin Fire Company are lliti!icu - ' t the Engine house, on Saturday EVER - temher Ist, at ILL o'clock. By order of the Foreman, ~,-R August 12. J. J)EI.A MOXTAXYE. • ! KW NAIAD FIRE CO., XO. 2—The I Company are notified to meet at the Eniiijj' ' Saturday, September 1, 1855, at LIT o'clock. I • 1 By order of the Foreman. . .... Augvist 12. CHARLES MKLH 11!. JK M \ SI )N I ('.—The regular meetings LODGE, NO. UIH, A. Y. M., are HEM rv>' ■ J\ nesday, on or preceding the full /V\S.; and on each second WCILNESDAY I at Masonic Hall, over J. Kingsbery's stoie. a- W; .Y ) August Bth, atH, P. M. October ..• -L*?' A : August 22d, 3, " November J- 1 i September, ,sth 8, " November 5 | ! Septemlier.lath 3, " December •••• : October 2d 8, " December : 9 AH brethren in good standing are invited H. R. A. UNION CHAPTER. Xo. L' ; L. meeting at the same place, Thursday on or moon. Meeting tor August on the 23d da>'; | C E. 11. MA-"> ~
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