liie 'rii3epeiihqf itOqiiie4q: CIRCULATION, 2112. C. F. RE.4I) . it 11. H. FR AZIER.ENTORS - - - - LOOMIS, CORRESPONIPINV'EDITOR ,11ONTROSE„ SUSQ. CO., PA. • - llrituroday. Decembei 30, ISSN. Notice.—Mr. E. W. FnAzirk is our4rareling agent, authorized to receive sute , criptions, advertise ments, &c.,and to collect nunieys for the ittilrjund as! Reptiierpt. • • • • Npecial Nonce—Ail persons indebted to thii.office, either for job work advertising, on sub; Scriptiem, or otherwise, will confer a great favor on us by payli4 up without further delay.. We prefer that - payments shoul&be made in money, which we nped ; but_we will also take grain or Wood at 'Montrose market prices. Vie 10efleilaerl.rilepttbitieqq FOR Ifi3;_-)9. CIRCULATION OVER TWO THOUSAND! Encouraged by the success which has attended our • efforts to make the RErpitc.as acceptable to the ,people, we shalt. eodetivor during . the coming ye4r , , by devoting additional attention to the • • LITERARY AAVEWS DEPARTIIENTS.S to make it still more deserving of extensive patron age. While giving as much gcncial news as apace enll perMit, we shall specially aito to keep our read -ers well informed on • " • STATE AND LOCAL AFFAIRS. For 'this purpose we at 4 e making efforts to secure, ad ditional correspondents in different quarters, and hope to have 'items of interest prOiaptlY reported to us from all parts of Susquehanna and neighboring counties. Irtzpolities, our paper will earnestly maintain the cause of freedom and the interests 'of free labor, as • lieretokre. - • • : We are under obligations to many warm friends • for the interest they have taken in cstenditig the cir culation of the RErcauco, - and hope that they will continue their aid and encouragement. As it seems veti:ed that our paper is to be a permanent " institu tion," let all who-feel an interest in its prosperity, and the prosperity of the cause itidvocates, lebd its helping hand ; 'for, the more patronage it has_lheiet ter we can afford to make it. The I; dependent Reputlierin is• published every Ttursay„ at- Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pa., by IL IL FRAZIER, at $1,50 a year, in'advance: • - JOB WORK: provided ourselves w-jth a Pow in PIUNTING PFIESP, and STFAM POWER, in addition to our prev.- ious facilities, we an prepared to do all kinds of job cork usually called for at a Country office, promptly, rcatly, And at reasonable rates. Call and see. • •Qffice on Turnpike Street, - nearly opposite Searle's Hotel ; 7,V=' line made arrangements • fot dubbing with a few of the best of themaga zines; at the followingym rates per annum— cash in ay:ince - : ReimWean and Atlantic ,Monthly,.. $3,50. • ": Godey'slady's Book,. 3,50. tt 4‘ Peterson's Magazine,. • " • " Arthur's , Honte d 0.,... 2,75. ,Now is the time of vest to take advantage of these terms: ~ • =I Itgr As our'next paper will be issued af tei the advent'bf ISS(, we take the present occasion; after the good old-fashioned style, to wish our readers, especially the juveniles, a 'happy New-Year." We sincerely,. hope they mill enjoy all manner of innocent hap . pines§ during.the year so near at hand, and thenceforth forever. By the way, Hope is a great blessing ; and it is difficult to see , ho;v we could get along in this world without it. Much has been said and sung, before now, on this subject," which Is a favorite one with the ports. T. K. Hem • ey, writes: "Oh, Rope is like the Cuckoo's song, - • 'Upon•itshigh 110 leafy spar,— , • iiiiard,ererywhefe, though never long, . . And ever fronrafati But then ; the-Cuckoo's song is heard_ _ --- Amid the,blaze of light;, . Hope is like the Nightingale-- , • Site singeth in the night." And this is Tom Moo re's idea: -".The hope, in dreams, of a happier hour, . That alights on misery's brow, ' Springs out of the sfliery almond flower, - That hloollis'on a leafless bough:" Rand - reds of other quotations on the same • subject; from greater pinta, might easily be m!C ... . ade; but we have not time. . - 7 -- far Another of May _Percy's beautiful , . prose poems appears in the. Reim/fig/Tin this 'Week. gar SVe . find in, the "United States Rail road and Mining .Register an article on the relative durability of different. kindaof rail road iron.. The writer thias that a brighter prospect is dawning ;'upon the American Manufacture. of railroad iron T —American rails, such as are made at the Pho:nia and Cambria Works in,tbis State, now \ command ing a preference in the Market over the for eign article wherever the choice is decided by quality. A comparison is instituted be - tweet] the- loss from wear and tear of rail roadiron on the Pennsylvania Railroad-- whose rails were supplied chiefly frit= the • Phmnix Werke—born 1619 to-1857, and on the Baltimorerld Ohio Ilsilroad for the last three cearrc* • -- After slating that the kind of traffic over the two roads - is ninth the same, the. 'writer proceeds to giVe the figures as reported by the two tompanie., and addS:e . . ' ' , • It thus appears that, while on the Penn svlvania*Railroad - from September 1849 to November 11357—but 261 . miles. of . rails were renewedi being, but 5-7 <-100 per oe-ti; of the entire length of main trick and sidings, there were . renewed on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in three - yed, uti miles of track, being 42.94 per t of-the' entire length of track lead sidings, also that; while on the Pennsylvania Railroad the. quantity of rails renewed -was 2,637 tons, being 'intuit ,to one percent per annunr of - th total , tons of tails in ese there were renewed On the 13altimofe and -'Ohio Railroad, in three years, *558 tons, being equal to 13 97 per cent per annum of the total tons-of rail.; in Its*e. Here is matter to hinder and take a les son from. `The Tribune'Atnanne" for 's9,pub ruled bt Horace Greelel* C0.,N.Y., is vut. gar Thet -Stet that some - Tract Societies and Sunday School Unions - have consented, in compliance with the demands of thb slave. holders, to mutilate the text of many pious authors, in publishing iheir-works, - so as to exclude. evcrythinglike.an anti Slavery sen timent, has recently excited muck discussion and animadversion. On - wprkwfavoring the " peculiar institution' a far lesi, rigorous cen sorship *ems to be thought fircesmry. For example, we lately stumbled - upon a little look - entitled, " Life of Bishop Gadsden, of South Carolina ; by John N. Norton, A. M., Rector, of Ascension Church, Frankfort, Ky." . 'This book is published by the General Prot. estant Episcopal Sunday School Unien and Church Book Smiety,762 Broadway,N.Y.and . . its principal object appears to be to impress the minds - of its youthful readers with the idea that tip slave of the South are a well instructed and happy class of beings, whose condition will-compare favorably - With that of _the" poor .wtes". of the North. Cer tainly,tfor a bo ok of 143 small pages, In large type, purporting to be the life of a Bishop, the frequency with which the author litliudes to the favorable circumstances that surround those held in.bondage, h n tl .most Suspicious look. And then, strangely enough, ,he never even-hints that there are any disad -Vantages or deprivations • incident to their .position. We cannot go into .full details, but will give our readers It few specimens of the-manner in which the idea of human slay eri is brought before the impressible minds of children by this brink ; and then everyone may judge fOr himself Whether the work is not intended more for a pr .Slaytract than anything else. 'On pages 79 and st), *e have this: - . " I found the good Ilisho - p elect [Gadsden) just Orsini; his instructions and devotions with his servants. ,Would that all our coon. str - ymen could witness the Christian Caro with 'hich the clergy of the Epittopal Church watch'over the souls Nur these poor people. Woillti that all our' Northeorn poor were as *ell instructed !" On page 102, we find this statement, as cribed to Bishop Chase: " The .black children of R South C a rolina planter„,,know• more of artstihnity than thousands of white !children in Illioois!" On page 104 we have'this example of the benefit of not being able to read : Glennie bas taught theni [the slaves] two o i r three of the selections, which he al ways uses instead of the Psalter; so that they who are unlearned,' unite in the re• 9:incisive services mu 1t Zeller *a many taw ran rend But when the proprietor of `-this well in structed congregation dismissed t cm, a p e - . , culiarlccreinimy was-- - gone -thrt - p h with. I\ which would strike some._ (mot I,gnarant chris ! tians of the North wimps as' not exactly in , keeping with the time and place. It is thu s described: ." As soon rts . the.v 11-eXe ailrnis. , zed, I heard i 1 n lewd tones at the - outer door,' Tom,' ' Ju kpiter," Sally," Venus,' attended generally Iby a response. Oti asking the meaning, 14.. 1 :±.. ' Tucker informed me that he--'rr i taired the overseer to call the roll allot service;sand it an negro faded . to rthswer to his name, who was lint also nn the nurse's sick list fur that day, ho `was cut off from the weekly ttll'att-- :Ince of bacon; Isugar, molasses or tobacco ! I The forfeiture of this Dertfuisite was found "quite sufftclent to insure a punctual, attend -1 ante. The hint - may be taken by our plant ers, who sometimes find reluctance to attend religious services when they have established them on thgr - plantations. Mr. Tucker's plan is a wise one. It attacks the African in his weakest point, and appealsl to, his appe tite for the good of his soul.' . But the writer forgets to. add that, where the slaves maybe inclined to attend church, and the master is opposed - to it, or anxious to save his bacon, sugar, molasses, or tobac. co, he may make the same kind of regula tions to prevent their attendance, and so ap peal to "the African's weakest point," to the loss of his soul:, - We find, on Page 88, the good Ifishop rec ommending that the Slaves be made to com mit to memdry all the responses and orie or more of the Selections of the Psalms," since they are seldom permitted Ao learn to read; lie says: "To enable the colored people to have the full benefit -, of the ample instruction - and de votion contained in the Liturgyof,our church, an early , step, it seems - to me, should be to teach them all the responses. One or more of ,the " Selections of the Psalms" (as -success ful trial has proved) can be committed to memory, 'and also the anthems and chants,so - that whether they are sang or said these peo ple can unite in them." The following " sectional ir hit will be found on page 63 : "Se'Vend country cleriymen officiate four or five times it week in Winter, for:the ben efit of.ethese people, who are popularly con sidered at the North as wholly cut off from -religious privileges.' We beliete the-popular opinion at the North is that the question of whether they shalt enjoy religious privileges depends alto gether too much upon the caprice of their masters. We must content ourselves with one more choit,v, cxtrdct, showing the _author of the work before us in the light of a - politician, a Union-saver. and (strange inconsistency !) an eulogist of John C. Calhoun Commencing on page 124, we read "In .. the Spring of 1850, the good - Bishop was called upon, with thoniands more in South Caioline, to mourn • over the decease of their great statesman, John C. Calhoun, who expireif at Washington on the last day of Mach. .Ths closing speech in the Senate; distinguished by all : Abe strength and origin ality of his gigantic mind, badheen delivered On the 4th of the same month, so that it may almost be considered as - a voice from the tomb. My readers will pardou 4 tne for one short extract, showing-the:importance which he at tached to the Epii‘pal Calirch, as being one of the strongest bond's for preserving th un ion of these States: • " 'The cords that bind the .States together , are not only many, but various in character. ;Some are spiritual'or mlesiastical ; some 1 political f -, 'others .sochtl. . - The strongest of thotie of a spiritual qui ecclesiastical nature consisted ifi the unity of the great religion's -denurninations,all of which originally embrac e() the whole Union. Tbat of the; Episcopal. antral is the only one of the four great Prot estant denominations which remains unbiok • - en and entire.' Washing. "God grunt that the,Qiureti of Washing. ton, and Hamilton ; and Jay, and Pinckney, and- Madison, and Marahall, and -a host of others irholiye.proved themiwies tno tru est friends of their country, may, : even to the end ot time, prove to be a.bond . of union to this great Republic, which no earthly power .can break !" Such are the contents of 'a Sunday School book,,published in New York city, in this year of our Lord one thousand eight • hunilred and 'fifty:eight.! • . " 'lodge's Journal of Finance 'and Bank Report - Cr" is edited and putlished by J. Tyler Ifodgek, 271 Broadway, New York, and,is furnished to subscribers at tEe follow ing rates per annum : weekly, tk2,50 ; semi: monthly, $1,50 ; monthly, , $l,OO. All weekly subscribers will receive "The Genii ine Notes of America" three times \ a year— semi.monthly subscribers, twice a year— monthly subscribers, once a* year—free of charge. oism , For tike ist6pencient j 'A'epubl lean School litters In Wyomil* County. Enrroa Wyoniing gount!z correspondent, in his letter of before last, remarkii, 'the Ire in that county have some curiril. l 4 - notions about the school system, Minty Superintendency,, &c..; From what we know and have heard, we judge so, too. We learn dist Mr. Tewksbory,JSupt. of this ' County,.(SuSq.) examined C. R. Davis, Co, Superintendent of Wyoming, with n view` to hie teaching a school ) this Winter, in Springville,ligusquehanna County.. Now, hits Wyoming no school interests to be attendedito,or what is the matter? Why, upon inquiry, we found, that he was obliged to teach soineitere to get ,his " bread anti butter." Tis is tillieV strange circumstance—a Conety Superintendent of Conimort Schools of one County, teaching a common school in another Comity, and " boarding around," or so we conclude, as it is customary for tenth. ers in this County to " board tteoistid." tan it be-possible that Wyoming is so dead to her own best interests that she will not vict ual and clothe a person for discharging the duties of so important an office. Now, the. acts of a people tire the measure of their greatness. 'Therefore,' as the titilil - of the natural resources of le as well as the elevation of its moral and religious sentiments{ are in direct proportion to its-ed ucational diivelopments, we infer that Wyom ing is deficient in all the essentials of trete greatness.'l We suggest that the people of -W.vntnint come to Susquehanna Ootrat:y, tsrd ''_board around"atiO,lrcottve imbued 'with the zeal and patriotism of our people, and then go home and fertilize their own institutions.— Will 3. 3. 8. try to induce them to come and take a few !lessons ' 1. 3. 1. Fairdale, Susq'3 co., Pa, :Rept)lita The pti:iVettltki ihgtittitude of Bcpublles has hteived a-fresh illustration in ttie regent Pennsylvania elections, to which, at The tnik and of furniAing antitklef otlyAs'ibn to the carping *.thit ok ti4. l .lhatiantic critics, we will vevttWe tlraw attention. , in the fi rst place, be it,remernbered, " the favorite son" of Pennsylvania was hi elected.PlLesident of the fac ed fitttF3', and, although fire penpl'e ';‘,!' !tat state were not quite tr.ll.lit'inous in coming up to the polls to sustainhim, they should nevertheless be sensible of the high honor which Axes *est upon therh, almost egain73; t!ielt• t 0.11.4. Then the President, teaks hitiseif laid them under stil! flMtte obligation:4ll conivring a Cab inet appointment upon another citizen of the State, while he has appointed or retain.d in office an array of foreign ministers of which the old Dominion in her I:slimiest days , d power could not have boasted. We ttn agine with what envy, nittlite, on'a kintharita bleness, the-faithfbi diW.cipies in other States will read 'oil+. the following list of prizes drawn by the , ungrateful, defeated; crushed out, but, after all, lucky Democracy of the Keystone State: James Buchanan, President. -James Black, Attorney General. . G. M. Dallas, Minister to England. J. R. Chandler, Minister to Naples. Mr. Btrckalew, Minister to Ecuador. Mr. Reed, Minister to China. Mr. Clay, Minister to Lima. _ Mr. Jones, Minister to Aust.ria. The reflection that two of the- nbovr gen tlemen, Messrs. Reed tind Chandler, are Old Line Whigs, Will not- go far to soothe the envious growling of the outside Democracy ; but what must be their indignation when they look at the above table of first-class ap pointments side by side with the returns of the recent elections ? •Oh, ungrateful Pennsylvania ! how many foreign missiiihs and other high places will ye demand as the price of your allegi ance 7—National Era. MR. SEITAND I S FATAL HEREBT NOT VRIO INAL.—The following extract from a letter addressed by President Washington to Gen eral Lafayette, In 1798, shows that Senator Seward cannot claim entire originality far the alarmfig doctrines he uttered in him Roth.. ester speech: . ' "I agree with you cordially in your views in regard-to negro slavery. I have Jong con sidered it a most serious evil, both socially and politically, and j bhote4 rejoice in any feasible scheme to rid our States of such a burden.' " TneCongress of 1787 adopted au 6rdin ance which prohibits the existence of involun tary servitude in our northwestern territory forever. I consider it a wise measure. It met with the appioval and assent of nearly every member, of the States more immedi ately interested in slave labor. The prevail! ing opinion in Virginia is against the spread of slavery into the new territories, and. .1 trust we shill have a confederacy of Free States." - The Dred Scott Decision, it is thoit at Washington, settles without a doubt the unconstitutionality of the proposed protecto rate of any Territory Outside of. the territory of the United States. The Court thus states the question : " There is certainly no power given by the Constitution to the Federal Government to establish or maintain colonies bordering on the United States or at a distance, to be rolid and governed at its own pleasure; nor to enlarge its territorial limits in any way, except by the admission of new States." But, what of that ? The Dred Scott deci siotiwas manufactured to order, and when ever the Slavebolders want it reversed, in whole or in part, the job will be done.' THEY SAT."--Where is a decision in the last volume of Gray's Reports, °which is at once.sound morals and good law. A - Woman, sued for slander,, defended on the ground that she only repeated, and without Malice, what was currently reported. The Court held, to repeat s story, which is false and slanderous, no matter how widely it may have been eir, ciliated, is at the peril of the tide bearer.— Slander cannot always be traced to its ori gin. its power of mischief is derived- front repetition, even if a disbelief of the story ac- companies its relation. Indeed, this hall doubtful way of imparting slander, is often the surest method resorted to by the slander er to give ourreney to' his tale. Congressional. SENATI4---WASHINGTON, 'DEC. 23,- , —The Senate was opened with prayer, read by a Catholic priest, who was clothed in the whit e surplice. The usual humber of testimonials were presented.- A message Was received from the Presi dent. its contents have not yet been made known. 'Menden, (Ky.) introduced Alill to regulate the _manner .of election of United States Senators. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Corpins, (Mass.) introduced a bill regulating . the duties on imports, and for other purposta. The bill wits referred to the ComMittee on Ways mid ?Gans. Mr. John Cochrane, (N. Y.) suilmltted a joint resolution, tendering time thimlfs of Can. teas to Captain Samuel C. Read Mt- having designed the ireseht flag of the I:iiited States, ileferted•to the Committee , lm NA• val Attics. On motion of Mr. George Taylor,-(N. Y.) a special Committee of five Meillbers wits dered to bb ititisolbted, to investigate the ac• tolinis of the late Superintendent of Public Printing, with power to send for persons and papers, and to report at any time. Mr. Ritchie (Pa.) and Mr. Morris (Pa) severally made unsuccessful eff4rts .to - intro duce propositions looking to Abe alteration of I the present tariff, with. a view to the estab lishment of protective atutspeciflc duties. Mr. grow (Pa.) asked, but failed to obtain, leave to introduce a bill fixing the annual meeting of Congress l on the second Monday 'in November. Mr. Phillips (Pa.) introdperti a pita testa lotion AUchtiri*irt the president to confer the titfe iit 'captain-in-chief for eminent Naval services. Referred to the Committee on Na val Affairs. On motion of Mr. liOcock (Va.) a, resolu• lion was adopted, calling Upon the Prt.sident to inform the ljouse; WbetilTr any measures hale liVen recently taken to procure a reduc tion of duties, by Foreign Siovenuneuts on American Macco. Mr. Covotie (Pa.) asked leave to introduce a resolution for the appointment of a Co" -, tnittee of flvt ttlemhttw to bled the fatts oI the tha. 6 n ttte rtetl4ctit pr the Bottles ; I. .t 4 .ttliiiiieu in a letter to the President of the Centepniary Committee of Pittsburg, that money had been thrown itlttl Pennsylvania, to influence the state Cohttes sional.election in opposition to his ivlstics, end to report the nam"s or tht bv4 'fiiitoduction of this resolution was-ob jected to amid much laughter, INCRIASE Or POSTAGE.The Postmaster General of the United' etntes b Jh nintiat report, shows that the ciefietetioy hi lliat tte ptittnrat tlit tObtints tO'sever th - fit ill'cins 'di - dollars. To make, the transpo'r tilleh of the tisailsliay for itself, the Post air.tter k3eaeral, aoionr, nthei• ehfiii,gee, tiro posesnicorm rate Of posta ge of tive cents This would nearly &Vole the expense to those engaged in exten sive correspondence, while it would deter many from writing at all, except when neces sity required it. On the vrlol!.,', the ' , ..!et!a l . : ,t . meet woold i fett.tvjae tuts it would gain in teve?tn, il'ua at the same time become odious to those whom it was instituted to serve.— Better abolish the franking system, and cut down the immense sums souqnderetl. and ove i rland re: 'e vl`,!, Vs•l'lich never repaysme:lAm its first cost. Cheap postage has become a necessity to our people, who would now as soon think of doing without newspa pers, as without cheap transportation for their mail Matter, —Burks C?e latelftlaenter. MR Akisb bowls or $186,k/(3 Ai' \Vim toriyin, as our readers Mid*, denied, through the Cincinnati Gazette the story that Senator Pearce,- of Maryland, had won, at one sitting, $lBO,OOO at a cele. orated .g ambling hosuse, in Washington, the principal of which lately deceased. Itscems that Mr. Pearce, on the sth, addressed Mr. Corwin, thanking him for his interference to stop the calumny, in his note, saying " A friend tells me that I am indebted to you fir the cunt radietton of a scandal which I shOuld be very unwilling to haye generally believed, and which, stir gely enough, "got into one of your Ohio papers. I refer to the story of my winning $ff,30,009 at a gambling houseln Washington. You were right in denying the statement. I never lost or won one dollar in any gambling house whatever. I never spoke to Mr. Pendleton in my life, and never was inside any gambling house in Washington-. I look upon such places as the gates of hell, and eschew their' everywhere." Mlssmistertrikanir FOR WAR. --If will be ierliernhered that Jeff. Davis recently coun seled the sovereign State of Mississippi to prepare for war. N'e are indebtd . to the Vicksburg Whig for. he followineinventory of the " eireurnstan • of war" discovered to be on hand. • 4 flint-lock muskets—all rusty, and no breeches to at least twos 1 cannon. 7 bayonets=rusty: with no points. A pile of belts and scabbard but not any swores. 50 cartridge boxes. The Whig adds: "We now have 5 Major Generals, 10 Brigadier Generals anti,oo Colonels, GO Lieu tenant Colonels, GO Majors,. and will snor. have GOO captains, 1200 Lieutenants, 48.00 Sergeants and 4800 'Corporals. We are happy to inform them, however, that we have no privates—the Legislatuie having dispens ed with that useless portion of the aruv." - A FREE NEGRO BUYS HIS BROTHER AND HOLDS HIM AS A SLAVK.—A singular case is before the Campbell County Court, now in session at Alexandria, Ky., in which a free negro sued a firm for the value of services rendered by his brotker as a slave: The plaintiff:Elijah Fields, aged 35, formerly herd in bondage, id , by his industry, pur chased his freedom, and sometime after.bo't his brother, then under age- ElijA.held his brother in servitude, and hired his labor to. others. While in the service of Farris- & Corey, the defendants, the younger Fields died, and the elder instituted suit for r 5, being wages due him, as his brother's owner, for- labor from Farria - di Carey. STRANGE CONDh7.—A young man named James Wright was arrested by Lieut., Ber nard, in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the charge of disorderly .conduct. It seems that he is ip the habit of passing _himself off as a woman dressed in men's clothei. He has a profu sion of long, black hair, which he arranges so as to look like ladies' hair turned under.— lie then paints his cheeks and lips, arranges his azillar,and bosorp in a suspicious manner, and starts out. He has been •follnwing this—practice for. several years, and has obtained a gait ,which would be readily taken for that of a' lady. • -7 Thus equipped he mill enter- a drinking sa loon, set in a manner calculated' to attract attention, and the suspicion will be readily excited that he is a woman in male attire.— For several evenings past he has:Attracted much attention in the vicinity of the Nation. al Theatre. He even deceived some of the policemen, Who arrested him a night or two ago for a female, and afterviards discharged Webster's trnabridreallgagterDiethiniy: - It is hardly worth While, at .thei present day, totall the attention of the reader to a work. which is known wherever the English language is spoken, and ilt4 -So well that, perhar 8, only Shakespeare and the Dible;are at present snore frequently referred t 0..: 414 it is worth recalling that this 'book, Which Is known to all scholars. mil estn,hti-hing Nineteenth Century Fstandard• of the. English language, is at present published iwPhiladet- I phia, and 11-a Philadelphia house r —we r ! May . I say by the first and.most extensive book-sell fing house in The United States, that of J. 'l3. Lippincott &Q. It iS at length . appropriate• ly placed in a city where English spoken far more correctly than in any oth % er part of the Union. If there are any among our readers who do hot ,possess Welmter's Dictionary ittArldg ed, or who have friends in the same mournful predicament, we recommend them, by . ,all, means, to treat themselves, or their friends,to a copy, as a Christinas girt, To hate themeans means at hand. of aecul'ately treferminitig, the meaning and orthography of every word is no trifling matter. Good spelling is as ehas ,neterisfie a sign of the gentleman or lady as politeness. In Old, times it was homo nosci tar a soclis," a man is known by his com- ! panions ;" now•n-days we can .tell better by 'I his spelling. There are thousand, to• whom such a present would be the most valuable ' I-gift imaginable, and to all who would gratiry, them, we again commend the propriety of ob-, mining it from Lippincott &-Co.,=Philadel phia littllitin, ARRIVAL. OF GENERAL SCOIT eitAnt.r.s. A'Venfog ketb,t, of the igth, says : The Lieutenant-General and suite arrived in the steamship Marion; from New York, at 3 o'clock, this morning. He 'was met by Major Gaillard, 'of the Brigade staff; with a communication from Gem criOshanic, tendcting hilti the hoApitallly or the - Brigade, Which he accepted. committee of the Washington Light Infantry were in attend. ance, with a communication explaining their position, and giving , away and conforming to the - Brigade arrangement. He proceeded at once in the carriage proVided illtri,'esboil ta by Major tia'llard, tri lite quarters urn. Vhjeti tit the Charipon.. ' • • hotel. The A enerable hero is in good,health and spirits, and ii - en Key . Wet, n 01.., ivatitt—ott fitiijidi,:y and heiPtb. t Q w-. At 1 4 o'clock this ['mention tie '3isited ,ort ou *'dgarrison; an returns :rt 21 p. receive the military etiquette of a visit ft•om the commissioned officers of the Brigade. On his -appearance, in full uniform, to take his carriage for the Sullivan Island boat, accompaniedby- Col onel Gardener and otha offieerl .r post.. he *4:4eee!eil cheering by "..a 'en:4d brk ; „ itiiens. til4 salute of fifteen guns rroin artillerjr-, tile ninulier appiiikiate to his rank, will b'e tired at :IA p, tn. Ile yitl dine and f3rihadier. enerals (Ind Field tbice4s, the acting Major and a tew distinguished civilians. Ile will leave to-morrow morning at ti o'clock in,the steam ship Isabel. • , - TuAr's So.—An e3ehini 4 e ?.t1;.7.4 ttiat the b,cMl,'.-:s 4 .tit 16-(ii of A printing office is not the place to tell long stories or argue points of mettiphySics. A printing office is like -a school"; it can have no interlopers, „hangers on or twaddlers'w;itheet e. 7.ermus inconven , int , .', `. ii silt' nothing of the loss_ of time, "which is just as good as gold' to the printer. What should be thought of a man who .wo'd enter a school and twaddle first with the ' teacher and then with the scholars—interrupt s ini the discipline of one and the Studies of the ottiq I And yet tho Is tke pf.ease er i Fitt nr tlie tonv.efs with the course of business --a. distracts the great attention which - is necessary to the good .printer.' No gentle nian will ever enter it and presume to act the loafer. He will feel above it, for no real man sacrifices the interests, or interfere; with both. Le the ties of . others.'• The loafer does j him think, if he never has, that . the last pl ce he should ever insinuate his worthic . and tinwercome presence is the printing Alec. ' CARRYING WiIEAT m 11.AILROAQ.-A new feature •has been introduced into railroading recently, that of carrying wheat through to New York, end is &ight tn be of-some ini partanee. The Cleveland and Toledo Road has agreed, we understand, to take wheat in bins or barrels from Toledo to New York at 5'2 cents per 100 lbs., and to intermediate points in the State of New York at propor tionate rate?. Some parcels lave already gone forward, and with satisfactory results. The four •.E:t4 and West lines have agreed to put wheat in bags or barrels at the same rate as flour, calling 210 lbs. a barrel. The movement was inaugurated, we believe, by the Pittsburgh. Fort Wayne, and Chicago Road, as we saw a notice .of the arrival of a lot of wheat at tS'ew _Fork, which was shipped over that road from Chicago, before A e- , heard the subject mehtloned in any other quarter. For transporting such qualities-of wheat as are in demand by the eastern mill ers, this arrangement may prove advantage ous.—Chicago- Tribune. Q r NEW AMERICAN CIiCLOP.ERIA, by D. Appleton & Co. The 4 Vol. is received. "Take it all in all=for the strict purposes of a Cycloptedla 1 for a clear _ survey of all the departments of human knowledge; for embracing every important-topic in this vast range; fur lucid and orderly treatment; for statements condensed, yet clear ; for its port able size—not being too large nor Goo ; for convenience of relcience, and for practi cal utility, especially to American readers, it is incomparably the best work in the Eng lish language.—N. Y. Erragelist. Music nv Et.uertuctTy.A curious exper iment of making music by electircity, was recently tried at one of the theatres at Perth, by an Hungarian 'named Hamel. Five pi anos were placed in view; of the audience, and the, electric battery beingtuly dispoied of in an adjoining room, Mr. Hanlel seated himself at one of the pianos, connecting The' others•with the one on which he was They were brought into communication with this one, and immediately, to the great ex citement of the spectators, the keys of the other finir pianos were seen to move in ex act unison with the one at which the musician was seated, every note being .produced sim ultaneously, and with perfect clearness and precision, by each instrument. was as though a single instrument of five-fold power were being played upon, and the audience were so enchanted with the success of this most- remarkable experiment thtit, their shouts of applause alinost drowned tiro the 'possibility, therefore, of' p per former being heard at once, at any and every point of the earth's surface with which he can bring himself into electric rapport, is as certained to b - e, no longer a dream, but is demonstrated as perfectly feasible—if the re port of Mr. Hamel's success be reliable. pr Mr. R. 11. ltippwrites from Hainp den, Wis., to the Spiritual Telegeaph, That the spirits have broken his lutbit_of (thawing tobacco ; . that on a certain occasion he was riding across the prairies alone, when- bis quid Of tobacco was taken out of his mouth by the iovit Wes, and his mouth made to taste like copperas; and that he bas.neVer.heert able to lake a quid since. AnAbridgmenof*News: 44, liossiit)i ins lately turned 4 in Scot land, on a lecturing tour. , .i...,fpn gr ess.r//djooned from, Pe , ceintiqr.2B4lo Jattliati. - 4tb, for Ott , holiliaSS.. 'oveeo - pe hatilira4 ati::fif; t§ , ,Yotingltetes Christian. Aastiaitttibtrs in the United StitteS,,l4viitg an aggregatodetn ber4 of about 20,000. . I Tha ,Mitintes of tlie. Pennsyl vania Baptist Convention repoit 37,000 members. , - an increase of 8000 the pail. . Mr. Keitt deelinetca renomination to. -the House of-Representittives from his Dis , trict in South C;ar9tina. . i The lAtrilue irraneb has tirrived at Alexandria, Va.,,with 800 tons of foreign iron for the Manassas Gap Railroad. The Tiogp Agitator is opt for John FremontC. Preont fqr Pilesideitt,,and David Wil ►not, foi• Vice Preltident. Thity wthild make g dod ticket. .:.. Two physicians who attended Mr. Montgomery after the assault made - upon hiM by English, publish a certificate stating that the wound on the bead of Montgomery shows conclusively that he was truck Prom behinL It seems.to be the general impression that Congress will do little. htit talk filiritm the present essinn.. An occaalonal knock dow•n may come itcto vary and enliVen the performance:: A White peer, kilted soinewhere up Loyalsoek eteeiti,was an.ohJed df considera ble interest, iu Williameport, ott last NWd nesday afternoon. 16-was forwarded to Gov. Packer.—Gazelle. ....The State canvassers' of Now. York hax''e decided to refuse cert , i(lcates of election to sit. iecentij% elected from New York city, because the returns read Vit. " Enciphers of Congress," instead of " Retre: i sentativel n congress. 4 .... For the - consolation of those who travel on.nvilroails, it. is,statcl Obit the elhtne. es Of :1 pas§bhiSei• ;xi Mlled iiifilthed on tht liars are as only one in favn' m il t:..- ~.,s against it Asa .reneral thing the less a man , reads, the more loquacious he Is. Put a doten igmoratiinses It both and tlie"y , ' , will wean ( e i fight aPoet this; t iona ty Infoitnation was received at Wash ing,fon, December 22d, which imports that the Spanish Commander of thellect ofF•Tanrt Pico had declared that war exists- between Spain and Mexico, and Oat - a Elpiatiisklaud forth tl;tiuld sotin aFriVe there. 4 . jttlti-t1 asseft, oh the . antliority of M. .Lesieps's friends, that, lie has obtained subscriptions in . 'lltiee atone for the *hole of the gB,imitOti ,requisite for tie cutting canal through the isthmus of Suet.. The as sertion, ho*ecer, is not generally. credited. .... The congregation of tees: Mr. Baker, of North Adams, .Mass., designed giving him a surprise party on .11rollda3r; fanner deacon " let the cat at o f the bag," by - call ing around iith,a bushel of corn, remaring to the dominie_that he would not be able. to be present at the "surprise part:t, - " oh 'Mon"- day. in Cincinnati the other day, a Wis esinsin cranberry dealer who wished . to 'get a check cashed, lint had no ' one to vouch for his identity, exhibited his name inscribed up. on that classic garment, his shirt, .whereupon the banker was satisfled.and paid over the money, and Wisconsin tt'ent till lii ttay . Some of the Vermont papers argue that the steam engine under the Chamber of licpresentatives,in the new - State House, lia ble to blow up at any moinefit,will induae the legislators to act more conscientiously than they would in a safe place. " The Mexican and Central American Colonization- Association" is, th'e name of a secret society, which, " they say," is extend. ing rapidly ihroughout-the different cities of the Union—fur, what purpose may easily he • imagined. "They say," also, that mail of its members are very vrealthy, which is not a bad vi•ay to induce poor adventurers to er.- gage in any scheme of filibitsterism thiit may be started. .... The Cincinnati Times says the' coke ovens attached to the. foundries of that city are choice spots; Where river loafers, who spend-all their money for whiskey, and beg or steal their food, resort to sleep in the cold wintry nights. These ovens soled, out from the foundry, arc always hot, and every, cold night, hundreds of these men sleep on the ground, close to the ovens. .... The-Augusta (Ga.) Sentinel learns from reliable authority r. that about two hund red and seventy of the wild Africans, a por tion of the cargo of-the Wanderer, are now on a plantation in South Cantina, on the Sa vannalNlver, having been brought there two days ago on hoard a steamboat from some point near Savannah, and will soon be offered for sale. Sales have already been tozde of some of the cargo • In the U. S. Senate ; DeCember 22d, Messrs. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, and Sew ard, of New York, presented numerous peti tions signed by large numbers of citizens of nearly every county in Pennsylvania, asking for the passage.of nbilt fur the proteetitm American industry. •• • . Marseilles,, France, ,one hundred electric clocks have been placed M. - various parts of the city and on the street lamps, so that the hours may be known from them.by nighi, as well as day. Such clocks have been on the street lamps-in the city of Ghent,'Bel• gium, for some years \ - , . The Hon. Win. H. , English publish es a statement to the Effect that his collision with Montgomery was cu his part vciadly .unpreMeditated and withoutenalice—an im pulse hissed upon an iinewected and .unpro voked indignity.'lle does nut deny the-details of the transaction as established by the wit nesses, nor does he give any particulars or produce any testimony. . ...A meeting of the Chinese sngar;cane growers of Winnebago county, Illinois, was held at Rockford, on the sth instant, when a large numbee of samples bt• sugar and syrup were offered, comprising n variety ofgrades, some of which were - reporled as very Two hundred gallons of, molasses to the acre of cane was" mentioned as a fair crop. The cane.has been.listensively. cultivated in nois the past season, mid from facts tit .hand, says the Rockford Republican, itois Shown that "Ityrup,and sugar, are destined to.. dome as staple articles of production of. this State as whent.'l .... Doctor Hayes. in his addresi before the Geographical Society of - New. York, on Thursday evening; read a letter frtim PrO fessor Agassiz, in relation to the Open' Polar sea, in which that genthinan argued the ex istence of euch-ti sea,-.from the organization and habits lit whales, which, being warm. .blooded, air.breathitig creatures, must` come to the surface to breathe; and,.therefore; as during the winter they,are.tiot found to the south of the ice-belt of the Arctic sea, it nec essarily, results 'that the whole extent cf the Arctic sea is not covered witty ice in the win ter. The discovery of the open Polar sea he regards as most important to, the interests of the whale fishery. . • • '.••••',- Ittnitilritr a tbir . - ...IBMGIIIIIIE-IMPIIIPANY, . • 1 41 61 " 0 *) ir t. - 4 7! Are hrebypbtlfied to tocet.al their togloe 11 01 ,, tin gatprfiey,•itazatiary . Jef f dt r. 4 o l eibck, E. C. koitimAN, Forum'', L. L: Llcoss, Seerthrry. Election! Election!—The Sionlrn , er i , tointtany. No. 2, will hold tlaiir:mni•annual vlectiq t. Monday, Jan. 3, 18.1. at the Engine Mouse. J. P. IV. RILEY; Forew,,,. S. M. WiLsos, &K.:h.:Olt - s - int,* thd Induie.,enee of otir ltnnorair We min.:lller our House unsafe, anti regret exeCtqi n .: ly this unexpected native. iVe cannot invite th-: tuparticipdie with us at the risk of life. B order Of the Cotpa;:r.. ... Cillid.--We desire td present our acknorrlte, v . melds lb our numerous friends for their kind: ri•:„f the 2xil, and especially for the very lit etat•spiii i 1 ,, wbich they were actuated imthe bestowment olio i ,„;., ny, and such real evidences of friendship and m ,j . al,. :, . . • • . „, I.4u'elt ehireisittsf triminctii - !'volt. t°itte_. 1 •4 ~ bright splits iti 1 e life and experience of the :'errs;- ; of God. We shill cherish, in future life, the realo w bounce of those dear friends, and Phil Strive more emphatically to confide in the promise,,t'.-That eT t . rone that forsaketh houses or bands, ather or Ilif: ther, t brothers or sisters for my, n.ame's sake, slrd,i, t ; ccive an hundred ffild imitii.s. MO; ant! in tiA ;il)t`,•: 'c come life ererfastito , ' I • B. I. P.Nt'o,py e-4 , Ili; if: EMORY. . ,Illsgstra.l.Conrentioipt.4ke secpwi 4 4 , np 11 Mnsibd Clo t rivention of the BroOklyn,Awsocio o , Will be held at.prdoltlyn i bbotinenbint, 1:,„,: ativ ; bee. 28, 1858,. to contimm. rokr.liaga. bit Friday evening with ,a.GRANDCONCERT. TF; whole eottdoctekby L. W. Calm, aSAisted by F.. Fun l'erkimi, Pianist, late.of.Tcpy.,N.:Y r T i he wed will he the and, - the " Fivtivel ek, The " Dice fi nks"klll tis fi s tniiilio the class and raft be tit-chased at the whOlesalepno l , Tickets for the whole course, Gentlemen, .50 cow" Ladies 25 cents. Admittance to concert. 20 cn t ,. , Tickets to be had at McKenzie k Fl. dridAe's store. ("ms/Ha/c.c.—E. McKenzie, I. R. Timksbury, t'. • - Notice:—The Stisonehanna is Medical Society will meet in Montrose, at the boui. of L. Searle. on Wednesday, the r.th day of Jnntran. at 10 olclock, a.- m. All Regular Prnetioners ieine are respectful)). inyitml to att e nd. • ft 7. DXSiOCR: Slip Notice.— Tl Qu- - ' • -. • • , in MC rreSliyt,ljaz uturclt, in Montrose, will be, rented for the nv 1859, on Friday, Dee. 31, 1858, atone --- .., several jieligiosts N4ttice r -The gnstinehianniF„ta. sjtichitlitn li i riiVersaligna ibrll 41d 6 , tOnferciii•e a. h,titi•day,-.1/cE•critlatti and nOth, br. 'ri has conszented to he present,.and deliver al e . tore on " Oberlin," his life and character, on Thar, day evening, the 30th, in Nicole haft. • A. 0. WARREN-, Standing Clerk. MONTROSE PRICES CURRENT. itti.t - to.ii:lk - - • Aye ... .. Corn, Id bushel, : . uekevllbat- ••• •• l ad 6 i titisno ; , • ,• !leans; white, bUshel; . rotatoe:4; bt);4l,.' • Wlient flecitr, V .; . . . I.ye flour, iniretl, Corn Meal, V lithoireli; Fork, V lb • • • •• • • • resseit, Ilgs, ard, 0.) flutter, it., . . kggs, 14 doz. RILES AGENT FOR Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing Machig TIIE BEST IN USE. MAKES 1 STICK THE SAME ON BOTH AND TIIAT WHICH CANNOT It . 14:i• prslet. ttsx !int 'it Lfof.'S Seri r93lttr ' rotwen ! rl ll „ . • e,c!potot. kdaglite moree EtW YORK ENASGELIST. Montrose, Dec. 29, 1099.—tr. GROVER & BAKER'S FAMILY SEWING MACHINE, 495 Broadwity.'lliew York: 15 Summer Street, Boston.. 730 Chestnut Street,Pkil. ' 137 Baltimore St., Baltimore. 5S - West 4th St., Clueinnati. . A New Style.--Prioe $5O, Tit IS 111.9 C lint .s•C`WArSOIII f rig Siwoli4k purchased from are, reonithig no rnelmling oftbread : It Ilemr, rear. Gathers. or. Stiches_in a superior style. finishing each seam tor its own mom, without recourse to the Mambnredle. as is relnired by other chines. It will do better and cheaper seseing than a seamstress even if she works for one cent in hour. ligin rya • l'iscriAL si t'. B. CH ANDLER, Agent. lIONTROSE., Dacember Dr.Wisiarlsirl lsa of Wild Cherry. —Where the above pmts on in In known, It is eo well e.t,1414.0f an Infallible Remedy for the core of - Corona. C01d... Sofia Tfluctf , llosanaNnwc, linon6ttrta, intim:to or I.lhoon.Pann it TIM Pawn. c law P. NV 'mom° t'orlon and everYionn of.f . CLMON.A RYON 'FLA I NT,t hat it were a shirk of ftuporrogstion to speak of itimunc Dincoveryd by a well known phynician ,niore than twenty Try. nthee. it. ha , try the wonderful cures It hag affected been intro :d appreciating in public favor. Until it. use and lt. reputation nea=t' untremi ; and It it now knoun and chetinted AY all (and theirtat. feghay) who have brim met and to health by ft. use as the fine R ry Eby for mil the .11.ceaws which It prole.w to one. Sir James Clark. physician to Quyen Victoria. han elven its.... opinion that f PTION I'AX ICE Cl' RED! The 'echoic bLdory Of thla3tedlcine fully continua the °phial that eminent man. Thonsuuts nut testirj, .and bare T....tilted Os when all other remedies had Wed. thin has completely . eared; te when life sufferer h a d well 'Mat densalred,thia ]tn. ofrCrded I fune' r es ate relief; that when the Of ski= had protstutrwed the dlwas.f; climble. this has renewed It entlror. The vlrtuen of this Da tfflandre 10ikt applkable to. core a ..T.44 . I. , f'ohl or a Confirmed (bown.mtption, and ita power as a safe. ten, 'needy, pleas a nt. and effectual remedy camas be e /tri lled [97"Fumha.ne none unless it ham the written -.1:111 - 17.1:" on the wrapper. an well as the printed trans. att. proprietors; Dr, if istar's Balsam of Wild Cherry. The immenneltaleof this prctrustion in the beg ptpof of the o . " matron in which .n is held tee the :public. - For the cure of Coughs COW, Whooping Cough. Croup, Rrroa st a nd Njmtnnry Affecti.nmaittl all Morose.. of the Thr stand including flowoun ptiou. It efelflowy. is Istnnishink and it. v . ,.br timable. The ONLY genuine hmthe written signatnee of "1 111. * Ti. at welt an the printed name of the Proprietor on the outer wr.tie , • SETII W. FOWLE & (.:o,Troprietork Donn. An wyrs.-..ac TIEL TtItRF.J.L. Montroie„ W3l. WARP. 'in 31lIfonl .1. T. (tAltl.lsl.E. nicest Bend.G. Wihnißt FF. lta . nek, DR. J. C. POISTEAD, Dundaff. EATON (t MON.IX.T.tIr ford. Septemberl4lB:4-rlew er • MARRIED. In Brooklyn, Oct..' 8, 1858, by Bey. J. F. Mr. IscaZASlt DrAillfrr, and MISS POUT Mant4 DrsiS both of Brooklyn., Sus]. Co., Pa. ' , To Lathrop, Oct. 9,Bth, by the same, Mr. GEOEGL ANET and Miss Emits )".IsvisoN, both of Lathrop: In Brooklyn, on the Ist inst., by the Same, Mg. Citseas A. Ott.vs, of Springville, and Mi.s ELIO Daviso, of Lathrop. • At the same place, and time, by the same, Mr. Jgg ' , ROSIE DAVISON, Of Lathrop, nad miss Loam. 1 1 Git.r.s, of Brooklyn. . In Brooklyn, on the 15th inst'., by the same. litasx K. VET:O3ION, and Miss Mum my L. i . v f. both of Brooklyn. I In Di•nock, on tha 21st inst., by Rev.,,A.- 0. Wilms. Mr. WM. BGYY►.r.L, of Bridgewater, and Miss art J. MAIND, of Dimock.' • In Mount Pleasant, iVnyue Co., on the 251 Um. by the same, Mr. II watt K. Stott; of Preston,. Lad Miss ficirs C. Musa, of the former place. Li South Gibson; on thelritit Wet, by Rev. S. Hinge, Ur; CUARLES Ileums; and Miss H. A. F.:" wAttbs,loth of South Gibson, • • Regliter's' - notice. Yti BUC NOTICE is hereby given to all persvi concerned in the following Estates, to wlt: • Estate of Faxttrntea••PlCKKßlNG; late of tiu.4l o henna, Frances Pickering, •ilthnintifiatri.r. Estate of D. EILACEINGros;•Iatu of Gibson, Llama Blaekiugton,..4dministiator.. Estate of LUKE sit Diumk, r:' bane Smith; Ailniinistrator.' Estate of S. S. 111filiarti late; of Auburn, J• F- Ilibbard,4ldministrasur. - . - • E ' t.ltu of ' 1 •• 11 SiimmOot, late of4ush, 11. J Champion; Administrator. .• . • Estate of L. Cooc t ime '6l Merrick, John Suliki, Athignixtrativ. •• • . iaa ' Estate of Jonsi Loan, late of Lathrop, John r., 4thatinistrat6e., Estate'of ELIZABETH GREENWOOD, late of Win. krt.eutor. Estate or JAIMS, TKATIS, 'late O niberlyi S. Iv' Truesdell and Johanna TraviS,'Eireenterf. - That the accountants have settled. their accort3 in the Register 011iee in and for the county of tqi ,- queliatLua; and that the same will ho presented to the Judges of. the Orphans Court of said counts, to Friday, den. 28th; 1859, for 'confirmation and Jot- Mtee. • CIIARLESIEALE, terllistrr. Register's Office, Montrose, t • istss. • to • 62i c?. ' C.2i. , '47 • • J tt3. . ... 31d cr•. • •$,G,00 4;00 'TT ;,50 ... 4,54 A 1.7: .1. 10 12jhl (t, GI cent‘. 1:11 cts ...:18 4 2 - 8 e.;,. 'CELEBRATED
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