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E. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOR
To etiiicAay, ugug 30, IS-I
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS
FOR. Fs.RESIOENT,
Geo. LF,WIS CASS, of Aliritigno
rpq VICE-PRESIDENT,
Geo. W. 4iBUTLEft, of Kcotudo
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Gretna To) lor VIII.Ie t Trouble* hi the NV le.
"van% of •• All the Horsuotty Party t's
Mr. Great Tayll)r :\l3sq OA.
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met3Gi)g—m. l 4 , l) Co( :t M.l-,,Nleviii . .‘as a tailiire
--wa? clecnicz I lc try W. Tracy chair
man, and appniiiiirr; llte u,t).Ll tint,la of other ()ill-
tern.
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Hymocratic State (jot %I'll
caNtvc-sti.te't4) 'Amino:olmi ti,t Governor...llle
titiltiellee of the 1: •rh ratty Wit-. at!-
IiVC1): t \12110,1 It); COL 1;141er, anti Ott' ttq.ll4 1 , :11(1W6
that the •• Fa% oi lie . ..'•fitit,' • his - 'milli
crice. at homo, The Litiiezt•-ti..,c Sltlart
ing Tuley the rebtiko ailittoli,too•ii to its titti-ter.tit
-tacks Col. Fit %/cit. t• Yid IVar H ors e, - it
an
e tuliostitiablo article tvhit•lt ,Itaws from
the Lancastelian the I ,, ll9witvz . i . all , lic: Peke:—
Riau Fit writ is the party an W~ can soil co ,
will override all mere party is
readily imagine the snide .1f wo lf ' w hi c h will "
ote nest. Roth parties have been
en e far of every democratie citizen a the sites. '" t h ec°lril
sold to the extension of Irdavery principle, and the
w h et , 0f,,, t of malice.
wilt h ear in m i ll ,/ th a t what. the Mean slanderet good and true of both parties should eombine to
and his !pastel nrve iu etlicc• V o'. ii fat the bring. the tlovernment back to the platform occupi
public mil; and pi epaiitrz to kick at those who fed
I b yJelk-rson anti the patriots of the Revolution.
them. Frazer has for moot than twenty years
Yogis, JAY.
Leta With :URI alllOleZ the I)ClllOrfary 01 the C.OLIIIIy
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mitt of Ow State, hattlnyz for piinciples—ever found ,
'in the thickest 01 the light. and atu,19.1 I I'o4', ft fir. To TIIE EDITOR DE vim ilitarivoan 1111:roariat
:
cans" ultra y• Dear Sir-1 notice in your paper of last week the
proceeding's of a meeting held in Towanda on the
evening of Monday the 21st inst., at which resole!.
ar n l perverted aceottol of our late County i tions were adopted. in favor of Gen. Cass for the
Convention proo.irs in the last Owet;zo t;agette.— Presidency - ; and 1 perceiving that my name is
Vie re L yret eveeedin.4ly !bat the, editor should have published as one of committee for drafting said re•
deemed it itece , t , ary to 'live an expression to the 'solution. It is true 1 was chosen on that commits
harmonions action of the r+norention, which the tee. het I declined acting on.ii, as I did not approve
trut h, ‘t ',ll n ot warrant. The differences of opinion lof the resolutions. lam decidedly in favor of the
i n "... jar ,' lo the Presidency wire studiously kept i " Wilmot Proviso." and it- is plain to me that the
out of the Conventinu : awl Dcle'zates east their position of Gen. Cass is such as to render it wholly
votes for men wallow nioniong of Cal %Alga were improper and inconsistent for any Proriso mop, or
their views ill regard to Gen. Cass or Mr. Van 11u- true democrat to give him any support for•ihe Pre
tem Demociats tt ill be united in their support of sideney. lam for Mr. I"an Buren, and I presume
the State and county nounii.annis, aml•the atternies thiee.fourths of all who attended that meeting are
of the tlatette to toittetit dissension and diiision en lor I;iin. Ido not wish to stand before the public
cur ranks will oit‘et n ith a mewed rebuke. in a false position, and I, therelore, request, as a
kvor, that you will either publish' this note, or in
storneother way, let it be known that 1 wholly dis
.
The Democratic Convention of Susquehanna coon- apprise of the f .rrooig Lp.el doings of that meet'
tv convened on Mottday evening. :list lost , and nig. I am. sir, very respectfully yours for Free Soil,
placed in nomination thetollowing county ticket:— ' Er( Lod n , Frcc Srach (Ind Inc Men.
Itepresen(an y e—s All TAIR:A r. 1- 0. L. STATES.
Iqwriti—C. Graii. :lag.
3Rth ISIS.
Ilogist,•% C Recorder-I'lli- L. I:II,,NTN. i ,I,lr ‘l ets N R.—Ttte- New Orliarts Motritry of
'Ma flO.-a.lllel—Fl INA in I). Tt'ltiti the 15th says i t—stt'e extract tire following, items re
ofonel—.l.eis Itiii.u. garding Mexican and Texan affairs from the Gal-
Ati.liter—t;Lo. (AM IS. vesion :
A. G.:. I was elected Repo-sent:ilk e Dele• ; The Arco liis,publislies a letter from the city of
to the convention . !Vs.-Et ":%le‘ico dated Jelly 25th, which speaks of the corn.
and Wit. 'lt RR C011.414;;; ,, I0Ilal o ' 4° stIPI/rPss.i°ll of the revolution,
.the disarming
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of the Indians. and the discharge in the prisoners,
t 'IP() Flee, : a nd 11;4 , Cid! vention adjourned without •up i o their pledging themselves to the support of
the passage of s,ttgle i esoltition ;, their thiverinitent.
' t The. saint• paper announces that mist of the hit
Tut: NI I'. Col • l•-..roCel t e r. N. • Crii left horn tne American army had volinneerei
Nor ii•li Tele•_;ra t tli the disc:l-e \\loch hat- r e- to4.erve in Yucatan. They were milked under a
dim the orders. of the Supremo Govern
,•euity -nein -;; many !q . die cituens of Green. 1 1 1 1 1 ::: 1 1 : 4 1 e iii to l ' it . A i i . o. The Arco Iris so y 's that their
r/ , '• "l'hisO! rata! ut mail) r011111):111der a Lonsianian. nil() has shown him
re- u; 0 few alu al's lila! to children -elf to be a good calker while in the service of the
rift• wee k. T h e ( .„ 11 , I 'lilted Slates. That paper emignatillutes the coup:
try in thus ;letting rid of the limp of the American
attlibined 10 •.1 uora‘ced :or a
nbere from the
. • ' • , army, by shipping them to 1 lacatain.
de''ay ve-_!eta: , le matter. the evel of th e cnal at . •Ihe Arco I; is announces the completion of its
place li.i‘ Lee not dice. drawn oiland lir.t volume. Ind declines a retrospect of the year,
e , n - t h ;‘,„/ o t h th rown m e --. on account of the gloomy character of its histtry.--
it relies. however, upon the Almiglityto remember
'fur A l a»; nos, (• sat —The I•ourt in aunt punish tho Americans for their biota conduct.
Waslete4toti co ielusc.l to _root anew !mil 1,1 the ,
•in 1).0\1 , 1, the p car i . A Thor t' A I.R not enough th a t Alis o ,
• ;iv should be visited with a tire which has consitin
:!."‘ "."1.1 ' ii '" Or"Y'l" " one molith of the env. hut home of the citizens
ii"; I"' t'iesouf s+ scion 01 thi! Court. have added In itii other Mit:times tharof a riot. An
:_'.i-!t 11.0. 1;;-en t h ere i alarm of lire brought out the companies on
in the ;lay Two companies came in rollisaan.—
Ithatu ,, i, , z
slay " ~ 0 . Five oi six pistol. shots were tired anti slung shots
Pearl. were used, and paving -stones anti bricks were
I lt.aut 800 toot. Esti .of this Borough, has born '4°lver.'!/ in 61°117115 by the several combatants,-..
a ppiwited 1.!, Iho De l nuy li.Seriatvjeieraol f r Mrtimns
anley wa s ere 7,11:1071 ul t h d. 'e't gpe rso n
a n b l ti•• the
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1:,°11 1,; (WO.
The Owego Gazelle and Our CourepOon.
Suaqueltanno County
torresgandeace Iron Washington.
Tait Clain? games ift COnATIZA— :, (lid Bullion"...
A doangiiu the vietes oPremator Foote—nectittrse
'• Poinsyri oiri . s
ft rOrite gOle—Aßollier chap.
ter ty' Secret History. lye,
Wisimgc - ros, Aug. 17114 1818,
Dear Sir—You are doubtless ere this apprisedof
,the passage of the Oregon bill, and that in it the
fire soil principle has been fully recognized. The
passage of the bill in this shape is a great triumph,
and these only who know the means used to de
feat it . can appreciate the greatness of the victory.
The result was achieved mainly by the manly
stand taken by Senator Bees Toe in its favor. The
Senate incorporated into the bill the Mi&sotiri Coro
promise line, which the Home very pro, erly struck
oni. because it had no business there, and enacted
in its stead the Wilmot Proviso principle. When
the hill came back to the Senate r WI this amend-
meta, Mr. Bvs - ros, in allusion to certain threats of
a dissolution of the Union should the bill pass in
this siting, said that such threats had no terrors for
hint. This talk `about a dissol u tion-of the Union
he regaided as all fiefee-- full of sound and tiny,
•-ignif)ing nothing." Upon the conclusion Giehis
e•marle., he moved that the Senate recede from its
ainetalment. This motion struck the Southern
Ilissors with aularement,and every effort was
made use. of to induce him to withdraw it, or to
stare 611 a dime vote on it by talking against time.
Mr. Fenn: indicated that " a great change had
been coin;; on M i llis Ile said, anume, oth
er things, that he had infortuation in which he had
issaldeuce, that within two weeks a letter would
be published from Gen. 'Liebe, declaring that he
would veto the Wilmot Proviso, and that io \ his
oin Linn. net even . the Nellie 01 the Territory had
the to exclude Shively therefrom. Ile said
i that the events Ot d i re last twenty-four hours had
diminished his enrilidence in the, good faith
atid icsteey of sonic of the friends of Gen. Cass,
thow 2 ,l, in 1;61. (*ass himself he had full youth/ewe.
The senate tinally Heeded ftom its amendment E.
a vow of 20 to 25., The three Senators who voted
e oh the Ninth on this occasion were Mr. Busses,
Scut >i r. nt DelWestre, auil Si M. :.1()N, of Tex
it s. Coit Flo/N . , of our State, voted to recede;
but (tell it a n t m (lath!) DistEL ST . ! 11.61-.IIN dodg
e,/ WilrEl the vote was taken he was eo vivre!
It ma ) 1.0 ploper abai to mention that Mr.
~ t. t.% did all in his power to prevent the pa.ssage
the 11l xi ith the Wilmot Proviso incorporated m
it. When the measure was before the Ifonse, he
ss a, in almost daily -attendance, using his alerts to
defeat the Proviso principle.
Since the development of Messrs. TAPPAN and
Itt int pens ieg the duplicity at Mr. in rela
tion to the annexation of Texas. another chapter
has hei , e hrought to light. Mt. J. R. Just:-, editor
of Mr, 1) let's organ, c• The Madisoman," has
sit titer e loiter to the ester of the Richmond Whig,
ni which he slates that Mr. Tyler was induced to
ea-4 his influence for Mr. Peek its I Sit, by several
conc-sleratenisl—that A. V. Brown, a warm person
al and political friend of Mr. Polk stipulated as one
havieg aiehority, two or three things. - First, that
the appointments of Mr. Tyler to office should be
considered the same as though they were Demo
crats—Second, that Mr. Benton should have no in
fluence with Mr. f'olk's administration ; and Third,
that the editor of the Globe, F. P. BLUR, should be
displaced a- editor of the Government organ. This
is the testimony of Mr. Jones, I give u to you for
what it is worth. •
I am glad to perceive that the Buffalo Conven
tion acted so harmoniously, an.l nominated such
eon,' men for the highest office in the gift of a free
people. The name of MARTIN VAN' 1311. pr is a
host in itself, and J. F ADAMs, the son of the de
parted patriot, John Quincy Adams, on the-same
ticket, gives an earnest that the movement of " free
11, the 1.111-
Mrsicas Laws esecesig Sam.
As the present crisis in ouroaticmaJ atlaqa, the
pnblic attention is strongly drawn to the legislation
of Mexico concerning slavery in that republic,
We have great pleasure in laying before nor rea
ders the following seasanble and atithentie infor
towon ufkrn the subjecti4vhich has been famished
s from the. Depadment 01 State.Wealingtosi
DEPIIIITXr.Irr or STATr i
Washington, August 12, 1948.
Gentlemen In answer to numerous inontries
made at the department by members of Congress
and others, in relation to the laws of Mexico exm
confine slavery, I herewith communicate to you,
• fdr publication, correct translation of the decree of
gresidept Guerrero of the 16 September, 1829, and
Of-the act of the Mexican Congress of sth April.
107, on that subject. The original of the decree
may be found in volume 5, page 149 ; and that of
the act in volume 8, page 201, of the , g Colex-cion
ile [oyes t Decretos del Congreso de la liacion
11 ex icana."
Vows, respectfully, !yams Burma:x:4
Messrs. Ritchie anii
A tn.rnos or SLATER r.
. .
71st President of the Mericara Veiled States to the
irdierintouts of Ike repribiw•
BE Ti IC SOWN --That, being desirous to signalize
the anniversary of Independence, in theryear
by an net of national justice and beneficence, which
may redound to the advantage and support of so
inestimable a good ; which may Further insure the
the public tranquility ; which may tend to the ag
grandisement of.ifie republic, anti may reinstate an
unfortunate portion of as inhabitarag in the sacred
rights which nature gave to them, and the nation
should protect by wise and just laws :—comforma
bly a ith the disposition of the 30th article of the
constitutent act, employing the extraordinary facul
ties which have been conceded to me, I have re
solved to decree—
!. Slavery is and shall remain abolished in the
republic.
' 2. In consequence, those who have hitherto been
reganled as slaves are free.
3. IX liensoevei the condition of the treasury shall
permit, the owners of the Aaves shall be indemni
fied according to the terms which the law may
disprve
Mexico, Sep. 15. 1829.
A. D. Josr. MARIA DE BOCANkRA
line fur the abobt;ott of sz'arery in the Repuhlae.
ART. t . Slavery is abolished without any excep
tion, throughout the wnole republic.
2. The owners of the slaves manumitted by the
present law, or by the decree of September 15,
t 829, shall be indemnified for their interests in
them, to be estimated according to the proofs which
may be presented of their personal qualities; to
which effect, one appraiser shall be appointed by
the.commissary general or the person performing
his duties, and another by the owner; and, in case
of disaereetnent, a third, wile shall be appointed by
the respective constitufonal alcalde ;and from the
decision thus made, them shall be no appeal. The
indemnification mentioned in this article shall not
be extended to the olonists of Texas, wl-o may
have taken part . in the revolution in that department.
3. The owners, to whom the original documents
drawn up with regard to the proofs mentioned in
the preceding article, shall be delivered gratis—
shall themselves pr e sent them to the supreme gov•
ernment, which will authorise the general treasury
to -issue them the corresponding orders for the
amount of their respective interests.
4. The payment of the said orders shall be made
in the manner which may seem most equitable to
the govemment. with the view af reconciling the
rights of iiiilividuals with the actual state of the
public finances.
Arai'. 5, 1837.
Paubylvaiia State Caavesike.
In pursuance of notice given in the National Con
vention. a meeting of the Pennsylvania 'delegation
was held at the American Hotel, an the city of Buff
alo, 11th August, 3848. The meeting was called
to order by Wm. I.saistr.a, Jr.,of Allegheny NM.
ty, upon whose motion losers Ntgor., of Montgom
ery county, was appointed chairman, and E. D.
GAT/. Nt secretary.
Atter a bnef debate, and interchange •of semi- .
meats, it appeared to be the general sense of the
meeting that the appointment of a State Committee
and the nomination of an electoral ticket ought
both to be referred to a State Convention, and that
a call for said Convention, should be• made forth-
with.
Wheietipon, on motion of John A. Wills, of All
egheny, seconded by S. F. Beadle) of Luzeme, it
was unanimously.
Resolved, That a State Mass Convention of the!
friends of the election of Martin Van Buren and
Charles Francis Adams, and of the Buffalo Platform
of principles, be called to assemble at Reading on
Wetlnlay,lhe 13th day of September next, at '
o'cick A. M. to form an electoral ticket, appoint a
State Committee, and take such other action in re
gard to the organization of the Free Soil party and
its pallet' in the. State, as in its wisdom may 'be
deemed proper.
Resolved. That this call be signed by all the
members of the Pennsylvania deleqation, and be
published in all the papers of Pennsylvania and
elsewhere, favorable tot cause, and that its friends
throughout the State be urged to take immediate
steps for sending dele,, tea to the Reading State
Convention.
Resolied, That the bers of the Pennsylva
nia delegation constitute a committee of correspon
dence until the meeting of the State Convention.
Ott motion of F:..1). Gazzam, it was
Resolved, That when- this delegation adjourn
they will adjourn to meet at the State Convention
on the 13th of September.
On motion-of S. F. Headley, it was
Resolved, That the chair appointed a committee
of three to wait upon Mr. Adams and invite him to,
an interview with the Pennsylvania delegation.
Messrs. Headly, Wills, and Gazzam, the com
mittee to wait on Mr. Adams, after a short absence
retunted in company with Mr. Adams.
After exchanging salutations with the several
members of the delegation, Mr. Adams expressed,
in a few - eloquent remarks, his grateful senses of
the earnest and unanimous support lie had reeeiv
. ed from the Pennsylvania delegation.
After Mr. Adams had retired, the deleption ad
. :punted, with three cheers for the Buffalo platform.
JOSEPH NEIDk,', Chairman.
E. 1). GAz.z.im, Secretary.
TEN NEWS. -001. Wm C. Bryan, for many
•ears Texas Consul al this port, died at Galveston
on the Bth inst.
The cotton, sugar and corn crops are represented -
as being unrivaled during the past year in the State.
Much complaint appears tq be made by the pen.
plc generally, about the mad arrangements, as exist
mg since imnexatiqn, mouths at times elapsing be
tore any intelligence is received from other. States.
We copy the following from the qdresion Netry.
Uue Froither.—The disbanding 'of the. Ranging
Companies, and Subi4ituting of Dragoons, for the
Protection of our frontier, takes place at a juncture
in Indian atlairs which is caleulated to excite a pre
liension among the settlers on our Western frontier.
The regiment cf rangers has been organized anew
and additional companies raised, in anticipation of
an outbreak of the Indian tribes. The Houston Slur,
in relation to this matter. says: " We are credibly
informed that a message was lately seist by several
of -the principal chiefs of the Cannatches to Col.
Bell, wanting him that. their hunting grounds had
been encroached upon by the settlers, and that they
should a-rert their right to the soil by force of arms,'
unless the settlers should be removed from the In
dian lands before autumn. The settlers on the
whole line of her frontier, from Red River to the
MHina. have become alarmed by the threatening
attitude assumed by the Indians, and if the Rangers
should be withdrawn at this period, many of the
settlements on the frontier might be broken up."
SANTA Asibt.--Fianta Anna and wife are mill
siding near Kiugion. Tiiey lire in magnificent
.4‘
Beate. es the Diseetstisa Mlle Mein
In the debate noon the (tegon Question, Mr. Cal
hottn and other Soathentaenallets spoke warmly in
opposition, and r beld the probable coosegmences
ofs dissohnion of the Union. Mr. Benton replied
as follows:
MI this talk about the dissolution of the 'Union
gave hint no concern. He was peculiarly consti
tuted as to the subject. His observation of public
affairs went beck to that period of our history when
Aron Burr engaged in his enterprise of 'disunion.
He (Me. a) was a boy of sixteen, but was as ote
server of events, and a reader of the public journals.
He acknowledged that-he then read with mortifica
tion—and few things from the same source Intl
ever failed to meet with his cordial approbation—
he real be paid with mortification, the poaclartia
lion of Mr. Jefferson, in which be denounced the
project of Burr as dangerous to the Union ; for at
that time, there was not a neighborhood in the West
in which Bun Would disclose his project. If he
had done so, the women and children would have
tied him down and sent him to the nearest place of
justice dragged by a dog-chain. As long as he
presented mere designs of a dazzling nature, and
not concerning our own Government, he was
lis
tened to; but when,
on the Mississippi, he did dis
choe his treasonable object, he was immediately
obliged to fly into the wilderness and become an
outeast from society. There in his hiding place—
in his disgui4—in a creek, where the atheist or
has his place—he was accidentally encountered at
night, by one who before affording him relief, de
manded his name: Who are you? As soon as he
gave his name he was taken into custody, and by
a string led into the Georgia settlements.
' Burr having heard of the sympathy often i
exc
tell in behalf of great men strug..... , ling with advers-
ty,, appealed to some person in Georgia for his res.
cue. He addressed some boys as to his case, and
at first. very naturally excited their sympathy. But,
when these boys beard his name, they refused to
afford any succor. Such (said Mr. will be the
end of all attempts to dissolve this Union, to divide
it by any line. lie would (he said) think that a
man who might bring brick, mortar, and trowel
to Jam up the mighty Mississippi, had commences]
a feasible and wise enterprise, in comparision with
the project of that man who might undertake to run
a dividing 'line between the States of this Union.
All this talk of disunion was idle. It was like
" A tal• told by an idiot.
Full of sound and fury, signifying, nothing."
No influence had these menaces on him. A key
droped into the broad Atlantic would. as it had been
sa - til, produce a disturtmtiee that would be felt in
the seas of China. Just, as little did this talk of dis-
union ruffle him. Thus, he said, would end the
cha uer number two,
(NipArd by Regain
The National Reformers and free soil party met:
on the 23d inst. in pursuance of adjou rn ment, 4
the house of N. B. Wetmore. in Herrick township,
and announced the following ticket for the support
of the elec,ors of said county
_
Assembly—HENßY GIBBS; of Orwell,
(t GILES De WOLF, of Pike.
sherin—W I LLIA M DOBBINS, of Troy. •
Protho.lotary—ALLEN 111cK EA N; of tiorl:rigton.
Reg. & Recorder- I AS. GEROULD. of Smithfield:
Comtni:46:oner—WlLLlVM BRIGGS, of Towanda:
Auditor—M. 14. PORTER. of Pike.
Coroner ---STEPHEN LATIIOII E. of Franklin.
The moral worth and character of the nominees„
4tands beyond the reach of party slang and reproach.
lit short, we hazard nothing in challenging , both
whig and democrat. to refer to a better ticket pre
sented for support since the organization of the
courtly. IVe fear nn attacks that can or will be
made upon the moral character and ability of the
ticket or any individual therein named. ‘Ve may
expect opposition in abundance : but a different
system of operation will be adopted. Every mean
and contemptible party whig and democrat. will
be busy in denouncing "us mem and contsm i addei •
especially, if he resides within. the latitude andioti•
gitude of the Borough of Towanda. The wings
will charge us of having but one influence to favor
the democrats aid the democrats will make the
same charge of favoring the wings, and the know.
ing ones of both parties will call us abolitionists,
anti-renters', &c., &c., and a thousand'other nangh.
ty names. The numerous attempts of some of the
leading men of both parties to gain a place among
us, plainly indicates, that their disappointed ambi
tion will direct their attack in this channel. Per-
Imps the fear of being exposed may keep thent a
little civil. What they have to say may . be in a
whisper and mat confidence. But, opposition, vio
lent and sevete opposition is certain; and we is a
party, and 'Niemen, Are prepared to meet it in all its
phases. The pitrty.is well org,ar:ized and its final
triumph is just as certain as that truth will triuniph
over error :And falsehood. Every man, who be
lieves that Slavery ought ant to be extended to free
territory—that the public domain olight td be distribut
ed in small runditres to the actual m iller, with o ut di s .
criatination betteeeu foreign and- natire born subjects.
That compen,,,atiOn ought to be made to the actual set
tler for inyfror etilents. when rejected from the laud, and
in a hom e stead iremotron, and rill use his lies with
us in carrying out I..ese mews:tees belongs to the p a rty
f rith us. We are organized for the purpose o car
rying, out ttie:segreat truths, and shall live as apar
ty to see its Heitomplishment and not one moMent
longer. We espect no turning in t (but opposition)
among the expectant office seekers of other parties.
We prefer their oppOsition to their company. We
desire no mart, to act with us and be against us, nor
to be with us and act against us. We desire such
to take up their abode elsewhere. But, there is a
class of freemen scattered through the length and
breadth of our County, who feel in duty bound to
use their best efforts to produce the greatest amount
of public and individual happiness. To that class
we appeal for aid and support. Their counsel may
save the party from error. Their votes will secure
the party against defeat.
Published in pursuance of a rote of the meeting.
FIIIIIIfTrEL ACCIDENT AND EXTRAORDINARY Dis
ri.Av OF COURAGE tIY A lirri.v.Gisit..—As two gen
tlemen were crossing the suspension bridge. be
low the Falls, from. the American side, on friday
evening when about 200 yards from the Cianada
side they heard a noise like the falling of a heavy
body over the precipic . e, a few rods above the
bridge and immediately observed a little gid run
ning towards the bridge. She passed severdl men
who were standing in the vicinity, and hastened
to the lower side of the bridge, where she descend
ed a sort of ladder or stairway made by pins being
driven into a large pole or log placed in an Upright
position, and reaching from the lower side of the
bridge some 80 or 60 lee! down the precipice, to a
sort of recess in the cliffs IV hen she arrived at the
bottom of the ladder she climbed with increased
- speed along the sidP of the hill, tinder the over
hanging rocks, to the place from above which she
had started, and descending a fetv steps, she was
observed trying to raise and carry some
,object.
Which the gentlemen who had wangled her move
ments with increasing interest, soon beca m e
ed was a-child that had fallen over the precipice.—
They hagened to the end of the bridge, and sent
down some men who hail not known of the aecid
ent. The child, a little girl seven or eight years of
age, was lashed to the back of one of the men and
brought up, alive, althrough greatly injurned, hav
ing one or both of her legs broken, and one -eye
considerably bruised; but ihe will probably recover
That the child was not instantly killed, is truly
astonished! as it must have fallen over 100 feet per
pendielarly, without anything to impede her pro
greys, on the broken stones below. •
• _
The coolness and intrepidity of the little girl,
perham , 10 or 11 years ot4tge sister ot the one who
met with the accident wa alho astonishing.—/ftef:
filo Com. Ado., 16th.
Seictoe or Otto. H inlet Pardee, a2:011
16 veani., of Ora ell. -VI , Petri mitioil tie
town on the 13th last., it ti• euppazutt durititg a 0 •::-
pocary fit oi:insanity .
BUILDING tx New losx.—The New Yf rh Trib
une says :—About 500 building, aropow ni the
course of erection in the city, and nearly twieo as
many more are contracted for.
lipertud Ira
Battle of Stievenantati—Great Illawgifer of the Tro op s
4—The Englie le Gen. Macdonald Kiled—lMengin.
and Dane Wounded—The Troop Fraternizing
rich at *fie.
(Secret Costempondennee of the Tabour.)
We havethe following from a emfideniial cones.
pondentin Dottie. It is almost too favorable to the
peOple to be believed, and yet the blind and in
coimate
absent I , llports of the Bunch press seem to give
lily to our correspondent's statements—
e rintriber of British troops said to be killed
seisms eaasgerated.
The letter was written in cypher to eimde the
vigilance of the British Post office, which would
otherwise have detained it, but we make the num
ber. 6,000. The writer would not knowingly de.
etlive , the public. His brother is a resident'of this
city. Without farther comment, we subjoin the let.
tAr :
Dot=it, Aug. 3, 1848.
No newsparper here dam tell the truth concern
ing the battle of Slievenamon, but from all we can
learn the people have had a great victory. Gen. '
Macdonald, the commander of the British forces,
is killed, and 6,000 troops are killed and wounded. I
The mad for three miles is covered with the dead
We have also the inspiring intelligence that
Kilkenny and Limerick have been taken by the
people. The people of Dublin have gone in thou
sands to assist in the country. Mr. John B. Dillon
was wounded in both legs. Mr. Meagher was
also wounded in both arms. It is generally expec
ted that Dublin will rise and attack the . Jails on
Sunday night, (Aug. 9.)
An the people coming in on the railroad are cau
tioned and commanded not to tell the news.—
When the cars arrive thousand of the Dublin peo
ple are waiting for the intelligence. The police
drive away those who are seen asking questions.
Why an this care of the Government to prevent
the spread of intelligence, unless it be that, some
thing has:happened which they want kept •as a se
cret' If they obtain a victory, they would be very
apt to let us know it.
We are informed that the 3d Bons (a regiment
I of Infantry) turned out and fought with the people.
Cflie 31st Regiment, at Athlone, have also declared
j; for the people, and two regiments have been sent
I ; to disarm them.
The mountain Of Slievenamon is almost inacces
sible, There is but one approach.to- it. It is said
to be well supplied with provisions. It was a glo
rious place for our noble Smith O'Brien to select.
It is said he has 60,000 men around him, with a
considerable supply of arias, ammunition and can
non. In . 98 the rebels could not be taken trim) Sli
evenamon until they chose to come out themselves.
A lady who came to town . yesterday, and who
had passed the scene of battle, said that for three
miles the stench arising from the dead men and
horses was almost sufkeatin.r. -
Wexford was quite peaceable till recently-- , but
the Government in its madness proclaimed it. and
now it is in arms to assist thecause.—Now that it e
are fairly and spiritedly at it, are we not worthy of
help! What are you doing for us!. people of
America, Ireland stret2lies her hands to you for as
sistance.
The Irish News from Insh • Sonrces.—The Eng
lish press, which always distorted the Irish hews,
ha. now absolutely prohibited the truth conc4nine
Ireland. from passing over the public conveyances.
The Patriot papers are supressed and the most
moderate of them that.dare to breathe a word of
love for Ireland, is submitted to a strict censorship.
Thus the Notion, United lrishinan, Felon. Tribune,
al! are crushed, and the Freeman's Journal. the mor
ablorce O'Connell organ. is permitted to publish on
ly what an English censor approves Be s ide. this,
all letters intended f;lr country are ope•evd and if
-...nroain anything objectionable they are detained
and destroyed.
The f.Almving letters, have reached us by ai spe,
vial and secret e”uveyance. Ilad diev been detee.
tdd they world have wen detained WI:holm
vinichihg tor thn accuracy of the r4:llelTleet,,
give them as the Irish 'view of what little is known
in Dublin.
The Jefkrsenirreilse.
Gerrt.v.mr.s desire to call the attention of
your readers to a remark tble tact which has not
been noticed, so far as I have observed, in any of
the discussions which h4ve arise in respect to the
limitation of slavery.
It is this : The proposition of Mr. Jefferson in
1784, was not that slavery should be excluded from
the territory northwest of the Ohio, but that sla
very should be excluded from ALL territory ceded
or to be ceded by individual states to the United
Sates wherever situated.
On the first oligarch 1784. a committee at the
head of which was Mr. Jefferson submitted a plan
for the government of—not the Northwestern—but
the Western Territory. This territory was describ
ed as lying between the thirty-first degree—then
the extreme Southern boundary,.not then exactly
defined, but North of the 47th degree. It.was pro
, posed to divide this territory into se - renteen states
the first eight lying between the Mississippi and
! a line drawn due Noith from the 31st parallel to the
Northern boundary of the United States through the
; falls of the Ohio. the next eight lying between this
line - arid a similar line drawn through the western
1 cape of the mouth of the. Great Kanawha, and the
I t other state was to possess the territory lying bet
ween the last line, Lake Erie, , Permsylvanta and the
' Ohio- river.
After thus providing for the divisioo' of the whole
territory of the U. S., acquired or to be acquired, with
out respect to degree of latitude into independent
States, the Plan of Jefferson proceeded to provide
that these States should be free States. This was the
Proviso which he proposed: it.
Provided, than after
the year 1801) of the Christain era t , lhere shall be
neither slaves nor involUntary servitude in any of the
said States otherwise than in
,the punishment of
crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted to have been personally guilty."
This Proviso was stricken out of the plan on the
16th of April, 178-1 on the motion of Itlr. Spaight of
N. Carolina, eleven States- being represented in the
vote: The quest on on motion to strike out in that
Congress, was put in this form : " Shall the clause
stand r' If nine States voted "aye," the motion
to strike out failed: If no States or ant. less number
than nine voted "aye,:' the clause was stricken
out. - l'pon 'he question being put. on Mr. Spaight's
motion " shall this clause wand ?"'New Hampshire
Massachusetts, Rhode Island Connecticut,
York, Jersey, and Pennslvania, sereAtates, voted
" aye." Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina
three States voted " no.' and North Carolina was
divided. Thus seven States were for the Proviso
andthtee against it. Of the three thus• against it
one was Viriginia, represented by three delegates
of whom one, Mr. Jefferson ; was for it, and two
Messrs. Hatily and Mercer, were against it, Had
but one of Mr. Jefferson's colleagues shared his
spirit, and had Mr. Spaight of North Caroliha voted
with his colleague, Mr. Williamson, the Proviso
wool.) then have been adpoted. Thy, eleven
States present and voting, were represented by
twenty- three delegates. 01 these sixteen tor the
Proviso and seven only against it. Thus. with a
majority of two-thirds of the States and two thirds
of the delegates in its favor, the Jefferson Provisu
was defeated. What vast consequences Vl4 tlO e.
from -that minority decision!
Sinew l ntrug.—The British brig Belle Isle. C.iiy
Fra.%er from Annapolis, with.woot 1, for vf
capsized on the 19th inst., in a 1. N. W. blow.—
The crew remained on the - wreck tdl the 215,.
when they were ret , cued by the Boti-,h
Eliza, Cot Bnudrnt. and he t'ty: •1 1
drot. The crew were ;11l 1: , 1),. • •, Ole —unto 0:
then ammaxt, to !tweet::l> tuC e.t•.t • L • ,•
in 7':
. i S I '
.••1.,,-I'..N P:i•'• .4.. , ~. ) .f %i ' ;,. ° P.74:W le i b il i :d, ted flerlf ROC ': 1 ffe , .. 3
'I l.t . 1 , r,.* A ~,,,,, cfl' • .-.•-• ' i -.... I -..' .--. . - •. . • • , ri,•:tl .. •:.,..<l.froun,,l, fr an 40 to 50 basbets
'0 il . .". ; qIU . •ii I ill, ;:, A :,14; i.t., ~ t . 'I.I . I ' ' -1,. .4cro, at .SI 25 per arse. Also, two fine BUCKS.
n,stant, when she was ahan k iu..ol ~ ,', ..i• - , ,•.. • 1,./II breeds; one a.l.micester and-the 00ker • Cohn "N.
went ashore at Chatham. The crew of Ihe Huron very jovv. . . WM, H. OVERTHl
arilvet) at - Nantneket in a boat with onty one oar. Athens, Angtv.t 9, ISIS. -‘
ME
=I
G. Taylor teaks Ike Wiig pm*
,
,
The following is the IA letter from' General
Several
Taylor, Written days after the one accept ,
ing the nomina l of the Whig National Convert:"
lion. The reader will perceive that he expressly di ..
avows being "a Nulty can didate r , And such is
the man whom the wh*.s are now supporting, abet
having declared over and .over again that they
would never support any man but an open ad
f vosrell wing tor the Presklency :
BATON 8.01701 E, IAL, July 24, 111414.
• DEAR sin : Your letter bf the sth instant . , asking
of me a line or two in regunl to toy positsou as a
candidate for the Presidency,- has beendoly meolf:
ed.
In reply, I have to say that I am oot a can
dilate. and if elected shall not be the President of
a past y but of the whole people.
I ate dear, sir ; with high respect and repnl, your
most obedient servant,
•
• 7., TAYLOR.
GEORGE Lirp.trio e 5, Philadelphia, Pa.
Died,
In Towanda, August 10th, 1848, Emma Losotoax
daughter of Horatio and Matilda C. Black. aged
8 months and 5 days.
"Farewell, my child ! Thy day is o'er,
Thy sweetly prattling voice
Bhall.greet my listening ear no more,
• To bid my heart rejoice.
Farewell, my child! Thine eyes are dim
With death'► dark filmy veil ;
Thy cherub spirit's gone to bins
Whose mercies never fail.-
Fareweit„roy cliitd! Well meet again
tio deathless Canaan's shore, -
Where grief and wo, disease and pain
Shah never reach as more.
Farewell, my child The parting look
Gives angiush to my-heart;
Dot oh! thy is in God's book, .
We'll meet and never part.
Farewell, my child, once more Carmel!!
Thy Father in the skies
Calls thee away with him to dwell,
In bliss that never dies. - [Cosa,
New 13vcrilsonents.
SPECIAL COURT.
NOTICE is hereby given that a Special Court wi/1
IN he held at the Court House in Towanda, oo
Tuesday thetalsr day of October, 1819, et 10 o'ctock,
A. M., by the Hon.. W. Jessup, for the trial of the
following cases, to wit.
John Bennet vs. dela Payne.—No. 145, Dec. Tenn,.
1815.
Chester Butler. et. al. vs. John Bennett, et: al.—No.
105, Dec. Term, 1845.
John Aeltla va. A. Bowman, et. al.—No. 122 i Dec.
Term, 1845.
A. Baring, et. at. vs. Henry Roberts.—No. 199, Sept.
Term, 1846-
Same, vs. John Harkness.--No. 148, May Term, 1847.
Same, vs. 0. P. Bellsrd.—No. IP2, Sept. Term, 1847.
Same, vs. 0. P. Ballard:—.No. 121, Feb. Term, 1848-
Aug. 24, 1898. A. MUCEAN, Prot.
GREAT LOSS OF UFE,
AT rat
'SIEZ2 ) U4',Ag.siZ Eil.k.lll;l6lP
THE Subscriber respectful
ty the citizens of To
'
, wands that he has opened a
Market in the Union Blork,
one door west,. of Woodruffs
ANS '
4.
- - Hotel (basement story) and
en,tescor t, keep constantly on hand, and supply
those who wish the means of "good firing," with Salt
and Fresh Beef, Mutton, Lamb, Veal, Pork, &r....„ of taw
fine.,t quality end in the beet order,
Candhs & Soap by the box or pound, nountszt
ty kept on hand and for sate at low prices.
Towanda, Aue. Y 9, 184'8..- A. HAWLEY.
0:1.11 EISTME./20.1:to
• D. N. NEWTON, M. D.
T6DERS his professional services to the oithtees
of Monroeton and vicinity. Hie rooms are the
Monroeton Ea change of 3. P. Smith.
Refers to DrAirsTote, Towanda; sod Dr. Dais*
Leroy. August 23, 1848.
ESTRAY
BROKE into the enclosure of the. subeeetlew in To.
wanda township, on thO Bth of August instant, s
dark brindle steer, 3 years old. The ovine, is requested
to prove property, r ay charges and take hies sway.
Towanda, August 18, 1848. A .C. GRAGG.
VI ELCII'S NATION AL CIRtES
Coo s isttag if a splendidly talented troupe of Eques
trians. front the Chesant st. Ampitheatn, Phila.,
W I
8 1. E- E. E h ty . ; i ß t
e a t R T 2 O d i 1 W 84 .4 8 N . D r AgagA h T es ti ti ltDA iro F D .
which this CELEBRATED ESTABLISHMENT
hhs acquired and holds, must prove sufficiently the
truth of the description of talent attributed to each
artist, and of every effect advertised in the bills and
pamphlets. One of the most extraordinary and
wonderful improvements in travelling exhibitions,
is the introduction of the BYI.VIC GAB, for lighting
this immense Establishment which is introducid
into the 'centre 'Of the beautiful Pavillion in a large
Coronet of Silvac brilliancy, •
THE ORCHESTRE, the finest in the United
States, will be under the direction of the Celebrated
Mr.RieuAart Wictits, sun:ladled the King Bugle
•
Player.
THE PERFORMERS are of the most superior
class its talent. Phe position of the Proprietor en
ables him to secure all the great talent of America,
and of the European Continent.
THE IC0111.1: STUD, Consists of Horses and
I Ponies of the most beautiful shape, full blood and
fanciful ma rks,of any equine seleciton in thie.knows
world. Journeys the' most espensive haws been
- undertaken to cull the pride of Arabia, the choice Of
Encl.-I'nd and Frani-e and the <eleerion of Scotland.
VARIOUS PICTORIAL ILL USTR Atunss, are
givert.in the kits and pamphlets of some•of the
mosestriken Feats of the Artistes, in order to bring
more foreitstr to the mind lA . the general readers,the
Wonderful f:troen‘ about to he witnessed. •
' J '• OF EX 111131TitIN. In the afternoon , .
Doors open at . 2 and Performances Commence alq
the Evt•ising the Doors' open at 7, IV
f,rmanee.l“,mernenees 7§ o'clock.
•
otrrrANcE s 5 Cents.
7t - For pa menhir!: see large bills and pamphlet , -
\V rli perform. at Leßaysville„'Friday. Sept. 1, at
Athens, Monthly. , ht• Ith.
P 4'q , ) Fk - IRTES, Sr..P.APHINIS AND fELOBIANS,
v, ,- 11 7 I 1. 1 ,.ett , nr% 1.: !Cpsion, for :AAP IV
• , e. f*, :S4 8. R. S.: BARRETT.
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