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Wive . Soli, Free Speerk, Free Ilea!
Promisee for *Prot Irersitterjr.
E. 0. GOODRICH, MTOR,
Towanda, Wednesday, Feb'y 21, 1849.
FEMI
ESPEOALNOTICE!
frr All persons kretag narettlea aneounta with
GOODRICII & an saLaceptiou to the Cradford
Reporter, or fur &acceding or job wain prior to the
l& comber. 16417. are hereby notified that the Hooka visaed arm.
wit! barleft with a Justice of the react lir Collection on the lit
el March nazi, sad 'animalism* proseentauss conosteneed
twateaielelluabiresaker The nualaras•of the ann has been
ciao*" more than a year. ca.) thole who hare neglected 10 set
tle meat not expect further l'euar.
February - 7, tab : 11300Mtiell & SON.
Tke Atwell Bras; eh Ciao'.
The hopes of the Dimas of this important im
provement, are again re kindled, and they are en- i
comaged to believe that the miserable policy which
has heretofore defeated its completion, will soon
give way to a more liberal and enlightened course .
The i Lejiiolature has before it, several porjects for
the completion of the North Branch, and we trust
that some one of them will be adopted. The North
has freely contributed her share, towards the vari
ous lines of improvement which are enriching other
sections of the State; she has seen her favorite
work, reFoquished, and for ten years •patiently
awaited the time when the State should be able
again to resume it. That time has now come—no
more favorable opportunity, in half a century, may
occur, and the North asks, as a right, that her inte
yests shall receive some censideration at the hands
of the Legislature. She asks it, espacting, too, to
receive it.
it is a useless waste of time, to &drone° facts and
arguments, to prove that the_ North Branch, when
.ompleted, will be one of the most profitable im
provements in the State. For years, the ablest Pens
in this section have been doing this; and every in
telligent person is ready to admit the fact ft is
an unwise policy, then, to put of 5 the completion
of lice work, on the scare of econ omy, for a single
hoar. It stands now in remarkable preservation.
lint a few years more, and it will be in such a dila
pidated condition, from freshets and other 'muses,
that thrtwo and a half millions, will be entirely
toggle the State. That amount can be rendered
pcodnitive, by a wise anti timely application of bn:
one million of dollars more; unless members of the
Legislature will permit themselves to be governed
by selfish and Hilbert:Li motives.
The North has a deep interest in this matter.—
The llentitllete is universal and strong. They feel
that they have waited long enough, and that their
request is rms.) 'able,. and about& be granted.—
They will remember, with regard and reverence,
those whdisavew) nobly and generously pot their
shoulders to the wheel, to help forward this work,
so vital to their interests, and so near to their
hearts.
Hon. John N. Conyabgbasn.
We publik , be'ow, the correspondence of the
Bar of Bradford County, with Hon. Jolts N Cox-
Twolust, President Judge of this Judicial District
The compliment tendered him, was intended as a
mark of esteem for the' courtesy, Impartiality and
dignity which have so eminently distinguished the
Judge during' the time he has presided over our
Court. He leaves the Charge of ibis District,
with the regret of ail who are acquainted witbhim,
-and should be not be returned, we trust some law
yer equally aide may fill his place.
Ma the Von. John N. Conyogitsm
Deanlitst•—The undersigned rnembers of the Bar of HlM
fordrounty. as your comm its:on of Judge is about to expire,
ass dornousof misting you at a. sapper to be (wen at sorb
time during this Court. as may suit your noneenien,e‘ at which
%het may have an
. opportuttity of pabliely expressing the'ingh
Dense they entertain of your judicial character, and of the up
rgilmt-ss aniturbassity of yonv . officint and ?mate intercourse
with thou. Whatever snuaLons to public or private lik,. It
way be your lot bereeter to fill. the undersigned take pleasure
in aasaving you that they have the fattest rouldence tha . you
will fulfil all your dative, vrUlt duos:one integrity a nd upright
ness'. which laveso anikeinly distinguish your otfieial and
private character. and that you carry with you their but wish,.
as flit Tour prosperfty. health and happiness.
We shall be gratified by your acceptance, of the above in
gitaticm, and are, nspectsulle, . -
_ .. bprf RS.
' Yours most tn.ty,
ED. OVERTON, / a sA NDERAON,
K HERRICK...,..- -- WM. ELWELL,
H. itr . PATRICE, --,- 1. C. ADAMS,
S. PIERCE. - FRS, SMITH.
D. BULt.OOK, • IA M. SCOFF.
V.:MERCER, J. E CANFIELD,
E. W. BAIRD. C. I. WARD.
11. Vr II -LISTON-, HENRY HOOlll,
1.6 I)RWOLF, . WM. Pler.ffi,
Trers. astr.....m. .
limos Overton. Owell. Gerriet, and others, Gentlemen of
the Dar of Ikadtbrd County - •
Gams:ion—l have received. this evening. your note invit
ing me to name a imitable time. during the monster= °roar
Court. for a supper tendered me. in 'word the approaching
term:ermine °fair Jodietal COMlnkiPien. - • '
thank yen sincerely. kit the kind and honorable terms in
which y . oa rekr to my conduct and bearing daring my official;
enanexicia with y ea. and can assure yea in return. that I pan
fres you with the kindest (eelings. and should it be our lot to
an:elle private. life hereafter, will ever be ready to testify my
friendship and regard.
Permit me. however. to die ine the supper. I pray . reis in
Ilia to excuse me: lay answer is give!: with eagle respint for
yoaraelves and your hoirftifon, end imply because nor o wn
feelings tour sere*e set this public preeetsbug. Upon the ter
areintion of my tenet ofolfiee, my of is quietly to return in
to the walks of our enearann profeswon. slut thereiGer. as a
private citizen. to seek faithAdly to fulfil the duties tippennin
hag assarealtiag. '
With eery greatsespeez,
I mania.
Year semi Wt. soevont.
Joxs N CON tiNGOAM,
14•14 audit, FA". 4, NM
noise shwilkai.Wimitworth.
We invite the attention at ear makes to the ex
tracts we take from the convespendemnsof this gen
demon, with his• paper, the Chkegto . pernomat.7.-
Our best' ideas of matters and tlingssiWashington,
are derived fmui his letters,leal the estracts we
publish contain 'I kind lot thowilst." . lgrogiebn,
as he is termed, was art: ardent routqualer of Geri.
Cam duringthe late mutat - --We shall, maket tree
with tile eciirespondena On fanny an occasion.
- CAP Wasma.-4he memory the onset in
habitant is nes.eseas7 to them's) lketinn of a winter
as severe as has been the preicat The past win
'tete have heti iriild',"nnd tare given rise
- Itnneliiliettottilhe *gold "faslitonid 'se, ins of
snow and ice had passed away. 'Misr pristeo .
bower, knoseka the .theevy into a socked . hit
Old Bursas, himself,. could not desists a. cadet
flooorreaso Ezzsautoss as Ilthoursosorve
4. The Legislature of Idassaohopoutlai directed the
-Conopittearoo Use iiefieday.beinquine into-die-ex!
' podieov-of pooridiogibpisor..that. , boomiooads of
Abe Talmo of MO be esesspisi knot dsetWttleo
debt.
p• , •
..agb!.l‘l,!
I•• f • •
111
• ' C; ? irt s ;t
hiC 40 . 0 . hr t
• _of t Ity ail
ilehuyl PA*. ••• 1 2 4,
Swint% I. Ile IC ettletwel, he , Tide iIM - 41 Cmiiiemli hi .ftvid
he is brechy lUttlitsised b septeisse s has fie din
•far. .10 4.1 ajd st.4bi&csienteswesbkilybe
liearrogairisleiesif bietipet►ieitittif tics
js arty tin the final sbiYs of f reimport and A. botedursa
ed at the end of twenty yeses *awl the Pallaslf. . 11.
er
rather—et the resolve of the 1 egialatsire. war ansonst nes
.seceding in the o bole two in. I oils of doUars. - whetlisposed
of as Itcreinsder particularlypiovihnl. sad bS-Msnmerred
nu the hooks of the Anil tor Genertirs office as the. italtey pub
ic poets oh the eigninunweakti
certilicinee of pot lees durruatslitioilWee hedged skillitie,
tleiztos 3. Tina the twit nal •I hall Of It - allillotAPPldh,
datl ho audionsed to issue noir* of the detPDIIII MAW rrf are:
itftriadib i rie-dnitetscieeWeegnatortairmemegrrew so b ir
ter st biek slid opuses au ieStiell shill lutpetieeilid by. thabanks
issuing the sawn in gorie r wimp preinutedsedmitoesder cri
the bouts Psalm! Ihr nor. •
• 'Wenn A Thar to war oitbtl Inmissiswealth 'ball Mose
notes of a degas. pat on leas than New dellars, L* - . en ups
cu. - e . t .d.! • .rer crouutof• the 'capital coe_k "midis by the
smebbnl 'sof stud :mut witiebt tottd Immo AO aye iicsestoi
:be ounount of issues. aniburPsed I.s :taw. , - •
flirolnu 4. That the Lacks oltiOL.loweanahmeabh Own be
refithfC to loan as . a.bresaidoe the Goareenor. tittles . pures t
heoctianer trwtotwated grocuipang.,,,,,,,imig air%
untie said Mgs. which keut.orioess Atollbur ps4 bib . , the
Treasury of the Coonittentareabh.' in the mined' afnresaid' b bi
matted. end dal: he it ppretensled as follows bosined
thousand &Mars ettneellitne ;Air FLoWti'ismant the
several funks of ttna Congweabh.ost listkidOorq_ • delbeirlilello
e luvida revenue-10 the Armada llMMUla wagtail. and
tor tither : purposes. passed the dibiday st.bisy A. D. ; are .
Initiate ewe tsunami thousand dottilyillo ha 'sled In the
completion of the Nonb Stanek extension - t t neyfirso•
is ennui ; oud Wee lauasked thonstesd ¢ollses to he
sited to avoid the inelined plane at or noir rico= 1 11:
kill. au the Philadelphia and Columbia ; ibe two Ism
ionwd stpus to be esp-oded ander the of the canal
Mnitniss•onersoCibts Commoomesilb; its amuse, to be prov
ided by law.
On Wednesday, the tidy _Slr. Cooper,. from the
major ity of the Committee of Ways and ileav,
made a report recommending that a loan of 41,100,-
000 be negotiated for the completion of the North
Branch Canal, and a more prudent and economical
tulminialmtion of the government, the abolition of
the military system, the taxation of oyster cellars,
and a decre'as of the namter of Agents on the State
improvements,
Mr. lliatlkt then roe and stated that this report
did not meet with his approbation, but that he would
not trouble the House with a majority report.
On the 15th, however, Mr. Biddle, from the mi
nority of thefom mates of Ways and Means, made
a report, dissenting from that made yesterday by
Mr. Cooper, from the majority of that Committee,
denying that an increrafie of taxation for the Com
pletion of the North Branch Canal is a portion ot
the policy of the present administration, and declin
ing to take upon themselves the responsibility of
advising its completion by additional. taxation, sub
raining that as u a question for the Legislature,
when the committee shall have complied with the
resolution, in reporting the present and probable
future resources of the Commonwealth." •
On the With, Mr. Nicholloo, of Bucks, rose and
stated he bad signed the minority report of thecom
ininee of Ways and Means, relative to the comple
tion of the North Branch Canal, (presented by Mr.
Biddle, yesterday ; ) withotut understanding its pur
port, and asked to have his name stricken from the
journal,
,which the House granted.
The same day. we learn from the Ledger, Mr.
Roberts piesented a long but most elaborate and
conclusive supplemental report in laver of comple
ting the Ninth Branch Canal and avoiding the In
clined Plane. The reading of it had proceeded half
an hour when its further reading was postponed,
and 1000 copies of it ordered to be printed, togeth
er with the previous reports. It is about as long as
the Governor's message, but it is a perfect hand
'book of facts and statizticS' in *elation to the subject
treated ot.
The coal, iron, and lumber trade, is fully recisw.
ed, and information given on all the vorious resour
ces of the State, sod those of the counties of New
York, which would be reached by the completion
of-the Canal. So complete a report, embracing so
cast a mass of facts and valuable statistics, has not
been presented to the Legislature fora long period.
The chances of the passage of the North Branch
bill, are thus spoken of bythe same correspondent :
There can be little doubt big • that the appmpria
• tioti to complete the North Branch Canakand to
avail the Inclined Plane ? at Pitt'e Wend, win be
passed. There has been a gitod deal of excitement
among the friends of these measures, but from the
tranquility that now exists, and the good feeling
that appears to pervade, I presume some under
standing has been arrived at between the friends
of the two projects; the only difficulty is, to devise
from what source the hinds are to be raised. The
advance of price of the State Securities, since the
arrival of the Niagara, has elated the friends of the
proposed appropriations, and yoit should not be sun
prided if bill was to be passed at an early period.
Towese.t, Feb. Qtly 180
04r. The Judiciary Committee oi the Senate of
this state, has reported a bill abolishing Capital
Punishment and substituting imprisonment for !M..
fleet Tdepiphie News.
General Vas-tern Neveamenta.
Ciacuritm, Feb. 16.
The President elected has remaimul in our city
to•ilay, bat !mires to-night for Pittsburg. He reads
ed Cincinnati at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and
wait esccirisil to the wharf by five steamers. The
streets and docks were lined with spectators and the
greatest enthusiasm prevailed. The Mayor
hith in a brief speech, bat the General, being
very mach fatigued, did not reply. He dined at
the Pearl-st. House in company with a large ailm
ber of his friends and admirers.
rartker Coaarstatiew at the •
Geld In Call!brads.
The lioathernMail has arrived with NewOdeans
papers to the 101, by which we learn that the brig
Lowder bad arrived from. Megrim with data to
the 45th ofiannary ; she brings no crokl, but con
firms all the premons accounts received aaregards
its alatodance, &n. • •
11 /0,1 1 4 the Pets. Vifitter. te.
Baummas, Feb. itt,
Torn. Ryes is at the United States Hotel, and
quite a lion. Tremertdram -crowds congregste in
front of the hotel. Thompson, his second and train
er, and O'Donnell, the second of Sollivari, hate
been liberated oil bail. •
• • 'mii. Tailor% Calblhoot.
Cacuuttn, Feb. 17.
We Isom (tom reliable;authostity that the office
ottierasstary of Suite 'Tar 11,,tr Modem! to Seesaw
CLArtotiof Defoliate. •
Gm& War or Health.
- Ciscutssn. Feb. t 7.
•
Ttie been of Gen. Taykri very %Obie in con.
tegoenee oldie accident which twist blur at Medi
-11914:14 w ece Obe cIu,LA of _pordion.% irttO -were
tri.geraiitn,,Porwed a2ou .hiru with, such
. toriOhit thep Threw great Violence over
some gilt •
Yoo44.roarn4 Eammturos.—The New York
Ttriamii'eonbries a cothplete list ofthesesselti which
have sailed fronevario'ns ports orthe United States,
wishpaSacergers,' tri,Cloones and' other ports t for
California. sines December 7, OM ...--From New
York, 4350 pewcaw;ilostoo, -1251;,Phiiadelplua,
116; italtimortir Orleans, _ _ 549; other
ports, 14r" Otatismeillit
ofTeglethimainaddisitils , lmai la. ifrectrxt
with tbe California kris. than toy other city,
...„6.caga",46. - 00011 *et 24
' ll4-- ii sz _ g itotippt ss'3 g= l ' "ll6abl ' i nl itkil ei.b, " sl ow sitU °llll.2l ;bi:
Smog sr TAM II" gig
dot But for the menu tworsetOn •
.0111 - .lonetimisivAilevergt4.-
tai
pellet netthingof itepottenew that Will pass at
drii mown; unless we ntay seams, d itgetting pos
tage pat down.
-The Southern Republic eemes to be talked of.
Suelurreatt no longer "tarot Nor hem men.. But,
to - hick htittomblylu,of ihe'dittinity,lssiete of : the r
trutiPloti Of the &nth 'Sity'that; instead' ofgidng
of &egrets themielvea, they , atepu wpm *out,
to drive tie borne and 'keep poestorion bele theme
- selves, My cmiiiout is that the Southhaw become
Sesigured to the 'passage of the Wilmot Proviso and
the gradual abolition of slavery in this District,
Thermanimous rtwolutions of the-Banner Stile of
NO Hampshire and of the Empire State of New
Yink, the message of Gov. Whitcomb,- of Indiana,-
and Gov. Ransom, of MichigatiaThet Cue' own
State). in conjunction with theaction of the popular
branch of . Conyers, an show the tendency . ?(hangs
and the impoosibility of resisting Congressental ac
titon upon the subject of slavery in the-new Cerrito-
vies:and in the Ihstrict.
• - The doctrines of the Nicholson letter hare not
been lid vcirated by a single member of Congrees at
this torsion: The entire Michigan delegation ex
plode them, as all-their motes show. TWite doe
trbes have pooled away with that unfostririate con
test for which they were got up. They foaled to
carrythe State to which they were written, and
they beat - the man who wrote them, and who would
otbcreise have been successful.
What will Gen. Taylor do an this question? is
often risked. His friends hope it will never go to
him. Hut the chances now are that it luny. No
thii% but the retmcession of the District and the
admission of the Territories u States, will prevent,
and there is but a slum time left in which to carry
these measures.
Will Gen. Taylor call an extra searion If he
does not, then the present Tatiff, the Sub-Treasury,
and all other democratic measures will remain • 113
force all of a year from his inauguration. if he
does, his friends dare not, if they would, pros the
measures of the old defunct patty, until the great
mass of measures vetoed by 111 r. Polk are pawkl
according to promise. Nor can they, if they would,
keep beck the slavery question.
January loth, 1849,
The news has just reach bete of the passage of
Wilmot Proviso instructions through our ' Legisla
ture. If this is true, then them remains but one
free State to pass them and that is lowa. I pm.
pose now to review the progress of this measure,
to show our democratic friends bow needlessly
they have injured themselves by opposing this
great measure of governmental reform, or rat he r of
precaution.
My first vote for it was • at the first Congress I was
here. It was proposed 'by Mr. Winthrop to the
Oregon bill and paged by a vote of 129 to 69.
Every titan from Illinois voted for it and every free
State member of Congress save three, viz: W. J.
Brown, of Indiana, C.. 1 Ingersoll, of Pa., and Jere
miah Russell, of New York. Then not a word was
said in - derogation. No body called us Abolition
ists or Whigs. It was not then a party question,
And why made so now 1 This Oregon bill was
defeated in the Senate. Then, we had not become
involved in the Mexican War, arid Oregon was our
only unorganized Territory.
At the first session of the next Congress Mr.
Polk proposes to bg a portion of Mexico. Not
doubting but Mr. Winthrop or some other Whig
would offer the same amendment as had been in
clieed-in the Oregoir bill rod wishing not to be be
hind the whigs in opposition to gaiety extension,
a few of us democrats held a consultation which
resulted in)making Mr. Wilde* the first Men to oi
ler It. The. Proviso was embraied in the bill, and
no vote Was taken on it separately. But the bill
passed by a rote of 85 to 80. The bill was sent to
the Senate and would have passed that body . but 1
for Senator Davis, of Mass., who spoke against time
and so prevented action on the bill. Gen. Can,
himself was in the Senate then and would have
voted for it .No one then thought of making the
Wilmot Proviso a earty test. Though I alone vot
ed for it from Minot, on the Mexican bill, yet I was
soon after re-elected and no one seemed to at.
tech the leant impedance to how I voted on the
question. N. I
During the,varation, a mnsultation is had by the
South as to bow this Proviso shall be beaten and
i tre annexation of Slave Tettilor; !VA Z.;evented,
I no democrats bad the administration and they al
so had both houses of Congress. So it is agreed to
make opposition to it a test of democracy. Amor.
dingly a few nor hem papers in the secret broke the
ground. Father Ritchie copied the articles, and de
clared that no malt should be considered a friend
of the Admmistraticm who should favor the Provi
so. From that moment the strongest efforts have
been made to load down the democratic party with
slavery extension. They piled on the load and
T
have broken our back for four y at least. The
whig party has not injured iteelfb any interference
with the question of Slavery. 1 organ bete, the
National Intelligences , never allu este it in a party
light. i
Whilst the war co .tinned, the , opposition to the
Proviso was masked under a fear that it would em
barrass the war. And some then even charged me
with opposing the War 'because I was for the Pro
viso. Well, the war was at last finished and the
opotrente of the Proviso were the opponents still.
Gen. Cain war made to believe that - he could not
be elected Onless be wrote some- thing Me the
Nicholson letter. He wrote it and that alone killed
him. And during the contest, any body, that Would
not endorse the Nicholson letter, was a whig, a
Mexican whig, Sm., kit. Men were read out or
rather kicked out of our party who were an honor
to it, and whom we woeld gladly get beck again,
and all became they would not say they believed
in the Nicholson letter when they.did not.
Now all this comes of the impolicy, as well as
injustice, of trying to Make the democracy of the
north shut its eyes to the designs of thelouth upon
the New Territories and to the iniquities of the slave'
trade in the District. Upon these matters in the
North there should be but onsiepiniori and one ac
tion among the people of all parties. The demo-
evade party should be as much anti.slavery as any
other party in the north where the Constitution
gives the power to act ; and, instead of quitting it,
our friends who voted for Mr. Van Buren should
stay in it and help make it so.
But, thunder a* its enemies may, bold as many
southern . conventions as they please , the Wilmot
Proviso can never be beaten in the Howse again,
nor in the Senate alter the 4th of March next. Ls
triumph is dating, unless the 'territories are admit
ted gas States; and slavery, will beabolished in this
District, too, anima it is retroceded. The northern
democrats and the northern whip conjointly are
bound to do this without the 441 of any third party.
The man who, at this late day, thinks to stop these
great Meeenros, as like the man who larscrose the
rail road track te stop the - cam. He is nut over at
awe. .
Let the democrats then lead o ff in measures
ihicia in a eaideatcan. destroy the democracy. but
' which the :democracy ran never destroy. Fehr
teen out of fifteen free States have already_ slacken,
and the fifteenth will soon speak, or the people
willdoqra its rulers - 10 that perdition which always
awaits those who attempt to arredpopular reforms.
BaLiumete, Feb. 17
Eniscitaimx• is Tcastasnr.-11M Klimale
- . 2Wtante Ma been publishing a.reries of very , abie
papers in. WWI' of. gradual FAnancipstion and Col
aninnion in and Iroin Tetintaisee., The writer con•
Chides one of his number IA us, then;
have Ccmveption of reprerentatiies of the People
for amending the .COOliglitioll, and: provida,- if the
Peopk . ia. their wisdom so tatterimmy fur *alma
,Emancipsirmi. , mid .Critawatisa. With, ibis ski.. nut
ptiaci of action, el aavuicea in the terms of the
tesolutiOn before queted;itri MO; antler the blew
lag of God ; open the way for the fall vadfittar re
daraption of the Sate.* •
•=7 , -/Euribilllallio4llllllVl - • •
- •
- spilis .theelhwY.
:far ibe til es
c IIE
god *OM s
by
primailialdba cotsitcor4,
actosisodatansCnss:ied tiommill**ll o 4:
sok, tbaste,by spoil io Illashiagtoo :
l i tiaf' , 7 • -,..Wki li t i t , 7 - !NI ". 1 .r.4 0, 41k e • 11
Stii*lllloifiont - Nei. 33 to if lQiiipiii7,-
.4:lched from Monterey-by Lieutenant Lanman,
and %atilt& priii by the Lesington, will fiely in.
Ginn you of the operations of the squadron since
our departure from the Gulf of California: Nothing
'intend Las mewed since my last ;date,- . •Deser.
tionsore less frecnent, dill:Alio haiinglistbit one
man.aince het arrival ,hrrek,. and I think the Opal-.
tion to desert is 'natio geneniliiiit'irlifif NI
owing to the inclemency of the lONIOIti whit*, for
a while, most suspend the dig,ging.and washing for
gold, except by sock persons as are mow !imply
supplied with good houses and all the meanie; of
life recialiitwfor a winter% carniCa* in a rigid eli
tism., a&Nding nothing Swills woof asanbirt gold.
Incredible quantities of gold are even yet daily cols
leeted ; and mutely seweek elapses without some
new discovery 'of - the precious mend morestartring
than the previous one. It is said that a small law
ty 'of five or six persons, a few days past, struck up.
on a grogier, as they term certatu deposits, from
which, in two days 3 they obtaitibil 330,000 wowhof
Pere geld-
I have been living on shore at IlanTianciseo now
two weeks, and have had ample opportunity for ex
amining the subject, and I. am more than ever sat
isfied that the disposal of the Gold Ilegkins in the
Territory of California is die best, if not the only
practicable dispoithicm that can be made of them in
the present diongsuized state of society out here.
is * M. * * * is *
The worst forebodings of evil coneecrent upon
the want nf certain and energetic aidminveraSlin tt!'
justice is !his Tenitory are almost daily realized.
Within,tbe last three weeks we have certain me
counts of fifteen murders. In one-instance an en
tire household of ten persons--a respectable ran
chero, his wife, two children and six servants. The
man whose name was Reed, hal been very loc.-
casaba in the diggings during the Summer and
had returned to his home, near Santa Barbara, with
a large, amount of gold. His borne was surprised
by an armed party, and tbe whole family, =above
stated,
stated, were barbarously tuurderei,anik the house
rifled of its golden treasure. The perpetrators of
this horrid deed are still at large; of the other lee
cases, four are highway robberies, committed on
persons returning with gold from the mines. In a
word, I may say with troth, that both porno& and
property are insecure in U pp er California at. this
time • and I am sorry to add that in all cases of
outrage agd violence, as yet discovered, emigrants
from the United Stases, disbanded volunteers, runa
way sailors and deserters from the army and wry
are believed to be perpetrators.
The mutinies, attended - with murder, to which I
alluded in my letter No. 43, have been fully con
firmed, sad—not without good reason—has ceased
much uneasiness to shippers of gold from this
coast.
To guard each and every vessel sailing hence
with large sums in gold dust, would require every
ship of the navy. The best that I can do is to keep
the vessel of this squadron at sea as much as poem
ble, plying between the ports most frequented by
our mercantile marine. Enclosed is a copy. of a
circular (No. 6) whiz!' I have found it necessary to
issue and make public, in the hope. that it may
have some tendency to prevent a repetition of such
acts as have recently on board the English schoott
' er Amnia and the Ch il i= bark Adelina.
A recent arrival from Callao reports that the Ad
elina had been taken 'into that port, and the muti
neers, eight in number, promptly executed.
I had received a request from the Governor it
Valparaiso, through Mr. Moorhead, our consul at
that pol, to arrest and safe-keep the Adelina conk!
be fortunate enough to fall in with her co the Mex
ican coast, where it was supprsed the mutineers
might take her.
1 hive the honor to be, your obedient servant,
THOMAS, A P C. JONES,
dianakamira•brelatat F. 9 Naval Parees.Paasie Gleam
1119► Jolla 1. Mame, liecretary at tlie.NaTT.
Ftvert—MarrAury.--Since the tidings of
great success in the gold plater were sound
ed through the length and breath of the land,
and the gathering together of all classes to emass
fortune in one common pursuit, there has been an
amount of sickness in California, which may very
well appear astounding abroad, and infinfiztling to
the adventurer 1,012 intlef liemitit has been
aimmtbgly prostrated, and anumber of deaths have
occurred, even to our midst. Our records show
mortality to a degree never before known in the
country. •In the town of San Francisco, during the
past Summer season, eight deaths have taken place
from fever contracte d at the North; and in about
the mines, sickness and death have frightfully pm
railed. Now, to the unhappy consequences atten.
ding many who have labored in the mines, in the
sodden deprivation of health, climatic diseases are
to be understood, in part, the cause. Cases of in
termittent fevers are, and have been frequent bin
will any one attempt to attribute the unusual sick
ness that has been, and is prevailing, to a climate
such as ours? .
We are convinced, that one of the principal cau
ses of sickness lies in the enormous acts of impru
dence of those engaged in mining, and otherwise
operating in the valley of the Sacramento, are guil
ty of.
We believe the preservation of health to depend
almost entirely upon self-treatment, self restraint.
lithe secret of this fever disease were generally
-understood, would not the fearful excesses indulg
ed-in—the overtasked mind and body forma prom
inent part 1 Were the system properly fortified
against climate snacks. by those about entering the
field of labor, regular diet and exercise observed,
and prudence to controllhe operations of the mi
ner, need we remark, he better result produced
An ill-advised movement, we venture to say, is
that of a removal of the pmient from the interior
and mining country to the climate of the coast, when
stricken down and proswited under e burning fe
ver. The disease, it would -seem, is rendered
more tenacious, is moth prolonged, or speedily
and fatally terminated, as past ins ances have prov
ed. Our medical men, we believe, generally con
cede the climate of the sea-coast favorable to obsti
nate cases of fevers, intermittent, but du they rec
ommend the removal from an intensely wampre
gion to that where so vast a difference in tempera
ture exists, and during the bight of a violent remit
tent fever.
Without for an instant considering the immanie
number employed in a mountainous country, and
at a distance from even the bare necessaries of life
—witheitt a provision at band for the security of
health, animated to excessive toil and harr=i
tendant wpm the mit mitt lebers,and ••
expowue to which mares anodsedUtzrutott coo
mons severely task the mind
,aral y; men do
not limitary, pronounce the Omura of the Northam
country, destructive to health, and untibeleihe dis
ease and death we have of late witnessedsolely to
it unhappy effects. This taut deterred a number
front entering the mines this season, and well-nigh
paralyzed the belieformany that Nimes lay open
in a land vim free from the common "ills that
fieuh is heir to?
A word on our own experience. We were one
of those early adventures whose lot o es e tte tj e th e
mines and whose labor to pty the pick and epode,
promi;ed gamey. in the month of July.' too all
health and strength was comm. bet one sinkle,wet of
improdewre, and the stroke fell—we were 'brought
down t and shortly. After enjoyed the,Nuisfaction of
beli..ving otmeiret a tolembte fair sUker, kw Olie
taking first looms. We believe thativith prudence
and consistency becoming. km proportion al self.
management. health, in the Valley of the Sacra.
meat , o 2 is quite as secure as the ,
aii.Ane. 11.
Mumma. AccterrrOtt the 27th Wt., Mr. this
Ithiteek; of Darien, N. Y tree killedby
'of a tree The inengled t.orpsii' dietievetQ
lOW kisiikedee leder alosita-.11•e; iese4lopathi
knob which he bad chorprd down. .
rn ' -.Pr--Illir tag ! ...4-641 : ,„ - A.MoilloiTom
WA A'-.• , -,- ' p.., ' ~., amt p sump- ' z. - ;
-'
'..
' ... *flied a 1.12 k, -1
o'clock. I
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Itf IC. moved to mail4Tiln
*0 •-•
whiff lji the Senate sestf l a , '
Mwrdef I, - a right of way wed it .lint
. 2. ,
kid 'le mdroailii- ' . *studs panting *m u.
beloneng to the General Government Lich tno-
AiorLeoci,lMP-dO 4I .4II9MIAWAKA I .P--t
iiiii*lor - itecingitgrk 4. .- -- • -
[A message was here received from l e House
invititg the Senate to loin them in the Repreeenta.
Ore Hall, in order to count the Presidential votes.
The Senate accordingly proceeded in a body to the
flouler lee ProceNinge of file House.]
-oii rimesedibling; Mr; Jefferson Davis,. in behalf
of. the Committee sppcneted *to sopennterat the
iiiiiiiiiiifigilie`-infes,irepo . did`irtiiiii'liertliii"
appoinueerkol one Member-lo join thee. Commit
tee on the part of the House, to wait upon ;Messrs-
Taylor and FilMore and iitify , thern of their ek e .
don, which agreed - td. ' , '- . -
After the trahsecticialifeestieisrther brisineart -ot
no general interestidm Senate, otranaion adjourn-
Houtsc.—Hr;liarroir, from the Joint Comminet
- appointed to epen and count the votes cart during
theorem Election for Piesident .and ViCe-President
of the United Suess, melted a Resolution that -the
House inform the Seuatefind they ......... to
receive that 'fed;. The resolution 'ran adopted
and the. information communicated accordingly.
While the House-was waiting fiortheappearan
of the Senate, Mr.frawyer-of Ohio made a propo
sition that his side of the House shouki give op the
election, and to save , the trouble of counting the
votei. 'The otter ceased some merriment, and be
fore it was voted upon.
Mr. Cooke of Tenn. submitted- another ‘proposi
'lion, that the ladiesin the densely crowded
-galle
ries be entitled-Wand admitted to setts cm:the floor
of the Masse, whereat the laughter - *as renewed.
Mr. Atkinson did not wish !nohow any lack of
courtesy to the ladies, but he thought they- would. .
not find the floor of the House a very agreeable
place for them..
The Senate then entered the Ball preeeeded by
the Vice-President and escorted by the officers of
the Senate.' -
The Prelideat of the Senate, George M. Dallas,
I took the Chair beside the Speaker of the House,
R. J.. Winthrop, and the tellers,. Messrs. Davis of
Miss. McClelland of Mkt,. and Barrow of Tenn.
look seats on the platform at the Clerk's desk
,Mr. Dallas.then auompcoll in appropriate lon'
mace die ie of the joint meeting of the two
House. and banded to Mr 'enema Daviollto 166,
of each Side, which ldr,, Davis opened and teed
-aloud.
(-„, The votes having ell hien opened and emoted
Mr. Dallas announced, die vote first of each State;
then the whole windier einst for each' o ffi cer, anti
neat the number a to 'choice.
He then stated that Zachary Taylor had received
163 votes, and lonia Casa 121. votes; and that the
Candidates for the Vice-Presidency, Messrs. Mir-
lard Filmore and Wm. 0. Butler ha! received the
same Somber of votes respectively. General Zach-"
say Taylor and Millard Filmore were then declar
ed duly elected to - the Presidency, and Vice- resi
dency of the United States for the term of four ears
from the 4th of March next.
The joint meeting then adjourned, and she Sen
ate withdrew to their own chamber.
The Speaker having called the House to order,
Mr. Barrow submitted ,a joint resolution for the
appointment of a Joint. Committee of the two Ron
ne to wait on Meisrs.Taylor and Filmore and in
form them of their election which was agreed to,
and then the House adjourned.
lamorrairr SiLt..—OU Friday last, the State Sen-,
ate took: op the WI to exempt from levy and sale
or execution, or fordistrese for rent, property to the
amount of three hundred dollars.
The bill was opposed by Messrs: Stine, Yonig
macher, Smyser; Matthias, Crabb, all Whigs, and
and supported by Mr. Overfield, Democrat. The
latter said, with much force:
He went kw the bulb bemuse it would save a
homestead to the poor-man, worth at least E-300
became the poor man would prefer to take land to
anything else, as he bad a right to.! He warned
the Senators on this Boor, both Democrats and
Whigs, how they voted on this question, for it
woqld rise up in judgement against them. He con
sidered the law abolishing imprisonment for debt,
as the most humane law ever passed.
The bill was read a third time, and pawed by
the following vote—every Democrat bat one in the
Senate voting in the affirmative— and all in the
nega, five being Whigs but me. • '
Yr.'s-- Messrs Boas,. Brawly, Brooke, Conhing
ham, Forsyth, Frick, Hops, Ives, Johnson, (Erie)
Mason, Mathias M'Caslin, Overfield, Sankey,
Savery, Small, St erret, Sireeter-18
Nays—Messrs. Best, Crabb, King, Eonigrnacher,
Lawrence,Levis, Rich, Sadler, Smyser, Stine, Dar
sie, S.teakr-11.
FATAL. RA LALOV.-The Perupsylvinia Dcznocrat,
of the Bth states that a fatal malady is prevailing in
the north-eastern part of Fayette county more alarm
ing than any ever known to the people, of that vic
inity, and ever, the physicians are at a lose to assign
it a name. The patient is attacked suddenly with
vomiting, accompanied with diarrboa, coldness of
the extremities and in some instances, terminating
with spasms. Sometimes tbefirst indications of its
approach me pains in the fingens and limbs, accom
panied with violent Sorer and headache. Some of
the patients break out a ith spots like the measles,
and after death the body and face are covered with
large black spots, the 1%3 and arms assuming a black
color.
FATAL COLLILIT KILPLOSION IN ExcLatum.—The
Wakefield Journal of the 231 h January gives intelli
gence of another fatal accident in the immediate
neighborhood of that which took place at thepaks'
Colliery in klatch, 1847, and that some filly poor
miners bad met with instant death. On inquiry, it
was found that the number of hands, of all descrip
tions, in the pit at the time of the accident, was
110. Of these, 27 were got out alive on Wednea.
day evening, three of whom afterwards died. The
bodies which coold not be reached the same even
ing were, of coarse, quite dead when they were
approached on Thursday; and from a careful an 4
alysib of the numbers, the total number killed was
83, and the bomber of hands' ascertained to have
been in the pit whoa the explationousued was from
157,t0 110.
Dr. lit P. Coouniar..—lt is'reported, in the Boa.
ton mum, opon:srhat is said to be reliable unbar
ity, theta,: Gad 's., confined in the Maine State
prison, under serilepee at death t chimed . with•the
minder of Matthews at Wittervilde, escaped. from
the State prison on Tuesday last.. It is said that hp
titular the vigderee of the beepers, while drooled
in the gements of his sister, • who had entered his
cell spin a-visit a abort.tiniapresioas to hialdkap:
It will be mmenitkied tbat the period of said 4
idgele itiniWisennment, rim m the' folfilment of lie
senteace of death, e.xpire in March next.-
Jonas 151ii.csa, it seems, declines the honor ot a
gist fin the U. S. kenate, A Washington Forms
pordemt of the - Pktforlelpi!io North AnterMni , says
that trameilistely top teeming the ,information of
his nomination for Senator by the Whip of the Ohio
Legislature he dispatched areanswer by telegraph to
Cohunbastfiseliningilientimmation. Considerations
of a private ehmarter the Jutlge says, albeit prenteht
him from aceordinglin the wishes of biofrioods.
,
Rstutoan Act:lee:lr -r-Hraiisberg t, Feb.' 12.
Davit" Miller elution ovet - by %soars frohoPhila
delphia last night.,,srahott distal eeihnin the dippat at
this place, and hishodtvras cutcompletely.itt.two;
An inquest rags held this shotning., The ren
dered a venaieraminliiii to die facts. Hi its -sup
posed to have been- intoxicated- 'f •
. • •
I.
Wtocottept, Chuatutteas role: Fete. --Aitti-
Weems" Oviiiii • hairel.pestiti the to ei Esteee
' ttf thli•Wisettnehi :reireitteute by le fife ' f `3 7 tcrli
l'heleetthitiseetakwattedgietxvid. . Shively,
'end the Slarellatle. ,
~~'ri:~f
SMZMM
;r4; aZ3
EMI
rtir,r7:2 ITOWS NOTICE.
• hisysit his stiPsistad in
tit by: 'Orphism Court 9 r the County of
I aorta sod dittn the fond,
tole the real and personal ate of IV ,
o rattled to the duties of hi,
at - is Tessa& 80. is itset al ,
Ith illy of Artil pest, at oft, o'cloek P. sir. of
Towanda. Feb. 1111 b, UHT.
A UDITOWS '''Nerrier
Tie underaired„ hive beimappointed on' A l a,
the Orphan's court of the Co. of &su ed '
mast struts, and distribute the food' rairaj b y '
sate of dieted sod perronal, estate if Jacob -
his office hi the baira t oCrovilusls ~orn
day of March: ttestiilt ale s i cissit;P. IF.. •111
wheat ell promos ioterested, Jn requested to
ttritAiiraf:"Tt 04 1 1 Aw befrteanS l l l . - • mai
foe 141areilfilialfund;
WILLIASIVISCOTT. Asthiar
Towandai.FANk.LV.4l4lkl:-..4.'t
rillArft.2o 'REED haiitti essixtred sdl his ego,
Yt./ fights end credits to the earbseiher, fee the hum,
of kis emeditues, 4 tbssofere
_mosses ebeebsiely mi me
7. than all debt* dee tbe said Citadels Need al
settled and paid Witheiiiri &lay, endult'ireaisimi
Ado. spinet him are requested tWpresest Stem
5,2441# Roes, is- the bore' of Towson. bis I
Illstriinees, for adjustment. As early, alleluias
mg of this, business is moat earnestly desir e d,
tbe . mihrenirer will lie ibliged to or alt Debts
said Reed its mese *of eullsetiee, wkbout
et isnorks k ,ifun , slimiest dayst .111swistiest.
;mmo heektudonging to tbe above mown, Mop.
ins re =vest .*nett of veif;retoalde Ind wasombls
flaw willbe sold AW CASIL'AT COST.
. r.'H. W.-.TRACY., Agape..
Towanda, Feb. 10, 1840.
GREAT BARGAINS AT CANT
SELLING OF AT COST I !
GREAT INDUCEMENTS- rt !,
TAE subscriber offer, hie entire
,alock ef NEW
GOODS tit the tolioiriei~ redoe"peitxi:
" ' • a -9 . • 9 cesta.
43 la .
1 1 9 . 2 9 "
Cotton Ftasoeb,' 6 to 8 •
Dina clothe;: - 1 50 lot 60 . 1 -
~ Ilatrisworta - 95 Is 75 •
92 to 300 •
Alpaccaeu. • - to 373.•
netwir,. -44 to 84 •
GROCERIEB ened . QUEEPIII WARE' in proponi
willtakordt kiidsof -brain in exchange. 4
pay fete gnat* ; ,Cote I cent per lb.; Buckwhe at
374 cents; Wbea. t.sl per bushel. The stock of gOodi
were' bought fait 'WI. Now is your time ladies saki
gentioueu,lo sake a California fortune. - •
Caution. Feir..lll. 1846. ,•• J. E. PE&
FOR RENT.
FRONT ROOM in the remind dor* of Icrc
• Brick Row, oast the, . Dregatore; alto the ray , A
in the *bird story fornserly occupied as the Mom
Hall: For particulars enquire of
Feb 13. 1849. ET:08. TOIIKTIVB.
'FHB "CO MTIRSION Et 3 OF UN ATIFORD CO,
I. hereby sive notice that they hive fixed upon the
following-days sod dotal reepietiroly: fee bearing the
ippeale from the ermessatentit for the year 1 1 319,11thei
allies in Towanda, to sit
March Ist—Armenia, Burlington, Clinton, Cohulk
Graffitille 4 Irldiny,,'Staitbfield, Springfield, in
Creek. Troy tp., Trey tra, Wells.
March 24-Allsawir, Asylum, Athens tp., Athens boo,
Damn, Franklin, Leroy. Monroe. Towanda tp;
Towanda borough and Ulster.
March 3d--Herrick, LitchSeld,•Orweß, Pike, Rots,
rignesbegnin, Standing Stone. Warms
Windham Wyabasing sad Wysit.
The Assessors of the riespectiiii townships and bar.
°milks are requested to be pearliest in delivering Otero
tires to the tezebles,and is making their Mums ao thi
day, mentioned in theit warrasta; and all Lose ars
may Gael themselves aggrineed by the assewinienn
regorged to attend on the digs shove specifiid 26161
will be no sheriment made thereafter.
By order of the Cosumissi mere,
Ce' .8. RUSSELL, Clerk.
Commis/dot:et% Office, To rods, Feb. 6, 1848.
B Valnrf-Alxlf3 ). VOck*U 1 BiVriTti r
Yan order of the Orphan's!' ( court of Bfaiiinli Ca,
will be exposed to public Sale on TUESDAY.
oth day of Moretti/149, at 2 O'cleith, an Monroeton, the
following property; late the eitaterof Martin W. Mil;
den, deceased
A piece or parcel of land which is held tinder a eon.-
tact With IL W. Alden, and containing about ihrte
acres, bounded on the ninth by lands of Martin Wit.
den's estate ' -east by bode of Hylvester White ; sou th
by lands of Timothy AWin, mid on the west by lands
of S. W. Ald n • s anion balance of the purebs."
ney is stadue end-unpaid. The said land is instal
in the township of Monroe.
ALSO—The following piece or parcel of land Me•
ted in Monroe township and bounded as follows: Oa
the norther t-by Jared Woodeiff, south• east by Gent
Tracy ; south west by Jacob' Arnont, Timothy and A.
C.Rockwell'a estate; Seidl erestby W. H. H. !hors •
tad L. 13. 4 . 1 L Fowler. Containing seventy - one error
MOON or less ; twenty acres improved, with a log boos
mind leg barn and it firei appletrees thereon.
ALSO—The following: piece re:van:el of land sites
tad in.Moaros township ' s's"' hounded as follows: Be
ginning at a poet and spumes, being the north east comer
of a certainlot of land conveyed to 'Timothy Alden by
Archibald 11Floall, by deed, bearing date the sixth day
of Jittittary.A. D.,1841; 'tepee eolith 10° westskag
tbe line albs said Timothy Alden's lot 40 peens ts
a corner ; thence north 68 0 west 16 perches. to a cor
ner • thence north 'lo°4lst 40 perches to the line of t
public road which was laid oat from ON Berwick tam
pike near the House of A. C. Rockwell!, estate lob
termed another road near Geo. H. Arnow ; thence ale°C
said road south 68° eaet'l6 perches to the place of be'
ginning. Contains four seres, be* the same atom sir
• , •
Attendance gine and terms made, known on de
day of sale. ' HARRY SALSRERY.
Monroe; Feb. 8.1649. - Administratim.
' NOTICE TO RETAILERS.
NoricE is hereby given that all Retailers of Far
Pigs Merchandise who do not pay th - dielicessa
within twenty. days, will be antiected to owt:.
Feb.?, ISM • J. M.PECK, Treason.
• PUBLIC NOTICE t
ALL penmen indebted to the late #ritt.of Hynes
and Lee, ate hereby solified 'diet noires set
distant be mei; by the sewed week of nbreiii eat*
the eetemets will-be pleeeilia the bandit - ef es Air
*Sr hinaesliwe ooNeetioe. 'IL HUSTON.
• • Torrande, Jae.-3 JB49* C. IL (ADD:
• ' ..; . RE140VE0 4 .1,-..!
1177 A. CHAMBERLIN wisoprollilly inform tbi
VII public *atlas bus tesival hie. adablisbateot
thaatma lately aerapitel by Velpietpteh,. as ea or
'Clea;latieei hi lentils 'Malays s 1 twat 'tiVeooleet mist
thwisietes,' fee ask} hii large sawmill of
,lintakry vousellykoe prim.
Tewandil•-4!0.1r,ii149.
. .
NEW . ARRANGEMENT AT TIE
NEW PR STORE
.• : worm' 5402.0.' .
IaiIYING Aside teraugementa with Dr. K.LA DD
LLll,flicasibeeriher takee pleieura- in iog ihi
the Mich., will here W . ,givebee per nal ornate)
a
*hit* to his Wahine.
Ilia prop eel Meirseittea will be under the Doetor 4l
superviisioa witeriketkil4 and eaperiesereia. physics ear.riot be ifria;liartaist. kV* :• B. MIA •
1N1117111... .A peat variety,. ail kinds sad sill.
will be paid sl • Maw aarioce foga eh ,
64: - 'A` rich 'Midi arid limn's! lynx. Mao solar .
411* - -...tringailigOippes , Pale droop
blt:v - - 1 sz;- ..14 TOX'B:Sti
9Oboz,hathahitivv-biwaind doe *tee' UM
lot I ete. at FMCS Brick 8"•
NOTICE.