XXXIVTH CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
WASHIMITOS, 1 C .)G. i
SENATE. —Petitions were presented from ;
merchants and importers of Boston, New-5 oik
mid Philadelphia, asking for a revision of the
tariff.
Mr. Johnson reported in favor of printing
31,000 copies of the majority and minority
reports from the Committee on Territories on
the Kansas case, being 500 for each member j
Mr. Trumbull opposed the motion. He
thought the minority report presented the sla
very question in a masterly manner, and its
positions were unanswerable, but it does not
enter into the details, as does the majority re
port. Hence he was unwilling to send out
with the Senate endorsement a documcut con
taining so many unwarranted assumptions, er
roneous deductions, and inconsistencies.
Mr. Wade asked Mr. Truuibell to yield the
floor for an adjournment.
Mr. hope not. The courtesies
of the Senate have been taken advantage of,
on aceount of my known absence, to make an
assault upon me.
Mr. Trnmbull.—Not so. I knew not whe
ther yon were present or absent. I was com
menting on the report, I did not intro
duce the subject, nor know it would come up
to day.
Mr. Douglas.—My colleague dares to say,
in the face of the fact, that he did not know I
was absent. He acted with unfairness in at
tacking the report when I was detained from
the Senate by ill health, i would ask him
within w hat reasonable time will his speech
be printed ?
Mr. Trumbull.—l think it will be published
by Monday.
Mr. Douglas.—lf I can ask a postponement
of the question till Monday, 1 will reply to
Mr. Trumbull's speech on Tuesday.
Mr. Seward.—Take your own time.
Mr. Donglas (quickly.)—l understand that
game, " Take your own time." The Senator
from Massachusetts took his own time to wit
ness and circulate a libel upon me about the
time the Nebraska Bill was reported. I un
derstand my colleague to say he cane here a
Democrat. That will be news to the Democ
racy of Illinois, and is a libel on the Democ
racy of that State.
Mr. Crittenden interfered, saying the de
bate was transcending the rules of decorum.—
The Senator had charged a libel on Mr. Trum
bull. (Sensation.)
Mr. Douglas.—l should have been better
satisfied if the Senator from Kentucky, when
the Black Republicans denounced us iu coarse
terms, had rebuked them for want of courtesy.
Mr. Crittenden.—To what do you aliude ?
Mr. Douglas.—When they made vulgar,
coarse partisan assaults on the Demoeraic side
of the Senate.
Mr. Crittenden.—lt was no more my busi
ness than that of others to call Senators to
order for personalities. This is not the place
for vituperation. Such things should be set
tled elsewhere.
Mr. Douglas.—l do not regard the Senator
as good authority in Illinois politics. I was
speaking of events of which I am better capa
ble of judging than he.
After further colloquy, the Chair decided
that Mr. Douglas' remark was not personal.
Mr. Douglas said that, so far as he was ad
vised, and as lie believed, his colleague was
the candidate of a miserable sect of Abolition
ists and Know-Nothing, which was one and
the same tiling.
Mr. Crittenden.—l wish the Senator to un
derstand that I cooperate with the American
party—standing here as a gentleman and a
Senator of absolute independence, and claim
ing all the respect due to honesty. As a free
man, I repel with scorn any imputation of that
kind as intended to embrace me and my politi
cal associates.
Mr. Douglas explained.—l spoke of Know-
Not hi ugism in Illinois, and said it might be
otherwise iu the South. Every Know Noth
ing Lodge in Illinois has adopted the Abolition
creed, and that is the miserable faction that
sent my colleague here. The Senator from
Kentucky misunderstood me, else he would not
have conceived my remark personal to him
Mr. Crittenden.—The gentleman did not
make the qualification lie now docs.
Mr. Douglas—Every gentleman must have
understood me as making the distinction. I
said nothing about Southern Know-Nothings.
Mr. TrumbuH.—l shall not permit such re
marks as these from my colleague to pass un
answered. I shall suffer no man, here or else
w here, to state of nie things which are abso
lutely and totally unfounded. If he means to
say I am or ever have been a Know-Nothing,
or conuected with any secret political organi
zation, the charge is basely—l will not violate
the rules of the Senate, but I will say untrue.
Ho proceeded to speak of the politics of Illi
nois, claiming that she is and always has been
a Democratic State, and that in the Eighth
Congressional District, which gave Gen. Pierce
nearly 5000 majority, he (Mr. Tnunbull) was
elected a member of the House by more than
2600 majority. lie ran as the Anti-Nebraska
caudidate. llow did his colleague know that
lie received every Kiiow-Notlung and Aboli
tion vote ? He (Mr. Trumbull)did not know
it.
Mr. Douglas—My colleague said the reason
why lie did not accept, at Salem, my proposi
tion to resign our seats last year, to test by a
re election whether he or I represent Illinois,
was that Gov Mattison would appoint rnc and
another Democrat to fill the vacancies. I tell
him I will sign a resignation now, to take e'-
fcet at the next meeting of the Legislature.
Mr. Brown—That's right, Douglas. I'd
give him till Monday morning to think of it.
Mr. Welles—That's better.
Mr. Douglas—l said my colleague received
every Abolition and Know Nothing vote iu
the Legislature. He does not deny that state
ment. Why equivocate ?
In his further remarks Mr. Douglas said
Mr. Trumbull had become chief of the Black
Republicans.
Mr. Trumbull—l ask my colleague to ex
plain.
Mr. Douglas— Was not the gentleman vot
ed for by the Abolitionists and Rejaiblicaus
from aH parts of the State ?
Mr. Trnmbull —I tell hint no, to his teeth.
I never was the candidate of the Abolition or
Know Nothing party. I may have been vo
ted for by members of the American party,
but that I was their candidate is not true.
The colloquy was further continued.
Mr. Somner replied to the remarks of Mr.
Douglas that the latter had obtained a week's j
delay, pending the Nebraska Bill, in order to j
circulate a libel on the latter. Mr. Sumner j
said that was untrue. He united with mem
ber- in nr. address to the people 0 f the
< ' L"l -'Ute-, exhibiting the iru- character I
of that proposition and predicting many of the
evils which have since ensued.
Mr. Douglas said, that both Mr Chase and
Mr Sumue° oil the occasion referred to, came
to his seat and asked him to postpone the Ne
braska bill for one week, iu order to give them
l hue to examine it. He did so. But the day
after, he discovered that they had written an
exposition of that measure, and scattered it
broadcast. It was the false Ptateffieut that
they had uot had time to examine the bill of
which lie complained ; that address attributed
to lorn a base purpose, and self-aggrandize
ment, and not a proper sense of public duty.
The Senator from Massachusetts did not con
sider that libellous. Oh no—this might ac
cord with his ideas of a gentleman and a Sen
ator.
Mr. Siimncr--I shall enter into no contest,
here or elsewhere, as to the character of a gen
tleman. This Senate shall decide whether the
Senator from Illinois is a proper judge of this
matter. It is not true that I went to the Sen
ator's scat to make the request to which he
alludes.
Mr. Douglas repeated that Mr. Sumner,
while pretending that he wanted time to read
the Nebraska bill, had previously franked a
grossly libellous pamphlet on that subject.
Mr. Sumner said the address was predicated
on the first bill, and not on the last.
Mr. Douglas remarked that the reasons as
signed by Sir. Sumner, as an argument for the
postponement of the Nebraska bill, was not
true in fact.
Mr. Johnson's resolution, to print extra co
pies of the Kansas reports, was then adopted,
and the Senate adjourned till Monday.
Hoi SK. —Mr. Washburnc, of Maine, argued
in favor of the resolution empowering the Com
mittee 011 Elections to send for persons and
papers in the Kansas case. He said that Gov.
lteeder was removed because he would not be
the slave and tool of the President, who had
offered him a mission to China or Great Bri
tain, if he would resign his Governorship.
Mr. Smith, of Ya.—Do I understand the
gentleman to make that charge ?
Mr. Washburne —I have seen it in the news
papers. A Washington correspondent made
ihe assertion, and dared the Washington Un
ion to deny it. I dare the gentleman from
Virginia to make the denial.
Mr. Smith—l believe it to be a bold, un
mitigated falsehood, and it is unbecoming any
member to repeat such newspaper statements.
Mr. Washburnc—l believe every word of
it. There are gentlemen here who can speak
for the executive.
Mr. Washburne argued that the committee
must have plenary power to order to an im
partial hearing and an honest, intelligent judge
ment. He moved the previous question, but
it was disagreed to—yeas 78, uays 90. Ad
journed till Monday.
SENATE. —March 17.—Mr. Douglas report
ed a bill authorizing the people of Kansas to
form a Constitution for a State Government,
preparatory to admission into the Union, when
she shall have the requisite population. The
consideration of our relations with Great Bri
tain was then resumed. Mr. Clayton spoke
relative to the British construction of the
Clayton Bulwer Treaty and Central American
affairs generally. He urged the importance
of an inter-oceHnic canal, and pronounced a
railroad to the Pacific impolitic and not equal
to the accomodation required. He spoke ve
ry favorably of the present foreign policy of
the Administration. Col. Walker he denounc
ed as a pirate and a ruflian. The Senate then
passed to other business, and put through sev
eral internal improvement bills, all of which
will be vetoed. Adjourned.
HOCSE. —The Kansas debate was continu
ed. Mr. Galloway of Ohio was in fa\or of
sending for persons and papers. lie said the
country demands a full investigation, in order
that the rascality of those who have thwarted
the public will in the Territory may be ex
posed and punished proportionately to their
offense. Mr. Valk of New-York followed on
the other side. Mr. Robinson of Penn. and
Mr. Simmons of New-York spoke for freedom,
and Mr. Richardson of Illinois and Mr. Mill
son of Ya. for Slavery. Adjourned.
Our Relations with England.
[Correspondence of the Tribnne.]
WASHINGTON, March IG. 1556
Mr. Buchanan's letters by the Arabia an
nounce that the feeling in political circles in
England toward the United States is much
modified on present differences. The reaction
is even stronger than indicated by the press,
and is favorable to a reasonable adjustment.
Xo difficulty is now anticipated on that score,
although there has been no very receut con
ferences, owing to Lord Clarendon's absence
at Paris.
Lord Palmerston's Government is regarded
as tottering, having been twice beaten in Par
liament, including the Peerage question and
one Police measure which was withdrawn.—
Tt is supposed that any treaty of peace would
unseat him, if his retirement should uot be pre
cipitated bv other issues.
Some apprehension is entertained as to the
political effect of the publication of the enlist
ment and Central American correspondence.
Tiie recent friendly demonstrations toward Mr.
Buchanan will remain until his successor ar
rives, whom Mr. Buchanan will present imme
diately. Perhaps Mr. Dallas may be install
ed to-morrow.
Two affidavits have been received by the
Government from commissioned officers attach
ed to the Foreign Legiou, stating that the
British Vice-Consul, Mr. Stanley, agreed to
pay them and such others as were under in
dictment or held to bail for recruiting, and
they received $72 monthly uutil recently, wheu
Mr. Stanley told them he was going to "Wash
ing to close affairs, and asked them lor cor
respondence and other documents in their pos
session. These were delivered injuiistakeu con
fidence, and then the men were discarded.—
ilencc came the publicity.
TKRRMLE EARTHQCAKK IN JAFAN.-—Accord
ing to reports from San Francisco, Japan has
; been visited with another terrible earthquake,
: which has destroyed the city of Jeddo ami
about thirty thousand inhabitants. This is
the second capital of the country, and resi
dence of the Military Governor. Jts popula
tion, according to the Dutch traders, who are
about the ouly persons who know anything re
liable about it, is a inilliou and a half of per
sons. The Japanese islands are a part of a
line of volcanic action, which extend from the
Aleutian Islands to the Bay of Bengal, and
the country is subject to great devastation.—
In 1783, an earthquake occurred at Yesso,
which destroyed twenty-three villages. One
in 1792 destroyed 50,000 people. A little
more than a year ago, a Russian frigate was
eni.'rny destroyed by an earthquake, while ly
ing at Siuioda,
feMorftEeporter.
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REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
—ln fulfillment of the dnties imposed upon the un
dersigned. as member of the National Executive Commit
tee for the State of Pennsylvania, (appointed hv the Re
publican Convention held at Pittsburg on the 22<i ult.)and
in compliance with the wishes of numerous friends thro",
out the state, notice is hereby given that a REPUBLICAN
STATE CONVENTION will be held in the city of Phila
delphia on MONDAY, the lfith day of JUNE next, at 10
o'clock, A. M., for the formation of an Electoral Ticket,
and the nomination of a State Ticket, to be supp rted at
the ensuing Presidential and State elections ; and gener
ally for the transaction of all such busineaa as shall come
before said Convention.
The undersigned would recommend that the Conven
tion be composed of Delegates, twice in number to that of
the Senate and House of Representatives ; aud that the
friends of Freedom in the several counties of the Common
wealth meet at the county seat , or other convenient place
in their respective counties, on Saturday, the 31st day of
May next, (unless 'some other day will better acconimo-
I date.) and elect delegates to represent them in said State
Convention ; and also, at the same time and place, three
delegates from rhe several Co greseional districts, to rep
resent this state in the National Nominating Convention
to lie held on the 17th of Jane next, at Philadelphia.
D. WILMOT,
Memlier of National Ex. Coin, for Pa.
Towanda. March 15, 1856.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The SPEAKER presented a petition from citi
zens of Ulster township, Bradford county, for
the passage of a supplement to the act estab
lishing a public ferry over the Susquehanna ri
ver, near Ulster, giving justices of the peace
power to collect penalties under said act; also
a remonstrance from two hundred and two citi
zens of Ulster and adjoining townships, against
the repeal of the act establishing the ferry
above referred to.
Mr. LAPORTF. prescuted a remonstrance from
citizens of Bradford county, against the repeal
of the law establishing a ferry over the Sus
quehanna river near Ulster, in said county.
Mr. LAPORTE, one from citizeus of Bradford
county, for a law authorizing the laying out of
a State road in the counties of Sullivan and
Bradford.
The General Appropriation Bill being un
der consideration in the Committee of the
Whole in the House, Mr. M'COMB offered the
following as au additional section, which was
adopted :
SEC. 55. For the Towanda bridge company,
for the purpose of repairing their bridge and
building a towing path attached to said bridge
for the use of the Commonwealth, ten thousand
five hundred dollars, to be paid by the State
Treasurer as the work progresses, upou esti
mates furnished by the Superintendent of the
North Branch canal. lint nothing shall be
paid under this section, until the Caual Com
missioners have entered into a written contract
with said company, thereby securing full pro
tection to this Commonwealth in the use of
said bridge and the maintenance thereof.
Mr. M'CI.INTOCK, of the Senate offered are
solution for the appointment of two additional
members of each House, on the committee of
Conference on the Liquor bill, which was adop
ted. The Speaker subsequently appointed
Messrs. BUCKALF.W aud FLENIKE.V on the Com
mittee.
In the House, the Senate resolution calling
for an increase of the Committee of Conference
on the Liquor question, by the appointment of
two additional members from each House, was
concurred iu. Messrs. HILL, of Wcstuiorelaud,
and EDDIXGKR, of Monroe, are the additional
members on the part of the House.
[The Committees, as originally appointed by
the two Houses, failed to agree, and this is a
new effort to effect a settlement of the points
of difference. These are understood to have
been the reduction, by the House, of the mini
mum rate of tavern licences, the redaction of
the ratio in which tavern licences are to be
granted out of the cities from 200 to 100 taxa
bles, and the licensing of restaurants to sell do
mestic wiucs and malt liquors. All the other
poiuts of difference, the Senate Committees
yielded.]
Mr. BCCKALEW called up Senate bill No.
341, to incorporate the North Branch Coal and
Iron company. Passed to second reading and
laid over.
CONGRESS. —We publish an account of a
scene in the Senate, in which DOUGLAS eon
ducted himself in a manner worthy of a black
guard, but quailed when he found that he had
encountered men who did not fear him.
In the House, little has been done for some
time, except debate upon the reports from the
Committee on Elections, in regard to the Kan
sas contested case. The Southern members
arc determined that nothing shall be done to
investigate the outrages npon property and the
ballot-box in that Territory, and they have ap
pear to have their usual quota of Northern al
lies. The vote on the request for power to
send for persons and papers will probably be
takeu within a few days. We regard the re
sult as very doubtful.
The Spring term of the Susquehanna
Collegiate Institute will commence on Wednes
day, March 2Gth, as will be seen by an adver
tisement fonud iu another column. It is desi
rable that all wishing to connect themselves
with the several to be forma', should
be in attendance at the opening of Un t#-rm.
following sensible remarks are from
the National Era. The time has now come
when the professions of men are to be put to
the test. Tltose who arc iu favor of the
principles of Freedom, will array themselves
j under the banuer of Republicanism—those who
are willing that slavery should be extended
have their choice of either FILLMORE or the
Democracy. It is no time for subterfuge or
evasion. Let men take sides, and have the bat
tle fairly fought and decided :
" We tell you, Know-Nothings of the free
States, that if you are so " American " that
you cannot dissolve your party ties, as we have
done, and unite with us on equal terms on the
presout question, you are more wedded to your
nativisra and anti-Catholicism than yon arc to
freedom, and your proper place is the uutional
American party, under the lead of Millard
Fillmore. Be manly—ehoosfe openly whom
you will serve—freedom or slavery. If you
arc for freedom alone, say so ; surrender your
party, and we are with you. If you are for
" Americanism" and freedom—as mueli of the
latter as you can get without suspending the
claims of the former—make terms at once with
the Fillmore nationals, help them cripple the
North, and to give power again to slavery.—
Manage as you may, we will never supjiort, di
rectly or indirectly, a Know-Nothing party,
national or Northern. We call upon all true
Anti-Slavery men who have been trying to use
the Order to advance the interests of freedom,
now that it is openly sectionalized and commit
ted to the cause of Slavery, to give it up—dis
band your Councils, or, where you have not this
power, leave them without the influence your
presence has hitherto lent them. Let us have
a Republican party, which, if not successful in
1850, shall come into power in 1800 with the
full force of its principles, unadulterated by
base alloy."
In this region, there are no men who
denounce the National Administration uiore
unsparingly than the Hunkers. There are no
epithets strong enough in their vocabulary to
express their detestation of President PIERCE.
Vet the State Convention unanimously adopted
the following resolution :
Rrsolvtd, That we fully endorse the iulmini.tratinn of
President INKKCK as NATIONAL, FAITHFUL, A.N" I) F.F
FICIKN'T- -fully equal to all the important emergencies
which the country has had to encounter, and that he has
worthily maintained her interests and houur at home aud
abroad.
Where were the delegates from Bradford
when this resolutiou was adopted ? Or is it
necessary to be one thing at home and another
thing at Harrisburg.
The fact is, that there is no good reason why
the Hunkers should denounce PIERCE. He bus
only been doing what they are ready themselves
to perform. He has been consistently dough
face, aud should receive the support of the en
tire dough-face family. Should he be re-nomi
nated, of which there is now every probability,
those who are now denouncing him wonld be
the most zealous supporters of his re-election.
NEW-IIAMI\SHIRK ELECTION. —Returns have
been received from all but about a dozen small
towns in this State, which cannot, says The
Hoston Atlas, have cast 500 votes altogether,
and the result for Governor foots up as follows :
METCAI.EE, Am. llep., 30,979 ; WELLS, Pierce
Deiu., 31,493 ; GOODWIN, Whig, 2,337 ; Scat
tering, 141.
The Senate, according to the latest intelli
gence, stands 8 American Republicans aud 4
Pierce men. The returns are not quite com
plete, but the result is not likely to vary from
the above. The aggregate vote for Senators,
which shows the relative strength of parties in
the State—there being only two regular can
didates ruuuiug in each district—is as follows :
American Republicans, 33,205 ; Pierce Demo
crats, 31,643. Majority against Pierce De
mocrats, 1,562.
The House stands 162 Opposition, to 135
Pierce men.
The Council will probably stand 3 Ameri
can Republicans and 2 Administration—j>os
sibly 4 Republicans and only 1 Administra
tion.
LATER FROM KANSAS. —The Independence
correspondent of the Republican telegraphs
that the Free Legislature had adjourned to
Lawrence, and was in session there on Satur
day. Gov. Sliaunon had gone there to ascer
tain what was being doue. Violence was ap
prehended.
There was some little excitement on the bor
der. One hundred Sharp's rilies and two can
non had been intercepted at Lexiugton, and
held by the citizeus, subject to Gov. Shannon's
order.
The St. Louis Domocrat, of the 18th, lias a
letter from Topeka, dated the Bth, stating that
the Free State Legislature, in joint convention,
had elected Gov. KEEDER U. S. Senator on the
first ballot, and Mr. LANE on the second. Each
received 38 votes. Fifty-six members were
present.
A gentleman at Washington, just arrived
from Kansas, reports that Governor Shannon
was twelve days reaching the border Territory
from St. Louis. He was detained three days
on the river bank in consequence of the ob
struction to navigation by the ice. The Free
State Legislature assembled before Oov.Shan
non reached the place of meeting. The gen
tlemen alluded to has no doubt, judging from
information obtained there, that the officers of
the new Government have, ere this, been ar
rested by the Federal authorities.
SENECA LAKE FROZEN OVER. —On the 9th
of March inst., for the first time within the
memory of man, Seneca Lake was frozen over
so solid that the steamboat cannot make her
usual trip. We believe most of our readers
are aware that the weather war. :c!
about that time.
To the Freemen of Bradford!
The Repnblican County Committee having
met in the Court House, in the borough of
Towanda, on Monday, March 17 th, adopted
the following resolutions :
Resolved, That B. LXHOHTE and Juneos HOMOIII be
Representative Delegates from Bradford County, in tlie
State Convention to be held at Harrisburg on "the 20th
iust.. and that MAULOM C. MKRCI H be recommended as
Senatorial Delegate from this District.
Resolved. That the Imsis f party action should be prin
' ciple, and that any attempt to form a union except for
the purpose of advancing principle, is unworthy the e<-
operation of houe.tt men, and must result in sigonl defeat.
Resolved. That we recognize the Republican organiza
tion, both State and National, and are unwilling to at
tempt any uniou with those who will not support the Pre
sidential candidate to be nominated at Philadelphia by
the Republican National Convention.
Resolved. That a County Convention be held in the
Borough of Towanda, on Tuesday evening, May oth, to
be composed of two delegates from each election district,
for the purpose of electing delegates to the Republican
State Convention, providing for the election of delegates
from this Congressional district to the Republican Nation
al Convention, and for the consideration of such other
matters as may be brought before it.
Resolved. That th Committees of Vigilance lie reques
ted to call primary meetings in their respective election
districts on Saturday, May 3, IHSb, between the hours of
3 and 7, P. M., to elect two delegate* in each district in
accordance with the above resolution.
The Committee, after ample delilieration,
have taken the responsibility of naming dele
gates to the State Convention called at Ilar
risburg, on the "ifith instant, for the reason
that the call for said Convention did not give
time for the selection of delegates through the
usual channel.
Recognizing, JUS WC do, th? Republican or
ganization of the State, yet we are sensible
that the Freemen whom we represent are sin
cerely anxious that a union shall be effected
which will bring the friends of Freedom in
Pennsylvania into harmonious action in defence
of the principles of liberty so ruthlessly iuvad
ed by the Slave Power. The call for a State
Convention, however, is vague and indefinite.
If its action is so shaped as to forward the
great interests of Freedom, we are certain it
will meet the sanction and approbation of the
Republicans of Bradford. If principle is lost
sight of, in a miserable scramble for office—wc
shall have at the Republican State Convention
an opportunity to enunciate the great princi
ples which are our guiding star, and to present
for the suffrages of the freemen of the Com
monwealth candidates in every way worthy of
their support.
We congratulate the Freemen of Bradford,
that the organization of the Republican party
is now complete. The reeeut Convention at
Pittsburg, composed of the ablest aud purest
men, from all parties, has solemnly inaugura
ted the Republican party of the Nation, and
have made the necessary arrangements for pro
viding candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency, at a Convention to be held at
Philadelphia on the 17th of June next —the
anuiversary of the battle of Bunker Hill A
State Convention is also called at the same
place, on the 10th of Juuc, to nominate a State
Ticket, to choose delegates at large to the Na
tional Convention, and fo select an Electoral
ticket. The machinery by which the friends
of Freedom may express their convictions is
thus perfected, and it remains for the voters to
proclaim at the ballot-box their abhorrence of
the outrages that have l>een perjietrated upon
the Constitution, against liberty, and against
the dearest rights of the citizen.
The Committee embrace this opportunity to
congratulate the Republicans of the County on
the successful result of the late election in this
County. Organized under the most unfavora
ble circumstances, in spite of the most desper
ate opposition, unparalleled misrepresentation,
and a combination of collateral and local issncs,
all operating disadvantageously, our candidates
were triumphunt, giving a&surauce that in the
future, when we shall not labor under such dis
advantages, our vote will be largely increased.
The breaking up of old party ties, and the or
ganization of a uew party, are seldom so com
pletely successful as has been the Republican
party of Bradford, and gives additional evi
dence that the Freemen of this Comity will
not follow unless principles lead the way. We
ask and shall expect in the future the co-ope
ration of every tme friend of Freedom, what
ever may have been his course in the past. We
desire the aid of all those who are sincerely
opposed to the encroachments of the Slave
Tower, and are willing to unite in au effort to
redeem the Government from the dominion of
slavery and bring it back to the upright and
liberal policy designated by the fouuders of the
Republic.
The Committees of Vigilance, as annexed,
arc requested to see that proper notice is given
of the primary meetings to be held on the 3d
of May, for the purpose of electing delegates
to the County Convention to be held on Toes
day evening of the first week of May Court,
for the purpose of selecting delegates to the
State Convention, providing for delegates from
this Congressional district to the Republican
National Convention, and for the transaction
of such other business as may be brought be
fore it.
ALLEN MICE AN,
K. O. GOODRICH,
WM. C. BOG ART,
G. F. MASON,
J. B. G. BABCOCK,
EUGENE KEELER,
.JOHN A. CODDING,
WH. H. VANDYKE,
V. S. VINCENT,
SAMUEL DAVIDSON,
E. C. KELLOGG,
C. F. NICHOLS,
IRA C. BULLOCK,
March 17, 1856. County Committer.
COMMUTERS Or VIGILANCE.
Albany—Wei la Wilcox, M. H. Codding, John Stcrigcrc,
Daniel Kellogg ;
Armenia—Alfred Itiplry, David S. Becker, Alba Burnhara,
W. Pierce ;
Asylum -John F. Dodge, J. H. Morrow. Geo. W.lngham
llriah Terry;
Athena township -S. W. Park, John Griffin, Duvid Gard
ner, Krastii" Wolcott ;
Athens borough N. C. Harris, C. Huasiker.L. S. Keelcr
I). B Cotton ;
Burlington -Roswell Father, J. \V. Spencer, D. M. Alex
ander, James Nichols ;
Berlington W. -i P/ynn Ph> Ip ir., p. rrv P. TruK. S. H.
SI lies, J. B. Mcktaii ;
borough—Philander Long, Chester KiumUev
CMM Lewis, N. T. Dickerson ; """v.
Columbia—James Bullock, Dummer Lilley, Andrew Per
net, Isaac Strait {
Canton—B- Newman, M. H. Cane, 8. Owens, W.Lawrence-
Durel-li. Bull. D. L. SUates, U. Moody. Edw d Hom"t '
Tho ™" 9 """' '■ * *tuA,
a zstkszssr- ***■ *.
P^^.T 1 - A " Park - K - C", A. R. Brown. Abel Boll*. -
Heman CynW m ° od ood ' Evau,'.
Ultoy-A. D.FowtH. Bailey. Charles Lamb, John Cole •
M Tsg{!L£HSigT' B - w
*T3X:Ti:^iSs l r- h ' s - 8 - Hi '"
or A l G _ Mathewa ® nSOn ' W " PW ' Henr > Cibbs,
"CKStoSS iSsE',™- •.
Pike—B. Crandal, R. B. Bailey, E. 8. Skeel O W n.: ,
Rome—p. Forbes, 0. Young, J. U. Towner F.YV mU!I'
Ridgbnry—G.Cooper,H.Oarcn,W. Steven* Jo H
"•saKtiftSSßS* A - h ~ OB ™".
Sraithfleld- G. K. McVanniui, Orpheus K Rird r-r .
E. Wood. E. G. Purler • Bwd.Chnton
8 Y '™ c ™'"' J - F oi ".' ™.
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T^R.
T '"ft!sv3lUff? p ~ •■ wa
Fox,Samuel C.Means. J. H. Pecker
L. D. Bowman ; uwaaer,
North Tonanda—George Mills, A. D. Kingsbcrv K.r.
Rutty. Samuel Stratton ; g r y. Erra
Troy iK-rough- E li Pars-n's, George P. Newberry, Pan I
Dobbins, B. S Dart } •' " '
Troy townahin— A!<mzo Thomas, Ezra \, n a
(ireeoo, J. M. Smith : *
Ulster-S. C. Hovey, P. J. Chubbuck, J. L. Gor-eMae
S. N. li.ivenH ; '
Wysox—(ianffcld -M.J.Cooltaugh,!. p. RIMMU.
George Strops: 1 s<
Wvalusiiig—C. K. Ingham, Francis Hornet, ElUba I< i
llarry Clark ;
Warren—Miles Prince, Jacob Rogers. James Cooper y
| ramla Chaffee ; '
Wells—Loretiaoj Gritmeii, John Browneil. Newell I„
| ard. John Brasted ; ' *° n '
Windham- Piatt Vandyke, James M. Perk James Plm
sled. William H. Babcock ; M '
Wilmot—Jonathan Butties, J. 11. Turrcll, J. r j„ n .
lliram Stone. '
FIRE. —The dwelling house of JOHN RAN
DAIX, situated near l>uvidson' mills, in Sbeshe
quin, was destroyed by fire on Saturday even
ing last. The fire was first disconercd aliout
8 oVloek, and so rapid was the progress of the
flames, that it was with great exertions that a
portion of the furniture in the lower part of
the house was saved. It is supposed that the
fire originated from a stove pipe. The loss is
nearly covered by an insurance—which expired
the next day at DOOII.
PICKEN'S W ORKS. —Those who are desirous
of procuring the works of this celebrated au
thor, will be interested in the advertisement of
T. 13. Peterson, in another column. The op
portunity is there afforded of selecting from a
variety of editions, and of purchasing a'single
i volume at a time, with a certainty that the re
j noaiitdcr of the set to match can be at anytime
I procured. They arc sent by mail, free of post
age, on receipt of the price,
ftgf-We understand that twenty-six arre-ti
have been made at Kirnira, from the confession
i of Rutter, and that many others are implicat
■ cd. Two persons in Wells township, have
i been held to bail for their appearance at the
j court of this county. Further developments
| are expected.
The name of the I loverly ville Post-of
ficc in this County, has been changed to Over
ton, and GEO. W. HOTTESSTIVK appointed Post
Master, via JAMCS IIEVEIU.Y.
[Kur the Bradf-irtl Reporter.]
HUNKER TACTICS
Those wooW-be leaders who were formerly
of the Democratic parly, arc of course just now
endeavoring to rally their followers for Mr
BUCHANAN, whilst those who were formerlr
Whigs are endeavoring to draw np a party for
Mr. FILLMORE. This body, appearances seem
to iudicatc, will not be formidable ; but what
ever there is of it, if anything, it is the inten
tion to transfer in the end to Mr. BUCHANAN.
The parties as far as deemed prudent to art to
gether at the State elections, both generally
admitting that they care little which is elected,
providing they can l>eat the Republicans.
Besides this they count on aid from the di
vision interest, which generally, but by n* l
means universally, went last fall for the Hunk
er ticket—the tendency of which has been to
make said interest rather bunkerisli, especially
in the vicinity of Troy. There arc neverthe
less many sonud Republicans even in that place
Such is in part the Hunkers' plan for coalition
or fusion iu this County. I low successful they
may be, time will determine.
A CITIZEN' OF WESTERN BRADFORD
March, 1556.
The Anti-Nebraska Caucus.
WASHINGTON, March 11.—A Canon? *' s
held at the Capitol to-night, of the Anti-.f"
braska members of Congress. Kitrhty-iiv?
members of Congress were present, represent
ing all the free States. ,
Senator Foot presided, and Mr. Cuniba* ,
of Indiana, acted as Secretary. ,
Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, was first*" 3 '
od out. He spoke in favor of a union of t'■
entire North in favor of Freedom, and •<"'
withstanding the conflicting state of parties"
his State, he pledged her for the Anti-Nf rtf
ka candidate for the Presidency. ~
Mr. ('olfax, of Indiana, advocated the r
ey of making the question of freedom in v
Territories the issue in the approaching ' •
dential campaign ia opposition to the id"' •
aggression. . .
Air. Banks expressed similar views, a " u '
no doubt that the people of Massachutf j
would carry out the question to a suoce
issue.
Messrs. Collamer and Seward made car#*
speeches, insisting that the paramount
shadowing issue of the day is freedom or
very, and on this an appeal to the countrr m
be made. The latter declared that he dl
care what name the party bore. ID * (
support the candidate who represents tWT
principle of freedom. Mr. Seward sa
was the first speech he had ever mad® 10 (|f
House of Representatives. He was f rc< !
interrupted by applause. K ...
Mr Crorier, of New llairpsh'rf y. I
ton, of Maine, Mr. Howard, Mi , n -" r