Remarks ofklr. Grow:
la the House, Jan. 19, being in Comm .
Whole, Mr: Gauw, having obtained
ceeded to address the Committee in • ..tt
the Executive and the Commonwealth syl—
vania, as Inflows:— •
MR GROW. It is.not lone cifa m's.
rial was presented here, by the crizens of 'l . or
Indiana; complaining 01 the Sta e of Pennsylvania
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the Union, and of comity to her sister States. An
sinee then her.citeamm have been represented in
Weil try-to the beneref• G .verri mem disobeying :he
decrees of the Federal tours, opposing the mat
stds sent to execute die plot,-s+ of those Ct.Urlf
burning the bridges of the railroad company, tear
to up their railioads for come three or four weeks
in suct;essior!ofto,wltok,a4letS
coMmimication - between the F, tit and Wet Berms,
that ereatthoronghfare • and, fitially, •ihst her Ea
ecut ive is althea and abmiattnebis end-. timers •-•
That passenger? have .been..rmirt.utqd 1 0- 11Fgpt
convenience, and business men to unnecessary de
lay ind expense, by reason of the ditlicUlties' at
Erie, is riot the question in eottiroveray, but who is
in fault for it, and where ongla theblame to: rest
Sir, some years since the S.ate al Pennsylvania
constructed a canal from Franklin, along French
creek, a dinence of eighteen and a half milM, to
_French Creek aqueduct," which was subsequently
by act of the Legislature, transferred to a company,
with authority to build a railroad between Pittsburg
and the harbor of Erie ; but that read was never
built, nor any mat of it ; but the company Nip a
road from the Ohio State line to the city of Erie,
two points separate and distinct from; those fixed in
their charter, and over an entirely different route
And this is the road that makes the connection be :
tween Erie and Ohio, and is the same gene as the
Ohio roads. The construction of this road the su
preme court of Pennsylvania decided, more than a
year ago,-was without legal authority, and its use
since that time could, therefore, have been entirely
restrained bys tbe Ccrnmonwealth; and it is now
subject to such conditions and restrictions as the
Legislature think proper to impose.
The connection between Erie Anil the- State of
New Yolk, is made by what is called the Elie and
Northeast Railroad, the termini of which was fixed
by its charter at the Sate line and the borough of
Erie, and one of the coarlitions of its incorporation
was, that t. the said railroad &hall be so constructed
as not to impede or obstruct the free lice of any
public road, street, lane, or bridge " Mid at ate
time of buildirg said road, the company applied to
the city authorities for permission to lay their track
widiiii limits of the city, so.as to connect with . the
Franklin Canal Company's roads. That permis-.
clout, as I understand, v: as granted with the express
condition that it might be revoked RI any time by
the city authorities. At therimaiif putting down
the track of this road, d was laid at .Hatbor Creek,
some eighty or'ninety rods along the public high :
way, including the bridge over saidcteek, and that,
tbo, under the protest of the supervisors or the
township. But the track,. as originally laid, remain ,
ed unmolested till the company commenced taking
it up to change the g rage, and then they were no.
titled by the township authorities, that if they took
up they would not be permitted to lay it again on
the public highway.
And here is one point of conflict between the
citizens of Harbor creek township and the North.
east Railroad Company; and the other is within
the corpatate limits of the city of Erie, where the
railroad company never had any authority hem the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to - lay ()Own a
track. But whatever differences of opinion there
may b 3 as to the right of the railroad company,on
iler their charter, to cross the township I ridge at
Hat bor Creek, and run along the public highway ,
that doubt, it seems to the, must end at the eastern .
line of the original limits of the borough of Erie.—
From that point to the State line of Ohio the Corn-.
monwealth of Pennsylvania bas never granted any
franchise for the construction of a railroaiL Between
these points, then, the citizens of Erie are but resis
ting encroachments attempted upon. Vieir tights as
citizens,
and as memberspf a municipal gotem-.
meat, by an associated company acting without any
legal franchise. And though they . may be guilty
of some excesses in vindicating %ell' rights, are
they, or the party that attempts the encroachment
most to blame ? Had these companies been con
tent to remaiu quiet till the meeting of the Legisla
ture, and then sought there for legal authority be
fore acting, there would have beery no disturbance
at Erie, and travel and trade would have Named
ed as heretofore, unmolested. But why should the
public complain that Mete should- be a break of
guagu at Erie instead of Buffalo; for it int at of ne
cessity, be at One place or the other. the raifinad
gnage otOhin is foot feet ten. inches ''of NewYdrk,
six feet and four leet eight and a half inches; the
Pennsylvania gouge is four feet eight and a half
inches , It is, therefore, impossible to pass from the
northwest, through either New York or PetwaYlvo
nia, to the Atlantic seaboard, without a champ : of
page.
- And is there any reason why the citizens of'Erie
or the Commonwealth ofPennsylvania should not
avail themselves of the commercial attiventages of
their local and geographical. position, especially
when they can do it without any obstrucqon of
commerce or trade, and' without injury'-lbliny oth
er section of the Union? How is trade and 'nave)
obstructed any more by a change of gauge - at: Erie
than at Buffalo, or any other. point between the in.
land States and the sea-board ? The gbages which
the different States have selected for themtelves,
without any action on the part of Pennsylvania,
has made such change necessary-, And all: that
Pennsylvania or any of her citizens desire, is the
simple enjoy - meet ol the advantagesof her position.
She has no disposition to tax trade and commerce
passing through her limits, nor to obstructits cheap
and speedy transit.
All companies now acting under her franchises
can lay such tracks as they think proper, and deny
gnaoe. She simply says to Ohio and New York,
you have each free permission to bring your own
images within out limits, and join them either at
Erie or at any point west of that. This is the dec
laration of her Executive—this is the law of her
strute.book. By this arrangement, all her rights
and interests in her improvements already con
structed, and those in course of construction, are
secured, and that, too, without any injury to the
trade of her sister States, or any obstruction to their
intercourse. And because she is disposed to avail
herself ol the commercial advantages of her posi
lion when she can do it without injury to any other I
section, a prejudice is attempted to be created
against her citizens, and even the law makers of the
country talk ol withholding the rights due her as a
member of this Confederacy. While Pennaylva
ma is loyal to the Constitution and lam of the
Union, and faithful to her sister States, she is equal.
ly loyal and faithful to herself. And because , her
Executive, who is charged with the maintenance
of her rights and heir interests, is disposed to pro
tect both. as well as the rights o[ the citizens,
against unjust encroachments by companies acting
without legal franchise, he is made the subjebt• of
'an isrepresentminn and reproach.
ma WASHBURN E, of Illinois. . . 1 resirlein the
West, and I would like to ask the gentleman a
few questions.
MR. GROW. It would give me pleasure to
oblige the gentleman from Illinois, but after the
experience I hive just hail in attemptino D to oblige
a friend I cannot yield. Sir, what adieience can
it make to the %Vest, and how, is her interests af
fected, whether the change of railroad guage at
Erieor Buffalo? So far as any local interests are
concerned this is simply a controversy between
Erie end Buffalo, in which the trade of the great
West in its transit to the sea-board has no Interest,
save as It is at present obstructed by.ffiete.diffteld
ties.
- . ,
But is the Executive of Pentistivania,." Sn id the
citizens of Erie the party in blame' for their eels.
lance, as they conceive they , Itavo. been resisting
only illegal encroachments. and exactions , byno
authorized companies? EYefY deem° of the Sfale
courts his been fatthfolly °fissured ; Of.
confiding this controversy to the •Sutte coons ill was
aken into the district courts al the United. Stains by
t he railroad company ; and the citizens ot Erie, pct.
k. •
...-- - T—
ing tin 4er cgs 4 vice i - • Deep 4 its • iereew
want of jurisdiction. And theconn,..when the (mea
ls
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i - isnot In mi .- - st*if*ips of led*"
c . Sir has iket op, it . .„lonlyiti holtruisi
• , liit arehM. bufthfindgiiii 'n thy, act sif t .
sot the the t . r e toritylptlaw. 7 .4The rocieding cd*
coin - plain "it is sitoply Willa the Cation. lill - ;
a question of conflict between State and Federal
. tuistliction. And from the lime this controvers)
itegirMhirliiknat r atint - Of diiiiiiiiiiid"'Srit6rlf
.vas taken out of the bands of the Executive and 01
, he &ate cones.
No application has been made to them save in
one instance. arid in that case the decree of the
court was eriturcetl lorStopoeul t bovity, ,and fail With.
ly observed by the,edisSiniqhndinhurcisis hastbe ,
Governorliven encouragement to nob or breaches
. Such are, in.brief.tome of tho•citettmutimutwAl •
'Le c"" tl 9le4 s .Y.—.oefFee tt .0 13 ejteat!.,,,9( , Ffie Awl
•he curpnrations to which i'have r ferred.i It, is a
colorciitersy tiiittreekllie " ,, tightirolthei citizetie end
'her privileges! °Us i trinideipalityl ds cospanitions
acting without legal hanchises.s ..- . , - :,,,..._ . •
. I travpAaMmtbienecasiort, Of t :Id makft these, re.
matk.A...in order to ennect the, misstatement d tints
littli•lf is calealtirefif to do Injitstice to the ilectitive
tonlAndicial wliktera 'of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and injury to her citizens., _ • -
Slack Water Navigation.
Ir the Sosgeehanne river, to li e ,inade navigable,
is a mielatioli whih it a‘.ked 'mere or leer every
day: We answer of coursed! hr. We say °Mune
beeanre we believe it most be re&
It is practicable, will pay, will drum one any in
jury, except what will be paid for, and will be of
of sorneativantage to every citizen of Owego and
Tinge county ; yes, to every inhabitant of the Sus
queltanna.Valley. And such being the case, to
suprove that the project of making the Susquehan
na river navigable would not be consummated, is
In suppose our citizens aimless sazacioul, less im
bued with the spirit of The times and more stupid
than the Mohawk Detehmen,, who opposed the
consttuction of the Erie Canal.
To show that it is practicable, we need only to re
fer to the fact, that by actual sotirsiy it is bound that
there is but tony-three feet ot.tall of water to over
come from Athens to Binghamton, about one-third
pi which is already accomplished by the mill dams
aCfO , l3 the river ; between those places. But throw.
ing nut of account the present mill dams, and it
would only require seven darn:rot about six feet in
lieight,tna of whiub wish the necessary locks,
according to Col Porten, who has had practice and
expetience in the matter, would coast not over fif
teen thousand dollars. or fle ;elude would coat a
sum tit between one and two hundred thousand dol
lars. Col. P., at the •Contrention lately held in
Owego, slid, that if a company would place in his
hands two hundred thousand dollars, he would put
the river in navigable order, as was proposed, and
return to them a part of the money. Well, then, it
with ; for all the coal to supply the Oswego,
Utica, Syracuse, Auburn, Ithaca and Binghamton
markets, must necessarily pass over the whole or
a part of the construction, which, at the least ellen.
latiorywould not be less than two hundred thous
and lons per annum.
Thus, the 101 l on the coal alone, would pay the
interest on twice the sum it `would con to make
the construction—to say nothing of the lumber,
grain and salt trade. It such slams as are proposer.;
to be built, should cause land along the river to be
Overflowed, the land owners would, of course, be
paid the value of their land, bet those who know
best about it, say that the dams can be constructed
at such places that very little land need be over
flown in consequence.
We cannot at present acqurately estimate all the
beneficial /results consequent upon the completion
of such* work but when we reflect that it would
form a connecting hark between the great canals of
New York and-Pennsylvania, and would complete
a coutionous alai direct water commanicatioq from
Lake Ontario to Chesapeake Bay, it is perfectly ob
vious that' ifiarrould make through Tioga County a
thoroughfare for an immense commerce,' *MCI
would greatly add to the facilities and amount of
trade and give a new impetus to all kinds of busi
ness. Yankee skill and industry would bunt the
teaterfarli "and teach them to spin cotton and wool,
and the Eitsquehanna'Valley, would become, as it
should and can be made just as thriving and pros.
perous as any patt of the Empire State, and that
too,wiihont squandering any of the State's treasur
es, or raising the state tax.
A similar enterprise was undertaken a few years
since-oaths Monongahela river, b,) a few men of
enterprise, and accomplished at. an expense Woos
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which now
keeps itself in repairs and pays annually the inter
calif halt a million. Our 'advantages are better
thaniheirs,and our citizens just as enterprising,
then we ask ' why can't the matter progress items.
diately.Otecgo Guzrtle.
SCIENTII : IC AORE ' EllOrt-A Caliknnia paper tells
the stor'lr of a showman who delighted an " appre
ciating public " with a view of the Mammoth
Cave:
" It was hiccustom, as each scene was exhibit
ed, to explain it. When the, greaf t cave came to
view, he Stepped 'forward and said—" Ladies and
gentlemem, this is a great phenomena—indeed the
greatest of the world. The learned of all nations
have visited it; but while none, Could agree as to
the cants, which had prodOced it, they all came to
this grind eonclusion, that it was one of the most
tremendous holes in the ground they bad Om Seat'
A Pee:macs CONvIcTED sun IAfPriIsONED TOR A
person inscribed on 4116 pension roll
committed an infamous crime, for which he was
sentenced to the penitentiary; while in prison he
applied for his pension money ; and it was held,
that the conviction and imprisonment of a pen-inn
er for crime does not disqualify him from taking the
usu4l oath of identity, nor does it deprive him of his
rig to draw his pension, or to appoint an attorney
to draw it for him.
-The Louisville (Ky.) Democrat gives an
account of a man who presented himself at the
Jeffersonville penitentiary, Indiana, recently, and
asked to go in and be put to work, stating that he
owed the state five year's labor. He was convict•
ed at a recent term of the Circuit Court, held at
Lawrencebuighr MJ , of manslaughter, and shirt
wards broke jail. A reward bad been offered for
his attest, but tie baffled all search. He, however.
presented himself voluntarily to fill the sentence t 4
the km •,
Wow; lasi pl Saow. 7 ----Ort Sunday after
noon an elderly woman named Whinaker, reviling
befitien Claim and Franklin avenues, near Pros.
pect Hill, tett - the house of a neighbor named !Huh
tyre to herhome, a distance. of about halls mile
On her husband's return at alateitonr, hosing been
at work , all day, she hid not arrived there and noth
ing was heard of bar until the following morming.
when her body was-fogad quite lifeless in a snow.
drift riot far from the house.she bad tart. It Is sap.
posed that she had missed, her way among the
snow-clad paths, and telling into dal* drib, disabled
by tenor from extricating herself.—Brookfin Star.
BURNING Or rite New Cn' HALL, New Yon
The long bnildingi standing on -Chambers et. in the
teat of the City Hall, containing the room of the
United.Stdea District slut the City Courts, besides
various offices, was almoot entiret, &Moved by fire
on Thurstlay shah:tom
' 'The " NeW - City Hall," as it wait called, *cup" ied
s sits selected in the year 1795 i folio Alma House,
and from that, period to Abet beginning.. eri•.1811,
when the papers Were
_removed to Bellevue , the
building Wllll called - the A Alnui Hoofs." rNXI
'Mini,' this eogioistion gnuniertill . 1;i the kcientieie
'institutions oi theeity, kw a 'period off' teri years,
dating which time limas known num "New York
Institution." Books and records all said. .
retbfiroo .
.11 \ frOVititi
i g, o.
T.wandkatindiy-IhmietrilB;4B
• Vera), i s a grikk• R•PlPriStra
op _ •
50 per annonj-i mud the year 50 ears will
Les Dedamed:Abccasbit ienyierinadditsta IP {lO wal be' .
Jedneted. filo paps: sem ever We rem', atm/ piu t s rot,
Advsartssaidars, leirlid*s.:.so eels
.irst and 'l5 cents for each subsequent insertion. • ,
grOffice in the " Union Block." north side of die Palate
&was% oat 00ortakths lisnolltad HotM..ffinsisise tsn*een
Messrs. Adams' and F./well's law offices.
The Erie DUllealleler.
^', m .1L• 4
For some weeks-pan the newspapers, , and par
ticularly the New-York *mele e My* beers filled
with accounts of violations of law an! order perps,
bated by the citizens of the city . at Ens and vicini
ty upon the railroads mesimg al, that plat*, dram
the east and the west. The accountrifthese =our
ranee, which have been circulated most freely in
this county, have beentesaggersted and unreliable,
mostly the on.springol the prolific brain of pathos".
ed letter-writers, despatched by the New• York ps.
pets to:the scene of the difficulties, and ,o 1 whom it
is expected that lhey shall !umiak, actuumw
of riot and blootipheil, whether such scenes occur
or not. We caution Out readers against ihese:pre:
judiced, partial and untrue statements in the New,
York papers. They do not give die truth in regard
to the facts.
The Utah is, that tbis trouble al Erie, is a alight
aadlrivial of uiyia comparison with the excitement
which has been telt throughout the-country about
it—engendered by the agents and hirelings of the
monopolies which seek toast adetience the laws
of our Commonwealth aed prejudice bar intereaut.
It is a ovation, to be sure, in which every Penn
sylvanian is interested, who has any regard, for the
wallet(' of the State, and state pride does not abide
in the breast of him who doesnot sympathise with
the people of Erie in their efforts to resist the en
croachments and, unjust demands of foreign corpo
rations.
We have no design to discuss the gaestioas in
volved in these difficulties, except so far as rodeo
limn have beep cast upon the liberality of the State,
and she has been charged with a want of comity..
The only question between the citizen' of Enema
the railroad companies, is, shall the break of guage
be at Erie or at Buffalo. As the break must occur
it seems to us that the very propositilip curies with
k its answer. Pennsylvanili alter much effon sniff
at large cost succeeded in pecoriog, as a pert other
territory the small neck of land bordering upon lake
Erie now included in the County of Erie. Though
lying contiguous to that great inland sea, u is the
only soil she possesses washed by its wtives, ; and
the only spot where she may
: putty claim, and 14-
peel to receive a share of its vast commerce. 11
Pennsylvania expects to, share in the Imhof the
South and West, which is annually. floated 4mm:the
waters olthe Lakes, the entrepol• must be at Erie.
In order successfully to offer inducements for that
trade, she must have
_means of transportation east.
ward, which shall compete with other towns upon
the lake. Itebe allows the railroad .companies to
carry out their plans, by running a uniform guage
and by avoiding her barbre r she cuts off Erie from
any participation in the trade of the West, and loses
all \its advantages to the. Common wealth. The rea
son is, because, with ii , brealt of guaga at Buffalo,
the port of Elie will be deserted for the former
place. 1l the break, is et Elie or west of Erie, then
shippers may send their. produce eastward witho*t
interruption, and Erie bas a fair chance with But
tato.
Our Commonwealth violates no principle of
comity and ilispliss no illiberality in her
with the Railroad eompaoiee, even assuming the
intention, of the people of Erie, as being those of
the whole State. She says to the railroada of Ohio,
you shall have tree right of way, to, extend your
made to Eria— , to the Railroads of New• York she
extends the same privilege•-and all sbe Mots in
return is, that tbeyathall not plot to anderrnme the
interests of the State for the benefit of her neighbors.
.The people of Erie, may have exceeded the
bounds of moderation and law in attempting to de.
feat the unlawful designs of these arrogammonopo-
Tkey have suffered many aud, grievous
wrong, and a people once aroused to defend their
rights, are apt In commit excesses. Our forefathers
were forgetful of Law and order. when they pitched
the tea into Boston harbor, and the citizens p 1 Erie
may have been equally indiscreet, but their case is
equally as just.
We have been led into these remarks by out
intention of inviting attention to the remarks of Mr.
Gaow, deliverbd in the House on Thursday, week,
upon this subject, which wilt be found in !another
column. They present the historical part of the
controversy in a plain manner, and are a sufficient
vindiotion of the Executive of the State, mid of the
people of Erie.
THE New-You Meucit. Itutaw for Jan. ]9th,
contains a new Hot Corn Song by Geo. Root; also
a PART SOEH by Lowell Mason; livered OPUISQ
Piece by William. B. Bradbury, all surto lied wry
beautiful; besides musical articles, sketches, anec
dotes, news, correspondence, and a large amount
of very 'QM:eating musical matter generally-
The Review ikissued once a fortnight by,,Muce
Barrnseas, New York, at one dollar a yea:, in ad
vance, and is the cheapest musical periodical in
the woad. Lowell Marron, Thee. Hastings, Wm.
B Bradbury, Geo. F. Root, and C. M. Cady are
among its editors; and each number Contains four
pages of music and twelve pages of reading matter.
Now is the time to subscribe u a new volume has
just nominee& •
Beane or CANAL Coststanonsas.--Hon. Thomas
H. Forsyth, newly elected Canal Commissioner,
entered upon the discharge of his duties on the tOth
in The Boartly consisting of Mews. ''Clover,
Hopkins and Forsyth, organized on the.said, day
by the appointment alien.. Seth Clovis so Preel.
dent, Thos. L. Wilsomiukienstary: •. - -
• M . Boum% fel many rare thlMPlXlMlntalirra
the. Cut °Mum al Wuhingtoa, died el,hie mi.
deuce in Geotgatention Wednesday night,
The British Mail Steamer Niagara arrived at Hall.
'• _ - Vefpoo thr
an the ar
a - 11
is - Tor 4611
'n ib me •• it ohs , o'
th t sir rt/tiv ' ossia c t ,' es t C • pre•
par ng fora most desperate et even whh the
allied powers, if necessary to maintain the position
.
' aria paper report that the Czar hie given orders
• for crossing the Danube,
hich forbids the hope of his acceptance of the las
.te Dab, ttt went; and, atop
If •7F . 1 jr1.0 .4 ,.. " c,f•A
I 3 I=llllll
con !-2
, toearriia:e ., the ... Tarksso propositions of the 2 0th,
iilfinitigte/bil tit c rbtiigraitiViii"right 01 go
;rtmeau interventionitp c gskssiao and Turkish itf•
ths.,""n . G 4 ‘"''
1"!
feet hid il6i i iiisered the Slick Sea at
ale latest dues , theogii Midas' Oritehiciii do BO: The
insluctions issued Its, the commanders is in the
biltneormeiiing th'e Ranieri : Net, , poition
°f r it; tti vitae Niek to'iebastoprif, and in
istit" . 6l a rettiliti,.4 tire totee sci egret &Use &Jeri,
his enn4ittnelit"ba' of the.ipiett Vritein l e
took!' likWiedeleintiiiiiil reeistiknetto Resales ag
gresiiiiti; diplotia
cy to coil's some saki/kit design. France is tirganiz
ing a large taste, bat gngland still hesitates, and
thiiie is ninth indignation 'against Prince Albert,
particularly in the indittitihdent papers; and the pub
lic voicepiiitieti that he is a tool
, bf Russia . ; and
Lord Aberdeen is under his in fi ttenbe. The Prlnte,
it is stated, betrays all the Cabiriet secrets to' Rus
ala, Austria, and Germany: The matter, it was ex
pected, would come tieforePtitliantent.
The Torkisb Co u ncil has been declared In per
•
Menem session; , and the Cabinet of the Sultan is
tertectly hatinonions. The Sultan has accepted the
note from the !nisi towers. In the official accep•
ance,,the Porte Stays that he does not object, under
certain conditions, to an armistice, but insists upon
the evacuation of the Principalities, and the main
teminte of the Turkish , 'sovereignty . Re consents
to the holding
,Of Congress!! in a neutral city, for the
purpose of revising existing treaties, and also to
consider the piopriety of further anielicirations in
the conaition of his ,Christian subjects.
•
The reported , death of. Mr. Sumac, in a duel, is
oot.con¢tmed. The UMW now is, that tins/second
duel between Mr. Soutar and Lord Ilownsat has
been deferred, in consequence of • death. in the
family of thelaiter gentleman. •
POWL&TION (4" Euerss.—The EicnimAradican
o(the 19th inst., gives the followiog as the total
population of that embryo city :
First District,
Second "
Third "
Third Ward,
Fractional platy Ws,
Ott— Mr. M'Mut.r.ce, Member of Congress from .
Virginia, has been arrested and bound over to keep
the peace on the charge or assaulting the barkeep
of Brown's Hotel at Washington.
fr4r: The Boston Chronicle etatea that there are
seven . eect reerph,34 of the present Senate of !hal
Commonwealth in favor of the continuance of t h e,
Maine Liquor Law, anti twenip•three in favor Wits
repeal.
Kane's Ascii° Execnrnovi•--A letter from Dr.
Kane, giving,rhe experiences of the Arctic Ellie•
dition under his command, op to July 20th, has
beer. received in New York. It Is the first letter
received from him since the expedition sailed, and
is written ins hopeful and encouraging spirit. lie
was at Upernavih. It was his, intention to remain.
in the bri gas long as possible, seeking a barber on
the eastemtlide of Smiths' Sound. The moment
the' vessel, come to anchor he will leave Olsen, a
trUstwonhe man, in charge. to prepare for winter
quarters, drop his whale boat, with himself, the
Esquimau: l and seven men, and take advantage
of inshore tade-Iriadito continue his jotrney to the
north. He anneipatessihat his return to the brig
will probably be daring the solemn darkness • . of the
winter night ; but apart from the novelty and excite
ment of such a journey, the moon in her high
northern declination wilt totes In at the vet) , nick
of time ; becoming eircompotar on the 18th October
and November, and giving 12 days of unbroken
light. With.* aid of lunar., and constantly recur•
ring meridian observations of the mars, no danger
of loitink his way was lipprehended.
'•Pleacru av A Sequin FIRM —The 13ritish ship
Lottl'llivendsle, on her late 'voyage to Valpataiso,
basing sprang;leak-at sea, the vessel was hove
down for reptile, when it proved that the Mak ors
sword fish bad pierced through the plank, which
was ofelm, three inches and a half in thickness
The point of the task pleated beyond the plank
seven inches and-a half thrust through the wood.
11101 RID MURbER.—.A WOO Jones-of New Boston,
was•sbot at Mount Vernon N. H. while on her way
to School, by her rejected lover, a Mr. Sargent.—
He tired three shots at her, the fiat taking no ef
fect. He then seized her by the arm, and fired two
More shots when she itiopt dead He then cooly
loaded another pistol and blew out his own brains.
He was a drunken worthless fellow.
The Owego. Gazette says that the Sapper
given . by the Ladies of the M E. Congregating re
cently wao-very numerously attended, and the growl
receipts amounted to 6222 66
The net profit*, amounting to Sl4O 66, were next
morning presented to the Pastor of tbesocie y, Rev.
G. P. Loner.
(ttr A man Fumed Sarnuel Dexter went to Chat
ham Four Corners, a few weeks since and Wilt a
little eabin on the mountaitt—having l ft Massa.
chosatia, ache said to get out of the wayol thefiguor
law. , On,the .28th November. he was found
burned to eath in his cabin, with a jug by side.
Re had probably got drunk; set his Cabin on fire,
and-perished in the-Mmes ; after-which the fire
bedlam out of ita own accord.
Er Despatches from Ralifar, awes that Menus
steamship San Francisco %which sailed from New
York on the 24.5 t Mt. kir San Francisco via the
Straits of Magellan, having on board about 500
boogie fat California, was laden irrivith on the 25th
in latittstle.3s longitene 69,4maspletelr,disabl
ed, with her decks swept and beats gone. -.The
bilk Maria Freematt,.arrived, at Liverpool, N. S ,
was, the 'suet ardind 101 l in with her and reptuts
that she could sonatei der no assistance u sbe
dtiti
nd'out of sight 'during the gale . '
te. gtrw ThePimento' fltafirar that ontroFthe end
°skies of that pleorpiamt dd woman*. native, who
is quite blind, notwithstanding which, ebn, is eon.
etantly,tungloyed_ in squiring
,shirts,, 4graeo, etc.—
Stie wig an excellent deem, world quickly and
neatly, and is alwayt Wily: 'She experiences
trouble in threading her needle. This woman woks,
of course ; . entirely by the sense At „feeling. _ .
ew• trona Zureps.
The - ale Duels-.
bir...,.,..wi1l be found i '
be ~.•nt
. 4 ncontres betw u,tw mial
ne del ,eof a lady, w' aOf . • o , '
eio 4 - . - :: her, and the host i c. 're''
d* i
~, 1,. . ' the young not . '‘ ho
iqi , pur?Aoi M. GAILL/1R C'll 101
....
id' ora.' . - to Mr. Souls his j li 7. '
older ban., can a purely persona lmaser o
nature properly be subjected to the official criti
of Goyemmeitt, lIALift4A.9.I-4s-tielek
'rtiifWitte4atii - airMorrnao tuidlhe obi' .
,Las, first formed a ramarilla, as in the Spanish
tee to denote a bed-chamber conspiracy, for the
thee of inducing the Queen of Spain not only to
nt Mr.Sout.c by birth a Frenchman and belief
,a triocisitubfu•inttheupfithrowing difficulties, if
not i•graveeligl6;hlo6ll the action of our Govern
met in appointing so distinguished aq .6jjctin_
Si iitatltiWifififffiliWiii`a neutral court, We
e only. say that ii Wawa mostindelidate intetfe
.ren
I ntel
.by . the 4gettlt gal tbe,relittireeof the French
E rem. 11, further , • their f irst, scheme having iao.
ed, his FrenCh`eadarilla titian invi,ed an American
ilater fa ihe.hottio of th e principal; and with hint
an theft gentleman, ,his.arifeoind an Ameri
ca gentleman, AO eon; and iketre in drew/some
of
he meditated ambassadors, of all nations tried
to' lice "deb an iiagitify on Mir representative that
he could not submit and rank ' With hiVarnbassado
ria contretres, and ,that by am . impertinent • remark
0 0 ,11 0 W O, Pre
the
Mulherterfatire the:generoai.
ty r courage of,
‘ assriliude,,uor regret that Ms.
SO Le maintaittedhis position as a man and his
di ity eats husband. 'Had th eltoort to which he
is radiurif t at any el its-official balls or otherwise,
co
1 7
tena,nce'd such, an Assault, or protected the as.
sa lent, it is questienable3l,vbe i ther Mr. Sour,r. would
ba, e been justified iii pioiecting the honor of his
Wile in the'manmit in which he did, until he had
reaigned the - official position which protects the
person of ar) ambassador in all lands from any as.
sa It capable of being prevented by the Govern
ii
mnt to which he was accredited But it is most
gr laying to know that the - court of Queen ISABILLIA
did not in any manner interfere, either to impede
ti.i respect of the Fights due wan American lady,
or die fulolibent of those duties of protection which;
ev ry American husband, at all events owes to his
wife—which every American son owes, at least, to
his mother.
fire
this
gni
Yet it exhibits Ilia rancorous malignity, and, at
the same lime the unmanly facture by wh ch the
respectable, party now opposed to the Administra
tion seek to gratify it, when we state that American
pressers can•be found which deny the rights of the
Souac'e to defend the
_wife and vie- mother.--
The reckless,ongallant, un-American animus Alta
played by these Li organs" has seldom exhibi:ed it.
self in mote indf4orons bitterness. It is "argued"
by these persons that 'the President's appointment
of Mr. Sams is proved impolitic because he has
defended his wile horn insult; and soot hisprivate
Secretary, Mr. Sott.e the younger ; in protecting, his
mother. — Well, then, if a man will not protect his
wife or his mother from Impertinence, what - will
he protect or what defend 1 13w it is , inconsistent
with the ambassadorial character ! Then, what is
consistent with the ambassadorial character! It
Ambassadors must necessarily be cravens, cowards,
and poltroons,"so; vile as to abandon their nearest
and dearest female relatives to the impertinent
sneers of a European coterie, we can have no
American Ambassadors No American would, 9r
should, degrade himself from his manhood to a
position :base. -No American lady could ordare
trust herself abroad. No Amerman' of what rank
soarer, ehould or could be permitted into the eocie.
ty of these valiant Europeans. And as to the sug
gestion that 'any officer of the United Sates by ac-
Owing *an office in the service of the American
people cedes to any power above him-here, or any
supercilious fop abroad, his rights as a man, a fa
ther a husband, or a son, so monstrous a proposit,ion
could only crime from Itio•te whose ignorance of
" reserved rights" is proverbial, and whose system
of conduct consiatstof onmanty attack and indecent
allusion. We wag the day will fleverarrive when an
American lady will be beyond the pale of American
protection:, or when the American Government can
employ as its representative, and the protector 61
the National dignity, a man unfit to' &fend a wo
man or protect his own personal honor, and hers.--
If ilishoighm
845
3,317
3,103
962
402
LEM
(j - Warren Vood, the murderer of Mr. Wil.
hams, the pedlar, was executed at Cai%kill recently.
In his last declatation on the scaffold, he acknow I
edged that he shot Mr. W., but at the same time,
declared that some of ,011;1 witnesses against him
perjured themselves.
try- Bit telegraph trout Halifax we hare Startling
rumm of anothex awful shipwreck. if is said that
the emigrant brig Mary Jane, from Fcmclon for
New York, went ashore agar Jedore Ledge, and
that out of one hundred and fifty persons on board,
only six were saved. - The report needs cofirma
lion.
Mrs RELIGIOUS NOTICE.—The Rev: Mr.
Pliant's, (Universalist,) . • of Elmira.. will
preach at the Court House, in thts.village, Sunday
evening, at 7 - o'clocli,Febrnary 5, 1854.
PISSOLV I ZION. •
THE Copartnership under wh;ch the subscribers
have clone business, is this day dissolved by
mutual consent! the businels'ivill . be Closed' up by
either fluty at the Old Stand. • Debts doe us must
be paid. W ELLE* Ar, HARRIS.
Athens, Jan. 17,1864.
NOTICE.
•
WE have admitted Mr. W ILLIAM. H. WILSON
a _partner in our house from January 2, 1851.
The business hereafter will be conducted under the
firm of V'trt.t.iti, DArros & Co.
New York, Jan. JO, 1824.
List of Sworn.
e WOND mr KEE.
Pike—Aboq Banleu, .Isaac Hutchinson, Wm B
Stevens.
Wyslusing=lsrael Burk, Francis Hornet.
Col•nnbia—D V Barnes, H W Canfield.
Wells---John Brasted, Humphrey Mosier.
Franklin—Rlijah Blake.
North Toweada—N J Cbubbuck.
SpringfieldWm Cooper. Francis Rip'ey.
South Towanda—John Creamer..
Standing Stone—Mark Campton.
Orwell-=Seth Cook.
Warren -.Philander Cunningbarn,Hirinn Taylor.
Troy tp—John Case, E C Oliver, Obadiah Wil
liams.
Duren—Reuben DeLong. -
Albany--Paul P Green, P ' H Wilcox, Andrew
Willett.
- Burlington—Geo C Hill. ~
Ulster—C B Kitchen. 'Dickinson Rogers.
Motroi—Wm
Roine—H 0 Nichols.
Athena tp—l 0 Pine.
•Trot boro'i—A D Spalding.
Litchfield--A M Sherman.
Granville Samuel D Taylor.
TuseariE OsWella. • •
Canton—Seneca Kendall.
•
711.1110) WEEK.
lierrick—lltilip Angle.
Springfield—R R Adams, N W Bliss, Flytvester
Leonard.
Troy tp—Mna _Bake:. • -
Wysoz—A Bishop, Barnuel Chamberlin.
Leroy—A Boyle. M Holiothb, C Myers.
Tosiesrova«—W Barroteeliff.
Durell—J'M Bishop, Wm F Cole.
Wyklusing—H• 8 Clark. .
Builingtod-41tanton Clark, loi - eph Falk.
Orerell.-8 H ChubboeV;'• , "`•
Ehilionv M Mari, 0 Pendleton.
Troy born'-8 F Elliott.
Bmitbfield--Emerson Eittnpt.
'"lcotth CrieklLlT Bissell. kit Mine& ' .
••• Towanda 4borcr—D OHO, H Shaw:, - •
C.plusubiarftlarKies Mnrllnfie •i :
_.Whitney
D Rounds,
Athens tt,L—
Hoodwort h D V Middaugh,
Win J A milier,,tiTNows
W
'Wells.. l 4llnest3 Osgood: . • ' •0
Dister.—Pkilander. hoontisur
• Standing Stotte—H W Tuley.
Trial List,
E0 ., 12 2d and ad week of February tern. 18'
--"ltt SIMON Dl, ELK. 110
J ' Van • Aadmr's VS. Com . th Penn a .
lb 801 l
~ ,J Beira eiers.
J Ingb vs H B Ingham.
J Htl :vs Richard Hillis.
I
JO* Lant re vs. Samuel Coolbaugh,
JoYin Richjitibion et al vs Jacob Harkness,
David Barber vs B R Chandler.
Gay Tozer &c vs J E Canfield. l
Emma 1,841101 vs Alamion LI Smith.
Xibrißiliris Win A - Phelps.
Sarah Ogden et al vs Win H H Brown.
Robert Teteer vs Daniel Webber.
Sanderson & Kingsbery vs J A Miller.
Laura A Warner vs Jonathan Brink.
Wm Williams vs Nedebiah Smith.
Stephen R Chandler vs Wm and Horace K,fr .
C C Comeirs use vs JM & Geo Craniu m
Pheb4PAINI ninon vt.lcitin M Pox.
same vs Hiram Fox.
Wm blinsebaegh`vs Wm Kiff. '
Jonathan Boyce vs AustimFarnsworth.
NedebiaktErnith 2d vs Wan William s ,
.1 P Meani vs Wyllis Brownson.
Lyman Chamberlin vs Wm p Jones.
Win H Bell et al vs Edward Overton.
Milton Wood. vs Claris - is RosselL
Clarissa Grace vs Chanacey Guthrie.
Lewis D Fowler vs Geo Jenkins.
G W Marsh vs 1 F Chamberlin.
E R Myeril use vs Amy Hines.
C L Ward's use vs Nathan C001:03 Efts.
John Bales et al vs Isaac Resecrance et al.
Samuel tfull.vs Charles Kitchen.
Cornelius Tyson's use vs C A Squires.
Southwick Prentice vs P t & A Gorsline.
Wiring Christie vs Simon Stevens et al.
D F Pomeroy vs D B Irwin.
Albert Van Corder vs 8 8 Clark et al.
John Glenn et al vs Isaac Shepard.
Hiram A Case vs John Tomlinson.
Wm Kars use vs KL M'George.
A B Smith vs Israel and Emma 1 Smith.
E T Fox vs David Cash.
Wm Wiekizer's use vs E & J Horton.
Com'air Penns vs Andrew Hand et al.
1 D C Huyck et al re H NV (racy.
Samuel C Means et al vs Wm Patton et al.
Andrew Gibson vs Wm Gibson Jr.
I Vanderworken's assignees vs. R. Brower.
Geo F Croft vs John M'Keel et at.
TLIIRD WUAL.
Henry Sibel vs Curtis Smith.
Geo W Goodell vs Samuel A Tenant.
Benj T Middaugh vs John Flood
Abel Gerould vs Philip P Sweet.
Hugh Cavenaugh vs James Riley.
Wood, Grant & co's use vs Win Coolbaugh 2d,
Lucius Stiles et al vs A Mitchell et aL
John Allen vs Elliott Whitney.
Samuel Wall vs James Stevens et al.
J F Satterlee et ■I vs Guy Tozer.
D Sinsebaugh's adm'rs vs Wm aing e b au *
Geo W Langford vs J A Kingsley
Jaoob Reel vs F H Arnold.
Vandusen & Jaggai vs J G Russell et al.
M 1' Carrier vs Leonard Pratt.
Emma Jane Smith vs SansuerKellum
same vs Wm Cowell.
3 E h J M Vannest vs Nelson Vannest.
John A Brown et al vs James Button et aL
Wm Vannest vs J E &.1 M Wannest •
Josiah Francisco vs Samuel Flu.ton.
H W Tracy vs D & I Huyclt.
•
J B Clark vs E B Luther.
Vandusen Jagger vs Clarissa Russell et al: •
Hannah Smead vs Benj Calkins et al.
John Rowe vs Wm Gregory.
S W,Alden vs R H Richards et al.
J F Safterlee et al vs Guy Tozer.
Rubinson & Shipman vs A D Brown•
Wm H Elli, vs Timothy Hireen.
Ehen Donning vs Geo Dunham.
B 8 Goodrich vs James Thompson.
H W Tracy vs Danrel Iluyck.
Wm E Gore vs C Segar.
Rullff Campbell vs Wm Campbell.
Edward Herrick vs C F Welles Jr. et al.
Simon M'lntaah vs E & 3 Roper.
Oliver Rice vs Richard Br..iwer.
H G Taylor vs David Farnsworth.
Elizabeth Hopper vs Wlll Campbell.
David R apeman vs TComas Bari.
The subrimo is for 2.1 week returnab'e no lima/
Feb. 13, at 2 o'rlock P. M.—arid for 3d reek, up
Monday Feb. 20, 1851, at 2 o'clock,
ALLEN M'KEAN,Pro'ry.
OYSTER SALOON,
T:I.WANDA, PA.
FRESH Oysters received three times per week
by Express,and served up io the nustapprorifi
style. A iso . a general a4 , ortment of
Groceries, Candies, Nuts, Pruits, &C.
Oysters sold by the gallon, quart, or pint, it the
lowest rates.
Cl:j' tialoon next door to 0. D. Bartlett's store
A qantity of Fur V letorines and Curls of difforn
quallties. for sale AT ['VAT by
Jan. 19, 1854
TO THE ?VAR !
BALLET & NEVIOni,
ARE Just receiving at their large and calmly
New Store, opposite the Court House, a lop
assortment of
Provisions. Groceries. rankee Notions, loys, Fr4l
Colt/ ectumary , Willow ware, tc.,
making their stock the largest, mod complete mind
in Northern Pennsylvania. And the very SWAIM.
ronagc they have received from the publicising do
year past, establishes the fact that they edits
111
cheaper or sell goods of a better quality than Ord
er dealers.
To merit and induce a continuance of so Duos.
ronage we shall still follow our old motto—"mist
PROFITS, cir tea RETURNS, ARV A FRIRCIFT FLIPP
AL OF STOCR."
Below we name a few of the articles that slrirsysbe
found in our stock :
Groceries.
Black and green tea, Rio and Java coffee. chasti* ,
cocoa, si.gar, molasses, syrup. ginger. pepper , Wes'
cloves, nutmeg, cinamon, mace. soda. raleragra, eras
tartar, peppersauce, sperm and tallow candles, tag
soap. vinegar, starch, tic.
Provisions.
Mess pork, dried beef, hams an d shoulder, roackera,
codfish, shad, pickeled herring, smoked hening,whesi
flour, buckwheat flour, corn meal. cheese, nee, beta
potatoes, batter, lard, crackers, dm
fruit elk, Nuts.
Prune,,- citrons. figs, Eng. cumnts, Pia% al l
peaches, apples, almonds, filberts, Brazil asu,Gas °
Me and Madeira walnuts, pea nuts, chestnuts , k•
German French French and American VA
Fancy Goods, dcc. &C.
Tin wagons, rocking horses, boys' stergta. ol°
PowtortnY tea aetts,dolls, trumpets, accords:oW.
ntate. &c. Glass, paper and wood inlol ww ol4
and toilet cases—toy bureaus, secretaries, writing et
—plsin and embroidered work baskets, kraal
Pearl, ivory, papier macho and leather P°" 011.111:.
wallets and purses, ivory, horn and wood pocket
toilet combs, ivory fine combs, packet inkstalidiWil
et and small fancy mirrors, tobacco and sa°ll44
Ligar cams, perfumery and hair oils.
Brooms, mopstieks, clothes pins. ben"' ' 7- 10 1, 1 0
low clothes baskets and market baskets, sugar
EM2
Candy of all kinds.
Dairy and table Balt, Salina Do. err. 'lc' NE
Country dealers supplied st a small salvor
New York prices.
Z'' Most kinds &coup
try produce taken is clots
for good& - • BAILEY & NEI Li
Towanda. January 2, 1854. ----
as
NEW BOOKS„,
lITST received—a new supply of SehoolMi:
‘Oll •cedlanockas Books. J. }(11+469a0 •
Iles. 22, 1833.
: , L. • '
LELIIGELIN'S
Furs! Pars!!
11. 8. MERCIIR.