Proceedings of the Pcnn'a. Legislature. HARUI-BURG, Jan. ID 1855. SENATE—Report? were received from the Va:i ouscommit ees, including a bill for the sale ol the M.iine Line, and a supplement to regulate Banks. Toe bdl for the sale i t the North and West B auch Canals was returned with a nega ive re commendation. A bill was read in place relative to he compen satinri of the members and officers of the Legisla ture. a supplement to ihe Allen'owri R lilioad, and a bill rela ive to the protest ol bill and iic'es A lesolution ua< unreduced to au'horise the com mittee on banks io propownj queues to the llink ing Institu-ioiis. Bills were passed to punish bribery, toievive ihe bill to gu nluHte the lands in ihe Common wealth on which money is due A resolution was passed inquiring of the \udi or General, whai banks have failed to keep their notes at par in Philadelphia an I Pittsburgh. Adjourned. HOUSE—A communication was received fiom the Secretary of the Commonwealth, transmuting the returns ol the last election on the question ol the enactment ola Piodibitoiy L quor Law. A number ol unimportant local bill- were read in place The Speaker and members of the Senate were introduced, and the two Houses in Convention ('he Speaker ol the Senate presiding) then proceeded to open the returns and officially declare the result of the vote on the question of a Prohibitoiy Liquor Law The returns were read, when it appeared thai 158,318 voles had been cast in favor of a Piohibi tory Law. and 163 457 against it. The convention then adjourned atul the Senate retired. The bill more effectually to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Sabbath was considered and postponed On motion, it was resolved, thai when the House adjourns, it adjourns to meet on Monday, at three o'clock. P M. SATURDAY", Jan. 20. SENATE.—TIIP Sena'e could not proceed to busi ness this morning, no quorum appearing at the time of assembling. On motion, adjourned till Monday at 11 o'clock. HOUSE —There was no session of the House, it having adjourned over until Monday af eruoori. TUE-DAT, Jan. 23 SENATE—On rnofion. a resolution was adopted, requesting the Auditor General to inlorm the Sen ate whether any allowance has been made io any bank in Allegheny county for service rendered to the Commonwealth,and ilso, what bank, what sum has been so allowed, and under what law. A bill was read in place to repeal the 47th sec lion ol the act ol Act ol April 16• h, 1850, relating to Banks The bill relating Io taxes on collateral inheiitances was taken up and passed. The bill to define ami punish bribery, and Io compel witnesses to testily, also passed unanimous ly. The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE —Several unimportant priva'e bills were considered and passed, and among one to author ize the Councils ol Pottsville to re-le- sea part of Coal street to the use of the Mount Carbon Railroad Company. A number of bills were reported from the com mittees, embracing among them a bill to incorpo rate Ihe Schuylkill Junction Railroad Company. anJ a bill to repeal the registration laws oi Phila delphia The House then adjourned. Serious Railroad Riot. A liot occurred on Saturday on the Buffalo Brant ford and Goodrich Railroad, at Ridgeway, twenty miles from Buffalo. It has been understood for several months past, that the laborers on the road have not been paid regularly, anJ a few weeks since they gave notice that they would spike down the switches to-day. if they did not receive Ihe wages due them. The track was accordingly spiked at Ridgeway, and one or two bridges were opened. When the chef officer of road heard ol it, be hired about twenty-five men from Buffalo, armed them with revolvers, &;\, and went over to lake possession of ane protect the track. On arr ving at the scene ol disturbance, the party were fired upon by the la borers, who weie well armed with rifles, and a re gular fight ensued, the party from Buffalo taring the worst—one of their men. Simon Wemple, being killed, and two or three others wounded, one of whom dangerously so. Two or three of lite labor ers were also wounded. The officers party, how ever succeeded in arresting about a dozen ol the laborers, and among them, it is bdieveJ, the man who shol Wemple. Many rumors and versions of the affair are floating about, die above statement is as near the truth as at present can be arrived at. N.ne ol ihe party who went from here have just returned One of the men engaged in the affair at Ridge way informs us that the whole party Irom the ci'y, on arriving there, were deputized by the Canadian Sheiiff, and ac'ed under bis orders; that the Piesi denl of the road, a number of Catholic priests, arid ihe Sheriff, made speeches to the laborers, and tried to persuade them to desist, but all to no pur pose. The Sheriff then ordered the track to be opened and cleared ; and while the men were do ing it occording lo his orders, ihey were attacked *>y the rioter?, and a desperate melee look place, during which thirteen of the laborers were arrested, and are now in iron? The man who killed Wemple, alter an exami nation, has been fully committed— Buffalo piper SMALL NOTES.—The Legislature of Aikansas has passed an act prohibiting the issue or circulation of bank bills below the denomination ot five dollars 'About hall a dozen other S'ates have a similar act in operation, and it works well. The Governor of Michigan recommends such a law to the Legisla lura in hi? last message, arid we have no doubt the system will be uhimaely be very generally adopt ed. It would be the most effective way of putting a stop to Ihe wildcat banking, and would do more towards preserving a uniform and redeemable cur rency than ail the legislations we have yet had.— Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Louisiana, Mis souri, Aikansas, and District of Columbia prohibit ihe issue anJ circulation ol small bills, and we hope soon to add several other Sates to the list. Indiana, Illinois arid Michigan require such a law more than others in the Western section, to shut out that class of financiers who have found wrhin their limits such a fine field for operations. ECMPES IN THE YEAR 1855.—There will be this year four ecltpes, two of the sun and two of the moon. The first—A lotal eclipse of the moon, May l,at 10 o'clock 58 minutes, in the evening; visible. The second—A partial eclipse of the sun, May 19, at 9'oclock 9 minutes in the evening; invisible here. Oily visible towards the North Pole, Green land, and on the noith part of North America, lati tude 60 and 6t. The third—A total eclipse of the moon, October 25, at 2 o'clock 35 minutes in the morning ; invi sible. The fourth—A partial eclipse ol the sun, No vember 9, at 3 o'clock 39 minutes in the after noon; invisible here, and only visible at the South Pole. AT BURLINGTON, IOWA, December 30, three children of Mr. O'Callan—namely : John aged four years; Kosy, aged six, and Catharine, aged nine, went on the rizer without live knowledge of their parents, when the litdu boy fell through a hole or cleft in the Ice, and his sisters, endeavored to help him out, were drawn in also an ' all carried to a watery gr3ve. Tariff Philosophy. TliPre is a good de.il f tariff philosophy afloat in he uevvt-papers now a d;ija, and it is evident ihat ihe " stale of the count:y !! is bothering the braius of political economists of every class li is worthy of lenrutrk, that what is popularly fernied '-a crisis '' j tn monetary ..flan? is sure to shake lite faith of many, even in sound principles, who are them ! selves unstable in rriuul. Nor in monetaiy affairs I alone. 1 heie are men in cliurdi and elate whose j principles are so exceedingly lax dial i< is only ne j ces-ary to put a given purpose beloie them. Audi piinciple i- d litieiatelj laid by urril that purpose ! is accomplished. In tuis matter of the taufl, we j see men again utieily at a 1 >ss lor a position ; arid | som*- who have strenuously advnca'ed a revenue | tariff just as likely to write themselves down pro- i tec lonists, prolutu'r nists, or any lung else, until I ano her cycle o! it fla'it n has ma 'e u or.ey sea ce j ami paper plenty, to be I alio wed by another crisis' : and cia-lt. O.te of the mos' entail arguments about the la- | riff is deduced fiom the extravagance of the times j I'lie low tar.ff, it is said, fosters ex ravaganre, and : is the li tut tul souice of our iiuleb eiliiess to Europe. j Luxuries are too cheap ; the poor can get at them ! IT.o-e who can ill afford it are tempted by them. I This m-y be true, t u who in the vvoild would ever j think of plying such an argument again*! a low ! •anil but those who have nothing else ? Luxuries will always temp' somebody—some class of peo ple who can. Compaiafively, but ill afford them— let the price be what it may. But there are multi tudes who abstain from extravagance, while those who are tempted gather experience in due season If it were possible, luxuries should be as accessible to lite poor as the rich, though it is true that many things deemed luxuries are pernicious in the ex treme Make luxuries common and they cease to be temptations. It is the scaiedy ol the diamond not it usefulness, that gives it value Who would be doomed to live upon confectionery ? But for the Hibernieisrn we should say, that man would die a worse than felon's deah The extravagance of die times, the folly of the times, the ruin ol the times, do nit proceed Irom the temp'atiori of cheap luxuiies. There are ava rie y ol causes, each of which has con'ributed its proportion to the whole One ol the most prolific somcex of lite mischief is in die desperate hurry of men to be rich; and a monetary crisis i not the writs- evd that Hows Irom this cause Wide spread demoralization, haud, trickery, over-reaching con mng, anil all sorts of mat (covering for the rnuldpli ca inn of lite dollar, have contributed at once cause and effect in the general pursuit of wealth. Fru dence lias been lost sight of, or if she has ventured to show herself with an admonition, she litis been scouted from the scene, with something of the (rar.tic fury with which Macbeth is accustomed to " back out" the ghost of his quondam lieutenant. B inqno. Railroad & stock speculations have swamp ed iheir thousands. Business engagements. utter ly beyond the means atul resources of the men who have ventured their all in them, have carried down as many more And bow to account for these things? Ciedit and ficd'ious capi-al are the under laying rottenness. The period of inflation—the process of artificial ity, has duped many a tolerable sliiewd and well meaning man. There are multitudes of small bu siness men who making two, three or four thous and dollars—nominally—irt '52 and 's3—and liv ing up to it, very naturally believe that by the sante industry ant! perseveiance, and a little more effort, they would make one, two or three thousand more in ! 54 atul '55, and tlmy live accordingly, in ad vance, upon a credit, which woiking both ways, when the reality came—that is the pressure or the crisis, as you choose—cut both ways. Reckless men on both sides carried down even the prudent and well-meaning. Tiieie is in the inadequate produce of our coun wy, a great cause ol the difficulties we experience Old lands that ought to be rich and fertile are worn out antl unproductive. Our agricultural labor is in efficient and insufficient. There is great room lor improvement here. Let grain be grown abundant ly, more abundantly, much more abundantly, and tie farmer would be richer, while the price would be much less, anil that price constitute the standard of other values. But instead of bread, bank paper is the standard of values, and a precious commodi ty it is. Banking facilities lor speculation in bread and meat, are a curse to the country ; and there are some sections of the Union in which these facili ties are given to an unlimited extent for such pur poses. We have only to examine with a candid spirit our domestic condition to find ample causes for the monetary paralysis under which we suffer, and which will continue until the rottenness of the times is purged out. To denounce the tariff is but io conless our inability for self-governnuni, in the most direct meaning ol the term.— Baltimore Sun. SHOCKING ACCIDENT —We are called upon this week to chronicle one of the most distressing ac cidents thai ever occurred in this neighborhood.— On Thursday evening last two Irishmen engaged as laborers at the new Poitage Tunnel, got uoon the chains, af er the car was detached, for the pur pose of descending the middle shaft. This danger ous method of descending, is accomplished by placing the feet in the hooks of the car chains, and holding on the hope In the act ol getting on IIIP rope, the men swung violen ly against the side ol! the shah near i's mouth, when the foot ol one,' named Patrick McGuire. became disengaged, and in his sudden Light he let go the rope, and fell headlong to the bottom of the shaft, a distance ol 0 lie hundred and eighty Jivefeet! He was taken up it is needless to say, entirely dead. One ol his legs was broken, his skull wa< fractured, and his entire breast crushed in. He was buried at the Summit next day. As we learn, he was a young and industrious man, and : leaves but two relatives—brothers—to mourn the sad accident.— Hollidaysburg Standard, 1 7th. BURNING or THE STEAMBOAT GARDEN CITT.— Chicago, Jan. 20.—The fine Steamboat, Garden City, formerly running on ihe Illinois, was burned to the water's edge on Sunday morning last, near the mouth of the Arkansas river. She left the city 01 St Louis on the 10:h instant, loaded with a car go of flour, lard and oats, and caught fire just below Napoleon. The passengers and crew all reached the shore in salety, with their baggage The cargo is a total loss. The boat was valued at S3O 000. and was insured, mostly in St Louis, for $25,000. The cargo was injured principally in Boston and New Oi leans. EXECUTION —John J. Taylor was executed at Galena, 111, ort Friday, lor the murder of his wife. About ten thousand persons were present. He spoke for nearly an hour, and protested his inno cence at heart ol the crime, blaming liquor for it al! He expressed his hope and belief that he was forgiven by his Maker, and died without a strug gle. Stephen Short and William Ilanning were hung at Greensburg Ky., on Friday, for murder. They confessed their guilt on the gallows. About 6,000 persons wete present to witness the execution. QUITE A MARRYING MAN.—The Pittr-burg Post says, A man named David Bates, was convicted at the last term of the Indiana County Court, of Bigamy, and sentenced to twenty two months' im prisonment in the Western Penitentiary, to which place he was brought the other day. It appears he was committed for the same offence in 1851, and had just got out. He returned to the neighborhood of Blairsville, and by dyeing hi? whiskers and changing his name to David Beatty, was again married to a young widow, by the very same Jus tice of the Peace who married him before. One ol the witnesses on the trial stated that Bates had seven wives living, or even more. RATHER A LONG SENTENCE—Baker, the young man of eighteen, who was convicted for participa ting in the burglary on E B. Ward's store and at tempt to kill his clerk, was sentenced in Detroit, on Monday, to fifty years' imprisonment in Ihe S*a:e Prison. He will get out in 1908. E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. Towanda, Saturday, January Tt. 1855. ESPECIAL NOTICE. The REPORTER will be furnished at ONE DOLLAR per annum, invariably in advance, and will be sent no longer than paid for. Subscribers will hive four weeks notice previous lo the expiration of their subscription ; when, ij it is not renewed, the pnper will be stopped. Those in arrears can avail themselves of these terms by settling, li'e shall give them until the close of the present Volume, when we shall stop sending the pa jier to every subscriber in air ears. Any person sending us five new subscribers with Ihe Cash, will receive a copy gratis for one year; or Six Copies will be sent to one address a year for 5-5. A s the success of the Cash system depends upon its stric observance, our Terms will be impartially and in flexibly adhered to "One no Man Anything." Very many o| our subscribers have availed them selves of the change in our terms, t>y settling up arrearages, and paying in advance. Yet we have still upon our books, the names of subscribers who are from one to ten years in arrears. We invite them to follow the good example which others have set tbe-.n. There is no necessity lor any de lay Our aJtance rates are already in operation now Febiuary Court will afford a good oppor tuni y for this, and tor such as may wish to sub scribe. Remember, only one dollar a year, no pos tage within the Coun'y, and all papers discontinu ed when the time expires. TIIE REPORTED RESIGNATION OF SECRETARY GUTHRIE —The Washington Union ol S I urdaysays it is well known thai we do not attempt lo contra dict the numberless falsehoods daily sent, or which j purport to be sent by telegraph or otherwise, from this city in relation to the President and thediffer ent members ol his cabinet: but the intention ol Mr. Guthrie to resign is announced with such an assurance of reliable authority, that # we deem it proper to say that it is without the sligh .est founda tion in truth. Such an idea was never entertained lor one moment either by the confined in die ji I of Biad i ford county in pur-nance ot thi-ac', and cany them to the jaif of Fail field comity and keep diem in close custody until discharged by due c.ottrse of law. SEC 17. That w hen the commissioners appoin ted by the second section of diis net, shall have as eertairied ami deter niued the place for the erection of county buiMinus in and f>r the said connty of i Fairfield, it shall be the duty of the ci izers of the vicinity where the same may be located, forthwith to give security to be approved by the said com missioners for the payment of ten thousand dollaie for the use said county ol Fairfield, in two equal annual instalments frum the date of such location, and on failure to give such secuihy, no further pro ceedings shall be had or taken under this act. and the territory ib-seribeJ in die fiist section of this act shall he arid remain parts of the counties of Bradloid and Tioga as it (his act had not been passed. THE f.ATEST KOREICN NEWS.—The news from Europe by the Baltic and Canada is of the same character as dial heretofore received as lar as re gards the warhke operations of the contending powers. Sebane. The Russians are making continual ant! desperate sotties, but they ate uniformly repelled by the allies. The London Times openly advocates the immediate removal ol Lord Raglan from the command of the B i ish forces in the Crimea on the ground ol incompetency. The same paper de nounces in measured terms the present British minisby. Victoria has written an autograph letter sympathizing widi the wounded soldiers. This exhibi'ion of Royal sympathy will undoubtedly have a great efi -cl in healing die sick ami man gled. The Emperor ol France is ex-rting himself with the greatest vigor in forwarding ai like opera. J lions. The position of Austiia ami Prussia is s ill a matter of doub'—they are probably waiting for die upshot of affairs at bebas opol. APPOINTMENTS —Gov Pollock has made th- fob t lowing appointments: ANDREW G. CCRTIN, of Bel lefonte, Secretary ol ihe Common wealth ; Titos R FRANKLIN, of Lancaster, Attorney General : JOIIN M. Sin.Li VAN, of Butler, Deputy Secielnry ol the Commonweal h • HENRY C. HICKOK, of Lewi-burg, Deputy Superintendent ol Common Schools Mr. Cuttiii is grandson of Andiew Gregg long time a member ol eacli branch ot our National Con gress, and Secretary of the Commonwealth under Governor Heister. Mr. Franklin is a sound lawyer who held die same office under Gr?v. Johnson, and whose appointment satisfies the conflicting demon's in Lancaster Mr. Sullivan was a long time Cluel Cleik of the Stnu'e, and is a very wo ihv, competent man. Mr Hickok is editor ol Ihe Lcwisburg Chronicle, and until the last cam paign, acted with the Democratic party, (jp- The amount of the public debt of the Unr ®d St.ties outstanding on the 20th November was 54.48/ 5-15 605 Ol this, tSS 000 000 is not issued The redemption during die curient month wdi probably reach between one and two millions of dollars, as die period ol redemption expires on ihe 31st ins!., and there is not much probability of the Treasury renewing his proposition on the same terms. 1 AE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION IN FRANCE —"he e are some signs of opposition in Fiance, to the new dogma of die Immaculate conception. The Councils of State, whose approbation is necessary to the promulga ion of any bull from the Pope, i said to show symptoms ol revolt A judge of 'the Court ot Cassation is writing a pamphlet againls ii, and one of the members of the Conned will pronounce an alaborate oration against granlin" the VIST. A KNOW NOTHING TOWN.—At an election for lowr councilmen lately held in Paiketiburg, Va , (a place containing about three thousand inhabi tants, situated on the Ohio river, in Western Vir ginia.) the Know Nothing ticket leceived tvery vote but six. This looks bad for Mr. Wise. Married, In Smithfield, January 17th, by Willian E.Barton Esq., MA. AxnnEw FRXLET, to Miss MARGARET DITBERT, both of Springfield. Died, In Troy, Pa., on Wednesday 17ih inst., Mrs. An- TICRF.TA BAIRR, wife of Samuel Baird of Troy. Mrs. B. was the daughter of Ephriain Wooster, and was born in Huntington, Conn., Feb. 10, 1784. She was married Sept. 23, 1804, and became the mother of eight children, five sons and three daugh ters, all of whom are now living and heada of fami lies. She first united with the Congregational Church in Huntington, then under the Pastoral care of the Rev. David Ely, D. D...during ihe sum mer of 1816. Subsequently she became a member of the Congregational Church at Oxford, N. V.,and of the Presbyterian Church of Troy, Pa., with which, she was connected at the time of her death. Ihe disease of which she died was dropsy con sumption. She bore her sufferings with christian fortitude and resignation, and we trust has fallen a-leep in Jesus. ," t Fame is deceitful and beauty is vain ; but a woman that fcareth the Lord, shall be P r scd." t . D . NEW ARRANGEMENTS. REDUCTION IN PRICE! An experience of fifteen years in publishing a newspaper, has satisfied us that the Credit system is radically wrong, both to the Pub lisher and to the Subscriber. Under its ope ration a large amount is coustantly due from subscribers located in every part of the coun ty, which at l>est 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 subscrilier, we have determined to adopt it. Hereafter the'Pie porter ' will be furnished to subscriliers at ONE DOLLAR per annum, payable invaria bly in advance, and will be sent no longer than paid for. These terms will be inflexibly adhered to. Those of our present subscribers who are indebted to us, and wish to avail themselves of these terms, ran do so upon settlement.— We shall continue to send them the paper until the close of the present volume, (which will t>e about the first of June next,) upon the original terms, when we shall positively dis continue sending the pajxtr to every subscri l>er in arrears, and proceed to collect the am ount due us. Subscribers who have paid in advance,and whose time expires liefore the close of the pre sent volume, will have four weeks notice of the expiration of their subscription. "We shall give this plan a thorough trial.— We believe it will meet the approbation of a!l those who desire to take, and pay for, a County paper ; and we are certain it will re lieve us from many of tire 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 sent; and, we trust, of feeling that we have given to every subscriber the full value of his Dollar. To any person sending us five new subscribers, with the cash, ($0) we will send the Rein .ill be given the Ist of .April, i j !{!KJB ALSO, a good hoose lo rent for one | i==iSLissyear, to a steady and induitrious man, : to whom steady employment and good wages will j be given. EDWARD McGOVERN. Heverly vitle, Jan. 1 1 , 1855. MUSICAL FESTIVAL r INHERE will be a MUSICAL FESTIVAL held -L in Towanda. commencing on TUESDAY, the Cih of FEBRUARY, to continue four days and evenings, under the direction of Professor Wm. B. Bradbury, of N. Y. To conclude with a - a J> E] R T 9 Friday Evening, Feb. 9. Ihe design of th.s Musical Festival is the ad vancement of Singers generally, whether as choirs or individual singers, in musical knewledge, by the study and practice of different styles of vocal mu sic. and by familiar lectures, and such training and criticism as may tend to the accomplishment ol the above named object. The different departments of musical study, such a- Church music, secular mu sic. Concert music, and instructions as to the best method of teaching singing classes, will receive at tention. The principal text books used will be the "Shawm" and the •' Metropolitan Glee Book." Singers who are accustomed to sing together in Clubs, y uartcttes,&c., will please come with pieces rehearsed to sing at the Festival. Clergymen throughout the country,and all others who may feel the least interest in the advancement and improvement of vocal music, are earnestly so licited to take an interest in this object. Further notice as to the place of holding the Fes tival will he given, also circulars will be generally distributed throughout the county. Any informa tion in relation to the matter may be had by com municating with either of the Committee. W. C. HOG ART, V D.S.PRATT, !_ E. T. FOX, ft'Ommittce. C. H. COBURN, j Towanda, January 10, 1855. ATnTrcp . Register's Wotice. til ICE is hereby given that there have been v.. ' sell ' et * ' u the office of the Registeroi VYills in and for the county of Bradford, accounts of administration upon the following estates, viz— Final account of James 11. Ward, administrator with the will annexed , of the estate of Oliver Beers late of Troy, deceased. Final aecount of John Rogers, guardian of Fr>n. Cis Roberts and Harriet Roberts. Final account of Thomas Mather, guardian e! William Mather, minor child of John Mather, late of Lister, deceased. Partial account of John W. Gray and Abisha YY• Gray, administrators of the estate of Oliver S.Cray, late of Standing Stonp, deceased. F mal account of Emily Owen, late Emily 0*" b .rne administratr x of Peter Osborne, late of she shequio, deceased. Final Recount ol Sophronia E. Jackson, late phronia E. Hamilton, surviving administratrix "j the estate of Joseph $. Hamilton, deceased, late L ' VY indham township. Final account of Betsey Teed and Samuel Dt'i' son. administrators of the estate of John Teed, la' of Litchfield, deceased." Final account of Cornelia Turk and Samuel l' J " vidson, administrators of the estate of Ttios Turk, ate of Litchfield, deceased. Final account of Joseph H Marsh, ad ministry "f the e.-tale of Elliott Marsh, late of Pike tp. dec'J- And ihe same will be presented to ihe Orphan* .-.J Court of Bradford county, on Monday the sth df -J of F'ebruary next, for confirmation and allow"" o ''' JAMES H. WEBB, Register. ficgistvi's Office, Jan. 1, 1545.