Tko Estoasion of the Chenango ca to the North Branch. Our readers will be pleased to learn that the Resolutions which we already published re quiring the Canal Board to order a survey and make estimates of the probable expenses of con necting the Chenango Canal with the North Branch at Athens, also to estimate the amount of revenue which the Canals of this State would in all probability derive from said con nection—and which having passed the S mate previously, passed the House with almost au unanimous vote on Friday last. This is a step highly important. To our mind it secures the connection and all the consequent advantages to this region of country. There is not, we Celieve, uuother comity in the whole State that lias received as few favors from the Legislature as old Tioga, and now when a good beginning has been made, we hope that the landed pro prietors of this section will bestir themselves. Officers appointed by the Canal Board will soon pass, in performance of their duty, down this Valley. Being comparative strangers, its re sources and its necessities must be, to a great cr or less extent, unknown, and we hope we have citizens among us sufficiently public spir ited to receive those who may be sent on, and to point out to them ail which it may be advan tageous they should know. Wood, as a fuel, at least along the line of the llailioad, must soon become too dear for use, and the coal of Pennsylvania must be oar only resource. The necessity of having a di rect thoroughfare by which we can gain an unfailing supply is evident, and cannot be con sidered of too great importance. Everything, therefore, that mav tend to secure this impor tant result should be attended to by not only the citizeus of this couuty, but by the citi zens of the other counties whse interest equals our own. The expenditure of S<>oo,Uoo along this Valley is not to be despised by any class of our citizens. The llou. Cr.o W. BRADFORD, the Senator from this District, and the llou. DAVID KEFS, our Member of Assembly, deserve well from their constituents. Tln v have la bored faithfully and secured all that could be asked during the lute session. Should the offi cers appointed by the Canal Board to survey, make, as we are convinced they must, a fa vorable report, with just faithful representa tives as Dr. BRADFORD and Mr. REES, we are convinced that by this time next year, a Bill will be passed, and the waters of the Chenan go will soon commingle with the waters of the North Branch, and the coal now slumbering in the breast of the mountains of Pennsylvania will smile in our grates and warm and cheer the long days aud nights of coming Winters.— Ourgo Times. DESTRUCTIVE Fit:it IN BETHANY. —Saturday evening last, a little after ten o'clock, the cu pnlo of the large University building was dis covered to be on fire, aud despite all efforts the flames soon spread throughout the upper part of the building and then gradually worked their way down to the lower rooms, until the main building and the expansive v. ings were in a blaze. There were about ninety Students in attendance at the School, and jnost of the members had rooms in the building, but fortu nately, several of them had not retired when the alarm was given, and they were thus en abled to render to the sleepers more efficient aid in making their escape from the building aud in saving clothes aud furniture, than they could have done had the tire broke out a few hours later. Prof. Stoddard, the Principal, was engaged at the time giving instructions to some of his assistant teachers, and therefore was present at the most important moment, to superintend the removal of property, and to pacify and assist the students iu the midst of the excitement. In his anxiety to sec that every student was safely out of the build ing and the time taken to examine personally every room, he neglected his own property too long, and when he returned to the library, his books and private papers were on tire, and the heat was so intense that it. was impossible to save them.— ITat/ne C'n. lurch!. ANOTHER INDIAN WAR. —The Washington Intelligencer says that information has been received at the Department of the Interior con firmatory of the painful rumors that have been circulated respecting the fate of HENRY L. DODGE, United States agent for the Navajo Indian in New Mexico, who has been missing ing for some time past. Major KENDKICK, commanding at Fort Defiance, sent out a com mand to search for .Mr. DODGE, and his corpse was discovered at a point about thirty miles t-outli of the Zona, towards the headwaters of the Gila river. It is stated that so soon as the grass is sufficiently advanced to sustain horses, 1,000 troops will take the field against these Indians, and chastise them so that they will learn the miseries of retribution upon treachery and murder. The victim of this cruel act is the KOII of the lion. HENRY DODGE, the veucrablc ex senator of Wisconsin. NATIONAL PINS.—A friend who heard a ser mon preached by llev. George London recent ly, says he referred to the subject of national sins something in this way : Suppose the President docs wrong, is that a national siu ? No ; that is the President's sin. Suppose Congress passes an iniquitous law and the President approves it, is that a national sin ? No : that is the sin of Congress and the President. But suppose, after such a law is enacted and sanctioned by the President, the people do sanction and sustain it, then it becomes a national sin. Beware, my friends how you give your sanction to wicked laws, and thus help to bring upon our country the penalty of national sins. THE NEW CCN'T.—It is stated in the Phila delphia Gazelle, on the authority of Col. Snowden, director of the U. S. mint, that in about three weeks time this much desired coin will be distributed to the public. About a million are already completed, and two mill o.is more will be finished before the mint com mences paying them out. Col. S., also states that since the establishment of the United .States mint 110 less than 1800 tons of copper cents have been coined, making of distinct pieces QUO hundred and lifty millions. Of these a large number have been lost, conver ted into " washers" for machinery, or other wise takcu out of circulation. fjaf The three instances in which Mr. Bu chanan has rewarded his national whig sup porters are, James B. Clay, appointed to the \ chargeship to Berlin,which, however, he decliu- j cd ; William B. II eed, appointed Minister to China, and Mr. Boucher, of North Carolina, appointed Governor of New Mexico. Mr! I teacher has served as a Whig member of Congress MONEY DIGGERS IN ROXBCRY. —For the last ! seven or eight years, at different times, a party | of three or more have been in the habit of vis | iting a field situated oil the west side of llug ' files street, near Barker street, Itoxbury, and digging for hidden treasures. The spot is near a creek, and long before the nsi!l-dam was built small vessels passed up and down, and near this place is supposed the famous C.ipt. Kidd Imried some ot bis money. Within the last four weeks, a party of three persons have visit ed the plaee and dug for the money, and on Wednesday nig!it last, live persons proceeded to the field, and their proceedings were wit ii' ssed by police officer and several others.— I The first one was engaged in digging a ring around a large tree, (where it is supposed the i money lies,) and would throw each shovelfull of dirt from the place very carefully, so that if the "gold came out he could see it." The scc ; ond was occupied in bailing water out of the hole ; the third person had run a very long ; iron rod down into the place where the first ! person was diggirg, and he sat upon the bank with his foot upon the rod, ami as the proceed ed lie would drive it still further into the the ground. The fourth also sat upon the bank and held in bis hand a so-called "charm rod," or, as the officer calls it. a "bob," it bc . ing a .Oiig piece of rattan, which had a heavy substance on the end of it, that kept it in a continual motion ; this persou kept up his op eration of "bobbing" over the hole, until they stopped their work for the night. The fifth persou appeared to be a waiter upon the rvsi. and did his work by signs, as they were not allow ed to speak on tiie ground, as it would dispel the charm, add the money would immediately J "move away." These deluded persons continued digging from i 11 o'clock Wednesday night until 3 o'clo 1 Thursday morning. Their operations in ua ging have nut thus far, probably been very successlul, as they agreed to handsomely re munerate the officers (if they got any money,) . if they would watch around the place and keep . oil the evil-disposed persons. The officers have as yet received none of the profits, and the chance is that they will nr.' very soon. Some evenings since two women came to the place, in company with time men, upparuutly to do , the talking. From them it was learned that a fortune teller had told them of the money ami of the manner in which they should pro ceed to iiad it, and accordingly they had clone so. Tins-persons are Americans, audit is somewhat surprising that they can be so fool ish, v ui sled by the trickeries of a humbugging fortuneteller.— Boston 7V Livelier. t&- The Indian troubles in lowa, Minneso ta and Nebraska are very rioas, and a gen eral border warfare with the Sioux and Paw nees seems imminent. Several families have been murdered, others wounded, and a num ber of women taken captive by Sioux. Troops are in pursuit, and the frontier inh ibi tatg are collected in temporary forts, and iu a state of starvation. The poor soldiers and forted inhabitants, as well as the Indians, will have a most miserable time of it. In North ern lowa, as our readers have already been informed, there has been wholesale slaughter of white settlers by the same savages. At last accounts the troops wore i* pursuit. <f the offenders, and peace and safety had been re stored to the alarmed residents in the region of Spirit Lake. Byway of St. Louis we have a report that great excitement exists at Platte, at the the mouth of the Nebraska, in consequeu.se of the Pawnee Indians having dri ven out a number of settlers at Salt Creek. A fight oceured, resulting in the killing of sev eral Indians and one white man. Thirteen In dians were captured. Gen. Thayer of Oh mali City had raised a party of volunteers to protect the settlers. TKRRIDI.E FALL— While the mall train from Petersburg was the bridge over James river on Friday morning, the cars received a ' sudden jerk when about midway across, and one of the passengf rs, a gentleman from South ■ ( atnlina, uttrned Puiiivan, w!io wa? imprudont : iy standing upon one of the platforms, fell from ! Lis position, and rolled over the edge of the fridge, lie was of course precipitated into the river beneath, a distance of about seventy feet, and it was naturally supposed that lie had been instantly killed by striking upon some : of the numerous rocks which obstruct the chan nel of the river ; but, most wonderful to re late, he escaped without a broken bone. lie | miraculously alighted in about six feet water, ■ face Howards, and after floundering about for ; some time, was rescued by it fisherman who fortunately happened to be visiting some traps 11 the vicinity. Mr. Sullivan was safclv ; brought to shore near the Steel Works, anil though his nervous system received a severe ! -hock, it was discovered that he had received j no serious external injury by the fall.—liich '■ mond Whig. THE PEARL FISHERY.— The Pater/ton Cinar -1 'Hun of Monday says that " The family of a Mr. 1 lower, who has been mixed up in the pearl search from the beginning, have been placed in comfortable circumstances. Last i week Mr. 1 lower pocketed SOOO from his searehings. The largest pearl yet found was the one ruined by boiling. The man tried to i boil the clams first, and afterward attempted to fry them tender. The pearl was meanwhile , going through the heating process, ami was of | course destroyed, although $25 was paid for it as a curiosity on account of its size. It was of perfect shape and evidently of great beau ty. The next largest was that found by young Quackenbnsh, which has been sent to Paris by Tiffany or Ball, Black & Co , both of which firms have been anxious to secure these pearls. Last week quite a number of persons from X. York wore on the grounds searching for pearls : without success ; while one of our Paterson men went behind them and found one which readily brought SICO. But the proprietors of the grounds have forbidden trespassers, the mussels have mostly disappeared from the vi i ciuity, and we believe the pearl fishery will . soon bo at an end. The most unfortunate ; fact is the destruction of the largest and most perfect specimen by the boiling as above.— Mr. Laverock declares it could not have been worth less tliau $25,000, and it would have ■ been the pearl Kohinoor of the world. text" Reader ! look at it—The only prosla very murderer(llaycs) ever arrested in Knn as, was released on straw bail ; and theJud-e (Leeompton)who lias released him is retained in power by the U. S. Senate and by Buch anan Gov. Geary witnessed the "murder, and pronounces it one of the most cold blood ed be ever knew ; and for his solitary attempt to punish a Ruffian, he is threatened with as sassination. and realiy driven out of his office for want of the promised assistance to do jus ticc, iltaiito iicporter. o. GOODRICH, EDITOK TOWA X I ) A ; Eljnisinn Xtlovmni), Tlpril 30, 1537. Trans —Okie I oflurper -/ inuM, invariably Four weeks previous to the expiration of u subscription, notice trill be giccn by <i printed wrapper, und if nut rt tuteed, the paper trill in ail ruses be stopped. j Cl.riißlNO— The Reporter fill be sent to Clubs at the foi j lowing extremity low rates • j t'< copies for $5 <lO |ls copies for... .sl2 00 lU copies Jur S 00 | 20 copies for 15 00 ! ADVERTISEMENTS — For a square of ten lines or less. One Dollar for three or less insertions, and ticenty-fire cents for each subsequent insertion. j Jon-WoKK— Krecuted irith accuracy and despatch, and a reasonable prices—with every facility for doing Books, Ulan.':*, Hand-bills, Bali tickets, fyc. ! MONKV may he sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an I envelope, mi l properly directed, ice wilt be responsible j for its safe delivery. VFVTIUW * -£ - KOK MJVKKNOK, DAVZD WZIiIKTOT, cf Bradford Co. Kl! CAN AL ( nV.MfSSIoNKU, WAX. BTirX:V/AES, cf Ihiladelphia. FOR OF THE SFFKEMK COU:T # JOSr.PJZ J. ZBSWI3, of Chestsr Co. JZtIWIiSS VESCJH, cf Tayctte County. " MR. WILMOT AND THE TARIFF. A persistent effort is now being made by the Democratic press, aided by such of the Know Nothing sheets as have pro-slavery pro clivities, to excite the prejudices of a portion jof the voters of the State against Mr Win ner oa account of the Tariff question. For this purpose he is denounced by papers which have always been Free Trade, as hostile Jo the interests of I'eimsylvania. In proof of these allegations, his vote for the Tan IT of 1840, is frequently referred to. We have no intention to enter into any de i fence of the vote given at that time for a wodi -1 fieation of the Tariff of 18-12. It will be • enough for every can lid man to know that in | so acting, he expressed the wishes of his cou j stituency, and acted in accordance with the | convictions of his own judgment, ofttn express aud well understood by the people who elect ed him. To have done less, would have been to prove faithless to his often promulgated principles, and in defiance of the views and wishes of his constituents. But the charge that he is hostile to the 1 great interests of Pennsylvania, predicated upon his action in 810, is so unjust and un true, and so flatly contradicted by the history of the Tariff bill of that year, that we cannot allow it to pass by, Tue-be/t refutation we can give to tlie calumny, is contained lu a let ter written by Mr. WU.MOT two years since to Hon. B. Lal'Oktk, which gives a full history of the part taken by himself and the Pennsyl vania delegation in the passage of the Tariff i act, and his anxiety to secure for tiie interests of Pennsylvania adequate protection. | Time has since demonstrated the sagacity of j Mr. WU.MOT at that time. If there is any measure of his public life upon which he can | confidently appeal to the judgment of the pco | pie of this State, it is the very course he took iu 1810 upon the reduction of the Tariff.— Pubiie opinion at that time clearly and irresis tablv demanded a modification of some of the details of the Tariff of 1542. The Pennsyl vania delegation, instead of presenting the in . ; tcrests. of Pennsylvania, as worthy of Nation ; al consideration, saw fit to stand by the Tariff | of 1842, and to resist its modification in the ! slightest manner. Mr. WII.MOT believed that ! law to be unjust and onerous iu many of its i provisions, and was pledged to its modification, I but at the same time was extremely anxious that the great interests of Pennsylvania should be well provided for. To effect this, it was | only necessary to cut loose from the " lords of the loom/' The Pennsylvania delegation, hon estly no doubt, refused to let Pennsylvania in terests stand upon their own merits. How has Pennsylvania been rewarded by her pcrti ! nacitv in claiming " protection " for the luauu i facturers of tlx- Kast. Why, in spite of the ; tariff of 1846, those very manufacturers, for ; which Pennsylvania interests were sacrificed, have flourished, and now ask fur no legislative | favors except to buy and sell where Uiey can :to the best advantage. During the present j year the tariff lias again undergone revision and the protective pr.n-iple has had no advo cates in Congress. It lias been the anxiety of every section to fix the details of the late law so as to effect favorably their interests. Mas sachusetts stands in no fear of foreign compe j tion. All she a.-ks is the privilege of procur ! ing the raw material without paying duty.— | From a high protective Tariff, she is now al ! most literally, a free-trade, or at least low i tariff, State, ller capitalists have noQuixot ! ic design of favoring high duties on the pro tective principle to benefit the iron and coal interests of Pennsylvania. Such legislation as benefits her capitalists and manufacturers, she seeks to obtain, and her* representatives very properly vole for, without regard to the effect it may have upon the interests of Pennsylvania. If the course recommended by Mr. WU.MOT | in 1846 had been pursued, the great interests I of Pennsylvania would now be recognized as , of National importance, and be beyond the I danger of political revolutions. The states : manlike views expressed iu a speech made by | him in the House, on the Ist of .July, 1846, i will at once arrest the attention of every reud ! er, The soundness of his position will now be. j universally conceded. But in the great anxiety to retain the tariff of 1842, other counsels prevailed, and the in terests of Pennsylvania were linked with those of minor importance. The great iutcrcsts o Pennsylvania are of sufficient magnitude to be come of National importance, and should be made above ell political or other considera tions. It should be the pride of every Penu sylvanian to see our resources developed, our in dustrial pursuits stimulated, and such an im petus given to the development of our natur al advantages as will place Pcnn yivaniaiu the front rank of States. Below will be found the letter refer ed to. Its statements are abundantly sustained by contemporaneous history. It is a conclusive auswer to the charges now brought against, and taken in connexion with the late action upon the same subject shows clearly the wis dom of Mr. WIIAIOT'S course, and that it was the true policy for the interests of the State. liOCSK Or IiKIUKSENT ATI VKS, 1 llarrisburg. Jan. IS, 1>55. ) HON. DAVID VVILMOT. Dear .Sir --Your friends lure will bring Vur name before tiie la-gi-httuie in linnet teal with the office ot United State- Seiuitoi. The main objec ti m urged again-t you arises out of an impression enter tained lay many that 3<>u are unfriendly to the great iti tere-ts of our State. We should be glad to see you here, bat if you cannot vi-it Harrisburg before the election. oiea-i* give us in a letter tlie history of your eoor ein Coiigi e—,ou the tariff que.-tion. as there -eeuis to be a mi-apprehension atiroad iu regard to vour views, if 1 have prop, rty understood them. ' U. LA FORTE. MONTROSE, Jan. 22.855. Mv DEAR SIR :—VoI. R favor eame to hand last evening. Ido not think I shall be at Harri-burg. The week vaca tion lietween mv Courts would l.e mostly occupied in the journey, leaving me lint littie time to make the acquain tance of gentlemen now assembled at the Capitol. Again if no difficulties were in the way. 1 am reluctant to show myself at Harrisburg at this time. Not that 1 aui indiffer ent to the issue of the Senatorial election ; but 1 do not wi-h to appear a- a selfish and ambitious aspirant for the place. 1 have not, as you well know, been eager tor Sen atorial honors, nor have I. in any way whatever, been in strumental in making myself a candidate. The connect ion of my name with tbe office of Senator is the result of the late signal revolution in the politics of this State, and of my w< 11 known possition, on one at least, of the important issues upon which that revolution tuned, and not through any vanity or scheming of my own. To visit Han i burg at this time would subject me to suspicion, ami to Un charge of sinister and stilish motives, which I wholly and emphatically disclaim. I do not deny that I should feel a personal pride in an election to one of the highest and most honorable posi tions in the government : but 1 do deny that ! do ire the place for any selfish or personal ends, i.should hope if elected, to lie ul some scivice to the country, and to the cause of sound principles. Wliib ] ilaiiu no eminent qualifications for the office. 1 do, no\ •rtheless, believe that my election would, in some respects, be fortunate, es pecially so in uniting ami cementing lor future action the wen who achieved the late signal victory in this State. You say that the main objection urged against me arises oat of an impression entertained by many, that 1 ant un friendly to the great intere ts of oar State. This is at ital nii-aj prehension oi my it-clings and p sitioii, and springs doubtless, from the fa> t that in 1-1 i I could not act with my colleagues in a profitless ami ob-tinate support of the tariff of 1 >4O. it was apparent, wet k-"before the late to ri I! I.ill was pas-ed, tb .t tlie at of '-t'2 couid hot -land. 1 was in favor of its revision and lnoililieation, and in <1 -ing this was zealously anxious t > pri-o.vc for tiiegieat inler e-tsot'oiu State, permanent and uvi t dt security; and to thi.- end 1 labored ind i.-t. .o islv and per-evermglv. On tiie tioor of the House I urged the laying of specific in stead of a.'/ru.'oirtn duties up m iron, and t> an extenut that should give security to our iut list- again t ruinous foreign competition. 1 entered into ull argument to prove the propriety and advantage cf spci iic overall valorem duties, in respect the various nitidis, ami especially in regard to iron : establishing, t > my own satisfaction, that po.-ition, as well in re-pet to tiie iutcre-ts of the revenue, as also to tliat of tiie consumer and manufacturer, th..t every interest would he promoteil by layim' -pe i;ic duties on iron. I appealed to the l.ou e 011 behalf ol the iron in terests of our State, 11.liming for it a nutb nal rc-pe t and consideration, insisting that the iron interest was ju.-ti \ entitled to stand upon higher ground than any otlu r bran h of mamifa- taring bn-im ,-s. claiming for it a truly national diaractcr, a- a necessary element of national defense, ai d entitled therefore t the special and most lav iv.Me re gard of the nation. I m-I--teil tlmt tie sun, t ,.|, not l.e applied to an interest of tiii- magnitude, ti ,t was applied to the manu' i ture of thread, tape, pin- - , butt .ns, Ac.. Ac. The-c are no new doctrines put forth to meet the occasion, but the doctrines placed on the records of Congress, and easily found in it- volumes of debates. 1 not only -poke in behalf of tin; wu-resf.- of o ,r State but ! worked earnestly in the House, r. d -at -fit to give 10 that i nterc-t an adiqualc and permanent -c nrity. I believed then, and I !■; lieve !, >w. if .1 part cv, n of the De -1110 ratio d< legation iu (Jungle.- from tin- State would iia\e agreed to a modification of the tariff'of 12. that our great inte:e-t could liave been abundantly -ccuicd. I. a majority of the Demo uats f.-un tills St'te w odd have agieed to support tbe bill, tiny could almost have made their own terms, so far a- Feiiusylvuiiia interest- w< re con cerned. We met once or twice in caucus, to .-.to if part, at least, could not agree upon the terms on which we should siipp -it the bill. In these .'on citations iex ro-s --ed ail earnest de-lie •to .-'nipt my at, 11 a- t> protect the intere ,t of our S ate. I p!i l._ J icy-elf, In ca e the cau : s would agree upon rate- ot speripc d ilii - Jor iron, t 1 oppo.-e tile bill unless thev were adopted by the House, Some t >vo or three of thcai I believed f.,v red th - plan, but a large majority would agree to n fbiag. They wo Id stand by tiie tariff'of42 in all its details, agreeing t > 11 iaodili at ion vvliatcwr. !v, ell ! "colli, ' that Doctor l.e I s ■ d''Columbia, and Fro,".tad, de i. red tliey would lint vote for any change whatever, even if in the i.i w lb!! the duties ou iron and coal were allowed to stand, or rai-ed ab "li the r ties provided in the ai tof '42. Silcli in fact was the po.-ition of mauv in the delegation, 1 was pled r eu to a uiod'tication of ti-.cait of ! 42 ; yet was intensely anxious that our interests : hould not be put in jeopardy. 1 said and did all in my power to protect t!w-e latere-ts. I made no concealment or disguise what ever of my anxiety in this re-jie -t, and repeatedly declar ed to tiie friends of the bill, that ii I held its fate in my hands, it should not pass, until a m- re jast and lil>cra! protection was afforded to the interests of our State. 1 went so far as to set mil talk with Mr. Dallas, while the me i-uie wa-pending iu tiie Senate, and urged him. in ra-e lie -hould hold the late of the bill on hi- vote, to force its Iriends to a more libera! regard for oargreat intervt-. I did not w i-li the defeat of the bill— of this there was no danger- but to compel its friends so to cha'.ge it. as t make the interests of our State secure*. Indeed, so anx ious was ! to bring about this result, that 1 voted against c un urriug in a S< nate ameudiiient of trilling impmtam e. It i- because of thi- vote, that the Washington Cnii u and Pennsylvania!! have < bin gci! rue with a desire to defeat the Kill in the filial and trying hour of its fate. Tilt-charge is untrue—l gave the vote in tiie hope of forcing the Kill into a committee of conference, where 1 understood it would be open to general amendment, and thus affording one iino e eh ,n •• of so amending the bill as to secure the interests of our State. I am of tiie tirin belief, that ifsix Democrats from Fenn sylvania would have acted with me, intend of adhering immovably to the act of' 42, that our State would have obtained all that reasonably could have been asked, and her great iutcre-ts placed on a satisfactory and permanent basis, in the early stages of the bill, be,ore its friends had counted and marshaled their forces, we could, in my judgment, have-ccuicd adiquate specific duties. In thi -1 may be mistaken, but think 11 -t. it i- ceitaiu that we could have obtained tifly per cent, ad rain; em. Even in the latter staves of the bill, and when it- pa-s <ge was cer tain without any of our votes, so anxious were it • frit nd to secure Pennsylvania support (from party considera tions) that M'Kny. wlmhad theclnrcc oftlu hill as chair man ot tin- ( omiinttee ol \\ ay-ami .Means.< ttorc-d to tuove forty per cent, on iron if halt tiie Denioeiats from our State would then vote for the bill. It always seemed to me strange, when tiie passage of tin- bill was certain, that our men w > id not make sure of all tliev eouhl get. Thev however, were pledged to the tariff'of '42' and it •; ea-I cr to stand by their pledges, than to explain to their con stit 1 nt the reasons tor a departure from them, however good their reasons might h .ve licen. I was pledged to a modification o the act of 42. and after exhausting every effort to secure the intere-t - of our State, redeemed that pledge : declaring aj the time I did so, that ii the bill de pended on my vote, I would withhold it until a larger measure of justice was lneted out to our State. i have given a full and truthful history ot my action on tlie tariff in lx tu. and of the feelings and motives that iu tluencid inr conduct. The record will sustain this state ment, in ail matters where the record can speak. The Congressional <ilobe- -or rather Api-eneUx— for 1840 must be iti the State Library, and there you will find my speech upon this subject. The latter part of it relates to our own State interests. Von are of course at liberty to make such use of thi let ter as YOU please. There i- nothing iu it but what is true, and nothing that I ile-irc to keep from the public. 1 wish you would preserve this letter, or a copy of it. so that there cannot hcreatter be any dispute as to its contents. 1 hope it will satisfy all. that 1 aiu not now, and never was hostile to the interests of my native State. Very truly your, " I). WILMOT. llox. B. LAI-OKTE. BfeifTile trial of Mrs. Cunningham and John J. Eeckel, tlie supposed murderers of I>r. Burdell, has been set down for the (first monday) 4th of May. A panel of five hun dred Jurors was ordered by the Court of Oy er aud Terminer. BriT" Samuel W.Black of Pittsburgh, has got an office at last—Chief Justice of Nebraska Territory. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT. GENTLEMEN* SCHOOL DIRECTORS : Permit us once more to call your attention to the Con vention which meets on Monday next. Not ! for the purpose of urging the claims of any person for the office of County Superintendent, for sneli is furtherest from our purpose, but to awaken vour attention, and if possible excite ; your interest, in the incumbent up on von. We believe it is a settled fact, that • tliis office of County Superintendent is to re main at least until it has had a fair trial. It has also been so arranged by the Common School Department that the salary that officer receives does not affect the appropriation to the several school districts. This being the I case, every man should be willing that the utility of the office should be fairly tested.— Other considerations should lie merged in a general desire to so fill the office for the com ing three years, that if the officer can be of \ any benefit to the schools of the County, Lis usefulness may be shown. If we had any preference amongst the many very worthy persons we have heard named in connexion with the office, we should not indi ; eate it, because ours is a political journal, and it will be a sad day indeed when political pre judices are allowed to interfere with the cause of Common Schools. Wc trust that every thing like politics will be carefully and prompt ly avoided in the Convention, and the Direc tors be animated by the single desire to ascer tain who is best fitted to discharge the oner ous and highly responsible duties of the post. Anything like an attempt to make a partizan matter of the election, would produce a state iof tilings similar to such as have existed for the last two year-, and paralyze the efforts | and destroy the efficiency of the most capable officer. If, on the contrary, as we have no doubt will be the case, the action of the Con vention is such as to show clearly that the | only anxiety is to secure the services of the : most proper per.-on for the office, we believe ' that the people of the county will be willing to aid the efforts of the Superintendent, and though they may hold different opinions in re ! gard to the utility of the office itself, will be : desirous that it shall lie fairly and thorough ly test<d. We look upon the Convention of next Monday as of the greatest importance to the Common Schools and to the cause of Edu cation. It is the duty of every Director to be present, and it should be his care to exercise the prerogative then granted him with the , utmost care and judgment. Select the best man in the County for Superintendent—give him a liberal salary, that lie may devote all his time to the duties of his office—and in three years we can safely and correctly decide whether or not his efforts have advanced the j standard of our Common Schools. fc-j- The New York papers publish a tele graphic de-patch dated at llarrisburg, on Sat urday last, which says— I '"A new political combination has just been ! developed. The disappointed Democracy and the straightout Americans are uniting on Gov ernor Geary. A Committee has called upon : Geary, and he has agreed to necept their nom ination. Great excitement prevails among the politicians.'' We very much doubt if there be any truth in this statement. Gov GEARY we trust, has too much sense to cuter with any such arrange incut. NEW LICENSE LAW IN NEW YORK.— The Legislature of New \ ork has passed a uew j law for licensing the sale of intoxicating li i -piota. It creates a Board of Excise in each county, to grant licenses. No storekeeper li censed allowed to sell liquor to be drank on | the premises. No liquor to be sold to Minors, i or persons complained of as habitual drunkards. I No sales of liquors on Sunday, and cverv pe ; tition for license must be signed by at least ; twenty respectable frcehoJders. m II. L. SHAW of this place, has been ap pointed by the Post-Master General, route i agent on the Canandaigua and Ehuira R. R. ! Mr. SHAW is a graduate of T lie Reporter office, ; and therefore abundantly qualified to-discharge ! the duties of the post. fis-xT* The Hon. John G. Montgomery, Con gressman elect from Twelfth District, Penn sylvania, died Friday morning, at Danville, ' from National Hotel disease contracted dur ing the inauguration at Washington. F. B. Singleton, convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill, on the person ! of A. Slater, at Montrose, has been sentenced totwo years imprisonment in the Penitentiary. j fivjr- The bill separating the otlice of the Su j periuteudent of Common Schools from the of fice of Secretary of the Commonwealth has finally passed both Houses. NATHANIEL BANKS, father of the Hon. .P. Banks, Speaker of the last House, died at his residence in Waltham, Mass., on the 25th inst., i aged 74 years. Hon. A. G. L'urtin was bitten in the leg by ft dog one day lust week, in Philadel phia. He had the wound cauterized under the apprehension that the dog was mad. XTE£- ROBERT. J. WALKER is in New York city, indulging hi.-, ease and drawing his salary as " Governor of Kansas." 4C?" THE original wampum belt presented by the Indian} chiefs to William Peuu, jhas been presented to the Pennsylvania Historical Socie ty bv Mr. Granville J Peuu W AGON ROARS ro THE PACIFIC.— The roads to California, the pioneers of the I' u cific railroads, will be built under the super vision of Commissioners, at a salary of $3 onii per annum. The southern road proceeds from Memphis, Tenn., through southern Arkansas to EI-Paso, Texas, thence through the Ga<b den purchase to the mouth of the Gila thence" to San Diego on the coast. The work nnon this route will be placed under the superinte., deuce of Maj. PEN. MCCVLLOH, renowned H the border wars. Tlic northern route from Fort Kearney, in Nebraska, will be confided J the direction of Mnj. NOBLES, who discovered the pass through the Iloeky Mountains which bears Ins name. It will run, savs the 'corre pondent of the N. V. Courier and j; IWuircr through the South Pass, thence to Honey 1 -ike nearly at the base of the Sierra Nevada aud and will cross the mountains near the source of American Fork of the Sacramento A branch of this northern road will be construe ted from Fort Ridgley, in Minesota, to the South Pass, the surveys for which have alreadv been commenced by Maj NOBLES. The a.,' propriations for the three roads amount to $<150,000 which of course will be insufficient for taeir completion. The cost of each princi pal road will no doubt exceed a million of dol lars to place it in tolerable traveling order and a large sum will be required for annual re pairs. Working parties immediately organiz.-.j under the charge of the Commissioners ' Engineer, Surveyor, and Chief Clerk, wilfl,,. designated for each expedition. It is the de sign that each of these officials shall act as a cheek upon the other in the disbursements necessary in the progress of the work. The boiler of the propeller 1-annv G in ner, ('apt . 111 rd, exploded on Saturday, when near Weston, on the Delaware and liaritau Canal, killing instantly Capt. Bird and James Ml Mann, Michael Nugent, Patrick Comfort and John Thoruhill, deck hands. \ \f Black, a passenger, of Princeton ; James F Barret, the engineer, and W. M McElvarv I fireman, weie injured past recovery. The pi | lot and steward alone escaped with tiflin- I hurt. The boat was torn into fragments. '1 iie value of the vessel and cargo was estima ted at $150,000. W. 11. Hutter Esq. the editor of tlie Easton Argus, has Ijeen appointed Post Mas ter at Easton, Pa. SA&A&AA&A At the bride's faV*"s. .v fhc morning of f!.e 1-th l.vtl-e Hr-v. j. <;. Khlom. isiwisox i . poiTKi: JERI'SHa I'Ln.M.ITTLE, all of unveil. On the loth in t.. V.v C W. Urvnnld-, Ks. ( . Mr. HERVOX BltKitjS t Miss MARTHA' A. MI"UK IV, all uf Pike. risr*. In 1 -in -.r^uir!>. ou Sunday. 2<ith imrtant.LOHlX *H iW aged tin v. i>. At Merryall April 20th, Mrs. POLLY LEWIS, g(d CI i year- i.iul :• months. Mrs. Lev parents wore from BtookfieM. Fairfield co. Conn. Tl.-y uy-rej to Strven-vi'lo, oa the Wialusiap, eight m l, - above its month, where she was born Xnvem ber 2.!. IT'.i:; the same year that her parent.*arrived. It m.iy he w ..thy of remark, that there were then tionaul no carri i-.'c-, and few iw-asts of burden. Hence the good, were conveyed in a canoe tip the creik, atnl In rrason of - -me oh-d met ions this vessel wasuji-et uidtlieg-cdssub. tner; < ds. The obi family Bible was oarofc.lly dried. and the leaves -tun.,thed with a smoothing iron, !y the [ ions old grandfather. It i- fitting when such a rcli t of pioneer life depart*, t i tnn.se a moment on the labors of that time when U'ilk,.- Barre was the county seat, and the nearest grist mill was there also, and the day h ••>! in the i-g- if,el I, • ,-c tite be-t teachers labored f,r six dollars a month sad lr>nrded t!ietii-c!\ s. In such nan >ty ..f privileges, with out the ehcr-h or sabbath -ch iol. and with otily an inva - iotial discourse from an it,! , rat,t. it world of cocrw If expected that the youth would gain bat a very lii..ud s, In lastic training. With onr present fa, ilifie.-. through the pies progress , f improvement. we v. ~;:der how 0,.r fat!: -r- a:.: grandfathers obtained -o much of the suh-tantial d t I valuable in e 1 nation. despite their meagre oj portrnitit- I With the Bible and psalm 1 k. and with some ,!d v.-', ! times of sermorss anu meili iirs. ;>nd with teaching tr-n. ! Heaven, she came to a womanhood of more than ordinary | usefulufrs. e-tei m and love. (Art inter- -* r.g iii-t : fact, in tli'.s connexion, is, that one of the itinerant- i that period was Lev. Mr. l>ay. the fathr of Uiui that was President of Yale College.) December 3, 1-12. she was married by the Rev. Miner York to .1 u -tiis Lewis, by whom -lie had eleven chi dreo, | three of whom went before, and eight survive torn -ru j tier loss. As a wife and mother -he took the tir-t pla e. and tod in the lir-t rank, as all her a - piniutarf e-ab:a:- d intly testify. Her skill in ihe-e ret ,b n- aptly s to our minds the words of inspiration descriptive < i the virtuous woman :—" She openeth her uio: th w tii lir and in tier tongue is (he law of kind: -he l.mkctli well to the ways of 1 er household. and cateth not tl.t bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call herb.' --- ed : !:er husband, and he prnisrth her Man" daughters have done \ irtuously ; but thou e.xcellest t iiem alb tive her of the fruit of her hands, aud let her own works prai.-c her in the gates " —or the j.laces of public concourse. was emphatically governed by the •• law of k.i due—. Her indu.-trr and disinterestedness, iur t'hr.-' au nr.-, fisbaiess i Mvtinued to the ti.-f moment of her lite. Kie was ever careful and thoughtful <' < flu r. tin a;, h *<:■■ gent of self and personal comfort Thus t-rr piety homely and quiet, rathorthan 0.-tentat •art ■ 1 1: - u In April, 1-4-1, she united with the Presnctcrian cbwth of Wyukising, th.e.i i.ml"r the can-of Bev.B. F>Colt,i* company with her husband, daughter and two sons, h this relation she was a sister beloved by all the clnir, An example in benevolence and charity, ber zcitb r.i.il and self-sacrifice even, were known only in their < x tent to tier most intimate and confidential (r.cnd-. * were strongly manifested iu her la.-t >u kce-s. ctea t... death. Her death was after a protracted period of suffering.'. * prostration which she endured with exemplary f 311 "- '* will resignation. She had partially re covered. and *-* v comparatively comfortable and thought out of danger, until six days before her decease, when she by a ni-gi \ ■ lent attack relapsed, and suffered much, until the p 1 ,v( • of nature failed, and she peacefully and quietly. w,.h ■■ a groan, with Ler children gather d aromul her, sle; t a Jesus. •• Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord lier last general remark was, tli.it -lie had nothine 1 to say to any of her numerous relatives gathered a ■ ■ her death bed. This was dying as she had lived. 1 •• ' aequaintances tliis spoke volumes, for it refer:en to - 1 -- past life as an illustration of her sentiment hour. The bible was pre eminently her c-mjpan: m a-" text book during like and e-pecially on tae Sd 11 ■■ To this fact may be attributed her |H,er aud the lU of her reputation iiiitarui-hed bv the tongue of < a," ll ' • malice and spleen. Happy VUev who die likewi-i the survivors imitate herexeelleuc.es. • O.ht • T)l u the death of the riglvteous, au-J let my last tad b • , l-t ---hers. . jWVfJ" BRADFORD COUNTY BIB! E SODIETr^- aJST Me. V, n.i.i %m Wku.ks i- now engaged as I . ■ butor and Collecting Agent ot the Br.ullord t ouiitj f Society, aud the active eo-operation ot all the i ' , ( j the itil.le, and especially of alt the Miui-U'isol t < • I among us, is earnestly solicited in his bebalt to . rying on the important wank of supp.ymgour limilies with a copy of Cor. Sec. _ BiLPI BRA1X)BD CO. AOBICULTI-R.lI WMf TY—A meeting of the Board ot Ja .- ■ ~t the Bradford Coimtv Agricultural Societv will U the office of \Y. C. tmgart in I:he -H -r" of Monday. May 4. at 10 o clock, A. M. tor the >i rp f appointing an Executive Committee, and traua e imporuntbusincof the >' u?; chjirmal i.
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