airettlfrivb. aqmter.
free SoII; Free Speech, Free Men
Preedo i rs for Fres Terra ory:
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR
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Towanda,
Ter t• • of The Reporter.
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est mtreZnext door to the Bradford llotel. Entrance be.ween
Mrsirs. Adams' and Elwell`s law otii,•rs.
Democratic Dromination
rola iniesii , ExT,
GEN. VRANKLIN PIERCE,
00 NSW RANPRILIDE.
• TOR TICE PRESIDLNT,
WILLIAM R. KING,
OT •LAR4MA.
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TOR CANAL COMMIRSIONER:.
WM. SE 4RIGHT, of Fayette CountY-
Apotoonric —We were prevemed by the indis
position of the Editor, from issuing a panel last
week ; and a contin.korice of the samecause is our
apology for the lack of editorial remarks, and the
want of our usual variety in the present number.
Rt•Oulon of the Party.
The nomination of Fraykly Pierce seems to have
effected a perfect re•nnign of the Democratic part)
in the great State of New York. The nominee of
the Convention was_ a particular favorite with The
New York poli'iMans, and all divisions of the party
there are well satisfied. %lie may therefore calcu
late with some degree of certainly on carrying that
State in November next
So also in Mississippi. Col. lefl. Davis and goy
Foot are addressing meetings in lavnr of Pierce and
King. Thus it will be seen that these gentlemen,
between whom a personal ard political animosity
existed not long since ; are now cordially engik ...
in the good arid glorious work of redeemi.T to
courq from Galphin whiggery.
Flee In Tunkttannock
A destructive fire occurred in the Borough of
Turiklzonock, Wyoming County on the 24th ult.—
About 12 o'clock on Thursday evening a fire was
discovered in a barn in the rear Of Almond Stark's,.
and spread with great rapidity on both Tiog,a and
Turnpike Streets. The Hotel at the corner of these
streets 'was somewhat injured. On Tinge street the
store of Samuel Stark, the grocery and dwelling of
A. Stark, the ilvvelling and law alive of W. M
att,a watch-maker shop and the North Branch Ca
nal Engineers office were all destroyed. A large
barn belonging to the Hotel, and some dwellings
belonging to:Henry Stark on Turnpike Street were
all burned. Many other Itil,lings were also saved
with difficulty. Messrs. A. Stark, and W. M. Pratt
are the heaviest sufferers: All the papers of any
imporiancer in the Engineers office were saved
The fire was undoubtedly the work of an incendia
ry
.71
RETIAING TILE LAW.9.—On the 4.h of May, last,
the LPgi-/ature of this Sure passed a resolution au
thorizing the Goverrineto appoint three Commissibn
ers, two of whom to be " learned in the • law," to
digest and 6117 plify the general tax laws of the State,
and to 'prepare drafts of generai laws, to be submit
ted to the next Legislature, oo the snt;lct ofselling
real estate by Guardians, Execu:ors, Adn inistrators
and others acting in an a.lministrative character;
on the creation of Corporations; the payment of
claims against the Commonwealth, and to divorces,
in order to lessen the necessity of special legisla
tion.
In pursuance of this resolu' ion, we • understand
the Governor has selected the Hon. Jas. M. Poe-
TER, of Northampton, J. ELLIS BOND of Cumber
land, and EDWARD A. PENNIMAN, of Philadelphia
county, as Commissioners These gentlemen have
all the talent and industry requisite to a faithful and
intelligent discharge of tlp important duty intrusted
to them.
COL. BENTON COT FOR PIERCE.--"ad Bullion"
, dressed a democratic meeting, at Manchester
Missouri, on the 19th ult., and itythe course of his
speech, Fpoke of the democratic nominee for the
Presidency. He said he knew Frank Pierce well ;
that he was_ one of the best men in the Union ; that
he preferred him, to any of the oiler candidates be
fore the National Convention; and that he should
have his most cordial support.
LEAVING A SINKING SHIP.—The Trent3rt True
.American says that there is a Pierce club in New.
ark composed of 250 original Whigs; anJ further
that " Hon. Wu. Waicnt, of Newark, formerly
Whig member of Congress, Whig candidate for
(Jovern9r, one of the Whig candidates for Senator
in 1851,' &c., and Ilon. JOSHUA Bows, heretofore a
distinguished and influential Whig of the First Dis
trict,—besides an innumerable quantity of less im
portant men, hove recently renounced Whiggery!"
Good Retort.
The Carlisle Volunteer, in alluding to a whig
editor who charged General Primer; with having
exhibited-cowardice in the Mexican battles, says :
lc The editor who makes this charge we happen
to know personally, and could, were we so dispos
ed, answer him in a manner he would not much
Our respect fur those to whom he is closely
allied, induces us to withhold this editor's name
from the public• His grand father was a Tor!, du.
sing the Wars of the Revolution, and was only saved
from an ignominoos death by peace being declared
at the time it was."
That isgoqd, and to the point ; and a similar re•
tort might be made to most of the Whig Editors
Inn! Stompers whose only evidence of bravery and
patriotism consists an reckless violations of truth,
and unfounded assaults and insinuations against one
whose life proves him to be a man devoted to the
honor and interests of his country, whether in the
legiblaiive halls or on the battle fields of Mexico. t
koala Napoleon occasionally drives out in an
open carriage without an escort,
THE CIRCE'S AND CARAVAN.—The ;real competi•
tion among-the wealth)+ showmen this season has
been thirmeans of amusements to the
public almost g rat u i :ously , and :of introducing for
the gratifidation al sight-seers . an amount of novelly
arid variety in their ear rtaiurnents unprecedented.
The " Brilliant FeStivall advertised In come MI at
Towanda on Friday (die MI.) is every where
spoken of in terms of the hh hest entogy 3 being
by far the best equipped and appointed of any 01
its contemporaries:, and possessine, the faigesi
amount of talent in the el l uesterian derailment, to
anther with G. C. Quick & Co's., valuable and rare
collection of wild beasts; besides a splendid melo
dramatic representation of the principal scenes of
Mitztppa, with all the paraphernalia of the be-I or.
am* ised c i (COS Cffinflfill V i Alterountig Mt Sands
anti his tatenteli chiliireo; . Maurice . and Jesse, Mr,
W. J Smith; Mr. Sam Lathrop the favorite clown,
Mr. B Huntington ; Mr W. Kineatte, Hiram Day,
Mr. Odell and the Antipialean perlormatice of a
man who walks in an inverted position across the
ceiling, are 3111011 g the most prominent features of
his exhibition.
The price to wiiness the entire ikilfm--cirens,
animals, Alazeppa, the antipodean promentiae, the
man who breaks rocks with his fist; and all the
re , t—is but 25 eetttio Tne exhibition w.II be open
afternoon and evening
THE WHIG 041.3ECTIONS TO PIEIICE —The pie
Ohqerver thus states the Objections made by 0:e
11'bigs to Frank Pierce. They obj2et—
]Et—Becaune he was born
2,l—Becanse he was bow in New Hampshire
3d—Beeanse ihe - Co9stittnion of Itit;iv Hamp
shire, which was frame) before he was barn ) con
tains a Religious tern" for office.
4111—recause he is the son of his lather, and not
of his uncle. •
And labtly, because he is oppo!•ed . to Gen. Scott
litoorN Tachsuttns.—Under thliead of the Dai
Iy Press of Poughkeepsie gives :the remarkable
story of the discovery, by two Railroad laborers,
sometime since, of many thousand donors in gold,
upon the li le of t he Hudson River Rail:arid. Says
the Press :
" From what we have gatheted, we may a<scit
that the two men were digging together, aside from
auy other of their vomprpons, late in the a ftern o o n
tivhen one of them struek an earthen jrr wiqf his
pick'; not thearning of what it con'aincil, he gave
another thrust nito the earth, when several pieces
ufgold revealed themselves: to his a=tonished
his companion also caught sight of them, when a
hearty-and rimmul bond of secrecy was exchanged
they immediately c..arged their position, after eon.
c ealth the coin, mid tit - shot:nutting their woi k
.uind
nightfall, wheel titer all v as still, they'-opined the
earth around and discovered three small earthen
j If* fitted with the precious metal. They removed
them to this village. The next day one of them re•
turned for his wife and wife el the other ;..and in a
few days they divided their spoil. With which they
lett lor the; Kest; aml are nor wealthy farmers.
From what we could gather, there is, no (look
that the treasures amounted :o from forty to fifty
thoosznd dollars, and it is likely than more remains
bitlilen in the very same place, for the men were
no oveljored with their success, after they had re•
moved their three jars, that they obliterated all tra
ces of their work, gathered up the coin vs Inch had
seanered from the broken j ir, put it in a sack and
earth carrying a whole one, and !eft the place .
DUST EXCLeMIID FROM - RAILROAD CARS —Every i
body tsho has travelled by Railroad knows how
great an annoyance is caused by the dust which
contaminates the atmosphere in the cars, ruining
not mily the elrelies but the Inngs ol travellers. The
Bar ford Times has a long ae.cle in, praise of a new
invention, which is intended or retied th e ev il
The Times says :—We are glad ti-. -- , able to stare,
from our own observation and aduai - ttial of the
new invcu ion, that the long sought fur method of
excluding dust from railroad cars has at last been
attained, and put into practical operairre with very
Complete Success. Thus remedy emp,i;s—firsi, Hi
a tow ei three large circular venni:oars placed in
the top of the car, at an equal distance apart, and
flaring open so as to each a great deal of air horn
the rapid motion •of the ca - . At the I e . ght of the
ventilators there is not much dust, as it does not
generally rise so r ld.:h in any considerable quantity,
,but what little enters them is caught and deposited
ih a reservoi, partly tilled.widi water arid ingenious
ly attached to the brtutom of the ventilator. The ai r
thus purified from dust and cinder, rushes into the
car Wrought the ventilator, in consequence of the
rapid motion This current above would, in ° R IM
ary cases, suffice to keep the cars free from dust,
by redwing a strong pressure outward, provided
the windows were kept closed, since this pressure
would always be sufficient to counteract and over
power the weaker currents and eddies of air which
tend to force the dust inward. But to make tbv ar
rangements still more effectual, the, windows of the
car have been alien], so that instead of opening
perpendicularly. they open sideways like a door.—
Each window cm.sists of two par's, shutting togeth
er at an obtuse angle, which projects a lew niches
Mitward from the CMS de of the car. O n e
part of each window is -d r and deflects the pas.
sift dust from rite car, 'e the other part is slight
ly opened inward, so alto permit a coostant current
of air received (tom the' ventilators, to pass out
- and repel the external duet. The connivance is
arranged throughout on is.genions, simple and phut•
osophical principles, and works exceedingly well
in practice.
Ir 7 IXPORTiTIT DECISION.—A mons the decisions
by the Supreme Coon of Pennsylvania sitting at
Harrisburg is the following: The declarations of
an insolvant husband cannot, under any circum
stances - be 'evidence for the.wife as to her owner
ship of property. When property is claimed by a
married woman, she must show by etllklence which
does not admit of a reasonable doubt, either that
she owned it at the time of marriage or acquired it
afterwards by gift, bequest or purchase. If the hus
band could create-title to personal property it. the
wife by merely saying it is hers no creditor would
be safe for a single moment. It is not easy to con
ceive how a higher premium for dishonesty could
be offered. The relation of husband and wife is so
intimate, and the indentity of their interests so ab
solute that even the oath of either is not and ought
not to be taken iu favor of the other. A multi fur
the naked declaration should be rejected.
Finnortrom Coact) —A son of Mr. lVaite, of
Cincinnati, as we learn from the Gar. was re
cently seized with hydrophobia, hit by judicious
treatment he has entirely recovered, though a =-
ping wound is intended td be kept up where the
lad was bitten, in order to prevent the possibility of
a return of the symptom.. The vesicles which
formed under the tongue rapidly disappeared under
the adminkration of Lachesis, a medicine prepay
ed fromdhe virus of the lance headed adder, which
was given as an antidote to the; poison, and the
spasms were prevented by the use of belladonna
and other remedies.
A ST/TL CONVENTION of the Union party of
Georgia bas been called to meet at itlilegeville on
the 15th of next month for the purpose of consider
ing the nominations whichhave Leen made for the
Presidency end Vice-Presidency by the Whig and
Democralic parties and of taking such action in re
gard to the Presidentiarelection as 3ball be deemed
proper
Z- The Wheat Harvest has commenced in the
Suukh, and according to our exchanges, under the
most favorable eizzumstancez.
I=MIM
From the Patehtirg Daily Union.
Gen. Scott—Gen. Jackson—GOT. CIIn-
ton.
In April, 1817, Gen. Jackson, the commander of
the Southern Division of the U. States Army, issu
ed an order concerning that,...Division. This miler
was spoken of by Gen.Seci - r in terms highly insult.
inr , to a br o ther racer; with whom he had been on
terms nftutirnacy Oldie language of Gee: Scorr,
Gen. JACK.ON was informed by an anonymous let
ter Item New York, and he made a respectful call
upon Gen. Sem for an Explanation. The reply of
Gen. Scovr i as appears from the annexed letter, was
insulting and opprobrious. This letter we have
never seen in print, but to it Gen. Jaceson replied
" -
as follows:
GEM. JACKSON TO GEN. SCOTT
Head Quarters, Division of Me South,
Dec. 3, 1817.
• Set :—1 have been absent Iron Ibis place a COO
siderable timee rendering theAast friendly office I
could. to a particular friend, whose eyes I closed on
he 20th tilt. Owing to this, your letter of the 9th
October was not received until the Lett Mat:
Upon the receipt ol the anonymous communica
tion made me hum New York, I hasten to lay it be
fore you ; that course was suggested to me by the
respect I felt for you ac a man and a bolcifer, and
that you allele have it in your power to answer how
far you have been guilty of SO base and inexetera
_tile conduct. ftulependent ol the services you have
se odered . ) : oar eieuery, the circumstances of your
wearing the bailee and Insignia of a soldier, led to '
the conclusion that I was addressing a gentleman.
With those feelings you were written to, and half an
, dent been for a element enter mined that sou could
have descended from the high atid &mitred char
acter of a Major General of the United Mates, and
used Wigwags. so opprAtions and insolent as you
have done, test assured 1 should have viewed you
as rattier too contemptible to have hail any converse
w ith y o u o n the subject. If you have Ined in the
world time lone in the entire rgnorance of the obit
gallons and dunes which honor imposes, you are
indeed past the time of heating ; arid surely he
must be ignorant of them, who seems so little to
understand their influence.
Pray, sir, does' your recollection serve, in what
-drool of philosophy.. you were taught; that to a let
ter inquiring into the nature of a supposed injury.
and cleared in lamer:tee deco.ous arid inieweption
abb?, an answer Shout I he elven, coirelied in porrip
nes iiisolence and brelyete expression ? I lord hop
di that what was chareed (you you by tiny anony
mous correspondent, was untourided ; I had hoped
so from the belief that General Scott was a soldier
and a gentleman ; bet miser I ace those gutemcnts
doubly eft/lewd b, iris omen words, it becomes a mat•
ter of inquiry how tar a man of hoitorable feeling
can recd cite them to himself, or longer set up a
claim to that character. Are yeu ignorant, sir, that
had my miler, at which your relined jed'Munit is so
exeemety touched, been made the suhjt of inqui
ry, you might from your standing, riot your charm;
ter, been eurtetiteted one of my judges ? How very
Improper, then, was it. thus serrated, end wi limit a
kierwleitge of any of the attendant circumstances,
for you to have prejudged the whole matter. This,
at diflereet limes, arid In the circle of your fi ietrds,
you couid do ; and yet had I been arraigned . . arid
you detailed as one of my judger, with Me
of an alsissin lurking tinder a fair ea - term u. you
wou ld, hare approached the holy sanctuary of jitis•
li c e caroled like this congenial with that high
sense of dignity which shbuld he seated in a sold
ier's boson; ? Is it due Irma] a brother officer to a.-
sail in the dark the reputation of another„tied stab
him in a, moment when he cannot expect it ?
melte insult an honoraitle man with questions such
as these, but shall cot expect that they will harrow
op one who must be dead to all those f eelings
which are chataderistics oh a gentleman.
' lit terms as polite as I was capable of noting, I
asked you if my itiforment had stated truly, if you
were the aiehor or the publication and remarks
chat ged against yon, Mid to what dodo ; a !pier.
eoce to your letter, witho;rt any comment ol mme,
will iirlorrn how far you have pursued a sander
c nese ; how little of the gentleman, and how mute;
of the Lee:mine beery you have niain e e e.e, 11
nothing else \ronlil. the epaulet:4 which erace your
shoulders, should have dictated a tidal too --COIIiEC,
and have ailincenstred you that. however small may
have been your respect for another, respect for 3 our•
sell should have taught you the neeessey of [ epee
tag. at least mildly, to the reentries 1 suggested ;
and more especially should you have du ne
whet) your OVV/I COOS!1 - 11C1/ONS muse here he e d yin)
as guilty of the nbommatee crime of detraction—of
sleedeling, and behind his back, a brasher officer
I But tees content with answering to what was propos
ed, your ocerunening venteehas ltd you to make an
dieting of your advice.
Believe ine. sir it is not my power to render
you my thanks; I think too highly of myself to sup
pose that I stand at all in need of youradmounions ;
and too lightly of you to appreciate them as useful.
For good advice I am always thankful ' but never
fait to spun it when know it to How from an in
ter to
e
co-npeient arid coulee ; 1110 breast where
ease and gutty passion.; dwell is not the plac e
lank for virtue, or arlythtng that leads to virtue.—
teelOtlft sir, are not those now emelt( in modern
schools, in fashionable life; they v
imbibed in ancient days, and hitherto have, entry - et
bear me to the coeclitsion that he who can wareole
ly outrage the feelings of another—who, without
cause, can extend injury where none is done, is
capable of any crime, however detestable in its na•
tut e, and will not tail to commit it, whenever it may
be imposed by necessity.
I shall not stoop to a justification of my order
be
fore you, or to notice the weakness and absurdities
of your tinsel rhe'oric ; it army be quite corwlesive
with yourself. and I have r o disposition to attempt
etillvmeinz you, that your ingenuity Is not as pro
laurel as you have imagined it. To my envernnient,
whenever it may please, I hold myself liable'io an
swer, and to produce the reasons which prompted
file 10 the c; urse ; anal to the thiertneddlitee
spies „„nail pimps attic relic department, who are ut
ale Leub of gentlemen" I held myself responsible
In any grieve:we they may labor tinder on my ac
coutre eel' ra limit yea have my permission to num•
ber yeursell. For what I have said I other no
ogy ; yo. have deserved it all. anti more, weie it
neeessary to Sal; MO e. I a ill barely remark in
C aiclu iotaat if 3 oup/ eoeregf aze - rif red at what
is bete said, any Commannalion hum you will meet
me sale!) , at this place.
1 have the honer to be.
Very respectfully,
Your most obedient servant.
AN DREW JACKSON.
Brevet Mrjor Gan. W. S.CJTT, U. S Army, New
York.
T.) this lever Gen Score, utter a delay of one
month, replied as (Aires :
GEN. scorr TJ GE' JACKSON.
Ile id Qoarters,l4 and 3d Military
Pt,;.:rlinc.di, New York, Jan 2, 1817.
Ern :—Tors le!!Pr of the 3d ultimo was handed
to me about the 22.1, and has not been read, I might
say thought of since. These clicuinstances writ
show you that it is my wish to reply to you " dis
passionately."
I regret that I cannot accept the clia!letiiie you
oftried me. Perhaps I may be restrained from
wishino to level a pistol al the breast 01 a fellow
being in private combat, by a sense of religion ; but
lest this motive should excite the ridicule 01 gentle.
men of liberal habits of thinking and I beg
leave to add, that I decline the 'moor of your invi-
Cation from patriotic scruples ! My ambition is
not that of Erostratus. I should think it would be
easy for you to console yourselt under this relusal,
by me application of a leis epithets, as coward, &0..
to the object of your resentment, and I here prom . -
ise to leave you umril• the next Weir, to persuade
yourself of their truth.
I have the honor In be,
Your obedient servant,
WIN Fl ELD SCUT.
To Gen. ANDREW JACKSON, Commanding the
Southern Division of the United States Army.
In this letter, Gen. Scorn alleges two reasons for
declining to accept Gen,Jscason's challenge, fins!,
" a sense of religion," and second, " patriotic scru
ples." We are not disposed.to obirct to these rea
sons for not fighting. „Let ns-see,.thouglt
_Gen.
Scow Was sincere:in professing tirhe influ'inced by
them, as matters of principle:
Mil
lu April, 1819, De %lbw CLINTON, of Now York,
a talenteil.and high-toned men, matlisfite„following,
publication'in the newspapers of the day in regard
to Gen. Scorn. It explains itself.
TO THE PUBLIC. '
1
Gen. Scan', of th e Army pf the 'Ur r iceil States,
hay Mg. in a letter. of the - 11 of January,.lll,l7, 'to Gen:
Jussori, insinuated that I had written, dictated or
instigated. an attonymuus,letter, to thejatter. gentle-
Man, for unworthy motives and improper purposes;
and having also concealed the imputatton t wi n me
until theltiiblication of a pamphlet which reac h e d
me on the 4th inst , I have considered it proper to
declare, tiny 1 have had 110 agency ur participation
in writing, dictating or inetigating arty anonymous
le ter Whatever in Gen licesoir,--and that I am en
tirely ignorant Of the authoi—and that the intimation
of Gen. Scorr is totally and unqualifiedly Piss to all
iittents.and purposes and in all respects This declara
tion is made from motives of respect for public
opinion, and riot for ally regard for Gen. SCOTT,
whose conduct on this occasion is such a total- de
parture horn honor and propriety. as to render him
. unteorthy of thi notize of a man :rho has amj respect
. p• himself.
It is ma probable that I can at this time have. any
recollection of having had the home of seeing Gen
Scott on the 9th of June; 1847, at a (linnet in New
Voik,:,or of the topic of couveisation as lie suggests;
circumstances so unimportant are not apt to he Ml
plessed upon the memory. But I feel a confident
persuasion that I did not make use of airy express.-
ions incompatible with the high respect which I en
tertain for Gen. JAcssox.
Ivirr CLINTON.
ALF.:NY, April G, 181`.)..
After this publication hail been before the'counlry
a considerable time, DE %VITT CLINTtni WaS elected
Governor of New York, and upon his inauguration
took a pubiic oath, of the most binding character,
against duelling—that he would not, hi fact, be con.
cenied, ditectly or indirectly, in any duel . As soon
as Gnv. CLINTON had taken upon himself this oath
of office, Gen Scar r eh:Wowed him to fi7lll a :due:
on acconnt of the above pubhcatiori, hilowiog its fie
did, that his challenge could not be accepted wiih
ontperiary or, the part of Gov. Cf.PSTOI.I In this in•
starice, it seems, "a sense at religior and " pa
triotic scruples" had little weight with Ten. :icorr
Under the circumstances, Gov. CLIIi r gave Gen.
Scorr the only reply he could. He infoitned him
that he would "hold his challenge unite? atlvitte•
mert, until he (SCOTT) should settle an unsilicsted
difficulty between himself and one .4 Jackson.
I often have been tali] id late,
nat Pennsylvania is the state,
Without whose free and full consent
No man has yet been President.
Then let her hills and rallies ring
WithJoud llu.tzas ! for Pisnci: and ICING
Right well their names - , the people please,
srll DFAIOCOATII N wan EES.
New Nam rhire sen•cle her patriot son
To lead the h0 . : , t5 bf free,loin on : ~
"The Galbrit Pi mete," right well we knots, ..•
Ile fought for u, in Mexico. .
•
Then let oar hills and eallies ring, &c.
And Alabama Fends her pride,
The Statesman true, the patriot tried, ..
The North and Synth unite to brin
The garant PiF.ut r. thet tlef all KING.
Then let our hills and vat:te. nag, &c
Pledged to the Union of the States
Now victory on our banner. waits;
North, south, East, WeNt. un:te to sing
Iluzza for PiEncr.! Ilta.za for King'
'I hen Irt our hills and vallirs nog, &c.
Then whigs bring, on y)tir Winfe:d Scott,
Right on we naive, we taller not, . '
Poi Pietter. and King, we',l pu: riQit through,
^ln spite of Fuss ninlYeattik.rs"
Then shall our moutA"S4nrechoes ring,
With cur glad shouts for Pin and KIND,
The vic ttiry won. lima br
Brave lle,noccatic nominees.
Passenger Travel over the Columbia
The contract made reert: v by the Canal Com
missioners with BisonAii-S.; k lot c,urr iti r ; the
passengers mei . the C:.iiirithia Railmad, has i4ireii
rise to much di- cu -sion and exiiiiement ;11, ea--
, ,
tern pail ot-tlic I, tie Oclte‘e, a sa-t
of rilisrekescilt.i:i it has t•,' ti ie—tt..,l to by p
Eyrnraqii , M2 ictill die interests of the Pero. i
vat:ia oarl rn pieiereitee to ,is tiir C vn
monwcalih. :Su tat as the Ca rib
are 111,11%i:1u . ..1'0y ctinceined, or as re4ind-the
sylvania Railro id, we care not a laillittc_t about the
issue—each party being alnindantly able arid will
ing to take rare of themselves, and to explain and
delend their own cosiduet. But the Canal Commis.
stoners are CCllsllled uh intereged quarters for what
we are compelled to regard as a highly meritorious
public act, and because the public was aril la deep
ly concerned in the act, we have defended it. 'l'o
destroy the effect of a justitica'loll t.i die Canal
Commissioners, anonymous sr itb n ole.s crowd the
Plitlitoelphia papers i‘ till replica (God save the
mark which abound it flippant assertions mis t y.
ported with either mod, leasiiii or common sense,
and which are riect.ssarily mere cotio , y,ti sus to the
a;!.. , ,re:4;l;tr as well as in tie inion . ost . 1
Mose me hate no reply to Make. Cut we rime pro
pose 10 place the is-tie in a tat; Able lean. We as
thetelore, ths4, that the I,Pir.is;amie made no
ap o o p ! iatioti by %%Lich the Cdt,al Comm i,moners
were enabled to tatty the prissio - 4eis over the
Cinumb - a ithoad ut itie cars and a tilt the itietl
- ( , i [hie C.)111111011WeaHl, and that because of
this neglect they %vete compelled to crnl,l3y ea:Le
t-RA.IV 10 Carry the pdt•iiecieets.
2 Messrs. BINGHAM & L)& and ihe Pcnrylva
nil Railroad company were the pi nicipal (pet h3ps
only) competitors In the c o n ta ct a li d the
proposed to enter into the cuoira,,t upon more favor
able terms than the let cr (Here we de,ne to ie.
mark that this is the most impoitant point in i , t-ne,
and iI our fielement is not collect, we demand that
the Pennsylvania IZailroLd company deny it authen
tically )
3. Before 'Messrs. BrrionA3r & Dom entered into
coreraet it was offere,l to (but not exequett by) the
Pennsylvania Railroad company upon the same
terms.
4th tinder the contract with Riessrs.l3tvatAm &
Docs, the pa-senders are carried elevca notes 1.1 r•
the( on the Stare works Man they would have been
by Ibe Perms} Ivania Railroad company, which
will make a thireienee in revenue in 1 . 4v0r of the
State of born 520 ; 000 in $30.000 aminally.
It these statements are true, then the Canal Com
missioners are entirely justified. If they are not
true, the Pennsylvania Railroad company can cor
rem us, and the public expect it _to do so. Here,
then, the issue is fairly and broadly made—we de
sire only that the truth be matte manifest, and. this
we demand of the parties whor are in possession of
the facts
Upon subjects of thi. kind nor columns are open
to all, for fair and candid discussion, and we invite
all to it.
JIM' PHILIPS, the fugitive slave who was recently
arrested in Harrisburg and taken back to old Vir
ginia, the Harrisburg Telegraph says, has been sold
near Richmond, for $505.
The Democratic Nominees 4
Ain.-Darly Jim
Railroad
From the N. Y. Herald 7u1y,12.
FOtil DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Close of We ; French Corps Legilatif—Messageof
Lotus Nalioleost;•:;-7!oelity days liter: front Au,,fira.
',mil in Englun4 r -leipar
!titni'Treiky in . .Contemplation relaiipe to Ise ; - c;?7
ft o ktry , --4 . 4..4) - c,!• - .• .
I The A met ican mail steamship Arctic, Capt. Luce.
airive.d
,at three, o'ctock yesterday afternoon,. „She
Id laiVerpOirl tit yeti - o'clock on WeilneCility
Mu, the 30 ult. She brings 0.. e hundred aud'twen
iyabree passengers.
The most interesting news is that from Australia,
and the qtfiet adjournment of the French Corps
tsegislitif • - ;•
4 The Asia; heiree etrivert at Liverpool at 4 o'cloglt
an Sunday moritingolie 27thoill
It was rep - oiled that an - atterript 'fitavmarle tora#.
sassinate the Emperor Di Australia, at Grosswarden,
titter Pesti); but the the'assassin mitise,d his aim, -
and immediately blew out his own brains.
in Gre6Ce theirs has been a religions revolt, (mail
ed by a fanatic priest, caused by the recent under..
standing with the Partnerch of Constantinople for
putting the Greek Church under_liii •cunitol. The
revolt was soon suppressed.
' Prince Mofitalerribert has addreseed`te fiery live;
ty remonstrance against the confiscation of- ibe Or.
leans property, which is exciting much attention.—
;But it is not.douhted that the President will proceed.
to carry out their fullest extent.
The Dutchess of Orleans, after protesting against
any cession of the 'rights of her son in favor of legit.
1 r
many, has retired to thetCanton of Argans. •
There is a rumor from Lisbon that the . British
minister has addressed very warm represelltatiarts
In the court of Spain in consequence of a threat by
a local commander Mat he would send his troops
across the Portuguese frontier, it the authorities Mil
[lot delver up some criminals who had fled hem
-tt•
just ice.
It appears certain that the British - goVernment
vr.II ritfidly enforce all the tlauies of the emancipa•
two act.
The government, through the chief Secretary, Mr.
Walpole, have inlotmeil wrnan that the re-
sent proclamation referred to all pracrces contrary
to tiro strict letter of the law. The Irish Roman
Catholics declare they wilt nut obey , the last,
and
the priests who conform to its reqii:rements have,
iu several instances, been insulted In the streets.
Acentrits frhm Paris announce that a rnine of
y tattoo had been found in the neightrarhnott of Va
lent:rime's:a. It is oils med. that the Ni it, (of F,_
mince was about to pc.,po,e a loan of :200 noo.nt.p_it
Cornmuilicinion‘;fl , lll Peiil I\:3lr, in 1110
Clllll the inundations ut that comely to have been
:mew destruttittre. The field., winch promised a
luxtntant halves!, present iiie appearance til a vest
tak k ; ; wheat, mace, mid pots ors %vete all destroy
ed had the hones were nod •r water, arid the in
mita ants have been compered to fly suddenly, and
seek elsewhere a shelter fur themselves and cat.
lie. ,
Thp JlathiJ piperg• shale that a np 4r . i ., ; (,, ) f or t h e
e.r betw een England
an I Spainl:.aLl been opened
Wf ! lawn tram [tilt iiie National Bank ha,
iciltitzed_Ju ihree per ennt il.e
ennniicitr enriirnelei II in I-.
(ht the IS;:o Lattl 11 it 11::. eh , reo Ras-Liao ships
of the lett!. rao mut Kt tlte. athl east imettor there.
N. Lq w, n I the exiles font Fraotte Hutt Ity:a..; in
Lo n d mi , have ftumett theitteelL es htto a eoL-4 , •.L IttrY
the h ot l y .e.!: of t•iurytt!,; t• ,y , !ematte Lca.tate,
!h t ;ar tl l t means ()fa tveelsk j ttt•tal,
desperwof to Fritlice. The 1 !Volta' tn Le m i med i
tae ditierew lawaulgo—Fterich.liermam and !
Etta,h. 'lt to to be uttoer the etliaLttal L - tattrot of
uj L•uts E te.!mt Cat.et., arid Postre Letot - x '
a I,eany I.,ve:py
exiles.
• ~%"A 1 4 ,Z,rent Fire In :'iotreal.
";.
k[., July 8 —.l , te nut city
at c ,, rl.;•A•fr ;
Coffoutf•ll4;rl. , .. ! v.; 11 r,yi "i"v.
•i. J. the ~ctrl t. ;Ito ti.en.en to
1:14 euriti..e.ja;t A!, ;;;;;;.e.ire itiwilotr4
t.tid‘..ll4l-4, t.ret; 1,1;•;' C
Tr; ;.11.43:4.41 - A.,it,i • .• ; !
murk'; an.l ca n.;1: , " ;•;,..;!
• Ikl treat
witiNsalizip.:in.4-11 4 0c,,,t•;; 1: 1 ,4 in 11.1%1..4
1; I; tev'r:t,l
lw.tr cks, tn, 11
- titeTiTsl,!a:Ct 01:tre we :1 a.;• 1 4-s. te•
ct.les ittlea, 300 oilier bitAtmgs
ONC , hn N 11. Jirly 10-1101 cot , ,lnclor on the
lain ;n ni M 11141 1500 houses were
des tot ed I.) ;I,e P•e of Ozat City
11 , sr.•N y 10—By teinliaph. we learn here
11,at 11,e li.e in M., Areal was subdued. af•er raging
v sot hou Ti Va..t . lllt has caused glean
dls:ress. • "CU,. lOSS is MilneliSe.
:\lt , NTitrAl., July 10 —1•;i tart of ihe oily known
Qichtn• an I St LAWIPTIce altn6st
ennreiv .i..-troNe I. Itio tire ti.ivo)L , ina,le nearly a
t•v - rep tor a tni!e and a halt in length, ant
I;ilee ~ 1 a trace biel!th tat,1,1114:..
,!e -n wet , . ,•;,r. ai ! three are
'!,r-e t )I , n:r 1,•!:
The , ! tray i!O water in r..servnir at the.time of
tin- Cat!. v inch Lcrol,iiin tor its disastrous progress
not licui4 noun checked.
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Al jSTRC.Ar. July 11.—The fire ori4inate in
%Payne.. bakery, in St Catherine street, Si. Law.
retire suburb:, on Thursday morning, and raged
with fearful rapididny the entire day, presenting a
Inn-rt frightful spectacle: The Bishop's Church and
Palace was burnt, hilt the Nunnery was saved. Not•
less than GOO houses, mo-tly occupied by the mid.
rile and lower classes, were destroyed. The total
loss is es'iniared at 51,700 000 On Friday night,
kr hilt the flame: rd this dreadful Canflagration were
spreading desolation dircia..di lire city, asecond fire
busks oar in foe rear of In' , "11,1)e: I louse," arid,
iiieleased the terror and alarm which
pervaded cla.e , i's tit :he inhabl'ains_ Al! the
hori-e: m De.iliousie So,narebli a p , ev to the (lames
including the II m. Mr. M.dlai's residence, lire mess
of the Itqal Ar.:liery. and the :11thlary Se-
Thence, the liatiws croi•seil A ill
tier!: s t reet. and laid in ruin , nearly th'e whole of
(Inebee schinhs. The loss by this second cantle
:Jailor) was very great, but ou cuhjectute has beet!
made as to the amount.
HENRY CLAV IS DEAD.
The Hon. Henry Clay died at Washington, on
Tuesday, the 29th of June at 17 minutes past 11
o'clock, A. M., in the 76th year I his age, having
been born on the 12th of April 1777. In announcing
this sail event, the Pennsvivanim truly and appro
priately remarks that •' his death has surprised no
one ; his countrymen have been looking for rt for
weeks past, and now that he rests from his labors,
the tale of his demise is -told with sadness to those
ho were prepared for the news. It is useless to
recount the numerous positions occupied by this
eminent man, during his lite-time ; every body
knave,- who Henry Clay was; there is Hot a man.
woman or child in this broad land, whose lips have
not uttered she name of Henry Clay. His history
t: his emintry's, and while a page is left on which
is r , •• 'i , '4sl the actiens of America's great one.;,
his na , :• there will be found. Like . 4ur own im
moruJ Jackson, lie was the man to make a' deep
impress on the times on which lie lit - ed. Ile differ
ed with us in politics , but no more of that—let his
faults he buried in the earth which-will soon cover
his remains, anti his virtues only be remembered.—
Clay hail warm friends and bitter foes ; his friends
clung to hint with a love passing strong, while his
foes struck him wherever an opportunity offered ;
few men were more loved or more hated. But lien
ry Clay is dead : those lips which gave utterance to
magic sounds, from which words flowed that en
tranced thousands by their eloquence, are now in
animate and cold ; those eyes that spardled and al
most spoke while the orator enchained listening
crowd'', are now dint in death." .
The New York Evening Post says :
" Of all the great political leaders_ in the United
States, belonging to his generation, he enjoyed with
the exception of General Jackson the high est dt.
gree of Rersppal popularity. His personal frtea6
vierinuaifterless and an attachment once formed
osfriedtalmost inesungotshable. W e
std
not onetime hele to assign the c4USCS of power
1 1, i n ow affections of his adherents, but we i r , tl , l
ire OccOon to &ay that one of the most puwerfal
;hem *is the Conviction they entertained of
-direintesegodneas.
No man could have borne the slights u f
party to which he belonged with more m agnum ;
rsorryterldedlwitls:ts - utore cheerful grace to th e
puce w hi c h on those occasions when success mr a
in their hands, bestowed on far inferio Ines t
hiffherst honors in the republic—honors to Whi c h.
hadjong looked with a natural ambition. h
dispositjon and habits, there was none of that e m ,
cenary spirit which at the present time, m ore
any other in the history-of the country, t a b u , 1 ,
character, ( 4' our public. men. and with which t 4
highest taent is sometimes seen disgrac e f u ll y itsi
ciated. -
He had that mental constitution of skied'
boldness and dexterity Which best fits men for e 4 4.
matfd, foe taking. the front rank in great poin ti f
movements—a temper which. with the uttnem In e d,
ness and courtesy, shows that it expects comphaet,
from inferior riaprEs , .
In all th'e great assures of the . party to ohi e f
he belonged, from the establishment of the prof,
ive system dowtp to the recent puempts of Calip h ,
to adjust a far ado difflcuttgnestirin, h e 7 ,
leader of Congreil ufhirti his party. Was in a mower'
He has fallen on the field of his tame, on the erj
where his political vick.ries have been Coined ; 4 4
his political defeats suffered.
" A great mind has passed away; an clop %
voice is silent ; there is one fewer of those to sep,, D.
we were wont to points the illustrious QM liNv
country."
As soon as the rumor of his death reachedc a .
Rtes.., both Hun es adjourned fur the dAy, at 4 tol
,
Wednesday. the proceedings usual in each, utocr4
occasions, were taken. In the Senateseverasp e ,,,.
es were made all bearing honorable tesnin;.c 7r
tne character and public services of the
:statesman. Gen Cass's remarks were tno „
quest and touching. We give the coaclatingp.
timis
'He has passed beyond the reach of Inman pr vst
or censure ; but the judgment of his cantem;so
roes his proceeded and pronounced the juies att
of his history. and his name and fame wid sh e d ty
ire upon his country, and will be pros by chetme
in the hearts of his countrymen, for to rtz litts
crone. les, they will be cherished and lteshl f 7t•
membered, when these rra trble colorants thatvzs
round us—S-often the witnesses of his triumpritz
in a ie - ief hours. when his mortal frame amps
lett of the immortal spirit, shall rest under t
dome t. r the last time. rt become the witnesses
his defeat in that final conte-t, where the mignt: ,
fall lief; ore the great destreyrr.—when these mar,
columns shall themselves have fallen, ltke utt
works of men. leactting, their brtdcen fragments
the sorry of former Magnificence. amid the very rt.
ins -whi th annonnee decay and des tlatior.
1 slit: "'len with him during; his last Illness a:
the world, ail , ' the things of the world, were last:
dint.; away to-tore him He knew that the .4-,
iiiinuNt loosened, and the golden bowl e l ,
loteakma - at the tountaiii but he was re•4ri.ei!to...
til lenCie that he a h :are
the rtght b , take away, in his own gn d :rs
manner- After h•s duty to his t.lreat or,ar s
et tot tot• I•,n ty. his fins care W 44 •r e
n I tl,e wish f the preserrautto an-f
alt,•tt of the Co nstuction and the Uto: , r,--• ?; •
honors boor of death as they ha I ever ur
tor rotor of his 1-re—of that Consiottle•n :':-
on, so hrt-c defence on the last and grease-t c: 3 , 5 •
ihe,r peril had coil -it f all his (-tie re.et a 1..: •
n'ated those memorable and powerful meta
when lie who so messed them can t:ever
orb!eli, ro doott:. hastened the final
%vitt: a fltlCErlty 13:1J
r ,„ l t}), al•elve , ,thdn to thl
ry ( 0 , atlccit
And w ' %le shall enter that ti
vt hi •It he ha: pa . —rd boto •- •• y'
Irad Cie • )udzint • nt seat ut G .f 1 •
' at through :ai) in hi, inn, t
1 , 1111:n1:I h I du ng C:ir,
but e.er living and triumphant—
T't% t? •
It--t c.r Orel,. 011111 y CI ••• .1
•I. ••,tot.te sent, t
7.-. , :r.ll 0 r..• •z:
I,0: me 1 0 th•• riorilh of the rtz't.e'ut
me I a , ,t end 1 - . e Lke
Si. 11.:1•G CA.‘l. 1 11.11 V 11:1 'ay
F. ri•i•kr4. r:•
a• tae Park, :Jew I)Jylebtown. vita. 0.,/
.0 her aunt.
Tar,SAans-rg.—The Wavhall c f
has given the barbers to tinders:ant iriar,i.rtrar.r
Sunday ',having wilt not be toirrair!..
are required to restrict their sal Srtl
to articles of neeesAty ; and keeper d •dra
byes are enjoined nut to hire hdrses :didcar
for trips of noi , .}. rieasure.
Fir - rrtv hnn,lrt•O. Lerman empznnt , ,
arrived and took up thtur at•—ie in c... 6.1
in the past two weeks. t•ertcanv, vie
‘t
I. ,uon br (..I”populateti unle“ C, 1"1.1 rr 'lO
RlChild to render the cuuntry
people.— Cin.
MARRIED.
In Terrytown, on the 30th ultimo, by Ror• C.
ington jr., Rev S. F. COLT, to Miss LT:al
Nem abucrucirmcnts
Express Office - Waverly
T;cOR the delivery and furward,nty,
ages, collections, Sc.. dai:y on Ile? N.l
R. R. by the Awe:ran Erproc Co. (;,•'
at 8 o'clock and 28 minute., A. NI. ti , -4
at I o'clock and 49 znlnute , , P. ‘I•
Office in the store of C. wAnron A
Waverly, July 17, Mt:
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anams & niAcranuat
AT TOR NEYS AT LAW
To 11•J:VDJ Bradford loosty.
AD MINIS 1)1 . 1 4. V.
k LL persons indebie 1J t'oe t• a 0
21 Ladd dec'd late of
by requested to make piyineuts , " oh" u ''''''''
those having claim. , aga net say ! n;..'
present them duly authentica:c
Jl)<Pli ME"'"
Albany township. July 17
Auditor's. 'Notice.
Orphan's Court I- rod (~ r d.
. e ,
Me estair of SA .11 L El, .V ~P 1 FILL
THE under.tgrted ,;14 t:tt" ,
d i str'bute the fon.l. 1-3;• :if. !
real estate of Samuel Nlcltittt ,, e t't
Bradfuttl County, decea , e,lll:l - 6 •
he will attend tq thc tlitzlt•s ttt •.tt' ii
his nifice in the ber•ttizh tit
on Monday the leth day 01
au the al . “ moor) of sad atm
place, all persons once n.r,l a,)
Athens, July 14, 11 1N •
Auditor's Notice
r ll
I , ' the mailer cfti eztate
VEX.' decd:
THE undersigned having bctr. •
Ophan's court of ::..
to make distribution of the
phew:, deceased, among ibe cre 1: , .‘r5.50" , "
by given that he w.ll attend at int.
the borough of Towanda on r.`.l: ir !AI, :nt.
of August next at the hoar or }' t , r,"
duties of such office, at attic} , I'm' an '
persons having claims aeain•t
(wired to present the same before
debarred from coming in for a , h3rr of
July 13, !@52. ii.IRVEY McALPI).i.
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