" Man the siarboa-d braces—slack the laibcaril ones—square away !" We continued our course an instant longfF.-awt then putting up the helm, doubleig% pojttt, alid entered an inlet, which stretched inland towanl the northeast, while our course Irom ihellKjuJl ot the, bay had been due east li was e\cjoa\u'zly nar row—so much so, indeed, that iiseenieil Hupoa-u- Ue for two lanje ships to five abreast, iti any pan of it, and especially at the entrance The iide was now coming in, and. the wind bein fair, we sailed quietly along, and ivsm .about,half-way through the channel, when the landsman in the cf"nili who had been laztly reporting, five, urul four ami a. half fathom, suddenly came ouf with "A quarter''• !e*s three," arid an iusiatn after " A.hall-two." " Weli, Mr. Garnet," said Seymour, smiling at my sudden start caused by this announcement, " <l° you think we are aground? This channel above us car lies fifteen feel vvaior. 10 the bank on bodt.snles, and is perfectly clear. Tilde yon see JemmyPfa*"- foot again—lor a line of ba tie ship could corrieimo" it easy enough, but the next ihiog ihey knew they would be tasi m the inu I, while we. drawing less than fi r teen feel, slip along unhurt. You had better keep your eyes about you now, for we may be obliged to fight our way out of here yet " For half a mile, lire narrow channel was perfect ly straight, but at the end of dial distance, it formed an angle of forty five degrees—and, on doubling the point, we found ourselves in a fine wide river which B'.re ehed away to the eastward as far as the eyecoutd reach. " Now, John Garnet," said Seymour, here " is a river for >ou wh c!i woulJ sufferer much alongside ofthe Hudson, and moreover—Alain chains ibere! What water have vou?" The leadsman hove and sung oat, " By the mark, five " "Do you hear that ?" continued Seymour; "you see there is no want of water here." Yes," I replied, "and I am now convinced that your friend blocked out this place for your es pecial benefit." Shorily after, we came to anchor near the north hank of the river, anil about two miles ftom the last angle. Ori this bank was a collection of mis erable mud huts, called a (own, and firing a niin to waken them, we soon had the governor thereof on board, an uriforgotten mortal, who, alter cor tabu lating awhile with Seymour, promised him that our freight should " have quick dispa'eh." as he had hall a cargo in store, and knew where locavh the rest. Then, being alar Lie man ir. his way. he " punished" a quart of half-and-half, and undis turbed by die trifling potation, took a ten gallon keg, jumped into his canoe, and went on his er rand of love. CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK, fpeciai Correspondence of ilie N. Y HcrakJ. Highly liuiforlutit I'iom Washington. The Sonic affair —Backing out of Louis Napoleon— Ihe So'jJc Conspiracy against Marcy— Buchanan to l>c put in his /mice on a War Footing—Look out fur the I'resident's Message. WASJIINCTON. NOV. 19, 1854. The administration are astonished with the news received by the Asia They have officii! advices confirming the Herald's report of the backing out of Louis Napoleon in the Soule affair. Pieice at feels extieme delight; but Alarcy suspects there is j something still behind. And so ti.ere is. It iscov ered up in the following ad vices received here Ly the lasi steamer:— A very waihke despatch has come to hand Irom Buchanan touching our relation wiih France,iu con tipcion with'the San Iwtch Islands, Cuba,the Dillon affair at San Francrioo, the St. Domingo intrigues and Ihe Soule question. "Old Buck," in the des patch urges the most decisive measures—a power ful navy—the immediate annexation ol Cuba, at all hazards. No time to be lost We must defy j France—England will stand off—and in defying j France we may frighten Spain out of Ihe lalind— j "the ever faiihlul island of Cuba " He opposes, any immediate ac ion concerning the Sandwich Is lands. They will keep. He goes for Cuba before j anything else, and to the exclusion ol everything else which may interfere with Cuba. Marcy will resist this programme, and will have to go out. He is too slow—the Kitchen Cabinet are in the conspiracy. They believe that ihe Pres. 1 ident's position can be only retrieved by war. or a strong coun er excitement on ottr foreign affairs, against the poli'ical revulsion at home. It Marcy goes out, the plan of Souls and Co. is to put Bu chanan in his place. The President's message to Congress will probably tell die whole story. The issue is between the Congress at Os'end and our Premier. If ite former triumphs weare authoriz ed to say that we shall have Cuba in less ilian six months—no mailer how. If the more pacific poli cy of Marcy is adopted by the President, it is re ported that Soule and Buchanan will resign and re turn home to agitate the question here—Sanders re maining to keep the pot boiling on the other side Soule, it is said, will not return to Madrid thro' France—will not even go to Paris to partake of the banquit proposed to be given him there; but will lake the steamer San Jaointo, at Southampton, di rect for Spain, the siiip having been detained by Mr. Bucnanan for that purpose. But, in the mean time, it is feared that the revolutionary affiliations | of Soul *, in London will result in still mote aggra- i vauna complications with France and Spain.— Hence Marcy is gloomy and laci am. He evident, ly suspects the piot against liirn—the troubles in embryo—and is sorely preple.ved—Pieice will not listen to the recall ol Soule, as mattersstand. They have gone too far. Marcy will, therefore, be com pelled to allow our filibustering minister to run to the end ol his leiher. Soule and his lire-ea'ing ill plomatic associates have thus secured the upper hand over Marcy. and he is powerless. Soule is particularly at the head of the European affairs; and it will go hard il we do not obtain a red hot war, or as beautiful a quarrel with France and Spain as the Cuban Jun a could desire. One thing Is almost certain—we shall either have a " jolly row" with France and Spain or a revolutionary fus in the family at Washington. WASHINGTON*, NOV 20—8 N. M 1 am enabled lo sta'e upon unquestionable au thority that the President has determined upon a reconstruction ol the Cabinet as soon alter the meet ing of Congress as possible, say about die middle ot January. Mr. Marcy will lerign, and Messrs. Campbell and Gutlwie will go out. Mr. Brecken ridge, of Kentucky, will be made Attorney Gener al, and Mr. Cushing will take the State Depart ment Mr. Dobbin will be iranslerred to Ihe Treas ury Department. The other positions have not yet been determined upen. Mr Buchanan having officially notified the Pies ident ol his intentions ol returning home in the spring, Mr. Marcy is to go to England as Minister. This will, of course, dispose also ot Mr. Sickles Mr. Mason, who is very desirous of being recalled from France, will probably be offered a scat in the Cabinet, though this is uncertain. Having determined upon a reconstriiciion ol die Cabinet, the President will also make an entire change in ihe foreign appointments, recalling Soule, Belrnont, Seymour, It is believed that the amount of patronage which he will thus have at his disposal, may prove sufficient to give ihe ad ministration full power in Congress. At all events the experiment will be tried, and has been agreed upon to Ihe extent 1 have above staled. Tnc SCRANTON AND BLOOMSBURC RAILROAD.— Professor \V. F. Roberts has some Indian relics, obtained from the Rimmandale Estate, in Luzerne county. They were excavated in grading the Scranton and Bloomsburg Railroad, and are inter esting reminiscences nl ihe Shawnee tribe, which with the Delaware Indians, inhabited the beautiful valley of Wyoming two centuries ago. This rail road which passes over some of the richest and largest deposits of anthracite coal in the State, is rapidly progressing and the Directors expect with in a year, to have it comepleted and furnished with eight hundred coal cars, beside others for passen gers, Mow of the heavy grades are nearly Aone, and the whete line a ender contract Star of ihe North For the Bradford Reporter. Teacher's Associations. I I'fovr nl Tin* question hai i c i'*j?d ihe COT:.- h|r tor ye#; anil tb*Ttg|s alitj dut*§| oneself is it) Jhis mTHer, constantly hatjfed by e|#ry writer upon ihe subject of£d ueaVjonj/sill verjjgw voung leai-hers have any definite idea how they shall govern, or even try to govern a school when I hey commence (eiu-hbt*. A' friendly discussion of this question which shall call out the views anl plans of those who are successful, will mate rially aid those who are about to take charge of schools. School nqanagemeut and ciassiliopions should also be bron*ht the borfy assembled, as an assoewhon—so thai days and weeks may not be be >pent by the young teacher, in endeavoring to so arrange and classify his or her school, before a plan may be hit upon that shall answer the pqrpose. The methods.to be adopted to secure regulari y, and punctuality in attendance, to secure attention and good order while scholars are engaged in recitations. The beet plan to be pursued to awaken the interest ol the parents in the school, and die cause of education in general, all form proper topics lor discussion. The School Law, in it practical workingsamong the people—the various duties ofthe several school officers, who are to carry out the law, should also be brought up and talked about. No class of com munity need to be more thoroughly conversant with all the details of the laws, by which our education al sys'em is regulated, than the common school teacher. Very few of the men engaged in framing these laws are teachers, and probably never'weie; consequently they are not well qualifi- d to judgo how a specific enactment will operate, .when its provisions are carried out in li e several school dis tricts, or die school 100 m. Now, if the school laws were Ireely discussed by teachers and school ofli cess who have had an opportunity of testing their u ility , and alterations proposed where they were not found to work* well—the course of legislation upon this subject might be materially modified.— Allow me to state a case exactly in point: In the adjoining Sta'e of New Yoik, the offices of Super intendent of Schools and Secretary ofStatP, were both held by one incumbent, until last April. Some three or lour years previous (p that time, a compar atively obscure teacher in a small village in one ol ; the southern counties of the State, offered a resolu tion i.n a County Teacher's Association, in favor ol the separation of hese officers This resolution was freely and fully di-cu-sed and passed, and eventually found its way into the couri'y papei; oth er county associations took up the question, and finally the matter was brought before the State as sociation, at a time when the Secretary of State was present, and thoroughly debated ; the consequence was, that the separation was recommended by the Secretary in his next report, arid by the Governor in his message to the Legisiatuie, and a law was passed separating the offices, and creating that ol Superintendent of public Instruction. The f..ct is obvious to every reflecting person that many oiour school laws were framed by men, however well qualified they may have been to legislate upon ; 0 her subjects, who know but little about the prac tical workings ol school matters. The last thing that I will mention, as an advan tage to be derived from a Teacher's Association, is the opportunity it affords teachers and school of ficers and parents, of coming toge'her, and learn ing each others views and plans. Parents not un- | frequently become dissatisfied with the teacher, from hearing complaints made by some child that has been made to obey, against his will; this dis satisfaction continues to increase, because there is no explanation made, and the parent has heard but one side. If the parents meet with the teachers and take part in the discussions, and learn the methods of teaching and governing adopteJ by those who have charge of their children—they i\ ill be less hasty in judging of the right or wrong done to their children. On the oilier hand, if teachers in these meetings learn the views of those sending to school to them, they will be the bet er prepated to co-operate with them in educating their offspring Fellow teaches, I have, in an imperfect way, brought before you a lew of ilis waj s in which a County Teacher's Association, might be made to advance the cuu-e of popular educaion. Now. shall we have such an organizttion in Bradford County? Its several of the counties of ih s State they have them already, and have received great benefit from them. Now we have County Super intendents, these organizations can be kept up wnh far less trouble than belore such an office existed. Why should Bradford be behind any other county in the State, in her educational movements? Why should nol the directors, teachers, and friends of education here, take active measures to improve the schools as well as in other portions of the State ? The proper education ol the youth of the country, is an object worth laboring for, and iliis object can not be secured w uhout persevering effort. The con dition of the schools cannot be materially changed in one term, or even in one year—it will require time and patient toil, until the heart is ready to faint, to make ihern what they should be—but let us not be discouraged, success will crown the efforts 01 those who persevere in a good cau-e. CHAS R COBURN. Towanda , A'ou 7 1854. AFFECTING ROMANCE. —With the deaths of Dennis Bryran, the young man who died recently at Mo reau from having his legs crushed by the cars, is connected an afleciing bit of romance which has been related to us as follows:—After his mangled limb* had been amputated his mind arouses to the terrible consciousness that he must die, and he im plored the bystanders to " send for his Lucy.''— j '• Where is she? I must see her before I die—let me see her and 1 can die in peace;" were his fre quent ejacuiaiions and entreaties His parents were asiced what he meant—if was married—to which they replied that he was not, and that they knew nothing ofthe person he named as " Lucy." Afier his death it came to light iltai he had been married about three months to a lady belonging to one of the first families in Lansitigburg His wife's parents had opposed their marriage on ihe gtound of his lack of means, and the consequence of this opposition was, the young couple were clandes tinely united and their marriage kept a profound secret. Young Bryan had placed all his earnings, ssso,in the hands ol his wife,it being their intentions, when S6OO had been accumulated, to publicly an nounce their marriage But, alas! the day on which they intended to thus claim and expected to receive the forgiveness of offended parents never arrived.— Whitehall ( Fa.) Chronicle. THE F.RIE RAILROAD WAT NOT YET ENDED —The Common Council of Erie, Pa , have passed reso lutions authorizing the Mayor to direct the High Constable to" remove the railroad track occupying the street, abet one week's notice to the railroad company ' ■ Towamla. Saturday, Navewkr i.>,INU ESPECIAL NOTICE. 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Under its ope ration a large amount is coustantlv due from subscribers located in everv part of the cdilll ty, which at best can be realized only by waiting years, and in two many cases is ut terly worthless, the person receiving the paper having deceased, or left the county, and the printer has the vexation of finding that he is not to receive anything for the labor and ex pense of years. On the other hand, we are obliged to charge promptly paying subscribers a sum sufficient to make up these losses. Having become thoroughly satisfied that the system of advance payments is better both for publisher and subscriber, we have determined to adopt it. Hereafter the 'Re porter ' will be furnished to subscribers at ONE DOLLAR per annum, payable iuvaria bly in advance, and will be sent no longer than paid for. These terms will be intlex ibly adhered to. Those of our present subscribers who are indebted to us, and wish to avail themselves of these terms, can do so upon settlement.— We shall continue to send them the paper until the close of the present volume, (which will be about the first of June next,) upon the original terms, when we shall positively dis continue sending the paper to every subscri ber in arrears, and.proceed to collect the am ount due us. Subscribers' who have paid in ad vance,and whose time expires before the close of the pre sent volume, will have four weeks notice of the expiration of their subscription. We sliall give this plan a thorough trial.— We believe it will meet the approbation of all those who desire to take, and pay for, a County paper ; and we are certain it will re lieve us from many of the vexations and dis appointments for which the business is pro verbial. We shall at least have the satisfac tion of knowing that we have pay for every paper seut ; and, we trust, of feeling that we have given to every subscriber the full value of his Dollar. 03?- To any person sending us five new subscribers, with the cash, (£o) we will send the Reporter gratis, one year. FI.ORA LYNDSAY ; on PASSAGES IN AN EVENTFUL LIFE — This new work of Mrs. Moodie's is truly a delightful one. Under ihe light veil of fiction, arid an assumed name, it is in reality an auto biography ol the amiable and exemplary woman, our autho ress herself. Though it bears the stamp of iiu'hon every page, it exceeds any work of fiction we have ever read in enduring and ever-varying interest. In this line of truthlul and simple description. Mrs. Moodie has no equal, and the whole is enliv ened by a vein of quiet humor that is really re freshing. This woik ends where her former work, " Roughing [tin the Bush," commences. We have also received from DcWitt fe Daven port, " LIFE IN THE CIEARINC," by the same au thoress. The volume before us contains all the elements that have contributed to her popularity in her for mer works, viz.: genius, wit, humor, and pathos; and her description of the scenery, persons, and things she saw in a journey through the clearings, while endeavoring to restore her tailing health, will richly repay a perusa'. No woik ol fiction is half as entertaining. The three books—" Roughing It in the Bush," " Flora Lindsay ," and " Life in the Clearings " —may be called the au'hor'a Lile His lories, lor they detail the principal events of her life up to the present time. These works are for 6ale at Dr PORTER'S Drug Store. Where may be found, all the latest publi cations of the day, as well as a large arid beautiful assortment ol Gilt Books for the approaching holi days. WM FISIIER, formerly a resident of Lock Ilaven, who was convicted of forging coin, and was sen tenced to five years imprisonment, has been par doned by the President of the United btates. He was discharged by the Court. WE PUBLISH in another column extracts fiom the letters of the Washington correspondent ol the N. Y. Herald. Our readers may take his statements for what they are worth. ON THURSDAY LAST, the stage from Montrose left that place on runners, and on Orweli H it our .n -formant nys sleighs were in use Judgments on • Justice's Docket. The following lpw. passed last winter, is of im- to tiges oylie Prfve,Knd all Arsons 0 may hajrtß n Wf ce s^jj^j*kel. He i tStnaied bv thfitienate an jjpousjfr Repre sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enae'ed iM-te-WfiwiWrlitetoeMms I 'to* rtfrfa the passage Of this et, no execution shall be lSsßeci rnj a judgment rendered before a Justice of the Peace or Alderman, after five years from the rendi tion of such judgment, unless the same shall have been revived by scire facias or amicable confession. i is ■msiuwT" - ITT-r~'* MWO' • Thef election of 'CLARK irntw conceded by all parlies. Hiß majority will brnmall, not exceeding 300, * The Yemainder of the Whig' State Ticket are elee'ed by'large majorities.'- The Lanvaaser* met on Toesday fast, at Albany. They can hardly change the result, as every County has beenheatd from officially. : '• : i"! - m ' OUR STATE GOVERNMENT. -—The Legislature of Pennsylvania assembles and organize® on the first Tuesday in January, annually, and the inaugora lion ol the Governor lakes place on the third Tues day of the same month.—These are provisions of the Constitution, A Legislative provision directs the election of U. S. Senator to take place on the second Tuestlay of the same month) and Treasurer on the Monday preceding the Tuesday of the inauguration of the Governor, by the two Houses meeting in Convention, the majorhy of the whole of whom shall form a quorum, so thai sixty seven members can proceed to election should a minority absent themselves. SALE OF THE MAIN LINE.—GOV. Bigler has caus ed to be advertised, in accoidance wiih the require ments ol last winter's act, that sealed proposals lor the purchase of the main line, or any division thereof," will be received by the Secretary of the Common wealth, up to Monday ihe Ist day of Jan uary next. The proposals wtjl state distinctly whe her the bid is for the whole line, or a part, and for what part. Saul proposals will be address ed to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, under seal, and marked, i; Proposals for tLe Main Line of the Public Works." r THE FIRE at Montrose, an account of which we published last week, appears from Ifte Moutrose papers, to be eveu more destructive we sup posed. About three acres of ground were burned over, destroying nearly one-halt of the business portion ol the place. , , Another firo occurred at Montrose, on Thursday morning, 16th inst, destroying the old tavern stand on Main street, below Keeler's Hotel. The loss was small. LETTERS from Mr. Soule, brought by the Atlan tic, have been received at Washington by the gov ernment He states that neither by wArd, letter, or communication, has he compromised himself, or in any manner interfered with French affairs. Wows Items. The Lycoming Gazette says that the Railway bridge across the West Branch at that place, will be ready in a few days. Between that place and Milton all but three or four miles of the track is down permanently, and the ties are laid nearly or quite the whole length of the break. —The Railway improvements have waked up Wifliamsport from its lethargy, and it is becoming one of ihe most enterprising towns in the Northern part of the state. B.W. Evans and other gentle men of Philadelphia, are about establishing a car factory at that place, having purchased the site. —The Tannery of Messrs. Stone & Drake, near the Beech Pond, in Wayne county, has been des troyed by fire. A large quantity of leather ready for market was burned. The loss over and above insurance is estimated at $20,000. —Governor Reeder and a party of friends have made an extensive tour through the territory of Kansas. He was very cordially received at the city of Lawrence, (the New England settlement.) and partook of a public dinner there. It is said he makes a very favorable impression amongst the settlers. —At a mass meeting in New York, a few days after the election, of the Know Nothing supporters of lames W Barker for Mayor, a resolution was adopted, declaring that the party would oppose, bv force, any attempt made by Fernando Wood to fill the Mayoralty chair, alleging that he was elected by fraud. Gen. Sam Houston is spoken of as the Know No thing candidate for the next Presidency. Old Sam would make a strong team. —The New York Evangalist has been sold for $20,000 to Mr. Bidwell, one of the editors, and ano ther party. —Wm. R. McCay, one of the editors and publish ers of the Lewistown " True Democrat," died at that place on the 30th ult., in the 44th year of his age. The break in the Delaware Division of the Pa. Canal has been repaired, and boats have commenc ed passing. —The drying house of Jacob Johnson, in Marl boro' township, Montgomery county, containing two tons of gunpowder, exploded on Monday morning last, killing Henry Whistler, and Josiah, his son. The building was entirely destroyed. —The Harrisburg train on the Columbia Rath road was thrown off the track on Monday last.when about twenty-four miles from Philadelphia. One of the passenger cars was rolled down an embankment and completely broken to pieces. None of the pas sengers were killed, but several were severely injur ed, among them Rev. Mr. Wheat, a Baptist Minister of Philadelphia. Tlic Order Denying Mr. Sonic a Pas sage through France Revoked. In announcing this agreeable intelligence, we only remark at present, that, so far as we could learn, it was the opinion off these who had the best means of forming ajcorrect judgment upon the case, the refusal oi the French Government to permit Mr. Soule to enter into France, which, unexplain ed, certainly appeared to be an act ol dieconrtesy, and a manilestation of unfriendly sentiments to' wards the United States, was the result of errone ous impression, and that, when the mailer was fully examined, ihe order would be revoked. We are rejoiced to be able to announce that this expecta tion has been realized Mr Soule has not only per mission to enter into France, but has probably al ready availed himself of it, and is on his return to Madrid. This information was received by the last steamer, just in lime to be forwarded to Ihe U S. unaccompanied by any explanation which allud ed to it. Ihe conduct ol Mr. Mason in this delicate and unpleasant affair has been, it is understood, emi nently judicious and proper. There was nothin" in the state of our relations wiih France which could have justified any act of unfriendliness toward this country, and we presume that the feature of the case, strongly marked as it wa when first present ed, will be removed by the explanations which probably accompauied the revocation of the decree by which our Minister to Madrid was denied en trance io ihe 'eJii'.cues ol Fiar.ee Wa.-jnngtcn i Union Catholic Resistance to Episcopal Assumptions. A trouble has arisen among the <4ion of Coutfec-ucfcs winch, in the case 01 a moje Mud placable clasf, might be-Ad- S^ude|Sw 111f d{iubB consequences to the cfiuicha|- jIW. fmie hps these : Father CatM ilk- prwt uiwersßf beloved by hif oAiippd oflHr 'tyenotuihatit^k^inJarford, fell ure of a recently-appointed bishop h'f 1101 comply • ing with the requirements ol the lafer in certain ygtmwia ilwefclMtfr ibipiif "within Ihe'sCopa ofep'i.'cTiptiTldlpFrviltoTi. ino bishop desired Fadier Brady to leave his residence and liveiu the same dwelling with hfrtV self. Father Brady refused. There were also dif ficulties rela ive to chutch properly, which Father OTOTPB rto the utir atricted con j in ttre thsrharge of nisprie.-tty fonctions. he was I StopjrCd bjf the seX'on, who acted by ■m^ioctron from the bishop He insisted on entering jindthort- j Jy afier^was suspended as pastor of the ohyidi.— | The announcement of this -entecce so aflt cted Itim tWai, thongti 'previously in rugged healrfi, within three days aher this publrcation, Nov I6ih ; tie died as tt is believed of a broker) Ue&rt. When the preparations were roade for the burial of Father ftrady in front, of the church which his own labors o I eighteen years had bndt. a-despatch was received Irom the bishop foi bidding his inter ment in the consecrated spot, and requiring that the church should not be opened on the 4u.-qa.-ion of the luueral But the oider was without sccesa The five thousand people who had a.-emblei! to witness the ceremonies, and the numerous mem bers ol the Catholic clergy, who were also present, were, only rnovtj with indignation On Fiiday the i7ih the services were proceeded with, and the good father was entombed wi'h all the pomp and solemnity which the chinch prescribes. The re sult ol this act of dmcesan independence will be awaited will* tillered. PORK. PACKINU IN THE WI^ST. —The Cincinnati Gazette of the loth instant says : The weather having become lavorable, pork packing has fairly commenced. A number ot the tiou6es were cutting yesterday, and should the temperature continue as at present the remainder will be operated on to day or to-morrow. In the way of sales of hogs we have but little to no (ice. Buyers and sellers are generally -apart in their views The majority of the lotmar talk about S3 50 a S3 75, while many ol the latter have conclud ed tp pack 011 their qwu account miher than sell for less than 64 50.. An improved stage of water and an easier money market tlvould operate In favor ol sellers. Of the lormer theie is some prospect s and if prices ol hogs should settle to what may be j considered a safe point, or rather if buyers can sal isfy themselves that the business will p:iy the I prices that may prevail operators will not want for 1 money. - The Louisville Journal, of the 14th Inst ,says.- But little was done in the way of killing until 1 yesterday, when the weather became cold enough Ito commence active operations. The totalnumber • killed up to last evening may beset down at 1.5,000 | head There is, we learn, a very great falling off in weight! A good proportion of the hogs killed do not weigh more than from 130 10 160 pounds. In the yield ol lard there is even a greater, tailing off. j It fall short of last year thus far fully, 30 per cent. 011 heavy corn led hogs. No sates of consequence have been made, and opinions a.- regards pricesdiffer very widely. We understand that contracts have been made for heavy hogs ( at S3 25gross on time. The scarcity ol money has a most depressing effect On the market- A sale or two of light hogs has been made at S3 75 net. These prices do not hold good for heavy corn fed hogs, winch we think will .command 84 25, and perhaps SI 50 net on time The killing will, for tne present, be mostly on owners' account. FROM SICII.Y — TERRIBLE RAVAGES OF THE CHOL ERA, &C —By the baik Itboniat, Captain Morton, from I'almero, which arrived at New York, wfe have advices from Sicily to Sept. 17. At Messina, the cholera was making frightful havoc, taking of from eight to eleven hundred per day. On the 16 h. the report was that about one half ol .be population had been carried off. The disease extended even to animals—mules, goats, and dogs dropping dead in the streets All the physicians who had not fallen victims had lied the city. The Government had issued a proclamation cal ling for medical volunteers Com the neighboring cities, guaranteeing payment to them. There were j ten who had gone from Palermo Oil the 13 h, j 1,000 soldiers or convicts had been sent from Pa- I let mo to Messina to cleanse the streets and bu;y lbs dead At Naples, August 13, the disease had abate J, the dea'hs amounting to about 300 per clay and on the 22d, the deaths daily had decreased lo CO or 25. At Palermo, 26 h, about 350 per day was the number. The whole number of dea'hs at Palermo was eslirnateJ at 13,000, an.l a; Mes:na 45.000. BANK ROBBERY AT HARTFORD—HARTFORD. NOV. 18, 1854 —The Windham Bank at Windham, was robbed last night of 522 000, $7,000 of which was in specie, and the balance in bills of the bank.— The robbery was effected by three men, who en tered the bank eatly in the evening The wa'ch dog, to prevent alarm, was first poisoned, and when the clerk who sleeps in the bank entered about nine o'clock, the robbers gagged anJ bound him, and one of thein stood over turn with a re volver, while the others, with crowbars and other implements, succeeded in opening the safe and se curing the booty. The robbers of the Windham Bank, el Windham Ct., who stole upwards of twenty thousand dollars were airested on board the steamer Worcester on Saturday night by the sheriff ol New London county and his assistants, and sately lodged in Nor wich prison. Nearly all the money was recovered, a portion of it, in a carpet bag, being found hid' under one of the anchors of the steamer. CINCNINNATI FINANCIAL TROUBLES —We learn from the Cincinnati papers of Wednesday last, that lor the two or three days previous, monetary mat ters in that city have assumed a more settled feel ing. The Gazette, in speaking o! the houses that suspended says: The Citizens' Bank, of Messrs Smead, Coltard & Hughes, have received checks on themselves in payment of notes, and thus their liabilities are be coming rapidly reduced. The creditors of Messrs. T. S Goodman &, Co , and Ellis & fjturges, have petitioned their assignee to resign, and permit the parties themselves lo take charge of the business, thus exhibiting a degree ol confidence in the integ rity and ability of the houses that will be fully ap. preciated by the latter. It is gratifjing to notice these and other uumistakable signs of returnin° confidence. Ozj~ W.H. ARRISON, the man suspecled of the ihe Superintendent ol the Marine Hospi tal, in Cincinnati, lasi June, through the means ol an " infernal machine" sent under the guise of a present, has been arrested at Muscatine, Towa, where he was acting as a druggist's cletk. His trial will soon come off in Cincinnati. His wherea bouts were made known to the police through the meansof a letter, which, by mistakp ol the post office clerk, fell into the wrong hands. SINGULAR UNANIMITY —The Know Nothings of Massachusetts will have all the State officers, all the Senate, and 341 members of the House: but their power in the latter body will be checked by the presence of seven antagonists—six Whiss and one Democrat. A good deal of fun is poked at ihe latter—he is asked to explain how he proposes to organize the Democratic Caucus—who will be its secretary. &c , &c., alter he shall have been chosen to preside—what committee will conduct the President to the chair—how the motions will be seconded fie. Fish Cast up from the Sea. gA cjinau* phenomenon has lately been witness, ftd in iheWrt Jt Vera Ciuz. For aereral days m i|e of this month the shore of the harbor tand neighJaotrtood were strewn with dead fish, cast up trnrn ijhtisca. So great was the quantry that sefious fp were entertained lest some disease old |J|w from such a mass of putrefaction lies olt mops were turned out each day, who gathered the fish and buried them on the spot. \ andmg.aUaWe re. j Siding in the vicinity to takg (he same steps for the vastest 8^ e, " a * man* This phenomenon continued for several days, and at lat gradually disappeared. It is interesting to naturalists, arid we therefore eive the following explanations ol Mr. Adolphus llegewoch, a sur. m"err ant* " 0 appearance ol l( thy li-b the fust th trig that struck the attention was the inflamed and protruded state of the eyes, such as oTflTHarilyTakes place in strati- : ; Ti|i, the doO or eaye, wiM nor, as mighi be supposed the result of putrefaction, for the casts was the same when it had not commenced. On opening the the jritestrrfes werw-observed to be much distended with a gats, Which,'on testing, pro*, ed to be carbonic acid gas.—A decomposelon of die contents ol the uwestiues showed the presence ot no poison, either mineral or vegetable. A submersion of the intestines and fish in slack ed lime caused the evotntion of large quantities of carbonic acid gas. He judges, therefore, ' thai the death of the-e fish had arisen from asphyxia, caus ed by tlit# gas. He concludes that fhe gas has been evolved* daring a .submarine volcanic emptiou, and, in support of his opinion, refers to Humboldt's Cosmos, page 221 He also refers to a similar phenomenon which taojr place tn the Mediterra nean in 1821, wtreie large quantities of fish were similarly throw n up on the shores of Corfu, Cepha loma and the coast ol Albania, and by their ilecom posihon caused a plague, wjncti carried off large numbers of the inhabitants.--Aw Orleans Delta. Frightful Railroad Accident. About 6 o'clock this morning a frightful accident occurred on the Harlem Railroad, in the vicinity of j Filty-sevenih and Founh-aveuue which resulted in I many persons being horribly mangled. It seems { tiiat a freight train of the New-llavefl Railroad I broke down last night near Fifty-seventh street, ar.J i it was left standing on the main track wither. ! taking the least precantion to notily the down trams l of the obstruction. This gross negligence might ! have resulted in die sacrifice of several hundred 1 human lives, but fortunately no person was killed i M any, however, received most terrible injuries, anj several had their legs and arms crushed by the collision of a Harlem passenger train with the freight train above alluded to. There was no signal set to warn the Engh.eer ol the dreadful danger that awaited him. and his train dashed along at the usual speed ol about 40 miles an hour until it came in contact with the heavy freight cars, and a tern b!e smash up was the consequence. The passen J izer train in question was the regular 5 o'clock train ! from White Flaws arwi consisted of some dozen . large cars, all quite crowded with persons residing I at the different villages alonj the line of the mad I between New.York and White Plains. Three of the cars were literally toni'io pieces and strange ks it may appear, not a single passenger j icas killed There wetfl some twenty or more wno were extricated from the ruins with their lirr.b* | broken, and other injuries of a serious nature A ew York Time s, Aw 22c/. The late epidemic at Savannah raged abmi ten or twelve weeks, during which time the num ber of sick and dead reached five thousand Ten physicians and three medical students are number ed with the dead, while many others were sick Of the clergy, three died, and, every one of their number was attacked. Of the editorial corps, ait ol whom remained at their posts until attacked, two died. "" MASONIC.— The regular monthly Crat munications of UNION DODGE, No. 10s, , A.Y.M., are held Wednesday on or preceding the j lull moon, at 3 o'clock, P. M., at Masonic Hail, in j the borough of Towanda. The meeting for November will occur on Wed j nesday, November 29. Visiting brethren are invit ed to attend. W. H. PERKlNS,Secretary. EDUCATIONAL.—The School Direc. j , tors. Teachers and friends of Education in the several townships of Bradford county, are re- 1 quest>*d to meet at tbe Court House in the tioroagh , of Tt -anda, on Saturday, the 7th day of January ; next, at 10 o'clock, A.M., for the purpose of "nun- -'"j j izing a County Teacher'* Association, whose object J j shall be, the mutual improvement of those engage! j in Teaching, and the elevating and improving the schools of the county. An Address may be expee'ed, and discussions upon various matters connected with the cause oi | Education. A general attendance ot all whofeelin interest in the education of the rising generation is earnestly solicited, and all should be on the ground | at an early hour. No efforts shall l>e wanting to I ■ make the meeting doth profitable and interesting As many of the Teachers of the county are Females it is hoped that measures will be taken by the friends of the cause to secure their attendance. E. GUYER, Co.Superintendent Nov 23, 1851, of Cummim Schools■ SURVIVORS OF THE WAR OF 1811. J , —The surviving soldiers of the war of J ; 1812, and the children of such as are dead,resident j of Bradford county, are requested to meet at the ; Court House in the Borough of Towamla, VVED : NESDAY evening, December 13, 1851, for the pur- 1 ! pose of choosing one or more delegates to represent |1 said county in the Convention to be held in the city , of Washington, on the Bth day of January next, to I adopt such measures as will induce Congress |9 i only to do justice to them but also to the wtduws ol 1 I those who have gone to their last account. 23, 'SO4. A SURVIVOR- I. 0. OF O. F—The regular meetings of | J BRISFORI) EvCiRPMSST, No. 41, I. O. ot 1 O. J., are held IU the-Hallover J. Kingsbery'sstore, | on the first and third Thursday of each month. jJCcra Qlbttcrtiscmvnis. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. A LL persons indebted to the estate of Joseph C ?K*j ■iPowell, deceased, late of North Towanda twp. | are hereby requested to made payment without dt- rM lay, and all persons having demands against said :• estate, are requested to present them duly authenti cated for settlement. JOSEPH POWELL. November 21, 1854. Administrator. NOTE LOST. A LL persons are hereby notified not to take a certain NO TE against CORNELIUS D. I)K*O BEST, payable to the subscriber or bearer, for Foo- Hundred Dollars, and dated on or about the thirti eth day ot March, 1854, payable in one year at' ff . the date thereof, for value received, which said note has been lost out of the posses-ton of the subscr.- JB her. nv23m3 JOHN DE MORES WINTER™GOODS' j TUST RECEIVING AT PHINNETS a new*' I O sortment of WINTER GOODS, which will * | sold as usual for Cash, 15 per cent. Vheaper th*' can be bought elsewhere. G.j"AII per-ons indebted to me of over one year s standing, must call and see to it, or I will u 1 them—quick too. Towanda, Nov. 25, 1854, WAGONS AND BLEIGHS—Two or three oi fl each for sale cheap at PHIN.NV 'A STOVES. —Two or three second hand Stove'' 1 _ sale at nv23 PHINNY'B . —Codfish .f- Mackerel--a nrperior artk'f ■ forsale iheap by IJ. KINGSBER*-
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