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Uree Soli, Free Speech, Free! Men/
' • Prof;Nra ter- "re* T.rrtt.ry.
E O: GOODRICH, EDITOR.
Tawauda, Saturday, August 9, 1851.
Democratic State Nominations.
• roaoorsoxon,
WILLIAM BIGLER, or CLokorntio COUNTY
FON _CIINAL C0313138131011Z14,
SETA CLOVER, or CLAszos Courrt
1011.7VDORS OT TUC wrong% corns.
IEREMIIAH 8. 8LACK,....0r BoKsaaar Ccnrwrx,
TAMES •CAMABY:LL„ or Poi sr,
ZLLIS LEWIS. 'LA.TCASTiII.
JOHN H. OMSON or Cr3taaLkso Courrs.
WALTER H. LOWRIE,.'.oir Ar.trodtirr Courrr.
''Elation, 7tresarry, Odder 14, 1851. -
Terms. or The Reporter.
00 30 par annum—if paid within the. year 30 penis wii!
be deducted—for cash paid netunlty itt advance $1 00 will be
deducted. Novara. sent over two years, ouiess paid for.
ADVXILTIONICITS. per %wine of tea hfaeaeal cents fin the
nrsi. and 25 cents fidrencli subsequent insertion.
Jr Office to the Union Bhwk." north side of the Peddle
Nom. nest door to the Bradford lintel, Dun:ince *amen
VesemMams' and Elwell's law offices.
Deniftratio County Convention.
THE Democratic Standing
Committeeo for Bradfold County,
Ale * hereby call a Convention to be
comrosed fa two Delegates from.each election dis
trict in said County. to bet holden at Towanda, on
Tuesday 'eiening, September 2d, 1851, for the pur
pose of placing in nomination candidatei to be sup--
ported by the Democratic party of the county, at the
approaching election, and have appointed the fol.
lowing Committees of Vigilance fur the several dis
tricts of said county.
Albany-Benj. Willcox, Peter Sterimere;
Armenia -- Jefferson Minden, Isaac Williams;
Asylum-. 4. J. Stone. John M. Horton;
Athens tp.r-Ahm..l. Miller; Daniel MeDuffee ;
bo.--Moses sawyer, A. P. Stephens;
Harlington-C. F.'Nichols, Benj. Ross;
Canton-Frederick Hall, Justin I3,othwell;
Colombia:--1). V. Barnes, Chas.:Ballard ; -
DurelP-Robert Ha, Isaac Ennis; •
Franklin"-Nathan L Dodge. Charles- W. Stevens ;
Granville---Harrison Ross.'E. A. Bailey;
Herrick-Francis Angle, Pembroke Squires;
Leroyr-Lifavette Wooster, Wm. E. Wilcox ;
LitctilleltP-Gyros Merrills. Benj. Parks;
Monroe-r Elisha Phinney, Freeman Sweet;
OrWell-H. Z. Frisby, Carlos Chttbbuck;
Pike-Geo. Graves, Edward Crandal;
Ridgbery-William Gunsaules, Benj. Herman;
Rome-Simeon Rockwell, Hugh Hicks.;
Shesheqoin-X. W. Bulbs, Clinton Gore;
Smithfield-S. R. Crane, George S. Peek;
Springfield-H. S. Grover, H. W. Root t.
South Creek,--Jobn Reed jr. Henry Thompson;
Standing Stone-7 hi:etns Havens, Simon Stevens ;
Towanda bo.-A. J. Trout, R. C. Smalley;
:p.--H. C. Fox. James W. Decker ;
Troy bo.-F. S. Elliott, F. 9. °twine ; -
" tpe-John Porter, Amos Pierce;
ritsearora -Harris Ackley. Hiram ShumwaY -
'rlster-M. S. Warner, A. B. Smith;
Varren-Miranda Chaffee, Daniet,Folkk
'.yells-Jehial Ayres, John Brownell;
indham -John S. Anthony, Elijah Shoe Maker 2d ;
Wyalusing-Joseph Vananken, Benj. Ackley jr ;
Ryan-Canis Prink, J. M. Reed-;
Wilmot-J. L. Jones; Ichabod Corson;
The Committees will call meetings on Saturday,
August 30th, between •the hours of 4 and 7, P. M. for
the election of Delegates.
We would enjoin upon the Committees the respon
sibility which rests upon them, and the necessity of
diecharginutheir duty faithfully and fully. The
primary meeting should be called on the day imb
ed, at the usual, place for holding said meetings-or
at some place most convenient to the democrats of
district. -Great care should be taken that every
democrat has notice or the Delegate meeting, that
all may have a chance of attending:
The Standing Committee have remarked that the
Conventions to elect delegates to the State conven-
tion which have been held for theltilit two or three
years at February Court, have been of but little in
terest to the Democrats of the County, and havd
been but thinly attended. In view of this, and of
the fact ,that the next State; Convention is called on
the 4th of March, they have deemed it best to sug.
gest to the Democrat..r• of the, County. tbepropriety
of`electing Delegates to the Stale Convent ionat - the
COunty Convention which they have now called;
and they hereby authorise and empower the Con
vention to elect said Delegates to the State Conven
tion, if the Convention shall judge said accuse prop
er and seasonable. .
The Democrameif the County are requested to
take the matter into consideration, so their Delegates
may be able to represent the wishes and feelings of
the great hody of the party.
J A MEE; H. WEBB.
H. L WRENCE SCOTT,
N. EDMINSTER,
P. E. MAYNARD.
W. ILNANDYKE,
J. R. BLACK.
JOS. MEN ARK
E. C. OLIVER.
August ft. 051. Slandisig Committee.
Committees Of Vigiisises.
-In this paper will be found the call for the usual
September County Convention and the list of dn-
Mitteei of Vigilance - appointed by the Democratic
Standing Committee. The importance of the ap.
preaching itlection should make the Committees
more than usually careful in discharging their dn.
ties. They should post np in conspicuous places
notices of the tinvirand place of meeting, and should
personally urge upon Demoerats.the importance of
attending the primary meetings. They should also
attend the meeting themselves, see it properly or
ganieed, and that it is tidily conducted. No little re•
spotbibility rests upon them, and we tuustthtsy will
faithfully discharge it.
The County Conventions which have 'usually
Ateen called in the spring, hive been_sbutdeniante
upon the patty, and strenuous exertions have tailed
evet to have them folly attended. Being simply
belied td 'elect Delegates:to the State Convention,
they have been oflittle interest to the great mass of
.the rlarty; ,Consequently they aretnneh more lia
ble to improper influences, than' when: the atten
tion of the petty is aroused, and the Contentions
nrelull: 'ld view of this fact, and that the next
SUMO Convention 'exalted some mouths 4044 than
niniel;the Standing Cortimittee belie recommend.
ea'and ittitteediettthis CouventiOn te • sleet Deter
gates tho l e : eke State Convention, • Soaks noose
- will, dire Fayeno'donbt meet, the itiipnebatititvot the
Deane ley of die - County. '` a millet' for their,
conahrerafirer; and Inutile 'aCtion of the , delegates .
th:CourityConvention,
asteroidal:4M was. tabbed 470100 on
• Stinilay evenitittAns 20th,inst.i in' , the Viiibitweett
Syncluitanil - •
Jahn Lk Whitlock, el Raft*, N. 4 :has fel
Axed $2,200. above expenses, this; imply"
foini 2 ettraterry •;‘•••••••:-.$ 14 saes,
ire
Col.M.a.,lltctaa, the Deatantatie candidate jet'
Govetnoii`hafing - trtade 'ointment, to tici
, this.pleney the Detaacnnie CtituttyCommlttealtale.
,called a - meeting on Satimliti nezr 16ttt : - infit.f al
2 1 o'clork P. M 4 unletalihetvriseannotinOLl ialha
land•aille. •
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• We• tram the Dentotoms of firloWorit will lent 001 )
and give the, elegttotti and BIOLKR ne en
rceepticii%; 6 expectett
from otheriettdernett. -
Col. B. will probably remain at this place mil
Tuesday morning, on which day be has an appoint
meat at Montrose.
.;
- l'hir.Prosß,eet,.ta Permsylvaula.
The prospect for the seeress of- the ‘ democratic
party in Pertqaylvania, s4s the no ne, was never
more encouraging than at present. From every
pan of die State we hear the same report, that `the
democracy are awake to the importance of the
contest and the — necessity of exertion, did Ampered
to give their best efforts for the election of all can
didates. For Digler and Clover the only question
appears to be as to the number of their majority--
There are but few, even of the whip, who serious
ly calculate on -she election of Johuton and Strithin.
The diameter of the termer' has at-last' developed
itself, and he stands before his worshippers much
in the position ol the . unveiled prophet. The dela
sion which led them to imagine that there was a
statesman before them, has vanished, and they be
hold, what party prejudice atone preiented them
frsm beholdimt, a political demagogue. The course
pursued by Grey. Johnston and hiS friends to render
his &eetion secure, by taking both sides of the ex
citing questions of the day and thus endeavoling to
secure the votes ol both parties, has signally failed,
and is about to- be signally rebuked.
Of the manner in which this trickery has been
received out of 'Pennsylvania, without distinc
tion of party, we published abundant evidence in
our last paper; that it is received in the same =sn
eer by the honest, intelligent portion of the party
at home, it ss only necessary to mingle and con
verse with the masses of the people to ascertain.
This state of facts' must necessarily dispirit the
Whig party and weaken their exertions; they can
not zealously labor to promote the election of a
man 'whose success wouhl be hailed as a triumph
by the enemies of equal rights; they wilt not exert
themselves for the overthrow oldie measures they
approve, the principles they advocate. On the other
hand, the democracy, conscious at once of the cor
rectness of their principles, the importance of their
measures, the identity,of their candidates with those
'meanness and principles, and ol their principles and
measures with the general . good of the whole coun
try, an imated.not merely by the prospect of soceeis,
but by the magnitude of the 'interest involved in
that success, and the necessity of redeeming the
State from Mug misrule and m isrepresentation, find
themselves stronger as the contest thickens, and
animated by one spirit, move on as.one man to a
common and glorious victory.
My is I)mm—A Depot for !beanie of Music
and Musical instruments, has been established at
Chamberlain's Jewerly Store in this place, by Mr.
G. H. WALTEM We have examined his assort
ment, which is very extensive, and should judge
that the musical public would find it adapted to
their wants.
Mr. W. also proposes giving lessons in-the Ger.
man language, and fins testimonials of the highest
respectibllity as to his qualifications to teach it. e
0-4). We seldom have reason to agree with the
Pennsylvanian, but the following paragraph is so
near right that we copy and enilorse it:—
Tea Osn Gsws.—We notice that the Whigs in St.
Louis are very anxious to get Democrats to make no
nominations for Judges. in the Cumberland, Perry,
and Juniata district in this State, the Whigs are at
the same thine. in order to defeat Mr. a 11111431, who
will be the Democratic candidate, Ind keep in Judge
Wares. the Whig incumbent. The Democrat who
is caught by such chatT, is to be pitied. i Make . your
nominations, D .mocrats, and adhere to them at all
hazards. That is the safe and the fair road to hon.
usable soemsoss— •
GREAT HAUL. RP COUSTERTEITERS..-412,000. SPE.
WWI MONET Foutto.—A considerable excitement
has been manifested at Elmira. N. Y., fora day or
two, owing to the carom otfive or six notorious
counterfeiters, and 'the securing of 12 0r514,000 of
their money. The circumstances of theirarrest are
these :
"fast Saturday four pieces of baggage came
checked to this place from Geneva, 'and without
any person accompanying ioclaim them. On Sun
day the baggage master concluded he would ascer
tain their contents. With officer Comstock's "sails
twice he opened the pieces: and there found dies )
paper, ink, rollers, Sto., and counterfeit tdoney to'
the amount of about SB.OOO on tke Globe Bank of
Boston, and 53,000 on the Mechanics Bank of Al
bany, and the balance on Pennsylvania Banks. He
likewise ascertained by lette)•s and papers the indi
viduals' names and vesidences, and on Monday
officer Comstock started for Geneva for George W.
Sickler, the chief of the gang, and two brothers.—
They. were-arrested, wilt► two others named Weis
ner and Court."
John Bran and %V. H. Geary were arrested at
Cleteland,Oldo, on Monday, on a dm* of pas.
sing eounterfeit,money.' A large amount of spuri
ous notes of the Thames Bank, of Connecticut, was
found its their possession.
, Tres MEITIMITIC.-::•00i readers will recollect that
we mentioned,Awo weeks ago, that a supposed
Metorite had been found if‘"Spnne,wille p this County.
Since then we have wished the Stone, and found it
to be Unlike any Stenger nicks common to this see: ,
thin. In akiraranee it is midi, like *bard , white
sand stone where broken, though near the entail's - 1
it has a red cast, as thoush bnmel. ft-weighs near '
four hundred : pounds. Those who found it, u l
those also visited it before it was removed, all agree
that it fell beim some - quarter'; breaking through
the trees in, its decent, (it was found in the *slogs)
and burying fragments of the branches deeply un
der.* These facui can boacounted for in no ether
manner; thati'its Ml. • From the fact .that the cur.
fate of the ground 'under it was still fresh, it could
not have Jail where it 'was bond ragreat while
It has aitrerted iiolittle interest stiltedly, and many
persons_viskit4syly. •AL scientificgentlernan from.
New York visited ft fait week;giiing it a thorough
, 'esainination,ead,rara underitand; was fully amis.
fled Mat it vase minim' - Metotiti: Many Such'
into:lces been known, in : this and oths r.conn
tt).o, and.. always attract - thra attention ot, imed
andlenrions. It is now in ;he possession of Mi.
Gee; W.'Lliwis of 'DiMook,: where it can be
by. ail --Montrose Democrat.
Ho' - .oiiiir..,l4ouseing
Whig mopers.who are..ctsiMing., : ricb; : unbondeif
hoperilorOire. Johnston, for Witiiniktiriiii - relief*
.the ditiffiringaraf
4firtfaVe where he has dime - they
show adopted by
the . LOgistaimein raise !even ue cail (*pint,
we:right financial Measure intraluOfiting the. Coral,
throw down gnatitlet;
let them take it bp, and we promise , far .every one
4 41111 eakittvilmnt, twa better ones for Col. Bigler.
BM
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Bank of blitldletowni . kliddtelown• P4,---14
lies issue,..letter- - 4..Theseare exceeditity well eittr
cited; ant oslon:ated - to deceive everyone tial per,:
'reedy faMilitti with. dre genuine, or stall careless .
iti;takingiiotee. - The engraving •is so cl ose air sun
.nationolthemiginalithat it - scarcely !Imasible. to
point mile detect scipromident as to suffice le de
test the counterfeit with certainty. The ImPreseion
of the bad note,, - Particalarly the , title of the Bank and -
Re-Issue, is lighter thee the . geriaine.:-..-The•frad of
the female in the Vignette te rather imperfect about
the eyetrobut the difference cannot be discribed
as to beef any tie. Around the trip rind - the bot
tom of the nottrare numerous Five's," between
each is a small while space, in which are tour black
foreiting in the genuine 'an; °Wring- kiere;
whilst in the connterleit these lines makes perfect
aquare. , ...The letters forming the word Five in the
body of the note - Seemed to incline Upwards, so
that the u F" has theappearance oT being smaller
than the E." -As the :counterfeits are
done it wit be advisable for all persons so, refuse
all s's reliet reissue of this Nutt, tailless they are
perfectly satipfied of their genuineness, or know the
parties by whom 'offered.
Bank of OrCego,N: Y viptette, a portrait
with a female each side.
• Bank of Druisville, Danville, K.. 0.-I's imita
lion olgennine, but miserably engraved, sig. fe
male with a "sword,. child, Ship, aneltor, &e • le.
•
male on lower right corner - • •
'I - Ittry . Keeies Bank, N altered (tom Vs.
wig. a .Saracert?s head under the.nanie of the Bank;
Indians, female, &c. on the tight end. .
ALTEIIO Norm—The Albany Argue has been
shun% a one dollar biU en the Bank of Newburgh,
altered to a ten by int.sting. It was neatly execu
ted. Look out for them.
JOHNSTON ON TOE PARDONING POWER —The 18-
ton Argus, in along and able editorial upon t is
subject, gives a few instrnees in which Governor
Johnston has exercised the pardoning power in that
i cocnty. It Johnston has not pardoned, which we
very mach question, as many convicts as some of
the Executives that have preceeded him, all must
admit that his subjects have been for offenees of the
very worst character. The editor says : -
How does Governor Johnson stand .nin'si this
question ? lie has pardoned out of the Pennentia.
ry more than half of the convicts sent-from this
county, expeptinrithose that have been sent within
the last six months. And among thole pardoned
are Sterner, who was convicted of rape upon a child
II years of age, and sentenced to 6 years and 6
months ; Craven for the killing of Zink, sentenced
to 4 years; Mills, /Or the shooting with intent lb
kid, and the wounding of Buss, sentenced to 2 years
and 6 months ; Smith, convicted of perjury in false
ly and maliciously charging the crime of adultery
upon one of the most respectable citizens, together
with several others who were convicted of larceny
and the like °knees. What motive can demand
such an exercise of Executive power l Can it be
possible that money has been employed. for these
purposes . , or is it!toseeure votes? Surely jostieedoes
not require this, bet bleeds under thi operation. In
our opinion, the only excuse that can be given, is,
that the Goveruor is so lender-hearted he cannot
beat that these poor fellows shouted bo compelled
to suffer out their time as keit by law. •1 Ms is
the constractien given by the Constitution ; the one
prevents acts passed by the Legislature from be
coming the law; the other prevents the execution
of the law by interposing a pardon. We-leave the
people to judge which is the worst ui the two.
IN Mt irVEsr—.-Al St. Louis, July 24111.
there wire 31 interments reported, of wide!' 4 were
of Cholera. The St. Louis Republican, of July 23th,
tuts the following items•iti regard to the cholera in
Missouri and Southern Illinois :
Some cases of cholera have oceurreit at Lodi's
iana, in this State - . Among them we observed that
of Helen K. *ire of Air. S. R. Raymond, of Hanni
bal, in the twentieth year of her age. Mr. Brad
ford, of St. Louis, was attacked, but is recovering
Quite a panic was created, but it soon passed over,
and it is hoped that the health of the place will not
be interrupted.
The Gen. Lane arrived rag night; She heft GU&
gow day before yesterday. There had been no
deaths from cholera since Sunday. The last case
was that of Mr. Pitts, editor of thit GLisgot t v Banner.
The cholera has broken out at Carthage, 111, one
of the most healthy places in the State. On the
16th, there wera four deaths; on the 16th, one ;
and on the 19th two more cases occurred. Among
the deaths were Mrs. Hamilton and daughters, Ame
r a Hamilton, Ada Hamilton ; a Mr. Frisby and
Miss Chapin, living at Hamilban's. A number of
the citizens had lel
Col. Thomas Whittle, of Quincy, .111, died .on
Friday last, of cholera, at Muscatine. He was 70
years of age, !enmity a resident of Alexandria, D.
C. and then of Baltimore. 'He was the brother of
Win. S. Whittle, Esq. civil engineer, now employ
ed an. the Central Military Tract.
Canes of cholera have again-ocatirred. SPrinit-.
field, 111. There were five deathi ant Friday: The
panics season is over with the people, and they take
the affliction very quietly.
();jr. A part of the root of the Machine Shop of
the. N. Y. and Erie Rail Road Company, which the
workmen were in the act of raising on the 25th, fell
and killed the principal mechanic, Isaac Harrison
of Buffalo On the same day a collisou occnrred
between , * gravel and freight train at Shin Hollow,
six miles east of Port Jarvis. smashing up the En.
gines and killing one man, and seri lusty injuring
nother., 'Also, on the same day - , the village of
lionestlale was visited by a violent mown, which
'blew down the dwelling house of a Mr. West, car.
ring a part of, it across the river, and a nother por
tion *as seen F.OO feet above the surface of tho
.ground, at a %stance of 2 miles from the locality of
the house. -Nobody killed; but glass was broken
alt about town, and crops levellato the ground..
The Ecuysc......The eclipse of the sun "came oil,"
according to the announcements ofrho astronomers,
on Montla4y, and smoked bits of window glass were
early in request among the euritms. About half.
past seven, those aho were provided orkh these
shelters to the eye, discovered a slight depression
on the north side of the
_sun, which gradually .
creased until it reached the \thickness of "an inch
or Iwo," as. we heard it-lesciibed. Then it *spud.
eally disappeartl, and by a little alter nine o'clock
Old Sol was shining with as clear a countenance as
ever. The general' impression was, that tt was
rather a poor perfornlanca and not worth the trouble
of smoking the glue imoesomy to look . et it flow.
ever, astronomers know how to set a right value
uPoll
Eccommv crumb Ihrsta's titannorrarrio..-41 ,
is truly farghable to beail the Fedrat papem prating
about -the econatby of 'titan's atimmistraticm.—
Why everrschool boy who read the papers during
that period remember di Gettylbuor railroad,
the Wier:aim° feeder, the HuntingdA breach , and ,
ThaltStevena's Missionary fund; they Will remetn.
bar, too, distiller. lahnsfan voted,to waste the pub.
Ho money on Stevens's Tapeworin and dee Wico
nisco feeder, and every body knbws that this adm in;
istratioa which tbe Whigs claim to - have been eo
very economical, was burled from. power bemuse
at its extravagance and reckless expenditure" or
publiti money for partisan purposes.
Brinoe Hookas —.The -head of the Catholic
Clooth in this county, and who came so near being
ri Cardinal. was honored with st a ple. dinner . td
the Astor House New York O nday.evening
the 21st inst Lenora were read roniDanill Web,
ster, Roger IL Taney, Winfield likkat; flectuir Cloy;
Lewis:Cass, and other distiognished men.
-The Salt Idanufacturem E of Byname,
_have iris;
pended,operstions for one mit% ) loc*the, purpose'
of reducing the Stock in market, and advancing the
Om.' The artionnt itupectediroin lit January to
13th July, this year is t,413,725 bushels, exceeding
by 27 1,0021. buibele t the same tigio4. taut yeat. •
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'The Democrats of . Bradford County are re,
on SATURDAY, the 16th day of August; 1851;
nominations of the Reading Convention: Accord
the Democratic nominee for Governor, will he pr
Feted from othefeloquent speakers.
August 8, 1851. -
The flanker Candidate.
Oar first paper, alter the nomination of Judge
Jessup by the Lancaster Convention, , indicated the
course weshould pursue in rek.retrie to that gen
tleman. We intended to dig deep, commence at
the foundation, and show his political and public
acts as we nurletstand them, influenced by no sin
ister or unkind personal motive. II we have not
done so thus far,it is because we lack ability ; and
in the future we have only to crave our reader's
generous indulgence, and ask that they will keep
in mind the subject from week to week, as we in
tend the articles to form a continual series, 'each
having more or less reference to the preceding
The last one we shall give to our readers the 21st
of October next, announcing the defeat of the Judge
by the largest niajority polled, conclailine - with a
general review , of the causes that produced it.
',four last issue we showed I from, the evidence
of the Judge himself, his connection with the "Sur.
pins stock 'Company," which was really the ground
work oldie wholesale fraud and plunder, that was
visited, open Otis generous and unsuspecting com
munity by the-failure. We say it was the ground
work bqause there vratrthe starting of the institu
tion, and there was where the Judge interposed,
raising a voice sovereign to the law, and by the
most . unheard of calculating and designing intrigues,
thwarted the purposes of the Vegislature in granting
the Act of Incorporation, trampled upon law and
honesty, outraged the confidence of a confiding pub
lic ;atril with the law of incorporation in one hand,-
the " Current Bank Note" Resolution, Towanda
money, and Stock Notes in the other, launched his
bark and staked his reputation as a Bank Financier.
We not only showed that he was connected with
that Stock Company at the outset, but that hakes"
a prominent member of it while it existed: and that
it was in his name---" Win. Jessup & Co.,"—when
its final and original lawless purpose was avant
plished,—when that which " was conceived in sin
was brought forth in iniquity . ,—by, the cancelktion
of those notes at the Bank, without one farthing
ever having been paid thereon ! Arid further too,
we showed that Wm. Jessup.was the man by whose
influence others were induced to sanction they
knew not what ; that he originated and consumma
ted by his artintnesss, activity, and - elmplence the
dark dyed plot, that first revealed itself to the gaze
of an unsuspecting people. when too' late to shun
the vortex that enguiphed their homes,' their prop
erty, their sustenance ; burying the product of days,
and weeks, and years of hard and anxious toil, in a
grave as relentless as that which holds the loath
some dead; anti then, with a coolness both provo
king and insulting calmly replies through his or
gan,
~T hen eons' not say that I thd it:,
Yes, we can and eilt say "that I did it," and so
'will a robbed community. We eharge home epee
Judge Jessup the authorship of this high-handed
outrageupon the property and rights and confi
dence of his fellow-citizens ; and when we make
the charge, ere say that his own testimony, before
the Committee of Investigaticur, is alone sufficient
to substantiate it; and all the efforts of hireling
presses, from this till the day ef deem. cannot weak
en its force, divert public attention • from the facts,
or create a morbid sympathyl be the, beggarly cry
of persecution. ~ Who does net recollect. the scenes
that were everyday presiintgil, in this goodly town
of Montrose, immediately subsequent to the failure
of the Bank ? Who that bad a heart to feel for the
misfortunes cif others, that did not feel it rung with
in him, when the tears, the entreaties, the supplies
tions, alike of widows and orphans, the fartherless
and friendless, the husband and mother, the poo
and the affluent, from whose grasp the last depen
dence was snatched by the merciless hand of this
Bank tweeter, which was breathed into existence
and nu-sed into manhood by the power and influ
ence of Judge Jessup --wis ask, who that saw all
.these thsre.earded, an d the tuthor of the calamity
indifferently rolling in dignity, that' did not feel in
his very soul even more vengeance than language
can express or emotion betray ? W 6 are accused
of being influenced by "petty malice" in this mat
ter Bfore Heaven we plead not guilty to the
charge. ,_We have no mainly to gratify save the
malice that rankles in the breast of essay man,
when to a genteel plundering of his pocket, is ad
ded a wholesale robbery of whole ,confmunities ;
and still to that, a cool, provoking insolence that
says, shut close your Mouth, silence your clamors,
resent not the blow though it draw -your heart's
blood, tor the hand that smote thee draws close over
it the cloak of Privilege. I We know no distinclione
of this kind; wealth and honor create none—the
- mode of doing thelawlesis deed, whether by the
dies of the hapless cciuhterfeiter,..er the violated
charter of the bank financier, creates none ' • neither
is the one entitled to Mere of sympathy from us
than the other. Ilut in these days of progressive
distinction, the poor man who - Works "on his own
hook," who seeks not to shield himaelefiern justice
by the Legislative grant , construed to suit a mis
i.
chievoue fancy, aid wh , from his obscure . opera.
tions - socceeds in Wee d ing Community . of ,-a few
haii.treds instead •of thousands is consigned to a
loathesome, jel,' while he, whotrades wholesale,
complains that hie clianueer is traduced and his
motives maligned, if his right to dose is even ques
tioned! .Judge. .4essiiii talk of persecution and
"contemptible assaults"i when the press in duty
1 and justice to the pelt dares to speak out in their
ikbehall,,deiend their n is and their cause against
his assented Ameipoteheel. If this be persecution
let the days of persecution in all their hidemas forms
be revived If he fee a the roil, let him go and ask
sympathy, as be even does, of those whose oonfi;
deuce he tuts betrayer, whose sustenance he half
deirqured,,whose nigh s he has wantonly disregard
ed, and team ait instnnlive lessee from , their reply.
What ears we for, the brand of " petty malitenirs,a
so coolly placed upon as! If to defend the right,
condemn the wrong, end' plead. the cause of an out
raged people makel suchaben will sire story in
the name. Wished rather have the consciousness
'el learleselY diseha ng our duty to,' *lief public in
i
• this respect, than th fulsome laudations of 'sort.
plantic dignity , spe aking smoottr a ditngs lin oar be
ball—and calling us pretty name`. Threats cannot
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intimidate, blandish
or blackguard silent
We observe that - false issue is attempted by the
Judge, hoping to rag* off4ublie attention. We
have nothing to do . b dig dead,
.neither have we
east any aspersionswon iem. We have called
in question the awe 0 itutge Jekup, and of, no one
else. For those ac - . a islanswerable, not others,
{
especially dead me N" - Ir wilt it excuse him that
several Democrats ere 1, eak enough to be made
his tools in the bu ess.', All that can be urged
against them is tha tey ted, or five or six not of
thirty-siz, voted (oat e"[ urrent Bank Note" Res.
°lotion, 411ered by Om Judge. According to the
f
Reki,iler's;logic, tiler was no harm in that, as the
Editor, with theflbSi tame of his sagacious "Tyro"
whose "dad is on d r tha hay," makes out pay
ment in Bane notes o be specie payment; and the
Judge more learn Stilt, once attempted to convince
the multitude that ed
BOTATOES were moo Tos-
DEC T Now, we sayithat they did !wrong, that they
were found in vEmpoor `company, and, so far as
their acts merit il,'sre have not one word ofexense
to offer for them. [Community sees who they are
and they must tak the fire. flaillhey acted as did
Messrs. Fidler, H ritey, and Lyon; had they fol
lowed them insted'ot u Wm. Jessup Is: C 0.," how
mach more envie le would their position be now.
But we ask th reader to bear in mind that we
said distinctly, w eft before last, that the Resolution
to pay in current ank Votes, would probably have
o i l
produced no ve t ; bad ' conseqoencet had it been
carried out in g I faith.. Bat it was not: It was
the first step in ih career of fraud, and got through
by Judge Jessup tor the purpose of bringing about
the fraud, viz: to enablo him to bring t hat Towan
da money here f rthe payment, of the ten per cent
on the "Surplus Stack Company's" notes. That
was the real ob i tof Judge Jessup in passing the
Resolution, and
ed by the Judg , l
from some of the
whom he knew
with him in the
they were Whit•
secret of the "S.
ed. That Reso
summating the
by the fact. that
Resolution wer
and the teghno
rnissioners is,
was not paid in I
the Bank - atarte
have anything t
int was Judge Ji
tihg up that St.,
here, and otvni E
and silver, as if Judge Tyler, never knew that
such a Compa , existed, till it hdd accomplished
its law forbid& q purpose, and cancelled its notes
all the Bank. MI think yea that all this was done
thus covertly ill' no intention.? If Judge . Jessup
'wakactin,,a honaffy in the matter, when be offered
thar'Resolution,l iv did, he dot tell the Commis.
1 4
sioners that he shed them to pass it in order that
,
a Stock Compa t' , which had been farmed for the
purpose of bid g in' nearly all the Stock, could
bring Towand asoney here,Br.nominally pay oft the
ten per cent l- , Vhy did he not decline his purpose
with the Frank e that honest intention always in
spires' ? Why , las it not made known to individu
als interested i 'the Bank that 881,000 and' over of
the stock hade paid in and never was intended
to be?. We c rge home to Judge Jessup the au
.
f t4zt
thorshiP of the urplus Stock fraud. and we charge
further that ife it tended it for a fraud; for Wm. to
Post swears ex li citly, that, Tea SURPLUS STOCK
NOTES WERE N FIR INTENDED , NY :TOSE WHO GAVE
THEM TO BE RA 1/, BUT WELK GM* FOR THE OCR
POSE OF a NON I ALLY MAKING GP THE CAPITAL STOCK
OF THE BANIC . 4II , ORDER TO KEEP ITS ACCOUNTS' AND
STATEMENTS Ir ROPER ORDER AND FORM;'" and the
evidence of Oil Mulford is, that, " the'Stock Com
pany did not Ilase or pay the ten per cent paid on
the Surplus St •k" The truth in relation to the
Towanda montiy is this, it 'was - brought here and
kept over nigittl and returned to Towanda the next
day; not one, farthing of it ever being owned, by
the Stock ComPany, or paid in good faith to this
Bank. Wha t a transaction for an honest mar, to
lather! Antlihere it stands in the extract just qnot.
ed from Wm L Post's testimony ;--in all its naked
hideous and nexplainabte deformity. Dare Judge
Jessup deny t I It so, wq, charge it unon him and
boldly procla rti to the world that we ian prove it I
Yea, more, i stands proved, already sworn to by
himself and • ihers.! Oh! there wag corruption Were,
secret. nnha ded dishonesty there, reckless, unex
°usable, a law•forbidden knavery. and Judg'
Jessup Was a leading man in consummating it.
his a su ; cient answer to ihe argument of th:
Judge's org n, the 'Register, to admit even, tha
" eurrent B , Ms notes i' consituted a good paymen
n
of the perc rage, which we de not admit. Tha
would not eh) the Judge's cause, for that
was
was not me s. The Towanda money only
sham, was never pail in good faith, but was re•
turned to-the Bank the next day, and never use
allerw.irds in any way, as capital in this Bank.—
Indeed it places him in a worse position p :by dhow.
ing that he not only meant to prevent specie payment
bet, adding-fraud, to Intuit, heper'er intended even
that the Seeqttehanna Bank-shisold have The 'rotten
basis of its illustrious cetemporary, the Towanda
swindling shop! Not even those worthless rags
were pat in good faith. To the argument that cur •
i ,
rent Ban noon constituted a good specie:payment,
and that ct of Incorporation did not call ler *pais,
it is sufficient to ask, why then did the Judge m.
.troduce t et, Resolution. surely ite meet have been
lacking i " Wirdlom" not to have known that his
Resolutie rs, on, the 'argument, was wholly superflu.
ous and , npalled for , if we have made such an
egregion blunder, we have a precedent from the
man wb• aspires to Chief Justice Gibson's place. •
1 is, the Act of Incorporation anticipated
ymerti, and the Judge to consummate the
, esigns of the Sutplus Stock Company; to
Bane without capital regardless of the
in
community, set to work, coolly planned
fully executed an outrage unparalleled -,,for
eltold Itim iccountable at the bar of jest,
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The f
specie p
unholy
start the
terest o i
and ski I
whit& ‘j
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std to assemble in MASS MEETING, at Towanda,
t ' 2 o'clock, P. M.; for' the purpose .of responding to the
rig to appointment, • . •
ILAKI MEE,
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sent and address the meeting ; addresses may alio be e x
1 ! JAMES H. WEBB, Chairman
1 f .
liemoeralie Standing Committee.
I -
'thus seduce, affection swerve,
ind pou, that object was conceal
frotritho'se voting for it, as welt
Iwhiga as democrats. Only those
o befaithfid, and ready to embark
dark design, whether in politics
, l ar Democrats, were let into the
'r Ins Stock Company" being form
ation was intended to aid in con
pUrpose,as sufficiently appears
recut of those who voted for the
of ; members of the Company,
of Judge Tyler before the Com-
! he never 'beamed that the stock
! some three or four years after
busthess, and then-he refused to
to with it. So designing and art
up in the whole operation of get:.
Company, that persons living
-took which they had paid in gold
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public opinion. Those whether Wliigs or -Demo
-crate, who were unforttmate-enough' to be caught
like poor Tray we have no excuse to offer la—
We never went out of our way to sk* up Judge
Jessup till he had the brazen assurance to 'afk a
great and honorable reward him the -hands of his
lellow-citizens whom he has outraged in this matter,
neither shall we in:erlere with others till they are
foolish enough to place themselves in a similar po.
sition. Then, irrespective of party ties we shall
discharge our duty to community, con fidently rely
ing upon that community to sustain us.—klentrose
Democrat.
Another Great Fire at San Francisco.
NEW ORLEANS, August 2J.
The Alabama, at this port, brings two weeks la:
ter news from Calilumia. Another dreadful fire
visited San Francisco Orr die 22d of /tine, lying in
ashes the very heart etf"the city.
The loss is variously estimated at from two to five
m illions of dollars.
The fire' extended over ten squares, burning
through Montgomery, Dupont, Washington, Nler:
chant and other streets, which coniprise the busi
nes4 portions of the place.
Active preparations were being made to rebuild
the burnt district, and already several substantial
buildings are in process of erection.
The fire was the work of incendiaries, who hare
been attested by the Vigilant Committee.
There-have been a. number of additional' cares
of Lynch Law, and crime Mill prevails . to a fear.
ful exieni.
The agricultural prospects of the State continue
favorable. From the Mines the repot% are con.
flitting, but are generillly favorable.
The quartz cli ,, gings continue to yield well.
Indian disturbance are still of frequent occur
rence.
RENCONTRC BirWEEN GENERA LS FOOTE IND QVIt:
MAN.—We precive from the Memphis Eagle (gibe
21st instant, that a personal difficulty occurred be
twen thel candidates, for Governor in
rt
Generals Foote and Quitman, a& 18th instant,
during their discussion at Sledgeville, in Nada
County. It apears from the Eagle's ateennts that
both gentleman had agreed to refrain from all per.
sonabties in their discussion. General Foote, how.
ever, deemed it no infraction of this agreement to
allude to Gen. Quitman's connection with the lite -
Cuban expedition, and had done eo at several ap
pointments previous to one at Sledgeville, wabsat
pa vAing any interruption. At Sledgevil, hower.
er, when Gen. Foote spoke of the Cuban affair,
Gen. Quitman stopped him and said it was t , un
gentlemanly and disHohst" thus to violaterheir agree.
ment. Thereupon Gen; Foote balled him . " a liar"
Blows *ere instantly interchanged ; but their wi
al friends interposed and sepemted the combat
According to the Eagle, General Clititmart has
nitied his determination not to speak with Gest
Foote at any more of their joint-appointments.
HAVOC By GRASS HOPPERS. These spry hole
sects ate becoming very numerous in various pa
of Chester county, Pa. We learn that in the Gres .
Volley they have damaged the oatfieids by nipping
oft the heads. Myriads of grasektOppers ate found
in the Bradfonls, and in fact all over Chester coutUy.
The Doylestown Democrat says that they liars
destroyed the second crop of cloverseed, like they
did in 1738, when cloverseed went up in cons&
quence to 815 and MI per bushel.
The Washington (Pa.). Reporter, orWedneadl
says the grasshoppers have been s orking great r
chief in that neighborhood, and adds:
" In the northern and northeastern pans of
county they have not been ; very numerous
the central and — boutherni parts, and on thrr
Greene county as far as Viginia, they have
uncommonly injurious, They first attacks
grass, and did immense injury to the hay and
are fields. The usually green hills atourd W
ington, look at this moment, as desolate as t
winter. They next attacked the oats, and are I
eating up the corn. A great many farmers cult
oats before they were ready, in order to save 11
from the depredmors. The c( en catthot 89
On th s way, and must be lett to their mercy.
though the corn fields have sufiered lamen.
and the end is not yet."
THU CUBAN AFPUR AT WASHING7ON.-.4 di!
from Washington, to the Philadelphia lie
says that the Hon. Daniel Webster is especte,l
sometime this week It is understood that In
been sent for, probably in-connection with tlwl
ent nsp4t of affairs in Cpba. We think than
improbable story, flowerer, is all that the Et
five can do to prevent an intrastion of treaty
la , tons hai r already been undertaken. The I
writer says that an intelligent American gentlet
just from Cuba, has had an interview with
l'resident, and informed him of the real state'
matters there, which are represented as being
as serious as the most patriotic accounts report.
CIIOLNIZA iN TUE CANARIELEIIIdiSh pro
some particulars of the ravages of the Chola
Grand Canary, The British 'Consul writes at
date of June 25thi that, out of a population at
000 hot more than 4,000 remained die rest hat
fled in consternation. On the 10th, 11th and '
ewer 100 died drily. On the 16th the epider
gan to decline, tut Ihe deaths were still',lrom
50 daisy in the town, and the disease was ragi
the other towns and in the mutiny houses e
where. Over one thousand has already di
Grand Canary.
CON 513TENCY.—The Whigs seem determine ,
er to do anything to bung, discredit cin their cl
ter for consistency. At their recent State t
lion they nominated, as their candidate for
dent of the United States, one of the heroes
Mexican war) and at the same time "nominal
Canal Commissioner of this State, a man, al
Congress, voted optima furnishing the 5616
that army with neccsiaries to kedti them fon,
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