The Responses to the Nominations. !
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Whatever differences of opinion there may |
be in legard to the doings of the opposition i
contention, there can be no disputing the fact
that they have nominated a strong ticket, and
one that truly and fairly represents the senti- i
incuts of their constituents. With David M il- 1
mot as the candidate for Governor, there can ,
I*' no evasion of the great question of the ex- 1
tension of slavery into free territory. Tin
man identified with the opposition to such ex- j
tension, from the moment of its couuueuee
in ut, cannot be considered as holding a doubt- :
ful position on the subject. The people will j
have the issue fairly presented to them. The j
Democracy will i ot be permitted, as the}' were |
in the Presidential campaign, to pretend one :
thing and to intend another. Both candidates |
for Governor will be expected to take their |
positions fairly and squarely, and there will be
no evasions or tricks created which may be de
signed to deceive the people as they have for
merly l>een deceived.
It is satisfactory to know that the question
of the day is to be thus distinctly presented to
the people of Pensylvania. They will now lie
able to say plainly whether they desire that
slavery should be extended and that they and
their state should be associated with new gov
ernments, on the same level of latitude a<
their own, designed for the perpetuation and
spread of the barbarous institution. They
will now have the opportunity of giving their
assent to, or dissent from, the late decision of
the Supreme Court; to state whether they be
lieve that Congress has no right to determine
upon the existence of slavery in the Territo
ries ; to declare whether slaves may brought
into Pennsylvania, and other free States, and
remain slaves, in spite of our own laws ; to
grve their decision upon all the astounding
points declared to be the law of the land by
the slave-holding majority of the United States
Supreme Court. There will be no opportunity
of evading the issue now, and if a majority of
the people of Pennsylvania, after having it
thus plainly presented to them, shall decide in
iavor of the Southern side of the question, the
minority will have to submit to the decision
and wait patiently for a more enlightened pub
lie sentiment, wliich is inevitable to the com
mon progress of civilization and intelligence.
From tlie Philadelphia North American.
The Opposition State Convention yesterday
did some important work at Uarrisburg, the
effect of which uj on the politics of Pennsyl
vania remains to be seen. A Union ticket has
been made of about as good materials as such
things can be. David Wilniot has been nomi
nated for Governor. lie is clearly, and be
yond all peradventure a Republican, pure and
simple. In him that party stands up creet
without halt or stumble. He is no obscure
man merely picked up to represent its princi
ples—no half way personage, with here a
'• but," and there a " however," standing upon
the fence and looking both ways for fear of
losing votes or influence. In all the essentials
of a Republican party man, he is the proper
standard-bearer iu the present crisis, and tho'
wc were not among his advocates, we cannot
otherwise than rejoice that so fit a candidate
has been found to rally the great mass of the
Rcpulilicau opposition. Originally a Demo
crat of the straightest sect, Mr. Wilmot ad
hered to that party as long as he could do so
without losing his own sense of self respect,
or being false to the great principles of hunmu
freedom and Democratic Republicanism, which
lie was so ardently attached to.. He only left
the Democratic party when he found lie must
do so or give up liis creed. Among the few
early and steadfast opponents of slavery ex
tention, lie was the leading and most active
spirit. The Hales, Suinners, Chases, and Sew
ards, who now flourish as the heads of the
Republican party, were but the followers in the
movement initiated and persevered in by him.
For this he was proscribed by both parties,
but his constituents at home have always re
mained faithful Loth to the man and his prin
ciples. To his influence may be attributed in
a great measure the revolution in Northern
Pennsylvania. It will matter to us very little
whether he be elected or defeated, though we
most ardently desire his success. The nomina
tion of such a candidate will be a tower of
strength to the Republican party.
From the Pittsburg Gazette.
THE N OMIXATIOXS. — We have chronicled
from day to day the responses of the Phila
delphia, New York and other presses to the
nominations which were made in Uarrisburg
last week, but have scarcely alluded to the
manner in which they have been received at
home. Wc wished to learn, so far as we
could, what the feeliug among the people is on
the question. We think we can say among
the friends of free institutions in Allegheny
county, there is but one voice, and that is,
that the nominations were the best which
could have been made. This people, so many
of them as remain
" Una wed by influence and unbribod by gain,"
have fixed their eyes upon DAVID WII.MOT as
the proper candidate for the office in connec
tion with which lie is now named. In him we
see the personification in this State, of opposi
tion to the extension of Slavery into the Ter
ritories. In his nomination we fling down the
gauntlet at the feet of his enemies, and the
enemies of the Constitution as it was expoun
ded by the Fathers. Ay, wc challenge his
foes to a fair trial of strength ! We invoke
anew to onr rostra and our stnmps the indefa
tigable Bigler, who voted with the whole rank
and tile of the Locofoco narty in favor of the
principles of the Wilmot Proviso in 1K47.
We invite him to stultify himself in another
campaign—if that operation in his case be
either necessary or possible. The name of
Wilmot is a tower of strength to the gallant
Republicans of Allegheny County, and we
can assure onr friends, wherever they uiav be
be, that she can, and will, do better in Octo
ber next than she did at the last autumnal
trial. The people have responded to the nom
ination, and they will, we trust, in October,
set this good Commonwealth for oticc, and for
good, firmly on the side of freedom.
[From the Erie Constitution.]
The State Convention held at Harrisbnrgli
last Wednesday after forming a harmonious
union, presented a Ticket to the freemen of
Pennsylvania of which every opponent of Bor
der Ruffian policy may well be proud. We
hail the uomiuatious with joy. The nominees
are men every way worthy to bear the stan
dard of freedom in the present contest—and,
as a whole, the Ticket is by all odds the best
that has been placed in nomination by any 1
party for State offices for many years—indeed, j
we think it is much superior to any ticket of 1
the kind ever nominated in Pennsylvania.
For Governor we have the foremost man 1
iu the ranks—a man who has done more to !
inaugurate the Republican party and sustain
the principles iucalculutcd by Jefferson than
any other politician incur State. DAVID W IL
MOT has few equals as a Statesman—as a
firm, determined, energetic and sagucions ad
vocate of the great doctrine of republican equa
lity, he has no superiors. His reputatiou is
national —the proviso which boars his name,
justly entitles him to the title of a second Jcf
ihrson. He has been a faithful, unwavering ex
ponent of the Democracy of the fathers of the
Republic, but when modern sham Democracy
introduced its " popular sovereignty" dogmas
and sought to extend the area of human sla
very, and set at nought the spirit of the Dec
laration of Independence, WII.MOT repudiated
the great wrong and its perpetrators, and
scouted the Calhoun-Picrce policy as an infa
mous swindle, and a glaring infringrocnt upon
the rights of a free people. Most fearlessly
and incessantly did he wage war against the
Kansas-Nebraska iniquity, and in short space
of four years we sec his district revolutionized,
and a Democratic majority of some throe thou
sand turned into a Republican majority of
nine thousand. No better evidence is needed
of the personal influence and political sagacity
of our leader than his successful overthrow of
I'roslavery Locofocoism in his own district.
With such a standard bearer we have every
reason to believe that American Republican
ism is invincible, and that the people of the
Keystone State will speak, iu tones that can
not be misunderstood, their emphatic condem
nation of Border Ruffianism in Kansas and
pro-slavery sophistry on the supreme bench.
The authors of the Dred Scott decision may
yet have reason to dread the popular voice of
the freemen of the North. Most heartily do
wc rejoice at the nomination of WII.MOT. It
is one eminently fit to be made—a cordial ac
knowledgement of his ability, statesmanship
and worth as a champion of human freedom,
lie will inspire our ranks with enthusiasm,
and encourage them to redouble their efforts
to redeem Pennsylvania from the control of
an unprincipled Border Ruftian oligarchy.
A Man in the Rapids of Niagara— His
Rescue.
The story of Joseph Avery ; the unfortu
nate man who lived for a day clinging to a
rock in the rapids above the American, will
not soon forgo.ten ;an occurrence of a very
similar character happened on Tuesday last.
A man named E. C. Talor, a resident of West
Winfiehl, Herkimer county, (a guest at the
Endow House,) descended the bank of the
River, near the Suspension Bridge, probably
for the purpose of viewing the bridge from be
low. On reaching the bottom, he slipped, and
fell into the water, just above the bridge, uear
the shore, rolling over and over, borne on by
the resistless current, until he caught hold of
a large rock, and after some hard struggles
reached the top. The alarm was immedi
ately given in the neighborhood, and it was
soon decided there was no way of reaching
him but by means of a rope ladder. This was
immediately procured, and after much hesita
tion, delaj and alteration, occasioned by the
difficulty of determining where to place it, in
asmuch as the man could not be seen from the
projecting banks over his head, it was lowered
to the distance of perhaps a hundred feet and
there became cutangled among the rocks and
trees.
It was at once decided that some one must
fro dowu to disentangle it. In a few moments
Wm. 11. Coburn, porter of the Ladow Hotel,
volunteered his services, and proceeded to the
place where the ladder was attached- to the
trees. He needed assistance, and soon two
more brave men, Anthony Shiley and Nats
Cranf, offered to go down. The three worked
bravely for more than an hour in conducting
the ladder, while men at the top carefully let
it down. At length the waving of handker
chiefs aud cheerings on the Canada side indi
cated to us that the man had sprung to the
shore from the rock, and had begun to ascend
the ladder. Cautiously, and with firm grasp
and step, lie climbed up three hundred feet,
and was greeted by the shouts and exclama
tions of the hundreds of spectators who had
assmbled to witness the exciting scene. He
was for a few moments borne ou the shoulders
of the excited multitude, all were so anxious
to congratulate him.
Conviction of Ward, the Sylvania Mur
derer.
The Toledo papers have been filled for some
time past with the records of the trial of Re
turn J. M. Ward, for the murder of his wife
at Sylvania. On Thursday, the jury returned
a verdict of guilty of murder in the first de
gree. The wretched prisoner received the an
nouncement with stoical indifference. The
Blade sums up the result of the trial as fol
lows :
" The case was one of the most extraordi
nary on record. The evidence going to show
the identity of the remains as those belonging
to the body of Mrs. Ward, is exceedingly
slight ; and yet so strong are the circumstan
ces which point to the guilt of the prisoner,
and so overwhelming the train of evidence
against him, that the jury have had no difficul
ty in coining to a conclusion in regard to the
matter, and will be fully sustained by the ver
dict of popular opinion. So far as we arc in
formed there is no doubt of the righteous! ess
of the judgment which has been rendered."
" The murder is one of the most brutal,hor
rid aud disgusting, in all the annals of crime.
A husband not only murders his wife, after
cold-blooded premeditation, but he sits up
nights with his doors locked, cuts her up into
small pieces and burns up her remains iu the
stove. The process occupied several days, in
which time, he drew largely on the shops for
shavings, and the unsavory scent went forth
from the chimney, and filled the nostrils of
those who happened to be in that vicinity.—
lie occupied himself with this disgusting and
appalling work, till he thought lie had obliter
ated all traces of his guilt, and then defied de
tection. But, "murder will out." It is ama
zing, what an array of facts, unimportant in
themselves have been brought to bear on the
case, and what an irresistible conviction of
guilt they carry to the mind. Ward has not
yet had his sentence, but lie will be hung by
the neck till he is dead, dead. We hear it
said that this will be tbe first case of capital
execution iu this county."
Tnr. SPECULATION IN MOUNT VERNON. —The
terms on which John A. Washington offers to
sell Mount Vernon are the following: Ist.
He will sell only two hnndred acres of the es
tate any way. 2d. He asks $200,000 cash
down for that piece. 3d. He reserves the
right to enclose half an acre ( including Wash
ington's tomb) and having it used as a burial
place for ever, for him aud his heirs!
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
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FOR GOVERNOR,
DAVIS WILIYTOT, of Bradford Co.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
WIW. MILLWAK3), of Philadelphia.
FOB JUDGES OF TIIF. SITRKME COURT,
JOSEPH J. LEWIS, of Chester Co
JAMES VEECH, of Fayette County.
THE LEGISLATURE. *
Two apportionment bills have been reported
Jin the Senate The one reported by the ma
jority of the committe, gives Bradford two
representatives, and makes Bradford and Ly
; coming a senatorial district. The minority re
port gives Bradford two representatives, and
makes Bradford, Susquehanna and Lycoming
a senatorial district. No progress has yet
been made in the passage of the bill, and it
: will probably cause much trouble.
The House has been engaged in the consid
eration of the appropriation bill. An amend
ment was offered repealing the law creating
the oflice which Mr. MAFFIT holds, and was
adopted by one majority. The Canal Commis
sioners have been indefatigable in their efforts
to make a party question upon the passage of
the amendment, and it would scent with suc
cess. It will not pass the Senate, however.
No day of adjournment has been yet fixed
upon, nor is there any prospect of a speedy
completion of their labors.
The Free Banking latv was takeu up in the
House, on Friday last, and defeated by yeas
30, nays 39.
KANSAS. —AII the accounts from Kansas
teem with descriptions of the vast tide of free
emigration rushing into the territory. But
most of the letters to northern papers also men
tion that thousands of the well known Missou
ri border ruffians have made fraudulent claims
on the Indian lands, in order to vote at the
ensuing elections. The number of these spuri
ous voters whose residence is in Missouri, is
said to be 3500. A person who has recently
come front Leavenworth, informs the editor of
the Pittsburgh Gazette that the census of that
place, under which the voting is to be done,
is being taken in the following manner. The
census taker, a drunken ruffian, has his quar
ters at a tavern, where it would be unsafe for
I any free State man to venture. He docs not
! go round to the houses, but only sets down the
| names of such as apply at the tavern. A mob
;of ruffians is always there to take care that
too many " abolitionists" are not down,so that,
from a scrutiny of the list, the informant of
the Gazette thinks, it mostly composed of bo
gus voters.
In some of the districts, where there are
not 300 residents, not less than 3000 voters
arc said to be inscribed on the census. All
these lists are to be completed before Gover
nor Walker gets out, as he is not going before
the Ist of May, and his instructions being to
enforce the territorial laws at the election, lie
can do nothing to remedy the exclusion of the
Free State citizens from these voting lists.
The popular sovereignty inaugurated in Kansas
lis beautiful to contemplate. Some persons
arc under the impression that it is sheer folly
for the anti-slavery voters to abstain from tak
ing part in these elections, if they are, as is al
ledgcd, so largely in the majority. This is al
lowing too much sincerity and good intent to
to the pro-slaveryitcs. At some of these than
6000 votes, when they never had, at any time,
in the territory, 500 real voters. Now, if each
of these 6000 votes represented a man, and all
were armed, as it is well known all were who
went from Missouri, it would be folly for the
scattered Free Soilers to attempt to measure
strength with them. If, on the other hand,
every man voted two or three times over, it is
plain that the election officers were such as no
honest man ought to trust. The latter is pret
ty clear in any ease, or else these election frauds
never could have been perpetrated. With
no chance of a true return of votes, or of a re
jection of dishonest voters, what inducement
is there for the Free State party to vote ?
So far as we can now see, the election un
der the law passed by the bogus legislature
will be held with the sanction of the 17. S. au
thorities, will be a fraudulent affair from be
ginning to end, will be entirely managed so as
to return none but pro-slavery men, and a
State constitution legalizing slavery will be
formed. No provision has been made for sub
mitting such a document to popular vote, but
if there had been it would not amount to
much, as the same fraudulent list of voters
used for the election of members of the Con
vention would serve the purpose of excluding
all votes against it.
What the consequences of these proceedings
are likely to be we are unable to guess. One
thing is clear. No such imposition as this
will be submitted to by the bona fidt majority
of the territory. Should Congress admit this
bogus State into the Union, the State officers
can look to the national government for no
further aid in the enforcement of their designs.
They must then fight the battle with such
forces as they can get from Missouri, and
once more Kansas will be plunged into civil
war.
RHODE ISLAND ELECTION. —The State elec
tion in Rhode Islaud, resulted in the complete
triumph of the opnonents of the national ad
ministration. Klislm Dyer for Governor, and
the other Republican candidates for state offi
cers have been elected, only a rery few Demo
crats have been returned to the Legislature.
Doth of the Republican candidates for Con
gress have been elected. Iu the Eastern Dis
trict, Nathaniel 15. Durfee has a majority in
every town in the District; and in the West
ern District, Win. I). Drayton has a handsome
majority over Charles Jackson, the ablest
Democrat iu the State.
#S?*We learn from the Amherst Erprtsss,
that the nest commencement, which occurs the
second week in August, lion. G. A. Grow, of
Pennsylvania, addresses the Alumni ; Hon.
Anson Burlingnme, the literary societies;
Rev. Prof. Park, the Phi Deta Kappa, and
Rev. E. D. Foster, of Lowell, the Society of
Inquiry. Hon. Edward Everett has also con
sented to deliver his oration on Washington
there during the summer.
MUSICAL CONVENTION ANI> CONCERT. —By
reference to our advertising columns it will be
seen that Mr. O BECKER proposes to hold a
Musical Convention at this place, commencing
on the 21st inst closing on the 22nd with a
Concert at this place, and on the 23d at
Athens. Mr. 11. has had great experience in
musical affairs, and possesses all the qualifica
tions necessary to give crlut to the proposed
occasion.
Tnoy TIOUSF..— Mr. E. W. BIGOXY has leas
ed the Troy House, and thoroughly refitted
and furnished it, in such a manner as cannot
fail to meet the approbation of his guests.
The Hon. SAMUEL BRENTOX of Indiana, a
member of the last Congress, and reelected to
the next House, died at his residence, Fort
Wayne, on the 29th ult.
Letters received at Pittsburgh from lowa
report that a settlement of twenty families near
the head waters of the Des Moines River had
been broken up and nearly all the settlers mur
dered by the Indians. The story wants con
firmation.
JOT" The Post Office at North Towanda lias
been re-established, and S. A. MILLS appointed
Postmaster.
The Free State men of Kansas have
resolved to have nothing to do with the ap
proaching bogus election. They know it to be
all a fraud, and that, under the operation of
the machinery as set at work by the pro-slav
ery party, headed by the bogus Legislature,
and aided and abetted by the Executive at
Washington, the doctrine of Squatter Sover
eignty, as announced in the Kansas-Nebraska
Hill, is all a sham. Though three-fourths of
the preseut inhabitants of Kansas are Free
State men, they have no means of securing
fair play. Not one of them can examine into
the doings, or in any way secure fair play, aud
therefore they will not, by joining in the ope
ration, give any sanction to the infamous ini
quity, or be in any way responsible for it. A
certain number of Commissioners arc to be el
ected, and these are to prepare the State Con
stitution which is not to be submitted to the
people. This is the " Squatter Sovereignty"
—the right of the people of the Territory to
establish their own domestic institutions ! ! !
SAD WARNING TO " FAST" YOUNG MEN.—
John Miller, aged twenty-eight years, died
at Indinnopolis on last Friday night. The
Journal gives a brief history of his sad case.
He was born in Dayton, Ohio—was left an
orphan with a large estate, and to his own
guidance—became a " fast young man," and
rapidly speut a fortune which was counted by
tens of thousands. He kept a circle of dash
ing young fellows about him till his money was
gone, who then deserted and left him. He
sought Indianopolis for a home, and there, in
some menial capacity, lived for a time, and died
in a strange garret, friendless, and alone.
THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE. —It is stated
that during the quarter ending the 31st of
March, about 2000 dead letters have been op
ened at the Dead Letter Office, containing
money amounting in the aggregate to over
$ 11,000 ; and already seven-eiglits of this
amount have been restored to the owners.—
The estimates of the Department of the whole
number of dead letters received iu former
years, under the high postage system, was
three millions and a half. Under the low post
age pre-paid system it docs not exceed three
millions a year, although the number of letters
mailed is far greater.
DEATH OF A MEMRER OF CONGRESS. —The
Hon. Sansom W. Harris of Alabama, a mem
ber of the House of Representatives during
the late and two previous Congresses, died at
his lodgings on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Wash
ington, on Wednesday morning, of inflamation
of the throat and lungs. His family were
with him at the time of his decease. Mr. 11.
was a gentleman of fine abilities, greatly es
teemed and deservedly popular. His remains
will be taken to Alabama, with an escort un
der Glossbcnner, the Sergcant-at-Arms of the
House of Representatives.
ADVERTISING SAI.ES. —The last number of
the Bocks County Inldligrmer contains noti
ces of 110 less than ninety-eight public sales to
come of in that county. The Intcl/igcncer says
that in no other county in the State are perso
nal property sales so well attended or so good
prices obtained as in Bucks county. This is
doubtless owing to the liberal system of adver
tising adopted in that community. It has
been found that money expended for advertis
ing is cash well laid out.
Another Compromise in Prospect.
The olectiou of delegates to the Kansas
constitutional convention will be held on the
third Monday in June next, when all who
wero not citizens prior to the 15th of March,
will be excluded from voting. All the inspec
tors of election will be pro-slavery men, and
the convention then chosen will undoubtedly
frame a constitution establishing slavery.—
This constitution will lie submitted to ihe next
Congress, with an application for the admis
sion of Kansas into the Union, simultaneous
ly with the presentation of the new constitu
tion to be made for Minnesota. There is
great danger we apprehend, that the slavery
extensionists of the South and their northern
coadjutors, will insist on a compromise, coup
ling the two states, and making the admission
of Minnesota, in case she gets a free constitu
tion, contingent on the admission of Kansas
with a slave-holding constitution. Such a
proposition is already seriously discussed by so
called "democratic" politicians.
It is true that in no essential respect arc the
claims of the two territories equal. Kansas,
unlike Minnesota, has not procured an enab
ling act of Congress authorizing the formation
of a state government. She will not present,
like Minnesota, a constitution expressing the
will of her people and she will not be able to
prove herself possessed of a third of the pop
ulation requisite for the election of a represen
tative to the House of Representatives, where
as, Minnesota has at this time almost twice
the necessary number of inhabitants. Such
considerations, however, will weigh little with
the southern ultraists in Congress, or with an
administration which is apparently willing to
make auy sacrifice to conciliate them.
A Fast Child.
A few nights ago the passengers of the
Night Express bound East, after having' pass
ed Susquehanna, were startled by the cry of a
child ; and the conductor starting with his
lantern in search of the whereabouts of the
little customer, very soon discovered in the
passage way between the rows of seats, a new
born babe sprawling upon the floor. Of course
the announcement created no little sensation ;
whilst the anxious inquiry passed from seat to
seat as to who, among the numerous females
in the car, was the mother of the now comer,
each, in her turn, expressing entire ignorance
of the matter. One maiden lady of thirty
five or forty, setting the whole car in an up
roar of laughter by declaring with great em
phasis, that the little brat wasn't her's for
she " didn't have any babies whilst an eld
erly lady, speaking for herself and a daughter
of seventeen, on an adjoining seat, proclaimed
with equal emphasis,that she didn't know any
thing about it, and she didn't believe Betsy
did—but, it soon became apparent from the
groans of the suffering girl, that the mother
hud been kept in utter ignorance of the condi
tion of the daughter, by the equalizing tend
ency of the prevailing fashion ; and the party
were consequently put off at the first station,
to give them an opportunity to dress the babv,
and to avail themselves of such attention and
medical assistance as the peculiar circumstan
ces of the ease might require
As might well he imagined, the occurrence
furnished a theme of joke and comment, for
soaic little distance ; and there was a very
general tendency to unrestrained laughter, as
one after another gave utterance to his tlio'ts,
something after this manner : " Young Araer
ica on the Railroad !" " Born at the rate of
thirty miles an hour !" " Practical argument
iu favor of hooj s !" Ac., Ac., whilst our mai
den lady friend aforesaid, declared it to be her
fixed determination never again to subject her
self to a suspicion such as was implied by the
inquiries which the conductor had put to her
that night, by giving her figure more the ap
pearance of a balloon than a modestly attired
woman, in conformity to a ridiculous fashion.
Otcegn Gazette.
A xotiif.r Pits* am Adaextlhe — A few
weeks ago, Thomas Evans, of Chest Creek,
Clearfield County, Pa., while on a hunting ex
cursion, observed a ledge of rocks, which his
experienced eye detected as being the haunt
of a bear. It being late in the evening, he
went home, but returned next morning ac
companied by his brother. They soon found
a narrow passage between the rock that led
into a dark and dismal eavc. On arriving at
the month of the cavern, Thomas, after throw
ing down his gun, and divesting himself of
his hunting aceoutrements, crawled in through
the narrow entrance, and after groping about
in the dark for some time, had the pleasure
of laying his hand npon bruin's back. Hav
ing ascertained the position of the animal, he
returned to the entrance of the cave, and got
his gun, then went back into the cavern to
visit his new acquaintance, while his brother
remained outside to act as sentry, provided
the animal attempted to escape. Having
oome up to the bear again he placed the muz
zle of his gun against the animal and fired.
A furious growl from the beast accompanied
the report of the gun, and young Evans hur
ried out of the cave as soon as possible. He,
however, pnt another load into his gun and
scrambled back, into the cave again. This
time lie succeeded in putting a ball through
the vital part of the animal's body. It was
dragged out and weighed over three hundred
pounds.— Elmira Advertiser.
BOUNTY LAND WARRANTS. —There were re
ceived at the Pension Office, Wasliingtsn, du
ring March, 1,938 applications for bounty
land, and 3,438 warrants were issued, to satis
fy which, trill require 503,840 acres of land.
The total number of applications received un
der the bounty land law, is 211,236, and 189,
441 warrants have been issued, requiring 24,-
351,530 acres of land. Of the applications
not yet carried into warrants, probably over
55,000 have been suspended or rejected ; the
balance being in the hands of the examiners,
or are at other offices for services from the
rolls.
FROM KANSAS.— St. Louis, April 13. —The
Lecompton correspondent of the Democrat
says that the census takers in Kansas are do
ing their work in a bad manner—missing some
neighborhoods entirely, and not taking the
names of half of the actual residents of others.
There has been much quarrelling between
the squatter's land associations in different
parts of the territory.
Several Deputy-Marshals were arresting
political prisouers ou charges growing out of
the difficulties of last summer.
EDITORIAL CHANGE. —GKORGF. M. BICIIART,
Esq., has sold the Pitt stern Gazette establish
ment to Dr. HENRY PULSTON, late of New
York.
At the residence of If. A. Beebe, Esq., in Owego on tl-p
morning of March 3(Hh. hy Rev. B. W. tiorham JOHN
K. BAKKIJ, of Hornellsvi!!e, to Miss LUi'ilFTli
daughter of Mrs. Sklina I'owcli., of tbkjilace.' ' ' '
DIED,
At her residence in Windham, on the 23d u!tin* u
RI NICK SHOEM AKER relict of BKSJAMIS TUOEJI'
kkr, deceased, in ihe 78th year of her age.
Mrs. Shoemaker was born in Northampton Co. p„
in 17*0. and emigrated to Mochontongo, on the bank* of
the Susquehanna, Nichols township, Tioga Co. \ y
with her husband, in tlic year 17110 ; thus belonging u
the early pioneers of the Susquehanna. From thence tin -
moved to her last residence, on the Wapasenia.in the vear
I*l3 where she was left a widow with seven children in
the year 1825. Mrs. Shoemaker, though young in y M ]-
and in a new country, had determined to rear and edu'
cat* hor children religiously : and with the help of (; d
to act before them good and industrious habits, wli'i.'b
she continued to the last moments of her existence Few
have been blessed more by the ki J care of their children
through life and in her last and departing skkue*., tku
she has. Though scattered fur and wide, each having
Semites and cares of their own, yet she was blessed wftfi
rbe presence of each one around her bedside, w j len j,
mortal part had breathed its last, and her spirit return
?d to (Jod who gave it.
ller funeral was namcrously attend.-.] by a large a-.J
respectable procession of sympathizing I r lend- and'utigii
bowt, all paying the last tribute of respect to hr remain's
She hud selected an appropriate hymn and passage „f
Scripture for her funeral, which was elopieaUy and
aptly applied by the Rev. Mr. Peck, at the Ad, try Cha
pel, where her remains were consigned to the silent torn!,
the place intended for ail living. Mrs. Shoemaker will
be long remembered as a kind mother, a good nei dil, ,r
and a prudent and upright woman j g, yj '
2Ccro 'AbtJcrtiGmvnts.
THE TROY HOUSE
1-'. W. BIGO.N Y, PROI-rikjor,
HAVING been repaired and re furnished, the uronrie
tor assures the public that no pains W ill be -Mred
j deserve the patronage of the public. '
Troy, Bradford Co., April 3, 1*",7.
£&& the solicitations of many singers in d-ff-f-.t
20> ; parts oi the country, Mr. O. BEi'KER ha- d.-tcr
HSStf. 1 rained to hold a MI'SICAI. CONVENTION „f
three days duration, to < omniem ? on TfTsr'tiv'
APRIL 21st, at 1(1 o'clock. P. M.. iu the < e.rt House T
wanda, to ch se there on Wednesday, the 22d, with i('
cert: to be < ntinucd on TIirRSH.VV the ' !i j-i
rick's Hall. Athens, to end the same evening wi'thanoth
er Concert. Stages, or. if per:,,.:. R., a ts
w ill be in readme-- to taki singers to Athens and be
at exceedingly .-heap rata*. 1. be
NEW \ OUK GLEE ANDCHORES BOOK and \\v\f
singers not in possession of the Shawm and not wishing
to buy, can be furnished by Mr. 15-<-k, r for the t= o ." ,5
the •' riivention. Believing that the < xer< ise- con-i'-tin-.
of <.lees. Choruses, Hyimis, Chants, and.hv iMrtici'ar
quest, in his mode ot singing by flats and sharps'"'* "
prove both agreeable and in-tractive to singers.' v r '
Becker h >pe> to see a!! part- of tk° c mntv I'eli'reiire
sented. assuring them that lie will do all in'hi* power to
make tiie Convention a piej-antonc. sin-er-arereiee-t
ed to prepare piece* for fhe Con ert. N ."special j,, v / u .
turns given. Convention and Concert free to ringer*.
Grand \ocal k Instrumental Concerts
MR. BKfKKR, the well known Vocalist,
. Violinist, Violoncellist and general Musician, has
j the honor t > announce, that assisted by a large cum nam
| of Singers, lii-trmnpiit.il performers, aiid 'dr. Dll'Tifh lf
i with the TOW ANI >A BRASS BAND,In- will give GRAN It
] CONCERTS in Towanda. at the Court Hou-e. on H'Kli
I NES!\A EVE. April 22,1. and in Patrick's Hall. Athe::-,
rill RSDAY the 23d. Among many other beautiful pie
ces, the celebrated Hallelujah Chora- by Handel will ie
sung, ami i new Gallopade performed by the Hind. ;;ud
I composed ly Mr. Uittuich expressly for t ie or :id'in.
Price of admission. 27 cents ; Reserved seats 574 ct-.
Agreeable to arrangement. Ferry It >at. di.-tin;..i-h,-,'
by flags, will carry passengers on \Veduesdav eve at re
duced rates.
Agent- wanted in all parts of the County ti sc-11 t: di
ets for the Concerts. A liberal deduction made.
TX 1 HE MATTER of th< voluntary
L ment of Ezra Hofeomb in trust to 11. flyer for the
benefit of his creditors. In the Court of Common Pleas
of Bradford County of FebrimryTerm 1*55. No. ■*! ",.
Notice is hereby given that K. It. Myer. the assignee,
his exhibited his account, which has been examined l,v
the Court, and duly filed, ami th same will he allow,*i
and finally confirmed on or after the second M uidi v of
next term, unless suflicieiit cause be shown to the l uiitra
ry. ALLEN M'KEAN, Prothonotary.
_Towanda, April 7.1857".
LETTING. —Sealed proposals wiU be re
ceived by the Commissioners ,-t Bradford County,
at their office in Towanda, on WEDNESBAY. the "-'.'th
day of April, until 2. P. M.. for the ere- tion and < mpl,
tioa of a FIRE PROOF BUILDING, in the Iwrougli -f
Towanda. Plans an<l specifications may be se<-n at the
Office, on and after the lorn fn-t. Projiosals will le re
ceived from the contractor to furnish a'i the mate
rials, or all except the iron. <1- H. BULL,
1). LILLET.
Attest. K. B. CooMt.i-FGH, Clerk, I'. H. W'l'K,
Commissi,tiers.
Commissioner's Office, Towanda, April 4, 1*57.
V OTICW.—The following persons have pe
-i. v titioned to the Court for License under the present
existing laws in reference to tavern licenses, ie.:
William Gibson to keep a tavern in I'lstrr t<ovnhip.
Abraham Sncll to keep a tavern in llurlini:t"n
John ltiekersou to keep a tavern in Warren town*lrp.
I-orenzo I>. Bowman to keep a tavern in Twimla tw p.
Epbraim W. Bignny to keep a tavern in Troy l>op>.
I-eander O. Ilickok to keep a tavern in Try boru.
Francis Porter to keep a tavern in Rome township.
]>aniet llevcrly jr to keep a tavern in Overton tap.
John O. Ward to keep a tavern in Troy ta p.
Hiram W. I toot to keep a tavf rn ia Springfield tap.
Joseph O. Pine to keep n tavern in Ridgbery tap.
Charles O. French to keep a tavern in Ridgiierv tap.
S. F. Washburn to keep a tavern in Ulster ta p.
James Nestor to keep a tavern in Tmvanda b°ro.
Andrew K. Spalding to keep a tavern hi Canton twp.
S. ('holey Myer to keep a tavern in Canton twp.
Nathan Olmsted to keep a tavern in lister tap.
H. M. Southwell to keep a tavern in Franklin twp.
William Morgan to keep an eating house. Ac. in Troy
borough,
A. H. Case to sell spiritons and vinous !i'piers as am r
chant dealer in Troy borough.
William Waltman to sell spiritons and vinous Iki'ior- :>a
a merchant dealer in Overton township- , ..
A hearing upon these application willhe had at i
Sessions next, and licenses granted unless sufficient cau-e
be shown to the contrary. . ~ ,
April*, 1857. " ALLEN M'KF.W ■
REGISTER'S NOTICES.-Notice is here
by given that there have been filed and hcr " tli
the office of the Register of Wills, in and for ta r'jj •
of Bradford, accounts of administration upon the .
ing estates, viz : c n
Final account of Ralph Gregory, administrator o. 1
borah Gregory, late of Pike, dee r d.
Partial aeeonnt of laiey and David Stujde. adtni"""
tors of Riebard Stuble. kite ol Rome, dec d. ,
Final account of Joseph Vandyke, adiuiuis.rai"
Thomas Miles, late of Canton, dee'd. . i .„. , r -
Final account of A. W. and Catharine Avres fX
of John A. Ayres. late ol Wells, dee d. .
Partial account of Eiihu Case and A. lb Spahu
ministrators of Johnson Williams 2d, late ot D"?-
Partial account of 1.. P. Stalford and John ' •
administrators of Hiram Brown, late ot MT a "I'jv'i,,.*
Supplementary account of Gordon V ilcox to l 'w'a
Sutton, executors of Thos. Wilcox, late ol At f;',h, frv
Final account of Burton, Joseph and y j, d.
executors of Joseph Kings Very. late of Mics.'f'i'- • '
Final account of Win. H. Brant, administrator
cus Lyuett, late of Warren, dee'd. —- n rt . V
Final areount ol K. R. Vaughn and C. > a j H ".,
eeutors of Samuel Lake, late of l'"-earora. de - it-
Final account of Basconi Taylor, e.xe .'utor ol >'
ior, late of Wvalusing, dee'd. e j„im
2d Partial account of Daniel Strong, executor
Strong, late of Wells, dee'd. . . f W:a-
Fiual accmnt of R. C. Heosley, administraio.
Cliilson. late of ATmithfleld. dec il . ,fMal v:
Final account of S. B. laithrop, adniinistrat"r 11 •
na A. Rogers, late of Canton, deceased. ~r y\,
Final account of P. E. Maynard, administrate
than Maynard, late of Rome, dee'd. Court
And the same will be presented to the < >r Pjh ' ,;, nl .
of Bradford, on Monday, the Ith day of Mat.
ation anil allowance. JAMES H. ^' ft
Towanda. April 1.18522
At I LLI N EBY.
MRS. L. K. WHEELEII would j*>r£ r
fully announce to her friends and the ptj''."JV-iui .P.
ally that she will open a shop in K\>' fj„r,2
one north of the Presbyterian church, where
A FASHION A Bt,K ASSORTMENT OF' ri s
MILLINER V AND FA X< \ '
To which she would invite the attention ot tin
REPAlßlNG—Particular attention paid to tin- '■ !(1
of the business. Also, Dresses,
to Wrier. Smithlield. March Sit
pANDWS, both Spent and Tallow *
box or pound, at