[Fruu The F.vctVnir Tout.] Zilent f: t-irveiAioiis. That respectable denomination of Christians, "the Friends, hold silent meeting, but the silence is never compulsory or preconcerted ; it any lneiiil.er of the Society has anything <n his mind he is at fall liberty to jdeclsfc it. M e have, it seems, a politiefti sect among us which pies much further than tics • it gets up silent meetings on purpose, and maki > the* suppression of opinion a part of it- discipline. The Alia up -Wis, a journal with which w. are always glad to find ourselves acting in accord, and pained when we happen not to agree with if, says in its sheet of yesterday. " Last year, when thirty-three members of Congress were to be elected and a vacancy in Senate tilled, the question of the repeal or restoration of the Missouri line came home to the hearts and interests of the people -of this frtate. They acted under the impulse of j uMie sentiment ; and the Democracy being divided, the Whig party carried the Congressional delegation and a Legislature that reelected Seward for six years. The Whigs like this and ask for more. They want to elect a Canal "Commissioner, a Controller, a Treasurer, ike., on the Nebraska issue !" Are we to understand by this that, in the opinion of The Atlas, the present is the proper occasion to be silent on the question to which that journal refers ? In a Convention of the Democrats of our State, called just before the nomination, and but little more thau a year before the election of a President of the United States, is this controversy to be treated as if it had no existence, or is if to be slurred over with ambiguous words that bear a double meaning? We are are pretty confident that the Convention will not be guilty of the madness of approving of thecourse of the Administration in the Nebraska affair : its members will under stand that public opinion will not endure an outrage of that nature : but will a Convention assembled for political objects fairly represent the will of the people, if it separates without pronouncing an emphatic judgment on the question of Slavery in the Territories? Last year " the question of the Repeal or" Restora tion of the Missouri Compromise came" home" says The Atlas, "to the hearts and interests "of the people." With ten times more truth may it be said to come to the hearts and interests of the people now. when we are considering for whom wo shall vote as President, and when the chivalry of the South, pledged to consummate the object of the Nebraska fraud by Still bolder frauds, invade Kansas with armed bands, wrest the elections from the hands of the people, and set up a Legislature of their own from which they expel all who are fairly elected. The Democratic Convention of last year failed to express the popular voice ou a question which went "to the hearts and " interests of the people," and their party was beateu. What may he expected to he its fate if it is equally faithless to the popular feeling uow ? We hope The Atlas will not. give its adhesion to that class of politicians with whom tlie time to speak out ou the most important questions before the country never eouies. Last year the Democratic Convention put off the people with a set of resolutions on i he question of Slavery in the Territories, which meant nothing. This year, if we understand the plan of those who expect to control it is to be silent.. Next year, when the election of a i'resilient is pending, the equivocal doubled-fneed i\ solutions will Wi SWTi.! V? will be nothing to bo said ; and thus we are to vacilliate from ambiguity to silence, and from silence to ambiguity; the warm heart of the country is never allowed to utter the emo tions with which it is swelling ; the great interests of our country are passed over as if nobody cared for them, and party conventions degenerate into devices to suffocate the expres sion of public opinion. We put it to The Atlas to say whether these are—not worthy—and honorable, for of that there can be no question —but whether they are safe tactics for any political party. The Atlas ridicules the Republican Conven tion to be held in this State, sometimes called the Fusion Convention. Such Conventions are the natural fruit of the policy of suppression aud silence which the Conventions of the old parties seek to enforce. The people grow impatient of the suffocating proc -s ; thev break away from the old organizations ; thev come together without regard to former party connections, and, taking free breath, utter with one accord the common resentment, with which their minds are inflamed, and the common pnrpose which they have in view, and which they are not allowed the opportunity of pro claiming elsewhere. The Fusion Convention in this State is not in reality got up by those whose names appear on the call. Its true authors are those who are laboring to circum vent the expression of popular opinion in the obvious manner—that is to say, by public assemblies. They stop it at its* natural out let and force it to find a passage by other channels. If silence ou the great question which con vulses the country is to be enforced at the Democratic Convention, we all know how the thing is to be brought about. The office holders under the Federal government and their friends are to pack the Convention and direct its proceedings. Capt. Ryudersmul his confederates in the Custom-House here are to look to the election of delegates from this City, and the Captain goes up at their head as a matter of course to see that all is right.— Something of this sort was done at the Con vention last year, and there is no reason to suppose that the arrangements for the present year will be very differently ordered. After au experiment or two of this kind the people grow discontented and dearannd a Convention of a different -ort—a Convention which, instead of being governed by a handful of men, shall speak without restraint the sincere voice of the great majority. It would be unjust to The- A* las to infer, with out giving it the opportunity of explanation, that it approves of the policy against which we have been arguing. If, however, it does not, its mode of treating the subject is so liable to misconstruction that we hope it will inform the public and ourselves whether it thinks the present an occasion for a convention, professing to represent public opinion in the State, to be silent or equivocal on a subject which, more than any other, occupies men's minds, and more thau any other concerns the common interests of the U uiou. AY T0 STOP DRINKING. —The " Eastern Prince of the Chinese Insurgents lias issued a proclamation forbidding nil princes and nobles, ministers o. State and people, men and women, to indulge iu the use of wine, even private!* under penalty of leltg beheaded. Skiiikti Ikporter. O. GOODRICH) KDTToR. TOW AN DA: CflUtrimu Xtlormnn, 1, 1553. TUIIMI ——One Dollar per annum. inrttriabhi in ad ranee.— /'.•! ir i petti* pi ri trio to the r rpiralitm of a subscription, notice iciH be given hp n printed wrapper, and if not re newed, the paper u iti in all catcs be stopped. Cu rnisi;— The Reporter trill be sent to Clubs at the fol lowing ectremtbj hoc rates : (I copies for. .. . f"> 00 IIS copies for. .. .#l2 00 10 copies for S 00 > 20 copies f0r. ... 1") 00 APVVRTISKMESTS— For a square of ten lines or less. One Hollar for thru or less insertions, aud twenty-five cents for each nubst quiiit inscvlion. JOH-WORK —Executed irith accuracy and despatch, and at rt iso;:able prices with r rrr / fvi'lty for doing Rooks, lll.inks. Ilnnd-bi!ts. Ball tickets. <s-r. MONEY may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an ecrelope, and property directed, we will be responsible for its safe delivery. DEMOCRATIC STANDING COMMITTEE. The members of the Democratic Standing Committee are requested to meet at the NN ard House, in this borough, on Tuesday, August Till, 1855, at 2 o'clock, I'. M. The atten dance of each member is requested. The fol ! lowing named gentlemen compose saidconimit- I tee i—E. O. GOODRICH, CUKSTER THOMAS, 11. ! S. SaLSßiuv, FRANCIS IIOMET, F. OP.WAN, MI- R.O MERRIER, HKNRV UIBBS, JOHN ROWI.EE, EUGENE KEEKER. GOVERNOR REEDER REMOVED ! ! We claim no gift of prophesy, nor does our : steady and reiterated opinion that Governor REEDEK would be sacrificed to the demands of ATCHISON and STRINGFEI.EOW, now fulfilled, im press us with any idea of our own foresight or sagacity. To us it has never appeared any thing but a question of time. We have never for an instant doubted that President PIERCE | would be guilty of this gross injustice to satis fy the South of his devotion to slavery and his \ recreancy to patriotism, to duty, and to com | inon decency. Following close upon the telegraphic declara tion that Gov. KEEPER had succeeded in satis tying the Administration of his innocence of I the official misconduct attributed to him, now comes the official announcement that he is re ' moved, and JOIIN L. DAWSON, of this State, ap pointed in his place. Mr. DAWSON was a mem ber of the last Congress, and gave to the Ne- I braska-Ivansas bill a hearty support. It is ; hardly necessary to say, that he has since been expecting his reward at the hands of the pre ; sent Democrfitic National Administration. He has at last received rt, and we have no reason to hope that he will be anything but a pliant and feeble instrument in the hands of the bor , der ruffians who have invaded and subjugated i Kan-as. This last act in the Kansas drama should ; awaken the attention and arouse the feelings j~c .TV f. Ti l. -11 1 i the liveliest apprehensions in the breast of i every patriot. From its earliest conception, to i the-aot which uow gives up Kansas irremediably to the march of Slavery—it has been fraught with the grossest debauchery in high places, ! and with 11 disregard of public morality, alarm j ing in the extreme. Sprung upon the country , without previous warning, the power and pat i ronagc of the Administration was exerted in j corrupting members of Congress to procure its j passage in defiance of popular sentiment. The | Compromise, scarcely less binding than the Constitution itself—made sacred bv thirty-four 1 years observance, gave way before the influ ; once of a National Administration elevated bv the united voice of the North and the South, and Freedom received the severest blow it ever | suffered. 5\ ith what vehemence Northern traitors as serted that slavery would never enter into Kan | sas and Nebraska ! With what apparent sin cerity and ardor they declared that the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise would never add |to the area of Slavery ! And stranger yet, there were men in the North who pretended to place confidence in, and reiterated such declara tions! Subsequent events have shown, that the design of the Repeal of the Missouri Com promise was to permit slavery to enter into Kansas at least, and probably Nebraska, and that those who doubted it, were either very credulous, or extremely dishonest. No charge of official misconduct in Gover nor KEEPER can satisfy the public that honora ble motives prompted his removal. If he had been guilty ot malfeasance in office, the present was no time for his removal. The Adminis j 'ration owed it to itself, whose authority has been set at defiance, to the cause of law and order, to have stood by him so long as he was assailed, and the peace and quiet threatened by the invaders of the soil of Kansas. The public cannot, and should not, be satisfied that the removal of Gov. REEDF.R was prompted by : anything except a desire to conciliate ATCHI SON and his colleagues, and to satisfy the sla very-propagandists that President PIERCE is still ready and anxious to eat dirt at the feet of the peculiar institution. Gov. REEDER stood before the country in the attitude of an officer courageously and conscientiously doing his du ty—and that too, while iu iimniuent danger of personal violence. lie is sustained in his course by the unauimons approbation of the citizens of the North, and assailed by the vengeance and denunciations of those baffled by his integ rity and firmness. We care not how derelict he may have been in other respects, it was the duty of the National Administration to have sustained him so long as lie was maintaining its authority, endeavoring to preserve the in tegrity of the ballot-box, and to organize a territorial government with some regard to pro- j priety and decency. If pi-f experience had not proven that the J present National Administration was toady lor any act, however mean and abject, to testify i to the South the depth of its servility inddeg radation, we could not have believed ilat Gov. REEDER would have become a sacrifice. His antecedents were all in his favor. He was in fact, a Pennsylvania politician—amongst whom it is unusual to find one who does not carry his . principles in his pocket—and it was fair to pre- ; same that he would offer no obstacle totliede-, signs of the slavery-propagandists. Rut Gov. j REEDER, it appears, while a "National Demo crat," had some little independence and sense of propriety, lie labored under th mistaken idea that he was sent out to be Governor, and organize a territorial government, instead of becoming a facile tool in the hands of ATCHI SON and SrniNC.FEI.Low, to carry out their plans J for the introduction of slavery into Kansas. — i Hence the speedy collision between the two parties, which has ended in the removal of REEDER, to the everlasting disgrace of the Na- J tional Administration. Has the neglect or refusal of the late Demo cratic State Convention to endorse the action of REF.DER, or to denounce the invasion of the Missourians into Kansas, had any effect in hastening his removal ? What do his friends in Pennsylvania propose to do ? That is now an important question. Will they stand quiet ly by, and see him so outrageously sacrificed to satisfy the demands of those whom he has been in the way of? Are they content to see him become a victim to the Moloch, which demands an offering of every Northern man possessed of back-bone ? We very much fear that he will be deserted by bis friends—that places in the different departments, in custom houses, and in post offices, chargeships and fat places gener ally will prove more inviting than devotion to a man hunted by the slave-drivers, and desert ed and proscribed by the National Adminis tration. —Almost simultaneously with the announce ment of Governor RKEDKK'S removal, a tele graphic despatch appeared dated St. Louis, to the effect that he has published a copy of his answer to Secretary Marcy's last letter. He says in relation to the charge of having pur chased half-breed Kansas lands, that he has purchased no such lands, lie thinks he has been treated very unfairly, because the Presi dent has called upon him for his defence against charges of violating rules which are not speci fied, and asks for their specification. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT. —A convention of School Directors of this County, at which about sixty attended, was held in this place, on Satur day last, and voted to increase the salary of the County Superintendent SIOOO a year, mak ing it SISOO. A report of the proceedings will lie found in another column.. We have also a communication in regard to the matter which we .-hall publi.-h next week. In the mean time we may say, that as we are in favor of . auit as we believe that in thi-- ease it will produce no disastrous results, we shall open our columns to all that may be written upon the subject, on either I side, if properly and temperately expressed. 1' IIREDTN" NEWS. —The Royal Mail steamer Asia, arrived at Halifax, on Wednesday morn ing, bringing one week later intelligence from Europe. The week has been entirely unproductive of any event of moment in the Crimea or Baltic— the position of the belligerents remaining pre i oisely the same as at last advices. In the British Parliament Mr. Roebuck's motion of censure upon the Government had been debated and finally rejected by one hun dred majority. The Palmerston Ministry there fore remains in oiliee. The vacancy created by the retirement of Lord John Russell had not been filled up, al though rumor pointed to Sir William Moles worth as his most probable succcessor in the Colon i a 1 Secretary s h i p. fik-A" IIENDRICK B. WRIGHT does not get the Governorship of Kansas, after all his cringing, and fawning, and truckling, lie made a high bid, hut failed to carry off the prize. How ever, lie is used to disappointment. In 1844, he played traitor, history records, and failed to have his treason rewarded. DAWSON, the new ly appointed Governor lias been the leader of the CASS forces in Pennsylvania, and opposed to BUCHANAN ; but rumor says that he has lately given in his adhesion to OLD BUCK, and by his double treachery secured the berth.— IIENDRICK must take another dive. Possibly he may come up dirty enough to secure a for eign mission from our respectable Democratic National Administration. POST-OFFICE APPOINTMENTS.—The Postmas ter General has made the following appoint ments for Pennsylvania : James M. English, Postmaster at Little Pine Creek, Lycoming county, vice Benjamin Kirk; Thomas M'Cracken, Postmaster at Lumber city, Clearfield county, vice I). D. Bobbins ; Chester Mnnson, Postmaster at Kylertown. Clearfield county, vice E. Hunter, resigned ; S. H. Cullender, Postmaster at Green Grove, Luzerne county, vice Nelson Cullender, resign- ! Isiah Potter, Postmaster at Pottersville, Brad ford county, vice E. C. Potter, resigned. £-£*" "THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF AUGUST" was celebrated by the colored population of this place, and by quite a number of visitors from ' adjacent towns, with much enthusiasm and ap parent enjoyment, and with tiie usual accom- j pauiments of banners and music. The speak- j ers expected, failed to be present., and addres-' ses were made by JOSHUA C.JOHNSON, Dr. JOHN I MTNTOSH, Mr. I.oetEß, nDd Judge Wtu;! [For the Bradford Reporter.] SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY $1500!!! " HOW IT H AS jjrw:' MR. EDITOR : Last Saturday, about one-fifth of the school directors assembled at Towauda for the purpose of raising the County Superin tends salary, and the.yd'vl raise it. The meet- j ing was organized by calling WM. CORYELL to the chair, O.J. CHUHBUCK and 11. HOWEI.I. | were chosed Secretaries. The President nj>-1 pointed J. IIENDRICK and two others to draft Resolutions. All these persons were in favor of the increase. I state this now, as it will explain some things hereinafter mentioned. In the absence of the committee, BelaCogs well. Esq., offered a resolution favoring the in crease, and in support thereof made a long, loud and njj'ecting speech, in which he had something to say of our "jail being filled with rerrcants The sensation on (on the part of the speaker) was intense. J. L. Jones offered some resolutions opposed to increasing the sala ry—all of which, on motion, were referred to the Committee. In a short time, the eommit -5 tee reported, suppressing Jones' resolutions,and reporting iu favor of Mr. Cogswell's, although one of their own covered the same ground. I j suppose they did not know that when a con vention refers resolutions to a committee, they ; are bound to report them, though it be with a 1 negative recommendation. Ignorance, like ! C OF 1 charity, sometimes " covers a multitude of sins." ; Instead of reporting Jones' resolutions, the chairman put them into his pocket ; and on I being asked by If. L. "Scott Esq. to deliver them up, at first "did not know," but after wards, (Scott having gone across the room to liim,) he reluctantly placed them in his hands. The report of the committee was accepted. A motion prevailed to consider the resolutions separately. The convention adopted two or three of minor importance. The motion then was to adopt one making the duties of tlieSn . perintendent more onerous and expensive.— j This was objected to on the ground that he had more duties now to perform than he got pay for (according to his notion) and it was best to see if the convention increased his sala ry before imposing new duties; the convention could only recommend, not impose. On motion of Mr. Scott, that n solution was postponed, and the one taken up which embodied the great object of the convention, viz : the increasing the Superintendent's salary. Thereupon Mr. Scott offered an amendment opposed to the of fice of County Superintendent, and recommeud j ed in its stead township Superintendents—op posed to increasing Mr. Guyer's salary on the ground that his services were not worth to the common schools more than SSOO per year— that the " value received bv the schools was the measure of the value of said services."— The amendment was also in favor of reducing the number of directors to three, iu each town ship, who should receive for their services a suitable compensation. This amendment was advocated with ability bv Mr. Scott and O. 11. i . lYiuucy, l-.sq., but on motion it was lost by a few votes. Before the vote was taken, how ever, Mr. Guycr was invited by the Conven tion to "stretch forth his hand and answer for i himself, touching all the things pertaining to his office, and especially to mention how many times he had visited sonic of the. townships du ring the past near." He began by saying, "if he thought it would cost the people of Brad ford county one cent, he would not ask the di rectors to raise his salary—that $30,000 was appropriated to pay the county superintendents, and ii it were not consumed by them, it would Igo back into the Treasury for further legisla tion, and Bradford county,) i. e. Mr. G liver, I suppose) would lose so much." Let us ex amine this a little. The Act of 1854 creating the office of comity superintendent (page 39) I says, "said compensation (of county super intendent) shall lie paid by the Superintendent 1 of common schools by his warrant drawn upon the State Treasurer, in half yearly instalments if desired, and shall be deducted from the i amount of the State appropriation to be paid | to the several school districts for said county." , If this law means anything, the county super intendeut is paid at the cost of the schools of , each county. The State Superintendent con j stmes the law ; he did not make it, If he j construes it contrary to the plain and evident meaning, his opinion will be reversed by the Supreme Court. The law both of 1854-5 says in so many words, " $230,000 are appropriated for the support of common schools." What i right has Mr. Guyer or anybody else to say ; any particular part of that sum was intended to pay the county superintendent ? But sup pose it is as Mr. Guyer says, a part goes back i into the Treasury. It is to the people so much ready money in hand ; and the next year saves them so much in taxes, ceteris paribus. Sup pose the salaries of all the county superinten : dents amounted to more -than $30,000, how I could they be paid, if only that sum were ap -1 propriated for that purpose ? Suppose again, Mr. Guyer's salary was SIOO,OOO, would it cost the people anything? "Oh,"says he, when that question was put to him by Mr. Scott, that is an extreme case." His argument was, ; "if you only pay ME SISOO a year, it will not i cost anybody anything." His ;M reason why his salary should bo rais ed was, "HE had done more for Bradford coun ty during the past year, than any one person ever had done, and if TIE was sustained by the diieetors, HE would do more for the common schools than any other person could do." llow modest! King Solomon said, "seest thou a man wise in his own conceit, there is more hope of a fool than him." 3d reason. " It MV salary is increased," said he, " it will bring more money into circulation in this county.' AN'hat an argument! On the same grounds, why not ask for the $30,000 ? "There are hawks," he said, "hanging around the public Treasury ready to swallow up every dollar they could lay their hands on." What have we in Bradford county—Vultures?— Said "during the past year lie had written 400 letters and rode ">7OO miles." Jle did not tell as how much of this had been done to secure the increase of his salary. In fact, that seems to be the only tangible thing he has yet ac complished. 4th reason. Said "he was laboring to have a school fund raised by general taxation, and thereby make the more opulent counties help school the children of the poorer counties."— lie was grandiloquent and very noisy on this part of iiis speech, talking as though this idea was original with him, when in fact, it was mooted and settled long ago in adjoining states —that such taxation, injured, practically, the common schools. But more on this subject an other time. By his speech one would be led to think he knew everything, and more too. It was about the liugcst specimen 1 ever heard— beat western orators to death—"he straddled most eloquently and beat the air most patheti ! callv." Wish I could give it ,to your readers cerbatim ct literatim. If I could, I think the people on a careful perusal would sec his real motives. Mr. Scott in rejily, suggested that the gen tleman was "extremely modest, that the mo ney which he received came from some place, and that some place was the people—it did not grow on bushes now." The question was then called on the original | resolution. It was adopted. Then the qnes- j tion come up as to the sum to fill the blank in the resolution. Some one suggested SIOOO. — 11. Booth, Esq., "amended" by inserting the sum of $1 bOO. Mr. Scott said, inasmuch as the money came from no place, he suggested the sum of SIO,OOO. Mr Booth said the sum - he mentioned, w as an " amendment to an amend- j inent," and the question must be put. Messrs. j Scott and Kinney urged that in filling a blank there might be twenty sums or more suggested, j and that in putting them to vote, the conven | tion must first vote on the highest sum, then 1 on the next highest, and so on until a sum is I O > ; agreed upon ; —that in filling a blank it was neither a motion or an amendment—merely j suggestions. The chair decided that Mr. Booth was right, and put the question on the SISOO. It seems that Mr. Booth and Dr. Coryell both ought to know more of parlia mentary rules than that. His salary was fix i ed at SISOO a year by the following vote, yeas ' —29, nays 25. j The following named persons voted yea : James Wilcox, I). 15. Cotton, Win. Coryell, Jos. Campbell, C. F. Nichols, J. W. Spencer, R. M'Koe, 11. Iloleomb, Andrew West, R. R. Rockwell, J. Lyons, J. O. Frost, J. W. Fayson, (). J. Chubbuck, J. W. Alger, .Jacob llotteii-tine, Jonathan Camp, J. llendrick, 11. ■ Booth,C. M. Manville, J. W. Wilcox, B. Cogs well, D. O. Chubbuck, 11. Howell, D. llungcr fnr.l, i J. 1,. llwiKuell, O. XV. IllllC ry, Geo. Goulden, (). If. 1\ Kinney. Mr. K. stated that he voted yea because it would have | the effect to hasten the repeal of the law erea ! ting county superintendents. Thus one ninth of the directors raised Mr. ; Guycr's salary from SSOO to SISOO. If there j had been a full representation, his salary would J have been left in statu quo. But by hook and | crook lie had enough stand by him to aceom ; plish all he wanted—no, not all lie wanted, for j I think in his speech he thought his services worth S2OOO, inasmuch as "it came out of the State Treasury and cost the people uothing." Thus I have stated as briefly as possible the proceedings of the Convention. Hereafter, with your permission, I purpose to follow up this . subject of county superintendent, and other questions pertaining to common schools, j Be it remembered, that one year ago the : sth day of June last, Mr. Gnyer accepted the j office of county superintendent at SSOO a year , for three years. Within the first year he had • the Legislature pass a law to increase it. lie | had a convention called at the busiest time of ; the year—and TWEVTY-XINE school directors I put it up to $1500! This salary has to be paid by the people ! * * TEMPERANCE NOTICE. — Messrs KIRKPATRICK | and NICHOLSON, Grand Officers of the Sons of j Temperance of Pennsylvania, are expected to I lecture on Temperance at the Court House, on Saturday evening. These gentlemen enjoy a i high reputation as public speakers, and we hope there will be a general attendance by the wizens Mr. Kirkpatrick was a member of the legislature from Allegheny county, and was an able and ardent advocate of temperance re form in that body. ftS"" boi. SEYMOUR, of Connecticut, our Minister to Russia, s;n s that he saw no troops in cither France or England equal to the army of two hundred thousand Russians at St Re- ! terslmrg and its vicinity. The Russians are superior in size and discipline, but not equal to the Allies in spirit. JteS- The Elmirn Republican says, A Nunnery is to be established in Elmirn, we are informed. It is to occupy the place where the temporary Catholic Church now stands, so soon as the new Church, which is progressing finely, is completed." DROWNED AT THE SEA-SHORE. — A lady and gentleman were drowned on Wednesday last at Coney Island, New \ ork. The unfortunate parties were John 11. Elliott, of Williamsburg, and his daughter, who, in company with Mr! Gibbons, to whom she was engaged to be married, Miss Easton, of New York, and a young man, named Henry Boyd, ventured too lar from the shore. Several parties, witnesses of the occurrence, put. out on planks to tliei rescue, and Miss Easton, Mr. Gibbons and Mr Boyd were saved in this war. THE CHOPS AND THE WEATHEU. \ unfavorable season, up to Inst Tu<-sd iv ] seldom been experienced for sei'iirhc'' t'l, harvest. Last Snndav was the first "1■ rv dsiv" for some ten days, but on Mond.iv j ing, a tremendous rain-storm set in, d< -r,,-:. r the prospects of harvesting and much grain and hay. We hear very m,f vr ~ ajde accounts from all quarters of the C<. ( , t of grain growing, both cut and uncut, and of grass rotting in the swarth. At the p n - ( . Ilt writing there seems to be a fair pro-p., t th-t what remains unharvested may be "atl • r 1 and we trust and believe that the amount secured uninjured will yet prove considerably above an average crop. A correspondent, who has been h, , Eastern part of Bradford, and along til valley of the Susquehanna and Chenango writes us as follows in regard to the pru-p-J! in those sections : t-INOH a.MTO.V, July '2- 1- Mk Editor ; —I have thought tliaj an oc casional line, from the valleys of the SUS-,H.- hanna and Chenango, might perhaps iuteiv. t your readers-. The weather here 1 supi>oseha! been much as it has with you, that is, raim most of the time; it has rained everv dav exceiz Tuesday 27th, for more than a week." farm? r! are eonsequently greatly Miind about their work; ranch of the corn in the northern town ships of Bradford co. lias not lieen hoed the first time. I have seen several fields in which the water has been standing between rows for more than a week. Many of the fanners have commenced cutting their hay, but<'ainiot secure j it ; much that was cut the fore part of 1,.-. j week is still in the fields,and worth nothing but for manure; wheat and rye are growing hi the 1 fields even when the grain is yet standing. The crops are remarkably fine ; gra.-.- an 1 oats I think have not been as good for sew-ml years before, I think it may be put down a- a | fixed fact that hay will not be worth t\\ j dollars j e" t n, or oats six .-hi lings per hue | during the coming winter. The rye crop i .. j been very good ; there must lie an abmuia:; I of that kind of grain, for there is more La three times as much harvested this season, u thero lias been before for several year-. Ih, . none of it will find its way iuto the • till Lou.- ; But little wheat was sown compared withfom - ' years, but what was sown will yield a >'■ ; crop. Potatoes are looking finely. Wherev-rl ; have been there must be a great vield. if i are not affected with the rot. ('< r:i i- vrrv i - ward, but of a good color, and is now Jr.mi more rapidly than I ever knew it to before From The Rochester Democrat of July :• we extract the following upon the .-uhj-.t i the injury to the crops by the rain. WEATHER— WHEAT—If AY. —The weati,: was more favorable on Thursday night, !• : cool and dry, with a gentle wind. Y.-;-r. there was also an improvement, althotiuL was pretty warm. , | Tlu-re are two opinions about ll;-" 1 <-\i- • i the damage to the wheat crop. Jt i- nut • piited that where wheat i grown as l> ;i i.. ' . some specimens brought to the <-i:v. it : - • j mil h ruined, and we o'-serve tic-. - ;! • ; • are nearly unanimous in looking upon . dark side." Specimens u re -at us v • day fi m Gem see, gat In-red i. i.- . j which are very much grown. <>, the oi : hand, some thirty heads \v>-re shown u •j ed from livediff rent ii-his within dire- . • | the city, which appear to be very i ; -i,.,. - J Tiie root had started from some k • ! tlu-re was no gre. n I.la fi- uj, a nv 1 heads. Many persons maintain th,.- ■ l is not injured to the extent of a p- v a 1 liusncl. Ihe real extent of the da in :i_" •> . ' 1| be satisfactorily determined, pt-rk.ij. j weather may do something vet for 1; 1. .. have been pretty much given over a-i -t. 'i he hay crop suffers prettv -i-vrrelv. an-! r will .stand farmers in hand to'.-.-cureev>rv ! s upon which stock can be wintered. M -.. . intelligent farmers in Brighton e-\:.r. - . "... > 2-70 to 300 acres have been cut in l ai i nearly all of which has been soak >i.rf.>ra-* - in the rain, and is almost entirely \vnr*i>'— ' Mr. .Met 1 jiiegal of Irondequoit. had 20 int I i cut and thinks he will lose the whole. There is no doubt that the duumg--to and hay is very large—larger than h - ' known for many years, after reaching ant r" but, we repeat, there is no reason to prol ' • ' famine or high prices. There will l>ck--r • this year with the " Genesee" brand than u- I but Panada and the inexhaustible W open their full granaries to supply.seethe;.-' may be deficient. Nearly three inches of rain ha< fallen - : the 1 tith, and yet the Genesee ha- ri.-etieg-- . few inches. THRILLING ESCAPE FROM \ III.A. K SVIR- On Monday last, several children, aniouff' I '' was an interesting daughter, of Jo—phll hill, Esq., about ten years, were eajoi -' j sociable pie-nie in a woods about a mile ■ of West Chester, and were thrown l it" - by a large black snake. Miss HouipiiiL ing behind her comrades at some M-A bushes, espied a nest of young snake.-. ■ immediately started to run towards the e • - She succeeded in crossing the fen." . progress was impeded by a large Ida s - j that had wound itself twice round liert - i on the outside of her garments. and Leu: : ! s o tight that she could not move. 11 I when it got there she could not oil. '■ r I being so confused by fright on seeing t:. I from which she ran. She was rcii , locomotion bv thesnake taking a higher | ; "■' ! when she threw up her arm- ami ran 1 j her basket to light the reptile, which - her, and bit incessantly at iierdrc--. > finally relieved from her perilous - inn; gentleman who was attracted to the her cries, and who killed the snake.— !! Chester (.l'u.) Jeff. CASSIFS M. CLAY has been ;: some expeitemeut again in Kentucky abolition speeches. Amobof pro-.-la*' l J ,* at Richmond in that State, had pr o ' .John G. Fee from delivering a speech. v Clay took up Fee's quarrel, and auuoain intention of going to the scene of tin'no- " ance, and enforcing the freedom c \ A large number of persons voiuutecre accompany him, armed, for the -amy I I lie mob in Rockcastle comity notified-"' Clay, Fee, and all other abolition sp- akcR 1 preachers, that they must dcsi.-t from >!'"" * in that county, uuder penalty of b> |i: - cd. The mob must have thought '" c- ' r or the weather was too warm. C M :l,: made their promised spec" • > witit''- 1 ' rnptiou. The dog da vs ieeiu to i'- 1 elfccf. ' '
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