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.
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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.