Why Should Democrats Oppose Wilmot. Honest, well-meaning DEMOCRATS ! we want n frank and manly talk with you. Give us tifteen minutes of your attention, and ponder over what we shall say. You fervently desire to be right—we know if. You desire"the growth—the prosperity of our noble State. You would trample down every influence that would militate against our interest, and jealously protect it from the para lysing policy of corrupt rulers. We say all this is your intention But seriously, fellow voter—member of the democratic party—has it never occurred to you, that our leaders may be wrong ? that they | may be openly prating about patriotism, hones ty, "Democracy," while in secret, they are concocting all manner of schemes to insure pnr tizau success ! that they may have an interest in mystifying the real questions at issue ?—in short, that they are using you for the base purposes of accomplishing their own most sel fish ends ? Have you ever thrown off the trammels of party sufficient to think of this f Have you ever removed yourself far enough away from the bewitching pnraphanalia of the political organizations surrounding you, to dispassionate ly examine those things ? If not, for the sake of Truth and Right—in behalf of what every true friend of American Progress and Ameri can Prosperity hopes for, we ask of you to do so now ! Then good and loyal democrat 1 in candor and truth answer us one question, —why do you oppose DAVID WII.MOT ? Be frank and hon est, and give us your reasons. Have you any ? AY hat arc they ? Reflect a moment. Look back over a few pages of our State's history. Years ago your presses—your Editors—your orators, pronounced DAVID WII.MOT "the using Demo crat of the Stale." Only a few years ago all these pronounced him "the bright particular star'-'of the democratic party. And fresh in our memory is it yet when your entire party in the Legislature and out of it, fully and unequivocally endorsed his position respecting the non-extension of Slavery. Tell us Dem ocrats is this not so? Are we not giv ing utterance to most palpable farts ? Then one other question we beg leave to propound yon and that is— lias DAVID WII.MOT undergone any political change ? Has he departed from the doctrines and principles that were at that time esteemed fundamental to sound democra cy ? If so, where ?—if so, uhen ? Where is the man among you that can poiut it out? Where is there a single opponent of DAVID WILMOT that is able to show any wavering— any departure from principle—any inconsistent swerving from the great doctrines of the Dem ocratic Fathers of tlie country, in his whole political career ? We tell you democrats it can not be done. We tell you that your opposi tion is unreasonable without consistency—en tirely groundless. We tell you that you are victims of a terrible hallucination which is driv ing you into a whirling Maelstrom of political error. We tell you that your confidence in "the leaders" has beeu too implicit and that they have been shamefully betraying it, by misleading and deceiving you. Arouse your selves—think—examine—investigate, and de pend upon it, you will realize that you have been duped—deceived, and blinded by a web the warp and woof of which have been manu factured from bogus material ; and our word for it you will find that consistency as demo crats, that true patriotism as Americans, that obedience to duty as l'cnnsylvanians defending Pennsylvania's interests—all demand of you to rally to the support of the People's Candi date for Governor —DAVID WILMOT.— Colum bia Republican. STRAWREURIES. —The strawberry season is now at it height. Ail our supplies of any con sequence conic from the much abused state of New Jersey—to which more than any other, we are indebted for our most valuable summer fruits and table luxuries. New Jersey farm ers are giving much attention to the cultiva tion of berries, as well as many other kind of fruit, finding that choice varieties sell most readily, and are in all respects most remunera tive. This year, for the first time the benefits of improved culture in this respect. The com mon wild berry, cultivated on rich soil, has been so changed in its appearance and flavor as to place it beyond recognition. Some ber ries ot this description sent to market were of piieli enormous size that not more than five or six of them were required to fill an ordinary busket. Equal attention has been given to the culture of the blackberry ; but the effect will be scarcely perceptible before another sea son. The strawberry crop has thus far yielded very abundantly, considering that large quan tities have been destroyed by wet weather.— The early kinds, which the market lias been thus far supplied, are from South Jersey, more especially from Monmouth county, which is the principal strawberry region. These are now disappearing, and arc replaced by Ilaekensack berries, which will continue to ripen uutil about the Ist of July, and then be succeeded by rasp berries. The chief arrivals are on Saturdays and Tuesdays. There is no pecuniary induce ment to continue picking on Sunday—a cessa tion of a day or two being desirable to clear the market. It is estimated that five steamers, running from South Jersey to this city, land daily, 011 an average, 1,800 barrels, and that the rail road brings in enough to swell the aggregate to at least 3,000 barrels. Each barrel con tains about 200 baskets, —equivalent for the whole number to 000,000 baskets. These, sold at 3 1-2 cents each, would bring $21,000, as the daily expenditure of the city for this single luxury. The steamer Keyport brought to the city last Saturday 933 barrels, the val ue of which, calculated as above, would be $0,531. More strawberries are brought in by the Erie Railroad than by any other.— vul of Commerce. " I) VBES IV THE Woons !"—Two little daugh ters, live and seven years old, of the widow Ellis, of Warehouse Point, (Ct.,) went into the woods to get wintergreen, got lost, and wandered over to East Hartford. There was of course a great alarm, and people turned out to find them—but the search was uot suc cessful until morning when they were found asleep under a tree, where they had lain all night, having trotted in their little bare feet 10 or 20 miles. They hail some'wintergreen, which they said they w ere going "to carry to mother." J co - Rcutty, of Altoona, in company with some others, went fishing en Saturday evening a week, and after walking some tniles went into the water while perspiring, chilling his system so that he died on the following Destructive Whirlwinds. Besides the destructive tornado which pass ed through a portion of Oneida connty on Sat urday last, the town of Oswego and a portion of Schenectady county were also visited the same day with hurricanes equally disastrous in their/'ffeets. We copy the account in the Os wego Times : " The tornado commenced at a point five miles southwest of the city, near the residence of Mr. Peter Simmons. During the storm, two large clouds were observed rushing togeth er with immense force, the noise of their colli sion resembled the report of a cannon, was heard a considerable distance. The wind seems to have leaped from the clouds, and de scending towards the earth, the entire roof of a barn belonging to Mr. Simmons was taken oir, and the fragments, boards, shingles and pieces of rafters strewed along for the distance of oneaud a quarter miles. The whirlwind passed on, and next struck tiie dwelling house of Mr. James Cole, tore out the gable end and took up the building actually turning it half round on its foundation. " The orchard of Mr Oliver Foster was next in its course. This was completely prostrated some of the trees taken up and tossed hither and thither at the sport of the destroyer, and tops of the trees sent flying through the air at a great distance. " A German teamster, named Martin Schwa der, in the employ of Mr. Furniss, who owns a saw-mill 11 that region, was loading staves in a wagon. Old Mr. Furniss was handing him the staves, while the teamster took them and stowed them away in the wagon. The atten tion of the two men was attracted by a singular noise, when, looking upwards*, they saw a com mon barn-shovel (lying through the air over their heads, at about thirty feet from the ground, and twirling around in the most singu lar manner. The next instant a small maple tree, standing nearly its length from the wagon was caught by the wind and the top of it thrown directly across the wagon, knocking the teamster down uuon the staves, and throw ing Mr. Furniss to the ground. The latter was but slightly injured, and in some ten min utes help was at hand. The top of the tree was cut away and the unfortunate German found lying on the staves, which were covered by his blood from the mouth and head, lie was taken up insensible, and medical aid pro cured as soon as possible. At the last accounts he was still insensible, and it is thought he can not survive. " After this bloody exploit, the tornado sped on to a wood lot of about ten acres, owned by Gilbert and Penfield. Throughout the whole ten acres there is not a tree left standing, while their tops are broken off and carried through the air to an incredible distance. " The whirlwind next attacked two barns, belonging to Mr. Ilenry Howe, and utterly destroyed both. One of them was taken from the underpinning , and carried bodily about four rods, where it fell to the earth a heap of ruins. The other barn was broken in pieces and strewed about in all directions. I< yond the barns of Mr. Howe, the course of this whirl wind is marked distinctly to the Oswego river, by upturned trees, here and there, through or chards and wood lots, but after getting one rni!e east of .Mr. Howe's residence, its principal fury seems to have been spent, and its traces disappear entirely on reaching the river.— The loss of property cannot be less than £2.">,- 000." There was also a severe hail-storm on Satur day, in the vicinity of Hartford, Conn. In Windsor, Canada, there was a tornado on Monday, which up-rooted trees and did other damage. In those sections where the whirl wind occurred on the 13th the impression prevailed that "the comet" had actually struck and commenced its errand of destruction. TIIE DUXKARDS' LOVE FEASTS. —The Ger man Baptists, or "Dunkards," are now engag ed in holding their annual Love Feasts in this county. One commenced last Saturday, at noon, on the farm of Jacob Grcvbill, near Pe tersburg, and continued until Sunday after noon. The number of persons present on Sun day was computed at over one thousand—there beiug nearly four hundred carriages upon the ground. The religious exercises of these feasts are conducted in the most simple manner; while in order to make no distinction between rich and poor, and provide for the accommoda tion of the host at the least possible expense, the only refreshment allowed is a vegetable soup. Preaching, the administration of the sacrament and the washing of feet are the principal features of these annual meetings.— The country is divided into precincts or dis tricts, in each of which a love feast is held. — Lancaster Erpresi, June 10th. Porn.Aß DREAD OF THE COMET. —In England the fear of harm from the approach of the ex pected comet lias prevailed to an incredible ex tent, not only among the masses, but among the cultivated and the aristocratic. Many have believed that the world would come to an end on the 13th of June ; the scriptures have been anxiously searched for predictions of the event, and the priests and clergy have been tormented with questions. Some have made preparations for the catastrophe by a course of fasting and prayer ; others have foolishly squandered their property, believing in good sooth that they would have no fur ther need of it. The belief has prevailed— that on the day named the fiery messengers of doom would be seen drawing nearer and nearer to our earth ; that its massive bulk would spread and (ill the whole visible hori zon. enveloping the globe in utter darkness, drawing the water out of our seas and rivers, and finally converting the world into a heap of ciuders. Stvr Lewis Pummel, of Allegheny township, Westmoreland countj, on Monday last arrest ed a man at Freeport, who, it is suspected, is no other than Edward Ilulloff, who murdered his wife and children, some time ago, in Ithaca, New York, ami who recently escaped from the jail at that place. The prisoner alleges that his name is Edward Loder, and that he is from near Elmira, New York lie was committed to the Kittaning Jail, where he will remain awaiting the action of the New York authori ties. DECLINED.— We have every reason to be lieve that Col John W. Forney, on Saturday, sent to the President his declension of the let ter's offer to him of the U. S. Consulship at Liverpool, tendered sometime since. Col. F. designs returning to Pennsylvania, where he will be accompanied by the warmest wishes for his happiness and prosperity, of as large and attached a circle of personal friends as ever a gentleman acquired among the citizens of Washington, through an official residence here.— \Ynthinghn S/^r iirabforbilcportcr. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOWANDA: Uljnrsimn fllornutn, 3nne 23, 1537. TERMS— One Dollar per annum, invariably in atlvmicr.— Four weeks previous to the expiration of a subscription, notice will be given by a printed wrapper, and if nut re newed, the paper will in all case* be slopped. CLUBBING— The Reporter will be sent to Clubs at the fol lowing extremely low rates : 6 copies for s."> 00 j l. r > ropirs for... $l2 00 10 copies for 800| 20 copies f0r. ... li 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. JOR-WOKK— Frecutid with accuracy and desvatrh, and a reasonable prices—with every facility for doing Books, Blanks, Hand-bills, Bali tickets, <s'T. MONEY may lie sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an envelope, and properly directed, we will be responsible for its safe delivery. FOR GOVERNOR, DAVID WILMOT, of Bradford Co. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, OTM. MILL WARD, of Philadelphia. FOR JUDGES OF TIIE SUPREME COURT, JOSEPH J. LEWIS, of Chester Co. JAMES VEECH, of Tayette County. THE REPUBLICAN CO. COM MITT EE of Bradford are re quested to meet at the Ward House, in the Borough of Towanda. on MONDAY", the 20th day of JULY, 1557. at 1 o'clock, 1". M. A full attendance of the members is requested, as it is proposed to consider the propriety of fixing the meetings of County Conventions hereafter, upon the afternoon of some day prior to September Court. The following named pe sons compose said Committee: Ulysses Mereur. Sturges Squires, A. D. Koss. W. S.Baker. Truman M. Beach, H. W. Tracy, A. Li. Matthews, E. B. Parsons, James M. Peck. June 20, 1857. ULYSSES MEKCUR, Chairman. TERRIBLE FRESHETS. Last week a sudden and unexpected rise in the Susquehanna at this place, accompanied by a great quantity of drift-wood, parts of houses, Ac., gave warning that its tributaries somewhere had " got high " and done some damage. We learn that the rivers emptying into the Chemung, were swollen by rains to a terrible degree, causing loss of life, and much destruction of property. The village of Corning was almost submerg ed, and much injury done. The Chemung ca nal has suffered terribly. It will probably take six weeks to repair the damage. At Ithaca, much destruction was caused by mill-dams giving way. A portion of Halsey's grist mill was swept away, accompanied by a nu;uber of other buildings. Several lives are reported lost. I The Johnny Cake dam was not further in jured by this freshet. The continual high wa ter in the river makes it impossible to com mence work upon it It is, however, confident ly expected that, with favorable weather, the water could be put in the canal in four weeks. We do not hear anything from the Horse Race dam, though Mr. Maffet must suffer the same inconvenience from continual high water in the river. These interruptions to navigation are par ticularly disastrous and perplexing to the coal operators who had looked with confidence for an outlet north to market. It will be the Ist of August before they can commence opera tions, which will materially shorten the sea son. The Barcley Bail Road and Coal Com pany had made arrangements for mining and delivering a large quantity of coal, the perfor mance of which is materially interfered with, and the Company have been obliged in a mea sure to suspend operations for the present. Iteu"* The Republican County Committee is called together by the Chairman, for the pur pose of appointing Committees of Vigilance. They will also take into consideration the pro priety of changing the time of holding the County Convention to some day not iu the midst of Court, and also to the afternoon.— Such a change has been recommended by ma- HV, and has already been adopted iu all the neighboring counties. THE BUNKER HILL ANNIVERSARY. —The in auguration of the statue of General Warreu, the hero of Bunker Hill, took place on the 17th, at Charlestown, Mass., with a grand display of military and fire companies, and the presence of many distinguished guests from all parts of the Union. More than 7,000 persons were present in the pavilion on Monument grounds, while many thousands stood outside unable to gain admittance. The procession reached the grounds about 3 o'clock in the af ternoon. The inauguration exercises com menced by prayer from President Walker, of Harvard College, followed by an original ode, sung by the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston Edward Everett was then introduc ed, when the statue was uncovered, the band playing the Star Spangled Banner. Mr. Eve rett then proceeded to deliver his inauguration address, and speeches were also made by seve ral other distinguished persons. {fey- A letter from Gen. Shields designates Col. Burnett, who commanded the New York regiment in his Brigade in Mexico, as a prop er person to receive Gen. Jackson's gold snuff box. JQy A hurricane, on Saturday last, at Pana, Illinois, blew down thirty-three buildings, kill ed one child, wounded seven persons badly, and destroyed more than 70,000 dollars worth of property. JFE®" A little son of Mr. CHARLES lIOLCOMB, of Ulster, says the Argus, aged about five years, was drowned by falling iuto the Canal at that place, 011 Wednesday of last week. EXCITEMENT I.V NEW YORK CITY. —Mr. J. S Taylor, Street Commissioner of New York, lately deceased, and the power of filling the vacancy, under the new City charter, devolv ing upon Gov. KING, he appointed Mr. CONO VER. The Mayor, however, who is contesting the constitutionality of the new charter, claims the right to fill the vacancy, nu<? has appoint ed Mr. DEVON to the post. Mr. CONOVER has not been permitted to take possession of the of fice, having been twice ejected by the police of the Mayor. He consequently brought an ac tion against the Mayor in the Superior Court, upon which order of arrest was granted, and placed in the hands of Coroner PERRY. Another order of arrest was issued by Re corder SMITH against the Mayor, upon a charge of inciting to riot. This was placed in the hands of Captain WHALING, of the Metropoli tan police, who, when uttempting to execute it, was forcibly ejected from the Mayor's office by the police of the latter. The officer then re turned, and reported his inability to serve the process. In the meantime, Coroner PERRY al so attempted to enter the Mayor's office to ex ecute the process of the Superior Court. He too was refused admittance, after using suffi cient force to compel them to eject him forcibly. At 3 o'clock an attempt was made to execute the process at the head of the Metropolitan police ; but after a terrible fight they were beaten back from the City Hall, several being badly injured. In the meantime, Gov. KING, who was at tending the celebration at Hunker Ilill was tel egraphed to, the military placed under arms, and everything looked as if a serious collision was inevitable. Finally, however, the Mayor submitted to the arrest, and the excitement soon subsided. Judge RUSSELL discharged him from his first arrest 011 habeas corpus, but a large number of processes, both criminal and civil, have since been served upon him. It is said, before leaving for Albany, which Governor KING did 011 Thursday evening, he signed a requisition on the Judges of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, ordering a special term of that Court for the purpose of trying Mayor WOOD and others implicated in the late riots. APPLICATION FOR INJUNCTION AGAINST THE SALE OK THE MAIN LINE. —In the Supreme Court, before Chief Justice Lewis, and Jud ges Lowrie, Woodward, Knox, and Armstrong the argument in the applications for a special injunction to restrain the sale of the Main Line, which is advertised to take place in the city, on the 25th instant, was commenced. There are in all, three separate cases, in which separate bills in equity are filed. Ist. The bill filed by Henry S. Mott, a stockhol der in the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to restrain said company from purchasing said Main Line. 2d. A bill filed by loanholders of the State to prevent the sale of property pledged to secure the said loans. The latter bill was filed on Tuesday last, the two former were filed on the 6th of June, and to which alone the argument of counsel were confined to-day, affidavits and arguments having been prepared to meet them. The counsel for the complainants are Messrs. W. L. Hirst, James 11. Walton, Charles R. Buckalew, and W. M. Meredith. Counsel for the respondents ore Messrs. Staunton, Cuyler, St. Geo. T. Camp bell aud Attorney-General Franklin. THE You N*O MEN'S NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY FAIR. —The first Annual Exhibition of the Young Men's Na tional Agricultural and Mechanical Society will be held in Elmira, commencing on Monday Augest 31st., and continuing during the week until September sth, 1857. We condense from the Elmira Adceitiser, of Monday, the following : " The Premiums in the aggregate amount to about $12,000. Over $3,000 will be award ed to Fire Companies. The Fireman on the ground will be under the general supervision of HARRY HOWARD, Esq., the deservedly pop ular Chief Engineer of the Fire Department of New York City, assisted by TRACY II MOR GAN, Esq., of Binghamton, and Mr. SAMUEL SHERMAN, of Rochester. Mr. Howard is also chairman of the Judges on the competition of Companies. The other members are the Chief Engineers of the Fire Departments of Phila delphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and perhaps other cities. The Firemen appear in Fireman's dress.— Each company will pay 25 dollars entrance fee, which entitles them to tickets of admis sion during the Exhibition without further ex pense. They will expected to provide them selves with torches, for the Grand Combined loreh Light Procession, which, it is designed will surpass anything of the kind ever attempt ed in this county. This brilliant and grand display will take place on the fifth day, Friday evening, on the Fair Grounds. Two hundred and fifty Rockets will be sent up on the occa sion. We are informed lhat it is the intention of the President, Gen. BURROCGHS, to extend in vitations to the Governors of all the States, the Mayors of all cities of the State, and other principal cities in the Union, to witness the Grand Review and Parade of the Firemen, and trial of their Engines. We must not forget to mention that all of the great trotting celebrities of*the country are engaged to be there. Flora Temple, and her great rival, Lancet, will lead the Grand Cavalcade on Tuesday, at eleven, A. M., cov ered and led, followed by other trotting celeb rities, who will show their points and pace on the Agricultural course. ITAJ"*HENRY B. M'KEAN has been appointed Postmaster at Towanda, n'cc John G. Freeze, resigned. A WHOLESOME ENACTMENT. —On the first of next month, an Act will go into effect in this State providing that the depreciated notes other states will be forced to give place to notes of the Banks of this Commonwealth. It ex tends the 30th section of the General Banking Law of 1850 to all persons holding licenses as brokers under the laws of this Commonwealth, or who may be transacting the business of pri vate bankers, so far as to prohibit said parties from paying out any Gut "the notes of specie paving Banks of this state," in the purchase or discount of any bill of exchange, promiaory note, or other negotiable paper. The viola tion of this provision is made a public misde meanor, punishable for each offense by impris onment for a period of not less than ten nor more than sixty days, at the discretion of the Court, and a fine in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and not less than one hundred. The Free-State Legislature of Kansas met ct Topcka ou the 9th. On the 10th they went into secret session to discuss the proprie ty of immediately organizing and putting in operation the new government. On the 11th ; the Senate elected the Hon. W. A. Phillips United States Seuator in the place of Col. Lane. The Legislature almost unanimously : sustain the Convention. The Free-State Con vention met at Topeka on the 9th inst., Col. | Lane presiding. A resolution was adopted disowning the Territorial Government and de . daring that the admission of the Territory in to the Union under the Topeka Constitution was the only method of adjusting the difficul ties. The Convention pledged itself to pur sue the application now pending before Con gress, and announces that it is the duty of the Legislature to complete the State organization. Resolutions recommending the Free-State par ty to disregard the approaching election, were passed. NEW SCHOOL LAW. —The Harrisbnrg Tele graph reminds all interested that the second section of an important act passed by the late Legislature, and which goes into operation immediately, provides as follows :—" That hereafter the tax imposed by section thirty of the act, approved May 8, 1854, for the regu . lation and continuance of a system of educa tion tv common schools, on trades, professions and occupations, or on single freemen, shall in 110 ease be less than one dollar." SALT LAKE POSTMASTER.— Last October 28, Mr. lIIRAM F. MORRELL was appointed Post master at Salt Lake City, Utah, in place of ELIAS SMITH, removed. The credentials were regularly forwarded from the department, but never delivered to Mr. MORREI.L. Duplicates followed with no better success. Mr. M on- RELL, being now* at the seat of the general go vernment, has received his commission, cjuaii ficd before the Hon. GEO. P. STILES, Asso ciate Judge of Utah, now in Washington, en tered into the bonds required, and in a dav or two will start fully empowered to take charge of the post-office at Salt Lake city. A despatch from Washington states that Einorv D. Potter, an ex-Congressman from Ohio, has accepted one of the vacant Judge ships in Utah, and it is believed that Mr.Eck les, of Indiana, will accept the other Thomas S. Dunn, it is supposed, will be the U.S.Mar shal of the Territory. It is now considered certain that Col Cummings will accept the Governorship, which will again be tendered to him. DICKF.XS' LAST NOVEL. —Dickens has com pleted his story of " Little Do/Tit," which has been in process ot publication in successive numbers for a long time, and T. 15. PETERSON, 102 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, is in advance of all other publishers in reprinting it, having issued the entire work in a neat form, for 50 cents. lie also publishes the complete works of Dickens in sixteen different editions, at pri cess to accommodate everybody. &a?~We are requested by the Chairman of the Board of Managers of the Bradford Coun ty Agricultural Society, to state that a meet ing of the Managers will be held at the office of WM. C. BOGART, in tins borough, on Satur day, the 27th of June inst., at 1 o'clock, P.M. The appointment of an Executive Committee and the selection of a place for holding the next Annual Fair, will be the business of the meeting. FLATTERING.—A correspondent of the Tri bune, writing from Allegheny county, under date of June 8, says : " The prospects for David Wilmot and good crops arc exceedingly flattering in this (Allegheny) County." BROKE JAIL. —On "Wednesday evening last, about 8 o'clock, two prisoners named Henry Warner and John Kiles, escaped from the jail at Danville. They called for water, and on it being taken to them and the door opened,they forced the person away and made good their escape. Jackson, who murdered Morris, in Lake Co., 111., last fall, suffered capital punishment on Friday, in the presence of 25,000 specta tors. The place of execution was about three miles from Chicago, lie coufessed his crime three days previous. CORONER'S JI RIES. —By an Act of the last Legislature, only six jurors are required to hold a Coroner's inquest, instead of twelve, as heretofore. This was the law in Philadelphia for some years past, and the Act lately pass ed has made it general, so as to apply to all the counties of the State. MAIL ROBBERY. —Last night, (Monday,) says the Tunkhannock Democrat, the Post Of fice at this {place, was entered by some State Prison birds and the mails over-hauled and searched, and probably some of their contents carried away. The person or persons were provided with a key that fitted the out side cellar door, which they entered and proceeded up stairs to the office, where they over-looked the boxes containing the different mails, that were not made up,—opened the drawer con taining the keys to the mail bags, and took the Montrose mail, which lay on the counter, locked, down cellar, where they uclocked and searched it thoroughly, leaving it upon the cellar bottom with its contents 6trewn about in all directions. Mr. Mitchell, the Depnty P. M., is unable to say whether anything of value was taken or not. From the Post Office they proceeded to C. P. Miller's Store, where they had stolen a key in the afternoon of Monday, which they en tered and took therefrom some eight or nine dollars. Really, so bold faced scamps should not go unwhipped. NEW COVNTERFEITS.— A new counterfeit $2 bill, on the Farmer's Bank of Bridgeport, Ct., has just made its appearance. It is well executed—one of the best counterfeits afloat. The vignette, cattle and trees—a male portrait in a square frame on the right —" TWO" printed across the bill in red letters —the words " State of Connecticut," across the top of the bill, light—paper thin and greasy. Counterfeit $lO notes, ou the Che mung Canal Bank, of Klmira, are also in cir culation. Vignette, milkmaid and cows—ln- I dian on the left. tot?" An English gardener in Williamsport has half an acre in Strawberries. THREE CHILDREN* DROWNED BY THEIR MO THER. — On the 28th ultimo, the village of Leo ni, Jackson county, Michigan, was the scene of a terrible tragedy. Mrs. Logan, mother of a family of nine children, in a fit of meutal de rangement, attempted the murder of her whole family. In the absence of her husband, she called all her children into the honse—the el dest being but fourteen years of age, and for bade their going out. Presently she took one of her children, went out, and threw it into the well ; then another, and so on until she had carried out four. The otherchildren hav ing their fears excited, followed their mother with the fourth victim, and saw her throw it into the well. They tried to interfere, bnt were unable—the maniac mother making the most desperate efforts to drown them ; failing in this, she threw herself down upon her dead and drowning children. The well was curb less—some twelve feet deep, with about four feet of water. While in the well, her chil dren from the top handed her down a pole, to which the mother and one child clung, and were drawn out. The remaining three were drowned—all efforts of the neighbors to resns < itate them proving unavailing. Pecuniary troubles, it is said, induced the temporary aberration of mind which led to this dreadful tragedy. BFCGRTHE SPECULATIVE MAMA which now curses tlie West, carries with it a neglect of those productive branches of * ! ust r v, agricul ture and manufactures, witi< t which all the seeming prosperity of a community must ho hollow and unsubstantial. Agriculture, from the necessity of things, ought to be the main dependence of the West. It is the life of eve ry eountrj. Food of every description should be abundant and cheap there ; for the culture of the earth, the production of hreadstuffs, the rearing of cattle, Ac., are the primary and most important occupations in such a region. But, strangely enough, we find food as dear there as it is in the great cities of the Atlan tic seaboard. And the explanation is appa rent to all who go there, in the general neg leet of agriculture and the rage for town build ing DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. —CoaI Cracker No. 1, at the Diamond Mines near this village, owned by the Delaware, Lackawanna A Western Railroad Company, was burned to the ground on Saturday morning last. The fire is supposed to have originated from the engine, and when discovered, about two o'clock, had made but little progress ; but the dry wood-work of the building was so saturated with oil from the machinery that the flames spread with such rapidity as to defy all efforts at extinguish ment. Much of the machinery, we learn, al though considerably damaged, may, with a lit tle repairing, again be nsed ; but every thing in the shape of wood-work is a mass of cinders. Loss about ten thousand dollars. No insur ance. The horning of the Cracker will not inter fere in the least with the amount of coal car ried over the Company's road. Extra cars will he furnished to their own and other Col lieries in the neighlx>rhood, their shipments will be increased, and the coal sent to market will not fall below the usual amount. An Irishman named Flynn, while at work at the fire on the high trestle-work supporting the track leading from the Cracker to the Company's main road, fell and received inju ries which caused his death on Sunday. He leaves a wife and several children. — Xcranlon Republican. SLAVERY IN MINNESOTA. —The Minnesota Republican, published at St. Anthony, says that men are now held as slaves, asproperty in Minnesota. Every year men who come from the South, bringing their slaves as body ser vants to the hotels, and take them away again. And it is positive information that a Southern er is now holding his slaves at Stillwater, and declares that under the Dred Scott decision no defies the authorities to interfere. He intends to remain in the territory, and thus to render slavery a permanent institution. G RASsiiorpEßs.—Minnesota papers complaiu of tbc ravages of grasshoppers in that Terri tory, along the valley of the I pper Missi>>ip" pi. They are said to be more numerous than last season, when nearly every greeu thing was destroyed in that section. tig* Seth Kinmari has been visiting Lyco®" ing countv, where he last resided before West.
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