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.
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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.