A Letter from Mr. Seward. The following letter hus been addressed by Mr. Seward to the gentlemen of the Ceutral Republican Committee, who invited him to at tend a meeting to be held for the ratification of the proceedings of the Natioual Couven liou. It will be seen that Mr. Seward takes his defeat with the same calm dignity and self-respect which has always characterized his political conduct. In the reverses of fortune, as in success, he docs not forget that his cause w greater than himself, and that the true pa triot must look for his reward, uot in personal triumphs, but in triunqdis of principle. He regrets that he will not now be able to recom pense his friends for their long aud earnest fidelity ; but he evidently looks forward to re tirement with a feeling of relief and joy. Mr. SEWARD cordially approves of the doctrines presented by the Convention at Chicago, and bears his willing testimony to the ability, the character aud the zeal of the person placed in nomination. The graceful and becoming terms in which Mr. SEWARD expresses his sincere concurrence in the action of the Convention will only endear him the more to his friends, aud to all others who prize greatness of sonl. Afßnis, Stay 21,18G0. Gentlemen : I will not a fleet to conceal the sensibility with which I have received the tetters in which you and so many other re spected friends hare tendered to me expres sions of renewed and enduring confidence.— These letters will remain with me as assuran ces in future years that, although I was not! unwilling to await, even for another age, the vindication of my political principles, yet that j they did nevertheless receive the generous sup port of many good, wise and patriotic men of my own time. " Such assurances, however made,under the circumstances now existing, derive their price less value largely from the fact that they steal! upon me through the channels of private cor respondence, and altogether unknown to the! World. You will at once perceive that such , expressions would become painful to me and justly offensive to the community,if they should be allowed to take on any public or conven tional form of manifestation. For this reason, if it were respectful and consistent with your own public purposes, I would have delayed my reply to you until I could had an opportunity of making it verbally next week on my way to Washington, after completing the arrange ments for the repairs upon my dwelling here, rendered necessary by a recent fire. " The same reason determines me also to decline your kind invitation to attend the meet ing in which you propose some demonstrations of respect to myself, while so justly consider ing tLe nominations which have been made by the recent National Convention nt. Chicago.— At the same time it is your right to have a frank and caudid exposition of my own opinions and sentiments on that important subject. " My friends know very well that, while they have always generously made my promotion to public trusts their own exclusive care, mine lias only been to execute them faithfully so as to be able at the close of their assigned terms to resign them into the hands of the people without forfeiture of the public confidence.— The presentation of my name to the Chicago Convention was thus their act, not mine. The disappointment, therefore, is their disappoint ment, not mine. It may have found them un prepared. On the other hand 1 have no senti ment either of disappointment or discontent ; for who in any pos.-ible case could, without presumption, claim that a great national party ought to choose him for its candidate for the first office in the gift of the American People \ I find in the resolutions of the Convention a platform as satisfactory to me as if it had been framed with my own hands, and in the candi dates adopted by it eminent and aide Repub licans, with whom I have cordially cooperated in maintaining the principles embodied in that excellent creed. I cheerfully give them a siu cere and earnest support. • " 1 trust, moreover, that those with whom I ilave labored so long that common service in a noble cause ha 3 created between them and my self relations of personal friend-hip unsurpass od iu the experience of political men, will in dulge me in a coufideut belief that uo sense of disappointment will be allowed by them to hinder or delay, or in any way embarrass, the progress of that cause to the consummation which is demanded by a patriotic regard to the lafety and welfare of the country and the best interests of mankind. 1 am, your friend and servant, WM. H. REWARD. T i Charles C. N'ott, Win. IT. Hull, A. J. Williamson, C. S. Spencer, F. W. Shepherd—lor Central Committee." In a speech at a Republican ratifica tion meeting at Ilarrisburg, 011 Friday even ing, Senator CAMERON, while declaring that he bad hoped for the nomination of Mr. SF.W ARD, described Mr. LINCOLN as " a candidate less known in public life, perhaps, bnt who, on all occasions, when demands have been made upon bis zeal and patriotism, has borne him self bravely and honorably. In regard to the grent interests of Pennsylvania, the subject of protection to labor, his record is clear, emphat ic, and beyond suspicion, lie will require no indorsement to convince the people of Penn sylvania that their interests will be perfectly secure in bis bauds. Himself a laborer in ear ly life, he lias struggled with adversity until he has reached the proud position he now oc cupies, by the single aid of a strong purpose, sccouded by an unyielding will ; and it is not, in the hearts of Pennsylvauians to doubt such a man. The laboring men of this State ever control the ballot-box when they arise iu the majesty of their strength. Let them go to the election next Autumn, and, while tbey are se curing their own interests, let them elevate to the highest place in their elective gift, ABRA HAM LINCOLN, a workingman like themselves." fray The B illimore Pahitl has been in formed by one of the delegates to the late Chicago Convention that the Committee who were appointed to convey to Mr. LINCOLN the official notice of his nomination as their candi date for President, repaired to Springfield, 111. in the fulfilment of this duty. He stated that Mr. L resides in a comfortable mansion in the suburbs of the city, and as the Committee proceeded to his residence, they attracted much attention. Ilis neighbors knowing that Mr. L. was a strictly temperance man, at once dispatched their servants with waiters covered with bottles of wine, brandy, whisky, See., to enable him to offer what they conceived was proper to these distinguished guests. Mr. LINCOLN met these servants who had the charge of these refreshments, and recpiested them to say to his friends and neighbors that he dn?y appreciated the : r kindness, but he could not consent 'o violate a long established rule of eordw*, and that he should treat his guests with plentiful draughts of delicious and rure Ur ■trait Lincoln as he Is. From Hit Chicago Press and Tribune, May 2Z. Ten thousand inquiries will ho made as to the looks, the habits, tastes, aud other charac teristics of Honest Old AUK. We anticipate a few of thcui. Mr. LINCOLN stands six feet and four inches high in his stockings. His frame is not mus cular, but gaunt aud wiry ; and his arms are long, but not unreasonably so for a person of his height; his lower limbs arc not dispropor tioued to his body. In walking, his gait, though firm, is never brisk. He steps slowly aud deliberately, almost always with his head inclined forward and his hands clasped behind his back. In matters of dress he is by no means precise. Always clean, he is never fashionable he is careless, but not slovenly. In manner he is remarkably cordial, and, at the same time, simple. His politeness is always sincere, but never elaborate and oppressive. A waam shake of the hand and a warmer smile of recog nition are his methods of greeting his friends. At rest, bis features, though those of a man of mark, are uot such as belong to a handsome man ; but when his fine dark-gray eyes are lighted up by any emotion, aud his features begin their play, he would be chosen from among a crowd as one who had him not only the kind sentiments which women love, but the heavier metal of which full grown men and Presidents are made. His hair is black, and though thin, is wiry. His head sets well on his shoulders, but beyond that it defies descrip tion. It nearer resembles that of CDAY than that of WEBSTER ; but it is unlike either. It is very large, and, phreuologicaliy, well propor tioned, betokening power in all its develop ments. A slightly Roman uose, a wide cut mouth, and a dark complexion, with the ap pearance of having been wheather-beaten,com pletes the description. In his personal habits, Mr. LINCOLN is a simple as a child. He loves a good dinner,and cats with the appetite which goes with a great brain ; but his food is plain and nutritious.— lie never drinks intoxicating liquors of any sort —not even a glass of wine. He is not ad dicted to tobacco in any of its shapes. He never was accused of a licentious action in all his life. He never uses profane language. A friend says that once, when in a towering rage in consequence of the efforts of certain parties to perpetrate a fraud upou the State, he was heard to say. " They shan't do it, d—u 'em !" hut boyond an expression of this kind, his bit terest feelings never carry him. He never gam bles; we doubt if he ever indulges in any games of chance. He is particularly cautious about iucurring pecuniary obligations for any purpose whatever, and in debt he is never content un til the score is discharged. We presume he owes no man a dollar. He never speculates. The rage from the sudden acquisition of wealth never took hold of him. His gains from his profession have been moderate, but sufficient for his purposes. While others have dreamed of gold, he has beeu in the pursuit of know ledge. In all his dealings he has the reputa tion of being generous, but exact, aud above all, religiously honest. He would be a bold man who would say that ABRAHAM LIXCOI.X ever wronged any one out of a cent, or ever spent a dollar that he had not honestly earned. His struggles in early life have made him careful of money ; but his generosity with his own its proverbial. He is a regular attendant upon religiou3 worship, and though not a communicant, is a pew-holdy aud liberal supporter of the Presbyterian Church in Springfield, to which Mrs. Lixeoi.x belongs. He is a scrupulous teller of the truth —too exact in his notions to suit the atmos phere of Washington as it mow is. His ene mies may say that he tells Black Republican lies ; but no man ever charged that, in a pro fessional capacity, or as a citizen dealing with his neighbors, he would depart from the Scrip tural command. At home he lives like a gentleman of moderate means and simple tastes A good-sized house of wood simply but taste fully furnished, surrounded by trees and flowers is his own, and there ho lives, at peace with himself, the idol of his family, and for 'his honesty, ability and patriotism, the admiration of his countrymen. If Mr. LINCOLN is elected President he will carry but little that is ornamental to the White House. The country must accept his sincerity his ability, and his honesty, in the mould in which they are cast. lie will not He able to make as polite a bow as FRANK PIERCE, but he will not commence anew the agitation of the Slavery question by recommending to Con gress any Kansas-Nebraska bills. He may not preside at the Presidential dinners with the ease and grace which distinguish the " vener able public functionary," Mr. BUCHANAN, but lie will not create the necessity for a Covode Committee and the disgraceful revelations of CORNEIIIS WENDELL. He will take to the Presidential Chair just the qualities which the country now demands to save it from impend ing destruction—ability that no man can ques tion,firmness that nothing can overbear,honesty that never has bceu impeached, and patriotism that never despairs. THE TARIFF IN THE SENATE. —The Philadel phia Press entertains some hopes that the Tariff bill may yet pass the Senate. We regard it as extremely doubtful. It says ; "There arc sixty-five Senators, exclusive of the Oregon vacancies. Of these, there are twenty-five Republicans, who following the ex ample of their friends iu the House, will un doubtedlv vote for the measure. 1 thiuk to this may be added Messrs. Kennedy and Crit tenden, Southern Americans ; Senator Pearce of Maryland ; Messrs. iiayard and Saulsbury, Democrats from Deleware ; and of course, Senators Rigler and Thompson. Another vote would carry the bill. It will be seen from this that if immediate and energetic steps are taken the efforts of the friends of onr great industries may be crowned with complete success." It will be observed that the entire vote of the Republican Senators is counted on the side of the bill. The only opposition it encoun ters comes from the democrats. And yet we have politicians in this State who, with ap parent earnestness, contend that the democrats are as sound on the Tariff as their opponents. {67° A fearful tornado passed over the southern part of Ohio on the afternoon of Monday, the 21st inst. It appears to have commenced its course naar and north of Law renceburg, which is about twenty miles west of Cincinnati, and to have travelled eastward as far Chilicothe. The accounts received of its ravages arc from Cincinnati, where houses were unroofed, aiid many weak or exposed structures levelled. All the telegraph polls were blown down. Later accounts say that the tornado swept along the Ohio River from Louisville, Ky., to Marietta, Ohio. T)ver one p. in tppd lives were lost. iletos from all jflatfons. —The Boston Journal, of 21st instant, states that in view of the alarming extension of tlye cat tie disease, aud the need of increased appropriations, Governor Banks has decided that it Is expedient to con voke an extra session of the Legislature. —The Syracuse Journal says that Gerrit Smith was in that city on Tuesday, and appeared in ex cellent health and spirits. The Richmond Enquirer of the 21st inst., says that three hundred negroes were baptized in the Appomatox, at Petersburg, cn Sunday last. —G. W. Kendall, of the New Orleans Picayune, who has for some years past been " ranching" it iu Texas, writes that he is now the owner of 1,200 lambs,aud expects, in threjj weeks, to own 2,00. —Aid. Russell, of New York, has sued ex- Ald. " Billy " Wilson for pulling his nose in the City Hall the other day. The ex-diguitary has been arrested and held to bail by Judge Brady of the Common Pleas in $2,000. —" Occasional " says that " notwithstand ing all the rumors to the contrary, Geo. Sanders con tinues to hold his place as navy agent at New York, and to advocate Douglas in defiance of the Presidential man date." —There was a great many " representatives of the press "in the crowd at Chicago. For the princi pal reportorial benches, set apart for the leading report ers, there were 900 applications, when only 60 could be accommodated; while for the editorial reserve in the body of the hall, capable of holding SOO, there were 1500. —The President has tendered to Mr. John Van Bureu the appointment of Commissioner under the the Paraguayan treaty, to settle claims against that Gov ernment. He has not yet signified his acceptance. Mr. Dix had been decided npon for this place prior to his ap pointment as Post-Master of New York. —The Panama Railroad Company charged the United States $3,100 lor transporting the Japanese and t'neir baggage asross the Isthmus. —J. G. Holland (Timothy Titcomb) has purchased a lot, two hundred feet wide, adjoining his res. idenoe in Springfield. The inference is that his books aud lectures - ' paid." About sixty gipsies are encamped near Columbus. Ohio. A clergyman visited them on Sunday, but they paid no sort of attention to his cflorts. —There is now in Richmond, Va., a lad be tween six and seven years old. who is said to play chess with extraordinary skill. It is thought he will soon be come a rival to the celebrated I'aul Morphy for the champ ion chess-belt. —lt is stated that Gen. La Vega, recently taken prisoner at St. Luis Potosi by the Liberalists, has been shot. It will be remembered that he was captured by Cant. May at Resaca dc la Pal ma, and subsequently at Cerro Gordo. All the prisoners taken with Gcu. La Vega at St. Luis were shot. —One of our Troy exchanges thinks that city has a right to brag some on the score of 44 muscle." After noticing the fact of Heenan being a Trojan, and the great horse-shoe feat which net ntly came off there, it says tiiat the Rev. Mr. Jameson, a Baptist preacher of that city, baptised at South Berwick, Me. 56 persons by immersion in the short space of 36 minutes! —Col. Isaac Smith McMickcn, United Slate- Consul at Aeapulco, Mexico, and formerly of I.y coming county, died of yllow fever, on the 23d of April. —The boom at Williamsport was only part ly broken, not carried away, and the loss is less than was at first anticipated. Joseph Young succeeds M. T. IL-intzleman as Editor of the Middleburg Tribune. —The Lycoming Insurance Company has made an Assessment of 3 per cent. —Oil Saturday last, 1000 bushels of New Wheat, from Georgia, were for sale in New York, for which $1,75 was asked, and $1,70 offered. The general expectation is for a good crop. It is coming into head on the West Branch, and promises well. —The furnace of David 11. Porter, in Dau phin county, was sold a few days since, to the liarrisburg Bank, for $23,500. —There was a snow storm, on a small scale, at Montreal on the night of Saturday, the 19th. —-May 17, at Hartford, Conn., the ther ■ mometer was as low as 40°, and at Sufflcld it fell to 32°, killing tender vegetation. —There was a heavy white frost along the line of the New York Central Railroad ou Monday morn ing, the 21.-t inst. —llicks, charged with the murder of the captain and crew of the sloop E. A. Johnson, has been found guilty. The jury were absent but eleven minutes. No exceptions were taken on the trial, and the unfortu. | nate man will doubtless lie hung on Gibh's l-iaud, where swings the National gallows for tlie district. Vera Cruz dates to the 16th say that Zu loaga has issued a decree deposing Miramon, and assum ing the- Presidency of Mexico. —Hon. William A. Howard, of Mich., has at last been awarded his scat in Congress, the House hav | ing finally decided adversely to the rlaim of Mr. Cooper. Republicans throughout the Union will be gratified to learii of the return of this faithful Representative to his post of duty. —lt is said that Mr. Everett will decline the nomination to the second place on the Bell ticket.— He will decline it in an elaborate letter, by which the Un ion is to be saved once more. —An enterprising music publisher in Louis ville is out with a John Bell polka. It is very pretty the papers say ; yet we predict very few people will dance it. —Among the passengers by the Europa is the Prince de Joiuvillq, traveling incog. He is going, I it is said, to Canada on a fishing excursion. —The captain of the slaver Wildfire, a Spaniard, just brought into Key West, offered one of the officers $'200,000 if he would let him escape. —A dead dog was recently found in a well, at Tully, Onondaga Co. Some twenty families used the water, and the dog was known to have been poisoned. —The average price of wheat in England, for the last twenty years, has only been about $1,40 per bushel, and at Dantzic about 70 cents. A big clam was dug the other day in Proviucetown, which measured fourteen inches around its center, latitudinally, and nineteen inches, longitudi nally, and weighed about four pounds. —Rev.,Mr. Wiley, of Christ Church, New York, lias exposed himself to censure by reading the burial service over the body of McDonald, the suicide, the rubric of the church forbidding it. —Wise, the aeronaut, is making arrange ments for a grand balloon ascension at Kingston, on the queen's birth-day, which takes place next Thursday. Mr. Wise proposes to spend the summer in Canada, aud to make ascents from Montreal at the opening of the j Victoria Bridge, and from Hamilton at the Provincial ; Exhibition. —Mr. Benjamin, in his speech in the Sen ate Thursday, said that he thought Lincoln was to be preserrcd to Douglas for the Presidency. Mr. Benjamin anticipates the sentiment of the nation. —There is a grand prospect for plenty of apples all over the country. The trees are heavily load ed with blossoms, with hardly an exception. Look out 1 for lots of fruit and cheap cider this fall. —Tom Sayers, iu a letter to the London i T 'ucs, U- tns the belt. E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOAVANDA: Thursday Morning, May 31, 1860. TERMS— One Dollar per annum, invHriablpin advance— Four weeks previous to the expiration of a subscription, notice will be given by a printed wrapper, and if not re newed, the paper will in all cases be slojiped. CI.UBRiVO— The Reporter wilt be sent to Clubs at the fol lowing extremely low rates : (> copies for |5 00 J ls copies for... .sl2 00 10 copies Jur S 00 j 20 copies f0r.... 15 00 Ar> VERTIBKMENTS — For a square of ten lines or less, One Dollar for three or less insertions, and ttoenty-flve cents for each subsequent insertion. JOB-WORK— Executed with accuracy and despatch, and a reasonable prices—with every facility for doing Jiooks Blanks, Hand-bills, Belli tickets, fyc. FOR PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, of Illinois. FOE VICE PKSIDENT, HANNIBAL HAMLIN, of Maine. FOR GOVERNOR, AND'W G. CURTIN, of Centre Co. The office of the REPORTER has hoen removed to the wooden building two doors west of the former location. The Bradford Herald is a newspaper with which we have steadfastly declined having any controversy, political or personal. Its conductors, past and present, have manifested considerable feeling npon the subject, and have made the Reporter and its editor the target for many a poisoned shaft. We take this oc casion, to say, as a salve to the feelings of those who have been seeking onr notice, that we in tended no slight or disrespect, but while the editoriulship of the Herald is held by so un certain a tenure, wo cannot afford to engage in controversy with that paper, because the sen timents of the editor of this week's issue may be repudiated by the editor of next week's number. We shall, consequently, allow its misrepresen tations to pass unrebuked, and its personal at tacks unheeded, as heretofore, and shall be ready when its present conductors experience how unreliable arc the promises of politicians, and retire disgusted from its publication, as half a dozen others have done, to allow the mantle of charity to cover the past, and ex tend our sympathy for their disappointed ex pectations. But one request wc have particularly to make of the editors of the Herald : not to worry about what befals the editor of the j Reporter in the Republican party. " His nom ination for the second office in the county,"—to use the Herald's words—is a matter which concerns the Republican party aloue. If that; party deems him entitled to the nomination, it will unquestionably bestow it. Certainly wc do not expect or desire the aid or sympa thy of the coterie for whom the Herald speaks. We shall look to the Republican party, aud I that alone, for " aid and encouragement," at.d the Herald tnny save its crocodile tears for some more appreciative subject. fey" The Montrose Democrat indulges in it characteristic blackguardism towards Judge WILMOT for attending ihe Chicago Conven vention. Judge WOODWARD was chosen as a delegate to Charleston, and did not go, which the Democrat seizes hold of as an excuse to abuse Judge WILMOT. We should like to know why Judge WOODWARD was chosen a delegate to Charleston ? He was selected, we believe by the delegates of his Congres sional district. They evidently supposed he at that time desired to attend, and could not have seen any impropriety in it. One of the most conspicuous personages at the Charleston Convention was Judge SMAL LEY of the U. S. District Court. Are our conscientious Democrats who are so sensitive about Judges interfering in politics aware that the Chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee is a Judge, and more than that a Judge appointed by the Presi dent ? Are they not afraid that the Judicial crmiue will be stained ? We call upon them at once to rebuke such a prostitution of Judi cial position and such a high-handed outrage upon the lights of the people ! Here is a Judge, before whom comes matters of a thou sand times more magnitude than the petty matters of our County Courts ; who is total ly irresponsible, his appointment being for life, and from the President—and yet he is mixing in politics and attending a National Convention to carry out the programme of the present corrupt National Administration ! Wc cull npon our extra virtuous politicians in this locality to see to this—or at least to quit denouncing Judge WILMOT until the Chairmanship of their National Executive Committee shall no longer be occupied by a Federal Judge. GREAT MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA. —An im mense meeting was held in Philadelphia, on Saturday evening last, to ratify the nomina tions of " Honest Old Abe" and HAMLIN.— The demonstration is said to have bccu the largest known in Philadelphia for years, and shows that the opposition there are thorough ly united on tbe Chicago nominee. The meet ing was addressed by Senators TRUMBULL aud WILKINSON and by Hon. G. A. GROW, O. S. TERRY, JOHN SHERMAN, W. B. DUNN, CHAS. R. TRAIN, and others. NEW POSTMASTER AT N. Y. —Hon. John A. Dix has been appointed Postmaster at New York City, in room of Mr. Fowler, the de faal'er LOCAL AND GENERAL. Shipments of Coal from Towanda by the Barclay R. R. A Coal Company. Navigation opened Monday 7th, 1800. Shipments for the week ending May 26,—1341 tons. Previous Shipments, 2403 " feS" A Scholarship in the Binghamton Com mercial College, for sale at this office. fey"" We call the special attention of School Directors and Teachers, to he legal decision pertaining to school matters to be found in another column. It is a matter of consequence to (hose who are concerned in the administration of the 8c hool Law, that they are familiar with its details and the opinions of the courts upon dis puted points. Directors, as it would appear from the opinion to-day published, should be careful that their teachers have certificates before they commence their schools. A promise to get one is not what the law de mands. We hope all concerned will read the opinion of the court. Mr. S. W. AI.VORD, has purchased one half of the Argus establishment, and with this weeks' issue becomes one of its publishers. Mr. A. has been for some time connected with the Argus as local editor, and is consequently well known to the readers of that paper— We welcome him most cordially to the new position which lie now assumes, which we have no doubt from his integ rity and industry he will fill with credit to himself aud satisfaction aud profit to his patrons. FETR COURT PROCEEDINGS — SECOND WEEK. — On Monday the 14th inst., Court was again called at 2 o'clock, I*. M. Judges WIIITK, President, and LONG and PASSMOKE, Associates, present. The docket was read over and various judgments taken under the rules of court. The only cases tried during the week, were the follow ing: Charles Sill, to the use of Mary Sill, vs. D. C. Hall and C. S. Russell.—Action in trespass, for selling at Sheriff Sale personal property claimed by the plaintiff, on an execution against Charles Bill. Verdict for defendants. John Inghain vs. Zebulon Esselstine and Henry Essel stinc.—Scire I'acias to revive judgment. Verdict for plaintiff, against 11. E-selstine for sll4 2s, aud against Zebulon Es-elstine for f<>6 90. All other causes upon the list were continued in conse quence ol the absence of witnesses. The jury were dis charged on Wednesday, and court adjourned over to Thursday, at 10 o'clock, a. m., for a hearing of matters upon the argument list. Dol ing the week the following divorces were granted : Daniel Bennett from Eunice Bennett. Harriet CoUvcll from John Colwell. Nelson Brown from Belinda Brown. Harriet Brink from Nielndas Brink. Itiitli B. Kingsley from Isaiah A. King-ley- Emily Harder from C. F. Harder. In the matter ot tlio application <-f certain citizens of Granville to be incorp orated under the style and title of i the Granville Freewill Baptist Church. The court make . the usual order for publication. G. 11. Jforley vs. The X. 11. canal Co.—Application for damages on appeal from tlie appraisement made. The Court appoint Z. Frisbie, J. B. G. Babcock, Daniel Bai ley, Alex. Bothwell, A G. Brown, 1. Bullock and V. M- Long, as appraisers. To meet on tbe premise-of G. 11. ! Morley, on the 2d of July, at 1 o'clock, I*. M. The court also appoint the same appr.ii-ers in the cae of Thomas Page vs. North Branch canal Co. To meet at the same time. On M- i.day of the first week, the following licenses were granted : John Kendall, Towanda borough. John Laugh! n " " H. Wallbridge, 44 Ezra ID lcornb, Canton M. 11. Coolbiugh, ...Monroe borough. Archibald Forbes Ulster. G.M.Elslrec, 44 I'. I'. Sweet, " John Seouton, Smithficld. J. M. Horton Terry. S. E. Wilcox Troy. John Wendell Wilmot. 11. A. Phelps, \thens !>orough. J.S.Sloan " 44 C. A. Williams A Co., Troy borough. John O. Ward, Troy township. • John S. Thompson, Wyalusing. 1.. S. Case, .Borne. Joel B. Dickson, Warren. Daniel Knapp, Canton C. U. Ames Slic-kequiu. Darius Myers, Ulster. X. F. Tattle, Sfoithfield. m \ S. C.Mycr Canton. James I'.Strong, .Columbia. Charles O. French, Itidghury Benjamin Herman, 44 Jesse Hammond, .' Springfield. Jason t.haffce, Rome. Isaac Howell, Standing Stone. i Daniel Knapp, Canton. ! R- M. Rosas, Sylvania Borough. AS A MERCHANT DEARER. Gurnsey & Mitchell, Troy borough. Court adjourned finally, ou Thursday aftcruooii. j < MR. E. O. GOODRICH — Dear Sir — A Re ! publican Association was organized In Shesliequin, on the 3d inst., by electing JOHN RANDAL President, ! MARTIN ROGERS and CHARI.ES CHAFFEE, Vice Presidents, j HORACE JOHNSON and W.vt. P. HORTON, Secretaries, O. H. P. KINNEV Corresponding Secretary, and E. P. SUAW, j Treasurer. j The following declaration of principles was adopted : | The great fundamental doctrines laid down by our fath j ers, and upon which they based our present form of gov ■ eminent, are rendered none the less truths by the lapse :of time. Among them we find the following : J " Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, arc in ; alienable rights which pertain to every man that cometh into the world, —that to protect, not destroy, these rights, governments are instituted among men." ] That Slavery is a violation of those rights —can exist j only by authority of municipal law—and even then as | an opposing element in our government. 1 That Slaves are property only to a qualified and limited j extent , and beyond the local law which makes them such, j they cannot be held ; and hence. Slavery cannot exist in , the Territories except by positive statutory provision | made for that purpose by some competent law-making power. j That neither the General nor any of the State Govern ments has a right to interfere with the municipal regula- I tions of any State upon that subject. In addition to these fundamental truths, laid down and I clearly established by the founders of the Government, we believe that the 4 - Dred Scott Decision,'' which makes j slaves unqualified personal property under the Constitu tion of the United States, and as such can go into the ! Territories, despite of Congressional or Territorial legis i lation, is in violation of all well established precedents— i contrary to the spirit and genius of our government, aud at war with the best interests of the free labor of the : country. ! In short, upon this subject we believe that Slavery is local and sectional—antagonistic to the principles of a j free government, and exists only asau 44 exception to the ; rule while Freedom is national and eternal, and forms \ the vital and essential element in our Federal and Stare Governments. We believe that the free labor of the country should lie protected from the blighting competition of Slave labor in the Territories, and from its fellow—the cheap pauper labor of Europe—from the former by giving our public domain to the actual occupiers of the soil in small quan tities ; and from the latter by levying duties upon its cheap products when brought into our p'ublic markets. And for the purpose of aiding in carrying out the fore ! going doctrines, and putting them into practical opcra ■ tion in our government, we hereby form ourselves into an I Ar-orintion, to he known v he 44 Republican Association ol fihcsheqnin," and to that end we further assure each other and the country, that we will use all fair and hon orable political means henceforth, until the same shall 1. 0 accomplished. 0. H, P. KIXXEY. Sheshequin, Ma/ 24,18C0. Cor. Secretary. THE RF.n m.fc.ts CLUB OK NORTH TOWANDA, met at the Pail Factory school house, on the evening of the 2;th inst., in pursuance of adjournment. The lb-pub. lican Platform adopted at Chicago, Was read, and received with great applause, and three hearty cheers given for LIDCOLN and IIAXI.IN. The following resolution was offered by W. W. Basra- BROOKS and adopted : /Ifto!red, Tliat we lieartily endorse the action and nomination- of the Chicago Convention, believing that a wise and judiciovs choice has been made, and men nomi nated with pure Republican principles, who will at all times act upon the best policy for the nation. We believe that with LINCOLN* and HAMLIN the Republicans can bea* any Democratic candidate that can be scared up ; arid that we enter npon the contest with the utmost confidence of succ ess, and determined to do our utmo.-t to deserve and sfeCutc that success. The following persons were elected an Executive Com mittee : —DANIEL KKSKOV, EZRA BITTY,MICHAEL LYNCH WM. 11. FOSTER* 11- ALLOWAY, BEXJ. PECK, W. A. SLAYTER. Adjourned to meet at the Myers' School House, on the evening of the' '23 d of June. SIXCULAR CASE. —A singular ease was de cided at the last term of Luzerne Court. The execu tors of the estate of Eli-ha Harris, deceased, at their public vendue, amongst other chattels, exposed to sale a very singular block of wood, called by some a hand-drill, a cheese-press, a turning lathe, &., but the true charac ter and object of which was unknown. David M. Hut maclier bid it off for fifteen cents, and laid it out against the fence until nigiit, when he carried it home. Subse quently lie determined to gratify his curiosity, and ac cordingly split the block open, when lo ! he discovered a queer secret drawer opened by the pressure of a long rod, and containing bonds, notes, and other matters, besides about $2,500 in gold and silver coin. It had long been conjectured that money and other valuables were secreted somewhere about the premises. An amicable suit was brought for the recovery of the content of the block, to te>t the question of rightful ownership. Verdict tor the executors, 11,500. GODF.Y'S LADY'S ROOK for June is upon our table, with its usual rich table of contents and superb embellishments. '• Miss Slimmins' Boarding House," continue-: open for " Single Gentlemen," and the story has rare attractions, if the B- arding Htm had not. A subscriber at Windham writes ns to send his paper to Kieliols, but omit- a very important rc piisite, to sign his name to the request, which done, it will cheerfully IK? complied with. JF-if*T:,c citizens of Montrose, and Wnver ly, X. V., are making arrangements for Fourth of July < clebratinns. At the latter place, particularly, the usu al public -pirit is manifested, and the prospects are flat tering for a brilliant demonstration. A ITDEXT. —Mr. ELI BROWNING, in the em plov of -FAMES MACKIVSON, while engaged in piling lura- IKT, on Monday last, met with a ssvere accident, in the fracture of his right leg. The injury was attended to by Dr. I'IIATT, and be is doing as well as could be expected. DROWNED.— A young danghtcr of M. MER- A I.K, of Monroe town-Lip, aged six years and eiaht in mths, was drowned in Towanda creek, near Green wood, on the 13th inst., while playing near the water will; a younger brother. The body was found on Satur day 1.i.-t, near the spot where she was drowned. FOREIGN NEWS. —The weeks foreign news is of a very interesting nature. Garibaldi's ex. pedition in behalf of the insurrectionary move ment in Sicily, had effected a landing at Mar s ila. One of the vessels conveying Garibaldi's troops was sunk and the other captured by two Neapolitan frigates, but his volunteers , succeeded in reaching shore with their arms, ammunition, Ac. They were met by the Royal troops, and though we have no details of the engagement, it is evident they were successful as later dispatches state that Garibaldi had captured two of the strongest positions on the , isiaud, and was preparing to attack Palermo. ■ The utmost consternation prevailed at Naples, and the Royal family were packing up their jewelry and other valuables preparatory to fight. The King has called for the interposi tion of foreign governments in his behalf. Heenan and Suycrs have had a meeting at the office of BclFs Lift, aud it was finally agreed that each is to have a ucw belt by sub scription. The old belt is to be fonght tor by any aspirant, and Savers has agreed to retire from the ring. A proclamation has been issued by tha British Government against enlistment in Ire- I land for the Pope. ! The subscriptions for the Sicilians are not to be interfered with, as they are not regarded as illegal. I'ullinger, the defaulting Cashier of the Union Bank, had been sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude. A telegraph to America, via Faro Island and Iceland, is proposed, and liOrd Palmers ton has requested that the full details of the plaa be furnished to Government. The Czar's brother, Grand Duke Nicholas, j had arrived at Paris to visit Napoleon. The Paris correspoudents of The London Tims and Herald state that France and Eng land are in important correspondence. The former states that it is proposed that both Governments take a position against interven tion, whether from Austria, Piedmont, or the Papal States, and let the Sicilians fight it out. ! ° The report that France had offered a pecu niaav indemity to Switzerland was unfounded The French Minister at Naples had a>kid for four ships of war, and the vessels had been sent. There was vagne rumors of a new French loan for military pnrposes. The attitude of Russia toward Turkey was regarded as decidedly menacing. Theodore Parker died at Florence on the 10th inst. It was reported that Gen. Lamoriciere had 1 made a forward movement with the Papal troops, that 5,000 Piedmoutes troops had em barked from Genoa to cheek him. It is positively asserted that the French army at Rome had received orders toevacuato that city. The Sardiuian Government has ordered the garrisous of Central Italy to march rapidly forward toward the Pontifical frontier.
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