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Mrabforb giteportev. e Soh. Free Speech, Tree Men! Pruden* for Pre. Tarrnery. E. 0. GOODRICH, kamoß. Towanda, Saturday, June 1, 15 0. Terms of the Re .orirr. OS SO per alumni : it mull withini the reale will lie deducted ~(or coati paid actually in ;Wenner, el U 0 Will be rledaeteet. AUCEITTSVARWri, pPr'pneinre. of ten 1 1 , 1 ..50 cents for the irPt. end •.S cents for each subset:la/Idt utnen•ntt. ,rjOffice In the UPI worth ' , de of the Public Fivarr,. next linOT to flte Bradford 11.4e1. Entrance between M.:•ert. Adatns' and ElWeirg Ittve Offiervi. KT The absence of the Editor will excuse the want of editorial this week. FROM HARRISBURG. (Correspondence of the Bradford Reporter HARIUSBBRO. 91ay 25, ISM send you below a report made by the State Treasurer and Auditor General of the State of the finances of the Commonwealti, and an estimate of the receipts and expenditures, .for the coming year, made with a view to ascertain, the probabili ty of having Puthcient funds to comply with the recent Act of the Legislature appropriating SMO 000 towards the completion of the North Branch Canal. It will be gratifying to the people of the North to learn, thus officially, that there will 'be sufficient funds in the Treasury to meet rill its demand:), m eluding the Appropriation to the !North Branch. Great credit is due to Gen. Pur•iance and Gen. Bickel for the proniptness With which they pro. ceeded to the necessary estimate and statement.— They are both active, efficient and honest publ r officers. and ardent friends of the North Branch, believing it as essential to complete the great claim of improvements originally contemplated, and, that when completed it will prove one of the most val uable links in that Main). Hence the prompt action l'iey had taken, and the anxiety they feel to seethe work pushed rapidly forward to completion does not proceed, with them from a selfish desire to gain a lime transient popularity, but from the pa. triotic and statesman-like ambition to see the greet interest pf the State permanently promotei. AUDITOR GEN ERACA OEFICE, Harrisburg, May 21, 1850. Hon 'Mortals Lom:start - rit, President Board of Canal Commoisinners: SIR:—By the Act of 10:h May, 1690. entitled "An act provide for the or expenses of government. me repair of the Public Canals and railroads, and other . 6 .eneral and special appropriations, the sour Of two hundred and Ii fly thousand dollars is appropriated towards the completion of the Nonli . licanch ,The section making the applopliation is as follows: "Sec. 33 For the completion of the N. Branch Canal the sun' of two 11w:tiled and filly thousand dollars. in addition to the sum of Otip hundred and filly thousand dollars already appropriated, and in lieu of the appropriations for the current year, under the provisions of the act 01 the tenth day 01 April. one thousand eight tun ;red and. forty-nine, in pursuance of the ieport of the Auditor General and Stat.t Tieaamiter to the Governor, made on the fourteenth day of A,2:12!,1 last : Provided that 'loth ,. tag herein contained. shall be construed to au hor me any increase of the State debt, and if in the opinion of the Auditor General and State Treasur et. there is likely at any time to be a deficiency in the revenues of the Comnionwenli, to meet the interest of the State debt, the ordinary expenses of ,grtvernment, and the repairs of the canals and rail ro3ds heretofore completed, it shall be their duty to withhold all or so ronch of the appropriation made by this act to the said North Branch Canal as shall be requisite for those objects.' The undersi2ned. in order to a proper discharge of the duty required by this act, have made a care ful e.:amination of the Appropriation act of last session, and estimate of the revenue for the year 'ending the 31st of May. 1851. %Ve find that by said act the slim of Three million nine hundred twenty-six thou and, two hundred anti three dollars and two cent , . is appropriated to various object s . To this amount to be added the undrawn bal- ance appropriated by the Appropriation act of 10th April. 1319, amounting to 3:155,871 12, exclurqve of re+ilne of appropriation for avoidance of In• (lined Plane. There i= al-u In be added the amount appropriated by special acts during the last session, which, including z•:15 000 to the mstituttun for the blind; may be estimated at t. - N'2o.oCo—making the aggregate demand upon the Treasury, during the year.ending with the 31st of May. 1851, the eutn of 84.202,074 14 (1e5i.862,898, paid out since 1004 instant.) • The means of the Treasury. during the same pe riod, are stated and estimati d thus: Balance in the treasury, May 20th, '5O $294,989 50 Deduct for am% thereof of Inclined Plane loan, $l6O 553 VS Alm) for sinking Fund, 19,961 70 Available balance applicable to ordina ry and general purposes, $114,474 46 ZSTIMATL 07 1 •& . Lands, $lB,OOO 00 Auction Commissions, 22.000 00 Auction Duties. 65,000 00 Tax on Bank Dividends, 165.000 00 do Corporation Stocks. 1 60,000 00 do Real and Personal Estate, 1250,000 00 Tavern Licenses, 100,000 00 Retailers' do 170,000 00 Pedlars' do .3;500 00 Brokers' do 15,000 00 Patent Medicine, 9,500 00 Pamplet-Laws, 600 00 Tax on writs, wills, Deeds, &c., 45,000 00 do Certain Offices, 20,000 ( 1 0 Canal and Railroad Tolls, 1,750,000 00 Canal Fines. &c.. '6,000 00 Tas on Enrolment of Laws, 12,500 00 Premiums on Charters, 45,000 00 Tax on Loans, 121,000 00 Dividends on Turnpike Stock. 2,500 00 Theatre, Circus, and 'Menagerie licen's. 4,000 00 Distillery and Brewery do 3,500 00 Billiard room, Bow ling saloon, and Ten Pis Alley License, Eating house, beer house, and Restaur- ant license, • Surplus M ilitia Fines. Collateral Inheritance tax. Interest ou Sinking Fund stock, Escheats. Fees of Public Officers, Accrued Intirest, Other sources, Deduct for Sinking Fund, iNi Am't appropriated per act In May. 1850, $3,958,203 02 Approp'at l as by spec, act., 20,000 00 Amo'nt undrawn of appro priations per act of 10th April, 1848, Less amount paid, Borplmi, From this etir)ement Ind estimate; which, it is believed, will be tally realized, it appears there will be a surplus in dia.Treasury, after paying the interest falling due on th st days of August and February, and all other 1 demonds upon the Treasury, at twenty-siz th' , 'ern hundred and ninety-ei4ht dollars and Thirty wo rents It is then apparent. that the sum of 6250,1 i*„ appropri ated towards the completion of the No .. Branch Canal, may be appli: ,said work with. t any . et a t increase of the State ,:and withrint ember` ..4- mcnt to the Treasury-jct . ' e payment of appropri N . tions to other objecuCi We, therefore, respectfully inform. you of the re sat of our examination and estimate—that proper measures may be adopted early to put under con tract, so much of the wool; as is authorized by the appropriation. We are,-very respectfully, your obedient ser vants, JOHN A PURVIANCE, Atul. General. JNO M BICNEL, State Treasurer. Upon the action of. that Convention will depend the success : arid I might almost say the perpetuity, of the Democratic party. If the ICien who com pose that body will lay aside all local prejudices, or factional advantages to be gained, and proved with a singleness of pnrpbse to promote the inter ests-and prosperity of the Commonweath, by se• lecting Mr the deficient posts to be filled next tall, such men only as are endeared to the Democratic party and to the people for their integrity, their tal ents, and their devotion to the public good; men who will sacrifice nothing to sectional prejudices, WI devote their lime, talents and energies to the public service, then will the Democratic have a clear field before them, and need have no. fear whoever may enter.the track as cornpeletors But, nn the other hand, if nominations are made to grat fly individual preferences, or to aid the schemes of factional, guerrilla or plundering political °per ators„then we have nothing to expect, and deserve nothing but defeat. So mote it be. Tutatsru. 180,515 05 9,000 00 15,000 00 10,000 00 165,000 00 20 000 00 . 6.000 00 2.000 00 8.4.00 00 5,000 00 4,333,474 46 267,300 00 4,065,974 46 155'871. 12 4,102,074 14 62,892 00 ------- r --44039.176 14 026,7911 3J I= presume the Canal Comissioners will, at once proceed •to place the entire line under contract, as the prgsent appropriation must be considered as a gnarantee for the ultimate and. speedy completion of the work. All the world " and the rest of mankind " have gone to Williamsport to attend the State Conven tion, which is to assemble on Wednesday next— The Canal Commissioner will be the bone of con tention, in that assemblag 3, the most strenuous ef forts will be used, & the moat potent appliances car ried into requisition to defeat the radical democracy and place the control of the public works into the haiuls Cameronian Plunderers. Strickland will unite the votes of the true democracy, while the Guerrillas will be divided between Hubley and Irmisant. This division together with the fact that Strickland is- the most popular of the three may, aid I brine will secure his nomination.. The inter- eats of the Commonwealth would be safe entrusted to such men. r There will also b 6 great Ptrile for the other offi cee especially- for 4itilitor General. ' Sruins.—Jost. N. LEONARD, a son of Eber Leon ard, of Springfield, aged about 23 years, went ont into the fields in pursuit of a large bird that had been seen to light upon his father's farm, and not returning the family supposed he had gone into the woods hunting; but night came, and he was still absent, when his friends went in pursuit, but not finding him, renewed the search early the nest morning and found him about sixty, or seventy rods from the house, with his brains blown out. and the rifle still clenched in his left hand, and a stick in his right, which he had used to dischar. , ,e the gun. It appeared that he had laid down and placed the rifle against his.forehead, between his eyes, and discharged it by pushing it off with his stick, which lie had previously pr3paled fcr the purpose. An itigne,t was held on the body and the vs:whet of Cie jury was in accordance with the above facts The H Account...9f the Taking Of Car. dents. , The Havana papers of the 22d inst. brought by ,the Is "lel. contain accounts of the taking of Cririle nas. which dater little fmm our telegraphic c'is. rattlies from Charleston. We take the Journal of Commerce's traciblatioti : Re-ernbarkotion of the Pirates —Routed by the:inhabi- tants of Cararnas and /I few Valuird - Soldier,. The traitors and vagabonds have already aban doned our loyal soil. The people of Cardenas have given them a frightful lesson, atter that which they received trom the few valiant soldiers who garn armed the place. scarcely had the population re covered hom the porpoise prodaced•by the invasion in the looming, when the noble citizens . (vecinos) .threw themselves almost unarmed upon the infa mous rascals, and obliged them to. reembark, ma king them pay dearly for their temerity. The late hour at which the mail arrived prevent. our pub lishing more than the following lines, written by a friend: IMENAft. Monday, May 20.—Time does not permit me to write you_ more than four lines. This place was selected by the banditti as the scene of their operations. They landed at 3 o'cliick yes terday morning, about 400 strong. having been broitiht by a steamer. They immediately opened their tire- upon the few troops who garrisoned the place, who, hOwever, resisted to the utmost. Nev. eitheletsv, the banditti made themselves masters of the town and continued in possession until 64 in the evening, at which time the inhabitants ani the few soldiers who remained with us. rallied and gave them anch a drubbing that they re embarked with all precipitation. They, however,, took with them the Lieut Governor, a Captain and a Lieu. tenant, of the small force of one company which Was here, but put them , ashore at the Keys. There were many casnalities on both sides but the pirates received ribupdant proofs of Spanish valor. and of the digilvy widi which Cuba is determined to res pond to the infamous traitors and banditti who have dared to protane their soil.", No Smarr TILEATT.—A correspondent of the Ex press. writing from Washington, says: It is not true, as stated in some of the papers, that Mere is a secret treaty between England and Spain. :Ina ran teeing protertion of :he Island of Cuba, nor is there any nareement between France, F.ng land and .the. United States, securing the Island from Mrasion The " rumor" had iii origin, in fact, probably, that assurance. were given under other rulministra [ions. to one of the Spanish F,nvoys at Washington, that this Government would not hermit Cuba to go into the posses ion of foreign power. The United States is not committed, however, one way or the other THE Befit or Cm:usu.—The c dimity at Corn ing, by ilesuoying the property of its customers, has probably ruined the Batik. The Mechanics' anti Farmers' Rank. at Albany. which is the re deeming agent, refnses to receive .bs bills. Its cir culation is $63.34R, secured by $50.000 Illinois State FlOCkg, 520,000 Michigan, and 245.000 in bonds and mongat.;es. Traders and business men generally will do well to follow the example of the redeeming agency and refuse the bills—Albany Atlas. GREAT FOOT RACE.—The foot race that came oil at Cincinnati, , nn the 18th inst., resulted in lavcr of Jackson the "American Deer." He ran ten miles in b 5 minute* and 4 rvondal. T• ate liessaatle' , 'llimiliamitellhar - 'st reptinmil.. ' - ' • This Legislature ° crania : o_ll'u* being - about to adjourn s the inidersitoid,caupeplum :: without addressing a 4 rew.lionafto the Donitocracyof th e i: Stets, upon thstolatii'iffbitlek. _hick:hal elated at the nest of gortntiOtikiiilito licdity of jainia!„ roast. ': . • Y•::- . 4t5',.,, ,_:-•-,..-':;:.:-„- -'- - --, lion .the4leclioefellsited*thi'pecond . .Thri; 1 , . (ktober last, ilte,DetlOOMlekrightfully . laim have elected seataitintOokthe thirty-three ..- lun!JP3 - ainifiatt at thie . ktmdted rep. Jativerk,,.....t int true that we hid a whig Gower. N.• P` 11.4„ ~ , W . A jiiibioia shrewd politician, and not over scroliii. , '•7,lll4liii..ttiniasisto Which he would resort, to.--,,.. , r .)- .. , N '.'l*.;anitt. We, hotvever, trusted that ~, . :, ~, :, • '; , ~• fidelity enough in our Senators 1 and .4.:4_,.., ... N .. • carry out Democratic prin. t'll'i -'11? , 'iw,islati and thus leave to the Ex -1 ttatt... 7:- •- .:_.,...int sough: -, Thwart the' enachnetes of ilia ; :.." , ''"tare, the alts the of falsifying all his , r'' *ls, in regard to the topriety of exerci sing that power, not on - Cunstituti&s4groundri, but upon mere party consitletaticms ~, lii these just expectatirgt* we bare been •disap. pointed. We have found that one of the Senators, elected by the Democratic 'party, who had been loud in his professicins of divot on to the cause of the people, driving a bargain with our political op ponents whereby, by the votes of the whig Sena. taro, uiricil by his own vote, he was placed in the Speakers chair, of that Senate -for which, as expe rience has shown, lie had but few qualifications, save that of subserviency to the whig party.. What price, it any, was paid beyond this, for deserting from, andlietraving his own party, we know nut, but this He a, know, that thencelogh, with one or two escopriohs of minor matters, to suit his own purposes, he had acted and voted with the whig party, the members of which, whilst they might love the treason, could not but despise the traitor. The utter shamelessness of this whole transac tion ought Laplace upon the whig party a load of ob:mitty, from which theyshould never be relies-. ed, in the estimation of all honorable and 'honest men. , In the course of our legislation, we passed a bill districting the'State for Senators and Representa tives,.which met the approlsititni ol both se:sate and House of Representatives, but was vetoed by the Governor for alleged reasons, which were by no menus satisfactory to a large portion of our lel citirens, and winch, in a report made to the House ol Representatives, by the Apportionment Committee, were shown to tie utieustaitied by the !acts of the case Another bill was then prepared and passed through the Houma Repset.elitatives. It a l so Ne ,. sed two readings in Senate, and was defeated by a tie vote on third readisig; tire Speaker retrismg to vote. This bat, it will be remembered, passed the Hausa of Representatives by a vote of 72 to 25, which shows that it was not based or passed upon mere political considerations. A thild bill was then presented to and passed by the House of Representatives, anti sent to the Sen ate where it was essentially altered, and the dis h icts changed without due regard either to proxim ity of counties or the ratio of Representation, and see: back to the House of Representatives. These alterations were nearly all etude to the prejudice of the Democratic party, and carried by the casting vote of the Speaker of the Senate. On being trans mitted to the House of Representatives, that body refused to concur in the amendments. The Senate insisted; the House refused to recede from their noticoncurrence, and Coitimittees of Conference were appointed on the points in dispute between the two Houses in relation to the bill. In that committee the Whig members from the Senate were bound unwilling to yield any essential change in the bid, as it had passed that body, ex. cept the change of one country in a district, most pasbably affecting its political character by making a necessary change in the adjoining district, which effected no political change whatever in it. Brit they also claimed the tight to take the election of Senator in the sear MO, from the 10th district composed of Carbon, Munroe, Wayne, and Pike countie-, (which has been fixed by all three of the apportionment bills, anti was so agreed to by both houses in the bill,) and give it to a Whig district Else Senator iti - isso belonging, to the 10th district, as we.l by rest-on of vacancy as of locality, and the attempt to change it was urged on the ground that it was right to look, not at those considerations, but to the political courlitiou the Senate, This was resisted by the minority of both the conimittees (Messrs. Frailey and porter) Yet the majority nt the Senate committee (Messrs Sankey arid Saddle') ultimately induced the majority of the House committee, who bad been elected by the Democratic party, and who, by the rules of the House, were to be selected from those who had supported the views of the House on the points of ditierence, to yield these points, over which the Commute of Conference had no jurisdiction by the terms ist the third joint rule of the two Houses under which they were appointed, a Inch is in the following words: Kurd ltd. Wi en either house shall request a conference, and point a committee, fur that pur pose, and the othkr house shall also appoints corn runlet!, to confer"' tic., " And in all cases where a conference takes place, the committee shall be composed ol members who voted in the maj or ity, on the point or points of difference; but Ike comma. tee shall not have power or control over any port e of a big or resolution, except such palls urn winch a dif Terence exists between the two houses.'• On the reports being made to the two houses, the minority of the 'House Committee, (Mr. Porter.) otlereil a counter report, showing the reasons ol dissent from the report of the majority. This was objected to by Mr. Ha-tines, of Jefferson; and the Speaker ruled it out of ord er ; the house, on appeal, sustained the decision of the chair, by a small ma. jority. The subject matter of the minority report was nevertheless placed On the Journals. In the Senate, the report of the Committee, was adopted—all the Whig Senators voting for it, to gether with km Democrats and Speaker Best. In the House of Representatives, the question of concurring in the report of the committee of confer ence came op for coneideration on, the 10th instant, when the entire Whig vote, with One exception, wait cast for concurring, and with them voted eight -of the Democratic members. Ther remaining mem bers of the Democratic party voted against concur ing in it, and it was defeated by a vote of 48 to 42. On the next morning, Dr. Wm. A. Smith, of Cambria, read a new upportionment bill, in his place, and on a motion to 'suspend the rules, in or der to proceed to the consideration of the bail, the vote stcod 52 to 35—the Democratic members vo ting in the atfirmative, anal the Whig members to a man voting to the negative. It requiring two thirds to suspend the rules, and take up the bill. the motion failed throutzh the opposition of the Whigs. On the 13th of May, Mr. David Evans, of Mont gomery, and Mr. Lewis Roberts, of Green, who had voted with the majority on the 10th instant moe. ed to reconsider the vote given on that occasion. non-concurring in the report of the Committee of Conference. - As soon as the motion was made, it was moved by Mr. Cessna, of Berlfonl;to postpone the motion for reconsideration indefinitely, and the yeas and nays being taken, that motion was nega. lived by a vote of 39 to 4is-the Whig members present voting in the negative, in Which they were joined by thirteen members of the Democratic par- ty. As soon as this result was known, the previous quesion was called by our opponents, which col oil all debate; they, of course. feeling that a dip cuvion of the subject woukl not be very pleating to them. The hour of adjournment having arrived, the business was suspended until three o'clock. In the vacation, a lar2e portion of the Cknimenttic members met for comnilinion in one of the Com mittee rooms, and in order to have fonher time for deliberation, determined that the main question should not be taken that afternoon. and as niece were but ninety-one members of the House in at tendatice, they rosolve] not to vote on potting the main ijoestion. knowing that, by so doing, ther e would nor be a quorum voting. This-course they pursued, and'effected their'.object; the House ad. Joutuinq at half-past 5 o'clock, without hawing or; dared the main question. The ooarse of the voting &Maar;disoloirdlbefiet, ,that times ot `th. Democratic Mellnbeili had lait Abair put/ on this question, and went yoting Wick* Wiwi. We deplored ibis wietiwori*dagr Wea r *. tedihat aitY *lion 0 1 4 1 *., lives . 6 1 the Democracy oldie Stawr .imm s indaio ed, - from any came; )o , ,*frarry majority:, of their breihrent'ind pneerti in intiictirrAo.4loop , ..mkiiiijorY upon • lbe bemncratio PanYl.l4lfiri.,l6.-Miwitai_titAor how. ever, but just to a pitito . nA•thent - to say; that-,the reasons which they of for thus conduct Man their fear that we •iiti• :ilia get ar - batter'iti itd the great anxiety they had to terminate the attrition; and return to their families and business, We think that we have good reasons to know that these fears were groundless. We were contending for the, great principles of the Democratic party, and bat ! : ding for its rights. We sought to do no wrong tet, our political opprments, and we deemed fear to bi a very bad counsellor in cases of entergetcy.4 Much as we desired to elate the session, mid return . to our families and business, we felt ourselves bona to make any sacrifices of private interest that a pro. Inngation of the session would occasion, rather than yield up to our adversaries the rights, the princi ples, and the interests of the I?emocratio party. But the deed has - been dours. The report of the Committee of Conference, upon reconsideration, and tinder the pressure of the previous question, has been adopted; and that, too, by votes taken from the Democratic party snit given to our adver saries. The action of the committee, and the adop tion of their report, was as webers already shown, direct violations of the rules of the two Houses.-- The bill thus pawed, as will be seen in the annex ed table, is grossly unequal and 'unjust. We see, that in several of the Senatorial districts, the mem bers are from 2000 to 3500 short of the ratio of rep resentation in Whig districts, whilst in Democratic districts they are as much beyond it. In the Rep reseutative districts we see the Democracy of Bea ver and Bader swallowed up by attaching both those counties to Lawrence. Butler and Beaver have each more than sufficient taxables.for one member, whits. Lawrence falls but a few short of the ratio. The rernvsentation in both the Senate and House of Representatives, from almost the whole north and north eiastem portions of the State, is greatly , short of the ;number to which their taxables entitle them • whilst in the Pou . hem tier of counties, es pecially in the middle and eastern portion of them, which are thickly populated, as well as in several of the western counties, the Representatives in lx th branches are more numerous than they should be according to the number of taxable,. Again, Union and Juniata, the former of which had, alone, con siderably more taxables than would entitle her to a member, are-joined together and allowed one member fur 8462 taxables; whilst Cumberland, with 7554 taxables, and Dauphin with 7685 taxa bles, are each allowed two members. The giving ol two members to Cumberland, taking one of them Iron) Juniata and Union ' was the act of the majority ol the Committee of Conference; and as the inct eased representation in Cumberland was an object of much solicitude to one 61 the members of that conference, on the part of the HOW the tak ing away of the member fmm Juniata andi Union, and giving it to Cumberland. may have had some influence in iiichicing hint to concur in the report wino., they made. We have not deemed it necessary to go into fur• ther details of the injtiXtice of this bill. We refer to the bill itself as the best exponent of our just cau ses of complaint. We' have felt it important to communicate to our constituents and to the Demo cratic party at Irge, the foregoit g facts, and ask them to ponder over them. Our adversaries failing in their attempts to seduce or corrupt the people at lame, resort to every means to defeat the people's o ill, by either crewin,g difficulties and disunion in the ranks of their representatives, or by other means seduce.' them to their views. They operate on their hopes, their fears, or their interest—and we regret to say that they hay.e too often been suc cesi-tut. We desire to see the Demooratic party present a bold and unbroken front upon all occasions. To lay aside all sectional and personal feeling, and ado itig the maxim that every man owe; more to dreararty than the party owes to any man. make the principles of the party not the advancement of the peculiar viewts and interests of any man, or set of men. the grand object at'whieh they aim We have an important eletetion approaching. A Canal Commissioner. a Survefor General-, and an Auditor General for the whole Commonwealth, are to be chosen in October next, besides, Prosecuting Attomeykand County Surveyors, in each count•, in addition to the usual officers fa a y ear there. after, in all probability, the law Jed} es of all your courts will also nave to be selected. We solemn ly believe the ascendency of thaDemocratiapany to be neseenary to the preservation of oar republt• can institutions in their purity. Hence it becomes doubly necessary that we'should be a firm and uni ted party, taking counsel with each other, not with the enemy. One great means, by which the entire anion of .he party can be effected, will be great care in the selection of honest, able and caplible men for every station of public trust. Men who have intelligence for •hastations;—integlity ear ugh to perform the duties faithlully, and moral couraore enough to do threw duties learless'y. Men emphat ically without fear, and without reproach. We in tend no reflection upon any nominations heretofore made, but we do deem; the present a time when eve n more than orilimity care and caution should be exercised in the selection of Senators, Repre sentatives and all other public officers. We give you these facts and views as well for your information as tor our own justification. We feel a deep interest in the great cause of Democra cy, and would avert from it all evils, in our power to prevent. Whilst we would not wish to cast any reproach upon those who we believe have erred from honest though mistaken motives, we would, in deep solicitude, affectionately warn all of the great necessity there is for firm, united and Calm geonf action, to prevent the citadel of freedom from being sapped, undermined, and destroyed by the insidious and preserving efforts of our ens mies. Andrew Beaumont, John F. M'Culloch JeremialtSlack, William Brindle, John Cessna, John B. Meek, Sylvester Cridland, Michael Myers, Wm..l. Dobbins, Joseph C. Molloy, Jas. P. Downer. John D. Morris, ' William Drum. Wm. T. Morison, John C. Evans, Ezekiel Mowry, Alexander 8. Feather, Edward Nickleson, Thos. K. Finletrer, . John B• Palter, Alexander Gibbon'', Fayette Pierson, Thos E. Grier, J. M. Porter, Joseph E. Grillo, Samuel Robinson, Joseph Gaffey. Richard Simpson, William Henry, .. Win. A. smith, Henry,Haplet, Win. H. tilooder, W. J. Jackson, David 'Steward, Robert Klotz: Charles Stockwell, Harrison 8. Laird, Tnomas Watson, Jonathan D.teet, Daniel Zerby, Members of the . Pouse of Representatnei. .1. Porter Brawley, • - Isaac Ragas, Thos. S. Fernon, Timothy Ires, Thos. H. Forsyth, Joshua Y. Jone.t, Charles Frailey, Maxwell M'Caslie, Henry Fulton, Wm. F. PaCker, J. W. Guernsey, F. B. Streeter, SUPPOSED MURDER IN Dstem.t.e.--A man by the name of Wood, who came to Danville about three weeks agu, is supposed to havelifin murdered' in that place He went home with a person who was employed in the rolling mill, where it is supposed he a-as moldered for his money, as he was never afterwards seen. Some revelations made by a lit tle boy residing in she house, led to the apprehen sion of a man also residing there, who left sudden ly after the disappearance of the stranger, but re turned again. He was examined before a magis trate, but was discharged•tar want of sufficient ev. dence to retain him in custody. Gams? HAUL —One single seine, says the Mil. ford Beacon, caught about five hundred bushels of mint in the Delaware Bay, above the Mouth of MU sipillon Creek, on Widnesday lasi. AleZ. C. WCardr. /latrine Marx, ==== . MS. iialhlarillqllol4llllol.7 es) 'lt The fallowieg dispeleb.yesterdaylleasheiLea •14' Charleillon Ice Wier May 21 '111110:P.:' ,ThfrAnterfeen steemet Ctente t with - 080 Moir a boat% this day mint° Key West, after baying 'fended at Canlenao, in Cabe; she was chased in to port by-MS .I 4mM inan.oforat Pittuto . about 15 Americans were left on shore, having, u is sup posed, none, to sleep froM fatigot. The people of the Creole Male fast their vessel 'to the wharf, end delivered her and themselves over to the civil authorities.. The Collector bas seized the Creole for vinlition of the revenue laws, and her people , have been assigned to the vacant Itnite . States bar. racks for quarters., Except 18 men in the “Petrel," there is co force here, either military or naval. The cum* mime. We clip the following from timiTribuee of May 29th : "Thii afternoon's mail Irons the - South brings us slips from the offices of the Charleston Courier and Mercury, containing the same version of the Lopez fizzle which, we published in •I despatch from Savannah in Monday's. issue. The slip , from the Cornier'', dated May 25, and the dispatch which it publishes from Savannah, bears the same date. I After publishing the dispatch the Courier adds ti • Thir Isabel has just arrived at Quarantine, and we have only time to add that she brings* full confr minion of the above. The Creole, with Gen. Lo pez,. had a very narrow escape. ft was their in tention to have blown her up, rather than be taken. The invaillni are said to have lost but two men killed ar.d twelve wounded, among the last Gen. Gonzalez and Cole O'Hara. • - Capt. Logan, who was wounded died nextiday. Gen. Lopez is said•le have behaved with the at most bravery and liiitrepidity. The steamer Creole, in which Gen. Lopez es caped, remainedat Key west—the Swish steam er sailed for Berezina, after rumainintone day off Key West. . • Further Part'gears Cosiserudwg ONbS lavwdoni—De4lig the IPliktiag wad Rs. treat—Wildwll d Wwasidgd. - CHARLESTON, May 27. The Courier of this morning publishes a letter from its Havana Correspondent, which states that even the convicts whom Lopez liberated refused to join him and that the departure of Lopez and his followers was hastened by observing country peo ple arriving with hostile demonstrations against them. The Bovernmen t have declared the island -in a stale of blockade, but it is• believed that the merchant vessels in lawful trade will be exposed to very little inconvenience. The steamer Georgia sailed for Charges on the 21st inst. with 800 pas sengers, none of thsm being allowed to land at Ha vana. The steamer Falcon sailed oti the 22d for New Orleans. At Cardenas, a company of lancers who charged on Lopez's troops were all killed. All the foreign ers at Haiana, except the Americans, offered their services against the invaders. The Governor of Cardenas, who was captured by Lopez, had return ed to Havana. .Lopez had possession of Cardenas 16 hours. %When the troops revived from Matan zas the fighting commenced. The invaders con tinued fighting and retreating till they reached .the steamer Creole, when they sailed, closely pursued by the Spanish steamer Pizarro. Lieut. Jones of Alabama was one of the wounded. He received a ball through his right side. He is at Key West, Another letter states that the- invaders were at tacked when within ten yards of the Governor's house by a shower of bullets from the tops of the houses, piazzas, &c. which wounded:. Col: Wheat, Capt. O'Hara and a number of men,lione mortally. The invaders returned the fire, and the battle last ed over an hour, when a white flag was shown from the Governor's house. Soon after thecitszeus renewed the firing, when the invaders set the house - on fee, causing the Governor to surrender with his staff, one hundred in all, who were placed in the barracks. One hundred and fifty rrisoners were released from tne jail The invadens,rernain• etl in quiet possession of the city till evening excep Lopes. and staff and Capt. Logan, or Kentucky, with twenty-five men who went aboard the Creole At ibis juncture 200 lancers and cavalry mount ed anill . resumed the fight, which lasted nearly one hour, illiter e and wounding twelve invaders, includ ing, i Logan, who died on board the Creole Trot Spaniards, insulin except 12. The invaders re treated and sailed ' Quartermaster Seizes of Mis sissippi, has since died ; Major Hawking of Yen tuck), is seriously wounded; one of Lopez's staff is missing, and another wounded. . INTLREIRTIIIG FROM HArn.—We have receioed by the Zulnia, Capt. StArling, advices from Por. an Prince, the chief port and city of the black em piret of Hayti, on whir* we can rely.. They are to the 10th instant. .- Our cornmetrtal agents on this island have begn at length, properly recognised by the auth , nities On the 9th instant, the American flag was hoisted for the first time, by authority, and saluted with twenty-one guns from the steamship of war Vixen, which salute was returned from ;he fort on shore gun for gun. We learn by the same reliable source, that the government is now. in earne-t. making active prep arations for an attack on the Dominicans. The American sloops of War, Albany and 'llDrer mantown, and the steamer Vixin, whjch arrived on the last day of April—the tatter having on board B. E. Green, Esq., Special Agent of oar govern ment—have since left for Weir several death's tions.—/V. Y. Herald. la ND TRIALS IN CA Ltrometar—A report has been Made to the Department of the interior by Wm.— Carey Jones, who was sent to California as a con fidential agent of the Government, to inquire into the condition of the land titles in that country. His re port, which is contained in a pamphlet of about 40 pager+, makes a very full exposition of the ,origin and character of dome titles and contains a large amount of valuable and interesting information.— He declares that the grant. in California are mostly poled titles. He also thinks the state of land titles in that country will allow the public land to be as certained, and the private lands set apart, byjudi cious measures , with little di ffi culty & where there may suppose the grant invalid, the - Government may direct a suit to he instituted for its annulment. He says: " I think the rights of the Government will be fully secured. and the interests and permanent pros perity of all classes in that cowry best consulted, by 110 other general measure in relation to private prop erty, than an authorized survey, according to the grants where the grants are modem, or since the accession of the Mexican government, reserving the overplus; or according to ancient passessiens where it dates from the time of the Spanish government,* the written evidence of the grant is last does not afford data for the survey. RAILROAD Ammar—As the train from the etas was passer , e' through Pine Valley on Thursday hat at about I IA. M., the engine' came in contact at Sexton's crossing with a waggon load of persona who were in a funeral procession. The wegor was knocked to pieces and several persons badly injured, one man by the name of Taylor quite se riously. The crossing is said to be near a curve, and could not be discerned by the 'engineer until the cars were immediately upon it: We under stand that the bell was rung as usual; but we are not advised whether any blame is attached to those in charge of the train. P. S. Since the above was in type, we team that a child has since died—that the man had his kg broken, among other injuries, and that the engineer ditl not ring his bell until within a lew feet of the scene of die collision The emulactor stopped the train and sent for a physician to administer to tt e sufferens.—Havanna Journal A man in Albany, whilst having a tooth estrum. ed, had his lower saw, broken, which created an inflimation of the throw, and caused bis death. :c waii~ • *e timiaicifilrimi' neriiiiiariiii uffitteo,r,--ii-(-• „t : _,, :-: ) - 1 ' , = f ' ; . ;''' f.44* ' s t''', ‘, ot t W. INlktioned 'Kim twoj.for the * - Ones di* tbor:bidielleAls& IN* i= - - dew • tedetiimsaur Lerido.": Liituil eilw e ei i i oka mita**, witaidivend a • 1 i :of gee as -. the Naas; who tat to their bads loon as be came itt.sigio, isifintre!erfib . - s -* . . vial of horses. met caueit diquipege,)' e • two kene e ,, It being impossible to follow. . . tlieti. Ø. started hotniklifteiseitiknee , e, and Wm . Imp do met a - petty a-fifteen Ind , ,wholled mule. , diately. ILieut."Hodeon p ibase,takkiikel sof at Toll speed; and overtook . Indian's . ,_' wile to i taken refuge - in ricolsaluel. • - fia Lim. IL ta w up, accompanied to , only or five men, the k, duns fired iiiith rifles and ' wit, killingue may and wounding three Men. liew.-11. attacked s e Indian,. shooting him throlfimes, mid.'. his hue becoming unmanageable, h dismounted, whe e l ie was attacked by four indianal,ilrho shot him whit three arrows. He cut the of nee bow, l e d catching another Indian by the throat, higi e w sev. , eral wounds with his sword, but being very mach weakened by his wounds, he raid not do hthe much injury. The motet his men coming vied . at this moment, the Indians retreated. They were punned by Lieut. nudism's men, but, be and his only non.commissioned officer being too serrerek wounded to accompany them, they were round An express was sent immediately to Lonnie, mei an ambulance was sent to convey Limn. H. and the wounded men to the itrif Lt. His wands are -so severe that bat little hope was entertained of . his recover?. Several Indians were very may injured, though as fir u could be ascertained none . were killed. The most energetic measures have been taken by eral Bfooke All th e kn ee which could be ar liable, was inuiediataly poi i e motion, and ordered to scour the whole .etesitry, and to either kill or capture every Indian to bo found this side of the Rio Grande.' • • FATAL ASTRAY ill PITTSIVIAGH:.—A Frenehman named Lewis Jaubert, bead cook at the Exchang e Restaurant, was shot yesterdaraftemoon. by a eel. ored man named Geo. Gaines who was lately em. ployed in the same establishment, but had bee n discharged for a revious quarrel with intim— The latter dared the colored man to finht whine, they met, but Gaines refused, and was going away, when the Frenchmen pursued him seized him Ind struck .him two or three Howe. Gaines wrest e d himself' from the hold of Sanborn, and shot himwith a pistol. Jaubertthen puninedGaines half a square with a pistol and shot at him but missed him Jaubert-overcome by loss of blood, fell down en d immediately expired. The testimony.before the Coroner's Jury goes; to show that the 'colored maa was acting in self defence Gaines immediately went to the Mayor's oft e, gave himself up and was committed to prison to await a legal investigs. t 1 - n. It is thought that he will be brought out on a habeas corpus and admitted to bail. Jaupert has a 'ife and child in Philadelphia, who were to leant yesterday morning to kiln him here. Jennings' repeating rifle is one of the Most effect. ice, the most awful weapons of modem days. It discharges twenty-four balk in aMinnie, wbick take lull effect at eight hundred yards. Wheume ball is fired the gnu is again instantly loaded, bye principle as simple a. 4 it is unfailing. .Think of such a weapon in the hinds-of a thousand , men.e... The use of this gun ought to put an end to war, for surely no army could stand against it. THE MORTAL RENAME' or Jaime K. Pour, late President of the United States, were yesterday re. moved from their temporary reciting place in the cemetry, with appropriate and impressive ceremo nies of public solemnity and respect, and deposited in the beautiful lawn, in front of the family deuce in this city.—Nashville True Inig. The number of deaths by cholera, at Havana on the 9th, was so great that negroes at the city come. try emploped to bury the dead, took aright and ran oft, and nothing could induce them to return. The chain gang" at the prison, numbering about two hundred and filly, were then brought not„ and an oiler of pardon made to any sixteen of them who would supply their.places—•only three excepted! WIIKAT CROP 121 01110 A . RID Mtunnis.—The De. iroit papers say there never was a time when the wheat crop in Michigan gave fairer promise that at present. The Sanduskiart learns from all direr. bons that there are prospeets of abundant harvest in all parts of Ohio. A Perirma KILLED.—Mr. Joram Petrie killed panther on Wednesday, three miles north of Little Falls. Its panthership measured, 9 tees from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail. His clew* would be some in a fight, judging tram the speci men suit us. One fore paw, of very uncomforta ble dimensions, was handed us by Hiram Green. man, Esq , of our city, to whom itwas sent by ha friend Mr. Petrie —Utica Observer. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN' REPORTED Sari—The Dr. import (England) Independent publishes the follow ing extraet from a letter * received by Mr. George Tucker of Pembroke at Devonport. dated Hoer Kong, Feb 27, from his son, who is master's ass& tent on board her Majesty's iship Hastings. "We have just received intedigence by an Amer ican whaler of the arrival of Sir John Fcanklie & his party at the Sandwich islands. They saluted that place immediately they anchored, aher an slr sence of five years 'They have . discovered the north west passage ; most probably they have bees frozen op in the middle part of that pump be nearly three years.' , The captain of the whaler m. famed us that Sir John Franklin dispatched hisfirst , lieutenant over the Isthmus, to sail imitediatelyis ' England with the intelligence.. Qtr-The crevasse at Roane Carte, La. is said le, be two miles long. ?rinee the epening of the erer asse t the waters of Lake Penehartain have lemur ed eighteen or twenty inches above the former In• el,. and the entire body of water has been dIK crollored. • . A Mourro, named Bob, emancipated by Han•_ James Harlin, of-Kentucky, bits made 612,000 California, in throe months, keeping al . tavem ! Tua EARL or Lustxtue bas obtained a di"" from his Countess. rbe cue was so clear that opposition was made. ditelitliate•• Sales* Attu:bit Eseratiesso de Ribeetpits, gzeelitlemy Attae\meats, Doodle. Mortgages, Raibrans% • Notes, Ite., Pnntlik on superior paper, for see it this office. Mme' every description, printed no order. Constable's indemnifying Bonds just printed: 6l4 fir salt al this site • Mairrled, In Monroe, on the 2341 inst.. by the Rev. Johosrw ter, intatis Billow,' of Wysin, to Miss got Getswoto, of Mill Town. • WOOL WOOL, WOOL FMTV Thousand pounds-of wool wanted tt ' Monroe Woolen Factory in exchange for cloth Clothe, Cassimeres, Flannel, Blankets (twilled or plain) and also a • variety of Tweeds, (solator r wear,) mattufaciured on shares or by the Yv TI ss cheap as it can be done at the cheapest esiabllstr meats. The citizens of Bradford and adio' n ' a g counties, will find it to their interests to call at the Monroe Woolen Factory before dispo s ing of tbel , r Wool elsewhere, as our cloths are made of wool so' warranted, and we also can and will 9cll Meg o' cheap as the cheapest. Carding and. cloth dregol done on the shortest notice, and a Rule chestie r than ever, also warranted if property prepare d: o Don't forget ' the place known as the Moo , Woolen Factory, situated on •the- main branch the Mowanda Creek, near Mason's mills. Monroe. May,.3% 'MP J. INGHAM At tet BLANKS ! ll=