Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, March 31, 1847, Image 2

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be placed in the bands of a mag)grate
nt. d.straction will be made We
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_ Those Ar.lo know themselies indebted
for more than a ',Jar, will do well to pay up and save costs.
We are compelled to be thou rir:l4l--wimply because we owe
money. aria must pay it; our only resource is the antount
due from delinquent subscribers. for adrertising, job work.ike.
To the few who hare been prompt anti punctual in pitying
their tender one thnnko.
Susquehanna County Bank.
We find in Mearson's Bank Note Reporter, a coun
terfeit -detector—the following paragraph :
. "Our aim, in conducting the " Reporter," is the pub
lic good. The intere As of banking associations are
nought to us compared with those which we have as
sumed to protect. We are sustained by the laborer, the
mechanic,-the tiader. r and the merchant, and this very
large class Of the population rely upon us for the truth,
let it bear brevity or lightly where it may. The truth they
shall always have in reference to every thing withinour
sphere. We shalt attempt no panics that we may de
spoil the laborer of his toil-earned dollar, one shall toe
recap him in temporary security :hat be may awake at
last and find it worthless."
Yet in the face and by the side of this fair outstart, is
the following:—
SrSgrEIIAZINA Cntr'•rt ILVIC.—We are pleased
to learn from the •• Northern Dernorna" that this hank
- mai never in better condition than at the present time.
We have, hitherto. quilted it douhtful, but-shall be glad
`to find that we have been in error."
The Bank Note “ Reporter " bar heretofore quote I the
Susquehanna county Bank. IN dnuldful—but now a
change comes over the spirit of its dream," at.d it is
satisfied that it wax never in better condition than at
the present-time." This we will admit, for il Meer was
eolrent, but we assert that the authority of the Northern
Democrat, which it now gives, is not correct; the Northern
Democrat—has not—certainly not lately—endorsed" the
character and credit of this Bank. Wo believe they will
not do it ; and as to Col. Lusk's paper we are sure they
have no claims upon him, since he went to Harrisburg
to procure their charter, and never ge.d his pay fur !
unless it is very recently.
The "• Bank Note Reporter" objects to a New Jrr ey
Bank because they have on hand in specie only one.
fifth of their acknowledged liabilities, or 20 cents on a
dollar. This is right, but before the editor or any one
connected attempted to bolster up an galvanized, bank
rupt concern, they should have examined the report of
the Cashier of the Susquehanna Bank to the Auditor
General in December last, which exhibits the amount
of specie on hand, to redeem its notes at $4,873 11, or riot
enough to redeem one dollar in twenty of its circulation ;
being four times as bad as the New Jeleey shop.
If the public again lose by the Susquehanna Bank, it
shall not be our fault. The history of banks and bank
ing in Northern Pennsylvania exhibit- the h,diousness
. of our present banking laws, protecting capital in the
most corrupt schemes of plunder and peculation upon
those least able to bear it—farrilers and mechanics—and
enjoying immunity through soulless, worthless and irre
sponsible corporations.
The history of the Susquehanna County Bank would
exhibit in all its beauties, shades and ',natures, the tier,
progress and sudden end of the species ;'the swindle in
the sta- t (upon money from other bank', borrowed for an
hour to svrear upon) in paying in the per cent. upon the
capital stock; the availability of the capital stock; the
shifts and turns to keep up appearances and procure
circulation; the sudden failure and the general scramble
for the spoils, enriching a few at the expense of the
- We may have occasion to be the biographeiof this
hank, and unlms an anti-biography is written, we know
none better prepared, for we are in possession of the
history of the bank from its commencement, fully au
thenticated from the papers," and its developement
would be a:rounding to those who are not acquainted
ith banking and banks. We shall "cry aloud and
spare not as long as We believe the peOple are in dan
ger Zorn corcrorations, "regardless of denunciation
from any quarter." We see that at present the notes of this
bank to a certain extent are in good repute, but we be.
here the only safe way is to touch not, handle not."
Nexi Election.
We find in the lag Democratle the following
article, so well-timed and apploptiate. that we transfer
it ta our columns :
The next election mot, in its result, prove one of two
things, v.z. Either the State is Democratic, or the pelt
piehave abandoned their long cherished principles by'
permitting the Federalists to obtain 'the ascendancy. To
us the problem is not difficult to solve. We do not fear
the lune, for so sure as the sin] will rise on the second
Toeulay of Oct ber, so cute `will our present patriotic
Executive be triumphantly re-elected. We knoll there
are a few among us who want faith, and we say to them
iu the language of the great bard of Nature,
"Our dotihts are traitors.
An I mei:l-sus lose the gaol see oil mi;lit se:n,
By icar ng to attcmpt.
In every Aspect of the controversy, our hopes'are en
couraged and our energies stimulated. With a peasperi
ty. unexampled, the result of Democratic govenamenis
wearer called up3n,to sustalo the National .honor, as in
1812, against a foreign enemy and domestic treason.—
The Democratic party has thus far carried the country
triumphantly through all difficulties, and the people look
to it for guidance in the present emergency, with a con
fidence that no hing but failure can destroy. As we.
—agriculture is raping a rich hiarvest—commercefiai
every pinion extended—and mechanism is beating all its
anvils for joy. flue country elands a collossus before the
world and its power and magnanimity is evinced as it
chastises one nation for injures done American citizens
with one hand, and feeds the starling nations of Europe
wi h the-other.
Vo be defeated in this State, with every adnntavion
our aide,Would be eminently disgraceful to the Demo.
critic party, and of vast injury to the character of the
country. Such a result is not to be anticipated. [lean
happen only by culpable neglect ; sod yet 11, • hive 1110r10
to fear from the apparent of lire in the federal party,
than from any clikr4ause. They feel theit weakness
declining an open, vigorous warfare, are eopying the
tactics of theirltexican allies,andpreparkitfor "abash
fight."' Tho old soldiers undsrstand thikgamaaif the
"PideQ party;and inoiritrat •. etifihe7 pretendini
to do nothing, they are really doing the mat! Emiese
,riespeireeelies—the Stve r irt-everi direction. • t
am(' erdir r e
eremite:4e, , for re rush. at tiok• poi. ; apd
leerjr i 'mesehe of their akieneth will4,e brotteltilitto aiii
aiiniele. Are:out frirrtiti Twine of these tihinginfl
they Wooly lot contest? Air thipi argil - lust I Ate
the 'tiles
. rsidi for tt oe is the celerity of
contest duly. estimated! la the Old Guard ready for a
chine! and the young, with its honest and patriotic
Teleiliel:Treittienrith'ePqrstc-wit irdraireip
the field with a noble triumph. If not, there is nn time
to lose ! Let every man. he up and d iing I Honor,
patriotism, duly, call sts ! Now is the lime to win the
applause of our countr3 ! Now is.the, lime for the
young polidciau to diasingtif.h himself by deeds !
I.ct the comminerehe arousetl—thcactirit encs!urage . d.
cluthful ateakenrd!
ME
Mi.Junssoa, llsguerremypist, will remain in town,
the reinsimhr of the week. 'Those desirous of having
their likenr•cwes taken in • Very superior manner, should
avail themselves of •he chatter. A vidt to hiirooms, at
Mr. Merseresu's, will • satisfy any one of his superior
skill in alWays procuring race:lent," couittcr&it present
ments of the human fare divine."' 1.
Intsu RetverCuveativ-res.,'-Wiliave been 'hewn
the receipt given by the aboie nameocommittevi for
sl3o—that being the among of collections in the
Churches of Townnds, inclding $l3 from Leroy town
ship. It bears date, of Independence, Phila., 19th
March, 1947. -
The Executive Committee return their thinks for the
contribution. •
"TYoea Lonna, No. 230." of 'the 1. 0. of 0. F., was
instituted at Wellsborough, OD the 10th inst., by D. D.
G. M. etTIIIICILLAND.I" The of for the present
term, are Robert O. Simpson, N. G.; Wm. Garretson,
V. G.; James R. Bryaen, j J. P. .hlagill,. P. B.:
James D. Booth, Treasurer.
MINOZITT RETWIT ON TIM TAR:ay.—On our first
page will be found the report of the minority Committee
appointed in the Senate to consider that portion of the
Governor's message relative to the Tara. It is a plain,
lucid and comprehensive document, and, reflects great
credit upon its authors.
fkracvs Bosocim Divistox, N0.238."0 the Sons
of Temperance was opened on Wednesday Evening,
March 24th, at Athenk, Pa., by D. G. W. P. &Lanni/ON,
assisted by several members of Towanda Division. This
is the seemd in this county and commences with twenty
one members, under favorable auspices.
Tit E Eon n s Gsz arra bas our grateful acknowledge
ments for _telegraphic despatches forwarded to us by 'slips.
81 ARVATInS AMONG THE M °Mfg:VS.—The
Mormons who were last to leave Nauvoo—a
great portion of them being the destitute and
sickly of the populatiOn—are suffering dreadful•
ly on the Pottarrammie lands:lowa, one hun
dred and seventy-five miles whet of Montrose.
Many of them enlisted and have gone to New
Mexico, but the rest are starving upon the prairie
A committee has arri••ed at Si. Louis to solicit
relief. As these wretched people were driven
from coinfortable homes by a lawless nob, with
out the least shadow of right, they have strong
claims upon the sympathy of the humane, and
'we hope they will receive prompt relief. The
husbands and brothers of many of the sufferers
are now engaged in .New ' fighting the
battles of their country., an inStance of pstrintisip
that speaksi nobly for their eharacter,' consider
mg the bitter persecuting and wrong they 'have
endured in every State iii which they lived.
Alas. Cusse..—Messrs Hyde & Goodrich, of
Chartres st., have executed the order for a ser
vice of plate. given by the ladies of New
Orleant!. for the purpose of being presented to
the Hernime of Tampico. It consists of two
large and massive silver pitchers. with a silver.
all highly finished and elaborately ornamented.
Etch pitcher bears the following inscription.
surrounded with a wreath of oak leaves; •• Pre
sented to Mrs. Ann Chase by the citizens of
New Orleans. as a tribute of respect for her
noble conduct. which secured to the United
States Govetnment. on the 14th day_rif Novem
ber. 1846, the possession of the city of Tampi
co. M •xieo. New Orleans, March If.th, 1847.
We congratulate the ladies of New Orleans, for
their taste and patriotism.
DIsTRMING OCCURRENFE rr BALTINORE.—.•
The. Baltimore Sun. of Saturday, mention, -the
following distressing ocenirence:
A circumstance took place at the boarding.
house of Mr: Ennalls. in South Gay at. yester
day. which has filled a circle of relatives and
friends with the deepest grief. A married lady,
a Mrs. Sexton, who. with her husband, board
ed there has been fur some time subj..ct to
aberrations of mind. Site was yesterday alone
in her room, with her little child about siiteen
months old, when suddenly screams were
heard. Those who first got to tbe. room found
her crying murder, and found too that she had
destroyed her own child, depriving it of We by
erushinc the back part of its head with a flat-
iron. The tinfortunate.lady, we learn, has Since
been removed to an insane asylum.
TAlrpli At AGUA NVEVA.--The New York
Sun has seen a letter from Muntirey. dated the
20th ult.. from an individual in the army. which
says that Gen. Taylor selected Agua Nueva fnr
a field fight with Santa Anna's whole army,
and that Gen. Marshall, ow the day named, left
Monterey with four pieces of artillery. and .all
the disposable forces. to juin Gen. Taylor, who
was then hourly expecting an attack from Santa
Anna. Prism_ the tenor of the letter, it would
seem that Gen. Taylor had selected his ground
11,, a fight, and we may therefore conclude that
having the Passes Rincnnada and Los Muettos
iu his- possession, both well fortified, he has
kept his position without serious loss.
Freon nturtico.--ne Sitackon Vern Cruz.
Captain Brown, of the . brig Pioneer, which
arrived at New Orleans on the 12th inst. from
Tampico, reports that between fifty and sixty
tail of vessels left" Tainpieu . and>the' Island of
Lohus•on the - 28th ult . :, with troops and muni.
r irv.4J4alirtriihn_bonolardm.,wini win%
place about the 10th inst. The Pioneer left
Tampico on the Ist. • -
Fnis Sr I / es o o--President Riche Poison.
12.1(1er, of the schooner. Union.
rived at New York on Saturday from Jaemel.
states that President fiche died at Port au
Prince on the morning.of the 27th of February.
It was the opinion of many that he was poison.
ed. which: however. was nolgenerallteredited.
while others attribute it to fatigues during a
journey tithe repel. .Provisions exceedingly
scarce, and commanding high price.
TUC METII^DIST, 001ERAL COMPERENCE.
araembted at Washington. adjourned on &mut.-
day. This next Conference is to be held in the
Caroline Station, (Baltituore,) March Bt h , ISIS.
Highly impoliant - irom y :
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TWO 114-TVLES REIPOUTERI
aEA 11,14.1704.4E11
/Irt4rival*--New Orleans 'bangs runicirsiit
Defiles. bet Ween Gen. r'reylue
end Santa, - • -
L '''Paktnr:"While'sd - Agna Nueva, 4 lvitifs
men. was (marked by 20.000 Mexicans, on
iil,,retivgary, finding he . could 1191
maintain hie poeiiiiin. he retreated to 'gaiiiiin;
where a Moody god-slesperote fight took place.
in which lie sustained great lose. •
Nest (lay, be ordered Ins .wagon train to
Monterey and fr i ll bariCto %slim, a,
Terrific snid that the
hiss ol the Americans is 2000, and the Mexi.
can - lose - liver 4000. • , • - '
• It ficetaied 'also Marina had raptured Tay
-
lor's supplies, 'amid killed • McCulluch's cons,
'• Thr
an have
ie ifilezict POI
Rio Grande Country. Gen. Urea wae•march•
ins on-Natamoras.
• This Was believed at New Orleans, amniae
been confirmed by late arrivals.
Fifty or sixty verels left 'Lobos Island 29th
F.-bruary. with troops and monitions of war
for Vera Cruz.
The bombardment was to commence on the
lOsh of March:
[From the Public Ledger, March, 211h.]
- THE LAST INTELLIGENCE Feow TICS SEAT
nF Wan..—We published yesterday, under - the
Telegraph head, the hot accounts from the Bra
zos on the Ith lust. We find in the New Or
leans papers. something like an• attempt to re.
duce the confused rumors into order, add to •
thrJw some light upon the obscure intelligenee
lately received. Nothing of certainty can be
known, however, until further advice, shall be.
received. Conjectures - only can be indulged
in for the present ; those we find in the New
Orleans Bulletin and Bee favor the views we
have expressed of . Taylor's- present position.
The requisition fur volunteers, it will be
seen. comes not from Gen. Taylor; but from
Col. Curtis, at Camargo, fur the defence of the
Rio Grande, (where are public property and
stores amounting to six , millions of dollars.)
and to open the communication with Taylor.
This-is a very essential difference in the im
portance to be attached to that fact.- Had it
come from Gen. l'aylor, it would have given
credibility in some measure to the wi-rat re•
ports which have been circulating for some•
days past, of the great loss that his army had
suffered. It at least would have. shown that
Gen. Taylor himself considered his situation
a very perilous one.
At the present uniting nothing further has
been heard from Taylor since the 22,1 of Feb
ruary. Cie day on which the battle is said to
have been fought. There come a report from •
Tampico, on the 2d inst.. of; an encounter be
tween Gen. Minon. with five hundred Mexi
cans, and. Gen. Taylor, in which the former is
&treated, which may possibly explain all the
other rsportsby way of the Rio Grande. Tam
pico is 400 miles nearly from Monterey. and
the news which was received on the Ist inst..
at Tampico, supposing ii to have been the af
fair of the 22d inst., had time to reach there in
nine days. It would reach Tampico sooner
than Brazos, now that the connection between
the latter place and Monterey is cot off. - f But
it is useless to speculate upon this subject with
the little light that we have, A day or two
will probably-give us the troth.
There is one thing very evident. that at Ca
merger. where all these reports first Caine from,
there is an extraordinary excitement and alarm,
which may account for the extravagant stories
which they have set afloat. The call of Col.
Curtis fur 50,000 volunteers, and the prepara
tions being made at that place all show that
such a feeling of excitement exists. There
meet have been alarming fears indeed, when
fifty thousand men were deemer: necessary for
tH emergency.
r. [From the New Orleans Bulletin.'
We have had a conversation with a highly
intelligent officer of the army. who has been
attached to General Taylor'S staff ever since he
entered Mexico, and who left Saltillo on the
4th ultimo. Ile informs us. that there is no
practicable pass by which Santa Anna could
possibly get into General Taylor's rear with
artillery, and that if he attempted to attack our
army with infantry alone, lie feels assured he
Would be repulsed, even if he had a great su
periority of force, as Gen Taylor has four bat
teries of flying artillery, (one of them consisting
of 24 pounder / howitzers,) with a full comple
ment of regulars to serve and manage them.—
Ile also expresses a belief that, though 'Gen.
Taylor might fall back from Nueva to Sabin°,
he would not retreat from the latter point, with
out first having a battle. Gen. Taylor's force
does not exceed 5000 men, all of which are
volunteers, except the artillery and about 150
dragoons, under Col. May. Besides the above
force, there are 1.1300 men at Monterey. which
latter place is represented as being in an excel
lent elate of defence, and capable of successful.
ly resisting any force the enemy can bring
ag hat it.
According to the present tames, it would
appear a considerable, farce of the enemy had
passed to Gen. Taylor's flank by Victoria. but
which seems principally to have been cavalry..
Should Santa Arum have sent his artillery also
by that route. his means of attack. and ranee
gently his chalices of success, will have been
greatly increased—there is no doubt he has a
large force with him, as he never would have
attempted offensive operationa against our army,
except with a great superiority of numbers.
It will be seen by Dr. Jarvis' statement. that
nothing had yet been learned as to an actual
battle, and of course no foundation, for the 'finis;
ter report of pen. Taylor's heavy lbws, and
that the rumors on this head were confined to
the.cuttintr_off Of some trains or small detach-.
ments. ,From all we can see in the Dements
that have been received. we are inclined to; be
live that the force in the rear of Gen. Taylor is
exclusive!) the troops that have advanced from
With all hie army?alelaokftlllo. B .,a, .moved • up.
tempting to send any part of his troops into the
rear of the Americana, through other
_difficult
passes—Gen. TaFlor has probahly_fatlin back.
on SAM°, from his advanced poshon at Nueva.
and will giye battle et the former plaeti.., If hik
suce.eeds,in #pulsing Santa Anna many attack
the listterinay make, 211,4bl:fiddly, will mu . in
his rear—as the accounti state thee antnittnition .
Wu . being forwarded from Monterey to Setae;
it would appear there was no interruption to the
communications between these two places. and
that the enemy's force had only appeared on,
the route between Monterey and Camargo—
this would tend to strengthen the belief that the
force in the rear formed no part of Santa Anna's
army. as they would have been operating be
tween Saltine and Monterey,
w i
yone, comes from Mr. Kendall. at Tampico :
March. 4, 1817:
QThe riportir in relation tolhe ifiovemente of
Gan. Scott are coetiatliclory..l Almost all
agree blow - ever thatAi yort(Mi of s his.for4li t al
reedy bff Anton 1.0.1id - o.` , Wherarit is acid-the
• M.eait•ine have throwo,,Up•-katteries to inevent ,
etieinntlineand there are 'martY-who-thirik
that the battle of Vera Cruz has been fought.
The brigades ofGen. Quitman.and Shields are
eta! here, as also a nuinher7of:Offlcers who
came down on, the New Orleans. They arc
all at.xinuilti see the fan;tango at Vera Cruz.
and it will be altogether too good a joke if they
are theeppoutted.
i It:Was Gen, Minon who is Said to:haitnet-)in
inatitli•d the' Mexicans in the night attack up.
all Tliiiepoit - comes from - the
Mexicans—nothing positive has been received.
• - TAMPICO. March 6, 1847.
Rumor follows rumor here .in such quick .
succession, that before we have time to digest
one another crowds it aside and both prove
eventually • untrue. Yesterday the city was
agog with the startling intelligence that Santa
Anna had attacked and defeated Gen. Taylor at
Agua Nueva. and even the names of some of
officers killed were given. .1 don't believea
word of it. although that we may soon expect
to hear of battles in. that section is reasonable.
Santa Anna really intends either to • hazard an
action at Ague Nueva or near that place. or
else is making a feint with a large force to-dis
tract attention from certain designs upon other
points.
Taartco.• March 7th, '47-4 o'clock. P. M.
It is said that a report reached here this
morning from the. city of Mexico to the effect
'that a pronunciamento or revolution\ headed
by the-clergy, had. °enured ; that Gomez Fa
rms. the Voce President. had been depoied ;
that an editor of one of the papers bad been
placed in his stead, and that the objects of the
revolution had been carried out in every par-
eseepion of the whole
tirular. Considering the power of the clergy.
and well•knowo hostility to Gomel.. Ferias,
there is some reaboo in this.
• The Mexican army is reported to be safer.
in to an incredible extent. not only for cloth ,
hie. but forthe absnlute necessities of life. In
the .meantime agents are riding through the
ronntry. exacting contributions in every town.
At Aliamira. only a few days sinee; WOO were
raised in this way.
From Santa Fe—Confirmation of the lumina
lion of Gov. Bent and the Americans at Taos:
The St. Louis. Republican of the 11th saps.
that Lieutenaut.Abert, whose.letter we publish• 1
ed a few days ago. and Mr. H. Hoffman. ol
Baltimore. reached St Louis on the 10th. The
editor of •the Republican says t
We have not seen-either of those 'gentlemen,
but we understand that Mr.,Hoffman expresses
no doubt of the correctness of the news from-
Taos, of the insurrection and murder of Gov:
Bent. and of other Americana then there. The
information came to him from different sources,
all agreeing in the details ; and at Bent's Fort.
where news of the murder had previously been
received, they were satisfied of its correctness.
The signal for theoloody work was given about
daylight, and forthwith the murderers, who had
concealed themselves in different parts of the
village. fell upon their victims, all unprepared
for defence, and despatched them.
Tirley's distillery, or what may be termed
the Llock-house. was defended for two days
against the assaults of the enemies, but at last
they underminded immates attempted
to escape by jumping from the top, and in their
defence and kill, seven out _of eight persons
were killed. The man who escaped feigned to
be dead, but at the proper time started for his
home, some miles distant. When he reached
there he sent expresses to Bent's Fort, inforin
ing them of the state of affairs at Taos. An ef
fort was making by Wm. Bent to raise a force
to go against the insurrectionists. but it was
somewhat doubtful whether it would be success
ful.
The Revielle says:
It is supposed that about fifty persons have
recently perished on the route to Santa Fe,
from starvation and exposure, They were
principally persons who had gone out in the
employment of Government as teamsters.
Our correspondent states that an express was
sent to Bent's Fort with an escort to meet Capt.
Murphy. and protect him against an attempt of
the Mexicans to.aeize the Fonda. This move
ment has proved, not doubt, to be a wise precau
.tion.
NoFoss ! PtoLoNs I—lf ever 'pigeons flew
with a more perfect looseness than they have
done in this region for the last few days, it
most bave been on some occasion when the
oldest inhabitant" was too young too remem
ber it. We have been accustomed to hear mi
grating companies of these. birds collet: flocks,
but this term fails of conveying any idea of the
infinite millions that have been moving simul
taneously down' the lake and across the Ni
agara. They came in processiona, which at
times striped the whole canopy from west to
east, and threatened to turn all creation into one
universal flock of pigeons.—Btffalo Republi
can.
THE VOLUNTEERS CALLED DY COL. CORTIs.
—The Senate of the Louisiana Legislature has
passed resolutions authorizing the Governor to
raise troops - for the Rio Grande. In the House
of Representatives these resolutions were referr
ed.to a coininittee of five , with instructions -1 to
Wait upon the Governor and as certain what
grounds there 'are for supporting the resolutions.
It is contended that the call has been made
without any authority, and, for aught that is
known, without any necessity, though the
House is disposed to do whatever the emergen
.ry may require.
COURT SCANDAL.,-In Bavaria an extraordi
nary scandal has amen. Lola Montua; a Span
ish danseme, who appeared in Loild6n'ti year
outer° back. having turned the brain of the
King: who has sought to create her a countess
and to present her with one of the finest of the
Crown domains. The Ministry. by whom
holm dmissed.
but they carry with them- the popularsyrnpa
thies.• • • - - - '
Tam Saimaa Bustsessommerce is :in
a most flourishing-condition. _ Many vessetsare,
now earning their own eitskin one, voyage. out, ,
A Portland shipmaeter. as an instance. recently
bOught.a vessel fureB.ooo. ant! his 3mi freight
list was 014',000, whiCh, leis expense $3-000
for his , voyage. . The sanie.ts measurably true,
of the shipping interests. generally. ,
Tae CANADIAN PAULIANIZICT.The CUSP'
dian Providrial Par dartit has bven priirogued to
the 24th of April, and will not ihen meet 1. i
parposi of despatching any 'tininess until M
and, probably; u late as JOne,
-N r ifalilrSteiiiibiraliiiiiii:
Ths-Demandrttpon the English:Treasury t
f; 'supply 14tod—r0* Connell Dyingr-The It.
k,lnanctal Rosilkn of France. 44., tc+:: , : . 1 1 .:',
"Ish - tit'lCunitril IX:teamer Hiberuiailiiir lelrr':
griiplied at llostO, about 4 o'cloCk!ori .Bati,ri
jyy atikinnon i _and reached the w„hartai 0,2 -1
Tlitillibertsia made the passage in 'sixteen
days, having sailed from Liverpool on the 4th
inst.. antlllings , Liverpool dates twenty-eight
daYs later than the . Canibria.
The affairs of Ireland Still continue to absorb
attention. The proposition of Lord George
1 Beutinck. for expending sixteen millions on
-railways in that ;country. was rejected by a
1340 - majority. "Sir Robert Peel brought his
, sledge-hammer•logic to bear upon.thexcheme.
and by a fete = masterly strokes knocked all
ininse 'and - practicability' out of it. It-was ar
gued that the present distress was temporary,
inicl'the remedy would entail a pernianent drag
on thi3linperial titoequer ; 'that the money
market would be seriously' deranged, anti trade,
through all its complicated arteries, suffer para.
lysis•by the adoption of the proposed plan.
On the 22i1 of February, Sir Charles IVood
brought forward the budget, and entered into a
financial exposition of the revenues of the coun l .
try. The calculations of the preceding Chan
cellor had been exceeded by two millions ster
ling, and this. ton, in the face of many reduc
tions in the tariff, The Irish drain on the Im
perial revenue is more than a million a month
—he has borrowed_ eight millions.
Mr. O'Connell, it is said, is dying. The
state of his health prevents his removal to Ire
land. His confessor. Dr. Miley. left Dublin.
by express, to attend /din in London. where
he now. remains. His complaint is stated to
be water on'the chest and dropsy in the legs—
fatal symptoms ever at his time of life.
The' transportation system is to undergo a
change. 'Convicts are not henceforth to be
sent to the Australian colonies. Model pri
sons or penitentiaries at home are to receive
prod offenders for a given time, with suttee.
(pent employment on public works, and con
ditional pardons when they behave well. the
earningb of the prisoners to go towards afford
ing them the means of emigrating, and their
families, if they' have any, may accompany
diem. The Government scheme of education
is meeting with strong opposition from the
Dissenters.
The financial position of France is said to
be most embarrassing. The deficiency is said
to be nearly thirty-nine millions of pounds
sterling; and the department of finance is una
ble to answer the demands upon it. The Budg
et Committee, it is added, has been ordered to
make appearances 'square as much as possible';
but even Omit version will show a deficiency
of 400.000.000 frances, or sixteen millions
sterling I
The price of bread in Paris has Xgain been
raised two centimes the kilogramme, or about
on the 4 lb. loaf
The King of Naples has forbidden the ex
portation of wheat, as he had Previously that
of mr ize.
The Prussian government is making large
purchases of rye from 'Russia, m order to re
duce the price of corn.
The Pope has been elected Colonel of the
civic guard of Rome.
The effective force of the French army is to
be augmented by 10.000 men.
Wheat of the first quality is now selling in
Lisbon for 101 s. the quatter.
The treaty of commerce and navigation be
tween Naples and the Zoilveren, pas finally
concluded at the close of last month.
The Spanish papers state that large quanti
ties of maize have been shipped front Vigo,
and" other Galician ports, for England.
A quantity of fresh pork was received from
New York by the Oxford packet ship, and is
now on sale in Manchester.
Mrs. Butler. late Miss Kemble. after having
demanded £lOO per night of Mr. Bunn, to
perform at Drury Lane Theatre, London, plays
at Manchester for £4O.
The Malta journals brought by the Levant
mail, express alarm at the small quantity of
corn •in the island, which does not exceed
twenty days' supply:
The Emperor of Russia has ordered that no
person shall establish any telegraph" in his do
minions without his permission.
-'ln consequence of thd high price of grain,
the daily allowance of oats to cavalry horses
has been reduced from ten pounds to seven
pounds, which will save about 18.000 bushels
of oats per annum in each regiment.
IRELAND AND HER DISTREXS.—The follow
irg letter;ezplains itself in phrase too distress
ing to need comment :
ANNADUF7, Drumsna, Feb. 15, 1847.
I venture to write to you, in the hope that
you may perhaps be able to interest some of
your friends at Liverpool and elsewhere, so as
to assist in alleviating the unprecedented Irish
distress which abounds on every, side of us.—
In ibis parish (as your brother can testify)
deaths from starvation have become so nu
merous, that they have ceased to be recorded,
and coningr's inquests. which were at first
resorted to. are now seldom held, on account
of the frequency of the cases that call for them.
There are. on a moderate cpmpination, /ear
thousand .persons in ibis parish utterly desti
tute ; in fact, three-fourths of the population
know not what it is to eat a regular meal once
in the twenty-four hours, and many are forty.
eight,houts without tasting food—and ibis, not
only among the class whom we once consid
ered paupers, but the small farmers and even
the respectable householders. A neighboring
gentleman told me yesterday that a horse of
his having died - from disease last week, the
people came in crowds begging for the flesh,
and though he tried to dissuade , them from us
ing such food, they persisted in carrying it
away. A poor ~man was found dead en the
road, neat your brother's house, on Sunday.--
In short,,we are living in-the midst of famine,
destitution and deith.
I may mention that scarcely any provisions,
are to be had in the country. We are clepen
dent on distant markets for our supplies, :-and
our inland position. so remote from seaports.
renders carriage of good's both. expensive and
Believe me, dear air, verv e frilly yours.
GEORGE SHAW
•
The. Rev. Dr. , Booth, Liverpool.
SccrjUne.—Official . accounts of the distress
in Scotland have been prepared for Parliament.
The "destitution in the distressed 'districts is
said to be titlentire as in the districts of Ireland.
and the people' of those parts as incapable of
helping themselves. But there is this differ
ence hetiveen the two. This misery and ince
mteity'lnr self help extend over the Wjt.tie of
frpland. but mile in p•rt of lone
narrow strip eveniling frum the Mull of Olin
tyre in the eunth to Shetland in -the north.—
- 7 Tllii^border of ed6eiitig ii everywhere see %
sibte from the wealthier and more civilized
paitcodetland ; it has con-stant community.
iron "ilk its Insviand neighbors. The dim.
sed districts in: Scotland are only less hom ey ,
thin Ireland because 'they are ofless erne
aid more accessible.
GOLD STOLEN. -. 4 letter from Detroit, t i nted
I3d,.igst. pithltslied in the Journal of Commit,
re. says : The cars ate just in from the Virec
'passringeri report 85000 in gold A n t o
ftom the stage, twelve miles this side of Lem.
port, Indiana. The stage was left alohe "hex
time at a changing station, in the crening, an d
then the boxes were taken away. They Ire ,
in charge of John A. Welfs, Esq., Subtrear.ry
agent. who had gone to Chicago to bring l b,
lb - hie - ie . tide - Ith the use of Uncle Sam.
A Lona FAsi.—The singular power No .
noel] by tome animals to live for a long tint
without (nod. is exemplified in a eiremnstan„
which
. happened in Maine, and is related inn s
of the journals. On the 2fith November Mt
twenty-six sheep belonging to M. Levil Mani la
of Hingham, Me., strayed from his In to : ud
were buried in the snow ; they remaineJ
without food whatever until the 19th February
following. being eight-two days, when three o f
the number were found alive, and two hut r t .
covered and are doing well.
SHOCKING DEATH IN LOUISVILLE —Dr. Rkl.
land %Yamyn, an old and respectable phystetan
of this city. (says the Louisville Jonmal of
Saturday last.) killed himself at the Gab How
on Thorn* night by stepping from a Ma o ,
and falling two stories to the top of a shed. Ili
had lately changed is room ; his former apts.
ment opened to the portico, and it is probabl e .
that in some confusion of his mind he coolotnet.
ed the two rooms, and thus destroyed himself.
THE (BLAND OF Loners, where General Sean
is mustering. is 1,660 yards imeitrumfe renn ,
is of coral (urination, and of dense gmwth of
lime, lemon. baniar. India rubber -tree., yin /
and some palmetto. It abound. in hunk,
scorpions, rats and sand-crabs. The water
brackish.
RUlN.—During the three months after ilk.,
tariff 01'46 went into operations Gold and Urn
to Ore amount of 810.000,000 was brought kat
the United States.
Wass assay that Wright's Indian Vegetable Kb
are adapted to the relief and ewe of almost nen ten
of disease, it is not to be preiocoed that any cedaisa .
under heaven is equally calculated to do so, Ere is
best imitations of the above celebrated Fills Inns) kr
proved wholly worthless compared to the oiginaL Tts
reason of this is, that Wright'a Indian Vegeta* Fels
have a strictly scientific basis, and in s can ambantisa
of properties, bring the whole system ander ace is.
Deem*.
We do not mat,: however, the I single warder tie
above shell be taken on trust. We appeal toespairso,
and to the overwhelming tenimimy which has volute
rily been offered in favor of the medicine. A 6inet
trial will do more to convince than a volume of weds
Beware of Sugar-coated Counterfeit; !—The Duly
'original and genuine Indian Vegetable .Puir hoe the
signature of W I LLI W BIGOT Mine) with a prate
the top label of each box. None other are genuine, ad
to counterfeit this forgery. General Depot, 169 Rae
street, Philadalphis.
Agents for the sale of Wright'. Indian legible
Pills. in Towanda, -Montanye's & Co ; for calin agar
lea, see advertisement in another column
Married,
Al Guilkord Centre, on the 11th inst.. -by : the Ser. ls
Janes, N. G. HOIT, Esq. of Smnbfiad, Ps, tour
EMILINI. A. HuiT, of the former plan.
Also, at the same time and phierßir. Joss a Cam,
of Oxford, to Miss CI.LIND• . 11C37, of Waidlaa.
Greene co. N. Y.
) •d,
Very suddenly, at Standing Stone, on Friday mar 4
EMMA R. consort of Hoary W. Tracy, aged slava
years.
Nan CAZrocrtiscat cuts
XIL lIM I'IMIACII4VI7_2IA_K_A•
Murton Kingsbery,
T_TAB removed his Goods to the front room of ta
-1-1- dwelling house, one door south of the old natl.
where bets prepared to accommodate the pobbe 4 is
usual low rates. His cnslomers, and the pubhc
entity, are invited to call at hts new quavers. wbem
(so politicians say) "he will discharge his duty lord
lag to the best of his ability."_
The subscriber expects that his esperaws ten*?
heavy during the ensiling season, as he is shoat
build ; he would therefore urge the necesany 0 1 P 03 0
payments on the part of those indebted ; sad, rriaduf
bound he will ever pray.
BURTON KINGSBERi.
Towanda; March 25, 1847.
litssolation.
THE ea...partnership berekibre eximine tenni
MONTH NYE & FOX, ban" been the dii
dw
solved by enotial roamed. A. D. NIONTANIE ,
?filarcb 30, 13.47. ,E. T. FOX.
The accounts of the late firm of Montor & ra
have ban transferred to and and will be senled
FOX, who has purchased the interest of Morsory
the goods on hand. He will continue beame!to
atom late of the firm, and will be Frady to wait paw
who may Call.
Towanda, Match 30, 1847. E. T. FON.
PROCLAMATION.
wHEREAS, the Hon. John N. Cony wens yo.
trident Judge of the 13th judicial district. ewe'
ing of the - col:106es of Luzerne. Oration! ad?*
and the Hon. Harry Morn and Reuben
socials Jues in and ga
for said imunty 01Bradfolterr,,
issued the ir precept date the 12th day of March.
I 842,,t0 me directed. for holding a Court o 101 "
Terminer, lien, ral Quarter Sessions of the Peet_ . 00 '
mon Pleas end Orphan's Ooort at the MethodtitC to ;
in the Dcroogh-dif Towanda, appointed as they ! '"
holding the Con'hs of said county, on the firsi tile"
of May next, being the third, to contiuue too stria
Abele* is [henrys* Ambit
to the Coroners and Justices of the Peace v7 d
hies of the county of Bradford that they to
[there in their proper persons at to o'clock
1 0
noon of said day, with their records, ingnisiti".
aminations and other their remembrances b'
things which to their office appertain to be dote;
those who are bound by recognizance or othettiO:,
prosecute against the prisoners who are or any N,
to appear at the said court, are to be then audible,
prosecute against them as shall be just. Jurors
quested to be punctual in their attendance, agr ee
their
their notice.
Dated at Towanda. the 24th day of Match, inel°l
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred snarl
seven. and of the lepependence of the roiled er,
the eorente-find. JOHN F. MEANS. SW'',
• , TEAS! 'PEAS!- - Al
WE have on hand a huge stock el niis FR
TEAS at all kinds of prices. But, in2: l l
Pik struck a vein of 41. Tea tint is rigid. Clu,,
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