ingiit settled down upon the waters of the Chesapeake, the long, low pirougue, or gim- boat—for it was mounted with a swivel at stern and bow —slowly issued forth into the bay. •• Southward," said the Captain, "to the ocean." Th's time there was no reply, and the men "bent to their oars.* VII. Several days after the scenes just recated, find when all* the inmates of llairston house were buried in sleep, Arthur Hetherington was suddenly awakened by a loud scream, which issued from the apartment of Eleanor. Hastily throwing on iiis dressing gown, and taking his sword in his hand, he mounted to the young lady's chamber. Mrs. llairston, whose apartment was next to that of bcT daughter, had already entered the chamber ; and when young H.-therington reached the door, he descried his inistrcss%it ting up in bed, her frame agitated bv strong hysterics. I) was a considerable time before any intel ligible explanation of her fright could be ex tracted from her ; and when, after she had grown calmer, the anxious listers were made to understand, her agitation was considered the result simply of an unpleasant dream. Miss Iluirston's relation was briefly as fol lows : She had retired as usual, and had been sleeping for some hours, when suddenly she heard a noise at her window, the shutters of which had been closed on the previous night. Opening her eyes at the seund, and half rising from her recumbent posture, she had seen the shutter open, the window raised, and, the next moment, a man had passed his body through the opening, and with a single bound stood at her side. lie had then thrown his arms around her before she could sc/eatn, and imprinted twenty kisses upon her lips. She had then screamed, and the intruder had relaxed his grasp, passed through the window again with a mocking laugh, and disappeared, just as lights began to twinkle, and Mr. Hetherington hast ened up the staircase. Mrs. llairston shook her head as her daugh ter finished this narration ; and, pointing to the closed window, said that Eleanor must conquer this foolish nervousness, which, on a former occasion, had been the jest of every one. She had not finished her homily, when Miss llairston suddenly pointed to the to.let-table. A folded note lay upon it, which was opened and hastily read. It contained these lines : " Mis* Hair-ton lias had two dreams—licr master, .sleej>- incr and walking, telN her so. The moment, approaches when ho will assert his mastery, in spite of the opposition of her solemn lover. It id useless to tell her to beware. Hctherington's proud lip was convulsed for a moment with wrath. His fiery eyes burned like consuming brands, and be clutched his sword hilt until the blade shook in his furious grasp. That any man should dare to thus treat his intended bride !—that there should be a mortal living who would presume ! Had the intruder then stood before him, the death of ono or both of them would have ensued. Little was said by tlie young man, however. His teeth were set close together, as if to pre vent his wrath from escaping and expending it self in weak words. He bowed gravely to the two ladies, and retired from the apartment.— Miss llairston shared her mother's bed for the remainder of the night ; and, on the next day nothing was said of the occurrence. The ser vants had not been around, and the mystery was shared by the three persons alone. Till. At last, the night appointed for the marriage of lletheriugtou ami Eleanor arrived, and every preparation had been completed. It was to be very private, at the request of the bridegroom, and none were to witness the cere mony but the household, the officiating clergy man, and a few friends of the bride. As the shades of night descended, and the hour approached when he was to receive from her mother the hand of the beautiful and blushing girl, the young man experienced, he knew not why, a strange and ominous forebod ing. Having clad himself completely in his splen did wedding toilet, and bestowed a last glance upon the snowy frill at his bosom, his lace cuff< and elaborately powdered hair, to which his body-servant had just given the finishing touch Ilctherington sat down at the window opening toward she ocean, and leaning his head upon his hand, gave himself up to reflection, which settled down into a mood of unwonted gloom. It seemed to him that some terrible crisis of his life was approaching—that a dark and threatening cloud, veined with lurid lightning flashes, drew toward him, from the gloomy horizon, its serpent like folds which ere long would envelope him, and make him their vic tim. He said afterwards, that he heard hiss ing voices in the air, like the voices of those terrible creatures of the imagination, the lai mns—those human serpents which foretell mis fortune and revel in the indications of approach ing woe. The air seemed charged with a thick and suffo -ating vapor, and an odor made itself plainly discernable to the young man, like the loathsome smell of a field of blood and death. Arc there intimations in tlie air—in the winds the unseen* currents of the atmosphere—of coming fate ? Wise men have said .-o, and the testimony of thousands corroborates this pres ence of something —sotim shadow of an invisi ble object—an object of horror and despair. The young man tried in vain to shake off the influence which had mastered him ; he rose, walked up and down the apartment; turn ed toward the window again, and looked forth. As he did so, a faint red light glimmered for a moment in one of the rushy coves, then dis appeared, It seemed like his life, and lie turn ed again from tlie window. As lie did so, his eyes fell upon the poniard which he had so strangely gained possession of—the poniard of the secreet receptacle. The drops of blood upon the blade seemed to boil and hiss as lie gazed ; and the antique handle formed a strange and diabolical profile which sneered at him. " Bah !" he mattered fiercely, tossing the wea|>on from him as he spoke. " I'll not act the baby, and be affrighted by my shadow—by the foolish gossip of an old woman. And as for this ominous weapon—this fate of the Jfeth erivgtons—let the legend do its worst! I'll scotch and kill the foolish tale forever 1" As he spoke, he caught the poniard by the * The lawless char,actoi- here spoken of. seem to have hcen similar to those v. ho inloteil the waters of the Ches apeake nt n period somewhat later, under the leadership of an individual calling himself Captain Kyd, after the gre.itKnjdi-h buccaneer. They were completely exter minated, Anally, bv a body of Virginians, under command of Colonel Cropper, grandfather of the present tiovernor c.r Virginia. C 'l. C. s report of the engagement, now in the archives of the e >mmonwoalth, is a striking proof of i this gentleman's daring courage, as well of his grim humor. > it seems th it Colonel C- was severely wounded in the arm j head and loins, which were shattered by the bursting of I one of the enemy's shells. He winds up bis report- with J —•' 1 hope your excellency will excuse the brevity of this j report, and punl m this little xnlhi we made among them." ' The l.ttic -ally " a desperate and Moody combat. 1 blade, and in doing so, inflicted a slight cut up on his finger. "An omen !" he muttered, with scornful sneers, but trembling he knew not why ; "per haps the blade is poisoned, and this is to be the fate of the last of the Hetheringtons ! Perhaps this poniard, with which my grand father, GcoftVy Hetheriugtoo, was killed by his cousin Richard,, on the-day of his marriage to Elizabeth llairston, of tilenarvin, is to be say death weapon, too ! Who knows? And who cares !" he added fiercely. ' Let fools be frightened by falling daggers, and portraits of murdered men ; by omens, warnings, and in sane beseech ings of old cranes ; I'll not ! I'll not shrink back for all the invisible or visible lingers that were ever shaken in the pole faces of woe-stricken chrildren from the beginning of the world ! I'm not a baby ; and I'll go ou in my course ! Natural or supernatural—man or demon—l care not what tlrou art, I defy and challenge you to meet me breast to breast.' The young man had scarcely uttered these words, when a low knock at the door made him start, in spite of himself. Arthur llcth erington was a brave man, but there are mo ments when the strongest nerves are not proof against the most trivial influences. There are times when the mind is so wrought upon, that we would not be greatly astounded by a walk ing statute, like that of the dead commander in Don Giovanni, advancing with his horrible tramp ! trump ! tramp ! into the brilliant banquet-room. This was Hetherington's feeling, and start ing to his feet, he braced his whole form, and in a desperate voice, bade the knocker enter. It was simply a messenger from Mrs. Hairs ton, come to inform the bride groom that the bride awaited him. He hastily thrust the poniard into his bosom, covered the. hilt with las profuse ruffle, and bade the servant say that he would appear in a moment. lie surveyed himself in the mirror for the last time, ami almost started at the sight of his blanched cheeks and lips. A sarcastic smile greeted the spectacle, and he tossed his head away from the too faithful glass. Then, pulling cuff's over his slender and uer vous hands, he left the apartment. He was soon at the side of the lovely girl, whose blushing face assumed a deeper color as lie appeared. Miss llairston was clad with great splendor, after the fusion of the period, in a white satin gown, with blue furbelows of the same material looped back with bows of ribbon. Her queenly brow was crowned with a mass of curls, with pearls interwoven—she wore many bracelets and otlur jewels—and up on her snowy shoulders and open stomacher re posed a cloud of gauze-like lace of the richest description. The bridegroom forgot bis dis quiet for a moment, in presence of this vision of youth and beauty. His gaze, however, de tected an end of lace hanging from the young lady's stomacher, and, with a profound incli nation, lie reached out his hand and replaced it beneath the satin folding. As he drew hack, the bride uttered a slight exclamation. His finger had left a bloody impress upon the young lady's bosom. A shudder ran through Iletheringtou's frame and he turned as pale as death. He had thus, in the third generation, fulfilled to the letter the old crone's legend. " It is nothing," he muttered hoarsely ; "a mere scratch upon my finger. I beg you not to be disquieted." And offering his arm to the bride, he led her into the great apartment. In a few mo ments they stood before the officiating clergy man, and the marriage ceremony commenced, it was destined never to be completed. A sudden tumult at the door attracted the attention of all present : the servants rushed for ward in huddled groups ; and from the dark ness of the hall, upon which the shades of night had descended, strode the false peddler, the captain of the freebooters, at the head of a dozen men armed to the teeth. Their leader carried a drawn sword in his hand, and with a sneering laugh, reached, at a single bound, the side of Miss llairston. " I said I was your master, and thus I prove it J" he shouted. "To the rescue." And seizing the young lady in his arms, the speaker made two hasty steps toward the door. They were the last he ever took. A hoarse and terrible exclamation, like that of an aroused lion, was suddenly heard—a I oniard gleamed in the air, then descended— and ihe captain of the freebooters fell at full length upon the floor, which was stained with his blood—pierced by the bridegroom's dagger. At the same moment, a pistol-shot was heard, and Ilctherington rushed forward with a roar of wrath and anguish. The form of Miss llairston undulated for an instant, bent to and fro like a ! : '.y whose stem is broken, and then the unhappy girl stretched out her arms, and, uttering a faint scream, fell at the feet of her lover, her bosom pierced by the ball, precise/)/ at the spot where his bloody Jinger h id been laid. The captain of the freebooters writhed his body half-erect, and leaning upon one hand, pointed with his extended linger to the dead body of the girl. " A bonny wedding you have, brother Ar thur he said, with a laugh of terrible tri umph, which distorted his lips iu a manner horrible and repulsive to behold. " I offer yon my compliments thereon, my brother ! Ah, you did not recognize George Ilcthering ton in the peddler ! You did not know my old familiar writing left behind me when I re spectfully saluted this fine bride of yours ! You tho't that lying rumor of my death,which I originated, aud had sent to you, was true ! Fool ! did you think I would die before I had my revenge ! You robbed me of my father's acres ! —curses on you !" added the unhappy man, in fainter accents, but with rage even more intense ; "you taunted ine in the old li brary with dishonor?—you ended by supplant ing me with the only woman I—have ever loved. But—my lieutenant has—obeyed me —if I fell he was—to—-avenge me—as he has done—my death—by your—hand—is my best revenge—good brother ! Your—bride, too," added the dying man, pointing faintly to the dead body, aud grinning horribly, "take her —her—my bonny bridegroom—take your dead bride—and—my dying curse !" The wretched man fell back ashe spoke, and a rattle in his throat indicated that all was over. An awful silence fell upon the group, who stood, with affrighted eyes, gazing upon the bodies. As to the rest of the intruders, they had hastily fled to their craft—no one had noted their departure. All eyes were turn ed from the dead, new, to Hetlieringtan kneel ing between the dead bodies of his brother and his bride ! He uttered not a word, though his lips moved faintly as he gazed at the bloo dy poniard— the fate of the JhfhtringUms— which had thus fulfilled the warning. Then the young man's distented eyes turned turned with awful intensity toward the face of Eleanor, beautiful even in death, aud thus gaz ing upon his dead bride, lie fell forward sense less between the bodies, striking his temple, as he fell, against the jeweled hilt of the fafe of the Ilelkeringtons. " Such," said I) , rising from his seat upon a projection of the old ruins, " such is the tragedy of Hnirston. I have related it to you upon the spot where it occurred. Through that door rushed the maddened lover, and un der its wide arch followed the dead bodies of his brother and bride. There is the lightning struck oak, by which George Hetherington entered Miss lluirston's chamber—and yonder, near that blackened lire-place in the wall, stood the bed of the young lady. The mansion was soon afterwards destroyed by fire, and Mrs. Ilairston in a few years followed her daughter to the grave. As to the wretched victim of these terrible events, lie disappeared and noth ing was ever known—at least, accurately known —concerning him. It was said that lie had abjured his skeptical opinions, and taken re fuge from his despair in a bigoted adherence to the Romish church—in which he had be tooie a monk, it was eveu said. Lord L -'s letter seems, however, to contradict this. At al events, you know now the tragedy of JLiirs ton : let us go oil our way." Such was the legend related to me by I>—. It is very strange ! PENNSYLVANIA—OFFICIAL. The following are the oQickil returns of the State : Union—— Kilhaore. Total. Buch'n. Frem't. Fill. Straight. Opp. \ dams, 2037 1120 1221 24 2369 Allegheny, 9062 13671 52 B'itj 15159 Armstrong 2680 2903 113 76 3151 1 leaver, 1965 2658 to.'i 132 2sn4 Bedford, 243s 3(10 17*4 132 2242 Berks, 11272 1037 3282 304 4623 Blair. 2069 443 1733 607 2-013 Bradford, 2314 6038 30 71 7030 Backs, 6317 4682 410 316 5417 Butler, 26tff 3401 It 67 34*2 Camhria, 2987 so 4 861 107 1772 Carbon, IK6O i;r2 309 136 1137 Centre, 2s 95 300 1400 532 2342 [Chester, 6333 5308 620 828 6736 I Clarion, 2760 738 944 6 173s Clearfield, 1978 736 530 93 1309 [Clinton. 14*5 618 648 34 1300 Cditmbia, 2**9 1239 214 5 1438 Crawford, 3331 3360 4 41 5405 | Cumberland, 3427 1172 1363 14 3031 Dauphin, 3094 1613 2332 107 4034 Delaware, 2003 1390 219 791 2600 Elk, 575 275 45 7 327 Erie, 2">*i 51.',6 37 252 5445 Fayette, 3554 20 91 1128 46 3263 Fmukliu, 3469 2446 1217 16 3679 Fulton, 970 142 561 5 70S C.reene, 2747 1321 272 14 1607 Huntington, 2164 926 908 737 2571 Indiana, 1762 3612 231 32 3873 Jefferson, 1163 1063 3s j 32 1678 Juniata, 1363 4so 397 1 30 1 227 Lancaster, 6731 6608 2615 977 11200 Lawrence, 1220 3065 11 85 3161 Lebanon, 2511 2411 396 41 2851 Lehigh, 4426 3237 9! 31 3359 Luzerne, 6791 4*50 305 563 5718 Lycoming, 3224 934 17J0 70 2704 M'Kean, 520 612 7 40 859 Mercer, 2699 3686 15 103 3504 Mifflin, 1191 216 919 61 1266 Monroe, 2275 560 .'•7 12 629 Montgomery, 7134 2846 4 r '2 1773 5110 Montour, 1271 666 138 11 815 Northampton. 52(>0 1168 614 1191 3006 Northumberland, 3050 566 1096 244 1906 l'erry, 2135 521 750 657 1028 Philadelphia, 38212 7892 12118 11866 31976 I'ike, 862 270 10 5 28.5 Potter. 667 1264 4 2 1270 Schuylkill, 7035 21*9 2315 367 4*70 Somerset, 1703 1458 1401 1 2863 Snvder, 125.5 443 1015 49 1.507 Sullivan, 538 309 43 .5 357 Snsrpieha na, 2548 3861 8 43 3913 Tioga, 13 v 6 4541 7 20 456* Union, 1092 1429 171 15 1615 ! Venango, 21 >7 2(141 65 7 2113 Warren, 1231 2091 2 47 2140 I Washington, 42*8 4237 437 128 4502 i Wayne, 2259 2172 76 37 2285 i Westmoreland, 5172 4o''l ?33 66 4390 i Wyoming, 1171 1138 17 57 1212 1 York, 6896 511 3300 100 l 4*12 Total, 230.500 147,147 5.5,891 26,338 229,5*5 Tolal vote cast in the State, 400.295 Total vote for Buchanan, 230,500 Union vote } f|™J; >gg} 203J13S Buchanan over Fremont and Fillmore, (Union) '27,162 Straight Fillmore vote, 26.338 Straight Fremont vote in Philadelphia, 101 Vote for Gerrit Smith in 5 counties, 18 Buchanan's majority overall, 705 Snrxnixo THE ATLANTIC.— The steamer Arc tic, which arrived at New York on Tuesday, has sounded the Atlantic all the way across, finding the greatest depth 2,0"0 fathoms (more than two miles.) It was not accomplished without difficulties, as many of the instruments ; used were new inventions.—The bed of the ocean in the section traversed by the Arctic lis a plateau, as already announced by Capt. Berriman, who had twice before sounded across the Atlantic. The bottom in the deepest part is a very fine mud, of a mouse-gray color, so soft that the sounding instruments frequently sank sev eral feet in the mud. They brought up speci mens of the bottom at every sounding, in quills which were attached to the end of the sounding instrument. Toward the shore on each side this mud changes into a fine green ooze. No other substances were met with, no rock, nor anything that might prove fatal to a telegraph wire. There seems to he now nothing to hinder the great work, to unite Europe and America by means of a telegraph wire, an undertaking so grand that few tho't it possible. The whole distance across was found to be, 1,649 sea miles from St. John's, X. F., to Valentin Harbor, Ireland. The greatest depth was found nearly in the cen tre between these two places. The profile of the Atlantic bed on this route is of by far easier grade than many of our railroad profiles. —Philadelphia Argus. IIOG SI: A SON- AT ST. Lor IS. —The first tran saction at St Louis this season in hogs took place 011 the 28th ultimo. There was a sale of one thousand head of good eom-fed averag ing two hundred pounds each in weight for January delivery, and the. seller to pack at $5 per one hundred pounds net Packers state that they are willing to pay the same fur oth er lots during the month of December. This sale (says the St. Louis Democrat ) is somewhat below the anticipations of many, and cannot fairly be considered the legitimate opening prices. Hogs are plenty in the West, but the farmers are reported as entertaining large and independent views in regard to the prices which their pork shall bring them. The profits of last season and good crops have made them saucy. Arpi.ES.—Western apples are selling higher than ever before known at this time of the year. Sales were made in New-York, last week, at $4 per barrel, and Long Island pip pins continue to be put up there in large quan tities, for exportation, at from to SB, when rolled iu papers aud packed. KANSAS. —Advices from Lawrence to the 10th inst. state, that on the Saturday previous 20 prisoners, taken at Hickory Point, were found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to five years' imprisonment at hard-labor. JBraiifortr ilcportcr, E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOWANDA: (Elpirsban fflormnn, November 20, 183 U. TERMS— One Dollar per annum, invariably in ailrar.ee.— Four weeks previous to the erpi ration oj a subscription, notice will be given by a printed wrapper, anil if nut re newed, the paper will in all cases be slopped. Cr.i'BßiSij —The Reporter will be sent to Clubs at the fol lowing extremely low rates : 0 copies fur t5 00 I 15 copies for fP2 60 10 copies for 8 00 ( 20 copies for 15 00 ADVERTISEMENTS —For a square of ten fines or less. One Dollar far three or less insertions, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. JOB-WORK— Executed with accuracy and despatch, and a reasonable prices—with every facility for doing Books, Blanks, Hand-bilD, Ball tickets, $-c. MOSEY may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an rave!ope, and properly directed, we will tee respemsibh for its safe delivery. THE YOUNG MENS' I'ttK.UONT AND DAYTON CLUB, of Tnwiinda B< rough, will meet :'t tlic Club (loom, on Friday evening ne.\t,at 7 o'clock. A general attendance i* requested. The difficulties which will surround the next Administration are already beginning lo mani fest themselves. The Buchanan leaders and newspapers in the North, who have been fight ing the battle under the banner of " Free Kan sas," alarmed at. tbe tremendous popular ex pression of the late election, sec nothing in the future for hope and encouragement. They feel already the corroding and festering chain which binds them to slavery-propagandism. They realize that though successful now, tliev can hope for nothing in another four years, i! their Southern allies are allowed to have their way. They know perfectly well that Mr. BCCIIAXAX has succeeded because the freemen of the North were slow to believe in his complicity with the schemes of the slavery propagandists to rule the country and extend the blessings of the " pe culiar institution and that his administra tion identifying itself with those plans will bring ruin and defeat to the dough-faces of the North. Ilencc, we observe many of the BITHAXAN papers speaking out plainly in favor of Free Kansas, and predicting disaster to the democ racy in the event of its admission with slavery. We are gratified with these indications of their appreciation of the popular determination, and should have hope for K ttusas, did we not re member how decidedly these same journals op posed the proposition to repeal the Missouri Compromise, and afterwards when the South cracked its whip, with what facility they changed front, and advocated that democratic measure. We have no doubt they were sin cere in deprecating that outrage upon the plighted faith of the nation, as they now are in their desire to see Freedom triumph in Kan sas ; but we have no faith in their ability to stand up in defence of Freedom when the South demands Kansas as a Slave State. They will lind some specious plea to advocate its admis sion with a .slave constitution, regardless of the convictions of their conscience, and trusting to party discipline to put down the iudiguation of the North. As these indications manifest themselves, the South is taking measures to secure from the incoming Administration a pledge for the support of their plans. Mr. BUCHANAN is not yet President —unless he shall submit to South ern dictation, lie may never be. The South holds this matter in their hands. They are not wedded to men—but are intent upou mea sures. They have no 'particular love for Mr. BUCHANAN, and would defeat his election, un less they are satisfied that he will carry out their projects as PIKKCE has done. We are not surprised that the telegraph brings an ac count of such a plot. The very fact that Nor thern people have persuaded themselves to support Mr. BUCHANAN because he is a "safe conservative man," would cause him to be looked upon with suspicion by the South, and the position assumed by some of his adherents that Kansas must come in as a free State, has alarmed them. If Mr. BUCHANAN is inaugurated President, lie will be under bonds to submit to Southern dictation. However much he may personally feel disposed to pursue a liberal, conservative course, he will not be at liberty to do so. His administration is destined to be one of the most important the country has ever known. If he avoids Scylla lie must shipwreck upon Charyb dis—if he hesitates for one moment to ac cede to Southern demands, lie brings down up on himself the Oligarchy ; and if he lends him self to the extension and aggrandizement of sla very, he alienates bis Northern supporters and consolidates the freemen of the North in one great, overwhelming Republican party. We see 110 way in which lie can avoid one extreme or the other. ft®"" Lenox township, in Susquehanna Coun ty the residence of lion. G. A. GROW, gave FREMONT 11 majority, being again of 58 since the October election. The Montrose Repub lican of the loth says:—"We are informed that the Ladies of Montrose are preparing a prize Banner, which they intend to present on Tuesday evening next, (probably at the Court House) to be received by Hon. G. A. GROW, in behalf of his fellow townsmen, the gallant Republicans of Lexox, who have fairly won it by the largest increase of their vote aud ma jority for Frernout." TERRIBLE DISASTER AT SEA. —The French steamer Lyonnais was run into on Sunday, 2d inst., off Nantucket, by the bark Adriatic, of Belfast. Of the passengers but five were sav ed, and over 100 lives were lost. The steamer sailed from New York on the Ist iust., with forty passengers. THE FHBT BOAT FROM fITTSTON. j It is now nearly tliirty years since the ifftr.ii project of uniting the great States of Penn sylvania and New York by means of a canal, was first broached. The history of the North Branch Extension, commencing at Pitt.-ton | and ending at the State line, is fresh in the i memory of every citizcu i>f the county. Put ! under contract in 1835, the financial difliculties ' of ibe Commonwealth compelled its suspension in 1840, and for ten years the work lay neg lected. suffering dilapidation and decay. In 184!), an act was passed which resumed the labor on the line, and for five or six years, scanty appropriations were doled out for its completion For the last two years tfie work has been considered as' finished, but it was found on trial to be imperfectly constructed in some places, and has experienced the usual fate of new canals hv a succession of accidents and drawbacks which have rendered it impossible to fill the portion between To wan da and Pitts ton with water. By extraordinary exertions this has finally been accomplished, and on Saturday last, the first boat load of coal by cunrl from Piltston arrived at this place, on the boat Tonatcavda, Captain A nr. AM MAY, with fifty-two tons of coat front the mines of the " Pittston Coal Company." This coal is destined for Elmira, and we understand that each ef the companies in the valley has di s patched a boat for that place, to give the peo ple of New York an earnest of what they may expect in future. We are assured by Mr. Ricir>.res who had charge of this coal, that the Canal below is in fine order, and water plenty. The only diffi culty experienced was from the strong current, which is occasioned by tlie leakage, and will not exist when the Canal shall have been used. There were many persons in our midst, who had become sceptical as to the probability of the North Branch ever being in navigable or der. We do not wonder at it considering the many years we have waited in hope for this outlet, and the length of time it has taken af ter the Canal was declared to lie finished to put it in navigable order. But with no ex traordinary occurences, the Canal will be in fine condition for business in the Spring. This result is due to the skill and perseverance of Mr. MAKFET, tTie indomitable Rnperintende.it of the line. Under the most adverse circum stances, he undertook the task of putting tl.e Canal in shape, and despite opposition and misrepresentation and despite the elements and the most unfavorable occurrences he has finally triumphed, and now from those who were not even disposed to do him justice he receives merited econiums for the zeal and industry and skill with which lie has pursued his herculean labour. Tl.e friends of the North Branch owe him a deep debt of gratitude. We are pleased to see in the Pennsylvania!! the following deserved tribute to Mr. MAEFKT'S energy and skill:— TI.K BR ASCII ExTKNSins- Cava! W'e rro ifird tn le;ir.i, fr".n Willie-liarro, that the water ha* IKC.I let iut'i this new line ot our State improvements.ami that it is now open to navigation its entire length. Already ho.it- loaded with anthracite coal have heeu sent up to the Stale of New York, to he exchanged for rah <•. tor the agrii ultiiral prodm tions of the fertile region lmrdc.-lng on the lake*. At tie- New York State Line the North Branch Canal is coirne ted hy he J miction Canal with tl.e Clio nmng Canal, at Kimi.a, thus < petting for the rich coa! field- of Wilke-.iar'e and l'ittston 11 wide and xtensivc market fr-un which they have lea n entirely shut out Tliis cannot fail to adj greatly to the wealth and enter prise of that section ot 20 lo.lsli G24S 139 Fillmore (Union) has in Bradford, 30 votes; Susquehanna, 8 votes ; Tioga, 7 votes. To tal in the district, 45 votes. We shall l.ave to yield the banner to our sister Tioga. She gives one vote for Buchan an for every 3 1-3 for Fremont, while Brad ford gives one vote for Buchanan for every 31 86 for Fremont. Not a wide difference. We give an increased vote since the State election, of 12l5; and our majority, 6N4. Tioga increases her vote 114 4, ami her majority 585, —being determined to outdo Bradford. The increased vote in the district is 305)0 the increase of majority, 14*3. The majority in the district for Fremont is, 0138—in 1852 it gave 2463 majority for Fierce, being a gain of 11,601. SUSQUEHANNA COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.— The winter term of this flourishing institute will commence on Wednesday, 26th iust. Tl.e managers have been very fortunate in securing the services of Miss FT. M. COE, as Preceptress, who comes with the very best reputation for ability and experience as a teacher. We understand that the Institute has been provided with coal stoves, throughout, in such lib ral imbiber, as d-manded by the comfort of the pupils. The growing popularity of the institute al ready imperatively demands that new accomo dations should be provided for the large num ber of pupils desiring to attend. The Princi pal, Mr. COI.T, is engaged in disposing of fami ly scholarships, on very favorable terms, for the j.urpose of building suitable buildings for boarding male pupils. We trust he will meet with tl.e success commensurate with the neces sity for such improvements. We intended, last week, to call the at. tent ion of " SPARKS "of the Elmira Gazette, to that " oasis in the great afrienn desert" Wells Township. Perhaps however, he notice 1 the 21 majority it gave for FREMONT 1 THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. Of the result of the late Presidential election there can no longer be any doubt It. „ * * ' HA\ \y is elected by the people, and will in „|| ~r o| ,a bility be inaugurated on the 4th of March The country is doomed to the policy „r hi Administration for the next four years I us hope that it may be su has to eoi„l m . e J f( the prosperity and happiness of the jH-oj.le t( j our character as a nation, and to our u abroad. No good patriot would desire f,," partizan purposes, that the incoming odmij" tration should add fuel to the fl tHne a | n . a ',* enkindled, and by its bias towards Soutberi doctrines, augment the feeling of iwlignation which Southern aggressions has arouse',) j,, Northern minds. A continuation of t!, e m ' ' erable policy and practices of PH.I ; , F . _ T!IE base truckling to the South— the whole influence of lite government to the ph.ti S „f the SUivery-]iropaganda— though it would en sure success to the Republican party is what we desire. Such a course upon the part of Mr. li_ c RAN AN s Administration wo.ihj be fraught with incalculable eviW to the country and to the perpetuity of our free in-fitntim.V We should be both pleased, if that adminU'ra tion is conducted upon democratic, principles, making liberty, not slavery its rulin.! motive, the advancement of f, Vo iii.stitutioi.jT and the welfare of free men, its chief purpose We should indeed be rejoiced, if taking waru ing from the terrible examples which have pre ceded him, Mr. BUCHANAN should so shape bis policy as our Chief Magistrate, tlvat aigl.t give him a cordial and hearty support. But we have little hope that such will he the ease We see nothing in the present or pa.o, ing in the political aspect of the country,noth ing in the influences which are ! kely to sur round and mould the policy ol the in. omit,■ administration which are likely to made it (lib fer from the present. Our fears arc that it I may be infinitely worse. During the contest through which we have just passed, the South has openly and boldly and plainly asserted and maintained its extreme doctrines us the polk-v of the Democratic paity, and which were to guide its conduct if successful. The aml.igi.itT of the platform rather sanctions than .kni. s their peculiar notions, abhorrent as fhev are to Northern freemen. We see no way in which the new administration can excuse itself, crei. if desirous, from aiding in cstablisi>ii." thu-e doctrines. Mr. BUCHANAN has been supported in the Northern States, by a large class of voters who would not believe that he sanctions the repeal of Missouri Compromise, or the ontr .- ges perpetrated in Kansas, and who have ra ted fur him in full faith that during his admin istration Kansas is to be admitted is a fret- State, and the cause of Freedom trim.., ii. It was in vain that this class of voter- uas pealed to, to take warning by the example PIERCE —it was in rain they WERE r.skol to point out a syllable or line proceed.': ,' fern j Mr. BUCHANAN or his friends which einoic-. g led such a hope. While freely u;al a;ri-sr. i ly admitting that tin y would not vote f r ci ther PIERCE or DOUGLAS, they could not be | persua.h d that Mr. BUCHANAN, if t-lie ft •!. aiu.-t sl.ajH: the policy of his udmiui.-tr.Hhm .-o - " follow in the footsteps of his iliustrio: - pre decessor." It is those voters who have elected Mr. II- - CIIAN'A.V. Tin y will watch with intense mer est the acts and recommendations of his Al - Should lie disappoint the hopes they have entertained, they are responsible inr the disasters lie may bring up .a ii.e. country. We hojie their expectations may he r ai.rcd, but we -see no prospect of their falffuieui. LOSS Or THE SiT.AMEK Sl'l'i K1 U AM' i'iIIKTV HVE LIVES. —The steamer Superior wan- lost in a storm on Lake Superior on the "h near Grand Islaud. She .-truck oa tl.e rocus. Thirty-five p'-rsons were lost, and sixteen savJ. [From Speci.il ISspatcl, t.> tl eN. \ . lit r.i !' A New Disunion Movement oftke SOLA era rJullifer?. RICHMONP, Ya.. Nov. 14. I s -" 1 Tl.e last disunion manifesto of 11 Hari.w- i Rhett has much more in it than w! at ajy ' upon its face. It is the precii-er of a scr:c- m disunion exjieriments which vvill now he n; ly unfolded, here and at other pot:. f plot thickens. The latest < xperin. .t tU ' aterl upon is a c>up d'etct for tl.e coati . ' Mr. Buchanan's administration or the < ■■ of his election • ami if Jcffersom Davis is the master spirit of this notable 'h may be expected to profit by it to the tain tent of his powers. Ou tl.e first Wednesday in Itscemhcr. Presidential Electors elected am to mm the various States, to cast their votes[ dent and Vice President. In tl.e '.ten n. > is proposed to bring Mr. Buchanan, 1 up the mark of the Southern Nnl.itier-. "■ compass his defeat by giving a -nfFv ber of the Democratic Electoral vote- ' l ' South to other candidates to throw trie .MO into tl.e Hons.'. The Nullifies hav fears of the Northern Democrats tl tl.e next Congress it. liehalf K m-'- Free State ; and from recent discosany Lancaster, they also have their - • Buchanan himself. Hence this ik'spi'ian ! ; . of bringing Mr. Buchanan to the aia- • y defeating his election. I'he 'y not expect any satisfactory answer Buchanan—they do not desire it. ject is disunion and the spoils the secession of the Southern State•- and that bloody Southern Coined'' 1 is to lie the n.illeni.i.n of th ■ n' h"p > - late confidential meeting ot Jleaiy - ■ „ and his associate disunion Soutliei -i j l ' at Raleigh, you will discover bv an • veil something more thai, treason .na tion in the event of Fremont a e.oc ■"