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,The North Branch .a .
- ink* , Means for Dhaalutediiig Ike
Ilkate Debt. o . New U.
lii cmateltion - with Whet hag been' aidiscontern.,
ing the North Branch Curial, it is itttesiaty.to no.:
lice the Junctitiu Ca..al, which, is in Gict_liusagxteri-:
mon of the fortnei is illoant, of trade,Aind -tonne: a
part of the extended Canal' tornasunie~atititt. Pitts
Canal itrabbut.lB miles in.:leti;rb anit tot* 'the.
Canals of Penrullvairitt with those el the State, of
New York; and It is constructed under an - act of the
State oINeW ,
S-- -- - ; - ,l The:stirtfei•eilitimil es' 'been
made; the work is under contractouid in the hands
fvotiitiNtrienceulvoniractore, and at will be finished
daring the present season. With the opening of
"bliiiiistailio the SPriug of 1854, the whole Canal
from the Wyoming and Lackawaua coal fields, wi.l
be completed to the Lakes.
From the contract under :which the Junction Ca
liniffailieen the coat of the whirls work; with
the right of way, will not excess] 1000,000 for the
alumina) of eighteen miles, or thereabouts, which
'WRENS less than 317,000 par mile. under any state
of things:. The game trade and tonnage that will
pass titer the North Braneh Canal, must pass thro'
-,the Juinctien Canal, and with thecharge of the same .
WI that will be charged on the North Branch Canal,
`lttirillhe seen that this Canal will be one of ex- , ,
elledinglit great profit. The interest of that sum
will bevel)! 313,000, and when we consider that
,tho Amount of business that must be done upon this
Canal will be the same as that upon the North
linitibh Canal, and that the coat of the construction
of one is 340 000 per mile, and that of the other is
toga than 1117,000 per mile, the value of the stock
of the Junction Canal will be seen to exceed any
other investment that , has been presented for any
public! wink before. The charter is a very fa
- vorable one, and the Company have a right to
charge two and a half cents per ton per mile upon
'Coal end en articles of a similar character. But it
is not believed that the Company would require a
larger toll than that fixed by.the Act of Assembly,
to be charged oh the 'North Blanch Canal, which is
one cent per ton per mile. This will be as much
as will beelpected to be charged by that Company;
and that will yield enough to satiety the wishes (II
any stockholder. II the tonnage both ways should
only amount to 600,000 tons, the amount of tolls
would amount annually to $lOB,OOO, to be' dimin
ished only by the expense of superintendence and
repairs. Anyone may calculate what will be the
dividends.and the value of this stock. It will take
but a short time lor it to pay back the original cost
of the work, and in the meantime pay a large divi
dend upon the stock.
The Delaware Division of the Pennsyttatile Ca
nal, which cost $25,000 per mile, pays 15 1 8 per
cent upon the original cost, over all expenses for
repaint and superintendance, and the tolls charged
upon the tonnage upon this canal are ahem one
halt of what is required to be paid by law upon the
North Branch Canal,luid by which it is believed.
the tolls will be regulated on the Junction Canal.—
We intend hereafter to obtain an accurate statement
of the tonnage and-the rate of toll charg ed on the
Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal, by
which some comparison can be made between the
income of that canal and that of the Junction Canal,
taking the cost of one at $25,000 per mile and the
other at 317,000 - per male. The toile upon the Del
aware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal are chief
ly from coal. Something is received from lumber
and from merchandise to supply the coal region -.-
It has been always admitted that a long canal mak
ing an extended communication, is more profitable
than a short canal That is limited by the tonnage
to be obtained from a limited extent of country
This canal has the benefit 01 the coal trade, and Ba
wd! the North Branc*i- and the Junction canal have
s similar benefit, and from a coal field equally
abundant, and to a market of sufficient demand.—
In addition to this trade, there will be a great in:
crease of tonnage •upon such an extended canal,
opening a communication from Delaware and
Chesapeake Bays to the Northern Likes. will all
the intermediate trade that will come upon the
ca
-tal along the line. The Junction canal, being thus
connected with this long line of canal, will receive
its share of the increase of business arising horn the
other extended lines of Communication. It is 'un
necessary to dwell upon this subject, as any one
with a moment's calculation may ascertain the val
ue of the Junction canal as aiding the North Branch
canal to reach the New York canals completing
this great line el improvement. For, without this
short canal, the North Branch canal would he com
paratively unproductive. The value of the stock
of the Jouction canal to those who have undertaken
this work and shall hold the stock, can be readily
ascertained from the previous statement, or any
other which can be made, founded upon any sup
posable amount of trade which shall pass over that
This great, conn sc!ed and extended high-way is
soon to be completed, and will invite beelines of
every description to enter upon it. It will present
the strongest possible inducements, for persons en
gaged in the coal trade, or those desirous of enter
ing into that business, to rum their . attention and
their capital in that (lineation. The coal of this re•
gion is admitted to be of a good quality, and well
adapted to all the uses to which an.hracite coal
is applied. Tne coal field extends some 39 or 40
miles in length from Nescopeck to Carbondale
The width of this ccal formation has tot' been, as
far as we know, yet ascertained. The situation and
condition of the coal formation is of a peculiar char
acter ; in that valley the veins of coal underlie the
surface of the earth, and from a substratum below
the ground, and verging from twenty-eight feet to
eix feel in length, several veins underlying each
tither with a short space between them. An ex
perienced geologist has, upon an examination, as
etetained the veins orcoal underlaying the surface
of the ground in this coal field to amount to forty
five feet, and how many veins lie below cannot
be ascertained from any certain indications.
But it is certain that the coal is abundately suifi
cleat to Supply a tonnage to the full capacity of the
North Branch Canal for a great many generations
This coal field Is tree 'from faults, as they are call.
ed, which have proved so expensive and disaster
me in some other of the coal fields. . The forma
tion,andlsituation of these veins aresuell as to greet
ly facilitate the milling and greatly diminished the
expense. It is believed there is no other coal field
where the coal can be mined and placed upon any
means of transportation at so small an expense as
in this tegion. Some of the coal is mined directly
upob the bank of the canal, arid at other places the
aides of the bill are entered, and with a short rail.
road' with at descending grade, the coal is convey
ed to the canal' and loaded into boats without handl
ing, from the time it leaves the mines until it is
discharged at the place of sale. These are faciities
which must greatly tend to increase the business
and insure a large producti.r.
When it is borne in mind that the Common.
wealth at the rate of tolls before mentioned, is to
receive from ninty-two cents, to one dollar npon
every ton of coal that shall pass to this nonhern
market, it will be precieved that. the interest of the
Commonwealth in thiti great coal field, is greater,
Willa connected with the tranvortation on the ca
nal; than all the owners of the coal lands in the
valley—tcvelear ninety -Iwo cents upon every ton
of coal mined by the owners of the land is not to
be expected by any of them. This region of coon.
try mast therefore contribute very largely to the
paimant of dm Sate debt, and' every leanly and
encouragement should be given to promote this
trade as intimately cannected withihe best interests
el.the State.
Th estimating. the:value and productiveness of the
North , Branch Canal, it is important to notice that it
was the•last , oanal located by the engineers °Jibe
State, and who had - the benefit derived from part
experience! It is located upon 'a higher level and
is therifore more secure from injuries to be caused
by high water and freshets, than the other Canals
sonatmoted by the Stale. From an examination
made in the Summer of 1816, it.was found' that the
food of March 1816, which had proved so destrad-
live to the other canals of the commonwealth,lad
Sot reached. in general above the plane of the hot•
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112 ii
tom. of the canal; and in po Waimea had the wa•
ler pstare_il-Aaver , thabaultis Of the catitikielanr.4hey ;
were maid t. - That hill heigh '
was the
highest flood there bad been for fiby years . This .
Kent, freightjury,tiyitigh'ltiaterjs an important
mallet and crams tsig.L into die eatimi6issof-the
nett ptufifisior the jritproaiill., -The lost die
WORM tofite raker violate:ol State
,bftber treats ,
or /lucid at artibu - 46018.00 A nd the
'Branch canal , had,;ll' been -finagled and in" okra
titm, would haVe anglified 'no injury to 'Oily
&bream •
Anaher tie! to Le notice(' is the small amount of
lockage o n this canal, which is less than two feet
to the milei not more than- two - lnindred 'feet; lir
the ibstance of 108, taking the North Branch as ex
tending below Pittatun—wheteas the Schn)lkill
Navigation, say 108 miles has 588.1eet lockage--
This Hellion snit Delaware canal, 110 chiles; . bas
1037 wet of lockage.,-The Morris caoal •BO /01
miles long, with a locage of 1674 feet.:-ft has
been usual to allow 20 feet of lockai4e to be equal
to a mile ma level canal. This diffirerierr iii lock.
age is putty in favor of the North Branch canal,
and adds much to its value as a: tale malt.
This canal is of the saine. Size as the Pennsylva
nia canal between Pitt,tun and Columbia, It is 28
feet at the bottom, 45 feet at the Surface; and four
feet water;. the locks are 90 feet. Icing, and 17' feet
wide, and the Junction canal ie. of the samweize,
with the same measurement-locks. The capacity
of the canal has been estimated by one of the most
experienced engineers to be ample to pass more
than one million of tons each way during the host
ing season of each year.
In addition to the coal trade upon this canal, the
lumber from the region of country along the
canal would be transported upon it. It could be
place.) upon boats and sent to market in a season
ed state, free from dirt and stain, and at such-times
as the market should require it. It would thus not
be dependent upon the uncertain rise in the river,
which often pass away and leave the lumber on
the rocks gnu on the shores and shoals, to be hank
al out, taken into hoats as they can be obtained and
then be taken to market. It has been estimated
that sixty millions feet of lumber annually descend
the Susquehanna river. The whole or the gteater
part of this lumber will be transported upon this ca.
nal, which will pay tolls not only on the North
Branch canal, but upon the Susquehanna division,
as the lumber will come to Philadelphia. The lum
ber that is made upon the line of the canal, as far
as the same has been finished, is taken to market
upon the canal, and such will be the case when the
canal shall be finishdd to its northern termination
The tolls upon lumber alone upon the line of the
North Branch and the canal below must amount to
Irom 260,000 to $lOO 000 asear. In addition to
this, the iron from Pennsylvania, that is manufac
tured all along the line of the canal, would be car
ried upon it to supply the demand for that article
in that part of the State of New York; for it c• - uld
be obtained from no other source with equal hefti
ly and at so short a distance of transportation. We
have not the means of estimating the quantity of
iron that would be required to supply that market,
but it would he no small amount.
Merchandise is now sent from Philadelphia by
canal boats to supply the country as far as the ca
nal is made, and there is no reason to suppose that
trade will not be continued land: increased. It is
well known that ihe merchants residing through the
Northern rut of Pennsylvania and in New York
are often eitenaively engaged in lumbering them
srlres, or purchase largely of those who are. They
would send their lumber in boats to Philadelphia,
as this is the best and the nearest market, and they
would purchase their goods here and take them
back in the return boats. There can be no mistake
to the course of this trade; this' interest of the par
ties concerned will decide thisOatier. This enters
as another item into the increase of the revenue of
the State. ft is unpo - ssible to enumerate the articles
of traffic that will t ba transported upon the canal to
meet :he 'wants of the different sections of the coun
try through which it passes. The return tonnage
will arise from lumber, salt, plaster, lime, lime
stone, wheat, flour, pork &c , to supply this mining
dityrict, and firr sale wherever the same may be
required These cannot fail to pry a large amount
of tolls and they will increase, and the coal field
shall be fully worked.
These are only some of the most obvious soar
ces of revenue to be obtained upon the North Branch
canal. From the best information to be obtained
!hive can be no doubt int the tolls to be received
from lumber, salt, lime, wheat-flour and other arti
cles for return freight, and the iron and merchan
dise to go north, in addition to the coal, will, with
in a short lime, it not immediately, yield,an addi•
tio,ial -revenue of more than two hundred thousand
dollars annually ; and if the amount of coatis fixed
for present at 580,000 tons, it will he seen that the
income of this canal cannot be less than $660,000,
with t he certainty of a large in - Crease.
It is estimated that the North Branch canal will
cost about $40,000 per mile—taking the tOB miles,
amounting to $4.400 000. The interest of this would
be $264.000. which would leavep396,ooo over and
at ovathe interest, which, after, deducting the ex
penses of superintentlance, lock tenders and repairs,
would be applied annually to liquidate the debt of
the State. This calculation is bared upon the in
cipient business that will ha done upon the canal,
ant: only estimating the quantity of coal by the
amount that one Company Ferule to market upon
,their own improvements. If theta cal7ulations are
well founded, an . ] it to believed tTiey are, the finisft
ing of the North Branch Canal will constitute the
boat sinking fund that could he devised for the pay
meat of the State debt.—Phi/a
The New Coinage Bill.
The bill which has just passed Congress, provid•
ing for the coinage of gold three dollar pieces. and
for the alteration of the standard in silver coins, is
excellent as far as it goes ; _ but we join with a New
York contemporary, in regretting that the law is not
more comprehensive, and does not Introduce more
new gold pieces.
The difficulty of finding change, as every one
knows, has been steadily increasing since the dial
covery of California. Silver has become relative.
ly so much more valuable than gold, that it has al
most entirely disappeared from circulation, the re
sult in a measure of hoarding, but pr ncipally in
consequence of exportation. The new law, •by re
storing the comparative value of the two metals,
will retain American silver in the country. It is cot
_true, as some assert. that this change of the stand
ard virtually
to
bases the coin. Gold has become,
from the neees 'ties of things, practically .he stand
ard, and silver ceased to be, consequently the
value of the silver coinage should be made to equal.
me with that of the gold, not the .gold with that of
the silver. In all current transactions in eoin, for
years past, it him been customary to say that silver
was at a premium, not gold at a discount. • Thus
gold, not sliver, was the standard practically.
Congress, while doing a good thing in passing
this law, has not, however, gone tar enough. It
would greatly have facilitated making change, if
gold pieces of the relative values of a dollar and a
half, and half a dollar, had been added to the list of
new coins. The half dollar coins would have bad
to be considerably debased, in order to make them
sufficiently, large , and viewed in this light, they
would have been objectionable; but nevertheless
the scarcity of silver is so great, that, to use a* popu.
lay phrase, • it is now a time " to stick at trifies."—
With such au assortment of gold coins, as we should
have had, there would have ceased' to be much
plastid! difficulty in making change. Silver would
have been `required only for fractions under fifty eta.
The coinage would have been sensively and com
prehensively adjusted. and there would probably
have been no call I^_r legislation respecting it for a
generation or two. But now the coinage will•have
to be tinkered up attain. in'a very few years, unless
California goes by the board, or somebody can dis
cover a new POtosi.
The law is a great publics benefit nevertheless ;
we are thankful for it ; and we shall not " look the
gift horse in the month." ft has other advantages,
we remember, besides increasingthe conveniences
of making change. It-gives a fresh blow to the
shinplaster system s which openly totters under the
deserved stroke of its• enemies and for one, we
'care not how soon all paper currency, throughout
the United'Eltates, is reduced. as in Pennsylvania,
HI sums sips' tiTs
ME
Tornio. et To4ltspertior: •
05 50 stet innwa--ff paid wiiinn ye a r 50 eingi will
se deducted — for cash - Paid tactually in airlines sa op will be
deducted. No paper seat evertor* yesn, wines paid for.
Awrianumirits, per squarao.f ten lines, 50 cents ibr the
lirst and 25 cents for each.subsequent insertion.:
Dace
417-01 Ace in doe ge Union ffiloelr,e'north side of the Public
IPguare,)wst door to the Bradkird Hotel. Entrance belweeP
Messrs. Adams andElarciPs law offices.
Vacsay,--Theeditorial chair. This mast be Oar
apology. tor the lack of our usual vuiety of reading
matter in this week's issue..
-The'Pagsmetirr ELEcT,—Gen. Pierce left Phil
adelphia on Tuesday afternoon ,in the
,2 o'clock
train kr Baltimore, few being aware of his de
parture. He did not stop in Baltimore, but pre
seeded directly to Wasbingtod, where he arrived
at Ski'. sr , Mayor Maury was awaiting him at the
depot, but did.not discover him, and he passed un
observed through the crowd and drove immediate
ly to Willard's Hotel, where apartments were pre
pared for him.
EX-PRESMINNT VAN . BURLS is to Nall for Europe
next month, in company with his son Mania Van
Buren, Jr., whose bealih is much impaired. He
will be the Grist ex-President that has visited Eu
rope.
VERMONT LIQUOR LAW —By official returns from
all parts of the State, the Vermont Journal announ
ces that the new liquor law of the stale has been
adopted by a majority vote of 1,121. Six counties
give majorities against the bill, and eight counties
in favor. The whole number of votes cast was 43,-
509 ; an aggregate of 4,689 votes less than was cast
for governor.
ANOTHER TREATY WITH WOUld
seem, says the N. Y. Sun, that the English govern
ment is in an extraordinary hurry to settle accounts
with this government, before the. " office and
books" are handed over to Gen. Pierce. After
all the electioneering noise made on this side the
Atlantic that Gen. Pierce was the " English midi
date," many must be disappointed by the eager
movements of the Arberdeen ministry. They evi
dently think Mr. Fillmore the easier man to make
a bargain with. This May be viewed by some as
a great compliment to the retiring President, but
far more will regard it as a high compliment to
the strict American policy which Englarhl appre
hends will be pursued by Franklin Pierce.
At any rate the United States Senate most be
awake, so as not to be deceived into the ratification
of any new treaty with Pm' gland. The fidrery ques.
lion should now be well understood by Senators,
and we trust they will not give their sanction Many
compact which curtails the fishing rights and priv
ileges enjoyed by American citizens at the close of
the revvlutionary we.
THURSTON'S TRIAL POSTPONED.-WO learn from
the Owego Oazetle of the 17th, that the trial of John
M. Thurston, for the murder of Garrisotl, ha% been
postponed on account of the absence of Dr. Bene
dict of the Lunatic Asylum at ltirica'. The prose
cution were ready. The motion for postponement
was made by lion. Daniel S. Dickenson one of the
counsels for defendant, on the ground that Mr
Benedict had written that he was unable to at.
terd.
Quire TIME —Despatches - were, received at New
York on Tuesday last, Irom San Francisco, Cal
ifornia, only eighteen days old. These despatch
es come by the way of Acapulco, filaxido, Vera
Cruz and New Orleans. The general news is not
important. The mail steamship Tennessee left San
Francisco for Panama on the Ist of Feb. with 112,-
430,000 of gold dust on board. This brings down
our date from California to Feb. Ist.
JINNT Li . - 1t is reported that Madame Otto
Goldachmidt is going to sing in Germany during the
present year, to appear in opera in London at the
following season, and then to come to America to
sing in opera in the principle cities, remaining in
this country two or three years.
LOST.-By a lady of this village, between this
place and New Sheahequin, a Carpet Bag. Any
person finding the above will receive the thanks
of the owner by leaving it at this office.
Fannin A Risms AT ♦ RAILROAD CAR.—One of the
most daring end villainous aasaulta that was ever
perpetrated, was made' upon the passenger train
which left Baltimore for Washington, on Mon-
day last week. When near Beltsville, the train at
the time pros ceding at the rate of thirty miles an
hour, the crack of a rifle was distinctly heard by the
conductor and many of the passengers, and some
missile was at the same instant hurled through one
of the cars at about its centre. On examination, it
was clearly found to have been a bullet, having
passed through one of the windows, breaking the
glass, and taking off a small piece of the sash in as
smooth a manner as could hate been done with a
sharp instrument. and passing through the window
on the opposite side. Mr. Little, a Quaker member
of Congress, aml his two diughters set in the scats
ranging where the ball entered, and it passed by the
head of one of the ladies, and within a few inches
of Mr. Vs brilast. Both Mr. L and ands his daughti
er had a most miraculous escape from instant death.
The only explanation yet soggeSted as to this say.
age and fiendish act is, that on Saturday night pre
vious, the same train ran over and killed some cat
tle, not fkr from' the same place, and the company
having always refused to pay for such damages, it
is suspected-that some interested demon intended to
shoot the engineer; bat the train being in rapid
motion, the ball took ettect farther back, thus jeop-
ardizing the lives of innocent and ! unsuspecting pas•
wagers:
Two Mons Tsnarrosziii.-4lies hate passed
the tower House of Congress to establish tWo more
Territories within our expanded area. Chefs the
Territory of NEBRASKA, to embrace all the territo
ry lying west of the States of lowa and Missouri to
the Rocky Mountains, running south to Utah and
,north to latitude 411 degrees N. The other is the
Territory of Waseurwrovi Which is to embrace all
of Oregon lying north of the Columbia River, east
ward to the Recl4y Mountains on the line of 48 deg.
N. from the point Where th e river teaches that
leaallel of hititudeq•
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00 41 illick*(t• aiiiiiii4lo4 open : .
idSheirltattelMs dulled -fit
&Vise itten'hilt; betauea be ,h not. iwattid
aitiou dismantling frOin - ffie cii4eMMlO • fltlaryliterrs - 1
Ridgely, whir shot 'Columbia in
the-effort to capture him. The. ifißte& - mtlY apps
rent Matrix of ,hictry letarreorrieWhal"
against the Governor ;'.but the f iroth does not, The
-
-tratiiitateof the Case is this. idgely was sent by,
the owner of the plays, in eryland, to oapturet:
him., HeJoond him .at wink. nem, Columbia, at
-dempted to lake hurt, sr strugg ensued, anit the
negto ivairkilled i accidentally s ,searsiled bY some,
designidly bysithera. I Ridgel
,ericafied
_before be
could the arrested, and 'Wilde bearing strongly
against him was immediately ken by the Piosecu.
ling Attorney of Lancaster Coo ly, whichi was im
mediately:forwarded to Gov: igler, with a request
that- be ,would issue .a req . isition thereupon.—
The Governbr was about to do so, after an ,OXlmi
nation of its tome,- when he called peon by
three Commissioners, Ilppoin by Gov. Lowe of
Maryland to-take testimony to the alledged mur
der. They requested delay in order to parasite the
object of their eppisfininent, was acceded to by Gov.
Bigler, after an aesurtice that gidgely would bees
accessible after such delay as ttefore. These Com
missioners then proceeded to Colombia and collect
ed a mass of testimony entirely exculpating Ridge.
ly froth designedly shooting iffy. AMP, and repre.
mulling it as an unavoidable accident. With. this
evidence they went before the Governor and urged
him not to issue the requisition in view of the con.
flitting and contradictory nature of the testimony.
The Governor was still inclified issue it, when
in the course of several conferences with the Com
missioners one of the number stated, that it would
be eselefts to demand Ridgely, for Gov. Lowe would
never deliver him up in tits face of suds testimony.—
Here was discloser' the object of their mission.—
They did not take testimony to operate: aeon Gov.
Bigler, and prevent his issuing the requisition, but
to give Gov. Lowe some decent pretext for not
obeying it Amid it be iatued. Seeing thil, Goy.
Bigler informed them that be would not be trifled
with, that he would send all the testimony to the
Prosecuting Attorney of Lancaster County, to be
laid before a Grand Jury, and if they found a bill
against Ridgely, the requisition should issue. He
did so, and strange to relate, Ridgely was never
proceeded against. The metier was lid‘hteup by
the Whig ° Prosecuting Attorney, in the county where
the murder was committed, and under the very eye
of Thaddeus Stevens, the great Abolitionist. Now
this is a true statement of facts, which can be prov
ed by documentary evidence, and in it all, it is im
possible to accuse the - Govetnor of a neglect of du
ty. In doubtful cases, where evidence of a con
flicting nature has been produced it is the practice
of the Executive not to issue a requisition without
the action of a Grand Jury. And this custom is en
tirely proper, because it would be doing great in•
justice to any man to have him apprehended as a
criminal, when a Grand Jury might afterwards de
clare that there was not sufficient evidence: against
him to put him on trial.
Immediately upon being informed that the Grand
Jury of Chester County had found a bill against the
abductor of Rachael Parker, the Governor issued his
requisition upon Governor Lowe.
The two houses met in convention again this
morning, for the purpose of allotting the State print
ing and immediately adjourned to the 21st of March.
An unfortunate feud which has sprung up among
the stockholders and friends of the Sunbury and
Erie Railroad Company, may delay or prevelit the
progress of that enterprise. A few weeks ago it
was announced that the City of Philadelphia had
agreed to subscribe $2000,000 to the stock of this
Company. This Resolution was passed however,
upon the condition that they should have a propor
tionate control over the road. When the Company
met to elect its directors, the city presented several
excellent candidates who were defeated, and specu-
Idling politicians, who attached themselves to the
company to advance their own private interests,
were elected over them. This so exasperated the
City Councils that they have withdramin the sub.
scription. Today Mr. Hamlin of McKean County,
introduced a bill into the Senate, authorizing the
company to open an office in the City of New
York, to embark New York capitalists in the enter
prise, and also permitting the company to elect a
New York President and N. Y. Directors. The
bill was referred to a select committee, consisting
of the Philadelphia and northern friend's of the road,
in order to effect an amicable arrangement if possi
ble,
El
The bill relative to the termination of the North
Branch Canal, Winch authorizes the GOVeinor and
Canal Commissioners to contract with the Junction
Canal Company, relative to a portion near the State
line, has passed both Branches of the Legislature
notwithstanding the protest of your County Con
vention.
Politicians are drihing rapidly towards Washing
ton to hail the rising sun and implore favors. 1
understand that Malay of New Your islocated there,
as if he had an invitation to remain for four years.
Mr. McClelland of Michigan who has been named
for Postmaster General, passed through' here a few
days since on his way to the same paint, it is sup
posed by invitation. There seems to be lititedoubi
that Judge Campbell is to
, represent Pennsylvania
in the Cabinet, either as Postmaster-General or Sec.
retary of the Interior. Commodore Stockton will
probably be Secretary} of the Navy.
Our Legislature tallseriously of adjourning from
the first of March wild idler the fourth. They cer
tainly could not put themselves in a more harmless
condition. Yours truly. J. M.. 1.
i f irt NSWARII Ocraaos AND MVILDZII....The 1112.
natural outrage upon, and murder, of a German
girl in Newark, New Jersey, has caused a tremend
nous excitement in that city, and large rewards
have been offered both by the citizens and the au-
Thorities to discover the villains who perpetrated
the crime. At last accounts no reliable clue; to the had been found, though three or four per
sons were in prison on suspicion, who could not
give a satisfactory account of themselves. The
name of the unfortunate girrwat Catharine schneb
len, and, she is said to have been tr good and inoffen
sive person, who was much• esteemed in the fatal
ly where• she lived. tithe was doubtless attacked by
a parlY ofdrtinken rowdies, and we think k likely
the villain, will yet 6e betrayed to the autlinrities
and meet with their deserts: The murder of this
gni etceeds in atrocity all the extraordinary' horiii
cides for which the State of New Jirseyis an eels
bnited.
There aro three thousand omnibuses muffing in
London, and they each carry about three bundled
passengers daily.
ititii
EWES
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Vie Red Ritter Repiiblicat give' the' following
deptis 01-thatinadresdful massacraxin Red Ilitrer.
• 'CAllgitrfmtk eh- r‹,
;1- operilnithe last Dumber 'hi ',thir:itepub . ll-
nittni-I find thist . -you have been led intirsit-serrriti in
rigs .error.'
of the.lini
;corral* which took place near hate on iandali the
no fact/ of the casesare irmipirthesit -
Theiteamer John Strada - stopped at the wood
.) - tid of Mr. Oliver Broussais to take wood ; just as
thelsailor's were haulirtgin ther - pluk, , :forlhCboat
to depart; one ofthe passenger's ran out upon the
shore. The Captain requested him to return, that
he Could not wait for him The passenger replied
that he would not return aboard, from-the fact that
he had heard some persons upon the boat say that
they', intended to put him ashore between the
mouths of two - Bayous where he- would perish to
. deith, ills were not destroyed- by wild beasta.T . The
Coltish' informed him that ands was not tree, that
he had Vaid'his passage,"and was entitled to all the
. priiileges•of the other passengers; to return-and he
would give his word no one should molest him.—
,Re replied, that, he was safe ashore and intended
to remain wherehe Was ; requesting at the same
time the Captain - to give him his addle bags. The
CaPtiin obeyed his request end the- boat departed
After the boat had, left, be ascended the bank
where some negroes were at work, and inquired H
there • was no - white Mon absut. Browisaie,
who was seated upon a pile'ofrails *abort distance'
off, ;replied to 'his question,:that he win there. The
stranger then requested Mr. B. testifier him to passe
the night at his house, which Mr. B. readily grant
ed. After supper, the stranger inquired of Mr. B.
if there Were no Americans living in his neighbor
hood. Mr. B. replied that his nearest neighbor,
Mt. Wm. J. Cockfield, was an American. Well,
sir, it you will send a negro with me to show me
the road, I will go there, for I -dislike to sleep in a
house where the inmates neither speak or under
stand the English language. Mr. B. told him he
would most assuredly do so, and immediately des
patched a servant with the stranger, whose name
was Samuel Summers; front Tennessee. Upon ar
riving at Mr Cockfields he asked to stay all night,
a request that gentleman's hospitality could not re- '
fuse, for g , many times and ok” tae his mansion
sheltered the benighted and way-faring strange/ in
the "strange land." Early upon the following
morning, which was Sunday, he inquired of Mr. C.
if he could not procure him the service of • some
one to pilot him to Texas, where he had a son re
siding. Mr. C. replied that he would go with him
and see his neighbor Ctnizine R'aclial, a couple of
miles distant, who perhaps would either go with
him himself, or would employ some one to do it for
Dim.
Upon arriving at Mr. Racharti, Mr. Cockfield in
formed him (Mr. R) of the object of their visit.--
Mr. R. replied that he would conduct him !himself
to the Texas line for the sum of twenty dotlarti.—
Summers said that he would give it, and Mr. C. re
turned to his home leaving Summers at the house
of Mr. R.
At the house of Rachal there was living a poor
inoffensive man named James Sandidge, common
ly.called " Jemmy." Just as supper was announc
ed, Summers asked Jemmy to walk out with bim
to prevent the dogs from biting him, saying at the
same time that he had rather cut his throat than eat
supper. After getting outside of the house, he said
to Jemmy, " let us run, f came out here to cut my
throat, but my courage has failed me." Upon en
tering the house, he eat in a sulky mood before the
fire for more than half an hour, when Suddenlyfis
ing up, again he ,requested Jemmy to walk with
him. Jemmy, poor, simple-hearted, unsuspecting
fellow, obeyed, and they walked to the centre of
the garden. Now, said Summers, lam going to
cut my throat. No, said Jemmy, not here, if you
wish to cut your throat don't do it here. Summers
had already inflicted three flesh wounds in his
neck, before Jemmy had finished speaking. Jem
my. seeing this, rushed at him to prevent the rash
mars kom taking his life, when the infuriated mon
ster turned upon Jemmy and literally cut him to
pieces before aid could be yrocured.
He ran towards the house cry ii.g murder, hold
ing his intestines in his. hands. Mr. Rachal hear
ing the cry, flew to the rescue, and was almost
at the threshold by Summers, who-caeght him and
with almost superhuman power threw him a dis
niece of thirty feet into a deep bayou. Mr. R came
out and the ruffian threw him in the second time.
He then made an attack on the doors of the lipase,
which bad beers barricaded by the ladies within,
three in number. Mr. IL observing this, called to
one of his negro men to kill bun with a grubbing
hoe, but the pour affrighted fellow could not strike
a blew, and the deadly weapon fell into the hands
of Summers with whirl' he soon gained , an entrance
into the house. When the door was broken open.
the ladies attempted to escape by, the back door,
but in their fright could not open it Fortunately
for them, however, Rachal entered immediately af
ter bummers and arrested Iris4rm after be had giv•
en Mrs Rachal several severe arid } fear tatal
stabs. The other ladies escaped unhurt, Rachel
seeing that the ladies had escaped, let loose his
grasp upon Summers and turned to make his own
escape, when he received a severe flesh wound
upon the arm He was cu. in several places, but
none of which were dangerous. His coat was cut
behind in some twenty odd places.
Summers now made his escape and was found
the next morning . by Octave Mctayer, Esq , seated
at the root of a tree. .. I know you are after are,"
he said, as Metayer came up. " I have been kill
ing some people just above here, and I am wilting
to go to Anson." When found, he bad three cuts
in his throat, neither of which was serious. Mr
Metayer informed him that he was after him, and
he most go with him. He replied that he was too
weak from loss of blood, and could not walk. Mr.
Metayer then told him he would have him convey
ed to his noose in a cart. He left to procure, not a
cat', but the assistance of some of his neighbors,
knowing that it was impossible for him to escape
his dos s , even if be got away from him After
Mr. M. had gone, he (Summers) drew his knife
and stabbed himself in several places across the
abdomen, which produced death shortly after Mr.
M. had returned with his neighbors.
Thule ndedone of the Most melancholy affair"
which has ever taken place in the Parish of Nachi
toches. God grant that it may be the las..
Poor Jemmy lived just long enough to know that
the monster who had imbrued his hands .n intro
cent blood, had met with the same terrible death
as himself, and that, too, by the same hand, same
instrument, and like wounds.
' Mr. and Mrs. Rachel, it is supposed; will recov
er. Drs. Scruggs and Deneutbourn are attending
them.
Decidlons of the Superintendent of
Common Schools.
[airowran son Tat P&. scaoor, nova L.]
Directors may require teacher. to " intermit tea
ching every other Saturday." or every Saturday af.
ternoon and if the ratter neglect to comply with
the rigidatfons . of the former in this regard, the Di.
rectors may discharge the teacher for neglect of
duty.
It would be a mar.appropriation of the School
Funds for the Directors to pay out of the District
Treasury, costs imposed by the Courropon a teactf
sr.. For so doing they would' be subject to prose.
co tion.
Negroes are subject to taiation for their occupa
tion, arc., in the same rn•anner as the *hite men,
and their. children have the same right to the bene.
Sts - of our School System. It is recommended, how
ever, in all cases -where there is a sufficient nquibei
of Degree children in a district to compose a School
that one be established especially for there. • If this
is not done, they have a legal right to be admitted'
into the white School.
.
The &aid of Dire c tor s , (not a siege Director,
nor Dlrectruls individually.) may deferrnhp .4 what
books shall be used in School." Theßoard may
require teachers Co instinct the scholar In every n.
riety of boOks they choose; to bring to the School's,
but such a course would certainly not be for the .
best interest of the seholare,,parenni,,or the district*,
If every scholar pursuing the same course of stud.
kettle a different-hook, or it there are many voile.
rg.71'.5'7,1 -1- r: ,- TM: - .:74.P
-:-.' ".: : , , '...-'-' r:,-,--;":,?'
MOMM
SEEM
-- evurelasti Ihelni:or to give rt,
and instruction . It is therefore the dinj 01
of Dimeiontin,devrinttate a series of task s
eit iiiifieSehools tinder the jurisdietios
elude alliitheri. oai to
kiticeplin cases where such,,arringssi
lsrssidedXor in division XI, section 160 r i.
-1
hi",hOlars is
itin pridnot e by the Directors of adjoisist
be permitted to auend th e
idany stinStdistrict than that in which n
Itigal residence. If minors have o,
it th e eir legal residence
i is ai p the ies i o r m ea rd
r t dian o b e wem ,
provided as theirpertrianint hOMes
Cans,
Io,aotne cases, young rats, go into
than those in which their parents residi
the morning and evenings for their
attend school during the day. ran c h
not be properly admitted into the pow,
unless their tuition, is,. paid, for by th e
whibti - theYliave a legal residence.
When ground upon w hichto erect a school
ion ,
is leased by' irectors, they should reserve
to remove the house at - expiration of m e
Unless thbrreservatitur is made in the i
the owner of the land may prevent th ou
moving lt,"if 'made part of the freehold, eft
fore or after the, lease expites ; nor can t h e
re land
recover
the value otthe house from the ofk
e .
School Directors can appropriate them
district to such objeCts only as they are oney,
to do by the School law: Wnenever they ai
ate School fonds to unauthorized objects, ti lt
act their powers, and use the public mon ey ,
is collected for a specific purpose, for others
'spine:lmmo purposes, and are therefore guii
misdemeanor in office, for which they my,
ted at common law.
By reference to No. 47 of School Decision
lisped in pamphlet form, it win be seen that
optional with School Directors whether or
appropriate any portion of the funds of the
to the support of ". endowed s c h ools
mach as- in,estse' clan appropriatio n it is e t/
of the Directors to see that such Schools s
ducted in conformity with the Common *boat
tern, so far as the same is applieabte thereto,"
lows that Directors in the exercise of the pm
appropriate at 'all, of limiting the amount of
priltions, and regarding the manageme nt
Schools, may Impose such conditions le
nation o f t h e teacher, his capacity, the brand
be taught, method of instruction, and aim*
pupils, &c. j as they see proper. Who:lm
so approprutte, it Is their duty to see that lir
er is a competent one, and this may be do t
examination at such time and in such -
the Directors prescribe.
MIXIC4N ATFAM AoArs.—The ink was ,
ly dry, idler our late article on Meiico, when
ligence arrived that the new President had go ,
ed with Congress, had called in the aid of tt
Lary, and bad turned the deputies into the at
The prospect of a peaceful and constitution;
dy, which the retirement of Arista hold for
Salm thus forevever. The news further
us. that Ceballos, the present executive, has ,
ed that hostili ties against Uraga shall cease ,
would seem' to imply that an understandin g es
between theicivie and military leader ; thattbe
ration of Ceballos was the result of at intr;i
end that perhaps both Arista and the Congress
been duped by the two conspirators. But be
as it may, the momentary glimpse of better
which the resignation of Anita exhibited, has h
ed sway, and we fear forever. Indeed, em it
show that the Mexican commonwealth is fast p
to pieces. The grips' is already on the rock s ,
quivers with every new surge of revolatinn.
strong arm of military despotism may avers ;
ruin for awhile, by driving all hands to the pse si
but even Banta gona cannot permanently keeptis
weak arid shistrered states together ; and altiaster
there will be a Complete break up of the one hey
and splendid province, the pride of the bpi*
crown, leaving a mane of broken timbers Wing
ing fragments, for neighboring nations to picks,.
In fifty years, perhaps in less time, Mein le
have passed forever from history.
Myers' Extract of Rock Rose,
CROFEJ LOUS INFLAMATION OF.THE
Mew H. v ON, January I, IBM
MY son' Charles has been afflicted with lams
Lion of the hip Joint. At the age o(5 he wales;
attacked. intlamstion increased until the hip ms
very bae l ty diseased, and the joint seriously affeetef
his leg, drawn up so that it Iva impossible
straighten it ; a professor of sorcery gave it ni hi
decided opinion that the leg would never healici
hat the young man would never walk again. the
disease increased so rapidly that lot two and a bid
years he only walked with a crutch, and the dam
to exertise the limh was attended w.:h great paw
so that lie etthild not sleep. I watt ed him en nen
tiveiy that for five months I did n. t tiave one rid
night's rest. He had been trea:cd by distingolihed
practitioners by leeching, bli-terinz nc.. he Winn
been before the Medical Clinique if Yale G liege
The remethes they recommended were moat fa di
fully tried but without avail. This was his dens
and dreadful condition eighteen months: nib
when he commenced taking Myers' Rock
One bottle teas bur partly taken when he waste&
better, continuing until three bottles had hematites
when care was entirely completed, now he aut.
cellent health. This is the testimonyof and can be
corroborated by addressing
MYERS' EXTRACT of ROCK ROSE,Tot sde
by Dr. H. C. PORTER, Toaanda, Pa., of whom
pamphleis may be had grails.
MARRIED
In Athens. on the 22d inst., by the Rev. Jabit&
ter Ma M.taLos C. Masers of rounds. to Mat
Musa H. Jzwzrr, of the former place,
In
Monroeton on the 13th inst, by the Rev. L W
Chapman, 1)a. D. A. NEWTO3, to Miss %at
HINMAN, all of the same place.
In Canton. on the 3d inst., by G. W. Griffis; E
Ma. B•aoac W. GRIFFIN to Mls• B&iX L
M•:FI&Ln, of Tuscarora twp.
CLOVER SEED•
Aquantity of Large and Small CLOVER SEED
just rre'd by J. POWELL
r g - 3 ; - V • 1 i.i vP) Ll 6 1
Aw.
31 ) 11.1317Xt31C0DT ,STO2M.
HE citizens of the boro' of Towanda and nt
o•
A ity, are respectfully informed that the sotto?
ber has commenced business on the south come
of Main and Bridgestreets; where hd will trep ea
hand and for sale, every attainable article la ks .
line. It is his intention to keep a constant sap?!
of Groceries and Provisions
to meet the wants of the community, which trillk
selected with dare, and sold at the lowest pro
He has a large stock of Confectionary and sat,
and all other articles in the grocery line.
flour, Visit, Candles, Eggs, •ind all the diffeni
kinds of provisions to be obtained, will be keplaa
hand.
(['Cash paid for Butter, Lard and Eggs, and
most of thb articles' sold by te farmer.
_Oysters, received every day by Express front Ne tt :
York, and served op in a superior style,' and soil
by the gallon, quart or pint.
Give me a call-4s lain determined by ao'
slant attentiba to business to'deserve, as I haPe to
secure a share of public patronage. ,
Towanda, /an. 8, 1852. A. l. NOIla•
AE Near Staple Goods.
HE Snbscriber.has just received a new 107
T
of Sheeting, Ticking. Batting, Candlewick drga'
Alto a general assortment of Fresh Groceries. Ok
will be sold as cheap al...usual: J. KLN6BBER I r .
Towanda, Feb. 5, 1393.
Nalco.
Wer
HER&AS. my. wife Betsey, has left my b
and board without any just cants- or pore'
cation. this is hereby to forbid any person from troth
ing her on my account, as I will pa/ no debts of hel
contacting. THOMAS WEI,CO+
Jan. 29, 183 a
MRS. CATHARINE MaGILL.
94 Wallace tit.. New Hum, CL