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
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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''