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. 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 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 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. ou Sunday. 2. 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.