INTER Wednesday, April 2, 1:45. 1" Q r . l fl ilvl 1 q q 13M= :''.7._. CJUI) - VAT -c-V!k:171-4 a The. Office of the Bradford Re porter has peen removed to Coi. Mean:4 l Brick Store, (pip stairs,) entrance on ilte _North side. The North Branch. We extract from the Luzerne Demo crat thj following, article, in relation to •whot would be the productiveness of the North Branch if completed : This Canal ,of yours begins no ;!.;:r.re, and Outs in a SWtilflp, as Rill :land it." This• was said by a member from one of the Middle counties of Pennsylvania, to one of the Luzerne Representatives. a few years ago, when pressed to vote for an appropriation to the North Branch Extension of the State Line. If our Tax-payers were in possession of the facts connected with this Line, they` would not permit it to lay a day longer in its half-unfinished state, go ing to decay. They would never al- low it to fait into the hands of a Corn, panv. If Pennsylvania is„eig to be treed tram paying interest by the re venue derived from her internal im provements, it is to be from the North Branch tolls mainly. Now to the proof of some of-these things. Nhe North Branch, extending from the Lackawanna to the State Line, is 91 miles, intended to connect with the Chcmung Canal; through this canal with the Grand Erie canal at Montezu ma, making a distance from Wilkesbar re to this latter point of'lBs miles, be- ing 11 miles less than to Havre-de- Grace, then by Erie banal - through populous Rochester, to the fast grow ing Buffalo, on Lake Erie—opening that immense Lake trade, and Our coal finding a nearer and better route than can be found by any other Canal into that vast western world. Or,lurning at Montezuma in the other direction, you will supply Utica and Syracuse ; and turning at this latter place you will flint by the way of Oswego a market through Ontario into Her Majesty's Dominions; and the Subjects of Victo ria may warm their shins with Repub lican coal from Wyoming-. You con nect the North with the mighty im prote►nenjs of the Empire State, you are abro,ad upon the Great Lakes," i.retch'ing North and West, and South, you- touch the salt waters of the Ocean It will be the magnificent chain stretch. \ tug froni the Main to those wondrous ) Inland seas—and will be a strong bond of brotherhood between the Empire and the Keystone. If the Lowlander had said " Why thi canal of you re passes through veins of coal and iron of the richest deposit and exhaustahle, with the finest lime stone quarries in the world, and leads to markets that have no end, and are innumerable—that fi.irnishes the wes tern merchant an earlier and nearer routes to his own Emporium, than by his oWn canal, and places him nearer Philadelphia than New York, giving him a choke of markets. In truth, the North Branch has a beginning, hut her markets have no calculable end." The heaviest part of the work has already been executed at a cost of t'-:'2,4,85,039 69; drawing out of the Treasury per annum, at 5 per cent. in terest, 5144,446'97—the work going to decay, and no revenue—valuable farms with big ditches-digged through them— their owners unremunerated; and pa tiently awaiting the completion of this Extension as an ample measure for their damages. The sum required to put it in navigable order is estimated by our Canal Board at 51,277,452 SI, bearing an interest $63,362 64, at 5 per cent. Without the further expen diture of this sum, the two millions and a half already invested is worse than a total loss. - What revenue would go into the 'Treasury when this work was corn- pleted ? Many, years since De Witt Clinton estimated the consumption of coal for Northwestern New York, that would be supplied from the Susquehanna. at :100,000 tons per annum. This amount fo The present population.and its wants, in a ilisv ef•tiinati.. tier salt works— cupolas—manufactories—steam power, will make heavy demands—to say nu thing of supplying that large country with fuel for hamlet, town and city.— TheiT fuel, already scarce, is decreasing with increasing demand, and increasing in price. The first year, after opening that canal, we should send, on it, say, but 150,000 tons. This, paying toll 100 miles, at one half per cent. per tun per mile, would amount to $75,000-- Thus, then the receipts on the single article of Anthracite coal for the first year would more than pay elle interest on the sum necessary to c6ipleie - tlae work. To this add the tolls on the Bituminous coal which Bradford would send North and South, and the tolls on lumber, from Bradford, Tioga and N•aw York—tolls • on the salt, plaster mid provisions which New York would send south Ward—and the iron in 'pigs, bars, and sheets that.. Columbia and Luzerne would send West and North. What an outlet for the furnaces blaz ing around us—for the rolling-mill pro- ducts, and for our hail factories. The receipts on these would amount to as much more. The experience of England and this country come up to this now undispu ted point — that , where a canal depends for toltage mainly on coal and iron, the investment is always profitabke.— There is not a single English cabal in a coal or iron district that has not l ad vanced quadruple-above par. 1 he only question to be settled, is— will the supply of coal'and iron be suf ficient ? Ours is well namexl the great Coal Field," and is like the ore banks of ourl.iltle neighbor,-c.;olum bia—inexhanstible. Coal and iron, of equal quality, are no where so cheaply placed on the lines of our public int proyernews as in these two counties-- The demands for these two articles would be immense upon the opening of this Branch, and would increase with a rapidity unparalleled. We should warm our friends in New York, and touching the Buckeye at Ckiareland, would supply the densely Populated part of ,his State, through his own im provements. The people of Sundown, who might want an Anthracite fire toward Off the sweepers front the Rocky mountains, must come to us. TILE IRON DISTRICT.-111111I'S Mer i chant's Magazine, in an article upon the coal and iron of this country, furn ishes the following information :—The iron district which spreads through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Mary land, and Western Virginia, traverses regions exhuberant with coal, and abounding in water power; and travel ing farther Wept, we find in Ohio, Kentucky, and particularly in Missou ri, immense stores of metalifermni wealth, adjacent to the most fertile agri cultural districts. It is to Pennsylva nia, however, we must chiefly direct our attention, where two-fifths of all the iron in the United States is tnadii. Ihe 'United States contain 80,000 square miles of coal, which is about sixteen times as great as the coal mea -1 sures of Europe. A single one of these gigantic masses runs from Pennsylvania to Alabama, and must embrace, itself, • 50,000 square irkiles. Out of filly counties of Pennsylvania, no less than thirty have coal and iron in them ; and, Out of the 46,000 square miles of Penn sylvania, which form superficies, there are 10,000 miles of coal and iron ; while all Great Britain and Ireland have only 2,000—50 that Pennsylvania alone has an area of coal and iron five Lir nes as great as that of Great Britain. The quality of the coal or iron is as rich as that of Great Britain, and they have the advantage of lying near the NI Ater level ; while those of the latter Country are sometimes more than one thousand feet-below the surface, and are exi:ava ted through subterranean passage's.- SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—The New port, N. 11. Arkus, of Saturday, states that a son of Joseph Welch, living in the neighboring town of Unity, was sent by his mother to a sugar orchard some distance trout borne, alone upon an errand. Remaining absent an un usual time, some one went in pursuit, and found him dead and cold,suspend ed by the neck from the usual frame where 'sap is boiled._ Mink but 12 years old, it is not reasonable to sup pose he would hare committed pre meditated suicide, and it is supposed that he had taken the rope from his step for the purpose of couitructing a ‘, swing," and became entangled in the noose., DeSirliktiVC Fire Five Buildings consumed in this Bo rough ! Our Borough has been visited by a - calamity, which unfortunately, has been the 1o•t of many villages in this Com monwt•alth of late to experience. An alarm of fire was raised about 4 o'clock, P. M., on Monday last, when it was discovered, that the building known as the Ei,gle Tavern, was so much on fire as to baffle every exertion to suppress its progress. Not five minutes elapsed after the alarm, before the whole of the north west, and upper part of the build ing was in flames. Two families oc cupied the house, and it was with much difficulty, that the-property in the low er part was saved. The third story could not be approached, and we un derstand some beds, bed clothes, and ' clothing belonging to the family of Mr. Chase was consumed. All hope was abandoned of saving the house next north of the Eagle tavern, belonging to Thomas Elliott, Esq. ; the personal property in it was re11105:- ed, but scarcely was this done, before the building was enveloped in flames. It was soon discovered that the house occupied by Mr. Cross, would.have to share the same fate ; the two buildings south of the Eagle tavern and adjoining it, were in the meantime consuming.— It was only by desperate exertions, ac companied with much danger thai the fire was stayed without destroying the dwelling of ~William Watkins., Esq., next to Mr. Cross'. Five buildings were burned to the ground. One oc cupied as a Tin and Stove shop by D. ' C. Hall—the dwelling part anoccupied. The next building was but partially oc cupied. The Eagle tavern, occupied by two families, Mr. Chase and Mr. Coe. The dwelling house of Thomas Elliott was a very valuable and spacious building. The next house was also of the largest class in this village, and oc cupied by Mr. Cross as a boarding house. Nearly all of the personal pro perty was taken out of the several build ings burnt, but nevertheless there was much destruction of it, and a large amount of it rendered useless. Al though the wind waif blowing very strong from the south, yet l it was with I much difficulty that the store oilliram Mix & Sons's, and the Drug store :of Dr. E. H. Mason, on the east sided of the street were saved. During the time, alarms of fire were raised in differ ent and remote parts of the borough, occasioned by buildings being ori...fire from cinders and coals that werE-Zar riecl in the strong current. For a while, inevitable destruction seemed to aWait the largest portion of our village.— Three of the buildings consumed, were owned by C. L. Ward, Esq., on which we are not aware that there was any insurance. Mr. Elliott had, we under stand an insurance of $lBOO on his house. The house occupied by Mr. Cross, belonged to the Towanda Bank. Too much praise cannot be awarded to the exertions of the citizens of the borough, and to several persons from the country who happened to be in town. We noticed the efficient aid which many of them in particular ren dered. The ladies, too, were out, and in the lines passing water from the river; without them these lines\ could not have been for Med ; and we may with safety say, that the fire was checked without destroying Mr. Watkins' house, prin cipally by means of flue line composed largely of the ladies ; tad this line been broken up, we can scarcely predict, where the conflagration would have' been stayed, short of all the North part of Main street. Nor were the exertions of the ladies confined to passing water; they were at work in the houses saving property. To them, and to all who contributed to save property so immi nently exposed, and the fairest portion of our village from being at this time in smouldering ruins, the warmest thanks, and highest credit are due. Whether this lesson wilt teach our citizens the necessity of an organiza tion of fire companies, time will show. Our opinion is, it will show nothing, unless it be, more of that-apathy which has so long characterized this brorough on the subject of fire.. Ammon GENERAL.—We learn from Harrisburg, that it is genera* conceded there, that Judge LAPORTE will be ap pointed Auditor General. We trust it may prove true. Splendid Prize Banner. The Democratic Union of the 15th inst., says : We have been shown a beautiful prize Banner presented to the Hon. BENJAMIN A. BuiLAcx, member of Congress from Luzerne county, under the following circumstances. On the day of the nomination of Pout and DAL LAS, by the Baltimore National Conven tion, a number of prominent Democrats from New York and Pennsylvania, cas ually met in a friendly circle, and dis cussed die subject of the nominations. The New Yorkers doubted whether the vote-of the Keystone State could be se cured for the Democratic nominees at all, owing to the excitement growing out of the tariff of 1842, whilst the Pennsyl vanians contended, on the other hand, that they would give a larger majority than New York. Mutual pledges were interchanged, and an appropriate banner promised to the wining party. The pro mise thus made, has been faithfully re deemed. Before Mr. 'Biala& left Wash ington, for his residence, immediately after the adjournment of Congress, he was visited by ..IoNATuA •D. STEVEN SON, Esq., on the part of the New Yor kers, who presented to Mr. Bidlack, and through him tothe Pennsylvania Democ racy, a silk banner superbly executed, which cannot have cost less than from from four to five hundred dollars. The scroll is. of gold,, on white silk ground ; in the centriii medalion the head of JEF FERSON ; top, escutcheon of the Union ; on the right of Jefferson, the arms of Pennsylvania, on the left, the arms of New York—in the lower medalion, the head of FRANKLIN. Motto ; "no dis tinction but those of merit." Trim mings : marine border, blue, gilt stars— streamer of bunting—gilt fringe, silk cord and tassels—surmounted by a cap of Liberty, ted with blue velvet border and 13 stars. We understand that Mr. 13ini.Acti in tends depositing the banner in some pub lic room in this place—there to remain until November, 1848, when an oppor tunity will be afforded to the New Yor kers to win it back again IF THEY CAN. "The Law of Newspapers.” I. Subscribers who do not give Ex.- PRESS NOTICE to the contrary, are con sidered as wishing to continue their subscriptions. 2. if subscribers order the discon tinuance of their papers, the publishers may continue to send them till arrear ages are paid. 3. if subscribers neglect or tefuse to take their papers from the offices to which they are directed, they are held responsible till they . have settled their bill, and ordered their papers discon tinued. 4. If subscribers remove to other place without informing the publishers, and their paper is sent to the former direc s tion, they are held responsible. 5. the courts have decided that re fusing to take a rsnewspaper or periodi cal from the office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is "prima facia" evidenCe'of INTENTIONAL FRAUD. " ENCOUNTRE \\ITU A 131 ILL.—Tile sad fa, of Slay maker's bull has a paral lel in the following which we take from the Baltimore American :—The train which left Philadelphia for Baltimore on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock met with an accident abotit half past seven o'clock when a little east of Elkton.— The train was proceeding at the rate of twelve miles an hour when the loco- I motive encountered a large Durham bull, over which it passed entirely and without injury to the engine or tender. Not so - however with the rest of the train. The first and second cars were thrown off and demolished, the tirst one thrown down a precipice a fc.w feet, and the second broken to attoms. The remaining cars were.not removed from the track. The number of passen gers in the- train could not have been less than five hundred, and all the cars crowded, yet strange to say, notwith standing the injury to the cars not a passenger was seriously hurt: A gen tleman of this city had his foot bruised, and another his forehead slightly cut, and the conductor, Mr. Smith, was slightly injured by a part of a car falling on his breast. The passengers reach ed Baltimore about four o'clock yester terday morning. The animal which caused the acci dent was of course killed instantly.— Both his horns were broken_ off, and it would seem that as the cars approached he had placed himself in a hostile , atti tude and received the blow on his fore head or horns. • Correspondence from Harrisburg, H ARRI SBURG , 2.801' March, 1845 The House of Representatives have passed the Appropriation 13111, in which is contained an appropriation of $200,- 000 to Common Schools. Col. Wilson, of your county offered a Resolution fixing the 15th Aprilfor the final adjournment of the Legislature. The Resolution passed the House unanimously, and was immediately sent to the Senate, and taken up and passed unanimously through that body also. Numerous local Bilis have passed both branches, and many public Bills of g at importance remain yet to be actedTo A motion has been made' to recon sider the vote by which Sullivan coun ty was defeated, and the bill is still be fore'the Senate. Much time has been consumed in disposing of the Bill to continue the District Court of Philadelphia, the great etTort being to pass the law --so as to allow each of the Judges of the Court a salary of more than $2,000. The Senate passed the Bill in various forms, but the House inflexibly adhered to their determination to_ allow but the $2,000, and the Bill passed in that shape. The Supplement to the Bill to incor porate the North Branch Canal Com pany passed Committee of the Whole in the Senate. The Bill to extend the Towanda Rail Roadfrem the Borough of Towan da to the Coal Mines has passed the Senate, and been sent to the House. FLORIDA.—This State, admitted into the Union, by the late Congress, has provided for the organization of her State government. The Tallahassee Sentinel, says, the Constitution pro vides that so soon as official information shall have been received that Congress has provided for the admission of Flori da, the President of the Convention, or in his absence, the Secretary of the same, shall immediately issue writs .of election, to be held oilthe first 'Monday after the lapse of sixty days 4hereafter, (probably about 12th of May next,) under the existing laws ; at which elec tion the .following officers are to be chosen : Ist. Seventeen Senniors-- , 40 hold office one half for two years from first Monday in October 1845, the other half one year from nest October, to be de termined by law.; 2d. Forty.one representatives in the General Assembly—to hold office un til first Monday in October 1846., The General Assembly, so constitu ted to assemble at the scat of Govern ment on the fourth Monday after the election, and to elect besides their own officers, two United States Senators; four Judges of Circuit Courts—also Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, to hold office for the term of five years ; the clerk of the Supreme Court and clerks of the Court of Chancery ; the Attorney General of the State ; four Solicitors in the Cir cuit Courts ; the Secretary of the State ; a State Treasurer .and Comptroller of public accounts. 3d. ( A. Governor, to bold office for the term of four years, to be Comman der in Chief of the ..Inny and :.Vcay ! of the State. 4th One Representative in Congress. GROSS NEGLIGENCE.—We, in com mon with all our citizens, have borne for a long time, without grumbling, the miserable manner with which some of the Post Offices, between Ralston and Harrisburg are conducted. It. is now almost impossible to obtain - direct infor mation from Harrisburg, and very fre quently, a mail comes loaded with the accumulations of a week. There is neglect somewhere, and we incline to the opinion, that it is at Williamsport. It has become a serious evil, here, and requires amendment. ARREST- ON SUSPICION OF BEING EN- , 1 GAGEO IN VIE SLAVE' TRADE.—The Wilmington (Del.) Gazette of yesterday says, Capt. Gray, of that city, was ar rested on Friday last upon the charge of being engaged in the slave trade on the coast of Africa, a few Months since, while commander of the brig Agnes. He gave the bail ($5000) required by Judge Hall, the district judge, to appear in court at New Castle and take his trial in June nest. The charges were pre ferred by the Hon. Henry A. Wise, he having cause to suspect the brig when on the coast of Brazil. News from all Nations, The trial of " Big Thunder" and Li, associate anti-renters is now in progr e , a , at Hudson N. Y. It is one of the most important which has ever taken pl ace In this.country, in consequence of its i n , volving the strength and force of repo, Bean government to preserve the civil re. latious of society embodied in contracts concerning lands.---Eight or ten m e m hers of the family of Jesse Glover, n ear Fulton, Missouri, have been poison e d recently. Four of his ne2roes and 4e child of Mr. G. have died. Two other children are dangerously 111 and not el . peeled to survive. A negro has bec n arrested on suspicion of having p n i sri b ed the family.--:We learn from Washing: ton that the Hon. John Y. Mason, Ai. torney General, 'has been appointed bv: the President acting Secretary o f t h e . Navy ; Mr. Bancroft having left Wash. i ngton o n *attirday for Massachusetts, fotthe purpose of removing ha factilveo the seat of government.---Accer(ling to the Baltimore Patriot there is a ru mor in Washington that a chance is to be made in the Cabinet—that Mr. Bt - chanan is to be made Judge of the U. 8, Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy (c. casioned b the death of Judge Baldwin, and that Mr. Walker, now of the Trer sury, is to be transferred to the State De partment.---A fire occuretl at Prince Edward's Island, on the 25th ultimo, in which three sisters ofche name ofM'Lean the youngest nineteen years of age, pei• ished in the flames. Another fire brok e out at the same place on the 4th inst., and a large building known -as the .16. al Hotel was destroyed with others.— The Supreme Court of North Caro has decided in the great case of 16 e ; against the Plymouth Rail Road. pang, the claim of Rives to tl:e structure, buildings and britfjes company is a valid one—therehr to him the road.' iCz.c., which be c;.„.^.1. ed.—The Turk Island ClazettPstsl, that there are about 100,001) but.',JAs Salt on hand selling • at 61 cen.4. In about three weeks there will becon)Rltr ably more raked; if good salt wer.t'.er continues ; the Ponds are in an eve. , lent progressive - 'state.—'l . he sea see. pent has been seen already at Cape Ire. land. He was discovered about 15u yards from the shore and continued fqt two or thiee hours sporting on the sur• face of the billows, when he finally d,•• appeared to parts unknown. Ili. , snris,• ship was seen by hundreds of spectato:- congregated upon the beach.—Tl: stabling in the rear of Seaton's Hotel Uniontown, Pa ; also the granary of Mr NPClelland, containing four thousan , bushels of oats and other. stores, wen lately destroyed by fire.—Ope of tle Washington letter writers contr.e:s the story that Mr. Lloyd, of 1;,:::un tendered the present of a horse to tft, President, and was removed 1.0111 in consequence.—lt is stale New York papers, that .some will be made in the destination cf of war. SeveratAcill be ordercr cruise in the mad 3lesico, and force in the Pacific will' be increast•L. —An Old man, about ninety years age, named Tyner, who lived abo: twenty miles below Monticello, tai's on Persl river, was wondered a iew dat since by hisson:in-law. The mendt er has been arrested,--Itt3 rumor( that Mr. Brown, of Indiana, is to sgi f cede 'l'. 1,. Smith, as.. Register of t'• Treasury.—The General ASSCA: of the Presbvterian Church (old will meet in Cincinnati on the 15th May next.—Cooper is ahOut to ;I: lisp a new 110V01 called" Satan's the family of Little P a ge."--rt rt,b the last census contains a million of habitants. Every twenty nullities death and a birth takes place. -- r emperor of China, at the last dates, Nov., was expected " to kick the et." The following i s , D ot a ba,::l cimen of the havoc sometimes intit:e those who write complimentary No the third person t " Mr. A. prese r: ' compliments to 'Alr. C. I have g' hat which is not yours. nnclocill:h 1 are the expected otte.'°, man's riot took place in Baltinior,,., last Friday night. Pistols Wrq* —stones and brickbats thrown Ind ci used—a /a mode, Southwdrii. ----' Governor Thomas of llarylo i. been indicted by the Gram! Jur ,. • • ti Washington city, for libel. reeiiil'' , hislate exposT of his matriniattiliacli: culties.--A Mr. Boyle recvn . a panther in a stream called tber"'l' in Arkansas, which Measured nine mt. from the nose to the tip 01 the
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