ININ , i t. ) A ~ It - .;ite• rattiort. tit , ope# 0-;. Free Moll; Fret , Speecl4 FreW Men! - Frei/ens for FT.* Torrilieiesh'. ' E. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOL To*anda, -Saturday, Aprill2oBsl. e.„, , . Teraes or The Reporter.; ' 11111 - 410: pet ahnum—ifpaltrwitinn the you' /Weirdo - win , tia dodatited—for eash paid attually in advance"' ,foo willbe deducted. No papet,atut ovettwo yams, unless paid tot. A Deur tanairar per square of tea hues. 50 , cents. (or the fint, and CS owe or each subsequent insertion. Er Mks 111 t e " Union Block? north aided the Pllbile Rennie. next doo to the Holdford, Hotel. ) u1t5 5 5, beexe oo Mauls. Adaautt and thrill's haw 'cakes. . "f- Appiropriatton . "l4 . ! tips Norsk Branch. .; The people of the Mirth will be gratified to learn tttat §ion, appropriating, ii?.st,utto towards the cornphiliiin - ol the. North Branch Canal, hail been inserttni in the General 'Appropriation bill, and has pisied the House finally. This, though a smatter amount .t an we could have wished, will'snffice to plies thewhole line under contract, and places fn. lure appropriations beyond a contingency. Upon the reading of thet!,section making, the ap piapriation, Mr. Heat moved a proviso, that there Oat' be no increase or the State debt, and if the State Treasurer shall think there will be a deficien ey in the Treasury, the appropriation shall be With. held, or a part of it. The proviso was adopted,— yeas 65 ;"nays 30. The"subject was then made the apiscial order of the next day.- :upon resuming its consideration 'next morning, various' propositions were...made, connecting 'the Nerth - Branch and Portage Railroad with Free. llankin* and the issue of small notes, but allamend ments were :rejected, 'and Mr. Rhey proposed a nevitAection making an unconditional appropriation of 05t,000 towards the completion of the North Branch. 'Tali was adopted .by the decisive vote of 61.. nays, to 34 nays. • When.it itivecolleeted bow dilliculVit has hereto. fore been to procure even the appropriation of the 4urples funds in the Treasury ‘ fiir the completion of our Canal, this rest li will be extremely gratifying, as being evidence that the people ollke Common *ialth have at lengt h become satisfied _of the pub lic nfility_oi this g at work, and are readtto do justice to the North, and to the best interests of the Commonwealth by its speedy completion. ft shows that the Clouds of ,ignorance and prejudieehave been dissipated as the subject has been discussed, and the advantages of the work brought to their no tice, and that henceforth there will be no difficulty in procuring the necessary means to complete the work. - In view of the professions and promises which have been made in this section, we have taken the pains to classify the vote up - On Mr. Mincer' section, and find the following reach : CLASSIFICATIOX OJ TUt VontS. YEAS. YEAS. • suroenkvs. yams. Messrs. Benedict, Messrs. Armstrong, . Bigelow, Bowen,- Cowden, Brindle, Linton, Caaiiday, • M'Cluskey, • Demers, Slifer, Dobbins, Strothers,-7. , Dorian, Dow ter, Dunn, Ely, Evans, (Berks.) Feather, Fegely, , Freeman, - Frets, Gabe, _ Goodwin. Grilfin„ Coffey, Hague. . Hemphill, Henry, Ropier, Jackson ' Laughlin, Lamy, Leech, Len, WHean, IVReynolds, Morris, Mowry, ( Wyo.) Olwine, Packer, Fennimsn, I Beitknyder, Rhey, Rhodes Riddle. Roberts. • Ross. Scofield. Sender, Steward, Thomas, Cessna,—SL 11 will be seen by this vote who are the true Mends of the Korth Wench Canal. Upon a naked proposition to appropriate monies towards its corn pletion;bnfl whigs could be found in its favor.— Here was an opportunity for the friends of the Ca nal to come up to i:s support. There was no col lateral questions to form an excuse upon, bat the plain and simple propositiou,.shall we have s2sle 000 towards completing the North Branch'? We have sedulously avoided makingthe completion of the Canal, a. party question. It ahead not be view ed in a partizan light. But the , Democratic patty have suffered hero because Gov. )otursvon ad his friends were so profusein their'prOfessions of friend= ship, for this rAt. 'Me trust.'-we shall hear - no more of them. This vote shows that they have been hollow or unmeaning, or eke that their love for the North Branch has been less than their reganl, for small notes or free ,banking. Western lioteh New York. We recommend this MAW, kept by Messrs.-Dyer sea & BAADER, to all of our friends visiting New. York. It , is:located' on Coriland-st., in immediate proximityßo the business streets of the city, and brit a shad distance' from the landing of the N. Y. &E. Railniad. The accommodations are superior, the attendants obliging, and the charges reasons• ble. It is a favorite 2 stoppiug-place , fot•our Bradford, people, and deservedly so.. I Dc.tra Waal:Ler or Gemini Ptraxxorn--We !aro that Governor Johnston has issued hismarrant fixing the 29th of Argnst next for the execution of Gawp Pirxiolb recently convicted in Citestercourt ty for the nitudiu of the ti:irsa.tettcher,.autel:Shar. plese. Capitol Itairbserr 'honored with Alt 41fiseeee :of . neyerat pobtical celebritiee whose', aapiratirms are supposed to be tielident ! wird..lThe lot visitor hal been thii Hork.:l • V4a24Ba) an:account et whoa, reeeptiooho pub. lic bade ` already ieceised.-11.7 wed' received the Legislature, and intrOduced by *4, Joluurvon, t'Y'wh mel kO msh ! t rP* 44 h lalix % triode speech. : • That Pennsylvania;is te be the putt battleground of the next Presidentiakelectioni there can - be' nu loubt, and hence the anxiety of aspirants to propi.. time the elements ofiteriyi i lfte!Ctreat pe,nsin#F, hu undoubtedly some expectation _ , of being the candidate of t e tg pa rty:;or is,- eas serted the rapport. of the principto,which he accus ed others of wiehirig, to : appropriate to their. own credit; and:Wesson& the .embrace of the ge!uth-'— His career hilt been one-of, ,dixtinguistued ability,. clouded with many dirk stains of ergroplion.,PY.; ing-uponthethoutity,ot others, he, has sacrificed the , proud positron he might have,accupied on the page , oflisto;yi and. ill go down - lo posterity aa , ; ,, “tbit besides; wistlai, Etwonen of sastolcibt.. 4 - The American per:into, white they regard, him as the greatest intellectual store in our 'galaxy, have no confidence in his honesty or integrity, and will neteieleirate hirit, by the popular vote; toanoffice obese rdronagewiluld give him•such an unboun. deli influence to he,tabused. _:.~u;. a NAYS. DIMOCRATti. Messrs. Bonham, Rattled:tan, McCurdy, Patton,- Trone-5 Wlll4lB. Stessra. Baldwin. Beat, • Bighorn, Blaine, Broomall, • A. E. Brown Cooper, Dungan. Evans t (lndiana) Fiffe, Gassier, 1 Hamilton, ' \Hannon Killing,er, Kunkle, Mislay, M'Cluskey, • McLean, Monroe, ittowry,(Soniset) Nisaley, Reed, Robertson, ' Shaeffer, Smith., Van Rome, Walker, ..2p. • *rt 'itseriiitarip • HENRY Goal, Esq. one of our. Representatives, vras tailed home a few days since, %y ,a telegraph., is dispatch, annduccing the darn:virus illness of .membent of his family. His uniform attendance upon the rlaily sittings of the -Legislature, and his strict attUdance to his duties, would excuse 'his tempomry.absencdiatrthis, time, it the distressing cirtumstances under which: he returned to Bradford did not make all excuse unnecessary. We undastfind that Mr. Goss return , o risburg on. Mobday last. • • . •'TOWANDA Acansuir.—The nest term of the• To. wands Academy will commence nil Monday, un der charge of G. R. &Rasa, as Principal. hay. U., has a high' reputation as a scholar anti teacher. . News of the' Week. by the Telegraph. Supreme Court Judge.' Haaatssuao, April EC—Hon. George Chambers, of Franklin ,county, was this morning nominated by Goy. Johnson, to be an Associate Judge of the Supreme Conn, to l:dace of Judge Burnside dec'd. James A. Alexander 'has been appointed Asap: ciate Judge in Warren' county. • . - Mitosioa Fugitive, 5111tVe 0114111. Boston, April B.—All day Stioday, the city re- , maine3 perfectly quiet, &strong police force %ilia kept on hand at the Conti - Reuse, and' the compa ny of City Guards - were ready for duty at the armo ry. The two neuroes named Snowden, who were arrested in the Court square with Ono!, and *raves concealed about them,, were examined in the Pp lice Court; and held to bail in 6500 each for trial. Wendell 'Phillips , the noted abolitionist. bailed them. The colored churches in the city were very thin ly. attended and there , was . no appearance of ex citement. Yesterday morning there was a renewal of the gathering around the Court House, where the usual precautions were observed. There was, however, no disturbance, and alt seemed disposed_ to await the re-opening of the Court at 12 o'clock, noon. It is supposed that an attempt tn rescue the slave, should he besent back, will be marleal some point between Boston and New York. Three compa nies of military ate still kept tinder arms. The sympathizere held meetings on Sunday in Concord,' Medford and.Waltham, and passed reso lutions offering their assistance to oppose the ac tion of the fugitive slave law, in the case of Symms. In the Supreme Judicial Court, before Chiel Jos itice Shaw and his associates, Justices Fletcher, Metcalf, and Biglow. Mr. Rantoul occupied about one hoar and a half yesterday morning, in an ar gument in favor of a writ of habeas corpus for Symms, the alleged fugitive slave. Mr. Rantont's argument was simply reiterating his opinions on the unconstitutionality of the fugi live slave law, as given by him in his Lynn speech. Upon his concluding, Chief Justice Shaw stated that he Would sidjcwina the Conn until o'clOck, at which time, if the Court were prepared, be would deliver his decision on the motion.' Yetnekdaythe abolitionists caused the arrest of John 11: 1 13acon, •tbhagent to reclaim Symms, the alleged fugitive, and M. S. De Lyon, one of the witnesses in the case, on a charge of conspiracy to kidnap Symms and carry him out of the Slate.— They gave bail in the sum of $5OOO each to appear at funber bearing. Marshal Takey was arrested at the suit of a co. lored•gentleman, named John Randolph, for fret. pass, in arresting him, and causing his pocket to be searched for concealed weapons. Connecticut Elections Nrw Russ, April 6 —The election yesterday turned out favorable for the democrats. There is no.choice for Governor,•but Seymour democrat, has a plurality. In the New Haven District; Cohn M. Ingersoll, democray,is elected to Cong ress. In the New London District, Cleveland, F. S. democrat, is elected. The other districts oncertsun.- The democrats have gained ,in the legislature, and in many districts there halt been no choice. These have to vote again to-day, and cn the result - ofthese elections will depend the political character of the legislature, and 11* neat •U. 6. Senator. IDreadful It anemia /Lechlnit. Borrsto, April 7, Nit —A fatal accident occur red to the mail train due here at 4 o'clock this morning, when about three miles east of Alden, near the steam saw,mill. The , locomotive ran against a tree that had been blown across thetrack, demolishing the engine, and instantly killing the engLreer, Mr. Wilber. The train was going, at the time, at the rate of about 25 miles au boar, and the violence of the concussion threw the engine corn. Moiety round , . The firemen and • bell:boy were Thrown from the engine, but almost miraculously escaped without injprt. , „ Mr. Wilber's 't nt emee were taketf:to the real denci3Of hie father-in-law . only a tulle or two die. tent: Both his lege snd its left arm-wers broken, an iron bolt driven nearly through big head, and his body otherwils terribly mangled. Two, baggage care-were-broken to atoms. Tim New Sur.vea Cont.—The die for the three cent piece, ordered to be coined by , the eon- Imes, has been finished, - and the coinage would be proceeded with at once at our mint, but for a de fect in the lout, which makes no provision for pro- - curing the silver and copper tacommenee with.— hi consequence, the coinage will be delayed until , the proper steps are taken by the authorities at Washington to remedy the deficiency. The new coin is decidedly neat and tasty, and will- be in a' measure a convenient substitute for coppers.. It is one fourth copper and three-fourths silver, so that the baser metal affects the color but slightly. . In size it is between the gold dcdlar and the, five cent - piece, bet it is sb much thinner than either that a blind man can rally distinguish them apart by the touch. The face of the corn has a capital C. with three numerals indicating the value of the coin embraced, within Around,the edge are the thirteen stars for the edgiest Statei. , On the re- ' verse lea`star,having in its Canis an' American shield, and. around t 1 edge United States' of Arnetica i 19612'....1iki 5 fa. Ledger- „ Procivbgs of ?oleo- Legtslature. .:= pr . - ' , The APproPriatiowifill was taken * the', ues: lion toning on 14-pais* of the seolidw aliPloPria• 'titig $250- # 4lOOlO the North Drench coed, amended, .by thwi t dditiorijtf this_ amendment of Rad, alit, Aced itneeday: Ttfageneral subject werLdiell,4*, copse • 'by. Messrs.. Bighorn, _Brower, Penniman, Killinger, and Kunkel, when . IVIAVANS (?E Indiana).- moved.: to-ametsk,l4 s section by inserting die following , For the completicm of the Nctoli BtanclL-,Pend and to avoid the Inclined. Planes on the' Allegheny' Portage Railroad, all the money In the. Treascuy ,over and altoyeituvnecesia7 expenses of the gov eingillmt and nut.:CittePillgiV-4,lPPOOigeilL44ll/4 each focal year, until boili improvements atm , pleted,, to be-equally distributed -tocesulv improve. ment: Provided, That if any of the said improve reentirtizeritriploeillirsylftetr *hi atoresidd appro.' 'priation to be oil allotted to,lhe completion of the *thee: - Y. • s 'The qtnetinn ivas /*their Alsenued him Mama. Eoenna; 11thven c and , Dorian; and the :amendment uf)!dr,,p.vans wesl9sl,by a visteolJ7 xeastollniya.' On the tiaoesai e re of the section ' - it'atnended,' they Yetis and nays were called ends/ems font:ma:leas, 13: nava. Ali ItilEY ntlered.a. near seetinn appropriating for the'enmpattinn nr the - Ninth i r lianch Canal the sum W 1251.003: ' • ' Mr. 'SIMPSON • called the previous questions which was seconded, anti the question.being, "'Shall the main question be new pin 1" it, was,agreed to i as follows :• yeas, 5 5 ; clays ,'/. ' 'The queen:l6l4nm on the section offered by Mr; RIMY, it was agreed to : ' . . Yess. , -Messrs. Annsiroryißenedict, Bigelow, Blair. ,Bqwen, Brind ' le , Cassidy, ,Cowden, Dem ! ers, bobbin',, Dorian, Downei, -- ,Dunn. Ely, Evans, (Belles) "Poiather; Fogey, Prisernae r Fretz, Gabe, Goodwin, GriffinOulley, Hague, Hemphill, Hen ry, Runlet, Jackson o Laughlin, Laury, Leech, Loci, 4+l Lilly, Linton, ht.Cune, M'Kean, 'Reynolds, Mor ris, Mowry , (WYoming,LDlwi ;" Patker, Penni man Reclhow, Reifsnyder Rh ~ Rhoads, Riddle;- Reherts,'ltosb, - Scofield, SC - culler, Shugert, Shull, Shulman, Skintler, Slifer, Souder, „Steward,. Strath. ere, Thomas, and Cessna„ Spedcer-61. • NiTs—Massra. BaldWrn, Bent, Bigliire; Blank Bonham; Brabmal, Brower, Alexander E Brown, Cooper, Dungan, Evans, (Indiana,) File, Goluder, Haldatinto.Mamilion, Huniecker, Killi%:er, Kun kel, htsclay, M'Cluskey, birtimly. /14 1 Lean, Mon- Me Mowry, ( Somerset ,)) Nialdek, O'Neil), Patten, Reid, Rottertson, Shaeffer, Smith', Trope, Van Mime and Walker-44. - The intermediatsections being adopted. the 53d section, appropriating a balance to John Holmes, of Pdtsborg, was debated by Messrs. Hart and Big• ham, when " = • Mr. 81GILtiM moved to strike ont 82900 and tn. sad 81708 whiter was agreed- to. . • The qriestion as amended ;wail farther debated by Messrs. Robertson, RoherfsfEtightint and Had, and disagreed to—yeas 27, nays 60. The next section was agreed to. • • MozretY, April 1. ' • Sintivr - The bill granting pensions and annui ties-to soldiers and.-widows 'of soldfers . at the re• volutionary and Indian Wars was taken. up and passed. On motion of Mr. Brook; it waitesolvettlabohl night sessions every evening during the week. • Mr. Meyers moved a suspension of the onlerifof the day, for the purpose of proceeding to the con sideration of the bill authorizing the banks ol this commonwealth to issue notes of the denomination of one , two and three dollsre—which; war not agreed .to. The bill revising the militia system of the corn-- monweahh, was wain, taken, pp and passed finally —yeas, 16 ;. nays, 13, the ,ill to incorporate. the Allentown Savings Institution also• passed a final reading—yeas, 1-2;• nays; 10. The bill to increase the capital stock of theloatti wark Bank.from $250,000 to 400,000, was then con sidered on its filuir passage, and after an animated di bate, passed—yeas, 17 ; nays, 'l4y as follows:-- Yeas—Messrs s Brooke, Ceti:ethers, Carson, Crabb, Cunningham, Fraley, glick, Hasten, Ko nigmacher, Lawrencedicklutrie, Meyers, Robert son, Savory, Shimer r , Walker, and Matthias, Spea ker-17. Nays—Messrs. Bailey, Bockalew r Femcm, For syth, Fulton, Guernsey, Hodge, Bogus, Ives, /ones, ?deCatlin, Mablenberg, Packer and Sander , son-14. . The bill sapplententary to the act .providing for a, reduction ot the public debt of the commonwealth was then taken up, and alter a lengthy discussion postponed indefinitely—yeas, 17 ; nays, 13. Ad journed. House.—Afier the reading of the jonmd, Mr, A. E. Brown, of Northampton, arose to make a perso. nal explanation, denying the statements which had been made, that while. he was openly favoring the bill to rechader the Easton Bank, he was eecredy • opposi '-iheconsideration of the General Appropriation Bill was then again resumed, the question pend ing being various motions to go into Committee of the Whole, for the purpose of amendment. The motions tcramend were all cut of by a call for the previous question, which was seconded and sus tained. The main question was then , misted to be put —yeas, 48; nays 33; and the Dill passed finafty-- , yeas, 46; rays, 14. The bill was not ameuJed many patheutat after passing second reading. KIDNAPPING —We find several cases of Kidnap ping narrated in our exchanges. The first took place March 16,at 1 o'clock in the morning at %Vest Cain Township, Chester, Pa. and is reported by a correspondent of The Lodger as follows : A. black man, by the name of Thomas Hall, an honest,..sober and industrious man, living in the midst of a settlement offarmers, has been stolen by 'persons whe • kimeked it his door and told him that his nearest neighbor wanted him to come to his house, one of his children being sick. Hall not immediately opening the door, it was burst in, end three men rushed into the house. He was felled by the bludgeons of the men. His wile re. ceived several blows, and on making for the ;door was•told that if she auempted to go out, or to hal loo, she would have her brains blown out. She, however, escaped through a back window and gave the alarm—but before any person arrived up. on the ground, they had fled with their victim. He was taken without any clothing except his night clothes. A six barreled revolver, heavily loaded, was. dropped in the scuffle and left also, a silk hand kerchief, and son.e' old tubtertisementa 'cil a bear bait, that waeto take place in Emetsburg, Mary tan& We hive not been able to discover 'heir ,course as yet, nor do we no whether they acted un-- der legal authority or not—but have strong reasons to believe they did not; • The second case is reported by the Union and' Trilling (Lancaster, Pa.) of the 25th, in these words: A. colored man considerably advanced in age,. living in Salisbury township, Lancaster Coun ty, was carried off on Saturday week, by a party ol men unknown in that vicinity, toward. the Mary land line; Resistance was offered by the old 'man and his wife, bin they were overpowered• and the man was taken This iethe secon& or third case of the kind in that vicinity during the past lbw months. ft is a matter of regret that.some clue or other cannot bo form& to the persons , engaged in this-nefarious business. • . RIOT ON. a RAILBOIO.-1, he wish Laborers on the. Attica Railroad, numbering, about six bemired, are on a strike for, higheCwages, and have committed several murders; They were,' at the hst accounts, on their way from , Warsaw to Attica, determined' to,drive all personalrom the road who refused to unite with them in the combination for , bi . gber wa ges.' The citizens of (Implies were airrnorin ex pectation of an attack,wmf an ezpresi bad been sent .to Batavia. Tor a Eirpply ems ham the State Arsenal at that ton. 'Ds~s`''i~+ee ~ltfol'~ti. -- - - . -*. NirtiNnatt f Aidil7, 1851. ' - ' giliP Gurgle Ll " C . ' 1 The U.S. - B l 4soa 4l i , ofitiuir D. D. Priter,irom Pie!! Orleans fie Wane, haler 4i'ved at this port;lbringingtheCtilitoinfaMailiOnd 01 . 11 7 : imainger44"1 4, 4f0 16 1 6k tit the eimkalOr TheFideonslid not saitharn tat to lila. the [ 119th ult., owing to the nonauritral of the mails, and then left betore all the passengers Jiad got across A large number of vessels were at Haven:timid! WgiNiakimgm- ': 1 -, . The dates from San Francisco by this arrival are to the lth of March. , ,The caliltimia Courier say s, tit hieffectual effort .Las beep' gmilti Wile Ike stares to ,*64 iiUnited States Senator, to succeed Col. Tremont, - IThen • the Comrentionof Ate two Houses., assembled , * the prominent. Whig Candidates %hire Messrs.T.l3uder Kinn , and Wethere.d: and bfr.:lleydenfeldt • and Col e . Fremont the prominent Dein4ratic candidates. Mr. %Vethered's friends socritebt Mdmied the held, anti the contest thus became harrowed down to the otheithree catididatesliarnett ' Needy one huh. de ; and fifty ballotings were hip*--•when, it 'up- ] g impossible tn elect, the Convert:ion ailjourm. ~‘‘ e i u il the first of January nett.:, r ott n , Mr. King had the highestvcni upon the list, but" rieeded throughout six or eight to secure his else, lion. Mr Heydenfeldr was the favorite of his par ty, but Col. Fremont vrho comminced with half , a dozen votes only kept , up gradurill,y until before the Convention adjourned its letuns; he.polled a vote shoat equal to that of his denim:ratio. competitor, On the last day of the Convention Mr. Heydem feta withdrew and Colonel Weller who was sub stituted, received a vote _equal to the last that hail been given tl the withdrawing candidate. ;,‘.. • -A great deal of feeling exists upon the ithestiott 'of the Senatorial election, which will entertlargely into the next politicalcampaigo. i , . Sunday,,2sth of February, witnessed tremend. cias'excitement among the people of San Francisco, which, for several hours, was expected to termi nate in the execution, by the citizens, of.,two men named Stuart and Windredi old and, noted often, hers, who a few days previous neatly murdered a Mr. Jansen. a highly - respectacle merchant of San Francisco, and robbed him of $2,000. A Meeting lof the eititens miscalled at 'which several lot the wealthiest and most influential were present; The meeting selected a jury, gave the prisoneran popu lar trial, with ilre intention of carrying the verdict rendered and the sentence imposed infolristant ef fect. The jury disagreerliandihe people become worn out with the excitement, dispersed without attempting the rescue of the accused from the pin eers of justice'. ' An English'gambler named Frederickitoe was less fortunate at Sacramento City, Jar having shot through the bead a Mr. Charles A., Myers!, an. in dustrious resident of , that place, who interfered for the per Pose orputting an end to a quarrel in which Hoe 'was engaged. The citizens-assembled at once, tried floe opois the charge of murder convict ed him, ald in five hours alter the commission of the fiendish acidities him in the presence °Tone rel thousand peferms. It is a tect worthy of remark, says the Courier, that the proceedings, both in San Francisco and Sacramento, were cnnducted by men possessing in the highest degree the confidence and respect of the comnranitt. • - Business still continues doff. The arrival of foreign shipping has fallen off largely within the last fortnight. , -- _ The miners are re doing vrellthroughout the. State, and largely increased amoants of gold are expected to be taken mit during the'cluning season. I . 'We have res yet had very tittle rain in Safi Fran cisco, although the interior has been rater mote layered in this reseed,. ' The'steamboat &line Clara too k fire on' the Ist inst. and' burned" to the water's edge. Three of the crew were burned to death. Mr. Kennedy one of the owners, escaped alter being severely ibumed. The steamer Hartford took fire from the SahtaCters and antlered 880,000. :, A"NOTIFIER MYSTERIOUS MURDER.-011 Polonday, the 17th March, the body of Albert Van . Eiton, sigtti 28, ot Van Ettenville, Chemung Comity, Ovhereho was formerly extensively engaged in Mercantile and lumbering business) was found in It: ravine, half a mite from Cameron Comers, Steubo:county, and about eleven from Bath; The body When . dis covered, was` very much decayed, and from appea rance seemed to have. been hung to a Small oak sapling, on the side ot the bill, where the body was found. On inquiry, his relatives last week learned that the deseasett, lasetalchadlatelY been to Ca-- nada, and was returning home with rilargeamount of money in his possession. He had called to see a min named' Howard, then* residing :about two miles from Cameron Comers ; for the, purpose of collecting some money due to him; and yeas taken sick, and remained there about a - week. On Thurs day, October 3, heenived at the Widove'Downe's tavern, but his baggage not being- seal down in .time, he was prevented front getting on the cars his baggage suequentrf . eatne. He remained at the tavern over night Old Friday, October 4, aboot 11 o'clock, he left the - tavernon fciot r end alone, for a short walk and proceeded- in the direction' to ward Bath. Nothing more was. seen- as heard-of him untilhis body was kund'as mentioited:• , The last that was - heard of him, he eras seen to turn from the road toward a • piece of Woods. He lied mentioned his' intention to take 'the next train for Elmira, and left his valise, coat, litc4 at the ta vern. 'lna - nonappearance induced Coombe, of persons to search a little for him on' the following Tuesday, but as his Mode of life for two or three years past bad not been. enexceptionible, a was supposed likety lie had suddenly ,rreitte up his mind to depart without notice, and theDsearch was abandoned. His - friends heard dins disappearance soon after,'and some oftherii endeavored to" Make inquires for him some' three months?ago. 11/15 known that about September last ho regeived some ' $2,000, for the purchase °Umber: Several Wk. nesses who saw him while sick; aherwatd, attest' that her had then in- his possaition a lame amount of money. One counted $1,106; ano the r nearly 51 , 800. , :11 was irra money belt hat he wore around his waist. This, money . was ; seen in his possession within 49 hours Of his disepeamnce.— When Wand; only $2,52 'was found or( his persOn. No notes, pape,nr, or , memorandums ie 'his pocket booker about•his . person, except a slipcoutaining said Howard's name. , 11'lien found, his body seemed to.have' hung by the neck, and a part of his - neckerchief remained tied to the limb, bearing marks-of haV4i,o, been par. tially cut o ff with a knife, end then btfoken by the weight of the body. The distance froth the lirubto the ground was only 6•1 feet. Hit 6pight was 6 fest. • His feet, had he hung himself by the hand kerchief, as lotuid, would have rested oft the ground. The body was in a- peculiar position whew found. A laboring man who discovered the body,: gave the alarni,ond a,Corciner's jury was summoned, which, owing to the decayed condition of the body, gave it but a short examination, and to save trouble, avihey say, returned a verdict of suicide while insane. The deceased was not intemperate.. Circumstances dis: covered gime, Tead. his relatives to the belief that he was mitrdered. A further investigation should be had: We have our information direct from one of the familyt The remains were (reentered and taken to Van Ettenville, whore the- funeral took place on Sunday last. Many in this vicinity will recollect the deceased, who was here several days in the fall of 1819.—Dundce (Yates Co) Pont. Tnt ALDLiIT Batas as C.tsc.—Thecanamittee ap pointed by the Senate of New, York to , examine the charge of bribery and corruption against Mr. Bull, the-Se.geant4v-arms, and the c ,three Senators Messrs Stone, /ohtison and Robinson, have publish ed their' report, e.terating those gentlman front all implication in the affair, and attaching all the blame 10. M ri Bull.' Theleport of the committee was con firmed by a vote of the Senate, and Mr. Bull, the Serveant-at-arms, wart immediately expelled' from The Senate gettnunl to 'imprison - Mr: 'Boll ' as -cot sideredljiexpulsion Leuficieet moat. , ladle -:Divortes, • ' ' —hifi'lenatlSFleriniek ' phave,acentat t ..ftie ni 11101.„. .), an;act to:ennui . * Marriage contract; th e i pthamble of >tehich4ecittle tv- I ."Whereas A., thii, Wife of lil in dreirionth ofAprif„ , lB49, did leavelWribodel tofffiri husband i ,andlaideelinerl andibid castings's, in decline returning thereto, u the Bud B.ldlegesi l ii, 1 44. .. Withoutaufßaient cause. - ; tier : .yr .. - And .whereas, the said B. has ..providtal,at .1158estion, by, articles of sepa_retion, f , t the sue , e,, Putt , and &spatu to ninitilintince Ortfiti sill A; kir ' which articles of separation it was agreed that they should ever thereafter live eeparate and apart from' each other, in consequence of which the Coatis of Alt - Commonwealth would not have jurisdiction 511 a petition . 1 9 ilftre' A divorce e vine 10 Multi .moriii. 1:_,.. t.: -...a i .„,......a.A i i And whereas, in the opinion oldie 'clature, it • tirerild.be perimotitte 'of 'the 'Well.belri 1 nil' filippl.- 1 boss ofboth,prediett to annul their : a rine, con 4., tract; therefore, it is enacted, tie.,,th t iiMairiiigis ai l contract' ntered intri - beiveien thereat ' ;; tirid A.,'' his wifei it hereby , made, void', al l partiesure ' hereby released and discharged fra ,` easel con. p i iri tract, &c." 1 , t ' 1, 1 - .. . I _........._ ..,,,...,., ~:‘,/ 'l In this preamble, the grounds u Innen die Legislatdre propestannnithe math 0b contrac t ~ are set'lorth'so that''the public). cluf,:jekle of thew' 'sufficie»ojr, - and ' also whether the inaese assigned is not clearly within the ‘prohibition Of ; the Copra , i 10ti0n.,.... . .. .• k. r , The ri and leading groend assign (Tfor , die di- 1 'vorce is the absence of the wile torso end Mont 6, and her declining to returtvas thehins nil - alleges .1 Without this: absence.and refusal All relit* there I could he no ground for-complaint d no catfite for separation ;' wahent :that, all the 'et r recitals, in - the - preamble coati] 'give no right niisdicticai to ait tst the Court or to the Legislature to nt rferet - in the domestic , affairs of a family. Th cause is that: which produces or.u ff ecta anything; it ls,the ef. &lent reason or motive :tido anythi , gfund with-. ot4 which the thing would not be do e. In this preamble, the real cause. ih efficient' di son assigned, the modals for gramin the divorce, is absents; and,for that cause the co it s have &ads, diction; and the jarisilictiou of the tegistatine is ta ken away by the conifitation. Acc! and driefi ~tion, by either patty; as *'cause of 0' kircei; Wale d:. f , I ded to the courts; and it never c be successful.: 'ly contended by any sensible Min that the,provi. \ I sion by law, that an appliacif.on,Sh 11 be:made to . the Court until after two years' a nee ;.'; can glid , the Legislature jurisdiction for th us me. cause when the absence had bean forlerathan two years. The continuation oldie cause - for a toile ri or shoiter pe. i tied of time, does not make a dill reef cause. 'lt is absence and desertion; wheth r a . long or' short,' over which the Courts havelori !ion; and be. cause the Legislature have flied t 4 titneat,which the cause of absence , shall be ac ed upon by the Court, cannot take from the Co to s the exclasitte jurisdiction over the cause of ab.: nee and divoree; The cause of desertion is folly in dearly given to e the Courts. and that the Legishil re have II law regulated the pradwe of - the Cop in granting di. 'sttees for ijesertion, can by noi gible means re strain or abridge their entire jdri iction over the cause of desertion. • There can t hoc* tound in the history of judicial 'proceedin where' such a doctrine has been attempted toi /sustained: ,'.,- f ,.. The Coeds have jerisdictioft Or the foreclosing of a mortgage by a scire lecher; ut the practice of the Courts is regulated by stint, 4, that the wire facies shall not issue until a yet# and ti• day after the last payment shall becom die, but no one ever imagined that the regulation ,fthe practice of the 1 Conn by law had any feffect titbit or destroy the jurisdiction 01 the Court. I ' I will not suppose t h at any • ,'.. 1 , Jpposc ...... _ , ' meet u. .- .. : 6. lature can entertain anyl such airier of the subject rnis it would be. an invaston-•ueWorthy of their o,m) sense and judgment;, it would be regarded as an attempt to whip that namelesi old gentletnnji round trier stamp to aetemplish an Object unworthy of the dignity of the Legislittire; The cause of absence, therefore, must be consi dered to be within the excjuive jurisdiction of the Courts, and should by alt rtreaPi be stricken out of the preamble, far it it rern'aitm there the Cowls will declare the act uneenatitu dal and void. Then what are the remeini g reason as in the Preamble for graht in the divorcesov er which the Courts have not jur sdiction ! The first is, that the peril' by articles of eepaa o ration have agreed to live separate and apart: end second, that the husband has provided for the ; cepa. rate maintainance of bit wife, I admit, that over these causes the Courts have not jerisdiction; that the 'Legislature has by posi tive law forbidden the: Myna to grant divorces by' the consent or collusion and egreement of husband and wife, and for the mere purpose of being sepa rated from each other, and these matters must be negatived by the oath of thb party applying for i divorce. Upon principles of the soundest policy, the wisdom of 'former LegOlatures has &hied to Courts the power of granting divorces upon the agreements ot the parties,.and now the Legislature assigns as the causes' for divorces, grounds upon which all forMeaegistaturis hateforbid len them to be granted. If ni bill were now before the Le gislature,la.give jurisdiraion to , the Courts - fir all cases where the" parties should agree to a separa tion, and the husband she id ' settle upon the wife 'separate maltdainance according to - his' ability, it .eenainly could not receire' the least countenance from any member of the Legislature: If it would be improper to grant such power to the courts'by a general law, it is equally improper fOr the Legisla. tare to exercise that jurisdiction and grant divorces form:tett reasons, in all the particular cases that shall be presented or brought before theca. , 11 the cause is sufficient in ••one ease, it should be so in all other cases. There should be no distinc tion arto persons: tie laws ..shoultr be' general and equal, alike for the. rich and the poor. By re ference to the last " whereas," of the preamble, in which it is stated 'that in the opinion of the Legisla ture, it would be promotive of the happiness of both parties to annul the marriage contract. If these be good and sound reasons, and founded in public'po licy,let the Legislature pass a general law, and whenever the parties agree to separate, and the husband 'shall settle a maintainance upon hie wife, 1 that the marriagecentract shall thereby land thence forth be null and void, and .the partiei forever this. charged from the Snare. ' , If the reasons assig,netf an, good, let them be cattle'''• out by a,generul law, and save the parties the expense of application to the Court or to the Le.. gislatere.. _ The principle upon which the Legislature, or ra ther those who • reportdd this bill, assign for the passing of, it, if valid in this case, will be valid in like cases, and vconid be valid as 'applicable to the passage of a.general• law, and they •should be laid as the ground ,for a general law; and tor tine I should like to see the yeas upon the passage of suCh a general taw, or of any private• law' based. upon those reasons} and .1 . should like to see a member who voted is the affirmative come before the people for re election; ands would, see wheth.• er the people, will sanction suit principties t so (let.. rimental to the best interests of society, add so de moralizing in their tendency..., • . It would be better td establish it as the law of the land, thavmarriage should be dissolved at pleasure, or that it should never be contracted, but that we should have a state of universal licentiousness, anti destroy the ties of kindred and famili, and abolish' the duty of parents to children by forming frequent and various connections at pleasure. The doctrines contained in this preamble-is ill violation of sound policy; it is withoin gond pre.. cedent iit is contrary to former legislation. No :awns have ever before been avowed upon tie book. It is alarming in its consequences . , (opted as a rile of action by the Legislature, not be surprised at anything...that *halite *destruction of the good order and well be. society. Ide hold that no principle of legia tri be devised of a mare demoralizing and ' vicious tendency to aociety.• Q. • Cer vvhich passed the Hensel° annex; log Montour to. Colombia coonty,Alas been defeat. ed in the Eetiate the close vote of 16 nays to . . . . EXTgedeVe' leefie Of aNCRIISTett, =MOST. —A larg e _ and singularly beautiful cave was discov etatiifi Millietulit,r,on the 7th inst: by a parry of ••young_Men';eli . gaged in a bunting excursion, and oneSif who rn ms the writer of this communication. •The-crviis it Situated upon the. southern. extremity Ordie, Egan* inountain,nboot ball Way from the .basiglo the ' dmit: The Individual wha made the firstAiscovertaras in hot pursuit of a woUidfd par. ;ridge at the moment, and Was precipitated Ntithout notice into the-unseen:entrance._ On examiit - the P_llfisni ia.to.whie.ll ono SO .thfir number ' 'been no andensizionioaribilliiiiid;ihe •PititY;firun . ' 4 - that it led, by a.gradual descent ofabout thiAT feer,i into capacious apartment; mrsionnin hirtx-feet:, in lengthowentyhieiren leer in breath , an thirteen feet. in height, and tuning" a bottom as level, almost as smooth as, a floor. From this room, a narrow, 'pasiage, : threngh . which we• made out tray with. great difficulty,_ead not without bruises brought us' iiita'an apartintrif Wificeediortheloriiiiir;lxah in extent and, maguificerice„... The mold.prominent ob. • lents which Met put eyrie id shit Second room were three colossal pillars, twenty feet-in-height and fit-- teeirjeelin circumference, pi speetrat whiteness, gild smooth Jib' polished Marble: Id therhitd room we found ennsidemble qiiimtitieti of - iron and lead, together with ,er kind -ofbre les' eioldi d g silver. We pursued our 4 , 14 about quarter "ot a mile, pass ing ,through no less than -9. apanmentsi until wa found ourselves uponthe brink t af&precipice. On; throwing down a large stone, p faint splash wail re turned, after an interval' Of seierril seconds, froln which we ititerredlhe existence of a pond, of water at the bottom of the abyss." The explorntiin:Of the cavern has been 'Orirsued no blither. :Ili& Whole, as far our examination - extended, slid raid tieres; caption of the arater,.juit ineptioned, is tiOfecily dry--Man . (Vt.) Unsoitinig. -.: • : . . . BECIE Tut Boerne Suva Etcusitaitv.Tr-Daring Fri day night seven persona were artested l for retnising to leave the vicinity o`: the coast hot:tie:when re quested. They were all discharged before" Mem ing (steep! two, who being foundsurned• with pis. tole; were sent to jail, and on Saturday primp= were esaminain the rofretietitirt, in a charge of " 'tarrying cencelled weapon;; ' Ittfru3tFtiday even ing ;several hundred' poosOn ) remained about the eoUrt house, i and-Witters+Were reptiateafir given , for the thlibm 'Several 'awned colored,mpu ,werti at roam! and, cOmMittedlo jail for endeavoring tagaitt admittancd"to "the lirmork_ i of the New England poards, where thisCu m pany was arm s. Oii Satarday morning' several "disKifed,, Periens watched for the appeararien.in iLe strectlnfthe three gentlemen from 'Georgia, who are witnesses in this case, and open their approaching the vicinity of the Court House, a mob gathered and surrouuded them, evidently with theintentiongt tauntittg and annoying them, if for no tlfofliet..Wo3o. : Officers interfered, and the three 'strangers enter ed the Court House without imther molestation: A body of 250 U. S. treepei' : , vrittr , pieces of erdinance,tvere kept in tesdieess At the Chatlei town Navy Yea. • Ma. WensTER Pacsioktyr.—lntelligenee from Washing on states that it hi torTentliiepsirted that the President is disisatiefieil Mal .19fr. :Webster should desert his post ail Secretary4f State, and ga idinnerating about the country, saving Ate Union and making bid's fog the : lftgaiJe,n r, THE MILITIA IN NevlAostlC—arhelegislature of New-York has just sboliihedallfmilitia traininus and fines. This is right, Aught' to be imitated here. We still have the fines: • •,- t k'll , ti L ' • 3 • . . . .._ . 1 NZ . ," . Balt '4413 Aims. Sal; Seta ISuNDAt -..— ..,. .13 ,6 29 6 31 I Vlosimy, 'l4 5 27- 6.33 '› ›. . pa a UZSDAY 15 5 26 6.34 7:7 WISDRYSDAY, ,16 .5 25 635 , F TRURSDAY , 'l7 5g4 . 634 FRIDAY, - 18 5 22 ,6 38 SATURDAY •••• 19 . 5 21 6 39 Imber ol the Legis- war COMMITTEES OF VIGILANCE.—Tbe Benicieratie Standing Comnfitee of Brad ford County, have appointed the following 'Commit-. tee of Vigituice, for the several election districts of said County, h ose duty it will he to call meetings in their reap 'e fqr the purposebf elect ing Delegates to the County convention to, be held at the coati: boast in the, bortmgh of' Towanda on Tuesday the Bth day of May reit ; which county Convention is hereby called @the purpose of elect ing, delegates to the State Cod'f'entions to be held in -June next, to nominate a candidate fur Governer; Canal Commissioner; and Judges of the Supreme Court. And the fu'rther &noes di e said' County Con. ventibm aiWbe ustater suttabie'action in relation to securing tellradford County a just representat;on in the Conference hereafter to beheld for the mar ',pose of placing in nomination a candidate for Pre sident Judge in tin Judicial District';' and generally to transact sil.th other business as may be. deemed conduciie to the interest of. the Demoeracy - Of this County. The Standing Committee urge Upon the Commit. tees of V igilancelthe importance of diseharging their' duties fully and impartially. The primary meetings should be called on Saturday the ad day of May nett, bet Ween the, bodia of 4 and 8 o'clock in the afternoon at the usual place for holding said meets ings, or at someplace most convenient for the demo crats of the district. Great.care should be , used in' giving notice of the 'delegate Meetings so that everi democrat may haVe'an'opportunity of attending. JAMES WEBB, N tTHAN EDMINISTER, P. E. MAYNARD, . W. H. VANDIi'KE, H. LA WRENCESCOTT,' JOSEPH MENARDI, JOHN H. BLACK, B.C. OLIVER: . • Towanda, March 20th 18S1.' Albany.—Benj. Wilcox, Peter Steriger, Armenia.—S. C. Shepard, Robert Mason, Asylum.—John M. Horton, Jackson Stone,' Athens bo.—Jacob Harder, John Snell jr. " tp.—Solomon Bosworth, Geo. 3. Walker, Biirlidgion.—C. F. Nichols, Samuel McKean,' Canton.--Sarneel Owens, John Turner, ,Columbia—D. V. Barnes, S. D. Goodrich. Durell.--"D. L. Biates..i. M. Bishop, ,Franklih.--Sterrart Smiliy, 0: W. Dodge, Granville.-- 4 11arrison Ross, L;Puiriain, Herrick.—Geo. W. Elliott, Nelson Keeler, Leßoy.—Jedesliah Hunt, John Cole, Litchfield. —Dan iel B. Ccitton; Milo Merrill, • Monroe.—T. M; Wilson; Geo. Smith, • Orwell.—Jarvid Dilutes, 0.3: Chubbuck, Pike.—P. H. Buck. Gels. liraves, Ridgberry.--John F. Smith, R. D. Squires, Rome.--Lawrence Vought, Charles Fortis, Sheshequin.--Win..Snyder jr. Josiah. Kilmer, Smithfield.—E. G. Durfee,l;. B. Riggs. South Creek.-David.Bardwell, Henry Thompson; Springhill.—Edivard Wells, Irorace Lewis, flfpringfield.--o.'‘Atirintent, Elisha Knapp, Standing Stone.—G.W. Stephens, Geo. A. Stephens, Towatida bo.—L. W. Tiffany, H. P. Goodrich, ' " tp: Rieben Delong, Rufus H. Mason, Troy' b0...f. A. P: Ballard, Loren Morse, " *F. -Wilber Baker, Wm. H. Peck. Vlster.—Edward Mills, M.S. Warner, Warren.—Rufus Buffington, Charles James, Wells.--.tease Edson, Wm.S. Ingalls, Wilmot.—J. L. Jones, tchabod Corson; Winobam.—Wm, Sibley, A. Dunham jr . ,. Wyalusin*.—Theodore Hines. Milton Homet, Wysox...-J. M. Reed. Geo. L. Strope, NOTICE.--The Democratic electors of the born' of Towanda, _ are requested 10 meet atthe Grand Jury room in the Court House, on Saturday, the 3d day of May nest. betaken the boars of 4 and 8 0 • clock,P. M. for the purpose of electing two delegates to represent said borough in County convention to be holden Tuesday. May 6th. h. W. TIFFANY. /1: P. GOODRICH. COmmittee of Vigilance. Aptit 11. foi; Died, Itithis village on The evening of the 7th Ovum. Wastax,ltii son of Wi ll iattvand Anna Scot toty,ed 11414 i year lB days.
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