0:I£ DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOWANDA : Thursday Morning, February 26, 1863. fskefet) |3 odr]i. CONTRADICTIONS. I kuow a man of generous heart Who freely doth his wealth impart To man or dog ; He often pays a neighbor's debt And gives him cash and food—and yet K They call him " Hoc.'' There lives just opposite me A youth who measures six feet three And still doth grow ; 'lis queer that one who is so high, And lifts his head so near the sky, Should L>e called " Low." O n =nnnv days I often meet, Slow tottering along the street, The crowd among, in aged man, who scarce can walk ; Paralysis has stopp- l his talk, And yet he's " YOUNG.' 1 See yon poor wretch, with hook and bag Who careful doth each gutter drag, And every ditch ; A scrap of paper, rusty nail, To gather he doth seldom fail, Thattellow's" RICH." My butcher weighs some twenty stone, A mass ol muscle, tlesh and boue ; Ib.bust and tall. A solid lump of human clay, Yet our " directory" doth say, That he is " SMALL." A burglar who, the other night, By robberies did sadly flight Our neighborhood, Deserves to meet a felons late, Although the dailcy papers states That he is " GOOD." A man who, never since his youth, Was ever known to speak the truth, One time 1 knew ; No. ae his strongest oath would heed ; Hut still iiis neighbors all agreed That he- was " TKUE. Of ui'l the men I ever saw, lu trade, politics, or law rf The smartest one Lives in York ; and every bet, Or other risk, he wins ; and yet, He's always " DUNN." HI is 11 113 10 US . "THE OCEAN DEPTHS. A DIVER'S TALE. The life of one who explores the mysteries ef the sea, is not more perilous than lascina liiig. The charm of terror hangs around it, and the interminable succession for exciting events render it dear to its professor. Not to the couiui m diver of the E tst.who can remain tat for a fraction of lime beneath the and grope fearfully among rugged occeau mojnds, bat to the adept iu the civilized mode ot diving, who, in his protective armor, may remiiu submerged tor hours, and wander, wi h iuijiunitv, for utiles along those unknown re pons fa below the sea. To him are laid open the horrors of the watery creation, sud he tntv g.ize upon such scenes as Arabian story teiis us were presented to the fearful eyes ol Abdullah. To him the most thrilling occur rences ot iLie upper world seem frivolous ; for, tub;- me iiorv, he retains thoughts that may well chill the soul wiih dread. 1 am a diver—a diver from choice-*-and I sa proud of my profession. Where is such courage required as is needed here? It is nothing to be a soldier : a diver,however—but 1 forbear. I will tell my story, and leave others to judge concerning it AD appalling sh pwreck occured, not long ago, upon the wildest part of the coast of New foundland. The tidings of this calamity reach cd the ears of thousands; but, amid the crowd of accidents which followed iu quick succes sion, it was soou forgotten. Not by us, how "er. We found that the vessel had sunk upon a spot where the water's depth was by no sescs neat, and that a daring aia.n might easily reach her. Bbe was a steamer called Marmion.and had Wn seen going suddenly down, without an b'ant s warniug, by some fLherraen near by. hud, undoubtedly, struck a hidden rock, tod had thus been, iu one moment, destroyed. I spoke to my associates of the plat), and they approved it. No Lime was lost iu making the Decessiry preparations, and a short time beheld us embarked iu our schooner for the : ' 3 nken ship. There were 6ix of us, and we •tticipated extaordiuary sucess. 1 was the leader, and generally ventured : pon any exploit in which there was uncora- Endanger. Not that the others were cow i:ds ;on the contrary, they were all brave but I was gifted with a coolness and a Pfpsouee of mind o: wnich the others were destitute. As two persons were needed, in t'fder to explore the Marraion, I had selected to my companion a young fellow, whose stead '•-ess and dauntless courage had several times Ctiore been fearfu ly lestcd. It was a calm and pleasant day, but the ■°ntbern and eastern horizon looked deceitlul. Yaall, suspicious clouds were gathered there, hi of aspect, and " sneaking fellows, regular haog-dog fellows," as my comrade Rimmer, Marked to me. Nevertheless, we were not be pm off by a little cloudiness in the sky, boldly prepared to venture. , So deep was the water, that no vestige of a BQ, .P'B wast remained above the surface, to out the resting place of the Marmion.— c e were compelled, therefore, to select the -'- ene of operations according to the best of ° ar ability. Down went the sails of our schoon at >d Rimmer and I put on our diving armor, "e fixed on our helmets tightly, and screwed 0D tbe hose. One by one each clumsy article Was adjusted. The weights were bung, and tol we Were reai j v THE BRADFORD REPORTER. "It looks terrible blackish, Berton," said Rimmer to me. " Oh," I replied) gaily, " It's only a little mist—--all right I" "Ah 1" He ottered a low exclamation which sounded hollow from his caYernour helmet. " All ready," I cried, in loud voice, which they, however, could not easily distinguish.— Then, makiug a proper sigu, I was swuQg over the side. Down we went, I first, and Rimmer close behiud me. It did Dot take a long time for Us to reach bottom. We found ourselves upon whit seemed a broad plain,sloping downward, toward the south, and rising slightly, toward the north. Looking forward then, a dim,black object arose, which our experienced eyes knew to be a lofty rock. 1 motioned to Rimmer that we should pro ceed there. 1 cannot tell the strangeness of the sensa tion felt by one who first walks the bottom of the sea. There are a thousand objects.fitted to excite astonishment, even in the mind of him who has dared the deed a hundred times. All around us lay the plain, covered by water ; but here the eye could not pierce far away, as in the upper air, for the water, in the distance, grew opaque, aud seemded to fade away into misty darkuess. There was no souud, except the in cessant gurgle which was produced by the escape of air from the breast valve, and the plash caused by our passage through the wa ters. We walked on at a good pace ; for this armor, which seems so clumsy up above, is excellent below, and offers Utile inconvenience to the practiced wearer. Fishes in crowds were around ns. Fishes of every shape and size met our eyes, no matter where they turned. They swam swiltly by us; they sported in the water abover us; they raced and chased one ucotiier, iu every direction.— Here a shcal of porpoises tumbled along in clumsy gambols, there a grampus might be seen rising slowly to the surface ; here an im metise number of smaller ti-h Hashed past us, there some huge ones, with ponderous fpruis, floated in the water lazily. Sometimes - or four placed themselves directly before us, solemnly" working their gills. There they would remain, till we come close up to them, and then, with a start, they would dart away. All this time we were walking ouv ard,along the bottogi of the sea, while above us, like a black cloud in the sky, we could see our boat slowlv moving onward upon the surface of the water. And now, not more than a hundred yards before us, we could see the towering form of that ebouy rock which had at first greeted our eyes from afar. As yet,we could not be certuiu that this wus the place where the Marmion had struck. But soon a round, black object became discernible as we glanced at the rocky base. Ilin tn r struck my arm, and pointed. I signed assent, and we fbovtd ouwaid more quicly. A few moments elapse ; we 1 al came near er to the rock. The olaek object now looked like the stern of a vessel whose hull lay there Suddenly, Rimmer struck nte again, aud pointed upward. Following the direction o his hand,l looked up,and saw the upper surfac of the water all foamy and in motion. Then was a momeutarv thrill through tuy heart,but it passed over. We were in a dangerous con dition. A storm coming on ! But should we turn back now, when w< wire so near the object of our search? A ready it lay before us. We were close besid it. No, I would not. 1 signalized to Rimmei to go forward, and we still kept our couise. Now the rock rose up before us, black, rug ged. dismal. Its rcu;h sides were worn by the action of the water, und iu some places, were covered by murine plants, and n uneless ocean vegetation. We passed onward,we clam bereJ over a spur, which jutted from the cliff, und there 1 iy the steamer. The Marmion—there she lay upright, with everything still standing- She had gone righ: dowu and had settled in such a position, among the rocks, that sbelay as at her whurl e ashed eagerly along and clambeiel up her side. There was a low moan in the water which sßinded warningly in our ears, and told us of a swift-approaching danger. What was to I.e done, must be done speedily. We hur ed forward. Rimmer rushed to the cabin. 1 went forward, to descend into the bold. 1 descended the ladder. I walked iuto the engi neer's room. All was empty here, all a water. The waves of the ocean had entered, aud were spirting with works of man. 1 went into the freight-room. Suddenly, I was star tied by au appalling noise upou the deck. — The biavy footsteps ot some oue running, a?- though in mortal fear, or most dreadful haste, sounded in my ears. Then my heart throbbed wildly ; for it was a fearful thing to bear, far dowu iu the silent depths of the ocean. Pshaw ! it's only Rimmer. I hurriedly ascended the deck by the first outlet that appeared. When I speak of'hurry, I speak of the quickest movement possible, when cumbered with so much armor. But this movement of mine was quick ; I rushed upwards ; 1 sprang out ou the deck. It was Rimmer ! lie stepped forward and clutched my arm He pressed it vvitb a convulsive grasp, aud poiuttd to the cabin. I attempted to go there. He stamped his foot, and tried to bold me back. He pointed to the boat, aud implored me, with frantic gestures; to go up. It is appalling to witness the horror struck soul trying to express itself by signs. It is awful to see these signs when no face is plain ly visible, and no voice is heard. I could not see his face plainly, but his eyes, through his heavy mask, glowed like coals of fire. " 1 will go 1" I exclaimed. I sprang from him, He clasped his hands together, but da red not follow. Good heavens! I thought, what fearful thing is here ? What sceue can be so dreadful as to paralyze the soul of practiced diver. I will see for myself. I walked forward. I came to the cabin door, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH. I entered the forward saloon.bat saw nothing. A feeling of contempt came to me. Rimmer shall not come with me again, I thonght. Yet I was awe-struck. Down in the depths of the sea there is only silence—oh, how solemn ! 1 paced the .long saloon, which had echoed with the shrieks of the drowning passengers. Ah! there are thoughts which sometimes fill the soul, which are only felt by those to whom scenes of sublimity are familar. Thus think ing, I walked to the after-cabin and entered — Oh, God of heaven ! Had not my hand clenched the door with a grasp which mortal terror had made convul sive I should have fallen to the floor. I stood nailed to the spot. For there before me stood a crowd of people—men and women—caught in the last death struggle by the overwhelming waters, and fastened to the spot, each iu the position in which death bad found him. Each one had sprung fiom his chair at the shock of the sinking ship, and, with one common emo tion, all had started for the door But the waters of the sea had been too swift for them. Lo ! then—some wildly graspiDg the table others the beams, others the sides of the cabin —there they all stood. Near the door was a crowd of people, heaped upon one another— some on the floor, others rushing over them— all seeking, madlv, to gain the outlet. There was one who sought to clamber ever the table, and still was there,holding on to au iron post. So strong was each convulsive grasp, so fi'-rce the struggle of each with death,that their hold had not yet been relaxed ; but each oue stood and looked franticallv to the door. To the door—good God! To me,to me they were looking ! They were glancing at me,all those dreadful, those terrible eyes 1 Eyes iu which the fire of life had been displaced by the chilling gleam of death. Eyes which still glared, like the eyes of the maniac, with no expression. They froze me with their cold and icy stare. They had no meaning; for the soul had gone. And this made it still more horri ble than it could have been iu life ; for the ap palling contortion of their faces, expressing i'ear, horror, despair, and whatever else the human soul may feel, contracting with the cold cud glassy eyes, made their vacancy yet more fearful. He upon the table seemed more fiendish tliaa the others ; for his IGIUT, black hair was disheveled, and floated horribly down —and his beard aud mustache, all loosened by the Wuter, gave him the grimuessof a demou. Oh, what woe aud torture 1 what unutterable agonies appeared iu the despairing glance of those faces —faces twisted into spasmodic con lortions,while the souls that lighted them were writhing and struggling for life. 1 heeded not ths dangerous sea which, even when we touched the steamer, had slightly rolled. Down iu these awful depths the swell would not be very strong, unless it should in crease with ten fold fury above. But it had been increasing, though I had not noticed it, and the motion of the water began to be felt in these abysses. Suddenly the steamer was shaken and rocked by the swell. At this tiie hideous forms were shaken aud iel). The heaps of people rolled asunder That lemon on the table s.-euied to make a spring directly toward me. I fled, shrieking—all were after me, I thought. 1 rushed out, with io purpose but to escape. 1 sought to throw iff' my weights and rise. My weights could not be loosened —I pulled at them with frantic exertions, but could not oosen them. The iron fastenings had grown stiff". One of them I wrested off in my con vulsive efforts,but the o'ber still kept me down. The tube, a so, was lying down still iu my pas- Mig way tl rough the machine rooms. 1 did nut know this until I had exhausted my strength, end almost my hope, in vain efforts L-> loosen the weight, and still the horror of ihat scene in the eabiu rested upon me. Where was Rimmer? The thought flashed across me. He was not here. He had re ;urned. Two weights lay near, which seemed thrown off in terrible haste. Yes, Rimmer had gone. 1 looked up; there lay the boat,tossing aud rolling among the waves. I rushed down into the machine-room to go back, so as to looseu my tube. 1 had gone through passages carelessly,and this lay there tor it was unrolled from above as I weut on. I veut back iu haste to extricate mysell; I could stay here no longer ;for if all the gold of Gol couda was in the vessel, I would not stay in company with the dreadful dead 1 Buck—fear lent wings to my feet. 1 hurried down the stairs, into the lower-hold once more aud retraced my steps through the passages below. 1 walked baek to the place into which I had first descended. It was dark; and anew feeliDg of horror shot through me ; I looked up. The aperture was closed! Heavens ! was it closed by mortal hand ? Had Rimmer, in his panic flight, bliudly throwu down the trap-door, which I now re membered to have seen open wheu I descend ed ? or had some fearfid being from the cabin hat c e non who sprung towards ? I started back in terror. But I could uot wait here ; I must go ; I must escape from thisdeuor horrors. I sprang up the ladder, and tried to raise the door. It resisted my efforts; I put my helmeted head against it, and tried to raise it ; the rung of the ladder broke beneath me,but the door was not raised; my tube came down through it and kept it partly open,for it w£s a strong tube,and kept strongly expanded by close wound wire. I seized a bar of iron,and tried to pry it up; 1 raised it slightly,but there was no way to get it up farther. I looked around and found some blocks ; with these I raised the heavy door, little by little,placing a block in, to keep what 1 had gaiued But the work was slow,and la borious, and I had worked a long while before I had it raised four inches. The sea rolled more and more. The sub merged vessel felt its power, and rocked. Sud denly it wheeled over, and lay upon its side. 1 ran aronnd to get on the deck above,to try and lift up the door. But when I came to the other outlet, I kuew it was impossible; for the table would not permit me to go so far, and then I would rather have died a thousaud deaths than have ventured again so near the cabin. "REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." I returned to the fallen door; I sat down in despair and waited for death I saw no hope of escape. This then, was to be my end. But the steamer gave a sudden lnrcb, again acted upon by the power of the waves. She ■ had been balanced upon a rock, in such away that a slight action of the water was sufficient ' to tip her over. I She creaked, and groaned, and lsbored, and i then turned upon her side. I rose ; I clung to the ladder; I pre3sedthe ; trap door open, while the steamer lay with her deck perpendicnlar to the ground. I sprang out,and touched the bottom of the sea. It was in good time ; for a moment after, the mass I went over back again. TbeD, with a last effort, I twisted the iron fastening of the weight which kept me down ; I jerked it. It was loosed, it broke, it fell. In a moment I began to ascend,and in a few min utes I was floating on the water —for the air which is pressed down for the diver's consump tion constitutes a buoyant mass, which raises him up from the sea. Thanks to heaven ! There was the strong boat, with my bold, bravo men ! They felt me rising ; they saw me, aud came and saved me. ; Rimmer had fled from the horrid scene when j I entered the cabin, but remained in the beat j to lend his aid. He never went down again, i but became a sea captain. As for me, I still go down, but ODly to vessels whose crews have been saved. It is needless to say that the Marmion was , never again visited. A Romance of the War. The public knows little really of the ro mance of the war. Probably no man in this war has lived through as many excitining and 1 desperate adventures as Captain Carpenter, j the leader of the " Jessie Scouts." He was j originally one of John Brown's men, and par- t ticipated in the attack on Harper's Ferry ; j where he escaped by crawling through a long culvert which led fiom the famous engine j house to the river. " Did you ever see Price ?" he was asked. He replied. " Several times. Once he drove a team in Price's army two days, at the end of which time, unluckily, the team and wagon, and a uegro who happened to be in it, ran away ; and never slopped till we got into our own lines 1" Once he rode down to the rebel pickets at Wilson's creek, dressed us a woman to deliver a letter to a suppositious brother in Price's army. He bears witness to the polite ness of the rebel officers who escorted the lady half way back to our lines. This trip was made becau-e the " General " wauted to know precisely the position of a part of the rebel iines. Alter the surrender of Lexington, General Fremont suspected that the telegraph opera tors between Hanibal aid St Joseph were dis loyal aud had given information to the enemy, aud was oidered to make an investigation.— The fact was, however, that the rebels had "tapped" the wire. A woman in St. Louis told him so, and there was a rebel spy i, town. He was to take her lo the theater tlmt eveuin g The Captain says : " I told her I would give her fifty dollars if she would say, when he came, that she was sick and could not go. She agreed, and I arranged that she should introduce me to him as a rebel spy from Pil low's camp, which she did. I immediately gained his confidence. M e drank w:ue to gether, and the 100 l told me every thing.— Soou he left the city and 1 took one of my men with me and off we started after him. We found him on the Grand river, uear the railroad, just where he had said He had a hut in the brush, where the telegraphing oper ations were carritd on. There were two men, my mau and another. We crept up to them, and on a survey, came to the conclusion that we might uot be able to capture them, and the best way to shoot them. I shot my mau, but Hale only wounded his. We rushed up lie made a fight. 1 had lo dispatch him with my pistol. We got the telegraph instrument with twenty two nuudred feet of silk wire, two horses, blankets aud sixty five dollars in money. 1 went into Price' 3 camp when Mulligan was at Lexington. 1 had a double barreled shot gun with both locks brokqn, and rode into the camp with Dumbers of country peo ple who were flocking to join Price. 1 rode around freely, talking secession, aud very soon saw how tbiugs were going. I could plainly see Mulligan vva9 in a tight place,and 1 start ed off to St. Louis as 60ou as possible, and gave the information that Mulligan must sur reader, which he did. Henry Hale, one of the best scouts in the country, left Leavenworth while Mulligan was before Lexington, with dispatches. As he rode along, men from every direction was go ing to join Price. He saw one old secession ist with a little shot gun,and thought it would be a nice thing to drive off the old fellow and take his horse into Lexiogton. So engaged the man iu conversation, and getting an op portumty, put the revolver to the secessionist's head, ordered him to tie his gun to the saddle, to dismount, and finally to skedaddle. The old man made tracks rapidly. Hale took the horse by the bridle, aud rode on whistling Y'ankee Doodle. He had ridden a mile or two, when at a turn in the road, he was sud denly ordered to halt. The old secessionist had procured another gun, and got ahead of him. Get off that bourse, cried the old man Hale got down. Tie that revolver to the saddle ! Hale obeyed. Pull off your pants 1 Hale did it. Skedaddle I—an1 —an order whicb Hale at once carried into effect, merely sayii g " Well, Cap., I thought ray shirt would come eff next— good bye." The secessionist went off with the two horses, whistling Dixie ; while Hale marched seven miles to Lexington, with only his coat aud shirt on. His coat contained the dispatches. I burned Randolph, Missouri. The town was a rebel depot, where their supplies were gathered. The country people came in every ' day with provisions and these provisions and other goods were conveyed to the enemy. I went over with twenty-two men and routed two hundred aud fifty. I divided my men and had them approach from differeut direc tions. I made them all officers, and up we went, every mau of us shouting out orders as though each had a regiment at his back. — The rebels were frightened. They ran in all directions, but we killed several of them. One of my men was badly wounded, and I was wounded also. I tackled one fellow with a sabre. lie fought savagely, but I killed him after be had given me a thrust over the eye that might have finished me. We took sev enteen prisoners. Of coarse we could not, with our small force, hold the town, so we set fire to the rebel stores and destroyed them. I was captured back of I'aducah—Lieuten ant Robb aud I ; and were placed under guard, all Dight. There were thirteen guards men in all ; but ten of them went to a party, aud got drunk. The others got some whiskey too. Robb and I concluded to rebel. We managed to seize their revolvers. Itobb tap ped one, that came at us first, over the head and stunned him, and before the others could come to bis assistance we shot them. Then we made off. We went by Fort Donelsou, clear across the country, and told Zollicoffer that were spies and had dispatches for Breek-. inridge. We had forged despatches for the purpose, and thus passed. As we had just come from the rebels, we kuew enough to de ceive the old fellow, who treated us with great kindness, gave us passes through his lines, and good horses, aud in four hours we were inside our lines. At Fiatl City I made a speech to the reb rebels in favor of Jeff. Davis, which was very successful ; but in the alternoou a man iu town recogniz'd me, and bad me seized. They put me under guard, in a house ; but the same night I got out, got on a horse which fell in ray way, aud rode out till I ran in the dark •against the two rebel videttes. They stop ped me ; I explained to them that I was hur rying on to bring np some recruits who were wanted : but the men were obstinate, and would not let me go without a pass. So I proposed to go with him to headquarters, and would get him my pass. lie consented ; we walked onr horses in along the road. My case was desperate : if they caught me they would hang me ; talked to the man in the dark till we we;e some distance in, then sud denly pulled out my knife and with oue stab s'ew him I waited awhile, then road back to where th§ other vidette remained and hand ed him a piece of an old letter, sayine "there's the p ss. He must go to the smoa d ring l're iu the wood near by to examine it, aud as he did*so 1 knocked him over, and rode off. I rode into Jeff. Thompson's camp half naked, as a crazy man, shouting and whoop ing so that the whole camp was arous9d. No better way to get in occurred to me just then Gen. Thompson is much of a gentleman. He caused a surgeon to examine me, who reported that I had lost my senses Irom a blow on the temple, the mark of which was still fresh. He said I was quite harmless, aud the General proposed to seud me into Abe Yankee lines because they could take care of a poor fellow better then he. I lay down under a wagon, near the General's tent, when it came dark, and listened to hear what I could hear. — About midnight a messenger rode in, on a fine horse, and tied it near me. When he got into the tent, and no oue was locking, I got on the horse, and having the best road in mind, rode out as fast as I could drive, the pickets firing at me, but without effect ; and I got safely to make my report. 1 went iuto Fort Henry two days before the attack on it, and brought General Grant a i accurate account of the position and num ber of the forces and defence. Also, I went into Fort Donelsou, while enr troops lay at Fort Henry. 1 went there in Confederate un iform, and I have General MeClernand's let ter to show that I brought him information which proved to be accurate. On ray way out a cavalry force passed me, while 1 lay by the roadside ; aud its commander told one of his men to leave behind a fine flag which he feared would be torn on the way. That flag was struck into the road, that a returning reb el might carry it in. But I got it, wrapped it around my body, and rode into Fort Henry with it. The State of Pennsylvania, Herewith we annex a tabular statement o! the forinatkn or erection of the several coun ties of Pennsylvania, embraciug their names, the day, month and year when erected by law; and the different counties or part of counties from which each was formed, whether of oue or more : 1. Adams, 22d January, 1800, formed of a part of Y'ork. 2. Allegheny, 24th September, 1188, form ed of Westmoreland and Washington. 3. Armstrong, 12.h March, 1800, formed of part Allenheny, Westmoreland and Lycoming 4. Beaver, 12ib March, 1800, formed of a part of Aheglten? aucWWasiiington. 5. Bedtord, 9th March, 1771, formed of a part of Cumberland. 6. Berks, Ilth March, 1752, formed of a part ot Philadelphia, Chester and Lancaster. 7. Blair, 26th February, 1846, formed of a part of Huntingdon and Bedford. 8. Bradford, 21st February, 1810, formed of a part of Luzerne and Lycoming.* 9. Bucks, oue of three original counties of the Proviuce.f 10. Butler, 12th March, 1800, formed of a part of Allegheny. 11. Cambria, 26th March, 1804, formed of part of Huntingdon and Somerset. 12. Carbou, 13th March, 1843, formed of a part of Northampton and Monroe. 13. Ceutre, 13tb February, 1800, formed of a part of MiffliD, Northumberland, Lycom ing and Huntingdon, 14. Chester, one of the original counties es tablished at the first settlemeut of the Pro vince. 15. Clarion, 11th March, 1839, formed of a pa t of Venango and Armstrong. YOL. XXIII. —NO. 39. 16. Clearfield, 26th March, 1804, formed of a part of Lycoming. 17. Clinton, 21st June, 1839, formed of a part of Lycoming and Centre. 18. Columbia, 22d March, 1813, formed of a part of Northumberland. 19. Crawford, 12th March, 1800, formed of a part of Allegheny. 20. Cumberland. 27th January, 1849—50, formed of a part of Lancaster. 21. Dauphin, 21at March, 1785, formed of part of Lancaster. Delaware, 26th September, 1789, formed of a part of Chester. 23. E!k, 18th April, 1843, formed of part of Jefferson, Clearfield and Mclveaa. 24. Erie, 12;b March, ISOO, formed of part of Allegheny. 25. Fayette, 26th September, 1783. 26. Forest, 11th April, 1818, formed from part of Jefferson. | 27. Franklin, 9th September, 1784, formed from part of Cumberland. 23. Felton, 19th April, 1850, formed from part of Bedford. 29. Greene, 9ib Feburary, 1796, formed from part of Westmoreland. 30. Huntingdon, 20th September, 1787, of part of Bedford. 31. Indiana, 30th March, 1803 formed of part of Westmoreland and Lycomincr. 32. Jefferson, 26th March, 1804, formed from part of Lycoming. 33. Juniata, 2d March, 1831, formed from part, of Mifflin. 34. Lancaster, 10th May, 1729, formed from part of Chester. 35. Lawrence, 25th March, 1850, formed from part of Beaver and Mercer. 36. Lebanon, 16th February, 1813, formed from part of Dauphin and Lancaster. 37 Lehigh, 6th March, 1812, formed from a part of Northampton. 38. Luzerne, 25th September, 1786, formed from part of Northumberland. 39. Lycoming, 13th April, 1795, formed from part of Northumberland. 40. McKean, 26th March, 1804, formed from part of Lycoming. 41. Mercer 12 March, 1800, formed from part of Allegheny. 42. Miffliu, 19th September, 1789, formed from a part of Cumberland aDd Northumber land. 43 Monroe, Ist April, 183G, formed from part of Northumberland and Pike. 44. Montgomery, 10th September, 1784, formed from part of Philadelphia. 45. Montour, 3d May, 1850, formed from a part of Columbia. 40. Northampton, 11th March, 1752, form ed from part of Bucks. 47. Northumberland, 27th March, 1772, formed from parts of Lancaster, Cumberland, Berks, Bedford and Northampton. 48. Perry, 22J March, 1826, formed from part of Cumberland. 49. Philadelphia, one of the three original counties established at the first settlemeut of the Province. 50. Pike, 26'.h March, 1814, formed from part of Wayne. 51. Potter, 26 March, 1804, formed of a part of Lycoming. 52. Schuylkill, Ist March, 1811, formed of a part of Berks and Northampton. *53. Snyder, 2d March, 1855, formed from part of Un : on. 54. Somerset, 17th April, 1795 formed of part of Bedford. 55. SullivaD, 15th March, 1847, formed of Lycoming. SG. Susquehanna, 21st February, 1810, formed from part of Luzerne. 57. Tioga, 26th March, 1804, formed from a part of Lycoming. 58 Union, 22d March, 1813, formed from part of Northumberland. 59. Venango, 13th March, 1800, formed from part of Allegheny and Lycoming. 60. Warren, 12th March, 1800, formed of part of Allegheny and Lycoming. 61. Wayne, 21st March, 1798, formed from part of Northampton. 62. Washington, 2Stli March, 1781, form ed part of Westmoreland. 63. Westmoreland, 25th February, 1773, formed from part of Bedford and the purchase of 1784. 04. Wyoming, 4th of April, 1842, formed of a part of Northumberland and Luzerne. 65. York, 10th August, 1740, formed of a part of Lancaster. * Previous to the 24 th of March, 1812 this county, (Bradford), was called Outario, but its name was changed on that day. tßueks, Philadelphia and Chester, were the three original counties, established at the first settlement of the province of Pennsylvania. RAPIDITY OF THOUGHT IN DREAMING. —It would appear as if a whole series of acts, that would really occupy a long lapse of time, pass ideally through the mind in one instant. We have in dreams no true perception of the lapse of time. The relations of space us well as of time arc also annihilated, so that while almost an eternity is compressed into a moment, infi nite space is traversed more swiftly than by real thoughts. There are numerous illustra tions of this on record. A gentleman dreams that he has enlisted for a soldier, joined his j regiment, deserted, was apprehended, carried I back, tried, condemned to be shot, and at last ! led out for execution. After all the usual pre ! parations, a gun was fired, he awoke with the report, and found that a noise in the adjoining room bad at the same moment produced the dream and awakened him. A friend of Dr. Abercrombie dreamed that he had crossed the Atlantic, and spent a fortnight in England.— In embarking on his return, he fell into the sea, and awaking in the fright fouod that he had uot been asleep ten minutes. " m teg* Why is a milkman like Pharoah's daughter ? Because he takes a little profit ont of the water. 19" It is good to learn from the expe* ience of others.
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