Letter &oat Towanda.
Tit Sasso—rfs Amirante-77e r Sturgliattese--
The North Pcnnr : if oiniq
TOW 90Witil lea .
"Messes. Entroa.:—We ate iu the mida'l4'.7au
futon, sad, sighing autumn. The fltiSh
meal and verdure of summer haiir.,fritapken the,
landscape, and over the graves of the fliitiers-ten..
detest vm.ima of the early host—is spread a wind
tog
sheet at be.styeaus foirerit leaves The livery
of the-earth .is'goreetevi with . Ayere:lntl hoes iroHida.
ing . aed
,everepreadieg the fields arid woods ; the
aggebnurrourtritifirge to the exodus alit° wieged
earigstere from the-groves ; spots of -cartel and gold,
of purple and orange, mingled w i h sombre tints of
brown, and russet and olive and the-brut. ream the
foliage trembling on the brandies. A soh haze per
wades the atmosphere and tinges the snoun.ain side
fiatieffitit than
Ittieffeedliet.ristillrom rhetiver and hang , . jn white
cHfikieMlf.eilAll 146 Wile till molted by the sunbeam
M• rolled. away to mingle, w i It the 1•111-
eilli, the'aik ad raneris;becomes'irt ore it 1.1 twee
tninaparent i and the ftedlllty- visible ditimah it, is
most charming, harmonious and plena-moque. .
.At jntetvalt the , eye i• , ,startled with the,lompin
aspect of tigiard pint:l4l.op rooted in a cliff , or crag.
peering 'through a' chat4m in the airy - biliiiw, and
auteidine tint • boldly against die; heavens, -appearing
as-if it. had no other foundation than the Irtg Wake.'
iamptioe knew!' At time., too, a leaf crowned
mountain erect, above the white vapor
4/iiat'bapri.es ha 'striping aides, acquires a seen.
Miners of-wondrous altitude, and stands grand in it.
lortelinessideft; a. if separated from the woild • be.
leer. ~The sun flashing down upon a summit so
isolated and revealed, radiate. it' lint,' and unties
in ifidiestlitstre upon the snowy tapestry overliaud.
ir s ,lhe bed Orlhe stream in the bottom of the vale.
• As the boors pass by, and the warmth increases,
the tog .the while fades into thinner 1,4 4.1.11 a b out
ten, o'clock, when it is last seen hovering mend he
Oahe in the vicinity, and spreading in banners of
pure whiteness :before the wind. N-ron next at.
tivetomil gladdens the faceof nature with the smiles
of a genial sunshine. Then.,„;.os.". a apart of flitting
time, theilay wanes, and tiff acid river, the love.
ly Susquehanna. reflecting the sunset rays triton the
hill.eides and th e . hedge, gleams with the season's
invtiad tinted s!ories.
'The valley of the Susquehanna A:lends in scene.
ry the mo:t enchanting stet magnitirent, It is he.
yond.doubt or comparison the most beautiful river
in the S:ares of the Republic, excellint . among the
test,lhe far-fotned and over-praised Hudson
The Sosqueharma. in its eourse. for more than fir e
hundred miles ' meanders through a country singe.
taffy diversified in all the aspects of fruitf u lness and
romance. now flowin.; smoothly and slowly in rite
lap of a broad dale, with cut irate,' fields on either
side, then forcing a way in its narrowed channel
through the passes M the mountains, where pillars
of rock rise almost a'rni4ht from the shore,and again
plunging
and foaming over liege rocks imbelled
in its channel, any' is Inch, in all time, will stand as
barriers to the navigation of its wreers. The Sus
quehanna is a union of crystal tributes from. the
mountains to the sea, forever flowing one way. 7.
The Hudson ebbs and flows with Ili-. ocean tides,
and is appropriated to the uses of money-making
For purprises of commerce and traffic the channel
of the Susquehanna can never be employed ; there
fore, however much 11'15.o:inmost may be lamented
in its financial bearings, it will forever consti me a
supriorny in. all the features and attributes of ru.
mantic.and picturesque natural scenery
Bat though the waters of the Sus.,uehanna, may
never be rendered navigable, the resources of the
valley will be developed 111111;0 hicitities derived
from canals and railroads By the spring of the en.
tiohr,
year, a continuons line of navigable canal,
willbermened alongv-,its banks from the south to
the north border of the state. At varieus points,too,
within, the same „bound., radio:ld'; 'are being con
structed, so that ere many reasons pass by, the
whistle of the locomotive will everywhere resound
over its sparkling waters. When that day shall
'lawn, the tourist and exeursionipt will take the Sus.
quehanna Valley in his summer route, and its spier)
lore and beanies will become known arid appre.
ciated ihroughont the lAn3.
'The engineers of the Nor h l'eunsYlvartia Rail
road Company, who have been in this region since
May last, are drawing their field of operations to
wards a close. It is understood that a roost favors.
ble line has been obtained. with no gradient ex
ceetting fifteen feet in the mile, from the Wyoming
mines to Athens, near the Stare line.
In my next, from a pint lower down the river, I
may give porno paittenl.irs of railroad evenly in
North Pennsylvania—a subject which stiottltl corn•
mend the attention and vi:prous action of Ph lade%
phis, lest a ne.ghnor city shall secure the control,
where our - own citizens should enjoy the suprema
cy. , Et.x.
ROMANTIC WCDDING.—A marriage took place in
this city lasti week undei the following romantic
circumstances: A young clergyman a the Episco.
pal Church, resident in Canada, was engaged to a
lady in England Circumstances not (awning his
undertaking the voyage to his naive country in or
der to meet his lady love, she took passage on
board the Canada, to come to her future home alone
and unattended. Arrangementshad been made by
the - gentleman to have the marriage ceremony per.
formed in an Episcopal church in this city upon
the arrival of the bride, and the rector was ready to
have the church opened at en hone. notice The
steamer reached East Boston about 11 o'clock on
Friday night. The bridegroom was on the wharf
anzion.ty awaiting the appearance of his betrothed,
whom be tad not teen foe three years. The par
ties soon met, and a friEnd was despatched to have
the church opened and the clergyman at the al
tar.
The arrangements were made alter a short de.
lay, as the Bishop sad - the Priest who were to offi
ciate had retired for The night. The bridal party
drove from the steamer to the church. The can•
dies in the altar gave but a dim light, and the scene
was gnite.peculiar. During the marriage ceremo.
ny, the clock in the clinrch struck the midnwro
hdur, so that some confusion arose respecting the
proper date to give the marriage certificate. The
party in the church consisted of but five persons—
the bride and bridegroom, the twoclergymen of the
church, and the winless. The married clergyman
took part in the religions services of two churches
in this vicinity on Sunday, and left for his plane of
residence in the early train yesterday morning.—
Batton Traveller.
Ountsog —At Bedford, Ohio, on Saturday List,
a man named Barnes„who had recently merited a
young faiy in the neighberhood, while et home
with his wife war waited upon, by a firmer visitor
DI hers by the named Osborn, who sealed himself
between the newly married couple, and demand
fitl one hundred dollars damages„Thjs being re
fnsed, he drew a dirk and made a pars at the lady,
which was arrested by her husband. lie then a , •
lacked ate. husband, and inflicted Gym wonntlawith
the dirk, one in the back whitill is likely le leatne
his death, thoulh he mill rury (reg. lie would have
killed him on the hid not me lather of Bones
calif,' in in time to arrest hiv inutderotif Tarpon).—
A Aftsst; of so.—A man named Frederick J.
Ptaliti, Vras fetind - ileitiir,'lritt# 'ohfing in tits room,
in a hamming in lit eirem3e,!•ttlew , ' Vett. 'Me it
supposed to have A . 04.1 fauna teantal suitable non r.
r
6 0 1.. t0 . h1v.41901Pl wove, ,0.14 1 4.0t4 • 41 , 01 1 1 9
lit i tpkoeni, pieces, and ilia - nit, lintl t i . ,9 - #.i,rde.
pelt tin his folvfir 0111213(h1'
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CUPID st.a Amami? —A bieicflAirOtlyilie-caser—
elms 04 last !dila - a.xTh critToti erab ain eat.
fltiga"A':
dgef.M.: Wm - S. tened iglu; c Bache lorrD iekrtiVoit
At Wright lot the Plaintiff, and Hotchkiss, Seymeec
At Saloom, fur therihrhmtlant -- -Alter a tremendous
Kfirsie she-seartuftindttr i pilletfltigeht
44 'anklet 014 404)=Igisiv04. itrir
damages co ere.] 7.36 3 —l'`ihrnr,t3n Dera.
The following letter from Secretary Gtrrnami to
oltertorGenens-C. Seonses, is irraswer„to the
lengthy Ftpiiffolyitddreased by thebtterito the
•••.•;.
SjirianiT Maistece i Oct. 22.,;'
To thc Dditar' of the Wishingioit Union :
SIR: 1 recently addressed 'ft letier to Collector
Baucrue and other officers cf tie Ca.ionis in the
City ul New Yink. By Porn . b meant , an imperfect
copy of Owl letter. Tinifirating to have been cont.
u.uniestril from New Yin k by teleipapli, WWI pub
lished us one of he papers of 11)14 city. Tidal ren•
detect is proper for mean give public a correct copy,
and upon the ground of that publimisinn, under snub
circumstance., C n lseertyr , .l . fiirils (IN pubib,be i s
Imig reply eTtio bediartr die flii2tiust
me. Under these eircUMPtances 1 .let•lii it riper
.ira tr ansonetcryorrfirrimbiteWton. the rue trnreit ler-
ter. Veins, very reaper:, billy,
.I.INIES GU CH RI It
Saturday, Ck:t 22. 1.853
got: (..Ceetre Itionsun, :
;Iva: I have received your let•er ol the 17.1 i inst.
It 14 not my pW pi-e•to /eliind . in the twiny posi
timit'otitrat Inter, beeinpie rtio.4 of them bear 'their
contradiction optin-itsAilee, and the rollers are too
niiimpodont to iermire..r.ehatation and, al-0 1 . bei
eaw-ei while in several, phipeis of it admitting your
implied otligatiiin.' as a man of honor, to no to it V .
cotdince with the known policy t.l
and- moreover recognizing the propriety and
justiim of that policy by declaring that you your
cell deprecated :mil endeavored to prevent the ili—
sen-ioto, now l exi,titig in the Den:murk party Hi
your S:ate, you nevertheless indol2ed in a ielllfr of
reMarks as to various relationsolthe sidj qv,
not cooly impu;ns my motives, tut milicides at/ as.
litude tri your part wholly incompatible with hat
moniont co-operation between no, ai.il propel vuli•
duet oldie busitieeis of the Government.
O.ie onstgewrort appears in your letter vrideh de-
Mantis animadversion.
You allrge, by implication, that I have di!siteil
you to appoint Flee Sotiers to office ; and in 'loi::
so, you 6tratirrely misunderstand ut mistriterLiret my
letter of the ailmst.
I neither entertained nor expressed any such de
sire. It hai been my pleasure and my duty not to
ic""i`" t tieopintoi whi ch may have been 'led
by yourself and otters, as tar brick as the year 1848;
but to retard the claims to cno•aderation of alt who
act with fidelity to the principles of he Democrat
ic parry, singe the Convention al Bdliirnrre in 1852.
and those only And with. 0, - .ese views, Potosi con.
drain you; course, when in this letter you inform
me that you have selenred. Prim Smilers for office,
wehout having given me the wince of the tact,
which would have enabled me to withhold my ap
proba•ion for any such appointaterms.
I will add, that the impubstion Mar I have re
quired you to act wi h reference to controversies of
a local or State character is wholly graltutimis My
letter was intended to guard against distmetions be
tween Democrats, founded upon local pohncs and
local
The concluding portion of your letter has I. ft me
no alternative but to lay the whole matter before
the President, and take his direction concerning it.
You assume that in rebition to certain things y ou
ate to receive inetructi• iis from this department, arid
in oilers that you are to proceed without, or emota.
ry to, such instructions This cannot be admitted
in any branch of the public service, for where the
department is riot expressly empowered to give lll
etruciions to*ubordinaies, it i as the authority to do
so, as inherent in the power to remove a refractory
officer,
you ? Igo assume that you are to appoint various
persons amPloyed in the Custom-House—some, as
you subject to my approval, and o'here, as
you seem in conceive, on your own au•hurity. 1.
cannot but regard it as singular that a gentleman of
votir acquirement and experience Fhntlitt have tad•
len two such an error. The Cons on:ion of the
United States has empo•.rered Congress to conter
the appointment of inferior officers on ;he Prest
dPnt alone, in the COMM of law r or in the heads of
Departments. emigres' has not attempted, nor, if
it had. could it have effected, any modification of
this provision of the Cunstituticm.
Those who are employed under you in therCus
tom-House do, bith by the Constitution and the
laws. derive their appointment and their atintority
as public officers from the Secretary of the Treas
ury alone
What the language and lemp tr of your letter
would have have rendered embarca4sing, these un
warrantable assnmp inns , n asked as they are by
manifest spirit of trisutionlinalmn, render 'myosin
bte, namely: your cominuance.in the office of the
Collec.or of the District of New• York.
I am, therefore, directed by the President to say
that your successor in that office will be promptly
appointed.
I have the honor to be t eery respectfully.
JAMES GUTHRIE.
GREENE C Banittson, Esq , New York.
THE JAPAN Expentrtne.—Bayard Taylor, who
has become connected with the Japan expedition,
coves an account of a visit made to the Lim Chou
Island, which is tributary to the Japanese Prince of
Sattmma. Probably not more than a dozen sea
sets had ever been there before, and the arrival •of
two great steamers, with the Saratoga and Supply,
created. as may be supposed, an immense. sense
lion Four of the expedition traversed one hall of
the Island, attended by Government spies, whose
espionage it was impossible to escape._ The Corn
modore returned the Regent's visit at Sheutli He
went in state, with a procession of more that two
hundred officers, seamen and marines, with two
field pieces anti two bands of music 'Great num•
biers of the natives came to see them, and they had
a grand native dinner, composed of thirty-one non
de-cript (lushes. Poit Lloyd, the harbor of. Peel
Island, was also explored. It is six miles long,
covered with dense tropical vegetation . The in
habitants. !bitty in all, are English. American and
Kanak, mostly runaway sailors Port Lloyd is a
splendid and secure harbor : and the only one in all
this part of the Pacific which will answer as a snip
pine place and calling station for our new Pacific
creamers, when they get under way. The expe.
aim, was to sail for Jeddo, where the Fourth of
July was to be spent.
Jroca Gaica's Dectstori.—The dectsi3n of Judge
Grier, in the :are of the Wilkesbarre fugitive, is
published at length in the Philadelphia ,papers
The substance of it contained in the following pa
ragraph :
" The jurisdiction of the court of the United States.
is limited, but within as limits 'supreme. The state
courts have often, in many cases, a concurrentjo
risdition over the same subjects and persons Bin
neither can treat the other as an inferior jurisdiction,
except in the caves where the Constitution and,anis
of Congress have, given such power to counts of the
Union. Where persons or property are liable' to
seize or arrest by 'the process of both, that' which
first attached - should have the preference. Any at
tempt of either m lakeitiern,from the legal cuamily
of tbri,offi . Fers of Am other, would be an unjwiliha
ble eieieme of tie power, and lead io Trial deFilore.
tdo corfse l izeneea. Theretoreof a parent bb`' im
prisoned under ind civil'oe criminal proofs titans,
the other cannot talte•binvtinm such custody IRAN,
der to eubject, him to,,puoishment 491,4 q offenc_e r ,
against them. fFitive caimpt be taken/f r om the
Ina) ettittaly of die Sheriff by tiny wet an ts from
the Corfilit Volred Shores, "ln londetrlik!'extra''
Milanr under the bf Congress( t Neither man.
°snivel when 4n4ualody.ol,dolilitibi g Alit-1
atti J7gat. SIM*? fain* 04 4 fi r r r 4Tßlgr°l l l of
the are oin sue Cis ody
niiiiicifiiinstitka'cailiber;* itiif 'Ofterelirocifior
rosansaor Piriktyiftlesierskikult tialr fliniaimitarikw
eute e lonr_otrinialogne,anotont , .lurlitit obits
pos."
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in igtien lien eirziorwirbgist, liestitiodStiifrA •
etc* CartqPNAVA O 4 III O AROOMPLVI.P.
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Towanda, Saturday,, October 29, 1853.
. Terme of it IlLepoiter.
19 30 Vitninftunts-Af 'aid with:it the "ear 80 e'en:. aria
.e deducted-4ot eash,peisl actually in "deepest .1 00 will be
Wooed: WO pepersent Over two yearsAhleie pa.d fn.
A ts ellerreeetscrts,pet winery of ten butts. 50 mate for the
ititeitil . 3.3nenli for each enbeepeent insertien.
flsr,Olfteeas eke . 1 11envn Bleak." north lode of the Public
4nntrre„4text door to the Bradford Hotel. Entrence between
least.. Adam.' end Elwell% few offices..
Tb• !Insult of lb. loin Election
The official table which we published last week,
.ove the true result of the late election in this Corm•
I F We have never known a canvass which man•
I!.•s ed so fille enthusiasm and was so divested of
Alt acrimony and bitterness as this The poll shows
that some 2500 voters have stayed at home, orelse
not voted.
The Ices of our candidate for Treasurer, is owing
in a greet•measure, to the want of interest manifer.
tett in the result. The Democratic party, by its ap
athy. has permitted one of the most worthy of its
e-amfidates to be defeated, when it was in the pow
er of any active Democrat - in the County to have al
tered the result We trust it will be a strikihg lea
eon, hereafter to be remembered, when any mem
ber ol our party is disposed to neglect his duty, be
caurri ol our majority in the County.
The fact that PARSON!, the Simon pure Whig can.
ilidate,bea's FRIANIC, nominated by the Temperance
Convention first, and then by the Whig, some 25
votes in the County, is worthy of constleration.—
Shall it be said that the cause of Temperance is
obnoxious to the voters of this County, or that they
are opposed to the Maine Lsw because of this re.
stilt ? Such a declaration would be far from the
truth, and yet it is the inevitable conclosion from
the te:urn. The fact is that some of those who have
controlled the Temperance movement, have been
actuated only by a desire to advance the interests
of the Whig party, while those who were sincere
have been deceived and led astriy. We have said
before, and we now repeat it, that the cause of
Temperance must inevitably • lose by its introduc
tion into the arena ol polities, By this, we mean,
when an attempt is made to organize a party upon
die single issue of a prohibitory law. In so endear.
oring a thousand obstacles interpose, some of which
are insuperable. To create a third party, there must
be opposition from one or both of. the political di
visions of the day. But here no such antagonism
is manifested. The candi tales of either party may
be as'woritty ol the support of Temperance men, as
any who can be named, and a Mild party melts
back at once into its original elements.
The true Course for those to pursue who fancy
they can perceive arty radical defect in either of
the political parties, any short-comings upon this
question, is, where men are presented as candidates,
unworthy of their confidence, to refuse them their
support. A man's life, is the beat evidence of his
sincerity—a thousand fold better than all the pledges
he can give. If voters are satisfied that a candidate
is grossly unworthy of their confifence,"there are
no party tied which should or can bind them to his
support. And we hold that man is grossly incom
petent far any public trust who is addicted to the
vice of Intemperance. That such will be presented
as the candidates of either party, there is no danger.
As if the movement in regard to Representatives
was not calcfilated to sufficiently damage the cause
of Temperance, the issue was illegitimately attemp
ted nr to faired upon the people by bringing for
ward an independent candidate for Senator, stand
mg upon his single plank, the Maine Law. How
this war done, we Wilt permit to pass—but it was
done, in the very lace of the fact that the Whig par
ty had refused to make a nomination, and that the
Democratic candidate was unquestionably sound
upon the question, had been endorsed by,the Tem
perance" Convention of Susquehanna County, and
was vouched for by his neighbors. Yet with un
paralleled recklessness, an attempt is made on the
very eve, of the election, to thrust down their throats
a Whig, brought forward by Whigs, but asking for
support solely oa the Maine Law question It is
hardly, necessary to say, that the people repudiated
the attempt.
To one unacquained with the history nethiti can
yaw, this result would also look like a verdict
aLtainsi the enactenew of a . prohibitory liquor law.
Such, however, is not the cue. It was simply a
verdict against the trickery which brought forward
the independent candidate, and a declaration that
the Temperance men had every confidence in the
democratic candidates.
RtATT Dist Acta —The Circuit Court at Bing
hamton, test week tried the case ofilrimrose John
son dec'd, eget. the N Y.& Erie Railroad Co. The
action Was for negligence, and thereby causing the
death of the deceased upon deft's road in the fall of
1850. Mt. Johntion, it will be recollected, was
killed by the train being thrown from the track by
refuting over some cattle, in the night, 'a shcirt die.
lance east lot Cl*ego. newel employed on the
railobetrai paymaster, Wt. Wits then on his way
home to , visit his' family, and at 04 tittle of the se
ciderit-Was in'th'e Sir oeCupled litthe Expire Ca.
The'defenceiristetfmainft,oti hits gitionds--dhat
the tittle Werwbpori•the track add run treartfirciugh
no nbgfi enci 451. ihii' Railre d Cotnpan'Y or their
eget-Mc - MI . IY thefinh' cif' iitherpiriMMl ;;;;•iind that
dittrilege*ll l atAttliiitil , untitithcirized
in r d miegiiiincriaseirhazard. ;
tlie'caust hitiii; toy. ItifrnifitY: of Rimi•
ra thihittie,"iinlif (kw: Hatch.'
89,000. 1 1toich.
r: n. • , r ,
iit' Viiiitisily (1 04 - 01giv h iqg rrilemiti .1:
rad t ' si . 0174iciitar Ifsis illittici 14. Nel toift,''
zo; cfr l_ ~„„ ~,,..1 . . ., . • ~ ,,4r„,, to
via ano C. Dronlon A re moved .
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,ittli tinged
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%la* liiVah'ig ' tta4if ottLqocr i 'tp‘
tiltSgil Org.'irlf;iii,4ll it. 1.. - ftiid6a.
isaw::a..:: ~'j!lllf'~t'~lPlßlilCifl~llMEfifi~i~'Qll~lllL~'i'
Under this head the Wuhington Union, and oth
er mere !,p New NO* pra the. Souh, keep, a
eant:unt are int*Silain, fiance , anittallanVpv
ing ti fir*!cotpieoon that thire is atkeerei
treaty bettreen those powers foe the Oaduatermar •
cipatjon of the degrees ilflhe ri:lanckei Cuba; with
a view of ihereby crippling our progress aniVeicab:
fishing a power in the West Indies, which, from
all antecedents muss be hosfils :t 12,11filte0
States.
Wage:West frankly andsincetely that we do not
share these fears of cotemporaries, and that even
if they were realized, in regard 'to the alleged se.
cret trOsldters do no!' apprphersl,itr? tinr7Mip
sequences from it, that, in the opinion of those pa-
Oteetttsarily MOW"nacho step: We
ilo hot believe that this. great country, extending
from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and from. the,
Atlantic to the Pacific, can be permanently, proems,-
ted nr. even-checked in-its career of greatness by an.
Island inhabited by Macke or whiten, slaves or ap•
prentiees, under the mown of Spain, Wa: believe
that the. United Slats% are destined to give laws to.
this Continent, and that the Islands .will follow the
Continent, and not the Continent the Islands
But it is absurd to suppose that a tripartite treaty
between England, France and Spain has been con
eluded for the purpose ,of "introducing the amen
lice system into Cuba." Spain may be persugcled
into such a course, and inducements may be held
out to her. to give into it; but in no case can Eng :
land and France be parties to a municipal regula
tion adopted in the !eland. Spain, we feel as4ured,
is too jealous of her sovereignty over the Island, to
make France and England parties to her municipal
regulations; but that Spain, alarmed LI the con
slant menac Is of our filibuster organs, " that anoth
er expedition is on font to wrest the island from
the grasp of Spain," may have sought the protec
tion of England and France,
,in that case, Ia not at
all i mprobab:e..
And the best way to frustrate the object of such a
treaty, and to prevent its ever being mole than a
niuhun picture, is to give up all notions of seizing
the Island by another buccaneering expedition,
whether that expedition is to sail directly from the
United States, or from a poit in Central America as
a rendezvous.
Mr..Cakhoun, who was as much of a Southern
man as any persou in this cotrry, cannoned' his
countrymen against all premature agitation in re
gait' to Cuba, because he wisely laiesaw that eve
risuch step must necessarily arouse the jealousies
of other maritime powers, and render Spain more
intractable. The Island can only be acquired by
purchase; amid it is absurd to suppose that Spain
will be disposed lb sell as long as the ptircha-er
asArinea in any way, the tone and language of a
robber ; No man, in any degree suspected of in•
c/i7fing to use force, is a good negotiator, and no
min committed to a measure, can act the d iplomatirt
in reiard to it.
to acquire Cuba, the first .requisite is patience,
an.l the :abandonment of all filibustetism. With
proper care, and a wise profiting of events I tat
must occur, "Cuba," in the words el John C. Cal
houn, " will, like a ripe pear, fall into our lap."
Mr- A large majority of the voters of Tennessee
have declared in lavor of the amendment of the
constitution of that State provided for the election
of Judges by the people. We predict that they will
never have cau+e to regret the change. • It has
been found beneficial in every State where the
people elect—most eminently so in Pennsylvania.
The Supreme Bench of this State never before
graced with gentlemen of flier legal attainments,
or with those whn gave more general satisfaction
to lawyers arid suitors.
f:*- On Monday last, we were visited by an un
seusonable snow storm, which covered lid earth
with a fleecy mantle, from six to eight inches deep,
amd gave us a severe hint of Winter. A few wirrn
days, and the rain have completely dissipated the
wintery vesture, and left in its stead a superabun
dance \of moisture and mud.
JUDicut. guecrnosr.—Hon. James M. Porter, the
Independent candidate, has been elected' President
Judge of the District composed';l Carbon, Monroe
Pike and-Wayne counties, by about 400 majority
over Hon M. M. Dimmick, the regular Democrat
is nomminee.
Vole fur Senator-01114DM,
The following is the olficiil vote for Senator in
this district :
Purr. Boom.
Brad foicl , 2302 1999
&Piquet' an na, 1920 599
Wyoming, 897 395
Majority for Platt, 2626
DtPcov eta OS A NORTHWa 4 T PASSACia...—A pas.
sage by the Arctic ocean, around the northern con
tinent of America, has at fart been discovered.—
Commander M'Clure, of the British Navy. has ac.
complicated what the merinos enterproos of nearly
two kuudred years have failed to accomplish. He
has whiled from Davre's Straits on the east through
the great Arctic ocean to near Behring's Straits on
the west, and has shown the existence ottin unin
terrupted water communication from the North At
lantic to the North Pacific. His course, as near as
we can ga th er it from the brief announcement of
the fact made by the English Admirsity, was thin'
the Prince of Walter'. Straits, connecting velth Bar.
row's.fforaits, to a charm:twit .of Melville 'Wand,
Called Bank's Land. and , through floes end hum
mocks of almost impenetrable ice to a place balled
Behring'e island, in the 8.1 of :Marry, The Pre
cise posiiiimmt the Island we eve -enable to' &Cer
tain, but it seems to .be,puffuriently 'fat :snot, and
near the 'outlet ofßetkring!s Straits, an the coast of
Asia, to settle the question of 'the practicability ,
, o 1
the passage.
Ottr—A sitignisr iniseni•eird rtiortalitt id one fail;
ily tlitiLocciwred io Alleghertyoeiint Pat 1 , -A few ,
weeks ago • OW +O4 04. Seeder E.lwo tinchhel ,
P imps a pweei Toting giri of eighteen Amin Mere,
the t ether were itillurved to the Vara a itirge i
nombrokrtif- frieitids;'onlli
"Ondity" brot heir'
died, andancatier sistavis now she , :point
et 4 .1e•IIN: 1.) .4 I .m,l
••••The Board of iletahhimrBNetwOileansl.4al
i meeiingon4h944lo, inakilonseinoesly. wlopted a;
E eigd° l oV-TIOFtP d4e,.4 1 .i.01 1 .4ithe
yelEcks &mei' no longer existed as an
'its . .
ihis. Mississippi ng r
by. the and `,Rtlck 'lsland,. Illinois, Central,'
RA'
'abling WM:Thiele° to /11 ' .
*in isteniptfour, 1141. ; 2 , 01.(.1.41: 5:1
RtittNiihrnfifittitlinlit4MlMMl4
torsofdheft•Reanningtogrdkidge,s2..yorr.mqiikt Rohr
4ayeatut,wAwti ;poled Alawkby.iariP,P ,
maim?, diedjn Texas,fecenpy, of 0116 w. fever .
MR. EDITOR :—Your last week's paper contains I
a communication signed " ELm," upo wlich. with .?)..f
nth peissif, I _ II make a piesi rat* ~ ,
-%
r ial. .•
1
Tbat-fb lataick . was regarded as isr t per g'.
to wif,„ l fT(lOy doubts hanging overt airs tail E .
'.ls;slvidetit 1.. altety(;onsitterable exieill
_Ail this;
perhaps, was no more than we had reason to ex
pect. fil .. y too, doubtless from this cause, were
- - telliffiffeatifplitiffetarltretitiiiffiritiatiffOlif
more favorable circumstances, would have entered
the list with enthusiasm. Nor is it saying too much
that this apparent want of confidence added ve7
much, to the l abasii i ly, pefplexing and difficult duties
b#4hi eXeciitiiie;contirilitee.' To know precisely
1-44.4,---SALCLEIRIAILiatftWaI-ilig----MiliuLiaecaseaty.„aunsi
the doubliaml apprehensions of. many.on the one
hind, 'and the aanguiria expectations of a few warm
friends on the o ther; was a menet . of notpamill dif
ficuity, andkr . ould dm bave been sprprising had
the
,arrangementsbecrn less
` adequate, than, trey
were. tin the delciencies, in preparation, whicik- 1
under more mature, expefj4ce would jraie been
less excesAle, were completely sysalloweil, np in
the enthusiasm of the unexpected success of tins
t! experiment'; With the experience gained or,
this occasion, we shall, doubtless, be much better
prePared for the future. . .
The vSii(er's suggestion to exhibitors of rare plants
an'e vegetatilisthat they should
,rlistribwe among
their brjther i:armers the seeds ol such, is certaitily
an eicellent one, and I trust will be hallowed put
in the very best ivriror reciprocaj feeling. ,
The suggetition in regard tcylistrittutir4 suitable
books relating to some branch of husbandry, nottead
of money as premiums, is well woo by the airegiriou
of the Society; and Uwould add still further, that
this may be ex endod to every class of compw itors—
of course the books should be adapted to each par
ticular department of industry. There are valuable
Agricultural, periodicals published in our own State,
and in other . States, which I hope to see, should
this suggestion he adopted by the Society, making
a large itern.in'the hill of selections for its pretni.
ems In my humble opinion there can be no Let
ter mode'of disseminating the tight kiln! 01 intellt
gence °pang the people %Ai so lair a promise of
ultimate benefit. .
Thewitter calls attention to the practice of ai v a: d
into p t erniums to stock rais e d in other States or
coutittes, as being of doubtful equity. I apprehend
that with a more derhine understanding ref his views
upon this sulject, we should Lot Idler so touch as
his words unexplained seem to trauma. There
can be no doubt, l suppose, as to .he benefit re•uil
ing from the introduction of blood, d aid improved
breeds of stock into this county. 11, ibereluie, the
improvement of the present stock of the county by
the introduction of superior breeds from aboatl, is
an object worhy. the attention and e flogs of our
tanners, then surely the prune business of our
County Agucultural Society is to encourage by all
proper means such introduction I would by no
means be understood as countenaticitie the bringing
into the county at ;he time of a Fair, superior stock.
or any other article, merely for the purpose of ob-
taintng a [pentium. This, I believe, shoc/t1 be
strictly prohibited. II stock purchased abroad, and
brought into the county for the r xpteris purpose of
improving the bleeds, should seem to come in un
due•compet awn at our Fairs with those raised here,
then it would be better, rather than that they should
be excluded, to place them in a separate class in
the list tot premiums. - Indeed, I 'am not sure, all
things considered, that this would not be the bet
ter course.
By reler ring to ihe published list of prerhiums and
instructions to competitors, the writer will find that
competitors were required to do precisely what he
suggests, to wit : " Competitors for premiums mu
produce a full statement of the mode of cultivation,
with a certificate also of two respectable neighbors as to
the product and measurement of the ground, also ex
hibit a sample of the crops at the Fair. My opin-
ion is, that the more lull report of the committee
will show that this requirement was et eyed by the
competitors to the satisfaction of the Juil&tes. B.
Fmrtow CITIZENE-A merciful and beneficent
Providence has blessed our country during the year
that has just passed. His exceedinggcnitiness calf►
for an earnest ma..ifestation of our olitstude a* a
people.
A firm belief in the existence of Coil, and a just
conception of the perfections of his nature—ol
auribuies: of infinite wisdom end power—of His
boundless munificence and mercy,lieat the founda
tion of true religion, and eon/ill:lite the basis of that
righteous'ness that exalieih a nation.
An Iminble acknowledgment of dependence on
the ,overru mg care of 4 ' that God who measureth
the ocean t the hollow of his hand," who, well
controls the destiny of nations, and who yet comic
scendg id feed the fowls of the air and clothe the
lilies of the field, is an no of homage eminently be
coming a people so peculiarly favored as we have
been.
5619 2993
2993
The blessings of peace have disting uished the
cfotiiiit year. With' the entire family 01 . S:a , es our
relations are amicable, and gire preati.e of a
b ri o' (ware. Our Gee institutrnris of Government
have been perpetuated, and religions and political
['betty vouchsafed to the people. The cause oh
edUcatien, murali,y and religion have been steadi
ly on the advance; the ans and sciences have
gained lidditionat perfection. and all the meal in
'mists Of the ,people, physical and moral, have
flourished.
In otir 'min Commonwealth, the merciful care
and boundless goodness of Providence, have been
most strikingly manifested We SIM under special
obligainms for HIS beneficence and mercy nu,
people have nol only teen spared the ern/curing el
!he plague and 'Pestilence, but they have been
blessed With an abundance of thtatinicesi protlur
natural : Abe etirth. The mentions 'have pas=ted in
their 4egnAr °Merl ,Winter anti Spl"Maz and Sum..
mrl have nomeantl.gorle, and , Amami.
yeili hme and harvest" we have NO, and he
htialindinim hdp reinieed in ihp rich tewhhls'ofhi,
toil , - The'lve I op s urml-trillil• and ' have"ven
ni their-Abundance, to make glad the:hearts of the.;
people,,.„ ,
.t; ' • _ • ••••
Thellerailatfotis of famine w h i ch at present seem
to threaten titorsi'e nf the nation.°T die ewitern cord-`
Orient. Os dry the iarvatieuribf war, havrethnibilen
lertted.froni thin-people; by she. strong airm•ol His.
parer. . , -
it The pestifenee that walketh ' klaticness„ . an 4 l
'llitlit - dietruation that wiairtifi'ai hcion-tray"— w hose
ravages , hive/ itorely afflicted lfies'atti•Aeris'oritfir
rintridiftelStalts..t.havp not been permittedto invade.
°-to OwPirld C. llB l l {no,nVettlifk ,11 has pleased. eidnec•
•eifOT Provitience to restrain the hand ol_the,tierwy
eV, SOtt to bellt4r Pennsylvania a season of
I end 'nrlilloyell prthiprwitY '
_These Inkrtiloltl ktles sing" arer the . gift of Getl, snit
1 1 9 aint-fOunggia PPlk agittowledgments sbool,l
'15 , 04 r • •.• •
untolte Wenn TeityiOcas of 49tyi arid An
ioenTrirenilf *blithe isibhelf dtrriany`gond
'lvillingqszeilikszythisentoraf the Common waaDly
of Foonykimigi o do. hereby; oppaint 1,1 (Vrt
yr t Aleal4lo , otifordstiter aertia
14...6 434etgitzkiyal4b1wigegePina.endoqiiike *tat
out ftlikStee, aka earnestly itorlora are pcnple,illloty
EillW23
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
--,n: iMiiiiVioirtitriorboits ore ihii d ay, , 1
unite in offering thanks to Almi g h t y. G od for
pa o st goodness and
mil bleresi mercy,
gs.and beseech Him f or
bricti n
Gi ulinderiply t theand, and Great Seal of I
e; at Ha nrg, this I7th day of Oct o b er
year our Lord one thousand eight hark
iit-rii tielyOree, and of the Commonwesch
44enty-elghth.
Bo met Gootierms :
1
C A. REACk,
Secretary of the Com momitamt
1
eitiens.—The Superior Conrt for Fa h
county, Ct., last week, granted a tliirotoe.4o
Baldwin, now seventeen yen. of nge—
when she was married 0 ,1 The ground of h er
lion wars " intolerable cruelly."
AI,NAN.A6I U S St.:NA-roe —lllthert
late memtter of the 1.. ;:+ 11.,tieettl Re.,
herberfruppamted by the Govemo r of
to fill the vacancy to the U. S. Seams cau se d
reart2nation of tilie 4 Hoty. Solon Borland
diplomatic station. .... ""•• ,
0;:r.11 i.ista'ed,that M. Fluent, oft:lnc:wait
whose wale Was one ol the victonaol the Non
catastrophe tact spr ing,
and who was coosolerat
injured intact': MIA received the earn of Sio,
from the Ne 4 York and Slew Haven railroad co rn ,
pany.
eStrireo tin Mason county, Va., are b eenm,
jog Migratory In their habits. Withi n the ;Ist k
11121)I eul to have made Mir eertap e to part afiknw
They were the prepi'rtylot Messoi, Beale, Rat er
Capeheart and Mrs. Lewis.
—The Newark Advertise r states that Mr. IV.
Vebh has o
b uild or been commissioned by the Emperin
t Nee York, a hundred gait I
ship furnished with a steam propeller as auailii
power.
In
Boson, the rate of taxalioo is 57 60 u pon
valuaiibn of a thousand dolldre. la m'
asses.ed valuation 01 Ihe real estaie o sr cases,
is n
'ban four-El:01s u: m arket value. One t
o ibin
(big is for gr . huufg. u 1,101 rea re 4 per cen.
is paid. /soy I% here else The world.
—The Comnii.f.toner n 1 Pensions has aneeeet
in plocorio2 the are of J. Jenkote, of Or
Castle. N Y , (pine a yniug man of very te9
table connect tons ) who is chargiol with panic
lion In procurni2 :he !Orgeiy at attilavira , ur
of the claim (.1 !he hens nt Pl,a, ea&
ce.i.t.,!, a revofivionary pensioner.
fn
Sdruvikill Count% , Pr , u IR Paid. there
Iteer .eel 1“11;or eb:abliAt.ed orrery nom
voieto.
Dr Ta . Teville, \L-ate-ippi. was air 1 4
ari,l k itleiny a 3 oung n art .of tie iiarrie of
on the Ist ins:
—.The Onvirreir and Cow,cil of Maszchat
hate appnimeti Thticsday, Nov. 24(11, al
Than
Lew it,lleNhilion, counly. ra
been sehtenee.l.lo the pvilrefclary tog two
for a terni..iog c ,, i.rry a ~if
A nronnn•t. pickpnrket wa. arre•red r!!.
al Stah'ot.! .Lr ccerk Bantite.
p r „i r t eni nt !!: •r r.t•ty. a. l l the !elm'
atol evhibitett at 12} et-t • a .1r ,1. art •
han led thrvi over to the it 'l've author des
COACHES leise Wirer'
Athen , ,Thwanda,Tor.itiar
an.t Intermediate Oen,
tri,trilthg. alter the am. al of the Trains.
_ 1 ,4 ;am
Returning., leave Towat, la, (af , r •r:e ariral
the southern Arane.) ar 12,E n'eltick. PAS mart
Wawirly to pine fur all the eNentag rala , ent
weal.Nfay 6. 1t453.
TEMPERANCE
TEe friends of Temperance, whdde)ireiht
saze of a Law to prohibit the manufacture, sal
use of intoxicating liquor as a beveruze.are teat
ted to meet at the Court H , /me, nu To xamb,
Monday ...:veninv, Nov. 7th a' 6 sr.' ck P. NI.
addreNs atlt be delivered by t‘01 . 1.11:13
lion is to be taken to secure a re.— r,• ; ,lt,c
Legislature from each school
invited to attend front the dcf,:eit
CHEAP WIN rEil 60
J. 3LITLIT.EIt Pulp - Y.
Ts just tec”ivinz a Izeherd:
1 Goon:. at the corner 01 Bridge and Slain
which were purchased prine,paly
very low figure, and hr t),,:rrs hati.ct ;s4 Le.
sell good. as chew a 1 :it put
are re:spec/fully lurlied to cal and esaulite
stock, which Corc.l•:S pJ't
Dry GlO6. Grorrrws, Hardware - , Boots and
Shoes. Crockett,. (Y a« ,Y Shale flare,
hunt:, this. Dyes, d't.
He would respectfully announce r,. the Lail
Towanda and vie:n(lv. that 111,ozh !hot unt,
per.eccrance. he has abandoned the sale °f l int ,
casing liquors.' J. HARVEY PHINNEY
Oct. 24, 1853.
•3 TONS more of triage cheap Sugars ius:
and Cur sale by PHINNEI
E AS—A few chests good and cheap for
I. PHINNEY
pool's st...snoEs. the largest and cheap. ,
1-1/ s,,r(rnent in To wan da. by PHINNP
DRESS Goods, of the latest styles and pan
jJ consisting In part of Stou-Itn Dela'Ga., ali
tlelatne+ black fancy silk., French, Domenic
Scotch GI .ahatns prints, of every s+vle by
Oct. 24. 1853. PHINNEI
HA", Car, & Bonnets, a ; a rgea,:ortmer
cheap, by pony,
I- , and Tweed; of all description,;nt
I !PeM&ril
Oct. 24, 1853.
casgimeres. veNtinv, atiinets.
•
F"NNEDl—French, Domes anti Sai
NNET.
:e.
for sale , by PHI
VtTANTED—aII kinds of grain le limber
which some cash will be paid bY
Oct. 24, 853."- PRINZ
NOTICE.
THE Winter term ot Mrs. Itnrimoas
•
Young Lushes, will commence no Wadi
128th of November, 1853. Terms, a use.
istuJies,
Higher -
French or Latin with the above,
So extr4mbarges made for am ! biog.
l'be .9ctivol p kept in :he weiiiry of ardlo
Episcopal Church in Towanda.
October 29, ten
, .
List of 'Twos,
• ..
A ,
RWN for Special Court ho veatber
Atbany—rniternsrs Wilcox. •
Caphin rr •John Vaa Dyke, Edw. 14•11.3:e•14.,4
, P lyjbao_ ,n
Warren—Vile:a Priece, Benjamin Ca.e
Athens fp—iltobers Smton. Jame+ Myra
Beach.
Sheohecluvt—Rallph, G.
Burlingrcin—ltoswell Luther, Wm M'Albter ,
Mode3r.
Wiamoraa-Goorge Every.
'SUNK Creekl—ira crane-
Leroy- 7 414ra m Rearnolde.
Ailtattiiii--IA6 ti Icra.lto, Peter Orsbinn•
vitYßlnanith%dßettiattrirr Ackley.
kaPtinltheld...damaeliatkner, T P Wolcott.
°."9e-kl - voittitert ritaine,
IR raj,tert—ben la alto Doty.
llEFriVtlifield-I,4ll3 P Pfiic'e.Ssinner WOOL
14oprue.-Glitroinoter Jr H Lewis. ~
1.4 1 t, Oirrila-nOtIOAT-,W: co G Bogart. 1. 1 3 0 " w'''"
Nrtaffli .I.4l4s,o„nlncac,Sinalley.
9 —Da id Sherman.
TO fiße $ a Wllb ti' •
Tannillite4rrtutt9 Taylor.
iii---rcyrus Futter.