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The Fugitive Slave Riot at Boston!
An V. S. INKantial shot *sal
• Boerne, May 27 1851.
The arrest of Anthony Burns, an +klieg'', fugitive
from labdr, belanging to Charles T. Simile, of Alex.
amino Vs; which took place on Wednesday, has
caused -ti feadui - excitement in *hie city. The• ex.
amination, which commenced on Thursday, was
alentled by egreat_crtned, which continued to tn.
crease during the progress of the proceedings yes.
tetday.
An inflammatory call for a public meeting st
'Famed' Halt was issued yesterday, in obedience to
' o i l ie r an immense crowd filled the bn:lding in the
evening. _Speeches were made by Wendell Phil. I
lip:, Rev. Theodore Parker,F,ancis W. Bird and
others, who denounced thnigitite Slave law in
unmeasured terms, declaring that it should not be
obeyed, and advising to the most derermined re.
sistance. A motion to acyturn to meet this morn.
ing at the Coon House, where the examination'
was to be resumed, was carried by-acclamation ..
At this moment some one m.hed In exclaiming
that_there was a crowd of heroes attacking die
Court-Honse where' Burns was confined. The
crowd at the meeting immediately rushed to Court
Square, to this number of several thousand', and
made a furious smolt upon the building.
to force the, principle entrance they went to the
Wes: side and with plank. and stones' broke in the
door pannelstanil the windows, at the same time
firing pistols end using all kind of missiles
A body of Watchmen rushed in, and after a fierce
struggle, arrested eight or ten of tie ring leaders.
checked the riot and got possession of the building,
betore access could be had to Burns, who was lock
ed up in an upper room.
Many of the mob sum alter left, but six or eight
hundred 'of the most , violent lingered around
the building. There was a
,temporary 101 l in the
excitement, but towards midnight it was renew.
ed, and a special officer of the United States
Marshall, named James Batchelder; was shot dead
by one of the'rinters.
This increased the mmult,and the crowd around
the Court House , gained accession of numbers.—
About midnight two companies of soldiers arrived,
and were qoartered in the Court House. A large
body of police was also stat.oned both within and
without the building, and finally comparative order
was resumed.
'This morning at A o'clock the hearing of the fu
giting's case before the U. S. Commissioner, was
resumed and a crowd of tLree or tour thotisand
people whites and blacks, gain gathered around
the.Coort•Hou=e, but up to the time of sending this
despatch no violence has occurred.
regi meld of Massachusetts volunteers has been
ortfared under arms to restore order.
The claimanrof the negro, Chas. T. Smile has
been arrested tud held to bail, under a charge spt
attempting to kidnap a citizen of the State.
Court Square, the chief scene of riot, is a narro • -
street of nm,more than Sheen or twenty feet, lined
on WA sid6.with bigh.buildings, chiefly of gran.
ite.
• The tillowing handbill ha% been veil extensively
circulated to day, in contradiction of a report that
Col. Snide had enid Burns/.
"The:llan is not to be bought? He is still in the
slave pen in the Court House? The kidnapper
agreed, both publicly and i►t writing,to sell him for
t. 1 . 1 1200. That sum was raised by eminent Boston
citizens, and offered to him; but he then claimed
more, and the bargain was broken oft. The kid
napper breaks his agreement, although the United
States Commissioner advised him to keep it. Be
on your guard against all lies. Watch - the slave
pen. Let every man attend the trial."
Printed notices were also left in every chinch pul
pit this morning requestitrgithat prayers be offered
for the escape of Burns from his oppressors.
The friends of freedom ; are very active in getting
up secret meeting. Large delegations are especi
al from ilatam, Worome *IN X... Bodres4 and
other 'places. ode thousand pistols, principally
revolvers, are said to have been sold by dealers on
Saturday. A very large crowd remained in the vi
cinity of the Court House all night.
A collection of from 500 to 1,000 persons has
been in the vicinity of the Court House all day up
to the present hour. All the main entrances of the
udding are guarded by the United States marshal's
officers, and but a few persons were admitted
All the doors and passage's leading to the the room
where Burns is confined are occupied by United
States Soldiers The Court House resembles a gar
risonerf fortress. A Sabbath-slay exhibition of this
kind creates a feeling among our quiet et . isens
which, to judge train its open expression, is any.
thing but favorable to the fugitive slave law, ae it
is being enforced here .
It is denied by a correspondent of the Tribune,
that Batchelder was killed by those attempting to
rescue the Slave Burns. .
Boiler, Tuesday, May 30 1854
The examination in the case of Aisvuois v Bra ze,
the alleged fugitive slave, was resumed at gi
o'clock this morning.
The Court room was ten crowded, and there is
fir less excitement outside
The testimony so tar is quite couvipeing that
Beans was in Boston all three weeks before the al.
leged date of his escape. The general opinion is,
that he is the slave of Cot, SurrLt but that a fatal
error in dates has been Meths in the present com
plaint.
The examination of the eleven persons arrested
fur riot on Friday night, and also charged with the
murder of Bac:mu:ma, has been fOrther postponed
until Friday. The police Court was crowded when
the prisoners were brought in.
Moat FITOITIVE SLA•101 CAPTOR/CD —.The Phila
delphia North American, May 27th, says: Last
evening there arrived on the four o'clock train from
New York three fugitive slaves, in charge of a
United Stems, arshal, from Maryland. They were
the brothetand two nephews of . Rev. 3, W.
D Pen
pingtim, .fiD., a man of education and' talent re.
aiding in New York, and who received the title of
D. D. in Europe. They made their escape from
Sharpsburgh, Maryland, on Sunday last, per un
derground railroad. Their arrest and rendition was
conducted so quietly as hardly to be known,!,
Tut EARTIIQUANC AT Saw SALTAtnill.Tbe city
of San Salvador was totally destroyed by an earth.
quake on the night of Easter Sunday,. April Nth,
the period of the great storm which did so much
mischief at sea. Upwards of two htindred liee's
and more than four million worth of property were
destroyed in less than one minute of time On the
Pritlay previous, until the moment of the calamity,
strong shocks of eatthqbake were experienced
from dayAo day, until the night of Sunday the 16th,
when, about 10 o'clock P. St , a rolling sensation,
as that of a wave of the sea, and which lasted for
about fifty seconds, laid the whole city level with
the ground. The night being calm, the dust occa.
stoned by the falling of the houses obscured the
whole atmosphere, rendering it impossible for pea
pie to mortise their own relatives. Plunder and
robbery followed as a matter of course, the Gov.
runmeetWrith the troops having removed from the
scene °User:lotion at an early hour upon the fol
lowing morning. The consequences accompany.
ing this min,are likely to be attendedith Very
serious results to commerchl business i oughout
the republic. The authorities have pet 0 ed the
neighboring States for:Assistance in money, prowls
cituor, s and, Labor. ,
Sty' A: fatal affray occurred in Carlisle, Cumber.
iatiro., on Saturday night lut. A pang man
named Ephraim McMurray became invoked in
difficulty with J. Kennett.). Dinsba ,r whereupon
McMurray slrew a knife and /tabbed Dunbar winch
proud - fatal in an hour'. time.
•
Wilga CROP IN PIIIINATLYASIA —From all he
information we can gatbet, the wheat mop, In most
St
of Me Counties of this ate, will be abundant. It
is said that Ohio will have enough to feed four such
States.
Boston, May 28, 1853
Mrabforts Of'Of
E. 0. .OC;pIMCH, EDITOR.
Towanda, Saiurday, Jane 3, 1854.
Terms of The Reporter.
OS SO per annata—ifpsid withm the-yip /Meting will
re dedarted—tbt cash paid genially's advsareal 00 will be
edneted. Ito piper seat overtire years, Wes* paid (be.
Aiwasstristtera. pesequare of taunt:vs. do cents the the
aad t 5 rents fin earls anhsequentinsertkm.
ID- Office to the" Vaasa Moet,” north side of the Public
&pure. nest hone the %antra Hotel. Natratee 'between
eters. Adam' and Elwelrslaw ogees.
Democratic State Nominations.
octirtliXell;
WILLIAM BIGLER, op CtsAnnum Co
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'roil songs OF TOO RIIPIMIIZ COIIST,
JEREMIAtI S. BLACK, of SomEntr Co
TON CANAL CONNIIINIONLI,
HENRY S. MOTT, or PIKE CooNTY
North Branch Canal.
The work of testing this Canal, by filling it with
water, is progressing finely. Tie water is now in
that pan above this place, and it is ready for boats
to Athens. Below we learn that most of the line
has been tested Canal Commissioner Cr.ovea has
been for same lime giving his personal superinien
Jenne, laboring night and day to forward the work,
while the officers having the work in charge Lave
- spared no exertions to hasten its progress.
Testing the Canal, is necessarily very slow and
dangerous. It has been found that the old banks
which have stood for twelve or thirteen years,would
not hold water, and the labor and expense of so
preparing them as to make them answer, has been
nearly or quite equal to that of building new wont.
It was generally supposed that all, of the old banks
had become so compact that no trouble would be
experienced with them, but such has not been the
se Wherever the banks were constructed of
gravel the water ran through them, as through a
seise. This has been one great obstacle in the way
of preparing the canal for navigation, and bas caus
ed the off ers much anxiety and labor.
In the slow progress of the water, the insidious
e!ement finds some weak spot, against which hu
man foresight could not possibly guard, and pres
ently a small opening is made, through which thy
water rashes, constantly enlarging, and carrying
away the banks for thirty or forty feel. The water
must then be drawn off, and the work of repairing.
.is pushed", night and day, 'until finished. These
delays and\ disasters are anavoidable. They always
happen in testing new canals. The Mirth Branch
is particularly liable to them, because 'it is built
higher above the level of the Over than any other
canal in the State. When once completed and tried,
it will, from that fact, be leis liable todisasters horn
freshets, but it increases greatly the labor and risk
of getting it into operation.
The North Branch Extension is a long and ex
pensive work. There has never been such a dis
tance of Canal put into operation at once, and it is
a slow and tedious business We believe no bet
ter built Canal is in the Commonwealth, nor one
which, when in operation, will suffer less from dis
asters affecting navigation. Being built for most of
the distance along the base of mountains, it will be
subject for a few years to slides, which will require
vigilance and industry on the part Of the Supervi
eons, but we believe the expenses required for re.
pairs will not exceed the average cost per mile of
the Canals of the Commonwealth.
The Peskier if the Democratic Patty.
The Democracy of Penn;ylvania are completely
committed to favor of the Nebraska bill, and the in
troduction of slavery north of 38° 30'. Let this be
remembered.—Pittsburg Journal (Whig.)
The above statement, we take it, is not justified
by the facts. That the Whi;s would be glad to
place the Democracy of this State in such an atti
tude, we do not question—nor do we doubt that
there are those in the party, she are anxious to
-make it appear that the Democracy are the adjuncts
l and supple tools of the projectors of the infamous
plan to Repeal' the Missouri Compromise. The
first know that the condemnation of the people
would surely await Qs, if they could succeed in
making us out as the defenders of that act of bad
faith—the latter have no higher motive titan self
aggrandizement, to attain which they are ready to
descend to any depth of sell-abasement, stultifica
lion and subserviency.
We deny that the Democracy of the Stath are
completely committed in favor of the Nebraska bal.
Our State Convention refused to endorse that mea
-1 sure. 01 the Democratic members in Congress,
fire voted steadily against it. There is no man, or
set of men, authorized to place the party in any
such position. On the contrary, there is integrity
enough in that party to preventsuch a humiliation,
and to avert, we trust, the disaster and defeat which
should and wood overtake us, if we Blood avow.
edly u the advocate and defender of the violation
of National faith, just perpetrated at Washington.
For-one, we do not understand the Democracy
of Pennsylvania as assuming awsnch attitude—nor
its candidates as favoring the untimely misdeed,
conceived in infamy, and hurried through Congress
by the foulest means. They certainly, do not stand
before the public, obnoxious to such a charge....
When they do, the consequences be upon their own
heads. •
MADE Mily.scAir. —A person namsd Oirif, con•
fined in the jail of this County, for larceny, made
his escape from the yard, on Thursday morning
list. He crossed the Bridge, and ascended the
hill opposite town, closely pursued by Sheriff
MOMS, and several other persona. He was finally
retaken, and brought back to his old quarters.
BLIICLAT COAL MINE R. R —A corps ol Engineers
under direction of T. T. Wismar, Esq., are now
engaged in surveying the 'mita for a railroad to the
Barclay Coal Mine. This road, when - completed,
will afford an outlet for the mineral tremures of
Bradford, which, though existing in proftudon, and
'favorably located as regards markets, have been so
long neglected.
stets. Coos at that odottosteimisi t
In times gone, bY'Mieaasn i oa that* aritners . '
ble statesman 00,0:101thigin was in 00 114 frimill
of tbe-Wilawit - Proe,iso, and would have Mad tor
i t , rad got Joni DAVIS talked out , the list hour of
the session, and preheated a tote being taken, met
With an ongislified Jenial in these quarters; and
Mr. WILMOT, we very well recbilect, was charged
with misrepresentmion tor so declaring. '
We have now Gen. Cass' own admission as to
the correctness of this statement. In the Senate;
on Monday, May 22, Mr. SIM; of Connecticut,
presented the resolutions of the Legislature of that
State, against the Nebraska bill. Gen. CUS made
an observation in reference to the Hanlon! Conseil.
lion, which aroused the ire et the Senator frOth
Connecticut, ead quite a spirited debate ensued, in
the course of which Mr. SMITH made thefollowing
revelation
Hr. Sutra—Tut I slsoujdfike to ask the Senator
whether be has at aU times maintained the mond
which he now assumes on this subject, and 'bleb
he has endeavored to maintain, I admit, with a great
deal of ability. It so happened that I traveled with
the Senator in the railroad cars at the close of the
session of 1846, after the Wilmot Proviso, as it is
called, had been introduced into the House of Rep
resentatives,and with my own ears I beard the hon.
°rabic Senator say, that if it had not been for Joni
Darts, fie would have toted for the Wilmot Proviso!
He not only said so, bat he proclaimed it again and
again. Was that an emanation of the spirit of the
Hanford Convention, when the Senator said pub
licly throughout the North, that if it had not been fin
Jona Davis, every Senator from the Free States
would have voted• for the Wilmot Proviso! It is
notorious that the honorable Senator in the Northern
countries avowed himself in favor of that proposi
tiou,bot for some reason or other he saw 15t to change
his views upon the subject.
To ibis charge, Gen. Casa made the following
frank confession, agreeing in every particular, with
what has been asserted concerning him :
Mr. Cass.--My position, with respect to the Wil
mot Proviso, I have declared over and over again.
It is not a new matter, but the Senator has given is
an importance to which it is not entitled. I have
explained the whole matter long ago. I have stated
that when the Wilmot Proviso was first started, bad
I voted, I should have voted in favor of it. But then
the subject had been considered or discussed. No
man had looked into it. It seemed to be a question
of liberty or slavery alone. But when the subject
came to be discussed, and the very first time it was
discussed, and when I gave a vote upon it, the first
was against it, and it was a vote by which I haz
arded my political station at home, and tendered my
resignation by it.
It Gen. Cass bad been equally frank in giving
the reasons which influenced him in deserting the
Wilmot Proviso, he would appear much better be
fore the whole country. The apology he brings
forward is a lame one, and for such a distinguished
and veteran statesman, contemptible. 'The goes.
Lionof Slavery, in all its bearings, moral and poli
tical, and the powers of Congress relating thereto,
have occupied the attention of Congress, and the
investigation of statesmen since the formation of
the Constitution. To say that the principle involv
ed in the Wilmot Proviso was not thoroughly un
derstood, is a poor subterfuge. Gen. Cuts has on
several occasions, voted to extend the Jeflersonian
Ordinance over the Territory of the Nation, and itill
stood ready . to do so, until the South declared that
they would support no man for the Presidency who
would interfere in the way of slavely-extension.—
Then, Gen. Cuss in a few months discovered that
the extended experience 01 his life, had tailed to
give him a proper view of the subject, and the
Nicholson letter came forth, proclaiming doctrines
invented with a popular idea,.lol for which the
South have been long contending; and which as
they interpret diem, afford no barrier to the free
spread of slavery.
This admission of Gen. Cass, is of little cnnse•
quence now, except to show that the friends of
Freedom have never misrepresented his original
position—and to demonstrate how universal has
been the prostration of Northern men before the
political element which shapes our legislation and
particularly makes and unmakes Presidents.
Boa. James Campbell.
During all the tremendous fire, both in front and ,
rear, made at the Administration, the several mem.
bens of the Cabinet have been the subject of u.
saulte with the exception of floe. Juin CAMPDICLL
Cbnfining himself strictly to the discharge of the
very laborious and responsible duties appertaining
to his office, the Post Master Oeneral has already
placed the Department in a more satisfactory situa
tion than it has been for years, relieved the public
from many inconveniences and vexa tions under
which they suffered, and generally remedied the
abuses and disorders which had been suffered to
creep in.
It is no small compliment to pay Judge CAMP•
acts,—no slight evidence of his judgment and dm.
crimination—to say, that in appointing several thou.
sand subordinates, he bas given almost universal
satisfaction, and made less blunders than are usual,
in disposing of so many applications for office.—
This, we believe, is owing to his sagacity and pens.
tration, characteristics which particularly distinguish
him, and render him a • site adviser and valuable
accession to any Administration.
The friends of Judge Camels. have great rea
son to be proud of the position be now occupies be.
fore the country, as the representative of the . Key.
stone, in the Cabinet of President Num Struck
at, at borne, by faction and prejudice, he hai vin
dicated himself before the nation, and now towers
pre-eminently above those whose fangs in vain
sought to bring him down. We ate not indebted
to him for any favors—we shall not ask or expect
any—but as s Pennsylvanian, we have a pride in
the reputation he has achieved, and as one who
lamented over the triumph of prejudice and sect,
we rejoice in the discomflttre which he buacbiev.
ed over his foes.
nas at Tow meas.—Another fire occurred at To.
wands. in Bradford county, on Thursday morning
last which entirely destroyed the " Ward Houre."—
It is said to have been the work of incendiaries.
We cut the above from the Lan= Union, and
we assure our friend Wurcuarrea, that suzh a great
calamity has not bnallen this place. The Ward
House," is still in ekistence4 and still deserves the
reputation of being the beat kept bowie in Northern
Pennsylvania. If he will visit Towanda, Baowsa
will satisfy him of the truth of both these assertions,
and though the icehouse was barred-,-yet,he.will
find enough rerunning, to give the proper tempera.,
lure to a glass of —water.
Hon. Mohon C. Rofien, for many yams &awl
atalutice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,
has been tendered by Gov. Bigler the appointment
01 Associate Law Judge of the 'ARCOter District,
,an office mewed and authorized to be filled by an
act of the last Legislators. Judge Rogers, has we
believe, not yet signified hie acceptance.
Tremendous Gathering of the People !
Nar`asaikaswetia,n
Friday the.46th offline a Was tendered Memo
table by two important and unusual events4n the
afternoon, commencing tit IS *minutes pot Gaut
o'clock, an eclipse of the sun commenced, cantina
utg for over two hours, and then, pau . ing ofi,
apow
lUg the grail litniniry of day to shine With hie Sc
cemented etlulpace. In olden times, the occur
rence of an eclipse nosed the utmost consternation
among the inhabitants of this sublunary sphere,
who looked upon it as presaging war, pestilence
and famine. ' Now that science has demonstrated
the cause, and is able to calculate its recurrence to
a moment, and foretell its very appearance at every
point where visible, it has been stripped of an its
terrors, and becomes the object of curiosity and of
scientific interest.
We are not pedalo Whether this Mime occurred
as a forerunner of the Nebraska meeting, or that
meeting in consequence of the eclipse, but it is
certain that it is seldom that two such important and
interesting events occur upon the same day. In
consequence of their magnitude, we attended both
performances. Probably a majority of our readers
had an opportunity to personally observe the sun's
eclipse ; as they could not be present at the meet
ing, we shall endeavor to give them a full and im
partial account of the same.
The eclipse had been announced for some time
—while a solemn looking handbill, arrested the at
tention of the public on Thursday, announcing as
follows:
DEMOCRATS
Who, once more, desire to re-echo an approving
voice of the great triumph of a Democratic Princi
ple of non-intervention, in the Municipal affairs of
the people in Territories, by the passage of the Ne
braska-Kansas Bill, by Congress, are requested to
meet Pudgy Evening, May SG, at the Ward House,
MANY DEMOCRATS.
On the eventful evening, alter the solar perfor
mance, large bodies of the class of individuals so
earnestly called upon in this bill, began to arrive at
thn Ward House, and the c'y was—" still they
come." By nine o'clock, the rush had ceased, and
the multitude•gathered into the north room of the
Ward House. On a count of noses, it was discov
ered that the Nebraska party was all present, with
the exception of one or two, who are like the Pad
dy's flea, when you put your finger on them they
ain't there ! and it urn deemed advisable to com
mence operations.
At this time there was in the room just sixteen
Persons—including one interloping Whig, and the
writer of this, anxious that the public should have
a correct account of the important event.
Mr. D'A: Overton arose, and moved that •Dsvin
Um, Esq., be President. Carried unanimously,
and the President took oil his List ...id sat down by
the tablet.
Some one moved that C. S. Russam. be Secrete
ry. Carried unanimously, and the Secretary sat
down by the table, and unsheathing his gold pen,
commenced an anxious search after paper and ink.
This motion, however, appeared to be premature,
and deranged Col. Bull's programme, for be
mediately arose, and suggested that it was custo
mary at such meetings to have Vice• Presidents,
and moved the names of several, who were elect
ed. He then moved to add a number of Secreta
ries, which also carried.
Cal. Hall then moved the appointment of • com
mittee to draft resolutions expressive of the senti
ments of the meeting, which was adopted, and the
Committee announced, with the mover as Chair.
man. The Committee then retired, (whether up
or down stairs, we are unable to say,) and soon
returned with a string of resolutions, which their
Chairman, in a loud and distinct voice, and with
great emphasis, proceeded to read for the edifica
tion and consideration of the meeting, having first
given a positive assurance that the Committee was
unanimous in reporting them.
Their adoption being moved, and the question
called for, Col. Bout. arose, and insinuated that he
would be pleased to bear some remarks upon the
momentous occasion, and called upon Mr. BAIRD,
who very modestly declined, and called upon Mr.
OVERTON. 'This latter call becoming general, be
arose, and proceeded to address the meeting. Mr .
0. is a young man of fine abilities, and gives every
promise of becoming an effective and popular spea
ker. He made altogether the best speech of the
evening, though evidently embarrassed by the ri
diculousness of the whole farce.
Mr. Emma. was next called op. Having con
gratulated the other thirteen and the whole country
upon the passage of the Nebraska-Kansas bill, and
the triumph of the " great democratic principle"
therein, he proceeded to demonstrate that the North
bad repudiated the Missouri Compromise the very
year after it was adopted, had never been in favor
of it, and bad refuse.] it when Mr. Bucsranari—" a
great statesman "—had proposed it consequently,
it came with very bad grace from the North to
charge bad faith upon thei South. For his part,he
abhorred Slavery, bat he did not believe it would
go into Nebraski and Kansas. In conclusion, be
honored the National Administration with a com
plimentary notice, " over the left," by saying, tho'
favoring the principle involved in the bill, his sym
pathies bad not been actively interested for its pas
sage, because he considered its introduction now,
an act of necessity on the part of the Administration
to regain ground lost by their weak and vascillating
policy.
Mr. BAIaD being now called upon, overcame his
reluctance sufficiently to say a few words. He too
offered op his congratulations upon the passage of
the Nebraska bill, and came down upon the Ad
ministtation " like a thousand of brick." His judg.
ment was, that the only reason why the Adminis.
tration were in favor ditto bill, is that they were
anxious to get back into the Democratic party !
Having concluded amidst loud and prolonged ap.
plause, the resolutions were declared adopted, •
motion was made and carried that the proceedings
be published, and the meeting adjourned.
During the " noise and confusion" incident to
the last address, the number at the meeting was
further increased by the entrance from the office of
a half-dozen anti-Nebraska-hes, desirous of teeing
the show.
Take it this is one of the most memo•
rable political gatherings we have ever attended in
ibis County. Col. Bores Tariff Meeting, in 1848 1
to protest against the Tariff of that year, if foisted
upon the country by Executive dictation," was some,
but this entirely eclipses it. Perhaps, from that fac t
and its occurrence so won after the solar perform
ance, it will be well to call it the Eclipse Meeting.
The name is suggestive in itself—and Particularly
appropriate when applied to that dark spot upon
oer national reputation, which is constantly increas•
ing in extent and influence, threatening the final
extinguishment of tlM. , ann of liberty, end throwing
aped!, like the darkness of night, over the !lopes of
thu i patriot and 1134bilunbropist. _Particularly is
it typical of the total eclipse which will be cast
bithe people upon the political sun of all those
who have been principals or accessories in the int
quity of repealing the Missouri Compromise.
We recognisliin the broadest manner the right of
a dozen persons to meet and give utterance to their
views - upon -any public question. It Is as much
their privilege a s if thousands were congregated—
provided they do not attempt to misrepresent the
state of public sentiment. It s but a few weeks
since en attempt was made to distort the action of
- out County Convention, placing the Democracy in
a false position, for selfish purposes, and we fear
that this meeting is to be employed in the same
way. We are not content that &meeting held very
quietly in a hotel parlor, by fourteen persons, shall
be paraded in the columns of the Washington Union
and the Permaybassiars as any expression from the
Democracy of Bradford. The gentlemen whocom,.
posed that meeting are certainly, in all their perso
nal relations, very respectable, but they do not
speak for the Democracy of this County. Indeed.
it has been the misfortune of that Democracy, thai
in doing battle for principle, in years past, it has
had neither the aid nor encouragement of the more
prominent of these gentlemen. They stand, as they
have long stood, io a position of direct antagonism
with public sentiment.
Nor will that Democracy allow any man or sit
of men to misrepresent their sentiments or traffic in
their opinions. The 5 , are anxious to speak for
themselves, and they will embrace the first oppor
tunity to administer a rebuke to those who have
°flared up the plighted faith of the nation upon the
altar of personal ambition.
[We have been unable to obtain the official pro•
ceedings of ibis meeting, for publication. As they
were intended for foreign use, probably it was not
considered neceea{ry to publish them here. We
shall avail ourselves of their appearance in the
Union or Pennsylvanian, to lay them before our
readers
TO Tile EDITOR OF Tug BRADFORD REFORM.—
Mr. Curse of the Montrose Democrat, appears to
have found oot suddknly, and very recently, that
"there is evidently gross carelessness And neglect,
"a want of energy, a lack of efficiency, ruinous to
" the interests of the State an'd her Treasury on the
"part of the subordinate officers having the North
" Branch Canal in charge." This he gives as the
result_of a thirty miles trip along the banks of this
improvement last week.
Now, with all due deference to the ex.speaker,
I would suggest that perhaps he is not exactly the
proper person to express an intelligent opinion in
the case ; and I doubt wbe.her a ride ol the entire
length ol the line, would give him sufficient under
standing of the subject, to entitle his conclusions to
very great respect.
The truth is, that whether any reasonable ground
for a complaint of this character may have existed
heretofore or not, it is certainly not the case at pre•
sent—as every exertion is being made by the per
sons having it in charge, to bring the canal into
service at the earliest possible moment; but time
and labor are necessary to accomplish the object.
I believe that so long a section of finished work
has never been brought into use at one lime in
Pennsylvania, and interruptions and delays ate un
avoidable.
The complaint against the management of the
Canal, however, forms an agreeable introduction
to a threat aimed at Wyoming and Sullivan coun
ties especially, and Bradford incidentally, as one of
the counties composing this Senatorial District, as
to the summary treatment which the} may expect
at the hands of the Democracy of Susquehanna co ,
(Mr. Chase assuming to speak in' their name,) in
case they suffer canal influence, as he terms it, to
control theft political action in any degree.
A threat is formidable only in so far as the mak
er of it poetesses the power of execution) and Mr.
Chase must give.some stronger evidence of his ti
tie to wear the lion:a hide, before much attention
will be paid to his fulminations in this quarter at
least. A greater degree of modesty might reasona
bly be expected from one, who, ii I am not very
much misinformed, owes his escape from being
left a yearling in legislation, rather to the courtesy
of a political competitor, than to his own popularity
with his patty, or strength in the nominating Con-
vention.
It has been hinted, whether with truth I do not
know, that a friend of Mr. C. was willing to exposit
himself to this deplorable canal influence (for a
consideration, of course) as a sob subordinate on
the line; but doublets for good reason on the pan,
of the person having the appointment, his services
were not called into requisition. It cannot of course
be possible, that this fact, (if it be such,) in any
way affected Mr. C.'s observation in his thirty mile
ride from Athens to Towanda; but it is worthy of
mention in thir connection, as he has been so very
long in discovering the delinquencies of the em
ployees on the canal, or at least in calling attention
to them, when his position for years has been such
as to make it clearly his duty at once, to expose,
and if possible, put down all such offenders
You are aware that I have no personal interest
in a defence of any of the persons having the Ca
nal in charge, but a desire that they be not misre.
presented, induces me to trouble you thus
Yours, respectfully,
AN Imporrrarrr MATTEL—On next Monday a
County Superintendent of Common Schools is to be
elected, in accordance with the provisions of the
new law. Hon. C. A. Buck, the State Superin
tendent, in a circular says, in making a selection,
strict regarded should be bad to qualifications, hab
its of morality, industry and previous zealous sup
poit of education by Common Schools ;—that the
person selected should be one of literary andsecien
tific acquirements and of skill and experience in
the an of teaching; and that he will only commis
sion de person properly qualified who shall have4re
ceived the highest number of votes.
Duni or as sn►sos.—Thomas Ritchie, Jr., one
of the tfilitors of the Richmond Enguirei, and third
son of themes Ritchie, &sq., died at his residence
in Richmond, Va., on Sunday evening, alter a pro
tracted illness, in the 35th year of his age. .
IMPOaIUT PROM blezico.--Intelligence from
Mexico states that Santa Anna is within three miles
of the capitol, at his summer residence. ft is re•
ported that Gen. Alvarez has been defeated, and
communication with Acapulco opened.
Ma. CRITTZNDICIeII SPEECH IN THE Wean C A " .
—The. New York . Times contains-an official repon
of the address of the Hon. John J. Crittenden to to e
Hardin county (Ky.) jury in defence of m an. i.
Ward. Thelollowing extract from it allows 01 E 4
did volunteer his services.
seefarenienbdsanof hour I I had knosurli
II My'sertices in this care were volunt eered. 1
had hardly expected that so unimpo rtant en
could excite attention or subject rue t o repenatk .cr
this
s y Y ie n4 ni and
in a h l i l m th
him from his boyhood—l bad known his Lum.,
d W rit ati en
from mine. And if, in the recollectio n , ot ow pal
—in the memory of our early
ther ei n the
ties that bound us together, I thosght e ea sed
ficient cause ro render it proper, wo o " b osineu
is
it 1 Whom doe v s ol i a t
fi c i o e n e ce r f i b off ut ered
selfl I am a. alp
ay r wthy mere accepted, and I have given th em in th is
feeble way."
APPOINTMENT BY THE PETAH:IINY —WE leans
that' Benjamin Tyson, Esq., of Reading, h as b een
appointed agent to purchase anthracite coal for the
Navy Department. He was an applicant for, this
appointment a year ago, and was recommended in
the strongest manner, but the Secretary of the N avy
having under consideration the expediency of o h
(dishing the office, it wat suffered to rem yawl
until this time.
ANOTHER SCHEME OF ANNEXATION —According
to the New Itotk. Post the old scheme of Mr Cal. ,
houa to get the Dominican Government under
American control, with a view to annex the whole
Island of Hayti, and put Jown the negro (unpins,
established by Solouque, is revived under the pres
ent administration. A special commissioner, or
commission•ess,Mra Cazneau.formerly.Slisa Stotme,
and known as a writer for the newspaiiels by the
name of " Cora Montgomery," has been appoints,'
to undertake the task and inquire into its feastbti•
ity. Her husband ii ostensibly the commissioner,
.but the lady has lett him in Texas, and gone on the
mission herself.
A
STRAM en ors MlL—The steamboat Stay while
returning to Philadelphia from Red Bank, took fire
somewhere about the smoke pipe, when within a
mile 01 the landin6 Prompt measures were take.
en to extinguis4 the flames, and the boat was head.
ed for the nearest chart, where the passengers
were salely landed, and the fire was extingpished.
Dump , the excitement on board the steamer,
many of the passengers could hardly be restrained
from leaping overboard
married,
In Tuseaiora, May 31st, by Rev. R. Brownrcombe,
JOHN VANDCHWOUT to Miss HAHRIET A. Merr
ourtzae, both of the above place.
Eirm TEMPERANCE CELEBRATION._
The Fourtll'of July next. will be celebrated
at MONROETON, on Temperance principles, ender
the joint supervision of the Sons of Temperance and
Good Templars. 01114100 Ltl6, of Itactot \a
expected will deliver the Oration, a good band of
music will be in attendance, and the proceedingi
will be enlivened by some beautiful temperance odes
by the Monroeton Temperance Choir. Dinner will
be provided by Mr. H. Sit aw, of the Monroelon Tem.
penance Exchange. In short, our friends may be
assured, that neither trouble nor expense trtll be
spared to make the proceedings what they should
be to form a Grand Temperance Jubilee, The °.
of 'P., G. T. and the friends of Temperance general.
ly throughout the county, are respectfully incited to
attend.
. .
IL 8. Balgbury. Lewis Kellogg,
H. K. Fowler, Miss E. Salsbury,
Anthony Mullen, I Mro. H. K. '.'ow/er,
C. M. Knapp, J. B.Smith,
Patrick Donfee, 1 8. W. Alden,
_
June 2, 1854
In the matter of the estate of A.sa Manley dee'd
the Orphans' Court of Bradford Countu
T H' undersigned having been appoin t ed an as •
ditor to hear, examine and report updo the fi
nal account of the administrators of Manley,
dee'd. to which exceptions are filed, will attend to
the duties assigned him on the 29th diy of Jose
next, at 1 o'clock, P. M. at his office in the hotel' of
Towanda. D'A.' GVER lON, Auditor.
May 29, 1854.
In the matter of the voluntary assig,imeni of 0 D
Chamberlin In the Com Pleas of Bratifird Co
No. 131, Sept r 1852.
THE undersigned, an auditor appointed by said
Court to distribute money in the hands of S.
S. Bradley, said Assignee, will attend to said bu.
siness at his office in the borough of Towanda, on
Monday the 26th Of Jane, 4. D. /834, et 1 o'clock,
P. M. When and .There all persons having claims
against said estate mutt present them, or be forever
debarred from said fund.
D'A. OVERTON, Auditor
Towanda, May 29, 1854.
DISSOLUTION.
T"partnership heretofore existing between Lo
throp & Chubbuck is ibis day dissolved by ma.
teal consent. The books and accounts are all to
be settled by C. E. Chubbuck, wick must he done
immediately. An persons owing the late firm must
call and settle the same, and those having deminds
against said firm wil present the same to t:. E.
Cbabbuck for payment. S. B. LATHROP,
Orwell. Mhy 20, 1854, C. E. CHUBBUCK.
The subscriber calls attention of the old Wm ,
of the abovs firm and the community generally to
the carefully selected Stock of GOODS now kis;
received at the new Store recently occupied by e•
& L. where he may be found at dl ttmes [WI 0 0
exhibit his goods, not fearing to compare them and
their prices with those of any other Store Intl
country. Call and satisfy yourselves
C. E. Clll:l3K:Wii___
Bvirtueof an order issued by the Orphsns' Conn
BY
of Bradford county, will be sold on the :9:h of
May next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the %ha.
sion house on the premises, all that lot of /an,l O
vate in Monroe tp., cpritaining one hundred gm,
described as fOlows : Beginning at a black oak.tke
north west corner of the farm of which D. B. Oi r ''
died seized,' thence north 36° east 121 and 3-10 pet
dies to a post, thence south 33° east 94 percbe`
thence south 111° west 160 perches, thence north
vest 148 perches to the beginning, with Wu! 30
acres improved, and a framed house and barn there.
terms made known at the day of sale.
THOS. ELLIOTT ,
WM. cootemicii , t l .
Adtn'rs. D. H. Owen. dee .
10 The day above sale stands adjourned tilt Sarar , i t
.y
-
of i li i ) r n a e m , a s t h 2 aw ti:c i l n themockoinuroe—
afternoon
. a ., 1 It'
house
of
TUSCARORA
May 1,1864.
DISSOLUTIO•.
THE co—partnership heretofore eristie; between
Gee. Smith and John V. Rice, ender the insi
Smith dr. Rice, is this day dissolred by Irt,W't oY
sent. The business wiU hereafter be emncted
John V. Rice. and their Book. can be PIO e t2c
Store formerly occupied by said firm. All thoolli:,
debted to said Bran by book aocount wtli Oge e "'
and settle the same without delay.
GEORGE SMITH,
JOHN V. RICE. /
Monroeton, May 29, 1854.
DISSOLUTION.
•
XEX co-partnership heretofore existing b0,', 3 1 i ,
the subscribers. under the firm of Atepol t ' iti
Solomon, was dissolved by mutual conseato' The
97th day at May. M. E. Solomon retirir
business will herea ft er be carried on tinier inc aw
of I. & 8. Alexander.
Towanda, May 27,
COMMITTEE OF AIIIIANGENECTF
George Smith
J. 8.13G111M, Sec
few 2btlettl9Cratlll6
Auditor's Notice
ALtiditor's Notice.
Administrator's Sale