The Facts of the Amistad Case. Some twenty yca r .s ugo a slave sliip landed j * cargo of African negroes on the Island of Cul.tt. They were then sold in lots "to suit purchasers.'' A lot was bought by two Spat.-' iards named Ru'z and Meinicz, whof subse quently chartered a small vessel to take them to another part of island. When out of sight of laud, the negroes arose and took possession of the vessel and demanded to be taken back to their native homes in Africa. They commit ted no assault upon their purchasers, further than to demand of them their release from bondage a; d their restoration to home, kindred and liberty. They knew nothing of navigation, and the vessel finally found its way into Long Island Sound, and was formally taken posses sion of by the revenue cutter and brought into New Ilaven, where the eases were tried, and Court decided that they were entitled to their freedom, and they were subsequently set at lilerty, and the two Spaniards lost their '"property." If we mistake not, the late John Qaiucy Adams volunteered to be the counsel for the negroes, and went to New Haven and argued their case. They were declared free by the District Court of the United States, from which an appeal was taken to the full bench of the United States Supreme Court, where the decision was affirmed Soon afterwards the Spanish Government claimed froinour Government remuneration for the lass which its citizens had sustained by the decision of the Connecticut Court, and the lib eration of the Africans. Our government re cognized this claim, and the Democratic ad ministration, since that (lay have never failed to urge this preposterous and outrageous claim upon the attention of Congress, and recom mend its payment. Several Committees of both Houses of Congress made up as they gen erally are, of a majority of pro-slavery men, have reported in favor of this claim upon vari ous pretexts, but Congress has never yet dared to vote an appropriation for it, and we trust never vs\[\.--J3oslun Atlas. THE PROPOSED TERRITORIES " Daeotah" is the western h*lf of what was Minnesota Ter ritory. When the State was formed, a line was drawn through the middle of the Territory from north to south. The eastern part became the State of Minnesota —the western is unor ganized and without a government. " Arizona" is a combination 'of the south part of New Mexico, with that Mesiila Valley strip of land which we purchased from Mexico in 1854. The latter is without a local gov ernment. " Nevada" is the western half of Utah, lying between Salt Lake and California. "Laramie'' means the western part of Nebras ka , in which the fort of that name is situated. "Pike's Peak" is in the Roekv Mountain chain, in the western part of Kansas, which part is proposed to cut off for the new Territory. " Superior," or " Ontonagon,'' is the peniu sula between Lakes Superior and Michigan, part of which now belongs to Michigan and part to Wisconsin. TRAGEDY IN W ISCOKSIX.— Hiram Sclioonover a Pennsylvanian, convicted of murder in St. Croix county, Wisconsin, was recently senten ced to be imprisoned for life. Schoouover boarded with a tnaa named St. John, with whose wife he was said to be too intimate.— Last July St. John went fishing, and his body wis found with the skull fractured soon after. Hence the trial and conviction of Sclioonover, who leaves a wife and three children in Penn sylvania, to -peud the rest of his life in prison UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY — The seventh annual meeting of the United States Agricultural Society takes place in Washing ton on Wednesday, the 12th day of Jauuary next. This important assemblage will doubtless bring together from every Stale of the Union a general representation of distinguished, prac tical agriculturalists, who will contribute by their presence, their counsels and their essays greatly to the glorious cause which so deeply interests the people of America. THE XEW YORK HERALD says "the old Democratic party is virtually disbanded into a Half dozen wrangling factious, each at the tail of some factious or sectional leader, and all intent, night and day, first and last, upon the spoils and plunder of the succession." Dennett is the confidential friend of the great chief and supreme law-giver of the Democracy, and ought to know what is its real condition. So this aunonncemeut may be considered semi official. LTSCH LAW IX ARKANSAS— FIVE HORSE THIKVES III'.XG.— The fact that five men,charged with being horse-thieves, were summarily ex ecuted in Arkansas, recently, was mentioned a few days ago. The Memphis Appeal says : " As our informant rode past the spot where the edict of lynch law had gone forth and the horrible spectacle of its execution was witnes sed, one poor fellow was seen dangling between heaven and earth, suspended by his neek to the limb of a tree, whose branches extended across the road, with this inscription witten upon his back : " Tennessee horse-thief. If you like him better than I doyou can take him down and bury him." FIRE AND LOSS OF I.IKF..— On Sunday evening, at Corning, a fire was discovered breaking out of a shanty, occupied by an Irishman, named BOYLE and family. The husband was absent from home, and before assistance could be ren dered, Mrs. BOYI.K and two children, aged re spectively 1 years, and C mouths, were burned to death. The origin of the fire is unknown, A DIFFICULTY has occurred between Senators ))ouglas and Jones, concerning a land grant lo an lowa railroad, in refeienee to which Mr. Douglas made a statement. This was denied by one of the attaches of Senator Jones. Mr. Douglas wrote a letter to Washington C'itv, in which he reiterates the statement, and brands the denial of it again as a villainous falsehood. It is said that Mr. Jones has written a letter to Mr. Douglas, which, to sum it up iu brief, gives him the li' flatly. TEI JCGRAPH EXTENSION.— San Francisco is in telegraphic, connection with Utah territory.— A line of telegraph extends to Geneva, iu 4'arsoa Valley, and it will be carried to Salt Like. If Congress had, last wiutcr. adopted Mr. O'Reilly'a plan of connecting Salt Lake City with our western I mits of telegraph, we should have had, probably, during the present year, a complete working telegraph from San Francisco £o Washington eity, and thence to Yoi| and ail our eastern fitje*. §obtoJltjflrkr. E. O. GOODRICH. EDITOR, | ft— if • IE- - -B— -fr-i TOAVAINTDA : Thursday Morning, January 6, 1659. TERMS —One Dollar per annum, invariably in advance— Four weel.* previous to llie expiration of a subscription. notice will be given by a printed wrapper, and if not re newed, the paper will in all cases be .rtojiprd. CLCBBIVO — The Re/wrier will be sent lo Clubs at the foi lowing extremely low rates : (5 copies for s.*> 00 [ls copies for II'J 00 10 copies for 8 (HI j2O copies f0r. ... 15 00 A nvERTtSKMKVTS— For a square of ten lines or Irss, One Dollar for three or less insertions, and twenty-five cm'.s for earh subsequent insertion. JOB-WORK— Executed with accuracy and despatch, and a reasonable prices—with every facility for doing Books, Blanks, Hand-bills, Bali tickets, $-c. MONEY may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an rncelojie. and properly directed, we will bi responsible for its safe delivery. A NEW YEAR! With this number of the REPORTER WC enter upon a new year. It is 1858 110 longer, but we have added another year to increase the number of those irremediably lost in the silent past. Inexorable time swiftly sweeps away our hours, our days, our years, until we stand upon the threshold of life and look back and wonder how quickly they have passed. " Let the dead Fast burv its dead," for we have to deal with the " Living Future." And onr readers need not prepate themselves for amor al or philosophical disquisition, for we intend to take advantage of the occasion to advert to some personal matters, which, as we are not in the habit of often intruding such upon our readers, we hope we may be indulged in. It is now nearly nineteen years since the first r.nmber of the Reporter was issued. Since that time it has steadily pursued the even tenor of its way, while it has chronicled some of the most momentous improvements and occurrences of the present century. Since t''e first appear ance of this paper, the country has been linked together by a network of iron ; the electric telegraph has annihilated space and time, and Boston speaks to New Orleans, and the latter responds, where formerly weeks were required for a message and response. The Old World has beta brought within a few days distance, by the steamship; and more, it has been de monstrated that in the fulness of time the electric cable shall unite the two continents.— The world has, in that time, fairly leaped in the progress made in the sciences, iu the fine arts, and in those discoveries wldcli contribute to the necessities and pleasures of man. If the next nineteen years shall witness a similar progress, there will hardly be left subjects for investigation. In this time, the political world has known some wonderful mutations. A great, and at that time, a victorious party, has passed away. Party elements have been disorganized, and new combinations formed. The Reporter finds itself to-day in the ranks battling with many of those, who, nineteen years ago, were drawn up iu hostile array. We now stand upon a common platform, in the support of measures to which we cordially agree, and fraternize in forgelfulness of past differences. The Demo cratic part}-, to which we were once proud to belong, Ims become sectioualized and debauch ed. It has become the mere adjunct and fa cile tool of the Slave power. It lias no exist ence outside of the Slave States, except such as is maintained by the vitality there is iu public plunder. The great questions which were discussed iu the number of the Re porter, vex the attention of the country no longer. The attempts of the Slave Oligarchy to strengthen, perpetuate and extend their "peculiar institution"—their dangerous inno vations upon the spirit of the Constitution — their prostitution of the several branches of Government to their unhallowed schemes— their dangerous assumptions—their arrogance and dictatorial spirit—has awakened the atten tion, and aroused the indignation of the free laborers of the North. The question now pressing upon the country for its solution is whether Free or Slave labor shall be protected and encouraged. It is this state of political affairs which has consolidated the freemen of Bradford in one political organization—which has made tliein forget past differences, and uuite iu view of the future, for the support of principles which have vitality, and have become dear to them as their own hearth-stones. We take some pride in looking Lack over the course pursued by this paper during the twelve years in which this question of the su periority of Free labor has been engaging the attention of the country. Enrolled under the banner of the Democratic party, educated in the principles of JEFFERSON, we sought for years to maintain that organization in its in tegrity. But when it became apparent that the Democratic party, despising tbe injunctions of its founders, deriding the teachings of its apostles, and disregarding the interests of the people—was to he completely stultified and become the poor panderer to the schemes of Sluvery, we repudiated both the policy and the organization, and adopted the measures best adapted for carrying out the principles we de sired to advocate. In formingthe Republican party of Bradford, with its five thousand ma jority, this paper had an active part. We say it in no spirit of vain glory, because in so doing we were but following the lead of those princi ples we had zealously advocated for ten years. The peirple were ready for such a measure, and tire party sprung, at its birth, into healthy and full-formed activity. Since its establishment, the Reporter has had the common experience oi country newspapers. It is not too much to say, that except in rare instanre-t, the labor and money expended in printing u country nevrpper docs not meet its adequate reward. The circulation and busi ness of such u paper is almost necessariJv con fined within the boundaries of a single cdnntf. Outside of that it cannot liope for any patron age of importance. Its local advertisements, its local politics, its local news, is uninteresting outside of its immediate neighborhood. It fs of course, anticipated in the publication of startling events and general news, by the city press, with its great facilities, and unrestricted circulation. It must consequently rely upon its friends at home, both for encouragement and support. We have no disposition to com plain of either ; still we cannot bat feel that a greater interest taken by the active men of the Comity in the local papers would be advanta geous both tliern and ourselves. Probably no more than one third of the voters in the Re publican party of this County take a County newspaper. At the price of out. dollar a year the Republican who does not take bis County paper, should confess the same with shame.— We consider the lleporler worth that sum to every Farmer for the agricultural information alone, which could not be procured fur one dol lar by any other means. There are those, we know, who institute tin favorable comparisons between County papers and those published in the cities, upon which money and talent is lavished without stint, and have the whole " unbounded continent " for their field of circulation. Such comparisons are unjust and unreasonable. Here the editor from necessity is in turn editor, compositor, pressman and devil. The cares and labors of even superintending an establishment prevent that attention to tiie editorial department, which, perhaps is due to it. If we keep up with the progress of public affairs, with due regard to local affairs, it is all that can lie ex pected. Even in giving the local intelligence there is a difficulty here. Ours is an agricul tural county. Its inhabitants are a God-fear ing and law-abiding population. Startling oc currences and dreadful accidents, we are glad to say, are of rare occurrence, and the calen dar of crime and casualty is a short one. The facilities for gathering such incidents as are worthy of publication, are extremely limited, owing to the extent of the County, and the want of intercourse between its different parts. This brings us to a point which we wish es pecially to urge upon our friends:— When anything occurs in your neighborhood of general importance, utile us the particulars immediately. Don't say yon are not used to writing for the press, because all we want is the event, not the language. If a few of our friends in the various towns of t'<e County would do us this small favor, they would much increase the use fulness of the paper, aud lay ns under special obligation'. It is not necessary for us to say that the extent of circulation of any newspaper depends almost entirely on the number of its friends. Any active man can procure half a dozen or more subscribers, without inconvenience to himself. We ask the attention of our friends to ihc importance of a little exertion on their part to encourage and sustain us in the arduous routine of our weekly duties. Our subscrip tion list, though as large as most country pa pers, does not number over one third of the names to which we are justly entitled. At the low price at which the Reporter is afforded to clubs, there is no reason why it should not go into every family in the County. The large circulation of the weekly city papers—the 771 bune for instance—is not s.llained by separate and individual subscriptions, but some zealous friend takes hold of the matter and in a short time procures a list of subscribers, numbering lifty, seventy live, or often more. Of course we do not expect any such result, but a great deal might be none with equal willingness.— Suppose some of our readers try it. VVe had several other points we desired to write about, but the length of this article for bids. In the year just opening, we intend to give increased attention to the columns of the R•'■porter, sufficient, at least, to make it worth all we ask for it. We have, during the past "tight times"— now, we hope, ended—somewhat relaxed our advance payment rule. If this is the last num ber of the paper which reaches our subscribers they will understand that they are in arrears, and that we cannot send the paper without pay. We shall be happy to receive their ar rearages, and again commence our weekly visits. The list of marine losses reported for the closing month of the year foots up $2,036,- 700, including total losses, and partial damage to vessels and cargoes. The list embraces disasters to foreign, as well as to American vessels. The estimates, of course, are not pre sumed to be accurate in every case, but thev are intended as a proximate statement of the ag gregate losses for the month. Mr. DotHiK, our Minister at Madrid, has succeeded in inducing the Spanish Gov ernment to release the first and second mates of the ship Warcrley , of Boston, who were condemned to ten years'imprisonment for their participation in the suppression of the. mutiny on board the ship at Manila, some time since. tS&~ The building occupied the Detroit Daily Tribune, establishment at Detroit, Mieb., was totally destroyed, together with its con tents, Friday morning. The loss is estimated at $25,000, on which there is an insurance of $20,000. The publication of the paper will be eoutinued as usual. PKF.NTICEUNA. —The Louisville Democrat remarked that " Mr. Buchanan did Dot attend the ceutennial celebration at Pittsburg." To which Prentice replies that "he would have, though—had it been a ten-rent ial one." UfT The liilibiMera have failed again— at! least, that porting of them which left Mobile , on the schooner Susan— not through the inter-1 ference of either the British or the American , naval fofcesjbut through the wreck of their i crazy craft. The corespondent of the Associat ed Press at Belize, Honduras,writes,nnder date of Dec. 20, that the schooner Susan was wrecked on the Glovers, a coral reef situated | sixty miles from Belize, on the morning of the ' 10th. The passengers were saved, but the ' vessel was a total loss. The commander of the schooner endeavored to charter another vessel to proceed with his passengers, but was unsuc cessful! The use of the British war-steamer Basilisk, was teudered by Gov. Seymour, to convey them to any Southern part of the United States, notwithstanding their true , character was represented to bim—he prefer ring to regard them as shipwrecked citizens of a friendly nation. They accordingly, as we learn from a subsequent dispatch, went on board the Basilisk, and arrived at Mobile on Satur day, having been treated on the passage with the greatest courtesy by the British officers Previous to the reception of the above intelli gence, a dispatch from New-Orleans lead us to believe that a successful landing of the party had been made. It annonnced that a schooner had arrived from Ruatan, which reported that the Susan had landed her passengers at Puerto Cabello, and that they forthwith prepared to cross the country to Leon. On the strength of this dispatch, the friends of General WAI.KF.R in Washington became highly elated, and divulged somewhat more, probably, of the ob jects of the expedition than they would have been likely to do, had the true state of affairs been known. I&ay- The first reports of the late railroad disaster in Georgia, on the road betweenColum bus and Macon, were very much exaggerated, though the actual condition of matters is bad enough. The cars were precipitated a distance of thirty feet into a running stream. Seventeen persons in all,at last accounts, were supposed to havelost their lives, and twi Ive bodies had been I recovered. The road is said to have been wasli ! Ed awav, atdilfereut points, to the extent of ! forty miles. 19* The late troubles and alleged outrages in Kansas engaged the attention of the Cabinet , O - last week—an official report of the occurrences ; having been received. It was determined to ; adopt means to bring MONTGOMERY and BROWN, | the alleged leaders of the predatory hands, to speedy justice, and orders to that effect have been forwarded to the United States Marshal j of the Territory. fier I lieutenant Mo WRY, the Delegate front Arizona, has written a letter to the Washing ton I'niun, in relation to the agricultural and { ; mineral resources of Arizona, and tlieadjaceut Mexican State of Sonora. The letter is ac ! eomnanied by several communications from persons in the Territory, verifying what lie has j j asserted in regard to the exceeding richness of I the gold and silver mines. j E9" The United States sloop of-war Van | dalia was at Tahiti on the 10th of September, j having on board the sailors, So in number, ; formerly belonging to the clipper-ship Wild \ Ware, which was wrecked on Olno Reef,in the j South Pacific, on the 4th of March last The j Vunduiui was to leave with the men immediate- | ly for an Afucricun port. CONGRESS adjourned over the holidays nntil Monday last. As the session is a short one, the members will, unquestionably, see the ne- I oessity of going to work on their return. • m ! J9*The St. Louis papers give a detailed j account of the Jate explosion at Belcher's sugar refinery. The bodies of thirteen uien were taken from the heated masses of brick, iron, i and wood. Three were dead, scalded and I mangled in the most-dreadful manner, and the j others were terribly, and several of them fatally wounded. Some twenty were employed in the building, not one of whom appears to have es- i j caped sufficiently unharmed to give any coherent t account of the disaster. The concussion shook the eartli and buildings for several squares. fisa?" A very shocking affair occurred in the City Prison, New York, on Tuesday night An Italian named BOSQUET, who had been put in the same cell with a Frenchman named LKFORT, made an attack on his fellow-prisoner with a jack knife, and wounded him so badly that lie will not probably recover. LEFORT, had been con lined for committing an assault at sea, and BOSQUET was confined for commit-' ting an assault on a negro boy. i The Western cities have been reccutly 1 flooded with counterfeit twenty-dollar bills on the State Bank of Troy. They arc so well ex- j J ecuted that the most expert detectives have j , been deceived, and the Bank, in consequence, | ■ have issued a circular calling in all their bil.s : 1 of that denomination, that they may be de stroyed. THE IRON TRADE.— The Mauch Chunk Dem- 1 i ocrat states that the iron trade has very much improved within the last month. All the works ! on the Lehigh valley have been shipping to the J cities all the iron they had on hand and have j as many orders as they can fill. The coal trade is " picking up," too. GEORGIA METHODIST CONFERENCE.— This j body lias adopted, by a unanimous vote, a re-1 solutiou to expunge from the rules of the j General Conference of the Methodist Church South, the rule against " the buying and sel ling of men, woman and children, with an io i tent to enslave them.'' I LOCAL A XI) GENERAL. m * A mmm * i MASONIC—TIie following persons were in- ; j stafledoii Monday evminjr, I-<•. 20, to fill their respective oßfow for the ensuing Mu-onie year : Vmon IjoAgt No 10". I Union Chapltr. Nu,\\]\. H. B. M'KKAN, IV. M. K. (I. GoOOKltll H. P. E. H. II * no*. E. §V. H. O. POKTKRL IT. E. S. BKNKUICT, J. IV. i P. I). MOKKOW. S. GKO. K. Fox, Ser'y. ! GKO. 11. Fox. Ser'y. .J.U.WEBB, Tieat. I J. H WKBB, T<M. ■■MBWMAMMMMHLMPBBBIIMMIAABMM After the ceremonies of installation, the Brethren par- I took of a supper prepared in WILSON'S best style, and after refreshment, separated " in harmony." L. M DEMOTT, travelling agent, has furnish j ed us with the seventh and eighth numbers of the Illut j tra'.ed Lift and Timet of H'a thing ton, published by I Johnson, Fry A Co.. of New York. A cursory examina tion satisfies us tkat the excellency of the work is fully maintained, while the letter-press and embellishments are equal, if not superior, to previous numbers. WWe were fortunate enough to be pre sent., on Christmas day, at the reception of the new hose carriage AT LA WYER HUM CO.. of Biiighaiutou. It was escorted from the depot of the N. Y. &. E. It. It. by Foun til u Hose Co., accompanied by a band of music and. other Fire Companies. In tiie evening, a supper was given by Fountain Co. to I-awyer Co-, and invited guests. The carriage is a beautiful one,from the manufactory of RunL of Philadelphia, in shape and ap earanre much like the LIN-TA'S carriage, of this place. The LAWYER is a new Company, the Foreman of which, W. S. LAWYER, was in command of Fountain Co., when visiting tikis place hist Fourth of July. FlßE*—Our neighboring villages are not enjoying the immunity of this place from fires. At Bing- ' Irani ton, on the morning of the 31st tilt., the Globe Hotel was ilest my ed by tire. At Owego, about noon, the same i day. a large sa-.li and blind factory was totally destroyed, fire accidentally communicating ftoiu tlie stove. The ef forts of the tire department were- unaraifrng,owing to the scarcity of water. BttT" A t the fast Term of our Courts, vint persons were convicted of various offences, tight sentenc ed to the Penitentiary, and one to the House of Refuge. They were escorted by Sheriff WooDKrrF to their places of destination, to try the • moral suasion ' of solitary con finement. It must not lie supposed, from this hegira of criminals, that our population is given to horse-stealing. Imrglary, counterfeiting, Ac., hut rather that the penal ties of justice are swift and sure, and that rogues cannot indulge their evil practices here with impunity. THE "AH-WA-CA llois :," at Owego, still maintains the reputation established for it by tiie uever to-be-excellcd BJIOWKK. It is now under the management of Messrs. WILLAKU A WILOOX, whose attention to the comfort of their guests , with their experience as to what ( is required by wayfarrers, elicits the unqualified ur-.iM-s tof all who make tiie trial. We consider the " Afi-wa-gu" j as the model house of the Konthern Tier. ifejy-The Auditors convened at this place on , Monday last, for the purpose of auditing and settling the ! financial transactions of the County for As Brad- I ford has now got to be considerable of a County as regards population and wealth, its disbursements are quite large, and it is of importance that they should be well guarded, | and the office of Auditor is one of consideration, to the : tax-payers, at least. Messrs. HOMKT and PIKRCK find an J equally well-qualified member iu Mr. MASON, their new i colleague, and the Board is one to which can be safely eu ! trusted the interests ot the County. 4eaT" The Sixth Lecture oF the Course, was delivered by I>r. C. M. TI UXKII, on Monday evening last, j The subject was •• The Three Queens," and the lecturer ' noticed the prominent incidents in the lives of ISABELLA, i of C'astitle, ELIZABETH, the maiden Queen of England, : and CATHARINE 11. of Russia. His analysis of the char- j actcr of these widely different Representative Women, i was able aud critical, and showed familiarity with their ! histories. The next lecture witl l>e delivered on Monday evening. 1 January LFI. by Dr. MI'KDOCK, of Klmira. upon " liurtis, ; I and Scottish Poetry." This lecture is said to be a very ; I interesting one. ftayTlH* American Agriculturist for January, j Is,V., is on our table. The number commencing the new j year is made to exceed, if possible all previous publica- . tions. It is handsomely jiriuted, adorned with superb ! cuts, and contains a large variety of instructive and use j ful articles on the subject of agriculture, Ac. GET THE BEST DETF. TOR. —Peterson's Conn- j terfcit Detector and Bank Note List for January h.nlwcn received by tis, and is corrected by Drcxel A Co..the well known Bankers and Brokers, and it is the best aud most ' reliable Detector of Counterfeits or Altered Note* TWI> lislied ill this country. This number fully describes Fif ty-two N'ew Counterfeits, and contains a fac-simile of a Bogus Bank Note that is being altered to suit various banks all over the country, and which is being put into extensive circulation. It also contains several other pa ges of very valuable information of everything appertain ing to Bank Notes. It has lieen considerably enlarged this month, having now forty eight pages in, and contains also fac simile of several hundred Gold and Silver coins, besides. We have no hesitation in pronouncing it the most complete, reliable and best publication of the kind in the United States, and it is not used to subserve the interest of any banking honse, as the most so-called De tectors are. It should be in the hands of every storekeep er in the whole country, and we would advise all persons who handle money to send two dollars in a letter for a i year's subscription, to the publishers, aud thus subscribe j for the semi-monthly issue of it at once ; or one dollar | for the monthly issue. It is published by T. B. Peterson A Brothers, No. JOG Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, to whom all letters should he addressed. A copy of "Peter son's Complete Coin Book," the most perfect aud com plete one in the world will he given gratis to all subscri bers for 1 s.V.i. APPOINTMENTS BY THE COMMISSIONERS. —The Commissioners of this County have made the following appointments for tiie present rear : Clerk —E. B. CopLßAion. CounseI —ULYSSES M merit. Mercantile Appraiser —C. H. AMES. The appointment of Mr. Coolhaugh is a deserved tribute I to the prompt, careful and efficient manner in which lie I has discharged the laborious and responsible duties ot the office during the past year. PREADFTL RAIL ROAD ACCIDENTS. —On San , day night, 18th lilt., PIIELETUS SPENCEU, of Owego. was ' dreadfully injured uear the depot at Owego, by falling . from the top of the cars of a freight train. He lingered • in great agony, until Friday morning, 24th ult„ when lie 1 expired. On Thursday, 23th ult., RANSOM Tt THILL, also of Owego, took his place on the train for a single trip, i and while in the act of stepping from one ear to the oth ! er, about 8 o'clock in the morning, he fell between and had both legs run over. He survived iu terrible agony until about aP. M., when death came to liis relief. The i funeral sermons of both these young men were attended at the Baptist Church iu Owego, on Sunday, 2Gth ult. : The attendance was very lirge, and Rev. W. H. KINO, preached an eloquent and appropriate discourse from i Psalms DO, vi. The Fire Companies of the village took . special charge of the remains of their late companions, J and deposited them in the " narrow house." A VALUABLE WFLLTK.—Mr. L C. WILLIAMS I Traveling Agent, Is now canvassing this County for snb ! Bribers for a work entitled " History of Slavery and lite J Slave Trade," which embraces the various forms of Sla very that prevailed in ancient nations, and a history of | modern Afriean Slavery and the Slave Trade to the pres j cut time. The work is the production ofW O. BI.AXB | An examination or the prospectus and list of contents I shows that it lias been prepared with great care, labor and ix a thorough history of the subjects of which it treats. This valuable work will contain between eight and nine ; hundred large roysl ottavopages ; clegsiillr printed from new type, of a besot paper. It will be neatly and substantia?; *""> back leather binding. H wi u lie cmhelhshlT"'* ftil tinted engraving*. designed exprcvik f * IUI . frhisMpkiveof Aaciethand Modern Slav, Trade, innbraclag HUvery in Greece, i„ J/ the West Indies, and North and South v,',"" African Slave Tirade. Ac., Ac. Tin-with? f " ' f iug a complete bistory of Slavery in the w,?,?w od of over two thousand years, will I*. . ' " ,r pe hers at the very low price of , "'' " < - ed. To be delivered when a sufficient numW "** bers are obtained. Suiiscribers are under n ,obs * take the work unless it fully agree, wirh t hl" rt ' ' g veu so that no risk is run in sulwcribihg. * FR OM IIA Ii RISBI 'IK; [Correspondence of the Bradford Reporter i HABBisBi-ko, Ok. 3l Mr. GOODRICH The time for the g ; . . of the Pennsylvania Legislature is now band, and those very important pe rsf „* ° who are to make and unmake laws f or H 3? * pie, are gathering. While looking on ? ' tercsledly, I discover, accompanying tl* ' bers from the cities and more important t the newspaper reporters, who are to pi. ? the varioos crunihs of facts as th ev d ro with tbem such amount of fiction as wi|{, ' bine in the reqaisite proportions, to gi 7e: " vast importance, and forward tbem to • employer# for home use. Now, wonij ! jbe well for Great Majority Bradford tob furnished oceasionallv with a few c prom nent facts miadiiFterated ? She has become it taut in many respeuts. She is looked *- t especially by those who wish her t 0 grindstone." Her votes count and area!*? counted in a State canvass, and no doaLt •! votes of her Representations will l e ' counted by somebody who wauls a posi- , honor or profit in the Jlouse. Now if of as much -importance at home as she so to be abroad, she ought to he kept p,. M somewhat on tlie doings of the Legisla and to that end 1 am at your service The contest for Speaker waies warm !> lies between A K. MCCLURE, of Franklin VL C. A. YV LAWRENCE, of this place. Chase ' Susquehanna, is spoken well of, lt his su; - will be light. It seems conceded that McC: £ will be elected. For the Chief Clerkship, IIOLCOMB, nf T0 3r County, ERIIET, of Allegheny and Ru ' Philadelphia, ure the chief competitors. Mr HOLCOMB'S chance is now the best; he ha; merous friends here who are at work for ha There are uumerous other candidates fur that post but they are damaging nothing etc-;; the button hold of the members coats. The State Treasurers!)ip is in itaUtjun T - aspirants are very numerous, patriotic and i r est, and what seems a little strange, no other class of persons are applying fir the office - I You may assure your people therefore that | their moneys will be tufe, no matter who .< J elected. There is some sleighing here now, but mart I are looking for more slaying on Tuesday nt-r. i GEO. I). I'KEXTICE, of Louisville, Ky ,is: 1 lecture here next Monday evening on the I " Political aspect of the Age." He will u • j doubtedly be heard notwithstanding the "uui i and confusion " of political caucuses. Yours, VT:c., PETKB Ki.AVS. I Bar The RepnbJican members of the lioo* met in caucus on Monday evening last, when three ballots were had Tor Speaker, with the | following result : Ist. I'd. M. M.C. A LvwKrvrr. ofDanphin, 2' l ID a ALKX. Mc(.'i.t iiK,oi Franklin, '.'4 24 39 S. B. UiiAst, ol rsu.sijuehauim, 11 0 Seattrring, 3 3 3 Mr. LA WRENCE, having a majority of the votes, was declared nominated for Speaker of the House. The caucus then adjourned to meet on Tuesday night to nominate the other officers. The Democrats of the House nominated P. C. GRITMAN, of Luzerne, for Speaker, and JACOB ZEHILKK, for Clerk. In the Senate Democrats nominated <• CRESSWKLL, for Speaker, the Republicansti ■ SCOFIKI). Tiie Illinois Legislature met on Moudsj last, but was not organized, the Republican?in both Houses absenting themselves, and thus preventing a quorum. Jtegf Thc Douglas democrats of Philadelphia gave the " little giant " an enthusiastic rcee:>- tion at Philadelphia, on Monday evening las' Addresses were delivered by Senator Hot :c. Col FIRNEY, DAN. DOUCHERTY, aud others. THE Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth, just ceased, has bequeathed to Yale College pr ,v perty estimated to amount to seven hundrid thousand dollars. FOUND AT i.AST, a remedy that not only re lieves, but cures Consumption aud its numerous satellites, which revolve aoout it in the of coughs, colds, influenza, bronchitis, Ac.-" This remedy is Dr. YVistar's Balsam ofYYiid Cherry. Buy none nnless it has the written #s• nature of "7. liutts " on the wrapper. UIA uiuJ Jil a Dcremt.er 2D. IS.iS, hy IU-v. \Y. H Spencer. Mr VAU-> TINE CREGORY, to Miss ELIZABETH t:l'N Nt - Ll both of Athens, Ua. At Troy, on the Bth ult.. bv A. GREE.YO. Esq.. Mr. Ft SUA KNIGHTS to I'HEBE ANN WILLIAMS, " Troy, i'a. At Monroe ton, on the 21st inst., by Rev. Benj. J- '\K Usx, Mr. JAMES GR VII AM. of St. Louis, M to UHARLOm: M11.1.E8, of Bradford County. I'a DYED. In this place, on the fith of December I**l. 8 who## but severe attack ot scarlet fever, ' '-ABA, >b (laughter of James M. Ward, air-d 7 Tears and Her remains were carried to New Milford loriutrrn At Smitlitield on tht 20th inst., of a raaccrou* of the stomach, Mr. JAMES C. PIERt f. u. The ilece.isseil was long and favorably kuowa a' * doat of this County, from which he remove<i at" " l vears aeo to Khoxvil'lc, lllinios, returning here for# " . W WMIB® hi* tliscasF bat! lieyp **oine tlmo n in. more virulent, terminatih? hh desth al-c''
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