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" E.: O. GOODRICH, EDITOR/I,
Towanda, Saturday, May 3, 1851.
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• be dedneted+-for Mash paid:neurally in advettee 111 It 00 will
deducted. No paper stint:over two years, unless Paul for.
Ativtertetitelys, per square of ten lines. 31. cents for the
Dm. end 25 tents .34. each subsequentinsertion. •
• ' arose. k. "block." tionli side or the pnbite
4234 nett door to the Bradford Hotel. .Entrance beivreen
ems. Adams' and, Elwell.% law offices.
Senator 113reas'llassackusetts.
After a prolongei struggle' between the people
and the cotton Spinnereof Maagachtieeits Bilys the
Zsening Past, the former hare triumphed. Charles
Sumner, the Candidate of the free.l.oil and demo-
cratic party, for the ;vacant seat hi the United States
-. Senate, ha; been ejected, and Mr - Winthrop, the
candidate of the manufakuring and. pro-slavery. in-
wrest, his been clefeater4 ft e scarcely know
J which of these results forniShes most occasion for
rejoicing, for_ tve deem both highly auspictoris events
is the present state of the country.
In the triumph of Mr. Sumner, wo specially re-
joice, for it shows that polit►cal honors in this coon.
. try are not necessarily the reward of cunning or
tervility, that a man may be honest, accomplished,
unhackniett in .the practices of professional
cians, and yet aspire to the highest Vonore of the
republit
Mr. SUniner's election also tietnonstrates,- that in
. .
Massachusetts, at least, the tyranny of great names
lr has passed away. and that among, 'V people, even
gigantic talents, when allied with gigantic vices,
Isintiorlong prevail. ,
His election' likewise adds one to the small band
of inflexible, in the United States Senate, who can
not be made to yield one inch of principle, in de.
fiance or toleration of slavery.
• 'ln politics, Mr, Sumner is a doctrinaire. He is
"Well known to be opposed to all class or ipeotal
`legislation, and to be a firm champion of state tights
He has never held, any close connexion with either
of the e at political parties of the country, though,'
'avi tin the last few years, he has been classed
with. the whige. We have classed him with the
democrats, because that, on all
_the issues which
have been made between him and his opponents in
the legislature, be has occupied a• democratic po.
sitior., and we have no doubt that all his sympathies
indconvictions w:11 lead him to maintain that po
sition.
The Erie Railroad Complete.
1
The great enterpriss,, in which Northern P,ennsyl
vania is so much interested; is at length completed
and the Hudson joined to Lake Erie, by a coritinu
riusvoad, extending tour hundred and filly miles
bn Monday 21st ul•., the president, directors and
employees of the road, left New York for the pur
pose of passing the whole length of the road.-
4E4opping over night at Elmira,.4he train on Tuesday
prOceeded to Dunkirk, which place it entered amidst
the rejoicing of the inhabitants.
This consummation releaces the company from
a lien of 83,000,000, a state loan, in 1832. On the
4th of May 1845 the State passed an. act, extending
the time of completing the road six years, and pro
viding thalf a single track was laid within the time,
and an engine and cars run over.,the road, the come
pang should be released from the payment of the
loan. This having been complied with, the comp.
troller has released the comparrY..
Passenger trains Ore now running upon the road,
s\
which will be fully opened for business on the 14th
instant. Extensive arrangements have been made,
by leasing boats and by co.operatiom with western
companies, to make the N. Y. &r. Erie the great
thoroughfare in the western trade. The amount. of
business it may do, is beyond.ealculatiosi.
♦ Ceatostrr.—The rc Wyoming Drimocrat" has
the following description of animal remake found
sear that place:—" In excaveatitg a bank of earth
iethis borough, on the lands of Dr. Miner Kelley,
tie Thursday last, far the purpose of constructing
the North Branch Canal, a large tusk of ivory, not
trolike that of an Elephant but mcicinai7,er, was
found embedded in the earth at the depth of ten
feet front the surlace. The relic is arm' in passe...
lion of Samuel G. Brenton, who had chatge of the
work when it was drevovered. Bath ends have the
appearance of having been broken off, leaving it
about 3 feet and 4 inches long s r It ' measures 15
incites in circumference at one end, and 14 at the
other, arid vreghs 35 pounds. From its appear.
nice, we 'eh. judge it may have been in its
naiad state some nine or ten feet in length."
• Naw v. • vaarstis —Ten dollar notes are no*
circulating, on a ancriterftit plate of the Miners'
Bank of Pottsville, altered to the Tradesmen's , B•nk
of Philadelphia. The counterfeit has the word
" Teo," printed in the corners, the genuine has:,
figures 10; on the counterfeit the , vignette is *li
ntel, figure looking to the left, witkrur anchor by
her side and a vessel in the distance; the genuine
admirer Liberty, with her face to the right, and
eagle kyle, side. On the counterfeit, the side
Agates area female head; on the genuine, a bend
of Franklin on the right, and fall length female'
figure on the left. A coat ol lump!' Pennsykania
is the bottom of the counterfeit mite; on the gene
, ins new.
irr Governor Jonas - v.on has not elgnett the bill
impeding the section of Kidnapping Law - of March
3d,.11147,.- which prohibitethe use of the hits of
this-Commonwealth for the detention of Fugitives
hem Labor; consequently, the jail at HarrisSurg
could not be used for the safe-keeping of the fugi.
tile slaves from Columbia, who , were were broiaght
before tr. S. Commissioner,MbAuusitra for us
*ruination. Of course the repealing act kannot ber
cornea law mita it has the signature of the Execu
tive, which, he may' Withhold Until any time real-
One to three. days ;het' the convening of the next
Legislattire.
Slav= sr LIGIATISNO.—A large barn belbnging
to Mt. S. G. Humana Raton township, WyMning
county, was struck by lightiing during the storm"
on Sunday last. The barn• with, its contents, were
entirely destroyed. There was 141 0 1141 7 i lg r ailb.
is ths bara,.l.ois
. ,
,c o Al 2 , 4 *.amasafauffirier
his wile and one chad, were attested on Monday
last at Columbia, Pi as fogitivi slaieslcom,hiat.
flhtfld• 14alsOill10thIF child, 1111 kW"
ithrStSte g lit coal nate is ceii~u and was
lefi in thiniare of Milne to U
S Cominissionetlidler tz inW hemink of. thOtasej
grunied Ocnificat&o Ott rrnltm, and the itartLi--
relanna to Maryland. — itiough a 'ratio crowd was
present at the Commissioner's office, there was no
tireach - of 'the intf ,
quietly.
=I
SinucwussMswrzsuoua-.The " LuzemeTen"'"
crat," contains a triterlrom,,F. l , JiarnPelr ri- 5 14471
shinney, in that ec;nr;iy,': Slating" that -bilk the' 111 h.
i ust.,a Atmuger , aMpperi ,a 1 .41,10. 1 111k.Witikri- *Wei
mare, about three yews old anti 15,hands high. f
The folitiwing morning when called to,breaklaAt hs
made' no answer, and on - biitaking . ,orien the door
of his mom, his coat was toned hanging theta, the ,
window open, and the stranger gone, but , whither
was not known. He is represented as about five
feet lour inches high, dark complexion and brown
hair. The mare was very still, and , her back sore
as though she had been ridden hard and long:
GRAND CONCERT. --Mr. & Mrs..MULlorai in con
nexion with - the Scottish Mammoth Brothers. wilt .
give an amusing entenainmeut in this place tni
Monday evening nest.
0.1. The BpgqueltatinaCounty Whig Convention
ims.ed reßtharions in favor . of Gem Sum as the ,
Whig-candidate (or the Presidency hi 1852. •
O Col MD: flot.anong, of the Lancasterian,
has associated Henry S Myers, Esq , of tancaster,
with himself as co-cdi,cr in the publication of that
raper.
t Hon. 1141. S. GARVIN, of the Mercer Press
bas materially improved his paper by a new dress
and a visible enlargement of its dimensions.
Tut THREATENED CUBA INVASION--The New
York Sunday - Herald, says : At an early hour yes
terday, Mr:Tallniadge, the United States Marshal,
assisted by his efficient deputies, Messrs. Tull
inadge, thornP.son, Brown,llakit:lewitz, and Walsh
were busily engaged- in the airangement of plans
to affect the arrests of alleged ringleaders, of the
Cuban expedition, the facts of which we have pre.
viously alluded to; but in order to obtain the cos.
reel information as to whom the parties were, said
to be engaged in this enterprise, it was found expe
dient to adopt a method by could be
certained with certainty, and in order to effect that
object, Deputy Rakielewitz disguised !dwell as
one ofrhe emigrant Germans,. arid proceeded to
South Amboy, and there mingled among the men
who were congregated in that vicinity ready for the
embarkation. On conversing in German is lilt these
men, the officer soon ascertained the names of cer
tain persons in New York, who were said to be
teadiu4 parties iri the - contemplated invasion.
Accordingly, five of these men were taken, by
an invitation nivers by the officer, and conveyed
before Mr. N elson, the United States Conimi&sion
er before whom certain affidavits were preferred,
and
. ivarralsts issued for the following named per.
sons:
.
John O'Sullivan, (son.tn-law of Dr Kearney
Rogers,) Wm. I'. Rogers, Jr, (nephew of Dr. Rog
ers) Capt. Lewis, captain of die steamboat Cleopa.
tra, and formerly captain of the Creole, in the_ for.
mer rtspedition ; Major Louis Schtesitc , er, one of
the Hun g arian patriots; Dr. Daniel H. Burnett, an
old-resid ent of this city; Pedro Sanches. a Span
iard of some note in this vicinity. All these per
sons, were arrested during the day and evening, and
held , to hit each ur the-sum of $3OOO to answer the
chatge of Court. During the day, the Marshal ap
plied for' a detachment of marines to take' charge of
the steamboat Cleopatra. Coinmodore Salters forth.
' , with -ranted the request. A detachment was fur
warded; and the vessel is now under their charge,
lying at the foot of North Moore street.
THE hfoamoNs.—Tiit KINGDOM Or .BtArER
Is
r.aan—The Detroit Advertiser says fi
We have received letters from Beaier
the kingdom of Strang the first—which stated that
a state of disturbance has continued there during
the entire winter. Sarong, at the commencement
of cold weather, and alter tire season of navigation
was over , drew more tightly the reins of
govern!
meet, hnowinz that crttatelrer m ight occur,
'them:was no probability of interference from abroad.
A whippit , post trerwed
to :he put:s amen! of those who sppke lightly of
the king,- or cast espertions upon his ;/ divine right"
to reign. Several persons - were 'eraellir whipped
with filly Joshes nen. the bare back, wilt beech
and hickory rods. Terror was then spread among;
those remaintn; upon the Irkul, and implicit obe
dience enforced.
A mad by the name of Moore, a Menton; be.
coming disaffected, left the' !island, , whereupon- . his
property teal and personal, was declared eintliscat
ed, and was given- to another by virtue of a rap],
edict. During the winter; Moore returned trlion the
ice, and attempted to regain possession of his
and goods, bat was coMpelled tulles Ili his tile's.s.
lie was pm - sued by Strang., but was rescitattand
de
fended.by a 'small tribe of Indians, - wit wham he
remained and passed the wln'er. • -
Upon the opening of , navigatiOn, Moo. obtained
process at Mackinaw sgainst.Btrang. and akin?, the
Zheriflovith passe of fifty well ar .ed Indian
warrior!, wenn() the Beaver t eke ar !Sts.
howeor, spied ostrtheir a plane t, anti saspeethes
their object, and with the royal examples of Chalk;
1$ and Louis Phillippe befnrethis ey e s, tied
.atitt took refuge on, s email island some ten miles,
• distant. From this place he' iris driven bv the
'Sheriff and his aboriginal force:l44li°, at Our 'latest
talvices (April 11th.)- were still irt• pursuit, having'
captured a tarsalact-L, smelal stands of arms, and
a quantity of ailitary store belonging to his blej..
esty. • •
StreiTERI9M - MtraDit IN 1!lAIMOCI1 CPUNTIt
—The monireello Jountat ofthe
gives the following account of a mysterious murder
receinly committed in Hannock county . :.,
nano/eft county.is.mpidly acquiring an nnevita•
Me reputation. A lady was murdered in her own
yard, in the lower part of the county; week before
last. A mystery is connected • with the affair. It
is generality supposed howeFeri ,that. the, villains
who committed the murder, _intended .to rob the
house, the husband of the lady having the reputa
tion of beings-miserly man, with always 'plenty, of
money ab7ut his house. •The design was &suited
by the scream's at the wernany-who watnot horns.
thitely. killed by the shot, and .who attracted d:Ma
fia, of her husband, e short - distance front :the
boire. The villains fled uport his apProich. 'She
lived to saythat she did not know. her murderers
—that they were strangers to 04 eye J►al do
idea what was their object in killing her. • It seems
that abriut an fintir previntis to this - decadence a
manvorie by the-house and told the g,entlainen' that
Iris fence wason firer seven& hundred lards *edi
ble dwelling house.- fle left s and it- wait while; he
was engaged in eitinguishing the, gainell,thet : the.
murder afMttrommittel—
The' Diinnerate of Northampton nounty,tuet, af-
Minim in Monday afternoon, and 'appointed' ,Hon.::
James , frinedy and , l6bn It/ linet,• km.; Dale.
-gates tarAbelleading Gutreniatorial Vonvention'i
with instriteiions to, support 41; „WILLIAII- MG;
LER, ai the ittand Rate for Girrernor.,,,Jion, butes-
At Porter, and "A:'ll.i Reeder, ...worst. itpointed
jt
IteprestOtativerthdegated id the ladieiril . e
tiltom:
:veation=4 Watildo;len -McCoattleyiEsoi; : 'Beni:
Fituijay, eon the,late 'Ger; P.R.Shink r .
and Satinet f.'Johnston, son or Gov:Joilneßn were
,capsized in the Susquehanna; opptitti liairtssOrg,
...tibilopul with s gait bcp4t:7l).7tik were rescued,ut
nod . Wirat,oonaidpa. - 10:tawali z
2;13f;174-3.45La. , -:3 F 1! LI ,
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7 .1.3 . 7ri-hT , Y
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,Atmliptip with 111039stz
•Inarre- At 17 1(1 'lkirnat
*--*----,-$2.4 1 1P --ItapOsats at a
Ooritjttsiethis Oily 'made by tWbfettitian ►e ro
twit inootrejeLitiehte of the repented Wan Itetrai . -
ireaoir theteraiffer. By the trSisty with
tbe,MniteßßltittisagreMl to protbOtthejrontiet bet.
twegvhitetigulit.and Matuo,'lreetilkidian me ,
gresmons.
Congress it will be remembered; et the teat yes
•,,
War Depaiiment fiti dtis niv; and it ently
hatutot been perfonned.. 7 -Mezieck•imarrecluesteps;
to rally the TehuantiPee tieit'y, unless the provi
sions of the peace treaty are carried out.
Mr. Webster probably hastened intatnivet iteget
ieccoinignentFef The.igti*di3 tai
he deems the matter orsiitifcient importance, may
AularAhwoottr Wilefaidratelibeinefetilerdelr
fund.;—ifferat
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4 ' The Free,BitiAstre
Bostoa;=April 25 -.The Free 80iierti ere In nil , -
tures Ayer !her eleriticm of Sumner .16 the U.S. Senn
looting. , /.. . . ,
'A great liattierlitir tilembh,4l taxi evening. in Th e.
eamern nan •
ni . tfie Slitte Name, Whirli was uhires
aril by the HrinAlenry %il4lll and others.
.WilAon advocated the,electron of Robert lia i stiml r
Jr.. at ,
• T!ie Speakers siete guider:an and can
piderincr the exeitirez, -ebentinaanees . ." The . nigher
Law linittlina-=thetommotsweahlt=was
ted. amd lire works let oil . during the evening-
A salutft of 100 unna was , tired on Roston Corn-
Mott, at 12 in'tlay. by the Medlin:vett Artillery.
" . =Simihtr rejnieini o i 'have • taken blare 'in all the
country towns Is here the newa has been received,
Powdar MU Explosion.
111m:er Cti tr::g, A pril,27, 1851.—The powder mill
belonging to the Messrs. Derrnetzgers, located itt
Mahiniiti.,4 valley, about three miles from Lehigh
ton, and knbwri as the Hanline was blciwn
up on Friday afternoon about-2 eV**, by fire be.
tog accidentally communicated to a large mass of
,'
powder in the last,stage of drying. One non was
killed by the explosiortratid several others serious
ly injured. The damage tothe mills is very Weal.
It is stated that this is the twelfth or thirteenth time
a similar accident has befallen this mill. The re
port was distinctly' heard in' this place.
Cant!let walla livinallray 'Slaves.
MILTJMOIIE, • April,2B, 1851 —We have by the
Sr utherti mail to-night, papers horn New Orleans
to the 2nd inst. and dates from Galveston, to the
18th. The Galveston Civilian A
V .states that McCul
'ert company of Mounted 'Lingers overtook on
the 10th inst., a gang of runaway riegroeanear the
river Neuces, on their way to Mexico. The ne
gsoes it re challenged by the Itangers to surrender,
but - rehired and in return opened a4ire upon .the
Rangers, killing two, and wounding a third very
badly. A general engagement then ensued •in
which, all the negroes ',veto killed. There number
is not mentioned.
Chitral* Struck by Lightning -Sad Oceutente.
Dstivime, April 28.—The new Methodist church
in thii place, web struck by bah, ll i [[ g yestenlay af
ternoon about three fetlock, while the congregation
were at prayer, and itnincdiately preceding the ad
ministration. of the corn m nti ion. Tim - electric fluid
passed down the steeple through the roof, and down
the lamp rods to near the centre of the church . , and
iii the midst of the assembly, and from thence t.liont
ing nil i i every abet:tin:l. MN. George l'ensyl, a
highly respeetablq lady, was birtick and instantly
killed, and eight or nine others injured very seri
ously,
The oocurrence caused -the greatest excitement
and alarm, ar,d interrupted the set vices for the, day.
The shock was very severe, and many' of the to.
males'were carried out of the churvh
The steeple was completelf shattered an will
have to be removed. Several pews were tom loose,
the floor boards torn up, and the doors shattered.—
The_injury to the building is considerable. It was
a very handsome edifice, and had been but recent.
ly completed. .
Contested Congressional Eleetion.—the Late
Catastrophe.
fissvit.uz, April 23.—The taking of testimony in
the menet of the contested elechoo for Congress in
this district, was concluded this afternoon. terming.
tirg match sooner than was anticipated No addi
tional.facts bearing upon the.gnestion of illegal votes
have been elicited since Saturday, tough there is
hearsay testimony in regard to some twenty votes
said to have been given by foreigners who were
not naturalized. Messrs. Fuller and Wright are still
in town. •
The ptirsons injured at the Metlintlirt Chinch yes
terday when the edifice was struck by lightning,
Are doing well. Fifteen persons were badly hint.
TVe fnnth t woo wz , mu.
.et takes place to-morrow morning.
We bear from -Milton, that a house was alsl
struck by
_lightning thertsyekladay, but no -mater
•al damag e was done. 5.
- Thib Leto ittibbery of 52i300.
..,Eisros, 'April '2,•, 1851.—Nasterday evening, a
young manomamed Charles H. Williams was ar.
rececl . al a disreputable : home in this place charged
with robbing Mr. Charles Bowen, of . Waterford
County; 0hi00311 1 .2.300, ai the llferchants: Hotel,
Philadelphia, on Saturday' last. Re was arrested
by a couple of officers from Doylestown, - who, hear.
ing of the robbery, and having had their suspicioni
aroused by his conduct while in that place lollow.
ed him on here. Upon his arrest, he confessed the
robbery, and gave uo about $l6OO of the stolen
money.:-'He will "be' taken back to Philadelphia
for trial : .He had been spending the money very
freely, trading horses, &c.
DEATH. Amp AncifinsiroP sEcctrovost.—The Most
Reverend &wort. Ea:Lsnon,
,Roman ; catholic
Archbishop of Baltimore, died on Tuesday evening
at Georgetown ' D. C. wheie ho'had far c ome lima
been suffering from at painful end distressing after.
tic% ot the;throat. Me baibbesn lingering,between
life and death, says the Bulletin, for many days, en
that his deaih was itat ex,pec:ed. nevenhe
less; sincerely deplored by the Catholic communi
ty. Arehlidtrip Er'xr.r.vrots was born near Chester
town, Kent tounly,.l..Maifyland. , imiurre 1801, so
that lie, had,nrit yet completed his fiftieth year. His
Caitlin. was a wealthy farmer and an Episcopalian,
and most Of his relatives still continue to be Protee
units. The Archbishop was educated at St. Marrs
College, and after reaching the ace of manhood, be
came a Roman Catholic. His only brother is Judge
Eciir.thorr, of Maryland. He was a divine of de
cided ability and learning, arid' his character was
such as to commend the:respect of his acqiiaintati
ces.of all persuasions.
Tug NEXT Cocaia Muansas.—A letter to the
Baltimore Cliker;dated at Chestertown, on the
25th AO% says:—". The : , rarions reports about the
murderer, of the Cosdery family having made a
confession are 4tronse. ,Tkanncmd :,has made a
statement—which nobody believes—that he la in.
nocent . himielf, but that Abraham Taylor, on tiie
Friday before , the Minder, lite, d'illin'tnioin
in a. lobbingespedition, which he - refusell le' do:
He says Taylor told him-at the time they intended
to commence with the,cosden..family. .Irery few
persons belieieDnimmend'a story.
V. 067 OF RIIVANSSCVATVGiTtIreStAVIE.AirtiIItI
(WieIand that theleuirenderMlSints east : the gene—
ral government over ten.thonsaiadollars, the city
of Aoslon about the sam e amotit, and' the claim..
luat about* twenty.fourlhintrred makin g an
amegaft of' Moro Thin - tirenty,lwn Mania, id did-
ME
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- imaiNtimilimplartra .-- h " , A -k - -
I Hothiscual, Aril 2611Wirs visited last
111 8 1 4 1 4tf rikor4o 4lol 4o eldenOlons co ,
flagtationAillrbichist legl) /SOO wort' of plogs
T T
;engin alit lupgilolfVe ' oltlqund•Of the to* ','
hailbeert ' iltebtOto r ittbent 11 -
o'cleck hi the store OP ward?... Mn ~ 01. 3 14
nerkthelsteral of the Guild ori: sin etasW,
and spread with e . or' sh•rapiditiimd , lifolenct4 'find
by 2 ceolock thii morning, when its progress was
at length eh led, two blocks and a half in the
Venretr#otfll tt rirhiurbrertillitilintetriSli-
The faltoWing are the buildings destroyed anti the
oarneent , the,prinetiple.stllferers;---Edward blur
my'retwo stores; ,Dr. Strong's two stores; the Dela.
ware aml-lindsorresnal warehonse r v-a-tety large
ilia valuable building,; ,Wilbur 4e.Pithneeis sterol
heiiiii. :ilia ilaci two Wtownituldiseibi ) 4.4irfe roO?
Mrs. Murray's large boarding-house' S G. ThrooAt
liwitllinglhoillietteliVolfidefril4lekiiellfrilioo;
uu.eatingimioon and grocery ; ; Itiesard Henwoell'e
largo meat market; p:li, lielez.etintrs twe..stores;
Snyder & Bowes.si - twe'stirree;-dry: good anti tin
shop, the Sued establishnient in the tOwri; 'Hasten
&•Hombeck's two stores; P. %Villis' 'two stores;
J. J. MeLaughlin's dwelling house; Josiah Boyd& 8
flour and feed store and house; Mr. Heap's two
thiellingsT Mrs. Harrison's milinery establishment;
T. %V. Sioekbower's eating saloon ; 'Mrs. Powell's
dwelling, and some twelve or Sheen small tuild
jugs.,
.
The Beaver Hall, comprising the elothing *tote
of F. Frankliu &lAD, and Mr. Cummings watch
maker shop, and also Mrs. Skinner's dwelling :and
millinery shop were completely ;destroyed.. The
fire has probably consumed more than one half of
the real vale° of the mercantile buildings and prop.
erty in the toWn. The canal bridge on Main street
was completely destroyed, scarcely a foot of its
['tubers remaining. The busby this conflagration,
t a renal' calculation , is estimated at 81.50.000.
The: insurance is consideruple, Gut its precise
amount has not yet been ascertained.
A Railroad Convontioh iA to be held on the 3d o
May nest at Georgetown, NorthumberlanitOounty,
Pa., which the Sunbury Gazette says will be the
largest and most important Improvement Conven.f
tiou that has assembled in that section pi the State,
for many years. The principal towns iii the Sus.
quehanna valley, and all, to fact, who are interest.
eil in the construction of a railroad from Sunbury to
will have representatives in this Convention.
From present appearatizes, the Gakette Says, there
is every prospect that the snarl. from Harrisburg to
Sunbury *ill be pat ander contract at an early day
as the r ght of connecting the York and 4 Cumberland
Road, With the Pennsylvania Railroad, is"coupled
with the charter of the Harrisburg and Sunbury
road.
There are also provisions and ccmditiohs connect
ed %via' the charter of the Susquehanna and Eriis
Railroad, commenced at the northern termincs
the Stisquelitirma road, and terminating at
which will insure the completion ul one hundred'
and sixty miles of that road nt an early period..-t.
The conditions alluded to gram the right of way
along the lake shore 16r the construction of a road
connecting the New York and Ohio improvement 4
but before this connection can be commenced, fok.
ty mites at each end of the Susquehanna and Zrie
road, must be completed, and eighty mites mor9
completed before the connection can be used 4
Thus it will be seen that. the prospects are note
bright for the early completion of these great irnL
provaments, anti all that is wanting is hartneity, cat.
ergy, and concert of action. •
A town ea"Dzx Rouricas.—The New Albany
(Ta ) Ledger. gives au account of a den of robber;
on tin island in Beaver Lake, Jasper county in dud
State, discovered by Mr. Weis*, who went attei
four stolen horses. In order to - save his life, he
swore not to divulge what he saw ; but he exposed
the whole when he got home.' The Ledger says'
gt He was taken'te a large cave on this island:,
provided with supper, and then shown fal-e keys
bank 'note presses, metal for making bogus money
&c. IkIF Weiss says there were over one hundreil
men in the gang—many of whom we knew—thek
'hail been residents of this and adjoining counties,
and that thsy-had occupied high stations among the
citizens. He states that there were about twenti.
five women in the gang—the wives of some of the
rascals. They had one hundred and thirty horses
on the island."'
The New klbany Ledger tells some toooh stones
sometimes.
Szeurrost Foustri—Panesat.s. Nieuwe —We are
informed that Mr. George North, of Silver Lake
township, on Thursday of last week, found a hu
man szeleton in a piece of woods near tri.; im
provement, which had apparently laid there from
two to fire or ' , ix years, udging the appearance of
the bones and various cimumstatices.• The skele
ton was,evideutly that-of a man of middling size,
tolerably,youna.-.40,n. -tha app.:mummer td' th e
teeth, and Well dressed; as appeared from the re
• mains of. fine cloth of which his woollen garments
mere coimesed, (all of the linen or cotton portions
being entirely decayed) the trout part of the vest,
of fine' brown cloth, Willi guilt metal buttons, re
mottling on the top cif, the bones being •alinost en.
tire. The body hail .lain 'upon - the back, and - a',
fracture of the skull on dm left side of the heallitir
dicaterl that his dead' • was caused by violence.—
Ifonfrose(Su.squehnsina) Regtker, 2-111 r
SitoCEING Caexurv.—The Detroit Journal sari
that, a few days since, as Mr. E. Millet, Of Bir
mingham, Oakland co., was returning from.an -.in
sane asyfum with his son, 18 years of age, who
had been discharged as. incurable, the father left
the cars to obtain some ' refreshment, leaving the
boy ; in his seat On his Nunn, the father stopped
for a few momenrs to talk with a friend in another
ear, and on going to the, car in which he lett his son
he found the seat vacant and the - boy gone. Upon
making inquiry, the conductor told him that he had
put a young mail off the train some distance back,.
who would not ror give an Account of
hinteelf. The father stopped at the next. station,
returned, arid found ilia', mangled body of his son
lying on the track. The fani'
.ol both father And
son bad been paid through.frorn.Utica to Bufliilo.-
•
Accipcx•rst. lissoixste,..lohn RiAatiffith, - ` l l , Driy
.16 Years ohl„ hens, himself in 111.trple,'4own4liip,
.oefitWere county; on the 17th itt.t. He, had fre.
qnently talked' about the conviction and sentence
of Pharoals„ at West Chestar, and,' doubtless, he
thought he would try the experiment how one feels
when hanged., Ile., made a_ knot or loop large
euritigh head, in one end of a wheel
barrow strap about 'font feet leirg, and, ascending, a
plank, lied rho other entire a pole lying across tyro
beams. It is suppped that while etigay,eti in ar.
.ranging his plans, Itn . blipped Ju n nliell from th e
plank, as, when discovered, his pock was.dislecat
edi and httleet Were resting out the ground.
Frac , vc Quinn. Gamy, :litss:—The II New Or.
leans . " 'papers fay, that ilte previous reports of the
1 , fi re oftiiis phiceitre Mnehleximerateti, atilt the fire
whir a most irou - Ations One, anitTor a time threaten.
eil the completwthivtinition of the town. The total
•
1035 by ..the Are is estitnatett to , exceetl $10b.,000 .
,Twenty were - destroyed incinding - the
,Presbyteriint Church ; the Oozette ,priMing office,
t'wo 'hotel's; niza ifilliotrears ivarehowirvin which
'was-stored •1,000 balUsetcotton.
1 ' TireltcLuto Pasistow—flenr $n I ' t Dimly, whose`
dltatls occurred a. I‘.. creeketvince . fmsn'the affects
car ansaCciitent as Eeiroit,.sivon rouse rate ago !wiz
ea eilsh•ft rualiqnsuis fever, from which, hist 01,2.
clans told 'him in all probabflq'he' woull eic‘cr
k mower —I , Tfreli."•said - the veterau;" ilk ileum
beet, tiny napsack. slung." - •
. • ' • • J - • . •• - • -
Kritiitigtt CAU may by,ljr... ()marred
,F•iga..,
:few 411 p% pi!icer,..
.Thviltreffitit of Johtra+niiepu. itiltiljr,c
onT,
aumarl, and .what is awful. to teture;Air. bid
wile; semen. children, and ntother•in- law ; • Patrick
.3.441 ha,i1d a 114.1 lA.E,lol..lcuqwnitwelveri
Rainer: i
=MEE
The 'E'lgineeisCia•nnaence,n4 s t week the !Dryly
•or the Mute for the - Chestbr Valleyltaitroatl,leading
front ,Dowington o.Norrlstown;•• Thip load will be
locared priatipally,upork the bod or, the old•Yelley.
Railroad, and a large portion of it is already graded
'The old company t becalge swampadmit abandoned
- the • trot - •
. •
it'ith'rtiitl !Rai Coirbi tied a fellow iii Roston, on
Fritlak, who hatk boasted that he 'had seduced her,
Thtealhindied'bar's of mitroid irori Were. landed
at *aver, Pa., - lase week,'-Tor' the renitailvastiai
And:Ohio-miiroad company.' ;.• . ,
••• • .
ArchirnaenttMannin&P . Mitthei in;raw ihe Trish:
ap •of Otforde bas ibe Romai Catholic
etiUtch'' « )
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' "`-''''''''''' • WIWI arirlaluallt zallisso2lll4 •
:..,_,AL.Nevi,;Ortglay airing the' waillintan-duk,
1* insW the wine 23 deatirskiih ra• She
wens slacitwOoaths from choliimiat
• LO ' JO4-
10110. slit, lt Oding on . the n 4 .1104- Altimati
"iirOin: thal, port from 'Warr funenow*ictlt
clufrimlifilid• '.l:' . - .1 - t e ) k` , ;;.. r - •
,••
lobe John•SpecAat Committeeiifl-illetSfasinichiv
setts Legislature on the subject of capital punish
rnem, 'sported on Thunitlay,a bill for the abolition
•• = • . ileminVidateitilifreiNlßllini
papishable by death tinder the presettoJe shall
be, punished -by imprisonment' in the 'State Prisian
foi', life. • i •
,
~
inny - Lina fins sent 5i,006 a n ti Barnum $1,500,
tMaYl s r4l l Wl qt ictoinnati, to be disposed of
he tnii les MOstludielAs for the relief of the un
fortultalultuddipteEltiy.„kjuldilioula
tits, Barnum'hairprevictusly give/keit:lo or 500. -
' Ilienry Clay trivia ! it thaisue . .6 Ale, loth
ink.; wherb he'miiii - reetiveti by `a li'Ma ConOina,
of peoplai and a iiaticmal salutellorn' the-Louisville
Guards.. He left on the same.darfa Ashland. I
r ,William Duff was , found on Wednesday tiristatiy
murdered, rsear Freatporti Setlei coutitri (Pa.)=
fits twin.brother Jetne, with whom
,bq wto lust
'seen, hs'been arrested on euspidion.
N. D. Strong, S. L Young, Mn. M. !{fester-Js;
cob Coleman and Paul Geiger, have been appoint.
ed by the demticmti•of lierlts county, delegates to
the Harrisburg Judicial •Convention,..prith iustroc
bona tO support 1-ion.-Mm. Strong as one of the
Andl,, , etoithe Supreme Court. . , .
TheMemocnitic Convention of-Perry comity,. on
the 7t f`` s spojiited Jesse Beaver s . Esq, Repro.
Sentaoe Delegate !Odle Reading Konvention, with
instreclittris to support Colonel IVillianr Bigler, of
Clearßefd, for Governor, andlohn B. 'Bmtton,
of Curpberland, for Canal. Commissioner.
A Treasury notice 'hal been given, that the
awardi tor the Mexican indemnity-will-be paid in
cash Oiler the 16th of May, either:to- the petions
in whose names the awards are made, or their at
'torney's. No money to be paid white adverse
claims . are iu litigation:- Union and l tinily Land'
Company scrip not to be paid till holders of said
scrip establish their. legal claim,
Quite a contain has been gaipg on in the Drink
ard Church, near Pottstown, as', to whether a mem
ber of a scent Society shall be admitted to commun.
ionshiß with them. As for Masons, Odd Fellows,
Mechanics, Druids, &c.; the centregatioit is pretty
unanimous in favor of their exclusikm
Jenny Lind'sconeert at Plusher , April 26, yield=
et 1.69000. Some misehievoous boys threit'a few
pebbles into the window of,Jenny's dressing room,
and at her' carriage, on , her return homer—copse ;
(limit' , she left for Baltimore, next Morning, in
steadMl singing, as announced. Thiri has caused
great, dienppointment and regrey as some hundreds
of persons came to the city on purpose to hear her.
the Pittsburghers are all greatly grieved.
A great Many People are cloaking in, England
abcitti the danger of plague arid pestilence, during
the , great Exhibition. Others demnnstrites how
peifectly possible it is for 100,000 French soldiers ,
to be sent across the channel in plain clothes, with
their uniforms in their carpet bags ; and in a few
both*, at a concerted signal, London would, be un
der the dominion of the tri-color, &c.
The Jury in the case of Dr. Timothy Smith
,chorheilon two cousitsotiodictmerit fnr manslaugh
ter, ; Boston, in administerting over doses of ntedi
clue, rendered a verdict of not guilty as to the sec
ond.count of the indictment, charging the killing of
the Child Elizabeth Joyce ,• and disagreed as to the
fusrcount, and were discaurg,ed:
hrr, Kronheim has invented a new adaption of
lithhgraphy, by which copies of the finest oil pic
ture's can be made with a degree of perfection, nev.
er, before attained, and at a very trifling expense
"The Descent from the Cross'• has been copied
with perfect success by this precess.
`the Colonization Herald states that at the present
moment there is not a white person resident in
the Republic of Liberia! Every office ' from that
of the President down to the 'owe', is filled with
emigrants from the United Smiesotheir children, or
by Fi vivilized and christianized fiatives.
Three ladies residing in the village.of Glen Cove.
Queens corecendy presented their spouses with
twins on die same day, whereupon. the editor of
the Plaindenler, iii Hempstead Harbor, expressed
a hope that the contagion would not Went_ The
Huntington Democrat says, that a similar occurrence
tool: place in the latter village.
Snow fell at Sandfield, Aims., on the l9th, to the
depth of two filet.
Who wheat crop of Yorkicounty, it is said, never
presented a more promising appearance.
•
Ours mathematics has been defined as going ten
miles 16Market to - purchase an axe to chip an egg
The Wheat crop throughout the central. part.ot
Illinois is said to be very promising. But veryiit
tle, has been winter killed, and the crop comes for
ward, offering a prospect of very abinidant harvest.
A Broker in %Vail street eot sttick the other day
witn a .6100.counterfett note this way. 4 beau
tiful lady like womarfealled and raked to - haiitt it
changed into small notes. • , The broker tells hisowi.
story. t , I was looking more at the woman than
to'mybuainess," Pretty good.
The North Branch canal On fine navigable order.
The Democrat thinks there will be more coal ship
ped from the county of Luzerue this season than
bas ever been before. Several new operators, are
contemplating a large business.
A cat is in posse , sion of Mr. J. Schultz; of Uppe
Hanover, Mongomery.county, which has two.per
feet mouths, noses, tongues and three eyes Tim
mouths'atantlhorizontaand abc.ut ono it ch apar
Mice and rate shottill be notified.
The Village necatd relates the following:--Tln
mother 01 Ge 6 MO'Phasnah, recently visited her son
now under sentence of death in the jail.ot Cheste.
county, and in her conversation stated to him dn.'
before his trial she bad x remarlobleream, . Si .
Said she itiesibild'she ennui to West -Al Chester,. a, d
,hought , a bonnet:'" On nutting it on. she discerned'
that instead.nt being trimmed with ribbons it ant
trimmed with ropes! . This was before Geo%,e'ir
conviction. She considered the ropey se,omint t
of George's fate, thatitheltailetted home with t
the bonnet.
' In the Supreme"Chiut, in session's! lho' ‘‘. ell,lien.
:ry Kinredgo has Obtained a verdict of 5960 darn
Ages .of the Fitchburg. Radial& Company' for a
broken leg,cassed by falling into a hole at the der
in this city, ' Kittrit h beiiviate, and
,desirous tt
.ake a train soon to start, weld In at thelhifer ant_
of the depot and it,' biting dark; fell into a hole;—
The .case has -beetroive 'tried; vhett the jar% disa
greed. ,The.Corporatiuu: w di, move lona near that..
on the groun d that the ~vertlict ,is ;spinal .th , evi.
deride —Boston l'ictudkr.' 1 '
Neve - WitiSitAstsniOrders fromMaiiheigtott
-
have been received at thiterharlest` veni Navy Yard
for Me construction sftt steamera that plaittele,Slii
is io be:larger dim the_Prinestos r , :hich vrls bro.
i L ,
keh up itr-or two s • itw,e, and will have th same
trickle Ofprtilintric4. Mans tine; to' be forwarded :o •Washiegish immedittelY. '
, 1 1 . - " ''' . -
851.
Days of the
r * ah. ,
: De,
. _. At 0.14
10, mai . -.
VlNDassoar, . -.
Tiginwier, .
rjliskr,
.'n'ilinumr,.,„, ..... '.
a
'ln Burlington, on - the 10th inst. by Rev. Br.
Cassia F. Stemma) to Mims DiA.w .Banta, all
of that place.
la. Burlington, cot the 19th alto' by the same, hrisz,
W. tbssesa,of Dmehess CO. WIN to Miss Mama
L. Moms of the former place.
In Burlington, on the 23d alt. by the same, Rims
"
Onedia 4ep91,74., Y. March Mh o HaFIT (lama*,
• ittiiiierlitif this 49th' year CT his
By the death of Mr. Gefdleynoinmitnity has beets
deprived of a worthy citiz en ,
. and the Presbyterian
clinch of an r e..emplitrY member;
In Orwebt April 12, Miss jaZIIA P. Gamer, in the
43d year of hey Age..
Charitable, iti.,lietjudgMent and . opiaioitof others;
and aibmtive 10.04 wants of those aroundher,:fdiss
Gridley seenredibelfespeet and esteem of- . all *it
whom she was acquainied.'llif - lititilhiens. though
long andpainful' , wastendared with vatienewi.ned
the hoar of 'death found "already and willing to de.
part, having a tont sustained bY:tv hive, Of a blissful
immortality for th'witOle World of mankind.
la OrarelliA . prilg4,Lrit*liaiiGraas, la MC I7tli
ycat,of bi 3
One 'of the best of youthful society has thus early
passed away from the scenes of earth. Amiable in
his disc osition filpright. in conduct and depo' meat ;
obedient to parental precept he won the affection of
all, old and poring. And though.niany a prayer was
offered op by , relatives and friends that he might be
',emitted to retnainoret God determined , otherwise,
and he is with us ru? snore, *vs perhaps as a guar
dian spirit.
His tomb is in the •burial pound—his home, in
heaven. s. 1. a.
NEW : a SPRING GOODS-I
THE -public are invited to eat! and ex amine tire
large and magnificent stock of new goods,
which are now being opened at the store of the sub
scriber. It is unnecessary to add that they will be
sold cheap.
Towanda, April 24, liffif. KINGSBERY.
An extensive stock of Staple
AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
Just, openiotst
XiiMiirTANTACS Of. COIL
MOOSE who Wish to rwebase Go id Atteles 4
X cheap rates; will do well to call.
Towanda, May 1, 1851.
o.nil LOS. butts, Swedes and other IRON
90tIV just receistalat
May, I r AIONTANYES 6c CO'S
NEW GOODS,
AND REDUCTION OF PRICES
TH. PHINNEY, Jr., is just receiving from New
• York a large anti general assortment of Spring
and Summer' Gond:, - eons - biting, of• almnit everything
usually found in, a attire ; together with:
Groceries, Ilirchafri", — Oils,
Dyes - , Leather,
Boots §. Shoes,ilats, Caps. lhasnets, Crockery,
Glauwaii,zSali, Yds, S. S.
The subscriber would reliant his sincere thanks to
the public for their bountiful patronage littlest winter,
by which the increase of business enabled bite to of&
his goods % Ails summer at itiU lower prices than they
have beep in the habit of buying. All pensonsWishing
to buy:goods for cash or ready pay, would do wel I to
call' at' No. 3; Brick Row, and examine stock and
pikes, as. the goods are bought and mutt be sold. -
Towanda, May 1, 1851.
'UTUEAT and FLOUT ,-w large quantity for gala
VV at my 1 PHINNEY'S.
SAFETY FUSE.-10,000 feet jug' received and
fur side at myl PHINNEY'S.
yUMLi£R.—Any quantity winterT, lkor Which tbe
14 market pile . ° will be paid at PHINNEY'S.
HOSIERY. --Ladies, misses, and - c.bildrems, silk,
worsted and cotton white and colored Bode ;. also
Ones and boy's ixed, brown and bleached half &mei
cheep at niy2 FOX'S,
HEETINGS & SHIRT NGS, brown and bleaclusSi
—Tjoking,entton 1r , Catpht wails and Batting
a l
wholesale and. rad% at my 2 FOX'S.
Q VGA R, Coffee, Rice, Fish, Molasses, Raisins, sale•'
ratos,-SpicestOilc, &c cheapest in town,
May 1. ma. - FOrif.
, C aa liSS Z S air
or e - g e f
m thr y cheap
e T in E . A a S,
a my 2 - FOX'S.
School far Tow Misses.
A/[i3S L.S. WELLS will open i !chant for young
al misses, Monday, May 5, on Main attack second'
Story of J. Kingeberfa
• Terrine vita 7111* Ce/Tle' moms.
Orth ography,l:readieg,, writing, geography, and -
mental arithmetic • . • • • • • $2 - 00'
fhe same, with English granimar, advanced
arithmetic, and Tinvo's analysis, 2 50'
Philosophy, Cbemistry,PhysiolomAstranomy,
Algebra, mental and mo rallscience, &c. • 300•
Penciling, chromatic drawing and embroidery,
each extia, • • • • • 150
No scholar will be received for less Wad - belt a guar=
.ter, and no deduction made for *been& anted detained'
7 sickness. May 1, 1851.
10.4.114 11301.411121 4143047 Tc,
Adams di. •zdtactidin us ,
tar Il'fNG entered' into covettnendrip. in the prettied .
-LKofliw, have also establithea an' *mei fes the
'ale of real estate in the county of Bradford. Persons
rasing: real estate which they 'derby. to sal, by calling
indleavion a deseription of their prozerty, with thi
terms' of sale, Wilt un doubtedly Bud it to their admire
tare, .
Persons desirous of- purchasing !unlearn where prop'
'ertyje forwile-,4. description of the' same with the
price and terms of parities end'be ingenied as to the
Vallaity'of title. ' - • ' -J.D. ADAMS.
Towanda, biey 2, 1861. J. 11fAVFA RLANE.
IiEW BLACKSMITH . SHOP:
TBE entiscribiis vispectfullfinform the public that
L .they have taken the shor,z formerly mow& by
Adpm., &cowls°, on kfmn
.atieet, nearly mails
Drak4'a wagon shop, where they are prepared to do all
'kinds of BLACKSMITIIING - tipma reasonable terms.
•
They are determined by doing their - work well and
proniptlyi tismeritiaa they hope to receive a share of
public patronage, • --
WOODNI.ORK'fcir wagon will also be made and
- .rePailid *ben &Sim' -
- • All work doneat theirshork will be ',renewal lobe
wen _ions, and coanufseteral from the best attends"'
The publie are requests& to give us a trial, end judge
for tiemseliei. ESENWINgts BEEBISCHS
Towanda, May 14 1851. •
3Letister and 2tetceddel Iffoute-astra:
A LARGE amount is due tome for Retordimfos
• , .14- intim Oiphine r- Cmht; , &e:, which Amid now
be paid, and as the *mounts are mostly saiall,: I have
'(taken, aliq means tin formica. those intereataithat I
taall tliPatt in be made at May eoUtt, and'
pt* that Oppmttmuy re be improved by ikßbsdabted,
MaT 4044viv - 13. /11•ACW,
My of: • .
Nola. ' 4l ° Rule°
4I 5 3
5 5 2
8' /IP 1
5 0
8 4 59
9 458
10 4 57
801111 Seta .
IH -." 71 -- 7 ..
6 68
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