CANAL DAMAGES.
An a>t to provitle for the assessment of it'im.i'jev arnl
the paviueul uf claims upou the Nurth lirauv.li •-aual.
Br<\ 1. IJr if mm fed dr. That the presi
dent judges of the Eleventh, Thirteenth niid
Twenty-sixth judicial districts of this Common*
wealth, or a majority of them, shall, on or oe
fore the first day of June next, appoint aboard
of appraisers, to consist of three disinterested
persons, who sha'l reside out of the counties of
Bradford. Wyoming aid Lrreerttw, whose duty
it shall be to tiesi ss all damages, and investi
gate and pass upon all demands which the
North Branch ennui company is liable to ] ay
under the seventh see ion of the net, appro
ved the twenty first day of April, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight,
entitled ' 4 Au Act for the sale of ihe State
canals,'' and by virtue of its purchase of said
canal from the Sunbury and Krierailioad coin
pany ; said board shall take intoconsidiration
the advantages as well a disadvantages to the
property, claimed to have been damaged in the
location, construction, repair, management or
use of the canals in making their award for
damages.
SKC. 2. That any person OR persons, Or cor
poration, having any claim for damages or other
demands as aforesaid, shall, on or before the
first day of July pext, by themselves, their at
torney or guardian, file in the court of common
pleas, of the proper county, with the prothono
tary, a statement setting forth the nature and
amount of said claim or claims, with a descrip
tion of the property said to be damaged ; all
of which shall be verified by oath or affirma
tion ; which statements so filed shall he legal
notice of said claim to the North Branch canal
company, for the purposes contemplated by this
act; and the prothonotary of the proper county
ehall furnish such appraisers a certified eopv
all claims filed in his office as aforesaid, a!i
of which shall be passed and reported i pou ty
such appraisers.
SKC. 3. That the said appraisers, after being
duly qualified by oath or affirmation, faithfully,
justly, impartially to decide, and a true repoit
make concerning nil matters submitted to them,
Bhall proceed to examine tiic claims before
them ; and in cases of damages, to personally
examine the lands cluimed to be damaged ;
and either one of said appraisers may issue
subpoenns, administer oaths to witnesses, and
issue attachments to compel the attendance of
witnesses ; and, after they have heard the pa:-
ties, their proofs and allegations, they shul 1
proceed to estimate and determine the damages
or other demands, if any, and to what amount,
and to whom payable, and make a report there
of for each county through which the canal
passes, of all cases arising iu said county, and
shall file all cases arising in said county, and
shall file said reports in the several counties of
Bradford, Wyoming and Luzerue, together
with the evidence ; and in all cases not ap
ptaled from a.s hereinbefore provided, w hen
the award is not paid within sixty days from
the day of filing the same, the prothonotary
of the proper county is hereby required to
enter judgment ; which shall have the same
effect as a judgment entered upon award of arbi
trators, tiudir the compulsory arbitration act
of one thousand eight hundred and thirty
six.
SEC. 4. That all certified copies of papers
of the late Canal Commissioners, and their
journal, and certified copies of all papers 011
file in any of the departments of State, shall,if
pertinent, be received in evidence by the hoaiu
of appraisers in adjudicating said claims ; the
said appraisers shall complete the investiga
tion required by the act within one year from
the time of their appointment ; and shali be
paid by the said canal company for their service
three dollars per day for all time necessarily
occupied, and ten cents per mile for all neces
sary travel.
SEC. 5. That in all cases either parly may
appeal within twenty days after the tiling of
said re|>ort; and the party appealing shall make
an affidavit that the same is not for tiie pur
pose of delay, but that injustice lias been done:
and when such appeal shall have been entered
the court of common pleas of the proper county
shall, in each case so appealed appoint five or
seven disinterested persons, who shall not re
side withiu five miles of the North Brunch
canal, and fix a time not less than twenty nor
more than forty days thereafter for said jury
of viewers to meet upon the premises where
the claim for damages or other demand may
be alleged to have arisen, as by petition pre
sented for previous view, of which time and
place ten days' notice shall be given by the ap
pellant to the other party ; and the said jury,
or a majority of them, having been first
sworn or affirmed by souie person competent
to administer oaths, faithfully, justly and im
partially to decide, and a true report make,
concerning all the matters and things submit
ted to them, and in relation to which they are
authorized to inquire ; in pursuance of the pro
visions of this act, they shall perforin all the
duties, and have all the powers conferred by
this act on the former board of appraiser*; and
after hating made a fair and just examination,
they, or a majority of them, shall estimate and
determine whether any, and if any, what
amount of damages have been sustained, or
what amount may be due on other demands,
and to whom payable, and make report then
of stating particularly therein when and how
the damages were occasioned, to the court ;
which, if approved, shall be final ; and if not
satisfied of record within sixty days after ap
proval of the same, the prothonotary shall
enter judgment thereon ; but if said report
shall not be confirmed by the court, it may be
rtferred back to the same jnry, or others may
be appointed by the same court in their stead
and in either case specific instructions shall lu
given by the said c urt to the jurors as to the
mode of assessing the said damages, and mak
big the said report : and if said jurors shall
proceed in accordance with the instruction of ,
the court, their report shall be final ; but if
(or any cause the said report shall not be con
firmed by the court, then, and in such case, on
a day to be fixed bv said coort as earlv as con
venient, upon all the evidence submitted to
the appraisers in the case, and such other evi
dence as the said court shall beein necessary,
the case shall be submitted to the said court ;
which shall hear, investigate and pass upon the
claim ; and the decree of sflid court shall be
final and conclusive, and judgment shall be
entered thereon : and if the amount thereof
be not paid within sixty days, execution may
issue as iu other cases of debt for the sum so
awarded : Provided , That in case of an appeal,
if the party or parties so appealing shall not
obtain an award more favoruble than the
award of the appraisers, he or they shall pay
all costs on the appeal : Provided further.
That said jurors shall each receive three dollars
per day for all time necessarily occupied, uud
ten cents per mile for all necessary travel. j
Stc. S That stay of execution shall be al
lowed on all judgments obtained under the pro-
Visions of this a-t, npon the terras and eondi
tions of the third and fourth sections of the
act of June sixteenth, oue thousand eight hun
dred aa.d thirty-six, relating to executions :
Prnrtded, That the stay hereby allowed shall
lie i> covered from the date of filing the original
report in the office of the prothonotary.
A CHARGE, I.IKE CHICKENS, COME HOME TO
Boost!—A correspondent from Kirkwood
writes us as follows :
41 1 hare had my attention called to an arti
cle in 'he Binghainton Democrat , taken from
the Montrose Democrat , of Feb. 2-1, giving a
history of the marriage of a 4 nigger' to a white
woman, in Harford, Susquehanna Co., Fa.,
which, after saying that there could not be a
minister found in Harford that would marry
them, uses the following language : 4 Of course,
none would be a party to so black a crime,
whereupon the parties went to New Milford
and other places, in search of some being who
had not decency enough to deter him from
lending himself to so degrading an act. And
on the next ftay a Justice of the Peace of
Kirkwood, N. Y., consented to give legal sanc
tion to an alliauce, forbidden alike by God and
man.'
From some words used in the article refer
red to, such as 4 Negro Equality,' 4 Amalga
mation,' the bogus Democracy take up the cry
;of ' Black Republicanism,' 4 Amalgamation,'
A*c. Now for the information of the Derao
i cracy, we would say that the justice referred
to, is the Democratic Justice just endorsed by
the Democracy of Conklin, and last tall elec
ted a Justice of Sessions of the County of
Broonio, Horatio N. Benjamin, who not only
i l>oasted of having married them, but in addi
tion to the usual fee, of having had the pleas
; ure of kissing the bride—or, as lie termed it,
' putting on the seal.' This is the true history !
Comments unnecessary !"
I Will those Democratic papers who have
(tried to make political capital out of this af
fair, have the honesty to publish the fads of
the case ?— Broome Republiecn.
A sad case of insanity has just occurred in
Boston "through the influence," one of the pa
pers say, "of a little widow, with a pretty face
and languishing eyes." At a watering place,
last summer, siie made the acquaintance of Dr.
F. A. Xoycs. The doctor was made captive
and drawn into the net which the widow threw
with such consummate skill, and for a while he
was happy under the impression that Emma,
the fascinating widow would soon consent to
change her name. In this hope he was sadly
disappointed, for when he proposed, the widow
wipid her eyes, said that she should always es
teem him as a friend, but she couldn't think of
marriage. All hope was given up,and he tried
to banish the image of the widow, but she was
determined not to stay banished. She wanted
more amusement at his expense, and, she had
it. She re-opened a correspondence, visited
him at his office, talked with him, laughed with
him, flirted with him, and a second time refused
him. Then reason began to totter, flickered
for a while like an expiring lamp, ami on Wed
nesday the last ray of intelligence left his brain.
He became a raving maniac, fierce and cruel,
not able to contain his rage at the sight of a
female's face. His first attack was upon a lady
visitor at the house. He tore her clothes otf
and trampled them under foot. The frightened
domestics rushed to the rescue, but the Doctor
demolished all wlio opposed him. lie dashed
his lists through mirrors—swept vases and
clocks from the mautel-pieces —twisted off gas
pipes—broke chairs and tables—dashed thro'
a partition, and was only prevented from doing
further violcuce by the arrival of two officers
from the second station, who removed him
from the house and kept him locked tip until
his friends sent him to an insane asylum, where
he is now confined, and considered incurable.
Mn>nt.ETowx BANK (PF.XXSYI.VAXIA) Ron-
RET>. — A man named George Felger, employed
as watchman in this well known establishment
was detected last week in having abstracted
from the bank a considerable sum of money.
In May of last year the sum of $ 1,000 was
missed from the bonk, and a short time ago
another considerable sum was found to be mis
sing, comprising two SSO notes of a peculiar
mark. The bank officers made 110 mentiou of
the affair, and "determined to keep a sharp
look out." One day last week a gentleman of
Midletown, appeared at the counter with one
of the identical notes. Upon beiug questioned
where he had obtained it, he mentioned the
name of a farmer in the vicinity of Middletovvn
who was at onee sent for, and stated that he
had received the note from Felger. The lat
ter was confronted, and at length made con
fession, acknowledging also having taken the
SI,OOO first mentioued. Up to this he had
never been mistrusted. Felger made such a
sturdy appeal to the sympathy of the bank
officers, that upon consenting to deliver over
1 his property in the town sufficient to cover the
loss, they agreed to permit him go free of legal
punishment, lie left the place on Saturday,
and so faithfully had the bank people confined
the information of the imposture, that the of
fence was known to but very few until yester
i day morning.— Harrisburg Patriot, March
'l6.
DIED OF EAR RINGS. —About a week ago a
domestic, named Ellen Vaughn, employed at
the Union House, had her cars perforated for
tlie purpose of wearing ear-rings. The opera
tion was jwrformed in the usual mauuer, with
the usual results at the time. On the second
day after the piercing, her ear commenced swel
ling, and she left employment and went home.
The third day the swelling and inflammation
increased rapidly, when she became deaf, blind
and speechless ; erysipilas set in, and for three
days the unfortunate suffered terribly, when
death released her.— Ttoy Jindget, March 25.
THE WANDERER'S NEGROES AND TH : GOV
ERNMENT. —A statement in the Savaunah lie
yubfirnn, said to be from reliable authority,
brings home to the Government at Washing
ten some serious responsibility in the disposi
tion of the negroes imported in the I Vanderer.
A number of them were captured in Worth
County, Ga, by the Deputy United States
Marshal, Mr MCUAK, who sent at once to the
Marshal at. Savannah for instructions. The
Marshal replied that lie had telegraphed to
Washington in regard to them, but had receiv
ed no answer ; that the Government knew of
the Africans being in the Stale, bht hid given
him no orders enu renting them. He advised,
therefore, their immediate discharge, and they
were released. What has the Union to say
upou this point ?
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l&jr Elections of the Members of Congress
are to be held in the course of this year as
follows : Connecticut and Rhode Island elect
early in April ; in Virginia on the fourth
Thursday of May ; on first Monday of August
in Alabama, Kentucky and Texas ; on first
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sippi ; on the second Tuesday of October in
Minnesota ; on first Monday (7th) of October
in Louisiana, and on first Wednesday (2d) of
November in Maryland. Nearly al> of these
States were represented iu the last House by
Democrats.
THE LATEST CANARD. —That infallible authori
ty, a " private letter from Paris," supplies
somebody with the statement, which is duly
forwarded to New-York, that Louis NAPOLEON
is about sending an agent to Nicaragua to se
cure to French citizens there, the right to
employ Asiatic and African apprentices in
mining and other pursuits. Considering the
cheapness of native labor, the hostility of the
Governments to any form of Slavery, the op
position that England would make to it, and
the variety of interests which the Emperor lias
to look after just now elsewhere, this story
may very safely be regarded as ridiculous and
absurd.
Jfeg-The following are the late amendments
to the Indiana divorce law : Hereafter, the ap
plicant will be required to show an actual resi
dence of one year in the State, and decrees of
divorce which have been rendered on mere ad
vertisement of notice in a newspaper, and with
out personal service, may be re-opened within
two years by the defendant, so fur as decisions
relative to property, alimony, or guardianship
of children are concerned, but not to set aside
the disruption of the marriage tie itself.
XSajr- Kx-Presideut Pierce has written a let
ter from Sorrento, Naples, in which he sujs :
41 1 cannot speak with any certainty as to the
period of oar return, but, whether it be earlier
or later, you may be quite sure that I shall.
utuhr no possible circumstances , conseut to the
use of my name iu a manner calculated to dis
turb the tranquil pursuits, which alone pertain
to the life of a private citizen."
DESTRUCTION CY THE LATE STORM. —On Fri
day evening, during the terrific storm of wind
and rain, five spans of the bridge of the Penn
sylvania Railroad and Canal Company, at
Clark's Ferry, were blown down. Three spans
were left standing in the middle of the river,
and three men were upon these at the time the
others fell. A number of rafts were broken in
pieces, by striking the piers of bridges aloug
the river.
ftsy* By mutual consent of the Court, Dis
trict-Attorney and counsel for the defence, the
trial of Mr.SicKi.Es will commence on Monday,
April 4. The counsel for Mr. SICKLES appear
ed, on Thursday last, in Court and demanded
some definite arrangement, which resulted iu
fixing the day named. The indictment was
prepared Thursday, and presented in due form.
In Dutchess county, X. Y., Henry M.
Barnes sued Thomas N. Allen for damages
sustained iu consequence of the defendant ta
king his wife from him and depriving him of
her society ! The defeudant stated that the
plaintiff's wife came to his house in the night,
with a complaint against her husband, and he
suggested to her the propriety of leaving him;
accordingly lie repaired to her house the next
morning, and in the plaintiffs absence took her
away. The jury thought he was not a pnper
person to act as judge of Mr. Barnes' domestic
ills, and allowed the plaintiff S3OO for the loss
of his better half.
A little girl in Cincinnati, one day last week,
when playing hide-and-seek with a companion,
hid in an old trunk, the lid of which fastened
with a clasp. She screamed for help till ex
hausted, when au alarm was raised by her loug
absence, and a search made. She was found
almost dead from the exhaustion of the air
The little sufferer would probably not have
lived many minutes longer.
No tidings have yet been had of Mr. YEACER,
of Easton, in this State, who left that place
some time ago for New York. He was last
seen at Newark, New Jersey, which place he
left to take the train for New York.
It has been discovered that the woman
who pretended to have lived for the past two
years without food, at Fort Edward, New
York, has Wen imposing on the credulity of
the public there. She is an arrant imnoster.
FROM HARRISBURG.
[Correspondence of the Bradford Reporter.]
H AHin.MII'SO, March 25, 1859.
Mr. E. O. GOODRICH —An act to render
more secure the pay of mechanics and laborers,
in certain cases, passed the Honse almost unani
mously. It provides that journeyman mecha
, nics and laborers, employed by any master
workman or contractor, may have a lieu on
any moneys doe sneh master workman or con
tractor, from the owoer or proprietor of the
building, or other property, on which the work
is being done, for their wages earned thereon.
This will enable honest laborers, many times,
to get tbeir pay of dishonest contractors.
The act relating to the collection of taxes in
the severul counties of this Commonwealth,
which proposes to revolutionize the system, was
lost. The bill makes the County Treasurer the
collector by traveling over the county, staying
two days in each township and boro' for that
purpose. The cream having thus beeu taken
off, the " driblets" to be placed in the hands
of the several constables for collection. The
objection to the bill are, mainly, that in large
counties the duplicates would not be placed in
the hands of the constables till many of the
transient persons have left with taxes unpaid,
many of which taxes a sharp collector might
have picked up, had the duplicate been placed
in his bauds at an early day. It has a tend
ency to prolong the day oi collection, and to
place all the profits in the hands of a well-fed
and a well paid officer, and compel the consta
bles to do all the drudgery without much pay.
An act to require the Williamsport A El
mira 11. R. Co., to fence their road was re
ported negatively by the Senate 11. It. Com
mittee. On motion of Mr. MTER the bill was
re-committed. It is singular, indeed, that so
just and so important a bill as this should be
killed by that committee, without asking one
of its friends to appear before them for expla
nation. When it was asserted iu the House
that certain Railroad Companies exerted an
influence over the legislation of the State, cer
tain very secsative gentlemen became exceed
ingly restive, and yet others were honest enough
to declare, on the floor, that the most impor
tant constituency he represented was a certain
railroad company, and it would seem that about
the only constituency represented in the Sen
ate, is the various corporations of the State.
Whether a hearing before the Senate Commit
tee, will induce them to change their report, is
questionable.
An act to abolish the Board of Revenue
Commissioners has been before the House, and
elicited some very interesting discussion, which
brought to light many important facts with
reference to the present method of equalizing
the assessments of the State. The system
seems to give anything but satisfaction ; yet
to abolish it without supplying its place would
be "jumping out of the frying pan into the
fire." The bill was defeated 31 to 31.
The bill for the assessment of damages on
the North Branch Canal was amended in the
House, so as to make a review by a jury of
seven take the place of a trial by jury in court,
and so passed to a third reading, with the un
derstanding that it should so pass through both
Houses without opposition, learning, however,
that a well organized opposition iu the Senate
would meet the bill at its threshold, the frieuds
of the bill in the House restored it to its origi
nal form and passed it without opposition. It
goes into a very questionable committee in the
Senate. What steps will be takeu there to
kill it will soon be known. Mr. MYER will be
on the look out, and keep informed as to all
movements in the premises.
House passed resolutions to adjourn finally
on the sth of April. The Senate has amended
by fixing the 15th. So the 15th may be re
garded as the day of adjournment, as the House
will probably concur.
The Fry divorce bill has finally been report
ed to the House, and an effort was made to
rush it through at the expense of other legiti
mate legislation. The bill was read in place
the second week of the session. It was retain
ed by the Divorce Committee without a deci
sion till ten days ago. After deciding to re
port the bill it was retained about ten days
longer. What argument has been brought to
bear upon this committee thus to act is un
knowu, or whether they were waiting for some
weighty argument to be brought to their notice,
before they could conscienciously make the re
port is also unknown, but since they have seen
lit to thus retain their repoat, it was certainly
asking too much to have that exciting and
mooted subject crowded into the regular busi
ness out of its order, " Let it take its tarn," —
so the House said.
The tonnage tax question was made the
special order for Wednesday last. The reso
lutions set forth that the Pennsylvania Central
Railroad has refused to pay the tax and set
the Commonwealth at defiance, and authorizes
the Attorney General to commence suit in the
Supreme Court against said road, with the
view to ascertain if the said Company has not
thereby foreited their charter, and also to take
the necessary steps to procure a decree of for
feiture. A very exciting debate grew out of
the resolutions and several amendments offered,
but they were finally passed without amend
ment, by a vote of 74 to 20. If the Senate
should pass them, the question of constitution
ality will soon be decided.
The Governor occasionally tightens the
check rein on hasty and inconsiderate legisla
tion by vetoes. His vetoes have been sustained
almost unanimously. The Gov. seems careful
uuder his late political decapitation. From
present appearances, old BUCKS' necktie will be
large enough to make a winding sheet for all
that will remain of the democratic party after
the second Tuesday of October next.
Yours Ac., PETER KLACI.
LOCAL AND
tet-u was believed that the late Capt.
DANKI. BROWN, of Wjaliuring, was the last survivor of
tha Wyoming Massacre It is Mid, however, that an
other is still living—Mr. DAVID STODDARD, a hale and
hearty old man of 01 years, at Fenmer, Madison county,
N. Y,
S&'A party of men left this place
last week for I'ike's Ptak. We should judge, from our
exchanges, that the emigration to that new El dorado
this Spring, will reach a high figure.
JfifSince the adjournment of Congress, Mr.
GROW has been stumping in New Hampshire and CON
necticut.
A Musical Convention is to be beld at
Apalachin, Tioga county. N. Y., commencing Tuesday,
April sth, under direction of Prof. G. 11. LOOM is, of New
York.
JSFTHE wife of Hon. G.II. BARSTOW, died
at Nichols, N. Y., on the 13th Inst., aged 67 years.
JKaS"* The bridge across tbe Susquehanna
river at Apalachin, N. Y., feH with a tremendous cra.-b,
on Wednesday last, while a valuable team was passing
over it. The horses were lost. They belonged to R. C.
MCXKAL, and were valued at S7OO. The driver escaped.
present season has been a rery fa
vorable one for the early opening of the Canals. The Wy
oming Canal commenced business on the 25-th inst. The
time of letting water into the North Branch will depend
upon the Canals north of us. Home little delay is ex
pected on account of the re-building of locks on the Che
mung, so that it will probably be the Ist of May before
water wiTT be let into the CheniMg. The North Branch
is now ready for operations.
fgyTlie last number of the Sullivan comity
Democrat is filled with editorials and communications in
favor of '• boomiig" the Loyalsock. We have read
them all carefully, in order to enable ns to take sides on
this " great question and we are somewhat disposed
to be " foruenst " it. We are tolerably well acquainted
with the stream, and our idea is that any attempt t)
" clear the channel " or " blast rocks," will be contrary
to the intention of Nature, and decidedly prejudicial to
the trout-fishing interest. We call upon our members to
oppose any such scheme.
THE WFTATHER. —Ou Thursday last, we were
visited by a thunder-storm, and Sunday morning the
ground was covered with snow. A more capricious, un
reliable season, has never been known. Apprehensions
are entertained that the fruit trees have already put for
ward so that a cold snap, in the bud, all our
hopes for fruit the ensuing fall.
PROBAISI.K HOMICIDE. —On Wednesday, the
23d, the body of Mrs. BEAM, wife of ADAM BEAM, was
found in Towanda creek, about seventy rods below her
dwelling in Monroe township, a short distance south of
Monroe borough. Marks of violence appearing on her
person, a Coroner's inquest was summoned, and a. pott
mortem examination made by Drs. MASON aud NKWTON.
The result showed that she had received several wounds
upon the head, not sufficient, however, to produce death,
and had probably been thrown into the water vrhen in
sensible from the effect of the blows upon tW he-.uk- The
Coroner's Inquest returned a verdict that the deceased
came to her death by violence at the hands of some per
son unknown.
Suspicions does not point strongly enough tw any per
son to warrant an arrest. Mrs. BEAM was at home .a lone,
a short time before her body was found in the water, her
husband being at work, rafting, at the mouth of the
creek. A son, who bad that day been released from
jail, in the meantime, went to the house, but says his
mother was not at home, and he left for another dwell
ing at some distance.
tey~l3y an advertisement in another co)iimn,
it will be seen that the Farmers' Union Insurance Com
pany, of Athens, has been united with the (Ireat West
ern Company of Philadelphia, of which JAMES WHISHT,
formerly of Owego, is Secretary. The principal offices
hereafter will be at Philadelphia, New York aud Chicago.
Mr. C. S. KI'SSELL, formerly Secretary of the Athens Co.
takes charge of the Chicago office. By this consolidation,
a large increase of capital is effected, Ac., the two Com
panies put upon a bai-is successfully to compete with
other Companies. The Western branch, which is of
great importance, under the charge of Mr. IUS.SBLI., will
be certain of prudent and correct management.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT. —The Owego Gazelle,
of the 21th says: " Yesterday forenoon, Mr. EKASTUS
SHELDON, proprietor of the Canewana Hotel, was terri
bly bruised and bitten by a horse belonging to David
Taylor.
Mr. Sheldon was endeavoring to make the horse lie
down, when, unexpectedly, he sprang upon him, taking
' a portion of his side in his mouth, throwing him down
and stamping on him, making a frightful wound in his
side aud leg."
HENRY LOOP, formerly of Elmira, was
killed in the Auburn prison, during a revolt of the pri
soners. It became necessary for the guard to fire upon
them to reduce them to subordination, when Loop and
another were mortally wounded. A fitting finale to a
life of dissipation and crime.
KILLED—WILLIAM JONES, a young man,
aged about 21 years, lost his life in Tompkin's mines,
near Pittston, Tuesday morning. We understand he was
being lowered into the shaft when the rope broke And he
was precipitated to the bottom. There were four others
in the carriage at the same time, but escaped injury.
ADAM MOVER, an old resident of Pittston,
was found dead at the lime kiln of Samuel Vanderbury,
on the morning of the 23d. It is supposed that being in
toxicated, the evening previons, he laid or fell down,with
his face over the kiln, and suffocated.
S&Hr Sec the advertisement of the Tioga
Point Agricultural Works, in another column.
#SYOUR enterprising townsman, BURHANK,
to keep up with the public demand, has procured one of
KI OKK'S celebrated Cracker and Biscuit Machines, and is
now prepared to supply all who may need anything in
that line.
t&"We have received the first number of
the " Shelby County (Iowa) Reporter," published by
Maj. P. BULL, formerly of this place. It is democratic in
politics.
NARROW ESCAPE. —We are informed by
E. W. BAIKD, Esq., who with Mrs. B. was a passenger,
that the train on the Cattawissa road, Saturday night,
19th, providentially escaped one of these accidents which
have becu so often prophesied. As the train neared the
high bridge near Cattawissa some casting or bolt broke,
just as the locomotive aud first car reached the bridge,
140 feet high. The front end the passenger car, was
caught by a gust of wind, and lifted from the track,
landing on the edge of the bridge. The motion of the
car pulled the bell-rope, and the engine stopped, before
any damage was done. The passengers were very much
frightened, and a sight of the awful abyss they had ro
narrowly escaped, was not calculated to re-assure them.
IQrßoth booses of tbe Pennsylvania Legis
lature have agreed to adjourn tint (tie on the 11th of April
GODKTI LADY'S BOOK.— -WE ARE P
of this most estimable publication for tori! , 1
fusing its pages we hesitate not a moms,it £
ing; it a perfect gem. It is emphatically tke
and every J*dy upon Columbia's noil „huuld 2
her table. We know that the Ladies caaa£ T, " 1
read it, as it is both interesting and instructive £ "
lishments are of a superior caste ; and its m **
of fashions are true to the prevailing styles
is what it purports to be, a Uuliti book l t
by Louia A. Godey, Philadelphia, at $3 m
single copy. uni for
Atlantic Monthly for A pr jj .
ready reached us. The well written story „f • 8
Bears "Is continued and grows more interest "
same maybe said of " Tlte Minister's Woo Ti|
Atlantic is the most throughly intellectual, T>
ed, manly, and readable magaxine in '
A daring robbery, and probably B
der, was committed early Sunday
Baltimore. The pastor's residence atta!'
to the Church of the Immaculate Cone V
was broken into by some daring robber ' T
burglar entered tbe chamber of the R ev >
GIUSTINIANT, who, upon arising FRO M
was knocked down with a billy or slnn*
and left insensible upon the floor, wtilV |
villain rifled his pockets, taking tberefr..
what money he cook) find, ami also the
watch ol the pastor, which was lying o nu
table.
THE " OPPOSITION "it Mississippi W j|| J.
a State Convention at Jackson, in j u j T
nominate a ticket to run against the ticket
be nominated by the Democracy. Who e
stitute the " Opposition "in that fire-eatin
State remains to be seen.
From the weekly report to the Com
missioners of Emigration, it appears that 510
emigrants arrived at New York since the firs
of January last.
A CHICAGO JCRY.— It is stated that th
father of young Burch, acquitted of murder ii
Chicago, a day or two since, gave the iun
who cleared him a chainpngue supper on t'"<
evening after verdict was rendered. Kiev-,
of the jurors attended, one only having
decency to stay away.
' )fl r\ aioiJlildjp
At the Parsonage in Loraysville, 12th innt.. by Key J c
; Sabih. Mr. HOLMS Y. DARLING, tu Miss SOPH U
IS. TUTTLE, both of Orwell, Pa.
In Windham, March 20th. by Ilev. C. E. Taylor it- lyu
TFI. OLMSTEAD, of NTcbob, V Y., to Miss I.7in
A- JOHNSON., of Windham, I*3.
DIED,
In Pike, March lr.th, WM. LKKOY GORHAM. infant m
ot Sylvester and Lucy Uorhain, aged six mouths ,
In Pike, March 17th, GEORGE ARTHI'R GORHAM
son of James and Viola Gorham, aged 2 years and 4
days.
Great Western Insurance 6l Trust Co.
AND THE
Farmers Union Insurance Company, of
ATHENS, PENN,
HATING? CONSOLIDATED THEIR
BUSINESS, the same will hereafter be coßduete]
by the united Gompaniee, in tbe name of the GREAT
WESTERN INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY,
their office in the Company's Building, 4*13 Walnut St.
Philadelphia. By this arrangement the income of ti
ll reat Western Insurance & Trust Company will be large
ly augmented, and over $130,000 added to its Assets,
which SIOO,OOO is in First Mortgages, with bonds, beat
•. ing 6 pr cent-interest on improved property, worth dot
ble the amount ; which gives tiie Company over 1350..•
of available means to meet any liabilities.
All running risks of either Company are assumed,and
any losses that may occur will he promptly adjusted a:
paid.
tf~ A continucncs of public pataanapi fs respectful!?
wlkittA
CU.VS. C. T.ATHOP, Pruidtnt.
WM. DARLING, Vice President.
€. N. SHII'MAN", 2d Tictl'rtndnt.
JAMES WRIGHT, Stc. and Treat.
C. S. RUSSELL, Ats't Srcrrtary.
DIRECTORS :
CHAK. C. LATHROP, DANIEL L. COI.LILR.
JOHN C. HUNTER, E. TRACY.
ISAAC HA/SLEHUHST, (FRANCIS TYLER,
k CHAA. UAUkA X, pC. N. SUtfMAS.
J. R. MVURPY, iTHOS. L. GU.I.ESPIE.
Hon. WM. DARLING, (.JAMES B. SMITH,
I ALEX. WHILLDIN. J. J. HLOCI'M.
H. B. MtKEAN, Agent, Towanda.
| March, 28,1859.
LIST OF JURORS, drawn for MAY T
and Sessions r lt-59.
tiSVANW JVROKS.
Albany—J N Chapman. Josiah White.
Asylum—OC Horton, Shu- Monroe tp—Chester Cwtc
ble Bowman. Pike—T J Bosworth.
Athens tp —Geo-W Comaby, .Rome—Miles D Cart
Solomon Bos worth. Smith field -Derk Camp'*-
Armenia—John Yconmns. Standing Stone—John Htne-
Burlington tp—Jas Risley. Troy tp—Ldward Cran-.
Canton—Marcus (Tillutn, El- Tow.unU bo—Harry Mix, ll
wood Ilodebaugh. Itiilan- L Lamerenx.
der Case, John Rockwell. Wells—S E Avres.
Granville—Win Vroman. Warren—Thus F Thoatas.
Litchfield—Alanson Caruer,
TRAVKRSK JURORS—riBST WTKX.
Asylum—J M Horton, WmjSnrithtiehi—C PTta'k.
Terry, jr., J Frutchcy. Phelps, Henry <juica, •
Athens tp—J M Tozer. F Tuttle.
Burlington tp—Josiah Lane. South Creek—lra <rsa(
Burlington W—Bing. Rock-iTowanda N—J D Hotnpnry
well, Thos Black well. Towanda bo—B F Po" fl
Columbia—Justus Wat kins. Troy tp—-Jas W Taylor
J WGladding, CH Mosher Strait, Howard SpalW
Canton—Wni Rogers. Troy bo—Job Lewis, AU
Faanklin—Ezra Spalding. Moore,
llerrick—Wrn Bunker, Da*. Tuacarora—Wm Thornf™ o*' 0 *'
Beardsley. C E Bixby. D Ackley-
Monroe tp—John H Scott. Ulster—l' I-oomia.
Monroe lx>—E F Young Wilmot—J M M i' ,on ' .
Orwell—W W Browning, S Warren—A Hicks. A*
Allis, S E Dauohey,Hiram Pendleton, F.d
Tyrrell. son, Timothy \ mr l J T -
Pike-A B BartleU. Wells— Aivah Voung.
Rome—LT l*nt. IsVyalusing— llarriaoutttsc .
Springfield—L 11 Slade, Hon Justus Ackley.
Potter.
TRAVKRSK JURORS—SKCOS D WFKIC. .
Athens tp—Wm C Kuapp, Pike—David C iioof'
Alexander Elsbree. Hutchiuson. , r
Armenia—John H Mason. Uidgbnry—Benj Ha wu '
Burlington W—L Fanning. M Brown.
Columbia—Chas S McKean, Rome—Marcus I P®, ' a
Peter McClelland. Sinithfield—Willet hr
Canton—Walter S Newman, Gates. „ ..
S 11 Lindley. South Creek-H Hum
Granville—H G Reynolds. Sheshevuin—M W*Jk ; •
Herrick— C A Squires, Oba- Townnda bo~E I MOD .
diah Titus, 2d. Troy bo—C F Savles.
Litchfield—David M'Kinney Troy tp—Samuel
David Struble. Tuscarora—John kay •
Afonroe tp-S C Naglee,G C Ulster- -Geo Bartbok®'
Irviue. Windham—E Shoema* •
Monroe bo—Geo. Tracy. Wyalusing—J (-^ w '®
Drwell—Hump'v Beck with. Wilmot—J M ' ir
E J Easterbrooks. Wells- John \ anWort,f
THIRD WKKK. .RRIWN-
Albany—Orrison Hibbard. Ridgbury- Osi-ar I .
Armenia—C H Webler. South Creek u u,i.ht
Athens tp-Jhn FSatterlee. P Fassett.jr. 1"■
N Edminster. SUnidng Stone -<
Asylum—Morgan Morgans. John Swacklwmw- Q
Durell—Charles Hornet, E Sheshcquia—Guy •-
M Bishop. C Gore. .
Le Roy—David Ingham,W H Smith held —Lowas
Holcomb, Johu Kelly. Troy U>—Fred tr,
Litchfield—Abram Merrill. Troy tp—lra 1 ■' kif . f
Orwell—R J Pickering. Wyahising-H*rr *■ .
Overton—Jacob Heverley. J Cainp. Ne . j o |,a
Pike—Jonathan Nichols, C Wells It K Beck
Seymour, A MeComber. A Roy- , .r |ltp( .
Rome—Dautforth Chaflee, L
Eastman. ' . . - 7
/MXTLEMKN S
vX Single Broche, Blanket, Mantle, an FIX'S-
Nov. 2s. at "• Aw _\ ~ -
O<>TS." SHOKS, HATS AM' ' A J
of all descriptions, for M*n. Hm>.a , u
which were purchased ot the main . j'HI.VNFI -•
old cheap for CASH, at