'to the Ye era of Pennsy lvania
The following Act in regard to a rrollitlcalt.
Law, was passed by the last Legislattlie, aorp aP
proved by, the Governor, to wit :
AN Acr for the Suppression of the MetntrAtttrti4land
Sale latoxicatsng Liquors, at a Berirage;ll
Whereas, All laws to be elheifkit jihoulii_bare
the approbation and sanction of ititi peopl e: -
And Wheres., it is represented that a large num
ber, if not a maim'' , at the en' !zeal, of this Com
mourietilth," deeply Reprieved with die necessity
of the passage of a P. ot) ibil ory Liquor Lan :
• And IVherea4, ft impoAsible to obtain a dr ain
intliedtion of pnpul.tr sentiment relative theretit, by
means of-petmotts and remonstrance.: Therefore
41. Be it enacted by the the Senate an d H owe
of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Penn
Sylvania, in-General Assembly met, and tt is here
fsrenacted by the authoritrot the SHIM', That the
qualified voters of this Commonwealth are hereby
authorized al the I faces of 11-Lime the oerieral elec.
lions in their Jetspequve wards, boroughs and town
ships, on the second Tuesday of October next, t o
vote for and against a law which Shall, entirely pro
hibit by proper and constinitiorial regulations and
penalties, the manutaetnre and sale ni intoxicating
liquors, except for medical, sacrainental ; merhani•
cal and rvtisoifral pn poses
42. That the officers authorised bylaw to hold
elections in each ward, bOrOtigh and township of
this Commonwealth, are hereby directed and re
quired at Ihe place fired by law, in the several this
trims for the holding of the general elections it. Itairit
distlicta, on the second Tuesday of October next,
when they shill be niz,rinized as All Electiou Board
to receive from each qualified voter of their said
districts, a ticket written or printed on the outside,
ar Probibitoq Liquor Law," and the tickets in ta•
Tor of the proposed law shall contrii:n in the imide
the words, " For s P ohibitoty Liquor Liw,"
those opposed to the proposed law shall contain in
the inside the wards, Against a Prohibitory Law'
which votes shall be counted and returned In .ne
court house of the counties or city, in which said
election shall be held, on the folio:mina-Friday, by
the return judges, who sittll cast up and certify all
the votes polled in 5 , 11 cotiotir or city, 0r'.40 the
office of the S'.?oretary of ihe Commonwealth at
directed and transmitted in 'he same
manner the ewes for Governor are required to be
directed and transmitted, and the said Sectelaty
shall, on the thiri Friday of January neat ensuing,
commpnicate the said returns to the Legislature, to
be opened and counted in the same manner: the
votes for Governor are opened and counted, and
considered l as the prayer of the voters of this
Commonwealth relative the Prohibitory Liquor
Law.
42. That all the election taw of the Sate pre
scribing the hours of npening and clossMg of th
polls, the reception of voters, the punishment for
voting, the defraying the expenses of publt•
cation, and holding of the general elections and
return 01 the same, and all other matters incident
thereto, be and the same are declared applicable
to the election above authorized.
44. That !shall be the duty of the Sheriff's of the
several counties of thvi Cduimotivvealth, to insert
a onpy of this act in the prnelarnalinn tnr the gen
eras elec'ion to be held on the second Tuesday of
October next.
And the . State Temperance Convention which
met at Harrisburg on the 7,h day of June last,
among others passed the following resolutions :
Resnlved, That though the Legirda'ore forced a
different issue upon the friends of Temperance than
the one they asked for, we will nevertheless ac
cept it, but under the circumstances we will: not
consider it a final test of our rrengt upon this
point. '
Resolved, That as the question of Prohibition is
based upon the affections of an overwhelming ma
jority of the people of Pennsylvania, we most ear
nestly recommend to our friends throng,hout the
State to organize at once in their respective coon
ties, and use all lair and honorable ;beans not only
to increase the vote in favor of prohibition. but to
carry it by a triumphant majority at the ballot box
in October next.
The adoption by a yoke of the people of these
resolutions by an emphatic m: , jori , y, is important
to the beat interests ol humanity, a ,r 1 to our balm
ed Commonwealth. We therefore urge upon tho
friends of good order, that they take such measures
in 11124 respective counties; cities, bo'foughs, wards,
and districts as will secure a full yarn out at the
polls and the largest possible majority in favor of
this important measure. •
iYe respectlully urge upon the lithnils of Tem
perance arid a Prohibitory Law, thiat they make
this their only and great object at the October elec
tion; that they suffer no other issue to interfere
with their efforts in this cause; and we warn them
against permitting themselves to be drawn in 'o
entangling alliances with any of the political par
ties of the Jay, who desire only to use this great
popular and growing cause for the advancement of
their partisan views; to the successful carrying
out by the popular vote of these resolutions, and to
th)s only should temperance men tun! their mien
lion. Upon this everything depends. NoLegisla
tnre will dare to refuse to refuse the passage of a
bill in the face of the demands of a majority of the
voters, fairly expressed at the ballot boxes; and we
havi the pleasure of assuring our 'temperance
friends - that we are satisfied that any one of the
distinguished gentlemen who are candidates for
Governor will promptly give his sanction to such a
law.
Again we beceech our friends and fellow•citi
zens to ratty to the polls and carry this resolution
of the Legislature by a clear and decided majority
—organize in every election district, appoint your
vigilance and other committees, prepare to get out
the vote, do your duty in accordance with the mug.
nitride of the measure, and it will be sustained by
50,000 majoritx.
THOMAS WATSON,
JOHN CHAMBER.,
EDWARD PAXSON,
F. A. VAN Dtice, M. D.,
ROZERT M. FOUST,
JOHN Zltra.Nruss,
E F. fir.ecc, •
A. RO3T,
E. H. FirArrtsne,
J. PATRICK,
WM. NICHOLSON,
Was. H. dorms.
Was F. GEDDES,
MARSHALL
J. F. Bram M. D.
DEZibTEL RIOT AMONG Tim. PHILADELPHIA FIRE
MEN ....IZ/lILADELPIIII, July, 28 —A riot took place
this morning about one o'clock this morning. on the
corner ot,Foorth and Catlowhill streets, between
Fairmornit engine and Moyameeing Hose Cos. A
German who was on hie way home from a wed.
ding, was shot through the thigh, and was convey.
ed to gm hospital.
John Kane, aged 20, was - shot in the back, the
ball lodging in his right breast. The wound will
prabably prove fatal
John Raltree received a pistol bidl in his right
atm. They both belonged to theOlfoyamensing
Hose Company.
Several arrests' weremade—among them, Elisha
Reed, belonging to the Fairmount Co., with - a - dig.
charged pistol in his hand, tnd John Dean, of the
IHsourensing Co.
The fii,ht was of short duration, but many shots
were fi r ed before th e police interfered to quell the
riot. '
ASSILIATION 07 TM 5A.7.011)711-10LAmos.—A dee.
patch Iron 3 Waehinvon, to the New York Tribune,
announces on " posture and ondentable t _ informa
tion, from the highest-source at Honololu," to the
ether that a Treaty le being concluded between
Mr. Group, the United States Commissioner and
the Government of the Islands, for their annexation
to the United States forthwith. The only unsettled
question in relation to the srineituton, it is Sind, is
whether the Islands shall come in- ass Territory or
a bus. Mr. Gregginsists on the former, The Ad• ministration, it is added, at Washington,
ty, advised as to the position of the negotiationi.
-- 111liffiesoltRallraid BlitEteitement.
Quiig,an.4uutilmepi•exian,•in the-1 ooseagißep
reiiitnaiiveiiind • 'anifing potitica),,,eiteles
Wiigitgtoutfiie We, in 'ornsequengal 6C-, the 'At
:Ae i rt allenilon ii, thel'billVaniilg lad& tfkaitt4
-comliructinjahe DlngielintiOail6stl. The bill
inuluied on IA 20th i rt., *id Mr. Virlplibtun
lif itfput , cArt4l a neoon as_'l6l-
Minnesota had chartered A company with most
extraoultow-powens, gaming. to st--all the= tan&
which have been 01 may hereal'et be Jimmied to
that territory tor construction of railroads. The
House, to avoid this add a proviso that said lands
shall be sutiPct to 11:e &volution of any (ulna leg
islation ; for ihr purpose atoressiq, nor shall !hey in
ore to the benefit Or AV thmpatty bergatter to lar
constituted or org o iiii7ed. This 'was the way the
bill .wasfulginally_itamed r uxenableAte company
to receive the benefit of the grant. The first alter
alien hetnotieed was the'striking nut of the word
future,:' but tine he lreireved was made by the
committee_
The second aberinion which he charged with
being made Slf er bill WWI er,gror.sell Wlr chnosin;
the wind . 4 or" to the word'" and" to read Consti
tuted and organized. This company not being eon.
slimed and organized . espec:a to hal-.1 these lards
under the bill, and hence he char':,eil this object in
the alt.-faint'. The word war in a hand different
from Unit of the engrossrneat.
A corn mivee nt investigation has been nprriinted
and was in session. 'The sergeant at-suns has been
erit to New Yolk fur witnesses.
Mr. Stevens. of Dlichigan, admitted he hail, with•
ant any impropet tnotire, made the al.eration, but
before it passed the committee on ipnblir lands by
striking out the word future, and that he had intend
ed at the same time to have stricken out the word
l• or" a('d to have inserted the ward " and," bly
hat' Rut done so inadvet tante. Ile made
tUll statement also of the circumstances relathnt
to the alterations which was made after the bill
passed the House.
In answer to in ima.ions that Ccl. J. F. Forney,
Clerk o 4 the House, was implicated, ilr S'evens
entirely exonerates hint from all censnre He had
called upon Mr. Forney in company with General
Patton, a clerk of the Senate, in eider to know
whether a clerical error could be corrected alter
(he passage of a bill by one house.
Mr. Pa inn raid that each alteration. had been
made freqnently. Several renamen also it.trirmed
him that these correction. were mere vernal 'theta
ationa and mieht be made. The only wteteet I
have in Ihe bill .a that it benefits my State, and in
dome; this beitefita other States,
Accident at Ike Illatt4ttan Gas Works.
Three Men Killed and several Juju/ ed.
There were exaggered rumora in circulation yes
terday afternoon in regard to a terrible calamity at
the Mahattan Gas Winks, at the foot of Fourteenth
Fueet, East River Onr reporter visited the scene
at the accident last evening, and found that the
rem( of the large building in process of erection by
the company had !alien in, between the hours of I
and 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and buried a num
ber of woukmen in the mine.
The following, are the deteils of the disaster, as
near as rook! he aocertained
The Eighteenth ward pollee were early on the
rpm. arol when they arrived, a scene of almost in•
extricable cnnfu•inn was presented—wives and
children anxiously inqrtiring for their husbands and
fatheis, and workmen searching for their comrn,!er.
The poliJe, who were anon joined by those anther
wards, formed a cordon round the ruins, and the
laborers went vigorou•ly , to work to r the
dead and wounded. The body of Cornelius Wyck.
off, foreman of the bricklayer., (residing, at %Vit.
hamsburg,) was the first found, then that of Patrick
Shea. of 259 West Eeighteenth at., and then that of
Jas Gilhooly, both masons.
The names of the' maimed, seriously. severely,
and sligh.ly wounded, are as follows: John Flan
tragan, both leg. broken ; Robert Jank, m e leg and
boll' arms broken; Daniel Suilia an. injured intern
ally, taken to the Bellevue hospital, with scarcely a
hope of his recovery ; Jernes Sullivan, iliLgh
broken ; George White, Thomas Kelly, Thomas
'McGuire, Win. Squires, and James Mahoney
These were all internally bruised, and cut extern
ally, but with no, limbs fractured. Petrick Caroll,
William Harris, and Sides Burns, were badly burnt,
with internal bruises, and had cuts externally
Henry Fmigan and Thomas Mulligan were slight
ly bruised and cm externally. All the men, with
the exception of Daniel Sullivan, were taken to their
respective home..
During the excavatinns, beneath a shell as it is
termed—in other—words, a furnace—were discnv.
eted eight masons and fuer laborers. (nrwe of the
latter of whom had his thigh broken ) They Rate
that at the moment of the fall of this building, they
heard a loud crack, and nne of them looking op. he
saw the vast columns bending the roof descending.,
as it were, in one vast sheet He showed to his
campanions, and they, with one accord, rushed for
the shell, and thus escaped the almost inevitable
death which seemed impending over them.
When all the bodies which could be found were
removed from the ruins, the men were mastered,
and it was at first supposed that more were beneath
the rubbish ; but it was eventsfiy ascertained that
all the injured were recoverett.
Two horses were also crushed under the ruins
The eslimu'ed cost of the building is between $3O,
000 and 5.10,000.
The actual and precise cause of the falling of the
roof could not be ascertained with any degree of
certain'y. The building in coarse of erection VCR! ,
shout four hundred feet long by about two hundred
[(set wide, with brick v:alls and a sla.e roof. sup
ported by an iron frame work. The Plate had been
put on the north aide, and some suppose that its
weight caused the Mot to careen to the north, and,
by thus losing as balance, fell drawing the walls
with it Others assert that the walls were not suffi
ciently strong to support the roof, and that ire weight
fairly crushed the feeble mason work. Yesterday
nothing (termite coati? be known, but the coroner's
inquest will probably develope the facts of the case
The brittleness of the mortar was a general 'abject
of remark it being so easily broken that tt 'miser
-hied with the fingers —New. York. Sunday Times ;
30th
K mow Norinsos —We are oppossed to all secret
political organizations, says the Louisville Times , be.
cause in a Republican g overnment all political
action should be public. Our political institutions
are based upon public intelligence, and they are
only to be perpetua.ed and made popular by a free,
frank and open inter change of opinions, and a fear
less exposition of the principles of free government,
whether federal, State, county or city. And then
we must have suitable agents in each and all of
these governments, to administer and execute the
the !awe, and to act as conservators of the public
peace, and guardians of the peoples' rights. it is
lust as important to discusathe principles and ()noti
fications (*candidates fur office as it is to discuss
any measure of public policy., Secret organizations
subvert all the rules and regulations which have
heretofore been deemed sufficient in determining
what shall be done to promote the public good, and
who shall be tl.e peoples' representatives in the
various employments and pusitione deemed neces
sary to carry into effect our system of government
Viewing the Know-Nothing organization in the
light it has yet beet, presented to no, ire are op
posed to it, and we shall feel bound to oppose the
election of those candidates believed to be favor
ites of the secret faction, although otherwise we
might regard them as the best qualified end most
worthy of the place.
Pirrsuciton entrEsstwilsaaosts.—At an election
held in West Greenville, on Monday the 24th oh,
it was decided by a vote of itt for, and I against,
to authorize the Burgess and Town Council to sob
scribe 120 shares, or'll6ooo, towards the comple-
tion of the Pittsburgh and Erie Railroad. The
Greenville Press says that confidence in the ability
of the comthuky to'pat the Work Atones is now
sttengtheiting.
MI
Wrabforo %k s potter.
E. 0. 0000 RICH, EDITOR,
Towanda; -Baturdayi- August -4,18 n
Terme of The Reporters
ell 30 per erinton-rifpisid within the yrnr 30 eeu:a wiil
e dedactsd—for eash‘pild settrallytnidestree 01 °O'Neill be
!ducted. No paper sent over two years, unless paid for. -
Arivairrtsamv.r. rs. per 'lotto of ten lines. SO tents for the
4rst and 510 centalbr each subsequent - infernal,: -
117 Office in the " Unton Block." north side of the Pitblic
Square, next door to the Bradford lintel.- Entreste between
. Adams!' and Elwelildhar offices. .
Democratic State Nomination&
rin 00VVIII011.
WILLIAM BIGLER, or CL'EARF4LD CO
►D6 31111011 O► Us rritsvcr ootrwr o
JEREMIAH S. BLACK, or SommEr Co
volt 'CANAL enxvismossn,
lIENRY S. MOTT, OF Piss COUNTY
Sleeting of the Standing Committee.
The Democratic Standing Cianunittea of Brad
ford County, are requested to meet at the Ward
House ; in the Borough of To•.canda, on Wednesday
August.9M, 1854, at 2 o'clock. P. M , for the hur•
pose of appointing Committees of Vigilance, for the
ensuing Delegate elections.
The following, persons compose said Committee
H. L. Scott, P. D. Morrow, Samuel OWBII, A D
Spalding, Beecher Morgan, C. H Ballard, S. B
Lathrop, Geo. Stevens, H. C. Baird.
Prohibitory Liquor Law.
We publish in another column, the address from
the hien 'a of the Prohibitory Liquor Law, contain.
ing the act of last winter, submitting the question to
a vote of the people. This address is signed by
some of the best known friend* of Prohibition in
the Commonweal-h, amongst whom we might
mention Rev. JoHIS CHAMBERS, • EDWARD PAARON,
Tar F GEDDts, and others, whose voice is certain
ly entitled to be heard, and whose suggestions, are
beyond all question prompted by a sincere desire
to forward the great cause in which they have so
long and earnestly been engaged.
We call the attention of every friend of a Prohibi•
bitory Liquor Law to this address. It has been
disadvantage under which the friends of this great
reform had heretofore labored, that selfish and the.
honest poloitions have sought to drag it into the
arena of political warfare, in such a manner as to
derange the purposes of its true friends. To be see.
oessfni, the Temperance movement must not be
made to minister to the party schemes of arty man
or set of men. It should rely upon its own justice
and morality, and;when its advocates go to the polls,
ihey should be very careful that they are not strik
ing a blow which will do infinite harm to the cause
they wish to prosper.
The Whig politicians have already commenced
their plans to secure the Temperance vote for Pot.
trot, by procuring from him pledges in regard to
Prohibitory Liquor Law. The answers from the
Candidatespor Governor, we published some weeks
since, anti :he reader could hardly fail to have been
struck with the desire on the part of POLLOCK to bid
high for the Temperance vote, and with the manly
and conscientious reply of Gov. Bicr.Ert. If the
vote of the people should decide in favor of such a
law, we have not the least doubt, either would
sign it, provided its provisions were not unconsti
tutional. A pledge in advance, before a bill is ev
en drawn, that it will he signed, is sheer nonsense ;
an! both undignified and dishonest.
The address to which we refer, places the tem•
perence question upon the right grounds. Let its
friends keep it there, and they will meet the appro
bation and secure the support of the 'honest and
upright of all parties They have a question upon
which they can now go 'the polls. Let them be
ware of all parties and all pledges. They need
nothing but the moral effect of a majority of 50,000
rotas to ensure them a triumph. That majority,
or more, they will receive, if they do not minister
pa. izan schemes.
We commend the following from this address to
the especial atienian of Temperance men. Let
them ponder it well, and consider if it is not the
voice of wisdom and of truth : "We respectfully
urge upon the friends of Temperance and a Pro-
hibitory Law, that they make this their only and
great object at the October election ; that they suf
fer no other issue to interfere with their eflorts in
this cause; and we ware them against permitting
themselves to be drawn into entangling alliances
with any of the political parties of the day, who de•
sire only to use this great, popular and growing
cause for the advancement of their partisan views;
to the successful-carry ing out by the popular vote
of these resolutions, and to this only should temp.
ranee men tarn their attention. fJpon this every
thing depends. No Legislature will dare to refuse
the passage of a bill in the (ace of the demands of
a majority of the voters, fairly expressed at the bal
lot boxes; and we have the pleasure of assuring our
temperancefriends that we are satisfied that any one of
the distinguished gentlemen who are candidates for
Governor will promptly give his sanction to such a
law 7"
Cos gr emielosag.
In the Senate on Tuesday, a resolotionwas
adopted, requesting the President to inform them
whether anything had arisen since the date of his
Message to the House of Representatives ol the 15th
of March last, concerning our relations with Spain,
which would render t the provisional measures then
recommended unnecessary. During the day a
message was received from him, stating that our
affairs with the Spanish Government are still un
settled, and expressing art opinion that provisional
measures by Cpngreas wou l d be proper. An ap.
propriation, to be under the canto)l of the Presi
dent; of probably len MiltiOns, Wilt biptiesed im
mediately, as an amendment to The Ariny Apprct
priatiOn bill. The River - and Huber Bill will be
passed. "
In the House, theVenriral appropriation bill was
discussed at great length, and nearly all of the
Senator's amendments were rejected. During the
day Mike Walsh and Mr. Seward, of Georgia, bad
a fight, in which Mike to all to dove tecisi*ed
severe punishment.
Impoitant bealstin.
-4:he SoFare 49dul v io r aession4PhiladelphA,
heie*scetlily hid iihrarleito '' co,' affectir th e
/
piiier O the iliaiorito4nd, er ilavern per
crApsvit for fieping ~ is
1.., ,, dr
v. use ip,f.. wise
qtiVic4Afhislelling nors4m tday. , AViiyor
111
t- ;.{, . '''.'•. -.,- a ..,
clek C ''' ad thia.bean actingilinder-a . metweciston
of the Supreme Court, which in generaelerms was
said to be that a license ict.salliitrior 41),ea riot opv-,
eiltirtifhirlkermagif,rlitlireiiiiiiWithat .--
AellAhrisoton Asticle . r, is illegal, And that the
person doing so is-indictable for keeping a tippling
litintlo, - oillible 'td the - Penalty:6f sso' for se it
llig,'; pillar wl3hotitla I:tefinse3 :!..4611bp -,Sppreme
Court bait that iti fermir'slectsioti 'Wes mistinder
ertiortrhar-akravenr:ieopev-weih,s--.lmensw,aith. -
aells on Sunday:oannof'be iodieted for keeping a:
tippling.house;• is not liable to the- penalty of-$5O,
and thathe remedy is under the act of 1794, which.
impose*. a fine el $4 for carrying on worldly busi
ness on the tibbittli.
The counsel fey the defeodantA,argued, that the
evidence did not establish, any indictable offence:
that although theact of 1794 punished by a a fine
of $4, the following of worldly employment on
Sunday, yet it was not emapetant to take the prohi
bition from that act, and inflict the punishment con.
tained in a totally different act.; that where two acts
exist ,opon any one subject, they must both be ex•
ecuted .where they are not in conflict. The law im
pned a penalty for selling liquor without a license,
or oiler it had expired. and a person having a
fi
cerise could not be justly exposed to a penalty on
det this law, although he could be fined for a vio
lation► of the Sabbath. Several acts of Assembly
and cases decided, were cited, to show that where
one punishment is provided by law, no other pun
ishment can be inflicted, nor other proceedings
had.
The real question in the care, it was contended,
was—whare there are two existing watutes appli
cable to a diflerent stale of facia, as to the following
of a paritcular i business,can,ilie penally in one sta
tute be applied to the infringement of the other sta.
cute? The Act of 1794 fixes the infraction of the
Sunday law al 64, while the penalty under the Act
for gelling liquor•wi.thout license is $5O for the first
offence, and imprisonment for the second: It was
contended that each of these statutes must have an
application to the offence it was designed to cure,
and could not be made to bear alike on both of
fences, by municipal construction.
in this view of the case, the Supreme Court seem
to have coincided, and Judge Lewis, of er a short
consultation won his associates, said: I am in
strucied to say that it is the unanimous opinion of
the Court that an indictment will not lie against the
deft. for the offence charged. The remedy is an
der the act of 1794. The decision in Omit's case
has been misunderstood, and Judge Woodward
will write out the opinion of the Court, and explain
in that particular the c'ecision in that case has
been misapprehended. The deft. is thierelore die•
charged.
Alone Fm m:ram—Telegraphic reports in Wall
street, announce the failure of the Montour Iron
Works, and of John Tucker, Esq , the President of
the Reading Railroad Company.
The Montour Iron Company are large holders of
railroad bonds, for which they have sold iron rails,
at a great nominal profit, but the impossibility 01
converting bonds into money, even, at a great and
losing depreciation, has led to thit suspension of the
company, and as Mr. Tucker was a principal pro.
prietor, his private affairs are consequently com
promised.
Mr. Tucker has been well known as an even
sive stock operator both in the N. Y. and Philadel
phia sock market, and in this way, besides those
sustained by him by the failure of the Montour
Company, sufficiently account for his failure. He
had endorsed the acceptance of the last named
company to a large amount.
The Philadelphia Ledger also says,that Mr. Tuck
era friends have proffered him means to reinstate
him in credit, so that it is probable he may retain
the Presidency of the Reading Railroad. His
real property in iron works and coal land, is said
to be large. tie is a holder of unavailable seca
rilies, but he is, it appears, under heavy habili
ties on account of the Cataw•isea railroad and other
enterprises.
OPINION ar SUPREME COURT.—Hazen et al vs
The Commonwealth. Error to Allegheny coun
ty. Judgment affirmed. 1 his is the famous con
spiracy case for uniting and confederating to obtain
notes of a less denomination than five dollars from
agents of the Pennsylvania railroad company. The
plaintiffs in error, Hazen, Morris, Lawson and Davis
were indicted and tried before Judge Mttu re, and
having been found guilty, they were sentenced to
three months' imprisonment each, and a fine of
one hundred dollars. The law should be a punish
ment to evil doers ; and in this instance these spec
ulators have had but their deserts.
MCKIM'S IMPROVED CIDER Mt t.r..7—Ntre take plea
sure in calling the attention of our readers to the
advertisement of this celebrated and very useful
miff. This machine has already acquired a wide
reputation and is fast coming into general use. As
arranged for MI, many improvements have been
made, which experience suggested to the very in•
genious inventor, and it is not unequalled by any
similar piece of machinery for cheapness and dura
bility. It is an almost indispensable aitiele
farmers and any one who will see it in operation,
will become satisfied that it is all that it is repre
sented to he.
Messrs. Lamereaux, Hsll & nessell, are Agents
„for this County ; and will furnish all necessary in
formation in regard to this mill.
it it is rumored that dispatches from the Rus
sian Goternment arrived in the Pacific on Atkin
day, offering to sell to the United States the whole
of the Russian territory in North America, cotnpris
ing the western littoral of the continent from the
Arctic Ocean to Observatory !filet in 1at.55 and ex
tending inland ae far ae long. 63 deg.
Tux Fuarrac Si e ve Lit w.—Tbe Milwauk ee
Wisconsin says, tithe habeas corpus ase, decided
by the Supreme Court of the State co/Wisconsin, 'a
teas days,ago',is tiibei carried 4 . 19 the Supreme
Cciart - for the'Unitea States; when .ihe question as
to the - constlintiUnajity of the fugitive slave law will
be definitely settled. ''
ORPHAN'S ASTLOM Bvaecn.—The German Ca
tholic Orpbste Asylum, near Allegheny City, Pa )
was gestroyed by fire on, Wednesday morning.—
The about $2;000, on phial there is 0,000
insurance in the Harrisburg Mutual.
teeter trots* Goy. Bigler.
tly, Ah . follo• •. • otter from Goi!.....Bi ti tirr,o, l .
Ktss4 tl*Chf,,, .an of the &oten Co' .
i
. 1.. • -,..
i ton e e - wrOse
~, n that he is ready m et
0.,,• - .. , be i lfrin . people, and trlsc a piri
rux
..,„„,,,, i t i‘ , of the day, 1 ; ,1- 31
~:- 0. , ' -"; 1,01010 -4 ' e Citasissa, itgy,ff,:185.1..5,..t
I. ElniNnharit,
Dealt Stn—the manner of condocting the Go
•bernalptisieeneeas hark..l - pheirreloePoine. a sisp'
of 'newspaper 'diainviiion, and I have deemed it
proper, on that account, to place my views on the
subject in the possession of the State Cen:ral Com.
minim.. . . .
Von will remember that when traveling tne
dale, in IllgjiLdepfeiated the stumping system'
ea liable to - iiiatiifist - ind 'weighty objections That
- . embutgailanOteramkstatiaDol.nscesaityillartntrf
choice. The appolierila of. the Democratic party
hard earintrieneed rho Prirciire' end 'hen'
again in. 1851, and 'there-seemed in be no enema.
tistileft buLto rrieeyihenvitr,their own chosen way
A similar alternative may be again presented In
deed, t if the opposition p r es s to be regarded as
good autharityiludge Pillecli, one of the et oot 'pro.
mittent and talented of the opposition' candidates.
has already determined to canvass the State by
holding a series of public meetings.
The Committee will, therefore, regard the- De.
mociatte candidate as subject to the pleasure 01 his
triemla, as far as the performance of his (Metal du.
l'es may permit. I shall most cheerlinly meet and
address my fellow citizens, touching die present
aspect of political aflairs, at such times and places
in the State as may be deemed proper.
have no opinions to disguise on any subject to
be in the least affected by the election nl a Govern
or—am willing and anxious that each elector
should understand, as far as possible, the effect of
the vote which he is 'about to . cast. Besides, my
official acts are mailers of.public concern, and it,
passing npon their wisdom, justice and prEicy, the
people have a right to all the (acts and information
than can he thrown before them I shaft therefore.
Pistol prepared to account for my stewardship by
speaking to nor party friends in the usual way, nr,
if preferred, by meeting Judge Pollock before the
people, without distinction of party, and discus-nn;
political topics, past sold present, Stale anti Nation
al, great and small This lam_tvilling to do io he
extent of my spare time and limited abilities, and
during the continnence of my health, which, thank
God, is now excellent.
Very truly,
Your otit serv't.
«'M. BIGLER.
(tom The Wavhlngtnn Union of the 2tl, defends
the destruction of Gtey.own, and says : " When all
the circurnsiances are considered, we are unable in
see how the ends to be obtained could have beep
accomplished by lees harsh measures than those
adopted by Carain HOLLINS."
IMPEACHMENT OF JUSTICE GRIER —A Washing
ton correspondent of the New Yolk Tribune writeit
that a memorial containing serious and _rave char
ges against Justice Grier, of the Supreme Court of
the linited,S:ates, had been referred to the judicia
ry corn %Mee.
QfW'sr C. Toacr,w Only known as a writer an
der the cognomen of" John of York," and former
ly a resident of this place, died at Harrisburg, on
Tuesday last, of consumption.
Kr The Franklin Fire and Marine Insurance
Company of Saraiog,a, N. Y., has failed.
DEATMXTIvE FIXES IN TOF. ‘tionm.—The
Ro
cheater (N. Y ) American say+ t— We have come
recently trom• Putter county, Pa , and have pasqed
through a portion of Allegheny county, in this
State. The drought in that section is intense. No
rain has fallen for weeks. Streams are city, spr.rigs
are nez, and the fields are parched and sere Thou
sands and thousands of acres are on fire. and ;:eat
destruction of property is taking place. The inhab
itants are out fighting the Fite, which slowly and re
sistlessly is moving on to fur :ter ruin. and !tirp.o.
ening houses and burns It sweeps over meadows
with the speed of the wind, and it up the vege
tarion of the (mews. leaving the blackness of deso
lation in its path By day titi4e clouds of smoke
fill the sky, and at night, the heavens are ogle x
with the blize The highways of en pass between
the fires on either side, and travellers are exposed
ro frequent danger. Fires ako are raging in
McKean and Warren courvie;. Pa , in the exten
sive lumber distrinis of that wild region. We heaid
of single losses of several thousand dollars, in stand
ing timber, and of many small losses in the same
and in lumber, shingles, &c. it is tearful to see a
vast section of the Country Mai given Op to elestritC
'lion. One may ride for buy or fifty mites together
and never be out of sight of the fires that rage
every direction. A drenching rain will put an end
to the ravages of this element
THE CHOLERA AT NIAGARA SU.PESCION BRIDGC
We learn from the most reliable source that the
ravages of the cholera at the Suspension 13ridge,
on the Canada side. have been far worse .hat here
tefore represented Our informant vnuted the
scene yesterday. and found that almost eve l ry soul
capable at moving had deserted the vicinity, leav
ing the dead without banal ' .He discovered in one
shanty a woman so far gone as to he uriatile to
move, and a dead body—her child, seven years
old—lying in bed, by her side,in an ad - vaneed stage
at deromposition.
In another house he found two men, one dead
and the other dying, witham succour. The latter
died shortly alter. All three of these bodies he in.
'erred with the aid of a lad s employed at the tete.
graph of fi ce. In yet another share% he found three
unburied bodies, so much decayed that he could
not ven'ure to disturb them This morning he set
fire to the shanty and consumed the bodies
We learn, as a reliable fact. that several bodies
only partially consumed were Imilay being rooted
up and devoured by a parcel of hogs, which found
their way to the spot. We can rely fignly on these
horrible statements, whatever may be said to the
contrary —IV. V. frerphl. 29th.
THE CAFE Or MIAS DELTA WEBATEIC --We have
already noticed ibe discharge of MIAs Delia Web
ster, lately arrested at Madison, Indiana, at the in
stance of a man named Craig, who was the warden
of the Kentucky penitentiary while Ali~s NVebster
was confined ihere a few years ago, previous to her
pardon by Grix. Crittenden. Craig, it appears, en
deavored to revive against her the old indictment
on which she was originally convicted of aiding in
the escape of slaves This gave rise to much feel
ing, at Madison, and during the examination of
Mtn Webster an ahempt was made to assassinate
him. He was fired at receiving a ball in the back,
inflicting a very dangerous wound. A man named
Randall, formerly in the employ of Miss W., is un
der arrest, charged with the outrage.
ILLINOIS WNW* AND OAT CROPS..-A Her from
Northern Illinois, written last Sunday, says:
"The weather has been excessively hot rand
dry of late. Many people sutler great inconveni
ence from the went ot water. There has not been
rain enough to satura:e the ground, for a whole
year. Crops were never better bnt corn and pout
toes will stiffer if we do net have rain coon. Wheat
and oate'are so heavy, that a sufficient number of
laborr:s cannot. be 'rocured to harvest them in
season.
ESCAPE 1.11 , A aStISO
DI sending the " in
Mrs. Allison, in Ci
their lis , es, has not y
Cro'ml; lowa, on the
the - post.office, and p
whither he was pore
tor some cause, olio%
14 —Wm.1-1 Allison, accused
ernal machine" to . Mr. anti
Icinnati, .by. which they Jost
I been arrested.' He was at
It sth instant. look &letter from
oestederl to his father's house,
e 1 by several. eitizipne, who,
i him to et=c4e.
Mottstoamt is said to be making great progre. i
in Denmark, there are now Mormons an the smar I
eigiaTletp - kettle Isle of Amack, which isßiw a%
firitoOentiagen, almost all the woma n
hife adoptted the worship of the Mormon.. ET,
Wafted Jetjanders, recently converted to M0rr0,,,,.
isj are *pi to emigrate to the Mormon colony
irtthe UAW States. The great ecclesiast i c,,l e ,,,,,.
attopenhagen has received orders horn
the Government to make researches as to the 1) , ( .
pag,atton of Mormonism in Denmark.
Tee STEA3I%IIIP FanNatier.—lntellig.ence ho rn
its vessel in the 26th Institut; present her as un
changed in position Of cnntittion. About 7 500 pack.
ages have been landed and shipped to New York
leaving about GOO still in the vessel, which are
being got out as fast as possible.
DriKt-er Es PrITADIMITIines "RtitIVICI.
Sullain. July 29 —A dispatch has been received m
dux Ctiv from a reliable source, announcing 'tri
death. of ex-President Fillmnre's brothe r ci, a ,;,
who (died yesterday at St Paul, Mitineaota,auJder,-
ly;stprinscr.4l of cholera
FATE OF TUE HARDOI CMINTT karma
—Tb.
I.om.vdle Courier states that the-Grand Jury
Elardto coorify him indicted (nor of the notorio us
persons who composed the Ward jury on a charzl
of perjury. The names of only two could be a.,cfr
tamed, and these were ?Admire and Eidson.
THE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE AGE!
Planters. Farmers, Pamßies and others. can par.
chase no Remedy equal to Dn. TUNIA.S' V6IDlTii•
stv zsT, rot . Dysentery, Cholic, Croup, Cbro.o.lr
Rheu mat 'sett, Sore Throat, Tootbarhe,Sea
Cuts, Borns, Swellings, Bruises, Old Sores, Head
ache, Mosquito Biter, Pains in the Limbs, Cbeo,
Back, etc•
t dOes not give relief, the money will be refund.
ed—all that is asked, is a trial, and use it aecortlin 4
to direction<.
ft k an English remedy, and was used by William
the IV., late King of England, and certified to by
him, as a Nita for rheumatism, when every thin=
else had failed.
Dr. Tobias has put ups HORSE LIYIMIXT 10 p:w
bottles, which'is Warranted cheaper and better thin
any other for cholic, scratches, old sores, gal::
swellings, ruts, bruises, etc•
Over 10.000.000 books have been sold in the U.
ted States, without a single failure, and many bar.
stated they would not be without it it it was $lO p.•
bottle, in case of Croup, as it is as certain as it
applied.
.ft cures Cholera, when Grft taken, in a few hoar
Dysentery in halfan hour—toothache in five minute
It is perfectly innocent to take internally, and is r ,
"commended by the most eminent physicians in the
Untied States. Price 25 and 50 cents.
Dr. Tobias could fill a dozen newspapers with ce.
tificates and letters rclating to the wonderful cure,
accomplished by his Liniment, bat considers NVIV.
ranting it sufficient, as any person who does net ob.
rain relief need not pay for it.
Price 50 cents. Dr. Tobias' Office, 240 Greer.
with street, New York.
For sale at Dr. H. C. PORTER'S Drug Store, Tow
ands, Pa.
SHERIFF.- T, the voters of Brad(
County ; —Fellow
.Citizens-1 hrough h•
urgent soli ctiatiuna of :many friends, I hereby moo:
respectfully offer myself a. a candidate for the offlcs
of Sheriff, at the next e!ecti.sn :Ind earnestly solic •
your support. If.
,throuith your part iallify, I sh": 1: •
he elected, I pledge myself to promptly and faithfully
discharge the duties of the office.
IRA H. STEPHENS.
North Towan4a, June 23, t8:14.
MASO:Il; —The re.r:ollr . mnnthly Cu rr.
munications of UNION LODGE. No. 10S.
A . Y. M., are held Wednesday on or preceding the
full moon, at 3 o'clock, P. M., at Masonic Hall, in
the borough of Towanda.
The meetine fur September will occur on Wed
nesday, September 6. Vt,sttng brethren are tort:
ed to attend. W. H. PERKINs. secr,tary.
Ncto 2onatisrmcnts
Southern Military Academy Lotter) !
(AI Arnoßcir OF TOE STATO OF ALIO:MAO
Conducted on the Ilar,zna Pion
10,000 Numbers-238 Prizes!—all the
Prizes drawn at each Drawing.
CLASS D--TO BE DRAWN 19111
CAPITALS $7500
iOOO
301 , 0
15t,0
In all 238 prizes. amounting to ...$30. 00 1
Tirkets ss.—Halves and gm - triers in proportion.
Bills on all solvent banks taken at par.
All communications strictly confidential. ,
SAMUEL SWAN, Agent and Manager •
Simn of the Bronze Lions.
Mon.gomery, Ma. July 20, 1854.
LrsT OF' JURORS drawn for SeptermberTern,
1854.
onasniacaons.
Burling:ton—Enoch Blackwell.
Columnia—James Wilson, Peter McClelland.
Durel—Ulysses Moody.
Gil.e—lsaac Putuam.
Huck—George \V Elliott.
Mue—Zera Rockwell.
North Towanda—Means Watts.
Orwell—Jacob Chuhbock, Levi Fusible.
Pike—Chauncey Sey tnour , Samuel Buclr.
Ridoberry—P D Curd, Floyd Duty, John Slurtoo
Springfield—l. D Beardslee
South Creek—Peter Dean.
Troy tp—W S Dobbins, Alorzo Morse.
Ulster--H S Davt,leim.
Warren—W' p Chatt•e.
Wyalusme—John H Black.
Wysor—W W Goodrich.
Wilmot--Jeptha Rider.
TRAVERS": ICIIO7II -TIRST
Athens horo'—C N Shipman, Moses Sawyer.
tp.—Nathan Edminster.
Burlington—Emanuel (lover. H B Pratt.'
Canton—H N Webster, J A Rogers.
Columbia—Griffin Dailey.
Durell—Wm C..olliaugh 2d, Madison Decker.
Franklin—Wm Crayton, Francis Morse.
Litchfield—Milo Merrill, Elijah Wolcott.
Monroe—Hiram Sweet.
North Towanda—losevh C Powell.
•
Pike— Henry Pepper.
Rome—Oscar Elliott, T Lent, W Towner. D Miller
•
Bazaka I Gates,
Smithfield—S G French, John Bird, A ndrow Seward
M F Ransom.
Springfield—John Parsons.
Tusearora--Wyllis Ragess, Bela Cogswell
Towanda horn'—G 11 Drake.
dater—Ru. , el McKinney.
Windham—Julius Russell.
Wysor —Harry Strope, Alvin Nichols.
Warren—Wm C Bowen.
Wells—Lorenzo Grennell.
June, Wood, by her next friend William Frisbie, rc
George IFood. Lib"! snr Dirorre. In Bradprd
Corm Pleas. No 119. Feb T 1854.
rO GODRUE WOOD, defendant in the above
cause. You are hereby notified that your anfe
Jane Wood, !by her next friend Wm. Flishie,) ha'
filed her petition for A divorce from the bonds of
matrimony. And an alias subpoena ha% been re
turned and proof made that y i ou are not to be found
in said county. You are therefore herrhy required
to appear at the Court House in the Borough of
Towanda. Monday. the 4th day of Sept. next. being
the first day o( Sept., term of said court of common
pleas, tq answer the said complaint, and show cause
if any you have, why said lane shall not be divorc
ed from yea. C, THOMAS. Sherif.
Sheriff's office. Towanda. Aust. 3, 1634.
.11F-4 EC. PM 71 4
ABOUT the lest of Jana. a pocket MEMORAN
DUM„ with blue black tuck cover, the tuck
broken and nearly worn out. Whoever will return
the same.to the undersigned, at Towanda, shill be
liberally rewarded. S. . SHIPM AN.
Towanda, July 20, 1851.