(NE DOLLAR PER ANNUM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOWAJSTDA. : (Elptrshflt} morning, ftlan 28, 1837. Jstltdtb Ipottrn. ROBIN'S COME. BY WM. COLDWELL. From the din-tree's topmost bough, Hark ! the robiu's early song, Telling, one and all, that now Merry spring-time hastes along ; Welcome tidings thou dost bring. Litttle harbinger of spring ! Robin's come. Of the winter we are weary. Weary of its frost and snow. Longing for the sunshine cheery, And the brooklet's gurgling flow ; Gladly when we hear thee sing The reveille of the spring! Robin's come. Ring it out o'er hill and plain, Through the garden's lonely bowers, Till the green leaves dance again. Till the air is sweet with flowers ; Wake the cowslip by the rill, Wake the yellow daffodil, Robiu's come. Then, as thou wert wont of yore, Build thy nest and rear thy young, Close beside our cottage door, lu the woodbine leaves among ; Hurt or harm thou necdst not fear ; Nothing rude shall venture ueur, Robin's come. Swinging still o'er yonder lane, Robin answers merrily, Ravished by the sweet refrain, ALICE claps her hands iu glee ; Shouting from the open door, With her clear voice o'er aud o'er, "Robin'scome!" HI is r 1 11 ;nt ton s. BENEDICT ARNOLD'S TREASON. A REMINISCENCE OF GEN. WASHINGTON. In collection of a portion of the private let ters and correspondence of Washington recent lv published under the editorship of Mr. Rich ard Rush, we have found the subjoined very interesting opinion of Washington upon Ar nold's treason. It was spoken by the General during an after-dinner conversation, at the resi dence of Col. Tobias Lear, while at Mount Ver non, who recorded it in his diary, and from which Mr. Rush obtained it. Gen. Washing ton remarked : I confess I had a good opinion of Arnold be fore bis treachery was brought to light ; had that not been the case, 1 should have some reason to suspect him sooner, for when he com manded iu Philadelphia, the Marquis Layfette brought accounts from France of the armament which was to be scut to co-operate with us iu the ensuing campaign. Soon after this was known, Arnold pretended to have some private business to transact in Connecticut, and on bis way there called at my quurters ; and in the course of conversation expressed a desire of quit ting Philadelphia and joining the army the en suing campaign. I told him that it was prob able we should have a very active one, and that if his wound and state of health would permit, 1 should be extremely glad of his ser vices with the army. He replied that he did not think his wound would permit him to take a very active part ; but still he persisted in his desire of being with the army. He went on to Connecticut, and on his return called again upon me. lie renewed his request of being with ine the next campaign, and I made him the same answer I had done before. He again repeated that he did not think his wound would permit him to do active duty, and intimated a desire to have the command at West Point.— 1 told him I did not think that would suit him, as 1 should leave none in the garrison but in valids, because it would be entirely covered by the main army. The subject was dropped at 'hat thne, and he returned to Philadelphia. It then appeared somewhat strange to uie that a man of Arnold's known activity and enterprise should be desirous of taking so inactive part.— I. however, thought no more of the matter.— When the French troops arrived at Rhode Island I had intelligence from New York that General Clinton intended to make an attack upon them before they could get themselves settled and fortified. In consequence of that, 1 was determined to attack New York, which would lie left much exposed by bis drawing off the British troops ; and accordingly formed my line of battle, and moved down with the whole army to King's ferry, which we passed. Arnold came to camp at that time,and having no command, and consequently no quarters (all the houses thereabouts being occupied by the armv,) he was obliged to seek lodgings at some distance from the camp. While the army was crossing at King's ferry, I was going to see the la-d detachment over and met Arnold, *ho asked me if I had thought of anything for him. I told him that he was to have com mand of the light troops, which was a post of honor, and which his rank indeed entitled him to. Upon this information his countenauce changed, and he ap]>eared to be quite fallen ; ami instead of thanking mo, or expressing any pleasure at the appoiutiuent, never opened his mouth. I desired him to go on to my quar ters and get something to refresh himself, and i would meet him there scon. lie did so.— Fpon his arrival there, he found Tilghman, whom he took a-one-side, and mentioning what I had told him, seemed to express great uneasi ness at it—as his leg he said, would not per mit him to be long on horseback ; and intimat ed a great desire" to have the command at West Point. When I returned to my quarters, Col. Tilghman informed me of what had pass ed- I made no reply to it —but his behavior rirnck me as strange and unaccountable. In ihe course of that night, however, I received I information from New York that Gen. Clinton THE BRADFORD REPORTER. had altered his plan and was debarking his troops. This information obliged me likewise to alter my disposition and return to my for mer station, where I could better cover the country. I then determined to comply with Arnold's desire, and accordingly crave him the command of the garrison at West Point.— Things remained in this situation about a fort night, when I wrote to the Count Rochambeau desiring to meet liirn at some intermediate place (as we could neither of us be long enough from our respective commands to visit each other,) in order to lay the plan for the seige of \orktown, and proposed Hartford, where I accordingly went and met the Count. On my returu I met the Chevalier Luzerne to wards evening within about 15 miles of West Point (to join the Count at Rhode Island,) which I intended to reach that night, but he insisted upon turning back with me to the next public house ; where, in politeness to him, I could not but stay all night, determining, however, to get to West Point to breakfast very early. I sent off my baggage, and desir ed Col. Hamilton to go forward and inform General Arnold that I would breakfast with him. Soon after he arrived at Arnold's quar ters, a letter was delivered to Arnold which threw him into greatest confusion. He told Colonel Hamilton that something required his immediate attendance at the garrison, which was on the opposite side of the river to his quarters, and immediately ordered a horse to take him to the river, and the barge, which he kept to cross, to be ready, aud desired Major Franks, his Aid, to inform me when I should i arrive that he was gone over the river and I would return immediately. When I got to ■ ! his quurters and did not find him there, I Je- j j sired Major Franks to order some breakfast ; and as I intended to visit the fortifications, I i would see general Arnold there. After I had , breakfasted I went over the river, and inquir ing for Arnold, the commanding officer told me that he had not been there. I likewise in quired at the several redoubts, but no one could give me any information where he was. The impropriety of his conduct when he knew I was to be there struck me forcibly, and my tniud misgave me ; but I bad not the least idea of the real cause. When I returned to Ar nold's quarters, two hours after and told Col. Hamilton that I had not seen him, he gave me a packet which had just arrived for me from Colonel Jemmison, which immediately brought the matter to light. I ordered Colonel Ham ilton to mount his horse and proceed with the greatest dispatch to a post on the river about eight miles below, in order to stop the barge if she had not passed ; but it was too late. It seems that the letter which Arnold received which threw him in such confusion, was from j Col. Jemmison, informing him that Andre was taken, aud that the papers found on him were in his possession. Col. Jemmison, when Andre was taken with these papers, could not believe that Arnold was a traitor, but rather . thought it was an imposition of the British, in ; order to destroy our confidence in Arnold.— e, however, immediately on their being taken, dispatched an express after me, ordering him to ride uight and day till he came up with me. The express went the lower road by which i had gone to Connectitut, expecting that 1 would return by the same route, and that he would meet me ; but before he had proceeded far he was informed that 1 was returning by the upper road. He then cut across the coun try and followed in my track till 1 arrived at . West Point. He arrived about two hours af- . ter and brought the above packet. When Arnold got down to the barge he ordered his j men. who were very clever fellows, and some of the better sort of soldiery, to proceed im- ' mediately on board of the Vulture sloop-of war, as a Hag, which was lying down the river, saying that they must return in a a short time to meet me, and promised them two gallons of i rum if they would exert themselves. They did accordingly ; but wbeu they got on board the ; Vulture, instead of their two gallons of rum, ! he ordered the coaxswaiu to be called down j into the cabin, and informed him that he and ; men must consider themselves as prisoners.— I The coxswain was very much astonished, and 1 told him that they came on board under the ; sanction of a Hag. Ho answered that that . was nothing to the purpose —they were prison- j ers. But the captain of the Vulture had more j generosity than this pitiful scoundrel, and told j the coxswain that he would take his parole for i goiug on shore to get clothes, and what ever j else was wanted for himself and his compan-1 ions. He accordingly came, got his clothes, ; and returned on board. When the got to ' New York, General Clinton, ashamed of so ! low anil wean an action, set them all at liber- ! *y- _ DOING GOOD TO OTHERS. —Here is a pretty storv of a little girl. Perhaps you have read it before, but it will do you good to read it again : "A mother who was in the habit of asking what they had done during the day to make others happy, found a young twin-daughter silent. The elder one spake modestly of deeds and dispositions founded on the golden rule.— "Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you." Still the little bright face was bowed down in silence. The question was re peated, and the dear little girl said timidly : "A little girl sat by me on the bench at school had lost a little baby brother. All the time she studied her lesson she hid her face in her book and cried. I felt so sorry that I laid my face on the same book, aud cried with her. Then she looked up and put her arms around my neck, but I do not know why she said I had dooe her so much good." " What do you know of the defend ant, Mr. Thomjson ? do you consider him a good musician ?" "On that point I wish to swear with great care. I don't wish to insin uate that Mr. Van Slops is not a good musi cian. Not at all. All I I wish to say is this : The day after he commenced playing the clar inet, a saw-filer, who lived next door, left home and has never since been beard from." "That will do, Mr Thompson. Call the next wit ness. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH. " RE&ARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." Burglars in the Partington Mansion. The conversation turned upon various bur glaries that had been committed in the town, and Mrs. Partington gave it as her opinion that any one who would burglariously break into a house would be mean enough to steal, particularly if he took anything. This opinion was given without any hesitation aud the lis teners admitted that they thought so too.— The old dame was standing with her snuff box in her left hand aud her right fore linger rais ed, preparatory to making some new remark, when a door was heard to slam violently in the attic. " What can that be ?" said one listening attentively with eyes and ears wide open. "It must be the cat," replied Mrs. Partington calmly. "I am not infected with fear of bunglers. Blessed is he that lias noth ing, for it can't be taken away from him."— A noise of a stealthy step on the attic stairs j was heard a moment after. " What's that ?" | was asked by one of the most timid. " Don't ; be decomposed," said Mrs. Partington, "it | may be a breath of air, but we will go and ! see what it is." She was always very reso lute, and never heard a sound in the house j that she did not ascertain at once what caus !ed it. The daiue aud her guests opened the door, and proceeded to the attic, but there j was no evidence of disarrangement there ; they 1 then proceeded through all the rooms to the | cellar, with the same result. They stopped a i moment to listen, when they heard the door of of a closet in the room above gently closed.— ! There were numerous garments hung in this j closet, and among the rest the black bornba j zine dress that had mourned for forty years i the loss of Paul. Cautiously moving towards the spot, they opened the door. Everything hung iu its position. There were the dress and sundry flannel garments that we forgot the name of, and Ike's Sunday jacket, and lots of other things. They were just about turn ing their attention to a search in other quar ters, when the timid one cried out, " There is the bugler !*' And sure enough there from beneath the bombazine dress protruded a pair of legs encased iu blue woollen stockings and terminating with a pair of thick brogans.—- " Who are you, aud what do vou want ?"said Mrs. P artington in a tone denot'ng great strength of mind and some lungs. There was no answer to the question, though a spasmodic movement iu one of the blue stockings denot ed consciousness. " What do you want here !" she repeated, a little tremulously, as if she were slightly " infected "do you come here to rob us in our beds and murder our proprie ty ?" She probably meant " murder us in our beds and rob us of our property," but she evi dently was confused. The blue yarn stockings still maintained their position. "If you don't come out I'll call in a policeman and have yon shut uji in solitary confinement." The stock ings moved, and now a chink opened among the pendant garments, through which protrud ed a face glowing with mirth and mischief, and a laugh rich end unctuous with boyish glee broke the silence. " Why, Isaac !'* said the good dame, " how conld you do so ? I have a great mind to punish you severally for your naughty conduct." But Ike aud the blue stockings passed out of the door, aud au ger passed from the memory of Mrs Parting ton. But Miss Prow, who had gone past the period when chance for matrimony had become a sort of dead reckoning, said to Mrs. Spry, another of the party, that if that boy was her'n she guessed he'd have to take something. THE WATERS OF THE NILE. —The Nile water is particularly soft. It fills the mouth with a rich, creamy taste ; and in drinking it, in or der to enjoy it, it is well to spread it over eve ry part of the palate. It should be drank, uot to quench thirst, but to create high plea sure. It should not, therefore, be swallowed in large draughts at a time, but taken at short iutervals, every other hour or so. In the house the water-jar —the admirable Egyptian water-jar, which is so much more porous than the Indian jar—should be at hand by day and by night continually. The passion for Nile water, like the love of everything that is in tensely exquisite iu its way, increases with its eujoyineut. No one who has once or twice tasted Nile water, and has a capacity for pica sure, will ever after consent to drink of it poi soned with the infusion of any other liquid.— Jealous of its own honor, it appears to be the most averse of all waters to join in harnionv with wine. Indeed, mixed with wine it is a most nauseous compound. In the hotels, the water undergoes filtration. In the cottages through the country, it is kept in large ves sels, which allow the sediment to fall to the bottom. The small clay jars, in which it is placed before you in the hotels, are very grace ful in form, and finely adapted to keep the li quid cool.— Brace's Scenes and Sights in the. East. LOVE. —A comman complaint of the heart, growing out of an ordinary longing after some thing difficult to obtain. It attacks persons of both sexes, generally between the ages of fif teen and forty ; some have been knowu to have it at fifty. Symptoms —Absence of mind ; calling tears nectar, and sighs zephyrs, a fondness for poe try and, music, gazing on the moon and stars, loss of appetite, neglect of business, a loathing for all things save one, blood.shot eyes, and a constant desire to sigh. Effects —A strong heart burn, pulse high, stupidity, eloquent eyes, sleeplessness, and ad sorts of things. At "times imagination bright —bowers of roses —wiuged Cupids—aud but tered peas ; and then again grim ocean's des pair, racks, torments and pistols. Cure —Get married immediately. A witty lawyer jocosely asked a board ing house keeper in the Recorder's Court the following question : " Mr. Smith, if a man was to give you a hundred dollars to keep for him, and he dies what would you do ? Would you pray for him ?" "No sir : I woaid pray for another like him ?" GOING WEST !—Yes, of course, everybody is going West ! We look at no newspaper now adays, but the columns are overrun with ac counts of this migration. We clipped from the Cincinnati Gazette, of Tuesday, a notice of the numbers going West through and from that city, but we have mislaid it. The account was, however, startling. One county in Ohio, Belmont, we think actually shows the depopu lation. We could add similar items in refer ence to this State. A steamer left our land ing yesterday, with a large company of leading active men of the first respectabiitv, from one county, (Perry,) in this State. They repre sent a large sum of money which is to be drawn from circulation here, and invested in Nebras ka, somewhere about Omaha. We were told by a manufacturer iu Massillon, a short time since, that he had found it necessary to doub le the wages paid, in order to keep anybody to do bis labor. With difficulty he suc ceeded even then. They will go West. So it goes. Now, in what we have to say, we shall be deemed a sort of Cassandra, a prophet of evil, uo doubt: but we think we see tokens of a grand smash approaching in the speculation new raging in the West. If these people were going out upon new lands to till them, to raise crops and add to the substantial value of the national wealth, it would be a far different case from the present : Everybody is raking to gether their cash, more or less to speculate with. Everybody is crazy. We read in the money article of the St. Paul Times about a week since, that raony Bad commanded as high as 12 per cent., a month in that place, and in one instance which had fatten under the notice, of the editor 15 per cent ! How long can such a state of things continue ? Yon will hear every body saying now, that they have no doubt about a final explosion, but "after me—l will get ready for it aud leave my successors to stand from under."— Men doing a sound and healthy business in this city and in the East, are already scenting the breeze ; we know of some who refuse to fill or ders for houses in the West, which have em barked all the money they can spare in lots cities and towns, and we refer to wait a little and sell to sane men, rather than risk their property in the hands of men paying cent per cent, aud more even for money to speculate I upon. Going West. Well that is all right, but go young man and know that you are a son of Adam and you must pay the penalty—you must work. There can be no shirking.—Fitts burg Gazette. MONEY AND MIND. —Of five hundred and fifty-one lunatics in Great Britain, there are five hundred and five whose aggregate annual income is near twelve hundred thousand dol lars each. In connection with this fact we may state that of a given number of lunatics in Massa chusetts, three-fourths were of parents, one or both of whom drank liquor largely. Extremes meet. The rich, who revel in luxury and ease, and the poor, who riot in rum, furnish the children for the mad-house ; thus giving us the strongest reason to infer, that if our race is perpetuated in physical vigor and mental po wer, it must be done, in the parents, by the practice of temperance and industry : temper ance in the indulgence of all the appetites of our nature, and industry in the prosecution of our callings, whatever those callings may be —giving the preference alwajs to out-door activities. No man was made to be a loafer ; no man was made to be a beast. And lie who violates nature in either case, is working out for himself or his children, if uot for both, a certain and miserable end. CATCHING SUCKERS. —Some time ago there lived in Vermont a queer ohl man named Mil ler. He had lost part of his palate aud was a rare specimen. He owned a mill, the water of which was brought for some distance through a wooden flume. One morning an apprentice informed him that the flume was full of suckers. Miller posted himself at its mouth, placing a larire basket to catch the suckers in, while the boy went to the other end to hoist the gate— There was a rush of many waters, carrying Miller, basket, and all over the overshot wheel, fnil thirty feet below. All dripping, he scrambled out, sputtering,—" You may think I'm an idiot, but I ain't such a d d fool tlmt I can't see through that joke ?" A JUDICIAL WAG. —They have a Judge in the Blue Ilidgc circuit, Georgia, named Brown, who not only administers justice in a dignified and impartial manner, but is likewise a bit of a wag in his way, as witness the following manner in which he " done brown juror; While hearing a case, recently, the attor ney stated, iu his plea, that he believed one of the jurors was intoxicated. The Judge, ad dressing the man alluded to, said, " Sir, are you drunk''." The juror, straightening himself up, in a bold, half defient tone, said, " .Yu sir ce bob " Well," said the Judge, " I fine you five dollars for the " ree\ and ten for the " bob !" The juror " wilted." YOUTHFUL PRECOCITY. —The following inci dent, coming direct from one of the dramatis persona may be relied upou as as a fact. The Rev, Mr. W , ft Clergyman of a neigh boring town, being recently absent from home on business, his little son, a lad of four years, calmly folding his hands and asked the bless ing usually pronounced by bis father at their morning meal. At noon, being asked to pro nounce the blessing, he replied, with a grave face. " No, I don't like the looks of them taters." S3f Through some mistako a gentleman in the south of Ireland, led off a dance, at a country ball, out of bis turn. The persou ap pointed to the post of honor challenged the intruder, and receive the following reply : " Sir I cannot understand why, because I open a ball at night, a ball should open me in the morning.'' A VAPOR BATH IN FINLAND. —Bayard Tay lor, iu his travels in the North, gives the fol lowing description of a vapor bath in Finland: Mr. Wolley proposed to us another luxury, iu the shape of u vapor-bath, as Ilerr FoV strom had one of those bathing houses which are universal in Finland. It was a little wood eu building without windows. A Finnish ser vant girl, who had been for some time engag ed in getting it iu reaoiness, opened the door for us. The interior was very hot and moist, like an Oriental bathing hail. In the centre was a pile of hot stones, covered with birch boughs, the leaves of which gave out an agree able smell, and a large tub of water. The floor was strewn with straw, and under the roof was a platform extending across one end of the building. This was covered with soft hay, aud reached by means of a ladder, for the purpose of getting the full effect of the steam. Some stools and u bench lur our clothes completed the arrangements. There was also iu one corner a pitcher of water, standing in a little heap of suow, to keep it cool. The servant girl came* in after us, and Mr. W. quietly proceeded to undress, informing us that the girl was bathing-master, and would do the usual scrubbing and shampooniug.— This, it seems, is the general practice in Fin land, and is but another example of the unem barrassed habits of the people in this part of the world. The poorer families go into their bathing-rooms together—father, mother, and children—and tuke turns in polishing each other's backs. It would have been ridiculous to have shown any hesitation under the cir cumstances—iu fact, an indignity to the hon est, simple hearted, virtuous girl—and so we deliberately undressed also. When at iast we stood, like our first parents in Paradise, " na ked and uot ashamed," she handed us bunches of birch twigs with the leaves on, the use of which was suggested by the leaf of scripture. We mounted on the platform and lay dowu upon our backs, whereupon she increased the temperature by throwing water upon the hot stones, until the heat was rather oppressive, and we begau to sweat profusely. She took up a bunch of birch twigs which had been dipped in hot water, aud switched us smartly i from head to foot. When we had become thoroughly par-boil ed and lax, we descended to the floor, seated ourselves upon the stools, aud were scrubbed with soap as thoroughly us propriety permit ted. The girl was an admirable bather, the result of long practice iu the business. She finished by pouring hot water over ns, and then drying us with warm towels. The Finns frequently go out and roll in the suow during the process of the bath. I ventured so far as to go out aud stand a few seconds iu the open air. The mercury was at zero, aud the effect of the cold on mv heated skin was delightful ly refreshing. GEN. HOUSTON'S PRESCRIPTION TO A " BORE." —Among the guests at the St. Nicholas llu tel, New York, recently, was General Sam. Houston, of Texas. Gen. Houston is, as all his acquaintances well know, fond of mirth aud fun, and iu short is what Doestieks would cull a P. 8.. perfect brick. The General, however, entertains an intense hatred for that species of human beings call ed " bores." One of these gentry, a good na tured but soft headed chap, a regular button holder, cornered him at his hotel. He hud managed to be introduced to him by a gentle man the day previous. " General," said the bore, after he had both ered Mr. Houston out of all patience, " 1 wish you could do me one favor. A man of your eminence is so competent." " Well, what is it ?" inquired Mr. Houston, rather curtly. " Well, you see, Mr. Houston, you are such an eminent man, such a—" " Never mind that, what do you want to know ?" " Excuse me, but a person of your abilities and distinction must be aware " " I am somewhat in haste," interrupted the badgered Senator ; " pray come to the point at once." " Well then, give me the secret of your suc cess iu life—how you rose in position as you have done." " Oh ! but that wouldn't benefit you any I can tell you how you can rise in the world if you wish " " That's just it," was the reply ; " just what I was trying to get at." " Well, sir, I'll tell you. Undertake to ap proach a sore-headed bull with a red scarf on your neck. I'll guarantee your upward pro gress immediately on the completion of the ex periment." The button-holder collapsed, shoved his hat on his head, and walked sorrowfully away, while a cluster of gentlemen near by, who had overheard the conversation, fairly screamed with laughter. A KNOCK-DOWN ARGUMENT.—A boy was caught iu the act of stealing dried berries in front of a store the other day, and was locked up in a dark closet by the grocer. He com menced begging most pathetically to be re leased, aud, after using all the peusuasion that his young imagination conld invent, propo sed, " Now, if you'll let me out and send for my daddy, he'll pay you for the berries and lick me besides ?" The appeal was too much for the grocery man to stand out against. jgrA woman in Ohio, put her baby into the washing tub, aud its dirty frock and pet ticoat into the cradle aud set her little boy to rock it. She did not discover her mistake until the baby cried, when she pinned its left leg to the line, as she bung it ont in the yard to dry. frgg- An Irish lieutenant stationed abroad, being informed by letter that his widowed mother had married a second time expressed his alarm about his right of primogeniture, by hoping that " the wouldn't have a