Post Office itobbery—lftuicality and Elopement of a married maul For,some time past suspicion has rested in the minds of the people residing in the vicini ty of Richmond, 'in this County, that there waszsomething rotten in the magagement of the Post-Office atthat place. Several letters that had been mailed there, containing mon ,ey, never reached itheir place of destination, and others, that , did leach the persans to whom they were addressed, bore evidences of having been - *fled and re-sealed. Sever al weeks ago, a young man by the name of Smith, in the employ of the Post-Master, and who some times had the charge of the mails, flourished several 'sloo bills about the village and as his wages I were not ,strffiefently high to enable him to support his family and lay • by money, he was at once suspected of being the theif. These ,suspicions soon reached his ears, when he made secret arrangements to leave for a parts unknown."-, Telling his 'wife he was obliged-to be absent for a day or.two he went over to Plainfield township and in . dueed a young girl, to whom he had been paying his addresses for some time; - to run away with him, and the pair left, it is thought, for the West. We understand that Smith wrote back from some point on the Pennsyl vania Central Railroad, confessing that" ho had robbed the mail, and saying that there was .no use in any one following him as he could never be caught. It is to be hoped. that the scoundrel will be disappointed in his expectations and! that he will 'be captured and punished as his villany deserves. The young lady who eloped I with hint was of re spectable family and bore a good reputation. A GCeat Speech. Hooper, of the. Montgomery (Ala.) Mail, gives the following report of the greatest speech ever ,• . A fellow was indicted up in the old Ninth, when Toni G-'--t . was solicitor, for gainbling, 'to wit!: playing . "short cards"' at a certain locality ithown as Fro; LeVel. Col. defended ',him, arid contended before .a jury :that though the State's evidence tended to show that his client with a bottle of ,liquor in his Pocket, accompanied by the crowd who it was shown, did actually play, yet it never did with absolute certainty lo cate him as one of the player. Said he by way' of - peroration : . "GentlemeA of ithe Jury : The witness has told you that Peter Wyatts was: thar, and - a plavin'—for he noticed his hand and it was a full on Queens. -• . • 'l 4 Harry Snow ‘cias thar, and he was a play in,''for he hilt two; little" par. William Upson was than, and he played, 'cause witness noticed in particular that •be bad nothin' but an ace. "Bill Connor was•thar and he played, gen tlemen, for he had_ the bully hand—four high heeled 3acksi. "But, gentlemen, when I came to ask him about Abraham Pitkin—my client's • hand, what did he say,' gentlemen Why, noth. in', gentlemen, *except if Abe hilt any • hands be clisseniembered What was in it. And now, gentlemen of the !jury, because cliout was seen going down to FrogLavel - with a bottle of liquor in his pocket, and the witness can't remember. if he hilt any hand at all, when bully hands were out, and him the best player .in the ctoWil—is that—l say, gentle men of the jury; that any reason that my client was guilty of the crime of Gambling?" It is almost needless to say that the jury saw the non sequitur and acquitted the _de fendant. • j -- Thenomination of Hon. Arnold Plum mer is well received by the party in all parts of the State. The Democratic Herald of But- ler says: . -4 ' It is With plea Sure that we raise the name of the lion. ARNOLD PLUMMER, of Venango county, t 134, antidicinto "far the.responsible post of Canal Com Missioner. A more proper selection could not have been made. The hest men,.in these flays, should be sought out to fill, -net, • only the - best offices, but all the offices. And Ito* when there is great dan ger of the people loosing entirely the control of the public works, with little prospect of Our State debt being materially reduced,. or 'out tares for State purposes" diminished, it .was peculiarly proper that a man like Mi. Plummer should be nominated. The posi tion of affairs demands such men. We have every assurance, from his character, that, un der his management of the public works, eve ry. dollar possible will be saved to the honest tar-payers of the State." . • BAnNrm's Lkst.—A correspondent of th Philadelphia Ledger, writing from New York, gives the following ns Barnnm's last. He says :" "An eminent plibli?hing house in Paris is engaged in issuing a series' of the most distinffuished female beauties .in the , world. which when'completed, is to include ten of the handsomest ladies in 'the. United States, andthese Barnum has undertaken to en gac , order to. stimulate competition, be offers 8500 ,in premiums, ranging from 81000 down to 8150, to be di , tributed; according to the different degrees of beauty. Ladies ac= cordingly are requested to send in their da guerreotypes toithe Museum. None will be receivediater than the 14th- of October. . The judge of the "best looking are to ,be the people at large." Each visitor is to mark on a Slip of paper the particular number, cor responding with that of his ahOice, and depos it it in a.ballot boi at the door.. The result is to be announced on the 15th of - Septem ber. - Single and married women alike may coin pete, but none below "sweet ,sixteen" are -to enter the lists.. $o limit to ancient maiden hood is specified. 1- When the show in Public is over, artists.areito be employe'd to paint full sized portraits of the premium beauties. great, - great is the humbug, and Barnum is 1 - its profit. • inf A clergyman, happenir to pass "a boy' Weeping bitterly. halted antrasked" what is the matter, my little fellow i" The boy replied: , “ Before, we could hardly get enough to eat, of anything, and now; there's another one come." - " Hush thy mourning, and wipe off those eves," said the elerg,yman, "and remember that He never sends mouths without He sends victuals to put in them." 8 0 ".I know that," , said the y, " but then He 'sends all the 'mouths to, our house, an I the victuals to your hia,u it "John? said a master to his heatrap prentiee, as he was about starting off on a abort journey," you must occupy my placer, while I am goatC - "Thank you, 81r" demurelyreplied John "but I'd rather seep with the boys." 'Never marry forafortune. We over heard a poor unfortunate get the following sock-dolager, the other, from his better -half: days " You good-for tithing fellow !" said she, " what would you h ve been had I not mar ried you ? Whose was the baking kiver, whoss7tbe pig-trough, whose ,the frpag-pau, aid the iron-kooped bucket, but :ulna, when you married me? • I - .D,To,ttir. c r.,l ; -,g!' c! io,tr.lit. . . LARGEST CIRCULATION IN 19:MINERS P110,4',L B. 11 CHASE' & J. B. Me.COLLUM, Emma& ALV IN D AY, IPublisber. Montrose, Thursday, July 20, 11155. Wanted A trusty Irish girl who can all kinds of house work. Such an' one, find good ui wages and permanent emp l .oyment.Enq re at this office. "Both branches of the Kinsaslegisla- _ ture met at Westport on the 16th inst.. The Governor and all the U. S. TerritOrial officers were present. • I L'a"'We haye received a third commnii cation:or rather criticism on the Harford exhibition, which we shall decline publishing, because we think it of too personal and vin dictive a character. The communication is full of close bits, and is well, written, bat we cannot give it a plaee - in our columns for , the reason stated above. Basides,. t should; we give the article referredlo, a place in our pa= 7 per, it would occasion innumerable, replies; and, we are of opinion that, our readers would not be materially benefitted byte discussion, as the subject is oflittle interesko them. Ifln another' place we copy - an article from a California paper on Know-Nothing t Exposures, in which allusion is made } to the exposure of Mr. Watson, of this connty. It is an 'able article, and will pay a Careful reading. jfarllr."Ohed,ah Green,,,well ktiown in this county, is "confident he has killed or trightened away the wevil from three .acres of wheat, belongl;ng to Mrs. Williaras," near Auburn Corners, by firing five heavy rounds from a gun around it. He says it wasralive) with them when be did so, and in a day they all disappeared. 'lf this be so' it is Worth looking after; but we think thethun6r, for a week fast, would give them general start if anything like heavy explosions will do it. Mark Thera! The "(kirk lantern gentry ; " of Montrose are chuckling- over the idea that the democrats will not he able to control their County Gin ventiort this Fall, for say these gentlemen, " you can't keep the Know-Nothings out."— We doubt not that a majority of these " wor kers of iniquity" are sufficiently- depraved to treacherously steal into the convention, pro vided theyitan get an opportunity. But, we are sutprifed that they should gloat over their superior advantages in the line of ras cality, and intimate, thus openly their inten tion tp commit an act destitute of manlitiess and indicative of the loyest depravity. Will a party that boasts of its 'capacity to cheat men out of their votes, be likely to look after and protect the interests of the Protestant church l • Will Nativism, 'or Protestantisin be benefitted Materially by this cheating pro cess It is evident that Know 7 Nothing,ism educates its discijles into .a state of immoral ify, else how. could they; unblushingly pro: claim their deterMination, to steal into their neighbor's lionso, and .rob him—not of his hard carmings—*t. of his right to vote un derstandingly, fdf , the principles: that are dear to him! Tile miserable creature that would crawl into a Convention a the party he was secretly Sworn to 'oppose, and ; labor for the_nomination of someone of his politi cal associatesocould sink so low in the esti mation of all hotie l st men that contempt could never reach Min. But it is the duty and should be the. aim of Democracy to'save these politicalfrom the infamy in to which they would voluntarily plunge, by taking measures tb keep them out of the con vention. This can be easily done, and we urge upon our democratic friends, in the dif ferent'townships, the necessity of, attending the' delegate elections and' guarding against all attempts at_fraild. Be vigilant in detect ing, determined. in opOsing all efforts to cheat the party 'ckit •of reliable democratic delegata to its Convention. It is not enough that a man has acted with the party at some period ; lieniusthe known to adhere to its cardinal principles, before he -is pertnit ted to participate lin the election of its dele gate-s. There are doubtless many who, not withstanding the desertion of their party, will at'empt to exercise a privilege at -the Dele gate election-, that! belongs to the faithful and - true-hearted alone. We isay to our demo cratic friends " mark - then{Look out for frauds!" . 44 in Union there is Strength. We have watched with no little interest, the rise and progress of n.now Nothingiszn in this country.:We have tried to make our selves familiar with the causes.of its growth and des4lopment, and have from-time co time, laid before our readers the opinions we hold on the subject. `We 'are satisfied that the 'principles of the order, are odious to a vast Majority of out citizens. In this community they cannot be otherwise,, for , no intelligent man can he found to openly And fearlessly 'defend them. The order obtained its preient power, not through any meritsof its own, but threugh the disorganization and 'want of harmony in the democratic pitrey. In this I corner of-the State, it has been the aim of the opposition to keep its principles out of sight, and by sailing under-false colors "to retain its stolen power."' It is impossible for our opponents to pursue this unmanly course lon ger. They • Inive indorsed the prosCri ptive platform of the Reading council ; they, have_ signified their determination 'to 'go into the I contest, and fight to proscribe men for their religious opinions, --to have "no Man vote who was not born on our soll"—rto sustain the doctrine of " taxation without representation." To this platform the Republicati is pledged ' and if it has sufficient courage to, adhere to principles it was base enough to indorse, it \will abandon its practice of misrepresenting and falsifying, and battle boldly Icir the cause it has hitherto sustained in a treacherous and cowardly way.* Let every mati i 4 this cottn ty understand the position - occupied by the party, of which the ReproWican is the' organ, and we' are •confidetit that the. democratic party will come(ont of the struggle, this Fall ; triumphant. What ive desire is to have the Isstie understoisi by the. people. We want Irio - dodgpig--no Misrepresentation.--no -falsi fying. We state our 'position fairly and frankly—we want otheri to; do the same.— We . will not vote for principles that We dare not adiocitte ; we defend those doctrines with our pen that we mean to sustain with our ballot: We believe that the issue is now fairly made, and in sticti a way as not to be easily, misunderstood. !The anti-republican platform Of 'the State K.IN. Council is indors ed by the opposition in this county, and is denounced by the. Democracy as 'unconatitn iional,desis3tio and dangerous. The; quest , ion to be decided is "shall Know Nothing ism prevail in, and disgrace Pennsylvania f" An. "infidel, Gad-defying" combination of 'political scoundrels, armed with the narrow spirit of nativism'and religious intolerance : is the - foe, with which the lilarty4oving and -honest-hearted citizens of thri Common wealth are cal'ed upon to contend. This se cret, political! organization, holding prin ciples at war iwith the constitution, reason and jt;stice, must bo met and vanquished.—. It has been permitted to have its own way long enough. "i One year ago the people wore not fully awake to the importance of crush ing the conspiracy. They were not so well aemminted with its characterand objects as now—they fliacied it might operate to puri fy, pre-existing, political parties—they didjuot realize the dangers that 'encompassed them. The consequence' of this imperfect knowledge 'was the election of a K. N. GOvernor, and a K.•N. Legislature. The latter succeeded in making itself odious, and the former is cer tainly not . er3,; popular; especially with the friends of a. sound and healthy currency. Ile has signed too many bills .incorporating new banks, for his own good and that of the state, whoSe best,interests it is hih duty to promote, and whose constitution he is sworn to sustain. In slew of the hated -proscriptive features of 'Know,Nothingism, the..unpopularity .of the acts of the last ,Legislature and the weak and vascillating course of the present State ad: ministration We can see nothing in: the way 'of in easy democratic victory. Let all who are opposed to secrecy in politics and to the creation'of'religioas tests unite for the over throw of this corrupt, and demoralizing 'ord er. "In union there strength." Let all, whether Whigs, Democrats or Free Soilers, who hate the treasonable' policy, that Know Nothingism is seeking to. carry out, join hands, and as anti-Know- Nothings, go forth to battle; and to victory ! We must forget, temporarily,at least, our past differences, with an eye single to the' grand ptirporkt of rescuing Our country from " the dominion-of the lodg &' permit no remembrance . Of "old_quariels" 'to disorganize and disqualify us foi• efficient service in.thecoming canvas. The ',organi zation of the .Democracy runt be perfect— its Candidates must be known inveterate foes of the conspiracy,.well qualified to . perform the duties of the office for which they are nom inated, and' of unexceptionable character.,- It is the duty of the party to exercise great care in the selection of ,itsi candidates—to shoo upon its ticket good, . reliable men, so that the voter who is desirous of opposing with his ballot the principles' ,of the seeret, oath-bound party, can have no'excuse for fail ing to do . so.. . In this hastily written and desultory artiele we have endeavored to point obit the iisue be fore the people, and impress uPou the democ racy the importance of forming an =excep tionable ticket—one on which all the enemies Of Know Nothing-ism can unite. 4.• rirßelow we publish a letter of 0. B. Ty ler, Esq., which we cut from a California paper. Mr. Tiler is a'scm, of the Hon. M. C. Ty,ler, of this place, and bkthe letter, our readers *ill see that "be is a son of the sire,"—inher iting a full share of Democratic blood. Mr.,Tyler is in company with one of the -ArstattOrnies in San Francisco, is active, ar dent and laborious himself, and seems to have in wait a brilliant and sucessful future. tong may he wave. • . THIRD WARD NOMINATIONB.-31r. 0. Tyler, having declined the nomination for Al derman in this Ward, Mr. B. •C. Bills Was nominated in his. stead. The ticket will therefore stand--Alderrnan, U. C. Bills ; 'As sistant Alderman, G. W. Murray; Ward As sessor, IL F. Williams, The following is a copy of Mr. Tyler's resignation : -San Francisco, May 25; 18.55. To the Xominatiiig Committee of the Ward—Gentlemen :—I Must decline the honor ,you' propose in selecting me as a can didate for the office of Alderman of this Ward. My reasons for this course were fully stated to you} Committee, who yesterday waited up. on main relation to this, subject, and; as I Suppose, were by "them considered satisfacto ry. With many thanks ter the friendly. feel-' tags Which proMpted-. this :manifestation on your part, I will conclude by -saying that - 1 hate no politidal ambition beyond the -1" rank anfile" of our • party, in which position I have heretofore, and still propose, to work se long as the enemies of Democracy are able to invent new names and assume new disguises under whiCh to attack us: . :lin igentletneo, with respect., yotir obedi; ent . ser6int. 0. 8.-TYLER. MissiOss I A7nica.—Within twenty years, about 0.6 hundred churches, numbering about twelve. 'thousand converts, have been planted .hlong the coasts of Africa. Many schools also have been established, which are now jn sucr•eisful - operation,. and hundreds of natives have received;and are now receiving, a Chrisrian education. And yet, previomly to that Ijme, the whole . twenty-five millions Of that section of . Africa were in a state of , Oegradation. • • • ILLEraTIMATE CIIILDREN.—The" last _Legis lator!' passed the following iinportant section, relati ug to the namnand right of illeg,tiemate children to inherit the estate of their moth er—and the mother to inherit the estate of such a child: SEC. 8. That Illegitimate children shall take and be known by the name of their mother, shall respectfully have capacity to take or inherit from each other personal es tate as net kin ; and real estate as heirs in fee simple ; and' as respects said real or per tonal estate so taken and inherited, to trans mit the same acterding to the intestate laws of this State. Maim-Nothing Vsposares. The tendency of the oaths and obligations imposed upon , t who have been persuaded to victimize the Ives by. joining the Know, Nothing Society, i . of the most immoral char acter. When of ns take upon themselves extra judicial oats of 'a secret • nature, and among these incolPorate an obligation which forbids thein fromzlivulging the secret politi cal doings of , tleir associates, even under oath, as a .witne in court, it is palpably s:1 treasonable Again. the laws of the country— it 'is. building up spurious and bastard government, wh 1 oaths. are blasphemy, whose designs aip re bellions against the public tribunals undii our Constitution. ' Mr. Littlejohn, in NA pUblic expose of the insidious Know-Nothings.of New York, made in his place in the Legislature of that State, read from the Instiucter, their book of ritual, as follows; "Instructor—Mr 81641E1E118 :—The Order which has now received you as members, may, with all propriety, be .considered a se cret organization. It i$ so secret, in fact, that if - you were plaied before a legal tribu. nal, and there. sworn ?o tell the truth, you could not, for your livei, renal the name of that band of brothers among whom your name now' stands. enrolled; and farther than this, when you retire from this meeting, you will retire to your family and friends as ignorant as when you came, so far as the name of this Order is conceriiid." It is worthYOtpublic notice that the oaths divulged in Susquehanna county, Pennsylva nia, and those published-. in the New York Legislature by Littlejohn, and those in the printed Instrucidr . 14 San Francisco; a copy of which .has.been furnished us, are all, so completely . the same in every substatial particular, .that we are - driven .to conclude that Whatever modification the presure from without may have wrought in the wigwams, 'the original plan was one of - gross Intoler ance and meanest proscription. The following statement of Mr. Watson, which is combated by 'some of the members whO withdrew from the conclave, goes to show that. either fear or shame must impel the politiptans of this secret caucus to conceal theirideritity with the Order, and thus they impose an obligation upon them. which pro hibits their acknowledging their Membership in the political conspiracy. "When in the anti-room I wits sworn to always 'deny being a member of the Know- Nothings, which I assented to on being t o ld that I could do so safely, which would be ex plained to me after having taken the second oath or degree, in• the Council or Lodge-room, 1 was told that. the acme Of the Order was "the Order of the Star Si,angled Banner ; " and- that therefore I could deny being a Know-Nothing, for that was itot the name of the Order. 1 have heard -members of the Church deny in the most solemn manner that they belonged 'to tlie . Knoo,v-Nothings, when I knew that they belonged . .to our Lod g." Such a system' of. falsehoods which even . overrides the vows of Christian men made at the - altar, which overshadows the candor and veracity, belonging to the amenities and courtesies of life among gentlemen, and which invades: the solemnity . and legal obligation of. oaths in the judicial tribunals of our land, ought to be branded everywhere as treasona ble •in every sense in.wbich the social and `political import of the word can have a bear ing among Christian men and American citi zens. Again we Lace in the statement of Mr. Watson below, the effect of this most liberal and tolerant political conclave upon the free suffrage of citizens. On.this point the Know- Nothings have Made a . wide-spread and Swet.;p ing programme of their high pfeteiisions.— The fmedrnis of the ballot-bvx Ita3 beet/ LIIVII peculiar boast, and,; all the evils which could iii ani. way trammel; hinder, molest, or dis turbe the free voting of the people, weic to be cured, at once and forever,-and at all haiards; by these puer and patriotic - reforiners.. This extract shows _the _servle . prostration of the sacred right of suffrage;-with which this pro scriptive conclaie have stainad the very name of freedam. • 4 ' Tiu ELECTION,—I was not present when the ticket was formed in the Lodge fur the township officers. X few -evenings before the election I went to Stillman • Fuller and asked him if I could vote for such . men on . the ticket as I liked, and against those I did not. like. He told me I could not,- that I was bound to vote the whole ticket or stay at home. The morning of the election he came to my house and urged meto go to the. election, saying that if . 1 did not want to vote their ticket for "constable,he would fix it so,..that I-would not be found out. I went to the election. There I asked D. L. North if s I Could vote for Edwin Summers and Alonzo Williams for Justices of the Peace. He said I could not, for Williams was not a KnoW- Nothing. Another member, Andrew Banker, told me I must not back out this time, for We should get licked. He said finally he would . gdand see if I could not vote 'for . Williams, and soon 'he returned and said I could not.. I then .starie4 out doers, and he followed and told .me if I did not vote their ticket I. would leur4 myself. I went home Without voting of all; supposing that if I Voted against their ticke4 - I would be liable for a prosecution. for perjury. In -coversation with E. L. Beebe, previous to the election, he urged,me to stand by theth, saying that if they failed this time !hey 'were down. This is substantially What occurred at the elec-. tion.” Of what value is a man's citizenship, with what pride can he boast that he was born on the soil of American liberty, if his dearest rights can be held in the tyranical grasp of a secret order like 'this What pride. can, a man have left when be is' obliged to ask permission of some Thug leader; to vote as•he wishes, and obliged .to bow his head in when that permission is refused? What . spirit must animate the bosoms of men who when told. they will hurt. themselves if they refuse :this servile . allegiance to Thuggery, go home stipped of their citizenship, robbed "oftbeir birth-right, and humbled before their neighbors, as the victims of a • power which they are ashamed, and _afraid to acknowlL edge! The truly patriotic tone—se American•like and manly, in which Mr•. Watson strips off and tramples under his feet the manacles with which' the Know-Nothings have attempt ed to fetter him; is worthy the conimendation and thanks of his fellow-citizens throughout our country. "In making this public statement, I am actuated hy a sense of duty to the pnblic. I have, as I acknowledge, taken upon myself solemn oaths in the Lodge, which this state ment shows me to have violated. I have done so because I did not feel willing to see such agrevious wrong tolerated in communi ty,—to see it flourish by my silence ani ap probation. I took the oaths, but, they were oaths to. do wrong, and surely it must be a high' moral duty to break such oaths. For this reason I do not conceive them binding. Can an oath to tell falsehoods, and commit other sins and crimes be more binding. than 'though taken to commit the higher crimes of thdt, arson or murder! Icannot see that they are or ought to be, and I therefore, vio late them without compunctions of conscience, because I do not believe them binding, and because I believe the good of society requires their exposure. . "I have exposed them truth fully, and trust the public will receive some benefit, and the cause of truth and honesty, in politics as well as in other relations of so l ciety, will be seved _arid promoted thereby. Jamas WATSON." • The exposure- which Mr: Watson made .embraces the oaths, the signs.and pass _ -words, and' the general machinery of the Know-- Nothing organization—and the motives with which this development was made appears in the je s t extract above. It was a motive of solemn . duty to_bis - country. .It was an im pulie of right which o'ermastered in hisho- . soul all the false anol_pretened claims of the secret politicians, whose outward professions,' no matter bow fair and plausible, could not conceal from him the corruption and evil de signs upon:the country which reigned in the inner. councilsof the wigwam. Mr. Watson's example has been followed by thousands who have- -been -like-hint en-. trapped, and whose patriotism was too.st6d fast.to tampered with by. Thuggery, and Who have coma out manfully and maintained their position as equals among. freemen—and we believe that thousands upon thousands who have been seduced in some .parts of our country to place their liberty and citi zenship in the hands of a few . cunning leaders of this secret order,, will come out and pro elaiM their disenthralment. The moral obligations, the patriotic obliga tions; the social and honorable -obligations of American voter are all paramount to any hatched up, secret, spurmit.., extrajudicial bondS'whieh cunning politicians can invent —and the general safety of the country, aganst her enemies from without 'as well as her insidious - and - ambitious traitors within, demands of -every good citiien a free, open discussion, and open beharidr in all matters pertaining to the public affairs'of the country. Secre_cy in- politics is hostile to the genius and Spirit of a republican form of government. ' The Harvest—Wheat and Rye—Oats and Potatties-Splended Crops.- For the past ten days our Fariners have been actively engaged in cutting and gather ing • their Wheat crops. Every man who could work, took. the cradlein hand and went to work. Providence has favored them with good weather, a warm sun and cooling breezes. have taken the trouble to make enquiry in regard to the, condition and extent of the crops and. it gives uspleasure to state-that ho -better yield has been in this country in ten years.. We,have before us several sp;mimens .of early and late Wheat ,that werm biought from different pat Of the country- -.and we never saw bettef, any-where. ' The heads. are full and heavy . and the kernels round and plump. Here and there the weevel has caus ed some injury,..but to no great extent.. The TLye looks tine:and- there is a super-abun : : ante of it. • There is'at least one-third more Oats and one-third niore Potatoes 'growing, in this county, than were ever raised in.•nny one previous year and the crops will be ha mense :—The poor Laborer's and Meehan- Who have hard work .to "make both ends meet" since the spring sf 1854 tnny'now joy sinw" there'sa wood time coining, boys." • •oy Easton Argus. • Strange <tensity of an Insane, Wo- man. - Winrsiv, June 21, 1855. There is a woman .in this town, wlk9 for the past ten'years liar been insane. It is not fully known what the cause was that led to this peculiar state of her mind. About eigh teen Years ago spa lost her husbaiid, but - since that time she las performed the duties of her household with as much :care as common— cooks, washes, does alt the tiouNebuld work without assistance or guidance. But unlike most women, she spends no useless time in doorS engaged on the nicer kinds of lace work,. or even at the toilet. She has a work_ to dO, and all her energies are given to it. As soon as the dishes'are washed; furniture set order ; She lights her pipe and starts fur the field. About six rods from her house are two small hills, which she isat . .work in leveling. They are . about 12 feet high, and On the top Contain nearly a qUarter ot:an acre.'' During the past ten yearS all her leisure moments have been thus occupied. Early in the morning With her hoe and crowbar, Which are the only tools she usesshe - . starts for the hill" tops, and there works. until night. She carries the titian stones to the - foot of the hill, rolls the large ones, and the dirt hoes down. It . this way she has lowere ! l one hill more than 6 feet, the other 41. The work she has performed is said to be more than • anv one man in this town could have done in:the same time with the same tools.- The stones also she has carried to the foot of the bill would now ; require the labor of five men and four oxen two months to re move.' - NotWithstaudiug this immense and continuous latoi, she _enjoys at this time the very best lealth.• When in the house about her work, she is perfectly rational, never destroys anything and is guilty 'of no cunning tricks, such as crazy people generally are. She uses her son's wood to heat up large rocks, which she can pot .remove without bi - 61king," then ponrs.wm: ter upon them shelling them into small . .pie ces to enable her to carry-them into the val ley . , Upon almost every subject of the day. she expresses herself, having ideas peculiar to-her, self alone. In Scripture she is well versed.-: The word Sun is not properly spelled. She contends it is .11Tue,hecause it, nourishes the earth: The wonderful Aurora Borealis is the Devil's fire; and'stars are the sparks that rise up, when the devil stirs it. She has had oc casional encounters with this personage while' at her work on the hills. Once he attempt ed to take her crowbar from her. It - was bad ly bent in the struggle, and -her face scratch ed,-but she over powered him. She has grent.faith in charins, or *hat she call power-stones. Her bed ,is accordingly filled with these stones, Which she takes from the hills, also the windows; corners and- vari ous other parts of the house. She puts them also aroundher -porn, which she plants upOr. the hills, and which grows well and yields a-, bundantly, tho Ugh all the soil is removed.---- These stones, she assures people, keep off the witches, and. makes tile corn grow.—Bangor Mercury, July 11. Minnesota Towns• . The two chief tows in . the territory 'of Min nesota are as4:ertained by a local censusjust taken to have the following populatiou :. St. Paul, 5000, St. Antony, 2500. This is a hand some increase over the last previOus..enume ration' but the total falls short of the esti mates made by the sanguine editors of that relgon. FORESTALLING BREADSTCFFS AT THE WEST. —A 'farmer residing a shi'irt distance from Dubuque, lowa, writes to his friends in Boston, that the crops there are bounteous, and adds that the former years he had to - drag his pro duce to Dubuque .to dispose of it, but that now the purchaser comes to his door and buys all that he has. He ends, also, that other farmers in his neighborhood are accom modated in a siniilar manner. sgrA son of henry clay has made a speech denouncing Know -Notbingistn. ' A. Democta* A broad on Know. • • Nothingsinf. : We find in a Georgia paper the' following extract . of. a letter kern "a distinguished. Southern pelitician_na, residing in Brussels." We have reason to believe the writer alluded to is the Hon. J. 3. Seibles, Minister of the United States to: Brussels, a democrat of fine abi4ties, and Lien; Ctilonel lof rho Alabdma battalion in the Mexican war • • • littussm.s, May 23, 1855. My Dieu Std :--Whither are you drifting . in the United States • &ire!) , not into the ha ven, or rather "not upon the breakers of Know- Nothingism 1 If I'thought So Would blush for our country and shudder for' the conse- . quences. Of this midnight 64inclave, ray dear Sir, I have snore horror :and loathing than for any other, party or sect that has ever sprung up in the United , States. First, cause it is a secret political-Order, and .second ly, because it is politically and religiously pro scriptive, fort which, thereLis !no - excuse in our free country—every man being at full liberty to think, speak and publish 'what he pleases. It is, too, in violation of the genius spirit and actual letter of our CenstitUtion ' whichf pre scribes liberty of religious belief and Wership . to. all. I feel it, and hearts of Ettrope all feel it, as a step backward in the ",Grand Republic ;" and its cotnplete success in the United States would- east More gleom over the already stricken hearts!" of Republicans, than any which lc ever happened since the foundation of our Government. • The question is frequently pressingly asked me : " Can it`be possible. that. this last great resting place for the oppressedthis last-hope and stay of our stricken.hearts—this land to which we could ever turn Our wearied footsteps when chased and heeled 'front every other country because we loved freedom—is this, too, to he shut. against u 917, Can it he possible that we have been chasin6 a - phantom ; that liberty is impOssible, andthat man is born to be a slave I" My. dear Sir, if you ,could ob sCr-ve the sad and haggard ; 'countenances of many of these noble forms that have addressed me On that subject—see their eves swimming in tears—sorrow and despair depicted upon ever'y lineament of their countenances, you would, like -mveslf; I: am Sure„ curse, froth theinmoStycesses of your soul, this infamotis, .hideous, and damnable Order, which is not only: destined to AlisgrsCe our • country, and justly; too, if it should succeed ; but which, by its constant suecess r is to subvert our . in-. sotutiens and liberties, and install the reign of a proscripimn but little less (if any) mon strous and detestable than th'at of the SpaniSh Inquisition, thereby attaching to us, as boait ed Uepublcans, an infamy from which I should have little hope s that we could ever recover., ; such loathing do I behold this Know 7 - No'bing party that I Should instantly lose personal respect for the dearest friend 1 have ou etirth, : upon learning that he -had :joined . them. It is a party, the idea of which was conceived in the infamouS littlenesS of a 'soul incapablcof appreciating a gene,rous or rsag nanamOus act, -and I fetil., alike incapable of peiforming 0ne. , ,, Against . such - , a party I Would war to the death—war as I would' aoainst the Savage—war without quarter and without pity; for if they succeed, it is. sheer nonsense to talk abhutthe liberty or inde pendence 9f the United States, its ,:sunkwill , have set, and for myself I would rather it should goilown in blood and in . carnage . than in . the quiet and. permanent possession of such a party. - . .1 not use strong, language be.- cause I write- privately. I Would that, every man, acid woman and child that takes the leastinterest in any pot , r sentiments of mine could know them.; for; before .my God, I would. sin k instantly into retirement, without the possibility of ever being heard of again, in preference to rising to , the highest honors of the Republic by the slightest word of ap probation or compromise with such an odious concern. • I :rejoice - to see you - battleing Against them, I fear . sphie of our friends , put it off too long: The very seeds of the hydra should have been crushed• out. in the begin ning—they should not have been . allowed, to hatch in testy decent community, particularly in the South. I early saw that unscrupulous Whig leaders would seize' upon it to beat. the Democracy: OM- friends should have :been early warned of the danger. , In Virginia we are making the fight gal lantly and in the right spirit. -If we succeed there, all will be well ; but if we do not, and the gloriou.s.Old Dorniniohthe - land of :Wash ington and Jefferson—must go under the cloud . of 'proscription, we must hope that it will be only temporally, . gird on our Armor„ go to- battle in good earvest, and stick the :closer to and hug our colors the tighter as they are the harder,pressed by the enemy.— I never had more hope or confidence :in the Democracy than now. , At the %North we have been beaten and crushed, it is true, hut . our coloriweie - kept flying, and our noble brethren, purged traitors, and cowards, show ed an undaunted front amid the general over throw. Such soldiers will life to fight an other •day—A refehlar -army of v .Democrats around which will e6nttuilly rally the hon est men of the masses, though they may have beeneiMe deluded, and willgain battle as Democracy alone knows how to wih.— Let the Democracy only Stand firm. andAlm -TED, and nothing is to be; feared from Know- Nothings: . TILE FAN/TICIS:Nt OF. ' KNOW-NOTHINOIgIi. ----Samuel A. Blliot—Who the Boston .Adv-er tisci says is "himself a benefitcto i i . to the . col lege, having - for ten years or mole discharged with signal -ability and fidtlitY, the office of treasurer, managing the investments of its funds—all without.receiying one cent of com pensation—And beingovithal - a gentleman of education and culture,'distingiiislied an hon orable in the- community. 'ln which he lives' —has been refused_ the "degk;e OIL. L. D. by the- board of overseers offfarviii4 College, be caiii.e he voted for the fugitive\slave With the exception of the Hon. George S. Boutell and one or two others, the board iscom posed of Know-Nothings: Thisis quite . Orta • par with their doings -in .New' Hampslur& where the Know-Nothings., are 'a "passing liberty bill," and violating the independence of the judiciary by removing judicial officers because they hold opinions of their own on the' political questions of. the day. . .• • Opening of the Illinois CRntrall Railroad. 1317.1'FALO; July 19.—Tbe opening of the Ill inois Central Railroad to Dubuque took place 'yesterday. Several thousand persons partici pated in—the cereinoniesi:and speeches were tnade.by Senators Douglas and Jones and Gov. DOdge. • Or An old lady, possessed of .a fine fortune, and noted for her penchant for the use of figur ative expressions, one (thy asierubled her grand children,, when the following conversation took place : . . " My children," said the old lady, "1 sun the root and you are the branches." "Grandma" says One. "What, my child r "I was thinking how muell'better the braneheS would flourish- if the root was under the ground." JURY LISTS. A List of Grand Jurors' drawn from tho pro por wheol by tho Sheriff and Commissioners of Susquehanna County ; April 24th, A. D., 1855, to serve* August Sessions - A. D.; 1855. • - Auburn. Job •Green i William White.. Apolacan—John Kimble, Alfred Wilson. Bridgewater—J. W. Curtis, Abel Patrick. • Brooklyn—Charles Kent. - Choconut—Jaines.Kinney: .• • Diniock—A. A. Lane, ;John Young. Franklin—Charles Green. - • Harmony.lanivs Beason; Friend Burt,' W la. P. Conklin, S. D: Doolittle, Harvey ifoldridge: Montrose—D. P. Austin. • . • I • Lenox—Levi Phelp; James K. Utley., • Middletown—Nelson Camp. Rush—Nathaniel Hollis. . • I • - Silver Lake--LawrendeGiblen. Springvilltt—Benjamin Thomas. - Thomson—Luther Aldrich. .The foregoing, is atrue List of Grand Jorars drawn as aforesaid. • -• ' . • /By the Commissioners, • , WM. A. CROSSMAN, CterJ. - • 'CoMmissioner's Office Montrose; . • April 24„A:11 1855:; ' • A List of Traverse in rims drawn - from the pro. per wheel by the Sheriff and Commissioners of Susquehanna County,April 24th, A.- D. 1855. To serve at, the August Term,lBss.—Firtsr•wiEr. --- AuburnEzraAlger,Hvey Carter,DanielSee ley. Daniel- Sterling. • - . Bridgewater—ll. H. Dunmore. . • Brbolilyn—William"Mellitian,Chnriee.k. Peri go. - - • - - Clifford—Ezra, Pain, D.J.' Thpnlas. Dundaff 7 -Williarn Wilbur.. . • • „Dimock—P; A. Stevens. .• Forest Lake:—Milon Arichard,l3: G.,Weat. FrankliA.l—Norman Mitchel, Benj'a Vance. Great Bend John Colsten, Squire Munson. - • Harmony—Luther Barnes, David Lyons..l' • • . Harford;—Seth NV: Thatcher. Jessup—John ' Liberty—B. W. Bailey,..Tonathan Ross. Lenox—WM.l). Gardner; Skinner Stephens. Montrose-=S , h Mitchel. • New Milfoid4llenry Dewitt, 'lsaac Stafford, , John H. Smith, I-Mrace Seymour. * • - Springville—Franklin lirooks,,,,Williatnlfarkins, D. C. Justin:' Silver Silver.Lnke—Wm. S. Davis, Timothy Murphy. , Susquehanna—R. H. McKune. - The foregoing is a frue copy of the4List of • Traverse Jurors drawn as aforesaid. By the Conumnissioners: WM. A. CROSSMAN, Clerk. Corumissioner's offiee,hlpntrose, • . , April 24, A. D. 1855. - A List of Traverse , Jurors drawn from the prOper wheel by the - Sherrff and - Cominissiimeri of Susluchanna County, April 24th, A. D. 1855, To serve at August Term, A. D. 18.55..SEcorin WEEK. , Auburn—John Bridget, It. S. Davis.; • Bridgewater—Corael Chamberlain, Richard Farr: Brooklyn-L.T. - Ashley, A. K. Ge:re,Daniel , Torrey. ' _ Glittord—Thomas M. Don& Fo'restrtake=G. A. Tilden. - - 4 Great Bend—Levi Munson,' -- Gibson William .Piekerin,g, Wiiliatn. Roper,. Raymond Sweet: Irerriek—Abel Kent. , ~ - • • Jackson-llorace . • Aldrich, Hirdirt Barnes; Fronklin Bivant, Qbed Nye, GeOrge W. Tyler. Robinson. . ' .Liberty.. 7 -Wm; M. Bailey. • • Lenox--Wm. Hartley; Homphry-Marcey: - - Lathrop--Cristoplie.r S. Perkins, . Middletown . --E. P.,Biljinzs, James Sandersoq. Oakland--J: K. Grimes, Morgan Shutts, . Springville=-4ohn" Br9oks, H. H. Philifis Park, Arad Wakelee. • • Sasquehnjana-L,Robert Nichols.! • Thomson:--M. J. Muinford. • The .foreLloinr;•,is a true List of Trarersu Ju rors drawn as uToresa id,' , . . By the Commissioners. \\ill:, A. CROSSMAN, Clerk. Commission'er!soflT Montrose; April 24, A. D. 11855. ••• . • , j`ii otice. Montrose Firp Company No. 2 meet. on Wednesday, A past 6 o'clock, Aug. Ist, 1855, P. M.4EngineOe. I 'F. B. C4ANDLER, See'!y: natPAXUP). On the_ 22d inst. - by the Rev. Ja.B. McCrea- . rY Mr. ROBEI I ITEMMET CURTIS, of Lodersyille, and Miss Jtmiir Dutiois i of Great Bend. `I. On the 28th ult., - by the Rev. Mr. Norton, of New Jersey', E. N.-LOOMIS, M. D., of Hai'ford, and M - ISS LAUFt.i Scow of Ararat. DEBO t - In Ditnock, on the 20th inst., .Menr. AN.' wife of- Isaac koip.an, resident of Lenox township, in the 25th year of her age. RegistOr's Notice. Pc . Buc Notice is . hereby given .to, all per sons concerned in the following estates ! to wit . Estate of Alexander D. Harper, deed, tato of Bridgewater township, John Foster and -C. S. Gilbert, Executors. • :Estate of James Newman, deed, late of Great , Bend t.lwnsliip, S. W. Truesdell . and Thomas Mayes, Executors. , Estate of John Green, deed, late :Of Franklin. township, William Green, Adm'r. .. • Estate of Jerethiah T. BAu, dec'd, late of Harmony township, G. L. Lefis, Adter. Estate of John J. Whitman, deed; late :of:Her "ck: township, Jacob Whitman, Adm'r. • • at the accountants have settled their - accounts in the Register's office in and for the 'county - of ‘Pusquehnana, and that the Same will be present to the Judgei of the Orphani' Court of said county, on Wednesday are 22d day of August next for confirmation and all twance. JAS..W. CHAPMAN, Register. Montrose, July 23, J 855. 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