Gen. Packer's Declination.
T;;:n,Y or nit: CHAIRMAN* OF TIIF. COMMITTER.
Pmi.ADICI.rniA, Jul/zoth, 1857.
Hon. WM. F. PACKER :
Dear Sir:— 1 liuve laid before the State j
Committee the letter signed 1). Wilinot, dated
the 14th instant, and am authorized to say to
you that in the opiniou of tfie Committee you
ought not to accede to the proposition it con
tains. The reasons for this opinion I wiil pro- i
eeed briefly to state : i
The slavery question, which Is probabloyour
opponent proposes to discuss, has very recent- •
ly been thoroughly considered and passed upon !
by the people of the Commonwealth. The ;
late Presidential canvass involved the whole !
subject so far as it was proper for considera
tion by our people, and we can perceive no
utility iu its re discussion at this time ; nor
any other good reason for re-opening debate
upon it. The position of our party is will un
derstood and requires no vindication, at least
by any extraordinary proceeding like that pro
posed.
A joint canvass by candidates for the Gub
ernatorial office has never been conducted in
this State, nor, I believe, in any other North
ern one, and may well be questioned on grounds
of public policy. If the practice be once adop
ted, it will doubtless continue, and party nom
inations be uniformly made with reference to
it. No party will venture to select a candidate
for this office who is not qualified for the stump j
and aptitude for debate will hence come to be ;
prefered to administrative ability. In short,the !
result will bo to confine nominations to the
class of talkers, and to exclude all others. A
rule of party action which would prevent such
mcu as Benjamin Franklin, Simon Snyder and i
Francis R. Shank from filling the Executive
chair of this State, must be a bad one, and to
be denounced rather that adopted.
We believe there is a considerable public
opinion against the propriety of the Executive
Candidates appearing at all before popular
meetings to solicit votes. This was first prac
ticed by Wm. F. Johnson, in 1848, and has
been to some extent followed by Candidates
since. The good results of it are not obvious.
It did not originate with the Democratic party
nor lias it ever received any formal, popnkr or
party sanction. It may therefore be consider d
au open question in future practice,, and at all
events, as forming no part of the duty of a
candidate imposed upon him bv his nomination.
While your opponent holds the office of
President Judge, there is a special objection
to the acceptance of his project. The propri
ety of law judges taking part in political meet
ing is denied by our party and is opposed by
sound public opinion. By no act whatever
ought we to sanction, or become participants
in a prostitution of the judicial character. Nor
will a resignation now made altogether re
move this objection. Your opponent lias inten
tionally held his office until within 3 months of
the election, (rendering it impossible to elect n
s ieccssor the present year,! and if a resigna
tion should not take place, it would obviously
be with the intention of resuming the office af
ter a defeat for the post to which lie aspired.
The proposed mode of conducting campaigns
may possibly be suited to some of the South
ern ami South-western States, where it has bcet>
practiced, and where population and political
conditions differ from ours ; but its introduc
tion here would be against solid objections,and
without any conceivable good. It is therefore,
a proposed " Southern aggression" upon the
practices and politics of parties in Pennsyl
vania, which cannot be at all accepted or per
mitted.
It is well that the question has arisen when
we have a candidate capable and lit for any
discussion before the people, and when the de
cision can be placed, without embarrassment,
upon public grounds which control it.
I am, ver\ respectfully, your obedient servant.
C. R. BUCK A LEW, Chairman.
A farther siiji'einent to "An Art relating to co lntics and
townships, and county and township officers." Ap
proved A(iril 'it, 1837.
5. In proceedings to erect a new township
out of parts of two or more townships in this
commonwealth, it shall be the duty of the
court of quarter sessions of the proper county,
when a return has been made, by commission
ers appointed under the provisions of the aet
to which this is a supplement, favorable to the
erection of a new township, to order a vote
of the qualified electors of the township from
which the largest number of taxables to be
embraced in the proposed new township is to
taken, and also of the qualified electors out
side of such township, residing within the
bounds of the proposed new township, to be
taken on question of the erection of a new
township.
• f>. It shall be the duty of the said court,
upon the return being made to them as afore
said, to fix a day certain upon which the elec
tion officers of the township from which the
largest number of taxables to be embraced in
the proposed township is to betaken, at which
the qualified electors residing within the boun
daries named in the first section of this act may
vote, shall hold an election at the place fixed
by law for holding township elections in said
township, and be governed therein by the sev
eral laws of this commonwealth relating to
to township elections ; and it shall be the du
ty ot the constable of said township, or if there
be no constable, then one of the supervisors or
road masters, to give at least fifteen days no
tice cf the time and place of holding said elec
tion, by posting not less than six written or
printed handbills in the most public places in
each of the townships which are to be divided
by the formation of the proposed new towu-hip.
T. The ballots to be deposited by the elec
tors, shall have written or printed 011 the out
side thereof, the words "new township," and
on the inside, the words, "for a new town
ship'' or "against a new township."
8. It shall be the duty of the officers of
said election, after the polls have been closed
agreeably to law, to count the ballots and cer
tify within five days thereafter, the number of
votes for and against a new township, to the
clerk of the court of quarter sessions of the
proper county ; who shall, after filling the re
turns in his office, lay the same before the said
court at the next session ; and if it shall ap
pear that that a majority of the votes so taken
are "for a new township," the said court shall
thereupon order and decree a new township
agreeably to the lines marked out and return
ed by the commissioners ; but if a majority of
the votes have been given "against a new
township," no further action shall be had upon
said proceedings.
feu?" The Berks Con nty Cress of 3d inst sa jrs:
We give in to-day's Press the proceedings in
detail of the American and Republican Comi
ty Meeting. Tt teas the largest ever assembled
at Reading, and its action of such a character
as will effect the onward progress of the
S iamocracv most vital! v."
Letter from Senator Mason cn Kansas.
WINTHESTETI, Yn., Wednesday, July 22, 1557.
Toft he EdUur of the South :
DEAR SIR : In your paper of Monday !ast>
in an article headed " Walker's Usurpation,'
I observe the following paragraph :
" lUit wo fire that HrsThfk u<i M As<>N,_Anil othw
distinguished Southern Senators, in denate <>n the Xebr.i.--
ka-Kausas bill, expressed the same opinion, that Kansas
must be a tree State, ,Vc."'
I cannot undertake to say wTiat opinions
may have oeen expressed by iny honored col- j
league, or by other Senators from the South,
in reference to the probable condition of Kan
sas, though from a, general knowledge of their
views in regard to that Territory, L should not
doubt that any opinions so expressed, would
have reference to circumstances and contingen
geneies necessarily qualifying them. To avoid
rniscostruction, however, I think it proper to
say that I never expressed the opinion thus
ascribed to me, because I never entertained it.
At the time the law passed, organizing the
Territorial Government, there were few with
whom 1 conversed who - did not believe tfiat
the future State would take its place with
those recognizing and cherishing the condition
of African Slavery. There was at that time
certainly every reason to believe why this
sotild be so, and none why should it not. The
State ot Missouri, bordering on its eastern
frontier, was a slave-holding State ; holding
| at that time nearly a hundred thousand slaves,
; and these were chiefly held in border comities.
The State of Arkansas, adjacent to thcTer
• ritory, on the south, was likewis'c a slavehol
! ding State. The soil and climate of Kansas
! were well adapted to those valuable products,
i chiefly hemp and tobacco, which gave value to
! -lave labor in Missouri. The proximity of its
population, with the attractions of new, fertile,
and cheap land, I believe would lead the slave
holders in Missouri to diffuse themselves speed
ilv over Kansas, and the prohibitory line of
|B6 degs. and 30 inin. being obliterated, there
was no reason why they should not. 1 had no
fear of fair competition in such appropriation
.of the Territory from any quarter. Unfair
competition I did not look to. M hat may be
the 1 result as to the condition of Kansas, not
withstanding the extraordinary and unscrupu
lous efforts of Northern abolitionists to force
a population there, I cannot undertake to say.
Nor will I allude in this place to the new and
unexpected aspect now exhibited to affairs in
i thatjterritory, with so much propriety reprehen
ded by the columns of the South. Whatever
may be the information of others, I certainly
am not sufficiently informed of the existing
state of things in Kansas to form a clear opin
-1 ion, one way ur the other : yet 1 will .venture
to say this much that if African slavery lie ul
timately excluded from Kansas, it will be ef
fected by the numeral force of organized ma
jorities, operating against the usual laws
which govern emigration, and wiil present a
new and most instructive lesson to the South
ern States. •
Ycrv respect full v, I am, yours &<•., Ac.
J. M. MASON.
THAT gallant little paper, the York lieyub-
Horn, is doing a noble work in our Pennsylva
nia Egypt—that portion of our counties lying
alongside of the border ot a slave state and
east of the Allcghenies It speaks out boldly
earnestly, and with decided effect.
At tlie conclusion of a long article, which is
written with remarkable ability, it holds the
following language concerning the Northern
part of the State, and the extraordinary influ
. ence which Mr. Wilmot has exercised in that
region.
" Look at Northern Pennsylvania, how she
lias shaken oil' the shackels of party to stand
by her own noble son. Look at Bradford, ;
; Susquehanna and Tioga—his own District—
where Locofocoism counted majorities by thou
sands, and the opponents of slavery extension
now count their five thousands and more !
Who shall say that the love of, and sympathy
with, noble and worthy actions has wholly
died out and expired in the face of such a pic
ture of popular intelligence and self-emancipa
j tion from party thrnhiom and degradation as
! that District exhibits-? We have rto feeling
in our hearts which beats in tunc to the same
mighty impulses which actuate our Northern
fellow citizens ? Are we here wholly inseiisi
i ble to the same noble emotions ? Are our
ears so stopued with cotton that wc cannot
hear? Are our mouths so filled with dough
that we cannot speak ? Are our eyes so blear
. cd and dim with the rheum of advancing do
tage that we tremble before every blast from
| the South, and can no longer bear to look
upon the bright and shining example of a
; man who has dared to defy the denunciations
of slavery, and stand unshaken by t'.ie deser
tion of his own party, in the sacred cause of
Human Liberty, and the White Man's right to
I carry his free labor into all the domains of this
Union, without being compelled to compete in
work with the negro slave ! Shame on our
manhood, if it is so ; but we don't believe it.
We have a prouder estimate of the patriotism
i and love of freedom of our fellow-citizens.—
The name of WII MOT is a rallying point for
every man who possesses a generous enthusi
asm of soul, and who, while he admires the
| martyr-spirit of primitive Christendom, can ap
preciate the same spirit of self-sacrifice for the
i sake of a great principle exhibited in his own
age by a citizen of his o vn commonwealth.—
■ The election of D.vvm WicMur on such an issue
will crown Pennsylvania with imperishable
glory and honor."
i
Rn.r.oiT xor CAUUIIT. — The Towanda and
1 some other papers, a few weeks ago gave eur
raey to tlie report that Rulloff had been seen
near Athens, and pursued. We can inform
our readers that the man seen has been caught,
and while we write lie is lying in our County
Jail. ILis name is F. S. Marsh. He belongs
at Otsego County, and had been imprisoned
for some petty matter for 00 days, but finding
! that the days included the nights also, he broke
jail some time ago and has been wandering
i about since. The Deputy Sheriff of Otsego
County hearing of tiie imaginary KullolV, visit
ed the locality got a glimpse of him,and arrest
ed him, and he now lies snug in our jail till
called for. Uulloffe is not the fool to be
caught napping like this Marsh. — Oiccgu Ga
; zelle.
SUICIDE OK SENATOII HUSK.— The intelligence
is communicated by telegraph, that Gen. Tlios.
J. Ilusk, the senator from Texas, had commit
ted suicide. No particulars are given, but as
i his health has recently been very bad, it is pro
bable that it was done under depression of
1 spirits, if not in a moment of temporary insan
ity. Gen. Ilusk is identified with the history
of the state he represented. When Texas was
i warring for her independence, his sword aide 1
• her battles, and when it wu<? achieved his coun-
sel was called into requisition.
Ikabfori) Ilejj oxter.
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E. O. GOODRICH, EDIT Oft.
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FOR liOVKKNOR,
PA VIS Wllil&OS, of Bradford Co.
roil CANAL COMMISSION*?*,
IVKI. 3VHLI.WAF.D, of Philadelphia.
FOR JUDGES OF TIIK SL'PRKALK COURT,
JOSEPH J. LEWIS, of Chester Co.
J ARSES VEECH, of Payette County.
Pi>KsnEST J unci:.—Gov; Pollock lias ap
pointed I).vim's BRU.ocK of this county, Presi
dent Judge of this judicial district, in place of
lion. J). W!LMOT, resigned.
Gen. BI 1.1.0CK is the oldest member of the
j bar in this county, and enjoys in a high de-
I grce the confidence and resect of the people.
TSie change in the tone of the "Dead
Rabbit" press, since Gen. PACKER'S declina
tion, is decidedly amusing. Their vauntiugs
and braggtulocias have given place to d. j ;.si
tions upon the impropriety of a joint .
and the usage and customs of the democratic
party. A few Weeks agd and tlie press of that
party without exception, favored the plan of a
joint canvass, and Were evidently striving to
make Wiuior the challenging, instead of the
challenged, party. They grew valiant • with
their boastings of the ability and eloquence of
their standard-bearer ; they represented him
as silencing; and overthrowing the Pluck-Re
publican candidate, and indulged to their hearts
content in an imaginary brilliant victory.
Mr. WII.MOT, being neither moved nor de
terred by these boastings and exaggerations,
and having waited until he was satisfied that
Gen. PACKER wonhl not fulfil! the promises of
him-clf and friends to invite the discussion, ex
tended to his opposing candidate the invita
tion which lias been published. As Mr. PACK
ER'S committee has decided that he ruimt not
be allowed to meet Mr. WU.MOT, it now be-
coiues necessary for those papers which a few
weeks before were valiant, to take back their
boastings and threats and invent excuses for
the cowardice and pusillanimity of their candi
date and his keepers. We have a specimen
now before us, which is a fair sample of the
class. It is contained iu the Allcntmrn Dcmn
cr it. The editor in his paper of July 2d,
speaking of an assertion made bv acotempo
rary that such a challenge lias been made in
dulges iu the following harmless gasconade,
italics and all
Nov. we pronounce the whole thins: a sheer fabrication
—a till chood got ui) on the brag-game principle ; and as
sert further, that (Sen. Packer never received rui;/ chal
lenge whatever from Mr. W'ihnot; that Wilmot never Kent
him one; and thirdly, that it the latter would send a
challenge to di cuss the ijucstions involved in the approach
ing i-ampaign, before the people, Gen. Packer will prompt
l\j urrept. it.
In the meantime, the challenge having been
sent, and declined notwithstanding the positive
assurance from the Dew*rat that it would bo
promptly accepted, that paper finds it necess
ary to change its tune. Now witness what a
dignified position it takes. We extract from
the issue of August f>, only two weeks after
the brave display witnessed above :
The letter of Mr. UTCK AI.EW. Chairman of the Commit
tee, -peaks the sentiments nut only of the entire Com
mittee, hut we think of every man who would avoid the
the dire results that might flow from such a course. The
1 eniocratio party does not fee! inclined to ignore its own
time-honored usages, nor to detract from the proud digni
ty she lias maintained ever since her origin, by asking
lier candidates fur Gubernatorial honors to descend to the
level of a township constable, by traversing the State and
personally soliciting votes.
The reader should bear in mind that Gen.
PACKER is already advertised to address public
meetings !
FOREIGN NEWS. —By the arrival of the In
fill at (Quebec from Liverpool, Sunday, we
have four days later intelligence from Europe.
The most important of the news is that which
relates to China and India. The British forc
es had destroyed the Chinese fleet, and Canton
was in the power of the English. There had
been an advance iu tea in consequence. The
news from India is not satisfactory for Gn a'
Brittain. Delhi still remains in the h i 1 •
the mutineers, and the mutiny among 1 Ben
gal troops was spreading. There was a fall
iu Consuls, iu consequence. The t x King of
Oudc, with some of his ministry, had been ar
rested for having instigated the rebellion. The
markets in England for American produce,
were steady. The frigates <S 'usi/uehn una and
Slngnra, with the telegraphic cable on board
had left Liverpool, on the 27th tilt., for Cork.
REWARDING TRAITORS.—JOHN K. CALHOUN,
of Armstrong, and G. NEI.SON SMITH, of Cam
bria, members of the last llousc of Represen
tatives who bolted the FORNEY nomination and
supported FOSTER for the Senate, have been
nominated by the Democrats of their respect
ive counties for re-elect iou. The Democratic
people seem to sympathize with these "trai
tors." ,
fi-ij** TV Post Office at Rummerfield Creek
in this county, has been discontinued.
I our advertising columns will be found J
an advertisement lrom several Philadelphia
houses, to which Hie invite the attentioqfpf the.
business men of Bradford County. 'Years
■*' langiinc-," the qftrtehaiftfi ancFotherijj <>' this
fsection transacted all jfhefV "buMoss In Phila
deljdHa. "-The building.of (he Kfie Canal,- find
its branches, however, gradually drew this
trade, to Mew- York, as being more aeeessilile,
until the merchants of the County, with scarce
ly a single exception, had been diverted from
Philadelphia and it had become almost a strange
place. . The coii/gructkm of the North Branch
Canal, and tlni opiUiiifg-'of a direct Rnllfoaif
crnrmrrmncatTrm by the buihtinrot
and Khifira 1 tail road haw again chang
ed the facilities of communication, and Phila
delphia is now more accessible than New-Yolk
to a large portion of Bradford.
Already our merchants are turning their at
tention to Philadelphia as a fnaihet for pur
chasing their supplies, although the business
men of that city, apparently have come to
consider Northern Pennsylvania as a terra in
ngnita, whose custom was not worth striving
for. We hail this advertisement as an evi
dence that the Philudclphians are now awak
ening to a sense of the wealth of the Nor
thern counties, and are determined to contest
for its trade with New-York.
There is certainly no reason why Philadel
phia should not enjoy whatever advantages
there may be in the business of this region.—
We believe that those of our merchants, who
have, as a mutter of curiosity, visited Phila
delphia, conuder it a better place to buy in,
than New-York. For many articles, it is de
cidedly preferable, as it has now become the
greatest manufacturing mart in the country,
and supplies to the trade in New-York, many
of the articles in most demand iu this region,
which passing through many hands, of course
. .. Increased in price before they reach us.
THE IMI'ENIIN>: CRISIS OF THE SOUTH."—
This is tlie title of a work just issued by Bur
dick Brothers of New York, which is now at
tracting an unusual* share of attention. It is
from the pen of ITIMON ROWAN* ILEI.M;, of
North Caroliuia, and the author has collected
in a volume of some four hundred pages, the
the most compact and irresistible array of facts
and arguments to prove tlie impolicy of shi
very thai we remember to ha ve encountered.
lie lias here collected a body of facts and
statistics against the economy, which seem to
us quite as irresistible as Newton's argument
to prove the universality and terms of the law
of gravitation. We have never seen the fuels
arrayed with so much jiower.
The statistics embraced iu this work are
overwhelming iu their demonstration of the
corroding and wasting influence of Slavery,
j and yet they are arranged and presented in
such manner as to be lively and interesting in
stead of dry and prosy.
The agent for this County, E. J. SKIBERT,
will give onr citizens an opportunity of procur
ing this work, which we recommend them to
embrace, as they will find it both valuable and
interesting. , w
SEIOE OF LAWRENCE RAISED. — Gov. Walk
er, who found it easier to invent excuses for
marching against Lawrence, than for raising
the seige, has finally hit upon a scheme to
extricate himself from the dilemma. He dis
patched himself a messenger to Fort Ililey,
and the courier came back to Walker with
despatches, stating that the fort was threat-
ened by Indians, and asking aid of Walker,
whereupon he struck his tents and raised the
scige of Lawrence. The whole thing is under
stood as a ruse on the part of WALKF.R to
withdraw gracefully from Lawrence.
THE A TRUST ELECTIONS. —The August elec
tions, being in the slnveholding Stales, have
resulted, of course, in a clean sweep for the
Democracy. In Missouri, Koi.uxs (emancipa
tionist) gains largely over Fillmore's vote, but
STEWART (Dem.) is probably elected.
Mr. JACOBS, the Assistant Superinten
dent of the Barclay It. R., was severely injur
ed one day last week, his foot being caught be
tween the bumper of a coal car and the safe
ty car on the inclined plane, and severely
crushed.
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED.—A large and Very
enthusiastic meeting of the friends of WILMOT
was held at Bloondield, the county seat of Per
ry, on the od day August. There were persons
present from every election district in the
county. W. W. DICKENSON presided, assisted
by no less than fifty vice-presidents. The
meeting was addressed at length by the lion.
WILLIAM D. KKU.KY, of Philad'a, Vlie speech
was lengthy and able, and was received with
< ' ie.il. After he closed, Mr. 15AF.11, the
•a io.-ye blacksmith, followed him. The meet
g : assed strong resolntions, indorsing the
I' :rrisbtirgh platform and nominations.—
Among the resolutions passed was the follow
ing, which we commend most earnestly to the
attention of the Ilemocractic press :
" Resolved, That the refusal of the Democrat
ic candidate for Governor, WM. F. PACKER, to
accept the challenge of DAVID WII.MOT to dis
cuss before the people the questions involved in
the present campaign, is the best evidence that
their candidate is either ashamed of his princi
ples, or is afraid to advocate and defend them
and for that course the people are ashamed to
vote for liim, or to trnst him with power."
NATHAN NICOLS, of Walton,an inmate of the
Delaware County Poor House, committed sui
cide early Tuesday morning, by hanging him
self with a cord thrown over a rafter, in a
shed a little distance from the house. Mr Nich
olas was sent to the County Ilonsc about a
year ago, ou account of his insanity. He went
deliberately to work, for after passing the cord
over the rafter, lie put pieces of paper folded
up, so that the corners of the rafter should not
cut or wear the cord.
(From the X. V. Times, €th inst.]
Tlia Burdell Mystery !
TJte public Were quite startled yesterday by
the ouuottncericiit that Mrs. CI NXINGIIA*, ALU'S
BURDEI.L, rearrested. Ou this oocis- 1
•ion Bhe was not charged with miiader, but
with feigning ..the birth of a child ut>der ; tlie
following Mirfflhstances : For some fflhe IWr*.
CUNNINGHAM has given out to the world that J
early.in August she expected to Jbc delivered
of a child —the fruit of her union with the
late Dr. IIARVKY BURDELI. To attend her in
that interesting situation, she applied to Dr.
UHL, and after several visits, live Doctor, en
tertaining suspicions us to her really being en
■tienfe, confided his danbtsl to the District At
torney. An ingenious plan was then devised
foF the detection of the crime jif any Were coil-"
templated. Dr. UHL returned to Mrs. GUV
XIXGHAM, and pretending to be In her Confi
dence, drew from her the admission that the
projected birth was a humbug. He moreover
was Offered by her gI.OOO if he would find a
newly-born infant to "assist" at the nccnvch
mart'. This, ntlder the direction of district
Attorney HAM., was effectually 'done. On
Monday last. Mrs. CUNNINGHAM received from
a house in Elin-Sticet the child of a poor wo
man in Btllcvue Hospital ; the "confinement"
takes place the same evening According to
rule ; an "necrmcheur" (Dr. CATI.IN) and a
'"mid-wife" ate in attendance j the cries of Mrs.
C. forced from her by tlie "paifts of labor," are
heard eten by the neighbors ; while with a
mother's love, she is fondling her "newly-born"
infant enter Police officers, who change
somewhat the drvonsment of this curious dra
ma. Mrs. CrxMsonAM, Dr. DATUM, the "ac
coucheur," and the "nrid-wife" have all been
arrested on the charge of feloniously pretending
that Mrs. C. had given birth to a child who
would be entitled to inherit the property of the
! late HARVEY BCRDEI.L. It is proper to add
that Mrs. CUXMINGHAM persisted yesterday in
declaring the child was her own.
New York Times Gtli.
The bogus Burdell baby was as much a mat
! ter of interest y< sterday as the day before. —
' Mrs. CUNNINGHAM still a prisoner at her house
j No. 31 Bond-street, kept up the sham with
with groans and cries, as if really she was suf
fering the after-pains of childbirth. Four offi
cers had the hou-e in charge, each party beiug
relieved every six hours. Drs. SMITH and
LOCK WOOD were in au occasional attendance
throughout the day. At the Jefferson Market
Police Court, the testimony of Misses IIKI.I:\
and ACGCSTA CUNNINGHAM was taken. Both
appeared very much dispirited, and there seem
ed to be no complicity on their part in the late
affair. The most important event of the day
was the affidavit of Mr. CATUN, in which lie
turned State's evidence, and declared that no
birth of a baby had tak n place. Drs. 11 ait-
KEU and DE WEES went with Justice DAMSON
to make a persona! examination of Mrs. Ci x-
NIXGH.VM. Of course she refused her assent
until she had consulted Judge DK.VX. Tu-day
at 10 A. M., she will sec the professional gen
tleman.
Xcw York Times 10th.
There i> no new excitement to report touch
ing Mrs. Ci NNIX .HAM and her baby. Still re
mains at Bond-street, but to day will decide
whether to accept bail for her if bail can be
procured, or to commit her to the Tombs.—
Dr. CATUN" was removed to the Tombs on Sat
urday. It is the intention of the District-At
torney to indict Mrs. CUNNINGHAM as Mrs.
Bu;. DELL, 60 that to escape the State Prison
she will have to prove that she was never
married to Dr. BUKDELL. Bond-street was
crowded yesterday with the curious and the
idle, and the Policcineu were kept fully employ
ed to prevent a complete blockade of the tho
roughfare.
REMARKABLE AND HORRIBLE DEATH.—A man
! named CARD HAUSS, while felling trees at
j Ivnowlton's Mills, on the Berlin Mountain,
| Rensselaer County, came to his death as fol
lows
lie proceeded to the woods, and, as was
shown by the testimony upon tlie iuquest, fell
ed one tree, which stripped clean. lie then
cut down another, which, in falling, lodged in
the branches of a sapling, some thirty-live feet
high. This lie cut down al-o, when both fell,
and lodged in a still smaller sapling, standing
near the trunk which he had,felled and strip
ped. He proceeded to cut this down also,
standing a? he did <o upon the fallen trunk.
When the second sapling was nearly cut. thro'
it gave way, from the strain upon it, and tie
three trees together came down upon ll.u ss,
striking him in the back, and prostrating him
at full length upon the fallen trunk. Upon
this, protruding for several inches, was a sharp
knot, and as ll.uss fell, his head struck upon
it, near the centre of the on J'r< nlis.
So great v. as the force with which he was
pressed down, by the weight of the falling
trees, that this knot was thrust through his
head from the forehead back, and such was
its velocity, that he was pushed upon it until
it had cut through the head, which it severed
entirely from the scalp to the voter bra? of the
spine, the neck being dislocated. The head
was then cut into halves, which lay open on
either side, hanging at the back only by some
fragments of the scalp and integuments. Tito
brains and broken scalp had bespattered the
trunk of the tree, and the ground in thcimme
diate vicinity. There was no semblance of
humanity left in the features of the unfortu
nate man, so horribly had he been disfigured.
The verdict of the Coroner's Jury was" Acci
dental Death."
A NEW COMET has just been discovered at the
Dudley Observatory, iu Albany, X. Y.
TIED,
Iu Sheshi piin, on Stindav evening, August 2d, Mr.SAM
UEL (. 11l FEIN, aged 3d years."
Mr. C.KtFiiv came to bis death by the kic k of a horse,
and lingered under the most severe and acute sutt'eriag
but twenty-four hours.
At a meeting of Valley Lodge. No. 4P5. I. O. of O. P.,
convened on the occasion of the death of Samuel Griftin
as above auuouneed, O. 11. P. Kiuuey, V. G., ottered tlie
following Preamble and Resolutions which were unani
mously adopted :
WHURKAS : By the sudden and melancholy death of P.
G. SAMLT.I, GKH KI.V, we are again called to mourn the
loss of a worthy and highiv esteemed brother : therefore
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the family
and other relations of the deceased iu this sudden anil
unexpected bereavement, and as a source of consolation
we wo ild point them to that higher and purer life into
which our brother has been introduced through the por
tals of the tomb.
Resolved, That the best eulogium we can pass upon
the character of our deceased brother is to emulate his
lile of virtue, kindness and integrity.
Resolved, That we will attend the funeral of onr de
ceased brother in onr fraternal capacity—wearing the
usual badges of mourning.
Resolved, That as a further testimony of the love and
respect we bear onr brother we will wear the usual mourn
ing badge for thirty days, and that our Lodge Charter be
draped in mourning for a period of three months.
Re sol veil. That a copy of these Resolutions be trans
mitted to the family of the deceased, and that they he
published in the County papers.
Aug. 1. 15J7, " o. 11. P. KIVSKY, See'y.
TRIPLETS TITREE TIMES IN THREE YE AI . I
The wife of MONTGOMERY LANDT, livin-r ..'1
kist-nUmi, (WH*('O. N. Y. not long sine,, |
sented her' hgfiband with three hoys at a l/ -1
-{-this Lei tig tile third occurrence of this [. '
in tfifee yea •% ..
LVWFEXCE,K. T., July 31.—A most
Iqmtdus foppmrtlonrnent for the October T< - -
torial bogus election has been made. \
teu touufecs ltavyjhruc representatives, a
fourteen counties have 3FI. Troops are to '
•detailed to guard, the bogus officers at THEE*
tion. The emigration OF this year is not •
vo'C. Gov. Walker turned over the OFFKV
making appointments to the President A -
Speaker of the first bogus Legislature.
. •— ~ . . ail I ■ iwi.wi - .y -
To the Republicans qf Bradford Ccctt:
(FUNTI.KMCN (--Allow foe to offer 1 rfiysclf .• A
fur tire office of County tioweUtUwer. subject t-T '
cuion QF tfa; JlepnblicaipConnty Convention, t, |„ -1
at tbU P'LU*. Monday evening. Se'jft. 7. MAT.
And 1 would furthermore be very inucli OBLIGED, -|
wov.l'T pre -en' in,\ nuriic a- a candidate to t!.. I- 1
consideration of 1.-JR : DEVIATES, and SHOULD I IS.- f,
nate NS to r<—T .V n , jfcir. - WRO. AFT their hand- .
jirn to pet VOT-K eii '. 'J -C'-(lFO'm<" eteMfon, I . IT :J
ileavor to discharge THE DUTIES-pertaining to TBT- • '
witli lidelity. , <
Tours respecifuifv,
'A. D. MOXTAXYL I
■ Towanda, Aug. 10. 1857.
TKACUFIBS' JXBTLTUTKSR— Five TEAI
Institutes will he hold in various SC. T: .-,.
County durinp t lie ensning autumn. The first orct-,
mence on Monday. SEPT. 17, on Orwell Hill. 7!.
will L,E at Sir ithticld, Troy, Towanda and Temto-v
The times, Ac., will be announced by circulars MIU I I
directors of the several townships- .
All the teachers and all vomer persons intending ■ Y!
come teachers are earnestly solicited to attend du U-- *
u hole session. It IS hoped that directors and other
rested in the elevation of oar common schools, will ■
upon teachers the importance of embracing this -
uity for improvement. Tlie only expense will Is- F,
The last day of the SESSION will be devoted TO ft,
initiation <•! • ~ .1.R , -s If miy have not heroin attend.,
during th- VESSION. they will be EXPECTED to pre-enf
selves for inspection on that day precisely at I
A. M. \\ ill directors SEC to this matter, that NO;J.-- -; ,
teachers MAY be fdnnd the e'rtiffiiig year without , - .
' cates. The "exerrises during the day will be drili
the several bran- he- rewiired by law to Is- taught H
SCHOOLS, and occasionally recitations in some in-,: 1
vanced .-I idies if circumstance* seem to require it. '
evenings will is? spent in listening to IR-< tiir.— and I! • V
sions upon nratters connected with the brrsitn-'s of V,
ing. Teachers are requested to provide themselvi
tlie following articles, viz -Town's Speller,
Fifth Header, an Intellectual Arithmetic, Wiiib.
metic, an English Urarnmar. Mefrmrandnm book.
paper, pens. ink. andslates; anil those who are
wi'L do well to bring with them their music boo!;-.
Although the Institute is ospts-ially for Tender. - |
not EXCLUSIVE. All are invited to attend, and all •'
made welcome, whenever it tuav be convenient t- - ;
an hour or a day with tis. It may BE- well to >.. .
w ill be a favorable opportunity for [tireetws (<•' -
their Teachers. ESPECIALLY is IL desirable foi L)I.-,-t-.
be present on the LAS/ day. It i.- cou!ide;itly expect* ;• 1
the friends of education will render all possible a--;-U: |
in this enterpri -e.
August 4. 15.',7. R. COBTBX I
Ncui
Philadelphia Advertiseineiii
FROM
JOII>T A. RIDDLE]
At .Merchant's 11 -tel, North 4th St., I'hiladtlph j
TO THE MER<'HUNTS OF THE WEST AND N- " ]
WEST :
PHli.A HELPHIA MARKET being easily T. .
your attention is culled to it, as posse-sing LA-I
I ami advantages, worthy of your consideration.
Amoiiir its ADVAUTAGES may Is- eMimerated its LOU:
, ; VII:-_r shorter lines of communication to the Int.
I fir- xirr.it y to the Iron and Anthracite Coal di-t:
| L'< nusylv'aaia. the large and varied extent ot it
| tnres, !-. ;I G far in advance of any othcrcitv iati., •
! STATES, the moderate T-X{K!USES tie essary for carry....
J on ,n. ss. AC.
TH. A; • rket POSSESSES unrivalled advantar, -'• rt' T
I>ftu -y k -DS , f pro-biee, SUCH as Flour. Wheat, I 1
WO. Hotter, CHEESE, Ac., white the charges i,I I
sale- A1..1 attendant EXPENSES, are M -re inoderaU J j
neighboring scabord markets.
JAMBS, KE XT, SAX TEE tV X' (> . I: j
p rt' r.- ;,:wl Jobbers .1' FOLIEION A DOMES'!: . 1
GOODS, No. 22? and 241 X.-rth 3d street. j
i ii I'XX, RAIGUEL TV CO., LR.j .rt.R- J
HIITT'SII GOODS, and J. .1.1,(1- of STAl'Lli - - |
, GOODS. EM BROIDERIES, Arc.. X-. 37, X-rf. •' |
IT A I S J- TAYLOR, Imjwters ami Ci. I
I IT-. No. HO". Market -treet. HOSIERY. R! J
' SHIRTS and DRAWERS. OEM BELTS SHIRT >■
SOMS. White (>...15. Embroideries, Laces. "j
Triu-ads, Combs, Ac.
/ AIBR ELLA S X PA RA SOLS.—Vi]
H. RiCiIARDSON. No. 41s, Market st.. N.ATAD 1
tirst-.IA-- L'MBREI.LAS txpre.-.-LY for retail, R-. It T
article warranted.
SMEDLE i IIRT)S , Mantif;ictnrcr j
JOBBERS in HATS. CARS. FFRS.STRAW GOO! - I
SLL.Iv BONNE CS, NO. 11, North iid stnet.
WOLFE X KT.Xfr, \VIioIc6aIeCLOTHP J
HOL'SE. Nos. 4 io Market and 425 Merchant -t: G- |
CHARLES S. I-EATIIER. AYLIO!
Dealer in BOTITB A SUOES, Xo. 4., NOVTA
below Arch.
PMIRISU liU ADSJIA II , WAli
WiXPOW r.Vl'Elt Warehouse, X. E. sonur
Arch stmts.
GEORGE TT" PT.CMLY, Mnimfs
of every deseriy 'AVER BOXES,SI NO
Street
C. 1 1 FFM IA ( 7 IE W, Importer
CHINA. GLASS and QUEEN'S WARE, No. 21.X
Fourth street.
J. C. FREE LAM J 11777/ KLIN
CARROL. Importers of WINES, BRANDIES.
Ac., No. 304. North 3d Ft reef.
A E l 'S TOXE STA TE SA TON I Pi'
or CONCENTRATED I.YE for making S.. . '
factnred l>y the I'eun. Salt Co. Tarentum. C . j
county. Venn. Represented l>y LEWIS. J.AMr.sA
Philadelphia.
J. S. J- E. L. PEROT, HEX KRAI. Yi
DUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS. No. X
Wharves. Refer to Philadelphia men-hart- c<
All consignments or orders will receive pivn.t
personal attention.
EB 1" rn,Y y \ aIIA M&■ 11 ;
WHOLESALE GRen MRS and COMMISSION 1
CHANTS. No. 522, Market Street.
MOORE, JIEXSZEY, A- CO., lm;
and Wholesale Dealers in HARDWARE, < ' L
and GUNS, 427 Market llti Commerce streets
SAME If. MlilC HA rs. Importer*
and Wholesale Dealer in FOREIGN and PONU"
HARDWARE. No. 258, North 3d street. Ih lov \ -
X. d- G. TAYLOR, Importers and W
sale Dealers in TIN PLATE, COPPER. SHEET
kc.. 303 and 3M5, Branch st.
HAMMERS. HATCHETS, A .. ia : ;
variety, mannfaetured by C. H AMMOND. V , j
- Commerce st. The attention of the trade iy ®
these goods as being equal in quality and tl iXi
made.
E. lIALL OGTfEX— Philadelphia M/'i
hie Iron Works, corner of oth and Jefferson -
Warehouse 307 Areli st., above third. M imit'a 'i "
GENERAL and SADDLERY HARDIN ARK. nJ
LEABI.E and FINE GREY IRON CASTINGS
MANCHESTER S C A L ES. U- 1
COAL, COUNTER, WAREHOUSE. WlU.ro. r
ROW. ROLLING MILL, RAILROAD S< \l.l
proved pitteria and superior quantities, W lh"
ED SUPERIOR in quality and finishtoouy -tk; • • 5j
made. Warehouse, No. 23, X. lith street. t>r.' 1
COLBY, Agent.
G R LEX'S KE \'S TOXE HE} T A
AND R VNGE. The Heater has no equal i tl - J
trv—is all cast iron, and wiil create 30 per cent- 'J
heated air with the same amount of fuel, than ;
er furnace in use. The Range lias two ovens t '••• '
uniformly at the same time. These inventions " ' J
equal in "the market. Rights for sale tor all >eO' ~
the Union.
FITIIIAX, JONES Y CO.. Importer;>]
Jobbers in BRITISH and AMERICAN DID 0,4
215 Market, thrmgh to 204 Church Alley. t>
credit for approved Notes. __ -- y l
Rahm's Celebrated Lotion. J
THIS preparation is a eertaiu cure tor ( id ' |
Scalds. Galls, FrosU, and all -ore on Man or t-J
--pan .1 at Ptji .liiig St -.• a:i! for sale by - ul I
Towanda, Aug. 1". 157. >'■ * I