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<v.l exam.ii.. •!'. -• a"d w I
Our Motto is "TUB CASH SYSTEM SALES—.>>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-<J' I
fdve a-.-nrtnient.. and to which they are constantly receiving additional eupelic- di-e, t fr.uu ih. .. •••>• 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<k tlie particular attention of 1 B
the J f ° Ur Sl " ck ' Which huving Lccn with the greatest careje confident will"'B
eg • Don't forget the place—South side of the Public Squnre i
TwlmD. Ah! ° f C '" Uir ? *'*<*> 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, <linger. Pepper Spire' |
Clove. nutmeg*. Mace einamon. Around Mustard Pepper
Sauce. Soda. Silemtus, Cream Tartar. Sperm ami fallow
t andles, Bar Soap, V inepar. Starch, Ac.
FRUIT. J
Prunes Citron, Figs. Eng. Curtanta, Raisins, Dried
leaches, Pried Apples-, Almonds, Pecan nuts. Brazil nuts I
(.renohle and Madeira Walnuts, peanuts, Chestnuts Ac'
Airman, French and American TOYS, Fancy Coo,ls Tin
wagons, rocking horses, boys' sleigh's. China and m-wter
toy tea setts, dolls, tnnui<rts, ncqordbuw, luirmouicas—
Class, paper and wood inlaid work boxes and toilet cases
toy bureaus, secretaries writing iuul " tln l
broidyrcd work baskets, knitting, do. pearl, iyorv panier I
luaene and leather port inoniaes. wallets and nurses ivory i
hum and wood pocket combs, toilet mini's, Ivory fine' !
combs, pocket inkstands, nocket and small fanrv minion. '
oßsAc "ff boxes, cigar case*, perfumery and hair j
Brooms, mopsth-ks. Clothes pins, bench screws, willow !
MotUca baskets and market baskets, sugar ami spice boxes '
CANDY OP ALL KINDS.
Dairy and tulile Salt, Salma, dm, ntc. C'unntrv donlers !
supplied af a small advance from New York price
kT-Mu.-t kinds of country produce taken lu exchange I
~ BAH.LY A NFYIN's
lowttnda, Kcbrnar 1. lrss.
! (CONNER'S r. S. TYPK FOl'N^ 1 '
I v/ Nos. "ill, .i|, and .'i t Beekm.ui st. New V-rL
) TO PRINTERS AND
| The undersigned beg to inform tl trade ,lwt, 'c,{i
I recently issued tlieir .Veto fytarlc Spo-imui.xM>"'
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