Legislative Acts for Bradford CSotinty- AN ACT to authorize the (V>rami*simirs of the County of Bradford, and the Town Council of the Borough of Tnwanda to erect u building. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, IFR. That the com missioners of the County of Bradford, ami the Town Council of tlie Borough of Towanda are hereby authorized to erect and muintain upon the public square in said borough, a suitable building for the keeping of fuel, lire engines, and for other public purposes, which they may deem necessary and advisable : Provided, That the Town Council of said borough shall contribute and pay the expense of erecting and maintaining said building, and shall have the exclusive use of the same with the exception of the basement story : Provided also, That tlie Commissioners of Bradford county shall contribute and pay for the erection of said basement story, and shall have exclusive use of the same for public purposes. SECTION 2. That for the purpose of enabling them to build an engine bouse as authorized by the first section of this act, the town coun cil of the borough of Towanda, in tlie county of Bradford, are hereby authorized to levy ami collect a special money tax in addition to that now authorized bv law, not exceeding one-half cent on the dollar on the valuation assessed for county purposes, upon all property, profes sions and persons taxable by the laws of this commonwealth for county rates and levies with in said borough. SECTION 3. The warrant for the collection Of said special tax shall be made out and the tax collected in the manner provided for the Collection of borough taxes by the act of April I 3, 18.51, entitled "An act regulating boroughs: I Provided, That it shall not be deemed neces sary to give any new notice of appeal before issuing said warrant. [An act was passed by the Legislature, au thorizing the School Directors of Bradford county to meet in their respective districts on the 31st of May, to take action in regard to the salary of the County Superintendent of Common Schools—a copy of which will be found iu our advertising columns.] A SUI'PLKMKNT to an act to authorise the (Governor to incorporate a company fur erecting a Bridge over the river Susquehanna at the borough of Towanda, the scat of justice in the county of Bradford—Approved the 14th day of .March one thousand eight hundred and thirty one. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, Vc., That from and after the passage of thrs act the said cor poration shall lie known in deed and law by the name and title of "The Towanda Bridge Company," and by said name shall have per petual succession and all the interests, privi leges and powers heretofore enjoyed by said corporation. SECTION 2. That the president and mana gers Of said corporation shall have power to ilierca.se the capital stock of said company twenty thousand dollars, on such terms and con ditions as they shall deem proper. SECTION 3. That when the said new stock shall be subscribed and such parts of it paid as may be agreed upon, the said new stockhol ders shall lie in all respects equal to, and have all the rights and privileges of the old stock holds : Provided, That the present stockhol ders or any of them shall have the right to subscribe for the amount of stock now held by them. SECTION 4. That the president and mana gers of said corporation shall have hereafter full power and authority to borrow any sum or sums of money not exceeding at any one time ten thousand dollars, which may be necessary in repairing or rebuilding their bridge ; any such loau or loans to be on such terms and eon-; ditions as the said corporation may deem tit, with power also to pledge and mortgage as se- : eurity for any such loan or loaus their bridge and all and any of their property, real and i personal, together with all their rights, powers, privileges and franchises. And any sale or sales under any judicial process to enforce any such pledge or mortgage, shall pass to, and vest in the vendee or vendees, whatever pro perty, fights, powers, privileges and franchises may have been pledged as aforesaid : Provid ed, That no certificate of loan shall be of less denomination than one hundred dollars. AX ACT in relation to the appointment of Collectors of State and County Taxes. SECTION 1. Beit enacted, fa.. That the coun ty commissioners of the several counties in this Commonwealth shall have the power to ap point collectors of state and county taxes, without being confined in their selection to the persons whose names may be returned by the assessors, anything in the act passed fifteenth April, eighteen hundred and thirty four, enti tled " AH Act relating to county rates and le vies, and township rates and levies," to the contrary notwithstanding. AX Af'T to incorporate the X'orth Branch Rridge Com pany. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, IJ-c., That J. I). Montanye, D. C. Hall, 11. P. Moore, D. F. Barstow, E. R. Myer, M. 11. Banning, J. P. Kirbv, their assigns, successors and associates shall be and tliev arc hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate by the name, style, and title of the North Branch bridge Company, witli authority to com struct a bridge across the Susquehanna river from such point in the Borough of Towanda, Bradford county, as said company may con sider most advantageous : Provided, That such bridge shall be so located and construct ed as not to impede the navigation of said river. SECTION 2. That the capital of said com pany shall be twenty thousand dollars, divid ed into eight hundred shares of twentv-fivc dollars each, with power to increase said capi tal stock from time to time to an extent nec essary to complete said bridge and carry out the true intent of this act, SECTION 3. That the said corporation shall give at least two weeks' notice in any one newspaper published in the county of Brad ford of the time and place to be by them ap pointed to proceed to organize said company by the election by a majority of the votes of the shareholders one president and five mana gers, who shall have charge and control of the business of said company, and the said presi dent and managers shall choose from the share holders or otherwise one person to act as sec retary and treasurer ; the officers chosen at the first and subsequent' elections shall hold their offices until the time designated by this act for holding the annual election and until others are duly chosen, ami the said company shall have all the powers, privileges and rights so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of an act regulating bridge eoiupa cies approved the twelfth day of April, Anno Dowiui one thousand eight hundred and fifty five : Provided, That if the Towanda Bridge Company, shall commence to relmild the bridge within two months after the passage of this act, and so far complete the same that it may lie crossed with teams within one year there after, iheu thi' a>*i hall be void and of no effect. Self-Convicted. [ Prom the Montrose Democrat of Man hB, 1855.] Mr. Wihnot is pleased to reiterate the stale insinuations which have constituted the stock in trade, for the past three years, of certain gentlemen in Montrose, against our character and integrity. If he really wishes to institute ii comparison of moral character with us, we have no earthly objection. Gamblers have never yet boosted of having our company in their midnight " hells." Respectable, God fearing men cannot be found to say of us, that we habitually indulge in the most blasphemous profanity iu trifling conversation, and that at other times we put on a sanctified garb, and quote scripture like an angel of purity. Our room at Hatch's Hotel was never stenehed with the fumes of ruin, nor were we ever call ed from a bed of debauch there, to enter our (Viurts of Justice, prominent in its adminis tration. [ Prom the Montrose Democrat of March 15, 1355] Political friend and foe alike look upon him [Wilmot] us the ungrateful recipient of pub lic liouors, a man wholly unworthy of the offi cial garments in which he is clothed. . A confiding constituency has been slow to acknowledge his errors, —ready to overlook his faults and magnify his virtues, but his overgrown confidence in corrupt bargaining and fraud has bred a rashness in liiin, fatal to his plans and withering to his hopes. [From the Montrose Democrat of June 21, 155.] I>A\ ii> WILMOT the great high priest of Free Soilisnt, from the seat of justice which his drunkenness and profanity desecrates, issued his bull of terrors for our decapitation. [From the Montrose Democrat of Nov. 15, 1355] Had any other Judge in Pennsylvania con ducted himself toward the public as has Da vid Wihnot, lie would have been met with a coat of tar and feathers ; and, refusing to re sign, he would have been driven from the Bench by force—would not be jiermitted to disgrace it with his presence. * * * * Look at it, a Judge openly counselling re sistance to the laws, and punishing others for violating them ! This Wihnot has done over and over again in his stump speeches, iu front of the very Bench which he disgraces. Those tilings ought in some way to be re buked. In justice to—in vindication of the Judiciary, the Legislature should take prompt action towards Wihnot's impeachment. We have no doubt that if any one would take the trouble and bear the necessary expense of arranging and presenting the case, he would be impeached by the present Legislature the first six weeks of the session. It should be done. A petition signed by three thousand vo ters could be got in this county in a week, praying for his unconditional impeachment.— Were he not wholly regardless of public feel ing, and bent ou outraging it iu every manner possible, he would resign, knowing as well as he does the sentiment he has made in this county, and the total lack of confidence the people have in his impartiality. There is not not one suit in ten now tried in our Court, that one side or the other don't believe and declare that it was decided oil political preju dices and preferences, or with reference to some political result, so far as the legal rulings of the Court affected it. How long shall such outrages be telerated ? [From the Montrose Democrat of April 17, 1356.] Judge Wilmot feeling that his official con duct and integrity has been assailed by publi cations in our paper, we desire to say, in jus tice to him to the public and to onrself, that icc did not intend to impugn the integrity of Judge. Wilmot as a man, nor to charge, upon him corruption, partiality or political bins iu the discharge of his responsible public duties.— We have seen nothing, nor do we know of any thing, in the conduct of Judge Wilmot to war rant such a charge. Tlie publications complained of, were has tily and inconsiderately written and we regret any thing therein contained reflecting upon the official integrity and conduct of Judge Wihnot. TERRIBLE DEATH. —One of the most terri ble casualties of which we ever heard took place at or near Port Clinton, on the line of the railroad between this place and Philadel phia, one day last week. By some mistake a switch was misplaced, in consequence of which a train of cars, in charge of an engineer by the name of Ititer, was thrown off the track. The tender was thrown forward on to the en gine, which was badly crushed, and Mr. Ri ter was throwu in and wedged between parts of the wreck, where two steam cocks were opened directly upou his bowels, subjecting him to the most intense torture, and from which he had no power to extricate himself.— j As soon as his horrible condition was realized by those who were anxious to relieve him, the the escape valve of the engine was opened, and every effort made for his release, in or der to do this, however, it was found neces sary to call in requisition several jack screws ; and by means of these the iron arms of death, which inclosed liiin in their unyielding em brace, were opened, and the unfortunate man taken out, when it was found that, in the in tensity of his agony, he had actually torn open his own boicels, which, in addition to the dread ful effects of the steam, presented a most shocking and terrible appearance. Every as sistance possible was rendered to the sufferer, but he survived only a few hours.— Elmira Adv. COL. LANE ANO SENATOR DOUGLAS. —CoI. •las. 11. Laue, of Kansas, has published a card iu reference to the recent charges made against him by Senator Douglas, and the consequent difficulty. We have only space for the lead points of this publication. Col. Laue states that ou the 18th of April he sent a letter to Senator Douglas, in which he stated his grie vances and requested a retraction of the char ges made against him in the Senate. Dougla.-s hesitated, and desired various postponements for the time of his reply. The retraction was not made, and Col. Lane proceeds to charge that on his coming to Washington, Douglas treated him witli great cordiality, invited him to his residence, and afterwards, in the Sen ate, repeated the commsnications made in pri vate friendship, vilifying the man whom he had professed to love and esteem. The refu sal of Douglas to make reparatiou for the in jury done is then referred to as that of a cow ardly bully, who shelters himseK behind his constitutional privileges. Iu conclusion, Col Lane strongly appeals to the public to do jus tice in the matter. This card has made a sen sation at Washington. THE WHEAT CROP.— The Madison Couriei states that the wheat crop of Indiana and the great Northwest, was never more prorairiiiji than at the present sea on. SraMorb Importer. E. V. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOAVANDA: SatnrbuD morning, Xtttin 3. 18oli. TERMS —One Dollar per annum, in variably in adoantt.— Four week* prreiou* to the expiration of a subscription, notice will be given by a printed wrapper, and if not re newed, the paper will in all case* be slopped. Cl.i'ttßiV<5 — The Reporter will be sent to Clubs at the fol lowing extremely low rates : 6 copies for |5 00 [ls copies for. . .512 00 10 copies for Koo| 20 copies f0r. ... 15 00 ADVERTISEMENTS — For a square of ten lines or less. 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MOSEY may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an mvclojie, and properly directed, we will be responsible for its safe delivery. 1° THE people of ; The People of the United States, without regard to past p ditieul differences or divisions, who are opposed to the j repeal of tin- Missouri Compromise, to the policy of the | present Administration. to the extension of Slavery into 1 the territories, in favor of the admission of Kansas as a free State, and of restoring the notion of the Federal Go vernment to the principles of Washington and Jefferson, are invited by the National Committee, apyointed by the i Pittsburg Convention of the 22d of February, 1856, to send from each State three i"( legates from each Congres sional District, and six Delegates at large, to meet at PHILADELPHIA, on the 17tb of JUNE next, for tin purpose of recommending candidates to be supported tor the offices of President and Vice President of the I nitcd States. E. D. Mono AN, N. Y. GKORGK G. FOOO.N. 11. FRANCIS P. JILAIII. Aid. A. J. STEVENS, lowa. JOHN M. NII.ES, Conn. CORNF.I.H S COI.E. Cal. DAVID WII.MOT, Pa. LAWRENCE BKAINEHD. Vt. A. P. STONE, Ohio. WILLIAM GROSE. Ind. WM. M. CIIACE, R. I. WVMAM SPOONER. Wis. JOHN Z. GOODRICH, Mass. C. M. K. PAIII.ISON, N. J. GEORISK RYE, Va. E. D. WILLIAMS, IXI. ABSER R. HALI.OWELL, Me. JOHN G. FEE, K\. E. S. LELAND, 111. ] J AMES HEDPXTH. Mo. CHARLES DICKEY, Mich. | LEWIS CLKPIIANE, D.C. WASHINGTON, March 29,1856. National Committee. DELEGATE ELECTIONS. As our paper will be read by a portion of our subscribers, previous to the Delegate elec tions appointed for this (Saturday) evening, we take occasion to urge upen our Republican friends their duty to attend the primary meet ings and see that two delegates are elected from each election district to the County Con vention, ou Tuesday evening next, for the pur pose of choosing delegates to the National and State Republican Conventions. If the Committees of Vigilance have not properly performed their duties and advertised meetings, the electors should meet at the usual place for holding snch meetings and proceed to elect. BW' CHASE, in the last Montrose Demrcrat, applies some of his choice epithets to the edi tor of this paper. We must hereafter decline having any controversy with a man who stands a self-confessed libeller, and who is ready tp ; avert punishment for deliberate and reiterated libellous publications, by stigmatizing his pro ductions as being " hastily and inconsiderately ! written" — when everybody knows that they were carefully prepared, and published after | mature consideration. j TERRIFIC AFFRAY BETWEEN THE AMERICANS AND NATIVES AT PANAMA. —By the arrival of J the steamship Empire City, from Havana, we i have received news of a painful character from I Panama. The Empire City arrived at Havana on the afternoon of the 24th April, from New Orleans, where she found waiting her arrival the steamship Philadelphia from Aspenwull, and received 011 board 2CU passengers for New York from Han Francisco per steamer Cortes, I which left San Francisco on the 20th March. The Philadelphia brings intelligence from Panama of a terrible affray between the Ameri can Transit passengers and the natives, in which some 30 of the former were killed out right and 20 wounded. The building adjoining the railroad station was entirely pillaged and shattered by the na tive mob, and the wounded are frightfully dis figured by blows from the machete. LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM NICARAGUA. —By the arrival of the steamship Isabel at Charles ton, we lcaru that Gen. Walker won a great battle at ltivas on the 7th ult. Six hundred Costa Kicansand thirty Ameri cans were killed, and Walker remained master of the city. Col. Wheeler had addressed a letter to President Mora, of Costa Ilica, to the shooting of American citizens, and protesting against the conduct of Mora in ordering the expulsion of Americans from the country. It is said that Mr. BUCHANAN, on ar riving in Paris lately, made haste to pay his respects to Mrs. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, to whom he is reported to have unfolded his Pre sidential plans at considerable length. The Evening Post mentions this fact and says : " In the programme for Mr. BUCHANAN'S re ception in this city, we see no provision made for his stopping at the lhrald office before go ing to his hotel, a courtesy which he will scarce ly neglect. The New York Hotel Committee should look te this." If Mr. BUCHANAN reaches the Presidential chair, will he be so ungrateful as to overlook Mr. BENNETT'S claims to the French embassy ? Missorßi.—The Benton Democracy of this State have nominated Col. THUS. 11. BENTON for Governor, and KELI.Y, of Holt county, for Lieut. Governor. The Atchison Democracy have nominated TRL STEN POLK for Governor, and made up the rest of the ticket from other Ebo-shins. The defeat of the lager-beer bill has aroused the ire of the Pennsylvania a. It reads , Mr. BROWNE, the Speaker of the Senate, out of the party, because he has been uniformly nppns 1 rd LO ftve liqn..r. FORGED LAND WARRANTS. —It has been offi cially ascertained that forging and counterfeit- 1 ing of certificates or warrauts for bounty kind, to defraud both the public and the Govern ment, has been exteusively earned on, and doubts have arisen whether this is an offence for winch punishment can be inflicted under ex isting laws. The Pensiou and Land Bureaus have prepared a bill which is now before the ' House Judiciary Committee, declaring such acts felony, to be punished by a fine not ex ceeding $5,000, and imprisonment to hard la- 1 bor uot exceeding ten years, at the discretion ; of the Court. CINCINNATI SLAVE CASK. —Our readers have been informed of a recent instance of conflict of authority at Cincinnati, between the Court of the State of Ohio and of the United States, in the case of 11. 11. Robinson. Esq., the Uni ted States Marshal who was arraigned liefore the Probate Court of Hamilton county for contempt of court, in delivering the slaves in the Gaines case to the owner instead of obey ing the order of Judge Burgoyne, to bring them before the Probate Court upon a writ of habeas corpus. The Marshal applied to the United States Court to be liberated ; that Court has, after a hearing, discharged bim from custody, on the ground that he was acting tin der the authority of a law of the United States. Utef The Grain trade of the West is a sub jeet of a good deal of discussion in the papers. Some of the Western papers say that there is comparatively but little wheat in store on the railroads and canals of that section of the coun try. The price of seed wheat in the interior of Illinois is considerably above the market, spring wheat for seed and milling bringing from $1.20 to $1.50, and the supply furnished is barely sufficient to meet home consumption. The stock of corn, on the other hand, is repre sented as being quite heavy. At Louisville the price of corn has declined materially, caus ing to speculators serious losses. Holders have in a great measure ceased shipping, as the price in foreign markets would uot warrant the cost of traiisjiortution. PERSEVERANCE OF LADY FRANKLIN. —Mr. Henry Grinnell has just received a letter from Lady Franklin, in which she expresses a desire that I)r. KANE should visit Englaud, for the purpose of taking charge of another Arctic Expctition. She still hopes that some survi vor of Sir John Franklin may be found living among the Esquimaux, from whom might be obtained the particulars of her husband's fate. She proposes to fit out a propeller at her own expense, and give the command to Dr. KANF.. But we hope our gallant countryman will not consent to hazard his life by auather voyage to those fatal regions. THE LUMHKK TRADE. —The first arrival of lumber at Columbia, this season, occurred on Wednesday of last week. It was rafted down the Susquehanna from Steuben county, N. Y. The arrivals this season are not expected to be as large as daring the last, in consequence of the low prices last year. No sales have yet taken place at Columbia, and therefore prices | have not been fixed. The stock on hand is much larger than at the opening of the season last year, but it is anticipated there will be a brisk demand. Itejjr A few nights ago, some burglars raised j the window of the sleeping room of a butcher, named Freitag, in Lawrencevillc, Pa., and put a cloth saturated with chloroform, attached to a long pole, to the nostrils of himself and wife. When the chloroform took effect, they entered the room, took SSOO from a bureau and then ; decamped. tegf A nctv Judicial district was formed out ; of the counties of Columbia, Wyoming and : Sullivan, by the late Legislature—reducing this ' district to Susquehanna and Bradford counties. FREE FLOW OF LIQUOR —THF. LADIES IN THE ! FIGHT. —A few days since, in Farmiugton, Fulton county, 111-, there was a very marked 1 demonstration of the ladies on the liquor-shops I in that place, some of whom had suffered fYom j their evil influence. One lady's husband was in the habit of visiting those places ; she went to remonstrate with the keepers and was told to " go away and mind her own business."— ' From this and other similar cases the whole female portiou of the village became aroused. Some 25 or 30 ladies, headed by a Mrs. Moore, armed with hatchets, proceeded to obnoxious shops (four in number), and, in a cool andbu i siness-like manner, cut the hoops from every | cask that could be found, letting the liquor out upon the floor. The bottles were empted, and : a clean sweep made of the whole business.— I They were threatened by some of the owners, , but were not to be thus deterred from effecting their object. A crowd of men and boys fol lowed as spectators, but 110 one uttcmptcd to inter fc rc. Hush ril/e Rrpublica n. tejjr The Canal from Columbia to Pitts burg has been open since the Ist of last month, and the boats are now running. It is antici pated that an unusually large amount of busi ness will lie done on that branch of the public works the present season. THE RAII.RORD RIOTS AT ERlE.— Buffalo, April 20.—A despatch from Erie, Pa., states that a mob assembled there last uight., and de stroyed the office of the " Constitutional" newspaper, which had advocated the railroad interests and defended the action of the Penn sylvania liegislature, in passing the act restor ing the charter of the Erie und Northeast Railroad Company. The mob was also threat ening to destroy the railroad property. Jfeg- The Growing Crops all over France present the most cheering appearance. The de ficiency in the produce of last year —officially estimated at 7,000,000 hectolitres—has been in a great mcu-urc made up by foreign impor ■ ftlh 1.. The Battle of the Aspirants. (Correapondence of the Tribune.) WASHINGTON, April 23. There is to be a beautiful quarrel between the respective partisans ©f (Jen. Pierce and Mr. Buchanan. Indeed, the ball has Opened already under the most encouraging auspices The. Pennsylvanian and The Lnicn being the first couple on the floor. There has been a concealed state of hostilities between these two interests for a long time, which the re turn of Mr. Buchanan and the approach of the Cincinnati Convention have brought to a head. Perhaps some popular demonstrations may have helped to widen the breach, and bring the trouble to a head. At all events, The Union has put aside its affected dignity —pocketed its white kids, and taken to rough and tumble in Tennessee fashion. It shows neither regard for 'Tht Prim-sylvaniaii\i youth nor respect for Mr. Buchanan's age, hut han dles both with an earnestness which shows pluck and promises fun. In a little while there w ill be some other fingers in this pie. FrTm the Washington Star—(Administration.) THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. —If ever a, gentleman was being sadly misused by his friends, that man is Mr. Buchanan. A large number of papers advocating his nomination at Cincinnati, are abusing and maligning his Democratic rivals and their supporters as virulently as though they were not parties in full Democratic communion. They afe doing S", too, under circumstances which induce the very general impression that that system of electioneering has been resorted to with the deliberate sanction of those who assume to manage the canvass in Mr. Buchanan's behalf. So general has this style of strengthening Mr. Buchanan become, recently, as that it is rapid ly insuring a perfect combination of the friends of all other Democratic aspirants exclusively against liini ; which is to be regretted by all whose democracy amounts to more than devo tion to the fortues of a particular leader for the sake of the devotee's own future. Mr. Buehunun has been greivously injured, too, by another style of electioneering for him, in vogue. We refer to the efforts to make liim appear more available because he does not wear any of the scars received in defence of the cause of the Democratic party in the great Nebraska Kansas battle. The studied at tempts to that end that have appeared of late iu the /'enn.n/lcanian, and many other Bu chanan Democratic journals, have already pro duced the two results that might have been expected from them. Ist. They hare brought out iu his favor every nominal Democratic newspaper and po litician really standing opposed to the Demo cratic party upon the great question now in issue between the Democracy and their oppo nents. where the latter have respectable stength. 2d. It has created a wide-spread impression among those in all quarters of the country and in all positions in " the party" who have been combatting for years for the Nebraska bill, that to nominate and elect Mr. Buchanan, at his time of life, will be to insure that those who | claim to he his peculiar friends will govern i the country in his name ; and in so doing will not only treat the supporters of all other aspi rants for the Cincinnati nomination as political j enemies, but will also make it certain that the (loveriiinent will be administered upon princi ples so far as the slavery question is concerned, fairly deducible from their present semi-deifi cation of the Missouri restriction, and of Mr. Buchanan, as its titular deity. There is food, ' ample food for reflection, indeed, in the lead ing points of the history of this brief but rt- I markulte inter Democratic party atneass in be i if "f -H/". Bvchanan. Presidential. We are in receipt of sundry letters, inquir ing what claims this or that personage may ; or can have to the Republican nomination for j the Presidency. These inquiries stem pcrvad | ed by a common presumption that the Repub lieans have but to indicate their first choice in the nomination, and it will be successful, of j course. We regard this whole matter from a diffe i rent stand-point. The contest which opens | before us appears to us at once arduous in its j character, momentous in its consequences, and ! dubious in its result. We hope for success in I it ; but that success can only be secured by wis ' doni, by conciliation in the choice of a stau ; dard-bcarer, aud by the most entire and hear ! ty surrender of personal preferences to the | good of the cause. The ouly man who, in our j view, eau have any claims to the support of j the Republicans i& he who, being devoted to i the good work of making Kansas a Free State, ' shall seem likely to concentrate mere strength | aud obtain more electoral votes than any oth : er. Show us that any man who is heartily ; with us in the Kansas struggle can obtain the | electoral vote of Pennsylvania and NewJer , sey, Indiana and Illinois, Delaware and Cali ; fornia, or three-fourths of them, and we will favorably consider his claims to the nomina tion ; but to talk of nominating a man only because we should prefer him as President, without considering what, vote he can proba bly obtain, or how lie is to be elected, is sheer lunacy. The great issue of Slavery Extension is now to te decided. Let Kansas be admitted as a Free State, and there will never be a Slave State organized west or north of her ; and Slavery can only extend its dominion through Texas toward the South-West. Let Kansas be enslaved, and Utah, New-Mexico, and the new State to lie formed in the rich mining re gion of the Gila, will follow in its train. Let the friends of Free Kansas triumph in the Presidential contest, and the game of the Bor der Ruffians is blocked ever more. Even Mis souri will repudiate and suppress them. But with a President elected by their exertions and votes, with Virginia, the Carolinas, Ala bama and Georgia at his back, we should still struggle and plead for Free Kansas, but it would be the pleading of the vanquished—the struggle of despair. Men who agree with us on the main point ! we must not lose this con test if it be possible to win it ; and to this end we must,|in selecting candidates, inquire first hy what sign we can conquer.—JV. Y. Tribune. DISTRESSING SUICIDE. —On Sunday night last, Keturah, daughter of Mr. Edward Mc ' Ilenay, of Orange tp., while in a state of abera : tiou of inind, committed suicide by drowning, j Search was made for her on Monday, by a , large number of people, when she was found i about one and a half miles below the bridge. ;on a drift. A jury summoned, gave a finding |in accordance with this statement. Her age was about thirty eight years.- Columbia De i m> era t. A HORRIBLE horrible occurrence took place at <- 1 Station, in Livingston countv on tl,„ •mIRR. R., lust week, >' which, as near as we could learn are .V lows : A person by the name 'of Van Buren, who, with his brothers' fe e * Hotel at that place, was most brutal! ' dered while in a fight with some J 7 he met at the Depot, growiucr out ® 1 w ""s culty which existed between the parj- 't was first knocked down by one of ti breaking his skull, when he was stabE,^' in the abdomen, inflicting two j. ir r and other injuries. The pernetra.f g ? sl '" ! ' liurrid deed the, fled, since been arrested, but no evidence l ?t been elicited which will lead to the a ' n of the murderer. The U ufortu,? *** buried on Saturday last, but ii.r-Vi '*' taken up for an examination h \ l * t " the perpetraters of this awful deed will brought to justice This melancholy ! V* has created coustdcrahle \T neighborhood where the * ted.— Elmira Republican, ° ' COu "'ii.'.- I Si'ECTLATORS SoLR— It is „ ow . the immense quantities of wheat nmvU , l!i8: Chicago, Milwaukee and other points west last fall, said at the time to 1. !•' count of the French government, were i-! *" ality bought for parties in Boston \,.* v r " Ac, who will " realize" a loss near a million of dollars ! Millions <jfV els were purchased, and the prices pair ! were considered high at the time, the i, u , f f sers, expecting to realize an iuimeuse piuS: JGT .Mr. C. W. Benedict, proprietor o f. paper mill near Raleigh, has recently L testing, with signal success, the practical, q" of manufacturing wrapping paper from dinarv broom straw. For strength, it iV' f ticularly adapted to the use of grocer, a others. 0 ' *aT New-Jersey papers say the prosit: there will be a heavy crop of Wheat ic • ■ State. " ' s DEPARTMENT OF COMMON SCHOO t Or PENNSYLVANIA HARRISBTM. April 24 To the School Directors of Bnulford County Gkstukwks Ajrr. ralilv to tin-itiry t , the General AssrmWy of t'hw Comironwealth the twenty-first of Aunt A. R OUf Ul „ "} <lre<! ami ti.ty-six, I btrtby giv? notia that i ♦ Butud* of School Directors of Bradford countv arc ed to meet in their respective Districts, ; 3tst dav of May. lsoC. to expreis bv re-i'ot ; . opinion as to the proper amount of eoinpeiteitim" j C ounty Supenntendenrof said coiuitA and after M i t -'- 1 the same upon their records, transmit a copy the'' . mail, to the undersigned, at this Department a - - ; to the provisions of said act. a copy yf which is suloC ;to this notice. Tour obedient servant. ' A 0. CURTIS' Superintendent of tvwiswm Scm, AX A.CT ! to rßoting FOR A MBLTISG or TUB school mttm OF BR A let UKD COI'NTT, i SUCTION 1. Be if rnuc'ed by the Smalt and lh,„, Representatives of the Commonwealth v r Ptmuf nua ; General Assembly met, and it is hereby tmcUdlu t,i a , thorite/ of the same. That the Superintendent uf f. na„- j Si-hools is hereby directed to pive notice t the >■:, 1 Directors of Bradford county, by-ircuiar aiul by pc , | tion in two newspapers of 'that county, that tin s-.-:, i hoards of School Directors of Bradford county, s. 1 in their respective districts, on S.itardty, the th:rty-fi>: ! day ol May next, and when assembled*each bosrd •. ;hy resolution, express the opinion ola majority of v I directors present, as to the proper amount of coir:*:.* ! tion for the County Superintendent of Bradford c :.n SECTION 2. That the said several Uard- of S | rectors shall cause the resolution to lie entered on i records, and a copy forwarded to the State Sup j dent, who, on the reception of the re* v.tic- : ; several Uxirds l Directors, shall fix sub oonip-iM' , for the County Superintendent of Bradlord county, - I may think just and proper in view of the expre-- ::i> i received from the boaras of School Direct >r.-. trhi i; J ! pensatioti shall 1* in lk-u of the atn mat fixed ; y the" s vention of School Directors of Bradford county ;,.r its officer, on the twenty-eighth day of July last. mesa, commence with the third vear ol that office. Rirfi.VBDSU.V 1.. WRIGHT. Speaker of the House of Reprem'.ibxu \VM. M. IT ATT. Speaker of tin Sends j ArritovFn - The twenty-first day of .t pTil, Aunt Doiut ; one thousand eight huudred and tiftv- \ I JAMBS POLLOCK | NEW SPRING GOODS! I subscriber calls attention of the p ! > . lie to his SPRING STOCK OF GOODS the OMiaJ variety, and which will be >"'1(1 at th, possible rates for cash. 0. D BABXhtIT Towanda, April 'it. 1856. Books and Stationery. j largest assortment of BOOKS B " 1 ' -L STATIONKRV ever eflercd intiii iag a vcrv complete stock <>f School Cias-ical J. -c laneoQs Itooks,.and a very full assortment Sut:-:: ; . just opening tttft for sale "unusually < heap at April 24. 1536. "0- D- B-VKThEH-'^ Paper-Hangings. only complete stock of Paper HantriW . to be found tn this region of country. onpMai many new and beautiful patterns, for -aD 1 " April 2i, H5. _ 0. D. BARTI-F£X Book Binding. riIHE undersigned has the agency of one® -L the best Bindcric- in >' Y. City. and t- rcsfj ceive Book- Pamphlets. MagaTinr-'. Ac- ' ■ any style desired, in the neatest it;.' , - 10 "' ~4 manner and at very low rates shall h P 1 r " a [, T '"try very soon—so sehd in your volumes. 0 D B Ahi _ April 24, 1856. * —— Shawls, Silks and Embroideries. V beautiful assortment of Brociie. N- Sitk, Thibet and Printed Shawl-: Mark and Plaid Silks; Embroidered Collars. n fl v ;1 Chiina/ettes, Bands, Edgiugsand lusertings- aa, at the Store of • April 30, 1856. Lawns, Shallis, Bareges. Ac- HE finest assortment in town of re | ) . American hmus, French. Scot c a an. Ginghams, Challis. Bareges, Brilliants aid ' . R hcj;'j. I _lssi. _ 51 r " - NEW SPRING GOODK isTEAV^nni. B KINGSBURY A SON beg leave wcall • tion of their! friends and cu-t titers as ers. both Jew anu G*nt:ie, wishing t" buy i<,;< ■ to their witli selected sfioik of FORI-' 1 '- " VJ :,'-J MKSTJC DRV GOODS, con-i-ting 0: af-'' of Ladies Dress Goods. Silks, Shmr.f .l f flf l y tics. Bareges. Chitmbray*. Lawns, • ws,is' Also, a choice selection of Mcrriuiac, other styles of fast-colored Prints. v.-a* 1 A large and complete assortment , ro ,is Hosiery, Gloves, Dress Trimmings, 'J ims, Ticks, Drills, I.inens, Cambrics, ho 1 Sheetings, Cotton Yarn, Hick, balls, IVarp. frc-. Q-C. . -,l| iIwTJ in addition to the above articles. |®erc ■ found a full assortment of GROt 1-BjG • a ,;,'fii4 Glass-ware, Boots and Shoes, Hats ami tap, - Pails, Tubs, Mutts, Ac. . . . .j, f nal'- The undersigned feel a pleasure 111 IUVI tß| to an examination of their Spring i v : good Goods and low prices will ''V~''' r f.Xr iiy'i, aOS ready pay. B- KI.NDMJC Towanda, April 11, " , BHI])GE j,kttx>; SEALED PROPOSALS w ill be iwfiveda >lj; . sinners'office until 12 0 clock of > K 'ui-ar 185G, for building a bridge across ■."F -,r , *' Pail Factory. The plan of said Bridge 1 Commissioners' Offiei-. By order of the p yRRAR ' : ' rl Towanda, April 8. 1556. l.t ; ru lri '• TRAILS, Hrnoms, Tubs, Mt*a ,,!n,N fl ,\- I A rushes, Ma- king Brushes, A a'
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