::
Story of the liro,-Empreeet.
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The telegraph announcement from Halifax_ofthe
sudilosemositige of the French Etimet,oi, is ettg
gestiye of•inoili entektaining gossip coimerniulthst
bride s: . Assam is won to wear the imitelittl,edigetu
a-d abate the imperial fortunes of Frence; theca,
riosity of she pubhc and -its free indulgence,may
welllte.pardotied, albeit them:is.," a-litly in the
- -,
case."
I. :oClhe announcement. itself . .The= particulars,
Appear-to hese tint-reached the public eye through
the illtaificlefontlettr,tr the - outgiiiisgs of which ire
to be takien printstfiteie as official;end exparte as
cogeol.' But as even official ' journals may some
times 01 in minute particulate, not important to the
main fitaets, thoigh still interesting to a curious
world where a futureempreSs--and that Empress.
the rudessor of the unlinttinate losistios ti t and
scarf lees ttningipy Mattis Littpx—te concerned,
it.sityte-not. out el the way foltriosi her *Owe
dentrorMietitiat inure itniMately, and possible more
comae ir . - ...""-i. .
The.a lifter says the bride is a Spinnish lady,
df buts itikl, ow the maternal elite, her graristfil
thew having been /Wish Cousul at Malays.. Her
lathekveltosiattea-Ity the I IM
11 . _,. 'UMW, to have
married' Miss'Fitapattick, was Cotint of Mostipo
and Chas cf Ttsaytts the fighrol his deceasedel
der brother. Her sister is Ditches. of Atter end'
the lady herself Countess of Tses. .
2. The.Conistercial of Saturday has a very differ
ent account, from ;Mew Tint gentleman, long a
ses idppr is i t ylpain , ..His story' involves a, connect
lion, afrOit ani incidental, wit.ff no less than three
peweilotStates, tosirhich; tint marriage being set:
tied, ickeirth is whesulded; to „ . it, G eat &nein,
theAstitedvStateit, Spain. and,. note' France. Her
greodfeffiet was Mr.. Kirkourick, a worthy North
Bettonsethe was' American Consul at Malaga,
by
afiliithwient'from Illy - Motown and her mot her,
Maria Kirkpatrick, who moat! Count Daces.
waif onel; ; dashitot lady, sporsabose gay spirits,
the lady inspestion appetite to have improved from
the Misuser of itosSpanish blood. 'Her father was'
a' Crilliin'solidier, and Within ol Psniivox, the hero
df Stutigaie.:' Heroin/Able is reported by the Com:
otertiarrinforrinint as.Coant Di USA: The name,
or, title othloutegO, he thinks conies fiom some ace
of - the title. Oldie Batik': family.
t 't Thelliii the Commeiial. , ire have irons
Rite aslddionid farandole, from a-gentleman of Eu
ropean fiats audedscation, who is not unlikely to
We reliable pounces 01 information. The title to
,sohiiiih Mte ledy's &then 'exceeded, by the death of
his brother, was that of Duke of Montego. That of
Conte - et Teba being in his own tight. The daugh.
ter, under'the Spanish - custom, selected het own
title, that-ol Teba.. She is said to be not only a very
teinarksbleryoung lady, but quite a slashing, eccen
hie, ond lieu rollicking one,. as well known at the
thilllfthbt 'and' to the matadors at Madrid, as in the
takes of Paris.. A dady of.,violent fancies and sud
den enactments too, and not easily " shakeu uff,"
Atteplitelphatit oljects of her taste, instead of a
otereitirtation find lhehtselves on the brink (+an
affair of the'heatr. Arieast one Very distinguished
noblemen, if gossip is to be relied on, has been so
city-44y presses: by the attention of the lady, as to
be compelled. proforma, to decline that soil of al
litilfee which' wctuld be most consistent with her
hence-aid 'WS own station, and less than which he
iwoulk:not, of- course, , propose. nor she accept.—
Many piquant and amusing anecdotes are told of
teF, ttolegs, cm in, the world ol fashion and fashioua
de stisitipation. lAA in 'Madrid and Paris. liethe
leiffieFinettimelie, aho"waited, some year or so ago,
lumen meter of the- French•Theatre, with the some
sehatrebropt,,ffictigh dashing and speightly, decla
ration that ehe lited hint, and would learn some
thiiig of hisi history and his travels and experience.
Into her carriage lie mast gel. Remonstrance would
.am - srails Alaimo her,carriage 113 did get, and
after a rislp.of four hours around the city, - "was safe
ly reliant ed at his cafe much to his own astonish
snetti and tier amusement On other occasions,
ihe Is represented to have called npon her favorite
gallants, or other noted acquiintances, to breakfast
with them. to dine, or ride out.
The lady has been three months or More in Par.
i . s , the ()firm of wander and gossip ot that gay me.
-froliffiiit"T, Si the everyday freedom with which she
slashes through*s fashionable thoroughtares, on the
•Piatesliseettils , of the F.lyeees or in the chariot ol the
i stasi• time POrt ri President and Imperial Majesty.
Nor his Naplifeeit's devotion to her charms been
ttlitiiiiteircir reteitkable. The favorite - of the
Court, and receiving so large_ a share of the Em
PeltlenPublic.,attentions.as to cause her name to
,nu re.freely convassed than even hew own love of
- fashionable notoVisify would covet s we are now told
tty the London Tunor that
-14 'After an
. intimacs with 'the Emperor of some
itiotithiiNfinin`figiieh the young Countess TEEM had
efunicied a consideirableamoont of public attention,
4isense,of whit: wigs due ,io her own reputation
: smarts todiave led Malady and her mother to an
nounce thail intended reruin to Madrid. It was
only is the eonison at the Emperor that she would
stionsent to teceivikliis hotnige. This blow had its
eflisct, - inddhe imperial Pamela obtained her re
yysiscl.,m, epics oisotnefilltSages which were thought
:tolndicate a diflerent conclusion, but which have
' Tell' no anfavOtable 'trace on the dame of the future
4 E. preset- , ;1 -X-'..'• -
4. Theithnotieldtrimance - of the - affair is not a
little curiou..---:Tlio,lComiturrrion account taken for
pretilesir theslituhlt!Or of -.• Palafox,, who is rem
, /muted ,to • have 'heed iso cut , tap by wounds in the
''enititinbit 'Wit, waif to` be unable to mount his
•tierse ritheisfairtimit when in the saddle looked
more as it he was hookedon than seated there ; and'
• the „pieco.::.ol the more ihustriopts Palafox, who
bravely jtelendeitthe fastness of Spain, and the
rtgliti oilatiiititlanate King, issair.st the invasion
of she Great Napoleon, now goes to Paris to share
- . the lmperialeorentrwhion has just been restored
I .,te the invader's family ,ip the person of his mph
if Is isid - thit 'the gt whirligig of time brings
about its revenges." ' Patisibly in this light we may
41.1rWsollhedithe events-of the past few months in
Pititiv Two of the most Mel temp in the caveat
40fxthikAr4 Napolaoti, was the
,potting away by di
vorce of the t mpreinlinerrnme, and dethroning
Coasts* IV, and his son Featuristffief Spain. By
thelkeqhis itetiorid heart's desire,
a lineal heir,
''hallluallbieriotriestined 10 etreeed to his throne,
or to cu•siterra respectablefigure in the world ol
g 9 ropeao polities which he', hid tarnei !tipsy-tor.
4 rey hafere - hisilnal root at Witedee. It was left
to theltindiron of the ill-treated. Josevutec, and
1-ston Of IfOrteneetßeisoharnais, to assume the purple,
i.ibinyvven year after his uncle had gone through
- :be mockery of abdicating in favor of his own and
' the son of an Arlatrian princess. By the second,
he pat a, barren sceptre in the hands of his brother
Sosephi - involved bianolf in • war with Spain and
- Fotgland„ which brought leis credit to his previous
ly. vieteneasly eagles than had Ayer followed their
bloody' invasions, and was fitunty compelled to
- r iirklidraw himself and his troops; and to see the
Spanish Crewe tree mei to the family which he so
groselrosongedl.at Bayeane All this he did or
',Whistle*
.. Last Beene of all in this strange event
' lot 000, We hive a Spanish-Countess, visiting Pa
tie, in parfait offashionable adventure; and there
earamiegtre admiration of the nephew, but after a
seige, not so long as that of Saragossa, but defend
ed with the heroism of a Palafox, refusing to cap
itol'', to his Cola' love, lave on honorable terms.
• •'..-4.l'.'llites. -e
• Mantis Diaest.—The Concern! IN, ) Demo
snit Sells that a eow belonging to Air,' Mond) , Gil
finglinsprof Newbury N. 11., in eating some gar•
des vegetable* acciden ally swallowed , a very
sharp Ittetaher knife, about eleven inches in length,
bindle; with a blade - more than an
inch and a quarter wide. On the 10th of January
• 411011tallillfrestin her.rnde,just back of the shoot.
der : blade:A geiantity.of tom . , bay and other food
was Irons the opening. On the 17th oh.
' Mr.fliltingbam perceived the point of the knife
protruding horn the opening, and, with the aid of a
pair of pincers, drew out of the handle through
Ittecete ntesunininred., The second morning ef
_ teppvila4se *die wakfounil in the crib also un
jniureNbisitqpgeft the. course o'
ills night:
innallettisii Aiiieitts:7 , ' :.
On Monday laic 'JIMA 8.. CuAnwicit, and the
Wit[ of C-S_AVtitsLowitintie to this villagep-tthe ,
tai thellertiose of +resenting CtiL . :-Forster
Cpr horses that.. area hi. - 1:041415/dOlf, chained
thitliciek, and the latter .to secure some cOutiterlett
iinpletnents left bete by . her husband. - -Citativricir
Was arrested tar dots, -amounting to item UTT; ; .
which he paid and was released. Saspicions were
-excited against the twfi, iii.canee of tome-height - in
their-Possession, and Mr. Root was sent to the De•
pot by theSherdf to arrest them and. secure their
plunder.. A kea'which h A procated in this
tillage was- tumid in their prism-mon, containing-,
material and machines to make begus mono ) , am!
655 m coninetfeit bills. They were committed to
our jail. From information contained in a levet.
lound upon ChadwAk, the. whereat:anus of Win
'low, who was confined in this jail for stealing Col
Foster's horse, bin subsequently. btoke mit; wap
made know,,, and Legrand Ballow, J. IL Rogers,.
Seth Itl , 4vert, airs Mr. liathiette went in seaeh of
and were !hay enough to find him iu Pottee
Cu., Pt., on Loin: RUB.'
• In the house vy,here arrested, bogus coin anti ma-
Aerial for its inaturfac , ure ; • were tumid. Some of
the coin was brought here, but the dies, Ate., and a
istati-by the name of Verntilyea who lived in the
house, win was also at the same time -arrested,
were Iph at Wilishoro
Winslotv was brought here on Wednesday morn
ing, and is now lodged in ion; wft a fair Ind - veal
A remaining there wane watts for Anturn which
I
should be this week •
Chadwick isreported to be wealthy, and etigag
e4 extensiiely in business, but from what ha can
leant, is also extensively engaged in making and
fussing . countelfeit money. •
SUICIDE —A. Man by the name of John H. Bart
lett, committ e d suicide M die Brainard House in
this village, on Setu.day, morning lasi, by cutting
his throat with a razor. He was an agent fur a
whole sale Dry Goixtit establishment in New York.
It is supposed that he , was laboring under a tempo
rary aberration of mind when- he committed the
deed.
(gr Coroner Sharkey hjtd an inquest op Sub
day last upon the body of a Gern.an named Geo.
Sin iih, K Ito had been in the employ of %Avid Oudot
ling of this town. It appears that tie was watering
a span ul horses, when one of them became frac
tious and kicking him on the leg above the knee,
severituplie main artery, which caused death in- a
very few minutes A .verd ct in
.accordance with
the above facts was rendered by the Jiny.
Oz Coroner Shockey also held an inquest on
'Stuitlay over the remains of a boy that was found
upon the Railroad track near Big Flan, on Saturday
morning last. The betty was horribly Mutilated,
the heart was found nearly 20 rods from the body.
DIo ilifurmation could be elicited trou any witriets,
to identify who he was
- (gr James Moore, who was shot on the evening
r-f January 2d, %%Idle in the act of removing some
sacks of Fliiur which he had previously stolen froUt'
A rnot's Mill, died on Monday moruiug last—El
mire Gazette.
Further from Mexico.
We have received files of papers from city of
Mexico, some two or three days Wet than the in
telligence via Havana. They contain a detailed
account of the circumstances preceding and follow
ing the resignation of Presideat Arista. There is
no doubt that that functionary threw up his office
because he had become totally powerless. His
troops had been beaten at Guadnlajara; intestine
commotions weie lamenting in the capital ; the
city of Vera Cruz. was in the hands of the revolt'
tionary party, any, to crown the whole, Congress
was torn by factions, and unable or unwilling to
do anything fur the paten:ion of the country. Un•
der those gircom,tonees Arista seal in his resigna
tion to the Cilambers on the fith. Fruitless efforts
were made to induce him to change his purpose,
and at midnight he formally handed over his office
to Cerallos, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
and depatted Iroin the Federal City en route loi his
country seat at Anacanulpa, some sixty miles d m .
tent
The next day Congress re=assembled, and a let
ter from Arista was read, exposing in detail the
reasons which had prompted him to resigned the
Presidency. The city remained tranquil, though a
thousand alarming rumors of insubordination and
revolt were constantly circulated. The communi
cation from Gen. Arista was referred to the Com
mittee on Constitutioual Questions, which shortly
reported resolutions to the Oleo that the resigna
tion of Arista be received, and that the Chamber
of Deputise proceed to elect a Piesillent. The re
solutions was adopted, and on the first ballot Joan
B. Cevallous received 59 votes, Riva Palaco 14—
Almonte 4! Alvarez 3 a:ampo 2, Meurer% 1. Ce
vallos was therefore proclaimed President ad utter.
im, and was installed on the same day.
The Mexican ion/nab; admit that Gen Milton
was repulsed at Guadalajara with great lost of life
The besieged made two sallies from the city, fell
on Minon's troops, and forced them to retreat, cut
ting them up dreadfully, and killing, it is said over
three hundred men According to the Siglo, Min
on was subsequently attacker' by hemorrhage, and
rendered almost completely blind. He had gone,
at the last accounts, to Guanajauato to obtain medi
cal treatment.
From all that we can gather, Mexico seems to
be in a lepprable condition. Nearly every State
in the Republic is in open revolt, and it is eviceed•
ingly doubtful whether the new Provisional Gov
ernment will be enabled to appease the spirit of
insubordination.—N 0: Bee.
The People against the N. T. & Erie R. B. Co.
" Look out for the cars when the bell rings" is a
caution which all railroad companies in this State
are-required to display, in large letters over every
highway which their road crosses; and they are
not only-bound to du this, but they are further re
quired td sound the whistle, or ring the bell, to be
attached to the engine, for the distance of eighty
rods before drawing any such street pr public high
way. For every violation of this statute the law
inflicts a penalty or twenty I'dollars, and authorizes
any person to sue for and recover the same in the
name of the people; and as an inducement to vig
ilance, gives to the complainant one hall of the
penalties recovered.
Now it seems that one Fredrick Wolcott, of the
town of Coming, "looked out for the care when the
bell did not ring," and employed others at various
crossings to do the same, until he was able to prove
forty-five distinct violations of the statute by the
agents of die company, for which he brought a
suit in behalf of the people. The cause came on
at the circuit last week, and elicited much interest.
The complainant's • 'witnesses were well posted,
having kept day and date of said violations, and
presented an array of proof to the Court and Jury
which seems to have been entirely conclusive
The penalty for each violation of the statute being
twenty dollars, the Jury brought'in a verdict against
the Company of nine hundred - dollars. As one-half
0 1 this sum goes to the Complainant, he makes a
very handsome speculation, and probably considers
himself indemnified for some supposed or real in
jucy Which may have been done him by the com
pany.
Engineers and other employers of Rail Road
Companies are cot unfrequently criminally •negli•
gent; and although this suit doubtless had its origin
ing motives not intimately connected with public
welfare, it will, weirolit, Wive sidutliy influence
upon those having charge of railroads.—Steolen
Courier.
Aason.—On Wednesday last James. Peale was
arrested on a charge orienting fin:mt . - the house of
Guidon Hewitt, E-q , about a year ego, and cam
mined. to jail to await his trial, in default of bail
which Justice Ripley fixed at S 2 000. lt seethe
the' Pestle had said In different persons that he
fired the building, but whether Jestingly or-in ear
nest is a qomaion , abou which there is difference
of itpiuiou.-- Otrego Gtinnf.
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Wrabforo 21(epovtgv.
Free SoII Free Speect4 Free Men
Prestos" for Free Territory.,
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
TowandaiSathrday, yebruary 1Q,1853.
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Terms or Theo Iteporler.
SS 30 per annum—if paid within the year 30 cents will
le deducted—Tor cash paid actually itthAvance el 00 will be
redacted. No paper sent overiwo years, unless paid for.
A ovnirrisamincrs,.pirirquare of ten lines. 50 cents Or the
first and 25 cern, for each saliscquent insertibte.
, UIT Wien in the '• Union . Blocs .'.' north side of the Public
squereZnext door toThe nredfOrd Hotel. Entiatice bers'een
Steam. Adams•and Etwell's law offices.
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Chief lenglneer or the N. B. Canal.
WM. B. FOSTER, Esc', having resigned the charge
of the N B evension, said resignation taking effect
tin the 10th iv., the Canal Commissioners. have
appointed MATTHEW A. GAMBLE, Principal Engi
neer upon this line. Mr. G was connected with
the North' BranCh.prevlous to the suspension of the
work, and silica its resumption has hefd the post ol
Priniipal Assistant.
Publib confidence in the proper and judicious
rnauagergeot of Abe glirk wilt be in no degree less
ened, by the elevation of Mr. GAMBLE, possessing
as he does, a high reputation as a capable •and up
right officer, and the respect and esteem of those
connected with this improvement.
Fires.
The dwelling house and store of Major Rows
Wilcox; in Albany township, were consumed by
lire ors Monday morning last. The family, while
at brdaklast, were alarmed by a noise in- the. room
overhead, and on opening the chamber door the
loom was discovered to be in flames. The pro..
grew of the fire was rapid, but we are gratified to
learn that most of the hoosehold goods were re
moved, as also most of the goods in the store. There
•
was no. insurance. •
—Another fire occurred at Mercer's Mills, in
Bur Litton township, on Wednesday morning last,
destroying a large building owned by M. C. Mcii.
con, 1.19., of this p!ace, occupied as a dwelling and
store. The fire was first drecovered at about four
o'clock, in the.morning, in a room over the store
Most of the furniture in the house was saved with
the goods in the'etore. The budding was new and
costly, and though Mr. Mercer has an insurance of
$BOO, his loss must be considerable.
Netter front Narrisburg.
HAnuiz.sueo, Feb. 8, 1853
This morning was almost entirely occupied by
the Senate in discussing the merits of asupplement
to the Pennsylvania Coal Company, which authori•
zes them to'Construct a Railroad toconnect with the
New York and Erie Railroad either in New Yoik
or New Jersey. Their object is to avoid, and make
themselves independent of the Delaware and Hud-
son Canal Company, with which a serious difficul
ty exists. Mr Buckalew endeavored to amend the
bill so as to restrict the company to a specific !owe,
but the proposition failed by a single vote of er a
very animated discussion. I presume that the Sen
ate had been canvassed thoroughly and each mem•
bers opinion fixed beyond the power of argument.
The bill is still on second reading. The capital o
the company is several millions of dollars. 01
course it will pass in 'he shape they desire
The bill relative to State Printing, providing for
the appointment of a Superintendent at a salary of
5800, and regulating and amending Many of the
features of the present law, although still retaining
the lowest bidder system, was killed a lew days
ago by the absence of some of its triends..ot mo
tion ha.• since been made to reconsider it, and its
passage is more than probable. The defects in the
present system are manifold and call for a correc-
live. You are aware that the present printer exe
cutes a contract at prices less than one third those
pail to Journeymen. How this can be done arid
yet money made, is very mysterious to the nnini
rioted, and simple to those informed. For blanks
furnished upon the Canals and Railroads, Yeas arid
Nays used by the Legisla'ure, covers of Pamphlets
there is no contract. By charging enormous
prices for work of this character, the printer mana
ges to cover the losses incurred upon the body of
the work. .4einstance was given during debate on
the bill. The charge for composition and,press•
work on the Governor's messagi ordered by the
Legislature, amounted to but seven or eight dollars, ,
while
.for the blank piper covers, a charge of one
hundred dollars was made. So with the yeas and
nays used in the Senate ; they are furnished atfour
cents each. It is true, that taking the . whole amount
of work thine under the present contract, The prin.
ter is not extravagantly paid, but it is certainly
wrong to pay for what is not done and leave unpaid
what is done. Such a system is complicated and
embarrassing to those desiring to bid fur the Om
it*, and I may add, any thing but economical. ,
Mr. O'Neill read in the Senate a bill providing for
the erection of an Executive Mansion, the money
to be raised in a specific mode, pointed out, and
Mr. Buckalew repprted to-day a bill to increase the
salaries of the Judges or the Supreme Coact. The
salary paid the Governor is now $3OOO. It was
originally $5OOO, but that Legislature, which was
as seized. by the spirit of reform that it valiantly
Marched to the doors of the Halls and demolished
the snuff boxes placed !here, reduced it to $3000.
With this sum a Governor has to rent a hone at a
higtr'rate l entertain company, give to every benevo.
lent institution and every institution that ain't be
nevolent, and contribatnin• a thousand ways to a
thousand things that would hardly be dreamed of,
or be dcdbuirted mean and nigiardly. Money:can
be spent profusely - Toy almost every thing else, but
.an appropriation of $20,000 to build and furnish an
Executive Mansion, is accounted by many extrava
gant. Al present a Governor cinnotlive ax . a Gov
ernor ought on the salary. It should be at least
made free from actual loss. Yourstruly.
();:y- The Supreme Court at Washington has de
cided that there Must be a new hearing in the ex
tradition case of Thomas Kane, and Judge Nelson
has ordered much re-hearing to take place on the
But Mou d sy of April ; i n the City of Neer York.
PROCEEDINGS OF-THE
DEMOCRATIC CO. CONVENTION.
Porsnant to a call of the Democratic Standing
Comm Wee of Bradford: County, a Convention of
Delegates from the several election districts was
held in the Court House in the borough of Towan
da, on Tuesday evening December 8, 1868. ,
Hon. MYRON BALLARD was elected President',
and Buoys P. Domeier' and Wit. H. Emu,
beeretaries.
The Jist of election , districts being called, the fol
lowing delegates appeased with credentials and
took their seats. ,
Albany—Joseph Menardi, Jas. Wilcox ;
Athens boro'—Wm. H. Overton, J. H. Reeves ;
Asylum—W. IL Fel:itchy ;
Darlington—J. H Forman. G. W. Goddard
'Columbia—Myron Ballard. J. O. McKean ;
Dorell—J, M. Bishop. Wm. Coolbaugh
Franktin—T, T. Rmiley, Wm. Blake
Herrick—L A. Park. Richard Hillis ;
Litchfield—A. R. Wolcott:
Monroe—S. 8. Salsbnrj, 0. P. Lyon ;
Pike—Geo. Briggs. A. 8. Smith ;
Ridgberry—J. H. Webb, 8. Ounsanlis ; •
Smithfield—Seth Salsbury. Elliott Wilcox t
Springfield-8. D. Harkness, Wm. 8. Grace ;
South Creek—Wm. Goldsmith, tea Ctane ;
Towanda boro'—Jerre Culp H. P. Goodrich I
Bonth..-H. L. Scott. Jai. MaGill
Ulster-4. M. Pike. D. Harkins ;
Windham—John Maddin. W. H. Russell
Wilmot—J. L. Jones, Ichabod Carson.
A motion was made that the districts from which
no delegates appeared, be represented by persons
who might be present from said towns; which mo
tion was negatived
Col. Sent SALIieURT then presented the follow
ng resolutions
Wasaiss. the result of the contest for President
and Vice President of the United States, has demon.
strated that the power of the united Detnocniy is
irresistible. we embrace the opportunity to cougrat.
ulate ourselves and the Country upon the glorious
triumph of 1852,
Resolved, That in the election of Franklin Pierce
to the Presidency—the vast and overwhelming ma•
jority which be has received—the country look
with unqualified confidence to his ability and integ.
rity, end have entire faith that under his eupervis
mn all will be well.
• Resolved. Thatin the judgment of the Democracy
of Bradford County—in convention assembled—we
feel and believe that Northefn Pennsylvania should
continue to be represented in the Board of Canal
Commissioners of the Commonwealth. The border
counties of the Sate have long been tax payers
withont enjoying the benefits and facilities of inter
nal itnprovement system ; and whether we look to
oar Inexhaustible mineral resources, our agricultu
ral interests or the enterprise, which characterizes
our people—their moral and intellectual qualities—
all these things demand, that we be represented in .
the Board of Canal Commissioners ; and we here-
by nominate and present Col. Gordon F. Mason—
a citizen of Bradford County—as eminently quali
fied to fulfil and perform all theduties appertaining
to the t.ttice of Canal Commissioner ; and the del
egates from Bradford county are hereby instructed
to present rhe name of Mr. Mason to the State cons
venlion with the earnest hope and expectation that
it will be acquiesced in, as c Importing with the pub
lic interests.
Resolved, That we felicitate ourselves as Repub
Deans upon the union rod harmony that pervades
and animates the Democratic party of this county
and congressional district.
Rewired, That we cordially approve of the ad
ministration of Gov. Vim. Bigler. His Eiet utive
course has displayed rare ability, prudence and fore
sight, and the possession of the highest integrity.
Resolred, That we congratulate ourselves upon
the prospect of the immediate completion of the N.
B. Canal, lie'ng convinced that as a source of rev.
cone it will be valuable to the State, and of inesti,
enable advantage in developing the resources of
Northern Pennsylvania. That to those who have
stood its friends, we would render praise, and to
Gov. Bigler state Treasurer John M. Bickel, and
to the Canal Commissioners of the Commonwealth,
are our thanks most eminently due.
Resolved, That Henry C. Baird and E. G. Good
rich, be, and are hereby appointed Delegates from
Bradford County to the Democratic State Convention
to be holden on the Ist of March next, with power
to bubtliUte.
Resolved. That H. L. Scott, E. M. Farrar, G. 8.
Kingsbury, Ulysses Mercur and Jas. H. Webb, are
hereby appointed Conferees to meet Conferees from
Susquehanna and Wyoming, to select a Scnatorial
Delegate.
A motion was made that the vote be taken on the
resolutions separately, which being lost, the reso
lutions were unanimously adopted.
Col W H. °imam+ presented the following reso.
lotion, which was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That this Convention most respectfully
remonstrate against the yielding by the Legislature
of Pennsylvania, any portion however small of the
North Branch Canal to a foreign Corporation; be•
Ileving that if it was the interest of the State to con.
struet the expensive and difficult line below the Atli
ens dam which is said to cost some forty . thousand
dollars per mile—it is much more for its interest to
build the two or three miles above that point to the
State line—which will not cost to eseeed one-third
that sum per mile.
On motion of J. C. McKim', it was resolved that
the proceedings be published in the ilvadfdtd Re
porter and the other Democratic papers of this Con
gressional district, and the Convention adjourned
(Signed by the Officers )
MCSSIII. LAPORTE, MASON & CO., having purchas
ed this building once occupied by the Towanda
Bank, have enlarged it, and are now occupying
it as their Banking House. Rooms in the build
ing are also occupied as offices by Col. Mason,
Ma. MCYLNAT Esq., and T. W. Cvnamt, Esq.,
Agent for the Bingham estate.
The occupation of this building by Messrs. La
poste, Mason & Co., and the bnstness in which they
are engaged is calculated to bring op remniscences
of the past, especially to those who suffered from
the collapse of the Towanda Bank—and is fulf,til
suggestions and arguments against the prerent Bank
ing system of this State, by illustrating bow practi
cable it is to conduct Banking in a legitimate way,
bestowing upon community all its benefits, without
danger of loss. This community are now in pos
session of all the advantaies which could possibly
result liom an incorporated Bank—while they are
safe from lose—the persons doing business being
personally responsible. This feeling of respomdbili
ty, which is not shared by the directors of an in
corporated, note-issuing institution, keeps the busi
ness within its proper and legitimate channel, check
ing all danger of unnatural expansion, and all tan-
Jenny to unlawful speculation.
In 'addition, to the vault formerly occupied in the
building, they have provided themselves with one
or Bacon's thief proof safes, secured by Hobb's cele
brated lock, which created such a sensation at the
World's Fair, and has never yet been picked.
Bums A vacs.—Late accounts are that Urquisa
bad crossed the Parana, deposed the governor of
Santa Fe, and put a new man in his place. The
Buenos• Ayrean government was collecting a strong
force to resist him, and some engagements bad al•
ready taken place.
.10Ceetthe et the pat';.
•
At a meeting of thement bars of the Coin and
.
Bar of Bradford County,. held at the Coon House;
the 7th of Feb., 1853, Him. D. WILMOT Chairman,
E.Oveavon Secretary, On Motion it was
Resolved That we have heard with unfeigned sor
row, of the sodden death in the prime of ide, and
with every_ prospect of length of days, .ot our high
ly intelligent and estimable brother member, N. ht.
Stay ass Esq , which took place on the morning of
the 6th lust. at his :residence in Athens Borough,
after a few hours Ulnas; thus impressing upon us
the lesson s ''that in the midst of life we are in
death.”
Revoked That we deeply sympathise with his
bereaved wile, on this trying and afflicting dispen.
sation of Providence, and- that H. W., Patrick sad
Henry C Baird Esqs , be a,Committee to convey
to her our sympathies and condolence.
Resolved That out of respect to the memory of the
deceased. the members of this court and Bar, will
wear crape on the left arm for thirty Jaye.
Resolved That the proceedings of this meer.ng be
published in the papers of this County.
(Signed by Officers.)
Shocking Alliar at Iltashingtott
A frightfully tragiC affair occurred in Washington
on Wednesday evening. about half pest six o'clock.
which the lightning on the telegraph wires that
night prevented our reporters sending through an
account of be telegraph for :yesterday morning's
Sun. At the hour named the vicinity-of the Na
tional Hotel was thrown into great and painful ex.
citement by the deliberate shooting of Mr. Edward
H. Fuller, 01 that city, by the 'hands of Lt. James
W. Schaumburg, formerly of Philadelphia, we be
lieve, but who fur many years past has spent much
of his time in Washington, and has recently board
ed at the National. The affair took place immedi
ately on the steps of the National. The following
is reported in the National !ntelligencer as a correct
account of the rise and canoe of this sad affair :
Several - years since, Schaumburg , boarded at Ful
ler's (now Willard's) Hotel, kept by A Fuller &
Co. When the firm became insolvent, he was in
debted to them several hundred &Mars and has so
continued ever since. Applications m ade to him
from time to time for payment, by the surviving
partner, Edward H. Fidler have beets disregarded
by hint, as we learn, on the ground" that the debt
was not due to Mr. Faller, but to the trustees under
the insolvency. Mr. Faller, nevertheless, pursued
the claim, and irk an altercation on the subject, some
two years ago, with Schaumburg, personally chas
tised him. This circumstance was matter ofgener•
al notoriety at the time, and got into the newspa
per..
Public notice was again drawn to the matter on
rustley morning last, by the appearance of a mint
ber of large handbills, posted in the roost public
way along Pennsylvania avenue, announcing, un ,
der the signature of Edward H. Fuller, that. James
W. Schaumburg was a coward, a liar, and swind
ler, wi:h allegations and Statements to substanti
ate it.
On rues Jay and Wednesday afternoon and even
in..4 Schaumburg was seen paci..g backward and
forward along the avenue, suspected by many, and,
as it . would seem, too truly, with deadly intent, in
search for Fuller. Unhappily, that evening, at the
time above stated, Mr. Faller had mounted the
steps to enter the National Hotel from Sixth street,
when he was espied by Schaumburg, wbo was
standing near the door on the east side of the porti•
co ; and when Fuller approached at the dirance of
about four feet he received the fire of one barrel of
a revolver in the hands of Schaumburg, and instant.
ly retreated across towards the south side of the
avenue, pursued by Schaumburg, with as some
say, a drawn bowie-knife in his hand. A number
of hackinen and others following Schaumburg with
hostile shouts induced him to give up the pursuit,
and re ircd to the hotel, where, after seeking a re
treat fioin room to room to elude the excited crowd
from the street, he at last gave himself up to the
police. Being conducted to tho office of Justice
Morsell, he was duly committed to the coital jail,
where he now remains.
Tne ball entered about an inch and a hall to the
right of the navel, and had not been extracted ; in
, deed its place of lodgment ha ,l not been loam'.
The Washington Republic, in its account of the
affair, says that Hon. John P. Hale appeared before
the magistrate as counsel for Schaumburg.
A di-patch from Washington says :
A slight discharge of bile from the wound ;nth-
cated mat the ball had penetrated the laver, and has
physicians think he cannot susvive many days.
Mr Puller's condition continues to elicit the most
absorbing interest in the three cities. Several phy
sicians are in attendance, and he is said to be in a
very critical situation.
Ma FuLt.ca's Commas —The ‘Vashingtan Re.
rublic of yesterday morning says We are much
uratified in being able to mine that,the condition of
Mr. E H. Fuller is much improved, and strong
hopes are now entertained,of his final recovery.—
He passed Sala day night quite comfortably, and
yesterday he was so mach improved in strength as
to be able to sit up for a time in bed. The livel
hest interest continues to be felt through the com
munity for bit recovery.
UONRINit TRAGEDY IN 14 miss' PPI —The Patha
n; (Miss) Clarion relates the following shocking
EEE
On Thursday last James Clarke a well known
citizen of the county of Choke, made an assault
upon his negro woman, for a cause which we have
not heard stated. He then ordered her into a cor
ner of the room, and commenced pitching his knife
at her, point foremost. As the knife would enter
her flesh, he would compel his victim to draw it
tonh and return it to him This demoniacal amuse
mem was continued until the slave was coverej
with about filty bleedint , gashes ! The same day
he whipped his wife, cut her all over the head with
his knife,•not dangerously, we understand, but in a
mass of cruel and painful punctures. He also cut
off her eye-lids !
This strange drama wound up on Friday last by
the commission of murder. Clark. on that day,
ordered his wife to go and call Lewis, (a negro be
longing to the family.). She obeyed, but the slave
refused to come, through dread of his enraged mas
ter, we suppose. Mrs. Clark returned, and was
whipped by her husband for not bringing the ne
gro ! File times was she sent upon this capri
cious mission, five times was it fruitless, and each
time she was whipped for her failure. Clark then
called to the slave, informing him that he would
shoot him the next morning. The negro, it seems,
slid not heed the warning, for while splitting rails
the next morning, he was deliberately shot by hip
muter. The wound was fatal ; me negro ran - about
three hundred yards, and fell in mortal agony...—
Clark, who is supposed to be insane, has been com
mitted to answer for murder.
HEALTH 07 THIS Vic• Fanzines',: ELECT —A let
ter dated Key West, Jan. 25th, to the Journal of
Commerce says :
Since the Folton's arrival, we have had severe
N. W. blow, and a change in the from
86 deg. 66deg.—attended by • slight fall of rain
and a moist atmosphere. Yesterday it blew with
great voltence, bin in the afternoon it was dry, and
the streets were full of dust. At this moment it is
calm 'and pleasant, bat cold ; the therinnmeter
stands at 66.
The Vice President went on - shore this morning,
and, attende4 by the lathes of his party, Miss King
and M s. Ellis, and Dr. McConen,proceeded to the
residence of W. H. Wall, Esq., where They have
been provided with rooms daring their stay upon
the-ishied. Mr. King to-day is better far than when
he left Norfolk: is not so, feeble, and his cough is
ea.ier, and he is better and stronger everywsy.
HI. physician expresses Atone hopes that he will
recover. Everything has been done
. by his friends
to make him comfortable, and the weather is all
that mid be a.ked for ; and we are also assured
by those who are well 'informed as to his state.
that the general, pure, and bracing sea breezes of
Key West, will eventually restore him to health.
FatoN Ettioes.—The news from Europe i s into,
eating to•day. The affairs of France take a bew
shape and assume daffelieneee• The Emperotto,
Brolly accomplished the undertaking to wh at
ene rg ee hate beep _s ei o e,
sf.oasoffiguiinpl u act o be n: ,la ly ady d s e p v ial o n t i e tah,e d : d 6 ;,]
one.act, and an Empress in fi na l!, to
ep o eli f fietni goo llib i lilli a h g tl e:;h °T e n: owes her parentage t o 6 'l' 4 .
blood. The event his created great 'WTI ige fro its suddenness, and a fall on the Bourse ornate... !
mediate result of the announcement.' TN, i l' ilett u'
NAPOLEON itliONE is to espouse grand-datotof
of blershal BLOWIER on the occasi •
on of th e
bration of the Imperial nuptials. "To ro stn:
to be given in Marriage," is die latest 41 ,
;
French diplomacy. Meantime , there is g l i tch
14.
crease d* activity in the English and Frenchga
Yafrle. French - orders to English ship-builder s ,z;
been countermanded by the Admiralty, which da
crees a similar number of new British war.ressok.
There is much Government inquiry in & g r and
to the facilities of Railroad transportatio s
emergency, "and events are supposed to be es ...
ing a warlike aspect. No overt acts, ho w eve ri7
yet cornmenFed the troubles thus portended
rest of Europe is quiescent. NAIIVAEZ !Ohm 4 -
be recallei. but his petition does not seem t o h ui :
received that degree. of attention from 'the Q ttoni
for which the .ex-Bohnitier had hoped.. A . m .._
continues to yield her millions of gold. Theo,7
of Figatactico Mamas, in prison, is officially cowl :
dieted in the \ Tuscan Government organ, abith
journal improves the occasion to land the ge oerou
polio, of the Grand Duke in treating hi, p oomen
so humanely, and providing go well for their al so.
The vaunted generosity is much like that of Il e
protecting vulture.—N. Y
THE SLAVE SHOOTING CAPE —The enro tr ai„,„,
ere appointed by the Governor of
police
of Maryland to la.
ve
charge
rge against
this A city, of having killed a din
hricigea officerte the
pt
whom he was anemptmg to arrest at Colombo,
Pa., last summer, have reposed to the Gomm;
that the shooting was entirely accidental ; a n d 11 ,,,
they had succeeded in convincing the %re m , D i
Pennsylvania that such• was the case.
BUT WHAT IS THE ROCK ROSE!
The following is the history of the Rock Rae
plant and its medical properties. we take front the
Mew Haven Palladium, March, 1852.
"The increased interest manifested in the Rai
Bose plant. in consequence of the many - wonderfel
cures effected by " Myers' Compound Extract of
Rock Rose," calls for a brief history of it, in order
to correct any erroneous opinion that may hart
been entertained concerning it ; and also to set in e
true light the nature de plant which promises to
be universally beneficial.
We are indebted to the Eniteil States Dispee se „
tory of 1847. for the following description of it:
It is entirely different from the common Rose. It
is a red-stemmed, oblong leaf plant, having a bluer
taste. In addition to a remarkablqecalianty of the
plant, of bearing two crops of flowers in one seasca,
it also has another interesting and beaanfal pro,
tpe D r.ty.
r. Eaton says that in the month of Nororet,, r
and December, he has seen hundreds of these plash,
ae.,ding out, near their roots, broad, thin, eun „;
ice-crystals, about an inch in beadth, which meltel
during the day, and were renewed in the mornme.
Fur a more minute and analytical description of O,
the reader is referred to Torrey dr. Gray's bcountai
works.
hs medical history and properties are far themnst
important, since upon this depends its value to the
community. Dr. Loudon says that in 1799 9 was
so valuable in England, that it was cultivated frbe,
seeds. Ever since 1806, Prof. Ives, of Yale Cab
lege, has habitually used it with great soars ai
Scrofula and Chronic Disease, and through bin is
virtues were made known, wail, as Dr. Tyler up
it is now in this section (New Haven) a C 0111904
article an domestic practice for the cure of Scrsfala
and cutaneous diseases."
Dr. Whalaw, a Scotch botanist of notoriety,
while traveling in America. in 1811, learned as,tie
in Canada. Returning to England. he employed it
in medicatmg his baths, which became greatly or:,
ebtattql for the cure , fsimil.r disease,.
Dr. Isaac Parish. of Philadrlpilia, remark., that!
has been successfully well ,in b.d caeea of Scrop.:a
Diseases.
Dr. I.M. Thompson, of the same place. present
ed it in bad cases of scrofula pa: lent, as, 11 a.
Hospital. His success :sitracied the atienioh
nior physicians. He reporti the 1. Iloutog omairk•
able case of White Swelling of the hipon
ry, 1844 :—The lad was seven years old. and bad
the disease for three years. The bone was does.
ted upward and ontw std. There was a large open.
log on the hip leading to the bone. into chick I
could thrust my Roger. I counted three ulcers. He
had been under several physician:. who had gore
him up. I ordered a decoction of Rock Rose Is
two days his night sweats ceased ; I then ordered I
tea spoonful of Rock Rose three - times a day. The'
ty-nine days after he was entirely well.
Dr, Webb, of Madison. Ct., testifies to the yala
of Rock Rose, as evinced in the cure of nosterou
cases of the Scrofula, espeCially in children.
Dr. S. Fuller, of Hartford, Ct.. administrred the
Rock Rose to a Scrofulous female, 111 which theft•
ti scrofulous remedies had been applied 'dual
success. The disease was fully at rested by it.
Dr. D. A. Tyler, of New Haven, Ct., relates *a
following case : Mr. C, from a child, will allhc 4
with the Scrofula.and has ako Glandular screllisgs
on the neck. At the age of 16 he was much Irene;
had eight abscesses on the neck, three ulcers (mite
shoulder, and three on the hips. He unsuited Da.
Munson and Spalding of New Haven. but all toss
purpose. In 1817, when loop years of age, Rt.
Smith, a farmer from Long Island, observing Yr.
C., with his bead drawn on one side, and enable is
labor, advised him to try Rock Rose regularly ishici
he did for four weeks. The ulcers broke, briars.
ed and healed. The tumors lessened in size, ha
head resumed is natural position, and he west Si'
ularly to work. Neglecting the nye of the gost
Rose, Scrofulous symptoms again returned, ini ?
also bled at the lungs, for which Prof. Ives proco
ed the Rock Rose. He used it again with thence
beneficial results.
Dr. Sperry, in his medical work published to
1847, quotes the strung commendark of Dr. Ell
Ives, Professor in Yale College, who. in his !rages
to the medical students, recommended the cae
Rock Rose, even in cases where the disease is sat
certain.
One of the most remarkable cures is cited by*.
Myers, who has devoted his attention to glefitalg
fur twenty .years. He says that C. Magill. ollor
Haven, Ct., had long been afflicted with intlanano
of the hip joint. It increased until the jann
affected so that he could not straighten his leg
eminent anatomist said he would never wall atln i
Distinguished physicians were. consulted. Ile sa t
taken before the Clinique of Yale College,nol
al
was ineffectual. He was apparently doomed übs
a cripple all his life. Knowing the efficacy of 111°
Rock Rose I prepaied some for bim. h 117 / tr `" .
awls , operated, soon cured Ilan, and Dow he is
Paying good health. Mr. Myers gives this as bot
one of the numerous cures the Kock Rose his el'
rented's , prepared and administered by himself.
The value of the Rock Hose has also set (until!'
Dr. Tyler, of New Haven, CL, in at dos/ratio
avowedly prepared for that
purpose, which after .
wards, at the request of . several of his medical tiff
ern, was published in a pamphlet. into
We quote from the preface. He says that s
`
the delivery of this address," the plant under 01 ,"
sideration has been snore fully tested, its virtues dre.
;eloped, its character better established. Ths
serration is published by thP advice and aPPo bsi r s
of several Ltedical friends. The object of it Is 10
before the profession, and the public, the virtues :
• planttoo much nettled. f ask far this pdsol . 2
impartial trial. I will conclude by asking only 017
"',
profession and the public. a more estended Ira
the Rock Rase."
The Rock Rose is a plant of rare medicin al v k ir. ,
toes, and unrivalled as curative agent in . Se 4 r 4,
Inns diseases. Manufactured By WM. V ' • c,
LIN, Co., New Haven, Ct. and sold by R .
PORTER, Towanda, Pa
February. 10, 1E153.
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