BENTON'S HISTORY. [CONCLUDED FROM FIRST FACE.} the i*)int of the truth of the Maryland citizen's private letter—but to argue quite off' upon a new text. It so happened that Lord Aber deen. —after the fullest contradiction of the imputed design, and the strongest assurances of non-interference with any slavery policy ei ther of the United States or of Texas, —did not stop there ; but, like nmny able men who are not fully aware of the virtue of stopping when they are done, went 011 to add something more, of 110 necessary connection or practical application to the subject—a mere general abstract declaration on the subject of slavery, on which Mr Calhoun took positiou, and erect ed a superstructure of alarm which did more embarrass the opponents of the treaty and to inflame the country, than all other matters put together. This cause for this new alarm was fouud in the superfluous declaration, " That Great Britain desired and is constantly exerting herself to procure the general abolition of slavery throughout the world. 1 ' This general declara tion, althouh preceded and followed by reiterat ed assurances of non-iuterfcrence with slavery in the United States, and no desire for any dominant influence in Texas, were seized upon as au open avowal of a design to abolish sla very everywhere. These assurances were uli disregarded. Our Secretary established him self upon the naked declaration, stripped of all qualifications and denials, lie saw in them the means of making to a northern man (Mr. Van Buren) just as perilous the support as the opposition of immediate annexation. So, mak ing the declaration of Lord Aberdeen the text of a most elaborate reply, he took up the oppo site ground (support and propagation of sia very)arguing it generally in relation to the world aud specially in relation to the United Stutes and Texas, and placing the annexation so fully upon that ground that all its suppor ters must be committed to it. Here was a new turn, iuduccd by Mr. Blair's article in the Globe, and by which the support of the treaty would be as obnoxious in the North as oppo sition to it would be in the South. It must have been a strange despatch for a British Minister to receive—an argument in favor of slavery propagandise—supported by comparative statements taken from the United States census, between the numbers of deaf, dumb, blind, idiotic, insane, criminal ami pau pers among the free aud the slave negroes— showing a large disproportion against the free negroes ; and thence deducing a conclusion in favor of slavery. It was a strange diplomatic despatch, and incomprehensible except with a knowledge of the circumstances in whieh it was was written. But it was not written for Lord Aberdeen, though addressed to him, and was sent to those for whom it was intended long before Le saw it. The use that was made of it showed for whom it was written. Two days after its date, aud before it had commenced it* maritime voyage to London, it was in the American Senate—sent in with the treaty, with the negotiation of which it had 110 con nection. being written a week after its signa ture, and after the time that the treaty would have been scut iu Lad it 110 L been for the ap pearance of the articles (supposed to speak Mr. Van Bureu's sentiments) in the Globe, i It was 110 embarrassment to Mr. Van Buret), whose letter iu answer to the interrogatories had-been written, and was soon after publish ed. It was an embarrassmieut to others. It made the annexation a sectional and a slavery question, and insured tiie rejection of the trea ty. It disgusted northern senators ; and that was one of the objects with which it had been written. For the whole annexation business had been conducted with a double aspect — ouc looking to the Presidency, the other to disunion ; and the alternative, to the further ance of which the rejection of the treaty by northern vole- was an auxiliary stop. And while the whole negotiation bore that for one of its aspects from the beginning, this ex-post facto despatch, written after the treaty was signed, and given to the American public before it got to the British Secretary of State, became the distinct revelation of what had been before dimly shadowed forth. All hope of the Presidency from the Texas intrigue had now failed—the alternative aspect had become the absolute one ; and a separate republic, consisting of Texas and some southern states, had become the object. Neither the exposure of this object, nor tiie history of the attempted annexation belong to tliis chapter. A sepe rate chapter is required for each. And this incident of the Maryland citizen's privuto letter from London, Lord Aberdeen's contradiction, aud the Strang;- despatch of Mr. Calhoun to him, arc only mentioned here as links in the chain of the Presidential intrigue, and will lie dismissed with the remark that the Maryland citizen was afterwards found out, aud was discovered to be a citizen better known as an inhabitant of Washington than of Mary land ; and that the private letter was intend ed to be for public use, and paid for out of the contingent fuud ot the State Department: and tiie writer, a person whose name was the svonyra of subserviency to Mr. Calhoun ; muncly, Mr. Duff Green. All this was afterwards brought out under a ea'.l from the V. ited States Sen ate, moved by the writer of this View, who had been put upon the track by some really private information ; aud when tlie Presiden tial Message was read in the Senate, disclos ing all these facts, he used an exprc s'oll taken from a Spauish proverb which had some cur rency at tiie time : "At last the deril is pulled from under (he bin abet. 17 The time was approaching for the meeting of the democraiic Presidential convention. |ost poned by collusion with the Whigs, (the man agers in each party,) from the month of De cember to the month of May -tile 2Tth day of it. It was now May, and every sign w-.ts not only auspicious to Mr. Van Buren, but ominous to his opponents. The delegates al most universally remained under instructions to supjKjrt him. General Jackson, seeing how his letter to Mr. Brown had been used, though ignorant of the art-ilic by which it had been got from him, and justly indignant at finding himself used for a foe and agaiust a friend, and esj>eeially when he deemed that foe dangerous to the Union—wrote a second Texas letter, addressed to the public, iu which, while still adhering to his immediate annexation opinions, aiso adhered to Mr. Yau Buren as his candi date for the Presidency ; and this second let ter was a wet blanket upon the.Arcs of the first one. The friends of Mr. Calhoun, seeing that he would have no chance in the Baltimore con vention, had started a project to hold a third one in New-York ; a project which expired as son as it got to the air ; aud iu connection wiih which Mr. Cass deemed it necessary to make au authoritative contradiction of a state ment made.by Mr. L'uff Green, who undertook to convince him, in spite of his denials, that lie had agreed to it. In proportion as Mr. C'al boun was disappearing frojn this 1 residential canvass, Mr. Tyler was appearing in it ; an, eventually became fully developed as a candt date, intrusively on the democratic side ; but his friends, seeing no chance for him in the de mocratic national convention, lie got up au individual or collateral one for himself—to meet at the same time and place ; but Of this hereafter. This chapter belongs to the in trigue against Mr. Van Bureu. . The Convention met—a motley assemblage", called democratic—many self-appointed, or ap pointed upon management or .solicitation —ma- ny alternative substitutes-—many members of Congress, in violation of the principle which condemned the Congress Presidential caucuses in IS24—-some nullifiert, and an immense out side concourse. Texas land and scrip specula tors were largclv in it, ami more largely on the outside. A considerable uutnber were in tavor of no particular candidate, but in pursuit of of fice for themselves—inflexible against any one from whom they thought they would not get it and ready to go for any one from whom they thought they could. Almost all were under instructions for Mr. Van Purcn, and could not have been appointed where such instructions were given, except in the belief that they would be obeyed. The business of undoing instruc tions had been atteuded with but poor success —in no instance having been done by the in structing body, or its equivalent. Two hun dred and sixty-six delegates were present— South Carolina absent ; and it was immediate ly seen that after all the packing and intrigu ing. the majority was still for Mr. Van Duron. It was seen that he would be nominatedoll the first ballot, if the majority was to govern. To prcveut that, a movement was necessary, and was made. In the morning of the first day, before the verification of the authority of the delegates—before organization—before prayers —and with only a temporary chairman—a mo tion was made'to adopt the two-thirds rule, that is to saay, the rule which required a con currence of two-thirds to effect a nomination. That rule had been used in the two ja-evious nominating conventions—not to thwart a ma jority, but to strengthen it ; the argument be ing that the result would be the same, the con vention being nearly unanimous ; that the two thirds would be cumulative, and give more weight to the nomination. The precedent was claimed, though the reason had failed ; aud the effect might now to defeat (he majority instead of adding to its voice. Men of reflection and foresight objected to this rule when previously used, as being in violation of a fundamental principle—opening the door for the minority to rule—encouraging intrigue aud combination— ami leading to corrupt practices whenever there should be a design to defeat the popular will. These objections were urged in 1832 aud in 183fl, and answered by the reply that the rule was only adopted by each convention for itself, ami made no odds in the result : and now they wore answered with " precedents." A strenu ous contest took place over the adoption of this rule —all seeing that the fate of the nomination depended upon it. Mr. Romulus M. Saunders of North Carolina, was its mover. Messrs. llobort J. Walker, and Hopkins, of Virginia, its most active supporters : and precedent the stress of their argument. Messrs. Morton, of Massachusetts ; Clifford, of Maine ; Dickinson aud Butler, of New York ; Medary, of Ohio; and Alexander Kayser, of Missouri, were its principal opponents : their arguments were those of principle, and the inapplicability of precedents founded on cases where the two thirds vote did not defeat, but strengthened the majority. The rule was adopted, and by the help of delegates instructed to vote for Mr. Van Bu ren, aud who took that method of betraying their trust while affecting to fulfil it. The ho tly then organized, and the balloting commenc ed, all the states present except South Caroli na, which stood off, although she had come into it at the preceding convention, and cast her vote for Mr. Van Buren. Two hundred ami sixty-six electoral votes were represented, of which 134 would be the majority, and ITT the two-thirds. Mr. Van Dnren received If)I on the first ballot, gradually decreasing at each successive vote until the seventh, when it stood at flit, probably about the true number that remained faithful to their constituents and their pledges. Of those who fell off it was seen that they chiefly consisted of those professing friends who had supported the two-thirds rule, and who now got au excuse for their intended desertion and premeditated violation of instruc tions, in being able to allege the impossibility of electing the man to whom they were pledged. At this state of the voting, a member from Ohio, (Mr. Miller,) moved a resolve, that Mr. In a Jiu t en, ha itg ret ired a majority of (he rotesm the first ballot, was dull/ nominated, and should be so declared. This motion was an un expected step, aud put delegates under the ne cessity of voting direct on the majority princi ple, which lies at the foundation of all popular elections, and at the foundation of the Presi dential election itself, as prescribed by the constitution.' That instrument only requires a majority of the electoral votes to make au elec tion of President; this intriguing rule requires him to get two-thirds before he is competent to receive that majority. The motion raised a storm. It gave rise to a violent, disorderly, furious and tumultuary discussion. [Mr. B. here makes extracts from some of the speeches —amo gst others of Messrs. Brewster, Iliuch man, Bredon and Prazor, of the Pennsylvania delegation.] Tiie crimination and recrimination in the Pennsylvania delegation arose from division amongst the delegates: in some other delega tions the disregard of instructions was unani mous, and there was no one to censure another, as iu Miss ssippi. Tiie Pennsylvania delegation may be sai Ito have decided tlie nomination. Tiiey were instructed to vote for Mr. Van Bu ren, and did so, but they divided on the two thirds rule, and gave a majority of their votes for it, that it to say, 13 votes ; but as 13 was not a majority of 2<, one delegate was got to stand aside : and then the vote stood 13 to 12. The Virginia delegation, headed by the most respectable William 11. Boano, (with a few exceptions) remained faithful—disregarding the attempt to release them at Shockoe llill, and voting steadily for Mr. Van Buren,as well oil all the ballotings, as on the two-thirds ques tion —which was the real one. Some members of the Capitol nocturnal committee were in the convention, and ainoug its most active mana gers—and the most zealous against Mr. Van Buren. In that profusion of letters with which they covered the country to undermine him, they placed the objection 011 the ground of the mpossibility of electing him : now it was seen that the impossibility was on the other side— that it was impossible to defeat him, except by betraying trusts, violating instructions, combin ing the odds and ends of all factions : and then getting a rule adopted by which a minority was to govern. The motion of Mr. Miller was not voted up on. It was summarily disposed of, without the responsibility of :i direct vote. The enemies ot Mr. Van Buren having secured the presiding officer at the start, oil motions were decided airainst them ;' and after a long session ot storm and rage, intermitted during the night for .sleep and intriirne, and resumed again in the morn ing, au eighth ballot was taken, and without hope for Mr. Van BUTCH. As his vote weut down, that for Messrs. Cuss, Buchanan and 11. M. Johnson rose ; but without carrying ei ther of thorn to a majority, innch loss two thirds. Seeing the combination against him, the friends of Mr. Van Buren withdrew his name, and the party was then without n candi date known to the people. Having killed off the one choseu by the people, the convention remained masters of the field, and ready to sup plv one of its own. The intrigue, commenced in* 1842, in the Gilmer letter, had succeeded one-half. It had put down one man, but ano ther was to be put up ; and there were enough of Mr. Van Bur en's friends to defeat that part of the spireme. They determined to render their country that service, and therefore with drew Mr. Van Buren that they might go in a body for a new man. Among the candidates for the Presidency was Mr. James K. Polk, of Tennessee. His interest as a Vice presidential candidate lay with Mr. Van Buren, and they had been much associated in the minds of each other's friends. It was an easy step for them to support for the first office, on the loss of their first choice, the citizen whom they intended for the second. Without public an nouncements lie was slightly developed as a Presidential candidate on the eighth ballot; on the ninth he wax unanimously nominated, all the president-makers who had been voting for others—for Cass, Buchanan, Johnson—taking the current the instant they saw which way it was going, in order that they might claim the merit of conducting it. " You briugbut seven captives to my tent, but thousands of you took them," was the sarcastic remark of a king of antiquity at seeing the multitude that came to claim honors and rewards for taking a few prisoners. Mr. Polk might have made the same exeiaimation in relation to the multitude that assumed to have nominated him. Their name was legiou : for, besidgs the unanimous convention, there was a host of outside opera tors, eaeii of whom claimed the merit of hav ing governed the vote of some delegate.— Never was such a multitude seen claiming the merit and demanding the reward for having done what had been done before they heard of it. The nomination was a surprise and a marvel to the country. No voice in favor of it had been beard, 110 visible sign in the political horizon had announced it. Two small symp toms—small in themselves and equivocal in their import, and which never wonld have been remembered except for the event—doubt fully foreshadowed it. One was a paragraph in a Nashville newspaper, hypothetical!}' sug gesting that Mr. Polk should be taken up if Mr. Van Buren should be abandoned ; the other, the ominous circumstance that the Ten nessee state nominating convention made a recommendation (Mr. Polk) for the second office, and none for the first; and Tennessee being considered a Van Buren state, this omis sion was significant, seeming to leave open the door for his ejection, and for the admission of some other person. And so the delegates from that state seemed to understand it, voting steadily against him until he was withdrawn. The ostensible objection to the last against Mr. Van Buren was his opposition to immediate annexation. The shallowness of that objection was immediately shown in the unanimous nomi nation of his bosom frioud, Mr. Silas Wright, identical with him in all that related to the Texas negotiation, for Vice-President. He was nominated upon' the proposition of Mr. Robert J. Walker—a main-spring in all the movements against Mr. Van Buren, whose indefatigable opponents sympathized with tlie Texas scrip and land speculators. Mr. Wright instantly declined the nomination ; and Mr. George M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, was ta ken in his place. The Calhoun New York Convention expir ed in the conception. It never mot. The Tvler Baltimore Convention was carried the length of an actual meeting, nnd went through the forms of a nomination without the distrac tion of a rival candidate. It met the same day and place with the democratic convention, as if to officiate with it, and to be ready to offer a pis al/cr, but to no purpose. It made its own nomination—received an elaborate let ter of thanks and acceptance from Mr. Tyler, who took it (piite seriously ; and two months afterwards joined the democracy for I'oik aud Jhdlas against Clay and Frolinghuy seu—his old Whig friends. lie had co operated in all the schemes against Mr. Van llureu, in the hope of being taken up in his place ; and there was an interest, calling itself democratic, which was willing to oblige him. But all the sound heart of the democracy recoiled from the idea of touching a man who, after being raised high by the de mocracy, had gone over to the whigs, and now came back to the democracy to obtain the highest office they could give. And here ends the history of this long in trigue—one of the most elaborate, complex ami daring ever practiced in an intelligent country ; and with too lunch success in put ting down sonic, and just disappointment in putting up others ; for no one of those who engaged in this intrigue ever reached the office for which they strived. My opinion of it was expressed, warmly but sincerely, from the first moment it was broached to nie 011 the steps of the Capitol, when accosted by Mr. Brown, down to the reject on of the treaty in the Senate, and the defeat of Mr. Van Buren in the convention. Of this latter event the author of this View thus wrote in a public letter to Missouri: "Neither Mr. Po'ik nor Mr. Dallas has any thing to do with the intrigue which has nullifi ed the choice of the people, and the rights of the people, aud the principles of our govern ment, in the person of Mr. Van Buren ; and neither of them should be injured or prejudiced bv it. Those who hatched that intrigue have become its victims. They who dug a pit for the innocent have fallen into it ; and there let them lie, for the present, while all hands at tend to the election, and give us our full ma jority oi ten thousand in Missouri. For tiie rest, the time will come ; and people now, as twenty years ago, (when their choice was nul lified ill the person of General Jackson,) will teach the Congress intriguers to attend to law making, aud let I'resident-iuaking andnn-mak ing alone in future. The Texas 'treaty, which cousutnatcd this intrigue, was uothing* but the final act in a long conspiracy, in which the sacrifice of Mr. an Buren hail been previ ously agreed upon ; and thenomination of Mr. \\ right for \ ice-President proves it ; for his opinions and those of Mr. Van Buren, on the Texas question, were identical, and if fatal to one should have been fatal t'o the other. Be sides, Mr. Van Buren was right, and whenever Texas is admitted, it will have to be done itF the way jioiuted out by him. Having men tioned Mr. \Y right, I will say that recent events have made hint known to the public, as he has long been to his friends, the. Vain of Amerirrt, ami a star of Ike fust nuguUtule, in our politi cal firmament," And now why tell these things which may be quoted to the prejudice of democratic insti tujtions ? I answer : To prevent that prejudice ! and to prevent the repetition of such practices. Deinooracy is not to be prejudiced by it, for it wus the work of politicians ; and as fat* as depended upon the people, they rebuked it.— The irittfgue did not snort ed in elevating any of its authors to the Presidency, and the an nexation treaty, the fruit of so much mnehina tion, was rejected by the Senate ; and the an nexation afterwards effected by the legislative concurrence of the two powers. From the first inception, with the Gilmer letter, down to the Baltimore conclusion in the convention, the intrigue was carried on ; and was only successful in the convention by the help of the rule which made the minority its master. That convention is an era in onr political history, to be looked back upon as the starting point in a course of usurpation which has taken the choice of President out of the hands of the people and vested it in the hands of a self-con stituted anil irresponsible assemblage. It was the first instance in which a body of men, un known to the laws and constitution, assumed to treat the Presidency as their private proper ty, to be disposed of at their will aud pleasure; aud, it may be added, their own profit—for many of them demanded office—and received it. iiliscdlancoits. m A. n LOCK & WATCII RE PA IRER.—The Y_/ undersigned is constantly receiving IVoni Xew-Yurk bv Express, new additions to his Stock of Watclies, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver ware, and Kaucy Goods, comprising in part—Gold and Silver Ixwer, I.'),pine and I'lain Watches, with a full and complete assortment of Fine Gold Jewelry, such as Gold chains. Lockets, Bracelets, Gold i'ens. Keys. Breast-Pins, Knr-Kuigs, Finger-Rings, etc. etc. Also, a large variety of Silver ware .such as Table and Tea Spoons, Cream spoons. Butter knives. Salt spoons. Spectacles, to gether with an exteu.-ivc assortment of I'iated Ware—All of which will he sold very low for CASH. CLOCKS.—A large assortment Clocks just received, of all descriptions, runship in prices from 7J cents to Fifty Dollars. TC'X, Watches repaired on short notice, and WAIIHAXTEII to run well. Also, all kinds Clocks repaired. W. A. C. would beg leave to say. that he is prepared to execute the most difficult Jobs, such as can be done at no other Shop short of .New-York city. \V. A. GIIAMISEKI.IX. Towanda, February 1, 1855. I OOKING GLASS PLATES OUT AND I J fitted for any size, to be had at the Jewelry Store of Feb. 1. 1535. W. A. OH A M BERLIN. JEWELRY! JEWELRY! JEWELRY! A. lWt. Warner's At w t)- Splendid Jewelry til are, one door north of Potions Drug Store, r-Q HAS just been opened with the largest and _ most choice stock of FASHIONABLE utjv J KWKf.RY ever offered to a discriminating fcpT—i jl public. Indeed, he can safely say that with CTt, Af/m) opening of his new store has been in ' a new era in the Jewelry line, inasmuch as along with the choice and elegant assortment lie gives the most reliable assurance of an almost incredi ble reduction in prices : the rich and tasteful articles hav ing heen all bought with ready cash. A. M. W., when he reflects how, for the past years,with a far less attractive stock, lie has enjoyed so large a share of public patronage,flatters himself that the immense in crea-c of Goods lie now offers, which have been bought so much more advantageously, will enable him to increase the generous confidence which has hitherto been vouch safed to him. He therefore solicits a continuance of the favor of ids old customers, and invites the public general ly to come anil -ce the fashions. Jtr-THK WATCII REP AIRING DEPARTMENT will continue to be distinguished by the skill and despatch which has heretofore enabled it to enjoy the enviable rep utation of being the most reliable in town. Towanda, September 21, 15"..). TOWANDA CABINET WAREHOUSE CHESTER WELLS would "-spectrally inform his friends and the ' public that he is now receiving at his old stand one door 1101 th of l„ij.iie, Mason A Co.'s hanking hou-e, a large and extensive assortment of Solus, Mahogany ('hairs, of various patterns, Rosewood and Mahogany Side and Centre Tables, Dining.Teo and Pembroke Tables. Stands of every kind, f'.tne. Flag and s Ca t Chairs,high Chairs, Children's Rockers, Red-tends, Bureaus, Lounges, Gilt and Rose wood Picture Frames, Iron Hat Stands, Corner and side do. of walnut and mahogany; Cradles, Cribs, AVardrol.es, Cupboards. Looking glasses, Ac. fitrCOFFIXS. of every size and quality, and will at tend on all occasions when required. Toe public are invited to examine my assortment before pun ha-ing elsewhere, as 1 will sell cheaper than any other establishment in Northern Pennsylvania. Towanda, August K, 1855. THE OLD STAND STILL IN OPERATION! TIIE subscriber would announce to tbe public tHat lie lias now on r-T.' -■ ■ -iliainl. and will make to order all JD? of CABINET FURNITURE, If IS* s '" has Bnfa., Divans, Lounges, Cen- Jf S tre - rtird. Dining and Breakfast Ta lc- hie. Mahogany, Walnut, Maple and E Ij Cherry Bureaus, Stands of various description, which ai-e, and will he made of the best ma terial and workmanlike manner, and which they will sell lor cash cheaper than can be bonght in any other Ware room in the country. UEADA -M ADL COFFINS, on hand on the most rea sonable terms. A good HEARSE will tie famished on Funeral occasions. JAMES MACKINSON. Towanda, January 1.185.5. B6() T S AN I) SHOE ST John W. Wilcox, HAS located his establishment on Main Street, on door Nortii of the "Man! House,' and will continue tlic manufacture of BOOTS A SHOES, as heretofore. lie has just received from New-York a large assortment of Woiuans' Childrens' and Misses' Shoes, which are offer ed at low prices. The attention or the Ladies is particu larly directed to his assortment. comprising the following new styles Enamelled Jenny l.ind gaiter boots; do.- shoes ; black lasting and silk gaiter ; walking shoes, bus kins, A-c. Misses' gaiters itjul shoes, of everv description. large variety of Childrens' fancy gaiters, hoots & shoes ot all kinds. For the Gentlemen, almost every style of gaiters and shoes. This stock lias been iiersonallyselected with care, and he believes he can oiler sui>erior articles at reasonable prices. *♦>- The strictest attention paid to Maxcrmttbixu and he hopes by doing work well to merit a continuance" or the liberal patronage he has hitherso received. Towanda, Feb. 1, ls.'>s. Cheap Boot, Shoe and Leather Store. I I). HUMPHREY is just |fl *9 • receiving next door to M.S. Merenr's store in Towanda, a large and well selected IL stock of BOOTS, SHOES A- FINDINGS, from New York, which with a constant supply of HOME MANUFACTURED WORK, SOLE A UPPER I LEATHER. FRENCH AND AMERICAN CALF SKIN'S. MOROCCO, Ac. he is desirous to sell at small profits. Feeling grateful for past favors, lie hopes to merit a continuance of public pa tronage. Mraxnrr Work and Repairing done on short no tice. CASH paid for Hides and Skins. Towanda, June 11,1855. LPSTUA\.—Came lo the enclosure of the A J subscriber, in South Towanda, about the first of Sep tember, a two year old BRIN'DT.E HEIFER, with heavy horns, and no particular marks. The owner i- requested t. prove property, pay charges and take her away! October It, 15.'..-,. CORNELIUS MOORE. T>OOTS fc SHOES— I The largest, host and XJ escaped a-.sorf incut thiaddc of the Empire City ma v lc found at j'2l TRACY A SlOdftfi'S. SOUTH END OF THE WARD HOUSE Fronting the Public Square. f"r*HEsttb*rrfl>er, thankful for Oh- liberal patronage of the part year, iuteudn to keep constautly on b" 1 ii> J. surtim-nt i>l the very he-it articles tnutatly kept in mil line, wliieli in: wn.i. dispose of on ueli term> r *" ialavtory t< all who may patronize Uiiu. The purchase* are made entirely with < ueh in hand, hi: J fur the r \Vu customers will reenter tile hriirtit of a good article at'a low price. All articles uit cmsw crin'-' oi-r -r will be chrcrfnlht taken bark, antl the money rrfund'tl. ° " —entu:,^ Advire pratiiitoosly eiun al the Offier, clinnrine tnly fur the Meilieints. The stock coildsto of a complete and select ;v*orttnent of DRUGS, MEDICINES, AND GROCERIES, Pure Wine & Liquors, for Medicinal nse, London Porter k Scotch Ale, ALL 111E MOST POPULAR PATENT MEDICINES! FRESH CAMPHENE & BURNING FLUID-NEW & BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS OF LAMPS! A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OP American Pocket Cutlery, (Warrant d Good,) Superior TOB/LCCO & SKITIT !—-Choice brands cf Pure Havarna PWn,.- and "S-ara CIGARS ! ' * nnci Fe Paints, Oils, Varnisbes, Window GlaxN, RruSht s, Perfumery, s|aviSn-. Fancy Articles, Xc. &.c. swap, FAMILY GROCERIES: Black and Green Teas; Rio and Java Coffee; Molasses, Syrups, Sti*_ r nrs, Sjcees \ Salmon, Mackerel, Sardines, Ac. REMEMRER THE STORE —SOUTH END OF THE WARD HOUSE' A D ITS MOTTO " The lest quality if Goods—Full assortment—Moderate VrofUs—llcrfidy alk/Udii tocuslumtn jYo Atlnlterntxvn of (lords—Candid advice as to I'atent Ranalds And >/, „ r p,,., busier • 11. C. -PORTER, M l) Towaptla, February JT HATTON'S -HE W iffiliG STOffi JUST Oi^j:Nri:i3, ON THE CORNER OF BRIDGE AND MAIN STREETS, ij- No. 4, Patton's Block, Towanda, Pa. i_J WHOLESALE THE •uihacriher would respectfully inform his friends and the public that lie has fitted up N", . 4, la l Brick Block, lor a I>UL*< HTOItK. and that lie is mm icceiviug iruiu the cities of PhiiudcL hia and Sv,i Vet a large and well selected stock ot America u. French and English CHEMICALS, DRUGS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, WINDOW GLASS, DYE STUFFS. DRESSING COMBS, PERFUMERY, FANCY SOAPS. PORT MONNAES, Btc~~ SURGICAL ISTSTSUIVIENTS, and a variety ot the most approved Tmsse Abdominal Supporters, dec., always on hand. London Poller and Scotch Ale, and Pure Liquors, for Medicinal parposrs. I ALL THE MOST POPULAR PATENT MEDICINES. ' Brushes for (he Hat, llair, Tcrtli, Nails, Boots, Painting, Varnishing, IVliilewashlnj. u I The Lovers of GOOD CTGA US ami TOLA CCO, tall Jind a large rariehi of doiot Ha* I tin, Yarn and I'rinrq c Cigars, and the finest brands of T< barco arid Snjf. I CAN!l'll!■ XE AM) IJUUNING FLUID, f And a finr a'tvrtnieut of J.AMI'S. of all aizes and descriptions. Had t'l/gi Co Xntsa-dM I All of which i-s offered for sale on the tnot satls-fartrry term-. Oar.-to, k I cii"l r, r -.1 Importer and Manufacturer ~ the 10-.vc-t rate-, and with Cash, enables 1;.- In -Id! .:" ix : :Lt J r ■ tisfactory to all.. \\ c inv.to the atn-miva of the public tuan e-pc>IAI.!, PROFIT.-.' I Our Good* ;uro .-ekrnUd witii the utuio-tYure and waarautc dto le what thev ,nt> re re-< • e ■ giv M'-i I the contraiy. . not ( .ily Milling l.nt request our custom t . I •* Haviug acourml the -ei vn eo of Hit. lIUSTOX. who v:H keep hi ofßee et ;h -' -♦ < ■U - ■ - >■ advice gratiut i.irly to ilto-c purcha.-iiig lucdiciuet*. 'p, . , K HARDWARE AND IRON : i s!:i: I HALL RUSSELL, I f n !r Wholesale anJ Retail Dealers in | HARDWARE AND STOVESI j ,n ' Japanned and Brilannia Ware, | \ [ House Trimmings, Can ingc Trimmings, Harness & Saddler I jy ware, Carpenter's and Joiner's Tools, I BLACKSMITH'S TOOLS, FARMERS TOOLS AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEXI LEAD PIPE AAD P LMPS, of all kinds and sizes. I IRON, STEEL, LEATHER BELTING, Ac. Ac. I !t J!' 1 !Tl , : rm t l,oir , f, ; ! ' ,n< V; tI,W are on, - v :l i ,:,rt of the wwral head- under which m. v' e t!r-• I Lu t-nreM. win. h eiiai.J.- them t.> oiler sneh inducement* in their large -t-h k and i ■ froni any quarter. We wnnM a taken 5n chf,n f " r u , , I G R K A T IRNU7RR>Ts7T7 Anc fit oft. t opposite the Court House. , BMT-P NK\ R\S, WIIOI.BSALK A RETAIL DEALER? IX 1 KOVISIONS, UKIH KRIKS, YANKEE NOTIONS, TOYS, FKIIT, Ct)M ji(4XHt.\.viiY, WILLOW \\>UK, Ac., the largest and mo*t eomptvliensivp assortment. and the longest ex perience of any dealers in Northern Pennsylvania. Wo nave arrangements l,y which we can take advantage of tie city and Western Markets and are thereby enabled to of fer pood bargains., fall and trv us. Below we name a few of the articles that may always be found in our stock : PROVISIONS. Flour, Buckwheat Flour, Rye Flour. Corn Meal. Feed. Pork, Hams .V Shoulders. Mackerel, t'oiltiish. Shad, laike ! Trout, l'ickcled and Smoked Herring,Cheese,Uicc, Beans, 1 Potatoes, Butter, laird. Crackers, Ac. CrROCKIMKS. Black and fircen Tea. Bio ami Java Coffee. Chocolate Cocoa. Sugar, Molasses, Syrup, "' j now ready for delivery to tin ir old patr i>.** all who patronize their Fuuudry. ~-ii I 111 it will be found a new sera -of Face- In® . I Pica, surpassing if possible, their celdW" Scutch cut faces. rj^ The Faitey Type department exhibits variety o! beautiful sty le.-, selected and England. . lite Scripts ami Bordering arc now Cr lb ed to the printing public, ai d are the posi""* 4 ' bust European mid Aniericau Artist-- i,',rV* Au entire New Series of tieritiiin Face-. ■' y Paper and Job Printing, of a very -upcri 'r.-P" - uearly completed nud for sale. . yf The Metal from which our type i- nrCc. *■ l i peculiarly adapted to the SEVERE 1- i'-i: : -- Printing. I They beg to return thanks for p>-t fivers. J ; I a continuance. Their well known liberal '' r I business for the past thirty years, i- " vt y j ,lo,v patrons of their di.-po-itioii a, J I themselves to be surpassed for titirdcilia?-* : j are by letter or otherwise. .o t* N. It. Proprietors of newspaper- ire TV fJ . t the above, provided they will trade 0at.... \} amount of their respective Dili- in '." 'J 1 '"" 1 facture, and forward u.- oue copy of l'-'i''' •> the advertisement. SNYDER HOUSE, Iffaverif. *, i ] AM ES Will IT AK K K 1 *1 the travelling public tint he has taken • j known -tand,situated near ?' c Ttai|r".ul 1 gl™ ; cits a share of custom. The lIOIIM j modiolis, and he is determined that ii" F' ' !to the wants and comfortsot guest ! entire satisfaction. 1 9( \(\ S .\ FT, just RNF ! a-' '' ' sale by May Pi TllA ° * pt 0-.ap.MHS uriiHKKOvrg;. , —• all ,te ciiuti n- it