=z==Z'l that " the Venango Road forms part of t n Minns direct line as well to Cleveland as to the fan wilt not the Venango Company graduate charges to make Cleveland practically the lakeiterl minus of me Sunbury and Etta Road, .111._ilt l 01 Erie coy ? The Lake 'lade, which, aceMaing to ft presentations made licielohne,-. is in c o me In Ptnlailelphia over the Sunbury - anifErtit Roakw of course have to be gaihetel (Mtn points West of Et ie ci y and chiefly beyond Cleveli nil Such be ing the fact, wit not the Veitainzo cpmpriy strive' 'to intercept at Cleveland the Lake 'trade desined for Pitiladelphia.ovi.“ the Sunbury and Erie. Road, anc.bpasti it on aim/ over their ovri line to 12.dg way, MI I 110 , permit it to papa out to EAe ci'y, end there take the Simbitty and Et ie cars? From Ci6v4land to Ridgway, via Fite city, IWO gll sg,e9 and one transhipment., 202 miles.; hum Cleveland to Ralgw.iy,tine guage autl potr u tshyp.. thenr,l9o tnifes, differehce in — lavor of Venangn two, excluaveof tratishipnietir a voided, 12 miles It would seem, indeed, as tl Eieci y in danger - Of becoming a seconilaiy point fa. I,.ike loppo-es in the Stinhutv and Venango :elietne or at anti rate, that the firs( route to tic opened horn Elie ci.y to Philadelphia is to tie by the way of the Notth Pennsylvania R iilroad, and thecut-vif linen in pro. gress 0(CMISMIC1011 by rs co nn exions. Mr. Fal ban shohld cast awes} his shlia and pebbles, lest lie may have to keep a claater about his own premi ses. The V.-mar:co an:l ihe Sunbury 'and Elie roads, as well as the North Penns} trailed road are yet, on . finished. And il, instead of volonteeimc prescrip nous for the latter i the Irientls of the Suotinry and Venancti twain would mould into an unequivocal Philadelphia r~aJ the Catiawitisa I,r.k in the Sun bury mid Erie route, and Thus brink, the Sunbury and Erie lice touter one inatiaiieihent, as far east as the Ligle Schulk ill triad, which is a Philadelphia work, or confirmed! on east dind connect 'vt H i :he North Pennsylvania road. which is another Phtla. delphia work, they would re-establish the enprerna cy of Philadelphia Lendeht•ies in t h e Soutoiry and Erie enterprise, told place Li in a pLoy:oo La witHo it a larger share of confidence'and support in this community, than they will ever be able to coacen. trate by hos'ile proceedings against a road running North, and nowhere interlining with them, The Legistature of Pennsylvania has authorized corps. rations out of the State to subscribe to the stock of corporations within the Stale. Suppose, then, a law were passed authorjaing corporadons in Ohio and New Jersey in subscribe In the stock of the several companies comprising the air line" from New. York to the West; or suppose that indtvtdualsrhtr having the richt to subscribe, write!d do so. on cote !titian that il a certain sum were raised by subscrip tion the necessary legislation would then be asked for in consolidate or auttiorizedlie cotwolidation nt the New Jersey Central, the Lehigh Valley, the Cattawiesa, the Sunbury and Erie, the latter to ter. initiate at Ridgway and the Venango roads into one company. Such a scheme might at once command bidders fo - r its stuck in New •Yin k city ; and there are some who, so long as the eastern connexion of the Sou. bury and Erie road is not, in their judgment, posi lively Philadelphian, in its ownahip and tenden cies are not sure that a grand consolidation from Nev .York to Ohio may not some day be accom plished. Here is a more legitimate field for Mr Fallon 's aorta, and it is hoped he may so limo them as to bo enabled kr keep ill« Sunbury and Erie road in the attitude of a roa,l tram . Pi.tl—tal f .t.t. r....La Erie, and permit its [lotion into a link in ii _ mat i Lo ot New pork to the West. The New-Yolk con.iesions of the North Penn. sylvania Railroad, will be cared for in a manner which need not pm hip Philadelphia feelings on edge, and which will not require the aid of his per sonal services, at the sacrifice dill:dies due to oth er projects more firmly rooted in his affections. Very respectfully, THOMAS S FERNON. EXCLUDING .FR BE LA BOA FROM TUB TBRRITORIES. —The practical consequencies which are morally certain to• resith from the passage of Dong,las . bi.l— unforurtately, that bill shall become a law— should. not, for a moment, be lost sight 01. Let it be steadily borne in mind, that to admit slavery ink) Kansas and Nebrat.lca is, in effect, to exclude free labor The two can not. by any. possibility, exist and flourish to. ' edier Wherever slavery en. tern, labor ceases to be respectable. The people of the southern states would hardly consider it re spectable to breathe for themselves, it it were pos sible for the slaves to do it for them. Douglas' bill, as amended before it/got through the Senate, does all that it can, directly, to exclude free.luborers, by shutting out altetri from all parti deipa'.o.i in !he government. Nothing could be more clearly apparent, than the determination of the South to secure this great section of country to die dominion of slavery. h is gratifying to see that the citizens of this OD unity, of foreign birth, pretty generally under stand' the blow which this bill aims at their inter ests. They look at this western country as the fu ture asyhtm of oppressed, who are crowding our shores from the old world, and the luture home of their descendants. They know that the ciao white will never consent to, toil beside the black slave. tit is rare, if, indeed, it is possible, in ti oil a Ger man who is not decidedly against this bill. The Irish, thete is reason ickpelieve, generally take the same view oft. To thh-Germans and Irish, con sequently, it is hsrdly likely that any public man who ideriiifi.-0 himself with Douglas' bill r need est er look fin future support" They will not feel par ticularly friendly to the slavery propagandists who have sought to exclude them from the land .to which many of them would naturally go. We ex peel, after all, that the political capital which Sena tor Douglas makes out of his bill will be capital a.gainst him, and not in his favor. But it wilt not be the first time that those who have :united to the devil's promises have had to whistle for their pay Y Evening Post. A P.MARiABLE HIGHWAY ROEFMRY Hi WASHING TON. Yesterday afternoon, an hour after we went Nese, Miss McNeill, the daughter of the late Genera n of Boston, and nerve of President Pierce, was walking on 3d street, very near the corner of C streecwvith a pone monnaie in her hand, she received a heavy blow on the breast from a ruffian, who instantly afterwards jerk ed the Fine mannaie from her hand and rushed off through the alley opposite to which the robbery took place. As coon as the young lady recovered her breath, she started in pursuit of the villain, crying out that he had assaulted and robbed her. The alley being unfrequented for the most part, the scoundrel managed _to make his escape, tinning down at the intersection with the alley which rune from Pa avenue at the coiner of the Globe office to C et. The last thelarty saw of him he was running at the top of his speed near the old depot on Pa. ay.' enue, just as she herself reached the avenue at the Globe office corner, too much exhausted to continue the pursuit. The porte motirthie thus stolen con tained $3O in gold. a. ring worth perhaps $lOO, though being a memento of far greater value to the young lady. and certificates for some $2 000 worth align:K*lr Muss McNeill proceeded, as soon as she could call a carriage, to the City Hall, and instantly put an motion the police, which happened to be there at the time. The consequence was that officers Stanley and Allen arrested at the car office an individual, appar ently answeritil the latit's descriptio n of the foot • pad. Officers Barnaclo arid Martin also made an other arrest at the same place Both the individuals taken into much were taken into the lady's pres ence by the officers. hut neither proved to be the man. every possible exertion is yet being made -for.tke,capture of the scoundrel, whoa° far bee aue. carefully eluded the offieersof justice. (j Sheriff Drum, of Lozerne county, has re• ceived trom Governor Bigler a respite, extending the time for the execution of , James Quinn, till April 21st, being two weeks from the lime firs mentioned. So says the Luserne —ft it rtycroad as probable, that Col. Forney m4y become co-editor atiS joint' proprietor of rbe (Loci eeVrApAper. , From the Wasaington Union or Esanniatt. Our Retest c s r. i , t; ' Zr 4 .ifrche4whighllepartrifiomtNew Yiplkdo-day lot Liver pocKwilfconicyk(fiteollii mesiolnilittro* ffiti:Goverrit4nt wittrinstkus ftp r i s to uuf mlllls* at t zidtid ltitlemartiOn exiithatin ter*, immedit, atertal atoplii rep:m*lOn bout Split] frie the outrage committed hv the authoritiet; at Cuba in the instance or the Black Warrior We shall impatiently await, in cknltmoto,,with every . American citizen, th e an ; _ •WP giv en by the Spanish Ministry to this demand 11 a be,favorable and prompt, and it Spain shall consent, within a reasonable time, to our openior2 diplomatic relations with the Captain General ot Cuba, for the adjustment of any (pies. irons which miv lier,eaftet arise iutour iirecrcuUrt with that island, then tri4re will VW 'lto ?f t ihe Lail of 14tt Uttt ed.S'atesnr dieturb,thevave which imp berWeetilhefivcirialons. But i 1 any hesitation itimanklereed by the Cabinet uf'Zoliid to disavow the ontrsogeons procedure ag- atro4 our fill and the property ill oar citizens, sod if the eotenitiettpiee he not iettc.ved by which ' d m (atnm-tires may be oetstsinited,'we shall nd vocate the emloying of ail the rowel Which the Government cin command in soppon of our rights and interest in Cuba. 'The world would considel US as weak as we wouhliki reality be mean ii we were to eefier Pr en the first Power of the earth to Coffer us the insult, added in ittjury,vis tepeittedly rer :h e y have been perpetraleti upon DS by Spain dint int, the last five y,ears The nine has at rived when rebearance to even an imbecile nation. whopeib cinagy or ignorance has brought it to the verie of ram, craratit , to be a virtue. We must not only re neive redress lot the past, but we most, have ,Nbuu• dant security lot the future. lilt rettitions with us 111 have .to be- bettered, or they will . have to be di-continued It I 'll 4, we are aware, been as lormally es pemp (-nifty utmoluireti in she British 14tinse.of lArrils that It:In/land and France are or perfect accord , with re. "Tea's() the affsms of flits hem "sphere Thut• %sus i tended a. a threat I y 58 01 Government, which has ever heels engaged un towing !tie seeds of discord, in one-way or amarter, it, Mi. Ct,ittn, and in Con. spirinir airainsi its expansion vt believer she eon Itl enlist in her E•crvlee a lmmulalle ally. Great Bri (sin tried hrr hand It intimiitfation o hersshe ' arm ed etc , ewlente corrivile wish France, API, put forward acizirr to announce the" balance-chpowet" doe. 'trine ou ihe American continent as the time Texa a- ked for attmotance into the Um r,ii Wes disi squat(' tier machinations now in., it we disregarded them rt that instance. Louis PHILIPPIC With not France, nor is Louts N p.,LKerly The entente an-hate, adverse to this Republic, eventuated in the demoinement of the one ; it may upset the throne upon which the other reposes— Let the inmate nl the Tuileries meditate well be fore he endangers his amicable ILI rhngemotits with this country. Frenchnit it have almost a paramount interest in our wellbeing. They sympathize with ns just in the same proportion as they sympathize against Russia. That interest and that sympathy 'heir ruler. whoever he may be. cannot, dare not arrest. He is acting in oberli,ance to it Mille East. In the aflair ol the west it will, in due tin••, make i•selt known. In the case of the Black Warrior, England is, to great degree, responsible frit the wrongs com muted by Spain• The authorized speech of Lord CLARF.NDoN, to which we have adverted, was At tt.e hratilm ot the temeri y of the Spani-h aothoritiea— It in-itigateil the deed pre:lisely as the Indian■ were instigated, under BrittPh dictation,. 10 the ttahlerta butchery of our citizens on our 1101144 in the war of 1812. We tell Queen Vlcroats's Government frankly th it, as Cuba is the key to the gulf throot•h which a large proportion of ow commerce passes. we cati• not consent. to its exercising the slightest control over that island. The idea of her have g any other interest in the matter than that of her throwing ob stacles in the way of our prosperity is tooabsurd to be en'ertained for a moment. She may envy ria. growth, but she shall riot close our doors. She per mitted Austria, contrary to the stipulations 01 the treaty of Vienna, to which she was a party, to ob literate the free city of Cracow, because as was alledged by the the Emperor, it was a dangerous nsighbor. She now encourages Spain to cannn nate acts of bad neughbothood which are little better than positive piracy, and enlists Luvis Isls- POLIMN 10 cpLigerate with her in supporting the or. fender? This is the downright old-fashioned Brit ish policy. Awful Steamboat Disaster—Fifty Lives Lost the telegraph a day or two since, briefly refer red to the explosion ut the steamboat Chrohne, that left Aletriphis on Saturday evening, .N . l.troti 4th for White River, and burst her , boilers the AliCtleeding ifternoon, killing fifty of the passet , gersand wound nig and scudding many others The-Louisville papers furnish Os the following partictilars * * ''bpi. Falser was in theoffice preparing n lie down for a while, when his 814.111401 was at vested by the kicking 01 liaises and the falling ni tie wood pile on the lower deck. He then beard the passengers running forw,ird bet thinking they ware attracted by the kicking id the horses, I atd.oo f ur he ; 'alien:ion to it. About one minute atter the rn•h became vo Gene• ral accompanied by elle? , that he looked nut to aee what was the matter. At ibis moment :he 'lite ward Came molting for ward and told him up save h imse lf He went not lorward and discovered that the whole boat was in &meg. John Trtee vehn'wav on watch at the Wheel, Inn medially run for the only pl.n , e covered by water. that was •i‘eble, and tan her out on the brink some 20 legit The Feene that followed is idescribable. About fifteen persons took po, , seAst ,, ti of :he )a. and crowding into it Punk it. and every nue per and Captain. James Cieighton wag peen .to let himself down from the boiler deck on to the lower guard anti deliberately drew his boots and coat WI, and let himself into the water. He was then Peen giving the Odd Fellows' signal of distress, and immediate• ly -sunk John Trice lett the wheel but once, and that was to run down into Texas and awaken Capt 'Taylor, after which he' resumed his place, where he was last seen. Capt Taylor was Faced by the Stewart of the boat Mr Ewing, the bar keeper, was also saved. .1 lad who came in Mr. Ewing'” employ, ran down to the forecastle, but becoming beWildered rushed back into the tiarhes and pert:bed. Ow of ten deck hands that Capt. Fulger brought with hifi from St Louis, eight were burned. There was about $5,000 of money in thesafe, be longing to passengers, riot one dollar of which was saved. \-slr. Penn, who was a passenger on board, iO.l betsieen 3 and 4,110 ifolfars. The remains of Mr. WiLbank, who died a few days since at the Commercial Hotel, were on board, and were lost. A package of money belonging to Arilbank, which was being sent home to Ms (wife, was in the sale, and consequently lost with the balance. Capt. Fulger informs us that those that were saved, were principally those who went farwaid on the forecastle. There were many Jed( passengers, almost ill of whom were, lost. The principal Stuffiness were women and children, who, not being &tee to .get about with the same alacrity as the trien, perished, either in tile flames or in the water This account is necessarily garbled, as it is almost impnisible to get a full and distinct account during the present excitement 1 he Caroline, after bunting untiff the water rushed in at her stem, slid ofl.the bank and. sunk to the bottom. In about a minute she re appeared and raised herself ont of the water, bow foremost, about 25 feet. She then broke and settled down gradual. ly until she Was entirely out of . sight. So rapidly did the whole occur that it was scarcely known that she was on fire before she was a shapeless and un slitzhty mass lying in the bottom of the stream over whose bosom she had so often glided in beauty; LIQUOR LAW.—The Sup:eruti Court of,Dlassachu setts have unanimou,ly decided that the 16th sec tion of the liquor taw of that state,' authorizing the seizure and destruction of liquor, is unconstitulorial art.! void. wrabfort•' pOrtei• it cr. WOodßicH,' 6,1-FOR.c Towanda, Saturday, Maid 25, 1854, . Terms, of Mho Repprjte ire ' •. S 7 50 per 111141:1111—if paid within the yenr 30 rents wilt 60 deducted —lot eaoh paid aettiatlpin any }Mee 00 will B. ledcelrtl. No paper sent over IWO yeap, unless paid for. A riviesmilivianto, per equare of ten SD tebts' Dor the drat rind 15 ceps fqr eaeb subsequent v• rrOffiee in th e ..'lfrilba Woes." north aide et the ruhne *mare, neat donr.in the firadford Motel. Entrance bargees . A dame and Elsve I l's lass qffiees. Delnocratic Mate ` ICOmitutilons: .• , .• • rpm ooviapron. wricuttm. BIGLga, op CLEARrIELD.,Co vfirciUDCZ Of Tall SIIPRIIIIIII COMM JEREMIATL S. 13LACK, or &swam Cox son -oyes k, comignstosint, HENRY Sh , NOTT, or Pits Comer/. Diciiipini a Subject. The New-York Hernid publishes a lever from a Washington correspondent, whibh 'contains avepor! led conversation between Jona Vast Byars anil President Fleece, which lattices as as containing so much truth, that we Cannot forbear fronr trans letting the account to our cotomns without making the slightest - change. The following is the es nett • ' , "Jost Vas Brims has been here within tr - short time, and spent several days. Yoe know that where. ever the Prince goes good jokes are sore to follow. I will tell you The best of the season, and it is better than the "first shad." The Prince was dining at the White House, when the interesting dialogue on the " drop game" took place:— Gen. Pi sees---What do you think of this Nehru*. ks bill, Mr. Van Buren—what will be the restilt t( it pas .es Tow Painca,—My opinion is that it it passes it will be dropped eller a little while. GEN. Planes—DO you think there'll be much et. citement about it—do you think. they'll try to repeat it I Pal scs—No.,l don't think there'll be a great deal of excitement—a good deal of feeling. Jeep feeling, but not much excitement. I dot.'t think they' will try to repeal it. It would take at lease twelve years to get • different flenate,;ind the people in this count try are not very apt to pursue a measure of any kind so lont3 as that. No; . 1 think they , would drop it; and we cart Judge a nmething from the way,they dropped the compromise measures of 1030 of • • • -ter they were passed. Pitacit—(Alittleexcited)--That's just what I nay, they'll drop it, and that he the end of it. Tuts PRINCE—(In his quiet ` way)—Bat 1 suppoae you have noticed how the people drop a thing, havlit you Gen,Przaca—Ncr, I don't know as I have particu larly. Tea Fitiscg—Well, I'll tell you—they always drop every man who has been identified with it.— That lathe only way they can drape thing. It is the only way ewer to have.peace. That is the way they did in 1050. It is the only way they can do; it as to drop eserrman who bashed any connection with the measure. ' For the moment you bring op the mew you necessarily bring up the measure again and you will see that that will be the way they will do now. Tney'll drop every man who is identified with this Measure in any why. This was a new idea to the President. Whether he required an extra " night cap" to ge to sleep at tet it I am not informed. THO RN • Amongst all the anecdotes we haie seen of Joint VAN Bents, we have never known hie wisdom and wit more properly displayed than in this. Whether really occurring or not—the words imputed to him contain more point than any half dozen Coni,res 4ional speeches made upon the subject. The his tory of the past bears out the assertion made in re, gard to dropping " Compromises," and we have no question that a similar result will always follow a like cause. In 1820, the men who were most conspicuous in favoring the Missouri Compromise, were quietly dropped—and lights which had began to shine brilliantly,, became obscured and finally ex tingu ished. Hem Cut" distinguished himself as an advocate of Compromises, and while his bolliant talents and social qualities, made him a host Of per sonal triends, warmly attached to his fortunes, yet he failed to attain the confidence of the people,and died without reaching the goal of his ambition--the Presidency. The Compromises of 1850, shelved man) an as , pirant. The country, wearied with the agitation of years, acquiesced" in those measures of Adjust. ment, dropped the discussion, and settled into peace and harmony. What late betel those who brought about the passage of those measures I Let the pro ceedings of the Baltimore Convention answer. The prominent " Compromise" candidates were drop. ped, and a man unpledgej, untainted, ;elected as the candidate of the Democracy. The history of the past is pregnant with instruc tion for fife future. Let the ambitious take warning. Gen. Cass was detested, because the South put a commotion upon his Nicholson letter, which he afterwards-,repudiated in the Senate. If Senator Doem.se is mad enough to suppose that his attempt to outrage the. rights of Northern freemen, hy ,vio lating a solemn covenant of the Nation, can secure him the Presidency, he, is doomed to a sad diaap poiotment. If successful in his scheme, his name wilt forever become odious to Northern freemen, his memory be accursed among them. They will testify their abhorrence upon every occasion, at the ballot box,.and take pride in preventing his receiv ing the reward of his treachery. Should this Nebraska iniquity become a la*, we do not suppose that it will create's revolution. We are a law-abiding people. Nor do we Papoose that the question of its repeal, wilt engage public toren. tion for any great length of time. It would take several years. to change the complexion Ofttie Sen ate, and Where principle is all that actuates men, - they become wearied With an emended contest The question is really not a practical one, for Nor. them, men, for there eve very• few, whime interests_ are diteedy affected by 'it. They' deisni it wrong to permit slavery•to get a foothold in Nebraska, and ye lls)? are not so directly interested, that they will combat for years. Not Bo With' the South. They have a direct, pecuniary interest in opening new fields for slave latio'r, arid will contest the'grouriil, per after yeai; and knob by inch, until they fairly tiotiorn-the North. The latter, overcome by the rukociated stren. , th of Sloth, and by the tectean. cy of her own echidna, 'al lepgth Yields the hank+, and contents herself with disposing of the traitors, by dropping them into obscurity and contempt. So will it be, should 11Mucus' bill become a law. NhilTnjelipeer z toi c ebraskas, the wi4sub ' , " belp, the use ;Sic: 1 inge.fie i a fuel Th me bMitlfd l. rot- time to One . ' t tll poisoned 1 N'' s, ibeir iniquity ', 11 Ctfoi liii i :l ihetO f Tim , Ll)S l ometi`spol" will * eut. heti orginizatioo I may be Mvoked—pattonsge and place may be us e- 77 MWA L A I NISIMAIVAIRi i iii&C! , ..Sk li t e !VIRLIS . deceive, but in vain—*. " :Film is Iteartn suer Rid. And4better than the bayonet—•A weapon that comes down se , still Aa r 'now-Oaken (41,up00 the !IA ,4tellifienied, a treentan'eilt;, ••• As lightning does the wilrOf Goo ; • • itaionitawAokammtrte: Can shield them—'lis the - . , Thir 'weapon of Freemen visits upon treachery and wrong iia jiisidese It has tieeri useribere. toforii, and it will not fait in' he future. The De• inocititlC party niedelia . , reiioVitinq influence, and should receive it, witeitevre'the proposition 'is * vancetirt that the DeHriatcracy ii the nett:nit ally of Slavery." Such presumption should be..and' Awn be, ,rebuked by the action of an ind,eptmdeut and Intelligent people. This jest beldeet,,aud wicked. eat bid foc i the Presidency will not avail. There is no human power 4hatcan dragoon, tote Democratic party, as snit to its 'appall. There are : members enough ofChat party, who are above all selOsh con. viderationet, to , preserve it from that .deep disgrace Hrom the dark stigma of bestowing upon the au. tbor 9f ,be repettl,cd the Missouri Compromise the Presidency. , Joan, Vs's Beata is right. The people will dr op - every Ruin who is in any way, identi fi ed w aft! this measure The knowledge that the Freemen of the North stand ready to visit their 'nob upon all con- cerned to forwarding any 'plan of Slavery propa gandism, will deter the South from making them candidates. They are very willing,to avail them- selves of the , fruits of the treachery of Northampton, burthey are very careful nut to bring forward these men as Presidential candidata—whether because they despise them, or are aware that they are last ly odious at home, us a matter of indifitnence. Thank GOD, that it is so. It is the only cheering feature of the whole case. Against the eflona of true-hearted mer, in the North are arrayed the great Slave interests of the South, cemented by pecunia ry interest, moving in solid Rhalanx, and boasting of having no traitors, where their peculiar interest" are at stake. By seducing Northern men, they have heretofore succeeded, and.they may succeed in future. But the brand of Cain is upon the trai tors, and in time Northern men may learn thein evitable result of their transgressions. The aely !talc) , of the. North lies , in " shooting the deserters." Learn your servants, that if they are onfaithfulyou will not sustain them, and in time !hey Will pay mote attention to Northam sentiment and less ~to Southern favors. We hope ;o live to see the drop game" played upon all the j participators in this Nebraska swindle, and we.have the utmost cone &deuce that it will he effectually done. Congresslowll. The usual number rit memorials and remonstran ces againsuthe Nebraska bill were presented in the Taesdar, but no addititinal explanations were made. The Universal Democratic Repbbli cans memoralieed the Senate; asked Congress to redress•the wrongs and injuries of Fredrick Merl et, and -remedy the evil which' they claim ha been done to the cane of Republicanism, by the waver ing policy of the Secretary of State. Thou-section of the bill increasing the payof the rank and Sle of the Army, giving the Senate the same power of nominating Cadets of West Point esis now held by members of the House, ►-ae considered, but no fi nal action taken. - On Tuesday, the begins , * on the Speaker's table being the order of the daj• in- the House, the Ne braska bill was reached iin regular course. Mr. fircestioson, of Illinois, the colleague of the author of the original Senate bill, and to whose charge in the lower Housu it was committed by its friends, moved its reference to the Committee on Tenho• riesohe majority of which is known to be in fa vor of the measure. Mr. Cutting, of New York, moved its referrence to the Committee of the Whole, and this motion having precedence, the question was taken, and the reference ordered by a majority of 15 voter The result is considered a decided victory, on the preliminary skirmish, for the opponents of the bill The Committee of the Whole House will have the subject in charge, and the debate upon it will pro. bably be extended through several tumults, unless its friends shall master strength enough to fix at an early day when the discussion shall cease, and the bill be reported baCk to the House. Legislative. Our Legislators assembled on the 19th inst.,mtr scant to adjournment, but have as yet accomplish ed little. We notice that on the 17th, Mr Purr moved that the Senate proceed to the coneiderptrbn of the joint resolution against the passage of the Nribra ka bill. The orders of the day were called. The Senate refused to suspend tbe orders, by the follow.. i: log vute—two-thirds not voting in the atrumativ : Yeas-Messrs Barnes,Darlington.,Dansie,Eva a, Frick, Hamilton, Hendricks, Jamison, Kinser, It '- kelp M'Clinteck, M'Parland, Mellinger, Pion, Skin ner and Bliter-18. I N, -Mi • ...aya—Merin Bockalew, Cromwell, Foe Hired, Fry, Goodwin, B. D Hamlin, E. W, /birdie, Hies. ter, Hoge,Price, Quiggle, Sager, Wherry and M'. Sp eaker In the House, the Senate bill refalive to the wife of the public works, was trunk the special order of the Jay, for 231 inst. • Mr. PUTT presented a petition from two hundred and forty ladies of - Towanda borough, for a prohi. hitory liquor' law ; disci a petition from ladies of Sheshequib in fatier el said law. Mr. Passmote read in place a bill to authorize Charles Hamel to esiabltsh a ferry over the Susque hanna river. DEATH or Mat' Susan .Iboxica.—We sincerely regret to announce The death of /Mrs. Susan Bigler, relict of the late Jacob Bigler, Halt. •She died at her residence in Delaware township, Mercer coon• ty, on the' Nth inst., in the 70th year of her age , — This estimable lady was the mother of Gov Wit. liam Bigletr i af.ihis State,. and Governor John Bigler of California, and bore during her like most ex alted reputation for benevolence and Jeeds 'of Christiancharity. It is not often smother lives to see two of her sons Governors of States at the same time, yet this proud testimonial fell to the loud Mrs. Bigler., Gov. Wm. Bigler left Harrisburg to attend the funeral, which took, plane on the Inth instant. to Democrecy of this GOilDUEl , Slavery into by popular sera State Convebtion If - • the Ripeal of the bits . al Co Piomise, could be forced into our (dil -1 a. art of the Democratic creed, the party bid e in h iis el a w m ith the de c (eat . in Th t e 6e D c e b mtc in ra g ti e c election. r dto eadoisit the Nebiaska'Ontrage—and r far fro M the Pirty being committed to it, each t ' bet sat liberty to erect his Dem standard, and I rite upon it his own raffling -cry. We shall do ra ti e for the ticket, with the slogan of FIDELITY ) ro NATIONAL CONIPACTIS--NO REPEAL Of THE MIS -10 a t COMPRI:Mist ! as . we can consistently do, nu de the action of our State Convention. .. Ve cab See nothing in the general aspect of the no ing dontest, which prevents us from heartily an cordially supporting the nominees of the State Co vendor). - We should have preferred s frank, on pokeh etpression of opinion by that body, ag 'Mat this'meditated treachery to the North—but on er the pressure from Washington, and hom th e who are on'bended knees for places, or trern bl7 g for the petty offices they already hold, per. haps frankness could hardly hive been ekpecied. Wwill bol do anything towards the success of anfinaewitose election can be construed to the triimph of DOUGLAS' infamous scheme. e p Th it . . ty in this'State have refused to commit ix 6 melte". for lit-our candidates are unpledged, and we have 1 tz t . ; 27reasons to believe do not regard it with favor. Iv heii a contrary state of things occurs—" Suffi cient for the day is the evil t hereof." 'Whig State Convention. This Convention assembled at Harrisburg on the 15 lb inst. and at the afternoon session, Gov. John etot was elected President of the Convention, and baring settled the. contested seats. the Convention prireeded to bailout°, a candidate torNiovemor, wit the bartering result : V .. 1 lit. 2d. 3d Jaiies Pollock • • • 23 41 82 W . Larimer • • • 28 32 37 A rew Curtin - - -12 13 I I W. F. Johnston • - 12 t 2 0 J. Tyson • • • .21 0 0 W Irwin - • 4 1 0 Fuller 10 • 25 0 Evans - • . . . 11 0 0 Ewing -,• . - - . 4 2 0 Keim - • - - • 5 0 0 James Pollock, oI Northumberland, wa4 then, on motion, declared to be The unanimous choice of the Convention. 'Geo. Dareie, of Allegheny, was then nominated for Canal Commissioner, and Dan{ Smyset, of Montgomery, for Judge of the Supreme Court. The Convention soon aft adjourned, having adopted a series of nine resolutions, of which the following Isom: Resolved, That the -provision in the Kansas and Nebraska bill, now before Congress, which affects and repeals the Missouri Compromise, is'a delrber ate breach of plighted faith slid public compact; a high handed attempt in force slavery into a 'vast territory, now free from it it by law ; a reckless re newing of a quiet agitation, and therefore meets the stern, indignant and unanimous rebuke olthe4Vhig party of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania " NOT MiSTIM GiNCRAL CAMPBELL —The Chita go Democrat says that no public man has ever made reputation so rapidly in the West ns Judge Camp bell, since his conner.rm with the administration of the Post ;Office . DeArtinent. it speaks in strong terms of commendation of his energy, vigilance, and integrity in the discharge of his complicated and arduous duties. These compliments are rich ly merited by the indefatigable and able head of the Postal Department, and we are gratified that his valuable labors are appreciated and acknowleyg ed in the great West. Tite - eattiltuts SCR CM IL—Resolutions favoring Nebraska save been rejected by the recent Demo cretin' Conv4ntion, in Pennsylvania. The Dernoc racy_olje Hampshire, in like manner, refuse to l adopt t e measure. The DeMocratio Convention of Connecticut condemns it unanimously. "Wet oat that the House of Repreilentaiives will bring forward and press the bill of 1853, int, let this lut affair drop. MT-TheTroy Whig says, that a Is suit of a decidedly novel character is now a !eliding topic of conversation in the gossiping circles of that city. Several weeks since, at the Odd Fellows' ball in Troy, a careless waiter upset i service of coffee upon a lady's dress, ruining the garment, which • was valued at seventy-five dollars. The gentleman Who attended the lady has prosecuted• the person who furnished the supper, to recover the value of the dress. ll=l Pao aro Cos.—The Supreme Court of Michigan haidecidell the liquor law'ol that' State to be 'con. versional !as pasted by'the legislature and voted on brthe'peopled Judge' Sheet, of the Supreme Coot orMaassiehasettep has decided that 'hove sec. dons of the liquor law of that Slate authorizing the seizure 'and &trisection of liquor are unctinstitution. Nie - e ilLtntrimas MDTION —.CONCORD, N. H., ifi r etlmpiday,.lHareh22.—The Patriot olthis mom• ing claim* the.alection of 160 Democrats to the House,' and 145 opposition. It concedes, ho'werer, that.several of the members claimed by them as Denrocratrwere elected in opposition to itio regu lar :tuminatior- -` • arty, Issues. ipers, m Xi - e, en. lvee,.and eciti s e otb4 tognizsmt - t poll. inciplei int ", l ed i b q the ctinning'i. f , once* they are endeavo iig i the position of advo iirditronifilitinibet—'"'" "the party, these news in the country, and nu for mischief. They rolled by men who tread depends upon t.4104.4_ 0 414Pt the are they t he; expo ttantlard they Set up, and their most be eit- My have a lively in they hold. The soc. the Commonweahh of ‘ (heir action—they powers that be"—and 'owe of -Waehington, intiinent of the Free- The Black Warrior Troubit _____ . ficetrolHlii :t' ini Mevsa.e ts as tran- fre e d ~ ea 1.1.14,pf re4'ntatives, by ;he Pre-iderif al cilia, pilat tee nr a resolution, and reterred to -Ile C` -'m trace on frO reign /1 El airs Aft 14 t A, the~ oresent° t Jeri .—l n mm , With the resat - noon R ep h 11 .ii-e id in ' '': of the 10th inst , I herewith tra snot a rep, , : t , qeglOrgiqf §ta,,te.raetWalig“dll th e. :ido iaaa ." receive at ihe Department In relation to th e ,,,,;-- of the Black Warrior at Il t or ail ,„,„ , be 28 t L There have been, in diaconate tit a fern y. , ar :ftitt marry other inefenee of aggression npf.i, ,„ „P al ', merce, and deletions -al the rig}, .nf Alne ;:: citizens, and insults to the Nai fi ai jf ‘a b ', a Spanish authorities in Cuba, and aft , i ,,,, Y 10 1 .) ! !A i n Jir,ei . rOrktre Jell to, protracte i l ol ,,, . 0 "u"f Triiitless negatiations. ''Ti ro documents i n ; 4 PI A are votumiaope, and Illeu prepare,) , a , ,, t. e:stfs Cf it. 4 ress 'Throat; now ti arism Joel rely e sac 1a.,,, fy to the seizure oldie fillitek 11 %11-u., aq p,, , : t so cleat, a use of_vvrentg. diat if afraiiil be rea, a , a . We to s6tpeerfull'itilfertinityL Iff erentr, at , non ~" this unjusti fi able end offensive coathici ~haili b. made known to her Catholic Marti y's g0,,,, a. men).; bfirsrjniiiir expectations to whet cases tot e not been •realized. The offending pary aat ou doors with large pieivers rot ag,ession, but non e , a is alleged, ton rep a rattan. The source of redress is in anoilier herna Tne , e, anddhe answers to our just complamis, maddo tie borne government, are but the repetition of es4L taa rendered by oderior officials ii.) the ir ta i ip,,,,„ , reply to represenlisoons of misconduct. The p liar situation of the par te4 has nriloub.eiffy also aggravated aggravated the annoyahce and injuries Which oes citizens have sufferer from the Cunan authorities, anti Spam does riot seem to apprecia e , iota fattesteslent, esttlent, her responsibility for the : condorit of they onthortes In girin_: very extraordinary power, then.' she owes it In iiistice, and to her friend;, re 'limns with this Government, to grant with gees vigilance against the exorbitant exercise of th powers, and in case of 'vines, to provide ft prompt redress. I have already taken measure!, I present in the Government of Spain the'wanton n u -. raves of the Cabals, author IlleP, in the hoot:inn an seizure of the Black War,' or, and to demand an mediate indemnity tot the injury ia lorfliha.t there by resulted to our citizens. In view i f the potitron di the Island n 1 Cuba. its proximity to our coast, the relation: which it must ever dare to oar corn. merrier and other totetests, it is 'sink) expect that a series of unfrietilly sets, infrittztttl!, nut commer cial rights, arid the adoption of a pnhcy titreal.nrtg the honor and reentry of these S a es, can icti; consist with peaceful relations lo case the mea-ores taken !tr am it • a b! e a • . ; ,, merit of our ilifficuittes wilt Born ..,,,,„ ; , i e ,,,,,,,. 3. nately fail, .1 fiIIAII riot ireotaie to ti.e the aufaway arid means which CTigre-s may L7rau• .0 it,mi..,...,, observance of our jost r.gli it, to „b Jll 'elites. i'fr injnries received, and to viiiihrtafe rhe h ,i-ir,i,, flag: In anticipation tit that (bon'tp2er.cy Which I earnestly hope may not ands, I suggest toCua gaes the propriety of ailoptingcuch pravisiolial metouter as the exigency , may seem to ileniarid Signed, FRANKLIN 17ERCI Washington, March E 5, 1851, Daring outrage at PilisburglL ' Friday night, the 10 ti 'oat, one of them:tad penile and daring tobtper ie-, cootie:Led voh ill tempt to murder, that it this ever hero otirJuy record, was perpetrated to our moist 31' Jo A e la:gigs. C 01; , ,,- o r 01 CU. , 1)17).‘ ts ho residet In 'ibie, gherry city, beyood !he canal. had taken beta r at about seven o'clock, mud. steppeditut ;,,e,, o the Collector of tolls office. oppost.e 'Piero a about twenty stone steps leading down hum ~,i to the path along the canal He had dentist these nearly to thetaitom, when a stoat twort fellow, wen 'cutout coat and cap on, stepped from.the aide-wall dirt.c.ly in flow it tom At' same moment he heard loot edepF beton,!:.,m a could just glance bark lo see a larze mar We3tll a black In ck r coat arid hid, t4raitpletl'ltim ay I throat with boil, bawls, a tote one [emit's lurch with ebilk !le ,ntr.•kittl,e t tt tt he 't;,r,' m also struck litrn. 1'.. , tangled a • , e I.i pr.. , ‘ 1 he sank down iirgeriiitile, whe', f.e rtithet• rifl his packets ot g 320. a gold waTh a , ' keys tiVt vault and drawers of the Cu•t , h ilont.e. T money consisted of two ?•100 .sk.) OHe $2O, all on We 31eR...x, • e. 3 ilr it'dc turers! Rank or an. ,el they stippnseil dead I - 10 mos , have 1,11.1 tc the leli him; nearly three gnariory et an noir Wile. reviving. tie crawled to rte cy ut .he a ep, an : called lor. help His woe and -00 ratio ot ,read hilly alarmed at d a re him Toll Office, eon vet--t him Iwo ttie'hoose bond to be moil rave ly heaven an wa.ihoust his skull was fractured. Or 3I Look, Sr was an medtately sent tar, who a ooc-repaii,ll and effected speedy relief 37 , ...e al.o, to Warn the v‘a•chrneri at he Co.swm H of the toss of the Vault Ices- The watchman, losep.. Cupp:es, was prompt; notitieJ, but i• aiTty eJ 1.e.1 nivti,A,.f the to' 1- `'" hid pat y the F...dt , 'tory I ttl lit. ar. I .2 , l,Tered he v..ult air.l ettiorarted 'l , lO 000 .gold ; chiefly twenty dollar pteces, lea , / s2.fr scaiteied over the floor el lie vault I tie Poi re , ibis and oilier ernes are ~r 1 itre scent, bat as ) e r. CI .e is had to the perpetra 'ors of the donna ourrile Quite an excitement prevails ihrr uuhiiet the rrna triunity A reward rut one thousand dollars is feted (or the :wrest of the robbe a and moiety a the stolen money. Mr. H.'s ing a recovery irs pron-turice i tit hu physician, Dr M'Cook, as very _probit , ii sincerely hoped by every one the , the scormlat may be speedily overtaken and summarild,rier ed of Verily ; robbery and murder mee. very doors. Daring the momentary etctr2le :h " the stone steps, there were several hea , titvelvad Jost arrived at the Toll Office, not thirty yll'l. 4ll ° ll the spot Some hall dozen persriss acre 'n office and about ihe porch.et not the slighleo d tcation of the brutel deed . 6ern? dar e so class hand reached them. Not a word appears is law been spoken, tai with a silences celerity trml°' Inn ish mg. the bloody ruffians performed hen volt . There is no doubt their Inientton %viet . ." k victim, which theyeopposed they had ace , rap 4, ' ed. Possessed 'of die vault key ihej mast hoe hurrred at once ID the Cu-torn House, but olt they Managed 40 get open the oilier floor. real , '3 avoid all alaVm of the watchman. 1,5 yet a myvel An investigation of the matter is berg had befall the Mayor.—Pilfsburkh Union. RELICT NOTES.—We are "pleasei to note 5 3 / there is a prospect that we shall soon get rklc ; ! 1 greasy, dirty trash known by the ilignitie , l;'' e i l reliernotes. A bill prov,3 in..; fur their m cancellation, passed the Senate last week I I it°' visions are, that all notes, after having tern iut,l into lbts-State Treasury, shall !WI aaaltl !`e 011'. the bill doubtless wepass the floo , e 0 - • h eal ° P . p sition; and receive the signature, e C;'1131"' CONCERT.--The titx anti& Brass Band,propose to give their corth C°ll. cert. (the last of the aeries) oa M'edne , day eer" ' March 29th, at the Court House, coatruracL 4 g i ' M o'clock. Auditor's Notice. the matter of the estate of lolw 11. n In the Orphans' Court of Bradford Coo Term, 185 f. • THE undersigned, an auditor appointe!,s3ll,),, A: Court to distribute money in the tilt ;be administrators of said estate, will attend t j a siness at'hts office in the borough of To' Tuesday the 25th of April: A. D. 1854, si P. M. When and ,vhere all persons having ~e " "„r against said estate must presenu hem orb; ru rl eebarred from said fund. P. D. MORROW, .11F14 I :•••iiarads. ,J.irch 24, 18:,1. Immm
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