[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.
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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. ' '