'MraOrcirta ggepoicUi.
Towanda, Wednesday, July 2, 1845
Os ore nese raox--:-rosy be funnel a curious as
of some experiments in the application of Electri
city to agricultural purposes. •
We have also continued our extracts from Day's
Historical Coflectimts." The degcriptiaa of the early
settlement at Frenchtown, will be found extremely inte
resting. It was chiefly derived by Mr. Day from the
travels of the Duke de la Rochefaucault Lianeourt, who
spent so. slimewith the French settler, at Asylum in
1795.
The Duke published his Travels in 1799 in Paris.—
A copy of then is in the Library-of a citizen of this
place. He seems to have borne his banishment at the
hands of the new rulers of Frusta (being at that time a
victim of the Revolution) - with great eqpionimity ; and
to have been a traveller of no ordinary discernment end
diligence in inquiry. His description of the Falls of
Niagara, and the vicinity—is an admirable one; but ex
hibits a strange contrast in its details with the situation
*Elba region at present. At the time he travelled—the
*bole cottony west of Utica, was an unbroken wilder
nee, except a few scattered trading posts.
' Griseom, in his "Year in Europa," in IBIS, speaks of
visiting the Doke, at Paris, who received him and another.
American gentleman, his companion, with much 'pp?,
rent gratification. He spoke of his travels in this coun
try with great interest; and appeared - to retain a lively
recollection of his adventures here. He had at that time
been le,established in the fortune and station of which
the Revolution had deprived him, • ,
Pennsylvania Policy—Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road.
lVe have been favored with a copy of an argument
fade in the PermsylvaniaLegislature, at the last =don,
entire subject of allowing the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road, to traverse a portion of this state—terminating at
Pittsburg. Mr. T. J. Bigham, the uuthor of the argu
ment we refer to--aras one of the members of the House
of Represultives, from Allegheny, and sustained the
views of his constituents in regard to their immediate
interests, with usucii>bil*. Although this may at first
vidw, appear to be merely a• local question, a more criti
cal examination will find it blended with the general in
terests of the state ; and claiming from all panics a care.
ful and candid consideration.
The policy of the City-of Philadelphia—ea indicated
by the muse generally pursued by her Representatives
in the Legidatnre in regard to the question before us,
and kiss in relation to several other' of a kindred nature
—has always appeared to us, equally illiberal and short
sighted. The some spirit his, on many occasion been
exhibited by the city of New York upon the subject of
public improvements that might be calculated in any
way, to affect the trade of the country. For istance—
she hesitates in regard to the New York and Erie Rail
road—becanae it is possible thetit may be intersected by
1, branch that would lead a portion of the trade and tra
vel to Philadelphia! And at the mime time that site is
allowing a northern line of rail-ways to ran from Buffalo
to Albany ; and then to be led off to • Boston--without
an ,elrott to extend it toe terminus amidst her own store
houses. Now, it would not matter to N. York, how ma
ny roads tuna the west-were extended to Boston—if she
would constract the Brie Road through the southern tier of
counties—and extend the northern line down the Hud
son. She is the larger city ; and if she chooses—may
be the better market.
So with Philadelpia: she opposes the Baltimore and
Ohio rail road — which the topograpy of the country in
clines through a large portion of our state, and to unite
with the great western highway of nature, at Pittsburg.
It would seem to us, that it is the interest of Pennsylva
nia and especially of Philadelphia, that this route should
be taken, and the road built. Baltimore has reason to
complain of this result,-much more than the " city of
Friends ;"--end would avoid our territory if she could.
Let the Baltimore and Ohio road terminate at Wheeling,
and the western and south western trade is out of the
reach, end beyond the influence of Pennsylvania. But
continue Pittsburg the distributing depot, as is now the
case, and Pennsylvania can control her share of the trade,
et least, if not more than her share. For she can take
advsnt4m of this expenditurecf the Baltimore Company
of some five millions of dollars, and extend the line from
some convenient point, toter own commercial metropo
lis'.
Suppose it does come in competition in some respects,
with our own state works. Is Philadelphia to be injwed
by a reduction in the Cost of transportation of freight and
passengers I rum, so far as the interests of the state
works are concerned—the Philadelphia and: Columbia
coal road—owned by the state—would hare its pri,fits as
much enhanced, as those of the canal up the Juniata,
would be diminished. •
- In a true democratic spirit --if we may be pardoned a
Political allusion en prturrnt—we demand that the great
est good of the greatest number be consulted. Throw
Wide open to the generous struggles of enterprise every
outlet, inlet and avenue-in the state. Open a side-lock
at Black's Eddy on the Delaware;-give per Mission to
the New York and Erie Rail-way to enter Pike county ;
and the ,Baltimore and Ohio road to go to Pittsburg :
the internal resources of Permsylvania—her "everlasting
bills" of iron and coal, can only be profitably developed
by such I policy. Must Wyoming and Lehigh carry
their coal through Philadelphia to market, because the
Schuylkill route lies ' in that direction? If the state at
huge is peaTering—Philadelphia will do well enough.
Take Ste ease of the Tile Water canal ;—it wascroaked
river ymr &mica; soktught vrith all that was destmc-
• . • •..trade of gar Busqnehanzta valley, with Phila
delphia. h was , completed notwithstanding; and every
iit4lligent merchant now admits that it has leavened that
very trade. Baltimore capital was the meares of its eon.
strutzko. .
_The *trite of the Atlantic cities for the trade of the
Prekreatt_ieltLittuble one.. - A - WORLD is behind the bar
riers through which these interests are making theirpath-
Ways I and its business is the guidon of the strife!--
This struggle involves the work of turning the trade and
business of that magnificent region, out of this downhill
'Cute of the rivers—end giving it a direction contrary to
'to the physical tendency of things. It, would be a use
faze and absurd effort in itself, were it not that mind con
tide matter i sod the - ouiinees-mind (so to speak) of the
Counts*, Ps between .Battimore and Quebee—bounded by
eimate on One'side; and checked by institutions on the
• •
far—NeW York has entered the lists to secure
the trade of the oorlhrieit.amriving for, and winning too,
whit natirrailly, (oxid especiaily with the lid of the Wei-
Land canal,) woad bare ebno to am through the St.
Lairnmeta. .Boston it the rite! of New York in this
part of the field; andannotgislimatiy tuts she borne herself
Philiidilphbilcus slime hid an eager and wistful gaze
oh the eouthwest. •She deemed the struggle endedwhon
she saw completed; the line of canal and rail-way across
the Allegheny mountains to Pittsburg. But Baltimore
jeatiaaill eager in the strife. The emereeremeent of
the:Biltinstat and Ohio Rail-way andAhe Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, reins that she is no despicable compe
titor for the prig.
Whaitten is Fenniyl•ania to do in this crisis? She
cannot stay these efforts ; Baltimore, New York and Own
ton will not tam =Weir= thoiriong cherished projeets
But our inimense advantage of position, if properly re.
guided by our capitalises, and by our Legislature, will
enable us to make all these - efforts of oar enterprising
neighbors, minister to the prosperity of our own conither
cial metropolis, and of the sweat large. .•
It may not be not of place to note here, that the deeel
oeements Which skill and experienee are daily risking
in the capacities of Rail-ways, render it by no means
certain th e y will not brcame•the successful rival of ca
nals in the general business and exchanges of the
country. Our "Main Line," is made up of both these
mediums of transportation. This may be Fauna . ins
"e to the eril in view. To secure the western
trade, to Philadelphia—it may be necessary we should
have a continuous line of rail-way to Pittsburg, either by,
• union at some feasible point with ibis Baltimore road,
or by the route through the Cumberland valley.
Again we say—the minerals of Pennsylvania should
have every outlet thrown open —no matter in what direc
tion they may lead. 14 a liberal policy, her coal and
iron may be sent abroad to an immense extent. Com
mon right and common reason forbid that we should set
tle down upon the policy of keeping our present facilities
of transportation without alteration or improvement; or
that Philadelphia should be the only toms of new ave
nues. It is equally plain that Pennsylvania should, if
possible, secure the location of the distributing depots of
the western trade within her own borders.
As Pennsylvanians, while on many accounts we are
proud of Philadelphia, and pleased , at every evidence of
her prosperity—yet Pittsburg has equal claim to our
sympathies. Let justice be done—let a fair and liberal
policy be pursued, though a better place than either,
should fall. The trade of the south west--from Mimeo
ri and upper Mississippi, will chiefly seek'the sea-board
by passing up the Ohio to some imitable point of 'diver
gence. 8o also, the trade of the north welt will mainly
centre in some harbor on Lake Erie. Do what we will--
them malts are inevitable. But we can have something
both to say and to do—in fixing then points. We may
force the former away from our own ente . iz
rpr ingPitts
burg—stopping it at Cincinnati or at Wheeling—by a
soulless and narrow policy in relation to the Baltimore
and Ohio rail-road. In regard to the other, we may
draw it to Erie by encouraging, or drive it to Dunkirk
and Buffalo, by opposing the advances of the New York
and Erie rail-road.
It is but fair—having spoken freely of the course pur
sued by the members of the Legislature from
say, that one of the present Senators, Mr. Gib.
bons, and we think, one or two of his colleagues in the
other branch, met these questions as they should be met,
in the free, manly, and liberal spirit of the age ; and
seemed rightly to apprehend the true interests of their
own city, as well as of the stale at large.
Philadelphia Academy of floe Arts.
Of all the sail catalogue of calamities which the torch
of the midnight incendiary has recently scattered through
out the land—none, perhaps, have filled is with deeper
regret than the destruction of a part of the Academy of
Fine Arts in Philadelphia, a week or two since.
Even Pittsburg may be rebuilt ; and• the wide-spread
suffering which its late misfortunes brought upon its citi
zens—be alleviated by human sympathy, and pass away.
But the destruction to which we have reference in Phila
delphia, never can be remedied.' There is also a sicken
ing seine of humiliation which fastens itself on the mind,
whenever the reflection occurs, that human nature can
be so degraded—so lost to every finer feeling—so utterly
wanton in wickedness, as this deed proves it may be
come. The grovelling hope of gain, and the mad prompt
ings of revenge, have so often lighted the incendiary
torch, That although we may not be able to comprehend
their terrible power in human motives, we are yet not
so much surprised at their effects. There seems howev
er, no possible form in which either of these could
be gratified, by the destruction of mere works of art and
objects of taste—beautiful, valuable and rare though they
might be.
We mourn over their loss with a deeper feeling per.
haps, because in the course of our visits to Philadelphia,
and during the intervals of business—the Academy was
a favorite resort. Many of these works had to us, "fa
miller faces;" and we had began to feel a kind of prop
erty in them, although our mountain-home is far sway
from the halls in which a generous taste and wholesome
public spirit had gathered them together. Little did we
dream when we lately lingered in those halls, discoursing
with the agreeable friends who accompanied CIS, upon the
dark brilliancy and harmony of the style of Murillo, in
his " Roman Daughter ;" the sweet fidelity to nature
in the coloring of Angelica Kauffman's "Pour Seasons:"
the bold, free pencil with which Ludovico Canaccbi drew
drew his "Judith 4 Holeferne t" and the soft and glow
ing freshness and spirit of some of Sully's beauties--that
we were looking our last upon them, as well as on many
other gems in the collection! Or when we last stood
before Canore's beautiful figures, or wandered amidst
the ad4able creations of other celebrated artists, in the
Stst‘tallery—that they were all 'so,oon to share a fate
which they would hare been spared, even in the age of the
Goths and Vandals ! But so it was: we learn that the
pictures we have enumerated and many others, as well
as the contents of the Statue Gallery, were wholly des
troyed in the late Conflagration.
We trust however, this loss, severe as it is, will not
chill the devotion ; which Philadelphia, to her infinite cm
dit, he always exhibited in the cause of Science and the
liberal arts;--and of which, her Library, Athenaeum,
Academy of Fine Arts, nd other institutions of a kin
dred character, are proud proofs. In this respect, she is
scarcely behind any of her sister cities of the Union.—
Not only her literati, but her Merchants and business.
men have always evinced a laudable desire to cultivate
and extenbi taste for the beautiful. Many of the finest
specimens of art in the collection, bore " names well
known on 'Change," as donors to the Academy.
This is as it should be; and goes far to contradict the
common slander of foreign travellers, in reference to the
whole American people, that we have sunk this love of
the beautiful far below a sordid' devotion to the practical,
in our scale of human wants and earthly *spininess. This
*Regatta' n is especially false of Philadelphia, (where we'
may say it, who do notbelongthere,) whateverother faults
she may have—a love of the beautiful, has long been a
prominent sentiment and - a leading influence . . •
: GIL7I. JAClllllOle$ LAST LAST lIIICETATC/RE.
—The Nashville Union says, "We understand that Gen.
Jackson's last letter was mitten to President Polk ma
Friday, the 6th ult., and that it was in relation to our
foreign affairs. The last time he signed his name was'
on Saturday evening, the 7th ult. The ROIL Thomas
Marshall had written to inquire into the situation of
his health—the' letter was answered by bin son, Andrew
Jackson, jr.,and franked by Andrew Jackson--thatfratnk
was his last signature."
Currion vro Novas. Re/manse—A young . lady of
Clarkeuille, Tenn., with more romance Than sense in
her head, lately became insane from novel reading. She
fled from her home in the garb of one of the masculine
gender, and obtained employment as ejoarneymut tailor
in a neighboring town, where ber friends found her, and
conveyed her to a lunatic asylum. She resisted her
captor with a bowie knife, but it was no sr', and ileum
taken.
General Andrew Jackson.
L We were called Writ' list week, to record theekmise
of this distinguished man ; to fey oar tribute, to his
memory and commingle our sorrow with the grief of our
sorrowing nation. _Oar spice forbade at that time, the
notice of his life, his iervices, and hie merits which , it
was our 'duty, and woubiliave been our pleaeurs, tohave
given, and we shall endeav r or to make amends thisweek.
The history of Gen. Jackson is interwoven with the
history of our country; and its brightest pages will be
those which bear the record of his transcendent services.
His peculiar energy and firmness of chanties, will be..
come a matter of nosurprise when weconsiderthemanner
in which it was formed. Descended remotely from that
nation who loied and honored a Bruce and a Wallace,
his parents,- as it is well known; were from the Emerald
We, and he inherited the noble and lofty spirit of the one
with the quick and ardent temperament of the other. At
the age of 14 we find his gallant spirit had led him bathe
army which was then feebly battling for the great and
holy cause of liberty, and for whose success we have now
so much reason to rejoice ; soon after captured by the
enemy, we see the dawning of that indomitable
which was in a few year. more to lead the armies of his
country to battle and victory—in the resentment of offer
ed personal indignity, which procured for himself and
brother;assaults and wounds of which the latter
The death of his mother, while on an errand of mercy to
the American prisoners at Camden, occurred about this
time, and kit younglirckson alone and friendless in the
world.
That the cough and chequered scenes of his early life,
were the formation of his character, there can be no
doubt. And to this, we are indebted for that absolute ani
mosity to tyranny, in every form, which was a prominent
feature in his character, and that love for liberty which
was displayed in every act of his life,
"Thu love was an eternal plant
Whereof the root was fixed in virtue's ground," L
and strengthened by the memory of his younger day;
till it became as diffusive as the world itself and extend
ed through all the ramifications of society and govern
ment
The war brought to a doeskin the winter or 1784, he
removed to Salisbury, North Carolina, when he entered
a lawyer's office, and commenced the study of the law.
In two years he was admitted to practice, and emigrated
to East Tennessee, and afterwards to Nashville where,
in 1788 he located himself permanently. Ne soon ob
tained a lucrative business here, and was distinguished
u a bold, and enterprising citizen.
In 1790, Tennessee was organized as a terretory, and
Gen. Jackson was appointebby President Washington,
as Attorney of the United States for the new Territory.
It mast base been a source of pride to him, uit is a
pleasure to his ftiends, to know that the first honon be
stowed upon him, were from the hand of the Fathei of
his country. The Territory was in ail years admitud to
the Federal Union, and Gen. Jackson one of the meta
bets of the Convention which formed her Constitution,
one of the most libels! and comprehensive in the whole
Union. He was one of her first Representatives in Con
gress, and the next year appointed one of her Senators.
While in this capacity he enjoyed the friendship and
confidence of Thomas Jefferson, in whose school his
political sentiments were framed. H MIs in the Senate,
the Tennessee militia without consultation or consent,
had appointed him their Major Genetal, which grade he
continued to bold until 1814, when he received the same
appointment in the army of the United States. In 1799,
he retired, by voluntary resignation, from the honorable
post of Senator, to the quiet, as he fondly hoped, of his
family and fireside. But his abilitias had marked him
for promotion, and moat unexpectedly to himself he was
immediately appointed a Judge , of the Supreme Court of
his State, a station which he resigned as soon u possible.
We now see him on a theatre of action better calcula
ted to draw forth and exhibit his bravery and firmness ,
his coolness and aelf-possession, for the temple Janus was
once more opened, and our country involved in all the
"pomp pride and glorious circumstance of war" zwith her
old enemy—Englarnl.
Of his cconduct in that war, it would be superfluous
for us to speak. History has already recorded the series
of brilliant exploits and „victorious battles which charac
terized his efforts, and soon produced peace for our coup
try, and rest for him, until the year 1818, when he re
ceived orders from Government to march an army into
Florida, for the punishment of the Seminoles.
In 1812, he was appointed Governor of the Florida
Territory which has been ceded by Spain to this country.
At the close of the year he retired to his firm at Nash
ville where he remained engaged in agricultural pursuits
until 1824, when he was proposed as one of the candi
dates for the Presidency, rustLalthough, decidedly the
popular candidate, was defeated by Adams. In 1828,
he was elected President, and in 1832 again elected.—
Since that time his life has been spent at the Hermitage, and
though disease has given him but feiw moments of ease
and quietude, still, to the last day of his life, his anxious
eye has been directed to the prosperity of his country, and
his voice of admonition,counsel or reproof, been freely
given and sacredly revered.
The Christian's hope was his, and his deathbed one
of the most glorious scenes of his brilliant life. Trusting
in Him " who taketh away the sine of the world," he
died, patiently and meekly awaiting the summons of the
messenger. The tragic end, commonly attributed to he
roes, was not his, but the magnificence and morel gran.
deur of the spectacle is much enhanced by his patient
and Christian-like .resignation. To be truly great, we
must be good; and Andrew Jackson combined with the
warrior's greatness the moral worth of a pious man.
" The elements
So mixed in him. that Nature might atend-up
And say to all the world—this was a man .i"
To TOE POST MASTER. AT )41LAIrr.There is scarce.
ly a day passes but we have some reason to complain of
the neglect of duty by postmasters, involving, in the ag.
gregate, a Considerable pecuniary loss M us, and no gain
to any one. An example of this occuried the other day,
and upon which we - shall take occasion to put a few
questions to the postmaster at Milan, Bradford county.
1. Are you aware of your duty, as enjoined by the
Post Ofce regulations concerning papets not taken from
your office ?
2. Are you knowing to the Gut that you tire . responisi•
We for the sobiesiption, when you fail to notify publish.
en that their papers are not taken from the office,
3. Does not the regulations of the post office Depsil:
went require you to giro immediate notice 7 ; ,
,
4.. After allowing p!pesa to accumulate for sewn
months, and then giving twice, do you think it is suffi
cient 1
N'Vhen you have answered these questiousddr. Post
Muter,. we can tell' you, that 'Miming , a . paper three
menthe old, marked orefitied," is not performing your
duty ; that yon have made yourself responsible by allow
ing the Reporter to came to the-off= for MUM months
without informing the publishers, as the regulations of
the department furnished to every Postmaster,Vvill tell
you. -
WONDLIMIL Tonsocco.--An editor haring read in
another paper that there is a kind of tobacco, which, if a
man smokee and chew it," he Will forget he owes a dollar
In 'the world," innocently concludes that many of his
inbeenbets bave been furnished with the vticle. - Whit
editor Would not? .. • •
special Court.
Towinib; Pioralay Jane . 23, 2845.
,
A 4.ech'd Control the alai of entail esuses, a list of
which: appeared* out paper teradror4 time since; 'IVES
opened by, the lion. William Jessup, President of. the
llth ./ndiiial District, at Z o'cloik in the - afternoon 'ref
Monday,. the 23d day of June, oh; and continued its
sessiorr, until Saturday morning, lest.
The following cases were disposed of:
Chester Butler and wife vs. John Bennett, Richard
Vanderpool and David Vanderpool. This was an action
of ejectment for about one hundred acres of land situate
in the township of Durell. The Jury, after having been
out from Thursday morning till 11 A. M. of Friday,
found for the defendant twenty-five acres and ninety two
perches. - - -
Alexander Baring and others,- devisees in trust of the
estates of William Hingham deceased,:va,Villiarit Hark
ness and James clad:aces—ea° facia, on Mortgage.—
Judgment by consent, June 25th 1845.
Same vs. Sally Welker and George H. Welles, caeca
tors of Henry. Welles deceased, and Jeremiah Baker
tens tenants.—Ejectment..
-
Judgment for plainiiff, Jane 26th 1845.
Same vs. Shubal Bowies, Hiram Bonney, and John
&Mee.
. Ejectment—Settled June 26th 1645,by agreement •
George M. Doi[cubed, Chester Butler and wife,
Charles F. Welke and Wife, and Mary Ann tanning vs.
David DenjaniiW and , Swore 'Benjamin', who survived
Martha Benjamin, and Robert Chilson, and Robert
Wood, terre tenants.-.Sc re &Sas to revive judgment in
ejectment. June 26th, Judgment by default for the
plaintiff ' .
Samuel Benight vs. William Seeley, John P. Seeley,
Sturges Spires, and Peter Squires.—Ejectment. Settled
by. written agreement filed June 26th.
Samuel Benight !ra. James M. Palmer, Mel F. Wyn
koop, and Alonzo T. Wynkoop. Ejectment for a tract
of land situate in the township of Ridgbury. The Jury
on Saturday morning, brought in verdict in favor of the
defendant'.
The other cases on the list were continued to the next
session of the special court.
His Honor appointed the fir Monday of November
next. at 2 ... c'clock P. M., as the time for holding another
special court, for disposing of the residue of the causes
certified to him.
W 1 ARS SIQIIZETZD to state, that them MS a por
tion of the Stock of the North Branch Canal Company,
which was subscribed with a view of accommodating
persons' esiding along the line. Any one wishing to ob.
taro stock, can do so, on the terms of the original sub•
scriPtion, by leaving their - names, with Wm. Elwell or
C. L. Ward Day's, any time within a few weeks.
The holders are not desirous of disposing of it, except
to persons living on the route of canal—where they are
anxious to have the citizens interested, in the work: and
have made this arrangement for that purpose.
Tax New Poem Orrice Law.--This law, which
went into operation yesterday, allows papers to go free
for thirty miles from the office in which they are printed.
Consequently subscribers to the Reporter, receiving their
papers at the offices - which we published, will not be
subject to postage. We should here added to the list—
llheshequin and Highland, in this county.
Awsaxerron.,--The Texan Congress met on Mon
day, 16 ult., and the Convention meets on the 4th of July.
The question of annexation will speedily be settled.—
Them can be no doubt, however, of the result, judging
from the spirit of enthusiasm manifested by the people.
Jona Saturn Courrrz.-0 rte . of the Virginia papers
wants a John Smith County, in honor of the gallant
Captain of that name. It must be pretty extensive if
he expects to accommodate within its borders all of that
TALL Wamure.—ELsworth, the Pedestrian, comple
ted his task of walking one thousand mites in 1000 con
secutive hours, over the Eclipse course, at Carollton, on
the Bth ult. at 8 o'clock, it being the third time within
the last few years he has accomplished the feat.
WHAT WILL BRADFORD DO I—Columbia County,
will prepay its quota of State Taxes, for the benefit of
the Treasury in paying the August interest., The Com
missioners have given notice that they will deduct five
per cept. from taxes paid into the County Treasury, in
time.'
HONORS TO Gas. Iscusos.—Han. William Wilkins
is to deliver an miler/ on the character of Gen. Jackson,
at Pittsburg, on the 4th of July. A funeral procession
is to take place at Lancaster on the same day, and Hon.
Ellis 'Leiria is to deliver the eulogium.
Loirr.—We are requested to state by a person who
recently dropped two one dollar relief notes in the street,
the other day,
.that if they are in the possessiOn of any
honest person, they may be returned to this office.
FOORT/1 OF Jost.—We are not aware that any ar
rangements have beetimade, in our town, to show a pro.
per respect for the anniversary of our National Indepen
dence. We trust, hOwever, that the stores will be closed,
and business generally suspended on that day.
Rceorsnlo.—We am glad to learn that,Gov.ll4'Duffie
basso kr recovered his health, as to leave little doubt, that
he will be able to resume his seat iu the Senate next
rzrn
A Vaimaan.—Philip Dunn, a soldier of the American
revolution, died at hie farm in Westmoreland county, s
few days since. He was 95 years old, and had received
a pension Were 1831,
MURDER DT WATEL—lnstead of rum, too much cold
water caused the death of James Powers, at New York,.
on Wednesday. The day was excessively hot, and
drinking largely, be fell down in the street, and died.
Hanvarritro.—The Farmers are already cutting their'
wheat and rye in Lancaster county. The crops are par.
daily a failure.
IMPORTANT TO THE :OFFICE Szercens.---The
Washington Union suggests that written ap
plications for office, unconnected with personal
importunities, are most likely to insure success
to the mostdeserving ; leaving, as such a course
intuit do, more time to the President and heads
of departments to read 'with care and delibera
tion all the conflicting recommendations. As
A general, though • not• an universal rule, pre
ference is given, when the claims of applicants
are equal, to those who have remained at home,
and who have not resorted to personal impor
tunities. • - •
.POST -OFFICE ROBBERY.—:-The.. Wash
ington Union states that Dr. Patterson, the,
Postmaster at Rome, Georgia. suspected of
robbing the office of Col. T. Hackett of be
tween 81700 and $lBOO, received his appoint
ment some limo prior to the close of the late
administration, and was not therefore, as has
been stated. appointed by the present adminis
tration. He was promptly removed by the
present Postmaster General, on his hearing that
suspicions unfavorable to his integrity existed,
and Charles 11. Garrar- was appointed in his
place. !, •
The Death and Funeral of Jackson.
c om p:edema of the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
NAsuvitz.n, Tenn., June 9th, 1845.
This mocning - I had nearly finished a letter
, the journal of Commerce, giving. an ac
count of a vigil to the Hermitage and the con
dition of Gen. jackson's health, together with
other information, when the melancholy intel
ligence reached me that out last evening, at O.
o c l oc k. the venerable statesman and patriot had
expired.
Last evening, about 0 o'clock, Gen. Hoes- -
t en , t h e ex-President of .Texas, arrived on a
steamboat, on his way to the Hermitage; and
ivithout stopping here longer than to obtain a
conveyance, proceeded 'at once to the General's
residence. He arrived, of course, an hour or
more too late to witness the Closing scene of
hie eventful life, and was met on' the way by
messe ngers coming to bring the afflicting news
to the city.
From Doct. Esse!man, who spent the day
at t h e Hermitage, and witnessed the affecting
seene of the old man's death,-I learn some of
the particulars which I now communicate.—
Early in the morning of the day, (Sunday) he
became conscious that the spark of life was
nearly extinguished, and .expel- gto die be
fore another sun would set, he seat for his
family and domestics to come and receive his
dying benediction. His remarks, it. is said,
were full of affection and Christian resignation.
His mind retained its vigor,to the last, and his
dying moments, even more than his earlier
years, exhibited its highest intellectual
To his family and friends he said : "Do not
grieve that 1 am abotit to leave you. for I shall
be better off. Although I am afflicted with
pain and bodily suffering, they are as nothing
compared with the sufferings of the Savior of
the world, who was put - to death on the accurs
ed tree. I have fulfilled my destiny on the
earth, and it is better that this worn out frame
should go to rest. and my spirit take up its
abode with the Redeemer.
He continued thus to address his relatives
and friends 'at intervals, during the forenoon,
and, as Dr. Esselman remarked,.his confidence
and faith in the great truths of religion seemed
to be more firm and unwavering than any- man
he had ever seen die. He expressed a desire
that Dr. Edgar, of the Presbyterian church-, to
which he himself belonged, should peach his
funeral sermon, and that no pomp or parade
should be made over his grave. .
To day, a meeting of the mayor
la/com
mon -council of Nashville was he d, which
passed resolutions in honor of his memory,
and called a meeting of the citizens in the
afternoon, at 4 o'clock to make suitable pre
parations for the funeral. At this meeting An
drew Ewing. esq., made sotne eloquent and
feeling remarks on the object of •the meeting,
and during his allusions to the time-honored
chief and his associations with the old soldiers
of Tennessee, man an eye was wet with the
tear of affection. Among the resolutions pass
ed, was one that the business men of the city
be requested to close their stores and places of
business, and the May,or to have minute guns
fired from 11 o'clock till 1, and the bells tolled
for the same length of time.
NASHVILLE. Tenn., June 11, 1E45
When we returned from the funeral at the
Hermitage yesterday evening 1 found it too late
to write a letter for the mail, as I expected to
do at the date of my last letter. The funeral
occupi,cl nearly the whole day, and by the
time we rode 12 miles back to town, it was
nearly night. When we arrived in the morn
ing, about 9 o'clock, the house was nearly
filled. although the hour appointed for the fu
neral was 11. His more immediate friends
and neighbors had come at this early hour, to
mingle their tears with the bereaved family
which the old hero had left behind him, in his
adopted son and daughter, and their children.
It was a sad scene to see the afflicted family
weeping over the remains of him who had so
long been to them a father and a friend.
The corpse was placed in the centre of the
large parlor at - the left of the hall ; and as new
arrivals made their appearance, there was one
constant stream of human beings, making their
way to take the last look of him who had been
so diitinguised in his day and generation.—
His countenance looked even younger and
fresher-than when 1 visited him previous to
his death. Those who had never seen him
before, recognized. at once, the features of the
extraordinary man, whose pottraits and en
gravings they bad seen in all parts of the coun
try, and.whose face had in it a distinctiveness
of character that distinguished it from all
others.
On the mantle piece", immediately over the
head of the corpse, was the last portrait of the
old General, taken by Mr. Healy, for Louis
Phillippe, the King of the French. It was
acknowledged by all to be best piece of paint
ing of its kind ever seen in this part of the
country, and yet there was no show of drapery
about it, but a true and faithful portrait of the
old man before he died. The eyes were so
perfect, and the expression so true to that calm
and thoughtful look which distinguished his
latter years, that you seemed looking on life
itself, rather than an image of life. The fea.
tures and lineaments of the face were equally
perfect ; and the abundance of white hair, wi
its stiffness partially gone, and the shrinking
attitude of the form, brought the last days of
the venerable patriot vividly before you.
At eleven o'clock the body was moved out
on the broad piazza in front of the house, and
a plattorrn erected behind the pillars, where
the Rev.lDr. Edgar took his stand, and the
'funeral exercises comm enced ., By this time
more than a thousand people had assembled ;
and among them many oldie old soldiers that
assisted the General in driving the Indians
from our borders. stood wig' tearful eyes
around his coffin. The Do * , r,. after reading
one of the Psalms, atid singing and prayer.
took his tat from Rev. 7 chap., 13 14
verses, and delivered, one of the most pathetic
and eloquent discourses 1 ever heard.
He spoke first hf the solemn and affecting
occasion that hail brought them together, and'
of the deep feeling that pervaded every heart,
at this dispensation of Divine Providence. He
said a great and distinguished patriot had gone
down to the-grave, and we had come to pay
our last tribute of respect to his cold remains.
I have not room for even a sketch of the dis
course, but after speaking of the present afflic
tions and trials of the Christian and his final,
glorious and happy ilestiny beyond the grave,
the preacher touched upon the history of the
General's life, and gave a sketch ofhis religious
'experience and history for the last six years,
since he became a tnemberof the Presbyterian
Church. During this period he had enjoyed
frequent intercourse with him, and had intro
duced him into the Church.
He bore testimony to the sincerity of his
converson, and the consistency .f his subse
quent life; np to his final depute e for a better
world. litany of the conversa'ions he held
with the venerable man he rt c tinted in his
remarks, end held up the Hi , le and hymn
book, the constant companion* , of his latter
years, and alluded to their wor appearance,
as an evidence of their constant p, rokal. Here
he uttered the sentiments he had po often heard
the venerable Christian pspress fespecting the
value of this book, and its importance in form ,
ing the character, The 'close 1 .1 hie sermon
was very tender and affecting, and breathed
the balm of consolation to the a 't icted relatives
and friends.
The exercises were then cl.sed and after
the coffin had been placed in a zinc covering
and soldered, and again place , in an outsider
coffin, it was conveyed to the t, tub in his gar
den, where he had caused a burial place to be
made by the side of her whose Memory he had
cherished so long and so faithfu ly.
Prayer was then offered ove his grave, anti
singing-; and last of/till emir the military of
Nashville, and firetrthree vol eye of musketry
over his grave. In oliservarcel Of his request,
there was no pomp or display , n the OCCaNiOa.
—no martial music—and noug , I but solemnity
and tears. In Nashville, they-11s were tolled,
and minute guns were fired..a l ,art of the day.
The stores were clost-d a wh.le day, and all
seemed to feel that the coon ry had lost a
patriot and statesman, and th y a father and
friend.
i_
AFFAIRS AT NATIVOO.-- l i
~,
Er - Warsaw Signal
of the 11th ult.. has the fel owing notice of
affairs at the holy city ;—.., It it rumored that
Bill Smith is making trouble for the Twelve,
in Nauvoo, and will eiiher cti. pel them quiet
ly, to surrender their powerold submit to him,
1, 1 1
or else he will throw himeelf'n open rebellion.
In consequence of the eickn ea and death of
his wife, Smith hat been co iteratively quiet
since his arrival in the city ( but there have
been many points in which e , has disagreed
with the heads of the church , which has led to
1
coldness if not hostility. W en Smith was on
his way to the city, he oped declared that the
twelve should reinstate El er Brannan, the
P editor of the New York fi t ophet, who had
been recently disfellowship ed,-and said that,
if they were not willing, he W uld compel them.
By the last .. Neighbor," W perceive that he
has succeeded, for Brighantu oung has issued
a circular, announcing the feet that Brannan is
restored ; but it is done with'evident reluctance.
It is gossiped about that Smith will. in a de
cent time, marry Emma, widow of his brother,
the Prophet. She is known to be hostile to
the twelve, and will lend
. her influence for
their overthrow: If this union is effected, we
shall look for a complete re, olution in the holy
city during the course of th summer. Wedo
not know that such a cyan e would at all alle
viate the condition of the of settlers, but Bill
Smith has some virtues wli ch will render him
less objectionable than the' Int rulers. lie
is generous, liberal and ' tt,
RIOT AT THE-SPRING; 6RMORY.—On the
19th ult., an attack mat "upon the enclo.
sures and buildings oft tgfield (Mass.)
Armory, by a number ._ _
~Jrent individuals
who entered the territory elonging to the Uni
ted States, with noise andithreals, threw down
some 20 rod§ of fence, an' demolished, with
axes and other instrument , a building contain-
ing tools, &c., and took a : ay a large quantity
of lumber deposited therei . A complaint was A
made to the United States authorities in this
city, and a warrant issui, upon which Mr.
Barnes, U. S. Marshal, irnmediately proceeded
to Springfield and arreste' eight of the offen
ders. Some land in disii te, we understand,
is the canal bell;. I
,
Foot. AIR IN WELLS. ' Three men lately 4'.
perished in Adams, 0 io, suffocated by the
,:-
,‘„as at the bottom. Wel s and pits frequently
contain nitrogen or carb.nic acid, especially
the latter, which, being eavier than the at- ?.
mosptere,sinks to the la ;nom. Both are poi.
sonous, and hence such p aces should never be
.tered without a very simple precaution. A
bundle of straw set on AO and lowered to the
bottom, will remove the t diffiCulty. But a bet-- •
ter expedient is , dirichargt g a gun-three other :
times into the Well, loadei with powder. The
oxygen from the gunpo- der supplies the def,
ciency in the well. •
IN • BAD WAY.Tri
can procure net money 1 \
The territory has neith:
Under such circurnstan , ,
likely that the Legislat e
journ. We learn by th i i
that the Legislative Cottj
its session. The bill 4
Legislature of lowa 11
fo pay themselves.— 15
r funds nor credit.—
es it is not at all au... ,
lulre will speedily ad , .•
mails of last evening',
cil of lowa has clog; r .
bmitting the rejecus ,:
cond vote of the pes.
vernor, and afterwards 1 , ,:'
e, notwithstanding tbi iS:
State Constitution to a e l
ple was vetoed by the Gb
passed by the Legislator
Governor's. objection.
MAGNETIC PRINTING
York Journal of Comm
--., We have seen asp:
by a machine of the abi
been made acquainted
ing it. All we can say
can be produced by tel
duced rapidly and accu
they can be, this invent
ness, far surpasses any/
has yet been brought bi-
ir ELEGRAPH . — file New -....
- rce . of Thursday, says: : • f
~,,
.eimen oftcords printed
~ie .
. ve title, but have not yet •c. ; -:: •
O. -
tth the mode of work. r t .r
is, that if such letter+ •: - .a...,_'•'-
5' , .w... •
;graphic wires, and pro , rr : 4,
. tely, as we ate assure( - k:A
on, for practical useful
lother of the kind w&'
fore the public."
DERRlES.—Cineinn;
es. Upwards .. of
ally. There are
sale of shawbenii
•uarts per.day this
quarts of etraviln
ey. average'S cents
1 thousand dollars
lit weeks for strav
, TATO TONS OF STR
the city for strawb•
quarts are - sold titer
twenty-five days of f
that market. At 40/
one hundred_ thous.
so'd in one season.
quart, which`makes
in a little more than
LAKE MICHIGAN.-1
coast of Lake Ildich4
and at the different pi
and Green Bay, a n'u
are springing up; 11
says, Saunk..Washin
towac dud Kewatinci
attracting the attentit
and emigrant, antic
destined to be a villa
The increase of the
now furnishes emple
small vessels that;
coast between Milw
'he trade on the
n is rapidly. increal
lets between Milws
nber of thriving till
he Milwaukie Send
ton, Sheboygan. Al
are points that are
n of the hardy advent
ach, there is no doubt
.le-otsome important(
edrnmeree at these po
,yment for a numbr
ply regularly aloe!
ukie and Green Bay
'I'IIE BURNT DIBTRI
cle states that about T ; "" h ' u rh n e dr P e i d " t n i t il e ilg h f l
in the courso of ereii i mitin the" burnt-distri
cl.,
The number ulread completed is support
be something overd eitundred. By next
tumor the greater TM tion ofthe " burnt dish
will be rebuilt, and!in most cases. with
and substantial btic buildings,
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