poor families whom she had been wont to relieve :
and I was rising to depart when she laid her burn
ing hand gently upon mute, and besought me lo
remain a few moments longer. "It is a strange
fancy,' said she, " but I wish to give a lew direc
tions respecting my funeral Let no parade or show
attend it. Let your .-tsler, with five other of my
most intimate acquaintances—and here she named
them—carry me to the grave ; and let m> monu
ment be etected over ine. I shoult like that a few
flowers. only, were plauteJ. The Scotch Rose was
ever a favoitte with me, in life ; and 1 Uiicy that,
even in death, 1 would have it blow near me.—
You will call me asilly girl for all this." added she
smiling like a cherub, " but you will indulge my
whim." Of course, I promised all thai she ie i
quired. "Goodnight Rost!" said I; "you shall 1
see me again on the morrow." "Good night!' j
replied she; " but to that morrow, no night will
succeed."
" Except the last words uttered by Rise, as I
was closing the door, I could not tax rny memory i
with anything pecultaily solemn in our parting; j
yet something whispered that we should meet no J
more Neither was the reverse desirable that we j
should. Of her recovery, all hope had long been '
laid aside; and however free trom pain consump
tive patients may be, in the early of the ilis- j
ease, towards the last, their sufferings are actually
acute. Such hail been the case wi h Rose. At i
first, her decline was smooth and gradual—her file '
appeared to steal away like Ihe sands through art
hour glass, or the waters ola quiet river; but, of
late she had experienced the pains of dy ing, in no
ordinary degree: the kindest wi-h. of those who
loved her, accordingly, was, that her miseries
might soon terminate. Nor were they of long con- ,
tinuance. The sound of the passing bell, at an
early hour next morning, gave notice that some
spirit bad returned to Him who give it; and, upon
inquiry, it appeared thai Rose had fallen asleep !
She died—no one could tell when; for the nurse
who sat beside tier, heard neither groan nor sting
gie; nor was it till alter several moments spent in
examining her countenance, that the iemale coulJ
satisfy herself that she was no more.
There are lew scenes more innocently orchastely
affecting, than the funeral of a young female, in
that part of the county where Rose Wilmnt lived
and died. The shell, instead of being muffled up!
in a pall, is covered with a damask cloth, white as
the skill of the bleacher can make it; and is borne ■
upon the shoulders of six young men, each wear
ing a white silk scarf over his shoulder, a white silk
band about his hat, and a knot ol while ribbon on
his left breast. By the side of the coffin, arid ar
rayed in white, walk the six chief mourners, dam
uels, of the same age, or nearly Hie same age, with
ihe deceased, whilst the rest follow, two Ivy two.
either dressed in robes of the same v irgin hue, or
wearing white scarfs over their more sable habili
tnents. Then come the children of the school pro
vided, as was the case with Rose, the deceased
had been a person ol some consequence, followed
by her poor neighbors carrying each a bunch of
flowers, or a branch ot yew or rosemary, to scattpr
over her coffin, as soon as it is lowered into the
earth. Besides all which, there is in the funeral
service itself, something affecting beyond all the
formularies that have ever been compiled ; especia
lly, when both he who reads, and they who listen
to it, are convinced that the being, over whose
mortal remains it is pronounced, was not uuworthy
ol it. Poor Rose ! all these honors, both ol thought
and deed, attended her to the grave; nor was there
a dry eye in the church yard, during the progress ol
Ihe melancholy ceremony.
Our tale is told : except, indeed it be deemed
proper to relate, how this fearful blow operated
upon Captain Wilmot. He never recovered it; he
pined and wasted, like a tree whose bark is ship
ped ; and, in six months, was laid beside his daugh
ter. Honest Bligh alone survives; and now keeps
a respectable public house, in a maiket town not
far removed from the Toll.
Congratulatory Visit to Judge Pollock.
On Wednesday evening after the election a large
number of the citizens of Lycoming county, accom
panied by the Muncy Biaas Band, visited Milton
for the purpose of congratulating Judge Pollock
upon the result of the election. Qsre a large con
course ot the people of Milton turned out and greet
ed the visitors with an enthusiastic welcome. At
eight o'clock, ihe dense crowd proceeJed in pro
cession to the residence ol the Governor, elect, who
promptly appeared in response to the calls of his
fellow citizens, and delivered a chaste and appro
priate address. We quote from the Luminary, as
lollows:
" The appearance of Judge Pollock was greeted
by three spontaneous, heatiy cheers, by the crowd
assembled in the street, and all appeared eager to
grasp the hand of one who had so nobly borne the
people's standard through the late political contest.
Although the address was altogether impromptu,
and unexpectedly called forth, yet the Luminary
says it had never listened to one of a similar nature
breathing more lofty and patriotic sentiments, or
more generous and noble reference to the victory
achieved, and the opposition vanquished.
lie said he congratulated those who now appear
ed before him, and the people ol Pennsylvania,
upon the result achieved by them, ihe people.—
We have just come out of a civil contest, peculiar
in in prosecution and its result, to our laud and
glorious institutions. The people of Pennsylvania,
exercising the right to decide upon great and mo
mentous principles involved in the late election,
had given an expression ol their sentiments through
the " ballot box," and a majority had declared
himself to be their choice, it was not the man
whom the people chose or rejected, but the princi
ples which he advocated and sustained. He wish
ed it to be remembered, that, although he was now,
and had been, identified with the Whig party, yet
he did not claim his election a a Whig victory, nor
did his frienJs deem it such, but that it was em
phatically a victory of the people over the advo
cates ol principles which they could not sanction
or support. To all alike Whigs and Democrats,
the victory was to be ascribed as the result of their
owe. hands. He said he had been charged with
being prescriptive in his religious opinions. So far
from being so, he acknowledged no right in one
man to dictate another what should not be his
belief or mode of worship. Holding religion as a
sacred thing, and claiming the privilege ol worship
ping God according to the dictates of his own con
ssience, he granted the same right to every living
being. Believing the Constitution of our country
eofiicenl to guard and protect the rights and privil
eges ot all, he desired that all might receive the
benefits ol its wise provisions as a common blessing
He paid an eloquent tribute to the intelligence ami
patriotism of the people in their repudiation of the
iniquitious Nebraska bill, and the attempt to per
petuate the curse of slavery in our land, by Con
gressional legislation, and said that freemen every
where revolted at the idea of extending and perpet
uating oppression, and that in the trial hour, the
people, true lo their own instincts and the lessons
taught by their fathers, would be found on the side
of liberty. In conclusion, he thanked the people of
Lycoming county for the renewed expression of
their regard, attested by a majority in his favor in
the strong hold of the opposition, and the presence
of the delegation before him. Alter the address,
the company partook of refreshments, prepared in
strict accordance with the principles of " Prohibi
tion," and at about 9 o'clock left for home, highly
pleased with the ceremonies ol the occasion."
A 810 REWARD FOR THE ARREST OF MURDERERS.
—The. Buenos Ayres British Packet, ot the Ist
September, just received by mail, contains an ad
vertisement, from the British Consulate-General at
that place, offering a reward of twenty thousand
dollars lor the murderers of Patrick Nolan and Mi
chael McManus. These murders were committed
in the district ol Lobos.
PROSECUTED FOR LIBEL. —Hon. James M. Poller
has commenced a libel suit against M. F. Stilwell,
of the Northampton Farmer, for publishing libelous
articles in that paper. The prosecution is a crimi
nal one and the defendant was held to bail in the
sum of 3500.
Horrible Case of Infanticide.
We yeaieiday slated that twochildreu had been
murdered under circumstances o! peculiar atroci
ty, and thai the mother had been arrested upon the
charge of being instrumental in their destruction :
but we were unable at that time to furnish the par
ticulars ol the horrible affair. VVe liarrs since been
enabled to procure a full statement, and the fafct:-
elicted prove ilrat the reality is even worse than
was rumored.
It seems that the mother cf the slaughtered chil
dren, whose name is Pamela Snjiler. has lived for
a number ot J ears in lire neighborhood o( Rising
Sun Village. in die Twenty-third waul She was
in die hutul ol performing dome-tic labors for faini
lies in the victory and lor a iiumlrer ot years has
teen known by the neighbors to lead a very disso
lute life. She was known to ha7e given birth to
sever.d children, but tliey generally disappeared
mvsierionsly. and rnrnois weie rife thai tliey haJ
been (oully dealt wi 11.
Within a few days Mayor Conrad received by
letier an iutim/oioii of the manner in which die
woman has made way vvi'h lor offspring, and he
iinmediaiely dispa'ched H'gh Constable Cla>k and
special officer Seed to leirei oui die facts, and it die
circumstances would wairaiii it, to take the female
into custody The woman was accordingly arrest
ed on Sunday Ja-t, and she voluntarily conf ssed
to lli officers thai sf e had. al different times wiili
111 the pafi six years, had given birth to six children,
had either died about die nine ol their birth, or had
been murdered by dieir mo her.
These children, which were all ol course illegi
lunate, were die result of intercourse with different
men, and to make (he affair still rn >re shocking,
die uncle of die unseiable woman, a man earned
W. Snyder, is ch-nged with the paierni'y ol Iwo of
them Snyder is now in prison, having been ar
rested yesterday. He is a married man. He is
also accused of having been accessory HI the mur
der of some of the children
Pamela after her airest, made a full confession
of her ciirnes. The first child to which she gave
huh w&s born in die entry of her uncle's house.—
The Mo her had die smallpox at die time, and ihe
child look it aad died soon after.
The second child was strangled by its mother
alter its biith and was brown by her into die cess
pool, from whence it was afterwards taken by the
uncle, placed in a box, and buried in the yard a>
tached to the hou-e
The third child was born in an open field, and
was, the miserable mother says, stillborn.
The fourih was born alive, and 'was choked by
die parent, and disposed of in the same manner as
die second
Of the fifh child we have no inlornria'ion; and
the sixth, which was born five or six days siifcp,
the mother says was stillborn
On Sunday af ernoon die wretched woman had
an interview with the Mayor, and was commuted
by him to prison to awaii a further examination.
There was lo have been a hearing in this tum
ble ease yesterday ahernoon. but the condition ol
rnurdress was such that she could not be brought
up from prison She lies very low Irom the corn
biued effects of her late acconchment, her afiei
neglect and exposure, and her more recent excite
ment.
The miserable woman is but twenty two or
twenty-three years of age, and is said to be quite
prepossessing in her appearance. Wben arrested
she was employ ed at die house of Mr. Titos. Rice,
wheie she has been engaged for the past year
Kff'orts nre now being made by the authorities to
find the remains el some of the innocent victims to
die cruel y ol their unriaiuial patent.— Philadelphia
Bulletin.
The Rock Island Railroad Accident.
The public were stariied yesterday morning by
intelligence of an accident to the passenger train on
the Rock leland Railroad, which left this city at
11 o'clock on Wednesday night. The first accounts
were gtea'ly exageraled, as is to queritly the case,
i but ihe actual facts are sufficiency paintul The
lollowing account is made out tro:n the statements
| of those who were on the spot, and may be relied
upon as corieci:—
Al three o'clock yesterday afternoon, two chil
| dren had died, and two or three persons would not
j probably recover. The remainder of those who
were scalded were being made as comfortable as
| poss t ie, and but few ut diem will be laid up more
dian two or three days.
The train consisied ol seven passenger coaches
i wi ha baggage car, under the cnarge of Mr. Van
| Bu-knk, conductor. At a hide past 1 o'clock,
: when lour rndes west of Minooka, the train run
ning at its average usual speed, about twenty miles
; an hour, the lorward axle ol die locomotive truck
broke and the wheel llew off This wa distinctly
| seen by both engineer and fireman. The engineer
j immediately attempted to teverse, and wlfis le for
j die btakes, but was unable to do to bet ore the tiuck
had settled down, ami die locomo ive was theieby
I thrown from the track After noticing the Hying
i wheel, he saw ahorse upon or near the track,
j which was found killed on the spot. He is confi
i dent, however, that the axle broke before the train
I reached the horse, ami that the animal had no con
iiection with the train being thrown oil the track.—
I'he appearance of the horse also corroborates the
engineer's statement, as he is not mangled, as he
would have been had he been the occasion of the
accident. This section of the railroad is scarcely
fenced, but there is a road dossing just at the point
where the cars lie, by which it is probable the
horse came in ihe way. The engineer, Wm. G
Brown, escaped with a lew slight biuises. but his
bro her, Ihe fireman, had one leg broken below the
knee.
As the forward end of the locornoiive came to the
ground, the force of the train pushed the back end
around, throwing the engine off the track, leaving
it right side up and near ihe rail, standing with the
head toward die trail ol the train. The connection
between the engine and the tender broke, and the
latter, wi h the baggage car. ran off on the opposite
side. The first passenger car was driven on past
the locomotive, and fortunately no one in it was
injured. It would seem from their relative position
ihai.il must have passed over the engine Ihe sec
ond pvengercai mounted on the lop of the loco
' motive, where it stopped, and settling down upon
it, the dome broke through the lloor, and the valve
being opened or broken the steam rushed in to ihe
car. enveloping the unfoilunate occupants. The
car contained about fify persons. The following
are the only names with which we are furnished :
Mr. Carpenter, badly scalded, Puugtikeepfie, N.
York.
J. VV. Albin, badly scalded, Mungei Co , Ohio.
Sarah Albin, badly scalded, Munger Co, Ohio.
Hannah Albin, badly seal led. Munger Co . Oiiio
Albin. badly scalded, Munger Co., Ohio.
Mrs Cox. Washington county, lowa, serious y
injured
Cathrine Laughltn, Washington county, lowa,
injured
Margaret Laughlin. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
seriously injured.
The three rear passenger cars were neither
thrown off nor broken, and no passengers were in
jured, except in the second car.— Chicago Free
Press, Nov. 3.
THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA.— By the last advices
from China we have the tact that the city ofCanton
was besieged by the insurgent*. These were so
increased in numbers, and their attacks were con
ducted with such violence that the town was only
saved by the walls The rebels being destitute of
artillery for breaching purposes also acted favorably
for Ihe imperial party. They were, however cast
ing cannon. Their number is stated at 30,000
The Governor General had withdrawn all his troops
into the city, but made occassional sallies, and also
fired upon the besiegers with heavy cannon Irom
the city walls. On the 3d of August the rebels
made an ineffectual attempt to take the place by
storm, but were repulsed with much loss. Orders
had been given to clear away all the houses near
the walls which could give shelter to the besieging
party. Many barbarities were committed constan
tly in the vicinity of the city, but whether by the
rebels or imperialists was not known.
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
Towanda, {Saturday, November 11,1854.
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The Elections.
Five States held their annual elections on Tues
day last, viz:—New Yotk, New Jersey, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Illinois.
New Yoik and Michigan are the only two in
which a Governor and State officers were voted for
but all elect Representatives in Congress and State
Legislatures. The members of Congress to be el
ected number fifty four, which, added to those al
ready chosen, will make one hundred and foiiy
members elecied to the Thirty-fourth Congress, or
neatly two-thirds of the whole number which com
pose die UiiiieJ Slate* House of Representatives
Ninety four members remain to be elected, and ol
those twenty are in free States, and seventy four
are to be chosen in the South. When the result ol
the elections of Tuesday shall be truly known, we
Will be able to arrive at a pretly acurate conclusion
ill regaid to the political complexion of the next
Congress
NEW YOKE —ln this State, the election wasmore
complicated than in any oiher. The chief issue
upon Governor, turned upon Gov. Seymour's Veto
of the Liquor Law of last winter. O.her Stale olfi
ceis, and Membeia of Congress were also voted
lor.
ILLINOIS. —The election in Illinois was for mem
bers ol Congress, State Legislature, and county and
charter officers. The canvass for members of the
Legislaiute, as well as that lor Representatives in
Congress, has been carried on with more than usual
animation, partly because on the former will de
volve the duty of electing aU. S Senator in the
place of Hon James Shields, whose term expires
with the present Congress, but more particularly
on account ol the new issue which the Nebraska
Territorial organization has presented; and as thai
has been made the test question in Illinois, the
candidates may be said to be placed upon Nebras
ka and anti-Nebraska platforms, the democrats oc
cupying (he former, and a fusion of whigs and free
sutlers standing upon the latter.
MICHIGAN —A full Siate ticket, four members of
Congress, and the Slate Legislature, were elected
in Michigan. The contest for Siale officers was
between (he democrats and Iree soilers, the latter
having so completely swallowed up the whigs.
WISCONSIN —A delegation in Congress, and
membeis to the Legislature were to be chosen.—
The whigs in this State, too, have melted, and run
into the republican, (so called.) or free soil party,
between whom and the democrats the canvass has
been carried on in a very spirited manner, partic
ularly as the Legislature now to be chosen will be
called upon to elect a U. S Senator in place of
Isaac P. Walker, whose term expires with the
present Congress.
NEW JERSEY —The election in New Jersey was
for members ol Congress and Stale Legislature.—
The Nebraska question alone seems to have ani
mated the Congiessional canvass, and the candi
da es have been nominated solely upon that issue,
although retaining, as far as possible the old party
names.
THE RESULT.— We have waited until the last mo
ment, in order to present our readers with the resulj
of the late elections. The returns are very rrea
gre, yet enough to indicate general results.
In New York, SEYMOUR is probably re-elected
Governor. ULLMAN stands next, and then CLARK.
while RRONSON'S vote is very light. Nothing defi
nate is yet ascertained in regard to Members ol
Congress and of the Legislature.
lit New Jersey Ihe Whigs have carried the Legis
lature, and the Members of Congress elected, are
all anti Nebraska.
In Michigan, ihe telegraph reports the election
of the Republican Stale and Congressional Tickets,
by an overwhelming majority.
In Illinois, WOODWAHTH (Republican) is elected
in the Chicago (Douglas') district, and the returns
indicate the triumph of the Ripublicans.
In Wisconsin, the same gratifying results .are in
dicated. Ihe lour last mentioned States will un
doubtedly present an united delegation of Congress
men opposed to the Repeal of the Missouri Com
piomise.
SHOCKING ACCIDENTAL DEATH.— An infant child
of Mr A J. TROUT, of this place, lately of Lapnrte,
Sullivan county, fays the Lycoming Gazette, ac
cidentally ltd! into the lire plaee and was burned
to death on Sunday morning last, at the residence
of Mr. J. W Barrett. The child was about seven
months old, and had been left in his cradle in Ihe
chamber, while the family were at breakfast. The
cradle stood in front of the fire-place and it is sup
posed that the child in reaching lor his playthings
upset it and was thrown into the fire. His head
lay between the hand irons, when discovered,
burned to a crisp, and life was extinct. The
wretched father, overcome by the terrible sight, fell
back upon the floor unable to snatch from the fire
the mutilated remains. The mother's agony was
too great for tears. The transition Irom joy to
sorrow was too sudden for any but the most over
masteiing grief. Such an occurrence appals every
heart, and calls forth the deepest human sympathy
We trust that lime may alleviate the sorrow of the
stricken parents.
BENTON'S THIRTY YEARS IN THE SENATE— When
the publisher ot this work began the enterprize they
only intended to strike off 10,000 copies. Beiore
April they had orders for 100,000 copies, and the
amount ot sales already made for Ihe first and
second volumes have realized $500,000.
FIRE. —The store of Mr. Thomas Casedy, near
Wilkesbarie, was entirely destroyed by fire on the
n.ght ol the 25th olt. All hie books and papers
were consumed. Par'.') ineured.
Thanksgiving Proclamation,
PENNSYLVANIA, 88.
In the Name and by the Authority of the Cotton
!■ —-— . wealth iif Pennsylvania.
l. 8. J VVM. BIGLER,
—' GOVERNOR OF HID COMMONWEALTH.
A Proclamation.
FELLOW CITIZENS:—A sincere belie! in the ex
istence o! a God, and a just conception of His at
tributes lie at the Inundation of true religion and
civilized society. The Iree declaration of litis be
lief becomes a christian people.
This Almigh'y arid Beneficent G >d has greatly
blessed the Common wealth and her inhabitants
during the year that has just closed
An humble acknowledgment ol His goodness and
mercy, and ail open manifestation of gratitnde to
Him, is an act ol homage eminently becoming a
people so highly iavored.
Tlte blessing of peace He has bestowed upon us.
Out relations wjih all other States are most amica
ble, and the tumult of internal strife has not been
heard in our midst. All the great interests of the
people have been eminent prosperous, except only
the agricultural, which, in parts of the State has suf
fered from the drought.
With the exception of a lew communities which
claim our sympathies, the blessings ol health have
prevailed. Our institutions of government have
been perpetuated, and civil and religious liberty
enjoyed by the people. Tlte cause ol Education
anil Christianity has been aJvauced—thu arts and
sciences have progressed, and the moral and phys
ical condition of the country improved.
The devastations of war which are now so sorely
afflicting the people of Europe—the desolations of
famine and the ravages of pestilence, have not
been permitted to invade our favored Common-
wealth.
There manifold blesssin™ are the gift o( God, and
to Him our most devout thanks should be offered.
Under the solemn convictions ol du'y therefore,
and in conformity with the wishes ol many good
citizens. I, William Bigler, Governor ol the Com
monwealth ol Pennsylvania, do hereby appoint
Thursday, the 23d day of November next, as a day
of general thanksgiving and praise throughout die
State, and earnestly implore the people, that, set
ting aside all wordly pursuits on that day, they
unite in offering thanks to Almighty God for his
past goodness and mercy, and beseech Him for a
continuance of Ins blessings.
Given under my hand, and the Great Seal of the
Sute, at Harrisbung, this twenty-eighth day of
October, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-lour, and of the Common
wealth ihe seventy-ninth.
Bv THE GOVERNOR : C. A. BLACK.
Secretary of (he Commonwealth.
Oclober 28th, 1854.
News Items.
—The loss stated to have been sustained by the
fire at Cleveland, was greatly exaggerated, as the
latest accounts from that city say it will not exceed
$250,000.
A young married woman at Cincinnati,recent
ly inflicted a cowhiding upon a "nice young man"
who had been blasting of certain tender favors be
stowed upon him by the lady.
—Col- John Allen, of Louisville, of fillibustero
fame, is sad to be en route for Russia, to offer his
services to the Czar.
—The Hon. James Cooper will be a candidate for
re-election to the U. S. Senate.
—The total number of Russians and Allies kill
ed and wounded at the battle of the Alma is set
down at 9,660.
—President Pierce has been in ill health for some
time, but the Union says is now considerably tin*
proved.'
—ln the case of Cyrus H. McCormick vs. Sey
mour &. Morgan, for the infringement of McCo--
rnick's patent for a reaping machine, in the West
ern Circuit Court, N. Y., the jury found a verdict
for Ihe plaintiff of $7750.
—There will be three brothers, the Messrs. Wash
burn, in the next Congress. The only previous oc
currence of such an incident, was in the Congress
of 1836-7. The brothers the.i were William and
John Findlay, Senator and Representative from
Pennsylvania, and James Findlay, Representative
from Ohio.
—A newly-married conple from Pennsylvania,
lately stopped in the village of Havana; the bride
was a young lady of 17 years, and weighed 430 lbs.
The Journal thinks if a husband can be satisfied
with a wife, this oue has enough.
The steamboat St. Nicholas struck a log in the
Ohio river, near Cairo, on the 30th ult., and was
sunk. The boat is a total loss.
The Know Nothings of Brookville, Indiana, have
held a meeting, in which they nominated J. Scott
Harrison, of Ohio, for the next President, and ex-
Governor Wm. F. Johnston, of Pennsylvania, for
Vice President.
—The Baltimore Argus, of Saturday, contains an
account of three Catholic priests being stoned by a
mob of boys, in open daylight in the streets of Bal
timore, without the slightest provocation I
—A famine unparalleled in the history of the
country, is said to be prevailing in the land of Ju
dea.
—ln the city of San Fisncisco, of which so many
hard things have been said, "here are twenty church
congregations, containing nine thousand members.
As religion is attended to, vice gradually diminish
es in the golden city.
Ihe owners of the Collins line of steamers
have decided to furnish each of the ships with five
additional life-boats, so as to provide for 400 per
sons, with water and provisions for several days in
ordinary weather at sea.
—A correspondent of the Newburyport Herald,
writing from the Alpine House, White Mountain,
stales that he was on Mount Moriah last week, and
found plenty of snow upon the summit. The snow
is three feet deep upon the top of Mount Washine
ton. 5
—At latest accounts the cholera was raging ter
ribly at Messina, Italy. 16,000 having died in a
time, out of a population of 40,000.
THE MURDER IN TOPS HAM, ME.—The Bath Mirror
contains the lollowing particulars of the mutder of
Mrs. Cripps, by her drunken husband It appears
that Cripps was moving from his late residence, on
the road leading from Bay Bridge to Topsham vil
lage, to Cathance Mills. He had loaded his furni
ture, and started the wagon off in charge of his
boys. They drove to his new resilience, and, some
time afierwards, he arrived there himself, and di
rected his bojs to return with the waggon for
their mother, which they did, but found her dead
upon Ihe floor. Cripps afterwards came back, and
took the body into the wagon, and while on the
way slopped at a brook and washed the blood
from the body. The appearance of the house indi
cated there had been a struggle between the brutal
husband and wife. Blood was found in various
places, and spattered upon the walls and windows.
In the room where the body was found by the
children, was a piece ol spruce, about a foot and a
half in length, and two iuches in diameter, which
was stained with blood and had locks of hair stick
ing to it. There wete also two pieces of board,
stained with blood, having 'he appearance of
having been used in the assault. There was also a
piece of a sleigh shoe in the room, but from the
appearance of the wounds, there was nothing to
lead to the supposition tbat the iron had been used
The head was pounded to a jelly, and the general
appearance of the body was revolting to look upon.
Cripps had four children, three boys and one irl
He is about forty-two years ol age. °
• AL J ADAMANTINE.—What a place for " Adaman,
fines" Vermont raa-l be, for a live toad in a torpid
•late was recently dug out of" hard pan" at Rut
land, Vt., some 15 feet below the surface, whe he
| must have repotted tor centuries.
MR. EDITOR :—The following Essay, was read
by GEO. MORGAN, of Wysox, before the Teacher's
attending the Normal School Department, of the
Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, upon
School Government.
Both reason and experience, indicate that the
teacher of every school must be clothed with some
authority, and that he also must be able to enforce
his authority It seems to be the natural disposition
of youth, to indulge m conduct while in school, that
will not only rentier no assistance ir. securing the
objects that should be hail in view ; but will, on the
contrary, materially retaid their progress. This
renders it absolutely necessary that there be author,
ity vested in the person having the charge of chil
dren, that shall enable Inrn to pieserve ordv't—oth
erwise, the objec's ol the school would be defeat
ed —for. in the school, as well as in the family, ii
a child is " trained up in the way he should go,
when he is old he will not depart frotn it."'
Several qualifications are requisite for a success
ful teacher, besides what aie obiairieJ Irom books
lie shonlJ be a person of good mora! character,
who is governed in all he does by correct princi
ples; and does right because rt is right, anJ not
merely because he hopes to become popular, and
woulJ just as soon do wrong, if he could attiin his
! desired object as readily, by wrong doing He
must also be a person of sound judgment, clear
discrimination, prompt to approve and encourage
the right, and equally prompt to discountenance
arid frown upon whatever is wrong; he shonlJ be
discreet, patient, and above all, strictly impartial.
As the school room is the place where the moral,
as well as the mental faculties are developed, and
matured ; where the foundation ol the lutuie char
acter is laid —it is of the utmost importance that he
who is to be a constant example for pupils to copy
| after, be an example worthy of imitation. Here is
laid llie foundation for the hopes and prospects of;
(lie pupil. 'Tis here that habits ate formed, and j
fixed so firmly, that in after life they are seldom !
changed. Hence, the importance of order in the J
school room j for without order, no scholar can pro
gress in his studies, and without order and system, i
no man can succeed in lite. Hence, to the neces
sity lor fiim principles, unyielding determination
to do right, and have right done by others, in the
teacher.
As the stream partakes of the nature of the soil
through which it runs, so will the character, the
habits, the modes of thought, and even the dtspo- j
sition of the pupils, be modified by the teacher.—
Government, discipline, rules, and a penal y an
nexed to the violation ol rules, are as necessary in j
a school, as in the State, or the family. Tiiis is!
taught by common sense, andconfiimed by e.xpe- j
rience. The sooner it is known to the scholars j
when assembled, that there are to be some .saluta j
ry regulations adopted for their good, and that those '
regulations are to be the laws ol the school—also
that a willful violation of those laws will be follow
ed by deserved punishment—the sooner these facts
■ are known to the pupils, the better w ill the teacher
succeed in governing the school. These rules
should be but lew, and so plain that all can under
stand them ; and so addressed to the good sense ol
all, that each will readily assent to their propriety
and reasonableness. When these lew, simple rules
are understood, their violation should never pass
unnoticed. The largest, as well as the smallest,
should be made to obey them. The habit of some
teachers, of allowing the older members of the
school to act about as they please, while the young
er children are called to a strict account for every
violation of the same rules that are dis-egarded
daily and hourly by their larger school fellows, is
both impolitic and unjust. The method oi enforc
j ing rules must be lelt lor the good sen*e and judg
j meat of each individual teacher. It should be
done, however, with " suavilcr in mundo, foila
ter in rc. : ' That is, with firmness in action, and
gentleness in manners. He should strive to have
entire control ol himself, so that no weak desire to
please at the expense ol right and duty ; no coax
ing or flattery on the part ol the scholars, or threat
ening on the part of parents or guardians, should be
able to drive htm from the path which prudence
and judgment have marked out as the path of du
ty. Let the pupils know that all known rules must
be complied with, by all—that order must and will
be maintained—that the willful violation of any
necessary rule, will always be followed by some
proper punishment—and the work ot governing a
school, is more than half accomplished. This
should be done with mildness that shall convince
all, that.the good of the members of the school, is
the only design of the regulations by which the
school is governed.
| TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON THE PENNSYLVANIA RAIL
ROAD —The Rlairsville Apalacliian gives the fol
lowing account of a terrible accident, resulting in
Hie death ol three persons, which occurred on
Pennsylvania Railroad, at the junction of the Por
•age Load, near Johnstown, last Friday morn
ing :
" A freight train was going East, followed by a
locomotive and another freight train. The switch
at the junction was turned wrong, and the forward
train ran up the Portage track. The engine was re
versed to regain the proper tack, and whilst back
ing across the switch, the second engine came up
an ran into the train, smashing several of the cars,
and driving a brakesman, Henry .Mills, of Cenlre
ville Indiana through the end of one of them ol
course killing him instantly. Another brakesman,
named Hendricks was also so badly injured that he
has since died. The fireman of Ihe second engine,
named Evans, was caught between the locomotive
and tender, and the engineer, named Doty, had
just gone to his assistance when the rear train came
up, and drove into the former wreck, bursting the
boiler of the second engine, by which the boiling
water and steam was thrown upon the liremaiL
scalding him so severely that he died shortly after
wards. Doty was also badly scalded, but we
believe not dangerously."
I be Central Railroad Company have been rather
unfortunate during the past few weeks, as the above
makes the third serious accident which has occur
red in a very short time. We understand a
number of the employees concerned in these sever
al accidents have been discharged on acco n nt ol
their carelessness.
• H i E ?* EXT Efi,B, ' AT oE. —The poliiical complex
ion ol ihe next legislative we do nol think can be
11 eiermined until alier the members assemble at
Harrisburg. There appears to be an opposiiinn
majority in ihe hou-e and on j >int bull.it; bui
whether it will be a reliable majority ori all tiues
iSi rema " l3 10 - be ascerla, ned .—Uarrbburg
THE FOLT.OWING pertinent puestion was recently
addressed to a lawyer in a country village: If
distance lends enchantment to the view, and view
redress ''' Ca " dislance recover any legal
0 Say ' John ' where you gel that loaf
er s ii3l *
" Please your honor,-' said John, it's an old one
01 yours, that gave rne yesterday w'ter vo
i wete to town. 53 '
Married,
On Jhe 12ih ulf, in Tuscarora, by Wm. Thompson,
|f., ESQ., T HERON CARTER to Mis HIMSIII Hor-'
aixs, all of Auburn, Susquehanna Co.
By the same, Envnn DOOLITTLE to Miss R.E.
GHECOKT, all of Braintrim, Wyoming Co.
In|BmiihfioM, on the 28ih ult., by Wm. E. Barton,
Esq., A BEAM LUCKET to Miss MA** BRISJIIX, all
of Towanda borough.
On the Ist instant, at Sylvania borough, by Rev W
H. ttnapp, A. H. Casit, EsqiTbf Alba, to Miss H.
AUGUSTA KIFF, of the former place.
Died,
At Williams-port, on Sunday morning, 6th inatant,
J. BLAIR lass, son of A. J. and E. J. Trout,aged
7 months and 11 days.
flgV r y - * MASONIC.—The regular monthly Com.
munications of UNION BODGE. No. 108,
A. Y.M., are held Wednesday otf or preceding the
full moon, at 3 o'clock, P. M'., at Masonic Hall, in
the borough of Towandr.
The meeting for November will occur on Wed
nesday, November 29. Visiting brethren are invit
ed to attend. W. H. PERKINS, Secretary.
Xcni 3lboerttsemcnts.
WANTED.
\ FEW COMPETENT TEACHERS to teach
I~\- the common schools in this District during the
ensuing winter, to whom liberal prices will be paid.
By order of the Board of Director*,
J. W.IRVINE, Secretary.
Monroe, November 7, 1851.
Orphan's Court Sale.
BY virtue of an order of the Orphan's Court of
Bradford county, will be exposed to public sale
or vendue, on Saturday, the 2d day ol December
next, at 1 o'clock, P.M., at the store of B. I.aporte
<St Co., in Durel township, county aforesaid, the fol
lowing real estate, to wit: A certain tract of land
situaie in Wilmot township in said county, adjoin
ing lands of Terry and Dull on the north and east
Haggerty and Hiilhouse on the south, and John
Mills and Abram Wilson on the west. Containing
about two hundred and thirty acres. For conveni
ence of purchasers said tract has been sub utvided
into four lots, which will be sold together or sepa
rately. Lots No. I, 2, and 4, contain 54 acres and
63 perches each. No. 4 contains 66 acres per
; ches. A framed house and barn, app.e orchard of
, young trees, and forty acres improvement on No.
I. Said tract is well timbered, with two steam saw
I mills convenient. Sold as the estate of Allen Wood
ruff, dee'd. Terms made known at the sale.
S. S. BRADLEY, Administrator.
Durei, November 7, 1854.
tpUBK'B ISLAND 3ALTg-A quantity jnst re
-L ceived by nv6 J. POWELL
SHERIFF'S SALES.
BY virtue of writs of Vend. Exponas Lsuel out
of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford
j County, and to me directed, will be exposed to pub
l lie sale at the Court House, in the boro' of Towan
' da, on MONDAY,the 4th day of December, next at 1
! o'clock P. M., the following described lot, piece or
parcel of land, situated in Sheshequ : n twp., bound
ed on the North by lands of Elisba Newell ani
Joseph Post, on the Eastby land of Samuel Owen-,
on the south by land of L. Post and Wm. P.wi, atid
j on the west by Eiias Post and Wm. Post. Contain
! ing about 28 acres and about 16 acres improved,
i one log house, and one board shed and a few fruit
| trees thereon.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit of Da
j vid Barber vs. John Post.
ALSO—The following lot, piece or parcel of land,
j situated in RiJgbury twp., bounded on the North
j by lands ol A. Wicks, on the east by lands of M.
j Gardner, on the south by lands D. Gardner, on the
west by lands of T. Larrison. Containing 50 ore
more or less, about 30 acre- improved, one IK'
hou-e, one framed barn and a few fruit trees there
-1 on.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit of Wm
H. Gerard vs. Jacob Baly.
ALSO—The interest of John VY. Munn.it bems
a life esiale in the following described lot, pieie or
parcel of land, . iluaied in Litchfield twp., bundei
on the north by lands in possession of S. Ellis,
on the east by lands occupied by Bvnj. Parks and
Henry Masiin, on ihe south by lands occupied In
Henry Masiin, and on the west by lands in posse-•
j sion of John Dougherty & Wm. & Henry Osbern.
Containing forty acres, mure or less, about tmnr
| acres improved, one famed house, one framed bam
and some fruit trees thereon.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit of H.
Willistou. jr., to the use of N. C.Harris vs. John W
Munn.
ALSO—The following described lot,piece or par
cel of land, situated in North Towanda twp.. k,uiiu
ed on the north by lands of Wm. Morse, on th. ea<!
by lands ol D. Rutty, on the south by lands J. Haw
ley, and on the West by lands of S. Hawkins. Cou
tainitig ab<>ut ten acres, be the same more ot le-s—
-all improved, one framed house, and an orchard id'
, frnit trees thereon.
, Seized and taken in execution at the sun of E. T.
Fox vs. Samuel Hawkins.
ALSO—The following described lot, piece or par
, eel of land situated in Wilmot twp., bounded on the
North by land of James Waples, on the east by
1 lands J. Johnson, on the South by lands oIJ.O
-i Neal and on the west by lands of John Marts. Con
> taining thtrtyifour acres, more or less, about eight
acres improved, with a log house thereon erected.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit of Sul
! livan County vs. J. Carlin.
ALSO—The following described lot piece or par
cel of land situated in Burlington twp., bounded on
the north by lands of Edward &.O. P.'Ballard. and
Marvin Bingham Rockwell, on the east by iandj
of Henry Reilv, on the south by lands of Horace 15.
Pratt, Pheo. Curtis, Marcus Hayden and Jatnes
Campton, and on the west by lands of F. Croft)' A
others. Containing about 100 acres, be the same
more or less, about j acre improved with a log
shaniy thereon.
ALSO—One other lot, piece or parcel of land
situated in said township, bounded as follows
Beginning at the centre ofSugar Creek,on the line
of Jehial atid \\ m. McKean, running north 42j a
west 56 perches to a post, thence south 12° cast
105 perches to a post, corner of Erastus Beach's
north along the line of Henry Riley's
land 76i° east, 29 perches to a post, thence north E
deg. west along Jehial and Wm. McKean's land 57
perches to the place of beginning. Containing H
acres and 109 perches strict measure, all improved
two framed houses, one shed, one saw mill and a
few fruit trees thereon.
Seized and taken in execution at the suit of
Brown dr Rockwell vs. Wm. T. Bradford.
ALSO Ihe following described lot piece or par
cel of land situated in Wysox twp , bounded on the
North by land of D. P. & N. K. Woodburn, Elijah
racy and R. Brown, on the east bv lands of John
Johnson, ou the south by lands of G. H. Uorslmf,
and on the west by land of T. W. & VV. E. Wood
burn. Containing 65 acres be the same more or
less, about 20 acres improved, one log house and i
few fruit trees thereon.
Seized and" taken in execution at the suit of Ad
man Essenwine vs. A. J. Gotsline and Poineroj
Gorsline.
JOHN A. CODDING, Sheriff
Sheriff's Office, }
Towanda, Nov. 2 1851. 5
(Tj* Notice is hereby given, that an amount <v
to the costs will be required to be paid upon each
sale when struck down to the bidder, and upon a
failure to comply with this regulation, the tract •
t <r.d will again be offered for sale.
Salt ! Salt!
1 BBI.S. SALT, just received, and for S3 ;,
, under Hall & Russel's, by
Nov 2, 1854. S. FELTON dr Co.
T Towanda Female Seminary.
HE Winter Quarter of the Towanda Feni* :i
Seminary, will commence on Mondav,
bcr O. D. HANSON-
Nov. 2, 1854.
To Every Wife and Mother.
CPHERE is life, health, beauty, happiness, a"*
some ether information of peculiar '.merest J
importance, o be had (gratis) by addressing (f ff ' ! 1
Ptd) Dr. J. M. SUCESSE, Canton, Pad