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4 Vrabfurb gl.eparttr.
Flee Sol!, Free Speech, Free Men
Freedoms ror Pnr• Trrritery.
E. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
Timanda, Wednesday, Novem. 29, r.l‘3.
(1:1 The " Thrco . Ch yters of Prddit'll 111407 y ,"
which we conclude to-day, are written by A. M.
GA.:GEWEII, formerly editor, we believe, of the
Berviiek Enquirer." They are scorching reviews
of the history-or the state of public sentiment in
Pennsylvania, upon the Proviso, and handle men
without fear or favor_ Mr. G. is a radical democrat,
and worthy man—his only offence being the sin of
Free thought. This was enough for the " powers
that be," at Washington. and he' became a:.other
victim to appease the insatiate Slave power.
The North Branch Canal.
No portion ol the State of Pennsylvania, is so
vich. in the extent and magnitude or her mine:al re
sources, as the North. Diversified with noble riv
ers and their tlibutaries, beneath her soil, suscepti
ble in.the highest degree of cultivation, there lies a
vast arid stupendous amount of weal h, whictrages
only will suffice to bring forth. Her mountains,
lifting their peaks in mid-air, are literally a mine
of that substantial mineral, which enters into. the
use of every one, placed side by side with inex
haus,table fields of'co:11.. There is, perhaps, no sec
tion pf country in the world, better calculated tu be.
come the mart of mineral wealth than the North
ern. part of this good OW Common Wealth.
And her coal and iron but wait until a channel
can be found to bear them to a market, when the
bowels of the mountains shall disgorge the wealth
they have for ages hid, and active industry and
w.ell•applied capital be ready to develupe the hid
den treasures that so bountifully lie, now neglected,
beneath our soil.
It was probably this well known fact, which pro-
jected the North Branch Canal, and urged it near
ly to its completion. That it was ronceivethat a
time when the State was in too crippled a condi
tion to have permitted her money to be invested
in any public improvement, we Will n it now deny
Iler money had been lavished upon unyrufitable
and unwise measures, calculated but to enure to
the benefit of individuals : and had that money been
invested in the direct and s r ledly completion of the
North branch to the State Line, it would now with
out doubt, have been yielding its revenues to the
State, instead of hanging.as it does at present, like
try incubus upon the Treasury.
We believe them never was brit one opinion
With- regard to the utility of this stupendons improve
ment, and- that was, that it could not fail to be a
profitable investment. This was also the feeling
which possessed the minds of all when the work
was stopped ; but the people had cried aloud against
the lavish use which had been made of their mo
ney—iodeed,The State, through misguided; legisla
tion, was on the very verge of bankruptcy—and
short-sighted legislators were of too limited com
prehension to distinguish between profitable - and
improfitable improiements.
• The report of the Canal Commissioners for the
year 1R42, urges the necesi.ily o f p rosecut i ng t h e
completion of the North Bomeh Canal. They
say :
" In the opinion of this Board, the time for deli
berntioi. on the subject of completing the unfinish
ed lines of iipproverneitt. in a luck the.Curemon
wealth is now embatked, has gone by. Too much
money has been, expended—roe much damage has
been created—and too destructive will be the con
sequences to all concerned, for such an idea to be
one moment eatertained by those in authority,—
The North Branch Extensinn has already cost near' .
-two and a half millions of dollar=, to which, if the
work should be now suspended, must be aided the
damages su st ained by holders of private property
throughout the whole extent of the line; and the
damages to contractors who have, at an immense
expense. made all the preparations necessary to
enable them to complete their jobs, rely ire.; noon
the pledged faith of the Commonwealth. The an
neal interest of the sum expended trust also be
paid, whether the works are firrished or not_ The
work remaining to be done, will cost les.s than one
and a half mi.lion of dollars; which, when com
pleted, will open a very important, and. unques
tionably, the mast profitable line of imprtivement in
Pennsylvania. Let those who doubt thii remark,
cast their..e es to the map, and observe the point at
which it will connect the public works of Penneyl
vatiia with those of New York—that it opens a di
rect
water communication between the great iron
and anthracite coal regions of the Stisqueliantraand
the far West. • The trade which would tie brought
on the canal by the thi. usands and tens of thousauds
of tons of coal which would be shipped to. suppl 3
the cities, flourishing villages, and salt words uc
western New York, would alone relit toll enough
to pay the interest on the cost of construction : bin
when it is reflected that it affects, also the nearest
connection between the anthracite coal region of
Pennsylvania and the boundless country bordering
on the Lakes, who, in his senses, will set limits to
the trade below the entire capacity of the canal 1'
The report of the Board of Canal Commissioners
for the year 1814, declares that " the Board regard
the work as one of much value 'and importance.
and while they -do not believe it was a prudent tin,
dertaking on the part of the State at the time it was
commenced, no doubt is entertained; that if the ba
lance required for its completion could be had, it
would be profitably invested. This, however, in,
the present financial condition of the State, cannot .
'reasonably be expected for some years to come.—
Could any . judicious means be devised to secure Its
completioa by the. Commonwealth, within
,a rest
- sonable time, it should never be transferred to a
company, as it cannot fail eventually to become a
source of revenue."
At the present time there has been expended on
the North Branch from Lackawana to the state line,
being ninety tour miles, 52,484,939 00; the amount
required to complete it was $1 ; 277,452 81. Thus
for this small sum, compared with the amount ex
yentled, could the- North Branch have been cum
pletitd long before this. Instead of a mighty, a ne
cessary and a profitable public work, last gding to
'dilapidation, the h orn of the boat-man would have
been heard ringing amidst our hills alai rallies ; and
the activity of business been seen along its route.—
But its lociot,4oll its abutments stow stand, as mo
numents to designate the short-sightedness and for
ir of out past Legislatures, We appeal to the peo
- pie of the State, at large, whose interests are con
cerned, to the members of the Legislature, arid
particularly to the North, if they will see this gigan
tic work suspended, and remain of no more use to
ns - thaik onr - old, ifirrions. to tell o
those Vrho ha4liVed ore Shall ovee tw roil
lions of dollaritle blip ly anti wilfully eeeffeed
and loin ? Shail our coal and iron fwever form a
putt of our evtidaifaing hills, for - want of an avenue ,
to lead • them lo a market it can no longer be
said that, capital can n ot be obtained. Our cities
and capitalists are overburdened with mouuy,,,ly
ni do:lna:it on their hands, and seeking a chance
for incestmeta. If the Means of our Common
wealth are too limi ed to permit them to ti ish and
enjoy the revenues of the North Branch, justice and
sound policy demands, she could permit others to
complete this work. It will be many years before
sse will be more competent than at present, and in
the mean time,' all traces of the work will be obli
terated, or have gone into dilapidation.
The completiou of the New . York and Etie Rail
Road to Elmira, will open for the North Branch
profitable maikets easily of access. That the Rail .
Road will be pushed to a speedy completion to
that point; there is nosy nodoubt. It now only re
inains for our citizens to make a vigorous eflort, to
ensure the completion of the North Branch Canal.
Let them go to work speedily and zealously, and
the hopes which have been so long delayed, will
at last be realized. We trust immediate action will
be taken, and a united and determined ellortmade.
Dickinson , . !des of Dignity.
The following choice paragraph was written by
the lion. D. ! S. Dickinson. U. S. Senator. and for
merly [dent: Governor of the State of New York,
and who, by mistake was not born in that " mother
of great men," the State of Virginia—but who does
his best to rectily the mistake by wishing he lived
there. • We advise him to emigrate—it is the only
ehSace he has of doing what his constituency would
approve, and of being remembered as a public be
nefactor. It might then be said of him—
A trite Prrti'.ot be—Cur be it understood
Ile len It.s country, tor I,:, country '5 good !"
But here is .he Paragraph, as-it appears in the Bing
hamton Democrat:—
-The Keystone reposes in'the arms of whiggery.
Well, that is what we expected of her, after we saw
Ther democrats join the whips and abolitionists in
undertaking to swell such a miserable tad-pole as
David Wilmot into a calf. Pennsylvania might
have saved us, but New York could not. tihe had
no distinguished traitors—we•had. We know the
true democracy of the Keystone have worked well
and done their best. But quiie a portion commit
ed a great errorliu going oil after abstractions, and
it has lost us the State and the nation, So much
for riding a broom stick and Calling it a horse."
In extenuation, it should be remembered that
Mr. Dickinson unless propped up by the power and
influence of the administsation would fall to his
;roper level, and 'consequently is not expected to.
be very gclod-natured in • the prospect of having no
Power to which go can lawn and play the syco
plint. Ile has been a tC.coi in the hands of the Slave
Power—and feeling his own degMdation, viewi
with malice and envy, those who have stood firm
for Freedom—and who are destined to be honored
when his politic a l course will be a by-word of con
tempt and reproach - . We do not envy such men
their feelings or wonder at their ebulliiions of bate.
non. EL ?Velethus&
The following letter horn Hon. D. WiLmar, re
fntcs the many tnifininded allegations put in circu
lation in regard. to the. recent visit of this gentle•
man to Bradford. It is drawn Rolt him, simply
as an act. of justice to an intimate and respected
friend, whose character and firm adherence, on
evetY"oceasion, to the Proviso : should place him
bejond the mach of detraction.
TOWANDA, Nov 21. 1848
Dare SlB:—The visit of the lion. Robert Mc.
laud of NTichigan, to this place. a short time.
previous to the Presidential Election, has been
made the subject of many unjust suspicious, and
slanderous allegations, by a portion of the partizan
press of the country. In trines of high political
cCctenrent, all movements 4ire watched with great
jealousy by opposing' panizins, the acts and mo
tives of men are frequently grossly misrepresented.,
Justice to Mr. McClelland, an - il to the distinguished
gcralemati whose election lie was anxious to pro
mote, demands that they both should be acquined
of anything dishonorable iii the visit of the for
mer to this county, at leakt so far as my knowl
edge extends. Mr. McCleilatid did not pretend
to me, nor do I believe to any one else, that the
.position of Gcn. Ca-s upon the Proviso. was in
any respect changed, from that indicated by the
Nicholson letter ; nor was he the bearer to me. of
any provasiticns or promises whatever. He said
nothing ill- any interview he had with me, which
one friend Might not with propriety say to another,
and to which an honorable man might not listen
without having. cause for "offence. I know Mr.
McClelland intimately and well. 'lle is an honor
able high minded man, one who would resort to
nothing improper, for the advancement of himself,
or to secure the election to the Pres.ideneyie his
distinguished ft cnd. Very truly yours,
D. WU,MOT
To E. 0. GOODRICH. Ed. of Reporter. '
The Guerilla Democrat.
We did nut 'intend again to condescend to honor
this piratical sheet, wideanother notice. Nor should_
we now, except to give wider circulation than, it
possibly cau to the fact that that paper has doffed
its disguise, and now comes out under the editor
ship of D.. 11. Bull. Why was the fact that
this person has, in fact, been its editor from the
commencement, been so carefully concealed, and
strenuously denied ? It wai to deceive—to hold
out false inducements, that it might gain a stand•
This phut having failed,D. M. Bull now
tries by the strength of his popularity with the De
mocratic party, to holster up the sickly concern !
And to effect this, it is necessary to endeavor to
undermine the Reporter—hence the wholesale lies,
and base slanders which it is issuing week alter
week,,and jts drivelling, whining, pitiful appeals to
stop the Reporter and take the Democrat. We give
the thing full iinvilege to say what it pleases about
us—the antidote to all the calumnies it may utter,
is printed in its head:. D,M. Bull, Proprietor.
The Guerilla goes furiously at the Hon. D. Wil
mot, and the Bradford Reporter. The first, because
of private' malignaty, and ungovernable hate—the
latter, because it has the confidence of the Demo
cratic party and a circulation four times as large as
the Democrat—both of which it may never hope
to attaitse / We advise - the proprietor to take heed
by the example of Slaymaker's Bull, which under
toi>k to battle a railroad engine, and got knocked
off the track.
VI3GINIA.—Cass' majority in Virginia is 1415,
and only three counties to hear from, which gave
Mr. Polk four majority. Cass will have nearly
1500 majority in the State.
LE,vt Nolan, the celebrated Equestrian, who
was recently severely injured in a recontre, in
Mississippi, has since died.
Paths: Kneads awl tk. Zleetles.
The venerable - organ-grinder plailosophiseer
the recall defiat th4WDemocratio pars haw, env
tamed, and congsa_nitqes himself that has hid no
hand in :producing thk rez , ult. Like ilacbetb, he
says:
"Shale dad thy Rory torts at nul—
-1 hod canit not say I did hi'
The Union felicitatealtself upon a false assumption.
It has done something to produce this result. Its
course has been one powelfill reason why the De
mocracy now find themselves covered with defeat,
and menaced by division. The sectional and illiber
al policy pursued by that paper has driven from the
standard of the Democracy thousands of honest
men, who could not, and would not read their prin
ciples according to its interpretations. It has been
the organ and advocate of a section, merely. Its
editor has labored to make the Democratic party
carry upon its shoulders the overwhelming and
crushing load of Slavery Propagandism. It has la
bored to this end day otter 'day, with an assiduity,
which rightly directed would have proved of ser
vice to the Democracy. But, it had forgotten that
there were Freemen in the-North while playing
its overtures for the South, who looked upon the
Union as the organ of the administration, and speak
ing for its candidates, "by authority." Its circa
lation north of Mason and Dixon's line, has been
an injury to the party. Who but a fool, or one hay
ing no confidence in the People, knowing the state
of feeling in the North upon the question of the
extension of Slavery into Free Territory, would
have pledged Gen. Cass, as the Union did, to veto
the Wilinot Proviso I Yet that paper pretended to
have such assurance. Why, venerable sir, the
strongest argument that could he pia in.the hands
of the Taylor men, iu the North, was the very
" Union " in which you twice promised this, with
confidence. Yet you carried that idea iu almost
every Union ; and insulted the intelligence of eve.
ry Freeman who did not square his views of Sla
very propagandism by yours, and allow ycu to in
terpolate the principle upon the creed of Democracy.
" A house divided against itself cannot stand,"
we have been learned, and the late Presidential
election proves that in politics it is equally true.—
The great State of New has been literally kicked
from the DemoCratic ranks. And who has been
more zealous in divesting the Democratic candi
dates of its support than the Union? Who, after
reviling its' Democracy, finally coolly assumed that
"the aid of New York could be dispensed with."
Why, to be sure, this same Thomas Ritchie, who
now congratulates himself that he " has had no
hand ir. producing this result." The returns show
•that had New York been in line, the Democracy
would have triumphed.
The Democratic party of the whole Union, need
at Washington, an impartial organ. They can ne
ver hope to succe td while the Union is allowed to
divide and distract. Fortunately the contempt in
which it is held, prevents its being of damage to
the party directly—indirectly, as in the late contest,
it may do harm by Misrepresenting the principles
of the party, and driving off Democrats in disgust
From the day, when unfortunately Blair hr. Rives
were displaced to make, room for hini, the Union
has been a mere chattel and tool. It first under
took to scold members into a proper state of obedi
ence, and betwixt scolding and coaxing, the vene
rable granny cut a sorry figure, and if he had
any reputation when he came to Washington, soon
lost it by his supercilious and inflated garrulousness.
At Richmond he might be allowed to haire no ideas
out of Virginia—but as the government editor, he
shook! enlarge his sphere of thought, and compre
hend, if he can, the whole Union. Virginia, we
grant Wm, is a great Slate, and has furnished its
share of great men—but it has not kept up with the
times, and stands pretty much in the same relation
1 to the other States of the Union that he does to the
rest of the newspaper corps—like a seedy gentleman
of the olden time, in quede and knee-buckles,amidst
a group of healthy and vigorous young men.
We need at Washington a journal, which, taking
the plain principles of Democracy for its guide, will
advocate its cause, and not become the adjunct of
any aspirant, or the tool of any section or clique.—
Such a paper would respect the feelings of mem
bers of the party in every section of the Union, and
not endeavor to make it the pack-horse of Slavery,
and put upon its shoulders a burden which Atlas
himself could not have borne up under. Sue'h a
paper we hope to see—for when the Union is di
vested of the factitious power that now make it in
the least respected or feared, it will be su low, as
to be unwonhy of even a kick.
Arvt.ir-risc.—Ellis, son of the Hon. Ellis Lew.
is, a young gentleman of 19, died suddenly at Potts
ville, on Tuesday 21st ult. The Pottsville Empo•
rium says "He hail been ill for a few days, but
was considered convalescent up to yesterday,
when from tome affection of the heart, as the
physician supposes, be was struck down and died
in a few minutes. The deceased possessed a high
order of intellect, arid by his mild, gentle and am
iable deportment, had won the emeetri of all who
.made his acquaintance. Most truly do we sympa•
tliise with the bereaved parents and friends in their
affliction."
Mcxrco —By the last accounts from Mexico no
new revolutions had broken out, and peace and
quiet were being restored. This is a better state
of things, arid is attributed to the energy of Gen.
Arleta. Secretary of War, whose prompt measures
and prudent foresight • avert danger. The day of
revolution was postponed till the next instalment
from Washington, when a general scramble was
expected.
SANDUSKY BANK -A telegraphic despatch from
Cincinnati, of the 23d inst, cautions the public
against taking the notes of this Bank, in the belief
that they are unsound.
MR- CLAY.—The Lexington (Ky.) Observer, or
the 18th inst., says We are g,mtified to be able
to state that Mr. Cly's health is improving, though
still confuted to his bed, and very clitle."
A ononines.—" Suppose," says the Yates Coun
ty Whig, that the' country papers enter into a
league,' not to support any man for office, hereaf
ter, unless he shall have been for one year previ
ous to his nomination an advance paying subscri
ber to our respective ;papers. Wouldn't we have
fine time; I Let us foot up. In the Congressional
district there must be at least 50 who are sufficient
ly patriotic to work for the people, in Washington,
for t 8 a day; in this Senate district. 50 who would
like to be Senators • in this County, 100 would be
Assemblymen, 25 iherifis, 73 Clerks and 100 seek
ers for other offices. This would make 400 t; and
no Ore seeker would (kink of paying less than $2 a
3 - ear for a paper, the sum* total would be $BOO.
And who can say this arrangement would not be
fair The office seekers depend on the press for
stippon ; why not the press expect support from
them P
Nen Mt all Nadas.
( — Tbio korirawipieFeititt. I ,the':, nion t*ew
the figlowhi ti g wwwbeiof T otes id the ePr ;en
tialelectio: ..i
. New York " . 53,158
Philadelphrs, 53,167
Baltiattwo,2l,s4l
.
Bottum, 13,337
The personal property of the late 'John Jacob
actor. according to a paragraph in the 'Glom,. is as
certained to amount fo the immense furft of four
millions and ninety-fire thousand &Mars! 7 his
is exclusive of the houses, lauds, 8:.c.; constituting
his real estate.
Mr. Benson, of London. N. IL, upward of seven
ty yews old, went on to Bear Monifitain. to gather
ivy leaies, was taken in a fit, fell between two
logs, and lay there seven days and nights before
Ins blends could find him. Notwithstanding his
exposure to the weather, be is likely lc recover
Gen. lames Taylor, who died at Nnwport, Ky.,
last week, was worth four millions of dollars, which
descends to a son and three daughters. He was a
relative of Gen. Taylor s the President elect, for
whom he voted a few minutes before his death.
At Boston, last Saturday morning, the theimom
eter, at sundae, marked ITS.
The Utica , (N. Y.) Gazette mentions that on
Friday morning the (thermometer at Deerfield4mli
rated 1° below zero at sun-rife.
At Buffalo on Thursday, snow fell to the depth
of nineteen inches. Mast of the shipping and
many of the steamers were going into winter quar
tets. In alluding to the snow storm the Commer
cial says :—" Th ere is a greater quantity fallen than
at ary one time during last winter."
On Wednesday the Mow was two feet deep at
Franklinville, Cattaraugus county, N. Y.
At Milwaukie (Wm.) previous to the Bth, snow
fell to the depth of six inches, and a scow storm
had been experienced all the way from Chicago to
Detroit.
The I.,, , riiilature of. Korth Carolina is now tied.
Berry, the Democratic candidate for ettatcir, in the
vacancy, bas been elected.
Cider drinkers, it is now asserted by medical
men in England, escape the cbolem. It contains
malic and tannic acid.
Imprisonment lot debt, where the sum is hot
above ten pounds, has been abolished in Ireland.
Beautiful apartments in Paris, which formerly
rented for six hundred fiances a month, may now
be had for sixty.
The question. " Where does a fire go when it
goes out!" is about to be brought before a. Down
East debating society.
Water is obtained in large quantities at Manches
ter, by wells sunk into the new red sandstone.
We see by the temnal report that the donations
the last year came from the following soutces
Presbyterian Churches, 03837 26 : .114:tbodist, 9710
95; Dutch Reformed, 8551 70; !Protestant F.piseo.
pal, $284 91.
A Convention colfLawyens, for the whole State of
Massachusetts, is to be hs Id at ,Easton. the 4th of
January, to promote the honor and standard of the
profession and prevent imposition by pettifoggers
and others.
" Can you tell.nie. sir, what time the Providence
railroad comes in?" inquired an old lady with a
bandbox in her arms, of-a lounger about the depot.
" About ten =nines after the depot goes out," re
sponded the wag.
The suit between Bishop Purcell and Priest Au=
ber, at Cincinnati, resulted, on Friday, on a jury
trial before Squire Taylor, in a verdict in favor of
the pri_.st. The suit was to disposseamhe priest of
a church. The Ose will be car d ed to court.
Dr. James Hill, resident surgeon at the Peckham
House Asylum, (England.) states that he has tried
chloroform in ten cases of mali,griant et.olera, with
complete success ! ; sic of the patients having per•
fectly recovered, and four being convalescent.
The Montrose Review mentions that a believer
in the colt water cure tuts been committed for trial,
on a charge of having occasioned the death of a
laborer named Smith, by causing it . m to be wrapp.
ed ;r1 cold wet sheets, as a remedy for a rheumatic
fever under which he labored.
A veery.4dight+clivity suffices to give the run%
ning motion to water. Three inches p•'r mile, in
a straight smoothichannel, give a velocity of about
'three miles an hour. .
The Queen intends that the London winter sea
son shall begin in November, and net in Februa
ry as it usually does. She will do this by setting
an example with, the Court ceremonies.
French Postage, after the 1 of January, is to
be 20 centimes for letters not exceeding 7i gram.
mes. Prepayment is to be voluntary, and stamps
will be used.
The Election of Gen. Taylor to the Presidency
will not occasion a vacancy in the regular line of
the army, as the law which created the office of
Major Genwal, which he now holds. abolishes it
in the event of death, resignation or dismissal.
Mr. ChiTonl e our minister to. Mexico, aeccmpa•
nied by Mr. De La Rotas, the new minister from
Mexico to the ('oiled States, arrived at New -Or
leans on the 13th inst.
The official vote of New ,Tetley, just pnbhshed,
gives Taylor 40.003. Cass 36.180 Buren 849,
and Smith 77 . E ntajo ity over Cass 31 Taylor's 29.
An extensive mine of Chartnel coal has lately
been discovered on Coal river, about thirty miles
from its junction with the Kanawha, in Western
Virginia.
A Clue to the Patent Office Robbers, it is said,
has been discovered in Nevi York.
The Journalists of Rome, at a public meeting,
have agreed to devote their columns to the further
ance of the Italian cause.
The II welling of Capt. Henry G. Carson, of St.
Louis, was entered and robbed of $3,200, on the
night of the 3th inst.
',Adversity overcome is the brightest glory, and
willingly undergone the er---itest virtue. Suffer
ing are but the trials of valiant spirits.
The U. S. Storeship Supply, Lieu. Fennoce, of
the Dead Sea Expedition, arrived at Gibraltar, Octi
2 1 M., from Naples.
The Seal of the French Republic bears the mot
to, " French Republic, one .and indivisible,"--.
quite a different idea from our one out of many
At Windsor, the Queen aces in rainy %nether, a
covered carriage, called the Sefton, and in this she
sometimes has accompanied trince Albert in his
shooting excursions.
Louis Napoleon, in his last speech, assumed the
style of a monarch. It is said he has actually put
on the Imperial robes in private, to see how they
would become him.
The first attempt at steam navigation between
Quebec and Liverpool will be made next spring,
with a propeller of 830 tons burthen, and 300 horse
power. She is expected to make the passage Gam
Quebec in 15 days.
The pariah church of Wrathy, England, is situa
ted on an sa:fisity, approachable only by a flight cif
194 steps A new church has just been open
ad
for the benefit of the old, infirm, and sickly, wha
could not climb the height.
The London Times presents a ,gloomy picture of
the condition of the people of England physically
and morally. Some of the papers have openly
bratched the twbject of the repusiation of the na
tional debt.
The Unveil Courier says that a young man in
that city named Batdwell, died on Wednesday of
hyamphobia He was bitten last July by a dog
which ran into his store. Chloroform was applied
unsuccessfully.
They had all the signs of mid-winter at New
York on Satunlay, and the boys went skating on
some of the ponds—the ice being,sufficiently strong.
Snow fell from early evening till a late hour.
There is said to be a gambling hell in Boston,
supported by ladies, many of whom are highly re
spcetable.
Fiom the NlCtloesl Ers.l
Three tbapten et !Wind Ititery.—Nt. 3.
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se
Ditscrdearkt die Daiacra ` ic Party of Peenajnonitrs
have charged Pik Buchanan with 'having_
ten- lila 6 Berk Cotinly Letter" for }bet P Woof,
among othersl corinpting the State, of Pennayl.
vanity and oftiatink its public srhdiment en the
question of extending the curse idliavery into -
Iree territory. I have endeavored to show this
by cimunastantial e%idence so,allopg as. scarcely to
.admit of a doubt. I will nogg attempt .to prove
that the sentiments contained in the fetter were not
honestly entertained, but that its positions were first
taken to commend him to the favor of the south as
a Pr es idential aspirant, and afterwards-arguments
were upright for to support and bolster up his posi;
tious. That these arguments did not come spon
taneously is evident—his education, his associa
tions,, his previously expressed opinions, the feel
ing.s and views of the people of Pennsylvania who
had hcitiored him, and confided their honor to his
keeping, were against him. Bat he viewed it as
a ca.fe of emergency; and, like a. man about to
take a cold bath, he nerved himself for the task,
and boldly plunged into the subject. He is horri
fied by portentous visions of a dissolution of the
Union, should the Wilmot Proviso be enacted ; and
to prevent so dire a calamity; he says- '
"The fine
of the Missouri Compromise should be extended
to our new territory which we may acquire from
Mexico." His - arguments in favor of this condo.
si. - m are weak and incpnclusive, .the reasoning is
pointless,
and the whole letter unworthy of 'his
fame. I..et us take a specimen :
" Neither the soil, the climate, nor the produc
tions of that r ortiou of the Calafornias south of
thirty-six degrees thirty minutes, nor indeed of any
portion of it, north or south, is-adapted to slave la
bor; arid. besides, every facility would be there
afforded to the slave to escape from his master.—
Such property would be utterly insecure in any
part of California. It is morally-impossible, there
fore, that a majority of the emigrants to that portion
of the territory south of thirty-six degrees thirty
minute's, which will be chiefly composed of our
fellowrilizens from the Eastern, Middle, and Wes
tern States, will ever re-establish slavery within its
limits. i • . . •
This reasoning looks. specious, al. least; let
examine it: I' Neither the soil, the climate, nor the
productions of the Catifornias is adapted to slave
labor ;" therefore, it would be highly dangerous to
enact the Wilmot Proviso! " Every facility would
there be afforded to the slave to escape from his
master," and "such property wid(' be utterly
secure in any part of Calafornia; therefore, the
South never would agree to have Slavery excluded
from these regions ! " A majority of the em4rants
will be chiefly composed of our fellow-citizens
from the Eastern, Middle, and Western States;'
therefore, Slavery should be extended to California,
or a dissolution of the Union will be the result!
And this, too, from the author of the clear, close,
and cogent reasoning contained in 'his letter to Mr.
Pakeeham in support of our title to Oregon, which
excited the admiration of the world ! from a man
who, iu 1819, in the city of Lancaster, coincided in
a resolution declanno• t , it to be the duty of the "Na
bona] Legislature to prevent the existence of Slavery
in any of the Territories or States which may be
erected by Congrmo and applauded the Nlem
bers of Congress. who "sustained the cause of
Justice, Humanity, and Patriotism, in opposing the
introduction of Slavery into the State then endeav
ored to be formed out of the Missouri Territorv, as
entitledio the warmest thanks of .every friend of
humanity !"
" 0, h;s ofrrnce is rank. and smells to Heaven!"
What a sublime contrast to his present position
would Mr. Btichanan have presented, had lie stood
boldly forth. like a brave man' stfuggling against
adverse influences, for the maintenance o f Free
dom in free territory! His true friends in Pennsyl
vania mourn his departure from Virtue—their ac
cusing tears would lain efface this blot upon his
fame—this stain upon his escutcheon; they have
" watched with a Cbaldee's love the star of his
greatness approaching apparen.ly a , -ZiO ions culmin
ation, but they see it•now lustreless and waning, in
its unhlest conjunction with the dark and malignant
influence of Slaverv—they see that his timidity or
cowardice betrays like treason—they see that he
has joined hands with corlept politicians, many of
them mercenary in heart and profligate in morals;
whose praitso is a reproach, and whose touch is
pollution. ;If he wishes to star I in the tight of a
statesman before his countrymen, he roust. aban
don there associations and repudiate hese trick
sters. and sportb for the wrong, he has' done to a
confidingeonstitnency. If he does not, other end
better mei{ will occupy that favorite place in the
affections juif the people of his native State, which
his Ilattereis have taught him tabelieve was occu
pied by hims elf alone. His friends would inter
pose their rote.eing arms between him and the
fate which ;yearns to engulf him—they would con
jars him to be warued,in time—an early and sin
cere repentance may restore in a measure the con
fidence which lie•has forfeited: but should he ills-,
regard theii. advice, and persist in pursuing the
downwarill road which he has chosen; theymay
lament his course, but they cannot avert the conse
quences of his own acts. He. will feel the ground
sink from ender him; will find his popularity van
ish like milt before the morning sun, and he will
descend tola place so iti th estimation of all
whose :moll opinion is,w - ortb having. that contempt
will grow dizzy in fazing down upon him. The
result of the late election shows what the. Demo
cratic party{ bai lost by the abandonment of, the
Wilmot-Prfsviso principle--a principle maintained
by Mr. Buhanan in 1819. but abandoned by him
in 1847. The Democratic party must come back
upon thisplatform—if would-be lers choose to
cloud theiti fame by adhesion to the black Ha. of
Slavery-E4tension, they must be abandoned as false
guides— ad uncertain lights,
Which lead to bewilder,
And dazzle to blind "
. ,
Fellow-citizens! I have shown what was the
position of Pennsylvania, as regards the extension
ot Slaveryi into Free Territory, previous to the ap
pearance of Mr. Buchanan's letter. I have enu
merated tie objects to be attained by that letter,
and the change of front which the Democratic
party assutnetf after its publication. I have shown
the unwartanted claim setup by Mr. Polk's Oran.
Ist, that the people of Pennsylvania, by the elec
tion of Gr' ivernor Shook, had endorsed the senti
ments of r Ir. B.'s letter; and I have attempted to
prove tha Mr. Buchanan did not believe what he
wrote hi self. In doing all this, I have been
standing tin the defensive. In September last: I
wrote a ifrivate, confulentiar letter to a friend in i
Pennsylvania, urging upon him to support Mr. Van
Buren as the candidate of the Free Democracy,
and incidentally chargtng Mr. Buchanan With hav
ing ~ debauched the public sentimentofthe State."
This letter was surreptitiously obtained by an ene
my. and i paraded in one of the Can organs,
with dorqments. For_writing it, I was denounced
as guilty bf treason to Democracy, Ike. - Copies of
this paper were sent to the chief officers of the
Administration, and my removal from the petty
office I hield under the Government demanded. It
is needles" to say that the demand was complied
with, and that I was ' thrown out of employment
upon thel approach of winter, with a family depend
ent oponi my -exertions for support I do not com
plain of this. The administration, in.ostracising me
for this cause, have conferred upon me the hightail..
honor in; their power to bestow. I defy any man
acquainted with me . to say that I have been inat
tentive to my duties, incorrect d in my deportment,
or inefficient as a clerk. None of these are pre
tended. The sole cause of my removal, as avowed
by a map near the President, and who (night to
know, Was the publication of my letter tJ Mr S.
P. Collings.. If my enemies can gain any comfort
from a knowledge of this fact, they are welcome.
to it. This being the case, I have had no alterna.
tive, buti either to rest under the imputation of hay.
ing slandered Mr. Bnchanan, nerd' proving what I
asserted in this "confitleatialNetter. I preferred
the latter, and the foregoing three Chapters are the
result. :If guilt rests upon nie it is the guilt of ex
posing. not of perpetrating, Tr cLon. - I now appeal
from
,the injustice of Government officials to you ;
the People ; who are the source of political power
ment,l=l74 you iti . Pr 3 4C e
Lamm upon the brow of him to whom
.t belciggs.
I tlii bow: to.be your obedient servant,
A ..114. GAsayary".
City, October 20, 1818.
In dna ,r.Ol
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be for
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, ON TO PURCUASERS OF MERCHANT'S CELF:'•
~. GARGLING OPlL.—This valuable embrocattun
, • fore the public for more than eight years
an effort wds made to imitate it, or even to
, a substitute. Its increasing demand and
• rfeff success in THE CURE OF ALL FLESII An;
• in particular. has introduced a' number ot
s to ATTEmeT its imitation in various ma s .
l'l 18 CONFLNCING PROOF OF ITS INTRINSIC 114 1.1.1
1.1 mixtures have been got up under different
... such as " Black Oil," Arabian " Oil. '
"irs •
Oil," &c., and with all have purloined fit.in
ivertisement and directions, and some hair
e effrontery to call their BA.!-E MIXTURE I%
me of " Gargling Oil," thus by their triiih'ii
positions, the unsuspecting public ale 'ff,e
pat sntlerers, Or if any•ques.tions are a-kcc.
,re told, " it is the.satur thing,'' or " It is pt
/cid, - &c. In dug tune he conduct of t!,e-,.
mos will individually be exposed to the fi.il
t. and merit .cf such unblteting knavery Ses
tisement in this paper, a t rA l l get a liamptilet of
! ent.
get u
worn)
Notts
per,
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are of Countertelltatstasd Issiltat lons.
unparalleled and asusunnungetheacy of .I.k 7 .ll l. .starts
nof Wilt.' Chery, in all The diireases Wr a ie .t a re:
mkt!, curing patio canes afterof the hem
'atm Was uttarnllMg. has effeetedsWrge and lIICTC.:%
d for it. 'Thya fact has eatta,“' several uPPlttlf pied
Helier, and imitators toltaloi - oll" spnrimm unroof, of
.......
Be
ruc
Bn'aa
corn
physi
denim
count
name and oppeorancey&r the grunine Balsam. cone ,
are called -Syrup of Wild-eherry," Balsam of Spikenard '
4 , Willi Cherry. Cornfro.y." /he. Another,'" Wester's Balsam
of W"i d Cheary,"inisipelling the natal., begins , cen:fiester
the re , •nabty tlysie of the true Balsam. " Dr. Wistor'sl2l:i2 ll 3
of 14.d.t Che'rry” is the only grating. The rest mere ty im ts.r
the unipe - of the original, whale Ilterpossess none of its "sure.
K'.VEI.I. TO THF, M A 111, OF' THE OFN CI Nr:
, " " The genuine Palsant is put op i bottles., with the 'cants
" Dr. V istar's Balsam of Wahl Cherry. Panted," Woo n in me
glass ; each bottle bearing a label on the frplit..with the s ;n
-ature Of H. W !STAR. M
Th.ll*ill he enveloped heteader. with a new ♦r Tarr,
copyright secured 1F44; on which will always appear the
wrnieta signature of `. I. EL;TT."
S.gaeti 1. Burrs on the wrapper; sold by . C:IA:11131:RUN
& rORTER. Towanda. I'a.
Cants, Coruna, Coast - lICTION, &e —lt abOulti
red titat a cot.glt is an evidence that some inpurny .s .1
.m. the Mugs, wh ch. if not r, mood will so irritate those. dam' •
ea , organs as to produce infatuation Of the lungs. a d.seast
w t telt wr all know is the b gh road to consumption.
W Indian Vegetable Pills are naafi easy, and trots
cure lbr colds and coughs, because they c.arrK cvl by •th •
st nnach and bowels those time ud humors which, if dePo'
upo i the lungs are theeause of the above tanorous complui nit
A s.ngle twentyfive cent lox of Wr ght's In ban Vebn.tai....
Pills is generally sufficient to make a perfect cure of the most
obstinate cold : and at the same time the digestion is. Inman"-
ed, and the blood completely purified
BEWARED? COUNTERFEtTIS AND lailTAMONS.—relnember that
the original and only genuine laman MILDETADLI Pats
the written signature Or WM. WRIGHT ott the top Jahr: of
each box.
The above eelebrated Pala for 'sale by
Montnnyes,& Co . Towanda. U-. Moody & Co.. Frenchtows.
SWIDF Pomeroy. Troy. I). Hsi*. Gornbrook.
Cory ei I & Gee. Hur . .m7,ion. J. C. Adams.' Rum. Creek.
Mbson. Ulster. C Ratl6Jone. Canfon.
1.. S. Ellsworth. Athens. W. Campbell . . Shrshsouin.
Guy Tracey. Mann. .1 J.- Warlord. Monroeton.
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C. G. Gridley. Orwell. .
Principal office and . general Depot. 169 Race at., Phil
To, throw off disease requires a a•maltaneous effort of evrry
port orthe human system. It is perf•ctlp unless to stintutstr
one organ to throw off its obstructions, unless all- the ores , .
are similarly stimulated to a corresponding activity. In order
to carry along and completely remove these impurities, cl"
the heart, lungs. liver, kidney., stomach, skin, &c., must a I
act i unison and harmony. It follows tha t this mo o . of the
orgy s cannot be produced by any simple Syrup, or Extract
and hat a compound is needell,thrmed of the various seri:side.
sub emcee which operate upon these several organs, and at
nit that it belt componnd or such substance, but that the sub
stance , e Compounded in such proportions-as will produce a
harenonions action. Such a compound is Dr.- Guysott** cele
brated Extract of Yellow Dock mud Sarsaparilla—,scient,fical.
if
ly c' mpounded, an d d lest. b y the happy experience of thoi.-
and Sc, advertisement in another column.
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Please Read ►ad Colaslder.
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certificate like idiri following. Coming as it does from bee 0,
the Snow respectahte:surd worthy citizen of Poinghkeepre. N-
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Y., At mast carry eaaviation with it more especially, when .'"
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are, coumder the breeihrit has elapsed without a retain of the ,
1
an lemma synaptatas.-many of the cerWicatasof.the day bi
nig obtained alter a few days trial, when a momentary tor_ '
pc aps iinaginarl) relief has been obtained, Witham any ' '
permanent benefit. (This certificate we oblate from a rraper
table member of the Society of Friends )
li,hLe MILE TES rimosY. -
Forsurszmuli, March IS 1.0411. .
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'i This may eerti ' ry that in the Spring 41E14, (three real
si v.) my health ins very feeble. I was atleted will, ps.% ,
in ny lett side, with'enher unpleasant symptoms. and se:ford
nil eh from general nebil it it. At dun time I purr hasid on Mow'
D me two hottlea efirt IOSISON't COSIYOU N I ) 51 It I' l' Or
T. R AND WOOD NAPIITHA , from which I esper,eneed
faheipt , ht. my health being new very good and I ebeenui
y recomptendlheartiele to all -persons who may toe s uirr-.
i from general debility, with symptoms of a dec I Lad."
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