The Washington Tragedy! The following are the particulars of t c late murder at Washington, a brief notice of which we gave last week : A correspondent of the Tribune adds : " For more than a year there have been floating rumors of improper intimacy between Mr. Key and Mrs. Sickles. They have from time to time attended parties, the opera, and rode out together. Mr. Sickles has heard of these reports, but would never credit thein un til Thursday evening last. On that evening, just as a party was about breaking up at hi< house, Mr. Sickles receive! 1 among his papers an anonymous letter. Without opening his mail, or knowing the contents of the letter, he j accompanied his wife to a hop at Wil'ards's. On his return home, at midnight, Mr. Sickles opened the anonymous letter, which informed him of the infidelity of his wife, of her intimacy with Mr. Key, and stating all the details of the manner of their meeting, and naming the place of rendezvi us. The letter was so plausi ble in its statements, and gave such precise directions for the detection of the parties in their assignation meetings, that Mr. Sickles decided to investigate the facts. Accordingly he placed the letter in the hands of two of his most intimate friends, who last evening pos sessed themselves of the evidence satisfactory to Mr. Sickles that Mr. Key had rented a house of a negro in Fifteenth street, which he used as a place of rendezvous with Mrs. Sickles. I "This morning, being in great agony of mind ' Mr. Sickles, in the presence of two witnesses, charged his wife with having had illicit inter course witn Mr. Key. At first Mrs. Sickles j declared her innocence. Mr. Sickles then par aded before her the evidence of her guilt. She became overwhelmed with the sudden arraign- i meat, and fainted, and finally confessed her guilt. Mr. Sickles was not satisfied with this verbal confession, but desired Mrs. Sickles to make the confession in writing. She complied. She also informed hirn how often Mr. Key had been in the habit of seeing her, and his mode of telegraphing to her by a wave of his hand kerchief when he wanted to come out. " After Mrs. Sickles confessed her guilt, her husband demanded her to return to him her wedding ring, aud desired her to write to her father to send for her and take her in charge. " Mr. Sickles's residence is No. 7 President's square, in view of the Jackson statue, which i§ opposite the White House. In full view of Mr. Sickles's residence, on the other side of the square, Fifteen-and-a-half street, is the Wash ington Club House, which Mr. Key frequent ed, and from the windows of which Mrs Sick les says he was in the habit of telegraphing her with his white handkerchief. If Mr. Sick les was absent, she was in the habit of return ing the signal. " About 2 o'clock to-day Mr. Sickles saw Mr. Key come out of the Club-house ai.d go round the square and walk past his (Sickles's) house two or three times. He made the signal for Mrs. Sickles once or twice, when Mr. Sick les, arming himself with a five-bore six-inch revolver and two single-barrel Derringers,which carry each a ball double the size of the revol vers, went out of his house and walked down {)BBt the President's and met Mr. Key. The atter greeted the former, and was about offer ing him bis band, when Mr. Sickles, refusing to take Mr. Key's hand, said, 'Sir, you have dishonored me ; prepare to die ! ' Mr. Key started back a few feet exclaiming. ' What for? What for? Dont't ! don't !' and made a movement as if seeking for a weapon in his left breast, but which proved to be an opera glass, which he threw at Sickles. "Mr. Sickles then drew one of his Derring ers and shot Mr. Key, who staggered some ; Mr. Sickles shot at Mr. Key again with his secoud Derringer, which sent him reeling against a tree ; he cried out ' Murder,' when Mr. Sick les fired a third time from his revolver, and Mr. Key fell. Mr. Sickles, believing him dy ing, desisted, and did not fire again. The Washington Star, of Tuesday evening gives the following particulars of the funeral ceremonies of the late unfortunate Philip Bar ton Key: The funreal of Philip Barton Key took place at 2 o'clock P. M., from the late residence of the deceased on C street, nearly opposite Col. Benton's house. In the parlor, the corpse, which had been placed in the coffin, was ex posed to the view of the numerous friends who desired to behold in death him whom they had loved during life. The coffin was of mahogany, covered with black c!oth r and heavily silver-mounted. In it lay the body in full dress, viz: black cloth coat and pants, white vest, and white kid gloves. In the hands was placed a bouquet of fragrant flowers, and inside the coffin were strewed japonicas, geranium leaves, and other exotics. On ihe coffin lid was a silver plate, bearing the following inscription: " Philip Barton Key, died February 27th, 1859, aged 39 years. The features of the deceased wore so life like an expression as to make it diflicult for the spectator to realize that that once noble form lay in tbe stillness cf death. At one o'clock P. M., tbe members of the bar and the officers of the court met at the City Hall, and proceeded in a body to the house of the de ceased, where the last rites were soon to be pro nounced over the inanimate iorra of their friend and companion. At two o'clock P. M., a large crowd of people had assembled iu the street in front of Mr. Key's house. The doors were thrown open for the admission of such as could obtain places inside, and shortly after wards the funeral service of the Episcopal Church wns read over the remains by Rev. Drs. Pinckney and Buttler. The coffin was then placed in the hearse, and, followed by a large concourse of people, was conveyed to tbe railroad depot for trans mission to Baltimore city, accompanied by the pnll-bearers aud other intimate friends of tbe deceased. Mr. Hutterworth has published a minute statement so far as be is connected with the late tragedy, in which he says that when he left Mr. Sickles' house he had no thought of meeting or seeing Mr. Key, his object being to see a Mr. Stewart. He had no arms with him, and did not know that Sickles intended to take arms. He (Sickles) left the house after Mr. Butterworth, and without any sug gestion from Mr. B. came toward the club bouse. When Mr. Key saluted Mr. Butter worth, the latter did not know that Mr. Sickles was approaching, nor did he see him until he turned to leave Key. It is not true that he sought or detained Key, who first addressed Butterworth. Hon R. J. Walker appends a statement confirmatory of Mr. Butterworth's narrative. tor A mob at Qnincy, 111., has sacked eigh houses of ill-fame, situated on York and State streets, in retaliation for the murder of a man in one of tbern a few davs since. srafofori Ilrjiorter. E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOWANDA : Thursday Morning, March 10, 1859. TKKMS— One Dollar per annum, invariably in advance.— Four weeks previous to the expirulion of a subscription, notice will lie if inn by a printed wrapper, and if not re newed, the paper will in all cases be stopped. CLI'DKIS'I?— The Reporter trill be sent to Clubs at the fol lowing extremely low rates : 6 copies for $5 00 jl5 copies for $l2 00 10 copies for 8 00 | 20 copies for 15 00 A nvKRTiSKMKNTS— For a square of ten lines or less, One Dollar fur three or less insertions, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. JOB-WOKK —Executed with accuracy and desnatch, anil a reasonable prices—with every facility for doing Books, Blanks, Hand-bills, Ball tickets, • MONF.Y may he sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an envelope, and properly directed, tee will be responsible for its safe delivery. DEATH OF THE POST MASTER GENERAL. Postmaster General BROWN, died at Wash ington on Monday last. THE DOINGS OF CONGRESS. For the information of our readers we give a resume of the most important measures acted upon durintr the Secoud Session of tlieThirty- Fifth Congress. Such a statement cannot fail to prove interesting to all. A bill providing for a Railroad to the Pacific was introduced by Senator Gwiv, of California, debated at great length, and finally killed by striking out all between the enacting clause and the final section. In this mutilated condition the bill was suffered to remain for the balance of the session. The bill granting pensions to the officers and soldiers of the War of 1812, was passed by the House but defeated in the Senate. The French Spoliation bill was defeated in the House. The bill to admit Oregon into the Yuion was passed. A resolution requesting the President to take such steps as he thought necessary to abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, was defeated in the Senate. A bill appropriating thirty millions to facilitate the acquisition of Cuba, after baring been endors ed by a test vote in the Senate, was suffered to go over until the nextsession. The Home stead bill passed the House, but the Senate refused ti consider the subject, and thus the bill failed. A bill donating some six millions acres of the public lauds to the States and Territories, for the purpose of establishing Agricultural Colleges passed both Houses, and was vetoed by the President. The proposition to revise the Tariff act of 1857, so as to put it upou a footing that would produce more revenue, was not acted upon favorably. These are the prominent measures of the session, and the discussion upon some of them was protract ed and pointed. In addition to these bills, some one hnndred private bills were considered and acted upon by the Houses of Congress, and a large number of joint resolutions dispos ed of under the rules of the Houses. tor Tbe Luzerne Union is a newspaper in which we might lie expected, of course, to feel some interest—at least so far as to desire that its course should be a fair and courteous one. Consequently, we were surprised and pained to see in the last number some comments upon the late amalgamation case in Susquehanna County, in which it is charged as the natural result of the teachings of WILMOT and GROW declarations false in the inference and uncalled for iu the utterance. It hardly becomes tbe editor of the Union —(and we say it with all due respect)—to utter such a calumny upon the doctrines of the Republican party, or to make a personal application to those who have been prominent iu advocating those doctrines —because if tbe principles of that party con tain any such poison, the editor himself has much to answer for in the demoralization of this community. It is a very common and senseless custom to accuse the Republican party of sympathy for the colored race, to stigmatize it as " Black Republican," iu order to arouse prejudices which are deep and general. It would need but little space to show the editor of the Un ion what he already feels—that the doctrines of the party in which he is enrolled, tend to ward the degrading result chronicled in Sus quehanna. We pass by the fact, that every slave plantation is a harem ; that slave barra coons are a source of revenue to the F. F. Y.'s; to the grand tendency of Slavery, which is to reduce the poor whites to a state of poverty end degradation, until amalgamation becomes neither repulsive nor shocking to the moral sense. While upholding the social putrefac tion of Slavery, the silly and inexcusable con duct of a young girl, who marries a quadroon against the wishes of her family and the sense of the commuuity iu which she resides, is hard ly available for political capital. THE POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION* BILL. — The failure of the postal bill iu Congress, is a mutter of general congratulation. Tbe Seuatc had engrafted upon that bill provisions which increased the rates of postage upon newspa pers and letters, and upon its return to the House, Mr. Grow offered a resolution, assert ing the constitutional privileges of the House as follows: Resolved, That house bill No. R72, making appropria tions Tor defraying tbe expenses of the Postoffice Depart ment for the year ending 30th of June, 1860, with the Senate amendments thereto, be returned to the Senate, as section 13th of said amendments is in the nature of u revenue bill. The House adopted the resolution by a vote of 117 to 76, aud the bill was returned to the Senate. Although a committee of couferenct was appointed, and a bill agreed upon, yet the Senate refused to pass their bill, aud no pro vision is made for the postal service for the coming year. FORBIGN X KWP. —The screw-steamship Jura of the Canard auxiliary line, arrived at New York Monday morning, bringing European ad vices to February 18th. The proceedings of Parliament are without interest. Iu France a great sensation had been produced by a min isterial warning which had been addressed to the Pressr , in consequeuce of an article of the same warlike character as it had been uttering for several weeks previously. The warning was rumored to have been demanded by the Austrian Ambassador, under the alternative of demanding his passports ; and to have been en ergetically resisted by Prince NAPOLEON. The effect upon the Bourse was favorable, produ cing an immediate rise iu the rentes, which, however, was lost in a few hours. It was adroitly neutralized also by an official recom mendation to the Provincial Chambers of Com merce and journals to cease their pacific memo rials and discussions. The preparations for war continued without abatement. The Paris correspondent of the Times states that he has information from an unquestionable quarter, that the King of Sard nia will undertake the war at an early dny, single-handed, relying up on the active cooperation of France at the right moment. Much apprehension was felt in political circles in consequence of the threat ening state of affairs on the Danube—Turkey having declared against the consolidation of the Principalities, as a violation of the Treaty of Paris. From India, the war upon the insur gents had been attended with uninterrupted success. The campaign iu Oude was ended. A COMPOUND BOMB 5HF.1.1., OR SIIEI.E FOR ORDNANCE.—Mr. Lorenzo B. Olmsted, of Bing hamton, obtained, last fall, from the U. S. Patent Office, a Patent for a Compound Bomb Shell—his own invention. It is a remarkable piece of machinery, and docs great credit to the well kuown mechanical ingenuity and ex perience of the inventor. It consists in surrouuding an explosive shell with a number of chambered segments, each charged with cartridge or other projectiles, and discharged by fuses properly connected with the inuer exploding shell, the whole form ing a round or outer spherical shell. The mould was made In that village, and is a very handsome and perfect piece of work.— Mr. Olmsted intends going to Washington, soon, to experiment with his new war annihi lating invention. The aid of the Government hae been liberally tendered to him. Such formidable weapons arc the best min isters of peace that we know of. A number of such many-tongued ordnance pointed against an army, would make them come down like Captain Scott's coon. Captain Skillman, from El Paso, ar rived at St. Louis and reports that a baud of Apache Indians having stolen a number of horses, pursuit was made, and the Indians overtaken at Dog Canon, where an engage meet took place, resulting in the withdrawal of our troops with the loss of three killed and six wounded. Among the latter is Lieutenant Lazclle, who received a wound in the lungs, which it is supposed will prove mortal. About a dozen Indians were killed. The troops num ber 22 ; the Indians about 200. EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS.—The latest advices from Washington state that " there is now no doubt that there will be an extra ses sion of Congress called by the President ear lier than the first Monday in December next, but whether in advance of or directly after the Autumn elections for Representatives is not yet determined. Not only the condition of the Post Office Department, but other branch es of the public service absolutely require leg islation before the usual time of the meeting of Congress." B6T It will hardly be believed, but it is, nevertheless, true, tbat an elopement took place, a few days ago, at Albany, New York, between a couple of children, aged respective ly fourteen and fifteen years ! The young Ro meo actually provided himself with a package of arsenic, to commit suicide in case of a dis covery, but fortuuately the father of the young gentleman overtook him at Utica, got posses sion of the poison, had the girl locked up, aud gave the boy a good cowhiding. fcttr An awful disaster occurred on the Mis sissippi, near New Orleans, on Sunday morn ing last. The steamboat Princess, from Yicks burg, burst a boiler, setting the boat on fire, which burned down. A large number of per sons were killed—how many not exactly kuown; but 100 were wounded, many of them fatally. The engineer was fouud cut in two, and the boast is said to have been made by him that he would reach New Orleans "on time," or blow up. It is estimated that there were 400 passengers on board, half of whom are missing ! Boat and cargo a total loss. JBfeg" A new wonder has turned up in the discovery of a mysterious cavern at Jackson, Ohio,, containing human bones of gigantic size, and coins supposed to be cotemporary with Cicero Africanus, a gentleman, we believe, whose name is mentioned iu Roman history. Mrs. Hartung, who murdered her hus band in Albany, has been sentenced to be hung on the 27th of April. Although the crime was great, the mind shudders at the thought of a woman dyiDg by the hands of an executioner. f®- A horrible murder was committed at Cohoes, N. Y., ou Tuesday night. An Irish man named MICHAEL O'BRIEN killed his wife, and then cot aud hacked the body. He has escaped. FROM HARRISB URG. [Correspondence of the Bradford Reporter.] HAKKISBCKG, March 5,1859. Ma. E. O. GOODRICH —The general appro priation bill has passed the Committee of the Whole. It nnderweut some .amendment, not very material ; some progress has been made iu its second reading ; it is about the same as last year, but iu many respects higher than in 1857. The chairman of the committee of Ways and Means has been accused of follow ing the very unsafe precedent of the democratic Legislature of last year ; he acknowledges the corn, but says, it is so much easier to increase expenditures, than to reduce them, that he very naturally and easily fell into the error.— Ou the whole, however, it will be less thau last year. An attempt has been made to fix the 20th inst., for the final adjournment, but there was so much buncombe couuected with the ques" tion, that the day was not finally fixed. There arc a great many ways for members to set themselves " right on the record," and none more prolific than on questions of adjournment. ]f any gentleman should move for an adjourn ment over night, some member who is seldom in his seat, and seems indifferent to business will hop up and call for the yeas and nays, vote against it, in order to place himself right before bis constituents, and then in a moment more will move and carry an adjournment— "sharp practice." Mr. SMEAD has read in place a bill to incor porate the Towanda and Wapposeuning It It. Co , and also a bill to incorporate the "Towan da Library Association." The bills are both reported by the proper committees. Mr. KINNEY read iu place, iu accordance with the prayer of numerous petitions, a bill with reference to fences iu Frankiin township. The bill has been negatived by the-committee on Agriculture, on the ground that uo legisla tion should be had on such a subject which af fects one township only. Mr. MEIIAEFEY, of Lycoming, and KINNEY have prepared and presented a bill compelling the Williamsport & Elmira lI.It. Co., to fence their road. They had considerable difficulty in getting it passed by the It. It. committee, but it is now reported affirmatively aud will soon be readied. The bill lor assessing canal damages as agreed upou by the Luzerne, Sullivan and Bradford members lias been reported affirma tivly by the Judiciary committee. A severe struggle was had before the committee, the company opposed it strenuously from the first to last. Much credit is due KETCBUM, of Lu zerne, and JACKSON, of Sullivan, iu urging it through. The committee is regarded as its severest ordeal short of the Senate. What its fate will eventually be it is uow hard to deter mine. The Canal Company evidently stands in its own light by fighting so persistently against the people and a fair and judicious law. When the general appropriation bill wa3 in the committee of the Whole a long aud inter esting debate was had on a proposition of LAW RENCE, the Speaker, to .appropriate $30,000 to erect a monument to the citizens of Penn sylvania, who lost their lives in the Mexican War. Such an exhibition of patriotism and military glory has been rarely witnessed since the days of the " Buckshot War." The voh untcers in the war of 1812 were called upon the stand by LAWRENCE and handled rather rough ly and uucourteously, claiming as he did, that the voluuteers from Pennsylvania never were in any actual engagements, and deserved no thing at our hands. He was answered by Judge MILL, of Franklin, who very successfully defended those men, the character of the war, and of those Pennsylvanians who were enga ged in it. I thought if Major HUNT of your county had been present the young Speaker would have met with the rebuke he deserved. The appropriation was refused by a large ma jority. Quite amusing errors occur in the Ilonse, by reporters confounding THOMPSON, of Butler, aud KINNEY, of Bradford. Should you see some inexplicable and funny things in the Re cord with reference to their sayings and doings you must not be particularly astonished. Business is rapidly accumulating in both Houses, especially iu the Senate. That body does uot sit so many hours per day as the House, aud it has been discussing very thor oughly, if not windilv, some important public bills. It is feared the session will be prolong ed beyond former calculations, or business left undone. It is a fact, however, that more bills were passed by the House the first two months of the session, than ever before during the same length of time. The FRY divorce case is now awakening much feeliug about Harrisburg. On Wednes day evening last the Divorce committee held a meeting in the Hall of the House, and the case argued before them by two of the ablest men in the country. THOS. CORWIN, of Ohio, for Mrs. FRY, and GEO. M. WHARTON, of Phila delphia, for Mr. FRY. The House was crowd ed till near 2 o'clock in the morning by atten tive listeners to the argument. I have no room to speak of the subject, except to say, that abler arguments it was uever my fortuue to listen to. Another divorce case, of rather painful char acter, is now before the House. A daughter of Capt. BLAIR, of Philadelphia, now but four teen years old, was married about a year ago secretly and clandestinely to aw orthless scamp, with the understanding that it should be kept secret for three years. The girl has become sick of the childish act, has divulged to her father, and asks to be divorced. Her prayer icill be granted. Yours, PLIFR KLAUS. LOCAL AND GENERAL. DEATH OF THE LAST SURVIVOR OK THE WY OMING MASSACRE—At (Browutown.) Wyalasing, March 3d, Capt. DAN'IEI. BROWN', aged 88 years, 5 months, and 26 days. Thomas Brown, the father of Daniel Brown, emigrated from Connecticut at an early period, and settled in the Valley of Wyoming; he was the father of twenty-one children, of whom Daniel was the last survivor, and two of whom, Thomas and John, were killed at the massacre. Patience Brown, the wife of Thomas Brown, Sr., escaped from the fort with six children, among whom was Daniel, then about eight years old, Thomas, the father, being a cripple could not keep up with the family and was over taken by two Indians who suffered him to escape in con sequence of being a cripple. After General Sullivan's ex pedition in 177U against the Indians, Thomas Brown with his family returned to Wyoming. Some few years after wards Humphrey aud Daniel Brown settled at Wyalusing near the place occupied by the Moravians in 17C5, and called by them Friedens huetten. Daniel Brown contin ued to live on the same place first settled by him until his death,and he is supposed to be the last survivor of the Wyoming Massacre. He was the ancestor of 16 chil dren, 71 grand children, 44 great grand children, and 4 great great grand children. He was a plain, practical, temperate man, having many friends and no enemies, and died with a hopeful assurance of a blest immortality. lUuGiors NOTICE. Rev. I. CHILD, of Rochester, N. Y., will preach at the Baptist Church, in this place, next Sabbath, 13th inst., at 10J o'clock, A. M., and at 7 o'clock, P. M.—also at Monroeton at 2 o'clock, P. M. The district school house in Wellsbnrg, N. Y., together with the school books and apparatus, was destroyed by fire on Friday night last. It was pro bably the work of an incendiary. BtsfTAc American Agriculturist has an arti cle, under the head of '-The Honey Blade Grass Swindle," in which it states that this new humbug is nothing more than a species of millet, not differing materially from the common millet, and like that may be cultivated for the ripened seed, or cut up green and cured like hay for feeding. It states further that the seed is now abundant, aud could recently be obtained as low as one dollar per bushel, (of 51 lbs,,) though those who vend it as" Honey Blade Grass," charge three dollars for a small sack con taining 15$ lbs., —or over ten dollars per bushel! AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. —This valuable and popular journal for March has heen received. It is filled with useful hints for the farmer and mechanic. It contains a large quantity of reading matter ; printed up on good white paper ; with many handsome illustrations. It is a cheap journal, only one dollar a year in advance ; so cheap that every farmer ought to have it. A single copy would be of more value to some men than its sub scription. ORANGE JIDI>, publisher, 18U AVater-street, New York. tea?* On Monday evening a farmer like individual stepped into various stores in our Borough, (says the Scranton Republican of the 3d,) and purchased a small article in each, giving in payment in every in. stance, a ten dollar bill, on the Mechanic's Bank of New Haven, Conn. They were taken without suspicion, save we believe, in one instance. Mr. Ziba Knapp, in Mr. Chase's employ, not exactly satisfied with his bill and on examining it on Tuesday morning, was still more suspi cious. His suspicions became certainty, when compar ing his experience with that of others, it was ascertained that some #7O had been passed. In qtmy was started as to the whereabouts of the gentleman who was so flash m tens. It was ascertained that he had stopped at the Man sion House and left for parts unknown, early in the morn ing. Dispatches were sent off" on the various telegraph lines, and at length a reply was received that a gentle man answering to the description had got on the cars at Clark's Green, bound for New Mi'.ford. Orders were sent to Montrose to arrest him which was done, and on Tuesday afternoon he was identified by Messrs. Fisher, Chase and Mowrey, and brought down to Scranton, a pre liminary examination was had before Esq. Jay, and in default of the bail #OOO, was committed to the lock up. His name, he says, is H. N. Southwell, and he is from Rush township, Susquehanna county. His brother was sent for on Wednesday to go his bail, but there are other warrants as yet unserved, the bail on which will we trust, swell beyond the means of his friends. Despite the prisoner's protestations of innocence lie cannot avoid the fact that he offered no other money for his small pur chases. FIRE IN* WILKESBARRE. —On Wednesday evening, the 2d inst., the old Depot of the Lehigh Rail road Company, together with the large frame dwelling house near by was burnt; the furniture of Cap t. Converse who lived in the house was saved. The Company's ears were lost, estimated at #2,000 ; the origin of the fire is not kuown. Supposed to have originated in Capt. Con verse' ice-house, which stands near by. I teg" Our Court proceedings should have stated that the name of Asylum township was changed to Terry ; and Durell to Asylum. FATTIER HERSEV, a Clergyman connected with the Baltimore Conference, M. E. Church, preached iu this place, on Sunday afternoon and evening, and Mon day morning and evening. Father HKRSEY'S age and long service in the cause of Christ, have gained hiiu a wide-spread reputation, and large congregations attended to hear him. M. E. CONFERENCE. —The East Baltimore f, onference met at \\ illiamsport, on Wednesday, 2d inst. The Pre** publishes the proceedings in full, and thus notices the body : lhe East Baltimore Conference now in session, is said to be unusually well attended. Some 105 ministers re sponded to their names at the railing of the roll. The presiding officer Bishop SCOTT, discbarges his duties in an able and dignified manner, and the Secretary, T. B. SARGENT is very well fitted for the post to which he was unanimously re-elccted. " All the ministers have been well cared for, and are entertained by our best citizens, free of expense. They seem well pleased with our pleasant towu. It is hope'd that the sessions of the Conference here will have an in fluence for good in our community. " The clergy of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as a body, are a fine, intelligent looking set of men, and man ifest by their actions, thus far, tliat they feel a lively in terest in the canse in which they have embarked-" fcafOne of the most disagreeable duties of an editor is to " nip in the bud," the poetical aspirations of the incipient B\ ROWS and HEMANS, who shower down upon him their poetical eflusions. We venture to say that we are in the receipt of least three-score and ten such productions every year, not one in fifty of which is fit for publication. A few are modestly offered, but the great majority arc furnished with a flourish which indi cates that a great favor has been conferred by bestowing them upon us for publication, and the chagrin and disap. pointment is proportionate. A young genius, after severe mental labor, brings forth, from five to fifty verses at a litter, which having been a nine days wonder to the fam ily and neighborhood, are forthwith despatched to the editor to preserve them and immortalize the author. The partiality of friends sees in the jiugle of the concluding words all the requirements of the true poetry—and does not discover, that there is neither happy conceit, sys tem, grammar, or sentiment in the production, and they do not understand or appreciate the kindness which con veys it amongst the rubbish. Aery frequently these effusions are occasioned by the decease of some relation or frieud. The difficulty is then exaggerated. The memory of the "dead departed" covers np the defects of the rhyme with a mantle broader than that of charity, and it becomes painful, mauy times to deny the publication of what, a a matter of respect, we should be glad to give place to. But if ~ are generally bad, those Intended as obituari, .-U, .•, or Went rep,, such an v nleal. i If there are any persons who intend to inflict original poetry, we beg of them as they D * forbear. And if they are determined that we 1","' their productions, they must expect us to Jote a by what we consider to be our duty to both them a readers. But our advice to those afflicted wth °° r pensity to write poetry, or verse, or rhyms it as soon as committed to paper, and it' m come up in after days to reproach you. fflS-The editor of the MauchChunkC^. tlt E. H. RAICH. is an Assistant Clerk in the House of D prescntatives, aud consequently has an excellent ' tunity forjudging of the qualifications and menu?"'" members. In a letter to his paper, he pay, tile deserved compliment to our members * " Messrs. KINSKT and SME AD are just the KINS . one would look for from the noble county of itr, ~ , delegation can be truer to their constituent* „ d " ' N '° Bradford have selected men of better judirnnmt COui(! zeal iu everything than they take hold of. ° r B®-The friends of Rev. N. ADE P EW •„ pay him a Donation Visit at the M. K. Parsonacs ' village, on Tuesday evening, March 15. j,* 0 meuts. All are invited to attend. feg-Inonr advertising columns will befoand a notice of interest to farmers, from the Tioga p Agricultural aud Junction Iron Works. a Star The nomination of the Hon. MCLAKE, as Minister to Mexico, has been VR,- to the Senate. It is understood that the [.iaee was offered to General HOUSTON, bat that Le declined it. It was the intention to give the position of Secretary of Legation to Mr J S. THRASHER, aud he was telegraphed to i a reference to the matter; but, owing to some difficulty, he will not receive the appointment, which will be given to a gentleman at present in the Attorney-General's Office. The death of JOHN MARBIN, K*} Third Assistant Postmaster-General, which took place last Friday at Washington, will cause a very wide regret. Mr. MARRON has for many years, and under several Admiuis trations, held his place, and had the practical guidance of the financial affairs of the Pos'al Department. An efficient officer, a warm and reliable friend, and a man of blameless life his sudden death is a matter both of public aud personal regret. SisT" The President has vetoed the Agricul tural College Bill. He and his southern mas ters don't believe in promoting educated labor. They prefer squandering the public lauds for political purposes. The bill was supported in the House by the great body of northern mem bers, and opposed by nearly all of the southern members. The bill passed both Houses, but the opposition of the South triumphs by the exercise of the " one mau power." S@~A destructive lire occurred in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday night, by which property to the amount of $150,000 was destroyed, inclu ding five newspaper establishments. Haifa square on Maiu street was burnt down. The fire originated in the cellar of the Eagle ar.d Enquirer office, and was caused by au incen diary. BaT- Navigation opened on Lake Erie Wed nesday, a propeller having left Buffalo for Cleveland and Sandusky with a full load, and a line of propellers having commenced ruuuiug between Cleveland and Dunkirk. STATE AND COUNTY T. XES. —The present Legislature, thus far, has been proving itself a rather "slow term." The have made but lit tle progress so far as beneficial legislation is concerned. Several bills, however, of impor tance hare beeu presented. One of these is in regard to the collection of State and County taxes, which provides that the County Treas urer shall act in the place of tax collectors in collecting said taxes. The duplicates as made out by the County Commissioners, shall be placed in the hands of the Treasurer, who shall give thirty days notice in the newspapers of the time and place at which he will visit the townships in his county, devoting two days to each township, at which time it shall be the duty of the taxables to attend and pay their taxes. The period of the Treasurers visits shall be previous to the 12th day of July in each year. Any person who shall before the 12th day of July pay his or her taxes, state or county, shall be entitled to an abatement ofs per cent. In ease that any connty or state tax shall remain unpaid for the space of 30 days after the 12th day of July in each year, the Treasurer is authorized to place the same in the hands of the constables of the different townships, who will, if payment is uot immediately proceed to collect the same by levy aud sale of the goods of the deliuquent taxables. B6T" A Congressional Investigating Com mittee have discovered and exposed instances of gross corruption in the Navy Department. In these offenses President Buchanan and Secretary Toucey are implicated. The atten tion of the Committee has been chiefly direct ed to four distinct items of expenditure — tbf purchase of fuel for the Navy, the purehaseof live oak timber, the management of the Yards, and contracts for steam Machinery Dr. Hunter, of Reading, Pa., was appointed in May, 1858, Agent to furnish coal for the Navy, The Doctor, who is a practicing pb. v " sician in Reading, did nothing towards buying the coal except sign a few papers, the business being done by Tyler, Stone, A* Co., of I'hiladcl phia, who furnished coal worth $3,50 a ton, at $3 85. The Doctor's profits amounted to about $l5 ,000 per annum, which, in accordance with au understanding at the time of his appoint ment, he divided with one John F. Smitb.who did not pretend to have anything to do transacting the business. The contract for furnishing live oak timber was given to Mr. W. C. N. Swift, an old !i® Whig of New Bedford, Mass , he having p al to Mr. Plitt, Treasurer of the Democrats State Committee of Pennsylvania, $16,00 , towards carrying the State for Mr. Buchanan. Mr. Swift's contract amounted to ' and finally another contract of $166,7000 added, making, as shown by the testimony fore the Committee, about $25,000 more t a it would have cost the Government if the tract had bceu honestly and properly uiuu
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