Sympathy. An interesting scene occurred ut tlie meet ing of the Bradford County Teachers' Associa tion, which was held at Meirvall, on the 12th and 13th of February; incident, which most toiichinglv illustrated the strengthening, soothing influence of sympathy, and also the fact that this principle, or passion, predomin ates in the ft nale portion of our species. Two young ladies, whom for the present pur pose we call Martha and Eliza, had been ap pointed at a previous meeting, to read Essays be fore the Assoeiation. Martha had always re sided in the place where the meeting was held, and Eliza lived with one of her nearest neigh-, bors wheu they were both little girls. Since that time, they had not only lived and played ' together,but hail been pupils at the same school, recited in the same classes,cat at the same table. Martha being the first appointed, was tt> read first ; but both went upon the platform to gether. The house was full, and many came six or eight miles, almost on purpose to hear the Essays of Martha, whom all knew as a girl brought up among them, and who had spent some time away at school, while Eliza all had known as a lively, active quick-witted, fun-loving girl. Martha commenced hers and read with a soft but somewhat trembling, voice, while poor Eliza, who was the youngest, stood by her side, growing more and more frightened, as her companion drew nearer to the close. Martha stopped, and Eliza was to begin. She opened her mouth, but words re fused to do her bidding. Finally she read a few words and dropped her paper from her! face. Everybody in the house was gazing at her —she tried again to go on, read a line or two, and hurst into tears. All trembled for i her, and would have helped her if tlicy could have done so ; hut thev were only able to look encouragement. But Martha, who stood near her. came still nearer, and putting her arm around the waist of her sobbing companion, drew her close to her side. This was enough. The magnetic influence • does not more surely or rapidly pass from the i the positive to the negative subject, than did the sympathetic, on this occasion. Eliza dash- 1 ed the tears from her crimsoned cheeks, and and deliberately read a most beautiful Essay, ! upon the Study of Rhetoric. Many a moisten- ' ed eye gave evidence that this secret sympa-! thetic influence was not confined to the two! stood upon the platform. We know not which I most to admiie, the one who extended her 1 arm to encircle a sister when assistance was ! needed, or composure of the one who, but a 1 moment before, was too much agitated to read j her own thoughts. Who but a women would have done as Martha did? Who but a wo-j man would have been affected as Eliza was? i —Common School Journal. X. I fejy* We find the following exploits of a citizen of Elmira recorded in the last Addison , Advertiser :—On Saturday last, Win. Higgins, who escaped from the Eluiira Jail the week : previous, was promenading around our village i in fine style, all day. When the express train j came from the east in the evening, it brought j constable Hamilton and Lis son, of K+mira.— By some means, Higgins got seent of their ar- : rival and being a little suspicious of their in- : teutious, went to the American Hotel and i called for a room, with the intention, as was supposed of going to bed. A short time after this Hamilton and his son went to the hotel and were informed of Higgins'location : where- , upon they proceed upstairs and to their great dismay found their bird bad flown through the window, a height of some twenty feet from the ground ; they immediately ran down stairs and gave chase. While passing through j the bridge, Hamilton being in close proximity to Higgins, shot at him with a revolver, but ; without effect ; when they had reached a distance of a few rods above the depot, Fred, the young man, struck Higgins with a club ) and knocked him down and instantly dropped , the club supposing he had the bird secure ; t but it was destined to be otherwise ; Iliggins, in righting himself upon his feet, had secured ! the club and would have brought Fred to the j ground, had his father not warned him to i " flee from the wrath to come." Thus Hig-1 gins escaped from the officer and fled across ! lots. While Higgins was down, Hamilton , shot at him a second time, and it appears from What Higgins said,the shot took effect, taking off out* of his fingers. THE REMOVAL OF JUDGE LOR INT..— The re- ! niovul uf Kdward G Loring from the office of : Judge of Probate, by Governor Banks, at the request of the Massachusetts Legislature, was an act which is approved by all candid minds just in proportion as the subject is under stood. Mr. Loring was not removed for his con duct in the extradition of Anthony Burns, but for insisting on retaining a Federal office, the holding of which the State Legislature bad declared incompatible with the duties of the office he held under the Government of Mas sachusetts. If he had simply resigned his United States Cominissionership, however ex ceptionable might lieve been deemed his rul ing in the Burns case, he might have remained Judge of Probate to bis life's end without fear of molestation. The question strikes ns as a very simple one. Tlio Legislature had a right to pass a law de claring the two offices Judge Loring held in compatible, and Judge Loring had a right— though, of course, at his peril—to decline a voluntary compliance. This lie has done, with 1 a full knowledge of the consequences ; lie is the victim of his own act, and nil the outcry uf his Iricnds and published protest, have fail ed to awaken commiseration for liirn.—Even ing Post. Henry J. Raymond, of the New York Times, writing from Washington, speaking of Douglas, says that at an early stage of his de fection—while lie was having interviews with the President, in the hope that they might come to some agreement—the latter remarked to him that it was very perilous for a public man to put himself in opposition to his party, and that he must take the liberty of reminding him of the fate of Kires and Tallmadge, who rebelled against the policy of Gen. Jackson. Permit lue, Mr President," Mr Douglas re plied, " permit me to o-emind yon that dnifral Jackson is daul." Tlib is very much the tone which the Illinois Senator has taken through out tiiis contest, and it must be confessed that it is not eminently conciliatory. BANK ROBBERY AT G HAETOX. —BOSTON, April ' The Grafton Bank, at Grafton, Mass., was robbed yesterday of $12,000, seven hun dred uf which was in bills of one hundred dul ier each. Ihe rubbery was committed in the Guy time, during the temporary absence of tLc *a?hiei\ I Having visited several schools iu all the : towns of the county except two, it may not be inappropriate to place before the tax payers, and school proprietors of the county, some of the results of these visitations, as well as the conclusions drawn frotn them. Allow me then in the first place, to call at i tentiou to the difficulty arising from the use of a multiplicity of text hooks. My object is not to attach blame to any individual, or class of individuals, or to tell how so many books up on the different branches studied came to be in the school, but rather to state facts, and as far as possible, poiut out the evils growing out of those facts. In several schools, there were in use five different works upon the subject of Geography, four upon Arithmetic and three upon Gram mar, in the same schools. In some of these schools the pupils studying geography should have all been put into two classes, and they would have been so classed, if there had been but one, or even but two authors in school.— In such cases, the time of hearing these classes was thrown away upon this one branch. Ten or fifteen scholars engaged in arithmetic are of about equal capacities and equally advanced, but, instead reciting in one class, tlicy have to lie formed into four, because they have books prepared by four different authors; three gram mar classes must be heard each day, whereas there should he but one. Every one can see, that with such a state of things, a teacher can not do as web for a school, as he could with hooks all of the same kind. Every parent can see this, but every parent does not realize fully the trouble and perplexity that it occasions the teacher, the loss of time to the whole school ; and the serious impediments thus offered to the advancement of his own scholars. Thirteen different kinds of reading hooks were found in one school which numbered fifty nine scholars. Now let lue kindly ask parents, how they can reasonably expect a teacher to advance their j children in the branches pursued at school, ■ when, instead of hearing five classes read each ; day, this being the number stated by the teach- i er as required by the wants of the school, thirteen must be heard, what time can there ! be left to attend to the five geography, four | arithmetic, and three grammar classes,and the 1 writing and tlie spelling and the hundreds of I other things the teachers lias to do each day. j Four different kinds of spelling books are fre quently met witb in one school. In some towns no two schools have the same kinds of text books. Barents removing from one school to another are consequently subjected to the ! expense of purchasing new books, notwith standing the ones previously used are as good as ever they were. Now this state of things is a very great in- | jury to the schools of the eouutv, an annoyance i to the teachers and a heavy expense to pa rents. The law puts this whole matter into 1 the hands of the directors, just where it should j be, and empowers them, or rather requires j them to " dirc t what hooks shall be used." 1 Section 25th of the law of 1854 savs " that directors ami teachers shall select and decide j upon a series of school books, in the different j branches to be taught during the ensuing ! school year ; which books and no others shall j be used in the schools of the district during said period." If this course were adopted, would not this crying evil be remedied to a great extent, at least ? At the Institutes held last fall, ft list of text books was selected, by a committee composed of teachers and directors, not because it was supposed such a list recommended by these Institutes, must necessarily be adopted, for it was known, that such committee possessed no legal authority, but it was hoped and expected that the attention of directors would, in this way be directed to this important subject, and that they would be stiraqjated to adopt either that list, or some other, so that parents might know what books to purchase before sending their scholars to school, and teachers might know what books they will be expected to use. Some eight huudred copies of these lists have been printed in a form convenient to put up in the school room, and most of them have i been distributed in the several towns of the county. Will not now directors take prompt, and efficient action upoiFthis subject, where ! it has not been already doqe. At this time, just before the summer schools are to commence, appears to be a favorable time for the proper legal officers to move and settle this question. C. R. COBURN. ATTEMPTED CAPTURE OF A FUGITIVE SLAVE.— The Deputy U. S. Marshal for the Western 1 District of "the State, and a Mr. Stnmp, of Vir ginia, visited Blairsville on Thursday for the ! purpose of securing a fugitive slave, who, it i was known, had taken np his abode in that village. The man was found and taken into I custody, but a large crowd collected around his ! captors and rescued the fugitive. He was ! hurried quickly to a place of concealment, and : lie has ere this taken passage for Cauada per < the underground railroad. Stump and Depn i ty Marshal were assailed by the crowd, and drove out of town. We are told that the Vir ginia gentleman discharged his revolver at his ! assailants, but no man was injured, that is pre- I snraed to be a mistake The name of the fu i gitive was Richard Newman, and he had been a resident of Blairsville for nearly six years. BOY RESCUED BY HIS MOTHER FROM A IIOOSE OF REFUGE.— On Monday, which is the visit ing day at the Rochester House of Refuge, a Mrs. Ange, whose SOD, a boy of fourteen years, was confined there for being engaged in a se ries of burglaries, brought hitn a new suit of clothe?—disguised in which he made his escape with his mother, walking by the keepers with out beiug suspected, who were not very famil iar with his face. The boy is now iu C'auadu. The mother is in custody, aqd says she docs not care what is done with her now as the boy is safe. The offence is punishaMe by a tine i ot s6ou, or imprisonment ;or a year. Jlrrabfo rtr ivcjjt ortcr. E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOWANDA: (Etjnrsban morning, 13, 1838. TKHMS— One Dollar per annum, invariably in advance.— Four week* previous to the expiration oj a subscription, notice will be given by a printed wrapper, and if not re newed, the paper trill in all cases be slopped. CM'RBIXI?— The Reporter will be seitt to Clubs at the fol lowing extremely low rales ■ <5 copies for t't Oo 1 15 copies for... .f 12 00 10 e.opiex for 8 00 | '2O copies for 15 00 A PVKKTIOKMKNTH— For a. square of ten lines or less, One Dollar for three or less insertions, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insert!cm. JOB-WORK— Exerutrd with accuracy and despatch, and a reasonable prices — with every farilily for doing Rooks, Blanks, Hand-bills, Urtli lichels, fy-c. MONKV may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an envelope, and properly directed, we will be responsible for its spft delivery. REPUBLICAN COUX TV CONVENTION.—The Republican (' Minty Committee having met oa the 9th iust., resolved to call a HepuMireiu County Convention, to be toaipo-eil of two delegates from each Election Dis trict, to he held at the Court House, in Tmvanda, on MONDAY EVENING, May 3. 185*. for the purpo-c of electing delegates to the next Republican State Conven tion. They have also appointed a Vigilance Committee in each Election District, whose duty it will be to call pri marv meetings of tlie Republican electors in each election district, for the purpose of electing delegates to said County Convention. Th committees of vigilance are re quested to confer together and call the primary meetings on Saturday the Ist day of May next, tietween the hours of :i and 6, P. M.,or atVocb other hour as may lie con venient, and at the usual place lor holding such elections. K (>. GOODRICH, EUASTCJS WOLCOTT, 11. LA PORTE, D. BAILEY, D. LILLEY. CHESTER THOM ' S. M. F. KIN NEY, W.M. M. CH A KEEK, April 9,1858. County Committee. J COWMITT KS OF VtOILAXCR. ! Albany—'anv-s Wilcox, Daniel Kellogg. John Sterigere. Armenia— Vllra Burnhaiu. Alfred Ripley, John Mason. I Asylum—Edmund llorton, J- M. Wilson. I). H. Corbia. j Athens tp—David (lardner, S. \V. Park, John C.rilßn. I Athens boro'—F. N. Page, L.W.Buroliard, A.H S;i ti ling. ] Rurliugton—Jos. Campbell, D.M.Alexander, M. J .Smith, j Burlington boro'—X.T. Di kinson, John Hill,C.T.Merry. j Burlington west—J. Ballard, jr., H L.\dams. P.B.Pratt. Cauton -1. A. Rogers, Enoch Sellard. \*. 51. Wilson. Columbia—Jas. C. M'Kean, Isaac Besly, 1.. B. Slade. Durell—Ulysses Moody. Robt. Bull. John V. Benjamin. Franklin—Nelson lldbort. R >bt. Meteer, Jos. Spalding. Granville—Win. Uunyon, Stephen Tidd, B. F. Taylor. Herri' k Ceo. W. Elliott, E/ckiel Carr. Orel 1 ana Stevens. I.cR iy—J. C. Hammond, R. Stone, M. L. Wooster. Litchfield— H. Morse, A. F. Campbell, llirani lingers. Monroe tp—M. M. Coolbaugh. L. Kellogg, H. ('. Ingham. Monroe horn*.— H. C. Tracy, W. C. \S hite, K. Huntley. Orwell-Win. P. Ptiyson, josiah Newell, A. W. Alger. Overton—Win. Walt man, Jas. Ilcvcrlv. Ceo.Hottei'stiuc. Pike—l). M. Bailey, Eugene Keeler. Win. B.Stevens It nne—John C.Towner, Orson Rickey, D. Strope. Ridgburv—C. T. Covell, Daniel Dewey, Win. Stevens. Sh 'shequin—R. Young, Wni. K. Hill, O. H. P. Kinney. Srnithfield— S. R. Crane, J. W. Phelps, Lark Bird. South Creek —ira Crane, W. Y. (Bines, Cornelius Haight. Springfield—A. O. Brown, Amos Knanpjr, J. L. Phillips. Standing Stone 11. Cordon, Wrn.Criflls, (Seo. A.Stephens. Sylvaiiia Isiro'—N. 11. McCollum, - L. X. Tinkham, Dar win Alexander. T wanda horo'—J. V. Ceigcr, Ceo. Britton. J. H. \evins. Towanda tp Harry Decker. A. W. Diminick, John H. Scoville. Towauda North—E. Uuttv. D. Kennedy, Win. 11. Foster. Troy boro'—C. P. Newberry. O. D. Long. X. M. Pomeroy. Troy tp.—C. Shattock, J. Linderman, D. N. Allen. Tnscarora—E. C. Wells,•Ferris Ackley, A. F. Keeney. Ulster—Jas. Birney, Russell MeKlnney, Cny Traoey. Warren—Win. M. CliaflTee, Miles Prince, Jas. Cooper. Wells—Newell Leonard. Lyman French, I*. W. Knapp. Windhain—Wni. Wheelhouse, W. P. Kiuyon, H. Royce. Wilinot—l. L. Jones, J. H. Tyrrell. Jonathan Buttles. Wyaltising—C. W. llollenback, Jacob Biles, Jas. Fee. Wysox—John Tattle, Julius Brown, C.T. Granger. ft®"* The 1 I'ayne Co. llerall of last week, displays considerable feeling on the part of its editor, which we consider entirely unnecessa ry. In regard to Judge BARRETT'S appoint ment, we wrote from our recollection only, without the slightest desire to misrepresent or do injustice to BF.ARDST.EY. We will accept his statement that he did not find fault with the appointment. He will, we trust, however allow us to inquire if the appointment of Judge B.vmiErr did not create great dissatisfaction in the district, solely on account of his not re siding within the District ? The mistake we made should be another evidence to our friend of the JleraLl that the less we trouble our selves about our neighbors' affairs, the better wo shall appear. For an answer to his inquiry, as well as a proper understanding of the question now agi tating this District, we refer him to Judge WILHOT'S defence before the Judiciary Com mittee of the Senate, made March 26th, which we shall publish in our next paper. MR. GROW'S SPEF.CR. —We publish this week the speech of Mr. GROW upon Kansas affairs and the Lecompton Constitution. The speech is devoted to showing the pledges made that the Lecompton Constitution should be submit ted to a popular vote, and to a general defence of the conduct of the Free-State party in Kan sas. No man in Congress more thoroughly understands the history of Kansas than Mr. GROW, and this speech is one of the ablest he has ever made. It is a triumphant vindication of the course pursued by the Free-State par ty, and completely sweeps away the objections and technicalities which have been arrayed against their conduct. S@F By an arrival at St. Joseph, Mo., from Fort Kearny on the 30th alt., we have later news from Camp Scott. BRIG HAM YOUNG, it is reported, had notified Col. JOHNSTON to leave the Territory of Utah by the 10th of March, otherwise his troops would be annihi lated. In anticipation, probably, of his im perative command beiug implicitly obeyed, YOUNG had also tendered sufficient provisions to last the army to the States. In view of the fact, however, that a supply train of one hundred aud sixty wagons, accompanied by several companies of troops, was only a short march from Camp Scott, there was very little likelihood of the magnanimous offer being ac cepted immediately. *SF Connecticut, at the election held ou Mouday week, went for the Republicans by an increased majority from last year. Buck ingham is elected Governor by a majority of 3,000. The Senate will consist of 16 Repub licans and five Democrats ; of the House the Republicans (as far as heard from) have elect ed 133, the Democrats 78 members. COL. COLT is said to have made a con tract with the War Department for one hun dred thousand dollars worth of his anus. V DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT TROY. Our sister village, Troy, was visited by a destructive conflagration on Monday night last, which laid waste almost the eutire busi ness portion of the village. We learn that the fire was discovered about 8 o'clock, in the store of V. M. & If. F. LONG, and that all ef forts to subdue it were unavailing, until the whole block, and a number of buildings on Canton street, were destroyed. The following is a list of the sufferers, tho we have no information as to the amount of losses or insurance : D. W. C. Derrick, store. Payne & Spencer, Clothing Store. V. M. & 11. F. Long, Store. E. B. Parsons, Law Office. Restaurant under Payne & Spencer's. S. W. & D. F. Pomeroy, Store. Dr. Drake, Drug Store. Wm. Morgan, Grocery Store. F. Calkins, Merchant Tailor. Kendall, Hardware Store. Dwelling house, occupied by E. Spalding. Barn owned by Pomeroys. The dwelling house of I. X. Pomeroy was with much difficulty saved, and the Troy House was for some time in imminent danger. V DISTRESSING CASUALTY. On Wednesday last,the wife of Mr. JACKSON ALEXANDER, of Bur'ington township, was so badly burned by her dress taking fire that she lingered in great agony until next morning, when death released her from her sufferings. The accident occurred by her dress coming in contact with the stove, as she was passing it, and igniting. She was alone, with three small children, and the youngest, frightened at her efforts to subdue the flames, clung to her.— With a mother's devotion she placed the child outside of the door, before looking to her own safety. In the meantime she was horribly I burned. When assistance arrived she was; found outside the door wrapped up in a blank-: et. DEATH OF COL. BENTON. This expected event occurred on Saturday morning last, at 7 1-2 o'clock,and his last mo-! ments were distinguished by the same forti tude which has marked his whole illness. Fu- i ncral services were performed over his remains on Monday, when they were taken in charge by j the Missouri delegation to be transported to j St. Louis. He was aged 76 years. The Cmon says that the interview between Col. BENTON and the President on Friday night was protracted, and that the latter afterwards ' expressed exceeding gratification at his visit, j Col. BENTON spoke of his extreme solicitude j for the condition of public affairs, and his pain ful sense of the imminent dangers which threat ened the country, and exhorted the President to rely upon Divine support and guidance, and not upon that of men who would deceive him. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. —The mail-steamer America, which left Liverpool on the 27th nit., j arrived at Halifax Friday afternoon, with j three days later news. There is no further news of importance from India. The attack on Lueknow had been deferred to the 27th of February, to allow of large accessions of men and artillery to the British force. The good feeling between France and England was be ing re-established, and the Duke of MALAKOEF the new French Ambassador to London, was friendly to the Anglo-French alliance. Con sols increasing in price ; cotton dull ; produce uot improviug ; bread-stuffs heavy. LITTET.'S LIVING AGE.— The April number of this well-known and popular periodical comes to us enlarged about oue quarter, with pages cut It needs no recommendation from us, as au existence of many years has secured for it the good will of the public. STANFORD DEIJSSEB, 637 Broadway, are the New York publishers. Terms $6 per aunum, or 12 1-2 cents a copy. &S- On Friday last the negroes, Alexander Anderson and Henry Richards, convicted of the murder of Mrs. Garber aud Mr. Ream, expiated their crime on the gallows, at Lan caster. They made no speeches on the gallows. Anderson has made a full confession, which is to be published. He confesses that they mur dered Mr. Garber and Mr. Ream for twelve and a half cents, with which they procured a pint of whiskey, and that both of them were druuk when they committed the deed. T©- Mr. J. 11. MONGER, the District-At torney of Oneida County, was knocked down by two ruffians, near his residence in Camden, on Thursday night, and robbed of his pocket book containing some good money, and a large quantity of counterfeits on the Onondaga Bank which were recently passed by Grove L.Loomis, now in jail at Attica, for that offence. Mlin ger had the bills in his capacity as District At torney, and it is supposed they were taken from him to prevent their being used agaiust Loomis ou the trial. There were 15 persons baptised at Athens, last Sunday afternoon, by the Baptist Minister of that place, says the Waverly .4tl rocate. Thus the good work goes on. Every day brings with it, intelligence of that spiritu al influence, which is reviving and exalting religious reform, and awakeniug the Union. GODRY'S LADY'S BOOK, for May, with its usual punctuality, is already upon our table. It is enough to say,the publisher spares no ex ertions to increase the value of the Book, but every month adds new attractions, and eonse qnently increases its usefulness aud popularity with the ladies. CONGRESS. In the Senate of the United States, Thurs day, there was another discussion on extrava gant printing—a subject which appears to be a fruitful topic for criticism. Mr. JOHNSON, of Arkausas, moved to amend the Public Print ing bill of 1852, in a manner which, lie said, would put a stop to abuses. Mr. GWIN, of California, reported a bill for eonvej'ing the mails, troops and stores from the Missouri Ri ver to California by Railroad. Mr. BRODER ICK supported the object, ami favored a Nor thern route. The subject was put over. The Senate passed the bill to restore retir ed naval officers. Also, the Diplomatic and Consular appropriations. Mr. DOUGLAS re ported the Arizona Bill with an amendment. Various matters relating to the District of Columbia were considered. Mr. SEIDELL made an elaborate speech looking to the acquisition of Cuba and Ceutral America. The pretext for the speech was the resolution to bestow a medal upon Commodore PAULDING for break ing up the Walker Expedition. He opposed individual and private Dtlibustering Mr. SEI DELL'S opinions derive special interest from the general expectation that he wdl go abroad in an important diplomatic capacity with a view to the purchase of Cuba. When he had con-- eluded the Senate adjourned. In the House, the Deficiency Appropriation bill coming up, Mr. WASHBURN, of Maine, mov ed to lay it on the table. Lost, 43 to 148. Mr. HARNETT'S motion of the preceding day to refer the bill with instructions was also lost. The House then came to a direct vote upon the passage of the bill, when it was defeated. Ayes 106, nays 124. Thirty-one Democrats voted against and three Republicans for it.— The House next took up the Kansas bill, which had come back from the Senate. Mr. MONT GOMERY, of Pennsylvania, moved to adhere.— Mr. GROW moved the previous question. Mr. SEWARD, of Georgia, moved to recede. Amidst excitement and confusion tiie House proceed ed to vote Mr. MONTGOMERY'S motion was carried—Yeas 119, Nays 111—and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. Mr. BRANCH, of North Carolina, offered a resolu tion instructing the Comnrttee on Ways and Means to introduce six bills embracing the sub jects contained in the defeated Deficiency bill. A motion was made to reconsider the vote by which the Deficiency bill was lost, pending which the House adjourned. FARMER'S UNION INSURANCE COMPANY.— At the annual election for officers of this Com pany held at Athens, on the sth iust., the fol lowing were chosen : DIRECTORS. —C. N. SHIPMVN, N. C. HARRIS, 11. W. PATRICK, J. T. D. MYERS, C. S. RUS SELL, FRANCIS TYLER, C. F. WELLES, jr., GEO. A. PERKINS, E. A. MURRAY, E. H. PERKINS, WILLIAM EI.WELL. OFFICERS. —C. N. SHIPMAN, President ; F. TYLER, Vice President ; C. S. RUSSELL, Sec'y. The election of Mr. RUSSELL as Secretary, secures for the Company the services of a care ful and competent officer, and will increase the confidence already felt by the public in its safe, ty and stability. The Luzerne Union, a newspaper at Wilkesßarre, has been purchased by E. S. GOODRICH, who first started, anil for several years, published, this paper. The Union is a " national " Democratic sheet, supporting the National and State Administrations. We re gret to see that the respected editor of the Union has abandoned the good old Jefferso man democracy he once maintained, lor the modern dogmas and tests of the pro-slavery, new-light, candle-box, spurious article of the present day. In return for the training we have received at his hands, we shall eudenvor to keep an eye upon his political career, deem ing it our duty to do all we can, to reclaim him from the error of his ways. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WILUAMSPORT.— A fire broke out about half-past three o'clock, on Wednesday morning, in the large, three story brick store of J. 11. Fullmer, in the ceutral part of the town, ou Third street. The build ing was entirely consumed, together with the three story brick building of E. Y Iliggius, next door to it, occupied as a confectionary and ice cream establishment, and the upper stories as a dwelling house. A frame dwell ing house on the rear of an adjoining lot, be longiug to Robert Farics, was also destroyed. The brick buildings destroyed were among the finest in town. Mr. Fullmer's store ex tended back 200 feet, to the alley iu the rear of the lot. Little or nothing was saved from the burned buildings. The entire loss must exceed $20,000. There was an insurance on Fullmer's property of about $13,000, and on Higgins'of about $12,000. Llio fire was doubtless the work of an incen diary. It is the third or fourth affair of the kind that has lately occurred. A few weeks ago, Dickinson Seminary was set on fire, and the cupola in the centre was bnrued, bat no further damage was done. On Saturday night last, a barn belonging to Hon. Ellis Lewis, of Philadelphia, was also set on fire and destroy ed. Ihe hose used at the fire was cut, showing that the incendiaries were bent on causing as much destruction as possible. ftsf* A serious affray occurred in Washing ton city between aGoveruieut ex-official and the Secretary of the Interior on Thursday last. The former attempted to draw a pistol upon the latter, but was disarmed and badly injured. MUNICIPAL ELECTlONS. —Cincinnati, St. Louis, Dubuque and Jefferson City, Mo.— usually Democratic—all elected Republican charter officers on Monday week. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE TKM; A 1> TLB sad accident occurred on the TIO'A p ■ Thursday afternoon, Ist inst., NEAR U by which the Eugineer, Mr. J 0 I LN so severely injured that he died the • £ lowing. We are inform ID that TH* ■ was thrown from the track by THREE ■ placed up IN the ontside rail in A sharr ■ ! by some evil-minded person. The I sized, pinioning Mr. F. beneath it j N /■ manner that he was roasted alive }J* ■ extricated immediately and lived am] his senses, though suffering EXCRUCIATE" 1 ■ until about 2 o'clock, Friday morning B FT®" The House having Toted toadU I its admendments to the Kansas bill - ■ back to the Senate for its action JFL ate will probably ask for a Committee F /B fereuce. Should the request be g RAILLT I probable that the House may take th 1 pointment out of the hands of SPEAK* ,■ Further action upon the hill will I* , ■ until the return of the Missouri who have escorted Co]. BENTON'S REAATB St. Louis. I S&- Jiuld's American Agriculture. F doubtless the best work of the kind no* . ■ ; lisked in the country. It is of large s:r ' T L I published monthly — each number CONB | about thirty pages of the most reliable I | mation upon agriculture that can be | We confidently recommend this workto*H I farmer and gardener who wishes to KEEI9 with the agricultural improvements •'1 ; d a . v - 1 Price, one dollar a year for a siugle C-.FL i six copies for five dollars. Address ONB 'Judd, No 189 Water St., New York "I Judge WILMOT'S defence, made i-'-FL I the Judiciary Committees of the two II;IB ; on Friday, the 26th of March, ult., has S I published, in a pamphlet of nineteen O-FL I pages. It reviews all the informal UN-FL ; made against him, in his official character ,■ , is a full vindication of hisoffical integrity JH j shall publish the defence entire in oar FL 1 issue. F COUNTERFEIT TENS IN CIRCULATION-CJJB terfeit ten dollar bills ON the Bank of RR.-L are in circulation. The plate is from -FL broken western bank, excclleutly aud calculated to deceive. The DIFFTREIA® tweeu the counterfeit is, that the the counterfeit is a female seated npoua.- ■ I — eagle, Ac.; the vignette of the genu.R>:< 1 is, female seated, sheaf of wheat, cattle, s. A. J. GLOSSURENNF.R, Esq., Hl' I: ed of his interest in the York (Pa.) (I A to his partner, DAVID SMALL, Esq. 4 -*■ HENRY J. MA DILL, of this County,! been appointed aide to the Governor, r '' the title of Lieut. Col. ; SI-EAKEP. LONGAKER. — We regrc learn that SPEAKER LONGAKER, is seriousij 1 disposed with typhoid fever. BURNING OF A WHOLE FAMILY.—A IN : from Watertown. N. Y., givf-s the follow account of a shocking occurrence in thatnss borhood : " A farmer, named Daniel Cs stock, lias been living with his four a daughters, Mary, Maria, Colona aud F : alone in his house, which is located fourth j fifteen miles from here, on what is kiiowna-: I Philadelphia road. His wife has been a!s ( some two months, in Auburn, under ce-io | treatment. Last Saturday night, abom ; o'clock, it was discovered that the resident* I Mr. Comstock was in flames, and before AS I tance could be rendered it was burned tot | ground, together with its five ii mates. ; would seem from the position of affairs, fonnd them to-day, on the ground, that Mr. and his four daughters (the eldest of W was only ten years) were all asleep in onekw room in a corner of the house. The first it cation they had of the fire, was, probably," until the building was full of the tlaraes,'- -i is apparent the fire " took" from a kegoftf es that was in the wood-house, which is* distance from the bed-room in question, &s5 burning its way to the bed room, the frw children flew in different directions, blinded' the smoke and flames. while the unnatural fa# who loved his money better than his offsp" K ran up stairs to get his box of valuables. ,IJ he might have easily opened his bed-room r dow at the outset, and placed himself AUDD& dren beyond danger — for the bed-room the ground floor But, alas for human frai'U — his miserly habits ruled liiiu, and his ened bones were found, after the fire. I 5 * I across his box in the cellar, where lie bad* en." FORNEY VS. BIGI.ER.— The cour