'• 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.
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|(<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