Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, December 03, 1845, Image 2

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Towanda, Wednesday, 'Pee.--3i-'4845;,
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Towanda Relief Notes._ Li
The fallowing report alit case goon to be decid ed «Illy,
the C o urt of Common Pleas involTes'a..nybject . fuf twine
interest to the holders of the alleged fraudulent - issue of
Towanda Relief Notes. It lass long been asserted .by
asme, that the State waslegally bound -to receive said
!tapirs a footing with oittos " rat " notes, and we are
: ,glad to see that there is some prospect of having the mat.
ter decided
Commonwealth vs. Andrew .11iller.—This wag an
• action brought to recover the gimp tax due by the de
fendant. 'f be defendant plead a tender if the amount
in Relief Notes of the Towanda Bank, of the issue sign.
ed by J. G. Boyd and T. Deer. as Cashier and Presi
dent of the Towanda Bank, which aro alleged by the
Commonwealth to be fraudulent and void. The act of
1841, commonly called the Relief Law was read io the
jury.' Documents to show that the Towanda Bank,ec
" ceps] of its provisions, and issued notes under it. were
also read. The defendant's counsel then proved that
notes tendered by . his client to the County Treasurer
were from the genuine plate, and also that a debt due to
the Idandfacturers and Meehaniod Bank, of this city. by
the Towanda Bank, had been paid in those mites, from
ill of which the inference was to be drawn, that they
were E( genuine issue. On their being! offered in esi.
deuce, the counsel for the CommonwealTh objected that
they had not been sufficiently proved, that the were not
shown to be money, which was necessary, ii i pole. to
make them receivable for taxes, and if, under the act,
the State was obliged to receive the genuine Relief
l!foles,itwas not shown that these were Fertuine. He
'said that it was notorious that there had been • fraudo.
• tent hobs, gone took it for granted that the defendant
- war bound to show that all the provisbing of tq act 'of
Assembly had been complied with in the ieture4f thee,
and that the persona whose names appeared were proper.
ly authorized to sign them. The counsel for tiO'7. defence
thought that it was the duty of the Commonwealth to
show that these notes were fraudulent Judee Campbell
said that the defendant.tied shown sufficient to thr o w the
on,usprobandi upon the Commonwealth, but he should
do u he hail done in all these cafes, direct the jury to
find ftir the defendant, and reserve all the law in the cage
for review by the whole Court in bane. Verdict for, the
defendant. BoOne for the Commonwealth; Thompson'
Westcott for the defendant.
litrrony OF WTOMl3G.—Miner's History' of Wyo
ming has been issued as we see by notices in the papers,
end is being delivered to subscribers. When are those
in this vicinity to be seived
([Since the above was in type, throu;h thir.kindness
of Judge Coirwintsx we have received a copy of the
history, politely furnished us by the Author. A, hasty
glance at, its page, ,, , satisfies us that our expectations of a
rich treat will be more than reamed.:
Mr. Main has collected in the course of a long
the materials whictr are.here embodied, and the arrange
ment and defiinitien of which could not have been con . -
fided to more worthy hands. We intend a more lengthy
and general notice, when we have time to read it.
PROSPECTS AnEan.—The Luterne Democrat (by the
bye, one of the most readable papers we gel,) thus points
'oat the prospects of Wilkesbarre for the coming year.
We are glad to ace oar sister town thriving, and antici
pate for ourselves a like state of prosperity, should its as
.sertion relatih to the North Branch be realized :
,"Two hundred and fifty thousalid tons of coal will
be sent to market from this Pulley ; nett season, and we
may confideUily * anticipate a buk , time. .The North
Branch Canal will be put under contract early in the
spring and be prosecuted to completion with great rapidi
ty. The iron works in Colutnbia county are and will
be in full blast, and the whole Valley of the Scunitiehan
ha Will ream:mil with the march of prosperity. Wilkes
baste as the great central point will enlarge her dimen
sions and put on the outward garb of improvement.
We congratulate our citizens on the prospect ahead,
and rejoice at the certainty of realization." ,
Lowsct, with its population of 30,000, has. 23 places
of public worship.—Ex. Paper. •
Chicago, with a population of 12,000, has 17 places
of public worship.—Chicago Gazette,
And Racine, with its 2,500 inhabitants, has its six
places of public worship—one to every 416 and two-
third Souls !—Adcocalc.
Greenfield, with its 2,500 inhabitants, hilifice places
of public worship, being one for every 260 souls.—
Greenfield Gazette.
Very good, gentlemen; but "you can't shine." Mos-
TUOSZ, with a population of only 800, has SEVIN plaCti ,
of public wotship, being one to every 114 souls—and a
baby to make up the fraction.—Register.
And Towanda, with 1200 inhabitants, has so many
pl;ces of public worship, that they are not half filled.
SALL 01 TUE PUILAOLLPIO A Mussux.—Thecuriaai
ties in the Philadelphia museum were sold on Saturday
morning 15th ult, by the Sheriff. The sale commenced
at 10 o'clock, and continued for about three hours. Mor
ton McMichael, Esq., the High Sheriff. officiated on the
occasion. There were not more than two hundred per
sons present. The articles were put up in lota, amount
ing in all to upWards of two hundred. One individual,
Edmund Peale, Esq., of Baltimpre, was the sole pur
chaser. The aggregate amount was about thirteen thou
aind dollars. The roamoth sold for one thousand. The
portraits of American revolutionary patriots sold at an
average of ten dollars each, including frames. No bids
of any consequence wire made except those by Mr.
Peale,. who obtained every article. The collection will
be removed immediately to the Masonic Hall, in Chesnut
greet, and will thus continue in Philadelphia.
Tat INTZAIST TO at PAID.—A Correspondent of
the Pennsylvanian, writing from Harrisburg, says :
The Auditor General and State Treasurer have brought
nearly 200 'suite against defaulters and their turnips, in
the Dauphin County Common Pleas, as they were au
thorized to do by an act passed at the last session of the
Legislature. The number is large, but there are more
yet to be brought, which will be done in due time.--
Thews officers deserve great credit in this matter, it being
a way laborious undertaking, but one that will bring a
large amount of money into the treasury of the State.
Col. Snowden says that he will be abundantly able to I
meet the interest that shall fall duo ou the Ist of rebut-
a ry i which is truly gratifying.
lunar Constreaszr—There is, we believe no more
laborious Judicial District in the State than them:com
posed of Luzern, Bradford and Tiogn. 'And we cam
not refrain from expressing our admiration—we might
esy, the'universal admiration—of the industry and lahm:
Sous perseverance of the President Judge. Early and
late, he is ever on the bench transacting the business of
the Court, -or hitening with praise -worthy patience to
long Speeches. Not the least 'fatiguing is the travel to
and • front Comte, over roads in most seasons of the year,,
in ivery Intdcondition.
.Talae it all in all,, the Judge
bas no enviable post, „ . •
Frlsituis. 7 Tbe ‘V.hig ayidiJatef9r . Cnogresa froc.4
thii Suite hits re@etred hii cciti6rata'of'elcciiue—Sl is
:In coMegiteiieeof three counties myths',
ioa made retrain of thei!eleetirt . thirty tia)s„ se
reqiired by 'ism,bir. Broekenbrougb,,the 4erttiteratie,
=Mate, has been "Ispared of his seat. It is supitused.
ho7•Ters Congress wjliaet thei.otatter right. IT
mitthig the Were* from these comotOsiehir.heleetithe
- 1 .439.4%.91,-Pranli.elsear4awandaDisOioni:Nrk. l . 93
Of the .Sens of Temperance was duly opened on Friday
evening last, lo C. B. Fr au, a, G. W.-P. assisted by
•Fg; i O4Nallogyiusd O.ftBbulf of Wpgabig . PhisiOliat
*l l llila
/thOut twenty me ens were duly iroditedi - .., askee
following officers '
Geo. Sanderspo,i7=W. •1
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A. D. Montanye,R. S.
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E. O'Meara .Goodrich, A.
- C. 844%, T. -
I. W. Tiffany, F. 8.
J. P. Worthing, C.
W.- Browning, A. C. .
. M. Wsrnet, I. S. • , , •
A. C. Allen, 0:13:
Yen4ercook, appuinteal, P. W. P. - .
J. E: Geiger, . do.. C. •
The Division has been organized under very flattering
auspices, and Will, wA Rost, •be the Tents of doing a
great amount of good. Experience, in other places, has
demonstrated the utility of the
,Institution as a co-opera
tor in the Temperaneecaus'e, while its principles rightly.
understood, will be. applauded by the most critical.
Dexocrtaxic Ittriesr.—This invaluable work bas
been received for : this month, embellished' with a superb
likeness of HOT/. JUPt A. Dix, Senate! in Congress
front this state. We hope this work is prospering, as it
really deserves to. It is decidedly the beat periodical
published in our country. Its. contents are variel' and
highly interesting. It is not filled with politics, las its
name would imply, as will Lis seen by the followirig con
tents of the dumber before us:. - .
A Review of the, Edinburg .and Foreign, Quarterlies
on Oregon, a Sketch of Tilloyraridt from the French of
George Sand. The Artist, Merchant and Statesman:
The Clinton Prison. SPinish Ballads, by Edward Na
turin. Dialogue, by Walter Whitman. La Vendetta,
or the Feud, by Mrs. P. A. Buffer, front the French of
lialzac, (concluded.) The Malthusian Theory—pis
cussed in a correspondence betnieen Alexander H. Ever
ett and Professor George Tucker, of the University , o
Virginia, continued.) Monthly Financial and Commer
cial Articles. New Books of the month.—Monthly Lit
erary Bulletin.,
Romi Coxvtxxiox..--The Elmira (N. Y.)
Gazette says: “ A convention will be held at Elmira, on
3d day of December nett, for the' purPose Of " taking
measures to further and secure the speedy Construction
of the the Elmira & Williamsport Rail Road with a
view to a continuous connexion by rail road, by the way
of the West Branch, between the N. Y. & Erie Rail
Road and the city of Philadelphia. The citizens of
Chemung, Tioga, Tompkins, Yatea, &mica and Onta
rio, in this State. and of Bradford, LycOming, Columbia
and Northumberland and °the: countiesinPennsylvania,
are invited to attend." ,
Hrtt►x Boxes Forsrn. = The Carbon county Ga.
zette says Mauch Chunk nes been thrown into a state of
excitement by the discovery of human bones in a hy
place up the valley of Bear Creek, supposed to be the
remains of a peilar named Seligson, who mysteriously
diaappmred in that vicinity in. 18W or '3O. At that
ulna suspicion rested upon a tavern-keeper named Al
bertson, who was arrested, and discharged for the want
proof. The impression is now strengthened that Albert
son was guilty. He left that part of the country some years
since, and it is reported that he is dead.
Ova NEW CiFFICEBS.—!-The manner in which our
newly installed Prothonotary and Sheriff, discharge the
antics of theii offices elicit commendation from all. We
took a look into the Court room yesterday and are satis
fied that, though as yet partially'unseyosinted with their
duties, this county' will bare efficient and gentlemanly
officer, for the next three years. •
WlNTER.—Sunday last, the snow commenced falling
and continued until Monday afterneon, , covering the
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grOund to the depth .of about a foot, and making fine
sleighing. Winter has " come in like a lion" this time.
Cosoniss.—This body met on Monday last, and we
shall hare the Preitidene4 Message, most probably, in
time for our next. It is looked for with much anxiety,
as questions of the utmost-interest are to be treated oL
O'CONNOR AND VAN STEENRERO.-Mr.
Mown . . the Governor's Private Secretary, ar
rived here on Sabbath evening. bearieg dis
patches from Governor IVright to the. Sheriff;
for the commutauon of the sentence of death to
imprisonment , in the State Prison for life. of
Edward O'Connor, and John Van Steen
berg. convicted of the murder of Under SheritT
Steele:
When the StierifT placed the two prisoners
in a cell together, and announced to them the
decision of the Governor, they jumped and
danced about like madmen, so overjoyed and
elated were they. O'Connor had for sum
weeks expected a commutation of sentence*
Van Steenberg. on the country, appeared to
believe that the sentence passed upon him
would be put into execution.
The Sheriff started with the prisoners earl ,
on Monday morning. tor Sing Sing areom
vied by Major Marvin and a guard of 45 inoiM
ted men.—Delaware Express.
CLINTON Pets 'Y.--'There :re now at this
'prison one hundred and ninety elmeiC'S.—
'They are employed at various binds of work
within the picket enclosure of twelve acres, and
are not chained or " clogged " in any manlier.
and are controlled and managed by a few
keepers, and a guard of only six armed men.—
(The guard consists. of twelve men—six on
duty at or.ce.) Since the first convicts came
on, in June last, milli one has escaped, and
one died. - Oti the 25th ult., one tit the prison
ers (a stone cutler)-, was discharged—his time
having expired. .He .solicited employment of
his agent, and was hired at fourteen shillings
per dav—donned his citizen's. garb. and is
now busily at work to • complete the cells be-
fore the winter sets in. .The prison walls go
up as if by magic, and every thing goes on re
gularly. and as "merrily as marriage bells."
The anti-renters, we barn, deport themselies
with great propriety. and are very orderly, and
quiet people at their new location in.Dennemo
ra.—Plattsburg Republican.
A FetawrsfxL scats.—We learn • from 'the
Richmond Whig, that at swinge on the niorn
ing of the. 3d inst., as one of the carriages of
the menagerie, containing the lion, tiger. 'Pan
ther, &e.: was in the :tour starting uePeterii
burg,.drawn by four• horses, One of the horses
took fright and attempted re rink This ex
cited the lion, who roared from arm. upon
which the whole team dashed Off at full e peed :
and after running • some distance; the wheels
Caine in contact with the posts pl rued along`
the side Walk. smashing three of I CM, When
'filially one of the wheels was knoclied oFfrom
theexle. theAriver.Pitche d juicily street and
Seriously hurt; - ind"the' Wapiti iiiaset. ; ~:rhi,
fnre..vitc . els being . 'bilhis means detaehed, !he
horse • proceeded ' - fitrioVVly: until; they , were
stopped 'by obstaelei in the '
street. - - Fortnnate 7
ly the Cage was's:fang, ii'nd "held 'its enraged
prisoners.
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The necessity of united anharmonious ac
.-tiotilrf theXteruheratic party . f flentrylvaolar
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is .thinifeAr the of our fileasokes, hay,
tpri' l eery*istrinee of out petit* 664, light-
Inlred in a ;eloriii!. , adherence'to piety dieciplinir
nod' • mound dependence of ita'Cnentberl, one
up* ilfcAthir. The very strength rff the
Democrats inifin•Representative branch nf the
Legislature, makes the evils of dissension and
divitrienmore to hcileared.both ,in . probability.
and 'extent. and these evilewith their atten
dant desert tives can .
,00ly, , ,
be avoided by a
thorough and compact political association
formed at the cummencement °tithe session.
and to continue throughout. • ; The ! Represen
tatives should consider theiniebiesiAs the seri.
tinels of the party, bound' to give strength, force
and vigor . m the views of their. conetituents„
and these means can cantle affeit'this result.—'
Our Seat of Goverriment will be besieged by -
Bank ;borers, Railroad Iniers, and all sorts of
Suriss•' Mercenaries . who for . filthy lucre will
•.. lobby " any rpearture_whatever, for good or
fer ill-the honied a n d rti° monied allurements
of thee'e hasiliSks weuld be of no avid; if con
centrated strength were . 'opposed, to them,
while every man would be comparatively , free
front the • impoitunities by which he will be
otherwise surrounded. Already it is aneounc
ed that Banks with capitals of eight millions
of dollars will seek charters from Ile Legisla
itire, and, a cerrespOnding
. amount of Morey
`will be, spent in hitring.,, We haie already
given reir
,views against charters or re Charters . :
w•e,believe the prosperity „and Virtue of our
people, depend upon the refusal to,enact.eny
such jest read„ And We are firmly . convinced
that every new: charter or re-charter granted
by - oar Demoeratic Legislature will be a . snare
to entrap the Democratic party—a. yawning
gulf into which it will be ultimately precipita
ted.
Men are'of mental mould : fallible as ever,
as easily to he led astray now as they' haV'e
been in past times, and it we Would avoid a
repetition of the corruptions of 1836 and '4O.
it can only be done by an effective associated
orzanilation, proclaiming aloud the principles
oldie party, standing together in cardinal points
of policy and defying the oily wiles of strag
gling
,berers, whit dare not besiege-a body as
they would an individual. : 'I ake any of the
Whig papers, and there you will •liiil what has
• become a cant slang, that the Democrats always
make the Banks: now is the time ,to - nail this
counterfeit coin io \ the counter. Our Legisla
ture is thoroughly Deniocratic, our Executive
.pant doubt, and if we wish to.eschew this
stigma, it must be done as we have pointed
out: . ,
If the hopes and wishes of the Democrats
of our State for future greatness are, to be ful
filled, it must he by a consistent , straightfor
w•rd course of policy : we have the power
and to us will be charged, as they ought to be,
the doings of the next Legislature. We know
the purity of our people, and confide in their
chosen Representatives.—Permayleania Re
porter.
Mysterious Discovery.
We learri from the Carbon county Gazette,
thai great excitement prevails in that Village,
in consequence of the recent discovery of a ho-
Man skeleton, buried under a pile of atones,
about two miles from the river up. the Bear
Creek Valley. A large pilestif stones, brought
near the vision of man by the improvements
of the Lehigh, was observed in a condition
supposed not to be natural. Several citizens
recently made an examination, an,: had not re
moved many of the stones before they drew
forth human bones, Pieces of cloth, and bind
ing trimmings.
The Gazette explains the mystery, by re
citing the circumstance of the sudden disap
pearance, in 1829 or 30, of a Philadelphian,
named SELIGSON. between Matich Chunk and
Wilkesbarre. He was a traveling Pedler, and
his brother came twice from the city to meet
him in Mauch Chunk, but without success.—
He tvas last seen at Barber's Hotel, on the
„Broad ht l intain, late one Cold winter night,
with Ina horse. and wagon, wending his way
through the snow fur Mauch Chunk. Suspis
Non. it is said.ested on one Albeiteen, the
keeper of a disreputable tavern, and his son-in
law, Morrison. who were examined at the
tone. One of tvlonn moved West and died,
and the ow resides in New York.
I , up the transaction, the Gazette,
a at this eonclusion. Taking into con.
si on all the circumstances attendant upon
taappearance ollirhe Pedlar, and the can
ton whteli those who murdered him—for there
is no doubt that he was assnesinated—must
have used to remove every evidence of the
crime, in connection with the appearance of
the r, mains. and the situation in which they
were found it leaves little doubt nit the minds
of our citizens, that they are the remains of the
Pedlar. and that whoever were the perpetra
tors of the murder, were men—well acquainted
with the glens and vallies of the Lehigh,—
Who they were, will probably forever remain
a mystery.
AFFECTING INCIDENT.-A hub- girl, the on•
ly and well beloved child of her parents.
are residents of Brooltlyn 3 : Lou; died
a few weeks since, and wits ward to the
private family burying ground. A large New
foundland ilog.the private companion and play
mate of the child, was frequently inissicg froth
the house after the funeral. When seen, he
was observed to be crest fallen and!, drooping,
he refused. his food t• moped and lost flesh day
by day. These circumstances excited curiosi
ty ; the animal was watched and followed' itl
his stealthy . excursions, and it at length ap
peared that he went daily to the grave of hid
former friend and playmate, deposited at each)
viiit,, l some of • the child's playthings obtaineifi
neatly from the house, on the grassy moundl_
that covered herremains; in the vain hope oil
'alluring her to his side, again, and then-lay
down, and -passed hour after hour, moaningi
and whining piteously. His ;master war
obliged finally to chain up the animal, to Olt
an end to his melancholy vigils: the continu
ance. of- which would have cost the faithful;
-mourner his existekice..,
ANOillEi MONSTER STEMIER.-.-W. H.
Brown. of New York. is.uilding a 1400 ton
sieamhnat for the People 'l Line; to he caltell
the ...qcorae Washington:':. She will 1)6'340
feet long . ; 40 feet beam, 72 feet wide on deck,
101 feet hold. and will be- launched about the
10th of December. She, is to .be propelled by
an engine °IMO horse power. •
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THE GREAT F1;ti:,...:ri11;3 .1011 ' 8-6):lhe 6re of
July 19th liipie keen so, fur l iFeviigalotl-av 10
ehow:thai they agioyr4 to an aggregate.of over
seven million. of dOlari.-triournal. V. Com•
intiei.
ligl
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tonfesdoa end &dollen of the Daveoport Nur-
Joh .! .‘ li-g. I A fon i', ~'
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r and O
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, 4,0 i ritoville(
,'young Itaii.- beenlhimirlacchtiling Or' aw for
4 1 t. 1
Abe mtirderflOf oo4lGkiirgellaven - tAI.,
lib:tang/ theilnordinttwak ralrip, a, lmmtise,'
.6imettrseif peoploli'ere rieeda'ssenitding rOM
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every part Of the - country ; and at the time of
the execution, I-made an estimate, and should
:judge .-- :thei,tv-rieff -five- thbiiistint-pterent.ti
promiscuous assemblage of men, women and
children. .'• ' •-• ...' ''
•At 1 o'clock the gnards formed in front of
the jail, when the prisoners were brOught out
and tendlietedin solemn privession.:With Mu.;
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sine to the gallows. The guard lormed in a
hollow square , abont- tha-gallows, while the
prisoners ascended the scaffold and took their
with the tiff.-,,Several - . other gentle-.
'men also.aseended the, sca,ffold..-. I say : other
gentlemen, for the prisoners.. appeared very
much like gentlemen... They, yerewell dress
ed,,and „up,tri, this, time, ;scarcely. any emotion
was • visthle .. itt-their cotintenatices.:' After sit
ting awhile, a slight paleness seemetlm over
shadow their faces, .as they looked upon the
crowd, and upon the apparatus before:them..
The sheriff advanced and read the order for
the execution ; after wlitat'lie remarked, that
if the prisoners wished to - Say anythin Oppor
tunity was givsnMern. John Long then rose,
(the sheriff haVing . unbittind the ;owls from his
'arms.) and "advancing,Made a very polity how,
andaddress,ed the authence,es follows., I give
the substance of Oat :he said, avoiding his
frequent, repetitions and correcting his lan
guage, which was sometimes ungrarttatical,and
otherwise incorrect:
[We omit the speeches. John Long eon.
leased that. he was.guilty of killing Col. Da
venport; bill said he wished thoie present to
receive. as the declaration of a dying man. his
assertion that his brother ,Aaron and Graniille
Young, were innocent of that crime. , Hobert
Birch, %V [Main F..x; Theodore- Brown and
himself. he said, kilted Davenport. but did it
unintentionally. : He then.; called upon one
Bonny to step forward, hilt being told Bonny
was not in the crowd, he said it • knocked out
650 pages from his speech." This Bonny he
declared was the. chief among thieves and rob
bers. Aaron Long and 'Granville Young then
severally. prntested, that they. were innocent.—
When they had done. John Lung again made
a speech., detailing some events in his life. and
railed upon all to take warning by his fate.—
Up to 184 b, he had never wronged a mad, but
In that year he was persuaded to engage in
counterfeiting, and from that he was led to the
commission of robbery and murder. A full
_confession of his acts and associates he said
would'implicate two hundred men in Illinois,
Indiana, Missouri and the Territory, but he
withheld the confession from regard to their
families.]
After he had closed, he returned to his seat,
and after-consulting the other prisoners, said it
was their dying request that their bodies be giv
en to their friends, and not to the physicians.
Mr. Gatchell now stepped forward and offered
up a short and appropttate prayer; after which
Mr. Hany read a psalm. The ptisoners now
severally shook hands - with those on the scaf
fold, and with each •other. Aaron Long &
Young were nearly metro , e with emotion—
John quite calm and collected. The sheriff
bound "heir arms, put the rope around their
necks, drew die-caps over their fares, and led
forward upon the drop. Taking hhe axe, he
severed the rope, at one blow, letting them fall
a distance of about four feet.
But now remained a scene most .revolting to
behold, and most horrible to describe. The
middle rope broke, letting Aaron -Long fall, stri-
king his hark Amon the beam.below, and lying
F,Liml the strangling caused by the rope
before it broke. For a moment. nut a 1111111 , 10
being moved ; all were horrified, and seemed
rivited to their places. So h n, however, the, of
ficers descended and raised him up.. w hen he re
covered his senses, and was again led upon the
gallows, Suffering intensek raising his hands
and crying 11111, .• rhe Lord have merry on me,
The Lord have mercy on me !, You are hang
ing an innocent man. And (pointing to his bro
ther) there hangs my poor. pour brother." But
alas ! he heeded him not.
I shall never forget the appearance of that man
as he set upon the bench. u large bloody streak
above his neck. his body trembled all over, while
preparations were making for his final fall. But
there was another act to this drama. As he was
ascending the gallows, signs of an outbreak in
the. crowd were evident.. Smite cried, • that
enough, let him go ;" while others gave ex pr e ,
sion to their horror. Just at this moment stone
cry was raised 'in a remote part of the crowd ;
no one knew what it was; sonic were frighten
ed—one wing of the guard retreatedlowarlls the
gallows—the tumult increased—a sudden panic
seized the immense crowd, and they all fled pre
cipitately from the place.
If the earth under the gallows had opened. and
Pluto himself had atisen from the infernal re
gions with his horses and chariot, ircould not
have caused greater consternation, or niore hasty
flight. The guard . were with much di ffi culty
kept in their places, the crowd returned, and
coon all was quiet ; every one ashamed of him
having been frightened at nothing One
wagon was found Upset. hut it was supposed to
be the effect, slid not the cause of the panic.
The wretched victim of the law was at length
despatched, and the crowd dispersed.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—An Irish boy.. named
'. Dennis Simile. was instantly killed at the new
fullUn mills. in Calmiville. on Wednesday
vening last. He was at work, in the spiimihg
.room cleaning. the machinery, placing himself
in a careless position between one of the jacks
atld the main part of that machinery ; the belt
which carried the jack was stopped. but tt ac
cidentally sprang on to another..pulley. Which
brought the jack up to the, main, part, in an .in
stant. The boy being. between it Was,caught
hy.his neck, which was broken and his head
smashed. Tbs., , poo.r., : latl had only time to
shriek, “Oh,dear,t 4 , l - before he was a corpse.
He was ten,,• year's .of age.—.Nothumpton
.Courier.
. . .
A TRIANON GONE.—Died at Inter , mnrse.
Lancast-r county. Pa.; on the let instaitt. Mr.
Andrew Snyder. in the one hundred and thir
teenth year of his age. Mr. Snyder was a
soldier of she tevolution.and a highly* respec.
table•.citiaen.:' , He was perhaps the olde.st man
.in Pennsylvania: . •
J'eciteeN'e Mosrvaimmt.—Wlir are 1 421 " 1 to
learn that. Itterc:olleetion for !hie pitrintie object
is progreesing most readily 'in itle••'Dhtilet.—
Froin the saint already '''snlieciihed,' toe hat'T
no doubt thit at least , five ihnusand will
be contribtitidtr Our' itiz,en4.—WitYhingiatt
.Consisitdion:. • .
acs Otlr
A most daring outrage waireemmitted.upoit
of orierni the picket .
;boalt(plyitig'betweeit Utica and, fly acitse. on
'..§untlay eicititiilast,.he being setie.reiti shit in_
Ibe leg btisothe person unktioten.l'Flieoe
•icurrist'imattiok place a mile or sipeastOfOriejta
'ny;An aPpeari_that the packet. met: a lake.
boat, upon .which were. some ruffians, Some of
whom had .an aniipathy to Allen, and dared
him: to the towpath .for Mr: Allen-im
mediately jumpeii ashore. -nod was no . sooner
on shore than he was tired at. After the first
shot the exclamation was heard from the lake
boat, " G—d him shoot him again."—' 7
Itappeare that. short of ilea; would
instYerAheir Mitt. 'Measures were immediate
ly taken:by:llns, packet hinds and passengers.
to . ferret out the .villains. The lake . . boat
thoroughly searehed, and no one - found aboard
biit Weniati:slind clad wholiad - concealed
himself, the villains.' having fled; Mr. Allen
ititiow at • Stanwix Hall, suffering severely
cram the effects of his wound, which will lay
him'up - for the winter; he is under die Care of
Die G. W, Pepe.—Rome Standard.
James Allen, the person referred to above,
bowsnian on Capt..M vers' packet. which
rune between Syraeiie . . and. Utica. .He was
bronght to tiit village on Wednesday morning
and died on Thursday. morning, at Brintnall's
Farmers' Exchange. inflammation and mtirtifi
'intim; hiving taken.place. His residence sr4s
Lieerpool,, in this town, where he has left la
!vile' and oil's . child, and was about 30 years. ilf
age.. His MiirdererN name - is Henry Fuller,
a hand on bOat 1-1 . . J. Myers. of 'Mohawk, Capt.
Morgan. 'His iisidenre is Medina,' Orleans
county, wh'e're he has •a wife. Immediately.
after lie sh4t Allen he fled, and has not yet
been arrested.—SyracUse Journal.
The circumstances 'connected with this Mur
der are particularly distressing." . The deceast4l
was Bowman upon the packet going West.
In going out of Utica, an infirm o'd man fell
into the Basin. In the darkness and con
fusion, some time elapsed before any relief
came.
The - packet had proceeded several' rods,
when Allen. seeing that nothing was done by
thoie on shore to rescue the drowning man,
plunged into the canal, swam to the exhausted
invalid and brought his apparently lifeless
body on shore. ALLEN then resumed his post.
ml the packet glided on fur a few miles when
she was obstructed a few minutes by a quarrel
between freight boats that had blocked the
passage. As the scow boat. H. J. Myers.
passed the packet a matt with a musket in his
hangs first used profane and threatening lan
guage, and then fired at Allen. The charge
took effect just below the knee, where from
fifty to seventy-five large duck shot were de
posited. When thus shot down the Packet
passengers were engaged in manifetiiing their
sense of the generous conduct of poor Allen. in
rescuing an infirm old man, by a liberal dona
tion.--.41b: Eve. Journal.
, .
The Texas Volnateen.
The Te4as volunteers, under Major Gaily.
consisting 0.103 men, have returned to New
Orleans front Corpus Christi, and been dis
missed front the. U. S. service. From letters
published in the Picayune, it seems that the
troops at the latter ph. re are not so• well provid
ed fur as they ought to he. One of thew says,
~ part of the troops here have not received tine
cent of paY fur six 'Months: nor is there the
slightest ini ication of nmintention to pay At in
for the foul: e. Congress, at Its
,Invt ses'stott.
made the necessary appropriations. mid i , the
money is in, the tre,teury. Fifteen officers arc
provided by law for the disbursement of ii. and
our regulati ins required payments to be made
every two Melillo.. 'More than hall nor army
is here, anti MIL of the fifteen officers of die pay
department, not one Is with us. II requtred
to move at t its moment. four.f.filis of the nrmy
must leave - .unsettled accounts of Nino s mo i l aw.
behind theist. We are in a I.n.tt ~1.-ir ,::,t I-7.,
is Bearer, and were it plipty, is
doubt le propriety. CoPgr, , ss Is
ope for' a correction • of - these
where eretli'
is of very
our only
abuses." I
The ea
of Texas li
writer says even the 'government
is assumed a strange and unexpec•
toward's them. The settlers Who
ate required to pay duties
)plies, by which the soldiers are
Uglier for their fond. This is. in.
as guests. and making them : pa%
[tier. calling upon them kir prinee-
Own making them suppoit the go
hey came ill defend: 'Tbe- writer
Mopes that it tin relief can tie afford
tuds will keep them well 'supplied
resstm.al argumNos. proving that
Js make low prices." a full Midget
no - doubt. be soon laid belure the
country. a
ted positiot
furnish dte
MEM
taxed still I
I=lll=
fur their do
nun. and
=III
Livettow•ly
etl, their Iri
with Conk
hi E th duu.
of which w
Deplurubic Suicide.
The Wl4 ling. Va., Times of Wednedav,
contains tliim melancholy intelligence of the
death byso 4 l .. tide. at that place, on Tuesday.
morning. 11 , 1 'apt. J. C. Revd. of.tbe U. S.
Navy, addli e aid to Gen. Gaines. Captain
Reed had ti veil on Monday from Cincinnati.
and stoppo !, t the. H. S. Hotel ;"iii the even
ing paid ha! II and his fare to Philadelphia.
He 'appeaii ! nielancholy and somewhat de
ranged. Hi , Cent to his rnolli hut did not re
tire—persn lodging in the adjoining rooms
heard him! . , ( king the room from the time the
entered tin O. the hour above named. He then
appears to, i. e deliberately taken his !Hi - Aster
IL
pistols fm r .
lits trunk, locked it. and placing
the muzzl of one at his right temple, snapped
ti f
1 two cae, s they were heard in the adjoining
room, and'inistaken for the snappi. g of . roar
in the fire.) A third time the pistol was; ths•
charged, the ball passing through the right to
timid' temple, and through the partitinn 'into
the adjoining! roam. He fell instantly dead
without a 'groan. He had a 'letter in his pos
session of recent date. from General Gaines,
accepting his resignation as one iif his;aids,
and couched in the most flattering terms. He
had also a sword, presented to his fathei by
the Legislature of New York,for his honorable
service in the-lait war, amlby his father pre
sented to him in 1841. He had abriutBo
,dol
larek of Money with him and some beggage.—
He was aged about 35 years.. . . -
~'DRRENDERED,HI)I9ELF-Mr, Bonny ; who
arrested the DayeriporOinurderers; has surren
der,ed:himself.to the. proper authorities, to.titn-'
ewer to indictments found, against hint In Lee
count[;, ((tyre, for 'Order., perjury and coun
terfeiting.
Tun. Sat 11 Anamintir.—TliP Intil-nf the
ithip'ZennplinnOyintz - a utilr, tltetato•fri.tit - the
"enetie of contlitgiatitiii, 6iitgitt 1111>Trttm thy
"falling cinders; and' tit's', 'burnt,ty the 'vater'e
edge; - " -
LATER FROM TEXA11....4.he Picayune
15th instant says :—By the arrival of lap
ing,of the steamship New York, Cam.p i
Galveston dates to Wednesda3
the 1211 t: intt. The mews is
.04 ,
:importance, at least we see nothing it
'ales,
All appears to be quiet on the frontiers,
the seenroy of the intiahitants at San A r
and Austin, and in the vicinity of thosept,
We see that the following_ force has bee n
tailed, at sati'gniciilio; Iwo eornpanie s ;
G, 2d Untied States Dragoons, a n d 1 ,, c
paqies mounted rangers—Maj. F ank
,comntanding;,at Austin, one company,
U. S. Drat!nons, and one company rrn m ,
rangers. 64 !nen each—Brevet g
Beall. 2d Dragoons, commanding.
-- In Brazoriife - oiiiitvcsaVs the Cohesion
I v Globe, not atingle vote was recorded am..
annexation:—
. .
- The papers are balding away to tavorol
iespeetive eanilidateith repiresent'rez as is
United States 'Senate—Gen. Lainarapp ear
he popular in the West and. Gen. Itt:sit'ir
East.
Our news from Corptia Christi direct, i
ter than that received by this.arrival.-
DREADFUL OCCURRENCE IN NEW. DILL
—Ou the evening of the 17th instant, is
Orleanso melancholy occurrence happ el
which the Delta, explains as follows :—.Cap•
Joseph B. Carson had a difficulty with )1.
Thomas M. Wadsworth,' some weeks a
which resulted in the Captain sending the
a challenge. The details, however, could s t j
be agreed upon, and no resort was made tort'
duello. •qn the evening above mentioned, t,
two met in the St. Louis Exchange, s t e ;
Carson asked Wadsworth if he intendeds,
give him satisfaction fouthe injuries, he .
ceived himself laboring under? Wederro n i'
asked him 'what satisfaction. he wanted-4h,
lug at the same moment a loaded pistol fas t
his pocket. and shooting Carson direei4,
through the heart. Wadsworth delivered hi.'
self up. He is a member of the Louisiaaa l b
gislature. , •
FROM SEIF,MEN.—;—The Warthington Uoio
says we have eeen.a letter from Bremen of ih
18th ult. which states that " the rush of em
gration will be very great from here to Test
next year. Already the excitement ns rot
menced. Numerous letters are arriving
daily from theimenor, makin g inquiries inn,
gard that country, all' of which rerun
prompt arid encouraging an4wers. Alreadr
three vessels have t•ailed direct for Texas
emigrants.; and rhere will have left Brom;
this year. at the close of the season, fur
United Stateir, 40,000; and already ill
30,000.
THE CABINET.—The Union Say!! of Mr.
, Buchanan, •• that it depends altogether upo
himself whether he will leave the Cohiaet,cr.,r
our own decided impressi)nal present,is,the
there will be no change at all."
IROVERNOII OF TEtes:—The lion. T. Ph.
bury, who is a candidate fur the gobernaloni:
chair of Texas, it a New Englander, a natio
of Maine, and emigrated to Texas in 1835 or
1836.
[From the Cincinnati Times.]
DYSPEPSIA OF 10 YEARD STANDIIG.
The.vrife of Captain Roberts, an Nine Street, near `
Water, Cincinnati, has been afflicted withlift 4 PEPSlA
in its mist aggravated form for the last ten years, war
recommended by celetrrated physicians of Boston, New I
Yorh, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Cincinnati, Weisel.
as they could do nothing for her. She did in but it did
her no good. She 'then commenced 'using the moat
popular medicines of the day for her complaints, but de
rived no benefit. Seeing an adveniienient of DI
SMITH'S VEGETABLE SUGAR coATEDPILL3 1
ihe,paper, she coiicluded to give them a trial—an
t.. t 7. F. Tl.orna,:, Siam Street, betsvien Third cid
Pow iii. 14. danifi', Agent fur Cinct.nnazi. and par.
cha , od a box, took; them :e cording td doecto,n, and or
joy state that ishe derived more heath
from the use of one hoz of Dr. Smiths Sugar Coned
;•getable Pill, than Nun any other medicine she, Co
made use of during the ten years. The above so
sent to G. F. Thomas on third day of December, 1941.;
Dealers furni , hed at the New York College of Heath.
179 Greenwich Street, New York: And sold by F.
H. MASON, A. S. CHASIREULIN, Towanda; HMI
GI uns, Orwell ;:Jonsr Passsonz, Rome; J. E Err.
Locg, Pike.
CAUTION.—Aa a miserable imitation has teea
made by the name of sugar Coated Pills,P it is amasr
ry is be sure that Dr. Cr. BENJ's.,Surru's sigoattas it
on every box. Price 25 cents.
IT HAS PERI.' ECTLI"CURED ME.
Put LA D E 1 1
.'lll A, December, 101 . ••:„:
To Dr. D. Jayne—Dear Sir—Theasto l ishingand m 4• a`?
',rufous beneficial effect your valuable EXPECT') .f." .
RANT had on my neighbor, the Rev. Mr. Rohr, i'..
1 .
made so favorable impression on my 'mind, that after ..
Consulting with several friends, and letaiiting that you '-.
were a regular Practitioner of Medicine, called ern •
you, and purchased half a dozen bottles, end told you
that if •I lived to take them, you should hive a gist et'
port from me. • .
,•I
I am alive and well this day ! Thanks be io a mud- •., i ,..
ful God, and your Expectorant: antlnow I come foe ....-...‘;,
--n:,,,
ward cheerfully to fulfil my promise. ' •')':
For twenty lung years had I been.a coniaant sufferer i,
, t
from the effects:of a hard, dry cough, pain' in the breast, .•.: 1 , - ;
and difficulty of breathing; the last Eve of Which, chills '.;!.,;
and fevers, every spring and fall, added to my mho!. - .. 5 .,,..
I was worn away tii a mere Skeleton; with the greatest !---;,
difficulty only could I get up and down stain; my type ",;
tile was gone, and my strength had so faelfailed me,thd
my friends were persuaded I could survive many weeks ':l,',
i.,..,
unless I obtained relief.. Indeed, sir, my situation led " : :'l.i.
so perfectly miserable to myself, and so ditressing to my i;;"
Eimily, that I felt willing to die, whenever it should f .:.1 . '
please the Master to take me home. But I heard of ';,,,,,
your medicine., and relief came. . Yea! it , proved lid .:,,,:
" Balm of Gilead" to my poor afflicted ,body, Before I ' • „1 . : • .,
bad taken ONE BOTTLE, I eiperienceil l i mitigations" -i:
all my symptoms, and to, my .. great joy I foetid laths cow
tinuell use ofit the happiest relief, In sltorl Sir, IT BA B '",•:'
MADE A PERFECT CURE OF ME--:,and I cautde '.'.'"•.
...- .
ly say, l-havo no desheio be'better. •• ; ' . , i!..
• With everlasting gratitude, I arn dear siii„ yotir ogle. r''.v.' .
friend. ; " ?ALIT Gill.
..,:
' Corner of Rose Street ail') Germantowolßoad, Pita' J
plain.'
Prepared only at No. South Third street, Phdadel .. . ! ,c
phia. Sold by A. D. Motrramvs, Towamle. ,
' Diet!, .
In Orwell, December lat, Miss Dtssu SinzsDA:Cs° 6 s
daughter of Deacon Uriah Cook, taged 4 ,2 years.
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• m 2 Su 7i Iticauhalp
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.Attorney tit %La* ' i
dniFFICE in' tho north corner of the Brick Itoeyrt•
IUP 'reedy Over the i' ot , t Mike, Main el Let. .I.7E r •
truce el the north end of the litrildinJ. \ 'l3-
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