The Secretary of State Averting the Riede rof Citizenship. h - or A Washington coireppmdent of t ew k - , Herald, has the following despatch hy4iTifilkoph The Secretary 14 S ate only receivetirideplietc4. as reianve tit the Kos a titian . , liotii.lLD4Marift iidr Al ?lister to Cott somintiop le, tits ton - tile id . lay them before the Cabinet. They will he read 1., the Cabinet to-morrow. This will account for itirfnablieitiedirWafahiUMfri'" tore !receivettat the Navy Depat men'. r.„ Itkely to assume a rr.ncli more important character than waifinst anticipated. filintaley is already - pledged - 10 the position that the fling of a .!eclaration of an intention to becom e a citizen of the United States, entitles the individu al to the protection oPthe government. Ii will be fetifern6erealgiclkl FT - Meier - Whet friember - tif The mixed commission, ask was termed, to adjust the claims of .American citizens against 'Mexico 0:le of those claims was that of an Italian gentle man Who had declared hisintention of becoming a citizen of the United States previous to the dep redations being committed on the property of Mex ico. The. Mexican commissioners resisted the claim on the ground that the mere declaration did norentitle Me party to the immunities of a citizen of the United States. no ease was finally submit. aid to the arbitration of the King ;o1 Pnwia, through his minister, and decidedly adversely to the posi tion assumed by Mr Marcy. It is a matter of great importance to the thousands who reach our shores and file their declarations of intention to become claret*, to have thus point decided. r Mr. Marcy, we believe, took the ground that they are in the same position as children born here,. who, although they cannot vote or hold property till they - are 21 years ofd; are still, during the minority uni nestion. ably minted to the protection (tithe Unitej States. Should this position be taken, the release of Elva, will doubtless be imperatively demanded by our government It will be due, not only to our national honor, bet to the vastpopulation which seek our shores irithe pursuit of tbat civil and religion), liber ty which is denied them- in Europe. No better opportunity for settling the creation can arise, and public opinion will aphid the eats• entice in the enunciation of whatever may be deemed true American doctrine, no matter how bold it may appear. ESC APE of A Comml , , —On Satu'rtLy last we visi tell Sing Sing, where we learned that (convict es. cape! from the State Prison the day preh lOUs, in a very ingenious and skillful manner. James Dunn, the convict in question, although but twenty years old. had served one term in the prison, and had' been but • few months returned on another sen. tence, which was for life. He worked in a weaver shop, and managed to procure strips India rubber cloth, with which he made a tube, some six feet long, and water-tight. To thSend of this he at. inched a bag of the same material, and shapedlike a dock. During the forenoon of Friday, he left his shop and managed to elude all the vigilant keepers until he reached the river, where ne threw off and secreted all his clothing, and, with his India Rub. bet life-preserver, plunged into the water. Sinking to the bottom, he kept one end of the tube in his mouth, while the bag floated upon the surlace, thro' which the air passed to supply respiration. In this manner he went some distance from the shore,and drifting with the tide, he passed the guards and keepers and all the men employed along the Pd• son docks, the.Railroad,,Robinson's dock, the Fat mere dock, at the lower landing of the village, Mansion House dock, and up to Colyer's dock, • distance of a half a mile. At this point, some part of his pipe gave way, and he had to rise to the sot face and swim ashore. Here he (bond a number of men and boys, who were astonished to see a stran ger swimming from a bay lour miles wide, at mid ' day, and under the burning sip of one of honest dais of the season. On gaining the shore he re. marked, with perfect composure, that he bad "won .1.--"" the, bet." Some one inquired whore his clothes were. He pointed to the upper landing, and re• marked that he had C‘ left them op there when be went in." He then started up the railroad track, and meeting a Mr. Fowler, he pointed to a person still further north, and inquired. of Mr. Fowler " if that marl had a bundle of clothing!" He received a negative answer, when he replied that &the bad s:olen his clothes white he went in swimming," and then started off a few hundred yards, when he felt the road, and entered Gen, Van Wyck's grove. Soon alter he was observed crossing the yards and fields towards the Dale Cemetery, in the same .condition in which be left the river, sines which he has not been seen.—Peckskill Rcutris AREEVT OF A FUGITIVE SLAVE 4T Comeau The Telegraph reports that a negro named George M'Qneery, alias Walsh, was brought to Cincinnati on the 13th inst. from Piqua, claimed by Henry Mails, of Kentucky, as a fugitive slave The col•` ore(' people gathered in large numbers round the Galt House, where the fugitive was guarded b the United States Marshal and a posse of 'police, and exhibited much feeling, but dispersed upon being assured that the prisoner should have a trial on the following day. The next morning the prisoner was brought belore Judge M'Lean in the United States Court, when the casts was heard and adjourned till the 17th. The fugitive slave case came np again on the morning of the 17th, when the claimant, by the admission of the fugitive and other witnesses, proved bis right to the slave. The defendant's counsel relied upon the unconstitutionality of the law. lodge M'Lean, in answer to the objections raised by counsel for the slave, decided that the fugitive slave laws ol 1193 and 1850 were constitutional That no state had power to pass a law preventing togitiveibein,g delivered up to those to whom they owed.serviee. Thatno proof was necessary before the Supreme Coots that slavery existed in the state from whence the fugitive escaped, as it should be taken far grantea that a supreme judge knew the laws MT . 'S!f the states. The status could not &horn pelled to give up fugitives by a law of Congress, if the provision in the constitution did not c'o That slavery can only exist by the atitharity of law, and u it so exists in the slave states—said Inov not being an infringement on the constitution—the free states are bound to recognise it in delivering up frr ittive slaves from those states, upon clear prowl that t ey are such. - The Judge ordered the slave into the custody of his master, who took him across the river. Tot COB or Carr. Ginsom.—lt is stated that Captain Gibson isengaged at tue State Dapartment, making out a brief of his ca'e, from' about three thousand pages of documents on the Fubject, to be presented to the Cabinet - meeting lo day, it possi bhs. • - It appears that Captain Gibson desires the en (or amen of his claim for 5.82,000 damages award ed raritrbilhe Dutch Coon. When this point is disposed 'of, he will ask to be sustained in his right to the grant made by one of the Dutch East India psWiNw i of a large and valuable coal region, horn which, ho nye, be can supply a superior quality of f ee l, at tour dollar: per ion. There is said to be little doubt the administration will embrace this op ponanity, not only to-enforce whatever claim Cap tain Gibson-has for :redress, tint to bring about, if possible, commercial relations between the United States and Hollaucrs 'tr.re9ty:one millions colonial ' • SINGUCAR Acertierr.hitineanfon township, a few days ago, cboy,ttufwa_stonst_ai , a wood-peek /Ire egtintoo4he.point,pf a,anke. the stono,dtd fot gp f yriihip Atree*t of t h e bird; which piniliedirlYhiliii i itniitie air, and Immediately fell to 114 . g.ronaitilealt-zgrestly io theitstonishment of the boy,. Attut. aefirsti NlPPOsedilhe ibitd had...bean fr.b4lttffolgo-4 0 :‘ 11 .0: Plot?'.. l 74ll';lfc,: 14 )1 7;Ct" r ' ,4 • • ring "7, , Aed flie poor t , ,ro [kid k trf kil4E (fail thsleightetaussil it to swan** the' slung 'Sikkim., I Yr-0 10 001g alOaogaiation.-,-/Fasiiir,l6len, pa., Re. 1 . •ft a ZlziA Mbar. i -- 1 .- r I IQ ‘.7 ; 1 1 .-11 , e i e __ ti gibe , quell veteMin iin .gthat iteetekby Oil. suiriele 4,teA yogeg L . tta,vi ._ iveti inIRT mil). The ehijoetinanctert .connected In IN . c.treelehicksiCvery Olemarttaby, a r ii#. toitaf4....we.hfrainett the'm frotkihe atm be!A of me:Arndt irtiat Ititfl i hek boahleit—BrOe eitim C eichrtatt ti r iii , a niiiive of New %stun, big has 1.114-Iy tettitleti %rot' her blether at Hopkinton.— She. came to thismity. about seven months ago, anti Whitifiteirftirriestfihermillr , Ccatinurtarttertle BIM of her friends ; she left • school which site was teaching, wettt to Fishetsvilla anti Irons that place came here. ' Miss Cmharine - B: Cotton was 22 years of age, and belonging to Posinal,Ale...She coma to this, ei.y, (rum Berfford,lll6 ; ;and timt:for some time boarded at the same place with Miss Cochran, at "Nts.•24,4ltMehteller CorlßWMittn , ' They , had-both,: at.differeat limes ex _ pressed the determination to drown themselves, ,The cause which operated upon their mitt& are fiiitoly'devrtitptif in the let tern which the , unfortunate gide bad left behind them. It appears" alit Miss citation hail, home wombs pintas made the: arqueintance of a young meti.nOw in New York City,.anil, Miss Cotton, the acqtraintance of a young man in Bedford, M. ; that the acquaintence hail been, dropped on the part ol the young man suddenly and without reason.— They had both brooded over the matter until a son of insanity was the result. They bad for some days talked fieely ofdrowoing themselves, and on Sunday prepared letters. They appeared. during the day very much as usual. Al lea, Miss Coal ran appeared quite talkative arid ch eerful. After tea they both dressed themselves in whi•e, still ex pressing the same determination About half past seven o'clock they left their boarding honseasthey said to drown themselves. The lady who roomed with them, not feeling quite easy, and observing that they passed upl•owarde Amoekeag canal,thmed up another street, came in sight of them j ust as they were approaching the canal, and saw them clasp each other by the hand and rush off the bank. She ran to the spot arid immediately gave the alarm She rear beit the bank in season to hear the last "gurgling sung le ere they sank to rise no more alive. The Holy of Msie. Cotion v.** ration our in about ten minutes, and Miss Cochran's some time after, but all efforts to resuscitate them were una vailing. The body of Miss Cochran was taken to her friends in Hopkinton, and that of Miss Cotton was buried in the cemetery. • Of the two, Miss Cochran was much the superior in talent and educalon, but horn all we can learn was urged to the rash act 1 y Miss Cotton. The letters lett by Miss Cotton were badly written, spell ed, and expressed, while that oh Miss Cochran, must be regarded as the most striking thing of the kind ever penned It commences with the utmost coolness, with allusions to common and private al. fairs verges easily to the one subject which must at that time have occupied her mind, weighs the mat. ter briefly, discusses and arranges all the details of her private affairs, balances her account, and clos es riot unfeelingly, but with the cold determination of a stoic. That such a letter could have been penned by a young girl 19 years of age, with the full determination to hurry hit:melt into the unseen world, almost surpasses belief P. S —Since writing the above, we have learned the following particulars: Miss ochran was taken toGtafton, Vermont, and buried. Her funeral was at the houseof the father of J 11 Sherwin, whom she mentions in her letter. We learn also that he was at the funeral. The property (3,000) which was left her a short time since, she desired to go to . hlm Mr. Gerrish, where they boarded informs us that he heard Miss Cochran on Sunday say "When will night come ! This is the longest day ever knew ;" evidently contemplating the sot lcide. She was also overheard to say that it was the happiest day she ever vent. She had not seen Sherwin for several months, but had corresponded with him until some time since. On Sunday they walked op near :he place where they jumped into the canal, perhaps to select the place. Some ver ses were hound purporting to have been written by Miss Cotton, and also written directions were found in their room where to find their bodies. They carefully packed, on Sunday, all their trunks, and prepared labels for them. The letters ol Miss Cot ton contained fifteen dollars We are told that the time was once set for her marriage with " Cyrus," but that he objected Some surmises have been abroad against the good character of those young ladies, but entirely withoutfoundation.--Manchester American. Tin JAPAN Exprzmos —Recent letters from China, received by the New York Tribune, give the following news of the Japan Expedition. The U. & sloop ol•war Ply n.otch was not to accompany the expedition to -Ivan, but is to remain at Shang hai, to protect American interest in Chins. The American mercantile houses had addressed a letter toCommissicmer Ma shall; ask mg that they should aot be left defenceless, exposed to any emergency that might wise. Commodore Perry, theretoce, had detached the Plymouth for the present, from the Japan squadron. The Expedition was to sail from Shanghai on Tueelay. May 17th, and though its immediate destination was not known, it was sop• posed that it would rendezvous at the great Loo Choo islands, there to await the Saratoga and Pow. haw ten. A rumor was in existence that the Sap. anese had fortified their shores and stationed war. junks to prevent the entrance of the strangers into their waters. The stay of the expedition in the Japanese waters it is supposed, would not be con. tinned longer than August, when the typhoon sea. son commences. EMITIMAIM n Cominvit.—By recent aril. vale tram Venezuela we have (unbar particulars of the earthquake at Comma, which confirm the pre vious reports of the disaster, over which some doubts were thrown by the contradictory statements from the contending parties in that country in the* civil broils which are always afflicting the South American republics. The earthquake occurred on the 15th of July, and was considered the most dis astrous that ever occurred in South America. The first shock was felt only about two minutes, yet ip that short space of time it destroyed every house but one in the principal part of the city, called Pu ente Arabia. Si: hundred soldiers in the bar. ranks were among the victims. The earthquake was left in Barcelona, and destroyed three large buildings, including barracks, just alter 700 soldiers had left them. All along die coast of Venezuela shocks were felt, but no mischief was known. The superstition of the people, it is said, led many of them to look upon the earthquake as an evidence of the Divine disapprobation of the revolution in which they were engagtd. SOLAR ECLIPSE IN 1854.—0 n Friday, the 28th of May next, there will be an eclipse of the son,which will be more or less, visible in all pans of the Uni tcd States and Canada, and in a portion of both will be annular. Its commencement in the city of Washingi, odwill be at 4h. 20m. in the afternoon, its greatest obecuration at bb. 18m. and its end at 6h. 27m. As the apparent diameter of the moon will be little less than the sun, the eclipse cannot be total anywhere. The - Christian Almanac says; gi The ring will be only about one-third of a digit wide, and will be visible only in the vicinity where the line of central eclipse passes The eclipse is central in longitude 73° 53' west of Greenwich, Is. libido 44° 14' north; and:in longitude 64° 35' west, latitude 41° 10' north. By finding-these pc . riitiene upon a map, and drawing a line from - one to the other, the towns and countries throtigh.'whkh the central eclipse passes will bezeadily disco riried Thepath of the annular eclipse will be about one hundred miles wide, and extend about Ow miles each side 01 the line wit beat descrihed. The an natal eclipse trill'inevei abaft' o*.b6arted'inilei per minute. " The first lime this eclipse everocourTed sits in 1313, July 2d; since then aims returned thiny-one times, i referitliarieer. OCCllfred in Ap i i ih!ittoo, : in Majr,:lielean Wet, MIMI itWill ream ncittlieue,•llll22s itsklate. reminAill is the y eau mmik Awls' 174. • Theskaellejar EOM that will etMscl I.nech 010100 : i r s tl Vi llf PITS7,O 9 be in 113:53, ?March 1511, 4 • • lIM o iroviiiiita. dies Drowsed. II - *Qabfiffit•✓'ll4 opoito. Free Soil; Free - lipneets,lFiree - Nen -• Preedins; ler irsolrerrporek.t,.:?: ----elx , cum:ofwv.itt:lm:xk.-..-7-- Towanda, Saturday, August 27, 184 • Timms et The Reporter. • ' In 50- per annuno-7if wild withal the Tees 50 cents Via tr dedneted—ko cash paidiettndlir m 'armee el 00 will be deducted: No Met Olitf IWO TIMM Vain' pod for. ADVILITIIIMIXTS, per genre of ten lines. 60 cents An the bit and S% tents far each eahergeern insertion. ar Office in the lion Mork," north side of the Potato Square,,teet doer to the Bradford Hotel. Entrance hawses Messrs. Adams' and liNweireirre ogees. Democratic Stitt* Nominations. Boa SVPRIVIC JOHN C. KNOX, or Twos Comm CANAL CONININTON mu. THOMAS H. FORSYTH, or PHILA.-Co ODITOR %%%%%% EPIIRAIM BANKS, or MIFFLIN, Co ton 1101rIZT011 UZZZZZ J. PORTER BRAWLEY, or Csesvroso Co Democratic County Convention. THE Democratic Standing Committee foe Bradford ensile,- hereby call a Vouveotion to ba composed of two Delegates from each election dis trict in said County, to be holden at-Towanda, on Tuesday evening. eeptember 8, lOC for the ot. pose of placing in nomination candidates to be sup. ported by the Democratic party of the county, at the approaching election, and have appointed the following Committees of Vigilance for the several district% of said county. COXIMITTIES 07 VIGILAII CS. Albany—Joseph Menardi, Seth Stevens. Armenia—Robert /Aaron. Erastus Asylum—Joseph Staifoni, Daniel Miner. • Athens tp.—David Gardner, Guy Tozer. do boro'—L 8 Reeler, J Ercenbrack. Burlington—Danvers Hoorn. J W Nichols. Canton—W H Vandyke, Alexander Bothwell Columbia—James M'Kean, Charles Ballard. Dorell—D L Striates, C G Jennings. Franklin—Nathan I. Dodge, John Kirkenduyle. Granville—Harrlson Ross, S W Shepard. Herrick—A R Brown. Geo W Elliott. Le Roy—Edward Kelley, Lindley Stone. Litchfield—J B Merrill. Reuben Park. Monroe—Geo H Bull, Q P Lyon. . Orwell—H Z Friable. Henry Gibbs. Overton—William Waltman. Jacob Hottenstein. Pike-8 M Stevens, T J Bosworth. Rome—Hugh Hicks. E G Nichols. Ridgbery—Charles F Wilson. H F Burt. Sheshequin—D Brink jr., Alfred Gore. Springfield—Madison Ross, Theo Wilder. South Creek--J Thompson jr, Ira Crane. Smithfield—rD Titus, C B Riggs. Standing Stone—Jared Hart, Alexander Ennis. Towanda boro'—J NI Collins, C 8 Hassell. do North-a-Madison Bostwick, Wm Barnes. do South—Dennis Magill, Daniel Swartwood. Troy horo'—L B Morse, J A P Ballard. do Tp.—John Porter, J M Smith. • Tuscarora—Wm Thompson, D D Black. Ulster—M 8 Warner. Thomas Mather. Wells—C H Leonard, John Rowlee. Windham—R W Russell, Wm Sibley. Warren—R C Buffington, Lyman Arnold. Wilmot—Philander White, Geo Eberly. Wyalusing—Theo Hines, Hiram Elliott, Wysos—Myer Reed, Lyman Morgan. The committees will call meeting s on frit r arday, Sept. 13d, between - the hours of 5 and 8, P. M., for the election of Delegates. We would enjoin upon the Committees the• re. sponsibility which rests upon them. and the necea. any of discharging their duty faithfully and folly.— The primary meeting should be called on the day named, at the usual place for holding said meetings, or at some place moist convenient to the Democrats of the district. Great care should be taken that every democrat has notice of the Delegate meeting, that all may have a chance of attending. E. 0. GOODRICH, F. ORW AN, W. H. OVERTON. EUGENE REELER, HIRAM C. FOX. • W. 8. GUTHRIE, JOHN M'MAHON. ELMORE HORTON. CULLEN P. NICHOLS. Stasiesag August 10, 1853. Hiciox's Caws MILL —ln another column, will be found an advertisement of Hickok's Improved Cider Mill, to which we invite the attention of our farmers. A :recent oppo.tunity to examine these Mills, at the• manufactory in Harrisburg, has antis. fled us that no more useful article was ever invert• ted, to save the time and labor of the farmer. h seems to us, that if they will "perform as fdver• used," (which they are warranted to do) no term er should be withetit one. While the low price, (640) places them within reach of every one. Wao'a To Bumet —At least in each week, the New York Mail due at this place does not arrive. time is some gross neglect of duty, on the part of those who have it in charge. We have heard it suggested that the person who should be on hand to receive it, when the Express arrives at Waverly in the morning, soften among the mis sing, and the mail is consequently carried by.— Wherever the lauli is, the negligence has been sub. mined to, until our people have beome quite out of patience. Investor: ACQUITTED !—The trial of .I.M. Thurs• ton terminated at Ithaca, on Wednesday week, and resulted in a verdict of Not Guilty by reason of in. sanity. The prisoner was ordered into the custody of the Sheriff, to be conveyed to the Insane Asy lum at Utica. Some twelve Professore familial with Insanity in its various forms, were present, and pronounced his Insanity beyond question. 'The ver dict gave great dissatisfaction it Owego, Where the fearful tragedy wait enacted. A LARGX Prom.—We were shown a Plom this morning, raised' by Gen. Parma, Of thib nieaiiring in Micoutierence, 61: wo e . and 6 inches lengthwise. la is slightly oblong. in form, sad'of a deep Potpie color. . 5... goys*, or f!ltritissaliTlY oo .—The 014 Hoosoof Rowessiniatises consisted 01233 membeto, of totibli 1119 were -beirtoorats,--86: Whigs sod . 2 COngrtis . itssa to f1" 1 1*. 6 1 1 ,N.A fag L*l:ol,o SWilitnillo vie it ittOtofo44llllll aim? bssisi Geovgiita 3 r MissisiipOso raraLooislins 41, too koit. To intik , cos stfultni•s era r. ".7 - RA(-, •- Ifiettcr Areas - 4titraolfglais f tnuril-tkli r ottOemuytunia v=.4 Raikalt4,4z. - .31 4.1‘ rtit"atestlfacrim, Olurf*:#, Ays. t 7, of . #3 Ezellwast—kprialtojuitM in tile nit t , ? pp. in rambling amczkilla trecimlind Opole and in the examination (dint muniaipid Plan, prospects and resources, will soon convince observer that the ,wildeslecocounit.9l4beerilOVegibe lakupgmi melee reign , till Shortl6inwink Buffalo has all the internal and suburban hiaturri Of a 'peal city. lit meets' are broad and admirably arranged both for drantage and ventilation. The sidewalks areapriciddiciftifintatol - teminnailAtiri - the churches impoemgobe-sureivtarAgeriandidegoiyise 'and die titivate residences nest and eeirifartible.- Thr,rgitt;iiiiiktow_g pig* Istburkupon_, was laid out grandeur of Buffalo, to.day,is proud realizahon 01 Arsenio! ther.foundet. The population at Buffalo is estimated at 7 5 ,000. The - barber it On Beflalocreek, which empties is witersin the point where Lake Erie terminates an& the Niagant Inver 'Devil 411 course. The great DitVaaal , Umninates at the Buffalo docks, u 44 *Oh. various lines of mil road,, which, with limit bn, Metier, ramify the whole, State of . New York.' ' s?==;a o .g. ile' In 1852 the value 'or articles imperte into Bufla lo•by lake, was $31,052,798 Esponed by lake in thesarne year, 62,075,709 TO, f t . - . . . 5e6.228,501 To this must be added the property brought lii.h -er and sent hence over the different lines of skin road, which Will swell the sem to more then ore hundred million of dollars And yet this is not the ballot the value of the whoje lake lode Nowt why Wit that the city of Buffalo, without the Demi st advantages of good harbor continues to increase in a ratio that shiers I:carillon theippectator, white the city of Erie, in Pennsylvania, with the best hat. bar on the whole chain ol lakes, advanceeeo slow ly as to contain but one-tenth the population of But. fel° t The answer Is obvious. Erie city Sr alio gather without facilities of her own trvaainitheither 000 014.0 ode water since./he has no direct inde pendent mules open, leading east, while Bciffaie has several independent lines. Not only has Buff alo aided to build lines approaching her through her own State of New York, but she tas'also made a Municipal subscription to a railroad located whol ly in Canada, and extended from Old Fort Erie, on Niagara River, to Goderich, on Lake Huron, near the holy fourth parallel of latitude, ono a distance ol 156} mice from Buffalo. When the North Pennsylvania Railroad is com pleted, Buffalo can receive her supply of anthra cite cosi direct from the Wyoming mines She will also be placed in direct communication with Philadelphia, by a route fifty miles shorter than any route connectuig her with New York. Rochester City, containing about 4 5,000 inhabit ance, will likewise be placed in direct communi cation wish Philadelphia, over a line fifty miles *barter than to New York City. The truth is in brief that Pnsladelphia can place herself fifty mile. nearer to each and every one of the counties and towns of Western New York, and each and every one of the counties and towns of Canada West, than the beat routes from the same points, or either of them, to the, city of New York Tnts fact, so contrary to the vague notion hithettofore entertain• ed in Philadelphia, that Canada West, Lake Goa n& and Western New York were divided from Phil adelphia by immeasurable leagues, will demon strwe ascii to any intelligent mind, on no examin ation of the map. The vast and mighty interests which are accumulating in the north, demand en effort on the pan of Philadelphia, to introduce an iron line into the railroad system of Canada and Western New York. Million, of poneds sterling are now being expended by Engich capitalists in the construction ol Railroads in Canada. the Cana da Grand Trunk Railroad Company will alone own, use and control over eleven mindred miles of rea med. Railroads now in• progress of construction, will soon Joe completed between Detroit and Nia gara Rivers, and from the harbors of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, to the ports of Lake Erie and Ontario. That these roads are destined to become the chanela of a large and rapidly growing com merce, it needs bat link. inquiry to fotelel- Western New York is already beltitl, laced, lib bed and plaited over with iron lines, ill of which do. and will pour a stream of wealth and prosperity into the eines ol New York and Boston, until the North Pennsylvania Railroad be opened to the abate line, whenceforth a portion will be directed to Phil adelphia. This will open to her a new field, nee er heretofore explored by her, and in which will be found the ramifications of an immense cranmerce to unite bar enterprise and enrich her sone- The West, matchless and boundless though it be, has ever engaged too much the attention of Philadel phia. A city, to build op a gretticommerce should have power and influence in all dinteloni. She should not confine her schemes for aggrandizement to any one quaver, because, after her rivals shall have walled her out of all othei miens, they will assail her where'she held exclusive sway, luedthere divide with her, while she, having failed to provide means of aggression against them, has no ahem& tive but submission. Philadelphia, through long procrastination and neglect, has suffered several of the rich portions of North Pennsylvania to tie invad ed and actually occupied with the works of other cities. The Delaware and Hodson Canal Compa ny, the Delaware, .Lackawanna and Woven! Rail road Company, the PennAyleania Canal Company, and the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, and nth• ens, are each and all, practically 'New York com panies in their aim and controlling direction. The tendency and prospects of :be Catiawissa Roamed are also, in the main, supposed to be with and for . New York. The Sosquehannv Railroad, reaching to Williamsport, is being Milt by the city o f Baltimore—while the Williamsport and Elmira Railroad is made to fit into the programme alike of Baltimore and New York. There is not one foot of a Philadriphus railroad reaching north of the mil dle of the State—nor is there one eligible location in all that half of the Commonwealth that is not oc cupied by a' constructed or projected New York scheme ! North Pennsylvania, having within it treasures to invite New Ynrk and even Baltimore capital, is overrun with patties and covered with plans inimical to Philadelphia. Even the ground held by the stakes of the North Pennsylvania Red rew! Company, is covered by other charters, lets valuable it is true, but still adequate to the purposes of their possessors, whose plans are identified with New York city. If, therefore, Philadelphia does not hold the remaining ground, which, by good for tune, she now occupies with her stakes, to the ex clusion of her rival, New York will occupy it bath in the North Branch and Upper Lehigh Valleys. But we do not and have not anticipated and ouch result ' for a measure so indispensable on which so much depends, must win the favor and receive the snpport of a Philadelphia community. ft wilt not only carry Philadelphia into Western New York, but it will restore the supremacy to Philadelphia in Western E l ennsyliania. Nona. Naval. Sivas•'Lamas • APPOINTZIL.,Me learn horn Washington that- Benjamin Tyson, of Berke county, has been positively , appoined -Naval Store. keeper - at Philadelphia, :Vice Adam ; and ,Joseph C. Witibben,Ni4l Store-keeper at San Francisco, vies Benj. S. Hines. qualms Cooney,— r the (le . Mooney of Clarion roomy hate nominated dm• ;allowing eaniidates— Proeident • Jodge—Jobn S. SVCalmoni ; Senam— Pe t e ClOver . infehnion.; Amembly—Th Magee. *rife, not in poiiiiiitoie of the'proneedingi 01 the ta;meentioo,,- 7, , . . •1— _ au : 10 4 # 41.11 4 . 4 titAgtial Su 1,11 118 41440_ ignlia , ."llo4 ll lMen WO, &WI PIA "imapitablearkinsvpterp eobd =Or Air% gentleman wififi r lybanov, ' , :+s.+ .I*Yrl". :OT.:-• ^r- , Ali Laois orreirpoodent of the Ji_. y. Timis_ rites "tit , a rA, r q - feh i t - Alvv. • igloo, .al last, what irsayAisrleesie e ; / eire c k re — bleslidoryilletion relative to th e great batthi belie ' he Feliitittais and their allies ancitbetSiont, trod thiiiis all*. a I anticipated, the numbers en; /grid have been *moue, exaggeirited,as well' al the - riiimberi killed and wounded. "It is hewer.' theirsas' the most important battle, as respects the number of the combatants and the number killed, Irrueilliiirdatilitid*mintyettr. ..41'heeirrom stances were these:, Several parties of Sacs and lowa', in aseendind the Koreas Valley, met a small party of Ponatistato• mica, on the Big Slsießiver, and another party .of ,Pawnees on the Repnblican Fork Their conjoint force ainoniaidJoAbbist seven hundred The game having been previously driven from that vicinity byrntliertniitlngliartiew.--therieneeeded •• tardier westward. lap day or two they met with and were joined by a party of a hundred °noes and Pone watomies. About the sat shine they came upon fargetherde of buffalo, Many pf which they killed,- and dried the man ? in the tuna! .way. They bad scarce raised their hidgeti DO; depacnre, When their *coati galloped in with news that the Sioux were at hand. Before they Could prelims' fot - defenee; the enemy was open them. The attacking patty was near one thousand strong—the main: body be lug Sioux, and the remainder Arrapaboes and, Cheyennes The first attack was made upon the loWils and awes, Whose camp was'separate from the 'Pawnees They were an hotly received that ther,forned from • these to the Paissieste,..who were mitkil, lot the camp of their burner Wends. A general fight snort igisoed, and was kept up for se veral hours' Abmir 3. P M , the Saes and Potia anatomies, who had matte arir , offiet from the main body in search of game, came °pm the held, and turned the scale agitnivt, the Sioux and their allies: They fled precipitately; arid- were vigorously per. yard anti! dark. when the , victorious warriors re. mooed to celebrate the " tealp.itariers 'I . Ten of the Stoui were tell dead upon the field As li is casipmai) ,wi.lt Indians to carry oft the ..ead when they retreat. it is tint unlikely that 30 in 40 men - may icive "Delia' It iltkl The ',drub& 6I meir wound stl can only he gemmed at. The victors had one lowa, one Okla. and 13 Pawnees, And several wo men and children ) ktPed. Of the wounded there were lour fowl's, to Oriapa, two Sacs, font Potts. watorpies suit twenty Pawnees. Several of these have since died lerA Coevals-rum will be held by the Free. men of Bradford county, who ase‘in fa vor of a law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liqucirs, at the Court House, in To. wanda Borough oh "Monday evening, the sth of Sept. next. for the purpose of taking such measures as shall seem best calculated to secure the desired legisla tion. The friends of temperance in the several townships are requested to consider themselves Committees of Vigilance to accomplish the object of this call. The time is propitious for an effort, and it is hoped that every township in the county will be largely represented. *intrust Phelps. David Farnsworth, Daniel Ar. drug. E. to. Tracy, C. T. Bliss, Eli Baird. Zebulon Friable. G. W.06/fin, Horace Williston, J. G. Brown, R Fowler, N. N. Betts, Wyllys Brownout, Joseph Kuigsbery, Henry Booth, J. V. Daniels, Joseph Towner, C. W. Brink, Aaron Chub/tuck, Daniel Brink, G. 11. Bull. Jesse Brown. Woo THE Dradford County Medical Society will meet at the Ward House on Wed— nesday September 7, 1859, at 2 o'clock, P. M. C.- K. LADD, Sec'v. FREEDOM AND THE MAINE LAW ! The annual meeting of the Free Democracy of Bradford will be held in the Court House, at Tow anda, on Wednesday the 31st day of August inst., at 10 o'clock, A.'M. The friends of vtavtra, I.IIIICITT, nintrasirmacis and the Maine Law, are respectfully invited to at tend the meeting, The cause of Equal Rights and Abstinence from .intoxicating drinks will be advoca ted by several interesting and able speakers. A county ticket will be formed, and inch other reformatory measures adopted as may be deemed proper. Per order of the Executive Committee, GEO. F. HORTON, Secretary. Terrytown, Ps., Aug. 8, 1853. Kr• At a mdeting held in Leraysvilte for the purpose of taking into consideration the educational interests of this vicinity on the 11th Met , Dr E P. COBURN was chosen Chairman and %V Firreo mos. Seel. After which the following Gamed :cattlemen were duly elected Trustees of the Le. reyeville Acadeiny. viz: Dr E P Coburn. John Williams, M. B Porter, Daniel Bailey, Cheater Condit!, Daniel fielding, Witt. Hutchinson - and Lew is L Bosworth. Revolved, Via! laid Durres will make every effort to have a school in said Academy.commenc ing early in September next, which shall be second to no mstitinion of the kind in the county (Signed by the officers.) • • POCKETBOOK LOST. IOE subscriber los t on the 3d inst., in this boro' a small BLACK Meaocco Pocnirr-Booa, con- Mining. besides a small sum of money. notes and papers of value to him. but useless to any one else. The finder is welcome to the money. and will be further rewarded by returning the other contents, with or without the pocket-book. either thotaghshe Pod Office or otherwise. . GEO. SANDERSON. Tow sada, A 0g..25, .433. 4„_,B1111T IIEU WAIT WINTER GOODS! 5 218 60,C21 2 1 a SlIZZait2P South Come ; of Morcuef Block, Malt Sired, A RC now opening their stock of GOODS for the .13. Fall and Winter -trade, comprising a full and 'complete assortment, and of the usual variety, which will be sold at avery small profit for Ready Pay. Among the assortment of Dar GOODS, • will be fognd slyest variety of Ladies' Dress Goods, consisting in part of Berms, B:rege Ddaines, saisiool !Moines, Lomas, plain end printed ; Ginghams. English, &olds and American ; Poplins, • Prints of ll shades mid colors , Also, for men's wear may be found Broad Cloths, Cassimeres, Tweeds, Kentucky Jeans, silk, Satin and Summer yestin g s. Also, Sbeetings. Minions, bleached and brown, SoMmer Goods for boys' wear, Cotton Yarn, Carpet, Warp, Cotton Batten, &c., &c. GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. - - - A full stock will be kept on hand. Those in want of Sugars. Tees ' Coffee. Molasseslitewart's best Syrop.gpices. Pepper Ginger, Saleraius, Floor. Fish, Halt, Tobacco, or any other snide in this line, wilt do well to call on us before purchasing else. where. 1.11 lAy r 11. A large a splendid assortment. Crockary, Glass and btons-ware, Roots and Shoes,'Hats and Caps— Nail,. Paint,, Oils, Glass and Puffy. Thantful for the liberal - petronage of the past sea. son. the, undersigned feel a pleasure in inviting the public loan examination of our Spring stock, be lievine that glob Goods and low prick • will ' insure a apeedy'salefor ready pay. TRACY de' MOORS. Towanda, Aug• 37 1853. "1200 PAIREref Medi'. liftmen's' 'add - Chit, deeds' show; , for sale by. • TRAcv...tatoofts. • ADAIIMMItATOR'S . NOTICIN , A LL perm, indebted 40, she; .RIMRs?4,eO. taw 4, ll Anding q l " ll4 F e b C r e b Y , reijuistetrt6 make ayiaent Withinsi Mt*, aid thine having claims agithiseishi estifal' tan .Vit.; "tat lbw ihstiragaboistieatedl for ionbsunal.t., V,'f r @Ore #ga9B,AP iIf IAYZNEL " -1 _ 'feeling At • Meeting of the friends of a " Prohibitory Ordrilikiltrairld at the Suns of Temperance nap .tin so thOld, on the lath inc., Asuk a HDATINOTON Was elected President, and A. E CHlLD,&mill'''. On molten.; zoos Calit Dr. Daniel Hat ro , ,c a Ccimmeltee-10 draft Resolutions for the considery. lion of the meeting. Doting the absence of the Commune, the meet. .ggiagaliandchna.e.Th'di6l-IG4lllißeneribusitesVlC°naogiliddrea"dntr:lndrilropetugnioindvnilisls,e,iledwn:.""4:;inhPriootewe:nnieniVan'Em:tesahp..%%leil.kintegpfille:lel:lll'2ll,ll:iegi:l:aegrasisesPliVraliaJea.iseit lit"eild:bilii_ii,°lsel ed, Viz: WHICRCAS, The public mind is in agita.i an on the momentous subject o f Temperance, and the multiform evils still extant in our wide extended • referencemilriiiyere: oiT:a,tAinnadlWolehetroeuthel ihnueleM:ii:n::: :still abetted by 'some great. names, and (6 1 in 'higheUlt wee the Seriptural. adage ......" Whete ma witted bear rule, the people at ill mown, '..-11rt PIO* of o ur present system ol legitlaeimi, which for a p a i i , y Iffithernminse4,-g(ll94lll,=sages tstoilfihar eh a a r t i es pf m Pt a r n mils I°4ll t eri he aria im ! ',ilea cliwfanthipeir aMeraftel Maker, b Or a r s o l itn a° :e d i t terk . s ile : . l into hovels of poverty, want m ut „ col. a e r t i l d „ e a s ea r a'nd the fair prospects of man e a tios n d ba heart are made to quail before the fell destroyer.; 'tread ; And bristly in view of all the mond d e ., 4 , 1%. c licl ie n a s uag lith :Po l ta h r e m ß id u s in t, Tailltnei e bia tery in h a a i r l i s il, se deem ,t Our prier large. hay mote, our imperative dory, a , stand forth as champions of good order, mid gond legislation. on this most absorbing -uhj, e ,. T he advance of this great Cause in this and other states recently and more especially in the ir.attei of 1, l etio „ . by whilVii effo(l^ to regllidt“ the traffi c in k - losteating rapines have been ..riperceded int, seve n s lime , ' a nd one Territory, call fur our unqualified gratitude to Almighty God. and may well inspire us with the full hope and conviction, that the., i to be a Net-sell ternitow ton ul the conflict in which we are engaged. Therefore Resorted", Thar vie ~ o nto and do on ibis occa mon re affirm the great principles adopted in year. past, that civil government lean ordinance ol God —that the law-maker is bound to base l a x s t „,, t , on, the principles of God's law,—that the dolt L i government is to protect the crizen in his rig ht s _ that the traffic of intoxicating liquors as a beret. age, is destructive to alt mimesis that govemo nu is consigned to conserve—that that the laps ahca sanction this traffic are obviously . unmoral a,,,i should at once be abandooed ; and thak . the 'to& should by law ; by absolutely and nneml'atuhsally prohibited_ Resolved, That we hat! with joy the actio n of Maine Rtiode!l-larid, Massachusetts, Vsur,on!, Michigan and tinesoia, arid assure our brst, tl and friends In tfiese Stales, that we shall spars no eflort to briny'tire Keystone State up to the haw stand which hey hate taken. Resolved, Thai we would earnestly commend a) all the citizens 01 the Stale of Pennsylvania. ten. -onsly to contemplate the nature and operahon 01 the is Prohibitory Loicor Law•'—especially in if edema in drying up the great fooroarne of parceri ism and crime—reducing taxatio n , and na ,g upon the Agrieulltual, Con menial arid cat interest ot the Stare • and to glee credo . 0 ih e truth, that If it be antlered to prevail in our vt., State, al will in a lew stow yews eine o. IreeLta from many pity...lca: arid moral evil arid an t i; va lion in everything that appertains f o he honor and glory of a civil mate Resolved, That when the liquor in eresiatieres the ballot-box, arid no longer seeks to comm. Lia primary ai,d - general elecirrit,s—w hen ro,yur t tit drunkard making is no longer nnnoned by la•. and the burdens and miseries of intemp-nm•e. borne by those only alto make gain.oi 'he Ira& that causes them, we w dl listen patrend) to the ex. hortation—r• Not to bring temper a n c e inn i). , 11;c,' but till then, as faithful soldiers in a rightemorartee we must continue to assail every strong hoe otter enemy ; break down all his fortresses, and nog him Irom all the. lurking-places of the adages where he sits in entrap men Resolved, Thai we will not vote for any Mill date for the legislature, who is not a temper:re man in principle—who is not in favor of a Picea. atory liquor law, and of its adoption our le‘nsla. Lure, who will not use both his rote and tamer' exer lions. to secure its passage at the next swim Resolved. that we recommend primary men , to be held in different to •nahrp. tat themum, on Saturday the 311 day of September, to elertlfele. gates to meet at Towanda : on Thursday, the B.h day of September, to lake into consideration the nominees for the next legislature On motion a vote of thanks was tendered Dr Van Dyke, for his able address. On motion, the otficere of the meeting were re• quested to eign a ropy of :he proceedings and Int. ward them to the editors of the county papers lot publication. (Si.med by the OfficerF.) • M AtRRIND, lo Forks twp., by Rev. R. Bedford. on the IBth Mr. Giso W. Naos ,and Miss AMMAN' FL OW both of Albany. OBITUARY Died, at his residence in Wysor, on the 6th of August 1853, ALLSANPBR %ma, aged 47 years. He was born. in New Bliss, county Monagbia , Ireland. in 11308; studied medicine at Glasgo•, lmi emigrated to this cennay in Ism He came iodic cowry in 1891, since wihch time he has been stew dily engaged in an arduous and successful practice of medicine. His disease Ascites. (abdominal drop sy) was sodden in its on.et, and ran its course ra pidly, unchecked by medical treatment. He was aware from the srl attack, that he could not teeny er. His mind continued clew and unclouded, Isla the beetled state of bodily health. He foresaw the his end watt near, and made every necessary Pm parati in for the change. He met death with cans' nese and composure, trusting in a merciful R deemer. Dr. MADILL was endowed with a mind of 610 order. Every one who came in contact with tam was impressed with a sense of his superiority. Re had a fine eduemitin,and thorough mental catalog, He was pre-eminently a successful physician. He had a Clearness and quickness of perception, lad coolness of judgment, rarely equalled. lab's tow ners be was dignified, affable and polite; o ° l ' o W strangers be seemed somewhat reserved. ll's"' versational powers were very fine. la the Dumps. ny of his friends tie felt no restraint, and was gags . larly fascinating and brilliant. The writer of th.ti brief sketch, recalls with melancholy piessare I°r2S, pleasant hours spent in his society. kb!, WAIL. be deeply felt and mourned by a large circle of ic• quaintances and friends. He has left a void that not easy to 611. That he bad faults; DO °e l' . deny. Who has note If he had not, he veal have been more than batman. We would dra w I veil over his frailties and short -comings, but chervil the remembrance of Das talents and his virtues. 11. SORE NEW GOODS. • ______ BURTON KINGSBERY ; 1 8 Now openin a New &roc: G, CODS' S ' . onir 09114) an d d ciosidete assortm OODS en t of all bob ' 3 : I t# 7 111111111113114 NDIZE, sahib walls, Mg as cheap as the sense an yor nlie c :Paw -be.ltoaght anywhere this side of Noe on VPandi; Arnit 110, 1859.
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