Lccomptca in the House.
After repeated victories, iu which the House
mnjrity l.a* stood firm in opposition to the
Lecompton swindle, they have at la-t expe-t
ricnct'd a reverse. The Senate's efforts toturcc j
the Hon c into an endorsement of the Leeoinp- j
ton Constitution having been frustrated iu eve- j
r- instance, they at last proposed a conference; ;
and on Wednesday, contrary to the hope and
expectation of A nti-Lecompton men every-'
where, the Hou.-ie decided to grant a Commit- j
tee of Conference. The following is an nort !
of the proceedings :
Mr. Montgomery of Pennsylvania moved,
when the Kansas bill was taken up. that the
House insist upon its adherence, and called for
the previous question.
Mr. English announced that if the previous
question was voted down, lie intended to uiove
tor a Committee of Conference.
The House votes by tellers. The result
was 108 in the affirmative to 107 in the nega
tive, the Speaker voting the negative. The
demand lor the previous question was not sus
tained.
Mr. English cf Indiana moved a Confer
ence, and demanded the previous question.
Mr. Wttshburne of Maine raised a point oi
order to the effect that the House, having
once adhered, could not retrace its steps. The
speaker decided against him.
The Yeas and Nays on Mr. English's mo
tion were : Yeas, 108 ; Nays, 108. Messrs.
English, Hall, Pendleton and Owen Jones vot
ing in the affirmative. The Chair decided the
question by casting a vote in the affirmative.
A motion to reconsider was made and laid
on the table by the casting vote of the Spea
ker—loß to 108. The House theu wtut into
Committee of the Whole.
The anti-Lecompton side of the House is
still confident that all will come nght at last.
Messrs. English, Hail, Owen Jones and Pen
dleton profess to have voted for a conference
for reasons of Parliamentary courtesy, and not
from any change of opinion as to Eecompton.
CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT —THE PAY FIX-
F.n.—Both Houses of Congress have voted to j
close the present session on Monday, the 7th |
of June, the Senate having on Thursday con- J
eurred in a joint resolution to thai effect pre- j
viously adopted by the House of Representa 1
tivcs. This is an earlier day than has of late ;
years been usual, and some will doubtless at- j
"tribute it to the fact that members of Congress !
receive a fixed salary instead of eight dollars ;
per diem as formerly. Their pay is now $3,000
per session, exclusive of mileage, as well for j
the short session, which terminates on the 4-th i
of March, as for the long one which ends when- 1
ever Congress pleases. The present is the first
session held under the salary regulation, and
the day designated for adjournment will pro
bably he in some sense a precedent. Six
months is certainly long enough even for the
long session ; and if by any possible edict or
rule the length and number of Buncombe
essays read and spouted, could be materially
curtailed, the country would have cause to re
joice.
THE FUNERAL OK THE HON. THOMAS 11. BEN
TON. — IS7 Louis, Friday, April I<>. —At 10
o'clock this morning the remains of Mr. BENTON
were taken from the hall of the Mercantile
Library to the Second Presbyterian Church,
where the funeral ceremonies were performed i
by ihc Rev. Mr. COWAN, assisted by the Ilev.
Dr. A XDERSON aid the Rev. Mr. BROOKS. — j
When the services were concluded the body J
was placed in the hearse and was followed to
the lJellcfontaine Cemetery by the mo.-d iin
posing procession ever formed iu St. Louis. It ;
consisted of the relations and friends of the j
family, all the military companies of the city,
the Seventh Regiment of United States In ;
faulty, under the command of Colonel MOR
RISON, the Judges of thr Courts, the members
of the liar, the members of the City Govern
meut, a large majority of the Benevolent So- :
eielies of the City, the Turners Association,
and an immense concourse of citizens in car-1
riages and on foot. Toe cortege was forty five
minutes iu passing a given point. The body j,
of MCDOWELL JONES, a grandchild ot Mr. BEN
TON'S, was conveyed to the tomb at the same j
timo.
BAPTISM IN HOOKS. —At Chicago last week, J
a rather amusing scene took place during the j
baptism of a young lady by the pastor of the j
Tabernacle. The I num. says: "The minister
requested her to assume the dress peculiar to
such an occasion, but she declined to take off
her hooped skirt ; the minister told her of the
inconvenience that must result from her ob
stinacy, but she persisted. When she came to
descend into the bath, the inflated skirt touched
the water and rose up around her like a balloon.
Her head was lost to the congregation, she
was swallowed up in the swelling skirt, the
minister tried to force her down into the hath,
but she was kept above the surface by the
floating properties of the crinoline, and was
buoyed up so successfully that it was not until
after much difficulty and many forcible at
tempts to submerge the lady, the minister suc
ceeded in baptizing the fair one. Finally it
was effected, to the relief of the minister and
the seriously inclined audience, who could not \
keep from laughing in their pocket-handker
chiefs.*'
MELANCHOLY DEATH. — Mr. Warren Johnson
of Shepard's Creek, was kiiled on Wednesday,
while running a quantity of logs down a roll
way. The logs were blocked about mid-way
down tbe hill, and while loosening them Mr.
Johnson attempted to clear himself, as they
started, by springing over tbe logs, up the hill,
but seeing he could not effect this, turned and
run for the creek, near the Ivase of the run
way, and was struck in the back while in the
act of leaping over a iog that was laying on
the bank of the creek, crushing him so severely
that he died in about six hours.— 1 f "actrly .It/-
voaite.
A NICE Lun.E SUM. —It has been shown by
official documents that in the Banks of the
city of New York there are upwards of forty
one millions of dollars on deposit, and the ac
cuiiilationa of unclaimed deposits arc said to
be between two and three millions of dollars.
This large amount has been advertised for
many years, but still remains and goes on in
creasing by the addition of interest What to
do with this money, ha -, now become a question
of considerable importance. Attempts have been
repeatedly made to withdraw these deposits
from the banks and place them under the direct
control of the State, their proceeds to be ap
plied to public, purposes. Two propositions to
that eff 'ct are ut present before the Legisla
ture -Dr. BKANDRETH'S and Mr L'.w's —the
Cc Laving in view the beiicHt of the common
schools, and the other the completion of the
i'vuiuls.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, Monday, April 19.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs
this moruing directed M. CLINGJIAN, its chair
man, to report a resolution abrogating the
Claytou-Bulwcr Treaty, condemning it both in
its American as well as its British construction,
and authorizing the President to take immedi
ate steps for its abrogation.
The report that the Senate Committee of
Conference have unanimously agreed to report
against all appropriations for r.ver and harbor
improvements, is incorrect. Mr. IIAULIN did
not agree to the proposition.
The Joint Committee of Conference on the
Kansas bill met this morning, all the members
being present. Mr. GREEN, on behalf of the
majority of the Senate Committee, submitted
several proposed modifications of the Senate
bill, none of which proved acceptable to the
House Committee. Propositions were then
solicited from the House Committee. Air.
ENGLISH responded that at the next meeting lie
would submit a new bill, the precise character
of which has not transpired,but it is understood
to be a new line, proposiug a substitute for
the Lecompton ordinance, and that the ques
tion of admission under the Lecompton Con
stitution he referred to a fair vote of the peo
ple of Kansas at an early day :—if the major
ity vote for it, Kansas to come into the Union
at once under the President's proclamation ;
if against it, then the bill provides for the for
mation of a new Constitution, whenever the
population there equals the number required
for u ni'iiuber iu the United States House of
Representatives.
The Committee adjourned till to morrow.— !
There is some reason to believe that Mr. EN
GLISH'S bill will be agreed to in conference,and
passed by both Houses.
Special Dispatch to the New York Times.
WASHINGTON, Friday, April 11,1555.
C. A. WOODWARD, a member of the Minne- j
ola or Leavenworth Constitutional Convention,)
:u rived hereto-day, bringing dispatches from.'
the Convention, anil a copy of the Constitution, j
which he delivered to Mr. PARROT. He says !
that the organization of the Militia by the j
Free State men is so complete that the exact
number of voters and the political sentiments
of each voter iu the Territory are ascertained,
and that the Pro Slavery men are only two
thousand. He further says that an important
element of the dispute over the Lecompton
Constitution has been overlooked—viz : the
charters granted by that instrument to bridge
companies, banks, Ac.—all Lecompton con
cerns, which, if the Constitution is accepted,
will have vested rights which cannot be taken
from them except at their own price.
The Kansas Conference Committee did noth
ing to-day, but fixed a meeting at 10 o'clock
to-morrow. Mr STEPHENS, was not present,
but was confined to his house by serious indis
position. The suggestion was informally made
by Mr. SEWARD that both the Senate and House
bill should be discarded, and action based on
the Leavenworth Constitution. It is the be
lief of a member of the Committee that a new
plan or none must be adopted.
DIMMICK, of Pennsylvania, a Lecompton
Democrat, is so ill that his life is thought to
be in danger.
Mr. STANTON, Chairman of the Tariff Inves
tigating Committee, has to-day written a letter
denying the rumor that Govr BANKS has been
lure.
" DEMOCRACY" ON THE WANE. —The New
York Tribune says :—" Three eminent West
ern cities—Cincinatti, the largest inland town
in the United States ; St. Louis, the empori
um of the Far West ; and Dubuque, the chief
city of lowa and the busiest place on the Mis
sissippi—held their Charter Elections on Mon
day. Each of these is usually " Democratic"
in politics, and usually gives a large majority
on that side at each Presidential election.—
Yet Cincinatti lias now gone anti-Lecompton
by some 3000 majority—a clean sweep ; St.
Louis (in a Slave State)has chosen the straight
out Free-Soil ticket by about 1000 ; while
Dubuque, usually two to one " Democrat" has
elected a " People's Ticket" over the regular
" Democratic" by 500. Dubuque never before
failed to swallow anything labeled " Democrat"
and lick her chops for " more of the same sort."
We respectfully submit to Mr. Buchanan that
Cincinatti has given an authentic exposition of
the Cincinatti Platforn, and that, it sustains
Judge Douglas to the letter.
Jefferson City, the capita) ol Missouri, also
elects Free Soil municipal officers, and the Mi
chigan town elections, as well as several iu
our own State, have resulted in Republican
triumphs."
SERIOCS ACCIDENT TO REV. DUDLEY A. TYXG.
—On Tuesday morning the Rev. Dudley A.
Tyng the eloquent and popular divir.e of this city
left his study at Brookfield, near Consliohock
en, to look at the operation of a corn-shelling
machine in the vicinity. Stepping on the in
cline plane, he placed his hand on that portion
! of the instrument known as the " mule," which
spreads out the corn. His dressing-gown he-
J came entangled in the wheels of the apparatus
which lacerated his arm in the most frightful
manner, from the elbow to the shoulder, sev
ering the main artery anil a vein, and inflict
ing the most exeruiating pain. He immedi
ately, with great presence of mind, ordered the
attendants to bind up his arm tightly, and was
born to the house with a great lass of blood.
Two physicians were called in, one from Con
! -hohocken and one from Xorristown, who ren
i dered every assistance in their power. This
' morning Mr. Tyng was doing as well as there
, was any reason to expect, but lie cannot be
considered fairly out of danger for several
daws.— Th.il. Eve. Journal, 15.
j
The Rev. DUDLEY A. TYNG, was com
pelled to have his right arm amputated on
; Saturday.
IMPORTANT LAW.— The net which was in
force iu Philadelphia and Luzerne counties on
ly, commonly called the Sheriff's interpleader
act, has recently been extended through the
whole State. It applies iu all cases where
execution is issued against, and a levy is made
: of property of A. but which is claimed byß..in
which case B.gives notice to the Sheriff that the
propertyiloes not belongtoA.bot that it belongs
to him (B.) Whereupon the Sheriff asks for a
rule from the Court whence the execution was
j issued, f o call for said Court the party isuing
I the process and the party making the claim,
j that said parties may try the title iu the prop
erty, and that the Court may decide to which
it belongs. This is a much speedier and more
satisfactory way, nnd less hazardous and expen
ds •, to both the Sheriff and the parties, than
the old method of allowing the Sheriff to sell,
and then prosecute fur trespass.
Sraiifort) importer.
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REPUBLICAN COUN
- TV CON VENTION —The
Republican Bounty Committee iinvim* met on the nth :
iust.. resolved to call a Republican County ''onvention,
to be composed of two delegates from each Election Pi>- |
trirt.to be held at the Court House, in To wan Jit, on j
MONDAY EVENING. May 3. 1858, for the purpose of
electing delegates to the next Republican State Couveu
tion.
They have also appointed a Vigilance Committee In
each Election District, whose doty it will be to call pri- j
mary meetings of the Republican electors iu each election j
district, for the purpose of electing delegates to said •
C inty Convention. The committees of vigilance are re- |
nue<ted to confer together and call the primary meetings
on Saturday the 1-t day of May next, between the hours
of 3 and G.l'. M..or at sueli other hour as may be con
venient, and at the usual place tor holding such elections.
E >. GOODRICH, ERASTt'S WOLCOTT,
R. LA PORTE, P. BAILEY.
I>. HI.LEY. CHESTER THOM'S,
M. F. KINNEY, WAI. M. CHAFFEE.
April 9, ISSS. County Committee.
COMMITT !>' OK VJFSII.ISCE.
Albany—"ames Wilcox, Daniel Kellogg, John Sterigcre.
Armenia—Alba ihirnhaiu, Alfred Ripley, John Mason.
Asvlum—Edmund llorton, J. M- Wilson, D. 11. C obin.
Athens tp—David Gardner, S. \V. Park, John Griffin.
Athens boro' -F.N.Page. L.W.I! nvhird. A.H.Sp-.ilding.
Burlington—los. Camplx 11. P.M. Alexander. M. J .Smith, j
Burlington boro'—X.T. Dickinson, John Hi!!,C.T-Merry, j
Burlington west—l. Ballard, jr.. 11. L.Adams. P.B.Pratt. !
Canton—.!. A. Rogers, Enoch Seßard. V. M. Wilson.
Columbia—Jas. C. M'Kean, Isaac Bcslv, 1,. 15. Slade. j
Purell—Ulysses Moody, Rolit. Bull, John Y. Benjamin.
Franklin—Nelson Gilbert, Unlit. Metcer, Jos. Spalding.
Granville -Win. Ban von Stephen Tidd, B. F. Taylor.
Derrick—Geo. W. Elliott, E/.ekiel Carr.' Indiana Stevens.
Leltoy—l. G. Hammond, R. Stone, M. L. Woostcr.
Litchiield—H. Morse, A. F. Campbell, Hiram Rogers.
Monroe tp—M. M. Coolhaugh. L. Kellogg. 11. C. Ingham.
Monroe boro'—H. C. Tracy, W. G. White, E. Huntley.
Orwell—Win. P. Pnyson, Josiah Newell, A. W. Alger.
Overton—Win. Wuliman, Jas. Heverly. Geo.Hottei'stine. j
Pike—l). M. Bailey. Eugene Keeler. Win. 15. Stevens
Rome—John ('.Towner, Orson Rickey, P. Strope.
Ridgbury— C. T. Covell, Daniel Pewey, Wm. Stevens.
Sheshecpiin—R. Young, Wm. K. Hill, O. 11. P. Kinney, i
Smithtield—S. R. Crane, J. W. Phelps, Lark Bird.
South Creek—lra Crane, W. Y. Glines, Cornelius ILiight. !
Springfield—A. G. Brown, Amos Knappjr.J. L. Phillips.
Standing Stone—H. Gordon, Win.Grims, Geo.A.Stephens.
Sylvania boro'—N. 11. McCollum, L. X. Tiukham, Dar
win Alexander.
Towanda born"—J. V. Geiger, Geo. Rrittnn, J. H. Xevin-.
Towanda tp Ilarry Decker, A. W. Diminick, John 11.
Seoville.
Towanda North—E. Rutty, I). Kennedy, Win. 11. Foster. ,
Troy boro' G. p. Newberry. G. D. Long, N. M. I'omeroy. '
Troy tp.—G. Shattoek, J. Linderman, I>. N. Allen.
Tuscarora—E. C. Wells, Ferris Aekley, A. F. Keency. •
Clster—Jas. Birney, Russell MeKinuey, Guy Tracey.
Warren—Win. M. Chaffee, Miles Prince, Jas. Cooper.
Wells—Newell Ijeonard, Lyman French, L. W. Knapp.
Windham—Wm. Wheelhouse, W. P. Kinyou, IL Boyee.
Wihnot—J. L. Jones, J. 11. Tyrrell, J mathan Buttles.
Wyalusing—C. W. Hollenhack, Jacob Biles. Jas. Fie.
Wysox—John Tuttle, Julius Brown, (5. T. Granger.
The 13TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. —A bill creat
ing a new Judicial District out of the Coun
ties of Clearfield, Elk, Forrest and Jefferson,
having passed the House of Representatives,
a motion was made in the Senate to refer the
bill to a Select Committee,consisting of Messrs.
CRESS WELL, BEI.I. and SCUITELD, which was
agreed to. That Committee reported back
the bill with an addition, attaching Bradford
to Judge WHITE'S district and Susquehanna
to Judge WOODWARD'S. A motion was then
m ule to refer the whole matter to the Judi
ciary Committee, which after considerable de
bate, was adopted.
fcaT we desire in the most obedient and
filial manner to express our great gratification
at the tone of the last Lrzeruc Union. We
think we see in it the evidence that tiie edi
tor thereof has not entirely forgotten or de
parted from the faith of the fathers, for he
urges upon the Democracy the duty of " re
curring to first principles," and declares that
the " ancient landmarks of democracy should
be frequently and clearly exhibited." We
trust that it will be one of his efforts to bring
the benighted Democracy of Luzerne back to
those great principles inculcated by JEFFER
SON, from which the present miscalled Demo
cratic party has strayed. To do this, he must
repudiate the old Federalist who occupies the
Presidential chair, and refuse the leadership
of TOOMBS and STEPHENS, who have no regard
|
j for Democracy, except as an ally of Slavery ;
he must assert the right of the people to gov
ern themselves, and deny that the Constitu
tion is the broad Aegis with which to defend
j and propagate Slavery. When we sec this,
iwe shall know that " first principles " still
i abide.
I We certainly need not make any apolo
! gy for the space occupied by Judge WII.MOT'S
defence, which we have, with some extra la
bor, placed entire upon our outside. The peo
ple of the County will read it with interest —■
It is a complete vindication of his official repu
tation from the iunendoes and slanders of his
enemies. It scatters to the winds the frivo
lous charges, (if they can be dignified by such
a term,) of those who are seeking to vent their
personal malice aud spite upon him.
fcg"" The Luzerne Union of the 14th, says
that sixty-five members were added to the
Presbyterian Church of that place on Sunday
last, nearly all of them upon the profession of
their faith. The proceedings were highly in
teresting, and an uusuai solemnity pervaded
the audience throughout the exercises ot the
day.
THE ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS. —The Sen
ate has passed the joint resolution of the
House which was adopted some time sinee, fix
ing the final adjournment of the present session
of Congress for the first Monday of June next.
A resolution was offered in the Senate, which
was laid over, that Congress rcasserublo on
i Monday. November Ist.
SALE OF THE STATE CANALS.
The llousc bill for the sale of the State Ca
ua's to the Sunbury and Erie Company, pass
ed the Senate on Friday morning last, and has
probably received the signature of the Gover
nor and become a law. The price fixed in the
bill is $3,500,000, to be paid for in bonds of
the Company bearing 5 per cent, interest, se
cured by mortgage 011 the works.
We congratulate the people of the Common
wealth upon the fact that the State has by
this measure got rid of the last rod of public
improvements she possessed, for however much
of wisdom there may have been in the State
building t he lines of public improvements which
have accumulated her heavy indebtedness,there
is no diversity of opinion that the time had ar
rived when a regard for the interests of the
Treasury, and for public honesty and official
morality demanded that the works should be
got rid of.
The public improvements of the Common
wealth have been for years the fruitful source
of official malfeasance and political debauche
ry. It is a fact well known to all who have
any knowledge of State politics, that the offi
ces upon the improvements have been bestow
ed upon partisans, without regard to their fit
ness, but in consideration of past services, and
present usefulness. It is folly to suppose that
such men would look to the interests of the
Commonwealth. On the contrary, the State
has come to lie regarded as a goose to be pluck
ed by any one fortunate enough to be in a po
sition to do so, until peculation and fraud and
swindling are the rule, and houesty the excep
tion.
Iy divesting the State of all her public im
provements, the occupation of the public plun
derers is gone. The politics of the State are no
longer controlled by the desire of managing the
public improvements, and politicians must look
to other and more legitimate means of advancing
party success. This fact alone would reconcile
us to the present sale, even if it had not other
and more substantial merits.
We look upon the present disposition of the
Canals as calculated to increase their useful
ness, and consequently to add to the value of
the country through which they pass. In re
gard to the North JJrancli, in which we ha'e
a special interest, and in which the hopes of
the North have been so long and anxiously
centered, we have every reason to believe that
its usefulness and efficiency w ill be greatly ad
vanced, by going into the hands of a Company.
We have the best authority for sayiug that
the North Branch from Northumberland to
the State line is to be purchased by a Com
pany of North Branch men, residing along
its line, who have the greatest possible inter
est in its success, and who have no end except
to make it profitable, at the same time that
they develope the great resources "of the North,
aud add to her prosperity. If we are cor
rectly informed, the people along the North
Branch will be more than satisfied, that the
plans which have been laid to plunder, and
defraud the State arc frustrated, and that a
new order of things will be introduced, con
ducing to public morality, and enhancing to
the public the value of this great thorough
fare.
The fears that the North Branch was to fall
into the hands of speculators, will not be real
ized. On the contrary, the work is to be owu
| ed and controlled by business men and substan
tial farmers along the line, who will have no
authority under the law, even if they had the
' disposition, to make a monopoly of the work.
If the price paid for the works is sufficient, and
if the North Branch is to be managed to the
advantage and satisfaction of the public—we
believe the people of the North will be grati
fied that the measure has been consummated.
That both propositions ure true, we firmly be
lieve.
{.-5* We observe in the Columbia Democrat
1 a eaii for the meeting of the " Keystone Edi
torial Union," signed by LEVI L. TATF. Presi
dent, to be held at Pottsville, on the lltli of
May next. On looking over the columns of
the Democrat we find that it contains some
half dozen advertisements of a character unfit
to go into a family, and which no publisher
who has a proper estimate of his responsibility
I would permit to fill his advertising space.
We consider these Editorial Conventions as
humbugs, as far as any practical results are
! contemplated. All the resolves that could be
written would not clean the columns of a sor
! did, avaricious publisher, of immoral adver
tisements, as long as they paid well, nor ele
vate in the least his standard of dignity and
propriety. As social gatherings thoy may be
pleasant ; and our advice to those assembling
at Pottsville is, to first pass a resolution that
every publisher i 3 competent (or should be)
I to conduct his own business, and then to em
ploy the remainder of the session in those fes
! tivities for which the craft is proverbial.
©a?- The telegraph reports the waters of
the Mississippi to be in some places higher
than ever before known. The towns of Na
poleon and Prentiss are still inundated, and the
i whole country on both sides of the river from
Napoleon to Lake Providence is submerged.
The damage is immense. Some ftars are en
tertained at New Orleans of a crevasse, and
precautions have been taken against such a
catastrophe.
©af* The revival interest has extended to
various parts of Cauada. In Montreal prayer
! meetings are held three times a day, ami are
largely attended.
toy* Ex-Gov. Pollock has been invited to
deliver the Commencement Oration at Prince-
I ton College, N. J.
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.— The steamship
Africa, which left Liverpool on the 3d instant
brings three days later news from Europe.
There is not a word additional about India,
so that the particulars and result of Sir COLIN
CAMPBELL'S attack on Luckuow aVe yet missing. J
Consols, cotton, breadstuff's, and produce had j
all sutrered a slight decline, in London and
Liverpool. Business generally was dull, owing j
to holiday-making at Easter, over which time :
the British Parliament had adjourned. Pre- j
parations for laying the Atlantic cable were
so rapidly being made, that the experiment of
laving it down might be commenced, if neces
sary, in about a month from to-day. The
steamer Leviathan is said to be for sale in an
incomplete condition ; if so, it is a fiasco, as
we anticipated long ago. The Continental
news is deficient in interest.
Mr A German named Joseph Mohr, aged
about 30 years, a tanner by profession, while
eating dinner, on Tuesday last, at the tavern
of Mr. Weaver, in Canal street, Harrisbuig,
ate a piece of meat, which, either for want of
proper mastication or being too large a quan
tity, refused to pass down his throat, causing
almost instant strangulation, from the effects
of which the unfortunate man died in a few
uii#utes.
THE LICENSE LAW. —The liquor hill has
passed both branches of the Legislature and
been committed to a Committee of Conference,
who have adjusted the differences between the
two Houses. What the report is, we have not
heard. It has passed the House by a large
majority, and probably will pass the Senate.
Mr Gov Packer signed the death warrant
of John Lutz, to be hung at Pittsburg, May
28, but subsequently re-called it to give Lutz
a chance to apply for a new trial.
Mr JOHN KEI.I.EY, an Irishman, fairly chop
ped a fellow countryman, named HUGHES, in
to mince meat, with an axe, at Philadelphia,
ou Saturday.
fesf The Bridge for the Susquehanna Rail
road, at Dauphin is completed and ears have
run over it. It proves to he an excellent
work. The completion of the road from Tre
| vcrtou to Sunbury, is expected in June.
jfrSyThe Minnesota bill passed the United
| States 011 Wednesday last, by a vote of 48
Ito 3. The hill provides for the admission of
Minnesota as a State with two Itepresenta
! tives.
JKayThe dweiling of David Ferguson, near
Saliadayshurg, Lycoming county, was destroy
ed bv tire on the 29-th ult. The family barely
made their escape.
Mr The Legislature adjourns to-day. We
: have nothing later than Saturday.
FATAI. BOII.EK EXPLOSION. —On the 7th inst.,
one of tiie boilers in Messrs. Shoemaker A
Medlar's Leliigh colliery, at the Sharp Moun
tain, Tamaqua, Pa., exploded with a terriffic
report, blowing the boiler house to atoms, and
scattering the materials in all directions. Thos.
Foster, the fireman, age 17, was the only per
son in the boiler house at the time, and was
instantly killed.
SECOND ADYEXTI-TS AGAIN. —The Xewark
(N*. J.) Advertiser says some of the leading
Second Adventists, in that city, have again
set a period for the destruction of the world
—professing to have discovered the errors of
their previous calculations, and to have finally
ascertained the exact truth. They regard the
recent financial depression, and the prevailing
religious excitement, as signs of the last days.
By the next arrival from Europe, they expect
to hear of the destruction of the city of Rome,
and this will portend the conflagration of the
world next Summer.
Mr At the great anti-Lecompton Demo
cratic Mass Meeting in Pittsburg, John W.
Forney said he " repudiated with contempt
and disgust the platform adopted by the Dem
ocratic Convention at Ilarrisbnrg, and would
repudiate Win. A. Porter if lie placed himself
upon it." Judge M'Kinney of Westmoreland
county said the 11 arrisburg declaration of doc
trines " was not a 'platform, but a gallows,
which will hang any man who steps upon it."
Mr A correspondent of Forney's Press, writ
ing from Bellcfonte, Centre, Co., under date
of April 4, ISSB, says :
" A gentleman by the name of Aid was up
in this county, some few days since, buying up
ail the old broken-down males at the iron
works and around the county, at high prices,
as is said, for the use of the United States
Government. This mule contractor is a broth
er of the Member of Congress from the Cum
berland district, who goes so strongly for the
Ijccompton-Kansas hill. What connection is
there between the mules aud Leeouipton ?"
DIED,
In Standing Stone, Dec. Gth 1857, JACOB VOSBURG,
in the Gsth year of his age.
was formerly from the State X. Y. Moved from
theuee to Susquehanna Co., where he resided 20 years ;
then removed to Standing Stone, Bradford Co., where he
died. lie left a companion and nine children, and other
relatives to mourn their loss. In early life he made a
profession of religion, and united with the Baptist
Chureh where he held a standing for many years, His
conversation was generally upon religion and the Scrip
tures, with which he was very familiar. He died in tlx
triumphs of faith, in the adoralde Redeemer. Funeral
sermon by Rev. \V. Lathrop. from the text: " Precious
in the sight of the Lrrd is the death of his saints."
One thing more we notice which is somewhat remarka
ble. A daughter of Mr. Vosburg, (Wife cf Mr. Mirasu
Ely, who resides in Wyoming County,) died the day pre.
vious to her father's death and at the same hour of the
day. Mysterious are the ways ol Providence. Montrose
papers please copy.
agjyTNOTICF,.—The North Eastern Convention of
Peima., will hold their session in the Episco
pal Church of this Iti rough, to commence on Wednesday
evening, the 21st Kermous of special interest may be
J expected. After Wednesday evening meeting for prayer
! at 10 A. M.. Service and Srunti at J and at 7.1 P M. -
! All ait invited to attend.
Xcui
COAXi Gil. LXG2XT ! ]
CIALL and f-ee some beautiful patter t ,
, burning KLROHAE AND • B
—di.-tilted from Coal and not expl >si\
any light yet discovered. Both Oil el j". • I
\\ icks and Shades, furnished very rheao ,t | if
I |
New Spring and Sunn !
GOODS.
HS. MKRCUR has just received a good ,, II
of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods. Wr <t*s
Groceries,
Hardware,
Harness and Carrion, , II
Crockery and Class U at, '
Hoots Shoes,
Hats Caps, 9
Paints,
( /Us,
Wooden J Care J-c.
Many of which articles will lie sold for cadi 9
prices than were ever before ottered in lii j.ii.Vi i *' 9
Towandi, tpril jo. i->. : |
I A DIES Skeleton Lattice extension •
J Hoop Skirt* at me
BREGKEN RIDGE Illumina* Q ■
Lamps for sale by 11. M. MFRi
SOME VERY CHEAP CK>Cl>s
LADIES Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs at • .
each, While Cotton Hose at t, 4 t eut< ij" 9
Handsome Lawns at •; 4 cents per yard, and the f* 9
cent Calicoes in the State, will be*found at the swi 9
Towanda. April 21. Is.',*. _ lb-.ML;', [ f
BIRD CAGES of all description, Bj
Canary seeds, Birds nests, Cuttle Bone 4 .9
Bird tixeu's at No. 2 Pattons Block.
April Ji. l->. I |
\ LARGE assortment of Ladies
J.~X. Baskets, Children* Willow aud Emnm
<ic., at N'o. 2 Patterns Block.
April 21,1858. WM. A. ROCKWELL I
\ X extensive variety of Crockery, G|J
Yellow Ware, Fluid, lamp w: king Ac. •*.
i Pattons Block.
I| ji. 1858. WM. .\. i ;
(IARPETIXG —Fine Ingrain, V
J He top and Rush Carpeting, Mats, Rugs Ac. c \
2, Pattons Block,
. April 21. Vv " ■ |
rPHL cheapest aud general variety of Boot I
I A and Shoes ever ottered in Towanda, at Xo J'
I tons Block
Apvi WM. A. ID)( K - B
]^RUIT. — Prunes, Raisins, dried B<r
. apples, Ac., at N'o. 2 Pattons !:!.>• k.
April 21. 1858. W. A. r }
ILLINOIS i n Seed 10 Clover
. seed for sale at No. 2, Pattons Bloi k.
Api i 2 I. WM.BOCO
MACKINAW TROUT, Mack I
fur sale at N'o. 2, Pattons Block.
April 20. IsJS. WM. ROCKWELL I
M O X TA x: V IX
■
Are now receiving their Spring and Summer Stou ! j
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods j
GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CROCKERY,
3Gnnts 'C fljnrs, f ijnr failings t i\:z I
HATS, CAPS, BONNETS, AC.
Which wilt be sold at Greatly Reduced T v ]
Cor. Public Square and Main st.
j. n. MOVTANVE, < TOWANDA. ji. p. Mosnmi H
E. I). MOXTAVYK, I April 12,1*58. (F. I). MOSTV.VTI
/ U\UTIOX —Whereas my wife MARYS:- 9
left mv bed and hoard, without any ju-t 9
provocation, this is hereby to forbid all persons h-. H
mg nr ti listing her on my account, as 1 shall pay re I-. 8
;of her contracting. CORNEI Jl'S COLEMi)' rl
W) sox. April 12th, 1858. j
LOST.
ON* Tuesday. March 23, between t!r- pis■ n
and Bruwntown, a BLACK PORTMUN'IL * M
about seventy-live cents in silver and note.-, une B
$lO, and ?27.
Manii :.l, lsVk JACOB XIM'.V 9
Spring and Summer Milliner;. .
FOB 1858, 1
BY A. T. MARSH &CO -
No. 5, Union Block,
ELM IRA, N. V.
HAVING made extensive arrangements a: ' H
nu-nts in our MILI.INEItY DWARTMKNT.* ! ■
cordially invite all to favor us with ;i call be! r>-; ■
: irig SPRING r Sl MMWI MILLINERY, b-eliug - 'J
ilent \vt can make it to the advantage , f all.
OUR AYHOLESALE DEPARTMENT
: Will be full and complete, with everything in tl I
Millinery : such as Straw Bonnets. I'lloomcrs, r.H
Gypsiettes of all kinds and style- for Ladies' r V I
• wear, by the dozen or case. I
Ruches and Flowers by the box. RiM>onst-ytb"
or cartoon. Blonds, edging, footings and Str.i'vl'.r ■ H
1 the dozen or piece. Bonnet Frames. Crowns ai l >'■ 1 H
Iby the dozen. Reeds and covered bones by the ' I
Hand boxes liy the nest or gross. Fouit ns. (r B
Lisses, Crown ijnings and Cape N'ett- 1-y tin ; - ! D
■in fact everything required in the Millinery 1! ' H
greatest abundance and at the very lowest I'm tb-._
-Aia; Pi.ICES. i
OUR RETAIL DEPARTMENT ■
Will embrace a full and complete assortment H
I the above mentioned art'fh-s at prices to so it t ! ~
All bonnets lmght at the store will be trimrav: B
i charge iu the latest style and best manner. <1 1,
, by parties from out of town, will he packed and do.'
ed to the stages or cars free of expense.
I A. T. MARSH A CO- ■
I _ No. 5. Union Block. Ehnira, N. Y. B
jPeo]lu oi' I>ni<!lonl ( j
IN particular, ami readers of the B
. in general. B
I MARSH A CO., OF El MIR A, N'. Y. send r'/ 9
i to you and yours, and desire to inf rm one a- H
they can and will make it gicatly to your n lvaut- Bfl
nurcliase everv tiling you want in the -hi;"
GOODS. FANCY GOODS and MtI.I.INEID. f _ ■
wholesale ,-r retail of tbei i it No a
aforesaid village of Elmita. N". \'. B
Their facilities are certainly unsurpassed : a - 0j
ber of the firm is on the spot all the , . . >" ' he
the ta>te- a- . <-ej
another of the linn is daily in the auction r ;-; ,37j
porting hou- - m
and most de-irable goods at the very h vest t c B
they buy exclusively for cash) and as tiny si:! ' ' H
only they have no losses to make up. and c " *
1 can and do sell so cheap as to defy couipctiti , n - ' I
I and space preclude the possibility of menti lia-' -• . H
quarter ot the many inducement- which arc " B
jto trade at their piqmlar establishment, and ''•< ■
1 AnvEKTISKMEXTs will from week to wee's give '■> . ■
ed idea of the many advantages to lie derivei! by-■.*-• ■
|on A. T. MARSH A"'.. ■
N'o. A, Union Block. L. ' : : S
P. S. For further particulars, see New Advert - _
' ask those who have called, and g■-< • - I
Now Just Hear what XVXarsh ka s I
and gone and done
-1 ST—Went to New York on Monday ni_ t. B
I 2d—Bought lots of New Goods of the very . ■
luost desirable styles, a few of which will B
in our new advertisements, but most of which f ■
, seen in order to be appreciated. I
Oil—We intend our stock shall he more cxtcie ' ■
ever, luni last, though not least, we -tia'.i
SELL FOR CASH ONLY ! Ft)
! and as cheap as we can afford to and pk r ' ; j> B
| enough to keep tltem honest. We would n'-j * ( > i B
our facilities continue to he such that we wid •-
to otter extra inducements to uM to buy Dry / ■
M Alt-H A l *- *
No. :,U.
Wc've got 'om ! B
PATENT ELASTIC SKUM-. ■
I JL justable bustles, made by Douglas A - Jtr ■
York City, are emphatically the best thing w
■in the sliape of Skirts. To be had only ot . , ')
M \i;-H A - ■ i|
WE aro prepared to sell stood* !r ' 1 ■
at prices tiut w ill -alisiv all P'ir js ■
1 Match 10, ls o ß. >l">- U 9