Ma tlu Philadelpturitailetia.
iPßllfs, TUB PHILA.
MIS PARTICIPATIOR IN THI RINK MIARRII•f,;•.41111 .
eSIIRVIEN , NRH HIS 110N-•••REN*CC.S;
':gircorkstaneis which fasten the *tnctifer 4:11r
Ifink:lmpon Ai thur Spring, without m i e'shaditiv 4 1 1
'elittifiti are slowly developing tiiiimiefres):Ne4,
taithiy, the persons who saw the nictilerer t'.l"
Rink flying from the scene of the ofltnipt were in
hicedinta thecell .t.f Spring tiyA.teutenant..l3nrk.
)0 1 :vviithoot the criminal haviu4 meet 4ti ally' iiin•
tiatiton ortite.tabkoet of their errand. Nothing was
nitiiixilh•-litthjeet:M'-hi4 presence; but all the
*imagism alter leaving the expressed their
- s
conviction that lb.) prisoner was the trap who they
saw rutinin doirn Chestnut sheet, horn the stole
of Ir. Rink, at the time of the murder.
~.J.K.waikantarequ e nt to this interview that the gull.
ty man act - Mined tb forentan at the
Grand Jury, that he was in the store ot Mr. Rink, a
moment after the fatal blow was struck. Sevensl
pt theGrstnti Jurors were present at the time of the
conyeriattion; and they pointed out the guilty man
ifirsilexursistency of the story he bad told.. He
Inaintained,however, that ho ba' toM the' trwly
andthat he had uo hand in the commiseion of the
.
ChM*, .
&liars! new facts have recently been brought t•
light whichtend'to confirm suspicion and render
thequestion of the guilt of Spring a matter of vet.
tainty. His sun recollects the fa her having been
oat .upon. two stormy afternoons subsennent to
Christmas. 'Upon one of these orea.ions he 'return
ed home with his clothes -potted with mnil, whit+
he accounted for by- saying he led bitten. in the
slush. A lady who saw the murderer rut iii itt g from
the scene, says he slipped in Eighth sheet, below
Chestnut, and fell in the plush; lie got up again at
ends, and continued his flight. The recollections
of young Arthur confirmed this statement.
Another hey states that she was passing. along
Chestnut street at the time of the murder ,• a man
who was deadly pale van out of the store of Mr R.
so suddenly as to win' against her and knock her
tUnbrella oat of bee hand She says Spring an.
swats the description of the man,_ and .die gives as
her reason for not dig:lnstill/obis fact befule, s her un
willingness to be brought before the public as a
witness.
A day or two since Arthur Spring, Jr, paid a
visit to his wretched father, in ills cell . at Moyam
ensing prison. The soli offered to shake the hand
of his father, and expressed a desire to be recoiled.
Vil . with him. The patent charged his eft.ipring
-with having committed the crime of which he (the
htber) had been convicted. The boy argued with
,bin father upon the impossibiliy ot Isis baring done
it, When every moment of lass time was accounted
'lnt during the evening upon which the murder was
•committed. The elder Spring insisted doggedly
upon his own innocence, and upon the pill of the
POD, Sail the parties finally separated without the
slightest manifestation of forgiveness or reconcilia
tion on the part of the wretched culprit.
• At about a quarter to 9 o'clock on Saturday, Ar
thur Spring, the condemned, was brought from
prison and placed in the prisoner's dock, preparato
ry to being sentenced w i den h. There was a great
crowd surrounded the court room, and the room
traelf crowded almost to suffocation. The utmost
decorum prevailed, and not a taunting expression
MU heard to drop from the lips of the auditory.—
..71re prisoner looked well, even better than com-
Mon, and did not show the sligh est trace of anxie
ty as he sat in his box. His counsel, John M. Do
ran, stood near him, resting . against the box. As
soon as silence was obtained, the District Attorney,
Wm B Reed, arose and said :
TUE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S SPEECH
.May it please your Honors—The prisoner at the
bar Arthur Spring, on the 21st of March, being ar
raigned, pleaded not g rihy to a hill of indictment
roundly theOrand Jury, charging trim with the
murder of Men Lynch. On the 24th of March,
alter a patient trial, he was found guilty of murder
in the first degree. For eufft.ient reasons, to which
I need not alio .le, a second trial was o:tiered on the
application of the prisoner. On the 28'h of March
'that second trial began, terminafingin a verdict, by
.aaotber jury, of guilty in the. Mat degree. No part
Of my duty remains to be dkcharged but to move
your Honors for judgment on that verdict. I there
fore move the Court for judgment of death upon
Arthur Spring the elder, who stands convicted of the
murder of Ellen Lynch, of the first degree.
Mr. Duran said, as counsel for the pi isonerin the
deck, being of opinion that he has a fair and im
partial trial, I know of no reason why the sentence
^dVilitslaw should not be pronounced against him.
hate Kelley—Arthnr Sprint!, have you nr.yilting
to-say why the judgment of the law should not be
progounced upon ‘:nu.
, .itrithuiSPring—thatie, ynnr honor.
The prisoner then arose ; an'l{nr a manner prlak •
ing more of a flush than an excitement, began a
speech in a firma rapid, but somewhat rambling
manner. gilt flimness was remarkable, A quet
malignity pervaded his sppeeeh, and the did not
smear to be the slightest relation of fuller an
the breast of the elder Spring to sard his son.'\
ARTHUR 8P160 . 6 SPEECH
Your Honors—l had no act nor pan in the mar. 1
Ayr of Mrs Shaw and Mrs Lynch. I ain willinv. I
to die fur it at any moment ; but before I die, I i
call God to witness, that I had no part in the mur
der. If you want me to tell what I know about it,
- 1 will: 1 here itay I had no hand in it. I know
nothing about it. I never had it in my thoughts,.
~1 am not afraid to die, and show my death to any
one. My ton said be would take the money from
the trunk of MM. Lynch, and I told him that as I
`wits known there, I would be suspected of it. He
told me he took the money. He said he went,
down there about 8 o'clock and took some brandy.
He, went away to Thirteenth street, and stayed
with the boy, till a quarter of ta, and then went to
Maguire's and stayed there until Maguire went to
bed. He went up stairs, and afterwards came
down and went to the house . of Mrs. Lynch. He
got in the back room, and waited till she came out
• of it, and then went op stairs and broke open the
trunk and took the money. He must have com
mitted the murder, but he did not say so. I never
told. Byrnes where the money was, nor did I say a
word to him about it. He came down to prison
and brought Me three oranges. He sat down and
' took out of his pocket a two pound weight, which
I' had pever seen before, and put it in my lap. He
said he found it in Maguire's yard, back of his
Rime. I told him my son had taken it oat of Ra.
goes shop, to throw it at his cousin, fur he was
frjhting with •him at the time, and 1 took it from
and carried it up to Maguire's, and then I pitched
it away into the yard. I did not take it from Ma
. tone's store y and know nothing about it. I was
about baying Maroney oat for 8800, and spoke to
Mr. Tmcby about it, and went there to see him
about it. f bought a pound of grapes theta, for
Srfeenta r and gave • five dollar note on the Green
wiobliank. Ebel:6W not give me the change
h, entl told me to' ke the grapes. I wouldn't do
Mat, bat I tot k thi money back, and I took the
m rnaces home with er and gave them to Ragan's
' linkiebiliken. I went there akerwards, and paid
with.a dollar. , I never told - Byrnes a word about
. the two pad weight. It mast have been told him
by my eon, se 1 did not know anything about it
My me was down in the barroom Tong before I got
down. When I got up / saw some shine lying on
the table; my son told me to pat the bloody one
en. MO say it come fro& the fight with Carroll. I
rolled the other op and put them under the table --i.
1 don't know where hd. got them from ; he got op
'fifilt. We both went to breakfast,) didn't stay long
>Nifty and after we were done we went into the
• morrioin, My son did not stay long r but wen: out
and walked down to where he had committed the
roberry, and must have eommittedthe murder, and
got the money. I stayed at Magnire's until the of
Semi male theta, and asked if there was a man
~rated' Spring boardimr there. 1 asked them what
they wanted with him. One of them said they
wanted him to take stride with him.' 1 said I am
• the Man. are of theta asked. me to take a skink.
1 took a glass of ale at the bar. We then went out
and got into the carriage, and drove down to the
house in Federal street. 1 did not get out but- one
or two ofthe officers went in.' Wheolhey came
. . _
out they drove to Me station house. This Was the .
first 1 knew of the murder; I thought my son dad
imly;taitenAe sitave-lAsk inn9can t. of thja raps,
ideffilno %%Weave gtio theltublig, to)hy (latl, ad
,evety bodyiJ an) *ding dititAir it fi tittnil:l know
die.?, ; These ifemf.;:dyieg
brought up,mispectablf, and hate been : an boiria
mar( all my life. have [Myer been ad liquor bp.
twiee.in life. -your Ifoututs:litiow aft 1
have to say about, atul 1 will die an' innocent man.
and am willing to die. 1 call my God- to witne-s
• -
We have endeavored
Si) nig in the precise language iu which it wasspo
ken, but so difficult was it to hear • many of hi,
oords, and so :ambling was his ideas, that we may
have misinitlersum d him en gime DI the min in,
• tWitilS. lie would partly tiller sentenceiand - then
teconstruci it a.aiii, - Chaligini; 'entirely- theisobk-ct
mater alit . it. tlitott MOS or two occasions, we
sere under itigimpiereinfilliat` aliiti, t o
commit hinvielf, by giv in:. an aczoinii - of pail of the
murderous riattsactiois ; but of er a moment's
onion lie fully tecovered himself, and avoided the
iltiogeions topic. This was the case when he spoke
co the boy - .coffin:: non the house of Lynch with the
brandy on the night Oldie murder.
JUIXX KELLEef atE3IARKIL
A ohm Spring, you have .been convicted of the
highest crime known to the law of the Common.
wealth— murder in the first degree. An impartial
jury 'have found that you did .w ill - idly, deliberately.,
and widi premeditation ' tomtit r Etfin I ynch, and
with cotters nets olthat finding the Court iasatistied
therefore.:ouly remains for up to pronounce the
il.earl'peitalty.whieli the law attaches to so atroci
ous au set. The &nervy is the forfeiture of your
life • Ifrfrwe pronouncing it, let Me urge yon to ap
propreate the tow brief days that 'remain to you to
prepare fur meeting Him whose knowledge of
your whole life is perfect, and A% hose decree, know
ing not the limits of time, are absolute and ender
int, as the heavetis. His ear is ever open to thecry
of penitent sinner, and if you hope for mercy,
look to Him as its only source, from roan you have
nothing to hope. No shadowy doubt of your guilt
lingers on the judicial or the popular mind. You
have, imleed, been twice tried and convicted.—
Fur though the first jury was, in part, irregular con
stituted, it has not been alleged that it heard any but
competent testio guy , of that any which was com
p lent was withheld from it. It heard fully and
solely the legal evidence in the case, and like the
jury upon the verdict of which we are now about
to enter judgrnent, it pronounces you guilty. I need
not recall to your mind the details of the horrible
tragedy, but as a reason you are beyond the pale of
hope, save from Him whose merry is infinite, let
me remind you that it is no less clear that you
murdered Hornora Shaw, than that you took the
lila of Ellen Lynch; nor is it. less apparent that in
your vain effort to conceal yourcrime, you attempt.
ed to consume the two infant children of your vie
tint. Remember these things. Believe that your
days Gil earth must be but few. Expect net reprieve
or pardon, but prepare to meet the fulfillment of
sentence of the law. It isconsidered and arljnilg.
ed by the Court, that the prisoner at the bar, Arthur
Spring,.he taken from hence to the jail of the coun
ty of Philadelphia, from whence he came, and from
thence to the }thee of exerution,'and that he be there
hanged by the neck until he is DEAD
As soon as Judge Kelley had concluded' hissen
tence, which was delivered with considerable feel.
ing— it being the first sentence cf death the Judge
had ever delivered—he ordered the officers to see
that every person in the court room remained seat
ed, until the Marshall and his officers could remove
the prisoner. This order was strictly obeyed ; and
the consequence was, that Spring was taken from
the prisoner's box, and placed in a carriage in
waiting, and Driven off to prison without the least
commotion or crowding.
Before the prisoner left the court room his-eotm
sel, Mr. Doran, stepped up to him and raid—' Mr.
Spring, there is now no longer any hope for your
lifa You sh^uld _send for a,priest,,and endeavor to
make the proper peparatien for death and a future
life."
Spring, in .a most resolute manner, turned his
lace towards Mr Doran, and looked him lull in the
face, said " I will not do ii."
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE . ST THE BROn6LTE Navy
VA RD-.TIMBER FOR Mx V EMMA BURPED—Loss
OT ER .100,000 —A most destructive fire commenc
ed this morning, at 6 o'clock, in the Brooklyn Na•
vy Yard, and has been raging the whole day.
It originated, it is supposed, from a sponiane
ous combustion in the paint loft over the Lumber-
I I house. This buildiw , b was 300 feel in length, and
Itwas tided with timber, the whole of which was en•
tuely consumed. Among the stock of lumber con
sumed were the frames of a seveidy-four, a frigate,
a sloop-ot war of Southern pine, which had been
stored Jor twelve years. and the trames of three
; other vessel; besides a large amount of other tim
ber.
During the fire two bombshells exploded in the
gunner's room ; but, luckily, no person was in
'tired
A large amount in paints and varnishes were al
so destroyed.
The estimate of the loos is set down at, building,
$20,000 ; timber, $60,000 ; and varnishes,
$20,1300, and the contents of the gunner's loft, $5,.
000.
Several firemen were injured by the falling out
dY walls.
THE KANE Es PEDITIOhI TO THE POLAR REGIONS
Dr Kace is in Washington, and has knit received
his instruction from the Navy Department, for his
Northern expetli ion. He expects to sail about the
let of Alay e iti Mr. Grinnell's brig Advance, and
wilLendeavor to penetrate the Polar Sea, via Bal.
flu's Bay. Several members of the Grinnell expe
dition have volunteered their services in this me
mid American effort. Dr. Kane has selected tom
them Mr. Henry Brooks, who was second officer
of the Rescue, and an attached per.onal servant of
the Doctor's whp hat accompmied.hini in map% of
his travels. The whole band will not exceed thir
ty persons, inolotlint some Esguimaux who are to
join the party Sir Edward Party, the Roues, and
other well known Arctic awhorities, have, by or
der of the British admirably, written suggestive
letters, affording valuable practical information re
lating !Delete travel. The letters were accompa
nied by presents of field compasses anti itufia rub
bet clothing and sledges, valuable to the party.—
The vessels are provisioned for threeears. The
provision consists of meat, biscuit, con liensed milk,
dessicated vegetables. The little brig (Advance)
which is to convey the gallant party to their scene
of operations, has been magnificently fitted out by
Mr. Grinnell. The sledges; in addition to their
scanty cargo of food,. will carry an india-rubber
boat spread upon basket or wicker work—a valua
ble suggestion by Mr. Bennett, agent of the Stanton
Life-boats. Dogs will be used freely to carry out
depots of food for the little party.
1):!,7-is not this, which we take horn the N. Y.,
Times, something new ender the RCM This is,
uoe enough, an age of progress :
How ua °TAMED A EOM Or CLOTHES: On Mon
day afternoon a fellow called at the house of Eras.
toe Hedges, No. 411 Greenwich Stfeet, and inform
ed his wife that her brpitniad hail accidentally fall
en overboard, but fortunately had bees rescued,
and now sent. for a change of clothes.. . Sirs. H.,
immediately furnished him with her. husband's
best shit, and as quickly as possible °warp() her
toilet and proceded to his store to annum I. what
extent he had sulfated by the ducking, inAl to her
great istonishmeGi, she bound him at his business,
perfectly welt, and far Irom having the appearance
of having fallen into the dock. She then for the
first time discovered that she had. been imposed
upon by a scamp. The fellow Mimed, and has
thus far eluded the police.
A Qusaverra.—The Boston Courier mays that a
woman in Douon, R. H., recently became the mo•
ther ot bur live, bouncing boys, - at smiles birth.—
At the latest adviuca, the whole crowd were , doing
not only as welt as co,old.be ogle:mesh - bit rather
better.
Wratircirb tit opovteir.
Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Me
' it or AIN *rnarsii
E. XL- GOODRICH, .EINTOR.
Towanda, tatarday, April 23, 1853.
Worries or Tito Ripe Tier. . .•
50 50 per annum—lipoid within the year 55 ernes . Wlli
Mt dedirets&-fol rash paid actually. in adranee el 00will be
'situated. No paper scut overtly° Train, outran paid for.
Ativaltrtslurste, *esquire of ten lines. 50 rents for the
drat and *deems for each subsequent irepedion.
sr Office in the' Union Mork." north side of the Public
equarebtert door to theßradfbrd Hotel.- Nairemee bearees
M emirs. Adams , and Elwell's law *Mee*.
Democratic . State W
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ArDITOR 22222 AL.
EPHRAIM BANKS, or Mirrux, Co.
sou scam= amain..
J. PORTER BRA WLEY, OF CRAWFORD CO
Appointment by the Peet =aster General
CHARLES RZED to be Post• Master at Towanda
rue S. S Bailey.
Adjournment of the Legislature
The Penn's Legislature adjourned on Tuesday
last A section of the appropriation bill provides
that the sum of $350;000 may be applied to the
ebmpletion of the North Branch Canal, and author
inure temporary loan for the purpose of anticipa-
ting the revenues.
In the Senate, Joua C. Ktracm. was elected
Speaker,. the Democrats voting for Mazwzm. Mc•
Cssun.
nos. a A. esww
The iblloveing tribbte to the talent' and integrity
of our Representative in Congress, we copy from
the Daily Transcript, of Portsmouth, Va it shows
the estimation in which MT. Gttow is held by those
who have had occasion to make his adildaintance,
or wa.ched his Congressionaf career at Washing.
ton. No member enjoys in a greater degree the
confihnce and esteem of his fello* members,
and few men of his age, have' ever achieved the
favorable reputation, and wielded tie influence
amongst his associates, that Mr. G., possesses At . -
ways sound and radical in his votes, his remarb
upon every question he has touched, have been
distinguished for an unusual degree of eloquence,
which has always procured him the attention of
the House.
The district has reason to be proud of him, and
we anticipate for him a brilliant career, which shall
be tall of honor for himself and usefulness for his
constituents.
The following are the remarks of the Transcript
to which we allude :
Among the members of the last Congress who
distinguished themselves for ability, industry, and
untiring:devotion to the best interests of their con
stituents, the Hon. GA 'Anna A. Gaow, of Pennsyl
vania, stood very prominent. He never wastes
the time of the House, as some of greater preten
sions, but less merit do, in making speeches that
would be just as pertinent a thousand miles oil.—
But'he can address the House, not only to the point,
but eloquently, logically, and elaborately, upon
any and all sobjects that may need discussion.—
Though a young man, he possesses weight with
the Old Keystone's delegation, and better than all,
is highly appreciated, influential and popular at
home, as his district loudly expressed in re-elect.
ing him to a second Congressional boner. His
people were not slow to discover his excellent jadg
ment, urswerving integrity, and through manliness
in all positions. We had the pleasure of meet
ing him recently, and he won us with his genial
warmth of manner and.high chivalrous spirit.
The Daily Morning Post, of Pittsburg, has the
following pithy notice :—
~
GsLosns A. Gaow—one of the youngest mem
bers of the House, and whose Pont office is Glen
wood, Susquehana County—representetbe XII Dis
trict ; ,and from his ready faculty of debating and
his capacity of business, has gained a high stand
ing among his Pillow members. He seems to be
more of a thiriking roan than a talking man, but
can perform his part in any line of action creaks
bly to himself and his State.
Port Marren Gerstam..—The Pittsburg Post says:
Some folks seem to think that the Postmaster Gen.
eral is very slow in making appointments, but they
should understand that there are 111,000 Post offices
in the United States, and the Department to super ,
vise all this complicated system consists of only a
Postmaster General and five Assistants. There are
between lour and five thousand more Post Offices
in the United States than in all Europe. In the
islands of Great Britain and Ireland, in addition to
the officers of the Home Office in London, there are
twelve assistants, ranking with the Postmuter Gen.
eral's assistants bere t and having only about 3.009
Post offices.
Tut New Sii.vea Cotasca —The officers of the
mint at Philadelphia are now closely engaged in
coining the new silver pieces of the denomination
of three, ten mut twenty-five cents. In order to
meet the public wants for small silver change, the
work at the mint now goes on at night and by day.
The new ginner of a dollar weighs precisely lour
pennyweights, and is 74 grains leas than the form
er pieces. As compared with the current Spanish
quarters, the new coin is decidedly heavier and
somewhat finer. Nape of the new dimes have yet
been struck.
TEICTROUBLE AT SAN ItIAMILOlleill from San
Juan. reesived:ai New Orleans, states that the dif
&cities' bet Ween the citizens and the Nicinsgna
Transit were on the eve of an amicable settlement,
and the revopization of the former authorities was
in contemplation. On the lasi trip the steamer of
the company landed their passengers in the town of
San Juan instead of landing them oath. other bank
Of the river, thus removing a', fertile came of ins
taoon.
Qtr- Chief Justice Gibson isnow very ill at Car
lisle, and but little hOpe 1s entertained of his re
coverk.
Diliet - the Vice President , •
Ml.lolllrSteiCipited- WWII Cif Abcdeath of Mr.
Kb*, ffillirtell . *eirleiiiiof dna United Stlll#l has
beop rocildiredOt look Owe last Monday evening,
111141 reatitletea4fdrdiiwbii, Alibunitcwhertfie had
only sailed on the previ o us day
- Mr. Kinglets born in:North- Caitilina,! but had
resided for many years in Alabama. He represen
ted North Carolina, in Congress from 1811 to
‘ 1816;
from 1820'to 1844 - be 'as United Statile - Senator
from Alabama, and from 1844 to 1847 was United
Stites' Minister to France. On his return from Pa
ris be was again elected Senator from Alabama,
and continued to fill.the office.entil last year, when
be:waslximinatedand elected Vice President of the
trailed Swett.. His age was 68-
We have bad more brilliant and profound states.
teen, but we have had few more distinguished for
integrity or high-toned honor than Mr. King. Both
his private and public tile have been an impeached,
and he was respected by all parties as a statesman
of great experience and sound judgment. His death
so 'soon after
- hilt, election, and before he could
enter tyrret its formal duties, is a solemn and @Rik
ing illuitration of the vanity of earthly calculations.
By this event the office of Vice President of the
United States, becomes vacant. Mr Atcheson, of
!gleaned, is the President,pro tempore, of the Sen
ate, and in case of General Pierce's death , would be
the acting President until a new election, could be
held. We trust that no such afflicting contingency
may arrhe.
El
yelicr front ffiarrisbirrg.
This day closes the session of 1853, which has
produced a mass of private bills, and no measure
of great public importance, except the Appropria
tion bill. That bill after passing several times be
tween the two Houses, was at last settled through
the medium of a Committee of Conference, as Ap
propriation bills always are. The aggregate am
ount disposed of by its provisions, is over $5,000,
000. Of this sum $413,000 is for the Portage Road
with an addition of $lOO,OOO if it should to found
in the Treasury ; 8350,000 for the completion of
the North Branch Canaf, and $187,000 to relay the
Columbia road. These sums are authorized to be
raised by a temporary loan, anticipating the reve
nue. If the revenue should not equal the sum thus
anticipated, it will amount to a permanent loan.—
The Senate at first refused to concur in these ap
propriations, and substituted in lien of them a sec
den appropriating 8175,000 to the Columbia Road,
and 8350,460 to the North Branch, upon the condi
tion that the money would be in the Treasury,with•
out resorting to a loan. The Portage Road was ex
cepted entirely. But the House would not concur,
and the Committee of Conference adopted the bill
as I have stated it. The whole sum expended up
on the Public Works, including these extraordinary
appropriations for the completion and repair of im
provements, amounts to a million and a halt of dol
lars. Thts-exceeds, or loll) equals, the net reve
nue derived from them during any year. I am
convinced that had the subject been agitated at an
early period of the session, and the condition of
things fully knowb, that a bill would have been
passed offering for sale these public works, fixing a
reasonable minimum even after the passage of
the appropriation, a bill to this effect passed second
reading in the House, with but twenty-seven nega
tive votes.
On Saturday last, the Legislature of Maryland
and the Councils ol Baltimore visited Har - isburg as
the guests of the State. They wete received in the
Hall of the House by Gov. Mourn, and then con
ducted to a dinner got up for the occasion, where
the usual amount of guzzling and patriotic speechi
lying occurred, Thus fraternal feeling is cultivated
with the effervesence of patriotism and champagne.
That good natured matron,, the Slate, pays the bill.
The bills re chartering the Girard and Mechanic's
Banks of Philadelphia, havb passed both branches
They are required by the charter to pay the State a
bonus of $125,000 each for the privileges granted,
on condition that no further tax shall be required
daring the continuance of the charter. The tempt
ing bait ol a large bonus, no doubt induced • many
members to vote for these banks, who wool& other
wise have opposed them. The Governor may ap
prove them upon the risme principle that induced
him to sign a bill rechartering a bank at Erie, on
the ground that no increased banking capital is cre
ated.
The Speaker of the Senate has resigned, and J.
C. Kerns. of Dauphin County, been elected for
the recess. The democratic Senators voted for
MAXWELL MCCAIBLIE of Greene County.
The conduct of Senators during the Session has
been marked by an unusual degree of courtesy to.
wards each other. Nothing has occurred ealeulat.
ed to excite any permanent asperity of feeling, and
the previous question has not been once canted.—
This unusual degree of good feeling, where so ma•
ny exciting questions, necessarily giving arise to
conflict of opinion, are debated and acted opon, is
worthy of remark. As much can hardly be said for
the House of Representatives. J. x. F.
Otr- Tee! Special Session of the U. S. Senate,
which was brought to a close on Monday, had held
for five weeks. This executive session of the Se-
nate has been of unusual length—longer than any
other called session within recollection—indeed,
three thew as long as that of 1829 oft the accession
of President Jackson.
hums or Ma. FiLuiroat.—We learn from the
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser that Mr. Fillmore
butbeen somewhat indisposed for several days past,
sad has therefore been , enable to reply to any of the
numerous letters of sympathy andicondolence which
be has received from raised friends since his return
horns.
CHICISIZR —On Thursday, the 31st oh., the amount
on deposit in the Chester County Bank exceeded
six hundred thousand donors. The Bank, the same
evening - refused to receive additional deposits, and
Whims of large sums were obliged to take care of
it themselves.
Muumuu &tenon —The following is a copy
of a telegraphic despatch received in Washington
on Friday :
"ST. Lome, April B.—The entire Benton. DOM
antis ticket has been elected ,over the combined,
forces of Whigs and Andes, by about one thousand
majority."
Ws. a Messes, the conductor who had charge ,
of the train at the time of the accident on the Cen
tral; Railroad, near Newton Hamilton, w.aa-tried in
Lewistown last week, for the murder „of several
passengers. The jury returned a veidict of ig not
• •
guilty," but to , pay the costs.
Hasaissurio, April 19, 1853
,
thairsday,,Aprlifith, the cue otpet coutut,oll:_, ,
,!(.Bilitritgait4WriOandyke, who:, was4odietiol_
;for use& slid battery with intent to kill, upon ail
pitilort . tif A. C.' Station , Esq., was- eine& up lit'
:Court **Sunbury. 7 - Ibis, says the StuiburiAmstri!
,ein, WSW the !stabbing ease that occurred on lhe
West Branch Bridge, at Northumberland, on the
night of the 31st of January. A good deal of inter
eat was martikated,ltid the Court Howe oonsiier
ably crowded dating the trial. The testimony was
closed on Wednesday, towards evening, when '
George F. Miller, Esq, commenced summing up
for the, commonwealth. . Mier Mr. Miller had con
chute& the-court was ' adjourned to 8 o'clock, when
David Taggart, .Fog , and. Hon. James Pollock
spoke on behalf of the defendant, after which the
Hon. Joseph Casey concluded oo the 'part of g ibe
commonwealth :The speeches of the counsel were
listened to with much interest by a large and re
spectable audience, and what was something eau•
anal, one of the front seats was wholly occupied by
ladies of §unbary. As it was after 10 o'clock at
night, Judge Jordan did not charge the Jury until
next morning. His cliarge was a clear and !acid
exposition of the law in all its bearing". Counsel
for prosecution, J. B. Packer, Geo. F. Miller and
lion. Jos Casey, Emit, and C. A. Katz, Esq., Dis
°id Attorney: , For the Defendant, David Taggart,
Egq , and; lion. Janus Pollock.
The Jury after en absence of several boars,
came in Court with a verdict of guilty on the third
or last count. The court then sentenced the defend
ant to a fine of one dollar—the -costs of prosecu
tion, and six months imprisonment in the county
Jail.
LIGHTNIN6.—Banker Hill Monument was twice
struck by lightning on Wednesday afternoon. Per-
sons who were in the monument thought it was go.
ing over. The bottom of one of the rods where
it entered the earth, was slightly melted, and a
gentleman near the top; who was passing down
and holding by the iron rail, received a shock from
which he did not recover entirely for a couple of
hours. The second shock sounded like the crash
of a large quantity of glass thrown down the inside
of the montunent.
A Lour MAIL —The Cincinnati Commercial says
that the mails despatched from that city on the 26th
nit., fur New York city, Hartford, Ct., and Provi
dence, R. I, have either . been stolen or most mys
teriouAly delayed at some intermediate office. The
New Yoik mails columned a large amount in
drafts, supposed not less than $200,000. from the
merchants and bankers of Cincinnati. But a small
amount of money is as yet known to have been
rent in Rio mail.
Tux TEIIIMIMPEC Ta carr .—A special messen
ger has arrived at New Orleans, from Mexico,
bringing the treaty lately signed by Judge Conk
lin and the Mexican Commissioners, guaranteeing
to Mews. Sloo & Co., the neutrality and posses , —
ion of the Tehuantepec transit way, ratified on the
28th ult.
MARRIED,
In Canton, by the Rev. C. McDougall, Dr. ell-
IMA M. &nen* of Luzerne Co., to Miss &KILT
“aarria, of the former ',lace.
Trial List
For MAY Term and Swims, A. D. 1853
111=1:13:31
Admr's of John Vanderin dec'd vs the Common
wealth of Peon'a
P H & W H Titus vs Daniel Foss
David M Bull vs Ears of Jas P Bull det'd
Hers of Chas W Smith dec'd vs Caleb Parker
Stephen Pierce'l use vs Wm Rilliams
0 D Bartlett vs Dunham et al
Adm'rs of J N Weston deed vs Besley, Morly &
Hyde
David Barber vs John Snyder
L S Ellsworth Is Goy Tozer
Jesse Eagan vsHeth W Paine
Wm H H Brown vs - Ears of I P Smith•dec'd,
0 P Ballard vs Stephen H Fitch
4 C f l itch vs Geo Manley
Alanson B Smithy, Justus A Redordl
• SZCOND wear.
Sarah Ogden et al vs Wm H H Brown
Robert Metteer vs Daniel Webb et al
0 0 Shipman vs George 8 Park
John Strong vs Wm B Ingalls et al
Sanderson & Kingsberry vs Jacob A Weller
Laura A Warner vs Jonathan Brink.
Phebe Ann Patton vs John M Fox
Leonard Pratt &c vs Alexander Dewing
James Wood's use - vs James Lee
Wm Williams vs Nedebiab Smith 24
Stephen R Chandler vs Wag & Horace Kit
Geo Fritcher vs Albert Tozer
Joseph H Dudley vs Gee 'Thaler
C C Else vs M & Cranmee
Sarah A Hotchkiss vs Price Dbane et ur
M M Coolbaugb vs Richard Northrup
Phebe Ann Patton vs Hiram Fox
S W Q D F Pomeroy & Co vs U P Ballard
Wm Sinsebaugh vs Win Kit
David Barber vs S 8 Hinman
Edward M Bishop vs Ex'rs G Chamberlin deed
Win 8 Cooper vs Morris Stephens
Austin 'Stafford vs David Goodale et al
Henry Westbrook vs Isaac Wbstbreok et al
.1 T Crandall vs Wm R Wilson
Chas F Wells vs Chauncey Baxter et al
John P Means VS Wytlis Brownson
Isaac Mace vs John Bates
The Com'th of Pa 1/3 John Bates & A Pond
John Brownell vs Jehial Schofield
Samuel Moulson vs Peter S Yroman
Wm H Bell er al vs Edward Overton
G W Marsh vs J F Chamberlin
The Township of Canton vs C H Bolles
same vs Joseph Lindsley
John Dougherty vs A J Gorsline et al
C I. Ward's use vs Ez'rs of N Coon dee'd
Reuben Vosburg vs John Powers et al
Albert VanGorder vs Samuel 8 Clark et al
Wm Kin use vs R E McGeorge .
Charles Westbrook vs B Seely et al
Alanson B Smith vs Israel & Emma J Smith
Wm Binsebaugh vs Aaron Stone
Samuel C Means et al vs Wm Patton et al
Ex'rs of J Horton dec'd vs Beni Bennett et al
Henry Bible vs Curtis Smith
George W Goodell vs Samuel A Tenant
same vs Cornelius Vanderpool
same vs Nelson Vanderpool
same vs H F Vanderpool
Admits of 1) Sinebaugh vs Wm Sinebaugb
Jacob Reel vs Francs H Arnold.
Subpoenas for first week returnable on Wed
nesday, May 4, 1853, at II o'clock P. M, and for
the second week, on Monday.. May 9, 1859, at 3
o'clock P.M. A. M'KEAN, Prot.
Binghamton Stone Lime, -for 1.853.
UR arrangemente•are now complete for supply.
O
in any quantity of this celebrated lime fresh
from the Kiln at short node*. add low prices ; war.
ranted good , or no sale. WELLS & HARRIS;
Athens, April 21% 185 S.
To Contractors and Others.
TOTE have-olt hand. pork. beef, butter,. corn, ma,
Wl' wheat, buckwheat, beans, dried apples, sour,
feed, iron Steel, shovels, bars, powder, Case. fish,
tea, coffee, sugar, molasses, soap. tobacco, salt and
cement for sale as cheap a s at any other house.
Athens. April 23,1853. ' WELLS & HAREM
Nails And Glass.
A LARGE supply of Nails mid Window Glamor
.1116 almost ever, aims for , salo.al MERGUR'S-
A .1.11 22, 923,
ARLY PEAS.—AAnanaityLaCearly Pena in pa.
pens and packages t also, by the quart, peck or
huibel, at ap22 MERCUR'B.
CM
=
RI- ,lIIJRIT
.silyzjrnD ST W. IL DAVIS, Wilms, ce .
' And Patented April 2,1850. 1 'I.
rrO this CHURN was awarded th e
.L the late Fair of all Nations held is
ft also took the Premium at • he, taw
Fair, held in Toronto. U. C., i ll ter n.
ed a silver Medal and Diploma at th e
New England Mechanic's Charitable ,
held in Boston, October, left la shots
en the first Premium at all state and Cr
wherever it has been exhibited, and
approved by all Dairy-Mat and
where they have become acquainted %i t
This CHURN, is constructed fur caussut
INDIIILING AND SALTING Tat Blirrt i
ccrThese 0 n CNI7IINS, ere )4 ,
ed and bold by WELLS & CO., Totrod, „
nearly opposite the Ward House,
Towanda, April 21 , 1853.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
ALLpersons indebted to the mate of
Bennight; den d, late of Ridgbary
hereby requested to make immediate p alm ,
2,
those having claims against said estate, n ip
present them duly 'anthenticred forlettlemett
PHEBE BEnicr
April 21. 1853.
P. On the li
TAIL= Int.
s ordinary siz e d ~+
I ) J of A A M pri EELT I . BS3, TAYLOR, took u
were afloat in the Susquehanna river ; i
appear to have been made, at least a year
are composed of about 3000 feet of Lu tn i
Towanda, April 21, 1852. _ J. T. TA'
PAPER zumfauras.
THE only assortment of Paper Hangi ng ,
this vicinity. with • fresh Ea * 0 1 0414,
at unusually low prices. ' O. D. DARTLEA
Towanda, April 21,1853.
GARDEN SEED.—Every kit g ir d
!of ,
for sale at sp2: mutt
tuATERED RIBBONS.—A new tnieleitsk
VV ceived et 8p22 Mint?
.
INFORMATION
FOB THOSE WItO W,
FOR THOSE WHO HATE
MONEY OR PROPER
Do you want to sell or mortgage any 1.
Have you a bond and mortgage . you wii
Have you houses, taverns, or lots, that pa
sell or lease I
Have you a mill, factory, foundry, 4n0e,10
er manufacturing establishment, thatyou eysi
or rent?
Have you iron ore, coal, potters' or fir e c h i
other minerals, you wish to sell or fuse rm. '
shares !
Have you land that you would hie to hue
ed or cleared by contract or on• shares
Have you water power that you wish t o ,
prove, or rent 1
Do you want additional capita, ors m oo
your business
Do you want to sell your stook of eserekusbel
Do you went to form a Company to rum
for any specific object I
Do yon wish to etcluinge your properly ix
Property 1
. .
Do you want in yetr neighborhood ail*
ries, tanneries, or other manufactories!
Have you any well tested improvement - a mans
ry, or in the arts, which you want to all, ar
you want means to manufacture !
If you have any of the above wants, nr alien
similar character, and will inclose to our •
(post-paid.) a legible, clear and exact
them ; and if property, its locality, Fromm
nal, railroad, or navigable water, to chards
mills, stores, &c., the lowest terms on
will sell * mortgage, lease, exchange,
Pose of it ; and if you will also inclose to
'titration fee of $l, (the - receipt of which sill
knowledged.) your waur shall be mania
Register, and your letter placed on the file de
for your State and County, for the inspertim,
charge, of those who are seeking to pause,
exchange, or invest.
We make no charge to any for medlar;
. Register and files. Wtren they make bon II
wishes, they are referred to your own meant
your wants : and as we have Maps of the 11
'States, and of such Countibe as we hare bee
-to procure : and as we employ agents to visa
. eels and steamers test arrive with haraqu
whom from 1,000 to 5,000 are daily anisio, - ,),
also bade agents to distribute our Circulars nor
strangers at the hotels; and as we advertise i
principal papers of the city of New lion, and
orts forms throughout all of the state, as of
different countries of Europt, from which In
come, add where we expect one of oar Firm
the present reside, and where also we shall r
. the principal parts of embarkation, ilmtel •
wish to purchase, exchange, Lase, or mast, to
our office, tbiaiour charge—
We are confident that we offer sheen usele
• making. your Wants known to those she lei
know them, and of securing the end you
any other mode yet practised.
The best place for you to effect s sale
change or loan on your property, is in its
vicinity. If yore cannot Jo it there, the next h
is in the city of New lock. Or of you win
grants or settlers of any class here is the plug
taro them r
Bemuse here at all times and treasons, therm
30,000 to 70,000 strangers, many of whom r
for investments or homes.
Because th rre are pr ably 1130,000 who
remove from the pity or vicinity.
Because here is contrArated a grudge*'
the surplus capital of the Union, seeking tar
Because here, money is ordinarily worth frio•
• 7 per cent. per annum, on uodoubted 'nu*
yon' can afford to give as ample security, or obeli .
ticement„ where it would produce greater Me der
rfest, either in annual income or increased
Because here, an examination of our files'
those seeking to invest or settle, where the
to be found which they seek.
Because here, there is an opportunity te•
country or other city property, for propertyfiel it •
or its vicinity.
Because a person, by spending a few hove!
office, without charge,can obtain mote irtformex i l
the property in market throughout the cormtf,P'
the wants of community, than by month" afurm,
Because, finally, here in the comma' Or.,
where is concentrate:tithe money and slam of
multitude throughout thiteand other cournole;
cording the opposite, but corresponding 02°
countrymen,. both !en vie tire, those who botli o
and those who desire to sell, can be mareal w yts
In the dcseription of proierty, be Cl
over estimate its advantages in any telloc i ' ."-
db, and we should send you a purchaser , te'
son of the reality with your statement mil
your object. When your property le , e 3l ;'
wise disposed of, it is required that we Mu
diately ibformed of the fact. As we de e°
terse% but negotiate, and send purchasers 10 . 11 7. 1 .
eta, no special authority to us is requisite ,•0 . P77 - .
it is desired that we should sell, authority mud
Our commissions on sale., eschl n g ef 2, o*,
per cent. The roiling of corn parries.
tars requiring special negotiation, will bewr
special agreement.
find mSeovreelareadyi firms
u sal i e n th th s e n " a rn s e in u g e l i e gh fs rl:l'-'lll6l
•-grants desire to remain in c ompanies.
and KNA Property °Wu.- I
BRONSON,
Real
Estate
116 Broadway. Few 1 ""). 1
Refer to Courtlandt Palmer Esq. Tr 151,4'
Y.; Hon. Alvin Broome, Owego , iL lit ' ; The ore
(lhi° ;. Ex 00v. Ford, Ohio; 800. R. W. woo l
Laq Hon. D. A. Noble, Mieh I ° W. j. toed'
Mich ; Hon. Rob't Smith, 111: Bon. L L
Ky ; Mon. A. 0. Dodge, laws Hon. Rol tai
ClC7' For limber information inquire
_ce
pp
McALPIN, Local Agent, (at the Low 015_
. 01 11l
Elwell, Esq.) Towanda, Bradford coun'y•
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