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Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Men!
Freedoms for Free Territory.
E. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
Towanda, Wednesday, August 29, IS 19.
Democratic Wontination.
FOR CANAL.COMMISFION ER,
JOHN A: GAMBLE, of Lycoming County
Advertisements. he., interuiPd fir riblirorion ri
the Reporter. should be handed in hy Monday night
to ensure their insertion.
Tha North Branati Canal
We have no information to communicate to our
reader" more definite than the news we gave last
week. The governor beingdabsciit front Harris
burg; engaged in "showing Genera! TAYLOR,
throughout the State—of emiri-e the repnrts of the
different officers, as to the appropriation for the
North Branch, cannot be officially declared until
his return.
The Roane Conventtouts.
The Conventions of Delegates from the different
branches of the Democratic party of New York,
which met at Rome, on the lath inst., as our read
ers have already been apprised, separated without
effecting any measure of union or making any ap
parent-pingress at reconciliation.
We have examined, with attention, the proceed
ings of both these bodies, and we can see in the
proceedings of the Hunker bran:h no cordial dis
position or wish to harmonize with the other branch,
who had met them at their invitation to devise
means of union. On the contrary, it appears to
have been their intention to outmahccuvre the Free
Democracy, and place them upon ground which
would make them in public opinion despicable or
ridiculous., In this, they relied too much upon the
generalship of their leaders in chicanery and finesse
and found that the ,latter, though their ranks did
not contain the old and vrongtiut hacks who have
directed the party operations of the State for such a
length of time, were impregnable ; and balled in
their designs, adjourned in evident discomfiture,
with hardly a move which might be construed in
to a semblanc3 of the wish for union.
The attention of the Democracy of the • Nonh
11.1 s been earnestly directed to these COnventions,
as die means by which the great Democratic party
of our sister state might heal the breach which has
been unfortrulately created in their ranks ? and be
come in solid phalanx, once more the vanguard of
the Republican party. NVe deeply deplore the
unsatisfactory result, but cannot say iu vieveof the
influences which have been brought to • bear. to
perpetuate the difficulty, that we are in any way
disappointed. We were satisfied from our
knowledge of the firm integrity and unwavering
consistency of the talented men who compose the
leaders of the Free -Democracy of that State, that
standing as they did upon the Jeffersonian platform
—the " ground' from which no Northern man
should recede"—that the great principle of Free
dom would at their hands be neither " apalled,
comprothised or corrupted "—that after the manly
stand and trying struggle of the last campaign, they
were not the men to recede from their ground, for
4 Cithe sake of the "Spoils"—and that union, if there
was union, must be upon the principle which evitry
free state, with a single exception, has declared?,
On the other hand, the slavery-propagandist
influence of the entire country has been exert
ed to baffle the expression of true""seutimeiit in
the Hunker party. •The Washington Union has
fulminated its decrees, and sent forth its diatribes,
without number, to that party, directing its course
in the Calhoun channel, (now, thank God ! gener
ally repudiated even the South.) that there might
be no union except upon the Calhoun platform.—
Its echo, the Penn.ofiveruan, has also gratuitously
tendered its advice to the same effect . while now
• that their counsels have been acted upon by the .
dough-faces of New York, their rejoicings are un
disguised-7.while their perversions of the proceed
ings and spirit of the Free Soil Convention, are
disreputable, but perfectly in keeping with their
former conduct and previous character. Even
Gen. CASS, at a time when such a document was
liable to be construed into a direct interference
the proposed - coalition, with the flimsy pre
text of controverting an idle newspaper paragraph,
perpetrated and published to the world a second
edition of the doctrines of his Nicholson letter—
doctrines exploded last fall, and repudiated by the
entire party in the North, and which at the South,
even, failed to_do execution.
Joined with these unpropitious counsels, unfor-
innately that state contains within its borders,
(though abiding there against their own wishes)
some of the most servile and abject minions of
the Slaveocrafy of the Union, whose interests arc
at variance With the success of the party, and the
union of which•would consign them to that politi
cal grave which knows no resurrection. While
professing a desire for harmony, their efforts 'have
been insidiously directed to procure a contrary
result.
With such influences at work, the ,result could
not be problemetical. That the mass ot both sec
tions of the party in that State agree in sentimerd
in regard to the Extension of Slavery, and the
constitutional power of Congress to legis)ate upon
• the subject, we have never doubted, and thepro
ceedings of the Hunker Convention have confirm
ed us in our belief. They arc ready to take the
position of the tree Democracy, and, but for the
wiles and management of the most unscrnpulous
and subtle leaders, who - ever misdirected the ex
pression ot
_public sentiment, would do so any day,
and would hive done. so at Rome. Our hope is,
that they will cast oft those who now, bankrupt so•
cially and politically at the North, are using them,
. for the purpose of appeasing the South.
When John Van Buren; al Cleveland, declared
that the great Democratic party was disso!ved,—
meladhlioly as that truth is, it is neverthele,ss true.
The segregation for all harmonious action, is cer
taiu and complete. Thrs•result the Southend their
adjuncts in the North have brought about, and they
alone are responsible. The measure was concoct
ed and declared at the Stiuth, and fully carried out
at the Baltimore convention. What body or • as.
semblage of men at the North Wine the meeting
ail
.dat body ever tareetni4 iir - ,; . , . • stai,a, y a
political test. Let Florida, )14nia and 'Alabama
answ er.
,Tbelopolte let, fu n their interests- 7 -aq
"meal, mouthed. bat Omly,:that they erltuktanpii
port no man pito wariofpleaged...in opposiblei
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the Previa°. ; .And whin the t itarnburnentol New
York,'as the Repruentetives of the majority of the,
Democracy o 1 that State, laiaiheir 'ereaentials Itin:
fore that body, how were they met? Not in the'
same apirit.of.harmony, which was willing to sup
port any man not hampered and tied hand and foot
to the Slavery-Moloch of the South, but by den
pion, contempt, scorn and rejection, on account of
their advocacy of the same doctrine which the
ilunkers have now affirmed at Rome. 'Tie strange,
passinz strange! And yet that same Hunker par
ty now talk. of Slavery being no test of cepacity for
race in any section of the Ucion, when Southern
Democrats, vi ith a lei honorable exceptions, are
ready to cram the tesedown - our throats u they
did last fall.
Will Northern Democrats submit to this dishon
orable imposition l They will never support any
man for the Presidency, pledged to the South.. If
Songrem Democrats should again make this a test
—then we ask, where is the great Democratic
party of the union ? We answer, most emphatical
ly, that it is divided—dissolved—into as many frag.
ments as there are States. The recent elections do
not controvert this fart They show that the party
should now be triumphantly recovering itself from
its late defeat, and strengthening itself by the folly
of a weak administration which is forgetting its
pledges and outraging its professions. So long as
the South shall attempt to force upon the Demo
cratic 'party, its peculiar views, demanding candi
dates pledged to such views, the party of the union
can never act in concert. Such is now the course
of the Washington Union, the sole democratic or•
gan at Washington. A more fruitful source of tub
ulanon to the party titan this same organ cannot be
conceived,.and it is of itself enough to cause the
chsrpcmberment of the democratic ranks. In the
late campaign it did more to drive Democrats from
the suppiart of thq party, than any other cause, by
its pertinacious and confident claims of Gen Cass,
as an ultra slavery-propagandist.
The south arc answerable for :his division in the
state of New York, and for a similar state' of feel
ing which exists in many northern states, dormant,
it is true, but ready to burst forth to the severing of
party ties and the risk of political ascendancy.—
The test which they established, has corrupted
many men in the North, whose ambition pointed
out the friendship of the South as necessary to
reach the goal of their wishes. One by one, they
quietly and meekly took the collar, each striving
alter the other, to see which should prove the most
obsequious. Though of great influence, the mass
es cannot be lead by such leaders, and what is the
consequence ? Disunion and defeat are inevitable,
if such a course be persisted in. If men can be
found at the North base enough to land themselves
to the schemes of the South for the selfish purpose
of personal aggrandizement there can be no union
of the party unless such men are lopped off as foul
excresenceg.
The,South have taken an untenable position and
they most recede. They would be the mare wil
ling to do so, but for the efforts of unprincipled and
designing men, who feel that they have forfeited
the respect and confidence of the north, and can
only hope for political vitality by keeping th 3 south
in a state of ferment, and by setting themselves up
as its champions in the North. It ip now certain
that slavery will never be tolerated in California,
and as interest is taken from the question, it be
comes a mere naked one—of goat's wool ; if yon
please— r and precedents and practice being in farm
of the ,side_of Freedom, they should submit as
quietly as in the case of lowa, Wisconsin and
Oregon, to the declaration of human rights as pro
claimed by the Jeffersonian ordinance. The pas
sage of that ordinance has heretofore outraged no
right of the South—if it is not contemplated to ex
tend slavery now, its re-adoption should not be
opposed by any slaveholder.
The separate organizations in New York , will this
fall nominate each a state ticket, and the result will
be that the Hunker party will find themselves in
such a minority, that they will ke willing to cast
oft the leaders who are now seeking to estrange
them from their brethren, and will unite, - before
a twelve-month goes round, on the Jefiersontan
platform of no more slave territory.
Susquehanna County
The Democratic Convention of this County met
on the 20th inst., acrd placea in nomination the
following ticket :
Represetitatice—SlDlCLY B. WELLs, of Clifford.
Covrrnisszoner—JonN D. MURPHY, of Silver Lake
Treasurer--0. G. HEMPSTEAD, of Montrose.
Andttor (3y)—ALmos Spoon, of Herrick
(2y)—CALVIN D. Coen, of Middletown
We congratulate friend HEMPSTEAD, upon his
singularly good fortune, for we have too much con
fidence in the Democracy of Susquehanna to doubt
his election by at least a cool thousand. It is not
often the hard services of an editor ate remember.
ed by the party, and we chionicle this case as an
honorable exception.
(r . '-• There are upon our boeks the names of
many cf our patrons, who beside being indebted
to the late firm of E. S. GOODRICH & SON, have not
paid us a cent since, now nearly two years. A
moment's reflection will show them the injustice
they are guilty of, in receiving and reading the
paper, without rendering an equivalent for the la
bor and money expended upon it. Such, we are
sue, will avail themselves of the coming Septem
ber court, to make-ample amends, and not subject
us to the unplesant duty of either dunning or en
fgrcing our rights,
Ct::7- Read the excellent article in another column
upon the subject of North Branch Canal. Its author
—Hon. Jcsss Mita.ca—is probably as well ac
quainted with the resources of the State, as any man
within its borders--and his statements may be im.
plicitly relied ou. The North Branch has no truer
nor better friend in the Slate.
A PUFF—At one of MASON & CANDRE'S cigars
from the manufactory at Binghamton, a bunch of
which we discovered on our table, has satisfied us
that it was ne plus uhra, and we recommend the
doubting to try them for themselves.
A N (mien Cutcvs.—E•Spalding & Rodger's Circus
performed hero on Saturday last, to overflowing
houses, both afternoon and evening, and on Tues
day next, Dor Ewes Circus is 'advertised kir this
place. The inimitable drollery of Dan himself, js
enough to draw a erowd.
.11alitbrnisi;
We take this amino' nto say a last wonl to the
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Drnoctoo ot.thls Anbnty, bekne this - Watt,
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trwelint : ,* urge: theesto tee in person tothe ; Wei
of D o le atites to . '',.,'. them in Cotlity
.. :ven:
ikon. Th ey altOOld_ s at the meal p . of
holdingAech tiosting, whether they him poen I
notice or zot,ite . tweed . hours of
.three eiglit
i spurt could not 1-- •
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P. M. Akw boars thim spent could not be better
employed for the wel f are of the party, and the
success of its candida t es. Elect good sod true
Democrats u Delegates, who will honestly and
faithfully represent the wishes of their constitu
ents, and the success of the ticket is b l ond a
doubt:
VERY CORRECT.—We cut the lolloliring lambert
tic paragraph from the Nertidetre- Watchmen:
" The Deineeratie and Free Soil Conventions
which were in Session at Rome, N. Y., ddringlast
week, adjourned on Friday, after azreeinggito unite
in one body, and support a single State ticket at the
next election.
The editor- most hays read their proceedings
with care , and probably understood the matter
about as well as some of those who are now writ
ing homilies on the consistency of the Hunkers and
the treason of the Bamborners.
Tut K ENTUCKY Et.tcvios.— The official returns
of the election held in thin State, show that the
Democrats aril: have a majority of i 4 in the Con
vention.
Progress et the Cholera.
The Cholera has entirely disappeared from Phil
adelphia. No ewes or deaths have been reported
since last Monday, and the Board of Health have
discontinued the issue of their " Daily Bulletins."
As a consequence, business has materially revived
and the city is fast resuming its customary life and
activity. The people of Philadelphia have abun
dant reason to rejoice at the early disappearance of
the pestilence from amongst them, and to be thank
ful that its ravages have been comparatively slight
during a season of fearful mortality; when many
other cities have been sorely smitten by the hand
of the destroyer.
In -New York, the reports of the past week, ex
hibit a marked efirnunition in the progress of the
Cholera, and it is hoped that with the approach of
cool weather, the distmle will rapidly abate. For
the week ending Thursday, 23d is., there were
.449 cases and 208 deaths reported, ageing '635
cases and 273 deaths in the corresponding period
last week.
Boston and Buffalo appear now to be the only
points where the Cholera prevails to any extent.—
In each city, the deaths during the past week have
averaged about IS per day.
The pestilence has evidently passed its climax,
and there can scarcely be a doubt that a few Weeks
more will serve to free our country en* efy from
its ravages.
We have frequently been asked if t h e North
Branch Canal is soJaluable an improvement, why
it was that capitalists did not take the stock and
complete the work? To this we have in our opin
ion a very satisfactory answer. At the • time it
was first offered to a company, the money mar
ket was depressed and stocks of all kind were selling
very far below their value. The state of Pennsyl
vania was herself forcing all her bank. bridge and
turnpike stocks upon the market, and in many cwt.
PS, sold them fur less than half their 'real value.—
Sean:ely had the country recovered from this state
of things, until the demand for money to prosecute
the Mexican war presented a new object of inves
ment, and in some degree - unsettled the money
market. These are we think sufficient reasons for
the stock not having been taken We have not the
remotest doubt that if the same opportunity was
now offered, it would be takenTorthwith. and that it
would immediately command a premium.--Key
stone.
PERSONAL Nlovxmcsrs.—Abbott Lawrence, the
newly. appointed_Minister to England, is now in
Washington. his said that he will leave the latter
part of September. Our Minister to France, Hon
Wtn._Rives, passed through Washington a few
days ago, with the intention of taking passage im
mediately for Europe. He takes London in his
route. Robert P. Letcher, late Governor of Kentucky
is expected in Washingtcn in the course a the
present week. The President, it is rumored,
has tendered him a foreign mission. Mr. Clay,
at last accounts, was at Newport, R. 1. Mr. Ew
ing left Wadlington on Satnnlay on a short visit to
Piney Point. The President visited the factories
and then received calls Tuesday. He left for Bea
ver New Castle anti Mereer,"yesterday in restored
health. lion. D. M. Barringer, our new Minister
the Court of Madrid, who has been fot several days
at the Irving House, N. York. left that place yes
terday in the steamship America for England.
FURTHER FROM THE SE4RCH FOR SiA JOHN FRAM•
KuN.-Sir George Simpion returned on Monday
last from his annual tour'of inspection through 'the
Hudson's Bay Territories and North-Western settle
ments of this Continent. We learn with regret
from him that no clue has been obtained to the
whereabout, or the fate or Sir John Franklin and
his gallant companions. Sir John Richardson, in
deed, is on his way track from the frozen regions
and may be expected in Montreal early in Septem
ber. His exploring party will however continue
their search under the orders of Dr. Rae of the
Hudson's Bay Company, Sir John's second in com
mand throughout the summer. Although it would
be almost criminal to abandon hope in such an en
terprise it is impossible to ccincealifrom oneself the
unwelcome truth that the chances to a successful
issue become fearfully diminished by the lapse of
time —Montreal Courier, 16th.
Capt. DAN Darts HENRY died in the Hospital of
the Sisters of Charity, in St. Louis on the 17th inst.
Capt. Henry was a man of mote than ordinary
courage and va'or He has braved death a
thousand times in the service
. of his country.=
His hair-breadth escapes from the Indians, prairie
wolves, and lastly limn the Mexicans when taken
prisoner in company with Capt. Cassius M. Clay
and other brave Americans, have elicited then war
mest admiration of his'couo.rymen.
Poi osous Wiresv.—A gentleman who has been
for a few weeks near Cedarville, Green county, in
forms us that a farmer in the neighborhood, whose
wheat was affected by the rust, had a portion of it
cut and ground into flour. His family used it, and
all of them were made sick. Some of the bread
was given to his hogs, and five or six of them died
from eating it. We advise carefulness in eating
flour made of new wheat.—Cincinnati Chronicle.
SINGULAR PHENOMENA:M.—The Baton Rouge (La.)
Advocate states that recently fire was discovered
issuing from the ground in the lowerpart of that
town, and that for the apace of twenty thirty feet
square it appeared to be in a state of entire corn
bastion. A sulphurous smell arose from it, and
water, though applied freely, did not ektingnish it
Ashes were, Mir sr ' used with sIiCCCOM.I but subse
quent examinationshov very little, it ,any, traces
on the ground of the action of -fire.
REMAINS OF AN ELEFEIANT IN YamMem—Prof.
Artesia on 'Friday last called the attention of the
Scientific Association now in session all Cambridge
to the bones recently revealed on the route of the
Rutland and Burk on Railroad as the first ever
bond in Northern States.
CIIOLERA IN New Yeaa.—The whole number of
deaths from cholera in New York, since the appear
ance of the disease Mere, (about the Siit-ofJane,)
to yesterday, inclusive is stated at 4,48. For the
same period 44'1832, the mortality was 3,474.
In our last, we took Minion to refer to the im•
7'. cot thercoakiletitii. of this wads; and pliym
-11000 alt* lhektel C **Wei w.i4hout a 6 •
public) %Orin ao
-deal* to do.
itspeordieg to the ealiaftlie teceilfls
fier,the fiscal yeae : jscanieciaft en Ale Ist
of December laical:ld ending on the 80th ofitovem;
bet, 1849, by the late state treasurer, the Hon. Ar
041 Plumer, the ascots of receipplts over . the eB-_
penditures of the ykar, wM be 8598,8000. This,
in the general result, will, in all probability, be
nearly correct. Many things, however, have oc
curred since the estimate was made at the com
mencement of the late session of the late seedier,
of the legislanre, to attract its details, which Mr.
Plumer could not have anticipated.
The law passed in 1848, increasing the collate
ral inheritance tax from 2; per Cent; to 5 per
with the additional inducements held out for its
prompt payment by recent legislation. The acts
increasing the taxes on hank dividends, on brokers
licenses, the change in the rate and manner of
granting tavern licenses in Philadelphia, together
with some new objects of revenue, with the high
prosperity of the country, and its increasing pope
ulation, wealth and business, all tend to swell the
receipts of the treasiry.
Ou a careful review of all the sources of revenue.
with the actual results of seven months of the year
before us, and after comparing opinions with those
well acquainted with the finances of the state, we
pre of the opinion the receipts will exceed the esti
mates of Mr. Plumer by about the sum 0, 8170,-
000. r •
On the other hand, the expenditures will be more
also. Mr Phi:oer estimated the expenses of the
public works at *700,000 They will be at least a
million. This discrepancy ans.* from the old
debts being mach larger than stated in the last an
annual report of the canal commissioners. The
law ,which allows the non-accepting districts, to re
ceive a certain per cramp of their State taxes for
a given time, sill add, probably, to the school ex
penses about 850,000 annually, for two or three
years. But the suspension of the cancellation of
the relief notes, will for the lime being, lessen the
estimated expenditure. On a review of the changes
on both sides, the' nearly correct each other, and
leave Mr. Plumer a estimated balance without any
material alteration.
To illustrate our meaning more fully, we present
the following statement:
Estimated amount of receipts for the
year ending 30th Nov., 1849, as
made by the - late mate treasurer, 83,852,300
To which aria estimated increase over
the late treasurer's estimate, 170,000
Total amount of receipts, according
to cur estimate, will be, 51,022,300
The'estimatedarnouut of expenditures
for the year as made by the late
treasurer, is *3,528,500
To which add increased ex
penditure for payment of
old debts on the improve
ments,
Do. for increase of school
expenses,
Deduct from this sism on ac
count of relief notes not
cancelled, but 876,000 in-
stead of noo,ooo, as esti-
mated being cancelled, 124,000
Total expenditures accord
ing to our estimate,
The balance of receipts over expendi-
titres. ibis year, aceordaig to our es-
timate, will be, , , $267,800
The expenditures on the improvements, this
year, on accrunt of the e xtraordinary amount of old
x i
debts, it will be perceiver. , has been placed at $l,-
000,000. This sum ought to be diminished next
year, under proper management, at least 8350.-
000 ; but it is apprehended that the old debts will
prove much greater than the amount reported last
year by the supervisors, and that there may be
6100.000 more than the appropriations of this year
will cover, to be provided tar next year. Besides,
the expenses of reparing the Portage mad, and lay.
ing new rails with a view to accommodate the in
creased trade anticipated from the opening Of the
Pennsylvania railroad will be large. We shall,
therefore, in view ofiliese things, only claim a re
duction on the improvement expenses, next year
of $150,000
There will, also, be a suspension of
the cancellation of the full MIM of
$200,000, of relief notes next year,
which will be more than was sus
pended this year, by
The loyal estimated reduction of ex
penses of next year is • $226,000
Taking the receipts then, of the next fiscal year.
ending the 30th November, 1850, to be the same
a% this year, although there is reason to believe
they will be greater, we will arrive at the follow
ii lg . result :
Estimated receipts from existing sour
ces of revenue, tor the next year, the
same as the current year, $4,022,300
Estimated expenditure of.
next year, the same as
the present, .i.L3,754,500
Less by the reduction aboTe
explained, 226,000
.13alance of receipts over expenditures
for the year ending 30th Nov. 18N05393,800
To this add the balance of the present
year, 267 800
Amid we hate $761,600
wising from present soundes of rivenue, which may
be applied to the completion of the canal, between
this and the Ist of December. 1850.
But if the legislature will act promptly, when it
meets, and pass the bias hich have been recom
mended, or others that would answer the same per
pose in re;ard'to retailers' and tavern licenses, two
hundred thousand dollars additional revenue, may
be brought into the treasury, next year, from these
sources, which, added to the above sum, would
make 1061.600, or nearly one million, that might
be expended on it, within the coming year. The
laws recommended, are just, and would not prove
onerous to any one.
We aver, then, in the absence of extraordinary
casualties, and with the proper legislation and rea
sonable economy in the administration of our affairs,
that it is practicable to complete the North Branch
canal, and to take tolls upon it, before the cloie of
the year 1651, without increasing the public debt a
single dollar. We would then, with our increased
revenue, and the revenue to be derived from the
canal itself. be in a condition to commence paying
off our public debt, at the rate of one million of dol
lars per annum, which would increase tarsely every
year, by the diminution of the debt, and the in
crease of the revenues.
Some may think so favorable a prediction , as
this, wild and visionary. Those who know us best,
have never accused us of being over-sangnine in
such matters. What we state, we solemnly be-
Hese, and are perfectly willing that our statements
shall be noted and remembered.. If we are right,
give us credit for that which is due to as, and ifwe
prove substantially wrong, we will bear the charge
of having undertaken •to enlighten the people upon
a subject of which we ourselves were ignorant.
In the mean time, the constitution ought to be 'A
amended as to pledge all the sutplui revenue td
the liquidation of the public debt, as soon as the
canal is completed.. It must be continually borne
in mind, that tho suspension of the sinking fund act
for the present, and the passage of the revenue
bills recommended, are pre-requisites, and are in
dispensable to the realisation of our calculations.
N. B. Since writing the above, we have careful
ly reviewed our calculations and estimates, and we
believe that they will be more than realised. We
the surplus beams of receipts, and we also believe
we have allewed more for mereasertschoolexpen
pg-the nce aw-eptft dipricto r
t wiKbe demagferl.—ilarrisbers i Keed,s.
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Tat Rae Astaarenise Casa — After a lescirivefick: 4 :,
6 00 — :In 4 1 1 4 is Consul at new-Oileans will
.bail to bill io,',.4coliiidemble sum, trik take )iin
kik;the iCrewe4o4e against him 10 Cciatiectiiii.
with this adair. if it shall tum out that Rey was
really and forcibly abducted at the instance of the
Spanishienhoridoof Clibei - suidihar
custody them, our Government mill of course feel
called upon to act as becomes the dignity and hon
or ogie nation. The Waskington.Repvblic express
es 1 opinion that bribeiy to an immense amount
has been en3cloyed to suborn witnesses and to in
duce them takuswear - thernselves. Also that Rey
ar Garcia was fraudulently, if not forcibly kidnap
ped,.'•and carried Artubsani- the :Mary- Ellen. He.
doubte the innocence of both the captain and crew
of that schooner, and believes that Garcia, who left
New•Orieans without a single change of clothes,
was put on board the American vessel, An crew
Ring, nominally for quarantine,, but really for a
prison ; that vessel being all the time kept under
the guns of a Spanish tnawof-war, so that she could
not possibly escape oat of the harbor with Garcia
on board; while the fact of his performing quaran,
tine in an American vessel was but a trick. of he
crafty Spaniard who governs that island, to induce
the people of the United States to suppose that Gar
cia was free. He addl:
g‘ We havo not a doubt that the confession of
Garcia to our Consul, Mr. Campbell, in the pies
ence of the Captain ot the Port that be came volun
tarily from New-Orleans, was an acknowledgment
extorted by fear of death. and that h has long
since retracted it, if he has notgoue to bris - grave
We learn from Havana that the Captain-General
has refused permission to Mr. Campbell to visit
Garicia in prison, and when we last heard from
him he was confined on board a Spanish man-of
war."
A KIDNAPPING OFFENDERS CDNVIC
TED.—The Wei&looter (Pa.) Village Record publish
es a sketch of the trial and conviction of Amos Mc-
Fad= and Scilombn Staites, on the charge of kid
napping a colored boy. The outrage was commit- I
teed in the vicinity oftDownington. The principal
witness in the case was the boy who , was kidnap
ped, a stout, hearty kicking fellow, apparently
about fifteen year!' old. The boy was an appron
tice of Wm. Evans, of that village, and hail been
coaxed off by the defendants, on pretense of get
ting him a better place in Philadelphia Cr Baltimore.
He was taken to the former city in the cars, kept
there several days, and thence he was sent, as he
supposed, to Wilmington ; but on his arrival he
was taken to a gloomy building and _fastened up
This building proved to be a slave establishment in
Baltimore. The story of the boy led to the resto
ration of his liberty, and to the punishment of the
parties implicated in the - abstraction. McFarlan,
one of the parties convicted, is a young man, who
has some advantages ; he has only been a few
years married, and within a year or two kept one
of the principal hotel' at Downington. His coad
jutor was a colored man of 23 or 30 years of age.
Both were convicted, and the former was sentenc
ed to six years,. and the latter was sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary, and 8500.
300,000
50,000
$3,878,500
Ma. COLLAAIER AND ANOLITIONIS3I.—Some of
the Southern papers call Mr. Colimner the Post
master• General, an Abolitionist, in consequence of
certain insinuations by Mr. Inge. Mr. C. thus no
tices the charge brought against him :
" I am not now, nor have I ever been an Aboli
tionist, and I have always received the most bitter
opposition from the Abolition party in my own
State. I have always held that nothing should be
done by the General Government in relation to the
i-übject of Slavery in the several States. I have
always discountenanced and opposed all measures,
public or private, intended to intefere with or dis
turb the institution as existing in the States, as rec
ognized by the Constitution. At the same time, it
is due to justice and myself to say, I am an Anti-
Slavery man '
• that is . 1- regard Slavery as a very
great political and moral evil, and think nothing
should be done by the Government to increase or
extend it." .
E.,754,500
76,000
3,52R,500
NON-RESIDENT Dzarorts.—The New York Mir
ror of last evening, says A writ was granted in
the Common Pleas yesterday, and an order to hold
a non-resident fraudulent debtor, who is hourly ex
pected in this city from abroad. It appears that by
the new code, non-resident debtors may beheld to
bail, or in default imprisoned, on the creditors ma
king an affidavit of fraud against him. The law
applies to citizens, of other States, or persons com
ing from abroad." This is a valuable hint to
strangers, among which we hope-'we give no of
fence, by inelediag eormtry merchants, and we
doubt not they will duly appreciate the informatioin.
Deleware and New York are the only two States,
(Rhode Island excepted.) which have not emeig:
ed from their ancient•state of semi barbarism.
ix Gar. A -r BRITAIN, if the Government refuses to
permit stamps to a newspaper, its publication is at
once suspended or disallowed. This is called
" Freedom of the Press." The London Globe con
tains the subjoined, which shows that this boasted
liberty is but a name :
. .
"The Irish stamp office authorities have, by di
rectims of the Government, refused to register the
proposed new series of the Nation newspaper, or
supply stamps for it. Therefore, Mr. Duffy's new
project is knocked on the head."
The following is an extract from Haynan's proc
lamation. Ilaynatt is commanding-general of the
Austrian forces:
" Doomed to death is every person, no naatierof
what rank or sex—doomed to instant death,on the
spot of the c:ime, is every one who dares to assist
the cause of the rebels, by words, or by 'deeds, or
by revolutionary dress."
:Besides this brutal order, he has levied a heavy
fine upon the Jewish communities of Buda Perth,
including clothing for about 70,000 men, and 1,000
well caparisoned horses. Such is the character of
the tyranny against which the Hungarians are now
warring.
'Tows ELscrtox.—The Burlington (Iowa) Stale
Gazette says that the leturnsalready received are
sufficiently full to render certain the success of the
entire Democratic ticket in that State. There are
but two Congressional districts in lowa, both of
which were represented in- the last Congress by
Democratic members, William Thompson and
Shepherd Leffler, who were elected in 1848, and
will serve during the next session.
MAINE.—Home Exemption.—The Legislature of
Maine adjourned last W ednesday morning, after a
session of little more than three months. The Port
land Advertiser says--" The Home Exemptiox Bill
has been signed by the governor. It exemps teal
estate to the value 0(8500, and if a debtor is not
the owner of real estate jr that value, then 8500
of personal property, to be by him selected, in ad
dition to the trcific exem ptions
_ already provided for.
The change is not to affect existing debts .7
A DEFAULT= IN CUSTODY—Nathaniel Dendy
late U. S. Consul at Marseilles, whose defalcation
has excited to much attention , is now in the ous
tody ofihe U. S. Marshal at hiladelphia. He is
detained upon a ca. sa, issued upon a judgement
which he has confessed in the U. S. District Conti
for $156 443 67, in favor of the United States of
America. It is represented that he is in an impair
ed state of health.-
THE Mon - nu-17.in St. Louis during the cholera
is stated by a distinguished divine of that oily whose
labours among the sick gave !aim an opitononity of
je4i to have reached thedlotttlimata amount of
nor persons.
Tile Comma ast'Cloto Domain it the mint in
Philadelphia has teethed 84714,539: The gOI4
coin for the firstais moniba of thiayear
379. The ailvervS69B,sloo: ' Copper $25,805,99.—,
Bullion in the . mmt $1,329,087.
ei~~~~i e`~au~t~e~-C~~~
The efealuer..cuisda. arrived, at New Yo r k oa
Sskuday by* with mien days later news f rom
Eta*te. Thit principal information is the a b eermi
nese. from, gary, which will be found below
if q
treoaait4en Ausrata.—The 'news frorn
ty 'avant* to the -Himgariar re.
Ills also reported that Klapka, the Hunga r y,
General, attacked and captured Rub, and. at *
, seiziegnialgerptentitrofplovisioasaiwiniamiy ou .
of war, felt back to Comorn.
As far as it is possible to trace the eperationiwei
position of the contending armies, from me c or a,
ed and conflicting published accounts, it s eems
that the Hungarians were at the latest account s oe.
copying the line of the Theiss, and that they soli
maintained -their position at Szegeden. Gorge zt:i
supposed-,to beeomewhera about-Tokay, but
is.no authentic account of his precise position. Th e
same uncertainty prevails respecting. Bern, in Tra a .
sylvania, of whose operations there are a great ea..
nety of reports.
The London Daily News gives earrericy to th e
following, on the strength of a correspondent, w h o
says that a.courierirom Galatz brought the news
The Austrian' and Russian army, 410,000 stron r ,
after occupying Hermanfistadt and Cronstadt, and
other small places, advanced to .Sarteani. Bent col.
lected 40,000 men, and charged against them....
The battle ended in a complete defeat of the Impe.
rialists. They fled precipitately . leaving fo,oos
dead and wounded, nearly all their artillery, sad
scio prisoners, among whom is Gen.Halemberg.—
Bern took possession olliermannstadt and Cron ! ,
tadt.
Under the head of the " Latest Intelligence,': th e
European Times says the Vienna journals of tam
sth inst., supply us with news from Hungaxy of
great importance, if true. It appears that on th e
4th inst. the Hungarians stole a march and surpri e .
ed the garrison of Raab A sharp conflict ensued,
which ended in the fortress and city being occupi.
ed by the .Hungarians, where they found 80,000
bushels of oats, 240 head of cattle, and large
stores of miscellaneous provisions, which they
carried to the citadel of Comoro ; nor were the se
all the trophies of their vietory i for they captured
six guns, and took two•companies of Anstrian infa z
try prisoners. Klapka commanded the Hung er i.
an troops, who afterwards quitted the city of Raab,
and took up their abode in the fortress, where they
seized the Vienna mails.•
tram - Lap Rome.—The latest intelligence front
Rome is to the 30th ult,,at which time nothing fi.
nal had been decided on, end things remained a t
nearly the same state, so'far as the Papal Govern.
ment is concerned, as they were on the day g en.
Oudinot entered Rome. The commissioners nun.
ed by the.. rope 'had arrived at Rome, and com
menced proceedings by dissolving the whole of
the Roman army.--even the troops which had TIN
mained faithful to the Pope.
There is a report in France
.that Garribaldi had
defeated a large Austrian corps which attempted to
arrest his progress. He had, it is said, laid down
his arms in the little republic of Sam Marino, na 4 l
claimed the protection of that. republic. The Ans.
trian commander at Bolcgna refused this Surrender,
and sent off forces- to rut him down. Garibaldi,
however, had beenjoined by a great many limp.
liano and Rimini, who had pronounced favorable-to
him. -
TENNEESEE ELEcnox.—lt is now ascertained
that the vote in the Late Levislatore will be aix
on joint ballot. The Whigs have a majority of
three in the House. •
KEEP, Hear.—A gentleman said not long
since that his boys carelessly allowed a young hone
to run away with a drag or harrow which was sev.
era! times thrown upon the horse, lacerating his
flesh in the most cruel manner, so that hardly anT
part of his body escaped nuhnrt. He applied
Merchants Gargling OiC faithfully for one week, aid
the horse was well.
Many farmers have been so successful in !helm
of this Oil they will not be Without it in'their ruble '
a day. Much valuable infoitmation !nay be obtais
ed respecting this Oil by consulting a pamphlet
be obtained of the agent. free of charge See 40
advertisement in this paper.
Mr" CANAL MEETING.—We, the' Mier.
signed 'citizens of Bradford County, feel.
ing a deep interest in the completion of the North
Branch Canal, and being desirous of making erny
effort in our power for securing the completion of
the same—do hereby recommend the holding of t
Canal Mass Meeting in the Borough of Towanda,
without distinction of party ou Monday afternoon
and evening of the first day of next Sept. Term of
Court, for the purpose of dirising means to snore
early and efficient action by the neat Legislature
providing for the speedy completion of said Cann. .
C L Ward P Powell
Rogers Fowler • E D Montanye
David Allen 0 Powers
J M Griggs . A R.Potter
Russel Fowler Joseph Poweli
Jedson Dlackroad M T Carrier
I Scoop ver
0 P Lyon
A K Stanton R C Baldwin •
G Smith Wm Keeler ,
Wm North - Chas K Ladd
8 Cranmer T P'Wootlruff
D Kellogg C M Goodenough
A Mullane • B Kingsbery
Myron Kellogg M H Lanning
Min Hanson E W Hale
L 8 Bitrohani - G R Barker ' -
E H belong R D Cleveland
J F Woodruff , F Watts •
Geo W Pox - ' R K Marshall '
Joseph Inertias . A D Montanye
Wm Lantz • J D Montanye
D L Scott W H Perkins
V E Piollet Stephen Pierce
Wm ,8 Dobtirts . Wm R Storrs
I 11 Stephens .. 8 V Shipman
Win Scott ~. • John Beidletnan
J C Adams i - • II bickersoyi
3 0 McGill 3 111 'Sevin,
W H II Brown Wm Watkins,
N D Warlord ;C T Smith '
J Hart W A Chamberlin
IS Stevens J I) Goodenough
Gould Phinetey ' D Vandercook'
J H Phinney I. H Scott
JB M Hinman • • C M Manvilto
H Fairchild -II Mix
II A Bahlwin H C Porter
E M Bowinaa W W Kingsbery
I &AM - Isaac Myer
Jacob Jones 0 H Stephens .
8 L ; Fowler E Temkin
E W Baird D °Halls
t 3 C Stevens - D Bartlett
Saml Houton Z Cmss
8 &Bailey . S C Nagle.
E A Partens • • P C Wiyak
N J Keeler G a Putting
Henry Booth A Pennifiadker
P L Shaw D Loyd '
L E DeWolf A N Newton
G B Overton E T Fox
B Thomas . 0 II P Kinney
R Pratt • •• HII Myer
James Watford . t LaMereux
Morgan Waters 0 H Drake
•.
Joseph Kingsbery I T *Milt
Dorsey 'Weston W Brign
Hit Hermit. ' Wm in
Rlwell
I) F Barstow • - D Wilmot
II P Moore ' Chas Dennis
BRADFORD COUNTY MEDICAL SQ.
OWTY.--There will hew meeting held at
Tuwanda. on Fbusday Sept % 40tb., for the organiza
tion of a County Medical Roder'', and an aPPIi"
of a constitution recognisable by the State Medreal
&clew. Every rbysiciau in the coanty is reque*
elite, attend.
Fodor Baker,
a litYst.
't Newton;
Barnes.
If Hoyt,
W. C Bogart
E Rinker
Doctor Drake,
• " Horton,
• !' Ladd.
Augnit