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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. E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOWANDA : (Tljtirsban morning, 22, ISSB. TEKM— Oiii Dollar per annum, invariably in advance.— Four weekt previous to the expiration of a subscription. : notice will be given by a printed wrapper, and if not re newed, the paper will iu alt cases be stopped. Cl.l'BßlNO The Reporter will be sent to Clubs at the fol lowing extremely low rotes : j 6 copies for $5 00 'ls rojiirs for sl2 00 10 copies for Sooj 20 copies Jor 15 00 | Al>V Kiff 1.-KMKNTS — For a square of ten lines or less. One Dollar .for three or less insertions, and twenty-fire cents for each subsequent insertion. JOB-WORK Executed irilh accuracy and despatch, and n reasonable prices—with every facility Jor-aoing Books, Blanks, Hand-bills, Bail tickets, Sfr. MONKY may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an envelope, and properly directed, we will be responsible for its safe delivery. 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