'• Well, one Sunday—it was in November— for the lirst time I heard Mr. Charles and the Squire at something like high words ; anyhow, Mr. Charles' voice was raised. So I stood in the shade of the long gallery door and heaid the Squire sa}, ' Give my hard-earned u o ie\ to a |>ack of scoindrels, thieves ! No, Charles, no ! not a penny. It will l>e betnr for yon to' I could not catch the hist void ; bill Mr. Charles sere lined 'Never ! in such u voice as I did not forget, and heard in my dreuin often after. Tliey censed then, but began again after stippor, with tiie doors closed. "The next morning I went to tall Mr Charles, as usual, to go with me in the mar ket-cart to town. His door was fust. I knock ed. No answer. Something miigavv me, so I got one of the boys to climb tip to the win dow with a ladder and get in by breaking a pane. As soon as the boy got in ho began t<> holloa and shriek, so I put my shoulder to the door and hurst it in. Sure enough poor Mr Charles had hung himself, and was dead aid cold. He'd never been a-bed, but sat up writ ing and tearing up papers. I could just read a half a dozen times written over ' Bankrupt —beggar—my )>oor wife.' I never knew he was married before. " It seemed that the poor lad had been tin Fortunate in business ; had lost more than he could pa v , and driven to desperation by the Squire refusing to let him have the money he wanted to go on with out of the million he said he was worth. I went straight to the old man and said that I could not stay in such a house any longer. He uever said a word good or bad, but just stiffened himself up, and waved me out of the room. •' What he felt no one knows ; but after this last son's suicide, he seemed to grow harder and harder. The very next day he ordered a distress to be put in on two poor tenants that had lost all their stacks by lire, and turned them out into the snow. "Of course there was an inquest and a great noise about the Squire killing his son for want of a thousand pounds or so, and lie roll ing in riches. But. before uiueh could be said or done, having taken a cold at the funeral, he died without saying a word, and before a par son or a lawyer or a doctor could be brought to him. He left four wills, but none of them signed. "They put me in charge of the property, and I had it for years, until they took the rail road through the hall. As soon as his death was known there were claimants in all direc tions. It seems that Mr. Charles was private ly married, aud had a family by one of the dairy-maids. She married Jesuit Johns, the lawyer's son, for her second husband, and Mr. Norman had a wife ; but there was some doubts whether she had not another husband living when she married Mr. Norman. And the two sous in-law, Langston and \\ oods, made their claims ; and a Mr. Blang, a won derful Indian lawyer, set up for some yellow children of Mr. Rupert's, and showed a camp At it they all wm, l.aumicr and tongs, before nil the courts, and were at me every week to swear one paper or another. " How they settled it I don't know, but the place all tumbled down except the walls, before the railway came through it, and now I see by this bill, that it is to be sold in lots by order of the Court of Chancery. " I gave tip the charge two years ago, to go and live with my married daughter, down South, and as I'm traveling back to spend Christmas with mv son, the fir.-t thing I see here is this last memorial of the old place, where I learned that it is content uud not riches that makes folks happy." CONVICTION OV THE WALL STREET FORGER.— Charles F Huntington, the Wall street forger in Mew York, has been convicted and sen tenced to the State prison for four years and ten months—the highest punishment allowed by law. The jury were out over four hours, and when they came in the prisoner, it is stat ed, listened to the announcement of the verdict without the slightest perceptible emotion.— II is counsel endeavored to have the sentence postponed, but the Court refused te grant the request. Judge Capron, in passing sentence, alluded to Huntington's position in society, and said that could weigh nothing in mitigation of the penalty ; indeed, the circumstances of a high birth, good moral and intellectual train ing, rather increased than diminished the crimi nality of the act, as one thus reared and re strained by the influence of correct associations had less inducement to do wrong. And wheu crime was committed under these it only evinced a greater depravity in the offender. He should, therefore, in passing sentence on the prisoner, inflict upon him the full penalty of the law, which at this season of the year was four years und ten months' im prisonment, at hard labor, iu the State prison THE TRAGEDY IN ILLINOIS. —A somewhat different version of the Monmouth, 111., trage dy, in which the brothers Fleming, of Cum berland County, Pa., were killed by William Crozier, a suitor of their sister, appears in the Aurora Beacon, which states that Crozier, (an honest and respectable young man) was reject ed by the father, who was "well to do," solely because he was not rich ; that Miss Fleming, to prevent a marriage, was sent to Pennsylva nia, and that the family wanted to get a writ ten renunciation of all claim to her hand from Crozier, who remained locked iu his room with them for five hours, before giving his signature to some compromise writing. Tiicy then at tempted to cowhide him ; after several "blows he resisted, and a desperate scuffle ensued.— One of the Flemings drew a pistol and fired at Crozier with intent to kill ; their lawyer, who was present, struck the pistol up, and the charge lodged in the ceiling. Crozier then drew a jack-knife and instantly killed them. The re jort of the pistol alarmed the house ; the brother of Crozier rushed to the room, burst the door open, and knocked down the elder Fleming, who opposed his passage. As soon as the door was burst open the brother who was last wounded passed down into the bar room, fell and expired. Crozier has been dis charged from custody, the act being considered a justifiable homicide in self-defence. A LADY PEER SI.AYKR. —The Southsidc (Ya.) Democrat says that a few days ago Mrs. Wells, of Prince (b'orge, saw her dogs run ning a tine deer in the neighborhood of her house, and feeling all the enthusiastic excite ment of a true sportswoman, she seized her gun ami joined in the chase. The deer made for the river, hotly pursued, and attempted to cross 011 the ice, but ere he progressed far, the well directed lead from the lady's ritie made venison of him. lie was carried home, and not only reflected credit on the gallant sports woman, but on all who were invited to the feast. THE RECEPTION- OK THE OFFICERS OF THE RESOLCTK. —The Arctic discovery ship Reso lute, recovered hy an American whaler ship, and p esented to* the British nation by the UniN d States Congress, arrived at Spithead (as heretofore stated) on the 12th ult., under the command of Captain Hartstein, of the U. X <vv. On the morning of the 13th, Capt. Hart stein landed at Portsmouth, and paid official visits to Chevalier Pappalardo, the United States vice consul, and the military and civil authorities. An invitation to a public banquet, by the Corporation and inhabitants of Ports month, has been accepted by the captain and officers, 1 nit the day is not vet fixed ; and every mark of respect has been paid to the Anteri or o T ieers. The Resolute was towed up the Cowes, the Queen having intimated her wish to pay a visit to the vessel, and the steam frigate Retribu tion was also sent up to salute on the occasion, and several gun-boats and other ships were stationed in the roads. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by some of their children, paid their visit about ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, the 16th, English and American flags flying at the peak of the Resolute, and the royal standard was hoisted at the main as soon as her majesty stepped on board. Capt. Hartstein received the royal party, the officers grouped on cither side in full uniform. The following gentlemen ass : stcd in the re ception of her majesty ; Mr. J. R. Croskcy, U. S. consul ; Chevalier Vincent Pappalardo, vice-consul ; Mr. Hurling, vice consul for the United States at Cowes ; Captain Higgins, of the United States mail steamship Hernial n, and Mr. Cornelius Grinned, son of the projec tor of the American Arctic Expedition. Her majesty having received a cordial wel come, inspected the vessel and retired amidst enthusiastic cheering. An elegant dejener was afterwards served in the wardroom, when Capt. Hartstein proposed "The Queen and Royal Family," and next "The President of Luc United States," which toasts wert drank with much satisfaction. "The British and American Navies and Arn::-.-s" were toast d, and Capt. Uartstien's health was drunk with loud cheers. "The American Consul, Mr. Croskcy, and his excellent Vice-Consuls'' was responded to by Mr. Croskcy in a felicitous speech, and he concluded by proposing "The Union Jack and Star-Spangled Banner," with an appropriate sentiment. Subsequently Mr. Croskcy proposed the health of Mr. Cornelius Grinnell, which that gentleman acknowledged in an eloqueut speech. "Tiie future success of the Resolute, and may she lie again employed in prosecuting the search for Sir John Franklin and his comrades," was proposed bv Capt. Higgius, and seconded by- Mr G riimell, and evoked hearty apulause. 'lh • authorise of Soi thimptoi: f irnished a special steamer for the occasion. Capt. Hart stein was invited to dine and sleep at Osborne Hall. The officers were invited to visit the Royal grounds—a privilege of which they all availed themselves. The Resolute returned to Portsmouth on the following day. Captain Hartstein and the officers and crew of the Resolute are to return home in a Bri tish ship. From want of time they had to de cliuc invitations to dine with the Geographical Society and other public bodies. Three thou sand persons visited the Resolute after the Queen left. The Queen sent £IOO to be dis tributed among the crew. UxiVKRSALISTS AS WITNESSES IN" NORTH CAROLINA. —Judge Battle, of North Carolina, has written a letter to the National Intelligen cer explaining the case before the Supreme Court of that State, which gave rise to the report that Universalists were declared to be incompetent witnesses in North Carolina.— The question is still undeteriuii ed by the court. We quote as follows from the letter above re ferred to : "In the ease of Broicn agt. Braver, report ed iu 3 Jones' Law Rep., old, the Supreme Court, iu an opinion delivered by myself, do indeed attirin the judgment given in the court below by Judge Manly, but it was upon a point which rendered unnecessary a review of his de cision upon the competency'of the The question arose upon the probate of a script which the Judge permitted to be established as a holograph will after he had rejected one of the subscribing witnesses as incompetent, on the ground of his being a Universalist.— The Supreme Court, in the opinion to which I have referred, held this to he proper, and con cluded thus : ' This renders the question as to the com] etenjy of one of the sub cribi g w t nesses unnecessary, and makes it improper for us to render an opinion upon it.' " i aru, very respectfully, Ac., " WILLIAM 11. BATTLE." On the night of the 16th ult., the barn of Mr David Jacobs, in Charleston township, together with a large quantity of grain and hay and two horses was destroyed by fire.— Circumstances led Mr. Jacobs to suspect foul play. The bones of but two horses were found, while three horses were kept in the stable.— This led to the conclusion that the incendiary escaped 011 the missing horse. Pursuit was made and the villain arrested by A. (I. Elliot, Esq., by whom he was brought to this place last week and lodged in jail. The prisouer is a penitentiary bird, named Gregory, sent from Bradford county. He stole a horse from Mr. Jacobs some few years ago, W T C understand.— He confesses to the theft, but declares the burning to have been an accident. Says he lighted a match to find a bridle and thought it put out.— Tioga Agitator. KILLING OF A CHILD IN ITS MOTHER'S ARMS —The Albany Journal says that Miss Plat ner, the young lady who in a fit of passion at Stockport, "New York, threw a pair of sciesors at her sister by which her little boy was struck and killed, has been admitted to bail in the sum of $5,000, The Journal says : During her stay in the jail, Miss P., was very much dejected and ate little of the food offered her She did not talk much, and seemed indifferent what became of her, so sadly did the wretchedness of her condition af fect her mind. CMVF.SK St'GAit CANE SEED. —Chinese Sugar Cane Seed is being distributed by the Com missioner of Patents of the United States, to the different State Agricultural Societies, enough being given to each to plant sixteen acres. Kvery farmer should try it. BAKER OUT ON BAll. —Baker, who has been tried twice for the Poole murder, was discharg ed from prison on the 31st ultimo, a Mr. M'Crea becoming his bail. HE' was immediate ly overwhelmed with the congratulations of the ' fincv" men. SnMorb Ileporttr. E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOWANDA : &lpusi>au Rlonuuy, Jannartj 8, 1807 TK.KMS— One Dollar per annum, invariably in advance.— Four weeks prevuius to the expiration of a subscription, notice will be given by a printed wrajtper, and if nut re newed, the paper will in all rase* be stopped. CU'BBINU — The Rejsorter will be sent to Clubs al the fol lowing extremely loir rates : 6 copies for s"> 00 I I,"> copies for. t- 00 10 copies for 8 00 | 20 copies for 15 00 ADVKRTISKMXNTS — For a square of ten lines or less. Ore Dollar for three or less insertions, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. JOR-WORK— Executed with accuracy and despatch, and a reasonable prices—with every facility for doing Books. \ Blanks, Hand-bills, Ball tickets, Q-r. MONEY may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an envelope, and properly directed, we will be responsible for its safe delivery. THE REPUBLICAN' CO. < '<)MMITTEK will meet at the War.l llui'-e, in die !a.rie li .if TWainl*. oil MONDAY, the 12th day of JANUARY. 1*57, at one o'clock, p. in. A general attendance of the members i |(<Hlitr* !'• Mi ID' 1 1!. ' I" CONGRESS. —We omit our usual record of Congressional proceedings, for tlie reason that nothing of importance has been done iu either House. APPOINTMENTS BY THE COUNTY OoyxS SIONERS. —The Commissioners of Bradford Co., have made the following appointments for the present year : Clerk. —E. B. COOLBAUGH. CounseI. —UI.YSSES M F.RCt'R. Mercantile Appraiser. —A. D MONTANYE. The Legislature of this State met on Tuesday last. We have news from Harris burg up to Monday night. The democratic caucus nominated J. LAWRENCE (.< ETZ for Spea ker of the House. The Republicans nominated S. P. M'CAL MONT, of Venaugo, for Speaker of the House, A. W. BENEDICT, of Huntington, for Clerk. The Republicans will probably nominate DAVID TAGGART for Speaker of the Senate, (J. W. IIAMMERSLY for Clerk, and Jrnsux lloi.- COMB for Assistant Clerk. The democratic candidate for Speaker will probably be N. B. BROWNE. The Governor's message is not yet received. We shall publish it entire in our next. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE TEACHERS' ASSO CIATION. —The State Teachers' Association held its annual meeting at Harrisburg last week, and elected William Roberts, of Philadelphia, President. It was in session three days, and the most important proceedings were the reso lutions adopted, declaring that the State sys tem of instruction, by State schools, will never be complete or fully effective without some general and permanent provision by the State for the professional training of the teachers of the schools of the State ; and that every year which shall elapse before the accomplishinent of this fundamental and indispensable object will be but another year of comparative ineffi ciency iu the operation of the Common School System, and f injustice to the future. The Association fixed the place of the next annual meeting at Indiana, and the semi annual at Chainbershurg. Among the subjects aunouue ed for the semi-annual session were the follow ing:—Tiie relation between the common schools and the higher institutions of learning. Report on practical instruction in Christiau morality iu common schools. Can the instruction iu the higher schools in rural districts be made to lie ou the agrieultnral improvements of those dis tricts ? Condition and wants of the German schools of Pennsylvania. The claims of teach ing to rank as a profession. The relatiou of the body to the mind or of physical to intellec tual training in a system of education. The effects of general intellectual culture upon manual labor. M'hid in Teaching, llsghts of pupil-. The Bible .-is a means of education. The best method of examining teachers in ac cordance with the school law. These subjects are all expected to be reported upon next ses sion. DEATH OF COL. RE VII FKAZER. —CoI. Reah Frazer, who, onr readers will remember, was a few weeks ago, taken to the Insane Asylum, at Harrisburg, iu consequence of exhibiting unmistakable evidence of mental deraiigcraeut, died at that Institution on Tuesday last Col. Frazer was eminent at the Lancaster Bar, and for many years a most prominent and influential leader of the Democracy of that county. He had some estimable traits of character, and a most indomitable will and euergy ; and, we believe, over-taxing his men tal and physical energies, is supposed to have caused his derangement. NORTHERN CENTRAL RAIL ROAD. —The let ting of the ten miles of this road, from Trevor ton Bridge to Sunbury, took place at Harris burg, on the 27th ult. There were quite a number of contractors present to bid for the work. The allotments will not be declared, how ever, for some days. The company expect the grading to be completed by Juue or July. POST-OFFICE MATTERS. —The Postmaster General has made the following changes in Pennsylvania : —Establish a post-office at Ma cedonia, Bradford county, Pa., and appoint Win. Coolbaugh postmaster. This is 1 1-2 miles from Wysox, with the Susquehanna ri ver between. Appoint C. 11. Herrick post master at Athens, Bradford county, Pa., vice William Olmstead, resigned. M>&- The Erie City Bank has suspended payment, and closed its door*. SALE OK INDIAN LANDS. —The Indian De partment has received information that about 208,000 acres of Delaware tract lands have been recently sold, yielding $450,000. L in wards of 300,000 acres, including Leavenworth city, belonging to the Delaware Indians, ure yet to be sold. One hundred thousand acres opposite St. Joseph, Mo., and the same number on the Osage rirer, the former held tor the lowas and the latter for the Weas, in trust, both choice tracts, will, on the opening ol spring, be brought into market before any l uitcd States lauds shall be opeu for sale in Kansas. It appears from a communication transmit ted the Senate by the Secretary of the Inte rior, in reply to a resolution of inquiry that that department has endeavored to have the entire reservation in Kansas, heretofore set apart for the New York Indians, maintained and guarded against the encroachments of ! white settlers until it shall be determined, ei ther by legislation or treaty, what rights, if any therein remain, to such of those Indians ias have not removed west of the Mississippi, having an unlimited right to remain in New- York, and in what manner the interests of | those who emigrated shall be secured or deli i iiitcly settled. RAILWAY GUIDE. —We have received from 1). Appleton A Co., a copy of their Railway and Steam Navigation Guide for December, a very useful book for travelers, containing maps of all the principal Railroad routes in the United States ; cities, towns and hotel/ reached by them. Price 25 cts. D. Apple ton k Co., 316 Broadway, New-York. i U. S. SENATOR FOR FLORIDA.— Ifou. FYE pheu li. Mallary, Deiu , has been re-elected Senator from Florida, by the Legislature of that State, for the term of four years, ending ISO 1. The vote stood—For Mallary, 38; Blank, 10. The Legislature adjourned sine die on the 27th. A SUBTERRANEAN RIVER lias been struck by the persons engaged in boring an artesian well at Henderson, Kentucky, from which a jet of water is forced up through the bore, and thrown to the height of fifty feet above the surface o the ground. The Washington Star says that Mr John Appleton, of Maine, is to be editor of the Washington Una n, under the new adminis tration. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—A shocking accident occurred at. Washington, on Saturday night ; the wife of Judge Daniels, of the Supreme Court, having been burned to-death. Mrs. Daniels had repaired to her sleeping-room, and commenced disrobing, preparatory to retiring for the night, when, being very near sighted, she did not perceive a candle that was stand ing on the hearth, or the flames which com municated to her clothes, until they complete ly enveloped her. She then ran from the room, shrieking for assistance. Her motion, of course only added to the strength of the Haines, and before any effectual assistance could be ren dered, she was so shockingly burned that she died after eight hours of suffering. She was an estimable lady, about 35 years of age, a daughter of the late I)r. Harris of Philadel phia, Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in the Navy, and leaves two children, the youngest about six mouths old. Her ter rible death has caused much regret among a large circle of friends and the community at large, and much sympathy is felt, on all hands, for the Judge in his bereavement. CONVICTION OF TVCKKRMAN. — At Boston, on Saturday afternoon, after about six hours' de liberation, the jury in the case of Wm. 8. Tuekerman, charged with defrauding the East ern Railroad Corporation, rendered a vordiet of guilty. The lion. Kufus Choate, counsel for the defendant, immediately tiled a bill of exceptions on certain points of the trial, which will be argin-d before the final disposition of the case. Tuekerman remains at large on bail. The present verdict was for appropriating $5,- 000. Numerous other indict incuts are pending against him. Forest, the Tragedian, has sold his country seat, " Foothill," to the Sisters of Charity, of New York, for SIOO,OOO. Two thirds of tin; purchase money is paid in cash— the remaining $33,333 is secured by a bond and mortgage, payable in twenty years. Mr. Forrest obligates himself to protect the pur chasers against the claim of Mrs. Forest for right of dower—the mortgage being the se curity. GIBEKNATORIAI. CANDIDATES. —The following named gentlemen are spoken of in connection with the Democratic Gubernatorial nomina tion, viz : Gen. Wm. F. Packer, of Lycoming. Col. Win. Hopkins, of Washington. Hon. \\ m. 11. Witte, of Philadelphia. Col. Samuel W. Black, of Allegheny. Hon. John L. Dawson, of Fayette. TERKIBI.K ACCIDENT. —On Saturday after noon last, locomotive No. 114 on the New \ork & Erie Road, exploded at Addison, com pletely blowing off the head of the fireman, whose name was Swnrtwood—a resident of Owego. The cause of the explosiou was the breakage of the inaiu connection, and the thrusting of the broken end through the butt end of the boiler and fire board. No other person was injured by the catastrophe. Sixoi'i.Aß CIRCVMSTANCE. —We some time ago mentioned the singular marriage of I>r. James X. Hogardus and Miss Hamilton, of Kingston, Ulster County, New-York, and the death of the bridegroom a few minutes after the ceremony. These events took place in this city. The remains of the deceased were taken to Ulster County, and ufter the funeral service the lid of the coffin was removed so that the friends could look at the face of deceased for the last time, when it is said, " a very singular change passed over the countenance." All present noticed it. The hotly was at once ta ken from the coffin and every effort made to restore animation, but without success, and af ter several days the remaius were consigned to the dust. Judge Wilmot. This gentleman lias won for himself a proud position in the Republican party of this State. In former years, when lie acted with the Demo cratic organization that party reposed especial confidence in him. Tiiey felt that there was , a latent JKIWCT —a power to dare much and to j accomplish iriucli—in that strong, manly form, I and close, hard-set head—Hence, the old, cor rupt spoilsmen feared hint, and the younger and purer portion of the Democracy rceoginz ed him as a lit emtio.Lruciit of their fresher and better impulses. When in 1847, lie off-red his celebrated 1 proviso to the " Three Million " 8.11, he was involuntarily hailed from all sides its a man of talent and of will, who could rise above party trammels, and espouse and maintain boldly a great principle, lie at once attracted the at tention of the people of this State and the Na tion. Since that time, although persecuted and calumniated by the South and t lie doughfaces of his own party, he has not only maintained his previous reputation, but he has risen to I e, and is now recognized as one of the leading men of the country. The Republican party of Pennsylvania owe ', to him a most unbounded debt of gratitude— 1 a debt which it will not only gladly recognize, j but discharge fully, at some future day, when j it ..hall have risen to that strength which will j one day cover it with victory. Tiie inont emi- j nent positions within its gift will assuredly he I conferred u : >ou him. The man who, hy his I personal influence, con Id bring such powerful aid to the siijij oi t of freedom in the North a lie has done, must needs lie proclaimed a chiv alrous and gallant spirit. He deserves the j name which the Republicans of Philadelphia j have conferred on hiui, " The Lion of the North !" The day is even now at hand, when the East will be as thoroughly indoctrinated with the ; great ideas of the lion extension of slavery and ■of free white labor, as the North and West i have already been. When it shall come, Judge i Wilmot will deserve, as he will receive the thanks of generous women and brave men, as the successful pioneer in this great cause. And if he should be elevated to high power, as he will be, they will feel the satisfaction growing : out of the fact, that his intellectual abilities lit | him to fill with honor any post to which he ; may be called.— /'MI Times. j _ TIIK DF.ATII OF FATHER MATIIF.W. —Father Matbew, the renowned Apostle of Temperance, died at Cork on the fttli of December. His career has been remarkable, and his influence ; ; among his countrymen in (ircat Britain and! America will long be felt. Theobald Matln-w was born at Thomastown, Ireland, Oct. 10, I 1700. lie was left an orphan at an early age, ; adopted by an aunt, and educated in Kilkeuny I Academy and at Maynootb. He was ordain ,ed to the priesthood at Dublin, having pre viously entered upon his philanthropic labors among the poor. The curse of whiskey bro't i fearfully to his notice among these wretched ! people, roused him to unwonted enthusiasm, i and lie determined upon a crusade against the I demon Alcohol. Adopting the principle of to j tal abstinence, he commenced a series of meet | ings, and soon awakened the latent eutliusiasm iof the Irish nature to his assistance, meeting I with a success beyond the wildest IsOj es. He ; ; traveled from towu to town through all the ' j island. His spotless fame preceded him, and his pro gress was one triumphal march. The autliori i ties unbent their dignity to do liim honor, and the people followed and crowded around him, with adoration. He administered the pledge | to thousands at a time ; at N uagli to twenty ] thousand in one day : at (xa I way a hundred | thousand in two days ; between (jralwuy and Loualnva to nearly two hundred thousand From Ire laud he went to England, where even the pld■■guiatie Saxons were infected wi-h a corresponding ei thusiusni. Thence he caiue to tin- United Slates, where t* shakt .hands with the Apostle OI T>-uj T.nc and Pee. v. j iiis medal with a pledge of iota i abstinent'-- was I the highest ambit,on of every worthy son u I daughter of the Emerald Isle II > warm re ! eeption and giatifying success in tins < 01.11 ry art well remembered. Through all this Her j culean labor he never amassed a cent for liim- I self, but was constantly in a state of personal ! poverty. _ St. AVE INSURRECTION.—The New Orleans lin/kti N, speculating upon the insurrectionary spirit so rife of late among the negro jiopula tiou of the South, observes : " The difficulty, however, does not lie in any direct attempt to excite insurrection on the ! part of white men. It is in the association i with vicious men who demoralize the negroes | and render them as depraved and worthless as ' themselves by furnishing tliein with liquor in order to obtain their money. Thus brutalized and made insensible and reckless, they natural i ly become intractable and ready to degrade j and make their fellows as vile as themselves, I and lit for any deeds, however atrocious. Here | is the evil we have to fear, and it is a very se rious one. It exists to a greater extent in all the southern states, and especially in all the larger towns and cities. Where, in the sou thern country, cannot a slave obtain his two i bit bottle of whiskey, at a shanty termed a grorrri/, at the cross roads ? " The evil exists in this very eitv to an ex tent unparalleled, perhaps, by any other city in the South. What mean those screens of green baize in hundreds of the lowest cabarets in all parts of the city ? Who are ignorant that behind tlieni slaves meet to drink and gam ble, in common with free negroes and free white meu upon a par with them in intellect and moral attainments, or something below ? The fact that one of these screens is found in a cabaret ought to be prima facie evidence against the keeper of it that there is something wrong carried on behind it. The legislature ought j at its assembling to take the matter in hand. ! Our city councils have never been able or wil ling to grapple with the evil." i * | GAMBLING IN PROVISIONS. —Contracts for I selling provisions on time—when it is proved - that the design of the parties is not to deliver i the articles, but merely to receive or pay the difference in price between the time of making the agreement and the time of completion— ; are not recognized hy law in New-York, any | more than contracts in stock gambling. Such was Judge Hoffman's decision in the Superior ; Court of New-York last week. A terrible typhoon occurred on the 12th of Angnst last, in the China Seas, which sunk seventeen out of a fleet of twenty-two junks, destroying about one thousand lives. It is rumored that Mr. Buchanan will leuve Wheatland for Washington, shortly, be fore the 12th of Febrilerv. TIIK NOKTII PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.—' Tin'S road is completed, and it will commence ope rations to-day. This gives a continuous track from Bethlehem to, the centre of the business portion of the city of Philadelphia, h opens in n rich mineral region, where coal, iron, slute* zinc, limestone and lumber abound, traversi • the most fertile and populous part of the State' and terminates where commerce, manufacture' and art are in prosperous activity. The r,, ,] i. substantially bu.il, is yf> 1-2 miles long with two branches, 10 12 miles to Duyh stowii a! „j 134 to Freemanstmrg. It has all the ele ments of a profitable trade, and we hope the anticipations of its friends may be fullv real'z e.l in this respect. It cannot but prove a va luable aid to the trade of this city, for it opens facilities which were never before possessed for the region of country through which it t,a<v to leach the Philadelphia market, win-re t was once the best of customers. We are -r| that individual enterprise lias at hist sum-,, fully accomplished the task of finishing this ine port apt link of our internal connections.- ger, Ist inst. TIIK Knurr SORT or AN UNCI K.— A WE-aithy citizen of Brooklyn, N. Y., on U'hri-tnius ,t. 4 distributed $2">,000 among his repli-w, au'.i ueices. Arrival aad Dapariuro of Mails. WAYEHLV—Arrives daily, exi-iqit Sunday, at 121 p \[ Departs do " ' j j' TUXK'X'K—Arrives daily, except Sundnv. at 1 \i Departs do " f p TltOY—Arrives daily, except Sunday, at 7 P. M. Departs do " 7A. m! ■ SIIKKHEQUIX—Arrives T lesday, Thursday and S t ir day. at '> i*. M. Departs, same days, at >; -,| CAXTOX- Arrives Monday. Wednesday and Pridav it S !'• M. Departs Tuesday, Thursday and SatufdVi st ii A. M. * ' MONTROSE— Arrives Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7 P. M. Departs Tuesday, Thursday and s.i '' day, at 7 A. M. LAI'OKTE —Arrives Monday. Wednesday ar-.d Friday a -' Departs Tuesday, Thursday and Sitdrilaj WELLSBURf!—Arrives Toe-day. Thunday and Satnrdvv at 4 I*. M. Departs Monday, Weduesdav and Fri day at ti A. M. EATOX—Arrives Wednesday and Saturday, at fi P. M Departs Tuesday and Friday, at 5 M. The morning mails close at s oYlm;k*of the cveniug pre ' vines ; tlie afteruoou mails close at 11A A. M. July 21, ijo. ii. c. PORTER, P. M. Towanda Market—Wholesale Prices. [Corre- ted weekly hy E. T. FOX. Dealer in Providonsand (Jroeerica, No. 1, Brick U oy ] Floor, (retail price,) V !,1, l f 8 on a'r. s 50 Pork, do " 2-1 00 r.4 Wheat 1 13a j Buekwheat " .. 44 rg Oats, .. " . .. X> dt, I Corn, " . . 5d % ! bye •• .... 82 % 2i : Potatoes, " .... 31 ft j Beans, •' I ."0 Dried Apples,... . " . .. Ino j Butter \: tt,.... 17 fit 2ft ! Cheese, " 8 ft?, lft i Hams mil Shoulders " .... 8 pq ! Dried lea-lies " .... 12 fif p," - Dried Berries " 12 fit lj J S ft*. .. V<t''/.en, lft fit . v \ ()i (he Hi t nit. in Monroe, by Rev. James M tYil'ian-, i Mr. t.i.WiS K,.i.1.0G<; to Mi-s ADKblNii l-\\V -1 LKR daugh'i rof the late Mr. Russel Fi-yvlerof Jlaurm-. BIEA In Canton Deo. 8. 1 CLARISSA, yvid w of i!- hie 1 Che-ter Mason, o! Muhixctou, in tLi ■th year of her j NOTICE. Xotioe is hert-iy c■. •!. that t',- &Ear tlruid Divi-ion of the i-vmsof Tci;i:ieraii.-e nil 1 h-dd their quarterly session at M .ur-.t.ui, mi W< n-d.iv j and Thnr day. the BMb and 2 'th of January. The Rep resentatives are rifpn -ted t> Is- pnn-t ml in the at tea - d.iiK-e. There will al-si lie publi--meetings j t the ivni ■ iugs of those days at the same place ; and also .it the 1--1- loyvinc places; Burlington, the 3nth : Oraiivdle.-!-t: East Troy, Feb. Ist. The citizens generally an- invite,| to attend. The meetings will U- addressed i-\ the 'jr.uil | Officers. Bv order of Division, Jan.N.ls.77. L. L. TERWILI.IGF.R. R. S j DON VTB N P \RTY.— \ D -eiti in party wilt etMf be held at the house o 'S-m r, Stevens.p s't mil. ! ing St ,;,e. on Tu-r-l iy January lath. 1-",7. afternoon and eveni ig. for the beneiit of Rev. E. CARPENTKK. A gener al invitation to attend is given. Nero 'AbucrticcuunUL IMPORTANT NOTICE. 'TMIE subscriber hereby gives notice to those JL i. ideated, that <ll note-, judgments an 1 a ■■•ia.it. -f | m -re tli in six mouths -tanding, not-1 !■ p >:<| i;u:n- i at' -• j He earnestly hopes that all wit - k.tow tia iu-clvc- ia -1 delited yy ill promptly attend t"> tlii- - all, a- it i- a matter lof nec s ity that all debts due him -hii! be d- ted. j To* aada. Jan. 7,1837. J. D. HI'MPHREY. j 4 DMIMSTRATORS NOTlCE.—Notice • -i 1l is hereby given, that all persons iudi ; ;; ■ e— ! tate of GEO ROE HAWKINS, deed, late • Ainu a j twp, are hereby requested to make payment witlmiil <l-- lay: and all persons having claims against .ai-! i--tate will please present them duly authenticated t--r >ct; • .-w-nt. IHI.EY !l W. KINs Jan. 8 1857. Administrator^ 4 DMIXISTRATOR'S NOTICE N | il is herehv given, that all p< rsons inde' ted t" '!"• •" i tate of SIMOX JOHNSON,dec'd, late of Colum I are herehv requested to make payment nitii-iu •:-* lay; a-nl all per-ons ii iving claims a-.-aci-t d < -tat -• please present them dtilv a ithenti'-ated for -cith m- Jail. 8. 15.)7. SEfll SHERM AN. Adm u.S; : • 4 I>M IXISTRATOR'S NOTICE .-NfW X\. is herehv given, that all pi rsons imh-i't- 1 1-> tit tate of JAMES BRASTED. deed., late-d W.il-t 1 ■ are requested to make payment yvitbnnt d'-iiy : persons having claims against said estate, intst F'" Ml theiu duly authenticated, t-' the .u 1 - ■r- <r. Janu 8, 4857. JOHN BR iSTED. Admitii-u •• r - VTOTICE.—'The following person.- 1 X a titioned to the Court for I.icen-e under t - - r - existing law. in reference to tavern li- en-c-. \ \ : Julius Bailey to keep a tavern or pul-lic It- ft '• ville. John Ward to keep a tavern in Troy township. David Conatrle " C dnmhia •' tieorge H. Estell for a tavern in Tovvumla le-rjK:v- A hearing upon these application, v.di ' < li-l 1 ,' i; f Sessions next, and licenses granted unless sutfcc'.C l -' be shown to the coutrarv. .. rt Jauuary 1, 15;,7. ' Aid.EX M KK.W 1 ' THE THIRD ANNl T AI. MUSICAL CONM:mio>- OF THK aM BRADFORD CO. TfIUSIC ASSOCIATION, WILL be held at TOWANDA.comtne^ y y inc TUESDAY,JANUARY 27. i THREE DAYs, and to close with a C()N< h1.1.-" it is expected a neyv Oratorio yvill be pertonu-''! The yvhole to be undei the direction of Mr. GEORGE F. ROOT\ of A V. Ut v The sessions of the Convention yvill De '' c V" ' n de structions. with Lee th res and Practical Ex<nu- l>> - various branches of Vocal Mu>ie. l-y Mr. ''DDI- " The Shawm," and the " Neyv A ork ( , — Book," yvith selections front other w-uks. \\ 1.1 j Singers having the al>oye named bic-k-in Every effort yvill be made to render tlu- tnt-e Convention of great benefit and pleasure t tend. Arrangements will be made to l' r " Vl a rc.i from a distance with comfortable accomiuoualt-- -• sonable rates. |1 00; tur Admission to the whole course—be. u.t- Ladies, 50 cents, COMMITTKK OF ABEANUKMKNT : ... JOHN G. TOWNER, { Wll.I.I\M D 1 , • C. E. GLADDINO. i ' >r - f' .r,, 1 |T W C. R. COBURN, President. M. t- BOl.Ai' 1 Towanda, January 1.1857. * XTOTICE— Notice is hereby -if". ' 11 annual meeting of the st->- kh<ddei> ■; 1 " s t LAY RML ROAD A COAL COM PA M .J. .p.hiJ, the offi- ef the .aid Company, in the city -• ' • w -...-ii on Monday. January 12. i s"-7, at 12 "i- rt -;ilv |:t time and place an ELECTION will he h>'"' " ' and twelve Directors, to serye for the ''U"" 1 ' ■ ...ur- - Dec. 16, 1 556. CEO ROE R. OAT. >' pCLTIVATOR TEETH ANI> (<i!> " strrr LLBS f-r-e.h- '-y
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