Death of Judge McLean.
The intelligence of the death of Hon. John
Mclean, one of the Judges of the Supreme
Coart of the United States, reached us yes
terday. Few men possessed a stronger hold
upon the affections and confidence of the coun
try, and his loss will be lamented by a wide
circle of friends and admirers. He was born
in Morris county, New Jersey, March the 11,
ITBS, and he belongd to the old and now
rapidly-departiDg school of eminent American
jurists and statesmen. Ilis father emigrated
to the West in 1789', and after residing for a
few years at Morgautown, Ya., and near Ni
cholasville, Ky., finally settled, in 1799, iu
Warren Co., Ohio, where he spent the remain
der of his life. Judge Mclean commenced the
etudy of law when he was about eighteen
years of age, in the office of Arthur St. Clair,
the son of the Revolutionary general of that
name, at Cincinnati. In the srping of 1807
he was marrid to Miss Rebecca Edwards, and
in the autumn of that year was admitted to
the bar, and established himself as a lawyer
at Lebanon, Ohio. He soon gained distinction,
by his extraordinary abilities, aud in 1812 he
was elected to CoDgress by the Democratic
party of his district, which than included the
city of Cincinnati. In 1814 he was reelected
without opposition, and his Congressional
career produced such a favorable in p.ession
upon the people of his state, that iu 1815,
nothing but his positive declination prevented
election to the United States Senate. In
1816 the Legislature of Ohio unanimously
elected biro a Judge of the Supreme Court of
that State. He continued in this position
until 1822, when President MONROE appoint
ed him Commissioner of the General Land
Office, which was followed, in 182J, by his ap
pointment as Postmaster General. The affairs
of the Post Office Department were, at that
time, in a terribly disordered condition, but lie
displayed so much zeal and administrative abi
lity that lie soon restored the efficiency of the
service, and won much merited applause from
the country. In 18 -9 he declined the offer of
either the War or Navy Departments, which
were tendered him by General Jackson, anil,
resigning the office of Postmaster General, ac
cepted a scat npon the bench of the Supreme
Court of the United States, which he has re
tained ever since. Many of his charges to
grand juries while on circuit, and his decisions
have attracted much attention by their ability
and legal force. In the famous Died Scott
case he dissented from the majority of his col- !
leagues, and his views of the questions in
volved in it have been widely circulated. His j
name has often been prominently mentioned in
connection with the Presidency, and in 1856
he received one hundred and ninety-six votes
in the Republican Convention which nominat
ed Fremont by giving bim three hundred aud ,
fifty-nine. Many politicians thought at the
time, that if he had then been made the Re
publican candidate, the election of Mr. Buch
anan would have been impossible, and he was,
undoubtedly, much more popular in Pennsylva
nia than his successful competitor. He also
received a number of votes at the Chicago i
Convention, in 1860, and at one period,before
the assemblage of that body, his nomination
appeared not improbable, He possessed many
elements of character which endeared him to
the American people, and would, undoubted
ly, have prove ! a formidable Presidential can
didate in 1556 or I860; but bis strength was
greater with the masses than with politicians,
and a popular verdict on the aspirations which
he might fairly have entertained for the high
est honors of the Republic was therefore uever
rendered. Judge McLean was not only a
distinguished statesman, a superior adminis
trative officer, and an able juri-t, but an emi
nently pious and good man. He was one of
the most active members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and amid the multiplicity
of his other duties found time to devote much
attention to its important business affairs.—
The members of that denomination, without
distinction of party, feft for hitn an attach
ment which far exceeded that entertained for
any other of their lay brethren, and by his j
death they have lost one of their shining lights
aud the nation one of its purest, wisest, and j
most useful, exemplary, and patriotic citizens, j
Judge Logan, of Illinois, Mr. Lincoln's late
law partner, and a conservative member of the
Peace Congress, is named as his probable sue
eessor ou the Supreme Beech.—Philadelphia
Press.
VIRGINIA VERSUS SLAVERY. —There is noth
ing like figures. The all instructive census
spcakslike"a prophet out of the "old dominion."
There are one hundred and forty eight conn
ties in Virginia. These contain 1,047,576
white inhabitants, and 481,456 slaves. Forty
eight counties—rather less than one third of
the whole—lie westward of the H!ue Ridge
which traverses the state from northeast to
south west. They are, of coursp, adjacent to
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky. They
contain 5,000 slaves— one third a f the counties,
and one hundredth part of the slaves. Not
only does this extraordinary relative dispro
portion exist, but a majority of the western
counties have actually diminished their num
ber of slaves since the previons census—in
the aggregated 1,115. During the same
period, the white population of these thirty
eight eouties has increased 79,812 souls.—
One alone—Ohio county —has gained 4,584
white inhabitants ; being within a fraction of
the whole nnmber of slaves in the thirty eight.
The total gain in whites of the 148 counties
of the state is 152,779 in ten years. Of this
number, therefore, 79,812, or over fifty per
cent, has oeeured in one third of the counties,
the forty-eight west of the Alleganies.—V. Y.
World.
WARLIKE RUMORS. —The New York Herald's
Wasnington correspondent, of Saturday, says;
Governor Cnrtin, of Pennsylvania, besides
being closeted with the President an honr,has
had an interview to-day with Secretary Cam
eron and General Scott, and at eleven o'clock
to-night had a private interview with one of
General Scott's confidential officers. What is
up ? There is no doubt that Pennsylvania will
be put upon a war looting immediately.
Massachusetts has six thousand six hnndred
and seventy men, all equipped .and ready to
march at twelve hours' notice. Among tbera
are two flying artillery batteries, almost as
expert in drill as the best regulars,and several
dragoon and cavalry corps, not surpassed in
efficiency by any in the volnnteer militia in
the United States. The infantry corps arc
well drilled.
New York is pledged to furnish ten thou
sand men at forty-eight hours' notice, and
other States in proportion. Illinois and other
Western States are begging to be called into
the field. We have lively tiue before os.
jictos from all JZatfons.
—The Washingtou Staff* thus hits off the
warlike dispatches which the secession members have
been in the habit of sending Bouth 4 this winter : " It is
said that after an exciting debate in the Senate, W'igfall
was understood to have asked Seward privately for a
chew of tobacco, and that Seward" replied that he had
none but L'nion twist ; whereupon Wigfall telegraphed
to the Southern States that they must prepare for war,as
the Republicans would not yield.
—The Louisville Democrat says: " A German
woman named Rebus, a few years ago escaped from the
Insane Asylum at Indianapolis, and wandered off to
Buffalo. In the meantime her husband married again,but
the first wife having recovered a few days ago returned
to her old home near Fort Wayne.''
—The iron works of Seyfert, M'Manns &
i Co., at Reading, Pa., have resumed operations on full
time. This is one of the largest manufacturing establish
ments in the State.
—The monument at Valley Forge, com
memorating the heroic martyrdom of the men of the
Revolution who perished there during the winter of '77,
was blown down on or before the fourth of last month.—
We bope a more imposing shaft will be erected in its
place.
—The Baltimore students are increasing in
number at the Williamsport (Pa.,) Seminary.
A few days since Mr. Levi Cain died at
his residence,uear Harrington, Delaware,from the effects
of a disease originating with a slight toothache, but which
afterwards assumed the form of erysipelas, and spread
through his whole system. He was a wealthy and useful
citizen.
—Orville Gardner, the reformed pugilist, is
not insane, as reported, but overworked. He is "train
ing " in the country, and expects to soon resume his la
bors.
More than half of the convicts iu the
Massachusetts State Prison are under 26 years. The
youngest prisoner is 15, and the oldest 70 years old.
—Carl Schurz is appointed Minister to
Spain—Cassias M. Clay transferred to Russia— and Henry
Winter Davis perhaps to China.
—Some of the prominent secessionists of
Tennessee say they will quit the State on account of her
large vote for the Union. So Tennessee did heieself more
good by that vote than she expected.
—Tiie Mississippians are already experienc
ing the benefits of secession. There is already a special tax
levied of 50 per cent, and if they get their career, says a
Louisiana paper, without having their taxes increased
more than 500 per cent., they will conte out well indeed.
—The Jersey Shore folks are making ar
rangements to build a railroad from their town to the de
put about two miles distant, on the opposite side of the
river.
—Mrs. Fatterson Bonaparte, of Baltimore
whs among the callers on President Lincoln a few days j
since.
—The name of Camp Floyd in Utah has
been changed to Camp Crittenden.
—The Vice President of the United States
the last Postmaster General, the present Secretary of the
Interior, and the present Secrctar of War, were all at one
time printers.
—Mr. Blair, Postmaster-General, has issu
ed proposals for furnishing postage stamps, of the gen
eral style and description of those now in use, for a term
of six years from the first of July next.
—A writer in the New York Tribnne, who
professes to have visited most of the oil regions of the
country, expressed the opinion that the Canada oil region
in two years from this time, will produce more oil than
all the others put together.
—A young gentleman graduated at Yale
College, recently with a white head and whiskers, who
entered with auburn locks and no beard. The change
took place in one nigbt, on account of the anxiety inci
dent to a fiennial examination.
—Mr. Millsand daughter spiritual "mejums"
of Oswego, expect to visit England sometime in June,
with Judge Edmonds and daughter—the party going by
invitation of sundry believers over the water.
Hon. Robert M. Palmer, Speaker of the
Senate, who it was reported was to be Minister to Ecua
dor, has been appointed Minister to the Argentine Con
federation.
—A " mild well-behaved youth" ten years
old, lias been arrested in Canada for attempting to poison
and shoot his father.
—Cassius M. Clay has advertised to sell at
anction, on the 10th of April, his stock, and farm and
household appointments, preparatory to leaving to serve
his country at the Court of St. Petersburg.
Hon. Howell Cobb addressed a very large
audience in Macon, on the 26th ult., on the affairs of the
country.
—A public dinner is to be tendered to the
Hon. Charles Francis Adams, by bis fellow-citizens of
Boston, without distinction of party, as a testimony of
their approval of his conduct, during the late session of
Congress, in relation to our national difficulties.
—The Hon. Anson Burlingarae has arrived
at Boston. He is making preparations for his departure
upon the mission to the Austrian court.
—Fifty citizens of Lawrence conntv, have
petitioned in favor of division of the State of Pennsylva
nia, the two new States to be on either side of the Alle
gheni es. The petition is a curious production.
—By reason of Southern secession, the
Senate of the United States contains only fifty-four mem
bers, thirty-one of whom are Republicans, and tweDty
three Democrats, counting the vacancies in California
and Missouri as Democratic.
—News was received by the Goverment, of
an outrage committed on a mail agent on the Virginia
and Tennessee Railroad, at Charlottsville, Virginia. He
was dragged from the car, tied, and whipped by a mob.
The Cabinet had the matter under consideaation.
—The Arkansas Convention having rejeet-
I f-a Secession by a vote of 39 to 33, finally agreed tliat the
j <piestion should he referred to the people at an election
to be held on tire first Monday in August next, when the
ballots are to decide "For Co-operation,''or " For
Secession."
—The Legislature of Illinois, intending to
pass a law to prevent fast driving over bridges, has, in
fact, passed a law to prevent driving any animal or vehi
cle over any bridge in future at all.
A project is being talked of for the for
mation of a new county out of parts of the rural districts
of the city cf Philadelphia and Montgomery county.
—lt is reported that a disturbance has oc
curred at Fortress Monroe. The workmen in the vicinity
raised a Palmetto flag on the outside, under the walls,
and dared the soldiers to interfere.
—ln Portsmouth, N. H., during a snow
storm on the 6th of January last, a Sbanghae ben was
buried beneath a drift. On the 13th of February a thaw
occurred, and the hen stepped from her prison.apparent
ly as lively as ever, but much reduced iu weight.
—The congregation of a church in Young
stown were recently edified by a discourse against the
sinking of oil wells, on the ground that God in
tended these oil deposits for some great general confla
gration, which was being interfered with by the well
borers.
—The Jersey Shore boom bill was killed in
the Senate on Friday—killed very dead. The vote stood: j
In favor of the bill, none; against the biii,2t>.
iTo. GOODRICH. ) # . mTnn<f
R. *F. STURROCK,(
TOWANDA :
Thursday Morning, April 11, 1861.
THE GOVERNMENTAL POLICY.
The Administration bus at last given evi
dence of its vitality. From absence of action
aird lack of a declared policy on tbe part of
those in power the people had begun to fear
that the Administration had sat down in apathy
under its troubles, and left to the decision of
chance and time the formidable questions with
which it had to deal, but the events of tbe
past few days give a different coloring to the
picture, and display action—prompt and ener
gctic,. though which reference to what parti
cular policy we are yet in the dark. Tbe move
ments of the Army and Navy Departments
within the past few days have given rise to con
siderable excitement and give evidence that
the Administration has in view important plans
touching the military posts and revenue stations
in the seceded states. The U. S. steam frigate
Powhattan has been full equipped for sea with
in three days, and takes out an immense sup
ply of the mplements of war, with transports
for five hundred men, and a full complement
of officers. The Steamship Atlantic has been
chartered by the Government, and extraordi
nary diligence has been used night and day in
getting her read? for sea—accommodations
having been prepared for over six Hundred
troops; besides the largo steamer Illinois has
been taken and fitted up for the same service.
Their destination is only known to the Govern
ment—ail the vessels sailing under sealed
orders. Whatever may be the course of ac
tion decided upon it is a consolation to know
that something is to be done, and that we are
not to go on in inaction while the rebels are
strengthening their positions and increasing
their forces day by day. A decided policy is
greatly to be desired as a standard around
which tbe people can rally, and we doubt not
that one lias been fixed upon—a wise one we
must concede it to be as the result of a long
and careful deliberation, to which the people
can give their aid to carrying into effect.—
There need be no bloodshed if the rebels will
it, but should they choose the other alterna
tive, upon their own heads rest the responsibili
ty. The question to be decided is not one o'
party, but oue upon which the patriotic citi
zens of all party organizations can rally. It is
simply whether the Constitution of the United
States creates a Government or not-, —wheth
er the people of the United States are under
the dominion of law, or whether they can throw
off its obligations and repudiate its solemn
sanctions at their own free will ; —whether we
can permit the Government which our fathers
established to be overthrown, and the Uuion
which they formed utterly destroyed, by the
mad rebellion of men wiio have no solid ground
of complaint,—not one solitary substantial
grievance to urge against the authorities which
they threaten to destroy. The issue is be
tween anarchy and order, —between Govern
ment and lawlessness, —between the authority
of the Constitution and the reckless will of
those who seek its destruction.
THE TEXAS TROUBI.ES. —Affairs do not move
on smoothly in Texas. The people are divi
ded. Old Sam Houston, the Governor, will
not do the bidding of the Secessionists. They
requested him to abdicate ; he refused. They
then declared the Gubernatorial chair vacant,
and took on themselves the responsibility of
apoointing another ; but "Old Sunt - ' defies
them. He is not a Union man. He desires
to have Texas declare her independence and
raise the "lone star." He has been holding
communications with several of the Governors
of the bordering States of Mexico, with the
design of inducing them to join him in estab
lishing a sepatate aud independent confeder
acy.
In consequence of these disturbances, the
people of Texas are beginning to suffer. If
they persist in maintaining their rebellions at
titude, the State will be ruined. A recent let
ter from the State, states that it is estimated
that the expenditures for the coming year, will
exceed the receipts, a million of dollars. A
nice start for a snug State debt. The letter
also, draws a fearful picture of the condition
of the frontiers, growing out of the withdraw
al of the United States troops, which have
been stationed there heretofore, at an annual
expense to this Government, of three millions
of dollars. The Indians are making incursions ;
murdering the settlers ; stealing their proper
ty, and destroying their houses. They even
threaten the Capital of the State. This is a
frightful state of affairs, which must either
desolate Texas, or compel her to seek Federal
protection.
NEWSFAPER DEFUNCT. —The Philadelphia
papers record the demise of the Pennsylvania,
long known as they would-be leading Demo
cratic paper of the State. The Pennsylvania
was established in 1831, and expired April
2d, 1861, for want of sustenance, the Govern
ment pap having been withdrawn. It was a
rabid political paper, and like all papers of
that class, exercised but little infl uecce over
the people. It was useful only to the wire
workers and office hunters iu controlling pot
house politicians, as all strong partisan papers
are, and never did command the respect of
intelligent and disinterested members of the
party, and was kept alive only by the govern
ment patronage aud forced contributions.
IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.
A dispatch to the N. Y. Timrs says that
the latest reports from Charleston, telegraph
ed on Saturday, taken in connection with tbe
faact that telegraphic communication with the
South has been cut off below Petersburg, Ya.,
render it extremely probable that actual war
has at last been commenced by the Secession
ists, and that the bombardment of Fort Sum
ter is now proceeding. The information re
ceived in Charleston relative to the warlike
movements here, created the greatest excite
ment there nnder the supposition that the ob
ject of the Administration was the reinforce
ment of the Fort; and though at last ac
counts the ultimatum of siege or surrender,
mentioned in our previous dispatches, bad not
been sent to Major ANDERSON, his supplies
have positively been cut off by OTder of Gen.
HEACBEGAIW —and this was considered cquiva
lant to a declaration of hostility.
THE DESTINATION OF TIIE TROOPS.
It is generally believed that the greater
porlion of the armament of troops and sup
plies fitted out at New-York is destined for
Texas. The howitzers, horses and Flying Ar
tillery are of no available service except on
land, and there is no point at the South ex
cept Texas, where they could be advanta
geously employed. The Flying Artillery
would be sent to none of the Gulf Forts,
where only simple artillerists, accustomed to
manage heavy sea coast guns, would be order
ed. The mounted troops will go to Texas to
replace the force now there, demoralized by
TWIGGS' tieason.
ARPREHE.VSIO.VS OF AN ATTACK ON WASHINGTON.
The citv is full of exciting rumors to day, of
an intended attack on Washington to night,
by the secession rabble, supposed to be under
the command of Major Ien. McCulloch, who
impudently enters and departs from the city
unmolested, notwithstanding his overt treason
recently at San Antonio. People inquire with
surprise why the authorities do not arrest him,
especially in view of the certainty that his
presence here has some evil purpose.
Another rumor today was that Gen. Scott
had slept in his ofiice for two nights past, and
that the artillery horses were saddled and
harnessed all fast night, ready for instant ae
tion, to defend the city against the expected
raid. Inquiry dispels these sensations, and
shows that there is no foundation whatever
for them beyond tbe fact that certain seces
sion militia in the district continue their drills,
as if expecting service in due time.
At least one Philadelphia!! left town to
night in great fright, relative to this rumored
raid.
THE CBISIJ AT HASP. —The intelligence from
Charleston looks war-like, and indicates that
a collision is likely to take place at any mo
ment. The reports which have reached there
relative to the movements ot the Administra
tion have created much excitement, and the
feeling appears to be general that war is in
evitable within a short time. Gen. BEACP.EGARD,
is understood to have declared that Major
ANDERSON and his command must either eva
cuate Fort Sumter or be shelled within .forty
eight bonis. The report that the supplies for
the garrison had beeu cut off by authority, is
corroborated by the Charleston papers. The
Southern Commissioners, now in Washington,
stiil express a belief that a peaceful policy will
prevail, thougt their sincerity may with pro
priety be questioned in view of all that is
transpiring. On the other band, they assert
that if the policy of the Administration is the
enforcement of the Federal laws, the seceded
States are ready to resist to the bitter end.
GOOD NEWS FROM VIRGINIA. —The hopes
which the Secessionists have built upon Vir
ginia are doomed to disappointment. This is
rendered sufficiently evident by the action of
the State Convention upon the Report of the
Committee 011 Federal Relations, on Thurs
day and Friday. In the Convention on Fri
day the sixth resolution was amended verbally
—the Convention refusing by a vote of 94 to
64, to declare that Virginia ought not to ac
cept a form of adjustment that would prove
acceptable to the seceded States. The resolu
tion, as adopted, expresses an earnest desire
for the recstablishmeut of the Union in its for
mer integrity, and peace, prosperity and frater
nal feeling. Every effort which has beeu made
by Gov. WISE and his co-laborers for seeessiou
to commit the Convention on the side of the
Southern Confederacy, has signally failed.
CONNECTICUT ELECTION —The spring elec
tion in "the land of steady habits," indicates
nothing of that wonderful reaction of which
the democratics press so loudly prate. The
Governor has been elected by an increased
majority—l Boo against 541 last year. The
congressional district of Mr. Woodruff, which
is usually democratic, has been lost, as also
Mr. Ferry's ; but the legislature is largely
Republican.
THE CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENT. —We
see it stated that the apportionment committee
has it in contemplation to include Susquhan
na, Bradford, Wyoming, and the upper por
tions of Luzerne couuty, in the 11 th congres
sional district.
IST The Legislature of Kansas has chosen
as United States Senators two Republican*,
Gen. Pomeroy and James 11. Lane. We do
not learn which of them has the long term.
SSr A letter writer at Harrisburg thinks it
is probable that a new Senatorial district will
be composed of the following counties: Ly
coming, Clinton, Centre, Potter, and Tioga.
Important From Charleston
Dispateh to the New York Times.
CIIAKLKSTON, Saturday, April 6.
Reliable information has been received from
the North that reinforcements are ordered to
Fort Sumter, and will be accompanied by a
squadron under command of Com. STRIKGHAW.
Five thousand Southern men in addition
to those at present in the furtiGcations, are
ready to take the field witlliu twenty four
hours.
Tlie ultimatum, siepe or surrender, has not
yet been sent to .Mij"r ANDERSON, but with
the supplies sent to day he was notified by Gen.
Beauregard that they are the. last, which is equi
valent to a declaration of hostilitieS4 This is
positive.
Troops have been ordered torendezvoos at
points remote from Charleston, but within sup
porting distance, to watch the movements ol
the enemy. They ntote tit once.
Gov. PICKENS has all day been inspecting
the batteries, accompanied by a portion of his
Council and senior officers of the army. Every
thing throughout was in a state of efficiency.
Bloodshed is inevitable, and if one drop is
spilt no one knows when it will end.
A formal demand for the surrender of the
fort has not been made, and may not be made
at all.
For obvious reasons the intentions of the
Confederacy are involved in mystery.
The excitement is intense, and everybody is
in fighting humor.
A Frank Confession
What ex Secretary Floyd was enabled to
accomplish for the benefit of the seceded States,
is faithfully set forth by the Southern Confed
erury, published ot Atlanta, Ga. Such an
overwhelming sense of gratitude as is here ex
hibited is as uncommon as it is astonishing :
"But for the foresight and firmness, and pa
triotic providence of John B Floyd, in what
stress and peril would the cotton States be
floundering in this day. lie saw the Inevitable
doom of the Union, or tlie doom of his own
people. For many months past, from iiis stand
point, be had an expanded field of vision which
enabled bitn to see the great danger which
threatened us, but which was hid below the
horizon from the eyes of most of us. When
his faithful loyally to his awn persecuted peo
ple began its labors in our defence, in what a
condition were the Southern States? The
North had the heavy gutiv, the light arms, the
powder nud ball, just as the North had every
thing else that belonged to the eommou gov
ernment. How quietly were men shifted from
our soil who might have been here to day to
murder us at Abraham Lincoln's order. How
slender the garrisons became in southern forts,
which were made for os, and belonged to no
body else, but which a savage enemy now
chafes and rages to get possession of. Who
sent 37.000 stand of arms to Georgia ? JL>w
came 00,000 more prime death draling rifles
at Jackson, Mississippi ? And, in short, why
have we anything at all in the Sooth to mail
the strong hands of tlie sons of the Sooth with
at ibis hour, when every heart and head, and
arm of her children are needed in Iter defense?
Truth demands it of us to declare that we owe
to John B. Floyd an eternal tribute of grati
tude for all this. Had he been less the patri
ot than he was, we might now have been di.t
armed, and at the mercy ot a nation of cut
throats and plunderers."
THE NEW LOAN of Eight Million having
been token at 93 percent, and upwards—over
Tliirtv Million having been offered—we are
anxious to ascertain the amount and average
rates of the bids for the $15,000,000 loan of
the Cotton Republic—or even for the $3,00.0,-
000 which we believe was to be first put in
the market. Will oor emineut Secessionist
correspondent at Montgomery—who favors
us with quite as much prophecy and poetry as
we care to pay soeh high telegraphic tolls up
on—come down for once to plain prose, and
let us know by letter precisely how much of
loan has yet been taken, aud at what rates,
and by whom ?— Tribune.
No MORE NEW TERRITORIES TO RE ORGAN
IZED. —There remains now, not or.e foot of
unorganized Territory in the republic. The
organization during the last session of Con
gress, of the three new Territories, to wit ;
Colorado, Nevada and Daectali, lias wiped
out all the unorganized Territory. These
overspread the whole Territorial rtlm. The
whole cumber of Territories of the United
btates is seven.
ILLNESS OF THE PRESIDENT. —Like several
of his predecessors, President Lincoln has
been unable to withstand the wear and tear
upon his physical and mental power consequent
upon his official duties. He is reported as bi
ing qirte ill—so much so as to debar him
from all intercourse with visitors. Even the
most pressing official business was postponed
on Monday on uccount of his indisposition.
flrto Stttoirttftntts.
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tt-ntivn of the public to the fact that he has enlarged
his motive power and purchased and set up additional
machinery, and employed a larger number of workmen
than formerly, so that lie is now prepared to execute or
ders for Castings or Machinery with promptitude.
He has at his works all the PATTERNS in use h}- the
late firm of H'm. H. Phillips & Son ot Elrnira N. Y., aud
has alsa added to these, patterns ot various kinds.
MILL IRONS furnished for Grist Mills, Gang, Gate,
Circular and Muley Saw Mills, besides
STEAM ENGINES
of different sizes and styles and in fact almost any kind
of Castings or Machinery in common use.
Sleam F.ltings such as Sttam Pipes, Elbows, Return
Bcid*. Reducers. Couplings, Globe-Valves, Check
Valves, Guage Cocks, Oi I Cups, Whistles, 4 c.
always on hand and made to order.
He is also prepared to furnish STEAM BOILERS of
any siz or kind wanted.
Small Castings made in Brass or Composition. Cook
ing and Heating Stoves of different sizes manufactured
and for sale at the above works. Furniture for Cooking
Stoves and Stove Pipe always on hand
Persons who want GEARING of any kind are informed
that the subscriber has more patterns for Gearing than
auy other concern in this part of the country. They
would be quite sure of finding among his Patterns Gear
ing that would answer their wants and thus save de lay
and expense in getting up work.
He makes also a large variety of FVlleys, Balance
Wheels and Cranks, Water Wheels ; also Saw Gummers,
Thimble Skeins and Pipe Boxes, Iron Fence, Caldrons,
Plows, Ac.
His equipment of machinery consists of as good tools
as arc made, and was selected with tbe design of b ing
able to do any job which might be offered, whether large
or small. In short bis effort has been to get up in all
respects a first class establishment.
Terms Reasonable. Orders solicited. Cash paid for
Old Pewter and Brittacia.
Works situated on Main Street near Barc'ay R. R
Canal Basin. O. D. BARTLETT,
Towands, April 11. U6l. Proprietor.
ftrto aw>frt(snnf tits.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
A COMPOUND REMEDY,designed to beth.
tectual jiltti a ivt that can be made It , ® o,< *
centrated extract of Para Sarsaparilla, so comiAA r °-
other substances ol still greater alterative IK,*! 111 '
afford an effective antidote lor tbe diseases Sar. '
reputed to core. It is believed that such a
wanted by those who suffer from Strumous *
and that one which will accomplish their cure mu , ,(, i I
of immense service to this large class of our ffli H
low-citizens. How completely this compound wui
has been proven by experiment on many or the 11 I
cases to be found ol the toilowing complaints • * ori! H
SCROFULA AND SCKOKI LOCS COMPLAINTS. Eg rj __
AND EKCPTIVE DISEASES, CLOSES, Pikpi.ES, Bl L ° !,S E
TUMORS, SALT RHEUM. SCALO HEAD, Syi-HILIS ~ ?i I
pnil.iTic AFFECTIONS. MERCURIAL DISEASE, DROPSY v
KAI-UIA OK TIC D H'LOCKKIX. DKBIKITY, DVSPEP*,. *" 1
INDIOESTION, EKVBIPKLAS, ItOSE OK ST. Anthoxt iV** I
and indeed the wboie class of complaints arn, 0 ° f 1 " 1 ' I
IMPCKITV OF THE BLOOD. ® Ir ° E
This compound will be found a great prone,f.. F
health, when taken in the spring, to expel the b,n\> f
mors wnich fester in the hlood at that season of the r
By the timely expulsion of them many rankling d I
ders are uipped in the bud. Multitudes can, by the" 0 ' 11
of this remedy, spare themselves from the endunißcr'o [
eruptions and nlcerons sores, through which the v,! [1
will strive to rid itself of corruptions, if not sssiiti? N
do this through the uatural chanueis of the body u "
alterative medicine. Cleanse out the vitiated h ,! ft
whenever you tiud its impurities bursting thron|,yd |
skin in pimples, eruptions, or sores ; cleanse it when vol 1
find it is obstructed and sluggi-h in the veins ; cltsnv a I
whenever it is foul, and your leelings will tell you wVr I
Even where no particular disorder is felt people <. n J; I
better health, and live longer, for cleansing the ijl |
Keep the blood healthy, and all is well ; but with thu 1
pabulum of life disordered, there can be no lasting heal" 1
Sooner or later something must go wrong, and the mi
machinery of life is disordered or overthrown. ' |]
Sarsaparilla lias, and deserves much, the reputation of I s
accomplishing these ends. But the world has been e;re I
giously deceived by preparations of it, partly heci"* ii
the drug alone has not all the virtue that is claimed tor 1
it. but more because many preparations, pretending t,
be concentrated extracts of it, contain but little ot tig |
virtue of Sarsaparifla, or anything else.
During late years the public have been misled !>y!ar
bottles, pretending to give a quart of Extract of'?#r„. I
pariila lor one aollar. Most of these have been fra'qi I
upon the sick, for tbey not only contaiu little, if 1
Sarsaparilla, but often no curative properties whatever |
Hence, bitter and painful disappoint men: has lollop i
the use of the various extracts of Sarsaparilla which M
flood the market, until the name itself is justly de- I
spi-cd, and has liecouie syuouyinous with imposition and (
cheat. Still we call this compound Ssrsaparilia, and in. Kl
tend to supply such a remedy as shall rescue the mir,. f j
from the lead of obloquy whblb rests upon it. And*? H
think we have ground lor bettering it hits virtues which I
are irresistible by the ordinary run ot the diseases it* I
intended to cure. In order to secure their complete ;
eradication Irom the system, the remedy should be jidt J
ciously taken according to directions on the bottle.
Prepare! by Dr. J. C. AVER A CO., Loweli, Mass,-. I
I'net, {1 pir Buttle ; Six Bullitt fur $5.
Avers Cherry Pectoral*
Has won for itself such a renown lor the cure of tstrj 1
variety of Throat and Lung Complaint, that it is enlirr I
ly unnecessary for na to rerrmfit the evidence of it* v.:
tues, wherever it has been employed. As it IKM loq !
been in constant use throughout this section, we re* ,
not do more than assure the people its quality is kept j
to the best it ever has been, and that it may ire relief
to do for their relief a'! it lias ever been found to do. |
AVERS CATHARTIC PILLS,
For the cure of Costiveness, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, !# JB
gestion. Dysentery, Foul Stomach. Erysipehis. Hcj.ia,u,fl|
Piles. Rheumatism, Eruptions aixl Sl-wi Diseases, biwra
Complaint, Dropsy, Teller. Tumors and Sfcrit Rlieui:.
Gout. Neuralgia, as a Dinner Pid, and for Pu-itvinv/i* 1H
Blood. They are sugar-coated, so that the most sensitive 9
can take them pleasantly, and they are the bast apeb
cut in the world for all the purposes of a faintly phytic. 9
Price 25 cents per Box ; Five boxes lor $l. 00.
Great numbers of Clergymen, Physicians. St.Pc-mui I
and eminent personages, have ent their names to certin 9
the unparalleled usefulness of tbese remedies, but oo 9
space here will not permit the insertion of them. Tie i j
Agents below named turuish gratis oor Amtncan Aim E
uuc in which they are given ; with also lull description |-i
of the above complaints, and the treatment that suk la
be followed for their cure.
Do not be put off by unprincipled dealers with otii I*'
preparations tbey make more profit on. DA:nd Arm's i
and take no others. The sick want the best aid their i E
tor tlvem, and sluuild have it.
All our n medies are tor sale by Dr. 11. C. POUTER, T H
wanda ; GUERNSEY A MITCHELL," Troy ; DALT J: WHITS [
Leonard Hollow ; D. D. PARKHUKST, Leßoy ; TAYI E
Granville. D. WILCOX A Co., Canton ; AndulsS A fci- [
WELL. Alba; BIXBY, Wyalusing; I'IOLLET, Wyn; I
STEVENS A BCKKOWS, Steve isville ; HOIKIEKS. ffm I
Warren ; LONC A SONS. Burliuglou ; NEWELL A Co.. CI I
sfer; I'RKKINS, Athens ; MEKHV, Burlington : Ann t
A CAMP. Camptown v NR lIOM, llenn kvi.it ; Urn* K
Lellaysville,; IHONSON, Orwell; lUMIILKMAS, OrtuU fl
Creek ; MOODV. Rome ; KINNEY A Goat, sheshetpiiE HJ
and by dealers everywhere.
April 10, 1861.
artjal.
Registers NOTICES.— Notice ish^H
by given, that there has been filed and
toe office of the Register ot Wills, in and for the c.u Ii
ot Bradford, accounts of Administration upon the
lowing estates, viz :
Final account of J. F. Chamberlain, Adm'r of
of S. W. Biles, late of Wyalusiug, deceased.
Filial a count of Edward Bouise, Aiim'r of the watrl
of Samuel C. Bourse, late of Asylum, dee'd.
Partial account of Agusta Snyder, Adm'rx ofh* 9
estate ot B. P. Snyder, late <>l Alliens tp.. rtcceased. H
Final account of John Alger, Adm'r of ti>e e*ntttl p:l
J. W. Alger, late of Orwell, dee'd.
Final account of C. I. Laeey, Exec'r of the er.iltl I
Geo. Spalding, late ot Tuscarora, dee'd.
Final account of J. F. Chamberlain and John Ijjurte. (
Exec'isi t the estate of Gilbert Chamberlain, Utec; "7 I
alasing, dee'd.
Final account of Wm. Hutchinson Exec'r of netfU* M
of Nathan Tyrrel, late of Pike, dee d.
Final account of Ruth Beach. Admin'x. -TDestile ■
of Triiinan M. Beach, late of Smithtield, need. B
Final account of Albert Guardwa ot lilkvn ■
Horton, minor son ut Richard N. Hortou, law of shesut* |
quin, dee'd.
And the same will be presented to the OrphanCourt |
of Bradford county, on MONDAY tbe t.tii day of SB; H
nvxt, tor continuation and allowance.
NATHAN C. EI.SBIIEE, Register. ■■
Regiater'a Office, April IV, 1861. I
IICENSES. —Notice is hereby qyiven the H
-J the following named persons have filed in tlie*Se H
ol the Clerk of tlie Court ot Quarter Sessions, thcirpeH
titions for license under the existing laws ol this 0* I
monwealth, and their several applications will br heart H
before the Judges of the Court ot Quarter Sessions, o H
Monday, tbe bill day ot May next, at 2 o'clock, p. in..." H
said day ;
F(IH A TAVERN.
Thomas It. Jordan, Towanistsv H
John Kendall do iR I
Emanuel Kromer do ** H
S. E. Wilcox Trovboft H
H.W. Bigotiy il \
W.J. Roibrock. do Eyl
John E. Hillin Troy bur"W H
James P Strong Athena WftUt II
Jacob Reel do d" , H
John S.Sloan B
Elisha Satterlee do d° H
G M. Elsbree L ister tomjii*
Harrison Gibbs Springfield tomsj 1 ? K
Joh i S. Thompson Wyalusing to***! H
John Scon ton Suiithtield to*os"l' : I
M. M. Coolbaugh. Monroebwy 9
John Wendall Wilmot towß^ 1 ? 9
William llyatt Bidgbery tows"1
MEKCUANT DKALEH. . „* fe
D. C.Hall 9
Dennis M'Mahon. do v 9
~VVOTICE TO COLLECTORS-Yoo I
-Li hereby authorized to deduct live per cent,trots'** |B
State tax <d every individual who shall pay bis or • B
State and County Taxes in full, on or before tbe - d • B
ot June next, aud the same shall be allowed you m J I
settlement with the Treasurer, provided the t
you paid into the County Treasury on or below! t
and 27th days oi June, next. By order of the to®
siouers. E. B. COOLB Al'GUit' et B
Commissioner's Office, April 8, 1861. M
llurry Aloim. Everybody!
TO the New Grocery and Provision la
just opened by
H. H. STEVENS, 1
at the building formerly occupied by J* H. NEVI* |a
Maiu street, opposite live Court House. 11K ' lo v.
sists of various brands of Coffee's Teas, Sugars ■. ' ;JJ
very cheap ; besides a splendid assortment ot |9
Nuts, Candies, Fruits and Conlectionaries, L I SH
ery quality auu price. He will also pay the 6
price lor
BUTTER AND ECCS, *
and such other articles of country trade as tne 1 >JR
mry have to dispose of. He would ju.t say 10 * 'j, 1:1
want any thing in my line of trade, give me a c
you can be accommodated. „nj rfl
Towanda, April 10, 1861. _ _—hH
BENJ M PECK, attorxevJl 1
LAW, TOWANDA. PA.-All " i |
to his care, will receive prompt attention.— 1
Col. K. Smith, over Tracy Moore's S'T-
April 11,1861.