CANAL DAMAGES. Mr. K ETciii M, from the Judiciary Commit- j tee, in the House, read the following bill, March 3 : An Art fur thr A**r*rmrnt anil Rrrorrrgtf Datnaptr upon thr Ninth Rranch and <1 yommg I aiuttf. SEC. 1. Be it marled Ac. That within three mouths after the passage of this act, the the court- of common pleas of the. several cuun- j tics in which the North Branch and Wyoming ; canals are located, (which arc now owned by j the North Branch canal company and the Wyoming canal company resitectively), -hall appoint three competent and disinterested per- j sons, none of whom shall reside within ten miles ! of the line of said can. -Is, to appraise and a.-se-s , damages, and investigate other demands, con sequent upon and arising out of the location, construction, repair and use of tnc said canals, in conformity with the seventh section of an act for the sale of the State canals, approved ! the twenty first day of April, one thousand ! eight hundred and fifty-eight, to be called the-; commissioners of canal claims. SEC. 2. That notice of the appointment of the said commissioners shall be served upon each person so appointed, by the sheriff of the j projier county or his deputy within ten days i after said appointment shall have been so made, J for which services the sheriff shall be allowed such tees as are by law allowed for similar ser vices. Sko. 3. That the said commissioners of canal claims shall, within ten days after being so notified of their appointment, meet at the j prothonotory's office of the proper county, am! j organize by electing one of their number pre sident, and by selecting a clerk, not of their number, which clerk is hereby allowed them, and wlien so organized the said commissioners shall be severally sworn or affirmed by the said prothouotary, or his deputy, to well and truly appraise ami assess all damages, and investigate I all other claims and demands which shall be brought to their notice, according to the pro visions of this act, consequent upon and arising j out of the location, construction, repair and nse of the North Branch canal, or the Wyom ing canal, (as the case may be) as provided for j in this act, and a true report make to the court Of common pleas of said county, and their said clerk shall be sworn or affirmed by said pro thonotury, or his deputy, or by the president of said hoard of commissioners, to keep correct minutes of all the proceedings of said eommis- i sioners, and all the evidence taken by them 1 according to the provisions of this act, a copy of all which oaths or affirmations shall be sign- 1 ed by the said commissioners and clerk r-spec- < lively, and filed in the said prothonotnry's i office. Provided, That in case of the neglect of ' any of the said commissioners to appear and < assume the duties of his appointment, as here- 1 inbefere provided, or in ease of a vacancy oc- 1 curing in the said board, from any cause, at i any time thereafter, the said court or a majority i of the judges at chambers shall on notice of the fact by any party interested, or by the re- i i maining commissioner or commissioners, appoint i some oilier person or persons to fill such vacancy ( - or vacancies, and such person or persons, before 1 entering upon the duties of the appointment, t shall be qualified as hereinbefore required. SEC. 4. That the said commissioners shall n immediately upon being so organized and qitali- | fied give public notice through two newspaper- n if there be so many, and if not in at least one j e newspaper in the proper county, and by prim f ed advertisements put up in public nnd conspi- t cuous places,of the time and place of commotio- i ing the assessment, appraisement and investi- e gation required by this act, which time shall a not be less than fifteen nor more than tliirtv C days after being so organized, and the said 1 commissioners shall cause a copy of such notice !l to be served upon the North Branch or Wv 1 oming canal company, (as the case may lie), ! > by leaving a copy of the same with the presi- ' dent, secretary, treasurer, attorny or any of the 1 board of directors of said company, at least 1 ten days before the time so fixed for comment-- 1 ing the appraisement, ct cetera, aforesaid. > SEC. 5. That at the time so fixed, T lie said j f commissioners shall go upon the line of said s canals, commencing at a point on the northern ' boundary of the proper county, and except j c where the same be waived by the parties, bv !i writing filed with said commissioners, personal- t ly examine and in.-pect the lands, tenements ' t and hereditaments and property of whatsoever h kind claimed to have been damaged by or used t in the location, construction, repair or u-e of the said canals and shall at the places herein after designated by name, hear and take testi- 11 inony relating to the claims before said com raissioners, for which purpose the said commis sioners are hereby authorized to issue sub- |, pcenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses, ,] and administer oaths and affirmations t SEC. C. That the said commissioners shall a hold regular sessions for hearing testimony and 0 investigating the cases that may arise under | this act, at the following named places, and in c the several counties at the places in the same „ order, as herein named, to wit in Bradford r county, at Athens, Towanda and Wvalusing ; s in Wyoming county, at Lnceyville and Tunk- • bannock ;in Luzerne county, at Ihtt-tou and t Wilkesbarrc ;in Columbia county, at Blooms- |, burg ; in Montour county, at Danville ; and in ! Northumberland county, at Northumberland ; v and the said commissioners shall remain in | session at each of the said places, for t lie trans- i, action of the said business at least five days, '\ and as much longer as the proper discharge of f thir duties may require. Provided, That the | said commissioners may hold additional sessions |, at such other places along the line of said i canals, aud for as long a term as they may deem v necessary. And provided ftirl/ui , Tliat at least v five days' notice shall be given of the time of | holding each succeeding session, or in case of i ), postponement of any meeting, the like notice ; i of such postponement by at least three public c advertisements, put up at the places of bidding the same. SEC. 7. That the said commissioners shall ! not be required to examine, or investigate, any " claim under this act unless the claimant shall, by him or herself, guardian, agent or attorney, c give at least five days notice, under oath or 1 affirmation, to said commissioners rr any one * of them, and to the said proper c inalcompany, 11 of the nature and amount ot said claim ; and, In case of claim for damages, also of the loca- 11 tiou of the premises damaged, said notice to be ! served on said companies as provided in the fourth section of this act; aud the said parties o so claiming damages shall present their < lai i s > to said commissions, for investigation, during n their session at such place hereinbefore designa- 1 c ted by name, which shall be nearest the pro- t perty claimed to have bet uso daui-iged, Pro- ti rul/d, That claimants not residing along the g line of canal,who shall have demands for mater- j a i.als furnished, or for work and labor done, may w present their said claims for investigation at ri any of the said places, while the said coinmis j n e.oners or holding sessions thereat. I w SEC. 8. That in appraising and assessing damages as aforesaid, tiie legal and equitable rights of the parties, the advantages as well as as disadvantages of the location or construc tion of said canals, to the property claimed to have been damaged, shall be taken into con sidcration by the said commissioneis, and any claim for damages, or oilier demand, which shall have been settled and paid either by said companies < r the Commonwealth, shall not be entertained by said commissioners. Sue. 9. That the said commissioners shall proceed, investigate and decide, all cases brought Itefore them at any of the said places of hearing, before removing to another place, and within ten days after so deciding, shall lile their report-signed by themselves, or a majority of fliem, of all cases so decided in the IVo thonotnry's office ol the proper comity, together with all bills of costs allowed by them as here inafter required, upon which report, unless the amount reported therein, together with costs, -hall be satisfied and discharged of record with in; ninety days after filing the sane, the said protiionotary is hereby required to enter judg ment, stating upon the record tire proper claimant as plaintiff, and the North Branch canal company or the Wyoming canal company, as the case may be, defendant in the suit which judgment shall have the same effect as judg ments entered upon award of arbitrators, under the compulsory arbitration act of one thousand eight hundred and thirty six. SEC. 10. That the parties, upon the close of the hearing and investigation of each case, shall file with the commissioners their bills of costs, verified on oath or affirmation before said commissioners, that the costs so made were necessary to the proper investigation of the ease: subject, however, to immediatefre-taxation before said commissioners upon application of either party. SEC. 11. That either party may nppoa! from the report of said commissioners within twenty days after entry of judgment upon the same in the prothonotnry's office, in the same manner, and under the same restrictions and rcquire -1 ments, as appeals from awards of arbitrators ; are now allowed under the compulsory arbitra j tion act of this State, and each case so appeal ed shall lie put at issue by the prothouotary, upon the plea of nil debit, shall be proceeded in and tried with all the rights and incidents ;is appeals from the awards of arbitrators.— Provided, That the doctrine of !e_ r a! tender by the said companies shall have its full legal effect upon all questions of costs, whether the same shall have occurred before the said commission ers or in court after appeal. And provided further, That certified extracts from the jour nals and books of the Canal Commissioners, or former boards of appraisers, and certified copies of all papers on file in any of the depart ments at Harrisburg, shall, if pertinent, be re ceived in evidence by the board of commission ers and by the courts in the investigation and adjudication of the said claims. SEC. 12 That no statute of limitations now in force in this Commonwealth shall be set up as a legal defence by the present, or any future owners of the said North Branch or Wyoming canals, to any of the claims contemplated by this act. SEC. 13. That stay of execution shall be allowed on all judgments entered under the provisions of this act, subject! o all the require ments of existing laws relating to stay of exe cutions, but the said stay shall be reckoned from the time of filing the report of the com missioners in the prothonotnry's office. SKC. 14. That the said commissioners shall eacli receive the sura of three dollars per day, and their said clerk the sum of two dollars per day, for each, and every day, necessarily spent by them iiq and about the business of their appointment, and five cents for each and every mile of necessary travel, which said per diem and mileage, and the sheriffs fees for serving notices, as required by the second section of this act, shall be paid by the said canal com panies without recourse in any case to the other parties, and the fees of witnesses and persons serving subpoenas and other process, shall be the name as now allowed bylaw for similar services. SEC. lb. That the said commissioners shall complete their investigations required by this act within the period of one year from the time of commencing the same. Provided, That the said courts of the respective counties shall have power, ou cause shown, to extend the time. [We shall publish Senator MYEU'S amend ment to the Senate bill, next week.J CrtpThe Cleveland Pluitulcu/er gives the heartetiding particulars of the death of .Mrs. Joseph Dovd by fal.ing into a cistern. It seems that the cistern was under the kitchen, and access was had to it through a trap door. No one was in the house but Mrs. Bojd and her little child of three and half years, who of course, can not explain the particulars of - the mother's death. When her two other children returned from school they asked their little sister where their mother was, who told them " site was in the cistern ;'' that she asked her to bring her a chair, and she did so ; but that her mother wanted Iter to give her another chair, which she did ; that her mother then wanted iter to kiss her. The little girl ran for her father, who came, and found the body of his wife at the bottom of the cistern, a corpse. The two chairs were also found in the cistern, from which it is inferred that she slipped in, but did not at first drown, and calling upon Iter little child for a chair, tried to get out hut could not, and called for a second chair with no Letter result,until becoming so chilled with the cold water, and fully apprehensive that she could not survive, called her child to her to impart a final kiss, and t'>e chill of death approaching her vitals, she sank fiDm her chair into the water and died. THE QUESTION SETTLED !— Those eminent men, Dr. James Clark, Physician to Victoria, and Dr. Hughes Dennett, says that consumption can be cured. Dr. Wistar knew this when he discovered his Balsam of Wild Cherry, and experience has proved the correct ness of his opinion. Buy none unless it has the irritten sig nature of "i Pulls'' on the wrapper. SSrrTln Cleveland papers of March 15, rec ord a melancholy case of sudden death. Oa Monday night Miss Theodosia Smith, aged nineteen, attended a singing rehearsal by the choir of Saint Paul's Church. At the close of the school one of her companions, observing that she did not arise, asked her if she was not going home. She said she could not get up, adding, in a laughing manner, that her foot was asleep. She then made an attempt to rise, but instantly fell back in her seat, and never spoke again. She was conveyed to home, where in about throe hours he died. Srairfortt ilcportfr. E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOWANDA : Thursday Morning, March 24, 1859. TERMS— One Dollar per annum, invariably in ad ranee.— 1 Tour weeks previous to the expiration of a subscription, notice will he giten by a printed wrapper, and if not re -1 newed, the paper will in all cases he stopped. , CI.CBBINM— Tin Reporter will be sent to Clubs at the fvl i lotting extremely tow rates : G copies for $5 00 1 15 copies for... . sl2 00 ! 10 copies for 800| 20 copies f0r.... 15 00 ADVERTISEMENTS— Cor a septare of ten lines or less, One Dollar for ihree or less insertions, and twenty-Jive cents | for each subsequent insertion. JOB-WORK— Executed with accuracy and despatch. and a I reasonable prices—t.ilh every facility for doing Books, Blanks, Hand-bills, Bali tickets, Spc. \fn\FY may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an . i nceh'pt .and property directed, we wilt be responsible for its s ifc delivery. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. This body met at Ilarrisburg, on the 1 Gth inst., and its proceedings are briefly sketched by our correspondents. It was mainly com posed of office-holders, and having performed its allotted task, adjourned amidst the derision of the country. We have uo room this week ito p ak of its proceediugs as they deserve. | In Saturday's I'res.t, appears a call for a "Democratic State Convention" to meet at Ilarrisburg, on the 12th of May next, signed by a largo number of democrats. Xo EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS. —The President having yielded to the Cabinet, tele graphed to New York on Monday, that no extra session of Congress would be called. FROM lIARRISBURG. [Correspondence of the Bradford Reporter.] HARIUSBUKU, Mareli is, 185:1. E. O. GOODRICH: —On the lltli iust, the Public Calender, which had so long been for gotten was taken up. An act exempting par : sonages from taxation was briefly examined and defeated. An act authorizing the commutation of the death penalty in certain cases, was persisteut !y opposed and voted down by a vote of 45 to 42. " Blood for blood "is still the motto of Pennsylvania, backward, as she has always been, in every improvement and advancement, there is nothing to which she clings with more iiei tinucity than to the criminal code of the dark ages. An act declaring dogs in this commonwealth personal property, gave rise to some ludicrous debates, and severai fnnnv amendments. Mr. ! PRICE proposed amendments which so turned the act topsy tiirvy, as to make it read that dogs arc nuisances and as much the subjects of extermination as other obnoxious animals. Mr. WILCOX proposed that dogs be registered. Mr. KINNEY amended by requiring a copy of such registered dogs to he put up at each election poll in the city of Philadelphia on election days. Both amendments were ruled out of order, when the bill was voted down by a large ma jority. An act preventing the intermarriage of black and white races failed of a passage through the House. An act prevent the defacing of bank-notes also failed—it deserved a better fate. An act to extend the po vcr of Prothono taries and clerks to administer oaths, passed without much opposition. It gives them a general authority to administer oaths and af firmations ; but it does not compel them to administer the same in matters not pertaining ' to the business of their office. Resolutions extending the time and continu ing "the salary of the editor of the "Colonial Records," was voted down by a large majority. The editor has been pensioned on the State for years, aud has drawn many thousand dol lars from it, and still he hangs on like a leech. Thus much for public bills. Mr. Ki NNEY, on the 12th inst., called np the bill for compelling the Wiliiamsport & Elmira R. R. Co., to fence their road and it was passed. It the Senate does its duty, the wrongs of the people along that road will soon be put iu a fair way for correction if not of redress. Mr. MEHAFKKV, Lycoming", called up the bill for paying the Towanda liridge Company $1,500, balance due for rebuilding bridge and towing path. A short debate ensued, KETCHCM and WII.USTO.V against, and KIX.VEY for the bill, when, ou motion, the bill was referred to the committee 011 Ways and Means. The bill is opposed on the grounds that it is a demand against the Commonwealth for which the N. I>. Canal Company became liable under the act of 1858. The committee will probably report in favor of the bill as it is right and will bear close investigation. Mr. SMEAD called up bill to incorporate the Towauda Water Company, which was passed finally. Mr. SMF.AD also read in place a bill to author ize the town council of the borough of Townn da to levy a special money tax. The rules were suspended and the bill passed. Thursday the 19th being "call day "Mr. KINNEY called up bill to incorporate the •'To wauda Library Association," and the bill was passed finally. Mr. STEELE, Senator from Luzerne, has been making an effort to pass a bill for asses sing damages on the North Branch aud Wyo ming Canals, similar to oue published iu your paper some weeks ago—a bill that onght to put the blush of shame on even the Canal Co. itself. If Mr. STEELE can face his constituents hereafter he must have " some cheek" indeed. It never can become a law. The House bill is compelled to take its regular course, and must be reached soon. Supplement to the act. incorporating the Cattawisa ami Towanda Railroad Company was called up by MR. JACKSON and passed. The Democracy held its convention here on Wednesday the lhth. They met contcniiously, deliberated violently, and separated cxitairam pvusly. ARNOLD RUMMER was made permanent chairman, but the Couventiou had to wait a half an hour for some custom-house clerk to write a little speech for him, and then as much longer for the Ex-Canal Commissioner to study and blunder it out to the convention. A com mittee of fifteen, after five hours harmonious secret deliberation, reported a plutform iu which we tind HENRY CLAY and JOHN QUINCY ADAMS the most prominent planks. Gov. B IDLER is put in, and Gov. PACKER left out. Upon an attempt in the Convention to approve the state policy of Gov. P. there was such a falling out among the harmonious as has never before been witnessed. A Chester county delegate was put forward to do all the dirty work of the party. He said the party erred in keeping DAVID WILMOT in the ranks so long, for when they were obliged to cut him loose he took his hosts with liirn. It might have been suggested that had lie been cut loose a few years earlier lie would have carried nearly all the demo cratic party with him, for in 1840 and 7 the entire party endorsed his course for which he is now so severely condemned. The PACKER resolutions were voted down by a vote of 84 to 37. A resolution by Mr. COLLINS of Cam bria, was sent up to the Clerk's desk and read in a clear loud voice as follows : Ri solved, That in the sense of this Convention the Op ! posit-on wiil eleet their comlhlate on the 2nd Tue-iluy of October next, by 5(1,000 majority. It was ruled out of order, not because it was not true, but because the truth ought not to be spoken at all times. WRIGHT was nomina ted Auditor General, and ROWK Surveyor Gen eral on first ballot. The Convention adjourned after hearing a splurge from Gov. SAM BLACK, of Nebraska. Thirty pupils from the " school for the blind," were on exhibition at Brant's Hall, while 133 of the politically blind were showing themselves in the "Bear Garden" at the capi tol. Yours &c., PETER KLAUS. HARUISBURG, March 10,1350. Mr. E. O. GOODRICH: —My friend D. and myself were certainly fortunate as to our time of visiting the Capital of the Commonwealth ; the weather was remarkably fine and the tra veling good. We found our members and Senator iu their places as usual, and faithfully atteuding to their duties. Xo members iu those bodies are more industrious and faithful, and none who look after the interests of the State iu general, and of their own constituents in particular, with more persevering aud untiricg assiduity, than they, and but few, if any, are more useful and influential ; the kindness with which we were treated by them, and the First Assistant Clerk of the House, will be remembered by us with gratitude. Really, Mr. Editor, Bradford must have great interests to be looked after, judging by the number of members in the Third House from that county, and the zeal with which they push their special projects. We had no op portunities of hearing great speeches in either house ; Mr. WILI.ISTON, however, did stir up the ire of some of his fellow members, and his own just indignation, hy some remarks he made upon the final passage of one of the Philadel phia railroad hills ; he pitched into the lobby members right and left, but he was as one who tries to swim against the current, a large ma jority was against him. On Tuesday evening there was, in the Hall of the House of Representatives, an exhibition of forty-six pupils from the blind sehools iu Philadelphia. The principal of that institu tion explained to the audience the mode of in structing that unfortunate class of people in the different departments of science, aud the pupils read, wrote, printed aud ciphered with an ease and rapidity, that both astonished and delighted all preseut; but their principal ex hibition was in vocal and instrumental music, especially the latter, several pieces were ad mirably sung either by the win le choir or by the young ladies alone ; their performance in full orchestra was very fine ; during the whole exercises there did not appear to be the least! error as to performance or time. They seemed to be happy, still their appear ance so far as mere looks were coucerned was melancholy ; they could but be happy if they could look back forty or fifty years, and real ize, that then, no plan tor conveying instruc tion to the sightless had been thought of in this country at least. The plan was first sug gested to the mind of a benevolent gentleman, in Paris, about the year 1784, and was by him somewhat developed ; in 1789 a school for the instruction of the blind was opened in London, and iu 1823 in this country. There are now more blind children attending such institutions in the Uuited States, than there are either iu France or England. The large hall was filled to its utmost capacity to see and hear those unfortunates, who conld not see the anxious, sympathizing hundreds who had collected to listen, and, it was said by a man who resides in Harrisburg, that the hall was never so crowd ed before. Oa Wednesday the Legislature adjourned so that the Democratic State Couueution might hold its session in the Hall of the House of Representatives. We were fortunate in being at the capital when this event occurred, because, here we saw many of the prominent men of that partv, we also heard some good speeches. We say nothing about the politics of the meeting, be cause political men will attend to that far bet ter than we can, bnt we do >ny that there were several mey of decided talent in the convention, and some fine specimens of oratory were ex hibited. If we had not attended the conven tion we should not have enjoyed the rare feast of hearing eloquent speeches ; not because there are 110 good speakers in the Legislature, but because there was 110 occasion to call them out. A great many witty things were said, and a great amount of laughiug done, in which laughing exercise we heartily engaged, and some sharp, cutting things were uttered, which will, in all probability rankle and fester in the bosom, long after many of the scenes of the convention have escaped from the mind. Du ring a lull in the proceedings Professor GAKD NKH, seller of the the celebrated " New Eng land Soap," got possession of the floor,whether by request, or otherwise is not known to us, and let oil a most capital harangue upon poli tics in general, and his soap in particular.— During his speech the audience was convulsed with laughter, and the effect was most happy upon the deltgates, some of whom had become somewhat ill-natured, as we iuferred by their looks. There nre several places of interest, in and around Harrisburg, all of which have been so reptatedly described, that anything more would not be acceptable, still, there is one place to which we accidentally went earlv on the morn ing of oar arrival, that deserves our notice.— Accidentally, we say, because we knew nothing of the existence of such a place. As we were walking along the bank of the river we saw, standing directly by the edge of the stream, an old stump, or rather stub, enclosed by au iron fence, upon the stub is a notice forbidding all persons from injuring, marking or defacing anything within the enclosure ; a slight eleva tion is to be seen, which is covered with turf roughly put upon the top and s.des ; upon en- quiriug of some boys who were playing near the spot, we found that a Mr. HARRIS, the sou i of the gentleman who once owned the land j where this borough now stands, and who gave : to the commonwealth the beautiful site of the I State Capitol, and the other public buildings belonging to the State, was buried here ; this ' is all we could learn, no stone of any kind marks the place of the grave, no inscription of ; any kind tells who lies there, or why that ! stump is thus enclosed. In the Senate cham ber is suspended an old painting which repre- I sents a scene that was said to have taken place under the tree, whose bare stump is now se cured by au iron fence from the ruthless hand lof the stranger or idle lounger. The painting tells, or rather those who explain it tell, that on a certain occasion the Indians on the east side of the river, bound Mr. Harris to this tree and piled fagots around hin, iu order to . burn him to death, but before the work was completed, those on the west side, being his , friends, came over and rescued him from those ! who had devoted him to so cruel a death.— Why no monument, or even plain slab, is not found, to tell the enquirer why that stub is fenced in, and who lies buried there wc were I not able to find out. We of course visited the " Insane Asylum,'- but of course we saw nothing new, or heard anything strange there, still we came away devoutly grateful to God that he had kept us from being its inmaies, that wc were uot rav ing and tearing our flesh for very terror ; we did sigh and almost weep when we ceme away, as we thought of the crushed hopes, the blast ed prospects, the agonizing hearts, the ruined I sons and daughters, the sorrow-stricken fathers and mothers, that were shut up withiu those walls; our hearts did bleed when we saw the wild and fiery eyes and the woe-begone coun tenances, when we heard the demoniac laugh, the low sullen grumble, the heart piercing shriek of despair, the silly, idiotic prattle, or the maddened, imploring cry for help. Oh the j grief, the joylessness, the hopelessness, the un told misery of each day withiu those spacious halls and neatly arranged cells. Who would uot " bless God that he is not crazy.*' X. BHtf A dreadful accident occurred on the Great Western (Canada) Railroad on Friday uight, equaling, if uot surpassing, in its horrors that which took place at the Des Jardines bridge some two years ago. The locality of the accident was between Flamboro and Hun das. A portion of an embankment had been washed away, and the engine of the express train plunged into a chasm uearly twenty feet deep, followed by the baggage and the passen ger cars. Six killed and nine wounded had j been extricated from the wreck at the date of ! cur last dispatches. A terrible storm was prevailing at the time of the accident, which added to the horrors of the occasion. * teg-The damage by the Spring freshets this year is likely to prove very considerable. At Albany, Sunday, the water was six feet over the docks, though it was receding. Twenty miles or more of the Hudson River Railroad track is submerged, and travel over it is sus pended—the passengers being conveyed to Albany from Rhiuebeck by steamer. A very heavy freshet is also reported in the Penobscot River. teg' Thursday morning the lifeless body of the Hon. Mike Walsh was found lying at the bottom of a flight of steps in front of premises 138 Eighth avenue, New York. Mr. Walsh was many years ago oue of the ablest members of the State Assembly. He was subsequently elected to Congress, and failed of re-election by a very small vote. He visited Europeafter leaving Congress, and stopped some time at the Crimea. Though very radical in his opiu ions, and very bold in their utterunce, he pos sessed a vigorous native intellect, and a mind which detested political falsehood and dishon esty. LOCAL AND FIRE IN WYOMING COUNTY.-- A COM. deut of the Ttinibnnuork Democrat wr i tei ... T) of Jos. Bramhal), In Washington towtuhiu . h " n " ed by Are at about 2 o'efock on the momimr ' f J**' in*t. Th<- fire is supposed to have originate 1 ■ wood-house, which stood a few feet from the " which there had been a fire the day before Ti"""*'' shed contained a sleigh and nearly all the hrm" * H which were all destroyed, together with a W., ' ** which was standing near. Most of the ho oseh "a* 1 * 01 were destroyed, with nearly all the cloth ineoflr W ily. Mr . Rramhall did not even save acoat 11 fln| tere, Mrs. Swetland and Mm. Billing., who ca m the evening before on a visit, Ijarely escaped * ' lives by jumping out of the chamber windows *y W ' ei Mrs. Rramhall were severely burned, and JLP be ouU-but they are doing will. "t —The house of Mr. William Gerritson, i n n township, was also destroyed by fire about a •' 10 Some of the household goods were saved. Thi fi ' iu the roof through some defect in the stove ney." Ppe or p REAC K Slieshequin, Sunday, April 3d, at 14 o'clock . :| at Athens at 3, P. M. ' ' "X A CARD.— Kindness and sympathy read find way to all our hearU.and we wish to make th '' acknowledgment iu our power of the kindnegj 0 f • who were gathered (and reported) at the Pfc r * )ni Tuesday evening 15th, for thier very of affection and kind appreciation of services V' (whatever their infirmity,) liave been sincerely devJTe'' the Cause of Christianity in this commuuity, J chilly to the Church with which we are connected p'- mit us especially to return our thanks to the tvrnt+fa NELSON A. n r . haiUH M. Dg p iw 1 The following lines are from the pen 0] our old friend Dr. M ACKINTOSH. They are intended i-, apotheosis of "John Anderson, my jo, John,"and eerta ly will not suffer from being read even after that ing production of BIBNS. They appear in the EtlJ. Putt : ' John Anderson, my jo, John, We'll wauken in the morn, A' free frae toil an' care. John, Ayont this fieetin' bourn ; Our paths will then be peace, John. Nae grief we inair shall know, Rut endless rest will be our boon, John Anderson, iny jo. John Anderson, my jo, John, On our re-union there, We'll backlin' cast a tho't, John, On a' our trials here ; We aye maun bless the time, John, We wander'd here below, That led us to our harne aboon, John Anderson, my jo. ; iter The closing exercises of the Sosqne ; hauna Collegiate Institute took place last week.commeii. j ring on Monday and closing Wednesday. We wer* un able to be present, but we hear the examinations ipokea of as being in the highest degree satisfactory, and ing credit upon the Instructors. The next term commences Tuesday, March 29, when some new regulations will go into effect. Instrumental music will not form a part of the Institute exercise.; but lessons upon the piano will be given by Miss JKNIS. as a private matter, entirely disconnected from the Institute, at rooms in the house formerly occupied by Mr. McWii- MAW. With this exception, however, Miss JKNKS retiisi her former position in the Institute. ADVERTISING AGENCIES. —Some years sine# we ignored the exi.-teuce of city advertising agencies Not exactly ignored their existence, either, because ws are almost daily in the receipt of their favors, which have gone incontinently among the rubbish. We haver, t known an establishment of the kind, which wa* not de signed to swindle either advertisers or country printers. Having stepped out of the ring, the tears and complaint* of our brethren, who have "been taken in and dons for," excited rather our mirth than our commiseration. Rut the trouble is, that one half of the country printer! won't learn what their interests are. They trill be swin dled by advertising agencies ; and they will publish inde cent advertisements upon promnet of high prices—and we don't believe they cau be reformed. Worse than all, they are ready to aid Bonner (who has the merit of ong inality,) and liis imitators (who hav'nt even that merit) in Hooding the country with a deluge of puerilites, damag ing the country press infinitely. Our idea is. that the publisher who will publish, as reading matter, the an nouncement of one of BONSKK'S tales, don't know the a b c's of his business. Rut we started off to say that an Advertising Are"-7 been established in New York, which looks as if it might lie honestly and legitimately conducted. It called the " Mutual Protective Magazine and Xe*pM* r Agency." HORACE SHAW A Co., Principal", 37 Pwk Row and 145 Nassau street. Messrs. JAMES COXXSK A SONS, who would'nt see a country printer wronged, if they could help it, obligate themselves to pay all adver tising bills of their contracting in Printing Materials '• cash prices. We have no question that this agency win l>e just what we have long felt the need of—with hit prices and prompt payments. THE WAYF.RI.Y NOVELS. —"We noticed last week the enterprise lately entered upon by T. B. son A Rrothers, 306 Chestnut street, Philadelphia,® republishing a remarkably cheap edition of these [>• proachable works of fiction. We have since receive" "Guy Mannering," which will be followed by"H ' Roy." and one novel will be published regularly on e"h and every Saturday, until the whole number of relumew —twenty-six— is- completed. The low price fixed by ' e publishers for them are only 25 cents a volume, or whole twenty-six volumes for five dollars. A complete set will be forwarded, free of postage, by mail-to MJ part of the United States, to any one, on receiving s inittance of live dollars for the twenty-six volume-: • 1 remittance of three dollars will pay for the first twe" volumes ; or a remittance of one dollar will pa) k,rl ' i first four volumes. The novels will be neatly printed oa fine white paper, and neatly bound with paper f< "'- The revised uniform Edinburgh edition, from which •" ( is reprinted, comprises forty-eight volumes, the c o *' which is seventy-two dollars ; and this edition will r tain every word of the Edinburgh edition. We com: 1 " 5 * the determination of this enterprising Philadelphia srs- | to furnish the works of an author like Walter Scott. >• a price so reasonable, that all persons whatever possess a full set, and direct the special attention sp readers to the fact, and would advise them all t° ni> |' a remittance of Five Dollars at once, per first in*- 1 - ' J the publishers, for the entire set, who will semi the® complete to any one. free of postage, on receipt o. - 1 ' sum. The people of Sullivan county areccn sidi-rably stirred up 00 the subject of building a at the mouth of Isjyabsock creek, and clearing 01 " stream so that logs and rafts may be passed down market. The Democrat is favorable; but a- • -r."! dent is opposed. Not having had an opportunity "post" ourselves as to how the boom question * effect the trout-fishing, we are not prepared to u sides. ©aJ- The local editor of the Waverly rule puts in the plea of" innocent disability. - in - v of the results of his labors" is sufficient to justi ) in thus pleading -and we congratulate him u i" u soundness of his self-appreciative faculties. THE RT IOEK EXCITEMENT A BATING.- A in# WAS held at Ithaca, Thursday evening. *l> l lutiuus were patted to the effect ihat the fchtri
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