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E. 0, ooporucm, EDITOR.
Toy luda, Saturday, July 19, ISSI.
Democratic state Neznination.
you totenstlß,
WILLIAM BIGLER or CLEITIMMLLI COUNTT
ron co s m,....xtur
faxra CLOVER,
/COWER Off'. lIUPPEVE cotur,
JEREMIAH S. BLAIII
JAMEsCAMPRELL,..
ELLIS LE W 18„
1101,1,1 e . GragON or ,C . Oltotoccgrt Cousrr.
*ALII IL LOWRlE,..kAt.r.roursT Corm-tr.
Erection, ittpilay, October 14, 1851.
Terms of The ReOpoeter.
*1 filY per nummt—iftetid selthitt the ye.ht 90 rente
Oo tlettuetetT—Zr rash t¢h:rl Actually it, ntlettlieeSi 00 be
E.lueled. No rtiper tent OVer nro httle.a phiti
- Ateennetetotaxte. per square pf teu Antes. - SU veins for the
Am. - anti eerp • tot each SIII•inqUrIll
fa"Vrace in the Unto., tAhek," nartb side of the rhblie
arvntre. nest littor to the Lirndiunt - 11th el. Ealtranee lx,wech
IliffarTS. Adaene And gleeetre Ins? °Mee..
THE DEMOCRATIC KTAN•
• - DING COIVIMMTEE of Brad
, •-- ford County. will .meet al the
Wird Hou - SF. in Towanda. on Tuesday. the sth day
of August (telt. at 1 o'clocit, P. M. The following
gentlemen co6pose said Cotn m i ttee t--11. Lawrence
Scutt. I. ii, Smith..la Mes FL Webb.'N. Edminster,
P. E. Mayhard.• W. 11. Vandyke, I. H.- Black, E:
V. Oliver, Joseph Menardi. Jolt 12, 1851.
Nine rlllllod BM In New Torkf
Tide urfectistitotional and infars .measure
which the Whigs of New Yia-k'l, 3 r;gislature last
winter attempted to ruler upon the 'people of that
State; bet Were finstrated by the prompt and manly
resignation of twelve Dertniembe Senators, which
in consequence left the Senate without a - quorum,
finally pasSed the New Xerk Assembly and has
become a law. The passage of this intamous law
was, no doubt, the principal object Gay. Hunt had
in view in calling, the extra session of the Legit.la.
lure, latek held at Albany, arid the baste with
which it was convened, and the rapidity with n hick
ifte \elections took place to fill the places of the re.
signing Democratic Senators, tints preventing the
Democratic papers from presenting this odious and
anconstitinianal useasure, in all the points of its
deformity, to the people of the Suite, prove con•
elusively that the Whigs dreaded the verdict of the
people, after a fair and impartial exarnination of
the• question, and accordingly they have pushed
things to an extremity, a ith a haste and indelicacy
Which. will, in the end, doom them to the ibdigna•
non and rebuke of the pe'ople, upon whom they
have perpetrated so gross a ,fraud, -and the
constitution of whose State they have so grossly
violated by the passage of this act. A corruption
fund of\„nine minions of dollars will be a terrible
engine u the hands of these Itihig leaders in the
ensuing elertions. The bill passed the Assembly
by a vote of 81 to 36.
eirternor Johneton end the State Debt.
. The claim set up for Governor , Johnston for the
establishment of a sinking fund and diminution of
the state- debt, says the Rciproric, remitids us of a
character in a tarce we once rata. who, among
Many other Wonderful inventtons, claiined the dir.
covers of a plan for liquidating the national debt of
gngland. It was jery simple, merely to pay it off
installments of 3,6, and t, months. :This is
Governor Johnston's plan exactly; all that' was
%Vande2 to the invention ot * the men in the play,
was the means to matte the payments, and we opine
tniiit - (_tatiting to to be
t'te inventor of it) would not du much towards di.
minishinz the debt, if there was no surplus revenue
to appropriate to it. With democratic .fegislators,
canal commissioners, auditor general and state
treasurer, and superintendents of the public works,
it would be hard indeed to discover instrumentahiy
of the wings or their Governor in diminishing the
eipeOse of government, increasing the revenue, or
furnishing the means fir the operation of the sink
tog fun&
Bradford County O. H
This county , for several years, has uniformly been
the first to pay into the State Treasury, her quota of
Tax The present year she has distanced all others
by several days, het amountof Tax having been
pail several weeks ago. This result is owing to
the exertions of our pupal). Treasurer, ;dr. Put,
wind speaks volumes for his promptitude and busi
nets habits. The tax-payers are alma entitled to
credit for the promptitude with which they paid
their-texer. !film remainder of the State wip emu
late the example of Brainerd, the Keystone will
never stiffer in credit, and our loavy debt be in
good time extinguished.
1 A 1 . 6 PREMIUM DAGVAit COT Y PIC: 4 -- The finest
cimens of the phothic an we have Wyly even,
we had the pleasure of examining at Gai's Daguer.
rein room rooms in B: fiingsbury's buildihg. For
elearnass ni cirression, beauty of shading, and
general finish, they arc unequalled. The public
bycaUiag, can procure excellent pictures, nr have
a sight at the a counterfeit - presentinim". of Jenny
Lind, Barnum, and other celebrities.
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GEN. T.ti.cirr, of the ordiliance Depart.
meni, ha's been ktismiised from the C. S. Army, in
pursuanco - ni , he fiudint of a Court Marsh&l, and
Colnrwl Henry K. Ciaig, of Pa., appoiatedlo hie
. `~ t .ron•ronirtri -tvritea,to tot from Baltimore,
the ii,servory of a bell
Car.ric ore near this Oorongh. :Can any one
give VS tilt inkanletion-asib &GI
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OF S iIISZT COVIFTT.
PIULAIrzunIA.
or LaxcAsTcri,
Sus•aygusasia veteran Whig
Journal has pund into ihe hands 013014 C. MtL-
Lsajan~t.aiipeara"enlare~t~ And
4eckefl itt~ the
nOf't ut aes;r: Ipe umor nye ihist:Juilie
suiqUund krecessar'Oo_blik t ihkiestabiishrhetn,lo
ui ye: himself the appearance' d shingikat home.i4
iV4part wi l ih.friee42.CusOia4
_1;11h Misch. ielti? !
'laneP.: iiita always " , 'aisfiagaishell, as an
Editor, for hie mortal atal : goed feeling, , " :,I\'e trust
that, ater - arduous .tuber, he. retires'with a suf
ticiency of though ii would be a
remarkable instance, if so." '
I:rents:NT en Laste9,-41, the request of E
Ntctrorsi Courtly Suravidi, we inforrn those inter
tested, that the act. passed,. ktaafiend/ day of April,
1835, authorizing ' the graduation and valuation of
Ghe flop:twitted lands in this Cpmmon wealth, by the
Commissioners of the several counties, and which
has beensextentled Sum time lo time, by supple
mentary :Lek : expires on the tenth Alay of Decem
ber, 1851, (ioe pamphlet laws 1849. page 38) atter
which time no' abatement of any interest can be,
made on the purchase money due en such lands.
itlexicAn tireLuncsec—lntellizence from
Nexico to the 7th of June represent that the extras
orrritiary eession of Congre4 ccas still engaged in
arranging the financial question, one of the great
stumbling blocks to the proper administration of
government. ' The minister of finance proposes to
appropriate for the use of the Government the
amount of tire idetnnity destined to the interior
creditors. which litany say has already been spent.
To establish a consumptive duty to be paid' at once
for the whole Republic. To impose a direct lax
on cotton goods marinfaciured in the country, and
to increase the amount of circulation and export
dory on coin, All.these proposit.oris were refetred
to the appropriate committee, which has not yet
reported. An order has been issued, that if any of
the employes of gov'ernment speak publicly against
the authornie•, they shall be diseliarzed from of
fice. The first who sullered the penalty imposed
by this order was Jose ignacia i one of the writers
of the Universal ; the Opposition paper. The police
have been increased in numbers, and in addition
to their usual weapons, they are armed with pistols;
in consequence of which latter, many unfortunate
occurrences have taken place. The increase of
police - does ran cause a decrease of ciirne. On the
la . ingt , between ..and 7 o'clock in the evening, a
party
,of robbers entered a house in the city of
Afesie'o, and. after binding the inmates, carried oil
all they pos , ibly et-IA( This plunder did not com
sist of small parcels midrib- they could conceal.
about their persons, but they took away Feverat
large trimks filled with clothes, jewels, &e. They
were as 'mat, guards stationed on every four cor
ners of the streets, armed with ptstas and a svrrml,
hut they dal nobknotr what was taking place near
them.
Tim Nimmons Ace,ulrmo —The trial of James
J. Stang, and other of the Beaver 1 , -I•md marmots
terminated on Wednesday, and resdeci ii the ac
(wind , ot_all the defendants. 'The verdict was ren-
dered by the Jury after a few minutes consultation.
The trial created much interest, and the whig
press in Detroit from the first endeavored to preju
llice the cause of the defendants and to create a
belief in their guilt. They were branded as felons
and murderers, and condemned without trial or
proof. The result of the investigation, carried on
with perfect fairness and justice, proves the hiranny
of such a course on the part of a public journal
There was no particle of proof to implicate the de
fendants in the crimes with which they weretharg
ed. It was therefore worse than unju-t forlhe press
to endeavor to use its !timer to poison the public
mind and to extort a verdict from the feelings of a
jury contrary tojhe evidence in the case. The De
troll Free Press says :—" The charge of Judge
kins was exceedingly able and ;ominous, and after
listening to his examination of the testimony bear.
leg upon the ease, MT one entertained a doubt as to.
what the venlict meat be:
The,. jory was composed (or the most part of
whigs, and, under such circumstances, the Adverti
ser can have little cause for . complaint at the (to
them) untoWaril result. Let that paper, in its future
management, heed the lesson it has learned."
- SplatLASI ESTECTifir a Sroax.—The storm Which
prevailed with more or less violence over a large
part ol the country on the evening orthe 26dt ul
timo, left in the township of Huntington, a very
amusing and withal malicious evidence ol ifs power
The family of Mr. Gross had retired to rest Bit
usual in the evening, and wrapped in the sweetsleep
known to honest industry, wero unconscions of the
mischievioug pranks of the storm king On open
tng the door n r ustryntwetott,..Mr..o.. was berviiderrid_
by altered appearanCe and position and of 'things
around him; anti find imagined that he was in his
barn instead of house. Yet there was the fire•pl-rco
arid standing in it the barrel of soap made the day
previous, the chairs, the cat upon the hearthstone,
and all the utensils of the kitchen. Assured from
this survey that there was something wrong with
either his head or his house, he presently dip.
covered that the barn or shed had been entirely
demolished—below away by the storm; and that
the house, a Irame dwelling, had been lifted from
its foundation and carried across the road, a distance
of eighty feet arid set down upon the spot where
the barn had stood. Not one of the family had
been awakened by the shock—the barrel of soap
had not been disturbed—pails, dishes and tables
seemed all mime/olio of change; and open exam
illation at the point where the house, in migration,
must have crossed the road, there was not a mad;
or evidence that any reluctant board or plank had
dia,gged on the ground.—Carboiaduk Truest-lip;
Mntacur.ous Escaek.--On Friday latifa' AJohn Ryan
ana two Other men were at work rolling logs down
Jacob Cat!in's Roll-way at the Bk; Wand, two or
three miles above this village, an accident occur
red, which came near proving fatal to one of the
narty. Ryan was engaged down near the river, on
the-side of the hill, pushing the plea into the w a te r ,
when the men 'at the top oltha hill accidently star
ted several In e s downthe rolltrity. Ryan was
standing with Ills back up the hill, was knocked
over towards the river, with the lace downwards,
three of the logapassing directly over him, the men
above siaiptiaing,of course, tt athe was killed. Al
ter the third log - hat . ' passed over him, however, he
jumped up saw tht4e.more close upon him, threw
himself down, face downwards, with his head up
the bank, anti let them pass over hint, then again
springing up autl.jumping high enough to clear the
seventh and let it pass under him ! Pr. Sprague
was sent Tor, who found that his only'injuries were
severe flesh bruises, upon his head, face-and bock,
front which he Is rapidly recoverintr, having rode
tlitown once-since the 9ccitlent.—Owego Gazette
THE STATE FAIR—We - learn from the Rochester
Ana - icon, that is The design of the mechanics of that
oily, to erect a building on the Fair ground for their
use, at a cost of t. 1.1000, to be construc'ed of Pay
neizcci timber, from the " Rochester Payneizing
Works," and. which is to be fired at the conclusion
of the Fair. It the building proven combustiblo. as
ill - vs-clarinet! trill not be the ease, no charge will be
made foram timber composing it rAn opportunity
will thus.be afforded to test in a public and saris.
factory manner, some of the qualities of the articles
which has attracted much attentiun.-•
PhOGREIMCE THE CHOLERA—In the towns along
the Upper Mississippi the cholera was abating at
the last accounts. Deirbs were, k t however, oc,
cuffing daily. In 'Hannibal.,. Missouri, tong the
19th to the,2slb_ult, 14 pertons had died. The
nunlber 01 rleashs at 'Alton , horn the 114 to the
25411dt. was 35. or whi?h 18 tri-re from chtilera
At Braderiourg, Ky, the di-ease is very 7ittlentotal
severahleuttts have occurfccl At Princelon, whi. re
the disease:had broke out twice, it ha i r now neatly
list Weired. Amang:the victims are Dr. Wei,
*ikaild .. •
•
HoifiVa. lesuili;Ttie United States kik ie.
r"ref begin. to•lnn'teat: the foundation je toAtegin 4
the,riglit phiiiiit; - sei,t6 - begin at' the leumhifkili
maiihas ;Soared, his. pofitiopt striteturesti
bUill enable us fa fon*
mon ,' oci rm o ino imi*.of the principlelOy which
is
. goviiinells this way - too, tv
e - 4riay:s;Pirsnfti
Correceconclesion" - in reference to the—titan,
sympathies ' his notions of right and '
wrong, his
prejudices, his passions and hie preferences. We
may ale him. as he has .been: and .is r judga of he
monies lit actuate and sway his mind and judg
ment, and generally Wee correctly 41!
_to his
strength of intellect, consistency and firmness of
of character. Sewell out' the causes that control
the man and you hays" the man in all his strength
Irpn;yiti l e,most ;pawerfa. and con.,
vincing reaonscan shake his' faith, influence•his
mind, and -control-. his judgmentAis-character cant
not be questioned for firmness awl strength. But
on the contrary when light and trivial causes move
him about at random: when every excitement that
springs into being to live its bright hour and vanish,
sweeps him from the rock of his pnroose and sends
hint adrift an the frothy waves of those' popular
cufrents that ebb and flow at the caprice of un
thinking men, however dazzling may be the exte
rim, we mny rest assured that there is weakness
in--the man. ‘Ve are aware that it is a pleasant
duty [or some to perform, to load others with ful
some and sycophantic adulation. We say, itAcity,
because some seem to consider it a they to act thus
towards their fellows,' whom circumstances slid
fortune may .have farmed at the expense of merit.
Such persops only want :he smile of soft words, of
titled dignity to lose sight of ?heir principles, contra
diet their loudest professions, and pliant as a lover
at the skrine of beauty, they'll bend the supple
knee, and yield up their own manliness. Simple
hearted men !
' To the subject. Hon. Wm. Jessup, was once a
Democrat, or at least acted with the now Demo.
cratic party. Probably most of the politzal men in
this county remember when he was active in the
support of Gen:Jackson, taking part in our organi.
maim], and professing ardent sympathy and at.
tachment for our principles. Gen. Jackson was
his ideal of a man, statesman and hero. Those of
our reade's acquainted with Judge Jessup perso.
natty, 'who have seen the impulsiveness of his na..
tnre aroused, as it generally is on anything' new or
marvellous or great, may imagine'the activity and
,1,
zeal which he exhibited, when c nuptial] of men
and -" great interests " combin I to crush the
Irero \ ol the last war with Englap , and the sage of
the Hermitage
But there came a time that tried men—tried the
purity of their politics, the integrity of their political
characters. lit that trial weak men faltered and
selfishness was unmasked, while the timid winged.
vaiteed:hy, the light of the firm and bold, cried out
for leat retreated anti sought shelter from the storm
under die wing of influence and petted power.—
The Democratic party was tried as neverqbefure or
since. Every inducement but a love of principle
told them to forsake the lottuiles of !he old mall,
wh o dared, o n hie own responsibility. face the'
monster Bank of the Uniteillitates. So great and
powerful had that Institution beccfme, that it then
held in its own grasp the destiny of this Govern
ment. Scarcely a public man that was not attach
ed to its interests or wedded to its existence No
section of our nation that was not visited by its
fliientri and corrupted by its demoralizing power.
No department of our gtnomment that was not se
cretly controlled by its' force and made dependent
on its E. •ronage. It laid last hold of every State
goveinment, by making the Banks of every Corn
monweahh subservient to its interest, and depen
dent upon it for their existence. Thus had it reach
ed out and grasped the pettier of the people, plant
ing its emissaries everywhere, and holding an in
fluence that could control this nation at the will of
corrupt men.
Gen. Jackson entered the field, planted his stan
dard in .the midst of the camp and called on'the
country—the people—to - sustain him in the contest.
Designing men, timid men, selfish men, corrupt
men, were snack with dismay and fled. No man
that had not a bold heart, who acted not from a
conscionsnesti of right, of purity of principle, re
g trdless of consequences, stood by the old man
All others fled rather than encounter the assaults
of this engine of terror. Then were-men's political
principles, their-purity and integrity tested ; and
where stood Hon. Wm Jessup Had hethe firm
ness arid boldness to fallow his leader a through
evil report as well as good ?" Not he. Ha faltered,
shrunk, tell back, and sought shplier in the arms of
monied power: and yielded himself into the em
brace of the party of privilege, who would reward
him now with a seat on the Supreme Bench of
Peasisylvania. This was his first political somer- - 1
set, and from it may be dated the espousal of his
love for Banks. and Banking Corporations, that led
him, blinded with his eyes ^pen, into the lawless
operations of Banking concerns in our own county.
It is not to be wondered at, that a rdlin who eacri.
(iced him idol and his political principles for the
Batik "Orme . purretratateS, *Meth/ ' , perigee mare tar
a Bank in hit own county, where his love for such
operations could be gratified by the exercise of a
personal infinence over it
In - this operation, as a political man, he was
measured. His political sympathies were deve
loped, his integrity tried. his sagacity tested, and
his weakness brought to light Strange to us that
the extraordinary powers of his mind, that we hear
of, did lead him in the right path. Alter tv - etity
years, at this time, we- hear not from him or his
patty, one word of favor for the 'U. S. Bank, on
which he hung his political fa -tunes. As if to 'pike
the first abandonment more ridienlons, the position
then assumed is now abandoned also. "Mese
things are valuable as furnishing a.key to the mind
of the mart, and an explanation to his subsequent
inglorious career in Susquehanna County Banking.
—Montrose Democrat.
REHAREABLE ADVENTURE OP TWO CHILDREN
In the absence of their parents, two little girls,
five or six years old, one a daughter of Mr. John
A. Root, the other of Mr.i Hathaway' both of Hay-
Mass.. undertook to sport opon a raft
above Hayden's button factor). In the act of get.
Ling on flue raft they pushed it tram s hore, a nd we r e
can ied over the dam, where there is a tall of twelve
or fifteen feet. As the raft rose to( the surface a
little hand was seen clinging to it, anft a man plane.
ell into the river, seized the hand/drew out the gni
and toond the other clinging to one of her feet.—
Neither sustained - any injury.
A LARDS AND MU' Roaseee.- 4 .Abold robbery
was perpetrated in Savannah, Mo., on the 29th ult.,
of a lat.ge amount, which has created considerable
excitement. A gentleman by the name of Sialhup,
doing business as a merchant tailor, had his dwel.
firm house entered by the back way, about mid:
night, while himself and family were 'asleep,- and
a trunk taken nor. broken open and robbed of
three thousand six hundred dollars in gold and pa
per money, besides other valuable wets. The
trunk was found in the morning in garden, and the
c ontents, with exception of a few gold coins, which
had beets hastily dropped by the rogue or rogues,
all gone !
Flax ON A RAILROAD TRAIN —As the 2 o'clock
P. M. freight train for Lawrence, on Saturday,, war
passirg over the Boston and blame Railroad, near
Smith's pearl; in„ Soul) Rearling,'a bale of coital)
was set on fire by a spark from the locomotive'
As soon as the fire was discovered, the train was
mopped, but the flame was not extinguished until
31 bales of cotton were either destroyed or badly
damaged. The cotton VILA the property of the At
lantic Corporatio n at Lawrence.
Otr Cos.. Jona.lltot.ta, rho Democratic candi•
date for Governer of California, is a brother of Col.
Wm. Omen, the Democratic candidate for the same
Office in Pennsylvania.—Two . yent'S ago, this same/
leinleman, the fiarrilburg'Unton says, Crossed the
driving his own ox-team conveyiathisown
family M California. It to a remarkable coincidence
that two brothers should be candidates for this high
ai.4ison, the eldest brother in the youngest State of
the Republio, and the younger in one of the old
,thirteen.
hive** attriorkbk
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The Savannah litepnl:ifican.a4s*t Mr. Frank
Ilonyngeinowlin, Charliat wilt4omX,elsit Savektah
with a.„40 1315 .Pe# 4 , tn-Pruiti!)g
xalpar bast dintia aritticaliyla to
grew in Georgia . and Plorid*r; '4llO Bonyi4e• 113
the itiest *wit* evidenees that hey' ptaii bee relied
open— He has' passed.fikuleetii. Years in jhe,coint.
tr3r,where these plants grow,', and is „perfectly ac.
qualm ed with the whole,subjeci His essay on the
sulturts.and . preparations ot-tea, -.lorT form an
important part of the next patent Office R port.
.sobsoribers to liki4 impottant undertaking will
have a claim to twelve lea plants, twelve mongoe
plane), twelve date tree plants, twelve leeches tree
plants, twelve coffee pleats, lour apnoea of melon,
imieds each Aini4 half peand!iinli& Peed: (if, re.;
quired.) Subseriptictis are SO each. Stßiscribers
to the amount of 6100 Will be entitled iiithc.above
and any other plant's Iron) India , which they, ,may
desire. Twenty:flit) dolla r is will proeuriane-lialf
the above paantity of plants' • , ,
Ihe Republican is persuaded that this enterprise
of Mr. Haulage is destined to be a scqrop of vast
profit4o the Southern States, through the agency of,
stave tabor. It only remains for a few ?gentlemen
in Georgia and Florada by their subscriptions to do
an. immense probable benefit to their respective
States. It commends this project to its planters in
serious' eamestnesS.
That tea catibe grin succeisinlVin arolma,
Georgia and Florida is' almost - certain, because
the experiment has been pretty fairly ;tied; The
Thermometor at Shanghai indicates scold more
severe by thirteen degrees than in Charleston, S.
C. The cold winter of '34 '35, which destroyed
the oranges on Mr. Middleton's platitatittn, left his
tea plants uninjured. Mr. &voyage has seen this
plant_ growing wild on, hills of from threetn five
hundred feet in height; where, too, there was an
abundance of frost. snow and hail. As for indigo,
that substance has'been already grown to great ad
vantage in the Southern States.
The average cost of 'tea in China pt the ship's
side is twenty cents per pound, while it could be
produced with us at ten cent/. The great cost in
China is owing to etpensiVet transportation, the cut.
titmic' of the fuel used,ine absence of all economy
of machinery, &c. It is only by adulteration that
tea is sold in China as cheapas twenty cents. In
America the beating and rolling orate leaves„ (one
hall of the . labor
,) can, be done by the simplest
machinery, fuel can be economized by flues, fitc.—
The. Russian teas, brought, by caravans, are , the
most expensive and best teas used in Europe.—
The Chinese themselves pay f.t7 50 per pound for
the Yen Pouchong teas.
From the date tree East India sugar is made and
they , will grow on pine barren or any sandy soil.
The lechee is a large arid shady tree, bearing a
delicious fruit, in great quantities
The manse is a very, large shady tree, throvrio,g
out et all times, particularly in the simmer, a de.
lightlul perfume. 4i bears a fine fruit, which farms
a considerable portion of thefOod of 110,000,0 t 0 of
uthabitati:s.
All the East India melons will grow from lati
tude 40 dog downwards.
DAMAGC,ST "[fig WEsTRIIN FLOOD—The present
overflow in the Upper Mississippi and tribu.aries,
is entirely nnparafleled in the history of the coon.
try. In 1844, ft is true, the water was several feet
higher than it has been this season ; but if we re.
member correctly, it abated at a much earlier peri
od then, than now. It has now been more than a
month since the Mississippi overflowed the con
tbmons bottoms and ill the low lands in its vicinity.
For more than ilitee weeks the Levee in this city
has been entirely submerged and all the stores in
Front street Ailed - with water to the depth of sever.
al feet
'During this peril:id, busines* has been almost en•
tirely suspended, as boats could neither receive nor
discharge their calgoes,,at the usual landings, but
have been compelled to go a long distance up , the
river to find a spot at which they could approach
the shore. The bottoms above being all under
water, it has been difficult for the boats to obtain
freights except at a few points.
For these reasons, business has been in a great
measure suspended, to the Serious detriment of the
mercantile and agricultural classes. But the losses
to these classes will be more seriously felt in the
immense carnage which has been done to the
growing crop. For hundreds of miles along the
Mississippi, ?itistiouri, and (heir tributaries, the bet•
torn lands hafe been submerged for weeks; the
growing, crop on these lands has been entirely des-
troyed, and that too, so late in the season as to pre
clude the possibility' of replanting. Hundreds of
thonsands of acres, ebieh a few weeks agb gave
promise of an abutolain yield, have .thus been rem•
dered barren and iletedate for t e gement.
In addition to ibis, many houses have been wash
ed away: fencing to an immense ammint hive
been destroyed, and a vast en:unity of live saa•k
has perished in the firm I We have also heard se.
don. apprehensions ezpre•sed, that the long min,
tiresome ot -water (menthe bounties will deaden and
destroy the greater prat of the timber on the sub.
merged lands. This would indeed be a great na
tinnal calamity.
The river yesterday was Minot at around, and
we frost the reputed rise in the upper rivers will
not materially increase the vidtime ot water here
At present the river is several miles wide opposite
St. Innis, and Illinoistown, which used to he on the
opposite side of the river, is now something hiss
than midway of the island sea, anti wears a 'most
desolate look, with the water in the second strides
of smite of the houses. and up to the eaves in oth•
eis, while a few are an.•hnred in the current, and
Ntbtring up and down like a fisherman's cork.
Take it all in all. this has been the moot disas.
irons flood which has nceorred within the memory
of that respectable person, the. oldest inhabitant
It is also greatly to be feared that its disasters will
not terminate with the loss of property ; but that
when the water subsides, and leaves such an iro.
mense surlace of wet and swanny land exposed rb
a midsummer's sun, we shall sutler greatly from
the diseases incident to the season,St. Louis Re.
publican, 2d inst.
Coivtrac or FLAX —The recent improvement in
the preparation of flax. promises to bring it into
extensive use. Though, perhaps it wilt never
supplant cotton, it will certainly come into service
in many cases where cotton is now employ* ex.
elusively ; for in cheapness it will rival, if not Mi.
pass cotton. A committee of the Massachusetts
LeAslature has already been appointed to procure
information concerning the culture of flax and the
probability of it, substitution !erasion in the manu
facture of cbeap ftbrics; they have reported that there
is no doubt the plant can be raised abundantly in
every State in the Union under proper til'age, with.
nut exhausting the soil; and that it is but reasons.
ble to conclude, from recent developments, that
flax may soon be adopted to a considerable extent
as a substitute for cotton in the manufacture of the
class of fabrics referred to. Meantime, onr enter-
prising farmers are - going largely into the flax cud.
ture. Nor less than 46,000 acres, of land in the
State of New .York were sown with flax in 1840;
and, since thtlh, the number has largely increased.
What influence, if any, this will have on rotten
culture at the south, and remotely on the method
of farming there, time only can develop.
Ma. r. WWebster has neither resign
ed hi s mil e , absolutely or contingently, the Nation.
al Intelligencer says. His health is better now than
it has been for a In - g time, but he has been for
several fears all i kateil with a disease called the hey
fiver, which is periodical in its attacks, and comes
on in August. He hopes by travel and by change
of climate to mitigate, it not avert the attack of . his
unwelcome visitor the present season. Some of his
medical blends have advised a sea voyage, nitil
others a visit to die': medicinal springs in the Allu
ehenies of Western Virginia. Mr. Webster has
doubtless saidtihat it he- - should finally conclude to
adopt the farmer course; it- wapiti prObably lead to
the necessity of his leaving the Department. - This
we bsinive, says the lntelligencei. states the whole
case in regard to the honorable Secretaryiet inten
tions; and this it is, we presume, out of which has
sprung thernmor of his resign:lir a.
• ' ' • -
eitttii Se
ceitui
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At•tits-late celebration of the Molt - Wvraester,
the H9ift Henry Wilson, BeelidentfOt t the:Masi*
Hinset*Benelei, retreated' some facet ie. rifilitionfLifr
Me -,terTeepi?tilacy iu whicUsinCinetith
- Fstftp eldlilittgOtot Alai— any . thing cant make
fillmortesSecielatjef Stale appear snore shimelese
lljtn 'does,'.'befere the: eentri, Mit ark - a_ lea :
eon to those 'wholhink eminence as an mint is at
least's partial - guaranty. for integrity - or -manliness
larspolitieiaarwTitcfoilotsing leftwportion of Mr.
Wilson's speech to-Which we invite attention.. - It
borne in. Mind that the Hon. Judge Allen,
orWifithester, was ilk the chair, and both,Allen and-
Wiliod were delegates to the National Convention,
whose-deliberations resulted in the famous " nomi
ni rim poi
. fit3ci be snathi!.P-1
"Yon,'sir,'Weired to the rs Pilgrimeees" of the
chiefitat otlheie .Union Martyrs-L.0;00 Web
. ster:—and icilhis wonderful change he has manifest
eit during the , past !fifteen 'months. - My young
friend Mr. Burlingame, to whose brilliant 'epeedh
you have jest listened, told us shut "he placed the
young men of Massachusetts in air at Vance posi-
Hoe in hostility to !slavery ; that he hadYretreated,
but that they had Stood firm ". This effusion calls
to mind the devoted attachment of many warm.
hearted young men who in the spring and summer
of 1848 rallied around Mr. Webster. To these-en
thisiastic young men he protested the most deter
minedbontility hr the extension of slavery, and to
the nomination of General Taylor. Alter you, sir.
and I had left the National Convention, our friends
in this commonwealth. who could not "sustair. the
nomination not fit to be made," called a mass State
Convention- That convention met on the 28th day
i t)! June on the spot where we now stand.. Several
of.these young men—some 016 m now with is,
and others who have retreated with their great lead
er—came here to the convention. They told us
Mr. Webster was with us ; they begged Us to refer
to.him with kindness and confidence in our eddies
ses and resolutions; and by their assurances anti
• impertunities they induced the thousands of anti
slavery men of , the convention to adopt resolutions
.eipreasing a confidence in Mr Webster, and call
ing neon him "to follow the dictates of his own
'great heart and 'the convictions of bin own-Vseat -in
tellect, and take the lend in maintaining the cause
of human liberty in America." (Applause) A few
days after the conventionl called upon Mr. Web
ster in compliance whh his written invitation now
in possession. He said that he " had read the
addresses and resolutions, and that he cordially ap
pioved the principles embodied in them."
"He expressed his gratification at the kind per
sonal allusions contained in there, anti his personal
respect and confidence in Stephen C. Phillipsiudge
Allen, SaMael Hoar, and other distinguished men
who took part in -the doings of that, Convention
"Sir," said he to me. "what rto you intend lode?"
I told him that we.intended "to make a public sen
timent that should, sustain oar public men in, the
free states sustaining our principles, and forever
crush those pudic men who should e recreant. to
those principles" (Great applauze ) " Mr. Wilson,"
said he; with peat emphasis, " if yen do that you
will deserve thetgratiturle of the country. There is
no north. When 1 have' stood up in Congress and
opposed the encroachments of slavery, I have beim
deserted by members from New Hampshire, Maine,
Connecticut, New York,. and sometimes by men in
and out of Congress of our own State. We have
always been defeated by the treachery of northern
men,. and it you ran make a public opinon that
shall compel them to he true, the whole battle will
be won." (Applause) This language Mr. Web
ster addressed to me in his own office early in July.
1818. Now he is making, pilgrimages over the
country denouncing the men who maintain with
fidelity the opinions he three years ngo professed
to entertain, "as tanaticit, men al idea. enemies
to the constitution evil the Union." Some of his
friends who came here on the 28th of June, 1848.
.and begged of us to speak kindly of Mr Webster.
who, they assured us, sympathised in our views,
are now howling on our tracks because we are firm
in maintaining the great principles we then an
nounced. His and them loyalty to the Union now
is quite as disinteres ed and sincere as were his and
their devotion to our sentiments in tB4B. Disap•
Pointed hopes of the Presidency, influenced him
then—hopes of the Presislency, to be disappointed,
influence him now. (Great Applause )
" Fittest') Months have passed away since Mr.
Webster experienced that Sudden arid miraculous
conversion, which was to Waco him in the Presi•
item.) , in spite of the hostility of the " abolition fa
natics." .
His ' , enthusiastic but not very tar-seeing," friends
assured us that he" did not care for Massachnsetts
—that the south would take him up and elect him
Prestdent—that the more the Free Sailers opposed
him the saw he was to be chosen." Well, sir, I
do not know that we have been restrained from ex
p'i•iiig his treacherous betrayal of nut' cherishetf
principles by apprehensions of his elevation to the
Presidency. I am ,•.ure his friends do_ not accuse•
you, sir, or any of us, w ith any )tileti apprehensions
'We see. , vvhat the whole ootiotry ('.lways excepting
himself and a few Boston followers) see, that he
has not now, and never had the remotest chance
for the Presidency. The Presidency is an enter
tainment to which he has not been invited.
"The people of the South, or 511 parties, were to
make him their candidate! Well, months have
flown away, and the generous south don't tough
hon . Not a singly,, paper in the st.ive Males sup
port him. Not a tlngle southern politiciantptplelg.
eil to him Some weeks ago was hell a. Vot
town, pnilge Allen remarked that the piste gave
eleven whi(votes) in a place I am told by the
chair, Unit gives eleven whit; votes, a public meet_
ing in his tavor, but no one ran. tell who got op
thai immen'e Southern itemonsiration. The smith
does not and will not support him. No man of ig
tetligeticei believes he will receive the vote of a sit'.
gte southern state for the nomination. The great
tree west tepudettes him Not a paper. Of a pout
titian west of the mountains, to my knowledge.
supports him, and I am sure the people who oniti•
irate the free soil—sacred by the ordinance of 1787
—will not dishonor themselves by supporting nor
who has repudiated the principles fif that glorious
measure. Ile will.not we've the rote of a single
western state for the nomination."
Errasoaransay CASE —We find revealed in the
Upland Union the following marvelous case :
• " About six weeks since, John H. Taylor, of
E..l4mont, in this county, was severely wounded;
by the bursting of his gun. • The breech blew out
struck him on the forehead between the earner of
the eye. and nose, making a wound that was for
several days considered dangerous He recovered
sloe ly, and was able to go out upon his (arm anti
give directions about hie business. On Wednesday
or Thursday of last week, Or. Atken discovered
that the breech of the gun was in Mr. Taylor's fore
head, having passed in below the region of the
brain. Drs. Gregg and Huddleson were called, and
the three physicians, after a severe eflort by the
use of forceps, extracted the iron,_ which was near.
ly three invites in length, half an inch in breath
The removing of the iron was a severe operation
for the patient, but we educe learn that he is more
comfortable than before, and improving in strength
Mr. Taylors escape from instanfdeathcomes with
in the limits of the tniratuthius, and the long con
tinuance of such'a mass of ken . in his head, so near
the brain is almost incredible, but it is most cer
tainly true."
Otno —The following is the complete ticket no•
minated on the 3d inst i at Columbus, for the sup.
port of the Whigs of Ohio, at the election on Tues.
day. the t4th of October :—For Governor, Samuel
F Vinton, of Gallia ; Lieut Governor, Ephraim ft
Eckley, of Carrol;. Secretary of State, Earl Bill, of
Erie; Attorney-General, Henry Stanhery, of Frank.
lin ; Auditor, John Woods, .of Butler; Treasurer,
Albert A. Bliss, of Lorain , '
DEATH FROM TOBACCO„ -.-The other day, at. Rox.
bury, Mass., an Irish wqman by the name of Too•
mey. administered h quantity of tobacco, steeped
in milk, to her child, as an antidote fon worms.—
The ceild, which was •not quite two years of age
died in less than an hour. and a half.
Tee Skis . a - Iloilo - Srats Teiiiiostes.—One of
the most impressive ceremonies of the 4th was the
erection of theidonument at Trappe, to the memory
githelatif Grivaynei Siam, of this State. The so.
digital watt; large, numbering several thousand,
aniong which were two companies of infantry and
one of dragoons. Col. Staten, Judge cIISDIPNCTS,
of Lancaster, and several other distinguished. chi
aerie were preifient—also a German choir, h am
Philadelphia, who sang sevensl beautifu land appr o .
priate pieces of music.
The etiology- upon the iihrand - charm rof him
above whose ashes die Monument is ta . was
delivered by the lion. Judge Woomvsen, taiz,efi le
l ed
county, and it was undoubtedly one of thitrgirest
literary productibas that has ever been profit - meted
upon a similar occation. We will not attenwt to
give an abstract, as the Whole will be 'published,
d we do not wish to mar the pleasure of its per.
nsal by giving it 'a mutilated farm., - ... t •
The Monument - is a plain shaft of wliite,marble
surmounted by a American covle, and standing up.
on a pedestal of I Petinsi lvania granite. On one
side is profile bust of the late Governer, with an in
scription declaring his age and_public strikes. On
the other an appropriate epitaph.
The location of the testimonial is ikeof the most
charming that conld have been selected, within a
few yards of his early home, beside the chutch
where he learned the lessons of purity and truth,
which were his guiding stars in alter life, and among
the friends and companions who started with him
on the journey of existence. Peace !obis asber...-k r
they are those of an honest Man !
Tug Vtacurra Cosvcrenota,..-Tne liquidation of
the State debt has heon disposed of by the Virginia
Convention in Committee of •the Whole. Th e y
adopted the sixth section of the report,, which pre.
video for allbinking -fund created by the usual ap.
prnpriation of seven per cent., six of which 'atom
the interest of the present debt, and one per cent.,
to be appropriated for the gradual liquidation of
said.debt. For all prospective indebtedness to the
Commonwealth eight per cent. is to be laid aside,
and be approrpiated as abpve. Sections declaring
that the Legislature hereafter shall create no debt
oh behalf of the State, without making sure prorir.
ions for the payment of the same also, forbidding
the guarantee of the toads of any internal improve.
merit company or corporation hereafter by the Stws
were adopted. blerohers,of the Convention ate
not to be allowed to speak longer than ten minutes
on any one Subject,. during the remainder of tha
session. The indications are that the Convention
will certainly close its labors.by the first of Au„,flatt
A /BLOOMER Ratnss..;•;-The Boston Com . mamma
states that on Wertensday evening, one of the ed.to.
riat fraternity of that city, took the hand of a lair
lady in marriage, whose costume was an elegant
white satin Bloomer. it was neatly mode, thin
snug aro•ind the waist and close up in the neck, the
spencer opening in front like a naval officer's vest,
and interlaced a /a Swiss mountaineer, sleeves
flowing, white kills, white satin slippers. hair done
plain with a wreath of orange flowers over the brow,
and a long bridal veil flowing from the crown of the
head over the shoulders. •
A GatAT Coimr..—ate:.ara. Wm. it Bradley &
Co , of New Haven, Ct., have been recently manu
facturing a four horse coach for Gen. Arista, the
President of llilexcoi it 'is one of the most mg!•
nificent carriages ever ma le in this country, with
all the ornamental work that could be bestowed
upon it, with reference , to a correct taste. The ha
ing and upholstery is of rich odic and satin.
?Don USING ACCIDENT —The Schuylkill Haven
Map, says, a Footle lad of about eight years old,
son of Mr. Joseph Hilegas, residing about a mils
from this place. while riding a horse for -his father,
wha was ploughing, unfortunately was thrown
from his seat by the- horse becoming frightened,
and before he could be placed•out of danger, the
plough ran into his abdomen, killing him on the
spot.
Si NaULA It Pit csostuml —The facetipter editor of
the Boston Pust. sat+• "The display of fire•wortt
was srAriltiant on Ttiemlay night that hone (lithe
telegraph lines were able to operate till after the
powder was liars'.
PA snow — Gov . Johnston hos portioned James -
Cm yen, who . was sentenced by ilte Nonharraptn n
Court, in September. 1848. her five yeitn. ao ttla
Penitentiary.. for killing Richard Ziuk. He
_4tl
two mote years to serve.
MI:VULTURE ALM &Si SC-1831.
Days at the
'%% rek.
lcsu a v.
Mosme r. •
6SDAT
Wicurssnar,.
TfiettSCl A
Flu DAT. ..
tiartratiAir, .
Died, _
In Rome, on the 28th of June last, Literrst, 8. 31At
KAMA, Esq., of consumption aged 37 )earr.
Mr. MitYnard was a highly respectabk!,influential
and industrious citizen of our county. His inces•
sant tot! in early It destroyed his constitution and
brought to a premature grave., He possessed acorn.
mendable public sp.rit, which is seen in the thrift
and prosperity of the little village of Rome, which
owes muoh to his enterprize, and a kind and noble
heart which manifested itself in the relief of desirea
wherever and in whoMsoever found. He possessed
a strong native intellect. was a deep and correct
thinker and an hone 4 and charitable man. In ha
death, the community has suffered loss, but his gait
is eternal.
He was a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows under whose ceremony he was band
on the 30th ultimo.
The following resolutions were passed unanimous
ly by the Lodge to which be belonged:
At a meeting of Bradford• Lodge. No. 167,1. 0•
O. F.; held at their Lodge room. June 3uth, it was
Resolved; That Whereas, it has pleased Divine
Providence. , in His inscrutable dispensation, to re•
move from our midst, our beloved :brother, Loreit
B. MATSARD ; while we bow in bumble submission
to the decree of Him " mho doetb all things well."
ire cannot but feel. and feeling, &press, our deep
sorrow at the loss of one, whose many estimable
qualities had well earned the endearing appellation
bf But 7nta.
Resolved. That in Lemuel S. Maynard, the con•
munity have lost a citizen, and we a brother, whose
upright and honorable course,throtigh life hadgain•
ed him the respect of every acquaintance, and . the
esteem of every associate.
Resolved. That we tender that sympathy and con
dolence to the relatives and friends.of the deceased
which, though . it cannot bind again the links l of that
chain forever broken. may serve to reader less poor
pant the bitterness of thek grief, by itoPar t il
to
them the assurance that it is shared by the criem'er9:
of diet brotherhood to whom he eras bound by the
sawed ties of Friendship. Love and Truth.. ,
Resolved, That these proceedings be signed by
the N. (L—that the Secretary transmit a Copy there
of to the relatives of the deceased, and that the same
be published in the village paws.
Resolved. That as a token Of respect for the de
ceased, the members of this ledge wear the usual
badge of mourning for the space'nf.thirty
N.
days.
JW. WILCOX , O.
11. L. Susw, Secey.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE,—The undersi2ned, hap
log been appointed an Auditor by the Orphan's
Court of Bradford county, to marshal' assets sod
distribute funds in the hands of the Administrator
of Muses M. Lewis, deed., will attend to the bum.
neas aforesaid at his office in Towanda borough. 01 . 1
Thursday. the 21st d sy of August, 101, at one?'
clock, P. M., when all persons interested are reols'
ed to present their claims, or be deUrfed.froin war
ing4n upon said fund. HENRY BOOTH S
July 16, 1651, .
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