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Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Men!
Freedom' for Prim Tarr/ Sorg.
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E. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOR
'Firwanda, Wednesday, Feb'y 1 I, ISI9,
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t • roust 130 . -spent far:her !entry.
rel.r.mr) If* T , fhlorilur:i
The North Bp a , _eh Canal.
On Wednesday last, 31r. Grittinger's resolution
directing the Committee of Ways arid Means to in
quire IA hat funds can be set apart to create a sink
ing twirl, and whether any of the revenues of the
state can safely Le npp,lied to ther:construction'of a
'road to avoid the Inclined Planed andto the cent
pletion of the North Branch Canal--rkme up on
second rcakling. rending a motion to postpone its
onsideration for the present, it elicited a aaimat
eti OA ate. Tie opponents of the North' Branch
completion bill, arid those ho kar it it ill cripple
the State, and endanger the punctual pa,:, , ntent
the interest on the public debt, are in favor of the
resolution; whilst the hiends of the completion ge
nerally I ',Tose it as an atierifle their bill 'in
a committee, or delay action on it Non! too-laic a
period of the ses-ion.
'Alesers. L.iird and Little di-cussed the re-olmion
ut Some lenv.ll—the former adt ocaung., and the 1.e.-
ter opposing it.
•
Itlc*rs. It. R. Smith, 11. S. Evans, Fuller, Pearce
ant] Corityn, participated in
The ruo:iuu to p..:lpcuie was disaweed to, as ful-
lIME
Yeas—Messrs. Cort, Courtney ;
rniolt, Emory, Few.ly, Feelon, Fiber, Frick, Ful
ler. Georg.', Gillespie. Hemv, Heuszey.
Higgins
Laubach, Little, Mtalmout,
Morrison, Myers, Nickleson, Olio,
Pearce, Porte- Roseberry, Itu2ley, &houtiover,
ShafTher. Wm. Smyth, Sumter, Stockwell,
Titazart, IValters, Wattles, Packer, Speak
-0(2:4 .
Nava---3lessrs. Baker. Bellis. Rent, B41(1le,
Bloom, Bull, earl, nicht, Eshleman. Da% id Evans,
Il e rry S. Eva n t, Win. Evans. Gordon, Gainger,
♦;rare, Hampson, Hortz, Hower, Kirk,
Laird, Lamborinn, Larne, Lewis, tong., Lueken.
Lich, M'Cartney, McKee, M . Laugliliti, Martin,
Marx, Noble, Plait. Redick. Robb. Roberts, Ruth
erfohl. Hyman. Seibert, R. Rundle Smith, Gavel},
Steel, Stubbs. Stutzmaii,Georne T. Thorn ; Nicholas
Thorn, IVeiriek ; •
The question recurring on the resolution, it was
agreed to—yeas 55, nays 33.
This vote is considered us being unfavorable fur
- the project
On Tlinr+day last, Mr. Little, the talented mern- ,
her from Wyoming. introduced a bill to redeem the
relief issues. to authorize small bank notes, and for i
e loan to complete the North Branch Canal ; and to
avoid the inclined p'ane on the Columbia railroao.
The details of the big are briefly thes43l —The banks
are given the privilege of isFhing small bank notes.
redeemable in specie on Ocinan 1, tl the amount of
•15 or 20 per cent. of their capital stock-. For Ibis
privilege the banks are to loan the fta'e an amount .
equal to one hdt of the sma'l noes issued—the
loan to bear an interest of two per cent The loan
and prinilege is to .continue for 20 years; unless
sooner redeemed by the State, The sum of the
loah realized in this way it is supposed will reach
fully two million. The bill appropriates $OO,OOO
of this to redeem Ihe rrtief issue=, ;300,000 to avoid
the Inclined Plane on the Columbia Rankled, and
41,100,000 to complete the North Branch Canal.
On Friday last,. Mr. Mason, in the Senate, read
a bill for the completion of the North Branch ; the
proiiSlons of which have net reached tti.
Foreign News.
By the arrival of the Strainer Niagara, at Boston
rni:unilny last, we harelifteen days latcr
iutelli
gence from Europe, which is. highly important,
chiefly in a commercial point of view.
The improvetnent in. the money market was
marked. American Stock% had advanced in price.,
The 'transactions is Cotton were heavy, at adiane
e,l rates. The rope demands - the intervention of
listria to rc;cat him in temporal power, and both
inlinia and France strung,ly rcinctistrdte against
;that htermination.
As fur the'lltnnan people. they seem to have lust
'i'ol; reverence for the Pope as All CCCiezi“btie uo less
6att` as a Prince. The plri.nal attatl.cmas which
lie liatt•herled Ni e linSi hex have hten treated with
04)!tie contempt,
iicpess To Arrrii. Serrt.cas,—A bill is7riow be
feir.eCongress to mettle homes to actual settler 4
indtnltivators. The difficulty to be overcome in
`ier:li'a late is the rapid passage of the land through
11;iii.inds of inconsiderate settlers into those of ape
VolafOrs. The difficulty Would in a measure be
overcome, the Washingtdisi Union suggests, by malt •
trrg it necessary that the settlers should occupy the
for a term of Years, say ten—the title not to be
tielteeted, and no right to the land di improvements
tissignable : until the expiration of the term ;
lusiisedess the sewer, or his widow, or his heirs,
I.oritinned to occupy the land the whole period.
1 1COV'ehould any person ever be entitled to a sec.
.f,rearit where the title to the first had been par-
• "kkorttr.2 4 ‘ Parucco Csse."—We Lear from the
*iriaington correspcmdence . of the Baltimore Pa
frigi that a novel petition has been presented, to
bitimmOrom Ma. Mary Johnson, iiomewhete in
ithilttifivr New York. Sin represents that her
husband was in our army in Mexico—that he de.
alittedotti the enemy—that he Was captured and
tibdghl-bel—the General 'Taylor would - not -al-
Vourliira fo remain; tut sent- )6ilit ofthe he is
tOilittfteri-in eoluotimience, - if not to the -wee—
laytilothafiniZtogeeds is paying for nerfroit loaf in
Way; asti the Pucheecieirie, and as the
'ettiolidars - onie*liite-man Went two negroes, she
fitis bite paid ivorti-iltousal donate, (dOatilirthe
Fog) paid for tactseciip tgwis,) for (o)/ tom tiai.,
imnd! .
Burglary la Tray.
No discovery bee yet been inade of t, theiterpn,
trams of the dariof hatglari,:st roy.
(MIMI of the occurenee, which vie bads. mk t )?
gi 'n our reads a, wslearn fronts letukfesnone
of the bless's. Rooyon's to ate allot otthe Well
bore Bawer -
"On Tuesday night last our store was broken
oPeru, and 11.1,0041 in (rash and near 075 worthof
jewelry stolen therefrom. The rogue or Mgoesrio ,
terry by way c. the back door, breaking out alight
of glass, and putting hls band through, rinbolting
the door, and walked in. He went upstairs tog's
bedroom; took his putts from off the bed, and took
them down into the store-4ot the key of 'our safe,
which he unlocked. and takm. , out all the cash we
had ou hand, he 'calked up thorsafeand fled,taking
the keys with him. Ho went to S. P'ierce's office,
, widch he broke into, and tried our keys to his safe
for another haul ; but in this he Was not successful
and ho decamped. Wel have no eine to the robber.
E. know nothing - of
our misfortune until mom
Mg ; when he missed his pants , . and not fi nding
them in his room he came down into the store and
found them there:'
"THE STAR OF THE NORTH, " a new paper just
Martell at Bloomsburg, Pa., by Weaver & Gilmore.
The two first numbers which we have received,
are well printed and ably edited. We wish the
publishers B:_ccess.
Q::2— The Correspondence between Judge CON
I NON Am, and the members of the Bar of this Conn
ty; will app?ar next week.
THE Noatru BRANCH CANAL—The people of Nor-
Clem Pennsylvania are moving vigorously in the
matter 'ofeompletion of the North Branch Canal ;
and public attention fo n other sections, particu
larly the attention of the commercial and trading in
terest, seems directed'toward- it with mere favor,
and amore general acknowledgment of its impor
tance than at any previous day. It is in reality, a
work of immense importauce, not only to the peo
ple in that section, but to the Whole Stale ; for while
its coulphstioo would anted to the, thriving popula
j lion of the Northern countilts an advantageous
avenue to market for their surplus products. h wound
a vast amount of trade upon the other great
brandies of our State improvements. It is there
; tore to be hoped that means mar early be devised
I for cairying the project into effect. As it is the
North is justly complaining of neglect. Rich in
' agiicultural re (nitres; rich in the energies of her
people, and rich in mineral wealth—all are corn•
I punitively valueless so long as she is shut out of the
! markets of the country by the want of suitable aver
! ues of trade.—Daily News.
CA LIFORNIA HAVIGRATION-A Gov ItRIVMENT Es
couv.—lt has already been announced that a gis rt
emigrating party . from Arkansas to California, will
s - 2t out about the I,t of Axil next. The govern
ment, it appears, has ordered an escort of troops to
accompany this party as far as Santa Fe. The plan
proposed is, for such citizens as may be desirous ( f
making the exploration, to rendezvous early in
April at Fort Smith or Van Buren, and proceed to
S,uita Fe, along the valley of the Canadian river, &c.
An once' and thirty-men to accompany them frotu
Fort Scott.
It is intended that an officer of topographical en.
gineers shall also accompany the detachment, to
make a renconnoisance of the route, report,
The rendezvous of the party, Fort Smith, is not situ ;
ply a military pest, as many suppose, but a grow
ing and business town, which bids fair to become,
at a day not far distant, one of the leading cities of
the West. Senator Borland, in a letter in reference
to the expedition, says, the great benefit to the
country anticipated from the. movement is the set
tlentent. in areal part at least, tot the mooted ques
fion. which is the shortest and best rout to Caliter-
Ina! The trip from almost any portion of the east
ern and middle States to Fort Smith can be made
with entire convenience and comfort, on steamboats
and railroads, within three weeks at farthest. Thus,
only . one hundred and twenty days. or four months,
will be sufficient to place the emigrant from the
most distant point in the United States at San Fran
; else°, and that, too, over a mute which, for safety,
certaitcy and freedom from disease, has not rival."
I A circular hem the agent says.
aEvery able-bodied man will be reqnirA to
furnish himself with a good gun and plenty of am
;munition ; also with 150 Ite. of good flour, 100 lbs.
or good bacon and transportation for the same,
I:eery head of a family must furnish himself with
a good sutetrntial wagon. as the circumstances of
his family may require, to be drawn by horses,
mules or oxen, and no wagon to carry over 2000
Any person will be permitted to take as much
stock as he may wish. Young men could unite,
(say five or six together, and purchase a wagon for
transportation, which can be done at a trifling ex
pense to each one. We would say that the per-
sons who. are at the head of this enterprise, are
men of energy and experience, and that they are
determined to proceed by the first of April."
Grs. TArLOR'S PROGIM6 TO WISIIINGITON—Gen.
Taylor's departure from his home for Washuigton
has been already announced through the telegraph.
He is accompanied by Mr. Benjamin, one of the
Louisiana electors, the Hon. Bailie Peyton. W. L.
Hodge, 1.1-4 , the editor of the Bulletin, Mr. Van
Allen, Major Garnet, of the army, and A.C. Bonin,
of the Picayune. Of the General's reception, at
Natchez on the 25th inst., when on his way to his
plantation, previous to going to Vicksburg, the Nat
chez Courier says:
t• The Committee appointed to wait upon Gene
ral Taylor and tender him the hospitalities of city
and county, performed that duty at an early hour in
the morning. The General's reply was brief and
to the point. He said that the circumstances pre
vented him from complying with the requests if
our citizens—that nothiug could give him greater
p'easu.e than to meet his Adams county friends in
' social intercourse.
The boat temaii e I at the landing an hour or I
mare after her regular hour of starting. in order to
give our citizens an opportunity to call npon e tbe old
hern„ and to take him by the hand. Numbers
aysiled themselves of the opportunity to give the
old soldier and true-hearted -honest patriot, a cor
dial shake of the hand. Ail seemed to wish that
his civil camel might be as successful and glorious
as haul been his military one. We never saw the
General look in better ;eondifion. His health is
most execitent, and his step ie. as elastic as that of
early manhood. A salute of thirty gong was fired
in honor of the General's arrival. and. the same
number announced his departure."
Mrs. Taylor. Col. Bliss and his wife, were ex
pected in Washington yesterday.
A CLENGVIDAN POUND GUILTY OP TUN MINDEN Or
correspondent of the Bowan Chrono
type, writing from Plymouth, N. says that. the
Rev. Ezra Dudley, a clergyman of a neighbonng
town. has been found guilty rib the 2d inst., of the
murder oft& wile. on the evening of the sth of
March, last, hisowinection with ianother warms be
ing the cause of the molder. liesayt the case was
tried at a special term of the Common Pleas, a Court
that we did not know had cognizanCe cf criminal
offences. ' - 1, •
Tug WILL Cr Prigs Mum:a, deceased, a wea',
'thy old bachelor who died recently at Eastrai l , hair
*een eer aside by the Court ore'remnattiPlati Of
Northampton county; upon the groundthit the mei
dam darise in sajd W ill,came within gill wean
ing of_vihat the law denominatoka perpentity, and
theiefdre' ire* null ea *Cid. The eaten, was ad.
judged tii Peter Miller, thenaphew mid only heir
at law of themsitisal, ac t whoerrinaanc• the suit
wakbroaght. u -is :septx:ool Ibe , Executois
writ if
the cause to the &wept*/ Court, upon a
writiitertar.
—This
on the 15th ult., the Accord of doin;, we
find that it has passed- an tketnpting a hernia.
staid worth five hundreilldollnis from exerdtionan
all debts contracted after tha fourth of July next.
Mr(Filar Days tater Ikan Calakola
Maas% ;Sold glom Conjimecir•_ Hari time
„tor Ole* real state of the Cais+Goiti
Wilma A:ritiaion; Esq., merchant of SaittlFnur= .
cisco, irtivt4fathispty yesterday, and took lodg
ings stilts cwim R6teL . Mr. Adrenal' haeresi4- 1
edlor too yetis orrth l e Pacific and two at San Frig
ohm. He let' San Francisco on the 10th of Dec ,
and twine to 11*.Uniled States by way of Mozallan,_
Guadalaxira, Mexico and Vera Cruz. The -pas
sage from San Francisco to Mazrulan occupied 10
days, the vessel touching at only one port. From I
Mazatlan to Mexico the penny was made on
horseback in six days. Mr. Atherton has accom
plished the whole of this long and anlttouifiip with
remarkable dispatch, having been only 61 days up
on the mute ; the cost of the whole, from San-Fran
cisco to New York, has been about *lOO. He brings
intelligence from the Gold Region, now the object
of pniversal thought and expectation, thirty four
days later than-the latest received before. The in
teresting and important facts which he reports are
as follows :
The gold region•is now understood to embrace a
territory a thousand miles in length and three hen
dreil. it width. The gold is distributed over this
vast extent; though by no means eqnally, some
parts being of surpaising richness, while others are
comparatively barren of the precious metal No
limit can be.fixed to the number of men who may
find employment in extracting it or to the length of
time for which good digging may be profitable.—
There is room enough for all who may desire to
make their fortunes by this new sort of attract.ve
industry, and a sufficient quantity of the glittering
dust in the earth to keep them bnsy indefinitely.
But as we , learn from Mr. Atherton, the business
of miming has nothing .hat is agreeable, except the
fink! that it sometimes—not always—produces., In
short, it requires the hardest kind of labor, such as
only strong constitutions and inuscles indurated by
mil can undertake with. a prospect of success.—
Young men delicately brought up, and more faroi-
liar with the drawing-room, counting.toom or law
yer's office, than with the plow or sledge hammer,
had better keep their imaginoinos free from all
visions of placers, rivers tioatu , with gold dust. and
big lumps of the real stuff to be had fur the picking
up. Cold is not to he procured in that way even
in California, but yields itself only to strength and
skill. Even these are not always successful. Mr.
Atherton knew one company which want out from
San Francisco with all the proper tools, machines
and ascessories, and whose members, after digging
some time with better zeal than fottune. came back
each with a flea in his ear, and not a jot of gold in
his pocket.
however, a man of the right soil in respect of
health, strength and skill may, with fair luck and
hard and steady work obtain three ounces of gold
on an average per ilay."lt is not often tenni in lamps.
Still Mr. Atherton has seen one mass weighing 7
lbs. and a friend of his had seen another weighing
21 lbs. The number of persons Is-ho had been to '
the mines when he left is estimated to,ooo, but
there had not been more than 2,500 digging at 4ny
one ;one. One man of his acquaintance, a black
smith, had got ten thousand dollars, worth in three
weeks. A good many Indians had been employ
ed as laborers by the miners but they are poofassis
tants. They do not work steadily and never can
be kept at it above a month at .a time, when they
leave for San Francisco lb spend their ear lags in
This informant also confirms the report that Cin
nabar or the ote from which quicksilver is distilled
had been discovered in great • abundance in Cali
girma. There is a rich•mine of it in a mountain
ant niece than. three miles from San Francisco. If
ore proves as abundant its is supposed the dis
covery will be hardly less valuable than that of the
gold.
There was nothitc , doing at the mine+ when
Mr. Atherton left, owing to the ruins, it Lei :g the
rainy season; there was not mulch sickness in
the diggings, no robberies and no distiobances.
The cost of living at San Francisco has been the
subject of statements quite as exaggerated as some
of those relating to the gold mines. Mr. Atherton
says that good board can be obtained there at $lO
per week, and provisions are plenty at fair prices.
The population of the place is about 1.000. Mr. A.
himself came to New-York to purchase goods but
finding that immense quantities have gone forward
will probably not make very extensive purchases.
An extensive plater has been discovered in Ore
' gm and it was reported at San Francisco that all
the inhabitants of Oregon City had gone out to try
their luck.
American vessels touching at Mexican ports will
have to pay tonnage duty ranging of course accor- -
ding to size of the ship, from .+'soo to !1,500 The
Mexican Government had not yet liven orders for
the admission of the American mail -steamers free
of :his duty.
There was a great lack of warehouses at San Fran
cisco, ships would find difficulty in discharging,.
Ships drawing 8 feet can sail 150 miles up the
SW: ratn,en to.
Mr. 'Atherton is a plain and substantial looking
merchant and vie do not hesitate to say that full'
confidence may be placed in his statements.
The Ohio was at San Francisco when Mr. Adler
ton left.—N. Y. Tribune, Feb. 12tk
EILINCIPATInN IN KENTvc - Er.—/Ilaystille Eagle
publishes the followina project na that which meets
the views of most of those in Kentucky who de.
sire the emahcipatical of their slaves:
First : L,et all the slaves in esisterfig. or born in
Kentucky before the first of Jim: 1860, remai
slaves for life.
Second : Let all male slaves brim alter the same
period be free at 21—provided, that upon reaching
that age, they shall be hired out for two years, or
longer if necessary, until a fund shall he aceumu.
late(' sufficient to transport them to Liberia, and
give them a Start in the Colony.
Third: No Slave thus emancipated shall remain
in Kentucky as a freeman.
DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATION IN New Yosta.— ,-
Bunsing of Messrs. Hoe it Co.'s Afamrfiictory.—Late
on Tuesday evening. the manufactory and depot of
presses and printing. materials of It. Hoe & Co..
New York, was destroyed by fire. The amount'of
loss to Messrs. Hoe is estimated at 520,000 The
building was principally used as a warehouse for
their stock of printing materials, all of which has
been destroyed. This is the third or foarth.time
they have met with a similar loss. The business
will ,suffer but a temporary check, as they have
other establishments in operation in another part of
the city.
LAND SIADF: sr N.ercur.z.--Quite an extensive
land slide occurred at Natchez on the 26th inst.,
near the upper end of the promenade ground. A
portion of the bluff, says the Courier, some 10 teat
broad and-40 feet in length, wi bout anY known
"just cause or provocation," detached Well very
uncereinnniongly from its ancient resting place, and
pitched down into the road beneath.
Doman= VicroaT.—The election of Atutirros
Daus,
Esq the Demorratic.candidate for Senator
is theEXth dionict--Tto fill the vacancy occasioned
by the resignafion of Wm. F. Joeirion the kresent
•Governor—is a Omit= reszdt.• The Distnct is a
dose one, and Goventorinausrost hula majority
in 1847, of MI voted over. the Democnoic nominee.
Mr. DRUM ' the Senator elect. is a citizen.of Indiana
a fine imentiter, trod an `accomplished scholar. He
is the brother •of the gallentCapt. Daum, who so no
bly diatiivied himself at Baena Vista, and fell
furiously fighting in the. Sictcnions battles oldie
alley Of Mezico.=Fenabal'ocurin.
- &Faze Pamais.— Ahi 11- far the tall pardon of
all those ,who took padin theism civil dissesesmos
of Canada, entitled ~ .‘,Aa,act for the Quemt'a most
;mime. general anti Tme paidon," has passed both
houses or that Canadian Psitriantent.
Col. John . W. Geary, the ietuier of -the Second
Regimes of Peansylsania Voinnteers, has, accord
ing to the Pimibinge 'Not, been appointed
PostreisterliSan Paneisco, California, 'hod- will
Icaie in a few Jays. e
Tar Norrn Murree Casst..—Can we wonder
that oar State Legialationlias becernsta by-word 4.
reiroachte us among ontmeighb, imil,' 2 ThatreirState
loans are a cheaply inibe !market! The' bath
is we manage nor Twelve: ',badly. • Look at the
North Branch Canal.' We have expended in the
construction of the work two Ind a half millions of
dollars, till we have twee-fourths. completed_ it, and
then we abandon it, under the plea that we are too
poor to finish it. - What an idea!
A man borrows oar money .from time. to time,
under pretence of erecting a house, and when near
ly finished he abandons it to decay, because he
thinks he is toopom to complete it. Why the poorer.
he is, the less he can afford to abandon it. And if,
it be at all in his power to get means for its com
pletion, is it not his duty to ,do so, that 'hi may
make it productive, and pay us from the revenue!
The State stands in this relation to its credited'.
If we may speak at all of faith and honor in a State
is not this Commonwealth bound in honor to its
creditors to save this expensive work from ruin,
and to make it productive to its loan holders! Is
it not prompted by mere interest if it cannot fail to
pay the debt incurred for itsconstruction It is idle
to say the State is in debt, and therefore we can't
go on with this work. -The fict of the debt should
be the strongest inducement to take this necessary
step to provide for its redemption. The moment this
plain business-like system shall be adopted by our
Legislature that moment her loans will be advan."
ced ; for to our shame ba it spoken our broken credit
is net caused by want of olsources to pay with, which
would be a worthy apologji, but by want of ordinary
judgment or energy in making those resources
available.
If we hare erred in adopting a system of erecting
public words ; if we have bee n led into extravagant
expence for works that have proved unprofitable,
is this a plea for the abandonment of such as we
know will be productive I Quite the contrary. It.
is thestroncest reason that can urge us to make
more out of those that may be made to yield it.
The only question for inquiry should be can we
be certain that this North Branch Canal, by the ex
penditure of a million of dollars. will secureto our
creditors the payment of that sum, and two and a
half millions already (fee to them for the same ac
count I If it will do this cerainly them cannot be
a doubt in the mind of any plain farmer or met han
ic, that we should ocuutact the additional debt to
complete it.
Look at a nine of the State of New York and
pursue the route that leads by this canal to the great
%'i yoming;coal basin, and you will see that in pre
senting, us with the priceless fossil treasure. Provi
dence has marked out distinctly the channel for its
development; and m'selecting tne route of the
North Branch canal, the State has followed this in
dex with nicest precision. There has been in fact
no mistake made and no injudicious expenditure
on this part of the public works.
Now observa the market that yearns for its so -
ply of fuel from our boundless tfatre. 'Paw your
eye along the shores to me many smaller naviga
hle; ;rtes New York. and then along the shores
of Erie and Ontario, with their- vast trirmtaries car.
ering the earth like net-work ; then follow the line
of the Grand Canal, marking the cities and villages
in its course ; let the New York and Erie Railway
not be forgotten ; measure the vast and fertile plains
before you and see the myriads of 'houses dotting
the landscape. Every house. saltpan. iron foun
dry, manufactory, locomotive and lake steamer
presents a petition for this work, and a guarantee
tot The quickest return of any obligation we • may
contract for its eiecution. lu addition to the car
riage ofcoal, the returning boats can so cheaply
transport the gram- salt, plaster and other prcducts
of the rich valleys in York State, in competition with
other routes, that a Very Ilea% y and profitable ton
nage may be expected from that source.
This coal field would hold the monopoly of that
great market. which commands nn extent of tiny i•
gable coast tar exceeding that of the whole United
States on the outer seaboard; And it could always
atford to par (at the expense of the consumer) so
liberal a toll upon the tonnage as to in-ore a respect
able profit beyond the interest on the outlay The
prospect held out is not Therefore that of paying at
a distant day, lint at once and immediately. if the
Schuylkill coal field count on pad ing the interest on
the cost of the Schuylkill Canal and Railway (over
twenty mllions), with close competition from the
Lehigh and Lackawana, and from each other, can
there exist a doubt that with a market as boundless
and with freedom from rivalry, this great work will
pay a more liberal dividend upon d cost of only
four millions at the tribe:est
NVe have said enough to urge the State by every
motive of high consideration to push the North
-not
canal to immediate completion. We need
-not therefore, expatiate upon the just claims of the
!people of Wyoming (a portion of the State endear
taa us by the most interesting Revolutionary re•
membranceS) to the opening of some available
outlet for their products to market. On this the
Ledger has decanted for years. But we do en
vy the anticipated fee kings of that man, and ()revery
member of the presetit Legislature of this State who
shall by his vote acd especially by his active aid,
be instrumental in the passage of this law. The
suffering men of Wyoming will not fail to engrave
the honored names upon a monument mote endear
ing than marble—upon the tablets of ten thousand
thankful hears. Anti as they pass in after time
through the lovely Valley they have awakened to
new tile and activity, a thousand fair hands will
shake them welcome, and a thousand warm hearts
will breathe a blessing on their heads.—Ledger.
DE 4 TRrCTIVE FIRE VS NEW ORLEANS.—A fire
broke nut in a large frame building. used as a saw
mill, at New Orleans, on the 3d ult. Before the
progress of the flames could be arrested, the saw
mill and the buildings attached, as well as a large
amount of . imber was destroyed. The properly
was ovrue.l by Messrs. Blanc and Defendlly, and
the loss sustained was supposed to be about
000.. A fireman was killed, and a woman and
child severely injured, by being run over by the
engines.
Wurr Tkma It MeAN !---The Holliday abut; Reg
lter states that while Mr. and Mrs. Loomis and
" Miss I'lartliia." were giving exhibitions of mes.
merism in that village. one Dr. C. J. Sykes appear-
ed. laying claim to Miss Marlhia as his wife. Both
parents and girl, it appears, resisted the claim,
which remelted in a kabeatcostris, a twodays'
titration, and a discharge. Evidence disclosed many
Eddie mysteries of magnetism, and a sad picture
of connubial felicity.
Frarnvz SLivr.s.—An act is now muter (lianas
sirs, in the Legislature of New York, whose pm
visions are similar to the law of Pennsylvania, in
relation to the apprehension of fugitive slaves. It
lays severe penalties on any Sate, or municipal
racer or citizen, who may assist in arrestioga col
ored man oo the ground that he isa fugitive slave,
thus leaving the apprehension of slaves halite Uni
ted States officers and Coons entirely. The bill is
entitled "an act for the protection of-personal lib
erty."
PLANK ROAD 1 TIM Pacinc —auoles Ellet, a
civil engineer, proposes and defends the practice
-Why of a plank road to the Pacific, through . the
-columns of the Philadelphia North. American. In
ten, or at moa twelve days, one might go from St.
Loots' to Sari Francisco on such a road, allowing
seven miles to the boor, and in less than eighteen
days the Pacific might be reached by a traveler
from New York.
THZ YATCII6O3 Rtmacas.--About ken months
ago, a clerk of thew, Robinson & Co., of No; 52
Wallet., while in Paterson, J., was knocked
down and robbed, of a package containing 28,500
in bank bills. Two yttmg men arrested at that
time anti discharged have sines been dotetted with
2300 of the stolen money.
CALIFORSIA GOLD GILICAM.—../i l ' aDkllO down
East has invented this Specific for the use of gold
hunters; The operator is. to grestie iiiinself well,
l4.ddwu Oil the trip arti hill, and then -von brthe
bottom. The gold, and," nothing else," will stick
to him. Pritel9.l per boa.
. • The Prize Fight
•
The fight between Elyerpid Sullivan k)i Sllie
000, took place on Tivaday evening. 'mif f about
five o'clock, on Rock Point, In Kent county, 4c14
atillas below Pool' Island. Prevented ftorn the
colisomidioir of 'hell purposes by the,descent of th
ppu~ce an Pool? e
Islied, trot effecting,their osscape;
the principals in ilia - brutal affair were delermitietT
not to be deferred from the sport. They succeed
ed in making - their-ssyto.the shore of Kent coeur
ty, Maryland,-and pushine e about a mile inland, a
ring was formed in a pineknoll.st about 5 o'clock,
{in Wednesday evening , at which time the fight.
actually came off, the : parties being undistutbed
trom beginitig to Fed.
. We learn from' pitrism whp was present on the
groind, that the paittesmet with considerable ex
hibition of personal animosity, and. upon exchaog
ine blows it was with an evident determination to
make e short work by . sharp penishment In The
early stage of the contest flyer drew the first blood
from his antagonist, but was soon afteiwards struck
a severe blow in the throat and knocked down.
The fight then contiuued in a rapid succession of
" rounds," Sullivan receiving at every blow from
his tremendons opponent very severe .punishment.
The in'ermission between the. several onsets was
so brief that it seems to have been regarded as a
pretty steady fight. In one of the rounds, Sullivan
received a severe blow over the left ere lacera
ting the scalp and so lifting iefrome the bone of the
forehead that it fell over his eye and obscured his
'sight. This caused a minutq's delay; while it was
fastened up with sticking plaster. In a subsequent
round Sullivan was struck a blow upon the back of
the head with such violence that it was thought his
skull was fractured as he dropped apparently life
less to the ground. Sullivan soon recovered, how
ever, and again• came - op to the contest, until in the
fifteenth rbutol, when he received another severe
blow, which thre - v him heavily awl awkwardly to
the earth. Upon being picked up and appiaaehing
his antagonist to resume the fight, it was observed
that be raised his arm to his usual position for tie-
Mime with much difficulty and great pain. His
features were expressive of keen anguish and his
arm wavered, end exhibited much weakness. His.
condition was observed by flyer, who rushing to
the-contest, with little difficulty struck down Sulli
van's guard-, caught his head under his left arm.
and dealt him with his huge right fist a torrent of
blows in the face and over the head. until as flyer
released his hold, he . dropped senoteless and bleed
ing to the earth. Thus this brutal anti disgusting
exhibition closed. flyer being declared tho winner.
In the conrse of the fight one of Sullivan's friends
had attempted to pull Byer from him, by seizing
his thumb, and wrenching it violently, and.as soon
as Sullivan had fallen flyer turned to this man and
was about to heat hint fur inietiering with him, but
the friends ;4 the parties mutually persuaded hint to
diseontinne further operations for the present..
Ilyur, it seems, was but slightly burt. One of
his eyes was discolored from a blow, and he had a
cut over the other, but he was quite ftesli'when
left the ring. The time occupiedtv the fight is va
riously stated at 16, 21 and 30 minutes.
Byer was arrested on Friday last, in Philadel.
phia, and committed to pron t to await the ilh‘po
Fitton of the Maryland authorities. His meeptio
in the Quaker City, was that of a victorious e e•
Sullivan has reached New York. Hy , s not as
I badly injured as was represented. 7,-
Snow dae WORMS —A . CAVespon dent of the Na
tional Intelligetwer says that, on Monday last, lame
numbers of small worms were discovered by a ser
vant on the top of the snow tbronuhout a common
over which she passed. They were a quarter of
an inch long, precisely like those produced in
elieese. The same phenomenon was witnessed at
Rochester a few weeks ago. Professor Dewey.
says the worms at that place varied from 3 quarter
of an inch to an entire inch in length. A small
worm of a dark color . , an iesembliw , a tiny bud
or seed, was found upon snow in North Carolina
during the last winter, and about two years ago a
small worm, of a scarlet hue, was found on the
snow in Tennessee. This phenoruetum remains
yet unaccounted fur.
GOLD IN MARTLAND.—Within a short time past
a vein has been accidentally discovered in nom.
Emmert County, on the farm of Mr. Samuel Elli
cott, situated on Holland's River, a branch of the
Patu.‘ent, about half a mile distant from the
of Brookeville. It is found to exist in a mass of
flint rock, the outcmppin_ of which shows 'itself
above the surface of the ground. Fragments of
the rock which have been broken on contain visi
ble evidences of the presence of gold, and its actu
al existence is. laced beyond a doubt by the exam
ination of a fragment transmitted to- the , United
States Mint. We learn that a company are in tree
ty for the purchase of the farm, %rob a view to the
working of the vein in mine.—Ball. Amer.
TIE " Pticklis."—The ' Placers"
is a term used in Spanish to those deposits of sand
termed by the action of water. the currents of rivers
&c.. or what geohr2ists would term d,iluvium or drift.
It also signifies rich mines, of any metal whalever.
In South America, it frequently so happens that a
violent storm upon the mountains or the rapid mel
tine of • the snow at their tops, by . which 'streams
are formed, Will occassion the fc•rmation of an , ex
tensive placer in a very short time. The earth
quietly absorbs the water r then the sources fail and
there remains a sandy waste at the base of the
mountains, throughoott wh ch the aurirous grains.
may be seen to spar :le.
Mortrma IN CINCINNATI.-A tdiocking, murder,
was committed in this city an the •3d .inst A •
young woman called at a house in Filth street and
inquired for Captain HoiVard, who with his lady,
was a boarder in the house. On being informed
that Captain Howard was not in, she inquired for
Mrs. H. and was invited into the parlor. The ser:
yam girl then called Mrs H. who immediately re
paired to the parlor and had been there a minute
when she staggered out, exclaiming .
smothered
tones, g , That woman bps killed. me," and in a few
moments 'expired. A frightful wound was found
to have been inflicted on her throat, entirely se
parating the wicdpipei. The weapon -used is sup
posed to have been a razor °tau-arcing-knife. The
murderess fled, and, Op to a late hour in the evening
had 'not been arrested.
Rcroaas to Kracreatr.—Graduateman(yation of
slavery appears to be the principal reform demand
ed. We:obsewve that meetings' are being i held in van
ous parts of Kentucky for the advancement of eons-
Outdone' reform. Several of the lamer:- throughout
the State have opened their roluiviti- .he
w,discus
an of slavery,. and the Legislate • e discussing
the several projects for constitution. ' reform.
Tan IN TIIO OHIO HOUSE or REPINIENTATIVV.—
At a special election in Clinton county, Ohio the
41i hi candidate has been re-eleeted to the Legis,
&lure. Thin ties parties in the House
Married,
In Sbnehequin, on Wednesday even in,q, SI si ultimo,
by Rev. S. J. Gibsori.(l,c4„n Sierra, of Bath, Sten
ben co.. N. Y., to Mist Eivrai, eldest daughter of
Jabee Fish, Esq.
NOTICE.
CHARLES REED having
.sairtord all hie estates,
rights and credits tootle saber fur the: benefit
of his Mesittass. therefore Nannies stwolutely neesma
ry that all debts due the said „Charle. Reed should he
settled and paid Without delay. end all persons having
deigns against him are requested to present them at No.
5. Brick Row. iothe bore' of. Towanda, Willem place
of business. fur adjustment...An early attention to the
settlement of this busineskis most earnestly desired, a.
the anbscribei will be Obliged to put all &fits due the
said Reed in a coulee of collection. without distinction
of persons. after the Anti day of March nest. Therm&
now on honk belonging to the above content, compris
ing a greierriirietfof eery eatitehle ind eeasorribla sr
*Mc will be sold fort CASH, Al' COST..
w. rum . , Agi g nee..
Towanda, Feb. 1O 1.50.
oREATZBAItomNs AT CANTON!
IL ~." .SE4I.ING'OfF AT COST ! !
GREAT" INDUCEMENTS . TO BUY!!
BE erilairiber offers - his entire stock of NEIN
. ...k.:'' GOOD9I At the following reduced prices:
Cahoots». ,
~ a to 9 ants.
Noshes, 43 to 10 ..
Flansels...... ..:•• • • •.• ..... .124 to -20
Cotton Flannels, 6 to 8- 0'
Broadcloths, . 160 to 250 ..,
bstlinetts .25 to 7S 4 -
- Shawls,
Alpseess,• • ••8 12 to 373
Factory, 44 to 83 ••
GROCERIES and QUEENSWARE in prap a ni m
Itiostaof Grain in riactiangs,
pay for Oats 30 cents; Corn 1 cent per lb ; Bakultes;
I 7 cents; Wheat .i 1 per bosheL The stock of goods'
were bought last fat!. Now is your time, Wks anJ
gentlemen, to make a California fortune.
Canton; Feb, It. 1840. . ' J. E. ,LIEB..
FOR RENT.
A FRONT ROOM in the second story of Nu. t.
Brick Row, over'the Drug store; also the room
in The thin! story &smarty occupied as the Mesa=
Hall. For particulars enquire of
Fab 13, 1849. El'lo l 4 TOMKTIVB.
friflE COMMISIONKKS OF BRADFORD,Ca
1 hereby give notice that they have fixed upon lbw .
following' days and dates rills's:sorely, for hearing the
appeals from the assessments for the yeas Ifteft,at their
office in Towanda; to wit: -
March tst—Arreasia. Burlington. Canton. Collear*
Granville, Ridgberry, Smithfield, Springfield, So.
Creek, Troy tp., Tmy ho.. wrne.
March 2d—Albany, Asylum, Athens tp., Athens boro',
Durell, Franklin, Leroy, Monroe, Towanda tp.,
Towanda borough and Ulster.
March 3d—Herrick, Litchfield, Ortrell, Pike,] Rome,
Sheehemsin. Standing Sione,tSpeinghill. Warren.
Windham ,Wyalusing and Wysx.
The Assessors of the respective townshipi and bor
oughs are requested to be punctual Ire delivering the no
lives to the taxable', and in making their returns en the
dave mentioned in their warrants; and all those who
may feel themselves aggrieved by the saseismints are
requested to attend on the days above specified as there
will be no abatement made thereafter. . -
try order of the Corntoissimere,
C RUSSELL,
Comminrionees Office, Towanths,:lreb. 6. 1.6416.
DAIMEIZATEV 013WitIM 1231‘3,:p,,
1-1 Y en order of the
will be expooed
6th Jay of March 1E149
following property, !a'
den, decealwil :
A piese or parcei of
tract with S. W. Aklt
times, bounded on the
den's estste ; east by
by lands of Timor Aldin. and on the west by 4ndo
of S. W. Aid . a email balMice of the purchase mo
ney is still e and unpaid. The said land is shamed
in the .• nship of Monroe. .
SO— nie collaring piece or parcel of land Mus
ed in Monroe township and bounded as follows: Oa
the northeast by Jared Wocalcull, southeast by George
Trsey ; south west by Jacob Arnow. Timothy and .3.
C. Rockwell's ',.•rate; north west by W. H. H. Brown
and L. S. &R. rowler. Containing seventy-one acres
. .
more or less ; twenty acres improved. with .a log house
and kg barn nod a few appletrees thereon-
A LSO—The ftillowing piece or Faucet of land situa
ted in Mo_troe township, and - bounded sa. ft Bows : Be
ginning at a post and stones,-being the north east corner
of a certai clot of land conveyed to Timothy Alden by
Archibald by geed. bastriMeiiate the sixth day
of Jativary. A. 13,1841; thence nuth 10° woe+ along
the of the said Timothy Ablees lot 40 perches to
a corner ; thence north 68° west 16 perches to a cor
ner ; thence north 10° cast 46 perches to the line of •
public road which was kid act from the Remick tom.'
pike near the House of A. C. Rockwrlrs estate wine
tersect another road near Ceo. E. Arnoot ; thence akng
said road south 68° cast 16 perches to the placed be.
;ginning. • Containg four acres, ha the same - MOO 01
[CSC
Attendance given and terms made known on the
day of sale. HARRY
. SALSBERY,
Monroe, Feb. 6, 1849. 'Adminitersuu.
NOTICE' TO RETAILERS.
NOTICE ivt hereby given that all Retailers of For
elan Merchandise who do nut paytheir"Licensei
within twenty-dare, will be sulk:led to costs..
Feb. 7, 1849. J. NI . PECK. Tretswet.
PUBLIC NOTICE!
ALL persons indebted io the late firm of grarros
and L•nn, •are hereby notifies] that unless art
dement is made by the second week of Febontly court
the. accounts will be placed in the hands of an officer
for immedia et collection. S. HUSTON.
•Towenda, Jan: 3, JBl9. C. K. LAUD.
REMOVED.
NNT A. CDAMBERLIN respi.ctfully inform the.
public that he has removed his establishment In
thereon' laudy occupied by D. Vandercook. as an ot•
flee. where he will be always on hand to comet erring
time-pieces. He offers B , r sale his large assortment .1
Jewelry at unusually low prices.
TOWBCIiI4. Jan. 31,184%.
NEW ARRANaEM NT, AT 11E
NEW DRUG STORE
'4IK) 423 12CnIaaa
LAVING made at rangements with Dt. C. K.LADD
1.1 the sult-cribet takes pleasure in announcing ths
the Doctor will hereafter give . his personal attention
wholly to his business.
The Drugs and Medicines will be under the Doctor's
supervision, whoee skill and experience in phySies cart.
not.be questioned. j'y 16 H. MR.
MUFFS, A great- variety of all kinds and styles
[VI. which will be sold at a.trifling advance from city
cast. A few rich black and mount lynx. A106;1 , 224
down trimming; tippets and victorinta, for sale cheap
by nI4 FOX'S, No. 2. B. R.
2DOZ Pplentlid heavy bordered fine linen hags ;
AA" fur 121 cts. at Fox's Na. 2. Brick Row.
ADMINISTRNTOR'S NOTICE. -
ALL persona indebted to the estate i . of ELEAZER
NORM AN, deed, late of Springfield t'nship, sts
hereby requested to make payment without ditty, Ed
those haring claims against said estate will please pre
sent them duly sullen' icated for settlement.
JOHN NORMAN,
ISAAC COOLEY.
Administrators.
v $. 1848.
• DRY .GOODS, •
A%I ONG our Dry Goods may be found almost Moo
4, Joy of Dress Goods, such as plain Black, Plaid
?, I,k striped A Ipeca, figured &daisies and cashmeres.
plain and - silk striped Mohair !Maori, Irsiltak sad
French Merinoes, French, titfotcb . 1 111ilLnikPlerica
Ginghams, black, plaid andottjpvkihmoitilka. Wide% a
wrist v.uiety of otip.r goods not timed' "di& to be eras
tin: oil.• Cs)t and ass for youriabeta Central
Sow.. d 4 • •
EXPEDITION CAUFORWL •
fr HP. underaignesl ,re preparing an expedition to
Calitoisnia,lltoi ere desirous of proorsisOmor
to engage its known riches at that Noe
tory renders it onnoesursary for us to ho outindsoe
meats to 'join. It is proposed to start shout the td el
April. arid rake the -Santa Pe route, wish tie,Lossie. Ap.
{Avalon -nsay be made by letter, or ;otherwise to the
substribers at Rome Bradford Co. Pa.!
J. M. pItANMER,
B. C. MANN.
_
u ARDWARE.Iron. !tads, axes, and Prue'
1-1. ankle of cavaliers adze, ha& Owe; Itettd
*Wens, Wales. abtersho, bolts and screws, tiles. kanea
and forks,. few-hetw 61 do.. looking glasses, end ill
fact a general assortment of Hardware whirr u lee
sale cheap at nl4 FO :ht,
Romi.Ton. I. 1549
A TONS more of those cheap and beantifuNmpos.
Men . Tea at lower priers than ever and Calk 10
'Patch; ail kinds of - Groceries fresh and in Root " IA
4 1PfY article wintanted.--Mickrel.and Codfish in,
. . 1 FOI'S, No.:, IL Row